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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
1
Local notices advertise various parcels near Dear Allen Academy and Main Street. Prices range from 100 to 1250 dollars for houses, lots, and near school properties with easy terms and multiple frontages.
Two freight trains on the Santa Fe line collided near Ardmore Oklahoma Territory. Engineer John Conway of Gainesville Texas and fireman J M Loftus of Gainesville died under the wreck. Conductor Thomas Waugh of Gainesville and bridge foreman A E Harvey of Pauls Valley were among the injured.
The report notes ongoing talks as talks continue with union leaders and mine operators, while President remains hopeful for a settlement. Officials emphasize patience and a prompt resolution to reduce disruption and safeguard energy supplies.
A Sunday White House conference on the coal strike ends after three hours with no released conclusions. Participants include President, Secretary Root, Moody, Knox, Payne, and labor commissioner Wright who may push congressional or state inquiries if miners resume work. In Scranton, Italian striker Papriello is found with 1200 shotgun rounds. no arms recovered.
Chester Ill Oct 6 Two convicts John Reagdon and C Rose at Southern Illinois penitentiary cut off three fingers from the right hand each with a rusty hatchet to avoid heavy work. They said they were in poor health and were bound up by the prison surgeon then forced to stand in the yard for the rest of the day.
Mount Carmel October 6 A patrol of infantry at Lehigh Coal company colliery discovers three men armed with Winchester guns hiding by a log near the engine house. They are captured and later released. A midnigh t rock attack on the soldiers prompts firing toward the rock throwers. Colonel O Neill warns troops will shoot to kill to avoid being made targets. No new mines have restarted.
Philadelphia and Reading Railway officials say 16,000 tons of washery and mined coal were marketed in the past week. They report men actively extracting coal at Brookside Goodsprings Silverbrook and other collieries in western Schuylkill county.
Harrisburg October 6 Governor Stone would neither confirm nor deny a Washington report that President Roosevelt asked him to call an extra General Assembly session to settle the coal strike. He declined to discuss the situation or prospects for an early settlement.
Secretary Broderick and war office officials face the problem of thousands of discharged soldiers and reservists returning from South Africa with no job openings. The Cape demobilization swells the English labor pool and will likely reduce recruitment figures as distressed veterans seek work.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Darding received a cable from Rear Admiral Wildes at Cavite forwarding Captain Schroeder, naval governor of Guam. He reports a destructive quake on Sept 22 causing no American injuries and estimates $25,000 damage to the naval station and $22,000 to insular public buildings and bridges.
Governor names R W Simpson of Gilmore Upshur county district judge to replace J G Russell who resigned. Simpson formerly district attorney and was nominated for the post. Russell is the Democratic nominee for Congress in the district.
Corsicana Texas October 6. While returning from Dallas Sunday night J H Carmichael attempted to alight and was thrown under the train. He lay in the track center as six coaches passed over him and emerged uninjured.
The Joiner and Eubank company's wholesale grocery house in Sherman Texas was badly burned with an estimated forty percent loss of a sixty thousand dollar stock. An 11 year old boy Earl Craig was accidentally killed in Salina Kansas while playing with a rifle.
In Wilkes Barre on October 6 the Washington conference between President Roosevelt, coal operators, and anthracite mine workers failed to yield results. Strike leaders bolster defenses and brace for any operator moves to split the ranks.
A section of track on the Silver Creek branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad was blown up with dynamite early Sunday.
Joaquin Garcia a Mexican employee of Guy King was shot and killed Saturday night near his home north of Gonzales Texas His body was not found until Sunday morning when his young son went out to investigate in a quiet neighborhood authorities were investigating the fatal shooting as a likely crime of passion or robbery but no motive was immediately apparent
A man was found dead on a road after being shot through the head and heart. Investigators note powder burns in both wound sites, indicating close range. Police have not released the victim's identity or a motive as the investigation continues.
Firemen on the Texas Mexican and North division from Laredo to Saltillo walked out on Sunday. They say they earn only 7.88 Mexican pesos for twenty eight hours work and decry depreciation of currency making a living impossible. In Salonica brigands seized Turkish owner Shefik Bey near Orisar for a $15000 ransom.
The Colombian gunboat Bogota is prepared to sail for Panama from San Francisco on October 6. The ship has been delayed due to trouble in obtaining a full crew.
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