Strikes Across Buff alo Yard Sparks Hourly Violence
Aug 15 in Burrano reports a second railroad switchmen strike day marked by arson and sabotage. Fires destroyed eighteen freight cars and two passenger coaches, derailments damaged eight freight cars on the Erie, and a train was boarded, cars ransacked, and scabs attacked. A Lehigh Valley train was backed into a ditch as a switch caused a derailment, with police reserves deployed as violence escalated and the situation grew worse through the evening.
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Burrano
Lehigh Valley
Hast Buffalo
Erie
Buffalo and Southwstern
Seneca Street
New York and Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Hornellaville
William Street
Burned the stockade at Tracy City Tenn
A mob of 150 armed miners attacked the Tennessee Coal stockade in Tracy City. They forced guards to release convict workers, removed property, and torched the buildings after dispersing into the mines and loading the convicts onto box cars. Authorities had attempted to calm tensions by talking with Superintendent Nathurst.
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Tracy City
Tenn
Nashville
Nathurst
The
Tennessee Coal Company
Marshal Burton
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Convicts Moved Under Guard as Escape Attempts Spark Violence
Governor Buchanan said convicts would be taken to the main prison until a new stockade is built and then returned, as at Coal Creek. Captain Burton and twenty guards oversee 300 inmates. Between Kewanee and Monteagle the train was split and 6–15 fugitives fled. Matt Wilson was killed and Tom Smith wounded. Wires cut between here and Tracy City prevent further details.
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Coal Creek
Burton
Kewanee
Monteagle
Convicta
Matt Wilson
Tom Smith
Tracy City
Insurgenta
Spooner Seen Likely Nominee for Governor at Milwaukee
Ex-Senator Spooner appears set to win the Republican nomination for Wisconsin governor at the Milwaukee state convention. Officials imply he will accept if urged, with delegates ready to withdraw other candidates in favor of Spooner. Possible lieutenant governor picks include John Koch or State Senator Kempf, among others.
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MiLwavunne
Spooner
Rusk
Washington
Wisconsin
Viroqua
Frightful cliff accident tied to cattle stampede at Bannock Butte
Hungry prospectors near Bannock Butte caused a stampede that swept 361 cattle off a 79 foot cliff. Two cowboys, Watson and Hancock, died trying to halt the herd as companions watched in horror. The prowling prospectors were jailed after the incident.
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Bannock Butte
Watson
Hancock
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