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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
4
May 6 reports note heavy railway repair plans in Ohio Pennsylvania and nearby areas. Thousands of workers to restore tracks roadbeds engines and cars. Incidents include a trolley strike hearing in Harrisburg and various local events from Canton to Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia.
In New York on May 6 Judge Hough heard three hours of argument over President Roosevelt’s authority to dismiss three companies of African American soldiers from the Twenty-Fifth Infantry over alleged Brownsville riot involvement. Private Oscar W. Reid sues for $122 wages, arguing enlistment is a civil contract and that congressional safeguards apply.
In Southern Ohio the burley tobacco district faces grave conditions as state officials study night raids and grower terror. A Kentucky tobacco growers meeting is set for Augusta to oppose crop raises, while Ohio authorities weigh action and possible troop use. In Davidson county North Carolina night riders raid beds. veteran Dan Whipple, 109, dies in Michigan after a long era of frontier service.
One man killed and fifteen seriously injured in a coal mine collapse near Haven on the river’s west side. Rescue efforts followed recent rains as workers were trapped by a fell cliff and debris around mining buildings and coaling sheds. Local managers and laborers faced a grim scene with extensive damage to equipment and roadway access.
A damaged, fragmented report from May describes the battleship fleet's stormy voyage from San Pedro toward Santa Cruz with Admiral Sperry and the second squadron led by Rear Admiral Sebree. The fleet, including Washington, South Dakota, Colorado, and Maryland, faced heavy seas breaking over decks and screens damaged, but crews remained active as ships neared their destination.
In Fort Scott Kansas May a court hearing concerns the editor of a local paper accused of printing incendiary material and threats. The case references an appeal and alleged wrongful reward offers linked to actions across state lines.
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