Colliery Guard Shot Amid Anthracite Strike Tensions
The sixth week of the anthracite strike sees losses near 30 million as operators cut coal prices and workers wages while mines suffer. Charles Robinson, a colliery guard, was shot during outpost duty at the Olyphant mine, gravely wounded in the right lung. Warrants issued for two guards. authorities bolster security as investigations continue. Soft coal miners in Patrick Gilday's district pledge support, sending a message of solidarity and methods to limit soft coal shipments to anthracite markets.
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Charles Robinson
Lackawanna Hospital
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Duryea
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Patrick Gilday
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Mitchell
Gliday
Mount Carmel
Philadelphia
New York
Boers Surrender Flood Breaks Out In South Africa
Dispatches report large Boer surrenders with 16 500 already handing in. De Wet rallies crowds at Winburg camp, urges loyalty to new government. Repatriation committee to aid returns, camps to become depots. families to be supported. 2000 scouts to be discharged with ponies to travel home.
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London
South Africa
de Wet
Winburg
General de Wet
Steyn
Old
Orange Free State
No trouble in colonies dispatch reports Boer surrenders
London reports Lord Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria stating 2,594 Boers have surrendered since June 13 with everything proceeding most satisfactorily.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
General Delarey Surrenders at Lichtenberg Transvaal
Pretoria reports General Delarey has surrendered at Lichtenberg Transvaal with eight hundred men, marking a significant colonial conflict development and shifting balance of forces in the region.
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Delarey
Lichtenberg
Transvaal
Policeman Dragged by Runaway Horse Suffers Severe Injuries
Bicycle Policeman Charles Leibold was severely injured while attempting to stop a runaway horse there near One Hundred Fifty Third Street and Seventh Avenue. The horse, driven by William Pilgrim Jr, bolted after an automobile scare. Leibold grabbed the reins, was dragged about fifty feet, and hurled to the pavement before being halted by Policeman Beckelhardt. He may be crippled for life due to a crushed kneepan and fractured ribs. Pilgrim and his female companion were thrown but unhurt.
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William Pilgrim
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Leibold
Seibold
Beckelhardt
Williams
King Edward III illness delays grand coronation parade
London dispatch notes King is slightly indisposed from lumbago after exposure to cold weather. Buckingham Palace downplays danger though a 40,000-strong Aldershot review could be postponed. Weather remains wet and threatening. seats for coronation procession rise to 500000, with American and colonial visitors planning to attend events.
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Buckingham Palace
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King Edward's Hospital
America
Choate
Arthur Paget
Naylor Leyland
van Duzer
Ronalds
Palma Dentes Bribery Denial During Cuban Campaign
In Havana on June 15 President Palma and General Gomez denied a U S report that Gomez took a 25000 bribe to withdraw from Cuba's presidential race and favor Palma. Palma asserted the accusation harms Gomez and himself, promising no reply to such attacks. The Cuban leaders spoke publicly alongside Gomez.
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Death by own action from the Brooklyn Bridge
A man leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday afternoon and disappeared into the East River. Patrolman Dorn attempted to intervene by signaling the trolley motorman to speed past. The body surfaced briefly near the Battery, then sank. witnesses included the rider and several car passengers.
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College of NYC to hold annual class day exercises
The College of the City of New York will hold its annual class day exercises tomorrow at the Metropolitan Opera House. The large graduating class will receive diplomas in the presence of friends, faculty, the board of trustees, and the Board of Education.
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College of the City of New York
Metropolitan Opera House
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Board of Education
Senators in trolley wreck near Olcott rail line
June 15 Lockport dispatch reports Senators Ellsworth and Higgins escaped serious harm after a two section trolley collision on the Lockport and Olcott Electric Railway. The second section, moving at high speed, struck the rear of the first, injuring many aboard and pinching motorman Andrew Miller who lost a foot. Ellsworth and Higgins were shaken but not seriously hurt.
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Tribune
Lockport
Ellsworth
Higgins
Lockport and Olcott
Senator Higgins
New Beach Hotel
Olcotton Lake Ontario
Ena
Wright
Andrew Miller
Grounding of the General Slocum Near Far Rockaway
Word reached the city that the General Slocum of Knickerbocker Steamboat Co grounded on a bar in the Far Rockaway channel near the Seaside Hotel. About two thousand passengers were aboard as captains and tug crews worked to free the vessel amid fog and ebbing tide. The Grand Republic and two tugs were planned to assist at first light, with passengers landing by small boats and later returning by rail.
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Knickerbocker Steamboat Company
Grand Republic
Rockaway Beach
Far Rockaway
Atkinson
Steamboat Company
Dalzell Towing Company
South St
Slocum
William H. van Schaick
Jamaica Bay
van Schaick
George H. Mott
Gas Explosion Near Third Avenue Manhole Delays Crosstown Car
A storage battery car on the Thirty-fourth Street crosstown line escaped disaster when a gas explosion blew a manhole cover high into the air near the Third Avenue elevated crossing. Passengers panicked and some leaped from the car though no injuries were reported. Fire and wrecking crews dug up the sidewalk to seal the gas vent while investigators blamed a recent disturbance of a gas main during water main repairs.
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Collision at North River Cripples Cygnus and Dimock
More than a thousand aboard the Cygnus fare a near miss after colliding with the Dimock off Pier A. Panic ensues as women faint and passengers scramble to avoid being crushed. Dimock reaches Pier 11 with some hull damage while Cygnus quickly discharges passengers at Pier 2 amid chaotic scenes. Captain Baker's warning signals were not heeded, leading to a head on collision as Cygnus veered into the Dimock on a flood tide near Governor's Island.
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North River
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Governor's Island
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Brooklyn
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Metropolitan Line
Governor’s Island
Battery
Chauncey Skidmore
Pier No. 1
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