Central Labor Union Adopts Resolutions on Strike and Government Role
The Central Labor Union met at 45 Eliot Street and debated the Pullman strike and government troop intervention. Delegates drafted two resolutions denouncing Cleveland Olney Pullman and railroad magnates, urging mass organization and ballot-based power to resist corporate control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Eliot Street
Chicago
John F. O.sullivan
Sailors’ Union
Henry Abrahams
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Cleveland
Olney
George M. Pullman
Frank K. Foster
Grover Cleveland
O'Sullivan
American Railway Union
Pullman Company
Roofers’ Union
Cigar Makers
Building l Laborers
Journeyman Tailors’ Union
Ashley
Maguire
W. E. McCarthy
Typographical Union 13
Meigs
Co. L. U
Meigs Wit
Frank
Faneuil Hall
Granite Cutters’ Union
John F. O'Sullivan
Monaghan
Machinists
Nugent
Goldman
Garment Workers
J. J. McCarthy
Imprison Mr Pullman at Common meeting resolutions
At yesterday’s unemployed rally on the Common the crowd adopted six resolutions condemning the Pullman strike. They branded the government as anti working class, attacked Olney Cleveland and the Senate, held Pullman responsible for losses and called for indemnity to families, praised strikes as supreme, and urged public ownership of monopolies with a union ticket named the Columbian party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Senate
Buncombe
Peffer
Senate
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Messrs
Olney
Cleveland
Great Corporation
Sypreme
Reform
The
Columbian Party
Drowned Man James Carey in Naugatuck River Bathing
Waterbury reports the death of James Carey a 40 year old widower who drowned while bathing in the Naugatuck River about one and a half miles from Waterbury at 7 40 p m on July 15.
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Waterbury
James Carey
Naugatuck River
Captain Gifford Arrives in San Francisco After Abram Barker Sinks
Captain C F Gifford aboard the Lakme recounted the Abram Barker wreck off Cape Navarin while en route from Pribilof and Dutch Harbor. The crew pumped until the Horatio could assist, the ship sank with no catch after departing December 9. Vessel built in Fairhaven, owned by J Wing of New Bedford. Wanderer overhauled by Mohican and taken to Dutch Harbor.
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San Francisco
Pribyloff Island
Dutch Harbor
C. F. Gifford
Abram Barker
Gifford
Cape Naverin
Barker
Horatio
Fairhaven
Mass
J. Wing
New Bedford
Behring Sea Patrol
Wanderer
Mohican
Wrecking attempt on Bar Harbor express prompts arrests
In Bangor Maine a deliberate effort to wreck the Bar Harbor express near Newport failed as sleepers and a jigger apparatus were placed on the track. A stolen jigger from Detroit and multiple tramp arrests followed, with a Pittsfield hearing looming and detectives dispatched.
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Bangor
Maine Central
Bar Harbor
Waterville
Newport
Wallace Boothby
Pittsfield
Detroit
Payson Tucker
Hermon
Etna’s
Bucksport
Brewer
Harriman
Water Front Narrow Escape and Harbor Watching
A lighted cigar butt dropped into dry wood at the Yarmouth Steamship office nearly sparked a fire on Lewis wharf. Spectators watched from the north pier as crews cleared wreckage on the south side and warships remained in harbor. The Charles L. Mather carried notable passengers including Captain George H. Smith and Lt. P. Long. two men who refused to pay for tickets hurried to the purser when a schooner neared, then paid to avoid a police incident after the captain signaled danger.
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Lewis Wharf
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Hammond
Commercial Wharf
Rowe's Wharf
Nahant
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Charles L. Mather
George H. Smith
L. G. Washburne
John KE. Murray
Frank Fitzpatrick
Jerry O. Callahan
P. Long
William Stokes
Dr. Dowd
James S. Fitzgerald
Grawster
Sorrensen
Bicycle Crash Ends in Injuries to Harry Knowles
Last evening at about 8 30 a man 26 year old Harry Knowles of 74 Bennington street East Boston fell from a bicycle on Brad street avenue after striking a fence. He sustained head and facial cuts, received dressings and was returned home in the Revere ambulance.
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Harry Knowles
Bennington Street
East
Boston
Bradstreet Avenue
Revere
Yale and Oxford clash in uncertain Yale Oxford games
London reports near all morning papers focus on Yale versus Oxford games. Forecasts are hard due to Yale practice methods. Farn and Swank from Oxford and Sanford and Sheldon from Yale have nearly fully recovered from injuries. Captain Hickok walks with ease but knee stiffness remains. Rain prevents grass high jumping. event moves to the track. Tickets sold out. Sportsman runs "Hail Columbia" poem to Yale athletes.
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London
Yale
Fry
Swanwick
Oxford
Sanford
Sheldon
Hickok
Sportsman
Columbia
Stabbing and Shooting in Italian Colony Quarrel
In Providence on July 15 during a drunken quarrel in Federal Hill Italian colony Papul Caputo was stabbed by Vicenzo Pigino and his brother in law Antonio Dean zelis shot him while trying to intervene. Dean zelis was arrested. Caputo is badly hurt but not necessarily fatally.
