Live News of the Industrial World Delays in Coal Purchases Amid Labor Tensions
The Engineering and Mining Journal reviews anthracite and bituminous markets noting weak demand at seaboard cities and light receipts at upper lake ports. Buyers delay coal stockpiling despite looming labor actions, while wage and price disputes stir debate over mining conditions and convention participation.
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West
Duluth
Chicago
Upper Lake
Duffalo
Seaboard
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
New York Harbor
Iron market gains modest rise in demand amid price settle
The iron market shows improved buying interest as prices stabilize. The Engineering and Mining Journal notes assemblers expect a large volume of business once finished products and raw material stocks thin, with a price reduction of about 50 per ton already arranged for structural materials.
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Sigut
Jorge
Air brake instruction car toured by I C S experts
The International Correspondence Schools added an air brake instruction car arriving Saturday and sidetracked near the Delaware and Hudson depot for public inspection. Mesars Mitchell Sawyer and Conger, air brake experts, will explain the system designed for fifty-car trains to visitors, including the inexperienced.
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International Correspondence Schools
Delaware and Hudson
Mesars
Mitchell
Sawyer
Conger
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Board for Today
The make up of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western board is listed for today with times and personnel including North Frounlelker Nichols McLane Logan Moran Murphy and others. Passenger engines show schedules with Magovern Wildcats North Finnerty Mastera O Hara Cortner Gahagen Ketcham Harring Hammitt Mullen Gerrity.
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Wildcats North
S. Finnerty
Mastera
A. M—O' Hara
Large Quakake Tunnel Underway in Wyoming
Rock contractor John Lloyd of Wyoming builds one of the state’s largest tunnels at Quakake tunnel in Beaver Meadow. A fresh consignment from American Car Foundry shops at Terwick passed through Lackawanna yards labeled for Bangor and Aroostook railroad. Bethlehem Steel officials at South Bethlehem organize protection companies after recent fires with special compensation for employes who join the fire company.
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Rock
John Lloyd
Wyoming
Quakake
Beaver Meadow
American Car Foundry Company
Terwick
Lackawanna
Bangor and
Aroostook
Bethlehem Steel Company
South Bethlehem
Boarding mistress scalds boarder in dispute over bill
Michael Rosevich of Moogle was admitted Saturday to Lackawanna hospital after his boarding mistress poured boiling water on him during a dispute over an exorbitant board bill. His right side, arm, and leg suffered severe burns.
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Michael Rosevich
Moogle
Lackawanna Hospital
Rosevich
Welterweight Championship Bout Nears Detroit
Matty Matthews and Jim Rube Ferns reach terms for a world welterweight title contest. Cadillac Athletic Club of Detroit offers a purse for the fight during the Knights of Pythias convention. The match is set for August 99 at 442 pods.
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Detroit
Matty Matthews
Jim (Rube) Ferns
Cadillac Athletic Club
Knights of Pythien
Bad Water and Heat Ravage Baltimore The City
Heat and typhoid fever sweep Baltimore due to dry weather and impure drinking water. Health officials urge boiling water as thousands of springs run dry and outbreaks spread to Hagerstown and mountain towns. Fifty typhoid cases and nine deaths reported this week with forty three sunstroke deaths in seven days.
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Baltimore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Hagerstown
Egeyeven
Kennedy pardon saga ends in death in Cincinnati
William Kennedy an ex convict whose pardon saga drew on years of legal fight and political effort dies in Cincinnati from consumption. In Indianapolis a group including Harry New and Rev Milburn helped win his release after a decade in prison for a Greensburg murder. Kennedy’s sister Kate campaigned for years, and Governor Mount’s office holds statements from grand jurors about reluctant indictments.
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Indianapolis
William Kennedy
Hstory
Cincinnati
Kennedy
Mount
Haber
Greensburg
Blaine
Bean
Harry New
The
Journal
Culle
Joseph Anthony Milburn
University Park
Kate Kennedy
Dayton
Benator Voorhees
Mlen
Inker
Baker
Crand
Murion County
Patten
South
Matthews
CineTanatl
Adams County Republicans Narrowly Pick Delegates in Gettysburg
Gettysburg August 11 The Adams County Republican primaries ended quietly with only one ward contest. John Slority an ex post office clerk now disliked by Quay supporters and J W Gaviach a former Workmaker man defeated anti Quay ex Representative W H Tipton and Professor John A Himes for county delegate seats in the Second ward. The convention is set for tomorrow morning.
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Gettysburg
Adams Trepublican County
John Slority
Quay
J. W. Gaviach
W. H. Tipton
John A. Himes
Tipton
Cochran Dominates Williamsport Democratic Pr imaries
Williamsport Aug 1 Senator J Henry Cochran carried instructions for Congress in twenty of the thirty one districts last night. He swept every district in the city except one while his con gressional conference backed his declination to run. The result shows strong support for Cochran across the county.
