Miners Besiege Street Cars in Havoc Over Strikebreakers
Hundreds of miners join street car strikers to prevent running of cars as a mob burns Harrigan 15 in effigy and assaults strikebreakers. Detectives and employees are hospitalized in critical condition as the entire system grinds to a standstill.
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Second Street
Harrigan
Louis J. Christiansen
Fred Fay
Bis
Thomas Denholm
City Police
Kirkwood Hotel
Louis Christiansen
Sixth
Mulberry
Des Moines Railway
Sixth Street
Walter Emmons
Chicago
Second and
Walnut Streets
Emmons
Des Moines Street Railway Strike Sparks Riot and Militia Talk
Des Moines faces a citywide strike by conductors and motormen with riots, militia consideration and mass gatherings. Strikebreakers siege, union sympathy gathers, arrests and injuries raise worries of broader disorder as officials monitor developments.
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Des Moines
Second Street
Taft to Make Lengthy Tour in 1912 Campaign
President Taft plans a four week tour starting September 16 to open the 1912 Republican campaign. The trip may extend to six weeks if it includes the Pacific coast, delaying return to Beverly or Washington. The itinerary covers the Midwest north of Missouri with visits to Iowa, Michigan, Chicago and Hutchinson Kansas for state fair and platform addresses.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Pacific Coast
Beverly
Middle West
Missouri
Iowa
Hutchinson
Kan
Michigan
Chicago
Yowa
Mail Cars Strike Sparks Federal Troop Doubt in Iowa
Des Moines mail collection and delivery amid a strike prompts rumors of federal troop readiness. The Des Moines postmaster seeks funds for extra personnel should cars fail to run while Ft Des Moines troops are redeployed. War Department notes no Iowa request pending and cites that only the governor can authorize state military aid.
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Des Moines
United States
Post Office Department
Washington
War Department
Iowa
Ft. Des Moines
Maneuver Division
Texas
Admiral Togo’s Visit Continual Round of Honors
President Taft greeted Admiral Togo at the White House in a brief reception at 2 35 with two cavalry detachments at attention. The government announced an ongoing program of entertainments and calls by officials, including Beekman Winthrop, Knox, and Winthrop, with a White House dinner to conclude the day.
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Togo
Washington
Sug
Taft
White House
Fifteenth Cavalry
U. S
Knox
Navy
Winthrop
Admiral Togo
New York
Beekman Winthrop
Army
Trouble in Cuba as Acevedo Leads Revolt Against Gomez
News arrives of a Cuban uprising with General Guillermo Acevedo at its head, claiming two hundred armed supporters. Acevedo threatens the president with resignation in fifteen days, while General Monteagido and government forces brace to quell the revolt.
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Gomes
Cuba
Guillermo Acevedo
Acevedo
Gomez
Monteagido
Interstate commerce to probe privileged rail rates
Washington Aug 5 special allowances and preferentional rates alleged to have been given by interstate carriers in official classification territory to short lines serving iron and steel industries especially in Ohio will be investigated by the interstate commerce commission no date was fixed for the inquiry in its beginning.
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Washington
Iron and Steel
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harem shirt girl a puzzling visitor stirs Manhattan
A visitor dressed in a gray harem skirt, men’s hat and riding boots roamed Manhattan Beach hotels. Onlookers debated her gender while she chewed gum and walked about with a heavy stick. A dressmaker declared the figure female, quelling further guesses.
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New York
Manhattan Beach
Oriental
Feely Yapp Landis Headed West for 31st B A Convention
Mr and Mrs F F Feely Mr and Mrs F F Yapp and Miss Emma Landis and Miss Walker plan to travel tonight by the C G W to Denver for the 31 B A convention. They will visit other western points and tour the mountains, staying two weeks.
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F. F. Feely
F. F. Yapp
Emma Landis
Walker
Cedar Falls
Denver
Summer Resort Hotel to Burned in Night Fire
Fire destroyed the Okoboji hotel near Lake Ja Aug 6 at 6 am causing an estimated loss of 74009. Two servant girls are missing while guests escaped in night clothing as flames quickly consumed the building within forty minutes. Heroic efforts to save adjacent property aided by Hon G L Dodson. Insurance details unclear.
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Aniit Lake
Okoboji Hotel
Here
Des Moines
Okahoji Hotel
Water Rates Reduced and Three Mill Levy Adopted
Waterloo water trustees and city council agreed on reduced water rates by about 12 1 2 to 14 percent and a three mill tax levy for the water fund. The actual pumping cost will be charged to public and semi public buildings. Meter readings switch to cubic feet and the new rates take effect immediately for August readings.
