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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1902
Page
2
A large labor union procession escorted the coffin in a somber march to the cemetery. Members wore red Socialist pins and bouquets while wreaths were laid. police kept order as clashes briefly flared along the Boulevard de Clichy.
Two star bouts loom as Canadian Kid seeks a repeat decision over Kid Brune in a four or six round bout, likely serving as the undercard to the Monroe Rotchford title clash next Tuesday at the Empire. Both fighters boast local support, with Brune aiming for payoff in a potential repeat verdict. Rotchford and Monroe promise peak form, with Rotchford ready for ten fast rounds after Chicago workouts. a previous twenty round draw stokes the demand for a decisive outcome, while a winner could face Harry Forbes for the bantamweight title. Seats go on sale tomorrow with reduced prices.
Indianapolis polo club manager H. B. Hornaday says preparations are nearly complete for the season. A large reserve list of top players will form a strong team as a new schedule is set, with the opener in Indianapolis on November 25.
Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday shows Indiana and Ohio with fair to warm conditions and variable winds becoming southerly. Michigan area expected fair and warmer with partly cloudy Tuesday. Local Sunday observations record temperatures 58 max 51 min with clear to partly cloudy skies and light winds, noting mean temperature and precipitation.
Maritime notices list several steamers sailing from New York and other ports to Europe and the Dorchester, Merchants' and Miners' steamer, ran aground near Poplar Island Chesapeake Bay in heavy weather. Tugs and lighters nearby began cargo removal with hopes of lightening and refloating at the next tide.
Signor Luzzati former finance minister proposes a Vienna article calling for a conference of European statesmen and economists to address trusts and combines. He argues tariffs and treaties offer fragile armor against the American corporate wave, a notion supported by Italian economists and the press.
Berlin reports a Reichsbank discount rate rise tied to bad September data and Wall Street uncertainty, with private rates easing after settlement. London notes Bank of England’s 4 percent rate as a stabilizing move, but money market rates barely shift amid overarching American monetary influence on the Stock Exchange.
Madrid reports the Bank of Spain for the week ended yesterday notes gold in hand up 309000 Readtas and silver in hand down 3353 with notes in circulation rising. Gold was quoted yesterday at a level not fully disclosed in the fragment.
In Rome the end of October may bring decisive action on Prince Rospigliosi’s bid to secure a Catholic ceremony for Princess Marie Reid Rospigliosi. The case concerns the 1904 Reid Parkhurst marriage officiated by Mgr Chapelle and questions of dispensation and Catholic status affecting many mixed marriages. Marie Reid of Washington had wed Frederick Parkhurst of Bangor Maine, a union challenged on faith grounds.
A recent strike sparked widespread rioting as police struggled to restore order. Multiple cars were wrecked and arrests were made, with disturbances continuing since last Sunday.
MADRID October 5 General Bargez captain general of Catalonia dueled today with pistols against the director of El Imparcial Madrid. Neither combatant was injured.ODESSA October 5 Failure of key metallurgical works at Kertsh causes stock market flutter and five thousand idle workers. Madrid October 5 Emigration restricted policy considered by Marine Minister Duke of Veragua.Tombs of Great Antiquity Found in Rome Forum Necropolis.
The People's Outfitting Company defeated Postoffice by forfeit after a rain dampened Capital City grounds. Keeble pitched well for Postoffice but fielding errors and mud slowed play. Cummings starred for the People's with nine strikeouts and solid hits.
The Kahn Tailoring Company defeated the Wassons by ten to eight. Leiphardt pitched effectively and Lang made a running catch in left. Hiff Laitner struck out twelve while Leiphardt fanned four more.
The National League season ended with Chicago taking both ends of a cold weather doubleheader from St Louis. Attendance was 1,800. First game final 11 to 5 with Hackett and Weaver and Hardy and Kling on the bump. Second game Chicago won 6 to 2 behind Wicker and Weaver with Kling catching. Strong hits came from Kling Slagle Chance Nichols and Dobbs in the opener and Kling Slagle Chance Nichols in the nightcap.
