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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1906
Page
2
A chaotic report outlines signatory gates on Saturday, with Madrid and Morocco discussed. Delegates seek ratification by December 31, 1906, to ensure adhesion and precedence of conference protocol amid reform and revenue measures.
Highlights include Alper not seeking re election Dowie’s Zion promises unrest in Vesuvius warnings rioting in Winnipeg coal mine arbitration Pittsburgh operators sign scale life losses from a hotel collapse tariff talks in Germany Dowie’s legal woes and Mesopotamian exile Japan Manchuria trade tensions and Russia US naval inquiries Philadelphia plague fears and labor reforms in New York City.
The Pennsylvania hard coal miners proposed in New York that all disputes be referred to a three to six member arbitration board drawn from the 1903 Anthracite Strike conciliation board with Judge Gray as chair. If accepted by operators and miners, 160,000 idle workers could return to work immediately. The plan awaits operator response after a Monday decision by the two sub committees.
Reports from Pekir note continued Chinese anger over the Nanchang February incident in which a Chinese magistrate died amid clashes with French Catholic missionaries. Northern papers publish gruesome images and urge resistance to foreign brutality. Armed neutrality prevails among converts as troops remain near missions.
Disturbances spread through coal fields with minor impact. The Erie company offered miners in the Fernwood property to vacate after attacks on the breakers. A state police detail arrested seven Italian laborers near Wilkesbarre for blocking operations at West Kod waahery and sent them to jail.
The National Association of Railway Commissioners adopts a resolution urging Congress to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission or a federal department to inventory all railways and to set valuation of railway property by state. An artificial island in Chesapeake Bay entrance is proposed for coastal defense of Washington and surrounding cities.
Congressional dispatches from Washington report Tillman pressing for a vote date on the railroad rate bill but facing Aldrich opposition. Elkins, Gamble, and Kean offered varied views as the Senate adjourned for Monday. House debates cover tariff subsidies, denaturized alcohol, and post office funding with discussions on the Dingley watches issue and labor rights.
The senate appropriations committee reported the urgent defense bill with amendments. A proviso adds to the appropriation for delegates to the International Conference of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, stating delegates should represent as many sections as practicable.
Senators Long and Allison faced questions from colleagues on the court review amendment during White House conference with the president and advisers. Long defended the measure while refusing to divulge conference details to other lawmakers. The House later passed the national quarantine bill by 202 to 26, centralizing quarantine control under the treasury secretary and authorizing up to four coastal stations with a $500,000 appropriation.
In Washington on April 2 the Senate debated a house amendment to the railroad rate bill allowing limited ICC review while Chief speaker Falcon of Oregon argued constitutional points. The House passed the personal liability bill for railway workers and a fortification tax on sweet wines.
Washington March 18 in the house on war claim day only three interested members attended. Four hours of session saw 179 bills considered and many sent to the court of claims for adjudication. Before the calendar, a bill granted the Capital City Improvement company of Helena Montana authority to build a dam across the Missouri River in Montana.
The Interior today sent Congress a draft bill recommending passage to require immediate notice upon mineral entries in Alaska instead of the present four days. The proposed law addresses deficiencies in current mining entry procedures.
Pittsburg reports a stalemate in Pennsylvania coal fields as 18,000 miners return to work while 13,000 to 15,000 operators suspend output. Independent pits and the Freeport region threaten to join a broader stoppage as demand for a wage scale remains unresolved.
Rail officials report a surge in homeseekers traveling by rail from St Paul and Minneapolis toward Washington. Over 4 000 tons of depot freight and multiple double section passenger trains were dispatched to handle the influx with five trains carrying three to five extras each. Railroad men anticipate a record day as one way colonist rates, set previously, are renewed for summer departures with Indiana and Missouri supplying travelers.
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