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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1901
Page
1
Labor leader Shaffer announces Amalgamated Association members at Hoop Trust Mills will quit today. Total strikers reach 50000 as preparations mount for a large scale action. He outlines the situation and declares union labor ready for the struggle.
Pittsburg report details President T. J. Shaffer warning a broad work stoppage across the American Steel Hoop Company. About 5,900 workers in open and organized mills from Hollidaysburg to Youngstown and beyond may walk out as a large-scale strike spreads from the American Sheet Steel Company action. Shaffer promises union support funds and vows a fight “to be remembered” as tensions rise among nonunion and union miners and machinists in Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
In Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley mills of the Republic Tron and Steel Company will shut for two weeks to take inventory. Mills in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys owned by the American Steel way Company will stay idle pending a settlement of the scale question.
Detectives T L Felts and John Justice with six deputies captured nine miners on the Kentucky side of Tug River after a night raid. The men Nelson Dan Samuel Daniels Ballard Smith tes Smith Andrew Blackburn Richard holds Ephraim Dalton Samuel Bulster Charles Worthington are charged with terrorizing WV miners by shooting at those who could not show the strikers' sign. They were to be sent before a Kentucky judge. Charles Burke, leader of the striking miners, was arrested at noon and taken to Arkersburg to face charges over injunction notices. The nine were jailed in Williamsport awaiting Kentucky court action.
Washington meeting between National Cash Register Company and its Dayton workers produced mixed results. Machinists win a nine hour day at previous pay. polishers, buffers, and glass molders must press for demands. Officials discuss how to secure terms with the company.
Chicago 3000 wood workers in fixture manufacturing threaten a Tuesday strike as a 2½-cent wage rise demand clashes with a 5 percent offer from manufacturers. Joint negotiators plan another meeting though both sides stand firm. Across Cincinnati an outing camp for striking machinists is set up near Day ton aiding funds and cohesion. In Knoxville three striking machinists’ replacements are beaten by French workers, one severely, amid strike tensions.
In Vancouver, the Grand Lodge of Fishermen declares a strike against Frazer river canners effective at midnight. Two to three thousand Japanese workers are on site, while white fishermen vow to bar them from work.
Col David R Paige of Cleveland died in New York at the Hotel Brunswick after months of illness. An Akron resident and Forty-eighth Congress member from Ohio’s Twentieth district, Paige lost to Maj McKinley in a gerrymandered race for the Forty-ninth Congress. He later faced a financial scandal linked to spurious paper and business failures, then retired to private life in recent years.
The Rev Dr Byron Sunderland aged eighty three died at his son in law Orrin Day's home from a brain blood clot. A long-time minister, he led First Presbyterian Church Washington for forty eight years and served in Batavia Syracuse and Alexander Vermont earlier. He was born in 1519 in Vermont and attended White House circles during Cleveland’s presidency.
New York June Louis H. Smith of Columbus died today in Brooklyn. Born in Rockwood Missouri he owned Smith's Hotel in Columbus and later ran the Hotel Lafayette in Philadelphia. He belonged to the National Hotelmen's Association the New England Society of New York the Manufacturers' Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Athletic Club.
In Seattle on June obituary services for William L. Meredith were held at the First Methodist Church. Crowds filled the church and surrounding streets as a police platoon led the funeral procession. City and county officials attended, including Mayor Hume and Chief of Police Sullivan.
William D Harrison a renowned billiard player died at St Josephs Hospital Chicago after a long liver illness. He came to Chicago six years ago from Portland following a noted career in billiards.
Commodore Theodore Zeller U S N retired in 1800 died at his residence in New York today from old age in his eighty third year He had been an invalid for some years
London reports the death of Mrs Matthew Arnold widow of the British poet critic and teacher of culture. Her passing marks the end of an influential cultural life cited in press notices.
He questions Shamrock II as Atlantic challenger and presses Lipton for a meeting to race. If not granted, he will challenge for the cup, arguing Kariad should have a chance to face the American Cup defender.
Races across four states excite fans as Wisconsin Cornell Columbia vie for top in two mile varsity and four oared events. Analysts predict Wisconsin to lead a tight three way finish while Syracuse Georgetown and Pennsylvania contest for place among improving crews. The article notes favorable conditions and expert observers favor Wisconsin with strong late-race reserves.
