Miners clash at Plum Creek and Unity camps amid raids
At Plum Creek the sheriff eased arrests as deputies limited interference with striking miners. Captain Bellingham plans a mobile force to boost scouting and recruit converts. A raid on Unity’s negro railroad laborers camp destroyed gambling tables and saloons while miners offered peace support.
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Pittsburg
de Armitt
Samuel Young
Plum Creek
Uriah Bellingham
Catain Bellingham
Unity
Carson
Eighteen Strikers Held Then Released at Bunda Mines
At Camp Injunction the eighteen workers arrested for disorderly conduct at the Bunda mines were sent to jail for ten days but were released in the morning and all returned to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunda Mines
Pittsburg Conference on Coal Prices Ends Without Agreement
In Pittsburg a meeting of operators and miners adjourned without a settlement. A new session is planned for tomorrow morning. National President Ratchford stated arbitration is favored but tied to living wages, while operators push to resume at retroactive or existing rates, with a 69 cent rate to prevail for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
G. W. Schlendeberg
Ratchford
Dolan
Colonel Read
Fair Board of Arbitration
Read
United States
Strikers Seize Trains at Oak Hill and Wellston
About 7000 miners led by three brass bands halted a mixed freight and passenger train on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line at Wellston. They moved to Oak Hill, forced workers to quit, and then boarded a Baltimore and Ohio South Western freight train back to Wellston. Oak Hill miners refused to work until settlement. Threats of further action and potential mining disruption raise concerns of additional clashes.
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Oak Hill
Warner
Patrick Dolan
Miners’ Organization
John McLuckie
Sturgeon
McLuckie
Dolan
Wellston
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Baltimore and Ohio South- Western
Fatal boiler explosion at Cairo brickyard kills three
Three men died and eight were injured when a boiler exploded at W. Br. Halliday brickyard in Cairo Tennessee shortly after 7 am. The deceased were Riley Bradley and Gideon Ricks and Henry Schiller. all but Schiller were Black. No injuries were expected to be fatal. cause of the blast is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
W. BR. Halliday
Riley Bradley
Gideon Ricks
Henry Schiller
Schiller
Wall
Will Reorganize the Hocking Coal and Ore Co
A current Wall Street report says stockholders of the Mocking Coal and Ore company plan a reorganization and will approach the bondholders committee. The bondholders have reportedly been ready to accept a five percent bond if certain conditions are met, which have not yet been complied with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
New York
Wall Street
Mocking Coal and Arew Company
Girls Accused of Forgery Arrested in Worcester
Emma Brown aged 19 and Gertie Hogan aged 18 were arrested at the Waldo house in Worcester on a forgery charge. Inspector Stone and Sergeant McMurray detained them last night. They are wanted in Springfield, Massachusetts, for forging a check said to be issued to the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Emma Brown
Gertie Hogan
Waldo House
Inspector Stone
Sergeant McMurray
Springfield
Mass
Unloading In Wheat Market Causes Net Two Cent Drop
New York and Chicago report a brisk unloading day with a net 2 cent per bushel decline from Saturday’s close in wheat, with heavy curb activity and 14 million bushels traded. Corn and oats declined as the market faced selling pressure amid foreign selling and fluctuating prices. Provisions closed largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Chicago
Bedlam
Board of Trade
Tented City at Buffalo Opens for Veterans Camp
Buffalo August opening of a pleteureque tented city on a bluff above Lake Erie and Niagara River. Commander in Chief Clarkson opens the encampment with Mayor Jewett and locals. Col Gobin of Pennsylvania touted as potential commander in chief. Proposal to establish a sanitarium for veterans on an island near Charleston, endorsed by Clarkson.
