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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
1
Judges Stowe and Collier convert an injunction against striking miners in Pittsburg into a permanent order. Sheriff Lowry occupies public highways to prevent marches to Oak Hill mines and blocks access across Plum Wilkins and Patton townships.
In Pittsburg on August 19 a court order made permanent the restraining injunction against strikers camping or marching near the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company mines. Operators held a large meeting to restart mines with deputy protection, planning to run a few shafts at once if needed. The move follows earlier efforts to weaken the strike by bringing in workers from the south and other regions.
President Dolan of the miners union says the current movement will fail as strikers are more earnest than before. He accuses operators of hiring under contract at a 4 cent rate and notes a public notice warned against mining at the 5 cent rate. Dolan vows to establish camps at every mine and fight to the bitter end.
Savannah date August. P J O Connor national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians returned from Baltimore after a conference on consolidating the two American factions. He says a May 1884 constitutional amendment caused the split and notes courts affirm the Savannah backed body as the true organization. He hopes for a union plan for the order’s best interests.
A bomb exploded at Boulevard Magenta and Rue Lafayette as President Faure passed by en route to the station. It contained bullets and nails. a milk jug carried by a passing girl was shattered. Police are baffled and the incident is described as possibly a practical joke.
In Cortlandt, near Binghamton, Frank T Dickinson, 60, was killed by his son Leroy after a quarrel at about 6 PM. Leroy says he acted in self defense while claiming no intent to kill. he is in custody awaiting further action.
Boston Aug 18 James H Williams a private in the United States Marine Corps at Charlestown navy yard hanged himself from a rafter in the storeroom Despondency was given as the cause He was 50 years old and from Brooklyn He served thirty three years and was Major Menade s clerk
Utica Ny Aug 18 The grand lodge of the Order of United Friends met here and voted unanimously to hold biennial instead of annual sessions hereafter All 122 lodges in the state were represented in the convention The slip rate question was referred to imperial representatives without instructions
Inspector Mellville led Dover arrangements to seal British seaports. A large London detective staff, versed in foreign anarchists, will monitor arrivals. Rumors say authorities fear an active continental plot using England as a base.
A woman identified as Belle Shafer of Bedford Indiana was arrested in Charleston Illinois while dressed in male clothing. A card bearing the inscription body is found return to F Shafer Bedford Ind was among her effects and she is about 17 years old.
Constantinople faced widespread alarm as bomb blasts disrupted three sites this afternoon. Reports attribute the explosions to the Armenian group Armeplara, heightening tensions in the ancient city tonight.
Japanese press welcomes U S chosen arbitrator and pacific settlement on Hawaii row. Naniwa mission framed as securing orderly Japanese in Hawaii rather than a show of force. Hanse Zasshi urges restraint while US, Japan, and Russia seal fur seal and otter protection.
Narragansett Pier Rhode Island August 18 police sergeant orders Walter De Poultney a Baltimore society man off the beach for alleged immodesty in his white flannel bathing suit. He returned in a blue regulation double suit after the order was given.
John Mulcahy a middle aged homeless man was struck and killed by the 5 oclock passenger train out of New London on the Consolidated road near Cedar Hill station last night. He stepped in front of the passenger train while avoiding a freight train.
Max Wiley a clerk for Bernheim Brothers whisky merchants was fatally shot in a Louisville store this morning by Joe C. Kouwenbergh a gauger. The shooting arose from an old grudge and Wiley was a well known whisky man while Kouwenbergh is related to Collector Ken Johreton and influential in the state.
In Helena Montana on August 18 tourists from New York recount an assault by two armed highwaymen near Yellowstone. J W Merriman and Chas Wilson were robbed of small cash sums, Wilson losing $6000 in cash while Merriman lost $12. The robbers wore flour sacks and fired rifles as they fled into timber after holding several coaches.
In New Castle Delaware Sheldon Fields and his wife fought in a remarkable chase from their Second Street home to a farm a mile and a half away. She repeatedly struck him as he dodged and leaped fences before she subdued him near a farm and they returned home. He vowed obedience afterward.
Thomas F. Bayard the former ambassador to England visited Cleveland at the invitation of Tom L. Johnson. He reported to British financiers that the Johnson company plans to enlarge its iron and steel plant at Lorain with blast furnaces and a coke plant costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. The expansion would enable the Johnson firm to compete with the Rockefeller Carnegie combine.
