First Anthracite Strike Commission Action Sets Wages Date
SCRANTON Pa Oct 31 The first action of the anthracite coal strike commission sets any wage award to take effect November 1 1902 The panel completed a brief unanimous resolution and began underground inspections at the Manville colliery noting thin seams and dangerous roofs The delegation included six commissioners two assistants and miner representatives as they toured the mines and questioned workers about pay and conditions
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Scranton
Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Carroll D. Wright
Wright
Calru
Manville
Delaware
Delaware & Hudson Com
Phillips
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Nicholls
Manville Ievy
Forest City
Corder Wright
Con
Op Spalding
Inters
General Wilson
Messrs
Clark Parker
Wilson
Miners Drill Brief Hole as Inspectors Observe Coal Cars
Visitors return to surface after witnessing miners drill a narrow hole in a shaft about 315 feet deep. Commissioners note six inch topping rule violations on coal cars and plan tours of Wilkes Barre area mines. Hearings may start within a week with testimony from operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Taylor
Ore and Throop
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Prospect
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
North Wilkesbarre
Plymouth
Bishop Spalding
Bishop Hoban
Schuylkill
Gray
Wright
Hazleton
Panther Creek
Illinois Coal Operators' Association Declines to Answer Questions
Chicago Oct 31 The Illinois Coal Operators' Association through its commissioner Hermann D Justi declines to answer questions regarding the Black Diamond tomorrow and related issues. The item continues on page 3, column 6.
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Illinois Operators’ Association
Chicago
The
Black Diamond
Illinois Coal Operators’ Association
Hermann D. Justi
Postmaster Williamson Exonerated in Political Case
Washington reports Wallace W. Williamson of Columbia City, editor of the Columbia City Mail, has been exonerated after inspector J. D. Foster found the indictments were politically motivated and a personal attack. The case involved false liquor license affidavit and alleged alterations to license figures. No action will be taken. the department closes the matter.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Wallace W. Williamson
Columbia City
J. D. Foster
Williamson
George Boyd
Boyd
Columbia City Mail
Eee
Jane
Post Office Department
Perjury Conviction Shocks St. Louis Boo d le Case
Edmund Bersch, ex member of St Louis House of Delegates, found guilty of perjury before the grand jury in a $75 000 boodle fund scheme linked to a suburban franchise bill. Sentenced to five years, bondsman Ed Butler failed to post a new bond, and Bersch was jailed. Indicted on two bribery counts and one perjury count, with sentencing deferred as he faces further trials. The trial was marked by rapid deliberation and limited defense.
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Bersch
Circuit
Folk
St. Louis
New York Chauffeur Convicted of Manslaughter
Herbert B. Marble of New York City was found guilty of manslaughter in a New Haven Superior Court. He received a one year jail term and a $1,000 fine after his automobile on the Wellingford turnpike struck a vehicle carrying John Molz and his son, causing Molz to die from injuries. Marble’s attorney asked for the sentence to be set aside.
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New Haven
Conn
Herbert B. Marble
New York City
Superior Court
Wellingford Turnpike
Marble
John Molz
Vanderlip Warns of Liquid Capital Conversion
William R. Vanderlip warns New York financiers that excessive liquid capital is being shifted into fixed investments, signaling potential peril to market liquidity and economic flexibility.
Vanderlip Warns on Loans and Prices at Wilmington Banquet
Frank A. Vanderlip of National City Bank warned that investments must stay within total income as loans expand and prices rise. He cited broader trade shifts, a halt in export growth, and rising imports, calling for conservative policy to avoid financial disaster while noting long-term strengths in the United States economy.
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Wilmington
N. C
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank of New York
Treasury
McKinley
Chamber of Commerce
Vanderlip
Moen
Mayor Johnson Strikes Republican Official Amid Square Dispute
In Cleveland on October 31 Mayor Tom L Johnson allegedly struck William Mylecraine, a Republican tax board official, after Mylecraine accused him of lying. Bystanders report a heated exchange before the punch. Johnson says he intended only a slap during a dispute over ward assessments and notes no warrant had been sought by the official by nightfall.
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Cleveland
Public Square
Tom L. Johnson
William Mylecraine
Republican Tax Board
Mylecraine
Johnson
Marconi Arrives in Sydney Aboard Italian Warship
William Marconi reached Sydney harbor aboard the Carlo Alberto, a warship lent by the Italian king. He went ashore to view machinery for his wireless station at Table Head, then returned to the vessel. Reports say tests were made with the Poldhouse station in Cornwall on the voyage, and the Glace Bay Table Head station will be ready next week for transatlantic tests.
