Miners' Union Leaders Accused in Colorado Cripple Creek
Two prominent Western Federation of Miners members, Charles Matthews and Patrick Mullaney, plus Virgil King, are jailed facing charges of complicity in Independence dynamiting. Herman Hertz of Goldfield is detained for aiding the union cause by hosting secret meetings. Military rule continues as authorities vow daily operations to clear out anti union elements while a citizens committee expands into a permanent investigation body.
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Cripple Creek
Teller County
Four Mile
Bell
Charles Matthews
Patrick Mullaney
Virgil King
Victor
King
Mullaney
Matthews
Western Federation of Miners
Herman Hertz
Goldfield
Verdeckberg
Hertz
Citizens’ Committee of Investigation
New Mexico
Verdict for a Million in Brooklyn Railroad Suit
A Brooklyn Superior Court jury awarded Morris Menges $1,000,000 plus costs with one year and eleven months of interest in the case against General Louis Fitzgerald for services in aiding the sale of the Western Maryland railroad to a syndicate. The trial spanned several days with witnesses including George Gould and other prominent capitalists. The result will be appealed.
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Spencer
General Fitzgerald
Securities of
Western Maryland Railroad
Superior Court
Brooklyn
Morris Menges
Gereral Louis Fitzgerald
George Gould
Americans Made Threat in Johannesburg and Trial Opens
In Johannesburg Transvaal on June 14 three foreigners believed to be Americans were arrested overnight with one boasting of potential assassination of British High Commissioner Lord Milner for pay. In Woodland on June 14 the second trial of Cyrus Wood for Vern Rogers murder began in Superior Court before Judge Gaddis. Wood claims self defense after Rogers allegedly fired first.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Lord Milner
Hearst and Harrison factions duel over Springfield convention
In Springfield on June 14, Hearst and Harrison camps formed a tactical alliance to counter John P. Hopkins plan to make Frank P. Quinn temporary chairman at the Democratic State Convention. The deal grants the Harrison side influence at the national level while aiming to control state offices, despite Hearst delegates. A caucus dispute erupted in the Third district before a lunch recess at 3:30 PM.
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Springfield
Ill
John P. Hopkins
Chicago
State Central Committee
Frank P. Quinn
Hearst
Harrison
Williams
Man Hopkins
Quinn
Hearst and Harrison
Cagney
Japanese Transport Collided With Mine Fatal Port Arthur Explosion
TOKIO June 14 4 p m A mine explosion at Port Arthur injured and killed crew aboard the Taihoku naval transport as it laid mines at the entrance to the harbor. Nineteen officers and eighteen men were killed and two officers and seven men wounded. The Taihoku was seriously damaged in the incident.
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Tokio
Taihoku
Port Arthur
Japanese Fleet Operations Note Russian Withdrawals Near Yingkow
A June 14 dispatch from Admiral Tojo reports fleet actions since June 6 including bombardments near Kaiping and Yingchiatsu, and the dispersal of Russian camps at Kaiping point. Prisoners say 5000 Russian troops moved toward Mandarin and Wafangon, with 3000 evacuating Yinkow after town bombardment. Four Russian torpedo boat destroyers were driven from Talienwan bay. over seventy nine ships destroyed there.
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Tokio
Togo
Liao Tung
Yinkow
Kaiping
Newchwang
Port Arthur
Mandarin
Wafangon
Wafangtien
Mukden
Kaiping Point
Yingchiatsu
Tsantiakao
Talienwan Bay
Shappington
Japanese Advance Near Kinchow Suppressions Reported
At St Petersburg on June 14 the War Office says two Japanese divisions march north along the railway toward Vafangon about 25 miles above Kinchow. They skirmish with retreating Russians but the advance faces little resistance. The general staff suspects the move aims to form a junction.
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ST. Petersburg
War Office
Vafangon
Kinchow
Great Britain May Lose Port Arthur and Wei Hai Wei
London June 14 A House of Commons Q and A indicates Port Arthur’s fall may end Britain’s lease of Wei Hai Wei on the Shantung promontory under the 1895 Anglo Chinese convention Britain’s lease valid only while Port Arthur remains under control of the Chinese.
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Great Britain
Hai
London
House of Commons
Port Arthur
Wei Hai Wei
Shantung
War Percy
Grea Britain
Port
Republicans Arriving in Chicago for June 14 Meeting
Incoming trains brought large numbers of the advance guard to Chicago. Senator Penrose arrived early along with Senators Hane brough North Dakota Ankeney Washington Judge Lyons of Georgia and Cornelius Bliss of New York. They settled into discussions on the vice presidency and contests.
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Chicago
Penrosé
Hanebrough
North Dakota
Ankeney
Washington
Judge Lyons
Georgia
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
Russia Calls Out Army Reserves on Front Link
St Petersburg report notes no sprint southward by General Stachiberg and says Russian forces on the Liao Tung peninsula are only cavalry. Cavalry units aim to disrupt Japanese south to north movements as Port Arthur siege continues. Novoe Vremya defends neutral wireless, cites similar remedy to cable cuts. Reserves called in Kasan, Kiev, Moscow to fill skeleton corps, with four Volga corps likely to join, boosting Kuropatkin by 200,000 men.
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ST. Petersburg
Novoe Vreyma
Stachiberg
Liao Tung
Port Arthur
Kasan
Kieff
Moscow
Volga
Kuropatkin
Japanese Seize Food Supplies for Port Arthur
A fleet of junks loaded with flour and rice for Port Arthur was seized off Chefoo by the Japanese. The seizure follows Japanese complaints that foreign merchants at Chefoo ship goods to Port Arthur and that Russia has set up wireless communications there to receive messages from Port Arthur. Evidence of the wireless station is unclear.
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Cheefoo
Port Arthur
Chefoo
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