Peace talks shake Pittsburgh steel strike as Shaffer denies authority
Officials and Amalgamated leaders claim mixed gains while President Shaffer says no official knowledge of settlement talks. Conciliatory Civic Federation committee weighs negotiations with Archbishop Ireland and others to resolve the Pittsburgh strike. Plants reopen or expand output at several mills amid disputes and injunctions.
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Pittsburg
National Civic Federation
Theodore J. Shaffer
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
The
Civic Federation
Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
ID. Hanna
Seth Low
Steel Corporation
Shaffer
Trust
Mill Crew Reduced as Strikes Enter Third Day at Amalgamated Mills
Report says all workers except Ira and Harry Householder refused to return. four men including James and Harry Hindman form the core force. One tin mill operates with a partial crew while the rest idle. Mayor Black fines John Sheridan for striking, detaining him in lieu of bail. Sheridan refused to allow access to docket. Demmier tin plate mill to start soon with old men. guard maintained by police and strikers. In New York, no settlement proposition from United States Steel Corp arises from Pittsburg talks among Amalgamated Association and labor groups. leaders continue to seek information and possible conciliation without committing to a plan.
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Amalgamated
Association
Combine
Chicago
Duquesne
Star
Lindsay
McCutcheon
Painter
F. L. Harper
Pittsburg
Arthur Piper
Lindsay- McCutcheon Mills
Allegheny
Clark Hoop
Lawrenceville
Upper
Lower
Union
Carnegie Company
Williams
S Trike Fund
John Pierce
William Gibson
Scar Mmnnis
Wheeling
Aetna Standard Sheet
American Sheet Steel Company
Trondale
Ira
Harry Householder
Amalgamated Lodge
James Anh
Harry Hindman
Mayor Black
McKeesport
John Sheridan
Dewees Wood
Sheridan
Black
D. M. Pitenck
Demmier Tin Plate Mills
New York
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Amalgamated Association
The
Industrial Commission
National Civic Federation
Labor
Ralph M. Easly
Civic Federation
Henry White
United Garment Workers of America
Shaffer
Sarvel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
City
Buffalo
Washington
Gompers
Easly
White
Steel Trust
Jenks
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Itchell
Mr. Easly
Detectives on Trial for Alleged City Fraud in Chicago
Three Chicago detective bureau officers Lieutenant Peter J. Joyce Detective Sergeant John C. Cramer and Detective John J. Tracey faced civil service commission jurors charged with defrauding the city by fictitious expense accounts. Tracey testified detailing questioned reimbursements and an implied split of proceeds while Joyce and Cramer were named in the scheme. The hearing focused on the return of prisoners Lovece and Larkins from Cleveland with Tracey admitting signed expense charges and cashing a $75.80 check, while claiming the surplus was divided among the officers. Tomorrow’s session was set after adjournment.
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Detective Bureau
City Police Department
Civil-Service Commission
Peter J. Joyce
John C. Cramer
John J. Tracey
O'Neill
Joyce
Lovece
Larkins
Cleveland
W. H. Eubanks
State Auditor's
Springfield
Tracey
Corporation
Cramer
Fyffe
Simeon Armstrong
Ela
E ‘Tracey
Gallagher
Therisoner Lovece
World’s largest oil gusher ravages Beaumont area
Two men died as a massive Beaumont oil gusher roared unchecked. James Smith perished while attempting to shut off the well and John McDaniels died trying to save him as the sprawling field faced one of Texas’ direst disasters with oil flooding across the prairie.
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Beaumont
Tex
Nan
Texas
James Smith
John McDaniels
Smith
Knights Templars Parade Draws 40000 In Louisville Conclave
The twenty eighth triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templars opens in Louisville with an expected 40,000 Sir Knights in line for a four mile parade tomorrow. Honolulu delegates, rail arrivals, and 90,000 visitors fill hotels and steamboats as streets are fenced, streetcars halted, and security tight. Grand officers discuss next meeting sites with St. Paul, Milwaukee, San Francisco and others as commanderies from across the nation converge for the event.
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Knights Templars
John H. Leathers
Honolulu
Hanger
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George M. Moulton
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the Rose
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Hazleton
Fittsburg
Trinity
Bradford
Jwoonsecket
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Templar Train Ditching Tragedy Near Barnesville
A Baltimore and Ohio special train carrying Pennsylvania Knights Templars to Louisville struck a horse on Barnesville hill. The derailment killed engineer Milo Francis of Zanesville and fatally injured firefighter Walter Boston of Newark. passengers suffered only minor bruises.
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Barnesville
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Pennsylvania Knights Templars
Louisville
Barnesville Hill
Milo Francis
Zanesville
Walter Boston
Newark
Race War Ended by Federal Action in Sapulpa
In Sapulpa I T Aug 26 demonstrations against Black residents ended with Deputy U S Marshal Budtranl Captain White arriving to arrest offenders and send them to Muskogee. Federal authorities warned troops if needed and calm prevailed as almost all nonowning Black residents left town. Stroud reports similar mob action driving Blacks from town and burning homes after a stabbing incident.
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Sapulpa
I. T
United States
Budtranl
White
Bennett
Pocter
Muskogee
Fort Gibson
Miller
Citizens’ Committee
Stroud
O. T
Four Boys Drowned at Long Branch Beach
Four boys aged 8 to 12 drowned off Cranmer's beach at Long Branch New York after they and playmate Stanley Rouse rode a raft into rough surf. Harold Sherman 12 son of H B Sherman Citizens Bank Long Branch Leon Gaskell 11 son of Alexander Gaskill Long Branch Raymond Blakeslee 11 son of Prof Charles W Blakeslee Lone Branch High School Walter Blakeslee 8 brother of Raymond. bodies of two boys recovered later. others not.
