Novel Congregation at Homestead Steel Works
A Sunday morning service surprised by a 2,400 strong crowd of steelworkers in the new mill. Rev. Ken Hayes led prayers before General Wiley and his staff, with a 12-piece orchestra and civilian attendees forming a large improvised congregation. The scene highlighted labor tensions and community reactions amid strikes and guard actions at Dupquesne and Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken. C. Hayes
Wiley
Hhe
Hayes
Murderer's tragic end after resisting arrest in ice house
Wasutxcros Pa August 8 Martin Reed killer of Alexander Chappel who escaped Washington county jail on June 9 trapped in Noblestown ice house Saturday He shot Officer Orr and killed Constable Coyle before fire trapped him Reed chose suicide as flames rose After Reed was killed police expect arrests for aiding ring the ice house siege and gunfire involved authorities and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Jacob Snyder
John McClain
W.j.nolan Wiliam Heeneit
James Fessler
Martin Kennedy
Jacob Bikie
Jacob Haas
Emilie Gotz
John Urdin
F. P. Hogan
Pittsburg
Homestead
Tts
Carnegie Steel Company
Conway
McGuire
Wm. No
F.P. Hogan
Rtmn
Wasutxcros
Martin Reed
Alexander Chappel
Washington County
Noblestown
McBride
Orr
Reed
Coyle
McDonald
Chappel
Burgettetown
Bell
Business Improvement and Prospects Steady in Trade Review
B G Dun & Co weekly Review of Trade reports broad improvement in business with clearer crop prospects and ample supplies of staples. Manufacturing, especially iron, stays strong. domestic trade at high levels. money plentiful. Yet large foreign selling drags gold abroad, signaling foreign distrust. Regional notes cite activity in Boston boots and leather, Philadelphia wool, Baltimore fall trade, Cincinnati drug sales, Cleveland groceries and iron orders, Detroit crop uptake, and July trade volume about 15 percent above last year amid revenue and import growth.
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B. G. Dun & Co
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Chicago
West
United States
Multiple Disasters and Strikes Across North America
A sweeping wind and rain storm in Phoenix destroys frail houses and causes deaths by lightning. A dynamite cartridge near Ogden injures workers. A Lake Shore collision near Erie kills two engineers, with a passenger severely hurt. Mines flood in Yorkshire. drowned picnickers in Worcester. Widespread labor strife hits steel, quarry, and building trades in various states, plus political and weather updates from Washington and across the country.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Ogden
Utah
Erie
Chicago
Boston
Lake Shore
William Welsh
Jacob Berkner
Buffalo
Stephen Perry
Cleveland
Dewsberry
Yorkshire
Anna Bernstein
Poland
Ida Harris
Worcester
Mass
Wuore Panky Eitrep
Guthrie, O.T
Cheyenne
Wrecks and disasters abroad and cholera tolls rise
The City of Chicago wreck near the Old Head of Kinsale sold privately for £420 after a failed public bid. Mt Etna renews violent activity with rising lava. Nine drowned when a ferryboat capsized on the Mejorda river at Tunis. Russia reports 6741 new cholera cases and 3496 deaths. doctors abroad urged to assist. Helsinki region disaster. a pleasure steamer near there sank, with 45 drowned. Deck scenes described as distressing.
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Inman Line
City of
Russia
Ministry of Interior
Helsingfors
Finland
Somnambulist Drags Toward Cliff Then Self Injures Toes
In Ridgewood near Reading a Milwaukee drummer, Joseph R. Tomlinson, awoke while sleepwalking and attempted to throw himself from a cliff. He later bound his toes with a needle, sewing them together under medicine’s influence. He survived long enough for Dr. Stewart to remove the stitches before fatal infection. He is hospitalized in Philadelphia with no hope of recovery.
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Pattaparrata
Ridgewood
Reading
Joseph R. Tomlinson
Milwaukee
Stewart
Tomlinson
Dr. Stewart
Schuylkill
Philadelphia Hospital
Chinese Minister to Be Replaced Over Bank Probe
A Chinese minister to the United States is expected to be relieved within a month or two, with Shui likely to take his post. The change arises from the emperor's displeasure over minister Tsine’s handling of plans for an international bank and related reports prompting an investigation. In Ohio, Harvey Kenyon was shot four times by his son George at Waldo after an intoxicated quarrel with his wife. the father is expected to die, and the wife, old and feeble, is also feared to die.
