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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
3
An old newspaper snippet lists Thomas I Stanleey as President and Warren L Eastman as Secretary with J Maurice Farnham as Treasurer. It shows telephones for business office editorial and printing rooms and references subscription and delivery rates.
A Springfield meeting at the Leland Hotel included Walter Reeves of Streator and leaders Sherman Hamlin Berry. They reportedly agreed to back Reeves for the United States Senate and drop Dawes, citing Dawes’s waning prestige as comptroller.
The Carmi Times notes an act on annexation and detachment of adjoining property to cities is void due to engrossing errors. It accuses the last legislature of catering to corporations, with a compromised speaker and inactive committees, rushing needless laws to fool the public. The Springfield Register reports the same.
The report notes Jay Jay Lentz of Ohio has asked a federal judge for an injunction to restrain strikers from placing pickets during a strike he follows. Lentz, once a vocal foe of injunctions, lost his seat and returned to law practice, drawing criticism for reversing his stance.
The passage urges steel workers to back better government conditions to end oppression of labor. It argues the conflict with the steel trust is uneven and harming workers as they delay surrender of minor gains.
The article compares Germany and the United States in exports and imports with Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, noting Germany's larger trade share. It cites farm abandonment in New England, a Boston paragraph on potato yields, and remarks on Parkes museum in London, sanitation, and public health. It also mentions the Santiago battle aftermath, Kaiser Wilhelm’s new ivory epergne, Clara Morris rumors, and New York bridge games.
Rumors of a settlement fade as Amalgamated headquaters say no change in strike status. Shaffer calls officers to room after 40 minute meeting. Steel Hoop, Tin Plate and Sheet Steel firms ordered to resume mills, union or settle with New York officials. Gunfire nearly erupts as two officers guard nonunion workers to Monongahela plant amid siege like conditions. Nine men taken into the starting line.
Fragmentary note states mills operate Thursday with no interference and that conditions at other plants remain unchanged.
The market roundup shows moderate demand and steady prices for corn, wheat, oats, and rye with mixed futures. Prices quoted include spring patents around 3 60 to 3 70 per bushel, winter patents near 3 40 to 3 50, and various oats and rye notes, with pork and potatoes mentioned among commodities.
Advertisement for Gonovate claiming to cure all unwary diseases and discharges of mucous membranes with an internal remedy and injections. Guarantees worst cases in one week. Priced at 83 er ckage or 2 for 5. Benton, The Kidd Drug, Elgin, and druggists carry related rubber goods. W H Torbett, Dubuque.
A report notes that options opened easy but corn prices eased off mid session before finally rebounding. The movement shows a late recovery in pricing despite an initial soft start.
CATTLE dullness and weak bids with prime beeves at 6.50 6.30 and higher grades up to 7. Moderate to good export beef steers 5.10 6.00. Western and veal ranges noted. South Omaha prices show active but steady beef steers 4.40 6.00, Texas and stocker trades firmer. HOGS slip to lower. heavy and mixed ranges around 6.37 6.60, lighter types 6.25 6.40. SHEEP higher by 10 16 cents with Western lambs around 3.30 3.60 and stock sheep 2.40 3.10. lambs slow at 2.70 3.50.
The Witla Tolont Tlseprooie mill complex near Pricavon contemplates reopening amid a labor dispute. Two head supervisors addressed the session and adjourned to later in the day for a decisive vote on resuming work. The tin plate works posted an indefinite shutdown with possible dismantling, and striking workers were told there will be no employment this fall or winter.
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