Saturday, September 1, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 1

September 1, 2008 – “The GOP convention opened at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., in an abbreviated session due to Hurricane Gustav. Alaska’s Gov. Sarah Palin, GOP candidate for the vice-presidency, disclosed that her daughter, Bristol (17), [was] 5 months pregnant. An antiwar march drew some 10,000 people. Over 250 demonstrators were arrested as splinter groups smashed department store and police car windows.”

http://timelines.ws/states/MINNESOTA.HTML



John McCain and Sarah Palin

http://www.google.com/search?q=public+domain+images+of+Sarah+Palin&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=K4vsT-2DLoqlrQGYts3PBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CGAQsAQ&biw=1166&bih=555
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Friday, August 31, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 31

August 31, 1903 – Albert Beement and Ernest Bentz, two Minneapolis boys in the Anoka County jail, accused of attempting to wreck two Great Northern passenger trains, were arraigned before Judge Stewart this morning and bound over to the grand jury which meets Oct. 12. No bail has been secured.

The crime was committed two weeks ago and since that time the officers have spared no effort to locate the wrong doers. It is stated that the two boys have admitted their guilt and that they planned and nearly carried out a wreck that would have sacrificed hundreds of lives, merely for the excitement of seeing what a railroad smash-up would be like. Presence of mind on the part of the engineer of the marked train and the action of the air brakes alone saved the boys from being murderers.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Would-Be Wreckers. Minneapolis Boys Bound Over to Anoka Grand Jury.”; Aug. 31, 1903; p. 6.



Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Jan. 14, 2014,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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Thursday, August 30, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 30


August 30, 1901 – A terrible accident occurred at the Fayal Iron Mine in Eveleth tonight. At 5:30 miners Charles C. Anderson and Andrew Pearson were killed instantly by a dynamite explosion. The bodies were terribly mangled. The two men were working in a drift underground at Shaft No. 2. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known. The trammers were away at the foot of the shaft with a car of ore. They heard the explosion but saw no men come out of the drift as usual and hurried back where the bodies were discovered. They were removed to the morgue of J. C. Pool. Both men will probably be buried in Eveleth.

Anderson has a wife and family living at Negaunee, Mich., who have been notified of the accident, but as yet no reply has been received. Pearson has a wife and a three months’ old child.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Two Men Killed. Dynamite Accident in the Fayal Iron Mine.”; August 31, 1901; p. 1.





Underground Miners in Fayal Iron MIne, Eveleth, Minn.

http://www.miningartifacts.org/TheMiners.html

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 29

August 29, 1857 - A constitutional convention was assembled in the Minnesota territory in July 1857. Divisions between Republicans and Democrats led to the drafting of two separate constitutions. The larger cities of Saint Paul, Saint Anthony, and Stillwater were the domain of the Democrats whereas agrarian southern Minnesota was the domain of the Republicans. A single constitution was finally worked out between the two factions though the more powerful Democrats ultimately prevailed on most issues.

The resentment between the two parties remained so acrimonious that two separate copies of the constitution had to be used so that members of each party did not have to sign a copy signed by members of the other party. The copies were signed on this date and an election was called on October 13, 1857, to approve the document. 30,055 voters approved the constitution, while 571 rejected it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_era_of_Minnesota



http://www.mnhs.org/places/historycenter/exhibits/territory/people/count/
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 28

August 28, 1906 – The plant of the American Can Company, the Heinz Pickle Company and a small two-story frame flat building, all off Fillmore Ave. E. in St. Paul, were wiped out by flames early today.

The fire started in a storage shed of the Heinz Pickle Company. Andres Shaton, night watchman of the can company, discovered the flames and turned in an alarm at 12:28 a.m. Ten minutes later the flames had gained such headway that Assistant Chief Devlin sent a call for additional apparatus.


Heinz1

The fire leapt from the storage shed to the main plant, and then to the building of the American Can Company. A high wind fanned the flames and made the efforts of the firemen fruitless.


American Can2

At 12:30 a third call was sent for help and at 1:49, when, after an hour of strenuous battling, it appeared that the flames were going to get away from the firemen entirely, a fourth call was made for apparatus.

When this summons was answered there were eight engines, three trucks and two chemicals on the scene.

East of the can company’s buildings there stood a two-story frame flat. Chief Strapp ordered the tenants to move as soon as he saw that it was impossible to save the can company building. The tenants fled with whatever they were able to lay hands to in the way of clothing.

At 2:30 when one of the walls of the can company fell, the intense heat set fire to the flat and in a few minutes it was enveloped in flames. Later the east wall of the can factory fell with the wind and buried the ruins of the flat.


The Minneapolis Journal; $355,000 Loss In A St. Paul Fire. Flames Destroy Two Big Plants and Flats Building Near River Front. Three-Hour Battle for Fire Department. American Can Company and Heinz Pickle August 28, 1906; p. 1.

