Massillon Mines Peaceful End to Great Strike
Special dispatch from Cincinnati Gazettes Massillon Ohio May 16 reports miners returning to work at Massillon Grove and Pigeon Run mines after a prolonged strike. Strikers accept 75 to 175 per day payments while authorities guard properties at night. Militia remains on duty to preserve order as optimism rises. Andrew Ray state mine inspector acts to ease tensions.
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Rhodes Coal Company
Thomas
Tuscarawas Valley Railroad
Andrew Ray
Gen. Wikoff
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Columbus
Dayton
Oberlin
Fremont
Morocco
Russia
Ohie
Mendenhall
Ohio
Hamilton
Cuyahoga
Church of Rome
Most Successful Raid on the California Whisky Ring
Washington May 16 reports say federal agents press a vigorous campaign against California distillers in San Francisco with seizures of five distilleries. Authorities confront local officials and corrupt ties as stakes rise amid accusations, calls for stronger action, and a looming Blaine inquiry resumption.
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California
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Liberal Republicans Offer Platform For Reform At National Election
A May 16 address from a Fifth Avenue Hotel conference calls for moral government and reform of the spoils system. It urges candidates with proven reform records, warns against party-driven choice, and advocates independent action if needed to restore public trust and curb corruption. The document outlines civil service reform and calls for a national executive committee to organize, with names attached as signatories and organizers.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
National Congress
Republic
Friends of Reform
Nomination and War Department Testimony Highlights
The President nominates John J. Reddick for Associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. The article also covers testimony before the War Department committee on the Kentucky Central Railroad claim, with General W. H. Dunn stating the claim was just and approved after review. It details Secretary of War’s budget reductions and changes across departments for 1877.
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Secretary of War
Quartermaster-General
Pendleton
Peddieton
Collison on the Mississippi River sinks raft tug Enterprise
A Dubuque Times report notes the Colossal freight boat struck and sank the raft tug Enterprise near Curia co at about 10 pm under a dark thunder storm. Twenty two aboard. two passengers Owen Gordon and Charles Pinken drowned. bodies not recovered.
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Curiaco
Dubuque
Times
Enterprise
Owen Gordon
Chicago
Charles Pinken
Minnesota
Steamships Arrive from Major European Ports
New York reports steamships Frisia from Hamburg, Bothnia from Liverpool, and Kenilworth from Antwerp arriving. At Loxpaw on May 16, Periere, Baltic, and Anchoria from New York arrived out.
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Frisia
Hamburg
Bothnia
Liverpool
Kenilworth
Antwerp
Loxpaw
Periere
Baltic
Anchoria
Fire destroys Davenport mills. losses reach ten thousand
At 1 o'clock this morning Rennick Shaw and Bassett planing mills and lumber yard in Davenport were destroyed by fire. Loss is about 10000 dollars with 7000 dollars insured. Fire forces investigation into cause and extent of damage.
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Davenport
Iowa
Rennick, Shaw & Bassett
Hospital awards gas fixtures contract to Cincinnati firm
The Columbus Hospital for the Insane trustees awarded the gas fixtures contract to Enoch Carson & Co. of Cincinnati. J.B. Schroeder & Co. received the contract for locks. The Cincinnati Batavia Williamsburg Railroad filed a certificate with the Secretary of State extending its line from Williamsburg to Portsmouth. The State Eclectic Medical Association opens a two day session in Columbus tomorrow.
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State Eclectic Medical Association
The
Columbus Hospital For the Insane
Enoch Carson & Co
Cincinnati
J.B. Schroeder & Co
Vn Place
Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad Company
Secretary of State
Williamsburg
Portsmouth
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