Riots and Injuries as Strike clashes erupt in city streets
Police and officers engaged with a crowd during a strike incident. Officers Kelly Griffiths Hall Hurley Blinn Fairbairn Bushnack Mullin and Scully were injured by missiles and bricks. O Connor Shea Palmer were arrested for inciting riot and attempting to rescue a prisoner. Mayor Russell promised order, a police alarm system, and deployment of special officers if needed. Three Watertown streetcars were stoned and debris damaged windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Griffiths
Hall
Hurley
Blinn
William Mullin
Scully
Bushnack
Fairbairn
Representative Perkins
Wilkinson
Murray
Fasing
S. Kelley
O'Connor
Shea
Palmer
O’connor
Pike
Watertown
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Prospect Street
East Cambridge
Frank Hackett
Hayward
Bay Street
Quiet South Boston amid strike tensions and patrols
South Boston remained calm despite striker headquarters activity along Broadway. Police, aided by a patrol wagon and new signal boxes at Station 12, kept order with six arrests for drunkenness or simple assault and several stones thrown at signal boxes. By evening many strikers returned to work, while the Knights of Labor continue to influence funding and prospects. cars operated normally on Bay View lines and a benefit concert drew crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Broadway
Division
South Boston Flats
Station 12
Washington
Dover Streets
Captain White
Knights of Labor
Knights
Bay View
South Boston
Howard Atheneum
Cambridge
Messrs. Short
Croy
South Boston Company
St. Michael's Chapel
Salem
Peabody
Bruce
Station 3
Ambridge Street
Cambridge Street
Simonds
Lyons
Johnson
Lee
Butters
Cambridge Street Railway
Mormon bill praised as victory by Utah papers
In Salt Lake City the Edmunds Tucker bill is hailed as a victory for Utahis people while critics warn of harsh provisions. The Deseret News predicts liberal doubts and the LDS church resilience regardless of the bill, urging faith and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Laker City
Utah
The
Herald
Deseret News
Mormon Church
Tucker
Edmunds
Congress
Leaguers
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Whitman Town Expenditures Reported for Feb 20
Werman reports Whitman town figures including state aid 1347 military aid 324 building roads and bridges 7920 county tax 2749 state tax 9235 public library 750 town officers 1609 35 police 484 25 school expenses 75 30 text books 800 street lighting 1581 fire department 2418 97 new schoolhouse lot 2095 10 incidentals 831 98 sinking fund 1000 interest 1000 total 36543 22
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werman
Whitman
Fenian veterans hear letter urging Irish freedom
A Fenian veterans meeting in New Yor k heard Captain James O'Brien of New Haven Conn read a letter urging Irish freedom with a note that dynamite and divine help could lead to a free green isle and a nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
James O’brien
New Haven, Conn
Green Isle
Stamp Mill Closures in Burre City Hit Mines Hard
Three large stamp mills closed due to salt shortage with two more slated, halting silver and copper mining in the area and putting 3200 workers out of work as snow hinders operations in Burre City Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burre City
Mont
Workingmen urged to back McGlynn in United States clash
The Dr. McGlynn fund committee issued an appeal to workers in the United States and Canada. They call for independent judgment free from ecclesiastical authority, defend land rights, and urge mass meetings to support Dr. Edward McGlynn and the campaign of Henry George. They envision reinstating McGlynn at St Stephen's and raising funds as a public show of support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dr. McGlynn
Henry George
H. Edward McGlynn
Rome
Ireland
McGlynn
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Stephen’s Church
Europe
St. Stephen’s
Fires at 934 Prince Street and 56 Hanover Street
Officers Sullivan of Station 1 and Engine Company 8 put out a mattress fire at 934 Prince Street caused by a man smoking a pipe. No damages reported. Earlier, at 56 Hanover Street, an electric wire ignited an awning. alarm at 3:56 AM with no damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Engine Company
Prince Street
Hanover Street
Texas Investigation Reveals Brenham Lynching Tensions
Riggs P Hackworth a Brenham justice of the peace and Republican testified about threats against his brother and a party line climate after the election. The inquest into three lynched Black men stretched all day as jurors sought more evidence and guards watched a wary town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasu Hincron
Texas
Riggs P. Hackworth
White
Brenham
Paul Fricke
Florent D. Jodon
Memorialists
Schuetze
Joane Kirk
Houston
Body found at Lewis's wharf identified as unidentified man
At 2 30 yesterday afternoon Officer Bullard found a male body in the water at Lewis's wharf. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches, brown mustache and hair, blue eyes, wearing checkered pants a dark faded coat a velvet collar overcoat shoes and red stockings. The corpse was sent to the morgue.
