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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
1
Judge Blake recommends an injunction restraining all defendants except two labor organizations from engaging in union activity. The order would limit actions by multiple labor groups and set boundaries on organizing efforts pending further hearings.
Special Master Blake reports on Western Union vs American Labor Union and related unions in Butte. He recommends a preliminary injunction against most defendants, detailing wage demands, call-box damage, and boycotts tied to the Butte Messenger and Pin Boys union. The case centers on control of telegraph business and union pressure during 1903 1905.
Archbishop John M Farley, new metropolitan of New York, will receive the sacred pallium today at St Patrick s Cathedral in a ceremony led by Papal Delegate Mer Falconio. Born in Ireland in 1842 he studied at Fordham and St Joseph s Troy and Rome before serving as secretary to Cardinal McCloskey and rising through rector and bishop roles.
Charles Lennox, an escaped killer from Silver Bow County, may have his appeal dismissed if he is not captured before the hearing date. The case tests whether the supreme court has jurisdiction over the death sentence and possible future execution.
In Hinsdale, Robert Walsh was found guilty of second degree murder in the July 15 shooting of Joshua Truax at Richard Pledge’s saloon. Judge Tattan sentenced Walsh to life imprisonment, stating no extenuating circumstances were found.
Fort Benton August 11 local reports say Jessie Frame a niece of Walter Brown vanished from her Box Elder home. A large searching party scoured area but could not locate her. Residents are deeply concerned about the unexplained disappearance.
Walter Edgar an 11 year old boy confessed to police he wedged a large bolt in the frog of Saltair track at Ninth West street crossing with the aim of wrecking a Saltair passenger train. The bolt was found minutes before the loaded train passed. Police say motive was revenge for being driven away by trainmen during theft attempts.
Philadelphia authorities arrested four merchants for violating laws on selling firearms to minors. Since July 4 a number of deaths linked to toy pistols and lockjaw prompted the District Attorney to order the arrests after an investigation.
Rescue operations continue as survivors recount horrific scenes in the tunnel death trap. Officials warn the final death toll will surpass early estimates and many acts of heroism are described amid the grim aftermath.
A catastrophic Paris metro disaster in the Lea Charonnes to Menilmontant tunnel left many dead and injured. Fire and smoke trapped passengers as a crash involving a third train followed a burning wreck. Prefect Lepine and ambulances coordinated rescues while crowds mourned at the tunnel mouth.
Eugene Olliever recalls the crowd surge as people sprinted to escape. He passes exhausted bodies and notes humble French workers among the victims such as painters, masons, tailors, seamstresses, and locksmiths. Relatives identify the dead at the morgue while white marble slabs hold their police.
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