Strikers Threaten Gatling Guns at Perth Amboy Plants
At Perth Amboy on November 30 the National Fireproofing Co strike threatens violence as 500 New York strikebreakers arrive. Major Reading warns of 5000 soldiers with Gatling guns if violence erupts. W D Henry urges return to work. many workers refuse amid agitation. Two plants remain under militia guard as 15 cent hourly demand stalls talks.
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Perth Amboy
National Fireproofing Company
New York
Reading
2D Regiment
W. D. Henry
Pittsburg
National Company
Ciles
Raritan
Lorillard
Keyport
Red Bank
Plainfield
Somerville
Elizabeth
Keasbey
China’s envoy greeted in Washington by officials
Tang Shao Yi arrives in Washington with Prince Trai Fu and attachés to thank the United States for Boxer indemnity payments. The party is met by Huntington Wilson and State Department aides, escorted to residencies, with Wu Ting-fang guiding introductions. Tang is to visit the State Department and President Roosevelt tomorrow. He bears letters and rare gifts for the President and others.
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Washington
Tang Shao Yi
Ty Prince Trai Fu
Rovel
Huntington Wilson
State Department
Roosevelt
Wu Ting-fang
John W. Foster
Taft
Hoot
Prince Tsai Fu
China
United States
Politicians Indicted In Philadelphia Libel Cases
Philadelphia news reports state Senator James P McNichel led the Republican organization in Philadelphia and faced indictment by the grand jury on criminal libel charges from Max Kaufmann, former mayoral secretary. Kaufmann also indicted for perjury. Grbener charged with criminal libel. Additional indictments: Meyer Reyburn against E F Van Valkenberg and several editors and cartoonists of The North American. Mayor Reyburn testified he had been libeled by editorials.
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Philadelphia
James P. McNichel
Max Kaufmann
Reyburn
Kaufmann
D. Clarence Grbener
Law and Order Society
McNichol
Approves of Murphy by Croker at Tammany Hall
Richard Croker urges that Charles F. Murphy is the ablest leader of Tammany Hall as witnesses at the Democratic Club recount a late night endorsement after a reception for Croker. The scene includes Hugh Hastings and George Spinney with a disruptive intruder silenced, reaffirming Croker’s support for the Murphy faction. He is later honored at a private Sherry's dinner hosted by Andrew Freedman.
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Richard Croker
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Democratic Club
Croker
Mr. Murphy
Hugh Hastings
George Spinney
Mr. Croker
Murphy
Haffen replies to charges before Governor Hughes
Borough President Haffen of The Bronx presented yesterday to Governor Hughes his answer to the charges by John Purroy Mitchel and E. Y. Gallaher, Commissioners of Accounts, following the commission report on his office. He calls many charges conclusions not facts and defends his four terms as Borough President, cites service as an engineer, asserts city acts were beneficial, and claims Mitchel acted from personal malice. He also notes a prior 19% report by Hertle and Von Skal that Civic League charges were unfounded.
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Bronx
Hughes
Albany
John Purroy Mitchel
E. Y. Gallaher
McClellan
Life
City of
New York
Civic League
John C. Hertle
George von Skal
Commissioners of Accounts
The
Mitchel and Gallaher
Mr. Haffen
John Purroy
Mitchel
City Hall
Borough of Manhattan
City of New York
Henry D. Purroy
James Mitchel
United States Steel Corporation
Morton
Butler
Alexander Hamilton
Faber
Pine Bluff Levee Cut Defies Federal Authority
Reports of a 16 foot Arkansas River rise sparked a mass meeting in Pine Bluff Arkansas where residents voted to cut the levee to divert the river. The plan aims to spare main channels and protect property as the river forms a horseshoe bend north of the city.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Arkansas
Jefferson House
Jefferson County
Albany Convicts Nabbed After Clothing Store Burglary
Abel Fuller and George Rogers, identified as Sing Sing escapees, were arrested in Broadway burglary at William H. Butler’s store. Seized in foggy night escape, they wore prison garb discarded for street clothes. Third assailant unnamed. Charged with burglary and grand larceny.
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Albany
Abel Fuller
George Rogers
William H. Butler
Broadway
Sing Sing
New State
Tona Island
Rockland County
Fourth trial sought in Sparrow Amusement suit against circuit group
The third trial in a Montreal company suit for one dollar against the Eastern Circuit Association ended with a verdict for eight dollars in favor of the plaintiff. The jury disagreed on the first trial, and the second verdict of six cents was set aside. A fourth trial has been requested.
