Philadelphia unions vote general strike in sympathy
Philadelphia labor bodies decide a general strike of 126000 workers for next Saturday in solidarity with streetcar employees. After a day of rioting and bloodshed killing two and injuring many, clergy urge arbitration and parents are asked to keep children off streets as citywide tension rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Labor
Philadelphia
Central Labor Union
Building Trades’ Coucil
Building Trades Unions
Central Labor Body
Archbishop Ryan
Director of Public Safety
Citisens
Tramp Rescues Girl, Gains Half Interest in Ranch
A hobo who beat westward on a freight train saved Samuel W. Jennings daughter from an oncoming train and was later located at the ranch. Three days afterward a deed transferred a half interest in the Valvedere cattle range to the rescuer. The range, valued near $1,000,000, spans 100 square miles in Jeff Davis and Pecos counties, Texas, with 20,000 cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Strame
Page
Jeff Davis
Pecos
Texas
Samuel W. Jennings
Jennings
Strome
Unmarried Operators Dominant in U S Bureau Findings
A Bureau of Labor study sent to the Senate by Secretary Nagel shows that 92 percent of U S telephone operators are unmarried, 3 percent widowed, and 5 percent married. The investigation highlights demographics among women workers in telecommunications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelor
United States
Bureau of Labor
Senate
Nagel
Department of Commarce and Labor
Trade and Industry notes from Duluth and Minneapolis
Summary of items on trade and industry including Great Northern planning a labor agency to curb trip-pass frauds, Duluth council adopting the Canadian Northern franchise with street assessments, and broader discussions on road building, agricultural schools, and state wealth. Also mentions the Millbrook Land and Cattle Co offering a $10,000 wager on oat yields near Litchfield, and Armour & Co of Chicago planning Hill City factories for jar and packaging needs, plus a move by Armour to secure hardwood supplies by relocating from Michigan to a new Minnesota site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Common Council of
Duluth
Conservation and Agricultural Development Congress
St. Paul
Millbrook Land and Cattle Co
Wyoming
Uo-Curt
Litchfield
Alberta
Gan
Laramie Plains
St.Louis
Whole World
Armour & Co
Chicago
Minneapolis
Hill City
Minn
Ithaca
Marble
Mich
Michigan
Indictment Hurls Meats Trust Leaders In Jersey City
Hudson County grand jury indicts twenty one officials of the meat trust and six leading packing companies for conspiracy to fix prices and restrict supply. Chicago leaders named include Armour Swift Morris and Hammond. Evidence shows agreed extortionate pricing and limited car shipments east to Jersey City premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meat Trust
Hudson County Grand Jury
Jersey City
Chicago
United States
Hudson
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Osage Nurse
Trained nurse Emeline Green of Osage Iowa testifies Doan's Kidney Pills are the best remedy for kidney disorders and backache, noting their effectiveness in confinement and other kidney and bladder troubles. Pills sell for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. The ad ends with a note on costs of the House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donn
Emeline Green
Osage
Iowa
Yovan
Doan
Doan's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. C
Eighty in Peril on Flyer Derailment near Cleveland
The west bound Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore Railroad derailed at Qimsted Falls twenty miles west of Cleveland. The train, a double-header on straight track, carried about eighty passengers and five to six hundred feet of damaged track. Two or three passengers were only slightly injured. All seven cars derailed but remained close to the rails. neither locomotive left the track. A second Cleveland train was sent to the scene to transport passengers to Chicago, with others redirected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Limited
Lake Shore
Qimsted Falls
Cleveland
Chicago
Asquith Held in Commons Over Chamberlain Fiscal Amendment
In a crowded session the new English House of Commons saw Austen Chamberlain's fiscal amendment rejected by 485 to 201. Speeches by Balfour and others followed as the government, noting a 31 vote margin with no cross voting, faced abstentions from nation lists O'Brienites Redmondites and three Liberals while Labourites supported the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Austen Chamberlain
Mr. Balfour
Lord George
O'Brienites
Redmondites
Lathorites
Girl Captures Two Robbers in Kansas City Chase
Carrie Montgomery seven years old saw her father Joseph Montgomery attacked and robbed of sixty dollars near Kansas City. She pursued the robbers after a blow, facing threats of death, until detectives joined and captured the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Montgomery
Joseph
Kansas City
Miss Montgomery
Banker's Conviction Overturned New Trial Ordered
Minnesota Supreme Court set aside A. Z. Drew's conviction as former Bank of Hamline president for accepting deposits after insolvency. The court revokes the two year sentence, orders a new trial due to lower court error, Drew remains on bail. The failed bank closed January 15, 1908, as a small state institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesoia Court
Drew
Minnesota Supreme Court
A. Z. Drew
Bank of Hamline
Plant Fire Destroys Colorado Fuel Mill Pattern Storehouse
A large blaze at the Minneola plant pattern storehouse of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company leveled the facility, with the loss estimated around 1,000,000 dollars and property damage mounting as flames swept through the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneola
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Surf Birds migrate from Hawaii to Alaska each year
Surf birds of the Hawaiian Islands including turnstone black-bellied plover and Pacific golden plover undertake an annual migration of about 4 000 miles to rear their young in the tundras of Alaska. The journey is remarkable to many observers and highlights long distance avian travel in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Alaska
Mild Appeal About Sermon Length
A husband pleads for brevity as his wife rattles on, citing authorities who say sermons should run no more than twenty minutes. The exchange highlights the tension between domestic patience and clerical tempo.
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Priladelphia
Tramp
Trade and Industry
Grand Jury
J. Ogden Armour
F. A. Fowler
J, Watson
Charles H-Swiftmoor
L. H.yman
Arthur Meeker J. Kgate, Jr
Edward Morris
Bdwards
Louis F.’Switt
F. B. Cooper
Edward PF. Swit
D. HE. Hartwell
Edward Tildertra
N. Morris
L. A. Carten
H. B. Darlington
L. C. Patterson J. Connors
A. A. Fuller
E Companies
National Packing Hammond Pack Company
Ing Company
G. H. Hammond Swift & Co. Company
Morris & Co
Lippincott
Broad and
Walnut Streets
Baldwin Estate
Chestnut Street
Eleventh
Philadelphia Times
Alfie Elson
Inn Road
Battle Creek
Saxony
Allen
Egypt
Nursh
House of Representatives
Banker
FYTS
Dr. May
W. H. May
Peas Street
New York
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Shakespeare
John A. Salzer
Salter
Wisconsin
R. A. Moore
Wisconsin State Agricultural College
J. J. Esch
Robt. Calvert
U. S. Customs
le Crosse
Salzer
Ita
Salter’s Superior
Earth
America
Hoard
Ueed
John J. Salzer Seed Co
Minbogota
Dulolus
Middle West
USA
Mohn
Galzer
Wis
John A. Salzer Seed CO
South 8Th St. la Crosse, Wis
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