Governor Stone Seeks Settlement of Anthracite Strike
Governor Stone travels to New York to urge settlement of the anthracite miners strike remains without result. P A Widener and J P Morgan resisted mediation while President Fowler and other railroad leaders say only unconditional surrender by miners can end the walkout. Mitchell denies any off status and McAdoo locals pledge to support Shamokin demands.
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Mitchell
Hazleton
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Thomas Duffy
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Morgan backs Pennsylvania plan to end coal strike
Philadelphia reports J Pierpont Morgan approved Governor Stone and P A B Widener plan for miners to return to work without a signed contract. Operators would make concessions to settle disputes, then an arbitrator would issue a ruling and a renewed strike could follow if deemed unjust. President Mitchell reportedly has not yet been informed of a conference.
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Philadelphia
North American
J. Pierpont Morgan
Governor Stone
Pennsylvania
Mr. Morgan
P. A. B. Widener
Stone
Mitchell
Wilkes-Barre
Yale Junior Harry Dupuy Arrested for Manslaughter
Harry W. Dupuy of Allegheny Pennsylvania, a Yale University junior, surrendered to New Haven police. He is charged with manslaughter for a June automobile collision that injured D Thrope Munroe who died later. Dupuy posted bond and left town.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Mascagni to sail for United States in September
Composer Pietro Mascagni and his wife will depart Cherbourg for the United States on September 27. His company will sail from Genoa on September 1. Mascagni has composed a hymn to America expressing his admiration for the New World.
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Pietro Mascagni
Cherbourg
United States
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Muscugni
America
Bridge Builders Strike In Connecticut Against Wage Hike
A strike by bridge builders in Connecticut began today after a union meeting of the Bridge and Structural Workers' union. Workers demand a raise to 40 cents an hour and a nine hour day, with many employed by American Bridge and Berlin Iron Bridge companies.
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Conn
Connecticut
Wis
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Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Indians and firewater clash on Santa Fe train
Sixty Otoe and Pawnee Indians returning from a drunken spree quarreled aboard a northbound Santa Fe passenger train. A fight broke out, one Indian was slain and Conductor Fennell was seriously wounded, with probable death.
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Kan
Santa Fe
Fennell
Arbitration Amendment Aims at Street Railway Disputes
In Columbus Ohio the legislature considers Guerrig's municipal code amendment for compulsory arbitration between street railway corporations and their employees Bracken proposes a floor wage of two cents per hour and a ten hour workday limit for public service workers The AP exclusive wire dispatch notes the measures reflect labor dispute remedies of the era
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Guerrig
Bracken
Republicans Nominate Slates Across Multiple Counties
In Norristown and surrounding areas on Sept. 9 Republican conventions nominated several candidates. Algernon B. Roberts led as senator in Lower Merton. Horace M. Ebert and John H. Rex earned assembly spots. Charles A. Ambler and A. G. Weida joined other nominees in Norristown Abington and Frederick with Josiah Landis. York district nominated D. F. Lafean for Congress. Hydman backed Dr. W. C. Miller for Senate. Blair County endorsed Joseph E. F. Thropp for Congress. Fortieth district conferees failed to agree on a Democratic candidate in Masontown. W. O. Smith nominated on the fourteenth ballot in Punxsutawney. Twenty-Third district ballots in Pittsburgh adjourned for later.
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Montgomery County
Tecker
Algernon B. Roberts
Lower Merton
Assembly
Horace M. Ebert
Pottstown
John H. Rex
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Abington
A. G. Weida
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Josiah Landis
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Punxsutawney
Republian
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W. O. Smith
Pittsburg
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Greene
Fayette Counties
Italian Strike Riot in Candela Ends in Deaths and Wounding
In Candela Apulia five people were killed and ten wounded after a clash between troops and peasants protesting wage disputes. Rioters blocked roads, attacked gendarmes, and seized rifles before troops fired, killing five strikers and wounding ten. an interior ministry official opened an inquiry.
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Rome
Candela
Apulia
Italy
Ministry of the Interior
Seven at Large in St Louis Bribery Case
Judge Douglas adjourned court with seven of eighteen boodle house of delegates members at large. Police and deputies seek the fugitives as new indictments blanket eighteen members for bribery and perjury tied to the Suburban Street railway deal.
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St. Louis
Douglas
House of Delegates
Combine
New England Mile Circuit Opens With Three Straight-Win Races
The first fall New England mile circuit meeting opened at Granite Stake Park with three events won in straight heats. Class 224 trotting purse included Melton and Kamares among starters. class pacing included Hoo Frothy Green and Ned Perry. class pacing purse featured Frank M and Go Decinu Dean with multiple contenders. Weather caused delays across several circuits with rain and wind postponing later races today.
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Michael
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Pimlico
Bethlehem
Reese
Charter Sued Against Clarence Coal Co in Scranton Case
Exclusive wire reports from Harrisburg that a charter was sued today against Clarence Coal Company of Scranton. Details indicate corporate actions and financial implications for the coal firm as proceedings continue.
