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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
1
General Glynn takes command in New Orleans as 150 policemen guard Canal Street amid streetcar disruptions. Authorities explore arbitration to end the strike while mail cars run on the line. Governor Heard positions troops if clashes erupt.
President Mitchell of the coal miners union declines to end the strike despite Roosevelt’s mediation call. He blames operators for refusing arbitration and says officials should be responsible for its continuance. He notes miners made concessions and cites distrust in operators’ willingness to justice. White House offers no comment on the letter.
Chicago October 9. Arbitration committees hear Union Traction employees complain long wage stagnation for 16 years while costs climb. Tables show 37 necessities up and 15 down in five years with average living cost up about 40 percent. Meats up 15 to 65 percent and rents up 40 to 66 percent. coal impact not estimated.
Chicago police seek Bud Haggins a race track employee after he allegedly devised and tried a new plan to murder Annie Butler. He had quarreled with her, she feared him, and he called her on a local telephone then fired a shot through a side window striking her left side. The wound could prove fatal as he fled the scene.
Oct 9. Governor appoints Thomas B. Butler to the Seventh judicial district to fill the vacancy caused by J G Russell resignation. Butler, a Tyler bar member, won strong support from visiting Tyler attorneys after R W Simpson declined reconsideration of his non acceptance.
Oct 9 report describes Mitchell and an unnamed elderly man entering the New York Committee room at the Equitable building for a hurried meeting about the St. Louis Exposition. A parallel session occurred in Senator Platt’s office with Senators Quay and Penrose. Harriman aides moved through Harriman’s office while guards watched the door.
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers arrived in New York with District Presidents Nichols Duffy and Fahey and declined to discuss the midnight conference with Senators Quay Penrose and an independent mine operator L N Hammerling. He said there was nothing to say about his plans and could not confirm a Washington trip.
The street car strike remains unresolved as all state militia in New Orleans are ordered out. A large mass meeting of unions was held last night and another attempt to run street cars is planned for this morning.
Oakwoods Texas October 9 Magistrate C C Whitt of Butler severely cut Tuesday evening after an argument over tamales. Thomas Thomas a restaurant man and tamale vendor surrendered. Whitt a Freestone county leader and six to eight year magistrate nominee for another term remains alive but with poor prospects.
Dallas Electric corporation organized under a New Jersey charter to control street railroad and lighting plants in Dallas Texas. Promoters Stone and Webster of Boston and subscriptions for bonds and stock will be received by Lee Higginson and Co in Boston.
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