United States Steel Strike Paralyzes Newcastle Mills
Newcastle and New Castle plants idle as Amalgamated Association enforces President Shaffer’s general strike order effective Aug. 10. 275 workers quit after last shift, closing steel and bar mills with no public demonstration. The action follows heavy organizing by Amalgamated leaders against US Steel and its subsidiaries in a battle seen as pivotal to labor rights and industry response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Free Trust
Amalgamated
United States Seed Corporation
Amalgamated Association
T. J. Sharper
Shaffer
National Steel
National Tube
Federal Steel Companies
New York
Valley Lodge
Painter Steel and Hoop
Painter Mill
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Castle
National Steel Mill
Chicago
Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Duquesne
Braidock
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
American Steel and Wire Company
American Bridge Company
Cleveland
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
American Federation of Labor
Federation
The
Promoter Leach Face to Face Bad Situation After Bank Collapse
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports the Avilla bank collapse tied to H W Leach. The Paris Dwiggins syndicate operated private banks in Avilla Cromwell Andrews Bunker Hill and Denver Indiana. Depositors total about 240 with liabilities around 15 000 to 17 000. Mrs Leach states she knew nothing of her husband’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Iind
Avilla
Paris Dwiggins
Cromwell
Andrews
Bunker Hill
Denver
Ind
H. W. Leach
Sioux City
Dakota
Leach
Chicago
Robert P. Barr
Kendallville
Lake Shore Express
Thomas Dorman
Odd Fellows
J. L. Henry
8. K. Randall
Campbell & Fetter
Endalmlie
Randall
O. M. Packard
Capital National Bank
Indianapolis
J. M. Key
Key
Packard
Hersh
Michael G. Krieger
Charles Hilkert
Huntertown
Hilkert
Adams Express Company
Hilbert
Fort Warne
Robbers Tunnel Under Vault Steal Gold Bullion
San Francisco August 6 The Selby Smelting and Lead Company vault at the bay shore is robbed of about 230000 dollars in fine gold bullion. Thieves bored a tunnel from outside the building under the foundation to the vault loaded the treasure into a boat and fled into the fog leaving two bars worth nearly 50000 on the water. Police report a three foot diameter tunnel about ten feet long and a shaft near the wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Selby Smelting and Lead Company
Selby Works
Bay Shore
San Francisco Bay
Bay Cities
Pacific Coast
Seymour
Sacramento
Vault Robbery Report Confirms Plot and Hooded Exits
An excavation near a building revealed the robbers used a familiar system at the works and likely had inside help. A watchman reported noises, but ghosts were blamed and no investigation followed. Gold totaling 1.20 pounds was carried out in multiple trips to a waiting boat, with $110.60 in sacks left untouched. Two high value gold bars abandoned on the beach suggest haste. Direction of escape remains uncertain, possible steam launch or rowboat with tide guiding the exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Moores
United States
Neely
Havana
Cuba
Neelys
Moores
Wheder
Arthur R. Baxter
Arthur Jordan
Keyless Lock Company
Leonard Wood
Jordan
Baxter
McBride & Denny
Mr Moores
Commissioner Moores
Mr. Moores
Island of Cuba
F. W. Neely
Liam
Uni
Island of
Congress
Messrs
Baxter and
Baker
United States Court
Caleb S. Denny
McBride
Etter
Proposed coal trust to be capitalized at 360 million
A Chicago report cites a secret finance committee meeting on a proposed coal trust with a capitalization of 360 million dollars. It says the national organization will be completed by January 1 and will include western Pennsylvania Illinois West Virginia Ohio and Indiana with Morgan interests underwriting the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coal Trust
Indiana
Morgan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
J. Pierpont Morgan
Head-On Collision in Union City Injures Multiple Passengers
A head-on crash on the Dayton & Union Railroad in Union City, Indiana, injures several passengers when train No 33 hits train No 18 due to an open switch. Among the injured are W W Wilkin Frank Halleck Loyd Cavender Jennie Baldock Katie Bush Raymond Sturm and two conductors. Loren Chambers acts quickly to shut off steam. Officials arrive to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Union City
Ind
Dayton & Union Railroad
W. Wilkin
Raymond Sturm
Loren Chambers
Stark
Dayton
Fearful Ending in Evansville Foundry Accident
Charles Haage, a stove foundry worker, leaped through a window into the molding room and was crushed under a heavy cogwheel. The accident occurred this afternoon and was witnessed by about fifty coworkers. In Seymour, Indiana, John W. Bowman, a Buffalo Brown County merchant, was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio express train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Charles Haage
Seymour, Ind
John W. Bowman
Buffalo
Brown County
Ww. Express
Russia to Attend Paris Sugar Conference Pending Invite
