Toluca Mine Strife as Miners Headed for Toluca
Three thousand miners from Peru La Salle Seatonville and Sadle left Peru for Toluca as labor unrest looms in the mining town twenty eight miles south of here. One hundred deputy sheriffs have been sworn in by coal company officials amid fears of clashes as operators prepare for trouble with strikers and stockpile rifles and ammunition.
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LA Salle
Peru
Seatonville
Sadle
Toluca
Here
Strike Success Shrinks Coke Plants in Connellsville Region
In Connellsville Pennsylvania April 26 the coke strike succeeds with only Davidson and Leisenring of the Frick company running. Moyer Fort Hill Rainey of the Rainey company and Clarissa Nelile of Cochran remain idle. At least eight thousand men are idle as a mob marches through Mt. Pleasant.
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Connellsville
Penn
Davidson and Leisenring
Frick Company
Moyer, Fort Hill and Rainey
Rainey Company
Clarissa and Nelile
Cochran Company
Frick
Mt. Pleasant
My Clothier's Limited Stock Spring Suits Deal
Boston retailer notes fair weather and a brisk mood for spring shopping. An inventory update highlights frock and cassimere suits in spring and summer weights, broken sizes, some goods from this year, all offered at strong prices. Display window on Portland Street shown.
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Portland Street
Illinois Governor declines militia. Toluca march escalates
Acting Governor Gill received a message from Sheriff Lease of Marshall County asking for five or six militia companies to Toluca as 2000 to 3000 miners march from Peru. The governor refused to order troops until bloodshed seemed likely and departed for Toluca at midnight with Adjutant General Doyle.
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Springfield
Ill
Gill
Lease
Marshall County
Toluca
Peru
Doyle
Settlement Hope Dims in Great Northern Strike Talks
In St Paul April 26 the American Railway Union rejects arbitration, demanding restoration of Aug 1 1893 wages. Hill urges comparison with last year’s rates and resubmits arbitration idea. A marshal escorted freight train leaves St Paul for the Pacific coast as two Great Northern bridges between Fort Buford and Williston North Dakota are burned.
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ST. Paul
Great Northern Railroad
Debs
Howard
American Railway Union Today
Hill
American Railway Union
Great Northern
Brotherhood
United States
Pacific Coast
Fort Buford
Williston
N. D
Sweaters and Hosiery Catalog with Low Prices
Advertisement lists boys sweaters at 1.50 and men's sweaters regular 5 now 3.50 in all colors with custom orders free. Warranted colors on 2 value sweaters, equal to most 3.50 pieces. Also bicycle hose 50c 75c and 1.00, outing shirts in all colors, hose supporters 35c, request bicycle catalogue.
East Boston Ferry Debates Spur City Orders
In Boston City Council debate over East Boston ferries, the majority backed orders to fund ferry improvements and staffing. A memorial day funding split faced contention, with calls for $7650 distribution and several finance department allocations totaling ten thousand to rebuild a ferry drop and five thousand for land at Lom bard’s wharf head house site.
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O’brien
Committee On Finance
Ferry
Lombard’s Wharf
J. Putnam
Canoe Tragedy Near Boston Ends in Drowning
Thomas Henry Gray known as Pomp and his companion William Campbell ventured from East Boston for a sail in a canvas canoe. A southwest wind capsized them between Spectacle Island and Fort Independence. Campbell was rescued unconscious, Gray sank and drowned. Captain Churchill of the schooner Irving Leslie alerted harbor authorities. Campbell is recovering at his home, and Gray’s body has not yet been found.
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Thomas Henry Gray
Liverpool Street
Boston
William Campbell
George
Spectacle Island
Fort Independence
Campbell
Gray
Churchill
Irving Leslie
Haynes Street
George Gray
Thomas
Bill
City Point
Second Meyer Trial Opens in New York Court
The second trial of Dr. Henry C. F. Meyer for allegedly causing Ludwig Brandt death to collect life insurance opened before Recorder Smyth. Prosecutor McIntyre outlined new testimony and described Meyer as central to a long-running scheme. Carl Muller testified he met Meyer and Brandt in Cook County Jail and discussed insurance swindling. The day adjourned with Meyer reacting angrily to the accusation.
