Utah Wage News and Labor Day Reports Across Salt Lake
A Utah page notes peach crops and wage trends, a grand jury probe into a food trust, and the Trans Missouri Dry Farming congress session in Salt Lake City. Labor Day draws thousands to Lagoon and Salt Lake with parades and a Park City speaker.
Northwest notes a string of Montana Wyoming and Washington incidents
August Kromers of Thermopolis Wyoming faces probable death after a horse kick to the forehead. Rescue arrives for Thomas Lewis after a 30 hour fall in Leadville. A blind man David Dose commits suicide in Laramie. Andrew Hurrell the Nevada stockraiser dies. Mrs Baumgartner injures EB Evans in Seattle. Charles Bailey kills wife and daughter then commits suicide. Spokane barn fire kills 22 horses and injures hay storage. Robert Hennessey jailed after a fatal shooting in Delagua. Montana wool output falls yet prices boost overall income. Dr Perry Crosawait gravely injured in Tacoma. Charles Walters charged with forged self-accusation in Miles City. Detective Barbee shoots a suspected thief in Seattle. Auburn Bank robbed of 5200 with safe access. Montana Woolgrowers meet in Helena October 2–4. John Beatty dies in Butte. Naval officer William McDonald treated in Colorado Springs. Roosevelt land withdrawal case pursued to Secretary Garfield. Nevada man Andrew Russell deeded estate to ensure wishes carried out. Goldfield union elects C H McKinnon president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kromers
Thermopolis
Wyo
Leadville
Thomas Lewis
David Dose
Laramie Oy
Andrew Hurrell
Nevada Stock Rvaiser
Southern Pacific Railroad
Palo Alto
Cal
F. P. Baumgartner
Portland
EB. H. Evans
Western Union
Seattle
Robert Hennessey
Trinidad
Colo
Frank Price
Delagua
Hennessey
Montana
Perry Crosawait
Tacoma
Ore
Des Moines
Miles City
Charles Walters
Walters
Lee A. Barbee
Barbee
Bank of Auburn
Wash
Montana Woolgrowers’ Association
Helena
John Heatty
Butte, Mont
Beatty
United Steamship Bennington
California
William H. McDonald
Newport News
Virginia
Colorado Springs
Numerous 1908 incidents reported from across nations
A long list details events from Savannah where a diver broke his neck to fatal shootings in Cleveland and a Creek chief's death. Other notes include a Vienna smallpox update, Havana construction strikes, a Russian bomb explosion, a Washington suicide, and a Denver auto crash. Also covered are a Pittsburg tax fraud indictment, a Chilean avalanche, Korean insurgent actions, and William J. Bryan touring New York state in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Briskey
Savanah
W. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Omaha
Vienna
Havana
Rostov-on-the-Don
Russia
William H. Abercrombie
United States
Nagasaki
Japan
Washington
D. C
John J. Phillips
Cleveland
Ohio
Fort Gaines
Fife
Pittsburg
Jerry Johnson
W. W. Ellard
North Birmingham
Ala
George P. Clifford
Grand Forks
N. C
Ashby
Minn
St Paul
Moronto Chico
el Paso
Texas
Louisa Hiu Carabajal
Alamo Creek
Sierra County
New Mexico
General Pleasant Porter
Vinita
I. T
Mery Tiger
General Porter
Navy Department
New York
New York City
Sheepshead Bay
Juncal
Andes
Aaron Anderson
Cowan Hollow
Anderson
Paris
Indo-China
Thanh Thai
Annam
James Bellows McGregor
Mount Sunapee
N. Y
Rock Inland
Norrisla
Chicago
William J. Bryan
New York State
Progressive Democratic League
Bryan
Bennett
New Haven
Mining News From Idaho and Nearby United States Regions
Baffs from Pearl Idaho report Osborne yields free milling ore with large nuggets. Marshall Lake district sees active mining with many workers. Utah dividends reach 580460 in August. Tyng brothers’ Wyoming mine ships about a car daily. Dixie copper mines near Shem cited for first southern Utah oil-well. Silver King mine at Park City praised for recent developments. Balaklala smelter progress risks 1908 start. Phosphate deposits noted in Florida Tennessee South Carolina. Cedar Aiming plant adds compressor and drills. Nevada Northern tracks and Ely viaduct advancing. Utah Karna Tunneling prepares first machine to test Big Cottonwood. Guggenheims diverted San Bruno plant to Ely Nevada for new smelter. Roosevelt Idaho boom faith cited after downturn. Seven Devils Idaho copper district shows ore 3.5 to 28 percent. Utah coal output rises 1906 after 1904 1905 downturn. Coeur d’Alene reports Tyson gold discovery placer with nuggets around 35. Loon Creek placer revival and Cabin Creek strike promising. War Eagle group on Idaho War Eagle Mountain bonded for syndicate at 3000 price with 10 percent cash and 90 days term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Idaho
