Miners Idle as Wage Dispute Triggers Large Walkout
Forty thousand miners and 250 bituminous mines idle as wage scale expired. Railroads cut service to stretch coal stocks while consumers told to economize. In Pennsylvania anthracite, about 400,000 miners quit, with potential 30 day delay before resumes. Belleville sub-district in Missouri expects a three cent rise per ton amid provisional settlement.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Belleville
St. Louis
Illinois
Suspension of Mining Work Hits District 13 in Des Moines
In Des Moines District No 13 on April 1 work in the mines was suspended leaving nearly 15 000 miners idle. The move follows a convention resolution passed last week. Both union officials and operators offered no statement on how long the suspension may last.
Ohio Coal Miners Idle Await Referendum Vote
Fifty thousand bituminous coal miners in southern and eastern Ohio are idle on holiday for the eight hour day. They will not return to work until the referendum vote count is completed, not before April 15. In London, a million British miners show signs of resuming as ballots tally over 25 thousand of 43 thousand counted.
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Columbus
Ohio
London
Operators Hopeful of Coal Labor Settlement Talks
New York officials report anthracite coal operators expect the work suspension in the hard coal region starting today to be short. A meeting of the operators' committee and miners' representatives in Philadelphia on April 10 may yield a settlement basis.
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New York
Phil
Coal miners and operators keep operations until May 1
In the Southwest, Kansas City, April 1, miners and operators say no suspension of operations will occur before May 1. They will honor the rage clause of the two year old contract, regardless of the final outcome of efforts for a new two year pact.
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Southwest
Kansas City
Southern Colorado coal strike fears eased by operators and workers
In Trinidad Colorado on April 1 authorities report that operators and mine workers in southern Colorado deny any suspension in the region despite potential action by eastern miners. The tone remains calm with no anticipated disruption to local coal production.
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West
Trindad
Colo
Colorado
Supreme Court Upholds Missouri Antitrust Action
Washington April 1 The U S Supreme Court upholds Missouri anti trust laws approving the removal of Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Republic Oil Company of New York from the state and fining each fifty thousand dollars.
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Washington
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of
New York
Big strike of weavers in Passaic expected
One thousand Botany Worsted Mill workers in Passaic New Jersey are expected to strike following Patterson and other New Jersey cities. The walkout could affect about six thousand additional workers as silk mill unions grow in Paterson with organizers Oliver M Johnson from Oakland and Robert McLure from Philadelphia cited as having success.
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Botany
Passaic
N. J
Patterson
New Jersey
Paterson
Oliver M. Johnson
Oakland
Cal
Robert McLure
Philadelphia
Dubois Drives Idaho Delegation realignment for Clark
Former senator and Clark campaign manager Dubois mobilizes Idaho delegates with Harmon and Bryan factions on guard. North Idaho favors Harmon, south Idaho backs Clark, while Dubois plots to place Regan as national committeeman and Nugent shifts to Bryan. The clash presages a bitter Democratic convention battle.
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Boise
Idaho
Banquo
Fred T. Dubois
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Clark
Kilkenny
Dubois
anti-Dubois
North Idaho
Harmon
Bryan
Ae — Wilson
Timothy Regan
Regan
Silver City
Si Donnelly
Bonner County
Sales K. I. Perky
Perky
Wilson
John FP. Nugent
Dahlman
Omaha
Nugent
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Laflin-Rand Power Mills Blast Kills Two in Wayne
A blast at Laflin-Rand power mills in Wayne New Jersey near Little Falls shortly after 8 00 a m today killed two workers and injured three others. The plant stands five miles west of Little Falls.
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Little Falls
N. J
Laflin-Rand
Wayne
Here
Socialists Lore at Mr Haywood in Bridgeport
Charges filed by Bridgeport branch of Socialists accuse William H. Haywood former Western Federation of Miners secretary of organizing a rival machinists union and leading the Lawrence textile strike. The Bridgeport group seeks his expulsion from the International Socialist party and cites disruption of a Socialist women’s day event.
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Denver
William H. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Denver Organization of Socialists
Bridgeport, Conn
Haywood
International Socialist Party
Birport
Lawrence
Bridgeport
Sun Yat Sen resigns as provisional Chinese president
In Nanking on April 1 the ceremony marked Dr Sun Yat Sen's resignation from the office of provisional president of the republic. Speeches by the assembly speaker and members followed as Dr Sun bade the assembly a dignified farewell urging unity and effort to secure a united China and the republic's ideals.
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Nanking
Sun Yat Sen
National Assembly
Sun
China
Clark's Name On Primary Ballot In Illinois
Springfield April 1 A petition for Champ Clark's nomination for president at the state primary April 9 was filed with the secretary of state today. Clark received first option on the Democratic presidential ballot and Woodrow Wilson second. Roosevelt also filed. His name will be second on the Republican ballot with Taft first.
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Springfield
Ill
Champ Clark
Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Col. Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago Carpenters Strike Halts Construction Across County
In Chicago, 14,000 carpenters ordered to suspend work amid a $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 impact. Contractors estimate 500 buildings would stop, as workers demand a raise to 66 cents per cent, up five cents an hour.