Fresh clothing at new prices this week
G. W. Simmons & Co. at 44 North Street offers hats trousers coats and suits at marked down prices this week. Shop for a budget friendly wardrobe upgrade with current sale items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Simmons & Co. A
North Street
Chicago Bakers Fight Ends in Bloody Row at Union Meeting
Bakers' Union No. 10 meeting at Cooperative Hall in Chicago descended into violence between rival factions over socialism and anarchism. Alpert Kreuger attacked Adam Kor with a knife, wounding him. Kreuger seized and jailed after resisting officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiago
Bakers’ Union No. 10
Cooperative Hall
North Clark Street
Haymarket
Union No. 1
Alpert Kreuger
No. 1
Adam Kor
Kreuger
Larrabee Street
Ware
Banca G. Lorde
New York City
Mikile Lavoro
New York
Fort River
Howard
Norwich
Conn
Aecard
Newark
N. J
George Frost & Son
Cuiiaco
Lil
Chicago
Commissioner Warns US Has Plenty of Rabbits At Home
Washington notes Commissioner Colman discusses risks of introducing Australian rabbits to the United States. He cites New Zealand losses from the European rabbit, including 500 000 acres abandoned and $2.5 million yearly in exports damage, while warning the United States already harbors prolific pests and that the move would be an unnecessary experiment. He adds no government officer has authority to block such introduction, but doubts establishment would occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarem
Frank White
Harbor Street
Puraperpara
Penn
Bowers Chemical Works
Thirty-sixth Street
Grays Ferry Road
Mexico
Port Arthur
Propopy
Srecra
Webster's Tannery
New York
Broadway
Crosby Street
J. Rothschild
West Fourteenth Street
Korn & Halzman
Fiusamina
L. 1
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Hitchcock
Jersey City
N. J
Strucker & Bunyan’s
Washington Street
Curiaco
George W. Straight
Schubert Bros
Centre Avenue
Orgran
N. Y
Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railway
Washington
Colman
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
United States
Mississippi Valley
California
Mayor Cleveland Sued by Pinkertons for Libel in Jersey City
The Pinkerton detectives sue Mayor Orestes Cleveland for 25000 damages over a February 8 publication alleging the Pinkerton army is organized by a British convict and a powerful force. Counsel Bedle Muirheid and McGee represent the plaintiffs. Summons returnable March 22 in Trenton federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Orestes Cleveland
William A
Robert Pinkerton
Pinkerton
Cleveland
Pinkertons
Messrs. Bedle
Muirheid
McGee
United States
Trenton
Boston Girl Mattie Curtis Found at Grand Central Station
A young Boston girl named Mattie Curtis said she came to New York seeking work and was robbed. She was found crying in Grand Central Station and was sent to Matron Woalth for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mattie Curtis
Boston
Grand Central Station
Woalth
The Pioneer Quakers in Colonial History Review
A Cantab letter reviews Richard P. Hallowell's The Pioneer Quakers, praising its bold revision of Puritan Quaker relations and noting strong agreement with Wasson on Quaker democracy. It criticizes occasional overcondensation and highlights evidence challenging established historians like Palfrey and Bancroft while defending Parkman on Penn's relations with Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higginson
Hallowell
Palfrey
Bancroft
Parkman
William Penn
Mrs Burnett Returns to Washington Home
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett, after spending three winters away, has returned to her Washington home with Dr Burnett and their two sons. She has suffered nervous prostration from overwork and Boston society life but hopes to resume her literary work and social circle. Dr Burnett is a leading city oculist and a popular figure in clubs and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Burnett
Schooner Harry A. Barry Ashore Near Point Judith
Provivence R I Feb 20 The schooner Harry A Barry Chatfield master from Baltimore for Fall River with coal ran ashore near Point Judith light at 4 10 this morning The crew of six were saved by daylight Life Saving Station The vessel is in good condition and surf is moderate Local wreckers work while a tug with steam pumps is expected tomorrow Outlook for salvage remains fair if weather holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provivence
R. L
Harry A. Barry
Chatfield
Baltimore
Fall River
Point Judith Light
Day & Co to Employ 21 Men and 20 Girls in Wakefield
L H Day & Co will hire twenty one men and twenty girls from Haverhill and Manchester. The factory will operate as usual with full staff. A district assembly plans an entertainment and dance at Albion Hall on Monday to raise funds for the twenty locked out girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
L. H. Day & Co
Haverhill
Manchester
Albion Hall
Etruria Arrives With Record Queens Town Run
The Cunard steamer Etruria reached New York yesterday after making a record crossing from Queenstown in five days and twenty three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cunard
Etruria
Queenstown
Creditors settle and mass of assignments reported
