President Roosevelt Convenes White House Coal Talks Again
In a bid to speed coal strike resolution, President Roosevelt holds a three hour White House conference with Secretary of War Cortelyou Secretary of the Navy Moody Attorney General Knox Postmaster General Payne and U S Commissioner of Labor Carroll Wright Present were physicians Surgeon General Rixey and Lang The discussions remain secret with no statement issued and observers say the miners may be appealed to for a quick return to work.
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White House
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
United States Commissioner of Labor
Washington
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Ain
Wir Toot
Navy
Moody
Knox
Payne
Darrell D. Wright
United States
Tyne
Rixey
Eivery
Carrol P. Wright
Mitchell
Miners’ Organization
Stone
Cortelyou
Pennesivania
Ovopei
General Defense
Walter M. Weyl
Carrol D. Wright
Mr. Weyl
Mr. Wright
Mr. Mitchell
Associated Press
Wek
Commissioner Wright
Soft coal operators show sympathy in western support
The Washington conference with President Roosevelt and coal leaders failed to yield results, pushing strike leaders to brace for new actions. Illinois miners pledge funds and voluntary assessments to aid Pennsylvania workers, with 36,000 Illinois miners contributing ten cents per ton and boys in the state giving ten cents a day to the Pennsylvania strikers.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mites
Washington
Roosevelt
W. R. Russell
Mitchell
Russell
Russell Dowline
Tlinois
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
West
Illinois
Dynamite Blasts Hit Tracks Near Silver Creek
An early morning dynamite blast damaged a section of the Silver Creek branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad shaking nearby houses in New Philadelphia and Silver Creek. Fifty deputies guarded workers en route to the collieries as officials report a plot to destroy the New Jersey Central line between No. 4 and Nelg collieries. two Twelfth regiment companies were mobilized to guard tracks.
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Tanvidua
Silver Creek
Philadelphia and Reading
New Phihadelphia
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
New Jersey Central Railroad
Nelg
Twelfth Regiment
Rally at Pittsburg Promises Arbitration for Anthracite Strikers
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania an audience of organized workers heard Secretary Wilson of the tiners union speak for the anthracite strikers. Talks urged arbitration and condemned operators for opposing Roosevelt’s peace efforts. A committee was authorized to raise funds for strikers families and 3635.49 was collected.
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Pittsburg
Qet. i
Wier
John Mitchell
W. G. Wilson
Tiners’ Union
Mitchell
Wilson
Roosevelt
Still Another Plan for State Control of Mines
A Philadelphia Central Labor Union meeting adopted five member resolutions urging state control of coal mines. The group will present the resolutions to Governor Stone, as strike tensions and Roosevelt’s settlement plan were discussed along with candidates’ views on union labor.
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Philadelphia
Stone
Central Labor Union
Thoosevelt
Shared Refuge With Beasts in Northwest Fire Tragedy
The Northwestern forest fires have killed many and forced a refugee group from White's Mill near Centralia to flee into a creek for over an hour and then a grotto as bears deer and wildcats joined the terror. Eleven perished and officials fear sixty campers at Mount Helena and nearby areas are among the dead.
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Tacoma
Wash
White's Mill
Centralia
Ariel
Mount Helena
Mass Meeting Sparks Glens Falls Transport Disturbance
National Guard troops guard the Hudson Valley Railway power house and a bridge after a mass meeting by strike sympathizers in Glens Falls leads to riotous demonstrations. Conductor Currier of Brooklyn is badly injured, soldiers fire into the air, and cars are stalled or moved under military protection.
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Brooklyn
Glens Falls
Hudson Valley Electric Railway Company
National Guard
Glens Fills
Sandy HI
Rank Square
Labbor
Cool
Currier
Rk, National Guard
Mott
Milliths
Patterson
Port Edward
Colonel Thurston Resigns as First Deputy Police Commissioner
Colonel Nathaniel Thurston, the first deputy police commissioner, submitted his resignation to Commissioner Partridge this afternoon. He cited rumors reaching the mayor as the reason and said he would not remain in the position under such conditions. Commissioner Partridge indicated no successor has been named and suggested Major Ebstein, the current second deputy, as a likely promotion, though not from Brooklyn.
