Carnegie's Coup Shocks Homestead Strikes and Arrests
Burgess John McLuckie and seven others face murder and treason warrants in a Carnegie Company push to prosecute Homestead leaders. Constables with provost guard miss the fugitives but McLuckie surrenders in Pittsburgh amid calls to indict Frick Carnegie and Potter. A counter movement plans further actions as tensions rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Yrick
Potter
Cour d'Alene
John McLuckie
Burgess
Homestead
Here
New York
Hugh O'Donnell
Law
Carnegie Company
Lovejoy
Alderman McMaster
Sylvester Crichlow
Anthony Flaherty
Samuel Burkett
James Flannigan
Hugh Ross
Colonel Green
McLuckie
McMaster
O'Donnell
Association
Frick
Frick Et. al
Excitement at Homestead as Murder Warrants Issued
News from Homestead Pennsylvania reports feverish scenes after warrants charging strike leaders with murder were issued in Pittsburgh. Leaders and town officials convened while workers react with shock and tears as arrests loom amid tensions with Carnegie Steel and Pinkertons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Pattison
Pittsburg
Squire Kuhn
Burgess McLuckie
Price
Irwin
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie Works
THE FATED FOLSOM SINKEST INSTANT
Sinking of the Frankie Folsom off Peoria leaves many unaccounted. The list of dead includes Pekin and Benson residents plus Miss Lottie Reutler and Rev. J. H. McMeen. The captain faced sharp criticism for delaying aid amid the swift disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phonia
Frankie Folsom
John Ahrends
Pekin
Kate Beebe
Duluth
Minn
Henry Duisdicker
Fred, Fisher
Cora Fisher
Mary Flath
Hepler
Grant Hepler
Eureka
J. H. McMeen
Benson
Lottie Reutler
Lotta Shade
Shelbyville
W. G. Wiles
Longfellow
Folsom
Senate Debates Anti-Option Bill Amid World’s Fair Issues
In Washington on July 18 the Senate held a brief debate and vote on the anti-option bill, approving it 83 to 15 before sending it to the calendar. Voorhees proposed a labor arbitration resolution tied to Homestead troubles, while discussion in the House centered on a constitutional amendment for direct senatorial elections. The day featured pension sessions and World’s Fair provisions in the sundry civil bill, with conflicts over Sunday closing and intoxicants at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Washburn
Hawley
Voorhees
House
Quay
Peifer
Hampton Roads
Chandler
Hooker
Mississippi
Covert
New York
Bland
Missouri
Wheeler
Alabama
Kyle
Livingstone
Moses
Georgia
Houk
Ohio
Chipman
Michigan
Dolliver
Henderson
United States
America
Court of Private Land Claims
William McGarrahan
Rancho Panoche Grande
California
Commissioner of Labor
Every Man Known to Have Been in the Riot To Be Arrested
Secretary Lovejoy outlines plans to arrest up to 1,000 rioters and file 12 to 15 informations daily. He cites broad Pennsylvania law on presence at the shooting and says detectives with cameras were in the mill. Non union workers will be hired to replace strikers, with no English imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovejoy
Pennsylvania
O’donnell
Nostand with Association After Poor Experience at Mills
Company declines to share information against officers. It vows to mount the best possible defense following conduct involving the Homestead and Union mills, signaling continuing dispute resolution efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Union Mills
Miners Union Tensions Rise in Idaho Cur d Alene
Report from Wallace Idaho July 1 details alarming conditions in the Cur d Alene mining area. Troop reinforcements guard Gem and Burke while miners influx from Montana raises fears of guerrilla actions and attempts to blow the Granite mill. Prisoners numbered in hundreds with few guns recovered. Non union workers prepare to operate Gem and Frisco mines as parole releases widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Ida
Cour d’Alens
Burke
Gem
Qui Vive
Granite Mill
Nine Mile Canyon
Newfoundland bishop seeks aid after great fire loss
Right Rev. Dr. Jones, bishop of the Church of England in Newfoundland, arrived by steamer from St. John's and will stay several days to solicit aid for his diocese. He says Epispalians suffered the heaviest losses in the great fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Church of England
Newfoundland
