Mine Strike Spreads Across Pittsburg Coal Fields
In the Pittsburg district 10 000 to 15 000 of 21 000 miners obeyed the national UMWA strike order. Reports vary on scope with mines idle across the Wheel ing, Pan Handle, and river districts while a few sites report continued work. Officials say river mines show strongest stoppage as the strike widens.
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National Executive Board
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburg
Dolan
J. W., Steen
I. C
Rogsville
Fitteburg
Wheeling
Padimore
Ohio
Chicago Gas Coal Company
Asceola
Shaners
Pan Handle
Champion
M. A. Hanna & Co
Beadling Brothers
Bankesville
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Turtle Creek
Plum Creek
Saw Creek
Jolin
W. Va
Scalck
Beltimore and Ohio
Cleveland, Loraine and Wheeling
Frightened to Death as Belfry Prank Goes Violent
Pittsburg July 6 The venerable First Presbyterian sexton of New Wrighton Jeav y county is found dead after a July 4 celebration disturbance. A crowd of wealthy youths entered the church at 7 am, climbed the bell tower and swung the clapper in alarm. The sexton rose to investigate as the trouble began.
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Pittsburg
Fielling Hawke
Sexton
First Presbyterian Haven
New Wrighton
Jeav
Woman Charged In Lark With $290 Missing From Plymouth
Mrs. Richardson, a former servant, is accused after Mrs. Michiel Marra reported that $290 drawn from a bank and locked in a bureau was stolen. James Kelly, seen with Richardson, led officers to Towanda and Buffalo before she was arrested on arrival in Plymouth.
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Wilkes-Barre
Plymouth
Michiel
Marra
Welsh Hill
Alice Richardson
James Jones
Kelly
Towanda
Equire Honeywell
Richardson
Chase of a vile tramp in New Brighton ends without capture
Citizens in Daugherty township hunted a roaming tramp who terrorized the area on a July night. He reportedly ordered women from bed and attempted to assault 11 year old Annie Kauffman in a graveyard as A G Moore rescued her with a shotgun. Farmers tracked him but found no trace.
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New Brighton
Daugherty Township
Annie Kauffman
A. G. Moore
Moore
Read Calls For Arbitration In Coal Strike
Colonel W. P. Read of Chicago urges arbitration to end the coal miners strike. He runs three Pan Handle mines and several in Ohio, and sits on the arbitration board for minors. He says it is time to spare women and children from suffering and that a conference could resolve disputes between miners and operators.
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Tittsburg
W. P. Read
Chicago
Ohio
Board of Arbitration of
Iminors
Read
Accident at Erie tunnel leaves man dead
A man was injured when his foot was caught in a rail guard in a cave in Corry. The cave backed down, passing over his right arm and leg, severing them. He was taken to Corry hospital where efforts to save him failed. He leaves a widow in Erie.
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Corry Hospital
Erie
Robbers at West Pittston
Four masked men entered the home of David Cranston in West Pittston on Sunday evening and demanded his pocketbook and watch. Cranston, awakened by a revolver at his forehead, was threatened as the robbers searched for valuables but left after learning nothing more could be taken. Shortly after, Patrick Dougherty was held up nearby by five masked men seeking hire money but found nothing of value and was released.
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Wilkes-Barre
West Pittston
David Cranston
Cranston
Patrick Dougherty
State Dental Association Opens Session at Glen Summit
The State Dental Association meeting opened at Glen Summit hotel with Prof. Wilbur F. Litch presiding. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Weyman preceded routine business as delegates from Hazleton Beranton Wilkes-Barre Mahanoy City Towanda Pottsville attended.
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Hazleton
M. F. O'Rourke
J. FP. Harvey
Louis Costa, Jr
W. H. Hertz
Beranton
Edmund J. Donnegan
Wilkes-Barre
H. WN. Young
P. F. Hourigan
Beck
W. M. Crary
Nellie M. Carle
J. &. Warner
F. Lee Hollister
Drownings Reported in Beaver River and Chartiers Creek
Beaver Falls reports the drowning of George Ricker, 24, who could not swim and sank in ten feet of water while bathing yesterday. In Cannonsburg, Louis Weller, son of Daniel Weller, also drowned while bathing in Chartiers Creek yesterday, unable to swim and venturing beyond his depth.
