White House efforts to settle anthracite strike urged
On October 7 1900 the White House disclosed an exchange from October 6 in which Labor Commissioner Carroll D Wright carried to John Mitchell an offer from the president If Mitchell secures miners return to work a commission will be appointed to investigate and help settle disputes between coal operators and miners Mitchell is considering the offer and no decision has been made.
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Washington
White House
Carroll D. Wright
Philadelphia
John Mitchell
Guard Called Out In Pennsylvania Coal Regions
Gov Stone orders the entire Pennsylvania National Guard to duty in Luzerne Schuylkill Carbon Lackawanna Susquehanna Northumberland and Columbia counties to restore public peace. About 10 300 troops are deployed or en route to deter riots protect workers and trains and arrest violators under Maj Gen Miller and state authorities.
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Harrisburg
Stone
National Guard
Miller
Gobin
Chall
Col. Hulings
Billett
Richardson
Gov. Stone
Luzerne
Schuylkill
Carbon
Lackawanna
Susquehanna
Northumberland
Columbia
Division
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
Coal Operators Favor Militia Move On Strike
William H. Truesdale president of the D L and W railroad and Frederick D. Underwood head of the Erie express support for Gov Stone calling out the Pennsylvania militia. They say the move will improve the situation and help workers return to the coal region while other operators echo similar views about breaking the strike.
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New York
William H. Truesdale
Gov. Stone
Pennsylvania
Frederick D. Underwood
The
Erie
Mitchell arrives in Buffalo for union miners meeting
John Mitchell lands in Buffalo with District presidents Duffy Fahey and Nichols and Secretary Wilson. They proceed to the Hotel Iroquois for the National Manufacturers Association conference. Governor Stone cannot deploy enough troops to force union miners back to work.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Mitchell
Duffy
Fahey
Nichols
Wilson
Iroquois
National Manufacturers’ Association
Parry
Mitchell
Stone
Condemns Coal Barons Over Arbitration Offer
In Cincinnati Ohio on a Monday night the crowd openly condemned mine owners for refusing to accept arbitration to settle the strike and praised the miners for agreeing to that settlement method.
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Cincinnati
Guy
State House Clerks Press for 2 Percent Campaign Dues
Cyrus Neal in the state auditor’s office collects a 2 percent levy on a year’s salaries from state employees benefiting from Republican gains. Payroll totals around $70,000 with judges and prosecutors included. excluding these, the pool yields about $50,000 yearly, adding roughly $4,000 to the campaign fund already funded by state candidates.
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Cyrus Neal
State Auditor’s
Mr. Neal
Republican Massagers
Hart
Water Stoppage Delays Washington Street Bridge Work
High water forced a second stoppage on the W. Washington Street bridge project. The river rose three feet by Monday morning, halting excavation. by Tuesday it had fallen five inches but remained too high to resume work.
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W. Washington St
Classified Advertisements in The Sun Page
NAW LINER ADVERTISEMENTS printed in this issue list several want ads including help wanted for railroad news business farming and housework, rooms for rent unfurnished rooms for rent and offices for rent. It also notes items for sale including vacant lots houses and pianos and mentions a dog theft and loans.
Anti saloon league action and missing wife news
Anti saloon league has filed remonstrances with the county commissioners to halt granting saloon licenses in wards 1 and 4 to George Kessler, Lone Demartine, and Nicholas Hoffbauer. George W. Turtle of Columbus Indiana seeks his wife who reportedly ran away with a man named Wilson. An Indiana state school boards association meeting is planned for November 19 and 20 in Indianapolis. Wulschner and Gowde advertise new piano prices and office removals to Newton Claypool Building.
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Anti-Saloon League
George Kessler
Lony Demartine
Nicholas Hoffbauer
George W. Turtle
Columbus
Ind
Indianapolis
Wilson
School Board Association
Indiana State Association of School Boards
Primary reform committee settles key points for law
The Commercial club primary reform committee spent three hours Monday night on the proposed primary law. They concluded on major provisions and placed drafting in a subcommittee. The law should be ready. its provisions include timing for primaries, court appointments, and local option rules with Marion county as the test.
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Commercial Club Primary Reform Committee
Marion
Circuit Court
Public Treasury
Danger in the Court House Threats After Fire
Marion county courthouse visitors face danger from cracked outer skylight plates after a recent fire. Assistant custodian Dunlap says at least 60 large glass plates, each an inch thick, are cracked and must be replaced to ensure safety. Falling plates could damage thinner inner glass and drop hundreds of pounds of glass onto visitors. Replacement costs range from ten to fifteen dollars per plate.
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Marion County
Dunlap
Mayor Delays Disclosure Of Killing Hiding Place
A letter from a colored woman claimed to reveal the hiding place of numerous dead bodies. Mayor Bookwalter refused to disclose location. The communication was forwarded to the police station for investigation.
