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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1901
Page
4
At the Southern railway company offices in Washington on June 2, several telegrams reported that many striking machinists would report for work Monday morning. Officials warned that those who do not return will be paid off and future employment with the company would be unlikely.
Americus Republic reports June 2 that at Seaboard shops in the city the strike among machinists boilermakers and blacksmiths continues with eight? forty strikers opposing a carload of Russians Poles and Italians imported by the company. The newcomers are housed at the shops, none speak English, work is mostly suspended and only a few apprentices remain.
Massachusetts women workers prepare to form a union after a vast walkout. In Holyoke on June 2, almost 3,000 factory operatives are expected to join the action as meetings are arranged to organize the strike.
In Newcastle Pennsylvania on June 2 the boiler makers of the Pennsylvania Engineering Works ended a nearly month long strike with a victory. The workers secured ten hours pay for nine hours worked.
Special dispatch reports that machinists at the Southern railway Pinners Point shops in Norfolk are ordered to strike and unlikely to report for work tomorrow. A small force remains and a larger northern influx will replace strikers in Abbeville and surrounding shops in coming days. Boston machinists gain nine hour day with wage increases affecting about 3200 workers in the area.
Dozens of medical groups convene in St Paul Minnesota this week gathering nearly five thousand delegates. The American Medical Association starts Tuesday at the Metropolitan Opera House closing Friday with multiple societies meeting through Tuesday and Wednesday. Parallel gatherings include the Medical Academy of Medicine the Minnesota State Medical Society and numerous specialty groups across city venues.
Fragmentary OCR describes an arrest action tied to a Friday event at Lockout. Names and precise details are unreadable. the report notes a reward or award context connected to Lynchers and Sago, with several garbled phrases.
Fire destroyed three homes on Quintard Avenue in Anniston Alabama around 6 pm. Occupants A G Donahoo J A Mitchell and C Miller faced losses while two nearby homes suffered minor damage. Firefighter W A Mitchell was injured by falling climbers and several others were prostrated by heat as the town fought the blaze.
Fire today destroyed the Chicago, St. Paul and Omaha railroad shop at Hudson Wisconsin, along with twenty seven box cars and much material. The loss is estimated at 100000. The blaze is thought to have started from spontaneous combustion. In Quincy Illinois fire wrecked the Teak Hardware Company wholesale house, causing a loss of 70000 insured. George Schlag, head of the ore department, was injured by a live wire.
Rev. Charles I Stengler formerly of this city was brought from Richmond on an embezzlement warrant issued by a former business partner in a special edition newspaper ring. He was bailed in 360 dollars by Wallcott and Gage before Judge Alan R Manckel. Stengler’s supporters expect acquittal while Richmond police say no second arrest was made on the telegraphic request. Officers were sent to Richmond to pursue the case.
Dublin, Ga June 2 Special Tomorrow morning W J Oliver Co contractors will start the extension of the Macon Dublin and Savannah road from Dublin to Vidalia linking with Seaboard Air Line. Four months to complete. Crossties being laid, right of way prepared. A rally shipment expected soon. Extension to open for paper traffic by November 1.
About 300 Shriners from Detroit sailed on the steamer City of Mackinac, renamed The Moslem, to attend the Pan American exposition in Buffalo. They will use the vessel during their five day stay and will visit the fair as a group.
Norfolk and Portsmouth firms sign a nine hour agreement while several large establishments hold out. A June report from Norfolk notes an agreement reached and mentions the age of some entities. The fragmentary text also references Trinity Episcopal and a Portsmouth luncheon at a later time.
Kentucky reports a major new oil discovery in Wayne County near Pickett and Fentress counties Tennessee. Somerset Gin Company and others operate 5,000 acres with over twenty wells begun. A new refinery will handle crude from Somerset and shipments to southern markets. Knights Templar growth in Kentucky cited with 2,395 members and 25 commanderies. Political notes on Deboe, Loreng, and state Republican committee plans reach no decisive clash.
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company plans a 20 per cent capital stock increase to 7,000,000 dollars. New shares issued at par allow each holder to buy 20 per cent of their current holdings. Added funds will finish the Nashville Louisville direct line and support existing Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi and southern Illinois lines plus new connections from New Orleans to Shreveport Beaumont and beyond.