The All-Americans defeated Cincinnati 14 to 4 in a tense opener. Cincinnati failed to deliver the timely hit in the ninth inning as Hahn and Bergen held firm for the visitors with Bernhardt and Sullivan behind them. Cold weather kept attendance down as the game unfolded with scoring bursts from both sides.
Newton Keeler and Irwin of the Brooklyn club arrived ahead of the rest of the All Nationals stars. The team, made up of National League leaders, meets the Indianapolis club today at 3 oclock. Newton will pitch for the All Nationals with Kellum and Heydon in the Indianapolis lineup.
President Roosevelt's cabinet and Mr Mitchell review a push to boost Illinois relief funds for Pennsylvania miners. Illinois miners and soft coal operators signal support, while wages and production figures are disputed. Key figures include Mr Russell, Mr Mitchell, Walter Weyle, and the West’s coal operators as the six month strike looms.
The Liebers were awarded the game on a forfeit after the Black team failed to show up. The Marott and Star store game was postponed due to wet grounds.
Union City Indiana October 5 The local ball team hosted Greenville Ohio and lost 5 to 2 in a well played game. The contest featured solid defense and timely hits as Greenville Ohio secured the win on their visit to Union City.
The steeple of the Church of San Stefano in Venice shows further signs of collapse after an August report of tower damage. Evacuation of surrounding homes occurred as authorities debate demolition versus repair, with residents opposing demolition and threatening force to stop it. The Gothic 14th century church sits at Campo Moro.
Lawrenceburg Indiana October 5 The Newtown Grays defeated the Cooks of Oldtown on the Packtown grounds by a score of 13 to 5 in an afternoon baseball game.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia met with the Sultan in Constantinople to discuss the Macedonian situation and assured Russia’s friendly desire to maintain order. The Sultan gave a farewell audience as the grand duke prepared to sail to Livadia on the Black Sea.
Belfast correspondent reports an American syndicate with 20 million dollars plans to build large mills on the water side at Belfast Londonderry Dublin Cork Waterford and Galway to import corn and wheat in bulk mill it and distribute by coasting steamers owned by the syndicate.
Salt Lake City report on the seventy second semi annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. Officials refute claims the Pulitszer murder by Hooper Young stems from blood atonement doctrine. Ben E Rich states murder is amplified by papers and aligns with general beliefs in lawful retribution.
Melbourne dispatch reports the South Australian government introduced a bill for a new railway from Adelaide to Port Darwin on the Raderem system. Tenders from Europe and America are welcomed with bidders marking the area they require. The bill fixes the area at up to 3000 acres per mile.
Chained to the tracks in Cripple Creek, Sheriff Henry Robertson seized a Pullman car for $663 in unpaid taxes. To prevent its removal, the sheriff had the car chained to the tracks, a move prompted by the Pullman Company's failure to remit the tax.
London report states Dr. Joseph Parker of City Temple was sent to Amoy after a big fire. Shanghai dispatch adds that the blaze in Amoy has spread to the British concession, threatening three foreign warehouses and the custom house.
Minneapolis police chief Walde says the force is not capable of coping with burglars and porch climbers. In four days robbers have taken about 16000, including $2000 in jewelry from Thomas Lowry, the millionaire railroad magnate, whose home was robbed last night.
Dr E Lee Standlee former dean of the American Medical College and member of the State Board of Health has died at age forty. An accident to both the National and American medical associations is noted. he was a founder of the new Johns King Hospital now under construction. Death attributed to grip in St Louis Missouri on October 5.
Geneva reports a meeting of striking street car workers today. The event follows ongoing labor actions as crews protest conditions and demand wage relief amid tense city tensions.
Grand Rapids, Oct 5. William D. Ba, a seceek, was killed today after an alleged insult to Stewart's wife. The incident, described as a fatal blow to the jaw, followed a dispute and is under investigation by local authorities.
Weighmen refuse to be compelled to deal in company stores. The stance signals ongoing tensions between labor groups and management over wage conditions and control of retail choices, with potential implications for labor relations and local industry practices.
