National Guard Ordered to Pennsylvania as Homestead Burns
Gov Pattison orders 8400 guardsmen to move to Homestead amid a labor clash at Carnegie mills. Pinkerton guards clash with strikers from early morning, with numerous casualties on both sides. Guards are deployed to occupy Homestead and protect the mills as strikers resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Pinkerton
Carnegie Mills
Snowden
J. B. 3. Gobin
Lewiston
Pennsylvania
McClellan
John A. Wiley
Robert P. Dechert
National Guard
Militia Ordered Out in Homestead Crisis
Governor Pattison dispatches General Snowdon to move division and munitions to support Allegheny County sheriff at Homestead. Pittsburgh reports the strikers control the works and will not operate unless by themselves. governor seeks large military force to restore order.
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Harrisburg
G. R. Snowdon
Allegheny County
Homestead
Pattison
Pittsburg
William H. McCleaary
George RK. Snow
The News at Homestead Report on Guard Order
News from Homestead Pennsylvania on July 11 reports Governor Pattison ordered the national guard to Homestead. A midnight advisory committee meeting pledged cooperation with the guards to maintain order and urge workers to keep peace. Guardsmen fear potential clashes en route and at Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
National Guard
National Guard Movements Secrets at Homestead Clash
Reports from Pittspene describe secretive National Guard deployments to Homestead before dawn to thwart striker plans. Correspondents on military trains were imprisoned and forbidden to telegraph. authorities fear non union workers will be installed at Carnegie's works immediately.
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Pittspene
National Guard
Homestead
Carnegie
National Executive Committee Named by Republicans
W J Campbell and T H Carter announced at the Imperial hotel in New York the national executive committee for the current campaign. The members include Clarkson of Iowa Hobart of New Jersey Fessenden of Connecticut Payne of Wisconsin Kerens of Missouri Bradley of Kentucky Sutherland of New York Manley of Maine Tanner of Illinois. The panel will elect a new chairman about a week from Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. J. Campbell
T. H. Carter
Republican National Committee
Imperial Hotel
National Executive Committee
Republican Party
J. 8
Kentucky
William A. Sutherland
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
John R. Tanner
Illinois
Campbell
Devastating St Johns Fire Wipes Out City Homes
Saint John Newfoundland wildfire from a carelessly lit stable fire destroyed water street and Longhill areas. The blaze killed six, left about 12 000 homeless, burned ships and factories, and overwhelmed the town with a massive evacuation and relief effort.
George William Curtis Ill With Stomach Cancer
The Sun reports George William Curtis, renowned editor of Harper's Weekly, is ill at his Staten Island home with stomach cancer. A favorable outcome is unlikely though no immediate danger exists. he may live about a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
New York
the Sun
George William Curtis
Staten Island
Clash in Gem mines sparks deadly Union strike clash
Ida Wallace reports a renewed war between Union miners and mine owners in Gem Idaho after a two month lull. In a multi hour fight at the Frisco and Gem mines six men die seven are wounded seventy non union workers are taken prisoner and the Frisco mill is blown up. The governor orders militia to quell the violence.
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Wallace
Ida
Cor d’Alene
Gem
Frisco and
Gemmines
Frisco
Election returns show party gains in British vote
London reports through last midnight that 198 Conservatives and 27 Liberal Unionists have been elected, totaling 225 opposed to Irish home rule. Liberals with labor total 170, with 30 Irish Nationalists and 5 Parnellites. Net Liberal gains reach 32 as anti-Parnellite tally hits 200.
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London
Labor
Costly Fire at Louisville Tannery Causes Heavy Loss
A blaze at Wedeking Hallenberg & Bros. tannery on Lexington and Eighteenth streets in Louisville raged for hours, causing about 200000 dollars in damage and injuring three men who were overcome by heat after leaping from a fourth story window.
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Louisville
Wedeking
Hallenberg & Bros
Lexington
Eighteenth Streets
French Anarchist Ravachol Executed in Paris
Ravachol, arrested for complicity in dynamite outrages and murders, was executed this morning in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ravachol
William Waldorf Astor Reported Dead
New York telegram from London states William Waldorf Astor head of the Astor family died there last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Astor
New York
London
William Waldorf Astor
Devastating City Fire Leaves 12,000 Homeless
Firefighters and citizens fought a massive blaze that gutted two thirds of the business district and much of St. John s. The wind hindered containment as 25 million in losses were reported and 12 000 people sought shelter in Parliament House and Bannerman Park. Halifax plans aid including a steamer with provisions to arrive Wednesday.
