New York Labor Strikes and International Turmoil
May 20 report from New York notes wood carvers, cabinet makers and upholsterers voting to strike for the eight hour day. A varnish factory fire at Myers & Lauenstein's in Hunters Point caused $100000 loss and injured two firemen. Beecher praised labor strikes as signs of progress while Seward commented on the Alabama Claims. The Internationals face a split and a new Universal Federals Council forms amid tense conference.
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Myers & Lauenstein
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Appollo Hall
Internationals
London
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Universal Federalls Council
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Methodist General Conference
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Book Concern
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Pennsylvania State Line
General Assembly Ma 5 The Presbyterian Fac tion Aud
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Presbyterian assembly reference dated May 5 and a factional meeting line. No clear event outcome or participants are readable enough to confirm details.
A Beldo Scheme to Re elect Grant
A dispatch from St Lovuts reports a Republican claim of a planned administration bid to secure Grants re nomination. Southern leaders allegedly invited to Washington would push delegates to Baltimore to force a Democratic nomination or else trigger refunds of cotton taxes and canal subsidies. Some Southern figures support the plan, others oppose it. National Schutzenfest opens in St Louis with twelve thousand dollars in prizes and broad regional participation.
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Congress
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Mexican Troubles and Forces in Northern Campaigns
From Corallo on May 12 Diaz is in Galasco with 2000 troops led by Galvan as Chief of Staff. Juarez orders Corello to San Luis then Gondola to attack Diaz at Garcia. De la Cadena, Pedro and Martinez head toward Zacatecas. Donato Gui neo against Boreha in Durango. one Diaz brigade mutinates. Alatorre defeated by Mendez and Negrete in Puebla. Trevino and Cevellas maneuver near Camargo in Rena so.
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Spain Furious With France Over Carlist Escape
Maprio May 20 It is reported Spain protests to France over how the French government treats fleeing Carlists. Senor Gutierrez Spanish Consul at Bayonne arrived to file a formal complaint. Government troops clash with Carlists in disaffected provinces and win. Desertions from Carlist bands in Biscay exceed four thousand. A Carlist leader is dead as insurgent bands disperse elsewhere.
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Bayonne
Mayen
Biscay
Fire rips Jaynes building in Philadelphia collapse
A large blaze at Jaynes' building in Philadelphia ruins the structure. Walies hotel and the commercial list office are demolished as walls collapse. About 400 workers lose jobs and losses exceed half a million. In Relief alley three firemen are injured and a spectator is crushed by a wagon during a panic.
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Walies Hotel
Commercial List Office
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Four Children Burned to Death in Memphis Fire
Memphis chronicle reports four children aged two to ten were fatally burned Saturday night when coal oil was used to kindle a fire. The eldest began the blaze, one child died within an hour and two more soon after. the fourth child died the following morning.
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Chronicle Asys
Fire destroys Lake City warehouse in Minnesota
A warehouse in Lake City Minnesota belonging to Mr Wm W Davidson and A D Kemogg burned yesterday causing an estimated loss of 10000 dollars. The incident was reported from St Paul Minnesota dated May 20.
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A. D. Kemogg
Troops Relocate to Calumet Mine After Strike Rally
Detroit dispatch reports troops moved to Calumet and Hecla mines Friday night and lodged in a schoolhouse. Strikers gathered before the troops HQ, were addressed by Judge O Grady, and five arrestees were seized by the Sheriff from the crowd. One more was taken at the Red Jacket mine. Prisoners to be moved to Houghton. some strikers vow to rescue them.
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Free Press
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Calumet
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Change in Ownership at The Sentined
The Sentined announces a new proprietor as of tomorrow morning after the articles of association were filed with the Secretary of State. John Fishback, Lawrence G Mathews, and Thomas F Byats resign from the board. management will be taken by new leaders and a 30 year connection to the paper is noted.
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Lawrence G.mathews
Thomas F. J Byats
Fort Wayne, Muncie Cincinnati Railroad Company
Muncie
Delaware County
Indiana
May Lai W. H. Hart
Habeas corpus extension bill stalls in House amid Senate delay
Washington reports the Senate fears the habeas corpus extension bill may fail in the House and seeks to delay adjournment by recalling a resolution. The House, confident no bill authorizing Grant to suspend the writ during the campaign will pass, refuses to yield. Loyal Southern claims are advanced for payment, while indemnity shifts affect Collector Jussen and Pacific Railroad bond interest remains contested.
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Senate
House
Southern Claims Commission
Committee On Claims
United States
Lund
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Treasury
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Internal Revenue
Chicago
Haas & Powell
Pacific Railroad
Fracas and Stabbing Incidents Reported in Two Cities
May 19 reports from Seriveriesn and Peoria detail a violent clash between Thomas Henckle and private watchman R M Heindman with a fatal blow to the head. Henckle bailed at $1000 as Heindman remains critically injured. In Peoria Henry Fleetmeyer is hospitalized after being stabbed five times by neighbor Wolf amid a child dispute. Wolf is under arrest.
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Canada Ratifies Treaty of Washington By Passage to Second Reading
In Ottawa May 17 the House voted on Bodwell and Black amendments to the Bill implementing the Treaty of Washington. Both amendments were rejected, and the bill advanced to a second reading, soon effectively ratifying Canada’s part of the treaty and confirming its terms.
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Washington
Position of the Democratic Congressmen in 1860s Nomination
An unsigned paper reportedly signed by 60 of 105 Democratic House members protests against Greeley at Baltimore. Members deny signing, avoid print mentions, and largely vow to support the Baltimore convention nominee. States' stances vary with Alabama split, Connecticut for, Georgia opposed, Illinois mixed, Indiana opposed, Kentucky mixed, Maryland almost all opposed, Missouri for, New York largely for, Ohio divided, Pennsylvania for, Tennessee for, Texas uncertain, Virginia undecided, West Virginia for, Wisconsin opposed.
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Ohio
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Virginia
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Wisconsin
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Pata
Greeley party activities and endorsements noted in New York
Horace Greeley's vacation activities drew Democrat attention with a plan for a grand barbecue and a picnic hosted by local supporters. Ex-Congressmen Winfield and Greene urge backing Greeley Brown to defeat Grant, while Roosevelt highlights tax spending abuses and proposes elective offices. A sensational Indiana divorce tale from Indianapolis to New Albany links cross-state moves to property control and the husband's surprise challenge.
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Birdsall
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Compromising a Difficulty in a Fife Parish Box
A Fife minister discovers a parish mission box emptied by theft and, with kirk beadle Thomas, devises a quick settlement. The minister pays half the missing sum and the beadle refunds the other, restoring the collection.
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Headle
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Estell's Fork Killing Tied to Family Feud Homicide
A Scottsboro Herald correspondent reports in Estell's Fork Alabama that Riley Burk and his sister-in-law Mary Burk clashed over an improper intimacy. Annie Burk allegedly led eight locals to punish Mary Burk at night on December 24, with Riley hiding under a house floor and firing through a crack, killing Mary Burk. B Frank Wright was arrested on a murder charge in a separate case in Evansville Journal notes. Wright posted a five thousand dollar bail.
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Estell’s Fork
Alabama
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Mary Burk
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Obadiah Burk
B. Frank Wright
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Criminal Court
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Rice
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