Labor unions and dealers form new mechanics body amid building trade halt
The report describes a split where dealers withdraw from the United Board of Building Trades and form a new mechanics organization. A pledge binds members to not interfere with supplies and to avoid labor conflicts. A June deadline and a planned meeting of union presidents aim to resolve the industry standstill and resume building.
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United Board of Building Trades
Mechanics
Bodies of
Brooklyn
Tureday
Building Trades Employers Ation
Unions of Mechanics
Building Trades Employers’ Association
Board of Governors
Mechanics” Unions
Sncmane Ta
Employers’ Association
Westchester Building Tieup Ends After Strike
In Westchester County the building trades strike ends as workers return to prior terms. The Master Builders' Association claims victory with 100 New Rochelle masons and 300 Pelham Larchmont carpenters resuming work, while councils dissolve and negotiations shift to unions or individuals.
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Westchester County
Master Builders’ Association
New Rochelle
New-Rochelle
Pelham
Larchmont
Dattie
Masterclan Association
Eiht
Connecticut
Wirework Employers Meet Over Strike Reopenings
Members of the Wirework Manufacturers Association representing a majority of city employers met at the Cosmopolitan Hotel to question peers who reopened shops under morcements not in line with association rules. Explanations were unsatisfactory and most shops planned to close again until a broad settlement. The group also affirmed its affiliation with the Building Trades Employers’ Association.
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Building Trades Employers’ Association
Rangers to guard mines amid Arizona copper strike
El Paso Texas June 9 a strike by Mexican and Italian laborers at Clifton Arizona has shut down mines and smelters in the Arizona Copper Company Detroit Copper Company and Spanno Copper Company. Morenci Metcalfe and Clifton districts are at a standstill. Sheriff Parks and deputies are present to keep order. Captain Pyning of the Arizona Rangers is ordered to Douglas and to send troops to Clifton. Serious trouble is feared.
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el Paso
Tex
Clifton
Ariz
Arizona Copper Company
Detroit Copper Company
Spanno Copper Company
Morensi
Sheriff Parks
Morenci
Metcalfe
Pyning
Arizona Rangers
Douglas
Nine Holyoke paper mills shut down over finishing strike
Because of a strike in the finishing departments nine paper mill plants in Holyoke Massachusetts halted operations this morning leaving about fifteen hundred workers unemployed.
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Holyoke
Mass
Lightning Pranks Hit Baltimore Ministers and Homes
Severe electrical storms lash Baltimore and nearby areas causing damage and fear. A tower strike at Old St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church sparked a fire. The Lutheran church debate was halted when lightning knocked out lights. Homes in Govanstown and Tuxedo Park endured strikes injuring residents. animals and property suffered shocks and damage.
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Baltimore
Old St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Fir Mission Board
General Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Eagle's Exposition
Govanstown
Bolt
Lewis Blondheim
William Conly
Tuxedo Park
Greene names Pinkerton Newtown captain from four nominees
Police Commissioner Greene appoints Sergeant Alexander Pinkerton of the Newtown station as captain, selecting from four sergeants including Dennis Brennan friend of President Roosevelt, Patrick Murphy of Queens and William Egan of Tremont.
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Greene
Alexander Pinkerton
Newtown
Dennis J. Brennan
Roosevelt
Patrick Murphy
Queens
William C. Egan
Tremont
Brennan
George Thompson
Aterwart
Extortion allegations swirl around Parks and builders
The article details Herman Lobel of Lobel Andrews Company and allegations of paid extortion to stop strikes. It covers payments to Samuel Parks, Devery, and others, plus court actions, witnesses, and the DA’s pursuit of multiple cases including Hecla Iron Works officials and Poulson. The piece notes broader testimony and a roundup of contractors involved.
Car Lifts Rescue After Boy Struck by Tram
Five year old Joseph Shapiro was hit by a car at 744 Third Ave. as he dodged behind a wagon. A crowd helped lift the tram after Patrolman Higgins ordered aid. The boy suffered scalp wounds internal injuries a compound fracture of the right arm and crushed ribs. He was taken to Flower Hospital and remained alive late last night.
