Brooklyn Strikes Rock After Atlantic Coast Attack
Navy reports show the cruiser Brooklyn struck a rock near Dumpling Lighthouse after leaving New Bedford. Divers will inspect the hull as captains confer on repairs, with possible voyage to New York if damage proves serious. Olympia Puritan Mayflower dispatched to Block Island. Brooklyn to be evaluated for further action.
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Newport
R. L
Brooklyn
Coghlan
New Bedford
Olympia
Mayflower
Block Island
Naval
Peoria
Leyden
Army naval attack on Fort Trumbull Aces New London defense
Early today the naval squadron mounted a two hour bombardment of Fort Wright and nearby defenses, with ships Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts and Indiana firing on Fort Michie and other targets. Official reports from Major General MacArthur noted ships alternately engaged and repeatedly subjected to counter fire, with signaling efficiency aiding the barrage.
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New London
Conn
Fort Trumbull
Army of Defense
Fort Wright
Fisher's Island
Kearsarge
Alabama
Massachusetts
Indiana
MacArthur
Enema
H. G. Wright
Fort Michie
Gardiner’s Bay
Coastal Battle Test as Fort Wright Fends Off Four Battleships
In a morning naval exercise four battleships formed a line of battle and attacked Fort Wright and Fort Mansfield at Napatree point. The assault included landing attempts covered by ship fire, repelled by Gatling guns and fort defenses. The fleet then returned toward Block Island, while Fort Wright and Michie and Terry forts fired sparingly. Official reports pending. Colonel Frye claims victory for the army, saying the hostile fleet was driven off and defeated.
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Fort Wright
Fisher's Island
Davis
Block Island
Fort Mansfield
Napatree Point
Mansfield
Shi
Fort Michie
Fort Terry
New Bedford
Fort Bodman
Frye
Duchess Not Aboard Admiral Higginson Flagship
Washington dispatch says naval officers returning from Newport deny the Duchess of Marlborough boarded Admiral Higginson's flagship last Saturday. Assistant Secretary Sanger and friends asked to come aboard. permission granted but the duchess was not in the party.
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Washington
Newport
Duchess of Marlborough
American Bicycle Company receivers appointed in Newark
Judge Kilpatrick at Newark names Col. Albert A. Pope R Lindsey Coleman and John A. Miller as receivers for the American Bicycle Company amid defaulted bond interest of 225000. Assets listed at 7751000 with uncertain value. Separate suit in Philadelphia seeks 16162.25 for materials from the International Motor Car Company which operates the Waverley factory in New York City.
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Trenton
N. J
Kirkpatrick
Newark
Albert A. Pope
R. Lindsey Coleman
John A. Miller
American Bicycle Company
Colonel Pope
Mr. Coleman
Baring, Magoun & Co
Federal Manufacturing Company
Smithers & Co
New York
Geo. F. Crane
W. A. Read
George W. Young
F. 8. Smithers
Colgate Hoyt
Ferdinand Winter
Electric Storage Battery Company
Philadelphia
the Couny
Veteran Who Saw Napoleon to Attend Grand Army Encampment
W H Garland of Washington aged ninety three, veteran of navy service, education at Exeter and William and Mary, claims to have seen Napoleon Bonaparte. He visited St Helena in 1819 as a boy, sailed on the Constitution, witnessed Navarino and Algiers battles, served in the Civil War, and attended 23 Grand Army Encampments. He lost his wife and four children in an 1884 Evansville flood and survived with three weeks in a tree.
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Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
W. H. Garland
Mr. Garland
Virginia
Phillips’ Academy
Exeter
Willam and Mary College
Napoleon Bonaparte
St. Helena
Garland
Navarino
Algiers
Fremont
Plains
California
Forty Niners
Evansville
Ind
Reading Company chief defends wage policy in coal strike
President Baer of Reading Company and Senators Quay and Penrose meet in Philadelphia to discuss the anthracite miners strike. Baer argues management rests with owners, condemns wage arbitration, and outlines four propositions on wages, price, labor rights, and individual freedom. He cites law, public welfare, and the need to guard property and employment, noting police protection and resistance to union interference.
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Philadelphia
George F. Baer
Reading Company
United States
Quay
Penrose
Baer
Pennsylvania
Mitchell
John Mitchell
Beddall
Gobb
Civic Federation
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Erie
United Mine Workers
Bat
Wright report urges nine hour day and union conciliation plan
Washington reports Commissioner Carroll D Wright finds no confidence between operators and miners fuels strike. He proposes a nine hour day for six months, a joint conciliation commission, and binding decisions with no interference with nonunion workers. He notes miners oppose strike but union leaders have limited ability to discipline members. Operators seek mutual labor planning and warn wage hikes raise costs.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Wright
Miners’ Union
Miners in the City Strife Details From West Virginia
United Mine Workers leaders Harry Bousefield and Don Kelliher visited Secretary Wilson in Blossburg Pa to report on West Virginia strike conditions. They described militia miners fraternizing, guards disarmed, and troops maintaining order. They recounted the Cook incident and a fatal Fanning shooting, noting exaggerated fire rumors at a mine to draw troops.
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Harry Bousefield
Kansas
Don Kelliher
Arkansas
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Wilson
Blossburg
Coal Company
Fanning
Cook
F@nning
Montgomery
New York Man Journeys Globe by Wager Earns Surplus
Vernon Churchill, who left the Waldorf Astoria on New Year's day 1901 to circle the globe in twenty months, arrived in Philadelphia on the Majestic two days early. He began with a nickel from Admiral Dewey, must earn expenses, and aims to return with $2000 in cash or diamonds. Churchill, a lightning artist who travels first class, plans to repeat the trip by automobile next year.
