Hard Coal Deadlock Proposals Pushed By Operators
New York March 11 A counter proposition from anthracite operators urges continuation for three years of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission awards and the principles and methods behind them. They deny miners readjustment proposals and oppose union recognition, eight hour day, uniform wage scale, and compelled contributions, arguing current conditions do not require changes and that past arbitration should stand.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
George F. Baer
Philadelphia and Readine Coal and Iron Company
Irited Mine Workers of America
Idus
Comunus In Vie Saate
Baer
Mitchell
Miners’ Committee
Committee of Operators
Great Brita
Mitchell Leaves for Indianapolis as Miners Discuss Board Reform
The United Mine Workers press for a board of conciliation overhaul due to three year delays in grievance decisions. Mitchell refused to comment on operators’ reply as miners’ committee members depart New York for protests and regional talks ahead of the March 16 convention.
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Mine Workers’ Union
Board of Conciliation
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Mine Workers
New York
Pennsylvania
Operators Prepare for War in Anthracite District
Special to The Washington Post reports heightened activity around mines as strikebreakers regroup. Yorktown stores and stockades are fortified, deputies protected, and boiler coal operations expanded. Lebanon and Cornwall see police action after trouble with Italian laborers. Shamokin notes officials’ surprise at coal companies’ refusal to concede to UMW demands, with a strike threatened on April 1.
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Washington Post
Freeland
United Mine Workers
Yorktown
Lehigh
Wilkesbarre
Pardee & Co
Lebanon
Mare
Charles Smith
State Constabulary
Cornwall Ore Pines
Shamokin
All in Move Dead From First Page Rescue Tragedy Details
The blast trapped miners at pits 1 to 4 with many bodies recovered and others still inside. Rescue workers suffered injuries and suffocation as air remained poisoned by gases. Miners described the horror and loss, with some escaping by ladder and others believed dead. Engineers assess the wreckage and consider dropping metal to clear shaft 2 as searches continue.
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Pit 1
Gome
Guard for the Legation Heads to Pekin to Guard British Post
London reports Capt Ward will lead forty artillerymen to Pekin at month end to guard the British Legation. Tartai Wen doubts serious anti foreign moves in the south and dismisses Pekin trouble. Admiral Train ridiculed US action in the far East. Shanghai notes French gunboat Olry and British training ship Teal reach Nanchang amid riot aftermath. Ocean steamers update lists arrivals and departures in New York and Dover schedules.
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London
Tribune
Hongkong
Ward
Artierymen
Pekin
Tartai Wen
Vicenoy
Canton
Train
United States Asiatic Fleet
Far East
China
Shanghai
Olry
Teal
Nanchang
Little Man in Queer Disguise Caught by New York Detectives
A night scene near Fourteenth Street and Avenue A ends with the capture of a small man wearing a derby and yellow wig. Jewelry valued at $5,000, including diamond pieces and a gold chain, is seized, with a watch worth up to $1,000. He claims to be Morris Bleischer, Austrian, 22, living at 268 Avenue B, after a fancy dress ball alibi. The rogues gallery lacks his portrait, and investigators question the disguise and motive.
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Joe Weber
New York
Rogues
Washington Post
Fourteenth, Street
Avenue A
Little Joe Weber
Sergis, Kinsler
Duggan
Browsway
Police
Morris Bleischer
Avenue B
Sergi
Barrett
Two Women Shot to Death in Philadelphia Duel
In Philadelphia on March 11 two women were shot and killed. George Johnson, a Norwegian, shot his wife after they separated, then fled but was later captured after a pistol duel with police. Max B Solffer shot Anna Margoles over marriage, then killed himself. he is in critical condition.
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Philadelphia
George Johnson
Hae
Johnson
Nnsnt
Max Bsolffer
Anna Margoles
Solffer
Sofffer
Editor Credits Grape-Nuts Diet For Health Boost
A New Jersey editor describes relief from nervous dyspepsia after adopting a strict Grape-Nuts regimen with outdoor exercise. He credits improved digestion and stamina enabling resumed work, writing more vigorously and walking miles daily without fatigue. The ad ends noting the product’s endorsement by the Postum Co. and a booklet titled The Road to Wallville.
