Seven White Men Are Killed at Virden Mine Insurrection
A 1919 Virden Illinois battle between miners and a trainload of African American workers sparked a deadly clash. Seven men died and dozens were wounded as 1,500 miners confronted 500 shots exchanged between miners, sheriffs deputies, and guards. The incident followed an attempt to move negro workers by train amid heavy anti Negro sentiment.
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Virden
Ill
Davenport
Chicago and Alton
Chicago and Virden Coal Company
Imkens
Lukens
Cnr
Alabama
Chicago and Alton Limited
Virdin
Chicago
D. 3
Riley
Kily
Stockade
Tigar
Springfield
Graham Testimony On Camp Alger Sickness Ties Tents To Illness
Washington dispatch reports General Graham testified before the war investigating commission that close tent proximity at Camp Alger largely caused sickness there. He cited lack of bathing water and sailors feeding outside regulations as additional harmful factors.
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Washington
Graham
Camp Alger
Northern Pacific to transfer six steamers under flag
The Northern Pacific Steamship Company plans to place six British steamers under the American flag. The ships, operating from Tacoma to China and Japan, include the transports Arizona Theoma Olympia Columbia and Argyle, with Arizona previously sold to the government last July.
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Northern Pacific Company
Northern Pacific Steamship Company
China
Japan
Tacoma
Wash
Arizona
Theoma
Olympia
Columbia
Argyle
President McKinley Leaves Omaha Amid Warm Reception
President McKinley and his party departed Omaha by Burlington Flyer. Across towns along the route crowds cheered at each stop as the president and cabinet members Bliss Gage Wilson and Postmaster General Smith were introduced, signaling broad support for foreign policy views.
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McKinley
Omaha
Allen
Thurston
Moores
Wattles
Holcomb
Burlington
Mississippi
Bliss
Gage
Wilson
Smith
Quiet Reigns In Virden as State Seizes Town
Reports from Virden Illinois describe no new violence while militia control remains. Fourteen dead and around twenty injured after the miners and deputies clash, with fears of broader strife as strikers vow resistance. The coroner’s inquest and stockade questions continue as authorities plan grand jury action.
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Virden
Tll
Battery B
First
Illinois Artillery
Pana
Chicago-Virden Coal Co
John Belgar
Thiel Agency
Pinkerton
Stockade
Pinkerton and
Thiel
Sons of Veterans Mustered In for Duty at Virden
Adjutant General of Illinois troops muster four companies of the Sons of Veterans regiment for service at Virden. Adjutant General Reece returns to Springfield from Virden. Reports indicate deputies fired on a train, with dead men showing wounds from shots fired from the train and tower.
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Adjutant General of Trials
Virden
Ewart
Illinois National Guard
Sons of Veterans’ Regiment
Reece
Springfield
WYMAN TO INVESTIGATE YELLOW FEVER REGIONS IN SOUTH
Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service leaves Washington for a week to ten days to inspect yellow fever work in the south. He will travel to Cincinnati Chattanooga Atlanta Mobile New Orleans and other points to confer with health authorities. Amite City Louisiana reports fever with 26 new cases in Franklin parish but no deaths.
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South
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Mobile
New Orleans
Amite City
Tangipohoa Parish
Franklin
Oregon and Town Leave New York Under Sealed Orders
Battleships Oregon and Town sailed from New York on sealed orders from Washington. Speculation swirls over their destination with Manila once rumored, but Honolulu now cited as a possible objective point before proceeding to Alunila.
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New York
Oregon
Town
Washington
Manila
Honolulu
Alunila
McKinley Opens Chicago Jubilee and Peace Celebration
President McKinley arrived in Chicago by the Illinois Central and attended a four day itinerary including Thanksgiving services at the Auditorium and receptions at the University of Chicago First Regiment armory and Medina temple. The National Peace Jubilee opened with a union service drawing about 12 000 inside and thousands outside.
