Strike at Illinois Steel Works Sparks Chicago Riots
A large strike at the Illinois Steel Company's South Chicago works on Wednesday led to 1,200 workers walking out. Violent clashes with police followed, with several injured including Jack Shepherd and Edward Shaks. Twenty-eight strikers were arrested as a 1,600-strong crowd occupied the plant. Nearby, Granger, Indiana faced looting by organized tramps, met by armed residents and patrols to restore order.
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Ilinois
South
Chicago
Jack Shepherd
Edward Shaks
Liendecker
Patrick McCauley
Authorities Review Case Of Manuel Fuentes In Cuba
The case of Manuel Fuentes, cor respondent for a New York paper, arrested near Santiago, Cuba, on suspicion of aiding revolutionists, is before the State Department for full inquiry and protection while pending. The charge alleges Fuentes tried to sell arms to insurgents, a claim contested amid Spain’s harsh court martial context.
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Manuel Fuentes
New York
Santiago
Cuba
State Department
Fuentes
Mutiny on Opia Sailors Bound for Amsterdam
The crew of the steamship Opia mutinied as the vessel prepared to sail from Brunswick Georgia with naval stores bound for Amsterdam. U S Commissioner Lehman refused warrants since all sailors and mechanics are Holland citizens. One killed and three injured in a boiler explosion at a Kokomo Indiana steam mill owned by John Bennett.
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Opia
Amsterdam
United Tes
Lehman
vMicera
Holland
Stewaw
John Bennett
Kokomo
Ind
James Oats
Freman
Frank Dowing
Ee Phillips
John Bush
N. K. Fairbank
Ogdensburg
Morgan's Point
Port Colborne
Ont
Fhre
Marine City
Mich
Great Lakes
Moore & Bartown
Cleveland
Powder Mills Blow Up in South Acton Mass Disaster
Five men are believed killed after a powder company complex in South Acton Massachusetts suffered a series of explosions. The first mill blew up Friday morning, a second nearby mill followed, and the Corning mill exploded later, burning fences and threatening a 20000 pound powder storehouse. About fifty workers were employed across ten mills. thirty in the Corning mill escaped. Fire destroyed three mills within fifteen minutes of the initial blast.
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South Acton
Mass
American Powder Company
Corning
Wooda
Mille
James
Express Train Held Up Near Carlinville. Engineer Killed
Alton mail and express train No. 3 was halted about a half mile north of Carlinville Illinois by five robbers. They fired on the crew and demanded the engineer and fireman surrender. the engineer Frank Holmes was killed. Three suspects were captured and jailed. authorities pursue the remaining attackers.
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Carlinville
Alton
Ill
Frank Holmes
Alton Road
Schemings of Millers and Trade Rise Promise
Labor strikes and speculation threaten trade gains as millers seek price hikes. Pillsbury and Milwaukee groups aim to corral Duluth mills and expand control to 50 direct mills and 100 indirect others. Rye flour supply and bread prices loom, with visible rye stock down sharply from a year ago.
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Kansas
United Millers’ Association
Chicago
United States
Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Rochester
Duluth
New York
World of Commerce Sees May Revival Amid Obstacles
R. G. Dun & Co. reports May trade improving since the 1893 downturn. Activity enlarges but not as fast as hoped, with hesitancy to sell ripe staples and wage demands straining profits. Money markets stay healthy and railway bond sales rise abroad despite April revenue shortfalls.
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World of Commerce
R. G. Dun & Co
Belated Louisville Husband Sees Wife Silent After Paralysis
Matt Schmidt returned home in Louisville to find his wife in a paralyzed state, unable to speak after an episode described as cake paralysis. Doctors say the condition is complete and may be permanent, with muscles relaxed but vocal cords still powerless.
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Louisville
Matt Schmidt
Horrors of a Poor Farm Reported in Damage Suit
Testimony in a Fort Scott Kansas district court damage case portrays the Uniontown county poor farm as dirty and abusive. Mechnert won $1000 in damages after alleging maltreatment and meager meals.
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Fort Scott
Khan
Uniontown
John G. Mechnert
A. C. Delark
Mechnert
Hoke Smith on Silver and the Next President
Secretary Hoke Smith, in Macon Georgia, splits the public into gold monometalists silver monometallists and bimetalists. He argues free silver at 16 to 1 would prove silver monometallism and says the next president will likely oppose unlimited coinage. He fears silver policy hinders prosperity but hopes opposition to silver plan will limit harm.
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Hoke Smith
Interior Department
Macon
Smith
United States
Disclose Gold Cure Ingredients Judge Rules Keeley Must Reveal
District Judge Myers in Leavenworth has ordered Dr. Leslie E. Keeley to disclose the ingredients of his bichloride of gold cure. The ruling declares the cure not a property right or trade secret, not patented, and in use for over two years, requiring Keeley to testify and reveal the formula as a financial dispute mounts with W. F. Johnson seeking $100,000. Britain says terms depend on Nicaragua guaranteeing $77,500 while canal deal looms. Also report two train robbers killed in Oklahoma Territory after a dawn confrontation. victims identified as Slaughter Kid and Bitter Creek. Modoc Gold Mining reports rich ore near Leadville with 3.5 feet of ore and high assays. lead content noted as 10 to 38 percent.
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Dr. Keeley
Leavenworth, Kan
Leslie E. Keeley
W. F. Johnson
Topeka
Sam Shaffer
Guthrie
O. T
Dover
Pottawottamie
Slaughter Kid
Bitter Creek
Modoc Gold Mining Company
Deer Shaft
Leadville
Colo
Little Johnnie
Breece Hill
Discharged apprentice killed at Beaver Tin Plate Works
Charles Seamon Strealey nineteen year old former Beaver County resident was killed Thursday morning at the Beaver Tin Plate Company works in Lisbon Ohio. He had been discharged Wednesday and while deleting a worker he was struck by the crank of a large driving wheel.
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Charles Seamon Strealey
Beaver Tin Plate Company
Lisbon
Strealey
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Chicagoan Becomes Insane and Sentenced Prison for Life
E Bardo Elliott of Maywood Illinois was driven insane at the Ashland House New York and admitted to Bellevue hospital. In Barboursville Kentucky the jury in the field Adkins case returned a guilty verdict, with life imprisonment for the prisoners.
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Barboursville, Ky
field-Adkins
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across U S Markets
Cattle in Chicago Indianapolis and Cincinnati priced from $2 to $8. Hogs range $3 to $6.25 in several hubs. Wheat No 2 varies from 64c to 68c, corn No 2 from 40c to 58c, oats mostly 28c to 88c. Butter and eggs quoted in creameries and Western markets. Multiple cities report mixed results and slight shifts in values.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louie
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Crutches how they are made and what they are made of
The article notes most crutches in the United States come from four to five New England factories and a few elsewhere with New Hampshire leading one plant. Rock maple dominates but lancewood rosewood hickory bamboo also appear. Modern double bar crutches prevail, old straight-bar styles persist. Prices range from about two dollars to hundreds for finely finished pieces with silver or ivory trim.
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United States District Court
St. Louis
Priest
Ira G. Cook
Missouri
Cook
The Anti-Cat Club Debate Sparks End of Operation Vote
The Antikatzen Verein in Munater Westphalia faced a proposal to end its stray cat killings after evidence of 1 222 cats brought to its rooms last year. The motion to cease operations was voted down.
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Munater
Weatphalia
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