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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1901
Page
3
Pittsburg August 5 The strike scene around Pittsburg shows mills idle with no move to restart. Leechburg Hyde Park and Vandergrift sites report scattered entries and guards. Wellsville notes arrests and bail for riot charges. Union officials vow a general walkout within days as McKeesport eyes feverish activity and local council debates a half million street project to aid strikers.
Pittsburg Aug 15 a faint glimmer of hope that the strike may be settled emerged from President Shaffer who outlined that a general strike would have been ordered if not for his determination. He sent notices to American Tin Plate United States Steel Federal Steel National Tube urging settlement within ten days. A conference at Hotel Lincoln failed and a new push for talks is hoped before any general order.
Simon Burns, president of the National Window Glass Workers' Association and general... makes a challenge offer to national officers of the American Federation of Labor in Pittsburg. The report notes his generous stance and aims to stimulate dialogue among labor leaders.
In Chicago on Aug 5 a few thousand workers await orders from W C Davis head of the Amalgamated Association in this district. Davis is expected back from the East today. The fourth district including South Chicago Joliet Bay View and Muskegon encompasses about 9000 men with limited desire to strike due to a prior agreement with employers that expires next June. An order to strike would be obeyed though not welcomed.
Circleville Ohio August 5 finishers cutter boys and back tenders at the Circleville branch of the American Straw Board Co struck today and plant closure is feared by night additional details were sparse but the action halted operations at the facility.
Twenty five Italian brickmakers were driven from Roseville by striking workers on Sunday night. Bottles clubs bricks and other weapons were used and many people were injured in the disturbance in Zanesville Ohio on August 5.
Senator Cullom, after meeting President McKinley in Canton, says no broad tariff bill is likely next winter. He favors advancing 10 reciprocity treaties and partial tariff revisions, noting Cuba’s drift toward annexation and Porto Rico’s free trade benefits. He denies Hanna’s involvement in the steel strike and stresses cautious tariff diplomacy.
Arthur Sewall & Co. announced plans to build a steel five-masted schooner around 3000 tons. Materials are ordered and construction will start after the Wm. P. Frye launches, expected early September.
Chicago, Aug. 5 Paul Morton second vice president of the Santa Fe road said the line will lower corn transport rates into Kansas if needed so farmers can keep cattle to fatten. The offer aims to ease costs for Kansas farmers facing high feed prices and tight margins.
Washington report states since March 4 1900 act 665 national banking associations formed in 16.5 months with total capital 334 267 000 and bond deposits 10 006 200. The statement from Mr Dawes, comptroller of the currency, notes ongoing bank organization and expansion.
Fall River reports a proposed 15 percent wage cut for print mill operatives, set to begin Sept 8, but signatures from manufacturers are unlikely. The movement, aided by a dissolving selling committee, faces discord as 19.8 cents per cut remains the current high wage, 17 cents proposed, and independent mill selling may resume.
At a special meeting, Fall River Mills signs dissolve the 1898 selling pool agreement. The vote ends the syndicate, effective at noon, freeing 29 agents to dispose of goods independently. The pool had raised prices after initial declines, then waned as influential corporations withdrew.
The company reports assets before the fire totaling about 283 803 dollars plus unlisted items, with insurance receipts of 118 563 dollars and bonds paid. It outlines remaining assets such as patterns, land, and machines, and cites outstanding notes and bills payable of 26 007 dollars. Managers propose either rebuilding at a cost around 35 000 dollars or selling all wreckage to distribute any surplus to shareholders, with a stock vote to determine the course.
We are headquarters for preserving jars kettles and enamelware items including Mason jars lightning jars granite kettles and bowls. Find measuring cups mixing spoons extra covers and more at the lowest prices from A G Pollard & Co.
Advice urging women across occupations to buy and learn to ride a bicycle. The piece argues wheels offer health and freedom from horses or crowded transit, suggesting benefits for farmers wives teachers store workers and factory operatives. It warns against overindulgence and credits Mary Sargent Hopkins.
GEO. E. MAKER at the corner of John and Merrimack Streets promotes a large assortment of portrait frames for wholesale and retail buyers. The shop claims finest, medium, and cheapest grades with prices available before purchase to ensure value and selection.
Letters from women in Monclova Ohio and beyond praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from womb ulcers and change of life symptoms. Reported cures include reduced womb pain and improved mobility after long illness, with readers urged to seek the remedy.
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