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Joseph Shapiro
Third-ave
James Lyons
Higgins
East Fifty-first-st
Lyons
Richardson
Flower Hospital
Yonkers Labor Debate Draws Crowded Yonkers Music Hall
The Havemeyer versus Yonkers labor unions debate unfolded at Music Hall Yonkers with Theodore Fitch presiding. J T Windell of Yonkers Federation of Labor answered Havemeyer’s sixteen questions, defending union aims and methods while challenging the trust model.
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John C. Havemeyer
Yonkers
Music Hall
Theodore Fitch
New York
Havemeyer
J. T. Windell
Yonkers Federation of Labor
Miscellaneous Trades of Yonkers
Labor Trust
Mr. Havemeyer
Autonomy for Moros Bill in Philippine Province
The Philippines Commission bills the Moro Province to become autonomous under Philippine oversight. Taft and Davis drafted the measure creating an appointive council and local laws while extending Philippine court and constabulary jurisdiction. It divides the province into five districts and contemplates partial military governance.
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Manila
The
Philippines Commission
Taft
Davis
Moro
Philippines
Sulu
Zamboanga
Lanao
Cotabato
Davao
Leonard Wood
Major Howze Ordered to Manila for Prisoner Abuse Probe
Washington June 9 Major Robert L Howze of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment is ordered to Manila to attend the investigation into charges of cruel treatment of Filipino prisoners General Davis will name the investigator and report on Major Hunter who filed the charges
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Washington
Robert L. Howze
Porto Rico
Manila
Davis
Hunter
President appoints judge to Philippines Supreme Court
The President named F. Finley Johnson as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to fill the vacancy from Fletcher Ladd’s resignation. Johnson has served in the Philippine judiciary for the past two years.
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Washington
F. Finley Johnson
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Fletcher Ladd
Johnson
Judiciary of the Philippines
Dinamite and Arms Sent to Philippines for Soldiers
The Atlantic Basin Brooklyn yesterday sent on the British steamer Indiadeo ten tons of dynamite thirty tons of black powder 5199 rounds of one pounder ammunition for Hotchkiss guns and fifty cases of fuse and 300000 in coin mostly silver dollars billed to United States Government officials in the Philippines. The money will pay the soldiers and the ammunition will arm them while the dynamite will be used to blast roads through the mountains.
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United States
Philippines
Atlantic Basin
Brooklyn
Warships Not to Go to Chill as Chilean Situation Eases
The United States revoked orders for the South Atlantic Squadron to proceed to Valparaiso after cable reports from Minister Wilson indicated no need. State Department explained a potential Chilean strike and rioting prompted earlier plans, but the emergency subsided and Admiral Summers was told to cancel. Officers said visits to Chillan waters will be friendly and routine.
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Washington
Valparaiso
Wilson
State Department
Navy Department
Montevideo
Cable
South Atlantic
Moody
Summers
Pacific
Chillan
Fleet to Test Cruising in Aleutian Waters
Rear Admiral Cotton will lead a Pacific Squadron voyage from San Francisco to the Aleutian Islands in late June to test cruising efficiency and train officers. The fleet will stop at Dutch Harbor to inspect a 5,000 ton coal depot, marking the first visit of a fleet this size to the region. The Boston goes to repairs, with the Concord replacing it in a squadron led by the New York alongside Marblehead Ranger and Concord.
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Washington
Pacific
Cotton
San Francisco
Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor
Boston
Concord
New York
Marblehead
Ranger
isolation camp attendants threaten pay dispute over smallpox case
Stamford Connecticut June 9 attendants at the isolation camp caring for George Francis Train report the city will not pay them for Thursday when quarantine ends. The city plans two more weeks to ensure no spread. Dr Borden and three attendants say their contracts end with the patient and threaten a mass visit to city officials for wages.
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THE
Tribune
Stamford
Conn
George Francis
Dr. Borden
Inspectors Seize Silver Dish from Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Passenger
On arrival from Bremen the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse passenger Simon Rosenau was halted by US customs inspector Timothy Donohue who found a hand wrought silver filigree dish valued at 200 dollars in Rosenau's overcoat. Rosenau was allowed to take the dish after paying duty.
