Chicago garment strike threatens city with talks for settlement
Nine week labor stoppage halts 45 000 workers leading to over 10 million dollars in losses. Mayor Busse and a council committee plan a conference with manufacturers and union leaders to seek a just and lasting settlement.
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Chicago
Garment Workers
Busse
Charles B. Merriam
University of Chicago
Merriam
Francis D. Connery
Winfield P. Dunn
William F. Ryan
City Council of
Wew
Chicago Federation of Labor
Women's Trade Union League
Thomas W. Allison
Henry Booth
Big Nitroglycerin Fire Hits Gary Ind
Two thousand pounds of nitroglycerin burned at the Aetna Powder company Nitator building in Gary Indiana. All Aetna workers responded to the blaze and prevented a possible town explosion as heat set off mixed acids. Traffic stalled and rail crews refused to pass the burning plant for a time.
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Gary
Ind
Aetna Powder Company
Aetna
Gary Steel Mills
Storm Losses Reach Fifteen Thousand in Indiana County
Detailed reports from surrounding towns show property losses from the recent storm reaching 15000. Haubstadt suffered the heaviest damage with the school building collapse. W E Blake, state inspector of buildings, summoned from Indianapolis. Several Haubstadt and Fort Branch residences unroofed. Hank Oliphant residence at Patoka damaged by lightning. No injuries reported.
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Princeton
Ind
Haubstadt
W. E. Blake
Indianapolis
State Inspector of Buildings
Fort Branch
Hank Oliphant
Patoka
Miss Anna Haag Succumbs After Newark Factory Fire
Miss Anna Naag died in New York City hospital following injuries from last Saturday’s Newark factory fire. The disaster now lists 26 dead. Two more injured, Emma Doege 23 and Lena Koenig 16, are not expected to recover, with three others still in serious condition. Haag, age 90, had worked for the firm over fifteen years.
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New York
Anna Naag
Newark
City
Emma Doege
St. Michael's Hospital
Lena Koenig
City Hospital
Three Jacobs Brothers Declared Insane in Will County
In Joliet Ill on November 30 Edward 29, George 39, and Peter 45 Jacobs were adjudged insane by Will County court and sent to Kankakee asylum. The family had six children. three were mentally deficient and three were sound, with births alternating between insane and sane.
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Joliet
Edward
George
Peter Jacobs
Will County Court
Kankakee Asylum
New York Bomb Blast Ties Kidnapping Case to Explosion
A Black Hand bomb tore through a block on Elizabeth Street in Manhattan's east side Sicilian colony, wrecking five stores and shattering 500 tenement windows. Though thousands were frightened, no injuries were reported as police connect the blast to a five year old kidnapping, with saloon owner Francesco Le Barbera proposing a revenge motive linked to his son Petro.
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New York
Elizabeth Street
East Side
Petrosino
Italy
Francesco le Barbera
Peitro
le Barbera
Balfour Pledges Tariff Referendum If Unionists Win
London and Albert Hall crowd hail Sir Arthur Balfour as he pledges that a Unionist government would not adopt tariff reform until the question is put to electors of the United Kingdom. He also urges opponents to accept a referendum on home rule in the same spirit.
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London
Albert Hall
Balfour
United Kingdom
Manchester
Mr. Balfour
Shelving Collapses at Neff Barr Store in Newcastle
A shelving system collapsed at the Neff Barr dry goods store in Newcastle Indiana on November 30. The incident occurred with the store crowded by Christmas shoppers and sales staff but caused no serious injuries. Authorities cited insecure anchorage to the walls as the cause.
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Newcastle
Ind
Neff-Barr Dry Goods
Arthur J. Balfour Urges Unionist Party Support
English Unionist leader Arthur J. Balfour travels to rally backing for the Unionist Party as he pleads for continued success and unity within the movement.
Hale predicts Taft gains and GOP strength in coming session
Senator Eugene Hale of Maine, retiring soon, says no major laws beyond regular supply bills and possibly an ocean mail subsidy. He foresees reconciliation among Republicans and trouble for Democrats, with Taft growing in public confidence and Republicans regaining control. The Roosevelt setback and Beveridge loss are lamented by some senators.
