Campaign to Occupy Mines in Westmoreland and Central Pa
A labor movement modeled after Coxey's Commonweal plans targets mine operators in Westmoreland and Central Pennsylvania. Camps will be set at De Armill mines to keep mines closed, with about 8100 men to participate. Harrisburg orders the National Guard on alert, while curbing alcohol at camps and a large rally draws 16000 supporters with Debs among speakers.
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Pittsburg
Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania
de Armiltt
Canonsburg
Bunola
Polan
Braddock
McKay
Lynch Addresses Gallitzin Striking Miners in Altoona
John Lynch, leader of the striking miners at Gallitzin, issued statements in Altoona Pennsylvania on August 6 regarding the labor dispute. The remarks outline his position and call for continued action by the miners.
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Gallitzin
Altoona
John Lynch
Neighborhood Seethes Over Wage Dispute And Strikes
Local citizens denounce scabs and push for fair pay as miners employed here clash with Mr. Mitchell over wages. A mass meeting led by Mr. Lynch drew many strikers and workers, but no agreement emerged. Imported miners remain at work despite calls for change.
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Mitchell
Hastings
Lynch
Murdered by White Caps Man Defies Threats in Tennessee
An elderly man, possibly Italian, teaching African Americans music near Aspen Fill in Miles county Nashville Tenn, was shot dead at 2 am by unknown assailants. An anonymous letter signed White Caps warned him to flee within 48 hours or face tar and feathering. He refused to leave and was killed. his body found in his cabin riddled with bullets.
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Nashville
Tenn
Aspen Fill
Miles County
Silver Dollar On The Decline Warned By Mint Official
Washington Aug 6 The bullion value of the American silver dollar is 436 10 cents per ounce under current market prices. Mint director Preston predicts a 40 cent silver price within six months due to weak demand and rising gold output. He cites China Japan and India as dragging demand and notes Klondike gold adds to world supply.
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Washington
Preston
Mint
Mr. Preston
China
Japan
Haggars
India
United States
Former Priest Arrested in Rochester Extortion Case
John M. Fitzgerald former priest and convicted firebug along with William Hall James Williams and Albert McIntyre were held for the grand jury by Magistrate Ernest on a $250 extortion charge brought by Rev Father Oberholzer. Fitzgerald waived examination and demanded to testify himself. Bail set at 2000.
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Rochester
John M. Fitzgerald
William Hall
James Williams
Albert McIntyre
Father Oberholzer
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Ernest
Fitzgerald
David N. B Salisbury
Williams
New England Fish Company Seeks Use of American Ships
The New England Fish company of Boston petitions the Dominion Government to allow using American steamships. Based in Vancouver since two to three years, it has chartered Canadian vessels and spent $160,000 on wages and supplies during the halibut season.
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Vancouver
B. C
New England Fish Company
Boston
Woman Fatally Shoots Husband in Dechord Office
In Dechord Tennessee yesterday afternoon Mrs. Charles Olmstead, seeking a warrant for her husband, was threatened with death. She drew a pistol and shot him in the stomach, a mortal wound, as locals say the couple, recently from Michigan, were strangers in town.
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Shotter
Nashville
W. W. Martin
Dechord
Charles Olmstead
Mra. Olmstead
Michigan
Unprofessional Attorney Accredits Gould Marriage Claim
Melville C. Brown of La Ramie Wyoming filed an affidavit saying Mrs. Sarah Ann Angell seeking to prove a marriage with the late Jay Gould admitted she was never married to Gould and that he was not the father of her daughter.
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New York
Melville C. Brown
la Ramie
Wyo
Sarah Ann Angell
Jay Gould
Gould
Signs of economic revival boost U S trade figures
Dun's Review reports July failures at 7.1 million, the smallest since 1890s. Industrial activity rises with higher wheat and cotton prices, more iron work, and expanding finished goods demand amid wage talks and coal disputes. Bank clearings and exports show improvement. cotton mills curtail output yet prices edge up.
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Amalgamated Association
Sumatra
Germany
United States
Canada
New York
Bradstreet’s
Bessemer
Pittsburg
Race War Again at Fulton Mill Strike in Atlanta
In Atlanta on August 6 a 1400 worker walkout at Fulton bag and cotton mill resumes against use of black labor. A verbal deal with President Jacob F Elsas had been reported as settled, with Elsas willing to discharge the Negro women objected to. A written contract was expected without difficulty.
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Hisne
Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mille
Jacob F Elsas
Elsas
Cuban Chiefs Escape From Spanish Fortress
Madrid reports Premier Canovas del Castillo received a dispatch claiming Cuban chief Callixto Garcia and another Cuban escaped from the fortress at the Chifarine Islands off Morocco. The note suggests a possible mix up, as Garcia is not known to have been captured. A letter from General Harel at Cuban headquarters last month described Cuba’s ongoing situation.
