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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
5
The Indianapolis Journal notes veterans arriving in town and discusses political maneuvers. It covers Democratic views on Army policy, Bryan's status, and Minnesota Governor Van Sant's renomination battle. It also reflects on U S imperial questions, war governance, and Cuba’s path to self-rule under Palma.
The Cleveland Leader asks how long it would take to Americanize Cuba under current conditions. It argues against haste in full incorporation but urges the United States to promptly negotiate a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. The aim is to boost the island’s prosperity and double U S exports within two to three years.
Indianapolis welcomes the twenty third encampment of the Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic meeting at Tomlinson Hall at 2 pm. The report notes 17 341 posts on last roll, 459 deaths in the year, and praises the orgs role in aiding soldiers families and state homes while defending law and order. The event is billed as the largest encampment ever held in Indiana.
A diary like record notes weeks of Senate time spent on the Philippine bill with little direct discussion of its merits. The piece criticizes partisan strife and calls for orderly debate and use of the previous question to preserve dignity and courtesy.
A former city resident and past House candidate now in New York predicts a Republican reverse in Indiana based on city election results. The piece notes his history of incorrect forecasts, from 16 to 1 platforms to gold standard worries, while praising recent Republican strengths and the shift toward local issue driven municipal elections.
Long tenure in power prompts discontent within parties as voters punish incumbents in late municipal elections. Across cities, candidates faced defeats or narrow margins, indicating a shift from national politics to local governance. Roosevelt proposes aid for West Indian relief, with rapid House and Senate action on a $200,000 appropriation.
A humorous collage from multiple papers plucks lines about travel costs, social mores, and common conversations. It notes exchanges about California trips, Denver savings, gas timing, wedding luck on a Friday, and tea preferences, painting a satirical snapshot of daily foibles.
A collage of humorous exchanges from Puck and Town and Country features Mrs. Youngthing praising a bank rate cut, an agent touting a political career guide, Mrs. Twickenham and Mrs. Stimson discussing meals from caterers, and Willie Slimson questioning his mother about dinner sources. The vignette-style snippets capture provincial wit and social quirks.
The California Limited eastbound of the Santa Fe crashed at Revere ten miles from the prior wreck scene. An axle in the dining car broke, the train struck a switch and a box car, tearing the dining car corner and throwing six coaches off the track. One passenger Miss Adams of Chicago was slightly injured.
Harvard defeated Yale in New Haven on May 12 in the annual intercollegiate debate. The judges ruled unanimously for Harvard on the immigration of Chinese laborers to insular possessions. Harvard speakers were Ballantyne Holmes Nichols. Yale was represented by Ewell Graves Philips.
In Minneapolis on May 12 J. W. Voight a commercial traveler shot May Welch in the head then killed himself. Voight died at once while Miss Welch died on the way to hospital. Voight leaves a widow and family at Chaska. Motive remains a mystery and Miss Welch had reportedly received Voight’s attention for some time.
May 12 report from Billings Montana states a Chinese merchant named Lee was held up by two white men. He cried out and was shot, likely fatally wounded, with about $600 found on him. No crew or accomplices are identified.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett is released from Kill Sanitarium for New York after fully recovering from a recent illness announced in Newburgh New York.
In a coordinated stoppage all 257 collieries in the anthracite belt remain idle as the strike action fully ties up operations. Union leadership reports the tie up is complete with workers idle across the region.
About 145,000 mine workers in Pennsylvania began a wage and hour protest. All 367 collieries idle as unions push for a permanent strike at Hazleton convention. Companies prepare for a siege with thousands laid off and surface mule herds moved to pasture.
Reading Pa May 12 The coal shortage is evident with Sunday crowds at dealers and orders exceeding a month’s fill. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway moves about 1600 cars daily through Reading, not counting westbound, forcing many locomotives and shift crews off duty and shortening hours for crews at Cressona Gordon Shamokin and Palo Alto.
In Scranton on May 12 railroad officers ordered coal train and mine switcher crews not to report for work until further notice, affecting more than three hundred workers in the city. Some view this as part of a broader lockout strategy tied to miners’ Hazleton convention, with plans reportedly set to shut down the remaining tree washeries tomorrow.
In Mahanoy City locals vote to send delegates to Hazleton with instructions to strike if mining firms refuse demands. Philadelphia & Reading Railway suspends block operators yardmen and coal train crews between here and Shamokin. Lehigh Valley coal train crews at Delano laid off indefinitely.
President Mitchel of the United Mine Workers says the three anthracite districts are fully tied up and about 140,000 men and boys are idle. He notes the strike order has been obeyed in every case, with roughly half out in the Lackawanna area and others in the ro district and Schuylkill region.
In New York on May 12 the Tribune previews remarks from operators saying a general strike by 147 000 anthracite miners was declared at the delegates convention in Hazleton Pa. and would be followed by a mine shutdown. W E Truesdale president of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company warned the stoppage could be general and indefinite.
The operators refuse concessions and reject arbitration while efforts from the Civic Federation Heath to mediate continue. Ralph M. Easley returned to the city noting ongoing contact and the chance miners may accept arbitration, but a Wednesday morning deadline looms for a strike involving about 3000 bituminous workers across coal roads.
