Gathering of the Knights of Pythias in Pittsburgh
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania opened sessions in Pittsburgh with ceremonial decor and welcomes from Grand Master R A Jackson and Mayor Gourley. 125 candidates enrolled for initiation as officers were elected with Dunnell as Grand Inner Guard and Reading’s C M as Grand Outer Guard amid reports of growing membership, endowment funds, and relief support.
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Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
George Buckman
Philadel Fs
Meting
Intri- R. A. Jackson
Allegheny
Gourley
Buckman
Gcranton
C. H. Green
Williamsport
Thomez Burton
Newton
Simp
Northumberland County
Duniell
C. M
Reading
J. J. Davis
John Beestion
R. H. Jackson
C. G. Fresh
Grand Pacers
Geo Hawkes
Julius Mountney
Beene
Hart and Love
Grand Channelier
Pennsylvania
Grand Chan
Fess
Convantion
Warwick of Ohio Democratic Leader and Pioneer Dies
John G. Warwick born in Ireland in 1831 rose from a dry goods shop to mill ownership coal operations and railway directorship amassing a fortune estimated between 705000 and 1000000 He served in Massillon Ohio politics as Council member Board of Education Lieutenant Governor and later U S Congressman representing the garden district of Ohio He died after a prolonged illness with his wife and son at his bedside praised by late associates as generous and high minded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Warwick
John G. Warwick
Ireland
Massillon
Board of Education
Congress
Democratic State Central Committee
Hoadly
Warwick
Washington
Garden
Ohio
Miners Attack Oliver Springs in Tennessee Riot
A 700 strong mob assaulted the Oliver Springs convict mine stockade at 3 am, defended by 40 guards and 50 picked men. Eight miners were killed or wounded, with two guards fatally injured as the stockade held. Governor Buchanan sent the Third Regiment. trains carried convicts to Knoxville. Wires cut and locomotives seized as violence spreads in East Tennessee.
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Oliver Springs
Tenn
Buchanan
Tere
Kinere
Moon
Marion County
Miners' League
Knoxville
East Tennessee Railroad
Coalcreek and
Olivers
Coal Creek
Cumberland Coal Company
National Guards
Chattanooga
Harriman
Clinton
Tennessee
Royster
Woolford
West Tennessee
Cannor
Knox
Shelby
Hamilton
Davidson
Astene Announces Cabinet Names to Queen in Aus
Mr Gladstone visited the Queen at Osborne House and read the ministerial list. The proposed cabinet includes Earl Rosebery as Secretary of State for Affairs, Baron Herschell as Lord Chancellor, Sir W V Harcourt as Home Secretary, H H Asquith as Secretary of State for India, the Earl of Bamberley for the Colonial portfolio, and the Marquess of Ripon for War with Campbell-Bannerman at the Admiralty.
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Gladstone
Ozhome House
Glad‘ecabinet
Earl Rosebery
Baron Herschell
William Vernon Haroust
Herbert Henry Aaguith
India
Earl of
Richt Hon
A Campbeil-Bannerapan
Admiralty
Earl
Bayonet Wounding at Camp Block in Homestead
Obert Morton, a Homestead striker, was bayoneted in the right thigh Sunday morning by S. 4. Keller while attempting to cross guard lines. Morton, drunk, offered no clear motive beyond stubbornness. he survived with severe bleeding but no danger. Sentinel Joseph Logue was assaulted. the incident drew little local excitement and was investigated by General Wiley and Colonel Kreps.
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Obert Morton
Keller
Fifteenth Regiment
Morton
Joseph Logue
Sentinel
Homestead
Crawford
Wiley
Kreps
Thelapes
Agea
Labor leaders issue Homestead circular amid steel strike
A circular from the Executive Council of the Federation of Labor, issued at the Duquesne Hotel in Pittsburg, urges support for Homestead workers. It claims low wages, high housing costs, and opponents Pinkertons, calling for contributions to relief and advising workers not to seek work in Carnegie mills until the dispute ends. It defends the workers’ fight and cites wage ranges and homeownership rates.
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Executive Council
The
Federation of Labor
Duquesne Hotel
Pittsburg
Carnegies
Pinkertons
Uly
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Honcvenr
Carnegie
Labor Movement of America
Carnegie Steel Company
Weibe
Thomas J. Crawford
Samuel J. Gompers
P. J. McGuire
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
John B. Lennon
Shoenberger & Co
Singer, Nimick & Co
Berlin Steel Company
Carnegie Company
Judge Wing
Gompers
Homestead Strikers Visit Mill and Labor Relief Donations
Strikers at Homestead visited the mill for discussion and many returned after seeing how it was run. Support pours in as a $20,000 fundraising drive is organized by labor groups in Boston, and a patrol skirts early morning threats while militia and train crews exchange shots on the riverfront. Keir Hardie forwards £100 from Carnegie for Homestead relief.
