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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1901
Page
2
Reports detail Herbert Bells’s apparent self inflicted morphine death in Greencastle and a tied up Terre Haute police salary clash. Governor Durbin seeks uniform pay for police commissioners, raising questions about authority and board status amid long standing vacancies and political pressure.
David Nation husband of Carrie Nation spoke at Union Grand theater in Union City Indiana under temperance auspices. Audience disappointed as he avoided references to his wife while justifying her actions. He plans to visit Iberia Ohio to see a daughter.
Cloudy today with better outlook tomorrow. For Lower Michigan Monday partly cloudy, Tuesday fair with fresh north to northeast winds. Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky Monday cloudy, Tuesday fair with northeast winds. Temperature and precipitation readings accompany the forecast, noting mean temperatures and past totals.
Capt. Harry Watts of Knightstown Indiana is seriously ill with organic heart disease but not in immediate danger. He leads the State Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home board of trustees and is among the town’s prominent businessmen. In other notes from Indiana towns, the Brazils and Vincullas played a game, a criminal case looms, and Silas Hiatt, first white child born in Montgomery County, dies aged eighty one. interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery set.
In Marion Indiana the tail enders edged Columbus in ten innings lifting their third straight win over Marion. McMackin and Shaw powered the offense while Harris Williams and Zinram contributed. Attendance reached about one thousand.
Coroner Trainer at Washington investigates the death of William Hall who was mysteriously scalded with water from a saloon rear about a month ago and died yesterday. John Winstandley drowned in Lake Michigan on Saturday, a member of the Bedford Winstandley family, one of the city’s most prominent.
Boston May 19 torrential rain did not deter hundreds of sightseers visiting the Atlantic works in East Boston to view the yacht Independence. It will be mast stepped soon and outfitting begins in earnest with rigging ready sails made and deck awaiting canvas. Lipton says Shamrock I is ready for racing trials and both Shamrock I and II will sail daily to test speed and weaknesses on outside courses.
Bristol May 19. Mr W Butler Duncan said the Constitution will depart tomorrow morning for her trial spin if weather permits. She will return to Herreshoff's for fittings to be installed, expected to take about a week.
Anglo American trap shoot for 2000 a side set for June 11 at Middlesex Gun Club near London. Twelve US shooters plus substitutes sail from New York aboard the Canadian to reach London by June 5 for practice before the four day match. Also listed are probable starters and jockeys for the Gravesend Brooklyn handicap with weights and names.
In Toledo on May 19 Louisville defeated Toledo 7 to 1 as the locals failed to hit Bailey. McFarland hit two home runs for Louisville while Kissinger Graflug Bailey and Zalusky worked the batteries. Final score shows a six run spread with early defense and late scoring by Louisville.
The Fort Wayne-Dayton game scheduled in Fort Wayne was postponed due to rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago defeated Milwaukee with Dowling wild in relief and Mertes delivering a key double play. Attendance 8,60. Scores show Chicago 8 Milwaukee 6 with multiple runs in early innings. Patteries Griffith Sullivan Dowling Leahy Garvin Connor. Stated errors and hits highlight the game.
The Blue Streaks routed the Rajahs 49 to 2 in yesterday’s game. McBride Hoffman and Kerins starred for the Blue Streaks while Starchman Staley and Clark led the Rajahs in a lopsided contest.
The article notes a nine hour demand unmet by other ice shops and local men choosing not to fight. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company keeps 8 machinists on strike for two weeks, importing workers from across the country to fill roles. About 20 nonunion workers are at work, housed in the ear and guarded by 150 special owners.
About 2,000 machinists in Philadelphia plan a nine hour day walkout tomorrow affecting 47 firms employing roughly 1,500 at Baldwin, Cramps, Midvale, and others. Some shops will not strike now. arbitration and business ties delay responses. Nearby Wilkes-Barre and Camden report similar nine hour day actions with thousands affected.
The Tri-State Interscholastic field day features M. T. H. S. boys and Franklin Mooney students meeting at Fountain Ferry Park this afternoon. Postponed Saturday, teams prepared yesterday, hoping for good weather. Louisville crowd expected despite possible turnout drop, events to begin around 2:30.
In Wilmington on May 19 officials of the machinists union said a strike would be ordered in all Wilmington shops with two exceptions. They expect at least 40 men to answer the call.