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Washington says Russia has accepted France’s invitation to join the international sugar conference in Paris aimed at abolishing sugar bounties. The U S declined representation, citing no interest beyond countervailing duties, while European powers move toward ending subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Russia
France
Paris
Treasury Department
Europe
United States
State Department
Treasury
Official's statement on Selby smelting vault robbery
Vallejo California August official of the Selby smelting works describes the robbery to an Associated Press representative. He says entry occurred between midnight and 6 am through a hole the size of a manhole in a boiler. Over 150 holes were bored in the vault bottom by skilled workers. The robbers built access by lifting a plate after extensive nighttime excavation hidden by dirt and sacks. The statement notes a long planned job with meticulous concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallejo
Cal
Selby Smelting Works
Associated Press
McLaurin Replies to Dems Over Resignation Demand
Senator McLaurin delivers a pointed reply to South Carolina Democratic leaders, saying he answers only to Democratic voters and will seek their judgment. He condemns Senator Tillman, accuses him of bullying and buffoonery, and vows to expose motives and debased character. He contrasts his record supporting cotton factories and commerce with Tillman’s alleged disrepute, urging the people to decide who should hold the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Democratic State Executive Committee
McLaurin
Senate
South Carolina
B. R. Tillman
Tillman
Marion's Big Fire Loss Shuts Indiana Pulp Plant
Marion Ind Aug 6 A large fire destroyed the Indiana Pulp and Paper Company finishing department while the main building and engine room were also damaged The plant one story brick with slate roofs measured about 220 by 200 feet plus an annex and a 10 foot engine room Estimated loss runs to 175000 with 36000 insurance already refunded and 20000 dropped last May The company employs about ninety eight men and plans to rebuild though raw material troubles may hinder location The list of company officers and local and distant investors is given along with numerous insurance carriers involved in the losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Indiana Pulp and Paper Company
Richard Ruddell
Kokomo
A. A. Charlies
M. W. Coate
F. A. Alward
King Kennedy
Walter Davis
C. P. Klinger
Joel G. Sayre
Pittsburg
J. H. Ford
Indianapolis
Joba
Jacob Brunner
Wabash
Lewis Ellis
Lafayette
Edwin O. Waymire
Dayton
Lee Hall
Oscar Wickersham
Palatine
Milwaukee Fire
Equitable Fire and Marine
Commercial Union
org-Bremen
Philadelphia Unters
Merchants’ Insurance
German Alliance
Pennsylvania Fire
Aachen
Munich
Insurance Company of North America
London
Liverpool and Globe
Springfield Fire and Marine
Baloise
Scottish Union
Rochester German
American Central
Spring Garden
Allemania
German
Queen
Milwaukee Mechanics
Michigan Fire and Marine
Grand Rapids
Phoenix
Hartford
Phenix
Brooklyn
Royal
Aetna
Connecticut
St. Paul
Fire Associate
Philadelphia
Alleged Wife Beater Whipped in Indiana Locale
In Kokomo Indiana on August 6 a report from the Young America area ten miles west of the city describes a white beating case the first in thirty years in that locality. The victim Willard Gore a known local figure married two years ago to widow Chandler who farms near the Howard Cass county line. It was alleged Gore constantly whipped and continued the abuse after the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Dr. Lybrook
Young America
Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Here
Willard Gore
Chandler
Kokomo Pike
Howard-Cass County
Vigilantes Deport Anarchists in Tampa Amid Urgent Proclamation
Citizens act to remove strike leaders from Tampa amid a wave of deportations targeting Spaniards and Cuban cigar workers. A secret vigilante group orchestrates the disappearances after a large open air gathering, with a proclaimed warning to radicals that they will not be allowed to destroy the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Resistencia
Gulf
la Federacion
Re Sistencia
Suit to block Exposition site in Forest Park heard
ST. LOUIS August 6. The suit to restrain the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company from using Forest Park as a site came up today in Judge Zacritz's branch of the Circuit Court. James L Blair general counsel for the exposition company argued for the defendant while Chester Krum represented the petitioners, officers of the Workingmen's Protective Association. Judge Zacritz took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Forest Park
Zacritz
Circuit Court
James L. Blair
Exposition Company
Chester Krum
Workingmen’s Protec Association
Zachritz
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T. J. Shapfer
Newcastle
Carnegie
Avilla Bank
Capital National
Huntington
Bani Bank
Selby Ore Smelting
Vallejo, Cal
Pluce
Indiana Pulp and Paper
Bloomington
Logansport
Milford Junction
Nappanee
Baltimore & Ohio
Fiver
Dolan
Matthew McKinney
McKinney
Gage
Czear
Pitchforker
Bally
Arthur Jordas
Com
Missioner Moores
M'Bride
Denny
Uss
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