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Bookwalter
Jury Impasse Delays Murder Trial of Ora Coppenhaver
In criminal court Tuesday a jury for Ora Coppenhaver, charged with murder of his wife Della, faced long screening. By 10 a.m. 75 men were examined with only ten jurors accepted due to bias. Coppenhaver pleads insanity as bailiff Mendenhall suffers leg pain from rushing to recruit jurors.
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Ora Coppenhaver
Della
Mendenhall
Coppenhaver
Chinaman’s word is always good in police court
Judge Stubbs accepted the Chinaman E Lung’s account over a colored boy William Board in a Delaware Street saloon theft case. Lung denied passing tags to Board who claimed otherwise. The judge stated the Chinaman’s honesty, jailed Board for ten days and fined him five dollars.
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Stubbs
Wiliam Board
E. Lung
Lung
Lang
Militia Likely to Be Called in New Orleans Riots
In New Orleans on October 7 the street railway strike escalates as peace talks fail. Cars run by nonunion workers are wrecked and several operators injured, with police unable to control the unrest and militia expected to be deployed following the violence.
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New Orleans
Jury Seated in Coppenhaver Murder Case After 104 Called
A jury was finally seated at 11 30 a m Tuesday after 104 men were summoned. The panel includes Willis Metcalf Fred Hartman Albert Weatherley William E Lovett Charles Copeland William E Miles Joseph Easterday R Q Allee Lincoln Foitz William Guion Al berry Guion Henderson Turpin. Testimony from bicycle cops Trimpe and Iley Lowe described Coppenhaver admitting the murder saying he shot his wife over family trouble and that he had seen Dave Devine in the room the evening before.
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Coppenhaver
Willis Metcalf
Fred Hartman
Albert Weatherley
William E. Lovett
Charles Copeland
William E. Miles
Joseph Easterday
Lincoln Foitz
William Guion
Alberry Guion
Henderson Turpin
Trimpe
Iley Lowe
Loewe
Dave Devine
Janitor Gilliam Refuses to Vacate at State House
William Gilliam who oversees the appellate judges’ rooms was dismissed to make way for George Ford of Evansville, urged by Congressman Hemenway. Gilliam refuses to surrender keys or leave, claiming judges want him to stay after five years in the post.
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State House
William Gilliam
Maj. Krietenstein
George Ford
Evansville
Hemenway
Gilliam
Stager
Will There Be a Saloon in Irvington
Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute's brewing company buys a central Irvington property raising questions about plans for a saloon. Local talk notes annexation fears and a deed provision that any liquor sale on the lots would revert to Sylvester Johnson and the Julian heirs.
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Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Central Ave
Washington St
Irvington
College Town
Ritter
Sylvester Johnson
Jacob B. Julian
Julian
Johnson
Police Seek Ernest Daw for Check Cashing Case
Police pursue Ernest Daw, bookkeeper at Enterprise foundry and fence, 366 S Senate Ave, for cashing an $800 payroll check he allegedly altered from $850. Daw is said to have forged George R Ellis signature, torn up the original, and cashed the replacement. Daw as trusted employee.
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Ernest Dawson
Enterprise Foundry and Fence Company
S. Senateave
Dawson
George R. Ellis
Ellis
Knights rival for grand secretary post in Indiana lodge
A lively contest unfolds for grand secretary between W. B. Hasson of Jeffersonville and J. H. Haught of Indianapolis. The vote appears evenly split with Henry Rehling of Indianapolis vying for grand proctor, sparking talk that Indianapolis should not dominate the offices. The Tuesday meeting at Pearson's hall only read reports and conferred degrees as the election night approaches.
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Knights and Ladies of Honor
W. B. Hasson
Jeffersonville
J. H. Haught
Indianapolis
Henry Rehling
Pearson’s Hall
Taylor Seeks Remedy In Indiana Labor Law Campaign
W L Taylor attorney general opened a week long campaign at Warsaw naming Angola Goshen Gas City Winamac Whiting and East Chicago as stops. He praised Indiana law creating a labor commission with labor and capital representatives and a third member for arbitration with court enforcement if needed.
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W. L. Taylor
Warsaw
Angola
Goshen
Gas City
Winamac
Whiting
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Taylor
Board of Arbitration
Natural gas fires damage three on Bennett Avenue
Accidents from a gas leak caused fires after 3 a m Tuesday at P J Marsh home 1909 N Illinois Jr. kitchen floor damaged $100. Overton's restaurant 1322 N Bennett Ave suffered a fire from an overheated gas stove with over $300 damage threatening the two story frame building. Henry Hagedorn grocery at 1320 N Bennett Ave also caught fire, sustaining $50 damage.
