Twenty Seven Return to Work as Homestead Strike Shifts
Homestead Pa August report shows Superintendent Potter stating sixty former employees returned to work with twenty seven back today. Union advisory board disputes figures, while Pinkertons are rumored to be on duty. Provol Marshall Mechling doubles guard as plant shifts to non union operation.
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Iams
Homestead
Potter
Amalgamated Association
Mechling
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
United Press
Edward Lyon
United States District Attorney
Lyon
Charles Geetel
Homestead School Board
Carnegies
Weihe
Iams Brings His Suits Against Military Officers in Civil and Criminal Claims
Ex private Iams filed suits in Pittsburg alleging aggravated assault and battery by Gen Hawkins Lieut Col Streator and Assistant Surgeon William S Grim and others. Warrants issued. civil damages sought. Pinkerton agents active in Pittsburg aiding Homestead investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittspurg
Iams
Alderman Riley
Hawkins
Streator
Williams
Grim
Sams
Iron firm signs Amalgamated scale. 700 men back to work
The Akron Iron Company signed the Amalgamated scale causing 700 workers to resume. Other mills likely to sign soon. A second conference between wire nail makers and the Amalgamated association produced no agreement beyond a few minor points. A follow up meeting is planned later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PittsourGe
Mahoning
Shenango Valleys
Akron
Crew of Richard III Seized by Union Sailors at Nanamio
In Vancouver, the Richard III crew, nonunion, was seized by armed union sailors during the captain's absence. They were held in an old house at Nanamio until two escaped and alerted police. A posse freed the remaining crew and captured two sentinels who withheld the identities of others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Nanamio
Sawmill strike at Stevens Point seeks 2 cent rise
In Stevens Point Wisconsin all three mill workers walked out demanding a two cent daily wage increase and one hour less work. Employers offer either eleven hour shifts with the raise or ten hour days at old wages.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Debaters Clash at Monona Lake Tariff Rally
A large crowd gathered at Monona Lake for a tariff debate featuring exGovernor St John for the Prohibitionists, W C Warner for the Democrats, and Governor McKinley for the Republicans. The event drew notable figures and full attendance despite Henry Watterson's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley, St. John and
W. C. Warner
Democrats Win in Alabama State Election
Birmingham and Mobile show solid majorities for Governor Jones and the regular ticket. Jones wins statewide by at least 50 000 votes with some estimates as high as 70 000. Kolb carries a single Republican stronghold county as Democrats secure the legislature.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jones
Kolb
Mobile
Watson Investigation: Mixed testimony on Cobb's drunken speech
In Washington on Aug 2, testimony shows about a dozen reps and correspondents claiming Cobb was drunk during his Noyes-Rockwell speech, while 25 to 30 others with stenographer Devine state he was not drunk. Some admit light whisky use but say interruptions and fatigue caused rambling.
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Washington
Watson
Cobb
Noyes-Rockwell
Devine
National banks approved to begin business in three states
The First National Bank of Denison Iowa with capital of 100000 and the City National Bank of Bowie Texas with capital of 50000 have been authorized to commence business. The City National Bank of Murphysboro Illinois seeks permission to establish a national bank.
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Washington
First National Bank of
Denison
Capital
City National Bank of
Bowie
Tex
Murphysboro
Ills
Governor orders special session to redraw Michigan districts
Lansing Aug 2 Governor Vinans has proclaimed a special session of the Michigan Legislature to convene August 5. The session will rearrange the senate districts and apportion representatives among counties and districts.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Winans
Senate
Milwaukee Mills Quiet After Merrill Dispatch
Merrill dispatch reports quiet and orderly conditions in Milwaukee with all mills shut down. No damage seen or threatened. Robert Schilling is present and slated to address the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Merrill
Robert Schilling
Fatally Stung by a Bee Near Hillsboro
Mrs. Robert Morrell of a few miles north of Hillsboro Illinois died shortly after being stung on the forehead by a large bumblebee while in the yard. She passed away fifteen minutes after the attack from the sting’s effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Ill
Robert Morrell
Here
Switchmen Error Triggers Fatal Collision at Milwaukee Station
A dispatcher error sent an excursion train from Chicago onto the wrong track at the new St Paul station. The crash with the Watertown Oconomowoc train killed Otto Fabian and injured nine others, including several with severe leg and arm injuries. All victims were from Chicago.