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United States
Chicago
Great West
Illinois Central Railroad
McKinley
Thirty-ninth Street
Lafayette McWilliams
Canton
University of Chicago
First Regiment Armory
Blue Jackets
Medina Temple
National Peace Jubilee of
Booker Washington
Cotton Mill Wage Cuts Planned in Augusta District
The Augusta Georgia district of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers Association will cut wages 8 to 13 percent across all mills in November two weeks after the new schedule is submitted. President Charles Estes says Augusta mills pay above average and will top southern mills by 6 percent after the reduction. Six Augusta factories plus Aiken and Langley mills in South Carolina are affected with combined payrolls near $1,000,000.
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Cotton Mille
Augusta
Angusta
Southern Cotton Manufacturery’ Association
Charles Estes
Manufacturers’ Association
Augusta Mill
Aiken Manufacturing Company
Langley Manufacturing Company
South Carolina
Ent
Woman Held for Murder in Canton Case
Mrs. George of Canton Ohio was held to answer to common pleas court after a preliminary hearing. The justice of the peace said circumstantial evidence justifies higher court investigation and she remains detained on first degree murder charges with no bail allowed.
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Canton
Warrants Sworn Out In Virden Coal Company Murder
A Virden Illinois report states union miners at a meeting about Wednesday's fight caused a warrant to be sworn by Virgil Bishop against Chicago Virden Coal Co managers Lak ons Louleks Yorke and others for murder.
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Chicago-Virden Coal Co
Virden, Ill
Virgil Bishop
Chicago- Virden Coal Company
Messrs. Lakons
Louleks
Yorke
Gomes Named Cuban President Likely at Santa Cruz Meeting
Reports from Santiago say the Cuban assembly will convene in Santa Cruz on October 20 to elect a president and cabinet. Transport delays may push the vote into late October. El Cubano foresees a ticket with Maximo Gomes as president and Bartolomo Maso as vice president.
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Santiago
Santa Cruz
el Cubano
Maximo Gomes
Senor Bartolomo Maso
Domingo Mendez Capote
Benjamin Guerra
Taffice
Jose A. Lanaza
Calixto Garcia
Enrique Varona
Government Grants Army Rations for Georgia Flood Victims
A Washington dispatch reports that army rations will aid flood sufferers in Georgia lacking life’s basics. The request came from Georgia Secretary of State William Clifton and Representative Livingston. Secretary Alger moved that a conference be held with the Justice Department, and Solicitor General Richards said the executive power could authorize relief despite no direct statutory authority.
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Washington
Georgia
War Department
William Clifton
Livingston
Alger
Department of Justice
Richards
Evacuation Decision at Fashoda Looms in British French Standoff
The week began with saber threat fears over Fashoda and ended with Paris in turmoil as Britain and France clash over occupation rights. Major Marchand's report from Khartoum to Paris will determine whether France evacuates Fashoda to avert war, with Salisbury unwavering in policy and broad public support.
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England
Pashoda
Paris
Great Britain
France
Fashoda
Marchand
Khartoum
Marquis of Salisbury
Crews to Share Prize Money From Yale Sale
In Charleston district court Judge Brawley rules all Yale crew members eligible share in prize money from the ships sale. The ship Rite was bought by the government for 125000 dollars. Captain Wise of the Yale will receive 9000 dollars.
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United States District Court
Charleston
Brawley
Yale
United States Navy
Wise
Langford Not Guilty In Murder Case but Held on Warrant
The Zebulon jury finds Tom Langford not guilty of murder after an all night deliberation. Sheriff Milner detains Langford on a separate warrant, leaving him still in custody despite the acquittal and existing bond in another case.
Illinois Coal Company Seeks Responsibility for Tragedy
Attorney William Patton of Chicago Virden Coal Company in Virden Illinois says no more landings of Alabama negroes will be attempted. He notes a plan to fix responsibility for the tragedy on the Illinois governor and that the company intends to press the matter.
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William Patton
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Virden
Iil
Patton
Illinois
No San Juan Mails Delayed By Puerto Rico Bonding Issue
A cablegram to the post office department from the postal commission says San Juan in Porto Rico has no provisions for bonding postal representatives and that no American postal station can be established there while the Spanish still occupy the island.