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Providence
Federal Hill
Papul Coputo
Vicenzo Pigino
Caputo
Antonio Deanzelis
Deanzelis
Pipino
Disappearance Tied to $50,000 League Funds
In Lockport New York on July 15 William Longtoft secretary of the Independent League of Glass Blowers of the United States and Canada is suspected of absconding with $50,000 of the league's money after vanishing some time earlier.
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Glass Blowers League
Lockport
N. Y
William Longtoft
Independent League of Glass Blowers
United States
Canada
Twenty Houses Burned In North Beach Fire
San Francisco on July 15 reports a blaze that destroyed twenty small dwellings on North Beach. Property loss is estimated at $50,000 with two young boys found dead, burned to a crisp, after the flames.
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San Francisco
North Beach
New Haven Cigar Makers and Employers Reach Compromise
Tensions between New Haven local cigar makers and manufacturers eased after a meeting and a negotiated compromise. Makers had demanded a $1 per thousand raise across all grades due to new production novelties. manufacturers initially rejected the demand but later agreed to a settlement that largely satisfies the workers.
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New Haven
Marlboro Labor Union Doings
The Central Labor Union voted to assess members to aid Hudson strikers and admitted seven new Hudson members. A barrier was reported for patronizing Chinese laundries. Debates over the electric railway extension to Hudson prompted a committee to attend mayor and aldermen meetings. A committee was also named to approach a local cigar maker about non union cigars sales.
Best Investment Ever Made By Me Nervine Ad
E Theodore Thurlow reports in Boston July 14 1894 that his electric nerve pain remedy for toothache sold after a June ad in the Post. Dealers now buy hundreds of packages as customers continue to request Nervine from reprinted ad clippings.
Ten Men Wounded In Picnic Revolver Rampage At Hazleton
At Landmesser's Park a picnic ended in chaos when Giovanni Perna drew a revolver after a fight. He fired five shots wounding ten people including Benjamin Fancock and an 11 year old boy. A mob attacked Perna as he fled. a constable intervened. Perna held on $1000 bail after a hearing.
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Hazleton
Penn
Landmesser’s Park
Mike Reaman
Giovani Perna
Perna
Benjamin Fancock
Perrin
In Station Cells and Palms of Prohibition Busts
A citywide liquor raid list details names and addresses with quantities of lager whiskey and wine seized from numerous residences. Separate reports note Chinese resort arrests for card gaming and a padrone case involving Italian victims at the North End.
Missing Malden salesman found alive after two weeks
Newell Nourse, 67, of 59 Bartlett street Malden, was located in the Middlesex Fells woods near Pine Banks and Wyoming Cemetery after two weeks of wandering. He had been traveling for a business trip, slept outdoors, and survived on berries, though he was weak from exposure.
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Newell Nourse of
Malden
Middlesex Fells
Newell Nourse
Bartlett Street
Nourse
Boston Man Drowns Bathing at Harris Pond
Ruperto de Marso a Boston Italian laborer on the New York and New England road, living with Italians in box cars at Woonsocket Junction, drowned this morning in the Blackstone Mass end of Harris Pond. The body was recovered and sent to Boston.
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Woonsocket
Ruperto de Marso
Boston
New York
New England
Woonsocket Junction
Blackstone
Mass
Harris Pond
Track wreck at Home Brewing stables as wagons and horses perish
A Pennsylvania track segment reports that a locomotive freed by striking workers sped into the Home Brewing stables, wrecking both track and stables. Twelve brewery wagons were demolished and the horses killed, with losses to the brewery and the railroad running into thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Debs Cheered As Rail Strike Quietly Proceeds
Chicago July 15 The quietest day in the railroad strike as American Railway Union leaders Debs and Howard urged followers to stand firm. Large meetings, enrollments, and strong support from Cook County trades unions marked a day of speeches and ratification actions amid a broad mobilization.
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Chicago
American Railway Union
Messrs
Debs and
Howard
American Federation of Labor
Bricklayers’ Hall
Trades and Labor Assembly
Cook County
Brickmakers
Gompers
Federation
Cleveland
Building Trades Council
Ryan
Pullman
Springfield
Debs
Liquor Raids Net Bottles Across Lynn Homes
Police conducted liquor raids at multiple Lynn addresses on July 15. At 12 Boyden place thirty five bottles of beer were found with no owner. John McMurray's larder was empty. Michael Newell at 472 Chestnut street had two bottles on ice seized. Patrick Reagan at 116 Blossom street yielded one jug with three gallons of whiskey then sixteen beers were found on a second search.
Cambridge police raid yields beer in three homes and a sale
Station 3 officers led by Hurley and Hall raided David Tourney at 89 Fifth Street finding a full and an empty beer case. Barton at Gove and Fifth yielded two full and one empty case. Dynan at Cambridge and Hunting found nothing. In the afternoon Hurley arrested John Boyle at Braum's stable rear on Gove Street for selling beer to a woman. he was later released on bail.
