Steel strike actions claim quick mill restarts in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh, the Star plant nears partial resumption while Amalgamated and steel workers praise restraint or predict broad revival. Union leaders discuss arbitration with Governor Stone named as potential conciliator amid claims of new hires and defections.
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Pittsburg
Star
American Tin Plate Company
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Harper
Yarper
Shaffer
Stone
Long List of Cattle Ranches and Dairy Farms For Sale
A detailed catalog offers cattle ranches and dairy farms aimed at attracting speculative and investment buyers. The list emphasizes clear titles and asks buyers to avoid properties with obscurity.
Steel strike helps British revival prospects
A The Standard writer forecasts a strong autumn and winter revival in Britain's iron trade. He cites coal and coke price cuts and rising shipbuilding activity as drivers, along with the United States Steel strike pushing American buyers to place large orders in Britain.
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London
Standard
United States Steel Corporation
American Con
Fire at Atlantic Refining works destroys 14 tanks
Philadelphia reports a blaze at the Atlantic Refining company plant at Point Breeze burned itself out. Vice President Lloyd places losses near 500000 dollars after 14 tanks holding about 100000 barrels of oil were wrecked. One pumping station and piping damaged. key machinery remains intact. Two workers thought dead are safe, giving three total firefighter deaths.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Point Breeze
Schuylkill River
Lloyd
United States transport Ingalls sails for Manila
The Ingalls, which returned to New York last week with leaking cargo ports, sailed during the day for Manila. All cargo is said to be removed and the stores will be shipped to Manila by a merchant vessel.
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New York
United States
Ingalls
Manila
Seattle trader John W. De Camp dies after home fire search
John W. De Camp, a prominent Seattle commission man formerly in St. Paul, died in the morning after severe burns suffered while he searched his burning home for a servant he believed was imprisoned in her room.
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Seattle
Wash
John W. de Camp
de Camp
St. Paul
Paros Armenians Report Turkish Looting in Sassoun
A Paris pro Armenian sheet claims Turks loot and murder in Sassoun district since early July and that several Armenian villages have been wiped out.
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Paris
Sassouan
Mob Violence Erupts as Jail Vote Ends in Bloodshed
At Ashville Alabama a mob fights sheriff deputies to seize Jim Brown the condemned rape suspect. Walter Blankenship is killed and Arthur Blankenship wounded during the chaos as the prisoner is smuggled to Birmingham after a swift, contested trial. A bystander boy is lightly injured.
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Ashville
Ala
Walter Blankenship
Arthur Blankenship
Jim Brown
James Hanley
Blankenships
Walter
Arthur
United States urged to intervene in South American turmoil
London dispatches summarize editorials urging U S intervention if governments are not solidly established in South America. The Monroe doctrine is cited as a duty and right, with restraint to protect Pan American interests and aid canal prospects, while reports from Quito describe Liberal victories near Pasto against Clerical forces.
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London
Daily Graphic
South America
United States
Egypt
Suez Canal
the Times
Hay
Pan- American Congress
Mexico
New World
Colombian Insurgents Triumph Near Pasto Battle
New York Aug 24 Dr A J Restrepo diplomatic agent of the Liberal party reports insurgents victorious in a battle near Pasto. Details of casualties and exact location remain unclear in the dispatch from the war front.
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Colombia
Porte Genpe
Pasto
New York
A. J. Restrepo
Liberal Party
Venezuelan Forces Move to Invade Colombia From Caribbean
Venezuelan steamers transported 800 men from Maracaibo and Coro under General Davila after defeating General Hernandez. They aim to reach Rio Hacha to support General Uribe-Uribe, with ammunition sent ahead. Juan Pietri, leader of a revolutionary movement, was captured near Magdalena en route to a house seized for Caracas and freed by Castro.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Maracaibo
Coro
Davila
Hernandez
Colombia
Rio Hacha
Uribe-Uribe
Juan Pietri
Magdalena
Gampi
Caracas
Castro
Tragic Gas Deaths Seal Family in San Francisco
R T Ross a music teacher and his wife died by gas in their San Francisco room on Aug 24. A curtain clutched by Mrs Ross suggests she tried to reach a window before being dragged back by her husband. In Milwaukee ex congressman Chase W Van Schaick dies at 84 of brain paralysis.
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San Francisco
R. T. Ross
Milwaukee
Disaster at Cottonwood Bar boats 17 dead with 22 feared
Paducah Kentucky August 22 190? The City of Golconda disaster at Cottonwood Bar near Paducah grows as bodies are brought in. The death toll may reach seventeen or twenty two. Pilot M A Peck blames an engineer who allegedly deserted his post while the engineer says he stayed at the throttle until water reached his waist. The wreck is being dismantled in eighteen feet of water as crowds watch and volunteers assist.
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Paducah
Golconda
Cottonwood Bar
M. A. Peck
Frank Enders
Czar Weighs South African Intervention Plan
A Copenhagen dispatch reported in the Independent Belgic says the czar may initiate mediation between Russia and Germany over the Boek position. He plans to seek a direct Kruger statement during a France visit to craft a proposed action.
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Brussels
Independence Belgic
Copenhagen
William
Loubet
France
Kruger
Boek
Printers Lock Out at Columbus Press Post
Reporters locked out as News Writers' union declares a lockout after the news department is abolished. Printers will only set editorials and advertisements until the dispute with the proprietor is settled, an action approved by the local Typographical union.
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Columbus
Press- Post
News Writers’ Union
Austro Hungary to Begin Gold Specie Payments
Vienna reports the Austro Hungarian government will test a small gold issue of 20 2 PREN to replace paper money. Directors of banks aim to accustom the public to gold circulation while fearing hoarding by some groups. If successful, a larger issue may follow.
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Vienna
Anerottarian Bank
Itseay
Austria-Hungary
Quote on dogs and men as a measure of character
A maxim contrasts a dog’s gratitude with human nature saying a well-treated dog won’t bite, while people may. It frames the difference in trust and reciprocity between species. The line is frequently quoted as a reflection on kindness and character.
Peculiar dangerous months for stock speculation
Octobers warned as one of the peculiarly dangerous months for stock speculation, with July, January, September, August, December, February, April, March, June, November and May listed as risky. The quote emphasizes timing risk in market actions.
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