Plan for arbitration rejected in steel strike case
In Indianapolis Aug 30 Simon Burns head of Local 300 and Knights of Labor presents an arbitration plan to Schwab of United States Steel which is rejected. Burns returns to Pittsburgh Fri to press for arbitration. Shaffer denies reports of a peace push and says no vote has been taken by the Amalgamated. Trust gains as nonunion workers hear of openings. Rankin McClintock-Marshall strike ends with 300 back to work.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Simon Burns
Schwab
Pittsburg
Mr. Schwab
Ronce
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
Burns
J. P. Morgan
Steel Combine
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated
Milwaukee
Bay View
Mr. Shaffer
New York
United Sates Steel Corporation
Knights of Labor
Congress
Knights Templars elect junior grand warder at rapid conclave
Frank H. Thomas, past grand commander of the District of Columbia, is elevated to junior grand warder by the grand encampment. Other officers advance one grade. San Francisco chosen for the 1904 meeting. The grand ball in the Horse Show building draws about 8,000 attendees.
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Louisville
Frank H. Thomas
District of Columbia
Knights Templars
H. B. Stoddard
Bryan
Tex
George M. Moulton
Chicago
H. W. Rugg
Providence
R. L
W. B. Mellish
Cincinnati
Joseph A. Locke
Portland
H. Wales Lines
Connecticut
John A. Gerrow
Detroit
Mich
Templar
San Francisco
Eleven Die in City of Trenton Boiler Explosion
Eleven were killed and more than 50 injured when the Delaware river steamer City of Trenton exploded after leaving Philadelphia for Trenton. Fire and scalding forced passengers and crew to jump overboard. the vessel ran aground and burned. Captain Worrell and crew acted heroically. cause remains undetermined.
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Philadelphia
City of
Trenton
Wilmington Steamboat Company
Torresdale
N. J
Drew
J. D
Green
Elizabeth
Lansing
Arthur
Mable
Matt
August
O'Connell
James
Wilmington
Del
Burlington
Bristol
W. A. Worrell
Edward Curry
J. W. Vanderveer
Edward Murphy
J. D. Chew
Clayton Reybold
Vanderveer
Curry
Murphy
Glass factories set to resume in two stages
Indianapolis officials of several glass companies met and agreed. Cooperative factories will resume October 15 while the American and Independent organizations, called the two trusts, will start fire November 1.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Two Trusts
Triple Murderer Ranged, Seattle, Wash.
Seattle reports the execution at Dawson on August 23 of George O'Brien for the Christmas day 1599 murder of Lynne Rolfe Fred Clayson and Tuineman Olsen.
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Seattle
Wash
Skagway
Dawson
George O’brien
Lynne Rolfe
Fred Clayson
Tuineman Olsen
United Mine Workers Set Plans After Resolutions
Hazleton Pa Aug 30 The United Mine Workers adopt a committee report urging written contracts with coal companies strict contract compliance and ongoing card inspection The leaders Mitchell and district presidents are empowered to call a strike if current contracts are violated A joint conference with operators is to be arranged and the value of a written wage contract for a stated period is noted The move emphasizes mutual benefit to miners and operators through formal written agreements.
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Hazleton
Committee On
United Mine Workers
Mitchell
Breaks Her Westward Record on Atlantic Run
The Imperial German and United States mail twin screw express steamer Deutschland reached New York in 5 days 12 hours 23 minutes from Cherbourg Mole to Sandy Hook lightship covering 3045 miles at 23 knots. It marks the quickest westward voyage and shortest route to date.
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New York
United States Mail
Cherbourg Mole
Sandy Hook
Leper case in St Louis may seek Louisiana asylum
Surgeon General Wyman informs Health Commissioner Starkloff that Dong gong the Chinese laundryman found with leprosy cannot be sent to Molokai. As a last resort Starkloff plans to present the case to the Louisiana governor to seek admission to a Louisiana leper settlement.