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Wiley
Pennsylvania Rail
Lair
Huntingdon
Millin
Cermbr
Hedford
Toothbant
Washington News
Colquitt
Washington
Spain
Columbus
Smith A. Whitfield
United States
Lay
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Noble
House
Crisp
Committee On
Pearson
Ohio
Martin
Indiana
Wilson
Missouri
Flick
Iowa
Waugh
Harrison
Grand Army of the Republic
Firce
Shui
China
Tsin
Pak
Cleveland
Waldo
Harvey Kenyon
George
Kenyon
Navy Department
Newark
Rennington
Genoa
Italy
Cadiz
Youngstown
Ohio Steel Company
Girard
Niles
Struthers
New Castle Wire Nail Co to Resume After Scale Pact
The New Castle wire nail company, employing about 1000 workers in rod, wire and nail mills, has signed the Amalgamated Association scale and will resume this week. The report lists related industrial and transportation items, including naval dispatches and other regional happenings.
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New Castle
Wire Nail Company
Amalgamated Association
Rochester
Fairport N. Y
Howard-Thomas Canning
United States
Ryder
Copenhagen
Four Men Burned by Sulphuric Acid at Mill
Four Washburn and Moon wire mill workers at Quinsigamond village were severely burned when a lead pipe rupture released sulphuric acid into the annealing room. Clothing melted from their bodies, two leaped into the river, and all were rushed to Worcester City Hospital as doctors treated their grievous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woxcestek
Mass
Washburn & Moon Wire
Quinsigamond Village
Tate Not Eligible as Nebraska Lieutenant Governor Nominee
Rev G Tate the Republican nominee is ruled ineligible for lieutenant governor due to insufficient US citizenship residency. The state central committee will fill the vacancy. Separate items note Sperry Flour Company forming a large California mill combine and Michigan’s legislative apportionment with a fair district plan and a special session adjournment.
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Rev. G. Tate
Nebraska
Tate
United States
State Central Committee
Gov
Boyd
Union
San Francisco
Sperry Flour Company
California
Michigan
Lansinc
Micu
Oates report released on Homestead conflict impressions
Chairman Oates publishes his view on the Homestead dispute noting brutal treatment of Pinkertons by women and boys, criticizing tariff effects and wage cuts, and questioning congressional power over the matter. He advocates arbitration and awaits further investigation before judging Linkertonism.
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Oates
Congressional Committee
Pinkertons
Frick
Pennsylvania
Mr. Frick
Pinkerton
Homestead
McCleary
Congress
Train Robbery Near Collis California Thefts of Cash
Three armed robbers blew open a southbound express near Collis six miles east of town, using dynamite to disable the locomotive and the express car. They forced the engineer and fireman to stop, loaded three sacks of coin from the safe, and fled toward Collis. Messenger George Roberts was injured. authorities estimate the loot at about ten to fifteen thousand dollars with one safe untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collis
Cal
Fremsn
George Roberts
Roberts
Her Majesty Opens Parliament Amid Social Reform Struggle
The address notes Parliament will not sit unusually and eyes social and domestic measures next session. The speech signals the start of a party clash as Conservatives prepare for a forceful fight while Liberals aim for swift, quiet progress.
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London
Opium Smuggling Probe Targets British Steamer Wilmington
Washington Solicitor Hepburn directed the Portland district attorney to libel and prosecute officers aboard the British steamer Wilmington for smuggling opium into the United States. The ship allegedly carried opium from Victoria B C packed in barrels and dumped into the Columbia River for inland shipment. Authorities have seized five barrels from the last voyage, yielding evidence of the operation.
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Washington
Hepburn
Department of Justice
United States
Portland
Ore
Wilmington
Treasury Department
Victoria
B. C
Columbia River
For Sale Human Bones Stun City Junk Shop Find
A boy brought a bag of bones to a junk shop in Wueeta and revealed skulls among the remains. Investigators traced the bones to the city cemetery on Twenty third street where a street contractor is said to be exhuming coffins and dumping remains while a large crew works. The cemetery has not been used since the war and contains many old family remains.