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New York
Long Branch
Harold Sherman
H. B. Sherman
Citizens’ Bank
Leon Gaskell
Alexander Gaskill
Raymond Blakeslee
Charles W. Blakeslee
Lone Branch
Walter Blakeslee
Stanley Rouse
Young House
Cranmer’s
Bouse
Sherman
Garkill
Blakeslee
Conway merchant drowned at Cadron creek
Maurice Frau enthal a leading local merchant drowned at Cadron creek while watering his horse the animal plunged into the stream with him in Conway Arkansas on August 27.
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Conway, Ark
Maurice Frauenthal
Cadron Creek
Accident on Columbia bridge claims four lives
Four men were killed and several others injured when two 70 foot girders carrying fifteen tons each fell onto a bridge spanning the Congaree River near Columbia. Three men died instantly and two more were pulled from the river. witnesses include Jim Reese and others. A government tug rescued two. The injured include David Styles fatally and A T Thornton Samuel Willifred seriously. The bridge suffered no major damage.
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Columbia
8. C
Southern Railway
Congaree River
J. Castleberry
Reuben Alston
Job Debyas
Jim Reese
David Styles
A. T. Thornton
Samuel Willifred
All Delaware farmers to have free daily mail delivery
Washington reports Indiana's Delaware county adopts full rural free delivery with daily mail for farmers while fourth class offices vanish elsewhere. Roads determine routes. inspectors threaten discontinuation if spring roads stay poor. Strong ties to Perry Heath of Delaware and push for broader good roads funding.
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The
Journal
Washington
Indiana
Delaware County
United States
Muncie
Blue Mounds
Dane County
Wisconsin
Barnievelt
Iowa County
Isconsin
Delaware
Perry S. Heath
Heath
Cromer
Good Roads Department
Federal
Department of Agriculture
St. Joseph
Congress
Purdue weather flag experiment tests rural routes
Lafayette Indiana August 26 the rural route weather signal system experiment advances with five routes in the city to test tin flags and Weather Bureau prognostications. Purdue Experimental Station supports the project covering five flag meanings including fair weather rain and temperature shifts. Postmaster Caldwell notes the effort is purely experimental and funding hinges on practical value and public reception.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Washington
Purdue Experimental Station
United States Weather Bureau
Caldwell
Smuggling Ring Accused of Forcing Chinese Girls Into Vice
Washington reports that William M. Hoey and Arizona revenue men are charged with smuggling Chinese into the United States and consigning several girls to San Francisco dens of vice for immoral purposes. Treasury officials say a strong case exists and perpetrators face prison. authorities link agents to Arizona officials noting large smuggling profits.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
William M. Hoey
Arizona
United States
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Lawyer Britten H. Taber Drowns in North River
The body of Britten H. Taber a New York lawyer was found in the North river today. Born in Georgia and raised in Mississippi he studied law in Walesa county Mississippi and practiced across the South and Southwest. He moved to Birmingham in 1888 and to New York later. An author of religious works he had just finished a manuscript titled The Guiding Star of Humanity. He was married.
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New York
Britten H. Taber
North River
Treasure ship from Nome brings gold dust to San Francisco
The steamer St Paul arrived from Nome with 21,4000 in gold dust. It reports that Judge Wickersham will not hold court at Nome during Judge Noyes temporary absence and that pending cases will be tried at Unalaska.
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San Francisco
St. Paul
Nome
St. Michael's
Parole Granted for Wife-Murderer Hinshaw in Illness Scene
William E. Hinshaw, serving life at Michigan City for his wife’s murder, received a few days leave from prison to visit his ailing parents near Snow Hill. Accompanied by guard Walter Dally, Hinshaw appeared youthful and hopeful despite the past crime, insisting on his innocence as friends pressed for vindication. The governor’s parole order, issued last Friday, requires ten days’ return to prison and was kept from public notice.
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Indianapolis Journal
Winchester
Ind
William E. Hinshaw
Snow Hill
Here
Walter Dally
Hinshaw
Michigan City
Durbin
Lfe
Belleville
Hendricks County
Danville
Supreme Court
Troubles at Terre Haute postoffice deepen with Schell arrest
In Terre Haute Indiana a postal employee Robert Schell confessed to stealing money from the stamp clerk's drawer. Gobin, his ally, was dismissed for insubordination as investigations unfolded. Deputy Postmaster Paddock set a trap using marked money to expose the theft.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jack” Paddock
Schell
Civil Service
Gobin
Emmerson fatally shoots Burrell in Brownstown drugstore
In Brownstown Indiana Orlando Emmerson shot and killed Richard Burrell three times in the head after Burrell entered Emmerson's drug store drunk and attempted to shoot him. Burrell, age fifty, had a prior violent record and was from a prominent local family. Emmerson is the son of the late Judge Emmerson. A separate report from Fort Wayne notes Frank Yankelevitch died from an apparent creosote overdose amid town gossip and a coroner cites possible suicide. Dennis Houlehan of Cleveland was jailed for an attempted swindle involving a drunken man.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brownstown
Ind
Orlando Emmerson
Richard Burrell
Burrell
Emmerson
Havercott
Willem Wincecott
Indianspolls Journal
Fort Wayne
Frank Yankelevitch
Joseph Baller
Barnett
Yankelevitch
Dennis Houlehan
Cleveland
Lars
Reverend Cadwell Dies in Bay View at Frankfort Pastor
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports the death of Rev. Fred George Cadwell, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, who died at Bay View, Michigan this morning after leaving Frankfort six weeks ago. The notice provides scant details beyond his clerical role and his illness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Frankfort
Ind
Fred George Cadwell
First Presbyterian Church of
Bay View
Mich
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