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J. B. Sparrow Amusement and Theatrical Company
Montreal
Canada
Eastern Circuit Association
Holt
United States
J. B. Sparrow Company
Ward
Serres
Ro Doulton
Dresden
Royal Vienna
Rorstrand
Florence
New Bldg
New Building
Sheraton
Ninsaienabie Gael Sant
Mrs Delanor Freed in Queens Arson Case
Mrs Delanor a Corona widow was discharged by Magistrate Connolly in Flushing police court after being charged with conspiring to burn Mrs Margaret Gray’s house. John Gerbe her chief accuser was arrested and held without bail for the Queens County Grand Jury action on arson.
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Marie Delaner
Corona
Margaret Gray
Connolly
Flushing
John Gerbe
Queens County Grand Jury
Delanor
Queens County
Keniston Will Names Former Wife In Bequest
The will of Charles Elsworth Keniston head of Keniiston Realty filed in the Surrogates' office following his death by his own hand at the Hotel Sevilla on November 19 bequests his older sons and under fourteen children. He leaves Alma G. Keniston his former wife $1,009 and Emma H. Keniston his widow $0. Edith Howells a longtime clerk receives $2,000 for faithful service.
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Charles Elsworth Keniston
Keniiston Realty Company
Sevilla
Mr. Keniston
Alma G. Keniston
Emma H. Keniston
Prosperity Talks at Club Dinner Highlight Leaders
At a dinner, seven hundred fifty heard Paul Morton, Nicholas Murray Butler, Cyrus McCormick, and Augustus Thomas discuss prosperity across academic, legal, agricultural, and tariff realms. Morton urged vision and prudent corporate attitudes while Butler pressed justice. McCormick praised farmers as the constant core of prosperity and lauded small banks' steadiness during the crisis. The event closed with officer renomination led by A Barton Hepburn and colleagues.
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Augustus Thomas
Butler
Morton
McCormick
Kansas
United States
Thomas
William Jennings Bryan
Francis Lynde Stetson
Restaurant Waiter and Porter Arrested in Pierrepont Hotel Burglary
Central office detectives arrested two hotel workers, Thomas Baldwin and Dinzio Valentino, after a burglary at Mrs. Anna L. Collins's Pierrepont Hotel apartment. A doctor on the above floor reported entry via a fire escape and a window. A blood stain was found on a bed cover and Baldwin showed a severe cut on his hand.
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Central Office
Anna L. Collins
Pierrepont
Fifth Avenue
Thomas Baldwin
Dinztiio Valentino
Mrs. Collins
J C Joy Takes His Life In New York City Bank Reform Era
J C Joy former Hamilton Bank cashier and Harlem Board of Commerce treasurer killed himself after health declined post bank suspension. Born Derby 1950, educated at College of the City, he opposed Thomas Heinze control and remained active in banking groups. Wife Lillian Gaddis and daughter Mary survive. home at 108 West 12th Street. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Jesse ©. Joy
Derby, Wonn
Henry B
Elizabeth Sparks Joy
College of the City of New York
Hamilton Bank
Joy
Thomas-Heinze
Harlem Board of Commerce
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
St. Andrew's Men's Auxiliary
American Bank Clerks’ Association
Lillian Gaddis
New Jersey Lighterage Company
Mary
West 12Th Street
Country Life Recommendations Reach President Roosevelt
Henry Wallace of Iowa outlines key reforms to President Roosevelt via the national commission on country life. The panel, in San Francisco, urged better rural roads education postal savings banks and a limited parcels post. They plan to travel to Sacramento Nevada Oregon and Washington before returning by December 19 to report.
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San Francisco
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Roosevelt
Commission On Country Life
Sacramento
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
National
Wallace
Congress
Anti Imperialist League elects officers at Boston meeting
At the tenth annual Anti-Imperialist League meeting in Boston officers were elected led by President Moorfield Storey and secretary Erving Winslow. An executive committee includes Henry Wade Rogers Nelson Miles Jane Addams William James Andrew Carnegie and others. Appeals for independence were read from Philippine figures Osmena and Ocampo. The treasurer reported about 1000 in balance and the secretary noted four meetings and nearly 100000 documents published. The league seeks immediate Congressional action toward independence to silence jingoists.
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Boston
Anti-Imperialist League
Moorfield Storey
David Greene Haskins, Jr
Erving Winslow
Henry Wade Rogers
Nelson A. Miles
Jane Addams
Frederick Starr
Wiliam James
Andrew Carnegie
Samuel To Memens
C- H. Parkhurst
W. N. MeVickar
Jacques Joeb
W. D Howell
Sefior Osmena
Philippine Assembly
Sefior Ocampo
Philippines
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