Troops in Coal Region Clash as Strikes Escalate
Aug 25 to 28 reports from Tamaqua and Lansford detail fierce clashes between miners and troops over No 4 colliery work. Five leaders arrested after attacks on soldiers. Captain Gearhart wounded by a stone. Slugging and gunfire reported at Crane Creek. two guards and two strikers killed. Governor orders Philadelphia cavalry to assist, as fears of further unrest grow in Panther Creek valley.
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Tamaqua
Gearhart
12Th Regiment
No. 4
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Bluefield
W. Va
Crane Creek
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Stone
Gobin
Shenandoah
Lansford
City
Panther Creek
Summit Hill
Twelfth Regiment
Mary Markley
Lunsford
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Fay
Wisconsin
Portland
Ore
Charles TL. Fay
Waupaca County
Wis
Manden
N. D
No Hope For Arbitration In Coal Strike Fight Opens Mines
New York Aug 28 arbitration seems dead as operators vow to fight to a finish. J Pierpont Morgan will stay out. President Baer announces no arbitration mediation or outside interference will be considered. A Tuesday conference with coal presidents discussed the strike for two hours amid rising work applications. No reopening date set as preparations proceed. Justice Shiras favors arbitration but cites a great difficulty in war of arbitration.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Baer
Pittsburg
Shiras
National Supreme Court
Larned Retains Championship at Newport
Newport Aug 28 W A Larned of Summit New Jersey defended his singles title in the national tennis championship by defeating Reginald F Doherty of England three sets to one The scores were 4 6 6 2 6 4 8 0 in favor of Larned as he retained the title for the third time in eight years continuing the run of American dominance over foreign challengers.
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Newport
R. L
W. A. Larned
Summit
N. J
Reginald F. Doherty
England
SIGHTSEER SHOT DEAD IN FRISCO YARD
W G Rogers a Wells Fargo clerk from New York arrives for a sight seeing tour and is shot dead by Watchman Sullivan in a box car at San Francisco Frisco Santa Fe railway yards on Aug 28. Haffner of New York is bruised but alive says they were awakened by blows before the fatal shot.
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Frisco Santa Fe
San Francisco
W. G. Rogers
Wells, Fargo & Co
New York
Bill
Sullivan
Rogers
Haffner
Tom L. Johnson
New York City
Both High and Low Curious Condition of the Mississippi River
Keokuk Iowa August 28 An unprecedented state of affairs on the Mississippi river as different sections face opposing water levels Lumber interests near paralysis from low water higher stretches and manufacturing interfere above St Louis Alarm among river men The season may be the shortest in twenty years The river below Des Moines has stayed high all summer At Hannibal high water disrupts a Burlington route yard project
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Mississippi River
Keokuk
St. Louis
Des Moines
Hannibal
Redge
Burlington Route
Langfitt Elected President of National Fraternal Congress
Joseph A. Langfitt of Pittsburgh and former Royal Arcanum supreme regent was elected president of the National Fraternal Congress in Denver Colorado on August.
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Langfitt
Fraternal Congress
Denver
Col
Joseph A. Langfitt
Pittsburg
Royal Arcanum
National Fraternal Congress
Populist Executive in Council in Illinois Aug 28
Springfield dispatch reports J A Parker led the national executive committee of the Populist party at the St Nicholas hotel. Attendees included Joseph Hopp E B Cook W M Bridgeport Dr J K Chambers and S W Williams as the group discussed labor union incorporation and arbitration efforts.
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Springfield
Ill
St. Nicholas Hotel
J. A. Parker
Louisville
Pople
Joseph Hopp
Chicago
E. B. Cook
Carthage
W. M. Bridgeport
Kentucky
J. K. Chambers
St. Louis
Mont Pelee Could Trigger West Indies Disaster
United States consul Louis H. Ayme, returning from Minnesota, warned that Mont Pelee might assume Krakatoa strength and trigger another great disaster in the West Indies. Ayme, the first U S official to reach Martinique after the eruption, spoke of potential regional devastation.
