Gangs Guarded by 1500 Soldiers Reopen Railway
On June 11 at Taku the railway from Tien Tain to Pekin is being reopened by gangs of laborers guarded by 1500 troops from the foreign fleet. About 100 Americans under Captain McCalla participate with guns and armored trains. Up to 3000 international troops may be sent to Pekin to back ministers against the Boxers if needed.
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Lonpoy
Taku
Tien Tain
Pekin
McCalla
Daily Express
Shanghai
Legation Street
Tung Pu Seh
Foreigners Take Refuge as Pekin Tensions Rise
Special train reconnoiters the line beyond Yang Tsu finding ties and two bridges burned. Foreigners in Pekin seek refuge on Legation Street as mobs marshal around the area. Armies including British, Japanese, and French move to restore repairs with guns mounted on trains.
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Pekin
Legation
McCalla
Taku
Silence From China Deepens Diplomatic Watch
Washington reports no new messages from China as June 11 passes. Minister Conger has stayed in close contact with the State Department, but no word arrives to confirm any change. Navy dispatches arrive without guidance from Admiral Remey or Kempff, leaving the situation largely unchanged.
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Washington
State
Navy
China
Conger
State Department
Navy Department
Remey
Manila
Kempff
Asiatic Squadron
Taka
Nashville crew sails from Manila toward Taku
Admiral Remey reports the gunboat Nashville with marines aboard has departed Manila heading to Taku to replace the Helena. The Monocacy at Shanghai is also ordered to join Admiral Kempf at Taku as Russia resolves to act from St Peterspura dated June 11.
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Washinatox
Remey
Navy Department
Nashville
Manila
Taku
Helena
Shanghai
Admiral Kempf
Government vows forceful reply to anti foreign movement
The government pledges immediate energetic military action if the danger in Ciua persists while remaining aligned with the joint action of the powers. No intention to disassociate from allied efforts is stated.
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Ciua
General Bodus for Roykuk River Rich strikes reported
Port Townxseyxp June 11 The steamer City of Seattle arrives from Alaska with 100000 in gold dust and 260 passengers mostly from Dawson Five boats have reached the lakes from Dawson amid a rush for the states Many returning Dawsonites include women and children By May 28 the clean up reached 18000000 The season began earlier than any year A general exodus from Dawson is reported for Koykuk river with rich strikes The lakes water is very low making navigation hard and uncertain
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Port Townxseyxp
Seattle
Alaska
Dawson
Four Die in St Louis Strike Clash With Deputies
Tense day in St Louis as strikers clash with sheriff deputies near barricaded barracks. Four men killed and multiple wounded, including Edward Thomas and George Rine, amid gunfire and brick throwing. Deputies under Colonel Gavender arrest about 20 strikers and confiscate weapons.
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Bellefontaine
George Rine
Delmar Avenue
Ed Burkhart
Gavender
Service improves on St Louis street car lines during strike
On June 11 in St Louis more cars operated than since the strike began though service remains incomplete. Many residents rely on wagons for work as deputies are discharged for refusing to ride street cars. Seven North Broadway deputies were jailed after being deprived of arms. Motorman John Powers, among 250 non union men from Philadelphia, was seen in a demented state fighting imagined foes.
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St. Louis
Sheriff’s Posse
Edward Thomas
Chateau Avenue
Fred Boehm
Tter
Er. Louis
Four Courts
John Powers
Philadelphia
Railway Severed South of Lord Roberts in Boer Raid
Boers tear up 21 miles of the vital line between America Siding and Roodeval delaying British operations. General Kelly-Kenny expected to counter the raid, while Lord Roberts presses forward and Buller advances in nearby Boer territory.
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Lonpox
Jone
Forestier Walker
War Office
Cape Town
Honig Spruit
America Siding
Roodeval
Loxpoy
Lord Roberts
Kelly-Kenny
Rundle
Botha
Buller
Galenseil
Free State
Transvall
Natal
Fate of British Prisoners Uncertain Amid War News
London dispatch reports President Steyn at Bethlehem with a small force while most burghers in the Northeast Orange River Colony show war weariness. The fate of British prisoners at Waterval remains unexplained at midnight as General French delays and reconnaissance yields skirmishing.
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New York
the Tribune
London
Steyn
Bethlehem
Orange River Colony
Waterval
French
Rundie’s
Methuen
Ane
Kelly Kenny Reports Boers Cut Telegraph North of Kroonstad
General Forestier Walker cables from Cape Town dated June 8 reporting Kelly-Kenny at Bloemfontein notes telegraph cut at Roodeval north of Kroonstad by a Boer force about 2000 with six field guns. Reinforcements are being sent to Kroonstad from both sides. British occupy Komatipoort. Kruger rumored to carry valuables.
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Boess
Kroonstad
Lendon
Forestier- Walker
War Office
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Kowatiposort
Lovurenzo Marquis
Komatipoort
Kruger
Eight Miners Dead In Gloucester Mine Blast
Eight men are dead and fifty workers overcome by gas after an explosion at Rend collieries mine No 2 in Gloucester Ohio. Rescue will proceed from shaft No 6 while shaft No 2 is closed. Four hundred men lose jobs. Local search for missing proceeds as bodies likely burned.
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Rend
Three Die as Sawmill Boiler Explodes Near Fife Lake
Traverse City MichiganJune 11 A boiler explosion at Charles F Reed's sawmill five miles west of Fife Lake killed three men and injured ten The dead include A J Cole M Smith and an unknown man The blast occurred as workers were about to start duties The engineer had left the engine room just before and Cole had replaced him The mill and surrounding machinery were wrecked with most workers either killed or injured leaving 14 onlookers nearby.
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Traverse City
Mich
Charles F. Reed
Fife Lake
A. J. Cole
M. Smith
Cole
General Pio del Pilar Captured Near Manila
Manila June 1 General Pio del Pilar a leading Filipino insurgent was captured near Guadaloupe six miles east of Manila by Manila native police aided by the Twenty first infantry. He was brought to Manila and positively identified before the provost marshal.
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Manila
Pio del Pilar
Guadaloupe
Lara
Twenty-first Infantry
Murder Charge In Winsted Case Shocks Town
Local report says Alexander Mc Arthur his wife and one child were murdered at Wewyn near Noosomin during the night. Police suspect a hired man may have committed the deed.
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Farmer
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