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Cambridge
Hurley
Hall
Scully
Connihan
Skelly
David Tourney
Fifth Street
Barton
Gove and
Fifth Streets
Martin Dynan
Hunting Streets
John Boyle
Braum
Gove Street
Boyle
Small raids in Chelsea net beer at two bars
Chelsea police raided several kitchen barrooms yesterday. Officers seized forty four bottles of beer and some hard liquor at Catherine O Hagan’s 54 Highland street and captured a small quantity of beer at Mary McDonald’s 107 Maverick street. No contraband was found at other locations.
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Chelsea
Catherine O’hagan’s
Highland Street
Mary McDonald's
Maverick Street
Northern Pacific Strike Deepens as Fatal Shooting Reported
Fargo bulletin reports the Northern Pacific strike growing complex as Switchers Mutual Aid Society members resume work then strike at 7 PM. Engineer Martin and his fireman, both non union, were shot by a cowboy out in the Ban Lands Montana. Martin was seen as a company leader amid ARU tensions. Minnesota Farmers Alliance pledged provisions and funds to strikers. Westbound lines tied up, east to St Paul mostly back with new crews.
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Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific
Switchers’ Mutual Aid Society
Martin
Ban Lands
Mont
Thee
Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance
Mandan
St. Paul
Pullman Workers Want To Return To Work
Chicago July 15. Chairman Heathcote of the Pullman strikers sent a letter to President Debs of the ARU requesting call off of the boycott and strike. No reply yet. Strikers seek to return to work, and the conciliatory proposal to general managers was tied to that request. The majority of Pullman employees wish to return to work.
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Chicago
Heathcote
Pullman
Debs
Miners Return to Work in Tioga County
Miners at Arnot Morris Run Fall Brook and Antrim Tioga county Pennsylvania resume labor after a three month strike ordered April 19 by United Mine Workers president McBride. About 7000 miners and 4000 to 5000 other workers affected with financial losses estimated at $500000.
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Corning
N. Y
Arnot
Morris Run
Fall Brook
Antrim
Tioga County
Penn
McBride
United Mine Workers’ Union
Pullman Leaves City for Elberon Amid Heat Wave
New York July 15 George M Pullman abandoned plans to stay at his Millis building office due to an intense heat wave. He breakfasted with General Horace Porter at the Union League Club, spent the night there, then wrote a statement printed yesterday and told reporters he had nothing further to say. He then departed by ferry with his servant for Elberon New Jersey.
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New York
George M. Pullman
Elberon
N. J
Millis
Horace Porter
Union League Club
Lawrence Labor Union Condemns Managements as Autocratic
The Lawrence Central Labor Union adopted a resolution denouncing Chicago railroad managers the Pullman Car Company and the U S Attorney General for oppressing workers driven to desperation. It calls their conduct autocratic and un-American, undermining the Declaration of Independence and the U S Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence Central Labor Union
Chicago
Pullman Car Company
United States
Russia
Watertown Police Raid Nabs Lager Beer at Coakley Home
Watertown police seized a couple of cases of lager beer from the Riverside street home of Mrs Delia Coakley during a raid. Coakley had earlier been convicted of illegal liquor sale and is currently on probation.
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Watertown
Delia Coakley
Riverside Street
Young man drowned at Providence pond incident
Herbert Avery aged 26 drowned while swimming in Cranston Print Works Pond this morning. The body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Herbert Avery
Cranston Print Works
Where's Jack Post Disappearance Shocks Boston Drug Store Crowd
The Boston Post reports the sudden vanishing of Jack, a popular Percival's City Hall drug store attendant who frequented City Hall and nearby police stations. Known for Hazel eyes and a distinctive mustache, he was beloved by female patrons, often receiving affectionate attention. Jack slept in the King's Chapel Graveyard and was born on Nelson farm in Maine. Authorities have taken no action. friends search his usual haunts without results.
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Post
Boston
Percival
City Hall
Jack
Station 2
Denny
Matthews
King’s Chapel
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E. Theodore Thurlow
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Yester
William Johnson
Cambridge Street
R. H. Benton
Harrison Avenue
Mary Carroll
Beach Street
Mary Keenan
Billerica Street
Mary Mohan
Nashua Street
Mary Maguire
Lancaster Street
Joseph Lever
Prentiss Street
Frank P. Weatherhead
West Fourth Street
Oxford Place
Frank Sagasse
Station 1
North End
Sagasse
Alonzo B. Danforth
Fountain Street
M. Casey
Devonshire Street
Abbott A. Libby
School Street
Clara
George T. W. Foster
South End
Station 5
Foster
Tremont Street
Clara Lord
Jag
Charlestown
Mary Farrell
Lynn
Farmers’ Alliance
Lawrence C. S. A
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State Street
van Nostrand’s
Bunker Hill
A. G. van Nostrand
Bunker Hill Breweries
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