Troops Deployed Into Anthracite Strike Zones Amid Tense Uprising
Violent clashes flare as miners in Lansford Summit Hill and Coaldale confront nonunion workers. Governor Stone orders the Second Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry to Shenandoah to reinforce the militia. martial law feared if disturbances spread. Local guards confront women crowds and trolley pole vandalism as Major Gearhart seeks reinforcements. The Lehigh Valley strike escalates with fears of morning clashes and continued troop deployments through Aug. 27 in Tamaqua and Harrisburg.
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Tamaqua
Gearhart
Twelfth Regiment
Panther Creek
Summit Hill
Manila Park
Lansford
Coaldale
Mary Markly
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
No. 4
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Stone
Gobin
Shenandoah
Schermerhorn
Atlantic City
Evictors Attacked as Strikers Fire From Across River
About forty families refused to vacate Redash Coal Company housing in West Virginia. When constables began removing goods, a volley from the opposite river side was fired at officers using Winchesters. Nine shots were counted as deputies moved in from Thurmond and surrounding points to secure the scene.
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Hinton
W. Va
Redash
Beary
Redash Coal Company
Thurmond
Arbitration urged to bind unions in coal dispute
Justice Shiras, arriving in Pittsburg, backs arbitration for the anthracite strike. He says incorporation of all labor unions is essential to enforce contracts and enable a national arbitration law, noting the difficulty until unions are legally responsible.
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Pittsburg
Shiras
United States Supreme Court
Lake Superior
Roosevelt
Coal operators push gains in Wyoming region
Wilkes Barre Pa Aug 27 coal operators in the Wyoming region report continued gains. The Avondale mine of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Company sent 250 tons to the breaker and more than 100 tons were mined at the Dorrance colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. President Mitchell and district aides Messrs Nicholls Duffy and Fahy noted ongoing accident concerns.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Avondale
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Dorrance
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Mitchell
Messrs
Nicholls
Duffy
Fahy
Pardee Wins California Gubernatorial Nomination on Sixth Ballot
In Sacramento on August 27 1903 Dr George C Pardee of Oakland secured the Republican nomination for California governor on the sixth ballot defeating Gage Flint Hayes and Edson. Alden Anderson was named Lieutenant Governor and the ticket includes Chief Justice Beatty and Justices Shaw Angelotti Curry Webb.
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Sacramento
Cal
Republican Party
California
George C. Pardee
Oakland
Pardee
Gage
Flint
Hayes
Edson
Dr. Pardee
Sparta County
Alameda County
San Diego County
J. O. Hayes
San Jose
Alden Anderson
Solano County
W. H. Beatty
Lucien Shaw
Los Angeles
F. M. Angelotti
Martin
Charles F. Curry
U.S. Webb
Earthquakes Hit Mindanao. Moros Killed. No American Injuries
Washington reports a Mindanao quake series around August 21 near Lake Lanao and Camp Vickers. Twenty Moros were killed by falling walls, Americans escaped unharmed, with widespread damage to commissary buildings and Moro forts. Strong tremors felt at Zamboanga as authorities assess the extent.
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Washington
War Department
Chaffee
Manila
Mindanao
Lake of
Lanao
Camp
Palak
Kota-Hatu
Makaturin
Sumner
Twoin
Zamboang
Freedom editors fined for sedition in Manila case
Frederick Dorr proprietor and Edward O'Brien editor of Freedom found guilty of sedition and fined one dollar each with no imprisonment. A. R. Dorr, manager, fined three dollars. All were sentenced August 25 to six months in Bil ibid prison and fined one thousand dollars for libeling Benito Legardel, a Philippine Civil Commission native member.
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Manila
Frederick Dorr
Edward O'Brien
Freedom
A. R. Dorr
Dorr
O'Brien
Bilibid
Benito Legardel
Philippine Civil Commission
Mother Arrests Infant In Vagrancy Case At Keokuk
In Keokuk Iowa Mrs Vina Kellar used a vagrancy charge to gain custody of her ill eleven month old baby and appointed a special constable to guard it. Secretary Park of the Associated Charities was jailed for contempt and a habeas corpus petition kept the child away from the mother during appeals under a new sociological statute. The case, first under the law, sparked outrage as advocates seek relief while the infant remains ill.
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Keokuk
Vina Kellar
Elmer Park
Associated Charities
Park
Hughes
Supreme Court
Iowa
Missouri
Justice of the Peace
Law on child information and appeals fuels public outcry
The speaker warns that filing information against a child and repeatedly appealing through higher courts after acquittal could keep a child from parents for years. He notes the act arose after a former law became inoperative in some cases, with charitable groups and sociologists driving its drafting, provoking current excitement.
Perpetual Franchises Backed by Street Railways
Senator Hanna visited Columbus and urged a municipal code under Governor Nash, endorsing perpetual street railway franchises with ten year revision rights for councils. He opposed a Foraker constitutional amendment for special municipal laws and urged focus on code framing and Roger law repeal, stating his street railway is his savings bank.
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Columbus
Hanna
Cleveland
Nash
Foraker
Knox Sails for Europe on Mission to Clarify Panama Assets
New York August 27 Attorney General Knox sailed for Europe aboard the Oceanic to obtain a clear title to the Panama Canal Company property and to review the treaty with Colombia now to be transferred. He noted reports from Justice official Russell in Paris that affairs progress harmoniously and voiced support for the President's trust policy.
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New York
Knox
Europe
Panama Canal Company
Mr. Knox
Russell
Department of Justice
Paris
Beaumont Girl Found Strangled in Hotel Room
Mrs. E M Vogel arrives from Galveston and suspects murder after her daughter Lola M Vogel is found dead in a Beaumont hotel room. Authorities investigate as about six thousand nine hundred dollars in diamonds and about ten dollars in cash are missing. Two morphine bottles are found in the room. suicide is a proposed cause but murder is not ruled out.
