Deputy Disputed as Longshore Guard In Pacific Dock Incident
A chaotic scene at the Pacific docks saw a man posing as a deputy guard and claiming authority to evict strikers. Morrison and Salvage personnel admitted watchman duties, while Pacific Coast Company officials stated the man had no official role. Longshoremen proposed a back to work plan with wage parity and arbitration if no agreement by October.
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Sant
Ocean Bee
Marvy Barvage
Morrison
Longa ‘Gs Union
Serday
Pacific
Deite Morrison
Cudihee
W. Miller
The
Pacific Ay
Miller
Pacific Coast Company
Longeshoremen
von Waltee
San Pra Ee Wanes
Werger Suit to Be Actively Pressed in New York
In New York on September 15 the government plans to press the Werger suit seeking details on the North Heel merger involving Securities Company. Testimony before Frederick In- St. Paul is expected, with officials from Great Northern and Northern Pacific likely subpoenaed. City business leaders from Minneapolis and other cities may also testify. The record amount of testimony is reported to be extreme.
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St. Paul
York
Tor
Itesui
Securities Company
Solicitor General Vds
Frederick In- St. Paul
Ger
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
New York
Fey
J. Pierpont Mor
Four Nebraskan manhunts in progress with bloodhounds
Four separate manhunts are active in Nebraska as authorities追追 pursue suspects. The Niewenfield case involves a man who murdered his wife, Albert is sought in connection with sheriff murders in Towa County, Kerne is linked to the Burt County case, and a tramp is suspected in Ruth Parnell’s assault and murder. All cases are led by officers with threats of retaliation if captured.
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Theo Niewenfield
Alberta
Fred Kerne
Towa
Burt County
Tramp
Ruth Parnell
Opium Addiction Plagues Seattle Slums And Elite Circles
A historical report paints Seattle as overwhelmed by opium use across classes. It describes ruined streets, pauper cemeteries, and an “army of slaves” to the bamboo amid arrests, gambling, and narcotics. It notes Chinese habitually smoke opium while Americans lean to tobacco and alcohol.
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United States
Seattle
Tendermin District
Vietima
Werman
Fiery Northwest Forest Fires Strain Oregon Washington Regions
Sept 15 reports from Clarke to Grays Harbor describe widespread fires burning timber, farms, and homes. Casualties reported nine or more with several missing, thousands of livestock displaced, and massive property damage across Cowlitz Lewis Thurston Mason and Grays Harbor counties. Logging camps suspend work as flames menace mills and equipment.
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Clarke My
Cowlitz
Lewis
Hong
Etry
Weyerti Se Company
Cowitts
Oan
Here
Thurston
Mason
Olympia
Grays Harbor
Oregon
Portland
Saly
Lower
Columbia
British steel trust planned to unite major firms
The St James Gazette reports plans for a British steel trust uniting key firms. Stocks will be floated if the American steel trust weakens in British trade. Details are said complete but operations wait until full field management is systematized.
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London
St. James Gazette
Plana
British Steel Trust
American Steel Trust
Beeomen
Combine
Euch
Strikes Turn Violent in Acra nton and Wilkesbarre
In Acra nton three Italian laborers misidentified as non union miners were attacked by strikers while going to a sewer job. One dead and two critically injured at Lackawanna Hospital. In Wilkesbarre a mob struck two non union miners returning from work. one fatally injured, the other badly bruised but escaped.
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ST. Louis
Chas. Guthe
Eugene
Gute
Acranton
Lackaven Hospitel
Wilkesbarre
Pittaton
Memorial Services Honor McKinley in N Y and Canton
President Roosevelt attended a memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church in Oyster Bay and praised McKinley while facing trust questions. In Canton Judge Day delivered the memorial at First Methodist, noting McKinley’s service as Mrs McKinley and Mrs Hobart laid flowers at the tomb.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church Today
Henry H. Washburn
McKinley
Washburn
Canton
Wm. R. Day
Flist Methodial Church
Garret A. Hobart
Deputies Guard Works Amid Non-Union Tensions at Tamaqua
Tamaqua September 15. Operators claim progress toward staffing their plants with no disturbances yet. When three washeries of the heading company opened, 50 sheriff's deputies guarded the vicinity as Under Sheriff William Corcoran II was unable to attend to duties and Deputy Sheriff Nelson filled the place.
