Presidents of Railroads and Coal Firms Denounce Miners Union
Washington Oct 4 the coal conference ended without agreement as miners offer arbitration while operators refuse and demand federal troops or court action. Roosevelt pressed for settlement for public welfare, but stakeholders remain divided with no immediate compromise and talks to resume. The president may seek congressional inquiry and state action if miners return to work.
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Washington
White-House
Miners’ Labor Organization
Court of Common Pleas
District of Pennsylvania
Republic
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Conference at White House on coal strike effects
Washington October 6. A second White House conference on the coal strike adjourned after three hours of talks with no statements issued. Participants refused to discuss conclusions, but the meeting was convened due to the strike's importance.
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Washington
White House
Lincoln mayor offers free timber to Lincoln residents
Bound Brook New Jersey October 6 Mayor Drake of Lincoln and head of a real estate company gave away three acres of standing hardwood timber to Lincoln residents. The condition is to cut and stack cordwood for distribution to villagers who eagerly joined, with 300 inhabitants contributing workers. Drake said timber from adjacent tracts in Trenton and Plainfield would also be donated to the poor.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Drake
Lincoln
Trenton
Plainfield
Coal lands offered to Roosevelt to relieve coal famine
Mrs. Johanne C Samuels, a Nashville and Washington figure now in New York, proposes a Kentucky coal tract be mined by the government without compensation during the strike. She says the property is idle and offers to let the president handle all details without seeking payment or favors.
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New York
Roosevelt
Johanne C. Samuels
Nashville
Typographical Union Increases Strike Fund Contributions
New York Oct 6 In a unanimous vote Typographical Union No 6 of New York City decided to raise its weekly miner strike fund contributions to 2 percent of member wages. The rise brings the weekly total to about 1800 to 2000 dollars. The Central Federated Labor union contributed funds at its Sunday meeting. Some unions set 2 percent while others paid lump sums.
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New York
New York City
Central Federated Labor Union
Attempted Lynching at Lincolnton Jail
A mob forced entry to Lincolnton jail aiming to seize Galvin Elliott a Black man charged with criminal assault on a white woman. Doors held and Elliott remained confined. Authorities fear more violence and Governor Aycott orders a special term of court for his trial per Judge Hoke's telegram.
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Lincolnton
N. C
Galvin Elliott
Elliott
Hoke
Aycott
West Virginia Strike Ends
A telegram received at strike headquarters Sunday announced the Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Co strike in West Virginia involving 56,000 to 60,000 men has ended satisfactorily to both sides.
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Wilkesbarre
Kanawha and Hocking Valley Coal Co
West Virginia
Burial of Zola Without Disorder as Widowed Farewell
Paris on October 6 reported Emile Zola laid to rest in simple ceremonies with thousands of workers marching in sorrow. Dreyfus attended discreetly while Mme Zola bade farewell from the mortuary chamber as the funeral cortege formed for Montmartre cemetery.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Zola
Dreyfus
Temps
Mme. Zola
la Lance
Alsace
Reichstag
M. Monod
Institute
Rue de Bruxelles
Mont Matre
San Francisco
Boer Sympathizers Welcome Former Orange Free State Official
A New York committee of Boer sympathizers and Irish-American groups greeted Francis William Reitz, ex secretary of state of the Orange Free State, aboard the Statendam from Boulogne Sur Mer. Reitz said he is not here to press wartime reopening but aims to aid countrymen and secure personal remuneration, accusing promises by Kitchener and Milner of amnesty during the coronation.
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New York
Francis William Reitz
Orange Free State
Statendam
Boulogne Sur Mer
Reitz
Kitchener
Milner
Rose breaks world shot put record at San Francisco meet
Ralph L. Rose of Healdsburg set a new world mark in the shot put during the Academic Athletic league semi annual field day in San Francisco, reaching 49 feet 6 inches to surpass Dewitt of Princeton who held 48 feet 7 inches.
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San Francisco
Ralph L. Rose
Healdsburg
Dewitt
Princeton
Academic Athletic League
Rose
Paris bank robbery sparks hunt for bonds in New York
A cablegram from Paris police informs Captain Titus of a major bank robbery in Paris and requests a search for 150000 dollars in French government bonds.
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New York
Titus
Paris
Destructive Fire Destroys Weeum Watt Co Warehouse
Fargo N D October 6 The Weeum Watt Co wholesale dealers in nations and stationery lost their building and stock in a Sunday fire. Loss put at 150000 with 140000 insured. Cause of the fire is unknown.
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Fargo
N. D
Weeum Watt Co
Potter marries Mrs. Clark at Christ Church
Bishop Henry C Potter and Mrs Alfred Corning Clark wed at Christ's church in Cooperstown New York Rev Dr Grosvenor of the Church of the Incarnation New York performs the ceremony on October 6.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry C. Potter
Alfred Corning Clark
Christ's Church
Grosvenor
Church of the Incarnation
New York
Sheriff levies on a Pullman car at Cripple Creek
Sheriff Henry Robertson levied on a Pullman car for $663 in Cripple Creek Colorado after the Pullman Company failed to pay taxes. To prevent removal, the car has been chained to the track.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Henry Robertson
Pullman
Pullman Co
Grand Army Encampment Opens in Washington
The 36th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment began in Washington with auxiliary groups meeting through Saturday. Indigent veterans will be housed in tents on the White House lot and at the government printing office. A large influx of visitors fills stations and streets as events include parades, receptions, reunions, and the naval parade.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
White House
Government Printing Office
Pennsylvania Avenue
Potomac River
Camp Roosevelt
White
John Hay
Convention Hall
Convicts mutilate hands to avoid heavy labor
At the Southern Illinois penitentiary in Chester two prisoners, John Reagdon and C. Rose, cut off three fingers each with a rusty hatchet to evade heavy work. They claim illness, were treated by the prison surgeon, and forced to stand on a block for the rest of the day.
