Judges Rule Evidence Limits Alter Coal Strike Testimony
Non union miners win a point before the Coal Strike Commission by allowing hearsay evidence to be considered. Judge Gray criticizes boycotts and notes a reign of terror in the coal regions with witnesses detailing threats, arson, and violence against workers and their families during the strike.
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Scpanton
Coal Strike Commission
Gray
Miners’ Union
Joan Hoffman
Upper Lehigh
Nanticoke
Kate McNamara
August Scheuch
Hazieton
Lehigh Valley Company
Squire. McVelvey
Hinzleton
Henry Vermillye
Dorrancetown
John C. Haddock Coal Company
John Doran
Wilkesharre Lace Mills
Pittston
Philadelphia
Coal Shortage to Continue in Winter Demand
Philadelphia officials report no relief from anthracite coal shortages this winter as Reading Railroad notes zero stock at storage points and daily mine output around 60,000 tons. Major buyers in New England lack stock, while Reading assets and rail cars are stretched across Pennsylvania and New Jersey to meet demand amidst price uncertainty beyond January 1908.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railroad Company
Reading
New England
Reading Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Harrisburg
Baer
New York
Coal Shortage Causes Pneumonia Rise in Washington
Washington health officers report an unprecedented surge in pneumonia and severe colds linked to coal shortages. Many homes have only one or two heated rooms, leaving others cold and forcing frequent exposure to cold air. Most cases involve women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connecticut Representative Proposes Coal Import Drawback
Representative Hill of Connecticut introduced a joint resolution to grant a drawback on all coal imported into the United States through Atlantic ports until June 30, 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hill
Connecticut
Factories Close Amid Coal Shortage in Danbury and Peacedale
Danbury Conn December 18 coal scarcity cripples industry with several factories suspending work. Danbury and Bethel Street Railway resumes service after securing coal from the NY NH Hartford line while some plants burn wood. In South Kingston Rhode Island Peacedale Manufacturing with over seven hundred workers halts mills producing woolens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury, Conn
Danbury
South Kingston
R. I
Peacedale Manufacturing Company
Crowd Storms Coal Train in Ansonia Durbin Route Incident
A twenty carload coal train bound for Waterbury was sidetracked in Ansonia as about 200 people from tenements swarmed the cars with pails and baskets. Despite efforts by Conductor Munson and crew, the crowd emptied seven to eight tons of coal before engineers Driveway and Griffith drew the locomotives back and cleared the way.
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New York Times
Derby
Conn
Waterbury
Ansonia
Bridgeport
Charles Munson
Munson
Drinkwater
Griffith
Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland Agree to Relieve Coal Shortage
In Baltimore on December 18 a truce was set to ease the coal famine. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will allow Western Maryland to haul fifty cars daily from Cumberland to Cherry Run and into Baltimore using B and O tracks. Western Maryland sent its cars and locomotives for the first shipment. fifty cars of West Virginia and Western Maryland coal will reach Baltimore by tomorrow. The agreement, reached in New York by Presidents Loree and Pierce, may reflect B and O influence by Pennsylvania and aims to keep large factories operating.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gould
Western Maryland Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Cherry Run
Maryland
West Virginia
New York
Loree
Pierce
Pennsylvania
Newark
N. J
Fitzpatrick
United States District Court Today
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States Courts of Pennsylvania
Telegraph Company
John F. Dillon
Henry D. Esterbrook
Rush Taggart
Western Union
R. V Lindaburg
City
James _B. Vredenburgh
R. L._ Lawrence
Jersey City
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Lindaburg
Pennsylvania Company
Coal price rise hits poor buyers at Brooklyn yards
Coal by the pail jumped from 10 to 18 cents at Alfred Barber's Sons yard while two pails cost 25 cents due to higher towing costs from 15 to 45 cents a ton. Despite higher prices, crowds stayed large as tenement dwellers rely on distribution through dealers and by railroads. A committee led by E. E. Loomis and others was formed to streamline coal distribution, with Erie Railroad planning to boost shipments this week and Brooklyn officials seeking meetings to address local coal access.
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Alfred Barber
Salvation Army
E. E. Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
W. H. Sayre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
R. H. Williams
Williams & Peters
Erie Railroad
Chats
New York
Swanstrom
Borough of
Brooklyn
Borough Hall
Democratic Club Gifts City For Coal To the Poor
Justice Hascall Judge Keller and John Fox of the Democratic Club presented Mayor Law with a 2560 check for coal purchases for the city’s poor. The Mayor accepted and planned to route funds via the Superintendent of Outdoor Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Hascall
John W. Keller
John Fox
Democratic Club
Law
Justice Haskell
Superintendent of Outdoor Poor
Zionist Meeting at Temple Emanu El Turns Crowded
Prof Richard Gottheil and Jacob De Haas led a Zionist gathering at Temple Emanu El where boos and gasps met De Haas's speech. The debate room overflowed as critics pressed questions while Gottheil defended Zionism as a path to a future home for willing Jews and a forum to advocate rights for those wanting to emigrate.
