Senator Hanna’s West Virginia Campaign Tour
Senator Hanna visits West Virginia praising Workingman support and prosperity. He asserts campaign speeches unnecessary and touts ballot privileges as the country’s highest enjoyed right.
07 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1902
Page
1
Senator Hanna visits West Virginia praising Workingman support and prosperity. He asserts campaign speeches unnecessary and touts ballot privileges as the country’s highest enjoyed right.
The order directs the entire Pennsylvania National Guard division to be deployed in Luzerne, Schuylkill, Carbon, Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Northumberland and Columbia to protect workers and families, secure trains and property, and halt violence in coal regions. Governor Stone and Adjutant General Stewart authorize armed presence to restore public peace.
Senator Hanna called Mayor Tom I. Johnson to a tariff debate to be argued strictly on economic grounds without monopoly references. Johnson replied from Wooster that he would accept and discuss the topic in any form or at any time Hanna chose.
Senator Marcus A Hanna addressed a large turnout in Wheeling and Steubenville urging Republicans to vote. He urged workingmen to understand American customs and warned against apathy, praising prosperity and calling for election day duty. He planned further stops in West Virginia.
Columbus dispatch reports in October that Ohio Democrats vow to vote against the Nash code’s judicial section and abolish Police Courts in all cities. Leaders claim instruction from Mayor Tom L Johnson, with conference aims and possible separate bills as Republicans push for two thirds.
Special despatch reports Rhode Island statistician Henry E. Tiepke finding most breaker coal from washeries on culm banks with little new output from soldiers. It states strikers can endure winter, as supply of breaker coal will not rise despite troops or new workers.
Special Despatch reports President Roosevelt pressing United Mine Workers leader John Mitchell to settle the coal strike. He sends Frank Sargent to present views, weighing Mitchells business approach, miners distress, and the need for a concrete gain to end the dispute.
Five masked men forced Henry Lee from his home in Denver and coated him with stove polish and ancient eggs after a beating. Lee, who was in Denver, hopes to prosecute those he believes attacked him as a Whitecaps reported incident from Peru, Indiana.
Miss Robella Bain, 23, attempted suicide with chloroform amid fear of being implicated in the murder of Miss Gay Smith, Bridgeport. Smith’s body was found in the Ohio River near Wheeling. Bain confessed little and a detective report notes possible witness claims of a third party.
London reports a strong belief that J. P. Morgan has ordered 50,000 tons of anthracite coal to aid New York’s poor and charitable institutions via the Scotch United Collieries. The syndicate underwriting the company would gain if the order boosts stock value and investment demand.
Shanghai dispatch reports the death of Liu Kun Yi the famous Viceroy of Nanking. He and Changchi Tung jointly ruled the Yeng Tse Valley for years and were seen as enlightened leaders who favored foreigners and opposed the Boxer outbreaks. Liu Kun Yi was about 64.
Josie Carson Squires daughter of Kit Carson dies at Territorial Insane Asylum in East Las Vegas New Mexico She was committed from Raton in 1898 and had not lived with her husband for several years prior to incarceration.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Stone ordered the entire Pennsylvania National Guard to the anthracite coal areas. Troops plus Sheridan and Philadelphia units will be in the field within 24 hours as officials explain little about the motives amid ongoing strike tensions.
Wilkesbarre Pa October 6 1919 statement from John Mitchell and district presidents urges mass meetings of all miners both union and nonunion to demonstrate workers are law abiding and to denounce lawlessness. Copies telegraphed to President Wilson’s HQ after meetings.
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