Cabin Creek Riots Turn Fatal in West Virginia Mine War
Four men died in a brief clash between striking miners and Wake Forest Coal company watchmen at Cabin Creek near Charleston on July 24. Watchmen Don Slater and Frank Ginn were killed along with two attacking miners. Slater returned fire, wounding others before succumbing. The Wake Forest mine remains under Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal control amid ongoing UMWA-initiated strike actions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wake Forest Coal Company
Wake Forest
Cabin Creek
Don Slater
Frank Ginn
Ginn
Slater
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Martial law eyed as 25 000 miners strike region
Calumet Michigan July 25 martial law expected in copper region if rioting continues Governor Ferris to take personal charge of soldiers as 25 000 miners strike threatening wider work stoppage Officials report armed mobs deposed deputies and hospital injuries while 30 mines are affected and troop trains are organized to Calumet with three days rations to backs up the effort
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Ferris
Michigan
Calument
Mich
Hospitala
Marquette
Gogebic
Mineral Ranges
Cleveland Cliffs Tron Company
Lansing
Buffalo Bill Show Attacked. Cast Stranded in Denver
More than 400 performers and employees of Buffalo Bill and Prairie Bill's wild west show were stranded after the act was attached this week. They are penniless, many had wages in the show's treasury. Eight young girls among the strandees sleep on the ground and in stables. The city fed destitute performers today. The district court will decide the attachment proceedings next Tuesday.
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Denver
Cole
Buffalo Bil
Fawnee Bill
Lamar Indicted In Fraud Plot By Wall Street Operator
New York July 25 David Lamar a Wall Street operator was indicted on charges of impersonating a government officer to commit fraud. The federal grand jury returned the indictment but public release was delayed since he is not in the district. The government cites acts to deprive individuals and corporations of money and a 1883 opinion by ex Attorney General Brewster that a member of Congress is a government officer.
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New York
David Lamar
Wall Street
U. & District
H. 5. Marshall
Federal Grand Jury
Lamar
Caid
United States
Ben Harrison Brewster
Congress
Will Protest Against Resignation of Mrs Young in Chicago
Jane Addams and suffrage leaders plan a mass meeting in Chicago to oppose the resignation of Mrs Billa Flagg Young, superintendent of schools, following reports the city school board vetoed her textbook choice. The meeting calls on the board to reject her resignation. It notes a stray adage about finances.
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Chicago
Jane Addams
Billa Flagg Young
Man Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life in Lodgings
In San Francisco on July 25, Joe Archer a pugilist shot and killed Dalian Fenard as she lay in bed after she refused his love. He dragged her from the bed and fired five shots, then, after she screamed for help, fired three bullets into his own heart.
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San Francisco
Cal
Joe Archer
Dalian Fenard
Merchant of Venice Excluded From Los Angeles Schools
The Los Angeles board of education committee on courses of study, following Superintendent J P Francis, ordered the removal of The Merchant of Venice from public schools. Francis cited the play as inaccurately portraying Jewish characters and noted there are many fine Jewish traits not shown in the work.
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Angeles
Los Angeles
Board of Education
J. P Francis
Francis
Hearings Begin on Women’s Work Bill in Congress
Washington July 25 The house labor committee opened hearings on a bill to limit women’s work in mills and factories to eight hours a day and 48 hours weekly Congressman Taylor of Colorado the bill’s author spoke in support The measure forbids railroads from accepting interstate shipments made in violation and imposes a 10000 fine or one year imprisonment for violations Factories must file semi annual affidavits with the labor department proving compliance
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Taylor
Colorado
Bil
Department of Labor
Freewater Harvest Home Festival planned after harvest
Freewater plans its Harvest Home Festival to replace Peach Day with a later celebration hoped to draw larger crowds. The Freewater Commercial club says holding the event after harvest ensures a good supply of late peaches and vegetables for display and attendance.
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Freewater
Free- Water Commercial Club
Snakes Kill Three Children in Townsend Tennessee
Knoxville July 25 Three children of Mr and Mrs John Cooper were fatally bitten by rattlesnakes while their mother tried to help them An infant she had placed by a stream bank fell into the water and drowned as the tragedy unfolded in Townsend Tennessee
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Knoxville
Tenn
John Cooper
Townsend, Tenn
Yuan's Rule in China Faces Crisis in South Revolt
With Shanghai Canton and Nanking in mutinous mood, seven southern provinces totaling 166 million people revolt against President Yuan Shikai. Conflicts erupt across cities as refugees flood Shanghai while naval forces shell rebel positions near arsenals. Northerners seize a rebel fort, and reports say Nan king is under northern control as the revolt threatens to upend the republic.
