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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
1
A massive oil fire in Philadelphia left roughly one hundred injured when a large tank toppled, scattering burning petroleum across the area. Fire departments battled the blaze as hospitals prepared to treat numerous casualties.
Five men drown when casing in Crib 3 shaft near Cleveland fails after a water tunnel explosion. The incident follows a series of fatal accidents including the Hummer wreck and a Philadelphia refinery blaze that injured and burned several workers. Firefighters containment efforts persist as authorities gauge losses.
In Cleveland a gas explosion in the Lake Erie water works tunnel at crib No 3 kills five workmen including Ray Treadshaw and James Williams. The shaft casing was torn free and lake gas filled the tunnel as crews slept through the night. Authorities halt work, consider safety upgrades, and seek an engineer as a grand jury is convened to probe responsibility.
A Chicago and Alton Hummer train departing Chicago at 6 last night wrecked in Jacksonville Alabama on August 21, killing one passenger and injuring others. Officials say the incident caused multiple injuries and disrupted rail service as investigators began examining the wreckage.
In Prentice yards twelve miles north of here at 12:0 a m a freight locomotive struck a passenger train. Engineer George Sheehan and fireman John Adams were killed. Four tramps on the tender also died. Injured include W Howatt and Charles Marshall among others. Passengers escaped unharmed. Officials blamed a sidetrack freight car moving onto the main line.
Robert Nagler a Hebrew peddler was killed during an assault on two women in the Woods home at Camp Street Pittsburg. Mrs Arriel Lees is charged with murder and Mrs Grace Woods held as a witness after defending themselves against Nagler.
In Panola county near Water Valley a shooting incident at a seduction trial left four men wounded, three fatally. Otto Johnson allegedly fired as Len Smith testified. bullets struck Johnson, Smith, Dawson, and Smith’s father, with many others narrowly escaping. All victims were from prominent local families.
In Albany Georgia on August 21 Bill Miller a Black man shot and killed a Black woman and her daughter and mortally wounded her son on a plantation five miles from Newton Miller tried to persuade the woman and her daughter to leave with him after she refused he killed the family and fled
Paducah reports the Woodruff righted the City of Golconda wreck, leaving the top of the hurricane reef above water near the bank. Remainder of bodies expected tomorrow. Recovered include Mrs. David Adams Miss Trixie Graham Lucy Barnett Mrs A Fosse two children Ira and Teetia Bee Mr Watts Davis John Mo pes.
Pittsburg Aug 21 President Theodore J. Shaffer of the Amalgamated Association outlined plans to end the strike by provoking a crisis that forces settlement with the Steel Corporation. He rejected arbitration as likely worse than the strike, while noting a willingness to consider public arbitration by Archbishop Ireland Bishop Potter and Seth Low. Rumors of nonunion plant starts proved baseless as pickets stayed vigilant.
All amid rumors and denials, Pittsburg reports no new mill openings as strike leaders confer. Demmler tin plate at McKeesport shows lights but no start, Monessen moves ahead, Crescent in Cleveland partial operation, Carnegie group stable. Reports of plots to wreck plants denied. Richmond striker Sternsdroff tells of small remaining work force but provokes cautious cheers.
The opposing party forms to head north as strike leaders report only about twenty former Amalgamated Association members back at work in mills now run partly or wholly by nonunion workers. The steel managers dispute the numbers, while Asssistant Secretary M. F. Tighe says most South Chicago mill workers will strike before week’s end. President Shaffer predicts victory for the strikers and offers to discuss settlements with the Steel Corporation, though no settlement is expected soon.
In Joliet Illinois strikers hold another joint conference with Vice President Davis of Chicago addressing them. A persistent rumor says workers will return once a notice is posted, expected by Sunday. Superintendent J Y Brooks resigns to oversee Pueblo Colorado works. In Milwaukee Illinois Steel Bayview plant pays off strikers and nonunion hires may follow.
