Strike ends for most railroads in Pittsburg region
Railway officials report the strike is over for all roads except Allegheny Valley. Valley officials say the worst is over and service may return to normal by Monday or Tuesday. Freight handling remains best constrained in Pittsburg with mills overstacked and plants at risk of shutdowns if relief trails.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny Valley
Monongahela River
Homestead
Carrie
Braddock
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Thi
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Warner
Delegates Arrive for Twenty-First AFL Convention in Scranton
Delegates to the twenty first annual convention of the American Federation of Labor begin arriving in Scranton Pa for the event to open next Thursday. President Gompers and the executive board will arrive Monday. About 300 delegates and as many visitors are expected, with leaders discussing the Chinese exclusion act mine workers and jurisdiction disputes in steel labor.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Schaffer
Schaffer, of Steel Workers
Andesident Gompers
Mitchell
Miner Union Leader Barnaby Arrested in Kentucky
Madisonville Kentucky November 30 Chris topher Columbus Barnaby vice president of the Twenty third district United Mine Workers of America was arrested on a warrant alleging unlawful intimidation of nonunion miners Bond set at zero and posted There are no new developments about the Nortonville union camp which remains quiet William Blakeley national organizer was arrested tonight charged with intimidation
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Madisonville
Christopher Columbus Barnaby
Twenty-third District
United Mine Workers of America
Barnaby
Nortonville
William Blakeley
Brown Manufacturing Company gets injunction in strike case
In Zanesville Ohio Judge A A Frazier granted a temporary injunction restraining about one hundred named strikers and others unknown from loitering at the factory, picketing, patrolling, or interfering with employees. The strike arose from a refusal to recognize unions and has lasted several weeks with about three hundred workers at work.
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Zanesville, O
Common Pleas Court
A. A. Frazier
Brown Manufacturing Company
Strong Labor Combination in Chicago Alliance
The International Photo-engravers' Union of North America in Chicago announced an offensive and defensive alliance with the Electrotypers Union. The affiliation is described as the union's most important step in years and will affect workers nationwide. The work of the body will likely be completed by Monday.
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Chicago
International Photo-engravers’ Union of North America
Electrotypers
Street Railway Men May Strike in Detroit Report
DETROIT November. Rezin Orr national treasurer of the Amalgamated Association of Street-railway Employees says a strike of Philadelphia street-railway workers is imminent. The men demand a wage of two cents per hour and a ten hour day.
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Detroit
Rezin Orr
Amalgamated Association of Street
Philadelphia
Cheers For The United Ireland Rally At Old City Hall
In Pittsburg on November 20 a crowd of about 2500 Irish Americans gathered at Old City Hall for an Ancient Order of Hibernians event in support of self government for Ireland. Irish MPs spoke, praising Redmond McHugh and O'Donnell, as resolutions praised the Irish envoys and party and urged support for Gaelic restoration, Boer aid, and U.S. intervention in the South African war.
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Pittsburg
United Ireland
United Irish League
Old City Hall
Emerald Isle
Order of Hibernians
Ireland
United Irish People
John EB. Redmond
Patrick A. McHugh
Thomas O'Donnell
United States
J N Hill to Succeed Clough as Great Northern VP
In St Paul reports confirm W P Clough resigns as first vice president of Great Northern Railway. J N Hill will succeed him with Clough moving to New York to head Northern Pacific Securities for J J Hill. Hill declined comment though sources verify the change. Also noted: Lake Shore Limited arrival brings Australian mail to New York on time, transfer to steamship line, marking third such Pacific mail run assisting England-bound mail, with 432 pouches in this consignment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Dispatch Today
W. P. Clough
Great Northern Railway
J. N. Hill
Clough
New York
Northern Pacific Securities Company
J. J. Hill
Lake Shore
Lmited
Compania
Australia
England
Major banks acquire Baltimore Ohio stake in railroad
Kuhn, Loeb & Co and Speyer & Co joint buyers, purchasing 220,001,000 per cent Baltimore & Ohio Pittsburg Lake Erie & West Virginia line from Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company in New York dispatches dated November. The deal consolidates financing power among leading firms amid railroad expansion in the era.