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Beaver Falls
Beaver River
George Ricker
Ricker
Cannonsburg
Louis Weller
Daniel Weller
Chartiers Creek
Open Letter Praises Lydia E Pinkham Remedies
A Columbus Ohio woman testifies to improved health after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for gynecological issues. She describes prior illness, relief after three bottles and one wash package, and urges other women to try the remedies as a reliable physician at hand.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miss May Sacunen
E. Rich St
Columbus
Injury Mistakenly Reported After Incident
A brief item notes belief that a person's spinal column is seriously injured after an incident. No names or locations are given in readable text.
Mother charged with child murder at Towanda
Miss Johanna O Connell of Asylum township is held on $1500 bail for murdering her newborn son. A physician found the baby with its throat cut in an upper room after birth on June 19. The coroner ordered an exhumation and a public inquest disclosed the alleged act and statements.
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Towanda
Peck
Johanna O'Connell
Asylum Township
Pratt
Italian Ice Vendor Charged With Assault in Elwood City
Donnie Merrico an Italian ice cream peddler is charged with assault on a 2 year old child of Victor Ven Azzi. The child told its mother of the attack and Merrico was arrested and sent to Beaver Hall Italians are greatly excited and tried to lynch Merrico.
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Elwood City
Donnie Merrico
Victor Ven Azzi
Merrico
Beaver Hall
Help Wanted and Patent Inquiry Classified Items
A garbled mix of old classified ads offers various helpers and agents positions. Mentions one cent a word ads for male help, commissions and salaries, and several patent and agency solicitation pitches from Evans & Co Chicago and John Wedderburn & Co Washington. Also includes Clifton Soap and Manufactur e Company and Edward C. Fisil & Co Chicago stock subscriptions pitches.
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John Wedderburn & & CO
Washington
Edward C. Fisil & Co
Orden
Chicago
Butler Tragedy: Child Fatally Burned in Home Fire
A 18 month old baby died after flames from a lamp or oil caught clothing while a 12 year old girl tried to light a fire at Herman station. The infant sustained severe burns and could not be saved.
Boy injured during Fourth of July celebration
In Allentown on July 4 a boy named Hoffman placed a dynamite cracker under a tin can as he celebrated. The blast shattered the can and blew it into his head, tearing out his left eye.
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Allentown
Hoffman
Aged Man Tortured for His Money
Sharon July 6 Robert Seymour an aged farmer near Kile Mer cer county was attacked by robbers in his home late last night. They demanded money but he claimed none. They beat him with knotted ropes over the head and fled after finding only a box of old coppers and a silver watch.
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Sharon
Robert Seymour
Kile
Mercer County
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip condemns Monongahela Navigation Co
Washington July 6 Assistant Secretary Vanderlip issued a warrant in favor of the Monongahela Navigation Company for 33 601 615 the amount of a final judgment of condemnation The property is condemned for river improvement on the Monongahela River
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Washkington
Vanderlip
Monongahela Navigation Company
Monongahela River
Bicycle Style Sparks Interest in Fashion and Innovation
Bicycle jewelry and accessories capture attention among wheelwomen with items like bicycle watch chatelaine, wheel link engagement bracelets, and enameled wheel accents. The article notes growing expertise from shows and sales rooms and mentions a Pittsburg inventor patenting a puncture-proof tire strip adding light, durable protection.
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Pittsburg
Did Not Want to Wed: Bridegroom Absent from Planned Marriage
In Hellefonte on July 6, Louis Doll and Agnes Boal were to wed last Thursday. The ceremony was ready, the minister present, and dinner served, but the bridegroom merchant Doll failed to appear. A messenger learned he had left for parts unknown about an hour before the scheduled 6 pm ceremony.
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Hellefonte
Louis Doll
Agnes Boal
Child nearly fatally burned by carbolic acid spill
In Stroudsburg on July 6 a 22-year-old daughter of Ory Detrich of Sprayville found a bottle of carbolic acid on a table. The child spilled the contents over her body burning severely and the fumes rendered her unconscious.
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Stroudsburg
Ory Detrich
Sprayville
Prisoner’s Dash for Liberty on Fast Train
James Williams, wanted for pocket picking, attempted to escape on a Pennsylvania railroad transfer at Willamasport. He leaped through an open door as the train sped over thirty miles an hour, was found unconscious on the tracks, and sustained a broken arm and other injuries.
