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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
3
Mary Befriends neat Mary Howard in fall woods near the poorhouse. Jenny invites misbehavior but Mary recalls home sorrow. Billy Bender plans to move nearby and begin winter school with Mary, while Sally aids education and weathering abuse.
Billy, affectionate and brotherly, stays close to Mary Campell while Ella, with a Worcester governess and a worn music box, remains distant. He wonders why Mary is pampered while Ella, poor and isolated, endures hardship as he imagines a future where Mary might share wealth.
Mary copes with her sister Alice’s dying and funeral while life at the poorhouse drifts on. Jenny returns with news and comfort. Mary forgives the hard world as Henry Lincoln intrudes with unwanted attention. The piece closes with lingering questions about a wedding and future.
About 50 000 machinists nationwide walked out seeking an eight hour day and wage parity with the current rate. The strike largely excludes government workers, with some allied trades taking limited action in Berlington Pennsylvania and San Francisco sees large participation. Early reports show 30 000 workers at firms like Pod firme and others have signed for nine hour days or reached local agreements. Hundreds of shops along the coast and in major plants saw partial or full walkouts affecting shipbuilding and iron trades.
Cincinnati, May 21. At a meeting late yesterday afternoon the employing machinists decided to close down their plants indefinitely as a result of the strike. Several large firms report enough finished production on hand to tide the strike over without inconvenience. Business Agent Schilling said the Cincinnati tie up is the most complete in the country with about 100 union machinists at work today aside from 1000 who have already been conceded their terms. He pledged that the 100 would not work tomorrow.
Ahmed Tewfik Pasha informed ambassadors that Turkey wishes to restore the pre incident mail status and send a high official to apologize for foreign mail bag violations. The German envoy and other powers question if this restores antebellum conditions and some embassies decline to forward explanations.
An accident at the National Steel Company Bessemer department on May 21 releases molten metal when a converter cover detaches. Two men are dead and three more are expected to die. The victims are two unknown Hungarians. one body was charred beyond recognition, another burned severely.
A broad summary notes requests to raise immigrant head tax, plans for volunteer homes with regulars, and debates over opening homes to all veterans. It mentions Admiral Dewey on a neutral canal, Jessie Benton Fremont’s land claims, Knox as Pennsylvania born attorney general, and various wartime and postwar issues.
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