Investigating Strikes at Session in New York City
The report covers testimony on labor conditions, wages, and living standards in the United States, with figures on savings, temperance, industrial schools, and tariff effects. It names witnesses including Bischoff and Joseph Medill, notes on railroads, Standard Oil, and the need for education and regulation to ease labor unrest.
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New York City
The
United States
Bischoff
Vth
Germany
America
Congress
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Medill
Reuben E. Carroll
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Charles Seidler
Lorillard & Co
Multiple crime and accident items reported in a single dispatch
A chaotic domestic killing in Henderson Kentucky where Henry Houttowssy was shot by Henry Priutt after a quarrel over Houttowssy whipping Priutt’s step sister wife. A second failed attempt to derail a passenger train near Tullahoma Tennessee followed. A Carey Ohio straw stack contained a severed skeleton and aconite vial amid a four year-old attack. William Watsn, a Brooklyn lunatic, killed his child after demand for money was refused. News price wars in New York papers sparked by reductions to two cents and one cent. Ches tertown Maryland lawyer John Bowley found dead with a coroner’s note on possible causes. A Lexington fire scene caused a woman to die of fright. Joan B Carrout, ex City Hall clerk, revealed embezzlement. Postal authorities in Washington continue.
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Post Office Department of Canada
Postal Savings’Bank
Enha
United States
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Provinces
Owatonna
Minn
Wabash Road
Peru
Ind
Isaac Evans
Reuben King
Sawney Younger
Chatham
George Wallace
Savannah
Albany
N. Y
Shakopee
Snow
McCann
Maloney
P. H. McAuliff
Dourineé
Blue Lick
Samuel G. Rogers
Farmers’ Bank of Carlisle
William O
Hulton
Ten Eyck
Blair Brothers
Huntingdon
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Henry Houttowssy
Henderson
Henry Priutt
Holftowsby
Priutt’s
Tullahoma
Tenn
Carey, C
William Watsn
Brooklyn
Tuer Times
Tribune and World
New York City
Herald
John Bowley
Chestertown
Princeton College
Lexington
Willington Payne
Wayne
Joan B. Carrout
City Hall
Washington
Greenback conventions nominate slate in multiple states
Massachusetts Greenback Convention in Boston nominates Benjamin F. Butler for Governor and Nathaniel Cushing for Lieutenant Governor with a platform for repudiating class laws, equal rights, and paper currency. In Louisville, Fred Douglass pushes for racial equality and an end to lynching. Nebraska, New York, and Missouri events name judges and officers, with staunch party positions on tariffs, civil service reform, and federal surplus taxation.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Louisville
Fred Douglass
Benjamin F. Butler
Springfield
Frederick O. Prince
Nebraska
Lincoln
M. B. Reese
Saunders County
Supreme Court
George Knapp
Missouri Republican
St. Louis
Europe
Missouri
James D. Warren
Buffalo
John F. Smyth
Republican State Committee of
New York
E. Moopy Boynton
Butler
Worcester
Isaac H. Maynard
Alfred C. Chapin
Robert A., Maxwell
Dennis O’brien
Cleveland
London elects Simeon Hapsey Lord Mayor amid turmoil
The Castle Baynard Alderman Simeon C. Hapsey is chosen Lord Mayor of London. News from Paris to Constantinople reports a train wreck near Bucharest with many deaths and injuries. Earthquakes, fires, epidemics, and political unrest unfold across Europe and the Americas as officials release casualty figures and indictments.
Maryland Republicans nominates Hart B. Holtom for governor
At Baltimore on the 27th the Maryland State Convention nominated Hart B. Holtom for governor. The platform backs President Arthur and labor rights while denouncing state government abuses and calling for rulers to be dethroned.
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Republicans
Maryland
Baltimore
Hart B. Holtom
Arthur
Catholic Benevolent Union of the
Blanche Gay
New York
David Moses
Prince
Boston
Explosion and accidents reported in Vienna to Buffalo
A Vienna wine shop exploded killing fifteen and wounding six. A Colorado steamer burst boiler near Buffalo killing two crew and injuring others. A Guaymas steamer brought five yellow fever cases to San Francisco. A sailor drowned off Oswego after being knocked overboard. A Stege California powder works explosion killed forty of forty-two workers. Other incidents include a railroad murder attempt, a Milwaukee mill fire, and Spain's King Alfonso's Paris visit amid jeering crowds.
