Knights of Labor Split Deepens Over Central Road Strike
Ten discharged workers from the Central railroad system faced a pro Knights of Labor narrative as William Powderly and delegates pressed for a state arbitration inquiry. Powderly claimed dismissals aimed to disrupt the Knights. Delegates, many natives of the U.S., reported replacements were former incompetents or intoxicated individuals. The conference adjourned sine die with plans to back arbitration and continue union support.
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Knights of Labor
Powderly
Webb
Central Road
State Board of Arbitration
Devlin
Board of Arbitration
Capitol
Weylin
Donovan
Messrs. Powderly
Federation
Stock Yards Tie Up as Switchmen Strike Again
In Chicago, August 25, at 2 pm the Switching Association accepted engineers 29 cents and firemen 15 cents per hour, prompting a move to run the yards. Later the switchmen demanded 3 cents more, reinsuring a tie up. Receipts for cattle hogs and sheep remain heavy while Armour and Morris lines face staffing and security actions.
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Cmicaco
Switching Association
Armour
Boston
Swift
Nelson Morris
Morris
Strikers Hold Meeting Amid Tense Buffalo Situa tion
In Borrato New York on August 25 strikers gathered to discuss the situation. They showed a sullen mood yet refused to concede defeat. Central freight agents announced at 4 30 p m they would receive all and any freight, signaling some progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Borrato
N. Y
Central
Knights of Labor Likely to Boycott New York Central
New York, Aug 25. It is said the Knights will move to boycott the New York Central railroad. The Interstate Commerce Commission may be asked to investigate Powderly and the national conspiracy law, which bars interference with corporate traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Knights
New York Central Road
Interstate Commerce Commission
Powderly
Knights of Lapor
National Lawn Tennis Draws for New York Tournament
National lawn tennis draws list 1st round matches and preliminary pairings for the New York tournament. Notable players include Hugh Tallant, J S Clark, F P MacLean, W P Knapp, and many others with winners advancing to later rounds as the report notes round progress and matchups.
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Newpork
R. J
Hugh Tallant
L. J. Grant
M.S. Paton
M. R. Wright
Clark
F. W. Smith
H. M. Billings
Slyn Walker
C. A. Chase
W. Jennings
G. H. Herrick
P. S. Sears
W. P. Metcalf
C. P. Howland
C. J. Sands
A. A. Chase
F. H. Hovey
G. F. Brown, Jr
C. A. Hebbart
Doane Miller
M. G. Chase
Eb, W. Gould, Jr
Valentine G. Hall
R. P. Huntington, Jr
O. Englestrom
R. C. Sands
G. W. Luce
Monster turtle weighing 640 pounds caught near Sandwich
A monster turtle weighing 640 pounds was caught yesterday in a fish trap off Sandwich. The trap belonged to Lt. L Mayo and Co of Boston.
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Sandwich
Lt. L. Mayo & Co
Boston
Government explains silver law parity and coinage limits
The director of the mint clarifies that under the new silver law purchases will continue at up to 4.5 million ounces monthly even if silver reaches parity. He notes there is no provision for free coinage and details the cap of 1.2 dollars per fine ounce for refined silver, ensuring the coin’s metal value matches its face value.
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Washinetron
Emerson
New England
Brook Farm
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Iim
Hisley
Newman
Locke
Kant
Mr. Woodbury
Margaret Puller
Thoreau
James Freeman Clarke
Mrs. Woodbury
Tie
Bamerson
Shaerson
Boswell
Edward Emerson
Cabot
G. W. Cooke
Hedge Peace
Charles
Woodbury
New York
the Baker & Taylor Company
Goston
Kostes & Lauriat
Passenger Train Tail-Touched by Freight at North Bloomfield
A Central New England and Western freight train collided with the rear of a passenger car at North Bloomfield station in Harttrop Conn. The car was empty and no injuries occurred. The incident followed the passenger train passing the freight at Tariffville and left the track briefly blocked.
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Harttrorp
Conn
Central New Engeland & Western Railroad
North Bloomfield
Tariffville
Brickmakers Ban Export to NYC and Brooklyn
The Crick Manufacturers Association executive committee reports that 5 percent of manufacturers on Hindson and in New Jersey have signed a contract not to ship bricks to New York and Brooklyn until the Verplanck yards boycott ends. The remaining 5 percent have verbally agreed.
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New York
Crick Manufacturers’ Association
Hindson
New Jersey
Brooklyn
Fire spree alarms Fall River area with multiple incendiaries
Fires from Aug 25 to Aug 26 sweep southern Fall River Globe Village and surrounding towns. Incendiary activity hits barns on Townsend Hill and Mulberry Street, Catholic and parochial schools, bakeries, and mills, with losses ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars and police arresting a suspect amid continued blazes.
