Miners Idle as Toledo Meeting Aims to Reopen Pact
A conference of coal operators and miners from Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois adjourned with no mine resumption. A Toledo Ohio meeting set for April 14 aims to revive the interstate agreement for the Central competitive field and base wages on the current scale.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Flinois
Toledo
Illinois
Springfield
Lewis
Kansas City
Western
Ilinois
Republicans Withdraw From Committee Meeting On Campaign Funds
Washington April 8 Republicans on the house committee on the election of the president withdrew from the meeting as a vote neared on Representative McCall's bill requiring publicity of campaign contributions. Democrats prepared a statement charging Republicans with cowardice for avoiding a record on the issue. The discussion in the committee was very animated.
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Washington
House Committee On
Representative McCall
New York horseman Thomas McCreary shot by Congressman Heflin
Washington April 8 Thomas McCreary a New York horseman was accidentally shot by Congressman J Heflin of Alabama a few days ago and his condition is listed as improving with passage of time.
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Washington
Thomas McCreary
New York
J. Heflin
Alabama
Great Northern Railway Convicted of Rebating in Sugar Case
A New York jury in the United States circuit court found the Great Northern Railway Company guilty of granting rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company. Shipments involved were to Sioux City Iowa in 1902 with rebates paid in 1904. Judge Holt will impose the penalty.
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New York
Great Northern Railway Company
American Sugar Refining Company
United States Circuit Court
Holt
Sioux City
Lisbon Election Riots Sparked Military Patrols
Lisbon on April 8 reports seven killed and about a hundred wounded as riot control troops flood Campes and Pedro squares. Regenerators lead with 62 seats, Progressists 59, Independents 17, Nationalists 2, Republicans 6, Francoists 3, and Dissident Progressists 7 amid a chaotic post election scene.
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Lisbon
Campes Square
Pedro Square
Bernardino Machado
Car Plunge on South Side Elevated Injures Scores
A southbound South Side Elevated car jumped the Indiana avenue station tracks and crashed to ground. Eight people are seriously hurt, one likely fatally, and around twenty others sustained injuries as passengers were dragged from the wreck through broken windows by police and bystanders.
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Chicago
South Side
Indiana Avenue
George Stang
Cronin
Fiftieth Street
Opposition by Senator Hale Delays Senate Debate on Army Budget
Senator Hale spoke against a vast army expansion tied to the Philippines, criticizing a plan to double forces and noting an $98,000,000 army appropriation. He warned expenditures would rise until Philippines concerns are resolved, but his motion to block the measure failed.
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Washington
Senate
T P
Hale
Philippines
Great Army of Unemployed Convention in New York
A New York April 8 report details a convention at the Hotel Astor where representatives from labor and other bodies sought the scope and causes of unemployment. Industrial Workers spokesman A Stœdel cited a U S estimate of about 4 750 000 unemployed nationwide.
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New York
Hotel Astor
United Aoe
Saxaugt
A. Stédel
Industrial Workers of the Hat
United States
Stodel
Wages Cut Affects 125000 New England Mill Workers
A wage re averaging ten percent has been effective in cotton mills in New England employing 30000 operatives. Last week the wages of 60000 were reduced and on Monday the pay of about 35000 additional millhands will be cut, including those in New Bedford, bringing the total affected by the movement to 125000.
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Boston
New England
New Bedford
Women and Children Parade in Bloomington Illinois
Women and children waved banners and sashes during a parade in Bloomington appealing to drive out saloons. The event marked a final demonstration of a broad movement with many participants, reflecting ongoing social reform efforts in the city.
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Bloomington
Ill
Ington
Allee
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