Miners Jeered by Women as Labor Strikes Grow
A Pittsburg dispatch reports wives and daughters of striking DeArmittis coke miners at Hopla Turtle Creek led daily demonstrations against workers and threatened more actions. Sheriff evictions were planned as labor leaders warn of a broad, prolonged fight, with President Gompera predicting a general strike victory by late September.
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Pittsburg
DeArmittis
Hoar Turtle Creek
Sherifs
Grock
Alles
W. J. Brennan
Rhingra
Propaing Hin
New York
Cleveland Gan Goal Company
Gus Dalle
Gepation
Pinm Creek
Shariff
Richmond Negro Youth Hanged for Assault Attempt
Jonsph Fife a Negro youth convicted of attempted assault on Mrs. Marka a widow was executed in the city jail yard of Richmond Virginia on Thursday He faced death with calm indifference and told Deputy Sergeant Ralston I will send you a telegram from Khenyen on March 14 with his final words.
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Foreph Fife
Jonsph Fife
Marka
Grimes
Richmond
Ralston
Khenyen
A Change of Base in Pittsburg Coal Operators
A Pittsburg special reports internal dissensions among Pittsburg district coal operators. The split led to a change of base as some fear a temporary surrender to the United Mine Workers of America, while lake shippers deny this and plan to resume mining to meet northwest demand.
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Pittsburg
Onl
United Mine Workers of America
New German Ambassador Named to Succeed Von Thielman
The German Gazette reports Dr. Von Holben, long serving Prussian secretary at Stuttgart Württemberg, chosen as ambassador to the United States to fill the post made vacant by Baron Von Thielman’s appointment as minister to the U S.
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von Holben
von . ‘Thielman
Dr. von Holben
Stuttgart
Wurtemburg
United’ States
United States
Baron von. Thielman
Women Force Strikebreakers From Pittsburg Mines
A clash in the Pittsboro district near McDonald Pennsylvania as 500 women join 6 minor workers to confront foreign labor imported to the Robbins Company Champion mines. The workers fled to Noblestown while the women dumped coal and camped near the mine watching for the return of non union miners. The company vows to resume loading coal and faces expected conflict.
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Pittsboro
Champion Minds of
Robbins © Company
McDonald, Pa
Panhandle Road
Pittsburg
Champion Mines
Minora
Noblestown
McDonald
Union Pacific Committee Consults with McKenna in Washington
Union Pacific reorganization committee members from New York and Chicago met in Washington with Attorney General McKenna to discuss decrees in the United States cause for foreclosures on the Union Pacific mortgage and the government second mortgage. The government found some decree parts unsatisfactory and the committee returned to seek a satisfactory understanding to avoid further delay.
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Washington
McKenna
Chaunsey M. Dopew
Fitzgerald
Pierco
J. H. Solias
New York
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago
Union Pacific Reorganization Committee
United States
Union Pacific
Aged Alabama Man Dies In Brooklyn After Arrest
Thomas Hussey of Montgomery died at his niece's Brooklyn home after being arrested in New York in a dazed condition with about thirty thousand dollars in money and securities. The eighty year old shoemaker, who had lived in Montgomery for thirty years in poverty, is survived by great niece Harriet Mitchell and a signed nephew in Brooklyn. heirs are expected to inherit an estate near one hundred thousand.
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Hult
Hussey
Thomas Hussey
Montgomery
Ala
New York
Brooklyn
Harriat Mitchell
National Association Formed By Pure Food Commissioners
Detroit dispatch reports the Pure Food Commissioners have formed the National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments. Officers elected include W. E. Blackburn Columbus Ohio as president and vice presidents Gh T Bandera Albany. J A Lawrence St Paul. John B Noble Hartford. H O Grosvenor Michigan as secretary treasurer. Resolution urges Congress to require original packaging for manufactured foods sold under state laws.
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Detroit
Detroit Dispatch
National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments
W. EB. Blackburn
Columbus
Gh. T. Bandera
Albany
J. A. Lawrence
St Paul
Millionaire Goelet Dies Aboard Yacht Mayflower
Ogden Goelot of New York died Friday on his yacht the Mayflower after about two months illness. He was a son of the late Robert Goelet and a grandson of Peter Goelet, prominent in New York London and Paris society. The Goelet estate is one of New Yorks most valuable due to the old Goelet farm holdings.