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New Jersey
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wallville
Tobacco market reports mixed sales in Danville and Lynchburg
Special to The Washington Post from Danville Virginia notes weeklong loose leaf tobacco sales were moderate with one to three hour windows. Quality near average, low grades scarce, prices firm with a tendency to rise, some farmers indicating they have sold out and first hands lighter than typical. Lynchburg reports 529,900 pounds received, down from last week, with some mold but prices steady. outlook suggests light receipts for a time.
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Washington Post
Danville
Lynchbors
Bond worth 12086 found after 126 years in Clinton
Massachusetts man Herbert F. Morgan, landlord of the Morgan House in Clinton, found a $20 1780 government bond given in Maine last summer and feared lost. The 126 year old bond is valued at about $12,086, payable by Rhode Island and Providence plantations with interest, dating to 1780. Morgan plans to send it to the Boston subtreasury after verifying its face value and signatures.
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Washington Post
Worcester
Mass
Herbert F. Morgan
Morgan House
Clinton
Maine
Congress
John Arnold
No Word of Mother's Death Sues Telegraph Firm
Mrs Lizzle Bilder sues Western Union Telegraph Company for 310 000 saying a telegram announcing her mother's death was not delivered until three weeks after the funeral. The mother, Mrs Double of Branchton Pa, became ill in January and no word of sorrow reached Mrs Elder in Parkersburg. An investigation reportedly found the telegram undelivered for three weeks.
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Telegraph Company
Tesla Plant to be Sold by Sheriff in Colorado Springs
Special to The Washington Fest reports that Nikola Tesla's former wireless telegraphy station in Colorado Springs will be auctioned March 22 to satisfy a $928 judgment in favor of J. C. Duffner, who claims to have been caretaker for two years after Tesla returned to New York. The case arose by default. Another dispatch from Rockville, Md notes local hunters liberated eleven dozen partridges from farms near Sandy Spring, with plans to restock. Also from Boyd's, Md a Clarksville principal was acquitted on assault charges after beating a boy, while a Cumberland-Williamson accident killed track foreman Smith Wilfong and injured an Italian worker.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nikola Tesla
J. C. Daffner
Duffner
Tesla
New York
Une Wasaingeon
Rockville
Sandy Spring
Alabama
Henry H. Miller
Alban G.thomas
Joseph T. Moore
Ernest Cis
Boyd's
H. B. Linthicum
Clarkaburs
Norris
John J. Smith
Linthicum
Herbert Smith
Cumberland
Smith Wilfong
Western Maryland Railroad
William
W. Va
Thomas
Wilfong
Talbott
Philip D. Laird
Escape Murderer Isaac Winder Tracked to Cave Near New Bridgeville
York County and Baltimore authorities press the chase for Isaac Winder, the escaped Towson jail killer. A man believed to be Winder hid in a cave near New Bridgeville, with a siege by a growing posse and two wounded guards. West Virginia arrest nearby confirms the fugitive’s broad flight.
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York County
Lonely Cave
West Virginia
Washington Post
Baltimore
Isaac Winder
New Bridgeville
Baltimore County
Winder
Cockeysville
Isaac
Gunpowder
York
Towson
Charles 8. White
Gaid
Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroay Company
New Bridgewell
St the Negro
Tim Not Winder
le Nedinits
Bsinn
Vessel Ashore in Peril near Frying Pan lightship
Four masted schooner Myrtle Tunnel, Capt. Jeffreys, from Brunswick to Philadelphia with cross ties, lies three to five miles northeast of Frying Pan lightship in dangerous, water-filled condition. Revenue cutter Seminole failed to pull her off, losing an anchor. crew to be evacuated if needed. One owner arrived today and declined local tug assistance.
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Wilmington
M. C
Myrtle Tunnel
Jeffreys
Brunswick
Philadelphia
Sailor Dies After Fall On Powhatan Ship
A Baltimore sailor, John Robinson, died from a skull fracture after falling down a hatch on the steamship Powhatan last Sunday. He died at Hospital St. Vincent de Paul in Norfolk and his remains were sent home to Baltimore escorted by his widow.
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Washington
Norfolk
John Robinson
Baltimore
Powhatan
Roanoke Mayor Denied Sunday Liquor and Gambling Probe Funds
The Roanoke city aldermen refused to approve Mayor Cutchin’s request for outside detectives to investigate Sunday liquor sellers and gambling operators. The board took no action on the appropriation at last night’s meeting.
