CLAIMS MADE TO ARMS AGAINST OUTRAGES IN COAL STRIKE
In Shenandoah and Shamokin Pennsylvania Provost Marshal Farquhar warned the United Mine Workers advisory board of arrests if dynamiting continues. Michael Mushague was seized for alleged involvement in Brownsvill e dynamiting. union No. 1 58 voted to remain on strike pending concessions. A nonunion engineer was assaulted by a mob near Mahonoy City, with police dispersing the attackers and su perintendents asking troops be stationed at the local colliery.
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Farquhar
Focal Advisory Board
The
United Mine Workers
Michael Mushague
Tyroo
Tofay
Muis
Mitchell
Shamokin
John Colson
Mahonoy City
Reading Company
Henry Clay
Coal and Iron
Deltrick
Dynamiting at Union Supporter Frank Hintz Home
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on October 7 a dynamite blast shattered the back door and windows of Frank Hintz home. Hintz was away at the time and the family escaped injury.
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Shenandoah
Frank Hintz
Hints
Outlook Colliery to Resume Work in Wyoming
Temple Iron Company announces enough men secured to restart the Outlook colliery in Wyoming. Operations will begin today or tomorrow as reports vary on recent gains and losses at nearby collieries. The main question now is whether President Mitchell will call a convention to consider the Roosevelt proposition.
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Scranton
Temple Iron Company
Outlook
Wyoming
Miners Aid Motive Grows From Indiana Mass Meeting
The Muncie relief committee strengthens support for anthracite strikers after a mass gathering. Donations flow in, Petty Brothers pledge proceeds from a roller skating rink, and two Muncie football teams plan a benefit match at Athletic Park next Sunday to aid the miners. A further mass meeting is planned with an expected weekly $1,000 disbursed until the strike ends.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Petty Brothers
Athletic Park
No Outlook for Settlement in Anthracite Strike
President Gompers of the AFL said there is no early resumption of work by the striking anthracite miners and the outcome remains uncertain beyond possible concessions. Troops dispersed a 1,000-strong crowd at Royal Oak colliery as nonunionists barricaded inside. locals in Marion, Indiana pledged 3,000 dollars to aid the strikers, with other unions contributing smaller sums.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Mr. Gompers
Shamokin
Royal Oak
Mt. Carmel
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
American Flint Glassworkers' Union
Pennsylvania
Miners Offered Soft Berths as Desertion Bribes
The article notes soft berths offered to deserting miners with potential earnings of twenty to thirty dollars, a small number of workers eligible, while regular earnings require each man to pay his own helpers under normal conditions.
Samuel Arnold Dead at Masonville After Lincoln Conspiracy Conviction
Samuel Arnold, seventy two, died at his Masonville home in Anne Arundel county. He was convicted in 1865 for participation in the Lincoln assassination and, with Dr Mudd and others, was sentenced to Dry Tortugas for life but later pardoned by President Johnson. Arnold had promised a statement to exonerate himself, but its existence or release remains unclear.
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Baltimore
Samuel Arnold
Abraham Lincoln
Masonville
Anne Arundel County
Arnold
Dr. Mudd
Frank McLaughlin
Washington
Andrew Johnson
Mudd
Johnson
Lincoln
Dr C H Brutton Dies at Lake Minnetonka Home
Dr. C H Brutton, aged 66, died at his home on Lake Minnetonka Oct 7 from Brights disease. A former Kentucky Union regiment major, he was a prominent Mason and past senior warden of the Kentucky Grand Lodge. Survived by a widow two daughters and a son.
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Minneapolis
Minn
C. H. Brutton
Excelsior
Lake Minnetonka
Bright
Kentucky
Brutton
Kentucky Grand Lodge
Death of Judge Caldwell at 85 in Carbonear
In Carboneal Newfoundland Judge Isaac H. Caldwell aged eighty five died today. Surviving children include Beverly C. Caldwell president of Louisiana State Normal University.
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Carbondale
Isaac H. Caldwell
Beverly C. Caldwell
Louisiana State Normal University
Former Representative Grout Dies in Kirby at 66
ST. JOHNSBURY VT Oct 7 Former Representative William W Grout died today at Kirby after six weeks illness of malarial fever and other complications He was sixty six years old.
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ST. Johnsbury, Vt
Wiliam W. Grout
Kirby
French Miners Debate General Strike After Delayed Vote
Paris reports show the French Miners Federation delaying a general strike vote as divisions grow between immediate action and negotiation with the government. Telegrams from Lens indicate 36,000 miners halted work in Pas de Calais, with troops deployed to threatened sites. Geneva unions threaten a general strike tomorrow if streetcar workers' demands remain unmet after talks with government and company reps.
