Erie Lehigh Valley Strike Sparks Riots and Fires in Buffalo
Rioting and arson mark the Erie and Lehigh Valley switchmen strike in Buffalo. Fires destroy freight cars and two passenger coaches while switches are sabotaged. Four men hospitalized and police and deputies deployed as crews halt trains amid threats and vandalism.
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Buffalo
Erie
Lehigh Valley
William and Dingens
Lehigh
Eleventh Precinct
New York and
Pennsylvania
William Street
Seneca Street
Cheekoowaga
Ilf
William Ghosh Gatton
Fie
Erie Station
Theatrical Company
Kire
New York
Beck
Sweeney
Selamenn Coh
Lancaster
Cheektowaga
Lehigh Freight No. 96
Alley Avenue
Lehigh Yards
Sheriff Beck
Cheektowage
Erie Yards
Sweeey
Waverly
Ornelieville
Bradford
Rochester
Pittsen
Beagle
Colorful Colorado town Red Mountain wiped out by fire
The mining camp Red Mountain near Silverton was destroyed by a Sunday morning blaze. Sixty buildings including stamp mills and houses burned with an estimated loss of 275000 and little insurance. Incendiary fire left 700 people homeless and without supplies. relief came from Silverton with tents clothing and provisions and a free special train offered by Moses Leverman of the Silverton railroad.
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Bilventon
Cola
Cutire
Red Mountain
Silverton
Moses Leverman
Silverton Railroad
Indiana G A R officers return from Chicago encampment
The Indiana Grand Army of the Republic officers, who favor holding the next national encampment in Indianapolis, returned home from Chicago on Sunday. In Chicago they received strong support, and it is understood the Illinois department will vote solidly for Indianapolis at the upcoming encampment.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Grand Rapides
Indiana
Brotherhood
G. A
Chicago
Indiana Grand Army of the Republic
Nest
Indianapolis
Grand Army
Illinois Department
Joliet Chemical Works Destroyed by Fire
The Joliet chemical works were entirely destroyed by fire at 8 o'clock Monday morning. Losses estimated at $5,000. Fire cited as caused by spontaneous combustion from dried water on a cotton sack.
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Lls
Joliet
Private Residence Burns in St Paul at Indian Mounds
The elegant home of Jane F Eisenmenger at Indian mounds burned Sunday morning. The building valued at 47000 with 5000 of furniture and 47000 in insurance was destroyed. A separate report notes a man arrested for killing his wife and later committed to jail for two months after causing a disturbance at the funeral.
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Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Fort Frick
Pittsburg
St. Paul
Jane F. Eisenmenger
Indian Mounds
Uitehueld
Aoail
Gian Wao
Arune
Convicts Seized From Inman Stockade Spark Tennessee Uprising
An outbreak at Inman Stockade in Tennessee led about six hundred miners to surround the enclosure. Around two hundred convicts were driven to cars and shipped toward Nashville while guards were posted along lines near the scene. Additional guards arrived from Nashville as Tracy City and Cowan saw altered routes. A statewide revolt was anticipated, with miners blaming Peter Turney’s gubernatorial nomination for triggering the unrest.
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Inman
Nashville
Chattanooga
Tracy City
Cowan
Tate
Peter Turney
Tracy and
Man
Quiet at Tracey City Mines Amid Tense Expectations
Nashville report says Tracey City miners are anxious while Governor Buchanan vows to uphold law and order. Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad plans to reopen the mines soon once a work force is organized.
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Tracey City
Nashville
Tenn
Tracy City
Buchanan
United Prew
Tennessee Coal and Iron Hailroad Company
Fort Ann Mother Praises Lactated Food for Baby Health
In Fort Ann New York a mother, Mrs Lucy K Farr, writes that her daughter Frances fed on lactated food from five months old thrived and gained strength. She argues against dosing babies and criticizes physicians who avoid lactated food advice.
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Fort Ann
N. Y
Blake
Leenanie Iy
Lucy K. Farr
Frances
Cina
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Marsh’s Drug Store
Buffalo Switchmen
Mip
PriTsRene
United States
Smith Street
Jewell Grand
Pitts & Hamill
Moquettah
Brussels
Ingram
China
A J. Howell
G. Moritz
W. L. Klunk
Omatiah
ATA
Colorado
Tennessee
Wpmapatition
Abueggeman Bros
Artistic Tailors
Gent’s Furnishers
Frank Miller
East Second Street
Julius H. Raible
California
Kentucky
Bonda
West Fourth St
Frank Budde
Anheuser’s
BERER
Raible
Alton & ST. Louis
Ford Herald
W. ED. McManus
John Hermann
Alton
St. Louis
J.A Bruner
W. A. Haskell, M. D
Second St
Aston
Ill
Mittotr
DR. E
Guelich
Cor. Fourth & Henry Sts
Lucas Pfeiffenberger
Alton, Ill
Frank Booker
Seibold
L. F. Schussler
M. D. Homeopathist
Madison
C. B. Romland
Third Street
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