Status of the Strike and Western Union Discipline
A Globe interview with a veteran telegraph operator discusses strike prospects, Western Union discipline, and the impact on monopoly power. He cites rigid superintendents, blacklisting, and limited redress, predicting that a prolonged railroad strike will force Western Union to compromise as offshoots lose traffic to rivals. The Codman Hall meeting in Boston hears addresses and updates from assemblies nationwide, with new members initiated and high enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Codman Hall
GLOBE
America
Western Union
Dis Uiet
Maine
Texas
Hever
Western Uni
United States
Smu
Otrers
Nion
Central City
Ublou
New York
Brotherhood
Chute
Messrs. Breen
Jacksonville
Fla
Kenna
Boston
Excitement in New York Stock Market Over Railroads Move
Despatch from New York dated August 6 1883 reports extreme market activity as railroad moves shake the scene. Gould's supporters unload stocks prompting his buying, Western Union quivers at 12 30 p m as monopolies loom. Eugene J O Connor signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chute
Charles E. Chute
Bostom
Gould
Western Union
Tomoorrow
Eugene J. O'Connor
Why So Many Messenger Boys In The Western Union Plot
A Boston Globe despatch from New York notes the Western Union operating room crowded with so called telegraph operators, while strikers call them dummies. Messengers rush in and out. a nearby taber for the strikers cites rewriting messages and dispatching them via Master Workman Campbell. Campbell reports no new developments beyond plans to mobilize railway operators nationwide. Somerville says wires are briefly short to Albany but overall condition is excellent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
New York
Western Union
Brooklyn
Campbell
Manhattan Hotel
Somerville
Albany
W. A
Stelker
Telegraph Primer exposes telegraph woes and wage wars
An aged dialogue from The Telegraph Primer satirizes a Detroit Free Press scene where a manager blocks despatches to reroute mail, blaming demand and a strike. A Western Union stockholder fears dividend cuts while a labor conflict prompts wage retrenchment and a $500 reward for telegraph wire sabotage.
Fighting With a Maddened Buck Story From Chico Record
J H Cremer recalls two miners guiding him to a mine. He saw a deer by a dead tree, startled by shouts it charged toward him. In a fury the buck toppled over a limb while Cremer grasped its hind leg and swung it, managing to pin one horn under a fallen tree limb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico Record
J. H. Cremer
Mr. Cremer
Cremer
Romance of a Lowell Belle Weds Scranton Youth in New York
A Scranton youth Archie Stetler age 19 married Emma Gerard of Lowell Mass after a chance meeting in New York. He fled after a disputed desertion charge and was later held to bail. his father is a coal mine superintendent. The case highlights a hasty marriage and elopement allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
New York
Archie Stetler
Lowell
Mass
Belle
Emma Gerard
Stetler
Devonshire Hotel
Forty Second Street
Gerard
Bck
Steller
Robert Collyer
Canada
Young Stetler
Boonton
Collyer
Prayers to St Anne Draw Thousands to Shrine Pilgrimage
Montreal August 6 Thousands of Catholic pilgrims from Canada and the United States visit celebrated shrines seeking cures through prayers to saints. On Wednesday about 1200 people returned by steamer from St Anne Beaupre with Bishop Duhamel and thirty priests guiding the party. Reports describe miraculous recoveries including Lavinia Dorion a 20 year old girl and two other children who regained the use of their legs after prayers and receiving the sacrament at the Church of St Anne de Beaupre, with Father Labelle confirming the accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canada
United States
St. Anne
Beaupre
St. Lawrence
Duhamel
Ottawa
Lavinia Dorion
Mary Burns
Prevost
Father Labelle
Miss Driver
Mater
Dr Fisher Made Superintendent at Tewksbury
At a Saturday meeting of the Board of Health Lunacy and Charity Dr C I Fisher, already chosen as resident physician at Tewksbury, was unanimously elected superintendent. All members present except Dr Davis of Fall River. Fisher assumed duties midweek. Mr Fallon relieved of temporary charge. a visiting committee of Fallon Baggett and Mrs Leonard was appointed for oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
C. I. Fisher
Tewksbury
Dr. Davis
Fall River
Fisher
Fallon
Baggett
Leonard
Vast grazing lands leased to Kansas Live Stock Co
