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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1901
Page
17
The United Mine Workers executive board unanimously endorses the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers and asks President Gompers to convene a federation council to plan support. The action favors sympathy and moral and financial aid but stops short of a full sympathy strike.
President Gompers and Secretary Morrison arrive from Pittsburgh after steel strike talks with President Shaffer and others. Gompers refuses to discuss specifics, says newspapers have said enough, and pledges to act rather than talk to help end the conflict. He offers aid to both sides to settle the dispute.
Twelve thousand union men in Kansas City pledge support to the Amalgamated Association in its dispute with United States Steel Corporation. They offer moral and financial backing and threaten a strike if ordered, while labor leaders across cities seek expressions of future action and solidarity.
In Youngstown a union lodge pledged 1 percent of earnings to Amalgamated workers on strike at Republic Iron and Steel. New York building trades and unions vowed moral and financial support and refused to handle United States Steel products since the strike began. Ironton Eagle Lodge 15 voted for each member to donate one day’s pay to aid the strikers.
San Francisco reports no settlement in labor disputes as docks congested with freight. Sixty street sweepers worked, one sprinkler and eight wagons used. a nonunion teamster assaulted, and shots fired by union sympathizers, three men detained. New York cigar makers urge McKinley to protect Tampa workers amid strike. They vow no Tampa-made cigars until the strike ends.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania the executive boards of three United Mine Workers districts finished a noon session without issuing a public statement. They outlined plans to enforce the new policy at various mines where grievances exist and where card inspection has been discounted. Committees will start work early next week. In Kansas City Missouri Judge Hook of the Federal Court sentenced W Barry a striker to four months in jail for contempt for trying to block a nonunion worker at Riverside Iron Works. The court had previously enjoined strikers from interfering with nonunion labor at Riverside.
A list of individuals awarded graduation certificates is provided, including Otis All State Line Homer Black Lafontaine Michael Bascett Cora Bruns Fairfield A M Burger Clay City Jennie Chamberlain Glenn Claude H Cross Holman Lena Dinehart Elkhart Oreo Harvey Kokomo William Hill Westfield James Hines Grass Creek Josephine Kief Terre Haute Nellie Krick Decatur Louise Lammers Terre Flaute Agnes Laramore Knox Charles Leednam Terre Haute Clara Love Terre Haute Margaret Meredith West Terre Haute Herbert Niece Edwards Lota Parry Lynn Otto Phres Greentown Alfred Rehm Scott Rosalie Richardson Rockport Emma Shealy Delphi Nellie Davidson Tyler Terre Haute Xenia White Lena.
The report covers several brief items: John Copeland of Dunreith did not attend a meeting, Miss Pearl Millikan of Spiceland served as secretary. Wabash Paper Co. reshuffles: W C McAlpine becomes general superintendent, replacing Alexander W Paul who departs for Holyoke Mass. Windfall notes a Methodist official, Rev W D Parr, to join Ecumenical Conference in London, with a tour of Britain, France and Switzerland planned. Elkhart reports four woods fires within ten miles causing farm damage. Bloomington notes Dr Gustav Karsten declines Vanderbilt chair at $2,500. Portland reports Bourglais robbing a farmer near Berne of 200 in checks and 39 in money. Richmond mentions Wilhelmina Test taking a stenographer post in San Juan Porto Rico and leaving soon.
Acting Secretary Hackett received a board of survey report on the cruiser Columbia. The ship, in ordinary for months, must be thoroughly cleaned before occupancy. Cleaning takes about twelve days from Aug 9, with eighteen days for full pumping, drainage, sanitation work. Fumigation of the Vermont is suggested but temporary. Estimated cost for eighteen days is 9680 dollars. boilers and repairs require sixty more days at 11200 dollars. Rural free delivery begins Oct 1 in Indiana with routes at Ligonier Scottsburg and Laotto. Laotto post office to be discontinued.
At a Winnipeg meeting of the Amalgamated Carpenters the group endorsed the striker demands for higher wages and ordered all members to quit work. The other local union echoed the decision, leaving Winnipeg with many buildings unfinished worth about 1.25 million dollars and few skilled carpenters at work.
Cincinnati August 1 Judge Clark of the U S District Court granted a temporary restraining order against Roseville Union No 28 of the National Brickmakers Alliance to prevent conspiring against or intimidating employees of the Ohio Brick Company. The order names forty strikers and sets hearing for August 20.
A blaze on B Crouse’s farm near Union City Ind. scorched four men as roof timbers collapsed. Sparks from an engine ignited straw, leaving the workers with singed hair and whiskers. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars plus earlier farm fires reported in the area.
