Labor Leaders Convene as AFL Opens Twentieth-First Session
Delegates from America and Europe representing about 1.5 million workers gather in Scranton at St Thomas college hall for the American Federation of Labor’s twenty first annual convention. President Samuel Gompers presides as reports show gains in unions and members, with key votes over mine workers’ seating and a plan to create a separate central union for colored workers.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Europe
St. Thomas’ College Hall
John Devine
Committee of Arrangements
Lackawanna
Wyoming
Gompers
Mitchell
Miners’ Organization
Lennon
Central Labor Union
Richmond
Federation
State Federations of Labor
Treasury report shows 1901 federal finances and surplus
Secretary Gage submitted the annual United States financial report to Congress covering the year ending June 30, 1901. Total receipts reached 699,316,530.92 with expenditures of 621,598,446.54, leaving a surplus of 77,717,984.38.
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Washington
Gage
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
District of Columbia
Navy
Pacific Railways
Ceee Eeeee Tees
Immigration Fund
Department of BE Ie Sap
Spain
Seal Islands
Ccseceseese
Span- Bgny Wvat I. Cece Sensed
Asietecs Oem
Navy Pension Fund
Arkansas
Alaaska
Philippines
Navy Yards
United States
Sioux City & Pacific
Kansas Pacific Railway
Eoin Wit
Steneta Cence
United States Treasury
Italy
Copper Fight Worsens as Lawson Stock Plunge Deepens
Boston reports a fierce copper war centering on Thomas W. Lawson. Amalgamated Copper drops sharply with $31,000,000 in market value erased as Lawson claims he will hold 140,000 shares despite raids by Standard Oil linked financiers. Lawson defends his position and vows to endure the onslaught.
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Standard Oil
Lawson
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Amalgamated Copper
Amalgamated
Trinity
New York
Chicago
Wall Street
Independence
New York Yacht Club
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Porto Rico Legislature Called to Convene on New Year
Charles Hartzell Porto Rico secretary acting as governor due to Mr. Hunt's absence issued a call for the legislature to reconvene on New Year's day in San Juan Porto Rico dated December 6.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Charles Hartzell
Hunt
United States
American Missionaries Stone Tsilka Safe in Salonica Report
Spencer Eddy at Constantinople reports via Salonica that American missionary Miss Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka are well as of December 2.
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Constantinople
Spencer Eddy
United States
Salonica
Miss. Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Federation of Labor Opens With Record 312 Delegates
Scranton reports the American Federation of Labor convened with 312 delegates the largest in its history. Resolutions urge public ownership of railroads and telegraphs, nationalizing industry, forming an independent party, and schoolteacher organization while delaying militia involvement. Trade autonomy debate centers on miners and brewery workers amid calls for unified trades.
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Scranton
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor Convention
Train wreck at Macon kills Julia Boynton and injures several
Central of Georgia passenger train from Savannah jumped a switch near Macon early Sunday. Cars plunged from an embankment and burned, destroying the Atlanta sleeper and other coaches. Only one fatality reported Julia Boynton of Columbus. Injured include Lee Jackson Lafayette Indiana R S Tomlinson Detroit Ohio Emily and Annie Peri Chicago. Walter Mains circus members aboard.
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Macon
Central of Georgia Railroad
Savannah
Atlanta
Walter Mains
Julia Boynton
Columbus
Lee Jackson
Lafayette
Ind
R. S. Tomlinson
Detroit
Mich
O. W. Dowd
Geneva
Emily and
Annie Peri
Chicago
Not Guilty in Contempt Case Over Chicago American
Judge Dunne ruled that the publishing of an article and pictures criticizing Judge Hanecy's October 28 order in the Peoples Gas case did not constitute contempt. A M Lawrence and H S Canfield were discharged from custody after being held in contempt and sentenced to jail by Judge Hanecy.
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Chicago
Haneey
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company
Hanecy
Miss Stone Found Held by Turks at Gultepe
The state department received a cable from Spencer Eddy in Constanti nople reporting that Miss Stone and her companion Mme Tsilka are prisoners at a location called Gultepe on the south side of the mountains.
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Miss Stone
Washington
State Department
Spencer Eddy
United States
Constantinople
Mme. Tsilka
Gultepe
Vanderbilt Fined 1000 Francs in French Car Collision
William K. Vanderbilt was condemned by a French court to pay 1000 francs damages for a collision between his automobile and a dog cart at D'Eauville last year.
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Paris
William K. Vanderbilt
D’eauville
Farmer Ban dren Sentenced for Life in Crozier Murder
Knoxville report: P. B. Bundren, a nearly 60 year old farmer, is sentenced at Rutledge to life imprisonment for the murder of Attorney John H. Crozier who was shot on a public highway last July while Crozier sought payment of a debt Bundren owed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
P. B. Bandren
Rutledge
John H. Crozier
Crozier
Bundren
Negroes in Birmingham to contest Alabama constitution
A large group led by Rev. William McGill plans a drive in Birmingham to challenge the Alabama constitution in federal court. The effort seeks funds to hire legal talent to appeal to the United States Supreme Court and test the race disfranchisement provision.
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Birmingham
Ala
William McGill
Supreme Court of the United States
Cramp Shipyard Ready to Build Turkish Cruiser
Constantinople December 9 The Cramp Shipbuilding company has notified the porte it is ready to commence building a cruiser for the Turkish government and has asked the government to send officers to supervise the vessel's construction.
