Coal Strike Teeters as Conference May Fail
In Columbus a high level union meeting is urged to avert a collapse of the Eastern Ohio coal strike. Miners fear mass desertions unless talks succeed and production resumes at Wheeling and surrounding mines. In Didonville a miner attempted self harm after union tensions. Grocers refuse to extend credit to foreigners, forcing dues to the United Mine Workers to be paid.
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Columbus
Wheeling
W. Va
Bastirn
Ohio
Uaited
Tast
Didonville
George Jones
Umitei Mine Workers’ Organization
Trom Ren
Eorty
Sralitfiki
Nonunion
Minera
Steubenville
Plum Run
Left With Brother's Wife
Sular reports in The Washington Post that John Bray left Mount Airy North Carolina with Vig Milton F Bras, Bray’s brother’s wife, who is arrested locally. Bray claims his wife eloped to Winston and then returned to Mount Airy. Authorities continue investigation as Bray seeks instructions from the authorities.
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Sular
Washington Post Kook
John Bray
Mount Airy
Milton F Bras
Bray
Mint Airy
John Beay
Alten Bray Coly
Winston
Nem Io Winson
Mourt Airy
Ships collide at sea near Norfolk reports dismasted schooner
Norfolk June 1 three schooners collide southeast of Winter Quarter. George May of Philadelphia towed in badly leaking after bowsprit loss. Haven schooner Edward Povery involved, Avery Nothing reported missing at port. Mey carried lumber from Jacksonville to Philadelphia and was bound for New York. crew reports uncertain status.
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Norfolk
George May
Philadelphia
Edward Povery
Mies
Winter Quarter Fights Inn
Davis
Avery
Mey
Jacksonville
Fla
Piladelphia
New York
Ewiek
Elit
Verdict in deadly railroad case awarded three dollars
Special to The Warrington Post reports a circuit court verdict of three dollars in the death of Misa Dean's father at Nalls Mills. The case, against Norfolk and Western Railway, followed claims of negligence to prevent the fatal incident. The plaintiff sought ten thousand dollars for wrongful death, alleging the decedent was not a trespasser on railway tracks.
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Warrington Post
Jinewelt
Puxetell County
Beatle
Dean
Taitnar
Norfolk and Western Railway
Wampans
Ifeline
West
Misa Dean
Aathan
Nalls Mills
Graduation Exercises at Letington High School in Courthouse
Special to The Washington Post Levington Virginia June 1 closing exercises held in the courthouse audience address by Dr George A Denny president of Washington and Lee Talversis salutatory Arden Byeon Conn recitation Bertie Miley Beard How Springs class members listed many graduates Albert Smith McCown awarded Washington and Lee University scholarship to McCown.
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Washington Pour LeAington Va
Letington High School
Courthoues
George A Denny
Washington
Lee Talversis
Arden Byeon Conn
Levington
Migs Bertie Miley Beard
How Springs
Albert Smith McCown
Lexington
Gard Hutton Anderson
Robert Graham Aves
Brille Miley Beard
Georgie Lee Ardell
Mary Boogher Campbell
Bessie Daniel Callett
Andrew Byron Conne
Albert Smith McCown Lille Freeman Pulta
Ferdinand Vaughan Pultz
John Douglas Sterrett
Washington and Lee University
Dynamite kills two at Wear side quarries
Special to The Washington Fort Martinsburg West Virginia June 1 Samuel T Braden and Morgan Braden brothers were killed instantly at the Wear side quarries of Standard Limes and Stone Company. They were by a box of dynamite handling a cap when it exploded. Samuel Braden was blown to pieces and parts were found two hundred yards away. The top of Morgan Braden s head was blown off. They had come here from Shenandoah City Virginia.
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Washington Fort
Martinsburg
W. Va
Samuel T Braden
Morgan Braden
Wearside
Standard Limes and Stone Company
Samuel Bruden
Shenandoah City
Despondent Young Businessman Kills Himself in Richmond
Special to The Washington Fost Richmond reports James B. Lack aged thirty three, a well known businessman, fatally shot himself this morning in Richmond. He had recently lost his mother and had been deeply despondent since. The bullet entered his right temple and passed through his head, causing instant death.