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Tamaqua
William Corcoran Ie Hi
Nelson
Divorces Filed Over Drunkenness and Desertion
Mrs. F. Hill filed divorce proceedings in the superior court against Isaac Hill on grounds of common drunkenness and non-support. The suit alleges the marriage ended amid disputes at Yhistora Vassan Finland Leon.
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F. Hill
Isaac
Yhistora Vassan
Finland
Leon
British troops occupy Kalantan in Malay peninsula
Dispatches report on September 15 that at the sultan’s request eight hundred British troops have taken control of Kalantan the largest Malay province. The move arouses alarm in Siam and is viewed as a possible first step toward a British protectorate over the Malay peninsula.
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Paris
Kalantan
Siam
Malay Peninsula
Death of H. T. Crane at 67
H. T. Crane aged 67 died at once hospital yesterday. The body lies at Dutterworkh's.
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H. T. Crane
Dutterworkh’s
Goodwin Wins Move Up in Odd Fellows Ranks
Sept 15 from Des Moines reports Deputy Grand sire Goodwin over Sire Cable in a Sovereign Grand lodge contest. Conway of Chicago Wright of Allentown Pa. Shake Ballard of Jena Mont. Conway leads in thought as committee weighs a union of American and English Sovereign lodges. report expected tonight.
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Des Moines
Goodwin
Odd Fellows’ Sovereign Grand Lodge
Cheng
Hecce Conway
Cuicago
Wright
Allentown
Ye Effi
Shake Ballard
Jena
Mont
Conway
Dewey in Poorhouse in Albany
John Dewey aged 41 85, claimed to be cousin of Admiral Dewey, was committed to the almshouses in Albany today. The old person is feeble and has lived there, relying on support as savings are exhausted.
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Albany
John Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Engine Boiler Explodes Killing Engineer in New York
A boiler explosion on a freight train on the New Jersey road near Jersey City killed Engineer George Luts and badly hurt Fireman Jan Deotey and Conductor Weber. The crown sheet blew out and the boiler rose into the air before landing beside the track, splitting in two. Luts was killed by the fall. Deotey and Weber suffered severe burns and bruises but survived.
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New YO
Neuivenia Road
Jersey City
George Luts
Jan. Deotey
Weber
Lata
Beechwood Freight brakeman loses both legs in wreck
E A Beechwood, a Northern Pacific freight brakeman, fell under the train last night near Tacoma. He is wounded badly and expected to lose both legs. he lives in the city with his wife, father, and brother nearby.
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Tacoma
E. A. Beechwood
Northern Pacific
Beechwood
Diamonds in Her Stocking Stuns Seattle Underworld
A major robbery in Seattle targets Cecil King, a notorious local figure. Five rings a nugget watch chain and 195 dollars vanished from her stocking hiding place last night. No arrests made, and a white man linked to the victim is under suspicion.
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Seattle
Cecil King
Prisoner Makes Dramatic Jail Escape Attempt
C H Wilson a morphine user awaiting a three month county jail sentence tried to flee as Constable Sam Kaufman and Detective Kennedy led him toward jail. He ran from the station down Third avenue dropping a shoe before being recaptured in a vacant lot on Second Avenue South and returned to the county jail.
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C.H. Wilson
Sam Kaufman
Justice George's Court
Kennedy
Kaufman
Ioor
Sullivan
Wilson
Youler
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Washington Street
County Jalil
Coloradans Salutes Cripple Creek Pioneer W S Stratton
Colorado Springs reports the death of W. S. Stratton at 64. The Cripple Creek discoverer arrived in 1872 and spent years mining, carpentry, and prospecting. In 1891 he located the Independence mine, starting the Cripple Creek boom. he was a bachelor with a sister, Mrs. Jennie Cobb, as his only close kin.
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Colorado Springs
W. &. Stratton
Cripple Creek
Jennie Cobb
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