Surprising Labor Moves Shutter Pittsburgh Mills
In a broad wave of actions sparked by President Shaffer's strike order, Amalgamated Association mill closures spread from the William Clark Sons plant on Thirty-Fourth Street to Monessen's American Steel Hoop works. Reports show unions tightening grip across Pittsburgh Allegheny McKeesport with expected further closings and possible next steps from New York manufacturers.
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Pittsburg
Shaffer
Amalgamated Association
William Clark Sons Company
Nfl
Monessen
Thas
Delestates
Amalgamated
Atlthase
Magenietimn
Sas
Indiate
American Tin Plate Company
American Steel Hoop Company
American Sheet Steel Company
Sheet
Union Pany
Moness
West Carson Street
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Allegheny
Federal Steel Company
National Steel Company
National Tube Company
New York
Shafferdowr
Nonunion Mills Running in Sharon and Illinois
Patchy labor news from mid July reports South Sharon and Whole Lindursxfia mills operating despite strikes. Chicago molders threaten closures. 300 to 1,000 workers could be affected. Separate notes cover Colorado Fuel and Iron workers, Captain Strong’s resignation, Judge Brouse’s death, and a dismal milk poisoning case in Chicago.
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Chicagog Molders
Chicago
Iron Molders
Minion
Rain Lifts drought across Kansas and Midwest towns
On July 16 reports describe beneficial rains across southern and eastern Kansas easing drought, with towns like Coffeyville Wellington Wichita and Manhattan noting improvements. Severe storms in Germany and lightning deaths accompany broad weather summaries from Nebraska Manitoba Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and Ontario.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Coffeyville
Didoradoa
Independence
Valley Falls
Wellington
Wichita
Wamega
Oskaloosa
Manhattan
Abilene
Ottawa
Lawrence
Arkansas
Newton
Hutchinson
Chilean president Fe detio Errazuriz dies in office
Buenos Ayres reports Senor Fe detio Errazuriz, president of Chile, has died after over a year of frail health. He was elected June 25, 1896, for a five year term beginning September 18, 1896. A separate dispatch from London notes Boer forces killed three redcoats near a Pretoria area outpost and captured a 7-pound gun on July 11.
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Chile
Buenos Ayres
Senor
Fedetio Errazuriz
Senor Errazuriz
London
Ohio towns report Buckeye Field crime and court actions
Ohio towns report Johnson murder trial attack on jail witness Grunditsch by Miller’s mob in Upper Sandusky. Court adjourned as Miller was jailed. Also updates include heirs receiving shares from Charles Phillis estate, a boiler works fire injuring a worker, Interlake Regatta at Put-In-Bay, a death from accidental poisoning, and long serving Akron fire chief resigning.
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Buckeye Field
Miller
Upper Sandusky
Johnson
Wiilin
Iiller
Miner
Grunditsch
Tobias
Degree For Jap Lawyer Opens Yale LL D Seat
Washington July 16 A Japanese newspaper says Hatoy Ama a member of the Japanese diet and jurist will leave in September for America to receive the degree of LL D from Yale He will deliver an essay comparing the laws of France and of Japan and return to Tokyo in time to take his seat when the diet meets at year end
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Washington
Navy Department
Hatoy Ama
America
Yale
France
Japan
Tokyo
Conductor Killed on Spartanburg Line in Excursion Trip
Dexter Kiedy, a conductor on the Spartanburg railway, was shot and killed during the return trip of a large excursion party to Spartanburg, North Carolina. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the incident and name the deceased, with the victim identified as a member of the railway staff.
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Charlotte
Spartanburg
Dexter Kiedy
Shotland
mMoorman
Bryan Declares Platform Key Issue at Ohio Convention
William J. Bryan writes in his weekly paper criticizing the Ohio Democratic convention for renouncing the Kansas City platform and failing to reaffirm the gold standard. He argues the money question remains central, urging clear endorsement or denouncement of the gold standard and condemning claims that Bryan’s status affected the party. He discusses McLean’s potential candidacy and Ohio party unity ahead of primaries.
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Bryan
McLean
Lincoln
Neb
Willam J. Bryan
Ohio
Kansas City
Yuan
Congress
John Te McLean
White Writes A Letter About U S Ambassadorship
Berlin reports that United States Ambassador White published a letter to Kleine Journal editor outlining Germany United States tensions and his possible September return to the United States. The letter sparked surprise and speculation about his resignation amid Reichstag chatter.
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Berlin
Kleine Journal
United States
White
Germany
Wiereich-Stag
The
Kreuz Zeitung
Shamrock II wins final race in 36 miles
Final Shamrock II race over 36 miles Near Rothesay Firth of Clyde ends with Shamrock II beating rival by 1 minute 40 seconds An immediate dismantling of the challenger follows and its canvass is packed for shipment The other side may see a start on July 32 with further developments anticipated.
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Rothesay Firth of Clyde
Daw son Railroad Incorporation for Dawson Coal Line
Santa Fe July 18 The Dawson Railroad company is incorporated to build a line from Liberty on the Rock Island extension to the Dawson coal fields in Colfax county about 120 miles distant. The company is capitalized at 3 million dollars.
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Santa Fe
Dawson Railroad Company
Liberty
New Rock Island
Dawson
Colfax County
Newfoundland Remembered in Public Library Offer
St Johns sees Andrew Carnegie offering 50000 dollars under standard conditions to fund a public library. The notice cites July 16 and mentions threshing engine origins at Larned Kansas, with multiple regional incidents including prairie fire damage and fatalities, a riot in Americus Georgia, and railway collisions near Muskogee.
