Labor Leaders Hold Key Conference in Pittsburgh Strike
A high level labor conference at the Amalgamated Association offices discussed the strike’s direction with John Mitchell and Prof J W Jenks amid hints of a forthcoming change in six days. Jenks plans to see C M Schwab now, while Shaffer and Mitchell stress no final peace move yet. Multiple mills operate on provisional terms as unions and steel leaders weigh next steps.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Amalgamated
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
J. W. Jenks
Industrial Commission
Ralph M. Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry M. White
United Garment Workers
C. M. Schwab
Steel Corporation
Vandergrift
Kiskiminetas
Youghiogheny
Jenks
Schwab
Shaffer
Minera
New York
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer
Arthur
Hhe
United States Mail
United States Steel Corporation
SITUATION AT THE MILLS DEMNauer WORKS NOT STARTED
A Pittsburg dispatch reports the steel strike status with Demmler works idle and no start planned next week. Mills vary from full operation to complete shutdown as unions threaten quits and management warns readiness for restart. Overviews include MU shops idle at Pennsylvania tube works and Amalgamated officials awaiting updates from Hay View Joliet and others.
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Pittsburg
Starmilla
Painter Mill
Pennsylvania Tube Works
Cc Mills
McKeesport
Demmler
Trondale
Wellaville
Lisbon
George Evans
Wheeling
National Steel Company
Oile
Amalgamated
Hay View
Joliet
Islander disaster bodies reach Vancouver amid theft claims
Vancouver reports nineteen recovered bodies from the Islander disaster, bringing the total dead to forty. Among the dead are Mrs. Ross and infant, Dr. Joseph A. Dunnan, and Capt. H. R. Foote. Indian theft of corpses noted. ghoulish acts halted by U S marshal deputies. Wreck depth to determine if raising the vessel is possible.
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Vancouver
B. C
Ross
Yukon Territory
San Francisco
Joseph A. Dunnan
Victoria
H. R. Foote
Emetis
J. W. Bell
Kate Barnes
A. W. Grey
M. J. Braelin
Arthur Keating
F. R. Panalaas
J. C., Henderson
Phillips
J. Duncan
Minnie Ross
J. Dahl
Juneau
United States
Sallin
Severa
Trolley Car Collision Kills One in Atlanta
A dead end collision on the River line of the Rapid Transit Co near Limeville five miles from Atlanta killed Harry Williams and injured seventeen passengers, three seriously. The injured, all from Atlanta, included Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. J. M. Weaver among others. Both cars were crowded and on a sharp curve. passengers had no chance to jump.
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Atlanta
Rapid Transit Company
Harry Williams
Weaver
J. M. Weaver
Riverside
C. C. Willliams
J. W. Cawley
J. B. Hartsfield
R. P. Barnett
D. R. Manor
J. A. Bizzell
J. B. Lee
D. F P. Parks
T. E. Cheshire
A. C. Sadler
Homer Pitts
M. N. Tate
Parker
Lee
Ware
Limeville
Bashford Chosen for Northwestern University Presidency
Chicago reports James Whitford Bashford president of Olio Wesleyan University has been selected as Northwestern University president and will be offered the post upon arrival from California. The seven member committee's choice aims to end a factional breach dating to June 140 when Dr. Henry Wade Rogers resigned after a decade in office.
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Chicago
James Whitford Bashford
Olio Wesleyan University
Northwestern University
California
Bashford
Committee of Seven
Camalgne
Henry Wade Rogers
Rogers
International crisis looms as ultimatum to Ottoman empire
The French ambassador Constans warns Sultan of Constantinople of immediate settlement failure. Paris reports indicate possible French embassy withdrawal to Berne, with Munir Bey likely to relocate his legation. Turbulent cues include Russia on alert and financial markets reacting to Turkish bonds as diplomacy heats up. In London, views on race and colonial society surface amid wider regional tensions.
