The Strike in Chicago Rumors Turned to Riots and Troops
July 25 26 27 reports describe mobs clashing with police on Twenty Second Street Halsted and Sixteenth Streets. Fires plunder violence and rock throwing disrupted railroads and streetcars. Military reinforcements including infantry cavalry and a battalion of Col Agramonte arrive to quell the disturbances with dozens reported killed and hundreds wounded by nightfall.
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Chicago
Twenty-Second Street
E. W. Statchfords White Lead and Oil Works
Fulton and
Green Streets
9Th Infantry
Rock Island
Ill
Weat
Newbury Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Halstead Street
Sixteenth
Halsted Streets
Agramonte
Twentieth Street
Springfield
R. C. Drum
S. McCulom
Drum
Milwaukee Avenue
the Times
Halsted Street Viaduct
Halsted Street Bridge
Twelfth Street
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Central
Erie
New York Central
United States Army
Garrett
Tribune
New York
Mass Gathering of Strikers in Lucas Market Place
In St. Louis on July 25 a large crowd of about 1500 workers gathered at the Lucas market place around a stand by the workingmen's party. Thousands more spectators watched as wire workers and strikers from various factories formed a column at 10 o clock.
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St. Louis
Lucas Market Place
Strikes Paralyze St Louis as City Braces for Riot
Mass meetings and marches surround Turner Hall and the Four Courts as the Workingmen’s Party and city authorities clash over wages and hours. Guards enlist, mills close, and trains are disrupted while Gov. Phelps and Gen. Smith organize a vast militia to restore order amid a coal and factory disruption in St. Louis.
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John W. Noble
St. Bent
Four Courts
Union
McVh
Overatolz
A. J. Smith
Workingmen’s Party
Fifth
Biddle
Merchants’ Exchange
Missouri Pacific
Busisness
Kansas City
St. Louis
Northern Road
Mub
Gov. Hari orders troops to fire on mob in emergency
Philadelphia July 26 Gov Hari ranft signs General Order No 2 to the Pennsylvania National Guard. Troops to move in compact bodies and may fire only on direct order. Firing continues until mob disperses. Officers must report dissenters. Headquarters will be in a special car after 2 pm. Proclaimed for public notice.
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Philadelphia
Hariranft
National Guards
National Guard
Pennsylvania Railroad
J.B. Hantraxrr
The
National Guard of Pennsylvania
Louisville
Idlera
Jacka
Cons
D. Jacos
Sth Regiment Bound For Buffalo Amid Coal Shortage
New York reports the 300 man Sth regiment ordered to Buffalo as coal supplies grow tight. A Baltimore coal loan eases some contracts but warns that continued railroad delays could halt steamers carrying Baltimore goods. By July 26, riot fear subsides with police and troops in readiness. a mass sympathy meeting paused in Townsquare.
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New York
Sth
Buffalo
Baltimore
Chippera
Evershing
Brooklyn
Towmpkina Square
Firemen Resolve to Continue Work After Interview
Authorities report that those who feared trouble were disappointed as the Pennsylvania Railroad firemen, after an interview with Superintendent Barker, unanimously resolved to continue working.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Barker
Erie Railway Restores Service After Harnellville Strike
Erie Railway officials announce end of strike at Harnellville and reopening of service with trains running regularly between New York Salamanca and Dunkirk Toledo. In Lafayette Indiana employes resume positions after convention, ready to receive freight and run passengers, with pay talks pending. In Toledo manufacturing plants including Milburn Wagon Works resume after mob disruption, workers organized for defense, order restored.
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Erie Railway
Hernellaville
Treina
Salamanca
Dunkirk
Toledo
Citizens For Public Defence
Hopkins
Wabash
Yesteray
Lafayette
Ind
A. Hopkins
A. Anderson
Wabaeh Railway
S. R.munce
Milburn Wagon Works
Cabinet Meeting Plans Hardline to Civil Unrest
Washington July 25 through 26 reports a cabinet meeting focusing on labor strife nationwide. Maj Gen Schofield to command troops in Washington, Hancock to protect rail lines, and receivers on roads to be defended. Arbitration favored for railroad disputes. a strong force to guard the Baltimore and Ohio line west to the Ohio River. Troop train seen off from Washington to Philadelphia amid cheers as artillery and infantry prepare to sustain federal authority.
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Washington
Congress
Schofield
Hancock
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburghia
United States
St. George's Association of North America
Evarts
Balimore and
Ohio
Ohio River
Baltimore and Potomac
Phiadelphia
Sth
Firemen Strike Ends? Union Sends Delegation after Talks
Jersey City July 26 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad held a prolonged meeting this afternoon to press their ultimatum in favor of the firemen and dispatched a committee to Supt Reasoner to announce their intent to suspend the strike. Reasoner pledged to advocate restoring wages to the level before the 10 percent cut. The firemen's committee planned to visit Scranton to seek an official response while continuing operations as usual until a decision arrives.
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Jersey City
Brotherhood of Fogineera
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Reagoner
Reasoner
Scranton
Hocking Valley miners win demand. travel light in Ohio
In Columbus on July 26 the Hocking Valley miners secured a ten cent per ton coal wage increase and returned to work. Traffic is sparse as rail managers resist wage cuts. Newark forms veteran strike groups to curb outbreaks while others organize for safety. Galveston workers strike at Carsicans halting freight with orderly conduct and assurances to prevent violence. A Hearne train hands meeting seeks agreed conditions before resuming full service.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
Sciota Valley
Newark
Wages and hours dispute at Central Company shop
Workers demand restoration of pre April wage rates with 10 percent extra and a nine hour day. A morning meeting at 10 o clock with committees from other points planned to press the company. Reported that San Antonio Road men may not join the strike and yield is anticipated.
