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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
4
Reports from Witkesp arre Pa indicate an imminent end to the strike as sales agents pressure operators and miners consider concessions. Union leader Mitchell is aligned with settlement terms, while Wyoming region miners weigh returning to work under specified conditions amid mounting industry pressure.
The State Department has a copy of the Anglo German agreement on China and reports no new instructions from Conger regarding the Oct meeting for peace negotiations. Officials deem powers unreadied, with credentials verification and plenipotentiaries to follow, while recognizing the accord aligns with U S policy.
A blaze at the Minnesota Transfer packing plant in St Paul, likely incendiary, killed four firefighters including Assistant Chief Irvine and three other crewmen, injuring three more. The fire destroyed multiple facilities and burned box cars, causing about 135000 dollars in damage.
London dispatch reports General Sir Redvers Buller summoned from South Africa to become commander in chief, with Lord Roberts declining the post. In Pretoria a dispatch dated Oct 16 notes Theunis Botha, brother of Commandant General Botha, surrendered at Volksrust on Oct 13.
Colonel Elliott of the Fortieth infantry seized General Alvarez, staff, and 25 soldiers near Oroqueta Mindanao under cover of a storm, aiming to pacify the area. Alvarez had long provoked hostilities and planned another attack. Detachments of the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh routed insurgents near Tuquan Panay, with 20 killed and many wounded.
A four man committee of Lehigh Valley Coal workers met district superintendent F D Zerbey to seek an explanation of foregone 10 percent wage increase tied to powder price cuts. Although miners at the meeting were United Mine Workers members, the union was not mentioned. Zerbey said the notice guarantees a net 10 percent wage rise over September wages, and the miners appeared to leave satisfied. This marks an early instance of workers directly petitioning a coal company official over grievances.
A Constantinople dispatch says Armenian districts around Diarbekir faced new massacres. Muslims allegedly pillaged outraged and killed for five days with no Turkish troop intervention. Eight villages were destroyed and burned.
A locomotive and several cars left the track after hitting a cow on the Bald Eagle railroad near Howard Center county. Engineer John Fost and fireman Daniel Snyder, both of Tyrone, were killed while brakeman William Weiser was seriously injured.
BER InN Oct 28 An engineer named Mark successfully tested a flying machine here It ascended in mid air describing several semi circles after four and a half minutes It started from the ground with wings measuring seven square yards
London Oct 23 report quotes a Hong Kong correspondent that rebels allied with Sun Yat Sen are subsidized by Americans at Singapore. The dispatch notes U S ties and funding for anti Qing forces amid regional unrest.
Washington report shows Alabama’s population at 1,828,697, up from 1,640,000 in 1890. The gain is 188,697 persons, a 20.8 percent increase reflecting growth since the prior census.
London reports Germany and Britain have formed an alliance to keep China’s ports open and preserve territorial integrity. The Oct. 16 agreement, via Lord Salisbury and Count von Hatzfeldt, commits to open trade ports, no new territory, and coordinated action if rival powers seek gains. The pact invites Austria Hungary, France, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States to join the principles.
Cape Town reports that U S firms secured major contracts for coal trucks for the Transvaal Colony at prices about 20 percent lower than British quotes and with half the delivery time. Transvaal railways also placed a £250,000 order for tank engines with English firms, though at prices about 20 percent above American bids. Delivery delays hinder English work.
A tornado struck near Lodi Texas at 7 o'clock half a mile west of Lodi and 15 miles west of Atlanta. The 200 yard wide path destroyed a house occupied by colored residents. Six people were killed and three others reported missing, with fears of further deaths as the cyclone moved northwest.
A blaze on Blue Island avenue damaged the second story of the McCormick Harvester twine warehouse in Chicago. Five hundred workers fled in panic as smoke injured Timothy Cronin Peter Paxton and three other firemen. Cronin's fate uncertain. Property loss reported at $6000.
Official dispatches from Shanghai quote China admitting imperial troops lost in Kwang Tang. Generals in Kwang Tung and Kwang Si seek reinforcements as the Vegetarians secret society faction tied to July missionary murders is captured and sent to Hang Chan for punishment. A Triad army is rumored to threaten Canton. Hanna and Frye arrive in Chicago after Omaha visit with planned speeches and travel to New York Joliet and Milwaukee.
London report says Lord Rosebery will publish a volume titled Napoleon the Last Phase examining the emperor during his final years in exile on St. Helena.
Governor Roosevelt spent the day at his Oyster Bay home resting after a Westward trip. He received no visitors except Private Secretary William J. Youngs for a conference. He will leave Oyster Bay in the morning for New York and begin the final leg of his campaign tour.
Vienna sources Fremdenblatt and Neue Freie Presse applaud the England Germany agreement and say they are confident all powers will adhere to it, fearing distrust if any power balks at the pact.
In a Council speech Lord Curzon of Kedleston reported that famine affected a quarter of India's population and about 2,000,000 people were receiving relief. He hoped most would return home within a month.
In Lima on Oct 22, strong pressure is reported to fix years-old customs overcharges. The pending cases are described as causing a major scandal as authorities face renewed scrutiny and action.
Representatives of major coal companies met in Scranton and settled that a powder price decrease should count toward miners wage gains. United Mine Workers officials say a new convention is needed before any strike can end, even as officers consider including powder in the current negotiations. Operators extend a 10 percent offer to April 1. Gibbon Coal drift resumes to meet school contracts. fifty miners remain employed under the 10 percent raise.
HaZzueton Pa October 20 The United Mine Workers officials took no step to end the strike during the day President Mitchell remained silent awaiting a national executive board meeting to decide on a formal declaration to call off the strike and operators hold the key to timing Four local companies posted notices accepting Scranton convention demands signaling possible progress but Mitchell will speak only after district presidents report on prospects for resuming work
News from Pottsville Pennsylvania dated October twenty reports the Reading Coal and Iron company granted miners demands. Jubilation spreads in the Schuylkill region with bonfires parades and meetings planned as workers await President Mitchell's order to resume work. The Reading workforce totals 28 000, about one fifth of all anthracite labor.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania on October 20 workers from Mineral Railroad and Mining and Union Coal are urged by bosses through messengers to return to work with a 10 percent raise. The men demand formal guidance from President Mitchell before deciding.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway closed negotiations to buy the Milwaukee and Superior railroad a 29 mile line from Granville to North Lake. The Milwaukee and Superior holds a charter to build to Lake Superior. In Chicago trustees vote 13 to 6 to ban the use of a book of selected Bible readings in schools replacing the Bible.
Oct 19 at Bekuiy new telephonic link between Friedrichshof and Homburg Chateau keeps the Dowager Empress Frederick’s condition unchanged while Emperor William communicates with his mother.
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