Strike Ends Near Hazelton as Thousands Return to Work
In Hazelton Pennsylvania the anthracite coal strike winds down with about 5000 workers returning or poised to return to 12 early mines of Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre and Pardee's Latimer districts. About 500 remain out with leaders noting few concessions granted. Warrants were served on Sheriff Martin and deputies as troops maintained order. gradual troop withdrawal will be discussed tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Honeybrook
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company
Pardee
Latimer
Cranberry
Crystal Ridge
Coxe
Drifton
Martin
Ecley
Gobin
Soldiers Outflanked by Women at Latimer Mine Standoff
In Hazelton and Latimer Pennsylvania on September 20, a resumed shift drew 300 of 1300 miners as Hungarian and Italian women led clashes near Latimer marked by armed bands and military escorts. Thirteenth Regiment reinforced guards while Sheriff Martin and deputies faced warrants for arrest after the day’s disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Pardee
Latimer
Eckley
Drifton
Jeddo
Lehigh
Wilkesbarre
McAdoo
Culm Bank
Whitney
Gutter Valley
Martin
Union Veteran Legion Encampment To Open In Columbus
The 12th national encampment of the Union Veteran Legion opens in Columbus Ohio for four days with a reception for national officers and a Chickamauga week reunion by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Authorities expect 20000 to 30000 visitors. the group formed in Pittsburg 1884 and now has many encampments across 21 states plus DC. Membership exceeds 20000 and includes Union soldiers sailors and marines who served before July 1 1863 with at least two years continuous service and honorably discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Union Veteran Legion
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Chickamauga
Pittsburg
States
District of Columbia
National Council
Union Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Alderman Mangler Tells Grand Jury of Bribe Attempt
Chicago Alderman William Mangler of the Twenty second ward testified before the grand jury recounting an offered bribe to vote on a street car franchise for two thousand dollars He now accuses department store manager Jacob L Kesner of the attempt Mangler previously defied the panel and faced contempt fines and a three month jail threat the matter on appeal remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Mangler
Twenty-second Ward
Jacob L. Kesner
Mangler
Rise in Demand for Iron and Steel Across Nations
Bradstreet's notes stronger business in the United States despite fever and weather. Chicago leads, with Kansas City Omaha St Louis also showing demand from jobbers and wholesalers. Savannah gains from fever quarantine. Coal strike settled. woolen withdrawals. large bank clearings. improved mercantile collections. US failures total 169 this week, Canada 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf States
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul
St. Louis
Savannah
Chattanooga
Memphis
Atlanta
Augusta
Galveston
United States
Canada
Women Lead Raid on Collieries to Support Strikers
The American Federation of Labor backs regional miners with emissaries and a nonconfrontational approach. A clash erupted as 150 workers, led by 20 women, attacked the Carson Star and Monarch collieries near Honeybrook, injuring a Hungarian worker amid stones and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
American Federation of Labor
Carson
Star
Yellow Fever Victims Across Gulf Ports
Reports from New Orleans Biloxi and Mobile show rising and easing cases of yellow fever. In New Orleans 10 cases require investigation with three suspicious and one confirmed yellow fever. Biloxi reports 22 cases and one death. Edwards Mississippi notes eight town cases and three in the country with no deaths. Mobile records the first fatal case and one new infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Biloxi
Mobile
Board of Health
St. Andrew Street
Jackson
Miss
J. I. Redfield
Edwards
Associated Press
Expedition to Yukon via Hudson Bay route from Chicago
A 12 man Chicago and Canada expedition plans a protracted trip to the Klondike using the historic Hudson Bay trail. They will meet in Edmonton and travel by stage to Athabasca Landing then along the Mackenzie to Fort McPherson, aiming for New Year’s, with nine tons of provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alaska
Hudson Bay Company
Pheel River
Presidential Appointments from the White House List
The president named Lorenzo R. Thomas as register of the land office at Blackfoot Idaho, Theo E. Greer as register at Oregon City Oregon, Edward P. Tremper as register at Seattle Washington, A B Tower of Canton Ohio as assistant commissioner of the Indian office, and Jacob B Blair as surveyor general of Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lorenzo R. Thomas
