Roosevelt mediation ends coal talks without agreement
Washington October 4 coal conference between President Roosevelt and leaders of operators and miners ends without accord over miners union recognition. Miners propose arbitration while operators refuse, demand court action and federal troops, risking continued strike and coal shortages nationwide.
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Washington
White House
Motners
Court of Common Pleas
District of Pennsylvania
Republic
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Teft
Cozl
President's Call on Coal Strike Probe Ushers New Conference
Washington reports an earnest push to speed the coal strike probe as another conference is convened. President addresses the effort and seeks rapid adjustment of the ongoing investigation.
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Washington
Lincoln NJ Residents Accept Free Hardwood Timber Offer
Mayor Drake of Lincoln New Jersey offered three acres of standing hardwood timber to residents at no cost. Villagers agreed, cutting and stacking the wood for cordwood to supply families through winter. The same company also owns woodland in Trenton and Plainfield to be donated to the poor.
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Houndbrook
N. J
Drake
Lincoln
Trenton
Plainfield
Coal land offer to Roosevelt to ease a coal famine
Mrs Johanna C Samuels a former Nashville and Washington resident now in New York has offered President Roosevelt a Kentucky mining tract to be mined by the government at no cost during the strike. She says the idle property costs her nothing and she will leave all details to the president.
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New York
President Roosevelt
Johanna C. Samuels
Nashville
Typographical Union Boosts Miners Strike Fund
The New York Typographical Union No 6 voted unanimously to raise its weekly miners strike fund contribution to 2 percent of member wages, amounting to about 31,800 to 2,600 annually. The Central Federated Labor union also contributed at its Sunday meeting, while other unions varied with 2 percent or lump sum payments.
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New York
New Yor City
Central Federated Labor Union
End of Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Strike Reported
A telegram to strike headquarters in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania says the Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Co strike in West Virginia ended satisfactorily for both sides. About 6,400 workers were involved.
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West Virginia
Wilkesbarre
Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Co
Polices Struggle as Minneapolis Burglaries Mount
Minneapolis police chief says the force is notoriously inadequate to curb thieves and porch climbers operating in the city. Reported losses total around $19,000 in plunder from residences as officers struggle to respond to burglaries and related crimes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Aletrict
Boer Sympathizers Welcome Francis Reitz in New York
A committee of Boer sympathizers including Irish American representatives welcomed Francis Villaar Reitz former secretary of state of the Orange Free State and his wife on the Statendam from Boulogne. He said he is not here to agitate for war but to serve his countrymen and seek amnesty claims amid promises by Kitchener Milner at the coronation.
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New York
Francis Willar Reitz
Orange Free State
Statendam
Boulogne Sur Mer
Reitz
Kitchener
Milner
World shot put record broken at academic league meet
Ralph J T Rose of Healdsburg set a world best in the shot put at the Academic Athletic league field day in San Francisco, achieving 49 feet 6 inches to surpass Dewitt of Princeton who held 458 feet 7 inches.
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San Francisco
Ralph JT. Rose
Healdsburg
Dewitt
Princeton
Academic Athletic League
Rose
Paris Bank Robbery Sparks Bond Search Request
A Paris police prefecture cable to Capt. Titus states a major bank robbery occurred in Paris and asks him to locate $150,000 in French government bonds.
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New York
Titus
Paris
Destructive Fire at Weeum Watt Co. in Fargo
Fire destroyed the Weeum Watt Co. wholesale dealers in nations and stationery in Fargo on Sunday. The building and stock were totaled with estimated losses of 160000 dollars and 140000 dollars insured. The cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Fargo
N. D
Weeum Watt Co
Grand Army Encampment Opens in Washington
The Thirty Sixth annual meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic opened in Washington on Monday. Auxiliary organizations will meet through Saturday with extensive preparations for veterans, housing, and display coverage across the city.
