Fifty Thousand Quit Complete Tie-Up at Cincinnati
About 50,000 machinists nationwide struck for a nine hour day with wage parity and arbitration, including union representation and non discrimination. Detailed city tallies show Cincinnati entirely tied up with 3,000 out, San Francisco leading with 6,500 out, and numerous firms signing agreements across states. Gompers predicts eventual victory and clarifies the contract stance, noting hours reduction does not force wage cuts.
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Washington
Uiion
O'Connell
National Association of Machinists
Hartford
Conn
Ansonia
Derby
Hamilton
Buffalo
Scranton
Cincinnati
Connersville
Ind
Palestine
Tex
York
East Orange
N. J
Oswego
N. Y
Norfolk
San Francisco
Kenosha
Wis
Milwanukee
Wilmington
Del
Toledo
Auburn
Anaconda
Mont
Denver
Colo
St. Louis
New Orleans
Danbury
Gompersa
Gompers
New York
National Metal Trades Association
Queen City Machinists Vote to Close Plants Indefinitely
May 21 meet ing of employing machinists in Cincinnati and Frisco ends with a decision to shut down plants indefinitely amid a nationwide strike. Union workers in San Francisco tally 65 hundred out, with 1,000 more expected to join per directors orders across iron shipbuilding and boiler trades.
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Cincinnati
Schilling
San Francisco
Union Iron Works
Risdon Iron Works
Fulton Iron Works
Hoo
Infatuated Postmaster Leaves Family for Rock Island Line Affair
Infatuated with the village belle a 25 year old maiden, Postmaster J. M. Harris of Foote, Iowa county, abandoned his wife and family, locked his office, and rode a Rock Island train to Denver with his İnnamorata. Harris is described as a handsome man about 50 years old and 260 pounds, the woman as strikingly beautiful. Post office Inspector Stuart is investigating Harris' accounts.
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Jelle
Pes Mpines
J. M.harris
Foote
Iown County
Rock Island
Denver
Tost
Stuart
Harris
Duluth Superior Traction Head Arrested Over Sunday Work
General Manager Warren and twelve workers from the Duluth Superior Traction company were arrested in West Superior Wisconsin on Sunday for violating the city Sunday work ban. The arrest stems from a dispute over the Fast End line as the company plans to single track the route, while local citizens oppose the move.
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West Superior, Wis
Warren
Duluth- Superior Traction Company
Domestic Violence Incident Ends With Slashing Attempt
Osceola Louisiana May 2 Sunday Elmer Lane broke in the home of his wife and cut her throat then attempted suicide. Mrs Lane is in critical condition and Lane may recover. The couple had domestic troubles and she had applied for a divorce.
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Osceola
Elmer Lane
Shamrock II Wins Open Sea Race Off Isle of Wight
The Shamrock II wins the first leg from Calshot Castle to a mark outside the Nab lightship in an eight mile triangle race. Wind from the east gifts a steady club topsail breeze as Shamrock II crosses the line about forty five seconds ahead of Shamrock I.
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Ryde
Isle of Wight
Calshot Castle
Yachts Test Beat to Windward Then Finish Trial
The new challenger tested beating to windward and running before the wind from Nab lightship to Southampton water. Winds were steady as the downwind trial began and the challenger pulled ahead, gaining over two minutes on the Nab to Warner lightship run and passing Warner by three minutes four seconds.
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Southampton
Warner
Mother Denies Permission to Disinter Lincoln Son’s Remains
In Lincoln Nebraska Bishop Bos acum refused to permit Mrs. McEntee of Plattsmouth to exhume Edward Cagney’s remains after ten years in the city Roman Catholic cemetery. She sought to place him beside another son in Plattsmouth. Threats of prosecution followed persistence. ecclesiastical law upholds the dying wish, and the bishop argues the cemetery is church property. Courts are expected to settle the dispute. The markets section follows.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bosacum
Edward Cagney
McEntee
Plattsmouth
Cagney
Fitzgerald
Fonacum
Buffalo Pan American Exposition Opens With Pageantry
Buffalo May 21 The Pan American exposition dedication drew a vast crowd with a parade from many nations and a nighttime electrical display. Vice President Roosevelt was guest of honor as admissions from 8 to 11 p m totaled 101 687, not counting Lincoln parkway entrants.
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Buffalo
Cated
Roosevelt
Lincoln Parkway
Great Viduct Named in Honor of Brave Kate Shelly
Thousands in central Iowa gathered along the Des Moines river between Boone and Ogden to watch the first train cross the Kate Shelly viaduct a $1 000 000 double track span built by the Chicago and North Western Railway in memory of Kate Shelly of Moingona Indiana who saved the Omaha special by crossing the broken bridge during a midnight storm the railroad later gifted her a home on the Shelly farm.
