Miners Parade In Butte Draws Record Crowds
A massive miners parade in Butte attracts about eight thousand marchers with five thousand more joining the Ark of Butte miners' union, marking the largest gathering of its kind.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
13
A massive miners parade in Butte attracts about eight thousand marchers with five thousand more joining the Ark of Butte miners' union, marking the largest gathering of its kind.
Mayor Dunenan and Haywood spoke to crowds after the parade as 5 000 to 6 000 miners joined a long procession through downtown Butte. The march featured 150 mounted teamsters, numerous unions, and bands including the Montana State and Boston & Montana, highlighting the strength of the mining community.
Mrs. Estey shot her husband three times and beat Grace Frakes with a gun at Iron street alley entrance, injuring both. She claimed betrayal and poverty provoked the act, while Frakes and Estey offered competing versions as police investigated the domestic dispute and possible divorce.
In Kansas City the Missouri suit against the lumber trust questions a so called customers list used to blacklist wholesalers and manufacturers who sold lumber direct to consumers. Harry A. Gorsuch admitted the list exists as a business guide though he could not recall sending blacklist lists. Charles S. Keith cited an 88 percent rise in yellow pine production costs 1898 to 1908 and blamed supply and demand over price lists for lumber. He noted output curtailment due to transportation limits.
Washington reports that the Stanley steel trust committee may summon President Roosevelt or J. P. Morgan to explain how railroads owned by the United States Steel group declared enormous dividends on small capitalizations. Kellogg defended his dual roles and pledged full disclosure to the committee.
In Cincinnati on June 13 the Second judicial circuit judges granted County Prosecutor Hunt a writ of mandamus against Judge Dickson of the common pleas court in the George B. Cox case. The decision was made public late today.
The president sent to the senate the nomination of Jerome G. Locke of Livingston Montana for the position of surveyor general of Montana. The action was reported from Washington on June 13.
In Viterbo Italy on June 13 women witnesses testified they were offered money by prisoners wives and by defense lawyer Alessandro Lioy to deny prior depositions and swear falsely. One witness said she refused and informed a police official. The court ordered further questioning of an inn proprietor and a chambermaid linked to the affair.
R B Davis aged baking powder manufacturer and millionaire testified in Los Angeles that he escaped from his Riverside Drive New York residence in September 1908 after fearing his wife would have him confined to an insane asylum. He said he sent a note via a passerby to Henry Harney, arranged conveyance of a revolver and clothes, and planned an automobile pickup. Davis, aged 68 and frail, described his actions and the bank funds he held for his escape.
Secretary of State Knox will address the house committee on expenditures in the state department to explain a $5,000 payment from the Canadian boundaries commission fund to Frederick Hale son of a former senator. The subpoena followed Morrison’s testimony about the voucher and the unaccounted $1600. H
Portland Maine June 13 Col Frederick Hale is out of town after Secretary of State Knox asked him to explain a five thousand dollar fee paid from the Canadian boundary funds at Washington. The fee was for legal services under the 1909 treaty on the Maine New Brunswick boundary in Passamaquoddy Bay.
An explosion in the distilling room at Albany chemical works on Van Rensselaerland destroys most of the plant. One man is dead, another missing, and six others are in serious condition. Fire follows, with damages estimated around 100000 dollars and risk to adjacent Standard and Texas O’s storage tanks containing about four million gallons of oil and gasoline. The missing man is Frank P. Adams, superintendent, seen to fall inside the burning building.
In Chihuahua on June 13 four thousand federal troops under three generals patrol the streets to bar General Orozco s insurrecto army from entering the city. Orozco s forces extend north along the railroad toward Sauz. A federal lieutenant shouting Viva Reyes was killed by an insurrecto. Governor Gonzales expects federal troops to evacuate and the insurgents to be allowed to enter Chihuahua in time.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports the president nominated Jerome G. Locke of Livingston as surveyor general for Montana and Allen Cameron as postmaster at Bozeman to replace Ida L. Kirk. Both nominees are expected to be confirmed.
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