Great Anthracite Strike Averts Present Labor Conflict
Hazleton Pa September 8 miners in the anthracite region were urged to keep working as negotiations continue and no strike was declared by the National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers. A telegram from district presidents said to await official notice to suspend if settlement fails. Public reaction mixed with cautious optimism.
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United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Hazleton
T. D. Nichols
Thomas Duffy
John Fahey
National Board
Miners postpones strike after secret UMWA meeting
Indianapolis September 8 After a full day secret session the National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned at seven to await negotiations progress The board issued a statement postponing strike action for now while leaving miners in readiness Officials declined to detail negotiation methods or progress The board will reconvene tomorrow to consider the dispute over conditions believed due to be granted by employers
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Indianapolis
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Man Hunt in Newfield N J Ends With Captured Desperado
A Newfield New Jersey man hunt ended with the capture of a dangerous colored desperado after a day of tracking by a citizen posse led by Constable Samuel Louder and Washington Weatherby. The fugitive, who robbed and attacked women, was found in a swamp and finally arrested by Constable Lauder. He fired at a milkman and attempted to rob a postmaster, with many farmhouses reported as robbed.
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the Times
Newfield
N. J
Samuel Louder
Washington Weatherby
Joseph Hawking
O. D. Cromwell
George Westfaul
North Vineland
Diver Rescues Boy From Mud in West Conshohocken
Charles Huston a 12 year old diver disappeared after a long submerged dive in soft mud. Thomas Mallen and John Girr pulled him free and with rough CPR he regained consciousness. He was treated at a nearby hotel with brandy and plastered scratches and left in good condition.
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West Conshohocken
Charles Huston
Huston
Thomas Mallen
John Girr
Girr
Mallen
Lfe
Woman Pedestrian Must Cease Travels Incident on World Trip
Elizabeth Wrenn, famed globe trotter, arrived in Consho hocken with world curios. She was found near Woodlane in pain from rheumatism and will abandon her journey. Beginning May 22, 1898, from Quincy Illinois, she claimed to have visited every state from the Northwest to the South and was headed toward the Middle and Eastern States. She will take a train to Indianapolis to stay with her sister.
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Elizabeth Wrenn
Globe-Trotter
Conshohocken
Woodlane
Miss Wrenn
United States
Quincy
Ill
Washington
Middle
Indianapolis
Ind
Destructive storm along Florida coast wrecks ships and harms life
New Orleans reports heavy rainfall and telegraph outages as the destructive storm travels along the Gulf Coast. Two deaths are confirmed, with widespread damage from Bay St. Louis to Grand Isle and continued wrecks on Florida reefs. Multiple vessels stranded or lost include the steel bark American, a Liverpool ship. Coordinates and damages across the Mississippi River region indicate broad impact.
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Gulf Islands
Grand Isle
New Orleans
Metaire
Port Eads
Bay St. Louis
Storm-Tossed Vessels Reported In Key West Harbor
Key West Florida September 8 The Holland Line steamer Michigan from Galveston bound for New York tied up with cargo badly shifted and seasick from a recent storm. The Norwegian bark Norge from La Tomna to Falmouth with logs was rescued by tug George W. Childs at Coffin Patches, dismasted and leaking. The British barkentine Culdoon from Pascagoula to Rosario with lumber is ashore near Carrysfort Reef light.
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Key West
Fla
Hollander Line
Michigan
Galveston
New York
Norge
la Tomna
Falmouth
George W. Childs
Coffin Patches
Culdoon
Pascagoula
Rosario
Carrysfort Reef Light
Died in a Cemetery In Gloucester City
John F. Kelly aged 00 years resided at 1318 South Eighth Street Philadelphia wandered into an outhouse in St Marys Roman Catholic Cemetery and was found dead at dawn by Henry Foulkes the stone cutter Coroner Bushey notified and a death certificate issued in a preliminary inquiry
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Gloucester City
John F. Kelly
South Eighth Street
Philadelphia
St. Mary's
Henry Foulkes
Kelly
Flagman Johnson
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Blackwood
Foulkes
An Bakely
Bushey
Papal Delegate to Open Savannah Cathedral
Washington reports Archbishop Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States, will open the Savannah cathedral nearly finished on the fire ruined site. He yielded to Southern prelates requests and the dedication is set for October 18 with the building nearly complete.
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Washington
Martinelli
United States
Savannah
Martinelii
Crushed Between Cars Baggage Master Killed at Sea Isle City
Special telegram reports baggage master William Hewitt Jr. of the Atlantic City Railroad killed at the depot in Sea Isle City between 4 and 5 pm. Testimony before Coroner Edward F. Duncan says the engine backed toward the station to couple with the coach when Hewitt stepped between car parts. The precise intention remains unclear.
