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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1894
Page
4
The fragment lists publishing details for the Dillon Tribune including frequency Friday publication, pre paid postage, and pricing for one year six months three months and single copy. It notes Fisher as the authorized newspaper advertising agent at 21 Merchants' Exchange San Francisco.
A notice from Dinton Montana dated June 27, 1894 advertises a paper subscription available for cash in advance at $1.00, with payment covering the period from now until December 1, 1894.
The Montana Republican Party calls a state convention at 2 pm on Thursday September 6 1844 in Helena to nominate a congressional representative and a supreme court associate justice, elect central committee officers and delegates, and conduct party business. Delegation totals by county are listed with representation rules and procedures for nominating judicial district candidates and joint representatives.
The bill introduced by Senator Power, passed the senate on July 18 and sent to the president. It extends the time for making final proof and payments on lands under the public land laws, including homestead and desert land entries, by one year. It also extends final payments for preemption entries for one year where entry men cannot pay due to uncontrollable causes, pending Interior regulations.
Chicago dispatch notes the strike could foster closer unity among western railways. The General Managers Association approved strike handling, prompting talks of concerted action to maintain rates and cut costs. Aimed schemes are in early stages with several ideas already drafted.
Anaconda Racing association thanks for race tickets July 28 to Aug 4. John McMurray debuts his Anaconda Recorder. Republican convention set for Helena September 6 with 286 delegates. Railway Review appears in Butte, edited by L O Leveard. China Japan war updates and Debs Pullman critique. Paper shortages force changes in printing. Dillon Sentinel quotes on Democrats and Populists fuse debate. Senator Gorman and Hill speeches signal party splits. The Danly Tribune ceases after strike coverage.
The piece argues that press and public treat strike violence as minor incidents and criticizes the acceptance of disruption and killings by workers who quit to hurt others. It warns that through fear and lax law the public mind resembles Napoleon III era tendencies toward external war to police unrest.
The Anaconda Standard questions rising strike cost estimates claiming totals grow with each figure. A New York railroad man cites 100 million dollars, with one fifth lost to wages, plus 35 million for other workers, plus railroad business losses and damages to crops and indirect impacts, nearing the hundred million mark.
Bradstreets notes that the widespread strike caused about twenty five deaths and around sixty injuries, with roughly five law abiding people killed or hurt per rioter. Financial loss was heavy but likely outweighed by gains, comparing to the 1877 railroad strike.
Editorial notes President Cleveland's martial law across western states as a culmination of a Democratic policy harming silver and other industries. It cites anarchist delegates from Montanian Schwab and Shea and questions Populism amid tensions in Dillon and broader western politics. Local notices list undelivered letters and a county contract bid for railroad work.
A collage of brief notes features William K Vanderbilt Levi PB Morton and Theodore Havemeyer. General Booth and the Salvation Army. John L Elster in lacteal fluid distribution. Judge Botkin turning temperance. Past Grand Sire James P Sanders an Odd Fellow. John F Andrews claiming himself oldest ex congressman. Captain Alfred D Mahan honored. Tom Reed without a silk hat. George Peabody Wetmore set for Rhode Island Senate. Dr Geissenhuler and smoking habits. Oscar Wilde's jewelry fashion. William Deering's 50000 gift to Northwestern Medical School. Governor Greenhalge's tale of an undocked tail and a promise to walk.
A historical tally shows 47 deaths in 1893 from falling down stairs versus 77 in 1801. Other causes include one death from leaning over a window guard pressuring the larynx in 1880, 81 deaths from chair falls since 1870, and only three deaths from church steeple falls.
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