26 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1904
Page
1
Chicago dispatch reports a bitter labor dispute between packers and striking workers at the stockyards. Riot and arrests accompany mass meetings as workers, waitresses, and pickets rally for a sympathetic strike. Police intervene in several clashes while packers rush nonunion crews to keep plants operating.
Armour & Co Swift & Co and Fowler Packing Co raise staff with new hires while yesterday many strikers seek reinstatement amid ongoing labor action. In East St. Louis Chicago packing houses report higher kill rates and say they can run at full capacity in ten days with fresh skilled butchers. Unions mobilize in sympathy, though some members refuse to strike regardless of central orders. Police protection sought by local plant managers in St Joseph as events unfold.
Col Daniel R Anthony a pioneer of Kansas and founder of the Leavenworth Times lies at his Leavenworth home in a rapid decline. Doctors report his condition worsened today after weeks of poor health, with family summoned to his bedside.
The article recounts Dan Anthony's career from New England to Kansas, detailing his anti slavery stance and Civil War leadership. It highlights his actions against returning fugitives, his martial law clash with General Ewing, and his rise to mayor of Leavenworth and Republican leader. It notes his postwar role editing the Leavenworth Times and his family lineage.
In Chicago a dozen strike breakers, all described as colored, fired revolvers in the packing house district causing panic. Police and a garrison responded, arresting the men as organizers and suspects while denying Swift & Co. armed them. The prisoners await arraignment as investigators probe the incident.
A group of 27 residents from Prinfheld Ellinwood and Great Bend left on Santa Fe Colorado train No 5 for a month long trip. Families include Dr Jacobus W E Bolinger Mr Roberts Elmer Brodie Wilts Parnesr C S Alison F W Russell Fred Williams and others. They will travel first to Colorado Springs then Denver Creede and finally a wagon trip to a distant hunting and fishing camp.
Weather Indications from Chicago report generally fair conditions for Kansas with partial clearing tonight. The forecast for Wednesday predicts continued fair weather with light winds and no significant precipitation across the issuing counties noted in the packing plant bulletin.
The Fidelity Trust Company of Kansas City filed equity in federal court seeking a receiver and mortgage foreclosure against the Kansas City and Topeka Electric Railway Company, successor to the Kansas City and Olathe line. Alleged failures include nonpayment of taxes and debts, neglect of property, and halted construction threatening franchise value, with potential asset attachments in Johnson and Wyandotte counties.
Oyster Bay residents await President Roosevelt as Saga more Hill prepares for tomorrow’s ceremony notifying him of his Chicago convention nomination. Arrangements are set for the Roosevelt boys to travel to the St Louis exposition. five boys will accompany the president train to Philadelphia then continue to St Louis where they will stay a week.
General light showers spread across Kansas and Missouri last night with Topeka reporting 0.03 inches. Temperatures drifted lower, readings ranged from the mid 30s to mid 80s at different stations, and the forecast called for generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday. Northwest winds near 8 mph.
Thomas Taggart of Indiana was unanimously elected chairman of the Democratic national committee in New York on July 26. The meeting acted quickly and efforts to recruit Senator Gormen for the post were unsuccessful.
Esopus New York July 26 Judge Parker drew notice from J Edward Simmons head of the Fourth National Bank of New York who discussed financial aid for the campaign work as Parker prepared a speech and the national committee left to the executive committee after the visit.
The Rosebud reservation land lottery draws begin next Thursday in Chamberlain after 106,000 registrants watched for the results. Prize allocations will determine who wins parcels amid the nationwide sweepstakes for public lands.
Democratic leaders pressed for James Gorman to head the committee while Thomas Taggart and other allies maneuver to protect Indiana ally. New York financiers promised campaign funds if Gorman accepts. Delegates and supporters from New York, Virginia, and Tennessee pressed the choice amid roomfuls of lobbying.
Two persons were killed and several injured when a southbound Big Four passenger train collided with a westbound Prospect-Blake electric car at Washington and Missouri streets in Indianapolis. The deceased include F Sevant Romans about 60 and Mrs William Harris 40. seriously injured Mamie Orwell 28 and Helen Mendenhall. The locomotive struck the front of the car, throwing it about 20 feet. The train stopped within yards of Washington Street as crew assisted the wreckage and the injured.
Mr Davies reports from St Bedford Penn July 26 that Senator Davis denies a marriage rumor to John Reynolds of Va. The senator mentions the widow of Dr Shepardstown and receives all day Mr Gaunt on a telegraph tour. C H Gaunt Santa Fe telegraph superintendent tours gulf coast visiting Beaumont and Galveston, traveling in General Superintendent Pettibone’s private car No 13.
Long dispatches from St Petersburg describe Japanese columns pressing General Kuropatkin's forces, with Kanpass and Ta Tehe Kiso events, Russian rear-guard fights, and heavy losses. Reports note bombardments near Ta Techi Kino, New Chwang bombardments, and evacuations as Japanese strategists push toward Hai Cheng and Liao Yang.
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