Monstrous Homestead Strike Parade and Panic
Homestead Pa July 13 split special dispatch reports mass mobilization by state troops numbering about 5 800 with skirmishers advancing while strikers smile and no bloodshed follows. General Snowden lauded for strategic moves as mills brace for non union entry and a looming arbitration crisis.
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Homestead
Pennsylvania
Wallace
Bluecoats
Gen. Snowden
Grant
McClellan
Sherman
Thomas
Bonaparte
Austerlitz
Marshal Ney
Waterloo
Washington
Yorktown
Appomattox
Antietam
Snowden
Carnegies
Frick
Congressional Committee
Hugh O’donnell
Spl
the Sun
Iron and Steel
Carnegie
Amalgamated Association
Jaz
Fatal Train Crash Claims Four Summer Party Members
Four New Yorkers killed and two injured when a wagon was struck by a freight train on the Ontario & Western line near Bloomingburg New York. The victims George Walsh Carrie McCoy and Mr and Mrs Frank were wedged in the wreckage and removed with difficulty. Also included is a brief weather note predicting heat peaking at 91 with a chance of a thunder shower and cooler weather Thursday.
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Mippsttown
N. Y
George Walsh
Carrie McCoy
Frank
Bloomingburg
Ontario & Western Railroad
Sun
Weather Bureau
John
Ceater Wappenhans
Mr. Wappenhang
Steel Works Strike Fueled by Misleading Reports
At Premier steel works in Indianapolis laborers imported from Louisville faced opposing fates. Six started Tuesday, three quit after an hour. 25 refused to continue, planning legal action for misrepresentation. Company officials blamed press coverage, claimed no strike, and advertised for 50 more laborers while manager Coen was away in Chicago.
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Louisville
Indianapolis
Chicago
Sun
W. V. Martin
Tie Sun
Coen
R. O. Bailey
Sudden squall sinks excursion steamer Frankie Folsom at Peoria
A July 18 storm near Pekin capsized the Frankie Folsom with about 40 picnickers aboard. At least 18 known dead, many missing, 75 aboard the Longfellow aided in rescues, and officers rush to the scene. Survivors include Samuel Sutton and Wm Hart who saved their spouses.
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Peoria
Lil
Frankie Folsom
Beebe
Pekin
Miller
Longfellow
Folsom
Eivery
Samuel Sutton
Wm. Hart
Resignation of Kuhn prompts Hedian deputy appointment
City clerk Abrams accepted deputy George Kuhn’s resignation amid an ongoing police court funds probe. Thomas Hedian, former superintendent’s clerk, will assume the deputy duties. A cash-alleged payoff is disputed, while the inquiry’s progress remains unclear. Other notes include theater construction, a red men installation, and local court fines.
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George Kuhn
Abrams
Sun
Thomas Hedian
Kuhn
Taggart
Eruption in police court over buckboard abuse case
In a crowded police court preview two youths Reinhart and Turner faced drunkenness and cruelty charges after they allegedly abused a horse last Sunday. Officer Conklin defended his actions amid criticism from Turner and liverymen Allison and Parish. Cruelty cases adjourned to Thursday with potential further action by the humane society.
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Reinhart
Turner
Bloods
Conklin
Orton
Court House
Allison & Parish
Board of Public Safety
Harry Adams
Sun
Adams
Allison
Humane Society
Powder mill explosion tremors hit Springfield area
A report from Sprinerirp O July 13 says a powder mill blast at Goes Station caused a series of shocks felt in the city. Residents mistook the earthquake-like tremors for an earthquake with glass rattling for minutes. Three shocks were recorded by 11 PM with a lingering rumble.
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Springfield
Sprinerirp
Goes Station
Fatal fire in Berkhamstead mill claims eight lives
London reports a Berkhamstead planing mill blaze early Wednesday killing five children by suffocation and three more from burns. The mother was rescued from an upper window as flames spread through the building. Litigation over a straw elevator follows in federal court with James Buchanan and Indiana company accusing Thomas Leroy Goodwin and Andrew J Hoff man of unauthorized manufacture and sale.
