Settlement of Teamsters Strike Victory for Employers
Chicago, May 20. Peace terms tentatively accepted by the teamsters joint council were ratified by International President Shea. If ratified tonight the strike likely ends and workers return to work. Employers’ terms include reinstatement on vacancies and nonunion hiring to continue, hours unchanged, and open shop policies. Strike breakers depart as talks continue and a formal conclusion awaits Shea and associates.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Joint Council
Shea
Joint Council
Teamstore
Eimployers
Lev. Mayer
Employers’ Association
Employers Association
Employers’ Executive Committee
Attorn Mayer
Wpen
Atorney Mayer
Teamsters
John W. Eckhart & Co
Express
Expo
New York City
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Health Problem in Panama Canal Zone Warns Authorities
John Barrett, minister at Panama, arrived from Colon and urged sanitation and health preservation as a major American issue in the canal zone. He called seven yellow fever cases in Colon alarming, noting that prior to the report no yellow fever had spread and officials hoped the danger was controlled.
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New York
Panama Canal Zone
John Barrett
Panama
Colon
Scoundrel Tax Collectors Strike City Residents
In San Francisco on May 20 a fraud scheme uncovered in the tax office shows nearly 1.5 million dollars of property secured for just over 100 thousand. Delinquencies were manipulated and titles of homes placed at risk as a ring of collectors, aided by Tax Collector Smith and aides like May Loxe Homes, prospered. An investigation is to be conducted.
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San Francisco
Smith
Militia Budget Cuts Cancel Next Year’s Camp Lincoln
Springfield May 20 Special Gov Deneen vetoes almost all of house bill 282 cutting funds for Camp Lincoln. Only 10000 remains for horse hire and forage, with 60000 for rifle ranges 26000 for civilian pay and 7950 for camp lighting and repairs. Officials cite economy, not intent to halt encampments.
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Springfield
Deneen
Lincoln
Illinois National Guard
Camp Lincoln
Camp Logan
May Massacre Claim Shocks Guillane Albania
Reports say 200 Albanians surround the town of Guillane in Albania threaten to massacre Servian residents. There are 800 Turkish troops in Guillane, with reinforcements expected, reportedly ordered to deliver goods boycotted stores.
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Belgrade
Servia
Guillane
Albania
Captain Clado Fired for Talking Public Naval Reform Views
St. Petersburg May 20 Capt Clado once Rojestvensky's chief tactician who testified at the North Sea commission in Paris has been dismissed from the navy by an imperial order for repeated disobedience of the order to refrain from publishing his views on naval reform.
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St. Petersburg
Clado
Rojestvensky
North Sea Commission
Paris
Knights of Labor Seek Injunction Against Thompson
Chicago May 20 The Knights of Labor filed a petition in federal court seeking a restraining order against George J Thompson secretary of the Cigarmakers International Union of America. They seek to stop circulating literature condemning cigars produced by the Knights of Labor.
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Chicago
The
Knights of Labor Today
George J. Thompson
Cigarmakers’ International Union of America
Knights of Labor
Kills Three Over A Child In Abduction Case
Natchez Miss May 2 Peter Matheson a book agent shot and killed A Z Bidwell and Stephen Jones fatally wounded Mrs Sue Pruette his mother in law and fired at Ida Ross in 14 as the child dispute centered on an alleged abduction from Matheson s home by the child s grandparents authorities reported no other injuries the incident occurred as Matheson tried to recover his child from the grandparents.
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Peter Matheson
Natchez
Miss
A. Z. Bidwell
Stephen Jones
Sue Pruette
Ida Rossin
Matheson
Machen Arrives for Second Trial on Conspiracy Charge
Washington May 20 Former post office supervisor Machen arrives from the penitentiary at Moundsville West Virginia to attend his second trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government. The trial begins Monday and follows his current sentence for a separate defrauding case.
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Washington
W. Machen
Free Delivery Post Office Department
Moundsville
W. Va
Bigelow Assets Show Broad Range Of Ventures
Milwaukee May 20 The Journal prints a long list of assets of ex Banker Frank G Bigelow not before made public. It shows interests in many mining properties and other concerns considered valueless.
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Milwaukee
The
Journal Today
Frank G. Bigelow
Secretary Hay Sails June 7 After Europe Tour
Secretary Hay, in fine health and spirits, will finish a prescribed cure, depart May 27 for Paris and London, and sail for New York on June 7. The report appears in Best of Health and Spirits. McCardle of Muncie, Ind. was elected president of the Amalgamated Association for Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in Detroit.
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Bad Nauheim
Hay
Paris
London
New York
Officer Blackwell Teneth Strike Death
Chicago May 26 Pe eeman Patrick E Blackwell died today the 10th death ascribed to the teamsters strike. Blackwell was injured while guarding express wagons.
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Chicago
Pe'eeman
Patrick E Blackwell
Teamsters
Blackwell
Approaching Royal Wedding Draws the Eyes of All Europe
Berlin May 20 The wedding celebration for Crown Prince Frederick William and Duchess Cecelia of Mecklenburg Schwerin spans four days from June 4 with the couple arriving from Schwerin and moving into Bellevue Palace. The duchess will be greeted at Brandenburg Gate by city officials and women bearing flowers, clad in Gretchen costumes. A formal cavalcade of tradesmen and their representatives will form behind the couple, training at garrison riding schools. The event, ordered to be simple yet beautiful, will feature garlands along Unter der Linden from Brandenburg Gate to the palace. Public seating along the avenue ranges from 7.50 to 125, but most ceremonies are private with only royal family members and government officials in attendance.
