Labor hours too long resist wage cuts in textile centers
New York August 19 Textile Workers Council backs a universal ten hour day for textile workers with a potential effect on up to 500 workers, mainly in the South. Virginia already has a ten hour limit for women. male workers there are also expected to gain. A strike is anticipated if mills cut wages, with the federation holding over 200000 dollars. Fall River Loom-fixers to hold Friday meeting to decide on a strike in support of the plan. Weavers Association and other unions to follow, with about 2000 weavers in Fall River affected.
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New York
Textile Workers' Council
Textile Workers of America
South
Virginia
Green
Federation of ‘Textile Workers
Slashers
Eration of
Federation of Textile Workers
Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Weavers’ Association
Slow Progress in Complecting Warships at Union Iron Works
SAN FRANCISCO August 19 Work on six Navy vessels and one Army vessel at Union Iron Works is delayed by labor troubles. The Ohio battleship, launched recently by President McKinley, halted work with a strike and new crews. the monitor Nevada lies nearby unfinished. Torpedo boat destroyers Preble Perry and Paul Jones have conducted bay trials. transport ships Sherman Logan await completion with no government yard strikes, Logan likely ready within six weeks.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
United States Army
Union Iron Works
Ohio
McKinley
Preble
Perry
Paul Jones
Sherman
Logan
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Grievance Committee Heads to Scranton Hearing
Sixteen members of the general grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen from the Lackawanna system arrive to present a list of grievances to General Superintendent Clarke. Sessions begin tomorrow and run through the week as vice president Orson of the Order of Railway Signalers joins discussions with Lackawanna telegraph officials about issues nurtured for six months. Clarke had promised a hearing after the machinists and Lee strikes, now resolved, allowing telegraphers to proceed.
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Scranton
Brotherhood of Railroad
Lackawanna
Clarke
Orson
Order of Railway Selemra
Oes Lackawanna & Western Telegad
Vances
Lee
incendiary call from Louisa Herera sparks Tampa unrest
An extra issue of La Federacion in Tampa quotes Louisa Herera, anarchist editor of the Strippers' Union of Resistencia, urging organized women to depart Tampa in a “grinning skeleton” mold. The article, recently published, accuses officers of revenge for men spirited away and prompts a police demand for Herera’s arrest.
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Tampa
Fia
la Federacion
la Resistencia
Louisa Herera
Mine union wage scale fight reaches President’s aid
Pittsburgh Kansas August 14 President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers was summoned to help fix a wage scale for four coal firms in Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Indian Territory. Miners conference has lasted four days without agreement and they threaten a general strike unless the four firms sign the union scale before contracts take effect.
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Pittsburg
Kan
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Western Coal and Mining Company
Central Coal and Coke Company
Southwestern Improvement Company
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Mrs Hopley Appointed to Probe Female Labor in Ohio
Mrs. James R. Hopley president of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs was chosen by State Labor Commissioner Ratchford to study the employment of women and girls in Ohio. She departed for Cincinnati to begin the investigation, which will span several months.
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Columbus
James R. Hopley
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Ratchford
Ohio
Hapley
Cincinnati
Nonunion boilermaker sparks plant shutdown in Barberton
In Barberton the Sterling Boiler company faced a mass walkout as 38 non union boilermakers quit after the company refused to discharge one worker for not joining the union. The plant, employing about 500, idle, and the firm has not stated its next steps.
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Akron
Barberton
Tin mill removal looms as workers fail to return
Canal Dover report states Superintendent Harris has orders to remove the tin mill unless workers resume. An attempt to operate the sheet steel mill may follow. Several nonunion men have lived in town but have dodged pickets so far.
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Canal Dover
Harris
New York Sun exposes costly surgeons and patient woes
A country visitor recounts a New York scene where rich patients pay steep fees to famed surgeons. He seeks help for a wrist swelling, enters a stylish practice, and meets Dr. John Doe who surveys the case with delay and odd remedies, amid sharp satire on expensive care.
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New York Sun
New York
Eventing Post
John Doe
Dr. Doe
Painful Price Ignites City Doctor's Trade
A patient recalls a brutal episode where pain and humor collide as a doctor prices a quick, dramatic treatment at three dollars. The speaker laments high urban medical charges, comparing them to a blacksmith's cheaper, hands-on help. The memory captures streetwise grit and profit at the expense of humility.
Who Is Responsible Question on Loss of 83000 by Mail
In St Paul Minnesota on August 13 attorney Conlin for the Bankers Mutual Casualty Co Des Moines appeared before Judge Lochren and presented a case about a Minneapolis bank shipping 2000 to the German State Bank of Harvey North Dakota by registered mail. The money reached Harvey and an employee left the door open while a section hand entered the room and stole 3000. The insurance company paid the claim and now seeks reimbursement from the railroad to determine in whose name the suit must be brought. The judge took the matter under advisement.
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ST. Paul
Jenks to Tour World Investigating World Currency
Prof Jeremiah W Jenks of Cornell University begins a global voyage to study monetary conditions in many countries and to prepare a government report on currency in the Philippine islands He will focus on China the East and India and later advise the department on findings He has long studied trusts and monetary issues for the government.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Cornell University
Philippine Islands
Far East
China
Ale
India
Jenks
Richmond Girl Fires on Man After Street Harassment
Miss Ola Neff of Rural Retreat shot J. J. Waxelbaum of Macon Georgia in the left breast with a 22 caliber rifle bullet after claiming he accosted her on the street. She returned armed after going home, then fired without a word. The wound was not dangerous and she was held for grand jury action.