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Madrid
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Callixto Garcia
Chiffarine Islands
Moroccos
Africa
Calixto Garcia
Cuba
Harel
Kaiser Case Seeks Insurance Payout in Death Murder
In Norristown on August 6 the Kaiser murder case moves to the United States circuit court. Charles O Kaiser Jr seeks $6,000 from Mutual Life of Galesburg and Union Central Life of Cincinnati for life insurance on his slain wife. His father acts as administrator and Kaiser awaits appeal resolution before trial in October.
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Norristown
United States Circuit Court
Charles O. Kaiser, Jr
Mutual Life Association of
Galesburg
Union Central Life Insurance Company of
Cincinnati
Lynching in Alabama over attempted assault
In Barbour county near Spring Hill, George Turner a negro farm laborer entered the bedroom of Miss Mary Robinson and attempted to choke her. He fled but was tracked by a posse and hanged to a tree near the scene.
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George Turner
Birmingham
Ala
Spring Hill
Barbour County
Mary Robinson
Turner
Lynching of Jack Williams Ends in Mountain Mob Action
In Barbourville Kentucky a mob lynched Jack Williams last night after accusing him and his brother Tom of assaulting a deaf mute girl named Vincy Bays. Tom Williams is jailed amid threats of further lynching before tomorrow as the victim appears in court in a distressed condition.
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Barbourville
Jack Williams
Bush Creek
Tom
Vincy Bays
Tom Williams
German sugar tariff protests prompt ambassador notices
The U S State Department instructs ambassadors to inform foreign counterparts about the Dingley tariff act and potential retaliation and reciprocity provisions. A German protest claims higher duties on sugar breach of most favored nation and Saratoga treaty terms.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Saratoga
von Reichenau
Olney
von Heidhenau
Prussia
Empire
Four Die in Chicago Elevator Fire at Northwestern
Chicago aug 6 Charles M Conway died from injuries suffered at the Northwestern elevator explosion last night. He was in the rear area when the blast threw him against a shed. Total known fatalities rise to four with one unconfirmed drowned report. Most injured firemen improve but several remain in danger. Fire chief Swenie confirms fireman Thomas Monohan was near the scene and may have been swept into the river.
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Chicago
Charles M. Conway
Conway
Thomas Monohan
Swenie
Monohan
Spreckels Sugar Company Incorporation Filed
San Francisco August 6. Articles of Incorporation filed for Spreckels Sugar Company with capital of 5 million dollars. Organizers J D Spreckels A B Spreckels A F Morrison M H Weed W D K Gibson each subscribed 1000 dollars. Primary aim is producing beets and manufacturing sugar with growth into agriculture factories real estate railways ships and related development.
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San Francisco
Spreckler Sugar Company
J. D. Spreckels
A. B. Spreckels
A. F. Morrison
M. H. Weed
W. D. K. Gibson
Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Works Now Full Time
William R. Grace ex mayor of New York and president of the Ingersoll Sergeant Drill company visited Easton today. The plant now runs full time in all departments and overtime in some, as demand for the drills grows both in the United States and England. Grace noted prior years of loss were to keep men employed and expressed optimism about brighter times and future orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Easton
William R. Grace
New York
Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company
Grace
England
Silver in Mexico and the gold standard debate
Price drops in silver sent New York exchange to 132 after hours as buyers await permanency. Mexico’s government and bankers foresee a possible shift toward the gold standard with limited panic in business, while native manufacturers raise prices for foreign materials and treasury officials deny plans for a gold basin.
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City of
Mexico
New York
Treasury
British government to reply to bicameral commission in October
London Aug 6 The British government informed the American bicameral commission that it will probably reply to their proposals on behalf of the United States in October. The commissioners, awaiting England's position, asked the cabinet when a decision could be expected to plan their future program.
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London
American Bimetallic Commission
United States
England
Ice-Laden Schooner Rescued At Bar Harbor Towed By Myrtle
The four masted schooner Monhegan of North Booth Bay was towed to Bar Harbor by the steamship Myrtle after leaking from a collision with a ledge south of the Ice houses. A diver found water intrusion at Sheepscot river mouth. Repairs planned locally before onward voyage to Philadelphia with ice cargo.
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Sheepeot River
Bar Harbor
Myrtle
Booth Bay Harbor
Monhegan
Murphy
North Booth Bay
Philadelphia
Sheepscot River
Ravine mine idle after cave in near Pittston
Aug 6 Gazette reports Ravine coal mine remains idle after Sunday cave in. Sound of rock shifting heard in old openings, but surface stays undisturbed and no new trouble expected. Marey vein, currently mined, reportedly unaffected by the incident according to General Manager Law.
