Strike closes San Francisco telegraph offices in wage dispute
In San Francisco and Oakland 250 Western Union and Postal Telegraph operators walked out halting service. Leaders call for 24 percent pay raises and threaten guerrilla tactics to push Congress to act while officials urge caution and await further talks.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Western Union
Fostil Telegraph Companies
West Oakland
Postal Company
Clowry
Telegraphers strike leaders vow AFL aid amid talks
Morning discussions included H B Perham Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and Charles P Neill as the AFL prepared to assist telegraphers if a general strike arises. Beattie urged Postal Telegraph’s Nalle to favor an eight hour day while Commissioner Nells called the San Francisco strike declared and noted unknowns in local negotiations.
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H B. Perham
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
Charles P. Neill
Beattie
International Organization
E J. Nalle
Postal Telegraph Company
New York
Nells
Jamestown
San Francisco
Small
Konenkamp
Socialist Weds Socialist In Corning Union Ceremony
John C. Chase longtime Socialist gubernatorial candidate marries Louise Weber of Buffalo in Corning New York. Chase once served as Haverhill Massachusetts mayor while a shoemaker and Weber is noted as Buffalo’s first Socialist adopter.
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Groom
New York
Corning
N. Y
John C. Chase
Louise, Weber
Buffalo
Chase
United States
Haverhill
Mass
Weber
Mournful Death Hidden as Hemorrhage Shocks New Canaan
Sturgis Coffin of Coffin & Ladd perfumers killed himself a week ago at his New Canaan summer home, the official cause a brain hemorrhage. Relatives pressed to keep the self inflicted death secret while authorities and friends learned the truth. Coffin, long a Brooklyn social figure, left a daughter who died two years earlier, fueling reports of a broken heart.
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Sturgis
Washington Post
New York
Sturgis Coffin
John B Ladd
Coffin & Ladd
Barclay Street
New Canaan
Conn
Brooklyn
Coffin
Fairfield County
Benjamin I Mott
Ladd
C B Keeler
Mr Coffin
Hudson River
Brookly
Heights
Elizabeth Wadsworth Shipman
The
Hill
Catherine
Henry Norris Whitney
Manhattan
Club
Hfe
Cannot Forbid Remarriage Ruling In Illinois Case
Chicago June 21 Judge W M McEwen denounces Illinois law that bans remarriage within a year of a divorce as arbitrary. In Laura Cummings v Norman P. Cummings the Superior Court rules the remarriage valid despite prior divorce and subsequent cohabitation in Chicago and a prior marriage in Chicago.
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Washington Post
Chicago
W M McEwen
Superior Court
Suling
Laura c. Cummings
Norman P Cummings
Michigan City
Ind
Repudiated by Pressmen at Brighton Beach Convention
The International Association of Printing Pressmen voted 102 to 93 to repudiate the five year pact with the United Typothetia of America, affecting 15,000 workers nationwide. They demand removal of the open shop clause, adoption of nine hours pay for eight, and a referendum provision.
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Washington Post
New York
International Association of Printing Pressmen
Brighton Beach
United Typothetia of American
Cheok
United States
Haywood murder trial moves to jury in Pettibone case flow
In Boise Idaho on June 21 the State rested in the Haywood murder case with Pettibone and Orchard linked by handwriting proof. The judge declined to instruct acquittal before defense evidence, stating the case should go to the jury despite defense pleas and concerns about influence and humanity. The proceedings featured corroborative testimony from Kingsley and Seahorn, tying Pettibone to the scheme and to Orchard, while Borah urged that conspiracy can be proven by multiple acts beyond Orchard’s statements. The judge ruled the case must proceed to the jury and declined a written opinion due to two more defendants awaiting trial.