Ottumwa hodcarriers walkout halts all construction. Milwaukee crews demand 5 cents an hour raise. Louisville hosts Hotel and Restaurant Alliance convention with about 150 delegates. Chicago Italian laborers strike for 16 cents more at $16 daily. Denver sees eight hundred workers on strike across six unions, crippling lumberyards mills and bakeries. Pittsburgh building trades near end as iron workers accept 471 and a half cent raise with eight hour day, workers to return soon.
Eyewitness accounts describe the exodus from the burning ship Roraima and other vessels as flames, smoke, and a cyclone of fire devastate St Pierre. Survivors tell of Captain Mageah's heroic death, widespread injuries, and the village of Irrene wiped out. The island faces famine, with Fort De France crowding as Red Cross aid is urged while Mont Pelee erupts anew.
Five hundred corpses remain unburied as the volcano on the Island of St. Vincent erupts since Wednesday. Earthquakes and loud detonations accompany the eruption, with stone and ashes falling on Kingstown. Many wounded, plantations destroyed, and refugees arriving by canoe to Dominica. Barbadoes reports darkness and fallen pebbles as the disaster spreads. Authorities note no further exceptional events at Dominica through May 12.
Refugees from St Vincent continue to reach Dominica as the Soufriere volcano erupts, with reports of 500 deaths by May 12 and ashfalls felt as far as Barbados. The Potomac passed Dominica. Pouver Quertier seeks to repair a sunken cable.
London May 12 King Edward commands colonial secretary to telegraph Governor Sir Robert Llewellyn expressing deep regret for the St Vincent calamity and sympathy for victims. Governor instructed to expend all funds needed for relief efforts.
A London dispatch reported on St Vincent where the northern district was destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Sixty persons were killed by lightning while attempting to flee the disaster.
Sunday reports describe a mass evacuation from St Pierre after Mont Pelee's Thursday eruption. Government vessel Rubis carried a delegate, gendarmes, infantry, priests, and cremation supplies to dispose of bodies. Refugees exceed a thousand dead, with ash, smoke, and widespread devastation everywhere.
Relief parties comb the streets of St Pierre as fires hinder rescues. Thousands dead lie near the cathedral with bodies charred and unrecognizable. Investigators fear disease and note the city is a ruin as burial teams work through the night.
A volcanic eruption drove a blast of steam mud and fire over St Pierre, sending the sea retreating for miles. The crater glowed, detonations thundered, and within twenty minutes the town burned as ships capsized and burned in a surrounding cauldron of sea and debris.
Chicago May 12 a city appeal will seek funds provisions and clothing for Martinique disaster survivors. James E Prentis son of American consul Thomas T Prentis reports no hope for his father mother and two sisters. He cites a dispatch from Consul Ayme confirming fears and plans to travel to St Pierre once possible to bury the family if necessary.
Washington May 12 Secretary Hay received a cable from Consul Ayme at Guadeloupe reporting Martinique’s devastation. The city is wiped out Consul Prentis and family dead Governor and others perished 9000 are home and hungry Red Cross aid requested codfish flour beans rice salt meat and biscuit swiftly visit of war vessels seen as valuable The report cites Governor Mouttet as life loss estimate authority and notes prior dispatches indicating the military commander Colonel Dain perished
A cable from Dominica reveals the Korona captured crew members after the Bay of St. Pierre loss of the Roraima. Chief officer and purser taken. engineer Morris and others seriously injured in Fort de France. Survivors listed include Scott Thompson Morley and Evans among officers, with multiple crew members dead or missing.
Louis ville professor Felix Kerrick of physical geography at Louisville Manual Training High School warned his class of a violent eruption on the Island of Martinique hours before Mont Pelee erupted. Kerrick had read on recent earthquakes and said earth cracks could trap interior material, building to a violent blast.
From Dominica Administrator Bell a report to the Colonial Office describes a worsened Martinique catastrophe. Refugees report new lava craters and rivers overflowing, large areas of the north submerged, and continued darkness as relief efforts struggle to reach survivors.
The Columbian University faculty tracks Martinique eruptions with several expeditions likely to launch soon. The American Museum of Natural History appears to be the only local organization prepared to cover the costs.
Superintendent Teffe yesterday urged residents to lock windows and doors when going downtown this week. He cites many thieves expected to be drawn to the city by the monument dedication.
A barn belonging to A W MacClintock on M10 Bellefontaine street was damaged by fire last night costing about 75 dollars. Cause unknown. Also, Robert Easter of Centennial street was injured near Capitol and Washington when a street car struck him as he attempted to cross the street. he walked home after the incident.
May 12 reports say Carbondale Kansas nearly destroyed by fire, losses around 830,000 as heat wells failed to stop flames. telegraph exchange burned. In Yaneton Texas the steamer South Dakota burned near Greenwood Nebraska, loss to boat and cargo about 2,000 with no casualties. Texarkana Arkansas also saw a large brick building fire lasting overnight, firefighters unable to control it.
At Tucumeart New Mexico on the Chicago Rock Island Pacific extension southwest of Liberal three men were killed in a night incident. A ranchman was among the dead and a band of cowboys armed with Winchester rifles were reported marching into town seeking revenge.
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