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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
2
Fragmented speech text reports polarized sides claiming victory as Senate treaty amendments are debated. References to unions, committees, and political figures hint at a divisive session with expected roll calls and political theater surrounding wartime or diplomatic issues.
Violence erupts near a harbor during a labor dispute with shootings and arrests. Police move in as workers clash with authorities. several suspects are detained and a number of injuries are reported. Prohibition enforcement and court actions follow the unrest.
A Paris ratification of a treaty by vote confirms the agreement among France the United States and other powers. A railway workers settlement reached after a lone conference in Downing Street with Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law ends a long labor dispute.
The year ending Aug 31 shows U S foreign trade reaching 10 2 million annually with a 4 182 30 positive balance. Exports totaled 7 415 billion while imports reached 8 888 009 000, exceeding last year by over one and a half million dollars.
Widespread violence erupts over wage disputes with white men accused of inciting unrest among Black pickers. Reports describe shootings, burned stores, and crowds clashing in Elaine and nearby towns as authorities deploy deputies and close businesses. At least several wounded and two white men killed amid chaotic street fighting and searches for suspects.
Disaster leaves hundreds drowned across coastal regions as refugees seek safety in Canada. American border figures show a sharp rise in migrants, amid Guatemala discussing a vote and gratitude to Wilson. A Denver railroad detective loses a hand in a deer season accident.
Reports say four companies of Indiana National Guard were deployed to Gary and Indiana Harbor as strikes and rioting disrupted Hoosier steel districts. Guardsmen patrolled streets while authorities prepared for further clashes and potential troop escalation to protect workers and plants.
Washington report says Judge Elbert V. Gary of United States Steel Corp. testified that open shop is the issue driving the pending steel strike. During a hearing with committee members including Senator Walsh he refused to consider compromise arbitration or meetings with strikers' representatives.
Miss E W Cramen describes the Kalut eruption on May 30 in Java island. A ten mile wide river of lava and mud engulfed villages, buried trains, and burned thousands of natives as darkness fell and boulders showered the region. Estimates say tens of thousands died with more believed missing.
In Newark Judge Quigley hears Mrs. Wells accuse her husband Harry Wells of assault as she defends keeping two cats in bed. Wells laments the pets and the judge suggests he find another home.
In the Atlantic two miles off Rockaway Point, Frederick Swanson and John Dill, both in a tipped canoe, used Swanson’s red sweater as a signaling aid after their craft overturned. A motor launch from Brooklyn spotted them two hours later and rescued them.
Federal troops occupy Gary Indiana and neighboring towns after a protest. Major General Leonard Wood directs martial law to curb violence and bar public gatherings. Discharged soldiers in uniform face custody if linked to raids or unrest. A separate report notes a prison riot in Mountjoy and a near collision involving the steamer Lexington.
In Oakland five men including Police Capt. Wo 1 Wands were shot by a passing car as San Francisco workers move to restart street car service on the sixth day of the strike. None of the wounds are serious. Police later detained several suspects for shouting and ten for alleged stone throwing.
A high explosive bomb thrown at a Moscow funeral killed ten people and seriously wounded twenty eight, with many others injured. Authorities say the device was used during the procession for victims of a recent bombing at the Kremlin.
LATE MARKET LATE MARKET IT Marketa. Wheat flour and cornmeal prices appear in rough figures. Metal markets show Colorado settlement quotes for bar silver and spelter with unit prices listed around seven dollars.
Two leprosy cases were reported to the Colorado State Board of Health within six weeks. Both patients are Mexican. one is confined outside Pueblo city limits and turned over to federal immigration authorities, the other is under federal health service care in another county.
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