Coal Strike Turmoil Threatens Ohio Mines
Striking miners in eastern Ohio face collapse of efforts to halt operations as Columbus talks stall. State Mine Workers lack strike benefits. incidents include a worker attempting suicide near a train. Grocers deny credit to foreigners backing the union. Deserters and armed guards appear at Glenns Run No. 2 shaft as plans to resume coal loading emerge amid fractured ranks.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Columbus
Bastirn
Ohio
Uaited
Tast
al Didonville
George Jones
Umitei Mine Workers’ Organization
Trom Ren
Sralitfiki
Nonunion
Minera
Steubenville
Plum Run
Meir
Glenns Run
E E Young
Cleveland
Min Tuddy
Caim
Huthman
Benwood
Rowen Spekes
Worh
Orgaiit- Beton
Left With Brother's Wife Sparks Police Case
Sular to The Washington Post reports John Bray left Mount Airy North Carolina with Vig Milton F Bras, Bray’s brother’s wife is arrested as authorities seek instruction. Bray claims his wife accompanied him to Winston to new location. Authorities confirm Bray was involved and that the wife may be returning to Mount Airy.
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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. schooner George May towed in
A Norfolk report says the Philadelphia schooner George May, 18, towed into Norfolk with bowsprit broken and hull leaking after a collision southeast of Winter Quarter. Haven schooner Edward Povery reportedly wrecked. Capt. Davis notes dismasting of Avery and no word on her fate. George May carried lumber from Jacksonville to Philadelphia. Avery unknown.
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Norfolk
George May
Philadelphia
Edward Povery
Mies
Winter Quarter Fights Inn
Davis
Avery
Mey
Jacksonville
Fla
Piladelphia
New York
Ewiek
Verdict in railway death case awards three dollars
In Warrington Post variant reporting from June 1 at Circuit Court Norfolk and Western Railway named in a suit over the death of Misa Dean's father, Aathan, at Nalls Mills. The jury returned a verdict of three dollars after a demurrer.
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Warrington Post
Jinewelt
Puxetell County
Beatle
Dean
Taitnar
Norfolk and Western Railway
Wampans
Ifeline
West
Misa Dean
Aathan
Nalls Mills
Dynamite Kills Two at Wear Side Quarries
Special to The Washington Fort Martinsburg West Virginia June 1 Samuel T Braden and his brother Morgan Braden were instantly killed at the Wear side quarries of the Standard Limes and Stone Company. They stood by a box of dynamite handling a cap when it exploded blowing Samuel Braden to pieces and scattering parts across two hundred yards. Morgan Braden’s head was blown off. The men 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 Man Kills Self After Mother's Death
Special to The Washington Post Richmond, June 1 James B. Lack, 33, a well known business man, shot himself in the head this morning. The bullet passed through his temple and caused instant death. He had recently lost his mother and had been despondent since.
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Washington Fost
Richmond
James B. Lack
Go al At 50 Cents A Ton In Graft Inquiry
E H Clowes testified before the legislative investigating committee in Williamsburg about a coal contract at the asylum. He said he bought a load of coal offered at 50 cents a ton by an agent of Chesapeake and Ohio Coal and Coke Company after the contract was awarded and denied any graft charge. He noted bids were similar and the contract went to Chesapeake and Ohio by a unanimous board vote.
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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 reports that Zeke Lewis was sworn by witnesses as the mob leader who seized Sheriff Boggan in Wadesboro to lynch John Johnson. Fifteen men jailed, state’s evidence sought, and Gov. Glenn called a special term of court. Separately, George A. Croft, 45, prominent banker, died in Wilmington. William T Fisher, 29, of Rockville, died of consumption. Mrs Clara Miller, 85, of North Carolina, died at her daughter’s home.
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Washington Post
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Zeke Lewis
Sherrif Boggan
Wadesboro
Afr
J ¥ Johnson
Glenn
Iertain
H D Kendall
Rockingham
Gulledge
Morven Township
Superior Court
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Stcteen
John V. Jomson
Ware
At & Oelack
Union i
George A. Croft
Washington
Wilmington
George A . Croft
Cincinnati
Bank of
Maysville
Maynette
Croft
Rocky We
William T Fisher
Halpine
Rockville
Hagerstown
Clara Miller
Conrad Miller
North Carolina
Foltz
Henry C. Foltz
Germany
Snow Hill
Three Children Hurt by Railroad Torpedo Explosion
Three young Davis children, a boy and two girls, were seriously injured near their Del Ray home in Alexandria County when a railroad torpedo they played with exploded. One girl suffered a wound to the eye lid, another to the left arm from tin wrapping fragments, the third a cut on the knee, and the boy endured a deep cut on the left shoulder. Dr. M. D. Delaney treated the injuries.
