Gable Men to Strike Union’s Head Coming East
In Havana acceding to a union plan, twelve cable operators quit their posts amid a broad strike. President Smail leads mediation moves as Western Union and Postal telegraphers face shutdowns across the United States and Canada. Officials report talks with brokers and plans for a permanent independent company, while legal actions and penalties loom over delays in message transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avecal Co
United States
Canada
J Dmail
Telegraphera
Haven
Ohadtenra
Wuntry
Smail
Washington
Telegraphers Union
Chicazo
New York
Cris
Acme
Western Talon
Tis Western Union
Sanitary District Commiestors
Gall
Chicago
Bat ‘Tha RL
New Fork
Focal Ro
Astor House
le Trams
Fredent Ahern
Tohov
Daniel FR Srell
Strat
Striksra
Sebe
Fepr
Nwo Supall
Araian Anstyres
Isa
Atmos Perk
Gompers Neill Talk Strike Standoff at Telegraph Offices
Regent Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and Labor Commissioner Neill returned from Chicago. Neither President Gompers nor Commissioner Neill will discuss the strike, saying they will consult the President. Officials say the situation is being handled satisfactorily and no general strike is imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
Amercan Federation of Labor and Labor
Neill
Chiago
Gompert
Yell
Yeill
Gampers
Manne
Telegraph Companion
Onern
Groves
Tyashington Level
Group of
Railway Telegraph
Be Aurikers
Sinecansery
Protea
Intiata
Telegraphers Union Strife Forces Resignations in Denver Office
Judge grants restraining order at Otis & Hough request blocking Fred Wessel and C A Adame from calling strike or telegraphers to quit. Logan & Bryan operators ordered to provide market reports, leading to resignations among staff in Denver August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnlon
Stoke
Denver Cole
Ridate
Otis & Hough
Fred Wessel
Telegraphers Union
C A Adame
Ame
Call & A Trika
Logan & Bryan
Furntan
Jamestown Exposition Loan Payment Owed to Federal Government
Secretary Cortelyou presses Jamestown exposition managers to pay 1 million dollars in loan aid immediately or allow government to assume charge. Only partial receipts paid. 49 percent due July 2 extended to July 21. further payments of 5000000 monthly begin August. No funds returned despite three overdue payments. federal authorities demand substantial debt reduction before further profits are allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorn Hokawarus Ismusiane
Treasury
Jamestown Fr
Cortelyou
Congress
Elsply
Joe Unely
Sam
Taft Arranges Treaty on Canal Zone Settlement and Panama
Secretary Taft concludes a diplomatic plan with Colombian and Panamanian representatives to settle issues between the two Caribbean nations and the United States. The treaty would create a Canal Zone instrument with three sta tions and potential Senate submission, aiming to settle Colombia's claims on Panama and restore commercial relations while transferring part of Colombia’s debt to Panama.
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Taft
Yniurnmenta
Colombia
Panama
United States
Prsident
Hoot
Senate
Congress
Left
Bewuse
Ifa
Woman killed by shock in Sag Harbor home tragedy
In Sag Harbor Long Island Mrs Paul Macher forty years old died at her Division Street home yesterday afternoon after seeking her husband who had fainted from a strange malady. A physician pronounced her dead and Mr Fischer, revived, grew worse with illness spreading among many residents. The epidemic began with chills fever sore throat cramps and fatigue and local physicians work around the clock tending the sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sag Harbor
Long Island
Paul Macher
Division Street
Ana
Fischer
Wifaa Deming
APPROVES SEA POST OFFICES AND SERVICE EXTENSION
Second Assistant Postmaster General Wil extend service after an inquiry into a trans Atlantic voyage disruption. Jenn T McCleary returns aboard the Celtic and states Steamship line post offices will stay, with plans to add offices on other routes. North German Lloyd complaint deemed justified and income to be increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assstant
Wil
New York
Jenn T McCleary
McCleary
Lloyd Line
Funds in open shop fight drive unionist solidarity
The International Bricklayers Union contributes £500 and pledges another $2500 to support Washington builders against open shop practices. Employers and local unions plan months of fundraising, with Preece directing the campaign and Steamfitters Union to vote on joining. Collective contributions from numerous trades aim to sustain the strike, with 5 cents per week from workers projected to raise over $69,000 to support a closed shop in Washington.