Dr. Jones
St. John’s
Destructive July Wind Sweeps Springfield City
A hurricane like windstorm struck Springfield at dawn causing over 200 houses badly damaged and $200000 in losses. Several residents were injured with some may die. widespread flooding closed streets and derailed utilities as militia guarded debris filled districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mary Eschembrenner
James Hinkle
Cooney Leech
Jacob Leech
Leech
Jacob Nearse
J. H. Roberts
People's party forms novel fundraising plan in South Dakota
Pierre July 15 The People's party of South Dakota adopts a new funding plan by taxing one township in each county ten acres to grow crops. The crop would be sold and the receipts placed in the general fund for political use by its candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
D. D
People’s Party of
South Dakota
Prominent Officials and Notables Sighted Across Cities
A parade of influential figures is listed with locations: Gerhard Lang in Buffalo. Francis P. Loomis in Hartford. Dr. Joan Nevin in Thornton Indiana. F. W. Hoyt in St Paul. Richard Walson in Philadelphia. Newton Booth in Sacramento. W. H. Wilson in Lexington. Benjamin Nathan in New York. John D. Robertson in New Haven. W. L. Pilketon in Belleville Missouri. Rev Dr B W Chidlaw in Dolgelly Wales. Samuel Mitchuall in Martinsville. Rose Terry Cooke in Pittsfield. General James A. Cunningham in Chelsea Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Lang
Buffalo
Francis P. Loomis
Connecticut
Hartford
Joan Nevin
Thornton
Ind
F. W. Hoyt
Duluth
Red Wing and Southern Railway
St. Paul
Richard Walson
Doylestown Trust Company
Philadelphia
Newton Booth
California
Sacramento
W. H. Wilson
Lexington
Benjamin Nathan
New York
John D. Robertson
New Haven
W. L. Pilkenton
Belleville
B. W. Chidlaw
Cincinnati
Dolgelly
Wales
Samuel M. Mitchuall
Morgan County
Martinsville
Rose Terry Cooke
Pittsfield
Mass
James A. Cunningham
Chelsea
Election returns show Liberal majority in Britain vote
London reports yesterday's returns tally 259 Conservatives 253 Liberals 42 Liberal Unionists 50 Nationalists 8 Parnellites with no Liberal gain. Liberal majority around 50. Notable results include Sir Charles Dilke in Forest of Dean Joseph Arch in Norfolk and Michael Davitt in Meath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Charles Dilke
Forest of Dean
Joseph Arch
Norfolk
Michael Davitt
Meath
Woman Becomes First to Bicycle Pike's Peak Descent
Mrs. C. C. Candy and her husband biked down Pike's Peak last Saturday making her the first woman to attempt the feat. She was thrown from the cycle on a hill but a boulder halted her 100 feet down aiding her survival. She wore a man's cycling suit for the expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
C. C. Candy
Pike’s Peak
History of a Week in the Metropolitan Press
A sweeping miscellany notes Will iam Waldorf Astor’s first London outing since an illness, a New Orleans girl’s suicide attempt and death, and varied society and political items. It covers Addison Moore’s death in Mississippi, Republican national committee gathering, fraud arrests, veterans’ widows, race clashes in Kentucky, business failures, notable births, and parliamentary returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan
William Waldorf Astor
London
Evelyn Marguel
New Orleans
Diverse 1904 political and social notes across the nation
Reports on Gladstone's narrow defeat, David Y. Rensselaer’s nomination by the People's party in Indiana, new American cotton exchange plans at Hamburg, a murder conviction in London, a Madrid Madrid cholera finding, Paducah race tensions, a fatal shooting by police, antitrust actions by several watch firms, Kansas Prohibition nominees, South Dakota World's fair commission plans for a locally sourced building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
David Y. Rensselaer
Farmers’ Alliance of
Indiana
Congress
People’s Party
Hamburg
Thomas Neill
Lyons murder shocks Lyons with coachman killer
Fred Hahn, a coachman, fatally shot Harry Alkire at Lyons near Chicago. A strong lynching spirit followed as the prisoner was moved to Chicago. The killer claims insanity or uses it as a shield. Robert Burns Hutchinson, related to the poet, is dying in Chicago. A counterfeit gang operates around Washington Park race track. Willard New may be named to replace his father on the Indiana Supreme Court bench. The militia has been ordered home from Paducah, Kentucky. Signs point to a decline in the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMeen