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Ohio
W. J. White
Cleveland
Congress
McKinney
Tex
Coffey Bro
J. W. Bradley
Harper & Roderick
Barkley, Harrison & Ready
R. A. Rutledge
Goost & Foster
J. P. Dowell
Mary Willard
Frances Willard
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Evanston
Menents
Buchannan
Nashville
Tenn
H. Clay King
David H. Posten
Steubenville
Ems
Coblenz
Neider Nassau
Neider Lahnstein
Chicago
American Express Company
New Onteaxs
Auduboin Park
Wueeta
City
Twentieth Street
Old City Cemetery
Twenty-third Street
Jacksons One Price Men's Clothing Card Ad
A promotional card from Jacksons proclaims a national reputation in fine clothing and hats with a strict one price system. It offers a 10 cent per dollar discount for local trade when the card is presented. Spring suits priced at 10 12 and 15 dollars claim superior fit and workmanship versus local prices.
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House of Jacksons
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Homestead MU
Advi
Lomestead
Seamestead Livel
T Gr
Berkman
Ae Moon
Sean Ble
Son
Laexen
Kas
Ermee Atlianve
Larned
Kaneas
Carnegie Company
Casada
Canrdiin ‘Weaest
Selewansielog
Meer Marehall
Minn
Minnesta
Lyon County
Leatter
Saker
St. Peterabureg
Moscow
St. Petereburg
Novgorod
Baranoff
Saratof
Davis
World's Columbian Commission
Board of Lady Managers
England
Majestic
Lac Provmensee
Robert Dorsey
Cleveland O.messenger
Australia
Birkenhill
Typographical Union No. 15
Typographical Union No. 6
New York City
John L. Miller
Quincy
Carpenters’ Union
South Bend
Ind
Sty
Carnegie
Watt
Barnesville
Iron and Steel Companies
Wheeling
W. Va
Stevens’ Point
Wis
Studebaker Wagon Works
Niantic
Ont
Montana
Beechwood
Opekiska
Monongha
Brinpixe Teapes
Building Material Dealers’ Association
Alliance, Neb
Alliance Times
Joplin
White Lead Works
Brussels
Northern Pacific
John Chatterton & Co
Green & Co
Hope Brass Works
Oppenheimers Warehouse
Schlegel
Orchestrian
Fleischman and Co
South Frederick Street
People's Party
Kearney
Neb
C. H. Vanwyck
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Don. M. Dickson
B. B. Smalley
People’s Party of the
George W. Rumbaugh
Westmoreland County
Lorenzo Crounse
Kansas City
Irony
North Dakota
Kansas
Texas
Turf News
Sultan
Stamboul
Cean
Abdallah Park
W. T. Handy
W. H. Wilson
President Harrison
Loon Lake
Democratic Conference
Nineteenth
F. E. Beltzhoever
Cumberland County
Crime and Penalties
Jaeger
Rothschilds
Frankfort
John Fitzgerald
New Orleans
Poral
Himasit
St. Alfonso’s Church
Rome
Nismes
France
Prohibition Party
Trenton
N. J
Thomas J. Kennedy
Hudson County
Trout Run
Cambria County
Clinton County
A.C. Hopkins
James T. Taylor
Lamar
Philadelphi New York
Freeee Brewer
Brooklyn
Pittsburee
Caetn
Azashington
Popes
Ashland
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Gobebic Range
Wisconsin Central Company
Migs
With Your
Pepe
Haanr
Saya
Romilly
Ben
Coox
Mich
T. E. Hildebrand
Daugherty Bros
Kirks
Gronex H. Maysano
Val
Walker
Judge ‘Whites
Fhligdgignte
Sirese Gaan
Annibal K
Sloan
Womans
Attorney-At- Fe
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Electric Light
M.C. Watsor
Frank Keener
Atson & Keener
Harry White
L. Stewart
DH. Tomb
Depot
John M. Leech
John P. Elkin
Seu & Elein
Indians
Omics
Porter
W. Hood
Philadisiguie Street
Hetrick’s Drug Store
Jan Ohn H. Pierce
J Atiorney
Jan JL. Getty
Ieee
Jee W. Bervick
Philadel
Aniel Ramey
Washington, D.C
Menta
Somers M. Jack
David Eisir Taylor
ACE & Taylor
Wier & Wilson
Attorneys-At-Law
Philadelphia Street
Sam’? Cunningham
J. Wood
Churchill
Boe
G.O Simpson
Water Street
Viana
Hotels
Indiana, Pa
A. R. Learn, EN
Usweos
W. H. Clawson
Didiane Pa
Ndiana House
J. W. Clements
Balle
Partlon
Tasos
BANKS
Intana
Capital
Waly Y Baiaga
Besimen
Aed Seales
M. McChegney
J. M
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Paul
Furs Grape
Datter
Broa
G. Hartman
Maton G. Miller
Blairsville
Penna
D. W. Anthony
Parkwood
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