Electric Boat Trial Near Rochester Demonstrates Success
The Ceres renamed Frank W Hawley powered by a Westinghouse electric motor drew current from a Rochester street line and completed a one mile course twice with no jerks or loss of momentum. Governor Flower and party learned of the successful trial with applause.
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Rochester
N. Y
Erie Canal
Ceres
Frank W. Hawley
Westinghouse Company
Edward Hannon
Hawley
Rochester Street Railway
Associated Press
Brighton test improves control of electric boat Frank W. Hawley
In Rochester Brighton a test of the electric boat Frank W. Hawley replaced crude trolley poles with a flexible cable for better control. The cable was ready but arrived late to aid Saturday’s trial. Also noted is a Washington report on Alabama and Tennessee manufacturing interests opposing free list removal of iron ore and coal. Over a million dollars is mentioned for mission work.
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Rocuester
Brighton
Frank W. Hawley
Evliey
Lehigh Strike Shuts Down Main Lines at Sayre
News from Sayre and Philadelphia report the Lehigh system strike took effect Saturday night with orders to halt all trains on main tracks. Officials deny violence, yet a detective-escorted visit to the grievances committee included threats to burn bridges and blow up roundhouses, prompting room 238 witnesses and a later warning of continued lawful action.
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Sayre
Lehigh
Philadelphia
Wilkins
Easton
Bingham House
Howard B. Johns
Mr. Atkinson
Wilkinson
Thurston, Hanrahan
David, Gossline
Smith
Thomas Allen
John J. Hanrahan
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Atkinson
Mr. Wilkins
Messrs. Sweigard and
Voorhees
Buffalo
Possible Reading and Lehigh Valley rail line crews swap
Reading Pennsylvania reports that Philadelphia and Reading Company workers along the Pottsville to Philadelphia route may be asked to fill positions on the Lehigh Valley line. Some expect requests today, while many Reading men remain nonunion yet sympathetic to the strikers.
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Reading
Voorhees
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Pottsville
Sayre Tieup Halts Lehigh Trains Across Yards
Elmira New York November 20 The Lehigh strike at Sayre has halted all trains since Saturday night with enginemen firemen conductors brakemen and telegraph operators among those walking off. About 500 strikers linger on the tracks as yards fill with cars and perishable freight piles up. Two passenger trains cleared yesterday but no more run until the dispute ends with other roads refusing aid. No violence reported.
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Elmira
N. Y
Lehigh
Sayre
First Lehigh Valley freight arrives at Communipaw amid strike
At Jersey City on Saturday the first Lehigh Valley freight reached Communipaw at 3 30 p m carrying cattle perishable freight and moving with the regular crew. Freight Master Randie said no freights would start last night due to locomotive shortages while others claim no workers will report to work. Rundis noted no freight was being received and New York merchants would not ship during the strike.
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Jersey City
Lehigh ‘Valley Road
Communipaw
Randie
Rundis
New York
Nothing but Mail Trains Moving
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on November 20 reports say no freight or coal trains have run on the Wyoming division since 10 o clock Saturday. Strikers claim no trains will run until grievances are settled though mail trains continue. Passengers object to passenger cars on mail trains as shown when the Philadelphia flyer was delayed by detached cars. Hanrahan Adjudged Insane in Batu New York on November 16 ex deputy sheriff under bond for arson is now at Willard asylum.
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Philadelphia Flyer
Hanrahan
Batu
N. Y
Martin Hanrahan
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Cooper
Philadelphia
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Lamont
Washington
J. Scott Harrison
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Ways and Means Committee
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Greece
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Spain
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Columbia
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Yale
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Erie Canal
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Hawaii
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G. W. Marden
Grafton County
British Isles
Jack
Directum
Alix
Fleetwood Stack
Blount
Charles Deems
News Of The Week Highlights From Honolulu To Paris
Official dispatches from Hawaii withheld by Secretary Gresham. Reports of train robberies, riots, political shifts, and naval news span from the United States through Europe and the Atlantic. The week tracks assassinations, earthquakes, strikes, and imperial diplomacy with named figures and places.
Gale Toll Rises as Storm Wrecks Vessels Off British Isles
London reports a deadly gale harming the British coast with at least 80 known dead and many crews missing. Two railroad engines blown from tracks near Inverness blocked traffic, wrecking trains sent to clear lines. By midnight drowning deaths reach 134 with total fatalities near 200 as ships founder offshore.
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London
Inverness
France
Calais
Dieppe
New Haven
Counterfeit Railway Tickets Cost Railroads Big Sum
More than $100000 in counterfeit tickets have been honored by several lines including the Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, Pittsburg and Western, Nickel Plate and others. Tickets show no warning marks. roads pay the loss jointly and have spent over $11000 on proofs likely to convict the criminals.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Pittsburg and Western
Governor Flower’s Determined Stand
Governor Flower writes to Hon. William Gaynor about Gravesend election outrages. He details legal steps taken to prosecute offenders and warns that the governor and attorney general will use full powers to defend liberty and honest elections.