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Monkstown
Congregational
Kings Road
Rawling Cross
Military Road
St. John’s
Parliament House
Bannerman Park
Killside
Bay of Bulls
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Six Die in Twin Explosions at Giant Powder Works
A Saturday blast at the Giant Powder company and San Francisco Chemical works in Highland twelve miles from San Francisco destroyed property valued about 350000 and killed six people. Over 100 workers, mostly Chinese, were employed and many wounded. Names include John Bowe Wallace Dickerson Charles Guberlice and three Chinese men. A boy named Borchers was driven through a skylight with brain concussion and may die. A Chinese man’s body was found on the railroad track nearby and mangled Chinese boy remains were found at the scene. The explosions caused extensive local window damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Giant Powder Company
San Francisco Chemical Works
Highland
Deal
John Bowe
Wallace Dickerson
Charles Guberlice
Borchers
History of a Week Highlights Swindles and Disasters
The week reports the Merchants' Bank of Canada swindle by Edward M Field totaling 115000 and a Fourth of July ice cream poisoning in Hope Indiana injuring 47. A ship wreck near Yarmouth Nova Scotia cost 14 lives. Jacksonville Illinois mourns City Clerk Nicholas Milburn age 50. Morocco parties rumored among England Spain Italy. National Savings bank Buffalo defalcation near 800000. cholera advances Moscow and Paris suburbs. Niedringhaus mill tin plate fire losses 15000 in St Louis. Vin Benderes bank president William Tyler dies by suicide. Allegheny warns anarchist Herr Most from speaking. Drownings off Clarks Island Maine and Milwaukee man William Segebarth suicide. Phillip George arrested Cleveland for teaching children to steal. Mrs Mary Briggs sues in Indianapolis for 10000 damages.
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Merchants’ Bank of Canada
Montreal
Edward M. Field
Field-Lindley
Hope
Ind
Peter Stuart
Yarmouth
N.S
Nicholas Milburn
Jacksonville
Ills
England
Spain
Italy
Morocco
National Savings Bank At
Buffalo
Moscow
Paris
Tin Plate Department
Niedringhaus
St. Louis
William Tyler
Vinenenes (Ind.) National Bank
Allegheny
Herr Most
Mary McGee
Alexander McCloud
James Hawkins
Clarks’s Island
William Segebarth
Milwauke
Phillip George
Cleveland
National party funds and political clashes dominate notes
Treasurer Eugene Kelly forwards 5000 to the National party in Ireland while Secretary Sheerin calls a New York meeting for July 20. A lynching in Mississippi follows the Benson Blake murder at Redwood as gunmen die in a Clarendon shootout. A balloon ascent tragedy near Bluffton ends with a drownings. William O'Brien in Cork suffers a head injury from a stone attack.
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Eugene Kelly
National Federation of America
National Party
Ireland
Sheerin
National Democratic Committee
New York City
Smith Tooley
John L. Adams
Benson Blake
Redwood
Miss
Vicksburg
J. F. Green
Brigham Grisson
Bol Bell
Clarendon
Tex
Green
Grissom
Bell
Jessie Garrett
Bluffton
William O’brien
Cork
Diverse 1890s News Snippets From Global Events
Reports cover Henry Cook Sons Liverpool facing suspension with about 5.75 million liabilities, rebels defeat Federals in Rio Grande do Sul, and the Tennessee Supreme Court denying Colonel King’s appeal. Also noted are John L. Sullivan preparing for his Corbett fight, a Kansas City suit for 850000, Prohibition leaders urging GOP changes, the City of Chicago wreck near Kinsale, and the Christian Endeavor convention with 15000 delegates in New York.