1http://www.foodandwine.hu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/heinz-57-300x300.jpg

2http://gulfofgeorgiacannery.com/collections/25-years-25-objects#american

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Monday, August 27, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 27

August 27, 1908 – The new steel dock of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad at Two Harbors and the machinery used in constructing the dock was damaged to the extent of $15,000 this evening by unknown men, believeded to be working their revenge on the American Bridge Company for being what is commonly called an “open shop” concern.



Duluth & Iron Range Ore Dock No. 61, ^

This is merely one of a series of similar outrages perpetuated throughout the country, all of them said to be due to the fact that the American Bridge Company, which furnished material for the Two Harbors structure, is opposed to labor unions.* Dynamite has been freely used at other places. At Two Harbors, so many watchmen were employed that the miscreants were evidently afraid to use any explosive for fear they would be caught.

The bridge company has offered a cash reward of $1,000 for anyone giving information that will lead to the arrest of the men who committed this evening’s outrage. A reward of $500 cash is offered to anyone who will furnish information that leads to the arrest of the man or men who stole a launch from Superior earlier in the week. This launch was used in getting to the dock and later taken back to Superior and beached.



Cash Reward Notice2


Agents for the company say that while the whole trouble, all over the U. S., started from grievances, real or imagined, held by the Structural Iron Workers Union against the American Bridge Company, they do not for a moment believe that local members of the union, either in Duluth or Two Harbors, had anything to do with the wrecking of the dock. It is believed that the guilty ones in tonight’s affair were from the outside and unknown in Duluth. It is further believed that officers and members of the local union had no knowledge whatever of the sabotage contemplated.


Most of the watchmen were placed at the land end of the structure, only two or three being placed along the dock. The agents of the company expected that if there was any trouble, it would come from the land end of the dock. They were obviously mistaken, as the saboteurs approached from the lake in a launch. They stole silently up the dock in the darkest hours of the night, landed and set about their work of destruction. It is believed they posted sentinels to watch for the approach of guards, for nothing was discovered of their work until the following morning, although to complete the job of destruction they must have been on the dock at least two hours.

They contented themselves with breaking delicate machinery, taking out parts of it and the bridge that could be removed and throwing them far into the lake. Other parts were bent and twisted all out of shape and form, made utterly worthless. So successfully did they work, that fully $15,000 damage was done before their plan of destruction was completed to their satisfaction. Then they boarded their launch again and headed out into the lake.

The stolen launch was returned to Superior, but not to the boathouse where it had been taken. It was run aground on Connor’s Point, and left there. It is believed the gang came back to Superior in the boat and then took a train for out-of-town points.

2Duluth Evening Herald; “Big Reward Is Offered. Docks at Two Harbors Damaged to Extent of $15,000. Vandals Steal Launch to Aid them in Their Work.”; August 28, 1908; p. 3.

1http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2QJ0_Duluth_and_Iron_Range_Railway_Ore_Dock_No_6_Two_Harbors_Minnesota

*http://www.iwlocal1.com/history/32YearStrike.html

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“Dock No. 6 was constructed from 1907-1909 and was the first steel ore dock built on the Great Lakes. The dock was designed by the American Bridge Company and constructed by the Barnett & Record Company. The dock was a vital link for the rich iron mines in northern Minnesota. The dock is located at the terminus of the Duluth & Iron Range Railway line (later Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway).

“The dock is 962' long, 51' wide and 74' high and has 148 pockets with ship loading spouts along each side. Ore loaded into vessels through mechanically operated trapdoors at the bottom of the pockets flowing by gravity through the openings. The pockets were filled by railroad hopper ore cars from the four tracks on the dock. These four tracks were connected with two tracks on the approach trestles connected to the railroad yard. The capacity of each pocket is 300 tons thus yielding a total storage capacity of 44,440 tons.

“The dock is no longer in use and the connecting trestles were removed in 1978. The two nearby docks are operational though only dock number two is used because it has been modified to accommodate Taconite pellets.”


*“In March of 1903, U. S. Steel, the American Bridge Company and all the other companies involved in the erection of structural steel, banded together to form the National Erectors Association (NEA).The aim of the NEA was to destroy all the unions involved in the building trades, including Carpenters, Bricklayers and Masons, but especially Ironworkers.”
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Sunday, August 26, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 26

August 26, 1848 – The Stillwater Convention [was held on this date]. Delegates from unorganized territory formerly in Wisconsin meet and pass a resolution to be presented to the United States Congress asking for the organization of a new territory named "Minnesota." Because of this convention, Stillwater is later known as the ‘Birthplace of Minnesota.’”

http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/territorial-convention



Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain 3-19-2017,
as long as acknowledgement included.

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