Delegates Arrive as Anthracite Talks Open in Wilkes Barre
Delegates to the Anthracite Miners Gathering arrive in Wilkes Barre for a vote on President Roosevelt’s plan to end the strike and submit grievances to arbitration. Mitchell as chairman aims to guide discussions on reemployment and arbitration. Delegates from Berks and Lackawanna regions travel, with officials predicting the convention to last two days behind closed doors.
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Anthracite Miners
Nesbitt Theater
President Roosevelt
Miners Seek Wet Fund Continued Support in District
Delegates from the United Mine Workers led by Vice President Hellingham and District Secretary Dodds traveled from Pittsburg to consult with the miners chief. They aim to decide if the wet fund remains in place to aid hard coal strikers in the district.
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Tron and Steel
Ih Hellingham
United Mine Workers
William Dodds
Wll O
Pittsburg
Laurier in Poor Health Amid Catarrrh Rumor
Canadian Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier is reported in delicate health with a stomach catarrh. A prominent friend cited a doctor’s diagnosis while on a trip to Europe, though Laurier declined to disclose details and preferred other treatments.
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Wilfread
Riot at Littleton as blacks seize town and powder magazine
A race riot at Littleton twenty five miles from Birmingham leaves multiple dead on both sides. The black population, outnumbering whites ten to one, seizes control of the town and a coal company powder magazine, with deputies and a posse fleeing as the situation stabilizes. The incident began with an attack on a white woman on a bridge, sparking violent clashes and a evolving standoff.
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Birmingham
Alo
Littleton
Jo Op Ny
Burgin
Jenks
Ie Coal Company
Britain and China Clash Over Shanghai Troop Departure Terms
Negotiations to withdraw international forces from Shanghai stall as Britain seeks a clearer status for the Yong-tse Valley and firmer terms on alienation of territory in the region.
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Pekin
Shanghai
Great Britain
Yong-tse Valley
Morgan praised by John Mitchell in exclusive wire report
President Mitchell lauded J Pierpont Morgan and defended his stance amid a Manchester Guardian claim that Morgan called off a strike to avoid losses. Mitchell said Morgan sought a fair settlement, supported labor rights, and favored direct cooperation with unions to resolve the regional labor dispute.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Mitchell
J. Pierpont Morgan
Manchester Guardian
Morgan
Eruption devastates St Vincent crops and drives refugees
A severe outbreak of the Soufriere volcano near Saint Vincent has buried coffee and other crops under ash, destroyed wide tracts of farmland, and forced large numbers of residents from Clearge Town toward Kingstown. Roads are impassable, refugees suffer hunger and thirst, and animal losses are reported, though no lives are confirmed.
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Iingston
St. Vincent
Hinds
Valeance
Othe
Mesopotamia Valley
Windward
Ceargetown
Cleargetown
Kingstown
Labor organizers jailed for contempt in federal dispute
From Bristol, Miles Siginlet William Wyckhiarn John Wires and Jimer Green union organizers received forty five days to four months in jail for contempt of court. They were found in violation of a federal order restraining labor groups from interfering with the work of a rebuilder overseeing the recovery.
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Tie Aascordtiodress
Bristol, Tonn
Abiteden
Vu. Yeaterday
Miles Siginlet
William Wyckhiarn
John Wires
Jimer Green
Fertig
Tragic Triple Fatality in Lawrenceburg Crossing
A prominent farmer identified as Mil ler was killed with his wife and six year old Questor when a motor vehicle struck them while crossing a rural road near Fulford and Buggy last night. Police are investigating the collision and tracing the driver.
Bridge collapse drowns crew near Golden Horn
Five crew members perished when the Constantinople bridge over the Golden Horn collapsed yesterday near Gabale suburb, leaving the Cpt. W-PFiftees immersed and drowned.
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Constantinople
Golden Horn
Collectiiyonstantinophe
Gabel
Death by Own Action of Jim Younger
James Younger one of the Younger brothers famous with Jesse and Frank James died by his own act today in St. Paul. Paroled recently from Stillwater for the Northfield bank raid, he shot himself in his boarding house room clutching a revolver. He and his brother Coleman had been serving life terms. both were paroled under state conditions not to leave the state. The Younger brothers, Civil War veterans, gained notoriety for robberies across Missouri and Minnesota including the Northfield raid in 1876.
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St. Paul
James Younger
Jesse James
Younger
Still Water Penitentiary
Coleman
Northfield Bank
Coleman Younger
Robert
James
Jesse
Frank James
Hanks
Pfi
Bard
Confederacy
Quantrel
Missouri
Minensota
Northfield
Rive County
Niattoral Bank
Ishier J. Ll. Heywood
Ne Tad
Northflelt
Youto@er brothers
Terial
Dividoon
Cashier Heywood
State Board of Pardons
Fatal boiler explosion near Mound City Ark
Two killed one fatally and three injured when the tug Nellis from St Louis exploded near Mound City Ark early today. Mrs Josie Hill of St Louis and William Phillips named as dead or missing. injured include Willie Gillem Frank Hill and two others. Eleven aboard at time of blast caused by three boiler tubes giving way.
