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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
1
Reports describe scenes of disorder in Shamokin as labor groups prepare a liberal response to a circular issued by miners headquarters asking for aid for striking workers.
Charleston dispatch reports large protests at Reading and Union operations from Shamokin to Mt. Carmel with non union workers harassed and seven strikers arraigned in Wilkes Barre. President Mitchell plans speeches in the anthracite region while a Charleston trial highlights a plan to blacklist noncompliant miners.
Exclusive wire reports Thomas Tosh a lieutenant of the coal and iron police in Shenandoah was attacked by strikers while leading a camp of special mine guards. Tosh sought shelter at his home after the assault. A worker, unnamed, was beaten by a mob late last night and taken to the station house for safety.
Exclusive AP report from Tuscon July describes a Gulf of California tornado that damaged coast cities. Five vessels wrecked near Gunaymus with two steamships El Luella and El Gravina sunk. Pomory Ruby driven ashore at Magallan with five passengers drowned. Harbor offices and consulate buildings damaged and residents injured.
Rev W H Leatherman pastor of the Degraff Methodist church drowned while attempting to save Karl Needham aged 1 from a cramp during a lake swim. Thirty boys from the clergyman's church witnessed the tragedy at a nearby resort. Leatherman, a Delaware College alumnus, formerly lived in Lima and Toledo, was about 50 years old and leaves a widow and two children.
President Schwab continues to improve in Atlantic City New Jersey and spent today in light recreation. He is keeping away from business affairs and only chats with visitors on social matters or shares a joke or two. He looks pale.
Terre Haute Indiana July 29 an advance of five and ten cents a ton in the price of bituminous coal by grade loaded on cars at the mines in the Indiana field was announced to take effect August 1. The rise is attributed indirectly to the anthracite strike.
Secretary Shaw and party aboard the revenue cutter Gresham anchored at Atlantic City before visiting a hotel for lunch. He declined to discuss the trip, saying only he had been with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and would proceed to Washington on business.
New York July 30 Mayor Low and city officials with rapid transit tunnel commission met Pennsylvania Railroad representatives on a Manhattan tunnel franchise. A partial agreement satisfied some opposition points, allowing subway wires for police and fire use, fixed timelines, no freight line or Montauk Point station, and union wage assurances with eight hour limits. A joint committee will draft a new franchise.
Special to the Scranton Tribune. Dominick Domgavage a Lithuanian of about thirty five drowned yesterday while fishing in Stillwater with Anthony Griger. Their leaky boat sank after fifty feet from shore and Domgavage swam away but disappeared. Griger reached shore and a search recovered the remains later. A jury found the death accidental.
Exclusive report from Tunis notes El Kheir condemned to death and Hamma Chiekh sentenced to twenty years for the Marquis de Mores assassination. Only two assailants captured. widow Marie Von Hoffman offered 5,000 francs reward. Seventeen others sentenced in default, six to death and eleven to hard labor.
Exclusive dispatch reports a cloudburst in Condiseraga last night moving 1000 feet of Shawmut railway by thirty feet. The line has been inactive since the previous mood. Erie station sits in two feet of water.
Exclusive wire reports ships arriving at New York and clearance details for vessels such as Koenigen Luise Bremen Majestic Liverpool Sullod Blucher Hamburg Kronprina Wilhelm Bremen Routhampton Vuderland New York Boulogne Rotterdam New York Queenstown Oceanic New York Liverpool Moville Opal undertook voyage to Glasgow and proceeded notes incomplete data
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain outlines policy toward South African colonies as surrender promises are honored in spirit and letter. Mines tax planned but owners not punished. Crown colony gradually gains elected elements, with ultimate self government aimed for soon. He stresses no rush, aims to recover war costs from Transvaal industry.
Gens De La Rey and Botha received ovations at Stellenbosch as they toured in carriages drawn by sixty students. Botha called surrender painful yet divined as God’s will and urged Boers to abandon politics and seek happiness in South Africa. They plan to tour England, the United States and Canada to raise funds for Boer widows and orphans.
A maritime wire reports the steamship Roslin Castle departed Bermuda carrying 350 Boers bound for South Africa. The voyage is described as an exclusive update from Hamilton, Bermuda, via the Associated Press.
South Africa today reports the first party of returning Boers, totaling 360 persons, are aboard a vessel. The arrival marks a notable migration event as the group returns to the region.
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent sent photographs of expelled Turkish anarchists to immigration officials. Instructions direct investigators to verify charges and return any men found guilty to their country of origin.
Cablegram from Commander McCrea aboard the Machlas reports unorganized mobs in Cape Hayden city, threats to foreign consuls, and a pledge to provide protection on board while warning against bombardment without due notice.
