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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1912
Page
6
Rioting breaks out as workers angry over wage reductions clash with police. Officers use clubs to disperse crowds marching through industrial districts calling for broader walkouts. Disturbances feared as alarge scale mobilization looms with unions pressing for action and labor protests spreading toward nearby streets and mills.
Fragmented obituary text listing multiple names and locations with smeared phrases. Mentions of burial, relatives, and residences appear amid nonsensical characters, making it difficult to extract clear individuals, dates, or places from the damaged source.
Italian workers led a protest that turned violent, with several injured as strikers used force when opposed. Law enforcement used clubs to disperse crowds. Mayor Scanlon and Police Commissioner Lynch held talks with leaders from many communities urging adherence to the new hour limit and calling for calm as mills planned to reopen. Lawrence’s mill district is noted for 43 languages and diverse nationalities from Europe Asia and Africa.
Reports recount a naval clash off Trinitali near Suez where Turkish gunboats faced Italian cruisers. Italian fire destroyed seven Turkish gunboats with heavy losses. vessels sheltered at Suez were later disarmed and allowed to depart.
Coroner rules Williams died of natural causes after review by Dr Mord and Coroner Jaskon. District Attorney in Richmond county orders further inquiry leading to the arrest of Albert Walkera, one of two attendants implicated in the bath death. The second attendant is sought. Aches and Pains ad urges Hood's Sarsaparilla as remedy for rheumatism.
Howard Wolfe of the American Bankers Association promotes a numerical check handling system to cut costs. Each city zone, city, and bank would have digits, enabling automating transit work. A Chicago bank reportedly moved 35 transit staff to other branches using adding machines. Wolfe plans a nationwide tour to explain the scheme.
Reports from Guayaquil and Quito describe a battle near Alausi in Chimborazo province between provisional government troops led by Gen Monterg and forces from Quito commanded by Gen Plata. Quito troops reportedly retired leaving two cannons. other accounts claim Guayaquil troops were routed with many casualties. The U S State Department weighs sending the fleet to assist and a possible peace conference is noted with rebels and government.
The Guatemalan minister to the United States, Senor Don Joaquin Mendiz, rejected claims of planned military moves toward Salvador. He said troops on the border aim to enforce neutrality accords, praising President Estrada Cabrera for backing Central American peace. Names listed include Aulany Fay, Clare Bioran, Rev A S Mowbray, and others.
A New York jury awarded John S. Jones a $607,159 verdict in the third trial of his suit accusing George Gould Joseph Ramsey Jr and William E Guy of freezing him out of the Little Kanawha syndicate formed to develop coal fields in Ohio. Previous trials yielded over $500,000 each but were reversed on appeal. Gould testified he had helped raise funds but suggested minutes of managers meetings were unavailable and noted Joseph Ramsey Jr led the Wabash era as president.
In Vienna on January 12 a band of Bulgarians hurled three bombs into an open air gathering near Bilgena in European Turkey. The assault at a demonstration in support of the Turkish government left three dead and 22 injured.
U S Navy yard workers from New York Philadelphia Washington and Norfolk met Assistant Secretary Winthrop to discuss wage increases and scientific management methods for government factories. A government decision on pay may be delayed until next week after talks covered dock calker efficiency and work organization. Also reported were a rifle hunting accident in Lawrenceburg Indiana where Benjamin Kremer died after a cartridge in his appendix, and a Knabe piano plant fire in Norwood Ohio causing 2000000 in losses.
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