Treason Charges Arise as Homestead Board arrested in Pittsburg
Chief Justice Paxson issues warrants for the Homestead Advisory Board members and related figures amid treason charges. Detectives report alleged plans to raise war against Pennsylvania with hundreds armed, as investigations escalate and prisoners are moved for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltzhoever
Ian
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Homestead
Mifflin
County of
Allegheny
State of Pennsylvania
Pennsylania
MiMin
State of
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of P Pennsylvania
Paxson
Arrests of Men at Homestead Stir Trouble and Fear
The arrests sent Homestead into an uproar as detectives Mills and Farrell with deputies seized Crawford and Dierker and other strikers. Prisoners were rushed to provost tents then moved to Pittsburg to avoid rescue attempts. A crowd of 180 gathered at the station, shouting defiance as Crawford insisted the leaders would not be forced back to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Homestead
Mills
Farrell
Young
Brady
Devlin
Kreps
Ward
Crawfford
Dierker
Crawford
Arrest of William Gaches on Homestead Relief duties
William Gaches treasurer of the Home stead Relief Committee was arrested last night by Detectives Mills and Farrell as he hurried to catch the bummer train for Homestead. They tracked him down Diamond street to Fourth avenue station and confronted him near the schoolhouse with a warrant. He feared jail but agreed when told partners were nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Iron and Steel Company
Homestead
Pennsylvania
Thomas J. Crawford
George Leylands
John Dierken
William H. Bayard
T. W. Brown
W. H. Gaches
Hugh O'Donnell
Jack Clifford
Issa
Critchlow
Beltzhoever
Carnegie Company
Paxson
Monongahela House
Homestead Board
P. Knox
Cate
William Gaches
Homestead Relief Committee
O. F. Mills
Pat Farrell
Gachee
Diamond Street
Fourth Avenue
Gaches
Mills
Forfeit Offer Leads to Detention in Warden's Clamp
Warden McAleese ordered a deputy to search Goobes and confiscate his money after he offered to forfeit his case to gain release. He was placed in a cell under guard following the confrontation and handling of funds.
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McAleese
Strikers Arrested as Riot Warrants Issued at Homestead
Detective Mills arrested G. L. Layman and H. Layman on aggravated riot charges under Secretary Lovejoy. About 30 more suspected co‑conspirators to be sought. Four companies of the Sixteenth Regiment left Homestead amid limited disturbance. Chairman Frick inspected the mill as 700 had been discharged and 500 rehired. Panic spread among workers and nearby families as guards departed.
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LovejJoy
Sixteenth Regiment
Homestead
Frick
Mills
Pittsburg
G. L
H. Layman
Lovejoy
Saenger
Mun Station
H. ©. Frick
Mansuet Potter
Coal and Iron Ae
Ree
McLuckie Contemplates Move from Homestead
Dispatches from Youngstown report Burgess McLuckie plans to leave Homestead and settle in Ohio. He was seen in the city denying plans to depart, claiming he will return home by weekend. Prosecution notes say the family moved out last Wednesday with conflicting future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Pittsburg
Burgess McLuckie
Homestead
McLuckie
Philadelphia
Ohio
Justice Paxson Declines Comment On Cases
Chief Justice Paxson, who issued warrants for the Homesteaders, refused to discuss any case before him. He stated he never talks about matters before he is ready to speak officially, whether off the bench or in relation to cases that come before him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr
Aaron Burr
Pennsylvania
Homestead Advisory Committee
Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Paxson
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Frick
Franklin Printing Office
Monongahela House
Regulation of Deputy Sheriffs by Pinkerton Measure Proposed
Congressman E P Gillespie of Beaver Valley district introduces a bill to regulate appointment and qualifications of special deputy sheriffs constables marshals policemen and other peace officers in the Commonwealth. It requires US citizenship age and good moral character and two months residency prior to appointment. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties up to six months imprisonment or $1000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie
Homestead
E. P. Gillespie
Beaver Valley
Commonwealth
Sheriifa
Thia Commonwealth
United States
Beation
Boodling Charges Denied in Quebec Postmaster General Trial
The royal commission probing corruption charges against Sir A. P. Caron, Postmaster General, over subsidies to the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway is underway. Witness H. J. Beemer testified he never claimed subsidies would secure Caron’s election and remained neutral on politics. He noted he was not a British subject and allowed workers to vote as they wished.
