Switchmen Strike In Pittsburg District Over Wages
Pittsburg May 27 The switchmen union began a strike across the Pittsburg district demanding 27 cents more per hour for day work and 2 cents more for night work. About 1000 men quit. the action halts traffic on several roads with officials stating nearby yards will remain moving. Detectives are posted as officials anticipate ongoing disruption. other roads may join the strike.
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Pittsburg
Union of North America
Si Ae
Fort
Chicago
McKees Rocks
Mck Braddock
Tlakon
North A Jea
Switchmens’ Union
Monongahela
Schtehmens’ Union
Fort Wayne
Ohio
St. Louis
Western
Allegheny Valley
Colle
Dange
West
Fourteen Dead in Detroit Boiler Explosion at Penberthy Plant
Detroit November 27 a catastrophic boiler blast at the Penberthy plant left at least 14 dead and many injured as a three story brick factory building burned and collapsed. Officials report 38 injured loaded to hospitals while rescue crews cleared debris and searched for missing workers. President Johnson of Penberthy ordered a systematic search as two testing boilers were cited in the plant and the blast was believed caused by a tubular boiler.
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Detroit
Penberthy Frector Company
Samuel Riley
Tulna
Retite
Abbott
Seventh Streets
Hugh Guy
Ahy
Penberthy
Johnson
Penberthy Company
Associated Press
Periaretul
Grace Hospital
Pinty
All Rail Route Grain and Flour Movement Sets Records
Heavy all rail grain shipments last week reached 2 267 000 bushels, up 287 000 from the prior week and 482 000 more than a year earlier. Flour shipments totaled 120 836 barrels, up 2 030 from the prior week and 90 572 above the same week last year. Provision shipments stood at 92 627 tons, down 1 177 tons from the previous week with a yearly gain not specified.
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Chicago
Big pine logs hauled by rail to Hudson from Wisconsin
The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha line plans sidetracks and facilities along Lake St. Croix shore at Hudson to move over 50,000,000 feet of pine logs from Northern Wisconsin. Two crews at 30 cars per day will complete the contract for Central Lumber Company amid low water challenges. Former deputy county auditor Walter B. Bourne found guilty in St Paul district court on false and fraud charges. General Alban slightly wounded in New York battle with revolutionaries. his horse killed.
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Rall
Hudson
Wis
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Lake St. Oroix
Wisconsin
Central Lumber Company
St Croix
St. Paul
Walter B. Bourne
Aoa
Toe Shralnimue
Bt Judement
Alban
New. York
Ding
Colon
Second speed tests under new naval battleship procedure
Battleships Career ohky have arrived off Annapolis to begin a series of speed trials set by the government. Tests aim to measure wear since prior trials and will guide further evaluations of other vessels under original test conditions.
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Annapolis
United States
Maryland Republicans Push Rayner for Senate Seat
Washington reports Maryland Republicans plan to back Admiral Rayner as an attorney candidate for the Senate, aiming to unseat former Senator Gorman. The party faces a split with Democrats and issues around clerkship and voting outcomes.
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Maryland
Schley
Washington
Boe Oublicans
Rayner
Attorner
Senate
Attorney General on Railroad Consolidation
The Attorney General recently returned from a trip and urged action against the Northern Securities case. He warned that federal measures to deny railroad fee usage could hinder combinations, and supported a constitutional amendment to impose graduated income and property taxes on corporations.
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Northern Securities
New Jersey
War Revenue Receipts Share Total From Acts Since 1898
A government statement shows war revenue act receipts from June 13, 1898, to Oct. 31, 1901, totaling 343,838,634 dollars. Components include documentary stamps, tobacco related taxes, beer, cigars, cigarettes, legacies, and excise taxes. Also notes housing shortages as Fargo residents struggle to find homes, forcing many to Moorhead for cheaper rent amid rising agitation.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Gould and the soap for a dugout baby on a Missouri train
The New York Times notes a peculiar scene as George Gould’s special train stopped on a side track in Missouri. Gould stepped out to stretch, a rugged local asked for soap for a newborn in his dugout, and Mrs. Gould had attendants provide soap and canned goods. The man jokingly praised Gould as Santa Claus. North Dakota’s corn display at Buffalo earned medals reaffirming its crop potential. Walter F. Cushing urged corn to be a highlight at St Louis. Forty three colored laborers on the Bowden extension of the Northern Pacific were sent south to Tennessee with grading ongoing and a three week remaining schedule.
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George Gould
Missouri
New York Times
Gould
Pase
Mr. Gould
North Dakota
Walter F. Cushing
Buffalo
St. Louis
Bowden
Northern Pacific
Tennessee
No Troops Moved by Rail Colombian Officials Object to Perry Action
Washington reports a clash over use of a railway on isthmus terrain as Colombia asserts sovereignty and belligerent rights. Other items note Fargo’s low assessed valuation relative to Madison Terre Haute and Helena. North Dakota’s pure food law takes effect targeting adulterated catalogue goods and brand mislabeling.
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Perry
Washington
United States
Colombia
Colombie
Fargo
Johnson
Madison
Wis
Terre Haute
Ind
Helena
Mon
North Dakota
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Movor
Peerless
Chicago Dispatch
Gilman
Ortin W. Pottery
Chicago Medical Society
Bopineau Machinery
Dy, Williamson
We'r
Pee Many
Moorhead
A. A. Brothen & Co’s
Lee
A. A. Brothen &Co
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