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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
1
A serious riot in Philadelphia disrupts streetcar operations and spurs fights and bloodshed. Police move to restore order as chaos spreads through several districts.
In Kensington and surrounding districts on June 3, mobs attacked streetcars as officers struggled to contain violence. A police officer was shot and likely fatally injured, about a hundred people were injured, and five cars were wrecked with four burning. The unrest followed calls to run strikebreakers’ cars, with rioters attacking the police and delaying transit. Citywide disturbances spread to West Philadelphia as riots surged amid reopened saloons.
Early in the day leaders warned workers to stay away from saloons while sympathizers’ temper grows more dangerous with each hour, raising fears for today’s developments.
The National Association of Oil Mill Superintendents begins its annual session in New Orleans with representatives from almost all Southern states. Over three days the convention will tackle key issues affecting the cotton seed oil industry.
Despatch from Rome reports the wedding of Miss Beatrice Thaw to the Marchese Francesco Theodolf at the Thaw villa. The ceremony followed a civil marriage in London and drew Rome's aristocracy and leaders of the American colony. The Thaw family, long based in Rome, plans a American honeymoon after the ceremony.
Daily deliveries of fresh Jersey butter and country eggs arrive at Walker's Progressive Grocery. Shoppers can find reliable staples and local produce in store daily.
A report describes a brother attacking his sister with extreme violence including a hatchet and acid, detailing the assault and the injured young woman.
In New Orleans on January 3, William Blessing aged 30 allegedly killed attacked his sister Bessie 20 with a hatchet before throwing vitriol into her eyes and mouth. The sister’s condition was serious and disfiguring though recovery was possible.
A general machinists strike is ordered to begin at 2 o clock today in all B and O railroad shops. In Philadelphia riots last night left many injured and hospitals crowded while transit workers halt elevated lines and subways this morning.
In Frankfort Kentucky John Maxey a Black man who shot circus worker Bowers last night was seized from the jail by a mob and lynched early today despite the jailer’s resistance. The door was breached and Maxey was killed.
Kalamazoo Michigan June 3 Henry Montgomery a founder of the abolition party in Michigan and a leading underground railway agent is dead aged twenty six He helped fugitives escape to Canada via the network he aided many enslaved people in reaching freedom
On the New York Stock Exchange June 8 the Southern Pacific stock surged as furious buying pushed the price up five and one half points to 1.29.
About seventy five Monroe leaders gathered at the Monroe Hotel for the League banquet to discuss a coordinated effort among business and professional groups. Officers for the coming year were named and a survey of a new Monroe to Calhoun road project began with state help and local funding.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Park was dedicated with oratory music and flowers. A large assembly from Todd and Christian counties attended a basket dinner and barbecue. Col W A Miller read the address of General Bennett Young. Ellis of Owensboro spoke. The park sits on seventeen acres from Samuel Davis plantation and aims to house Confederacy records in a temple to be built, with total cost estimated at 50000 dollars.
Fox Grocer Co. Ltd presents Chamberlain's Chick Feed for baby chicks with no corn or oats. None better for growing poultry.
William Daniels, a young farmer, was ambushed near his Hot Springs home on June 2. Buckshot tore through his head and skull as he fled, leaving him seriously wounded but alive after escaping another fatal shot.
A shooting at the Daniels home left his right arm shattered after four bullets struck him. Garland Walker, a young farmer from near the Daniels residence, is under arrest in connection with the incident.
Springfield June 2 Governor Deneen has granted a reprieve to former Judge Abner Smith, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for mis handing Bank of America funds in Chicago where Smith served as president. The reprieve runs until June 14 to give the governor and Board of Pardons time to review all evidence and arguments in Smith's plea for mitigation of punishment.
Washington June 3 Tonight the moon will enter the earth shadow for over an hour producing a dim red copper hue as stars brighten the sky. Astronomers explain the glow from atmospheric bending of sunlight and absorption of blue and violet rays. Eastern viewers will see moonrise before shadow. in the west the moon may be fully covered at rise.
Short note lists Richelieu Chip Potatoes among leaders in a grocery company. No further details provided.
Wisconsin Senator La Follette pledges to provide interesting information as part of party platform. He asserts he will furnish data likely to influence policy and public debate.
Senator Lafollette opened a long address on tariff revision in the Senate arguing that since the Dingley Act the trust sector has expanded to 8 664 plants with capital over twenty million dollars. He warned the pending bill would lift rates above Dingley through ad valorem substitutions and specific duties.
Memphis resident A B Lacey faces a possible $1000 fine if the lower court ruling stands. He was arrested on J A Potts's complaint, father of Vashti Potts, who says Lacey married her in May while already married in Birmingham, Alabama for years with a wife and five children. Lacey claimed a divorce, but evidence showed he was not divorced.
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