Standard Oil steel plans and regional capital in talks
The Commercial Gazette reports that Standard Oil is moving to enter steel manufacture using a new direct ore-to-steel process. Capitalists from across the nation meet in Cleveland with Standard Oil figures to back the plan, aiming to build steelworks near ore basins and haul coal from Pittsburgh. Meanwhile in Wilkes-Barre a 11-year-old epileptic girl Mary Moore is reportedly branded by an Arabian healer in a failed exorcism, with doctors predicting death.
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Pirrspure
The
Commercial Gazette
Standard Oil Company
Thomas 8. Blair, Jr
Charles Adams
St. Louis
Charles Depauw
New Albany
Ind
Denver
Cleveland
Roanoke
John A. Rockafellow
Standard
Duluth
Pittsburg
Attempted suicide by laudanum and carbolic acid in Allegheny home
Ida Lewis, following peers Mabel Hipple and Jennie McDonald, drank poison at her grandmother Mrs Hughes house in Allegheny. Laura Gray, her companion, hesitated and alerted others. Doctors worried the girls burdened relatives as they fought for survival.
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Ida Lewis
Mabel Hipple
Jennie McDonald
Hughes
Allegheny
Laura Gray
Miss Gray
Lewis
Lehigh Valley Boss Refuses Talks With Committee
Philadelphia Nov 18 President Wilbur of the Lehigh Valley railroad declares he will not confer with labor committee members since they are not employees of the road and says he will deal directly with the employees himself.
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Philadelphia
Wilbur
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Oil Excitement Grips Brooklyn Pa Land Leasing
In Brooklyn in Susquehanna County locals report strong oil prospects with signs of oil believed first class. Scranton capitalists have leased 1,800 acres and Standard Oil has secured 2,600 acres amid a land boom near the village.
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Scranton
Brooklyn
Susquehanna County
Standard Oil Company
Doctor Cummings Hears Charge Over Faulty Death Certificate
Dr J H Cummings prominent West End physician faced Alder man Tripp for allegedly misreporting a death certificate. A child’s death prompted the charge as the doctor listed the father’s occupation as bum. He was released on payment of costs.
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Pitrspurg
J. H. Cummings
West End
Alderman Tripp
Bureau of Health
Miss Veronica Ewing Dead
Sister Veronica Ewing daughter of General Hugh Ewing of Lancaster Ohio and a niece of General Sherman died in Mercy hospital Pittsburgh after tending a sick girl and catching a cold that developed into pneumonia leading to her death.
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Pirtsburg
Mary Veronca Ewing
Hugh Ewing
Lancaster, O
Sherman
Mercy Hospital
Pennsylvania Official Returns Show Treasurer Victory and Supreme Court Win
Harrisburg reports the official election tally: Jackson, Republican, defeats Osburn, Democrat, for state treasurer by 135,196. Fell leads for supreme court judge by 133,581. Prohibition votes total 21,358 and People's Party 6,979.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Osburn
Supreme Court
Prohibition
People’s Party
Plate Glass Association Dissolved in Short Lived Bid
The National Plate Glass Association has dissolved after a one year existence. Secretary D. E. Wheeler cites weak finances and slack demand for plate glass plus foreign competition as reasons for not continuing the organization.
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Plate Glass Association
Pirrspurg
National Plate Glass Association
D. E. Wheeler
National sewer pipe firms form trade association
Representatives of 16 sewer pipe companies met at Toronto and formed a national association to promote trade and maintain a uniform price scale. The factories will not be consolidated, and about 1,000,000 is represented in the combine.
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Prrnsburg
Toronto
Combine
Bethlehem Shipyard Delivers Gun Material to Navy Yards
The Bethlehem Iron Company in Bethlehem Pennsylvania shipped 15 tons of gun material for 5 12 and 13 inch guns to the Washington Navy Yard. It also sent a conning tower weighing 20 tons for the Monadnock to Mare Island Navy Yard in San Francisco.
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Bethlehem. Pa
Bethlehem Iron Compty
Washington Navyyard
Mare Island Navyyard
San Francisco
Italian Workers Strike for Higher Wages at Carnegie Gas Work
Six hundred Italian laborers employed by Carnegie Gas in Armstrong County walk out near Logan's Ferry in a ditch digging project from Crooked Creek to Milltown. They have been paid $1 daily and demand $1.50. The dispute highlights labor unrest among immigrant crews.
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Logan’s Ferry
Carnegie Gas Company
Crooked Creek
Armstrong County
Milltown
Lehigh Valley Coal Region Workers Report No Strike Action
In Schuylkill valley the Lehigh Valley coal region employees have not yet moved to join the strike. A local cooking tip suggests two or three geranium leaves added to crab apple jelly for a tasty flavor.
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Porrsville
Schuylkill Valley
Lehigh Valley
Dog Barks Versus Speech in Quiet Night Riddles
A reflective piece questions why dogs bark instead of speaking clearly and why the sun behaves differently in darkness and light, expressing frustration at not understanding animal behavior and natural phenomena. The voice admires clear sense but remains puzzled by everyday mysteries.
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J. O. Parmler
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Henry Friend
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Tex
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Thomas Thas
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William
Berlin
Leo
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Schuylkill
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