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Constantinople
M. Constans
Paris
Elysee Palace
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Dupuy
M. Baudin
M. Delcasse
Munir Bey
Switzerland
Berne
Faris
France
Turkey
Bey
Official Decree Orders Expropriation and War Loans
Colón Colombia Aug 23 An official decree dated Bogota July 18 to governors of departments declares a new war stance with foreign aid fears. It suspends war material payments, limits expenses to armed forces, and authorizes expropriation and both forced and voluntary loans to fund mobilization. Governors are empowered to act without central approval.
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Colon
Colombia
Bogota
King Edward Arrives at Wilhelmsruhe For Lunch Meeting
King Edward reaches Wilhelmsruhe and is greeted by Emperor William in British admiral uniform. They travel by open carriage to the castle for luncheon with aides and staff present.
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Wilhelmshore
Prussia
Edward
William
Dragoon Guards
Passengers Terrorized on Erie Train by Knife Wielding Mother
In Corning New York Aug 23 a woman identified as Dr Nellie Poor and her two sons aged fourteen and seventeen went berserk on Erie limited No 6 between Elmira and Corning. The trio fled after smashing a vestibule glass and leaped from the train, then hid in Corning Club until police and a doctor treated their cuts and bruises. They claimed Chicago address 616 Kimbark avenue. Police detainment ended that afternoon. They were held then released to continue to Chicago.
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Corning
N. Y
Erie Limited
Elmira
Corning Club
Nellie Poor
Henry
Robert
Kimbark Avenue
Chicago
Russian torpedo boats arrive at Dniester delta mobilize near Turkish frontier
A Vienna dispatch to the Petit Bleu reports from Galatz that twenty Russian torpedo boats and several dispatch boats have reached the Dniester delta. Russian troops are beginning to mobilize along the Turkish frontier.
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Brussels
Petit Bleu
Vienna
Galatz
Dniester Delta
Boer Leaders and Officials Counted in Exile and War
A Pretoria dispatch reports Boer leadership losses and captures. Only Schalk Burger and Reitz remain in the field from the old executive council. Joubert is dead, Cronje captured, Cock killed. Thirteen of twenty five Volksraad members accounted for, with many killed or surrendered. Smuts unknown among heads of state departments.
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London
Pretoria
Schalkburger and
Reitz
Joubert
Cronje
Volksraad
Barnard
Labuschagren
Malan
Merritt
Bedfordshire Regiment
Castro Assisting Uribe In Colombian Frontiers War
New York Aug 23 President Castro sends gunboats Zumbador and Miranda and other Venezuelan war ships from Laguayra and Coro with troops under General Rayila to Rio Hacha to aid General Uribe Uribe. Eight hundred men accompany supplies amid Venezuela’s tense politics and rumours of a Liberal revolt led by a leader now in New York.
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New York
Castro
Zumbador
Miranda
Laguayra
Coro
Rayila
Rio Hacha
Colombia
Willemstadt
Curacao
The
Herald
Uribe-Uribe
Venezuela
Limon River
Caracas
Juan Pietri
Crespo
Guayrico
Lake Valencia
Peitri
Martial law order closes stores in Queenstown district
A fresh martial law proclamation orders the closing of all country stores in the Queenstown district. It requires that goods likely useful to the enemy be removed to specified towns and forbids country residents from keeping more than a week's provisions in possession.
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Cape Town
Queenstown
Delayed Chinese signing unsettles foreign hopes in Peking
Envoys delay signing the protocol as foreign ministers fear defiance, while hoping to wind up negotiations quickly. Decrees on punishments and exam suspensions will be issued before signatures. Li Hung Chang withdraws from active role, Prince Ching handles final steps, and Li is denounced by native press for surrender to foreigners.
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Peking
China
Prince Ching
Li Hung Chang
Earl Li
Japan
Stone Not a Candidate for Anything
Ex Governor Stone is not a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 144. He is a candidate for the United States Senatorship and nothing else. Col. M C Wetmore, a close friend, reports Stone is better and expected at his office next week.