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Buffalo
Camp Jewett
Lakle Erie
Niagara River
Clarkson
Hir
Jewett
Bidwell Wilkee
Columbia Post
Chicago
Thirteenth United States Infantry
Fort Porter
Pennsylvania
Colonel Gobin
Gobin
Grand Army
Castle Pinckney
Charleston
D. C
Congress
Gold in North Carolina Two Men Strike Rich Vein
In McDowell County two men have mined 1500 dollars in pure gold in six weeks from a vein they discovered. North Carolina has produced over twenty five million dollars in gold from Piedmont and Western fields, with renewed activity after years of California fever. Professors Kerr and Holmes note large untapped gold potential in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Raleigh
N. C
Piedmont
North Carolina
California
Profeasor
Kerr
Thenevelna
Holmes
Woman's Assailant Lynched in Williamsburg Kentucky
A mob of about fifty men entered the Williamsburg jail at 1 a.m. and dragged Caney Bullivan from custody, hanging him on the Cumberland River county bridge. The lynching followed his February assault of his sister in law, Sarah Lawson, for which he was previously found guilty and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Caney Bullivan
White
Cumberland River
Brummett
Sullivan
Sarah Lawson
Randolph and farmer face poaching charge at Narragansett Pier
Philadelphian P. Randolph and his head farmer Potter were arrested by the State Game Association and local police at Narragansett Pier after being found with sixty woodcock. They pleaded not guilty and await trial next week, facing a penalty of twenty dollars per bird or possible imprisonment.
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Boston
Mass
P. Randolph
Narragansett Pier
State Game Association
Randolph
Potter
Iba
Nor
Anniversary opens readings of Sons of America convention
First in a series of conventions commemorating the fiftieth birthday of the Sons of America opens in Reading Pennsylvania. About 120 members attend with officers elected including Commander general Charles G Frantz and James A Robb Jr. Delegates from Illinois Indiana and Michigan attend as the state camp plans next year’s meeting in Port Carbon.
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Reading
Patriotic Orders
Sons of America
Weldel
D. E. Rupley
Montgomery
Charles G. Frantz
Lebanon
James A. Robb, Jr
Philadelphia
Fred&. Steel
A. O. Shissler
Shannon
Chicago
Crawfordsville
Ind
Indianapolis
Port Carbon
James A. Robb
Jay W. Brown
Oscar B. Wetherhold
This City
Rev
D. E B. Rupley
Benjamin Wilhite
Crawfordville
Fred Smith
W. H. Hangen
Allentown
B. F. Bailey
George Krick
Shenandoah
John M. Witman
Safe robber Gerbig identified after Canton bank shooting
The Canton Savings Bank robber shot by a Canton police officer is identified as George Gerbig of Chambersburg known as Cooney Gerbig. He, a barber about forty, had a lengthy criminal record and ties to disreputable resorts in Altoona Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
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Chambersburg
Canton
Canton Savings Bank
George Gerbig
Cooney Gerbig
Altoona
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania builds a crewless giant ore engine at Juniata
In Altoona at Juniata shops the Pennsylvania Railroad is assembling a massive 70 ton freight engine with about double the capacity of standard locomotives. It will haul ore from the lake to Pittsburgh over the Erie and Pittsburgh road, competing with the Carnegie line. The train will operate with air brakes and no crew. the engineer will manage the entire task. When testing begins, ore rates may drop from 0 to 0 cents per ton, challenging existing charges.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata
Aixton
Pittsburg
Erie and
Pittsboro Road
Pitteburg Road
Carnegie Road
Man Kills Wife in Mayfield Riot After Quarrel
Wil Tutt, a colored man, shot and killed his wife and wounded his sister in law during a quarrel over a proposed visit in Mayfield Kentucky. A crowd of thousands gathered and a posse of about one hundred pursued Tutt. He was captured under heavy guard amid fears of lynching and jailed.
Fishing Schooner Marathon Abandoned Off Cape North
The Gloucester fishing schooner Marathon was abandoned in a leaky condition off Cape North on a netting trip to North Bay. The crew, after rowing for a day and night, reached St. Lawrence and later North Bidney, and will be sent home by the American consul via the steamship Arcadia.
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Halifax
Marathon
Cape North
North Bay
Dortes
Ae Bt. Lawrence
North Bidney
Arcadia
Desperation of the Armenians and 1896 Riots Recap
Confessions of two Armenian arrestees claim plans to use bombs on the Russian and German embassies. A 1896 Armenian Deed of Blood riot involved the Ottoman bank attack, extensive urban violence, and widespread casualties before authorities forced surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Dashnakzutrum Committee
Europe
Galata- Seria
Mussulmans
Edgar Vincent
Peace The Chief End in Constantinople
In Constantinople on August 23 reports state the French foreign minister Hinutoux says Turkish evacuation of Thessaly is less important than peace. Salisbury favors a loan plan with international control to secure Greece’s indemnity payment, and powers are studying the proposal.