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London
Berkhamstead
James Buchanan
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Thomas Leroy Goodwin
Andrew J. Hoffman
Lapel
Ind
Buchanan
Woman Dupe in Marriage Promise Case Before Judge
Julia Decker, once a Peoria waitress, accompanies William Wilson in Bloomington court for adultery and deception. Judge Buskirk sentences Wilson to 60 days in the workhouse. Decker returns home. Mat Raftery bound over to grand jury on burglary charge after breaking into John Morland’s residence at 22 N Blackford St.
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William Wilson
Julia Decker
Washington St
Wilson
Buskirk
Mat Raftery
Grand
Mie
John Morland
N. Blackford St
Lightning strikes mining camp blowe d to atoms
A thunderstorm near Townsend Montana on Monday caused lightning to ignite blasting powder at a mining camp. Tuesday searchers found scattered human remains and a cabin destroyed. Dead investigators include Dr J Bennet Peter McDonald and Dan Wallace with two said to have been blown to atoms.
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Helena
Townsend
J. Bennet
Peter McDonald
Dan Wallace
Painful Injuries End Bakery Owner From Wagon Crash
Henry Rechter proprietor of the Empire bakery on EK Washington street was thrown from his delivery wagon Wednesday. His right leg and three ribs were broken. Powers and Murphy carried him to his home at 228 West McCarty street.
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Henry Rechter
Empire Bakery
Washington St
Powers & Murphy
W. McCarty St
Furniture dealers in convention in Cincinnati
Dealers meet in Cincinnati but fail to agree on terms. European bulletins report William Waldorf Astor is improving.
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Cincinnati
Tobacco Trust
Europe
Wm. Waldrof Astor
Sheriff kills man in probate court quarrel in St Louis
St Louis county Sheriff Dozenbach shot and killed W F Smith in the probate court amid a quarrel that began at a Sons of Veterans meeting. In Kentucky, John Redfern was lynched by a mob after killing P B Dunn and injuring John Hobby. Chase appoints W H Armstrong to succeed Barnabas C Hobbs as state normal trustee.
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St. Louis
Dozenbach
St. Louis County
W. F. Smith
Sons of Veterans Meeting
Kentucky
Franquin
John Redfern
P. B. Dunn
John Hobby
Prof. Hobbs
Gay. Chase
W.H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
Barnabas C. Hobbs
The
State Normal
Outlaw Masterson Kills Sheriff in Montana Hotel
Whitman county Sheriff Luke Bowles, with Sims Harris and wife arrested at White Sulphur Springs, confronts Bob Masterson at the Pacific hotel. Masterson shoots Bowles twice, then Bowles fatally shoots Masterson. Bowles, mortally wounded, is not expected to live as the woman with Masterson is forced to surrender.
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Bian
Bolds
Masterson
Bowles
Weather Forecast for Indiana July 14 1892
Weather forecast for Indiana covers 36 hours ending 8 p m July 14 1892. Eastern portions remain fair on Wednesday while southern and western areas expect rains and thunderstorms. Cooler in the night with local rains, and on Thursday cooler conditions persist with possible local showers.
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Indiana
No title? Frank Stuart shoots self after breakfast pie
Frank Stuart a Cincinnati pool hall clerk went to Hayden's cafe Sunday morning ordered breakfast and pie then shot himself. The injury is not fatal but the pie may be. In other items Rev J J Noah claims to have found Noahs ark remains on Mt Ararat with a wood described as dark reddish and 5000 to 6000 years old. A Spanish king and royal children story follows with a missing boy and a garden theater in Aranjuez where Phonso was found rehearsing in a clown costume.
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Sician
McCleary
Allegheny County
Carnegie
Battery B
Spl
Burgess McLuckie
Hugh O’donnell
George Ryland
Amalgamated Association
Pittsburg
Congresssional
O’donnell
Frank Stuart
Cincinnati
Hayden
J. J. Noah
Babylon
Jerusalem
Mt. Ararat
Spain
Aranjuez
Phonso
Silver Fight Opens In Congress Over Quay's Resolution
In Washington on July 13 the House proceedings opened with routine business before attention shifted to Senator Catchings Mississippi who moved to debate the silver bill. Bland signaled a potential cloture amendment if the previous question failed. Senate debate then focused on the sundry civil appropriation bill as Quay and Gray proposed amendments to require Sunday closing of the world’s fair, with votes and general discussion continuing.