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New York
Henry C. F. Meyer
Ludwig Brandt
Baum
Smyth
McIntyre
Brandt
Meyer
Brooke
Carl Muller
Mr. McIntyre
Carl Kirfel
August Wimmers
Cook County
Chicago
Tramp Matching Dacey Description Reported Seen
Lynn April 26. Mr Connors, once a Swampscott policeman now living near New Ocean and Burrill streets, says a tramp called for food around seven this evening. The man’s description matches that of Dacey, the alleged Deer Island convict killer.
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Lynn
Mr. Connors
Swampscott
New Ocean
Burrill
Dacey
Deer Island
Finest and Funniest Cartoon in Colors Coming Next Sunday
The Post promises the next color cartoon will be the finest and funniest yet and guarantees nationwide laughter. Readers are urged to order Sunday Post today due to expected high demand and a rush for copies.
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POST
The
Mysterious blaze leads to quick chase on Milton Place
Lieutenant Charles E. Phoenix, famed Boston firefighter and detective, spots two men loitering near Collins's bookbinding on Milton Place. They enter the shop, lights go out, a fire erupts, and the pair flee. They are caught and later released as innocent, with damage under $100.
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Charles E. Phoenix
Boston
Summer Street
Milton Place
Charley
Collins
Forecast for Friday Weather New England and New York
Brain Washington weather forecast for Friday shows generally fair skies in New England with westerly winds and fair conditions in eastern New York with southerly winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
Intercollegiate fencing tourney arranged by Yale and Columbia
L M Lawson president of the Columbia fencing club and H P Disbecker president of the Yale fencing club met in New Haven and arranged an intercollegiate fencing tournament to be held soon.
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Harvard
Yale
Hyperion Theatre
New Haven
Conn
Chauncey M. Depew
New Haven, Conn
L. M. Lawson
Columbia College Fencing Club
H. P. Disbecker
Yale Fencing Club
Sherlock Identified in Lenox Burglar Case
Pittsfield April 2 An interesting development in the Michael Sherlock burglary case today Miss Stetson a guest of Mrs Swan of New York at Stockbridge last June identified Sherlock as the burglar The preliminary hearing this morning was unusually strong in point of evidence Officers believe they have the right man this time.
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Pittsfield
Michael Sherlock
Lenox
Trials of Industrialists March On Toward Washington
Frederick Maryland April 26 the army of Commonweal marched out of Frederick to HYATTSTOWN ten miles away by 2 o'clock on a hot day. Crowds greeted the procession despite opposition as four wheeling demonstrators William Williams and Joseph Hambien predicted about two thousand Boston wheelmen would join in Washington on May 1.
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Frank Williams
Joseph Hambien
Boston
Coxey
Washington
Narragansett Pier
R. T
Wakefield
Kingston Heights
Rhode Island State Agricultural College
Kingston
Fitzgerald
Helme
McKenzie
Georgia
Collegians
Peacedale
Coxey Sympathizers Barred From District Street Gatherings
Washington officials refuse Coxey adherents a permit to address crowds on city streets citing a 1892 act. The Coxey arrival planned mass meetings near City Hall and a tally ho night rally face public opposition and nervousness in the capital. The dispatch also covers the Industrial Army’s reception in Kingston Heights Rhode Island, with clashes with students and volunteers providing small aid.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
Old City Hall
United States Court House
Coxey
Coxeyites
Coxey Committee
City Hall
Train Grabbing Fates Near Forsyth Mont
In Forsyth Montana April 26 Colonel Page and 250 US regulars captured 331 Coxeyists including General Hogan Engineer Harmon and Fireman Brady after a pursuit of the Montana Coxey army. Seventy five deputy marshals aided tending the prisoners. The train was escorted to Helena for arraignment on train theft and injunction disobedience charges.
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Forsyth
Mont
Page
United States
Montana
Billings
Hogan
Coxey
Twenty-second Regiment
Helena
United States District Court
Butte
Billings Aid for Coxeyites Fight
A Tacoma resident who witnessed the Billings clash says marshals fired into the crowd with severe condemnation. One man was shot through the lung but will recover. no fatalities. Billings supporters supplied provisions and after speeches by Cunningham and Hogan seized a fresh engine and left for the East, while deputies stayed behind.
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Tacoma
Wash
Billings
Cunningham
Hogan
Hartford Note on Captain Sweetland Band Arrival
Hartford dispatch reports Captain Sweetland and his nine member Bristol band journeying through the city with continuation noted on page five.
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Bristol Coxeyite
Hartford
Fitzgerald
Hartford, Conn
Captain Sweetland
Bristol
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