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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
6
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a hidden, well organized spy network linked to H C Frick that monitors and suppresses union activity across Carnegie mills. The system, spread through Pennsylvania, operates with unknown leadership and penetrates towns, churches, stores, and workplaces to prevent strikes and keep workers loyal.
OTTO CARMICHAEL describes a pervasive labor bureau network across large railroads and coal carrier roads. He explains how traveling investigators target union agitators, how “disturbers” are dismissed, and how labor departments operate with shadowy efficiency, especially in Carnegie mills and Indiana towns.
General Chaffee reports army deaths in the Philippines under July 1 including dysentery from multiple infantry units, drownings in Luzon and Samar, typhoid, variola, malaria, tuberculosis, bubonic plague, and pneumonia. Recovered bodies noted. corrections to two prior death dates.
The American Anti-trust League sent to United States Attorney General Knox a request for all information on contracts organizing the United States Steel Corporation. It seeks the contract Schwab refused to furnish to the Industrial Commission and asks for related contracts, noting alleged past ties to Carnegie Steel. The letter aims to prevent injustice in forthcoming legal actions and requests a response promptly. Ohio authorities warn a suit may follow if no reply is received.
About forty leading mathematicians arrived in Ithaca to attend the American Mathematical Society fall meetings at Cornell. The program opened under Prof. W. F. Osgood of Harvard, with twenty-one papers expected to be read by adjournment tomorrow night. Today, two Pringsheim papers from Munich were among those discussed as guests were hosted at Professor Tanner's Cornell home by local society members.
In Camden New Jersey the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions of New Jersey adopted a resolution pledging moral and financial backing to the Amalgamated Association of Steel and Iron Workers.
Navy Department sets Schley court of inquiry in gunners workshop at navy yard. Judge Wilson and Rayner seek witness list from Captain Lemly and may send a letter to him. They plan to forward alleged Howison interviews claiming Sampson won at Santiago and Schley deserved no credit. Lieutenant Wells detached to aid Schley in case prep.
The State Department received Consul General Stowe’s report from Cape Town noting war and plague hindered customs data for 1900. Imports from the United States rose, with 1900 value about 20.09 million dollars and the U S remaining a leading direct exporter to South Africa, despite duty free military imports. Plague disrupted docks, delaying cargoes valued near 9 million dollars, while trade overall showed resilience and future rail needs. In Natal and the Cape Colony, American goods fueled schools and churches, with steel rails ordered for postwar use. The cost of living rose and urban rents surged as councils planned new worker housing. A second item notes Attorney General Knox’s opinion on Porto Rico railway franchise. tax exemptions were deemed unauthorized, Congress having reserved taxation powers to the legislative assembly.
President announces a large list of Army appointments across Artillery and Cavalry including Colonels and Lieutenants. Also noted are Treasury revenue roles and a secretary of state visit to Canton with broader diplomatic implications. Interior reports sale totals for newly opened Oklahoma reservation town lots at Lawton Anadarko and Hobart with strong prices cited.
The European squadron of American war vessels will rendezvous at Genoa, Italy. The cruiser Chicago now at Southampton will proceed south to the port to meet the cruiser Albany and the gunboat Nashville.
President McKinley spends a day at Zoar the Bavarian communal village near Canton accompanied by Mrs. McKinley Col Herrick and party. They tour the old country style hotel dance pavilion art gallery and brewery home while Senator Burton arrives for Kansas appointment talks and a ship subsidy bill is anticipated.
Professor Dickson of Yale demonstrates welding two snakes into a single growing composite reptile on Indian Creek near Sedalia Colorado. An iron hoop holds a rattler and an adder is cut and sewn, forming a combined creature that remains apparently alive in a cage for study over two months.
Charles Wilde acting for Amsterdam banks Disconto Gevellschaft and for German bank representative filed garnishment proceedings against two Milwaukee banks tied to Gerhard Terlinden who fled Germany with 375 000 and was arrested in Milwaukee awaiting extradition. Plaintiffs allege Terlinden drained their institutions to 5000 each. Safety deposit box contents 4.40 marks and a Chicago bank certificate of deposit for 310 are held by the sheriff pending Milwaukee County Circuit Court adjudication.
Charles Berg was shot and fatally wounded by two men in Tacoma last night while returning home near the reservation. He was held up and ordered to surrender his money when the highwaymen fired, striking him in the lower body.
