Party Leaders Meet Oppose Tariff Revision At Meeting
A White House conference attended by Republican leaders from both houses discussed tariff revision and its campaign impact. Key figures included Aldrich Hanna Platt Payne DanPalzell Babcock Hull Sherman Over and Postmaster General Payne. They favored no tariff changes, warning revision could disrupt markets and affect the election. Some proposed Cuba reciprocity or a general tariff shift, but most argued against altering duties now. The session indicated unity against tariff changes, with focus on sustaining support for the current plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
White House
Ala Aldrich
Hanna
Platt
Connecticut
Pooner
Payne
Dan- Palzell
Babcock
Hull
Sherman
Over
Finance
Wars and Means
House
Republican Congressional Committee
Cuba
Oshers
Sextor Elkins
Senate
Ae Sala
Capitol
Burrows
Wte
Crews
Yi Srp Uandal
Clan MacGregor Ashore Off Cape Colony Coast
Cape Town June 2 British steamer Clan MacGregor Captain Bond from Port Natal May 8 bound for New York is ashore at Martha's Point south coast of Cape Colony and expected to wreck. Built Leith 388, 1924 tons net, owned by Charles W Cayzer Irvine & Co Glasgow. Vessel length 329 feet 6 inches, beam 40 feet 3 inches, depth 24 feet 4 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
Clan MacGregor
Bond
Port Natal
New York
Martha's Point
Cape Colony
Leith
Charles W. Cayzer
Irvine & Co
Glasgow
Rebuke to Prussian Agrarians In Debate
Berlin June 2 in the Prussian Diet the Chancellor refused to join motions on farm protection, saying the Reichstag has no business with that matter. The Conservative tariff proposal passed 18 to 79. At Colon, Colombia the gun boat Machias reports insurgents leaving Chirigul Grande wounded behind them and retreating toward David. The government clamped down on order returning the treo to the Isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Council of Ministers
Count von Bilow
Reichstag
Colon
Colombia
United States
Machias
Morales Berti
Chirigul Grande
David
Treo
Bocas del Toro
Visit Fosters Ties Between Germany and Great Britain
London reports Emperor William sent a telegram to Earl Cadogan thanking the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for hospitality shown to Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia and the German squadron during their visit to Ireland. The message says the visit strengthens the links between Germany and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emperor William
Earl Cadogan
Ireland
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Great Britain
Fisher in critical condition with pneumonia
L. G. Fisher, president of Union Bag and Paper Company, is seriously ill with pneumonia at the Mayner House in Ballston Spa. He traveled from Chicago and New York, affecting his workers as he arrived amid a labor strike. his condition worsened to critical as of June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Saratoga
N. Y
Ll. G. Fisher
Chicagoland New York
Union Bag and Paper Company
Mayner
How M'Mahon Aided Croker In Tammany Hall Power Moves
Leaders of Greater New-York Democrats held a rousing Stein's Garden meeting in the XVIIth Assembly District led by Daniel F. McMahon. Speakers including John C. Sheehan and Cantor attacked Croker and outlined past contracting schemes tied to Metropolitan Street Railway improvements and party leadership shifts. John Brannigan eyed to succeed McMahon with party figures vowing to press September primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
Daniel F. McMahon
Tammany
Stein's Garden
Fifty
Eighth St
Tenth
Eleventh Aves
John C. Sheehan
William Hepburn Russell
Jacob A. Cantor
Dennis J. Harrington
Dago Dan” McMahon
John Brannigan
Sheehan
Tammany Hall
Ara Croker
Rico
Sheepockets
Han
Mr. McMahon
Dan” McMahon
Strong
Fourth-ave
Mahon
McMahon
Twenty-third St
Worth
East River
Frm
Judge McMahon
Croker
Metropolitan
Naughton & Co
Hugh J. Grant
Mayer
Grant
van Wyck
Iam
Cantor
Wantage
Albany
New York
N. Taylor Phillips
