Augusta Mill Strike Sparks General Lockout In 1900s Fight
In Augusta Georgia a general lockout grips all cotton mills as the King Manufacturing Company and allied Augusta mills face a massive textile dispute with the Textile Union. About seven thousand workers are affected as mills shut down and operatives walk out. An elderly weaver and a mill president exchange heated words amid the quiet strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
King Mill
Miffsz
Belis
uAngsta
Aiken Manufacturing Company
Bath
S. C
Warrenville Manufacturing Company
Warrenville
D. C
Graniteville Manufacturing Company
Graniteville
Langley Manufacturing Company
Langley, & C
South Carolina
Augustia
Manufacturers’ Association
Augusta Mills
L. A. Thomas
King Manufacturing Company
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Thamas
Burnett Bel o for Bigam e Sc a nd Sensational Case
A well known railroad man B C Burnett is jailed in the Tower on a bigamy charge after a sensational run that tied him to Miss Ola Charles who wed a man calling himself Clark Sharpe. Investigations traced Sharpe to Burnett, with Deputy Shropshire pursuing him to Orlando prior to Burnett’s Atlanta detention. Charles has visited the tower, convinced Burnett is the man she married, while Burnett denies the charge calling it possible whisky-induced dementia.
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B. C. Burnett
Burnett
Ola Charles
Capitol Place
Clark Sharpe
Charles
Sharpe
Florida
Shropshire
Orlando
Fla
Atlanta
Bunewsay
Ola Gharles
Apology Ends US Case Against Starke in Roosevelt Letter
In Richmond on April 8, 1902 United States District Court discharged John W. Starke after the president and advisers urged leniency and a formal apology. The grand jury took no further action, and Judge admonished Starke to be careful in the future.
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Richmond
United States
John W. Starke
United States District Court
Allan
Ito
Edgar Allan
Virgia
Young
Grand Jury
Grannd
Blarke
Virginia
Huntsville city to shed contractor over lighting failings
Huntsville officials canceled the five year street lighting contract with the Railway Light and Power Company due to poor service. The plant has shut down several times, and the city expects to build its own electric plant, leaving streets dark for weeks.
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City Annals
Huntsville
Ala
Railway, Light and Power Company
Griffin duel leaves Hudson dead and Flynt gravely wounded
In Griffin on Monday night Captain W B Hudson was killed in a street duel with Hon J J Flynt. Flynt underwent a six hour operation for pelvis and intestine injuries and remains on a slender life thread. Flynt doctors report hopes yet say outcome uncertain while Hudson will be buried tomorrow morning. Flynt, though not fully conscious, remains determined to recover and believes Hudson survived.
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Griffin, Gs
Griffin
W. B. Hudson
J. J. Flynt
Businass
Captain Hudson
South Hill Street
Flynt
Flynnt
McRae
Mr. Kiyntie
Mr. Flynt
W. A. Ree
Roosevelt visits Charleston in sunlit harbor tour
President Roosevelt and party arrive in Charleston after a rainout morning, greeted by a large civic reception. The naval station tour includes gun salutes from Cincinnati, Topeka, and Lancaster as Algonquin sails the harbor. A Fort Sumter visit follows a luncheon and reception at Andrew Simonds residence before heading to the St John hotel.
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Charleston
Roosevelt
Southern Railway
L. 8. Brown
Washington
North Carolina
Summerville
Mayor Smyth
F. W. Wage
Naval Station
Miltia
Algonquin
Army
Navy
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Topeka
Lancaster
Cooper River
Sullivans Island
St. Joan
Sumter
Fort Sumter
Company of Artillery
Exen
Frederick Dent
Artillery Corps
Andrew Simonds
St. John Hotel
Fugitives Gaynor and Greene Watched by Detectives
Syracuse reports John F. Gaynor and GB D. Greene, wanted in Savannah for government contract fraud, are in Canada. Gaynor boasts extradition is impossible under current indictments, while Erwin to be sent to Canada to handle the U S case as officials closely monitor movements and push for swift extradition.
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Gaynor
Greene
Syracuse
The
Herald
Quebec
John F. Gaynor
GB. D. Greene
Savannah
United States
Canada
Wilkie
Department of Justice
Erwin
Washington
April
Marion Erwini
Gaynor- Greene
Gaynorearn
Richards
Georgia
Hay
Virginia Law Attacked by House Committee in Walker Rhea Case
In Washington on April 8 special report, the House committee on elections No 3 discusses Virginia election law criticisms while reporting in favor of contestee Lever in the Stokes matter. The Walker versus Rhea case prompts calls for constitutional changes and fair vote counts. Dissenting views come from Representative Johnson of South Carolina. The president nominates Taliaferre Clark and Claud H. Lavin do both of Virginia as assistant surgeons to be passed.
