Quiet Chicago After Haymarket Riots and Rising Death Toll
The city remained quiet though the Haymarket unrest claimed a fifth officer life as Flavin, Sheahan, and Lannis died from injuries. Kruger died after a bullet in his brain, and Fischer and Dejenk were jailed as authorities brace for possible unrest. McCormick's reaper works resumed with police identifying rioters among returning workers. Arms inventories were staged to arm police and watchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Sheahan
Frank Lannis
Michigan Central
Baltimore and
Ohio
Adolph Fischer
Haymarket
James Dejenk
Arbeiter Zeitung
Henry Dejenk
James
F. Novaks
McCormick
Reaper
Boston Trade Unions Prepare for Augmented Strikes and Co operatives
Boston labor groups push co operative shops as strikes advance with Knights of Labor assemblies forming among machinists, picture framers, bricklayers, painters, and other trades. Central Trades Union and New Era Hall host meetings. 350 painters still out. barbers show solidarity for eight hour workday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Knights of Labor
Codman Hall
Holmes
Grand Army Hall
Corder Washington Street
Dixvince
Tremont Street
New Era Hall
Assembly
Caledonian
Devonshire Street
Master Builders’ Association
Central Trades Union
Wadman Hall
Painters and Decorators
Jamaica Plain
Boston Highlands
Cadman Hall
Freight Workers Union Considers End to Strike
Chicago freight handlers at a union meeting heard a Switchmen's Union pledge not to back the strike. Public sentiment against strikes and a recent tragedy dampen prospects for success. A committee will seek road concessions tomorrow and may halt the strike with workers returning. Some say the strike could end tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Freight Workers’ Union
Piano Makers End Strike Bid Declares Failure
New York May 9 The piano makers strike failed after a mass meeting decided the agitation was a failure and ordered workers back to Steinway & Sons and Weber shops tomorrow. The resolutions place blame on those factories for not striking eight hours and defer the movement to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steinway & Sons
Steinway’s
Weber’s
Empire Protective Association Prepares for Third Avenue Fight
The new executive board of the Empire Protective Association met in New York to organize operations for carrying on the Third Avenue railroad dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
New York
Empire Protective Association
Third Avenue Railroad
Prospects of Improvement in Local Labor Situation
The second week of the building trades strike shows no change as employers refuse to negotiate with unions and workers insist on arbitration through their authorities. Decorators gain two large firms while plumbers await a resolution. New England Organ Co workers secured favorable concessions, and tailors and clothing association leaders reached a schedule awaiting approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman House
New England Organ Company
Clothing Association
Young’s Hotel
Knights of Labor Call Special Session May 25 in Cleveland
Grand Master Powderly issues call for a special session of the Knights of Labor General Assembly in Cleveland on May 25. He cites growth in membership, inadequate boycott laws, lack of strike authority, and tensions with trade societies as the key issues prompting the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Baltimore
Powderly
Knights of Labor
General Executive Board
Order
General Assembly
Cleveland
Chicago Furniture Makers Ban Political Beliefs in Factories
At a Fur niture Manufacturers' Association meeting in Curiaco on May 9, members adopted a rule forbidding employment of communists anarchists nihilists socialists or anyone denying private property. The group also set ten hour days as four days work and allowed hourly wages on existing terms, with factories open only when orders justify it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Curiaco
Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Cincinnati Aroused Over Socialist Plot Report
Police claim 600 Socialists in Cincinnati are organized and armed with rifles. They allegedly control dynamite bomb manufacture and possess stockpiles, with one bomb linked to Chicago. Manufacturer named as William Haines of Covington Kentucky. Seventh Regiment and others in camp at Hamilton County fair grounds with two field pieces and nine Gatling guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago
William Haines
Covington
Hamilton County Fair Grounds
Resolutions Denouncing Rioters from Chicago Typographical Union
Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 passed resolutions condemning the Haymarket mob of May 4. The union offered 100 dollars for the bomber’s apprehension and conviction and urged its Trades and Labor Assembly delegates to seek endorsement and cooperation for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Trades and Labor Assembly
Detroit Brewers Strike Ends After Wage Concessions
Detroit May 9 The strike's momentum faded as several shops plan to reopen. Brewer E W Voight yielded fully paying two dollars a day for seven days of out work plus a five day boycott fine and boycott advertising costs totaling 780 dollars. He also discharged eleven workers who returned to work on the second day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Brewers
Detroit
E. W. Voight
By the Ballot Not the Bullet
Labor unions condemn anarchist violence in Chicago and urge calm dispute resolution through ballots. Riots indict socialists in Milwaukee as riots and conspiracy cases loom. Buffalo reports incendiary speeches. police monitor anarchist movements. Philadelphia strike threats end by last minute concessions. Newark hatmakers halt work. Clinton reports Bigelow mill strike nearing end. Toronto streetcar workers strike for shorter hours and higher pay. Pittsburgh bakers and brass foundries push half holiday. others concede demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrato
N. Y
Buffalo Central Labor Union
Chicago
Milwaukee
Paul Grattkan
Frank Hirth
Carl Simon
Gustav Rossler
Buffalo
Newark
N. J
Association of Fur Hat Manufacturers
Bigelow
Clinton
Toronto
Pittsburg
Penn
Captain Dawson Arrests Baird for Sunday Liquor Sale
Captain Dawson of Division 1 arrested C. H. Baird a barkeeper at Cooper's restaurant at the Maine depot for selling liquors on Sunday.
Plea Against Free Fish Clause in Tariff Bill
The piece argues that a House Ways and Means bill’s fishery proviso risks exposing Ohio and Michigan rights to Canadian waters. It warns the provision would let Britain and Canada reap tax advantages while American fishermen bear the burden.
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Democratic Party
Committee of Ways and Means
House of Representatives
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
British Empire
Congress
State of
Ohio
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Maumee Bay
United State
Upper Canada
Michigan
Canda
Detroit River
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
New York
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
New Jersey
California
Oregon
Dominion of
High Seas
Great Britain
British North America
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Dominion
England
Committee On Ways and Means
New England
Fortune Bay
Washington
Senate
Christopher Columbus
France
Spain
Portugal
China
America
Minister West Seeks Release Over Digby Fishing Vessel Seizure
The U S secretary of state protest s the Digby seizure of the D J Adams of Gloucester by Canadian authorities and urges Britain to secure its release. A radio interview with British minister Sackville West relays that imperial action is unlikely, while Congress faces tariff talk and treaty disputes from 1854 1871 and 1818.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Great Britain
North America
Senate
Morgan
Alabama
Frye
Maine
Evarts
Edmunds
George
Mississippi
British Privy Council
Washington
D. J. Adams
Gloucester
Digby
Department of State of
Foreign Office of Great Britain
West
D.J. Adams
Post
L. S. Sackville West
Adams
Colonial Office
London
Congress
Week in Congress Sets 11 O'clock Sessions And Key Assignments
The House will start daily at 11 with week assignments to committees on District of Columbia private land claims agriculture and a joint inquiry into Indian affairs. Other major measures including interstate commerce electoral count land grants and pension bills loom as special orders and risk disarray alongside tariff and army appropriations talks. The Senate plans to devote Tuesday to interstate commerce before adjournment and move to general pension bankruptcy and Chinese restriction bills in sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
House of Representatives
District of Columbia
Potomac
Senate
House debates military appropriations and armory funding
In Washington on May 9 the House passed the military academy bill, funding $297,865, and then turned to the military appropriation bill. Representative Rockwell of Massachusetts urged increasing armory manufacturing funds from $300,000 to $700,000. Representative Wheeler of Alabama challenged the engineer corps staff designation and moved to strike the word staff from the provision caption. The motion to strike was agreed to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rockwell
Massachusetts
Wheeler
Alabama
Engineer Corps
Decision Extends Bounty Rights for Late Civil War Soldiers
