Mitchell Recommendations Upheld By Miners Convention
Indianapolis July 9 The miners adopted the Mitchell recommendations with a few modifications. A secret session concluded with resolutions referred to a special committee to report to the convention tomorrow morning. The committee includes President Mitchell Vice President Lewis Secretary Wilon and district presidents. Debate centered on extending funds to all striking miners and avoiding Pennsylvania laws. Mitchell urged protecting strikes within the union while keeping the fund for the anthracite situation. The Haskins amendment failed by a decisive majority. the matter was referred to a committee of top officers and district presidents as the convention adjourned until tomorrow.
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Railway Station Strike Violence Near Scranton
Around two thousand angry men attacked a railway station area as a deputy, a mineworker, and a miner were seized from a passenger train and taken to a jail in Scranton. A shot wounded a bystander while a revolver was found on one arrestee. Police faced crowd threats as judges prepared to hear the case. Meanwhile the Oxford colliery of the People's Coal Co plans to resume operations with men and mules returning to the mine and surface crews making repairs.
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Illinois Bar Leaders Push Arbitration and Habeas Reform
The Illinois Bar sessions in Chicago urged a law forcing corporations to submit labor disputes to arbitration under charter forfeiture for refusals and backed amendments to habeas corpus and a negotiable instrument act. Officers named were President Judge Murray F. Taley and presidents C I Capinwington, J F Voight, Matoon, L M Strawn. secretary treasurer J H Matheriny. A banquet at the Auditorium closed the convention.
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May Cause Race War In Knoxville Coal Mine Tragedy
July 19 reports say Coal 4 Tani company's superintendent Brastaw and another white man were killed in a clash with negro miners. Two black workers died, several were injured, and other company employees seek reinstatement. The company vows a force sufficient to reopen operations.
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Will Get What’s Coming To Him In Wisconsin July
A string of short items reports arrests for fraud involving Universal Casualty in Milwaukee and National Casualty in Duluth, a bucket shop embezzlement case in Paris, and a warning about brokerage certificates under the internal revenue law. Also noted are mine disaster funerals with somber ceremonies, district court clerks’ convention, Michigan Central taxes paid, and a Chicago divorce decree granting a man a fresh start by transferring property to his wife.
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Des Moines strike spreads to Davenport telephones
Des Moines Retail Grocers association endorsed a strike and ordered all Iowa telephones removed from business. A sympathy action by Davenport linemen and electricians may affect Bell system in nearby cities as workers organize across three Iowa sites.
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le Fory
Il Company
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Charles VanCamp
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Demands for resignations and local trouble report
Local dispatches include Gen Villes demanding the resignation of Louis Arrington, governor declines to explain further. reports of a mob in Leonidas Michigan stoning a colored barber and a white woman fleeing with husband and children. a live wire accident in New Albany injures electrician Walter Ward. mosquitos threaten crops and milk in Willow Michigan. Indiana Republican editors tour Put-in-Bay for a convention and related civic notes.
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Levees
Gunboats in Fight Over Panama Canal Tensions Rise
Rebels Padilla and Darien force a contact as government vessels Chucquite and Clapet head to intercept near Flamaico and Ottique islands. A full alarm grips Panama City with troops entrenched while U S service presence grows amid tense conditions.
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Troubles Over Jeffries Sleep Claim After Fight Strain
Report notes Jeffries showed fatigue from theater and training, sparking talk he has gone to sleep early. Promoter Delaney counters that Jeffries did not quit, arguing he is tired but preparing for Thursday telecast and gym routines.
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Prominent Suspected Insanity Incident in Denver
ENRIGHT WAS VERY LUCKY Its Promk Results In Broker Leg Temporary Insanity Denver Colo July 19 J Em rhaht a delegate to the Hibernian convention from Syracuse N Y attempted to lower himself from a second story window in the Toltee building with a cord which broke sending him to the alley below breaking his right fez He was twin to St Josephs hospital It was feared Burright sustained internal injuries but attending physician said not seriously Heh friends say temporary insanity and pursuit by enemies.
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Duel at Street Fair Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Metropolis Alabama on July 19 Sin Faughn was shot and killed by Jasper Absal t of Bock Tl during the street fair crowd of over 10 000. Faughn wrestled the pistol from Abbott and fired wounding him slightly before collapsing dead. Abbott is jailed as mobs threaten lynching.
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From Millionaire to Thief a Vietim of Fire and Water
Hamilton Force once a Michigan lumberman and mill owner rose to inspector for the soldiers before a string of fires ruined his wealth and led to a fall from grace. Arrested Thursday for stealing a watch from a fellow inmate while confined in Vermilion County Jail, his dramatic life shows rise, ruin, and public exposure.
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Cylinder explosion at Liberty forge injures workers local
An explosion at a Liberty Indiana forge occurred when an untrained machinist attempted to operate a cylinder press. Frank Fosdick and helper Fred Schweikert were lightly cut by flying fragments as the cylinder shattered, windows broke, and the forge was wrecked. Authorities suspect gas ignition from air entering the machine during operation.
Woman’s habeas corpus case over would be nun ends in court
Adrian Michigan July 19 The habeas corpus proceedings in the Violet Kennedy case at Detroit for becoming a nun were before Judge Chester in the circuit court. Margaret Smerling testified Violet asked to enter St Joseph's academy and stay with family support, and Violet claimed she would become a sister and would not travel unless forced. Chester found no duress or undue influence and refused the writ.
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Plunges Into a Building Car Wrecks Elyria Structure
A freak incident near Elyria involved Car No. 37 operated by Motoraan Elmer Nauman. The electric car jumped a curve, buried itself in a building, wrecking half the structure and injuring several aboard. Conductor L. J. Gandern suffered a brain concussion and may not survive. many Elyria residents receiving care from local doctors.
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Floods Ravage Two States Straining River Levees
Keokuk Iowa reports heavy rain swelling floodwaters across Missouri farms with estimated losses up to 2 500 000. Des Moines and Des Will river crests threaten towns between Keokuk and Hannibal as levees hold against rising floods. Farmers fear total losses in the six to eight square miles area, with Des Moines tributaries pouring water into the region.
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River floods and storms hit multiple states
Reports from Peoria and St. Louis detail rising Illinois River levels and heavy rainfall causing floods across farms and towns. A severe electrical storm destroyed George Weaver’s home. Lincoln and Denver also report cloudbursts, flooding streets and basements with hail and wind damage, while widespread rain peters into Nebraska.
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