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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1902
Page
4
At noon the big shop whistle signaled dinner time for Cheyenne workers. The machine shop runs with a smaller force, cots and cooking ranges installed, guards expanded, and some workers staying onsite. An increase in staff is planned in a few days while the guards are reinforced around the shops. Engine 12314 returned to service on the Colorado division after repairs.
Local forecast for Cheyenne and vicinity notes partly cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with possible showers or thunderstorms and a slightly warmer Wednesday. Wyoming generally fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions. The Indiana storm moved to New England bringing rain to New York and the north Atlantic coast. Mississippi valley enjoys fair weather. Kansas City saw a thunderstorm with heavy rain. Scattered showers in the Rocky Mountain region and eastern slope. warmer weather from the Dakotas to Texas, elsewhere cooler. 24 hour data: high 71, low 48, precipitation .03 inch. W.8. Palmer Section Director.
William Stillman the piano player was bound over to the district court in $300 bail after allegedly stealing $40 from Belle Bentley. He plans to plead guilty. A separate notice advertises a clearance sale of summer shoes and clippers at J F Jenkins. A Fourth of July ball and concert plans are announced by the Modern Woodmen of America at Keefe hall with Nagel's orchestra and Turners' Concert and Hop noted as entertainment. Meals will be served by the M E church ladies during the Frontier celebration.
The Cheyenne Ice Company offers payment for information leading to the conviction of anyone breaking into ice houses near Sloan's Lake as advertised in the Leader.
Evanston and Rawlins report limited disruption as night crews return to work. In Rawlins three machinists end their walkout and resume duties while Evanston, with twenty machinists employed, vows to stay at work. A boilermaker was assaulted on the viaduct. authorities investigate. Walter Webster, vice president of the district machinists, travels to Evanston to rally strikers.
An investigation by the Union Pacific found rents were not higher than reported. An agent touring Cheyenne overestimated rents in every case except one, Judge Gibson Clark’s $40 per month unit.
Harry E. Clarke formerly of Cheyenne who led the Wyoming battery in the Philippines receives a salary boost from 1400 to 1600 dollars annually and is assigned to the western division under W. B. Annin in Denver. The Union Pacific plans a new Wyoming cut off this year with surveyors locating the route and straightening a crooked track near Edson tunnel toward Carbon county.
Right Rev. Thomas O Gorman will carry the pope’s letter to President Roosevelt and the Vatican’s view of Rome as a gift. Proposals to name O Gorman apostolic delegate in the Philippines appear dropped for now, following Taft’s reception. Strawberries 10 cents per box at the Washington Market. Napersteek’s full orchestra to play July Fourth at Turneen’s dance. Accurate watch repair by D Miller. 1900 Pergueen Sc.
A Board of Trade committee met to plan a data gathering tour to North Platte Omaha Denver and Laramie to compare living costs rents and freight rates with Cheyenne. Delegates will survey staple goods lumber and housing rents and question property owners to determine true cost of living. The post office walls rise rapidly as part of ongoing construction.
A morning letter from Miss Elsie Jenkins in Denver reports rapid improvement and a full recovery is expected from her illness.
Miss Mae Maddison of Lander visits friends in town. J J Brnum of Rocky Ford Colorado comes to see his son in law W M Burton. Mr and Mrs Harry Hay and Henry Hayes return from a northern trip. Thomas Van Pelt and daughter Myrtle visitors from Gary Nebraska. Ed Gerrans manager of the Indians returns after eastern trip. Mrs Franklin Gulick visits from Lawrenceville New Jersey, guest of sister Mrs Edgar Bolse. Superintendent Devel and Division Engineer Stenger of the Colorado division of the Union Pacific are in the city. Henry A Rost teacher leaves on two months visit to Minnesota.
Coroner's jury finds Charles Stewart and Miles Ryan died from their own carelessness for disregarding company rules after an incident at the Buford gravel pit last Thursday. Examinations scheduled in Cheyenne August 12–18 for various government and immigration service roles.
Tom L Wilson, fourth vice president of the International Association of Machinists, led the Cheyenne machinists during the Union Pacific strike. A former Cheyenne machinist two years ago, he was discharged after trouble tied to labor agitation. He later entered politics, securing a Republican nomination and election to the state legislature.
A committee of Omaha machinists passed through the city en route to Evanston to urge aid in a Sunday strike. Evanston machinists refused to strike after consideration and voted to remain at work, citing home ties and fear of job loss.
County clerk issued four more marriage licenses yesterday, bringing the month total to thirty eight, two more than June of last year. The couples include Hubert Collins of Bowling Green Kentucky and Maude Pierson of Cheyenne, Robert Graven Crouch and Luette Amanda Smith of Cheyenne, Rudolph Widmir and N L B Kirkman of Cheyenne, Charles Jonesen of Brooklyn New York and Annette Winseck of Salina Kansas.
Julius Besson, a mail carrier between Woods Wyoming and Glen eyre Colorado, pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was brought to Cheyenne awaiting grand jury action. He forged Grace Killman's name on a postal order to Montgomery Ward Chicago, received goods, and was arrested by Post Office Inspector James Bennett.
Proprietor J F Schmitt of Howling Alleys announces the All American Bowling Trio will tour Cheyenne this fall before California dates. The team, selected from Chicago national tournaments, will play in three formats: one, two, and three person contests with three diamond trophies on offer.
Jim Merrill of Cheyenne and Ed Davis of Salt Lake to fight six rounds in Wheatland on July 4 with Phil Kerrigan of the city as referee. Merrill holds a strong local reputation. Dummy Rowan, a deaf fighter, has been booked to meet Jack Graham in Douglas on July 4 with Silent Rowan, also deaf, in a preliminary bout. Both fighters arrived today. Also advertised is wholesale shoe sale by local store and dairy ad for Excelsior Creamery offering cream cottage cheese and buttermilk at 519 West Seventeenth Street.
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