Samuel Gompers Defiance Over Injunction Refusal
The text records Samuel Gompers criticizing a judge’s injunction against picketing during a labor strike. Gompers denounces the injunction as illegal and urges workers to defy it rather than surrender their constitutional rights. He claims the injunction was imposed and calls for continued striking actions to pressure employers and authorities.
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Gepers
Freedman
Gormpers
Justi Freedman
Boers retreat as British advance on Free State frontier
British forces push Boers back across the western Free State frontier while Gen Freeman and Gen Hamilton tighten pressure around Winburg and Smaldeel. Lord Roberts orders strict farm inspections revealing hidden arsenals as rail culverts and river bridges are destroyed to stretch supply lines.
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Ladybrand
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Hatton
Mayor's resignation demanded in Atlanta council resolution
Atlanta May 8 city council adopted a resolution calling on Mayor James G. Woodward to resign after a sermon by Rev. L G Broughton attacking the mayor's personal habits. The resolution urges resignation before the next council meeting. Opposition leader says Woodward is bound to resign under a prior statement. The mayor declined to comment on action. Term expires January.
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Atlanta
James G. Woodward
L. G. Broughton
Woodward
Lang Hong Ordered to Leave United States
Judge Ricks of a federal court ruled that Lung Hong a former Chinese merchant on Clark Street Chicago must depart the country. The decision hinges on whether he was a merchant at the time of arrest when he was working in a laundry at Lima Ohio.
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Lang Hong
China
Toledo
Ricks
Lung Hong
Clark Street
Chicago
Lung
Lima
Alleged Post Office Embezzler Arrested in Rochester
Charles Bo Newly was arrested in Rochester after reportedly fleeing to Havana Cuba where he allegedly misappropriated funds while working for the Post Office. Investigators say Neely handled millions during a 15 month posting in Cuba, with bail set at 20 000 and clerical errors blamed for the shortage.
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F. Neeh
Ole
Neely
Audhurs Reeves
Reyvaalls
Maj
Jealous Bridegroom Kills Brother Then Self
In Charlestown West Virginia George W Stewart whose jealousy of his 17 year old bride drove him to kill his 13 year old brother Frank. After shooting the boy he fled and later killed himself in the woods prompting a manhunt and sorrowful aftermath. The tragedy follows a period of alleged closeness between the bride and her younger sibling.
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Minceli
Charlestown
W. Va
George W. Stewart
Pond Fork Creek
Frank
Stewart
Counterfeit Note Ring Exposed In Lancaster Case
A Lancaster counterfeiting conspiracy expands with the arrest of Marty Ticy lor on $20 note forgery charges. Harry Taylor, tied to engravers Arthur Taylor and Baldwin Bredefl, confessed to circulating about 45 of 150 notes. Officials, including Chief Wilkie and U S district attorney Beck, pursued the scheme aimed at pressuring the government for a lighter sentence.
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Condemned building collapse in Kansas City kills seven
A three story brick building at 1302 Grand Avenue in Kansas City collapsed yesterday afternoon, burying seven people in the ruins. Ex mayor John W. Moore was seriously hurt. Anna Goodman and Fannie Goodman among those rescued. The condemned structure housed a second hand store on the ground floor and a rooming house above. The accident drew a large crowd of rescue workers.
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Jacob Goodman
Mary Sohn
John W. Moore
Goodman
W. Kline
Moore
Anna Goodman
Fannie Goodman
ROUTING THE FILIPINOS IN A FIERCE REBEL ENGAGEMENTS
Reports describe American and Filipino forces in a coast to coast clash. U S troops faced rebel attacks near Jaro and Northern Saumur with heavy casualties on both sides. American detachments, backed by local police, repelled assaults and inflicted losses, amid reports of multiple wounded and captured.
The Striking Car Repairers Threaten Wider Walkout
Longstanding labor tensions surge as Buffalo area car repairers threaten to extend the strike to East Buffalo's locomotive shop and yard. talks with Erie officials continue with new demands awaiting a meeting. Kentucky leaders hold a confidential conference in Indianapolis as efforts to negotiate with state authorities proceed. Ice trust fights ripple from Chicago to New York while baseball scores wrap the day’s action across leagues.
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Buffalo
Wast Butefaio
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Erie
Bruna
Lehish Valley
Ven Allen
Bonds Received At Treasury For Exchange Next Per Cent Consols
The treasury reports bonds received to date for exchange for the next per cent consols total 265,501,550 dollars. A Philadelphia Republican leader Joseph Nebre died after a long illness. A Cleveland man failed to kill his wife with an ax but killed himself with a razor. Memphis demo over Admiral Detey drew thousands and met with ovation. An editor in Santiago de Cuba Senor Alebrt was shot by an unknown assassin. King Ono of Bavaria’s illness worsened and death is expected. Locust Summit in Northumberland reports snow and frost damage. Hazleton carpenters threaten a strike May 15 for higher wages and shorter hours. A runaway accident near Mount Carmel injured Christopher Shoffier and George Shringlay.
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Joseph Nebre
Philadelphia
Jerjous
Daniel Silverpool
Cleveland
Bat
Elling
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Santiago de Cuba
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Colored Bishop Election Sparks Debate at Chicago Conference
The 1900 general conference considers expanding lay power and church democracy. Proposals include admitting laymen to annual conferences, separate lay voting on constitutional changes, and electing church stewards and trustees by members at quarterly meetings.候
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Ake Otbeke Tal Meepers
Committee of Epiacapacy
Asia
J. W. Hamlton
New York
J. F. Berry
Chicago
Henry Spetlmeyer
Newark
T. 2. Neely
Philadelphia
William F. McDowall
Colorado
W. ¥. Kelly
J. E. Bowen
Washington
Committee On Temperance
General Conference
McKinley
Methodist Church
Contempt Charge Cited Against Secretary Porter
Lincoln Neb May 3 A summons was issued by District Judge Frost citing Secretary of State Porter to appear and defend against contempt of court. Porter could not be located and it was learned he had gone to the Sioux Falls convention. The contempt stems from his alleged refusal to endorse and approve vouchers payable to Mrs A A Davis president of the Society of the Home for the Friend Jews as ordered by the court in the dispute over control of the institution.
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Death by Own Hand in Personal Crisis in Charlotte
Samuel H Hawkins, in a May 7 report from Charlotte North Carolina, shot himself after a period of personal crisis and ingested a lethal dose of landanum. He had visited a prominent banker during New Year’s calls, appeared intoxicated, and proclaimed that no one knows his suffering the past two months. The event follows a banker's home visit where he was cautioned to retire.
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N. C
Samuel H. Hawkins
Persian honor for U S minister Bowen shocks Washington
May and Herbert W. Bowen United States minister and consul general at Teheran have reportedly received from the shah of Persia the Grand Cordon of the Lion and the Sun. The decoration is among the first class orders and came as a surprise to Bowen who must obtain congressional approval before accepting the honor.
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Washington
May
Herbert W. Bowen
United States
Teheran
Persia
Bowen
Congress
Swedes Prepare Defense Budget Vote In Riksdag
Stockholm reports that the riksdag approved 4,253,100 kroner for new defenses by a joint vote of 212 to 10. Of the total, 2,147,008 kroner is allotted for the coming year.
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Riksdag
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