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Milwaukee
New St. Paul
Chicago
Union Stockyards
Watertown
Oconomowoc
Otto Fabian
John Gill
Charles Baer
Edmund Carl
Matt Komeski
John Stuart
H. C. Mosher
Dennis Hagerty
Joseph Bartholomew
Senate and House Tariff and World’s Fair Actions Highlight Week
Congressional moves from July to August show Senate debate on tariff with Aldrich and Carlisle responses while House actions set apart Oklahoma lands for schools, limit passenger fares in Indian Territory, and permit Utah exhibit at the World's Fair. Reported votes and filibusters mark the stalemate as summer adjournment looms.
Aeronaut Hobe Falls 3000 Feet in Fatal Balloon Descent
In Inver Grove near St Paul, Professor Hobe, an aeronaut, fell 3000 feet after valve cord failed. He released the parachute which did not open and was driven ten feet into soft ground, dying instantly as crowd watched in horror.
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ST. Paul
Inver Grove
Professor Hobe
Hobe
Ronaut
Train Derailment Kills Two Near Marquette
Two persons die and four others are seriously injured when a westbound Duluth South Shore and Atlantic passenger train derailed ten miles west of Marquette Michigan at noon yesterday. The injured include Frank Miller and Mrs Miller listed as fatally injured, plus William Orr the road’s general freight agent who is seriously bruised and several others with cuts and head injuries as names such as J B Lincoln James Wilson and Frank Simpson appear among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Duluth
South Shore
Atlantic
Here
William Miller
Frank Miller
William Orr
J. B. Lincoln
Saginaw
James Wilson
Frank Simpson
Freight Engine Collides With Excursion Train in Cincinnati
A switch engine on the Big Four crashed into an excursion train from Niagara Falls at the Evans street crossing of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line. Engineer Downs died en route to the hospital. Fireman Powers was seriously but not fatally hurt. Several passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Pittsburg
Battery B
Sheridan
Carnegie Company
Thirty-third Street Union Mill
Thirty Third Street
Pinkerton
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Pinkertons
Cincinnati
Aug
Niagara Falls
Evans Street
Hamilton
Dayton
Downs
Powers
Six Boys Drowned in Red River Bayou Near Winchester
Six boys aged 9 to 16 drowned when a skiff capsized near the mouth of Red river twelve miles east of Winchester. Victims named Alvin Brock 16 Winer Brock 12 Kelley Farney 15 Claude Farney 13 Walter Farney 11 Charles Ferney 9. They were buried in one grave.
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Winchester
Red River
Alvin Brock
Winer Brock
Kelley Farney
Claude Farney
Walter Farney
Charles Ferney
Fire Incendiary Destroys Wheatland Business Blocks
A wildfire in Wheatland Illinois destroyed buildings housing A Lillie J Sherar H Kohlberg and H Kroeger, with Mrs John Snyder dying in the Lillie building. Family members escaped by leaping from windows. Loss about 90000 with 50000 insured. Fire ruled incendiary.
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Wheatland
A. Lillie
J. Sherar
H. Kohlberg
H. Kroeger
John Snyder
Lillie
Clergyman's Skull Crushed in Runaway Horse Incident
PuHeNix Arizona August 1 A Presbyterian pastor Rev T A Ames of the First Presbyterian Church was thrown from a runaway horse frightened by a threshing machine. His skull was crushed and his leg broken. He is reported to die. Rev Ames recently came to Phoenix from Chicago.
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PuHeNix
Ari
T. A. Ames
First Presbyterian Church
Ames
Phoenix
Chi- Lago
Editor Rudolph Bartlinger Dies Suddenly at Desk
Rudolph Bartlinger 53 editor of the Toledo Express, a German daily, dropped dead at his desk about 1 o clock Saturday. He had worked on New York Chicago and Milwaukee papers and came to Toledo four years ago to edit The Express. Heart disease is suspected. He belonged to several German societies and was popular.