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Sydney
C. B
William Marconi
Place Bay
Carlo Alberto
Italy
Table Head
Poldhouse
Cornwall
Glace Bay
One of J. J. Hill's Schemes to Build West Steel Mills
West to have iron and steel mills rivaling any in the world. James J. Hill arrived in Great Falls to arrange and push a definite project for smelting and iron industry development in the West as part of a major expansion plan.
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Great Falls
Mont
James J
Dexon
West
Iid
Senator Fairbanks Delayed By Rail Wreck At Dalton
Memorial Hall Valparaiso hosts Senator Charles W. Fairbanks amid a crowd eager for his speech. A wreck near Dalton delayed trains to Chicago, but no serious injuries occurred. Fairbanks greeted by local Republicans and about three hundred male students from Valparaiso Normal. He urged unity and the need for young men to engage in civic duties.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Memorial Hall
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Chicago
State Committee
Representative Crumpacker
Crumpacker
Col
M. L. Motte
L. C. B. ‘Suman
Agnew
John Belam
Evansville
Dalton
Lil
Valparaiso Normal
Fairbanks Speech Praised by Normal Students
Senator Fairbanks addressed Normal School students praising his administration and urging a clear vote on national and state policies. He lauded E. D. Crumpacker as a principled representative, urged voters to decide at the ballot box, and received enthusiastic applause as the crowd chanted supportive cheers.
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Fairbanks
House of Representatives
E. D. Crumpacker
Doukhobors in retreat described as beyond reason
Yorkton N W T October 31 Colonization Agent Speers declares the Doukhobors must be taken care of and that force may be necessary as exhaustion hunger and sleeplessness drive the march. He reports women as hopeless lunatics and men sleeping in ditches and on railway tracks amid a dangerous march.
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Speers
Yorktown
Cuban minister on treaty says accord purely commercial
Senor Quesada Cuban minister to the United States says the reciprocity treaty is a commercial convention with no political ties to the Platt amendment. He notes Cuba studies the Hay draft and will return with observations that protect Cuban and American interests. He cites rising commerce and American investment in Havana. He recalls McKinley’s stance on Havana naval stations and says Estrada Palma secured a pledge against such a base prior to McKinley’s assassination.
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Washington
Senor Quesada
United States
Cuba
Hay
Blaine
Quesada
Havana
Cuban
Squiers
McKinley
Estrada Palma
Canton
Roosevelt
Palma
Eruptions Report Santa Maria Ashes In Volcanic Outbreak
Cables from Guatemala report Santa Maria eruption ongoing with no damage. Iscaleo volcano near Salvador shows ash depths up to twelve inches at Ocos Railroad terminus. Colon steamer accounts a violent-isolated blast near Acajutlan with black smoke rising high, sparking quake fears among coastal communities.
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Santa Maria
Iscalco
Salvador
San Francisco
Felipe Galicia
Bolivia
Guatemala
Ocos
Pacific
Colon
Acajutlan
Iscaleo
Iscarco
Sewer Diggers Die in Niagara Falls Sewer Accident
Four men killed and three seriously affected by gas in a Niagara Falls sewer heading near Twenty fourth Street. Victims named Lawrence Fisher George Rhodes Hugo Swanson William Bradish. Seriously injured Romano Kovich Sam Finch colored Michael Mulroy foreman. Thirteen men worked the sewer crew as a blast and gas filled the shaft area.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Twenty-fourth Street
Lawrence Fisher
George Rhodes
Hugo Swanson
William Bradish
Romano Kovich
Sam Finch
Michael Mulroy
Foreman
Kovich
Shaft
Goodrich Republicans Eye House Majority Says 25 to 30 Likely
Republican leaders led by James P. Goodrich predict a GOP gain in the state legislature with a potential 25 to 30 seats in the lower house and a Republican majority on joint session. He cites conservative estimates, notes Allen county support, and urges voters to turn out next Tuesday.
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James P
Goodrich
James A. Hemenway
Day
James EB
Jesse Overstreet
Mer
Charley B. Landis
Gar D. Crumpacker
Landis
Abraham Ie Brick
Chaney
Goo
James M. Ro
Gilhiams
Hams
Allen County
Rid
Elmer Leonard
Allen
Gil
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Anthracite Strike Commission
Wadge Gray
Mitchell
Postoffice
New York
Ai Fruron
Tom Johnson
Marconi
J. J. Hill
Senator Fairbanks
GON
William L. Tagg
Republican Party
Ter
James A. Ceding
Yandes Brown
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