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Tax Times
Sea Isle City
William Hewittt,Jr
Atlantic City Railroad
Edward F. Duncan
Hewitt
Alleged Plot to Murder the Pope Highlighted by Anarchists
Rome reports alleged American information that anarchists condemned the Pope to death. Vatican officials tighten security during foreign pilgrim receptions as authorities pursue possible plots and safeguard His Holiness.
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America
Rome
Vatican
Italian police alert on New York rumors about king’s safety
Rome reports great unease in Italian police circles over alarmist New York rumors of a conspiracy to murder the king. Police note potential assassins from Paterson, New Jersey, with Naples warned of twenty dangerous anarchists due to land there August 25. arrests have not yet been made.
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Re York Word
Pohedelnnne
Rome
New York
Paterson
N. J. den
Naples
Shah's Assailant Insane in Paris Report
The Figaro states Salsoun the anarchist who tried to assassinate the Shah in Paris will not be tried but likely confined in an insane asylum. The assertion reflects the foreign capital's view of the case and the suspect's presumed mental state.
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Paris
the Figaro
Salsoun
Shah
Vast strides in wireless telegraphy announced
Bradford England September 8 at the physical science session of the British Association Sir William Henry Preece announced experiments in wireless telegraphy show audible speeds of six to eight miles across the sea. He said the system is practical and commercial and could extend to ship to shore and ship to ship communication.
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Bradford
England
British Association For the Advancement of Science
William Henry Preece
Post Office
Tragic Fall Kills Charles Palmer at Turner Street Window
Charles Palmer a 32 year old Black man died from a fall from a room window at 2210 Turner Street early yesterday. Police say he may have fallen asleep while smoking a pipe and toppled through the open window, his skull fractured when his body struck window shutters below. His mother, sleeping in the room beneath, heard the impact and found him motionless.
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Charles Palmer
Turner Street
Palmer
Oleo Prosecution Blocked by Machine
James Ogden a Ridge Avenue meat dealer says Lieutenant Lyons promised to stop oleomargarine cases against him if he helps Berkelbach in the election. Ogden asserts Lyons can drop prosecutions while he runs Berkelbach’s district campaign, and denies a speakeasy, though neighbors describe the Montgomery Club above his store as well protected.
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Lyons
Holland
Berkelbach
James 8. Ogden
Ridge Avenue
Twenty-third
Times
City Hall
Ogden
Twenty-fourth Street
Lieutenant Lyons
United States
Montgomery Avenue
Montgomery Club
Leutenant
Excited Woman Arrested at White House
A woman identifying as Mrs Rosa Helking created a scene at the White House this afternoon after first visiting the Executive Mansion about a week ago claiming threats to her and her children. Police restrained her as she demanded an audience. she was escorted to a carriage from the House of Detention amid the President’s attention in the Cabinet room.
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Washington
Rosa Helking
White House
Executive Mansion
House of Detention
Cyclone Terror Hits French Vineyards
Paris September 8 reports fighting cyclones with artillery across France. A violent storm yesterday wrecked a Bordeaux vineyard but growers at St Million, warned by telegraph, appealed to the military. Five big guns were not ready and the cloud was cannonaded into shreded fragments drifting away.
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Coblegrew
Congright
Press Publishing Company
N York World
Philadelphia
Times
Paris
France
Bordeaux
St. Million
Max O'Reil Ill as Paris Telegraph Reports Recovery Hope
Special cablegram from 1900 notes Max O'Reil believed gravely ill but expects recovery. Intensive care and medical opinions from Paris and New York press agencies indicate cautious optimism about his condition.
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Frees Publishing Company
New York World
Philadelphia Times
Paris
Bn. O'Reil
BO Poe
Cleveland declines Hague arbitration appointment
Washington September 8 Ex President Cleveland has declined the President's appointment as a member of the International Board of Arbitration under the Hague treaty Ex President Harrison has accepted the appointment.
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International Board of
Washington
Cleveland
International Board of Arbitration
The
Hague
Harrison
Cotton Famine in Lancashire Mills Sharp Decline
Manchester September 8 Thirty Lancashire cotton mills have already closed and more are expected to shut next week. Leading spinners predict normal trade won't return until November with the new crop arrives. Idle operatives will be maintained from the union funds.
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Manchester
Lancashire
Movements of Steamers Arrivals and Departures
Friedrich Der Grogse sails Cherbourg to Bremen from New York arrival. Departures include New York Cherbourg bound steamers Fuerst Bismarck La Loraine Cymric Laconia Noordland Campania for New York Antwerp Havre Liverpool Queenstown New York and New Laconia for New York.
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Friedrich der Grogse
Cherbourg
New York
Bremen
Fuerst Bismarck
la Loraine
Havre
Cymric
Queenstown
New Laconia
Liverpool
New Y
Campania
Noordland
Antwerp
Warm and fair weather forecast for Mid-Atlantic Sunday
The forecast calls for continued warm and fair conditions across Eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Maryland on Sunday with light easterly winds. The outlook extends to Monday with similar conditions and gentle breezes from the east.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
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