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Water Trustees of
Waterloo
M. Co
Lebat
Times-Republican to Fight $190,000 Suit by Maytag-Mason
Maytag-Mason Motor Company of Waterloo files a petition in Marshall County District Court claiming damages of 190,000 over a Times-Republican article. Deputy Sheriff Nason served notice on the Times-Republican Printing Company. Attorneys Boardman Lawrence Binford Farber represent the motor firm. Times-Republican vows to fight.
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Times-Republican
Maytag-Mason Motor Company
Waterloo
Times-Republican Printing Company
Nason
Marshall County
William Galloway
Boardman
Lawrence
Binford
Farber
Motor Company
Boy Loses Foot After Fall From Train Near Burlington
Harold Boyd an 18 year old Ottumwa youth riding an east bound freight out of Burlington was struck by a switch stand while climbing a box car and thrown beneath wheels. One foot was crushed requiring amputation though doctors expect recovery.
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Burlington
Harold Boyd
Ottumwa
Crushed Under Overturned Car on Milwaukee Tracks
Davenport August 5 A Chicago steamfitter William Whitemore was crushed when an overturned lumber car collapsed on Milwaukee tracks. Fire department rescued him after an hour of labor. Whitemore sustained a crushed chest and was found asleep in the car.
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Davenport
Willian Whitemore
Chicago
Whitemore
Steamfitters’ Union of Chicago
Wife tied to mules by husband in Missouri case
Abs May Cheat testified in Tiberty Missouri that Lafayette F. Cheat beat and tied her to a harrow while Mules pulled the rope and pushed her with a railroad flag handle. She described being struck, dragged, and forced to walk around a field multiple times with her children present.
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Tiberty
Abs
Lafayette F. Cheat
Frank
Mne
White Feared Foul Play After Lorimer Exposure
Charles A. White, the confessed bribetaker in the Lorimer case, testified he feared foul play from exposure and wrote a farewell letter to his parents stating he had told the truth. He claimed the letter was stolen from his hotel grip in Chicago and said a copy to Senator Frazier of Tennessee was also taken.
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Washington
Senator Lorimer
Charles A. White
White
Chicago
Senator Frazier
Tennessee
Rejected Suitor Shoots Three Dead in Oliva Minn
In Oliva Minnesota on August 5 Edward Corey, a rejected suitor of Miss Wolff, shot and killed William Wolff, his daughter Cora, and Edward Corey at the Wolff home. The shooter was Edward Corey.
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Oliva, Minn
William Wolff
Cora
Edward Corey
Wolff
Diplomatic Efforts Fail Amid Haitian Faction Clash
Washington reports the Port au Prince mission cannot form a public safety committee. American Minister Furniss warns the conflict between opposing revolutionary factions appears inevitable, signaling likely fighting if no settlement is reached.
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Washington
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Committee of Public Safety
Furniss
State Department
Auto overturns near Clarkeville injures four tourists
Four men traveling from Illinois to Minneapolis escaped serious harm after their auto overturned near the Race Bridge south of Clarkeville Ta at 11:30 today. The front passengers leaped free with minor bruises while two rear occupants were trapped briefly under the wreckage until help arrived. Names were not disclosed.
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Clarkeville
Ilinois
Minneapolis
Estade
Roosevelt on Stand at Quiz Prevention of Panic
Theodore Roosevelt testified before a congressional inquiry into the United States Steel corporate absorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co in 1907. He read a prepared statement detailing his actions to prevent a market panic and his decision to permit the transfer, saying immediate action was necessary to avert disaster.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Steal Corporation
Roosevelt
Stanley
Tennessee Coal and Iron
United States Steel Corporation
Secretary of the Treasury
Judge Gary
H. C. Frick
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Root
White House
Steel Heads
Senate
Frick
Gary
Tennessee Company
Tennesses Coal and Iron Company
Messrs
Gary and Frick
Tennesses Company
Stock Exchange
Officer Hurley to Have Trial
The civil service commission on Monday will hear Officer Hurley’s case after his suspension for insubordination last Thursday. This will be the second police board hearing, the first involving Officer McSweeney, who was reinstated after a trial.
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Civil Service Commission
Hurley
Police Board
McSweeney
Treaty Goes to Committee in Senate Foreign Relations
Washington August date. The Senate referred the general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France to the Foreign Relations Committee. Early discussion and careful review are anticipated as the panel prepares to consider the measures.
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Washington
Senate
France
Cultom
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