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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
1
Nut and Bolt Fastener Company announces a 20 percent wage increase with ample overtime for workers as railroads rush work on a large order of ten open money cars and related freight equipment.
United States Steel and other steel makers agreed in New York to lower standard rail prices from 28 to 24 per ton. Pennsylvania Railroad prepares to place a large rail order as rail life averages seven years, suggesting one seventh of the rail base should be replaced annually though two years have passed without such renewal.
Pennsylvania railroad officials in Pittsburg received orders to place every man and boy in repair shops to clear 100000 freight cars from side tracks. Milton Bartley of the American Nut and Bolt Fastener Company announced a 20 percent wage raise and unlimited overtime as Taft's election spurs railroad repair and construction work.
The Society of American Florists hosts the opening of the first national flower show in the Coliseum with large attendance. Nearly 15000 in cash prizes and medals await winners as exhibits from private estates in Chicago New Jersey Hudson Valley and Boston Philadelphia areas are displayed. Noted exhibitors include Thomas W. Lawson Henry C. Frick Samuel Untermyer and H. McK. Twombly. Roses orchids and chrysanthemums draw special attention.
President elect Taft and party depart Cincinnati for Hot Springs Virginia for rest through Thanksgiving. Taft says he will not winter in Texas and corrects rumors that he owns land there. His brother in law owns the ranch. Fred W Carpenter to become secretary and William Loeb Jr. may be named secretary of the navy.
Benton II Nov 6 The rescuing party has labored for twenty four hours to reach four miners entombed in the Rand mine at Rand City three miles west of here. They believe the men were suffocated minutes after the explosion though a faint hope remains they may be alive in a remote corner of the mine, with rescue possible by tomorrow noon.
Rome reports the duke of the Abruzzi told an aide that facts would end talk of his engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins and ordered preparations for a journey. In Tacoma, Washington, about 150 students fled a dormitory fire at Bliss electrical school caused by a defective insulation wire. no injuries, losses around $60,000.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, left Washington for Denver to answer attacks over his presidential campaign stance as the 28th AFL annual meeting opens next Monday.
Gompers states he is not a candidate for re election and does not seek the office though he would be glad to serve again if the convention desires it.
Wheeling WV November 6 With complete returns scarce and margins narrowing Taft leads West Virginia by about 26 000 to 27 000 over Bryan Glasscock Republican for governor holds a lead over Bennett in the race by over 12 000 likely to reach 13 000 Louis Bennett defeated Democratic candidate thanks voters says state may expect a cleaner better more economical administration and party remains strong for future battles
News from Tokio reports the steamship Taish maru of 674 tons sank in a storm near Etoro island off Hokkaido. One hundred fifty people drowned and only twenty nine were saved from the crowded vessel carrying fishermen and passengers.
Calculation of official returns shows Maryland will split its electoral vote with Bryan six electors and Taft two, a result not finalized until after midnight.
At Norfolk stockholders meeting the Virginian Railway approved boosting common stock from 33.5 million to 236.7 million dollars. The action was announced as for corporate purposes a marked rise in capital. In Richmond Thomas Joseph Mann, a Black man convicted of murder in Pittsylvania county, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment and escaped the electric chair.
The ad declares Blue Ribbon Vanilla helps any housekeeper bake fine cakes. It emphasizes simplicity and quality tied to the vanilla product.
Notice from Deputy Sheriff W. P. Hawley calling all tax-payers to the Telephone Building office to pay 1908 taxes with a 2 percent discount for payments made before November 30, 1908.
Henry Clay Pierce, chair of Waters-Pierce Oil, is to be tried next week in Judge Calhoun's court on a false swearing charge dating to November 1908. The case centers on an affidavit denying ties with Standard Oil to fix oil prices in Texas. Perjury carries at least five years in prison. false swearing at least two.
Senator Join C. Noel of Pennington Gap Virginia, about 40, wed Kittle Allen of Pennington Gap now in Knoxville. The ceremony at J. W. Keen home in Augustine flat, Rev. Frederick A. Ross officiated. Couple leave for a wedding trip and plan to return to Richmond for the legislature session.
Baltimore Maryland November 6 members of President Roosevelt's farmers uplift commission chaired by Liberty Hyde Bailey of Cornell met at the Agricultural College of Maryland to organize and hold their first hearing.
The commission will begin a broad country tour visiting agricultural colleges and farmers institutes. A Washington session will gather state grange leaders and college officials, lasting two days, before the group tours the Southwest through Tennessee and Oklahoma to Texas,Arizona, New Mexico, California with hearings in the Midwest before a final Washington session in mid December.
In Plauen Germany tremors terrified inhabitants this morning as houses shook and people fled into the streets. The quake lasted minutes with explosions and rumblings, with over sixty shocks daily last week and springs nearby warming by about 15 degrees.
New York November 6 figures show 210 Republican electors secured with 156 Democratic electors. Latest congressional returns promise 216 Republicans and 175 Democrats in the next House, a Republican majority of 41. Socialist and Prohibition results remain incomplete with mixed implications. Independence party gains unclear.
Charles W. Morse, noted financier, was sentenced to fifteen years for misappropriation of funds from the National Bank of America, with a ten day stay granted and an appeal likely. Alfred Curtis, co defendant, received clemency. Morse’s wife collapsed in court as verdicts were read.
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