Chicago Steel Workers Stand Firm Against Violation of Honor
A 14 man Amalgamated Association statement from South Chicago workers justifies refusing to break their contract with Illinois Steel. They endorse union principles yet oppose sacrificing business integrity for sentiment, urging proper judgment over sympathy. Count von Luxberg visits strike HQ in Pittsburg to observe, discussing Monessen, Lindsay and McCutcheon mills, and possible legal protection if workers are unfairly treated.
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Chicago
Amalgamated Association
South Chicago
Illinois Steel company
Count Von Luxberg
Germany
Pittsburg
Count Frederick Von Luxberg
Shaffer
union
Carnegie
Monessen
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Duquesne
Pretty Woman Aids Trust at Linseed Mill Clash
Pittsburg August 21 A notable development in the Lindsay and McQuicheon mill strike dispute centers on Mrs. Fred Baugh wife of the superintendent guiding strike breakers to and from the mill. Workers claim she is trusted by both sides and has nursed families, complicating picket lines and intensifying the protest dynamic.
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Pittsburg
Lindsay & McQuicheon
Fred Baugh
Did Mrs Cupples Poision Him In St Louis Case
St Louis police believe Mrs Mary Cupples supplied morphine to Edward A. Alexander of North Vernon as he died in the city. A beer bottle said to contain morphine was found in a room occupied by Cupples, who is under arrest as prosecutors file a first degree murder warrant.
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St. Louis
Alexander
Edward A. Alexander
North Vernon
Mary Cupples
Cupples
Oil Fire at Point Breeze Ravages Refinery Yard
A massive blaze at the Atlantic Refining Works in Point Breeze Philadelphia burns uncontrolled with explosions and extensive damage. Five fatalities are reported with over 100 injured as crews pump oil to isolated tanks and river barriers to prevent flooding. Loss estimates reach at least $500000, and the fire consumes benzine and refined petroleum as firemen labor in the dark.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining company
Point Breeze
Baxter
Lloyd
Schuylkill river
CAPTAIN FOOTE NOT TO BLAME IN ISLANDER SINKING
Seattle August 21 testimony from J T Snyder of Juneau at the Islander survivors inquest says Captain Foote was not negligent. A stowaway in the forward water tight compartment triggered the tragedy when a sailor opened it under the captain, allowing water to fill the hold and wash away the stowaway and the sailor. The captain believed the ship would float for hours and could have been beached if the compartment had stayed closed.
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Islander
Seattle
Wash
J. T. Snyder
Juneau
Captain Foote
Pythians Elect Officers With Seventy Seven Past Commanders
Allentown Pa Aug 21 The Knights of Pythias grand lodge conferred degrees on 77 past commanders and elected officers including Grand chancellor Charles G Ernest and Grand master of exchequer Julius Mountney Also named were grand vice chancellor George M Fletcher and other officials Sympathies voiced for laboring men in Bedford county and warnings about the Golconda wreck near Paducah Kentucky Knox states he knows no steel trust officials beyond Schwab and has no other information.
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Allentown
Knights of Pythias grand lodge
Charles G. Ernest
George M. Fletcher
Calvin Tomlinson
George Hawks
Julius Mountney
W. E B. Foitz
H. M. Wadsworth
R. H. Jackson
grand inner guard
Willis H. Faber
grand
Thomas K. Newell
William R. Henninger
Knox
Washington
joint committee
the
Anti-Trust League
steel trust
trust
Schwab
steal corporation
St Louis police refuse to serve Del Mar warrants
Thirty three warrants were issued by Acting Prosecuting Attorney Eggers against Del mar race track officials and bookmakers for maintaining a common gambling house. Police refused service citing the track being outside city limits. officials surrendered and were held on bail as racing daily continues.
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St. Louis
Delmar race tracks
Eggers
John Moynihan
Emperor grants rare audience to American admiral in Japan
Washington report on the unveiling of Commodore Perry’s landing statue in Kurihama notes Admiral Rodgers, with Captains Mackenzie Sperry and Swift, attended by the emperor and empress, and toured the palace. The audience and palace tour are described as unusual for a foreigner in summer, with calls later on royal princes. Also reported, prominent Negroes arrive in Chicago for the National Negro Business League convention led by Booker T. Washington.
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Washington
Commodore Perry
Kurihama
Japan
Rodgers
Mackenzie
Sperry
Swift
Chicago
Nationnal Negro Busness League
Booker T. Washington
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
American League games held in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Chicago and other sites. National League results included Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis Pittsburgh with several innings and scores listed amid weather notes and misc. standings and player tallies appear in the stamp reading.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn
New York
St. Louis
Pittsburg
St. Touts
Potter and Harris Nomination Ticket for Republican State Convention
Harrisburg Aug. 21 Judge William Potter of Pittsburg for supreme court and Representative Frank G. Harris of Clearfield for state treasurer form the ticket agreed by leaders for today's Republican state convention. Nomination speeches planned by A M Brown and John H Kelly. Allegheny caucus endorses no candidates though Potter and Harris favored. Leadership conference chose J Q Brown temporary chairman with Finn declining. D H Lane permanent chairman. Congressmen Bingham may head resolutions.