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Grand Army of the Republic
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White House
Government Printing Office
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac River
Camp Roosevelt
Johnna Hay
Convention Hall
Convicts Injure Hands to Avoid Work in Illinois Penitentiary
Chester Illinois October 6 two convicts John Reagdon and C Rose cut off three fingers from each right hand with a rusty hatchet to escape heavy labor. They claimed illness but were found bleeding and bound up by the prison surgeon then forced to stand on a block the rest of the day in the yard.
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Chester
Ill
John Reagdon
C. Rose
Ilinois
Tragic Tub Drowning in Peoria Home
Mrs. Frank J. Townsend died while bathing in her home after her husband, heating the room, dislocated a gas pipe releasing fumes from an instantaneous heater. He collapsed from the gas, then she rushed to aid him and drowned in a partially filled tub. Mr Townsend is expected to recover.
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Peoria
Frank J. Townsend
Townsend
American Capital Plans Mills Across Irish Cities
Belfast and other cities in Ireland to host large mills by an American syndicate with $20,006,000 capital. The plan envisions mills on the water side in Belfast Londonderry Dublin Cork Waterford Galway to import corn and wheat in bulk mill it and distribute by coasting steamers owned by the syndicate.
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Belfast
The
Daily Mail
Londonderry
Dublin
Cork
Waterford
Galway
Chicago Wins NL Season With St Louis Double Header Sweep
Chicago defeated St. Louis in both games of a double header to close the National League season. First game scores were 11 4 for Chicago and 10 5 for St. Louis. second game 6 1 Chicago and 9 2 St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Train Track Blown Up on Reading Railway Branch
A section of track on the Silver Creek branch of the Philadelphia Reading railroad was blown up early Sunday. Deputies escorted workmen to the colliery after the blast near Tamaqua Pennsylvania.
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Tamaqua
Silver Creek
Philadelphia
Reading
Arctic expedition details shared by Evelyn Baldwin after pole voyage
Evelyn Baldwin arrives aboard the Germanic recounting the Fram voyage with 42 crew, noting cine film and photographs of ice scenes, balloon messages sent that failed to reach destinations, and lessons from a long drift in polar conditions. He cites food sufficiency, crew dynamics, and scientific value of meteorological data and dredging while noting the fate of Andree.
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Evelyn B. Baldwin
White Star Line
Baldwin
Johannsen
America
Fram
White Bears
Darrow
Andree
Sea
Tromsoe
Norway
Ziegler
Head End Collision Kills Five In Tunnel Crash
Parkersburg West Virginia reports five killed and three injured in a head end collision of two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains in a tunnel near Cornwallis. A cattle train suffered many cattle fatalities as debris fills the tunnel. about 20 cars wrecked. Engineers Fred Pearce and William Miller, plus a tramp, died. others possibly trapped.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Cornwallis
Baltimore & Ohio
Fred Pearce
William Miler
Twenty Car Loads Moved From the North Mahanoy Colliery
Twenty cars of washery coal were moved from the North Mahanoy colliery Thursday afternoon under guard of 50 deputies and the Second city troops. A large crowd of men and boys jeered the soldiers. One man was captured but released after being compelled to run two miles with the cavalry.
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Shenandoah
Mahanoy
China Edict Urges Rules for Mining Regulation
Washington reports Minister Conger in Peking says the Chinese imperial government, noting mining’s growing importance, has issued an edict directing viceroys to carefully frame regulations. The note cites practice in foreign countries as guidance.
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Conger
Peking
State Department
China
Duchess of Manchester and child thriving after delivery
Oct 3 report from Belfast Ireland states the Duchess and infant are doing well. A benefit is planned to aid stricken miners with proceeds supporting local relief efforts.
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Belfast
Ireland
Miners Defense Fund Boosts Indianapolis Money Orders
The Indianapolis Post Office reports a record quarter in money order business due to the anthracite strikers defense fund. Receipts for the past three months reached 865 451 13 dollars, up from 512 564 17 the previous year, with as much as 25 000 daily cashed for funds headed by W B Wilson. The fund's scale prompted a New York reserve increase to 100 000 dollars. The miners reportedly expect about 500 000 dollars weekly.
