Arbitration decision ends Great Northern dispute
The arbitration committee ruled in favor of the Great Northern employees on core wage and return-to-work terms. Mr. Hill pledged to abide by the decision as the panel outlined restored pre August 1893 wage scales for engineers, conductors, and other crews, with conditions on hours and job security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Sr. Pavut
Great Northern
Messrs. Hogan
Goodwin
Tyler
Foster
St. Cloud
Fellows
St. Paul
Mr. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Debs
Minot
Great Falls
Helena
Arge
Great Northern Road
Messrs
Pillsbury
Kelly
Hackett
Seabury
Jobbers’ Union
Reception and banquet for engineers' delegates in St Paul
Delegates from the B L E and G I A numbered about a thousand at the Hotel Ryan for a grand reception and lunch with dancing. The Market hall session focused on Lehigh strike investigations while the Ladies' Auxiliary carried on, as the biennial report by Mrs. Harry St. Clair dominated fore noon activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineers
St. Paul
Ryan
Brotherhood
Market Hall
Lehigh
Harry St. Clair
Atlanta
Miners and Operators Split as Cleveland Conference Opens
In Cleveland on May 16 the miners and operators held separate meetings and voiced pessimism about any deal. Absentee Illinois operators and Pittsburgh district reps may derail any accord, leaving only a contingent clause to avoid outright failure. Miners insist on unity and a shared outcome, pledging one for all and all for one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pittsburg
McBride
Block coal operators resist national agreement plan
In Brazil Indiana on May 16 Isaac McIntosh, a leading operator, says block coal operators will not be governed by the Cleveland convention. They may lock up mines for two years, arguing Ohio and Pennsylvania groups dominated by numbers keep a higher scale and freeze out Illinois and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Cleveland
Isaac McIntosh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Amalgamated Association Convention Opens in Cleveland
Delegates of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers meet at Ettinger's hall in Cleveland with President Garland presiding. After organization and committee appointments the body moves to executive session to discuss the wage scale for the year starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Cleveland
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Ettinger’s Hall
Garland
Miners Strike Looms Across Owensboro District
At a McHenry mines meeting in Owensboro Kentucky miners voted to strike all workers at Drakeboro Bevier Central City McHenry Taylor Williams Echols Mercer Hillside and Powderly mines. About 1200 to 1500 men affected, risking coal supply disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
McHenry
Drakeboro
Bevier
Central City
Taylor
Williams
Echols
Mercer
Hillside
Powderly
Cokers Return to Work Amid Regional Strike Relaxation
In Connellsville Pennsylvania May 16 the strike eased with more workers returning to active plants and Hill Farm mine resuming with full force. A rush for Hill Farm jobs left many men turned away as crews reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Hill Farm
Strike shuts McKeesport National Tube Works
On May 16 in McKeesport Pennsylvania about 3200 workers at the National Tube Works walked out on a strike demanding restoration of the 20 percent wage cut imposed last February. The entire tube works and mill are idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
National Tube Works
Judges Decline Renominations in Two Districts
Judge Van Wagenen of the Fourth district and Judge Carr of the Fourteenth district decline renominations in Siptey Iowa, reported May 16. The move impacts local judicial continuity and future election plans for the districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siptey
van Wagenen
Fourth District
Carr
Fourteenth District
Anti-Briggs Faction Faces Test at Presbyterian Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Saratoga opens its 18th annual meeting with anti-Briggs power expected to outweigh Briggs support by about four to one. Key issues include seminary charter framing, Smith heresy charges, Briggs conduct, church consolidation, and a new Sunday school method amid circulars from Briggs adherents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian General Assembly
Saratoga
N. Y
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the North
Albany Synod
Smith
Henry
Briggs
Episcopal
Ten Federations of Presbyterians
Jury verdict in Sabin receiver case awards $55,000 plus interest
In Stillwater Minnesota on May 16 the jury found for the receiver O Gorman in the case against D M Sabin et al for property of Seymour Sabin and Co sold by the receiver to J N Searles then to D M Sabin. The verdict totals $55,000 with interest since October 1888. Sabin bondsmen named include J S O’Brien E W Durant David Tozer Jacob Bean and Sam Mathews. The case proceeds to the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Gorman
Stillwater
Minn
Seymour, Sabin & Co
D. M. Sabin
Sabin
J. S. O’brien
E. W. Durant
David Tozer
Jacob Bean
Sam Mathews
J. N. Searles
Supreme Court
Return of Missing Student Sparks Edgerton Jubilance
A jubilee in Edgerton, Wisconsin, celebrated the return of Arthur Marsden, son of Supervisor Henry Marsden, who vanished four weeks earlier from Rush Medical College in Chicago. He traveled to Savannah Illinois for treatment, was unconscious upon arrival, and recovered enough to reveal his identity at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Wis
