Reading Anthracite Strike: 10 Percent Wage Increases Proposed
In Scranton and Philadelphia notices post a 10 percent wage increase for coal and iron workers, effective Oct 1, with arbitration on grievances. UMWA warns miners not to return until union guidance, while explaining the 10 percent is in addition to existing scales, totaling a 16 percent rise. Harris urges continued heightening of union demands, including abolishing the sliding scale and permanent raises.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Cay
R. C. Luther
United Mine Workers’ of America
Luther
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mitchell
C. B. Potter
Potter
United Mine Workers of America
Reading Company
Beale
Shenandoah
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Iron Company
Mahanoy City
George Harris
United Mine Workers
Harris
Reading Company Fails to Recognize Union in Mine Strike
Reading Company posters indicate no change in stance on recognizing the United Mine Workers. President Mitchell contemplates first moves as the union rejects partial wage offers and demands fixed prices, semi monthly pay, powder purchasing rights, and check weighman representation. Details from Scranton and Hazleton outline union conditions and calls for joint conference or arbitration to resolve the dispute.
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Hazleton
Reading Company
Mitchell
Scranton
District No. 1
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Coal Combine
Pennsylvania
Board of Arbitration
Death of 8 F Carey Prominent Temperance Leader
Samuel Fenton Carey of Cincinnati died aged 17 years after a career as a temperance lecturer and reformer. A Miami University 1835 graduate, he left law for public speaking and politics, serving as a Labor party congressman and later aligning with Greenback causes. He ran with Peter Cooper in 1876 and with William Allen in 1875 for lieutenant governor.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Fenton Carey
Miami University
Congress
Rich
Samuel FP. Careyard Smith
The
Cincinnati Gazette
Lincoln
Peter Cooper
William Allen
Brooklyn Leads With Pennant Bids In Late Season
Baseball scores from Saturday show Brooklyn and Pittsburgh neck in the pennant race with Brooklyn 6-6 at darkness against Boston while Chicago tops St Louis 10-7. Standings list Brooklyn 76-66-? and Pittsburgh 74-57 with Philadelphia and others chasing in the tight race.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
P. C. Brooklyn
Cincinnatii
Baton
Murder on a Political Special Train
A Democratic gubernatorial candidate Samuel Alschuler trip from Marion to Herrin, Illinois, aboard a chartered special train. In Reed’s near Carbondale the car next to the candidate’s became involved in a fight and James Jordan, night marshal of Marion, was instantly killed by a shot fired by an unknown assailant. Police withhold the suspect’s name.
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Carbondale
Ill
Samuel Alschuler
Herrin
James Jordan
Marion
Williamson County
Alschuler
Carterville
Reed's
Jordan
Stantly
Howard Sentenced to Hang in Kentucky Case
In Frankfort on October 1 the judge overruled a new trial motion in the James S Howard case and sentenced him to death for December 7. Attorneys may file the bill of exceptions in the appeal between now and the third week of October. Howard maintained his composure and declared "I am innocent" when asked to show cause against sentence.
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Frankfort
James S Howard
Howard
Dee
Court of Appeals
Roosevelt in Kansas City and Iowa Campaign Stop
Roosevelt and Bryan in New Yorker tone move through Iowa and Kansas visits. Roosevelt attends Westminster church service and rides at a country club before addressing crowds in Shawnee Park Armourdale and multiple towns across Kansas, with interruptions subdued and speeches delivered.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
Midland
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. P. George
Country Club
United States
Beveridge
Indiana
W. R. Nelson
The
Star
Iowa
Bryan and Cochran Campaign Notes Across the Midwest
Colonel Bryan visits Duluth and West Duluth with Minnesota stops from Pine City to Stillwater and Minneapolis as Cochran speaks in Chicago amid large crowds. Indianapolis prepares for the Democratic National Convention with Lewis Stevenson and Franklin Thurman Thomsen slated for multiple sessions this week.
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Duluth
Minn
Bryan
Eldwin
College
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Alexander Milne
West Superior
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Criton
Hinckley
Pine City
Rush City
North Branch
Stillwater
White Bear
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Red River
Wahpeton
Grfton
Grafton
Grand Forks
Hankinson
South Dakota
Crookston
Indianapolis
Lewis G. Stevenson
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Thmsen
Yomlinson Hall
Tomlinson Hall
Debs Opens Campaign at Central Music Hall
Eugene V. Debs, candidate of the Social Democratic party for president, drew a packed crowd at Central Music Hall Chicago on a Saturday night. The historic audience filled from parquette to gallery as Debs received an enthusiastic welcome. In Milwaukee Lincoln hall hosted a Prohibition rally with about 1,300 attendees featuring Henry B. Metcalf and other speakers.
