Labor vs Capital as Cincinnati Mills Resume Work
Pwrrspure, Penn., June 10. Review of the week long ironworkers strike shows a mixed mood. Cincinnati mills reopen Monday under the October 22 1881 pact while strikers fear wage reductions and expect manufacturers to yield. Pittsburgh and Wheeling regions report cautious optimism and ongoing conference talk.
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Pwrrspure
Penn
Pittsburg
Joliet Road
Chicago
Beaver Woods
Efasterm
Wheeling
Hubbard
Cincinnati
Jarrett
Blll
St. Louis
Oho
Indiana
Rumors of General Strike by Locomotive Engineers
In New York on June 10 rumors spread of a possible general strike by locomotive engineers over wage rates. Interviews across roads show mixed views, with some predicting trouble if wages are not raised, others believing differences unlikely. One engineer warned against preemptive talk before plans are ready.
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New York
Aelief
Fink
Dissatisfaction Among the Government Printers
Washington June 10 There is trouble among government printing office printers as rumors of a strike circulate after several workers in the document room were denied extra pay for work outside regular hours Foreman Bryan refused their demand for one and a half times rate. Buffalo Coopers Successful June 10 The Buffalo coopers strike ends with most firms agreeing to terms leaving KE Jewett as the holdout after a quiet stoppage for a two and three cent raise.
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Western Iron Sea
Monoegahela House
Carpenter
Philadelphia
Washington
Government Printing Office
Congress
Bryan
Buffalo
Coopers
KE. M. Jewett
Denver Storm Drowns Two Men and Fears More
Denver June 12 one of the heaviest rain storms in years swept the city and nearby areas causing extensive damage. Basements filled with water and homes near the Platte river were washed away. The bodies of two men Laewig a miner and Fidele a diner were recovered while three children drowned and others feared lost. Golden suffered ruined houses and the Cambrian fire brick works were struck and destroyed.
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Denver
Col
Platte River
Laewig
Fidele
Golden
Cambrian Fire
Dissenting Westboro Minister Sparks Illinois Controversy
In Quincy Illinois a large council of Congregational clergy examined Rev Frederick A Thayer of Westboro Massachusetts for installation as pastor. He firm on views of the state of man after death atonement and inspiration. Council secret session then recommended another council, triggering sensational reaction.
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Ill
Congregational Church of
Quincy
Frederick A. Thayer
Westboro
Mass
Mississippi Valley
Thayer
Engineer's Brave Effort to Save Child on Rails
CHARLOTTE June 10 An NC railroad engineer Lis Bryan faced a child on the track ahead. He braked and moved to reach the child but a misstep threw him down an embankment. The engine stopped after hitting the child whose body was cut in two.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lis” Bryan
North Carolina Railroad
Ryan
Bryan
Lease Fight Boils Over in Clarendon With Clashes
A Clarendon special reports wild excitement over a lease dispute. Spear & Co. bought 115 acres but Union Oil Co. claimed the land and, with about 200 men, forcibly seized it. They cut down the rig, hauled off several men who were severely injured. Sheriff heads to the scene as both sides remain on the ground.
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Enveytrania
Braprorpd
Clarendon
Sunday News
Spear & Co
Union Oil Company
Indians encamped near Fort Sisseton seek food relief
A despatch from Captain Bennett reports thirty five lodges of Indians within three miles of Fort Sisseton in St. Paul Minn. The group is out of food and their children cry for bread. Some men offer to work and already haul government stores from Webster. Agent Crissy urged return to the agency but they refuse, saying there is no food there.
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St. Pavut
Minn
Bennett
Fort Sisseton
Webster
Crissy
Mexican agent Gutermuth dies after assault in Manhattan
Louis W. Gutermuth, a Mexican and South American agent for Coomus Crosby and Eddy of 55 Cliff Street, died at his lodgings on West Forty seventh Street. He was beaten on Fifty seventh Street on May 23 after two strangers attacked him while he chatted with a woman, knocked him unconscious, and left him injured.
