Grave miners strike erupts in Pittsburg area duel and lawsuits
Miners clash as deputies Kerr and Anderson fight on a bridge near Plum Creek. Kerr fatally wounded. Civil and criminal suits filed against DeArmitts. injunction case before Judges Stowe and Collier looms, with expected modifications. Associated unrest spreads to Sandy Creek and Fairmont Monton area as organizers push action while operators cite costs and markets.
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Pittsburg
Dolan
Robert Kerr
Frank Anderson
New York and Cleveland Coal Gas Company
Kerr
Anderson
Water Street
Sandy Creek
Plum Creek
Stowe and Collier
Pennsylvania
Collier
W. P. DeArmitt
Samuel DeArmitt
Anna Crotol
John Crotol
TieArmitt
DeArmitt
Galdon
Crotol
Labor
Miners Face Riots as Italians Freed and Strikes Spread
At Corinth West Virginia three Italians freed from arrest are blamed for triggering threats to blow up the Oakland Coal company mine and brick plant. Armed strikers attacked workers’ homes while Ex-Deputy Wheeler fled to Oakland to report to Superintendent Anderson. Elsewhere near Herminie Pennsylvania 200 river district miners joined 173 locals quitting work marching to Arona and Madison works threatening to oust noncompliant miners.
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Cumberland
Corinth
W. Va
Oakland Coal Company
United States
Wheeler
Oakland
Anderson
Greensburg
Hermenie
Ocean Coal Company
River
Arona
Madison
Plunge for Gold: Klondike Rush Strains Alaska Trails
United States commissioner William J. Jones reports to the Interior Department from Lyea Alaska dated August 4 that about 1,500 people crowd Dyea and Skagway routes with trails blocked. He warns of great distress hardship and possible death from hunger and exposure next winter as prospectors rush toward the mines.
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Washington
William J. Jones
United States
Alaska
St. Michaels
Interior Department
Lyea
Dyea
Skagaway
Ostrow Destroyed by Fire in Russian City
Berlin dispatch reports Ostrow in the Seidice province of Russia burned to ashes. About four hundred houses were destroyed and four thousand residents left homeless. Four people were killed and many children are missing as the blaze started simultaneously in four separate sections.
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Berlin
Kreuzzeitung
Warsaw
Ostrow
Prvince
Seidice
Russia
Women in chains gangs scandal ends in inquiry
London reports that Sir John Brunner funded complaints to Home Secretary Sir Matthew White Ridley leading to orders halting the practice of chaining women and parading them between Liverpool jail and Knutsford prison in gangs. Inquiries showed as many as twenty two women in one gang were moved thus.
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London
John Brunner
Liverpool
Norwich
Cheshire
Home Secretary
Matthew White Ridley
Knutsford
Big Ganga
French theater passes taxed to abolish season tickets
A French parliamentary committee recommends abolishing season tickets for all theater and music events and imposing a heavy stamp tax on tickets. The proposed passes rate is 60 centimes, with projected income of 1,445,000 francs from free passes in Paris and 6,543,755 francs from all tickets.
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London
France
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Stabbed man revived briefly tells of assault
Harry Magee, assaulted on August 6 at a Coney Island dance hall, was visited by Coroner Coombs to obtain an anti-mortem statement. He remained unconscious after claiming floor manager Thomas King struck him with a beer glass, and King was arrested. Magee later lapsed back into unconsciousness and is not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Magee
Coney Island
Coombs
Magee
Thomas King
Angiolillo Sentenced to Death in Spain Court Martial
Michel Angiolillo, anarchist killer of Prime Minister Canovas del Cantillo, was found guilty and sentenced to death by a Barcelona court martial. He declared his vengeance after five anarchists were executed, while the court ruled the act premeditated and public prosecutor urged the death penalty.
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Angiolillo
Foggia
Marseilles
Barcelona
Jose Santos
Coromina
Marcelllles
Belgium
London
Society of Anarchists
Canovas
Spain
Gorria
Gorrin
Cuba
Phillippine Islands
Populists Seek New Campaign Issue in Kansas
In Topeka Aug 16 the new Populist state central committee discussed forming a national conference with Democrats and scholars to pick a fresh issue for the next anti Republican campaign. Leaders push uniting against trusts and favor abolishing federal courts except the Supreme Court.
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Campaiga
Topeka
Kas
State Central Committee of
Kansas
Supreme Court
Fatal murder suicide at San Francisco grocery store
In San Francisco on Aug 14 John Masterson, 75, shot and killed his nephew John Kurran, 38, proprietor of a grocery, after a dispute over his dismissal. Masterson then killed himself with a self-inflicted wound after three shots struck Kurran in the left breast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Masterson
John Kurran
Kurran
Masterson
Prince Henri’s Wound Said Not Healing In Paris Rumor
A circulating rumor from Paris allege Prince Henri of Orleans suffers high fever as his wound fails to heal. Doctors reportedly withhold definite information about his condition pending confirmation.
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Paris
Prince Henri of
Orleans
Narragansett Pier Storm Damages Buildings
Narragansett Pier was struck by a storm and fire. A wall of Ocean Road house was damaged and a barn owned by Edward Davis of Providence burned with contents. loss unknown. Lightning also hit several hotels and cottages with little damage.