Washington May 9 Second Comptroller Maynard issues a ruling under the July 28 1886 act clarifying that soldiers who enlisted after April 14 1861 served at least two years and were honorably discharged to accept a commission may receive an additional $50 bounty if not already eligible for more than $100 under prior laws and if their claim was filed on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Congress
States
United States
Stars and Stripes
Evarts
Washington
France
Arcadia
Liabor
Maynard
Cheating Uncle Sam and the wool tax evasion
A report to the Treasury describes an import duty dodge where sheep were driven across the Mexican border the wool sold on the market and duty avoided saving about half the duty. The note follows other May 9 items on a presidential trip and a bank dividend for Marine National Bank creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Washington
Treasury Department
W. L. Scott
Chesapeake Bay
Scott
Lamont
William Woodward
New York
Woodward
Comptroller of the Currency
Marine National Bank of the
City of New York
President Signs Most Private Pension Bills in 1915
The President signed eighty-one of 240 private pension bills on May 9 1915 and let the remaining bills become law without his signature, with one exception. The text notes dividend profits of 45 percent on certain claims totaling $4,469,530.67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Greece’s Delyannis Resigns. King Refuses and Turmoil Grows
After cabinet meetings Premier Delyannis offered resignation which the King declined to accept. Greece faces rising anti Turkish sentiment with frontier firing and demonstrations in Constitution square. War talk intensifies as Triocoupis refuses to speak and Russian envoy heads to Sebastopol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Delyannis
Greece
Suda Bay
Greek
Constitution Square
Turkey
Tricoupis
M. Tricoupis
Shas
Sebastopol
Tragedy at Crossing Claims Wymer Family Lives
Fort Wayne Indiana May 9 A young farmer John Wymer his wife and two daughters were returning from a visit when their wagon was struck at a railroad crossing by a Chicago bound train. Wymer and the oldest daughter were killed along with both horses. The wife and younger daughter survived with injuries and severe distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Wymer
Inwood
Chicago
Wymer
Domincan Order Takes Over St Marys Church In New Haven
By order of Bishop McMahon Father Daley announced St Marys Church and parish will be transferred to Dominican control within the coming week. The move, surprise to many since Father Lawlers death, marks the first New England church under the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
McMahon
Hartford
Father Daley
St. Mary’s
Father Lawler
New England
Egan Denounces English Press Libels to Parnell
Patrick Egan president of the Irish National League of America cables Mr. Parnell denying English press charges that Irish Americans instigated Chicago riots. He says no Irishmen were among anarchists and many defenders were Irish, boosting support in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Patrick Egan
Irish National League of America
Parnell
Standard
Globe
Daily Telegraph
St. James Gazette
Chicago
Yaqui Central Defence Captured by Mexican Troops
May 9 report from Galveston says Mexican forces captured Anil the central Yaqui defence at the battle near Guaymas. One Mexican officer and eight privates were killed. Cajeme and most of the Yaqui war party had already withdrawn. Casualties on the Indian side are unknown, and observers believe the Yaqui conflict may be ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaymas
Mex
Galveston
A. Martinez
Anil
Cajeme
Union Pacific Report Details Oregon Short Line Growth
The Union Pacific annual report shows the Oregon Short Line capital stock rising by 1,701,600 to 14,073,600 since December 31, 1884. First mortgage bonds of 436,000 were issued and certified by trustees, with total bonds outstanding at December 31, 1885 totaling 14,931,000. The union owns 8,015,000 stock and 1,421,000 first mortgage bonds. For 1885 gross earnings reached 1,833,190 with operating expenses 1,182,874. taxes 92,357 and interest on bonds 894,060 produced a total deficit of 336,100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
the Times
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes Arrives in Liverpool in Robust Health
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes was greeted by the United States consul and notable figures in a special tender on arrival at Liverpool. He is in robust health, plans a short visit, then travels to the country for retirement before reaching London midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Liverpool
United States
Clara E Choate Hosts Free Talks on Personal Reminiscences