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Ogden Goelat
New York
Ogden Goeloti
Robert Goelet
Peter Goelet
London
Paris
Goelet
Enat River
Queen Regent Names General Ascarraga Premier of Spain
The Queen Regent appointed General Ascarraga as premier and minister of war on Friday. The cabinet will stay intact, with no immediate changes expected. Rumors say Sagasta would have been named if Weyler had not threatened resignation.
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Canova
Spain
Ascarraga
Sagasta
Canovas
Weyler
Cisneros Case Exaggerated Warns U S Consul General
Consul General Lee in Havana telegraphs Washington that Evangeline Cisneros case has been greatly misrepresented and exaggerated. He says there has been no evidence of any deportation intention. Minister De Lome writes Mrs. Jefferson Davis detailing the unfounded statements.
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Lee
Havana
State Department
Washington
Evangeline Cisneros
de Lomej
Jefferson Davis
Grand Army elects officers at Buffalo encampment
The Grand Army of the Republic elected senior vice commander in chief Alfred Lyth of Buffalo and I. B. Allen of Connecticut as junior vice commander on the final ballots. A committee urged updated textbooks and a national effort to teach patriotism, urging allied groups to ensure proper school histories.
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Grand Army
Buffalo
N. Y
Cincinnati
Alfred Lyth
Bidwell Wilkerson Post
A. K. Smith
Spead
Women's Relief Corps
I. B. Allen
Connecticut
Naval Veterans
Pean Committee
House of Representatives
Senate
Commissioner of Pensions
Harrison
Congress
Frederickaburg
Young Men's Business Association
Richmond
Vickaburg
Stony River
Appomhattox
United States
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Sona of Veterans
Klondike Route Search Authorized from Alaska to San Francisco
Washington dispatch reports the coast and geodetic survey has authorized Augustus F. Rodgers of the San Francisco bureau to lead an assistant in surveying the Linn canal region of Alaska and to thoroughly search the Klondike route area.
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Washington
The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Augustus F. Rodgers
Bureau
San Francisco
Linn Canal
Alaska
Klondike
Cheating Allegations Linked to 1890 Nomination Claim
Colonel Irby testified in Manning that Tillman was manipulated into his 1890 nomination as part of a March convention plan. He claimed Tillman and allies joined the effort after agitation in 1885 to establish an agricultural college, and that the end justified the means to sidestep opposition.
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South Carolina
Hillman
Edgveld
Fatal Flames in Florida Destroy Five Plant Homes
A Port Tampa City fire after a kerosene accident killed 14-year-old Marie Valdez and badly burned her mother Frances. Jo Valdez tried to help as flames Captured their clothes, spreading to the house and five Plant Investment Company homes with no fire protection. A boy was injured inside the blaze.
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Port Tampa
Fla
Marie
Frances Valdez
Jos. Valdez
Plant Investment Company
Alabama Coal for Mexico Ships from Pensacola to Vera Cruz
The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway Company plans a 600 ton coal shipment from Pensacola to Vera Cruz, Mexico to enter the Mexican market now supplied by an English firm. Alabama seeks to join by supplying coal to the Louisville and Nashville Railway and Gulf Transit Company for transport from Birmingham to Pensacola and onward by water on the first shipment opponents to the Mexican trade.
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Pensacola
Vera Cruz
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company
Mexico
American Porta
Congress
Alabama
Tennessee Company
Louisville and Nashville Railway Company
Gulf Transit Company
McLaurin Faces Back Down or Fight Over Campaign Lit
Ex Governor Hyans presses McLaurin to publicly deny authorizing offensive campaign literature. McLaurin responds that he is responsible for all campaign material offensive to Evang, and invites Mr Evang to hold him accountable. The dispute grows as speculation swirls over the possible outcome.
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McLaurin
Bvana
Columbia
Hyans
Egan
Kingstree
Evang
Joux McLaunty
Petersburg Photographer Claims Body as Relative
William A. Murray of Petersburg Virginia, a local photographer, traveled to New York to view the late William Guldensuppe. He identified the body as William A. Edwards, a nephew, and said a satchel found with the body matched one he loaned and rivets he added.
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Mrn
Nack
Petersburg
William A. Murray
New York
William Guldensuppe
William A. Edwards
Kingsbridge
Guldensuppe
Edwards
Alaskan gold rush notes warn of harsh winter ahead
Press veteran H N Stanley reports from St Michaels that the Portland carried 13 miners with combined dust around 575 000 dollars. He warns many will starve as river supplies drop and the Yukon field remains harsh and under policed. He predicts wages fall with 2700 workers seeking work and limited shelter amid a looming nine month winter.
