Strikers Strike Turmoil Grips Burrano Rail Yards
On Aug 15 Burrano reports a second day of railroad switchmen strike chaos. Fires at East Buffalo destroyed eighteen freight cars and two passenger coaches, wrecked a coal train, and damaged a water crane. Derailments hit Lehigh Valley and Erie lines as strikers boarded trains, injuring several and prompting police lockdown. violence escalated through the night with trains diverted and cars wrecked.
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Burrano
Lehigh Valley
East Buffalo
Erie
Buffalo
Seneca Street
New York and Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Hornellaville
William Street
Burned the Stockade at Tracy City by Miners
Aug 14 Nashville report details 180 armed miners attacking the Tennessee Coal company stockade at Tracy City. Miners seized convicts, moved them to box cars, and set buildings afire after property was cleared to safety. Superintendent Nathurst and Deputy Marshal Burton tried to calm the crowd.
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Tracy City
Tenny
Nashville
Tenn
Nathurst
The
Tennessee Coal Company
Marshal Burton
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Convite
Convicts Seized by Guards Move Toward Prison Break
Governor Buchanan says convicts will be taken to the main prison until a new stockade is built, then returned as at Coal Creek. Captain Burton and 25 guards control 880 inmates. Between Bewanee and Monteagle the train was wrecked, 10 or 15 attempting escape, Matt Wilson killed, Tom Smith wounded, several escapes. wires cut, insurgents unlocated.
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Buchanan
Coal Creek
Burton
Bewanee
Monteagle
Matt Wilson
Tom Smith
Tracy City
Spooner Likely Nominated For Wisconsin Governor
Ex Senator Spooner appears poised to be the Republican nominee for governor at the Milwaukee state convention. While denying candidacy, he indicated acceptance if urged, with party leaders ready to withdraw rivals by acclamation. Potential lieutenant governor hopefuls include John C. Koch, State Senator Kempf, and others from Monroe and Superior.
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Ac. Samation
Milwaukee
Wauxker
Spooner
Rusk
Washington
Wisconsin
Viroqua
John C. Koch
Kempf
J. B. Treat
Monroe
Martin Patterson
Superior
Stampede Plunges 361 Cattle Off Cliff in Idaho
Hungry prospectors near Bannock Butte tried to isolate a stray calf triggering a stampede that swept two cowboys Watson and Hancock to their deaths. Three hundred sixty-one cattle plunged seventy nine feet over the cliff, their bodies mangled. The prospectors were arrested.
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Boise City
Ida
Bannock Butte
Watson
Hancock
Burned Rivals Out Confession of a Covington Bartender
Sioux City August 14 Robert Thompson a Covington Neb barkeeper and alderman says under oath he set incendiary fires destroying Covington and Stanton property in the last two years and did so at Bill Leach’s instigation and pay Leach allegedly sought to destroy rival saloons and exact revenge Thompson to become state’s evidence and several arrests are expected Also brief notes on other items including a plan for railroad fare to Chicago and a Tennessee prison transfer.
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Covington
Nebraska
Sioux City
Robert Thompson
Bill Leach
Neb
Covington and
Stanton
Leach
Thompson
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D. H. Hutchins
Wm. K. Ferguson
First National Bank
Algona
Iowa
D. H. Hutchings
A. Ferguson
Philip Dorweller
W. ¥. Carter
O. B. Hutchins
Algona State Bank
Algoma
TOWA
Capital
A. D. Clarke
C.G. Chubb
Clair
Cash
Myron Schenck
Geo
Galbraith
W. ¢. Tyrrall
Thos
F. Geoke
Lewis H. Smith
Cashier
W. H. Ingham
J. B. Jones
Kossuth County Bank
State Library
John G. Smith
T. Chriselines
Lewis A. Smith
J. W. Wadsworth
Barnet Devine
M. Z. Grove
John Grove Grove Bros
Thorington House
Iowa Morey
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H. Hoxie
Haryons
Lacy
Tennent House
Algona, Iowa
Lewis E. Smith
J. G. Edwards
Kossuth County
Jones & Smith
N. W. Iowa
A. J. Winkie
Howard's
Minnesota
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Liemann
G. M. Howaekd
Algona Marble Works
Kossuth Co
Shelley & Hall
East State
Algona, Towa
NEW Abstract Office
C. M. Coxsee
A. D. Clarke & Co
W. H. Nycum
C. M Coxsee
HAY & Rice
C. L. Lund
Estaniisaep 1830
J.J. Ryan
Nastadid
Northes Town
Algong
Saaterh
Lehigh
New York
Mail and Express
Chicago
United States
King
H. Clay King
McLendon
Shelby County
Memphis
South Dakota
Milwaukee and St. Paul
J. W.robinson
W.l.joslyn
Julius Pleth
Mopey
Dubuque, Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Galbraitt
J. H. Queal & CO
Jd. H. Queal & CO
State Street
A. M. Amsden
the Republican
Ocal
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Apna Journal
SN. Y. Weekley Tribune
Vora
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