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Narragansett Pier
Narraganset Pier
R. 1
Océan Road
Edward Davis
Providence
Gladstone
John Carver
Chandler House
Death by suspected poisoning in Lincoln case
Autopsy on Dora Cushman, 15, found in a Lincoln pasture confirms poisoning as the cause of death. Physicians report she was in a delicate condition. William Brittel, a close friend of missing Smith Davie, has been arrested in connection with the case.
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Bristol
Dora Cushman
Lincoln
William Brittel
Smith Davie
Davis Flees After Fatal Dose in Cushman Girl Case
Brittel testified that Davis told him of the girl’s illness and supplied medicine to save her. Brittel acted as go-between, telling the girl Davis had the medicine and would meet her in the woods to administer it. The girl took the dose and died. Davis fled, later traced to Rutland with a Manchester, New Hampshire ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brittel
Davis
Rutland
Manchester
N. H
Murdered and Cremated in Galveston Fire Killing
Mrs Kate Gallagher a twelve year Galveston school teacher living with her son Verell at Thirteenth and K street was found with throat cut and body burned. Verell Gallagher aged twenty confessed to the murder claiming the act aimed to obtain money for a variety act. He had packed his trunk and planned to flee after fire insurance payouts.
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Galveston
Tex
Kate Gallagher
Verell
Thirteenth and
K Street
Virgil
Texas
Arkansas Bayous Pearl Discovery Sparks Memphis Deal
J J Williams of Memphis pre empted two large Arkansas bayous near Murphy Lake after large pearl finds. He dug 42 stones in hours with several valued at 500 dollars. A Memphis jewelry house bought 10000 dollars worth. Guards patrol shores nightly as prospecting continues and enthusiasm rises.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. J. Wil- Hames
Arkansas
Murphy Lake
Williams
Twenty Men Injured in Mine Train Collision at Wapello
Ottumwa Iowa August 6 twenty men were injured with three fatally when a coupling broke on a chain of mine cars at the Wapello Coal company. A train of twenty five cars descended an incline carrying 200 workers and piled up after the last cars broke loose causing a wreck at a curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Wapello Coal Company
James Darby
Dan Coulson
Charles Edmunds
Father Pleads With Mob Over Georgia Assault Case
Will Phillips who attacked Miss Sallie Jones near Chattanooga was moved to Lafayette Ga jail for trial. A mob planned lynching but Sallie Jones’s father urged restraint. Authorities pursue suspects of Mrs Heathcock and her daughter as armed guards patrol all routes to Chickamauga Park.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Will Phillips
Sallie Jones
Georgia
Arkansas
Lafayette
Walker County
Phillips
Miss Jones
Chickamauga Park
Sham battle in Neuson ends with wounded soldiers
At a staged fight in Neuson, Hungary, Aug. 14, infantry were fired on by the Honvids and some men were wounded after bullets contained lead fragments. Police made several arrests.
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Vienna
Neuson
Hungary
Mass Meeting Called for Cloak Makers Strike Action
New York officials report preparations for a mass meeting of Cloak Makers on Wednesday night to decide whether the Greater New York branches of the United Brotherhood will strike. Preliminary shop meetings will be held in east side halls and synagogues to discuss the situation and the advisability of a general strike at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Brotherhood
Clonk Makers
Best Mason
Escape of Two Insane Convicts From Asylum
Two inmates Edward Marsh and George Wroe escaped from the Rt. Elizabeth Insane Asylum overnight by lowering themselves from their rooms on bed sheet ropes. Marsh had prior conviction in Texas and was sent from Leavenworth. Wroe came from Trenton New Jersey. Both men are at large.
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Washington, Ave
Edward Marsh
George Wroe
Rt. Elizabeth Government Insane Asylum
Philadelphia executive dies after surf rescue
Cape May New Jersey August 14 J Sergeant Price vice president of the Land Tithe and Trust company Philadelphia was taken from the surf in an unconscious condition. Lifeguards revived him at his cottage with artificial respiration but he soon died.
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Cape May
N. J
Car Plunges From Tybee Island Chute Injuring Six
A government works accident at Tybee Island near Savannah reports an engine and flat car sliding down an inclined plane to a sand chute. The car fell twenty feet, plunging 617 men into the chute area. Five workers are badly injured and may die.
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Ravannah
Tybee Island
Foolhardy Gold Seekers Face Insurmountable Route Diffs
San Francisco dispatch reports Klondike hopefuls confusion over routes to Dyea and Skaguay. They face steep climbs of 3600 and 2650 feet and a long boggy trek. Indians as sole packers move supplies as clashes over a drowned miner and a pricey wagon incident shake Juneau towns.
