Knights of Labor Strike Ties Up Major Rail Lines
A large scale strike by Knights of Labor District 210 shut down the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and related lines. Switchmen quit, engines idled, freight blocked, and passenger service stalled across New York City and up the Hudson Valley, with widespread disruption and militia proximity reported.
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New York Central and
Hudson River
Harleo
District 210
Knights of Labor
General Board
New -York
New York City
Grand Central Yard
Grand Central Station
Nery
York Central
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Harlem
Harlem River
New York, New Haven
New York Central
Hartford Road
Ftd
Poughkeepsie
Grand Central
Eighty-sixth Street
Thore
Montreal Express
Mott Haven
West Albany
Trey
Toucey
Budgen River
New Havyon
Central
Brotherhood
Hudson Hyer Mallrgad
Knights of la
Webb
John J. Hayes
General Executive Board
Hayes
Albany
Byracuss
East Byrne
Teaders
Hudson
N. Y
Pinkerton
Buffalo
Buikera
Detroit
Mich
Toulson River Railroad Company
Knights of Tabor
Helday
Advanci
Knights
Vanderbilt Corporation
Order
Jarec
West Shore Road
Trafic
Senate Debates on Tariff Schedule and Bills Progress
In the Senate a heavy discussion of the metal schedule of the Tariff bill occurred with votes on amendments and conferences. The House and Senate tackled Sundry Civil and Fortification bills while moving toward resolutions on river, harbor, and pension measures, including a national park establishment and related conference reports.
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Senate
Windom
Mim
Atlantic
Pacific
Dorn
Elections Committee
Frye
Congress
Therarialiwor
Riverside Park
New York City
National Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Horn
Butler
Messrs
West
Turpio
Edmunds
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Mitchell
John Roach
Moody, Vance
Daniel
Morgan Oy
Quey
McMillan
House
Dunnell
Enloo
Commissioner of
Pensions
District of Columbia
Potomac’ Railroad Company
Mrr
Craig
Sersto
Ghick Noi
Heligoland Ceded as Emperor Attends Official Transfer
The cession of Heligoland to Germany is completed. Emperor William arrives by warship with Prince Henry, is greeted by cheers, and attends open air services. A salute, flag hoists, and a noon landing follow, with the Emperor praising Heligoland as a bulwark in the North Sea.
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Heligoland
Germany
Herr von Boatticher
Hohenzollern
Emperor Wiliam
Prince Henry
Herr von Doetticher
Casino
Woerth
Theligoland
North Sea
Floods and turmoil in distant lands and markets
New gleanings report Antona floods and rising lunacy in England. Prices rise for Bilver, Mecca pilgrims, and pork taxes hit imports. Wheat yields expand in Manitoba while English horse Melton sells to Italy for 50000. A Vienna beauty show prizes 1200, glassware factories sold to English syndicate, and Mecca pilgrim numbers rise. Declarations of wartime losses, pensions, and public works bill totals populate a world of economic shifts and social changes.
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Antona
England
Bilver
France
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Boston
Canada
Manitoba
Melton
Humbert
Italy
Vienna
Austria
Efferg
Mecca
Aretlade
Geysers Erupt Near Waldron Gas Creek Explosion
Terrific explosion near Waldron Til led to ten acres of ground in upheaval with gas flames shooting ten to fifteen feet above water. Geysers rose six to eight feet, water in the river bed tore up, and rocks and fossil bones appeared in cracks. Residents saw flames two miles away as gas wells and heat created a dramatic, sustained blaze along Flat Rock Creek.
