Pittsburg Strike Ends After City Compromise
Pittsburg reaches a settlement ending a two day street railway strike that cost the city over 299,000. Mayor Magee and union officials sign an agreement restoring hearings for discharged workers and promising shorter swing runs. Thirty five hundred cars are expected to run on regular schedules by evening. Rioting occurred at several car barns but police kept order as the city resumes normal service.
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Pittsburg
Hich
William A. Magee
Alleheny County
Magee
Greater Pittsburg
Car Company
Union
Greater Pittsboro
Herron Hill
Allegheny County
United States Mail
Sarah Street
Miners in Pittsburg Coal Field Quit Over Check-Off Dispute
About six thousand miners in the Pittsburg coal field halted work today without a formal strike. They suspended operations pending a decision in the check-off dispute and a possible broader strike across the Southwest planned for tomorrow.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Southwest
Georgia firemen dissatisfy after arbitration award
A. P. Kelley of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers rejects the Georgia firemen arbitration outcome while noting Barrow and Neill selections. The white and black crews react differently as the award favors higher pay for negro firemen and the road accepts the settlement though some feel betrayed.
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the Tribune
Atlenta
Barrow
Herbert
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
A. P. Kelley
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Georgia Firemen
Neill
University of Georgia
Messrs
Neil
Knapp
Bail
Wante Lawyer Enjoined Over Stock Transfer
Henry Dexter former president of the American News Company seeks to enjoin John P. Redgeer of Majone NY from distributing or collecting dividends on five hundred shares valued at 6.0m. The motion, tied to the Orlando Perry Dexter murder case, was adjourned to July 2. Dexter states the transfer was obtained by false statements and seeks recovery of the stock.
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Henry Dexter
American News Company
John P. Redgeer
Majone
XN. Y
Supreme Court
Badger
Dexter
Little Black Man Again In Wood Murder Case
Dr James H Hyslop sentenced the so called little black man linked to the George Wood murder spectacle. He dismissed the figure as a hallucination, noting Wood’s abnormal mind and contrasting it with a prior case involving a medium and a dying relative, where a similar figure surfaced.
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James H. Hyslop
George Wood
Wood
Plainfield
New York
Dr. Hyslop
Littie
Fianc&Ée
Judge Bars Unwritten Law in Boyajian Murder Trial
Detroit June 2 prospective jurors faced questions from Prosecuting Attorney Vansile about the unwritten law as a defense in the murder trial of Dr. G K Boyajian for killing his nephew Haratoon Gastanian amid alleged misconduct with Mrs Bovyajian. Judge W F Connolly rejected the defense saying no man has a right to kill to avenge private wrongs.
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Detroit
Vansile
G K. Boyajian
Haratoon Gastanian
Bovyajian
W. F. Connolly
Tafts invited aboard Lake Champlain celebration party
Plattsburg New York June 28 younger Taft family members accept Silas Witherbee invitation to witness the Lake Champlain tercentenary celebration aboard the Silouan houseboat with Miss Louise Witherbee and Yale classmate Robert Taft among others. The group will sail aboard Libouan later this week for lake trips before July six exercises at Ticonderoga. Albany June 28 Adjutant General Nelson H Henry completes railroad plans for Taft Bryce and Jusserand trip to Lake Champlain events.
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Taft
Silas Witherbee
Walter Co. Witherbee
Port Henry
New York Lake Champlain
Robert Taft
Yale
Helen Taft
Louise Taft
Walbridge
Howard Taft
Henry W. Taft
Witherbee
Libouan
Albany
Nelson H. Henry
Bryce and
Jusserand
Lake Champlain
Norwich
Monat Convicted of Murder in Dutchess County
In Poughkeepsie on June 28 a four day trial ended with Napoleon Monat, 23, a railroad trainman, found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing John Kliff, aged restaurant keeper at Hopewell Junction, and stealing 625 dollars.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Supreme Court
Napoleon Monat
Ellis Island Mystery French Woman Detained
Immigration officers at Ellis Island detain a well dressed French woman aged about twenty seven who claims to be Mme Madeline de Espoinoy and La Marchesa de Reymonde. A distant relative, Dr Eduardo de Reymonde, claims her as his wife but has an unknown address and was previously detained on another voyage. An official investigation is ordered as authorities question her true identity and origins.
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Eastman
Woodill
Broad Creek
Robert E. Eastman
Edith May Thompson Woodill
Gilbert Woodill
Los Angeles
Cal
Alexander Radcliffe
John H. Jones, Jr
George Carey
Charles Hamilton
Sparks
Radcliffe
Themistocles
Mme
Madeline de Espoinoy
la Marchesa de Reymonde
Fallens
Ellis Island
France
Baxter Street
Eduardo de Reymonde
Mme. de Espoinoy
Marchesa de Reymonde
Soudan
Egypt
Dr. Reymonde
Oceanic
Reymonde
Filis Island
Baptists and Chicago University clash over inquiry plan
Chicago June 28 A Baptist ministers conference echo of Professor Foster’s ousting surfaced as Dr Johnston Myers moved to form a committee to probe Chicago University teachings. The measure was withdrawn on Dr John A Earl’s urging. Dr Donald D MacLaurin resigned in protest though his resignation may not be accepted.
