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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
9
Paris dispatch reports Pope remains active and directs church affairs while weakening health prompts Vatican caution about receiving pilgrims. He walked to reception with his customary clarity of mind and discussed Oriental missions with Monsignor Sevelli.
A 1903 report details the formation of a mechanics based body and a pledge to avoid interference with materials delivery. It notes a boycott is ended and outlines planned talks on June 10 between mechanics unions and the Building Trades Employers' Association to clear up industry tensions and resume construction.
The Westchester County building trades strike ends with thousands returning to work on prestrike terms. The Master Builders' Association claims victory as New Rochelle Pelham and Larchmont carpenters resume with negotiations over men who filled in. Councils dissolve and employers plan direct talks with unions or workers, aiming to avoid future strikes.
Members of the Wirework Manufacturers Association representing a majority of local employers met at the Cosmopolitan Hotel to press explanations from rivals who reopened shops under morcements not aligned with association rules. Most agreed to close shops again pending a general settlement as the group ratified its affiliation with the Building Trades Employers Association.
Mexican and Italian laborers strike halts mining at Clifton and Morenci districts. Mines, smelters owned by Arizona Copper Co, Detroit Copper Co, Spanno Copper Co closed. Sheriff and deputies deployed. Captain Pyning orders Rangers from Douglas. Morenci, Metcalfe, Clifton crippled. serious trouble feared.
A morning shutdown of nine paper mills in Holyoke Massachusetts due to a strike in finishing departments leaves about fifteen hundred workers unemployed.
Severe electrical storms raged through Baltimore and surrounding areas causing damage and fear. Old St. Pauls Church tower was struck, bricks fell, and a fire smoldered twelve hours. A lightning strike at the First English Lutheran Church interrupted a debate and stunned several women. Lions at Eagles Exposition were briefly paralyzed by a fireball near their cages. Homes in Govanstown and Tuxedo Park suffered shocks and damage with residents stunned and foot paralysis reported in one victim.
Police Commissioner Greene selected Sergeant Alexander Pinkerton from four sergeants in a recent promotion at the Newtown Station. Other considered candidates included Dennis Brennan, Patrick Murphy, and William Egan, with Brennan viewed as a likely winner.
Herman Lobel of Lobel Andrews Architects testifies about a January pay-off to Samuel J. Parks to end strikes at the Republican Club and Chamber of Commerce buildings. Devery delivers $5,000 to Parks, while Parks vows to continue strikes. Court hears Poulson and Hecla Iron Works testimony. Parker to be tried with multiple cases as District Attorney Jerome coordinates a broad probe into labor disputes and alleged corruption.
Five year old Joseph Shapiro was struck by a moving car on Third Avenue. A crowd aided by Patrolman Higgins lifted the car off him, saving his life. He suffered scalp wounds internal injuries a compound arm fracture and crushed lips. condition critical but alive at Flower Hospital.
The Philippines Commission enacted a bill for Moros self rule. Taft and Davis drafted it to create an autonomous Moro Province under Philippine government control with an appointive council and extended Philippine court and police jurisdiction. Five districts would form the province with partial military governance and possible first governorship for General Leonard Wood.
Major Robert L. Howze of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment is ordered to Manila to attend an investigation of charges that he mistreated Filipino prisoners. General Davis will appoint the investigator and report on the propriety of the action taken by Major Hunter, who filed the charges.
Washington reports on June 9 that the President has named F Finley Johnson as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to fill the vacancy from Fletcher Ladd’s resignation. Johnson has served in Philippine judiciary for two years.
Ten tons dynamite, thirty tons black powder, 5.19 rounds of one pounder ammunition, fifty fuse cases, and $300000 in silver dollars are billed to U S Government officials in the Philippines. The British steamer Indiadeo carried the cargo from the Atlantic Basin Brooklyn yesterday. The dynamite will blast roads through mountains and the funds will pay soldiers in the Philippines.
Washington reports were revoked for American ships to go to Valparaiso after cable from Minister Wilson showed no need. State Department said dock labor strikes and rioting in Chillán threatened a serious situation, prompting a temporary plan to send the South Atlantic Squadron. Moody canceled the orders, noting future cruises in southern Pacific waters will be friendly in Chillán area.
Rear Admiral Cotton will lead the Pacific Squadron from San Francisco in late June on a cruise to the Aleutian Islands. The voyage will include a stop at Dutch Harbor to evaluate naval efficiency and establish a 5,000 ton coal depot. The Boston to undergo six weeks of repairs, with the Concord replacing it in the squadron led by the New York.
Stamford Connecticut June 9 The nurses at the George Francis Train isolation camp face nonpayment for Thursday when quarantine ends. The city plans to extend the stay two weeks to prevent any chance of the attendants catching the disease. Three attendants plus Dr Borden argue their contracts end with the patient and vow to press city officials for wages.
Ex Judge Samuel P. McConnell, president of United States Realty and Construction, denies Chicago report that James J. Lynch worked for George A. Fuller Company to bribe jurors. He says Lynch is not employed by Fuller and sought guidance on how to rectify his fugitive status. Sullivan case remains pending in Chicago.