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International Bricklayers Union
Building Trades Mechanics of Washington
Dret Grend
Thomas A. Preece
International Organization
Last Eight
Employers Association of the Distict
Se Tm
Agaoda, Ton
Preece
Angs
Bricklayers
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Ofa Plaxincera
Rone Cutters
Electrica Workere
Seructural Iram Workers
Encétmal Workers
Timwottey
Amalgamated Carpenters
Atuke
Steamfiters Union
Anly
Strikt
Chig
Jaces
Amlon
Washington
Whosa
Cigned Shop
Yreece
Jast Wes
Spen
Jocal Building Trades Unions
Tocat
Panama Canal Shovel Awards Expand Excavation Capacity
Isthmian Canal Commission approves contracts for fourteen steam shovels to speed Panama Canal work. Bucyrus Co. to furnish seven shovels at 7680 each, Marion Shovel Co. to supply seven shovels at 10000 each. Deliveries begin in six days, finished in 140 days, dipping capacity 12 cable yards. Unloader plows priced at 900 each also awarded to Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commisnion
Contendt
Bucyrus Company
South Milwaukee
Wis
Marion
Marion Ohio
Hoong
Marion Shovel” Company
Nelidoff Prefers One Foe In Peace Confere Album Tale
A Rotterdam dispatch reports Nelidoff favors a single adversary at the peace conference. The tale notes a Luxembourg Netherlands minister’s wife requested a writer to add a verse in her album, remarking it is easier to contend with one enemy than many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Synerat
Washington Poet
London
Globes
Rotterdam
David J Fin
Ethes
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Et Neurtomt
Engagement of Miss Blair to William Brokaw Revealed
The engagement of Miss Martha Blair to William Gould Brokaw was announced by her parents in New York. The wedding is planned for September at Grace Church or at the Blair family home in Chittenango. A breach of promise suit from two years ago involved Batharine Pollies and Brokaw, allegedly over love letters, and was settled for 7600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ayrecuse
Atr
Mra
Joseph Allen Blair
New York
Mba Marr Morria Blair
William Gould Brokate
Grace Church
Misa Blate
Chittenango
Batharine Pollies
Willem Gould Brokaw
Bites Pollion
Brokaw
Will Put Lid on Chicago Police Clamp Gambling
Washington eve reports Fortee ship Beytas orders police to halt all gambling and poker in Chicago saloons. Women without escorts barred from saloons. escorted women deemed disorderly to be arrested. Nightly closing hours to be enforced by closing blinds and extinguishing lights in front windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specia
Washington
Chicago
Fortee Ship
Beytas
Peruna Help Celebrated by St Louis Women
Mrs HaberKorn of St Louis and Mrs Mary Jones of Burning Springs share tales of health restored by Dr Hartman’s Peruna. Letters praise relief from stomach woes and overall vitality after long suffering, urging others with chronic stomach issues to seek the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emelie A. Haberkorn
Emelie A Haberkorn
Gravois Avenue &T
Loula Mo
Verites
Eninerh
Orean UT
Hartmans
Apesen
Sannot
Enougl
Peruna
Mary Jones
Burning Springs
Uslay Peruna
Mevera
Phyalcinna
Fields Case Holds For Completion Of Term In Embezzlement Conviction
Judge Dayton of the Federal District Court tonight refused to entertain a motion to dismiss habeas corpus and ordered that Thomas M Fields complete his term in the Moundavilly penitentiary. Fields, a Washington DC attorney, claimed he had been legally convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Thomas M Fields
Washington DC
Moundavilly
Dayton
Federal District Court Tonight
Fields
Fielda
Foraker Speaks at Western Pioneers Meeting in New Cattala
Special to The Washington Post Springfield Ohio Aug 7. A crowd of about 600 people at the Western Pioneers meeting in New Cattala heard Senator Joseph B Foraker defend himself on questions raised with the President in recent years. He stated that next year the people of the United States could choose between Roosevelt’s political course and opposing policies. He addressed joint statehood, the Brogasvilla matter, and opposed the Hepburn rate bill, arguing it would be unconstitutional and ineffective.
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Springfield
Oho
Western Pioneers
Joseph B Foraker
New Cattala
United States
Ohio
Brogasvilla
Heir Was Mission Inmate Known as "Shorty" at Mission
William Young, identified by lawyers as the heir, was a former inmate at the Central Union Mission where he was nicknamed Shorty. The case centers on his status and the rights of the heir amid ongoing legal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walliam Young
Central Union Mission
Shorty
Burns and Forest Fires Sweep Adirondacks In 1900s Style
Ancient outlaw Shorty Young, once a destitute fugitive linked to a Long Island estate dispute, is recalled amid massive forest fires along the Adirondacks. Neighbors describe a educated, quiet man who lived at Malone and near Schroum Lake, but vanished from memory after a big blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Young
Central Union
Wycott Chuwke
Frost
Brooklyn
Long Island
Shorty
New York
Adirondacks
Tupper Lake
Contro
Bryants Siding
Malone
Schroum Lake
Ehicey
Duming
West Gulf
Father John Forgotten Knight of Kronstadt in Rusala
An account chronicles Father John of Kronstadt once among Rusala’s three most famed figures losing popularity. Morning alms dried up as people ignore him, aging rapidly, and an interview quotes him as a weary man surviving on porridge and barley soup. Local authorities rejoice at his perceived decline while reestablishing control over his influence.
