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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
8
The Gazette reports the Sandersons, a lumberman and his much younger wife, were found dead at their Heathsville home amid suspected murder. Other items note a Cincinnati woman’s fatal jump at Atlantic City, labor unrest, stage holdup, and various corporate and legal actions in early 1900s news.
The fires at Hammond hotel and four stores plus six residences in Wry Run PA cause extensive damage valued at 40 000 with partial insurance. The German steamer Alen sinks the pilot boat James Gordon Bennett near NYC with three pilots and a cook drowned. Pan-American exposition attendance surges past 3 000 000 as tourism grows. Twenty nine deep water grain ships idle in San Francisco harbor awaiting strike resolution. Army veterinary service vacancies to be filled with a 1500 starting salary and step raises. Trolley accident on Brooklyn line kills motorman and injures 20 to 25 passengers en route to Coney Island. Strikes at McKeesport show possible early break as workers contemplate returning to National Tube. Kansas City trolley crash kills two, injures others. A fugitive tax receiver from Altoona arrested in Baltimore after misusing $50 000 in taxes.
Cablegram confirms the death of Commander Frederick M Wise at Yokohama Hospital. The wreck Manchester, bound from New York with kerosene, lies wrecked on Pikar Island in the Marshall group. A survivor report notes a woman and several children reached the island.
McKeesport organizes a senate of labor to oversee a strike with three delegates per union. Buffalo North Tonawanda closed shops, 500 workers idle due to steel shortages amid strikes. Georgia cotton fetches high prices at New York exhibitions. Sugar refiners challenge standard pricing. A private patrolman in Wittsbury is shot dead by an unknown man. Oiler’s Tire and Work Company vessels face delays for Army Navy orders amid San Francisco labor troubles. A special convention of textile workers to disband and join the American Federation of Labor. Thomas J. Matthews, former Lackawanna official, kills himself in Oliphant. Anonymous threats to Pennsylvania regiments near Somerset provoke federal action.
Five men died and others perished or were rescued after a fire at crib No 2 of the temporary waterworks. Forty two workers faced smoke and gas in a 136 foot tunnel beneath the crib as the structure burned and sank. Two survivors were later brought out alive after days trapped with little food.
North River near Glens Falls a Blue Mountain stage was held up by a masked robber at noon on Wednesday. He shot a horse, forced six passengers to flee, relieved a woman of $20, rifled mail bags, and took express packages before vanishing into the woods. Search parties found no trace of him.
St Louis on August 15 two ticket brokers William Clinton and Charles J Leonard were arrested for swindling a customer. Police ransacked their office finding an immense pile of railroad tickets and passes. Authorities say the recovered value may exceed fifty thousand dollars and many tickets are forgeries.
An incident near Middleburg in Capel involved ambush and fighting with a British force suffering one dead and six wounded. Fourteen men are missing following the clash reported by the constabulary.
General Miles issues a broad order stressing puriosism discipline physical development self-respect self-reliance and resourcefulness to improve soldier readiness amid influx of inexperienced troops. The notice aims to guide officers and men facing rapid service expansion.
A seven inch shell exploded at Fort Riley during target practice. Henry C. Watson was killed instantly while John J. King Murray Sykes Charles Duncan and Henry Logsdon Sustained fatal or serious injuries. Dennis Mahoney Boos Duck James Brady received minor injuries. Private Watson’s body remained upright briefly after the blast.
The Weekly Review of Trade notes steady distribution across the east and improving retail trade in the west and southwest. Steel strikes push prices up, especially for immediate delivery. tin plates see the largest advance, with other items at premiums. Pailures total 168 in the U S and 19 in Canada, with export revival helping to curb stock buildup.
San Francisco reports show failed negotiations as employers refuse concessions to workers who left. Strikers vow to continue the conflict indefinitely while labor leaders distribute circulars nationwide. Officials warn unions must not aid local workers. about 15,000 city men remain unemployed due to the strike.