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Ogden
Iowa
Des Moines
Boone
Chicago and Northwester Railway Company
Kate Shelly
Moingona
Des Moines River
Northwestern Road
Shelly
Confession Clears Mystery in Ayres Murder Case
Mrs. Bonine, resident of the Kenmore hotel and wife of a Chicago drug house drummer, confessed to killing James Seymour Ayres to Major Sylvester. She said Ayres lured her to his room at 2 a.m. then drew a pistol and she acted in self defense after his improper proposal.
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Washington
James Seymour Ayres
Horne
Ayres
Kenmore Hotel
Not That A V Freeman Must Have Been Some Other Man
William Stanfield, a boatman, found a bottle near the quarantine station containing a card for A V Freeman of Menominee Michigan and Raber Watson Chicago. The note on the reverse reads I had no choice and drowning is painless. Marinette Wisconsin May 21 I Freeman is alive and well and cannot account for the floating note.
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New York
William Stanfield
A. VY. Freeman
Menominee
Mich
Raber & Watson
Chicago
Ills
Michigan
Marinette
Wis
A. VY. Ireeman
Freeman
East
Farm wife charged after morphine deaths of two children
Mrs Fi mner Quimby of St Louisa Mich five miles south of town gave her seven year old son and nine year old daughter large morphine doses on Sunday night both children died early Monday. She then took eighteen grains of morphine but the dose caused vomiting and she will recover. Family trouble is said to have prompted the act and she is under arrest for murder.
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St. Louisa
Mich
Fimner Quimby
Mrs McKinley Till Improves in Washington to Canton Plan
Mrs McKinley shows marked improvement and is in cheerful spirits after a quiet afternoon. Officials say no definite departure date is set yet with plans to travel to Washington and then Canton as previously mentioned.
Explosion wrecks house of Akron policeman
The house of Policeman W. J. Bruner at Akron Ohio was wrecked by dynamite in what police call a deliberate attack. No injuries reported as investigators cordon off the scene and search for suspects.
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W. J. Bruner
Akron, O
Investigation into Russian railway fraud totals 15.5 million
An inquiry into railway frauds in Russia cites misappropriations totaling 15 500 000 dollars. The investigation highlights schemes across multiple lines and names involved officials and firms linked to the offenses.
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Russia
Desperate room encounter ends in fatal shooting at hotel
Mrs Boniie recounts inviting Ayres to her room where he threatened murder. she wrestled the revolver and fired three times, the last shot fatally wounding him. She describes escaping via the fire escape, washing, and returning to her room where she confessed calmly and was jailed.
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Ayres
Washington
State medical board delays osteopaths certificates
Indianapolis May 21 The state medical board will keep osteopaths waiting longer for practice certificates in Indiana. There are twenty seven applications before the board. A committee visit report to osteopathic colleges is not public but reportedly shows several colleges are not satisfactory to the board.
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Indianapolis
State Medical Board
Indiana
Burlington saddlery firm increases workers wages
The wholesale saddlery manufacturing establishment of SRR and I. C. McConnell in Burlington Indiana raised employee wages 5 to 7 percent without being asked. Additionally C B and Q switch engineers and firemen received a monthly pay raise of five to eight dollars.
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Burlington
SRR
I. C. McConnell
Teen Dennis Reed Wounds Man in Metropolis Shooting
Dennis Reed an 18 year old youth shot and wounded George Williams in Metropolis Illinois on a Saturday night. Reed had visited Williams daughter against her father's orders and shot when confronted in Williams home.
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Metropolis
Hls
Dennis Reed
George Williams
Reed
Williams
Joint High Commission Set for Meeting This Year
In Ottawa Premier Laurier said the joint high commission is expected to convene this year. The remark came during the house of commons discussions in Ottawa Ontario.
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Joint High Commission
Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Laurier
Milwaukee hotel man James Carruthers dies by suicide
James Carruthers former Kirby House proprietor in Milwaukee leapt into the river on May 21. Despondency is cited as the cause. he was 46 years old and well known in the city for his hotel work.
