Industrial Chicago Sees Gains in Labor Clout and Wages
A year of strikes and lockouts ends with a stronger labor movement in Chicago. The 1903 Labor Day parade shows 243,000 organized workers, up from 120,000, while wages rose by 9.5 million dollars and the nine hour day spreads across most trades. Open shop and arbitration advance, easing conflict as employers and unions trend toward cooperation.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Railway
Oeeser
America
Teamsters
Chicago Strikes and Open Shop Trends in a Turbulent Year
The article reviews a year of labor unrest in Chicago with 21 major strikes and limited union wins. It notes employers coordinated to curb unions through lockouts and the open shop, while apprenticeship limits pushed youths from workshops to clerical work. Business colleges swell with 4,000 yearly entrants.
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Chicago
Green Fields in the City Show Chicago’s Hidden Farms
The article highlights a 700 acre pickle and onion farm inside Chicago limits north of the city and just south of Evanston. At harvest, up to 1200 workers earn about 1.25 dollars per day. Started 40 years ago by a New England gardener, the farm thrives amid nearby urban growth.
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Chicago
Evanston
New England
Lipton Dinner Fiasco Clouds Roosevelt Lipton Tie
An Oyster Bay dinner plan by the Seawanhaka Yacht Club triggers a dispute over guest policy with Sir Thomas Lipton and President Roosevelt. Club officials insist the event is a neighborly club dinner with Roosevelt as the sole guest of honor, while Lipton’s party was invited without prior notice. Roosevelt had previously entertained Lipton at the White House and aboard the Mayflower.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Roosevelt
Center Island
New York Yacht Club
Syracuse
Colgate Hoyt
New York
Seawanhaka Club
Sagamore Hill
Hoyt
Loeb
Sir Thomas Lipton
United States
Mr. Hoyt
Stewart
Sir Thomas
White House
Navy declares The Star Spangled Banner national anthem
The Navy Department orders that The Star Spangled Banner be the national anthem and that all officers and men stand at attention when it is played unless on duty. The same respect applies to the national air of any other country when played in the presence of their official representatives.
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Washington
Navy Department
Five Drownings After Launch Collision in Pine Lake
Charlevoix Michigan report says a naptha launch returning from a Harbor Springs ball game was struck by the steam yacht Pilgrim on Pine Lake. Five of thirteen aboard perished, all residents of East Jordan. The launch had no lights until moments before the crash.
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Pine Lake
Charlevoix
Mich
Harbor Springs
Pilgrim
R. X. Tine
M. C. Calmon
Fred Winers
Kit Carson
William Renard
East Jordan
Tts
Pension roll total 996545 with wars breakdown
Washington reports Commissioner Ware’s annual pension tally: 996,545 on rolls, 729,356 soldiers and 267,189 widows and dependents. He forecasts rolls unlikely to top one million again and outlines reform proposals plus per capita cost and future relief projections.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Ware
Commissioner Ware
United States
Great Loss of Life From British Storm Rages
London reports a devastating British Isles gale with winds up to 72 miles per hour. Lloyds records over 50 shipping casualties as vessels founder and crews are lost. coastal towns suffer damage and farms endure harvest losses. France and Germany report widespread damage. Paris-London communications are disrupted.
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London
British Isles
United Kingdom
Lloyds
Kent
Thames
Severn
France
Germany
Paris
Islands Seized Spur British Protest Over U S Action
The British foreign office reportedly protested Washington after the gunboat Quiros seized two to three islands off northeast British North Borneo. The islands, under British administration for 25 years, were formerly pirate- infested and are unrelated to those near Sandakan where the U S flag recently flew. The Quiros moved from a northeast Borneo port to Darvel Bay, where the seizure occurred.
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London
British Foreign Office
Washington Ane
British North Borneo
Sandakan
Borneo
Darvel Bay
Company of
Foreign Office
Farm hand shoots father-in-law in Waterloo Illinois
In Waterloo Illinois on September 11 William A Y Wieflan a farm hand living near Maerstown twelve miles southeast of Waterloo shot and killed his father-in-law Dr William Brandt at his doorway with a shotgun Officials suspect the motive was the denial of a weekly allowance Dr Brandt a wealthy man had been supporting the family
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Waterloo
Ill
William A. Y Wieflan
Maerstown
William Brandt
Hoffman
Brandt
Typhoid Strikes Norwood Near Indianapolis
Norwood, a mile and a half southwest of Indianapolis, reports typhoid fever with about half the families afflicted. Flower Mission agents, visiting Thursday, cite dire sanitary conditions. Dr. J. N. Hurty to investigate. aid will come from state or county as the settlement lies outside city limits. Many are penniless and suffering, with one family facing severe illness in cramped quarters.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Norwood
Flower Mission Society
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Runaway Train Demolishes Saloon in Alexandria
An electric freight train on the Union Traction line escaped air brake control and barreled through Alexandria's streets at 40 mph. It jumped the track at a residence area waiting station and crashed into a saloon, wrecking the front and injuring Henry Tuerffs and John Hopewell. The train was destroyed and about fifty people narrowly escaped harm. The crew escaped with minor injuries.
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Alexandria
Ind
Union Traction
Henry Tuerffs
John Hopewell
Civil War Veteran Fires Twice at Wife in Bank Corridor
Robert H. Layton, a Civil War veteran, shot twice at his wife in the corridor of Lafayette Indiana's First National Bank. Mrs Layton, accompanied by former Marshal Downs, was headed to an attorney to seek a divorce after refusing to join Layton following his return from California. Layton was placed under bonds.
