Boilermakers Strike Ties Short Line Shops in Pocatello
Forty six boilermakers and helpers at the Short Line shops in Pocatello joined a western strike order, leaving the shop quiet. The action followed a Los Angeles dispute over discharged workers and nonunion hires, with orders issued from Ogden district council.
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Los Angeles
Pocatello
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short Line
District Council of Boilermakers
Ogden
Espee
Methanie Carrick
Adams Confession Confirmed by Colorado Skeleton Find
A skeleton believed to be W. J. Barney, a Smuggler Union mine worker missing since June 1901, was exhumed near the Alta mill twelve miles from Telluride. Steve Adams, jailed in Trahe for murder, directed authorities to the grave after previously locating the site. Barney angered the union during the April 1901 strike that sparked June riots.
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Denver
Telluride
W. J. Barney
Union
Alta Mill
Bulkeley Wells
Adams
Barney
Gold King Basin
Polish priest shoots to kill in Pittsburgh hotel shooting
Ludwig Sezegiel described as an unattached Polish priest from Chicago shot and wounded two hotel proprietors, twin brothers Steven and Andrew Starzynski. Steven died within an hour. Andrew is gravely hurt. The motive remains a mystery as witnesses describe heavy drinking and a suspicious housekeeper named Franciska Shroeck. The woman denies involvement.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Sezegiel
Chicago
Carson Street
Steven
Andrew Starzynski
Andrew
Sezegiel
Franciska Shroeck
Andrew Starseinski
Seigei
Deportations by Wholesale From San Francisco
One hundred six Japanese, the largest number ever deported from this coast, will be sent to the Orient today on the steamer Manchuria. They were caught crossing the Mexican border into the United States and are under guard by United States immigration inspectors in Fort Worth, Texas. They will be watched closely to prevent escapes before sailing.
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San Francisco
Cal
Manchuria
United States
United States Immigration Bureau
Fort Worth
Tex
Death by Own Action of 13 Year Old Henry Free
A Grant Idaho report describes the hanging death of Henry Free 13 at his grandfather Ludwig Oswalds Grant ranch. No motive is given and authorities report the body found in a barn.
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Idaho Falls
Ida
Aug
Grant
Henry Free
Ludwig Oswald
Idaho Valuation Set To Exceed Last Year By Millions
State Auditor Bragaw reports Idaho’s total assessed valuation may reach about 292 million dollars, with Shoshone and Kootenai counties showing major gains from mine profits and new rail mileage. Ada, Nez Perce, Bonner, and Kootenai counties lead, while eight counties have not filed reports. Rail and telegraph valuations add to totals. board of equalization to meet next week to fix statewide tax proportions.
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Idaho
Bragaw
Capital News
Ada
Gonver
Bingham
Fremont
Washingon
Blaine
Elmore
Oneida
Counies
Shoshone County
Kooteai County
Kooterai
Bonner
Owyhee
Custer
Kootenai
Spokane International Railway Company
Spokane
British Columbia
Bonner County
Conarm
State Board of Equalization
Ada County
Nez Perce
Shoshone
Nez ‘Eree
Canyon County
Payette
Caldwell
Nampa
Enowest
Parma
New Plymouth
Lime works at Bancroft lime company expands tramway
A. P. Dolbeer, president of Banery Lime, says a 1500 foot tramway from quarry to kiln at Pebble is complete and a spur to the kiln is being built. He reports 200 bushels per day capacity, plans to raise to meet demand, and potential expansion into Utah and Wyoming. Local railroad stockholders celebrate.
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A. P. Dolbeer
Bancroft
Gate City
Banery Lime Company
Pebble
Dolbeer
Tribune
Bmsy
Utah
Wyoming
150 to Circus at Idaho Falls
One hundred fifty Pocatello residents travel on No 9 to Idaho Falls for Ringling Brothers circus. Additional travelers from Blackfoot join along the route as wagons and carriages pack the scenery. The Idaho Falls crowd is said to be the largest yet, with many excursionists planning a return trip this afternoon. The circus performs once to reach the Mystic Shrine convention in Salt Lake City tomorrow.