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Toledo
Rudolph Bartlinger
Toledo Express
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
The
Express
Britain Raises Duties In Retaliation To McKinley Bill
A London cablegram says the Victorian government raised duties on Oregon pine by 6.25 per 1,000 and on canned fruit to six cents a pound. Reported as the first gun in a coming commercial war between Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
London
Blacksmith John Redmond Convicted of Murder
Chicago July 80 John Redmond the blacksmith whose daughter was abducted and recovered then drank heavily and killed Dr Wilder a friend was found guilty of murder and sentenced for life. The defense claimed insanity but experts blamed drink and a new trial was sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Redmond
Wilder
Excursion Rates Authorized From Chicago to Midwest Cities
Chicago July 30. Chairman Cauldwell grants permission for Santa Fe and other roads to offer excursion fares on the 1u round trip to Denver. From Chicago to Kansas City St Joseph Leavenworth and Atchison one way 6 round trip 8. From St Louis to Kansas City one way 5 round trip . These rates apply to intermediate points.
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Chicago
Santa Fe
Denver
Cauldwell
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Atchibon
St. Louis
Notable figures announced at various east coast events
C H Hardin ex governor Missouri appears in Mexico Missouri. Nelson Cook artist poet in Saratoga New York. Alexander K Craig congressman Pennsylvania in Washington DC. Traver railroad man Chicago in New York. Edgar Snowden editor Alexandria Virginia in Washington. Joseph Turney Cleveland respected citizen in Cleveland. Anthony Kennedy ex United States Senator Annapolis Maryland. Charles Harrison editor Toledo Commercial in Oil City Pennsylvania. Francis B Brewer ex senator Erie Pennsylvania. Morris C Towne Elgin Illinois prominent citizen.
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C. H. Hardin
Missouri
Mexico
Nelson Cook
Saratoga
N. Y
Alexander K. Craig
Pennsylvania
Washington
W.C
Oil City
Francis B. Brewer
Erie
Morris C. Towne
Elgin
Ills
History of a Week July 27 Highlights Fire Destruction and Trials
A cloudburst in Marshall county West Virginia destroyed a house and drowned nine inmates. North English Iowa burned, only two buildings left with $15 000 loss. Keiser, a Fort McKinney soldier, confessed to a hired plot to blow up a guard house. post later set on fire. J H Bradley elected president of the Illinois college at Jacksonville. Waldorf and Netherland hotels workers in New York called out over iron trade issues. James Shepler jailed for 18 years in Montana for impersonating a U S officer. George Shiras Jr nominated to the Supreme Court. Retaliatory Canada measure approved by the president. Bethany Bowman sues for $5 000 for her husband Isaac Bowman’s death in Chillicothe Missouri. Judge Troutt in San Francisco grants four divorces in twenty minutes. Herbert Slade marries a Mormon bishop’s daughter. Ex President Adams takes Wisconsin presidency. Bishops announce Knights of Pythias denial by Roman Catholics. many Catholics belong to it. Two negroes killed by lightning in Highland Park Pittsburgh. dervishes arrive for World’s Fair. Cour d’Alene rioters told to go home. New York and Brooklyn mortality high due to heat. Nitroglycerine carried by John Taylor exploded near St Marys Ohio. Lawrence R E McGann renominated for Congress in Chicago district.
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Marshall County
West Virginia
North English
Keiser
Fort McKinney
Wyo
Johnson County
J. H. Bradley
Minneapolis
Illinois College
Jacksonville
New York
United States District Court
Springfield
Mont
James Shepler
Allen
United States
Senate
George Shiras, Jr
United States Supreme Court
Canada
Congress
Bethany Bowman
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Isaac L Bowman
Chillicothe
Troutt
San Francisco
Herbert Slade
John Sneasely
Mooa
Utah
C. K. Adams
Cornell University
University of Wisconsin
Cosgrove and
Hennessey
Knights of Pythias
Highland Park
Pittsburg
Cour d’Alene
Brooklyn
Gotham
John Taylor
St. Mary's
Taylor
Lawrence RE. McGann
Chicago
Ilinois
Bruggerman Brewery Collapse Kills One In St Paul
One man dead and two injured after the Bruggerman brewery collapse in St Paul. No details on cause yet. Police and fire crews are responding as investigators review structural factors.