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P. J. Marsh
N. Ilinois Jr
Overton's
N. Bennett Ave
Henry Hagedorn
Opal Jewelry Debuts In Tiffany Ring Display
Opal is highlighted as October’s gem and shown mounted in a gold Tiffany ring. J. P. Mullally of Diamonds and Jewelry at 28 Monument Place advertises an in stock, beautiful opal selection with a results guarantee and Sun liners offer.
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J. P. Mullally
Monument Place
Parsonss Held Responsible For Downie Death
Coroner Brayton verdict in the Alexander Downie death blames Dr John S Parsons for the pistol wound which caused Downie’s death on Sept 19 the wound inflicted by Parsons on April 30 A crowd member had insulted Parsons calling him a quack. Police action pending.
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Brayton
Alexander Downie
John S
Marion county Republicans set Oct campaign opening
The Marion club, led by a figure known as Baron Rothechild, plans a parade toward Tomlinson hall with Charles Elliott as drum major. Fred Joss watches from a third story window as Jesse Overstreet rides by, while anti ring forces fear rivals. Citizens are urged to attend to lend character.
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Marion County
Marion Club
Fred Joss
Jesse Overstreet
Congress
Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity and Shoe Store Promo
Forecast for Indianapolis and nearby areas calls for fair skies with a Tuesday night and Wednesday of calm weather. Temperature readings include 48 at 7 am 63 at noon and 67 at 2 pm. Eppert's Shoe Store at 230 Mass Ave offers a free shoes promotion with ticket 16428 and a second ad at 239 Mass Ave promising a free pair to a lucky customer.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Eppert
Detectives Probe Coffins Said to Hold Stones in Robbery Case
Detectives search graves guided by Rufus Cantrell to uncover robbed plots. Cantrell allegedly pointed to graves where bodies were removed and stones used to weight coffins. At Mount Jackson officials delay waiting for Indianapolis preacher to identify markers.
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Rufus Cantrell
Cantrell
Mount Jakson
Indianapolis
More Discoveries at Mount Jackson Cemetery Dig
A party examining graves at Mount Jackson cemetery started Tuesday afternoon with Dora Snowden Albert Hunter and Edward Johnson. Cemetery owner Harry Spear halted the dig claiming those graves were robbed. He produced a memorandum book and detectives anticipated listing more graves. Ghouls Cantrell and Daniels accompanied the searchers to point out graves.
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Mount Jackson
Dora Snowden
Albert Hunter
Edward Johnson
Harry Spear
Cemtery
Asch and
Manning
Spear
Ghouls Cantrell
Daniels
Bitter fighting within the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Charges that the Indiana K P constitution was violated by grand lodge candidates sparked expected action in a Tuesday session. Allegations include soliciting votes, distributing letters, opening headquarters, and printing portraits to gain support. Leaders like Frank Bowers face opposition from Henry Wade and others amid a political mood within the order.
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Grand Domain
Indiana
K. of P
Grand Lodge
Frank Bowers
Bowers
Henry Wade
Lafayette
Order
Bookwalter
James McDonald
Ligonier
the Sun
C. F. S. Neal
J. E. McDonald
Senator Johnston
Crawford
Charles A. Bookwalter
Unaware Couple Wed by Judge in Police Court
John Green and Miss Alla Johnson, long-time partners and descendants of enslaved people, were married by Judge Stubbs in police court after an offhand remark revealed they had never legally wed. Officers and guests attended as a ceremonial license was issued and the couple embraced the new civil union.
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John Green
Miss Alla Johnson
Lew Shank
Gregoire
Miss Alla
South
Indianapolis
Teledost
Stubbs
Mrs. Green
Commercial Club to Probe High Soft Coal Prices
The Indianapolis Commercial club will investigate the present high price of soft coal in Indiana. On motion of John W. Kern a noon Tuesday meeting appointed a committee to determine if current prices are warranted. If an unlawful combination is found, action may be taken.
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Indianapolis Commercial Club
John W. Kern
Indiana
Mr. Kern
Koehne Answers McCaslin Tax Records Writ
County treasurer Koehne files his answer in superior court to Hunter McCaslin’s petition for a writ of mandamus. The suit seeks access to the books behind the counter. Koehne says the public is barred April 1 to May 15 and October 1 to November 15 due to heavy taxpaying periods and deputy workload. identical records are available in the auditor and city comptroller offices.
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Koehne
Hunter McCaslin
Man
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Shortridge
Louisville Manual Training High School
City Life
Wulschner
Joseph
Gowde
Newton
Claypool
Chinaman
Judge Stubbs
Police Court
Bennett
Downie
Supt. Taffe
Jeasie McClain
Cornell Ave
Juanes Oustiess
Cate
Grand Lodge OF Knights OF Pythias
Kohne
M’caslin
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