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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1901
Page
8
A United Labor stance challenges the Steel Trust as workers rally for fair wages and equal treatment. Organizers condemn power from the Steel Trust and vow continued action to defend labor rights.
Pittsburg July 1 The Amalgamated Association declares a strike at all plants of American Steel Sheet and American Steel Hoop, subsidiaries of United States Steel, after their refusal to sign the new workers scale. About 3,000 workers will be affected as early weeks show the scope and potential length of the walkout.
Detroit July morning session of the National Social and Political conference drew large attendance. Ex Congressman John J. Lentz said political reform must precede social and economic reform, denouncing party machines as willing to commit crimes for power and urging mass education. He supported municipal ownership of utilities and government control of telegraph and telephone lines. The discussion also covered parties as obstacles to progress, with Detroit’s J B Howarth and others debating reform through parties versus outside movements. The article also notes Amalgamated and United States Steel tensions, potential strikes, and looming conflicts in sheet and tin plate mills amid ongoing labor disputes and hoped for early adjustments.
Newport News Va July 1 The strike at the shipyard extends into a fifth week with machinists sticking to demands. About 3 000 of 7 600 workers remain on the job as 98 percent back the walkout. General Superintendent Post says no concessions will be made.
A conference in Cincinnati today between Laidlaw Dunn Gordon officials and striking machinists sought a settlement of the plant dispute. The manufacturers proposed terms which the strikers would forward to their executive board for approval. About 360 machinists work at the plant and a favorable settlement could hasten other agreements.
In St Paul on July 1 a Alaska excursion party including Senator J C Jones and Roy Jones plus former Senators Butler and Pettigrew and Rep William Sulzer met to discuss the Populist platform. Butler said the party will go it alone next time, prioritize public ownership of natural monopolies, deny socialism, and advocate competition with opportunity for all. He opposed the silver term and urged law regulated coinage and money supply. The Populists claim progress in southern manufacturing and protectionist stance.
Camden Ark July 1 Circuit Judge C W Smith overruled a new trial request for Will Bussey colored condemned to hang for criminal assault. Governor Davis granted a thirty day reprieve to permit justice after Mrs Tom Watson confessed her false testimony at her husband Watson and his wife left Camden. The court found the witnesses utterly unreliable and set August 8 for execution with an appeal to the state supreme court.
Ex Chief Justice Campbell declares the $400000 bond payment underway illegal without a special legislative act. The 1896 issue carried an option for redemption in five years and Governor Longino had called in the bonds for payment, a move Campbell says violates the constitution and sets a dangerous precedent. Treasurer Stowers has already paid about $200000, while Governor and Attorney General dispute the ruling.
London July 1 The earl of Selborne announced in the house of lords that the hospital ship Maine has been presented as a free gift to the British navy A letter from Bernard Baker of the Atlantic Transport Company offered the Maine and the government accepted The Maine committee ladies donated hospital fittings The gift from American citizens and ladies was praised as gracious The letter cited American gratitude for British protection and the Maine as a symbol of cordial relations between the two nations
Kansas City Missouri July 1 8 L Winchell president of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis railroad system is in Fort Worth Texas today He has been cited to appear before the state railroad board at Jefferson City tomorrow to answer interrogatories about the consolidation of the Memphis and Frisco systems This would possibly violate the Missouri constitution prohibiting amalgamation of parallel transportation lines The Fort Worth engagement was arranged before the railroad board ordered him to disclose all he knows
United States District Attorney Burnett said no action would be taken today against Seventh National Bank officers unless a valid complaint and sufficient evidence are produced. He noted public reports might be true but stressed formal filing and demonstrable proof are required to proceed.
Chicago July 1 3000 wood workers in Chicago owed a threatened strike tomorrow. Manufacturers of saloon store and office fixtures agreed to a two year contract and granted a wage increase of cents a day to the workers.
John Thormpson, master mechanic of the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad, resigned in Chattanooga on July 1. Employed 35 years ago in Nashville as a journeyman blacksmith, he moved to Chattanooga in 1866 and became master mechanic in 1875. He will devote time to personal affairs.
Denver July 1 Judge Palmer reprimanded and discharged Rev M A Rader pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church Rev W W H Talmadge state superintendent of the Anti Saloon League and Secretary Walter D Wynkoop of the Christian Endeavor Society for contempt of court after criticising the injunction against raiding Sunday saloons. No ruling on the injunction's continuance was handed down.
Cleveland dispatch reports J P Morgan plans a vast bituminous coal monopoly uniting Illinois Pittsburg Monongahela Fairmount Hocking Mansilon and related coal companies into a single organization. The move echoes the steel trust, with railroads Baltimore and Ohio Norfolk and Western C&O and Pennsylvania interests already aligned. Morgan reportedly leads the drive, targeting control of eastern coal lands and production.
The body of former Michigan governor H B Pingree arrived in New York aboard the steamship Zealandia on July 1. Pingree Jr. accompanied his father to England as the remains were to be prepared for burial with official ceremonies to follow.
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