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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1895
Page
1
Condensed bulletin from W. B. Ryder Superintendent Charlotte North Carolina with J Green and J M Culp General Superintendent Washington DC outlining passenger train routes and schedules across the network. Officials in Washington DC coordinate service and operations for the railroad.
About 150 miners at Slows Tron and Steel Company in Roffuer Alabama, mostly Black, walk out after wage demands. A five‑man committee asked Superintendent Goodson for 6 to 9 cent per car raises and removal of the six inch top pile rule. request denied and workers left. Some white miners report the strike aims to raise per car pay from 55–60 to 60–65 cents and drop the six inch rule. The committee members reportedly were dismissed and orders issued for all men to report to the office. Brookside Cardit and Brazen area mines show little activity with workers paid to dig coal already staged.
Reports from Dell County Texas describe whitecap threats causing mass Negro departure. Notices warned each Black resident to move or face hanging, driving panic as 2,000 acres and crops were abandoned. Some landowners stayed to sell property while fear reshaped a county once rich with farms valued at 26 to 50 dollars per acre.
The Missouri state Democratic convention met at Pertle Springs with Vice-Chairman John H. Carroll presiding. Richard P. Bland served as temporary chairman, DeArmond chaired resolutions, and R. P. Blanch as permanent chair. Delegates voted to enlarge the state committee to 34 members and to elect four at large. Resolutions urged free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, opposed single metal or credit currency, and called for convention by April 15 to select national delegates.
Telegrams of condolence flowed into Nashville from federal judges, senators, representatives, and private friends after Justice Jackson's death. Gov. Glenson's message expressed sympathy for a devoted friend and public servant. Funeral services set for Monday 10:30 at Belle Meade with pallbearers including Chief Justice Fuller and several noted jurists.
Reports describe a violent mob scene near Spring Valley where Italian miners, aided by local officials, forced Black residents from homes. Women and children were displaced, belongings stolen, and authorities, including Mayor Delmargo and police, watched as the chaos unfolded. Governor Altgeld and Sheriff Clark discussed the incident, with Clark noting inaction by Spring Valley authorities and lack of mayoral assistance.
Weekly crop report from Georgia's state forecast official notes heavy rain in the south and light showers in the north. Temperature near normal in the south and slightly below in the north. Corn shows light injury in the north but central and southern counties expect a large harvest. cotton is small and backward in the north though pests are largely absent, giving hope for above average results.
Trouble resurfaces as Italian miners block Nigerian workers from starting shifts at Spring Valley. Despite a Wednesday peace accord, tensions rise and local order feels strain. Police report difficulty restoring calm as factions clash near the mines.
A long narrative outlines the ailing death of Justice Howell I Jackson of the United States Supreme Court at Will Meade Tennessee near Nashville. It traces his birth in Paris Tennessee in 1882, his education at Westonneside and Virginia, and a career including Tennessee supreme court service and multiple federal posts. The piece also covers related court personnel and a coroner scene involving Miss Flagler, Mr Perry, and Coroner Hammell, with a note on a grand jury consideration.
In Houston Florida a 12 year old boy Albert Tillis killed 9 year old Annie Avant on the way home from school. He knocked her on the head with a lightwood line and dragged the body into the woods. The boy acted on his father Tillis and Mrs Avant's quarrel over the girl walking with him. The families are described as well to do.
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage applies for probate of Susie Talmage estate dated September 30 1875. The will leaves the estate entirely to her husband with him as sole executor without bond. Property valued at 50000 real and 186000 personal, total 166000.
An eight story building under construction at West Third Street and South Fifth Avenue, New York, collapsed on Thursday morning. About eighty workers were present. one killed, four injured, and a dozen or more missing. The scene drew a policeman who aided rescued workers as debris shifted. The structure belonged to John Ireland. Several workers fled the site after the collapse, complicating numbers. Two bodies were recovered by noon Friday, including Michael Flynn, with others still unaccounted for. Police listed the dead and missing with names from Brooklyn and New York, including plasterers, electricians, and laborers such as Michael O’Lare and Patrick Cashin.
Governor Bullock of Georgia asked the president at Buzzard's Bay to press the electric button starting the wheels for the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta on September 18. He also offered the Gate City Guard as an honorary escort to and from Washington for the October 23 visit. The president agreed to press the button but declined the escort to avoid display.
Elizabeth Flagler surrendered in the district criminal court in Washington on Wednesday and was freed on ten thousand dollars bail while awaiting grand jury action. Bondsmen are John Cagsell, a wealthy real estate broker, and General Robert Meleeley, ex commissary general, U.S. Army. The move follows a coroner’s jury verdict and an agreement between prosecution and defense.
Summary of a government dispatches and notices: Umbria and trials payloads. Merchants National Bank resume after suspension. U S protest over Kucheng massacre inquiry and calls for an American official of rank. naval maneuvers depart New York bound for Newport. Atlanta to be recalled, Cincinnati to replace. cotton condition declines, postal receipts rise, sugar bounty case argued, U S minister discusses extradition in Mexico. Fitzsimmons and Corbett clash at Green's Hotel with bottles and chairs flying. no arrests.
Sam Lewis, accused of killing ex-Tax Collector Highsmith and his nephew in Lemon City, Florida, fought capture after fleeing to Nassau. He was wounded, captured near Biscayne Bay, and jailed in Jacksonville. James Marvin and family were arrested for harboring him. Separate Newark fire at Central Stamping Company causes estimated 500000 loss. tin trust links noted.
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