Murder in Mine Region Sends Shock Through Union Strikes
Wilkes-Barre Penn Aug 6 A watchman Daniel J Sweeney was murdered near Nanticoke prompting union leaders to vow active prosecution of any suspected strike member Three men Ignys Shukis John Smith and Michael Yushko Lithuanians were arrested after evidence they followed Sweeney from a saloon and fled the scene The strike situation remains tense with many mines still idle and push to resume at Pettibone Auchincloss Coyage and other mines. large strike fund distributions were made to aid the neediest workers.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Daniel J. Sweeney
Bliss
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Nanticoke
Auchinglass
Sweeney
Railroad St
Jones
Ignys Shukis
John Smith
Michael Yushko
Apa
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Tobey
Woodward
Pettibone
Auchincloss
Nancoke
Coyage
Edgerton
Temple Coal and Iron Company
Dickson
Delaware and Hudson Company
Corl
Rose
Bernice
State Line
Sullivan County
Packer No. 4
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Shenandoah
Lonsford
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Gombert
Mauch Chunk
General Gobin
Butler Washery
Pittston
Episcopal Order
Warren
Men who saw military service abroad during strikes city unrest
Shenandoah Penn Aug 6 reports Lithuanians and Slavs drilling in town, prompting General Gobin to reinforce troops as miners and residents clash over rising tensions. Mass meetings rally support for unions while Mine Inspector Stein doubts quick mine resumption. at Clarksburg a habeas corpus ruling remands miners to Parkersburg amid a broad labor relief appeal.
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Penn
Gobin
Conference of Representatives of Trades Unions and Friendly Societies
Riots and Arrests Mark Initial Weeks of Coal Camp Strife
Tensions flare as soldiers curb disturbances at a Lehigh Valley Coal Company camp. Guards fend off close range fire with no injuries. Arrests include John Spotanski for liquor sale and Joseph Dambroski, fined after surrendering for a prior riot. A Romanian Jew, Isa Gore Rubinsky, fled to Shenandoah seeking help and was jailed for fast riding with a $5 fine.
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Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Philadelphia
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Gobin
Joseph Dambroski
Squire Shoemaker
Paul Revere
Mahanoy City
Isa Gore Rubinsky
Shenandoah
Citizens Help Strikers In Connecticut Trolley Fight
New Haven August reports a widespread strike by Fair Haven and Westville trolley workers paralyzing service. Citizens, business leaders, the City Council and newspapers back the strikers, while authorities prepare for a conference. City measures include railroad police sworn in and beds sent for possible imported workers as pledges not to ride circulate to pressure a settlement.
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Police Commission
New Haven Mayor Orders Arbitration To End Trolley Strike
Mayor Studley announces arbitration as required by Connecticut law to settle the trolley conductors strike. He warns rail officials and strikers to seek State Mediation Board action by August 7, or he will act. City authorities prepare for potential disorder with extra police and marshals ready.
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Westville
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State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
New-Haven
John P. Studley
Gypsies Landed at Ellis Island After Inquiry
Four families of Gypsies from Buenos Ayres were transferred from the Coleridge to Ellis Island. They faced special inquiry and were allowed to land after showing funds to reach their destinations. Cash totaled about $19,000. some planned Galveston or California trips but agreed to buy New Orleans railroad tickets and depart for trains direct from Ellis Island.
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Czar Shook Miss Barton’s Rand
Miss Clara Barton president of the American Red Cross arrived in Hoboken aboard the Pennsylvania after attending the quinquennial conference in Russia. Delegates from fifty nations gathered for the gathering where the Czar personally decorated her, declining a kiss and shaking her hand, a sign of royal favor without royal blood.
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American Red Cross
Hoboken
Pennsylvania
Russia
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Europe
B. F. Tillinghast
Miss Barton
Tragedy on Illinois Central Excursion at Dawson Springs
An Illinois Central excursion train struck five young women on a Dawson Springs trestle. Two were killed instantly, and three others were injured, two fatally. Dead are Miss Johnny Smith of Paducah and Miss Lucy Stevenson of Hickory Grove. injured are Miss Lenna Flint of Paducah, Miss Edith Stevenson of Hickory, and Miss Minnie Nichols of Hawes. The women were guests at the springs.
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Dawson Springs
Johnny Smith
Paducah
Lucy Stevenson
Hickory Grove
Lenna Flint
Dith Stevenson
Hickory
Minnie Nichols
Hawes
Warren at Northfield sermon on stewardship and salvation
The Rev. Dr. EB Walpole Warren delivers a stirring Northfield Bible Conference talk on the unjust steward parable. He urges daily stewardship, confessing unspoken sins, influencing family and friends toward Christ, and avoiding half measures in church life and Sunday observance.
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New York
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Demonico
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Congo
Meyer
Christ
Moody
the Tribune
Northfield
Mr. Moody
Mr. Warren
Delmenico
Delmonteo's
Fifth-ave
Delmonico
God
Jesus Christ
Wilder Family Perishes in California House Fire
Stockton dispatch reports Leo Wilder his wife and three children died in a night fire at their country home near Elliott California. Defective flue presumed cause. The wooden house burned rapidly and the family was found dead inside after authorities reached the scene. The Wilders had only recently moved into the neighborhood.
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