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Central Company
San Antonia Road
Strikes and Rail Tensions Loom in Indiana Depots
News from Indianapolis reports quiet at the union depot with I C L and I B W lines running smoothly for the day. I B W workers at Urbana correspond with officials signaling possible renewed trouble, while Sarven Wheel Works shuts down to deter disturbances. By July 27, passenger traffic and freight on major lines resume, Bee Line rumored to be nearing operation as George Dan Macauley mobilizes workers.
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Indianapolis
Union Depot
Urbana
Sarven Wheel Works
C., H. and I
Geo
Dan Macauley
Wage dispute at Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reaches talks
Vice President King presents figures showing wage demands cannot be met amid reductions in rates and traffic since 1871. A labor committee meets King at Damien depot to discuss settlement. Gov. Carroll hosts a striker meeting, who insist wages must sustain life, while threatening violence in the strike.
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Baltimore
Baltimore End Ohio Railroad
King
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Damien Depot
Carroll
Rail disruption sparks wide state labor unrest
Albany governor issues a警 proclamation stiffer penalties for railroad obstructions including imprisonment up to ten years and $1,000 fines with a $500 reward for violators. Across cities, mills strike for back pay as crews guard trains and authorities prepare special police in Paterson amid volatile conditions.
Public Opinion on Strikes in the Railroad War
The New York press decries rail managers for private gains at workers’ expense. It cites wages of about 75 cents a day and accuses directors of fast freight schemes and stock watering. It labels the four trunk lines as nearly bankrupt, locked in a price-cutting railroad war fueling riots and violence.
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Puublic
New York Herald
Railroad labor strife eases as workers report for duty
General Manager Caldwell of the Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad promises pay for lost time to those returning to work. Workers on the Little Miami and the Cleveland Columbus and Indianapolis Cincinnati division report ready to resume. In New York trains run on time on the Central and Hudson River and Canada Southern lines. A proposal from Delaware Lackawanna and Western engineers to return at old wages is approved by President Sloane.
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Caldwell
Pittaburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Little Minami
Cleveland
Indianapolis
New York
Terry
Central
Hudson River
Canada Southern Railroad
Delas Ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Reagoner
Sloane
Scarce food in Frostburg stirs fears of miner raid
Cumberland Md July 25 reports say Frostburgs food supply is nearly exhausted with less than ten barrels of flour left. Miners threaten a raid on Cumberland linked to the appointment of a special police. Some local excursions were returned at Pittabureh by tramps from prominent families. Oswego N Y July 25 the Erie Express derailed after a rail was removed by a mob three miles west of Oswego no serious injuries. Freight trains on the Oswego and Syracuse division suspended and a regiment is held in readiness.
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Halaky’s
Fisk Street
George Fisher
Twenty-sixth
Stewart
Frank Norbeck
A. Weaney
Lang
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David Fitzgerald
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Archer Avenue
Will
Frank Newhall
Halsted Street
Jareh Senderey
Nick Shilling
Harry Collins
Lock Street
John McNalty
West Side
Peter Brady
Jefferdan
DeKover
Chas Kulerman
McCartney
H Hebner
Albert Wedener
James Plunskett
G Samouky
Fitz Taylor
Lee
Patrick Hanley
Loii Decker
Pat O’harra
P Stone
Lieut Corby
W B King
the Inquirer
Chicago
Halated Street
Stock Yarda
Clinton and
Jefferson
Western Avenue
Lake
Water
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James J. White
Board of Trade
Lawndale
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
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Twelfth Street Bridge
Michigan Central
Burlington and Quincy
Rock Ieland
Pacific Busines
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago, Alton and St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago and Alton
Lalsted and
United States
Cumberland
Frostburg
Pittabureh
Oswego
New York
Pacific
Erie
Syracuse
Delaware, Lackawapa and Western Railroad
Railroad teams connect Reading and Philadelphia lines
A large company of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad staff, under Schuylkill cast and iron police, armed with Spencer rifles, removed obstructions and relaid rails, joining the two road sections. Trains soon ran again with no disturbance as United States troops and artillery guard depot and railroad property.
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Reading
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Schuylkill Company
United States
Strikers Meet Officials as Rail Talks Continue
Pittsburgh July 25 The strikers committee from various roads will confer with railway officials this afternoon while passenger trains run normally. Mauch Chack July 24 Brakemen on the Lehigh and Lackawanna division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey to strike at 4 am Wednesday seeking about 16 percent raise. St Thomas July 24 Canada Southern shops workers quit with many engineers firemen and brakemen joining the action on a train.
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Pittsburgh
Mauch Chack
Lehigh and Lackawanna
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Brakemen’s Union
St. Thomas
Canada Southern
Vegetine claims broad cures for many diseases
An advertisement extols Vegetine as a universal remedy, listing scrofula, eruptive diseases, tumors, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, ulcers, syphilitic diseases, kidney and bladder issues, dropsy, female ailments, dyspepsia, heartburn, piles, constipation, nervousness, insomnia, and impure blood. It credits blood purification and liver and stomach strengthening for rapid, permanent improvement. The claim hinges on quick, easy progress toward a full recovery.
Perrine Praises Vevetios for Blood Impurities Cure
Architect Perrine of Little Falls credits Vevetios with curing years of blotches and pimples on his face and neck after using two or three bottles. He lauds the medicine as the best for all blood impurities and recommends it to the public. Perrine has lived in Little Falls for thirty three years.
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Ma. H. R. Stevens
Jaceceoame
Atheme Street
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B.C. Coop
Joy Street
R, I
Eir
Youre
Perrine
Little Falls
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