10 Nov 1886
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1886
Page
1
We are headquarters buying direct from growers selling now from 1.75 to 2.25 per barrel for 8 barrel bundles. Good mixed candy 10 cents per pound, drops 10 cents per pound, cream bonbons 28 cents per pound. We carry the largest canned goods stock and sell flour 85 cents. Located at numbers 67 and GY Stephenson Street.
London observers noted a dismal November day as Socialistprocessions faced heavy police protection and Life Guards in Trafalgar Square. rioting and arrests were limited. crowds dispersed with only minor clashes. At Guildhall, Lord Salisbury lauded the lord mayor while pledging inquiry into urban distress and relief efforts.
A Salisbury speech at a Guildhall banquet covers Conservative Irish policy and calls for empire integrity and strict enforcement of laws. He criticizes Bulgaria’s fate, notes European diplomacy, and defends Britain’s stance on Egypt, with remarks on eastern affairs and allied powers.
A chaotic report from Chicago on the meatpacking strike shows Barry orchestrating packers to resume ten hour workdays amid clashes with strikers and militia. Knights of Labor leadership expelled several figures as negotiations collapse and calls for a nationwide boycott grow. Powderly and other leaders weigh in as violence and union tensions intensify.
In Treymumt Massachusetts November a case sits before a court charging Peter McGeorge of Lyon and William O Konla of Balam with conspiring to injure Charles Harrington & Co by pressuring workers of Francis FL Emory to oppose Harrington’s tanning. Knights of Labor members fill the courtroom as lawyer Gan speaks on indictments and illegality of conspiracies without direct criminal means.
A sprawling scrawl from New York outlines a brewer’s pool plan seeking regulation, a 816,000 bail, and bans on certain practices. Mention of HB Suhrmann and other brewers accompanies disputes over price controls and contracts, amid unclear local enforcement.
A massive mine fire at the Standard coal plant near Connellsville threatens Mount Pleasant township. The fire, ignited when a mine tongue burned loose hay wagons ten days ago, is beyond control. Gas and coal dust peril nearby farms and a planned borehole aims to drain gas and coal, with potential for a devastating explosion that could ruin a large portion of Mount Pleasant and disrupt 700 jobs.
Wreckage from a large vessel washed ashore at Point Bur y in Lake Michigan near Frankfort on November 10. A patrolman on the beach reported no survivors yet found, with pieces of hull and bulwarks washing up and signs indicating the vessel was salvaged or wrecked in a gale.
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