Industrial War In California Darkens Outlook for Cities
Northern California faced escalating conflict as regular troops guarded rail lines after a train wreck blamed on strikers. Martial law spreads from Sacramento to Oakland with soldiers seizing rifles. Debs comments optimistic. national arbitration plan discussed while Chicago and other cities see scattered violence and rail shutdowns.
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Baldwin
Nso
Col
Grahmm
Wearlake
Oakland
Dep Ues
Tesa
Sacramento
Sity
Wider
Onkland
Mare Island
Oniland
Sonoma Villey
Qellistoga
Wis
Villejo
California
Caayot
San Jonessco
San Jose
Toledo
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Pennsylvania
Hocking Valley
Wheeling & Lake Jirle
Sitchigan
Lake Shore
Ann Arbor
St. Louis
Kansas City
United States Court
Armaed
Mrshale
Cmiago
Fuly Iie
Volen
Uhbitoh
Forest Fires Ravage Eastern and Northern Lumber Camps
Blazing forests across eastern regions devastate logs at Weed, Munday in Scranton area. United Lumber and Coal and Warren Packard companies lose 2,060,000 feet of hemlock. nearby camps flee as crews try to save 1,000 cords of bark. Prairie fires wipe out Yetlaw settlement. thousands of acres scorched including a Russian settlement. hundreds homeless in Isabella County as Cale Lumber camp burns.
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Alda
Berapronn
Stradford
Kingua
Hemlock
New York
Weed, Munday & Co
Morrisons
Corydon Township
United Lumber & Coal Company
O1l City
Warren Packnaril Company
Warren
James
Thacston
Carson Township
Fumern
Ena Iarnor Crry
Yetlaw Medicine Creek
Mich
Isabella County
Cale Lumber Company
Prendergast Hanged in Cook County Jail Corridor
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast was executed by hanging at Cook County Jail for the murder of Carter H. Astison. He kept composure to the end, made no dying speech, and spoke no words from stepping on the trap until the drop occurred at 11:54. The body was removed at 11:55.
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White House
Chicago
Congress
Hayes
Knights of Labor
McGuire
X. French
Executive Committee
Schoenfaber
Kyle
American Railway Union
Pullman
Gult
San Francisco
Hey
Mare Island
Cuscasa
General Managers Association
Magote V. Debs
Hopkins
Debs
Howard
Geoety Managers' Association
Carter
Morrison
Thitage
Catoace
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast
Cook County
Carter HW. Astiison
Prendergast
Journal
Battle with bandits leaves three dead and one captured
A Dallas dispatch to the St Louis Post Dispatch says a posse of deputy U S marshals encountered four Longview bank robbers in the Trinity river country near Clarksville Texas. In the ensuing battle three were killed and the fourth captured. The bodies will be taken to Paris Texas. The band was reportedly bound for Detroit Texas to rob another bank.
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St. Lows
Post-Dispatch
Dallas
Tex
United States
Longview
Trinity River Country
Clarksville
Paris
Detroit
Attorney General Seeks 265000 for Rail Strike Costs
The Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to the Senate a request from Attorney General Olney for an additional 265000 to cover department expenses tied to recent railroad strikes. Marshals report expenses already incurred total 4103. A yachting party near Haakinus Minnesota ends in tragedy as Mrs. George Schreiner of Dubuque and her 1-year-old nephew Wesley Verown drown in the Mississippi while returning from St. Paul on the yacht Mignon. The river is being drained for their bodies.
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Cicada
Ifi
American Federation of Labor
Briggs House
American Railway Union
Cuioaco
Whele Sam
Lake Front
Chicago
Detroit
Ojello
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Regora House
Debs
Loward
Kelcher
Rogers
Soversign
Knight of Labor
Stephenson
Rodeman
National Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Ugl
Knights of Labor
West
Caulturuliss
San Francisco
Overland
Oeden
Sacramento
Nueris
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Attorney General
Department
United States
Olney
Wace
Haakinus
Minn
George Schreiner
Dubuque
Wesley H. Verown
Robert C. Brown
Mississippi
St. Paul
Mignon
Cholera Death Toll Reported in Canton and Chinese Empire
A dispatch from Ta-Kow via the Northern steamship Victoria notes cholera deaths spreading through the Chinese empire. Canton reports indicate a large toll, with Chinese estimates citing around 40,000 deaths. Government officials are suppressing death figures, per the report.
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Tacoma
Waal
Victoria
Long Kong
Canton
Arbitration Amendment Proposed in New York Convention
In Anuaxy New York on July 16 a constitutional amendment was offered to create a court of arbitration to settle Inboy disputes.
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Anuaxy
N.Y
Grand Christia Endeavor Convention Opens in Cleveland
The Christian Endeavor convention drew about 20,090 visitors to Cleveland on July 1 as crowds filled the Saengerfest hall and a 10,000 seat tent. Gov. McKinley welcomed attendees. Secretary Boers reported rapid growth, with 7,898 companies added to ranks in twelve months. The gathering featured speeches on reform, politics, and temperance, with praise for leaders and a global reach expanding into England, Scotland, and Ireland. The convention wrapped with five large rallies in Sangerfest hall and Wilson avenue tent, marking Cleveland’s record attendance and spirited proceedings.
