Wreck of yacht near Dunkirk and Frick attack shock city
The wrecked sailing yacht of Frank Bacon and W L Varnum of Erie Pa was found off Dunkirk after a Sunday wreck. Captain Thomas Stick and his companion George Grantow died or were gravely injured. Also reported were fires at warehouses in Kentucky and a violent assault on Henry Clay Frick by anarchist Alexander Berkman in Pittsburgh.
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Frank Bacon
W. L. Varnum
Erie
Dunkirk
Thomas Stick
George Grantow
Berkman Antecedents Painted as Violent Anarchist in New York Dispatch
A New York dispatch describes Alexander Berkman as an extremely violent anarchist who plotted to kill H. C. Frick in Pittsburgh. It notes his Austrian Jewish background, two-year stay in the United States after Vienna, ties to Joseph Penkert and Herr Most, and frequent returns to East Side saloons. Berkman, about 25, left Vilna after college expulsion for revolutionary talks, with his assassination plan possibly linked to a July 12 Socialist Union Square meeting.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
H. C. Frick
Pittsburg
Herr Most
Berkman
Vienna
Joseph Penkert
London
Penkert
East Side
Tompkins Square
Vilna
Russia
Fittsburg
Union Square
Frick
Humiliating punishment for supporter of Berkman at Homestead
Private W L Iams of Company K Tenth Regiment Waynesburg Pa faced a court martial after proposing three cheers for Berkman. He was shaved half his head and mustache whipped hung by thumbs for 30 minutes stripped of uniform and drummed out of camp. He survived after surgeons cut him down and he wore only overalls and shirt to Swissvale station amid a brigade audience.
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Cen Eration
Pearson
Berkman
Moyer
Lingg
Chicago
Hopkins & Allen
H. ©. Frick
W. L. Iams
Tenth Regiment
Waynesburg
Homestead
Camp Rowley
Jams
Streator
Tenth
Inms
Snowden
Sams
Lams
Swissvale
Frick shooting condemned by union and advisory board
The attempted assassination of Henry Clay Frick drew universal condemnation from labor leaders and the Homestead Advisory Board. William Wejhe of the Amalgamated Association denounced the act as cowardly and anti labor, while Thomas Warren stressed nonviolent means in their struggle. The Homestead board adopted a resolution offering sympathy and denouncing the wounding. Only a few anarchists and hotheads endorsed the crime.
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Frick
William Wejhe
Amalgamated Association
United States
Thomas Warren
Fricke
Homestead
Crawford
Advisory Board
Henry Clay Frick
H. C. Frick
Breaking Up of the Camp at Homestead Pa
Troop deployment shifts accompany camp reductions near Homestead with the Eighth Philadelphia City Troop and Fourteenth leaving Camp Rowley. Thirteenth and Governor's troops depart while Ninth and Twelfth regiments return home. Remaining units form a 1500-strong brigade under General Wiley. future stay unclear. Frick in better condition after wounds. iron scale talks linger without result. Frick offices guarded after attempted shooting.
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Homestead
Philadelphia City
Camp Rowley
Provisional Brigade
Fourteenth
Thirteenth
Brerston
Hawkins
Tenth
Black
Wiley
Sheridan
Snowden
Carnegie Steel shuts Beaver Falls mills as workers paid off
The Carnegie Steel Company paid all salaried staff in Beaver Falls and will not restart soon. Homestead deposit terms end, interest stops, and principal paid on demand. Union carpenters and iron workers refuse Carnegie produced beams for new builds. Eviction relief offered to 22 households. Duquesne Steel Works also silent as rivals push for recognition amid a wider strike.
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Tak
Beaver Falls
Nile
Carnegie Steel Company
Wrigley
Toe Carxscix Sree Co
Lix
General Orrers
Pirrescreh
Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Limited
Board of Managers
Tus
Carnegie Stexl Com
Lim
H.C. Friem
Coromans
Carnegie
Homestead
Trenton
Snowden
Duquesne
Arnegie
Duquesne Mills
Duqueana
Carnegie Steel declares job security for workers after July 3
The Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead issued a Monday notice stating real men entering employment after July 3 will not be discharged to make room for others. Employees are to keep their posts as long as duties are attended, with positive orders from the General Superintendent. By order of the Board, signed H. C. Frick, Chairman, May 25, 1892.
