Strikes disrupt water systems as pumps fail in coal region
President Mitchell's headquarters reports gains for strikers as engineers and pumpmen join in Wyom ing Lackawanna areas. Water in Nanticoke nearly gone as Susquehanna Coal Company workers strike, yet operators say pumps run and mines safe. Roosevelt petition outcome uncertain. Strike leaders doubt early settlement.
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Mitchell
Wyoming
Susquehanna Coal Company
New York Board of Trade
Roosevelt
Miners Seek Extra Sheriff Guard as Strikes Roil Schuylkill
In Schuylkill region violence drives thirty coal firms to petition Sheriff Beddam for added protection. Mob actions include dragging Frank James to his home, assaulting Wadesville bosses, and forcing nonunion workers from mills as deputies arrive by train. Immigrant labor brought in to fill strike gaps.
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Philadelphia Times
Pottsville
Schuylkill
Uie
Beddam
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Pennsylvania Coal Company
New Castle
Frank James
Last Chance
St. Clair
James
Patrick McCullough
M. J. Clark
Wadesville
Philadelphia
Reading
Donaldson
Itemont
Thomas Harcur
United Mine Workers
Schuylkill County
Harcur
United Mine Workers of America
Minersville
John Reed
Otto
Connecticut Waring on the Coal Trust in Congress
Congressman Henry of Connecticut discusses the Hartford petition against the coal trust with about 2000 signatures. He explains constitutional limits and the need for interstate commerce control to curb monopolistic pricing, noting Pennsylvania dominance of the hard coal market and tariff considerations.
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Washington
Henry
Conn
Hartford
Coal Trust
Congress
House
Mr. Henry
Meury
lHleury
New England
Pennsylvania
Threats of Trouble in Luzerne County
Special to the Philadelphia Times reports Luzerne County fearing trouble at Miners Mills with Sheriff Albert Jacobs en route after receiving warning. In Yorktown a mob of about a thousand strikers surrounds the hall housing over one hundred non union men, threatens violence, and forces some to surrender. Non union workers board outbound trains as tension continues and a clash with officers is anticipated.
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United Mine Workers
W. H. Davies
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Gompert
Yorktown
Duffy
Thomas Duffy
Manch Chunk
Carbon County
Carbon
Hazleton
Europe
van Wickle
Coleraine
Philadelphia Times
Hazleyson
Albert Jacobs
Luzerne County
Yorstown
Philadelphia
Strike Breakers Desert in Coal Regions Amid Union Tension
John Mitchell UMWA president telegraphs to Secretary Brown that hired strike breakers desert en route to Wilkesbarre Hazleton and Scranton and that Philadelphia unionists need not oppose their hiring. Meanwhile Myers ousted from Windsor Hotel and strike breakers HQ closed as anthracite prices hold at seven to ten dollars per ton.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Brown
Allied Building Trades
Philadelphia
Wilkesbarre
Hazleton
Scranton
Windsor Hotel
Myers
St. Elmo Hotel
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railway
Congress
Marine Corps
Barrett
Turned Highwayman for a Girl's Love
The U S Department of Justice seeks a Kentucky born inmate once in Covington jail and later sent to Leavenworth for robbery. President Roosevelt ordered discovery of the real woman inspiring the fictional Bud Tilden tale. F. Hopkinson Smith and H F Farny aided the search after visiting Covington jail and interviewing moonshiners.
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Department of Justice of the
United States
Roosevelt
Covington
Leavenworth
Kan
United States Court
Kansas
Womn
F. Hopkinson Smith
H. F. Farny
Kentucky
Congress
Bud Tilden
Bud
Department of Justice
Bud Tilden tale frames a simple jailhouse truth
Mr. Smith narrates the Bud Tilden story told by a inmate later identified as a mountaineer type in Covington Jail. The tale depicts a mail robbery driven by love and rivalry, with Bud grabbing a letter from a mail sack to protect the girl. A pardon inquiry letter from the Justice Department confirms no Bud Tilden in custody.
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Bud Tilden
Mr. Smith
Mr. Fanny
Fanny
Bud Triden
Department of Justice
Farny
2000000 Years Work in 24 Hours From Gypsum Marble Claim
The Ta coma Ledger reports on the Pacific Coast Gypsum Company in Tacoma claiming gypsum can be processed into marble in 24 hours. By shaping, drying, and bathing in alumina solution, gypsum allegedly becomes durable, stain resistant marble, cheaper than natural marble, suitable for vases, urns, clocks, and more.
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Pacific Coast Gypsum Company
Tacoma
Tacoma Ledger
Ee Rudolph
Bridgeport
Plaster of Paris
Big Japanese crab displayed in natural history room
One of the large square cases in the natural history room at the museum in the East likely showcases a Japanese crab specimen.
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Natural History
Museuni
Diamond discoveries draw John J. Slaughter home from Guiana
Norwood Ohio resident John J. Slaughter arrives in Denver after returning from British Guiana with 3,000 diamonds. He recounts wild rushes to the Mazaruni valley, thousands of laborers, and new expeditions by European and American firms. He notes rough diamonds, early mining methods, and local trade shifts before resuming family visits.
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John J. Slaughter
Norwood
Denver
British Guiana
Chamber of Commerce
Demerara
Mr. Slaughter
Mazaruni
New York
London
Paris
Custom House
Georgetown
Essequibo
Bartica
San-San- Ropal Landing
Putareng Creek
Cuyon
Puruni
Europe
America
Seaboard
Dimit
Cincinnati
Sparrows Fight in Park Row Battle Draws 200 Spectators
The New York Press notes a deadly sparrow duel yesterday in Park Row with two English sparrows as combatants. The 30 minute struggle drew about 200 observers and showcased notable grit, likened to fighting dogs and gamecocks.
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Park Row
New York
Chivalrous Italy Dodges Britain Over America Trade Trust
The London Globe notes Italy praises England as mother of the Anglo-Saxon race while deeming Ocean Trust a shared triumph with Britain. It criticizes U S corporate predators and cites the United States Soap Corporation with a cannery slogan about consuming all and canning the rest. England bears the cannot.
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Italy
Great Britain
America
Ocean Trust
England
United States Soap Corporation
London Globe
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Box Calf
Batavia
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Vanier
J. & Basser
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Columbia
Blackford
Bay of Tokio
Guiana Diamond Fields
Ohio
Parkrow
Marseilles
Con Odin
Arch Jstreets
Merry Over Ship Trust
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