Explosion at Hanna Mine Kills 235 Workers
Hanna Wyo July 2 235 of 281 miners at Union Pacific Coal Co No 1 killed by blackdamp explosion at 1030. Most dead Finns and Negroes. Rescuers found survivors insane and exhausted. Seventeenth level scene of bodies and debris, mothers and wives weep as rescue attempts stall. Mine may not clear for a month. Alfred Happgood among the dead.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Alfred Happgood
Vege
Cyclones Ravage Minnesota Farmlands Killing Several
A July cyclone struck Wilder and Heron Lake areas in Minnesota. At Wilder it leveled Dr. Westerman’s farm buildings with no reported deaths there. It then hit Dan Gallagher’s farm, killing Gallagher and his two daughters Ella and Nettie. Nearby, Joseph Fritcher and two children were killed near Heron Lake, with additional fatalities at the Habbram farm.
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Wilder
Minn
Westerman
Dan Gallagher
Heron Lake
Joseph Fritcher
Joseph Mathias
Habbram Farm
Rea
Grain merchants crippled in Schaerbeek station wreck
A serious rail collision at Schaerbeek station near Brussels injured about twenty people. The train from Antwerp carried leading grain merchants en route to a weekly grain meeting. no fatalities were reported.
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Brussels
Schaerbeek
Antwerp
Schaerbeck
Lightning sets barn ablaze in Laverne area
A barn owned by Casper Taubert near Laverne Minnesota was struck by lightning and burned down. Eleven horses inside were killed or burned to death, leaving the property with extensive losses.
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Laverne, Minn
Casper Taubert
Gasoline Tank Explosion Kills Machinist in Lyons
An exploding portable gasoline tank killed Archibald Call of Buffalo and destroyed the large central roundhouse in Lyons New York on July 2.
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Lyons
N. Y
Archibald Call
Buffalo
Alabama Miners Suspend Work in Birmingham District
About 13 000 United Mine Workers in the Birmingham district halted output as the old wage contract expired with no new agreement. No formal strike. suspension to continue until a wage scale is set. Later, three small mines employing ~400 men signed on, pending broader talks.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mine Workers of America
Harmony Prevails Nomination At Republican State Convention
Des Moines July 2 Harmony prevailed in the Republican state convention with over 1 000 delegates. The ticket nominated includes A B Cummins for governor John Herriott for lieutenant governor Charles A Bishop for supreme court judge and D J Palmer for railroad commissioner. The tariff trust plank advocates protection and calls for adjusting tariffs to meet changing industrial conditions. The convention endorses reciprocity, Cuba treaty provisions, and stronger regulation of trusts without destruction.
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Des Moines
Spence
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
N. E. Kimball
Albia
A. B. Cummins
Polk
John Herriott
Adair
Charles A. Bishop
Supreme Court
D. J. Palmer
Washington
Allison
Cuba
United States
Congress
Sandbagged on train robbed of 18500 in Milwaukee
Mrs F F Adams Jr wife of the F F Adams Tobacco Co vice president reported to police that on a Chicago to Milwaukee train she was struck in a toilet by a strange woman with a blunt weapon and robbed of 18500 after drawing 25000 from First National Bank. Detective Dennis Sullivan investigated for Inspector Riemer.
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Milwaukee
F. F. Adams, Jr
F. F. Adams Tobacco Company
Chicago
Dennis Sullivan
Rie Mer
Idle Washoe smelter cost Butte 2000 jobs
Butte Montana July 2 1000 workers laid off at the Washoe smelter in Anaconda following the shutdown to connect with a new flue for Deer Lodge valley smoke. The decision hits Butte 1000 more jobs as Amalgamated mines cutting output. Restart planned September 1.
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Butte
Mont
Anaconda
Deer Lodge
Ship Carpenters Strike Over Hours and Wages
Six hundred caulkers shipwrights and joiners walk out in Camden New Jersey demanding a nine hour day at 3.06 dollars daily instead of ten hours at 3.00. They seek overtime and holiday pay with New York Shipbuilding company unaffected.
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Camden
N. J
New York Shipbuilding Company
Baltimore Machinists Strike for Higher Wages
Two hundred nine machinists in Baltimore quit work to demand a 10 percent raise and a minimum wage of 2.75 dollars per day for nine hours. The current rate is 2.50 dollars.
