Industrial and Labor News Across America and Europe
Broad survey of trade and labor developments notes coal and lumber markets, rising building demand, and strikes. Reports show growth in construction in New York and across thirty cities, plus expanding mills and electrical streetcar plans. Also covers labor organization, foreign worker influx, and a new American party in Philadelphia. Obvious regional growth, stockyards, wheat shipping, and urban expansion highlighted, with Decoration Day plans and local notices included.
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New York City
South
North
Southern Manufacturers Association
Agusta
Nashville
Bennettsville
Gainesville
Georgia
New England
Philadelphia
America
London
Paris
Berlin
England
Springfield Foundry Company
Yale & Towne Manufacturing
Chicago
Jamestown fuel gas battle and oil conspiracy trail
Rambler laments school book costs and urges Jamestown board to open books to competition. Mass meeting backs bonding to buy gas territory for fuel, while locals resist Pennsylvania gas monopoly. The Oil Conspiracy Verdict in Buffalo convicts Hiram Everest and son for plotting to destroy rivals, signaling limits to Standard Oil's tactics and urging fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Warren
Buffalo
Hiram B. Everest
Charles M. Everest
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Trust
Everests
Standard
Rochester Vacuum Oil Company
The
Vacuum Company
Charles D
National Drill and Encampment Opens in Washington
The national drill and encampment in Washington opens May 28 and runs to the 80th. The event will feature cash prizes $26,500 and prizes for drill excellence with participants from over thirty states. The grounds surround the Washington monument with events across the campus between the monument and the White House. Excursion tickets from all stations on the Pennsylvania railroad at reduced rates May 21 27 good to return by May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
War Department
Washington Monument
Monument
White House
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
New Gas Company Proposal Faces Delays In Warren
A citizens committee reports a competing fuel gas venture is being considered by capitalists with a favorable reply expected within days. Signatures on contracts are not yet enough, but progress prompts a cautious public meeting within thirty days. The group warns against opposition and urges patient, slow action to secure ratification and avoid sabotage. Insurance offers from major firms are advertised, followed by a sensational verse and a patent cure claim for liquor habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Eben N. Jord Post
Woman's Relief Corps
Messrs
S. H. Davis
Jas. O. Parmlee
T. C. Slater
R. H. Smith
W. H. Taylor
W. S. Alexander
J. J. Leonhart
HE. M. Pierce
H Smith
S. M. Cogswell
W. C. McCabe
J.B. Russell
John Townley
N. P. Curtis
Amariah Cook
H. S. Thomas
Jerome Davis
Fred Wells
T. O. Slater
John Rowland
W. H. Pickett
Ph. Doerr
Company I
KB. of
Opera House
Jamestown
Pennsylvania Gas Company
Warso
Albany
Corry
Pennsylvania
Hades
Miller
Everests
Boston
New York
California
Matthews
Citizens’ Committee
H. P. Duyrer
Genos TL. Leoxnart
A. B. McKarn
James Crawford
D. D. Rex
Jamestown May Be Bonded for Gas Plant
Auony May 18 The assembly adopted amendments to Jamestown's charter allowing the city authorities to issue bonds for a natural gas plant. The measure now goes to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Auony
Assembly
Frost
Senate
Temperance Bulletin Highlights Prohibition Impacts
A Temperance Bulletin surveys early prohibition effects in Maine Providence and Atlanta with varied claims on savings bank deposits arrests and tax rates. It quotes Dr. Talmage and Lincoln, contrasts moral suasion with political action, and notes tonic drinks often containing alcohol. Also reports on Y activities in Poughkeepsie and a ghost train incident plus Warren Hospital trustees.
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Warren Y. Woo
Maine
Providence
Atlanta
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Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Tide Water
Omaha
Patrick Tanrahan
Patrick Manrahan
Ballybannen
Quinn
County Clare
Ireland
James McDonald
Daguscohanda
Elk County
J. K. Weaver
Water Street
A. A. Davis & Co
Public Matters
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Lojoy
Clarendon
M. Jackson & Bros
Pennsylvania Company
Exchange Block
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Haines Golden
Race St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Temperance Bulletin
Dr. Talmage
J. Gelson Gregson
India
Newark
Abraham Lincoln
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Y’s
Y's
Dalles
Oregon
Buaprono
Prospect Park
Warren Hospital
Beaver
J.D. Wetmore
Warren County
W. Hi. Osterhout
Ridgway
BR. Mason
Mercer
Mercer County
C. C. Shirk
Erie
W. Starr
K. C. DeWoody
Carver House
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