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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
7
A fragment hints at balloons lost during a thunderstorm with wreckage presumed but the location of the loss remains unclear and unresolved. The inquiry centers on identifying where the balloons known as "7 me Ascher A" were wrecked and why the incident remains unsolved.
A carrier pigeon arrived with a distress note from Senwer Fortiana Kansas City and Springfield balloon crews, including Million Population Club, after lightning struck their balloons. Pilot Capt John Berry, Roscoe Fawcett passenger, and others feared dead. search efforts by forest service and Portland Aero Club extend through Cascades. The message, written by G O Morrison, notes severe conditions and uncertainty for all four balloons.
In Butte miners erupt against the Western Federation amid broader unrest. Four Chicago banks close as economic strain mounts and suffragists protest. Tolls repeal moves advance toward signature while other regional items include Anaconda and district court notes, a miners’ union day, and varied local notices.
Washington reports that only President Wilson's signature stands between Congress and the repeal of the Panama Canal act exemption on coastwise shipping tolls. The House approved the Senate amendment with 216 to unit, and the president is expected to sign Monday.
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 12 Silas Jones was dressed for execution for the murder of his wife when a penitentiary warden handed him notice that Governor Hatfield had telephoned a 30 day respite. New evidence has been discovered according to officials.
Convention faces whether to approve equal suffrage in principle and to push a broader campaign. Carrie Chapman Catt speaks as delegates weigh education and civil reform reports while pageant attire and propriety spark debate among attendees.
The Sunday Standard promises an ideal Sunday edition with live articles and pictures. It features O’Connor’s weekly letter on James Lowther and The Black Hand’s Covenant With Death, plus true stories Breezy Suzanne Wins Perkins and The origin of the flag. It also covers Bingville real sport, Mexico’s men, autos on the road, a Goldberg cartoon, fashion, social whirl, theater reels, and world news.
A day of excitement in Butte fueled by a 1200 miner walkout at the Speculator mine led to a night gathering at the Butte Auditorium. Union tensions grew as miners resisted showing union cards while a split emerged between Hutte Miners union and Western Federation. Deputies escorted officials after minor violence at the Speculator, as organizers pursued a new industrial miners union distinct from the Western Federation.
Militants stage raids on nearly a dozen London theaters with speeches and leaflets about forcible feeding of women. Police pursue actions as Emmeline Pankhurst’s whereabouts remain secret. A separate arson attempt targets St Margaret’s Church Chipstead, a 12th century building, quelled by rector and villagers.
Miners who walked out at the Speculator mine after refusing to show union cards paraded and held meetings attended by about 2000 at the Auditorium. They voted to meet again at 7 o clock tonight at the Auditorium and to form a committee of three Industrial Workers of the World to press mining firms in the Butte district to hire workers without union cards. A public demonstration was planned for this morning in front of the Auditorium. Seceding miners would not participate in today’s parade. John D. Pope, North Butte company general manager, said he must honor existing contract and would not employ miners without cards. The Black Rock mine was shut down after last night’s walkout. Bucce Superior’s mill operates but could close in two days if workers do not report. Hert Riley, president of the Butte Miners Union, and five assistants were rescued from a mob by officers, claimed to have drawn revolvers to reach the mine office. One miner was beaten. Western Federation denounced by.
Enthusiasm soured as walkout miners fear being stranded if they refuse to endorse a union policy. Officials denied new assessments while the mass meeting at the auditorium paraded through the streets. TW agitators urged repudiation and even violence, while others urged adherence to contracts. Paddy Six-Toes Su was dragged away amid mob violence and Walter Little carried a gun with an issued permit.
In Hutte Auditorium miners packed the room after a near mob at the Speculator mine. Dan Shovlin and J Sullivan were named temporary chair and secretary as McDonald claimed to be a recent visitor and urged a separate industrial miners union. Shovlin urged giving Speculator strikers a chance to nominate a chairman and protest against current Butte Miners Union leadership.
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