06 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
1
Senator Platt says the coal strike will end within two weeks while miners hold out for demands. Governor Stone warns of National Guard deployment as Order in Carbon County falters and public safety concerns spread from Schuylkill to Kanawha and Pocahontas regions.
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers says he knows of no settlement plans and denies meeting a person linked to the strike in Philadelphia. He declines to discuss a special session or compulsory arbitration. About 700 men in Pocahontas are affected by recent settlement concessions. News from Harrisburg notes a general order issued that afternoon.
A dense newspaper index lists sections and page numbers for stocks markets amusements arrivals business courts legal notes railroads real estate and weather. It also notes yesterday's fires and a 1902 hay fever feature with advertisements and cross references across pages.
London reports a surge in anthracite coal orders for the United States with 20,000 to 30,000 tons slated for immediate shipment to New York. New York’s demand runs at about 5,000 tons daily, though dealers expect the market to be temporary and cannot meet 2,000 tons per day. Prices are $5.50 to $7.50 per ton free on board at Swansea Wales.
Secretary Hitchcock received a report by J C Zeevely on the Evanston Wyoming oil discovery amid a split with Union Pacific over land title. Claimants drill past 1400 feet with indications of a major find, potentially rivaling Beaumont. Verification awaits weeks and official confirmation from the General Lands Office.
Rockefeller agents acquire 6000 acres including Meacham Lake and hotel company property for about 500000 dollars. The 90000 acre Rockefeller Park will include cedar mountain timber removal and a new railroad toward Meacham Lake. Headwaters lie in St Regis Lake within Paul Smiths Hotel Company Park as borders extend.
Special to The New York Times reports United States Senator Joseph Hawley, after leaving Washington for his Woodmont Sound summer home, has not recovered. He has suffered dizziness and fainting spells and was carried inside, with uncertain prospects for resuming his Senate seat at the next session.
Judge John N. Reagan the last surviving Confederate Cabinet member sits for a portrait at his Dallas home. He is weak from illness but able to leave bed at eighty five, to be painted for the Confederate Museum of History in Richmond Virginia.
Newark priest Father McKeever accuses City Hospital doctors of eavesdropping on Catholic confessions and mistreating clergy during last rites. He cites four incidents and a dying patient denied full sacrament. doctors deny wrongdoing while promising investigation.
Lackawanna Railroad runs special Friday and Saturday trains to Mt. Pocono Delaware Water Gap and other Pocono resorts throughout September leaving New York at 2 P M. The trips promise vivid autumn colors as travelers reach popular getaways.
The Pennsylvania Special runs daily from New York at 1 55 PM arrives Chicago 8 55 AM. This advance notice highlights schedule and travel time for the service.
Father Corcoran of St. Joseph's reportedly faced disruption as listeners to confessions were alleged to interfere with the religious needs of patients. He declined further comment, citing Father McWheever's statement, as the issue drew attention tonight.
Police and Philadelphia officials reveal William J. Doran led a long running con in which he faked accidents with trolley cars to claim damages from the transit company. Starting 1900 the scheme involved accomplices and multiple attack sites, with arrests and sentences spanning months before Doran fled in 1901. The firm reports thirty four copycat cases in the fourteen months since.
A New York Times dispatch from Richmond reports Democrats fear voter apathy under the new constitution as blacks register in larger numbers than whites in some precincts. The suffrage clause aims to curb the black vote, while some Republicans favor shifting white votes to national issues.
The Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company will blow in its seventh and last furnace tomorrow at North Birmingham. Spot iron has sold in the district at 255 per ton already. A regular dividend on preferred stock will be ordered Tuesday at the directors meeting in New York. A dividend on common stock is expected next year.
The money sentiment in Chicago firmed as New York rates advanced. Eastern houses bid 4 1 2 and 6 percent for four months though a $759000 loan at 6 percent could not be placed. Banks declined to lend to the East, preferring to serve local customers. One new bank raised calls to 5 percent.
Atlantic Trust Company won foreclosure judgments on parcels in Pine Plains held against the estate of W Stewart Eno who died recently. The Evergreens cemetery is among the properties to be sold at Pine Plains on Oct 18 with William I. Dean as referee. This marks reportedly the first New York cemetery placed for foreclosure.
An advertisement touts Briarcliff as America’s most beautiful suburban hotel near New York 27 miles away with 40 daily trains. It promises golf, furnishings, and Briarcliff Farm products plus a pamphlet request option. An auxiliary ad markets Johann Hoff's Extract for women’s troubles and warns against substitutes.
Philadelphia reports an upcoming interview with President Roosevelt on the coal strike as he travels to Washington. He expresses sorrow over wage disputes in Pennsylvania and other coal regions and hints at a remedy through Republican leadership, stressing no government intervention beyond law preservation.
The Saturday Review ridicules President Roosevelt by misreading his Monroe doctrine stance on trusts and national welfare. It notes German and British press interpretations as biased, calling the German view irritating and the British view amusing to Americans while praising bilateral friendship.
President Roosevelt appears in a public scene wearing a borrowed Panama hat after a recent accident, with visible evidence of the injury on his face. The moment underscores his resilience as he meets the crowd.
An old classified ad promotes Burnett's Vanilla Extract as sold by top grocers and touts Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as cleansing the system purifying blood and aiding organs, urging use of the genuine imported product.
International replies arrive after Roosevelt escapes serious injuries in the Pittsfield Massachusetts automobile crash. Messages from Abdul Hamid King of Portugal Estrada and others express sympathy and congratulations, while Cuba’s Pelayo Garcia notes relief at Cabral’s safety.
Arlington South Dakota Sept 4 reports claiming Populist farmers set dogs on Theodore Roosevelt Jr and his party are false posts on farms were not aimed at him nor tied to politics, officials say the notices warned against minting on premises only.
The twelve year old son of Dr John H Girdner of New York City died after a coatboat struck the wharf causing him to be jammed against the mast. The accident occurred this afternoon at Block Island Rhode Island and the death was reported this evening.
The New York Yacht Club began talks with the Herreshoffs to commission a ninety foot sloop for the Cup defense. J Pierpont Morgan leads the syndicate, with a New York meeting planned soon. Builders plan new facilities including a bending room and a covered passage for frame transport. New features in the sloop's design are anticipated.
Promotion for the electric lighted Overland Limited train offering top amenities en route via Chicago and North Western Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railways with offices on Broadway at 461 287 and 349.
A daily service runs at 1 55 P M arriving in Chicago at 5 55 A M Adv schedules highlight quick connections for business travelers and freight routes.
Special to The News describes a dramatic night engagement at Newport Harbor as five ships led by the Brooklyn and Olympia push through Fort Adams and Fort Weatherill. Citied are vivid flames, searchlights, and a dramatic retreat toward Providence after a twenty minute action. Army HQ reportedly says all were sunk and would take a year to raise.
Battleships Kearsarge Alabama Massachusetts Indiana and supporting vessels arrived off Newport to bombard Fort Adams Wetherill and Greble. Marines were landed from Montgomery but returned as forts with mortar batteries claimed by Newport's defenders. Civilians watched as ten warships opened fire at close range in a tense naval demonstration.
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