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Washington Post
Baise
Idaho
Wiliam D. Haywood
Steunenberg
Haywood
Messrs Darrow
Richardson
William D. Haywood
Charles 3. Kingsley
Head
H. Green
San Francisco
P Bone
J. Wolff
Thomas Hogan
Orchard
Life Insurance Agency
Pettibone
Bradley
J Wolff
P. Bone
William Seahorn
Denver
Harry Orchard
Lareamie
Fifteenth Streets
Sherman Bell
Bell
Jack Simpkins
Jack
Borah
Bolge
Western Federation of Miners
Jack Dempsey
Harry Green
Wood
Norfolk divorce suit dumps sensational cruelty claims
Mrs Annie T. Warwick filed for divorce in Norfolk Court accusing Capt Noble L. Warwick of cruel treatment including dragging her by the heels and pistol threats. She says he refused medical help, offered to leave the state, and seeks $150 support plus a restraining order on the family home. Married in Brooklyn in 189?
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Annie T. Warwick
Turner
Brooklyn
Warwick
Marvin
Nobile L. Warwick
Annie Turner
Frightened Into Confess Pottsville Man Confesses Killing
Charles Wawson of Shenandoah, charged with killing his sweetheart, confessed after a lightning strike frightened him in his Pottsville jail cell. He admitted shooting her over her refusal to marry, hid $400, and admitted his prior robbery tale was false. He feigned insanity. the case was postponed to September for a possible cure, though he fears execution.
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Pottsville
Charles Wawson
Shenandoan
Wewsen
Gates Close Books of Gates & Co in Wall Street End
The stock exchange firm C. G. Gates & Co winds up its business after dissolution on June 1. The last of 2,600 accounts, including some clients in Australia, is closed and audits are finished. John W. Gates and C. G. Gates plan to sail for Europe in July, with the elder Gates leaving the Wall Street scene though his son may keep his seat on the exchange.
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Washington
New York
Stock Exchange House
C. G. Gates & Co
Australia
John W. Gates
C. G Gates
Europe
Gates
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Women would be lynch mob charged in Assumption case
Six women were arrested on a charge of participating in an abortive lynching attempt of miner Alfred Bouland who faced a bigamy accusation but was acquitted in court Bouland’s supposed first wife was detained as a mob leader and later released with a ban from Assumption while the Sloan sale notice follows.
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Assumption
Alfred Bouland
Bouland
Cook Cause of Tragedy
Madison June 2 Benjamin Walters a merchant in this town killed himself after domestic troubles climaxed by his wife firing the Walters family cook Amanda DeLaplain. DeLaplain says Walters begged her to stay but she decided to leave after overhearing the quarrel.
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Washington Post
Madison
Benjamin Waiters
Walters
Amanda DeLaplain
Wellman at Spitzbergen rapid Arctic expedition progress
Walter Wellman leads the arctic expedition at Spitzbergen with rapid work progress after overcoming pack ice remains. The party left behind are safe, boisterous winter weather subsides, and Siberian dogs are arriving from Tromsos as weather improves.
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Camp
Tromsos
Thaw defense drains estate as creditors force sale of Lyndhurst
Pittsburg June 21 The Thaw estate sanctions heavy spending for Harry K Thaws second trial including cash loans and mortgage actions. Beezer Brothers architects forced to assign as the estate calls in loans driving sale of the Lyndhurst home and the Dimeling hotel to raise funds. M B Patterson named referee.
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Thaw
Lyndhurst
White
Washington Post
Pittsburg
Young Thaw
Beezer & Bros
Beezers
Hotel Dimeling
Clearfield
Philadelphia
Beezer Brothers
M B Patterson
Beezer
Bea
Rockefellers in Runaway Near Miss on Road
Special to The Washington from Yonkers New York June 21 Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr and her infant son escaped injury when a pony and cart they rode behind ran away after an Italian crossing the road near box hedges. Mrs Rockefeller fell but both she and the child were safe. the cart was demolished and the pony returned to the stable.