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Quenec
Royal Commission
A. P. Caron
Quebec and Lake St. John
H. J. Beemer
No Bull Fighting at the World’s Fair in Chicago
President John G Shortall of the Illinois Humane Society announced there would be no bullfighting at the World's Fair. The event had been billed under Weales as a performance on cruelty to animals but was canceled due to humane concerns and local reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John G Shortall
Illinois Humane Society
Miners Entombed at Norrie Mine Rescue One Man Saved
At the Norrie mine in Snonwoop a rescue effort continued through the night after a collapse left 12 miners trapped. Abraham Thompson was rescued after about 30 hours, while eight others remain unaccounted as relatives and workers endure a tense wait and hospital care for the survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pectal Telnoram
Snonwoop, Micn
Norrie
Abraham Thompson
Thompson
Ieside
Simon Wacklin
Michael Downs
Terrible Typhoons Leave Japan in Ruin
San Francisco reports confirm Japan suffered massive typhoon damage with four hundred killed. Damage includes 23 houses toppled, 1,500 barns ruined, and crops damaged across southern and central regions. Hamamatsu saw court house and 62 dwellings destroyed with ten deaths. Shizuoka prefecture recorded 800 destroyed homes and seven stores wrecked.
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Japan
San Francisco
Pacific Mail Company
Peru
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Hamamatsu
Mrs Marsh and Husband Seek Swift Pittsburg Trial
Sheriff Muller reports Detectives Coulson and Robinson have requisition papers for Mrs Jennie Marsh and James H McIntosh, arrested as fugitives in Stapleton. Both claim innocence and wish to travel to Pittsburg for a rapid trial. Beatrice Marsh, 14, lives in jail with her mother by sheriff’s permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muller
Staten Island
Pittsburg
Coulson and Robinson
New York
Jennie Marsh
James H. McIntosh
Stapleton
Richmond
Marsh
Pittsavne
McIntosh
Weir
Fae Jimion
Thelecanh Ogu
Cambre Eir
Spinners Vote 5 Percent Wage Cut Amid Strike Threat
In Tloxpox England seventy seven percent of cotton spinners vote to enforce a five percent wage reduction. Workers refuse to accept the cut and threaten a strike. Manchester observers say the stoppage could help reduce heavy stocks, affecting 17 million spindles using American cotton.
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England
Manchester
Diphtheria Toll Rises as Wisconsin Family Suffers
In Raormz Wisconsin Sept 20 a severe diphtheria outbreak devastates the Heldt family. The oldest daughter died Sept 19 after contracting the disease at a funeral. Three remaining children died last night, the mother in distress and the household shaken by the epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raormz
Wis
Peter Heldt
Brave Dr Stanhope Arrives in Berlin After Cholera Vaccine
BrAeix reports Dr A Stanhope who was inoculated in Paris and served in Hamburg hospitals arrived in Berlin claiming his inoculation saved him from cholera He faced hotel refusals but found private rooms through American friends The Brusvela area reports seven new cholera cases and three deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BrEaix
A. Stanhope
Paris
Hamburg
Stanhope
Four Lives Sacrificed in Indiana Pa Boiler Explosion
A steam thresher boiler exploded at County Commissioner A Rankin's premises in Indiana Pennsylvania. Harry Myer, 14, was killed and Aaron John and Frank Gromley were fatally injured. Myer was torn apart with arms missing. The incident occurred September 30.
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Indiana
Secial
Rankin
Harry Myer
Aaron
John
Frank Gromley
Myer
CESSNA's $90,000 SUIT Plays Out In NY Mining Case
Justice Beach of the Supreme Court orders Charles F. Cook and George J. Gray to file their answer within five days in a suit brought by former congressman John Cessna. The action centers on a Time a Mining stock deal involving two New Yorkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Or Pennsylvania
County of Allegheny
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
David H. Shannon
John McLuckie
David Lynch
Thomas J. Crawford
Hugh O'Donnell
Harry Bayne
Elmer E. Ball
Isaac Byers
Henry Bayard
T. W. Brown
George Champener
Isaac Critchlow
Miller Colgan
John Coyle
Jack Clifford
Dennis M. Cash
William McCone
Allegheny
Harry Beltzhoever
County of
Pennsylvania
Edward M. Paxson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Pittspurg
Epowand M. Paxson
Court of Over
Justice Beach
Supreme Court
Charles F. Cook
George J. Gray
John Cessna
Mining contract suit reaches $90,000 dispute
Eee, formerly chairman of the Republican National Committee, seeks $90,000 from Cook and Gray as recovery on five notes used as collateral for a mining purchase contract. The contract involved Colonel W. Dudley General M. and Littlefield and Carroll Hobart. Cessna argues the defendants have no defense and that the case drags on for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Ublican National Committee
W. Dudley
General M. & Littlefield
Carroll Hobart
Cessna
Cook and
Gray
Gas Trust attacked in Chicago receivership suit
Philadelphia shareholder Thomas H. Martin seeks appointment of a receiver for the Chicago Gas light and Heating Company and related firms. The bill asks court to enjoin Fidelity Insurance from acting as trustee and to halt transfers under past consolidation contracts. No receiver has yet been appointed.