Professor William E Ritter spearheads a systematic study of the Japan current flow and its biological conditions with surveys planned for the San Pedro and Santa Barbara channels. Backed by Union Pacific Chair Harriman, the U S Fish Commission, and Los Angeles businessmen, the project aims to establish a full marine laboratory and museum at San Pedro as a UC department open to advanced biology students.
The inquest into nine girls burned to death in the Victoria street fire on June 9 concluded with a verdict finding the General Electric company guilty of gross negligence and evading factory acts. Chief Wells’s explanation of the fire department’s inadequate equipment was deemed unsatisfactory.
Exclusive wire reports from Philadelphia say ten weeks of rug weavers strike linger after William T. Smith and Co refuses to discharge a non union worker. Other plants ready to resume but Smith firm keeps doors shut, affecting about 5 000 workers.
By Exclusive Wire delays hit the Lake Erie circuit as the first day’s races were postponed due to heavy rain. Wednesday will serve as opening day with racing to run through Saturday. Columbus reports similar postponements for the grand circuit due to rain.
London reporters note a new commercial treaty between Great Britain passed approval at a conference in the foreign office. It is expected the government will sanction its conclusion.
Exclusive wire report from Middlesboro Ky July 2 states Warren Smith shot and killed Calvin Senter at Mingo mines the fatal shooting occurred over a woman and marks a deadly dispute resolved by weapon.
The interior department establishes a free telegraph school under the insular telegraph service in San Juan. Twenty five pupils will attend, all girls.
The Rev. B J Butford of St Patrick's Church Washington D C had an audience today with the pope and Cardinal Rampolla secretary of state.
Exclusive Wire reports C D Middl eon was today electrocuted at Clinton prison for the murder of his wife in Dannemora New York on July 4. The execution follows a lengthy legal process with state authorities stating final justice was served.
Exclusive wire from The Associated Wrens reports Cardinal Gotti is appointed prefect of the propaganda to succeed the late Cardinal Ledochowski. Cardinal Agnard becomes prefect of the economy of the propaganda. Cardinal Vannutelli replaces Gotti as prefect of bishops and regulars. Gotti’s selection signals the pope's intended successor.
President Roosevelt offers a 25 gold prize for gun crews aboard the war yacht Mayflower to be contested in Gardiner's bay. He will travel by special train from Oyster Bay to Greenport then witness practice from a launch before returning. The president plans no Newport or Richfield Springs visit. Civil Service Commissioner Garfield and ex-fire commissioner Sheffield dined at Sagamore Hill.
A band of thirty Yaquis near Hermosillo attacked the Carmen ranch. A fierce fight ensued until Mexican troops intervened. Two women and five men were killed, fifteen prisoners including two chiefs were taken to Hermosillo for sentencing by General Torres.
Washington July 9 The Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 26 workers at the White House have walked off the job to enforce union rules. The strike follows the New York contractor’s refusal to accept the local union terms for electrical work.
Exclusive AP report from London cites Daily Mail claiming Rockefeller Rothschild and Nobel oil interests have formed a working agreement. The paper alleges the three giants created the greatest trust the world has seen without publicity.
Ridgway July 2 report notes Mon. J. F. EK. Hiall is unanimously nominated to run for state senate from the district as his term ends next spring. John M. Flynn of Ridgway is nominated to succeed Hon. George Dixon in the general assembly.
Paul Van der Voort former commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic died in Puerto Principe Cuba from heart paralysis. He was born in Ohio and served in the Civil War enlisting in the Sixty Eighth Infantry and re enlisting in Company MM Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry. Dr P O Hopper former superintendent of the state hospital and 1888 AMA president died near Sayre Oklahoma from asthma while traveling to California.
Exclusive dispatch reports doctors clear Edward VII to stand at the coronation on August 9. King uses feet with cane, diet restrictions lifted, signaling strength for Westminster Abbey rites as proclamations fix the date despite lingering fears.
The Gazette publishes a royal proclamation fixing August 9 as the coronation date. It notes the delay was unavoidable and that the event will be celebrated by the blessing of Almighty God on the specified day.
Lancaster Pennsylvania July 29 Pius Henselle owner of a clothing renovation shop and Fredericka Kneberle his boarder and employee were arrested on Mrs Henselles complaint. She says Kneberle usurped her place and the pair tried to poison her with drugged coffee and beer. She also accuses them of beating her and locking her in a room while forcing her to act as her husband's mother with Kneberle posed as his wife.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania during a violent storm Oschenbach a railway repairman from Dorset was struck by lightning while four colleagues sheltered at West Penn station on Ligard Creek branch of the Lehigh Valley railroad. His shoes tore from his feet and his body darkened by the bolt. The other three escaped unharmed. Oschenbach was years old and married.
Local weather records show a missing high temperature and a low around 60. The 24 hour precipitation ends at 8 p.m. reports 2 inches. Relative humidity near 68 percent and other figures are unreadable in the fragmentary text.
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