Schenectady Boycott Move Opens Path to Action
In Schenectady New York the machinery builders section of the Trades Assembly votes to raise a boycott against the Schenectady Railway Company at the next meeting. The effort includes thirty-one unions and spans all iron trades tied to General Electric and American Locomotive Works. A Citizens Committee forms to guide city welfare amid fears of socialism and future protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnectady
N. Y
Machinery Builders’ Section
Trades Assembly
Trades Union
Schenectady
General Electric
American Locomotive Works
Albany Federation of Labor
Troy
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Albany Federation
Albany United Traction
Amalgamated Street Railway
Troy Central Federation of Labor
W. F. Martin
Raymond
Mnson College
College Hill
Judson S. Landon
Court of Appeals
W. T. W'erson
J. FE. Deems
American Locomotive Company
E. W. Rice, Jr
General Electric Company
G.E. Emmons
General Munacor
Charles F. Veeder
Reeves & Veeder
J. Trumbull
William G. Schermerhorn
Schenectady Trust Company
Henson
Strained Britain Venezuela Ties Deepens Over Orinoco Blockade
Reports from Willemstad and Caracas describe intensified strains between Great Britain and Venezuela. Britain rejects responsibility for Ban Righ actions while Venezuela denounces Trinidad’s decree nullifying the Orinoco River blockade. Diplomats seek US joint stance amid European pressure. Bart Bowen avoids taking sides to protect American interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. D. Haggard
Caracas
Great Britain
Trinidad
Castro
United States
Bowen
Orinoco
Germany
France
Italy
Washington
Legation
Russell
Marietta
Ciudad Bolivar
Indicted for St James Poolroom
William R. Rose alias L Oakley was indicted yesterday by the Grand Jury on a charge of maintaining a poolroom in the city. The case highlights ongoing enforcement actions against illegal gambling venues in the St James area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Rose
Oakley
Index of Department Pages
Index lists sections within the issue including Commercial World Amusements Arrivals at Hotels and Out-of-Town Buyers Business Troubles Court Calendars Insurance Notes Legal Notes Losses by Fire Marine Intelligence and Foreign Mails New Corporations Real Estate Society Free United Service Weather Report Yesterday's Fires with corresponding page numbers from 9 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Service
The Ladies Maid on the Pennsylvania Special
The Ladies' Maid on the Pennsylvania Special is a much appreciated case in the equipment of this popular train. The note highlights the role of a dedicated attendant in ensuring passenger comfort aboard the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Rose accused in betting scheme linked to elderly heiress
The District Attorney pursued indictment for grand larceny but failed. Complainant Mrs. Henrietta Markham alleges Rose induced her to wager $3,000 on two horse races, both losses. The action follows a St. James Building prosecution pursuit.
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St. James Building
Rose
Henrietta Markham
Estate of Paul L. Ford Details Posthumous Child Share
The estate of Paul Leicester Ford reports personal property worth 214691.80 with debts of 5407.81 leaving 205572.07. The posthumous daughter Lesta Ford born June 3 reduces the will’s terms. she receives 137048.94. Wife Grace Jidder Ford gets 64690.69. Worthington C. Ford and Roswell Skeel Jr. receive 2166.67 and 1666.67 respectively. Shares listed include railroad stock, oil, banks, manufacturing firms, and books. executrix fee 2336.92. daughter’s tax 1370.48. probate filed June 27.