J. H. McMeen
Benson
Santa Fe Road
Here
Mattie Helper
Pekin
Mattie
Belle
Grant Hepler
Eureka
Santa Fe
Mr. McMeens
Grant Kepler
Belle Hepler
Willie Wynn
Wynn
Peoria
Frankie Folsom
Fred Hahn
Harry Alkire
Lyons
Chicago
Robert Burns Hutchinson
Robert Burns
Washington Park
Willard New
Jeptha D.t New
Indiana
Paducah
Twelve Die in Frankie Folsom Disaster at Peroia
Twelve persons lost their lives in the Frankie Folsom disaster at Peroia and all have been recovered. The piece notes political shifts, health issues of Mrs. Willard, and local crime such as the Magee brothers' violence in Galena Illinois. It also mentions bank indictments dropped for William Tillman and a mixed marriage, along with a Chicago atmospheric electricity event and aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Folsom
Peroia
Harrison
War Office
Elkins
West Virginia
Willard
Frances Willard
Miss Willard
Magee
Andrew McGivney
Galena
William Tillman
Falls City Bank
Louisville
Canada
Isaac Gould
Elmira
N. Y
Louisa Ricker
Gould
Louisa
Chicago
Chicago buys park and electric rail line at Sioux City
Chicago interests buy a T00 acre park and eight miles of electric railway at Sioux City Iowa for 00000. Mrs J G Blaine Jr arrives from Europe saying she will not publish letters from her late husband. Adlai Stevenson visits Gray Gables at Cleveland's request. Ferocious stabbing ends a Pittsburg undertaker foreman's life after he refused entry to a drunken militiaman. Fatal farm accident in Mulberry Grove near Vandalia. Sadowa battle anniversary observed in Prague. Smallpox vaccination begins at Puget Sound ports. Fires rage in the Philippines destroying hundreds of buildings and leaving thousands homeless. A mountain accident near Monte Vista kills Mrs L H Cheney. Behring arbitration commission named with Paris meeting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Blaine, Jr
Europe
Non
Adlai BK. Stevenson
Gray Gables
Cleveland
Fank C. Calhoun
Pittsburg
David Lester
Lester
Albert Spradling
Mulberry Grove
Vandalia
Hurricane Creek
Sadowa
Prague
Puget Sound
Philippine Islands
Marong
San Miguel de Mayuno
Hasyas
Juan Mandela
Mandan
L. H. Cheney
Bloomington
Lil
Monte Vista
Col
Baron de Courcelles
Berlin
Behrling Sen
Paris
Wheat and livestock prices on Chicago and New York markets
Quotations from Chicago board of trade show mixed wheat and corn prices with July and September futures. Park and oats figures list various bid and ask levels. Livestock at Union Stock Yards report active hog trade, quiet to steady cattle and steady to firmer sheep and lambs. New York trading features modest changes across wheat corn oats pork lard and cattle with noted price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Uige
Union Stock Yards
Texas
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Homestead Company
Pinkertons
Napoleon
Congressional News
England
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Carnegie Steel Co., Limited
Idaho
Pike's Peak
Addison Moore
Meridian
Miss
Campbell
Republican National Committee
K. L. White
Bluffton
Mich
Elizabeth Betts
Harrisburg
Betts
G. Albers
Holland
Moscow
McConnell & Shaws
Boston
Frank Peace
Knoxville
Midlothian
Richard Powers
Laura Snyder
Thomas P. Tuite
Detroit
United Brethren Church
Illinois
Tipton
Ccircuit
Pontiac
Ilinois
Benjamin W. Pope
Duquoin
Victoria
B.C
J. J. Kisler
Toccoa City
Seneca
3. C
Crimea
Acre
Robert A. Childs
Hinsdale
Page County
Townsend
Mont
David Barnett
Peter McDonald
David Wallace
Commissioner of Patents
Edison
Swan
Russia
Tomah
Wis
Grover Cleveland
Mining Congress
Helena
Noble Kenney
American Falls
Prospect Point
Adelbert Forbes
Columbus
Michigan State Millers’ Association
Michigan Senators
Madrid
National Association of Jobbers
Ip American Watches
Kansas Prohibitionists
I. O. Pickering
Olathe
H. R. Donthart
Brown County
Joel Miller
Stafford County
RH. Nichols
Elk County
H. W. Stone
Atchison County
Gabriel Burdette
Concord
Ida M. Hogden
Rice County
Supreme Court
C.H. Stevens
Beloit
Rev. J. M. Monroe
Wichita
Minnesota
Sioux City
East Buffalo
East Burrawo
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