Miners Strike Amid West Virginia Unrest and Andree News
Martial law looms in Pinion Patton Wilkins townships as sheriff Lowry orders expulsion of suspected strikers. New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company mines are blocked and camped workers near Plum Creek swell to about 200, with deputies patrolling routes and arrests reported. Union leaders vow continued camp actions despite injunctions while fights over mine access trigger evictions and tensions across Kanawha, Fairmont, and surrounding districts. Meanwhile a Santa Fe train robbery fails to net money as robbers fail to open the safe and withdraw after a failed assault.
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Utica Mine Fire Devastates California Town Impact Huge
Special to the Gazette. Angels, California Aug 17. The Utica mine is on fire with flames at the 800 foot level station No 4. Six men escaped through the new shaft as gas and smoke rise from all shafts. Fire likely started by spontaneous combustion involving lard and coal oil. Losses run to hundreds of thousands, with 1,000 miners employed and 6,000 residents dependent on mining. Water flooding and bulkheads limit access. four days to flood, two months to restore. The Utica group is the largest quartz gold mine, owned by the Hobart estate with ties to Senator James G. Fair. Estimated net profit over $1,500,000 annually.
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Hoffman Witness at Figel Examination in San Francisco
The widow Mrs. Isaac Hoffman testified at the Figel examination that she and her husband had a harmonious twelve year marriage and that on the day of his death he appeared in good spirits. Several other witnesses testified on matters of minor importance as the case proceeded.
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Signs of the Times in a Mountain Mine Confrontation
A farmer enjoying a harvest faces a lone miner in a defile who accuses him of treachery and collusion with Wall Street. The miner rails against gold, silver, and wheat values, cites 1878, and storms off to gamble in futures at a telegraph office.
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