Blood Money Not Wanted by Steel Strike Factions
Pittsburgh dispatch and Milwaukee reports detail intensifying steel strike activity across Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Illinois. Leaders threaten plant shutdowns while company officials claim minimal disruption. Secret lodge meetings in Joliet and ongoing preparations foreshadow further actions as tensions rise in Duquesne Bayview and South Chicago mills.
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CHICAGO
Milwaukee
Tighe
Chicago mits
Amalgamated Association
Steel Casting Combine Formed with $15 000 000 capitalization
Gazette's Leased Wire reports the steel casting combine will be capitalized at 15,000,000 with Daniel Egan as president. Directors include W. D. Sargeant of Chicago Mayor Rolla Wells of St. Louis and Charles Miller of the Franklin Steel Co. The notice appears amid a local incident about a youth throwing stones at a fire alarm box near Sixth and Sierra streets. An ordinance excerpt warns against tampering with the fire alarm system and false alarms.
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Gazette
SHARON
Daniel Egan
W. D. Sargeant
Chicago
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
Charles Miller
Franklin, Pa
Sixth
Sierra
Ino
Reno
Taft welcomed in Manila and touring Visayas province
Governor Taft and the Philippine commission were warmly received in Vi gan Visayas today as the group visited the province of South Navos. A provincial governor and officials were appointed and the commission planned to reach Benguet tomorrow. Crowds in Reno and surrounding areas filled with observers for the circus and train arrivals. Wheat prices in Chicago moved between 71 and 76 cents, with September futures fluctuating around 71 to 71 6-0.
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MANILA
Civi
Taft
Philippine commission
Vigan
South Navos
Benguet
Storm-bound lines plus New Orleans' mail outages
August 17 dispatch from New Orleans reports Louisville and Nashville traffic to reopen Sunday after days of paralysis while Northeastern lines remain shut. Miss Laws notes a 60 mph wind gust at Port Eads as the hurricane tracked northeast. Mobile reports no coast news. damage hits small crafts, lumber mills, Marsh district market gardeners, with wharves and bath houses wrecked near Mobile Bay.
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Gazette
ORLEANE
Louisville
Nashville
Northeastern
New Orleans
Isaac Cline
Weather bureau
Miss Laws
Port Eads
Mississippi
Miles
New Orleana
MOBILE
Ala
Mobile Bay
Coden
Mexican Gulf
Pat J. Lyons
Harold
fruit islands
schomner Foster Price
Pensacola
Fort Morgan
Sun reports Botha ready to surrender and end of war
The Sun says Botha concentrates forces at Hondwent near Zulu Land but will surrender under an understanding with Lord Kitchener. Milner carries a draft constitution for the annexed territory as plans for future government, signaling an effectively finished war according to the dispatch from Durban.
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LONDON
The Sun
Botha
Hondwent
Durban
Dutke
Lord Kitchener
Sun
Lord Milner
South Africa
Moonlight dance at Owl Club and circus crowds fill depot
Trib reports plentiful diphtheria in Quincy and a Washoe County Bank executive heading to Webber Lake. The Owl Club plans another moonlight dance while a southbound train brings six hundred circus attendees. Local shoppers eye Enrich store bargains and San Francisco New York prices. Ernest Thyes arrives seeking mountain air. Traing runs on time with crowded platforms. Court activity is routine as locals note parade delays and the Dalley Company, Leet Night’s Show, and circus costs mingle with town chatter.
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Washoe County Bank
Webber Lake
Owl Club
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Enrich
Nevada Bank
San Francisco
New York
Ernest Thyes
Dan Boyd
Sheriff McInnis
Parliament Prorogued Amid Financial Critique in London
London dispatch notes widespread doleful comment as Parliament ends. Press critiques focus on finance and government weakness, citing Sir Michael Hicks Beach and the closure’s use. Comparisons are drawn to Civil War and 1870 economic borrowing, warning of overestimated British resources and strained public faith.
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LONDON
Pail Mail Gazette
Times
Standard
House of Commons
Michael Hicks- Beach
United States
France
Michael Hicks-Beach
Great Britain
Quiet Bond Issue Moves in Silence Across Alaska Deals
A $6,000,000 joint bond issue was quietly authorized and partly placed. Proceeds were used by Northern Commercial and Northern Navigation in buying Alaska based ventures, securing $4,300,000 for Northern Commercial and $1,500,000 for Northern Navigation. Trust deeds to Union Trust Company secure the bonds with company mortgages.
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Gazette
SAN FRANCISCO
The Chronicle
Northern Commercial Company
Northern Navigation Company
Alaska Commercal
Empire Transportation
Alaska Explorations Companies
Union Trust Company
Rebels Quiet Along the Railroad and War Briefs
Reports from Gazette's Leased Wire describe reduced rebel activity along the railroad after troop presence improved security. The French cruiser Suchet coals at the railroad wharf, with officers taking an excursion to Panama. Iowa reports arrival at San Francisco for naval deployment. The Ranger begins southward from San Diego after completing supplies. Edwin H. Conger arrives in Peking as U.S. minister to China amid high river levels and overflowing ditches.
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COLON
Columbia
Galveston
Suchet
Panama
Flanger
SAN DIEGO
California
Augustavy
Ranger
News Drought at State Department as Navy Moves Fast
Washington August 17 There was an absence of news from the State Department on Colombian Venezuelan troubles. The Navy Department directs rapid deployment, with three ships due within 24 hours. Machias near Hampton Roads can start today. Iowa reaches San Francisco awaiting Panama voyage. Ranger at San Diego delays leave officials puzzled.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
State Department
Navy Department
Machias
Hampton Roads
Cape Hatteras
Weather bureau
Atlantic
Norfolk Navy Yard
Iowa
San Francisco
Panama
nest
Ranger
San Diego
Department
Rations Issued for Destitute People
The War Department directed the commanding officer at Jackson Barracks New Orleans to save 560 rations for destitute people driven into Fort Philip by a recent Gulf storm.
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Gazette
WASHINGTON
War Department
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
fort Philip
Selby Smelter Robbery Suspect Pleads Guilty
John Winters, charged with robbing the Selby Company of bullion valued over 280000, appeared for a preliminary examination in Crockett California and entered a guilty plea. Court business was light as the judge adjourned.
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Calif
John Winters
Selby Company
Justice Court
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