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Harrisburg
William Potter
Pittsburg
supreme court
Frank G. Harri
Clearfield
Potter
A. M. Brown
John H. Kelly
Harris
Allegheny
Finn
J. Q. Brown
Congressman Bingham
Philadelphia
No One Wants to Be Governor in Iowa Race
Destroynes Ia August 21 Up to this morning no stated candidate has appeared for the Democratic nomination for governor as the state convention meets at noon Yesterday Cato Sells of Vinton and W W Dodge of Burlington withdrew their names H J Stiger of Toledo and John T Hamilton of Cedar Rapids are mentioned but have not expressed willingness to accept Much will depend on the platform likely to reaffirm the Kansas City platform with railway taxation reform added as a state issue.
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Destroynes
Cato Sells
Vinton
W. W. Dodge
Burlington
H. J. Stiger
Toledo
John T. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Virginia Republicans Meet Today at Roanoke for Nominations
Roanoke Va Aug 21 Republican state convention opens at noon with Col J Hampton Hoge likely governor nominee Judge I L Lewis declining nomination A P Gillespie likely lieutenant governor and Lawrence Greener probable attorney general The event marks a shift with few black delegates seated.
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Roanoke
J. Hampton Hoge
A.P. Gillespie
Tazewell
Lawrence Greener
Norfolk
Four year old storm victim drowns in flooded Dubois porch
Hazel Mather four, daughter of M C Mather of Dubois Pa, drowned after slipping from the porch into floodwaters that surrounded the home as heavy rains continued from the prior Saturday. In Fall River Mass, August 27, a canvass suggests a 13 percent cut in print cloth mill wages planned for September 3 may fail.
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Dubois
Hazel Mather
M. C. Mather
Fall River
Mass
Millions in suit over copper plants in Tennessee
In Tennessee the judge dissolved injunctions in a multimillion dollar case brought by about 40 farmers from Polk and surrounding counties. The dispute centers on fumes from Ducktown copper plants that allegedly ruined land, with sulfuric acid used in processing. The case names Tennessee Copper Company and Ducktown Sulphur Copper and Iron Company.
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Knoxville
Tenn
McConnell
Cleveland
Ducktown
Polk county
Tennessee Copper company
Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron company
Bold Thief Nabbed After Jewelry Diamond Heist
In Detroit Horace Steeres jewelry store on Woodward avenue a man grabbed a tray of diamonds worth 4000. Pursued by clerks and a policeman, he dumped 34 diamonds into a handkerchief, changed hats, and was arrested. He claimed to be Charles Meyers arriving from St Louis. In Cumberland Maryland deputy sheriff Frank Larkie fatally shot James Hoskins after Hoskins resisted arrest following a prior shooting of John Sommers.
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Detroit
Horace Steeres
Woodward avenue
purault
Wagner
river front
Charles Meyers
St. Louis
Cumberland
Frank Larkie
James Hoskins
Pinto
Hoskins
John Sommers
Wagner theatre opening and York news brief in Mun ich
Nuggets of news report the opening of the Wagner theatre in Mun ich, the death of Clark Gibbs a blackfaced minstrel in Trenton, forest fires in Grimes county Texas, Belgian glass makers sought by American agents, Marchand promoted to command in China, John McNeill preaching at Winona Bible conference, Union Pacific rail yard fire at Council Bluffs, Eddie Smith breaking the world amateur one mile record at Salt Palace in a mile handicap heat.
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Grimes county
Texas
Belgium
United States
Marchand
Fashoda fame
China
Winona
Eddie Smith
Salt Lake
Salt Palace
Mob Drives Negroes From Pierce City After Lynchings
In Pierce City Missouri a mob of armed whites persecuted the Black residents for hours after the lynching of William Godley and the shooting death of his grandfather. They set fires, burned homes, and forced many to flee to woods or farther away. A Black man named Starks in Tulsa is suspected of the Wild murder. further trouble hinges on his return.
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ihs
William Godley
Gazella Wild
French Godley
Peter Hampton
Eivery negro
Monett
Springfield
Starks
Tulsa
I. T
Jos Lark
Guarding John Brown and Other Aug. 21 Dispatches
Alabama Sheriff and ten deputies protect John Brown a colored man indicted for assault on Miss Farrell near Springville. Brown captured in Charleston S C after weeks of manhunt. one other suspect shot dead years earlier. Brickworkers injunction to stop pickets in Roseville Ohio. Military funeral for Gen Joseph F Knipe in Harrisburg with Governor Stone and other dignitaries. Seattle man Nordstrom to be hanged for a murder in 10 years ago.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
North
St. Clair county
John Brown
Asheville
Miss Farrell
Springville
Brown
Charleston
S.C
Cincinnati
John J. Lentz
Louis &. Addison
United States
Clark
Ohio Presses Brick company
Roseville
Knipe
Harrisburg
Joseph F. Knipe
Stone
Godin
Mulholland
Seattle
Wash
Ave
Charles W. Nordstrom
Kings county court house
Willie Mason
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