31 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1902
Page
1
Morgan voices fury as strike end drags on and miners face hardship. A newspaper crusade in New York is cited as slowing a union scheme, reflecting heightened tensions in the labor dispute.
Special despatch reports J.P. Morgan pressuring coal operators and unions in the anthracite region to starve miners into submission. Bankers and newspapers amplify campaign causing delayed resumption of mining and fears of broader railroad disruption.
Miss Mayme Craig, six months in Toledo as day chief of the Central Union Telephone Company, resigns to wed Lester Brady a wealthy Chicagoan. She earned the nickname calling him down after catching him speaking to a female employee.
In Newport Rhode Island on August 30 the army of defense and Admiral Higginson’s squadron prepared for the upcoming war game. Massachusetts Heavy Artillery units arrived from Boston and reinforced Fort Roamin at Newaos, with all batteries present. General MacArthur visited the forts aboard the Kanawha as Navy units and the Gloucester repositioned to join the fleet. Brig. Gen Greely inspected signal systems at Price's Neck and a third telephone wire was added. The Kanawha and MacArthur lingered as preparations continue for a midnight start to the exercise next day.
The Columbus dispatch reports Tom L. Johnson gains near-total control of the Ohio Democratic State Convention as he shapes the Kansas City platform and seeks to place allied leaders and committees in position. Zimmerman anchors conservative opposition from Springfield while Johnson targets the 1920 campaign and a future gubernatorial run.
Washington reports a Caribbean winter maneuver includes a mimic assault on Culebra Island. Five marine companies are to embark on the Panther from Philadelphia or Norfolk by November 2 to land from warships and seize the island, promising a vivid wartime tableau.
Report from Sevier County says Mrs Earl Sharp, about 16, attacked a Black servant with a table fork, gouged out an eye, and threw the victim on a hot stove. The servant, believed alive, is held in the case as the daughter of a prominent local figure. Sharp surrendered and was bound over to court in a $10,000 bond.
President Roosevelt drives a tallyho horse-drawn carriage through Vermont and New Hampshire towns. He is greeted warmly in Windsor Cornish Bethel Northfield and Norwich University with speeches and public welcomes. The tour includes lunch with Winston Churchill and visits to the Evarts and Woodbury homes before sailing to Thompson's Landing for the weekend.
Special Despatch to Commercial Tribune from Hamilton Ohio states Mayor Charles M Bosch, aged and seriously ill for weeks, suffered a relapse at noon and his doctors fear no recovery. He has long been Hamiltons popular leader and his ailment stems from a blood infection following fever.
A tornado wrecked Chicago and Northwestern Train No. 7 near Meriden, hurling cars down an embankment. Two people were killed, three fatally injured, and over twenty others hurt. Named victims include Delmar Peterson of Waseca Minnesota and an unidentified woman later identified as Ante J. Bickford.
In Indianapolis on a Saturday afternoon Calvin Totten 85 shot and killed his wife 40 after a marriage of eighteen years then turned a pistol on himself in a crowd of shoppers. Totten had been in Johnson County and faced a pending divorce suit. he died from a self inflicted wound.
Rumors circulate that Governor Stone may call a special session of the Legislature to enact arbitration legislation to settle the coal strike. He has long favored arbitration and drafted a bill previously, modeled on New Zealand's seven year program, though opposition from miners and operators blocked its passage.
Chris Evans the National Statistician meets Kanawha and Hocking Coal Company officials in Columbus to push for concessions but the firm says no further offers until men return to work. About 5,000 workers are affected as most mines idle. Evans may report to Vice President T M L Lewis.
At Antananarivo on August 29 Colonel Trichard and other South African delegates report satisfaction with Madagascar investigations and move to negotiate with Governor Gallieni for a large area of agricultural lands near the French government. The French are favorable to the arrangement.
In Richelieu Hall the Democratic Executive meeting toppled Herbert Bigelow as King Lewie Bernard and allies outmaneuvered Heilker Noctor and other Bigelow followers. Lewis G. Bernard won the chair with 133 votes amid 65 absentees, restoring Lewie as the county party power.
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