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New York
Philadelphia
Vernon Churchill
Waldorf- Astoria
Globe
Majestic
Admiral Dewey
Paul Boyton
Churchill
Correcting History Chicago News Finds Fitzsimmons Younger
Records show Fitzsimmons is a year younger than he thought. The correction notes his first year age differs from what he believed for this year.
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Chicago News
Fitzsimmons
Emperor William visits Posen amid mixed Polish response
The German force entered Posen at sunset as the city welcomed the Emperor and Empress with bells and flags while Polish residents remained silent. The visit showcased German resolve in the Polish disputed region, with fortifications to be demolished and modernized ring defenses planned beyond the city limits.
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Posen
Germany
Anton Radziwill
William
Garde du Corps
Frederick William
Count von Buelow
von Moltke
Coma Aron
Hasen
Russia
Kansas
Warsaw
Prussian
Poland
Czarinas Miscarriage Reported In St Petersburg
The official journal De St Peters bu rg today announced the Czarina miscarried after pregnancy changes months ago. No complications noted. Court acoucher Professor Ott and court surgeon Professor Hirsch signed the report. Copenhagen reports say the Czarina is in serious condition with no further danger expected. Dowager Czarina may depart Sept 7 with King George of Greece if illness affects plans.
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ST. Petersburg
Ott
Hirsch
Copenhagen
Denmark
Czarina
Russia
George
Greece
Rage of a Hungarian mob rocks Agram streets
In Agram Hungary on September 3 rioters wrecked Captain Vitas’s house after he fired on them wounding a man. Mob barricades rise, Servian shops plundered and homes destroyed despite a state of siege and troops dispersing crowds.
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Agram
Hungary
Vitas
Ny Aes
Riots Subdued as Martial Law Is Proclaimed
Rioters arrested while troops occupy streets and battalions posted. Martial law proclaimed and newspapers confiscated. In Vrabose a mob stoned gendarmes. gendarmes fired, killing one rioter and wounding others. A dispatch from Vienna reports unconfirmed rumor of Serbian retaliation in Agram against Croatians.
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Irbobrat
Vraboe
London
Vienna
Daily Mail
Agram
Belfast and Ireland Flooded by Severe West Coast Gale
Violent gales swept the west coast of England on September 3, suspending Black Pool steamship services and flooding Lisburn in County Antrim. Rivers overflowed Belfast, railroads were submerged, and water filled the opera house as mills reservoirs burst. Devonshire crops were damaged and Okehampton tents blown away.
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London
England
Black Pool
Rhy
Wales
Devonshire
Okehampton
Lisburn
County Antrim
Ireland
Plymouth
Belfast
Blackstaff
Conwatts
Opera House
Lisbon Fraud Epidemic Ties Banks To Burglary Scandal
In Portugal a fraud surge leads to arrests for forged bank notes and thefts from Lisbon arsenal. Bribe schemes defraud the government of about 50,000 dollars, while Costas Bank suffers a subterranean burglary of 100,000 dollars. High officials also arrested for defrauding the state by 400,000 dollars.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Costas Bank
Strikes and labor unrest reported from Rochefort and Barcelona
Dispatches from Rochefort France describe deployment of infantry to guard dock workers amid a strike seeking stevedor abolition and clashes between rival trade unions. Barcelona notes ships leaving port due to dock labor stoppage and a general strike proclaimed at Denia Alicante. London reports Lady Florence Dixie attacking child labor in the United States and recounts responses to her open letter to President Roosevelt.
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Paris
Rochefort-Sur-Mer
Rochefort
Barcelona
Spain
Denia
Alicante
London
The
Daily Graphic
Florence Dixie
United States
Dixie
Roosevelt
America
Nepal landslides destroy villages and bridges
A Simla dispatch reports land slips in the native State of Nepal. Several villages and many bridges are destroyed and sixty two people were injured or killed.
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London
Daily Mail
Simla
India
Nepal
Changing View of Steel Trust
The Hartford Courant notes a divided view of the steel trust as two distinct groups back or oppose it. Public actions against the trust resemble strikes, with dialogue from supporters and critics shaping its public image.
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Steel Trust
Hartford Courant
Bliss and Pettibone Mines Resume with Increased Workforce
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on September 3 the Bliss and Pettibone mines of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Company show a larger force of miners at work than the day before. An official strike headquarters report says an attempt to resume at the Bliss mine failed. Seven house cars with apartments were placed beside Woodward colliery as plan to start work Friday with workers who will lodge in the cars.
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Wilkesbarre
Bliss and Pettibone
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Bliss
Woodward
Soldiers catch two men firing coal company houses in rush run
A Rush Run detachment surprised two men firing coal company houses and arresting both. The men are described as nonunion. United States Marshal Summers issued injunctions at St Clair Eureka and Davis Gordon mines, the new trouble spots, to compel work. Governor offers no plan to withdraw military force. sheriff reports uncertainty about the situation.
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Bramwell
W. Va
Flat Top
Simmons Creek
Bimons Creek
White
Pocahontas
West Virginia
William Dillon
Elkhorn
Charleston
Rush Run
United States
Summers
St. Clair
Eureka
Davis Gordon Mines
Trouble
Anchoney
Persuaded to Quit Work in Panther Creek Valley
Committees of striking mine workers visited men who had reported for work at Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company poliioings in Panther Creek valley. Some men agreed to quit work, while Company B Captain Wonca Ren on te Gov 8 Troop led troops into the valley this morning. no incidents were reported.
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Tamaqua
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek
Wonca Ren
Sorinesaa
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