Nationwide building trades strike spreads from New York to Connecticut
Strikes lock out thousands as contractors and workers clash over pay and hours. Westchester demand eight hour day with Saturday half holiday and wages including plumbers four dollars a day and carpenters three seventy six, five hundred tailors seek in factory rooms, steamfitters press for a fifty cent raise, lake craft crews strike for fifty-two dollars a month and sixty dollars later, excavating teams demand twenty five cents extra.
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New York
Westchester County
Connecticut
New York State
Strikes Begin in Chicago Involving Thousands
In Chicago on April 2 the strikes began, involving over 5,000 workers. The action was inaugurated amid widespread labor unrest and affected multiple industries across the city.
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Chicago
Inau
Greenwich Trades Strike for Wages and Saturday Half Holiday
Nearly 1000 building trades workers in Greenwich and nearby towns walked out to demand higher pay, a Saturday half holiday, and use of union label materials. Contractors in the Greenwich Contractors' association and the Interstate Association of Master Builders may consider the wage rise but oppose the half holiday and exclusive union material use.
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Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Contractors’ Association
Interstate Association of Master Builders
Connecticut
New York
Building Strife Ties Schenectady Building Work
Schenectady April 2 The carpenters strike for 40 cents an hour instead of 35 began today halting building operations citywide. More than 800 workers are affected and they say allied trades support their action. A leading contractor said nonunion labor will be brought in to finish ongoing work and begin new jobs.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Strikers Threaten Allied Trades Refusal Over Work
Strikers declare that if this action is taken, the men in the allied trades will refuse to handle the work. The warning signals escalating labor tension and possible stoppage affecting ongoing projects.
Ten Thousand Bituminous Miners Idle in Indiana Field
Terre Haute Ind April 2 ten thousand bituminous miners in Indiana are on strike but operators and miners leaders expect settlement within hours through John Mitchell who will confer with operators. Operators demand acceptance of last years contract with a change to a zero cent price for mining instead of 80 as agreed by the interstate conference.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
John Mitchell
Miners Strike Across Panhandle Counties Over Unsigned Scales
One thousand miners in four Panhandle counties of West Virginia and Belmont county Ohio refused to work after operators declined to sign the scale adopted at the Wheeling joint convention.
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Bellaire, O
Panhandle
West Virginia
Belmont County
Ohio
Wheeling
Journeymen Plasterers Strike for Higher Pay and Hours
About one hundred journeymen plasterers walked out in St. Paul as the Mas ter Plasterers union held firm on demand for an eight hour day at 4.50 dollars with time and one half for overtime and Sunday and holiday work.
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St. Paul
Master Plasterers’ Union
Five Hundred Union Painters Strike for Higher Wages
In Cleveland on April 2 five hundred union painters went on strike to win a 2 percent raise. The old rate was 35 cents an hour and the union now seeks 37 4 percent more pay.
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Cleveland
International Mercantile Marine Amends Charter
The International Mercantile Marine company files a charter amendment authorizing contracts with the United States government and foreign states, and allowing sale or hire of ships to governments for any purpose including military. The move aims to meet objections by the English government over impressment of vessels in wartime.
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Trenton
N. J
International Mercantile Marine Company
Great Transatlantic Ship Combination
United States
Doctor Thomas Foster Dies at Eighty Five In San Francisco
San Francisco April 2 Dr Thomas Foster aged eighty five died after a lingering illness He was among the country's oldest newspaper men having served with the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1836 He moved to Minnesota in 1849 became editor of the Daily Minnesotan in St Paul and later practiced medicine serving as government physician and surgeon for Minnesota Indians until 1873.
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San Francisco
Thomas Foster
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Minnesota
Minnesotan
St. Paul
Candee Brother Sister Murder Suicide Shocks Kansas City
In Kansas City on April 2 Frank Candee, suffering from dementia, fatally shot his brother Nathan R. Candee and his sister Miss Cline Candee before turning the gun on himself.
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Kansas City
Frank Candee
Nathan R. Candee
Miss Cline Candee
Spurious Money Plant Raided in New York
Secret service agents seized a complete coinage outfit at 30 Allen Street after arresting two men on spurious money charges. Dies for minting dimes were found and officials say the pair circulated nearly 10,000 fake dimes since January. a woman, believed to be the wife of one suspect, was present.
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New York
Jersey City
Secret Service
Allen Street
Flynn
Minister Admits Guilt In Petty Larceny Case
Rev. E. E. Plannette, linked to Grand View Presbyterian church, confessed to petty larceny and was jailed after admitting he took $24 in silver from church collection, plus several small Japanese fans. he said services were held as usual Sunday and appeared calm during arrest.
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Los Angeles
E. E. Plannette
Grand View Presbyterian Church
Plannette
Roosevelt Departs Washington for 14000 Mile Western Tour
President Roosevelt leaves Washington on a nine week plus trip spanning about fourteen thousand miles. A large crowd gathers at Pennsylvania Station to bid him farewell while Bar on Speck von Sternburg attends and shares a cordial exchange with the president who offers his horses for the baron and baroness during his absence. The fine equipped Pennsylvania train carries the president and a select group including cabinet members and security personnel.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Station
White House
Pennsylvania
Hitchcock
Baron Speck von Sternburg
India
Mrs. Roosevelt
Baron
Baroness von Sternburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Secret Service
Post Office
Bonilla the Victor Sweeps Honduras to Tegucigalpa
News from New Orleans reports General Bonilla advancing across Spanish Honduras with Tegucigalpa expected to fall within days. Puerto Cortez fell March 22 after mutinies and executions. mayor and officer killed, gunboat Tatumbla fled. San Pedro fell March 24 as rebels pressed. Mrs Arias, wife of the president, escaped Puerto Cortez aboard Brutus then Marietta to Puerto Barrios for safety.
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New Orleans
Puerto Cortez
Tatumbla
Arias
Belize
Vallardi
San Pedro
United States
Marietta
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
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Detroit
Huron
U. G. Fowler
South Dakota
L. Woodworth
W. Third Street
Astoria
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