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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
7
Indianapolis July 24 The miner defense fund for the anthracite strike has reached 123000 in less than a week excluding the men’s assessment. The first week’s miners’ assessment is due and about 400000 is expected from all sources including the men’s levy. Many donations arrive from individuals and corporations wishing to remain anonymous.
The British General Federation of Trade Unions acts to raise a massive defence fund for the United Mine Workers of America. Ben Tillett informs Max Hayes in Cleveland that 2,000,000 British trades unionists will support the Pennsylvania coal strike led by President Mitchell.
Colonel William J. Bryan spoke to the Newsboys Union at Gilbert Hall Tre Mont Temple, urging education, saving, and independent thinking. He stressed that books and character form a stronger life than mere earnings, and urged boys to pursue schooling while supporting families.
A June 11 Russian interior ministry rescript, obtained by Socialists, orders Saratov provincial police to suppress peasant disturbances with no mercy. It warns of conspiratorial propagandists among peasants, uses banned books for instruction, and condemns circulating literature that highlights peasant misery to fuel discontent.
Judge Jackson ruled all defendants violated the injunction and were guilty of contempt. Mother Jones’s sentence was postponed while four non English speaking foreigners received 60 days each and Thomas Haggerty was jailed 90 days. The decision affirms court use of injunction and laborer rights to work without interference.
Tamaqua Penn July 24 The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company resumed operations at its No 12 mine one of the region’s largest collieries. The move was unexpected and no strike action occurred yet. Belief grows that other firms may follow and mine coal soon.
New York reports an advance in the retail price of anthracite coal to 8 a ton for all sizes. The increase amounts to 50 cents a ton for domestic sizes and 75 cents a ton for steam sizes, effective today.
In Waltham on July 24 the coal price rose to 8.50 per ton as supply falls below 1500 tons. The Waltham Coal Company reports limited deliveries and no winter orders at fixed prices while about 1000 tons remain on hand, hinting at a potential coal famine if strikes persist.
In Portsmouth on July 24 the target ship Belle Isle was repeatedly hit by British warships using nine and six inch lyddite shells. Naval officers witnessed the long firing, the bridge blown up, and the deck cleared of superstructure as armor protected the vessel. The test aimed to keep results secret before torpedoing the ship in a few days.
The Reading YMCA announces a Sunday service at 4 o clock by the Railroad Y location in Boston. William H. Mealey will deliver the principal address.
Beginning tomorrow the Newton Beacon Street Park Street line will instead run via Harvard Street Brookline Village and Huntington Avenue to provide a direct connection with Brookline Village. Patrons can then transfer to cars for Roxbury and other points.
A reporter noting Wolf's Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets quotes Mr. Wolf saying backward weather affects pricing. The merchant claims harsh weather still forces him to set prices that move merchandise in any conditions.
Captain F Church who served in South Africa with Canadian troops is in Boston visiting friends. He spent part of yesterday with Chief Watts of the bureau of criminal investigation. Church formerly served in the Canadian mounted police and is connected to the Regina arrest of Tibbitts, the Boston wool man, by Inspector McCausland.
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