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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
7
The Indianapolis Journal notes 1896 conditions vs today, urges voters to consider tariff aims and reform, cites Olney, Bryan, and Hill on anti trust and coal fields, comments on Roosevelt papers, strike arbitration, and Secretary Root's role with Morgan amid miners’ talks. It highlights Philippine stay, Richmond coal buy, and progressive views on arbitration and government printing.
Terms presented by Mr. Mitchell at the conference with the President shift the strike ending from mine operators to Mitchell and his associates. The situation moved from operators to the President and his circle, signaling a pivotal change in control over resolution.
The plan by J Pierpont Morgan proposes arbitration to settle the coal strike with a commission appointed by the President. It requires operators to accept the commission decision and offers a broad panel including a U S engineer, a mining engineer, a judge, a sociologist, and a businessman. It signals a new phase as operators agree to arbitrate though contention remains over union recognition and immediate resumption of work. The piece contrasts Roosevelt’s earlier proposal with this, noting implications for the strike and public accountability.
The piece praises Republican norms of strict accounting and itemized bills in Indiana state government. It recalls past looseness, where funds for travel and maintenance ran ahead of appropriations, and notes current practices aim to keep spending within enacted budgets, with auditors enforcing limits and boards ensuring low bids.
City readers are urged to support the horse show heralded as the finest exhibit yet held in Indianapolis. Merchants and patrons are asked to back the event generously, ensuring annual exhibitions of horsemanship to elevate Indianapolis among other cities.
The piece argues asset currency originated under a Democratic Treasury Secretary and was endorsed by a Democratic President, contending Republicans never backed it. It outlines Carlisle’s 12 recommendations to reform banking, aims to retire legal-tender notes, and cites President Cleveland’s strong endorsement while noting the plan’s unlikelihood of adoption today.
The article argues that government overreach could let the state control all property, opposing centralization and favoring constitutional limits. It cites eminent domain rules for public uses, condemns coal mining for private convenience, and warns against revolutionary ideas during the strike. It discusses Roosevelt’s role, praises his integrity, and notes Hemenway's probable chairmanship of the appropriations committee if Republicans win the House.
A New York Weekly humor feature recalls a political campaign kickoff with quips about a first gun. The anecdote plays on absurd banter, contrasting a gun with a machine gun while a housekeeper and Mrs Baba’s View lampoon social norms and wealth. The snippets echo Ali Baba style schemes and a comic revival of a troubled romance.
A stranger warns the coal problem has grown very serious in the town while a native notes scarcity exists despite prescriptions. In another note a Congressional Library visitor asks for Joe Miller's Jest Book but is told no copies exist as correspondents stockpile anecdotes. A farm scene shows a girl predicting a storm by the sky as a friend wonders about wireless telegraph signals.
Anna Roosevelt Cowles registered to vote in Farmington Connecticut as part of the looming school election. The piece recalls Roosevelt's 1899 push for women’s school suffrage and notes that mothers often approve school building needs once enfranchised. Col T W Higginson cites Massachusetts observations that good women vote under school suffrage.
Clarence H. Mackay was elected president and George S. Ward was named chairman of the board and executive committee at a New York meeting. Ward remains vice president and general manager as policy and management continue unchanged. A. B. Chandler also joins the board, denying any consolidation with other telegraph firms.
The article details two main mining methods stripping and closed work in anthracite. It explains shaft design with inside or blind shafts, hoisting compartments, and transport via small cars or chutes. It covers blasting with dynamite, ventilation, safety lamps, and the high cost of mining plus coal preparation in breakers to achieve uniform sizes. It also cites costs, production capacity, and the scale of the Pennsylvania field with regional boundaries and potential profits.
The article explains the automatic screw machine, a step beyond the monitor lathe, with a turret that handles six tools to cut screws, nuts, bolts and related parts without direct human guidance. It notes rapid production, with small parts produced at four per second and complex screws at one or two per minute, with unskilled workers mainly feeding stock.
A French reader invites insight into Roosevelt's image in the United States. A young man recalls Roosevelt as brave, honest, far seeing and modest, praising his war service with the Rough Riders and family standing, while noting controversy over civil rights and race policy impacting his electoral appeal.
The piece extols a vast, federated republic of about eighty million over forty five states. It credits colonists and immigrants for liberty and strength, foresees planetary influence, then positions Theodore Roosevelt as the ideal leader guiding America’s great mission.
Chicago Inter Ocean reports government interest in a possible plan to maintain or raise Great Lakes water levels. Congress funds an investigation with engineers to study damming lower lakes, especially near Niagara on Lake Erie, to lift water. Projections suggest Lake Michigan would rise modestly, aiding inland commerce but costing millions and delaying action.
George F Baer, head of Philadelphia and Reading, dominant in coal road leadership, is described as a 60 year old, five foot nine inch, 10 stone man with keen eyes. A former printer, lawyer, and Morgan advisor, he led Reading’s Jersey Central move, boosting securities. He lives at Hawthorne Reading suburb, has a wife and five daughters, attends church, reads the Bible, and self identifies as a Jerry Black Democrat.
The piece recalls early labor actions noting shoemakers in 1871 Philadelphia and the 1894 Pullman strike as pivotal. It cites 3,000 Pullman workers and up to 100,000 affected, with railroads losing $700,000 in property and $5,000,000 in earnings, while workers lost $2,008,000 in wages and the strike ended in failure.
A prosperous appearing veteran at Indiana headquarters says the Civil War broadened national horizons. He notes soldiers from his regiment spread to 27 states, and claims the war spurred vast growth and development than would have occurred otherwise.
The Washington Post notes it is a trying period for a man of President Roosevelt's temperament with one leg out of commission amid the present strain.
Booker T. Washington presents the annual report for the Tuskegee Institute Alabama covering the year ending May 31 1902 noting 1559 students from 30 states and five foreign countries with 1200 plus weekly attendance. Funding listed includes 46733 for current expenses 17545 for special uses and an endowment of 299759 while indebtedness stands at 753. The report highlights endowment growth from former pupils and friends and outlines needed funds for scholarships and facilities including a dining room kitchen a dormitory and a central heating plant. It also details the college focus on agriculture and industrial training with 34 trades taught and graduates going on to establish schools or work as skilled tradesmen including expansion efforts in Africa.
A map by Professor Alfred J. Henry illustrates average annual precipitation in the United States for the thirty years 1971 191. The east has more stations and finer accuracy. the Pacific coast area from British Columbia to northern California records the highest rainfall, 80 to 100 inches annually, well above New York City levels.
Philadelphia Press notes Col. Carroll D Wright discusses city statistics in the September Bulletin. It cites a high rate of accidental deaths in New York and Chicago and questions urban safety, crossings, machinery, and legal awareness, urging juries to remember safety principles.
News from Abroad notes Indiana author Booth Tarkington buys a residence in Indianapolis to settle a lawsuit with a local doughnut creator over renting a nearby building. The piece mocks the fuss and praises his American, homelike spirit as he plans to move into the new house and return to his city.
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