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Newfoundland
St. Johns
Andrew Carnegie
Larned
Kan
Frank Junod
Henry Hanhart
Julius Rhiner
Bryan Convertien to Be Held in Columbus July 31
Ohio Democrats supporting Bryan plan a state ticket and the party’s new principles after a July 31 conference in Columbus. Ten attendees discussed a belt and a new party entering Democratic politics, with a formal statement of principles to be printed and distributed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Bryan
Columbus
Great Southern Hotel
Lowe
Sunday at Canton and Zanesville Bug Invasion
Sunday diary notes Mrs McKinley attended morning services after a quiet day with relatives. Separately Zanesville reports a June bug swarm darkening streets and lighting, forcing hotel closures and interrupted church services during a夜-night blackout.
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Canton
Zanesville
Parachute Failure Causes Fatal Fall at City Fair
A balloon event near the fair grounds ended tragically when a parachute failed to open. A man, reportedly an aeronaut, fell about 200 feet into a corn field after jumping from a balloon. his name is Hague, recently married to Mabel Brandon. He sustained serious injuries in the incident.
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Springfield
Ateast Ieee Mague
Knowmae
Zid. Sgeeougit
Reet Land Park
Hague
Mabel Brandon
Stso
Fair Grounds
Fire destroys lumber yard and trestle near Cleveland
A July 15 blaze at the Cleveland Saw Mill & Lumber Co. destroyed $60,000 worth of lumber and burned a Wheeling & Lake Erie trestle near the site. Trains on the valley line will enter Cleveland via the Valley railroad after the fire. In Toledo, Walter Page, ex deputy state fire marshal, filed for bankruptcy with liabilities of 1,000.45 and assets of 173. A real estate dealer, William B Moser, assigned for debt with liabilities and assets each around 35,000.
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Parkersburg
W Va
Ohio River
Padens Valley
Ohio Valley Express
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
al Courtright
Wheeling
William Boothby
Wiliam Day
Carter
Cleveland
Cleveland Saw Mill & Lumber Company
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Valley Railroad
Toledo
Walter Page
Antil
William B Moser
War Office dispatch mixes bold raids and losses in Africa
Lord Kitchener reports Broadwood's brigade surprised Reitz and captured Steyn's papers with Steyn eluding capture. Scheeper's commando burned public buildings in Murraysbore and some farmhouses. Featherstone and Dixon's columns reach Zeerust after facing opposition and taking some prisoners. British casualties include one officer killed and 24 soldiers wounded. Separately, a boat capsized near Eagle Pass, drowning the International boundary commission engineer P D Cunningham, a Nashville native. Western Theater Combing notes major vaudeville theater merger plans forming a single Chicago to Pacific coast property via a twelve-theater combine.
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Kitchener
London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Broadwood
Reitz
Steyn
Orange Hiver
Scheeper
Murraysbore
Cape Colony
Featherstone
Dixon
Zeerust
Western Transvaal
Western Theater
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Ama Monessen SteeltHoop
Youngstown
Brofitte Pytas
Stiel
Republication and Steel Company
oterlig fhem_allis
Republic Company
BC Ates Corporation
Republic Irod
Relenede
York
John P. Frye
Interna
Onal Molders Union
George—W.test
Ang
Stewart
Thexetr
King Melden P
Reading
Philadelphia
Camden
N. J
Paterson
I. J
Chancel Pitney
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Nonunion
Sharon
Presiden Shaffer
Sharon Tin Plate Mill
Greenvills
Jo Lawbert
American Wire and Steel Company
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Ucolorado Fuel and Iron Company
Strong
Eeyyashit Wulyzitio
Root
War Department
Putnam Bradlee Strong
Captain Strong
Manilla
Kokomo
Ind
Henry A. Brouse
Stark County
Lewisburg
Brouse
Howard County
Theoline
Ward
Saratoga
Matanzas
Chitago
Cook Cofint
Adolph Genrmann
Daniel D. Healy
City Laboratory
Health Department
Eagle Pass
Tex
International Railroad
Jupiter Pluvius
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Canada
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Herrenberg
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Martha G. Mullett
Edward B. Phillito
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Johnn McClurg
Mason
Rebecca
Ohiostowns
Charles Phillis
Fougpeirs
Burroughs
Noblesville
M. C. Martz
a _Ouyers
Oes
Alfred Meredith
Abouaeeite
Lake Erie
Detroit
Erie
Sandusky
Thomas W. Miller
Gia Wie
Akron
F. Manderbach
Fra
Manderbach
Charles Erie Seininen
Alice Cothrell
Dunn
Alice
Dupa
Montgomery
Ala
Courtland
Alexander Herman
Sallie Swoope
Herman
Tuscumbia
Lemberg
Galicia
Government
Perry
Yokohama
Kurihama
C ‘Erry
Rodgers
Viscount Kateura
Elis Glenn
Hillsboro
B. Glenn
Lewis Elkin
Santiago de Chill
Errazuriz
Gomez Ats Svapa
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
Chickamauga and
Chattanooga National Military Park
Tien Tsin
Tien Tain
Taku
Astress
Mias Hetty Chattell
Rosie Boote
Harl of
Headfort
Pally Mail
Misa Chattell
Mise Boote
Mayer Strong
St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles Wildrick
Americus
Macon
Bill English
Muskogee
Texas
Horace Peters
Peter Smith
Sister Lakes
Peters
Smith
Russia
Nicholas
St Petersburg
Cardinal Gibbons
Paris
Cofutibus
Aeronaut
International Boundary Commission
P D. Cunningham
Rio Grande
Eagie Pass
Cunningham
Nashville
Tenn
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