Striking coal mines lock out crews in Hazleton region
Hazleton Pennsylvania May 11 two major mines Coxe Bros Beaver Meadow and Calvin Pardee Sons Lattimer have locked out workers except engineers firemen and pumpers as unions prepare for a Wednesday convention to decide on permanent strike efforts. The Lehigh Valley Coal Co will employ any reporters tomorrow and 75 percent of regional miners are organized.
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Coxe Bros. & Co
Beaver Meadow
Calvin Pardee, Sons & Co
Lattimer
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Scranton
Lehigh Valley
A. Pardee & Co
Erie
Dunsmore
Easley Mysterious Trip Aimed at Averting Anthracite Strike
Ralph M. Easley secretary of the National Civic Federation left the city late Saturday night and will return today. Authorities know little of his destination but speculation centers on stopping a threatened strike by 300,000 miners. Oscar S. Straus urged resumption of talks to submit disputes to conciliation. The miners number 150,000, and their action could affect broad coal operations.
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Civic Federation
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Conton Committee
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Mount Pelée Eruption Grips Martinique City
May 11 report details Mont Pelée eruptive violence near St Pierre. Lava devoured Guerin factory on May 5, killing twenty three. many casualties feared as ruins, fires, and ash foul the island. Rescue attempts saved sailors. hundreds perished, including the island’s governor, with aid channels opened from French Guiana.
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Tribune Association
Tribune
Fort de France
Martinique
Mont I’clee
St. Pierre
Guerin
Suchet
Pouyer
Pierre
Destruction of St Pierre Reported by Mail Correspondent
London reports from St Lucia describe St Pierre as a ruin heap with thousands dead. Three thousand charred bodies found around the cathedral, many asphyxiated. Mont Pelée lava stream twenty feet high and half a mile wide destroyed town and ships, sea receded, and a roar heard for miles as residents fled toward the hills or by steamship to St Lucia.
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Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Wallibou
Richmond Valley
Chateau Belair
Inville Scouiz
Rescue of the Living in Martinique Disaster
A Fort de France dispatch reports five thousand refugees on hills near St. Pierre and Le Carbet awaiting aid as lava from Mont Pelée destroys the town. Thirty rescued from the Suchet were burned. nine died en route to hospital. Lava, heat, and fumes hinder relief amid ongoing seizures by troops and guarded warehouses.
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le Précheur
St. Pierre
Suchet
le Precheur
Fort de France
St Vincent Eruption Claims Hundreds in Caribbean Catastrophe
Reports from St Vincent describe hundreds dead as La Soufrière erupts. lava flows, ash and dust blanket districts, towns flee to refuge, and hospitals report overworked staff. Gov’t feeds victims while many districts remain cut off and unaccounted for.
Retreating Captain Reports St Pierre Ruins After Eruption
Commander of the Suchet reports St Pierre reduced to a smoking ruin with victims buried under debris. Dense ash rain blocked northern island access while Mont Pelée still threatens. Officials fear deaths of Governor Mouttet and Colonel Dain. consuls and families perished. Relief ships sail from Brest. crews report cremation begun and lava flows northward toward Le Carbet.
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