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Christia Endeavor
Cleverenih Cuovenann
Christian Endeavor
Saengerfest
England
Ofty
Scotland
Ireland
Juda
Japan
Turkey
China
France
Spain
Mexico
Clark
Charles H. Parkehurst
Chris
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
Bosd MeKand
Sing Sing
Brooklyn
Croker
Concada
Cleveland
Christian Endeavor Convention
Sangerfest Hall
Wilson Avenue
A Husband's Jealousy Triggers Triple Tragedy at Lovelock
In Lovelock Nevada three men were killed after a jealous husband, Robert Logan, shot Dan Lovelock and Wred Sullivan and was then killed by his wife. Mrs Logan had sought divorce amid threats against her male friends. Lovelock, a stage proprietor and driver, was known to Mrs Logan but not involved with her. Sullivan was a stranger to her. Locals denounce Logan as a coward and commend Mrs Logan's stance.
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Lovelock
Nev
Lovenecsx
Noey
Robert Logan
Dan Lovelock
Sullivan
Flood Disaster Drowns Five in Arkansas Mill Area
A cloud burst near Lead Hill Arkansas on July 17 caused the Little River to flood. the Tatum roller mill was wrecked, miller William Rusty escaped, but his wife and four children were drowned. Many houses and stores along the creek were washed away or destroyed.
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Livre Rogen
Ark
Lead Till
Tatum
William ‘Rusty
Fire Claims Two Children and Destroys North Beach Dwellings
A large North Beach fire in San Francisco destroyed about twenty small homes and killed five residents, including two Leidecker children aged two and four. The blaze left most houses on the block between Lronsway Leavenworth Jones and Glover streets wiped out, with estimated property loss around $50,000. Bodies of the two young Leidecker boys were recovered burned.
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San Francisco
North Beach
Lronsway
Leavenworth
Jones and
Glover Streets
FE. Leidecker
Strikes in Harmona Pa During Last Year
Pennsylvania bureau of statistics reports thirty three strikes occurred last year in Harmona and surrounding areas, roughly double the prior year. None succeeded, involving 17 808 workers with total wage loss of 2 886 428 dollars.
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Pennsylvania
Harmona
Bureau of Statistics of Pennsylvania
Race mine battle leaves six dead in Alabama clash
A Monday afternoon battle at No. 4 mine in Iratt between striking miners and deputy sheriffs left six dead and nearly a score wounded. A mass meeting praised vigilante action, deputies and state troops arrived, saloons closed, and authorities hunted the fugitives as bodies and rumors spread through Pratt.
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Iratt’s
W. Tierce
Shetitt Morrow
Gov. Jones
Birmingham
Juan Daflor
George Campbell
Train Ditching Near Battle Creek Kills Fireman
Train No 6 on the Grand Trunk railway wrecked at 3 am Monday near Battle Creek Michigan after a mislaid fish plate caused the derailment. Fireman Crow was killed and several crew and passengers injured. authorities offer 500 reward for those responsible.
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Inptaxarenia
Ind
Fontanet
Stout
Vigo County
Montanet
Battle Creek
Mich
Grand Trunk Railroad
Crow
Drukeman Mitchell
Bishop
W. Towse
Beggegemin
A. L. Adams
Express
Pittie
M. BE. Roberts
Chicago
Engineer Miller
W. Teverer
Carl Krenson
New York
N. Kuelin
N. Peterson
Europe
BE. Deriner
J. Keefe
Lansing
Spices
Puiley
Indorsement Backing Cleveland’s Crusade Cited
The House adopted a resolution offered by Rep McCreary praising President Cleveland for his vigorous effort to suppress anarchy, enforce laws, and safeguard mail transportation, with broad support and general congratulations. Also: cholera toll rises in Russia with a dispatch noting a more intense outbreak than prior years, hospitals filled and prisons converted to hospices as sanitary officers plan permanent action.
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House
Cleveland
Washington
House of
Ntarstate Vommeyrolz
McCreary
Foreign Affairs Committee
Russie
Lesboes
Times
St. Petersburg
Island
Sanitary Commission
Miracle Cure Told in Rich Hill Tale of Woodson Healing
A Bates Vernon counties claim a Kansas City Times story recounts Mark M. Woodson, Rich Hill and Panama postmaster, once crippled by rheumatism, suddenly healed after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and a galvanic battery. He swears by the pill’s power, supported by a notarized affidavit.
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Kansas City Times
Rich Hill
Bates
Vernon Counties
Mark M. Woodson
Panama
C. C. Woodson
Tvel
Woodson
Times
Kansas City
St. Louis
Ana
Mudd
Kyle
Wiliams
Far East
Williame
Missouri
Barns
M. M. Woodson
MM. Weapsay
Maret
Isis
Dr. Williams
Schenectady
N. C
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Lamm
Affalo Express
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