Bay View mill workers vote to strike despite contracts
Milwaukee Bayview mills saw a five hour speech session before a secret ballot yielded a majority for striking against President Shaffer's order. About 1,400 workers affected. 219 Amalgamated Association members, with others in skilled roles. Bay View lodge leaders and Union supporters argued, while Bay View, South Chicago, and Joliet zones faced closures and continued labor tension with Illinois Steel and Republic Iron.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Bayview Mills
Shaffer
Illinois Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Bayview
Lodge
Michael F. Tighe
W. C. Davis
Chicago
Joseph Redfern
Bay View Lodge
Bay View
Bay View Mills
Bayview Lodge
United States Steel Corporation
East Chicago
Republic Iron and Stee Company
George L. Reis
Reis
Company executive promotions rock Joliet plant scene
General Manager J M Jones was promoted to broader territory as John J Lafontain, Joliet Plant foreman, was ordered to Cleveland to oversee mills. Jones left for New York for a trust policy conference and said mills would likely not start this winter. Bayview workers vote to strike, energizing Amalgamated Association and boosting anticipated Western ties. Chicago workers react with optimism and warnings of possible action, while the union positions itself for membership growth and potential reinstatement terms.
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J. M. Jones
Riverside plant steel workers vote to strike in Wheeling
About 300 Riverside plant steel department workers in Benwood City Hall votes tonight to join the strike. They notify management they will not return Monday and will join Wheeling Lodge No. 5 of the Amalgamated Association. Remaining 150 Riverside furnace men in Wheeling district mills are expected to be organized and strike next week.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Benwood City Hall
Steel Department
Riverside
National Tube Company
Wheeling Lodge
Amalgamated Association
Wheeling District
United States Steel Corporation
Serious Charges Involving $1 Million Lodged Against Corkran
Cincinnati attorney Benjamin W. Cross files major case against Charles E. Corkran. Manor authority cites substantial alleged financial claims valued at one million dollars. Court action expected as investigators review documents and contracts.
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Charles E. Corkran
Benjamin W. Cross
Cincinnati
Manor Lumber Company Crews Implicated in Million Dollar Fraud
A Maryland court petition seeks a receiver for Manor Lumber Company of Towson after a scheme led by Charles B Corkran allegedly used 18 to 21 sham lumber firms to kite over $1,000,000 in negotiable notes. Banks halted discounts as the fraud unraveled and the company faces insolvency. Osborne S. Yellett named receiver.
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Baltimore
Towson
Manor Lumber Company
Benjamin W. Cross
Cincinnati
Charlies EB. Corkran
Corkran
Cross
Boston
Chicago
Nashville
Cork
Chequassett Lumber Company
New York
Pittsburg
Norfolk
American Birdwood Company
Chesapeake Lumber Company
Manor, Parkton and Suburban Lumber Companies
Baltimore County
Pocahontas Company
Sylvania Company
Philadelphia
Muskoka Company
North Tonawanda
Manor Company
Hurke
Osborne S. Yellett
Parkton Company
Wise
More Confident Strike Wins in Steel Tubeworks Fight
News from Pittsburg August 17 reports renewed confidence among Amalgamated Association adherents after Milwaukee workers voted to join the strike. At the National Tube Company’s Pennsylvania tube works in McKeesport about 875 of 1,000 employees are organized and demand higher wages, threatening strike action. A mass meeting at White's Opera House drew 800 workers with speeches calling for unity and patience while management expects to meet a wage demand committee.
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Pittsburg
Aus
Milwaukee
Riverside
Wheeling
Amalgamated Association
Joliet
Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania Tube Works
National Tube Company
American Federation of Labor
Carnegie Mills
Duquesne
Amalgamated
White's Opera House
McKeesport
Shaffer
John Williams
Ben S. Davis
Black
Strikers in McKeesport Face Possible Breakaway Restarts
At McKeesport the nonunion contingent shows growing dissatisfaction and may return to National Tube Company when protected. Strikers vow to keep the town shut until victory, while conservative business circles lean toward resuming work for nonunion workers. Violence looms as nonunion entrants are anticipated at Monessen and other points.
Strike simmering over steel plants and Morgan plan
Reports from Indianapolis date Aug 17 describe union leaders warning strikers to stay lawful amid threats of plant closures by United States Steel Corporation. President Shaffer explains the move to cluster mills in friendly towns, noting labor resistance may force shutdowns. Morgan reportedly may unveil a worker stock plan as talks continue. Concert tours in Marion raise funds for the strike.
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Carnegie
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
New York
J. P. Morgan
Steel Corporation
Morgan
E. H. Gary
Pilot Boat Split In Two After Collision With Alene Near Sandy Hook
The German steamer Alene struck and sank the pilot boat James Gordon Bennett No 7 near the Scotland lightship, drowning three pilots and the cook. Survivors were rescued by the steam pilot boat New York. two bodies recovered, others missing. Names: Henry Mix John Godboy John Leonard and John Grube.
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New York
Alene
Atlas
James Gordon Bennett
Cook
Bennett
Henry MIX
Stapleton
S. L
John Godboy
Brooklyn
John Leonard
John Grube
Mix
Godboy
Scotland
Sandy Hook Bar
Sandy Hook
Frank Hopkins
Alexander Dexter
Hey
The
Senator Fairbanks Hurt In Runaway Ride
United States Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and District Attorney R. G. Evans were slightly bruised after their carriage horses ran away in Minneapolis. Both men jumped clear and suffered only minor scratches with injuries deemed not serious.