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Dublin University
Henry Irving
Isaac Cook & Sons
Liverpool
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Arroy
Pedro Manquez
Ohio Divsion
H.C. Frick
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Supreme Court of Tennessee
H. Clay King
Posten
Memphis
King
John L. Sullivan
Corbett
George L. Burton
Chicago
Kansas City
D. RK. Fant
Iowa
City
Kinsale
Ireland
Christian Endeavor Convention
Madison Square Garden
New York
Couple's double tragedy and scattered state and local notes
John Townsend a New York Evening Sun compositor stabbed his wife then shot himself. both likely to die. Wisconsin Republicans set Aug 17 in Milwaukee. Louisiana legislature adjourned without a U.S. senator. Newton J. McGuire named Indiana Sons of Veterans department commander. West Superior ex city clerk accused of issuing worthless checks. D. H. Patton a Democrat not seeking re election. Henry Robinson died from lockjaw after hatchet injury. Fire at Simon Nading flour mills in Hope Indiana. losses. Jolietville buildings burned. losses. Son of Henry Bessert accused of stealing a diamond and father killed himself. Riot at Fargo North Carolina injures Jesse Campbell and others. Daniel Kirtley of Wabash disappeared the day of his planned marriage.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Louisiana
United States
Newton J. McGuire
Rising Sun
Indiana Sons of Veterans
W. J. Dargis
West Superior
Wis
D. H. Patton
Indiana
Henry Robinson
Lee Robinson
Scotland Township
Colchester
Ills
Simon Nading
Hope
Ind
Jollietville
Henry Bessert
Chicago
Jesse Campbell
Fargo
N. C
Daniel Kirtley
Wabash
Notable Fragments Spark a Roiling News Roundup
A disparate mix of court actions and sensational tidbits spans Gustave Tempel’s discharge in St. Louis after wire tapping, Annie Stone’s Mississippi elopement, Betty Lewis’s Virginia inheritance ruling, a Republican League gathering in Illinois, a Springfield murder suicide, Dr. McGlynn’s Vatican hopes, a Sandy Slock proving ground mishap, a bank theft at Suffalo, Parkersburg’s anti-cookery preacher, and a raw diet crusader aged sixty.
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Gustave A. Tempel
St. Louis
Annie
Stone
Mississippi
KE. L. McKee
Water Valley
Miss
Betty Lewis
Virginia
Betty
Republican League of Illinois
Springfield
Oscar Wissinger
McGlynn
Henry
Dann
National Savings Bank
Suffalo
J.B. Ramtech
Parkersburg
W. Va
Fires Burn McMalan Mills in Minneapolis Losses Peak
The McMalan and Co lumber mills were destroyed by fire in Minneapolis causing an estimated loss of 401000 dollars. The report notes extensive damage and ongoing investigations into the blaze.
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McMalan & Co
Minneapolis
Wheat and grain futures mixed on July board alert
Quotations on the board of trade show Wheat July opening and closing with none or unclear specifics for several contracts. Corn, oats and rye quote ranges. Live stock at Union Stock Yards shows hogs and cattle mixed with firm tendencies and Texas steers weaker. Milwaukee and Detroit grain prices noted with cash and futures levels.
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Board of Trade
Union
Texas
Los Western
New York
Ste
Milwaukee
Detroit
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Gov. Pattison
Pinkertons
Braddock
Carnegie& Co
McCleary
Wiehe
Hugh O’ Donnell
Joan Morris
Antony Wayne
Thomas Weldin
Henry Striegel
John Fares
Joseph Soppo
George Ketter
Richard Durham
William Foy
Henry Rusiski
Andy Cudin
Charles Daeska
Thomas Kane
Antonio Palatka
John Hershi
J. W. Kline
Edward Connors
J. Emmet
George Wall
Dan Mangin
Brooklyn
James S. O'Neil
Patrick McGuire
E. Rice
Frank Blazern
Joseph Hamlin
John F. McGovern
Philadelphia
John Speer
Charles Crittellen
National Guard of
Robert E. Pattison
National
the Republican Executive
ST. John's
N. S&s
St. Johns
Longhill
Water Street
Water Side Mercantile
Signal Hill
Atlantic Hotel
Custom House
Galway Wharf
Atlantic House
Brooklying
Terra Nova Foundry
McKay
John Wood
Harvey
Coastal Steamship Company
Long Brewery
John Lindberg
Cochran Street
Government House
St. Patrick Hall
Christian Brothers
Mercy
Messares
Alert
Dover
Habor
Namdd Lindsay
Cour D'Alene
Congressional News
Bath House
Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Commissioner of Labor
House
Committee On
Judiciary Committee
Post Office
Arizona
Committee On Rules
Washburne
Missouri River
Omaha
First Methodist Church of
Jackson, Tenn
Charles E. Blunt
United States Army
Trinity Church
Boston
Mary Briggs
Indianapolis
John Townsend
New York Evening Sun
George H. Thomas
Wapello County
Martin Herron
Hub Nobles
Willie Sheet
Saginaw
Mich
Morgantown
Bud Lawson
Lafe Lawson
Richard Thomas
Marion
Lowa
Lake Superior
Mexico
Dis
Francis Robes Webb
Zangie
New Zealand
Say Diego, As
Gtna
Nicolosa
Porto Novo
Wye
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