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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
1
Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Taylor, wives of Pacific Coast Coal Co workers, were assaulted by strikers wives while miners stood by. Mrs. Walker was clubbed and injured. Mrs. Taylor shielded her baby in a buggy. Both women identified suspects. arrests expected.
Bevan hosts a lively football clash with Cumberland ending 5 to 0 in Bevan’s favor and a Bevan baseball win 9 to 6 against the Japanese team. Postgame socials, old-school hall meeting, and notes on postponed Cumberland plans and local skits fill the report.
A Monday meeting of the Young Peoples Society organized a tennis club with strong turnout and enthusiasm. Officers elected include President S Horwood Vice President J Wearmouth Secretary J Robertson Treasurer W Henderson. The court is in good order and open for practice.
Mrs. T. A. Spruston is recovering from a severe pleurisy attack. The Two Step Club held a dancing class social evening at West Gumberland Hall on Tuesday with good attendance. Refreshments were served and the event continued until 2 a m. Miss M. Mackenzie presided at the piano in her usual accomplished style.
Vancouver reports CP engineers and surveyors arriving at Campbell River to map a northward extension of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway along Vancouver Island shore. The B and N currently reaches Courtenay 35 miles south. surveys imply plans to push the line through Campbell River to the island's northern end.
H. Clements M.P. telegram informs Courtenay Board of Trade that 22000 dollars have been allotted in the estimates for dredging the Courtenay River. The King Edward dredge is slated to commence the work in about three weeks.
Union Bay residents set July 1 Dominion Day events with a sports program and a grounds overhaul led by George C Campbell William Haggart and David Renwick. Prizes already funded and special trains sought from Cumberland Bevan and Puntledge for turnout. A moonlight Powell River excursion by S S Charmer drew 225 and Cumberland Courtenay and Comox visitors, with 250 residents greeting them and a 2 am return trip.
The government agreed to appropriate 50000 dollars for the Empress of Ireland wreck survivors with supplementary estimates laid before the House by Finance Minister W T White. An extra 10000 dollars was sought to support the disaster inquiry. Thomas Bickle departed for Victoria Saturday evening and came back Tuesday.
J. E. Boffey will open a fish and poultry market next to the magnet Cash Store opposite the New Grand Opera House on Wednesday. He will also run a restaurant serving late suppers for theatregoers. Miss Strang, book-keeper at the Ideal Store, plans a July return to Scotland.
The tipple at the South Wellington mine of the Pacific Coast Coal Company, damaged by a May 25 fire, has been rebuilt and the mine is to resume operations. Master Mechanic McGregor expects full operation by Friday after installing cement foundations and a temporary screen, with a Marcus screen arriving soon. The loss from the destruction is estimated at twenty to thirty thousand dollars. Meanwhile Mesher Bros. push completion of the Grand Opera House on Dunsmuir Avenue, aiming for a July 15 opening in time for a visit by Sir Richard McBride and Hon. W. J. Bowser, with committees arranging the reception.
Ottawa June 10 The Redistribution Bill was introduced in the House of Commons and is expected to pass this week before prorogation on Friday Boundary disputes centered on Nanaimo with Liberal and Conservative positions on which areas to include or exclude Nanaimo City Newcastle Cowichan Saanich Esquimalt and The Islands to be debated on the floor of the House.
Mr J Spears resigns as teller of the Royal Bank of Canada in this city and will depart soon for a trip to his home in Scotland. Queen Louise of the Maple Leaf Line arrived at Union Bay on Thursday morning for 1 000 tons of bunker coal. The captain, after testing Cumberland coal quality, decided to take 1 600 tons.
Victoria reports United Mines Workers official George Pettigrew warns of a general strike in British Columbia if the government does not offer an indefi nite solution to the Vancouver Island coal miners strike. He urges a broad mobilization of unemployed workers and pledges Nanaimo miners will aid those who help them, up to 15000 a week.
Ottawa reports Captain Donald of the Prince George earned a ministerial testimonial for rescuing 38 passengers from a swamped gasoline boat off the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. He also received a gold watch, inscribed for the act, with public presentation by HS Clements in Comox-Atlin as he returns to Prince Rupert. Mrs. J. J. Weir has returned from Victoria.
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