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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
4
In the hood of the woods a mother bird defends her chick, the youngster about the size of a full grown chicken, highlighting a striking contrast in animal growth and maternal care in a natural setting.
Mrs. George Moore sails to Chicago for a week, and numerous social visits unfold across Wellington Martinsville and Richmond. Weddings, receptions, and club gatherings including Elliott Sewall and Stewart Watts pairings fill a June calendar with outfits, roses, and new homes.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal notes numerous June weddings among Hoosier cities. It lists Frank McCarty and Anna Ruddell in Kokomo, Cates and Hines in Noblesville, Winslow and Duncan in Cleveland with relatives of McKinley attending, military marriages in Louisville and at Fort Douglass, and multiple other couples in Seymour, Columbia City, Evansville, Richmond, and Aurora with builders, bankers, and clergy involved.
Philadelphia press reports Nathan Stubblefield demonstrating wireless voice across Belmont Mansion using two buried iron rods and a ground receiver. Disturbances in earth’s magnetic field travel to a distant listener, with messages heard six feet from the mansion. He claims uninsulated wire can replace costly cables at under one percent of cable costs.
Wilkes Barre reports show more engineers and pump runners joining the coal strike. Nanticoke colliery No. 6 shuts engines, threatening the town’s water supply as strikers swell and intimidation spreads. President Mitchell says the strike widens with more workers leaving and arrests remain few.
At a New York meeting Oscar S Straus urged President Roosevelt to appoint a commissioner to investigate the anthracite strike and urge arbitration between miners and operators. In Washington Roosevelt weighed the proposal but had not decided. Senator Hanna was said to be expected to undertake the task if appointed.
A Scranton report quotes Philadelphia & Reading head Baer saying there will be no settlement by concession or arbitration and that strikers must surrender unconditionally. Baer claims full control of strike direction for Morgan interests, accepting sole responsibility with no advisory body, only occasional input when sought.
In Mahanoy Point tunnels, pickets blocked mine access as water danger rises. Mine foreman Terrill kept under guard for two hours amid fear of violence. Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co claims workers mobbed on way to work. Mayor Leonard pledges peace. In Philadelphia, union enlistment efforts expand to guard and pump roles with Marine recruiting HQs as miners seek support. A thousand men begin a march from McAdoo toward Philadelphia to join antiunion actions.
Two nonunion men who arrived in the former town tonight were seized by strikers. At Silverbrook two miles south, they will be turned over to a larger miners’ body and taken toward Tamaqua under Panther Creek Valley delegates, toward their destination. Harrisburg report states Thomas Harcur, serving a three year Pottsville jail sentence for rioting at Oneida during the great anthracite strike, was pardoned today by Governor Stone. Harcur’s associates were pardoned last October.
Chicago printers union secures first wage rise in twenty years without a strike. Wages move from 18 to 18.50 per week for over 1,800 workers, while apprenticeship ratios remain unsettled and may go to arbitration. Separate Rhode Island streetcar strike follows ten hour act challenge. National Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adjourns after three weeks with pension plan approved.
The Senate opened discussion on building an isthmian canal with Senator Morgan asserting Nicaragua offers safer prospects than Panama against volcanic and earthquake risks. He warned Colombia’s politics threaten the Panama path and urged passage of the Nicaragua bill, while other measures on postmail aid for the blind and military promotions advanced.
Washington June 4 The House debated the anti-anarchy bill amid legal and constitutional arguments. Wisconsin's Jenkins and New Jersey's Parker argued for harsher penalties including death for presidents. Massachusetts' Powers and Ohio's Nevins backed the bill as reported. Hull moved to table a military expenditures report on Wood's Cuba governorship, passage 110 to 78.
Professor Angelo Heilprin reports from Fort de France that Mont Pelee shows no lava overflow, no subsidence, and unchanged height. The new crater lacks a cone. eruptions may have ended though volcano remains quietly active. He details ascents, storms, and observations, noting dramatic steam output and a crevasse shaped crater.
A Bolivian volcano eruption near Chico destroys two villages and claims seventy five lives. The flare continues, with updates from La Paz and Valparaiso correspondents confirming ongoing danger and damage.
May Manton presents a home dressmaking hint featuring a box plaited frock design. The style is chic for young girls, suitable for fabrics including pongee in pastel pink with cream lace yoke and cuffs, trimmed in black velvet ribbon. The waist uses a snug fitted lining closing at the center back.
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