Miners Lose Collieries Worth 1.5 Million Amid Floods
Shenandoah mine inspector William Sten reports five collieries with a total value of about 1.5 million dollars are flooded and abandoned. About 2,000 miners will seek work elsewhere as 14 of 36 district mines are operable only after extensive water removal. The longer halt risks price rises and prolonged idleness post strike. General Gobin strengthens civil authority while foreigners are rumored to drill. officials condemn ex officers as dangerous.
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Shenandoah
Gobin
Pulaski
Associated Irons
William Sten
Bear Run
Bear Ridge
Kohinoor
Preston
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Lawrence
Bheafer
Pottsville
Stein
Wyoming and Lackawanna
Coal Company
Ferguson House
Goblin
Twelfth
Siae
New York
Judge Goff affirms Jackson decision on miners case
Judge Goff sustains Judge Jackson in habeas corpus ruling against miners and agitators, remanding them to custody for transfer to Parkersburg to finish sentences. Mother Jones attends, predicts victory for the cause in the end.
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Clarksburg
W. Wva
Goff
Jackson
Parkersburg
Guarantee Trust Company of
New York
Wood County
Mother Jones
Miners Seek Higher Relief Funds At Shamokin Meeting
Shamokin August 6 The advisory board of the United Mine Workers addressed a mass meeting urging miners to accept current relief distributions while voicing demands for more money. They argue the present sums are insufficient to live on despite substantial payouts locally.
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Shamokin
The
United Mine Workers
Clamor for Relief Seeks Funds for Strikers’ Families
A committer from a workers relief drive visited the business district to solicit subscriptions for needy families. Responses were few as donors cited current expenses, though the relief cry grew louder in recent days amid insufficient contributions for striker families’ needs.
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Hazleton
Tragedy on Treste l at Dawson Springs
An Illinois Central excursion train struck a high trestle bridge accident in Dawson Springs. Five young women were involved. two were killed Miss J Smith of Paducah and Lucy Stevens of Hickory Grove. Injured were Lenna Flint Edith Stevenson and Minnie Nichols all of Kentucky towns.
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Associated Press
Hopkinsville
Illinois Central
Dawson Springs
J. Smith
Paducah
Lucy Stevens
Hickory Grove
Lenna Flint
Edith Stevenson
Hickory
Minnie Nichols
Haw, Ky
Supply Schooner's Mishap Reported Near Venezuela
A schooner carrying min&user lifts and ammunition to Maracaibo for President Castro of Venezuela put into Puerto Cabello in a sinking condition. A dispatch from Willemstadt cites a on board plot. Four million cartridges and 1 000 Mausers were received by President Saal, with about half shipped to Maracaibo.
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Associated Press
Willemstadt
Curacao
Maracaibo
Castro
Venezuela
Puerto Cabello
Willemastadt
Saal
Toe Marioulbo
Chief Arthur Optimistic on Manhattan Elevated Strike
Grand Chief P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says he does not expect trouble over the threatened strike on the Manhattan Elevated in New York. He notes a contract from 1889 and cites possible changes after the company adopted electric motive power, adding there will be no strike if avoidable.
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Associated Prem
Cleveland
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Manhattan Elevated
New York
Canada
Youngson
Manhattan
Mide
Associated Press
Outlaw Harry Tracy Dies by Own Hand Near Creston
Spokane dispatch reports bandit Harry Tracy killed himself with a revolver after a long-range gun battle with eight-man posse led by Sheriff Gardner. Tracy had escaped from Salem penitentiary June 9 and killed several guards and companions during his flight through Oregon and Washington. Authorities had offered rewards totaling $5,600 for his recapture and $1,500 for Merrill's capture.
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Spokane
Wash
Harry Tracy
Salem
Ore
Fellowes
Creston
Tracy
Eddy Farm
Gardner
Oregon State Penitentiary
David Merrill
Frank W. Ferrell
G. R. T. Jones
B. F. Tiffany
Frank Ing
Carl Anderson
Louie Zafrite
South Bay
Olympia
Clark
Puget Sound
Valentine Hoge
Colorado
William Strong
McBride
Washington
Oregon
Merrill
Embalmed Meat Probes Target All Dealers
Harrisburg Aug 6 Exclusive Wire Dairy and Food Commissioner Cope orders agents to investigate all meat dealers for salted canned or fresh meats using preservatives beyond enumerated ones. Samples to be sent to the chemist for analysis as results come in.
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Associated Arena
Harrisburg
Dairy and Food Commissioner
Cope
Bureau
Freight Meets Work Train Collision Kills Nine
A fast freight collided with a work train on the Omaha division of the St. Paul railroad near Marshalltown Iowa. Two engineers and seven laborers were killed and about twenty laborers were injured. Seventy eight workers rode the work train. The incident occurred on a reverse curve as the work train started west without orders. Names of the dead and injured were not yet released.