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St. Louis
Wyman
Starkloff
Donggong
Molokai
Hawaiian Islands
Starkieff
Louisiana
Dong Gong
Dividend Planned for Cuyahoga Savings Depositors
Depositors of the defunct Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Co. will receive a first dividend of ten percent under an order of the court of common pleas. The bank’s late president H. S. Pollock died by his own hand in Seattle some time ago.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Savings and Banking Company
Hk. S. Pollock
Seattle
Court of Common Pleas
Two Boys Die From Gas In Kirksville Mine
Albert Buchanan and Ira Evans, boys from Kirksville Missouri, were overcome by gas while exploring a deserted coal mine. Their bodies were recovered after a several hour search.
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Kirksville
Albert Buchanan
Ira Evans
Rains Delay Operations Against Insurgents in Samar
Heavy rains suspend active operations against insurgents in Samar. Capt. Harry C. Hale and a Twentieth infantry detachment clashed with Gonzales in Batangas. insurgent leader Malvar was initially believed present, but fled. A few prisoners were taken and two Americans wounded.
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Manila
Samar
Harry C. Hale
Twentieth Infantry
Gonzales
Batangas
Malvar
Lyncher George Howard Sentenced for First Degree Murder
Montgomery Alabama August 29. George Howard convicted at Wetumpka of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life. Howard was a member of the mob that lynched Robert White a Black man in the county some months ago.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Howard
Wetumpeka
Howard
Robert White
Steamer City of Clifton Sinks on Mississippi River
The City of Clifton sank in nine feet of water at landing No 76 on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River. All 70 passengers escaped safely. The cargo of lumber and peanuts was partially lost.
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Murphysboro
City of Clifton
Landing No. 76
Missouri
Mississippi River
Paris Declares France Breaks With Ottoman Turkey
A semi official note from Paris says the porte failed to honor undertakings with France over disputed issues. Ambassador Constans left Constantinople on August 26 as talks collapsed. Washington fears the move may dissolve the European concert and invite signatories to press Turkey with vast claims, unsettling the Ottoman government.
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Paris
Porte
M. Constans
France
Constantinople
M. Delcasse
Mr. Constans
Auust
Turkey
Munir Bey
Washington
Berlin
Europe
Firewreck on Hudson Kills Family on Naphtha Launch
Albany police report a naphtha launch exploded on the Hudson River near The Abbey, killing Wilbur Alexander, his wife, and daughter. The 12 year old son survived after he carried a lantern near the naphtha tank and the blaze ignited everything. The launch burned completely and all three bodies were consumed.
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Albany
N. Y
Wilbur Alexander
Hudson River
Alexander
Weatherman Convention Draws 100 Officials in Milwaukee
Over 100 weather bureau officials from across the nation gathered in Milwaukee for a three day meeting. Key speeches covered new observation towers, Caribbean and West Indies stations, hurricane warnings, and the expansion of forecast distribution including night predictions.
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Milwaukee
Weather Bureau
William Wilson
David S. Rose
W. L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Moore
West Indies
Turks Island
Bermuda
Mexico
Meteorological Office
London
England
British Isles
Azores
Spain
Porto Rico
Cuba
Seattle
G. A. Loveland
Lincoln
Neb
J. Warren Smith
Columbus
G. E. Linney
Chicago
Double Murder at Siwanoy Golf Club House Yonkers
Two black men, David Scott and John Stevens, were found stabbed to death in an attic room at the Siwanoy Golf Club near Yonkers on Sept 2. Authorities detain Warner Simms and Frank Dunnington. a putty knife with blood, hair, and a Simms handle are found. missing cash box valued at about $150. Simms claims burglars attacked the pair during a downstairs search and up to the attic.