Washington reports a syndicate named the Kansas Live Stock Company has leased 3 to 4 million acres of Cheyenne and Arapaho lands west of the Arkansas river for five years. The annual price is 10,000, paid half in cash and half in cattle, effective October 1. Government protection from encroachment is sought, but the department will not intervene for current occupants. Acting Secretary Juslyn says the lease is not prohibited, though the department need not recognize it. The move, he believes, may help Indians become self supporting by the lease’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arkansas River
Kansas Live Stock Company
Juslyn
Auction of 180 Imported Sheep At Millwood Farm Framingham
An auction sale at Millwood farm by E. F. Bowditch drew attention as 180 imported rams and ewes from Southdown Ox ford Shropshire Hampshire Cotswold and Lincoln breeds were offered. The rams were leased imports from last season and the ewes were imports from the current season, attracting numerous Commonwealth farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Framingham
Southdown
Oxforddown
Shropshire
Hampshire
Cotswold
Lincoln
Millwood
E. F. Bowditch
Massachusetts Society For Promoting Agriculture
Commonwealth
Texas Cotton Promises a Good Yield In North Texas
St Louis August 6 The Agricultural Department correspondent reports northern Texas cotton planted well fruited with blooms near the top but needing rain. Later planted cotton is doing fluely. The crop is ten to fifteen days late and 10 to 16 percent less acreage. No boll worm has appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
St. Louis
Agricultural Department
Women of Seymour Brutally Punish Abused Husband
SEYMOUR Ind August 6 John McCammon's wife died from abuse and neglect. A crowd of fifty or more women dragged him through the street, tied him hand and foot, and began to whip him before the city marshal intervened to prevent a fatal outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Ind
John McCammon
Extraordinary hydrocephalus baby in Somerville headlines haunted house tale
Four month old in Somerville with a head 26 and a half inches around sits in a crib and is described as bright and intelligent though life may be brief. His mother Mrs Dickinson claims spirits visit via trance with figures including George Washington. Neighbors report a haunted house history as the family seeks to keep the child comfortable amid medical concern and warning of potential fatal blood vessel rupture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
E. 0. Dickinson
Broadway
Mrs. Dickinson
George Washington
Washington
Dr. Boston
A Sharp Smudgler Diamonds Ring in Neck Tie Heist
A famed diamond smuggler Rosenberg sailed from Antwerp on the Rhijnland with seventy diamonds hidden in the necktie lining. Hamburg observers traced him. plaster evidence on his back revealed the diamonds once more as officials recovered seventy large stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
New York Custom House
Antwerp
Ruynland
Hamburg
Rhynland
Custom House
Rosenberg
Metropolitan Hotel
Swimmer Sees Saw-Fish During Pontchartrain Exhibition
About 5 o clock last evening Professor Williams performed swimming exhibitions in Lake Pontchartrain when he observed a saw fish moving on the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Lake Pontchartrain
Fisherman Fights to Subdue Creatures on Wharf
In a direct line to within two feet of him a man believed a lurking alligator. He grabbed the jaw with both hands and broke it after a sudden wrench. In the struggle Professor Williams was twice submerged before landing the monster on the wharf. It proved a sawfish three feet two inches long with a body circumference of twenty four and a half feet and a saw containing forty two teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Williams
Barlow Seizures Rock Vermont Bank Collapse
Hon Bradley Barlow president of the Southeastern Railway of Canada and of the Vermont National Bank of St Albans has failed for a large sum. The bank closed its doors and a notice read Closed. Depositors faced uncertainty as details emerged of loans and collateral tied to the Southeastern Railway and bonds of the Montreal Boston Portland line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont National Bank of
Albanese
Barlow
ST. Albans
Bradley Barlow
Southeastern Railway of Canada
Montreal
Journal
Matin Street
Vermont National Bank
Southeastern Railway
Canadian Pacific Road
Southeastern
Southeastern Railway Company
Montreal, Boston & Portland
I. Barlow
Hendee
