Strikers Get Proclamations as Tension Rises in Coal Region
News from Lackawanna and Luzerne counties reports sheriffs warning unaffiliated to keep away from mines tomorrow while leaders say no trouble is expected. Union figures including National President Mitchell and District President Fahey addressed rail workers in Ashley urging unity and support, as some miners’ strike actions lose ground at Nanticoke and Glen Lyon.
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Lackawanna County
Jacobs
Luzerne County
Mitchell
Brotherhoods of
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Ceney's Hall
Ashley
National
John Mitchell
Fahey
Charles Wilson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sheridan
Rioting Follows Arrival of Hazleton Special Officers
Hazleton crowds confront about twenty officers and a coal company agent as the deputation heads to Freeland. Police hold back agitated strikers while imported workers proceed under guard. Coxe Bros. & Co. and Lehigh Valley Coal Company face strike-driven outages and possible housing removals. Guard numbers remain limited.
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Philadelphia Times
Hazleton
Hazleton House
Freeland
Ferry
Coxe
Steen
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Guardsmen Wait On A Strike Call Across Coal Regions
A local dispatch reports that National Guard units may be mobilized if a coal strike escalates. Officers say preparations could occur quietly, with regiments alerted to convoy, train, and police actions across hard coal districts if sheriffs appeal for state aid.
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Mitchell
National Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Summer Breakfasts Guard Health Through Warm Weather
A dietary guide urges lighter meals for hot months, recommending Grape-Nuts with cream, fruit, and two soft boiled eggs to sustain strength and calm nerves. It compares Grape-Nuts favorably to meat, noting high nourishment with less internal heat, and explains the product is pre-cooked for convenience.
Mine Guards Scarce Amid Coal Strike Threats Near Hazleton
W D Mason estate official warns that pumps may flood mines if strike persists delaying work for months. Few guards will be sent, chosen for sobriety and calmness to prevent trouble. By MAHANOY CITY June 1 delegates say 75 percent of firemen and pump workers strike, with deputies arriving to guard sites.
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W. D. Mason
A. & Vanwickle
Milnesville
Coleraine
Hazleton
Philadelphia Times
Mahanoy City
Mahanoy Valley
Gilberton
Pottsville Junction
Port Richmond
Philadelphia and
Reading Railway
Ter Phrca Deelpnia
Shamokin
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Gremen
Coal and Iron
Tamaqua
Panther Creek Valley
Coaldale
Panther Creek
Maepiong
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Strikes Hit Pittston and Pottsville as Pinkertons arrive
Uniformed police surround Lehigh Valley Company collieries while engineers and pumpmen plan strikes. Two hundred Italians arrive in Pittston as Pinkerton detectives aid the coal operators in Pottsville amid the long labor dispute and new strike orders.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittston
Lehigh Valley Company
Coal and Iron
Pinkertons
Peiladelphia Timms
Pottsville
Greméen
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Gret
Pinkerton
Philadelphia
New York
Strikers threaten as coal country trade tensions rise
Reports from the Lackawanna region indicate a looming walkout as engineers firemen and pump runners weigh a June 2 strike. Committees report rejection of recall by National President Mitchell, while replacement workers and police prepare for possible riots. Concerns spread from Scranton to Susquehanna and Panther Creek Valley.
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Lackawanna Engineers
Philadelphia Times
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Mitchell
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
Lackawanna
J. J. McAndrew
McAndrew
Joan J. McAndrew
Forrest City
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Hurley Sets World Record at Vailsburg Five Miles
M L Hurley of the New York Athletic Club wins the five mile handicap at Vailsburg track setting a new world mark for distance racing with a time of 11 00 1 5. He also captures the half mile open title. Cadwell wins the mile pro debut over Nelson in Newark.
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M. L. Hurley
Newark
XN. J
Vaelleburg
New York Athletic Club
Buffalo
Joe Nelson
Cadwell
Nelson
Crete
F. Leake
Art Needlework Third Floor Crowd Drawn By Attractions
Art Needlework on the third floor is expected to be crowded today with several displays and attractions drawing shoppers.
French Envoys Sail For Home After Washington Statue Event
The French mission to attend the Rochambeau statue unveiling in Washington sailed home aboard the Gaulois from Boston. A farewell dinner on the Gaulois honored Roosevelt aides, Massachusetts officials, and the Rochambeau mission, with acknowledgments of France America friendship and a midnight departure for Lisbon.
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Boston
France
America
Washington
Count de Rochambeau
Lisbon
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Rochambeau
Herbert H. D. Peirce
Theodore A. Bingham
United States Army
Raymond P. Rodgers
United States Navy
Edwin Morgan
Samuel Dalton
Patrick A. Collins
United States Navy Yard
Charlestown
Mortimer Johnson
Francis J. Higginson
Henry W
Olympia
M. Jules Cambon
Bruger
Sole
Cee
United
Higginson
Nee
Lafayette
United States
Executive Mansion
Meaux Saint Marc
Loubet
Theodore Roosevelt
Fournier
French Republic
Gaulois
Kearsarge
Fred
General Brugere
St. Louis
New York
NM. la Grade
M. Jules Gulliam
M. Robert de Bill
M. Jurges Boeufve
Berthelot
Navy
Endowment Created for Legal Ethics Chair by Hubbard
Thomas Hubbard of the New York bar endowed a chair of legal ethics at Albany Law School with a $10,000 gift announced at the alumni reunion. Deen Fiero reported receiving the check from Hubbard, the gift a surprise to the attendees.
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Thomas 8. Hubbard
New York City
Albany Law School
Deen Fiero
Hubbard
Volcanic unrest prompts relocation near Colima Mexico
Colima volcano activity surges threatening the town as the Mexican Central Railroad work near Colima is paused to avoid the eruption area. Lava output has increased since May with thunderlike underground sounds and villagers fleeing the base settlements.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Colima
Mexican Central
Manzanillo
Chilpancingo
Guerrero
Pelee Mount
Beau Gees Saas
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Coal and Iron Police
United Mine Workers
Coxe Bros. & Co
Hazleton Electric Light Company
Sherif Jacobs
The
Company G
Marks Brothers
RLOR
LALOR
Bogany
Curly Bird
Point de Paris
Aanzen
Russia
Marseilles
Ccannie Ee
J. B. Ward
Frankford
Detrick
Lehigh Company
Erie’'S
Susquehanna
Tmp
Erie Railroad Company
Forest City
Susquehanna County
Susqquehanna County
Winsted
Conn
Central
Vailsburg
Gmorcen
S and Eve
Nottingham
Brussels
Ecru
Rawers
China
Japan
W. B
P. G. Co
Marks Bros
Mount Colima
Deseo
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