Mines Resume as Strike Continues in Lehigh Valley Region
Reports from Scranton Tribune indicate several Hazleton area collieries including Yorktown and Spring Brook plan to resume with full crews after scattered responses to the whistle. Lehigh Valley and Silver Brook face mixed turnout, while the Beaver Meadow breaker fire attributed to possible fanatical women threatens troop withdrawal timelines.
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Hazleton
Silver Brook
Wents & Co
Jeanesville
Lehigh Valley Company
Yorktown
Spring Brook
Lehigh Valley
Jconesville
Wooed and Won in Jail in Trenton Scandal
In Trenton New Jersey on September 1 William Parsone a clerk at Armour's packing house was jailed recently. Mins wonora Simmonds a milliner from Maricton Pennsylvania had arrived in town and the text cuts off leaving details unclear.
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Groom
Trenton
N. J
William Parsone
Armour’s Packing House
Wonora Simmonds
Maricton
Woman Wins Release After Courtship and Quick Wedding
A woman accused a man of assault but obtained jail access to tend him. She urged marriage, and County Clerk Gummere said two witnesses were needed. Two Haglion friends identified the couple, leading to Parsons's release after a ceremony by Squire Naar. The pair then went to Hazleton where Parsons’s brother-in-law runs schools.
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Gummere
Mise Simmonds
Haglion
Parsons
Parson
Squire Naar
Hazleton
Brother Ia
Death by Own Action to Evade Wife in Baltimore
Albers Nutt of Philadelphia, a pensioner, is hospitalized after inhaling illuminating gas in a Baltimore hotel while his wife, Mrs. Nutt, seeks him on a desertion warrant. She possesses both their first marriage and later reconciliation certificates and doubts his marriage to the woman he has been living with in the city.
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Baltimore
Albers Nutt
Philadelphia
Nutt
Governor to discuss withdrawal of Hazleton troops
Harriburg Sept 21 Governor Hastings will confer with Adjutant General Stewart General Gobin and other National Guard officers on the advisability of withdrawing troops from Hazleton It costs the state between 0 and 6000 a day to keep them on duty and the governor seeks to avoid this expense if possible The forecast is that by week end all soldiers except a battalion of infantry and a troop of cavalry will be withdrawn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans Mining Company
Beaver Meadow
Iaia
Gobin
Harrieburg
Hastings
Stewart
National Guard
Hazieton
Butler Hill
Butler Valley
Hale Park
Drifton
Twelfth Regment
Camp Lattimer
Thayer
Petit
Robling
Kuhback
Zachman
Charles W. Jones
James Farlan
Stutler
Hanley
The Beaver Meadow Breaker Burned In Hazleton Fire
A. S. Van Wickle breaker at Beaver Meadow near Hazleton was burned to the ground in a blaze likely started by incendiary action. About fifty workers were employed with mine crews, and authorities evacuated equipment and moved safety measures to protect the mine slope and boiler house as flames destroyed the eighty foot structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Evans
van Wickle & Co
Kennedy & Warner
Benvyer Meadow
Warner
Lattimer
Coleraine
Meters
Kennedy
Beaver Mewlow
Waselock
Attack on Camp Lattimer Ends Peacefully in Four Minutes
Turmoil at Camp Lattimer as Thirteenth Regiment repels a quick assault by Wilkes-Barre troops. Colonel Mattes lines his men in fighting array and the invaders surrender after a rapid show of force. The episode runs four minutes from assembly to fighting formation.
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Mattes
Scranton Tribune
Hazleton
Camp Lattimer
Company FE
Company F
Harleigh
Artesian
Camp Latimer
Scranton
Ines
Merry Hades
Neta
Wilkes-Barre
Lattimer
Colonel Dougherty
Major McKee
Dougherty
the Thirteenth
McKee
Ninth
Thirteenth
McMcKee
Pittston Regiment
Broucht
Buss
Dimmick
Palace Destroyed by Dynamite Bomb in Spain
Telegraphs from Korongo report a dynamite blast destroyed the palace of the Marquis of Lois in Madrid during the family’s absence. No injuries were recorded.
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Spain
Madrid
Qrongo
Minto
Lois
Head-On Collision near Helena Kills Two Men
A Georgia and Alabama railroad head-end crash near Helena today killed engineer J D Young and his fireman, while conductor Boyd suffered serious injuries. The MecHae Ga dispatch notes the wreck as a terrible accident with rescue under way.
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Manta
Journal
MecHae
Helena
Georgia and
Alabua
J.D. Young
Boyd
Plott Triumphs in Brooklyn Republican Delegates Vote
New York report states the Brooklyn Republican primary chose delegates aligned with the Plott faction led by Lieutenant Governor Woodruff in Kings County. Officials claim the city convention will be carried by about two to one, with expected district assembly outcomes.