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Homestead
Porter
Harrison Critchelow
Supt. Potter
Bessemer
K. of L
Central Labor Union and Building Trades Council
Boston
Mass
Ever Labor Organization
Massachusetts
Hoi
Crawford
Ted Us
Fred Windsor
Carnegie
Keir Hardie
Homestead Strikers
Hardie
Westham
Prest Shire
Ayr
Multiple Labor Actions and Disasters Across Cities
Regional labor unrest spans Buffalo tugboat crews demanding raises to 50 dollars a month, Indiana railroad switchmen seeking Chicago-level wages, and Indianapolis machinists striking over non union work. A townwide Red Mountain fire destroys the entire settlement, causing 275000 dollars in losses and leaving 700 homeless. Continental strikes ripple through Findlay glass factories, Susquehanna and Columbia iron works restart after suspensions, and Milwaukee freight handlers seek higher wages. Paris cabdrivers and international trade shifts add to a broad pattern of labor tension and industrial disruption nationwide.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Canada
Great Britain
Jenny Electric Works
Striking switchmen spark widespread railroad fires
Incendiary fires broke out simultaneously in East Buffalo freight yards and along Lehigh Valley lines after a late Friday strike over 10 hour days and higher wages. Dozens of cars and two coaches burned, trains derailed, with widespread destruction, robbery reports, and fears of wider conflict. Police and militia mobilized as Governor Flower called National Guard to curb unrest.
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Lehigh Valley
East Buffalo
N.Y
Erie
Buffalo Creek
Lehigh Valie
Henry Shrader
Brunn
Shrader
Smith Street
New York and
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Philadelphia
City
Buffalo
Lancaster
Erie Yards
Sheriff Beck
Mr. Beck
Cheektowaga
Bailey Avenue
Tre
Patnapenrata
McLeon
Hazelton
Central
Lehigh-Evie
H. Walter
Niger Yards
West Shore
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg
Round House
Lehighley
Je Tey Central
Delaware
Lackawanna
Western
New York
Flower
National Guard
Lake Shore
High Yard
Fast Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Division
Reading
Webb
New York Central
Union
York
Newace
Frank Sweeny
Sweeny
Burrows
The
Burrow
Sweeney
Chicago
Horrific incidents from global chaos and disasters
Reports describe a brutal bull fight in Nism with twenty thousand spectators applauding each cruelty, embezzlement confession by United States Consul Ryder in Copenhagen, drowning of seven soldiers in Neisse, political turmoil with a Venezuelan dictator, cholera rising in Teheran, deadly landslide near Scharnitz, mad wolf outbreak in Lodz, fatal mine accident in Bessegés, Spain's storms damaging crops, Havana's tariff-driven closures, and Moscow banning processions due to cholera.
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Nism
France
United States
Ryder
Copenhagen
Neisse
Prussian Silesia
Paris Teps
Venezuela
Urdaneta
Corupino
Villegas
Teheran
Persia
Scharnitz
Tyrol
Innspuek
Lodz
Poland
Besseges
Spain
Huesca
Isuela
Havana
Leonti
Moscow
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Indiana Progress
Gathering OF the Knights
Grand Lodge of
Meess
Gelecis Officare
Congressman Warwick
Briggs House
Washington, D.C
Jonn G. Warwick
Astene
Spencer
RL Fowler
F Morley
Earl of Kimberley
Arthur Herbert de Ac Sand
Lord Houghton
Treasury
John
Bers
Pew
Mr. Gladstone
Stansfield
Sto Ion
Praia
Fuquith
Arnold Morley
Ackland
Mr. Ack
Arnold Marley
Ferest IC
Department 3
John J. Gavin, Jr
Gavin
Eneia Sor
Te- Seeix
Nijni Novgorod
Russia
Stenzer
Block
Federation
Sec. Lovejoy
Edmund Belfour
Grant Street
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cocmenie Steel Company
Mr. Belfour
Daniel
Findlay
Susquehanna Iron Company
Columbia Iron Company
Red Mountain
William Evans
Laurel
Del
Tacony
Adee
State Department
Egan
Valparaiso
Chilian Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Baltimore
Lycoming County
W. N. Wilson
J. W. Causey
Silas Cresswell
Petersburg
Scull
Somerset
Shornerhorn
Idaho
North- Western
Milwaukee
Wis
Pariz
Beary Beachman
Jackson
Mich
Cuddy
Coun
Michigan
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
Dakotas
Argusville
Gardner
N. D
WLK RoxpEnx
Greenock
Liverpool
Sarah Jolliffe
Isle of Man
St Paul
Bany
Castoria
Casteria
With Your
House of Jacksons
Jacksons
Liberty St. Star Cor
Oak Alley
Pte
Ieee
al Dexggiste
Heary
Jonis0n
Lord
Frege
Burlington
Woon
Detroit
Midh
Indiana
T. E. Hildebrand
Hetrick Bros
Daugherty Bros
Fiat
Rte
Atiorneyss
J: Lew Office
Assmar K.sloan
Atroa
Dallding N”Ame
S . J. Telford, Inc
Indiane
C. Watson
Freak Keenar
Atson & Keener
Imitena
H. Tome
Depot
John Frucuur
Hood
Betrick’s
Aniel Ramey
Oflice
P Street
Northwest
Somers M. Jack
David Blair Taylor
Sijamr
Wreay
Atrorneys-At
Paisa
Beninees Prompuy
BANES
Sam’ Cunningham
Wood Clarke Hidtene
MLLER
Inprama
Veterinary Sundon Livs Stock Dusvrancs
Water Street
Ifm & —E
Hotels
HOUSE
F. A. R. Learn
Indiana, Pa
W. BR. Clawson
Banle
BANKS
County Deposit Bank
Wally
Paul
Itas
D. W. Anthony
Parkwood
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