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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
6
Delegates at a constitutional convention debate reform schemes. Spokesmen push grandfather clauses and literacy tests while anti-franchise proposals face committee recommitment amid lengthy roll calls. Governors and speakers clash over procedural rules as adjournment looms.
The article notes oil finds in Texas sparking legislative attention across the South. It highlights surveys of mineral resources, phosphate beds, minerals in Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and other states, with emphasis on economic potential, river surveys, and the push for broader geological study to spur development and new markets.
Report from a state constitutional convention details numerous proposed changes. Amendments cover term lengths for judges and officers, municipal taxes, stock laws by popular vote, and new counties. Debates include education standards, tax limits, railroad rights to condemn, and committees on education, temperance, and federal relations. The session notes adjournment after memorials and continued roll calls.
El Paso reports cashier Martinez of the Mexican Central railroad at Torreon disappeared leaving a suspected cash shortage near ten thousand dollars. Auditor Healy investigated Torreon accounts and the loss is being examined by railroad officials. In Ashland Kentucky a man bet on drinking whisky and turpentine and suffered cramps needing medical care.
Raleigh May 31 Special The board of agriculture today appropriated 39000 for an exhibit at Charleston The material ready includes items from the state agriculture department Editor Heraphi of The News and Courier notes the South Carolina contest between Tilman and McLaskin with Tilman predicted to win.
Washington May 31 Special Alabama Republicans express disgust as President appoints Deputy Auditor Robert S. Person of South Dakota to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Auditor Youngblood. Alabama leaders pressured for a local replacement, but Youngblood is removed while Person steps in.
Jackson Miss May 31 Special Harverson the murderer of Frank Ammons was hanged at Westville in a amphitheater before about 5000 spectators. The public execution marked the area’s first in years with Beavers the 16 year old accomplice already serving seven years.
Evening exercises at the Mississippi Industrial School in Columbus feature an address by Professor C. H. Bough to the literary societies, with a concert to follow and a Sunday morning sermon planned by Rev. I D. Stee. The event marks the campus activities as the session ends and arrangements for next year unfold.
In Kentucky near Vanceburg James W Jones died suddenly amid rumors of foul play. The grand jury investigated after the burial in the family graveyard. His son John E Jones, heir to mineral lands, was arrested and jailed in Lexington after the body was exhumed showed a crushed skull and no physician attended the death. The wife testified, linking her husband to the case.
NEWS NOTES FROM ABBEVILLE discusses senatorial resignations and Governor McSweeney's potential appointees. It also covers Abbeville High School plans, a large small grain harvest, a forthcoming wedding of Belle Perrin and Augustus W. Smith, and visits by Judge Ernest Gary and others, with social and travel notes across Abbeville county.
Tuscaloosa May 31 trustees of the university met to decide on a compromise regarding land sale and disposition of a question. A committee led by Wood Coleman and Mossre Lomax, Foster of the committee, were in Birmingham. The advisory sorts plan to present nominees at the next meeting.
Richmond readers learn that apprentices are handling machinist jobs at Southern railway shops in Manchester due to a strike. A West letter warns there will be no compromise if the company fights, while Memphis machinists walk out over demands, though the road claims operations can continue for ninety days without them.
Two carloads of non-union workers reached Savannah to fill Seaboard places in Fernandina and Americus shops, guarded by Pinkerton detectives and police. Local machinists met the train calmly. no demonstrations occurred. Master Machinist W Stump led the group from Baltimore. Pinkertons accompanied the party. Police protection was arranged but no clashes or takedown occurred as 16 machinists and 1 detective stayed back while 19 others and 2 Pinkertons departed for Americus.
Washington May 21 Vice President Gannon said no steps have been taken to fill vacancies caused by machinists strike confined to Memphis Knoxville Birmingham Atlanta Seto Spencer and Manchester. About machinists and apprentices and sympathizers have left work. some have returned. He warned against hasty action and urged consideration of outcomes for families and communities.
An organizer named by the Southern Krownle union has been selected to lead a strike set for May aboard the Southern railway. The figure is identified as a representative of the Mithinkuta movement and will oversee actions across the region. The appointment signals a coordinated effort among organizers.
In Tennessee's Knox County a Knoxville labor figure prominent in southern unions returns from Nashville where he has been organizing machinists for the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railroad. He plans similar demands to those of the Southern Railway machinists strike, saying forces of the International Workers are directing southern actions to secure compliance with workers’ demands. He cites about 15 machinists and apprentices involved.
The Knoxville strike by Southern railway machinists held a morning meeting with special prayers for railway officials. President B F Henry cited system-wide counts, totaling 142 out, with towns listed and many workers remaining at work. Local doctors and a barber offered free services to strikers, and the city’s public works board was thanked for not deploying police to guard yards.
The trial opened Monday April 4 with jury selection then delayed. twelve jurors including Chester B and Eugene P Black aided by others heard extended testimony on culvert construction. The case, noted for its length, led to substantial costs and postponed related sessions in Columbus and Rome. Mrs Lawrence seeks damages after her husband W R Lawrence died in a railroad wreck near Stockbridge. Several related cases have settled. verdicts are awaited to gauge outcomes of the broader litigation.
Fragmentary OCR shows a union organization event at Huntsville printers with a list of officers and mentions president and secretary posts. Names are largely illegible but indicate a small group forming a local labor group and electing leadership.
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