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Paul Leicester Ford
Malcolm
Grace Jidder Ford
Tate
Janice
Meredith
New England Primer
Historical Printing Club
Seale Boo
Peter Stirling
George Ww
Franklin
Ford
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
People’s Trust Company of Brooklyn
Hamilton Trust Company of
Brooklyn
Standard Oil Company
Ban AE
Bergen County Gas Company
Csties Aera Ok
Brooklyn Gas Company
Roswell Skeel, Jr
Steele, de Friese & Frothingham
Lesta Ford
President Eliot defends labor stance in address
President Eliot refuses to expand on his recent remarks about labor unions saying his views on the modern "scab" remain as before and that the press report is accurate. He cites a printed stenographic report noting support from nine tents of Americans for liberty to sell labor freely and to prevent violence in labor disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Eliot
Lehigh Valley Coal Agent Chooses Girard Trust Company
The Girard Trust Company will handle all Lehigh Valley coal business for five years. Plans call for issuing 3,000,000 in coal trust certificates with 5 percent annual interest. Girard to retain 75 percent of coal selling price as collateral, a move resembling the Finance Company of Pennsylvania arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Girard Trust Company
Lehigh Valley Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Finance Company of Pennsylvania
Coal Shortage Threatens Pittsburg Steel Plants
In Pittsburg on November 20, the coal shortage idled mills and closed the National Tube Company’s McKeesport works last night. Clairton Steel, part of Crucible Steel, faced serious losses as fuel ran short, prompting an engine dispatch and confiscation of loaded coal cars to keep operations moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
McKeesport
National Tube Company
Clairton Steel Company
Crucible Steel Company of America
Clairton
New Episcopal Building Planned by New York Benefactor
Daniel R. Reid of New York, formerly a Richmond resident, bought a large central tract to build a United Presbyterian church in Richmond Indiana. He recently paid the church debt and provided a pipe organ. The new structure will cost about 75000 dollars, with property total near 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Richmond
Ind
Daniel R. Reid
New York
United Presbyterian Congregation
Reid
United Presbyterian Church
California in Four Days from New York
Travel ad announcing a four day rail route from New York to California via the Overland Limited with connections through Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Bus offices listed at 461 Broadway and 349 Broadway with 28% commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York
Chicago
North- Western
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Bus
Broadway
Foundling Baby At Center Of Harlem Lodger Case
Daniel Kelly known as Daniel Lyseight is jailed in the Tombs on assault and robbery charges after a landlady reports him harboring a cat a dog and a foundling baby. Police say he found the infant near streetcar tracks and was singing to it before arrest. The baby is cared for at Randall's Island amid a foundling allotment by church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Lyseight
Tombs
East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street
Kelly
Lyseight
Hoffman
Erminie
Policeman McKay
Bellevue Hospital
Mott
Harlem
Hoyt
Cook
Robert Noble
Noble
Randall's Island
Foundlings
Hurricane devastates Oaxaca and Chiapas plantations
A violent hurricane struck the interior of Oaxaca and Chiapas causing widespread destruction. The Santa Rita and Morelos plantations in Juquila district suffered losses exceeding $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Oaxaca
Mexico
Chiapas
Santa Rita
Morelos
Juquila
Lake Shore Limited Still The Great 24 Hour Train to Chicago
The Lake Shore Limited remains the premier 24 hour train to Chicago. It departs New York at 5 30 P M and arrives in Chicago at 4 30 the next day with luxurious service and all Pullman accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Coffee losses mount in Chiapas as hurricane finishes ruin
In Chiapas the Guatemala volcano Santa Maria has already damaged many coffee plantations and the hurricane added to the destruction, wiping out crops and leaving scorched fields in its wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiapas
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Mysterious shooting of American woman in Paris
Ellen Gore, an American music student, was shot dead in Paris in a room shared with Jean de Rydzewski, a Russian singer. The case, investigated by United States Consul General Gowdy, remains inexplicable with conflicting accounts and no clear motive or culprit.
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Paris
Ellen Gore
Jean de Rydzewski
Imperial Theatre
St. Petersburg
de Rydzewski
Miss Gore
United States
Gowdy
de Ryzewski
Miss.Gore
Mr. Gowdy
de. Rydzenski
M. de Rutzowski
the Figaro
Chicago
Rutzowski
Robekoff
Rue de la Faisanderie
Only An Actor Saves Child In Streetcar Incident
Miss Delia Sheridan was knocked down on the eastbound Thirty fourth Street car at Sixth Avenue as the motorman accelerated. A tall, calm man aboard, who identified himself only as an actor, intervened to restrain the motorman while police and an ambulance assisted, allowing the child Edward Sheridan to be removed and the woman to return home after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher
West Thirtieth Street
New York
Steel Firms Consolidate in Donora and Sharon
Pittsburg reports a major steel consolidation as Union Steel from Donora merges with Sharon Steel of South Sharon. George W. Carr retires as president. A. W. Mellon will lead. Capitalization rises from 10 million to 50 million with plans for a railroad from Donora to Elk Creek Harbor near Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Union Steel Company
Donora
Mellons
Sharon Steel Company
South Sharon
George W. Carr
New York
A. W. Mellon
Elk Creek Harbor
Erie
Noted Negro's Wife Buried in Washington
Mrs. Sarah E. Haywood, eighty eight, wife of Shepherd Haywood keeper of the Harper's Ferry arsenal gate, was buried in Washington today. Haywood, noted for intelligence, refused John Brown's demand for keys and was shot, the first killed by Brown's force. Virginia authorities later buried him with military honors.
