Mills reopen as workers return amid strike tensions
At Painter plant two more mills started, boosting to four active units and signaling returning old workers. Clark plant 10 inch mill opened with full skilled crew while smaller 8 inch unit remains idle, as overall strike pressures ripple across Monessen Duquesne and Bay View actions unfold.
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Pitteburg
Painter
Clark
Coward
Pittsburg
Somersett
2D Regiment
National Guard of Pennsylvania
United States
Meeting ends with mill workers facing wage loss and strike doubt
Henry voices concern as mill men may lose wages amid contract tensions. Superintendent George Reis of Hay View plant expresses disappointment at the vote outcome. Tess laments expected $600,000 monthly wage losses if workers strike under Illinois Steel Company contracts.
Farmer's novel batters they keep the rodents away
Aug 10 Ills. A farmer near the Mississippi river bluffs, Jack Froind, keeps two pet rattlesnakes. After releasing three young rattlers into the chicken yard, rats vanish and remaining chickens are unharmed. The snakes now roam the yard and retreat when approached.
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Macey
Jack Froind
Chickes
Clark W I refuses miners eight hour day at United Verde mine
United Verde copper mine in Phoenix Arizona has been shut down by Senator Clark W I who will not grant miners an eight hour day. The mine’s annual revenue is about 12 million dollars, and the closure follows the mine owner’s stance amid wage and labor movement tensions.
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Clark WI
Phoenix
A. T
United States
Chirk
United Verde
Clark
Four Lives From Street Car and Train Collision
Chicago records a grim crossing disaster as a trolley on Forty-seventh Street collides with a fast Pennsylvania railroad passenger train. Four killed outright include Frederick O. Filwards and Harriet Sutcliffe. eleven injured with a range of serious wounds. Conductor Fulton and motorman Willis Bowman among the injured. cause under review and rescue efforts swift as ambulances rush to the scene.
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Chicago
Forty-seventh Street
Mennsylvania Road
Frederick O. Filwards
Harriet Sutcliffe
Ida BK. Oster
Vine Street
Cincinnati
Luther Jackson
Mary O'Malley
Kate Greenfield
Marian Branard
Janes Gillette
Willis Bowman
W. 4. Fulton
Car
Margaret Dwyer
Lizzie Coyle
Clarissa Bigelow
J. Broulwitz
Willis Bow- Tian
Fulton
Pwerman
Albert Haas
Bowman
Ito on Emigration and Korea Remarks by Marquis Ito
Marquis Ito states Korea is Japan's natural emigration outlet and will become an official occupation as Japanese migration increases. He adds South America would offer advantages for many thousands of laborers.
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Korea
Portland
Ure
Twirapura
Rthindane Asia Line
Hong Kong
Aokohama
Marquis Ito
Japan
South America
Ecuador Ready for Invasion Near Paste Frontier
Ecuadorian forces prepare to invade Colombia near Paste, 150 miles northeast of Quito as a battle looms. A consul report cites Dr Garbiras crossing from the frontier with 4,000 men into Venezuela. initial fighting occurred and invaders were forced back, with two boats recaptured by Venezuelan troops.
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Colombia
Quito
Ecuador
Paste
Washington
Muarakabe
Garbiras
Vene
Marakabe
Will Fight Strieter Firm Over Wages Action
The United Makers of America mobilizes workers in a wage dispute with the Strieter firm. Officers were elected for the year led by President R A Large and Henry White. The national body expressed sympathy for steel workers and threatened to move the plant to Indianapolis if the strike continues.
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United Makers of America
R. A
Henry White Hans
Wd Tas
Dastardly Enemies Fire Property in Megat Michigan
Fire at E. Bown's four frame wagon works in Megat on Saturday destroyed the building and contents insured for 3500. Claimant suspects secret enemies in town. Water supply hindered by a cut four miles away to cripple the electric plant. Hydrants in town found turned to aid total destruction.
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Megat
Mich
E. BR
Sen
Bown
Allezun
Murder suicide after killing young girl near Wahpeton
Wahpeton North Dakota August 19 Claus Fisher 30 shot and killed Annie Heinrichs 17 at Diedrich Deeder's home south of town. He then shot himself in the head blowing off his right side and reloaded to end his life. The lovers had quarrel over Fisher's persistence. He died at the scene. Report notes the tragedy and circumstances.