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Constantinople
M. Hinutoux
Marquis of Salisbury
Thessaly
M. Hanatoux
Thescaly
Marquis of Salsbury
Greece
State Republican convention to open in Harrisburg
Delegates expected to start arriving in Harrisburg for the state convention with key Westmoreland figures James Beacom and FE Robbins among early arrivals. Beacom likely to be nominated for state treasurer. Headquarters to open at Lochiel Hotel with Eyre assisting Levi G. McCauley for auditor general.
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Harrisburg
James Beacom
Westmoreland
FE. KE. Robbins
Amos W. Trout
John R. Byrne
Fayette
Beacom
the Lochiel
T. Larry Eyre
West Chester
Levi G. McCauley
Chester
FIGHT OVER PRISONER ENDS IN GUNFIRE AT KEYSTONE
In Keystone West Virginia on August 1 a shooting affray broke out as Policeman Carter Withers and John Stewart and Sam Gossett tried to rescue a prisoner. Withers was fatally wounded by shots to the neck chest and lungs. Cobbs was wounded in the arm. Gossett was shot by Cobbs. A bystander Sam Bailey was struck by a stray ball and bled severely before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
W. Va
Carter Withers
John Stewart
Sam Gossett
Withers
Cobbs
Gossett
Stewart
Goswett
Sam Bailey
Kalualani Aims for Hawaiian Queenship on Return
Princess Kalualani, now of majority, plans to return to Hawaii in October after ten years in Europe. She hopes to be made queen if annexation succeeds and will stop in New York around September 25 en route home, possibly visiting the ex-queen in the city. Her father accompanies her.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Kalualoani
England
Felands
New York
Tomporgay
Kalualant
Anti-Quay Organization Formed in Pottsville
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on August 21 the Republican county committee organized with Arthur J. Shay as chairman and Charles A. Snyder Daniel Duffy as secretaries, and George Dyson as reading clerk Dyson is the only Quayite Shay is a Wanamaker leader Snyder and Duffy oppose Constellaman Brumm in favor of Benator Loseh making the group absolutely anti Quay
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Pottsville
Republilcan County
Arthur JL. Shay
Charles A. Snyder
Daniel Duffy
George Dyson
Reading
Dyson
Shay
Wanamaker
Snyder
Duffy
Constellaman Brumm
Benator Loseh
First Kite Camera Obscura Shown From Bayonne
In Bayonne New Jersey on a sunny afternoon Willam A Eddy exhibited a kite suspended camera obscura. Observers on the ground in New York watched as a small image appeared at eight feet up and fifteen feet distant, seen clearly with the naked eye despite bright daylight. The experiment marks a pioneering aerial photography trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bayonne
N. J
St. George
Eddy
Rooney Kills Man and Wounds Lover in Jealousy Case
Philadelphia police report William Rooney aged about 22 shot and killed Alphonzo Picard 25 and seriously wounded Verona Callheim 19 on Girard avenue near Eighth street. Rooney admitted jealousy and claimed he would not be made a "guy" by a woman. Picard owned a bicycle shop and had been with Callheim. Rooney was captured by a patrolman and a citizen. The wounded woman was taken to St Joseph's Hospital with slim chances of recovery.
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Philadelphia
William Rooney
North Fifth Street
Alphonzo Picard
Verona Callheim
Picard
Rooney
Tyson
Major Wilson
Girard Avenue
Eighth Street
Miss Callheim
St. Joseph's Hospital
Mormon Elders Beaten by Whitecaps in South Carolina
In Camden and Fairfield County a group of about forty masked men, reported as Whitecaps, stormed into the area and seized three Mormon elders from their lodgings. They whipped the men severely and warned them to leave the county amid ongoing tensions over their presence. The governor was alerted for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Camden
D. C
Fairfield County
Woman in a Trance Winnie Barrett of Lost Creek
Winnie Barrett aged 17 of Lost Creek has slept for five months after a trance. She went to bed healthy on Thursday evening and despite medical efforts she remains unresponsive. Physicians note the case as one of the region’s strangest and monitor the outcome with interest.
