Mitchell Replies To Letters Of Coal Operators
John Mitchell argues that government figures show miners increased productivity since organization and wage demands, citing higher tonnage per worker and per day in 1901. He condemns operator profits, cites coal values and railroad charges, and calls for arbitration while warning of broader labor impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
United States
Charlies D. Walcott
United States Geological Survey
Olyphant
Coal Trust
Johi Markle
G. B. Markle Coal Company
Lehigh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Markle
Wilbur
Penna
John Markle
Arkle
G. B. Sarkie Co
Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Danner
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
Delaware and Hudson
Baer
Eno
United Mine Workers of America
Leary's Book Store on Ninth Street
The advertisement highlights Leary's Book Store at Ninth Street below Market, noting easy book selection and clearly signed departments guiding customers to their interests.
Oxford Mine May Resume Coal Production Rumor
The Oxford mine near Scranton shows signs of resuming coal output as fences rise and coal cars are moved inside. Officials are silent, but locals expect an early restart amid ongoing strike tensions and district union matters. The District No. 1 convention moves to July 7 in Nanticoke with Nicholls and Dempsey likely to seek re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Scranton
Oxford
Nanticoke
Nicholls
Dempsey
Sixth Week of Strike Causes Major Losses in Wilkes-Barre
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports six weeks of strike in Wilkes-Barre ended with estimated losses reaching over 1.82 million dollars in wages and idle work hours. The account lists affected workers and the broader economic impact in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Wilkesbarre
Kateee
Italian Strikers Stop Riot Plan in Hazleton Funeral Mock
Sheriff Albert Jacobs of Luserns county intervened to halt a planned riot in Hazleton. Italian strikers in the northern city section had hired a band and planned a mock funeral over an effigy turned into a telegraph pole, drawing several thousand to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpha Timms
Hazleton
Sherif Albert Jacobs
Luserns County
New Mill Wash Fabrics Offer Wide Stripe and Gingham Lines
A listing of white ground fabrics with black stripes and embroidered fancy stripes is offered at 12 cents a yard. Also 12 ½ cent ginghams at 10 cents a yard, including 80 pieces of regular 12 ¾ cent ginghams in stripes checks and plaids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambray and Seersucker
Amer
Unrest and Violent Strikes in Schuylkill District
Dispatches report a June 22 demonstration before a non union residence at William Penn, with strikers nearly overturning a carriage of Superintendent Eugene A. Rhoades. A deputy and four strikers faced arrest attempts, while coal police readiness increased at danger points.
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Pailadelphia Times
Mahanoy City
William Penn
Eugene A. Rhoades
Susquehannaval Company
Williams
Wilkesbarre
Coal and Iron Police
Michael J. Murphy
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
George
Edward Schneider
John F. Whalen
Reading Company
Noah Richard
Tunnel Ridge
Bpecia
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Schuylkill
Lost Creek
Coal Corporation Offelale
New Reading Coal and Iron Company
Virginia Strikers Gain Roanoke Rail Output Drop Reported
An official Norfolk and Western statement says Pocahontas district coal loading reached 800 cars, down about 50 from the prior day due to miners pay day. Clinch Valley and Thacker fields also lagged. a Gilliam W Va miners meeting drew 200 to 300 strikers marching toward Elkhorn.
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Roanoke
Associated Press
Gener
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Pocahontas District
Clinch Valley
Thacker Fields
Thacker
North Fork
Track laying machine in Pennsylvania sets speed record
A 40 man crew operates a new railroad track laying machine in Pennsylvania. It lays two miles of track per day with a 60 foot crane extending forward and a train of sixteen flat cars carrying ties and rails. The continuous system places rails and ties on the road as the train advances, claimed to be the most rapid and economical device yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Severe tests for car wheels at New York Car Wheel Works
Tests at Black Rock reveal wheels under 100000 pound capacity cars for the Pennsylvania Railroad by Pressed Steel Car Company. Engineers call the requirements highly severe and a major challenge in modern railroading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Car Wheel Works
Black Rock
Olling
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pressed Steel Car Company
Laces Robes and White Goods Sale Spotlight
GALLOONS in newest designs white butter and Arabian 10c 12e 18e 20e and 25c a yard Half price. New assortment of Ribbon Insertings White Goods a snow storm of dainty fabrics Persian Lawns India Linen French Namsook fancy Madras Tuckings Values beyond competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Madras
Pobledonostzeff’s Nerve Breaks After Attempt on Life
A historic note on M. Pobledonostreff once powerful as head of the Holy Synod’s procurator, who survived a gun attack in his study. The incident left him fearful and aged, with reports of his subsequent retreat to Wiesbaden and a changed, bowed demeanor.
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Pobledonostzeff
M. Pobledonostzef
Holy Synod
M. Pobledonostreff
Wiesbaden
London
Parliamentary floor lines guard speaking members
In the Commons chamber a distinct footline marks where speakers must stay. Any member stepping outside the line risks being called to order. The rules treat the space between lines as a neutral zone, a boundary akin to a sword between opposing sides.
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Commons
Estminster
Stringtown on the Pike author’s boyhood home noted
Florence visitors are directed to the Gret place of interest soon after entering town known as Stringtown. The boyhood home of the author of Stringtown on the Pike remains well preserved and is a sound house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ari Lloyd
Sammy Drew and the old Drake factory tale
The piece recalls Sammy Drew and his father the village schoolteacher known as Professor Drake. It notes a decayed gun shop and a former Drake factory near the Lloyd home, now home to bats and owls, with references to local memory and a Pilgrim era narrator. It mocks old newspaper ads seeking ministers with unusual traits and hobbies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Drew
Professor Drake
Sears
Lloyd
Drake
Stringtown
Landon Knight
Bristol Christians-plain Congregation Seeks Minister
A Bristol Tennessee church of the Christians-plain denomination practices congregational polity. It advertised for a new minister in the same practical way as for a hired man. A young preacher arrived with his Netra from Wisconsin after contemplating a future with the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tenn
Netra
Christies Sells 13 Apostle Spoons from Boore Estate
A Boore collection sale at Christies realized £480 for a 1617 49 set of Apostle Spoons with I F maker mark and dove motif. The overall Boore lot total reached about £3 200 for the first portion. The sale referenced other Spoon pieces from James I and Tudor era with London marks and inscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Boore
Christie's
Waestenham
London
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Lackawanna
Indiviual
Marks Bros
GGOOD
Boston
Pailadee Paa Times
Altoona
Une
Patrick Gilday
United Mine Workers
Anett
Charleston
W. Va
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Cassaday
Virginia
Master Car Builders’ Association
Buffalo Express
Val
Point DE Paris
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Parliamentary
Orient
Japan
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Eighth St
Vic Kid
Evening Post
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C. J. Heppe & Sonsis
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