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New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Speyer & Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio- Pittsburg
Lake Erie
West Virginia
System funds bond refunding and stock subscription plan
System refunding bonds part of a total 7,000,000 maturing in 1925 and they have agreed to take several million dollars of a new issue of common stock offered to shareholders for subscription.
Fenian Leader Dead In Jersey City Home
Thomas Clarke Luby, born in Dublin 1830, a Fenian movement leader, died of paralysis in Jersey City at his son James Luby’s home. Appointed to the Fenian executive council in 1864 and editor of the Irish People, he served five years of a twenty-year term after its seizure. Pardoned in 186? on condition to stay out of Ireland fifteen years, he later lectured in America from Maine to California before retiring in 18??.
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New York
Thomas Clarke Luby
James
Jersey City
Mr. Luby
Dublin
Trinity College
James Stephens
The
Brotherhood
Irish People
Luby
Maine
California
Milwaukee Judge Charles Hamilton Dies in Florida
Judge Charles Alexander Hamilton of Milwaukee Wisconsin died at his winter home in Daytona Florida yesterday. Born 1826 in New York he became a lawyer at 21 and practiced until 1861 when he joined the army and rose to colonel while wounded. Later he served as Superior Court judge and was a grandson of Alexander Hamilton.
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Daytona
Fla
Charles Alexander Hamilton
Milwaukee
Wis
Hamilton
New York
England
Germany
Alexander Hamilton
Several regional figures die in early November notices
PADUCAH Kentucky November 3 M K Scott sixty nine prominent hardware merchant died of liver complaint after a long illness Born in Ohio he settled in Paducah in 1858 He previously joined the Cuban army in New Orleans under General Lopez and was imprisoned by the Spanish later pardoned and turned over to the American consul. BUFFALO New York November 3 Gen Albert W Bishop found dead at boarders home born Alden Erie County 1882 served in the Civil War Adjutant General of Arkansas in 1864 Republican candidate for Arkansas Governor 1816 Returned to Buffalo 1879.
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Paducah
M. K. Scott
Ohio
New Orleans
Lopez
Africa
Spain
Buffalo
N. Y
Albert W. Bishop
George J. Dixon
Alden
Erie County
Bishop
Arkansas
Lincoln
Reading
Herman Struecker
America
Olathe
Kan
William B. Nichols
Houston
Tex
Bordentown
N. J
James W. Allen
Harrison
United States Senate
Monitor Florida Launches From New Jersey Shipyard
The 3000 ton Florida monitor was launched at Lewis Nixon shipyard in Elizabethport New Jersey. Christened by Miss Nixon a Florida native, the ceremony included government inspectors and Mexican commission members inspecting gunboats for the Mexican government. The 252 foot hull features most armor boilers and machinery in place except for the engines.
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New York
Florida
Lewis Nixon
Elizabethport
N. J
Nixon
Court of Claims reform proposed at Pan American confab
A compromise measure for the court of claims was presented to the Pan American conference committee on United States suggestion. The plan calls for each contracting state to appoint three jurists in international law, with three members chosen per claim and a neutral presiding judge mutually agreed by both sides.
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Mexico City
Navy
Court of Claims
Court of Claims Committee
John Barrett
United States
Bank Chief Sees $12,000 Saddleston Gap in Books
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30. C. G. Knox, president of the Stocky Bank at East St. Louis, said the bank’s book checkups show a discrepancy in the accounts of Theodore Saddleston Jr., assistant cashier, likely about $12,000. He added actions depend on the surety company on Saddleston’s bond.
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ST. Louis
C. G. Knox
East St. Louis
Theodore Saddleston
Charred Remains Seen Linked to Mississippi Murder Case
News from Delay Mississippi reports charred remains found about a mile from Will Mathis home. Authorities identify the remains as Alf Nearing a black witness who testified against Mathis in federal court. Mathis faces trial by a special circuit court session on December 30.
