General strike ordered by anthracite miners with reserve
A strike of Pennsylvania anthracite miners is ordered for Monday with a reserve on permanence to be decided by a Hazleton convention on May 14. Executives report failed arbitration talks with railroad presidents and mine owners and call for local union delegates to vote on continuing work or striking.
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Hazleton
Mitchell
Baer
Philadelphia and Reading
Thomas
Erie Railroad
Truesdale
The
Lackawanna
Oliphant
Delaware and Hudson
Anthracite Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Shamokin Convention
St. Charles
Lackawanna Valley
Financial Markets and Page Directory Highlights
Front page listing across sixteen pages covers wheat corn oats and cotton prices with specified grading. Trade notices for iron butter live items lead into page references and calendar notes. Also includes railway timetable prompt and weather, fire losses, and corporate news sections.
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Marineintelligence
Railroad President Feigns Comment on Scranton Strike
President George F. Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad declined to comment on miners’ representatives in Scranton planning a general strike set to begin Monday. Baer hinted he may lead the operators in the expected conflict as President Mitchell arrives in Hazleton Tuesday night.
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Cation
Hanna
Mitchell
Hazleton
Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Scranton
Operators reject new Civic Federation talks in coal dispute
A leading coal company president said no concessions would be made and that any settlement must come from miners. He noted Scranton messages and denied Morgan or Mitchell communications. Operators insist on dealing only with individual employers and refuse union recognition, warning of strikes if miners press demands.
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Scranton
Civic Federation
J. P. Morgan & Co
Police raid Allen's Club ends in mass arrests
Disguised officers led by Inspector Brooks and Captain Chapman raided The Allen's West Side Club at 80 Sixth Avenue after a staged painter assault. About 490 prisoners were rounded up. Allen and a dozen others posted $1,000 bonds. Cases proceed in Jefferson Market Court.
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Chapman
Allen
West Side
Sixth Avenue
Rice and Murphy
Rice
Murphy
Levy
West Side Club
Morris Park
Charles Street
Inspector Brooks
Mercer Street
Meade
Jefferson Market Court
Webster Coal Strike Ends in Cambria County
At a conference in Altoona on May 9 President Lathrop of Webster Coal and Coke Company and Bernard Rice of the United Mine Workers reached an agreement to end the Cambria County strike. The company will pay the Altoona scale and collect a one cent per ton check off. Workers will return to their ten mines tomorrow after district meetings approved the pact. Currie and Rice then went to Harrisburg to pursue settlement of the Sonman Shaft strike.
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Altoona
Lathrop
Webster Coal and Coke Company
Bernard Rice
United Mine Workers
Webster Company
Cambria County
William Currie
Mr. Rice
Harrisburg
Sonman
Vance McCormick
Maryland mine shutdown as union balks at weighmen dismissal
Cumberland news reports the Merchants' Coal Company mine at Tennelton West Virginia halted operations today after the union refused to approve the superintendent's demand to discharge the check weighmen. About three hundred men are idle.
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Cumberland
Merchants’ Coal Company of Baltimore
Tennelton
West Va
Splendid Shooting at Sea by Kearsarge in Tests
Newport News May 9. The North Atlantic Squadron conducted gun tests off the Southern drill grounds with eleven full shots at a sea target. The battleship Kearsarge, built by Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, achieved seven hits at half speed, a remarkable marksmanship amid choppy seas and moving rafts.
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Newport News
Capes
Kearsarge
Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Higinson
New York Central Rail Service Praised Across the Atlantic
The Buffalo Express highlights the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad for its track excellence speed of trains safety comfort scenery and city variety praising its uniformly correct service as unmatched on either side of the Atlantic.
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New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Atlantic
Buffalo Express
Adv
Storms and wind lash New York State towns in May
Across Troy Ballston Plattsburg Newark Saranac Lake Buffalo and St Paul storms brought high winds freezing temperatures and snow. Tower damage in Troy threatened others while storms toppled trees flooded areas damaged fruit blossoms and early vegetables. No injuries reported.
