Miners Convocation Opens as Mitchell Ties Likely Loom
Hazleton May 14 The anthracite miners convention adjourned after two sessions without a strike decision and focused on credentials. President Mitchell warned concessions from operators are unlikely while signaling guidance to delegates as fatigue and social sessions occupy the day.
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Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
Hanna
National Civic Federation
Committee On
Will
Civic Federation
Shamokin
New York
Scranbe
Theft Reported During Convention Hall Crash
During a crash at the convention hall, Rev. J. H. Watkins of Scranton reported that his purse was stolen from his person by an unnamed thief among delegates. The incident follows other disturbances at the gathering.
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J. H. Watkins
Scranton
Operators Face Legal Inquiry Over Coal Output
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports the Justice Department plans to probe the Coal Trust led by the five largest railroad magnates. President directs Knox to pursue a bill in equity if needed, alleging antitrust restraint on coal output and possible illegal actions by the United Mine Workers amid rising tensions in coal regions.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Coal Regions
Knox
Beef Trust
Hazleton
New York
G. I. Baer
Reading
United States Attorney General
Coal Trust
Supreme Court
Pipe Trust
United Mine Workers
Scranton Region Favors Against Strike In Poll
Scranton region canvass shows three vs five against the strike among the delegation to Hazleton. Half of the first district stands as large as the seventh and ninth combined. Coal shipments to Western markets halted to shift to the East if the strike continues, with domestic sales stopped. five washeries operate. Delaware and Hudson says its washeries are staffed by union men.
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Scranton
Hazleton
Chicago
Delaware and Hudson Company
Hallstead loses rail terminal status amid shift by DL&W
Susquehanna county town Hallstead faces paralysis as the Delaware Lackawanna and Western abandons it as a terminal for six divisions. Eight train crews have already moved to Scranton. Locals rely on the Lackawanna for work in engine shops yards and trains. Erie Railroad has suspended 8000 workers system wide awaiting coal dispute resolution.
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Susquehanna
Hallstead
Susquehanna County
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Kallrodd Company
Scranton
Lackawanna
Erie Railroad Company
Coal driver attacked by strikers near Tamaqua
Michael Bonshire, a coal delivery teamster for the operators, was pelted with stones by a striker gang while driving from Greenwood Colliery. He fled into the woods as the regular delivery team faced bitter strike sentiment and disappointment over Hazleton convention decisions.
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Philadelphia Times
Tamaqua
Greenwood
Michael Bonshire
Bonshire
Gerber
Panther Creek Valley
Hazleton
Officials toil in dust as strikers jeer at washery work
Special to The Philadelphia Times reports at Pittston on May 14 that Erie Coal Company superintendents and mine foremen tried running a washery amid dust. Strikers crowded the scene, jeering at the officials but not disrupting the operation.
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Philadelphia Times
Pittston
Erie Coal Company
Pittsburg Strikes Settled for Hoisting Sheet Metal Workers
In Pittsburg two more building trades settlements end strikes. Hoisting and Portable Engineers gain 14 cents to 4744 per hour, Sheet Metal Workers raise from 2.68 to 3.20 per day after a stoppage since May 1. Locomotive Engineers meet in Norfolk for fifth biennial convention chaired by Grand Chief P. M. Arthur with welcomes from Mayor Beaman and Governor Montague.
