Ohio Democrats to Name a State Ticket
Cleveland and Columbus report that Ohio Democrats who back Bryan plan a new party. Ten men met in Cleveland and adopted a formal statement of principles to be distributed to loyal Nebraskan supporters. A state convention is set for July 31 at the Great Southern hotel.
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Columbus
Great Southern Hotel
Tate
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F. M. Steere
Huron
Beadle
Wyron
L. C. Kemp
Asher P
Beade
Rhoda Yoder
Hawthorne
Hasan
J L. C. Kemp
Asher F. Pay
War to a finish as 75000 steel workers walk out
The movement centers on Pittsburg with seventy five thousand workers called out and the aim to force every union employee of the steel trust to quit. The action is described as a national strike likely to broaden until all workers withdraw.
Steyn's Brother Captured and Broadwood Advances
London war dispatches report Broadwood's brigade surprising Reitz near Lindley, capturing Steyn's brother and others while Steyn fled in his shirt. Also notes bodies burned by Sheepe's commando and British advances toward Zeerust with casualties. In Pittsburgh, a labor strike organized against the United States Steel Corp threatens to halt 700,000 workers as Amalgamated Association declares a nationwide strike. Painter and Lindsay & McCutcheon mills in Pittsburgh join.
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Durban
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Pretoria
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Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
American Federation of Labor
Painter
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Allegheny
American Steel Hoop Company
Lidsay & McCutcheon
Paris Celebrates Bastile Day Across France
Telegrams from France report nationwide Bastile fete celebrations with reviews at military and naval posts, evening illuminations, fireworks, and balls. Parisians join the festivities with zest as wreaths are laid on the Strassbourg monument in Place de la Concord by deputations. American Looters Sent to Jail in Tien Tsin.
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France
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Strassbourg
Place de la Concord
Tien Tsin
James W. Ragsdal
Shanghai
Ragsdal
Great Britain
Denmark
Lumber Barge Myron Bulman Sunk Near Bar Point
The lumber barge Myron Bulman in tow of the A. C. Baldwin was struck amidships by the Harvard near Bar Point below Detroit and sunk. The barge broke in two but no lives were lost.
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Mich
Myron Bulman
A. C. Baldwin
Harvard
Bar Point
Hay backs Japan indemnity rise to 54 million yen
Secretary Hay, following a decision from about a month ago, instructed Mr. Rockhill to support Japan's application for an enlargement of indemnity to 54 million yen from 46 million to cover depreciation in Japanese bonds against other nations.
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Japan
Washington
Hay
Rockhill
China
Outside the Walls Younger Brothers Begin to Enjoy Parole
The Younger brothers, freed from state prison rules in Stillwater Minnesota, toured downtown with friends and expressed gratitude for regained freedom. Warden Wolfer said no employment site is yet chosen, they will stay in officers quarters, dine with officers, and may come and go for a couple of days to adjust outside.
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Stillwater
Minn
Wolfer
British Indian force to destroy Turkish fort in Haushadi territory
A 500 strong British and Indian force moves 70 miles inland toward a fort built by the Turks in Haushadi territory under British protection. The Ottoman government disavows the fort, but Haushadi authorities have yet to seize it.
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Aden
Arabia
Leaders to meet near Mainz and visit Darmstadt
A Berlin correspondent reports that King Edward and Emperors Nicholas and William will convene at the great review near Mainz around August 15 and will also exchange visits at Darmstadt.
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London
Edward
Nicholas
William
Mayence
Berlin
The
Standard
Darmstadt
Miners in Pittsburg Offer Support in Steel Strike
Fifty thousand miners in the Pittsburg district vow to quit work and march to aid the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers in their battle against the trust. Patrick Dolan, president of the district United Mine Workers, states miners would fund and join the strike if needed and predicts a historic, hardship heavy, yet rights defending campaign.
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the Post
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Patrick Dolan
United Mine Workers
Dolan
United States
Iron and Steel
Sir Dolan
Steel Trust
Iron molders threaten Chicago strike over wage demands
Chicago unions vote to refuse employer terms and renew a three dollar per day wage demand, threatening a general strike affecting 1106 members in city foundries. In Sioux Falls Dexter J. Knapp, a former state fish warden, fatally shot himself at 57 during a personal crisis.
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Chicago
Iron Molders’ Union
International Organization
Faisnty
Sioux Falls
S. D
Dexter J. Knapp
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Prisoners on Island Deliberately Marooned by Salmon Strikers
Vancouver July 15 47 Japanese prisoners guarded by salmon strikers are marooned on a small Gulf of Georgia island. Provincial police seek island location. Captives are fed and to be kept as long as possible with more prisoners placed there if the strike continues.
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Vancouver
B. C
Gulf of Georgia
The McKinleys At Canton Daily Visit
The McKinley household in Canton Ohio enjoyed a quiet day with President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley visiting West Lawn cemetery to place flowers on the graves of the McKinley children and other relatives. The rest of the day was spent at home with few callers, mainly intimate friends and relatives.
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