John B. Mullaly
Strikers Hold Quiet as Mines Run Despite Order
The strike leaves major mines in the upper Wyoming and Scranton district functioning with 25 percent of workers, as nonunion and returning old employees fill posts. Pumps run, officials report smooth operation, and railroad and sheriff actions focus on preventing violence while plans for further mass meetings and potential acts of sympathy strike rollout are outlined by leaders and operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Erie
Pennsylvania
Hillside Coal and Iron and Temple Coal and Iron
Connell
Scranton
People's
Wyoming and
Mitchell
Brooklyn Republicans Form Executive Committee
The enrolled Republican primary committee in Brooklyn has chosen its executive committee by district, listing members from the 1st to the 20th districts. The organization will have representatives in each Kings County election district selected by the executive committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
T. J. O'Neil
Ild
Wilmot L. Morehouse
A. E. Vass
Samuel H. Cragg
Frederick Linde
George B. Forrester
Will H. Johnson
H. Wright
Alexander J. A. Calaghan
E. H. Hazelwood
J. Altkrug
Arthur R. Lew- Louis J.ard
George S. Richards
Edward H. Hobbs
Elwin
Piper
Kings County
Troops Charge Rioting Strikers in Lemberg
In Lemberg Galicia Austria June 2 a clash at Schnetzen Platz saw soldiers pelted by strikers during a drill return. Infantry charged wounding several workers as windows shattered. A later clash left three civilians dead after being treated at a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemberg
Galicia
Austria
Schnetzen Platz
Funeral Procession of Li Hung Chang in Peking
The Li Hung Chang funeral procession in Peking stretched two miles yesterday with sixty bearers carrying the coffin beneath a richly embroidered pall. High officials followed in chairs as eulogistic tablets were carried and the last rites were performed before a large crowd. From Peking the body will travel by boat to Taku and then by steamer to Shanghai for burial in the late statesman’s birthplace.
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Peking
Li Hung Chang
Tung-Chao
Li ‘Hung Chang
Tung- Chao
Taku
Earl
Shanghai
Newark rider Hatfield wins but wrecks near finish
In a 25 mile Coliseum track race at New Haven Charles Hatfield of Newark stole a lap in mile twenty one and led to the end. He crashed after missing the final lap pistol, tore into the fence, was knocked unconscious, and finished by dragging his broken wheel to the line amid a crowd and police efforts.
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New Haven
Conn
Coliseum
Charles Hadfield
Newark
Hatfield
Open smoking cars tested on third avenue elevated railway
The Third Avenue Elevated Railway Company ran several open smoking cars on Saturday as an experiment. Company officials said the service could be increased or extended to all elevated lines as electric power is introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue Elevated Railway Company
Shorthand for the Blind at London Conference
The London Chronicle reports a conference at Church House where a blind stenographer demonstrated a new braille based shorthand machine. Henry yy Soparsnkenaiet and four others won a prize from Braille Magazine for developing a system built on multiple dot based methods. The machine embosses dots on paper tape for reading by touch and recording on a typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Church House
Peor
Henry Yy
General Soparsnkenaiet
Ind. Edgbaston
Soft coal ban tests courts as city battles shortage
The city faced a severe anthracite shortage with no bids received for coal. Manhattan Elevated Railroad and others prepared to mix soft coal while the Board of Health seeks court guidance on enforcing the soft coal ordinance. Henry O. Kenney, Hotel Majestic engineer, faces ongoing hearings as complaints mount against Sherry’s, Hotel Gerard, and others. President Lederle backs court responsibility. Corporation Counsel Rives to be consulted.
