Steel strike stirs鋼 mills as unity debate rages
In Pittsburg on Aug 9 the steel strike fight centers on the general strike order. United States Steel resumes closed mills to show independence, while Amalgamated Association seeks broader AFL backing. Officials forecast varied outcomes, and settlement talks surface amid talk of arbitration.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
American Federation of Labor
Shaffer
Trust Pushes the Fight in Pittsburgh Strike Talks
President Shaffer and President Gompers met in executive session seeking union support amid a broad steel walkout. Mills reopened in Lindsay & McCutcheon Clark works and Hyde Park with little resistance, while plans to start Painter and Chartiers mills loom. Gompers offered no conclusions and left reporters silent about outcomes.
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Shaffer
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Federation
Amalgamated
Williams
Tighe
Rees and
Chappell
John Pierce
Ben S
Hyde Park
Wellsville
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Lindsay & MacCutcheon’s
Painter
Chartiers
Carnegie
Steel Corporation
Pittsburg
Knighthood Assembly Moves Against Attorney General
District Assembly No. 66 of the Knights of Labor authorized its legislative committee to file quo warranto proceedings against the U S attorney general to compel enforcement of the Sherman anti trust law. The action targets the United States Steel Corporation.
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Steel Trust
Washington
Knigts of Labgor
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Disappearance of Local Resident Franks Finnal Shocks Waukegan
Wadsworth, a village twelve miles northwest of Waukegan, is buzzing after Frank Finnal, a well known resident, vanished Sunday while ill and demented. Search parties have scoured the area for two days without success, and a sighting was reported Monday several miles from his home.
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Waukegan
Isis
Wadsworth
Frank Finnal
Sugar cured hams and bacon at Todd Stuart's sale
Sugar cured hams and bacon offered at lower prices at Todd Stuart's store. The note highlights bargain meat selections and reduced costs for shoppers.
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Todd Stuart’s
Inexpensive Outing to Clear Lake Iowa Train Sale
The Iowa Central Railway offers a vacation option to Clear Lake Iowa. Tickets go on sale August 1 to 10 from Brighton at 550 dollars for a round trip. Tickets valid for travel on sale day with final return by October 31 1901.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central Railway
Brighton
World Wide Reputation Chamberlains Remedy Sold Locally
Advertises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a proven cure with a world wide reputation. Describes it as safe and pleasant to take. Available for sale at Stewart's Pharmacy and Cook and Sherman.
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Chamberlain’s
Stewart's Pharmacy
Cook & Sherman
First Funeral Service Over Empress Frederick Remains
Cronberg Aug 9 The funeral at Friedrichshof was simple and impressive. The rite was by the bishop of Ripon, the empress's chaplain, with Rev Teignmouth Shore and Worcester canon. Emperor William in Black Hussars led the royal family behind, except Prince Henry of Prussia.
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Frederick
Ripon
Thomas Teignmouth Shore
Worcester
Cotfin
Emperor William
Black Hussars
Prince Henry
Prussia
Arlington clergyman in defamation dispute over Mrs. Barker
Arlington Augusta August 0. Members of the Barker Defense Association report no reply to a registered letter sent to Rev. John Keller demanding he file a civil defamation suit against Mrs. Barker. Keller may resume Trinity Mission duties and a mass meeting could follow if accusations persist. Mrs. Barker plans to visit her husband at the Trenton prison soon.
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Arlington
N. J
Thomas G. Barker
Mass Meeting Demands Expulsion of Prohibition Advocates
In Fort Scott Kansas a crowd of about 2500 adopted bitter resolutions calling for the expulsion of Rev. Mr. Frazer of the State Temperance Union and others who push for enforcing Prohibition. A 50 member committee will execute the resolution and act quickly if agitators move to close saloons. Frazer is away but set to return, with ministers backing him publicly.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Frazer
State Temperance Union
Crain
Mr. Frazer
Banker Leach Is Now Gone From Indiana
Avilla banker Leach, partner of James M. Key, fled the state amid forged paper charges. Avilla bank liabilities run between 22 000 and 25 000, including deposits by the Odd Fellows and Catholic Old People's Home. Heist, the town treasurer, and Leach’s wife say she did not know of the departure. The Andrews receiver reports losses to depositors will be total for those dealing with Key.
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Indianapolis
Leach
Avilla
James M. Key
Key
Avilla Bank
Odd Fellows
Catholic Old People’s Home
Commercial Bank
Andrews
Geologist debunks Brown county gold excitement
Terre Haute Indiana August 9 State Geologist Blatchley visiting friends says reports of native gold in Brown county are unfounded. He notes the gold there is drift gold with no rich veins found yet and cites a Brown county man who brought $170 worth of drift gold after four months’ work.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Blatchley
Brown County
Tie
Eastern capitalists plan seven river dams at Kankakee
In Kankakee Illinois on August 9 capitalists secured rights along the Kankakee river between Kankakee and Wilmington to build seven dams for electric roads and manufacturing uses. The venture, capitalized at 1 000 000 dollars, will employ the Keardsley patent dam and aims to develop over 15 000 horsepower.