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ST. Louis
Stone
United States
Col
M. C. Wetmore
Col. Wetmore
Mental scientists in toils in Dayton fraud case
Helen Post Col C Post and her son in law C F Burgman were arrested in Dayton Ohio Aug 23 on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. They allegedly sent circulars claiming cure by mental science including restoring sight. They were moved to Jacksonville for a preliminary hearing before US Commissioner William Archibald scheduled tomorrow.
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Dayton
Fia
Helen Post
Col. C. ©. Post
Inlaw
C. F. Burgman
Postoffice
Fred D. Peer
Jacksonville
United States
William Archibald
Post
Shoots his girl bride in Wisconsin tragedy
In Palmyra on August 22 Mort Cartwright aged eighteen shot at his wife Ella Strike aged fifteen then wounded himself. Cartwright remained alive only hours while Ella was treated at home for a back wound and expected to recover. The couple had wed weeks earlier after a quarrel over separation. No witnesses were present at the scene.
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Palmyra
Wis
Mort Cartwright
Ella Strike
Alfred Watson
Cartwright
Watson
Bethlehem Steel Sale Report Faces Legal Challenge
A $4,000,000 payment to Bethlehem Steel stockholders, via Girard Trust, prompts injunctions over a proposed sale to Charles M Schwab. Details cite 2,022 shares and a $17,000,000 total deal. directors and leadership shifts loom as questions of value and control swirl.
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Philadelphia
Girard Trust Company
Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles M. Schwab
Schwab
McIlvain
Charles P. Linderman
Bethlehem Iron Company
Kruger says privateering reports mere fables
In an interview published by the Gaulois from Holver sum, Mr. Kruger dismisses rumors of privateering activities as false. He notes the Boers can muster only about 10,000 men in the field, yet insists they will press on with the struggle.
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Paris
The
Gaulois
Kruger
Holversum
Color line in London. Only American whites object to Negro equality
New York dispatch reports London papers show patrons of the St Ermins Hotel objecting to Negroes. Englishmen largely side with the Negroes in theory while Americans generally oppose. Bishop Gaines of Atlanta, a Negro delegate, remains at the hotel and comments on protests over Bishops Arnett Tanner and Derrick.
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New York
St. Louis
Mitchell
Oregon
General Grosvenor
America
Europe
Great Britain
W. Winfield
Anglomerican Bank
St. Ermins
Bishop Gaines
Perha
Richardson
London
London Dispatch
Journal
Atlanta
Arnett
Tanner
Derrick
Paris
Texas
Waterspout and flood wash away homes in Kentucky
Reports from Owensboro Kentucky describe a powerful water spout on Barnett's creek in Ohio county. Several houses were washed away and livestock drowned while the Rough river backed up ten miles. The county is remote with no telephone or telegraph service. fears for lost lives rise. Atlanta reports five bridges on Cartecay river including the Atlanta Knoxville and Northern Railroad bridge washed away. mills damaged as the river rose higher than in fifty two years.
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Owensboro
Ohio County
Atlanta
Gunboat Machias Reaches Kingston En Route to Colon
The gunboat Machias is en route to Colon and has arrived at Kingston Jamaica, according to dispatches dated August 23. The vessel’s destination remains Colon, as reported in the same bulletin.
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Washington
Machias
Colon
Kingston
Jamaica
Middle Road Populists Nominate Slate at Des Moines
In Des Moines the middle-of-the-road Populists named J. H. Weller for governor Perry Engle for lieutenant governor J R McDonald for supreme judge Luke McDowell for railroad commissioner and J Harland for state superintendent all acclamation. Resolutions backed the Omaha platform denouncing trusts and political rings and calling for curbing public franchies to private corporations and Boers sympathy.
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Des Moines
J. H. Weller
Nashua
Perry Engle
Newton
J. R. McDonald
Luke McDowell
Shelby County
J. ©. Harland
Woodbury County
Result of family quarrel rocks Butte Montana
In Butte on August 2 a family dispute left John C. Kimball dead and his wife Cassie wounded in the chest. Frank Yechout, Cassie’s father, is jailed on a charge tied to the shooting. The couple had been unhappily married and were walking together when Kimball drew a pistol and threatened the woman. Yechout then shot Kimball.
