12 Jun 1907
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1907
Page
1
In Chicago on June 12, the Packing House Drivers Union pressed Armour & Co. on higher wages, arguing meat costs rose about six cents a pound in two years while living expenses climbed 25 percent. Union rep George F. Gordon phoned Armour supervisor Stephen Conway to seek a 15 percent wage increase as a condition for resuming work.
In Boise on June 12 the Haywood defense presses Harry Orchard's cross examination over six days. The testimony covers dynamiting crimes, Pinkerton involvement, and Orchard's claims of poverty, theft, and money from Pettibone while denying pay from federation leaders. He admits stealing a sheep but says it was not out of hunger, and portrays himself as a coward amid dramatic court disclosures.
Barkley McQuitcheon, a well known resident of Bellingham, stole a Great Northern Seattie train from the depot during lunch, drove north at high speed, then reversed course and returned it south to safety. He was arrested after stopping the locomotive.
In Bassett a 19 year old Californian, McCoy, confessed at a coroner inquest that he deliberately shot his mother, Mrs. Thomas, claiming the act stemmed from a belief she had published a confession. He said he waited until his brothers were away, then fired from four feet with a revolver.
Harrisburg June 12 Governor Stuart vetoed a pension bill for Civil War veterans in Pennsylvania who now reside in the state. He called the measure crude and said it lacked mature deliberation and would force deeper state spending with no private charities. The governor noted it diverged from the Maine pension law in key aspects and omitted several features of a standard pension framework.
U S Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama dies at his Washington home after a 30 year career in the Senate. He chaired the Senate Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals and was a Confederate brigadier general. His death follows years of poor health from angina pectoris. Daughters Mary and Cornelia Morgan, and secretary J O Jones, were at his bedside. He had last attended sessions about a week earlier.
In Norristown a Royersford widow Amands Stoiffer defends Daniel P. Kinsel in breach of promise claims, saying she would marry him despite faults after learning he went to church barefoot. She prepared her trousseau and preserved goods for the wedding as questions test her engagement. Umbrella trust case heads to court in Philadelphia as U S attorney moves against frame makers for restraint of trade. An East Orange teacher unearthed a 137 year old almanac predicting a dreary 1997. a dusty find amid local papers.
A federal petition seeks to enjoin Reading and allied railroads from alleged coal transport and price restraint. The government argues the anthracite region is dominated by seven lines and coal companies, with about 90 percent of deposits controlled, signaling a major monopoly across shipments to tidewater and independent output.
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