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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
4
The Scranton Tribune at Cape near Randa explains letters must be signed by real names and are subject to editorial revision before publication.
Governor and lieutenant governor names listed with internal affairs and commissioners. Veterans and mine inspectors named along with legislative districts and officials. Election day noted as November 4 with a commentator noting Union party bias in the year.
RESIDENT BAER'S reply to Senators Quay and Penrose ends rumors of an early strike settlement. Operators remain inflexible as wages will resume on return and strikers held innocent of crime will be rehired. Senators' intercession shows only a final public understanding that the issue will be fought to an end as state intervention is deemed unfeasible.
A Massachusetts Sunday road incident near Pittsfield and Lenox reveals how a driver's error endangered two servants and a bystander, sparking debates over personal efficiency and fate. The piece notes a near international incident and ponders whether the army or navy claimed a “sad but glorious day” in recent coast manoeuvres.
Wright calls for a new miners union controlled by anthracite men with financial responsibility for contracts and non interference with non union workers. It would join with operators on a joint conciliation board to reform mining conditions and grievances. A two thirds vote would decide, with nine hour day and ton price for mining coal under union backed terms.
The editorial urges operators and miners to form a sensible, conservative union that guarantees property rights and the right to work. It warns against premature concessions and contrasts two miner types, advocating humane, mutual aid and a balanced plan outlined by Commissioner Wright to restore peace and prosperity. The piece ends with satirical notes on overexposed public figures and patent medicines.
Jay Cooke asserts that American prosperity will persist as long as the people remain true to protection and faith in national principles. He recalls his own career tied to railroads and the country’s vast undeveloped resources, noting the era’s rapid expansion from St. Louis to Philadelphia and New York.
A military unit trains along the New England coast signaling readiness to perform strongly if challenged on home ground.
The Tribune notes benefits since the Dingley protective tariff, highlighting 250k stockholders and over a million employees, $200 million more in wages in 1896 plus job gains, and no railroad receiverships in six months. It cites export growth from the tariff period and previews revenue under the Wilson-Gorman law.
A paraphrase and compilation of opinions extolling Republican policy in commerce and shipping, citing Great Lakes shipbuilding growth, rail and tariff debates, and forecasts of bumper harvests. The piece weaves quotes from McKinney, Secretary Show, and President Yoakum with figures on freight, ore shipments, and farm prosperity, ending with a satirical poem.
A capital story for girls Hilarity Hall by Carolyn Wella leads the September Bt Nicholls list. The issue highlights World’s Work prize for best efficiency writing and includes Current History and Modern Culture with a portrait of A J Balfour and an article by Dawson Burns. Chanticleer, a pastoral romance by Violet Hall, is noted from Lothrop Boston.
The September Country Life In America presents nature studies and leading articles on fall topics from tulip bulb planting to hunting season. Features include Salmon Fishing by Chambers, Peach Growing, Touring in a Carriage, Biltmore by George W. Vanderbilt, The Irish Terrier in America by James Watson, and a photo study of live toads by A. B. Phelan.
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