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Waldron
Til
Ogden
Flint Rock
Shelbyville
Fiat Rock
Flat Rock
Conn
Gresk
Tolmood Cooper
H. Lowe
Cooper Farm
Igo
Troga
Cardinal Newman Dead in Birmingham Pneumonia Ends Clerical Career
The Venerable Cardinal Newman, born in London on February 21, 1801, aged in his nineties, died in Birmingham England after a pneumonia attack. Raised to cardinal in 1879, he had long influenced theology and history, once leaving the Church of England in 1845 to join Rome, later leading the Catholic University Dublin and the Birmingham Oratory. He was celebrated for plain living and cordial humor, with letters of condolence from the Pope arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardinal Newman
Birmingham
England
Pope
London
Trinity College
Oxford
Roman Cuatholia Church
Rom
Catholic University
Dublin
Oratory of St. Philip Neri
Drowning At St Inigoes Creek In Maryland Summer Bathing Party
A group of fourteen Baltimore residents vacationing at Stosecroft swimming near St Inigoes Creek Maryland drowned during a rising tide. Mrs Mollie Storm wife of Fr W S Storm a Tax Department clerk and Edith Storm a Mrs J St Johnson wife of the Viaduct Manufacturing Company secretary and Carroll Graham son of J S Graham a Spring Grove asylum clerk all of Latimore were among the victims. The steamboat Suv approached as the undertow pulled bathers beyond depth rescue by nearby oystermen followed. Mr Johnson and Edith Storm died saving Mrs Storm and Carroll Graham while Mrs Stevens was revived after being unconscious.
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Mollie Storm
Nmy
Mr. Johnson
Edith Storm
Labor unrest and industry growth across nations
A panoramic survey notes strikes and labor tensions from Lisbon to London, with bakers, miners, and brickmakers active while railroads expand and major shipyards near Philadelphia start. It highlights Canadian and American workmen, rising consular reports on worker societies in Germany, and scarce domestic help in Montreal.
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Lenox
Engaba
Pource
Paris
London
Tut
Liston
Portugal
New England
Michigan
Tne
Philadelphia
Denver
Col
Ridhano Covacurty
Paterson
N. J
Trene
Newver
Germany
Antwerp
Belgium
Cout Keneschal von Liebenau
Montreal
Canada
New York
Dollfus
Mulhaven
Appointments, drownings, and disasters in multiple regions
Maxwrur Evants named Assistant District Attorney in New York City following OConnell’s resignation. Drowning deaths in Newport Harbor and Old Orchard Beach near Maine and Massachusetts. A priest swindled out of 3000 dollars in Brooklyn. Typhoid death of Firontele Telegraph editor in Itaburg. Population figures and congressional counts from Massachusetts. A violent hail storm devastates crops in Montevideo. Other drownings in West Falmouth and Boston figures, plus political and criminal notes across states.
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Maxwrur Evants
Evarts
New York City
O'Connell
Augustus Austin
Jacksonville
Robert Jonesy
Boston
Newport
Charles ML Erna
Clarence F. Perkins
Kennebunk
Old Orchard Beach
Fatirit Baroni
Brooklyn
N. Y
Banco Atecrer
Hrsny Vernerr Byram
Firontele Telegraph
Itaburg
Penn
Massachusetts
Orange County
T. Cousins
Samuel H. Merrill
West Falmouth
Cousins
Merrill
Joux Boris Orunur
Fr Finier
Hull
Mass
Mutiny and disasters hit Europe in scattered uprisings and calamities
An English mutiny at Chatham ends with twenty men in custody. Hungarian villages burn with grain loss. Borosbodard suffers a deadly blaze killing one woman and six children. Azores drought devastates crops. Bohemia faces storms and flood damage. Cholera spreads in southern Spain causing panic and emigration. In Paris, Wrrrecaw Rei, the American Minister, hosts a dinner for Consular Convention members.
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England
Chatham
Hungary
Borosbodard
Azore Islans
Bohemia
Spain
Franca
Mass President leads veterans at G A R encampment in Boston
A large gathering of the President and thousands of veterans attended the G A R encampment in Boston Massachusetts. Reports from across the country recount accidents floods and political developments including a fatal train collision near Fisher s near New York and a fatal saloon brawl in Glasco New York. Local violence is noted with a lynching near Arlington City and other incidents. The Delaware Democratic State Convention nominated Robert J Reynolds for Governor while the Pennsylvania Board of Lunacy lists hospital admissions and discharges. The British steamers Halcyon and Rhoubla collision sinks Halcyon with thirteen drowned near Vigo Spain. The next American Photographers Association meeting will be in Buffalo.