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Oxford
Miss
Will Mathis
United States
Alf Nearing
Mathis
End of Chicago teachers mandamus case in Sangamon Court
In Sangamon Circuit Court Judge Creighton approved the State Board of Equalization actions. The mandamus case had sought assessments against twenty two Chicago corporations named in the writ. The decision followed Judge Thompson's absence but at his request.
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Springfield
Ill
Chicago
State Board of Equalization
Sangamon Circuit Court
Creighton
Thompson
Lynching Suspect Caught After Artesia Marshal Murder
In Columbus Mississippi a black suspect in the Artesia Marshal Dismukes murder was captured today hiding in a swamp along the Tombigbee river. He is held awaiting the posse and towns were alerted by telephone and telegraph. locals believe he has been lynched.
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Columbus
Miss
Marshal Dismukes
Artesia
Tombigbee River
Ithaca Mother Guilty in Poisoning of Her Two Children
Mrs Elmer Quimby was found guilty of murdering her two children by poison and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her husband, convicted last week, also received a life sentence as part of the couple’s plan to rid themselves of the children.
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Ithaca
Mich
Elmer Quimby
Lfe
Return of Horsem
NEW YORK, Nov. The Atlantic transport liner Minneapolis from London arrived off Fire Island this evening. She carries E Wishard and John Hugg ins trainer for W C Whitney and J Mackey who has bought in Great Britain a large number of horses for J P Hugg ins s California and Kentucky stud farms.
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New York
Minneapolis
London
Fire Island
E. Wishard
John Huggins
W. C. Whitney
J. Mackey
Great Britain
J. P. Huggins
California
Kentucky
Wealthy bachelor dies by hanging at Grover, Indiana
Estherville Iowa reports that Rouck, a wealthy bachelor named Feces Hisney, committed suicide today by hanging himself at Grover Indiana. He left twelve thousand dollars in bank drafts and five dollars in cash on the body. The estate was valued at over one hundred thousand dollars. Police believe the act was intentional.
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Estherville
Rouck
Grover
Diamonds Set Jewelry at 28 Monument Place
Advert reads J P Mullally offering mas jewelry with fresh stock at Diamonds Set Jewelry on Monument Place. Promotional line emphasizes timely selection and new inventory.
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J.P
Mullally
Monument Place
Panama Crisis: Gen Alban Named Hero and Potential President
The dispatch describes Panama Colon recapture boosting Gen Alban's standing, with troops landing from the General Pinzon, his reception at the railway station, and Liberal collapse in Colon. It notes ongoing guard patrolled trains, censorship, and a backdrop of regional unrest affecting governance and future prospects.
Venezuelan Government Reaches Point in Caracas Murder Case
Through the rearrest of the alleged murderer of a leading German trader at Caracas, trial and liberation previously ordered by President Castro are reversed. The prisoner will face a new trial, removing a major cause of friction between Germany and Venezuela.
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Trinidad
Caracas
Castro
City Hall Burned In Denver Fire Calamity
A blaze on the Denver City Hall fourth floor gutted the six story stone building around 6 30 PM destroying property and likely many records. The fire origin is undetermined possibly faulty wiring. One injury reported Charles Stoll an engineer office worker hurt by falling roof while saving records.
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Denver
Col
Denver City Hall
Arapahoe
Charles Stoll
City Engineer's Office
Fire damages Woolworths in Rochester business district
A midnight blaze in Rochester cause heavy losses to Woolworths stock valued at 30,000 with 20,000 on the building. Burke Fitzsimmons Hone & Co also damaged though exact loss unknown. Mc Farland clothing stock damaged by smoke. Losses insured. Seven firemen overcome, two seriously.