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Washington
Yarrytown
John D Rockefeller, Jr
John D
Mra Rockefeller
Thieves Use Ether to Loot Nassau Mansions
August Schang, a 19 year old prisoner, confesses a Nassau County gang looted wealthy Long Island homes valued at $50,000 to $60,000. He names August Ferrig and Maurice Burke as co conspirators and says the crew used ether through keyholes and a racehorse to move stolen goods from the Freeport hotel headquarters to New York. Police recover about $20,000 in goods and identify other victims and items including paintings and silverware.
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August Schang
Long Island
Fleet Race Horse
Freeport
Schang
Franklin A. Calls
Nassau County
Coles
August Ferrig
Freeport Hotel
Maurice Burke
William Morrison
Lynbrook
John van Nostrand
Springfield
George Hockel
Foster Meadow
Gilfersleave
Ferrig
New York
123A Street
Gildersiesva
Gildersleeve
Matthew Murray
William
Hotchkiss Charges Graft Over Quarantine Detention
Edward Hotchkiss, intermediate passenger who resisted shore duties at Hoffman Island, was released from custody at 10 this morning after a two day detention aboard the Havana Wardener. The Oberlin College graduate, allied with Paul D Cravath, decried the treatment as arbitrary and graft claiming a $760 charge for two days and $150 for detention on the ship with the remainder going to an official. He pledged to pursue the question of the extra charges and the authority behind the actions.
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Washington Post
New York
Edward Hotchkiss
Hoffman Island
Havana
Hotchkiss
Oberlin College
Paul D Cravath
Ho Hartiman
McCormick
Spirit of Revolt as Lisbon Faces Barricades
Special dispatch reports from Paris that after Premier Franco dissolved Parliament in May, Lisbon erupts in street fighting. Troops clash with mobs at rail stations and in central squares, with revolver use, fatalities, and women urging men to revolt. Barricades rise, cafes are looted, and nationwide mourning marks the day. Censorship is strict as violence continues.
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Washington Post
Paris
Lisbon
Madrid
Franco
Oporto
Milwaukee Clerk Pleads Guilty to Embezzling 30000
Frank E Woller, eighteen years a clerk of Milwaukee Municipal Court, pleaded guilty before Judge Brazes, his bosom friend, to embezzling $30,000. He was sentenced to three years at hard labor in the house of correction. Brazes almost collapsed delivering the ruling.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank E Woller
Municipal Court of
Brazes
House of Correction
Railroad Man Pitcairn Run Down by Bicycle in Pittsburg
Robert Pitcairn a veteran Pennsylvania Railroad official was struck by a bicycle rider while returning from Carnegie Institute and suffered internal injuries. The incident occurred in Pittsburg and raises concern for his recovery. The item also notes June reports on James Bryce sailing to Washington and weekend train service details.
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Robert Pitcairn
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carnegie Institute
Bryce
Capital
St. Louis
James Bryce
Ritish
United States
Tooday
Washington
Sabers Quell Mob Amid Martial Law in Disturbed District
Disorderly scenes at Montpellier were suppressed by the Dragoons Battalion. The insurgents at Agde and Joins were dispersed, then urged to rejoin their regiment. A threat of revolution surfaced in the Chamber of Deputies as authorities maintain crackdown.
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Montpellier
Agde
Insurgenty
Chamber of Deputies
Bezilera
War Office
Narbonne
Beziers
The Strike in Brief Across South of France
Beginning June 11 a wave of protests over wine overproduction and counterfeit wines led to municipal resignations and calls for legislation. Narbonne saw several deaths and many wounded, with 700 soldiers wounded, while Agde faced mutinies as disturbances spread from the Rhone to the Pyrenees.
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France
Rhone
Pyrenees
Narbonne
Agde
Rioting in Monte Pellier as Dragoons quell mob violence
Paris dispatch reports rioters clashed with the Dragoons at Monte Pellier with a saber wound and street barricades. Calm returned by morning. no fatalities. Government mobilizes troops, imposes martial law, and seeks to restore order amid mutiny fears in the south.
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Paris
Monte Pellier
Testant
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