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Ind
Indianapolis Post Ofice
Charles W. Byfield
George F. McGinnis
Tur. McGinnis
Mr. Byfield
W. B. Wilson
New York
Byfield
Explosion at Lawson mine claims 12 with 9 feared dead
An explosion in the Lawson mine south end fourth level in Black Diamond Washington killed 12 miners with nine more believed trapped. Three bodies have been recovered and efforts to recover remaining victims continue as the Pacific Coast Co owners work to clear deadly air and locate missing workers.
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Wash
Lawson
Joe Jacker
Frank Flinder
Frank Rochelle
Robert Lundberg
John Swanson
John Creghino
Simon Tersuavich
Train Loaded With Soldiers Attacked by Strikers
A crowd of Throop strikers attacked a train bound for the Pancoast coal colliery, mistaken for carrying nonunionists. Two companies of soldiers aboard disembarked, eight attackers were captured, taken to Scranton, and jailed in default of 800 dollars bail each.
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Scranton
Western Railroads In Chicago Seek Ten Percent Pay Increase
Representatives from Bloomington divisions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers travel to Chicago for a secret meeting of western engineers. They aim to draft a formal demand for a ten percent pay raise following directives from the national convention in Norfolk Virginia.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
West
Norfolk
World's Fair board backs high moral tone for concessions
At St Louis on October 3 the board of woman managers adopted Miss Helen M Gould's resolution urging the Louisiana Purchase exposition to maintain a high moral standard and remove concessions that imitate the dances once seen at the Chicago fair midway.
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Board of Woman Managers of the
Helen M. Gould
Funston Guest of Honor at Ottawa Soldiers Reunion
Brig. Gen. Funston, commander of the department of Colorado, was the guest of honor at Ottawa Kansas old soldiers reunion on Thursday. He was introduced to a large crowd in the Chautauqua.
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Ottawa
Kan
Jonesboro High School Destroyed by Fire
Marion Indiana October 6 The Jonesboro high school building was destroyed by fire throwing about five hundred students out of class. James Merriman a pupil allegedly tried to start the blaze a year ago and again last Monday but teachers extinguished both fires. Merriman fled to Pittsburg after a ticket was bought for him, and another fire was put out by staff. An investigation seeks the arsonists. The building cost nearly 40000 with 14000 insurance.
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Marion
Ind
Jonesboro
James Merriman
Merriman
Pittsburg
Petrified body may be missing undertaker uncle
Edward Hisey of Indianapolis believes the petrified body found in the Ohio River sands opposite Evansville is his uncle Jacob Hisey who vanished from Corydon sixteen years ago. Hisey’s sister Mrs. Addie Stevens will travel to Evansville to view the remains while Capt. John Eigmann who found the body has been offered 5000 dollars by museum managers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Edward Hisey
Ohio River
Evansville
Jacob Hisey
Hisey
Corydon
Jacob
White River
Addie Stevens
John Eigemann
Physicians open hollow head of petrified river man
In Evansville Indiana on Friday several doctors bored into the petrified body found in the river and discovered the head to be hollow. The unusual find sparked curiosity among local residents and medical men as details emerged.
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Evansville
Ind
Lost girl returns from kidnaping tale in Indiana
Beatrice Melveda Smuthers, 16, of Marion Indiana, recounts being abducted by Branton Clark an oil pumper on her father's farm. She says she was forced at gunpoint to leave home, dragged to Anderson and Cincinnati, kept in a locked room for ten days, then escaped begging her way back. Clark is at large and may have fled to Brooklyn New York where police have been alerted.
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Marion
Ind
Beatrice Melveda Smuthers
David Smuthers
Landersville
Branton Clark
Anderson
Cincinnati
Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Muncie Defeats Cincinnati Soccer Rival to Stay Unbeaten
The Cincinnati Nationals formerly the Riversides arrived in Muncie on Sunday aiming to beat the local association team. Last week the Cincinnati Gym team, a Nationals rival, fell 2 to 0 to Muncie as the locals led 1 to 0 at halftime.