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Chicago
George Korman Foster
Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Chicago
Johnston Myers
University of Chicago
John A. Earl
Donald D. MacLaurin
Foster
Fight on Pike's Peak leads to assault charges in Colorado
Colorado Springs report says How ard H Robinson injured last night at Summit House. John A Clark and George Shipley of Chicago charged with assault with deadly weapons with intent to murder. Bail set at 700 dollars each. Robinson expected to recover. Hanover report notes Clark and Shipley, Dartmouth graduates, prominent athletes.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Pike's Peak
Howard H. Robinson
Summit House
John A. Clark
George Shipley
Chicago
Robinson
Perrin Sues Over Oil Company Contract Dispute
Raymond S. Perrin of Perrin & Payson Varnish Co sues Doris Whipple H Bridge man Smith and Philip Smith in the Supreme Court to enforce a contract and block a reorganization of a new oil firm. The case involves stock allotment promises and Perrin’s presidency amid a club related dispute.
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Raymond S. Perrin
Perrin & Payson Varnish Company
Doris Whipple
H. Bridgeman-Smith
Philip Smith
Supreme Court
Perrin
Smiths
National Arts Club
Philip
Smith
Whipple
Columbia University
The
Philadelphia Girl Drowns Herself at Fairmount Park
Miss Estelle Irene Goodrich, fifteen, drowned herself in the Schuylkill River at Fairmount Park today leaving a lunch basket and hat on the bank. Two boys alerted a policeman who recovered the body. She had set out for her job and no motive is known. Black Hand Trials in Toledo Next Fall in Marion Case. Joseph Ataglia Discharged.
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Philadelphia
Estelle Irene Goodrich
Schuylkill River
Fairmount Park
Toledo
Ohio Black Hand Society
Marion
Joseph Ataglia
Carry $10,000,000 Through the Streets
A San Francisco report notes an early morning convoy of four drays carrying 10 million dollars in gold coin from the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company to the old City Hall vaults. Fourteen horses pulled the load, twenty-five mounted police guarded it, with John E. McDougald, city treasurer, aboard beside the driver.
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San Francisco
Market Street
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Old City Hall
John E. McDougald
Ingersoll Chosen Chairman of One Hundred Panel
Raymond V. Ingersoll of Brooklyn was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Committee of One Hundred at a meeting of its executive body. A Brooklyn lawyer and former city magistrate, Ingersoll has been active with the Citizens Union and Republican reform efforts. He cautioned that no third ticket is planned unless reform forces are ignored, and noted potential independence if necessary. Denison, Holt, and Kuhne were also named to key subcommittees and roles.
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Committee of One Hundred
Raymond V. Ingersoll
Brooklyn
Mr. Ingersoll
Citizens Union
Flaherty
Republican
Tammany
Winfred T. Denison
Cairman
United States
Stimson
Denison
Hamilton Holt
Percival Kuhne
Inspectors Begin Annual Tour Of State Summer Resorts
Albany June 28 inspectors from the state Department of Health start their annual survey of summer resorts to check sanitary conditions. They review sewage disposal cesspools and ventilation. Unsanitary sites warrant notices to owners and required changes.
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Albany
State Department of Health
Senator Allen Appointed to Primary Commission
Syracuse June 28 Lieutenant Governor Horace White announced the appointment of Senator Victor M. Allen of Rensselaer County as a member of the legislative commission to investigate direct primaries. He succeeds Senator George B. Agnew who declined due to summer plans after being named to succeed Senator Frederick M. Davenport.
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Syracuse
Horace White
State Senate
Victor M. Allen
Rensselaer County
Legislative Commission
Allen
George B. Agnew
White
Frederick M. Davenport
Agnew
CORPORATIONS' LEGISLATIVE BILLS IN NY FILED EXPENSES
Frederick W. Whitridge, receiver of the Third Avenue Railroad Company, filed a state record listing payments to Joseph H. Choate for opposing bills to empower the Public Service Commissions and amend the state railroad law. The disclosure shows $2.50 for appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee and $8.45 to Evarts, Choate & Cuavungie for examining measures and drafting amendments, with other sums to counsel for the Association of Life Insurance and The Theutuaife Insurance Company for related fees.
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Albany
Frederick W. Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Secretary of State
Joseph H. Choate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Public Service Commissions
Herbert J. Bickford
Evarts, Choate & Cuavungie Sp
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Robert Eastman
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Tafts
Commissioner Witherbee
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New York Central Lines
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Broadway
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West 125Th Street
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L. F. Vosburgh
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America
Marchioness
Dr. Myers
Dartmouth
Hales Arts Club
Telegraphic News Notes
Uicide
Salem
Ind
Joseph B. Hamilton
Sale
Jack” Blackburn
Alonzo Polk
Speedway
Washington Park
Ike Cook
Henry Graves
South Park Board
Caruthersville
J. W. Head
Ottie Bush
Donie Kelley
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Huebner-Toledo Breweries Company
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