Steel strike to rage on with union and owners at odds
The Amalgamated Association votes to continue the steel strike, pledging to mobilize 400,000 workers across United States Steel, National Steel, Federal Steel, and National Tube plants. Morgan and Schwab refuse to recognize unionizing in newer mills, while owners aim to reopen nonunion mills. A final proposal from both sides outlines mill-specific signings, with Shaffer and Williams backing a settlement effort. Pittsburgh statement calls for full strike support and no new talks unless initiated by the steel company.
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New York
Amalgamated Steel, Iron and Tin Workers
J. Pierpont Morgan
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
National Steel Company
Federal Steel Company
National Tube Company
Steel Corporation
Morgan
Tin Plate Company
Amalgamated Association
American Steel Hoop Company
Com‘pany
American Steel Hoop
American Sheet Steel Company
Old Meadow
Saltsbury
Sheel Mills
Scott
T. J. Shaffer
John Williams
Pittsburgh
Jealous artilleryman kills wife then ends his life
Private T. C. Haggerty of the Tenth United States Artillery shot and killed his wife at the government barracks on Sullivan's Island before blowing out his own brains. Jealousy named as the motive. Haggerty, from West Virginia, enlisted in the army.
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Charleston
S. C
T.cuis Haggerty
Tenth
United States Artillery
Government Barracks
Sullivan’s Island
Haggerty
West Virginia
British Torpedo Boat Viper Wrecked Near Alderney
London reports the torpedo boat Viper the fastest craft in the world struck rocks off Alderney during naval maneuvers. All crew were rescued and no casualties were reported.
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London
Alderney Island
Venezuelan forces repulse invaders near San Cristobal
Caracas reports Gen Rangel Garbiras led 3000 Colombian battalions against Gen Castro's 4000 troops. After 28 hours of clashes July 28 and 29 the rebels were defeated with about 900 rebels and 300 government casualties. Martial law, frontier reinforcements, and possible declaration of war against Colombia follow.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Rangel Garbiras
Castro
Colombia
Bogota
Republic
London
Reuter Telegram Company
Curacao
Queen of the seas arrives Celtic maiden voyage
The Celtic of White Star Line arrives in New York from Queenstown on its maiden voyage. The ship, 700 feet long with 20,880 gross tons, carries 345 cabin and 268 steerage passengers, and can house 2,859 travelers with 335 crew. It launched in Belfast in April and completed an eight day forty six minute Atlantic crossing.
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New York
Queen of the Seas
Celtic
White Star Line
Queenstown
Belfast
Ireland
Liverpool
New York Bar
Pier 48
North River
Germanic
Frank H. Collier Dies in Poverty and Scant Attendance
Chicago today reports the death of Frank Howard Collier at Postlewait's undertaking establishment after a county hospital stay for paralysis. Once a notable lawyer connected with the West Park Board and Chicago Burlington & Quincy, he faded into poverty, living at 623 Jackson Blvd. He faced repeated insanity trials and a life marked by dramatic career highs and legal battles.
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Chicago
Frank Howard Collier
Postlewait
Ogden Avenue
Mr. Collier
Jackson Boulevard
Desplaines
Collier
West Park Board
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Board of Education
London
England
Dunning
Kankakee
Kohlsaar
Tho
Insurgent Gains Reported Across Colombia Amid Standstill
Diaz Guerra in New York reports from trusted agents in Venezuela of a 17 day battle at Palo Negro where insurgents retreated after ammunition ran out and government troops were too damaged to pursue. Other victories attributed to Gen Herrera at Tuiaco and Barbacos, with a large revolutionary force said to operate on Colombia's Pacific coast.
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New York
Diaz Guerra
Venezuela
Palo Negro
Herrera
Tuiaco
Barbacos
Department of
Cauca
Pacific
Colombia
Agent Guerra
Maraicabo
Senor Valencia
Cucuta
Bogota
Senor Guerra
Uribe
Vargas Santos
Insurgent Army
Anarchist Galliotti Arrested in Switzerland Tie to Humbert Plot
Zurich reports arrest of anarchist Galliotti at Wiedik by prosecutor general on orders from Paterson New Jersey. Authorities found many documents at his lodging. In Paterson a months old plot link surfaced claiming Humbert's death was sought by anarchists.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Galliotti
Wiedik
Paterson
New Jersey
N. J
Humbert
Careno Fossiani
Sperenzi
Europe
Obscure mob violence looms in Sallie Layton case
In New Orleans a local column reports an armed mob in the Taliaferro neighborhood killed Will Price, found with a rope around his neck and gunshot wounds near Duke's place. An inquest by Esquire John Irving returned death by unknown hands. The mob’s full scope remains unclear.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Carrollton
Miss
Taliaferro
Sallie Layton
Will Price
Esquire
John Irving
Jack Taliaferro
Jack
Lynn
Price
Will Test the Law Gamblers Challenge New York Penal Code
New York gamblers and pool room proprietors, represented by John R. Dos Passos, move to send Charles Jennett’s case to the United States circuit court on the grounds that Sections 343 and 351 of the state penal code on gambling are unconstitutional. If the court agrees, many raid sentences may be invalidated and New York gambling laws could require revision. This marks the first such action in the state.
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New York
John R. Dos Passos
Charles Jennett
the Allen
United States Circuit Court
United States
United States.” Mr. Dos Passos
United States Circuit
Insanity of Frank H. Collier Attributed To Head Blow
Doctors conclude circular insanity in Frank H. Collier may stem from a head wound years earlier. Brain surgery revealed an exostosis on the inner skull floor with frontal lobe adhesion, suggesting the injury, not heredity, caused the mental condition. The brain appeared large, indicating former immense intellect.
