Career of Materson and mine conspiracies alleged by a writer
A Duluth Labor World piece quotes veteran sportsman Judge Hayes discussing Bat Materson. The article recalls Materson’s early career in Denver and Dodge City, alleging crooked associations, small-time crimes, and a history as a stool pigeon. It portrays him as untrustworthy and connected to figures like Moyer Haywood Pettibone and Cuckoo Collins, with sensational anecdotes from New York and Denver.
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Judge Hayes
Bat Materon
Duluth
New York Telegram
Bat Materson
Idaho-Colorado
Western Federation of Miners
Bat
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone
West
Materson
Denver
Dodge City
Kansas
Cuckoo Collins
Collins
New York
Preside Roosevelt
Timothy Sullivan
John P. Clow
Glow
Striking Miners Parade in Pomeroy and Middleport
More than eight hundred miners led a demonstration through Pomeroy and Middleport on Monday waving logs and banners. The union showcased its strength as the Vice President spoke from the courthouse steps urging adherence to the injunction issued by Judge Bradbury, prohibiting assembly near mine entrances when strikebreakers leave.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Court House
Bradbury
Columbus Secures Next Convention
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen completed a ten day session in Columbus, choosing Columbus as the site for the next biannual convention after a sharp contest. The final vote tally showed Columbus with 265 votes.
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The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Railway
Columbus
Chin
Columbus Declared Winner Under Largest Vote Rule
Des Moines, 192, Chicago, 38, Detroit, 44. Under the decision by which the place receiving the largest number of votes, instead of a majority, was declared the winner. The grand executive board was elected: J. H. Rodes, Toledo, O., chairman. R. J. Powers, San Leandro, California. Arthur W. Evans, New York. O. C. Cash, Roanoke, Va.. and E. O. Lockwood, Chicago. Members of newly created board represent every section of the country.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Detroit
Columbus
J. H. Rodes
Toledo
R. J. Powers
San Leandro
California
Arthur W. Evans
New York
O. C. Cash
Roanoke
E. O. Lockwood
Oldest Tramp Printer in Country Seventy Years of Travel
Andrew Hughes, one of the oldest traveling printers in the United States, has wandered from town to town for forty years and once toured the Civil War era. He estimates he worked on a vast majority of the nation's papers and now says linotype shortened his opportunities. In Chicago he laments changes, but values old friends and a shorter workday as a remedy to overwork and vice.
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Andrew Hughes
United States
Mississippi
Andy
Chicago
Think for a moment on power and human freedom
The speaker argues that vast energy and machines should free the human family but instead empower capitalists to enslave millions. He cites 2,000,000 child workers 3,000,000 women in toil and a million able bodied tramps. He urges redirecting power toward universal advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Workingman
Thug Agency Thriller Shocks Pinkerton Links Revealed
A sensational report claims Morris Friedman, private secretary to James McPartland, turned informant about Pinkerton operations. The piece warns readers about clandestine meetings and urges safer meeting places while noting illegal data and letters.
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Morris Friedman
James McPartland
Pinkerton
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Fireman
Cash
Tung Agency
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Charleston
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Daily Gazette
Cincinnati
Richmond
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