Labor Leaders Gompers Morrison and Mitchell Sentenced
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia found Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell guilty of contempt in the Buck's Store and Range boycott case and sentenced them to one year nine months and six months respectively. They plan appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court which previously reversed their conviction. Justice Daniel Thew Wright announced the ruling after a two hour reading of seventy two pages. Bondsmen and lawyers prepared for further review.
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John Mitchell
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Niagara gives up its dead after Eagle Park collapse
Niagara Falls death toll rises as 50 feet of an excursion dock collapsed at Eagle Park in Grand Island, dumping 160 people into the Niagara river. By Monday night 17 bodies had been recovered and identified, with 11 more known to have been at the park and unaccounted for. Identified victims include Mrs. Arthur Mayer, Mrs. John Hayes, Mrs. Lillie Kellogg, Celia Kelly, Irene Thomas, Flora A Helstrom, and Norman Richmeyer among others.
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John Hayes
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Irene Thomas
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Flora A. Helstrom
Georgia Leeds
Alfred Finn
Raymond Snyder
May Gretch
Clara Schultz
Annie Fremeng
August Helstrom
Norman Richmeyer
Six Hurt as Riot Breaks Out at Hastings Conduit Plant
In Hastings on the Hudson New York a riot at the National Conduit and Cable company plant left six injured including one dying after workers who returned to the old wage scale were attacked by a mob. The violence erupted after the firm announced it would reinstate workers on the prior pay rate. About 600 men had accepted the offer and returned to work Monday morning.
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Mississippi
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Clarence D Clark
Wyoming
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
William F. Stone
Baltimore
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James F. Watson
Clarence D. Clark
National Committee
Roosevelt National
Cool Bandit Robs Train Near Port Bolivar
A bandit boarded the mall car of a train on the International and Great Northern railroad near Port Bolivar in Longview Texas on Monday. He covered three clerks with guns, selected a mall pouch, kicked it from the car, and leaped off as the train sped on. A posse pursues the robber.
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International & Great Northern Railroad
Port Bolivar
Taft Renominated as Roosevelt Withdraws Support
Taft and Sherman win Republican nominations on the final night of a bitter convention fight. Roosevelt announces retirement and withdraws support, while La Follette and Cummins receive limited backing amid clashes over credentials and party unity.
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William Howard Taft
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James Schoolcraft Sherman
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Taft Nominated for Presidency Shares Ballot Notes
Pennsylvania cast two votes for Hughes Idaho allotted seven Cummins ten Iowa votes Cummins. The record notes 540 necessary to make a choice for the presidential ticket.
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Hughes
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Iowa
Cummins
Republican Platform Endorses Judicial Reform and Economic Policies
The platform reaffirms party principles and calls for an independent judiciary, continued legislation, public health laws, workmen compensation, easier court procedures, and simplified removal of unworthy judges while opposing special privilege. It supports anti trust reform, a federal trade commission, and tariff protections, with campaign finance limits. It backs conservation, parcels post, navy needs, merchant marine revival, Mississippi River improvements, settler aid, and river and harbor projects.
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Roosevelt blasts convention fraud undermining Republican renomination
Col Theodore Roosevelt addresses the Republican convention, denouncing the national committee’s steamroller tactics that he says stole eighty or ninety delegates. He argues the convention lacks real GOP representation and calls Roosevelt delegates to abstain from voting, declaring any nominee under the setup illegitimate.
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Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Taft
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