Brooklyn Trolley Strike Sparks Severe Rioting in Second Avenue
July 20 report describes Brooklyn and New York motormen striking, dynamite at Second Avenue, mobs attacking cars, stones and iron hurled, many injured and hospitalised. Police clash with rioters while some lines run with guards and limited service. Rewards offered for dynamiters and violent actors.
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New York
Brooklyn
Second Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Madison Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Rossiter
Parsons
Bitter fight over Devlin in Chicago Democratic meeting
At the Chicago Democratic National Committee gathering factions clash over the fate of star center P J Devlin. Altgeld supporters threaten a separate committee while others expect his dismissal, with Bryan and most committee members expected to attend.
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Chicago
P. J. Devlin
Democratic National
Altgeld
Stone
Democratic Party
Delvin
Judge Prentiss
Devlin
St. Louis
Bryan
National Committee
Harrison
William J. Strong
Strike Situation Quiet Start as New York Cars Resume
In New York on July 20 the strike began quietly with most streetcar lines starting on schedule. Second Avenue, site of a recent disturbance, was emptied while police guarded with crews sleeping in the barns. Early trips proceeded without major incidents as more cars ran by midmorning, though motormen preferred escort to the suburbs. Wires bore tin cans and banners including effigies of Rossiter and anti-combination placards.
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New York
Parsons
Manhattan Borough
Second Avenue
Rossiter
Population candidate Hoffmann named for next Congress
In Greenville Missouri on July 20 Miss Anna Wilson was accidentally shot and killed by her sister Miss Tuba Wilson while the sisters rode with farmhand Sam Bone who allowed them to use his revolver. Guthrie Texarkana report says Charles Gulley, a logroller from Stamps Arkansas, died after being found on Cotton Belt tracks with fatal injuries two miles from Texarkana. Miss Elizabet Ney, the sculptor, won $840 damages against the Houston and Texas Central railway for damages to statuary.
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Greenville
Anna Wilson
Here
Tuba Wilson
Sam Bone
Bone
Texarkana
Tex
Charles Gulley
Stamps
Ark
Cotton Belt Railroad
Miss Ney
Austin
Elizabet Ney
Houston and Texas Central Railway
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Palestine, Texas
Texas Bakery
Otto Boehme
Hartman
Wooten
M. F. Heenan
Houdtful, For
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Ala
Bankston
Fayette County
Mary Rogers
Abilene
Kas
C. B. Hoffman
Boston
Hoffmans
Will
State Agricultural
John B. Mike
Hoffman
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I.&g.n
D. J. Price,g. P
T.A
Palestine
Minnesota
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Chas. B. Sloat
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