Anthracite strike enters sixth week with no settlement
Wilkesbarre Pa June 14 after six weeks of stalemate in the anthracite miners strike no side has yielded. About 145000 idle including men and boys, as leaders warn third parties may be needed for a settlement. Dynamite damaged West Hazleton home of special officer James Applegate. two men held up him and a miner George Wetsenborn arrested. District committee to probe the bombing and possible expulsion of lawless workers.
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Wilkesbare
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company
Nottingham
Plymouth
Susquehanna
Mitchiell
West Virginia
Kanawha
New Fiver
Mlinois
Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Olinois
Michigan
Tchell
West Ln
Wicile
Patrick ‘Filday
Morrisdale
Central Pennsylvania
Mine Workers’ Union
Auatters
Aeay
Pennsylvania
Hazleton
James Applegate
West Hazleton
Applegate
Cranberry
Frank Pardee
Duffy
Cranpees
Pocahontas Field Strike Shows Slight Change in Work Return
Roanoke Va June 14 Official N and W railroad report on Pocahontas coal fields shows gradual return to work with no growing strikers. Four mines idle of 46, about cars loaded, minor gains in workers at the Tas Collieries and Crosier works as communication remains limited and some lawlessness reported. Charleston W Va Amsted miners return to work. railroads short of fuel with coal supplies tight along the line.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Pocahontas
Ratiroead
Onoigh
Tas
Crosier
Elkhorn
Charleston
W. Va
Amsted
New River District
Unable to supply commuters fuels city fears of disruption
City officials expressed worry over potential fuel shortages as commuters confront possible service disruption. No violence reported, but concerns centered on supply chain reliability and key transit timelines. Local agencies monitor reserves and coordinate with suppliers to stabilize service.
New York to curb use of soft coal by firms
The city announces a Monday start to actions against corporations to end soft coal use. Assistant Corporation Counsel Arthur F. Cosby said criminal proceedings will be begun against the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company for violating applicable rules.
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New York
City of
Arthur F. Cosby
Manhattan Elevated Railway Company
Accidental drownings reported in New York and Tennessee
In New York, Clarence Foster and Sarah Lawrence, last together Monday, were found dead in Shinnecock and Shinnecock bays with indications of foul play. Coroner rules accidental drowning after investigation. In Dyersburg Tennessee, Mrs Cooper and three children Pearl Cleveland and Robert aged fifteen thirteen and ten drowned in Obion river while the mother tried to save the baby. Baby and Mrs Cooper rescued. three children buried in one grave.
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New York
Clarence Foster
Shinnecock Bay
Long Island
Sarah Lawrence
Foster
Good Ground
Lo Island
Lawrence Lo
Dyersburg
Tenn
Obion River
Cooper
Pearl
Cleveland
Robert
Three Children Drown While Crossing Licking River
In Zanesville Ohio on June 14 Willie Saunders ten years old and his companions Carl Gunyun and John Roach aged nine perished while wading the Licking River near their homes. Gunyun led the group and called for help after a fall. all were drowned and bodies were recovered shortly after the accident.
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Zanesville
Willie Saunders
Carl Gunyun
John Roach
Naomi Saunders
Charles C. Gunyun
Licking River
Guryun
Dull Day in Congress as Canal Bills Move Forward
In Washington June 14 Senate debate on the Isthmian Canal-Deficiency Bill continues with Morgan of Alabama supporting the Nicaragua canal measure and criticizing the Panama project. D C appropriation and numerous pension bills pass. a survey detail for the Isthmus of Darien is proposed. House actions include war claims payments and private pension legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Panama
District of Columbia
Scott
West Virginia
Darien
Allison
House
Hansbrough
South Dakota
Spooner
Wisconsin
Spain
South Carolina
Tillman
McLaurin
Hay
Virginia
Secretary of War
Philippines
Committee On Insular Affairs
United States
Indian Territory
Department of Justice
Cannon
Committee On Appropriations
Changes in Earth's Surface Seismic Rise Noted in Pa
Harrisburg reports Col. H. C. Demming of the U S Geological Survey writes that Pennsylvania elevations above sea level have increased compared with older records. He cites rises from two inches to over twenty four inches in Honeybrook, Chester County, Columbia, Lancaster, Gettysburg, Adams, Newville, Cumberland, and Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Martinique
Col
H. C. Demming
United States Geological Survey
Charles D. Walcott
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
United States
Honeybrook
Chester County
Columbia
Lancaster County
Gettysburg
Adams County
Newville
Cumberland County
Dauphin County
French revenue cutter reports Mont Pelee eruption ash on deck
The L Aigle, ten miles from Martinique, encountered volcanic ash from Mont Pelee during passage near St Pierre at 2 am. The eruption's ash settled on deck but did not threaten the vessel.
