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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
3
English writer John Dathan Landor travels to San Francisco during a major streetcar strike and works as a temporary conductor to study the professional strike breakers. He describes their secretive lives, guarded existence, and the risks of posing as a laborer.
The narrator recalls Black Bill a seasoned strike breaker from Chicago and St Louis who taunts union pickets and vows to flee the town. A rock shatters his platform window yet he keeps working while the motorman jokes about wages and continuing the dangerous task. Tomorrow’s installment promises more of Mr Landor’s experiences undercover as a strike breaker.
William Smith aged 66 a roomer at 208 Summit street died at City hospital from a fractured skull believed caused by a fall while sleepwalking. No immediate relatives in Indianapolis. Body taken by Capt J N B Sticker commander of his Civil War company from 417 Madison Ave. Wife in Ohio notified and expected in Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon.
The Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias camp at Riverside park will be open to the public next week with restrictions as the camp rules require. Meals will be available at the mesa tent, city papers on sale, plus a barber shop and telephone booth. Three minute streetcar service will run between the city and the camp on the Blake and Riv er aide line.
James H. Banta, the Illinois General railroad's oldest engineer, was struck and killed by an engine while crossing the track in Chicago. He had driven that line for 44 years and planned retirement within weeks to farm life after half a century of service.
The National commission will not bar pitcher Lew Wiltse from earning any salary he can in minor leagues. Wiltse, brother of Giants star George Wiltse, left the Baltimore club for the Tri-State and was outlawed for the move.
Henry Lawrence, manager of the Claypool hotel, replaces French waiters in the cafe with colored staff citing the shortage of experienced white waiters and a need to fill positions promptly. The move highlights racial staffing tensions in hotel operations.
A large crowd is expected in Rushville Indiana for tomorrow's homecoming. Speaker lineup includes Uncle Joe Cannon William A Coul len Spencer Admiral George Brown Indianapolis D M Parry Indianapolis George Gifford Tipton John R Eden Sullivan Walter Mouat Tipton Rev Francis Thomas Dunreith and Rev W W Tevis Rushville speakers promise numerous interests across the community.
The program lists events including an Old fiddlers contest a slow mule race a greased pig race a climbing pole contest a wood sawing contest for men 70 years old and over and a potato race reflecting a classic county fair atmosphere with varied community sports and contests.
Fort Wayne was selected to host the next Indiana Saengerbund gathering. Elected officers include President Fritz Kipple, Vice-President Fred J. Biel, Secretary Karl Bartenbach, and Treasurer Thomas Bukenhofer, all Terre Haute Maennerchor members involved in arranging the event.
George R. Stivers, a wealthy Sullivan, Indiana restaurant proprietor, married Nora Shepherd, formerly employed at Stivers' restaurant, in a Monday afternoon ceremony conducted by Rev. Albert E. Hurlstone.
Mr Doveydove and his boss review photos of the peerless Baby. Each shot oddly differs, with Baby clutched a poker chip instead of a kitten in the Household Favorites portrait. The boss smiles, but remains unmoved by the joke.
Aug 6 reports F T Delashmut receiver for A H Whitsett Coal Co died instantly in a gas explosion during a mine inspection. Mine boss George Anderson was seriously injured as workers searched the pit. Gas likely ignited by lamps.
The Seventh Day Adventists camp meeting in Lafayette Indiana concluded with Elder W J Stone of Indianapolis declaring it the most successful ever held in Indiana. The event drew attendees from across the state and featured sermons and gatherings under the campaign.
The notice invites manufacturers weary of closed shop pressure to visit Battle Creek Michigan to see a community of independent American citizens. It extols high wages, 10 hour workdays, peaceful labor relations, and a regime free from strikes and union domination, claiming steady production and prosperity for workers and businesses alike.
A lengthy appeal argues for a cooperative model where factory sites are secured with free adjacent sidings and affordable homes for workers. It urges union members and employers to adopt a plan that reduces strikes, protects rights, and promotes orderly collaboration between capital and labor, inviting readers to contact Battle Creek organizers.
Miss Rosa Zipp, a prominent Evansville society figure active in church and charity work, died of typhoid fever attributed to excessive dancing. She recently traveled to Cincinnati and back on the Peters Lee, spending much of the time dancing, and danced late the night before her illness began.
Left fielder Lajeune of the Springfield Central league team reportedly threw a baseball 134 yards on the Evansville field. Tape line readings showed 1384 yards, challenging the former 18223 yard record set by Hatfield of Rochester. Manager Jack Hendricks plans to bring Lajeune to Cincinnati on September 10 for the field day to contest the long distance throw.
Minneapolis August 6 Barney Oldfield, famed automobile racer and demon driver, announced plans to retire admitting he has seen racing from start to finish and that the sport is dying here. He blamed high costs for building and maintaining expensive cars and said this season will be his last.
The notice states that John A. Vansickle will apply to the Marion county commissioners at the September term 1907 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at 200 East WeKington Street Ward 9 Indianapolis in a front room of a two story building and a stockroom. Henry Ostendorf will apply for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at a first floor front room of a three story stone building at the southeast corner Washington and Newhecrsey streets Ward 11 Indianapolis Center Township Marion County Indiana.
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