Icemen Strike Draws In Unions at Seattle Ice Firms
Ice firms in Seattle face a strike with drivers replaced by new workers. Independent Ice Company worries strikers by contracting yearlong with union men, while other firms fear a broad boycott attempt. Managers claim loyalty to union principles despite tensions over non union sales and graft allegations among drivers.
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Diamond Ice & Storage Company
Union Toe Company
Ice Company
Seattle
Og Roy
Pe ‘Estern Central
Iceunion
Independent
Pohle
Pebble
Chick Fish Company
Chippeck Fish Company
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Brown
Leigh
Crane
Engineers’ Union
Icemen's Union
Lce
Pohlie
Leemen's Union
Seattle Ice Company
Independent Ice Company
Icemen
Union Lee Company
Firetiremen
Drowning of Laborer Near Lake Union Identified as Frank Hynes
A man, likely Frank Hynes of Lincoln Nebraska, drowned in Lake Union while working on a Bryant Lumber Company log boom. He slipped from a pike pole and fell into twenty feet of water, where he could not be saved. The body was recovered and taken to Fremont Undertaking with identity unconfirmed pending checks with Lincoln authorities. A laundry mark 188 and a gold watch key indicate the deceased, who weighed about 150 pounds and stood around two feet nine inches tall.
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Frank Hynes
Lincoln
Neb
Lake Union
Bryant Lumber Company
Fremont
Hoye
Third Avenue
Alaska
M. O. Carton
Drunken Driver Loose Horses Cause Injury in Cheney
Martin Wonderlick, in Cheney Washington, allowed a team he was driving to get beyond control. The horses ran away, throwing him and his child from the wagon. both were badly bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Cheney, Wash
Martin Wonderlick
Rescued Yosemite Climbers Recovered After Ledge Fall
Allen Bates of Palo Alto and Ned Corbett of Patr Oaks were rescued from the North Dome ledge after a Sunday night fall. The pair, over 16 hours without food or water, are at Camp Curry and expected to recover in a few days.
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Yosemite
Cal
Allen Bates
Palo Alto
Ned Corbett
Patr Oaks
North Dome
Camp Curry
Philippine Storm Toatl Losses Hit The Thousands
The Manila dispatch reports a fierce 20 hour cloudburst at San Juan del Monte causing two hundred deaths and about 2 million dollars in property damage. Heavy rains cut communication lines and residents seek safety on the hills as flooding figures rise.
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San Juan del Monte
Islander Steamer Located Near Douglas Island
Captain Finch reports the Canadian Pacific Islander wreck, sunk near Douglas Island in August 1900 with over 1 million in gold aboard, has been definitively located about eight miles north of Douglas Island. He describes a large hole abaft the port bow and plans to recover the gold reserves from the purser's room.
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Pacific Coast Steamship Company
City of Beattice
Alaska
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Islander
Douglas Island
Finch
Neptune Barrage Company
Tacoma
Beattie
Douglas
Vespec
Han
Juneau
Channel
Candidates for Carnival Queen Stay in the Race Amid Rumors
The article reports that no withdrawals are planned from the Mardi Gras Carnival Queen race. Candidates deny rumors of committee favoritism or bribery and vow to persevere, with Inez Fenn Pauline Koslowski and Louise de Perduain all pledging to stay in until the end.
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Carnival Committee
Mard! Gras
Inez Fenn
Miss Fenn
Mies
Pauline Koslowski
Louise de Perduain
Clerks’ Union
Miss de Perduain
Stampede to Midas creek grows as Nome hosts start
Three men with seven pack horses left Nome for Midas creek via Tu buktolik headwaters led by BK Anderson of Bourbon Creek. Most stampeders remain in Nome awaiting a later departure. A new party led by Englishman Mr Hunter heads toward Midas creek as outfitting ramps up. In Pomeroy Washington, John R Stevenson was elected mayor with council members J VP Ford N O Baldwin and Peter Gerhardt.
