Striking Debates Highlight Senate Labor Testimony
Testimony in New York City before the Senate labor inquiry covered wages and labor protection. John Roach argued higher labor costs raise shipbuilding costs and supported land grants to spur immigration and Westward settlement. John C. Calhoun Jr. spoke on southern labor, tenant farming, and race relations, noting improving conditions but persistent poverty among negro workers. Other witnesses urged reforms in corporate law, equity, and savings banks for blacks.
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John Roach
England
Roach
John C. Calhoun
Arkansas
South
Dhe
Mississippi Valley
Witness J
New Troes
DE. Winter
Delaware & H N Coalga Company
New York
J. A. Emerson
New York City
London
Freedman’s Bank
North
Hinton
Florence Elizabeth Cole
School of Industrial Art
Paris
General WravVerR declines Greenback bid for Sixth Iowa seat
The newspaper notes WravVerR declines the Greenback nomination for Congress in Iowa's Sixth District to fill the vacancy after M. E. Cutts's death. It also reports deaths and legal actions including Huena J. Hastings's passing at Monmouth Beach New Jersey and a Wichita arrest tied to an Indian Territory invasion plot.
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Wravverr
Iowa
M. E. Cutts
Huena J. Hastings
New York Commercial Advertiser
Monmouth Beach
N.J
Mr. Hastings
Ireland
Payne
Wichita
Kan
United States
Indian Territory
Daniel Wadsworth
Revolutionary Army
Hartford
World News Roundup of Disasters and Conflicts
Epidemic fever in Hermosillo Guaymas and Mazatlan prompts exodus. Newfoundland gale sinks three ships with sixteen dead. Croatolo rioting at Jakobovacz. fifteen killed. Paris thwarted assassination plot on King Alfonso. Arctic rescue Proteus crushed in Smiths Sound. Queen Victoria burned near Chatham crew escaped. Toronto council bids farewell to Governor General Lorne. Luther centenary observed at Wittenberg with royals. Ireland reports 1 247 evicted families in quarter.
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Hermosillo
Guaymas
Mazatlan
Mexico
Newfoundland
Jakobovacz
Croatia
Paris
Alfonso
English
Proteus
Garlington
Arctic
Greely
Smith’s Sound
St. John’s
Queen Victoria
Chatham
Ont
City Corporation of
Toronto
Can
Lorne
Boswell
Queen’s Park
United Methodist Conference
Belleville
Methodist Church
Martin Luther
Wittenberg
Germany
Giroux
East Templeton
Cortacuy
Forfar
Scotland
Earl of Airlie
Hong Kona
Black Flags
Tonquin
Ireland
Four New Yellow Fever Cases at Pensacola Navy Yard
In the twenty four hours ending the sixteenth there were four new yellow fever cases at Pensacola Florida Navy Yard with no deaths. Other items note a pastor dying during a sermon and a mob tar and feathering in Laurel Indiana.
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Pensacola
Fla
Navy Yard
Jens Buever
Wyandotte
Kan
Laurel
Ind
Taranto
Italy
Arcenaro Brown
Pittsburgh
Hugh J. Hastings
New York
Arthur
Jay Gould
Roscoe Conkling
George Ray
Erie
N. Y
Pittsburgh Hoop and Barrel Company
Delphos
Bud Hinton
Washington
Senate
Re Department Hd
Arctic Tragedy As Proteus Crushed In Ice And Crews Saved
Washington reports Lt Garlington says Greely relief expedition fails. Proteus crushed in floe ice near Smith Sound July 23. crew and scientists saved aboard Yantic. No word from Greely party. one death Henry Wilson.
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Cape York
Melville Bay
Upernavik
E. A. Garlington
St. Jonas
N. F
United States Greely
Yantic
Greely
Smith’s Sound
Pike
St. Johns
God Haven Bay
Yantie
Cory Island
Pandora
Vike
Garlington
Greenland
Northumberland Island
Waigate
Littleton Island
Greeland
Cape Alexander
Cape Robertson
Proteus
Cape Sabine
Arctic
Danish Harbor
Elburg
Sophia
Pavy
Lady Franklin Bay
Linke
Arctic Circle
Henry Wilson
Boston Abduction Case Reveals Romantic Alliance
In Boston on September 14 a court order obtained by James Cochran leads to a tale of romance. Annie Sullivan eighteen, rebelled against convent plans, married eighteen year old Sally Cochran to escape the convent and was abducted. Sullivan’s brother-in-law had Cochran arrested, but he was released and now Cochran seeks a writ of habeas corpus to gain custody of his wife.
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Boston
Mass
James J. Cochrane
John Sullivan
Charlestown
Sullivan
Annie Sullivan
Sally
Cochrane
Somerville
Leadville Mines Sell to English Syndicate
Ex-Governor Taber sells the Tabert EF Lee and seven mines at Leadville to an English syndicate for 5 million dollars. The transaction, through Taber, marks a major ore property transfer.
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Leadville
Onglish
Taber
Fatal Railroad Collision Kills Two on Long Island Train
New York dispatch details a September accident near Montauk Junction when the Flushing train and the Manhattan Beach train collided at about 35 mph. Two men died on site, including Thomas Birmingham and Robert Smith, with several others injured. Passengers such as State Senator Justin McCarthy and Barney Aaron escaped, while engineer Thomas Glenn of the Manhattan Beach train and other crew faced serious injuries. The scene involved crushed parlor cars, minor injuries, and delayed braking failures.
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Smithfield
N. C
Cape Hatteras
Washington
Pensacola Navy Yard
Pemberton and Everett Mills
Lawrence
Mass
Merrimac
Cousins
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Olympia
W. T
Colorado
Denver
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Gresham
United States
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Willliam Bunyan
Millville
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. A. Boylin & Co
Charles E. Everett
Barbara Miller
Richmond
C. H. Lee
Kansas City
Hazelton
Vermont
Frank Adleman
John Stapean
Genesee Brewing Company
Rochester
Hartford
C. T
Herman Divers
White House
Arkansas
Butte
M. T
New York
Flushing
Long Island
Hunter’s Point
Montauk Junction
Manhattan Beach
Ernest Kretzner
Thomas Birmingham
East Houston Street
Robert Smith
East Highth Street
Thomas Glenn
M. Norris
Locust Street
Albermarle Hotel
George Wright
Leslie E. Stosson
West Twenty-third Street
W. Connor
Third Avenue
Vernon Barton
West Thirtyfourth Street
Justin McCarthy
Harry Mann
Haverly’s Theater
Barney Aaron
Coney Island
Mann
Hurter’s Point
Sneedear
Clifsville
Desperate Fight Ends in Fatal Night at Elbert Ranch
A bloody brawl at McLain's Ranch in Elbert County, Colorado, left Rossiter dead and two Jones brothers wounded after a drunken melee between eight cowboys. Three others were fatally or seriously wounded as darkness and chaos erupted. Rollins and McKeever escaped injury and fled.
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Denver
Col
McLain
Elbert County
Agate Station
Rossiter
McKeever
Jones
Rollins
Miners win suits over wage deductions at Bethlehem Iron
Forty suits totaling 15000 dollars were decided against the Bethlehem Iron Company in Bagron Pennsylvania. The suits were filed by miners claiming wage deductions for company store bills during the recent strike. About 300 more suits are anticipated, with potential claims between 80000 and 90000 dollars.
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Bagron
Bethlehem Iron Company
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