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Switzerland
Nicaragua
United States
Suumen
Ofiiladelphia
New York
Salvation Army
New
Sheeld
Birmingham
England
United States Treasury
Pol
Cuba
Congress
New York City
France
Algeria
Africa
Washntoon Horxt
Vicksburg
Mies
New Jersey
Montreat
Canada
Catharine Tezahouita
Tur State National Bank
Wellington
Kan
Oklahoma
Munes
Anno
Til
Tur Lowa
W. H. Chamberlain
Indpaioyea
George
Supreme Court
Ie Wolf
Clinton
Peter A. Day
Perry
Iowa
Jf. V. Hale
J. C. Soley
Chicago
Georgia
Atlanta
W. J. Northen
Hancock County
Murray Hart
Pablo Beach
Frs
North Dakota
Grand Forks
W. Roach
Cesar Rapids
Teriot
WW. H. Chamberlain
H. L. White
George 5. Witters
Supreme Court Tage
Wolf
Northwest
Jamea Benified
John—Davis
Davis
Benitiel
Davyly
Montevideo
Ming
Colorado
Indian Territory
Jones
Kansas
Jauis O'Donnell
Michigan
Spain
Washington
Seorcrary Winxpow
Robert M. Nixon
Newcastle
Ind
Adam Badeau
Muller
Badeau
Aancrat X-Sono
Tor Sewall
N. J
War Department
McCook
Department of Arizona
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Tax Postafles Department
Pearl Play
bLuLell
Congresa
Stacle
Oklahong
Alexander Clark
Minster Hesident
Liberia
Ramuel Be Horne
Connecticut
St. Thomas
West Indies
Adeon Liebernecht
Hinois
Tampico
Sanuel McNutt
Sats
Eine Contre Is
Land
iMinsis
Jape
Caroling Imands
Alonzo Spencer
Guadatoupub
Parsinesr Haritrsox
Rush and
Noble
Wastington
Boston
Mars
Jersay City
Baltimore
Mass
Nigdon
Fisher's
N.Y
Dancy
Jesse
Palmer
Lewia
Starris
Fred
Glasco
Wittrau Beaver
Arkanena City
Neb
Mra
Lucy Abernathy
Beaver
Suren
Senate Committee On
Senate
Pennsylvania
Avo
Harrisburg
Danville
Norristown
Warren
Dixmont
Tue
Photographers’ Association of America
Otis Mason
Appleton
Buffalo
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Francis E. Warren
George W. Baxter
Tolict
All
Henry Lee
Emreron Witntas
Germany
Berlin
German storm wreck claims twenty six lives in Crefeld building
A heavy storm toppled a house in Crefeld Germany killing thirteen instantly. Rescue teams recovered bodies and pulled twenty injured survivors from the ruins. Twelve remain buried as teams work to extricate those trapped while cries for help echo from the wreckage. Three men six women and seventeen children perished in the collapse. Authorities and regional rescue units coordinate the grim recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crefeld
Germany
Grain and dairy prices at regional market stalls
Listing of farm commodities and prices from multiple markets including Flour-City Mall and Watertown. Items cover corn, oats, wheat, barley, hay, straw, butter, cheese, eggs, beef, sheep, lambs, hogs, and dairy products with varied price points and quality grades across locations like Buffalo, Western, and Philadelphia.
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Dresnad
Im. Leonard
Binns Ighit
Yorks
Canada
Woston
Ege
Watertown
Mass Prison Revolt In Charlestown Subdued By Police
Convicts at Massachusetts State Prison Charlestown attempted a major escape through a riot in the harness shop, firing and wrecking. Police from six stations arrived, subdued the rebellion, and locked down prisoners, with many sent to dungeons and others kept in cells for days. Warden Russell praised the quick action and the event’s deterrent impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Onlx
Hbarness
Boston
Albany Street
Byur
Ray
Angelas
Gasking
Russell
Parade of the Grand Army in Boston a mighty display
The Grand Army parade in Boston drew about 40 000 marchers from 159 bands and drummers. The event, chaired by Commander in Chief Alger, began around 10:30 and ended around 7:30 with the Sons of Veterans at the rear. Notables on the reviewing stand included President, General Sherman, Vice President Morton and multiple governors. The city suspended business except for food and drink as crowds swelled with an estimated 100 000 visitors and thousands of excursionists filling the streets.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Boston
Order
Alger
Washington Street
Uollis
Sons of Veterans
Marlborough Street
Copley Square
Herrison
General Sherman
Beinre
Sherman
Morton
Tracy
Vroctor
Noble and
Rusk
Vickies
Greely
Butler
John C. Robinson
First Corps
Fredericksburg
Charles Deveny
Brackett
Massachusetts
Burlizh
Maine
Davis
Ithode Island
Dillingham
Vermont
Gherardi
Kimberley
Boutello
Lodge
John A. Logan
Melco
Milo
Nordiea
Naval
Engagement Between Rebels and Moroccan Army Reported
London dispatch says a clash occurred between rebel Arabs and the Sultan of Morocco's army. About one hundred prisoners were captured and massacred after rebels killed and mutilated captives during the uprising. Failures in ink supply and drought threaten Massachusetts foliage and fall prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morocco
Yyas
Atti
Massachusetts
High Priced Men Lead Association Baseball
The article notes top salaries in the Association and compares league drawing and spending trends. It highlights players such as Zunren and Ray for speed and hits, mentions notable signings like Bunpoor and Clarkson, and outlines interleague exhibition plans as clubs seek to reduce costs and compete for a world championship.