Mrs. Clara E Choate of Boston conducts a series of Thursday lectures at 3 PM from 3 Wellington Street near Columbus Avenue. On the 13th inst she speaks on Personal Reminiscences of the Sick and the Sick Room, attracting wide interest for general instruction and free admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. Choate
Boston
Wellington Street
Columbus Avenue
Weather Indications for New England States May 10
Weather outlook for Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut shows fair conditions followed by local rains. Northerly winds and nearly stationary temperatures expected through early morning hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Weather in Boston May Nine Eighty Eight Report
Boston weather data shows barometer around 29.78 inches with a maximum temperature near 69 degrees and a daily mean humidity about 55 percent. Conditions range from cloudy to fair to clear across listed times with winds from northwest to north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Querevan
Orion
Siexsl
Sunviez
B.A
Bostrom
Dow Point
No More Leap For Hougecleaning Pyle Pearline King
The item notes a change in leaders or titles with Hougecleaning and Pyle Pearline stepping into prominent roles. Details of the shift are limited but the headline signals a notable transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyle
Clergy Urges Brotherhood Over Labor Strife
Rev. C. E. Davis of the People's Church spoke to a large gathering of carpenters and workers urging restraint amid labor disputes. He called for mutual understanding between capital and labor and warned against inflammatory speeches while advocating cooperation and moral reform to resolve tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
C. E. Davis
The
People’s Church
Foul play suspected in death of John H. Nugent
Reports say John H. Nugent was found dead last week in the Charles River near the Boston and Maine railroad drawbridge. A man was seen struggling in Beacon Street rear shortly before, shouting for help, then vanished. Amen is said to have been seen nearby in a rowboat and offered no aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Nugent
Charles River
Boston and Maine Railroad
Beacon Street
Storm Damage Report From New Jersey Coast
Reports describe extensive damage from Friday night and yesterday's storm. Washouts on the ocean boulevard, beach erosion, and several bridges washed away in the county making roads impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Branch
N. J
Ocean Boulevard
Club dinners and resolutions mark New England gathering
At a Saturday session, the New England Club passed resolutions in memory of Colonel E. J. Trull. The Massachusetts Club dined at Young's and discussed protection. The New England Water Works Association met at the Quincy and talked water meters. The Agricultural Old Point Comfort Boston and Clover clubs dined at Parker's. The Essex Club dined at Young's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Club
E. J. Trull
Massachusetts Club
Young’s
New England Water Works Association
Quincy
Agricultural
Old Point Comfort
Boston
Clover
Parker’s
Essex
Young's
Globe Theatre Assault and Train Accident Reported
Andrew J Presley a discharged super at the Globe Theatre assaulted Benjamin Harrington in the green room by throwing a brick. He was arrested. William O Neill suffered a fractured skull and thigh after falling from a Fitchburg railroad train and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Presley
Globe Theatre
Benjamin Harrington
Green Room
William O’neill
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fitchburg
Beaten by runaway horse injures Steven Stebbins on Beacon
Yesterday afternoon on Beacon street Steven Stebbins was thrown from his buggy when his horse ran away. He sustained internal injuries and was carried to his home on Waltham street in a hack for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Steven Stebbins
Waltham Street
Caution Against Unprincipled Dealers Over Gibson’s Pure Rye
Public notice warns buyers to verify genuineness of Gibson's pure rye whiskey by looking for Moore & Sinnott label and steel engravings of distilleries. It cautions against counterfeit sellers and states genuine bottles are sold by wine liquor dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Moore & Sinnott
John Gibson
Fire devastates Alderman Landry bakery area in Hur Quebec
A morning blaze in Hur destroys ten acres covering Lake Slake and Main streets up to Powlea’s stone block. One public building the new post office valued at 250000 is lost, 110 buildings with 155 tenements burned, leaving about 206 families homeless. The mayor and council organize aid as Catholic churches appeal for assistance and donations flow in.