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Bremen
United States
Simon Rosenau
Philip
Timothy Donohue
Donohue
Rosenau
Lynch Not With Fuller Company Says Ex Judge
Ex Judge Samuel P. McConnell president of United States Realty and Construction Company denies Chicago reports that James J. Lynch was employed by the George A. Fuller Company to aid in juror bribery. Lynch sought help to rectify his fugitive status and authorities hold the Sullivan case pending in Chicago.
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Samuel P. McConnell
United States Realty and Construction Company
Chicago
George A. Fuller
James J. Lynch
Alexander Bullivan
Lynch
Sullivan
Tax Assessments Rise in Manhattan and Boroughs
Tax Office experts finished tallying the books and reported a seven thousand rise in Manhattan assessments and a total increase of 55 million across all five boroughs. President Wells refused to verify the figures.
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Manhattan
Boroughs
Wells
Tax Department
Opinion Backing McCall as Alderman Finance Chairman
Mayor Low cited Corporation Counsel Rives who advised acknowledging John T. McCall, Tammany leader in the Board of Aldermen, as chairman of the Aldermen Finance Committee by the Sinking Fund Commission.
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Low
Rives
John T. McCall
Tammany
Board of Aldermen
Sinking Fund Commission
Ex Judge Bartine Denies Loss Of Rice Estate Papers
Ex Judge John H. Bartine of Somerville New Jersey contradicted yesterday's report that he lost important papers relating to the Rice estate on which he serves as an executor.
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John H. Bartine
Somerville
N. J
Flood Costs Bowersock Over Hundred Thousand
Lawrence Kansas residents assess flood damage with the city facing about $100,000 in losses. Representative Bowersock is named as the heaviest individual loser in the disaster report.
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Bowersock
Lawrence
Kan
Representative Bowersock
Pope Receives French Pilgrims Amid Health Doubts
A Rome dispatch reports the Pope welcomed 300 French pilgrims to ease rumors of ill health. The Vatican fears exaggerated words about his condition, noting he is weakening yet still active, directing church affairs on foot with Monsignor Sevelli handling Oriental missions.
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Paris
Rome
Vatican
Monsignor Sevelli
Governor Hunt Plans Return to Puerto Rico in September
Governor Hunt and family sailed from San Juan on the steamer Ponce to New York. He denied resignation rumors and said he would return to Puerto Rico in September.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Hunt
New York
Ponce
Fire destroys Board of Revenue buildings in Peking
Fire swept the Board of Revenue complex in Peking causing four million taels in assets to burn. Foreign guards and troops fought the blaze as the Chinese fire department struggled, and soldiers demolished the adjacent Board of Rites building to halt spread. No loss estimate at this time.
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Board of Revenue
Peking
Legation Guards
Legations
Board of Rites
Russian War Minister Kouropatkin Sails for Japan
Vladivostock June 9 The Russian War Minister General Kouropatkin sailed today for Japan amid tensions in the region.
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Kouropatkin
Japan
Vladivostock
Boiler explosion injures crew on British cruiser Good Hope
A boiler explosion aboard the British armored cruiser Good Hope at Gibraltar on July 9 seriously injures one officer and six sailors. The vessel, fitted with Belleville boilers, displaces 14 100 tons and develops 31 088 indicated horsepower.
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Gibraltar
The
Good Hope
Belleville
German Intervention Asked In Reichsrat Interpellation
Vienna June 9 Deputies Ofner and Straucher gave notice of an interpellation asking Premier von Kircher and Foreign Minister Goluchowski to urge the Russian government to prevent further anti Jewish outbreaks like Kishineff and preserve general peace.
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Vienna
Reichsrath
Ofner and Straucher
von Kircher
Count Goluchowski
Kishineff
Bitter Feeling in Rumania
Two hundred Rumanian Jews passed through Vienna on their way to America. They said the conditions in Rumania were growing more perilous. The anti-Semitic press is openly inciting the people to follow the Russians at Kishineff.
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Vienna
America
Rumania
Kishineff
Odessa Jews Assured of Safety by Police Prefect
General Arsenteff the new Odessa police prefect assured a rabbis deputation that Jews in Odessa may pursue their vocations without fear of anti Semitic outbreaks as authorities will strictly suppress any movement at its outset.