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Rochester
N. Y
Woolworth's
Burke, Fitzsimmons, Hone & Co
F. L. McFarland
Peck Montana concentrator burns. $160000 loss
Fire at the Peck Montana concentrator near Helena destroys the plant entailing a $160000 loss with $70000 insured. Officials say the plant will be rebuilt.
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Helena
Mont
Peck-Montana
Miss Stone Well Treated Says Washington Reply
New York reports that President Washburne of Robert College Constantinople sent word via cable that Stone negotiations are suspended and no immediate prospect of release exists. The message notes Miss Stone has been well treated and disputes murder rumors.
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New York
The
Christian Herald
Washburne
Robert College
Constantinople
Miss Stone
Stone
Rev Judson Smith denies Miss Stone death rumor
Boston telegram from the State Department to Rev Judson Smith, secretary of the American board of foreign missions, says news of Miss Stone's death is unconfirmed. Smith notes no cable from missionaries and says no news is good news in this case.
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Boston
Judson Smith
D. D
American Board of Foreign Missions
State Department
Washington
Miss Stone
Transport Buford Arrives In New York With Infantry
The overdue United States army transport Buford reached New York early this morning from Manila via Singapore Colombo and Gibraltar. On board are two battalions of the Twenty-third Infantry, returning from active duty.
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Buford
New York
Twenty-Third Infantry
United States Army
Manila
Singapore
Colombo
Gibraltar
Charming Old Charleston Exposition Spotlighted
Charleston, an old colonial city settled in 1670 and later moved to its present site between the Ashley and Cooper rivers, is praised for its winter climate and rose gardens. The piece extols its conservative business methods and historic architecture as part of Exposition Magazine’s feature.
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Ashley
Cooper
South Carolina
Charleston
Atlantic
West Indies
United States
Cooper Rivers
New York
The Man Behind The Gun Accuracy And Rapidity Of Fire
Rear Admiral Eardley-Wilmot argues naval battles hinge on shooting speed and accuracy. He recalls Jervis and Roosevelt on gunnery training, notes Britain's muzzle loaders and breech loaders, and praises Captain Percy Scott's drills that keep sights steady on a moving target. He urges targeted marksman tests, awards for best gunnery, and continuous practice to maximize modern guns.
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Eardley-Wilmot
London
Naval Intelligence Bureau
Washington
Nelson
Mediterranean
John Jervis
Lord St. Vincent
Jervis
Atlantic
Theodore Roosevelt
Shannon
Chesapeake
France
Ajax
Barfleur
China Station
Admiralty
C. B
Majestic
Roosevelt
Percy Scott
The Last Step Nightmare in Dark Hallways
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece reflects on the fear and misjudgment people feel locating the last step in a dark stairway. It notes the common tendency to miscount by two steps, the dread of stepping beyond the final stair, and the constant uncertainty of navigating stairs at night.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
G A R Division Inspectors Named Across States
In Minneapolis Commander Eli Torrence announces a list of division inspectors for the Grand Army of the Republic. Names come from Inspector General Wilford A. Wetherbee of Boston and include R I Law of Galesburg Illinois W D McCulloch of Brazil Indiana and John F Hudson of Millsburg Ohio.
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Minneapolis
Eli Torrence
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilford A. Wetherbee
Boston
Mass
Tllinois—R. I. Law
Galesburg
Indiana
W. D. McCulloch
Brazil
Ohio
John F. Hudson
Millsburg
Truth or consequence in informal talk atchison Globe
A columnist notes how friends prompt blunt honesty during conversations. The piece discusses how to respond when someone asks for the full truth and suggests careful, non confrontational wording to avoid offense.
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Atchison Globe
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Proposed Court of Claims
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Barranquilla
General Pinzon
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Barrera
Buena Vista
Stein
Sunrise
United States Fruit Company
Bocas del Terro
Tant Records
City
Alternative
Pierce
Tyr. Pierce
Warner’s
Ney
Liv
Bright
Barker
J. L. Barker
Stevens Point
Warner Safe Care Co
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