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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1902
Page
11
The nation’s leading railroad presidents have agreed to place their dispute with striking miners before a formal arbitration board. The move signals a shift from direct confrontation to a mediated process to resolve access and price concerns over coal supply. Local and national implications loom as unions press for better terms while rail executives seek stable output and costs.
Boston's mayoral committee on fuel supply reports coal firms will deliver ten pound bags citywide at the day’s lowest retail price. Warnings to expect full weight and improving quality as season progresses. Emphasizes use of bituminous coal and coal dealers’ cooperative effort to aid residents.
A Boston committee urges patience and wit as coal dealers adapt to a new fuel regime amid ample English coal supplies for Virginia miners at work. An office at 66 State Street, led by Herbert Lyman, will handle inquiries, with signatures from Higginson and others dated October 18, 1902.
On October 13 President Roosevelt received Sir Michael Herbert the new British ambassador at the temporary White House. Hay presented the credentials in the parlor as Herbert and his staff arrived in formal uniforms. The ceremony was brief and followed by a personal chat between the President and Herbert before seating for requests and discussion.
Wilkesbarre Penn Oct 13 coal operators have made no move to reopen mines. John Mitchell says no licensed miners will return, workers stand firm and resist. He may be summoned to Washington for talks with the President as Governor Stone plans a legislature session without federal troop aid. Notices urge a return to work but Mitchell predicts no effect.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on October 13 Reverend Father O'Reilly of the Church of the Annunciation harshly condemned strike leaders led by Mitchell and called the United Mine Workers dynamiters. He welcomed soldiers arriving to the region and lamented they must camp on cold wet hills.
A Wednesday conference at 62 Cross Street will discuss measures to assist striking miners. Organized by Jacob Gelewitz of the Shirt and Cloakmakers' Union 26, the meeting will include Clothing Makers', Vest Makers', Pants Makers', Hebrew Carpenters, Hebrew Painters', Paper Hangers', Ladies' Wrapper Makers', and the Workingmen's Co operative Association of Boston.
Shenandoah Penns Oct 13 no new collieries resumed operations though a determined effort to spur a stampede at Mahanoy City failed The Philadelphia Reading after missionary work expected to restart St Nicholas and North Mahanoy collieries but not a miner deserted the union Two battalions of the Fourteenth Regiment patrolled the town from daybreak to keep miners at home yielding a quiet day in the region
Early yesterday morning a possible major fire at the Cambridge Gas Light Company coal yard damaged 40 to 50 tons of soft coal and risked 10,000 tons stored there. Firemen by forcing rear shed doors saved most of the coal, with losses pegged around $200 from spontaneous combustion.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company plant in Toledo shut down today because coal could not be secured. The firm is a major competitor of the steel trust.
Prohibitive coal prices drive raids on sidewalks and paving blocks across Chicago districts. Police are urged to stop the demolition as three arrests have been made so far.
In Wilkesbarre on October 13 President Mitchell said reports of coal region resuming were inaccurate. He cited Bellevue, Johnson Nos 1 and 2, Latimer, Prospect, and others as not starting or shipping coal, noting only minimal activity at some sites and that no new workers returned.
Cambridge yesterday started demolishing the old wooden structures on the McLeod estate on Elm street. A new schoolhouse will be erected on the site. The wood from the dismantled buildings will be given to the poor, distribution method to be decided.
The Post reports coal receipts at the port last week nearly 100,000 tons but yesterday saw none by sea or cargo. A southwesterly wind off Cape Cod may bring a small fleet of schooners up the coast. The Dominion Hiner Merion arrived Sunday from Liverpool and Queenstown with 107 tons to various locals. Tug Lykens will tie up at Commercial wharf with coal barges from Philadelphia totaling about 1,480 tons. Tomorrow Lehigh Valley tug Lehigh from New York or Perth Amboy may bring barges Buckler Buffet and trilliant. Luzerne also expected with six canal barges totaling about 360 tons.
Ocean liners are hastening to Welsh ports Swansea Port Talbot and Cardiff to load thousands of tons of coal in hours. Freight rates rise from 1.25 to 2.15 dollars per ton as ships Montauk North Point Planet Mars and Manchester Market load coal for New York Philadelphia and Boston. Brauer line buys large coal cargos from Germany and Russia for U S delivery, with Mariupol setup on the Black Sea. Over 100 thousand tons expected to reach the United States soon.
At a Rhondda Valley Miners Federation meeting in London on October 13, delegates voted to urge the South Wales Miners Federation executive council to send a much larger donation to striking U S coal miners. The group condemned the $5000 sent as inadequate and praised the American miners for seeking arbitration while condemning the truck system in Welsh mines.
Scranton Penn Oct 13 Orlando Schooley led a crowd to Edgerton colliery in Jermyn this afternoon but was beaten by a mob of about 100 with clubs and stones leaving him with a broken back. Recruits with him were allowed to leave after agreeing to depart by train. Despite the violence, work resumed at four district collieries Bellevue Hyde Park and Johnson Nos 1 and 2.
Coroner's jury blames Private Arthur Wadsworth of the Highteenth Regiment National Guard for the death of William Durham. They call the shooting hasty and unjustified and urge district attorney investigation. Durham was at a non unionist house linked to dynamite threats, approached the guard and was shot after ignoring halt orders.
A general alarm was issued for John Stanley a 25 year old gypsy seen with 11 year old Jane Williamson near Cottage avenue West Roxbury. The pair camped nearby and vanished yesterday with possible plans to go to Worcester or Providence to relatives. The girl’s description notes a brown straw hat blue veil and blue jacket.
Persistent unrest in anthracite mines prompts leaders to propose a presidentially appointed commission. The panel would include an engineering officer, a mining expert, a federal judge, a sociologist, and a coal industry insider. Immediate return to work and non interference by workers would be expected. The commission would set terms for at least three years, with leaders from Baer, Thomas, Truesdale, Fowler, Olyphant, and Walters signing. A note says the schedule cited was not brought from New York.
James A. Galvin received 1500 from the Boston Elevated Railway Company in a Superior Court jury verdict before Judge Pierce. The auto subway collision on Oct 9 1899 left the motorman claiming wages due until he could resume work, alleging the company had promised to pay.
Sullivan and Watson boxing pair from Boston fought 13 rounds to a draw in Bangor at Union Hill Monday night under the Ban gor Athletic Association. The exhibition was clean and fast, the most satisfactory seen here for several days.
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