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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
2
Miners in both anthracite and bituminous fields halt work awaiting adjustment of differences. The stoppage affects large areas and involves multiple unions with talks ongoing to resolve pay and work conditions.
About 400000 miners are idle with 300000 more watching as unions seek wage talks and a possible strike. Referendums on revised wage terms proceed this week, with outcomes shaping resumes in anthracite and bituminous fields across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and beyond. If ballots approve, work may resume within days. else extended stoppages threaten fuel and industrial supplies.
Reports from the bituminous and anthracite fields indicate a long idle period easing. Union leader J P White predicts a wage settlement by April 10 with a strikeless outcome, rehabilitation of field talks, and higher pay for soft coal diggers plus a standard $9 a ton base in all contracts.
Indianapolis April 1 except for a few pumpers and workers to keep property in shape the bituminous coal mines of Indiana are deserted today and they will remain so until miners receive notice that the contract agreed to in Cleveland has been ratified at a referendum Miners officials and operators of the Eleventh district of Indiana report the walkout across the district.
Forty thousand tons of bituminous coal in Illinois are declared unavailable as the coal-workers referendum on a new wage scale stalls operations. Some 250 mines close at midnight Sunday and will stay closed until the United Mine Workers vote and operators sign the tentative agreement. Railroads plan service reductions to stretch supply, while warnings urge fuel conservation.
Some 3800 bistuminous coal miners in southern and eastern Ohio are idle for a holiday rally and will not return to work until after the referendum vote count on April 15. Emergency measures guard mines against water damage as about sixty percent of workers are in Belmont Jackson and Athens counties.
New York reporters say the suspension in the hard coal region began today and will likely end soon. Operators cite lack of bitterness as a sign a satisfactory adjustment is possible and anticipate a basis of settlement after the April 10 conference in Philadelphia with miners representatives.
About 4000 bituminous coal miners in Michigan walk out today awaiting ratification of a new wage agreement. Local grievances at several mines will be addressed during the suspension to settle claims.
The death of Louie Burns, 17, of Moosic, was reported near Avoca on the Delaware & Hudson tracks. She had attended a music lesson the previous evening and it is believed an unknown man attacked her, pushing her under a passing train during the struggle.
In a swollen river town, 2000 homeless contend with raging floodwaters as the Brown levee risks collapse. Dangers include a dynamite plot at a dike near Shelby, four foot breach sites, and armed patrols. Justice of the Peace Charles Newbold and workers H F Chambers and Charles Rich traced the attempted sabotage after locating a shovel left behind.
President Taft acts after talks with Secretary Stimson and Gen Bixby and lawmakers from flood areas. He calls Congress to appropriate 96 000 to strengthen levees and curb flood damage along the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio rivers. The House Rivers and Harbors Committee backs Rep Ransdell's emergency fund bill of 350 000 for levee work nationwide.
Memphis reports continued rain swelling the Mississippi. A small Bayou Gayoso levee break worsens lowland flooding yet the main river levees remain intact. Water on affected streets runs up to six feet deep, prompting resident discomfort in the city’s low areas.
The rise of the Mississippi at St Louis appears to have paused temporarily with the gauge reading 29.8 feet, unchanged from yesterday. Officials say there is no further increase expected until the Missouri flood reaches the city.
Theodore F. Thieme new president of the Fort Wayne Commercial Club will speak to the Fort Wayne Retail Merchants' association at its meeting next Monday night in Fort Wayne. The event highlights local business leadership and ongoing community commerce efforts.
Goshen District announces a long list of new pastors and circuit assignments across Indiana. Names include F. S. Newcombe Albion and A. S. Lamport Bourbon with numerous other priests, locations, and circuits such as Goshen, Elkhart, Mishawaka, Logansport, Anderson, Muncie, Indianapolis area, and many towns. The roster covers Albion to Yorktown with multiple supplied positions and circuits.
A long list of district superintendents and supplied by notes shows W B Freeland in Cadiz and J W Martin in Farmland among many others, naming towns such as Cambridge City, Richmond, Greenfield, Muncie, Marion, Wabash, and more with associated supervisors and supply details. The fragmented OCR names several districts and circuits including Huntington, Wabash, Noblesville, and other locales, reflecting a connected church or administrative network across numerous Indiana communities.
Transfers listed in a compilation show multiple parcels transferred in Allen County. Buyers include Hazel M Davwson William Gernhardt and Charles Todd with varied acreages and prices from 500 to 5800 dollars. Names appearing include Kinnaley Davwson Federspiel Todd Davis Crow and Brindle among others with townships Adams Jefferson Pleasant and Wayne.
Returns from Michigan counties show wets gaining three drys in Presque Isle Lapeer Shiawassee Ingham and Otsego with Mercosta and Wexford going dry. In Lapeer Rev Father Dunnigan was elected mayor the first Catholic priest in that role. Flint defeated socialist mayor J A Menton as Charles Stewart Mott won. Richard Rourke re elected supervisor in Franklin township after running as independent.
In Coldwater Midh on April 2 Branch County voters approved the local option dry measure by about two hundred votes, signaling a shift in alcohol policy for the area.
Fred Darling of Danville is visiting in Garrett for a few days while Miss Nellie Scruithess hosts a gathering. Several residents travel to Fort Wayne Chicago Kendallville Avilla and Churubusco for visits and funerals. Notable health updates include Bernice Haverstock seriously ill with pneumonia and Marie Odenkirk recovering from appendicitis.
Antwerp notes list Charles Uatin from Fort Wayne on business, Mrs. Murphy’s 49th birthday celebration at a west farm, Lloyd Long visiting from Fort Wayne, Steven Herzel’s Fort Wayne trip, Ex Mayor Terwilleger moving to West River street, Gertrude Bissell visiting from Cecil, Orley Duval and wife’s Pasadena winter, Freda Kiger visiting relatives in Fort Wayne, Dwight Lyttle returning from Pasadena, Flias Klgar at Fort Wayne, Bert Lindemuth visiting Fort Wayne, Frank Gaut and Leo Miller from Payne, Claire Graves home from Oberlin, Ed Cave visiting with his mother Elizabeth Cave, Clyde Myers from Payne.
Wabash Ind March 28 Rev Flo Browne of Columbia City on the conference program last night was stricken with paralysis and could not speak. He remains ill but not fatally, and willneed time to resume work. The conference opened with communion and saw Dr Dorie Williams reelected secretary. Committees were named and reports given by district superintendents, marking a profitable year for the church.
In Vincennes Indiana on March 29 the city of Bicknell voted wet by 220 in local option elections. Vigo township including Sandborn Edwardport Westphalia voted dry by 192. Result expands Bicknell to four saloons.
A doctor endorses foot hygiene by recommending antisep tic powder for shoes. He argues tying feet tight indoors is unnatural and causes moisture and irritation. He cites usage by refined people who shake Al Jen's Foot-Fase into shoes and compare it to using dentifrice.
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