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Hawkes
Manhattan
Board of Health
Hotel Majestic
Court of Special Sessions
Henry O. Kenney
Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Sherry's
Gerard
Lederle
Rives
Strike era night grimly recruits guards for Pennsylvania mines
In a dark room at No 21 Annst twenty five men paced and whispered as others joined in response to ads for watchmen and firemen. A private detective from Lehigh Railroad allegedly recruited 200 men in New York for duty at anthracite stockades while operators push to keep shafts working amid a fierce strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annst
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Railroad Company
New York
New-York
Whispering Gallery
Governor appoints 100 coal pit police for anthracite region
Harrisburg Penn June 2 The Governor issued commissions today to about one hundred additional coal and iron policemen for duty in the anthracite strike area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Penn
Stone
Arch bishop Ireland in town to push arbitration for coal strike
Archbishop Ireland, a Civic Federation arbitration member, met in the city with fellow committee members to urge peacemaking actions. The group said they did all possible to avert the strike and noted President Mitchell opposed it but was outvoted. They denied bias against coal carriers, insisting the committee would judge on merits if given a chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archbishop Ireland
The
Civic Federation
Mitchell
UN Ita
Interstate Commerce Commission
Soft Coal Case Adjourned in Special Sessions Test
The hoard of health's suit against Henry J. Kenney, engineer of the Hotel Magestie, was adjourned for three weeks in Special Sessions before Justice McKean. Deputy Assistant District Attorney Lord led the prosecution with coaching from F. Wadsworth, secretary to Commissioner Lederle. The case tests broader complaints against Sherry's, the Gerard Hotel, and the Hotel Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Kenney
Magestie
Justice McKean
Lord
Lederle
F. Wadsworth
Sherry
Coal bids fail as dealers miss city auction
Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal advertised for 2800 tons of anthracite coal with bids due yesterday but no dealer appeared either in person or by letter. He blamed the coal strike and wary dealers hesitant to assume obligations until the strike ends, though the department will soon need coal and hopes to find a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindenthal
Blast furnaces coked down in Shenango Valley strike
Sharon Pennsylvania June 2 The second day of the blast furnace strike leaves thirteen stacks idle in Sharon Sharpsville and West Middlesex with one furnace operating under police protection. National Steel Company furnaces join the walkout as 2000 workers leave. President McMahon warned idle furnaces in unionized plants by tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Penn
Sharpsville
West Middlesex
Shenango Valley
Sharon Steel Company
National Steel Company
Shenango Company
National
United States Steel Corporation
McMahon
National Association of Blast Furnace Workers
Middlesex
Gompers Cancelled Kingston Iron Workers Charter
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor cancelled the Kingston Ontario Iron Workers Union charter after members refused to support machinists on strike. The move is unprecedented in Canadian union history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Kingston, Ont
Iron Workers
Canada
Weavers Strike at Pierce Mill No 1 in New Bedford
About two hundred and fifty weavers employed at the Pierce Mill No 1 struck today alleging pay for many styles of work is lower than before the wage increase last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-Bedford
Mass
Pierce Mill No
Garment workers strike in Syracuse after wage demand clash
The clothing manufacturers refused an 8 percent rise to sub-contractors following a nine hour day concession. About 1500 workers abstained from work in Syracuse, gathering in multiple halls as Garment Workers' unions anticipate victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Garment Workers
Strike Hits Empire Bridge Workers in Elmira
Four hundred bridge workers at Empire Bridge Company plants in Elmira went on strike at 9 am over the company stance toward forming a union in its shops. The action follows tensions during union organizing efforts at the plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y
Empire Bridge Company
Denby Dale Pie Tradition Celebrates Jubilees With Giant Bake
In Denby Dale near Barnsley villagers bake commemorative pies for historic events. A coronation jubilee pie weighed over two tons, eight feet wide two feet deep, costing £950 and drawn by ten horses. When cut it proved uneatable, prompting a second pie the following September shared by more than two thousand attendees.
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London Chronicle
Edward VII
Denby Dale
Barnsley
George II
England
France
Morse Iron Works to Burn Oil After Coal Runs Out
Morse Iron Works soon stops burning coal with 150 tons on hand. D P Morse says the cecal strike is no longer of concern as the plant shifts to fuel oil for rivets plates and ship ribs. Oil furnaces will heat 7 100 tons of coal yearly replaced by 912 000 gallons of oil via tankboats and pipelines. Northwestern Northeastern Northtown Northman vessels being rebuilt will also switch. Oil offers steadier heat no ash handling and faster startup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse Iron Works and Drydock Company
Cecal
D. P. Morse
Morse Company
New Jersey
Morse
New York
Northwestern
Northeastern
Northtown
Northman
Northwestern Steamship Company
