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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
6
The notice outlines Sunday round trips from Winchester to Bluemont with stops at Castleman's Ferry and a riverside return, daily stage meetings with Bluemont trains at 10.40 a.m., and a 6.30 p.m. Winchester arrival. Additional Wednesday stage waits occur at Gerryville after the morning train, with Maurice Casteeman listed.
War department aims to build a fleet of dirigible balloons to defend the coast with plans drawn by signal corps officers. Charts of air currents will guide operations as Congress may fund Europe comparable craft. Rioting erupts in Philadelphia as strikebreakers face mobs and cars are burned and dynamite used.
Report from Baltimore describes a planned machinists walkout affecting the entire railroad system including the Ohio and Titantic lines. Sealed orders were issued yesterday and a general strike appears likely this afternoon.
Report states machinists at various shops went out on strike under orders to unionize. The movement affected several shops and appears to involve workers from Baltimore and Cumberland, with some participants not yet union members.
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