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Memphis
Tenn
Hill
Nellis
Hayti Revolt Ends. Gonaives Quiet as Refugees Remain
The town of Gonaives reports calm as government forces claim the revolution is over. General St. Felix Collin urges order while many refugees remain at foreign consulates. Marines have returned to ships, with Chiviniati sailing to Port de Paix and Di Astass and Palke dispatched to other ports.
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Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Gonaives
St. Felix Collin
Killlek
Chemin
United States
Chiviniati
Port de Pals
di Astass
Palke
Cape Haytien
New York Tire Carvings Strike Quieted by Roosevelt
An Associated Press report from New York describes a strike among workers at a New York tire firm contracted to do carvings for the White House. President Roosevelt reportedly used his influence to help end the dispute, with workers demanding fair terms and reassurances on future orders.
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Associated Pres
New York
Steike
Lee
Celine Wie
Roosevelt
Murder Report From Navidad Mine Shadows Canton News
An unexplained killing is reported at the Navidad mine in Minscoin's canton Suate Jolligan. Authorities say an Auieorlican owner is presumed murdered by men, with investigations ongoing in The Asachatond press circle.
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Moeslen City
Php Nesid
Navidad
Canton
Minscoin
Suate of Jolligan
Mens
Archbishop Resurrected Humble Hero in Uinta Blues Probe
Exclusive wire reports a remarkable uprighting of Archbishop amid an odd Uinta Blues case. The details indicate religious figures and local authorities probing a mystery tied to a cleaved community, with possible homefront implications.
Colored workers to go as strike settlement reached
Reading Steel works near Lebanon face a settlement after a lockout. Finishing staff will return at May wages with future pay based on standing. Colored iron workers who replaced strikers are to be dismissed. union ratification and return to work were anticipated but postponed to tomorrow.
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Aimeoment Iron Aid
Lebanon
Texas Wants Boers Colonists Aimed for Texas
Mexico City reports Commandant Snyman, once of the Boer army, arrived with Marshal Bond and E. Reeve Merritt of New York to discuss Boer colonization. Leading Texans seek Boers as colonists for their state, with Snyman to meet high officials soon.
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Mexico City
Snyman
Marshal Bond
E. Reeve Merritt
New York
War in Somaliland Moves Against Mad Mullah Forces
London dispatch reports Colonel Cobbs leading native troops toward the stockade camp after assaults on Mudug area. Casualties include Colonel Phillips and Captain Angus with about 100 wounded. six hundred reinforcements requested as Somali levies are shaken and Mullah signals reinforce. The Times warns Britain against half measures in Somaliland policy.
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London
Foreign Office
Cobbs
Somaliland
Berhera
Cobbs Sive
Eorego
Mudug
Stocckade
Phillips
Angus
Howard
Everett
Swain
Brego
Get
Mullah
Kull
Inger
Webbe River
Swat
Andi
Bohodle
Berbera
Times
France unions mull nationwide eight hour strike plan
The General Confederation of Labor weighs a general strike across all trades in France to demand eight hours work daily and old age pensions as miners have pressed. A manifesto to unions is drafted urging deliberation and a meeting next Monday to decide on actions. The miners' strike remains peaceful as leaders report men were calm.
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Bpuris
Patrie
General Confederation of Labor
France
Intervention Sought for Macedonians by Michailowsky
Rome telegram reports M. Michailowsky addressing the powers requesting intervention to halt Turkish retaliation against Macedonians. He claims that several districts face turmoil with attacks on women and civilians and urges action to protect residents.
Steamship Arrivals and Departures from Major Ports
Arrivals listed by exclusive wire show ships Ryndan Rottierdam and Boulogne Sur Mer at BL Loui Southampton and Cherhouire. Also listed are Sutled Allo Genoa Naples with Grater Kurtursat Bremen via Cherboure. Departure notes include Wailerbind New York bound for Ant werp and other vessels sailing from New York to Cibradar-Balled iin from chi wid Nophs.
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New York
Ryndan
Rottierdam
Boulogne Sur Mer
Loui
Bouthampton
Cherhouire
Allo
Genoa
Naples
Bremen
Cherboure
Cheard
Wailerbind
Antwerp
Cibradar
Unclear clipping from Portuguese football strike noted
A fragmented AP wire item from Sieho Oot Mee notes a disrupted strike scenario affecting football efforts in northern Portugal. Readable fragments describe a potential stalemate and regional tensions impacting matches and schedules.
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Associated Press
Sieho
mMevenbeut
Steike
Portugal
Marines tied to Silinsky shooting at League Island
Private John F. Devlin of the U S Marine Corps is arrested on charges of being accessory after the fact to the murder of Chris Silinsky at League Island Navy Yard. A warrant for Corporal Reese Jones, now in Panama aboard the Panther, is reported.
