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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1911
Page
8
Labor leaders report 25 000 union members may strike as a conference between railway officials and labor heads fails to avert walkout. The meeting included representatives from unions across the Southern Pacific lines and did not yield a binding agreement.
Died. Ales on Friday September 4 widow of residence. Friends invited to funeral at Tate residence on Mon at 2 p.m. Services and burial at local cemetery. Argued entries show multiple names and scattered details of survivors and funeral arrangements, including church services and burial.
Fragments show tensions over railroad contract cancellations and formal compliance during a 30 day negotiation window. Reports mention secret union meetings among leaders and plans for future action amid calls to proceed without further delay.
A large confrontation at a store led to John Carter and associates clashing with clerks Josephson and Gerber after a disputed raincoat sale. Carter claimed self defense after being attacked. officers released him on his own recognizance while charges were pursued by the clerks.
In Brooklyn, 1800 members of the Brotherhood of Painters walked out for higher wages. They rejected the Master Painters' Association offer of 3 a day. Public school renovation work faces delays amid the strike. the union claims 84,000 members in the US and Canada. Witnesses in the Stephenson inquiry began receiving subpoenas in Milwaukee as the investigation proceeds.
A list of numerous marriage notices and names from Virginia and nearby states appears, naming individuals with ages and locales such as Williamshure Virginia Philadelphia Maryland Annapolis and Birmingham. The garbled OCR lists brides and grooms with varying ages and ministers, indicating a broad set of nuptials and affiliations across several communities.
Birth announcements list Ally C Thompson and Lillian L Thompson among many newborns and families named across cities. Deaths include Harry Federline and Mary Keefer with ages. hospitals and wards noted for several decedents.
President Taft sails aboard the Mayflower from Beverly Massachusetts en route to Isleboro Maine with Mrs Taft and Maj Sutt. Weather clears after rain along the North Shore as the Chief Executive plans to address Alaska policy in Kansas City and meet Interior Secretary Fisher. The day also brings news of a potential star role for Pauline Wayne and plans for a frontier day event in Cheyenne in October.
Special to The Washington Post from Boston. Uncle Joe Cannon, visiting Representative John W. Weaks in Newton, says he is beginning to love President Taft. He dismisses La Follette and his followers as unworthy, praises Taft for enemies made, and notes Boston weather makes him feel better as he plans further travel to Illinois via Washington.
President Taft sent a cablegram to Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands marking the thirty first anniversary of her birth. He extended high regard and good wishes and expressed hope for continued peace and prosperity in her country.
Witnesses reported a man wearing a blue bathing suit seen hanging on a Chain Bridge pier near Little Falls with an overturned canoe nearby. Glen Echo Mayor Louis Witkowski relayed John Darling’s sighting, though no body or drowning report appeared in the river this week.
First precinct officers led by Harry W Arthur raided a cigar store at 416 Eleventh Street NW finding a poker game in progress. The proprietor was arrested for allowing gambling and locked up on charges. Arthur, 41, faces a police court hearing after sergeant Catty and patrolmen investigated a tip from Capt. Hollenberger. A small cash amount was found on the table.
John D Rockefeller hosts about 110 Rockefeller Family Association members from Poughkeepsie on a special train to Pocantico Hills. They tour the estate tunnels sunken gardens veranda and stables with dinner on board and express admiration for Uncle John’s generosity and the scenic Hudson view. The visit marks their first to Pocantico Hills and ends with a 6 pm return to Poughkeepsie.
A Chicago police report details Max Kaplan 22 and Ella Sachs 18 of Washington DC. Kaplan allegedly helped Sachs run away after jealousy over a possible second suitor. Sachs, daughter of clothier Loury Sachs, rode rail fare to Chicago with Kaplan who promised to find her a husband. Families say she later went to Baltimore to visit an uncle before fleeing with Kaplan. They planned to return to Washington after parents sent a ticket.
Hannibal Missouri special to The Washington Post says Mark Twain’s boyhood home on Hill Street built by John M Clemens in 1929 was bought by Hon George A Mahan and his wife and donated to the city to preserve. Mahan, born in Marion County, cites Twains life lessons about poverty and effort.
Movements of ocean steamers list voyages from New York including Havre La Bretagne bound for Havre and Boulegre Potsdam departures. Also notes on Liverpool Haltie from News and Cedric toward New York with Botter Post Want Ads. Advertising free in the classifieds column.
The Baltimore and Washington Transit Company files a bill in the District Supreme Court seeking reciprocal transfers with Capital Traction Company at Fourteenth and Kennedy streets. It argues the 1894 Metropolitan Act binds successors to exchange transfers and trackage under court-set terms if mutual agreement fails. The suit, led by receiver A L Shreve, hinges on Capital Traction’s refusal to accept transfers and tests the applicability of old Congress acts to successors.
A dispute arises after the Transit company offered to issue transfers to the Capital company's lines at Fourteenth and Kennedy streets and to adjust accounts on agreed terms. President Hamilton refused the proposal. Transit conductors issued transfers on Capital lines last Sunday, but these were rejected by Capital employees.
A Atlantic Coast Line passenger train 67 traveling from Fayetteville to Bennetteville plunged through a trestle two miles south of Red Springs due to record rains. The engine cleared the fall but the tender mail baggage and passenger coaches dropped. Conductor Al Campbell and Express Messenger Jesse Tale, both of Fayetteville, were slightly injured.
In Washington Juvenile Court W M Heckel a 16 year old from Wilia N Y was brought in by police. He admits he runs away from home and has wandered the country riding freight trains. He says he would likely run away again if sent home and asks to be freed after a brief warning.
Myrtle Mahorney of 274 P street northwest aged 206 years was moved to Georgetown Hospital yesterday suffering from carbatic acid poisoning. Doctors reported last night she is recovering. antidotes saved her life. She was found on the top floor by her father William T Mahorney a fireman who carried her downstairs and called an ambulance. Police say the girl swallowed the poison accidentally. Death of Henry C Barnett reported from Christiansburg Va. aged Confederate veteran and prominent farmer. O Telegraph Chief Promoted Charles Selden of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph promoted to general inspector of transportation
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