NR. Rothchilds & Sons of Chicago settle with creditors at 40 cents on the dollar. Phillips Bros. & Co. wholesale dry goods fail with heavy liabilities. Harvey E. Paul Boston restaurateur offers 6 cents on the dollar. James H. Oak Presque Isle Maine assigns liabilities of 20000 dollars. Other assignments include C. W. Bragg & Co Providence W C Rogers New York Parker & Co Poughkeepsie O M N M Howard Marseilles Warren Morse Holliston G W McGurk Eastport Gardner & Dickinson Perth Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothchilds & Sons
Chicago
Phillips Bros. & Co
Harvey E. Paul
Restaurateur
Boston
James H. Oak
Presque Isle
C. W. Bragg & Co
Boots
Providence
W. C. Rogers
New York
Parker & Co
Millers
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
0. M
N. M. Howard
Lumber
Marseilles
Ill
Warren Morse
Holliston
G. W. McGurk
Eastport
Gardner & Dickinson
Perth
Ont
Labor Lyceum meeting weighs for New York speaker
An eight hour session in New Era Hall was chaired by President D H Biggs with a large audience. Speakers included Messrs Badger and Chase. Afterward the Central Labor Lyceum committee discussed securing permanent headquarters and inviting John Swinton of New York to address them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era Hall
D. H. Biggs
Messrs. Badger and
Chase
Central Labor Lyceum Committee
John Swinton
New York
Multiple Executors and Insolvency Notice in Boston
Notices announce administrators for Johanna O Sullivan of Boston, John Bennett of Randolph, and executor Edward H Sanderson of San Francisco with demands to be exhibited and debts paid. Also insolvent debtor Siewell D Tibbetts facing a March 3, 1887 creditors meeting in Boston court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Sanderson
San Francisco
California
Sali
20STON
Court Square
Boston
Suffolk
Notice of Miscellaneous Bonds and Companies
A fragment lists bonds and entities including Fitchburg R. 5s 1903 and firms such as Great Falls Mfg Co Poston Providence RR McKay Metallic Fastening Assn Sowker Fertilizer Co Nall Tube Works Orcatt Electric R R Signal Co with Administrator order for Michigan Central RB Co and names an Allan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ednesday
Fitchburg
Falls Mfg
Poston & Providence RR
McKay Metallic Fastening Assn
Sowker Fertilizer Co
Nall, Tube Works
Orcatt’s Electric R. R. Signal Co
Michigan Central RB. R. Co
Alen
GY HR L Day and Company Stock Auctioneers Ad
A historical notice from GY HR L Day and Company listing their address at No 51 State St Merchants Exchange Building First Floor Room 8 as stock auctioneers brokers and appraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Henshaw & CO
State Street
Merchants’ Exchange
GY Hr.l. Day & Company
State St
Merchants’ Exchange Building
Appraisals and Shares in Estate Sale in Boston Area
Public notice lists free appraisals on February 23 at 11:30 a.m. by executor and administrator orders for the estate of Susan F. Eastburn and related trust interests. Includes notes, 50 Boston Wharf Co. shares, multiple company shares, railroad and mill securities, and city and railroad bonds with dates and par values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan F. Eastburn
David A. Simmons
Maria W. Harrington
Simmons
Suffolk
Albert Howe & Co
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Besion
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Short
Church of Latter Day Saints
O’brien
Dr. McGlynn Fund Committee
American Cotton Docks
Tomkinsville
Thomas Garrigan
James Conroy
A. J. Pouch
American Cotton Dock and Trust Company
Lirie Rock
Ark
J.C. Pendergrass
Roseville
Brockton
Thomas Lynch
High Street
Bridgewater
Texas Investigation
Chicago Bakers
Wall River
Boss Framers of
Jack Rabbits
Pioneer
Quakers
Atlantic Monthly
David A. Wasson
George Fox
John Baptist
Hooker
England
James Naylor
Calvin
Robert Barclay
Guaker
Wasson
Milton
Baltawell
Jesus
Massachusetts
Lydia Wardwell
Deborah Wilson
Roger Williams
Elis
Dexter
Fox
Boston Daily Advertiser
John Norton
Onakanin Macsoshneatts
Hara
Mrs. Burnett
Port Judith
Johanna O. Sullivan
John O. Sullivan
Meze
John Bennett
Randolph
Norfolk
William R. Bennett
David W. Emery
Massachus
Fred H. Seavey
Sessenver
Richards & CO
Reade St
NEW Yorke
James Williams
Charles Horn
Field Chapman & Fenner
John
Wilmerding
Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO
White St
Townsend & Monta
ANT
Leonard Street
Boston Stock Exchange
Salmon Falls Mfg. Co
Merrimac
Cocheco
Atheneum
Toledo
Kan
City
Lawrence & So
Stephen M. Allen
Boston Highlands
Boston Wharf Co
Laconia Mfg
Douglass Axe Mfg
Do Hill Mfg
Cheshire Rapid
Lyman Mills
Pittsfeldie
Adams Rd
Aanelste
Uu Avalee Wiley Dun
Lawrence Gas Light Co
Manchester & Lawrence Rd
Simonds Mfg. Co
Mass
Saratoga Victory Mfg. Co
Boott Cotton Mills
Natl. Rubber Co
Little Rock & Ft. Smith Ry
Atlantic & Pacific
Burl
Mo. River BR
Neb
City of St. Louis
M.L
Old Colony Rd
Little Rock Junction
Ry. Co
Mansfield & Framingham Rd
Burk. & Mo. River
Horatio Harris & CO
Valencia Oranges
Kansas
Valencia
Almeria
G- State St
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Arnold A. Rand
Penudent
Sheriff ’S Sale
Court House
William J. Tracy
Anderson
Bridge) Street
Anderson Street
George Parkman
Levi Boles
Charles Henry Parker
Said Parker
John Tracy
Fried H. Seavey
RB. W. Eddy
I State St
Felfpire and
Damon Safe and Iron Works Co
Sudbury St
BAY State Electrotype Foundry
Arch St
Paine’s Manufactory
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