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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1901
Page
1
A crowd of white men attacked a Black man near the Refreshment Pavilion at Fairview. Charles Daniels was shot in the neck. his wound is described as dangerous. He was brought to the city and admitted to the hospital for treatment.
At Fairview Park a large crowd provoked a melee in the refreshment pavilion last night. Charles Daniels, 18, was wounded in the neck and taken to City Hospital. Edward Entwhistle, 15, and Roy Crampton were arrested as violence spread. police routed the mob and recovered the area.
Daniels was shot while seated on a swing near the pavilion and taken by car to Tiltinots and Washington streets then to City Hospital. He suffers a neck wound and cannot speak clearly due to blood in his throat. He lives with grandparents at 1256 Kappas street, West Indianapolis. His parents are separated and he asked his mother be notified if surgery is needed. He appears uninvolved in the riot beyond the wound. A bystander named Robert McMann helped him. McMann and companions stood nearby with blood-stained clothes. An unnamed young man and a young woman nearby say Daniels did not participate. Doctors at City Hospital cannot yet predict the outcome. they warned he might die.
Police and detectives dispersed a riot after crowds of youths rode streetcars from Fairview into the city late at night. A Journal reporter interviewed about thirty in the melee who admitted throwing bricks. Edward Entwistle, 15, faced charges of inciting a riot for fighting a Black man near the bicycle arena and pavilion.
Wilkesbarre Pa July 21 The Stationary Firemen's Strike may end soon after a meeting of United Mine Workers officials and Stationary Firemen's Association leaders. UMW backed by twenty six officers showed lukewarm support while firemen sought guarantees to reinstate strikers.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the Amalgamated Association, led by Assistant Secretary Tighe, organized 125 National Tube Works workers at McKeesport with 25 initiated in each department. Officials expect further signups to close the plant, affecting 900 men, while Wellsville and Vandergrift tensions rise and Shaffer blasts Republican policies as hostile to labor.
Delegates of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers in Indiana approve all actions of President Shaffer and vote to set aside 15 percent of wages as a strike fund. Mills across Indiana remain operating as a dozen big iron works pay into the fund, estimated at about 2.5 dollars per month per worker. The group also favors ordering members to halt local papers and subscribe to Chicago papers for Riordan cartoons on the strike.
In Alexandria Indiana July 21 at a fifth district Amalgamated Iron Tin and Steel Workers meeting in Tammany Hall members voted a voluntary 10 percent wage assessment to aid strikers. The move, a voluntary contribution to the strike fund, was not requested by President Shaffer and aims to support gas belt Amal lodges in aiding the strike.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Cincinnati July 21 unions of brewery workers from Indiana Ohio and Kentucky sent delegations to hold a jubilee. A parade moved through main streets with trains bringing whole unions. Indianapolis contributed about four hundred members and pushed to host the national convention.
General Manager W S McChesney of the St Louis Terminal Railway says the trainmen strike began yesterday afternoon has produced no effect on traffic on either side of the river. He says the action was aimed at organizing employers. Vice Grand Master Lee says it was because McChesney refused talks on rates and conditions.
Pretoria reports Mrs Kruger wife of former President Kruger died yesterday afternoon of pneumonia after a three day illness. She was sixty seven. Her separation from her husband and the loss of her daughter Mrs Smith last week broke her spirit. Mr Eloff and Kruger family members were at her bedside. London dispatch notes Kruger learned of the death in the evening and wept, calling her a good wife. Flags draped half mast over villa. editorials across papers express sympathy.
In Kroonstadt on July 21, Major Pine Coffin reportedly surprised another commando at Honingspruit on July 19, capturing Commandant Hatting along with two of General Prinsloo's sons and twenty four others. Seventeen were killed or wounded in the clash.
News from Nome dated July 4 reports a flag dispute aboard the British ship Glenora. US Commissioner Whipple twice ordered the flag lowered. Captain Knox of the gunboat Concord sent Marines to the Glenora, while a British flag was raised on the Concord and a salute fired, ending the incident.
A vast ancient city is reported to have been uncovered on the Navajo reservation between Durango and Farmington. A palace with about one thousand apartments and a second stone castle with many rooms are described. Some relics and woods are said to be preserved and sent to the Smithsonian Institution for study.
The Indiana National Guard camp at the open field race track enclosure reports over thirty two prostrations due to extreme heat during a brigade review that began at 6 1 p m Forty two cases were mild with many recovering before 10 pm One serious case found and later improved Lieutenant Colonel Wright and staff investigated rumors of deaths and large hospital counts finding fewer than forty illness cases and no serious outcomes The heat disrupted the drill and prompted ambulance pacing by Lew Brennan the ambulance driver
At the Indiana National Guard instruction camp on the state fair grounds intense heat dominates the day. General McKee notes drilling may need moderation if heat persists. Staff and regimental officers discuss the thermometer and conditions, while Governor Durbin and military secretary Col. Wilson report exceptionally hot conditions nearby.
A long camp report notes Governor Durbin observing camp life in Indianapolis with officials, a brigade review at 6:15 pm, and inspection results praising sanitation and food quality. Officers’ schools, health conditions, and a heat wave context frame a day of bustle, orders, and routine duties at the camp.
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