Experts who have been totaling the city tax books say the five boroughs show a nationwide sum of $55,000,000 in increased assessments this year. They place Manhattan at a $37,000 increase in arsenal tax. officials did not verify the figures.
Ex judge John H. Bartine of Somerville New Jersey contradicted yesterday's report that he had lost important papers relating to the Rice estate of which he is an executor.
The Havemeyer Yonkers oil and sugar trust clash drew a full Yonkers Music Hall audience. Theodore Fitch presided as J T Windell of Yonkers Federation of Labor answered Havemeyer's sixteen questions, defending unions as justified, ruling wage limits by justice, and likening unions to government while rejecting a union with capital.
A passenger from Bremen aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was halted by U S customs inspector Timothy Donohue who found a hand wrought silver filigree dish valued at 200 dollars in the passenger’s overcoat. Rosenau and his brother were involved and the man was asked to pay the duty before taking the dish.
Mayor Low cited Corporation Counsel Rives ruling that John T. McCall, Tammany leader on the Board of Aldermen, should be recognized by the Sinking Fund Commission as chairman of the Aldermen Finance Committee.
Lawrence Kansas reports a flood causing about 300000 in damages with representative Bowersock bearing the heaviest loss at 100000. The June 9 casualty tally highlights financial strain on local figures amid flood recovery efforts.
San Juan Puerto Rico June 9 Governor Hunt and his family left on the steamer Ponce for New York. He denied resigning and said he would return to San Juan in September.
June 9 report from Peking says large structures housing the Board of Revenue burned with 4,000,000 taels inside. Foreign guards and Chinese forces fought the blaze as the Board of Rites building was demolished to halt spread. No loss estimate available.
Vladivostok reports that Russian War Minister General Kouropatkin boarded a vessel today and departed for Japan amid ongoing tensions. The move signals strategic talks or reconnaissance ahead of conflict in the region.
A boiler explosion aboard the British armored cruiser Good Hope at Gibraltar today seriously injured one officer and six sailors. The vessel, 14,100 tons with 31,083 indicated horsepower, uses Belleville boilers.
Vienna June 9 Deputies Ofner and Straucher announced an interpellation inviting Premier von Kircher and Foreign Minister Count Goluchowski to appeal to the Russian Government. They seek action to prevent further excesses and danger to general peace from outbreaks like Kishineff.
Two hundred Rumanian Jews passed through Vienna on their way to America. They said conditions in Rumania were growing more perilous. The anti Semitic press urges following the Russians at Kishineff.
General Arsenteff the new Odessa police prefect told a rabbis deputation that Jews in Odessa may pursue their vocations without fear of anti Semitic outbreaks as authorities would swiftly suppress any such movement at its outset.
Congressman Burton met with M. Maruéjouls to compare French and American river and harbor administration. He notes France may require local contribution and that work begins only after full funding, while American projects like New York harbor are large and modern.
Vienna reports Alois Grebenz and Anton Ceric were seized on charges of bilking a New York insurer. They insured seven sick individuals for a combined $8,000 and then took small stakes in the policies. The insurer paid the first claim, then uncovered a second plot involving Anton Petschek who was insured for $12,000 and exposed the scheme before dying.
Paris on June 9 Finance Minister Rouvier told a deputation from the coffee interests that budget needs require a 100 kilo duty increase on coffee He said the Franco Brazilian treaty would be settled before June 30 to allow a new tariff to take effect by year end
The Court of Appeal reversed May 7 Chancery Court ruling granting a commission to examine witnesses in France and Spain for Henry Sackville West claiming to be the legitimate heir of Lord Sackville, former British Minister at Washington. The judges ruled no commission was needed.
Lacy Granville Gordon formerly Mrs. Eric Gordon has filed an appeal against Justice Jeune's March 1 custody judgment. The ruling gave custody of her daughter Cicely to Eric Gordon, her former husband, who obtained a divorce on grounds of her misconduct with his cousin, Lord Stanville Gordon, whom she later married.
Coal handlers at the Barcelona landing stages walked out on June 9 stopping shipping activity. The strike leaves the port temporarily paralyzed and idle ships unable to load or unload cargo.
Envoys from seven villages of Figuig submit to terms while General O Connor refuses to meet them without tribal authorities. He plans to resume operations in twenty four hours if headmen fail to submit. The town, reduced by French shells, reports heavy casualties at Zenaga village. Figuig lies near the Algeria Morocco frontier with fortifications and eight ksours amid a palm grove oasis.
The German Antarctic steamer Gauss arrived at Simonstown, Cape Colony, for refit after a successful voyage from December 1901 to April 1902. No casualties occurred. the party discovered Emperor William II Land and conducted extensive scientific work amid icebound conditions.
The American squadron under Rear Admiral Cotton sails from Lisbon for Kiel.
Paris authorities report the Chamber of Indictments finds sufficient evidence to commit the Humberts for trial on forged documents and swindling counts.
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