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New York
Louis W. Gutermuth
Coomus, Crosby & Eddy
Cliff Street
West Fortyseventh Street
Fifty-seventh Street
Chinese passport applicants seek return to United States
In San Francisco on June 12 more than one hundred Chinese applied for passports to return home after visits to China. With no official passports available, they will seek permission from the secretary of the treasury in Washington. Temporary certificates have been authorized and the applicants departed on the Oceanic.
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San Francisco
China
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Folger
Treasury Department
Abraham Lincoln
Assassination and Robbery Reported Near Booneville Mississippi
Miss Serena Benton, an elderly woman, was shot and robbed near Booneville last night while her family attended church. Morgan Hamilton, a colored man, was arrested with one of her wings in his possession.
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Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Serena Benton
Booneville
Morgan Hamilton
Curious Death of a Michigan Man
Robert Stephen Son, renowned as the largest saw mill owner in Michigan, died from inhaling fumes blown into his face by a slab pit change. The incident occurred in Menomon, Michigan, on the night of June 9 as he was working at his mill.
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Menomonf
Mich
Robert Stephenson
Tariff battle splits Democrats. Union Pacific tax bill moves
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders condemn the tariff commission as a GOP election tool amid claims of presidential influence. A separate Senate bill aims to tax unsurveyed Union Pacific lands after patenting, affecting Kansas Pacific and other lines, with revised sinking fund provisions. The piece covers related notes on Indian policy plans and crop summaries.
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Washington
Congress
Bayard
Eaton
Tariff Commission
Carlisle
Kentucky
Senate
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Kansas
Colorado
Unie Pacific
Union Pacifc
Commissioner of Railroad Accounts
Central Pacific
Central
House Committee
Sioux City & Pacific
Central Branch
Memorial for land grants to freedmen presented to Senate
Senator Piamb of Kansas submits a memorial from a southern Kansas colored citizens convention seeking public land for freedmen. The plan would grant eight acres per family with government aid for housing tools seeds and rations, five year cultivation and deed upon payment, plus schools and compulsory education, with liquor prohibition in the territory. Delegates include Augusta Wilson and several named ministers and ladies.
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Washington, D. C
Piamb
Kansas
Senate
United States
Congress
Augusta Wilson
Washington
St. John
Senator Proms
Judge Thatcher
J. B. Johnson
A. Fairfax
J. B. Wallace
T. J. Merritt
C. M. Johnson
W. A. Price
L. Fulbright
Thomas Glover
Senate Passes Army Bill Retires Generals at 64
The Senate approved the army appropriation bill on Tuesday with a compulsory retirement age of 64 for all officers. No exceptions were made for General Sherman or General Sheridan. Hale of Maine and Davis of West Virginia failed to secure an exception for Sherman, though the general will retire with full pay.
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Washington
Senate
General Sherman
General Sheridan
Messrs. Hale
Maine
Davis
West Virginia
Additional Compensation Proposed for Star Routes
The House committee chairman introduces a bill to adjust pay for expedited Star routes. It requires readvertising increases in speed, allowing original contractors to continue without extra pay. The measure aims to reduce fraud in fast-route service.
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Washington
Bingham
House Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
House
Brigham
General Sharpe Reveals Conkling Re-Election Plot
General Sharpe details a Washington Albany network around Senator Conkling’s bid for re election. He says Conkling resigned to seek a constituencies endorsement and wanted a battle against the administration free of party ties. Sharpe notes meetings with Dennison Smyth and others and asserts Albany men anticipated Conkling’s re election while denying a formal conference occurred.
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New York
Conkling
Platt John F. Smyth
Sharpe Buys
Albany
Washimeton
Washington
Wessenger
Mr. Conkling
Messrs. Dennison
Smyth
Oenkling
Myself
Dol
Dennixon
Famine in Patrick County Virginia Desperate Plea for Relief
A courier reports Patrick County Virginia where about 56 000 people face starvation due to total crop failure. Women and children have died, 300 at Patrick courthouse have not eaten in days. Roads are rugged delaying aid while local farmers offer cash for flour, and relief expeditions are forming to deliver corn and grain.
