Telegraphers strike and labor actions sweep the US and abroad
President Small leads a campaign for federal control of Western Union and Postal telegraph lines with a planned two million dollar fund and arbitration talks. Across Chicago and Havana several operators quit or were called out as Gompers Mitchell Keefe join talks. News notes include deaths, accidents, explorations, and a meteor impact off Amagansett.
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United States
Canada
Western Union
Small
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Daniel J. Keefe
American Federation of Labor
Havana
Cuba
Chicago Federation
S. J. Small
New York
Legal action seeks injunction against AFL leaders over boycott
In Washington DC the supreme court action filed by James W. Van Cleave of the National Association of Manufacturers seeks to stop Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and AFL officers and several AFL subsidiary bodies from using the boycott and unfair list. Other items report Panama canal cost concerns deadly fort Totten shell explosion burglary in Appleton Wis storms in Minnesota Wisconsin border clashes near Casablanca and other national incidents.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
James W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Panama Canal
Fort Totten
Willets Point
L. I
Jersey City
Sophie Kebrer
West Twenty-second Street
New York
Guiseppi Capuzzo
Charles Davis
Henry Kamp
Appleton
Wis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Port McPherson
Atlanta
United States
Panama Bay
James Chapman
Union Pacific
Evanston
Wyo
E. E. Bogue
Department of Forestry
Michigan Agricultural College
Keystone
Casablanca
John A. Benson
Edward B. Perrin
San Francisco
California
Warren G. Foster
Hermann Keuhn
Lipman
Beloit
Doemitz
Germany
Will Clifford
Maple
Cascade of Disasters From North to South Across the Nation
A roundup of tragedies and legal actions includes drownings in Des Moines and Lavin Rock, a fatal parachute failure, bubonic plague cases in San Francisco, a $100,000 life policy ruling in Iowa, a strange town malady in Ridgeway, a county treasurer shortfall in Ohio, a Cincinnati death by self-inflicted act, mine cage deaths in Seaman, and a broad probe into Pennsylvania capitol fraud.
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Roy
Radcliffe
Des Moines
Theodore A. French
Lavin Rock
Conn
San Francisco
McPherson
Rea Oak
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Lucius H. Perkins
Ridgeway
Ashtabula County
Ohio
John E. Owens
Cincinnati
Seaman
Pennsylvania
Capitol Investigation Commission
Stuart
Marathon County Railroad Company
W. D. Connor
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago
Treasury Department
Washington
Toledo
Elizabeth Gallighan
St. Louis
Bonaparte
Wall Street
Vermont Association of
Boston
South Hero Island
Lake Champlain
George Couture
Burlington
Fletcher Dy Proctor
Vermont
Henry Alexander
Absecon
N. J
Alexander Crow, Jr
Philadelphia
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Western Bar Iron Association
Pittsburg
Board of
Robert Fitzsimmons
Charles J. Fisk
Plainfield
George Wasser
New York
Wasser
Philibert
Casablanca
Gloire
Long Island
Brooklyn
Old Orchard
Weston
Pope Manufacturing Company
Pope Motor Car Company
Hartford
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Edward
Ischl
Austria
Francis Joseph
Roosevelt speaks at Provincetown corner stone ceremony
President Roosevelt uses the Provincetown corner stone event for the Cape Cod Pilgrims Memorial to urge national corporate reform and to vow honest law observance. He argues against wealth protected malefactors and promotes fair expansion of legitimate business while preserving stockholders from harm. The monument marks Cape Cod’s Pilgrim landing and the Mayflower compact signing.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Roosevelt
Town Hill
Cape Cod Bay
Rioters Attack Postal Teletype Office in Ashfork Arizona
A mob attacked the Postal Telegraph Co. office in Ashfork Arizona at 1 AM firing shots and breaking all windows. Four employees were endangered but reportedly unharmed. A special train was planned to bring sheriff and deputies to quell the riot as federal and state officials were alerted. Ashfork, a Santa Fe rail town, serves as a key repeating station between Los Angeles and the East.
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Los Angeles
Cal
The
Postal Telegraph Co
Ashfork
Ariz
Prescott
Yavapai County
Nally
Postal Co
New York
Washington
Lewis
Kibbey
Arizona
Santa Fe
Postal Company
San Francisco
Battle with Anarchists at Kryvolosera Ends After 18 Hours
In Odessa region Kryvolosera a detachment confronted five anarchists who holed up in a house and fired on troops for 18 hours. The local police chief and several Cossacks were killed. Two anarchists died and the remaining three escaped.
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Odessa
Russia
Kryvolosera
Registered Mail Sacks Vanish on Burlington Train
Three registered mail sacks valued around 75000 dollars disappeared Sunday night from a Burlington train traveling from Denver to Oxford Nebraska. Post office officials have announced the theft.
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Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Denver
Oxford
Post Office
Japs Order 18000-Ton Battleship From Fairfield Co
Glasgow report says the Japanese government ordered an 18000 ton battleship from Fairfield Shipbuilding Co. The vessel is described as one of the most formidable armored warships afloat.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Fairfield Shipbuilding Co
Legal action seeks to end labor boycott in DC Supreme Court
James W. Van Cleave president of Bucks Store and Range Co. of St. Louis files suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to permanently enjoin the American Federation of Labor and affiliated unions from using boycott and unfair list tactics. The case stems from a 1906 strike by Metal Polishers' Union No. 15 and aims to stop coordinated campaigns targeting the Bucks Co. products, alleged to have harmed trade nationwide.
