Settlement Hope After Pittsburg Coal Talks Break
In Pittsburg on August 25, operators and miners failed to agree at a late conference. Three proposals sought a wage path pending arbitration, including 54cent, intermediate, and no price set options for resumed work. Miners demanded 69c pending arbitration. A morning session was slated to continue with further talks and a possible interstate strike discussed by leaders including Ratchford and Dolan.
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Pittsburg
Board of Arbitration
Committee of Operators
Dittsburg
Ratchford
Dolan
John Blythe
J. W. Shields
N. D. Ratchford
W.a. Pearce
Patrick Dolan
Edward McKay
William Warner
Rend
W. P. Read
Rachford
St. Louis
Colonel Rand
Chicago
Rand
Conference Ends Without Conclusion After Lodging Dispute
A lengthy meeting between Colonel Read and President Bradford adjourned at 10 this morning without a final decision. Operators lament the impasse as Read heads to Buffalo hopeful an agreement can still be reached.
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Colonel Read
Batchford
Buffalo
Bank Robber Slain in Canton Desperate Vault Raid
Canton Ohio August 25 A bold bank robbery ended with a fugitive shot dead by private watchman Charles Hemminger. Three accomplices escaped through a rear gate leaving behind two revolvers, 23 cartridges, and a cipher notebook. The dead man appears under 30, weighing about 140 pounds.
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Canton
Savings Deposit Bank
Court House
Charles Tremminger
Tie
Bank
Hemminger
Aultman Hospital
Expensive Visit Ends With Breach of Promise Suit
Mag gie Kerr, an 18 year old adopted daughter of Squire Johnson, sues Samuel J. Johnson of Albert Lea Minn for breach of promise seeking 10000 damages. The case stems from an engagement he proposed and she accepted, followed by a breakup and arrest order after he left the house. He posted 3000 bail.
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Rome
N. Y
Samuel J. Johnson
Albert Lea
Minn
Squire Johnson
Lea
Maggie Kerr
Belleville miners suspend efforts to win strikers back
St. Louis Aug 23 report: Belleville miners say no more attempts to urge Duquin Carterville and Murphysboro men to quit work. They admit their only hope is to force the railroad to stop hauling coal from these mines.
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St. Louis
Belleville
Duquin
Carterville
Murphysboro
Triple Domestic Tragedy Rocks Nashville Killing Wife Brother In Law
J B Rich shot and killed his wife in East Nashville at her mother's home then fatally wounded her brother-in-law. He later shot himself in the yard sustaining wounds regarded as fatal. Rich had filed for divorce a week earlier accusing infidelity and was later arrested on kidnapping charges.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. B. Rich
Rich
Ile
Bank Robbery Foiled by Dress Rehearsal and Pursuit
In Pineville Missouri the McDonald County Bank was robbed of 600 dollars by two men while a guard dressed as a woman watched the horses. The suspects fled toward Southwest City, I T where Whit Tennyson was wounded and captured. He named Parker and his wife from Weir City as principals and implicated Lill Hubbard of this place. Hubbard was arrested while Parker remained at large.
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Weir City
Kan
McDonald County Bank
Pineville
Hey
Southwest City
I. T
Whit Tennyson
Parker
Lill Hubbard
Hubard
Sai Nubbard
American Seamen Beaten in Cherbourg Clash
Disturbance between sailors of the United States corvette Alliance and Cherbourg police after an American sailor was arrested for not paying for a drink. Sailors attempted rescue, injuries reported, several men arrested and handed to Alliance officers. Officers ordered the ship’s crew ashore and to return to the vessel, with the incident believed ended.
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Alliance
Cherbourg
United States
Ecorvette Alliance
Aliance
Markets Report From Sioux City and Nearby Livestock Bourses
Sioux City stock yards quote hogs at heavy 3.73 to 3.90, cattle and calves mixed, yearlings and feeders 3.30 to 4.60, and butchers 3.00 to 4.75. South Omaha hogs 3.75 to 3.90, cattle 1.915 shipments steady. Chicago hogs 3.18 to 4.12, cattle 5,500 gathered, sheep slow. Kansas City cattle 3.00 to 4.80, hogs 3.90 to 3.95, lambs 4.15 to 5.10. Cash grain shows mixed wheat, corn around 30 to 31 cents, oats 17 to 22 cents, flax 1.14 to 1.15, and provisions varied. Minneapolis wheat closing prices posted for futures and on-track values.
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Sioux City
South Omaha
Chicago
Kansas City
Texas
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Read
Banker Johnson
Minnesota
Tovyuaget
Schoeneman Bros
H. C. Newendorp
M. Brink, Casmier
Chas. W. Brink, As
St. Case
PAR
Mers Bank
Boyden
Pees
Stour County
Freeport, Ll
Proprietor
Minneapolis
Northern
A. C. Gibson
Iowa
Slagle & Co's
Lumber Yard
C. Kooyman
P. G. Fratt
Sheldon
J. Aystuttimm
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