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Associated Preas
Marshalltown
Iowa
Omaha
St. Paul
Senatorial Deadlock Deepens as Conferees Adjourn
The Twenty sixth district Republican conferees adjourned last midnight until tonight. The Pratt nomination certificate arrived from Harrisburg today. No further action was taken.
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Associated
Ireas
Honesdale
Pratt
Harrisburg
Hanna Talks of Strikes and Civic Federation Peace
Senator M A Hanna told the Urbana Chautauqua that disputes between labor and capital can be settled without disastrous strikes. He cited the Civic Federation’s record, acknowledged one failure in the anthracite strike, and described a decade of wage scales and contracts in the Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois coal fields that kept harmony and commerce functioning.
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Urbana
M.A. Hanna
Urbana Chautauqua Today
Capital
National Civic Federation
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Friars Do Not Own Lands in the Philippines
Vatican reports that most friars real estate in the Philippines was sold before American occupation to New York headed syndicates and corporations. friars hold no controlling interests. Taft and Root describe transfers to companies as colorable and aimed at easing land rents while ownership remains largely with the religious orders.
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Rome
Vatican
Philippines
New York
Taft
Washington
War Department
Root
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Commission
Chautauqua Platform Urges Labor Policy Education
The speaker defends a four year employer labor compact and urges education through platform talks to persuade workers to reject strikes. He calls for broader support beyond the local moderation group and emphasizes political and religious venues to advance the issue for the nation.
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Chautauqua
Transatlantic Passage Details and Arrivals
The note lists ships and routes between Liverpool Southampton New York and Queenstown. It mentions Celtic Kaiserin Maria Theresia Majestic and other liners sailing to Philadelphia Liverpool and Cherbourg with arrivals at New York and Queenstown and continued voyages to Liverpool.
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New York
Aug
la Bretagne
Havre
Koenign
Luise
Bremen
Cherbourg
Celtic
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Southampton
Kaiserin Maria Theresia
Queenstown
Majestic
Emperor William and Tsar Meet Amid Naval Pageantry
In Reval the German emperor and the Russian czar met aboard the Standart with a cordial embrace. The harbor hosted a decorated fleet and a lavish reception hall as Standart and Hohenzollern cruisers joined the meeting at St. Petersburg observers note renewed peace depends on renewing the 1894 commercial treaty.
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Associated Press
Reval
Russia
William of Germany
Standart
Hohengollern
Prinz Heinrich
Nymphe
Petersburg
Germany
Roamer Downed In 2.14 Pace At Grand Circuit Meet
At Buffalo on August 6 the feature third day saw Roamer lose to Laconda by a head in the 2.14 pace after a strong drive. Twinkle won the next three heats as the field included Zephyr, Wentworth, Wilton Boy and Alfred Starr among others. Heavy track later at Elmira affected racing on the Central New York circuit.
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Exchalge
Associated Press
Buffalo
Roamer
Laconda
New England
Liaconde
Twinkle
Zephyr
Wentworth
Wilton Boy
Oxford Chimes
Sallie Hardin
Alfred Starr
Pace
Purse
Ceeeneere
Dan Wilkes
Spellman
Ruth M
Fannie Dillard
Riley TB. George
Ogbs
Elmira
New York
Vatican endorses Archbishop Ireland as pacesetter in U S talks
In Rome on August 6 Vatican officials praised Archbishop Ireland for describing the Vatican United States interchanges. The interview from St. Paul on July 22 featured Ireland stating the pope and Roman authorities welcomed Governor Taft and the Vatican negotiations.
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Rome
Vatican
Associated Press
Ireland
St. Paul
Taft
United States
Wilder family burned to death in California country home
In Stockton California last May Leo Wilder his wife and their three children perished in a fire at their country home near the village of Elliott in this county.
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Associated Press
Stockton
Cal
Aug
Leo Wilder
Filliott
County
King Edward Returns Home Amid Coronation Preparations
King Edward arrived at Victoria Station at 6 30 pm in good health after the operation. He bowed to cheering crowds as the royal party proceeded to Buckingham Palace, with the queen and Princess Victoria on the carriage. A first dress rehearsal for the coronation was held at Westminster Abbey with key officials and royal attendants in robes.
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Palace
Westminster Abbey
Associated Free
London
King Edward
Victoria
Buckingham
Prince and Princess of Wales
Buckingham Palace
York House
Victoria Station
Victoria and Albert
Cowes
Portsmouth
Charles Frederick Hotham
Baker Creed Russell
Duke of Norfolk
Archbishop of Canterbury
Viscount Esher
Churchill
Earl of Rogebery
Grenadier Guards
Weather forecast for Washington two-day outlook
Forecast for Thursday and Friday in Eastern Pennsylvania calls for fair and mild temperatures on Thursday and fair and warmer conditions Friday with fresh west winds becoming variable.
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Washington
Pennsyvania
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