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Chicago
Mont Pelee
West Indies
Louis H. Ayme
Minnesota
Ayme
United States
Guadaloupe
Martinique
Pelee Eruption Fears Rise From St Thomas Dispatch
Consul Ayme reports from Guadaloupe that May 8 conditions near Mont Pelee show increasing volcanic activity. He warns a tidal wave could follow, endangering Martinique and surrounding islands, as new craters form and violence of eruption intensifies.
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Mont Pelee
St. Pierre
Pelee
Reverend consul warns of Martinique tidal danger and regional impact
Consul Ayme warns that a volcanic eruption at Mont Pelee could send a three to fifteen foot tidal wave across the West Indies, flooding Fort-de-France and endangering St. Thomas, Dominica, Antigua, and nearby islands. He notes US relief aid and hints Ayme seeks the Cuban mission, citing his Martinique disaster relief work as qualification.
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Mont Pelee
Fort-de-France
Martinique
West Indies
St. Thomas
Dominica
Antigua
Pelee
Consul Ayme
United States
Ayme
Brags
Congress
Guidiis Appointed Philippine Delegate
Rome August 28 Megr Guidi has been appointed apostolic delegate in the Philippines.
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Guidiis
Rome
Guidi
Jgueges
Philippines
More Storm in the West Hits Jerome Arizona
Jerome Arizona reports the worst storm in its history with heavy rain sweeping mountain slopes. Debris and boulders flooded the United Verde plant to depths of eight inches to two feet and washed out a rail embankment, halting traffic for days. Property losses run into thousands. no sites were lost.
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Jerome
Ariz
United Verde
Beef Trust Inquiry Hearings Continue in St Joseph
The beef trust inquiry at St Joseph Missouri expanded attendance as the cross examination of John Wood a local butcher revealed limited new facts He testified to a price scale among retailers driven by the packers trust and noted concessions on overripe meat sold at the standard first class rate
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Beef Trust
St. Joseph
John Wood
Packers’ Trust
Cruise of the Dorothea naval reserve ship at Milwaukee
The U S training ship Dorothea arrived in Milwaukee harbor on Monday evening. Tuesday officers toured the city led by Lieutenant Commander J C P De Kraft of Quincy Illinois and included W F Purdy Lieutenant James I Foord Lieutenant A M Simons Ensign S C Strauss and Ensign J Frank Ganger of Quincy. The ship had cruised as far as Mackinac and will move to Chicago to coal and receive Inspector General W Fieldhouse who will remain with the vessel for the rest of the week.
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Naval Reserve
Milwaukee
United States
Dorothea
Milwaukee Harbor
City
Pary
J. C. P. de Kraft
Quincy
Ill
W. F. Purdy
James I. Foord
Chicago
A. M. Simons
S. C. Strauss
J. Frank Ganger
Mackinac
de Kraft
W. Fieldhouse
Illinois National Guard
Law Declared Invalid in Keokuk Child Custody Case
Keokuk Iowa August 28 a new law backed by leading sociologists was ruled unconstitutional in a test case. The act empowered removing children from incompetent mothers and placing them in better homes. The court found the title insufficient and denied jury trial, with proceedings possible before city mayors under summary jurisdiction. An appeal was filed and the case advances to the supreme court for final ruling on constitutionality and related points.
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Keokuk
Supreme Court
Holbein Fails Third English Channel Attempt
English swimmer Montagu Holbein started from Cape Grisnez, France, yesterday afternoon for a third English Channel crossing. He failed and was pulled from the water about a mile from Dover.
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Dover
Montagu Holbein
Cape Grisnez
France
English Channel
Tration Engine Explosion Injures Several Near Neponset
At John Wood farm five miles northeast of Neponset Illinois Aug 28 a traction engine exploded injuring Hugh Sweet severely likely to die George Chase was struck by a flying lantern globe and an artery in his arm severed Ralph Sweet was scalded and blown fifty feet part of the boiler and fly wheel was blown over a house.