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Petal Abio
Imp
oRtan
St Petersburg
John
Kronstaat
Rusala
Kronstadt
Taman
Share
Norse Diplomat Promoted to Head Foreign Affairs Office
Norwegian Minister to England Sperlat Cate to The Washington Post reports Nes agrees to accept the post of minister of foreign affairs, a position previously held by J C Lovesend Niels Vogt the Morgenblatt editor will succeed Munson as minister to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineter
England
Sperlat Cate
Washington Post
Copenhagen
Fyldtjot Nangen
Nes
Peer Marries Actress Yanie Buller and Lord Churston
Lord Churston announces his marriage to Miss Danise Orme an actress and singer in light operas. The wedding reportedly occurred in April with Capt John Jarde Buller present. Official notice references a London ceremony planned for August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanie Buller
Lord Churston
Detive Orme
London
John Jarde-Buller
Churston
Danise Orme
Barytone Singer Falls Into Steamer Hold in Ohio
English opera barytone John Worden of London fell from a roughing it excursion aboard the steamer John Harper in port Hendusky Ohio into the hold and was drowned. The incident occurred during a late August voyage as the ship neared Marquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera Smaes
Hendusky
Ohio
John Worden
London
England
John Harper
Marquette
Barber Kills Wife Then Shoots Self in Family Quarrel
In Dres Revolver tragedy, a barber in Family Quarter fires twice at his wife, then dies by suicide. The incident follows an argument reported as stirring anger in New York. Police report a fatal domestic shooting with the assailant later found dead. Nearby, references note a conference president re-elected in Harrisonburg and related local church leadership changes.
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Famly
Dres
York
Valentine Hees
Bia Home
Sea Cutt
Bia
Rental breaks record for world largest business quarters
New York announces the largest rental complex globally for business offices. Nine steel industry concerns including American Steel Hoop, National Tube, United States Steel Products and Exports, and Lorain Bresl lease four floors at 5,000 dollars per year per floor for ten years, totaling 2.4 million annually and 24 million over the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steed Corporation
Reading Concerna
Steel Trails
Sears
Hudson Tunnel Company
Hudson
American Steel Hoop Company
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Company
American Steel and Tin Plate Company
National Steel Company
American Fridge Company
Shelby Steel Tube Company
United States Steel Products and Exports Company
Lorain Bresl Company
Weather Outlook From August Forecast Bulletin
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes warm conditions across the eastern states and southern valleys. Scattered showers expected in the Mesa region with generally fair conditions elsewhere. Temperatures will rise into the mid to upper sixties and lower seventies across many areas with some cooling expected along the western coast.
Naval Review Planned for President Roosevelt at Provincetown
Secretary Loeb announced a naval review by eight battleships under Rear Admirals Devis and Thomas to assemble at Provincetown for fleet evolutions. President Roosevelt and party will sail from Oyster Bay aboard the Mayflower, escorted by torpedo boats, with the President ashore at Provincetown after the review. Ships include Alabama Georgia Kentucky New Jersey Rhode Island Harrison Virginia. No guest list released. press invited status unclear.
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Washington Post
New York
Roosevelt
Loeb Wi
Oyster Bay
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhods Island
Hoarsarge Tnois
Virginia
Provincetown
Seretary Loeb
Long Inland Sound
Machinists May Strike Over Wage Increase Demand
New York August 17 The New York branches of the International Association of Machinists and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers were notified that final action on the wage demand for 17000 machinists will be taken at a full meeting of the association on Wednesday. Preparations are complete for a general strike if the demand is refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aus
International Association of Machinists
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Secrarity Hunter
New York and
New Jersey
New York Central Traffic Head Claims Rebating Is Ending
Francia La Bau freight traffic manager of the New York Central declared rebates are a thing of the past. He said railroads no longer secretly favor shippers and noted the Hepburn interstate commerce act has transformed pricing. Large shippers now face the same rates as small customers under the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
New York
Francia la Bau
Buffalo
Raultos
la Bau
Reunion of Fifteenth Cavalry Veterans Draws Philly Crowd
In Philadelphia on August 17, over 100 survivors of the Fifteenth Cavalry prepared to travel to Colorado Springs for a second postwar reunion. General William J Palmer, their former commander, had planned to finance the trip but suffered a fall that prevented his attendance. Despite this, Palmer invited the veterans to meet at his home, with travel expenses estimated at over a thousand dollars and the veterans traveling in a special train.
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Philadelphia
Fifteenth Cavalry
Colorado Springs
William J Palmer
Ger Palmer
Gen. Palmer
Railway Commission Cuts Nebraska Freight Rates on Corn and Wheat
The Nebraska Railway Commission issued an order reducing freight charges by 1 cent per 100 pounds on corn and 12 cents on wheat. The new rates take effect at once with the schedule to be published September 9 and apply to railroads operating in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Commission
Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraskas Railway Commission
Poncom Tory
Mrs Taft Not So Well Sees Comfortable but No Great Change
Mrs Taft remains under care with modest improvement noted by Dr Charles A Church. Attending physician says there is no actual change for the worse, though conditions are less favorable than midweek. Miller Mass Aug 17 reports Louisa M Taft, mother of Secretary of War William Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worta
Millbury Maas
Louisa M.faft
Witlam ‘Taft
Charles
Capital Realty and Brokerage Company Ad Feature
Capital Realty and Brokerage Company lists services for property sales and management from offices in the Bond Building as of 1983. The notice underscores brokerage capacity and local market focus in a concise business listing.
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Capital Realty and Brokerage Company
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Nera
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Virginia Valley Central Christian Conference
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OLD Command
Gen Palmer
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Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase
Atlantic Coast Line
AIP
New York Avenue
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