Strikes End Amid Wage Loss and City News
The June 1 Pittsburgh strike by the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association ends on the 19th with workers returning to old pay, costing over eight million in wages. A Newburg Ontario storm, a bright new comet near perihelion, and a vanished granite pier in Marcus Hook are also noted.
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Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association
Newburg
Ont
Naval Observatory
Washington
Lewis Swift
Warner Observatory
Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Santa Crus
Cal
Oklahoma
Payne
Fort Reno
Fort Smith
Taylor
Ninth Cavalry
Indian Territory
Henrietta
Tex
District Court
Army of the Cumberland
Milwaukee
John Gibbon
E. S.S. Bragg
L. Fairchill
J. A. Kellogg
J. A. Watrous
Otto Schorse
W. W. Dudley
W. W. Robinson
M. A. Morrill
C. 8. Hamilton
Hollan Richardson
Thomas Kerr
Burguard
C. E. Smith & Co
North Attleboro
Mass
West Branch
Wilkesbarre
Henry Weiner
Carondelet
United Presbyterian Synod
Mercures
James G. Sands & Co
New York
Pensacola
Fla
Brownsville
Bigelow
Mason
United States Circuit Court
Buffalo
N. Y
Coxe
Utica
United States
General Grant
Trescott
Mexico
Home Insurance Company of
Columbus
Hudson River
France
Browneville
Pensacola Fla
Feud Participants Execute Quick Six Man Ruse
The text describes two parties each selecting six men placed fifty feet apart. Initial rounds killed four of the six. A modification or plan was proposed, leading to an equal exchange of cattle and the dead being buried.
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Political filings and nominations across states on the 20th 21st and 22nd
Reports from Missouri New York Connecticut Wisconsin and other states detail nominations for governor lieutenant governor and Congress along with party platforms calling for civil rights tariff reform anti liquor measures and free ballot proposals. Notable items include Garfield memorials and Arthur administration support as well as court actions and a hot Springs shooting incident.
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Jefferson City
David Wagner
Garfield
New York
Rochester
Connecticut
New Haven
William H. Bulkeley
Lincoln
Arthur
Wisconsin
B. W. Jones
Andrew Habin
New Jersey
John Ryle
Lowa
William Mackey
Minnesota
F. A. Bohrer
Kentucky
P. B. Thompson, Jr
Tennessee
CoLone
Isaac O. Eaton
National Democratic Committee
Leavenworth
Kan
Saratoga
Charles J. Folger
B. Platt Carpenter
Court of Appeals
Charles A. Andrews
A. B. Hepburn
Michigan
W. C. Maybury
Nebraska
John S. Redick
New Hampshire
Martin A. Haynes
Alabama
M. A. Howsee
Washington Territory
Thomas H. Brents
D. Hastings
Trade Assembly
George B. Goodwin
Omaha
J. W. Dawes
A. W. Agee
Denver
James B. Grant
John R. Powers
National Convention of Distillers
Cincinnati
Syracuse
Grover Cleveland
David P. Hill
William C. Ruger
Henry W. Slocum
Republican Party
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles Matthews
The
Hornet
Fordyce
Rugg
Ohio
A. B. Clark
Illinois
J. L. Ticknor
Colorado
J. Wallace
Oklahoma
Payne
Fort Smith
United States Court
B. F. Butter
Dorseys
Explosion in German mine kills twenty near Dortmund
A fire damp explosion in a Westphalian mine near Dortmund on the 18th kills twenty workers. Other items note Irish ejectment decrees in Mayo against tenants on Lord Dillon's estate, and a Portuguese plan to lay a Lisbon to US telegraph cable via the Azores. Reports mention Manila cholera deaths and Havre coffee merchants failing after a downturn.
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Dortmund
Westphalia
Swineford
County Mayo
Ireland
Lord Dillon
Lisbon
United States
Azores
Manila
Phillipine Islands
Havre
Pase
International News Digest Sparks and Disasters
A Turkish newspaper urges confiscation of rebel property to aid pillage victims. The Viceroy's party reached Victoria B C on the 19th. Russia and Montenegro form an offensive alliance per a London telegram dated the 20th. A lightning strike in Concordia Mexico kills five in a church, with many injured in the scramble. Havana gold prices surge to 197. A Breslau clergyman pays 200 marks for libel against Bismarck. A ferry boiler explodes at La Chine Canada on the 21st, four killed. The last Irish suspect released on the 21st. Tyrol floods devastate four towns. 26 bodies recovered. Patrick Walsh hanged at Galway for murder. London meetings urge banning Chinese labor. Swiss snow disrupts traffic and crops. Sydney Industrial Exposition burns down.
