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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
2
Report describes armed reactions as miners and guards confront strikers at Olyphant and nearby towns. Arrests include Stephen Reap, Isadore Barden, Joseph Wacowski, David Arachowski, and others amid clashes around a coal mine district.
President Roosevelt is moved to St. Vincent hospital after an unexpected procedure at the Columbia club event. Police and military cordons kept crowds away as doctors advised rest, and the president quipped with staff before a wheeled ambulance took him to the car.
A reliable mine official told The Tribune Exeter colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company will resume work Wednesday morning. About forty men will be at work inside the mine, most from out of town, with daily output around two hundred tons shipped through the breaker. A separate report notes No. 14 colliery has produced about 200 tons and others may follow. A derailment incident damaged a fish-plate on the track near Hock Street, delaying a special train carrying deputies and workers.
U a Daantennt tictrg promotes CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS as tasteless odorless 60 dose chocolate coated capsules. Marketed as an economical substitute for liquid resolvent and for blood purifiers and humour cures. Each pill equals one teaspoonful of liquid resolvent. 60 doses in screw cap pocket vials priced at 25 cents. Claims include alterative antiseptic tonic and digestive benefits.
Complete external and internal treatment for every humour claiming to cleanse the skin of crusta and scales and soothe the thickened cuticle. Curicuna Ormment relieves itching inflammation and irritation and promotes healing. Curi cuna Resonvext Plus cools and cleanses the blood. An advertised remedy used worldwide with depots listed in London and Boston.
President Theodore Roosevelt’s special train reached Richmond Indiana at 1.45 p.m. local time to rest. The wounded president read during the journey and is reported cheerful with his leg healing without complication. The train will proceed to Washington at a slow pace, expected to arrive tomorrow evening. Mrs Roosevelt plans to travel to Washington with her daughter Ethel and son Quinton.
New York trading ended in heavy selling with prices down amid scarce money and rising loan costs. Bears pressed stocks while lenders pulled funds from the market, boosting the need for deposits to meet withdrawals and crop financing. Total daily sales reached 100,000 shares with US bonds showing declines and a sharp drop in New York exchange versus Chicago. Scranton wholesale prices for flour butter cheese eggs beans peas onions potatoes listed.
Market notes from New York report wheat futures easing after early gains while September and December contracts drift. Spot corn and oats show quiet to firm activity with elevators and exports noted. Butter and cheese markets edge steady to firm on dairy supply signals amid mixed demand.
Readable parts describe varied dairy and candy items including cream dairy products and colored confections. Mentions locations or brands loosely, with references to western varieties and a Pennsylvania avenue area. Overall fragmentary ad-like listing with mixed product names and vague pricing cues.
Weekly grain and commodity notes show wheat quiet and lower for nearby contracts, corn mostly steady with No 1 yellow on track, oats and barley mixed. Live poultry and dress poultry demand steady, cheese and refined sugars quiet but firm, shipments of corn and oats listed in bushels and barrels.
Prices showed limited gains as heavy short covering supported wheat at the close while December futures held ground. Corn fell modestly and soy and protein pits saw varied moves with cash quotes in mixed ranges for No 2 spring wheat and related commodities.
Buffalo daily market report shows cattle receipts near 6 head with little demand and steady to firm bids. Hog and sheep listings indicate 3,100 cattle and 1,700 sheep and lambs with prices around 7.00 to 7.50 for cattle and steady or higher for lambs, industry noting mixed quality and close of prior day prices.
Credit balances and certificate status reported with no bids. Oil shipments average 112.22 barrels per unit and an overall average price around 1012 per barrel, with WW totals noted as 34 00 barrels.
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