Life-Saving Armor Sailor Promises Niagara Run With Bonds
Captain J D Rhodes of Salamanca claims a self invented life preserving armor and offers to swim the Niagara rapids between September and November 25 promising $1000 bonds as security. He seeks park approval and warns authorities he will cross to Canada if denied. Rhode’s vow follows a prior perilous dive and a barrel of water with flags traversed the rapids yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockport
J. D. Rhodes
Salamanca
Ferry Landing
Niagara River
Neilson
Prospect Park
Nagara Falls
Park Company
Rhodes
Canada
Captain Webb
Canadian professor plans Niagara Falls crossing in gas bag
Professor Richard son of Canada, living in Washington, aims to cross Niagara Falls using an elliptical gas-filled silken bag. He intends to be rowed near Goat Island, jump, float past the falls, and descend to the water below before swimming to the Canadian shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richardson
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Captain Webb
Insane Man Rescued After Tower Struggle
Daniel Conroy, recently released from Dixmont asylum after going insane over a fifteen puzzle, fought with John Bowden 135 feet up a cathedral tower. Bowden was injured in the struggle and Conroy was arrested on the charge arising from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ert
Penn
Daniel Conroy
Dixmount Asylum
John Bowden
Cathedral
Conroy
Bowden
Boyden
Fatal Cow Catcher Accident At Silverstreet Crossing
Mary Troy wife of Thomas Troy was fatally injured at the Silverstreet crossing on the New Haven and Northampton line. She was struck by an engine and caught on the cow catcher. The train was stopped after nearly a half mile. her skull was fractured and an arm broken. The fireman helped keep her from falling as the locomotive stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfield
Mass
Mary Troy
Thomas Troy
Silverstreet Crossing
New Haven & Northampton
Democratic State Convention Nominates Ticket at St Paul
The Democratic State convention met in St Paul on Thursday and, after adopting an anti prohibition amendment and party resolutions, nominated N. W. McNair for governor K. L. Fragee for lieutenant governor J. J. Green for secretary of state John Ludwig for treasurer P. Linholm for railroad commissioner and de We Wills as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
N. W. McNair
K. L. Fragee
J. J. Green
John Ludwig
Sore Emery
de We Wills
P. Linholm
Chicago Landmark Damaged by Fire on Market and Randolph
The Lind block at Market and Randolph streets in Chicago suffered a fire Thursday. Owned by Henry Disston & Sons of Philadelphia the brick structure sustained about 30000 dollars in damage. Frank Roche a major playing card printer was among those affected by the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lind
Market
Randolph Streets
Henry Disston & Sons
Philadelphia
Frank Roche
Oil boom fuels leasing in Macksbury territory
Marietta Ohio August 6 excitement builds as Decker well, shot recently, flows 100 barrels in three and a half days. Senator Bradley and other New York interests lease 900 acres nearby to capitalize on the booming oil field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Macksbury
Decker
Bradley
New York
Immense iceberg reveals Greenland boat with frozen inhabitant
At CaPE Lookout North Carolina on August 6 a large iceberg drifted by. Three men in a boat found a Greenland Lau nk on the ice with a frozen Esquimanx inside. The body was brought ashore and buried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Lookout
N.C
Pilets
Cholera Strikes Egyptian Cities Revealing Severe Toll
In Cairo on August 4, cholera claimed 196 lives in the last day and five at Alexandria. Soldiers accounted for fourteen deaths the same period. Across Egypt, the plague total rose to a substantial, though uncertain, figure yesterday as officials reported continued fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
What Became of Spaulds A Husband Returns After Twenty Six Years
Georgetown Del August 6 The recollection of a Sussex county family’s episode is revived by the appearance of William Spaulds after twenty six years absence. Kitty Spaulds believed him dead after a 1857 disappearance during a voyage from Milton to Philadelphia. He returns seeking his wife but she had died years earlier in Illinois leaving two children in the West. The mystery of his disappearance remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Del
Sussex County
Pedler
William Spaulds
Kitty Johnson
