No Coal Moving as Miners Mull Wednesday Conference
United Mine Workers district No. 7 miners suspend work in the Lehigh region ahead of a Wednesday convention in Hazleton. National President John Mitchell arrives to chair talks while officers weigh strike options and long suspensions.
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Philadelphia Times
Haleton
Miners’ Conference
Scranton
Lehigh
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Grand Opera House
No. 7
Thomas Duffy
District No. 7
Mahanoy City
National
Mitchell
Schuylkill
Philadelphia and
Reading
Tidewater
Coal
Tron
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Civic Federation
Serene
Kpervaters
Long Struggle Looms As Tamaqua Mines Vote Strike
May 10 Tamaqua reports news of a strike order spreading gloom as Creek Valley and local commerce stall. Leaders say the union will strike after negotiations fail, hoping operator concessions and wider solidarity from other unions follow.
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Philadelphia Times
Creek Valley
Coun
Differences Leading Up To The Coal Strike
The miners demanded a 10 percent wage increase a eight hour day on fixed schedules and a sliding wage scale. Operators led by Baer replied. Mitchell withheld the letters from the press. The 1900 strike ended with a ten percent wage rise and powder price relief, fueling fears of a broader sympathy strike affecting railroads and industry nationwide.
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Mitchell
Baer
Reading Company
Shamokin
Wyomings
Lehigh
Schuylkill
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Postal Receipts Rise 11 Percent at Major Offices
Washington May 10 The gross postal receipts during April at fifty of the largest post offices show a net increase of 11 per cent over April 1901. Total receipts reached 4 825 785 with small declines at Providence Albany N Y and Kayes The gain was led by Lenaville Ky and New York City with a notable rise in the period including a 745 193 total and an 11 percentage increase overall.
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Washington
Providence
Albany
N. Y
Kayes
Lenaville
New York
Revere
River and Harbor Bill in Danger
The river and harbor bill, carrying 70.3 million dollars for nationwide river and harbor work, may fail this session. The Senate added 9.6 million to the House total, delaying conference report due to absences. Death of Senator McMillan's son slows talks while bond requirements for contractors face river contractor opposition.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Conference Committee
McMillan
Michigan
TWO GENERALS RETIRED
Washington May 10 Generals Simon Snyder and William Auman retired after forty years of service. Both are in the Philippines. Snyder began in 1851 as second lieutenant of the Fifth Infantry and served through the Civil War. Auman, a Civil War veteran, was brevetted captain for gallant services before Petersburg and started as a private in the Twenty-fifth Pennsylvania Infantry.
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Washington
Simon Snyder
William Auman
Philippines
Snyder
Pennsylvania
Fifth Infantry
Auman
Petersburg
Twenty-fifth Pennérivenia Infantry
Our Withdrawal From Cuba Method of Informing Abroad
The State Department will notify all US ambassadors and ministers abroad that on May 20 the military occupation of Cuba ends and Tomas Berrada Palma is installed as head of a new Cuban government. No invitation to recognition will be sent. nations are expected to note US nonrecognition by sending their own diplomats and consuls to Havana.
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Washington
State Department
Department
United States
Tomas Berrada Palma
Cuba
Legation
Mrs Byram Seeks New Trial In Damages Case
Attorneys for Charlotte Byram asked Denver county court to reserve judgment for $50,000 won by Mabel Piggott to allow a motion for new trial. They claim the case was not listed on the regular trial docket and were unaware of the trial until newspaper reports appeared. The motion will be argued soon in Judge Mullin's court.
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Philadelphia Timms
Denver
Col
Charlotte Byram
Mabel Piggott
Train Robbery Halted By Five Masked Bandits at Marsh Siding
Five masked men halted the west bound fast mail on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway near Marsh Siding Arkansas at 10 40 P M. They derailed the carriages with a switch blow and dynamited the express safe. Despite a chase, the robbers fled west as a posse closes in.
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Jonesboro
Ark
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Marsh Siding
Newton
Bono
Ambassador Tower Arrives for Roosevelt Interview in New York
Charlemagne Tower United States Ambassador to Russia landed aboard the St. Paul in New York and plans a three week stay. He expects a personal interview with President Roosevelt and comments on Russia’s stance toward China and Manchuria. He refutes exaggerated reports of Cossack cruelty and notes Siberian Railroad progress and Russia’s engine-building activity.
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Philadelphia Times
New York
Charlemagne Tower
United States
Russia
American Line
St. Paul
Roosevelt
China
Manchuria
America
Lon- AS
Siberian
Vladisvestock
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Street Car Men May Strike in Detroit
At a May 10 meeting the Detroit United Railway conductors and motormen rejected the 24.4 cents per hour offer and pressed for 25 cents. The company stuck with 23 44? cents and offered arbitration. International union leader Mahon warned of likely rejection and a serious stand. In Lawrence, Massachusetts, Washington Mills workers declared off a strike by a May 10 meeting.
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Detroit
Detroit United Railway
Mahon
International Association of Street Railway Employes
German butchers press to abolish pork tariff
The organized butchers of Germany have pushed for an end to the prohibitive pork tariff, says a report from Consul Monaghan at Chemnitz dated April 11. Pork is essential for the poorer classes, and rising prices have caused significant hardships.
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Washington
Germany
Monaghan
Chemnitz
President signs act revising design patents section
Washington May 10 The President has signed the act revising section 4 920 of the revised statutes relating to design patents This revision followed Court of Appeals rulings in the Second and Sixth circuits that held patents could only cover ornamental designs
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Washington
Courts of Appeals
Horrors Grow in Volcano's Terrible Track
Terrifying reports from the island recount starvation and immense casualties as the volcano's eruption progresses. Early estimates suggested forty thousand perished, a figure now backed by the latest dispatches.
