Strikers Rally Yet City Delays Heavy Action
Philadelphia officials declare sympathy strike a failure as factories idle and businesses hurt across Kensington Germantown and Frankford. The Rapid Transit dispute narrows to arrests and possible National Guard action while leaders claim 125 000 on strike and vow to persist.
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Philadelphia
March
Naiona
Rapid Transit Company
Rapli Transit Company
Kensington
Germantown
Frankford
Cate
Mamilya
Unionium
Public Safety
Clay
Labor Lyceum Hall
W. D., Mahon
William J. Tracey
Tim Healy
James W. Wall
State Federation of Labor
Rapid
City Business Groups Plan Conference to End Strike
The United Business Men's Association, with over 120000 members, formed a seven member committee to arrange a conference of banks, trade bodies, business associations and religious groups. Each group will send three delegates to pursue an adjustment of the dispute. A session is planned but a date is not yet set.
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Indo- Unirox
United Busines Men's Association
Q@ad
Troops Will Not Be Sent to Philadelphia Strike
War department cancels order to move Forty-fifth Coast Artillery to guard government property in Philadelphia. A special train was kept ready at Delaware City near Fort Dupont for a day, but the plan was abandoned as the strike situation did not worsen.
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National Guard
Rapid Traneh
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Fort Dipont
Quaker City
War Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Forty-fifth Coast Artillery Corps
Delaware City
Fort Dupont
Plan Strike All Over Pennsylvania Plan Strike All Over Pennsylvania
Pittsburg March. Labor leaders push a statewide sympathy strike in support of Philadelphia carmen. William Kelly of City Central Trade Council urges a general, nationwide labor response, claiming broad union backing. J. J. Thorpe of the Amalgamated Association coordinates Pittsburg actions.
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Pittsburg
New Castle
Philadelphia
Thorne
Isbor
United States
Canada
Strikers Refuse Talk Until Constabulary Withdrawn
South Bethlehem Pa March 8 Strikers at Bethlehem Steel reconsidered their reply to C M Schwabs open letter and resolved to not communicate further until the slate constabulary is withdrawn Gov Stuart drew criticism as Schwabs letter spurred many workers back to the plant though company figures were not released a senior official said staffing far exceeded last week with as many as eight thousand five hundred at work.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Works
C. M. Schwab
Steel Company
Atrikere
Taft to Visit Passaic New Jersey in May
President Taft set May as the date for his planned visit to Passaic New Jersey after Victor Mason and a Passaic board of trade delegation called at the White House to thank him for accepting their invitation and to arrange the banquet time.
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Taft
Passaic
N. J
Washington
Victor Mason
Passaic Board of Trade
White House
James M. Shumaker Must Serve Jail Sentence
James M. Shumaker is required to serve a jail sentence linked to graft charges in Pennsylvania. The case involves state capitol procurement irregularities and related financial improprieties.
Fight for Platts Estate Demands Widow Status
Mae Wood a.k.a. Mrs Fratz plans to claim widow status of Senator Thomas C. Platt after his death. She will drop divorce and alimony bids, seek recognition as wife, and demand a widow’s share of his estate, including control of personal property if the will allows. She intends to go to New York to press her claims and search for proof of marriage.
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Mae Wood
Omaha
Neb
Mareh
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Miss Wood
Mrs. Fratz
Omuahe
Platt
Gour
Mr. Platt
Frank Platt
Thore
Grafters Must Go To Jail In State Capitol Case
State supreme court upholds conviction of James M. Shumaker former superintendent William P. Snyder former auditor general in the state capital scandal. Both were sentenced in 1908 to two years imprisonment and a $500 fine with costs. Sanderson and Mathues have died.
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Philadelphia
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
James M. Shumaker
William P. Snyder
Snyder
Shumaker
Harrisburg
John 4. Banderson
Capitol
Wiliam J. Mathues
Media
Sanderson
Mathues
Supreme Court
Dauphin County
Prion
State files equity suits to recover 5 million dollars
Harrisburg March 8. Equitable actions filed in Dauphin county court seek to recover at least 5 000 000 paid to contractors for the new state capitol. Plaintiffs name deceased John H Sanderson and the Pennsylvania Construction company as defendants with state officials connected to contract awards and payments. The suits stem from the 1907 capitol investigation and are separate from criminal cases. The state contends Sanderson received over 5 000 000 for furnishings and equipment worth about 1 500 000 and that the Pennsylvania Construction company got over 2 000 000 for metal fittings ward robes etc worth about 760 000.
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State
Harrisburg
State Capitol
Dauphin County
John H. Sanderson
Fennsylvania Construction Company
Hite
Areich Tert Huston
Auretier
Capitol
Commonwealth
Sanderson
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Peary Refuses Proof of North Pole Discovery
Commander Robert E. Peary declines to submit proofs of discovering the North Pole to a House Naval Committee sub committee. Through Representative Alexander he says a preexisting publishing contract would block disclosure. Dr B Clark Hyde surrenders to arrest in Kansas City with two attorneys as eleven indictments are filed in the Swope poisoning case.
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North Pole
Congress
Washington
March
Robert BE. Peary
House Naval Committee
Alexander
New York
German aviator previews Ireland to Newfoundland airship voyage
German aviator Kurl Leps, who claims as many as 200 flights, arrived in New York from Hamburg. He plans an Ireland to Newfoundland test flight in April with a crew of eight, asserting his airship will cross 1,600 miles with 866 horsepower and no ships can carry seventy passengers. He seeks a cook via The News.
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Ireland
Kurl Leps
Germany
New York
Aamburg
Leps
Valentia
Jonn's
N. F
Anya
At &D
Zeppelin
Grote
Seafonmland
Holiday for wives bishop favors annual fortnights
A church leader in London advocates a yearly two week holiday for wives of clergy. He asserts that leisure in a fixed period would benefit homes and marriages, aligning with broader social reforms discussed in the Bethnal Green gathering.
Husband and wife freedoms discussed in yearly break idea
A discussion argues men often overlook women’s burdens and suggests wives deserve a fortnightly yearly break from home and children to maintain balance and happiness.
Hens Enter International Egg Laying Contest Plans
The poultry board announces a international egg laying contest to be held with plans for a poultry experiment station at Mesivo under the agriculture department. A gypsum marble experiment and chemical coloring method are described as part of the project with Marble Made of Gypsum and Rekel of Coast assisting.
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Bt Cubeny Berry
Mindauri State Poultry Bowd
Mesivo
Stites Dey Tent of Agriculture
Australia
Amo Rekel
Ciatine
Chess Match by Cable Between Britain and the United States
Walter Russell announces a Britain versus United States chess match to be held around March 12. The American team of ten players will stay at the Savoy Hotel in London with direct communication to New York. The article also notes the Ditto Staten army adopts the pyramid tent, awaiting conical tent supplies.
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Great Britain
United
Ditto
Staten Army
Gilder Memorial Fund Aims For Civic Progress
A committee proposes a $100,000 endowment named the Gilder Memorial to promote good citizenship and civic patriotism. Funds may support Columbia University fellowships and civic projects, with fellows pledged to study and influence political and social conditions both domestic and abroad.
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Feinel
Tremelier
Columbia Universits
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