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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
1
Reports from Evanston and Cheyenne indicate Union Pacific bolsters shops with more banks and supplies as machinists and boilermakers strike. Officials claim new plans to replace workers and guard shops, while pickets monitor movements and sheriffs prepare to maintain order amid a broader labor wave across the region.
Thomas L. Wilson of the Machinists' union responds to President Burt of the Union Pacific City about the strike on the road. He notes UP has paid high wages but other roads raised wages July 1 and argues for a fair share of prosperity. He rejects piece work as unfit for machinists and cautions against training workers to compete with sweatshop labor.
Pittsburg district executives adjourn after planning for delegates to the Indianapolis convention amid reports miners oppose abolishing wage contracts to support a sympathetic strike. A defense fund proposal would pool payroll from 450000 bituminous miners to back an anthracite strike, while details remain unverified. Lincoln supreme court upholds female labor law setting sixty hour week in manufacturing and mercantile work.
Hogs receipts around 21 000 with quotes from 6.00 to 7.90. light rough packing mixed at 7.10 to 7.70. heavy packing 6.50 to 7.40. Cattle receipts about 17 000 with steers from 6.80 to 8.70, cows and heifers 1.00 to 6.50, stockers 3.00 to 5.40, veal calves 4.75 to 6.00. western and Texas steers noted. Sheep and lamb receipts around 20 000 with western lambs 8.30 to 9.40, natives 5.00 to 7.40. East Buffalo steady. hogs 7.40 to 8.00, pigs to 7.60, medium heavies to 8.00. cattle on sale none, feeling steady. St Louis and Milwaukee grain markets show No 2 red wheat around 1.4, corn around 65 66c, oats 50 66c, rye steady at 58, barley 65 71c.
July incident on Hurricon Street where five bandits robbed a streetcar crew of 20 dollars, assaulted conductor Charles Schwartz, and fled with the car toward Vernon Park. Motorman John Tolman aided in the effort and detectives later arrested suspect Robert Jones.
William Berg of the Ell Elevator company arrived in Milwaukee to plan a Milwaukee to Southampton England steamship service within the year. He will supervise depth sounding and report preparation with twenty engineers and will establish regular cargo service between the Great Lakes port and European markets.
The brief reports describe a Michigan man found dead near a camp along the Yukon route, Henry Parks dying in Tonia after a spree, a Marion plant workers strike over union wages, a physician’s suicide in Owasso, and various weather, fire, and labor incidents spanning Belleville, Walla Walla, Denver, Springfield, Kane County, and Milwaukee with multiple casualties, losses, and wage disputes.
The Census Bureau publishes the 1900 census year report showing $202,517,072 capital invested across 22,812 establishments in printing and publishing. It details product value, salaries, wages, miscellaneous expenses, and materials used, with large outlays for salaries, wages, rents, taxes, and mill supplies.
A reader from Huntington Indiana cites a personal testimonial praising Dr Miles Heart Cure for a weak heart. The letter notes heart pains fluttering and missed beats improving to normal after two bottles, implying strong health restoration.
De Miles Heart Cure never fails to benefit weak or diseased hearts when taken in time. Don’t wait begin its use at once. Sold by druggists on guarantee. Milles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
London reports a heated Commons session over the Che Lefeh land question linked to evictions on the De Preyne estate in Roscommon. Russell pressed government intervention, warning of a west Ireland turmoil, while Wyndham argued rents on the estate had fallen 87 percent over twenty years and accused some ministers of exploitation.
A congressional committee report on bribery linked to the Danish West Indies purchase is scrutinized. Critics defend Congress and the press while discrediting the charges as ludicrous and unsubstantiated, emphasizing trust in officials and the American people.
Thirteen year old Iva Lamb was stabbed in the left arm by Tillie Horne amid a jealousy dispute at 276 Washington boulevard. Iva remains in serious condition as detectives detain Tillie and two others. Tillie’s father posted bond.
Burlington VI sees building operations paused due to a strike. Iron ore shipments to July 1 from Minnesota reach 5,000,000 tons. The United States counts 1,143 buffalo or bison in total. A new civil and criminal laws code took effect in Porto Rico on July 1.
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