Labor Fight and Violence Surge in Chicago Strike
The grand jury tied to a $50,000 blackmail conspiracy aimed at Montgomery Ward & Co. and linked Teamsters leaders to strike funding. Anti Shea delegates seek settlement as unions protest continued benefit assessments. A 17 year old Frank Davis was shot by a wagon guard. two men killed in riot near Van Buren and Clinton streets as tension explodes during protests and attacks on wagons.
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Chicago
Federation of Labor
Will Steine
United States
Heath
Fem
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Seclding Teamsters
Teamsters’joint Council
Teamsters
Ghea
Joint Council
Frank Davis
Monroe
Peoria
Davis
van Buren
Clinton
Jacobs
American Express
van Buren Street
Grain firm sues Nebraska Grain Dealers for 125000
The Werral Grain company of Omaha filed suit against the Nebraska Grain Dealers association seeking 125000 claiming the association forms a trust. Thirty nine grain firms are involved with the association. Also reported: a 16 year old, John Cummina, was detained after striking his grandfather.
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Nebraska Asociation of
Blatt
Neb
Jyne
Werral Grain Company
Omaha
Nebraska Grain Dealers Association
Camsger
Walla Walla
John Cummina
Injured Miner Near Bourne Likely to Die in Hospital
Baker City June 17. W. 8. Lamb, injured in the Bourne mine explosion, is unconscious at St Elizabeth hospital and expected to die at any time. Both eyes were put out and he sustained other injuries of a nefarious character.
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Baker City
Lamb
Bourne
Bt. Elizabeth Hospital
Celebrate the Victory at Boston Battle Anniversary
The anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was celebrated with a day of suspension of business, a military display at Charlestown, and other festivities.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Indictment of Manter Plumbers and Mantle Tile Dealers
A Cleveland grand jury indicted 26 members of the Manter Plumbers and Mantle Tile Dealers association for conspiring to charge excessive rates in violation of state and antitrust laws. The action marks the city’s most rapacious business combination aside from the Standard Oil company.
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Cleveland
Manter Plumbers’ & Mantle Tile Dealers’ Association
Standard Oil Company
Sleeper Car Service Expands Through Baker City
Parker City June 17 General Pass senor Agent A I Craig announces starting next Saturday the standard Pullman sleeping car running La Grande to Portland and Portland to La Grande on Now & trains 4 and 6 will operate in and out of Baker City. The car will serve local Baker county traffic and connect La Grande and Union counties on the route. La Grande gets reserved sections for its use. Baker City riders avoid extra hours before reaching the sleeping car point while La Grande riders face no wait as the car appears upon arrival with reservations already set.
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Parker City
Paesenor
A. I. Craig
Oo. R. & N. Company
Tullman
la Grande
Portland
Baker City
Baker County
Union County
Fair admission reduced at Portland exposition grounds
Portland June 17 At a morning meeting with C Redor Wakefield of the concession department officials decided on a 26 cent admission to the exposition grounds for the evening. The plan includes selling seven evening tickets, half good for grounds entry and half redeemable at any restaurant, show or traction on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Credor Wakefield
Baseball Record Scores of League Games
Westernay San Francisco on June 17 Portland San Francisco 1 in 11 innings. Los Angeles June 17 Los Angeles 6 Oakland 0. Seattle June 17 Seattle 4 Tacoma 10.
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Westernay
San Francisco
Portland
Los Angeles
Oakland
Seattle
Tacoma
Chicago Wheat Market Quotations and Closing Prices
Chicago wheat quotations for June 17 show July at 89 1/2 cents, corn at 54 1/2 cents, and oats at 21 1/2 cents. Market totals and adjustments reflect the day’s activity in the greatest wheat market in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
Corm
Double Murder Mystery Deepens in Amador County
Amador County faces a widening double murder mystery as Sheriff reports no solid lead. A grandson Chester Maker survived a brutal throat slash, and Mrs Williams's bull was found uninjured. A Paris conference between British and German ambassadors on the Merocenan question is noted but details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Cal
Amador County
Lacene
Williama
Chester Maker
Oscar Will Name Hing in Norway Dissolution Hint
Copenhagen dispatch reports reliable authority says if the Swedish riksdag approves Sweden and Norway dissolution, King Oscar would name a Bernadotte prince as king of Norway.
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Oscar
Hing
London
Copenhagen
Rikedag
Sweden
Norway
House of Bernadotte
Will Rentre Candidates Philadelphia June 17
At a Republican party meeting in Philadelphia on June 17 the current candidates for sheriff, coroner and city commissioner agreed to step aside and allow new contenders to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rentre
Philadelphia
Forty Buildings Burned in Johnstone City Fire
A blaze in the business district of Johnstone City, TIL, destroyed forty buildings early this morning. Loss estimated at $250,000. Meanwhile Seattle high school graduated 161 students on June 16.
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Johnstone City
Til
Seattle
W. W. Cotten Named Federal Judge for Oregon
Special dispatch reports W. W. Totton, general attorney of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, selected as federal judge for the district of Oregon in place of Charles Reltinger. He will not qualify until September 1 and has served the road since its organization. Recommended by Senator Fulton.