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Roseaul
Island of
Dominica
St. Pierre
Martinique
Mont Pelee
Panic at Omaha Windstorm Hits Shoppers
A Saturday night windstorm in Omaha Neb caused a panic among hundreds of shoppers on the streets. A revival meeting tent was blown down injuring no one seriously while several women fainted and emergency crews assisted the frightened crowd.
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Omaha
Neb
Prserens
Senator Elkins Seeks Cuban Annexation to Statehood
Senator Elkins introduced a Senate joint resolution for annexing Cuba and admitting it as a U S state. It envisions a republican Cuba admitted on conditions including a constitutional submission by 1904 and a $100,000 funding, aiming to settle reciprocity debates within Republican politics.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate
Cuba
Congress
Republic of
United States
Con
Republic of Cuba
Texas
Ene
Republican Party
Senators Confer on Cuban Reciprocity Plan Next Week
Washington June 14. Republican Cuban relations committee members plan to finalize terms of a substitute bill for the House measure and report to a Republican caucus Tuesday or Wednesday. If the caucus endorses it, the Senate committee will report the bill, aiming to move it before the Isthmian canal debate concludes. Discussions center on removing the refined sugar duty, with beet sugar Republicans split over abolishing it, though most back the House bill unamended.
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Washington
Committee
Senate
Improbable tale on Gomez bribery denied by officials
Washington reports quote officials close to President Roosevelt denying a New Orleans claim that General Gomez received 25000 to withdraw from Cuba and aid Estrada Palma. Secretary Hay and Secretary Root dismiss the charge as absurd or exaggerated while Gen Leonard Wood also says there is no ground to the story. The day includes Roosevelt, Root, Payne and Hanna breakfast discussing the Cuban reciprocity question.
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Washington
New Orleans
Gomez
Estrada Palma
Roosevelt
Hay
Root
Wood
General Wood
Comes
Boston
Leonard Wood
Harvard
Payne
Hanna
Lafayette Square
Hading
Breakfast claims abort politics at rally as Hanna travels
Those present refused to discuss the meeting claiming no political significance. They cited the ladies of the party at the breakfast and noted Senator Hanna left for Cleveland to attend his daughter's wedding tonight.
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Hanna
Cleveland
Bartlett resolution seeks wartime Cuba payments to Thurber
In Washington on June 14 Representative Bartlett of Georgia introduced a resolution demanding the secretary of war disclose any payments from Cuban funds or the Cuban treasury made by US military authorities to F B Thurber or others for advocating lower duties on American goods in Cuba or for supporting reciprocity measures. The same dispatch notes Berlin commentary blaming Congress for unfriendly Cuban sentiment and Roosevelt’s reputed support for Cuba. Also Hay to receive Minister Quesada at the White House next Monday.
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Washington
Bartlett
Georgia
House
House of Representatives
Cuba
United States
F. B. Thurber
United States Export Association
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Roosevelt
Congress
Republic
Hay
Quesada
White House
Birthday of Old Glory Marked by Nationwide Flag Displays
Philadelphia observed the 125th anniversary of the American flag with widespread displays from business houses and homes. Betsy Ross’s birthplace at 2 Arch Street drew schoolchildren from Philadelphia Camden Burlington and other New Jersey towns all day.
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Philadelphia
Arch Street
Betsy Ross
Camden
Burlington
New Jersey
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself in Springfield
Lemuel Hickman, a Springfield restaurant keeper, shot his wife in Washington Park and then shot himself in the stomach. Mrs. Hickman died shortly after at the hospital. Jealousy was given as the motive.
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Lemuel Hickman
Mimself
Springfield
Washington Park
Hickman
Train suicide shocks crowded coach in Springfield
Springfield Illinois June 4. E E Gilbert of St Louis committed death by own action on a Chicago and Alton passenger train this afternoon by shooting. The health is assigned as the cause. The shooting caused consternation among passengers in coach which was crowded.
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Springfield
E. E. Gilbert
St. Louis
Chicago & Alton
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