Reading Company 10 Percent Wage Advance Amid Miner Debate
Notices from Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co announce a 10 percent wage advance effective Oct 1 for all miners and boys, raising total gain to 16 percent with prior scales. Reports from Shamokin and Scranton note miners weighing whether to return to work before official guidance from President Mitchell and arbitration.
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Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co
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Reading Company
Shamokin
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
Scranton
Conae Pabee
Steel Works to Shut Down in Illinois Incident
Officials of the Illinois Steel Company announced the shutdown of its entire plant as of October 1, ending operations at the facility. The move affects workers and local supply chains in the region.
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Ilinoig” Steel Company
Nibatapbeneen
Lopez in the United States Arrives to Explain Filipino Side
Sexto Lopez, former Aguinaldo secretary, arrives in New York aboard the Campania. He says he will tell Americans what the Filipinos seek in their future government and insists they want peace with honor and independence, free of American politics and parties.
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Sexto Lopez
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Campania
Lopez
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Queenstown
Mr. George
Imperial Hotel
United States
America
Philippines
Pay for Samoan Natives
Baron von Sternberg at the state department discusses finalizing the Samoan rifle surrender payments. About 2,000 rifles were turned in with an agreed 12.50 dollars per rifle. Dr Solf proposes foreign consul coordinated payments to avoid disorder. The United States Germany and Britain will jointly fund the settlement.
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Baron von Sternberg
State Department
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Solf
Samoa
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Prominent Railroad Man W B McNider Dies in Chicago
W B McNider of Sioux City died at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago after an operation for cancer. He had served as general freight and passenger agent for the Great Northern railroad here and was district deputy for the Elks of northern Iowa. He was active in Sioux City's public enterprises. The operation was known to be dangerous.
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W. B. McNider
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
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Great Northern Railroad
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Elks
Iowa
Lincoln After the Convention Young People's Temperance union
The Young People's Temperance union convention closed in Kansas City with national president Eva Marshall Shantz delivering the address. The next convention venue will be chosen by the executive committee within sixty days, with Indianapolis or a city in Indiana mentioned as a potential site and a $2,000 provision to cover expenses if held there.
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Kansas City
Young People’s Temperance Union
Eva Marshall Shantz
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Chamber of Senna
Secure Doal for Pekin
Paris dispatch reports a Pekin group seizing ships and coal stores in a raid described as a Wrench 9 talion. The operation involved Kou Ching and Changin Tien and was noted to have affected coal supplies.
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Taku
Kou
Ching
Changin Tien
End Is Not Far Off Labor Leader Says Ten Per Cent Wage Increase
Hazleton Pa September 29 1900s coal strike leaders awaited word from New York as President Mitchell warned against accepting a partial 10 percent rise. He stressed miners must decide collectively and cautioned the sliding scale could erase gains if prices fall. The union would not bow to operator pressure and would reject proposals not meeting all miners demands.
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United Mine Workers
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Roberts Defeats Boers at Pienants River Station
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts’ forces repelled a Boer attack on Paget's column at Pienants River station this morning. The pursuit followed as Boers were beaten off with casualties unclear and no decisive outcome announced.
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London
Lord Roberts
Paget
Pienants River Station
Blockade Proposal Shocks US Officials Over Shanghai Naval Ports
A Russian report, cited as coming from the naval staff in St Petersburg, says Moscow would seek a pacific blockade of Chinese naval ports at Shanghai. The idea, debated in Washington, hinges on international law and past precedents of selective vessel seizure and cargo forfeiture.
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St. Petersburg
Shanghai
Russia
Navy Department
Whdt
Greece
Turkey
Institute de Droit International
Grain, Cotton Receipts and Wharf Work at Galveston
The Galveston dispatch notes today 6000 bales of cotton receipts and moderate grain intake. Seventeen workers are along the wharves clearing debris and more labor is needed to speed operations.
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Galveston
Spokane Population Rise Noted in City Census
Washington report notes Spokane shows population growth with a 64.96 percent increase from 1890 to 1900, highlighting urban expansion in the early city census data.
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Spokane
Washington
Wash
Yellow Fever Efforts Reported In Santiago de Cuba
In Santiago de Cuba on September 29, officials report efforts by Colonel Stamp and the Yellow Fever Department to control the outbreak. No new cases are detected, and the situation is described as swept and under charge.
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