Osborne
Marshall Lake District
Eastern
Utah
Wyoming
American Fork
Tyng Brothers
C. H. Doolittle
Utah & Eastern Company
Dixie Copper
Shem
Washington County
Silver King
Park Cit
Balaklala
United States
Florida
Tennessee
South Carolina
Cedar Aiming Company
Nevada
Ely
Utah Karna Tunneling Machine Company
Nevada Consolidated
Cumberland Ely
Roosevelt
Seven Devils
Webster
Denver Mining Reporter
Rocky Mountain
Miraisaippi Valley
Coeur d'Alene
Spokane Review
Cabin Creek
O. K
War Eagle Mountain
Cloudle Warne
William Alien
Mr. Thomas
John Stocker Miller—Immunity Bath Fame and Legal Career
John Stocker Miller rose to national notice for his immunity bath plea freeing the Packers before Judge J Otle Humphrey. He later served as Chicago corporate counsel and led railroad cases while earning large retainers from Standard Oil. Born 1847 in Louisville New York he studied at St Lawrence University and practiced law in Chicago since 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stocker Miller
J. Otle Humphrey
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Miller
Chicago
Corporation Counsel of
Canton
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Peck
Miller Starr
Beirg George R. Peck
Merritt Starr
Washburn
Jake Front
Miincie Central Railroad Company
Ann Gross
Labor Commissioner Dr. Neill Aims for Harmony in Strikes
Dr. Charles P. Neill, labor commissioner under Roosevelt, has long sought peace in labor disputes. He helped end the 1902 coal strike, aided in later settlements, led investigations after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, and served as president of labor statistics officials while teaching economics at Catholic University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Neill
United States
Coal Miners’ Convention
Scranton
Roosevelt
Arbitration Commission
Alabama
Upton Sinclair
Chicago
Nel
Congress
Neill
Association of Officials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics of America
Dainois
University of Notre Dame
Ind
University of Texas
Georgetown College
Notre Dame
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Catholic University of America
War history project prompts Chadwick return from Spain
Rear Admiral French EB Chadwick returns to the United States after 18 months abroad to write a history of the Spanish American War and its causes. He captained the New York at Santiago while Admiral Sampson led the fleet, though he was distant when the battle began. He has been thanked for extraordinary service in Europe and at Tangier and entered the navy in 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French EB. Chadwick
United States
Spain
New York
Sampson
Santiago
Admiral Chadwick
Europe
Tangier
Brandit Raisull
Card McLean
Navy
Picquart Leads French War on Moors and Dreyfus Link
General Georges Picquart, France's minister of war, handles the Moors campaign and enforces anti Catholic church actions. He previously led the secret intelligence service, uncovered the Dreyfus conspiracy, and helped reinstate Dreyfus after lengthy trials. His forceful, detectivelike stance kept corrupt officers from toppling the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Picquart
France
Healdef
Morocco
Lord Wolseley
Egypt
Mequart
Africa
Capt. Dreyfus
Piequart
Dreyfus
Clemenceau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Utah Wage News
Salt Lake City
Trans Missouri Dry Farming Congress
Salt Lake Jaw
Salt Lake Kchools
Salt Lake
State Board of Examiners
George W. Putnam
Mother Jones
Park City
Ernest Bolin
Bolin
Lagoon
Saltah
Annie T. Bradley
Senator Brown
J. W. Blom
Irrigation Congress
Luther Burbank
Natonal
Sacramento
Federation Hall
Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden
Utah State Poultry Association
State Humane Society
Christian Madsen
Mantl
Cutler
Cith Sone
Clase
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Linwood
Green River
Green River City
Hoon
Hiram Mosher
Mosher
Cleveland, C
Sud
Rowe Smith
Northwest
Taliaferro
Rock Springs
Roosevelt Ia
Garfield
Interior Department
General Land Office
Andrew Russell
Wadneworth
J. Gregory
C. H. McKinnon
Charles Haywood
Miners’ Union of Goldfield
John Roach
Aeurprise
McKinnop
King Edward
Leslie Cotton
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