Miners to Consult on Owners Offer at Scranton Convention
President Mitchell plans a miners convention to decide on the operators 10 per cent wage increase and powder price reduction. The meeting in Hazleton and district reports set Scranton as the convention site with Thursday as a likely date. Officials will not participate. the miners must settle the plan themselves.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Hazleton
United Mine Workers
Conferrees
Fred Dilcher
Ohio
T. D. Nicholls
Lackawanna
Wyoming Valleys
James Duffy
Lehigh Valley
John Fahey
Schuylkill Valley
Associated Press
Scranton
Laborer's share in 10 percent raise sparks miner disputes
The text explains how a 10 percent offer affects miner earnings and laborer wages, with a 6 load daily output at $6.30 and laborers earning about $1.75 per day. It notes miners would gain 63 cents daily while laborers seek the full 18 cents, potentially causing a dispute at the convention. It also covers mine closures at Calvin Pardee & Co. due to fears of mob intimidation, and reports London runner Lon Hurst breaking the 20 mile track record with 1 hour 63 minutes 42 seconds.
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Calvin Pardee & Co
Lattimer
Pardee
Lattimer Mines
Publc
Delaware and Hudson Company
Vie Pennsylvania Coal Company
Thorne
London
Woodgren
Lon Hurst
Exiled Husband barred by injunction in Belleville
Judge Schaefer grants divorce to Mrs. Hahler on cruelty and threats to kill. The injunction bars Fred W. Hahler from the home, in place since three days ago. Hahler has not entered the residence. visitation for the children may be allowed later if he behaves.
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Belleville
Tls
Fred W. Hahler
Train Collision Near Edmonds Claims Multiple Injuries
A collision between the Great Northern local passenger train and a northbound freight near Edmonds Washington on October 8 left engineer Sam Work trapped and fatally injured after hours of agony. Fellow engineer Smart was fatally hurt while Horace G Hollyborton and Mrs Marshall of Everett sustained serious injuries and were transported to Seattle.
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Tacoma
Wash
Great Northern
Edmonds
Sam Work
Everett
Engineer Smart
Horace G. Hollyburton
Mrs. Marshall
Seattle
May Achieve His Object In Michigan Session
Lansing reports growing sentiment for a special session called by Governor Pingree to push two measures. Party leaders cite the Grand Rapids convention platform pledging repeal of railroad charters and action on tax bases for railways. Pingree denies municipal street railway ownership inclusion. Amendments likely go to voters at the next election.
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Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Grand Rapids
College Football Scores From Saturday
Scores from Saturday include Princeton 5 Lehigh 12 and Yale 50 Tufts 0. Wisconsin defeated Physicians and Surgeons 5 to 0 while Chicago beat Purdue 17 to 5. Indiana University 18 Earlham 0 and Columbia 12 Wesleyan 0 also appear among results.
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Princeton
Lehigh
Cambridge
Bowdin
Harvard
New Haven
Tufts
Yale
New York
Wesleyan
Columbia
Ann Arbor
Kalamazoo
University
Madison— Physicians and Surgeons
Wisconsin
Bloomington
Indiana University
Earlham
Purdue
Baseball Scores From League Diamonds October Weekend
Saturday results show Philadelphia Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 6, New York 1 Boston 4, Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 8, Chicago Rain. Sunday notes St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0, Chicago 4 Cincinnati 3, second game Cincinnati 7 Chicago 2.
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Chicago
Philladelphia
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cumberland minister commits suicide in Jasper church
A Jasper Tennessee Cumberland Presbyterian minister Rev. B J Pirtle reportedly hanged himself in the Presbyterian church to the bell card. Despondency from unemployment is blamed. He leaves a wife and three children and was about 45 years old, serving about one year in the town.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jasper
B. J. Pirtle
Cumberland Presbyterian
Indiana coal shipments constrained by rail car shortages
Linton Indiana reports coal companies pushed to meet demand. Output is limited by transportation as the Illinois Central Indianapolis and Vincennes and the Southern Indiana railways lack enough coal cars.
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Linton
Ind
Ilinois Central
Indianapolis
Vinecennes
Southern Indiana Railways
Pension plan for railway workers to start Jan 1 1901
A pension plan for older railway employees west of Pittsburg will begin January 1, 1901, mirroring the earlier program adopted January last by the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Lines
Emir Floated. Suez Traffic Free After Sinkage
Port Said report says the Emir, an American coal collier bound for Manila, has been floated and the Suez canal is now open to traffic. Other items note Carl Schurz resigning as head of the National Civil Service Reform association and robberies in Chicago involving a Minneapolis rail conductor.
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Port Said
Emir
Suez Canal
Manila
Carl Schurz
National Civil Service Reform Association
Charles Swanson
Minneapolis
Chicago
Townsville
Benjamin Prine
New York
Peril of an Aeronaut Parachute Opens at Last
John W. Baldwin, famed aeronaut at the St Louis fair, survived a 1000 foot balloon burst. He cut parachute ropes within 300 feet of the ground and landed in a tree unhurt except for a leg abrasion. Baldwin, 12 year veteran and Spanish-American War balloonist, was escorted to safety by the Second Christian church relief booth.