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van Cleave
Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Bucks Store and Range Co
St. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Metal Polishers’ Union No. 15
Stove Company
International Union of Metal Polishers
Stove Founders’ National Defense Association
The
Bucks Co
Journal
No. 13
Central Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis
Metal Trades Council of St. Louis
Federation
Minneapolis
American Federationist
Woman Who Met Napoleon Near Ligny Still Heads to 102
In Ligny Belgium a woman named Mme Anne-Josephe Rubay claims to have spoken with Napoleon on June 16 1815. She described the emperor as a short man with a long nose and recalled his kindness to her and her mother before ordering them to safety in the forest. She recalls village destruction and the Prussians taking chickens and calves without pay.
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Ligny
Belgium
Napoleon
Mme
Anne-Josephe Rubay
London Daily Graphic
Anne-Josephe
Russia
Sombreffe
Mme. Rubay
Taft Delivers Political Confession of Faith in Columbus
Secretary of war William H. Taft spoke at Memorial hall in Columbus under Buckeye Republican club auspices. He framed the speech as a campaign platform for the Republican nomination, urging tariff revision and pledging action after the next presidential election. Taft supported imprisonment for anti trust and rebate violators as stronger penalties than fines.
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Columbus
William H. Taft
War Department
Memorial Hall
Buckeye Republican Club
Taft
Gov
Harris
United States
Bear Kills Engineer Near Evanston During Campout
James Chapman a Union Pacific passenger engineer was killed by a bear while camping near Evanston Wyoming. His body was found in a thicket after the incident Sunday.
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Ogden
Utah
James Chapman
Union Pacific Railroad
Evanston
Wyo
Chapman
State Supreme Court backs Schmitz removal and Taylor appointment
In San Francisco the state supreme court on Monday upheld the legality of Mayor Schmitz’s removal and the subsequent appointment of Mayor Taylor in the McKannay salary case.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Cal
State Supreme Court
McKannay
Taylor
Banknote Restores Old Debt From Seven Years Past
A Moorestown New Jersey butcher was surprised when a well dressed stranger in the shop paid off a seven year old debt for a steak. The former tramp had bought the meat seven years ago and later became a stock broker. He tracked down the butcher to settle the amount with name and office address provided.
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Thomas F. Shay
Shay & Cogan
Cincinnati
Obadiah Lum Sypher
East Orange
N. J
James Walkley Sweet
New Haven
Conn
War Department
Leyte
Philippines
John Schmidt
Los Angeles
Cal
Philadelphia
Tenderloin
Edward Lawrence
Joliet
Desplaines River
Channahan
Ruth Peterson
Tottenville
Staten Island
Jarvis
John Woods
East Brookfield
Mass
John Charcot
South Pole
Aurora
Ill
DuBois
Idaho
Porter
Bristol
Steeplechase Island
Bridgeport
Tiverton
R. I
Robert Allan Pinkerton
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Bremen
Emma Leach
Cole
Jim
Bob Younger
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Duluth
International Socialist Congress
Stuttgart
Sandy Hook Proving Grounds
Maj
Dunn
Ordnance Corps
United States
Madeline Wassner Langlotz
New York
Amagansett
S. 1
J. Warren Hastings
Boston
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Count Seckendorf
Ramseys
William Waldorf Astor
Cliveden
Waldorf Astor, Jr
Waldorf HI
Moorestown
Narrow mind prompts broad assertions in audience exchange
The pro questions the audience on an installment plan and someone answers with a remark about a man with a narrow mind making broad claims. The Chicago Daily News report frames the dialogue as a pointed exchange on perception and rhetoric.
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Chicago Daily News
French matchmaker accused of swindling suitors
Mme Guerin of Paris faces prosecution for allegedly taking large sums from Frenchmen by promising rich marriages. A voter testifies he paid $7,000 and was shown a box of heiresses at the opera with the remark to pick his choice, selecting a young Miss Northcliffe.
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Mme. Guerin
Paris
Market notes from New York and Midwest regions
New York prices show flour steady. No. 2 red wheat at 93 1/2 cents, No. 2 corn 62 cents, oats 64 1/6 to 63 1/2 cents. Cleveland reports Minnesota patent flour at 5.00 to 5.40, wheat 83 1/2 cents, corn 60 1/2 cents, oats 58 cents, dairy and potatoes steady to firm. Toledo lists cash wheat 85 4 1/4 cents, corn 59 cents, oats 47 cents, cloverseed 9.95 dollars.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Toledo
Chicago Market Prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock
Wheat September 865 cents, Corn 564 cents, Oats 48 a midsession. Pork September 15.75 dollars, Lard 8.85 dollars. Cattle ranges from 4.50 to 7.60 for common to prime steers, Heifers 3.00 to 5.25. Hogs 5.95 to 6.00 for choice heavy shipping, Pigs 5.50 to 6.26.
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Chicago
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President Roosevelt
Pilgrims’ Memorial
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
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