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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
7
Striking miners near the De Armitt mines ignore a county sheriff order prohibiting assemblies. Leaders Dolan and Carek urge persistence as three meetings are set along Turtle Creek, Sandy Creek and Plum Creek routes to reach work stoppage sites. Legal actions loom if marchers persist.
In Pitrspure on August 2, after a long night, the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal miners did not cease work as promised. All Plum Creek Sandy Creek and Oak Hill mines remained open. Leaders praise discipline and expect further demonstrations near De Armitt mines while strikes continue with orderly camps.
In Wheeling district organizers push to counter a Boggs Run Coal Co refusal as other mines show mixed attendance. The Moundsville mine ran all day with a small force while Elm Grove saw 33 of 70 workers at work, reflecting desertions that hindered the Boggs Run pullout and threaten to trigger further actions.
Representatives of five of fifteen district coal companies met with a special committee to discuss miners grievances in Pirrssourge Kansas. The secret two hour session ended with no decision and a follow up set for Friday August 6. Centerville Iowa miners pressed for 1892 93 prices with hopes operators grant the demand. Relief contributions for Illinois miners arriving slowly with unions providing some help.
In Danville Illinois on August 2 miners and their families endure destitute conditions with over 400 households without income. Citizens and many operators contribute provisions and money to ease the hardship.
Obituaries note Colonel C H Gatch of Des Moines a former state senator is dead Augustine Hewitt of New York Paulist Fathers is dying Queen mine operations resume at Negaunee Michigan Pension vouchers sent to claimants Prize Ornament wins Oakley derby Tillo second Fleischman third Catherine Moser joins Sisters of Mercy in San Diego Mrs John Bradbury and H Russell Ward elope in Los Angeles Chicago Clan na Gael to test Illinois law on uniforms Japanese government imposes land and tobacco taxes George Bidwell named customs collector for New York Wilbur Wakeman appointed district appraiser Louis Gallet sentenced to eight years hard labor George Copeland Cadillac house struck by lightning killing his wife sister and child Big Joe McAuliffe trains to fight Stelzner at Pacific Athletic club National Retail Jewelers Association to hold convention at Hotel Cadillac Detroit July 19 20 Thomas J Kenney murdered aboard the battleship Indiana at Brooklyn navy yard
London reports quote John W. Foster saying in European capitals annexation of Hawaii is viewed as the natural result of US westward growth. He notes strategic importance and predicts acquiescence by governments, while European rivals may not welcome US Pacific power. Foster adds US destiny justifies expansion.
Judge Walter Sanborn of St Paul held brief sessions in Kansas City and Leavenworth to formally enter decrees in the Union Pacific foreclosure for the districts of Missouri and Kansas.
The Times reports the Burlington Railroad plans a cross Colorado extension to Salt Lake City to connect with the Oregon Short Line, creating a four through line to the Pacific coast.
King Chulalongkorn of Siam has arrived in England. Gold shipments for Saturday total about 4 million dollars. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, formerly Gertrude Vanderbilt, has given birth to a daughter, mother and child reportedly doing well. The British renounce the commercial treaty with the German zollverein, ending its operation next year. The United States Alaska Gold Company is incorporated in Trenton to mine Klondyke gold with 1 million dollars authorized capital. South Dakota’s State Veterinary Surgeon Eliott kills 100 horses at Cheyenne agency due to glanders, with 900 more possibly to die.
Milwaukee market notes show wheat prices for July contracts No 2 Spring at 80 cents and No 1 Northern at 83 cents per bushel. December futures quoted at 747 cents, corn No 3 at 27 cents, No 2 white oats at 21 and 21 and barley No 2 at 38 cents, sample on track WGssc.
Wheat and track prices quoted with July at 80 percent and September up 7 cents. No. 1 hard and No. 1 Northern wheats listed with values around 80 percent and 65 to 76 cents for No. 2 Northern.
Live poultry firm lists turkey prices at 6 7c, chickens at 7c, spring chickens at 94% 100, ducks at 8 %ec. Butter firm with creameries at 11 15%c, dairies at 9 12c. Eggs firm and fresh.
Market notes from South St. Paul show hogs 5c higher with prices from 3.00 to 3.45, cattle strong for good butcher stock with stockers at 235 to 55, heifers 8.00, cows 2.40 to 3.30, calves 4.50, sheep steady with lambs 4.00 to 4.25 and needs for buttons at 8.25. Receipts: cattle 50 hogs 100 calves 83 sheep 203.
Chicago markets show July wheat at 76 percent, July corn at 27 percent, oats around 17 to 20 percent, and pork futures at 7.87 dollars. September and December maturities appear with varied figures including 74.40, 28.74 and other fractional prices.
The October 1896 and current issues offer fiction by Du Maurier Stockton Howells Twain Page Davis McEnery Stuart Thanet Wilkins and others. It spotlights The Martian and a Twentieth Century Renaissance, plus New World pieces on Mexico Africa and science by Wilson Williams and Bigelow, with illustrations by Woodville Bonsal Smith.
The North Western Line runs personally conducted excursions to San Francisco and Los Angeles every Thursday. The route offers scenic views and modern sleeping cars with comfort and convenience. Experienced conductors accompany travelers to California, with daily tourist sleeping cars between Council Bluffs and California. Rates and full details are available from Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Bring in magazines to have them bound at low cost.
United States Consul reports Tegucigalpa that a revolution has erupted in Honduras and the republic is under martial law. Also note resignations and unusual Missouri River water disappearance into the artesian basin.
Harper's Bazar announces its thirtieth volume for 1897 with Paris fashion letters by Katharine De Forest and Paris New York pattern sheets. It features fiction by Maria Louise Pool Octave Thanet and others, notes on outdoor life, music, embroidery, etiquette, and a wide range of women focused columns. Subscriptions cost 4.00 dollars for one year to U S Canada and Mexico.
Harper’s Weekly reflects on forty years of editorial zeal and public service and previews plans for 1897. It promises cartoons, serials by Wilkins Benson and Bangs, departments like Life and Letters and Amateur Sport, and continued coverage of world events for American readers. The address forsubscriptions is Harper Brothers New York.
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