Morgan and Cassatt Move to End Coal Strike via Proposals
J Pierpont Morgan convinced protection will not restart work and begins proposing terms to individual miners with Cassatt. Promises to issue in days, signaling end of strike though returns may lag. Operators report planned resumption at several collieries under troop protection. UMW leadership insists concessions are needed.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Cassatt
Washington
Morgan
Scranton
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United States
Delaware & Hudson Co
Bellevue
Green Ridge Coal Co
Green Ridge
Wilkesbarre
Erie Co
Pittston
Coal boats ready to move on rising Ohio River
The southern coal famine caused by low water is easing as heavy rain lifts the Ohio River to 81.5 feet. On Monday morning 20 steamers with 240 barges bearing 3,000,000 bushels of coal left Pittsburg for the south, with indications of a further rise and another 3,000,000 bushels to follow.
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Pittsburg
Ohio
Importing Anthracite Bought by Steamship Co
Brauer Line Steamship Co reports purchase of 35 000 tons of anthracite for import to the United States. 20 000 tons from Germany and 15 000 from southern Russia. Russian shipment to Mariupol in October and November.
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Philadelphia
Brauer Tine Steamship Co
New York
Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Mariupol
Manic youth kills family in Pittsburgh home tragedy
In Homestead and Pittsburgh, 17 year old Charles Cawley reportedly killed his mother Hannah and sister Belle with an ax during a mental break while seeking patent progress on an air brake. Four other children were gravely injured and one died shortly after. Authorities deem the act a fit of insanity despite the boy’s denials.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Charles Cawley
Homestead
Hannah Cawley
Belle Cawley
Southside Hospital
Josephine
Adeline
Raymond
Agnes
Young Cawley
Anna
Cawley
South Side Hospital
Raymond Cawley
New Orleans Street Railway Strike Settled
The two week citywide streetcar strike in New Orleans ended Sunday night as union members, by secret ballot, accepted the governor's ultimatum. Workers will return at 20 cents, 10 hours maximum with a 7 hour minimum, and no reprisals for those charged, with rehire based on company needs and court decisions on guilt for charged workers.
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New Orleans
Navy seeks midshipmen in nationwide examination
The Navy Department issued a telegram to senators and representatives announcing a special midshipman examination in Washington on November 12 under the Civil Service Commission. They may nominate one principal and five alternates under current regulations, with rules on past exam failure and carrying vacancies to the 58th Congress.
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Washington
Navy Department
Washington City
Civil Service Commission
Strike Idle MacBeth-Evans Plants Affects Thousand
Vice President T W Rowe of the American Flint Glass Workers reports a general strike in the chimney combine has idle five MacBeth-Evans plants at Marion Elwood Toledo Charleroi and the south side of Pittsburg. One thousand men are affected. Crown Prince Chowla Maha Vajiravudh of Siam arrives in Washington spends day at Arlington and about the city with no visitors announced.
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T. W. Rowe
The
American Flint Glass Workers
MacBeth-Evans Concern
Marion
Elwood
Toledo
Charleroi
Crown Prince of
Siam
Washington
Chowla Maha Vajiravudh
New York
Arlington
Shipping firms form half stake in Holland line
Hamburg reports the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. and the Hamburg American Co. acquire a half interest in the Holland American line through the Hamburg American acquisition by the International Mercantile Co. The move consolidates transatlantic liner ownership.
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Hamburg
Boersenhalle
North German Lloyd Steamship Co
Hamburg American Co
Holland-American Line
International Merchantile Co
Government bonds missing from estate in St. Joseph
Registered government bonds valued at 30000 dollars are missing from the estate of William Sidenfader, a pioneer undertaker in St. Joseph Missouri. Administrator John McGee discovered the loss on Friday.
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St. Joseph
William Sidenfader
John McGee
Navy report cites skilled labor shortages delaying new ships
Washington report notes slow progress on vessels under construction due to lack of skilled workers and late steel armor. Bowles cites San Francisco strikes and Seattle holdout as factors shaping delays on hulls and battleships Missouri and Ohio. The Navy adds new ships Illinois and torpedo craft Decatur Perry Preble Biddle Thornton Wilkes to the fleet last year.
