President Mitchell Seeks Arbitration in Coal Dispute
Washington Oct 4 The second step in the president's effort to end the anthracite strike began with a conference at the temporary executive mansion. President Wilson urged immediate resumption of mining to avert a winter coal famine while calling for fairness and the public good. The operators led by Baer opposed Mitchell's offer for a tribunal, insisting no discussion of claims, and the meeting ended at 5 pm without agreement.
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Washington
Oliphant
Delaware & Hanson
David Wilcox
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Road
Indianapolis
Tley
Baer
United States
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
Miners to Resume Work Promise After White House Talks
Des Moines reports a White House conference on the coal problem with President, Secretaries Root Moody Knox and others. The meeting, held to expedite a solution, ended after three hours with pledges of secrecy and a plan to seek relief through Congress and Pennsylvania Governor Stone.
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Des Moines
White House
Root
Navy
Moody
Knox
Payne
Carroll D. Wright
United States
Cortelyou
St Louis Banker Convicted of Bribery and Sentenced
St Louis banker Robert Mc Clure Synder was found guilty of bribery in circuit court and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary after a week of trial. Jurors deliberated fifty nine minutes with final verdict at 10 46. Attorneys moved for appeal while bond was posted for 25000 to await the term.
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St. Louis
Robert McClure Synder
Snyder
Kansas City
Henry&. Priest
Morton Jourdan
Fred W. Ames
Minneapolis
Miaun
Ames
Supreme Court
Minn
Brooks
Crisis Near in Venezuela as Castro Wife Deposits Jewels
Willemstad Curaçao October 6 a high official reports Castro's wife deposited her jewelry at the Spanish legation in Caracas as revolutionary forces advance on Valencia. Castro remains at Los Teques while Matos asks him to inspect forces, and Caracas reports protest against British occupation of Patos.
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Castro
Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Caracas
Villa de Cura
Valencia
Los Teques
Matos
Great Britain
Patos
Kansas City faces fight over packing plant merger
C F Morse notes opposition by Kansas City and Denver Stock Yards group to a proposed stock yards merger. He cites interest from Southwest livestock associations. J W Springer says $15 million to $615 million could be raised for a cattlemen owned packing plant. Morse emphasizes he cannot speak for the company yet suggests readiness to meet the project with prior liberal support.
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Kansas City
C. F. Morse
Denver Stock Yards Association
Western Railways
Southwest
Kansas City Stock Yards Company
J. W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Coal Strike in South Grips Tennessee Mines
Birmingham Oct 3 Twenty five hundred miners employed by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company suspend work on orders of the United Mine Workers district of Alabama over a one dollar per week assessment used to aid anthracite strikers in Pennsylvania. Blue Creek and Blocton mines may join if no adjustment is reached. Earlier 500 at West Pratt were ordered out, bringing total out to 3 000.
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Mitchell
Pennsylvania
United States
Court of Common Pleas
George F. Bauer
Miners’ Union
Anthracite
Mitchel
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
United Mine Workers of America, District of Alabama
Blue Creek
Blocton
Tennessee Company
West Pratt
Mitchell Makes Charges Against Operators Amid Disorder
Des Moines reports a telegram from President Mitchell to three anthracite districts alleging operators circulate malicious pamphlets to sow discord among non English speaking members. The message warns districts to alert officers and inform non English speaking brothers of the conspiracy and to expect multilingual circulations signed by "A friend."
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Des Moines
Mitchell
Showing the Way to Kidney Health from 1898
Reader letter and assorted notes describe kidney trouble symptoms and a call to try Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from C. J. McMurray of Freeport, Ill. The piece includes a free trial offer via Foster-Milburn Co., and additional quirky items about dynamite mishaps, Prince Albert of Thurn’s fashion budget, and a Sierra Leone butterfly in a New York museum.
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C. J. McMurray
Freeport
Iroquois St
Dean
Mr. McMurray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Museum of Natural History
Central Park
New York
Strecker
Reading
Sierra Leone
A Supervisor Endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills in Lockport Letter
George P. Penfold, supervisor of Lockport's first ward, writes a public letter praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure after years of kidney trouble. He cites six boxes used over two years with lasting relief and urges readers to consider the remedy.
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Lockport
N. Y
George P. Penfold
City of
Dodd
Church St
Leckport
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Congress
Legislative Branch
Stone
Claude Peters
Martinsburg
Prince Albert of
Thurn
Germany
Defiance
John FP
Boyer
Trinity’ Springs
Ind
Aly
Dana
Gina
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