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Milwaukee
Wis
James Carruthers
Carruthers
Kirby House
Supreme Court Denies White Tax Call Case Petition
The U S supreme court yesterday denied the petition of V White representing Box 8&8 in a case over the validity of the tax on stock exchange calls under the war revenue act.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Box Representative
White
Stock Exchange
Presbyterians Debate Sunday Observance at Pan American
Philadelphia May 21 The Presbyterian general assembly heard annual reports from eight boards and committees. Robert Pitcairn of Pittsburgh was named vice moderator. A resolution urged closing the Pan American exposition on Sunday. The Sunday observance committee protested Sunday newspapers and business uses of the Lord’s day. The temperance report disapproved the canteen.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Minton
Robert Pitcairn
Pittsburg
Temperance Committee
President Watching Cuba Reports Stir Washington
The president and cabinet monitor Cuban constitutional convention reports from Havana as Secretary Root keeps Mc president informed. Cabinet members discuss the majority report seen as virtual acceptance of the Platt amendment and the minority report as a possible protest to satisfy Cuban local sentiment.
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San Francisco
Washington
Root
Havana
Cuba
Rats Loot Jewelry Store In Chicago Night Theft
A Chicago jewelry firm loses seventeen rings four watches and multiple charms when rats raid its State Street show window. Spectators watch as rodents drag items into a hidden nest beneath the floor where the missing jewelry is recovered next morning.
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Chicago
Goodrich & Potter Company
State Street
Tie
Baseball scores from yesterday across major leagues
Chicago beat Philadelphia 66 to 4 in Philadelphia. New York games included Brooklyn and Boston with Weather turning up. Washington defeated Philadelphia 5 to 4, Cleveland routed Detroit 13 to 1, Boston rain in the match. Fort Wayne edged Dayton 1 0, Marion beat Columbus 38 to 4, Toledo beat Louisville 4 to 2, Grand Rapids defeated Indianapolis 2 to 0.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Washington
Philadelphiia
Cleveland
Detroit
Toston
Western Association
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Marion
Columbus
Toledo
Louisville
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Tragic Drowning Near West Quincy Claims Miss Julia Davis
Miss Julia Davis aged 30 drowned during a fishing party near West Quincy on Sunday. In full view of friends she leaped into the water crying There goes nothing and sank before rescue could reach her.
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Quincy
Tus
Julia Davis
West Quincy
Smallpox Reaches Doolittle's Mill in Indiana
An outbreak passes to two families at Doolittle's Mill fifteen miles southwest of English Indiana. The disease is also reported at Sigler Creek in Perry County.
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Ind
Doolittle’s Mill
Here
Sigler Creek
Perry County
Will of Lucien D. Wilson Sustained in Lansing
The will cuts off son George Wilson with $5 and leaves the estate of about $40,000 to be divided equally among three other children. George had sought guardianship for his father but failed to prove mental incompetency.
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Lansing
Mich
Lucien D. Wilson
George Wilson
Wilson
Brother in law shoots man in presence of son in Minnesota
In St Paul on May 21 Frank Greipel was shot by his brother in law Henry Mingers. Three shots were fired. two nearly hit the heart and one entered the left temple. Greipel died instantly as the two men argued beforehand, with the event witnessed by Greipel’s 6-year-old son.
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St. Paul, Minn
Frank Greipel
Henry Mingers
Greipel
Cumberland Presbyterians Weigh Name Change at Assembly
West Point Mississippi May 2 Cumberland Presbyterian general assembly debated renaming the church to the American Presbyterian church. Rev F W H Smith of Kansas proposed the change but the motion was tabled. The women's eldership issue was settled by allowing a young woman to keep her seat.
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West Point
Miss
Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly
F. W H. Smith
Kansas
American Presbyterian Church
Korea Lets 450 Acres To Japan At Ma San Pho
Korea parcels out 450 acres at Ma San Pho long sought by Russia as land for lease to Japan. Also noted are forthcoming royal tour plans and other international remarks involving Ireland and the Atlantic dangers reported by arriving steamers.
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Korea
Japan
Ma-San-Pho
Russia
King Baward
Ireland
Atlantic
Spaniards Favor Annexation Idea Over Cuban Independence
Havana reports that a prominent Spanish lawyer and other observers say Spaniards in Cuba support annexation to the United States. They fear Cuban independence would threaten property and life and seek U S control to maintain Spanish influence in politics and commerce. Some Spaniards even urge government action to reject the Platt amendment.
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Havana
Associated Press
Spain
Cuba
United States
South America
Wood
Smallpox Cases Reported Among Porto Ricans on Kauai
Three smallpox cases are reported among Porto Ricans on Kauai Hawaii. The president pledges to confer with the Forty fifth and Forty sixth infantry regiments now in San Francisco from Manila. General MacArthur celebrates the Manila surrender of the insurgent generals releasing 1000 Filipino prisoners. General Mexica, insurgent chief on Leyte, has surrendered with twenty men.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Manila
MacArthur
Muascardo
Lacuna
Mexica
Leyte
P. L
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West Main St
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