Notable deaths and industrial unrest across the nation
Albany reports the sudden death of Ed ward M. Hoffman at 50 while advising on troops for railway strike disturbances. Reports of wage raises for puddlers in Sharpsburg and multiple labor and finance developments sweep through mills, banks, railways, and cities from Woodsville to San Francisco with strikes, lawsuits, and new leadership in veterans groups.
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Albany
N. Y
Edward M. Hoffman
Elmira
National Guard
Roe
Miti
Woodsville
W. F. Sherlock
Unionist
Brooklyn
Sherlock
George Daniel E. Sickles
New York
Cleveland
A. G. Peterson
St. Louis
Gen. Sickles
Rev
W. H. Connor
New London
Conn
Maryland
William W. Grant
Scranton (Pa
United States
Canada
Philadelphia
Ralston
Napoleon Lajoie
American Baseball League
Danbury
Man R Calljway
New
Youk Central & Judson River Railaye
New American Locomotive Co
George B. Whitney
Morris Beef Co
Chicago
Boston
Blake Pump Co
East Cambridge
United States District Court
Pittsboro
Shaw Piano Co
Mathew Griswold
Erie
Griswold
Piano Company
Andrew Russia
Stephen Ralogsa
Monk Lake
Muskegon
Mich
Russia
Confederate cruiser Alabama crew member dies at Charleston
West and South report the death in Charleston South Carolina of Capt James W Evans one of the three remaining crewmen of the Confederate cruiser Alabama He served aboard the Alabama during the famed Cherbourg fight when the Nevers sinks the Alabama Johnnay a La Conner Washington bridge builder reprimanded his 18 year old son whose response gunshot wound in the head prompted the father's suicide after seeing his son die.
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Charleston
S.C
James W. Evans
Alabama
Cherbourg
Johnnay
la Conner
Wash
Carnegie keys district libraries in Glasgow
Andrew Carnegie donated £100 000 to fund district libraries in Glasgow Scotland. A richly illuminated manuscript Bible dating to about 1410 sold in London for 1200 guineas. Italy’s census reports a population of 32 449 754, up about 4 million in twenty years. Indian crop failures hit hard as Lord George Hamilton cites 381,000 relief dependents in Parliament with expected growth.
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Andrew Carnegie
Glasgow
Scotland
London
Italy
India
Lord George Hamilton
House of Commons
Nationwide machinist strikes affect multiple plants
About 800 machinists walked out in Baltimore and Milwaukee areas on the 20th following a general strike order. In Sharon and Scranton unions also quit, with 3,000 workers idle nationwide. A stalled Derby Conn. scene affected 1,000 workers, while iron ore deposits in Texas sparked talk of large furnaces.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Co
Dietrich & Harvey
Milwaukee
Wis
International Association of Machinists
South Sharon
Sharon
Sharpsville
West Middlesex
Scranton
Liano County
Austin
Tex
Derby
Conn
Driggs-Seabury
Birmingham Iron Foundry
Justice Gaynor
New York Supreme Court
New York
Gaynor
McKee’s
Six Miners Die in Farmington WV Explosion at Georges Creek Mine
A mine explosion at the George's Creek Coal and Iron Co. shaft near Farmington West Virginia killed six miners and fatally injured five others with three seriously burned. The newly opened Ravenswood mine employed about 125 men and had invested roughly one million dollars. The blast occurred after a torch was reportedly used in lieu of safety lamps, triggering a dense smoke and gas ignition that damaged surface equipment but spared a wider fire. Rescue operations followed as crews cleared headings and ventilated the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Fairmont
W. Va
George’s Creek Coal and Iron Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
George's Creek Co
Baltimore
Maryland
the .Company
Col
Somerville
Wage Scale Debate Looms Over Puddling Rate At Milwaukee
Iron workers at the Amalgamated Association wage convention in Milwaukee consider a continuous scale based on 5 dollars for puddling and one cent per pound of bar iron. President Shaffer Secretary Williams and the wage committee travel to finalize terms amid concerns over steel company resistance. Delegates favor including all mills controlled by combinations or United States Steel, delaying single-plant settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Shaffer
Williams
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Milwaukee
Great Steel
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
Stokes Acquitted in Fatal Williamson Minister Case
West Virginia Senator S D Stokes was found not guilty of murdering Rev J D Woll, a Presbyterian minister in Williamson in November. The defense relied on Stokes testimony that Woll was killed after a quarrel sparked by an insult. Eyewitness Otis Riley testified he saw Stokes with a smoking revolver after shots were fired.