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Washington
W. W. Totton
Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
Charles Reltinger
District of
Oregon
Cotton
Fulton
Incendiary Fires Over Moscow Cause Deaths and Damage
Incendiary blasts and mysterious explosions damaged Moscow commissary and store departments last night. Eight men died and plottish suspicions surround the disaster. Armistice talks in Manchuria halt motilities temporarily. Japanese loans eyed at low rates in America and England.
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Moscow
Invitations to Portland for peace conference debated
Invitations were wired from ex positions officials and Governor Chamberlain urging that the peace conference be held in Portland. The city offers ideal conditions with war near and strong hay trade ties, attracting a crowd of distinguished U S citizens including many Massachusetts attendees. Today is Shriners day at the exposition with large visiting Nebraskan lumbermen as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
United States
Nebraska
Forty Injured in Northwestern Freight Collision
Forty people are reported injured after a Northwestern passenger train collided with a freight near here this afternoon. Engineer Smith of Chicago was killed, and a fireman and several passengers are injured.
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Higin
Northwestern
Engineer Smith
Chicago
Great Day at Portland Commemoration and Dedication
In Portland on June 17 Shriners and lumbermen gathered for a celebratory event marking the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. The day featured the dedication of a new edifice, described as beautiful. Community members attended to observe the historic milestone.
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Ies
Portland
Bunker Hill
Fuller Will Not Resign as War Secretary Denies Succeeds Fuller
Washington June 17 Secretary of War Taft denied the report he would succeed Chief Justice Fuller who will join The Hague tribunal Fuller told a friend he had no intention of resigning and planned to stay in his current post despite rumors
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Washington
Taft
Fuller
Hague
Coal Strike on Forest Reserve Near Tipton
Baker City reports a discovery of coal one mile from Tipton along the Sumpter Valley railway extension in the forest reserve. With cordwood costing 4 to 5.5 dollars a cord and coal at 7 to 8 dollars per ton delivered, locals see potential public service in lowering fuel costs as the railway promoter advances.
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Baker City
Sumpter Valley Railway
Tipton
Faetien
Baker County
Robbery at Haines hits local store in bold break in
Thieves battered into the Haines Commercial company store last night and took over 190 dollars worth of clothing and shoes. They avoided the cash register with 100 dollars and left the safe untouched. Entry was through a back window. police suspect local suspects and alerted La Grande and Baker City officers.
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Haines
la Grande
Haker City
Block Signal System to Span 100 Miles in Northwest
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation lines will install 100 miles of block signals this season from Cayuse to La Grande and from Portland to Bonneville. Work began on the Blue Mountain segment under Conductor Gentry and Engineer Curtin. Signals, placed two miles apart with double units at stations, ensure safe spacing and prevent collisions on grades and in yards.
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Seaon
Blue Mountain
Gentry
Curtin
la Grande
Cayuse
Portland
Bonneville
Harriman
Ft le
Northwest
Mayor Dismisses 30 Health Bureau Employees
Philadelphia June 17 Mayor Weaver discharged 30 employes of the bureau of health. Advisers urge drastic action against men of high reputation. Republican organization to arrest these men is said to be under way.
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Philadelphia
Weaver
Bureau of Health
Republican Organization
Pendleton School Board's Oldest Member Ends Term
Jesse Failing, Pendleton school board’s senior member, terms out next Monday after 16 years of service. He was first elected in 1890 and has long been active in district affairs guiding school matters while remaining unable to participate actively due to a recent illness in the family.
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Jesse Failing
Pendleton School Board
Pendleton
Will Strive For Guarantee Fund To Save Weaton School
Weston normal school leaders plan to raise private subscriptions to keep the school open until the next legislature acts. A committee will report June 24 on funds, with an estimated $15,000 needed to cover expenses and retain the full faculty. President French says subsidies may be reimbursed by the legislature if the school continues.
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Weaton
Board of Regents
Carter, Raley & Raley
R. Alexander
P. A. Worthington
J. H. Raley
W. M. Blakeley
G. W. Proebatel
Jerry Stone
French
Regente
G. W. Proebetel
Weston
Friends of the Normal Schools
Bank Collapse Alert In Milwaukee Defalcation Report
Milwaukee June 17 The Bigelow defalcation is said by the city tax commissioner to wipe out the undivided profits of 600,000 the bank surplus of 500,000 and two thirds of the capital stock at First National bank. The bank examiner orders marking off 2,100,000 from books leaving 530,000 resources.
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Milwaukee
Bigelow
First National Bank
Saloon License Revoked In Cully Murder Case
Walla Walla June 17 The city council revoked N F Norman’s saloon license for failing to report loaning a pistol to Schonleber, the man accused in the Dudley Cully murder. Norman denied knowledge, but Schonleber claimed Cully shot himself.
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Walla Walla
N. FR
Norman
Schonleber
Dudley Cully
Cully
Schonieber
Garden City Steamer Destroyed by Fire at Port Orchard
The Sound steamer Garden City, docked at Port Orchard, burned early this morning. The captain and crew fought the blaze but had to cut her bags to save the wharves. Built two years ago, the vessel was destroyed by the fire started in the boiler area.
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Seattle
Garden City
Fie
Port Orchard
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W. W. Cotten
Oweep
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Petersburg
New York
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Tokia
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Iimperia
A. Petersburg
Great Britain
St. Kidd
Hongkong
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Wition City
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Sumpter Valley Line
Cayuse Station
Herriman
Weston Normal
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