Streetcar Strike Ties Up Wilkes Barre to Carbondale Lines
Streetcar workers in Lackewanes County strike after pay demands go unmet. About 300 employees of the Seranna Railway halt service effective yesterday, tying up lines across 30 miles and 55 miles of track. Routes to Pittston Forest City gridlocked as crews seek 29 cents an hour, elevated to 21 cents for new hires, and a ten hour day with twelve hour limits aboard.
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Lackewanes
Seranian
Seranna Railway Company
Futemer
Cleras
Pittston
Forest City
Dietatin O
Mmeluden
Rantun
Wilkesbarre
Pittsuim
Carbondale
Mysteries surround abduction case and police hunt
Police in a Philadelphia area case arrest Johnson a laborer as part of an abduction probe. They press on seeking the “light” man and the brown haired accomplice while evaluating witness statements and following a broader manhunt involving Robeson and others.
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de No Ognen
Maud Munnear
Johson
Qhh
Grudes
Robeson
Petice
Cudahy
Johnson
Eddie Cudahy
Bri. Munshaw
James Schneinderwind
Frank Glynn
Schneiderwind
E. A. Cudahy, Sr
Pat Crowe
Mr. Cudahy
Crowe
the Packer
No Boxing in Philadelphia Ends a Fatal Bout
In Philadelphia a boxing tournament at the Philadelphia Athletic Club ended tragically as Frank Barr aged 19 died in hospital after a bout with Joseph Kelly. Referee Frank Henderson and Kelly were arrested. Barr real name Edward Sanford. Police halted all boxing contests in the city.
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Philadelphia
Frank Barr
Philadelphia Athletic Club
Joseph Kelly
Barr
Frank Henderson
Kid White
Kelly
Henderson
Tiel
Edward Sanford
The Folly of Striking As It Appears to One of England's Greatest Labor Leaders
Chicago reports on Pete Curran of the General Federation of Trades Unions urging labor gains through legislation and parliamentary representation over strikes. He cites labor ownership and warns against relying on muscular force to solve social problems. The piece links his views to broader labor movement strategies in Britain.
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England
Chicago
Pete Curran
General Federation of Trades Unions of
Great Britain
Workingmen of
Building Trades Council
Curran
British Trades Union Congress
American Federation of Labor Convention
Britons Purchase More Livestock For War Effort
Report from Kansas City on December 24 notes Captain Heygate of the British army seeks 50,000 cavalry horses and mules in the United States to equip forces for South Africa. Animals will be sent via New Orleans to Cape Town and Durban on British transports amid ongoing Boer War needs.
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Kansas City
Heygate
South Africa
New Orleans
Cape Town
Durban
New London
United States
Africa
England
Baden Powell
Imperial
South Africa war dispatches from Kitchener and De Wet
A long dispatch reports British and Boer movements across Cape Colony and Magaliesberg, detailing De Wet’s rear-guard tactics, Colville and French operations, railway disruptions, and colonial requisitions. Also notes missing dynamite, Boer optimism in Victoria West, and suspected colonial forces joining incursions. Nearby items include a murder in Scranton and an update on Jessie Morrison’s Christmas plans.
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Cape Colony
Perth
de Wet
Senekel
French
Clements
Beyers
Magaleaders
Potehofstroom
Jiorden
Oliphant
Boera
Rintown
de Aar Junction
Delarey
Magaliesberg
Kreuse
Colville
Vinkfontein
South Africa
Cape Town
Transvaal
Brussels
Cape Colour
Rena
Bethulie
de Wat
Cane Town
Victoria West
Zoutpan
Beaprrado Fatally Shot Boy in New York
Luigi Perrinio, visiting Giuseppe La Forte, faced a landlord dispute over room eviction. A fight escalated as Perrinio drew a revolver and shot the landlord, but the bullet hit 12-year-old Meigo Coceht ara. The boy is reported to die. Perrinio is in custody.
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Beaprrado
New York
Luigi Perrinio
Guiseppe Laforte
Perrinio
Meigo Cocehtara
Perrilio
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Organic Autonomy Party
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Supreme Court
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Philippines
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Georges D. Meiklesobe
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Celia McDonald
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Sterling Hotel
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Eldorado
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Hayward Morrison
Jessie Morrison
Castle
Jessie
Morrison
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