Labor bodies back arbitration in subway labor dispute
After a stormy Central Federated Union session the body backed the Employers Association arbitration pact, with machinists and other unions pledging to stand by the agreement. Delegates argued over non union workers and potential boycotts, but consensus favored non strike resolution and amicable end to the tangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Federated Union
Employers Association
Rapid ‘Transit Contractors Association
Employers
Holland
James Wilson
McDonald
Fitzgerald
International Association of Machinists
Allis- Chalmers Company
Entwistle
Manhattan
Michael Stanton
Electrical Workers
Central Federated’ Union
Stanton
Allis-Chalmers Company
Rapid Transit Contractors’ Association
Wilson
The
Machinists
Lnions
Colorado Flyer Wreck Near Miller Kansas Demolishes Cars
The Colorado Flyer on the Missouri Pacific derailed near Miller Kansas traveling at forty mph. The engine and rear Pullman remained on track. baggage car smoker and four chair cars were thrown into a ditch. One man W L Brown of Ransom Kansas was killed and thirteen injured, one seriously. The train was two hours late and attempting to make up time without orders to stop at Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jansas City
Missouri Pacific
Denver
Kansas City
Miller
Kan
W. L.brown
Ransom
Mpl
Plans Huge Bird Cage at St. Louis Exposition
Dr. Baker, superintendent of the National Zoo, will oversee the bird exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition. He says the display will be the largest and most interesting ever attempted. He has awarded the contract for an aviary for flying specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Jan
Baker
National Zoo
St. Louis Exposition
Index to Departments and Page References
An index listing department topics and page numbers including Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Losses by cat Marine Intellie and Foreign Mails Real Estate Religious Society Weather Report and Yesterday's Fires with corresponding pages and sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cat Marine Intellie and Foreign Mails
World’s Largest Bird Cage Planned for Zoo Display
The project outlines a bird cage of length 200 feet height 70 feet width 60 feet, to house more than a thousand birds. It aims to surpass the National Zoo cage and the Horna cage in size by wide margins, becoming the largest aviary yet built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Zoo
Zoological Garden
New York
Mrs. Howard Gould to Race Automobiles in Ormond Derby
In Ormond Florida on January 31, Mrs. Howard Gould announced she will attend the upcoming third annual automobile Derby. The event features top racers and events including the Bowden Stevens match race for a $500 trophy, a 0:56 mile class, and various record trials. Vanderbilt and other noted drivers compete as European visitors assess the course and safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Ormond
Fla
Howard Gould
Stevens
Bowden
Oldfield
W. IK. Vanderbilt, Jr
Vanderbilt
Charley
Paris
M. Charley
Europe
Daytona
Ehrlich
Ormond Tourney
Laroche
Tracy
G. H. Curtis
Double Escape At Niagara On Ice Bridge Rescue
John Morrison of Niagara Falls saved a boy named James Murty who fell into the open water after a detached ice cake broke from the bridge. Morrison, clinging to the floe, pulled the youth from the water and both were rescued as cheers rang out from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
John Morrison
James Murty
Morrison
Marty
Expires at Fiancee's A Sudden Death on Stairs
Henry Schmidt Jr. upholsterer from Schmidt & Holzhauer, 923 Sixth Ave, died suddenly on the stairs of a West 105th Street flat. Police suspect heart disease. He was not married and had planned marriage with Miss Ella Ryan, Catholic, and faced impediments due to religious differences. Partner John J. Holzhauer of 522 Leonard St. Brooklyn identified the body. The investigation noted prior attempts to marry and dispensation issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schmidt, Jr
Schmidt & Holzhauer
Sixth Avenue
West One Hundred and Fifth Street
Frederick March
Columbus Avenue
Schmidt
Frank Winters
Bohm and Sullivan
West One Hundredth Street
Westcott
J. Hood Wright Hospital
John J. Holzhauer
Leonard Street
Brooklyn
East One- Hundred and Fiftieth Street
Miss Ryan
Thirty Die in a Desert Crossing Through Nevada Desert Perished
Thirty bodies found by surveyors of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad lie within a quarter mile of Dead Man's Well, near the Nevada California line. Victims, mainly tramps and railroad laborers, died of thirst and hunger while attempting an eighty mile trek across barren desert. Local sites recount gruesome details of decay and dereliction observed by the advance party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Desert
New San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
California Line
Nevada
California
Unrest in Russia Sharpens as Caucasus Brings Strife