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Washington
Adm. Bowles
Naval Bureau of Construction
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Seattle
Nebraska
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Arkansas
Florida
Nevada
Wyoming
Adm
Bowles
Virginia
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Illinois
Decatur
Perry
Preble
Biddle
Thornton
Wilkes
Armour's Crippled Child Op Leads To Hopeful Prognosis
In Chicago on October 13 the operation on Lolita Armour, crippled since birth, was performed by Prof. Adolf Lorenz of Vienna. Lorenz declared it a complete success and predicted the child would walk as well as the healthiest when the cast is removed next spring. Assistants included Dr. Fredrich Mueller and colleagues from New York and Chicago. The procedure lasted about two hours after anesthesia.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
Lolita
Adolf Lorenz
University of Vienna
Lorenz
Fredrich Mueller
Vienna
Dexter Ashley
New York
Frank Billings
John Ridlon
J. L. Miller
Sultan of Bacolod Declares War After Rebuffing U S
Manila reports the sultan of Bacolod Mindanao rejects Gen Summer's overtures and calls for war. He asserts the legion of Mohammed and demands no friendship. Moros note fortifications and rifles as an American column from Camp Vickers may be sent to seize the Bacolod stronghold.
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Manila
Bacolod
Mindanao
Summer
Mino
Mohammed
Supply Steamer Arethusa Arrives From Asiatic Waters
The United States supply steamer Arethusa arrived Sunday from Cavite via the Suez canal after a 26 month absence in Asiatic waters. All on board are well and the vessel carries a crew of 39 men.
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New York
United States
Arethusa
Cavite
Suez Canal
Asiatic
Far East
Cor dovez reports progress in Colombia civil conflict
Gen Julio E Cordovez arrived in Panama with troops carrying a riverfront briefing. He said forces under Gen Pendomo pushed toward Teneriffe while rebel Uribe Uribe fled toward the mountains with Munoc. Barranquilla hosts fresh troops as Gen Perdomo moves men upriver.
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Julio E. Cordovez
Bogota
Barranquilla
Magdalena River
Honda
Pendomo
Magague
Uribe-Uribe
Teneriffe
San Juan
Munoc
Ponuer
Mararres
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Ladenaga
Fernandez
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Colombia
Isthmus
Perdomo
Cundinamarca
Cauca
Antioquia
Tolima
Santander
Republic
Marroquin
Cordovez
Senor Tarims
Double Railway Wreck Near Barre West of Pittsburgh
An express train collided with a wrecked freight at 2 a.m. 14 cars derailed across tracks and a fast eastbound train struck the wreckage. One passenger engineer and one brakeman were killed, a passenger fireman fatally injured, others hurt but mostly lightly. Four Pullmans undamaged. several cars burned.
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Altoona
Barre
Petersburg
The Pinkham Cures and Loyal Endorsements
The text highlights Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a proven remedy once met with skepticism. It claims a growing army of cured women, extensive use across America, and attention from scientists and physicians validating its merit and recommending reliance on the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Wise
Counterfeit American Silver Dollars Found in Manila
Reports from Manila dated October 13 describe counterfeit American silver dollars made in China and circulated extensively. Suspicion links some of the coinage to shipments from San Francisco. The coins imitate standard weight and silver content, but the word Liberty is improperly stamped on the goddess. The drop in silver value is said to guarantee a high profit for the counterfeiters, with American silver circulating as gold in the Philippines.
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Manila
China
San Francisco
Philippines
Motorman's mistake causes deadly Paris streetcar crash
In Paris on Sunday evening an error by a motorman led an electric street car to collide at full speed with another on Avenue de la République. Both cars were crowded. thirty-nine people were injured with broken limbs and cuts from glass or splinters.
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Paris
Avenue de la Republique
Reading coal trains move heavy shipment on Reading road
Four trains of washery and mined coal, totaling 225 cars or 6 750 tons, passed down the Reading road Saturday night. The fuel is for sale to the company’s employer and for locomotive use, the heaviest shipment since May and larger than Friday night’s 189 cars.
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Reading
Reading Road
Benny Yanger to meet Terry McGovern in 20 round bout
New York, Oct. 13. Benny Yanger the Chicago featherweight and Terry McGovern were matched to a 20 round contest before the club offering best inducements, the bout to occur before McGovern's meeting with Young Corbett.
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New York
Benny Yanger
Chicago
Terry McGovern
McGovern
Young Corbett
Danville Mayor Candidate F B Boudinot Found Dead
The body of F. B. Boudinot, a wealthy Danville manufacturer and mayoral candidate, was recovered from the Vermillion river after a week missing. Police suspect murder.
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Danville, Ill
F. B. EB. Boudinot
Pilgrimage to Parnell’s Grave Draws Smaller Dublin Crowd
Dublin October 13 report notes the tenth annual pilgrimage to Parnell’s grave held Sunday. For the first time the lord mayor and Dublin corporation did not take part, and attendance was smaller than in prior years.
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Parnell
Dublin
Corporation of
Robinson Named Dean of Westminster
London reveals Rev. Charles Henry Robinson honorary canon of Ripon has been appointed dean of Westminster succeeding George Granville Bradley who has resigned the post.
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London
Charles Henry Robinson
Ripon
Westminster
George Granville Bradley
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