General Strike Looms in Trust Mills Amid Turmoil
Philadelphia reports seven dead and many injured after a gas explosion in a Tenth street block. search continues as debris clears. In Nebraska fusion of Democrats Populists and Silver Republicans advances toward September Lincoln conventions led by Bryan. Pittsburgh notes a fierce labor battle after President Shaffer issues a broad general strike order targeting Amalgamated workers in steel firms to end by August 10 1901.
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Philadelphia
Tenth Street
Department of Public Safety
McClemmy
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated Lodge
United States Steel Trust
National Steel
National Tube
Federal Steel Companies
String Honors Easy at Newcastle in Steel Strike
In Pittsburg on August 9 the Amalgamated Association closed Newcastle's big steel plant while U S Steel began plan to restart closed mills in the Kia Mes tik valley. Officials foresee a slow, low profile push to resume operations with no overtures to workers and no public statements from President Schwab.
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United States Steel Corporation
Kiamestik Valley
Schwab
Pittsburg
New York
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Resistencia Union Shifts On Tampa Strike Stand
In Tampa on August 9 the Resistencia Union of Cigarmakers vacillated over the strike. Morning orders urged mass departure, afternoon statements offered arbitration if leaders returned. Deportation of strike leaders looms in minds already unsettled. The union kept telegraphs to Key West and New York seeking attorneys, while citizens foresee a lengthy wait.
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Tampa
Fla
Resistancia Union of Cigarmakers
la Resistancia
Key West
New York
Founders' association wage talks fail as strikes continue
In Chicago on August 9, members of the National Founders' association failed to end strikes by machinists and iron molders. Workers, including non-union men lured by higher pay, did not return. Molders from two association firms quit after learning some workers would be offered higher wages by manufacturers.
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Chicago
National Founders’ Association
Gamblers Suppressed Citizens Raise Lawton Complaint
Citizens in Lawton voice frustration over inaction by authorities after gambler suppression efforts. They demand timely law enforcement response and public safety measures to curb illicit activity. Authorities have yet to announce concrete steps or timelines.
A Fair Face Cannot Atone For An Untidy Home
A garbled item notes theft and bold behavior by men described as emboldened by success. It references a phrase Sure Thing and implies crimes or property theft, detailing a chaotic scene and public reaction. The readable portions suggest a sensational column about social or criminal conduct.
Lawton Gamblers Protest as Highwaymen Haul Gold
Lawton Oklahoma citizens organized to crack down on unlicensed gaming after violent robberies. A gang killed Irwin Rogers near Lawton and stole 1 200 pounds of gold worth 206 an ounce along with 9 watches and 1 600 dollars. Robberies continued near Rush Springs with a Beemblossom family tragedy. Police traced few tools, police warned bay area cities of the crime.
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Lawton
O. T
Irwin Rogers
May County
Rogers
Rush Springs
Z. E. Beemblossom
Guthrie
Beemblossom
Cisco
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Bay Cities
Robbers Steal Gold from Selby Smelting Vault
Thieves tunnelled into the Selby Smelting and Lead Company vault at Vallejo, stealing about 1 200 pounds of gold bullion valued at 280 000 dollars. The break in occurred overnight and was discovered in the morning. The Vallejo works sit on the bay shore about 30 miles from San Francisco.
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Selby Smelting Company
Vallejo
Cal
San Francisco
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
Selby Works
Bay Shore
San Fran
Exterminate the Unions in Chicago Wage Battle
Chicago August 8. Employers vote to replace union molders with non union workers at 4.50 and 4.75 a day. National Founders' association backs the pay scale, sparking a fierce campaign aimed at the Machinists and Iron Molders unions with Chicago as the launching point.
Tornado Strikes Norfolk Outskirts Injuring Residents
A tornado hit Norfolk Virginia shortly after 2 p.m. damaging about 20 roofs in the city’s outskirts and injuring several people from falling timbers. No fatalities reported.
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Norfolk
Porter Sawyer Dies After Escape Attempt
Marlin Texas August 8 Porter Sawyer aged 18 killed his father in a whipping incident and died while trying to escape. The boy’s anger stemmed from a horse whipping. Vienna August 8 Sweden studies railway electrification plans.
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Marlin
Tex
Porter Sawyer
Vienna
Stockholm
Politsche Correspondenz
Sweden
Diamonds Stolen From Store Window in Hamilton Heist
A tray valued at $2,000 in diamonds was taken from Mrs. A. Seidenstocker's show window by four men. Two used open newspapers as screens while a third distracted the clerk and the fourth grabbed the tray before escaping.
No Sympathetic Strike Warned by Labor Federation
Indianapolis August 8 Business Agent Collins of the National Machinists union says the American Federation of Labor will offer only moral and financial support to steel strikers. He notes the AFL constitution forbids sympathetic strikes and predicts large labor conflict, calling it the biggest since the 1876 strike.
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Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
Collins
National Machinists’ Union
American Federation
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
President Commutes Death Sentence to Life for Soldier
Washington reports the president has commuted the death sentence of James W. Allen private Company F Twenty fourth infantry to life imprisonment. Allen was convicted by a court martial of rape at Humingan Luzon during active service.
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Washington
James W. Allen
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Allen
Humingan
Luzon
Whitecappers kidnap and whip man near Poplar Grove
In Kokomo Indiana on August 8 sixteen whitecappers seized Willard Gare tied him to a tree in the woods and whipped him after alleging he had abused his wife and 4 year old son. The incident centers on vigilante action in Poplar Grove.
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Kokomo
Ind
Willard Gare
Poplar Grove
Gare
Discovery of Valuable Mineral Deposits in the Holy Land
United States consul at Bibenstock reports valuable mineral treasures found in Palestine on both sides of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. He says the industrial awakening of the Holy Land is no longer a dream and notes salt deposits at the Dead Sea could be developed into an industry.
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Washington
Ernest L. Harris
United States
Bibenstock
State Department
Palestine
Holy Land
Harris
Jordan
Dead Sea
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Newcastle
Clark
Pany
A. M. Brown
Bureau of Police
Recorder Brown
John H. King
Inter
Lion Coffee
Frank 8. Browne
Class Insurance Company
The
Hanover Insurance Company
Cunard
Ameri
Can, Red Star, and
International Steamship Lines
Huroy
Europe
Sapolio
Whitecappers
Indiana
Taylor Bros. Co
Rochester
N, Y
Chichester
Chichester Chemical Oe
Madison Park
Phila
Parker
Ag Oe M. Ac M. Dy
D. Clark St
N. Cor
Uexroe
Ilinois
DeWarr & Co
Madison Medicine Co
Madison
Mrated Teen
Adam
Bears
Castores
Mncinnati
Druggista
Castoria
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