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Williamsport
J. Henry Cochran
Powers Guilty and Sentenced in Goebel Murder Trial
Georgetown Ky Aug 18 ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers found guilty of being an accessory before the fact to William Goebel's murder. Jury chose life confinement, no public demonstration. Powers expressed disbelief, vows to appeal. jurors drawn from eight Democrats, three anti-Goebel and one Republican.
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Goebel
Georgetown
Bute
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Penn
Mr. Stone
Powers
Misson Dangerfield
T. G. Stone
J.C. Porter
Harris Mussellman
W. C. Tinder
A. W. Craig
W. P. Munson
W. H. Oldman
Benjamin Ford
George Murphy
J. T. Mulberry
J. T. Crosswall
Carpenter
Alonzo Kemper
Farmer
Z. ¢. Porter
Frankfort
Noakes, Golden
Maine Girl Climbs 174 Foot Chimney Ladder for Reward
Miss Diane Polliot of South Brewer Maine climbs a 174 foot iron ladder to the chimney top once shunned by men. Masons left the staging and a mill executive offered ten dollars to the first woman who could reach the top. Diane completes the ascent amid cheering crowds and returns with a new waist.
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Bangor
Diane Polliot
South Brewer
Eastern Manufacturing Company
Miss Polliot
Misa Pollint
Dione
Karyn
Briakly
Diane
Brewer
Coal Trade Dull As Hazleton Grievances Signal Strike
The Ledger notes a slack anthracite coal market with Hazleton miners’ grievances prompting a conference with operators set for Aug. 27. Observers doubt operator attendance, fueling speculation of a possible strike as demand and prices appear uncertain.
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Philadelphia
the Ledger
Wilmly
Hazleton
Coal Trade Circulation Sees Slight Interest and Price Talk
A subdued mood dominates coal circles with little new to report. Analysts note a projected 4,000,000 ton year and a total output of about 2,122,000 tons, up 1,025,008 tons from 1909. Rumors persist of another price increase for September to spur July orders.
Poisoned at a Harvest Home Festival in New Jersey
At Geiggstown near Griggstown a harvest home festival left many attendees ill from allegedly copper can ice cream. Hundreds traveled from nearby towns for medical aid as doctors worked through the night. Charles Howell Cook of Trenton and five family members were among the victims. no fatalities reported.
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Somerville
Geiggstown
Griggstown
Hellemead
Harlingen
Charles Howell Cook
Trenton
Cook
Tragedy at Lincoln Ends in Self Defense Killing
James M. Burnham publisher of the Wymoran at Wymore Neb shot and killed his father Captain Colling A. Burnham at their Lincoln home. A coroner's jury exonerated Burnham stating self defense after the father assaulted him with a butcher knife. Captain Burnham, Civil War veteran, had previously threatened family violence.
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Lincoln
Neb
James M. Burnham
The
Wymoran
Wymore
Colling A. Burnham
Burnham
Captain Burnham
Buck Taylor Dead A Rough Rider and Cowboy Hero
Sergeant Buck Taylor known as king of the cowboys and a Rough Rider died at Providence hospital from consumption contracted in Cuba. He rode at San Juan Hill and accompanied Governor Roosevelt during the last gubernatorial campaign. The correct name is said to be Berry F. Tatum, son of a Montgomery, Alabama merchant, about 42, and employed as a copyist in the census office.
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Washington
Buck ‘Taylor
Rough Riders
San Juan Hill
Hoosevelt
New York
Providence Hospital
Roosevelt
Taylor
Pittsburg Man Breaks World Record in Driving Team
P C Knox a leading Allegheny county lawyer drove his trotting team Wert and Dr Leek a mile in 2 01 5 at Brunoct Island Driving Park before about forty spectators The trial aimed at a record and twenty watches were on the horses with most registering 1 10 4 indicating speed similar to a world best though not an official mark Geers held the official 84 mile record with Justing and Lady Mae at Dry.
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Pittsburg
P. C. Knox
Allegheny County
Wert
Dr. Leek
Geers
Justing
Lady Mae
Brunoct Island
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Suay
North
Frounlelker
Nichols
McLane
Logan
Puller
Bam—Hovert
A. Mn
Moran
m—Murphy
m—Magovern
Matty
Ferns
City
Kentucky
Othe Pulice
Wletoey
Ulletony
Atateam
Maine
James Burnham
Buck” Taylor
Connollyan Wallace
Scranton'’S
Connolly & Wallace
Iinaton ‘Avenue
Third National Bank
Scranton
United States
Capital
WM. Connell
Henry Belin, Jr
William H. Peck
Hodlashn S Sons
Pilswer
W. Winth Street
Scranton, PA
Mount Pleasant Coal
Connell Building
Mount Pleasant Coal CO
Sonia de Brad
Florey & Brooks
Washington Ave
Wyoming Avenue
Moonlo
Rushale
Laplin & Rand Powder CO
Repauno Chemical Co
Execbtives
Naor ‘Cement
Ruere
Lea
California Fig Syrup Co. Sr
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