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Cleveland
Zunren
Ray
Baltimore
Rugnar
New York
Chicago
Bunpoor
Wilmington
Jor Gramanot
Jack Nelson
Hvellost
Eee Enoox
Buffalo
Pam Hires
Brooklyn
Tuene
Nasit
Boston
Players League
Richann K. Fox
England
Clarkson
Joan M. Wann
Prronsn
McKoesport
Rowen Cannon
New York Players
Big Roger
Guspent
Jack Rowe
Buffalo Club
American Association
Fingers' League
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Knights ‘of Labor
New York Central Railroad
West Side
Reight
B. F. Donovan
Webb Wnod
Donovan
Vanderbilt Roads
da Witt
Dsazam
William
Ropenico Vacuinirne
Techunseh
Indiana
Nour
Eastern
Middle States
Ballerophon
Partridge
R. I
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Brengrant-Brarve
Caps May Point
Bar Harbor
Adam Barenett
Pel Ho
Criitan
Anc
Exixta
Turkeran
Heligolands
Lato St. Louis
St. Lawones
Yielutty
Isto Porrot
Tur Queensland Cibinot
Tringary
Barrandin
Barrilas
Unites States
Mizner
Gryenat Aumasda Hogy
Buivador
Forcen
Ibeta
Presipest Censan
Argentine Republic
Senor Pelletrini
Earenon Wint
Henry Erben
Halcyon
Rhoubla
Vigo
Enrenor Wintran
Prince Frederick Ebtel
Luke
Dover
Robert J. Reynolds
Yap
Caroline Islands
Allog
Juper Nitts O'Rerlyy
Hamilton
John A. McDonald
Dominion
Beniels
Exhamstox
Alaska
Thre Markets
Blowity
Herr Creeney
Facrony
Conxouty
Massachu
Hood
Acer Ter
Fore
Cdl
Philadela
Brook
Pittabuzz
jCleveland
Jerier
Chicano
AIG Philadel
Hoston
Pittsburg
Louisville
Columbus
St. Louis
Toledo
Rochester
Syracuse
Athletic
Wash
N. Haven
Ha'sh'g
Newark
Vile’ Tis
Lebanon
Tor
Johnstown
Cambria County
Erie Railroad
Haghty
E. D. Loom
Hall
Drugisioty
She
Heligulead
Kestonen
Kimn
Wb Arch St. Phi
Sora Syed
Ve. Isaac Thomson
California Fig Syrup CO
Sam Francisco
Cal
Amarriageiacks Gnisping Milty
Malloy
Ghichester
Andreas Bak
Drugetan
Dumand Arate
Ako
Totter
Iaicam
Oncol
Tar
Timo
Cennenty Hent
Billy
Nam
Tobina
Sage
Tara Beam
Aahrron És, N.Y
Stuess
Feumansiip
MAI
Circulara
Bryant's College
Cortain
Patricx O'Tannety
D.C
of Stephens
Beetie Berens
U. Patents
Isis
Beacham
Thos, Beecham
St Helers
Lancashire
B. F. Allen CO
Sota
Beecham
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Ayn U
Bend
High Street
Kondon
Providence
R. Ry
Atenteda
Loloshaw & Ballard, Nefercoves
Bisca
Haselline
WM. Fitch & CO
Corcoran
Washington, D. C
Stover
Des Reese Oln Son & CO
Main Street
Ric
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Oh. O
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