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Chcago
Chicago Gas Trust
Thomas H. Martin
Chicago Gaslight and Heating Company
People’s Gaslight and Coke Company
Consumers' Gas Company
Equitable Gaslight and Fuel Company
Hyde Park Gas Company
The
Lake Gas Company
Chicago Gas Company
Fidelity Insurance Trust
Safe Det Com
Pee Nnen
New York Ripper Apprehended and Identified
Police arrest Frank W. Roblek a 35 year old German marble polisher who has been identified as the man seen fleeing the crime scene in the Paulsen murder. An axe used in the attack was brought to the East Side saloon during the struggle but officers overpowered him and took him to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank Paulsen
Frank W. Roblek
Paulsen
East Side
Prohibitionists challenge tax receipts in county race
James F. Clark and Daniel W. Seltzer Prohibition candidates for District Attorney and Clerk of Quarter Sessions filed a bill of equity through their attorney to restrain Receiver of Taxes Taylor from issuing tax receipts to the Republican City Committee. The receipts would be used to distribute among citizens who will not pay their poll tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James FE. Clark
Daniel W. Seltzer
Prohibition
Taylor
Republican City Committee
Preparing to End Quarantine at Camp Low
Dr Jenkins announced quarantine would be lifted at Camp Low Monday if no new detention cases arrive before then. Mia Donuz, the last cholera patient, will be discharged. Swinburne Island patients are improving. Today 200 Bohemian steerage passengers were landed, with remaining aboard to disembark tomorrow as the steamer is disinfected.
National Road Improvement League Meeting Planned
A call is issued for a Chicago meeting October 19 to 22 to form a National League of Road Improvement inviting road societies boards of trade wheelmen groups and interested individuals. Mike McDonald not a committeeman. Curacao September 31 M G McDonald resigns from the State Democratic Central Committee amid indictment for alleged Babery of a Justice of the Peace.
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New York
Chicago
National League of Road Improvement
Best Road Societies
Boards of Trade
Wheelmen’s Organizations
Curcaco
M. G McDonald
State Democratic Central Committee
McDonald
Brooklyn Man Seeks Arrest Over Home Claim Abroad
A Brooklyn resident demands police action alleging a promoter of Chinese schemes used broad operations to beat him out of his home. The complaint frames the dispute as a continental scale effort and seeks arrest to address the alleged wrongdoing.
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Brooklyn
Warrant Issued for Eugene Mitkiewicz in Fraud Case
New York police issue a warrant for Eugene Mitkiewicz based on a complaint by Arthur Tomes of Brooklyn charging cheating and fraud connected to a scheme involving Chinese concessions and funds used to back a messenger allegedly sent to China to influence the Chinese minister. The case spans Chicago and New York with a web of investors and notes, including a $5,000 accommodation loan to,Hoter Bemis and a $1,600 credit applied to Mitkiewicz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
New York
Eugene Mitkiewics
Grady
Arthur L. Tomes
Classon Avenue
Brooklyn
Mitkiewicz
Tomes
Elliot F. Shepard
China
Shepard
Henry W. Blair
Disrate
Thompson
Mitkiewics
Drspatch
H. V. Bemis
Richelieu
Chicago
Millard Jones
Jones
Miller
Bemis
Shoebox Miller
Horner
Washington
Burke
Metropolitan Bank of Washington
Lord Beresford Gets Six Years in Penitentiary
Rome Ga Sep 30 Lord Walter Beresford alias Sidney Lascelles the noted English forger was sentenced to six years hard labor in the penitentiary at political headquarters with caricatures by De Grim in The Dispatch to-morrow.
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Rome
Lord Walter & Beresford
Sidney Lascelles
Ceanees
de Grim
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Justice Paxson
Carnegie Attorneys
Mads
John McLuckis
Thomas J.crawford
Elmer KE. Sail
T. W. Crown
William McConogly
Michael Cummings
William Combs
Court of Oyer and Terminor
Harry
Luckie
Caron
Quebec
Henry Taek- Rows
Minera
No. 8
Mrs. Harrison
Mrs. Marsh
Hacine
DR. Stanhope
Berlin
GAS Trust
Roblek
Russia
Frank G. Carpenter
Mike McDonald
de Mitkiewicz
Shoebox Millers
Beth
Expres
Lcarner
Oihere
Ad Vance
Hap Sen
Lord Beresford
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