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Kansas
Roosevelt
Shawnee Park
Armourdale
Kansas City
Kas
Convention Hall
Great Hall
el Dorado
Eureka
Yates Center
Chanute
Cherryvale
Parsons
Cherokee
Weir City
Mitsburg
Pleasanton
Paola
Olathe
Fort Scott
Chicago
Bourke Cochran
Bryan
Democracy
Cockran
Harrison
Senator Jones
Judge Dunne
Jones
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democratic Party
United States
Central Music Hall
Milwaukee
Lincoln Hall
Henry B. Metcalf
Samuel i Dekle
John G. Woolley
Oliver W. Stewart
J. B. Smith
Madison
B. W. Chatin
Waukesha
Senator Hanna Heads to Cleveland for South Dakota Tour
New York reports Senator Hanna left for Cleveland on Saturday and is not expected back in New York until late October. He will join Senator Forye on a tour of South Dakota.
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New York
Hanna
Cleveland
Forye
South Dakota
Lynch Returns to Rally Support for Kruger and Wolf Tone
Col Arthur Lynch, former Second Irish brigade commander, arrives on the L Aquitaine and says he will solicit funds for the Wolf Tone memorial and write for Revue De Paris. He aims to expose what he calls English press lies about Kruger and plans to lecture in the U S until after elections. The Salvation Army vows to oppose Crawfordsville street fair with nightly performances denouncing the event.
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New York
Arthur Lynch
Lynch
Paris
Transvaal
Wolf Tone
Memorial Association
Revue de Paris
Kruger
Rhodes
England
Crawfordsville
Ind
Salvation Army
Horses sold to Count von Waldersee in Lexington
Lexington reports S T Harbison sold two fine horses to A F P Neimes of Hoboken for the personal use of Count von Waldersee commander in chief of the allied forces in China.
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Lexington
S. T. Harbison
A. F P. Neimes
Hobokien, N. J
Count von Waldersee
China
Evacuation of Peking and Rockhill Mission
Peking reports Russia’s M. de Giers will leave for Tien-Tsin with the entire legation while William Woodville Rockhill departs Peking by cavalry escort for Tien-Tsin to survey affairs and urge the throne’s return to the capital. A separate note from Pana, Illinois records a fatal stabbing, and Chicago baseball scores conclude with several late games and a hat snatching incident.
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St. Petersburg
Peking
M. de Giers
China
Tien-Tsin
London
William Woodville Rockhill
United States
Nankin
Yang-Tse Valley
Lightning strikes Glen Carbon kiln killing four men
A storm at Glen Carbon brick yards near Edwardsville, Illinois, demolishes a kiln and buries five workers. Isaac Carlock Charles Mather Elmer Chumley and Thomas Harteck die instantly while Joseph Burchart is rescued badly injured. Also notes Pinkerton comment and other items.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Glen Carbon
Isaac Carlock
Charles Mather
Elmer Chumley
Thomas Harteck
Joseph Burchart
Notable Figures Attend Ninth World Peace Congress
Paris hosts the ninth world peace congress begun yesterday with Bjornson and Count Tolstoi among the attendees. W T Stead and others push unity of peace societies while debates consider an arbitration tribunal under peace society auspices and possible Hague machinery.
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Paris
Bjornson
Count Tolstoi
W.T. Stead
Review of
Re Views
Peace Societies of
Wea
Stead
Monenure D. Conway
New Yok
Talkative 61-Year-Old Woman Dies After Ten Year Habit
Kalamazoo Michigan October 1 Mrs Ley A Reeves aged 61 died after ten years of constant vocal outbursts. She talked herself into the grave with a stream of words. kept in a padded cell for safety as her condition weakened and she continued talking even in sleep.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Ley A. Reeves
Lansing
Sawmill Fire at Lapeer Causes 2000 Dollar Loss
Lapeer Michigan October 1 The sawmill of W D Secord south of the city burned with losses estimated at 2000 dollars. A quantity of hardwood timber was saved from the blaze.
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Lapeer
Mich
W. Dpd. Secord
Death Toll Rises as Debris Recovered in Galveston
Galveston Texas reports 28 bodies recovered from wreckage on Saturday. The tally confirms burial across three of six wards where victims are known to lie, with 2,830 bodies officially recovered to date.
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Galveston
Tex
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Ene
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Pana
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Jack
Mamie
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Nicola
Miksch
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Madelia
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Lonovan
Washington
E. G Mason
H. Knecht
Journal
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J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Qffior
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Washington, Iowa
W. H. Butterfield
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Hensler
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Nome
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Wash
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W. E. Anderson
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J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
Loenatton
First National Bank
Joseph Pollard, Jr
Marsh W. Bailey
Fficer
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Washington County Savings Bank
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J.T. Anderson
Washington County Savings Banf
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Siete
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Robinson
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J.B
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Poat
T. J. Dempsey
C. E. Dayton
Prop
Hotel Allen
R. F. Riley
Pantaloon
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