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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1902
Page
14
In New Orleans a citywide streetcar strike leaves no service for a day as unions set up headquarters and rally near barns. About 1500 workers seek an eight hour day plus 25 cents an hour, union recognition, and monthly time off with full pay, with pitmen and washers demanding specific monthly wages.
Dispute between the New Orleans Street Railway and its union escalates after the Pearson syndicate's control. retrenchment, longer schedules, and larger cars prompt grievances. The union alleges contract violations and irregular hours, replies deny breach, and a strike ensues.
The Clarksville Texas city council accepted Mr Carnegie’s gift of $10,000 for a public library building. The city will allocate $1,000 annually for maintenance and provide a site. A citizen committee was formed to solicit site subscriptions. The outcome is anticipated as highly successful.
A report from Alice says seven train loads of cattle were shipped to interstate points this week. Most head went to better ranges, and heavy rains in the past week suggest shipping will soon cease as grass becomes abundant.
J B Donaho of a Clarksville area farm sold seven bales of long staple cotton in the market for 13 1 4 cents per pound.
Louis iana penitentiary reports a population of 1248 but operates with most able inmates at work in fields and levees. The clothing and shoe factory runs with a small staff while a new consumptive hospital will house affected inmates. Cotton pickups total seven hundred bales with about 1500 bales remaining in fields. Cotton seed sales to an oil mill at 17 dollars per ton cap the board’s gain. The Hope plantation sugar mill and crusher ships out, with grinding slated for mid October.
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton, newly elected to the Aero club, intends to cross the Channel possibly by balloon with Hon. C Rolls. If by balloon, Lipton will be accompanied by his steam yacht Erin. A Lipton friend notes Rolls is Baron Llangattock’s youngest son and an eager aeronaut, but details remain unclear.
Farmers report a shortage of cotton pickers as workers migrate to West Texas fields. Local raids on idle workers to enforce vagrancy charges have reduced labor supply and raised tensions in the Negro community amid the smallpox outbreak linked spread.
Richmond Virginia September 29 Patrolman J K Murray was beaten by a crowd of Negroes while he investigated yesterday’s riot that left H Y Baker a street car employee shot. Murray fired wounding one assailant. the crowd seized his pistol but citizens intervened and drove them off. Several arrests were made.
The Rosebud project reports the artesian well progressing well and promoters expect water within about thirty days after drilling about 1900 feet below the surface. The team has passed the rock layer and remains optimistic about reaching a productive aquifer.
Monroe La September 29 Mexican cotton pickers are rapidly displacing negro labor in the Ouachita river valley with several colonies imported from Southwest Texas near the Mexico border and more expected. Mexicans employed by C G L D McLain arrived this week with wages at 40 cents per 100 pounds versus 60 cents for negro labor.
The annual pensions report shows 994,751 pensioners on the rolls for the year ended June 20, totaling 136,742,567 dollars. In Texas 84 pensioners received 1,094,841 dollars in aggregate.
A concise aphorism contrasts quick effort with wasteful outcomes and notes the rarity of hustle among the poor. It hints at social dynamics between urgency, resource access, and survival in impoverished settings.
Washington notes Panama Governor Salazar cited Colombian protection concerns but the 1846 New Granada treaty bound the United States to guarantee neutral transit and sovereignty. Officials say the Marines acted to preserve safe transit after a train attack by 300 insurgents, with no official protest yet received from Panama.
Lincoln Neb September 27 David E Thompson said his nomination as minister to Brazil came as a surprise and he was not prepared to say he would accept. Thompson's latest venture is an evening Lincoln newspaper whose first issue appears next Wednesday.
Mark L Goodwin, formerly city editor of the Fort Worth Telegram, arrived in Austin and assumed control of the Statesman Publishing company. The new firm is not yet organized, but Goodwin will direct all paper affairs in the future.
Information reaches Columbus of a double murder at Upatole Georgia. Arthur Comer killed his wife Louise during a quarrel with a pistol. Minutes later J W Murphy the wife’s father shot Comer dead with the same pistol.
Galveston Texas September 27 Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern Pacific is expected to arrive tomorrow on a routine inspection tour though some speculation ties his visit to plans for enlarging the Southern Pacific pier in the port city.
Brenham Texas Sept 27 Sheriff Teague returned from Bryan with Sam Yeldermann and wife who were leaving the country. Yeldermann jailed. Veldermann brothers defense arranged by J M Mathis. Granville Smith, a colored man, has made a statement to be presented to the grand jury. Judge E R Sinks ordered reconvening to probe the Veidermann murder. arrest of Veidermann’s sons completed. The jury will reconvene Monday to begin the investigation.
Beaumont Texas September 27 The Texas Lumbermen association calls a directors meeting in Beaumont to decide if the city will be listed as protected. Current protection blocks outside manufacturers from shipping here. locals seek change. The issue affects every Texas manufacturer with three local saw mills five planers and several yards weighing into the decision.
An oil producers meeting at the Moore-Skinner syndicate offices discussed spending about $2000 to plug water wells on the hill. The four wells identified for plugging were reviewed by the water committee. The session adjourned to reconvene next Tuesday evening to award contracts, with manager Griffiths noting water receding at Spindle Top and improving conditions.
Walter Aaron Alexander of Dale Caldwell county declared bankrupt. creditors meet at Franz Fiset office in Austin at 10 a m on October 11 to prove claims and select a trustee.
Weatherford cotton mills directors announce addition of a knitting factory to run with the same power. Machines will be installed as soon as existing mill machinery is complete. several cars of equipment have arrived and are being installed with haste.
In Plainview Texas on September 27 a major blaze wiped out five buildings around the west side of the square. The estimated loss runs about $50000 with insurance covering only about 2 percent of the damage.
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