Labors Losses Show Employers Hit Harder by Strikes and Lockouts
Carroll D. Wright reports that employes lost $190.49 million in strikes and lockouts over thirteen and a half years ending June 30, 1894, while employers lost $4.83 million. Strikes caused $163.81 million of employes’ losses, with $26.69 million from lockouts. average losses per establishment and per person are listed. The report analyzes causes, industries, city concentrations, duration, and outcomes of strikes and lockouts across 26 major cities and five states Illinois New York Pennsylvania Ohio Massachusetts.
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Carroll D. Wright
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Colt Affairs Well Aired in Rhode Island Society
Mrs Elizabeth B Colt files for divorce from Samuel P Colt in Providence Rhode Island citing marital duties unmet while a simultaneous arrest writ for James J Van Alen is issued over alleged alienation of Mrs Colt. Damages sought reach 200000 with bail set at 400000.
Olney argues arbitrate Venezuela border dispute use Monroe Doctrine
Secretary of State Olney weighs England Venezuela border quarrel over the Essequibo line and territory claims. He proposes arbitration if ordinary boundary dispute. otherwise U S will resist British expansion, citing Monroe Doctrine and potential force.
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England
Venezuela
British Guiana
Escoquibo
Olney
Great Britain
United States
America
Colt seeks divorce and bond over alienation claim
Colonel Colt files for divorce from his wife Mrs Colt and custody of two minor children Rus sell G. Colt aged 13 and Roswell O. Colt aged 6. A writ against James J. Van Alen for alienation of affections is issued, with bail required and sheriff to serve at once. Colt’s attorney predicts a sensational trial exposing prominent New England society figures and officials.
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Russell G. Colt
Roswell O. Colt
Col, Colt
James J. van Alen
Col. Colt
New England
Fragmented 19th Century Gossip and Obscure Deaths
The text cites varied vignettes including Burna family poverty in Edinburg, Pope’s cheas hobby, Gen Cassius M. Clay sending his wife to school, gossip about Lady Randolph Churchill tattoo, Queen Victoria’s Balmoral drives, Beareaud Paris sketches, Thomas Nast painting Shakespeare bust, Francisco Bazaine’s death in Cuba, Elisha P. Ferry’s Seattle death and political nurse honors, Huxley tomb inscription authorship, and Joseph Jefferson dodging political questions.
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Robert Burna
Edinburg
Cheas
Cassius M. Clay
Randolph Churchill
India
India. In Spite of Cold Weather Queen Victoria Takes Many Drives About Balmoral
Beareaud
Henry Irving
Thomas Nast
Shakspeare
Stratford-on-Avon
Francisco Bazaine
Marshal
Cuba
Elisha P. Ferry
Washington
Seattle
Washington Territory
Grant
British Medical Journal
Nes
Huxley
Joseph Jefferson
World and Political Briefs From Across the Globe
The United States cruiser Alert arrives at Lima, Chile contemplates cabinet changes, Trafalgar anniversary marked in London, a Stafford fire kills ten children, Canadian canals open on Sundays. Salisbury named Lord Warden. MP John Dillon to wed Justice Matthew’s daughter. Katharine Johnson dies in France at 88. Brussels reports the water inspector was murdered. Canadian salmon sale faces export hurdles. Dunst Adeleheim and wife commit suicide in Vienna. Mormon conference draws crowds in London. Ives touts missionary success in Wales. Indian ship collision near Sydney damages Alameda. Colon notes a fake Nicaragua boycott. Kosciuszko heart moved to Pollah museum near Zurich. Americaniate congress opens in Mexico City. Berlin consecrates Emperor Frederick Memorial Church. Mrs Samuel Smith trial begins in Duluth.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Cinque Ports
Marquis of Dufferin
John Dillon
East Mayo
Matthew
Katharine Kileo Johnson
Alexander Johnson
Pitteburg
France
Brussels
M. Bloque
Charles Tupper
Dunst Adeleheim
Vienna
London
N. H. Ives
Salt Lake
Wales
Port Kembla
Alameda
Moodyville
Cal
Sydney
Nicaragua
Colon
Colombia
Kosciusko
Washington
Vezina
Pollah Museum
Chateau Raperswijl
Zurich
New World
Mexico
Berlin
Emperor
Empresa
Augusta
Tar Spaniards and Cuban rebels a tax on wealth and marriage
A crowded, satirical roundup notes rumors of Cuban rebels using dynamite and Spanish suspicions, laments about taxes on paper goods, and a head tax proposal for Americans traveling to Europe. It also covers a US law on habitual drunkards, bicycle output forecasts, and a hoosier telegraph puzzle with a ship’s coded message.
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Europe
Wisconsin
A Crow on Trial in Niagara Falls Field Tale
John C Levat of Niagara Falls recounted a Canada trip tale where a flock of crows gathered in a field to hold a mock trial. One crow appeared the defendant as others chanted, and three wing feathers were later found plucked from the accused bird in the open field.
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John C. Levet
Niagara Falla
Mr. Levat
Canada
John
Mr. Level
Canadian
A Tiny Monarchy: Liechtenstein Parliament Clash
A European microstate Liechtenstein, between Austria and Switzerland, spans about fifty square miles with a population near 6000. The fifteen member parliament accused the sovereign of constitutional violation, prompting the prince to prorogue the assembly and dissolve it until further notice.
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Europe
Principality of Lichtenstein
Anatoia
Switzerland
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