Mayor's Probers Ignore Strikers and Merchants in Chicago
Chicago May 11 The strike investigating commission faces friction over private hearings as strikers and merchants resist. Levy Mayer says the inquiry will be thorough under Master Sherman and Kohisaat, with federal testimony and a possible wait for federal court conclusions.
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Chicago
Towner K. Webster
Webster
Levy Mayer
United States
Sherman
United States Circuit
Kohisaat
In-Junction
Express Company
Dunne's Commission
Employers to Fight It Out in Chicago Labor Clash
The Chicago Employers' Association and the Team Owners' Association brace for further litigation over alleged conspiracies and contracts. John G. Shedd of Marshall Field & Co backs a hard line against Teamsters' dictation while H C Conover voices a harsher stance. Rioting flared with arrests, a non union driver shot in the leg, and both sides trade accusations of ruinous pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers’ Association
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
H. Conover
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Teamsters’ Union
Shedd
Conover
Chicago Employers’ Association
Chicago Team Owners’ Association
Team Owners’ Association
Employers’ Teaming Company
Briggs House
Tragedies Reported In Two Disasters Across U S
Disaster reports from May 11 describe a cyclone destroying Snyder Oklahoma with 75 to 100 dead and 150 injured while a Pennsylvania Railroad express collided with a dynamite freight near Harrisburg killing about 20 and wounding 100. Senator Knox was injured in the first reports but later said not in the wreck.
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Senator Knox
Powers to the Porte on Macedonian finances
Ambassadors of six powers submitted a collective note to the Porte approving a financial scheme for managing the three Macedonian vilayets Salonika Monastir and Uskub with a commission of four financial representatives and Austro Russian civil agents to oversee provincial budgets. Armenian fighting renewed near Mush Bitlis with casualties reported and new bands massing across the Persian frontier. The Society of the Cincinnati held its triennial meeting in Richmond Virginia with the largest turnout in its history.
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Constantinople
Porte
Castro's Caracas Review of Venezuela Army
Article recounts President Castro inspecting Venezuela's forces in Caracas. It notes his rise from a small party of muleteers and smugglers to command about 8,000 regulars plus a compulsory militia. Mentions Castro's height and mixed ancestry.
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Castro
Caracas
Venezuela
President visits Chicago for Navy plea at Iroquois club
Republican president visits Chicago as guest of the Iroquois club with receptions at the Merchants and Hamilton clubs. He urges a strong navy to cement the United States as a world power, warning against jingoism and stressing respect for other nations.
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Chicago
United States
Hamilton Club
Merchants’ Club
Auditorium Annex
Navy stance promotes peace beyond seaports
The speaker asserts a strong navy serves the entire nation not just ports, notes two aims for naval stations, and argues the west needs a naval establishment to recruit and promote maritime strength for national security.
Roosevelt Greeted 3000 at Hamilton Club Reception in Chicago
President Roosevelt met 3000 Chicagoans at the Hamilton club reception after a merchants luncheon. He was escorted by congressmen and judges, with Harvard alumni and local dignitaries present. The event included speeches, a college yell, and a banquet at the Fine Arts building hosted by the Iroquois club.
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Merchants’ Club
Roosevelt
Congress
James BR. Mann
George E. Foss
William W. Wilson
Martin KB. Madden
Hamilton Club
Deneen
Dunne
United States
Hopkins
Cullom
Mann
Joss
Wilson
Madden
Grosseup
Kohlsaar
Bethea
Landis
Chicago
Sun
Harvard Club
Kelley Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Harvard
Lroquois Club
Lroquois
Fine Arts
Iroquois Club
Charles F. Gunther
James Hamilton Lew
J. M. Dickinson
Illinois
Soldiers Leave on Special Train After Banquet in Richmond
President spoke then boarded a special train at 12 30 a m to the east. At supper at the Virginia Polytechnical Institute in Blacksburg cadet corps refused to attend. The corps broke ranks as the command Fall out was given. A protest cited bad food and students retreated to their rooms.
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Presient
The
East
Richmond
Virginia Polytechnouse Institute
Blackburg
Tess
Miia
Temperance lecturer Ames dies by morphine in Fallisville
Dr. Charles B. Ames a temperance lecturer killed himself with morphine in Fallisville after refusing to abandon drinking. He was highly educated and from an excellent family, described as brilliant.
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Fallisville
Charles B. Ames
Weather and legislative notes from a late 19th century column
The item lists scattered weather reports across U S cities including Indianapolis Minneapolis Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City Omaha Denver Colorado Springs and St Joseph plus notes from a Connecticut legislature joint session declaring ranks and the death of United States Senator Platt Also mentioned is Brandegee and the eightieth annual meeting of the American Tract Society at Madison Square Presbyterian Church New York
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Chiengzo
Loewet Deaton
Nwo
Neaton
Chieage
Thos Fon
New York
Sy Louise
Hiladety Ota
Philadelphia
Wwe Oat Ft Cionat
Prooklyn
Vierty
Detroit Weather Association
Iudtanpolis
Ty Mints
Indianapeatie Gs
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kransesity
Br.owl
Toledo
Weather Western
Omaha
Des Motes
Denver
Sioux City
Colorado Springs
St. Joseph
Mitteburgrooklyn
Connecticut
Brandegee
United States
Vice Platt
The
American Tract Society
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Markets Open With Mixed Hogs and Steady Sheep
Chicago May 11 1908 opening market notes show hog receipts and shipments from yesterday with estimated totals for today. Hog prices range from 85 30 to 85 60 with heavy packing and rough grades noted. Cattle and sheep activity are described as slow to steady and strong respectively, with natives western and yearlings priced across multiple grade bands.
Wabash Man Opposes Federal Ratemaking Power
Senate hearing heard Elkins challenge to interstate rate fixing. Joseph Romney Jr. of the Wabash argued ratemaking by a single commission endangers 225,000 miles of railroad, $2 million annual earnings, $15 billion in vested interests, and 15 million people relying on rail service, potentially harming national growth and competition between ports. Ramsey rebutted that rates remain reasonable and current statutes handle evils.
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Washington
Elkins
Senate Interstate Commeme Committee
Hig
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Colorado Puel and Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Fairmont Coal Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Joseph Romney, Jr
Wabash Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ramsey
Taft
Ramsey Defense of Rates and Safety Rules Faces Senate Inquiry
Senator Dolliver pressed Ramsey on why railroads fail to agree on a rate avoiding loss. Ramsey said trans Missouri cases block such moves yet railroads collude on through rates. he claimed Wabash holds stock in American Refrigerator Transit but no Gould-line preference. He urged interstate rules for ships and argued safety appliances may dull vigilance. Local producers warned of distance tariffs harming distribution and irrigation policy, while others opposed federal rate setting and commissions.
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Dolliver
Ramsey
Trafic
Wabash
American Refrigerator Transit Company
Gould Lines
New York
A. C. Bmilth
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
H. G. Brown
Sioux City
George L. Miller
Oha
Lightning injures Mrs Terrill and two children near Walker
Mrs Terrill and two children were seriously hurt by lightning during a storm near Walker Missouri. The Monday night quake was felt across central and southern Mexico with considerable damage but no fatalities reported.
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the Evening Journal
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R. R
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Knox
Guthrie, Okla
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Diveulty
General Society of the Cincinnati
Charles J. Gunther
Charles H. Wacker
John A. Gauger
O'Neill
E. C. Young
Ilinois National Guard
Auditorium
Lake Naval Station
Great West
College
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chil Board of Trade
OCAGO
Senate Committee
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