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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1903
Page
6
The report approves a general wage increase for miners, tied to a sliding scale, with some boosts up to 20 percent if coal prices stay steady. It criticizes rioting and boycotts, exonerates the union leadership from weapon use, and calls for end to discrimination against union members. Social conditions in the mining regions are deemed good, with average pay compared favorably to other sectors.
Mrs Maybrick, convict in the Liverpool poisoning case of 1880, awaiting release in 1904, according to the War Office. Washington lawyers aim to delay suits over land interests in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. The narrative includes details of Elizabeth Chandler Maybrick, wife of James Maybrick of Liverpool, and their troubled marriage ending in divorce proceedings.
The commission outlines awards effective from 1902 with a sliding scale to 1903, granting a 10 percent wage rise for contract miners engineers firemen and pump men. Eight hour shifts for engineers and firemen, weekly rest, no strikes during dispute resolution, weighmen paid by the company, and compulsory investigation but not arbitration. Child labor laws to be enforced, non union discrimination banned, and leaders cleared of time. Boycott denounced. costs of the strike totaled about 99.1 million across operators miners and transportation firms.
Historical dispatch outlines the Interstrika disorder across the region, noting President Mitchell and Kla absolved of violence accusations while militia presence drew condemnation. It details union concessions, wage scales, hour changes, and dispute arbitration, plus Maybrick arsenic case and Mrs. Maybrick’s murder trial outcome.
A garbled collection notes various topics from the American Can Company production to opinions on press freedom, a reference to Czar Nicholas, a Supreme Court attack, a 92 year old Michigan man, spring romance, Chicago barons, and President Francis of St Louis touring European courts. The tone mimics a newspaper collage of era personalities and events.
Congress allocates 12.5 million dollars for rural delivery in the next fiscal year starting July 1. The Post Office expects 15,000 new routes by July and growth to 30,000 rural carriers by June 1904, serving 15 million residents with door-to-door delivery. The system covers over 600,000 square miles, with carrier turnover under 1 percent and competitive examinations for applicants.
The Chicago health department urges households to adopt a vacuum cleaning method for spring cleaning. A machine with powered pumps suck dust from carpets draperies and walls into an exhaust cylinder for destruction. The aim is to reduce spread of diseases by removing dust rather than stirring it up. A loan program was noted. In a Texas wreck, several persons were injured.
Chicago Tuesday saw the creation of the National Packing Company uniting seven firms under one management. Key directors include the heads of Swift & Co Armour & Co and Nelson Morris & Co with Jesse P. Lyman as president. The venture consolidates firms from Omaha Chicago Hammond Hutchinson and others, with capitalization of 15 million and Morris Swift Armour interests valued far higher.
Articles announce incorporation filings for St Louis Vandalia and Twastern Mallway, new Lake Shore observation cars on the Century Limited, and Rock Island consolidation bills in Texas. Peru Marquette Rail board approves 6 million dollars for equipment incl 6000 freight cars. Western railroads seek IC C power to curb special concessions. Roundhouse at Clinton Iowa boasting 48 stalls and a 70 foot turntable. Canadian Northern purchases Winnipeg park and land. focus on Winnipeg passenger terminals and taxation shifts in several states.
A chaotic Iowa page details the removal of Dublinport office head Motagor and appointment of Let Beyan after a telegraphed directive. Reports describe a masked assailant attacking Annie Nimberly in Keokuk, and a string of local crimes from Madrid to Des Moines. Additional items cover divorces, court rulings, farm labor demand, and municipal developments across the state.
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