National miners strike call looms from Indianapolis convention
Wilkes-Barre dispatch reports the United Mine Workers plan a possible general strike for July 17 at Indianapolis. If approved by majority vote, 363 000 miners could halt output from coal regions including Virginia Michigan and other soft coal districts.
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Tribune
Wilkesbarre
Penn
National Convention of Miners
Indianapolis
Virginias
Michigan
Call for National Convention of United Mine Workers
Indianapolis June 16 A national convention of the United Mine Workers of America was issued from the national headquarters. The gathering on July 17 will decide if soft coal miners strike to aid Pennsylvania anthracite miners. Delegates: one per 100 members plus fractions over fifty. Voting strength cited. a bare majority can order a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Erie Coal Company
No. 6
Pittston
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
United Mine Workers of America
Wailgon
Virginia
Michigan
Sweet
Lkely
R. Peale
Peale, Peacock & Kerr
Clearfield
Miners consider strike threat across several states
Conditions are unsatisfactory to miners in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Fabian Territory and delegates may vote for a strike. National officers oppose a general strike but fear a breakdown of interstate agreements with Indiana Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania. Ohio Mine Workers' exec board seeks a convention to oppose a strike.
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Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Fabian
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Miners’ Organization
Wilson
Striking Miners Extend March in Pocahontas West Virginia
Bluefield West Virginia June 18 The striking miners push their march with only twenty workers at the Southwest mines Pocahontas today The large operation normally employs over six hundred The drowning mines at Pocahontas closed early as strikers move along Simmons Creek shipments of supplies indicate a lengthy battle Strike leaders expect most men to stay away after Saturday and not return to work
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southwest
Pocahontas
Simmons Creek
Fune
Black Diamond Anthracite Coal Company Organized in Trenton
The Black Diamond Anthracite Coal Company with capital 1000.08 was incorporated in Trenton New Jersey to acquire the Starr tract coal property in Branch Township Schuylkill County Penn. The corporators are T V Powderly Edward P Tone and John W Peale all of Jersey City.
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Trenton
N. J
Black Diamond Anthracite Coal Company
Starr Tract
Branch Township
Schuylkill County
Penn
T. V. Powderly
Edward P. Tone
John W. Peale
Jersey City
Soft coal unions face tension over strike call in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania soft coal operators fear a general strike after President Mitchell calls a United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis. Local unions plan meetings as executives warn that a stoppage could jeopardize contracts and undermine union goals, while others doubt a breakdown will occur.
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Pennsylvania
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
William L. Sweet
Empire Coal Company
New Complaint Filed Against City Marshal Lee Over Alleged Assault
Philip Weinfeld filed charges with Mayor Low accusing City Marshal William H. Lee of assault during a debt collection visit to Weinfeld's office on June. The affidavit states Lee grabbed Weinfeld by the throat, produced a club, searched pockets, and took jewelry and receipts. Weinfeld offers witnesses. a hearing before the Mayor is scheduled for Tuesday, June 24.
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William H. Lee
The
Tribune
Low
Marshal Lee
Justice Crane
Brooklyn
Philip Weinfeld
Suffolkst
Weinfeld
Adolph Titelbaum
East Side
Lee
Titelbaum
Adelphi Academy Graduation Dedication For Dying Student
Grace A. Cooper of Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn died after malaria worsened into typhoid fever. She missed exams but the faculty awarded her a diploma posthumously and read her name among graduates. Her father, G Duane Cooper of Cooper McKee, and her brother, also an Adelphi student, are affected by the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace A. Cooper
Adelphi Academy
Brooklyn
Dean St
Miss Cooper
G. Duane Cooper
Cooper & McKee, Manufacturers
Gwinnettst
Adelphi
Smoke relief as Manhattan trains switch to hard coal
Mayor Low censures Commissioner Dougherty for using soft coal at a city pumping station while Manhattan Railway seeks hard coal to curb smoke on Sixth Avenue and Ninth Avenue lines. Dealers report offers but the company demands broken coal, prompting a public hearing by Health Board President Lederle.