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House Committee
Walker-Rhea
Washington
Representative Lever
Committee On Elections
Lever
Dantzier Vy. Stokes
Stokes
Dr. Stokes
A. D. Dantzier
Neero
Orangeburg
Vicginia
House Elections Committee No. 3
James A. Walker
Wiliam F. Rhea
Ninth
Virginia
Rhea
Constitutional Convention
General Assembly
Johnson
South Carolina
House Elections Committee
Fowler
Thomas
North Carolina
Senate
Taliaferre
Clark
Claud H. Lavindo
Marine Hospital Service
Democrats Weigh Cuba Tariff Plans In House Conference
Washington April 8. Democrats in the House spent three hours on the Cuban reciprocity bill and allied tariff changes. They left members free to vote their opinions, signaling likely passage of the bill despite some dissent. Burleson and Sulzer proposals were tabled, while Newlands tied to annexation. the conference adjourned with all proceedings declared secret.
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Jos
Obi
Washington
Democrats
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richardson
Tennessee
Burleson
Representative Burleson
Texas
Sulzer
New York
Cuba
Newlands
Nevada
Bingar
Erwin
Canada
Gaynor
Greene
United States
McArthur
Senate
Philippines
Reciprocity Bill Seen Likely To Pass House Vote
In Washington on April 8 the reciprocity measure for Cuban relief faced debate as the vote to consider the bill showed a strong Democratic majority. The roll call revealed 177 in favor and 80 opposed, with most Georgia representatives supporting the measure except Bartlett and Griggs. Democratic backing signaled the bill’s potential passage as party lines formed around the issue.
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Jes
Washington, D. C
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
Georgia
Bartlett
Griggs
Yeats
Acheson
Adame
Adamson
Alexander
Allen
Maine
Babcock
Bail
Bartholkit
Bates
Binghan
Bout
Emerson
Evans
Finley
Fitzgerald
Fwlemin
Foss
Foster
Vermont
Fox
Gardner
New Jersey
Gibson
Gill
Gillett
New York
Massachusetts
Gointogle
Gooch
Graff
Graham
Green
Pennsylvania
Greene
Grow
Hanbury
Haugen
Hay
Hedge
Hemenway
Henry
Connecticut
Mississippi
Hill
Hitl
Howard
Irwin
Jack
Johnson
Jones
Virginia
Ketcham
Kluttz
Knapp
Knox
Lacey
Landis
Lassiter
Talimer
Lawrence
Weasler
Lever
Lewis
Lindsay
Littaur
Little
Livingston
Lioyd
Long Loudenslager
McCall
Weather and regional news from early Georgia and beyond
The forecast notes fair conditions Wednesday with increasing clouds and likely rain Thursday. Warmer in the north on Wednesday, diminishing winds, and a high temperature forecast. Local measures report 4% precipitation in the past day and low temperatures around 3. Winds and excess figures appear, with mean temperatures and yearly excess data. The Atlanta Knoxville and Northern deal advances a through route to the Ohio River under Louisville and Nashville, while W W Pope becomes Philippine appeals judge. Bennett faces bigamy charges and the Fulton county white primary nears. Augusta mills idle due to demand for a 1 cent rise. Flynt survives duel and undergoes operation with poor prognosis. Macon proposes rail depots consolidation to Central. Pirkle sentenced in Blake murder, Stover trial ongoing. Southern notes report Virginia snow and potential fruit impact, and various U S and Cuba related political developments. Foreign dispatches cover Manila court martial remarks and remarks on a proposed American British federation.
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Atlanta
Knoxville
Louisville
Nashville
Ohio River
W. W. Pope
Court of Appeals
Philippines
B. C. Bennett
Fulton County
Georgia
Augusta
J. J. Flynt
W. B. Hudson
Griffin
Macon
Central
Charlie Pirkle
Harve Stover
C. A. Blake
Stover
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Manufacturers and Textile Union
Augusta Distact
Theodore Roosevelt
Burnett Belo
Bigkisis
Miss Charles
Ll. A. ‘Thomas
Mil
Overnor McSweeney
Starke
Starke Warnen
Fudge
Ille
Plynt
Hudson
Omros
Efe
He Gay
J. J. Flynn
Duci
Roohorg
Wes
Faltt Media
Steen
Wight
Sir Sweeney
Ieee
Sam
Carter
Marion Erwin
Virginia Law
Cooetence
House Democrats
Georgiana Wot
McClellan
Manila
Waller
Smith
Busmar
W. T. Stead
Cesit
Rhodes
Arthur Balfour
South Africa
Lord Kimberley
Ubera
Great Britain
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