No Strikes In Sympathy In Chicago Hotels
Chicago June 15 A wave of hotel and restaurant workers began returning to work as tensions rise between unions and hotel owners. Strikes disrupted coal and gas deliveries though picket lines were thwarted by union officials and teamsters. Hotels reported most workers back, though some strikers rejoined to find doors closed, with owners firm on not recognizing the unions.
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Chicago
National Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Teamsters' Union
Darrow Warns Pickets Will Ignore Injunction
Chicago June 15 Judge Holdom fines sixteen union pickets ten dollars and costs each for violating Kellogg Switchboard injunction. Clarence Darrow, attorney for the pickets, declares the court action will have no effect on his clients future conduct. He says the men were peacefully picketing a plant on strike and within the law. The judge notes liberty for all and condemns calling a worker a scab as unlawful.
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Chicago
Holdom
Kellogg Switchboard Company
Clarence S. Darrow
Darrow
Ae Corporation
Miners Fined and Jailed for Injunction Violation
In Charleston West Virginia on June 15 four striking miners were found guilty of resisting arrest in Atkinsonville on February 21 during attempts to serve rules and attachments for contempt of a blanket injunction issued by Judge Keller. Thirteen miners faced penalties under the contempt charge with fines and prison terms.
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Charleston
W. Va
Atkinsonville
Cunningham
Keller
Good Fortune for a Former Slave
Judge Dickinson of the district court ruled that John Flannigan owns a valuable land tract in a northern Omaha suburb. Flannigan, born a slave, was the son of a Virginia planter and his enslaved mother. After murders thwarted freeing him, he was sold by his half brother, John Bowles Flannigan, to a slave trader. Old John invites the half brother to Omaha to share in the fortune he expects to claim.
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Omaha, Neb
Dickinson
District Court
John Flannigan
Omaha
Flannigan
John Bowles Flannigan
John
Old John
Preacher A Wonder In Psychological Line
Nashville Ind June 15 A remarkable Amish preacher Rev John Cauffman of Elkhart county appears to be a psychological wonder He cannot preach unless asleep He rests on a cot from 4 to 7 pm then rises to sermonize in English and German often lasting two to three hours in Hamblen township
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Nashville
Ind
John Cauffman
Hamblen
Cauffman
Elkhart County
Long Parted Sisters Reunited After Decades apart
Joliet June 15 A letter from England will reunite Annie Myers of Joliet with her long lost sister Rose who lives in England. The two were separated in childhood over twenty years ago and each believed the other lost. Rose asked about Annie in England and information confirmed the family linkage. Their father Daniel Hamlet has been missing for ten years.
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Joliet
Lil
Annie Myers
England
Mrs. Myers
Miss Rose
Hamlet
Tie
Flood Still Encircles East St. Louis Island City
East St. Louis remains submerged after levee breaches widen flooding. About 10,000 refugees require shelter and food as two-thirds of the city lies under water though the river level is falling. Property losses are estimated around 3 million dollars, including railroads, streets, and private properties. No additional fatalities reported.
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East St. Louis
Stamford City Fight Case Plea And Fines
Nine defendants entered guilty pleas and asked mercy from the court. Each received fines of 100 dollars and five months jail. The Stamford City fight cases are expected to be taken up again this week.
Trains Return to St. Louis Union Station
In St Louis on June 15 trains of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Vandalia and Louisville & Nashville entered the union station from East St Louis for the first time since last Monday as the river fell a foot and three tenths in the past day.
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St. Louis
Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern Vandalia
Louisville & Nashville
Union Station
East St. Louis
Fire destroys Ewen hotel amid Kentucky trial tensions
Jackson Kentucky, June 15. The three story hotel owned by Captain B J Ewen, main witness against Jett and White in the Marcum murder case, burned with fifteen guests safe. No insurance. origin unknown but incendiary intent suspected. The blaze heightens fear, ties to witness intimidation, and could affect the Jett White trial as prosecutors seek jurors and witnesses. Judge Reddwine ordered Crawford and Tharp held to the grand jury for the fire.
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Louisville
Jackson
B. J. Ewen
Jett
White
J. B. Marcum
Ewen
Breathitt
Commonwealth
Tom White
Marcum
Court House
Callahan
Tarsis
Nines
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
Reddwine
Joe Crawford
Ed Tharp
Ewens Hotel
Flood aid urged for Kansas City sufferers
Edward T. Devine of the charity group in New York wires Mayer Low that immediate aid in large quantities will be needed to relieve flood victims housed in Kansas City Kansas. He says Armourdale conditions are worse than Johnstown and Galveston floods.