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Vienna
Spain
Colorado
Chicago
Buffalo
Guaymas
Mex
San Francisco
John Allen
Ida Walker
Oswego
N. Y
Stege’s Station
Cal
United States
Northwest Territories
Rhodes & Co
Boston
Providence
Leopol
Kinneta
Milwaukee
Conway Manufacturing Company
Dun
Albert Tafit
Burlington
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Coolidge
Kan
John Hilton
Messenge
Alfonso
Paris
Train Robbery on Eel River Line Nets $15000 in Loot
In Fort Wayne Indiana on September 29 a masked trio robbed a southbound express between Laketon and Roann, forcing Messenger Burt Loomis to surrender the safe keys. They absconded with about $15,000 and tied Loomis, who lay unconscious until Peru. A full manhunt follows with rewards offered by the railroad and express companies.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Eel River
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway
Laketon
Roann
Burt Loomis
Pacific Express Company
Loomis
Peru
Roann Station
Railroad
Express
Double Fratricide in Rogers Family over Will Dispute
At the Rogers mansion near Blue Lick Springs Kentucky three Rogers brothers clashed in a dispute over a will. Samuel G Rogers shot William O and Thomas after a legal scuffle over inheritance leaving William dead and Thomas badly wounded. Samuel fled, doctors treated the wounded, and legal action followed.
River steamer explosion kills crew in Albany disaster
The boiler on the steamer J. S. Robinson exploded at Waterloo street killing Captain George S. Warner Fireman Cleary and Richard Van Zandt. Injured were Fred Sin clair William Durand and Melville Ryan. The event damaged nearby vessels and smashed buildings as debris rained across the riverfront.
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Albany
N. Y
J. S. Robinson
George S. Warner
Cleary
Richard van Zandt
Fred Sinclair
William Durand
Melville Ryan
Waterloo Street
Robinson
Hattie M. Betts
Young van Zandt
Cora
Betts
C. P. Grout
E. M. Downing
Apollo
Robert Livingsom
Railroad bandits attempt train robbery at Coolidge Kan
Three men attacked the east bound express on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe at Coolidge Kansas. Engineer John R Hilton was shot dead, fireman George Faddie wounded, express messenger S S Patterson fired at but not hit. Loot of 240000 to 50000 in the safe. Three suspects Looney Chambers and Dean captured at Dodge City. Hilton’s body to Milwaukee for burial. widow Mrs Hilton left prostrated.
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Coolidge
Kan
Express
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Greeley
John R. Hilton
George Faddie
S. S. Patterson
Wells, Fargo & Co
Patterson
Las Animas
Dodge City
Looney
Chambers
Dean
Fodle
Milwaukee
Wis
Hilton
McElvain
Santa Fe
Young Hero Saves Children From Locked Room Fire
Wryston North Carolina October 1 Willie Pim mick a twelve year old white boy broke into a house where smoke issued and rescued two colored children locked in a second story room. The report notes that many colored children in the South die when parents lock them up while they go out.
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Wryston
N. C
Willie Pimmick
South
Three Hundred Women Vote in Binghamton School Election
Three hundred women cast ballots in the recent school election held in Binghamton New York. The outcome details are not provided in the readable text.
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Binghamton, N, Y
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Simeon C. Hapsey
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Eng
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Iscuta
Tipperary
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Martinique
Naples
Italy
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East Loudon
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Dommon
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Parnecu
Leeds
Hermosillo
Agram
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Ont
Kentucky
Carlisle, Robinson Co
Rogers
Indian Creek
Blue Lick Springs
Samuel G
Thomas Rogers
Robert Rogers
Samuel
Sam
Carlisle
French
Cincinnati
Dills
William Rogers
Tom
Samuel Rogers
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