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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1904

Page

2

Political Strife Ties Roosevelt Anti Trust Suit to Beef Packers

The beef packers are accused of engineering a general strike to derail President Roosevelt's re election campaign. Washington officials say the move aims to stall the anti trust case as the administration seeks to enforce federal law. The packers claim ample beef on hand and deny intent to harm consumers or the administration.

Beef Trust Roosevelt Washington Knox United Sates Chicago Chicago Appealed To the Federal Vaurta Iuoranatag Grimavio Uited States Supreme Court United States Supreme Court Congress Department of Justice Supreme Court Fea Department of Commerce and Labor Beer Trust

Strike Reaches New York Meat Plants and Prices Jump

New York on July 14 faced a mass walkout as 6000 men from the Amalga mated Meat Cutters and Butchers' Workmen of America quit. Beefs supplies dwindled, prices rose amid fears of a meat famine if the strike persists beyond two weeks. Rail and retail meat distribution disrupted. Armour reports sufficient stock for two weeks.

New York Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers’ Workmen of America Twelfth Avenue Rho Benchmen’s Association Fortgird Forty-sixth Street

Kansas City Meat Strike Shifts Killing in City

Local packing houses adjust to the strike with some plants resuming limited killing. Armour’s reopens on a small scale while other plants plan quickly to resume with new workers. The disruption threatens families of idle packing-house workers amid flood relief efforts.

Kansas City Garde Armour’s Kane

Little friction at Omaha as three packers slaughter cattle

In Omaha on July 1 three packing houses Swift Ar m our and Omaha Packing Co slaughtered cattle while Cudahy halted operations. About 1,600 workers from mechanical and engineering departments joined strikers bringing total out to around 5,500 at South Omaha. Few incidents occurred as strikers kept distance from plants and a non union man Louis Hodestine was struck several times before returning to Omaha. A wagon of ore en route to a plant was turned back by attackers.

Brox Smnit Kansas City St. Louis Chicago Nelson Morris & Co Hover & Co Roberts & Oakes, Boyd & Lanham Thome Phorkidsen & Co Poutghlas Berera Aremen’s Union Omaha Nebr Swift’s Armour's Omaha Packing Company Cudahy South Omaha Holyroorn Louis Hodestine Cote Attikera

Meat Unfit for Food In St Louis July

Meat from cattle suspected of Texan fever was captured today by Chief Inspector Atringer. It was being delivered to the poor houses, the insane asylum, and three city hospitals. City Veterinarian Kammerer said one animal showed virulent blood poisoning, rendering the meat poisonous even when cooked.

St. Louis Atringeraa Kammerer

London Meat Strikes Warn of Rising Prices

London July 1 reports swift and ongoing strikes at U S dry docking houses threaten British meat costs. Swift & Co manager warns without quick settlement meat prices rise, with U S beef at 20 cents per pound now and likely 25 cents if disruption persists. Refrigerated imports from Argentina and Australia may be used but current supplies are not contracted and dealers fear broad price spikes.

London United States Thore Swift & Co Great Britain Argentina Australia

Prominent Hair Treatment Ad at Eleventh Street Corner Luxor

An old style advertisement highlights hair care by JOHN WOODBURY D. L. at 02 Elev enth and Corner F Luxu offering furthers in dandruff relief and luxurious, soft, and beautiful hair. The snippet emphasizes freedom from dandruff with expert products.

John Woodbury D. L F. Luxu

Meat supplies tighten as Chicago packing strikes hit Washington

Washington abattoirs struggle to meet demand as three independent plants supply about a quarter of city meat. Prices rise with beef up 8 cents and pork 2 cents from a week ago. Local butchers fear shortages worsen if packing-house disputes persist. Independent firms like Thomas T. Redane and Keane abattoirs face shutdowns while other plants cannot yet relieve the strain.

Washington Chicago Graham Armour Packing Company Virginia Carter & Keane Thomas ‘T. Redane Baness Armours Cafe & Reine Haney Prieaa Bae Large Pocuinehenges Bwitt & Co H. Hammond Ehwarsehild & Mulaberger Cudahy Nelaen Morrie Hany Esneerna Pittepurg Geulevilie Asa Royal Independent Iden & Co Haven Loeffler Minneapeli Minn Minneapolia Heer Milwaukee Wis Priaca Tndianapole Ind Indianapolis Indianapolia Peoria Denver Cole San Francisco New England Boston Detf Dedlera New York Providence R. I Ames Ehvanded

Prices Rise Across Cities From Mutcher Strike

The July report shows meat price increases across U S cities due to a packinghouse strike. Philadelphia notes 1 cent rise per pound in meat and 0.5 cent in beef, while Pittsburgh reports up to 2 cents, with shortages. Cleveland and Detroit anticipate limited effects, and New England faces potential shortages with higher wholesale and retail prices spreading regionally. Local supplies and recalls vary by city.