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Pittsburg
Locomotive Engineers
Norfolk
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. M. Arthur
Nathaniel Beaman
A. J. Montague
Commonwealth
Business Arthur
Lacy
North Carolina
Brewery Workers Strike Over Wages in Montana
Helena, Mont on May 14 The employes of Montana breweries have decided to strike over wage refusals The message notes a wage dispute prompting industrial action by brewery workers in the state.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Breweries
Two Men Die as Elevator Shaft Crashes at Baldwin Works
A freight elevator collapsed during a test at Baldwin Locomotive Works just before midnight, crushing all five men in the shaft area. Charles Coleman, 28, of Boston, and an unidentified worker died. Bernard McLaughlin, James O'Neill, and another unidentified man were injured.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Charles Coleman
Boston
Baldwin's
Bernard McLaughlin
Lee Street
James O'Neill
Collins Court
Coleman
Pliver Elevator Company
McLaughlin
MacLaughlin
Marks Faces Opium Den Charge in Sixth District Trial
Harry Marks, a former Sixth district policeman linked to alleged election frauds, stood trial before Judge Davis for keeping an opium den at 1001 Wood Street. Law and Order Society agents testified about watching the smokers, while inmates denied Marks lived there. The case likely goes to the jury after pleas.
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Harry Marks
Davis
Law and Order Society
Wood Street
Marks
Clarence D. Gibboney
John Dallas
Wood Street House
John Dunn
Anna Geissel
Edna Willis
Lillian Morris
Geissel
Station House
Dallas
Marshall
Gibboney
Tenth
Wood Streets
William H. Vogel
Vogel
Dallias
Dallas vi
University class of 1892 funds fountain for dorm triangle
The University of Pennsylvania 1892 graduates raise 15000 for a granite fountain with bronze figures of a football player and a student in cap and gown. It will stand near the north arch of the dorms and provide filtered water. Designer F S Calder of Philadelphia. Unveiling set for Tuesday June 17 at 5 o clock in Houston Hall with 1902 classmates assembling there.
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University of Pennsylvania
Calder
di Jesigner
Houston Hall
School Board Extortion Probe Opens Tonight
A 28th Ward citizens and the Twenty eighth Section School Board will begin a formal inquiry into extortion charges against four members. The investigation, at M Hall Stanton School, will hear oath sworn testimony with stenographic record, with all 100 teachers summoned and families invited to attend.
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Messrs, Ludlam
Lyons
Prag
Kolb
Swissler
M. Hall Stanton
Sixteenth
Cumberland Streets
Edward Pragg
Board of Education
Henry S. Ludlam
Miss Orrell
United Gas Negotiating for Rhode Island Properties
United Gas Improvement Company is negotiating to buy properties in Rhode Island including Union Traction Providence Narragansett Electric Lighting and Providence Gas Company at 16 000 000. General Manager Bodine said reports of a completed acquisition are premature and negotiations with some properties are ongoing with no final consummation yet.
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United Gas Improvement Company
Rhode Island
Union Traction Company
Providence
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
Providence Gas Company
Bodine
Texas oil for U S use to begin with Beaumont supply
About 20 000 barrels of Texas oil from Beaumont will reach Marcus Hook around June 10 consigned to United Gas Improvement Company. It launches a five year program for 6 250 000 barrels to be delivered at 1 250 000 barrels annually. The Roma will bring the first consignment. tanks at Marcus Hook will refine sulfur to gas oil and ship to Jersey City Newark Yonkers New England.
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Texas
Beaumont
Marcus Hook
United Gas Improvement Company
Philadelphia
Jersey City
New England
Roma
Sabine Pass
Paraguay
Point Breeze
20Th Ward Gas Works
Newark
Yonkers
Freed Is Named Mint Chief Coiner in 1903
President Roosevelt appointed Rhine Russell Freed of Montgomery County as chief coiner of the United States Mint, with Senate confirmation. Freed, 33, previously milled goods, held roles in county politics and the Republican party, and will replace John Landis who was acting after Harry K. Boyer’s resignation.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Rhine Russell Freed
Montgomery County
United States Mint
John Landis
Harry K. Boyer
Freed
Landis
Albert Norris
Senator Quay
United States
James B. Holland
Pennypacker
Holland
Quay
North Wales
Register of Wills
Republican Party
Mongomery County
G. KR. McGlathery
Washington
Weather forecast for the mid-Atlantic and D C region
Fair conditions with light to fresh variable winds across eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and the district of Columbia Maryland and Delaware. Thursday fair with Friday partly cloudy showers likely and light winds mostly from the east.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Maryland
Delaware
Weather Summary for Philadelphia May 4
The United States Weather Bureau reports clear conditions through the day with full sunshine. Normal temperatures and 100 percent sunshine noted. excess in temperature accumulated since January shows small increases and rainfall totals remain reported at 0.28 inches.