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New York
Nathaniel BK. Thurston
Partridge
Thurston
Ebstein
Brooklyn
Ocean Passage Updates From Early 20th Century Shipping
Exclusive wire reports sailings and arrivals across major ports. La Cham pagne Havie arrives in Antwerp from New York while a vessel from Liverpool to Queenstown sails and another departs Bremen to New York amid Southampton traffic.
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Ovt
la Champagne
Havie
Aceland
Antwerp
Queenstown
Wmbria i
Liverpool
Bouthampton
Creaser Kurforest
Vom Bremen
Streetcar Strike Sparks Riot in Genoa
A meeting of striking street car workers in Genoa led to rioting with twenty eight cars wrecked and many arrests. The strike began last Sunday and disrupted service as police failed to restore order.
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Genoa
Oct. H
General Booth Sermons Draw Crowds At New York Meetings
The New York Academy of Music hosted three Salvation Army campaigns by General Booth drawing about six thousand attendees despite heavy rain. Colonel Lawley aided, hymns and prayers opened, Booth spoke over an hour at each session, brass band provided music. A monster meeting is planned for Carnegie Hall tomorrow with Mayor Low presiding.
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New York
Academy of Music
General Booth
Salvation Army
Booth
John Lawley
Carnegie Hall
Mayor Low
Veterans Readied for Grand Army Encampment in Washington
Washington prepares for the thirty sixth annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment beginning tomorrow. Auxiliary groups join the main gathering as tents and government space house indigent veterans. Weather improves for outdoor events including parades on the Potomac river, Camp Roosevelt dedication, and a grand campfire at Convention Hall with John Hay as chief speaker.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomine
Camp Roosevelt
White
John Hay
Convention Hall
Grant
Mr. Alexander
D. B. Shuey
Emporia
Kan
J. G. Butler
J. M. Shick
Young Men's Christian Association
W. W. White
New York
Torrence
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
John A. Logan
Street refuse for fuel initiative announced in New York
Edward T. Devine, secretary of the Charity Organisation Society, said the street cleaning department and the Charity Organisation Society will begin next Monday to separate wood refuse from other debris at thirteen dumps. The wood will be distributed as fuel to anyone who comes to the dumps in person, replacing prior burning or sea disposal.
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New York
Edward T. Devine
Charity Organisation Society
Miners Benefit Vaudeville Draws Cleveland Crowd
Three thousand people packed a local theater in Cleveland to attend a vaudeville show for striking miners. President Sol Sontheimer of the United Trades and Labor council spoke, noting laboring men differ from mine operators on arbitration.
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Cleveland
Sol Sontheimer
United Trades and Labor Council
Holy Cross Church Marks Jubilee as Farley Named Archbishop
The Holy Cross church jubilee was celebrated with Most Rev John Farley presiding and Monsignor Joseph Mooney assisting. A sealed packet from the pope notified Farley of his archbishop appointment, and he prayed with priests before announcing the news to guests. He will receive the pallium within three weeks and a ceremony will confirm him as archbishop.
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New York
Holy Cross Church
John Farley
D. D
Joseph Ff. Mooney
P. J. Hayes
Farley
Washington
Bishop Farley
Holy Cross
Roosevelt Won't Review Grand Army Parade
Washington October 6 The president will not review the Grand Army of the Republic parade in front of the White House as planned. Officials say he must rest and his physicians forbid overtaxing his strength after the recent illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Grand Army of the Republic
White House
Another Offer of Coal Lands
Mrs. Johanna C. Samuels, formerly of Nashville and Washington, offers President Roosevelt a tract of mining land in Kentucky to be mined by the government without compensation during the strike. She says the property is idle and she would not benefit financially, leaving details to the president.
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New York
Roosevelt
Johanna C. Samuels
Nashville
Headquarters Won't Move as Troops Stand Ready
AAP dispatch from Shemmdowh Pa reports General Gos hin will not shift brigade HQ at Wilkes Barre unless warranted. He says more troops may be sent to Lackawanna county if demonstrations recur. Non union worker Peter Macofsky was beaten by a mob on Went Center street and later sheltered in a house until soldiers dispersed the crowd.