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Chicago
Frank Howard Collier
Collier
Save Their Homes: Indians Land allotments challenged
Eleven petitioners, white or white-descended married to Wichita Indians, seek a mandamus to compel Secretary of the Interior to allot lands in Oklahoma and withdraw them from settlement. Led by Emmett Cox and G. Williams, they claim tribal status by marriage and were denied allotments. Justice Clabaugh ordered the secretary to show cause by August 13.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Secretary of the Interior
Justice Clabaugh
Emmett Cox
Quanada Parker
G. Williams
Congress
Clabaugh
Train crosses new Stony Brook cut off bridge in Wisconsin
West Superior Wis Aug 5 the first ore train over the new Stony Brook cut off of the Eastern Minnesota passed the bridge over the St Louis river just above Stony Brook 52 miles from here at three o clock Sunday afternoon. One man was killed and three injured.
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West Superior
Wis
Stonybrook c
Minnesota
St. Louis River
Stonybrook
Here
Chicago valuation sets real and personal property at 400 million
Secretary Upham of the board of review announces Chicago will have an assessed real and personal property value of 400 million dollars and expected tax revenue of 26.3 million dollars.
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Chicago
Upham
Board of Review
Trains Collide Near Lockport Killing Two
A Pan American special and a regular New York Central train collided near Lockport New York early Sunday. Engineer Thomas Hyland and trainman George Webb were killed. A fireman was severely injured. Passengers escaped serious injury amid the wreck.
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Lockport
N. Y
New York Central
Thomas Hyland
George Webb
Medina
Middleport
Two Young Sisters Die in Michigan House Fire
In Marcelona Michigan on August 5 two young sisters aged three and two died in a house fire that engulfed the residence while two older boys escaped and raised the alarm. The blaze consumed the house and its contents.
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Marcelona
Mich
George Simmons
Cruiser Chicago Sails for Southampton Drydock
The United States cruiser Chicago departed Gibraltar on August 5 and proceeded to Southampton to enter drydock. The move follows naval maintenance plans, with repairs and upkeep anticipated during the docking period.
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Chicago
Gibraltar
United States
Southampton
A Strike That Grows In Canadian Grain Trade
Ogdensburg New York reports a strike spreading from the Westbrook grain elevator. After unloading 30000 bushels export grain on the Haskell, non union shovelers refused to work, foreigners will take over elevator tasks until settlement. Longshoremen aim to expand support from Ogdensburg to Duluth against Rutland Transit oats.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
Haskell
Prescott
Ont
Westbrook Grain
Rutland Transit Co
Duluth
Frisco Strike Forges On Amid Mediation Failures
San Francisco labor leaders say a swift settlement is unlikely as Mayor Phelan fails to mediate. An employers ultimatum is expected but not given. The labor council can mobilize 25 000 workers across 50 unions, with bakers sand teamsters and electrical workers poised to quit if needed.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Labor Council
Sand Teamsters
Exposition Building Destroyed by Fire in Kansas City
A fire yesterday destroyed the exposition building in Kansas City, a structure built in 1887 at a cost over $200,000. A boy in a crowd watching a nearby circus started the blaze with rubbish, and flames quickly engulfed the half block square hall.
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Kansas City
Threaten a Sympathetic Strike in Seattle
Seattle workers plan a citywide sympathy strike with all unions walking out in unison. The move follows the Metal Trades association’s refusal to rehire former employees, a policy seen as aimed at destroying unionism and harming local business.
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Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Metal Trades Association
Central Passenger association fixes agency for G A R encampment
In Cleveland on August 6 the Central Passenger association chose a north side store on Superior Street between Bank and Seneca as its joint agency for the National Grand Army encampment. Tickets may be extended to October 8 for 50 cents each, with Cleveland hosting a single agency as the center of the territory. Over 30,000 tickets were extended at the Chicago agency previously.
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Cleveland
Central Passenger Association
National Grand Army
Superior Street
Bank
Seneca Streets
Chicago
Central Passenger Agency Association
Photographic electric check recorder boosts bank efficiency
In Chicago on August 6 a new check recording system using an electric photographic device began at the National Bank of the Republic. The machine photographs 10 000 checks per hour, 7 500 using one loading, with a 190 foot film roll. Checks move to transparent holders, and pictures can be rolled for storage. The device would replacement nine clerks’ work.
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Chicago
National Bank of the Republic
Terrific explosion rocks Locust Street Philadelphia
A blast on Locust Street Philadelphia caused five buildings to collapse their fronts blown out. At least ten to twenty people killed and over twenty injured with many more missing or in hospital. Fire followed the collapse, and rescue efforts continued through the night as authorities listed victims including Rosenthal family members and multiple others.
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Philadelphia
Locust Street
Morris Rosenthal
Rosenthal
William Jones
Cones
George McClemmy
McClemmy
Patrick Quigley
Quigley
Albert Mountain
Mountain
Jefferson
Pennsylvania Hospitals
Pennsylvania Hospital
Samuel Gale
Florence Gale
Minnie
Lizzie Watkins
Death of Empress Frederick at Cronberg
Dowager empress dies at 6 15 p m Monday in Cronberg after a brief decline. Emperor William and children were with her in the sick room when she passed. She had long followed her husband’s motto Learn to suffer without complaining and recently ordered public grounds at Frederickshof closed to hide her suffering.
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Empress Frederick
Perlin
Frederick
Cronberg
William
Enmm
Frederickshof
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Frisco
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