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Kansas City
Edward T. Devine
Charity Organization of New York
Mayer
Kans
Armourdale
Johnstown
Galveston
Heppner Flood Destroys Town and Drowns Hundreds
June 15 reports from Arlington Ore say Heppner with about 1200 residents, seat of Morrow County, was swept by torrents from Willow Creek. Estimates claim about 300 to 350 drowned, with 105 bodies recovered as wires and reports failed.
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Spokane
Arlington
Ore
Hoppner
Willows Creek
Happner
Morrow County
Heppner
Washington hits on Tulloch charges in civil service probe
Washington comments on the Proctor report backing Tulloch's corruption claims at the local post office. Payne shifts from denials to admitting possible foundations as Bristow and the Civil Service Commission urge inquiries. Proctor’s findings cite the Washington office as a department bureau rife with patronage and irregular salary practices.
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Washington
Civil Service
Proctor
Seymour WV
Tulloch
Payne
Perry
Heath
The
Treasury
Tracewell
Charles Emory Smith
Awditer Castle
Merritt
Ayne
Hoffmann tale denied by Dr Lorenz in Iowa report
In Des Moines June 15 a Vienna physician, Dr Adolph Lorenz, dismissed the claim that Prof Hoffmann is Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, calling it nonsense and noting Rudolph died by suicide. The piece details Hoffmann’s murky past, including his residencies, the Mount Pleasant asylum stay, and later work, while relatives dispute royal links.
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Milwaukee
Adolph Lorenz
Vienna
Marinette
Wis
Moffmann
University of Town
Prince Rudolph of
Austria
Prince Rudolph
Kunrath
Hoffmann
Iowa Medical
Des Moines
Charles H. Hoffmann
Iowa Medical College
Drake University
Lewis Schooler
New King Is Chosen for Servian Throne
Belgrade reports Prince Peter Karageorgevitch elected king at 12 15 PM with unanimous support. Crowds cheered as a royal salute fired. Election framed as legal and Servia described as virtually a republic under a king. Florence dispatch notes street clashes between factions supporting Peter and Milan son of former king. Justice Magruder declines to file in Supreme Court amid criticisms.
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Belgrade
Peter Karageorgevitch
Peter
Servia
Rome
Algrade Dis
Geneva
Telgrade
Milan
Legitime
Mexander
Peter Karich
Divorce Secured by Mrs Vrooman
Mrs Vrooman wife of Walter Vrooman socialist promoter of cooperative colonies and Ruskin College was granted a divorce in Frenton Missouri. She collapsed in court and needed restoratives before removal. Her maiden name Gratiin restored and she is connected to a Baltimore family. She reportedly funded over 250000 dollars in Vrooman schemes. His brother attended court but did not defend.
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Frenton, Mo
Vrooman
Walter Vrooman
Ruskin College
Defense Is Made By Justice Magruder
Springfield June 15 Judge Magruder presented remarks to a State Register representative about a Supreme Court order. He said the order surprised him as he was absent in court when issued and that he had prepared a dissent arguing his right to file at any time. He noted the court took its fee at noon and said he would read the dissent from the bench when the court opens tomorrow morning.
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Mount Pleant
Carl Schwartz
Hoffmann
State Board of Control
Mount Pleasant
Drake University
Carnegie Mills
Pittsburg
Butte
Mont
Springfiell
Magruder
Supreme Court
Springfield
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac
C. Betscher
Canal Dover
C. W. Ward
Queen, N
Jenny Lind
Dynamite Suicide On Georgia Train Endangers Car Near Rome
A sensational death by own action occurred on the Central of Georgia passenger train from Rome near Chattanooga. Joseph M. Crane used a stick of dynamite in a toilet, mangling his body and damaging the coach rear end. A note found in the room says he killed himself due to a love affair. In Wisconsin, John Hankin, 11, shot himself in a farm house, after witnessing his sister's death and hearing there was an easier way to die. In Michigan, Myrtle Hill, 19, threatens self harm after a roommate refused to swap boarding houses, drinking chloroform in a failed attempt to die.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
The
Times
Tatyette
Central of Georgia
Rome
Joseph M. Crane
Crane
Lace
Wis
John Hankin
William McEizerger
White Hall
Balloon with four aeronauts blown out to sea in Marseilles
A balloon carrying four aeronauts was blown out to sea near Marseilles on June 15. A steamer later picked up the balloon and its occupants off Toulon, but their fate remains unknown.
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Marseilles
France
Toulon
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Des Moine
Driton
M Payne
George ' S
Divides and
Allirnees
Denvers
August W Machen
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch
Justice Magruder
Joseph M. Crone
Benton Harbor
Myrtle Hill
New York
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