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Richmond
Ola Neff
Neff
J. J. Waxelbaum
Macon
Reece Named Commander In Chief Of Foresters En Campment
General J N Reece adjutant general of Illinois is named commander in chief of the National Encampment of Foresters to be held in Indianapolis during the Modern Woodmen head camp session in 1903.
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Springfield
J. N. Reece
Illinois
Rock Island
Bank of Foresters
Modern Woodmen of America
Foresters
Indianapolis
Modern Woodmen
Kansas Damsels and European Royals in Ridicule
Max O Re ll's humorous sketch on intermarriage between Teutonic royalty and Kansas women mocks royal blood and praises Kansas farmers daughters for vigor. The piece humorously envisions robust Kansas brides influencing European rulers, while noting the danger of eccentricities if placed on a throne.
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Baltimore Sun
Max O' Rell
Europe
Germany
Kansas
West
Bacilli
Max O’rell
Max Orell
Kaiser Wilhelm
Kaiser
German Empire
German American Union Formed for New York City Campaign
Representatives of five German American organizations meet in New York and form the German American Union. A five member committee is appointed to act for the union in municipal campaign matters. Resolutions stress continuing an anti Tammany effort as essential for a nonpartisan ticket and unifying German American voters to curb spoils system control of city government.
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New York
Rev. Frederick Bruce Russell Arrested for Extortion
New York report says Rev. Frederick Bruce Russell of the New York Law and Order League and editor of State Sentinel was arrested on extortion charges from James H. Lawrence a reporter. Russell was bailed. Lawrence used an assumed name to seek protection money for raid avoidance amid alleged plans to place several flot machines in resort area. Russell denies the charge.
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New York
Frederick Bruce Russell
New York Law and Order League
The
State Sentinel
James H. Lawrence
Russell
Lawrence
Uoder
W and Order League
Islander Wreck Passenger Questions Officers Duty
Seattle Aug 19 L B Robe, a passenger from the ill fated Islander wreck near Douglas Island, returned with a sharply intelligent account of the disaster. He would not be quoted on some details but indicated he believes the Islander officers were derelict in their duty.
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Seattle
Wash
Robe
Douglas Island
Ishinder
Death of Cleveland Battalion Chief Wright
Cleveland fire department Battalion Chief Sheldon A Wright died of heart disease today shortly after returning from a fire. It is believed a near suffocation escape at the blaze triggered the fatal heart trouble.
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Cleveland
Sheldon A. Wright
Cleveland Fire Department
Queen Alexandra Urges Dress Material From British Makers
Queen Alexandra writes to coronation attendees urging women to wear dresses made from British manufactured fabrics or embroidered by British workers, aiming to showcase national industry and craftsmanship.
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Alexadra
Discovery heads to the south pole in a science driven UK effort
A well equipped British Antarctic expedition aboard the Discovery prepares to sail from East India docks to Portsmouth and then Melbourne. Led by Commander Scott with a strong crew and scientists, the voyage aims to map Victoria Land, study ice cliffs, magnetic fields, deep sea soundings, and Antarctic fauna. Simultaneous German plans from Kiel will pursue another quadrant as both nations push for polar knowledge.
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New York Tribune
Discovery
East India Docks
Portsmouth
Cowes
Spithead
Melbourne
Victoria Land
Royal Society
Royal Geographical Society
Treasury
Admiralty
W. E. Smith
Dundee Shipbuilding Company
Leopold McClintock
Clements R. Markham
Great Britain
Baffin
Vancouver
Cook
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von Drygalski
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Greenwich Meridian
Cape Horn
South Orkneys
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Alexander Island
Kiel
Indian Ocean
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Enderby Land
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Pacific
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Australia
Lyttleton
James Ross
Borchgrevink
Wood Bay
McMurdo Bay
Mount Erebus
Cape Adare
England
Antarctic
South Pole
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Wilkes
Dumont d'Urville
Mount Terror
James Roses
Clements Markham
Bernaccchi
Parry Mountains
Cape Gauss
Cape Washington
Wilkes Land
Scott
Armitage
Peninsula and Oriental Company
Franz Josef Land
Royds
Barne
Louis Bernacchi
Reginald Skelton
Bernacchi
Koettlitz
George Murray
British Museum
Fortieth Parallel
Siberia
Sir George Newnes
Stewart Island
Sir Clements Markham
South Polar
British Association
United Kingdom
Challenge
AIDS TO TEMPERANCE AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN TEMPTATION
In Hartford, the soda fountain serves as a near temperance channel, attracting women and children while drawing men away from beer. The article notes skilled mixing by white coated clerks, evening crowds lingering for conversation, and the fountain becoming a social club at night. A story about a drinker who recalls youth and storytelling at the counter ends with publishers desiring more self analysis.
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Hartford Courant
Harry
Dor
Untitled Verse Fragments From a Century Lake Note
A fragmentary poem references Justice and a soul, with lines about a gaze under summer sun and an eagle, ending with a note mentioning Clifford Westmore Lake in the Century. The piece reads as a damaged archival lyric with partial phrases and torn imagery.
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Pierce
Cifford Westmore Lake
Kidnapped Millionaires Debate Socialism and Government Control
In a staged dialogue, a kidnapped socialist millionaire and plutocrats discuss the merits of socialism versus private ownership. Hammond advocates government takeover of raw materials and controlled industry, while others claim a balance between trusts and state power. The debate shifts to a proposed plan for government participation in manufacturing and a reestablished law of competition.
French antique claim on Louis Seize style
A New York Commercial Advertiser note reports a Paris court suit where a woman sued a dealer over “Louis Seize” candle sticks bought for $49. The court held the term marks the style of the period, not an authentic Louis XVI work. The verdict questions authenticity versus style in antique pricing.
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New York
France
Paris
Louis Seize
Louis
Louis XVI
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McLean
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