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Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Big Ringling Brothers Circus
Blackfoot
Sunnyland
the Falls
Buite
Idaho Tax Board to Fix Railroad Property Valuations
State board of equalization will set railroad property values and may raise them, though not drastically. Among counties reporting, Twin Falls shows $3,228,447 in valuations excluding railroads, telegraph, and telephone assets, with other counties listing figures from under $2 million to over $3 million and Nez Perce and Shoshone showing large increases.
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State Board of Equalization
Twin Falls
Poomne
PRUE
CMT
Eo Swaye
Kootenai
Cassia
Nez Perce
Shoshone
Eastern Idaho Press Club to Meet in Pocatello August 18 19
The sixth quarterly Eastern Idaho Press club gathering will be held in Pocatello August 18 and 19 with sixty six participants from ten counties. A special train to American Falls, a banquet at the Bannock hotel, and tours of city sights are planned along with visits to hospitals and the Short Line shops. The event aims to boost Pocatello as a regional commercial center and features many notable editors and their wives including George B. Fraser E A Strong and Charles F Wright.
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Eastern Idaho Press Club
Gate City
Pocatello
Gem State
Jones
Rigby
George B. Fraser
Twin Falls
E. A. Strong
Fremont County News
Strong
Charles F. Wright
Montpelier Examiner
Wright
John W. Jones
The
Rigby Star
Joe H. DeWitt
Soda Springs Chieftain
DeWitt
Byrd Trego
Blackfoot Republican
J. H. Wallis
Joe Adams
Rexbury Standard
Charles G. Sumner
Ernest G. Sumner
Henry Gabbe
Idaho Falls Post
A. E. Haines
McCammon Banner
Barber
Lisle
Shoshone Journal
A. 8. Abbott
Rupert Record
Hougen
Mountainhome Maverick
EB. H. Stenton
Bellevue Republican
Ezra C. Dalby
Sugar City Times
Dillingham
Mackay Miner
Truxton Talbot
Pocatello Advance
W. H. Peck
Southern Idaho Mail
L. Bush Livermore
Pocatello Daily Tribune
H. H. Hartvigsen
Ashton Independent
W. Lloyd Smith
Wilbur S. Hill
Twin Falls Times
J. Wallace White
Buhl Pioneer
Fred R. Reed
Milner-by the-Dam
R. W. Faris
Major Reed
H. L. Locklin
W. B. Githens
American Falls American
H. Barber
Ellinger
American Falls Press
Walter Hoge
Paris Post
W. L. Roe
Preston News
G. G. Kirk
Heyburn Review
William Wallin
Pocatello Tribune
John Jones
Avery C. Moore
Coeur d’ Alene
Clyde Hansen
American Falls
Power City
Bannock Hotel
Loux
James H. Brady
Pocatello Commercial Club
Press Club
Academy of Idaho
East Side
Bannock
Women’s Civic Club and Study League of
Intermountain
Moors Massacred in the Streets in Tangier
A Tangier dispatch reports quiet restored after bombardment many Moors killed and Moorish quarter ruined. The Jewish quarter of Casa Blanca sacked. Stores closed. famine and distress hit the poor. Foreign consuls reopen shops and set a food tariff while Europeans shelter aboard ships or in consulates guarded by naval guards.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
Lake steamer Winema wrecked on Kalamath Lake
Fourteen passengers of the steamer Winema were rescued by the Hornett after the vessel wrecked on Upper Kalamath Lake in strong winds. The boat overturned and passengers floated for four hours before pickup, with Capt. Hornsbury reaching shore via a gang plank to report the distress.
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Kalamath Falls
Ore
Winema
Kalamath Lake
Hornett
Hornsbury
Injunction Halts Livingston Unions in Bell Strike
Federal Judge Hunt granted a temporary writ restraining Livingston labor unions from boycotting Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone. The Helena Cab Company sought a writ to compel the phone company to resume service, and the court issued its injunction on that writ.
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Helena
Hunt
Livingston
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Helena Cab Company
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
J. H. Small
Harriman Lines
Mr. Small
Small
Colorado
Little Brown
Orient
Frisco
Fannock County
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