Spectacular Armour plant fire devastates Sioux City yard
A massive blaze destroyed Armour & Co. fertilizer and adjacent pork facilities in Sioux City. The 600 workers face winter unemployment as flames spread from the fertilizer building to the beef houses, hogs, and oil runs, with multiple explosions and extensive damage estimated at $900,000.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Armour & Co
Stock Yards
Charles W. Lennon
Lennon
Armour Private
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha
Fee
Kansas City
C. F. Avimour
Armour Packing Compiany
Chicago
Bridge Washes Away. Three Men Lost at Red Bluff
The final work on a bridge at Red Bluff near Lometa Texas was swept away today by floodwaters. Three men, Olan Lay James Jackson and Jack Godberry, were trapped as drift around the supports broke loose. None of the bodies have been recovered.
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Lometa
Tex
Red Bluff
Olan Lay
James Jackson
Jack Godberry
Attempted assassination of King Leopold shocks Brussels
A Belgian king escaped three gunshots as he rode to a cathedral service. The assailant, Gennero Rubino, an Italian anarchist and former convict, was detained and later linked to socialist and anarchist circles. Telegrams of congratulations followed Belgium's royal escape.
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Gennero Rubino
Brussels
Marie Hienriette
Rue Royale
Rome
Leopold
Milan
England
Rubine
Italy
Swoatland
Hugland
Glasgow
London
Rubino
Stephanie
Edward
Victor Emmanuel
Zandardelli
Rubbe
Idso
Washington
Hay
Belgium
Sunday at the President's Camp in Mississippi
Exclusive AP report from Smedes Mississippi notes a quiet Sunday at the Littl Sunflower camp. The president rode forest trails, a bear roast dinner was served on a pine table, and a crowd amused by kitchen shortages.
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Smedes
Miss
White House
Chicago
Bob Hobbs
Holt Collier
Switchmen Win Pay Increase Under Railroad Agreement
An exclusive wire from the Associated Press reports managers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reached an accord. Rio Grande system switchmen in COSPAAY yards receive higher pay based on the mileage schedule recently adopted.
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Dever
Col
Herbert
Rio Grande System
Brotherhood of Railroad
Telegraphers and dispatchers gain pay raise on Paddle system
The Southern Pacific signed a new agreement with telegraphers train dispatchers and agents on the Paddle system. Salaries rise by 1 percent with adjustments for major points. The talks were amicable with H J H Perham of the Order of Railway Telegraphers present.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Wis
Railroad Offerate
H. J H. Perham
Conference of Philippine bishops to meet in Manila
A conference of bishops priests and leaders of the Philippine Roman Catholic church will be held in Manila next week. They plan to propose a memorial to Mgr Guidi the apostolic delegate. Some native priests sympathetic to the movement will seek an interview before choosing Rome or dissent. It is believed Guidi will handle the church situation before talks with Civil Gov Taft on friar lands.
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Manila
Mer. Cidi
Philippines
Mgr. Guidi
Rome
Socialists Seek Seat on AFL Executive Council
Exclusive wire reports that the American Federation of Labor may enlarge its executive council from nine to eleven, with a Socialist wing representative likely to join. Socialist delegates claim one third of convention votes. Buffalo or Milwaukee vie for the next gathering as the venue. W E Kennedy prepares a resolution to challenge a political matter, while visiting delegates are hosted with social events and theater.
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New Qorlewis
Armerican Federation of Labor
Labor Party
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Hetter
W. E. Kennedy
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
District of Columbia
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Answers Miners
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation company submits its 1822 charter history and defense to miner demands for a 20 percent wage rise. It includes two exhibits on worker earnings and on alleged overt acts by striking employees, defends wages, housing, and benefits, and argues contract labor and regional mining conditions justify its pay practices.
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Philadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Scranton
Miie
Cen
Fort
Acc
Lehigh Coal Mine Company
Lehigh
Sun Contrale
Carbon Sani Schuylkill
Phlince
Summit Hill
Jaye
Mine Strike Commission Under Cross Examination
The hearing features John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers under two hours of cross examination by David Willcox of the Delaware and Hudson company and two and a half hours by Wayne MacVeagh for the Erie properties. Lawyers present extensive exhibits as both sides press claims over union recognition and miners grievances while commissioners plan further sessions in the city.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
David Willcox
Delaware and Hudson Company
Wayne MacVeagh
Erie
Willcox
Mine Workers’ Union
MacVeagh
Mitchel
Erie Company
MycVeagh
MineVeagh
Mitchell
Mir MacVeagh
MacVeough
Mr. Mitchell
Maeriel
Eb, Thoms
Evie Board of Aireetors
Mic. Veagh
Thomas
Chaleuan Gray
Alturneyss Letabonwail
MacVeigh
Reading of Shamo-Kin convention resolutions
A transcript of hearing within the Shamo Kin convention discussing resolutions on mining labor五月 worker membership buttons local union powers reinstatement of discharged workers and pay for extra work under new pillar arrangements. The committee considered resolutions 4 18 27A and a Plymouth pillar shift case with proposed actions and potential strikes.
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Willcox
Nanticoke
Paat
Clark
Frank Marchinski
Stanley Debeck
Fant Tie
A. Yeux
Reading
Wherdos
Woodward, Avondale
Pettebone
Comming Vetus
Comnoe
TD. Nicholls
Funeral of Liu Kun Y Acknowledges Imperial Respect
The funeral of Liu Kun Y, viceroy of Nan kin, held in Nankin, drew unprecedented foreign homage. A long cortege and imperial pomp marked the rites as nearly a quarter million people lined the route to the jetty for the Chinese cruiser bearing the remains to Hunan. Foreign warships fired minute guns in salute.
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Shaanshal
Liu Kun Y
Nankin
Hunan
Cholera Rising in Manila as Cases Grow Rapidly
Exclusive dispatch reports Manila seeing about thirty new cholera cases daily. Funston Reserve hospital Supa Mesa casual camp and Bilibid prison are infected, with Marquina valley water supply at risk. Officials fear a general epidemic if water becomes contaminated. provincial cases show a decline.
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Manila
Funston Reserve Hospital
Supa Mesa
Bilibid Prison
Marquina
Secretary Wilson II Suffers Nerve Attack, Missing Duties
Secretary Koide Opon tied to his home by a severe neuralgia attack in the recent campaign. The ailment has eased but will delay his return to duties in the agricultural department as recovery continues.
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Washington
Nov
Wl. Koide Opon
Finke
Agricultural Department
Morocco Pretender Captured Ends Kabyle Uprising
A report from Pez claims imperial troops have captured the Moroccan pretender known as Bu Hamare who led an uprising among Berber tribes. Sultan Muhammad reportedly commands 40 000 troops and plans to divert forces to subdue the Kabyle revolt at Aemaur while the Moroccan affair ends.
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Pez
Aemaur
Pes
Bu- Hamare
Ishe Ase
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania in mid November
Washington forecast shows eastern Pennsylvania rain on Monday and Tuesday with cooler conditions Tuesday. Winds shift from east to southeast, bringing wetter and cooler weather across the region.
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Washington
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