Court injunctions sought to curb strikers in mine clash
Operators plan to seek court injunctions to restrain strikers and organizers from interfering with nonunion workers and mine property. Deputies and troops are debated as officials debate costs while miners rely on a fund to sustain weekly pay. Violence and arrests plague the standoff as guards clash with residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez
Thin County i
Vorhes
Atey Alban
Motey
Cashe
Crow Hollow terror as guards fire on miners town
Terrifying night in Crow Hollow as coal company guards shoot into town frightening residents. Miners fled to hillside in nightclothes, store clerks escaped behind the building, and several bullets hit homes. About forty miners gathered to learn details and guards were arrested. One woman reportedly wounded in the foot. others escaped unharmed. Authorities were notified as a reign of terror spreads in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Hollow
Smithfield
Lambert Freidl
Harry Walker
Bradley
Carl HM. Smith
Smith
Protests At Plum Raw And Smithfield Lockup Turmoil
Deferding Guards and ExMarshal Reese meet with Prosecuting Attorney Alban over abuse by Amazonian wives at Plum Raw and by etrisboagne grog at Smithfield lockup. Report covers Tuesday disturbance with guards assaulted by a crowd, a baby, and jeering women, with arrests and ongoing legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ExMarshal Reese
Dittonvale
Alban
Plum
Otriges
Smithfield
Etri Sboagne
Fle
Amin
Ber Q
Justion
Beva
Ceal
Smithield
Hees
Wellard
Wowa
Attorneys Return From Smithied Over Strikebreakers Wages
Lawyers B D Erekine and D M Thirown returned from Smithied after two days seeking due wages for five strike breakers who quit the Pum fun urine. They faced harsh conditions and a demand for payment. There was $1,900 due then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.D. Erekine
D. M. Thirown
Strikes Continue at Dillonvale and Phun Run Mines
Reports say the whistle at W. and W. Coal Co mine in Dillonvale failed to sound today or yesterday, halting calls to workers. A carload of strike breakers was said to be en route but had not arrived. Rikers remain hopeful as Phun Run shows little progress with about 86 men still underground. Eviction notices have been ignored by the newers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Althougd Company
Plum Rup
W. & W. Coal Co
Dillonvale
Phun Run
Columbus
Sunday Creek Coal Co
J. H.winder
Ohio
West Virginia
U. S. Coal Co
Chicago
St. Louis
Trades Assembly
Lawler
Moran
Boar
Service
Maxwell
Moore Run Mine labor strife unsettled with few miners
At Moore Run coal works activity is quiet and little coal is being mined. Four colored cooks arrived Monday and returned to Cleveland after fares were paid. Union support claims linger as President Watkins visits Bridgeport for a 2 pm meeting at Empire mines. Ten workers quit. two men from the mines were seen in Bridgeport, causing citizen and police attention. William Cawley and Ith Yours, both colored, are detained in Bridgeport lockup awaiting hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore's Run Coal Works
Cleveland
Moore's Run
Watkins
Bridgeport
Empire Mines
Fellaire
Moore's Run Mines
M'y
Bellaire
Dorf
Bellaive
Wiliam Cawley
Troops Leave Jefferson as Mines Return to Duty
State troops have departed Jefferson and Blehth regiment moved from Dillonreale. Sheriff Vorhes told Gen Speaks there is no further need for guards at the mines, prompting Adjutant General Hughes to recall Ohio National Guard. U S Coal Co guards resume duty while tensions with Sheriff Vorhees rise and authorities discuss troop holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillonreale
Sheriff Vorhes
Speaks
Hughes
Ohio National Guard
1. & Coal Co
A. C. Lewis
U. S. Coal Co
Ork Vorhees
Arade
Releos
Sherif Vorhees
Trades Committee Probes Plum Run Mine Conditions
Jefferson County trades leaders J D Smith and John Martin visited Plum Run mine to verify claims of workers held against their will amid a strike. Interpreters and militia were used, some workers cited pay promises as leverage. officials denied holding anyone and described management as a guardian angel while conceding limited cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Smith
John Martin
Jefferson County
Maj. Weybrecht
Supt
Cox
Troops Not Ordered to Guard Hanna Coal Mines
Hanna Coal Co superintendent Fred Hornickel sought state troops to guard mine reactivation at Robeyville and Rameey. General Speaks referred him to Sheriff Vorhees, who refused to assume responsibility for troop deployment unless needed. Hornickel later spoke with Sheriff Vorhees in Steubenville, but no troop order was granted for Monday restart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna Coal Co
Robeyville
Rameey
Herald-Star
Fred Hornickel
Hanna Company
General Speaks
Vorhees
Dillonvale
Hornickel
Steubenville
Vorkes
Troops Withdraw as Peace in Vicinity Sought
General Speaks announces Sheri Vorkes takes responsibility for peace in the area and troops are released. The Eighth regiment to depart Saturday. First work at Crow Hollow mines of United States Coal Company at Bradley completed yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Speaks
Sheri Vorkes
United States Coal Company
Bradley
Wedding Bells at Hale Home Unites Phoebe Hale and Norval Welch