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United States Weather Bureau
Philadelphia
S&s
Nixon Leaves Tammany Hall as Leader
New York May 14 Lewis Nixon resigned as Tammany Hall leader after a district leaders meeting. He said the resignation is absolute and he cannot retain self respect while remaining in the organization. Nixon vowed to leave politics and focus on shipbuilding.
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New York
Lewis Nixon
Tammany Hall
Nixon
Tammany Hall Society
Thomas N. Feilner
George C. Clausen
John F. Carroll
Tammany Itall
Michael €. Murphy
Bmpbadding
Feitner Grand Sachem
Croker
Hall
Richard Croker
Danish West Indian treaty delayed in Copenhagen debate
Washington reports the Danish West Indian treaty may be postponed beyond this session. If delayed, the President would submit a supplemental article to the Senate altering ratification dates. Opposition in Copenhagen favors a plebiscite in the islands.
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Washington
Copenhagen
Senate
Senate Restaurant Liquor Charge Tests Lawmakers
Theodore L. Page who runs the Senate restaurant faces charges of selling liquor without a license. The case will be heard in Police Court on Saturday. If pressed, district authorities may subpoena a large majority of the United States Senate to testify about buying drinks in the Capitol stall.
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Senate
Philadelphia Times
Washington
Capitol
Theodore L. Page
Auction of Fashionable Washington Church Pew
Two pews from St. John's Episcopal Church sold at public auction in Washington. One fetched 2750 dollars and the other 1600 dollars. Possession to be given January 1, 103 with title to pass to buyers later, subject to a yearly rental.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
St. John's Episcopal Church
BCO Cathedral School
Nine Hour Day Strike Hits Howe Scale Plant
In Rutland Vermont on May 14 about 450 workers at the Howe Scale Company walked out protesting the refusal to grant a nine hour day without pay reduction.
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Rutland
Howe Scale
Strike Settled for Iron Workers in Youngstown
In Youngstown on May 14, the structural iron workers of the American Bridge Company ended a strike after talks. An agreement was reached at the usual morning hour, restoring work and safety assurances for the crew.
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Youngstown
Structural Iron
American Bridge Company
Fight for consideration of canal and Cuban bills
Washington May 14 Mr Hepburn, chair of the House Inter state and Foreign Commerce Committee, said the Isthmian canal bill will be taken up in the Senate soon after the Philippines. He noted strong belief the canal bill will advance this session, though others doubt and expect it to slide to next year. Reciprocity advocates press for Cuba with 25 percent discount. canal supporters vow to fight changes in Senate scheduling.
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Philadelphia Times
Washington
Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senate
Philippines
Congress
Martinique
Frields
Cuba
Steamer Camorta Believed Lost in May Cyclone
Rangoon dispatch reports a Camorta lifeboat and another boat found in the Bay of Bengal as rescue efforts search for the missing steamer. It is believed the Camorta founder during a cyclone on May 6. The ship carried 650 native passengers and 89 crew.
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London
Rangoon
Krishna
Madras
Chinese Rebels Aim to Oust Manchu Dynasty Reported
Despatches from Victoria British Columbia detail rebel propaganda listing six aims: overthrow the current dynasty, found a new Chinese dynasty with an emperor, aid the oppressed, introduce reform, protect trade, and establish three provincial seats of government with Canton as capital. The rebels pledge no interference with Western lives or trade and declare opposition only to the Manchu regime.
