St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-10-29
DIARY OF EVENTS.
TUESDAY, OCT. 81.

that great coal strike will be declared
OIL; miners will trust to concessions
Delng secured by their Officers--Good
progress made at first convention OF
United Irish League of America at
Boston-JOhn McElwee, timber land
surveyor and explorer, murdered in
Maine woods near Umculcus lake;
Martin Stanton, also Woodsman, muir
dered near Patton, Me-; authorities
think they have clues TO murderers of
both men-Coal prices drop at Bos-
ton-lmmigration during September
exceedingly heavy-Eace riot at Lit
Teton, Ala-Congress Of American
lists opens at New York-Senator
Mason of Illinois denies combination
with Democrats-Edward Butler, q
st. Louis millionaire, indicted, charged
with bribery-Branford, Conn.,, man
commits suicide rather than face charge
of theft in court-Kentuczy railway
commissioners file information against
alleged railway trust by which J. p.
Morgan controls all traffic from north
to south-Conditions in Mindanao
much mprOved-France and Morocco
agree on Algeria Moroccan frontier
Servian cabinet crisis due to social
rather than political causes--Irish
members of house of commons cause
confusion at question time-Shah's
people give him cordial, gorgeous and
expensive welcome home-Move i'll
united kingdom for a corporation to
sell exclusively Canadian products.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. o.
With a shout that fairly shook the
convention building the representatives
of the $4,000 mine workers who lave
been on strike ever since last May Of
ticially declared off the greatest contest
ever Waged between capital and labor,
and placed all the questions involved
in the struggle into the hands of the
arbitration commission appointed by
the President of the United States;
news received with intense JOY through
out mining regiOn-United Irish
League convention pledges itself to
raise 100000 in six months for Irish
liberty-A British officer says the
men are in a very desperate situation in
SOmaliIand-End of Chicago box
makers strike-Oficers of the w. C.
I. U. reelected at Portland. Me-
Many miners who left Pennsylvania
are eturning--Senator Hill says
prices are higher, but wages are not
Successful surgical operation on
New York WOmans heart--farvard
defeats Columbia in the annual inter-
collegiate golf tournament-Pres
Roosevelt may go bear hunting in
Mississippi next notwithstanding
has a total of $16,500,000 in state and
municipal bOnds-New York manu-
facturers approve presidents plan for
expert tariff mmission-Govern
ment somewhat disturbed by the re-
ported treaty between Chill and Co.
lombia-American becomes head Of
Carmelite order-Odessa appro-
PIRATES over $250,000 to fight plague
Morocco executes assassin of English
missionary-British Pacific cable will
be ready for tests in two weeks --
Venezuelan rebels in strong force only
a few hours from Caracas-Italy en-
croaching on French claim to protect
Catholics in the Levant--President
Castro blames the British minister for
not moving against the rebels.
Turks meet sharp resistance in move
against Bulgarians, but the latter are
now said to be surrounded.
THURSDAY, OCT. %.
Rapid progress being made by all the
coal companies in the anthracite re-
gion toward a general resumption of
coal mining; suspension officially ende1,
but % percent of the normal produc-
ton will not be reached until some i ne
next week-Cigar trade in Boston
organizing against trust methods -
Great increase in number of naval pris-
oners at Boston navy yard-Massa-
motorman and railway management
for President Roosevelt's Pittsfeld ac-
cident-AddiCks declares he never
will urrender-Hooper Young ar
raigned in New York for murder of Mrs.
Pulitzer; plea of not guilty entered
Jewish Herald, for 16 years Demo-
cratic, comes out for Odell-Pacific
cable steamship arrives at Honolulu
with the end of the worlds longest
cable-Arbitrator chosen by Hudson
Valley strikers withdraws; strike like
ly to cOntinue-.president j. ]. Hill
says the main purpose in organizing
the Northern Securities company was
to prevent raids-Cession of Danish
West Indies checked by tie vote in
the landsthing--Mr. Tarte, minister
of public works in Canada, resigns by
request Of the premier-King Oscar,
arbitrator, decides Samoan controversy
in favor Of Germany-Cuban rural
guard to be Observation-Disclosures
starts American plan of taxation of
land-St. Petersburg to be placed I'M
der government control-Employes of
French government to have an eight
hour day--Mr. Carnegie proposes
United States of Europe as a means of
repelling American invasion--Man-
churia is being so thoroughly Rus
sianized that evacuation will make lit
tie difference-Irish member brings
up in commons President Roosevelt's