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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1894
Page
3
President Cleveland calls for calm as mobs clash in Chicago and Hammond Indiana amid a nationwide railway strike led by the American Railway Union. Troops and state militia mobilize while prices rise and freight stalls inflict hardship on millions. Pullman cars face potential substitutes, reshaping transportation.
President Cleveland urges order after cabinet discussion in Washington. The proclamation states that due to unlawful obstructions and combinations in Illinois, especially Chicago, federal enforcement of laws may be impractical by judicial means.
United States troops fired on rioters in Hammond as workers attempted to derail a wrecking train. One man killed and several wounded. In Chicago police and militia dispersed mobs on Forty-seventh and Loomis, with injuries reported among civilians. Authorities warned civilians and prepared further deployments as strikes spread and rail service slowed nationwide.
The Setustion strike expands from Pullman to nationwide disruption as unions consider aid to the American Railway Union. Reports cite Chicago as the center, with action spreading to Baltimore Buffalo West Virginia Alabama California and beyond. Troops and militia are mobilized to preserve order as railway workers strike nationwide.
The report covers actions through early sessions with pension and desertion cases cleared, tariff amendments debated, and measures on state taxation and note forms discussed. Resolutions on Pullman strife and worker protections pursued, adjournments noted and committees named or formed. The House moved bills on Wages, Women and Children, and greenbacks taxation. the Senate held a brief session before adjourning.
Otis Avery survives the Aug 1820 first run of America’s first locomotive on the Brat line. He recalls Horatio Allen piloting the engine a mile before it rolled on. The crew and passengers soon took short trips as the crude track snapped and the engine struggled without cab or shelter.
A mosaic of maxims on wealth, indolence, friendship, education, and self mastery. It notes the danger of making money divine, praises plainness, and warns that prosperity tests virtue while indolence undermines character.
This fragmentary page compiles miscellaneous quotes from authors such as Owen Meredith Jean Ingelow Dugald Stewart and Voltaire. It presents reflections on joy taste warnings thought and eloquence with brief aphoristic lines.
The tariff bill, amended to take effect August 4, 1894, passed the Senate 39 to 34 in a strict party vote. Allen of Nebraska denounced Democratic Finance Committee members for alleged bad faith, while a heated exchange over the income tax and anti trust rider spanned the chamber. The final roll call sparked gallery cheers as the Senate adjourned for the Fourth of July.
Sparks from the Wires reports Casimir-Periar'a presidency could trigger civil strife. Mrs Gladstone will not seek reelection. Michigan awarded 55 degrees at commencements. President Cleveland signed Labor Day into law. William Davie Gatler, journalist, died in Louisville.
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