Chicago
Liverpool
Central suits on calendar for damages against New York Central
Twenty two suits for damages arising from the Park tunnel collision or injuries in the disaster were set for trial by Justice Wilmot M. Smith at White Plains to open the June term of the Supreme Court. The total demand exceeds 1 million dollars. The venue motion to Albany County was to be ruled on in one case, with trial denied in favor of readiness for the first action. The first suit involves Amanda A. Cox as administrator for her daughter Wiliam E. Howard for 1000 dollars. Another suit seeks 100000 dollars by Miss Margaret G Lambden who claims crippling injuries and lifelong impairment from the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad Company
Wilmot M. Smith
Supreme Court
White Plains
John F. Brennan
Smith
Westchester County
Albany County
Amanda A. Cox
New-Rochelle
Wiliam E. Howard
Margaret G Lambden
John F. Lambden
William Leys
Steel imports surge as German mills eyed for Chicago projects
Importers report weekly growth in structural steel shipments from Germany amid scarce domestic billets. William Dewey of Springfield reportedly ordered a million dollar cargo for an apartment hotel and two other buildings, signaling wider reliance on foreign steel as mills struggle to meet orders. Builders face three month delays and occasional premiums to secure deliveries, with European shipments also hitting Chicago Kansas City and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dewey
Springfield
Mass
West Thirty-first-st
Dewey
East Fourteenth St
Chcago
Kansas City
New Orleans
Baltimore
Europe
Chicago
Great Britain
Judge Dent lampoons Rev Mustoe in West Virginia land case
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune reports Judge Marmaduke H. Dent’s opinion in the Eli Moore matter from Randolph County West Virginia. Clara intermarried with Moore sues her father in law Rev Anthony Mustoe over land bought for her, court censures Mustoe for secrecy and evasive conduct, noting his dual life and attempt to curry favor with creditors while professing piety. The opinion mocks his duplicity urging truthfulness and restraint in execution of the assignment for creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Supreme Courts
Marmaduke H. Dent
West Virginia Supreme Court
Eli Moore
Randolph County
Moore
Anthony Mustoe
Clara
Supreme Court
Judge Dent
el Moore
Montrose
Brietz
Happy Land
Canaan
Tucker
Pa Mustoe
Windward
Bunyan
Mustoe
New Jerusalem
Eli
Harriman discusses crops and railroads after Western trip
Edward H. Harriman, chairman of the Union Pacific and president of the Southern Pacific, spoke to reporters at the Equitable Building about Western crop prospects and railroad improvements. He dismissed merger and regulation questions, praised recent rains in Nebraska Kansas and other states, noted increased earnings from lumber and ore shipments, and urged a cooperative approach to future railroad legislation and consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Company
West
Southwest
Equitable
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Harriman Roads
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Union Pavcific
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Pacific
Omaha
Reno
Salt Lake
Elad
Aml Transporter
Salt Lake City
Bayside communistic colony planned on Long Island
A group including Oxford professor Charles Wynne Henderson and Rev W Grantley plans a Bayside settlement near Long Island with a shared fund funded by poultry farming fruit growing and truck gardening. Four elected leaders will govern aided by a communal fund supporting colonists and a manual training school casino and gymnasium to be built with nightly readings dances and lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayside
Long Island
Charles Wynne Henderson
Oxford University
W. ©. Grantley
Shrieholm
Leicestershire
England
Stephen Erving Blanchard
John Ruskin
M. T. Tyson
Buffalo
Henry Warren Quilter
Montreal
Mr. Luttrell
Luttrell
B. F. Wilkes
No. 1
Broadway
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Holds 214th Field Day
Boston on June 2 observed its 214th annual field day with guests from Old Guard New York Governor's Footguard Connecticut Veterans' Corps of Artillery New York National Guard Albany and other groups. The program followed the usual anniversary schedule including march to church election of officers a dress review by the Governor and a 1:30 church service preached by Rev. Walter E. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Old Guard
New York
Governor’s Footguard
Connecticut
Veterans’ Corps of Artillery
National Guard of
Albany
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
The
Commonwealth
Min Faneuil Hall
Walter E. Smith
Yale Freshman Waldo Richards Dies at Infirmary
New Haven Connecticut June 2 Waldo M Richards of Brookline Massachusetts a member of Yale University freshman class died today at the college infirmary from typh Fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven, Conn
Waldo M. Richards
Brookline
Mass
Yale Univ
College Infirmary
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Daniel Knorr
Columbia County
Potteville
Samuel Dietrick
Northumberland County
B. H. Lambert
Carbon County
Charles W. Schadt
Lackawanna County
Delaware and Hudson
Brotherhoods
Cerbondale
Sunbury
Lehigh Valley
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Central Railroad of
Ashley
United Mine Workers
Board of Aldermen
Robert M. Olyphant
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Olyphant
Helbut
Herbert & Co
Manhattan Elevated
Names Executive Committee
Independent Republicans
ERLE
New- Bedford
Morse Iron and Drydock Company
Justice Smith
Ww. Co
Boston Artillery
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