Miners' witness questions coal price at hearings
In Scranton on December 11, J L Crawford president of the People's Coal Company testified at coal commission hearings. He avoided giving exact profits and coal prices, saying he could estimate but was not compelled to disclose company profits. He noted shipping about 900 1000 tons daily and roughly $2 50 per ton, while admitting a higher $20 per ton during the strike.
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Scranton
J. L. Crawford
People’s Coal Company
Oxford
Darrow
Wayne McVeagh
Mitchell
Mr. Darrow
Crawford
Gray Here
Ashard Company
Hazelton
Central Park
Eighty-fifth Street
Mystery of a newsboy's death in New York
A mystery surrounds the death of a boy about 15 years old whose body was found in New York. Authorities probe the circumstances while residents recall the youth’s routine as a paperboy.
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New York
Coal riot near Boston Met Coal Yard crowds scramble for coal
New York dispatch reports hundreds of North End residents besieged the Metropolitan Coal Company yard on Causeway Street. A riot flared as workers arrived, crowds fought for bags of coal, and patrolmen struggled to prevent theft while a wagon was moved outside to ease the crowd.
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New York
North End
Metropolitan Coal Company
Causeway Street
Times
Boston
Republic sends troops to La Guayra amid naval seizures
News from Kingston and La Guayra reports Venezuela facing British and German pressure. 2,000 troops under General Ferr arrive at Laguary with 800 more expected. ships Za mora and Veinte Tres de Mayo captured and taken to Port of Spain by British sloop Alert. Berlin and London dispatches note releases of British subjects and discuss potential seizure of Venezuelan ports and revenues.
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Kingston
Island of St. Vincent
Zamora
Coast Guard
Gulf of Paria
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Alert
Laguarura
Ferr
Castro
la Guaya
Haggard
Herr von Pilgrim Baltazzi
Retribution
Caracas
Guayra
Berlin
Foreign Office
Bowen
Washington
Venezuela
Korwaerts
Germany
United States
London
China
la Gaugra
House of Commons
Cranborne
la Guayra
Bolivar
Fisher’s Stolen Goods Identified by Owners
Fisher, charged with robberies and burglaries, was bound over to the Superior Court in two cases with bonds under 1500 each. A arresting officer testified about recovering two 100 pound cans of paint and a batch of brushes and tools found buried in the defendant’s chicken house. The Harvey eating house burglary was also bound over. The defendant claimed he bought the goods from a stranger for 35 dollars and buried them to store provisions for his wife and himself.
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Fisher
Millard
Sinclair
Harvey
al Con
Harvey House
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Delaware
Lackawana
Gray
Angus Mattheson
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
el Monte
Soi
Republic
Paris
Vorwaerts
Wuchre Club
L. M. Dinkelspiel
A. Weill
H. L. Tupman
Nore
Marshal Packard
A. Hl. Grenell
Nineteenth Street
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