Edgerton
Arthur Marsden
Henryen
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Savannah
Big Hole in a Whaleback A. D. Thomson Arrives for Dry Dock
West Superior May 16. The whaleback steamer A. D. Thomson, damaged in a collision with the S. S. Curry in the Soo river, arrived at ship yards and was immediately dry docked. A large hole in the bow is reported. It is expected the Curry owners will libel the Thomson and a suit may be brought against the Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior
Wis
A. D. Thomson
Curry
Soo River
Thomson
Harrison Lear's for Home
Ex President Harrison spent ten days in New York attending private matters seen as building a 1896 presidential boom. He left the Fifth Avenue Hotel in the afternoon to take a train home to Indianapolis after a morning at his rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Lear
New York
Harrison
Indianapolis
Fifth Avenue
Dalzell and Stone Renominated in Two District Conventions
In Pittsburg on May 16 Congressmen John Dalzell and William A. Stone were renominated without opposition by the conventions of the Twenty and Twenty-third districts respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalzell
Stone
Pittspurg
John Dalzell
William A. Stone
Engineer Best Notified on Mail Obstruction Charge
West Superior Wis May 16 Engineer Best is warned by U S Marshal Shortall that he is wanted in St Paul for obstructing the United States mails. Best is ill but will respond when able to travel and answer the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Engineer Best
West Superior
Wis
United States
Shortall
St. Paul
Best
Petition Circulated by Pullman Strikers Seeks Congress Investigation
In May 16, Curiaco reports a petition from Pullman shop strikers outlining general worker grievances. It will be sent to Congress with a request for investigation. The anticipated brickmakers strike at Pullman did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Curiaco
Pullman
To Head Off Coxeyites in the West
Reports reaching Attorney General Olney describe lawless Coxeyite actions seizing trains and disrupting mail service. The policy remains to aid federal courts, with General Otis at Vancouver barracks and General Brooks of the Platte ordered to act against the marauders alongside U S marshals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Olney
West
Secretary of War
United States
General Otis
Vancouver Barracks
General Brooks
Department of the Platte
Army encamps in Bladensburg after Hyattsville protests
The Commonweal of Christ sets up camp in Bladensburg near the George Washington hotel yard after Hyattsville protests. Coxey expresses no expected trouble as the army crosses the Potomac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bladensburg
Hyattsville
Potomac
George Washington Hotel
Coxey
Ohio Odd Fellows Celebrate Dedication in Cincinnati
About 20000 visitors attended the dedication of the Odd Fellows temple in Cincinnati. The grand lodge of Ohio convened in the new house as Mayor Caldwell delivered a welcoming address and Grand Master Milo Clapp delivered the response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Odd Fellows
Cincinnati
Odd Fellows Temple
Grand Lodge
New Temple
Caldwell
Milo Clapp
Taylor Brothers Located. Posse Forms Near La Plata
Taylor brothers found seven miles west of La Plata with rifles and revolvers. Sheriff White of Macon has organized a posse to join Linn and Sullivan county sheriffs to capture them. They vow to not be taken alive and a fight is expected with potential fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Brothers
la Plata
White
Macon
Linn
Sullivan
Taylors
Largest gas well on earth explodes near Fostoria
At Wallace farm near Fostoria Ohio a new gas well owned by Chicago Oil Co was finished to yield an estimated fifty million feet daily. The well, begun in supposedly worthless territory, caught fire from the forge causing the derrick to burn and woods to blaze with flames rising about 100 feet above trees.
Orangemen and Nationalists Clash in Portsbown Funeral Row
In Portstown near Portsdown, County Armagh, Nationalists and Orangemen clashed during a funeral procession on Monday. Revolver fire wounded two opponents before police halted the fighting and made numerous arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Portsdown
One Trial For Embezzlement in Albion Thorre Case
Albion Thorre clerk of the circuit and county courts here was arrested and arraigned on two indictments. One accuses misappropriation of 1536 dollars of county money. he pleads not guilty. He demurs to the second indictment for refusal to report to the public examiner. The demurrer will be heard next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Fats
Albion Thorre
Uncle Kills Niece Then Ends Own Life in Iowa
In Le Mars Iowa May 16 1910 Annie Hansen age 13 was shot and killed by her uncle Herman Peters age 23. Peters claimed the shooting was accidental and then killed himself with a gunshot to the head while the rest of the family was away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Annie Hansen
Herman Peters
Peters
O Grady Sinking Into Remorse After Street Shooting
Cincinnati May 16 The chances that Dr Dominick O Grady who shot Mary Gilmartin on April 25 will face legal penalty seem remote as he appears to be dying from remorse. He has lost interest in life and lives in a semi starving state.