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Nome
Midas Creek
Tubuktolik
la BK. Anderson
Bourbon Creek
J. B
Phillipa
Golden Mecca
St. Michael
Hunter
Midas Argonauts
Pomeroy, Waeh
John R. Stevenson
J. VP. Ford
N. O. Baldwin
Peter Gerhardt
Big Battle at Tacoma Military Camp Enters Second Day
A large clash between Blues and Browns unfolds at American Lake encampment starting July 13. The fight features an attack and defense of entrenched positions with a planned maneuver tomorrow where two opposing forces will form a contact as two brigades act as an advance guard of imagined divisions.
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Tacoma
American Lake
Annual Excursion of Members and Friends
The annual please and excursion of the members and friends of the group proceeds with plans and details announced for the outing.
Unitarian Service Planned at Pleasant Beach July 15
The Unitarian church service will be held at Pleasant Beach Friday afternoon and evening July 15. A general invitation is extended to all.
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Unitarian Church
Pleasant Beach
Unidentified drowned man found with name tag
An unidentified male body's remains were recovered and thought to be Prank E. Warman. Relatives disagree on identity while a name Bilow found on waistband may be a laundry mark. Garment traced to San Francisco and Warman was known to have been there.
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E. Warman
Warman
San Francisco
Packinghouse Strike Across Cities Quiet After Talks
Report from Chicago and Omaha describes peaceful conditions at stockyards with a strike affecting packing plants. Donnelly and Armour discuss arbitration while unions seek 18½ cents per hour for laborers. About 5,500 strikers idle with packers offering 19 cents plus board and lodging. Police on standby.
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Chicago
Lil
Donnelly
Butchers’ Union
Scripps News Association
Omaha
Neb
Coroner Seeks Identity in Lake Washington Case
Coroner Hoye told the Star reporter he doubts the Warman body but will pursue identification due to a strong laundry mark clue. He will send a man to search near Linton's float on Lake Washington for further light on the clothes spotted July 1. He emphasized the need to find the man and clear up the mystery.
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Hoye
Star
Warman
Linton
Lake Washington
Filipinos May Come 10 Seattle
Mayor Ballinger received a telegram from Col. Edwards colonel in chief of the insular bureau of the war department asking for information related to the arrival of Filipinos in Seattle.
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Lar Bureau
The
War Department
Packing houses keep slaughter despite widespread strike
In St. Louis on July 13, Armour’s manager stated 4,500 striking workers across four large packing houses have been replaced in a day, with others echoing the claim that slaughter will continue. No demonstrations occurred yet, but police readiness remains.
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ST. Louis
Armour
No Desertions Or New Hires At Kansas City Packers
There were no desertions from the packing house strikers this morning and no new laborers were hired. The packing house district is comparatively deserted and no extra police are on duty.
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Kansas City
Packing House
Meat Strike Expands As Butchers Walk Out In New York
In New York on July 13, about three thousand five hundred butchers and other workers joined the meat strike. Packers asked police protection, which was provided. Retailers quickly raised prices by two cents.
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New York
Filipino trade mission sails toward Manila via San Francisco
The Philippine commission travels from St. Louis to Seattle and other Northwestern cities before leaving for Manila aboard the steamship Siberia on August 13. The mayor will discuss the matter with the Chamber of Commerce at this afternoon's meeting. The delegation, sent by the Philippine government, aims to gather data on trade development between the islands and the mainland after visiting Atlantic cities.
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Seattle
Manila
San Francisco
Siberia
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis
Atlantic Seaboard
Plans Filed for Three Story Brick Building at Fourth and Pike
A. L. Palmer filed plans this afternoon to erect a three story brick building at the southwest corner of Fourth avenue and Pike street. The project carries a cost of 25000 dollars. A Seattle Seaman's Friend Society permit for a two story frame building at 1601 Western avenue costing 19000 dollars was issued for use as a seamen's bethel. Also, Alexander Pantages received a permit to alter a brick store at Second avenue and Seneca streets into a 10 cent theater with a 7000 dollar budget.
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A. L. Palmer
Fourth Avenue
Pike Street
Seattle
Seaman's Friend Society
Western Avenue
Seamen's Bethel
Alexander Pantages
Second Avenue
Seneca Streets
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State Board of Arbitration
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Ballinger
Gram
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