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Danville
Jane Bo
Patrick County
Patrick Court House
Virginia
Morbid Accident Near Montmorency Falls Claims Laberge and Mrs Richards
June 11 report from Quebec describes Farmer Laberge and his married daughter Mrs Richards losing control near the Montmorency river bridge. The wagon toppled into the boiling torrent and swept over the falls. Mrs Richards body was recovered at the foot of the falls. she leaves seven children.
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QueBec
Laberge
Mrs. Richards
Illinois Corn Crops Ruined by Rain Oats Suffering Same
Clinton Illinois reports heavy rain damaging central Illinois crops. Much corn drowned on low ground and overwatered high ground. Oats also suffer while wheat remains healthy. In Lincoln Nebraska Adolph Schomger, jailed for theft and later in an insane asylum, dies after seven months of forced hunger amid refusals to eat.
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Clinton, IL
Ilinois
Lincoln
Neb
Adolph Schomger
Across the Atlantic The Irish Problem Growing More Serious
From Arabian sources Arabi Pasha and sheik Oumum Retfik push disloyalty among Hejazi tribes in North Arabia and Syria to back an Arabian caliphate. The Sultan vows to resist the Constantinople conference and tightens guard on Circassian-Egyptian officials at Constantinople.
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Varna
Arabi Pasha
Oumum Retfik
Sheik
Mecca
Hussein
Hejazi
Arabia
Syria
Arabi
Constantinople
Dervish Pasha
Stamboul
Keglerbeg Barracks
Riots in Alexandria Report 67 Europeans Killed
London reports from Alexandria describe continued unrest with simultaneous outbreaks at three points. Pillage centers on Levantines and Arabs. cavalry and infantry are ordered to reinforce the garrison. Officials claim sixty seven Europeans killed. interviews with Arabi Pasha and Mahmoud Pasha Sami discussed, outcome unclear. Military leaders urge abdication of the Khedive amid fears of massacre.
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London
Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Mahmoud Pasha Sami
Dervish Pasha
Kenter
Cairo
Times
Berlin
France
Paris
Constantinople
Ireland Crisis Deepens as England Faces Apathy and Coercion Fight
A World despatch notes Ireland’s trouble growing, with Radical opposition to the coercion bill and Home Rule tensions. Public outrage over outrages in Ireland and a dismissive view of Gladstone’s ministry heighten dissatisfaction abroad and at home. The article cites a foreign ambassador’s blunt verdict on England’s leadership amid turmoil and hints that popular apathy in England may sustain the landlordism battle across the sea.
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Ireland
Burke
Turkey
England
Rowland
Political Turmoil and Reforms Rumors in Cabinet
Sir William Harcourt pushes the crime prevention bill in tight form amid Irish protest and cabinet rifts. Hyde Park hosts a large dissent against coercion as political tensions rise in London. The report also notes unrest in South America and European diplomatic moves involving bishops and Jewish refugees.
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Bdinsensionus
Lonpos
Sir William Flarcourt
William Harcourt
Lonpoy
Hyde Park
London
Joseph Cowen
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Khedive Urged to Move to Alexandria for Safety
The Cairo dispatch reports increasing peril to the Khedive's life with calls to relocate to Alexandria if Dervish Pasha repudiates Aribi Bey. The same item notes votes in favor of public election of judges and mentions the Khedive's precaution amid unrest.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Dervish Pasha
Aribi Bey
Woman Poisoned Four Children Then Committed Suicide
Cuicano June 10. Mary Syeboldt 35, wife of Casper Syeboldt a baker living at 61 Finnell street murdered her four children Matilda 12 Anton 7 Anvie 2 years 6 months Agnes less than 4 months and then killed herself. She told Casper she sent them to heaven because God wanted them.
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Cuicano
Mary Syeboldt
Casper Syeboldt
Finnell Street
Chicago
James B. Campbell
Clark Street
Casper
Matilda
Anton
Anviie
Agnes
Matilia
Mrs. Syeboldt
Saiu
Syetoldt
Workmeister
Archer Avenue
Svevoldts
Syeboldt
Last Fall s Forest Fires Aid Rebuilds In Michigan Counties
The four disaster counties in Michigan now sustain themselves due to city charity from East and West. Cash relief exceeded 1 000 000 with 500 000 in goods distributed. Some 3 326 families, about 14 7 persons, lost homes yet most recovered enough to endure winter. Port Huron and Detroit groups shipped vast clothing flour implements and crockery, with clothing notably abundant.