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Richard Gottheil
N. Taylor Phillips
Emanu-El
Jacob de Haas
Federation of American Zionists
Silverman
de Haas
Phillips
Gottheil
Gustav Gottheil
The
Temple
Bernard Drachman
William Sparger
New York
Jerusalem
California
Moses
Mr. de Haas
Russia
Dr. Sparger
Prof. Gottheily
Rubin
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Palestine
Turkey
Alliance Israelite Universelle
Morris Leon
Prof
Ris 9
America
Austria-Hungary
Joseph
East Side
Tom Hood
Wilna
Roumania
New York Times Extraordinary 1902 Financial Review
The New York Times releases an extraordinary annual Financial Review for 1902. It surveys world finance trade and agriculture with outlook for 1903. It includes railway and securities tables, corporate capitalization lists, commodity prices, and exchange rates.
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NEW York . Times
Annual
Financial Review
NEW York Times
New York Stock Exchange
Hance Bona Tah
Inc
Peecarrs
Court Vacates Stay in Chief Croker Removal Case
The Supreme Court Justice Leventritt vacated a stay on Chief Croker’s dismissal, ruling the stay was unwarranted though the writ of certiorari was proper. The decision keeps the case pending in the Appellate Division while noting the stay should not impede the discharge process. Chief Croker’s attorney Delany, and Sturgis, the Fire Commissioner, declined further comment on timing or merits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgis
Chief Croker
Department
Justice Leventritt
Supreme Court
Justice Fitzgerald
Leventritt
Stanu
John J. Delany
Croker
St. John
Asphalt receivers sue to protect gold certificates
In Trenton New Jersey the Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia as trustee for gold certificate holders of the Asphalt Company of America seeks priority over stockholders and to foreclose a mortgage. Deposited securities include thousands of shares across several Asphalt and paving companies and bonds. The action aims to allocate nearly one million dollars to gold certificate holders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
N. J
Land Title and Trust Company of Philadelphia
Asphalt Company of America
United States
Henry Tatnall
John M. Mack
National Asphalt Company
Land Title Company
Land Trust Company
United Asphalt Company
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Warren Schaef Asphalt and Construction Company
Denver Paving Co
Land Title and Trust Company
Consolidated Paving Company
Gibson Asphaltum Company of America
Russell Sage Briefly Seen at Office After Two Months
Russell Sage visited his office for two hours yesterday, his first appearance in two months. Wall Street hardly noticed as he transacted little, and the market rise prompted a witty broker to joke that Sage’s presence explained the uptick. The event drew light attention just before the market close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Sage
Wall Street
Mr. Sage
Russell Sage
Girl Artist Victim of Carbolic Acid Poisoning
Mary G. Fernald twenty three of 222 Jewett Avenue Westerleigh Staten Island died last night from carbolic acid poisoning. The painter and art instructor had suffered nervousness and melancholia after excessive study. Her father Rev J C Fernald retired minister and author. Her mother also an author. She graduated from Pratt Institute about a year and a half ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary G. Fernald
Jewett Avenue
Westerleigh
S. I
Miss Fernald
J. C. Fernald
Pratt Institute
Eames Heir Seeks to Overturn Estate Settlement
Louise K. Eames claims she is the sole child of Lester H. Eames former Ottawa bank president and seeks to set aside a 10 000 dollar settlement that waived all rights to a 1 009 000 dollar estate alleging the agreement is invalid due to her status and the deceased's holdings in Ottawa Illinois and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louise K. Eames
Lester H. Eames
Ottawa (Ill
Reception for French Consul General Maguy in New York
The Cercle Littéraire Franco-Américain of New York will host a reception tomorrow night in College Hall at 130 East Fifty-eighth Street for M. M. S. de Maguy the French Consul General in New York. An invitation has also been sent to M. Helleu the artist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maguy
Cercle Littéraire Franco-Américain
New York
College Hall
East Fifty-eighth Street
M. M. S. de Maguy
M. Helleu
Three Young Cowboys Gather Under Elevated Shadows
Three teenagers stood armed in cowboy attire beneath the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad stairway at One Hundred Twenty-fifth Street at 4:15 yesterday morning. The youngest wept as the group consulted, described as rattlesnake band.
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Third Avenue Elevated
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PI Tires
Ivate Fami
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Henry Heath
Saka & Company
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Edward Phelan
Mary Ogly
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