Dynamite Crime and Union Turmoil in Shenandoah
Explosive damage to Richard Paritt home in Gilberton injures wife and shocks residents as strikers swarm the area. Sawdust from a mass gathering delays arrests while two men are rescued from mob violence. Bishop Fal lows backs arbitration as miners and operators seek settlement with Mitchell present. Dam on Solomon's Creek hinders Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. washery operations. Misconduct and assaults at No 10 breaker and the Perry bridge clash highlight escalating tensions amid the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Fallows
Chicago
No. 10
Pitts
Prensa
Shenandoah
Richard Partitt
Gilberton
Parfitt
Draper Colliery
John Banth
John Molter
Mahanoy City
Wilkes-Barre
Mitchell
Priceburg
Here
Peter Reminsky
Georgetown
Lehigh and
John Savage
Savage
Jall
Peter Keminski
Keminski
Wiceminski
Solomon's Creek
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
Seinen
Minera
Fie
Andrew Suscavites
Weat Pittston
Keating
No. 8
Pennsylvania Coal Company
William Street
Anhove
No. 10 Breaker
Erie Company
St. James
Scranton
Erie Railroad
Cork Lane
United Mine Workers
Burgess Hunt
Hughestown
Attempt to Burn Breaker in Pittston Sparks Unrest
Disturbances in Pittston and nearby reflect unrest among striking workers. A bold attempt to burn a small breaker on North Main Street, owned by Wheeler Holmes, was thwarted. The plant, reopened recently to hire union men, produced about ten tons of coal daily before the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
North Main Street
Wheeler Holmes
Ravine
Holmes
Featherweights barred from world title bout in Kentucky
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a Jefferson circuit court injunction preventing the Southern Athletic Club from holding the McCovern Corbett featherweight world title fight in Louisville next Monday. The court split on whether a chancellor could restrain a criminal act. the decision bars boxing matches in Kentucky and ends any planned bout in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankford
Emmett Field
Jefferson Circuit
Southern Athletic Club
McCovern-Corbett
Louisville
James D., White
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
White
Gray
McCarthy Proposes Receiver Over Anthracite Mines
Daniel H. McCarthy of Hazleton Pa visits Senator Quay at the Republican state headquarters in Philadelphia and presents a draft bill to appoint a receiver for anthracite mine companies under contingencies. The measure cites constitutional grounds for revoking charters if a corporation harms public welfare. Quay seeks careful consideration of the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Daniel H. Mc Carthy
Hazleton
Quay
McCarthy
Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Newark broker dies suddenly while bathing at Atlantic City
Exclusive AP report from Atlantic City notes Alfred Koyle of Newark, an insurance broker, dropped dead in the surf while bathing this afternoon. He entered the water for a plunge when stricken with apoplexy.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
No J
Alfred Koyle
Newark
Delegates Named for Farmers National Congress in Georgia
Governor Stone announces Pennsylvanian delegates to the Farmers National Congress to be held in Macon, Ga., the week of October 7. The list includes leaders from Harrisburg, Meadville, State College, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg again, and many other towns. George G. Hutchinson of Warrior's Mark is named chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Orwigsburg
Stephen D. Yost
Muntingdon
William Knoderer
Allegheny
Samuel McCreary
Neshannock Falls
W. HH. Stout
Pine Grove
W. C. Patterson
State College
W. A. Gardner
Andres Settlement
FR. J. Weld
Sugar Grove
H. N. Clark
Claridge
Hiram People
New Providence
T. E. Orr
Pittsburg
W. W
West Grove
Gabriel Helster
W. F. Hill
Westford
L. W. Lighty
East Berlin
William Penn Giloyd
Mechanicsburg
Edwin Londale
Wyndmoor
T. C. Millken
Huntingdon
Thomas Phillips
Atglen
W. Stoughton
Prospect
D. W. Cooper
Sunbury
W. el. Dodson
York
Pennypacker Campaign Halted by Rousing City Welcome
Ex Judge Pennypacker Republican nominee for Governor and party were greeted by packed crowds at Old City Hall Pittsburg. The rally featured speeches by Samuel W Pennypacker Boise Penrose James Burke Littlefield A J Baukneid and Charles M Smith as supporters cheered and urged unity ahead of the Philadelphia departure tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pros
Pittsburg
Pennypacker
Old City Hall
Americas
Young Men's
Republican Club
Andrew Robertson
Clarence Burleigh
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Boise Penrose
Duquesne Club
Duquesne Hotel
Judge Pennypacker
Philadelphia
Courts Favor The United States Steel Company in Berger Case
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, in a 8 to 3 vote, reversed the lower court and ruled United States Steel may proceed with its plan to redeem $200,000,000 of preferred stock and second mortgage bonds. No opinion was filed. the decision allows the steel company to carry out its project pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