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H. C. Frick
Hussey
Fifth Avenue
Hittsburg
Carnegie
Tus Cansacie Steel Company, Limited
Frick
Homestead Steel Works
Strikers’ Statement From Homestead Advisory Board
The Amalgamated Advisory Board denounces industrial centralization and corporate excess. It defends workers rights at Homestead against Carnegie Company tactics, pledges legal action to protect employment, and calls for lawful arbitration while resisting violence and confrontation.
Eight Hundred Men At Work At Carnegie Mills Homestead
A Pittsburgh reporter, granted access after a long ban, reports 700 plus workers active in the Homestead steel works, raising total near 800 including supervisors. New hires are largely skilled Americans who express satisfaction with wages and prospects of permanent employment.
Fifteen Miners Die in Portsyu r Gas Blast
A massive gas explosion at York Farm colliery near Portsyur Pa kills fifteen men and injures several others. Names listed include John Harrison Thomas Jones William Jones William Wehman James Hartzel Anthony Stock Henry Madara George Bright Anthony Gutschlave Thomas Landis Robert Allott Chris Harnicker Edward Curran and George Stock fatally hurt. Rescue efforts begin as grieving families gather.
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Portsyiur
York Farm Colliey
John Harrison
Wadesville
Thomas Jones
Mineraville
Carpenter
Wm. Jones
Thomas
William Wehman
Minersville
James Hartzel
Llewellyn
Anthony Stock
Henry Madara
George Bright
Insane mother drowns children in boiling water
A Ballygarner village woman in Roscommon Ireland, driven to insanity, seized her three children and held them head downward in a pot of boiling water until their deaths. She attempted suicide in the same way but was rescued after severe scalding left no chance of recovery.
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Loxxon
Gaheen
Ballygarner
County Roscommon
Ireland
Buit
Senate and House Pass Reciprocal US Canada Trade Bill
The Senate debated the anti-option bill while the House approved a reciprocity measure with Canada. The House also passed a retaliation bill over the Welland Canal issue and supported suspending free passage for Canadian vessels if discrimination exists. Adjournments followed debates on campaign topics and senate resolutions.
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Teorspay
Senate
House
United States
Canada
Congress
Henderson
North Carolina
Logan
Louisiana
China
White
Welland Canal
Hansbrough
Hiscock
George
Pettigrew
Cullom
Ladies of
Washington
Capitol
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Brookshire
Indiana
Committee On Post Offices
Democratic Party
Allison
Hale
Palmer
Carlisle
Aldrich
Oklahomia
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Tia
National Highway Commission
Chandler
Holman
Internal Revenue total collections increase for year ends June 30 1892
Washington D C July 26 Commissioner John W Mason releases a preliminary report on internal revenue for the year ended June 30 1892 showing total collections from all sources of 153857543 up 7822128 from the prior year. The report notes declines in tobacco related taxes and details increases across spirits fermented liquors cigars cigarettes snuff tobacco chewing and oleomargarine with Illinois leading receipts and Kentucky second. Also notes first year's operation of sugar bounty law satisfactory and reports Baltimore wholesale drownings eleven in total since Sunday.
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Wasmsxetor
D.C
John W. Mason
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Jacksons unveils one price fashion with 10 cent discount card
Jacksons promotes its national reputation for fine clothing hats and men's furnishings. The store touts a strict one price system with plain figures and a 10 percent per dollar discount for out-of-town trade when the card is shown. Spring suits made by in-house tailors cost 10, 12, and 15 dollars, claimed as better value than local rivals by 3 to 5 dollars.
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House of Jacksons
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Licking County
W. J Henderson
Joss
New York Biscuit Company
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Thomas Shade
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Beird Brothers
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H. C. Frick Coke Company
Chairman Frick
John G. A. Leishman
Mgr. Leishman
Henry Clay Fricke
Mgr. Frick
Finck
William G. Lindsay
Lindsay
Mr. Berkman
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Mr. Leishman
Berkman Swan
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McAleese
New Haven
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Pittsburgh
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Hugh Ross
Matthew Foy
Fete Allen, Jr
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Mollie Maguire
O'Donnel
Guard
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
Amalgamated Advisory Board
Messrs
Carnegie, Phipps, & Co
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Allegheny County
Carnegie Mills
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York Farm
Internal Revenue Report
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Electric Bt
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Watson
Keener
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John M. Leech
John P. Ehin
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W. Hood
John L. Getty
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G. W. Hetrick
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David ‘Taylor
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W. H. Clawson
Idiena Pa
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J. W. Clements
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Onabin
J. M. Watt, Cxahier
Paul
Thousandac
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T.E Hildebrand
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Furs
Winssih
MaxTv
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D. W. Anthony
Parkwood
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