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Ninety-seventh-st
Columbus-ave
Erday
Dougherty
de Long
Ser
Birdsall
Lederle
The
Health Board
Manhattan Railway Company
Sixth-ave
Fifty-fifth-st
Manhattan
Single Shovelful Method Of Stoking Coal Locomotives
Angus Sinclair describes a pamphlet claiming soft coal can burn with minimal smoke on locomotives, citing the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway demonstration. Rob ert Williams and coal miner Richard Newsam began training firemen and engineers in light firing, reporting reduced smoke and coal savings on routes, with trains covering 155 to 250 miles between coals. ID. Smith of Manhattan Railway testified firemen using soft coal were told to be sparing, though smoke persisted. The method aims to cut smoke on elevated roads while maintaining operation.
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Angus Sinclair
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
Robert Williams
Richard Newsam
ID. Smith
Manhattan Railway
Subway Contractor Promises Repairs to Forty second Street
At a monthly luncheon of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Board of Trade in the Townsend Building at 1125 Broadway, president C. C. Shayne presided. John B. McDonald, the subway contractor, sent a letter agreeing to restore Forty second Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue to the best condition. The board’s committee reported notable improvements since their prior complaint. Another committee will discuss fairer real and personal assessments.
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Merchants and Manufacturers’ Board of Trade
Townsend
Broadway
C. C. Shayne
John B. McDonald
Sixth-ave
McDonald
Brooklyn Elevates Cites Smoke Nuisance And Coal Use
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company faces a smoke nuisance as elevated trains burn soft coal amid coal supply limits. President Greatsinger says they use electricity at night and mix soft with hard coal, with daytime trains using less coal where possible.
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Greatsinger
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
East New York
Harriman's Driver Arrested After White Plains Chase
Augustus La Prince, French driver for Oliver Harriman Jr., was arrested after a speeding chase through White Plains and suburbs. Police charged him with driving at least twenty miles per hour in a fifteen mile speed zone as officers warned Harriman's car to stop.
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White Plains
Augustus la Prince
Oliver Harriman, Jr
Colligan
Westchester-are
William K. Vanderbilt
Harriman
la Prince
Carpenter
Sa.m. Colligan
Westchester-ave
Mr. Harriman
Westchester Ave
Anderidht
la Frince
Justice Dunning
Automobile wreck injures Goreham near Reston Post Road
Henry Siegel owned electric car overturns at high speed on Reston Post Road between Marmareneck and Larchmont. Driver William Goreham is seriously hurt, taken to New Rochelly Hospital with internal injuries, after occupants of a passing carriage could not free him. Car guarded by Siegel's watchmen.
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Henry Siegel
Reston Post Road
Marmareneck
Larchmont
William Goreham
New Rochelly Hospital
Goreham
Wan
New Rochetle Hospital
Siegel
Scientist Inoculates Self With Tuberculosis Material
Dr Garnault, in Paris, declares Professor Koch mistaken about tuberculosis. He reports self inoculation with diseased cow matter at San Villette slaughterhouses to prove contagion, plans to test on guinea pigs and possibly his own finger, with wife unaware of the operation. The episode follows a Berlin test offer and prior tuberculosis debate.
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Myault
Lenden
Catire
Berlin
Las
Keoeh
Garnault
San Villette
Ult
Theodore Smith
Mass
Paris
Resignation Sparks New York State Supreme Court Race
Justice J W Russell of Canton N Y plans to resign October 1 prompting a scramble for the vacancy. POTSDAM County Judge Theodore H Swift is a leading candidate with strong backing. other contenders include John M Kellogg of Ogdensburg Vasco P Abbott Ledyard P Hale S A Beman and John F Gilbert among others. Essex and Franklin counties also reportedly may enter candidates.