Blackfoot
Idaho
Theo E. Greer
Oregon City
Edward P. Tremper
Seattle
Wash
Tower
Canton
Ohio
Indian Office
Jacob B. Blair
Utah
Quarantine Orders Enforced for Yellow Fever in Yazoo City
Record of Misfortunes reports a shotgun quarantine in Yazoo City Mississippi with trains not stopping except to exchange mail at stations and mail and express to be fumigated. Guards patrol county lines as measures to contain yellow fever spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo City
Miss
Portland
England
Keytesville
W. A. Geness
St. Louis
W. Smith
Moberly
William Clark
Paul Street
Salisbury
United States
Pringle
Guatemala City
Ocas
Guatemala
State Department
Navy Department
Mare Island
Cal
Democratic State Committee of
New York
Chicago
Shortest and the Best Spokane Route to Klondike
Arthur Jordan, Arctic trapper, appeals to Spokane capital to back a route from Ashcroft to Teslin Lake as a base for a northern gold-field supply line. He claims the Ashcroft Teslin leg is safe with no climbs, promising easy travel to Stewart River headwaters and rich, untapped mineral belts along Lake Teslin and Stewart. He asserts earnings of $15 a day as the lure for prospectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Ashcroft
Teslin Lake
Arthur Jordan
Jordan
Klondike
Skaguay
Dyea
Ley
Peace River
Stewart River
Lake Teslin
Hudson Bay Company
Mr. Jordan
Stewart
Hich
Bank of England Considers Silver Use Amid Global Talks
London reports at the Bank of England semi annual meeting the governor cited proposals from the United States and France to boost silver usage without altering the gold standard. He read a July 29 letter to Sir Michael Hicks Beach offering to hold one fifth of note issues in silver if silver free coinage resumes and prices are favorable. The governor said no negotiations with US monetary commissioners and no silver purchases were made, only compliance with 1844 act allowances under certain conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Statistics of
Treasury Department
Pittsburg
William L. Wilson
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Charles T. O'Ferrell
Diaz
Court of Claims of
Washington
la Abra
Joplin
M. F. Dwyer
Kingston
J. R. Keene
Turkey
Greece
Constantinople
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Spencer House
London
Uruguay
Madrid
Spain
First National Bank of
Benton Harbor
Mich
Caldwell
Detroit
Marine Hospital Service
Brunner
Havana
United States
Amoy
China
State Department
Jimmy Michael
New England
Charles River
Anderson
Ind
Lippincott
Macbeth
Cota
Twelfth Infantry
Sonora
City of
Mexico
Bank of England
France
America
Michael Hicks-Beach
United States Monetary Commissioners
Expelled Dr C A S Prosser at Idaho Medical Society
Boise Idaho September 18 The Idaho state medical society expelled C A S Prosser of Boise from membership. He had been suspended a year ago for unprofessional conduct and was expelled due to abuse of the society. The next meeting will be the first Tuesday of September 1898. Officers elected President C A Hoover Montpelier vice president R C Coffey Moscow secretary treasurer E E Maxey Caldwell trustees S L Gritman Moscow E F Guyon Montpelier J W Givens Blackfoot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
L. Gritman
Moscow
E. F. Guyon
Montpelier
J. W. Givens
Blackfoot
Made a Mistake in Medicine
Jack Hawkins a farm hand at Grevelle station near Reardan Washington took strychnine thinking it was common salts and died within twenty minutes Coroner Waterhouse was summoned but ruled no inquest necessary His family at Brainerd Minnesota was advised for body disposition instructions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reardan
Wash
Jack Hawkins
Fred Grevelle
Grevelle Station
Seattle
Waterhouse
Brainerd
Minn
Drowning of James Callahan in Lake Coeur d'Alene
On September 18 James Callahan of Ballard Washington and FE G Dime of Harrison went fishing in a small rowboat on Lake Coeur d Alene. A mile from shore their boat capsized and Callahan drowned while Dime reached safety, aided by his swimming. Dime is an athlete with one leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur Coeur d'Alene
James Callahan
FE. G. Dime
Harrison
Ballard, Wash
Dime
Unjustifiable Homicide Verdict in Cal Water Dispute
In Banning California on Sept 18 the coroner's inquest ruled Frank Milner guilty of unjustifiable homicide for shooting 8 J Darrah during a dispute over water rights. The jury delivered the finding after testimony on the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banning
Cal
J. Darrah
Frank Milner
Milner
Yellow fever cases rise across the South.