Henry C. Payne former Republican national committee chairman arrived on the Hamburg American liner Inez Auguste Victoria. He noted rapid American industrial gains impressing Europe, with Austria and Germany seeing shifts in trade and manufacturing, including American shoe stores in Vienna. He cited German interest in US business and a German oil producer sending reps to study American work practices.
Milwaukee August 10 The Sentinel reports a major deal to fight the steel trust by establishing a large ore dock and steel plant on the Kinnikinnick river in Milwaukee. J M Thomas of Duluth and W Aubrey Thomas of Niles Ohio head the venture, including dissolution of the Minerva Pig Iron Co. and a blast furnace operation in Paducah Kentucky. A five acre South Side tract is secured for the plant with dimensions withheld.
Logansport Indiana, August 10. Yesterday afternoon a two year old daughter of Charles Clark was fatally burned when a yard tent caught fire. The mother ran into the tent to rescue the child but the burns were severe and it probably will die.
The Aug 14 graduation list at the Normal School shows graduates who completed the course and received certificates. The program provides those with irregular schooling the chance to earn the final credentials, reflecting offerings to widen access to teaching certificates.
In Sweet Springs Missouri Senator George G West outlines the 194 platform aims Graduated income tax strong opposition to trusts and a stance against imperialism and colonial policy He warns advancing the silver issue would be a personal crisis for the party.
In Lexington Kentucky on August 10 the examining court dismissed charges against Andrew Arvidson and J M Smith for the murder of Paul E Goetz. Arvidson proved Goetz had been intimate with his wife and had planned to kill him. The ruling echoes a cited unwritten law about honoring a home.
In Van Buren Arkansas on August 10 two Malone children were bitten by a rattlesnake and died. A mother left an infant near a creek to help the others, only to see the baby drown in the water.
Dispatches from Seoul report renewed disturbances on Quelpart Island off Korea's southern coast. Several Catholic missionaries were killed as rebels, led by an ex-magistrate, drove Christians into Chei Chu. Three hundred people reportedly died during the revolt, which authorities say stemmed from protests over new taxes. French gunboats aided suppression.
A Pretoria dispatch says a blockhouse near Brandfort Orange River Colony was rushed and captured by the Boers on Aug. 7 after heavy fighting. Elliott seized seventy prisoners and large stock and wagons, sending them in. Details are scarce. The reports note fortifications and active operations around Cape Colony and Natal as forces concentrate.
At the Cuban constitutional convention a project to end Article 77 of the electoral bill was approved. It sets different voting quotas for senatorial electors by province, allowing Havana 27 votes each for 20s, Santiago and Santa Clara 20, Matanzas 16, Pinar del Rio 15, and Puerto Principe 11, with electors allowed to vote for four senators. The change aims to influence Senate outcomes. Debate also touched on president election by electoral college. no vote taken. La Discussion warns that enrolling whites only for a Cuban artillery corps risks racial discord and unjust precedent.
At Camp Acton last night about fifty five cottage holders attended the annual meeting. Rev C W Tinsley was elected president and Rev J W Dashiell vice president with Miss Hattie Akin secretary and Rev D A Roberson treasurer. Trustees Charles Robinson and A J Simpson were chosen for three years. The meeting discussed lowering debt via new bonds at 3 percent to retire a 2400 dollar 7 percent bond issue. A sunrise prayer and a series of meetings followed as cottagers prepare to leave tomorrow.
The Bethany Park assembly closes tonight with campers returning home tomorrow. Reverend C C Rowlison preaches this morning and Reverend J F Loyd of Kokomo preaches tonight. John L Brandt spoke on The City of Constantinople, urging Western civilization for Turkey. Rushville Quartet and Orchestra performed a concert last night.
A William Park saloon patron at 435 Massachusetts Avenue reported a stolen barrel of whisky taken in the early evening. Police questioned him about the thief. he replied he did not know who stole it but claimed to know who was sitting on the barrel.
At the annual election the society chose Fred J. Mack as president Julius F. Reinecke as vice president C Henry Rosebrock as recording secretary Emil Rassmann as financial secretary Hy Russe as treasurer and Hy Habenty Hy Pauli Louis Brandt Albert Lahm and others as trustees for five years A one year slate includes Hy Prange Louis Murr Fred Francke and Oscar Frenzel A committee to investigate books was named and new members elected Arthur Neiger Louis Kosfeld William Ruskaup C Roth Fred Vonheder and J C Nestet
Samuel Munsower of 219 Minkner street was arrested on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after a fight with Charles Brunts on West Washington street weeks ago. Brunts struck Spruntz with a hammer, breaking the cheek bone. Spruntz survived and recovered within a day or two.
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