Pay chairs riot in Madison Square Park telephone charge
A mob of several hundred attacked pay chairs in Madison Square Park as a fee system drew protests. The riot spilled into pathways, an attendant was knocked down, police used clubs, and several arrests followed. Park Commissioner Clausen announced revoking Oscar F Spaet’s park chair privilege.
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Madison Square Park
New York
Sik
Terry McGovern
Clausen
Oscar F. Spaet
Steel Plant for Lebanon to House Steel Cars
Pennsylvania Railroad plans a steel car plant in Lebanon Pennsylvania to work with allied interests including Cornwall Ore Hills and the Lebanon furnaces. Experiments on steel passenger coaches and steel box cars are expected to begin under the railroad company’s control.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Lebanon Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad company
Pennsylvania Steel company
Cornwall Ore Hills
Lebanon furnaces
Cornwall and Lebanon
Kilbourne Likely Dem Nominee for Ohio Governor
Columbus July 10 The McLean Kilbourne faction gained control of all committees at yesterday’s district meetings signaling Kilbourne as the probable Democratic candidate for governor. A large attendance stemmed from a reunion of gold standard Democrats, many of whom have not attended Ohio conventions since 1896.
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Columbus
McLean- Kilbourne
James Kilbourne
Ohio
Kilbourne
Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing company
Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
George K. Nash
STATE LEGISLATURE SCORED AND INDUSTRY ROILED
Scranton July 10 report from the legislative committee of the First district United Mine Workers condemns the senate as a hindrance to miners bills and accuses the legislature of serving corporations. It denounces targeted politicians as dishonest tools of money power and cites defeated measures for fair coal measurement. Other items note the death of former Missouri congressman William H. Stone at Asbury Park, General Sickles ill in Pleasantville, and insolvency ruling against Lancaster Avenue Title and Trust in Philadelphia.
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Committee of
United Mine Workers
Scranton
legislative committee
First district
senate
commonwealth
Stone
New York
William H. Stone
Missouri
Asbury Park
E. P. Y. Ritter
St. Louis
Samuel G. Stone
New York city
Masonic fraternity
Harrisburg
Bliss
House Appropriations committee
Jar
Russia Renews Sugar Standstill Offer to U S
Washington July 10 A Russian finance minister proposal would lift all added duties on US goods if the United States drops its sugar differential action. Secretary Gage rejected the offer noting the sugar issue is before the courts, while other duties on iron and steel equipment and bicycles remain tied to policy shifts. The exchange follows Hay’s note linking petroleum moves with sugar. Other items report wife and child arrested for murder in Reading, hospital funding unchanged, Barker defense group forming, and Ruhlin defeating Fitzsimmons in a wrestling match.
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Washington
United States
M. De Witte
Russia
Gage
Hay
De Witte
President Shaffer Leads Striking Steel Workers In City
Photo credit Mineari of Pittsburg depicts President T J Shaffer heading the Amatemated Association of Steel Workers. The image labels him as leader of a compact, well organized labor body led by Theodore Tin and Iren Workers. Sapte.
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Mineari
Pitsburg
T. J. SHAFFER
Amatemated
Association of Steel
Theodore T. Tin
Iren
Sapte
Conclave Still On Fourth Day Of Endeavor Conference
The Christian Endeavor society met in Cincinnati on July 10 for a fourth day devoted to timely discussions by visiting ministers. Large crowds attended two major meetings as officials opened auditoriums for talks on The twentieth century church and related powers of Sunday schools, personal work, the Bible, and evangelism. Speakers included Rev J B Richardson, Marion Lawrence, Rev Howard W Pope, Rev A J Lyman, and Dr Amos B Wells.
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Cincinnati
conference of the Christian Endeavor society
el-manse
Canon J. B. Richardson
London
Ont
Auditorium Endeavor
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
Howard W. Pope
New Haven
Conn
A. J. Lyman
Brooklyn
Lyman
Amos B. Wells
Boston
William Phillips Hall
New York
Reading railway shop hands strike request resumes
The Reading railway shop hands executive committee met to review the strike situation. They claim the company broke faith with the Baer Geschar agreement and will strike on the original grievances as if the agreement never existed, predicting trouble if new men are used at the shops.
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Reading. Pa
Reading
Baer
Geschar
Beschar
Welsh
Lincoln town to be sold at public auction
Lincoln town in Middlesex county will be sold today at public auction under court order by Receiver James P. Northrop. The laid out town, once boosted by female voting rights battles, features streets and a trolley system and was created by capitalists who could not continue business.
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New York
Lincoln
Middlesex county
James P. Northrop
Jamisons Bay
Greensburg
Jamison Coal and Coke company
Pennsylvania
Salem
Hempfield
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania railroad
Compel Arbitration Rumor Roils Virginia Labor Unions
Organized labor in Virginia opposes a proposed constitutional clause mandating a compulsory arbitration board. Delegates from unions will travel to Richmond to protest the measure, arguing for a state arbitration board but against compulsory appointment due to corporate influence concerns.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Organized labor
Noel
Roanoke
Federation of Labor
Richmond
Opening Day Rush to Oklahoma Land Opens July 6
Thousands of hopeful settlers flock to El Reno and surrounding areas as President’s proclamations open Indian lands for settlement on August 6. Oklahoma City observers report crowding at the station, packed coaches, tents, and makeshift shelters forming across streets. Secretary Hitchcock voices optimism, promising orderly registration and swift processing by officials in El Reno and surrounding counties.
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Hitchcock
Oklahoma City
O. T
El Reno
Fl Rovo
Wolvernor Richards
Washington
Renn yogtare
Wichita
Kan
Kiowa
Camanche
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Quaker City
Ghos
MARKEY’S
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JOHN N. CLARY
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Myersville
West
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Ridgeville
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LEBANON
Kansas
Topeka
Atlantic City
Tutt
Coleman
T W. JEFFERSON
Danville
WILLIAMSON'S
HARHAye
STATE LEGISLATURE
Sickles
Daniel E. Sickles
Pleasantville
N. Y
Daniel P. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Philadelphia Trust Company
Weisg
Lancaster Avenue Title and Trust company
Philadelphia
Robert M. Patton
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MINISTER DE WITTE
John Edwards
Edwards
Standhsburg
Barker
Roblin
Fitzsimmons
Madison Square Jarden
Bob Fitzsimmons
Gus Ruhlin
Ruhlin
C. E
Reading Railway
Wu Ting-fang
Butte
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Charles Miller
John A. Wiley
Franklin
L. L. Carson
Minden
Neb
Alfred North
Kearney county
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Hartsburg
board of Pardons
Stephen Gregoski
Schuylkill county
Oneida
D. J. McCarthy
Freeland
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El Renota Register For Indian Lands
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Decatur
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Cambridge
Edward Morales
Supt. Frye
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Santiago
Buffalo
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