Meat strikes ripple through U S wholesale markets

Reports from cities including New Baren Syracuse Baltimore Atlanta and New Orleans detail price rises and tightening meat supplies amid a nationwide strike by meat cutters and Western packers. News notes wholesale beef up to 4 cents a pound in some hubs while pork gains vary and shortages emerge locally.

Supreme Court bound? Wisconsin unions hit by void labor contracts

Milwaukee Judge Ludwig declares contracts by incorporated unions with manufacturers prohibiting non union workers as void. Ruling holds such agreements strike at the right of contract and could create a monopoly by excluding nonmembers, potentially affecting future cases if upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Milwaukee Wis Ludwig Circuit Court Queston Wisconsin Supreme Court Milwaukee Custom ‘Tailors’ Union Wembley Siserimng Pon The Ecreementa

Seized by Customs on Steamship Shimosa in New York

New York customs inspectors seized over forty cases aboard the steamship Shimosa, which arrived from eastern ports, finding cashmere shawls silk handkerchiefs cigars cigarettes costly china ware and curios not listed on the manifest. The captain denied knowledge of the goods, and Acting Solicitor McAvoy said the violation is failing to declare all articles on board for entry, not a smuggling case.

New ‘York Golleeter McAvoy United States

Suicide at St Louis details of Denver youth Parker

A Denver railroad family reports the death of John W Parker eighteen at the Metropole Hotel Denver after taking prussic acid in St Louis while visiting the World's Fair. He had shown melancholy for a week but gave no reason for his detention and his father Charles A Parker, traffic manager of Colorado Fuel and Iron, offered no explanation. The Kingston Stetson Hall news notes a new Stetson University president Dr Tincoln Fulley of Bucknell Harvard and Chicago PhD. An auto crash in Providence Rhode Island leaves Oscar L Judd of Newark NJ dead from a skull fracture yesterday.

Bon Denver St. Louia St. Louis Yohn W. Parker Charles A. Parker Colo John W. Parker Colorado Fuel and Iron Company Colorado Railway Bureau Stetson Hall de Land Tincoln Fulley Bucknell University Lewisburg Stetton University Buckell Harvard University of Chicago Stetaen

Question of U S rights in Maine wreck contract

Cuban government plans to hire F Gowell to raise the battleship Maine from Havana harbor mud after the 1898 explosion. Sewell seeks US rights in the wreck before proceeding. Navy Judge Advocate General to consider whether the wreck is abandoned and how the Executive may relinquish US property without law. Cuba reportedly does not claim ownership, aiming only to clear navigational hazards.

F. Gowell New Orleans Navy Department Maine Havana Mrr. Sewell United States Judge Advocate General of Navy Executive Branch

Freight Conductor Allman Killed in Deans Wend Yard Accident

Frank Allman a Pennsylv a railroad freight conductor died after a misstep leaving a car and being run over near Deans Wend station as his crew moved the ill fated engine His body was found by James Rowe a Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad brakeman Coroner Nevitt ordered removal to the morgue Allman aged about fifty lived at 31st street southwest and is survived by his widow and one child The investigation into the circumstances was to be completed today

Frank Allman Pennsylvania Railroad Deans Wend James Rowe Richmond, Frederiekeburg and Potomac Railroad Beardant Nevitt Allman

Court Reprimands Policeman After Shreeves Beatings

Edward Shreeves a prisoner reported being clubbed by Crossing Policeman Hollis after an incident at New Jersey avenue and D street northwest. Howard Shreeves thirty, arraigned for disorderly conduct, fined ten dollars. bonds accepted on assault charges. Shreeves treated at Casualty Hospital for two long gashes on the scalp.

Edward Shreeves Howard Shreeves Myrtle Street Hollis Kimball Shreeves New Jersey Avenue D Street

Rosamond Stewart Weds Charles Davis in Boston

Rosamond Stewart a Washington stenographer and Charles Davis a Syracuse millionaire married quietly in Boston at the New Winthrop Hotel last month. The couple, who met on first sight, plan a foreign honey moon aboard the Cymria beginning tomorrow. Davis, turning sixty five, will celebrate his birthday in Europe with his bride. Davis has a brother with a summer home at Husmerds Bay. Stewart previously worked at the Patent Office in Weathingtak and resided at the Stratford Hotel.

Washington Post Boston Mass Charles Davis Syracuse Rosamond Stewart Coupil New Winthrop Hotel Winthrop Davin Europe Mr. Davis Husmerds Bay Misa Stewart Tratford

Japan Open to Christianity, Silver Bay

Rev. George P. Pierson of the Presbyterian mission at Yeno Japan spoke at a Young Women's Christian Association conference urging immediate Christianity for Japan. He noted Japan is more open to Christianity than ever but fears Japan may crystallize and invent a national religion to shut out Christianity.