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Roanoke
Board of City Aldermen
Cutchin
Virginia Obituary Notices From Callands to Grafton
Obituaries report M W Cousins of Callands dying at thirty five from fibercurosis after a lingering illness leaving a daughter and relatives. Also William Brooks Baker, a Norfolk Western car inspector for fifteen years, dies in Roanoke at brain tumor. funeral in Vinton. wife and three children surviving. A D Casteel dies at Grafton aged seventy two, formerly clerk and merchant, later traveling salesman. he was a Mason.
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M. W. Cousins
Callands
William Brooks Baker
Norfolk All Western Yards
Roanoke
Vinton
A. D. Casteel
Grafton
W. Va
Aber Clary
Frostburg
Henry G. Tavis & Son
Gratton
Young Men's Christian Association Ends Biennial Meet
Parkersburg West Virginia March 1 final services of the second biennial interstate convention for Virginia West Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia were held tonight Daytime meetings for men women and boys drew large crowds Ferdinand Schieveres of New York spoke and will stay a week for daily meetings Tonight the final roundup featured a seed program and the consensus praised the gathering as one of the best this division has held The next meeting site will be chosen by the executive committee.
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Waanington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Young Men's Christian Association
States of Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Ferdinand Schieveres
New York
Robbed of Month's Pay on Railroad Line
Special to The Washington Post from Keyser West Virginia on March 11 reports Sol Dayton was robbed between Keyser and McCoole after being struck and bound. His hands tied behind, his mouth filled with paper and rope around the gag cut the skin. He says the assailants were a white man and a black man and he might have frozen to death otherwise.
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Washington Post
Keyser
W. Va
Sol Dayton
McCoole
Baltimore and Ohio
Murderer at Seventy One Convicted of Murder
John Siffer, a 71 year old farmer, was convicted of second degree murder for shooting neighbor Jacob B. Poffenberger over a disputed strip of land between their farms. The jury deliberated overnight, reaching a verdict at 8 this morning after an 9:30 verdict yesterday. Sentencing ranges from five to eighteen years.
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Hagerstown
John Siffer
Jacob B. Poffenberger
Silfer
Burning Oil Sparks House Fire Injuring Woman
A Virginia woman, Miss Sarah Points of Harrisonburg, suffered severe burns to the face head and arms when coal oil ignited after her attempt to start a fire with a match. She smothered the flames with a blanket. The incident occurred as news from Winchester and Roanoke reports include various local notices and a court filing in Rockville for an absolute divorce by Minor Morris against Lucy Jane Morris, citing desertion.
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Harrisonburg
Washington Post
Winchester
Sarah Points
W. J. Potnta
Harrisonbburg
Points
Rockville
Minor Morris
Frank Higgins
Circuit Court
Lucy Jane Morris
Simplified Spelling Board Formed To Ease English
A new organization called the Simplified Spelling Board has been formed in New York to advocate easier English spelling. Led by Andrew Carnegie who funds the effort, the board includes notable figures from education law and literature. The group aims to persuade writers and publishers to adopt simplified spellings and will run a headquarters in New York with plans to educate and organize nationwide support over years.
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Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Reading
Aome
Acme
Andrews
University of Nebraska
Justice Brewey
United States Supreme Court
President Butler
Columbia University
C. Blackmer
Chicago
Andrew Carpegs
Ly Clemens
Mark Twain
Melvil Dewey
Isaac K. Funk
The
Standard Dictionary
Lyman J. Gage
Treasury
Richard Watson Gilder
Century Magazine
William T. Harris
United States Commissioner of Education
Webster’s International Dictionary
George Hemps
University of Michigan
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Henry Holt
Willam James
Harvard
David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Thomas R. Lounsbury
Yale
Francis A. March
Lafayette
Brander Matthews
Columbia
Morrow
United States Circuit Court
California
Benjamin R Smith
Charles P. G. Scott
E.B. Seerey
Iowa State Normal School
Cedar Fails
Charles Ki. Sprague
Union Dime Savings Institution
Calvin Thomas
O. Vaile
Intelligence
William Hayes Ward
Independent
Woodward
Carnegie Institute of Washington
National Educational Association
Englsh
Simplified
Boy killed by train near Shenandoah Junction
Special to The Wascomens reports 16 year old Walter P. Manfield of Shenandoah Junction died after being struck by a train at Wascomens Harpers Ferry, W. Va., last night. He is survived by a father, one sister, and five brothers.
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