Miners Nearing Conference as Coal Regions Idle
Washington reports a long talk between labor commissioner Carroll Wright and President Roosevelt over the anthracite strike threat. Wright predicts no strike, saying the award’s check weighman provision should be funded by all colliery workers, with Wright serving as umpire on disputes. Executives expect no strike, and railroad yards report thousands of idle workers as Schuylkill area collieries close for the week.
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Meat strike appears broken as hundreds return to work
Kansas City Aug 2 hundreds of me at strikers returned to work many skilled laborers. The break came from fear of missing strike benefit money from Chicago and inability to stay idle without pay. Few applicants were refused old jobs. others will be rehired when packers need more workers. No sympathy strike talk remains.
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Japanese Capture Simoucheng in 16 Days of Battle
A Tokiyo dispatch reports after sixteen days of fighting the Japanese occupy Simou cheng and cut off General Stakel berg from Kuropathia. The London Times correspondent in the field notes a daylong general attack with the centre taking the town and the left and right securing threatening positions, predicting the Russian position untenable tomorrow.
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Tokio
Simoucheng
Stakelberg
Kuropathia
London Times
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St Petersburg News On The Russian Campaign Front
Anxiety runs high in St Petersburg over news of Kuropatkin's southern and eastern positions. Reports suggest a decisive battle may be underway with Japanese forces possibly exceeding 300000 men and heavy artillery.
Silas Comfort Swallow Prominent Pennsylvania Cleric and Editor
Silas Comfort Swallow, a noted Pennsylvania clergyman and editor of the Pennsylvania Methodist, campaigns for state treasurer in 1887 and for governor in 1888, gathering 122,000 votes for the latter. He is described by admirers as the "Hehting parson."
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Russian General Keller Killed in Turbulent Front Fight
Dispatches describe heavy fighting on the eastern front where Russian forces held positions at Yangze Pass while General Keller, commander of the second Siberian army division, was mortally wounded near a battery as the Japanese pressed from Simoucheng toward Liuyang and Salmatsza. Keller, 54, famed for strict discipline and sharp judgment, had become a favorite at court after resigning as governor of Ekaterinostast to serve at the front. His death marks a significant loss to Russia’s leadership in this war.
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Imperial Trifle Regiment
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Parker to Visit the Fair at New York Day
News notes Parker and Mrs Alton Parker will attend the New York World's Fair on October 4, joining Norman Mak as guests. The baseball scores show Detroit 8 over Chicago 4 and Athletics 4 over St. Louis 0 in the American League, with National League results Pittside 1 to Chicago 4 and New York Philadelphia rained out.
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Lightning Kills Two as City Endures Severe Storm
A dangerous electrical storm floods streets and disrupts transit across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Two fatalities occur in Milltown, N Y, with injuries to Franklin Brooks of Jersey City and workers Farley and Sharp Jey in New York street cleaning service. Damaged poles, fires at Smith & Co varnish works, and water-logged basements interrupt finance and telegraph offices.
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Fairbanks Notification Highlighted by Root Speech in Indianapolis
Aug 2 Indianapolis reports the Fairbanks notification will be on the verandah of his North Meridian Street home. Eighty uniformed Marion club members with a band escort the notification committee. Elihu Root will deliver the notification speech and Fairbanks will briefly respond before a lawn luncheon.
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Elihu Root
Guilty Plea in Naturalization Fraud Case in Delaware
John B. de Cillis, key government witness in the Bene dict Peeke naturalization fraud trial, pleaded guilty in U S district court before Judge Ingo Bradford. Indictments name 16 counts. sentencing planned today with Peeke, convicted Saturday. De Cillis and Peeke allegedly conspired together in the scheme involving Italians accused of naturalization frauds.
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E. C. Benedict Peeke
Secret Service
Charsed Wath Cubspwace
United States District Court
Ingo Bradford
Peeke
de CiHis
Peeks
Street Railway Strike Probable in Lincoln
Lincoln August 2 Street railway employees threaten to strike this morning to rescind an order that would have motormen check conductors receipts. They seek more than 19 a hour and are forming a union. Epworth Assembly starts tomorrow, a strike would be serious.
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Neh
Epworth Assembly
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