Loth
Spaulds
Spanids
Philadelphia
Milton
Kitty Spaulds
Kitty
Illinois
Imagining Himself a Cat Transfusion Tale of Cat Blood Madness
A Stockton paper reports Roger Williams a slim young man of Eastern education who, after ill health and money loss, underwent a transfusion of cat blood to restore strength. He improved briefly but soon believed himself turning into a cat, roaming at night, leaping, mewing, and clashing with dogs, ending confined for examination and near asylum commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Cal
Sherif Frank Moffatt
Oakland
Roger Williams
Eastern College
San Francisco
Livermore
Willams
Roger
Williams
Moffatt
Child Killed at Crossing in Clinton Incident
Conductor Harris trains on the Old Colony road killed a four year old boy of Thomas Walsh at a Clinton crossing on Wednesday. The child sat on the crossing as the train approached. The engineer did not stop in time and the boy was crushed between the crossing and the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Harris
Old Colony Road
Thomas Walsh
Mangling on the Rail Line Known as Worst Case
A child was killed in a mangling accident on the rail line near Fitchburg. The body was cut into pieces and placed in a band basket. The mother was nearby picking berries, and the child had just joined her with a tin pail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Fatal Tenement Fire in Brooklyn Claimed Several Lives
A fatal blaze in a five story brick tenement at 12 Elizabeth Place Brooklyn early Thursday trapped residents on upper floors. Firemen could not enter for hours as smoke filled the building. Lower floor occupants were rescued while many women and children suffered injuries. The fourth and fifth floors occupants are believed suffocated. Miss Eliza Clark and Mrs Mary ODonnell are reported dying from smoke. Two others partially suffocated expected to recover. Firefighters and police praised for rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Place
Brooklyn
Eliza Clark
Mary O'Donnell
Money or Death Controversy Haunts Marlboro Woman
In Marlboro on August 3 Miss H. E. Bigelow received a demand letter asking for 600 dollars under threat of death from an assailant described as a colored man or a white man colored. He attacked her last Saturday night, dragged her, and fired a pistol which exploded in the air when her courage thwarted the attempt. The hat was found in the door casing next morning. Authorities were alerted as the bold attack marked a new high for such offenses in town.
Adventurous voyage ends as Merlin crew return to New York
Twelve seamen and the second mate of the whaling bark Merlin reach New York after four months at sea. The New Bedford ship, owned by John F. Tucker, sailed April 13 from St Helena, struck shore April 28, filled, and was abandoned. The crew rode to Fish Bay, then Madeira, Lisbon, Cardiff, Liverpool, and finally New York aboard the Samaria. They praise Portuguese kindness but lament delays and rough fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin
New York
John F. Tucker
St. Helena
Africa
Garren
Fish Bay
West Africa
Saint Paul de Loando
Madeira
Chalf
Lisbon
Cardiff
Liverpool
Samaria
Fighting for a Baby in St Johnsville
A Boston man pursued custody of his child from Oppenheim where the mother had taken the infant. After obtaining a warrant and confronting the mother, she disappeared with the baby during a tense confrontation aided by locals. The father retreated toward Fort Plain vowing to return, while residents largely supported the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urica
Boston
St. Johnsville
Oppenheim
Fulton County
McBride
Fort Plain
Atlantic Express
Choked to Death by Air in Salem Home
Salem August 6 Mrs James Buckley of 18 Turner street died this morning after a corned beef fragment lodged in her throat yesterday. She used an iron bread spoon to force it down which ruptured the membrane and let air inflate tissues. Death followed as swelling closed the epiglottis. She was about 45 and leaves four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
James Buckley
Turner Street
Dra. Carlton
Kittredge
Deadly Duel in a West Virginia Grove Forty Five Holes in a Corpse
In Dooridge county near New Salem John Cayton agent for lands of Judge Camden and Henry Rice quarreled over rent then fought. They met in a secluded wood where Cayton fatally shot Rice. Rice’s body bore about forty five jagged wounds. The neighborhood reels from the deadly shootout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Dooridge County