Congressional nominations and obituaries in brief
Nominees include Col Charles Girard Conn of Elkhart for Indiana's 13th district and C R Breckinridge of Arkansas. Ohio's 15th district nominating H C Van Voorhis. Obituaries note Viscount Sher brooke at 8 and Chief John Buffalo of Ashland, aged 56. Andrew Dayton in Kankakee. Also Maria Reed dies in Louisville at 115.
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Indiana
Charles Girard Conn
Elkhart
Arkansas
C.R. Breckinridge
Ohio
H. C. van Voorhis
London
Viscount Sherbrooke
Robert Lowe
Ashland
Wis
John Buffalo
Kankakee, Ill
Andrew Dayton
Congressional nominations and regional events reported
First Ili nois Alfred C Clark Second Ili nois Edward D Connor Third Illinois James H Randall Fourth Illinois W H Van Ornum Indiana candidates include William S Carpenter Republican First Indiana Tenth Indiana Thomas Hammond Democrat First Nebraska Allen W Field Republican Missouri Morgan Democrat Wyoming Henry A Coffen Democrat Streetcar workers in Indianapolis plan another strike after a leader is discharged for alleged knocking down. A fatal shooting occurred in Kentucky after a debt dispute. A fire devastated Sisson California with $75,000 loss. George William Curtis shows health improvement.
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Alfred C. Clark
Peoples
Edward D. Connor
People’s
Illinois
James H. Randall
W. H. van Ornum
Indiana
Williams. Carpenter
Thomas Hammond
Nebraska
Allen W. Field
Witteenth
Missouri
Morgan
Wyoming
Henry A. Coffen
Indianapolis
C. H. Hardin
Mexico
Cram Chemical Works
Springfield
N. J
Joseph Lang
Green Bay
Wis
John Marvin
Emperor William Visits Cowes and Watches Yachting
News brief summarizes: Emperor William arrives at Cowes to visit his royal grandmother and observe yacht races. Other items note Sprague estate final dividends in Providence, a Glasgow prisoner confessing to multiple murders, sugar duties cut in Denmark, drownings in Rockford Illinois and a Mississippi river excursion, Mafia-related disappearance in New Orleans, Sousa's discharge and band recruitment in New York and Chicago, and spiritualist camp meeting leaders elected in Chesterfield Indiana.
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Sprague
Providence
Glasgow
Lord Leitrim
Lord Mountmorres
Carey
John O'Connell
Milwaukee
Rockford
Walter Maroney
Burlington
New Orleans
Judge Marr
Jobo Philip Sousa
Marine Band
United States Marine Corps
Gentle Household Etiquette Echoes Through Advice
The passage urges restraint and courtesy at home and abroad. It counsels polite habits, quiet door etiquette, and better manners at home than abroad. It advises avoiding unkind final words and fostering harmony with spouses and neighbors.
Live Stock and Produce Markets Quotations Today
Aug 1 market notes from Cuitcano New York and Detroit show wide swings in grains with wheat, corn and oats quoted. Hog prices ease while cattle and sheep reflect slow demand. Detroit reports softer wheat and corn futures alongside steady cash prices.
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Cuitcano
Board of Trade
Lord
Union
Texas
Lie Ky
New York
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H. C. Frick
Bauer
Knold
Mr. St. John
Willett S. Main
Samuel D. Hastings
Alabama
Marquette
Kentucky
Congressional News
Aldrich
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Carlisle
Oklahoma Territory
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Territory
G. A. KK
Hudson
House
Holman
Proctor
Sherman
Allison
Wheeler
Washburn
Clayaville
Hawley
Hiscock
Australia
Redmond
California
Hillborn
Loud
Bruggerman Brewery
Prince Feddinand
William Astor
New York State Treasury
Myra Clark Gaines
Litigant
Salvador
Male
Tyrol
Barbara Hoffmeister
Richard Stein
Stein
Maria Reed
George Washington
Louisville
W. A. McCorkle
Charleston
West Virginia Democrats
James Anderson
Ils
Whitelaw Reid
Illinois State League of Republican Clubs
Young Men’s Lyceum
Church of the Sacred Heart
Newark
Wigger
Barbara Ceteslar
Carolina Baral
Justice McIver
Sisson
Mount Shasta
Flat Rock
Pulaski County
Grant Sellers
John Coffey
Sellers
Coffey
George William Curtis
Emperor William
Cowes
Detroit
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