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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1902
Page
1
The prolonged coal strike grows tenser with mixed results across fields. Union leaders urge restraint while workers on several creeks go to work with reduced force. Wm Farley arrives to organize from Keystone as rail unions reportedly consider coal handling changes.
A car load of tents has been brought in by the union to the head of North Fork and placed on independent land. The tents are intended for use if miners are evicted from company houses, signaling heightened labor action and potential displacement.
Estill Anderson secretary of the Simmons Creek branch United Mine Workers was found dead in woods near Freemans depot yesterday at noon. He had been missing since Thursday and apparently killed himself with a pistol. A coroner's inquest ruled death by his own actions with no cause given.
Reports from Thacker and Matewan indicate miners are working after a prolonged strike era while a separate Din gess area shows a complete shutdown. The note recalls the prior Mine Workers defeat and current regional tensions affecting coal production.
Commissioner of Labor Carroll D Wright arrived in New York as President Roosevelts emissary to coal operators. His presence signals federal pressure on mine owners and coal railroads to end the strike. He will stay several days while government investigates the coal operators combination.
Henry Bisles of Hatton Arkansas touts Ramon s Liver Pills and Ramon s Relief as cures for bilious colic. He says doctors failed but Ramon's products succeeded after ten years of use and sales. He urges families to try a dose and notes availability from H N White, druggist.
W B Honaker transfers his entire interest in Honaker Godfrey Co of Montcalm WV to F D Williams. The firm continues as Godfrey and Williams. All accounts due will be collected by Godfrey and Williams and all debts will be paid by them. June 2, 1902.
W. T. Sturdevant of Merry Oaks North Carolina suffers fifteen years of indigestion. After failed doctors and medicines a friend recommends Kodol and he reports immediate relief and can eat freely. He urges others not to diet but to use Kodol to aid digestion sold by John L. Crockett.
A local advertisement claims DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and skin wounds. The broker notes the salve is safe and effective with no need for operations and urges consumers to avoid counterfeit products sold by John L. Crockett, druggist.
The strike list seeks union recognition, a mine committee, an eight hour day with biweekly pay, and a check off. It also lays out a price scale per ton for pick and machine mined coal across districts in Virginia and West Virginia with regional variances and raises for day laborers and additional allowances for thin veins.
Drummers and railroad workers arriving from the coal field yesterday forecast a brief strike, expecting a full resumption within a week. They said workers joined reluctantly and without confidence, believing the stoppage could not endure.
Newport News Virginia reports negotiations underway to make the city the terminal for a new railway whose western end is in St Louis. The line would consist of several short lines and be hundreds of miles shorter than existing routes, running south of Cincinnati through Kentucky and entering the Virginia Peninsula below Richmond, running parallel to the Chesapeake and Ohio to the point.
In Boston Cincinnati won 3 7 2 with Willis Kittridge Hahn Peitz and Cantillon fielding. In Philadelphia St Louis 3 6 2 vs 5 7 1 with Iberg Dooin M ONeill J ONeill. In New York Pittsburg 5 9 2 vs 3 10 5 with Sparks Bowerman Tannehill Smith Powers Browns. In Brooklyn Chicago 6 6 2 vs 5 8 5 with Donovan Farrell Menefee Chance O Day.
An advertiser invites every American to obtain a free book on opium and whiskey diseases. Send address to B. M. Wooley, Atlanta, Georgia, box 387, and the book will be mailed at no cost.
At Toms Creek the miners report no strike and continue production, with output more than doubling over the weekend. agitators push for a walkout while workers remain determined to stay at work.
In Boston on June 9 the harbor master's office and city stations received frantic inquiries from anxious relatives about friends missing after yesterday's heavy squall. Nearly fifty people are feared lost at sea, prompting a wide search along the waterfront.
A local advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a total solution for kidney and bladder diseases. It urges residents with kidney or bladder trouble to use the remedy and notes sales by G H Wade, a local druggist.
A brief sales note from Davenport Iowa promotes a weekly $22 stipend plus expenses for men to sell specialty tobacco products. The J M cigar line meets all requirements and is offered as a trial.
Fire in Saratoga New York destroys the Arcade Shackelford buildings and Theatre Saratoga near Citizens National Bank. Three people confirmed dead including Mrs Mabie and a feared chief Shadwick. Eight still missing as large loss of property estimated at 300000 with bank vaults intact.
The supreme court of appeals at Wheeling handed down decisions of local interest. Empire Coal Company versus Hull Coal Company affirmed in an opinion by Me Whorter. Shoe Company versus Price from Mercer reversed in an opinion by Brannon.
Mrs A M Shields of Chambersburg Pennsylvania recalls a six month battle with Hay Fever and Asthma. She credits Dr Kings New Discovery with a complete recovery. It is advertised as the safest cure for throat and lung diseases and is guaranteed with trial bottles free.
An ad promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills in a gimmicky colonial style claiming to cleanse the system and relieve constipation. It touts benefits like lively livers and good digestion and asks readers to buy at drug stores for 26 cents.
T H Becker offers coal and wood delivery by phone 125 with prompt service.
A special dispatch reports Senator N. L. Scott won a landslide primary in Ohio County with 4 549 of 5 500 votes. Fellow candidates Schmalbach Caldwell and Hubbard split the remainder as Carrigan in Marshall County and Swisher in Taylor–Marion counties pledged support, with Congress district backing Catoyn renomination and Scott receiving broad GOP endorsement.
Ford Melcher, brakeman on the Pa Cahontas division, was severely injured near Indian Ridge colliery after the engineer applied air brakes quickly. He sustained a broken arm a dislocated wrist and a sprained ankle.
Robert R. Watts of Salem Missouri writes that five years of kidney trouble left him wasting away before Foley's Kidney Cure cured him in less than two bottles. He praises the remedy and notes no further illness. Sold by G. H. Wade. Subscribe for The Telegraph.
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