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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
1
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on October 21 delegates from 147000 mine workers voted to end the strike and submit all disputed issues to a presidentially appointed arbitration commission. President Mitchell welcomed the move and urged workers to resume work Thursday while safety precautions and relief plans are arranged.
A Wilkesbarre delegate cites promise of work from Kingston Coal. delegates push for a noon vote to end the strike. A communication to Theodore Roosevelt accepts a proposed commission to mediate and sets revival of mining for Oct 25. President Mitchell notes divisions over workers who may not secure jobs as talks resume.
A mob in Hempstead Texas hanged two Black men, Jim Wesley and Reddick Barton, after they were tried and sentenced for criminal assault and murder. Jurors, judges, and sheriffs faced violence as the mob overran the courthouse and jail prompting gubernatorial alert. Sheriff Lipscome and Sheriff Sparks were harmed. local troops were requested but not deployed.
Paris deputies debated the miners strike with Socialist lawmakers denouncing troop use to protect non strikers. They urged recall and arbitration against mine owners who benefit from keeping coal prices high. Advices from coal fields report rising disorder and attempts to derail trains carrying non strikers near Deassville in Aveyron.
A Pasco union message reports Sheriff Isham Davis shooting a hold up man in a pursuit after two robbers held up a traveler in the Northern Pacific yards. One robber was shot in the right thigh and surrendered, while Davis pursued the second desperado. The wounded robber escaped and both suspects remain at large.
President Roosevelt learns the Wilkesbarre miners convention has terminated the anthracite coal strike. He calls an arbitration commission to meet Friday the 24th in Washington to map hearings with miners and interested parties in Philadelphia New York and Wilkes Barre. Public access to sessions is likely.
The Figaro reports a man tried to scale the Elysee Palace wall with a pistol and a dagger aiming to kill President Loubet. He is described as a dangerous anarchist with prior convictions for explosives, and authorities are withholding his name.
The Conrad Stanford company is formed to take possession of the assets of the defunct First and Merchants National Banks of Helena. With $200,400 capital in 2,000 shares, trustees Conrad Stanford Curry plan to transfer assets after district court order. The firm will handle diverse property including manufacturing mining mechanical and milling interests and water rights.
Focus on mineral lands cattle and sheep stock irrigation water power townsites electric light plants hotels places of amusement and parks as aspects of growth and investment in frontier communities. The notes outline resources infrastructure and enterprises shaping settlement and economic potential in the period.
Walter Parker will be turned over to Helena officers for trial on grand larceny there after Chief Travis failed to identify him in Great Falls due to a power outage. Parker admitted guilt to H. Wagnier for a robbery here, while denying involvement in the Helena crime which resembles the local case.
A jury term will begin in the county district court on November 17. The jury was drawn today by Judge Lesle and Clerk Athey. The venire has been turned over to the sheriff for service on those selected to act as jurors. Names of jurymen will not be public until the sheriff returns service.
Allee Fi. Bennet left Kendall for the stage to Fort Benton when she was robbed yesterday aboard the Lewistown to Fort Benton route. Her purse with almost all her money was taken from her cloak pocket. Stranded in Fort Benton, she had to wire friends for funds to return home to Kendall.
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