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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1902
Page
1
In the Wyoming valley amid the anthracite strike workers confront threats and picket clashes while nonunion recruits flow in at night. Officials report 33 new strikers, mines face water buildup from reduced firemen, and negotiations show mixed progress as Chicago riots fade and public interest grows.
In an eight hour conference at the Grand Pacific hotel representatives of packers and International Teamsters union No. 16 announced a retirement of the strike. The accord prohibits discrimination against union labor and secures a wage increase and better working conditions though the union accepted a smaller raise than demanded. Barn steward demand granted while recognition of the union was not.
In Des Moines Iowa the jury convicted Letson Ballett of using the mails for fraudulent purposes tied to an Oregon mining proposition. Judge Munger set June 26 for a possible new trial filing with arguments due in July.
Democrats win the state primaries with the only ticket in the race and voters restricted to white participants, seen as equivalent to an election outcome. In LaCrosse the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows closes its session noting 325 lodges and 17 4605 members. LaCrosse county votes to construct a new courthouse, bond issue set at 15000 dollars.
Jones Sharp father in law of James R Jay, murdered last December, told Salt Lake City jurors Mortensen killed him after God revealed guilt to Sharp. He described a vision guiding his accusation and the eerie clue of a blood tear from railroad lines to the burial site.
Des Moines detectives capture Ida Lee alias Lee Hale, accused of robbing a man of 400 dollars, two diamond rings, and a gold watch. She waived requisition papers as Deputy Cartell of Oklahoma City took her to the crime scene. Local details from Des Moines.
Daily livestock market notes from Chicago with mixed cattle hog and sheep quotations across ranges for various grades and weights. East Buffalo lines report receipts and values for cattle veal hogs sheep and lambs with top and average prices.
A Chicago police appeal follows a high school romance elopement ending in a mysterious disappearance. Olga Price and Harry Churchill, once fellow students, fled after graduation, married secretly, and now, with Olga missing, Mrs. Price asks investigators to find her daughter in Chicago or determine if tragedy marred the union.
The British and Canadian governments and other colonies consider a Liverpool syndicate to oppose Morgan, proposing a fast mail and passenger service with Canadian Pacific Railway ties, armed mail steamers at twenty five knots and six to seven thousand ton freight ships. Milford Haven may be departure port for a China Japan Australia line with subsidies shared by Canada and Australia. The plan requires a government guarantee and House of Commons approval. Morgan reportedly not involved. project to be all British.
A fragment describes a juvenile party at Starkweather hall with girls dressed in knee length dresses and pigtails. Activities include passable games and social mingling under cautious supervision, with note of post party dispersal to rooming places after a late supper.
Mb Holstech commission ordered wardens to enforce fish and game laws strictly and authorized constables deputies as wardens. A Supreme Court motion seeks a supersedal in the case of Muel vs. the People. Muel, arrested in 1808, held flee geld in violation, fined 20 and jailed in Cook County circuit court. The law's constitutionality challenges governor’s pardon power.
A Nebraskan governor refused extradition for Sheriff Lewison of Union County after a long hearing. He is accused of shooting the Turgeon brothers during an attempted arrest on disputed boundary land between Nebraska and South Dakota. The governor ruled the event occurred on South Dakota soil.
The piece outlines efforts by Senator Aldrich and allies to pass a Cuban reciprocity bill with preserved sugar concessions, facing factional delays and interruptions led by Spooner. It also covers a long debated swamp land grant adjustment and notes on senators declining renomination and ongoing political maneuvering.
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