26 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1902
Page
1
Mitchell and Associates refuse interview by coal road presidents. Meetings among MacVeagh Mitchell Darrow and Wright end abruptly after a day in Washington, with no progress announced. No further talks scheduled.
Short message from Mr Baer reports a summit of presidents of coal roads and notes a sudden halt to talks with United Mine Workers after a New York meeting refused an interview with Mitchell. Operators insist on continuing hearings before the anthracite coal commission and defend their stance against alleged mine worker abuses. The blast of statements favors the operators as they vow to press the commission and stay the proposed Friday talks.
New York reports a serious hitch in plans to settle the coal controversy via conference between operators and miners union. The final adjustment is likely to go back to the Gray commission. Independent operators protest direct talks with miners and decline a Friday Washington meeting. A Scranton gathering and secret sessions aimed to influence the commission are described, with a formal protest letter to Baer and others.
The Central Labor Union halted the Havana strike, planning a full resumption of work. General Gomez chaired talks with Havana Commercial Company officials, denouncing the workers’ actions as a revolution and pledging to defend order with veterans ready to take up arms if needed. 120 wounded in yesterday’s riot, four seriously. two strikers and one fireman killed in a collision between a fire engine and an electric car.
A report describes a man identified as Murray, about forty two, accused of grabbing women on the North Side. He supposedly had a letter of recommendation from a Louisville photographer. Details note an unlocated residence, possible boarding on North Missouri near Fourteenth, and that he is not married. Dr Jobes of City Hospital treated John son after head injuries, including fractured skull and brain pressure relief.
Charles Holloway of Clinton Iowa won the contest for the fair emblem. The design features five figures with Columbia and Louisiana at center, France represented by a seated France with the treaty and tricolor, and borders showing agriculture, commerce, art, and science. Symbols of Genius and Progress crown the scene with a red, white, blue, and yellow palette referencing the United States France and Spain.
President Castro, in a recent interview, says peace near by January and vows to restore fiscal systems and attract foreign capital with U S participation. He cites victory at La Victoria and warns against foreign aggression while pledging fair handling of asphalt cases and participation in the St. Louis exposition.
David M. Parry of Indianapolis, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, told Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce listeners that the eight hour bill threatens factory expansion and that labor and capital must organize to resist what he called dangerous legislation. He warned of wage and price effects and urged private, not government, regulation of work hours.
Des Moines report notes Republican head ticket totals 229225 to 150071 for Democrats with Prohibition 9876 and Socialist 6360. Republican plurality 79724, Prohibition down and Socialist up. In Seattle, statewide returns place Hadley ahead by 26362 for Supreme Court, with Congress winners leading Democrat Cotterill by about 25000 each.
Secretary of State Cook canvassed statewide returns and showed Missouri voting Democratic by a 4.4 percent plurality. The Democratic margin declined by 79,480 votes and the Republican loss by 85,154 compared with 19.
In Richmond Virginia John S Wise legal action targets the constitutional convention governor three registration board members and three judges. Wise intends unlimited printed suit forms to be filled by Black registrants denied suffrage by the new constitution seeking five dollars damages per suit in U S circuit courts.
Lancaster Ky November sale notice states two Black women and one Black man to be sold to highest bidder before the courthouse on Friday for terms of imprisonment three months for one and two and three years for the others. Ped of vagrancy.
James Johnson, a Louisville migrant, provoked Thomas Murray at 327 Indiana avenue, where Murray struck with a pick, crushing Johnson’s skull. Johnson died soon after at City Hospital. Murray fled and was not immediately captured. witnesses say the killing followed insults by Johnson. Both men were Black.
Washington November 25 Cadet Wesley W Price is honorably discharged due to disability. Major Isaac W Littell assumes temporary charge of the general depot in New York. Numerous leaves of absence and recruiting assignments span artillery, infantry, cavalry, and paymaster posts, with several officers moved to recruiting duty in Missouri, Connecticut, Arkansas, and Nebraska. Brig Gen Hood retires. Col Hasbrouck may be promoted. no firm timetable.
After a quarter century, Indiana’s Supreme Court rules Vandalia must pay $913,905 principal plus interest totaling $1,028,143. Attorney General Ketcham earns 10 percent of the judgment. Lawyers Hawkins Smith Winter and Taylor each receive about $50,000 under legislative fees. The decision upholds the 1847 charter and directs funds to the state treasury and school fund.
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