Intervention Fails to Creep Through Packers and Strikers
Neither the Packers nor the Strikers will accept the proposed intervention, leaving negotiations at an impasse and signaling continued dispute among the parties involved.
16 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1904
Page
1
Neither the Packers nor the Strikers will accept the proposed intervention, leaving negotiations at an impasse and signaling continued dispute among the parties involved.
Chicago August 16. Mayor Harrison fails to secure a meeting between packers and strikers as both sides refuse joint talks. Packers say they have won their strike and will not meet the strikers or accept outside mediation.
Boston, Aug 16. The Grand Army of the Republic veterans parade drew thousands as a two mile march from Temple Place to Park Square. Mass attendance led by Commander in Chief Black included Antietam Gettysburg Vicksburg Appomattox veterans with Illinois in front and Massachusetts showing the largest display of the states organized units.
Fred Miller, Joyce Pruit store book-keeper, received a wooden postal souvenir card from A Pruit at the St Louis fair. The back carries a typographic joke about the World’s Fair with puns on wood species and playful lines urging a spruce up and cedar sights of the life.
A long haired, red complexioned man with blue eyes and a beard drew attention in the post office last evening. He wore a blue jumper, corduroy trousers, boots with large spurs, and appeared unshaven as curious citizens watched him enter and exit.
Reports from Port Arthur and Tsing Tau describe the loss of the protected cruiser Pallada, suspected torpedoing off Port Arthur, with ongoing Russian casualties and ships dismantled under German control. Britain and Japan dispute contraband rules while Stakelberg’s recall and diplomatic protests unfold.
Special notice invites enrollment for the coming term starting September 1 1904. Miss McCune offers piano and voice culture with free voice testing and a Saturday kindergarten class at one dollar per month. Call at 618 Main Street between 9 30 and 12 and 2 and 4 p m. class runs two hours each Saturday afternoon.
Nearly a thousand delegates from across the country gather in Buffalo for the sixth Luther League convention. St John’s church hosts the formal opening with sessions through Friday. Prominent speakers include Judge Grosscup of Chicago August Miller of Philadelphia and Dr Dev B Cramer of Newbury College.
Joseph Jefferson the actor has been seriously ill at his Buzzard Bay summer home with indigestion. Doctors from Boston report the attack was severe but remedies brought relief and this morning he is said to be much improved.
Reports circulate that a feared mob may be gaining influence in Statesboro Georgia impacting local order. Authorities urge calm while residents await official statements on security conditions.
The Admiralty formally denied a Kingston Jamaica report that a British cruiser Tribune party landed on Bird Island to annex it. The dispatch notes the Tribune only conducted target practice on Bird Island, dismissing any territorial claim.
Arrangements were completed today in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for notifying Senator Henry G Davis of his nomination for vice president by the Democratic national convention. The ceremonies will occur tomorrow afternoon and Congressman John Sharp Williams will deliver the notification speech.
A mob in Statesboro threatens lynching during a gang trial leaving soldiers disarmed by citizens. The judge appeals from courthouse steps to quell unrest as a militia is called, while Western Union reports seizure of the Statesboro operator and telegraph closure.
Special to The Record Amarillo Texas August 16 Don A Sweet traffic manager for the Pecos Valley Lines has been named auditor Auditor C L Conrad becomes traffic manager It was simply an exchange of positions
The Earl of Euston as Grand Master and a deputation of English Knights Templar departed London for New York ahead of a conclave to be held in San Francisco next month.
Indianapolis August 16 The twelfth annual convention of the National Railway Master Blacksmiths Association opened with President George H. Lindsay presiding. About 200 delegates from nearly every state attend to discuss improving efficiency in the blacksmiths' branch of railroad service.
A notice seeks a young man and his wife to work on a place in Roswell New Mexico. Applicants are asked to contact OG Box 626 Roswell NM for details.
Pear week promotion offers cheap pears for canning at Crawford's Warehouse on 8th Street near the railroad. J. H. Beckham of Artesia arrived on the morning train.
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