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Watt River
Christopher Hicks
Townsend
Globe Village
Slade Street Catholic
Patrick Hiley
Mulberry Street
Riley
Lox
St. Patrick’s Parochial School
Crescent Mill
Davos
Sundridge
Ont
Queen’s Hotel
Thomas Powers
Herbert Layton
Ottawa
Lynn
Tontine
Silsbee and
Friend Streets
Jarge Cooper
Thoman Luce
Hillman Street
New Bedford
Frank ©. Murray
Charles Taber & Co
Water Street
William A. Tillinghast
Prorta
Hanna
Professor Bickmore’s North Africa tour described in detail
The No. Times recounts Prof Albert S. Bickmore and party’s bold journey from Gibraltar through Algeria Tunisia to the Pyrenees as they study geology, ancient cities, deserts, and inscriptions. He gathers maps and illustrations for fall lectures amid Moorish sites, caravans and dramatic landscapes.
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Europe
Albert S. Bickmore
la Normandie
Drake
The
Century Magazine
Gibraltar
Attica
Desert
Pyrenees
France
Professor Bickmore
Africa
New York
Malaya
Corpus Christi
Spain
Mediterranean
Oran
Algeria
Algiers
Sir Bartlett Playfair
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Beneland
Sir Bartlett
Uiuit
Dougie
Avias Mountains
Bay
Charbel
Atlas Mountains
Royal Gorge
Rio Grande
Rocky Mountains
Marshalls
Grand Atlas
Sahara
Biskra
Sidi-Okba
Okba
the Nile
Mohammed
Atlantic
Morocco
Ltila
Thad
Cheops
Nile
Wreat Desert
Constantine
Tunis
Alexandria
Cairo
Damascus
Caribaze
Scipio Africanus
Carthiago
Carthage
Acropolis
Schliemann
Troy
Mycenae
Tiemcen
Ferdinand
Isabulla
Abdallah
Algieria
Alhambra
Tlemcen
Granada
Sickmore
Biskara
Talks With Emerson and a Review of The State
A critique of Woodbury's Talks With Emerson praising Emerson as a spiritual teacher and summarizing Woodrow Wilson's The State as a concise manual on existing European and U S governments with notes on accuracy and omissions across nations and the United States.
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England
France
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
United States
Wilson
Mainz
Woodrow Wilson
Luston
J. C. Heath & Co
The
D.C. Heath & Co
Atlantic September issue review notes varied essays
The September Atlantic mixes criticism and essays on history and literature. Justin Winsor critiques historical narrative while Olive Thorne Miller and Dr. Holmes offer bird lore and creeds over tea. John Fiske, John St Prince, and Lovell contribute concise takes, with the Contributors' Club offering lighter paragraphs.
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Atlantic
The
Justin Winsor
Winsor
Olive Thorne Miller
Dr. Holmes
John Fiske
Mr. Winsor
John St. Prince
Mr. Lovell
Fielding
de Montespan
Literary News and New Biographies in Brief
A Swedish translated critical biography of Henrik Ibsen by Henrick Aneger, translated by William Morton Payne, will be published by A. C. McClury & Co. in Chicago with four portraits and home views. A Brantwood Ruskin edition from Merrill & Co. will include Norton introductions. Merrill becomes US agent. Railway libraries expand at Nebraska, Arizona, and New Mexico stations. Boston and New York donors fund a six hundred volume library for Winslow, Arizona via Atlantic & Pacific route.
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Henrik Ibsen
Henrick ¢Neger
Ibsen
Messrs. A. C. McClury & Co
Chicago
William Morton Payne
Sjornson
Sigurd Slembe
Ruskin
Brantwood
Charles KE. Merril & Co
Charles Eliot Norton
Merrill & Co
United States
Phl Rutheopleca
Nebraska
Arizona
New Mexico
The
Library Journal
Commercial Club
Boston
New York
Winslow
Ari
Atlantic & Vacille
Maori longhouse described with carved posts and palm roof
In Nation Making A Firth notes Maori corncil houses of vast size. One example 150 by 45 feet features a carved front gable with an ancestor figurehead and tattooed face, six central posts, light openings, sliding panels, and carved figures along the walls. The roof uses rafters bound by heavy carpentry, with palm fronds and smoke blackening the spaces.
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A. Firth
New Zealand
John Boyle O'Reilly Eulogized at Memorial Service
Crowded Town Hall honors John Boyle O'Reilly with Rev Father McCoy praising his Irish American identity and advocacy for liberty. Speakers include Hon W T Forbes and Hubbard Willson while Irish songs and poems are shared.
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Westrono
O'Reilly
John J. McCoy
St. Luke’s
W. T. Forbes
Eastern
Worcester
Hubbard Willson
E. C. Bates
John W. Slattery
Thomas H. Reilly
Smallpox Rages in Waco and San Antonio Texas
In Waco a malignant smallpox outbreak prompts state health officers to investigate and quarantine measures. San Antonio reports about a dozen cases with rapid spread containment efforts under way.