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Minneapolis
United States
Fairbanks
Indiana
R. G. Evans
Swift & Co Cash Thefts Shocks New York Office
Swift & Co New York office treasurer John T Hayden vanished after turning over company books to Chicago auditor John Chaplin. Loss estimates range from 10 000 to 50 000 dollars as investigators from two private agencies probe the defalcation. Hayden had worked five years, two in his late role, and was trusted by the firm president.
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New York
Swift & Co
Chicago Packers
New York Corporation
John T. Hayden
John Chaplin
Chicago
Hayden
Chaplin
W. H. Noyes
Fisher Kills Sweetheart Then Shoots Self in Wapeton
In Wahpeton North Dakota on August 17 Claus Fisher aged 30 killed his 17 year old sweetheart Annie Heinrichs at Diedrich Deeder’s home. He then placed a shotgun barrel in his mouth and blew off his cheek and killed himself. The tragedy followed alleged romantic rejection.
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Wahpeton
N. D
Claus Fisher
Annie Heinrichs
Diedrich Deeder
Fisher
Chicago and Brooklyn Trolley Train Collision Fatalities
Chicago scene reports four killed and eleven injured when a Forty-seventh street trolley collided with a rapidly moving Pennsylvania train. Motorman Bowman fatally hurt. names listed include Edwards, Sutcliffe, Osler, and unidentified woman. Brooklyn crew and passengers also injured as signals or misreading led to a devastating wreck at Stewart avenue crossing.
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Chicago
Forty-seventh-street
Pennsylvania Road
Maee
Will Je
V. J. Palton
Margaret Dwyer
Lizzie Comle
Clarissa Bigelow
J. Broiowitz
Forty-seventh
Stewart Avenue
Willis Bowman
W. J. Fulton
Bowman
Frederick Walleck
Railrroad Company
Walleck
Albert Haas
Gage
FE. J. Eckhard
Fort Wayne
F. McMahon
Fort
Car collision injures dozens on way to Coney Island
A Brooklyn trolley car struck a Long Island Rail Road locomotive at Kensington crossing late tonight. Motorman Lee died. 20 to 25 passengers were injured, with three expected to die. Injured were taken to five hospitals. cause blamed on signal misunderstanding.
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New York
Aus
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Long Island Railroad Company
Kensington Crossing
Brooklyn
Lee
Coney Island
Lynch Threat Near Sadler After Murder Charge
A sheriff bulletin reports Abe Wilder, a black man accused of murdering Mrs. J. M. Caldwell, surrounded by a farmer posse four miles north of Sadler. Farmers vow to burn him at the stake. authorities rush to prevent lynching as Wilder evades capture.
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Dallas
Tex
Sherman
Shrewsbury
Sadler
Abe Wilder
J. M. Caldwell
Wilder
Famine Threat Across Empire as War-Torn Armenia Burns
A Pall Mall Gazettes dispatch from Constantinople reports Kurdish raiders destroying twelve villages in Damitra, Armenia. Young girls were spared and taken to harems while males were butchered, amid rumors of famine sweeping 43 million in the Russian Empire. In Sofia, the Macedonian Congress closed with Moderates prevailing, electing a peaceful committee led by General Tzontcheff to advance countrymen’s interests.
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London
Pall Mall Gazettes
Constantinople
Damitra
Armenia
Sofia
Tzontcheff
Another Great Famine In Russia Warns Of Hunger
London reports from Moscow that Russia faces a severe famine with about half the European provinces producing insufficient crops. Only two of seventy provinces have good harvests, and areas marked insufficient may mean utter starvation. Heat, lack of rain, storms, and pests devastate yields while rail and road shortages hinder grain movement to starving populations.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Botha May Surrender in South African War
The Sun reports at Hondwent near Zululand Botha concentrates forces but does not seek an immediate fight. It says a surrender could follow an understanding with Bott and Kitchener as Milner returns to South Africa with a plan for annexed territories.
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London
the Sun
Botha
Hondwent
Zululand
Durban
Bott
Lord Kitchener
Lomi Milner
South Africa
Ure
Invasion Prompts Venezuelan Decrees At Maracaibo
A US consul report from Maracaibo dated August 1 describes Dr. Rangel Garbiras leading about 4000 Colombian-linked troops into Venezuela from Cucutua. Battles at Encontrados stalled the invaders, two steamers captured by Venezuelan forces, and two decrees suspend constitutional guaranties in Zulia Tachira Morida Trujillo and Maracaibo as public order concerns rise.
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Washington
Department of State
Maracaibo
Rangel Garbiras
Venezuela
Cucutua
Encontrados
Diego Bautista Ferrer
Zulia
Carlos Rangel Garbiras
Zulla
Castro
United States of Venezuela
Tachira
Colombia
Morida
Trujillo
Maracibo
Consul General Geneales Saves His Country War In Ed
Col E Gonzalez Venezuelan consul general in New York said his government informed him to deny reports that Colombian officials are discrediting a recent incident. He asserted the following statement regarding the war situation and related reports.
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New York
Associated Press
Corres Cardinal
Castro
Venezuea
Venezuela-Colombia
Geneales
Col E. Gonzalez
Venezuela
Ime
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Morgan's Co-Operative Scheme
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
George R. Parker
Episcopal Church
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Senator Fairbanks
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Hart
Kansas City
Lucy O. Bevins
Ed Wusmuch
May Bevins
Kane
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TROU
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