The New Orleans board of health reports six new yellow fever cases and one death, with investigations ongoing in several districts. Efforts focus on relocating indigent patients to the marine hospital, establishing camps and temporary refuges, and expanding detention camps at Fontainbleau Edwards and nearby sites to stamp out the fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health Office
Joseph Gisfasy
Urquhart Street
John Dell
Rosalie Bacus
Irene Terrill
Norah Hyles
Lena Graham
St. Claude Street House
Williams House
Metz
Marine Hospital
Graffiato
Tulian
Bloom
Oliphant
Charity Hospital
Jackson, Miss
H. 8. Giddings
The
Marine Hospital Service
Edwards
J. F. Hunter
State Board of Health
Vicksburg
Giddings
Washington
Wyman
Fontainbleau
Miss
Jack
Ine
Moun Vernon Barracks
Ala
White
Camp Fontainbleau
Mobile
Tennssee Board of Health
Mississippi
Sealing Negotiations Reach Public Stage in Berin Sea Talks
Washington releases two letters from Lord Salisbury and Ambassador Hay outlining the October expert meeting on seal counts, habits, and zones at Privyloff islands. Hay stresses the need for Russia and Japan to be represented, broadening the conference beyond US and Britain. In Halifax the seal skins dispute continues with witness Theo Lubbe and price inconsistencies discussed before the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Bering Sea
London
Lord Salisbury
Ambassador Hay
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Privyloff Islands
Paris
Russia
Japan
Halifax
Bering Sea Commission
Warren
Theo Lubbe
Victoria
Andree’s Balloon Expedition Pigeon Dispatch From Hammerfest
A dispatch from Hammerfest reports Professor Andree’s third pigeon message after leaving Tramsoe July 11. The note says July 13 at 12 30 p m latitude 82 2 north longitude 125 east good voyage eastward all well Evelyn Baldwin of the Peary expedition says the message shows Andree crossed open water and could determine his location with accuracy despite early rope losses and extreme cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Hammerfest
Europe
Norway
Andree
Tramsoe
New York
Evelyn C. Baldwin
Associated Press
Baldwin
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Russia
Waterhouse elected Grand Master of Idaho Masons
The 30th annual Idaho Masons meeting closed in Boise with G. M. Waterhouse of Weiser chosen as Grand Master. New officers include George H. Storr Idaho Falls senior grand warden, A. J. McNab Salmon City junior grand warden, Charles Himrod Boise grand treasurer, C. C. Stevenson Boise grand secretary, and F. E. Beal Boise grand lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Grand Lodge of Idaho Masons
G. M. Waterhouse
Weiser
George H. Storr
Idaho Falls
A. J. McNab
Salmon City
Charles Himrod
C. C. Stevenson
F. E. Beal
Lumber train fall claims life of George Kearney
George Kearney 35, a recent arrival from Washington state, fell from the Towle Bros. lumber train near Bear Valley and died today in Nevada California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Cal
George Kearney
Towle Bros
Bear Valley
Washington
Harvest Surge Across Palouse Cropland Pushes Record Wheat Gleaning
Harvest drives long hours as grain is saved at unprecedented rates across Whitman and Stevens counties. Reports say rain spared wheat from damage, enabling ongoing use of machines. prune crops show promise with thousands of acres under cultivation and a large drier operation in Potlatch. Local banks remain heavily invested while mortgages show heavy activity. threshing continually extends into night as Columbia county also reports rapid progress toward finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman County
Palouse
Potlateh
James Hutchinson
H. A. Russell
John Hutchison
W. H. McFarland
M. W. Thomas
G. W. Burford
Port Townsend man breaks Chilkoot Pass record in nine days
David E. Brown of Port Townsend crossed Chilkoot pass from Dyea to Lake Bennett in nine days after leaving August 29. The trail time Dyea to Jake Bennett was 45 hours. He hauled 350 pounds with two Indians contracted at 38 cents per pound, later forced to honor the original price at Sheep Camp with Brown carrying 100 pounds himself and armed with a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
David E. Brown
Chilkoot Pass
Lake Bennett
Dyea
Jake Bennett
Brown
Pivter Point
Thousand Operators Strike in Brockton Shoe Factories
A thousand operators on Chase lasting machines in Brockton and nearby shoe plants walked out today, linked to the recent lasters strike at Churchill and Allen. Authorities report the walkout as a major labor disturbance with factory operations halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Brockton and
Churchill & Allen
Investment in U S Bicycle Tire Industry
An exchange estimates capital invested in U S bicycle tire manufacture at 88 million dollars, employment at 3000 persons, and annual tire production at 4 million units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union Veteran League
Army of the Cumberland
Grand Jury
Niagara
Bradstreet
Federation of Labor
Yukon
News OF the World
Silver and Bank OF England
DR. C. A. S. Prosser
Idaho Medical Society
Yellow Jack
TIMS
New Hospital
Camp of Refuge
Edwards and Bilox
Purnell
Ratcliffe
Frank Angell
John Ivy
Jesse Sharp
Dunn
Ocean Springs
State Board
Father Pendergast
Fountainbleau Camp
Kells
Scranton
Murmy
Bulletion
J. W. Carlisle
J. W. Bourne
David Myrton
George Mayfield
Lettie Jackson
Shannenberg
Frank Collier
Willie Charpin
Eugene Rencher
Miss Allman
Cairo
Guiteras
Egan
Alabama
Louisiana
Commission
G. M. Waterhouse of
Washington State
Stevens County
Walla Walla County
W. J. Sutton
Adams County
Columbia County
Dave Brown
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