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Bap Axi
Mich
Port Huron
Detroit
Hunting Favorite Came Murder in Statenville Tale
In Statenville North Carolina on June 9 Pace Wallace was shot and killed by Bob Stimson Wallace a friend of Stimson and his wife faced jealousy after rumors of an affair. Stimson loaded a double barrel and fired twenty buckshot at Wallace while saying he was hunting his favorite game before surrendering to authorities.
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Statesville
N. C
Pace Wallace
Bob Stimson
Wallace
Stimson
Wilda
Masked Men Kill Farmer in Vienna Home Invasion
J W Bayles a 60 year old farmer was attacked by masked men who tied his hands and feet, robbed the house, set fire to his clothes, and hacked his head with an axe before leaving him for dead. His feet burned severely with no clues to the attackers.
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Aeake Carro
J. W. Bayles
Vienna
Texas hailstorm causes deaths and major damage in Laredo
A Texas hailstorm near Laredo last Thursday shattered doors and roofs, toppled tents and houses, and killed Charles Munster of Houston while fatally injuring John Shea of New York. The storm dumped fistsized hail for about thirty minutes, damaging FP. 8 and nearby structures. Feud over freight-rate increases and a separate note on New York insurance law changes tied to General Grant are mentioned in adjacent dispatches.
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Laredo
Tex
Babcock
Charles Munster
Houston
John Shea
General Grast
New York
New York State
General Grant
Bill
Sup Fire Insurance Company
Knngianod
Sun Insurance Company
Canis
Soverzs
Iteagure
Davitt's Liverpool speech hailed as landmark for land reform
Cable despatch from New York reports Michael Davitt's Liverpool address as a historic rally for Irish land nationalization. He argues land owned by the community, with tenants secured and taxes shifted to land value, predicting broader prosperity and social justice. The crowd roared, twenty thousand along the street cheered. Davitt to speak at ten U S meetings before July 4.
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New York
Michael Davitt
Liverpool
Ireland
Santry
Kingatown
Hollywead
Imperial Fund
England
Pocrishman
The Malley Trial and Family Crisis
New Haven June 9 Juror Lovejoy recovers and is expected back Tuesday when the Malley trial resumes Edward Cramer denies reports of a personal crisis in his family saying his father was failing health and near death He accuses reporters of prying and misrepresentation Sums up tensions among the Cramer Malloy families including quarrels over favors and status Michael Malloy reportedly discharged from the Malloy store over beliefs about Walter and James
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New Haven
Conn
Lovejoy
Malley
Edward Cramer
New Haven Register
Edward
Aley
Walter
James
Folke
Michael Malloy
Malloy
Garfield letters to Chase reveal Lincoln s Roscranes action
Four columns print letters and telegrams to Secretary Chase from General Garfield while Roscrans led his staff. J W Schuckers, Chase’s private secretary, notes Garfield wrote the July 27, 1863 letter deliberately and carefully. Lincoln decided to remove Rosecrans after Chase showed the letter following Chickamauga.
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Cuicano
Chase
Garfield
Rosecrans
J. W. Schuckers
Cnickamauga
Lincoln
Schuckers
Trade Crops and Weather. June 9 Bradstreet report
New York dispatches show 130 business failures in the past week, up 26 from the prior week and 42 more than last year. Teading centers report dull or quiet markets, while West and South weather has improved overall. Cotton belt areas complain of cold or wet conditions in the rain regions. wheat reports are satisfactory, but corn suffers from wet spring and replanting delays. Indiana forecasts indicate an unusually heavy wheat yield.
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Agricultural Department
New York
United States
Bradstreet’s
Dali
Wrain
Indiana
Petition Against Guiteau Sentence Seeks Pardon Stay
Mrs Scoville in Chicago circulates a petition to the President urging a stay of execution for Charles J Guiteau. Signers claim the shooting did not kill the President and demand clemency based on extensive allegations. Keely to reveal his secret after stockholders meet in Philadelphia.
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ChicaGo
Philadelphia
Keely Motor Company
Keely
Bocktel
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