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St. Petersburg
Arsenteff
Odessa
French Harbor Improvements Discussed By Burton and Maruéjouls
Congressman Burton, head of the House River and Harbor Committee, conferred with French Public Works Minister Maruéjouls comparing river and harbor administration. They noted French cost sharing and selective completion funding, with emphasis on US needs including New York and other seaboard ports.
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Paris
Burton
House of Representatives
M. Maruéjouls
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Dieppe
Congress
Major Mahan
Engineer Corps
War Department
Washon
New York
Seaboard
Insurance Frauds In Austria Reach Trieste Arrests
Vienna report says Alois Grebenz and Anton Ceric were arrested on charges of defrauding a New York insurance company by insuring sick individuals and secretly taking an interest in the policies. They insured seven persons for a total of 68,000 dollars. The insurer paid a 3,000 dollar claim before uncovering the scheme in a second case involving Anton Petschek, who was insured for 12,000 dollars and exposed the plot shortly before his death.
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Vienna
Alois Grebenz
Anton Ceric
Trieste
New-York
Anton Petschek
Petschek
French Finance Minister Hikes Coffee Duty in Budget Move
Paris reports Finance Minister Rouvier told a coffee interests deputation that the budget requires a duty rise by a hundred kilos. He said the Franco Brazilian treaty would be settled before June 3 to enable a new measure to take effect before year’s end.
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Paris
Rouvier
Sackville West Appeal Denied by Court of Appeal
London June 9 Court of Appeal reverses Chancery Court May 7 ruling granting Henry Sackville West a commission to examine witnesses in France and Spain in support of his claim as legitimate heir to Lord Sackville former British Minister at Washington. The court held no commission was needed.
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London
Court of Appeal
Lord Sackville
Chancery Court
Henry Sackville West
Washington
France
Spain
Lady Gordon Appeals Custody Decision in Divorce Case
London report states Lady Granville Gordon formerly Mrs Eric Gordon has appealed Justice Jeune's March ruling granting custody of Cicely Gordon to the ex husband Eric Gordon following his divorce on grounds of her misconduct with his cousin Lord Granville Gordon.
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London
Granville Gordon
Eric Gordon
Justice Jeune
Cicely
Lord Granville Gordon
Strike Paralyses Barcelona Shipping
Coal handlers at the landing stages have struck work halting port traffic in Barcelona as of June 9. The disruption leaves ships idle while workers protest conditions. The local Tribune promises a forthcoming Summer Resort Guide in next Sunday’s edition.
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Pman
Tribune
Barcelona
Figuig Sentries Hold Out as Envoys Submit to O'Connor
Envoys from seven Figuig villages offer submission to General O'Connor who refuses to meet them except through recognized tribal authorities. He awaits headmen’s reply within 24 hours as French shells raze Figuig, killing none yet terrifying inhabitants. The Moorish city lies near Oran behind Algeria-Morocco frontier, with eight ksours and a 10 000 to 17 000 population.
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Beni-Ounif
Algeria
Figuig
O'Connor
Morocco
O’connor
Oran
Piguig
Fes
Tangier
Africa
Donnell
Tetuan
MacMahon
Portugal
Spain
el Matz
Gauss Antarctic Expedition Declares Big Success
The German steamer Gauss arrived at Simonstown for refit after a remarkable Antarctic voyage begun December 7, 1901. No crew casualties were reported despite extensive ice conditions. They discovered Emperor William Land, endured a long icebound winter, and plan to send specimens to Berlin while heading home via Durban.
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Simonstown
Cape Colony
Gauss
Antarctic
Cape Town
Kerguelen Island
William
Durban
St. Paul
New Amsterdam
Polar Circle
Bermt
Discovery
Morning
Squadron Sails for Kiel Under Admiral Cotton
The American squadron under Rear Admiral Cotton has departed Lisbon for Kiel, signaling the start of a Baltic voyage. The move reflects standard fleet deployment as tensions rise in the region.
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Lisbon
Cotton
Kiel
The Humberts Indicted for Forgery and Swindling
Paris authorities report the Chamber of Indictments finding sufficient evidence to commit the Humberts for trial on counts of forgery using forged documents and swindling.
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Paris
Chamber of Indictments
Humberts
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