St Louis Merchants Protest Free Silver Coinage Bill
George E. Leighton of St. Louis presents a memorial signed by over 160 leading merchants and manufacturers to the House Coinage Committee, opposing the Senate’s free coinage of silver. He argues a silver standard would disrupt values, injure commerce, agriculture, and industry, and warns only real market values govern money. A Buffalo bankers’ protest is noted.
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Washington
House Coinage Committee
George E. Leighton
St. Louis
Bankers’ Association of Buffalo
N. Y
Leighton
Senate
House
West
Congress of the United States
Missouri
Bland
Mississippi
Pacific
Texas
Dominion
St.Louis
Mississippi River
Congress
Treasury
Zeu
National Convention
New York
St. John
Peperet
Europe
America
Parliament
Sound currency reform debate aims at true ratio post 16 to 1
The speaker argues for discovering a true currency ratio beyond 16 to 1, warning that rigid gold standards or bi metallic schemes harm commerce. He emphasizes international trade links, farmers and exporters needing stable money, and a central role for silver within safe convertibility. He notes Western Missouri support and calls for patient, fact based policy.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as Rheumatism Preventer
An ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier to prevent rheumatism and neutralize blood acidity. It claims the remedy cures severe rheumatism by aiding kidney and liver waste removal. Available from C. L. Hood & Co. priced at 1 dollar per bottle or six for five dollars.
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N.B
Hood
C. L Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Railroad Men Organizing Against Granger Legislation
T B Boody, general organizer of the Railway Employees Club based in Minneapolis, spoke in Springfield about forming a club to unite railroad workers. He said Granger laws reduce earnings, threaten wages, and risk layoffs, noting Northwestern dividends dropped under 1.5 percent in 1889 and overall rail investment yielded under 3 percent.
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Springfield
Ill
T. B. Boody
Railway Employees’ Club
Minneapolis
Minn
Union and Non-Union Pickets At Avon Shoe Plant
At Avon February 10 the strike at John Peach's shoe factory continues with one non-union worker having taken a job. Union pickets guard the railroad station and horse car terminus to deter new help. President Knight says Peach lied about union men aiding him and accuses Peach of hiring union men only when unskilled non-union work frustrated him.
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Avon
John Peach
Brockton
Knight
Builders Convention Debates Uniform Bankruptcy and Apprenticeship Rules
The National Association of Builders reassembled in New York as Anthony Ittner of St. Louis urged Congress to pass a uniform bankruptcy law favoring the Torrey bill. J D McGilvray proposed a standardized apprenticeship system across exchanges, and Richard Smith urged curbing convict labor pricing.
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New York
National Association of Builders
Anthony Ittner
St. Louis
Congress
Committee On
J.D. McGilvray
Denver
Richard Smith
Omaha
Richard Deeves
John Wilkie
R. T. Auchmuty
Association
Fall River Masons and Contractors Charter Weavers’ Circular
Master masons and contractors of Fall River have organized for mutual benefit. A permanent group will be formed next week and Weavers’ Progressive Association is called to meet Thursday night. The circular notes a hearing on the fines bill while urging attendance for labor measures before the Legislature. Fifty-seven new members joined after last month’s stoppages and strikes, with $307.12 spent.
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Fal River
Connelly
Weavers’ Progressive Association
Six Months Morroco Strike Observed with Benefit Planned
Lynn February 10 six months will elapse since the strike at John T Moulton factory began A benefit will be held in Music Hall next Saturday for the Morocco Workers Assembly stating the strike will not end until victory The Knights of Labor D A 240 will keep the boycott until manufacturers concede and retailers in Philadelphia report Lynn stock being refused if made by non union workers.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
John B. Rae
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
John McBride
Ohio Bureau of Labor Statistics
Miners’ Union
Lynn
John T. Moulton
Music Hall
John McCarthy
Morocco
Knights of Labor
D. A
Philadelphia
Labor Journal
Yardmen of Pittsburg & Western Railroad Quit Over Pay
Yard workers at New Castle Pennsylvania and night yardmen in Pittsburg ceased work due to non payment for two months. Officials report the stoppage stems from wages owed to a large number of hands.
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The
Pittsburg & Western Railroad
Pittspore
Penn
New Castle
Pittsburg
Strikes Idle 16000 as Coke Region Reorganizes and Guards Tighten
Despatches from the Connellsville coke region report a general strike with over 16,000 workers idle. Shipping at Pittsburg continues, and J Rainey’s works are guarded by Pinkerton detectives amid expected trouble. Amicable settlements end recent boot shop and counter shop labor disputes in South Framingham and Wosurn with workers returning to duty.
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Pittsburg
Connellsville
Y J. Rainey
Rainey
Pinkerton
Wosurn
Russell
Illinois Steel workers resume after strike action
The Illinois Steel Company resumed furnaces last night after 500 strikers disavowed a sub committee order to stop work. A second committee supported the company proposed two year sliding scale. The furnace strike had idled about 4000 other employees.
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CuHicaGco
Illinois Steel Company
Probable Arbitration Settlement for Boston Clothing Strike
The Boston clothing cutters strike shows promise of settlement through arbitration. The State Board of Arbitration secured agreement between Myres & Andrews and the Boston Clothing Cutters Union to meet in private conference this afternoon at 13 Beacon Street to pursue reconciliation without prejudice.