On Wednesday evening at the Hale residence on Garrett avenue, Miss Phoebe Hale wed Norval L. Welch in a ceremony led by Rev. Grable of the Christian Church. Relatives and friends adorned the home with roses and evergreens as a dinner followed the ring service. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Evans and others from Follansbee, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hale
Garrett Avenue
Phoebe
Norval L. Welch
Mr. Grable
The
Christian Church
Viola McKelvy
Frank Martin
Follawabee
Arthur Evans
George Cooper
Follansbee
Mary Williams
Rachel Dalles
Mes. Sheridan O Theeling
Wedding of Miss Posal Magua and Joseph B Byers
Miss posal Magua popular East Liverpool young lady wed Joseph B Byers of Ithia at the First Christian Church parsonage East Liverpool. Rev E P Wise officiated. They hosted relatives at the bride’s home then departed for Steubenville to begin married life. Byers works as a motorman on Steubenville Traction lines and has resided on Center avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers Martin
Posal
East Liverpool
Joseph B. Byers
Ithia
First Christian Church
E. P. Wise
Steubenville
Byers
Steubenville Traction Lines
Center Avenue
Elopement and Quiet Wedding Tie Pittsburg Lovers
Miss Edna Murphy Carrel and Henry Karpels, prominent in Pittsburg society and business circles, eloped to Steubenville with the help of W. E. Bonneville. They wed at the Imperial Hotel parlors by Squire Prewiles and left for Pittsburg to seek reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karpels-Carroll
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Imperial Hotel
Edna Murphy Carrel
Henry Karpels
Smoky
Colorado
W. E. Bonneville
Hotel Henry
Squire Prewiles
Clopers
Pittsde
Cofey Pennell Wedding Quiet Home Ceremony
A quiet wedding united Miss Jensie M. Pennell and Mr. C. M. Cofey at 8 PM Wednesday at John T. Huff's South Fourth street home. Rev. George H. Miller officiated. bride wore white silk and roses. They will reside in Toronto. Cofey is an oil operator from Ashington, Pa. Attendees included Fay Porter, Mrs. Laura Loyd, Mrs. Winifred Phillips, Mrs. C. A. Paterson and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Web
Ashington
Fay Porter
Laura Loyd
Winifred Phillips
C. A. Paterson
Marriage Ceremony Joins Howard W Blake in City Parish
Millen Robinson of the Second Presbyterian Church conducted the ceremony uniting his nephew Howard W Blake, son of Blake Trente Reed, in a city church wedding.
Mayor Blake Weds Edna Trenle in East Liverpool Ceremony
Mayor and Mrs. W V Blake marry Miss Edna Trenle at the bride’s East Liverpool home with Rev Robinson and Rev McMillen officiating. Lohengrin march, bouquets, and a reception follow. couple plan a June 30 return and two months Califoria honeymoon. groom works at Potters National Bank. Nancy King ill, delaying the honeymoon. Out-of-town guests include families from Pittsburg, New Castle, Sheridanville, and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Blake
Edna ‘Trenle
Ars. GA. Trenle
East Liverpool
Robinson
BE. M. McMillen
First Presbyterian Church of
Maud E. Barlow
Margaret Treale
Isabelle Blake
Harold
Eleanor Robinson
Steubenville
Gates King
Hattie T. King
Walter T. Gates
Nancy King
Sixth and
Dock Street
George B. Smith
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Hattie Fielding
New Castle
Nannie King
John Risherberger
Pittsburg
O'Neal
John, William
Charles Risherberger
Mr. Gates
J. W. Stewart & Co
Music House
Gates
California
North Sixth Street
City
C. H. Weinberger
Stella Gates
Sheridanville
Mattie Boyd
Cleveland
William Fielding
John, William and
Charles Rishberger
Court Matters in Fiscus and Rutledge cases
Mary Fiscus seeks alimony from Harry L. Fiscus and others with a $70 award, $25 cash and installments of $15 due June 30 July 21 and August 11. In Mansfield versus Rutledge et al., a judgment against John T. Rutledge for $117.65 is entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fiscus
Harry L. Fiscus
J. A. Mansfield
John T. Maxwell
Margaret Rutledge
John T. Rutledge
Probate Court Notice of Jefferson County Accounts
Probate Court of Jefferson county schedules hearings June 30 1906 for final accounts and administrations including Bartolomeo Annarelli Mary Garbel Nancy Clendenning Frank D Carson George D Clark John W Dally John Garrett Glasener Edward Burnside William B Lowery Edward Hale Mason P Hill Dmitar Stobac John Ja y Griesinger Abbie Harrington and others. Objections to passing accounts must be filed by the date. J R McCLEARY junT diwkiy Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Fred A. Stone
Bartolomeo Annarelli
William H. Campbell
Mary Garbel
John Cole
Nancy Clendenning
Roderick M. Burriss
Frank D. Carson
William M. Kerr
George D. Clark
Clara Dally
John W. Dally
George Moore
John Garrett Glasener
Laughlin Mallas, Sr
Edward Burnside
Jennie A. Lowery
William B. Lowery
Frank Hale
Edward Hale
Anna P. Hill
Mason P. Hill
Mary Axsomites
Dmitar Stobac
Robert I. Scott Et al
John Jay Griesinger
James Harrington
Abbie Harrington
J. R. McCleary
Junt
Diwkiy
Miners' Battle for Jobs Amid Eastern Ohio Idle Mines
National group to fund strikers with 20 000 dollars weekly as Ohio soft coal operators offer high wages to lure miners east. Troops guard Bradley mines while Adjutant General Hughes may order home. miners assess 5 percent and face open shop shifts, with scattered closures and partial settlements among claimants.