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Washington
Eugene Hale
Maine
Senate
Hale
Taft
Roosevelt
Beveridge
Rooke Pleads Guilty on Five Counts in Embezzlement Case
August Rooke of Louisville Kentucky pleaded guilty to five counts of a federal indictment charging embezzlement of funds totaling 1 400 000 dollars over a ten year period ending in August. The plea enters in court as prosecutors outline charges and potential sentencing.
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Louisville
Rooke
Fidelity Trust Officer Given Long Prison Term
The case details the embezzlement of funds from Fidelity Trust with Rooke speculating wildly in Wall Street and Chicago. He received a penitentiary sentence of ten to eighteen years and after arrest he surrendered nearly $200,600 in property to liquidate his debt. Weather notes predict fair and continued cold conditions across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with brisk winds tomorrow.
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Fidelity Trust Company
Rooke
Wall Street
Chicago
Fidelity
The
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Hogs and cattle market report from Chicago Nov 30 1910
Estimated receipts 32000 hogs left over 3536 hog market slow from yesterday light hogs 6 80 to 7 25 mixed packers 6 85 to 7 30 heavy shipping grades 6 85 to 7 30 rough 6 8$ to 700 cattle 25000 steady to shade lower sheep 33000 strong
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Chicago
Hog market report and receipts for Chicago
Chicago November 30 1910 hog market update shows estimated receipts today 32000 with official receipts yesterday 25756 and official shipments 7 75. Leftover 3556. Tomorrow's receipts estimated 33000. Market mostly 5 to 10 cents lower than yesterday's average with bulk 695 to 7 15 per hundredweight. Light 6 70 to 7 12 middle grades 6 80 to 7 20 heavy shipping grades 6 75 to 7 20 rough 6 75 to 6 9 porkers 6 95 to 7 10 pigs 6 30 to 6 90.
Cattle Market Receipts and Price Ranges Logged
Estimated receipts 25000 Market steady to shade lower Reeves four fifty to seven zero cows and heifers two twenty to six thirty Texas steers four twenty to five forty stockers and feeders three thirty to five sixty Western cattle four twenty five to six fifty
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Texas
Market Receipts Report From Western and Native Sheep
Estimated receipts show strong demand across markets with native sheep selling from 2 25 to 6 30, Western sheep from 2 75 to 4 25, yearlings 4 20 to 25, lambs 4 25 to 6 70, and Western lambs 4 50 to 6 05. Total receipts estimated at 50000.
Market Report Bulks and Hogs Prices Steady
Market notes Siow opens with light volume but bids show firmness. Bulk prices range from 6 95 to 7 15 for light, 6 70 to 7 124 for mixed packers, and 6 75 to 6 90 for rough cattle. Sheep are strong while cattle remain weak.
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Siow
Grain firm furnished postal building address in Chicago
Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company located at 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago Illinois.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Illinois
Washington City Market Prices for Farm Staples
Prevailing prices list for hay by load at 12.00, haled hay not specified, straw by load 5.00, straw baled uncertain, flour per sack 1.60 to 1.70, bran per hundred 1.35, shorta per hundred 1.50, corn meal 25 cents, butter 26 cents. Includes garbled OCR fragments across entries.
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Washington City
Rebels hold strong line as Mexican government rumors swirl
Reports from Chihuahua indicate heavy fighting with 175 soldiers sent out and nearly all ambushed. seven federal troops killed and 150 missing near San Andreas as insurgents entrench in canyons. Rumors spread that Francisco Madero was kidnapped, but sources doubt their credibility while Judge Louis Foix of Sleta, Texas, is noted for resembling the missing leader.
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FE Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
W. H. Stanley
San Francisco
Kr. Stanley
National Railways
Porforio
S. Stewart
Concha River
Here
Chih ‘I
Temosachi
Chihuahuva
San Andreas
Guerrero
Minaca
Padilla
Francisco Madero
San Antonio
Mexico City
Louis Foix
Taft Demands a Gut to Cabinet Budgets
President Taft told his cabinet after reviewing the fiscal year 1911 estimates that deeper cuts are needed. He outlined numerous places where the spending knife could be used, insisting on rock bottom figures and scrutiny of each department's draft.
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Washington
Taft
Changes in Spanish cabinet after budget vote
Paris reports important changes expected in the Spanish cabinet after the new budget passes. Liberal ministers favored, led by M Moret followers. Possible appointment of Gen Lay as War minister and Gassett as minister in charge of works.
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Paris
M. Moret
Gen. Lay
Gassett
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J. Keck Wheeler
Arthur J. Balfour
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