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Tribune
Potsdam
N. Y
Supreme Court
J. W. Russell
Canton
Theodore H. Swift
St. Lawrence County
Swift
John M. Kellogg
Court of Claims
Ogdensburg
Vasco P. Abbott
Gouverneur
Ledyard PF. Hale
Franklin County
John [. Gilbert
S. A. Beman
Malone
Essex County
Illinois Central Announces 20 Percent Stock Increase
The Illinois Central Railroad directors in a meeting decided to raise capital stock by 20 percent from 79,200,000 to 95,040,000, issuing 158,400 new shares at par to fund a second track, equipment, yards and facilities. The move follows steady growth in freight and passenger traffic and includes a future dividend outlook and regional expansion from New Orleans to Council Bluffs.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Stock Exchange
Board of Directors
Nitness Central Railroad Company
Chicago
Fish
Ines
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Sth
HWLOC
Prominent arrivals at hotels list notable guests
At several New York hotels prominent figures are listed as guests including Professor R H Wilson of the University of Virginia at Astor and Mrs U S Grant at Fifth Avenue. Others noted include Thomas W Cridler ex-Third Assistant Secretary of State at Gilsey and Captains EF Benjamin and H D Herkley at Grand.
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Astor
R. H. Wilson
University of the State of Virginia
Fifth Avenue
U. S. Grant
Washington
Gilsey Thomas W. Cridler
EF. K. Benjamin
H. D. Herkley
U. S. A. Holland House
Ives Cobb
Edwin E Arnold
Providence
R. G. Shaw
Boston
Imperial
Spencer Borden, Jr
Fall River
F. Roosevelt Scovel
New Haven
D. C. Robinson
Elmira
Manhattan
P. R. Frothingham
Frank S. Black
Troy Park Avenue
Anaziah Brainerd
Hartford
Plaza
David Maxie
Princeton University
Savoy
Angelo Myers
Philadelphia
Victoria
W. H. Bakdwin
Rome
Italy
Broadway Democrats to Meet Under Sheehan and Canter
John Sheehan William Hepburn Russell and Borough President Canter will address a Broadway Democratic Club and XXVth Assembly District general committee meeting tomorrow night. Joseph Bowen is club president L J Lincoln chairs the general committee. The Chautauqua moonlight excursion is set for next Saturday afternoon with a visit to Peekskill Camp of the Tist Regiment. boats depart Battery Landing at 1 PM West Twentieth Street at 1 0 and West One Hundred Twenty-Ninth Street at 2 15.
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John (. Sheehan
William Hepburn Russell
Canter
Broadway Democratic Club
Joseph Bowen
L. J. Lincoln
Peekskill
Tist
Battery Landing
West Twentieth-st
West One-hundred-and-twenty-ninth-st
Transit contractor Ira Shaler in tunnel accident
Ira A. Shaler, rapid transit tunnel contractor, was struck by rock in a tunnel inspection on Tuesday. At Presbyterian Hospital doctors said he has a paralyzed lower body, spinal injury, and a serious shock, but noted he had a favorable night.
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Ira A. Shaler
Presbyterian Hospital
Two New Collars in Missoula Tetonka
MARINE INTELLIGENCE notes miniature almanac data and tide details for Sandy Hook and Grew Island with sunrise and sunset times. The brief mentions high water predictions and a sequence of nautical references including Hell Gate and Tell slate.
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Missoula
T. Tetonka
Sandy Hook
Hell Gate
Diverse Vessel Arrivals and Movements Across Ports
A long list details arrivals at various bars and harbors including Steamer Colorwic Steamer Tonawanda Steamer Monterey Steamer Shawmut and many others with cargoes passengers and ballast. The narrative also notes movements of foreign port steamers such as Flaxman and Prins Willem I and lists sailings to and from New York Southampton Cherbourg Hamburg Amsterdam Naples and Manila among others.