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Baltimore
Transfer of Bureaus to New Commerce and Labor Dept
Washington July 2 The transfer of bureaus to the new department occurred in a ceremony at Secretary Certelyou office. Chiefs of affected bureaus, Secretary Moody and other distinguished figures attended as Secretary eu outlined the department s aims and several responses were heard.
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Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
Certelyou
Moody
Navy Department
Russian government denies Kishineff incident explanation offer
The Russian government positively denies offering any official explanation to the United States about the Kishineff incident. It also states it has not been approached by the American government on the subject and refuses to receive petitions or communications from any power regarding its internal affairs.
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Washington
Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Mob Hangs Suspect After Jail Rescue in Scottsboro
In Scottsboro Alabama July 1 Andrew Diggs a negro was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged. Diggs had been jailed for an attempted assault on Alma Smith daughter of Dr B B Smith. The sheriff fired during the mob clash injuring himself. The mob forced the jail keys from the sheriff's daughter and a doctor treated the sheriff's wounds.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Andrew Diggs
Mise Alma
B. B. Smith
White man shot dead by Black worshippers in Harris County church
John Cash a white planter entered a Harris county Black church during revival and exposed a threatening act. Shouts of kill him rang out as Black congregants fired on Cash, who died at the altar in a pool of blood after an estimated 500 shots.
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Columbus
John Cash
Harris County
Cash
Rabbis Debate Sabbath Change at Central Conference
Detroit July 2 The central conference of American rabbis opened a session on the Sabbath question and possible shift from Saturday to Sunday Rabbi J Vorsanger presented the Sabbath committee report and executive session followed. A second report on the relation between rabbi and congregation was referred to a five member commission for further study with a Friday morning report expected.
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Detroit
Central Conference of the American Rabbis
J. Vorsanger
San Francisco
D. Phillipson
Prussian Princes to Visit St Louis Exposition
An American dispatch from Kiel reports that Prince Adalbert and Prince Henry of Prussia with their suites have been authorized to visit the St Louis exposition as a sign of growing entente with the United States. Prince Adalbert, Emperor William's third son, is nineteen.
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New York
Kiel
United States
Prince Adalbert
Prince Henry of
Prussia
St. Louis Exposition
Emperor William
Woodworkers May Strike In Chicago Over Wages
Chicago July 1 5000 workers may strike after union business agents reject a company proposal to renew a two year contract with wage increases from 7 to 11 percent. The Amalgamated Woodworkers union seeks 12 to 20 percent raises, while manufacturers claim their offer would raise Chicago wages 20 percent above surrounding cities.
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Chicago
Manufacturers Woodworkers’ Association
Amalgamated Woodworkers’ Union
Aged man fatally stabs son in Richmond home
Richmond Ind July 1 Bernard Quinn 73 killed his son James 25 by stabbing him in the groin after the son returned home intoxicated and began to abuse him. When the father sought police aid he was assaulted and in defending himself drew his pocket knife. He has not been arrested.
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Richmond
Ind
Bernard Quinn
James
Special Reduced Excursion Rates from Chicago & North-Western
The Chicago and North Western Railway offers special excursion rates from all points to several destinations this July. Boston hosts Educational Association from July 6 to 10, Saratoga Springs for Nobles of the Mystic Shrine July 7 to 10, Atlanta for Baptist Young People's Union of America July 9 to 12, Denver July 9 to 13 for United Society of Christian Endeavor, Detroit July 16 to 19 for International Epworth League, and Baltimore July 21 to 23 for B P O E.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
Boston
Educational Association
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Atlanta
Texes Teasdale killed at Ames ranch Bridger
Edward Teasdale was shot and killed on the Ames ranch near Bridger while trying to stop a fight between two ranch hands. A young laborer has been placed under arrest charged with the killing.
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Billings
Mont
Edward Teasdale
Ames Ranch
Bridger
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Wilder and
Alabama
Iowa
F. F. Adams
Jim
Sunny Jim
Ao Citis
H. H. Miller
Anaconda, Mont
Ship Carpenters Strike
Department of Commerce
Russia
Georgia Planter
ST. Louis
Wales
Germantown
India
Cory & Madam. Dry Goods
Deadwood
S. D
International Mining Congress
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F
North- Western
A. Marx
Albany, N. Y
OV Trant
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Jacos Rosenthal
Wolsey
Shaw’s
J. M. D. Campbell
Joan Lowestaff
California Street
Moler Barber College
Minneapolis
North
South Dakota
Lord & Thompson
Beach Street
Bayard E. Braca
D. E
Ibel
C. Hrench
C. H. French
Huron, S. D
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