All Big Coal Mines Idle in Great Britain Strike
London reports all major coal mines idle as a nationwide strike halts production. About 1,049,407 miners have quit, rail services curtailed in Wales, and most workers take holidays while talks with owners resume. only a small Welsh mine operates under police protection.
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Associated Press
London
Warwickshire
Wales
Asquith
South Wales
Great Britain
Miners Federation
The
Executive Committee
French Miners Predict Joint Strike Action
Paris dispatch reports the French Federation of Miners telegraphing congratulations to British miners on the coal strike and stating that French miners will strike in a few days. The note signals potential cross border labor action and rising tensions in the coal industry.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
French Federation of Miners
Weather Outlook for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity: Tonight and Saturday unsettled with periods of rain possible. Temperatures will rise slightly with warmer conditions on Saturday.
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San Antonio
Weather observations across major cities
Observations at 8 am report temperatures from 28 in Washington to zero in Milwaukee. Forecasts call for increasing cloudiness and possible rain or snow by Saturday night in St Louis and other locales with continued cold, windy conditions and chilly to very cold highs and lows in cities including Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston and Washington.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Theorthwest
Kansas City
Lear
New York
Boston
Washington
Separation of Canada in Prediction Made
In Manitoba legislature William Molloy of Laverendrye warned that Eastern Canada's rejection of reciprocity with the United States threatened Western Canada. He urged support for a measure aiming at dominion separation, predicting Eastern and Western Canada would part within ten years. Liberal members applauded.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
William Molloy
Laverandrye
Canada
United States
Western Canada
Molloy
Dominion
Western
Dixon to Lead Roosevelt Campaign Organization
Colonel Roosevelt returned from Oyster Bay for meetings with leaders shaping his presidential bid. Senator Joseph M. Dixon of Montana was named chairman of a new executive committee with Newberry of Detroit as chairman of the administrative committee. Dixon to run political matters from Washington as a general Roosevelt committee forms next week. Governor Stubbs confirms Taft’s name will not be on the Chicago ballot.
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New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
United States
Joseph M. Dixon
Montana
Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Navy
Alexander H. Revell
Chicago
National Roosevelt Committee
Dixon
Newberry
Washington
Stubbs
Taft
White Stripe Up for Texas Flag Celebration
General Roy M. Hearne of the Texas National Guard explains that for Independence Day the white stripe should be at the top of the Texas flag. He says the design favors peace over war and that even in wartime the red stripe should not be covered by the white.
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Texas
Roy M. Hearne
Texas National Guard
Hearne
AP Leased Wire Carried Only by San Antonio Light
The statement that any San Antonio newspaper other than the Light carries the AP leased wire is untrue and baseless. No rival paper has admitted carrying the AP content in whole or part.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Vasquista Rebels Move as Orozco May Lead Army
El Paso march report quotes Luis Fernandez saying Gen. Pascual Orozco will command the Vasquista army at its Chihuahua front. Rebels depart Juarez for Chihuahua with rail and track tensions complicating movement. Villa’s federals reportedly near Juarez with scouts spotted, signaling possible attack.
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EL Paso
Tex
Luis Fernandez
Salazar
Revolutionary Junta
San Antonio
Pascual Orozco
Chihuahua
Fernandez
Juarez
National Line
Northwestern Railway
Vasquistas
Villa
Francisco Villa
Rebels Take Victoria Capital Falls to Rebels
Private letters received in Laredo Texas report Victoria the capital of Tamaulipas has fallen to the rebels. The city is said to have been captured on the night of the 28th with telegrams to the capital unanswered. Merchants at Monterey have been advised not to send shipments to avoid rebel seizure.
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Laredo
Tex
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Monterey
Taft Opposed Intervention in Mexico Says Sulzer
Chairman Sulzer after talks with President Taft and state department officials announced opposition to any United States intervention in Mexico. State department agents relayed that President Madero believes his government can handle the situation without foreign aid.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Sulzer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Taft
State Department
United States
Mexico
Madero
First Organized Equal Franchise Movement in San Antonio
A reception at the St Anthony hotel marks the first regular effort in San Antonio to form an Equal Franchise society. Prominent women, led by Eleanor Brackenridge and Marian B Fenwick, plan to organize to support votes for women while avoiding club-based political debates. Anna Maxwell Jones, a New York suffrage worker, will attend and speak.
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St. Anthony
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
Eleanor Brackenridge
Equal Franchise Society
Marin B. Fenwick
J. H. Kampmann
G. Bedell Moore
George Maverick
T. N. Devine
N. T. Wilson
City
United States
Anna Maxwell Jones
New York City
Texas
Demand for Justice in Canal Controversy Movement
Senator Hitchcock demands reopening of the Colombia dispute and full diplomatic correspondence. He accuses U S officials and capitalist interests tied to the French Panama Canal Company of spoliation in the Colombian dismemberment. Roosevelt is critiqued as the article notes a speech in California.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Colombia
Washington
Roosevelt
Califor
Missionaries Massacred by Chinese Outlaws in Shensi
A mass killing of eight Christian mission workers near Sian Fu is recounted. Richard Beckman and his young daughter survived after a brutal night as marauders looted a Scandinavian mission and murdered women and children. Beckman evaded pursuers by crossing a shallow pond and reaching safety.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
China
Shensi
George Alstrand
Richard Beckman
Zelma Beckman
Ruther Beckman
Hulda Bergstrom
Oscar Bergstrom
Hilda Nelson
George Vantne
Sain Fu
Philip Nelson
Scandinavian Alliance
Pinchow
Nelson
Sian Fu
Beckman
Zelma
Vannie
Hankow
Peking
Beckin
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Panama
Children
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Birmingham
England
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T. H. Cann
M. C. Kerrell
Enoch Edwards
M. P
Iman
Thomas Ashton
W. Abrahams
J. Haslam
W. Carter
Seth Black
W. Straker
Mr. Lovatt
Mr. Adamson
S. Gailbraith Dann
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