Homestead Strikers Welcome Troops Amid Peaceful Stand
Homestead Pa July 12. Strikers held a mass meeting and unanimously welcomed Pennsylvania troops. Burgess McLuckie urged a cordial reception for the militia and warned against insult to troops. Over 6 000 soldiers, including 19th regiment and brigades, occupied the town as authorities imposed military law and prepared to start mill operations. Congressmen arrived to probe the riot, with Frick named as first witness.
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Homestead
Pinkertons
Amalgamated Association
Mittin Township
Pennsylvania
Wylie
Snowden
Hommestead
Hawkins’ Station
Woman’s Industrial League
Washington, D.C
Hugh O’donnell
Frick
Sperasion
National Guard
Pierszone
P. N.J
Oates
Alabama
Bynum
Indiana
Boamer
Louisiana
Taylor
Ohio
Broderick
Kansas
House
Panhandle
Cargenie
Pittsburg
H.C. Frick
apErpara
Carnegie Homestead Mills
Pittsbane
P. N
Union Mills
Lawrenceville
Bond Deposits for Buck Board Party Suspects
Harry Adams and William Turner appeared at the police station Tuesday and posted bonds for Harry Reinhart and William Turner as the police continued to seek the young men from the Sunday buck board party. Frank Minor remains at large. The young woman involved left for Chicago Monday afternoon.
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Harry Adams
William Turner
Harry Reinhart
Frank Minor
Chicago
Serious Strike at Whitney Forces Eviction of Nonunion Workers
Whitney Indiana reports a worsening strike by Standard Oil boilermakers with non union workers beaten and driven from the job. Tense confrontations occur as union and non union factions clash at the Standard Oil yard.
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Whitney
Indiana
Valparaiso
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Riot Clashes In Kilrush Leave Homes Damaged
In Kilrush County Clare on Monday night clashes erupted between police and locals. Numerous injuries reported and three houses wrecked amid the unrest in Elot in County Glare Dusuin.
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County Glare
Dusuin
Kilrush
County Clare
Laborers Imported Raise Tensions at Premier Steel Works
About 45 striking laborers in Indianapolis faced imported workers from Louisville, 31 men accepting $1.50 daily after learning the true strike status. Scuffles feared as they demanded to return home if expenses were covered. Company officials withheld comment. a three man committee planned talks with manager Coen and union leader Wiehe to seek a peaceful wage-scale adjustment.
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Premier
Louisville
James Lancaster
City
Union Station
Lancaster
Indianapolis
Coen
Cook
Tom Lux
Wiehe
Iron and Steel Workers’ Amalgamated Association
Homestead
BROKE DOWN GEORGE GOHE N ON TRIAL FOR ASSAULT
George Gohen a gray haired man about 50 was tried in criminal court on Tuesday charged with assaulting his 18 year old niece Jeanne STXearse at the home of the girl's parents on 1 Wabash street June 1. The girl testified tearfully and O B Orton defended Gohen. Judge Cox sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary and fined him $100.
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George Gohen
Nice
Jeanne Stxearse
Wabash-st
O. B. Orton
Gohen
Cox
Labor unions elect officers and convene meetings downtown
Labor groups schedule officer elections at the Laundry Girls union Central Christian church mass meet at a later date. Barbers Building Trades and Upholsterers unions report new officers. Central labor union backs Homestead strike sympathy and debates K of L participation with future meeting set. Prominent Indianapolis labor figures attend Cleveland clerks convention.
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Laundry Girls’ Union
Central Christian Church
Dr. Lucas
Musicians’ Union
Barbers’ Union
Arthur F. Bartlett
Jacob Oliver
Wesley Norvall
Bert Neal
George Tate
J. H. Deery
F. W.ecker
D. F. Kennedy
F.W. Ecker
Henry Vogel
Philip Lendormi
Walter Jenkins
Wm. Smith
Fred. Ploch
K. of L
Central Labor Union
Homestead
Frick
A. Loepenberg
J. T. Riggs
E. A. Perkins
W.A. Ross
Simon Schmalholz
New bookcases at Wim L Kiders shop promise curative power
An odd reading notes Wim L Kider’s shop displays new bookcases and paired statements claiming concentrated curative power. The ad-like claim promotes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier alongside the shelves.
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Wim. L. Kider’s
Ayer
Battle at the Mines Sparks Deadly Idaho Riot
In the Coeur d Alene district the Gem and Frisco mines clash between union and non union workers. A barricade battle, a massive powder attack, and multiple deaths mark a violent escalation. Militia and troops mobilize as authorities seek to quell the bloody strife and secure prisoners.
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Couer D'Alene
Walace
Idaho
Mine Owners’ Association
Gem and Frisco
Thiel Detective Agency
Frisco
Homestead
Gem
Gud Carlson
John Ward
Carlson
A. M. Stock
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Tuesaday
Willey
Harrison
United States
Bonnie Kate Castleton Dead After Quiet Retreat
Kate Castleton, English born stage star of The dazzler, died at a Warwick hotel after foot injury and illness delayed performances. Her career began in London, rose in America after Geo. Gill funded her arrival, and she married and divorced several times while becoming a top paid actress in Indianapolis.