Refugees at Fort de France Driven Back by Sulphur Fumes
Vessels carrying food to the island port of Fort de France were turned away as dense sulfur fumes enshrouded the harbor. Authorities reported refugees aboard the ships faced breathing difficulties but no injuries were confirmed.
Destructive Martinique Eruption Devastates St Pierre
Reports from May 10 describe a massive eruption of Mont Pelee and a waterspout that wiped out St Pierre Martinique. The city and suburbs are in ruins with thousands dead or unaccounted for. Relief funds debated in Congress while Barbados and St Vincent suffer windward fallout.
Naval Candidates Pass Annapolis Examination 1908 Class
Thirty five candidates for admission to the class of 1908 at the Naval Academy have passed all required examinations. Alongside 22 previously announced names, the following individuals passed the physicals: Robert L. Harter Kas Alexander Sharp F Cooper Ohio Washington D D N NL Y RP seeder Wash Herbert B Minn Wm F Newton Ga G W Miller Miss i 1 Utler Hugh Allen Wis Smith Minn Gberies 8 Keller Pa Witerd EK Clark Tenn list notes Niam O Connell Texas narrowed due to eyesight issues.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Robert L. Harter
Alexander Sharp
F._ Cooper
Ohio
Washington
D_N. NL
RP Seeder
Wash
Herbert B
Minn
Kidnapped Margaret Taylor III May Be Taken to Italy
Margaret Taylor III is ill from neglect in Bordighera Italy, reported by her aunt Clara Taylor who abducted her. United States Consul Pearson Genoa and Consular Agent Ameglito San Remo are involved. Cincinnati reports County Detective George W. Ryan will seek extradition papers from Governor Nash and Prosecutor Hoffheimer for a trip to Italy to recover Clara Taylor. the St. Paul voyage from New York is planned next Wednesday.
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State Department
Margaret Taylor
Clara Taylor
Bordighera
Italy
United States
Pearson
Genoa
Ameglito
San Remo
Cincinnati
George W. Ryan
Nash
Hoffheimer
New York
St. Paul
Fire Devastates St Pierre Refugees Reach Fort de France
May 10 report: the cable steamship Couyer Quertier brings 450 refugees to Fort de France from St Pierre after the city’s destruction. Survivors suffer severe burns and disorientation. General Manager Jeliabert of the French Cable Company in St Pierre was killed. French Cable Company ships two relief voyages, while the Danish cruiser Valkyrien returns from Martinique with food and medicines.
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Suchet
Pointe-a-Pitre
Port de France
Fort de France
Martinique
Quebec Line
Korona
Dominica
St. Pierre
Couyer Quertier
French Telegraph Cable Company
Valkyrien
T. Thomas
Danish West Indies
Weather Forecast for Eastern States
Partly cloudy and warmer with showers and fresh east winds across Far Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer with likely showers and fresh cast winds. Monday forecast calls for fair conditions.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Cardinal Martinelli sails for Genoa from New York
May 10 Cardinal Martinelli Papal Delegate to the United States who was recalled sailed today on the Salon for Genoa. He said he expected to reside in Rome in the future.
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New York
Cardinal Martinell
United States
Genoa
Rome
Woman burned to death in home lamp explosion
Elizabeth Gray aged 40, described as a negress, died last night when a coal oil lamp exploded at her home at 319 Sloan Street. She was alone in the residence at the time.
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Elizabeth Gray
Sloan Street
License Court May Meet To-Morrow
The License Court, which had planned to meet yesterday, changed its plans and will likely convene tomorrow afternoon to work toward agreement on the scenes for which inquiries have been made.
Weather notes from Philadelphia bureau 1903
Local weather report from United States Weather Bureau Philadelphia shows cloudy conditions and temperature details for the day. Records indicate excess warmth since May with a rise in temperatures, noting a high for the period and ongoing fluctuations in daily readings.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
Rene Me
Romeather
Aged Man Swallows Poison Theorge Franks
Aged Theorge Franks aged six of 220 Haverford Street reportedly swallowed carbolic acid amid personal crisis. Police from Tha Fanier Avenue station report he fled the scene before officers arrived and the full circumstances remain unclear.
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Theorge Franks
Haverford Street
Tha Fanier Avenue
Transatlantic Steamship Routes From New York
Several passenger and freight lines depart New York for Europe with ships named Pretorie Plymouth Zeal and Grosser Kurtust to Antwerp and Southampton, plus Imbria Queenatowe and Bomarctaie to Seewn. The notices list origin port and destinations, reflecting a busy period of transatlantic service.
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Pretorie
Plymouth
New York
Zeeland-Antwerp
Southampton
Imbria- Queenatowe
Bomarctaie Tok Seewn
Destructive volcanic eruptions threaten port city
Lava and ashes blanket the city and harbor, five miles from shore the cruiser risks destruction. Today it was learned that the managers of the French cable and Western Union cable at St. Pierre were burned to death. Other mountains erupt.
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St. Pierre
Martinique
Union
Explosion at Mount Soufriere Threatens St Vincent
A massive eruption of Mount Soufriere on the British island of St Vincent has shaken nearby islands and caused tremors felt up to a hundred miles away. The fate of the island and its inhabitants remains unknown as details arrive in a cable from the Clontel Office.
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St. Vincent
Chateau Belair
Kingston
Georgetown
Windward
Colonial Office
Liewlon
St. Lucia
St.Vincent Island
Windward Islands
London
Soufriere
Contal
Clontel
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