The Leader reports plans for a major merger creating a national shipbuilding consortium. Backers include behind US Steel and Pennsylvania Railroad. The project aims to control all U S shipyards, with an early 1920s completion and a global commercial battle to follow.
Boston August 21 promoters of a shovel combination formed under New Jersey laws issued a statement detailing a consolidation as the Ames Shovel and Tool Company of New Jersey with 6 million capital. The merger unites Oliver Ames & Co North Easton T Rowland's Sons Philadelphia Wright shovel works Anderson Indiana H Myers Beaver Falls and St Louis shovel works. The five firms claim to produce over three fourths of U S shovels.
President W R Harper of the University of Chicago received the Legion of Honor from France. The decoration was presented by M Monou, the French consul in Chicago, in acknowledgment of Harper’s work with the Alliance Francaise recently affiliated with the university.
New York officials consider a Regents ruling that excludes students under twenty-one from the September medical board exams. About 2,500 students would be eligible, but the age limit halves that number. Universities and colleges including University Hospital Bellevue, Cornell Medical College, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons urge a change.
The Carrie F. Roberts returns from offshore with a swordfish nearly a half ton long at seventeen feet. It carried a three foot rapier and could have rammed a dory or schooner. After dressing it weighed six pounds and was caught southeast of the Isle of Shoals following a two hour battle.
Paris and Constantinople clash after M Constans accuses Abdul Hamid of breaking promises over quays and French claims. France may recall the ambassador if the Sultan does not keep commitments, while no naval action has been ordered.
London dispatch notes diplomatic opinion generally supports France’s stance toward Turkey. Europe’s chancelleries resented the Sultan’s bid to reassert control and his far East mission. Morning papers deem M. Constans’s action justified and foresee no serious outcome, expecting no immediate Sultan concession.
British forces in Peking are being withdrawn and replaced by new units including the Fourteenth Sikhs and the Sixth Burmah Regiment. Colonel Cary will command, replacing Colonel Alexander. Chinese officials condemn the evacuation delay and accuse powers of retaining control, while censor activity increases amid mutterings on Yuan Shih Kai and court pretexts for delays. In Berlin, protests erupt after the Hickel and Marten trial verdicts. In Tokyo, Times reports Japan’s growing anger at Hawaiian discrimination.
Reports from Brest and Spain describe mishaps and disasters abroad. A ship capsized near Pleubian with fifteen aboard including Anatole Lebraz’s family. A hurricane in Villarogo-Jilota razed forty buildings, killing six and causing multimillion peseta damage. A funeral procession marked Nordenskjold’s Stockholm tribute. Britain appoints Lowther as minister to the United States. A Belgian pro-Boers group seeks intervention in South Africa to present to the Czar. An German arts instructor unveils a grand epergne for King Edward.
Springfield reports Pierce City remains quiet but dangers loom for suspects in Miss Wilds murder. A warrant against Lark for throat cutting awaits surrender, while local notices urge blacks to leave Springfield by Saturday. Negro porters arrive seeking work as tensions rise amid potential mob activity.
A telegram to Georgia's executive department reports armed black men rescuing a prisoner in Liberty county and gathering arms across the region. Adjutant General Robertson informed Liberty and Tatnall sheriffs but replies were not received. Governor Candler is in Alabama, delaying direct action.
Jackson Mississippi August 21 George Gordon a Black man killed his wife with an ax near Raymond Mississippi and then chopped them into an unrecognizable mass before the sheriff intervened keeping the public informed of the grisly crime and investigation continuing.
A long cable from General Rafael Uribe Uribe to Dr. Restrepo asks for more arms and cartridges captured at San Cristobal. Uribe reports enemy retreat and clericals beaten, and Restrepo promises rifles and ammunition shipments. Senor Herran notes growing seriousness of the revolt and mentions General Marin’s 250 man force in Totima.
Consul General Cudger in Panama reports to the State Department, Aug 12, noting no change in the isthmus political scene since the prior dispatch. Revolutionists remain near the railroad while the government has not moved to dislodge them. A guard of fifty per train was withdrawn due to railroad company objections fearing an attack.
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