NW. J
Sept. W
Court of Errors and Appeals
United States Steel Corporation
Mra. Berger
Emory
Court of Errors
Berger
Oleomargarine Conviction Tossed by Circuit Court
A jury in the United States circuit court returned a guilty verdict against William H. Ogden for violating the oleomargarine sale law. Trial occurred before Judge McPherson and Ogden faces sentencing Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sept. W
United States Circuit Court
Willam H. Ogden
McPherson
Ogden
Flying Machine in London Achieves Long Flight
Sitanley B Spencer, a renowned English aeronaut, today successfully completed a remarkable flight over London in an airship of his own invention. The craft covered nearly thirty miles with Spencer maintaining full control throughout the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sitanley B Spenner
Spencer
Statue to Gen Slocum Unveiled at Gettysburg
At Gettysburg Pa on September 19 a monument to Major General Henry Warner Slocum was unveiled on Culp’s Hill. Governors Odell Murphy and Stone attended with the Seventh Regiment NY National Guard escort and veterans. General Sickles presided at the dedication and Mayor Seth Low spoke at a later public meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Seventh Regiment
New York National Guard
Slocum
Sickles
Odell
Murphy
Stone
Seth Low
Gettysburg
Henry Warner Slocum
Culp
Society of the Army of the Potomac
John T. Brooke
King
Daniel EK. Sickles
Centre Square
Lewis R. Stegman
Baltimore
Suvet
HII
New York Battlefield Commission
James C. Hogers
Archibald E. Baxter
Society of the Potomac
Gettysburg National Military Park Commission
Second
United States Cavalry
United States Battery
Rogers
Baxter
D. C. Sprague
Washington
Murder mystery of Annie Pulitzer solved in flat killing
Detectives conclude Mrs. Annie Pulitzer was slain in a West Fifty-eighth Street flat. Captain Titus says Hooper Young, a recent cheap-restaurant worker, killed her and kept the body under a kitchen sink. Young is at large after shipping a trunk to Chicago. a Hoboken Crusader photo aided identification. The crime scene lies near Central Park South in a cheep tenement near stables and grand apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Annie Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
West Fifty-eighth Street
Captain Titus
Detective Bureau
Hooper Young
Titus
Youngs
Chicago
Hoboken Crusader
Hoboken
Young
Murphy to Lead Tammany in New York Election
Charles F. Murphy was elected leader of Tammany Hall by the executive committee. A resolution declares the duties formerly done by a three member committee will now be performed by Charles P. Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Trall
Committee of Three
Charles P. Murphy
Trainmen Strike At Shenandoah Refuse Non-union Coal
Three crews led by conductors Thomas Cook Charles Han lon and Peter McConnell refused to handle non-union coal from the North Mahanoy colliery. Strikers swarmed the scene as engines moved away amid cheers. Sheriff Beddall called General Goblin who ordered state troops to the site. Company I Carlisle plus additional guards secured the track as twenty three coal cars began shipping. The strikers, not union members, sparked a districtwide stoppage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Thomas Cook
Charles Hanlon
Peter McConnell
Philadelphia and Heading Company
North Mahanoy
President's Westward Tour Reaches Harrisburg and Altoona
President's train arrived in Harrisburg at 7.10 PM and left for Pittsburgh after a brief stop, with Senator Quay aboard from Trenton to Germantown. Immigration Commissioner Sargent joined at Powellton Junction. In Altoona, late that night, thousands greeted the president and he thanked the crowd.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pitttsburg
Frank P. Sudrgent
Powelton Junction
United States
Quay
Trenton
Germantown
Senator Quay
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Oyster Bay
Sargent
Employers and Employees
Minneapolis
Altoona
Dun's Review of Trade Signals Active Domestic Market
Exclusive wire reports that domestic trade remains active with high money rates not shaking industrial output or confidence. Labor disputes are few, coke production rising, and imports of gold promise relief while coal and pig iron shipments fluctuate. Failures for the week total 199 in the United States and 25 in Canada, with broad-based expansion in steel and iron demand noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Connellsville
Great Britain
Bieel
Nuw
United States
Canada
Murderer jailed for wife slaying in Westmont case
Camden New Jersey September 19 Lafayette Graff of Gloucester is jailed for murder of his wife Mary Ann Gruff. The March 11 crime occurred at Mrs Susan Gowle's Westmont home where Gruff visited for child possession. He cut his wife’s throat and tried to shoot the infant. the bullet wounded Mrs Gowle instead.
