MINER STRIKE LOOMS AS TROOPS ORDERED TO JEFFERSON COUNTY
Special to Herald-Star reports Adjutant General Hughes ordered 800 officers and men to Jefferson county with the Eighth Regiment mobilized near Plum Run Bradley and Massillon as potential assembly points. Guards, mine officials, and deputies face ongoing tensions after ambushes and shootings during a chaotic mine strike period.
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Herald-Star
Columbus
Jefferson County
Hughes
Plum Run
Bradley
Massillon
Smithfield
U. S. Coal Company
Miners and guards clash in Bradley mine ambush
reports detail an ambuscade of Italian miners and guards near Plum Run and Bradley mines with shots exchanged, two wounded and no fatalities confirmed. Sheriff and U S Coal Co attorney investigated as guards retreated toward Plum Run amid vivid but later tempered fears of civil war.
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Bertram
Phim Run
Joseph Anvali
Crow Hollow
Anvall
Pittsburg
Plum Run
Cox
Smithfield
Bradley
Columbus
Vorhes
Dillonvale
Vorkes
United States Coal Co
Bradley Mine
Kodak
Cleveland
A. C. Lewis
U. S. Coal Company
Steubenville
Tadem
Bradley Tipple
Pike Road
Fradiey
Steubenville High School Class of 1906 Baccalaureate
The Steubenville High School class of 1906 held its baccalaureate at the M P church before a large audience. Rev George H Miller delivered a sermon from Timothy 4 14 urging wise self reliance balanced by counsel and experience. The graduates and instructors sat in reserved seats as Edna Woods sang solos.
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Steubenville High School
M. P
Edna Woods
Robert Bishop
Elizabeth Cail
Harry C. Conner
Marie Floto
Marion Forsythe
Taylor Floyd
Lindsay Edwards
Edwin
Paul
Timothy
Christ
Miners' Union President Attempts Suicide in Dillonvale
George Jones, president of the Miners' local union in Dillonvale, tried to kill himself after a day of overwork amid strike tensions. He first rushed before a freight train, then stabbed himself three times but survived, with wounds not fatal. Hundreds gathered outside the house where he was treated, while efforts focused on preventing blood poisoning.
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Dillonvale
George Jones
Jones
F. C. Jones
Outrageous intruders: Italians enter homes on South Sixth
Police pursue a group of foreigners who have repeatedly walked into residences on South Sixth Street below Slack. Bert McNeal and neighbors report three men entering his home at 7:30 p.m. Friday. McNeal later sought names at Nick Demarsh's saloon, but the keeper knew none. Other such intrusions have prompted chases. police will act.
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South Sixth Street
Slack
Bert McNeal
Nick Demarsh
Mr. McNeal
Nick
McNeal
Charles Kaserling
William Leonard
Joseph Thompson
Faul
Timothy
God
America
Paul
Route Plans for Steubenville and East Liverpool Railway
Van Horn Ely of the Steubenville and East Liverpool Railway Syndicate presented to County Commissioners a set of blueprints detailing a double track system from East Liverpool to Steubenville. The proposal includes an 800 foot viaduct over Yellow Creek and C P R R tracks, an avrehead crossing at Taggart's, and a hillside cut extensive along most of the route with a good road planned to the county from Yellow Creek to the county line.
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van Horn Ely
Steubenville
Street Railway Company
Mingo Boy from Camp Gregg Reports Dissatisfaction
Edward Buchanan of Mingo Junction writes from Camp Gregg Manila to his parents describing illness and fatigue among U S troops. He notes hospitals full, fever from constant marching, smallpox cases, rain complicating conditions, and many men leaving or facing guard duty. He mentions mud, heat, and uncertain relief after 25 days, plus dying horses and ongoing drills under harsh weather. He also includes commentary on San Francisco earthquake coverage and thanks California for aid, signing Governor George C. Pardee.
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Edward Buchanan
Mingo Junction
U. S
Greeg
Manila
Philippine Islands
Buchanan
California Earthquake Report Diminishes City Fire Loss
Governor Pardee issued a circular to other states noting California spans 100 million acres and would stretch from Boston to Charleston along the coast. He states the quake was severe in only about two percent of the state, with limited damage even there and far less than the 1886 Charleston quake.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Galveston
California
South Carolina
Charleston
Texas
California National Guard
George C. Parder
Attorney Cohen Sues U S Coal Co in Strike Pay Case
Ralph B. Cohen filed twenty four suits in Squire D P Sutherland's court against U S Coal Co seeking 486 dollars claimed as miners' pay for breaking the strike. Superintendent Cox proposed a lump sum of 226.22 which was refused. Suits returnable Tuesday amid growing tension.
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Ralph B. Cohen
Squire D. P. Sutherland
U. S. Coal Co
Cox
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Fifth Street
M .P
Rev. Geo
P. Miller
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Ayers
Lowell, Maas
Steubenville & East Liverpool Railway
Taggart
Tensive
Mingo Boy
Camp Gregg
Ness
Cular
Oxfords
Dorothy Dodd
Drew Selby CO
For
Floto & Hutterly
Markel
Weir & McClave
AIA
Illinois
Market Street
Roar Cane
Lander and Kidney
Charles Freman
417 Market Street
Steubenvilila
McConnell & Lyons
Garmen's
EAGLE
Young Bros
McConnell & Lynns
Marker Street
Syracuse
J. W. Forney
Ohio
Rogers
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