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West Virginia
Williamson
W. Va
S. D. Steel
J. d. Woll
Woll
Otis Riley
Stokes
Riley
Leneive
Richmond
Senator Stokes
Hypnotism Exhibition Tragedy in Fitchburg
In Woonsocket Illinois on May 17 a hypnotism show by Prof. Frank E Farnsworth with his wife ended in death. Thomas Bolton of Fitchburg was crushed when a 600 pound stone toppled onto him as a chair gave way during the stunt. Clifford Trask, a local blacksmith, tried to break the stone with a sledge hammer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
R. IL
Frank E. Farnsworth
Fitchburg
Opera House
Thomas Bolton
Bolton
Clifford Trask
Anti Lynching Law Sustained by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained the anti lynching act in the case of Champaign county administrators versus Benjamin Church administrator of Charles Mitchells estate. Charles Mitchell known as Click Mitchell was lynched in Urbana on June 4, 1897. Church sought $5,000 from Champaign county under the statute holding counties liable in such cases. verdict for $5,000 affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Champaign County
Benjamin Church
Charles ‘W. Mitchell
Click” Mitchell
Urbana
Foster Sentenced to Life in Meathouse Case
Charles Foster was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor and costs after a motion for a new trial was overruled. He claimed conspiracy and pursed testimony, insisting his innocence in the Arcadia meathouse murder. The judge, Judge Young, presided in Upper Sandusky on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
Charles Foster
Young
Foster
Arcadia
Policeman Blown House In East Akron Mystery
The residence of William J. Brunner a policeman in East Akron was dynamited Friday morning. Brunner his wife Elizabeth son George nine and Harold eighteen months were in the house. They were blown from bed and buried under debris but none seriously injured. Eight men were arrested within three hours on suspicion of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blome
Akron
William J. Brunner
Brunner
Elizabeth
George
Harold
Trial of George Ury Faces Weak State Case in Johnson Murder
In Upper Sandusky on May 18 the state presented few witnesses and exhibits in the George Ury murder trial. The defense then offered evidence aiming to implicate five tramps arrested after the crime and later released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Sandusky
George Ury
William C. Johnson
New Society Formed by Knights of the Royal Arch
Insurgent members form Knights of Fidelity and sever ties with the parent body. Many Royal Arch delegates aligned with the Rogers faction join the insurgents as their banner rises. In Cleveland, the Wheel club offers grounds and gymnasium on Cedar avenue for September veteran gatherings.
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Cincinnati
Knights of the Royal Arch
Knights of Fidelity
Royal Arch
Rogers
Cleveland
Cleveland Wheel Club
Grand Army Executive Committee
Cedar Avenue
Akron Grand Jury Indicts Man for Manslaughter in Turner Case
The grand jury investigating the long unresolved Joe Turner murder issues an indictment for manslaughter. Joe Wade, captured in Clinton Massachusetts, is brought back by Sheriff Frank Kelley and is expected to plead guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Joe Turner
Joe Wade
Wade
Clinton
Mass
Frank Kelley
Democratic State Central Committee Meeting Called for May 28
Columbus report states Chairman Brucker of Mansfield calls the Democratic State Central Committee to meet at the Great Southern hotel on May 28. Columbus and central Ohio oppose moving the convention to Cleveland.
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Columbus
Brucker
Mansfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Great Southern
Central Ohio
Cleveland
Boy Killed by Train in Cleveland Incident
A 10-year-old boy, Willie Salmon, was struck by a Big Four work train Friday afternoon while returning from school in Cleveland and died en route to hospital. The report adds a separate note that Charda bank burglars were moved to the penitentiary after transport from Chardon to Parsonsville and then to Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Willie Salmon
Painesville
Charda Bank
Chardon
Paricksville
Columbus
Highwayman Sentenced in Youngstown Hold-Up Case
John A homey of Cleveland was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to four months in the workhouse by Mayor Frank Brown for holding up John Rhoades of Greenville on Friday night in Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
John A Homey
Cleveland
Frank Brown
John Rhoades
Greenville
Pinney Named for Governor by Prohibition Party
The Prohibition state convention nominated E. Jay Pinney of Cleveland for governor. A local committee collection raised 335 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
E. Jay Pinney
Cleveland
Painter from New York Suicide Traced to Drinking
May 16 Comeaut report states Fred Easterbrook a painter returning from New York ended his life Tuesday night by slashing his throat with a razor. Alcohol cited as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Easterbrook
New York
Cutc Ting
Bank Robbers Charles Taylor and Joseph Ryan Sentenced
Charles Taylor also called Charles Lowrey and Joseph Ryan were sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for the Chardon bank robbery. An unsuccessful motion for a new trial was noted with two affidavits, one claiming Taylor was ill in Cleveland on the robbery day. The judge overruled the motion and imposed the sentence.
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Chardon
Charles Taylor
Charles Lowrey
Joseph Ryan
Chardon Bank
Taylor
Cleveland
Gilmer
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