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Liverpool
Colorwic
Bry. Cox
Hell
Boer
Moise
Senderson & Som
Te Bar
Trscacora
Bri. Payne
London
Philip Ruprecht
Bar
Pea
Tonawanda
Br. Brown
Shields
Har
Bee
Burgermeister Petersen
Thaprich
Schtemunde
Ruprecht
Dona Maria
Marreiresporte
Lisbon
St Michaels
Fayal
Hiller
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Bluefields
Hastings
Baltimore
Miise
H . Foster
Gulf Stream
Swann
Philadelphia
Mise
Willam P Clyde
Oceanic
Camel Queenstown
Gers
White Star Lire
S. Pussow
Nee
Scilly
St Louk _ Fork
Southampton
Moltke Gers
Dempwall
New York
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Harmbure
Manchester
Flaxman Bed Hogan
Kret Pring Wilhelm Iger
Richter
Bremen
York
Cherousy
Hamburg
Saled
Albany
Ruderhola
New-York Ushant
Prins Willem 1
Dutchy
Jutte
New-York
West Indies
Amsterdamrburg
Pretori
Ger
Reesing
Hamburt
Genoa
Calabria
Bridget
Naples
Tarifa
Perugia
Johnstom
New, York
Singapore
Asame
Py T
Algiers
Shanghai
Richmond Castle
McDowell
Manila
San Juan
Caracas
Woodriel
Venezuela
St Nazaire
Charles Tibersnere
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Colorado
Arkansas Aces
New Mexico
Columbus
Ohio Mine Workers
Mtchell
National Board
Ohio Mine Workers’ Association
Leef
Faculty OF
Adelphi Academy Award
Skitt
Ninth-Site
South Ferry
Columbus Ave
Ninth-ave
Fifty-eighth and
Fiftieth Sts
Fiftieth St
Harlem
William F. King
Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
Ing
Department of Finance and Assessments
R. L. Lewis
Frank Eveland
J. W. Renwick
James Talcott
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
John J. Kennedy
W. 5. Kinsey
A. E. Taylor
Arthur Johnson
Charles Haupt
Henry Siegels
Tao
Garnaullt
Justice Russells
Home News
Sheepshead Bay
Rapid Transit Commission
Children’s
Bath Beach
Cleveland
Tilden
New House
Seventy-fifth-st
College of the City of New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Manhattan College
Carnegie Mall
S P.m
City Lab
Academy of Medicine
Weat
Forty Third St, & P. My
Republican County Committee
New York City
Little Hope
Marine Intelligence
E&w
Prom
Tripoli
Brauer Lustleigh
St Lucia
Phoenicia Gibraltar
Hamb Am Arkadia
T and Gulf
St Nichole Ports
Phoenix E Norte
New-Orleans
Morgan Tindow Hutt
Wilson Nacoochee Aesavannah
Annah R Iday Tune
Ha Savote
Iverpool
Lf Cunard Prativa Mae
Favre
Vedit Stettin
tamb-Am
Malis
la Touraine
Havre
Tiremen
Hromer
Lloyd
Nassau
Vigilineta
Havana
Vanrilton
Dominic
Pom & Ha
Morgan Mopp
Bellende
Lamy & Holt
Priday
Sbridge
Pernambuco
Lamp & Holt
Seneca
Tampico
Cuba
Lauenbure
Inagua
Cameron
Apache
Harleston
Clyde
Olorarte
Brunswick
Mallorya
Jamestown
Cyntric
Campania
Cunard
Noordam
Rotterdam
Todam
Vaderland
Antwerp
Red Star
Trave
Etc
G Lloyd
Minneapolis
Trans
Trojan Prince
Azores
Astoria
Glasgow
Hekla
Denmark
Hun
Prince
Mexico
Trinidad
Bermuda
Seber
Zulla
Curacoa
Red
Athos
Jamaica
Atlas
Prins Maurits
Hayti
Comus
Cron Ane
James McCreery & Co
Twenty-third Street
Shannon
Frank Daniels
June and Company
Mats Sar
AIN
Cherry
Casino
Sam & Shubert
Nixon & Zimmerman
Dance @ Talbot
Herald Sq. Theatre
Lulu Glaser Nent
Keith
T. Eves
Stange
Edwards
Tony
Sie
Q Leierer
Daly's
Sen
Raymond
Dodo
Ted
Hammersteins
B'way
Aradise Glass Inck
VILLE
Flotow’s
Martha
Pastor's
Lath St
2D Ave
Adonis
Kimins
Marsh & Sartella
Tascott & Others
St. Niecholas
Sts. Eva
Sivais
WCFL
Sam New Groupe Cinematograph
Che
Coney Island Jockey Club
Thersda
Shipping Vewos
Satlet
Green
Bre
von Padbielski
Ponta Delgad
Alamo
Galvestor
Norman Prince
Port OF
Wedneseay
TNE ! Ie
San Francisco
Cks
Folliow
Ss Stoc
Alta
Justice
Andes
Belcher
Caledonia
St Orverman
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