Labor conference platform urges uprising to test courts
At St Louis on September 1 delegates debated injunc tions and the use of ballots while Debs urged an uprising to restore civil rights. Sovereign urged miners to defy injunctions and prepare for jail as the convention adopted the platform and set Chicago for the next gathering. Debs condemned the courts and called for popular action to reclaim labor rights.
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St. Louis
Resolutions Committee
Labor Conference
Williams
Webster
Clemens
Kansas
Congress
Sovereign
Debs
Social Democracy
America
American Railway Union
Supreme Courts of
United States
Supreme Courts
Bac
Debs Foresees Uprising and Upheaval Ahead
Debs declares in a rally that a spontaneous uprising will settle questions, abolish the supreme courts, disperse Congress, and enthrone liberty. He says he will lead from the front and may shed blood if necessary to preserve liberty and American rights.
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Debs
Supreme Courts
Congress
Platform of the Conference Declares Liberty Is Not Freedom
Labor leaders call a Chicago convention if the coal strike is not settled by Sept 20 1897 denouncing injunctions as judicial despots. They demand public ownership of railroads and telegraphs, disarmament of labor foes, and pledge a Good Friday fund for strikers while urging citizens to bear arms under the Constitution. Widespread strikes prompt clashes as workers confront miners en route to jobs in Washington Indiana.
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Velna
Iuet
Debs
Patrick Dolan
Pittsburg
Chicago
Mahon
Sovereign, Donnelly
O’connell
Pearce
United Mine Workers
Columbus
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Ratchford
McKinley
Congress
W. D. Ryan
Illinois
St. Louis
Conference of Labor
United States
America
Publc
Euch
Cooperation urged to settle coal wage strike plan
Cleveland and Columbus reports say T J Young of M A Hanna & Co pushes arbitration on coal wages 60 to 69 cents per ton with miners to work at 64 cents during talks President Ratchford in Columbus weighing Youngs proposal while miners brace for a possible settlement. Government and operators prepare for a cross city movement as UMWA council meets in Columbus to review the plan and aid funds.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Masaillon
O.— Ratchford
T. J. Young
M. A. Hanna & Co
Young
Ratchford
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers
Massillon
Pittsburg
Ohio
St. Louis
United Mine Workers of America
Larree
No Public Labor Day Celebration In Madison Wis
A collection of brief items notes Labor Day events in Madison canceled. Other reports include a New York death by gas, a Philadelphia woman meeting tennis experts in Chicago, saloon raids in Kansas City, a Spanish reserve call, miners’ relief needs in eastern Ohio, Peru’s presidential widow, a fatal boiler explosion near Mount Vernon Ohio, Oneida Indian fair dates, a Hayes family wedding in Fremont Ohio, a Wisconsin bull goring, bribery accusation hearings in Chicago, Alaska gold strike details, a Dodgeville boy’s fatal accident, Madison strike at Fuller Johnson works, a land possession suit in Chicago, and Wisconsin- Minnesota telegraph wiring progress.
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Madison
Wis
Harry Mills Cole
New York
Miss Wimar
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
Kan
Cuba
Ohio
Borda
Peru
William R. Ia
Louis Brown
Mount Vernon
Fredericksburg
Oneida Agricultural Society
United States
Oneida Reservation
Fanny Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Harry B. Smith
United States Navy
Fremont
Frank Ruffels
Lowell
South Town
George Lemmon
Tacoma
McMillan’s River
Alaska
John Layton
West Newell
Inls
Governor Drake Returns Home After Springs Stay
Centerville reports Governor F. M. Drake has come back from Excelsior Springs where a two week visit for illness brought noticeable improvement. He looks and feels better than during the six weeks since his capitol accident, though not yet fully recovered.
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Centerville
F. M. Drake
Excelsior Springs
Capitol
Labor Day plans set for Mount Olive miners meet
A convention of delegates from the miners organizations of Staunton Gillespie Litchfield Worden and Sorento has decided to hold a monster Labor Day celebration in Mount Olive Illinois. They estimate about 6 000 miners will attend the event on Labor Day.
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Mount Olive
Ills
Staunton, Gillespie
Litchfield
Worden and
Sorento
Silver Men on Deck at State Democratic Convention
At Reading Pa the Pennsylvania Democratic state convention nominated Walter Ritter for auditor general and M Brown for state treasurer. The event dominated by the fight to retire William F Harrity from the national committee, with Harrity supporters backing James M Guffey. Bryan was cheered as the silver issue dominated debate and a stage clash prompted a police presence. Harrity remained defiant, predicting a future party shift in Pennsylvania, while asserting the national committee alone can decide his seat.
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Reading
Walter I. Ritter
Lycoming County
Brown
Blairsville
William F. Harrity
National Committee
Harrity
James M. Guffey
Chicago
William J. Bryan
W. D. Whitney
David B. Hill
Tammany Hall
Pennsylvania
Democratic Committee
Democratic National Committee
Virginia governor opposes state ticket after Chicago links
Washington reports Governor Charles T. O ferrall of Virginia condemns the Roanoke nominated Democratic state ticket and Chicago platform. He defends free silver Democrats, accuses leaders of poor conduct, and notes actions on lynching. Also mentions his stance on 1893 speeches and Bryan. In Wisconsin a two headed calf is found in Viroqua barn. The Michigan Electric Light and Power commission reports a strong sale of 325,000 electric light bonds at a premium.
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Washington
the Post
Charles T. Jo’ Ferrall
Virginia
Chicago
O’ferrall
Roanoke
Bryan
Daniel
Senate
Cleveland
Committee On
O'Ferrall
Marquette, Mich
Electric Light and Power Commission
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Trempealeau
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Drake
Yoo
Ae Reain
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White Metal
Keystone State
Viroqua
G. W. Nuzgum
Nuzum
Castoria
Geo. H. Tandy & Co
G. W. Tandy
Oxford
OUR
Pike
Stephenson St
Freeport, Il
McHenry
Pepsin Gum
Stephenson Street
Oiffenbauge
Brewster House
Southern Teachers’ Bureau
O. M. Sutton
A. W
Sutton Teachers’ Bureau
W. Cor
Ae Ky
Deny
Chuo Iy
Cago
Ill
Yaounetee
Ofice
Louteville
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