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Muncie
Ind
Cincinnati
Riversides
Nationals
Escaping Gas Claims Two Woodville Men
Fred and Charlies Johnson ages 28 and 21 of Woodville were found unconscious in their sleeping room in Valparaiso on Friday morning and died soon afterward from physisation due to escaping gas. The elder brother had just graduated from college this year and both were active in local society.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Fred
Charlies Johnson
Woodville
Twenty Two Years in Bed dies at 42 in Petersburg
Miss Scienda Hillman of Petersburg aged 42 died after 22 years spent bedridden or in a chair following a severe ankle sprain in 1880. Her mother has been an invalid for 33 years as well. In Terre Haute J C Smith of Indianapolis won the Indiana golf championship defeating Leach of Muncie 5 up 31 to play.
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Petersburg
Ind
Sci‘enda Hillman
Coal Famine Feared as Pumpkin Patch Stock Shrinks
Nearly three million bushels of coal lie at Pumpkin Patch above Jeffersonville. Jeffersonville and New Albany face imminent coal shortages as 90 boats and about 50 barges unload, controlled by Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. A Chicago syndicate offered a price, but higher offers are expected and the deal was refused.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Pumpkin Patch
New Albany
Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Co
Pittsburg
Chicago
Coubine
Combine
Ex-Treasurer Rose Arrested In Wabash Case Of Shortage
Ex-treasurer John B. Rose of Wabash returned from Kansas and was arrested on October 3 after leaving September 1 with about $11,000 missing. Judge Shively set a $3,000 bond, posted. Bondsmen expect reimbursement as relatives transferred money and property to cover the loss.
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Wabash
Ind
John B. Rose
Kansas
Powder Explosion Claims Two at Valparaiso Plant
Aetna powder plant near Af Miller's Station in Valparaiso Indiana suffered a powder explosion on October 4. Two workers Charles Helman and Henry Schwartzfeger were killed in the blast and many others were injured. Helman died en route to Chicago while Schwartzfeger died after arriving at the hospital.
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Aetna
Miller’s Station
Valparaiso
Ind
Af Miller
Charles Helman
Henry Schwartzfeger
Chicago
Helman
Schwartzfeger
Wreck at Reelsville Clears. Fireman Cole Missing
Wreckage at Reelsville after a collision with a freight train was cleared and Fireman Cole, who rode in the second engine, was not found. Authorities suspect he may have wandered off, possibly due to mental distress, as searches continue.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Reelsville
Cole
Drunken Brawl Ends with Multiple Gunshot Wounds in Michigan City
At the Lone Pine house in Michigan City, Chas Severin lies in hospital with three bullets from a 38 caliber revolver wielded by Milton Fuller of Chicago. Herman Haack has a shattered arm and a neck wound from shots fired by Hates Fuller of Chicago. The Fuller brothers are jailed and Severin’s prognosis is poor.
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Michigan City
Ind
Lone Pine House
Chas. Severin
Milton Fuller
Chicago
Herman Haack
Hates Fuller
Fuller Brothers
Severin
Southern Indiana Interurban Railway Co Incorporation
The Southern Indiana Interurban Railway Co. was incorporated in Indianapolis on Thursday with headquarters planned for Jeffersonville and New Albany. The 45 mile line would pass Clark and Floyd counties, with capital stock of 300600 dollars. Incorporators are N A Street R Taylor M L Liscomb N S Keefer and M E Collander.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Southern Indiana Interurban Railway Co
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Clark
J Floyd
N. A. Street
R. Taylor
N. S. Keefer
M. E. Collander
Jury Fails to Agree in Indiana Whisky Distillery Death Case
Lawrenceburg Indiana October 4 Frank Haas 32 married was hoisting whisky at the Rossville distillery when a rope broke and a pulley block fell on his head fracturing his skull. Rushville Indiana October The jury failed to agree in the case.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank Haas
Rossville
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