Silver Bay George P. Pierson Presbyterian Yeno Japan

Appellate Court Dismisses Certiorari in Lewindin Contempt Case

New York July 18 The appellate division of the Supreme Court dismisses the writ of certiorari by Jease Lewisohn and affirms Judge McMahon proceeding in General Sessions Court for contempt for refusing to testify in proceedings tied to Richard Canfield. Maritime dispatch reports Aldborough ashore at Acklin Island in total loss. Survivor of the Maine case: Jerry Shea arraigned for vagrancy claiming Maine disaster survivor status, released on personal bonds.

New York Appellate Division The Supreme Court Jease Lewisohn McMahon Court of General Sessions Lewindin Richard Canfield Baltimore Maritime Exchange London Aldborough Daiquirt Acklin Island Maine Hie Jerry Shea Fourth Precinct Nic Jerry Havens Harbor Washington

Quarrel Ends in Stabbing on Northeast Streets

Otto Motz, 40, of 1400 First Street, was stabbed in the left shoulder during a quarrel at M1 street in the northeast yesterday. He was taken to See Homeopathic Hospital for treatment. George Woods, described as a wanderer, is the suspect in the incident.

Durne Yeterday Otto Motz First Street Snoukler George Woods See Homeopathic Hospital Odt

Death by own action in St Louis man identified by cards

A man about thirty five with no underclothes shot himself in a vacant lot at Spring and Hewert streets after destroying identification. He carried restaurant cards from Hantern Branch Cottage Washington DC and a Baltimore and Ohio railroad ticket. Police seek Washington contacts for identity and background.

St. Louis Washington Iititlald Baltimore Ohio

Lawn fete opens at St Stephen's Institute grounds

St Stephen's Institute launched its first lawn festival last night on the Travers estate grounds at Twenty fourth and M streets north west to raise funds for Sunday school rooms. More than 200 attended as a 40 by 40 dancing pavilion and Japanese lanterns illuminated the grounds with music from a volunteer orchestra. The program featured vaudeville acts, mandolin and choir numbers, and a lively side show while various stands offered candy and fortune telling to aid the fundraiser.

St. Stephen's Institute Travers Twenty-fourth M Streets Harry Kidwell Nelle Masterson St. Stephen’s Church T. J. Trodden Ama Elbert St Stephen's Institute Mandolin Club St. Stephen's Church Nellie Gillen West End Mandolin Club S J. Stephen's Institute Mandolin Club Eugene F. Welch Ward Norris B. F. Toulotte Emanuel Cheffell Mary Welch Tom Trodden Joseph Welch John Boyton St. Stephen’s James Butler Carolina Lintian Mina Gers Annie O'Neill Mary 2. Gibbens J. Ewin Young Ghatmany Ey Ahrewn Emohe Ant Danie W. Steene Phomaa J. Tredden John Boylan Ward Genede Rev T Gibbens Ras Fhe Hickins'grounds Finenes Pavia Wiha Maurice Lanman

Weather Conditions Local Weather Report

Temperature at midnight was 67 degrees with readings through the morning rising to a high near 77 and a low around 62. Relative humidity varied from 39 to 66 percent, sunshine about 147 percent of possible, and overnight rainfall totals were minimal. High tides occurred in the morning and evening, with temperatures similar to the prior year’s levels and temperatures reported for other cities with rain over the previous twelve hours.

Dept. Ef Agriculture Weather Bureau Wodsenday Eastera Gentral Dietriota Midis Atlantic Kana Ohio Valley Lake Region Middle Atlantic Staten New England Rocky Mountain Dakotas Mididaippi Missouri Valley Upper Lake Region Nisstaippi Tenneses Lower Lake Region Wrather Riport Ratniai

Multiple bicycle and streetcar accidents plague city streets

A jumble of injuries from bicycle crashes, a streetcar fall, and a dog bite across northwest and southeast Washington. G Mrailha, 25, and Reohel Walters, 400 3 street southeast, are hospitalized with severe injuries after a Pennsylvania avenue collision near Fourth Street Southeast. Charles A. Elvana’s bicycle vanished. detectives arrested Samast McKay, 19, in the day’s wheel disposal attempt. Frank Roberts, 23, fell from a D Street NW streetcar, suffering facial wounds and brief unconsciousness. Richard Smith, 14, was bitten on the arm by a dog owned by Charles Gibson. Willie Pletcher, 6, was struck by a bicycle ridden by Harry Henry and sent to the Emergency Hospital. Lacia Balumba, an Italian, fell under a moving dirt train at Ivy City and was hospitalized.

G. Mrailha Reohel Walters Providence Hospital Pennsylvania Avenue Fourth Treat Ersilho Maneta Fe Brasilio Fourteenthtreet New York Avenue Charies A. Elvana Twelfth Street Nouthwest Maller and Cornwall Samast McKay Rock Creek Bridge Frank Roberta Richard Smith Itreet Northwest Ariay Charles Gibson Sixth Street Northwest Herbst Ite Willie Pletcher Alxandria, Court Harry Henry Yale Street Ivy City Lacia Balumba Ant

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