Quiet Coal Field in Turmoil Amid Miner Strikes
Idle workers kept the coal field calm while disturbances were minor. Miners faced occasional stone-throwing by youths as they traveled between mines and homes. A small force of coal and iron police appeared subdued, and unions canvassed remaining workers. A Jersey Central party of Black arrivals caused initial tension but they were found to be temporary cooks for nonunion labor. Railroad unions discussed the strike with no action taken, and support from rail workers was anticipated.
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Jersey Central Railroad
Many Still at Work in the Lackawanna Region
Scranton June 2 The strike order for engineers firemen and pump runners was only partly followed in the Lackawanna and Wyoming regions. UMW president Nicholls cites 95 percent of firemen and 75 percent of engineers and pump runners quitting locally, while companies report far lower compliance. Some workers filled vacated posts as officials warn most striking workers will be replaced. Rumors of unrest circulated, but no disturbances were verified. Nicholls predicts all remaining workers will quit by week’s end.
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Scranton
Lackawanna
T. D. Nicholls
United Mine Workers
Lackawanna and
Wyoming
E. EB. Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Company
W. A. May
Erie
Pittston
Upper Valley
C. C. Roser
Delaware and Hudson Company
Ontario and Western Company
Temple Iron Company
Nicholls
Thinks His Son Murdered In Philippines
Lancaster June 2 Special to the Philadelphia Times A Leonard, editor and G A R chaplain of Grand Army News, believes Charles J Leonard, killed at Bacong May 7, was his son. Dispatches of June 1 said a Filipino stabbed a man who helped vaccinate him. The slain man matched the son’s description except for service in the Sixth Infantry instead of Hospital Corps. The 30 year old had two years in the Philippines and Cuba, was religious and planned a missionary trip, a letter to his former church’s superintendent states.
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Philadelphia Times
Lancaster
A. (. Leonard
Grand Army News
Pennsylvania
G. A. R. Association
Charles J. Leonard
Bacong
Philippines
Leonard
Sixth Infantry
Cuba
Trolley rivals clash over Chester County routes
Judge Ralston heard testimony and argument yesterday in a bill in equity filed by the Coatesville and Downingtown, the Coatesville and Western, and the West Chester and Southern Street Railway Companies. The suit seeks to make permanent a preliminary injunction halting further work by the West Chester Street Railway Company on its extension to Downingtown. the judge reserved his decision.
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Ralston
West Chester
Coatesville
Downingtown
Chester County
Coatesville and
Coatesville and Western
West Chester and Southern Street Railway
West Chester Street Railway Company
Postum Coffee Saves a Life in Extreme Need
A Toledo woman testifies that Postum Coffee replaced ordinary coffee for over five years, curing her stomach distress and aiding her husband during gastric typhoid fever. She notes he retained Postum after three days and lived on it for four weeks with no other intake.
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Toledo
Postum
Mapotek Jit Oan
Fostuma
Coal operators brace for strike clash in city
Tense day as engineers pumpmen and firemen join Mitchell in a strike threatening millions in property value. Operators plan to flood mines, deploy thousands of men to run pumps, and seek sheriff or state troops if disorder erupts. Reading Terminal not involved. Baer heads to New York amid halted coal demand.
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Mitchell
Stewart
Harrisburg
Reading
Luther
Pottsville
Baer
New York
Jersey Central
Schuylkill
Effects of Coal Strike Widespread Smoke Nearby Bourse
In the area around the Bourse building at Fifth and Chestnut streets yesterday, black bituminous coal smoke filled streets and stores. The Bourse management will use this coal until anthracite prices fall. High coal costs have halted elevator service in several buildings, including the Commercial Museums where service was stopped indefinitely.
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Fifth
Chestnut Streets
Coal dust in great demand and rising price
Anthracite coal dust, once discarded, now sells retail at 1.50 per ton as demand surges. Dealers report costs to haul dust rising and foresee possible price spikes to eight dollars, with scarcity of anthracite driving a new dust market formation.
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Philadelphia
Mack May Remain as an Asphalt Receiver
In Trenton June 2 Judge Kirkpatrick said the application to oust John M. Mack as receiver of the defunct Asphalt Company of America was premature. William Bullitt sought permission to file a petition by one shareholder to remove Mack, but notice to all shareholders was lacking. The judge advised five days notice and a return to court, with a decision to follow.