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Victoria
B. C
Kwang Si
Kwang Tung
Kwang Chow
Canton
Kronprinzz Wilhelm Sets Fast Plymouth Cherbourg Run Record
The North German Lloyd steamer Kronprinzz Wilhelm averaged 264 10 knots an hour on her last trip from Plymouth to Cherbourg arriving at 11 p m May 12. The voyage marked the best record by a large steamer between these ports.
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Berlin
Plymouth
Cherbourg
British cruiser Psyche to Represent Britain at Havana
The British cruiser Psyche will represent Great Britain at Havana for the inauguration of the Cuban republic on May 20. German agricultural societies with the Prussian Ministry of Agriculture offer 30,000 marks for a potato drying process enabling long term storage.
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Psyche
Great Britain
Havana
Ministry of Agriculture
Wood’s Cuban orders shape future law and mercy grant
In late Haps, General Leon A. Wood issues two Cuba measures under Platt terms. A railway commission sets tariffs and rates for all commodities and passenger travel. Another order bans fishing in defined zones with fines. Wood also pardons Elmer C. Westall from Havana Audiencia penalties.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Cuba
New Republic
Cuban Republic
General Wood
Elmer C. Westall
Audiencia of
Havana
Imperial Tobacco to Keep Richmond HQ, Says Director
FE H M Gunn director of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland arrived from England and announced that Richmond will remain the headquarters and main base of operations in the United States. He praised the city and affirmed the firm’s intention to stay.
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Imperial Tobacco Company
Richmond
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Great Britain and Ireland
FE. H. M. Gunn
British Tobacco Trust
England
Imperial Company
Treasure Island gold found. expedition reaches safety
A letter from a member of the W. and Phelps expedition confirms treasure on Treasure Island near San Francisco. Gold was found at the sand and quartz found on the island is described as bearing. The letter, postmarked in Ecuador, does not specify the island's location.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
W. & Phelps
Sae Pete
Ecuador
Congressional Nominations in Ohio Nineteenth District
General Charlie Dick leads Republican nominations in Ohio's nineteenth district with renewed support and party unity efforts. Local committees rally to back his candidacy amid shifting electoral dynamics.
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Ohio
Charlies Dick
St. Vingent’s Volcano Hurls Ruin Broadcast
A chaotic eruption from St. Vingent’s Volcano disrupts broadcast signals sending balls of fire across the region. Officials warn of continued activity and advise protective measures for residents and crews nearby.
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ST. Vingent's
Heard a Hundred Miles Off Destruction Terrible Says Llewelyn
Sir Robert Llewelyn comments from afar on vast destruction described as terrible. He warns of wide impact and calls for attention to the calamity reported by observers.
New Disaster Reported as Conflagration Near Fort De France
St Lucia authorities report a large fire moving toward Fort De France prompting evacuations and emergency response. Local crews and regional agencies coordinate containment efforts as winds complicate suppression. No confirmed casualties announced yet.
Destructive Volcanic Calamity Ravages Caribbean Isles
Reports from St Vincent and nearby regions describe ongoing eruptions and widespread destruction. Sir Robert Llewelyn notes 1600 dead in St Vincent with many bodies unrecovered. In St Pierre cremation proceeds amid severe handicaps as famine and epidemic threats loom in Martinique. Castries cable notes a fire near Fort de France but Mart inique confirms no update.
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Martinique
St. Pierre
Eruptions in St Vincent Worsen, Death Toll Rising
Reports from Castries and Windward Islands describe the Soufriere volcano on St Vincent in a horrific, ongoing eruption. Destruction and ash fall flood Kingstown as 1600 people are reported dead. land and sea access to the burning district is cut off.
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North St. Vincent
London
Island of
St. Vincent
Castries
St. Lucia
Kingstown
Windward Islands
Robert Llewelyn
Robert
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U. G
Texas Oil
U. S
Local Weather Report
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Richard Croker de
MR. Nixon
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Orient
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