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Quay
Washington
House
Catchings
Mississippi
Reed
Bland
Senate
Gray
Novel Refory and the Light Artillery March to Encampment
The Indianapolis light artillery will march 40 miles overland to the Frankfort encampment, prefacing the state militia gathering. Twenty horses haul the battery and camp is planned for a week, with a bivouac under blue skies and guard against marauding dogs. They depart Saturday afternoon aiming for a 10 mile first leg and a Sunday forced march into Frankfort.
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Thre Light
Indianapolis Light Artillery
Frankfort
Etna eruption and St Gervais disaster reported
Rome and Paris dispatches describe Mt Etna increasing in violence with lava flow fires and earthquakes. At Giarre Belpasso and Nicolosi fears of destruction rise as wells are emptied to prevent explosions. Separate reports from St Gervais les Bains detail a deadly landslide flood, 18 to 27 confirmed dead, and widespread devastation in Chamoinix valley.
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Rome
Mt. Etna
Giarre
Sicily
Romer
Haffarano
Belpasso
Nicolosi
Paris
St. Gervais-les- Bains
Mt. Blanc
Bionnay
Bon Nau
St. Gervais
Lofaye
Arve
Grneva
Chamoinix
Biounay
St. Martin
Lefayet
Lyons
Geneva
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Across Europe and Nile Ports
Dispatches report cholera advancing in Russia with infection at Crimean ports while Berlin is declared cholera free. France shows uneasy conditions as cases persist. Cholera also appears at Acre in Egypt amid rumors of St Petersburg cases, though unconfirmed.
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London
Russia
Berlin
France
Acre
Egypt
St. Petersburg
Investigation proceeds into Hocker clerks dealings
The examination of Clerk Hocker in Haughville continues with no current findings implicating other officials. In West Plains Missouri on July 18 W A Twiggs, tied to the Baxter County Arkansas sheriff killing, was surrounded and killed by a posse near town Tuesday night.
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Gadi Buskirk
Langenberge
Ed. Brown
Nesto
Elt
E. Chiost
Justice Daniels
Hocker
Haughville
West Plains
W. A. Twiggs
Sheriff Byler
Baxter County
Ark
Brickyard fire at AspERson causes heavy loss
AspERson Indiana saw a brickyard burn Wednesday morning with losses estimated at twenty thousand dollars. The brief item lists KB Bufkin M D cancer specialist and cites Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier, with unrelated notes on hat racks and advertising.
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Wim. L. Elders
Ayer
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Lovejoy
Carnegie Company
Carnegie System
Ryland
McLuckie
Congressional Investigating Committee
Union
Lawrenceville
Houser
C. A. Robinson
People’s
People’s Party State Committee
James A. Houser
Stoll
State Committee
Fountaintown
Dr. Houser
Strange
Arkana
Steel Works
Martin
Ilm
Tom Hedian
City Live
Igleheat Bros. Flouring Mills
Evansville
George C. Stoll
People’s Party
Brazil
Union Station
Bethany Park
Henry Wiles
Agnes Mecham
Justice Smock
Fairview Park
Wiles
Weaver
Vincennes
Wabash St
Eclipse Bicycle Works
John Hayle
Red Cloud Tribe
Order of Red Men
W. Washington St
William Sachs
Henry Lehman
Sagamore
Thomas McGinty
Wim. H. Neff
Delaware County
Robert M. Ball
Muncie
Ball
Robert Greenleaf
Bessie Moore
Greenleaf
John O’conner
Pat Dune
Jimmy Shea
Freddy Kole
Jim Davis
Justice Habibh
O’conner
Kole
Fowder
Sre
Shericy
Gladstone
Lonnox
Edinburgshire
Wauchope
St. Paun
Minn
Ignatius Donnelly
Alliance
Minnesota Alliance
Jas. H. Baker
Donnelly
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis Driving Club
Commercial Club
Geo. R. Sullivan
Board of Public Works
John Lee Frenzel
N. New Jersey St
Citizens’ Company
MT. Blanc Disayfer
Hernsa
Paine & Co
Pompeii
Fortune
Paine * Co
Denison
Asperson
Joses & Clements
Bufkin
M. D
N. Wl
Ohio
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