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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
6
A fragment notes a clash involving strikers and a pumpman named Praith at Lykens. The report mentions threats of bodily harm and ongoing tension, indicating a volatile labor conflict on the scene.
Mount Carmel officials urged lawfulness amid yesterday’s clashes as strikers’ crowds roamed the town intimidating workers. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company sought deputies from Sheriff Deitrick to guard laborers traveling to colleries, but the sheriff declined, saying conditions did not justify deputizing.
The Alabama United Mine Workers of America vote to remit a $25,080 contribution to the striking anthracite miners for July with future monthly assessments set at $44,053 based on membership. Governor Stone Jeeve Smiths reports in transit from the Adirondacks toward Harrisburg, Pa., amid rioting among strikers.
In Glen Jean West Virginia July 20 the Richards trial today featured defense evidence challenging witnesses claims that strikers cursed injuncts and officials. Judge Keller declared no one may block access to a United States post office, despite property ownership, and protected the right to enter. The defense also attacked Deputy U S Marshal Cunningham and guards, while witnesses alleged frequent weapon drawing and curses, though the judge limited some testimony. District 17 President John Richards received a letter describing marchers' morale and a planned dynamite incident on the road, with hidden men ready to act.
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers says no Aug benefits in the anthracite region, with restrictions on fund distributions to strivers. Donations remain available and some districts supply relief while officials limit financial detail at headquarters. The bituminous operators’ entry into the anthracite market remains disputed, as higher bituminous mine prices suggest broader shipments could harm workers if markets open.
The report notes anthracite miners can more easily find jobs beyond the coal fields, while operators struggle to reclaim any lost market. It adds that bituminous operators may hire anthracite workers to shift into the bituminous fields of Indiana, signaling a move to full-time, expanded operations despite previously said shortages.
Boston July 20 reports say Bowker Fertilizer Company treasurer Henry F Coe confessed to misusing notes totaling about 120000. Funds allegedly flowed into the Dudley hosiery mills at Newton Lower Falls with Coe claiming no personal profit. no action has been taken yet and the matter is linked to a broader company amalgamation.
London reports Andrew Carnegie donated Lord Acton's famous library to John Morley. The gift, valued for its 000 volumes rich in historical and ecclesiastical works, is praised as a princely act of friendship. The Daily Chronicle suggests Carnegie intends a university public use, possibly Cambridge, with housing for the collection.
Across the country, strife and settlements unfold as electricians, Yukon line workers, painters, press feeders, and tapestry weavers engage in strikes or reach accords. Jurisdictions include New York contractors at the White House project, Yukon telegraph workers near Dawson, and Philadelphia weavers amid a 10 percent wage settlement. Arbitration looms in Scranton over railway seniority while Civic Federation figures discuss a fifth arbitrator.
Redlands California July 30 The will of former University of Wisconsin president Charles Kendall Adams grants small bequests to relatives while most of his estate goes to his widow. After her death the principal will fund the President Adams fellowship at Wisconsin with income supporting fifteen fellowships. No estate value is estimated as most property remains in Wisconsin.
King Edward's progress toward coronation remains positive as he paces the Victoria and Albert without aid and signs off on the procession plan. Queen Alexandra confirms his strength and anticipation of a deck walk, with a possible Portland cruise if weather holds. Cardinal Vannatelli reportedly favorable to a church sanction related to Prince ROSPIGLIOSI's marriage proposal to an American.
Rome dispatch reports Cardinal Vannutelli’s appointment to oversee marriages, raising prospects for Prince Joseph Rospigliosi to obtain a church annulment of his wife Marie Jennings Reid Parkhurst’s Bangor divorce. If granted, a Catholic ceremony could follow, previously barred by nonrecognition of the divorce. The marriage had been civil only.
Patrick A McHugh nationalist MP for Leitrim north will serve three months in Sligo jail after a bench warrant and contempt of court charges arising from remarks in the Sligo Champion. The select committee took no action. Other dispatches note Emden's praise of stability, Chinese missionary dangers, a deadly Malacca Straits collision, and a wealth discovery from a London carrier's estate.
Fire at Lourdes destroys a block of houses with casualties as cholera rises in Cairo and disease spreads to Moucha and Zizeh. Reports from Rome note Pope approval of Rampolla policy. diplomats fret over Macedonia Albania unrest. Generals Botha De Wet Delarey sail to England amid cheering Dutch schoolboys. Colonial talks in London discuss empire patents cables and wireless rules. Bishop Potter praises Scandinavian emigrants. Cardinal Gotti appointed Propaganda head and expected to smooth American affairs.
Floods across Texas disrupt rail lines from Dallas to San Antonio with lines washed out or tied up. Four hundred plus wood choppers feared lost south of Hillsboro as creeks overflow and rivers rise. Multiple counties report worsening conditions, with Dallas and Waco amid rising waters and significant agricultural losses noted near Austin and surrounding areas.
In Chicago July oats market a temporary injunction barred James A. Patten and associates from continuing a corner on new July oats and from bidding prices higher or demanding margins. Waite Thoburn & Co. sought the order amid heavy short positions, with 3,000,000 bushels of short July oats at stake and potential lawsuits. The case marks an unprecedented court challenge to a bona fide contract on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Fire at the Thomas J. Lipton Company plant in Chicago damaged warehouse B at the Union Stockyards, destroying its entire contents worth about 23000 dollars. The four story structure 125 by 10 feet held pickled meats sausages hams bacon and lard as firemen battled to confine the blaze. The fire at first threatened the entire Lipton plant.
New York July 30 divis disbursements announced by industrial companies for August total 17,264,600 the smallest for any month this year per Journal of Commerce a drop from July’s large semi annual payments. Baltimore Md July George L McCahan longtime actuary Maryland Institute of Art died today from strokes of apoplexy and paralysis. London July death announced Right Rev William Packenham Walsh born 1860 once tutor to Charles Stewart Parnell. Washington July Major Josiah Pierce Jr civil engineer died Garfield EEE tonight of typhoid fever aged 41.
Dr E M Eagle of Beaumont Texas wealthy and prominent man died by his own action in Bowling Green Kentucky last night after arriving a week earlier with $10 000 to invest in a farm His brother Joseph Eagle a leading Dallas lawyer and their mother was a cousin of Senator Sam Bell Maxey of Texas
A ledger page lists cash on hand and agents or other persons, real estate unencumbered, bonds and stocks owned bearing interest, loans on bonds and mortgages, and other securities. It notes losses unadjusted and in suspense awaiting proof, with totals and remarks on outstanding risks and insured limits, including the greatest insured risk at 200000 though generally not exceeding 10000.
In Shanghai on July 3 representatives from China and eight treaty powers completed work on tariff revision. The agreed duties will average 4 to 4.5 percent of actual value. Russia, Italy, Spain and Portugal did not participate and their assent is needed.
A blaze on Ignacio street caused $168,000 in losses to Prendes & Co. with $90,000 insured by Manchester Insurance Co. Other dry goods firms such as Pella & Co. also suffered major losses and carried policies with the London and Liverpool and Globe.
New Orleans reports the steamer Condor arriving from Puerto Cortez Honduras with word that the British government has withdrawn all claims to sovereignty over the Bay Islands including Utila Ruatan Bonacea Guanaja Feina and Barbarat and recognizes they belong to the Republic of Hon.
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