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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1902
Page
1
Delegates at the Wilkes Barre Convention split over accepting the arbitration proposition. Mr Mitchell predicts limited opposition while Scranton and Shenandoah miners press to put all strikers back to work this week.
Mitchell says Morgan and Cassatt want to end the strike while Friendly Toward Organized Labor. New reports say Morgan pressed for settlement. Roosevelt aided move. Union delegates to convention consider arbitration and reemployment of strikers as key issues amid stalled coal shipments and looming homeward troop movements.
About 120 cars of hard coal were sent down the Philadelphia and Reading line from washeries and mines with more expected late tonight. The company says tonight's shipments will bring the total to 25,000 tons, the largest since May 15, mostly transported at night to Philadelphia. Hazleton district delegates endorsed arbitration action by President Mitchell, after electing delegates to the Wilkes-Barre convention. Scranton locals completed meetings to elect delegates for the upcoming convention.
An Oct 18 Pittsburg meeting of the largest independent coal operators and the Pittsburg coal combine decided to raise bituminous coal prices by 30 cents per ton due to demand outpacing supply. The increase exceeds current prices by about 15 to 20 percent. In Shenandoah, Shenandoah union delegates were instructed to oppose calling off the strike unless every returning striker is guaranteed his old job.
In Pittsburg on October 18 the Western Union Telegraph Company filed a suit in equity against the Pennsylvania Company to stop removal of telegraph rights along the Pennsylvania Railroad. The case follows retaliatory moves after Wabash Railroad sought access to Pittsburg tonnage, with the Pennsylvania Company said to have canceled contracts transferring lines to Postal Telegraph. Temporary and perpetual injunctions are sought to prevent interference with the maintenance of Western Union lines and to challenge the authority of the Pennsylvania Company to terminate agreements.
La Victoria reports government forces under President Castro defeated 9,000 rebels led by General Mensoda after a week of brutal fighting. Casualties total about 3,000 with fierce heat searing the field as Castro personally led charges with a Mauser rifle. Valencia remains under government control.
The German cruiser Panther is escorting a vessel carrying German cargo from Port of Spain to Venezuela, ignoring the British blockade.
Peking reports the new viceroy Tsen Chun Suan says Boxers still active at Chen Tu and two other centers and urges missionaries to avoid travel in central Sze Chuen. Emperor’s reception at the summer palace includes diplomats and legation guards chiefs, while Sir Satow declines due to the Ho Nan murder case. Shanghai troop evacuation talks stall as Britain seeks clearer terms on Yangtse Valley status.
Professor Adolph Lorenz the Austrian physician ended his Chicago public clinics at Wesley Hospital and will spend the rest of his stay in private operations and consultations. He will continue to treat free all unable to pay this week while visiting wealthy families and crippled children, then depart for the Pacific coast Friday with planned clinics in Denver Salt Lake City and San Francisco, but not on such a wholesale scale as in Chicago.
A distant earthquake tremor was felt in Chattanooga Tennessee and nearby towns at 5 PM. The quake lasted several seconds with rattled dishes and windows, pedestrians moved quickly in fright, and objects toppled in Lafayette Georgia. Reports reached Trion Monteagle Tracy and other communities in Tennessee and Georgia.
A massive Albany blaze gutted the Tower Brooks Boston store in the heart of the business district. Fireman Thomas Ward fell from a ladder and died. many residents escaped from the burning building as other structures nearby burned or scorched. The disaster also touched Wellsburg and Baltimore with losses ranging from 100000 to 125000, while New York reported a separate chocolate factory fire.
Dr W H Bates a New York physician who vanished Aug 30 has been located in London exiting Charing Cross Hospital His wife had led a worldwide search Bates explains he left work to perform two operations including one for brain abscess aboard a ship in the East River and since then his mind has been a blank He intends to take a postgraduate course at a hospital.
A composite section list details page allocations across three parts. It catalogs topics from miners attitudes, horse show closings, college and state news, Irish troubles, foreign news, sports, real estate, city briefs, wine and dance culture, labor trends, education, editorial and society notes, stock market gossip, and literary and dramatic items including a famous criminal and Tennyson in India.
East Liverpool Ohio reports a trolley collision at a grade crossing injuring more than a dozen passengers. The most seriously hurt include Frank Pacey of Wellsville Anna Hallam and Jennie Hallam of Clarkson Walter Deville of East Liverpool Milton Piper of Chester Harry Davidson of East Liverpool Harry B Jackson of Chester and Dr J M Ferguson of East Liverpool. The crash occurred at the foot of a hill when the motorman saw an engine and cut off signals before the freighttrain car was struck.
W H Moody secretary of the navy addressed a large crowd in the courthouse yard at Muncie praising Roosevelt era policies. He touted coal strike settlement, labor rights, Cuba and Philippines experiences, and the navy while stressing a united American identity beyond party lines. The event followed by Durbin Crumpacker in Winchester and Cromer in Parker with strong audience enthusiasm.
In a large enthusiastic crowd the scene hints that Mr Cromer is likely to lead the ticket here due to strong farmer support.
LaPorte County Republicans press toward victory as the county leans Republican amid a largely Democratic history. Crumpacker hopes for a Crumpacker majority. Hickey campaigns to avenge a 82 vote loss. Danielson seeks Laporte Starke carry. Miller and Doran face auditor roles. Democratic efforts focus on auditor while hope fades for Michigan City candidate.
Representative Jesse Overstreet travels to Indianapolis to campaign for Indiana’s Republican slate. He pledges to devote his time to his district, dismisses Democratic forecasts, and says the next House will be Republican with all congressmen safe. He expects strong speaker support and a coal strike not to curb GOP votes.
Madison Oct 18 Attorney General E R Hicks issues opinion stating women may vote on a constitutional amendment extending the term of the state superintendent of schools from two to four years and increasing salary The proposal also moves the election to spring concurrent with judicial elections
Dover October 18 Governor Hunn announced he would not convene an extraordinary Delaware Legislature. Reports said an effort would be made to fill the vacancies in the United States Senate.
National W C T U meetings in Portland discuss constitutional amendments to add state vice presidents at large and include evangelists on the executive committee. A pledge amendment excludes American tobacco and references to wine beer and cider. Mary A Livermore led as guest speaker amid remarks by London visitors about liquor seizures and moral reform.
Nine petrified bodies were unearthed at the cemetery of the New York Infant Asylum in Mount Vernon as workers exhumed graves after the asylum's closure. The marble-looking remains were discovered during the removal process and described as once white and marble-like.
Indianapolis festival week closed with record attendance including thousands of children but forecast losses up to 12000 dollars. Organizers plan a permanent coliseum in hopes of weatherproofed crowds, with estimates ranging 200000 to 500000 for the new structure and debate over city or private financing.
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