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Boston Clothing Cutters
State Board of Arbitration
Myres & Andrews
Boston Clothing Cutters’ Union
Beacon Street
Englishmen Seek Light On Hours of Labor Laws
London February 10 In the House of Commons Mr Baumann Conservative MP for Peckham moves to ask Sir Michael Hicks Beach to dispatch a delegate to America to investigate and report on laws restricting the hours of labor and their effect.
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London
House of Commons
Baumann
Peckham
Camberwell
Michael Hicks- Beach
Board of Trade
America
Strike at London Docks Threatens City as Violence Rises
The Albert Docks labor dispute worsens with open violence avoided only by heavy police presence. Cargo work on steamers Sorrento and Lydia Monarch halts due to union dock laborers and stevedores breaking their agreements. CarpiFF reports a deepening strike with plentiful free labor.
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London
Albert Docks
Sorrento
Lydia Monarch
Carpiff
Lyons Glass Workers Strike Impends in Lyons
Lyons February 10 An extensive strike of glass workers in this city and area is pending. Men protest wages and demand higher pay.
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Lyons Glass
Lyons
Lectures on The Bible Open With Briggs Address
The first of ten lectures under Boston America Institute of Sacred Literature was delivered by Professor Charles A. Briggs of Union Theological Seminary New York in Association Hall. He argued the Bible's authority amid modern theology and spoke on progressive sanctification after death. The next lecture February 17 features Professor G Henry Thayer of Harvard.
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Boston
America Institute of Sacred Literature
Association Hall
Charles A. Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Briggs
G. Henry Thayer
Harvard
Ible
Republican Club elects Bradley vice president for Fourth District
At a meeting in Boston the Executive Committee of the Republican Club of Massachusetts unanimously elected J. Payson Bradley of South Boston as vice president to represent the Fourth Congressional District replacing the resigned Charles T. Gallagher. The committee urged the president secretary and chairman to confer with the Republican State Committee to undertake at the club’s expense part of the campaign preliminaries with mutual agreement and committee approval.
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Republican Club of
Massachusetts
Washington Street
J. Payson Bradley
South
Boston
Fourth
Charles T. Gallagher
Republican Party
Republican State Committee
Steamers Arrive in Major Ports on February 10
A list of ships arriving or sailing on February 10 shows vessels docking in Boston New York Philadelphia Havre Liverpool and other ports. Names include Catalonia Palestine Clintonia St Ronans Oranje Prince Oregon Carthagian Maasdam Werra Lake Ontario La Gascogne Alene and more. Entries note origins such as Liverpool Gothenburg Bremen Havre and Portland with departures and routes.
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Boston
Catalonia
Liverpool
Palestine
New York
London
Clintonia
Gothenburg
Shields
Eng
Philadelphia
Indiana
Southampton
Falda
Bremen
Crookhaven
St Ronans
Havre
Oranje Prince
Oregon
Portland
Carthagian
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Maasdam
Werra
Lake Ontario
New Or
la Gascogne
Alene
West Indies
Ivory Soap Endorsed as Superior Genuine Brand
The passage argues many white soaps imitate Ivory but lack its distinctive qualities. It urges readers to request Ivory Soap and insist on the genuine article, noting it is sold widely.
Naval militia debate lands New York as plan advances
The Senate discussed a naval militia proposal with states like New York and Connecticut showing readiness. Connecticut touted rapid mobilization and coastal defenses, while critics warned of cost and unneeded federal involvement. Amendments later moved to fund a dry dock at Port Royal and adjust arms provisions before adjournment.
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Hale
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Carlisle
Congress
Hawley
New London
Secretary of the Navy
Reagan
Chandler
St. Mary's
New York Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Marine
Yeas
Port Royal
S.C
Columbia River
Puget Sound
Mr. Allen
Port Orchard
Messrs
Allison
Dawes
Gorman
Plumb
Washburn
Reiter
Barrandia
Committee On Naval Affairs
Dallas
Tex
House
Committee On
Walker
Missouri
Senate
Weather Forecast Eastern New York to New England
The forecast for eastern New York Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut calls for slightly cooler conditions with fair weather and westerly winds. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont should be cooler with fair weather and westerly winds. Cautionary signals are displayed from Savannah to Eastport.
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Washington
New York
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Savannah
Eastport
Post's Forecast Reflects Colder New England Weather
Forecast calls for fair but colder conditions across New England today and tonight with strong westerly winds. Thursday urban areas expected warmer with southwest winds as a broader weather shift continues across the country following the recent storm moving out to sea.
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POST
New England
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Wyoming
Maine
Eastport
Atlantic
Lower Lakes
Canada
Norfolk
Block Island
Boston
Kentucky
Pittsburg
New Orleans
St. Vincent
Galveston
Several Fatally Injured In Burlington Train Wreck
A Burlington rail wreck near Maynard Iowa sent many passengers to injury. A rail broke on an incline sending the train down a 14 foot embankment and along the slope 100 yards. Fire erupted in the mail car. an express messenger was stunned and rescued after flames. Injured include W T Hanlon L C G Price Mrs S A Goodrich Conductor F M Smith Brakeman B M Williams and Express Messenger W E Smith.
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Coxteaco
Maynard
Iowa
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Randolph
W. T. Hanlon
Wadona
L. CG. Price
Cedar Rapids
S. A. Goodrich
F. M. Smith
B. M. Williams
W. E. Smith
Murdock's Liquid Food Promises Quick Recovery for Consumptives
The advertisement claims Murdock's Liquid Food has restored more Consumptives to health than any other treatment in the same time, producing new blood faster than medicines or foods and claiming this blood renewal heals lungs tissues and other organs.
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Murdock
W. H. Price
Suffolk House
Boston
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