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Pittston
the Gazette
Law
Lightning strikes Shenandoah man at water pump
Henry Jones was feeding a drink at a street pump when lightning hit the pump during Thursday's storm. Bystanders quickly quenched the blaze and saved his life.
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Shenandoah
Henry Jones
Jones
Ble Strike Settled Not Yet, Pan’s Trade Review Encouraging
The morning edition notes no settlement in the Ble strike and reviews Pan’s trade outlook as encouraging. It mentions Klondike gold output and foreign governments being notified about tariffs, with local items on races, audits, and public morals reforms.
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Pan
Klondike
Oil to Lay Dust Along Sea Shore Lines
A four car train delivered large crude oil tanks through May's Landing on the West Jersey and Seashore railroad. Oil sprayed from the tank cars dusts the roadbed similar to street sprinkling, a method so successful it may spread to all Pennsylvania Railroad seaside lines.
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May's Landing
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seashore
Dennehy Swoon After Vitriol Attack in Lynn Court
Miss Susie Dennehy swooned in a Lynn court after the vitriol assault on her suitor Thomas H. Kelcher. Kelcher is blinded in both eyes and disfigured for life, while Dennehy claims she cannot remember throwing the acid and vows to care for him until death.
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Lynn
Mass
Susie BR
Dennehy
Vitrol
Thomas H. Kelcher
Kelcher
Howland Mills Reorganized in New Bedford
Howland Mills corporation completes reorganization after director meeting in New Bedford. Subscriptions for new stock are filled and once legal formalities are finished the firm will resume managing its own affairs. Andrew G. Pierce Jr elected treasurer.
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Pierce Mill
Frederick Grinnell
Gilbert Allen
Thor. M. Stetson
Otis N. Pierce
David L. Parker
Allen
Merchants’ National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Grinnell Mills
Messrs. Grinnell and
Stetson
Wameutta Mills
Parker
Pierce
New Bedford
Mass
Howland Mills Corporation
Andrew G. Pierce, Jr
Treas
Death's Harvest From Klondike Prospects Miners in Alaska Facing Sorrow
San Francisco reports Klondike gold output will total under 800000 in city mint receipts and up to 2000000 elsewhere for the year. Prospectors near Dawson City rush to claim lands, amid starvation, hardship, and heavy costs to move ore through Chilkoot Pass, with Captain Niebaum fearing widespread suffering.
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San Francisco
Klondike
Thia City
J.C. Butler
Pullman Car Company
PB. Taylor
Seattle
Taylor
Dawson City
Niebaum
Alaska Commercial Company
Hart Humber
Dawson
Chilkoot Pass
Three Frozen to Death in Alaska Return Trek
Seattle reports the deaths of miners Charles A. Blackstone George Butcher and J W Malinque after a 1596 Alaska expedition they joined to return to Seattle. Blackstone’s body was found and a note claims Butcher and Malinque froze to death on subsequent days near a storm.
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Seattle
Charles A. Blackstone
George Butcher
J. W. Malinque
Alaska
Blackstone
Butcher
C. A. Blackstone
Invention Dies with Merbert Fowler
New Haven Conn Aug 6 With the death of Merbert BE Fowler the secret of an electrical copper deposition from a solution upon wood or other rigid substance that would copper plate with a liquid preparation is lost. Despite efforts to secure a patent Fowler declined fearing loss of use of the invention.
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New Haven
Conn
Merbert BE. Fowler
Brakeman Killed When Train Parts Near Rock Glen
Wilkes Barre August 6 A Penney brakeman J W Cable was killed yesterday afternoon at Rock Glen when a train parted on a curve. He was thrown between the cars and the last section passed over his chest. His body was taken to Wilkes Barre where his parents reside.
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Wilkes-Barre
J. W. Cable
Penney
Rock Glen
Wilkes- Barre
Transatlantic Shipping Movements List
The report notes ships cleared from New York on August 6 including L UCoame pagne Havre Lucania Liverpool ae dam Rotterdam and Genoa Arrived: Kalis er Wilhelm II New York Southampton Cleared: Feuret Bismarck New York Createnee Spaarndam New York
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New York
L Ucoamepagne
Havre
Lucania
Liverpool
Aedam
Rotterdam
Genoa
Kaliser Wilhelm IL
Southampton
Feuret Bismarck
Createnee Spaarndam
Weather forecast for Middle States and New England areas
New York reports clear and fair weather with northerly winds turning variable. Temperatures rise slowly with possible local rain in southwestern districts. Sunday forecast calls for fair skies, slightly warmer temperatures, and light variable winds.
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New York
Middle States
New England
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Kaiser
Alabama
Kentucky
Spreckels Sugar Company
Bimetallic Commission
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Piood
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