13 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1902
Page
1
Five thousand people gathered at Huntington Avenue grounds in Boston to show solidarity with John Mitchell and striking miners. Although Mitchell did not attend, his lieutenants Thomas D. Nichols and John Fahy spoke to the crowd amid heavy rain and persistent drizzle.
Local forecast for Boston and vicinity notes Monday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with possible rain overnight. Tuesday brings rain, cooler temperatures and fresh northerly winds turning easterly later.
Ellen Ashworth of 212 State street New Bedford Massachusetts says she was run down after nine doctors failed to help. She credits Father John’s Medicine with curing her stomach pain heart trouble and weakness. She says it builds tissue and is not a patent medicine and offers refunds if it does not cure.
It is correct form now to always have a packet of Cuba Big Brother Cigarros on your smoking table. If you neglected this in the past, just notice it now. The Cuba Big Brother is the short smoke of the connoisseur and the clubman. It is the abridgment of a high priced cigar and the only inexpensive smoke yet gained entrance into polite society.
A 1:50 pm parade from Castle Square to the miners grounds drew about $3000 in voluntary contributions. Pennsylvania visitors led by Nichols and Fahy received roaring cheers while John Mitchell’s name sparked cheers and Baer drew jeers. Thomas D. Nichols chaired as representative Pennsylvania anarchist, with Ividhgel delivering a sober, statistics driven case for miners.
Miss Susan O Neil, 25, was followed and seized by a man who grappling with her neck and eyes before fleeing as bystanders approached. She escaped with scratches and shock. Police investigated. one man with alibi released. authorities deem the act criminal intent without robbery or weapon.
Daniel J. Coughlin rushed through smoke and flames at 15 Jones Avenue to rescue his three children from a ground floor room as a Dorchester fire trapped them. He bore the youngsters to safety with only slight singeing, and all were unharmed. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
In Holyoke on October 12 three Polish youths aged 18, 15, and 21 from 15 Fountain Street were killed near Jones Point on the Boston and Maine line. Their bodies were found by Montreal Express southbound passengers about 8 am. A bicycle track and a stopped watch around 6:45 pm suggest the accident occurred Saturday night as a southbound train hit them. the two older boys appeared instantaneously dead, the younger likely survived briefly. The victims were brought home on a special train.
Abraham Cart of Leverett street ejected several men from a doorway. Michael Holland of Brooks Street Cambridgeport objected and was struck, suffering a skull base fracture at the Relief station. Police from Division 3 seek Cart, who remains at large.
A large audience gathered at 112 Salem Street for a debate on Protection and Free Trade. David White defended high tariffs while William J. Isidore argued for free trade, with Samuel Lawrence Bailleu of Boston University presiding.
Colonel William H. Oakes was knocked down and seriously injured by Engine 7 of the Boston fire department at Main and Sullivan streets Charlestown while pedestrians crossed. Driver David Mead stopped the horses but the collision caused a double fracture of the left collar bone. He was taken to his home at 25 Russell Street for treatment.
John H. O Connor, 27, of 737 Third Street South Boston, was found unconscious on the sidewalk in front of 49 Eastern Avenue at 4 30 yesterday morning and died before Dr Dunn could arrive. The death is under investigation with speculation he fell from a long outside stairway at a large cold storage building, though certainty is lacking. O Connor, described as nearly deaf and dumb, may have wandered onto the stairs in confusion.
New Orleans Oct 12 The street car strike by New Orleans Railways Company employees ended with the Carmen's Union approving the governor's ultimatum on a 20 cent return to work, 10 hours per day, seven and a half hours minimum, and no discrimination. In Geneva Oct 12 the street car strike collapsed as the syndicate called for resumption, workers returned, some violence occurred but today is tranquil.
Oct 12 New Bedford report confirms Fred Mortimer Trott of Peaks Island Maine survived the Francis Allyn desertion and burial in Hudson Bay. Trott, with Mate Hoxie and fellow sailor Carroll, departed for Port Churchill a month before the schooner burned. Hoxie reportedly reached Manitoba while Trott and Carroll went to England. Trott’s Boston sister sought news on the Ira arrivals.
George F. Baer president of the Reading company departed Reading on a special train to New York after receiving a telegram reportedly from J P Morgan. He refused to explain the purpose of his trip saying the public knows as much as he does.
In Wilkes Barre Penn the operators have built stockades around nearly every colliery to deter striker recruitment and protect workers. The two-inch oak fences with barbed wire are up hastily as tension rises. workers and strikers did not clash and no troops were called.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 12 a contested week looms as operators push to reopen collieries with protection, while United Mine Workers resist return without concessions. Reports say Bellevue and Green Ridge mines may start soon, with others undecided. Military patrols report no disorder as guards maintain routine duty.
Secretary Root returns to Washington and meets with President about the coal strike but officials refuse to confirm details. Senator Quay discusses the matter but offers no statements. Prof Jenks and Marcus Marks also visit, focusing on economic aspects of the dispute. Operators report plans to segment the country into districts to balance supply and railroads to shift to soft coal where possible.
Wilkes Barre reports no troops deployed as strike stalemate persists. Rumors swirl of a concerted effort to reopen collieries this week, but company officials offer no confirmation. Miners refuse to return without concessions while federal troop calls remain remote and state guard expansion discussed. A large crowd visited the nearby soldiers camp at West Side Park.
New York Oct 12 Developments in the coal strike were scant Morgan spent the day aboard the Corsair in North River Two men visited the yacht and left in a launch around 10 pm George Baer was named as a possible visitor but not confirmed John Markle said no settlement was in sight miners must return to work to end the strike Officials reported improving conditions in the coal regions Senator Platt declined comment Governor Odell remained at home in Newburgh awaiting tomorrow’s Brooklyn speech
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