Five Mills Give In To The Shingleweavers Demands
April 2 reports a shingle industry strike as Ballard girls refuse work and workers walk off. Mills like Nichols Amber, Seattle Cedar, and Stimson shift to a union wage scale of four fifty for men and three fifty for clippers, with other workers paid per 1060 shingles. The shutdowns threaten a prolonged stoppage unless mills grant the scale.
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Ballard
Nichols (Amber Company
Bolcom Lumber Company
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company
Acme Shingle Company
Nichola
Strike breakers imported from United States reported in Winnipeg
Ottawa April 2 A M H Aylesworth minister of labor received a letter from the trades and labor council of Winnipeg asking him to send an officer to arrest strike-breakers alleged to have been brought from the United States by a Winnipeg street railway company.
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Ottawa
Canada
AMH
Aylesworth
Trades and Labor Council of
Winnipeg
United States
Bennett to sue jailer over mistreatment and discharge
Bennett announces he will file suit against City Jailer Corbett claiming mistreatment in county jail and city lock-up. Sheriff Smith discussed with Oscar Wise the discharged jailer and said graft led to Wise's discharge. no new jailer appointed as of now while subordinate runs operations.
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Bea Oo
Jona
Bennett
Torney
P. D. Hughes
Corbett
Hughes
Smith
Oscar Wise
Wiese
Copper field railroad deal boosts New York Mars firm
The report says a coup for copper interests near Ona and Valderix aims to build a northward railroad tapping rich ore deposits. Backers include Guggenheims and Mars interests with a San Francisco smelter planned to process up to 1000 tons daily. Construction from Valdes to the coast moves ahead.
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Altes
Ona
Jet
New York
Mars
Ila
Geposita
Rosone
Ban Frar
Guggenheime
Montag
San Francisco
Gungenheims
Valdes
Senator Fulton Proposes Judicial Review Amendment
Senator Fulton of Oregon, a Hepburn bill supporter, announces acceptance of an amendment limiting review to a judicial inquiry into constitutionality and an early hearing. He defends the Senate from magazine writers and warns the decision is momentous, stressing public and corporate interests.
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Washington
Fulton
Oregon
Senate
Questors
Miners face scale talks and strikes across states
Reports from several coal regions April 2 show miners celebrating an eight hour day in Illinois while others await signings of the 1908 scale. Operators in Indiana and Ohio offer or resist two year terms as protests and wage advances spread across polities like Westmoreland and Lackawanna valleys.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
Wellston
Greensburg
Keystone Coal & Coke Company
Westmoreland County
Opel Man Breaking Out on Queen Anne Hills Roads
Reckless automobiling plagues Queen Anne Hill residents as bubble machines speed through streets far above legal limits. Police receive numerous complaints and residents urge enforcement. Fine weather drew many autos out yesterday and speeds increased.
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Queen Anne Hill
Speeding on Queen Anne Drive Sparks Public Alarm
Police report on Queen Anne Drive notes many motorists push their cars to high speed on the paved street. Residents fear for homes and personal safety as fast driving endangers pedestrians and property.
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Queen Anne Drive
Rail Commissioners Convene in Washington Convention
Washington officials from multiple railroads gather in D C for the National Association of Rail Commissioners meeting. The focus centers on railroad building policy and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Association of Rail Commissioners
Opinion Upholds Free Transit Passes for City Officials
Corporation Counsel Scott Calhoun filed an opinion on the Earth Electric franchise clause allowing city officials free passes. He argues the provision is legal, noting the expected forfeiture of offices if abuses occurred, and declares the passes do not create corrupting influence. P Burns, Canada’s largest stock dealer, stays at the Butler hotel in Seattle to discuss shipments with steamship lines.
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Corporation
Scott Cal
Fer Carroll
Earth Electric Company
Btar
Emnet
Calhoun
P. Burns
Canada
Butler Hotel
Seattle
Slain Over a Woman's Sale Sparks Transit of Plans
New York dispatch reports merchants in New York Paris and London seek funds to hire 15000 soldiers to start a revolution in Venezuela to depose Castro for American capital. It also details the murder of Yokoo a Japanese man killed in Owaki restaurant tied to an illegal trade in Japanese women and a debt dispute over a $600 sale. Police arrest Nakayama and Tanaka as they probe the gang and inquest set for tomorrow.