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Provinence
R. L
Kate Castleton
Warwick
London
Spider and
Geo. Gill
America
Gill
Chicago
Kate
Joe Elliott
England
Albany
Elliott
Harry Phillips
Lydia Thompson
Dazzier
Harry Lee
Cincinnati
Snake in beer poisons wedding guests in Barraron
In Barraron Pennsylvania at a wedding near Gown John Dravoc wed and hosted 160 couples. Feast included hams tripe and pickles with beer and whisky. Guests drank and blacked out after beer suspected poisoned. A rattlesnake was later found in a beer keg explaining the incident.
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Barraron
John Dravoc
Dravoc
John Pofiko
Only Foolin'' Ends With Arrest In Front Page Fragments
Mary Dillman filed a warrant for Tom McCullen accusing him of stealing her gold rings and assaulting her. Tom was arrested for assault and battery and claims he was only fooling. He will appear before Justice Daniels on Wednesday. Also notes Lottie Collins, famed for Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay, has died in Paris after a busy tour. Theodore Thompson, Michigan division line conductor for Big Four, was killed in Elkhart while coupling cars. He leaves a widow and four children. Dr. Butkin markets cancer treatment without surgery.
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Tom McCullen
Mary Dillman
Mary
Tom
Daniels
Lottie
Heaven
Paris
Lottie Collins
London
Abash
Ind
Theodore ‘Thompson
Michigan
Big Four Railroad
Elkhart
Frenzel track promise clashes with rail plans at fairgrounds
The new mile track at the state fair grounds is to be completed by Wednesday night for the July racing meet opening next Tuesday despite Frenzel’s pledge and ongoing disputes over the electric line. Officials cite transportation hurdles, with railroads offering service while the Citizens’ company lags.
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State Fair Grounds
Frank Walker
4 Star
Basaes
Citizens’ Company
Monon
Lake Erie
Frenzel
John P. Frenzel
Sun
Street Railway
Court House
Fairgrounds
Ardmore
Houser Declines Lieutenant Governor Bid Stoll Resigns
Dr. J A Houser withdraws as lieutenant governor candidate on the People's ticket in Indiana. George C Stoll, secretary of the People's Party state committee, resigns citing ill health after an earlier assault. Both letters were sent to Chairman Strange, detailing the reasons for stepping away from the campaign.
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Houser
Mr. Stoll
State Committee
George C. Stoll
People’s Party
Indiana
J. A. Houser
People’s Ticket
Strange
the Sun
Stoll
Muncie
Voorhees Seeks Arbitration and Labor Debate in Senate
The Senate debated labor disputes with a push for arbitration and a national labor commission while the Mint director warned two and a half years to coin treasury bullion. Gladstone's premium in Britain pointed to a slim Liberal majority and ongoing political maneuvering.
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Senate
Palmer
Mint
Treasury
Morgan
Sherman
Voorhees
Committee On Education and Labor
National Commission of Labor
Swamped resort disaster leaves hundreds dead at St Gervais
Geneva reports a terrible storm sweeping Bains St Gervais on Monday night. Mountain torrents surged, half the village and the Baths were swept away. Many died. an exact count is not yet known but deaths may reach about 200.
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Geneva
Bains St. Gervais
Race War in Kentucky Flare After Lynch Attempt
In Papucan Kentucky at midnight Monday troops clash with African Americans after a lynching attempt. Private Elmer Edwards is dying from a bullet wound while militiamen and whites exchange fire. Mrs Husbands is wounded and several people are injured as drills continue and the governor delays action.
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Papucan
Elmer Edwards
Paptean
Edwards
Mott Husbands
Fire at H. Vebling & Co. Livery Stable
Fire at the H Vebling and Co livery stable 346 and 278 West Washington street burned the hay loft and wrecked the one story tin sheeted building. Two alarms sent engines to control the blaze within a half hour. Loss about 3500 dollars insured with Bell agency. Several wagons and five horses perished.
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H. Vebling & Co
Washington St
Courist
Ward Bros
Bell Agency
Livery Linn
Cyrus Field Dies After Illness in New Year
Cyrus Field, noted promoter of the Atlantic cable and a founder of modern transatlantic telegraphy, died Tuesday at 9 30 am after a long illness. He leaves two prominent brothers, David Dudley Field and Moses W. Field, and a son in Buffalo’s asylum who was said to be a defaulter.
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Moses W. Field
Field
Buffalo
County Convention Soon Held About September First
A Sun reporter notes state chairman Gowdy and county chairman Moores in talks at Moores office. The republican county convention likely in about six weeks. farmers must finish harvest before inviting them. Also reported: Henry Kollman, 65, killed by an I Y train near Maywood, remains to Crown Hill Cemetery. Lennon election results favor liberals with a four vote margin against conservatives. Frank Barnard, cashier of a book making firm, found short $15,000 with no law to punish him.
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Sun
Gowdy
Moores
Henry Kollman
Maywood
Manker
Crown Hill
Washington
Frank Barnard
Potomac
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