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Kankakee, Ills
Kankakee River
Wilmington
Illinois
Keardsley Patent
Prominent Negro Mason Dead in Iowa Shrine Leader
Joseph L. Woods of Marshalltown deputy grand potentate of the Colored Scottish Rite Masons and Mystic Shrine of Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska died Wednesday in Waverly. He was a leading figure in state colored Masonic circles.
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Marshalltown
Joseph L. Woods
This
Scottish Rite Masons
Mvystic Shrine
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Waverly
London man bequeaths £250000 to charity in will
London August 9. Under the will of the late James Toleman executors are given full discretion in distributing the sum of £250,000 to charity.
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London
James Toleman
Journal Office Uses Wood for Subscriptions
The Journal office states it will use a few cords of wood as payment or adjustment related to subscriptions.
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Journal
Guaranteed Kidney Cure Claim Ad
An advertisement proclaims Smith's Sure Kidney Cure as the guaranteed cure with a money back refund if not fully satisfied after one bottle.
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Smith
Tsults. Sc
Ambuscade Clash in Batangas Kills Two U S Cavalrymen
Captain Brown of the First U S Cavalry and troops from L and M companies along with a Twenty first Infantry company fought a five hour engagement in Batangas province. Two cavalrymen were killed, the insurgents escaped, and quarters were burned during the ambuscade. General MacArthur reports that by July 4 1901 most of Luzon was pacified aside from Samar Mindanao Jolo and remaining Moro resistance.
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Manila
Brown
United States Cavalry
Twenty-first Infantry
Batangas Province
Malyar
MacArthur
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Luzon
Pasig River
Department of
Usavas
Samar
Mindanao
Jolo
Lurzon
Battleship Wisconsin Ordered Toward Panama Isthmus Stir
Washington August 9 naval officials considered sending the battleship Wisconsin to San Francisco then to the isthmus if the state department requests a Pacific presence. The order followed a plea from Panama Railway president Simmons for protection of American interests. the Machias was sent to Colon on the Atlantic side.
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Washington
Navy Department
George C. Reiter
Wisconsin
Anacortes
Puget Sound Naval Station
San Francisco
Panama
State Department
Pacific
Hackett
J. Edward
Simmons
New York
Panama Railway Company
Atlantic
Adee
Machias
Colon
Athantic
State
Atlee
Somaller
Asiatic
Department
Canadian Soo tragedy shocks Sault Ste. Marie
Frederick Schultz, in a drunken jealousy bout, shot his wife and his 12 year old stepdaughter in a Canadian Soo home. The wife died instantly and the girl, shot in the breast, is not expected to survive. Schultz fled after the double shooting.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Frederick Schultz
Schultz
Tie
Harvard Graduate Dies During Boston to Claremont Run
John Foley, a Harvard graduate employed in coast survey work, died in Chicago after a rapid decline from consumption. He had left Boston three weeks earlier to die at home, was carried by train, halted in Chicago for rest, and died en route to the hospital.
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Chicago
Boston
Claremont
John Foley
Harvard
Attorneys file $50,000 suit over Ellis Glenn case
Parkersburg attorneys for Ellis Glenn, famed for a sensational trial over identity and sex, filed a declaration in a U S court seeking $50,000 against William Richardson. The petition alleges Glenn was kidnapped in Illinois and brought to West Virginia against her will.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
Unite States Court
William Richardson
Illinois
Wegally
West Virginia
Electric railway incorporation filed in Wisconsin
Articles of incorporation filed to build an electric railway from Sheboygan to Waldo twelve miles and to Elkhart Lake twenty miles. Capital stock set at 200000 dollars. Incorporators are John M. Saemann Sigmund Blumentied Peter P. Brueckbauer and Stedman Thomas.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Sheboygan
Waldo
Elkhart Lake
John M. Saemann
Sigmund Blumentied
Peter PP. Brueckbauer
Stedman Thomas
Northwestern Steamship to Withdraw From Trans Atlantic Route
Officials announce ruinous discrimination in insurance rates drives Northwestern Steamship Co to pull its ships from the trans Atlantic service. Withdrawal occurs upon the return of two vessels to Chicago from Liverpool.
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Chicago
Northwestern Steamship Company
Liverpool
Candidate announces run for County Treasurer nomination
A candidate declares intent to seek the County Treasurer nomination subject to the action of the Republican convention of Washington County. E. W. Swisner is named in the filing.
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Washington County
E. W. Swisner
Restful Leisure at Clear Lake Iowa for Holiday Relaxation
Escape to Clear Lake Iowa for fishing sailing and bathing with low tourist rates via Iowa Central Railway. Ask the ticket agent for particulars and a booklet on enjoyments and travel options.
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Clear Lake
Lowa
Iowa Central Railway
Contests Emerge Over Lawton District Lot Lottery
Guthrie attorney John J. Calvert filed contest papers against James R. Woods stake to the Lawton town site. Horace Speed warned that lawyers can defeat Woods, amid slow town lot sales and planned ejectments for holdouts on McCoy avenue. Emmett Cox, Quanah Parker’s son-in-law, also contests adjoining land, but officials deem it not serious.