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Washington Fost
Richmond
James B. Lack
Fredericksburg
Narcissus Flatford
Stafford County
Toluca
Norfolk
Sadie 5 Porte
George P Porter
Portamouth
Leesburg
Daniel E. Herbert
Frederick City
Fredrenck Clifs
Lexington
Cynthia Agnes Sanford
James Sanford
Collierstown
Rockbridge County
William 4. Wickerson
GOAL AT 50 CENTS A TON Graft Charge Stated
E H Clowes testified before the legislative investigating committee in Williamsburg detailing a 50 cent per ton coal sale after a contract award for the asylum's supply. He said no graft charge was tied to the contract and the coal price was settled after delivery.
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Washington Post
Williamsburg
E. H Clowes
Legislative Investigating Committee
Asylum
Sadler
Clowessara
Chesapeakeani
Bdo Coal and Coke Company
Clowes
Chesapeake and Ohio Company
Mob Leader Identified in Wadesboro Lynching Plot
Washington Post report from Charlotte notes two witnesses swear Zeke Lewis seized Sheriff Boggan during Monday mob action to lynch John Jomson. Fifteen men jailed, others ready to turn state's evidence as Gov. Glenn calls special term. Court convened, crowd presence large but calm. threats to sheriffs noted.
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Bpecik
Washington Post
Charlotte
Zeke Lewis
Sherrif Boggan
Wadesboro
Afr
J ¥ Johnson
Glenn
Iertain
H D Kendall
Rockingham
Gulledge
Morven Township
Superior Court
Watter Hi Neal
Stcteen
John V. Jomson
Ware
At & Oelack
Superior Court of Union
Conny
Three Children Hurt by Torpedo Explosion in Del Ray
Three Davis children were seriously injured near their Del Ray home in Alexandria County when a railroad torpedo they played with exploded. A tin wrapping fragment pierced a girl’s left arm, another cut her eyelid, the second girl suffered a knee wound, and the boy was badly cut on the left shoulder. Dr. M. D. Delaney treated the wounds.
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Washington Post Bureau
T King Street
Alexandria
Davis
del Ray
Alexandria County
M. D. Delaney
Wins an Automobile at Alexandria Carnival Drawing
E. H. Hobson of Fort Washington Massachusetts held ticket 12183 and won the $1000 touring runabout at the Hike flower carnival in the Alexandria Light Infantry armory. The drawing was led by former Mayor Simpson and Commissioner Charles Callahan with hundreds watching. Hobson was not present and may not know until morning. Several minor prizes were also awarded, including a suit of clothes to Conductor Nagel and an oval mirror to F. M. Hamilton.
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E. H. Hobson
Fort Washington
Alexandria
Alexandria Light Infantry
Simpson
Charles Callahan
Rika’ Organization
Hobson
Nagel
Southern Railway
L. Downey
Washington
F. M. Hamilton
Hospital report lauds Alexandria Hospital progress
Dr Martin Duvelaney submits the board of Alexandria Hospital’s quarterly report ending May 31 detailing 102 admissions, 6 cured, 7 deaths, 2 sent to almshouse, others under treatment. He commends asepsis upgrades and surgery results matching leading southern hospitals. Also notes property sale confirmations, local court actions, a new police chief in Alexandria, and various obituaries and local notices.
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Martin Duvelaney
Teim Board of
Indy Managera
Alexandria Hospital
Tr. Delaney
Lta
New York
Weather card for brides of June era facts
The Weather Bureau issued a thirty five year June summary for brides and graduates. It reports average ten clear days, thirteen partly cloudy, seven cloudy, with a normal 73 degree mean temperature. Notable extremes include 102 degrees on June 9 1874 and 43 degrees on June 2 1897. Average monthly rainfall is 4.04 inches with historical highs and lows in 1900 and 1894. Rain on June 22 1886 reached 4.46 inches in twenty four hours.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Lightning Strikes Hegaratown Factory Fire Spreads
Special dispatches report a violent thunderstorm at 2 am that struck the Hegaratown Lounge Company factory in Washtoxton area causing a major blaze. The fire damaged a machine room, the building, and claimed one fatality as the fire department contained the flames. In Virginia, a Tidewater Railway trestle at Merrimac collapsed during first use, injuring several workers and fatally injuring John Givings of Pittsburgh who was crushed between falling cars. Givings was taken to Radford Hospital for treatment.
