Miners Hold Line as Scranton Convention Terms Contested
In Shamokin and Hazleton PA on October 15 reports say coal operators resist the Scranton convention terms and a 10 percent wage increase delayed to April 1. Reading officials doubt the sliding scale will be abolished as operators and railroads weigh next steps amid ongoing coal mine strikes.
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Shamokin
Scranton
Mount ‘‘Armel
Reading
Hazleton
New York
United ‘Mine Workers
Mitchell
Wilkbesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Aether
Artigos
Lehigh
Japanese Consul Reports Allied Forces Push In Asia
A Tokyo foreign office dispatch to the Japanese legation in Washington cites the Japanese consul at Tien Tsin noting that Allied forces of Great Britain France Germany and Italy are advancing in the region. The report hints at significant military developments in Asia as of October 16.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Tokio
Tien Tsin
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Complex Situation in South China Split by Reformists
Dispatches from Paris describe two rival forces in South China. Sun Yat Sen leads a reformist rebellion aimed at deposing the dowager empress, planning to seize Canton to rally the region. Kang Yu Wei's faction backs drastic reforms, while British pressure and foreign interests shape actions as Black Flags advance north.
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Paris
China
Hg Ie
Kang Yu Wen
Sun Yat Sen
Kokohama
Canton
Great Britain
France
Kang Yu Wei
Sung Yat Sen
Black Flags
Kwang Si Rebels Defeat Imperial Troops. Officials Dismissed
Report from Canton says Kwang Si rebels beat imperial forces on the borders of Kwang and Tung and General Su resigns after his requests for reinforcements were ignored. Some foreigners cemetery desecrators at Nan Shih Tu are executed and their commander dismissed. Fourth Indian brigade reaches Taku but gale delays landing. Sir Ernest Satow arrives in Tianjin succeeding Sir Claude McDonald as British envoy to China.
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Shanghai
Canton
Kwang Si
Kwang, Tung
Nan Shih Tu
India
Taku
Ernest M. Satow
Claude M. McDonald
China
Tiensin
August Belae creers declines prizes after Rainbow disqualification
New York report states August Bel ae creer of the Mineola will decline prizes won in races where Rainbow edged her as Rainbow was disqualified by the New York and Atlantic Yacht clubs. The decision follows questions raised after the disqualification.
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New York
Belae Creer
Mineola
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rainbow
Atlantic Yacht Clubs
Hong Kong Outbreak Fears as Sun Yat Sen Moves
News briefs from Hong Kong report six Wei Chou districts under rebel control and concern that raising the reform flag at Wei Chou may lure Canton troops. Dispatches note strict orders to provincial officials not to oppose allied advances and discuss imperial responses to Boxer turmoil and famine blamed on rulers.
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Hong Kong
eoRiu
Canton
Sun Lar Sen Untaris
Dtmige
Lendon
Wei Chou
Sun Yat Sen
East River
Morrison
the Times
Pekin
Shanghai
Times
Matsuhito
Kwang Su
Maii
Kiao Chau
Heaven
Yu Hsien
Shang Tung
Ers
Dor
Ode “Ag
Cort
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