Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, April 20, 1900: "TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS. Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike. CROTON VALLEY'S LIVELY DAY. Sheriff Molloy Secures Thirty-Two Warrants—Houses Searched For Ammunition—Italians Quieter and Many Leaving Their Homes to Avoid Trouble." Public-domain newspaper dispatch from Croton Landing covering the mass-arrest operation that broke the 1900 New Croton Dam strike. Transcribed verbatim by Jeff Paine at https://jeffpaine.blogspot.com/2023/01/twenty-six-striking-dam-workers.html
TWENTY-SIX ARRESTS. Military Authorities Busy in Vicinity of Strike. CROTON VALLEY'S LIVELY DAY. Sheriff Molloy Secures Thirty-Two Warrants--Houses Searched For Ammunition--Italians Quieter and Many Leaving Their Homes to Avoid Trouble. CROTON LANDING, April 20,--Yesterday was by far the liveliest day in and around the Croton valley since the strike began 18 days ago. The civil and military author…
Since the arrival of the cavalry on Tuesday the strikers have been very quiet, and did not repeat their drills with the accompanying display of shotguns, rifles and revolvers. In fact the result of the raid would go to show that the arms have been carefully hidden away. From General Roe's headquarters orders were issued for the infantry and cavalry to be placed so as to prevent any persons escapin…
In the Bowery nine prisoners were captured, three of whom were Marcelo Rotella and his two sons, Angelo and Antonio. One revolver, a toy pistol, a few cartridges and several dirks and stilettos were found and confiscated. The prisoners were taken to the guard tent of the Fourth Separate company, where they were placed in the charge of an armed guard of six men. The sheriff then went to the other s…
The other 19 were marched into the Croton Landing depot, where they boarded a special train for Tarrytown, whence they were taken by trolley and lodged in the jail at White Plains, where they will have an examination today. They were escorted by the sheriff and his men surrounded by Separate Companies A and B of Yonkers and Mt. Vernon respectively under command of Major Denike. The Mt. Vernon and …
The troops still show a clean bill of health with the exception of a couple of cases of tonsillitis, and appeared to much better advantage owing to the change in the weather, as bright sunshine has taken the place of rainstorms of the two previous days. Ended in a Riot. NEW YORK, April 20.--A meeting of 200 representative Italians held a meeting at the Hotel Colombo on Bleecker-st. last night for …
Mr. Doughty: appointing public administrators in counties where the office of county treasurer has been abolished. Mr. Patton: amending the town law generally and providing that the town board shall determine whether or not there shall be one or more overseer of the poor. Mr. Rierdon: making it a misdemeanor for any unauthorized person to wear badges of the military order of foreign wars of the Un…
The University of Moscow is limited to 250, Kiev to 200, Kharkov to 175, Dorpat to 150, Warsaw to 100, Tomsk to 120 and Kasan to 100. This limits the number of students allowed to take up the study of medicine to about 1,000 a year. The number seems small for so great an empire, especially in view of the unlimited output of American medical colleges, but it is by no means certain that the autocrat…
A. hall will present an appearance to-night at the grand Masonic ball that will be a strong rival for first position in the ranks of beautiful and appropriate decorations for which these balls are noted. The decorations to-night will be in Japanese, and for these over fifteen thousand paper flowers mainly Japanese cherry blossoms have been made and tastily arranged. Fifty-two oriental flags, as ma…
Landslide all Cleared Up. The big landslide in the heavy cut beyond East Freetown which occurred on the E. & C. N. Y, R. R. Wednesday afternoon was cleared up and trains were again running on time yesterday afternoon. Herrmann the Great. Herrmann the Great and his big company of fifteen people, magical performers, mind readers and vaudeville celebrities will present their superb and mystifying ent…
Stone of Baltimore, Md., who presided, introduced as the first speaker Mr. Edward D. Blodgett, as one who was a child of the church, whose grandmother united with the church within a few months of its founding, whose grandfather was for forty years an elder in the church, exceeding in period of service any other member of the session, whose father had been for forty-three years the leader of the c…
He doubted his ability to interest the people of to-day in the affairs and conditions that then existed, but the wrapt attention with which the large congregation listened to his words proved that they were not only deeply interested in what he had to say, but also in the manner in which it was said. Dr. Howe spoke in part as follows: We climb upon high elevations which others have built and then …
We did not know anything about expansion nor about many of the great questions that confront us to-day. How different were the religious conditions that then existed. We had no higher theology, no higher criticism, and questions of heresy were not troubling us. I belonged to what was known as the old school church. The church here was of the new school. I came to the work fresh from my college and…
Tanner. The first man to meet me when I came to Cortland, the first to come to my
room to see me after I was here, and one from whom I received great help during my ministry was Horatio Ballard--a man with patrician manner and always a perfect gentleman. Dr. Howe referred to many who were then members of the church and congregation, spoke in the highest terms of the character and work of Col. J. …
The great trusts and combinations, the advancement in the great lines of steamships and railroads and many other forms of activity in the business world are bringing about changes that cannot be stayed, that cannot be resisted. It is our duty to get into our places and do our work. We must have new methods to meet the new conditions. The church needs the co-operation of its members. Co-operation i…
Robertson spoke of the old church and of the large minded, far seeing men, admirably fitted for laying the foundations of such a structure which for more than sixty years was sufficient to meet the demands of the organization. As I recall their names, said Dr. Robertson, I am bound to do them honor. The receding forms of men who have left sacred memories come to have a halo about them. One of the …
The first was the experience of divine grace which began during the week of prayer, 1889, and continued for nine weeks, when without any evangelist to conduct special services, meetings were held every night and one of the largest revivals in the history of the church was the result. Those meetings were held in the old chapel and to many that chapel became a hallowed place. The building of the new…
Robert Clements referred to a number of letters that had been received from former members of the church, but which the lateness of the hour forbade reading, and closed with an earnest word of exhortation for the future. The music of the evening was of a very high order of excellence. Especially, fine was the duet by Miss McNett and Mr. Favilie, and the violin solo of Mr. Carpenter, while the anth…
Roche to play this season in the outfield with the Cortland team. Eagan is a snappy ball player and has an enviable fielding record, while in batting his work is something remarkable. Last year he pulled through with an average of .348, and the year before that he led the league with the stick. This contract fills the Cortland team and with the players that have already been signed makes a strong …
Blodgett entertained some of her friends [of] the Presbyterian church in an informal way yesterday afternoon at her home, 8 Argyle Place, thus affording them a little opportunity of meeting the present and past pastors of the church who were in the city, --Nine years ago yesterday Rev. Dr. O. A. Houghton of Cortland with Rev. Dr. Alfred J. Hutton and Rev. Dr. Wallace B. Lucas of Meridian, N. Y., w…