Turbulent Kids Strike Chicago Schools Amid Unrest
Chicago May 16 Pupils at six public schools joined a strike led by union-backed pickets echoing the men’s walkout. Bricks were thrown at union drivers and strikers wore union buttons. Authorities fear wider trouble as Team Owners weigh action at the next joint council meeting.
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Chicago
Teamsters
Lord & Bushnell
Montgomery Ward & Co
Samuel Gompers
Dunne
Ice Teamsters
Eaid
Nunubion
Montefiore
Sangamon Street
Grand Avenue
Washington School
Morgan and
Erle Streets
Carpenter
Center Avenue
Huron Street
Herman Easter
Seventieth
Wood Streets
Hendricks
West Forty-third Street
Shields Avenue
Carter H. Harrison
Twenty-third Street
Wentworth Avenue
Team Owners’ Association
Teamters’ Joint Council
Threats of murder against employers' forces in labor dispute
Managers of the Employers' Forces including John G. Shedd Robert J. Thorne and Frederick Job faced death threats from anonymous letter writers last week. Letters flooded the mails with murder plots and calls for violence guarded by armed bodyguards. legal experts say citizens may defend against assaults.
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John G. Shedd
Robert J. Thorne
Rederick Job
Emloyers
Hanisters
Est
Chicago
Anyitizen
Grammer
Citien
Charles J. Casey
Testimony Reveals Union Passes Allow Shipments Through Pickets
In the Injunction cases Master Sherman heard testimony about how strike leaders allowed wagons tagged with the union label to pass picket lines. James A. Sheehan, a Truax Greene & Co. contractor, described obtaining a passport card from union leaders to move medicines and hospital supplies, despite union policy on passes. LeBoskey, the union counsel, failed to prove that employers’ lodging for workers violated hotel licensing rules.
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Sherman
James A. Sheehan
Truax, Greene & Co
Wabash Avenue
James Barry
Express Drivers
Sheehan
Barry
Shea
Teamsters
Jerre McCarthy
Mansfield
LeBoskey
Employers’ Association
Done in Pure Deviltry in San Diego
William P. Robinson a house cleaner went on a killing spree in San Diego on May 16, fatally shooting four people and wounding another before killing himself. The deceased include William Stewart Emma Stewart H. W. Chase Harry Doddridge and W. Robinson with Mrs. W. H. Doddridge injured. Relatives live in Riverdale Indiana.
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San Diego
Cal
William P. Robinson
William Stewart
Emma Stewart
H. W. Chase
Harry Doddridge
W. Robinson
W. H. Doddridge
Ingurea
W. HH. Doeddridge
Robinson
Dodridge
Stewarts
Riverdale
Ind
Grand Island Flood Reaches Record Heights
Nebraska report says Grand Island water is the highest on record with submerged yields. Many cattle and hogs drowned while rail traffic on Burlington and Union Pacific is disrupted and miles of track endangered. Lowland residents evacuated.
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Mach
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Grand Island
Burlington
Union Pacific
Jury unable to reach verdict in Dr Koch murder trial
In Mankato Minnesota on May 16 the jury in the Dr G R Koch murder case against Dr L A Gebhardt for the November 1 1904 killing failed to agree and was discharged marking the second deadlock in the trial.
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Mankato
Minn
G. R. Koch
L. A. Gebhardt
New Ulm
Cray
Boy Shot Dead at Minneapolis Wedding Festivity
A 12 year old boy was shot and killed during a free-for-all fight at a wedding on Bohemian flats under the Washington Avenue bridge in Minneapolis. Guest John Sippo is in custody as the investigation continues.
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Minneapolis
Washington Avenue Bridge
John Sippo
Duke of Manchester in Clash With Andrew Carnegie Over a Cincinnati Heiress
The Duke of Manchester, husband of Cincinnati native Helena Zimmerman, owner of about 27,000 acres including Kimbolton Castle, fanned a dispute sparked by a remark about marrying an honest man versus a worthless duke, and his interest in recreation was stirred by Andrew Carnegie.
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Duke of
Manchester
Conelman
Cincinnati
Helena
Eugene Zimmerman
Kimbolton Castle
Andrew Carnegie
Scores on the ball fields May 16 Chicago leagues results
Baseball scores from Chicago May 16 list outcomes in the League American Association and Western divisions. Notable games include Chicago 10 over New York and 4 to 6 in other matchups with Philadelphia St. Louis and Boston also posting wins or losses.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
American
Detroit
Reston
Cleveland
Washington
Association
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Western
Sioux City
Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
St. Joseph
Colorado Springs
St Joseph
An Animal Story for Little Folks
Mrs Duck lectures her two offspring on following elders and observing her actions. She hints at danger near a chopping block and a mysterious green liquid in a pail while insisting the sky may fall. The ducklings respond with quiet quacks, learning by example as they watch.