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Norfolk
T. H. Perrol
Newport News
Elizabeth
Norfolk Ferry
Washtoxton Post
Hagerstown
Hegeratown Lounge Company
Washington Post
Christiansburg
McArthur Bros.’ Works
Tidewater Railway
Merrimac
John Giyings
Pittsburg
Givings
Radford Hospital
Attacked Near Home Victim in Critical Condition
Mrs. Ely Hott Jarrett, a white woman of Charleston West Virginia, was assaulted near her home by Richard Brown, a Black man. She sustained head wounds from a stone and remains in a serious condition. Brown fled to the woods but was captured by officers and jailed locally.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Vadune
Ely Hott Jarrett
Richard Brown
Carkin
Jarrett
Ex convict shoots Carroll County lumberman at Woodlawn
L A Houseman a Carroll County lumberman was fatally shot at his Woodlawn home by ex convict D H Stoneman. The shotgun blast ripped into Houseman near the heart after a dispute over a recent lawsuit. Stoneman fled and is at large.
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Spedelty
Washington
Fost
Roanoke
L. A. Houseman
Carroll County
D. Stoneman
Houseman
Woodlawn
Stoneman
Howseman
Woman shot in Roanoke mystery around dawn
Miss Nova Brown of Roanoke was shot this morning by an unknown assailant while caring for her sick baby sister. She was about to hand the child to her mother when a gunshot rang out and a bullet struck her shoulder.
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Rocky We
William T Fisher
Halpine
Rockville
Hagerstown
Clara Miller
Conrad Miller
North Carolina
Foltz
Henry C. Foltz
Germany
Roanoke
Nova Brown
Latelack
Telegraphers Strike Threat Over Wage Cuts in Maryland
Special to The Washington care Baltimore June 1 Dissatisfaction among railroad telegraphers in Maryland arises from wage cuts of 12 to 50 percent by the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads after the new eight hour law took effect today. Workers refuse to submit to any cut on the existing schedule, threatening a serious proposition affecting the entire train service in the state.
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Washington
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Laborers Forced to Work Under Guard in NC
Italian government officials are probing complaints from consuls in the United States about 1500 Italian laborers brought from New York to build a railroad for Carolina Construction Co in Spruce Pine Marion region. They allege restricted movement and forced labor under heavy guard. Also reports: schooner Charles Lawrence leaky after leaving Rappahannock River to Boston, towed to Norfolk. captain injured when he fell through hatchway. Capt Philip C. M. Walker arrives San Francisco after globe-trotting with Twelfth U. S. Infantry. regiment sent home before Manila engagement.
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North Carolina
Wrekkington Post
Witaten-Salem
N. C
United States
New York
Carolina Construction Company
Yin Marion
Norfolk
Charles Lawrence
Rappahannock River
Boston
Hampton Roada
Taylor
New Jersey
Wappington Ros
Winchester
John G. Walker
San Francisco
Philip C.M. Walker
Twelfth
U. S. Infantry
Walker
Manila
Sues Gantl
Principal Appointed for Cedar Grove School
Rockville Md June 1 County Superintendent 8 R White announces Miss Eather P Luhn named principal of Cedar Grove Public School replacing Miss Katie R Baker. County schools close after nine month session and will reopen September 3.
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Rockville
R. White
Eather P. Luhn
Cedar Grove
Katie R. Baker
Fire in South Boston Destroys Major Buildings
A blaze started at 2 pm in Eamonisan's warehouse in South Boston Virginia and spread across several acres destroying many of the town's finest structures. Maj H A Edmonson owned the heaviest losses estimated around 200 000 with 30 000 insurance. The Danville fire department arrived by 5:30 pm but winds shifted and the fire was halted with crews guarding ruins. Origin is believed to be a discarded cigarette or match.
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Badmonson
Washington Post
South Boston
Eamonisan'a
Main Street
Maj
HA. Edmonson
H A
Eximondson & Son
Danville
Sre
Edmundson
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Lexington High School
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J. T Sprint
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Wilmington
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Dr. Delaney
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L. C Barley
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E. J. Fleming
Mary C. Buren
Elin Rose Smout
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Richard Dorsey
John Grgg
John M. Grigg
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Charles Y Goods
Paff
Capt .Webster
Hamersley
Qegeon
Virginia
Snow Hill
Flash Strikes Factory
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Court-Mar- Wat
C. C. Argak
Bright
John W. Brower
Charles’ Brower
William Stephen Corhy
Chevy Chase
Misa Muriel H. Clark
Schuedhe Bros
Schmedhe Bros
Pod Pth
Potomac Electric Power Co
M. Stein & CO
American Ice Co
Matin Omes
Pa Ave. Nw
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U. S. Realty ‘Co
Garner
Umelu Bom Amos HS
United States Realty Company
Sapfer
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington City
Randle Park
Stapital City
United States Realty Company OF
Washington, B.C
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