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O’grady
Cincinnati
Dominick O'Grady
Mary Gilmartin
Fire in Michigan mine prompts smoke and scare
A small blaze on the sixth level of No 6 shaft at Aurora mine, Ironwood Michigan, sent smoke through the workings and frightened about 200 workers but was extinguished without damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ironwood
Mich
Aurora Mine
Wanamaker Visits Christian Endeavor Convention
London May 16 John Wanamaker former postmaster general of the United States attended the national convention of the Christian Endeavor society at the Metropolitan tabernacle as a visitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
London
John Wanamaker
United States
The
Christian Endeavor Society
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Redwood Falls Firm Forms for Mineral and Coal Mining
The Redwood Falls Mineral and Coal Mining company is organized at Minneapolis with capital stock of $100,000. The filing, dated May 16, reports the new company is based in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood County
Redwood Falls, Minn
Redwood Falls Mineral and Coal Mining Company
Minneapolis
County Seat War Sparks Jackson Lakefield Vote
A sharply contested county seat election is underway in Jackson county with Jackson and Lakefield as the rival towns. Early returns show active campaign activity and high voter interest in the May 16 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Minn
Jackson County
Jackson
Lakefield
Bridge Bill Approved for Red Wing Mississippi Crossing
Washington May 16. The president has approved the act to finance and construct a bridge across the Mississippi River at Red Wing Minnesota. The measure authorizes funds and sets construction terms for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mississippi River
Red Wing
Minn
Murder Confession Ties Pair to Bartender Killing
In St Paul on May 16 two ex convict suspects Otto Milhausen and Charles Ermisch are in police hands for the Bartender William Lindhoff murder. Ermisch was seized at his mother’s home, Milhausen captured on the river levee. Milhausen confessed detailing the crime and roles of both men in the hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindhoff
St. Paul
William Lindhoff
Otto Milhausen
Charles Ermisch
Ermisch
Louise Schmelzer
Blair Street
Otto
McGuiggan
Riots Tighten Across Bay de Verde as Warship Arrives
Rioting continues in Bay de Verde Newfoundland with frequent fights as campaigns clash. The English warship Cleopatra has arrived at St Johns and will sail to the troubled area to seek a quick end to the disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. F
Bay de Verde
Reclusive Preacher Reverend Long Dies at 81 in Sioux Falls
Sioux Fallis May 16. Rev. Long, an eccentric old preacher who lived in a sidewalk hut beneath a main business street, has died at age 81. He spent six years in the city and was known for his unusual dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Fallis
Long
Rio Grande Northern to Link SP with San Carlos Coal
El Paso May 16 G N Marshall chief engineer announces work will begin within ten days to construct the Rio Grande Northern to connect the Southern Pacific with the San Carlos coal beds and it will be finished in six months. Southern Pacific has contracted for 300000 tons of coal annually with San Carlos Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Harvard Students Drowned off Thompsons Island
Clothing and wreckage from a catboat were found on Thompsons Island as investigators say a boat hired by four Harvard students on Sunday capsized and four crew members drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Boston
Thompsons Island
Artist Henry Alexander Dies in Hotel Orient Crisis
New York May 16 Henry Alexander a noted figure in art circles in New York San Francisco and Munich died by his own hand at the Hotel Orient drinking oxalic acid. He was about 30 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Alexander
San Francisco
Munich
Orient
Lucky Dog Starts East for American Derby
Lucky Dog, the top 3 year old California horse, has begun travel to Chicago for the American Derby with heavy California bets placed. The gelding is reported in fine condition after special preparation for the big race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Dog
San Francisco
California
Chicago
Editor Barrett Dying in Iron Range Paper Line
Da Lute May 16 reports Dr. Fred Barrett proprietor of the Vermillion Iron Journal and two other iron range papers, a prominent politician, is said to be dying from Brights disease after a severe attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Da.Lute
Fred Barrett
Vermillion Iron Journal
Iron Range
Bright
Graceville Denounces Fake Petition Favoring Coxey Army
Graceville citizens denounce a reported petition in support of the Coxey army as a fake of the worst kind. The town notes tramps have no sympathy here and rejects the alleged backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graceville
Petion
Minn
Boen
Coxey Army
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Helen
Butte
Department of Employes
A. Barnard
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Hood
C. I. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Case Hall
Bank Street Hall
Weddel House
Arthur J. Brown
D. D
Portland, Or
Henry C. Minton
Samuel A. Muchmore
Philadelphia
John D. McCook
New York City
James Gardner
Gloversville
Union Theological Seminary
Princeton
McCormick
Auburn
Lane
War Department
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