04 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1902
Page
1
A November 4Wisconsin/ Pennsylvania era report outlines a miners strike and labor demands. John Mitchell’s testimony and arbitration proposals surface as mine operators face 20 percent retrac tions and 10 hour shifts. The piece notes union and employer disputes, political votes, and the broader push to regulate labor grievances to prevent future strikes.
Paris reports a nine round sword duel at Neuilly between Comte de Dien and editor Geraule Richard over a deputy chamber altercation. Two hours, 160 spectators. Richard scratched on the forearm, the count satisfied yet unreconciled.
Washington reports Lieutenant Greely chief signal officer made public his review of work in Alaska and the Philippines. He urges government ownership of the Pacific cable in peace and war, arguing it would be worth several battleships in wartime. He notes De Forest wireless telegraphy yielded best results but interfered with Marconi experiments due to conditions.
The nation votes in a wide array of contests including full state tickets in 21 states, minor offices in 11, and legislatures in two. Republicans face a razor-thin path to a House majority amid a strong Democratic drift in the East and a mixed vote in the West.
London reports George White chairman of the London United Tramways issues a letter asserting Morgan's cited split is mythical. He charges four months of experience with J Pierpont Morgan & Company proves the firm is unsuitable for continued business relations.
Tacoma voters report clear weather and a large turnout in city elections while state voting lags behind two years ago. Republicans are favored to elect three congressmen and one supreme court judge amid a light overall ballot.
London announces an extra year end appropriation totaling eight million pounds to aid the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. Three million pounds will assist Burghers in rebuilding homes, two million covers others' losses, and three million goes toward loans to the needy Burghers.
An observation park electric car ran beyond control and plunged down a steep grade into a saloon in Kansas City. Victims include Mrs Margaret Cryst Clathe Kane and Charles Johnson of Topeka. Millie Cryst fatally injured. Motorman Clarence McMillan and three others seriously hurt.
New York reports 140 arrests for legal voting. A free-for-all fight erupted at a Bowery election booth as rival candidates clashed, with a mob charging police lines and one prisoner escaping. Neither side sustained serious injuries.
Pimlico, Baltimore conducted the Maryland Steeplechase Association third Fall meeting starting today. The three day program features seventeen races including flat and steeplechases with purses from 260 to 400 dollars added.
A rear end freight crash on the Baltimore and Ohio near Cumberland Maryland killed engineers Curtis and Sugram and fireman Nichols of Pittsburgh. Two other trainmen were injured in the morning wreck.
Nov 4 reports Hale Johnson vice presidential candidate on the National Prohibition ticket in 1900 was shot by neighbor Charles Harris during a levy on attached chickens. Harris reportedly fired after a quarrel, Johnson killed instantly. Paris also notes a strike meeting between operators and tiners at the ministry of public works with an announcement expected tomorrow.
Washington reports Secretary Hay and Conchas reopened negotiations for canal rights this morning. Caracas says revolution decisively crushed with General Matos a fugitive. Marehfield notes Bank of Greenwood vault robbed last night with $11,000 stolen.
Allen G Mason a Harvard graduate and Mason & Hamblin official is arrested in Huston charged as Jack the Slugger. State officials link him to nine murders and attacks, claiming circumstantial evidence and an alibi defense. Mason once inmate at a Melancholy asylum faces sensational case details as a famed left-handed athlete.
San Francisco election day shows a quiet scene with saloons closed and police at each booth. The Examiner notes heavy early voting favoring Pardew the Republican nominee for governor and twelve as state treasurer amid a calm Sunday voting pattern.
William Tiedmont nationalist MP was arrested on arrival at Kingstown and taken to Kilbalohais Jail to serve six months for an incendiary speech made early in the campaign.
One hundred Columbia College graduates serve as poll watchers in New York City on November 4. They monitor precincts across the Bowery and tenements, with all volunteers described as athletes ready to take part in the election process.
Cracker Creek forms agreements with five firms to control vast ground with ore bodies visible at South Pole, North Pole, Columbia Iranaieee Z&E, and Golconda. An Hien force is deploying to South Pole. estimated ore output could quadruple in six months per office records.
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