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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1900
Page
8
A fragment recalls a Philadelphia press page predicting drastic changes if a war ends, envisioning economic collapse, labor strain, and a shift toward religious frenzy and licentious excess. Mentions social resignations, parental child labor shifts, and industry decline as society reels from forthcoming upheaval.
Officials warn telephone wires may be cut with harsh penalties as strike talks resume. N C Pettingill and J G Wilber, with attorney A S Wozencraft, returned to the city implying imminent action to prevent property damage and arrest any perpetrators. Legal provisions outline heavy penalties and potential penitentiary terms for wire interference.
The message condemns violent intimidation by a telephone company and its agents in Texas amid a three week labor dispute. It cites union pressure, city business leaders seeking settlement, and a campaign of threats against Telephone Company workers, including in San Antonio, with alleged use of strike crushers to sway public opinion.
A union calls for workers to boycott the Telephone Company amid fears of lethal high voltage lines and unsafe practices. The notice urges residents to withhold support to force better wages and safer employment while warning of the risks posed by inexperienced linemen and mismanaged systems. It emphasizes protecting lives and property and appeals for solidarity with labor interests.
Pastor Parker of Jenkintown Penn a Baptist preacher delivered a sermon praising baseball as a life lesson. He compared players to Christians, warned against foul play and drunkenness, and urged beginnings strong to win life’s game. He warned golf and Sabbath desecration spoil worship and urged dedication to righteous conduct.
Fragmented report describes Mormon leaders visiting Colonia Pacheco near the Indian line and part of a burial for an killed figure nicknamed Apache Rit. Photographs taken as evidence for a reward claim center on a man named Woollivf. Separate item notes a Fort Wayne court case where Dr J S Viantt pleaded guilty and was sentenced to fifteen years, plus sentences for two Spanca brothers related to a 187? rebellion.
Reports detail progress on multiple railroad bridge projects including the Pinto at Tindstey creeks and a new crossing gritte at El Mago. Supervisors from the bridges and building department oversee sites, with about seventy locomotives in Sunset service and expected efficiency gains at Mees wells. Also, a quiet wedding occurs as Joe Hulemmeher weds Maud Tanilliane in Fort Worth. Lanky Palmex reportedly heads to Sweden to settle a deceased relative’s affairs. W. S. Whitworth and Jack Clegg handle dispatch and duty duties, while Ed. Walters travels to Del Rio to visit his sister.
A group of men employed by G A Waterles walked off the job Friday at a pecan cracker plant. They claim a wage of one half cent per two pounds and seek three quarters of a cent per two pounds. About thirty men are said to be employed by Mr Duevler at the plant. Mr tevler has put his men to cracking pecans who had previously worked in the confectionery department.
Barbe, claiming loss of wages, sues Charles Mewi for 210 dollars in the county court. He alleges he, a barber by trade, was offered a position with one My Sylvester with a percentage, but accepted and was discharged after the defendant proposed reduced pay. the alleged discharge occurred on November 1, causing him to lose time from his trade.
Chicago dispatch reports Frank M. Than, former cashier of Newport National Bank in Kentucky, sought by Newport police as a wanted man. He is linked to a registered description at the Arkenhor Avenue hotel in Chicago and Dugborn avenues under Townsend alias. Detectives traced him after he reportedly left Newport by train and later checked Behalz Pahn Garden Inn for dining.
The board discussed school No 6 and No 12, with the West End school to close November 29 and reopen December 3. Authorities approved transfers, supplies, and maintenance payments including several named vendors, and plans for new blackboard upkeep. The district also noted a flood relief collection and a delay in acknowledgments from Galveston.
Mrs Hoffman fired a pistol at a prowler seen by Margaret Tonmann on Vinton Street, driving the intruder away. Authorities note the man is unlikely to return, having learned a hard lesson in the incident reported on August 14. Burglar case described with terse local tone.
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