17 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
1
The Big Store offers guaranteed quality and money back on any purchase. Advertised items include low prices on coffee, tea, flour, soda, salt, canned goods, and groceries. A carload of Michigan peaches will arrive Friday Sept 17 with cheap prices for canning.
Meats offered from a first class market at 1 to 3 cents a pound less than rival butchers. The ad invites customers to try the meat market and promises a full range of products typical of a high grade establishment.
The United Mine Workers executive circular explains why a settlement ended a major strike in the coal fields. It cites three conditions: sustained large scale work stoppages, a joint conference to raise prices, and fears of contract losses forcing negotiations. It notes some states will resume full production while others may extend the strike, with assessments on continuing workers. The document also discusses price disputes over pick and machine mining and mentions forthcoming arbitration in Pittsburgh. The article also covers related labor events in Illinois and Pennsylvania, a Springfield conference, and convention actions in Bloomington and Decatur.
In the Illinois Sixth district around St Louis seventeen mines resumed work yesterday as independent operators align with strikers. A proposed 87 cent per ton scale was accepted after talks, while Consolidated and Madison Companies refuse to join. In Spring Valley Illinois fears of renewed unrest led to police guard at No. 1 shaft as miners threaten to hold out for scale wages through winter.
In Hazleton Pennsylvania September 17 the American Federation of Labor backs local mine workers and plans a uniform pay scale. A raid by about 150 men and women at Honeybrook collieries led to stones and clubs. a Hungarian worker was injured. Guards and soldiers were deployed but the trouble dispersed. Governor Hastings orders suppression of riotous meetings.
Judge Jenkins sustains Postmaster General’s transfer of Superintendent Carr and defers to departmental rules over civil service law. He rejects Jackson’s view on chief deputy marshal removals and notes a doctrine of exclusion in statutes. Wilson warns Missouri livestock commissioners may quarantine Kentucky cattle amid Texas fever outbreaks and illegal shipments across lines.
Ignacio Anuilfoa, a violent man, attacked President Diaz during a military procession in Mexico City. He was felled by General Pradillo and restrained by gendarmes, with no weapon found. Diaz was applauded by crowds as he resumed his march and later greeted by diplomats and officials. The incident sparked calls for a military or civil trial, while the public lauded the president's cool response.
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