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French Miners’ Federation
M. Bailey
Pas de Calais
Pas de Nord
Loire
Carmaux
Lens
Geneva
Trades Unions of
Franco-Siamese Treaty Signed At Elysee Paris
Foreign Minister Delcasse announced a Franco-Siamese convention defining Mekong basin boundaries and rights. Siam may station Siamese troops along the banks, must use Siamese staff for projects, and may seek French consent for foreign help. frontier shifts grant France control over Angkor and Bassac regions with evacuation of Chantabun upon handover.
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Prince, NY Central Railway Treasurer, Dies at 44
Yonkers New York October 7 George F Prince treasurer of the New York Central Railway died at his residence in this city today He was forty four years old.
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Yonkers
N. Y
George F. Prince
New York Central Railway
Ousted From Coed Club by Pittsburg Chapter
At the Andrew Carnegie Naturists Club annual meeting in Pittsburg on October 7 the group voted to exclude girls from membership. Secretary Addison E. Bailey cited nuisance and talkative behavior as reasons. The club totals over 200 members, mostly under twenty.
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Andrew Carnegie Naturalists’ Club
Addison
Bailey
Conference of Appraisers Opens in New York
The annual conference of merchandise appraisers in the United States customs service began at Appraiser Whitehead's office. Attendees include representatives from eleven key posts, with Col. F N Vicker of New Orleans present. The goal is uniform classification and appraisal, with recommendations to be submitted to the secretary of the treasury.
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F. N. Vicker
New Orleans
Secretary of the Treasury
Laurier predicts empire built on peace and trade
Premier Laurier, in Liverpool, spoke on expanding the Canadian produce trade and predicted Canada could meet Britain’s grain needs in wartime, urging a future empire rooted in peace. London reports Sept Board of Trade shows imports up 17.8 million and exports up 9.19 million with rises in manufactured goods and metals.
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Laurier
Canada
Great Britain
London
Board of Trade
Veiled Prophets Parade Draws Record Crowd in St Louis
The twenty-fifth Veiled Prophets street pageant and ball, under Merchants' Exchange, drew over 100000 visitors. Seventeen floats celebrated the Louisiana Purchase as Miss Maud Wells, daughter of the mayor, was crowned queen at the Merchants' Exchange. Nearby in St Johns Labrador, a fierce gale wrecked eighteen vessels with no lives lost, 139 fishermen rescued aboard the Virginia Lake.
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ST. Johns
N.F
Virginia Lake
Labrador
Miners Federation votes relief funds for striking Americans
The Miners Federation of Great Britain voted 5000 dollars from its central fund to aid striking American miners at Southport and urged further donations from executive boards and districts. A reader questions a Chicago Record-Herald claim about possible wages in the anthracite fields and explains that mine managers lure certificated union miners with easy, low-effort work to fracture the strike.
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Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
Southport
Central Fund For
Walter Wetman
Chicago Record-Herald
Record-Herald
The
Inquirer
Jeshia Sven
Riz
Irish Nationalists Meet Discuss Education Bill Strategy
Dublin reports that Irish Nationalist MPs held a secret conference to decide how to approach the English education bill. Fifty members debated whether to back the bill, oppose it, or abstain, with a general aim to keep options open for Nationalist aims. John Redmond, John Dillon, and Michael Davitt were praised as they prepared for the United Irish League convention in Boston on Oct 19.
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Dublin
John Redmond
John Dillion
Michael Davitt
Boston
United Irish League
Psa Pea
Denver Saloon Robberies End In Fatal Shootout
Two masked men held up and robbed four saloons across Denver between 10:30 P.M. and midnight. At the final robbery Charles Botkin was shot and killed as he attempted to flee. Police launched a citywide manhunt.
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Denver
Charles Botkin
Andrews Appears Before Supreme Court on Bail Request
Frank C. Andrews former vice president of City Savings Bank of Detroit faced the Supreme Court today on a writ of habeas corpus and a bail motion while awaiting the writ of error ruling. Arguments were heard and a decision likely to come tomorrow.
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Lansing, Mich
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank of
Detroit
Supreme Court
Church Congress Seeks Unity for Evangelistic Work
The forty second Church Congress opened in Northampton with record attendance. Addresses urged reunion and mutual recognition among denominations to forge a common evangelistic organization and end the harmful religious suspicion across England.
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English Church Congress
London
Forty-Second Church Congress
Northampton
Herbert Henson
Westminster Abbey
England
Rioters Attack New Orleans Streetcars in Violent Strike
In New Orleans on October 7 the mayor urged the governor to call out troops as strikers attacked streetcars. Four cars were damaged, nonunion workers were assaulted or detained, and police offered little resistance. A push to mobilize volunteers and militia followed, with emergency patrols and a call for troops to suppress anticipated violence amid the streetcar strike.