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Yonkers
New York
David Scott
John Stevens
Siwanoy Golf Club
Warner Simms
Frank Dunnington
Simms
Scott
Stevens
Great Northern Train Wreck Kills Thirty-Six In Kalispell Region
A Great Northern wreck 40 miles east of Kalispell Montana killed 36 people and injured ten. The rear of a freight train broke loose and struck the passenger train as it began leaving Nyack. Superintendent Downs his son Kirk and cook Henry Blair died. The private car and the following car burned with many Scandinavian laborers cremated.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Kalispell
Mont
Nyack
Downs
Kirk
Henry Blair
Secret police surveil Paris anarchists during czar visit
In Paris Aug 28 secret police arrested Augo SPandonI after a Bourse du Travail meeting calling him a dangerous Italian. Charged with vagabondage, he was freed for lack of proof but expelled from the country and went to London.
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Paris
Bourse du Travail
Augo Spandoni
London
Steamer for Teachers to Philippines Departing Sept 12
War department orders the transport Sumner from San Francisco to sail September 12 carrying school teachers bound for the Philippines and other civil insular government passengers.
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Washington
War Department
Sumner
San Francisco
Philippines
War chances between Colombia and Venezuela fade
Official mail advices received at the Colombian legation in Washington indicate that the likelihood of war between Colombia and Venezuela is diminishing daily.
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Washington
Colombia
Venezuela
Pursuit of Malvar Nears End as Peace Steps Take Hold
Manila reports point to the capture or surrender of insurgent Miguel Malvar as U.S. forces plan to reduce divisions from four to two with Manila and Iloilo headquarters. Daily surrenders rise across Batangas and other districts. In a three hour battle, Col. Gracias, two officers and 50 men were killed. deserters and renegades were seen directing in English.
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Manila
Miguel Malvar
Iloilo
Batangas
H. C. Hale
Twentieth Infantry
Gonzales
Gracias
Yankee Wins the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay
John F. Maden's Yankee captured the Futurityat Sheepshead Bay on Saturday the richest turf feature. He beat Lux Costa by a length and a half with Baron third. The purse totaled 35 910 for the winner plus breeder awards of 2000 1250 and 500 for the top three.
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Yankee
New York
John FE. Madden
Sheepshead Bay
Lux Costa
Baron
Liberal insurrection near Bocas Del Toro besieging town
Colombian report says about 200 liberal insurgents on Provision Island command the harbor entrance to Bocas Del Toro. Fighting has been limited with no civilian casualties. authorities impose martial law and restrict commerce while consuls seek gunboat aid.
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Colon
Colombia
Bocas del Toro
Provision Island
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Costa Rican
United States
Rosas del Toro
District of Columbia Wins Historic Sea Girt Trophy Match
The DC rifle team of 12 men won the Sea Girt trophy among 11 teams, setting a new record 1098 points. Sergeant Corry of the Twelfth New York excelled with a near perfect at 600 yards. New York led after the first stage but DC surged in the final distances. Wells of New York caused a miss with a fouled shot. Canada rose to third overall after strong 500 and 600 yard rounds.
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District of Columbia
Hifle
Sea Girt
N. J
New York
Corry
Twelfth
New York Regiment
Wells
Smeltermen Union Alleges Foreign Control In Breach Suit
In Spokane on September 5, the Northport Smeltermen's union replies in the injunction case with sensational charges. It claims a British majority owns smelter stock and thus has no right to land in this state. The union also accuses Superintendent Kedish of offering a $2000 bribe to an officer to break up the union.
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Spokane
Wash
Northport Smeltermen’s Union
Kedish
To be Tried for Three Murders in Nome Case
Nome dispatch reports Fred Hardy faced first degree murder charges for killing Don Sullivan Florence Sullivan and P J Rooney on Unimak Island August 23. A special grand jury returned the indictment after testimony. Hardy claims kinship to John Wanamaker of Philadelphia and served in the Philippines with the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers.
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Seattle
Wash
Santa Anna
Nome
Fred Hardy
Don
Florence Sullivan
P. J. Rooney
Unimak Island
Hardy
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Philippines
Pennsylvania Volunteers
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Svork
Knights Templar
Henry Bates Stoddard
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Holmesburg
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