At Portsmouth the Royal Sovereign battleship faces a crisis as fifty sailors desert on the eve of a three year Mediterranean service. Officers and crew clash over grievances including denial of leave. Ship's brig and iron cells fill as punishments mount.
In Constantinople on August 18 the Graeco Turkish peace negotiations stalled as Lord Salisbury blocks a Turkish occupation of Thessaly until partial indemnity payment is made. He fears the move could become permanent and disrupt any settlement.
Shanghai report states Sheng Taien has won Tsung-Li-Yamen approval for a preliminary indemnity loan of 80 million dollars. The Hooley syndicate will undertake the loan with Morgan of an American syndicate offering to advance funds secured by Likin in the Kiang provinces and certain railway receipts.
In New York this morning at about six, a painter Thomas Geerlach aged, was crushed in the Hotel Waldorf elevator shaft. He died instantly from a broken rib puncturing his lung. Edward Kelly aged wi suffered both legs badly cut and torn.
Constantinople reports a denial by the Turkish government of an alleged understanding with the Afghan ameer to incite Indian unrest by preaching a holy war through sanation priests against British rule. The denial aims to quash rumors of a coordinated insurrection in India.
Detroit Aug 18 The first annual meeting of the trust company section of the American Bankers Association featured Comptroller Eckels who blamed over speculation for recent distress and urged bankers to restore trust and fiduciary duty. He argued the currency system is incoherent and linked future prosperity to adherence to the gold standard, urging reforms and practical banking questions to follow.
Ashbury Park New Jersey August 18 the town council ended a long standing practice of bathers walking through streets in bathing costume by a police ordered interdiction. No fines prescribed for defiance, prompting mockery and anticipated mischief from residents and visitors.
The Navy Department awarded six sets of 6-inch and 2 1/2 inch gun forgings to Bethlehem Lion Company at 25 cents per pound and six sets of 4-inch forgings to Midvale Company of Philadelphia at 15 1/2 cents per pound. Forgings will be delivered to the Washington navy yard for guns for the Hartford and the auxiliary cruisers.
James Bamberg of 228 West Sixty fourth street quarreled with his wife at midnight last night then went to the roof and was found dead in the yard this morning. He had repeatedly threatened to jump from the roof.
Washington reports a Pennsylvania pension issued to Sylvester Alden of Flymouth Luzerne for the original designation.
W W Warwick a Cincinnati clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the treasury was appointed chief law clerk of the treasury department. The post carries a 2500 dollar salary and results from a notable civil service exam with twenty one entrants. Warwick led with high marks in General Law 87, statutory construction 96, and comptroller's decisions 82. Other above eighty per cent finishers: E H Ry 91.5 N K H Thompson 85.75 Co B McNabb 82.76 J D Terrill 81.125 all longtime treasury clerks. Perry Thompson and McNabb already promoted.
Wheat prices climbed with the September option reaching 34 a bushel amid strong opening and bullish signals. Analysts note delayed threshing, rising area, and potential crop overestimates, while railcar shortages threaten shipping as harvests face wet delays in North Dakota and the Midwest.
In New York on August 18 the opening auction sold the equivalent of 602000 pounds of wool, including domestic and foreign lots. The event drew a large crowd of dealers and manufacturers from across the country and was attended by Mayor Strong and other dignitaries. principal buyers came from Philadelphia and New York.
Madrid reports the supreme council of war and cabinet have confirmed the death sentence by garrote for Angioliflo, the assassin of Premier Canovas del Contulio, by court martial at Vergara on Monday last.
The Herald reports fair to partly cloudy weather across the middle states and New England with fresh westerly to southwesterly winds. Temperatures will change little with local rain or thunderstorms possible near the lakes.
In this morning’s notes, brief items include Strikers permanently enjoined from marching, a tame boxing bout, Altoona wins a drill, and local hearings on Moosic Crossing. Other items mention Eckels talks to bankers and Doris-McWinter’s coming fight.
Morning session of the grand lodge at the court house was busy but largely secret. Minor resolutions were acted on while major items were sent to committees. William Nichol of Philadelphia was re elected grand trustee. C W Broadhead of Montrose won the ballot for grand outer guard. No afternoon session due to parade. Adjournment set for morning.
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