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Plott
New York
Republican Primarion
Brooklyn
Piott
Woodruff
Kings County
Monterey Runs Aground Near Point Arena California
The battleship Monterey bound for the south from Puget Sound ran ashore in fog five miles north of Point Arena Lighthouse yesterday at 4 8 o clock. The steamer freed herself about 45 minutes later and continued her voyage. No major damage is believed.
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Point Arena
Cal
Monterey
Puget Sound
Policing Exchange Tour Between Reading and Wilmington
More than fifty Reading police and city officials visited Wilmington September 21. Mayor McLean welcomed them at City Hall as Wilmington officials led a parade through King Street to a dinner at Turnham. A baseball game followed with Wilmington winning 19 to 12. The party then toured the city including Fort Delaware aboard the steamship Ulysses.
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Wilmington
Del
Reading
McLear
Lawson, Pyle and Hart
Dolan
McLean
Weldel
King Birect
Turnham
Willington
Elts
Dew Castle
Fort Delware
Uls.cy
Earthquake Shakes Rome and Several Italian Cities
Two light shocks were felt in Rome at 2 PM with subterranean disturbance also felt in Rimini Fermor Besant Bologna Sinigugna Fabrang Cugli Florence and Ancona. Panic spread and some old houses fell in Ancona.
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Rome
Rimini
Fermor
Besant
Bologna
Sinigugna
Fabrang
Cugli
Florence
Ancona
Peace Treaty Ratified Between Turkey and Greece
Constantinople September 2 The preliminary treaty of the between Turkey and Greece signed Saturday by the sultan and the powers has been ratified by the sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Greece
Revolutionaries Move Through Nicaragua Towns For Arms
Report from Managua via Galveston notes the uprising spreading to Grenada and Jinotepe as Generals Paez and Alfaro rally about 20 revolutionaries, collecting arms ammunition and money while passing through Jinotepe.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Galveston
Texan
Grenada
Dinoctepe
Paez
Alfaro
Jinotepe
Sheriff Martin Hearing Tests Deputies in Lattimer Shootings
In Wilkes-Barre on Sept 21 Sheriff Martin and 64 deputies faced a preliminary hearing over the killing of 24 striking miners near Lattimer on Sept 10. Bail set at 256000 for all deputies. no witness directly testifies that Martin ordered the shootings.
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Martin
Philadelphia
Wilkes-Barre
Lattimer
Hazleton
Lynch
Bennett
John M. Garman
Ait Lattimer
Gobin
McKee
Ninth Regiment
Gorman
Squire Gorman
John McGahren
Garman
McGahren
Fell
Joseph A. Bim
City Trust, Safe Deposit and Surety Company
McGahron
Fair at Pittston Opens Second Luzerne County Fair
The second annual Luzerne County Fair opened in Pittston with large attendance and varied exhibits. Music by the Ninth Regiment band led by Professor Alexander and a Japanese juggling troupe headline attractions. Scranton Wheelmen dominated bicycle races with several prizes won. today features horse racing led by A B Stevens and other noted riders.
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Pittston
Rept. C
Luzerne County Fair Association
Ninth Regiment
Alexander
Scranton
Harry Krava Secamen
Fred Mckown
C. A. Stroh
van Valkenburg
C. BE
Coleman
Robert V. White
Joseph J. Webber
H. B. Strong
F. B. Reese
Fintries—Van Valkenburg
A. B. Btevens
L. A. Patterson
Carbondale
Mollie B
S. G. Bie Bones
William Hughes
Hazieton
Carrie
Stuart Fletcher
Herrick
B. m. Prince M. del Foote
Mamie Gift
B. m. Springlight
John E. Davis
Taylor
Maggie Davis
M. Ll. Perrin
General Meade
Smiley
Hazleton
B. G. Rex
Silver King
R. J. Buckley
Wilkes- Barre
M. Josephine
W. A. St
Victim of Brutal Attack in Elkton Maryland
A young woman Misa Shaffer aged 19 is reported beaten and injured on East High street Elkton Maryland last night by an unknown colored man The victim is employed as a domestic in a local family and the incident remains under investigation
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Elkton
Mad
Misa la
Attack on Main Street Woman Ends with Escape
A woman leaving a White Street home was struck in the face by a colored man near East High Street. She suffered a cut mouth and bleeding nose before the assailant attempted to choke her. Her screams drew a crowd and a posse searched the area but captured no one.
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John ‘T. Brown
Main Street
Eaat High Street
Mr. Brown
Convention Called Off for Democratic Societies in Pa
The annual convention of Pennsylvania Democratic societies scheduled for Wilkes-Barre on September 2 is canceled due to disturbances in the area. A committee of James Kerr, A. H. Ladner, and William J. Brennen will set a new time and place for the gathering.
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Wilkes- Barre
Harrisburg
Democratic Societies of
Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre
James Kerr
Clearfield
A. H. Ladner
Philadelphia
William J. Brennen
Pittsburg
Primitive Methodists Plan Non-Resident Theology College
The Primitive Methodist conference at Fall River outlined a plan for a correspondence college to be known as the Non-Resident School of Theology. A faculty was elected with Rev. F. Humphries as president and Rev. T. J. Barlow as treasurer. Alfred Humphries and J. J. Arnad were tasked with revising the ritual.
