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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
1
In San Francisco on May 18 Mrs. McKinley grew more restless as night fell. She did not take nourishment well and received strong stimulants including oxygen. The bone felon on her hand worsened with discharge from a new site and the new gathering was lanced.
President McKinley describes Mrs McKinley’s marked improvement, though doctors warn the crisis may not be over. News notes a good night, continued care from Drs Rixey Hirschfelder and Gibbons, and telegrams from officials and citizens expressing relief as the presidency weighs the Ohio launching and travel plans.
At Bemidji Minnesota during Norway’s holiday celebration fireworks on board the Shadow caused 11 injuries with one fatality and several in serious condition. Spectators jumped into the lake to swim ashore. A boy named Fred Driver is believed drowned. Injured include Fred McCauley fatally burned and Al Sacharis Ed Scarrett C. E. Arnold and Emil Jestin.
The Minnesota supreme court today filed a street railway damage decision claimed to be the first of its kind by any U S supreme court. In the appeal from a damage suit the court holds that as to its past actions the street railway case sets a new standard.
Passengers claim the company bears no negligence liability when operating cars during a strike unless conditions prevent guarding against violence. The statement emphasizes that safety duties hinge on controllable circumstances and protective measures.
Constantinople correspondent reports a rumor that France plans to force the Dardanelles with an European mandate unless Turkey concedes on the postal question. London May 17.
Washington May 17 The National Association of Machinists executive board filed for emergency measures as a general strike looms with major trouble anticipated in Cincinnati San Francisco and north Pacific coast cities An address to the craft argues for a nine hour day without pay cut and urges solidarity to elevate working conditions and citizenship.
President M M Dolphin of the Order of Railway Telegraphers denies official ties to a proposed Pacific coast union. He notes two San Francisco officers were removed for involvement and says unifying all railway workers into one body is not feasible and likely never will be.
In New York on May 17 about 15 000 to 17 000 bricklayers employed by contractors who are members of the Masons Builders' association were locked out. President Sidlitz blamed the action on the bricklayers' union refusal to accept an arbitration committee ruling in a dispute that arose weeks earlier.
Helena May 17 A telegram from Ann Arbor informs that Joseph A Rollins a local medical student hurt by a baseball bat Tuesday is improving rapidly with no serious results anticipated His mother has traveled to Ann Arbor to be near him.
One furnace at the East Helena smelter was blown in today. The company expects others to be operating by the latter part of next week. Hiring remains easy and past labor friction seems resolved.
Curley and Johnson did not open for business. Senior member Mr. Curley stated liabilities of about 190 000 dollars, a figure he said was substantially correct.
In Albany New York on May 17 arriving troops and non union workers boosted security amid a city strike. Two killed Leroy Smith and William Walsh. casualties total reaches sixteen with additional troops deployed to Quail street barn to guard and move cars under strict orders to use force only as a last resort.
A tense strike in Albany and New York accelerated with a Ninth Regiment arrival and 53 000 guardsmen aiding streetcar service. Casualties rose to two dead, one dying and 16 injured as owners and strikers clash over wages and a nonuniform pay plan. Officials offered arbitration but no settlement, while the company planned tolling cars under military protection and considered widening action to Troy.
A Troy committee of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes told Mayor Conway that a strike is settled. Under the terms, workers will receive 20 cents more per hour and the company will negotiate with a committee of union or non union members. The strikers cheered when informed.
Charles Kellman suspension announced on the London stock exchange during the English Brokers Fair session. The exchange stated the failure is not important and will have no major impact.
Helena May 17. United States court suit seeks 370 511 36 dollars from Bitter Root Development Anaconda Copper Mining Anaconda and Marcus Daly estate for illegally cut timber on public lands in various tracts with detailed land and date breakdowns.
Mrs. Lyman J. Gage wife of the secretary of the treasury died at 1715 Massachusetts avenue NW after a nine week illness. Her passing came with her husband and daughter present and the attending physician. She was 58 born in Albany and married in Denver in 1887. Funeral plans await arrangements with services at her Washington home possible before a train to Chicago.
News of Mrs. Gage's death reached San Francisco and the president's official family with regret. The Associated Press bulletin was sent to Secretary Cortelyou at the Scott residence and conveyed to President McKinley, with precautions taken to shield Mrs. McKinley from the news.
The body of Rev. Edward S. Phillips of St. Gabriel's Hazleton Pa was identified in New York as the priest who had recently conferred with J P Morgan about a threatened strike in Pennsylvania. Police detain Kirk Stanley a massage operator found with the body in Ninth Avenue rooms and search for a woman said to be his wife. Autopsy shows chronic nephritis and fatty liver with no violence. chemical analysis of organs may be authorized.
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