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Post Office Department
Postal Commission
Porto Rico
San Juan
Plot Discovered in France Promises Prompt Action
Reports from Paris Friday morning confirm a military plot against the government unearthed by a high ranking general. Ministers were warned but not surprised, with Brisson promising action. Rumors tie the conspiracy to Bonaparte factions and cipher documents. ministers recall the minister of war as investigations proceed.
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Paris
Rappel
Aurore
Petite Republique Francaise
Chanoine
Matin Snys
France
M. Brisson
Prings Louis Bonaparte
Russian Lancers
Prince Victor Bonaparte
Liberte
Boiadleffre
Pelliux
Zurlinden
Paria
Boisdeffre
London
St. James Gazette
Brisson
England
Marchand
Fashoda
Rabi el Ghazal
London Times
Dreyfus
Picquart
Massive sickness hits Sullivan Island garrison
A Charleston dispatch reports three quarters of enlisted men at Sullivan Island are incapacitated by fever. Colonel Rawles expresses concern as typhoid and malaria spread since summer. About 400 men are confined to quarters, but mortality remains relatively low despite the outbreak.
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Sullivan's Island
Charleston
8. O
Rawles
Aireene Will Join Lee in Seventh Army Corps
Washington dispatch reports Major General Francia V. Greene ordered to report to General Fitzhugh Lee in Savannah Ga and command a division of the Cuban occupation army. Greene played a prominent role in the Battle of Manila and is attached to the Manila heroes unit with the Seventh Army Corps.
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Manila
Seventh Army Corps
Washington
Francia V. Greene
Fitzhugh Lee
Savannah
Greene
Maila
Guarded Pana braced as troops and miners mobilize
A telegram from Virden warned that operators would try to land imported Black workers at Pana Illinois after Virden’s riot. Governor Tanner ordered Captain Harris to post guards at mines and railroad approaches and to fire if Negroes land after warning. Miners and citizens volunteered to help.
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Pana
Ill
Virden
Lukens
Chicago-Virden Coal Co
Harris
Aurora
Aver
Tanner
Springfield
G. G. Craving
Arma
Pann
Panu
Mohegan Steamer Ashore After Transatlantic Voyage
Aboard the Mohegan, 200 passengers and crew left London for New York. Only 31 survivors reported as searchers race to recover more as bodies wash ashore with grisly details. Coast guard reports describe passengers drowning and a woman found lashed to a plank with both legs severed. Details remain scarce.
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London
Atlantic Company
Mohegan
Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line
New York
Lisurd
Maunclos
Lowlands
Falmouth
Coast Guard
Spain protests evacuation pace amid pending peace treaty
Spain protests being hurried in evacuation talks, conveyed through the French legation and handed to the U.S. Department of State by First Secretary Briday. The note stresses Spain and the United States both seek swift negotiations and notes that U S sovereignty over the islands cannot be assumed until Senate ratification of the treaty.
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Washington
Spain
Legation
Department of State
Briday
United States
United States Senate
May Recall Blanco Returns to Spain Command
The Liberal of Madrid reports that Captain General Blanc will return to Spain soon. Official circles note Blanc will not be the last to command in Cuba as his relations with the government are strained.
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The
Liberal
Madrid
Blanc
Spain
Will of George D Saxton Discovered Inheritance To Mrs Barber
Dispatches report the will of George D Saxton found last April and witnessed by James J Grant and Oliver F Schillman. It leaves all estate to Mrs M C Barber sister of the deceased with entailed property to pass to her five children after her death. Property value is unlisted but a friend estimates about 200000.
Existence of Plot Denied by Anti Revisionist Papers in France
Paris special reports anti revisionist papers deny a military plot against the government as pure invention. Gauleia calls the affair a conspiracy without conspirators, while papers asserting the conspiracy press exactness of their information.
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France
Paris
Gauleia
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Lowa
Ghigago
M’kinley
Ponce
Mes, George Held
Grand Jury
Langford
Governor Tanner
Coal Company
Virden Piota
Fromler Brisson
Aireene
Lee
Blanco
Saxton
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