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Kansas City
Fort Sill
O. T
John J. Calvert
Guthrie
James R. Woods
Lawton
Mattie Beals
Witchita
Kan
Horace Speed
United States
Oklahoma
Woods
Woods Homestead
McCay Avenue
Ife
Washington
Emmett Cox
Quanah Parker
Interior Department
McCoy Avenue
Penn Oil and Gasoline Wagon Sold
A lone wagon retailing Penn Oil and Gasoline appears in local listings under the name tf42ei2 Ron't Barnett, marked as an available item in the small market scene.
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Penn
Pleased and Displeased Logansport Romance Sparks Family Discord
Arthur McArdie and Louise Leslie caused a crowd at a Red Men powwow by openly embracing. Miss Kate Leslie, sister of McArdie’s sweetheart, grew angry and filed an assault affidavit at police headquarters. Police declined to intervene, and the chief chose to refuse the couple.
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Logansport
Ind
Arthur McArdie
Louise Leslie
Kokeotho
Nester
Kate Leslie
MecArdie
McArdie
Miss Leslie
Miss Kate
Police
McArdle
Coats
Narrow Escape from Fire on Schooner Smith and Post
Three Cleveland men Keeper Thomas Wilson his son Norval and William Roach barely escaped death when the schooner Smith and Post caught fire near Point Au Pelee passage. Oil barrels burned and the ship burned to the water's edge as a lumber laden vessel nearby aided in the rescue.
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Cleveland
Thomas Wilson
Norval
William Roach
Smith and Post Wednes
Point Au Pelee Passage
Burrier
Smith and Poat
Point Au Peloe Passage
Hungary Offers Subsidies for Industrial Ventures
Washington reports that Hungary now offers inducements to start industrial enterprises, with subsidies for textile factories, agricultural machinery, silk, lead and tin products, wine production, and other ventures. Consul Listee at Rotterdam relays the state department notice.
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Washington
Hungary
Servia
Roumania
State Department
Listee
Rotterdam
Cummins Charged With Forgery In Office In Hillsdale
In Hillsdale Michigan on August 9 the former register of deeds A B Cummins saw his stock of boots and shoes seized by the sheriff as he faces charges of forging a mortgage while in office. He was arrested in Eden North Carolina and brought to Hillsdale for arraignment with bail set at 3500 dollars.
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Hillsdale
Mich
A. B. Cummins
Cumming
Eden
Cresceus Disappoints Crowds At Hudson River Drive
About 7,000 spectators in Poughkeepsie watched Cresceus disappoint the crowd at the Hudson River Driving Park. The champion, driven by George H. Ketchem, completed his mile in 2 06 4, paced by a running horse to his owner.
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Cresceus
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
George H. Keteham
Frost Grants Early Winter Toll Across Lowlands
Frost in Bottineau district Thursday night damaged late wheat in lowlands but caused no other injuries or harm to crops or property.
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Bottineau
N. D
Chicago and East Buffalo Live Stock and grain market notes
Market reports list hog receipts around 31 000 with pins and other hog classes priced from 3 50 to 6 10. Cattle receipts about 11 000 with steers priced from 3 30 to 6 35, calves and cows mixed. sheep and lambs quoted. East Buffalo notes show dull cattle trading and mixed hog values. St Louis and Milwaukee grains report mixed futures and cash prices for wheat corn rye and oats with several delivery months listed.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
St. Louis Gratn
St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Hotel Colenso Shoe Shine Parlor Promoter
Dave Keltner operates the Hotel Colenso shoe shine parlor offering reliable polishing services at the noted establishment.
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Hotel
Delightful Breezes at Clear Lake Summer Resort Ad
Delightful breezes blow at Clear Lake in north western Iowa a charming summer resort reached by the Iowa Central Route. Great fishing sailing and bathing with extremely low rates for single tourists or parties of five or more. Ask ticket agents or address Geo. G. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Batty
Marshalltown
Sells Dogs for Food Takes Huge Picture from Sky
Stock Yards photographer achieves a major breakthrough as successful images capture dramatic scenes. Gates buys a French Anthony, signaling a notable acquisition in the local market.
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Gates
Novel dog industry in China and aerial photography feats
Occidental Haildings reports Midway entrepreneur Patrick ships dogs to Amoy China for food with demand outpacing supply. An Armour sky photo project by George R Lawrence shows giant plates and a Parisian car project by John W Gates arrives in the West. Prices rise on drought hit crops with corn oats wheat and potatoes rebounding. A Chicago Labor Day shoe test and Higinbotham backs two American airship inventors for aerial navigation.
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R. H. Patrick
Midway
Caroline Iskind
Chicago
Amoy
China
Patrick
H. N. Higinbotham
Vacation to Clear Lake Iowa for cool climate and attractions
Travel notes promote Clear Lake Iowa as a cool retreat with good hotels. The Iowa Central Route offers low round trip rates with ticket agents or a booklet. Contact Geo. 8. Batty, G. P. & T. A. Marshalltown Iowa for details and direct ordering.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Iowa Central
Batty
Marshalltown
Lowa
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