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Fall River
Maes
Primitive Methodist Conference
Humphries
Moessie
W. H. Acorney
W. H. Yarrow
W. B. Taylor
T. M. Bateman
D. D
Charles Proeser
Scranton
Thomas G. Spencer
Brown University
Alfred Humphries
John Johns
Avoca
T. J. Barlow
H. W. Matthews
J. J. Arnad
Pension certificates issued in September list
Washington and Pennsylvania records show original and widowed pension certificates for September. Names include John M. Connor and others in Wilkes-Barre Luzerne, with additions like Johnston C. Akers in Altoona and Ida V. Curtis in Avoca Blair. Includes several spellings and locations such as Duncansville and Cinderella Connor in Wilkes-Barre.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
John M. Connor
Wilkes- Barre
Ligerne
Robert Wallace
Luserne
Henry C. Witmer
Christana
Lancaster
John C. James
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne
Increare
Johnston C. Akers
Altoona
Hilair
Ida V. Curtis
Avoca
Lagerne
Evalin W. Gates
Duncansville
Blair
Cinderella Connor
Laizerne
Trial of J J H Cruikehank in London Continues For Week
The defense of Cruikehank on charges of defrauding Lady Randolph Churchill and her sisters Mra Moreton Frewer and Mra Leslie, Mrs Drake Brockman, Viscount Mallington and other nobility of $10,000 in an alleged American railroad syndicate was extended for a week. The women aimed to grow suddenly rich to surprise their husbands.
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London
Boot. J
J. H. 1. Cruikehank
Lady Randolph Churchill
Mra. Moreton Frewer
Mra. Leslie
Hasleton Strike Hearing and Local News Roundup
The morning paper reports a general status update on the Hasleton strike with Sheriff Martin and deputies attending a hearing. Other items cover Eastern and National League baseball games, local committee interest in a caterer for the high school, a Loyal Knights lodge, and editorials on press perspectives.
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Hasleton
Martin
Camp Lattimer
Knighte of
Amerat
Yellow fever cases steady as quarantines tighten in Mississippi
Nine new cases reported at 6 pm with no deaths. officials say the outbreak is milder and improving. Mobile reports 28 under treatment and three deaths since yesterday. Meridian trains reduced to one daily in both directions as quarantine measures tighten. A special Jackson conference with Governor McLaurin leads to agreement that trains carry no passengers for local points and will bypass between Vicksburg and Jackson with inspections at quarantine stations.
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Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Jackson
Mobile
New Orleans
Board of Health
Meridian
Miss
Mobiley and Obhlo
J. W. Fewell
Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad
McLaurin
Farish Bridge
Dra
Hunter
Todd
McLean
Wharton
Ewing
Manship
Lamon
Vicksburg
Jackeson
Moblie
Ala
Alleged Cruelty at State Insane Asylum Sparks Inquiry
In a complaint to the Pennsylvania charity board Rev. FL KR Donehoe accuses the Wernersville asylum of exploiting indigent insane labor to fund the institution. He cites Dixmont transfers that left men physically wrecked and women returned “broken down in body and sadly crazed in mind,” urging an investigation.
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Pittsburg
Cadwallader Biddle
State Board of Charities
FL KR. Donehoe
Wernersville
Dixmont
Divmont
Vernereville
Baptist Convention Opens Session in Boston
The American National Baptist convention met at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Boston with devotional led by M L Copeland of Wichita. Delegates chose John H Frank to head the foreign mission board and J P Robinson for the home mission board. Resolutions asked US national leaders to permit new regional groups to pursue foreign work in many states and DC, and condemned lynching before adjourning to meet next year in Kansas City.
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Boston
American National Baptist Convention
Ebenezer Baptist Church
M. L. Copeland
Wichita
Kan
John H. Frank
Foreign Mission Board
J. P. Robinson
Home Missionary Board
Wheeler
Fifty-fourth
Mareachusetta Regiment
National Convention of the
United States
Mikeson
North Carolina
Virginian
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
District of Columbia
Kansas City
Baltimore Veteran William Howard Dies By Own Hand
William Howard a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars killed himself at his home at 1 Rameney street this morning. Mental derangement is cited as the cause. He leaves a widow three sons and three daughters.
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Baltimore
William Howard
Rameney Street
Kinley and party depart Washington for Adams Maine
President Kinley and his party left Washington tonight by the Pennsylvania line for Adams Maine where they will be guests of Hon. W. B. Plunkett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McKinley
Washington
Mos. Kinley
Pennsylvania
Adams, Main
W. B. Plunkett
Weather Update From New York and Regions
Weather across the middle states and New England is fair to partly cloudy with slightly warmer temperatures by noon. Fresh brisk winds shift from north to east as rain squalls threaten coastal areas and a tropical cyclone moves northward along the Gulf Stream.
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New York
New England
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