The North American reports the Bethlehem Steel Co. may join a new shipbuilding combination backed by Edward Jr. Norriman. The plan could include the works, Newport News Shipbuilding Co. and Warlan & Nollingsworth Co. Bethlehem president Robert P. Linderman says Bethlehem will not join Vickers-Crimp or United States Steel Corp.
Acting Secretary Hackett denied a request from local bricklayers union No 1 to raise wages at the Washington Navy Yard from 34.50 to 3a day to match the pay of bricklayers outside the yard.
A telegram from the navy department orders a cruiser to sail from San Diego to San Francisco for readiness, then proceed to Panama upon readiness. The Iowa is selected after the Kaiph cruiser’s 45 day travel estimate to reach its destination about 45 days.
The Great Invention from St. Paul Minnesota dates August 17 marks a system by C H Gaunt of the Northern Pacific telegraph department enabling simultaneous voice and telegraph messages over a single wire with rapid potential use across communications networks.
The Amalgamated Association lodges at Joliet voted to obey President Shaffer and shut the Illinois Steel Co. plant, risking 3,000 jobs. Across Pittsburgh and Monessen, strike dynamics shift as nonunion work spreads and strikebreakers move in, with mixed signs of progress and renewed tension in several mills.
New York Aug 20 Bethlehem Steel Co. has shifted control from Charles M Schwab to a syndicate linked with United States Steel Corp. The transfer has not yet placed Bethlehem Steel under US Steel. Morgan & Co. is identified as the managing house of the syndicate.
London reports American coal gains over British suppliers aiming for monopoly in the Swiss coal market. Geneva observers note U S firms may dominate future Swiss coal trade amid ongoing market shifts.
The Canadian yacht Invader won again in Chicago on August 15 to return the Canada Cup to Canadian hands. Five challengers accompanied the trophy in a near clean sweep by Capt. Thompson and the Cadillac crew, who faced sharp defeat and reported as thoroughly beaten on all points.
A storm swept the City of Galconda as it neared Paducah Kentucky. Sixteen passengers are reported drowned after the vessel capsized in ten feet of water near Crowell's landing. Capt. Otto Bauer owned the boat. several passengers and crew escaped or were saved, including two pilots and three deck hands. Names of the missing include Miss Lucy Barnett and Miss Lizzie Graham. The Mary N. brought back survivors later.
A benzine tank exploded at the Atlantic Oil Refining Co. Point Breeze plant drawing firemen into a blaze that destroyed ten to twelve tanks. Four firefighters died from severe burns and many others were injured as crews fought the flames for days with an estimated loss of $500,000. The disaster followed a lightning strike during a storm that set off the initial fire yesterday afternoon.
A fire at the Mohawk and Malone round house in Herkimer, owned by the New York Central & Hudson River road, triggered a dynamite blast that killed six men. Watchman Gilbert and engine tender John Deck aided by locals fought the blaze as the wrecked building burned and several bodies were left unrecognizable.
A Peking dispatch reports Sir Ernest Satow notifying Chinese peace plenipotentiaries that immediate punishment of the Chu Jian massacre authors is required, or Britain will press plans for withdrawal of British troops under the Grant-Britdinowi arrangements.
London report estimates NW Europe will harvest 396 million bushels of wheat with a demand of 604 million. The United Kingdom France Belgium and Holland are expected to produce large but insufficient totals, leaving America to supply the remaining deficit of about 229 million bushels.
In London Aug 20 dispatch from Ivar the Odessa correspondent of the Standard says Af De Wittens has exchanged views with Vienna and Berlin to prevent an American trust invasion of Europe amid the Russo German tariff discussions.
A mob of about 1,000 armed citizens lynched Godley a Black man shortly after dark last night for the murder of Miss Casella Wild.
Fragmented OCR shows schedule notes for morning and Sunday runs between Massillon and Northbound lines with car counts 7338 and 6305, and electric car service listed between Bridgeport Wheeling Belton Bellsin and Martins Ferry. Includes agent title Gen Poss Agt and miscellaneous tokens.
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