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Winnie Barrett
Lost Creek
Misa Winnie Barrett
Waa
Bey of Tunis May Abdicate in Favor of Son
The Figaro reports the Bey of Tunis Sidi Ali will abdicate soon in favor of his son and move to Nice. Sidi Ali, born 1817, became ruler on October 11, 1847, succeeding Shil Mohamed-es-Sadok. the heir presumptive Eid Mohamed Tateb is his younger brother, born in 1841.
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Nice
Paris
The
Figaro Today
Tunis
Sidi Ali
Shil Mohamed-es-Sadok
IIQ
Eid Mohamed Tateb
Ikl
Davenport ex Senator and ex Mayor John C. Bites Dies by Own Hand
Davenport Iowa August 22 John C Bites former Blate Benator and ex Mayor a leading Iowa lawyer aged 40 shot himself after a period of deep despondency over failing health authorities report that his death was by his own action. he was prominent in state politics and law.
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Iowa
Davenport
John C. Bites
Benator
Striking Miners and Global News Dominate Morning Edition
Front page surveys general scenes from miner strikes and Armenian distress to revolts in India, with notes on wheat price trends. It also highlights national and Atlantic league baseball, amateur play, and local Democratic delegates in revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
America
Weatside
Lackawanna County
Republcan
Uprising of Afridis Terrifies British India
Reports from Simla and London describe a large Afridi force advancing from the Khyber Pass with the Mad Mullah inciting natives. British troops including royal Irish regiment and mountain artillery move to Kohat as clashes erupt at All-Muajed and Fort Mude. The dispatch signals a probable protracted campaign and a full Afridi revolt.
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Simla
Khyber Pass
Michni
Royal Irish Regiment
Kohat
All-Muajed
London
Peshawar
All-Mussed
Fort Mude
Kadam
Cotton Mills at Work in New England Centers
Dispatches from New England centers report many cotton mills that had been idle have resumed operations. Substantial mills like Fall River and Lowell restarted, Amoskeag Manchester plans a September 6 restart after a month shutdown, and several smaller mills also reopened. Overall the market improves and more mills expect full operation by early next month depending on raw materials.
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New England
Boston
Fall River
Lowell
Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
Armory
Mexico Wreck Board Sacks Captain and Pilot
The Board of Inquiry into the wreck of the steamship Mexico at Dixon's Entrance on August 5 revokes Captain Thomas's pilot papers for sixty days and revokes Pilot Connell's for thirty days. They fault the captain for not remaining on deck in a known dangerous position. The rock at Devil's Neck End was known to the ship's navigating officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Mexico
Dixon's Entrance
Thomas
Connell
van Weet
Wyoming Democrats nominate John Wall for Jury Commissioner
In Tunkhannonook Pennsylvania the Wyoming county Democratic convention nominated John Wall for jury commissioner. Delegates to the state convention were elected and anti Harrity resolutions were adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wall
Tunkhoannook
Wyoming County
Duel to Death in Kentucky Ends in Fatal Combat
In Hyden Kentucky ex sheriff George H Bleel and deputy sheriff Samuel Young both died after a combat in the fifth round. Young survived two hours after being shot three times. Bleel was a Democrat leader and Young a Republican leader riving over political appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesboro
George H. Bleel
Samuel Young
Leslie County
Hyden
Young
Steel
New York Weather Forecast Aug 21
The Herald reports for the middle states and New England today partly cloudy to fair with little temperature change. The seaboard will be cloudy with rain and brisk to fresh easterly and northeasterly winds.
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the Herald
New York
Middle States
New England
Seaboard
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Dubois
Duois
Reynoldsville
Electric Park
George S. Harris
Lush Hall
Father McGivney
Huffholder
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Organized Labor
Knights of Labor Hall
Allegheny County
No. Third Avenue
P. Dolan
William VW
St. Peter
Kers
M. P. Carrick
Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators
W. J. Smith
American Flint Glass Workers
M. M. Garland
American Amal
Association of Iron and Steel Orders
J. D. McFarlane
Knights of Labor
MR. Ratchfort Explains
Bush
Selia
Rush
Grand Army of the Republic
Barber
New Enterprise of
Will Tutt
Mayfield
France
State Convention
West Virginia
Kaiualani
Verona Callholm
Crime
Bey OF
Afridis
Mad Mullah
Wyoming
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