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Mrs. Duck
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Weep Weep Weep and the Preacher Ducks
Mrs. Duck and her brood cause a scene with green paint and moral lessons. The tale closes with a cynical jab on preaching versus practice. In Vincennes Indiana Fred Cardinal drowns crossing a ditch after a buggy mishap. he leaves a widow.
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Vincennes
Ind
Fred Cardinal
Sle
Cardinal
Murderer Plans to Escape from County Jail
Sheriff Meisen was briefed on a plot involving condemned murderer Edward Gottschalk and fellow inmate William Williams to break from the county jail. Williams aided the alarm by revealing an iron pipe concealment plan and guiding deputies to the shower area where the escape tool could be used.
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St. Paul
Meisen
Edward Gottschalk
William Williams
Gott
Williams
Gottschalk
Unconscious Aeronaut Struck at Chutes Park
William Morton, an aeronaut, was severely injured when his balloon rose from the ground at Chutes park. He remained strapped to the parachute bar and was suspended as the gas escaped, then landed in a tree and on the ground unconscious from the earlier injury.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Morton
Chutes Park
Morton
Mrs George Kamechen Fights Family Eviction Push
Lancaster Ohio on May 16 Mrs George Kamechen resisted her husband’s attempt to force her and their children to leave a neighbor’s residence amid family dispute.
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Lancaster, O
George Kamechen
Woman arrested after fatal stabbing in drunken rage
In a violent incident a man was stabbed by a woman after she seized a table and drove a blade into his chest. The assailant was arrested, released, and immediately sought a divorce. Washington reports note President Roosevelt hosting luncheon with Taft and canal commissioners before Panama voyage.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Taft
Messrs
Shonta
Wallace
Megoon
Tathmdian Canal Commission
Panama
First Meeting of Switchmen's Union North America Held
Indianapolis May 16 The convention of the Switchmen's Union of North America met at the Claypool hotel assembly room with Grand Master Frank T Hawley presiding. The session adjourned after the chair announced credent ials and all other committees.
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Indianapolis
Switchmen's Union of North America
Claypool Hotel
Frank T. Hawley
Mattiford Mystery Returns From South Africa
Elijah Burt reports meeting Orville Mattiford in New Orleans two weeks ago, ending years of belief he died in South Africa after leaving the English army. The item notes unrelated U.S. Supreme Court tax ruling on Pennsylvania coal and reports Walter Neef’s death in Liverpool at age 48, plus Milwaukee moulders seeking higher wages.
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Niles, Mich
Orville Mattiford
South Africa
Elijah Burt
New Orleans
Mattiford
Pennsylvania
United States Supreme Court
Walter Neef
Associated Seal
Liverpool
Chicago
Milwaukee
Hogs and Cattle Prices and Receipts in Chicago Markets
Chicago markets report mixed hogs and steady cattle as receipts and projections for May 16 show strong demand and higher prices. Hogs cited with various grades and loads while cattle, sheep, and lambs show overall strength or slow movement depending on class and grade.
Judge asserts Nan Patterson lied throughout murder trials
New York May 1 Justice Vernon M Davis told a Phil Delts Phi club dinner that Nan Patterson lied from beginning to end about the Caesar Young murder. He said the pistol may have been held by Patterson and discharged in a struggle, and that truth on the stand could have changed the verdict.
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New York
Phil Delts Phi Club
Vernon M. Davis
Supreme Court of the State of
Nati Patterson
Imarket
Rand
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Davis
Bis
J. Morgan Smith
Fire destroys Mitts store and postoffice in Kenosha
Fire caused by a lamp explosion in Joseph A Mitts store basement in Kenosha Wisconsin destroys the postoffice and damages property estimated at fifty thousand dollars. One life is lost. 16 year old John Schmitz died carrying the lamp. The postoffice equipment is badly damaged preventing mail service. Nearby Battle Creek plan features a cooperative settlement with land for homes and a fruit and veg factory. In Saigon the Russian fleet reappears off Hon Ko Bay with no ships sighted since May 14. French Admiral de Jonquieres reports bays cleared up to Turar with no Russians.
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Kenosha
Wis
Joseph A. Mitts
John Schmitz
Postoftiice
Schmitz
Battle Creek
Mich
Jackson
Pla
Saigon
Cochin-China
Hon-Kohe Bay
Kamranh Bay
de Jonquieres
Nha-Trang
Amdam
Turar
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Charles J. Carlstrom
Name Union
Inspector Lavin
Charles Gilhooley
Mark Looney
Edward Feeley
Gilhooley
Carlstrom
Fred Lerner
William Anderson
President Meller
Carriage Maker's Union
Edward Shields
the Duke OF Manchester
Hite
the Canal Mauders
Switchmen's Union
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Co
Chicago Board of Trade
McCallace
Hicago
Nan Liel
New York Supreme Court
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