A London Times Telegraph special cable notes worsening conditions in the Caucasus with anti autocracy demonstrations alarm at St Petersburg. Brigands raid banks and railway stations in daylight, stealing rubles and injuring workers, including an Alexandropol railway station attack killing one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
NEW York Times
London
Caucasus
Moscow
The
Times
Tiflis
St. Petersburg
Empire
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Ealy
Mutual Credit Bank
Kutais
Alexandropol
Combine to Loot Chicago in Citywide Injury Suits
Chicago faces 3 666 952 dollars in personal injury suits listed by City Attorney John V. Smulski. He notes a broad coalition of interests seeks to drain the city, mostly over sidewalk injuries. He warns continued lawsuits and debts without a new city charter threaten bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John V. Smulski
M. Smulski
Smulski
Wireless Project a Failure Between Nome and Saint Michael
The Government's second attempt to provide wireless telegraph service across Bering Sea failed by mid December. Six thousand dollars spent on stations at St Michael and Port Safety near Nome could be lost unless the Signal Service doubles the investment by adding two more stations. Winter conditions proved distances too great for winter transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Nome
St. Michael
Bering Sea
Port Safety
Trains Schedules and Routes Tie Up at Central Station
fragmented OCR shows early 20th century train lines and times with mentions of West Indian Ltd Penn Coast Line and Broadway. details unclear but indicates schedules and routes for passenger service across major rail corridors and connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aCe Et
Yo & Fila
West Indian Ltd
Penn
Atlantic Coast Line
Abuses of Peonage Exposed in Georgia Case Report
Government agent's Pittman peonage investigation details cruelty to children on Pittman's farm in Georgia. Evidence describes freezing conditions, cot of plank with bagging cover, and scars from ear-beating with stones. A boy's elbow was struck, fracturing it and leaving the hand paralyzed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Atlanta
Pittman
United States District Attorney
Camp
Segregation of Sexes Gains Support at University
A report to President Harper from Dean George E. Vincent states that segregating sexes in the junior college last year was successful. Instructors once opposed now largely favor segregation as an educational and social move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George E. Vincent
Harper
University of Chicago
Vincent
Cashier Burkhold's Accounts Short by 241000
The Franklin Bank of Cincinnati reports ex-Cashier Henry Burkhold is 241000 short in his accounts. Burkhold was replaced months ago and is said not to recover. President John J. Kilgour expects no prosecution and no loss to bank or creditors. Kilgour holds power of attorney to settle affairs. Burkhold’s $2,000,000 holdings may leave about $30000 to his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Franklin Bank
Henry Burkhold
Burkhold
John J. Kilgour
Mr. Kilgour
Moral Dangers of College in Big City Life
The Rev Dr Edgar Adamson shared college authorities views on moral threats to students in cities. Harvard President Eliot cites time wasted in trivial pleasures. Pennsylvania Provost Harrison warns of loss of sacred home influences. James of Hahnemann notes absence of home restraint. Adamson urged citizens to demand clean leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Edgar Adamson
Thirteenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Eliot
Harvard
Harrison
University , of Pennsylvania
John E. James
Hahnemann College
Adamson
Sermon Attacks Chicago's Wealthy Rulers
The Rev Dr James S Stone of St James Episcopal denounced Chicago's rich in a sermon, faulting influential congregants for ignorance and irreligion. He warned that the city faces class conflict and urged financial and social leaders to lead in Christian deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James S. Stone
St. James’s Episcopal Church
Gambling House Out At Sea Three Miles Off Nome
Nome dispatches report that U S officials cannot stop gambling in Alaska. Sporting men have built a large ice casino on the Bering Sea three miles from Nome and run fare and games beyond the three mile limit. The casino is built in parts and will be sledded ashore next Spring for similar use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Tacoma
Washington
Nome
Dawson
Roosevelt
Department of Justice
Alaska
Bering Sea
Seaboard Air Line Railway Delivers Comfort to Manatee River
Florida section reached in comfort by Seaboard Air Line Railway with Pullman sleeping cars. The very best service offered. Visit office at 1,183 Broadway for details and reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manatee
Florida
Seaboard ‘Air Line Railway
Pullman
Two Firefighters Die as Greenpoint Blaze Kills Seventeen
Thirteen others were overcome by smoke in a three story jute storage building at Noble Street. Firefighter Chris Dressel 24 of Engine 138 died at the rope factory next door and Arthur Rink 35 of 138 died at St Catharine's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Street
Greenpoint
Chris Dressel
Engine Company No
Arthur Rink
Engine Company No. 138