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San Francisco
Thomas Magee
Dyea
Associated Press
Klondike Fields
George Elder
Juneau
Skaguay
Chilcoot Pass
White Pass
Chilegot Pass
Revolutionizing Telegraphy Experiment Promises Faster Messages
London officials report Professor Crehore of Dartmouth College and Lieutenant Squier of the U S Army Mine near Fortress Monroe Va claim a new device can transmit vast amounts of text per hour over a single wire Their tests on the London Birmingham line with government aid show promise and they plan tours of France and Germany to demonstrate the system to telegraph authorities
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London
Post Office
Crehore
Dartmouth College
Squier
Milray School
Fortress Monroe
United States
England
Preece
Telegraph Lines Department
London and
Birmingham
Messrs. Crehore
France
Germany
Tough steak led to crime in New York case
Gustav Johnson, a 45 year old carpenter, was held without bail after an argument with his wife over a tough steak. He admitted striking her with a large platter, causing a scalp wound, and claimed mistreatment at home. He told the judge he preferred prison to his home life.
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New York
Gustav Johnson
Johnson
Man pawned his legs to buy liquor in Chicago court
In Justice Foster's court a drunken H. W. Harrington was hauled in after policemen found him on Clark street unable to move and missing his cork legs, having pawned them to purchase liquor and unable to recall details.
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Chicago
Pawn Broker's Location Noted in Case Dismissal
The justice discharged the prisoner and directed police to aid in recovering his artificial limb.
Americans in need in Cuba relief fund depletes
Consul General Lee reports 10 000 placed May 22 equaled 10 976 Spanish dollars and the relief fund, expended with care, is nearly exhausted. About 1400 destitute Americans have been fed and given medicines, with 111 transported to the United States. Many are long-time Cuban residents and naturalized citizens, some lacking English.
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Washington, D. C
Lee
State Department
United States
Cotton Mills Reopen As Demand Rises
Aug 16 Lonsdale mills in Fall River and Eddy woolen mill resume full operation after curtailment. About 5,000 operatives return to work at Lonsdale mills. Eddy mill to restart dye house first, with rest to follow. Improved cloth market and growing cotton crop boost mills’ confidence.
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Fall River
Mass
Eddy Woolen Mill
Providence
R. T
Lonsdale Company
Love Conquered Insanity at Hudson River Hospital
John Flood, an inmate of Hudson River State Hospital for twelve years, escaped after learning his father was killed. He reunited with his widowed mother, then returned to the asylum saying he would go back to help her now that his father was dead.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John Flood
Hudson River State Hospital
Klondike City Sold to New York Syndicate
Joseph Ladue announced he sold all his possessions in Dawson City and the Alaskan gold fields to a New York syndicate for 5 million dollars. Once poor, Ladue rose to fame after seeking fortune in Alaska and founding Dawson City.
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New York
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Klondike
Alaskan
Ladue
Alaska
Old Soldier in Hazleton Ends Life in Suicide
Aug 16 Hazleton reports John Raabe, a Lincoln Neb immigrant and former soldier, hanged himself from a tree limb using a rope. He dropped to the ground and died, reportedly a wealthy man with a crisis.
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Hazleton
John Raabe
Lincoln
Neb
Weather Outlook Across the Middle States and New England
In the middle states and New England today clear cooler weather with fresh westerly and northwesterly winds follows local rain or thunderstorms on the New England coast. Wednesday promises fair and nightly warmer weather in these regions with light winds from the northwest and north. European steamers sailing from New York Philadelphia and Boston will encounter mostly southwest and west winds toward the banks.
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New York
Middle States
New England
Philadelphia
Boston
Fall Cool Weather Sets In Across The Region
Weather indications point to cooler temperatures and a fall feel today as regional forecasts emphasize a dip in heat. Local conditions are expected to be breezy with scattered clouds and cooler nights ahead.
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Arrives in Scranton
About 400 Knights of Pythias representatives arrived in Scranton for the twenty-ninth annual Grand Lodge meeting. Uniformed rank in tents at Laurel Hill, with reception for incoming Knights and a full two day program including an annual election and parade.
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Scranton
K. of P
Bank
Laurel Hill
Grand Lodge
Knights of Exalted
Knight of Pythias
Pythians Receive Grand Lodge Visit Amid Street Pageantry
A massive but not crowded throng welcomed visiting Grand Lodge officers to Feranton. Notables from Philadelphia Pittsburg and Indianapolis arrived to a decorated business district with lodges of the Uniformed rank. Secret sessions to begin in the courthouse with a welcome from R J Beamish as the annual election looms.
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Feranton
Grand Lodge
C. F. Linde
Philadelphia
Supreme Lodge
H. ©. Klilne
Pittsburg
H. M. Wadsworth
W. B. Hart
J. W. Beebe
William Nichol
Jermyn
Father Mathewites
L Cc. B. A
James R. Carnahan
Indianapolis
Court House
Major Bailey
R. J. Beamish
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Virginia
Fairmont
Fairmount
Tyrconnell
Monongah
Pritchard
Montana
Clarksburg
Palatine
Judge Mason's
Klondike Mines
Women IN
Paassion
Prince Henri
Lonesdale Mills
Klondike City
the Herald
Asecer
Harrity
Hasleton
Code of Honor
Laure Hn
Lc. B. U
Leocal
Lackawanna
Laocal
Lackawanna County News
Ohonings
Winancial
The
Knights of Pythias
Odes of the Uniformed Bank
Laurel Hill Park
Order
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