NEW LONDON Conn June 30 The Independence demonstrated windward capability by racing 75 miles from Winyard Haven to New London in eight hours The voyage began with a cross wind along Vineyard Sound then 55 miles in two long hitches and a short one under nearly full sails The wind ranged from ten to fourteen knots with smoother seas and a few heavy rollers between Gay Head and Point Judith The yacht passed Narragansett Pier near Newport where the Constitution and Columbia rested ahead of a duel and a larger contest with the Boston yacht later in the week
The yachting season opens with a thirty mile race from Brenton's Reef lightship to windward and back between the Herreshoff produced Constitution and the Columbia. The start line is two miles off Bateman's Point with a ten mile triangular course possible. Races under the New York Yacht Club.
Travemunde June The Meteor with Emperor William on board won today’s yacht race in Lubeck bay.
In Poughkeepsie on June percent the Varsity Race saw Wisconsin finish first with Cornell second and Columbia third as Pennsylvania Syracuse and Georgetown battled for fourth. The Freshman Race winner was Corvell.
At Pan-American Exposition Buffalo the Forty-eighth Highlanders of Toronto arrived in a special train and were greeted by Sousa's band. Major Wiser commanded US artillery. Lt. Col. W. C. MacDonald led the Canadians. Dr. F. W. Borden attended. A grand parade, inspections, and dress parade marked opening ceremonies. Upcoming days include Missouri, Wellesley College, Alaska, and educators' days with AAU events.
Maj. Gen. W. R. Shafter retires and Maj. Gen. S. M. Yeung assumes command of the Department of California at the Presidio. Four volunteer regiments Forty-eighth Forty-ninth Forty-fourth and Thirty-eighth are mustered out with over 1.9 million dollars paid to soldiers. Treasury transport, escorts, and paymasters move funds as discharged volunteers rush to rail offices for Eastern home journeys. An accidental shooting in a store leaves George Price wounded. three other veterans remain with injuries.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Washington reports tea imports and per capita use. Britain leads per person consumption, with Russia and the United States following. Philippine trade grows while Swiss treaty expiration slows Swiss trade. U S tea imports edge up amid rising Indian and Ceylon shipments. detailed 1900 figures compare tea and coffee consumption, imports, and exports across the UK Russia Netherlands Germany France and the United States.
Washington June 30 A War Department division of insular affairs statement reports a 1900 record in Philippine imports of merchandise gold and silver totaling 27 766 100 up from 20 440 074 in 1899 a roughly 36 percent gain.
Washington reports on the 1900 Commercial Relations volume noting Switzerland's remarkable per capita foreign commerce. Switzerland, a small landlocked nation, shows high development with imports dominated by foodstuffs and raw materials re-exported as manufactured goods. US exports include bicycles and dried fruits, with total Swiss trade around 14 million dollars in some years, despite a tariff shift since the treaty ended.
Tien-Tsin crowded with officers of many nations en route home as Emperor Dowager plans a new capital. Prince Chuan and a retinue of forty stay three days at the University of Tien-Tain before sailing for Germany to formalize apologies for Baron Von Ketteler's murder. Merchants dispute US claims, arguing indemnity should include legitimate expenditures and noting looting was widespread before allied arrival.
Shanghai dispatch reports the Empress Dowager refuses to return to Peking fearing a trap and informs Grand Council that the future capital will be Kai-Feng-Fu in Ho-Nan. Prince Chuan is due July 18 and will sail July 20 on the Bayern to Bremen. Li-Ngan-Fu relays the note.
ST. PETERSBURG June. It is asserted that M. De Witte, the finance minister, will leave for Manchuria during July.
A Chicago incident on Irving Park boulevard left one person dead and about twenty injured when an electric streetcar struck two wagons filled with picnickers. The car's motorman and conductor were arrested. The dead child Arthur Erickson. other injured include Thorwald Tweter Amanda Peters Mrs Carl E Peterson Thomas Goranson Mrs Erickson Mrs Gustaf Olin Rinas Erlandson and nine more picnic party members.
Vessels built in the United States and officially numbered by the Bureau of Navigation during the year ended today total 1,373 vessels of 401.25 gross tons, compared with 1,04, of 6,677 gross tons in the prior fiscal year. The record tonnage has been exceeded only twice in U S history in 1854 and in 18? when the maximum 683,40 wis at.
The city sweltered as temperatures hit a peak and officials admitted the day was the hottest yet this summer. Thousands suffered heat. streetcars carried sweltering crowds while parks offered shade and relief amid dwindling city activity.
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