Miners Strike Sparks Start Up of Ram Sey and Rebyville Mines
Owners announced plans to open with non union labor as soon as men could be found, but pit bosses refused and resigned. Bradley mine delayed as promised strikebreakers failed to arrive. Strikers insist operators cannot field enough men to run at capacity, while reports of soldiers firing on Dillonvale are false.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Rebyville
Bradley
Dillonvale
Reports Denied On Smithfield Strike Miners’ Plight
The claims of imminent starvation among striking Smithfield miners are untrue. Some are in poor condition but none are starving. the crisis is worse among American and English speaking workers, yet the situation is not as dire as earlier reports suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Failure of Columbus talks dents union mine hope
The June 8 report from Dillonvale notes operators and miners failed to agree at Columbus, adjourned negotiations dampen expectations of resuming work with union labor, and locals fear operators may reopen mines under the 1904 scale. Union men concede the outlook is bleak and anticipate immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillonvale
Columbus
Miners Strike Sparks Labor Battle in Ohio
Union officials warn of a battle to the end as miners, led by operators opening their mines, press for work and prefer the men on strike. They claim victory for organized labor or the end of the United Mine Workers of America in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linited Mine Workers of America
Ohio
Eviction Tension Rises Amid Bradley Mines Strikes
Excitement spread among strikers after reports that Superint endent Stiff ordered four families from company double frame houses near the tipple. Miners feared a general eviction as non union workers were to arrive and quar ters prepared. Some families resisted, others agreed to move with company help, while union leaders sought calm and warned of potential clashes if eviction proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiff
Bradley
Tipple
Thoree
Malone
Bradley Union
Cameron on SSN ETO Troops Late Arrival in Columbus
Relatives of members of the Fourth regiment of O. N. 4 expected their arrival in Columbus last evening after an adjutant general order sending the troops from eastern Ohio mines. The train did not depart until 8 PM and by 3 AM the special had not reached Columbus. Adjutant General Hughes said troops were used to restore order, not for policing mines, and Col. Kautzman planned to disperse the companies upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibmpers
Columbus
Ohio
Hughes
Kautzman
Fourth
Moore's Run Coal Mine Strike Reports No Change
The Moore's Run Coal Company mine west of Bridgeport showed no change yesterday. No new workers arrived and no desertions occurred among non union men. A former union colored machine miner was seen operating a machine, with two other machine operators reported at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore's
Moore's Run Coal Company
Bridgeport
Delegates Attending State Encampment of the G A R
Delegates traveled to Dayton for the State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Richmond representatives included Charles Roberts J C Beresford Dr Rothacker RE C Gille B H Maxwell Dr John Pearce Wnt Ruddicks J C Anit Jos Cassell Mrs Enoch Probert Mrs Dora Ridgley and Miss Rebecca Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
W. RC
Charles Roberts
J. C. Beresford
Rothacker
RE. C. Gille
Richmond
B. H. Maxwell
John Pearce
Wnt. Ruddicks
J. C. Anit
Jos. Cassell
Enoch Probert
Dora Ridgley
Rebecca Hawkins
Suit for Arrest Involving Irondale Officials
Robert Flinkett sues Albert Culp T A White and James Oliver for 1000 dollars alleging that Culp elected marshal of Irondale on November 7, 1905 qualified January 15, 1906 and bonded with White and Oliver as sureties. He claims on April 20, 1906 in official capacity Culp unlawfully arrested him and assaulted him with a mace causing unconsciousness for an hour, with Erskine and Smith as attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Flinkett
Albert Culp
T. A. White
James Oliver
Culp
Irondale
White
Oliver
Erskine and Smith
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Made
Erskine
Coarde
Brelich
Hajian
Dionvele
W. & L. Coal Co
National Mine Workers’ Fund
Moore Run
Jefferson
Trades Committee
Plum Run
Hanna Co
Welch-Hale
National Organization
Camp Bradley
Wilkesbarre
Jude
Ohio Soft Coal
Cameron
SSN
ETO
W RC
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