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New York
Paris
London
Venezuela
Castro
Chikichi Yokoo
Owaki
J. Suma
Suma
J. Nakayama
Halshi
Ben K. Tanaka
Yakoo
The
Mag
Suma Dema
Hhe Encome
Yokoo
Quence
Gonda
K. U
Murakami
Fire drives crowds from Marton block theater
A fire at the Marton block housing the Cinesagraph theater caused a crowded 10-cent show to evacuate quickly. The manager shut the curtain and ordered an orderly exit as smoke filled the venue. Loans on the block stood at about $30,000.
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Brokane
Marton
Cinesagraph
City to Hire Six Night Clerks for Tax Payments
The finance committee authorized the city treasurer to employ six additional clerks to process repayments of excess street grade taxes and assessments. The new hires will work exclusively at night to operate the books with less disruption to daytime office duties.
Cupid Quiet Last Month in Wedlock Records
County Clerk reports March had one of the quietest months for marriage licenses. Only 136 licenses issued, far below the usual about 200. Average around four per day recently. this month records a low for the past six years.
Ambassador White and Minister Gummere Reach Algeciras Accord
American delegates to Algeciras report full agreement on all questions apart from drafting the general act. The accord is expected to be signed on Saturday.
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Washington
White
Gummere
Algeciras
Liebeck real estate transfer triggers court case
Avertil Beavers sues Mrs Mary Liebeck and her son Max M Liebeck in superior court claiming transfers to defeat judgments. Max, who is deaf and dumb, testified with a sign language interpreter as Judge Griffin presides.
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Mary Liebeck
Max M. Liebeck
Avertil Beavers
Max Liebeck
Griffin
Bank Clearings May 2 1906 Figures Revealed
Bank clearings for April 2 1906 totaled 1 472 639 61 with Sunday noted. The figure reflects prewar currency and local financial activity as reported in the period.
Ide Inaugurated Governor General of Manila
Henry C. Ide was inaugurated governor general before 95 000 troops. Ide announced an intent to break down tariff barriers between the Philippines and the United States.
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Manila
Henry C. Ide
Ide
Philippines
New Owners Now Control Moran Bros Plant and Yard
Moran company becomes sole owner of Moran Bros properties valued at 3.5 million dollars overseeing shipbuilding yards machine shops and a floating dry dock. New officers include M M Luter president J Patterson NY as vice president and GM Murray Dodge treasurer James Gibson secretary. The firm plans completion of the Nebraska battleship and relocation of operations to Orcas Island East Sound with a grand residence under construction using Moran plant furniture teak wood.
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Moran Company
Moran Bros. Company
Moran Brothers
Nebraska
M. M. Luter
J. Patterson
New York
Murray Dodge
James Gibson
Orcas Island
East Sound
Moran
Oreas Island
Mount Constitution
Atlas Lumber strikes with injunction against labor leaders
The Atlas Lumber company obtained a writ of injunction against six labor leaders restraining them from walking on the mill track. Strike leaders report coercion of workers, with wives and daughters involved. the mill remains unable to operate. Japanese workers are leaving in small groups. H I Miller, a major interior stock dealer, heads to Skagway with lumber for scows and plans rush to Dawson on word of Yukon break.
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H. I. Miller
Skagway
Seattle
Whitehorse
Yukon
Lake LaFarge
Dawson
City Council Debates Pine Street Regrade Plan and Corlisy Bay Openings
At tonight's city council session the streets committee will press a favorable report on the Pine Street regrade scheme and oppose Corlisy Bay opening. The committee backs the Sisters of the Good Shepherd plan to open Suuage side avenue instead.
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Corlisgay
House of the Good Shepherd Ag
Green Lake
Sisters the Good Shepherd
Suuage Side Av
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Hebmer
Gar Wise
Maainst City
Consett
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Westean Steamonip Company
Guggenheims and Havemeyer
Alaska
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Moore
Otaike
Springfield
Chicago
Kansas City
Minera
Illinois
Trare Haute
Columbus
Obie
Cobhocton
Ohio
Ey William Green
Ohio Miners’ Unions
Boranton
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Lackawapna Valley
Idie
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Poration Counsel
Ano
Ax Clerks
CUPID
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