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Washington Post Bureau
T King Street
Alexandria
Davis
del Ray
Alexandria County
M. D. Delaney
Won Automobile Prize At Alexandria Revel Carnival
E H Hobson of Fort Washington Massachusetts won a $1,000 touring runabout after a 5 cent drawing at the Hike flower carnival in the Alexandria Light Infantry armory. The drawing was led by Former Mayor Simpson and Revenue Commissioner Charles Callahan, neither of whom belong to the organizing group. Hobson was absent and will likely learn of his luck this morning. Several minor prizes were awarded including a clothes suit to Conductor Nagel and an oval mirror to F M Hamilton, with groceries and liquors going to others.
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Fort Washington
Alexandria
Alexandria Light Infantry
Simpson
Charles Callahan
Rika’ Organization
Hobson
Nagel
Southern Railway
L. Downey
Washington
F. M. Hamilton
Hospital Report Praises Alexandria Hospital Care
Dr Martin Duvelaney reports for the three months ending May 31 at Alexandria Hospital. Admissions totaled 102 with 6 cures, 7 deaths, 2 sent to almshouse, and the remainder under treatment. He commends asepsis efforts and notes surgery now ranks with southern hospitals south of New York.
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Te Jm Board of
Indy Managera
Alexandria Hospital
Tr. Delaney
Lta
New York
Weather Card for Brides of June Totals Thirty-Five-Year Averages
The Weather Bureau issues June statistics to guide brides and graduates. Over the past thirty-five years clear days average ten with thirteen partly cloudy and seven cloudy. Normal temperature is 73 degrees with extremes of 102 in 1874 and 43 in 1897. June rainfall averages 4.04 inches, with notable 4.46 inches on June 22, 1886.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Lightning Sets Fire at Hegeratown Lounge Plant in Maryland
A violent thunderstorm at 2 AM struck the Hegeratown Lounge Company factory in Washtoxon area Maryland causing a damaging fire. The blaze was checked by firefighters saving the building. A column on the slynchboard in a machine room caused major damage and one man was fatally hurt.
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Lounge Company
Hagerstown
Washtoxton Post
Hegeratown Lounge Company
Attack near her home ends in arrest and injures woman
In Charleston West Virginia Mrs Ely Hott Jarrett, a white resident near Carkin County, was attacked by Richard Brown a black man. She sustained head wounds from a stone and lies critically scared. Brown was captured by officers and jailed.
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Washington Post
Charleston
W. Vadune
Ely Hott Jarrett
Richard Brown
Carkin
Jarrett
Ex-convict shoots Carroll County lumberman in Woodlawn
L A Houseman a Carroll County lumberman was fatally shot at his Woodlawn home by ex-convict D B Stoneman. The shotgun blast emptied its contents into Houseman near the heart after a dispute over a recently filed lawsuit. Stoneman fled and remains at large.
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Washington
Fost
Roanoke
L. A. Houseman
Carroll County
D. Stoneman
Houseman
Woodlawn
Stoneman
Howseman
Woman shot in Roanoke mystery
Miss Nova Brown of Roanoke was shot this morning by an unknown assailant while handing her sick baby sister to their mother. The bullet entered her shoulder in the late morning incident and details are unclear.
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Roanoke
Nova Brown
Latelack
Telegraphers May Strike Over Wage Cuts in Maryland
Special dispatch from Baltimore dated June 1 reports Maryland telegraphers angered by wage cuts of 12 to 50 percent by the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads after the new eight hour law took effect. Workers refuse to accept any reduction on existing pay, threatening a statewide disruption to train service.
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Washington
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania
Laborers Forced to Work in North Carolina Contract Scene
Italian government representatives investigate complaints from consuls about 1500 Italian laborers brought from New York to build a Carolina Construction Company railroad from Spruce Pine to Marion. Reported abuses include detention and forced labor under heavy guard.
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North Carolina
Wrekkington Post
Witaten-Salem
N. C
United States
New York
Carolina Construction Company
Yin Marion
Principal Appointed At Cedar Grove Public School
Rockville Md June 1 County Superintendent R White announces Miss Eather P Luhn as principal of Cedar Grove Public School replacing Katie R Baker who resigned Public schools across the county close for a nine month term and will reopen September 3 Thomaston Va June 1 court session for the trial of C C Argak John W Brower and Charles Brower for insubordination wraps up today A license to marry issued to William Stephen Corhy of Chevy Chase and Miss Muriel H Clark of Washington
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R. White Hag
Eather P. Luhn
Cedar Grove
Katie R. Baker
Becta
Tourest Staunton Va
Court-Mar- Wat
C. C. Argak
Bright
John W. Brower
Charles’ Brower
Washington
William Stephen Corhy
Chevy Chase
Misa Muriel H. Clark
Fire in South Boston Devastates Eighteen Buildings
A major blaze began at Eamonisan's warehouse on Main street South Boston destroying many landmark structures. Losses run around 250000 with Maj Edmonson's properties most heavily hit. The Danville fire department aided, wind shift halted the flames and police guard the ruins. Origin believed to be a discarded cigarette or match in the stables.
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Washington Post
South Boston
Eamonisan'a
Main Street
Maj
HA. Edmonson
H A
Eximondson & Son
Danville
Sre
Edmundson
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Pa Ave. Nw
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Garner
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United States Realty Company
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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