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Constantinople
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
The
Porte
Post Office Looted At Ogden Center
Adrian Michigan December 9 thieves robbed the Ogden Center post office safe of 540 dollars. The盗 funds belonged to local organizations including the G A R post and the Woman's Relief Corps.
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Adrian
Mich
Ogden Center
Odd Fellows
G. A. R. Post
Woman’s Relief Corps
Death of Maj. Henry Fulton University cardiology head
Maj. Henry Fulton of the University of Colorado faculty died of heart disease at 55. A native of Greece New York he served in the Civil War enlisting at 15 and spent one year in Libby prison.
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Denver
Col
Henry Fulton
University of Colorado
Greece
N. Y
Libby
Mint chief calls for more subsidiary coin to meet demand
Washington December 9 Director of the Mint Roberts in his annual report urges an increase in the country's stock of subsidiary coin. He notes that coinage for 1901 totaled 136,340,781 dollars and says growing needs require more coinage.
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Washington
Mint
Roberts
Bank Robbers Take About 2000 In Archbal d Bank Raid
Three masked robbers entered the Archbald Banking company in Archbal d, Delta County, Friday night and secured about $2000 in gold and currency.
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Delta, O
Bank of Archbald Banking Company
Archbald
This County
Carnegie Offers Ten Million for National University in Washington
Andrew Carnegie writes to President Roosevelt offering a ten million dollar endowment to establish a Washington university for postgraduate study and original research. The project aims to rival European and American institutions without a government appropriation, overseen by a national board and funded entirely from the endowment. Washington would become a premier center for higher education.
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Washington
Washington Post
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Congress
Carnegie
James Smithson
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson
Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Hadley
Yale
Eliot
Harvard
White
Cornell
Germany
Catholic University
Methodist University
Carnegie University
Pooling Plan For Steel Plate Makers Reaches Final Form
New York Dec 10 The Journal and American reports a pooling agreement among major steel plate manufacturers after conferences. Initial plans for a single company with United States Steel involvement faltered when Jones & Laughlin declined to sell. A pool now remains with prices deemed satisfactory for the year due to higher demand than production.
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New York
The
Journal and American
United States Steel Corporation
Jones & Laughlin
Lukens Tron and Steel Co
Carbon Steel Co
Important Treaty Signed Over Nicaragua Canal Route Lease
In Managua on December 9 and reported December 10, Dr Fernando Sanchez Nicaragua foreign minister and William L Merry United States minister signed a treaty in which Nicaragua agrees to lease a six mile wide strip of territory including the Nicaragua canal route to the United States for perpetual use.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Fernando Sanchez
William L. Merry
United States
Salvador
Costa Rica
Nicaragua Canal
Fatal Street Fight Ends in Mangum Killing Spree
In Mangum, O T, a street brawl Sunday night resulted in Roy Mills and two others dead and a fourth man fatally wounded. Police expect further details as investigators review the scene.
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Wichita
Kan
Mangum
O. T
Roy Mills
Frye Proposes Seven Class Ship Subsidy Bill
Senator Frye introduced a new ship subsidy bill in the senate. It does not require American registry for foreign ships owned by Americans and makes no distinction between fast and slow steamers except as fast ships may obtain mail contracts. The bill classifies seven mail steamers and bases aid on global shipbuilding and mail needs over the last decade.
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Washington
Frye
Senate
Cashier Fleishman Disappears With $100000 From Bank
Los Angeles Dec 10 H J Fleishman cashier of Farmers and Merchants bank vanished with about 100000 in bank funds. He was last seen at his club Saturday morning claiming illness. Bonded for 30000 he has property to cover losses and the bank insists it will recover fully. I W Hellman and H W Hellman express disbelief and pledge pursuit. Authorities wire the country and Mexico for his capture. bank remains unhandicapped by the loss.
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Los Angeles
Cal
H. J. Fleishman
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
H. W. Hellman
Fleishman
A. J. Harrell
Visalia
I. W. Hellman
California
San Francisco
Nevada Bank
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Los Angeles
Mexico
Riots in Scranton During Street Car Strike Turn Violent
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 10 a clash erupted as Special Officer Frank Schofield and Detective Cosgrove attempted arrests in a saloon. Mob violence with drills clubs and bottles followed as shots were fired. Three mob members were wounded though not seriously. Schofield, a striking conductor, was backed by a non union motor man and authorities vow to back up warrants until the strike is settled.
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Scranton
Frank Schofield
Cosgrove
Schofield
Miller
Will Build Three Steamships for Anchor Line
Detroit plans by Frank E. Kirby to construct three new passenger and freight steamers for the Anchor Line. The vessels will run between Buffalo and Lake Superior ports, be three feet longer than the North Land and North West, reach 15 miles per hour, and feature advanced naval architecture with several radical changes from older steamers.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank E. Kirby
Anchor Line Steamship Co
Buffalo
Lake Superior
North Land
North West
Bolivian Congress Approves Two Treaties with U S
The Bolivian congress yesterday approved an extradition treaty and an agreement for the use of post office money orders between Bolivia and the United States.
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la Paz
Bolivia
United States
McKinley Day Observed In Indiana Churches
The third Sunday in January is set as McKinley day by Indiana churches. Frank L. Jones secretary of the Indiana auxiliary committee issued a circular urging ministers Sunday school superintendents and young peoples society presidents to raise funds on McKinley Sunday. Senator Fairbanks began the fund with 1000 dollars and may contribute more along with other large gifts.
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Leaders OF Labor
American Federation
America
Prescient Gompers
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers
Amalgamated Association
International Association of Machinists
Secretary of Treasury
Mr. Carnegie
National University
Deefaulters
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