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Silinsky
Associated Preas
Plaidelphia
John F. Devlin
United States Marine Corps
League Island Navy Yard
Chris Silinsky
Corporaleeze Jones
Panama
Panther
Marine Corps
League Island
Wise
Devlin
Jones
Ofiver
Reese Jones
Navy Yard
Pipe blast at National Tube works burns eight men
At the River side plant in Benwood eight men were scalded when a twelve inch copper pipe supplying steam to blast engines failed. Four carpenters and four laborers worked on a scaffold in the boiler room. the escaping steam and a blown valve tore through partitions and toppled the scaffold. Three or four may die. others hospitalized with severe burns.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Works
Benwood
Byck
Burke
McMechen
Explanations of Castro Victory From Curacao Memoir
A Curacao Venezuelan revolt briefing claims Castro’s forces held La Victoria and refused to attack, forcing rebels to retreat. It alleges Rawnes with 1200 men failed to stop the government train with half a million cartridges and cites bridges untouched, while Castro’s army consolidates at 3100 troops against Matos’s 8000. The note predicts rebels near Caracas in days.
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Widewnstad
Curacoa
Venezuela
la Victoria
Castro
la Victoria Lise
Castra
Cariscos
Rawnes
Mendoza
Catiucas
la Vietoria
Raines
Corneus
Fume
Meio
Matos
Carneas
Trolley Collision in Cumberland Valley Traction Crash
A morning trolley crash on the Cumberland Valley Traction line injured several people and claimed one life. Benjamin Batteker of Boiling Springs died, with five others injured as crews battled the wreck and authorities assessed damage.
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Hhvevnsburg
Copany
Benjamin Batteker
Boiling Springs
Will
Mifetithy
Emperor and Empress of Russia to Visit City Next December
Exclusive dispatch reports the Russian imperial couple will visit the city next December, escorted by a Russian squadron. The report, attributed to The Associated Meena in Rome, notes high security and ceremonial arrangements for the royal tour.
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Russia
Rome
Expulsion Report From TalGier Morocco
An Exclusive Wire dispatch says Euro peas luive have been expelled from bes in Tal Gier Morocco, reported by The Associated Press.
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Exclusive
Associated Press
The
Associated Presa
Madrid
Talgier
Morrocco
Bes
Boxers Not Suppressed Says Viceroy of Sze Chuen
The new viceroy Tsen Chun Suan reports boxers have not been suppressed at Cheng Tu and two gph centres, asking amintenne missionaries to refrain from travel in central Sze Chuen. The emperor’s reception at the summer palace drew the diplomatic corps and legation board commanders except Sir Ernest Satow, who declined inter course due to the murder of English missionaries Bruce and Lewis in Hoe Nun province, where officials were exculpated and ignorant peasants beheaded.
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Pekin
Oet
Sze-Chuen
Tsen-Chun-Suan
Cheng-Tu
Gph
Legation
Ernest Satow
Bruce and Lewis
Hoe Nun
Deaths of a Day Exclusive Wire Summary
Multiple obituaries reported: Mr McCally aged 60s, former Maryland legislature member and abolitionist. Walter Crane of Braddock aged mid 60s, early life in Scotland, joined Joliet club, linked to Andrew Cheeves. Dr N B Carpenter of Columbus hospital died of apoplexy at 44. Colonel George N Mendall, West Point graduate and Civil War engineer, died in San Francisco.
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Haltimenre
Ford
McCally
Burt Puppeet
Lincoln
Pittisburms
Walter Crane
Hibmirian
Carmeghe
Braddock
Rokeshire
Scothind
Lp Jollet
Til
Andrew Ch Weele Hood
National Librarymen's Association
Columbus
BN. Carpentier
Columbus Diate Hospital
Carpenter
San Francisco
George N. Mendall
Board of Public Works
West Point
Petersburg
Weather Data Summary
Local weather notes indicate October 14 with high and low readings, temperature and humidity data, and precipitation. The fragments mention geographic regions and 24 hour duration, plus trace rainfall and percentages but lack clear values.
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Lawese
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Beranton
John Gallieher
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Cheorge Horthein
Shunmokin
Bernice
Anthwaelbe Coul Fehl
Dietriot
Cleorme Haurdel
Organiaer Panl Pulocki
Central Huilroad
New Jersey
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Hrngandley Cieneral Gobin
Genertive
My. Mitchell
Samuel Jones
Toledo
Ohio
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Laurier
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Great Britain and China
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MR. Morgan
John Mitchell
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Europe
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Air Morgan
Tam
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United Mine Workers of
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ST Vincent
Jim Younger
Stillwater Penitentiary
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Rosa
Gienod
Hopelle
Herve
Reading Steel
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Mexico
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M. Michahliowsky
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M. Michilowsky
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Henry Westenhaver
Will de. W. FL Jones
Samuel Tl. Geuady
Arthur Plalepenny
Frank Bartula
M. MH. Burris
Bed Carson
Iniena
Fez
Sze-Chuen Province
Washington
Pennsylvania
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