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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1911
Page
1
An explosion at O’Gara mine No 9 near Harrisburg NY kills nine men and injures ten. fifteen are trapped after a keg of powder ignites black damp. Rescuers pull two victims instantly dead, seven more die on surface. Most miners are Americans as ambulances and doctors rush to the scene.
National America Woman Suffrage convention tabled a motion to require monthly conferences by the official board. Eastern delegates favored frequent meetings. Chicago led opposition claiming New York and eastern suffragettes did not form the national association. Minnesota delegates opposed sectional prejudice. South and West voted against the East.
Fair tonight and Tuesday with milder cold. temperatures rise slowly and outlook shows a gradual warm trend into Tuesday.
Weather notes from multiple cities include St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Boston Washington with temperatures ranging from 34 to 64 and forecasts of rain or fair conditions through tonight and Tuesday.
Statement asserts no newspaper in San Antonio carries the AP leased wire in whole or in part except the San Antonio Light and declares any claim otherwise as unfounded and without basis in fact.
The San Antonio Light boasts 70 percent higher circulation in San Antonio and greater reach in Southwest Texas than any other daily. It invites advertisers to inspect its circulation books and challenges other papers to do the same, individually or collectively.
Fifteen battleships from the 102‑ship detachment move toward New York Harbor for a Hudson River autumn review by Secretary Von L Meyer. The vessels include Michigan Louisiana Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Ohio Virginia Nebraska Georgia North Dakota Vermont South Carolina New Hampshire and the flagship Connecticut. They left Hampton Roads on Saturday.
Troop F of the Third cavalry stationed at Marfa and Troop F of the Fourth cavalry at Marathon will return to Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss immediately. The Eleventh cavalry may move soon to break up the maneuver camp, while the Seventeenth infantry may rejoin Leon Springs. Five officers began a ninety mile officers ride, with a second leg starting tomorrow morning. a larger party led by Brigadier General Duncan will follow.
W B Tuttle general manager of the San Antonio Gas and Electric company reports San Antonio and Southwest Texas business are humming in contrast with conditions in the north and east. He cites favorable talk about Texas and notes a convention of the American Electrical Railway association in Atlantic City featured new and ingenious appliances.
At Urlamoma Town, after last night’s race riot left one white man and one black man dead and several wounded, militia from Muskogee guard the area. Troops search black housing quarters for firearms as authorities report armed black residents and warnings of retaliation once soldiers depart.
Oklahoma City dispatch reports City Marshal Kuhl fearing more rioting at Coweta after dark as about 2000 hostile Negroes are said to populate the surrounding country Red Bird nearby is also Negro exclusive. Forty soldiers were sent from Muskogee to aid. Guards will stay on duty through the night as authorities monitor possible attacks.
San Antonio wood yards struggle to deliver due to wagon and team shortages amid a sharp winter demand. Dealers deny a famine and expect prices to rise. some relief may come once farmers resume hauling. A. H. Halff appoints a committee for the next Trade excursion with plans to set the date after the International fair.
Incident recounts the arrival of aviator Rodgers at Fort Sam Houston with crowds around the Win-Fiz flyer. The lower left shows Rodgers at Harlandale working on his craft this morning and the right captures greetings by friends and spectators after landing.
Philadelphia and New York’s fourth World Series game was postponed for the fifth time due to wet infield and outfield. Umpires Klem and Brennan ruled off Shibe Park after puddles formed along base paths, with rain forecast likely to delay further.
A well dressed woman with a fractured skull and no identification was found on Halsted Street between seventy fifth and seventy sixth streets by a street car crew at midnight. She died at a hospital shortly after, with investigators unsure if her death resulted from a street car, automobile, or some other cause.
Coast to coast flyer Cal P. Rodgers arrived in San Antonio from Kyle and will delay the next leg until tomorrow morning to overhaul his big biplane. Rodgers will relocate the aircraft at Harlandale and depart for Del Rio, 1560 miles away, after a complete wiring and repairs session. A large crowd cheered as the machine returned, with Rodgers aiming to maintain a steady westward course along the Southern Pacific line.
In Maysville Kentucky Lee Hay 40 years old took carbolic acid and died after his wife gave birth to twins. He was unemployed and reportedly despondent over having to feed two more mouths under two years. The mother’s condition is critical after the shock of his act.
Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen may join the striking shopmen on the Harriman lines after today’s vote at all points. The San Antonio union meets at 8 pm at Tenth and Austin to decide on submitting to railway officials a demand for recognition of the railroad federation. If joined, about 150 men in this city would be affected. Trainmen have donated to striker support.
R. Gold a former peace officer was arraigned this morning on intoxication charges and fined $5. He was arrested Saturday night after officers say he threatened to inflict physical injury on a county official.
John R Walsh a former banker publisher and railroad owner died of heart disease nine days after parole from Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary He was 74 and had just returned to Chicago from Leavenworth October 16 His family announced he would not resume his financial leadership and would stay at home He is survived by his widow three daughters and two sons Walsh born in Cork Ireland had lived in Chicago over six decades and built a group of banks quarries coal and railroad interests
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