Strike near end as Philadelphia labor crisis widens
Telegraphs flare between Philadelphia and Mt Locie Florida urging Republican bosses James P. McNicho and William Ware to return and end a threatened general strike. Merchants fear disruption as the Central Labor union pressures a walkout, while clerics push for arbitration amid firm company resistance.
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Philadelphia
Mt. Locie
Florida
James P. McNicho
William 8
Ware
McNichol
Central Labor Union
Carmen
Admiral Ware
Market Street Merchants Seek Arbitration Over Transit Strike
Philadelphia industrials and banks press for an end to a looming strike by turning to the Market Street Merchants association led by Elite Gimbel and Samuel D. Lit. Plans include appealing to Bosses McNichol and Ware or pressuring the Rapid Transit Co. Mayor Reyburn opposes arbitration while labor leaders push for concessions as the company reports 900 cars in operation by day and 640 by night with 200 strikers leaving the union.
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Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
George
H. Earle
Rapid Transit Company
Tts
Clarance O. Pratt
Amalgamated Union of Street Railway
Pratt
Notay
Atrike
Pratt Io
Citizene
Atrikers
Bishop Wilson
Methodist Church
Lee Ryan
George H. Earle
Murley
Carmen
Atanda
Feretag
Move Mets
Rapla ‘Transit Company
Onion
Trasalt Company
Crempo
Atenin
Philadelphia
Market Street
John B Reyburn
Henry Clay
Publis Safety
Reyburn
Murphy
Attempt to Open Mills Ends in Disorder at Bethlehem
South Bethlehem Pa March 1 feeble effort to resume work at Bethlehem Steel plant sparked food disorder and intensified striker and sympathizer opposition to state police. Police 105 strong patrolled plant entrances while labor leaders urged restraint. Charles Schwab said shops would stay closed for years if needed. Two hundred strike breakers arrived with more expected. six prisoners escaped from a second story window during custody.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Med
Aleel
Charles Schwab
Atrikera Teay
Avalanche Buries Idaho Mining Towns Mace and Burke
Two major snow slides swamp northern Idaho towns Mace and Burke. At least sixty dead, with fourteen bodies recovered in Mace and sixteen in Burke. One thousand rescuers search the wreckage as families fear further collapses and ore works suspend operations.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mace
Burke
Hoecia
Hercules
Anchor
I. H. Pascoe
Standard
Pascoe
Northern Pacific
Coeur d'Alene
Black Bear
Corporations Must Pay Up Time Limit Expired
Washington reports the time limit for filing corporate income tax returns on incomes over 5000 has expired for 1909. Many firms have submitted returns while others, especially smaller businesses, sent theirs in January. Officials expect February and March reports to show compliance rates and note potential extensions of up to 30 days. Treasury estimates 25 million dollars revenue from the tax this year, with 15 million by June 30 unless the Supreme Court strikes down the law.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Congress
Treasury
Supreme Court
Southern M E Meeting Sets Asheville General Conference
The Southern Methodist Episcopal Church South prepares for its sixteenth quadrennial General Conference in Asheville North Carolina in May. Key issues include episcopacy reform presiding eldership and pastorate term limits along with women’s representation and a possible name change to reduce Southern wording. A committee led by Dr. W Fillett will report on faith restatement amid internal debates.
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Asheville
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
E' N.C
Wesley
Preaidin
Sumy
Birmingham
W. Fillett
Nashville
Theorthern Church
Wesleyan
Fouth
General Conference
North Probottes Haw. Fonte
Catholic Population Totals from American Directory
Advance sheets of the American Catholic Directory list 22 587 079 Catholics under the flag in the United States and territories. It provides counts by state, city church totals, seminaries, schools, and the hierarchy with Cardinals and bishops. It notes New York leading in Catholic population and church numbers and lists vacancies in the sacred college.
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M. H. Wiltaine Company
New York
Milwaukee
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
German Empire
British Ag
U United States
America
Pennsylvania
Marsachusetta
Ohio
Louisiana
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Michigan
Missouri
Minnesota
California
Connecticut
Texan
Towa
Rhode Islad
Indiana
Kentucky
Chicago
Enya
New York City
Five Boroughs
Manhattan
Bronx
City of
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Tittaburg
Boston
Cleveland
Buffalo
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Sacred College of Cardinals
Itta
Gibbona
Moran
Stefano
Neto
Capocelatro
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Polticans
Aublig Upinun
Bomnee
Company
Ort Onan
Th Rapid Transit Company
South Bethlehem
WI Gall Packers
Senate
Irving
Wstice
Supreme Cout
Wiliam H. Moody
Supreme Cout of the
M. E. Meeting
Old Virginia
A Toba
Amerkan Tobacco CO
Footer’s Dye Works
Cumberland
A. Kate Gittinger
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Fahrney
Son
Lingerstown
Feehe Daegye
Buiter
Father Geimty
Nan
Burnh
Woodbury’s
Woodbury
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