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Berlin
Frederick William
Cecelia of
Bride
Ats
Unter der Linden
Crime of Amalgamated Revealed by Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson accuses Henry H. Rogers James Stillman and William Rockefeller of defrauding the public of more than 48 million dollars in Amalgamated Copper stock. He details a scheme where bogus bids were used to withhold 700000 shares while the public received only one fifth of the allotment.
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Standard Oil
Montana
Amalgamated Copper Company
Amalgamated
Lead not money today Cuba's third independence day
Lead reports a violent incident on a streetcar line in Wheeling West Virginia as Conductor William Drake and an unknown passenger were fatally shot by an unidentified black assailant after being asked about their fate. Authorities fear lynching if the suspect is captured. A similar case unfolds in Bridgeport Ohio where Charles Fieldsam, a black man, allegedly killed Conductor Chaney of the Bridgeport Traction company after being forced off a car and then firing at two women passengers.
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Cuba
Wheeling
W. Va
William Drake
Wheel Traction Company
Lansing
Bridgeport
Ohio
Charles Fieldsam
Chaney
Bridgeport Traction Company
Fieldsam
Presbyterian Assembly Approves Consolidation Vote Outcome
Winona Lake May 20 The stated clerk reports 195 Presbyterians vote yes and 59 vote no on the proposed consolidation with the Cumberland Presbyterians A special committee is appointed to report a consolidation plan Dr H C Kirkwood of Colorado Springs presents the relief committee report and the assembly adopts its recommendations
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Winona Lake
Presbyterian General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterians
H.C. Kirkwood
Colorado Springs
Had $1 080 000 on his life
Milwaukee May 2 F G Bigelow the ex banker carried insurance of 1 080 000 instead of 10 000 as generally supposed. It is said that more than 500 000 of this accrues to creditors 2000 is as collateral while 305 000 is to secure Bigelow's indorsement of National Electric company paper Only 5 100 has been paid to his wife.
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Milwaukee
Was
F. G. Bigelow
Bigelow
National Electric Company
United Commercial Travelers Convene in Bloomington
Bloomington hosts the tenth annual United Commercial Travelers convention with record attendance. Mayor Neville welcomed attendees as DC Klink of Chicago, grand treasurer, spoke. A parade highlighted the event and the ball and banquet followed last night.
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Bloomington
United Commercial Travelers of
Ilinois
Neville
DC. Klink
Chicago
American Wins Bike Race at Crystal Palace
London May 20 American rider H J L Kramer won the Elite event in the International cycling races at Crystal Palace but was later disqualified for boring. Schilling of Holland was awarded the race.
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London
Crystal Palace
H. JL. Kramer
Kramer
Schilling
Holland
Lightning Deaths Reported Across Europe
Berlin reports multiple fatalities and injuries from a two day storm that struck several locations in Stiesta. The weather disaster left BIEN persons dead and 1% injured as residents coped with power outages and damaged property.
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Berlin
Bien
Stiesta
One Yacht Seen Beyond Nantucket In Race Report
New York May 2 The dark rigged yacht Apache a contestant in the trans Atlantic race for Emperor William s cup was sighted by the steamer Princess Alice at 1 o clock last night about 67 miles east of Nantucket lighthouse ship None of the other racers were sighted.
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New York
Stroae
Nantucket
Hoch Convicted Murderer Seeks Quick Execution
Chicago May 20 After a rapid verdict in the Johann Hoch murder case the jury sentenced him to death. Hoch said he is ready to die and asked for no delay while his lawyers plan a new trial. He claimed the jury rushed its decision and did not properly weigh the evidence.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Cook County
Hoch
Dee
Boulogan resecript commission to back representative assembly
St. Petersburg May 20 The Bouli gan resecript commission has practically completed its labor and the Associated Press is ready to announce it will recommend the establishment of a representative assembly with limited legislative powers. The project will go to the council of the empire for final action.
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St. Petersburg
Bouligan Resecript Commission
Associated Press
Represent Assembly
Council of the Empire
Kentucky woodchopper John Kelly found near Hillsdale
Officials hold the body of John Kelly, a timber worker from Kentucky, found dead in the Hillsdale timber. The coroner says death was due to a stroke by lightning. Relatives are unknown and sought by authorities. he was last seen alive Monday.
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John Kelly
Kentucky
Hillsdale
Pullman Fee Off 14297 Denied Kansas License
Topeka May state charter board refused the Pullman company's license to do business in Kansas after forwarding 27 fee with the application. The board said an additional 14 would be required under the law on the corporation's capitalization of 74. Michigan Raises Tuition 10. Ann Arbor May 2 tuition in Michigan professional departments approved at 41 a year, residents pay 45, out-of-state 35.
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State Charter Board
Topeka
Kas
Pullman Company
Kansas
Michigan
Aonn Arbor
Mich
Tuiton
General Engagement Looms as Forces Clash in Far East
May 20 reports from Gunshu Pass and St Petersburg indicate Oyama is massing heavy units for a broad offensive against Linovitch. Russian leaders anticipate a decisive battle as both sides position for a major clash near Manchuria, with naval doubt surrounding a looming showdown between Russia and Japan.
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Gunshu Pass
Oyama
Linevitch
Linovitch
Heport
St. Petersburg
War Office
Ovama
Rojestvensky
Togo
Japan
Tokio
Kangpin
Liao River
Moscow
Manchuria
Roosevelts Urged to Probe Equitable Crisis
W F King, former head of the Merchants' Association in New York, writes to President Roosevelt urging an official inquiry into the Equitable Life Assurance Society turmoil. He cites beef trust and Standard Oil probes as precedents for action and investigation.
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Beef Trust
Standard Oil
New York
W. F. King
Merchants’ Association
Roosevelt
Equitable Li Assurance Society
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Cumberland Church
Hollander
Bouligan Commission
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Changtu
Kaiyuen
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