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St. Louis
John WB. Baldavin
Fair Grounds
Baldwin
Floral Hall
Second Christian Church
Dalton
Ind
Fond du Lac, Wis
Henry W. Durand
Fond du Lac
Harney and
Thin Streets
Cedar lake head mystery stirs Chicago papers
Two conflicting reports on the Cedar lake incident surface in Chicago papers. One claims a confession and a nonprosecutable suspect. another suggests the head may be Nannie Williams, linked to H. H. Holmes, with public confusion and sensational coverage dominating the week. A separate note reports a Wisconsin man shot while working with his sister in a natatorium area.
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Chicago
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Stible
Colleran
Tony Hetzler
von Osinski
Grown Point
Hammond
Ind
Nannie Williams
H. H. Holmes
Child shot in woods as chase ends in gunfire
An incident near Fort Dodge Iowa recounts a gunshot in the woods fifty rods away and a boy struck in the breast by a second bullet. Frances Forest Dolliver, a pickpocket linked to a Pawnee Bill show, is held for trial in criminal court. Winona Minnesota reports the local presbytery favoring a change to the Westminster Confession of Faith.
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Fort Dodge
Frances Forest Dolliver
Criminal Court
Winona, Minn
Winona
Went Off on a Wheel and Has Not Been Heard of Since
Wyatt Ridge Way a businessman and grocer left his store October 1 in charge of a clerk saying he would buy cattle. He rode a bicycle in shirt sleeves with about $500 cash. Last seen noon October 1 five miles south of Pedkey Indiana. No trace since. No domestic trouble or motive suspected.
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Pedkey
Ind
Wyatt Ridge Way
Cyclone Carries Death In Biwabik Minnesota
A destructive cyclone struck Biwabik on Saturday causing three known deaths and a reported six killed near a Finlander settlement on Pike River. Bodies were found scattered with clothing stripped and several injured amid wrecked shops and ore cars. rescue crews list multiple severe injuries and ongoing searches.
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Biwabik
Minn
Pike River
Marowit
William I Hilstrom
Marowitz
Andrew Anderson
Ir. Murray
Andrew Dobbs
John Anguson
John Morrison
Will See Gen Harrison In Indiana Tour Bid
Indianapolis Oct 8 The Indiana Republican central committee decided to invite former President Harrison to visit the state with a touring speaking campaign. Party leaders say Harrison is believed out of line with the party and a statewide tour to address major towns would aid the ticket. Harrison's Porto Rican tariff remarks are seen as opposing McKinley by some observers.
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Ind
Hernly
Republican State Central Committee
Fromer
Harrison
New York
Indiana
McKinley
Local robber steals cash and valuables from traveler in Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa on October 8 M L Hubbard a Mondorra Wisconsin capitalist horse and cattle buyer had a pocketbook in his coat with $200 in cash $2000 in notes a $10000 letter of credit and a gold watch. He was robbed while visiting a carnival and returning to his room. Local suspects are believed involved.
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Sioux City
M. L. Hubbard
Mondorra
Wis
Bank of Mondovar
Hubbard
Idaho
Repulse of Germans and Boxer Resistance Near Tien-Tsin
Reports from Tien-Tsin dated Oct 5 describe a German clash with 8,000 Chinese forces near Men Tein, with Germans retreating toward Tien-Tsin. Li Hung Chang’s veterans were believed involved. Rebels attacked Sai-Wan but were defeated. San-Chun feared further attacks. Li Hung Chang starts for Peking as Belgian engineers and missionaries fear treachery. Japan begins retrograde movement reducing forces in China. British arrest Peking Chinese over Boxers. Americans survey the imperial porcelain collection in the forbidden city.
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Tien-Tsin
Men Tein
Li Hung Chang
Sai- Wan
Tsong Kong
Sai-Wan
San Chun
San-Chun
Kowloon
Li Hang
Peking
Li Hung Chane
Pao Mog Mu
TA Hung Chang
Japan
China
Forbidden City
Boers threaten Wepener and Buller pursues through Pilgrims Rest
Reports from Aliwal North and Lydenburg detail General De Wet near Wepener and General Buller advancing northward through Pilgrim's Rest Krugerspost as Boers make a stand near Chrigstadt. London volunteers sail home amid imperial celebrations.
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Aliwal
Cape Colony
de Wet
Wepener
Orange River Colony
Aliwal North
Cape Police
Rouxville
Lydenburg
S. A
Buller
Pilgrim
Stallion Cresceus Sets World Mile Record at Glenville
Cresceus covered a mile in 2 04 at the Glenville track on Saturday, establishing a new world record. Buel A. Fuller, lawyer and longtime newspaper man in the Minols field, died in Joliet, Illinois, at age 68.
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Cresceus
Glenville
Buel A. Fuller
Newepaper
Minols
Joliet
Lis
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