30 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
1
Final conference of attorneys in this city arranged details for the Midland Crawford road purchase. John T. Dye serves as president as property is reorganized by Joseph C. Schaff. New expense will be spared to match the system's best parts.
A confidential New York deal three weeks earlier let M. E. Ingalls acquire control of the Midland. The conference in Chicago with John T. Dye and Judge 8 B Coffey marks the final reorganization of the Chicago & Southeastern as part of the Big Four system. The Midland will operate as a separate unit with its own officers and policy under Big Four funding, while creditors receive dues and the receiver relinquishes control.
The West inspires the Republican congressional committee to stage a lively campaign with heart to heart talks and spell-binders. Henry Casson heads the bureau as speakers are booked across Indiana Illinois and other states with numerous congressmen and senators slated to speak in the Middle West.
A committee of striking workers at American Iron and Steel Manufacturing in Lebanon PA demanded relief for nonunion Read ing and other borrowed workers and the old staff. The request was denied and about 1800 workers were sent home at 9 am. The plant, normally near 3000, is now idle except for the newcomers.
Spokane, Aug 29. Superior Court Judge Richardson ruled that a peaceful boycott is not illegal and that conduct outside peace is for the Criminal Court, not equity. He denied E Takashi's injunction bid to halt an anti Japanese restaurant boycott by the Cooks and Waiters union after Takashi was refused union admission due to race.
Springfield dispatch reports in Jacksonville Aug 29 that nonunion workers at Cappes & Son woolen mills faced hundreds of strikers and sympathizers. Tense crowd insulted employees. police could not halt it, but calm leaders helped restore order and avert violence.
A public automobile plunged thirty feet into the rapid transit subway on Broadway between Forty third and Forty fourth streets. Chauffeur Edward Morris suffered internal injuries and is dying. Spectators watched as workers hoisted him to the platform and he was hospitalized. Some witnesses blame a Broadway car for forcing the vehicle into the trench.
A fifty foot scaffold at La Belle iron works collapsed during stack construction, hurling six workers to the ground. William B. Walker of Steubenville was killed instantly, George Miller of Youngstown died from injuries, and the remaining four were seriously hurt.
Indiana Republican Editorial Association members and guests enjoyed a day at Broad Ripple Park with Senator Fairbanks and Governor Durbin in attendance. A picnic featuring fried chicken baskets, rides on the merry-go-round and switchback, a Sunshine river trip, photographs, and socializing filled the afternoon. No speeches, but political talk and plans for an aggressive editorial campaign surfaced among editors and their families.
Mrs. Jack Frost, wife of a prominent businessman and politician, is jailed in Newkirk on charges of poisoning Mrs. Alice Combs and her son Ernest. Arsenic was sprinkled in coffee while the Combs family was away, leaving the parents in critical condition as investigators cite a family quarrel as motive.
President Roosevelt hunted in the Corbin preserves and shot a large boar yesterday. He went hunting with companions and returned after the successful kill, naming the tusker a notable achievement.
President Roosevelt was entertained in Newport New Hampshire with a forest hunt at Croydon mountain preserves. He ignored umbrellas, wore a mackintosh, and shot a boar before dark. The visit included meals and a luncheon at the Edgill home, a hunting costume start, and a post hunt return to the Newport clubhouse as rain drenched the party. Senator Redfield Proctor accompanied him through Vermont.
A Newport item quotes Secretary Cortelyou on Aug 2 about building good government through citizen duty in daily life. The president’s Tennessee and North trip is noted, framing how justice and self-reliance in private and public life create national progress. The piece reflects a call for fair dealing and personal responsibility across society.
Walter Lemerand of Toledo found Joseph Labarge a Frenchman inside his Monroe home after a quarrel. Labarge fled pursued by a mob shouting Assaulter. He was cornered in a cornfield and shot through the heart. Arrestees unnamed.
President Palma read autographs from King George of Greece and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and Dr Campos Salles President of Brazil recognizing the Cuban Republic. Finance reports August receipts 1 013 317 pesos. July balance 1 061 156. August spending 1 240 446. current balance 534 027. House authorizes continued disbursements until budget ready. A bill to cut refined oil duty to 2 per 100 kilos.
The Chicago Tribune reports an Eastern syndicate contemplates consolidating about 300 small coal yards in Chicago. Middlemen claim the move aims to drive them out, letting large operators sell directly to consumers while thousands of retail coal dealers may exit. John C. Fetzer is named as buyer in options on yards sought.
President Roosevelt visits Newport New Hampshire and addresses a large crowd for about ten minutes. He portrays the town as an exact microcosm of America with manufactories farms and diverse workers reflecting the nation’s social fabric. He notes the 4 000 to 5 000 residents symbolize the broader American body politic and lauds the workers who did best.
In Chicago on Aug 3 President Harper announced nearly 500000 more gifts to the University of Chicago. The year ending June 30 saw 2000000 in gifts to endowment and 416000 added since. 60600 came from an unnamed friend. Buildings received 95000 and 20000 was given for undisclosed trustee uses. Donors’ names were not revealed.
Williams, a colored man, admitted setting fire to farmer John Holmes and his housekeeper Katharine Shute to obtain money for marriage. He confessed stealing $5 and giving it to his sweetheart, while denying any killing of the elderly pair.
Skilled marksmen instructed to pick off anthracite miners in the Panther Creek Valley as militiamen seek to quell unrest. Officials order suppression amid tensions and threats of violence.
Brigadier General Gobin ordered troops to shoot attackers and fire on mobs resisting law enforcements in the Panther creek valley near Wilkes-Barre. He directed officers to arrest insult and violence toward soldiers and warned against riots as coal field tensions continue.
In Lansford Pennsylvania this morning troops from the Twelfth Regiment clashed with strikers. Capt W H Heim was slightly wounded while about six strikers were bayoneted. Major Gearhart calls for martial law as nonunion workers were escorted to safety amid jeers and mobbing.
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