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Hook and Ladder Company No
St. Catharine
Cumberland Street
Bushwick Avenue
Dressel
Father McGronin
St. Ann’s Church
Front and
Gold Oe
William Rogers
Twenty-fifth District
Emil Ruch
Charles Medows
William Quick
John Dempsey
John Westlbeigh
Arthur Remk
McCarthy
Twenty-sixth District
John McAllister
Charles Jennings
Charles Weedman
Peter Gaffney
Frank
Mrs Maybrick Released From Prison Amid Mystery
The Daily Mail reports Mrs Maybrick is in Liverpool under conditions barring public appearances and writings about her experiences. She is not pardoned and remains a prisoner, with reports she has been moved from Aylesbury to Cornwall, while Home Office and prison officials decline comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
London
The
Daily Mail
Maybrick
Cornwall
Home Office
Aylesbury Prison
Holloway
Lloyd's Weekly
Increase in Coal Prices Reported by U S Geological Survey
Washington Jan 31 The annual Mineral Resources 1902 report highlights two grim coal industry facts life losses and rising coal prices The 1902 mine death total reached 1951 with 3438 injuries in 1902 for bituminous coal prices rose from 80 to 112 cents per ton since 1898 an increase of about 40 percent and anthracite prices climbed to 196 cents per ton reflecting a 39 percent rise in five years Tennessee saw the highest fatality rate from explosions at Nelson and Fratterville mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
United States
Tennessee
Nelson
Fraterville
Warner and Quinlan Lose Felicidad Asphalt Mine
The Federal High Court in Caracas unanimously voids Warner and Quinlan of Syracuse New York claim to the Felicidad Asphalt Mine in Bermudez as part of the Felicidad Lake dispute. The court ruled the Bermeuz concession valid but the Felicidad title lacked proper vendor transfer and a valid title could not be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Federal High Court
Messrs. Warner & Quinlan
Syracuse
N. Y
Felicidad Asphalt Mine
Bermudez
New York
Felicidad
Bermudez Company
High Court
Warner Sees US Warships Influencing Venezuelan Court
Charles M. Warner of Syracu sh claimed the Venezuelan Federal High Court’s ruling was swayed by U S warships in Venezuelan waters. He suggested his firm could sue the United States to recover losses. Quinlan of the firm is in Caracas. Warner notes Felicidad Asphalt Mine title was secured from Spaniards under Venezuelan law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracush
Charles M. Warner
Federal High Court
United States
Quinlan
Caracas
Felicidad
Warner
Venezuela
Asphalt War in Venezuela Reaches Supreme Court Decision
The long dispute over asphalt lakes in Venezuela escalated to an armed stand between the New York Bermudez Asphalt Co. and Felicidad, with Venezuelan troops seizing ships and U S warships looming. The conflict drew in the United States and its minister Bowen as diplomacy averted a broader crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
United States
New York
Felicidad
Warner & Quinlan Company
Syracuse
New York and Bermudez
Felicidad Company
Carupano
New York, and
Bermudez Company
The
Trust
Supreme Court of Venezuela
Feliexdad ‘Company
Cumano
Supreme Court
New York and
Bermudez Asphalt Company
Republic
Scorpion
Orinoco Shipping and Trading Company
Venezuelan Supreme Court
Bowen
Dr Parks Farewell Sermon at Emanuel Church
The Rev. Dr Weighton Barks delivered his farewell sermon after twenty five years as Emanuel Church pastor in Boston. He will move to New York to fill St Bartholomew s pulpit in place of Dr Greer. The church was full as he spoke on Christian versus non Christian idealism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Weighton Barks
Emanuel Church
Parks
New York
St. Bartholomew's Church
Greer
Dr. Parks
Representative Littlefield of Maine to Retire from Public Life
Washington January 31 Representative Littlefield a leading anti trust figure in the last Congress plans retirement from public life. He will move to Boston to practice law saying obstacles in the lower house hinder sincere leaders and honest debate on major issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Littlefield
Maine
Boston
Collision Leaves Boston City Grounded After Steamship Colorado Rescue
A Bristol City Line steamer Boston City collided with the Wilson Hner Colorado in the lower bay. The Boston City was driven onto a mudbank and flooded but the Colorado stood by to aid and later towed away crew members. Eight crew remained aboard the damaged vessel as it settled, while the Colorado proceeded to its Hoboken berth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol City Line
Boston City
Wilson Hner
Colorado
Phoenix Line
Hoboken
Pier 50
North River
John Carey
G. R. Romayne
J. W. Winstombe
S. C. Davidson
Bristol
Swansea
Boston
Sandy Hook
Southwest Spit
Hull
Ordegé
Capt. Cary
Carey
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Union
Miller, Kan
St. Louis Fair
Florida Beach
Niagara
Wireless
Georgia
Franklin Bank of Cincinnati
Brooklyn Blaze
Mrs. Maybrick
Liverpool
Warner & Quinlan
High Court of Venezuela
MR. Warner
St. Bartholomew's
MR. Littlefield
RAMS
St. Louis
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