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Wahpeton
N. D
Claus Fisher
Annie Heinrichs
Diedrich Deeder
Fisher
Pension roll reaches new high in four decades of grants
Washington Aug 19 Commission Evans issued a statement on the pension bureau’s operations for the last fiscal year. The June 30 roll stood at a new peak with 20,206 retirees, a gain of 4,206 over last year, while net losses by death, remarriage, and nonclaims reduced the total. Gains since 1898 include 13,354 widows of the Civil War and 5,604 from the Spanish-American War, with total disbursements and widows’ claims detailed across wars and acts. Pensions under multiple acts show large year-to-year increases and historic tallies for 1812, Mexican and Indian wars, plus overall funding trends. The report also notes increases for Spanish War veterans and a long-run payment history across administrations. In other news, a warehouse fire in Traverse City ruins fruit packages worth $75,000 to $100,000, and Calumet reports a fourth death from Tamarack mine injuries.
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Evans
Pension Bureau
Spain
Mexico
Pat W
Pa Am Ttts
Grant
Hayes
Garrell
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinsey
Wisconsin Republican League Denounces Party Factionalism
The Wisconsin Republican League organized by recent lawmakers denounces factional strife and interference with legislative powers. The document lists sixty signatures including George H. Ray and several Assemblymen and Senators.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Republican League
Wisconsin
Legis Amt
Republican Party
George H. Ray
Assembly
Zinn
Keene
Miner
Bason
Orton
Dow
Reehr
Hagemeister
Whitehead
Bissell
Green
Eaton
Gaverni
Kreutzer
Private Watson killed in premature siege gun blast at Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kas Aug 1 By premature explosion of a 7 inch projectile in the 16th battery field artillery siege gun during target practice Private Watson's head was blown off and Private King and six other soldiers were badly injured Ambu lances were summoned to the scene across the river from Junction City on the military reservation Authorities suspect a defective fuse caused the accident
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Fort Riley
Kas
16Th Battery Field Artillery
van Duren
Watson
King
Junction City
Constabulary Finds More Than It Bargained For Near Middleburg
London dispatch from Pretoria reports a South African constabulary party of 150 surprised a Boer lager containing 6,800 men near Middleburg in the Cape Colony. They killed 23 enemies but could not pursue. The retreating force suffered one killed, six wounded, and 14 missing.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
Middleburg
Cape Colony
Colombian Minister Silva Says Traffic Is Clear
Washington August 19 Colombian Minister Silva told Secretary Hay in a conference that traffic on the isthmus is entirely unobstructed and that Colombia can keep routes open despite the disturbance.
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Silva
Washington
Hay
Colombia
Kruger rejects privateer proposals amid prisoner issue
Brussels Aug 19 The Petit Bleu reports Paul Kruger has rejected privateering proposals but reserves the right to employ corsairs if British ship captors take Boer prisoners after September 15.
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Kruger
Brussels
Petit Bleu
Ottoman Troops Occupy Klisobair Across Bulgarian Front
Constantinople August 1 two companies of Ottoman troops have occupied Klisobair in the disputed border area. The Bulgarian charge d affaires has demanded their recall within a set time.
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Constantinople
Klisobair
Charge D'Affairs
Seven Die After Molten Metal Explosion
Seven of the fourteen injured workers die after a molten metal explosion at the National Steel plant in Youngstown on August 19. The event leaves a toll of seven dead and seven seriously hurt as investigators begin.
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Youngstown
National Steel Company
Herrick New Head of Port Byron Academy
J M Herrick a graduate of Amherst Yale and the University of Chicago will head Port Byron academy for the fall term on Sept 3 He says the year promises better than ever and calls for greater loyalty among former students and patrons The faculty includes Herrick English Latin German Greek French Spanish Hebrew Italian Miss Maxwell History and literature Miss Rowe Natural science and mathematics Miss Zollinger Music Miss Wood Elocution In local races at Davenport Carl Mullers Midnight won the roadsters class with Ankakee second and May Wilkes third In pace Alice won first with Bills Ghost second and Lady Elton third Burglars robbed the dental parlors at Marion stealing plate gold worth several hundred dollars This is the third annual burglary by Union witnesses Birmingham Aug 19 The International Typographical Union session ended with a vote excluding non union testimony when a union man is on trial Three men died from burns at Macon Missouri from an explosion in the Kansas and Texas mile at Excedro
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Amherst
Yale
University of Chicago
Port Byron Academy
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Herbrew
Maxwell
Miss Rowe
Zollinger
Wood
Davenport
Carl Mueller
Midnight
Ankakee
Otto Birkel
May Wilkes
Jack Munro
Alice
Ed Ward
Moline
Munro
Bill the Ghost
Lady Elton
Young
Witmases
Birmingham
Ala
International Typographical Union
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