Strike Ends in Western Pennsylvania Coal District
Operators sign scale miners' strike agreement ending a dispute in the soft coal region of western Pennsylvania.
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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1906
Page
6
Independent mine owners end standstill in Western Pennsylvania
In Pittsburg on April 9 the standstill among independent operators dissolved their mutual pledge not to accept the 1903 scale. Mine Workers' officials report nine firms quitting the agreement, representing about 3,000,000 tons and 5,000 workers. Irwin field reports show many strikers seeking union recognition and returning to work amid heightened tensions after the killing of striker John Weisel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Company
Irwin Field
Pennsylvania
Gucarnet
Eest
John Weisel
Coal miners suspend work from Frontenac to Labelle mine
One hundred and fifty coal miners are on strike from Frontenac to the Labelle Coal Company's mine near Pittsburg Kansas causing thirty workers to be idle. The Labelle company has signed the wage scale but others have not, delaying resumption until all operators sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Frontenac
Labelle Coal Company
Here
Labelle Company
Ohio miners strike upheld by coal operators
Cleveland April 9. The Ohio coal operators in session decided to stand firm and offer no concessions as they approve the miners strike action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio Coaiers
Pirates Hold Up Boats Near Canton Loots Missionary
Three passenger boats fourteen miles from Canton are attacked by Chinese pirates on April 3. American missionary Rev. Dr. Charles B. Hager reports pirates fired on the boat, stripped him of clothes cash and surgical instruments, and left. He notified the American consulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Canton
Charles B. Hager
Mager
Tung River
of Commissioners For Missions
Secret indictments in Boston DA inquiries name withheld
Boston April 9. Secret indictments inquiries by District Attorney John B. Moran. Cases include an insurance rebate scheme with testimony by Thomas W. Laween and allegations that John G. Bestgen of Quigey contributed 225 to the Republican state campaign fund in 1904, though no record exists. Names withheld pending arrests. Frederick Hockaday was arrested in the life insurance rebate case for allowing rebate of insurance premiums contrary to the public statutes. He posted bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John B. Moran
Thomas W. Laween
John G. Bestgen
Quigey
Repub
Frederick Hockaday
Hockaday
Wisconsin Monu ment Dedicated at Shiloh Battle Field
On the fortieth anniversary of Shiloh the Wisconsin monument was dedicated at the battlefield in Corinth Mississippi. Governor Davidson led a large Wisconsin delegation in ceremonies with speeches by the governor and monument commission members. Warships depart Shanghai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh
Corinth
Miss
Wisconsin Monument
Davidson
Wisconsin Shiloh Monument
Warships Leave Shanghai for Kobe to Preserve Peace
A cable from Shanghai reports battleships Ohio and Wisconsin and gunboat Concord have sailed from Shanghai to Kobe, Japan, indicating no need for ships in Chinese waters at this time to maintain peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Ohio
Wisconsin
Concord
Shanghai
Kobe
Japan
Settled Out Of Court In Famous Schandein Will Case
Milwaukee April 7 The famous Schandein will case was settled out of court by all interested parties as announced by Attorney George P. Miller. The estate valued at 7 million included a $6 million portion to Mrs Clara Heyl and about $600,000 to Ella Frank and Emil Schandein. The agreement was to be reduced to writing by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Behandein
George P. Miller
Lisette Schandein
Clara 8. Heyl
Jacob Heyl
Ella Frank
Emil Schandein
Carpenter
Dowie Plans Return With Large Funds for Zion Faithful
The Daily News reports John Alexander Dowie will return to Zion City by Monday night and perform a miracle. He supposedly brings ten million dollars in gold and scrolls of Moses as a bequest from Baron Hirsch to aid Russian Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Daily News
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Zion
Moses
Mexico
Dowie
Baron Hirsch
Russia
Elkinson Opposes Rate Regulation Bill in Senate Speech
Senator Elkinson voices firm railroad concerns and shipper interests in opposing the house rate regulation bill. He argues the measure lacks full railroad reform and cites desired provisions on coal shipping, railroad switches, interstate connections, and fair car distribution among shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philadelphia Suits Over 5 Million For Filtration Project
Mayor Weaver files bill in the court of common pleas seeking more than 5 million dollars in equity against contractors and officials tied to the city filtration system project. Named defendants include Israel W. Durham former Republican leader James R. McNichol John M Mack William C Haddock Peter E Costello John W Hill and Mrs James R McNichol. The case follows prior removal of Costello and Hill’s acquittal on record falsification charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
Weaver
Israel W. Durham
James R. McNichol
John M. Mack
William C. Haddock
Ashbridge
Peter E. Costello
John W. Hill
Baltic mine accident claims Ludwig Heikkila
In Eveleth Minnesota on April 7 Ludwig Heikkila died and two companions were severely scalded when workers mispositioned heavy levers during steam line work, causing high pressure pipes to burst and scalding steam to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveleth
Minn
Ludwig Heikkila
Baltic
Actress Delphine Love Falls to Death in New York
Delphine Love, an actress who claimed to be the daughter of the late Dr. I. N. Love of St. Louis, died by her own action leaping from a second floor window at a hotel on Seventh Avenue. She arrived with a man who was arrested after the jump but later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delphine Love
Dr. I. N. Love
St. Louis
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Revised German disaster toll at Nagold hotel collapse