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Beaumont
Tex
E. M. Vogel
Lola M. Vogel
Galveston
POST OFFICE REFORMS DISCUSSED BY POSTMASTERS
Milwaukee August 27 National Association of Postmasters delegates debated local inspectors for large offices and the suspension of clerks. A letter from J E Shideler urged fining rather than suspending exceptionally efficient clerks. A W Machen supported paying rural carriers on money orders on their routes.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Association of Postmasters
J. E. Shideler
Indianapolis
Republican Speaker Arrangements for Indiana Campaign
Indiana campaign speakers await after September 1 as arrangements form. Senator Hanna may attend if possible with Oct 10 target. Fairbanks, Beveridge, and other speakers planned for Anderson, Decatur, Boone, Kansas City Labor Day, and various counties. Committee to run speakers bureau from September 1 with Lyons in charge.
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M. A. Hanna
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Senator Hanna
Goodrich
Cleveland
Hanna
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Anderson
Decatur County
Westport
Boone County
Kansas City
C. C. Lyons
Fairmount
Beveridge
South Bend
Charles W. Miller
Franklin
Dan E. Storms
Columbus
Campaign Under Way Immersed in Work
Republican campaign of Marion county is under way with Charles N. Elliott as active chairman. Headquarters in Lemeke building show a pile of documents and names of precinct committeemen as the county organization nears completion. A campaign committee of about thirty Republicans will direct the effort, formed after a reorganization to fit forty new precinct boundaries and new committeemen. A county map aids planning as the campaign moves forward.
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Marion County
Charles N. Elliott
Republican County Committee
Republican
Lemeke
Bane Aisty
Trolley Cars in Collision Injures Seventeen in Ohio
Seventeen persons were injured, several seriously, in a head end collision between electric cars on the Youngstown and Sharon Electric Railway early today between Hubbard and Sharon, Ohio.
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Ohio
Youngstown, O
Youngstown & Sharon
Republican poll forecast boosts Marion county effort
Chairman Elliott praised a sixty day poll predicting a handsome Republican plurality and noted a thirty day preview in recent elections. He plans a robust organization with a speakers bureau led by Thomas C. Whallon and emphasizes work over showmanship. Direct vote selection of committeemen, ensuring top workers, strengthens the party. Legal questions on justice of the peace and constable race will be resolved fairly.
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Marion County
Elliott
Thomas C. Whallon
Republican Party
Justice of the Peace
Constable
Fourth District Republicans pick strong candidate for Congress
The Fourth district Republicans have selected Joshua M. Spencer of Rising Sun Ohio County as their candidate to challenge Francis Marion Griffith. Spencer, mayor of Rising Sun for the second time and a foretorney in southeastern Indiana, is regarded as a formidable rival with decisive chances in the race.
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Congress
Francis Marion Griffith
Lew W. Hill
Joseph S. Small
Joshua M. Spencer
Rising Sun
Ohio County
Indiana
Thieves Loot Connersville as Wallace Show Visits Town
Mrs Ellsworth, wife of Wallace show manager, reports thefts in Connersville during yesterday's circus. Cash, money orders, jewelry vanish from her sideshow leather valise. police connect with Windy Dick, a known crook. Sheriff cites widespread robberies, with at least ten thousand dollars stolen and eighteen crooks blamed.
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Ellsworth
Wallace
Connersville
Wallace Circus
Dick Phillips
Windy Dick
Fayette County
Crane
Three Die By One Hand in East Twenty-Fifth Street Tragedy
In New York three persons died in a dispute at Lizzie Hall’s apartments on East Twenty-Fifth Street. Christian Gans shot the woman and Arthur Campbell then killed by bullets. Gans died later in Bellevue Hospital. A note found in Gans’s pocket stated his life was ruined. A revolver with four empty chambers was recovered.
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New York
Lizzie Otto
Stroudsburg
Arthur Campbell
Christian Gans
Fort Hancock
East Twenty-fifth Street
Lizzie Hall
Campbell
Gans
Bellevue Hospital
Spoke 10 Thronges President's Maine Second Day
Crowds of responsive people gathered at several sites for nonpolitical speeches. On the grounds of the Eastern Maine State Pain Association tributes praised old fashioned people who value good laws and large families.
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Eastern Maine State Pain Association
President Roosevelt In Maine Amid Warm Receptions and Old Friends
President Roosevelt’s Maine visit features a warm Bangor reception for Bill Sewall, Maine hunting companion, and a shared muskrat meal. He tours Augusta, Waterville, and Bangor, wires for Sewall, honors Blaine era ties, and addresses large crowds before heading to Nashua for further stops.
Roosevelts Maine visit praises everyday principles
President Roosevelt greeted by large Maine crowd in Waterville and urged practical adherence to decency morality and common sense. He praised Maine’s republican spirit and noted the short biennial legislature while stressing the need for fewer laws and more fearless application of good governance. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 COL B
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Waterville
Roosevelt
Maine
Craic
Fife
Augusta
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West Virginia
New River
Justice Shiras
Arbitration
Camp Vickers
Queer Tangle
Perpetual
Panama Canal
Post Office Reforms
Marke
Sauer
Pean
Griffith
Rel
Sewall
Bangor
Comebade
Mr. Roosevelt
Pine Tree
Blaine
Kennebec River
Kennebec Journal
James G. Blaine
Fair Grounds
Bill Sewall
Island Palls, Me
Dakota
Congressman Powers
Corrall
Bill
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Hale
Nashua
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