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Shemmdowh
S.C
Goshin
Wilkes-Barre
Lackawanna County
Goblin
Peter Macofsky
Expenditures Drop in 1818 War Office Report
The annual report of the Paymaster General shows army expenditures decreasing in 1818 from the previous year due to reduced army pay and fewer claims for extra pay by volunteers. Total outlays noted for Paymaster General Bates are recorded.
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Washington
Oct
Bates
Six Day Walking Match Set From November Four
Exclusive wire reports a six day walking event from November four with a diamond belt to the winner and 50 percent of receipts. An extra $1000 prize awaits any walker who breaks the two hour mark. The event features ten laps to the mile and includes nearly all top six day pedestrians.
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Associated
Etreas
Philadelphia
Brigands Capture Turkish Mine Owner in Balkan Raid
Brigands seized a Turkish mine owner named Shetik Bey at Orisar near Vodena about forty miles from Monastir. He is held for a ransom of 15000 dollars in a Balkan incident reported by The Associated Press from Salonika.
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Associated Press
Salonica
Shetik Bey
Orisar
Vodena
Monastir
Great Losses From Typhoon and Fire on the Coast
News from Pekin reports Prince Tuan suspected of fomenting rebellion as a massive typhoon devastates Japan. Six hundred fishing smacks and fifteen hundred men lost, with dozens drowned or killed in Yokohama and nearby shores. The steamer Kaku Maru wrecked at Ushifuki September 10, while searchers bring in few survivors.
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Kgyoshima
Ushifuki
Pekin
Tuan
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Tartar
Kaxoshima
Karazawa Miura
Yamaguchiken
Sawakami
Yokohama
Fujikiwa
Aigo
Shima
Kawashita
Hiroshima
Akigor
Asahi Machi
Khalgan
Ninani Hall
Yang-tze
Hamkow
Foreign Department
Gilbert confesses auto accident urges stricter motor laws
William S. Gilbert admits running down a clergyman and calls for tougher motor regulations in a letter to the London Times. Prominent motorists respond with varied views while Kipling joins a volunteer automobile corps created by the war office.
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London
William S. Gilbert
London Times
Leopold
Rothschild
Richard Hamilton
Gilbert
Rudyard Kipling
Volunteer Automobile Corps
War Office
Castro in danger as wife hides jewels in Caracas
An Associated Press report from Willemstad says President Castro faces a critical situation in Venezuela. His wife reportedly deposited her jewelry at the Spanish legation in Caracas amid the unfolding crisis.
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Caracas
Associated Press
Willemstad
Island
Curacao
Castro
Venezuela
Han
Car Lens
Wisconsin delegates named for Detroit coal strike conference
Governor La Vallet appoints twenty two delegates to attend the coal strike conference in Detroit. Former Governor W D Howard of Mort Atkinson heads the list. The committee includes representatives from all sections of the state.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
la Vallet
Detroit
W. D. Hioard
Mort Atkinson
Pensions Granted To Wilkes-Barre and Peoly Residents
Washington on October 4 reports pensions granted to Charles Broghamer of Wilkes-Barre and Wisliah Hall of Peoly aged 38, details unclear due to OCR.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles Broghamer
Wilkes-Barre
Wilsiah Hall
Peoly
Deaths of a Day Exclusive Wire Burlington Iowa Oct 1 US Senator Gear widow dies aged 64
Mrs John H Gear widow of the late United States Senator Gear dies at age 64 in Burlington Iowa. Report notes she had been married to the senator and references her bereavement as a public figure’s spouse.
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Associated Preas
Burlington
John H. Gear
United States
Gear
London
Castel Sherard
Baron Sherard
Lath
Weather Report for October 5 1908
Local data shows a maximum temperature around thirty six or higher and a low near fifty four degrees with relative humidity high. Precipitation measurements appear uncertain but indicate around eight hours of rainfall or moisture presence.
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday in Pennsylvania
Washington reports clearing skies in Mastern Pennsylvania with cooler conditions Monday and fair weather Tuesday. Fresh south to west winds are expected.
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Mastern Pennsylvania
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