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Philadelphia Times
Trenton
John M. Mack
Asphalt Company of America
United States Circuit Court
Kirkpatrick
Mack
William ©. Bullitt
Castner, Curran & Bullitt
Philadelphia
Newark
Bullitt
Runaway Harry GoldbergReturns Home After Probation
Police recaptured Harry Goldberg a second time in two days after he wandered near Broad Street Station. The boy, described as prone to running away, was taken to City Hall and then sent to his sister before being allowed to return home under probation supervision.
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Harry Goldberg
Broad Street
Grandmother abducted granddaughter to Ohio in kidnap case
Mrs. Katherine Lemmon aged 52 was arrested in Washington DC and returned to Philadelphia to face a hearing before Magistrate Kochersperger. Viola Karlavagn, 3, daughter of George Karlavagn of the Hotel Hurley in West Franklin Square, was taken from the home yesterday morning with two trunks of clothes bound for Zanesville, Ohio.
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Katherine Lemmon
Washington, D. C
Philadelphia
Kochersperger
Viola Karlavagn
George Karlavaga
Hurley
West Franklin Square
Franklin Square
Lemmon
Salaetanes
Agai
Karlava
Foreigners Arrested for Dynamiting Manatawny Creek
On June 2 in Reading, six foreigners were jailed on charges by Henry Yoder, a farmer, accusing them of dynamiting Manatawny Creek near Pleasantville and killing thousands of fish. Explosions were heard by nearby farmers, and seventy-five Italians were found in one shack. six were identified as participants, while others fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Reading
Henry “. Yoder
Manatawny
Pleasantville
Wreck injures ten near Otis seven miles from Cedar Rapids
Two persons were badly injured and five bruised in a Chicago and Northwestern wreck near Otis Iowa, seven miles from Cedar Rapids. Among the seriously injured were Dr. Cook of San Francisco and race gate, fo, Hsa nael Res many, anane sian scholar from Kason Goll, Russia returning from a world trip.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Northwestern
Otis
Cedar Rapids
Cook
San Franmany
Race Gate
Hsa Nael Resmany
Kason Goll
Russia
Two Boys Arrested in Wharton Street Robbery Spree
Joseph Daly of 506 Manton street and George Schaffer of 446 Wharton street, two-year-old boys, were arrested Sunday in the Wharton School on Fifth street below Washington Swan, where numerous petty robberies have occurred. Fee as ef sect charged with malicious mischief.
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Joseph Daly
Manton Street
George Schaffer
Wharton Street
Wharton
President Barrows Condition At Soeris College
Oberlin Ohio June 2 The condition of President Barrows of Soeris College remains most critical. He is reported gravely ill with his health failing and gravity of his condition underscored by attending physicians.
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Oberlin
Barrows
Soeris College
Supreme Court bars tobacco prize coupons under Dingley Act
The U S Supreme Court held that tobacco prize coupons are illegal under the 1897 Dingley act. Justice Brewer wrote the decision upholding the act’s prohibition on gifts or rewards tied to smoking products. The ruling clarifies that the term package refers to the sealed portion bearing the revenue stamp, excluding contents outside.
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United States Supreme Court
Brewer
Internal Revenue
McCoach
United States
J. K. Thompson
Wheeling
Felsenheld
Supreme Court
Man Refuses Skull Surgery After Head Injury
William Hamilton, 24, of 1314 Reno Street, presented at Hahnemann Hospital with a head wound caused by a fall. Doctors found a base skull fracture but he refused treatment citing concern for his son, and left without consent.
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William Hamilton
Reno Street
Hahnemann Hospital
Hamilton
Four Year Old Willie Wallace Runs Away From Westville Home
A four year old boy named Willie Wallace ran from home and rode a Pennsylvania Railroad train to Westville New Jersey. He sat beside a car window with a newspaper, had one ticket, and refused to reveal his name until Camden police intervened. His parents were summoned and he was returned home with a possible slipper as punishment.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Westville
N. J
Camden
Willie Wallace
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William C. Bullitt
John Douglass Brown
Attorn
Marks Brothers
Gainsboroughs
Berlin
Lyons
India
Mrs. Lemmon
Viola Karlavaga
Ohio
Fish
Mennén
Mennen
At &c
Kirk
Ie Os
Val
Point de Paris
Madras
Nainsook
Anon
Marks Bros
GEO. B. Wells
Chestnut St
Ogontz Park
Et Reouding Road
W. 1. B. Roberts & Son
Ity
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