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Chicago
Cook County
Bitter state convention battle in Coeur d'Alene
The state convention opens in Coeur d'Alene on June 3 with a major split between Bryan forces and the Clark-Flarman coalition, led by the astute Fred T. Dubois as lieutenant.
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Coeur d'Alene
Bryan
Clark-Flarman
Disbrow Sets World Record At San Diego Meet
In San Diego on April 1 Disbrow set a world mile record on a circular track at the Jay Eye See meet. He lowered the old mark of 51.45 seconds to 38 3-5 seconds and ran a lap at 108 miles per hour with a 200 horsepower racer. The meet was conducted yesterday and the racer achieved speeds near 93 26 miles an hour for the mile and 108 mph for a lap.
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San Diego
Cal
Disbrow
Minnesota Women Aid LaFollette Campaign
Minnesota voters supporting Senator LaFollette organize in April to volunteer at headquarters. Women in Minneapolis and across the state staff offices, assemble literature, and help run campaign efforts tonight and through the week.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
LaFollette
Commission Wins Power Over Water Lines
The Supreme Court ruled the Interstate Commerce Commission has authority to compel water utilities to report on interstate and intrastate business, granting the ICC broader regulatory reach.
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Washington
Interstate Commercce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Oxford Wins Boat Race From Putney to Mortlake
Oxford beat Cambridge in the eight oared boat race from Putney to Mortlake. The Saturday race ended in a noing due to swamping of both shells.
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Putney
Eng
Oxford
Cambria University
Mortlake
Rebels blocked in effort to smuggle aeroplanes to insurrectos
Washington reports April 1 that American authorities at El Paso halted two aero planes consigned to Mexican rebels seeking modern scouting. Rebels use many ruses to smuggle arms, but large shipments have not crossed. Ammunition stocks of the rebels are rapidly depleting.
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Washington
el Paso
War Department
Bride from East Costs 75 F O B
Salt Lake city April 1 Oregon Short Line clerks at the city ticket office acted as matchmakers in paying $75 for a Pennsylvania bride to wed a young Idaho homesteader. The grandfather opposed the match yet the groom claimed the bride was en route via Chicago. If reached, the wedding awaits word from the couple.
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Salt Lake
Pennsylvania
Idaho
Chicago
Stilwell claims money trust persecuted him in speech
Arthur E. Stilwell, president of the Kansas City Mexico and other railroads, told about twelve hundred listeners in Carnegie Hall New York that he had been persecuted by powerful financial interests hostile to his enterprises and would continue his fight until the nation is aroused.
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Arthur EE. Stilwell
Kansas City
Mexico
Carnegie Hall
New York
Money
U. P. Tied Up by Floods in Midwest and South
Floods cripple lines with twenty five trains stalled in Fremont Nebraska yards and the Elkhorn River eight miles wide inundates Hickman Kentucky. Debris and rising waters disrupt travel and commerce across the region.
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Fremont
Neb
Elkhorn River
Hickman
Omaha Sees First Day With No Union Pacific Trains
Omaha reports no Union Pacific movement for the first time since the line was built as washouts delay service. Fremont also suffers additional washouts and trains are halted, leaving only Missouri Pacific and Burlington lines operating.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Fremont
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Elkhorn River Flood Halts Bridges and Trains
In Fremont Nebraska on April 1 high water from the Elkhorn River washed out wagon bridges between Fremont and Arlington and four other Dodge county crossings. The river spans eight miles in places flooding the valley and leaving twenty five trains stalled in Fremont yards.
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Fremont
Neb
Elkhorn River
Arlington
Dodge County
Elkhorn
Floods drive refugees to Cairo amid levee patrols
Refugees from Mississippi and Kentucky arrive in Cairo Illinois with accounts of levee breaches. A strong patrol guards levees while thousands of sandbags await use as floods from the Ohio and Mississippi rivers devastate Hickman Kentucky’s business and factory district.
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Cairo
Ills
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illlinois
Ohio
Hickman
Roosevelt steam rollers at Boise sweep Ada county GOP
At Boise on April 1 the Ada county Republican convention showed strong Roosevelt unity. Delegates elected to Lewiston backed Theodore Roosevelt for the Republican presidential nominee with a 69 to 66 vote over Taft. They praised the Republican administration and Idaho’s congressional delegation, including Senator William E Borah, while Taft supporters failed to secure the Lewiston delegation.
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Boise
Ada County
Roovelt
Lewiston
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Idaho
William E. Borah
Chicago Heat Ends Early, Stalled MN Aed
Chicago faced an early heat wave as a 1 to 1 finish left the event stalled in Minnesota. Officials reported no further movement as temperatures rose and the crowd dispersed.
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Chicago
St Mn
Governors file brief on state railroad regulation rights
Governors Harmon Hadley and Aldrich file a Supreme Court brief as friends of the court in the Minnesota railroad rate case. They argue states may regulate railroads within borders and contest Judge Sanborn’s ruling that limits state power, stressing interstate commerce and the Fourteenth Amendment. The case centers on Minnesota two cent per mile passenger rates and potential impacts on carriers and competition.
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Washington
Harmon
Ohio
Hadley
Missouri
Aldrich
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Friends of the Court
United States Circuit
Walter Sanborn
Minnesota
Conference of Governors
Spring Lake
N. Y
Sanborn
Congress
Shepard
Simpson
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