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Yuan
China
Peking
Shanghai
Canton
Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Shaghai
Convicts Rebel at Sing Sing Prison
Osmington July 25 dispatches report 65 mutinous convicts at Sing Sing threatening a jail delivery. Warden Clancy ordered guard duty and removal to Auburn Prison amid overcrowding and two recent fires believed set in protest. Militia stood by in White Plains and Yonkers for possible emergency call.
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New York State Penitentiary
Auburn
Ossington
Sing Sing
Clancy
Auburn Prison
N. Y
White Plains
Yonkers
Sing Sing Prison
John Jenkins En
Suffragette Attacks Asquith in Morley Parade
A militant suffragette Miss Key-Jones attempted to seize Premier Asquith as he rode to Morley town hall to demand city freedom. Police restrained her on the steps of the automobile, shouting accusations as they dragged her away.
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Doncaster
Eng
Asquith
Morley
Yorkshire
Earthquake Felt Across St Thomas and Nearby Isles
A prolonged unusual quake rattled St Thomas and nearby islands early yesterday, with San Juan reporting a shock at five o'clock in the morning. The tremors moved north to south and lasted ten seconds. no damage was reported.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Watson Faces His Accuser in Indiana Trial
In Washington on July 25 former Indiana congressman Watson faced his accuser Mulhall as Mulhall continued testimony for the association of Watson with manufacturers. The lobby issue noted Mulhall will be released after direct examination while Watson prepared an elaborate answer to Mulhall’s account of manufacturers aiding his party campaigns.
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Washington
Watson
Indiana
Mulhall
Association of Watson
Lobby Probem
Mulsil
Mabel Warner Rumorously Joins Mexican Revolution
Pendleton rumor says Mabel Warner travels to Mexico City and may join the Mexican revolutionaries as a modern Joan of Arc. Observers note her past trials over an estate dispute with J W Young and speculate Huerta should worry if she leads rebels with her famed law cases and sensational history.
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Wuxtry
Mabel Warner
Newsies
Mexico
Pendleton
Mexico City
Revolutioniats
Huerta
Clerk Kills Bandit in Oklahoma Drug Store Hold Up
Cushing Oklahoma July 25 a young drug clerk opened fire from behind a prescription case and instantly killed one of two bandits who attempted to hold up the drug store. The other robber fled but was captured neither being identified.
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Cushing
Okla
Land Open in Queensland For Pastoral Lease
An area of 168 square miles adjoining Bushy Park holding near Cloncurry is to be opened for pastoral lease in two lots of 134 and 34 square miles. Also Brampton Island land in Mackey district totaling two square miles will be opened.
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Queensland
Brisbane
Q. Aus
Bushy Park Holding
Cloncurry
Brampton Island
Mackey District
Indiana man may be sent to Mexico as U.S. representative
John Lamb of Terre Haute Indiana may be sent to Mexico as Americas representative to check the situation. Ambassador Wilson arrived today and will confer with President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. No charges have been lodged against Wilson. Secretary Bryan plans a conference tomorrow before deciding on the dispatch.
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John Lam
Indiana
Mexico
United States
Wilson
New York
Washington
Bryan
John Lamb
Terre Haute
America
Lamb
Trains Tied Up by Nevada Landslide Near Battle Mountain
S P trains were halted for 24 hours ending at midnight by a landslide in a cut near Battle Mountain Nevada caused by heavy Wednesday rains. All Wednesday coastal trains were canceled and the mail train arriving at midnight was formed from three stalled fast mail trains at Golconda. The overland deluxe train arrived in Ogden as scheduled early yesterday morning, originally due Wednesday.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
Battle Mountain
Nev
Golconda
Record speed in supreme court prompts wage workers eight hour law
Salem Ore July 25 all in an hour four petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of state to place initiative measures on a special referendum election ballot was filed in the supreme court an alternative writ was issued demurred to and the case argued this was record breaking speed it is likely a decision will be handed down Wednesday the suit was brought to force on the special election ballot an initiative measure for the women wage workers eight hour law
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Salem
Ore
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Southern Idaho Floods Hit City and Mines
Heavy rains drenched Southern Idaho in recent hours, causing thousands of dollars in damage. Boise neighborhoods, including the northwestern area across 66 blocks, faced two foot floods and mud depths over a foot. A fifteen foot wall of water swept the Pear mining camp, destroying two mines and swelling road and crop damage across the Snake and Boise river valleys.
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Boise
Idaho
Pear
Snake
Boise River
City lauds new trial ruling in pavement suit
City and plaintiff James Johns await a supreme court decision on a request for a new trial in the pavement cost suit. City Attorney Carter argues the case hinges on a district description error corrected by filed plans and specifications. The issue arose after the supreme court reversed a lower court ruling due to a misprint in the improvement district description.
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CITY
James Johns
Carter
Supreme Court
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