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Associated Seas
Harrisburg
Clarence Coal Coopany
Scranton
President Would Aid Arbitration If Both Sides Request
A guest of President Roosevelt in Ohio quoted him saying he would gladly select an arbitration committee on the Pennsylvania coal strike if both miners and operators request it. He cautioned that any interference without a mutual request would be seen as coercive and not arbitration.
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Roosevelt
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Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt Tours North Carolina With Welcoming Crowds
President Roosevelt arrived in Salisbury at 6:40 p m on the Asheville route en route to Washington. He praised the mountain scenery and the road’s engineering, thanked locals at Old Fort Connelly Springs and Statesville, and spoke briefly before a cheering Greensboro crowd of about 6 000 as Senator Pritchard and Congressman Blackburn disembarked.
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Statesville
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Boer Generals Leave London for Holland Amid Cheers
Generals Botha DeWet and Delarey began their journey to Holland today. Crowds gave them loud cheers as usual. They reportedly asked Joseph Chamberlain for permission for Boer refugees in Europe to return home without swearing allegiance. Chamberlain reportedly did not agree to this or to reappointing office holders from the former South African governments.
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DeWet
Delarey
Holland
Preag
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Joseph Chamberlain
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Latimer Leads Evans in Senate Primary Result Expectation
Exclusive wire reports from Washington indicate A. C. Latimer ahead of Evans by about 10,000 votes in the senate race while D. Heyward leads Walbot by around 7,000 in the governor contest. Both outcomes appear decided based on early returns.
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Stimson Nominated for Governor by Democratic Convention
Edward C. Stimson of Cripple Creek was nominated for governor by the Democratic state convention on the last ballot in Denver Colorado. The Fourth Judicial district judge received the support of delegates as the party’s nominee.
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Cripple Creek
Fourth Judicial District
German Army Manoeuvres As Umpire Oversees War Games
The day-long exercise featured artillery duels and cavalry skirmishes with infantry未 entering combat. The German defense captured a gun from Russians but the invaders retook it as Blues forces fell into enemy hands. Emperor William supervised from both sides while American officers in new fatigue uniforms observed the proceedings.
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Henry C. Corbin
Samuel B. M. Young
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Ohio to mark McKinley death anniversary nationwide
Governor Nash today urged Ohioans to join a national memorial observance on Sunday September 14 the first anniversary of President McKinley's death. He asked churches of all denominations to hold services in remembrance of the late president and his life and work.
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Nash
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McKinley
Bryan Opens Campaign Tour Across Midwest States
W. J. Bryan began a speech tour from Lincoln Nebraska with little interruption to the November election. He addressed the Grand Army at Hastings and planned to speak in Joplin Missouri then continue through nearby states. He is expected to spend October in Nebraska promoting fusion state and congressional tickets.
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Joplin
Nebraska
Wife-Slayer Found Near Genoa in Woods
The Rev. Maurice Wilson, age over eighty, who reportedly tried to sever his wife's head with a razor, was found in the woods near his Genoa West Virginia home. Exhausted and unable to speak, he had no food since last Saturday morning and is deemed insane. officers will not take him to jail.
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W. Va
Maurice Wilson
Murder and suicide in Brooklyn home
F Goebel, a New York resident, shot and killed Annie Miller at her parents’ Brooklyn home and then killed himself. No motive is known. Miller had previously been married to Arthur Milbanks before resuming her maiden name. A note from Miller found on Goebel indicated urgent business with him.
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Annie Miller
Associated Press
New York
Goebel
Brooklyn
Arthur Milbanks
Sargents Resignation Opens Brotherhood Firemen Convention
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convened in Chattanooga as Grand Master Frank P. Sargent tendered his resignation after his recent appointment as immigration commissioner. The session is expected to run ten days to two weeks with a heated race for the grand mastership. Buffalo Milwaukee and St. Louis are among bidders for the 1904 convention.
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Tenn
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Wilwaukee
St. Louis
Mission to Hayti Reports Creteaa-Pierrot Sinking
Mr. Powell the United States minister to Hayti cabled the state department with a report that Admiral Killick and two officers perished when the Creteaa-Pierrot was sunk near Cape Hayden by the German gunboat Panther.
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Powell
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State Department
Admiral Killick
Cape Hayden
Eruption at Stromboli Forces Island Shroud in Smoke
Rome reports Stromboli volcano in full eruption with tall flames and rocks, while nearby Mount Vesuvius also shows activity. island enveloped in dense smoke as eruptions continue.
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Associated Press
Rome
Stromboli Island
Mount Vesuvius
Jury Deadlock in Radiewicz Riot Trial at Pottsville
Exclusive AP report from Radiewicz case in Pottsville Pennsylvania shows the jury after thirty hours could not agree on a verdict in the Be hannondoah riot leading to state troops being called out. The judge discharged the jurors.