TERRE HAUTE Ind Oct 5 Indiana coal operators foresee rising demand as the anthracite strike prolongs with limited Indiana coal supply. Prices have climbed about 1 in mines last week and may rise two to three times more before Christmas. Operators limit orders to five carloads, and car shortages hinder shipments. President Talley notes arbitration offers by Mitchell, praising him while predicting eventual success. Indiana miners accept higher prices, planning to seek larger profits when new wage talks open in April.
Mrs. Johanna C. Samuels, once of Nashville and Washington, offers a Kentucky coal tract to be mined by the government with no compensation to the donor during the strike. She says the idle property costs her nothing and she asks no government favors, leaving details to the President.
Pittsburg October 5 crowd of organized workers heard Secretary W B Wilson speak for the Miners Union on the anthracite strike. Attendees urged arbitration while pledging support for strikers and families. A committee to raise aid was named as $635.43 was collected from the audience.
Bound Brook New Jersey company offers three acres of standing hardwood timber to Lincoln residents at no charge. Mayor Drake, Lincoln official and real estate company president, announces the gift with a plan to have the timber cut and removed for community benefit.
The article notes workers cutting trees by afternoon to stockpile wood for winter for a village of 300 inhabitants. The Timber Company owns five acres in Trenton's Thirteenth ward and another tract near Plainfield. Mr. Drake announced the timber would be given to the poor in the named cities.
Eugene V. Debs of Terre Haute visited Evansville on his way home from the West. He doubted President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers would concede, and warned the strike is only the beginning of serious trouble for working men in the country.
New Castle Pennsylvania reports Shenango Valley steel mill shut at midnight due to coal shortages for boilers. The plant, home to about 1,000 workers, reflects wider regional trouble as all Shenango valley plants struggle to secure coal.
Early dawn patrols find Italian striker Giuseppe Papriello near Grassy Island outpost with a shotgun. Soldiers seize 1,200 shotgun shells but no arms. Papriello handed to Sheriff Schadt. Night stonings of sentries and a blocked railway path signal tense strike climate as Baer plan prompts mixed reactions from operators and mine workers leaders.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania General Gobin said brigade headquarters would not move to Wilkesbarre unless needed to preserve order. A nonunion worker Peter Macofsky was severely beaten by a mob on West Center street but escaped to a friend’s house. soldiers later escorted him to safety.
Cincinnati reports an expected relief from the coal shortage next week due to a rising Ohio River. Fuel fleets from Kanawha, Pittsburg, and surrounding regions stand ready to move when navigable. Big Sandy packets resume upriver service toward Bottemsouths Scene as navigation partly resumes.
A section of track on the Silver Creek branch near Tamaqua suffered an explosion as dynamite was used in maintenance. Workmen were escorted to the colliery after the blast. In Birmingham, 4200 miners faced possible action as United Mine Workers officials warned.
The employes of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company will be idle tomorrow as a wage deduction dispute inflames miners. The strike, begun days ago over a $1 deduction without individual consent, has spread to Blocton and Blue Creek fields, where Blue Creek may see a resumption of work tomorrow, though outcomes remain uncertain.
A mass meeting in Muncie supported the anthracite strike with unanimous sympathy for the miners. Leaders including Mayor Sherritt and Senator Ball spoke as unions pledged donations to a relief fund. Total contributions by week’s end topped 1,000 with multiple local groups giving amounts ranging up to 100.
The Ohio Federation of Labor members meeting at Cambridge plan a resolution asking the American Federation of Labor to assess its 1.5 million members one cent weekly for coal miners. If approved, about 150000 dollars will be raised each week.
Three thousand people gathered at a Cleveland theater for a vaudeville benefit for striking miners. Receipts are expected to net about $2,000 after counting.
Ex Senator Chandler, president of the Spanish treaty claims commission, argues Congress can seize and run the anthracite coal fields in a public emergency. He says the government could possess mines for a year or hold them indefinitely, paying via condemnation or accounting for coal mined, to assure relief for consumers and national welfare. He cites past armor plate factory bills as precedent.
Chicago Tribune notes the issue is whether operators will submit to regulations or have their mines seized, a choice that could pit the government against miners amid potential shortages. The piece hints at political and legal tensions within a disputed patch of territory and questions of peace and control.
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