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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1904
Page
8
The firm announces a sweeping August Sale to clear a heavily stocked showroom. Strong fall orders and expected September deliveries prompt drastic reductions to make space. The notice emphasizes extraordinary price cuts and a quick clearance of current inventory.
Yesterday’s sales show many shoppers seek our bargains and prompt visits to pick from a full stock up to 60 percent off. Our well known goods include designs not found elsewhere in town and even if nothing appeals you will feel satisfied by just looking. A welcome awaits buyers or browsers.
Leaders at Stanton Pa and Wilkesbarre discuss a possible vote on a proposed check weighing boss in coal pits. Wright predicts no strike as Coxe Brothers disputes hinge on who pays for the weighman and how earnings are calculated under the strike commission award.
Aug 1 reports a regional shutdown with Lehigh Coal and Navigation remaining active in Panther Creek Valley. About 60,000 local miners idle as cars are not furnished until August, with planned improvements during idleness. In Wyoming region 15,000 to 40,000 miners start idle periods amid curtailment, affecting Susquehanna mines and Lehigh Wilkesbarre collieries. Delaware and Hudson others idle or on half time. Heidelburg Clear Spring mines idle next week.
Joseph Letters coal company obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Blumpsirey prohibiting union miners from picketing or patrolling the Zeigler Illinois property, entering the premises, interfering with workers, threatening or persuading men to quit, or obstructing trains. The restraining order lasts until a hearing set for September 15 in Springfield.
Lincoln Neb Aug 1 street railway employes threaten to strike if an order requiring motormen to check conductors receipts is not rescinded They demand higher pay than 19 cents an hour and are said to be forming a union The Epworth assembly starts Wednesday and a strike would be serious at this time
New York August 1 strike by the Building Trades Alliance of seventeen unions hit major projects including the Times Building on Forty-second Street and Broadway Trinity Building New York Hippodrome and Taber Building. The walkout followed disputes over non union quarry stone and fear of a lockout under an open shop policy. The Employers' Association issued a firm stance while withholding details of a letter to unions.
The text promotes Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a quick cure at first symptoms. It claims the tonic ends dieting by normalizing digestion and curing indigestion dyspepsia constipation biliousness heartburn insomnia headache cramps or diarrhoea. It also touts benefit for nervous and sickly women as a regulator. A fair trial is urged.
Telegraphers on the Missouri Kansas and Texas system strike in Dallas South McAlester and Oklahoma City demanding wage increases and better conditions. Trains run slowly as non union workers fill vacancies and service continuity is reported in several posts while the dispute centers on pay for overtime and hours.
Robert Emory Pattison former Pennsylvania governor and Philadelphia comptroller died at his Overbrook home from pneumonia with heart weakness. He had been active in Democratic councils for twenty years and remained a national figure through the St Louis convention before illness worsened.
The Post's Resort Information Bureau offers free booklets about summer resort hotels and railroad travel. Full information on resorts and routes for summer trips is available at the business office counter.
New York Aug 1 on the floor of the Consolidated Exchange it was announced that Charles F Palmater a broker and member since 1885 has been suspended. Joliet Aug 1 James H Ferriss national chairman of the People s party traveled to New York for talks with Eastern leaders and will unveil his campaign plan on return.
National Union Senate keeps the natural premium plan beginning at age twenty one with 3 cent monthly. An optional plan offers a lower whole life rate from entry age, with fixed monthly costs rising by age and including management expenses. The structure preserves rates through age sixty five before any adjustments.
Wheat futures and spot prices surged to season highs in California trading driven by covering shorts. December option rose to 14.50 per hundredweight while No 1 hard wheat values jumped and milling grades firm. California crop seen near 500000 tons though Northern states expect average yields.
Edward Ritter shot and mortally wounded his wife on a Lehigh Valley train at Lehighton and then killed himself. The couple had marital troubles as the wife eloped with another man, took Ritter's money, and left their home in disorder. The wife was taken to a hospital. Ritter was about thirty five.
Toledo Ohio August 1 The Michigan Central Elevator operated by the Pad dock Hodge Company was totally destroyed by fire causing about 200000 dollars in losses. Insurance on the building stood at 18000. The structure contained 150000 bushels of corn and 73 s of vats with freight cars also damaged in the blaze.
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