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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
1
Miners declare they will stay out until concessions are won. Mr. Mitchell travels to New York in haste as troops are deployed to the field to support enforcement.
In Wilkesbarre Pa October 8 local coal unions affirm unity and refuse to return to work awaiting concessions. President Mitchell reports to Washington and travels to New York while troops remain scarce. Letters from supporters and critics flood strike HQ as the standoff continues with no settlement in sight.
A National Association of Manufacturers committee failed to secure face to face talks with anthracite coal carrying road presidents in Philadelphia after meeting Roosevelt and miners leaders in Washington. The group said it would reconvene on October 14 and indicated invitations had gone to several operators. President Parry called the strike a crisis and disclosed no names of those who replied.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania National President Mitchell and three district presidents returned from Buffalo this morning. The miners chief declined to discuss yesterday's trip or Roosevelt's proposal to end the strike. A strike headquarters statement reported that by noon 50 telegrams from mass meetings in anthracite coal regions showed unanimous votes by striking workers to support the measure.
New York reports say the presidents of the anthracite coal roads and John Markle received a telegram from the National Manufacturers association committee. The message urges a 10 a.m. meeting tomorrow at the Manufacturers' club in Philadelphia with district United Mine Workers presidents. Two operators said to decline, Ontario and Western president Fowler calls for action over talks. An informal conference yielded no notable outcomes.
Washington reports no responses to President Roosevelt's Monday suggestion to President Mitchell. Operators offer no new proposals, and no alternative plan has been disclosed. Governor Stone provides protection and speculation centers on whether Mitchell will accept the latest proposal.
Philadelphia attorney Frank H. Thompson filed in the United States circuit court to declare a legal combination among the Philadelphia and Reading railway Central Railroad of New Jersey Lehigh Valley Delaware Lackawanna and Western Delaware and Hudson and New York Ontario and Western railroads. He seeks to stop representatives from meeting to fix coal rates and market price.
The second regiment of Philadelphia national guard arrived this morning in Tamaqua, with the sixth regiment from Chester due this afternoon. No threats are reported and little trouble is anticipated. Apathy dominates. business stalls while operators gain a slight hiring uptick in the region.
The first regiment of Philadelphia arrived today in Hazleton. The only incident was the stoning of the second section near Bethlehem with several car windows shattered. Regimental details will be sent by rail or trolley to coal areas as needed. otherwise Hazleton district is quiet.
Shamokin Pa October 8 Two companies of the 4th regiment were on duty at the Royal Oak colliery keeping strikers bent on mischief away.
The Llewellyn Company planned to reopen the colliery today but failed as drivers refused to work while armed guards were present. Two companies of the sixth regiment arrived and camped on the town's outskirts.
In Willamstown last night a protest targeting 32 coal cars from Lykens Valley Coal caused five broken coupling pins and stone throwing. Trainmen managed to detach and depart amid jeers as a mob gathered in Willisongo. no damage reported.
Officials from the board of education fire department and water department say coal supplies are adequate for two months for schools through January 1 and to avert danger, signaling no immediate public inconvenience from the coal shortage.
Government calls in extra troops as strike threats loom in Geneva. French agitator Faure is warned of expulsion after summons from the public prosecutor as he departs for Lausanne. A street car firm offers to rehire most strikers but not the leaders. talks break off and a general sympathetic strike is under consideration.
Victoria B C October 8 A life saving apparatus exhibition by the Spokane fire department ended in tragedy as Lynch and Wood released a pompier ladder from a second story window. Both men lost balance and fell to the street. Tonch was instantly killed while his partner survived with minor injuries.
Stockton California reports a Standard Electric lineman George Allen was electrocuted while repairing local telephone wires on a pole. He left his father in Portland who was en route to Stockton when the accident occurred.
City witnesses mounting disruption as street car stoppages and crowd tensions intensify in New Orleans. Transit crews report delays and riders face mounting frustrations amid ongoing disturbances downtown.
Conflict between strikers and replacement workers erupts after the New Orleans Railway line reopens. Dozens injured as bricks fly. police and strikebreakers suffer wounds. Mayor asks Governor for militia action. mass meeting of 3,000 workers condemns outside labor. Militia orders remain in effect. one company seeks evasion while many resign.
Special dispatch from Houghton reports eight masses of conglomerate rock weighing about two tons found in a barn between the Calumet and Hecla mine area and Lake Superior. Capt J M Danielson secured the sample. rock carries around 4 percent copper and is green carbonate coated. If in place, the vein could be worth millions and renews talks of another ancient rich conglomerate in the lake copper belt.
Secretary Meyer Moody sails on a two week trip to deliver speeches on The Navy in Chicago and Madison Wisconsin with stops as far west as Omaha. Assistant Secretary Darling will oversee naval affairs during Moody’s absence.
Deseret News reports negotiations will end with a single line built to California via Southern Utah. San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake will construct at this end and connect with the Oregon Short Line. Clark and associates may purchase the Oregon Short Line south of Salt Lake, including Tintic.
Aurania sails from Hamilton with 1,025 former Boer prisoners bound for Cape Town after departure from Bermuda in October.
Lieut. Col. Joseph F. Huston of the 19th Infantry is ordered to appear before a general court martial next Friday to answer charges of derelict duty during the recent riots near the Lombard street entrance to the Presidio. Two saloons were wrecked in attacks by soldiers from the post.
El Paso reports United States Consul Garrett of Nuevo Laredo Mexico is missing after a hunting trip begun ten days ago. Authorities fear foul play as nine days pass with no trace of the official.
A grand Army of the Republic parade in Washington drew crowds of hundreds of thousands to view a six hour march along Pennsylvania Avenue. Troops, veterans, and dignitaries including the president celebrated Civil War memory with flags, banners, and musical bands, as 25 to 30 thousand veterans passed the White House reviewing stand.
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