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New York Times
Washington
Sarah E. Haywood
Shepherd Haywood
Harper's Ferry
John Brown
Haywood
Brown
Virginia
Carrie Nation interrupts Madison Square Horse Show crowd
Carrie Nation visited the Madison Square Garden horse show and loudly denounced extravagant dress and saloon trade. She confronted Reginald Vanderbilt and Miss Nielsen, lectured a champagne agent, then moved to a Twenty-seventh Street restaurant where police removed her after a large crowd gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Madison Square Garden
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Reginald Vanderbilt
Miss Nielson
Mrs. Nation
Vanderbilt Party
Madison Avenue
Mrs.Nation
Vanderbilts
Mr. Vanderbilt
George Kessler
James Villepiqne
Edward Armstrong
President on Return Trip to Washington
Asheville N C November 20 The Presidents homeward journey on the Southern Railway was swift with no major incidents. Crowds cheered at stations including Chattanooga Stevenson and Coltewah Junction where a tall mountaineer spoke to him. He waved to about 200 children in Newport Tenn and stepped to a door in stocking feet to greet youngsters at Stevenson. He will reach Washington tomorrow morning at 8 oclock.
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Asheville
N. C
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Newport
Stevenson
Ala
Coltewah Junction
Mississippi
Knoxville
Washington
Burnett’s Cocaine Claim Attributed Effects
An advertisement claims Burnett’s Cocaine relieves irritation and prevents hair loss. The terse copy asserts soothing benefits for irritated scalps and hair retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnett
Briarcliff Milk Praised For Nourishing Quality
Ad praises Briarcliff milk highlighting its genuine nourishment and steady reliability. The copy stresses consistent quality and dependable flavor.
Antediluvian Rye Item By Layties Brothers
An old line fragment references Layties Brothers and rye product notes from a historical ad or notice. The readable text hints at aged rye and a casual discount or feature, but specifics are unclear.
Wealthy resident fights trolley pole project in New Brunswick
Hendricks Vliet guarding his corner property on George and Albany Streets spent hours in a hole dug by trolley workers. Despite Council of War and police pleas, laborers under Mr Butler erected two poles and stringing wires overnight, after clashes with Vliet and his helper Michael Sweeney. By dawn the poles were up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New Brunswick
George
Albany Streets
Hendricks Vliet
Middlesex and Somerset Traction Company
Vliet
Albany Street
Mr. Butler
Traction Company
Mr. Vliet
Michael Sweeney
Sweeney
Mother's Plea May Cost Deserter's Life
A Maryland mother appeals to the War Department for her son Arthur Richter who deserted to join Filipino forces in the Philippines. Senator McComas supports clemency while authorities prepare evidence for a general court-martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Maryland
War Department
Aguinaldo
United States Army
Richter
Tiras
Luzon
Mindoro
Philippines
Armour's Potato Corner Eyes Northwest Market Control
Armour & Co plans to seize control of the Northwest potato crop within three weeks. News from Peoria cites Henry Fawcett of Rock Island saying Armour reps are buying all potatoes offered at 16 to 17 cents a bushel in Michigan and Minnesota, aiming to boost prices to 60 cents by December 10. Trainloads are awaiting cold storage as the firm moves to corner the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iul
Armour & Co
Northwest
Minnesota
Michigan
Peoria
Henry Fawcett
Rock Island
Fawcett
Armour
Armour Selling Wheat Dominates Chicago Markets
Armour's heavy selling of wheat dominates the Chicago market with estimates of 6 to 10 million bushels exchanged. May futures opened at 77% cents, eased to 75% 76, closing 75% to 76. December weakened but held 75% cents, as Armour buying pressured May shorts. Armour netted about 350000 dollars from today's moves and still maintains a near 9 million bushel May position. An accompanying note highlights a Pennsylvania Special train service advert for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Armour
Shorts
New York Reform Regime Reviews Ten Months of City Work
Citizens' Union summarizes ten months of reform administration. Police progress judged mixed. finance, street work, education, and health show gains. Tax arrears collection doubled, street projects expanded, school construction and consolidation advancing, vaccines and disease control improving, and hospital and sanitation services expanding under new oversight. The report notes a higher salary promptness, merit promotions, reduced death rates, and significant public health strides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reform Administration
Citizens’ Union
R. Fulton Cutting
Corporation of New York City
Queens
Richmond
Special Corps of Physicians
Court of General Sessions
John Winters Brennan
Francis P. Kinnicutt
Joseph D. Bryant
Henry P. Loomis
Richard H. Derby
William M. Polk
L. Emmett Holt
T. Mitchell Prudden
A. Jacobi
A. Alexander Smith
Edward G. Janeway
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St. James
Paul L. Ford
President Eliot
Lehigh Valley
The
Indiana
Daniel G. Reid
Wall Street Journal
Adv
Foundlng
Sault
R. C. Vanderbilt
Armour’s Potato Corner
Department of the Muni
Cipal Administration
LAW Department
Board OF Education
Manual Training High School
Long Island City
Wadleigh High School
High School of Commerce
Technical High School
Ereven
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Health Department
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