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Constantinople
al Jawaid
Khedive
Victoria B. C
London
Russia
Montenegro
Concordia
Mexico
Havana
Catuo
Breslau
Bismarck
Lachine
Canada
Trieste
Austria
Tyrol
Patrick Watsh
Galway
Ireland
Martin Leyden
Switzerland
City of
Sydney
New South Wales
Egyptian Revolt Submissions Rise as War Continues
Up to 23 000 Egyptians surrendered to the Khedive. Disturbances hit interior Egypt with looting and arson against European property. Damietta garrison laid down arms. Port Said works abandoned. Damietta and damages prompt mass confiscation in Alexandria to cover massacres. Arabi supporters face court martial.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Cairo
Arabi
Abdellah Pasha
Damietta
Kafr el- Dwar
Porte
Ramleh
Port Said
Wood
Global unrest and disasters fill late news columns
Reports from Damietta to Washington detail Abdel al Pasha’s surrender andArab unrest, rail accidents in Kentucky and New York fatalities, finance calls from Secretary Joan C. New, and fires in Susanville Fort Smith Watford and Rosenberg. Yellow fever cases rise in Pensacola while eastern rainstorms flood Paterson Princeton Trenton and other cities.
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Damietta
Abdellal Pasha
Alexandria
Cairo
Constantinople
Greece
Kentucky
George M. Adams
Pennsylvania
William Mittchler
Greenback
Illinois
Bainridge N. Dean
Lancaster
Fourth Avenue
New York
Joan C. New
Drave
Susanville
Cal
Busiess
Fort Smith
Ark
Watford, Ont
Rosenberg
Tex
New Jersey
Paterson
Princeton
Trenton
Hoboken
Hackensack
Bordentown
Plainfield
Brunswick
Waterbury
Inquest Details of Asia Wreck Survivor Testimony
Parry Sound Ontario in September hear testimony from Asia survivor Christey Ann Morrison about the wreck of the Asia and the harrowing voyage of passengers and crew. She recounts lifeboat hopping, deaths aboard, and the effort to reach Parry Sound as the storm eased.
Strange cattle duel ends in massacre on plains
Denver special to Chicago Times reports a duel between twelve cowboys over a cattle mix up north of Trinidad Colorado. Six from each side opened fire. four men died instantly including George L Hester of Kellys party and a Howard man. The parties buried the dead and resumed separate journeys after settling the cattle dispute.
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George Howard
John Kelly
Arizona
Trinidad
Col
Howard
Kansas City
Kelly
Denver
Kily
Chicago Times
Wreck of the Asia Survivors Arrive with Dreadful Tale
D. A. Tinkis and Chrissie Ann Morrison claim to be the only survivors of the steamer Asia wreck near Owen Sound. The vessel crowded with passengers foundered after a storm at sea around 11:30 p.m. all hands below deck clung to wreckage as the ship rolled. Eight men survived in the first boat. Captain Savage and others perished. Bodies were laid out, and only Miss Morrison and Mr. Tinkis reached shore with the wreckage washed ashore near Point au Barri e. The Northern Belle collected the bodies for burial with ice and coffins.
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Presque Isle
Mr. Takis
John Savage
John McDonald
Parry Sound
Ldy
Point Au Berrie
Bying Inlet
MNGW
D. A. Tinkis
Chrissie Ann Morrison
Asia
Tinkis
Nea Owen Sound
J. H. Tinkis
H. B. Gallagher
Mantou
French River
Mor
John McDougall
McDougall
Captain Savage
John Little
Sault Ste. Marie
McDonald
Point Au Barrie
Miss Morrison
Mr. Tinkis
Derrick
Indan
Northern Belle
The
Engineer Melville's Wife In Tow Asylum Case Stirs City
Philadelphia reports Mrs. Henrietta B. Melville, wife of Engineer George W. Melville, was taken to the State Asylum for the Insane at Norristown after a certificate by Dr. M. Fisher Longstreth and Dr. Samuel P. Barthson. Melville explains his wife’s insanity dates from marriage and grew violent. he describes their finances and a naval salary allotment used for household needs.
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Philadelphia
Henrietta B. Melville
George W. Melville
Sharon Hill
State Asylum For the
Norristown
M. Fisher Longstreth
Samuel P. Barthson
Clfton
Alffa'r
George
Anoth Risa
Rem
Able
Navy
Melville d
Asiatic Squadron
Secretary of the Treasury
P.tual
Sister Bravely Tries to Rescue Brother from Fire Tragedy
In Baltimore on September 18 a Belair Maryland residence burned killing Charlie Ostercamp. His sister, fifteen, dragged him from a bed and begged him to jump from a second story window but he fainted. She leaped to safety though badly burned while tragically the boy died.
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Baltimore
E. J. Ostercamp
Belair
Avaitor
Wes
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