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Butte
Mont
John C. Kimball
Cassie
Frank Yechout
Kimball
Yechout
Kimballs
China Arms Boom Reported by Times Correspondent
London dispatch cites Peking Times correspondent noting immense arms and ammunition production in Chinese arsenals and widespread mobilization along the Yangtze. The report frames this as a major buildup affecting regional stability and foreign interests.
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London
China
Peking
Times
Britain Japan and US press Russia over Nieu-Chwang evacuation
A Che Foo dispatch reports a likely trilateral push by Britain Japan and the United States to compel Russia to evacuate Nieu-Chwang. The Aug 4 note in the Morning Post cites coordinated diplomatic pressure as the moving force behind the possible withdrawal and asks whether allied actions will yield immediate results.
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London
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Morning Post
Che- Foo
Russia
Nieu-Chwang
Five killed in eastern Kentucky family feud
News from Williamsburg Kentucky reports a bloody fight twenty miles from town where Blake Logan and his two sons and two Wilson brothers were slain by West Mays and George Golden. The conflict stemmed from Mays's wife and a posse has been dispatched to the area to pursue suspects.
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Williamsburg
Here
Blake Logan
Wilson Brothers
West Mays
George Golden
Mays
Witness in Schley inquiry eyed Gen A A Alger
The Indianapolis Journal notes Gen A A Alger as a likely witness in the Schley court of inquiry due to his wartime role. It cites destroyed records in the secret service, missing reports, and Alger’s possible testimony about Spanish War intelligence and Cervera fleet presence.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Gen. A. A. Alger
Schley Court of Inquiry
Secretary of War
Cervera
Santiago Harbor
A. W. Greely
Manila
Gen. Alger
Secret
Alger
Nine Field Batteries Organized For Western Posts
Washington Aug 22 Acting Secretary of War Sanger, on Colonel Randolphs recommendation, ordered the last increase of artillery to form nine field batteries, chiefly for Western army posts. Battery C goes to Manila under Capt. Charles G. Woodward. Maj. Thos H Adams details to Inspector General. Fourth Battery Field Artillery becomes a mountain battery in Manila, with the Fourteenth Battery divided into two mountain batteries for service in the Philippine Islands.
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Washington
Sanger
Randolph
Manila
Charles G. Woodward
Artillery Corps
J. M. K. Davis
Thos. H. Adams
Chaffee
Philippine Islands
Changes in the Navy Retirements and Promotions
Washington announces upcoming retirements and promotions in the U S Navy within weeks. Rear Admiral Schley will retire October 10, with several other captains retiring in September or soon after. The shakeup will reduce active list and elevate two captains, Frank Wildes and Henry Glass, to rear admiral.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy Department
Schley
Farenholt
One Wat
Robinson
Forsyth
Wee Ide
Frank Wildes
Henry Glass
Trade with the Philppines Shows Trade Rise in Seven Month Window
A War Department summary shows continued growth in both imports and exports for the Philippines for the seven months ending January 31, 1901. Imports reached 17,006,167 dollars, up from 12,674,? in 1900, while exports totaled 12,477,508 dollars, up from 8,653 dollars, marking increases of about 42 percent and 52 percent respectively. Nations contributing include the United States, European countries, Asia, and Oceanica with varied gains and shifts in trade balances.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Quartermaster
United States
Asia
Oceanton
Amended Porto Rico import rules clarified by IRS
Washington Aug 2 Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes issued an amended regulation on goods from Porto Rico. Merchandise from Porto Rico is not subject to customs duties and cannot be stored in customs bonded warehouses. Temporary storage delays payment of the internal revenue tax and prevents withdrawal in bond for export or transfer to another district.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Porto Rico
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National Tube Company
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Kentucky
Middle Road
John &. Sheehan
Greater New York Democracy
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