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Newark
N. Y
Wayne County
Martinique Disaster Report Warship Rescues Few Survivors
Reports from Martinique describe Mont Pelée's eruption destroying St Pierre and surrounding districts. Death toll estimates reach forty thousand with many ships and port facilities obliterated. French cruiser Suchet confirms vast casualties and seeks provisions while authorities reckon Governor and staff perished.
Eighteen Vessels Lost in Saint Pierre Disaster
Cable dispatch from L. H. Aymé, U S Consul at Pointe-Pitre, reports eighteen vessels burned or sunk in the Mont Pelée eruption area. Four American ships and the Quebec steamer Roraima vanished. Grappler, a cable repair steamer, lost with all hands near Guérin factory. Roddam’s captain gravely injured. others hospitalised at St Lucia.
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London
Daily Mail
Pointe A Pitre
Suchet
Martienique
West Indies
Quebec Line
Roraima
E. A. Outerbridge
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St. Lucia
Martinique
Red Cross Steamship Company
G. F. Lough & Co
Produce Exchange
I. W. & P. Armstrong
Wall Street
Talisman
Lesser Antilles
Barbados
American Trading Company
Barkentine L. W. Norton
Foulke & Co
Beaver Street
Norton
Alexander Parks
Grappler
Western Union Telegraph Company
West India and
Panama “Punto Company
Central Cable Office
Washington
State Department
L. H. Aymé
United States
Pointe - Pitre
Guadtloune
Quebec
San Juan
Porto Rico
Dominica
West India and Panama Telegraph Company
Mont Pelée
ST. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Ocean Traveller
Guérin Factory
Royal Mail
Esk
Quebec Steamship Company
Storm at St Pierre Kills Many. U S Consul Victim Reported
A May 9 1902 cablegram from Point a Pitre reports a storm of steam mud and fire enveloping St Pierre causing many deaths and that the United States Consul and family are among victims. The Martinique consular staff are named and noted.
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St. Pierre
United States
Guadeloupe
Tarkington Sued Over Doughnut Factory Nuisance
Indianapolis May 9 Newton Booth Tarkington author is sued for maintaining a nuisance by a doughnut factory near Samuel J Wilson's home The plaintiff seeks 2000 damages after odors from the bakery prompted Wilson to demand action Tarkington refuses and the case goes to court.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Newton Booth Tarkington
Tarkington
Samuel J. Wilson
Wilson
Farkington
Carlsbad Springs Spuhttps Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Ad
Advertisement proclaims Carlsbad Sprudel Salt cures millions from Carlsbad Springs and notes it is obtained by evaporation from the waters. It claims the same curative properties that have made Carlsbad Springs famous for five centuries and warns against imitations.
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Carlsbad
New York Central Announces Low Price Excursions
The New York Central offers first class excursions to St Paul Colorado Utah California and Yellowstone Park at very low rates. itineraries ready call at ticket offices or address M C Roach 1214 Broadway New York Adv Read Kirchoff's special article on the Steel Situation in Monday's Morning Telegraph Adv.
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St. Paul
Colorado
Utah
California
Yellowstone Park
M. C. Roach
Broadway
New York
Kirchoff
Morning Telegraph
Adv
Johann Hoff's Extract Ad Promises Quick Relief
Advertises Johann Hoff's Extract as a remedy for cold or grip with immediate relief and warns to avoid cheap substitutes.
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Johann Hoff
Travelers Condensed Guide Promotes Spring and Summer Trips
200 Little Trips and longer journeys are listed in the Travellers Condensed Guide. Sent on application from Raymond & Whitcomb Co at 25 Union Square.
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Raymond & Whitcomb CO
Union Square
Paris Grief Over St Pierre Disaster Yet Measured
Paris reports the destruction of St Pierre with limited detail and muted public reaction. Newsboys did not shout later editions and flags at the Ministry of the Colonies remained half-masted as papers echoed cables and offered historical comparisons.
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Paris
St. Pierre
Ministry of the Colonies
The
Figaro
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