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Southern Illinois
Chester
Ill
John Reagdon
C. Rose
Tragic Bathtub Drowning In Peoria Home
Mrs. Frank J. Townsend drowned in a bathtub at their Peoria home after her husband loosened a pipe to heat the room releasing poisonous gas. He collapsed from fumes, then she was overcome and fell into the tub. Townsend is expected to recover.
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Peoria
Ill
Frank J. Townsend
Townsend
American syndicate plans mills and coastwise trade
Belfast reports a New York backed syndicate with a capital of 20 million dollars proposes building large mills on Belfast Londonderry Dublin Cork Waterford and Galway waterfronts. The plan aims to import corn and wheat in bulk grind it locally and distribute via coasting steamers owned by the group.
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London
Belfast
The
Daily Mail
Londonderry
Dublin
Cork
Waterford
Galway
Chicago Beats St Louis in National League Doubleheader
National League season ended with Chicago defeating St Louis in both games of a Sunday doubleheader. First game scores were Chicago 11 15 2 and St. Louis 4 10 5. Second game finished Chicago 6 6 1 and St. Louis 5 9 2.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Track Blown Up On Silver Creek Branch
Tamaqua Pennsylvania October 6 a section of track on the Silver Creek branch of the Philadelphia Reading railroad was blown up with dynamite early Sunday. A workmen's train reaching the scene was escorted by 50 deputies to the colliery.
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Tamaqua
Silver Creek
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Treasury Balances in General Fund Report
Washington on Saturday reports available cash balance of 223,339,293 dollars and gold holdings of 136,918,437 dollars, excluding the 150 million dollar gold reserve in the division of redemption.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Thirty Months' Drought Broken in Carrizo Tex
The long drought ends as two heavy rains fall in the past week in Carrizo Texas. While late for corn, the showers benefit local stock and pasture in the county.
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Carrizo
Tex
Baldwin speaks on Arctic voyage and ice scenes
Evelyn Baldwin arrives in New York recounting the Fram expedition with 42 crew, noting balloons sent aloft failed to reach destinations. He cites cine film and photos of ice, bears encounter, ship damage, and meteorological data as scientific gains. He dismisses food shortage rumors and blames crew conflicts on leadership. He mentions Tromsø arrival and Mr. Ziegler dispatch.
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New York
Evelyn B. Baldwin
White Star Line
Baldwin
Johannsen
America
Fram
Andree
Tromsoe
Norway
Ziegler
Five Die in Parkersburg Train Collision in Tunnel
Five people were killed and three injured in a head end collision of two freight trains in a tunnel near Cornelius in the Baltimore and Ohio line. The wreckage includes cattle cars with all cattle killed or hurt. About 20 cars were wrecked and debris fills the tunnel. Victims include Fred Pearce the engineer of one train and William Miller a brakeman plus a tramp. Several others are believed trapped, two visible but unreachable.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Cornwallis
Baltimore & Ohio
Fred Pearce
William Miller
Washery Coal Moved Under Guard as Crowds Jeer Troops
Twenty cars of washery coal were moved from the North Mahanoy colliery Thursday afternoon under guard of 50 deputies and the Second city troops. A large crowd jeered the soldiers. one man was captured but released after being compelled to run two miles with the cavalry.
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Shenandoah
Mahanoy
Chinese edict directs viceroys to regulate mining
Minister Conger reports from Peking that the Chinese imperial government, noting mining in China grows in importance, has issued an edict ordering viceroys to carefully frame rules for mining regulations based on past foreign practice.
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Washington
Conger
Peking
State Department
China
Showing the Way to Kidney Health and Free Trial
A letter from C J McMurray of Freeport Illinois endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for back and kidney pain claiming cure and lasting satisfaction. The ad offers a free trial mailed to any part of the United States and notes the product is sold by druggists at 50 cents per box through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
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C.J. McMurray
Freeport
Ill
Iroquois St
Dean
Mr. McMurray
United States
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
The Irony of Fate Cartoon Model Mocked
A Philadelphia North American quip recalls a portly man once a well paid artists model who now struggles to make ends meet. The joke contrasts his past as heroic poses with current role as a purse-proud plutocrat for cartoons.
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Philadelphia
North American
Quotable Bits and Patent Remedies in 19th Century Gossip
A collage of quotes and ad blurbs references itchy piles cures by Dean's Ointment and Dr Thomas's Electric Oil. It cites social scenes from Chicago Tribune Everybody's and London Tit-Bits, with light witticisms on safety cures and domestic life.
Mrs Cornwallis-Wast Honored By King At Balmoral
London news reports King Edward conferred the Royal Red Cross on Mrs George Cornwallis-West at Balmoral for her services aboard the hospital ship Maine during the South African War.
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Cornwallis
London
Balmoral Castle
King Edward
Order of the Royal Red Cross
George Cornwallis-West
Maine
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