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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
8
The United States government will be asked to intervene to prevent a strike by conductors and trainmen on western railroads. If managers’ plans fail, the controversy will be submitted to arbitration under the Eidmann act. Railroad officials say the strike would disrupt interstate commerce.
Washington telegraph from Philip R. Brown states Tegucigalpa was abandoned and occupied by Nicaraguans and Honduran revolutionary forces. He says he assumed charge with consular aid to preserve order and that the government no longer exists.
Dan A. Stuart, executive officer of the Oaklawn Jockey Club, announced in Hot Springs that the present meeting would end next Saturday. He said conditions of turmoil justified the action and that all horsemen felt the club had kept faith with them.
Bangkok dispatch reports King Chulalongkorn I departing Siam for Europe on March 28. Crown Prince Chowla Maha Vajravudh will serve as regent during the king’s absence, ensuring continuity of royal governance.
A locomotive attached to an ore train on the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula line exploded at Lockwood thirty miles from Youngstown. Engineer Watson of Mahonigtown Pa is missing and presumed killed. Fireman Bancroft of Ashtabula Brakeman Currey of Mahonig town and a tramp were badly hurt as the engine boiler burst, sending the locomotive and twelve ore cars down an embankment.
Chas S. Stahl known as Chick Stahl, longtime captain of the Boston American League club, killed himself in West Baden Indiana with four ounces of carbolic acid in his hotel room. He was found dead at 10 o'clock Thursday. Manager Taylor halted the team's spring practice games. No motive was reported.
A Richmond Va woman Mrs C H Lewis was pinning laundry when she sneezed and swallowed at least a dozen ordinary pins. She was taken to Virginia hospital in critical condition and doctors warned of possible complications from the accident.
Representatives of trainmen and conductors vow to ignore arbitration under Erdman act and press for a walkout. They warn a strike is imminent unless managers grant further concessions.
Clyde Jones and his son fired on a man who fled after they heard someone inside their Gainesville residence at 5 am. The ball hit the man in the back and exited his body. he was pronounced dying by a doctor. The shooter encountered the suspect, who had just been released from county jail after a peeping conviction.
New York March 28 Thaw lunacy commission began open session at 2 06 p m Thaw appeared and took his seat inside the clerk's rail in Justice Fitzgeralds court Chairman McClure announced the personal and physical examination would be private.
On his way to Austin from Fort Worth Bryan spoke at the station after breakfast. He said he was increasingly impressed with the superiority of the average American citizen compared with people in other countries.
In Vienna on March 28 Emperor Francis Joseph led the Maundy Thursday service in Hofburg hall with archdukes, diplomats and officials. He washed twelve aged men’s feet then served a multi course repast and presented each man with silk purses containing thirty silver pieces.
Chicago March 28 Labor leaders met after men refused the railroads general managers offer to avoid a strike They considered using the Erdman act arbitration plan which sets a three member board with one railroads choice and one workers choice The third member to be named if needed by the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission with labor commission approval The workers say they will not arbitrate the issues.
Hamlin F. Lee aged eighty seven died of heart failure in Colorado Springs. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and nephew of General Robert E. Lee, he served with the Union Army. He later founded the Robert E. Lee mine at Leadville.
A blaze at the El Paso and Southwestern railroad shops in Carrizo New Mexico wiped out the roundhouse, car shops, and five engines last night. Loss is about 190 thousand dollars. A Mexican laborer’s cigarette is suspected as the ignition. Roughly 150 workers are left unemployed.
Montgomery Alabama March 28 only ten cars operated on the Montgomery Traction lines as experienced crews and office staff filled roles. Three motormen were arrested for running with a single man per car defying a city law requiring two. Officials expect full service by Friday night as replacements arrive.
Brief items note Quanah Texas to spend 48550 for courthouse repairs. Other snippets report Stillwater cleaning day plans, several Texas towns bond votes, fatalities near Marlin and Idabel, law and court actions, and a lumber fire at Nacogdoches.
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