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Neponset
Ill
John Wood
Hugh Sweet
George Chase
Ralph Sweet
Bloomington Votes to Ban Free Lunches in Saloons
Bloomington city council adopted a resolution at the request of saloonkeepers to bar free lunches, citing rising costs and shrinking profits from the practice. The measure follows petitions signed by most liquor dealers seeking the end to free food in saloons.
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Bloomington
President Maine tour emphasizes plain virtues in government
President visits Bangor Waterville Augusta and Bangor Maine in a New England swing. He meets hunting guide Bill Sewall at Pangeor and dines with Senator Hale. Crowds greet him in Nashua Manchester and The Weirs as he argues for simple virtues guiding government and delivers speeches at fairgrounds and city halls.
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Ellsworth
Pine Tree
Augusta
Bangor
Fair Grounds
Waterville
Maine
Bill Sewall
Island Falls
Dakota
Pangeor
Hale
New Hampshire
Nashua
N.hl
Prince of Fee
Death of ex Governor Hoadley reported in New York
Rochester dispatch notes further details on the death of ex Governor George Hoadley of Ohio at Watkins Sanatorium. Born 1826 in New Haven Connecticut he graduated from Western Reserve College in 1844 and began law practice in 1847. He served in Ohio legislature and later as judge, aligned with Liberal Republicans, defeating Foraker for governor in 1888.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Hoadley
Ohio
Watkins
Nex
Hoadly
New York City
Hoadley
New Haven
Conn
Western Reserve College
Superior Court
Foraker
Earthquake in Mindinao Kills Natives Not US Troops
Washington Aug 28 A cablegram to the War Department reports earthquakes in Lake Lanao Moro area Mindanao causing rivers and mountains to tremble. Fifty or sixty natives are killed. no US soldiers harmed. Military situation remains unchanged. Also noted are a jail-delivery thwarted by Lt A Jurish Jr at Jefferson Barracks. Iowa’s new insane asylum at Cherokee receiving 308 patients. and other rural incidents including a boy shot from a supposedly useless gun in Milliken and a farmer injured by a mower near Noble.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Lake
Lanao Coun
Moro
Minrimao
St. Louis
A. Jurish, Jr
Fourth Cavalry
Jefferson Barracks
Iowa
Cherokee
This Place
Independence
State Claims Commission Denies $154,000 Claim Against State
Springfield Aug 28 The state claims commission denied the claim of Edward Gleason and Sons Chicago for 154000 alleging the firm owes the state more than due for work performed The ruling states the firm is indebted to the state for a greater amount than the claim presented and no funds are due.
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Springfield
State Claims Commission
Edward Gleason & Sons
Chicago
Young Men Favored On Alton Railroad
The Chicago and Alton railway will favor local young men in hiring. A new employment bureau will vet habits and ambitions, with W A Freese in charge. Supervising telegraph operations, the plan aims to raise employee standards and emphasize civil service style selection.
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Chicago & Alton Railway
Employment Bureau of the Road
James H. Barrett
Transportation Department of
W. A. Freese
Bloomington
Supt. Barrett
Freese
Barrett
Transportation Department
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National Guardsmen
Coal Baer
London
Council of the South Wales Miners’ Federation
Larned
Sightseer
Gage
Sacramento
Cal
George C. Pardeland
Pardee
Port Huron
Mich
William Branch
James Branch
Lizzie Hall
Joseph Campbell
Bellevue Hospital
East
Reading Railway
Prairie du Chien
Cuba
Bragg
Tes
Krakatoa
South America
Jerome, Ari
Holbein
Corydon
Ais
Zink
Sioux City
T. M. Zink
Lemara
N. H
New England
Pearson
George. H
Moses
Gov
Jordan
Manchester
Weirs
Sald
Sewall
Phans
Mindinao
Mfnt
John Waldron
Justice Anderson
Waldron
Milliken, Mich
Frank Noble
Commission
Alton Railroad
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