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Lafayette
Ind
Robert H. Layton
First National Bank
Layton
Marshal Downs
Battle Ground
California
Hart Seeks License After Forgetting Bride's Name
Indianapolis man Jac W Hart sought a marriage license in Anderson on Thursday morning claiming he forgot the fiancés name. He recalled her first name as Bessie and later confirmed Bessie Wells, soon after becoming Bessie Hart following the nuptial filings.
Entire Family Chloroformed in Indiana Robbery
Burglars chloroformed the Harnish family on a Dora area farm near Wabash Indiana. They ransacked the house and took money and jewelry. Miss Lulu Harnish lies in serious condition with others affected by the gas.
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Wabash
Ind
Chris Harnish
Dora
Lulu Harnish
Gas from Oil Pioneered by Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Co
Windfall Ind Sept 11 The Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Co has drafted plans to remodel its pumping stations to produce gas from crude oil to replace the dwindling natural gas supply pumped to Chicago. The firm holds thousands of acres under lease for gas and oil in the region.
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Ind
Indiana Natural Gas & Oil Co
Chicago
Oil Well Strikes 200 Barrels a Day Near Muncie
Muncie Indiana September 10 The Central Coal Oil and Gas Co struck an oil well three miles northeast of Muncie that is capable of flowing 200 barrels per day It is the second gusher in the vicinity in a pool miles from the nearest producing well Dry holes surround the two productive wells.
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Muncie
Ind
Central Coal, Oil and Gas Co
Election approves 2 percent tax for interurban line
Voted in Franklin township Harris county on Friday to donate a 2 percent tax to aid construction of the Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Co interurban line from New Albany to Corydon, the measure passing.
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New Albany
Ind
Franklin Township
Harris County
Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co
Corydon
Gaines Fled After Forging Check From Boone County Employer
Lawrenceburg Indiana September 12 Louis Gaines 22 son of Charles Gaines a Boone County Kentucky farmer forged the name of Thomas Willis a wealthy Boone County farmer and employer to a $168 check and fled his whereabouts are unknown.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Louis Gaines
Charles Gaines
Boone County
Kentucky
Thomas Willis
Vigo County Purchases Five Riot Guns for Sheriff
Vigo county commissioners in Terre Haute Indiana have purchased five riot guns for the sheriff. The weapons are stored in the jail and will be deployed if mob attacks occur.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vigo County
Man Shoots Self in Head at Relative’s Home
Anderson Ind Sept 11 Gale Hamm aged 38 end his life with a revolver at a relative’s house near here He had married four weeks earlier to the widow of one of his cousins.
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Anderson
Ind
Gale Hamm
Elderly juror vanishes then returns during trial
Evansville Indiana reports juror Peter Willershaven aged 75 from the circuit court trial of William Webb for alleged kidnapping disappeared at noon Friday and was found three hours later in a real estate dealer’s office discussing a land deal. When asked by Judge Rasch about contempt he smiled and said I don’t know. He then resumed his seat after a judge’s lecture.
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Evansville
Ind
Peter Willershaven
William Webb
Rasch
Fatal quarrel among miners ends in shooting in Brazil
Brazil Ind Sept 12 George McVey was fatally shot by James Pertrie after a quarrel in a saloon. Pertrie later fled home, obtained a shotgun, and shot McVey at close range. McVey died. Pertrie is hunted by the sheriff and a posse.
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Brazil
Ind
George Mc- Vey
James Pertrie
Ladd
Pertrie
Mc- Vey
Breach of promise suit filed by Rozetta Nier in Plymouth
Miss Rozetta Nier sues Thomas Chaney claiming a year of courtship without mentions of marriage deprived her chances elsewhere. Damages sought amount to 2500 dollars.
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Plymouth
Ind
Rozetta Nier
Thomas Chaney
Chaney
Young Boy Drank Lye In Windfall Incident
Five year old Charles Hillard of Samuel Hillard is in peril after drinking concentrated lye by mistake last February. Doctors say the burn is severe and no remedy can give relief to the suffering child.
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Ind
Charles Hillard
Samuel Hillard
Curious Corn Stalk Bears 31 Ears in One
A corn stalk on the Freeland farm near Sunman Indiana bears no tassel yet shows 31 ears where the tassel should be. The ears are fully formed and about four inches long.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Freeland Farm
Sunman
Wabash Bridge and Iron Co Receiver Reports
The receiver's report from Wabash Indiana shows liabilities of 275000 and assets of 87000 after the company failed. Central Trust Co of Cleveland and two Wabash creditors have filed for bankruptcy, triggering a shutdown.
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Wabash, Ind
Wabash Bridge and Iron Co
Central Trust Co
Cleveland
Wabash
Prominent Indiana Farmer Learns of Son-in-Law Death in Tennessee
Bloomfield Indiana September 12 L B Shepherd a leading local farmer has learned of the accidental killing of his son in law James Strauser at a sawmill near Browns ville Tennessee Strauser who was raised in this county moved south about two years ago.
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Bloomfield
Ind
L. B. Shepherd
Here
James Strauser
Brownsville
Tenn
Strauser
Interurban Cars Collide Near Brazil Ind
Two interurban cars loaded with miners returning from work crashed Friday evening west of Brazil Indiana. John Cole sustained crushed hand and arm. One car carried 107 people with about fifty bruised but none seriously injured.
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Brazil
Ind
Here
John Cole
Dynamite damages editor’s home in Berne Indiana
The home of Fred Rohmers editor of the Berne Witness was nearly destroyed by dynamite. The Rohmers family were rescued with slight injuries. Rohmers' newspaper has opposed licensed saloons.
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Berne
Ind
Fred Rohmers
Berne Witness
Rohmers
County Supreme Court Fight Over County Seat Move
Goshen Ind Sept 10 The appropriation of 50000 by the county council for courthouse improvements triggers a heated inter party legal battle as Elkhart residents urge moving the county seat to their city.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhert
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