New Salem
John Cayton
Camden
Henry Rice
Cayton
Rice
New York Collector Robertson Completes Two Years in Office
New York July 31 Collector Robertson finishes two years as head of the customs service. He reports only seventeen removals for cause, eight for intemperance, three for continued absence without leave, one for neglect of duty, one for sleeping at post, two for passing baggage unchecked, and two on financial charges. All appointments under civil service rules. In two years he reports collecting 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robertson
Customs Service
Civil Service
Deafness Cured by Faith in New Jersey Woman
Twenty years of deafness ended for Miss Ruth King of Rahway after a healing meeting in Old Orchard Beach. Following Dr Steele’s street preaching, she felt itching and a cracking sound in her ears and suddenly heard the speaker as if shouting through a trumpet. She urged others to witness the power and glory of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Ruth King
Rahway
N. J
Grove
Successful Setting of a Broken Neck in Reading
Reading news reports six doctors successfully set the broken neck of Edward Schwartz after the body was nearly paralyzed. A tree limb caused the injury. the dying man could speak briefly to the attending minister and seemed to understand his words. It is believed he will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Edward Schwartz
Wat Schwartz
Mexican Diplomacy Alleged German Pact With Mexico
Sensational Sunday Herald report claims Mexico signed an offensive and defensive treaty with Germany granting similar protections as the US treaty. It alleges German minister's insolence toward Minister Morgan and cites supposed State Department ignorance and withheld protests. Source notes vary, with claims of Morgan correspondence and Frelinghuysen letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Mexico
Washington
Sunday Herald
United States
Philip H. Morgan
Morgin
Secretary of State
Department of State
Drum
State Department
North America
Germany
Javis
Brown
Herald
Frelinghuysen
Remarkable case of a Hicks family mental breakdown
In Charlestown a nine member family led by William Hicks and wife displayed signs of insanity. The mother confined in jail after clashes with other women, the father later jailed, and the children cared for by neighbors. Doctors linked delirium to eldest daughter Laura illness, ritual washings and alleged mesmeric influence. The father regained liberty. mother remains confined, convinced angels visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
William Hicks
Jewell Divis
Hicks
Calaboose
New Hampshire Names Austin Pike Senator For Six Years
The New Hampshire senate selects Austin Pike of Franklin to serve six years from March 4. Pike won 181 votes to 133 for opponents, with Bingham scoring 112 and Marston 13. Members voiced mixed satisfaction yet rejoiced at a final settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comcorp
Neampshire
Austin Pike
Franklin
Pike
Bingham
Marston
Struck Dead Before His Family in Montclare
W Lovett, an elderly resident, was killed last night while defending his fruit garden from a gang of roughs returning from Sunday school. His wife and children witnessed the assault. A neighbor posse pursued the attackers, but returned by noon today without capturing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclaire
W. Lovett
Gloucester Fishermen Reach St John Suffering From Drought
The mail steamer Curlew landed two Gloucester fishermen in St John s Newfoundland after six days without water. Charles Taylor and Edward Lander of the Gloucester Challenge, captained by Silas Hodgson, were found at Polls Trepassey and carried ashore exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
N. F
Curlew
Polls
Trepassey
Charles Taylor
Edward Lander
Silas Hodgson
Chesapeake & Ohio Strike Shuts Telegraph and Rail Operations
Baltimore August 6 report that Chesapeake and Ohio telegraph operators struck at one o clock and locomotive engineers refused to run without orders, halting trains and disrupting service across the line. Strong union action and ongoing labor unrest affect schedules and freight movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore
A& 1 Oelock
Ordesa
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Detroit Free Press
Dewoi
W. U
Emma Derard
Lowell Belle
Ove
DR. Fisher
Mr. Fallon
Tewksbury Institution
Hydrocephalus
Minnesota Democrats
St. Paul
Delaware
Concord
Chandler
New Hampshire
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