Coal workers return to work as signs of settlement emerge
In Higginsville Missouri three coal companies signed the union scale and workers will resume tomorrow amid elation. In New York retail coal dealers report prices not held firm with domestic sizes from 12 to 15 dollars a ton and expectations of anthracite dropping to 7 or 8 dollars. Railroads reclaim laid off staff as orders revive with Philadelphia and Reading and Jersey Central planning to rehire 4 500 to 5 000 train crews this week.
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Higginsville
New York
Philadelphia & Reading
Jersey Central
Thousands Return to Work as Anthracite Strike Eases
In Wilkesbarre on October 22 thousands of miners resume labor across the strike region repairing mines and preparing for a general restart tomorrow. Many workers regain daily wages while others wait for superintendent calls. Nonunion workers flee feeling amid the union fight as arbitration talks begin with President Roosevelt’s commission. John Mitchell compiles a detailed case to present miner needs and operators’ capacity to grant them.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
Arbitration Commission
Roosevelt
Anthracite Stock Exhaused in Chicago Wholesalers
Chicago reports local anthracite stocks exhausted with wholesalers and small retail yards holding only 100 to 150 tons each if any. Anthracite price quoted at 18 dollars. Bituminous coal prices stable for a month. Pocahontas smokeless at 7 dollars and Indiana block Illinois coal at 4 dollars 50. Maryland smokeless retails at 16 dollars 50.
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Chicago
Pocahontas
Indiana
Illinois
Maryland
Fatal Ghigago Fire At Corn Products Plant
Five persons are known dead and seventeen are unaccounted for after a blaze destroyed the Corn Products company plant in Ghigago last night. Loss is estimated at 400000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Iil
Corn Products Company
Carnegie Installed Rector at St Andrews University
Andrew Carnegie was formally installed rector of St Andrews University in Scotland in a large gathering. His address examined national growth in industrial ascendancy and urged Emperor William to back a future United States of Europe through a political and industrial union.
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St. Andrews University
ST. Andrews
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrews’ University
Carnegie
William
United States of Europe
Penn freshmen publish Punch Bowl coal currency
Philadelphia freshman humor magazine introduces a coal price system for copies. The editor sets the coal size and delivery method, while readers speculate on whether the scheme will attract enough buyers. A separate narrative recalls a woman halting a moving train by removing an apron, rolling a block aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Ikow
Law School
Lovely Lass Performs Heroic Fern Rescue
Miss Minnie Martin, a mountain girl from New Martinsville West Virginia, spotted ferns by the Short Line Railroad. She climbed down the slope to gather them and saw a large log that had rolled onto the steel road bed. She stood near the tracks as danger loomed.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Minnie Martin
Short Line
Independent operator in Hamilton comments on arbitration commission
John Markle an independent operator says there is a question about their position on the arbitration commission and that they will abide by the commission’s decision only under conditions set by presidents of the large coal mining corporations. The remark is sensational but not alarming, as operators could not refuse the commission’s findings.
Arbitrator King Oscar to Decide Damages for Samoan Rebellion
Washington October 22. King Oscar of Sweden acting as arbitrator in the Samoa dispute is expected to rule that Britain and the United States are liable for damages. He will assess compensation for foreign residents harmed by the joint American and British landing and engagements with rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Oscar
Sweden
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Denmark Rejects Treaty Cession Of Danish West Indies
In Copenhagen the Landsthing rejected the second reading of the U S Denmark treaty for the cession of the Danish West Indies by a vote of 82 to 32. The action drew mixed cheers and disapproval without debate. In Washington officials expect a brief delay before Denmark concedes the islands to the United States.
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Copenhagen
Landsthing
United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Washington, D. C
Danish Landsthing
State Department
Weather report from Tucson with highs and wind
The Tucson temperature today is 28 with a maximum around 61. Winds come from the west and clouds are noted in that direction. The report cites observer E. L. Wetmore and mentions a wood pile as the next order.
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Tucson
E. L. Wetmore
Pecan Crops Flourish In Indian Territory and South Oklahoma
Sondheimer of Muskogee reports a very heavy pecan crop across Indian Territory and southern Oklahoma with large, high quality nuts. He has bought up to 600000 pounds in good years, with prices from two to ten cents per pound and shipments mainly to St Louis Chicago and New York.
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Muskogee
I. T
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Galveston
Joseph Sondheimer
Arkansas River
Kansas
Sondheimer
Oumulgee
St. Louis
Okmulgee
Refutation of Governor's Word on Soldiers' Home Case
Official report by A L Vanosdel of the Soldiers' Home Board of South Dakota, to Governor Herreid, details robberies of dead soldiers by Commandant W H Lucas at the State Soldiers’ Home. The document cites Lucas’s denial, a protest by Dr Bickman, and unaccounted-for effects valued in the hundreds of dollars, including $153 taken after John Heckman’s death.
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Sioux City
A. L. Vanosdel
Soldiers’ Home Board of
South Dakota
Herreid
W. H. Lucas
Lucas
Bickman
Metal and Money Market Report
New York market notes show Mexican del silver at 40 cents, 50 percent gold content, with copper trading dull as of October 22.
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New York
Attleboro Jewelers Sell Tiny Coal Pieces At High Prices
In Attleboro mass sales of small coal pieces for jewelry fetch astonishing sums, with prices reaching thousands per ton. The sellers are novelty makers rather than traditional coal dealers, marketing tiny bits as temporary adornments reflecting market demand.
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Boston
Mass
Attleboros
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Carrie Nation
Coal Miniatures Fuel Poststrike Souvenir Trade
After the miners strike, Attleboro and North Attleboro manufacturers shift to coal based pins and emblems. Button designs include coal pieces with bust the trust motifs, a coal and imitation diamond scarf pin, and a coal locked pin priced around 10 to 25 cents. A Brockton fair exhibitor showcases the small faker row novelty and draws envy.
Not Gold but Coal Pins Enter Market at Fair
A novelty set of pins sold as coal with imitation gold drew attention at a fair. The pieces feature coal in claw settings and a ball head pin with warning Not Gold but Coal but Just as Valuable. Retail price 5 or 10 cents, varying by setting, with coal dealers unaffected by coal price trends.
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Wilkesbarre, Pa
Miners’ Union
Pennsylvania
Punch Bowl
Heroig
Hamilton, Pa
John Markle
Sam
Jonathan
Local Weather Report
TWENY
Rie
Metal and Money Market
the Trust
Bust the Trust
J. P. Morgan
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