Miners conference tainted by wage dispute and strikes
The Anthracite miners plan a convention to press for a wage scale amid tensions over concessions. Delegates from three districts discuss possible actions as workers fear renewed strikes if operators resist. Clergy leaders urge restraint while politics see infighting over party ticket nominations. A separate local incident reports a Polish miner fatally scalded by a relative at a Scranton hotel.
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Varad
Bate
Epersty
Father Philips
3 Gabriel's Church
Mena
Father Peruzzi
Patriotism rally crowds and municipal leaders in Chicago
Massive turnout for a patriotic event at the Colosseum drew 12 000 attendees as Bishop Fallows presided with Mayor Harrison and many G A R leaders. A long program included prayers, speeches by Commander-in-Chief Shaw and Rev. Hirsch, and musical performances while police managed the throng and crowd crush near Wabash Avenue.
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Wabash Avenue
Samuel Fallows
Chicago
Harrison
Shaw
G A. R
Thomas C. Hiff
Salt Lake City
Utah
Daniel E. Sickles
E . Hirerhy
Frank Gonsalus
Bishop Fallows
J. D. Severinghaus
Fallows
R. G. Hirsch
T. D. Wallace
Thousand
Leo Raisseur
Rete
John C. Black
Ilinois
Raisseur
Naval Arch
Naval Veterans
Lake Michigan
Lincoln Park
Society of Piers of War
Coli
Famine Fears Rise as Tien Tsin Besieged and Empress Flee
From Pekin dispatches dated Aug. 18 to Aug. 25 reports say the imperial court has not yet fallen, Boxers are defeated near Tien Tsin, many villagers flee to the city and famine looms due to food shortages. Empress Dowager is said to have fled westward with 1500 guards, while Russians Germans and Japanese push toward the capital.
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London
Pekin
Dorward
Tien Tsin
Tien- Tsin
Shanghai
Kwang Su
Daily Telegraph
Taku
Forbidden City
Europe
Berlin
Imperial Palace
Linevitch
St. Petersburg
Shenen
Rumor of Tripartite War Declaration Fails official test
Washington Aug 27 Russia Germany and Japan have not declared war on China. Officials in Washington doubt any joint action soon and say no direct messages from Chaffee or Conger have been received. A Chefoo rumor sparked curiosity but not official corroboration from state or war departments.
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Russia
Germany
Japan
Washington
China
Chefoo
Sorme
Department of State Nnr
Warr
Conger
Geo. Chaffee
Admiral Resey
Fowler
Department of State
Pot Meade
Way Department
Gen
Chaffee
Aew
Asylum
Chateau
Departing Americans in Pekin reported amid Far East tensions
A London dispatch Aug 19 notes 40 Americans left Pekin for Tien Tsin while signaling lines from Chefoo to Shanghai are under Chinese control. Japanese and Russian forces prepare for possible clashes as Chinese troops and Boxers move north toward Pekin. A Taels cache and rice were found in Pekin treasury. Dispatches warn of a potential Chinese rear attack on allied forces, though officials expect allies to handle any threat.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
London
Washington
Chefoo
Shanghai
Legation
Foreign Office of Japan
Gen. Chaffee
Takahira
Tokio
Yamaguens
Wan Shan Shan
Wan Shay Shan
Treasury Department
Taku
Nan Yuen
Shan Tung
Atlee
Department of State
Former nun jumps overboard on L Aquitaine
New York August 27 on the French liner L Aquitaine a cabin passenger Miss Margaret Minehan a former nun committed death by own action leaping from the ship at 5 am on August 23. A burial service was held at sea by priests and nuns aboard after the body was recovered. She had left the convent believing she had disgraced her family by loving a young man and said she was bound for her brother a priest in Pennsylvania.
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New York
Havre
Margaret Minehan
Miss Minehan
Pennsylania
Ralph Richards Killed by Lightning in Berwick Storm
Bloomsburg Pa Aug 27 Ralph Richards age 21 was killed by lightning during a severe storm in Berwick Saturday night. The storm troubled all of Columbia county with crop and building damage reported. Several cows were killed by lightning in Greenwood township.
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Bloomsburg
Ralph Richards
Berwick
Columbia County
Greenwood Township
Baseball Records Race for National Pennant Standings
National League standings and upcoming games are listed with key matchups across major cities. The bulletin highlights Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Chicago in recent and scheduled contests shaping the pennant race.
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Priled - Pisyarce
Boston
New York
Phiiade
York
Viuttsburk
Berg
Brooklyn
St. Louis
St Louis
Chicago
Sundat
Cincinnati-Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Riotous White Attack on Negroes in New York
A mob of whites attacked several Black men on Sixty second and Fifty ninth streets, injuring two. Police and a patrolman intervened, arrests were made, including Joseph Doyle and George Meyer, amid ongoing crowd unrest. A separate minority suffered injuries while crowds dispersed. officers remained vigilant. Philadelphia reports the National Municipal League to meet in Milwaukee September 15 to 21, focusing on charter reforms and municipal governance.
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Sarid
New York
Salur Risht
John Brenatt
John Pasty
Bremive
Davis
Sixty-second Street
James Arnold
Sixty-fourth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Alexander Ballentine
Max
Frank McPyke
John J. Clearey
William Hopson
West Sixtieth Street
West End
Amsterdant
Hopson
Clesrey
George Meyer
Clearey
Meyer
William
Henry Rapp
Adam Johnson
Philladelphia
National Municipal League
Milwaukee
League
Wisconsin
Vesper Boat club wins senior eight in Paris regatta
Paris Aug 27 The Vesper Boat Club of Philadelphia won the senior eight championship the sole American event at the Paris Exposition regatta. Four crews competed Ghent Amsterdam Minerva Germania. Ghent was second Minerva third Germania fourth. Bookmakers refused bets on the American crew. Lightning knocks out several at Sunday picnic in New York Aug 27 A severe storm struck the city area injuring attendees and killing two youths at a pavilion during a student association test. A police officer lost a shoe as lightning flashed. Drowning tragedy in Wisconsin Aug 27 Mrs Hearty Quaddy and three of her sons aged 6 to 9 drowned while a larger party of picknickers looked on. Quaddy and his daughter escaped. The party’s boat overturned mid-river near the gathering site.
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H. Coulter Brinker
Newark
N. Z
Grand Hotel
Philadelphia
Aus
John P. Brady
Brady
Hrasy
Charles H. Wilson Feolored
George Kenkelen
Americas
Osramen
Paris
Vesper Boat Club
America
Victo
Ghent
England
Aeva
Amsterdam
Germania
Hamburg
Minerva
Cne
Kavkanna
Wis
Hearty Qnaddy
Hite
fFetterday
Quaddy
Quaddyr
Gix
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