A revised casualties list from the Hotel Zum Hirschen collapse in Nagold shows forty nine deaths and fifty severe injuries. Dr. von Pischek, interior minister of Württemberg, arrived to personally tour the disaster site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nagold
South Germany
Zum Hirschen
von Pischek
Wurtemburg
Turuire
Lava Fears Envelop Italian Village Barricade
Naples reports lava flows surrounding Boscotrecase during a volcanic eruption. Residents scavenge for transport as relief efforts prepare. Cardinal Joseph Prisco orders special prayers for victims and is expected to visit the affected area. Roscoe Reale is noted as a birthplace of the cardinal and a refuge for relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Joseph Prisco
Roscoe Reale
Unprecedented Flood Damage Near Casper Wyoming
Snow melt and heavy rainfall destroyed the principal oil receiver on the Little Popo Agie river. About 100000 barrels of oil were lost, with Belgo American company incurring additional undisclosed losses. Railroad contractor John Trulson drowned after being swept from his horse near Muskrat creek, his body recovered downstream at the Muskrat and Big Horn confluence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Muskrat
Big Horn
Senators See Roosevelt White House in Rate Talks
Senator Rayner of Maryland met with the president at the White House to discuss railroad rate legislation. Rayner believed a rate bill satisfactory to supporters might pass the Senate and with a larger majority than expected. Senators Allison of Iowa and Nelson of Minnesota then talked with the president but declined to discuss details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Rayner
Maryland
Senate
Allison
Iowa
Nelson
Minnesota
Moroccan reform conference ends with signed convention
Final adjournment comes as the Moroccan reform conference in Algeciras closes sine die. The international delegates sign a single convention, the Duke of Almodovar certifies transcripts, and a luncheon follows with 32 covers. Municipal officials bid delegates farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algeciras
Spain
Duke of Almodovar
Duke of
House Immigration Bill Advances From Committee
Washington April 7 the house committee on immigration has completed its bill to restrict alien entry. It raises the head tax from 2 to 5 dollars and requires male adults to have 26 dollars and females 15. It sets an educational test for those over sixteen and excludes the weak minded and laborers of poor physique. It gives discretion to admit or exclude unaccompanied minors under sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Immigration
Gardner
Massachusetts
Bennett
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Remarkable 123 Year Old Mrs. Philo Rogers Dies
Chicago mourns the death of Mrs. Philo Rogers a 123 year old Black woman at her home in Chicago born in Missouri she lived before abolition and witnessed emancipation. Her long life spans the Missouri Compromise and the Civil War era she raised a large family and became a grandmother well before emancipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Rogers
Chicago
Swift Will Admits Probate With 5000 Gift to Sagamore Church
The will of E C Swift a Massachusetts millionaire packer was probated in Salem on April 9. It leaves about 10 million to the testator’s family in trust aside from a 5000 bequest to a Sagamore church and small annuities to two longtime employees. Clarence Moore and Frank W Crocker named as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
E. C. Swift
Packer
Sagamore
Swift
Clarence Moore
Frank W. Crocker
Tillman Presses Date on Rail Rate Bill as Aldrich Stalls
Washington April 9. Senator Tillman argues one more week may exhaust general debate on the railway rate bill but Senator Aldrich refuses to consent to a vote until the measure is more nearly perfected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tillman
Aldrich
Wealthy merchant George Kupfer ends life in Park Avenue home
New York on April 7 George Kupfer a forty six year old wealthy wholesale milliner residing on Park Avenue and with a Broadway shop shot himself in his apartment room. Death was instantaneous with ill health alleged as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Kupfer
Park Avenue
Broadway
Yellow fever patient reported near Kenner Louisiana
Governor Vardaman received a New Orleans surgeon's letter contradicting reports and confirming a fever patient in Kenner Louisiana has yellow fever. Separately, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her party arrived in Savannah after traveling up the river from Mayant, leaving the area eighteen miles from Lana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Vardaman
White
New Orleans
Kenner
Savannah
Theodore Roosevelt
Lana
Will Die of His Injuries
St. Joseph Missouri April 7 Simon Stern charity superintendent was assaulted by two men to whom he had refused assistance and will die of injuries. Stern is now in critical condition and the assailants are unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Simon Stern
Stern
Inconvenient To America Hague Conference Timing
The state department told Russian authorities through Ambassador Rosen that the early July date for the second Hague conference would be inconvenient for the United States and other Western Hemisphere nations. The objection cites clashes with the Pan American congress set for July 21 and pending matters for the Rio Janeiro congress to be presented at The Hague. Proposals include forming a general arbitration convention and limiting force for public debt collection, touching the Cairo doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Rosen
America
Hague
Akron man 85 commits suicide during sleepwalking episode
Somnambulist Jacob Stair, age eighty five, of Akron Ohio, woke while asleep and hanged himself from a floor joist with a cord. He had discussed death by his own action with his wife the previous evening. Stair was a prominent Mason and former city councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Jacob Stair
Three Iowans Drowned In River Incident
A Cedar Rapids report states three young men and a woman were swept away while on the river. George McDonald aged twenty three, Sam Callahan twenty four, and Mrs Hattie Wentworth were the victims. Rescue efforts followed but details remain incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hattie Ae
George McDonald
Sam
Callahan
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