On May 19 Connecticut faces widespread machinists and metal workers’ action planned for a nine hour day. Hartford Waterbury Bridgeport New Britain Ansonia Derby are the centers with about 6000 idle workers anticipated. New Haven sees limited participation while Norwalk plants settle.
About 4,000 of the citys 6,000 machinists are expected to strike as the Machinists Union and the National Metal Trades Association fail to reach a agreement in Cincinnati. AFL President Gompers arrives from Columbus to help lead the effort with other leaders Arrangements indicate several major firms may sign the scale tomorrow.
In Louisville on May 19 indications point to 500 machinists being idle tomorrow as only one employer has agreed to the workers demands. The stalled labor dispute leaves a majority of shops without wage adjustments while negotiations continue.
About 1,300 Lehigh Valley Rail Road system machinists in Buffalo will strike tomorrow. Earlier May 1 saw 1,000 city workers in other shops walk out. 30 percent have since returned. An additional 40 Buffalo machinists will strike Tuesday, totaling around 1,000 out. A Lockport delegate noted Hawley steam pump workers may strike next. Syracuse machinists also voted to quit shops not adopting a nine hour schedule, with up to fifty expected to join. Seneca Falls anticipates about 509 more strikers tomorrow.
Chicago union machinists vote for a general strike starting tomorrow with a nine hour workday and a 12 percent wage increase demand. Pattern makers at Gates Iron Works and Frazer Chalmers seek 43 cents per hour. Union machinists at Union Horse Nail Company already struck over hours and pay.
Some 13508 machinists plan to strike in the morning while 114 firms will run on a nine hour schedule employing 2500 workers. Postings indicate more firms may grant the new schedule before noon. In Quincy the Tubular River and Stud Co employs 1200 with 200 machinists and grants a fifty four hour week starting tomorrow. Fore River Ship and Engine Co already pays ten hours for nine. Providence sees 500 machinists depart from Corliss engine works and International Power Co. PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT.
San Francisco on May 1 reports a looming walkout by machinists at Union Iron Works and Risdon Iron Works. The scale is unknown. A lengthy Labor Council memorial to President McKinley urges Congress to act on exclusion laws and to push territorial expansion while maintaining Asiatic exclusion.
In Knoxville and across the Southern Railway system unions press for a nine hour day and wage readjustment with a May 20 deadline. General Manager Frank S. Gannon calls a Washington conference with shop representatives from Louisville Memphis Knoxville Birmingham Spencer Columbia and other points to discuss the dispute.
In St. Louis on May 19 the Allied Metal Trades Council discussed a nine hour work day strike plan. All unions except molders helpers voted to work tomorrow and press employers to sign the compromise agreement. Forty four large shops have signed, four remain reticent.
The nationwide call for a machinists strike is unlikely to garner strong support in New England tomorrow. Unions in smaller manufacturing centers are underorganized or financially weaker, leaving Boston as the probable epicenter where the movement will show its full strength.
Pittsburg scene reports a strike order issued by Business Agent Shaw against four firms in Pittsburg and Allegheny for failure to sign the new wage scale. The American Steel and Wire Company Forest Oil Well Supply Company Oliver Iron and Steel Company are named with the American Steel and Wire Company expected to sign on Monday.
William H. Gore, business agent of Detroit Lodge No. 8 of the International Association of Machinists, announced tonight that a significant development involving the lodge is under way in Detroit.
Milwaukee representatives say demands will not be granted affecting 25 of 28 shops, about 1,000 machinists to strike. In St Paul, May 18, most machinists ignore an order to strike, with only railroad shop workers staying in the interna organization.
Chicago leaders of the Chicago Federation of Labor endorsed the International Association of Machinists demands and pledged support for the upcoming strike. In Denver the nine hour day and wage scale were granted by local Metal Trades members averting a strike. Concord NH reports a temporary agreement prevents a strike in the Boston and Maine railroad shops tomorrow.
Katherine Germaine, star of The Highwayman at the Metropolitan Opera House in Minneapolis, swallowed nearly a dozen doses of strychnine after a dentist prescribed four teethache remedies at three hour intervals. The overdose left her condition critical tonight as authorities investigate the overdose set.
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