Chicago Printing strike expands amid eight hour demand
Chicago Aug 31 A fresh labor war grips the city as nineteen major printing houses run without union compositors after Typographical Union No 16 strikes against Chicago Tipothetae. Open shop and eight hour demands spread, with about five hundred idle workers and eight large establishments pledging neutrality. Strikes threaten further action in other cities, while officials claim the situation may be resolved with restrained measures.
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Chicago
Chiago
No 16
Poole Bros
Donohue & Co
F. Fiamm
Tynothetae
Pollevinus
Typographica
Tsnothetae
News of the Railroads and Personnel Shifts
The railway world shows a flurry of resignations appointments relocations and contracts. Key moves include F W Williams resigning as tidetet mechanic at Lackawanna Buffalo and new chief arrangeman roles at Wabash and Grand Trunk tied to Columbus and New York postings. George H Thompson dies in Pittsburg aged 33, while R K Cross moves from Philadelphia to St Louis. The Confrence of Railroad YMCA meets in Detroit September 28 to October 1. Major line projects include Great Northern ties Sioux City to Ashford and Georgia charter filings for Broxton to Savannah. Financials report second week August gross earnings $7,711,782 up $208,511 from 1903.
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F. W. Willisma Tas
Tidetet
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Givenwich
A& Combinud
Aba
Eer Comba
Goh Ragials
F OM Slater
Chiet Aranghteman
Wabash Wir
BE Bayle
Isa
Baliye
Pittsburg
Leake Erie
R. K. Cross
Northern Pacific
Philadelphia
St Louis
International Conference of Railroad Young Men’s Christian Association
Detroit
Great Northern
Ite Lins
Sioux City
Ashford
Nebr
Burlington
Georgia
Haxlehburet
Savannah
Osierfield
George L. Dillman
Western Pacific Railroad
CG Clark
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
F. J. Wheeler
F. W. Davis
Hamilton
Dayton
Pete Marquette
A. W. Kelso
Chicago Terminal
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
W G Blerd
West Virginia Midland Railroad Company
Grafton
W. Vo
Button
Webster Springs
Marlinton
H UL
Hungerford
Jackson, Tenn
Murphysboro
Mobile
Ohie
W. J Dineen
A. M. Nye
Peoria
F P Spiney
Northwest
Chesapeake and Ohio
W G. Blerd
Panama Canal
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Ohio River
Irodten
National Railroad Master Blacksmiths’ Association
International
A. Waldbauer
Grand Trunk
New York
San Fedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
W C. Maxwell
Burlington and Quincy
St Joseph
Samuel L. Beymour
Pennsylvania
J. J H
Boo
Motland
Kates City
Agers
Qunouneas
Thame Cook & Son
Lough Valley
Ontario and Western
Port Jervis
Monticalio
Rummurilis
Elenvilis
Kingston
Pecksport
Hnes
Eest
Baltimore and Ohio
Master Car Builders’ and Master Mechanics’ Association
Ahl Mitchell
Lehigh Vally
W Wildin
Erie
F. K Schults
Liberty Street
Supply Men‘s Association
Biddle
Rock Island
Granger
Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad Company
Minneapolis
Utios and Black River Railroad Company
Widow lodger uses gas siege to battle landlady
A Northwest City lodging tale follows a veteran widow whose rent arrears trigger a staged siege. The landlady, a widow with two children, calls police as the widow lodger employs a tactical plan of provocation then exits via a staged hallway confrontation. A returning cousin and a steady police response end with a fragile truce allowing the lodger to remain briefly in a reluctant peace.
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Port Arthur
Wihdn
Postmaster Caution Over Vulgar Postal Cards
A Leola Pennsylvania postmaster sent two obscene cards to the Postmaster General to test law enforcement. The department responded by urging postmasters to watch for violations as new fourth class postmasters were appointed in several states.
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Leola
Fragmented wartime tale of gas and danger
A disjointed account describes a policeman, a widow, and a risky plot involving war indemnity, gas and hydrogen reactions. The narration laments science’s power and a college fellow’s awareness of a widow facing a night attack, warning of dangerous experiments and their consequences.
Japanese Trade Surges In Imports In Six Months
June Monthly Return shows imports up 56.9 percent to 142.659 million dollars for the first half of the year, while exports rise less than 4 percent to 71.098 million. United States, United Kingdom, and British India boost imports. exports peak to China, United States, and Korea.
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Empire of
Japan
United States
United Kingdom
British India
China
Korea
Germany
United State
France
Totel
The Man in the Auto and the Parson Letter
A reader argues the auto debate centers on the person behind the vehicle not the horse or motor. The public should condemn reckless drivers, not automobiles, to protect life and property. Laws protect citizens and must be enforced against automobilists who endanger others. Also Senor Corea, Nicaragua’s minister, is named minister to Cuba and the U.S. and travels to Havana with credentials.
