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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
8
A report on the prolonged steel industry dispute between the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and the steel employers. Officials warn of a nationwide strike impact, potential wage fights, and widespread disruption across mills and dependent industries.
The report details Will contest a land entry in Lawton Oklahoma where Woods is named winner of a first claim. Government plans outline two crimes to adjoin the southern edge of Lawton township. The claim is touted as highly valuable, potentially opening the region for settlement with Woods asserting a 100 acre tract running the full length.
Fragmentary wire service style text describes a chaotic lottery event in a townsite dispute. It mentions a figure winning No 2, a claim touching on a local valve, and a crowded field of five hundred business participants. The passage references violations of local norms and the spirit of the home town, all amid garbled reporting.
Reports from Hotterdam indicate President Kruger's mental state is deteriorating as guards and officials strive to keep him calm. A special nervous affections specialist was telegraphed from Bertein to assess the former Transvaal leader while observers note the danger of a breakdown in his condition amid mounting pressure.
A weekly federal crop report notes general improvement across many drought distressed states due to moderating temperatures and timely rains. Corn yields show mixed gains with eastern regions still lagging, while Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri Wisconsin and South Dakota report varied gains and damages to different districts.
Spectators watched M Santos-Dumont attempt a navigable balloon flight when a strong wind caused the craft to tear and explode. The airship collapsed, wires tangled, and the machine fell toward a building. He steadied the craft bow first and was saved by ropes lowered from a ledge after a dramatic, dangerous descent. He invited a trial of the reconned balloon within a month.
The giant steamship Celtic from Liverpool arrived in New York after eight days and forty six minutes, greeted by seven tugs at White Star dock. Commanded by Captain H. St. Lindsay, she carried 1,000 plus passengers and 2,800 aboard, dwarfed by her vast size and the open bulkhead doors used to reach the lower deck during arrival.
The Amalgamated Association issues a general strike order threatening massive job losses as thousands of steel workers prepare to walk out. The move targets the United States Steel Corporation, with callups urging all union men to join and defend labor rights amid possible contracts and closures by Saturday.
In Vallejo California the Selby Smelting works were robbed at night with estimates of losses up to 850000. Thieves tunneled into the vault before dawn and carried gold bricks and crude gold to a nearby bank and eventually a boat. Two bricks were left on shore as they fled. Authorities including Sheriff Vento and Vallejo police pursue the case.
Fragmentary report notes a reform elicit being lysed to the chinks by the Chinese court. It hints an American will open Monte Carlo on the island of 628 gates, with a potential stake of 1,000 units.
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