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Portland
Seattle
Wash
P. B. Weare
St. Michaels
North Pacific
J. Rowland
Jim Bell
Joe Goldsmith
N. W. Powers
W.W. Caldwell
W. Olax
0. K. Zilly
B. W. Cobb
W. Zahn
A.buckley
Alaska
Dawson
Bonanza
Eldorado
Hunker Crooks
Treaty Signed Between Russia and France Reported by Paris Correspondent
The London Times Paris correspondent asserts a definite treaty has been signed, detailing a curious distribution of Russian and French soil along the deck of the cruiser Polhuan.
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Russia
France
London Times
Paris
Prosperity in Kansas Amid Mortgage Relaxation
County recorder reports releases totaling over 60000 in chattel and real estate mortgages as farming outlook improves. Wheat harvest progress shows half the crop unthreshed, with forecasts of better year end and one of the largest wheat surges in history.
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Great Brad
Kat
County Recorder
Sherman to Speak in Ohio Campaign This Fall
Secretary Sherman will make one address in the Ohio campaign this fall. The time and place are not yet fixed and will be set by the state committee chairman. He will not leave Washington until after the president and First Assistant Secretary Day return.
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Hell
Ohio
Washington
Sherman
State Committee
Miners Support Arbitration Favor Terms But Oppose Proposal
United Mine Workers President Ratchford repudiates operators claim of opposition to arbitration. He says miners favor arbitration but reject the operators’ terms and warnings of force. He urges a fair terms meeting to settle without trouble.
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United Mine Workers
Ratchford
Pittsburg
Pinkerton
Tillman endorses Laurin and McLaurin ally in Union County
Senator Tillman declares in Union County that Laurin and McLaurin share his views for South Carolina. He says Colonel Elliott of Charleston is the only congressman not in accord with the alliance and is owned by Simonton.
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Lajor
MacLaurin
Union County
D. O
Tillman
Colonel Elliott
Charleston
Simonton
McLaurin
REYSTONE REPUBLICANS JOVEFULS IN STATE CONVENTION
The Pennsylvania Republican convention met in Harrisburg to nominate candidates for state treasurer and auditor general. The temporary chairman was State Chairman Bikins. the platform reaffirms the national platform of 1896 and praises the Dingley tariff while defending sound money and a strong economy. The text critiques silver policy and highlights the party's pledge of prosperity under McKinley.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Bikins
Hikins
Itd
Klondike
Republican Party
Dingley
McKinley
St. Louis
Ita
Democratic Party
Flint
Afridis Hold Khyber Pass Fort Burned and Trailfall
Advices say Fort Lundikola at the Khyber Pass, garrisoned by Khyber Rifles, was attacked and burned by Afridis. The pass has fallen into insurgent hands, with one native officer killed and one wounded. Governor General Elgin confirms the capture as troops retreat to Jamrud. The queen expresses sorrow over losses and praise for troops.
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Fort Lundikola
Khyber Pass
India
Khyber Rifles
Klyber Pass
Afghanistan
Earl of Elgin
London
Fort Ali-Masjid
Jamrud
Simla
Wheat Climbs Above Dollar Mark in Chicago Trading
Chicago saw wheat prices surge on Thursday with September futures touching $1.03, opening at 96 3/4 and rising to as high as $1.038 before settling near $1.034. The run was brisk but narrow, with gains broadly limited to the nearby contract and Liverpool futures up about 2 1/4 pence per bushel.
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Chicago
Chicago Dispatch
Setember
Liverpool
Head End Collision Near Eden Injures Crew in Alabama
A Birmingham special reports a head end collision on the Southern railway Thursday at 6.16 am three miles west of Eden eighty miles from Birmingham. Freight No. 45 from Atlanta bound for Birmingham collided with an eastbound extra freight. Both engines badly damaged ten cars wrecked. John Cheyes of Atlanta, engineer on No. 45, was fatally hurt. about a dozen crewmen are seriously injured.
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Birmingham
Als
Southern Railway
Eden
Atlanta
John Cheyes
Weyler Takes Small Force to Havana Province
Captain General Weyler departed Havana Sunday with a small force to carry out military operations in the Havana province. Reports say Evangeline Cassio Cisneros remains confined in Gasa Recojidas, in a well ventilated apartment with access for other ladies.
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Havana
Weyler
Evangeline Cassio Cisneros
Gasa Recojidas
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Gompera
Heaven
Union Pacific's Committee
Pure Food Commissioners
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