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Pottsville
Anthony Radiewics
Bhenandoah
Agua Dulce Surrender Reported as Panama Tensions Rise
Vice Consul General Ehrman cables the state department that Agua Dulce has been surrendered by government forces. Four revolutionary war vessels are near Panama and rebels move toward the railroad. Ehrman calls the situation at Colon and Panama serious.
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Mr. Ehrman
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Agua Dulce
Ehrman
Colon
Inquest Begun At Pittsfield On Willum Craig Death
An inquest into the death of Willum Craig, secret service guard to the president, opened at Berkshire county courthouse in Pittsfield. Special Justice Charles L. Hibbard presides. many witnesses will be called over more than a week. Governor Crane may testify. President Roosevelt and Cortelyou not expected to appear. Liveryman David J. Pratt, wounded in the accident, is hospitalized but to be examined later. Governor Crane asks a railroad inquiry. Agent McClain of Boston monitors proceedings.
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Cortelyou
McClain
Boston
Joseph Tucker
Pittsfield District Court
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Broker Hugh Robinson Leaps From Window In New York
New York on September 9 95 year old broker Hugh Robinson leaped from a closed apartment window to the sidewalk. He sustained a fractured skull and was taken to a hospital where doctors said a dangerous operation might save his life. Robinson recently returned from abroad and had earlier been treated at Charing Cross in London for cerebral illness.
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London
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Australian tariff bill cuts machinery duty to 12 1 4 percent
The federal senate passed the tariff bill in Melbourne on September 0, agreeing to the house’s compromise. The key U S angle is a reduction of machinery duty to 12 1 4 percent.
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House
Cholera In the Far East Abates After Outbreak
An official report up to August 28 records 4,043 cholera cases and 2,650 deaths along the Eastern China railroad. The spread is now abating.
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St. Petersburg
Appointment of Noreley Barratt as First Assistant DA
Insurance Commissioner Israel W. Durham and Mayor Ashbridge announced the selection of Noreley Barratt as successor to Samuel Penny juncker on the common pleas court. Barratt will serve until January 1 and be nominated for the ten year term at Friday's convention by Governor Stone.
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Israel W. Durham
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Noreley, Barratt
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Pastor Max Lewis Drowns Teaching Daughter at Local Pool
Exclusive wire report from Shepherdstown notes Rev. Max Lewis former editor of the Lutheran World drowned this afternoon in a boat incident while teaching his young daughter to swim. The girl reached safety and the pastor's body was recovered at the scene. Lewis, aged 0, had served in several prominent pulpits.
Steamship Arrivals and Clearances List Mixed
Steamship traffic notes report arrivals at New York including Grosser Kurfurst Bremen Aller Genoa Naples Noordam Ethiopia and arrivals to Glasgow and Boulogne via Hamburg Antwerp and Rotterdam. Clearances include St Louis Southampton Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Graf Waldersee Bremen Hamburg and Southwark.
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Federal party banquet honors Taft amid praise and unity call
At a banquet for Governor Taft, native speakers expressed affection for him and pledged support. Taft denied the Federal party is a Philippine commission creation and praised party organization. He urged focus on agricultural reform, warned two to three years needed for prosperity, and called Filipinos to unite and avoid agitation.
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Manila troops to seek Sultan in Mindanao campaign
Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumner leads a 1100 man column from Camp Vicars against the Macin Moros. The force includes elements of the Eleventh and Twenty-seventh Infantry, two Troops of the Fifteenth Cavalry, and a mountain battery. Expected aims are to segregate hostile groups and keep friendly factions neutral. A follow up expedition against the Sultan of Bacolod on Negros Island is possible if hostility persists.
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Samuel
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Camp Vicars
Bacolod
Negros Island
Wrecked by a Boy Sparks Roanoke Train Tragedy
In Roanoke Virginia on September 9 an eleven year old boy Johnnie Barger confessed he placed a spike between the rails and hammered it to watch the train flatten it. He did not intend to cause a wreck and cannot be prosecuted. Fireman Anderson may recover while Engineer Swain is expected to die from injuries.
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Norfolk and Western
Shenandoah Valley Division
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Swain
Governor Hills Victory Reported in Maine
Exclusive dispatch from Portland Maine notes results from 62 towns with Governor John S Hill Republican leading by 23681 votes and a projected larger margin as 186 towns remaining report. Indicates Republicans have won all but two senators and twenty three representatives with limited returns left.
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Portland
John S’. Hill
Palmer Renominated by Acclaim at Republican County Meet
Wilkes-Barre Sept 1 The Republican county convention was harmonious renominating Congressman Palmer by acclamation The county ticket named Treasurer John Williamson Register John Mainwalling County Commissioners Thomas Smith and John M Jones
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Wilkes-Barre
Palmer
John Williamson
John Mainwalling
Thomas Smith
John M. Jones
Weather Summary for September 9 1902
Yesterday's data show a high of 0 degrees with unclear low reading and humidity around 8 percent. Precipitation in the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. measured 0.68 inch.
Weather Forecast for Washington Area
Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday calls for continued cool conditions in eastern Pennsylvania with fresh easterly winds. Thursday looks fair and warmer.
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