In Bes semer, Alabama, 17-year-old Louis Baggett killed 28-year-old Harry Shrump after Shrump refused his invitation to drink. Witnesses say Baggett shot Shrump twice in a fatal quarrel sparked by the refusal.
The Colombian minister told Secretary Hay traffic on the isthmus remains unobstructed and Colombia can keep it open. The United States plans no force unless Colombia cannot fulfill its primary duty to maintain free traffic and will consider actions only if traffic is blocked or a formal request is made.
North Atlantic squadron at Nantucket Mass announces orders to sail to Hampton Roads for maneuvers. Navy says move unrelated to South American troubles. aims to improve drill, coaling, and readiness. Battleship Iowa repairs precede southward voyage while other ships prepare for possible dispatch.
Dispatch from Jaime Cordoba says guerillas show growing activity seeking help from invasions threatening Colombia. Government wins reported at Anapomia and Jombe no. News notes General Uribe followers are within a day’s ride of Bogota and mentions ex president Clemente’s movements near Ana pomia.
In a summer resort discussions, San Clemente spent most time away from the capital, visiting only at intervals. Some supporters of the deposed President recently announced they would join Uribe to overturn the Conservative government if San Clemente is not restored to the presidency.
In Emperador Colombia a rebel force looted Chinese shops Saturday night when the town lacked a garrison. A mysterious vessel with two lights was seen offshore. Venezuelan warships are being repaired at Port of Spain and others ready for sea. The Croatian mail bag contained shells sent from Panama with no explosives. Kingston reports persistent rebel attacks near Colon and Panama. government efforts fail.
In Caracas on August 19 Senor Velegas Pulido once head of Guineo and later Castro's commerce minister was arrested along with thirty five other politicians. President Castro supports the Colombian insurrection, continuing to push the effort.
The Vossische Zeitung in Berlin comments on New York papers and the U S naval presence in the Caribbean. It questions whether American policy aims to extend influence or restore peace and warns that Washington meddling could inflame tensions with Nicaragua and Ecuador. It notes distrust over Caracas diplomacy and U S control of events at key points.
Niles Michigan August 19 Mr and Mrs L H Landon of New York sue the directors of the defunct First National Bank of Niles in Berrien County Circuit Court to recover their 20 shares of stock plus the 10 percent assessment by the controller of the treasury. Plaintiffs claim gross negligence amid repeated warnings about cashier Johnsons embezzlement and poor habits. Directors named W K Lacy W W Stevens Peter Womer Isaac Long and W A Womer all residents of the county and described as wealthy. The bank is short 190000 and the directors face potential liability for the loss.
Mayor Ashbridge opened bids for the remaining 9 million of a 12 million water supply loan. A Philadelphia syndicate led by Drexel & Co Brown Bros. & Co and New York's Harvey Fisk Sons bid 9,022,500 at 3 percent interest and offered to pay interest from July 1 to August 4 as a premium. Other bids ranged from 1,000 to 0.00. No award yet, but likely the syndicate will win.
Powell Phiacephal, running a saloon at West Twenty first street, fired six shots after a guest cut up a pool table. Three boys were wounded and two were expected to die. Henry Zeigelmeier, eighteen, shot left side. William Harris, sixteen, shot stomach. Charles Boulin, seventeen, shot arm and side. All taken to County Hospital. Phiacephal arrested.
Iowa sportsmen watch a test of the new game law as William Waggoner of Van Buren faces charges for shipping quail out of state. A box of forty four quail billed as rabbits was found in Chicago, and the case seeks federal Interstate commerce punishment.
New York August 19 The first bale of this year’s tea cotton sold at the Cotton Exchange for 10 cents a pound, a fancy price.
Readville Mass Aug. Grand Circuit opening under New England Trotting Horse Breeders Association. Country Jay won the Blue Hill stake for $5,000 in straight heats, with Shorty taking the 2:16 pace in two heats and Junero capturing the 2:13 pace. Alberta D. led a 2:30 trot, despite a drizzling rain.
In Cincinnati on August 10, the Oakley Trotting Association decided to extend the Grand Circuit meeting to ten days from six and add ten classes. The added classes carry prizes of 1500 dollars and 35000 dollars will be distributed during the sessions. The meeting will open during the taaitnnns.
Ed Austin won the test stakes at Hawthorne on opening day of the Chicago Jockey Club summer meeting. The purse was 1419 dollars. track conditions were heavy and winners fatigued at the finish. Other races across tracks noted with favorites and payoffs.
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