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Waco
San Antonio
Tex
Ross
Rutherford
Edricson
Health Department
New York
Ivory Soap Ad Emphasizes Genuine Quality Over Imitations
An advertorial note warns that many white soaps imitate Ivory Soap but lack its distinct qualities. It urges readers to request Ivory Soap and insist on it, claiming the genuine product is sold widely.
Local Securities and Bank Notices From Middlesex to California
Lists of financial entities and bonds with notices of sales on Saturdays until further notice. Entries include Middlesex Co Nat Webster Bank Mass First Nat Bank Salem Citizens Bank Wichita Hill Miz Co Great Falls Mig Co and several RR and industrial firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Co
Webster Bank
Mass
Title Ins. Co
First Nat. Bk
Salem
Citizens’ Hank
Wichita, Kan
Hill Miz. Co
Great Falls
Mig. Co
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National Lawn Tennis
Newport
Mint
Fall River
Holton Street
Matthew Galvin
Y.M.C. A
Union Square
Somerville
Somerville Avenue
Harvard Street
Sanborn Avenue
Ss. J. McNute
KK. F. Zogbaum
Harper’s Weekly
Scribner’s
NEW Books
Bryce
Worms
Magaznes
Architecture
John Boyle O'Reilly
Medical
Humphreys
Perpe
Midney
Rees
Humpenrys’ Slanvual
Bumphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St
Dr. Humphreys
N.Y
Fin
Town of
Winchester
Winengstir
Atioun
Sail Town
David
Aly
Winchester Water Fund
James EF. Dwinedl
Moses A. Herrick
Water Board
David N. Skilling Ry Vo
Masa
E. C. Holske & CO
Railroad and Trust
Kansas
Devonshire Street
Joan Jufp Pries & Sons
Devouture Street
Goldraud Schutt
Strong
R. L. Day & CO
E. Reo A 7 Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
Kansas City Cable RR
Shoe Fastening Co
Maine Central RR
Connecticut River
North
Nat
Webster Bk
of the
Pacampah Rivers
Boston & Albany RR
Hipston & Maine RR
Payne Coal & Iron Co
I. &T. Fairbanks & Co
Wayne Furnace Co
Sioux City
Reeve Botton Hole M. Co
Liot Insurance Co
Wayne Coal & Lron Co
McKay & Big
H. M. Asso.ry of
Toledo
M. L
Eugland Mtge
Security Co
Consol
Wisconsin Valley RR
Summit Ranch
Denver
Detroit &Ay City RR
Lowa
Craighead & Kints Mfg. Co
Freeman's Nat. Be
Consol. BR
City of Chicago
M. Ly
Fort Jayne Coal & Iron Co
McKay & Tig
Asso
Suffolk Nat. Bk
Union Electric Car Co
Columbus
Spring & Cinn, RR
International
M. Co
Reece Button Holes
Winnisininet Co
Wo Chi
West Michigan RR
Kquilarte Mige, Co
Kansas City
Lombard Investment Co
Iowa
West Mich
Fremont, Kikthorn & Mo. Valley RR
Consol Lt
West Michigan
du Lawrence Gas Lt. Co
Lowell Mantz. Co
Cormins Reial Towboat Co
Hide & Leather Bank
State of New Hampshire
Fort Scott & Gulf RR
Dan
Eshares Pioneer Loan & Trust Co
Dodge City
Kun
Mar
ALCO
Francis Henshaw & CO
Congress Street
Corner Exchange Brace
Boston Stock Hachange
Cae
Arlington Milla
Lowell Machine Shop
Jackson
California
Union Pacific Ry
Do Consol RR
BDO Consolidated Kk
Sertp
Ishare Northern RR
Athenman
Davidson Investment Co
American Axe & ‘Tool Co
Rowell American Switch Co
Ft. Payne Investment Co
Luot Insurance Co
Wellman
American Shoe
Fort Wayne Coal & Iron Co
Wowder River Petroleum Co
Yara Rubber Co
Boo Bo
Neptune Ins. Co
St. Mary’s Canal & Mineral Land Co
Amory Land Co
City of Toledo Tls
Worth Land & St. Ry. Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR
Quincy & A És
R. .& Mo. River RR
Lar Rapiis
Pray
Boston RR
All Man. Co
West Point Man. Co
Am. Waltham Watch Co
Smith American Organ Co
Niumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Arkansas By Land & Town Co
Franklin Telegraph Co
Houston N. Bank
Fitchburg
Nashua
Kennebec
City of Math
Portland & Ordensburg RR
Shetucket Co
de Maine Cent, RR. Co
N. Webster
Namutkeag
Diego Land & Town Co
Midland Accident Insurance Co
Thoratio Harris & Co
State Street
State St
California Fruit
Lewis Wharf
Lew Thores
N. B
W.P. Balch
Galch
Eastern Corner
Causeway
Canal Streets
Toga
Ag.eae
Fresor
Alccet
Lowell
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