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Willamasport
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Williams
Williams
Willams
Wedded in a Parade at Delphos
William Gunsley and Miss Emma Hicke both of Sharpeville were married on a float during Delphos industrial parade Saturday in front of thousands. The ceremony drew a bed room set from the parade committee as a wedding honor. The couple will reside in Sharpsville after a brief honeymoon.
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Sharon
William Gunsley
Emma Hicke
Sharpeville
Delphos
Sharpsville
Baseball Player Hurt in Lancaster
Lancaster July 6. Yesterday afternoon while Matthew Hogarth 40 was playing baseball he was struck on the neck by a heavy batted ball and dropped unconscious remaining in that state.
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Lancaster
Matthew Hogarth
A Cure for All Summer Complaints
An advertisement promises relief and a cure for cramps, sour stomach, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, nervousness, sleeplessness, and malaria using Radway's Ready Relief and Ready Rein, with internal dosing and a flannel compress. It claims fever and ague are not cured by its pills and urges carrying a bottle, priced 30 cents, sold by druggists.
Conductor Fatally Injured in Yard Incident
Corry July William Bunn aged 45 conductor on the P and E railroad was fatally injured in a yard accident near the Junction. He was coupling cars and walked backward when his foot caught in a rail guard and the train ran over him.
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Corry
William Bunn
Wanted Advertisements Offer Easy Wages for Homework
Old newspaper classified notice urges readers to earn money by selling products and taking on agency work. It promises big wages for scant homework and requests 2 cent stamps for full particulars. Messages from agents in Michigan Cincinnati and New York advertise door to door canvassing and permanent profitable work.
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Aguas
M. A. Stebhins
Lawrence, Mich
Amateur Ball Notes Prompt Several City Clubs to Schedule Games
The Apollos challenge the Harmonyms Central Citys or West Side Athletics for July 11. John Allen captain and J Reidenbach manager. The South Side Sliders invite any under 14 club for Saturday after noon 1 pm. William Bresser manager James Calden captain. The Young Americans of Olyphant challenge West Side Browns on Olyphant grounds. M Murray captain G Moran manager. Moosic Populars seek games with West Side Athletics Browns or Eurekas on Moosic grounds this week. Thomas Muir manager. West Side Athletics challenge Olyphant Browns for Friday July 1 on Browns grounds. Thomas Tierney manager. The Hickories Jr challenge Wally Wahs Providence on Friday July 9 East Side grounds and Nonpereils Priceburg Sunday July 11 at Priceburg. J H Brown manager. Columbia team to play Central Ely this afternoon at 9 on Flats grounds Pine Brook or James Boys EB Todd captain L Murphy manager. Moosic Populars for Sunday on Moosic grounds. Thomas Tierney manager.
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Apollos
Harmonys
Central Citys
West Side Athletics
John Allen
J. Reidenbach
South Side Sliders
William Bresser
James Calden
Young Americans
Olyphant
West Side Browns
Tribune
Georgia man sentenced to hang after swift murder trial
The killer, driven by jealousy over alleged flirtations with other men, was sentenced to death in a rapid Georgia trial for murdering Annie Johnson, Mrs. Atkinson’s maid. An appeal to the Supreme Court stayed the execution as Mrs. Atkinson reportedly urged her husband to let the law run its course.
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Georgia
Supreme Court
Annie Johnson
Wife pleads against Cyrus pardon in Georgia case
Mrs Governor Atkinson urges her husband to spare Tom Cyrus the death sentence after his July execution date. Cyrus, a negro murderer, briefly entered police barracks with a smoking revolver claiming he killed his sweetheart and asked to be imprisoned.
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Atlanta
Mra
Atkinon
Tom Cyrus
Cyrus
Joint Scale Conference Sets Stage for Early Wage Settlement
Pittsburgh news reports a joint scale conference of steel sheet manufacturers and workers scheduled for next Thursday. Prospects for an early settlement of wage differences are regarded as bright in the city.
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Pittsburg
Amite City man found shot near Arecola roadside
Samuel C. Hyde was found by the roadside near Arecola on the morning of July 5 on his way to Amite City. He had stated he had many enemies who would shoot him, and it is believed he was killed instantly by a ambushed assailant.
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Amite City
Samuel C. Hyde
Arecola
Tras
Mr. Hyde
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