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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1902
Page
4
The Union Pacific Cheyenne shops resume operation after a week of shutdown. About 125 men are at work today with sheet iron and tin shop carpenters and blacksmiths returning, and more hiring planned to reach around 200 workers by week end.
The Modern Woodmen of America hosts a July 4 ball at Keefe hall with Nagel's orchestra providing music. The local camp plans elaborate preparations and promises top entertainment and a well ventilated dancing floor as the sole event of the evening.
Mr. Clyde M. Watts and Mr. William B. Ross entered a co partnership and will practice in room 6 Union Mercantile block inviting friends to visit their new offices.
James Flynn and boxing partner F C Davis arrive in the city with Flynn slated to fight Jack Graham on the fourth. Davis may proceed with Graham. The pair departed for the north this morning.
Ogden Horton, a little Newcastle boy, suffers a painful injury after an accident last week. A stone from another boy penetrated his cheek and crushed the gums. Miss Maud Johnston will take piano pupils after June 20 offering two lessons weekly during vacation. inquire at 414 B Twenty second street.
A general strike on the Union Pacific system begins at 10 am with about 1,700 machinists out. Shops in Council Bluffs Omaha Cheyenne Rawlins Evanston and other locations close or run at reduced capacity while non union workers remain. The strike seeks wage gains and no piece work plus reinstatement of recently discharged workers.
E A Slack was reappointed to the Cheyenne land office by President Roosevelt and confirmed by the senate. W B Chaplin was named registrar of the Cheyenne land office and also confirmed. Judge Becker united Rudolph Wedmer and Mrs N L Knuckmer in marriage. the groom works at the Dillman restaurant and the ceremony lasted eighteen seconds. Heavy rain fell at Green River Wyoming on Friday supplying a light drizzle beneficial to the ranges.
Miss Bessie Turpen of Wheatland Wyoming dies at county hospital at 20 after an appendicitis operation in Cheyenne. She was brought here two weeks ago, rallied briefly, then relapsed and died Saturday night. funeral plans set for Wheatland with her father.
Yesterday the Eagles in Cheyenne inducted thirty new members during afternoon and evening sessions led by president H. Evans and a strong working team. Membership reached 135 with rapid growth and solid finances. A social in A. O. U. W. hall followed with music and refreshments.
Members insist the Union Pacific club is not defunct. They say funds remain on hand and club rooms are maintained. They note shop troubles have only slightly reduced membership, with few members affected by the lockout.
A. D. Kelley’s daughter tries to lift his spirits after the Cheyenne shop shuts its doors. She quotes Bill Nye promising that the worst is yet to come, a quip the youngster hopes will steady her father amid downturn news.
Rain postponed the Grand Island Indians game. it may be rescheduled on their next eastbound trip. The Indians play this afternoon at Shelton. Two Ninth Infantry trains with Filipinos passed through at 8 am.
Congressman Mondell says Wyoming will accept the Interior Department's fair distribution of irrigation funds and foresees three schemes using all available money for 15 years. He notes Milk River Montana, San Carlos Arizona, and Trickee projects dominate funding and Wyoming aims to receive its eventual share. Also report: Italian Petro Corazzo arrested in Newcastle for grand larceny stealing $40 from a companion's trunk.
Rev. B C Eckhart left for Julesburg Colorado and will lead a church in Oakland Nebraska with Rev F W Berquist of Potter Nebraska succeeding him. E W Dera died and was buried in the city cemetery. An electrical storm near Casper burned out the Lusk Douglas and Casper telephone line. Union Pacific sold land east of Laramie for 6857 dollars 26 cents. Burglary at Evanston Gold en Rule store and a similar Rawlins crime are linked to the same suspects.
The Union Pacific oil well near Kemmerer shows little change with continued bailing reaching 720 feet where mud bottoming occurs. Water removal remains ongoing as the uncased well allows seepage. Kemmerer features a strong baseball claim, switchman injury, Frontier celebration meals, and a local ice house theft information request by Cheyenne Ice Company.
Ernest Sullivan James Berger Alec Monroe and Tom Keanan, four stone masons on the new post office project, caused a stir last night with a barouche ride through town. Prof Thomas B Read of the Columbia School of Mines has arrived in Laramie to take an assistant role in geology. Fireworks stock at The Racket Store invites a visit.
Ten dozen ladies fine white valete embroidery trimmed at 76 cents per item. Fifteen dozen ladies black lace lisle mose at 40 cents, pair 28 cents. Twenty dozen Turkish towels white or unbleached at 18 cents each. Fifteen dozen children's school shoes priced 68 cents per pair after 5 to 10.5. All spring garments jackets capes and raglans at 25 percent off.
The notice advertises extensive markdowns on clothing and linens. It lists dozens of corsets, shirts, underwear, box goods, and ladies certificates with prices and color options. The sale highlights reduced rates across items from 49 cents to $1.50 per pair and includes fabrics like figged lawns, India linens, organdies, and dimity.
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