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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1902
Page
1
A conference in Chicago among Mitch ell, Sergent, MacVeagh and Keefe produced a plan for a meeting between operators and the Civic Federation. Secrecy prevailed as none would discuss the matter. The plan is to be submitted to M. A. Hanna for approval.
A Chicago conference of National Civic Federation members and union leaders, including President John Mitchell, discussed plans for arbitration to resolve the anthracite strike. A New York meeting with mine operators and federation executives may follow, with Hanna to review. Mitchell noted workers show signs of weakening and did not seek to settle the dispute.
In Wilkes Barre and Hazleton areas the United Mine Workers prepared to enforce a new workday and wage order next Monday. Engineers and pumpmen threaten mass walkouts while firemen plan to strike almost unanimously. A Cranberry colliery subset already quit over reinstatement disputes, with hundreds affected as company crews fill positions and guard the mine remains. A separate shooting incident injured a timekeeper on the Yorktown path, linked to unrest among strikers.
Reports from Pottsville and Shenandoah describe continued outflow of mine workers since the strike began. Foreign families depart, New Philadelphia and Buck Mountain desert by depopulation, while Virginia and West Virginia roads report no strike action among black miners. Civic Federation conciliation talks remain unsettled as leaders decline comment on new meetings.
One hundred men women and children from the Pennsylvania coal region arrived in Hoboken and were booked to sail for Europe on the Scotia and Pennsylvania steamers. The Scotia delayed, leaving the others to wait days. The group includes Italians Poles and Slavs. Meanwhile the city sees domestic anthracite coal prices raised from 6.35 to 7.50 per ton.
Sydney reports a seven year drought across Australia causing massive stock losses totaling about £15,000,000. Unemployment rises as people move to cities and relief is provided by state governments. Only the Northern Rivers and parts of Riverina escape. Fodder duties hinder imports. inland communication blocked as waterways run dry. Mail hauls in Queensland drop as costs soar. Horses suffer, some die after being bled from the palate, and many sundowners and swen are found dead. Meteorologists doubt an early weather change.
Photographer Leonard left Barbados on May 10 for Martinique and arranged to visit St. Pierre. He landed near the ruined city and photographed Mont Pelee while it smoked and ejected ashes, providing a rare close view of the volcano in action.
Uncertain reports from the Vereeniging peace talks show a minority of Boer leaders resisting any immediate settlement, while Pretoria circles a still unsettled result and potential continuation of hostilities.
Reports from Pretoria and London exchange cautious optimism on South African peace talks at Vereeniging while noting ongoing disputes with the government and a faction favoring continued hostilities. British leaders avoid firm forecasts as Cabinet debates on fiscal terms unfold.
In Kansas City on May 2 a 20 year old man Frank Robinson shot and killed his 16 year old sweetheart Gertie Rawlins, fatally wounded rival Albert Ferguson, and fatally injured himself in an apartment. He left a note to his mother saying Ferguson had supplanted him and he would kill them both then himself. He fired at Ferguson and Rawlins, Rawlins died in street collapse. Ferguson wounded in abdomen. Robinson then shot himself in the left breast and was dying.
A May 26 Texarkana windstorm damaged several churches including the Christian Church Oak Street Baptist Church and Methodist Church, with the Episcopal Church also badly damaged. The Fairview Methodist and a large Odd Fellows hall shifted, and many homes and new buildings were leveled. No injuries in town reported, but fear of casualties north along the Red River.
Rev Dr Henry Burrows III of Oberlin College is critically ill with pleuro-pneumonia at his home in Oberlin Ohio. Cleveland physician Dr Cushing consults with Oberlin doctors Jamieson and Browning as fears mount for his recovery. He fell ill after a journey from New York to Oberlin where a cold worsened during the night.
A writer argues Spion Kop was the decisive factor and Ladysmith’s fall likely changed if taken. He faults Colonel Thorneycroft for abandoning the position without sufficient reason or consultation, not Sir Charles Warren who commanded the operation. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7, GOL. 2.
A calm Democratic primary day saw delegates chosen for the county convention. The 568 delegates meet at Tomlinson Hall at 9 this morning to endorse a platform by committee chair A. G. Smith. Multiple county offices show several candidates, with details for clerk, treasurer, sheriff, auditor, coroner, surveyor, and judges across districts Morgan Marion counties.
Still causing fear the St Vincent Soufriere volcano remains active. About twelve square miles of the island have been devastated and 1,600 persons killed by the first eruption.
Cablegrams from St Vincent report about twelve square miles devastated, 1600 dead, 8000 affected, with refugees in Kingstown and Martinique under control. Supplies from the Dixie and Canada arrive for months, lumber sought for rebuilding, and naval relief missions coordinate transport to Saint Vincent while plans to withdraw post relief are set.
May 26 Saint Lucia reports Mont Pelée still active but nearby residents have fled or perished. Fort de France quieter after mass exodus to colonies. Martinique sufferers have enough food for now. St Vincent eruption remains active with ongoing losses and uncertainty.
The account notes about 1 700 affected souls, wounded and burned, with many in hospitals unlikely to recover. Over 1 00 destitute yet receiving relief as plantations suffer material loss. Sugar works may be restored. lava yoke heads and arch heaps are dug out. The lava stream bypassed Georgetown and Chateau Belair, leaving them uninjured.
United States cruiser Cincinnati arrived from St Lucia as relief work continues in Martinique. Fontabelle brought 150 tons of aid from New York and other citizens, carrying W H Corwine named by President Roosevelt to coordinate relief. Passengers include Prof Angelo Heliprin and Capt Scott, with scientists studying the volcano from the sea aboard a chartered steamer.
President nominates Robert B. McCormick of Illinois as ambassador to Austria Hungary and sends Senate nominations for diplomatic posts Chandler Hale and George Rivers in Vienna and Charles Richardson in Berlin. Also lists Army second lieutenants and cavalry officers including Charles Donnohve of Indiana and Thomas E. Cathro of Indiana among others.
On May 2 in St Joseph Missouri an attempted hold up of Burlington express No 26 occurred near Roys Branch one mile north of the city. Exploding torpedoes alerted engineer Fred Mudgett who found a red signal light and the train proceeded to Union Station ten minutes late. Police and a strong posse searched the scene but the robbers left with the red lanterns. Roys Branch is noted for previous train robberies by Pat Crowes gang.
New York May 26 George L Bruns an examiner for Equitable Life shot his wife Edna Dashiell in their Brooklyn home and then killed himself after an escalating quarrel. Bruns fired four shots wounding his wife and himself. she probably will die. They had been married two years.
A Cairo dispatch to the Daily Express says rebels near Mocha in Yemen have annihilated a whole Turkish battalion. The Mocha governor is reportedly taken hostage. Rebels are said to be joined by many Turkish troops deserting the government forces.
In Athens Kentucky County Judge Bullock fined several offenders including blind tiger operators language violators and concealed weapon carriers totaling 10.48 dollars. One man paid 2.4 dollars. A mass citizens meeting was called to pursue town reform and the judge suspended warrants to allow fined men to join the reform effort.
Captain McDonald formerly of the Twenty sixth Volunteer Infantry testified before the Philippine committee that Corporal O'Brien's charges of misconduct were false. He denied violations of a Spanish woman, abuse at a native dance, and the burning of a woman and child. He said he and Major Cook were on duty elsewhere during the alleged events and that O'Brien was a troublesome soldier. He described the La Nog barrio action as a legitimate capture, with warnings given and no massacre.
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