22 May 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1886
Page
1
Bradstreet reports a general trade improvement at interior distributing centers driven by labor gains, crop prospects, and better weather. About 10,600 workers remain on strike from a peak 125,000, with total wage losses since March 1 around 4 million and lost employer receipts near 2.5 million.
In Troy New York skilled laundry workers and collar firms face a stalled dispute as manufacturers press a price list and the Knights of Labor mobilize workers. Contracts to shift laundry work threaten two shops Rowe Co and Stottheimer and Rowe Co. Local demand grows with reports of outside orders and potential 200 workers needed from South Norwalk to break the strike.
About eighty Knights of Labor coal miners from multiple states met at Punxsutawney and endorsed Powderly in secret circulars, backing a constitutional amendment to shift strike control to the Knights general executive board and supporting Powderly for general master workman. A second session proposed admission of coal miners as a national district and the assembly elected officers before adjourning. Meanwhile, unrest and labor actions continued in other cities as workers wage disputes and strike plans.
The Senate heatedly debated pension bills after several had passed the body. Beck criticized rushing reports without review while Blair defended procedure, noting thousands of bills have come before the Senate and urging careful examination by committees. Hoar supported the current practice, arguing most reports are read by committees and only minority reports are publicly debated.
A baby 18 months old crawled onto the track at Wendleton station on the Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis line. The fast express could not stop in time. engineer John Sheridan throttled back and saved the child just as the wheels passed over the spot, leaving the infant unharmed. Passengers recounted the dramatic moment and Sheridan’s quick action.
The May U S secretary of state Bayard replies to Senator Frye on Canadian actions against American fishing, citing consultations with British ministers and consuls. He defends U S rights, notes delays in consular reports, and says a commission for arbitration may be considered later. Congress debates retaliation amendments amid ongoing state department negotiations.
Canadian and Boston papers discuss the Adams seizure of a vessel under new law. The report confirms prior telegraph advice and suggests the amendment makes buying bait an offense under international and Canadian law. Officials in Ottawa aim for swift passage, while critics call the action a blunder and warn it strains US-Canada relations.
A fragmentary Washington dispatch discusses maritime rights, asking the national government to protect property in Canadian waters as it would domestically. The notice mentions tensions over fishing grounds and sovereignty amid broader debates on policy and compensation related to Grand Kritala funds and other Senate proceedings.
John St Smith, nineteen year treasurer of the Board of Domestic Masons of the Reformed Church of the United States, resigned last June. Discrepancies totaling 2h 000 were found in his accounts, leading to retirement. Officials say Smith is arranging repayment and the matter will be settled soon. They exonerate him from intentional defraud, noting he mishandled about $45,000 annually toward poor investments. He lives in Bergen, N. J.
In Apple Grays West Virginia a family feud over a stair ladder ends in murder. Mrs Jimeon Guerin strikes and fatally wounds her sister Ara Thom s with a stone. Guerin’s nephew aged 11 then fatally wounds the attacker with a gun before dying. The girl cousin is arrested as excitement runs high.
Logan arrives in Rhode Island and attends a banquet in Providence hosted by Young Men’s Republicans with Aldrich, Meares, and Governor Watmore present. he later speaks at Municipal Hall with Arctic explorer Lt. Urely. Also covers Maxwell murder identification, Turf Triumphs racing results, a fatal shooting in Springfield, a bank clerk’s seven year sentence for embezzlement, and related short notices.
A government dispatch from May 92 describes frontier fighting at Karravites and Noxores with Turkish assaults, artillery at Karin, and posts at Analipala and Bairaktort captured. Greek forces regroup as officials urge restraint while preparing to defend against further aggression.
In the House of Commons Justin McCarthy urged action on home rule for Ireland arguing for self government now and noting Lord Salisbury’s revival of the no popery era. He favored Orangemen as allies, while Mayor Saunderson pressed suppression of National language claims, adjournment followed after remarks and counter-charges about funds from America.
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