Thirty seven states and territories are represented in contracts by Grand and Subordinate Commanderies of Knights Templar for quarters during the twenty eighth triennial conclave in Louisville August 27 to 30. Illinois leads with about twenty commanderies securing locations. total contracts provide space for over 10 000 persons plus rail and steamboat arrangements for 16 000 more. Colonel J T Gathright notes ample hotel and camp facilities and predicts Louisville will host the greatest York Rite conclave in history.
Miss Joan Meuhlagh of Savannah, arrested Thursday on the steamer City of Augusta while on her honeymoon, is remanded to the Tombs awaiting extradition papers. Assistant Sheriff Sweeney, who arrived from Savannah, plans to visit Albany for signatures before returning to transport McCullagh. McCullagh's lawyer warned of possible release if delays continue. Mrs. McCullagh proclaimed loyalty to John, saying she would stand by him if he did nothing wrong.
Chicago dispatch from Oaxaca states the Tepultepec fire burned for days, trapping over seventy people who perished. The blaze began on a coffee plantation, fueled by dry vegetation, quickly escaped control, destroying thousands of acres of coffee and orange trees and numerous plantation buildings.
A New York Amertery congress speaker urged physicians to stop prolonging consumptives' lives when hopeless. The Post-Dispatch notes this was controversial as medicine advances, with a call to rescue the sick rather than abandon them, reflecting the era's evolving medical ethics.
The article notes Judge Black’s strong challenge to Governor Beckham and his later appointment as circuit judge. It discusses Kenton County election law ruling by Judge Tarvin detailing ballot box key control, six month retention, and ballot destruction. It suggests depositing keys in a bank for future access and recalls missteps in counties during the first year of the new law.
John Stone aged forty two formerly with the state guards dies at the eastern Kentucky asylum for the insane after going insane following a Bath county raid fight. A negro named James Morton killed three men and was wounded as a mob pursued him. Stone stood post at the scene of a double murder amid threats of ambush.
Chicago Federation of Labor urged prayers from Presbyterians and other denominations for the eight-hour work day. A telegram was prepared to Pittsburg synod, urging a vigorous national prayer campaign and noting union standards as the goal, with satire aimed at alleged criticisms of labor.
Intense heat with heavy thunderstorms swept the continent for days destroying crops. Lightning deaths were reported in England and Italy, including three women killed when the Ursuline convent at Boppard on the Rhine collapsed and four people killed by lightning near Udine, Italy.
Pocahontas a pigeon owned by B J Schreck broke the local record by flying from Alligator Lake Misc a 400 mile leg in nine hours and forty one minutes at a speed of 11938 yards per minute All 400 mile starters to enter 600 mile race from Baton Rouge on June 16th
Information of the sudden death of Rev. J M P Otts D D Greensboro Ala former pastor of Third Presbyterian church Knoxville reports a noted Presbyterian divine and Bible scholar. Otts wrote on scripture, tutored Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, and was recognized as a leading writer in the Southern Presbyterian assembly. He had just completed a literary work awaiting publication.
Cincinnati obituary notes the death of Rev Thomas H Pearne aged eighty one, a Methodist minister for sixty-one years. He held church leadership roles, served as US consul in the British West Indies, authored Methodist texts, and had just completed an autobiography.
A fragmentary report from News Washington Nashville notes a resignation by Namara after yesterday’s game. It mentions misplayed hits off delivery and lists battery pairings Mietz with Sullivan and Shields with Armstrong in an unsure score sequence, leaving unclear full context.
Jimmie Dunn of Newcastle won a first round decision against Mike Lavelle of Pittsburg in a scheduled twenty round match that started at 2 am in a barn on the Pennsylvania line. Four hundred spectators from Newcastle Youngstown and Pittsburg attended before a constable attempting to halt the fight was thrown out.
Entries for Gravesend list first and second Hace hurdles and mile races with names like Monroe, Doctrine, King Barleycarn, Desperad Bellamy, Contested horses and weights. Hawthorne today features six furlongs and seven furlongs races with horses including Alga rette, Rival Dare, King Dellis, The Rush, and others across handicap and selling events.
Thomas W. Lawson’s yacht Independence will depart early tomorrow if there is no fog or rain. A brisk coast breeze is expected, with rope stretching and strong reach to the dock. The shipyard reported tar on the pier and preparations underway for departure.
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