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Furjther
Gossip of Candidates in Vermont and New England Politics
Vermont and New England politics heat up as presidential contenders like Fairbanks Shaw Taft and Root tour the region. Indiana rivals Foraker and Herrick shift influence in Ohio and Iowa while Tawney emerges as a potential favorite son. The piece traces campaign moves, regional reach, and shifting allegiances as parties prepare for looming conventions.
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New Hampshire
New
Fale Bares
Secretary Shaw
Shaw
Fairbanks
Vermont
Virginia
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
New England
Ghaw
White House
Root
Taft
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Herrick
Foraker
Iowa
Hanna
Cummins
Cummings
da Fellette
Ras Beett Walen
Congress
Iike
Gabi. Net
New 16000-ton Vermont Battleship Launched at Quincy
The 16000 ton Vermont, built for the United States by Fore River, was launched amid cheers by dignitaries including Gov Hell of Vermont and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dirling. The ship, designed as flagship, mounts a heavy battery and advanced machinery, with 761 crew capacity and six boilers.
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Quincy
Mass
Angul
Vermont
United States
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Massachusetts
Gov
Hell
Gov. Douglas
Charles H. Dirling
Boutakoff
Washington
Fore River Company
Bowles
The
Shipbuilding Company
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Darling
San Juan Hill
Russia
Japan
United States Navy
Saquidary
Frank PA
Arran
Russian Attache Letters Misrouted by New Clerk
Three letters addressed to Commander Boutakoff of the Russian Embassy were misdelivered due to a registry error. A new clerk sent the Russian mail to the Dead Letter Office, but Miss Mellville redirected the letters, ensuring they reached the commander, averting longer delays.
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Alesandis Boutabeff
Fatiea
Fecalve
Wes WaEtan
Emmander
Janeneef
Wesley Ameere
Partamouth
James R. Young
Boutakoff
Russia
Miss Mellville
Airship City of Portland Sets Round Trip Record
The City of Portland airship, built in Portland and steered by Lincoln Beachey, achieves round trip navigation against the wind twice in a week. Capt Baldwin and Roy Knabenshué previously failed to land back at the start, making the City of Portland the record holder in round-trip aerial navigation. Beachey, an 18 year old San Francisco youth, acts as official painter and navigator for the Baldwins expedition.
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Washington
City of Portland
Fitch
St. Louis
Baldwin
California
Roy Knabenshué
Toledo
Portland
Lincoln Beachey
San Francisco
Seronaut
Beachey
Headhey
Portiahd
Neane
Murreata
Eclipse Observation Cable From Spain
Rear Admiral Chester Cables of the U S N reports perfect eclipse observations from Porta Coeh, Spain, where the special service squadron went in June to observe the solar eclipse on August 90. The cablegram to the Navy Department states observations are perfect in every respect.
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Chester Cables
Spain
Chester
Special Service Squadron
Africa
Navy Department
Porta Coeh
Chinese boycott failing at Shanghai and coast light plans
Consul General Rogers reports improving anti American boycott prospects in Shanghai while U S officials deem it nearly exhausted. Chinese merchants are blamed as principal losers in the situation. Specifications for the Diamond Shoals Lighthouse and station authorized for construction by Albert F Feis of Boston were filed with the Secretary of Commerce.
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Rogers
Shanghai
State Department
Mnet
Diamond Shoale
Congress
Albert F. Feis
Aaso*elates
Boston
Mass
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras, i. C
Comperce
Kansas man demands payment for Army balloon found near Fort Riley
A Fort Riley area resident refuses to surrender a United States Army balloon found after it broke loose from its cables, asking $20. The case was sent to Washington's Quartermaster Department, then to the Attorney General, as Uncle Sam pursues the property. Army officers at Fort Riley say the balloon is worth the amount but condemn the demand for payment before return.
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United States Army
Fort Riley
Kans
Quartermaster’s Department
Washington
Nho Fund
Attorney General's
Kansan
Uncle Sam
Signal Corps
Army
Kansas
Cholera Seen Spreading Through German River Regions
Berlin reports cholera spreading from two localities on the Weichsel to twenty nine cases across twelve localities from the Baltic to the Warthe, with Hamburg reporting one case. Quarantine and surveillance measures are in place as authorities warn of a potential prolonged fight against the disease.
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Berlin
Weichusel
Baltic
Warthe
Hamburg
Germany
Russia
Dr. Studt
Herr von Budde
Herr Moller
Commerce and Industry
von Bethmann-~Hollweg
Interior
Danzig
Prussia
Neu-Fahweaser
Mariewerder
Bintage
West Prussia
Marienwerder
Landsberg-on-the- Worths
Etze
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Dougtdas
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Reese
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Tawney
Atatura
Minnesota
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Senate
McKinley
Henderson
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Charles J. Bell
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