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Landry
Lake and Slake
Main Street
Powlea
Main
Slide Streets
Oe i
Great Damage to Coal Barges by Rising Monongahela River
At 5 oclock this morning $30 000 worth of coal barges sank in the Monongahela river between dam No 1 and the point bridge. The wrecks extended along the Monongahela and Ohio rivers for miles as the river rose rapidly. Damaged and sunk barges belong to Malu met, O Neill, Birmingham, Brown and Sneathen Wilson. Eleven barges saved, twenty seven sunk. Five million bushels of coal awaiting shipment, much likely to move downstream in 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Dam No 1
Point Bridge
Monongahela
Ohio
Malumet Coal Company
Necinnati
O’neil & Co
Birmingham Coal Company
Brown & Sons
Sneathen & Wilson
Fred Wilson
Dippold
Malumet Company
O'Neil & Co
Birmingham Company
W. H. Brown
Death of E F Whitehouse Honored Railroad Agent
The Association of Railroad and Steamboat Agents of Loston adopts resolutions on the death of E F Whitehouse New England agent of the Chicago and Atlantic railroad. The late Bardwell's Ferry rail accident is noted with sorrow. Members express deep personal loss and extend sympathy to his wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of
Loston
E. F. Whitehouse
New England
Chicago and Atlantic Railroad
Bardwell’s Ferry
Woman found dead in Daten Gap canal near Salem
A 35 year old woman was discovered in the Daten Gap canal near Salem Sunday morning after being seen intoxicated with a group of vagrants Friday night. No violence signs noted. speculation she fell into the canal. In Wakefield, sixty workers at Smith Anthony's store foundry demand a 10 percent wage increase by next Saturday. Fritz E. Riggs of Gloucester leaves a will being challenged by his son who receives a life interest in the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daten Gap Canal
Salem
Smith & Anthony
Wakefield
Fritz E. Riggs
Gloucester
Boy Killed In Street Car Accident In South Boston
George H. McAllister six years old was knocked down and run over by car 151 on West Fourth near B Street in South Boston. Driver Albert Cobb with conductor John Kennedy. The boy died after being taken home. Residents allege cars speed down the hill near B Street causing multiple accidents and several deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. McAllister
James H. McAllister
Gold Street
South Boston
West Fourth
B Street
Albert Cobb
John Kennedy
Iron Bridge Gives Way In Lyonsdale Tragedy
Utica N Y May 9 The new Lyonsdale iron bridge in Lewis county collapsed, sending seven workmen and twisted iron into Moose river twenty feet below. One fatally injured W H Wilcox Port Leyden leaped to an abutment and died. Others swam ashore despite severe injuries. Cause was a failing temporary trestle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
Lyonsdale
Lewis County
Moose River
W. H. Wilcox
Port Leyden
Four Boys Drown After Rowboat Capsizes at Wissahocken Creek
In Philadelphia on May 9 a rowboat with four youths capsized at the Wissahocker creek dam near Riverside where it empties into the Schuylkill. Patrick Broderick 15 James A. Hearn 14 and William Ryan 13 drowned. The fourth boy was rescued as bystanders watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wissahocker Creek
Riverside
Schuylkill River
Patrick Broderick
James A. Hearn
William Ryan
Fire alarmed at rubbish blaze in Washington Street studio
The alarm from Box 41 at 10 o clock reported a small fire among rubbish in the rear second story of 365 Washington street. The building housed H. H. Locher a photographing establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
H. H. Locher
Fire destroys Cape Henlopen signal station
The Maritime Exchange signal station on Cape Henlopen burned last night and was totally destroyed. Fire crews fought the blaze but could not save the station, with the cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Maritime Exchange
Cape Henlopen
Captain John Gomez Held on Passenger Charge at $2000 Bail
John Gomez, master of the schooner Spring Bird, appeared before US Commissioner Hallett on a charge of taking more passengers than allowed by law. He was held on $2000 bail for the higher court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gomez
United States
Hallett
Indictments Presented in Suffolk Superior Criminal Court
The grand jury in Suffolk county Superior Criminal Court presented the indictments for the May term on Saturday morning. Counsel for Mrs. Annie J. Taber filed objections in the Supreme Court to the decree of divorce obtained by her husband F J Teber, claiming new and important evidence has been discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Criminal Court
Suffolk Country
Annie J. Taber
Supreme Court
F. J. Teber
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Boston Post
Post Publishing CO
Milk
Washington St
EXD
G. Taylor
Fishermen of
George Steele
American Fishery Union
Chas
Levi WoopBoury
Richard
Spofford
Bayard Firm
of Canada
Mr. Rockwell
A. Ss. Gubb
French Hospital
Londo
Friedrichshall
Sir Henry Thompson
F.R.C.S
York
St. Mary’s Church
Egan
Union Pacific Report
DR. Holmes
Jay Gould
Mr. Gladden
Stora
Long Branch
Hull
Quebec
Louisiana
Rayville
REW England News
Rew Iron Bridge
Parliamentary Fund
T. Grattan Esmonde
M. P
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