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Canal Street
Tonti Street
F. H. Schwenck
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George W. Centerfield
St. Louis
J. H. Edison
Baton Rouge
Capdeveille
Public Safety Committee
Louisiana
Drought Hit Northern Victoria Wheat Yield Said Zero
Melbourne Times correspondent reports prolonged drought in Northern Victoria leaves large wheat areas barren and farmers appeal to government for relief. General Corbin Young and Wood to dine with King Edward at Buckingham Palace Oct 13. Lucie Wolf Norway’s leading actress dies at 69. Belgrade dispatches deem Macedonia unrest minor. Kamchatka shipwreck sinks nine sailors. A A Prozolor noted political economist. Bourcart appointed Swiss minister to Washington deemed final.
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Melbourne
the Times
Victoria
Corbin
Young and
Wood
Edward
Buckingham Palace
Lucie Wolf
Norway
Christiania
Belgrade
Macedonia
Turkey
A. A. Prosolor
St. Petersburg
Kamchatka Peninsula
M. Prozolor
Swiss Federal Council
C. D. Bourcart
Switzerland
Washington
Fort Riley Maneuvers Endorse Pontoon Bridge Test
At Fort Riley Kansas the line of battle exercise tested a pontoon bridge across the Kansas river. Blue and brown divisions simulated attack with cavalry acting as infantry, praised for military value though critics seek larger scale maneuvers. A national guard officers meeting praised the training and thanked the war secretary for participation. Brigadier General Wiley departed after orders to mobilize his brigade amid state labor troubles.
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Stockdale
Republican
Kansas
North Reservation
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Blues
Robbe
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National Guard
General Bates
Secretary of War
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Consolidations in iron and steel will not destroy competition
Archer Brown argues in Engineering Magazine that large steel consolidations will not create a monopoly. Competition will remain robust as smaller manufacturers multiply, gain flexibility, and survive amid big rivals. Big firms may fatten, but supply chains, materials, and skilled management will keep competition alive in the United States.
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Engineering Magazine
Iron and Steel Industry
United States
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup Ad Claims Wide Use
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup as a fifty year trusted teething remedy. It promises to soothe, gum softening, pain relief, wind colic cure, bowel regulation, and diarrhoea relief. Available worldwide from druggists, with a price per bottle.
Executive Council Actions by AF of L in Labor Moves
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor met to draft a public address on the coal strike, report on Canada’s labor gains, and pursue continental wage earner unity. Charters for glove workers were not granted. shipwrights joining fulfilled with conditions. efforts urged to pass child labor laws in Southern and other states. Gompers authorized to lead the campaign.
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American Federation of Labor
John A. Fiett
Trades and Labor Congress
Dominion of Canada
A. F. of L
National Union of United Brewery Workers
International Union of Steam Engineers
Gompers
Calriers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Loom Fixers Meet In Woonsocket Oct 7
The National Loom Fixers' Association of America, in convention here, passes resolutions protesting high coal and wood prices as a working class scheme. It condemns coal operators and calls for an eight hour day, public ownership of essentials, referendum and direct legislation. Local unions urged to back labor candidates. Auditing committee reports strong finances with 4,500 members and reduced per capita tax.
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Woonsocket
R. L
National Loom Fixers’ Association of America
United Coal Operators
Native committee to seek child labor law amendments
In Chicago on Oct 7 a unanimous group of leading clubs civic societies and the Chicago bar decided that a native committee go to Springfield to lobby for amendments to the child labor and compulsory education laws. In Detroit on Oct 7 the twenty first annual convention of the American Street Railway Association will be called.
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Civic Societies
Chicago Bar
Springfield
Detroit
Mich
American Street Railway Association
Delegates Expected Over Thousand At Morning Light Guard Meeting
The notice states that the Light Guard event tomorrow morning will draw more than a thousand delegates in attendance. The forecasted turnout suggests a large gathering and requires orderly proceedings.
W. C. Ritchie & Co. Box Plant Strikes Idle Factory
Five hundred female workers at W. C. Ritchie & Co. paper box plant walk off for higher pay, joining a wage-demand strike that also saw male workers strike yesterday. The factory stands idle as labor protests continue.
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Chicago
W. C. Ritchie & Co
Railroad strike widens across Texas Mexico and National lines
Laredo Texas October 71 The strike of firemen switch engineers and hostlers on the Texas Mexican and National Railroad Company systems via rated Sunday in spreading Not a move has been moved for three days.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas-Mexican and National Railroad Company
Strike disrupts Belfont mill packing-out boys
IRONTON Ohio October 7 A strike by packing-out boys at the Belfont mill shuts the wire nail e factory as the company, well stocked, makes no move to resume. Fort Worth Texas October 7 Two hundred fifty carpenters at the Swift and Armour packing houses strike for 3 dollars for an eight hour day.
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Ironton, O
Belfont
Fort Worth
Tex
Swift and Armour Packing
Public debate on Secretary Shaw cash reserve action
The New York Evening Post signals broad approval of Secretary Shaw for relaxing fixed cash reserves on government deposits but warns the measure may set a legal precedent. editors question the authority cited, noting no explicit clause in law, and foresee potential political scrutiny and congressional inquiry.
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Shaw
Congress
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