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Camden
N. J
Lafayette Graff
Gloucester
Mary Ann Gruff
Gruff
Susan Gowle
Westmont
Here
Gowle
Pattison Speaks to Bedford Democracy
Ex Governor Pattison and George W. Guthrie campaign in Bedford County addressing large audiences at Hyndman Everett and Bedford. They attack Republican taxation and promises while urging voters to back Democrats in November amid rallies in Hyndman Blair county visits planned for Tyrone Hollidaysburg and Altoona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Pattison
George W. Guthrie
Hyndman
Everett
Huntingdon
F. E. Colvin
Maryland
A. R. Kramer
The
Reformed Church
Filadelphia
Philadelphia
Ao Degre
Mayne
Major Veale
Blair County
Tyrone
Hollidaysburg
Altoona
Nominations Report From Three Districts
Exclusive wire reports from Easton Stroudsburg and Philadelphia detail nominations. D H Shull of Monroe County wins the Twenty sixth district bid with Carbon and Pike delegates. James T Mulhearn is chosen in the Twenty second senatorial district. Frank M Rhoder of Media selected for Congress in the Seventh district.
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Easton
D. H. Shull
Monroe
Congress
Pike
Carbon
Shull
Northampton
Tloward Mitchler
Stroudsburg
James T. Mulhearn
Carbon County
Philadelphia
Seventh Congressional District
Delaware
Chester
Frank &. Rhoder
Media
Steamship Arrivals From a Fragmented Log
Arrivals and sailings list ships arriving and clearing ports with names such as Liverpool Hamburg Havre Boulogne Rotterdam and Antwerp. The garbled item mentions ships like Cymile Kroonland Noordam Lat Bretagne and Noordam and Bouhampton with New York as a destination and Antwerp as a port of call.
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New York
Lisciniu
Liverpool
Columbia
Hamburg
Touraine
Havre
Umbria
Ryndham
Rotterdam
Boulogne
Kroonland
Antwerp
Cymile
Lat Bretagne
Houlogne Sur Mer
Noordam
Bouhampton
Southward
Antwer
Queen of Belgium Dies in Spa Surprise
Exclusive wire reports the queen of Belgium dying in Spa Belgium at 7.00 this evening. The terse dispatch notes the monarch’s death and the location of the royal death in a terse late report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Spa
Weather Forecast for Washington Weekend
Weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday calls for cloudy conditions with deteriorating air, diminishing northeast winds, and a fall-like feel across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Waasters
Pennsylvania
Tragedy Hits Shiloh Church After Washington Address
In Birmingham at Shiloh Colored Baptist Church a stampede following an dispute and a mistaken fire alarm kills sixty five people and injures many more. The disaster struck as Booker T. Washington concluded his address to the Colored Baptist convention drawing at least two thousand inside. Police and fire crews struggled to rescue victims as bodies lay on benches and steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
House of Worship
Garious Undertaking
Judge Billou
Baltimore
Negroca
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Ton
Benton Tribune
Judge Field
MR. M'Carthy
Associated Preas
Farmers’ National Congress
Macon
City Hall
Associated Prena
Flying Machine
Preas
Gen. Slocum
Guip
Mr. Murphy
Tammany
Asociated Press
Dun's Review OF Trade
Lafayette Gruff
Bedford Democracy
Anovlated Press
Asociatedream
Shemebenee Optheenewe
Fin Anful Grush
Associated Preag
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