Anarchists in Homestead Strike Escalation Unfolds
July 28 report from Homestead Pa details intensified anti Carnegie actions. Police note 80 to 1000 anarchists in area, arrests of suspects, and ongoing surveillance as Frick pressures strike with deposit interest cut. O'Donnell tasks loom while troops depart Philadelphia. 700 non union workers remain at mills amid unrest and sporadic violence across town.
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Carl Fister
Bergman
Frick
Homestead
Carnegie
Bauer
Chicago
Col. Streeter
Randall Club
Snowden
Philadelphia
Homestead News
Seretary Lovejoy
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Mand
Sheridan
O'Donnell
Homesttead
P. N
Pittspore
P. N.J
Magee
Sylvester Critchlow
Fifth Ave
Prrrspure
Cincinnati
Nonconformist Receives Complimentary Note on Liver Remedy
Beecham's Pills for a bad liver are endorsed by McLuckie. On a Wednesday, the Nonconformist in this city received a complimentary note from Burgess McLuckie at Homestead saying his power meets views in every particular.
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McLuckie
Burgess McLuckie
Homestead
Svery
Storm wrecks Pennsylvania as death toll rises
Terrific storms with lightning and hail swept through York and other parts of Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening. Rain flooded streets, sewers overflowed, and trees and chimneys were knocked down. A street railway shed collapsed, killing Samuel Rupp and injuring John Gross. Dozens of buildings were struck, crops damaged, and several fatalities reported including Alfred Hoffmann in Greenville and Mrs Willington in Plymouth. The storm’s path stretched about half a mile wide with extensive property losses and injuries across Lancaster County and Wilkesbarre areas.
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Pennsylvania
Harrissure
York
Street Railway Company
Samuel Rupp
John Gross
Gross
Rupp
Lancaster County
Reading
Terre Hill
Alfred Hoffmann
Greenville
Altoona
Welsh Congregational
Wilkesbarre
Jane Sperrig
East Lebanon Iron Company
Willington
Plymouth
Man In Jealous Fit Fined For Attack At Thompson Home
John McAllister a laborer living on Smithst was fined 500 and given six months in the workhouse by Judge Buskirk Thursday after he attacked Josh Craven with a plank at Miss Allie Thompson’s front window Craven lay unconscious in a pool of blood Five witnesses testified and McAllister claimed honesty and gospel truth prompting the judge to urge perjury investigation by the grand jury
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Hig
Cadi
John McAllister
Buskirk
McAllister
Smithst
Allie Thompson
Josh Craven
Miss Thompson
Craven
Pickpockets Rob Republicans Return from Sedalia Rally
More than 20 Republicans returning from a Sedalia rally were robbed of valuables en route home. An expert gang of pickpockets and diamond thieves caused aggregate losses reported at $2,500.
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St. Louis
Sedalia
Aeréolite Ignites Barn Haystack Near Decatur
In Decatur NL on July 28 Charles Walker’s haystack and barn near here burned after a meteor ignited the haystack. Several witnesses reported seeing the aereolite fall, described as a ball of fire, with the event noted in a local report. Fire in a China Shop Damages Denny Estate Store
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Decatur
Charles Walker
Pirrspure
T. G. Evans
Third-ave
Market St
Denny Estate
Five cars of Storck Killed in Freight Collision
July 28 near Holly on the D G M lines two freight trains collided at full speed destroying both engines and piling up 50 cars. Five stock cars were killed and brake man Lachan of Holly was seriously hurt in the wreck.
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Derriort
Holly
Lachan
Whaling Ship Chieftain Crushed by Ice Near Greenland
A whaling steamer reported by a Thursday morning arrival at Lerwick Shetland Islands that the Chieftain was crushed to pieces by Arctic ice. The crew survived. In Kentucky a fire destroyed Strathorn Opera House and stores, with losses about 60,000 dollars and insured for 15,000. Ayers Farsaparilla advertised for liver, rheumatism and blood diseases.
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Weasel
Dunprez
Greenland
Lerwick
Shetland Islands
Arctic
Kentucky
Strathorp
Strike Talk Flares Over Streetcar Discharges
J B Riggs and John Newhouse were discharged from the Virginia Avenue line amid allegations of fare evasion and failure to register. A Brotherhood committee sought a hearing with President Frenzel of Citizens Street Railway, while protests and warnings of potential trouble followed. Frenzel reportedly left the city as officials avoided further comment.
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J. B. Riggs
John Newhouse
Frenzel
Virginia-ave
Street-Car Brotherhood
Riggs
Brotherhood
John Corliss
Wm. Demott
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
J. B. Rigga
Mr. Corliss
Taz Sun
Sun
Lewis
Brown
Newhouse
Sen
Prominent ex Gruker George Sistare Ends Life at Manhattan Club
George Sistare once a Wall Street broker who failed years earlier shot himself at the Manhattan club in New York, amid rumors of murder involving his lawyer Bennett. Reports varied on whether he fired three shots before the fatal one and whether he was a club member. later details say he was merely visiting a friend.
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Geo. HK. Kistara
New York
George K. Sistare
Manhattan
Sistare
Bennett
Bistare
Fifth-ave
Monkey on the organ runs afoul of law in workhouse
A lively intelligent monkey brought to the country by a young organ grinder caused trouble when Officer Corrigan demanded a license. Judge Buskirk fined the monkey's master Dominick Amneizo, who claimed he had never been in so much trouble before and could not pay to play the organ.
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Italy
Corrigan
Mozart
Capt
Kurtz
Dominick Amneizo
Beach, former New York Sun proprietor, dies
Moses 8. Beach, once proprietor of the New York Sun, is dead. Four conspirators were executed in Sofia for plotting against Prince Ferdinand and his prime minister. Geo. M. Gray of Canton, Ohio said he could not stand the heat and drank croton oil in his wife's presence, dying in great agony. In Balmont, Scotland, bank clerk Frazer, crazed, killed two people and mortally wounded one with a sword.
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Moses
Beach
New York Sun
Sofia
Prince Ferdinand
Geo. M. Gray
Canton
Ohio
Balmont
Scotland
Frazer
HELLO GIRLS STRUCK AT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE STRIKE ENDS
Seventeen female operators retired at 1 40 pm Thursday causing a forty minute service halt. Miss Jennie Condell chief operator faced tension with the staff, who demanded her removal. By afternoon, Condell was relieved, and operation resumed. The town’s telephones rang loudly during the stoppage.
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Cherry
Tux Sen
Jennie Condell
Miss Condell
Great Dog Hunt Ends With Mass Euthanization in Alley Home
A woman named Barley Chettsker was arrested for harboring an unlicensed dog and found with 14 dogs in one filthy room near McCarty Street by Lilly drug works. Judge Buskirk ordered the animals killed. officers shot or clubbed the dogs after a grim scene as neighbors complained of the nuisance and stench.
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Barley Chettsker
McCartyat
Lilly Drug Company
Buskirk
Kurtz
Barlow
Slate
Belle Stockton Morphed Over Unrequited Love
Belle Stockton, a 2138 W. Courisi resident, endured years of moroseness after Richard Clay wed Minnie Cummins. She bought morphine, attempted death, but her mother called a doctor who used a stomach pump and saved her. Belle denied plans to take more morphine, despite rumors.
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Ber Benny
Belle Stockton
W. Courisi
Richard Clay
Richard
Minnie Cummins
Belle
Indy
Sun
Mill Blast Kills Five in Bagley Area Inferno
A shingle mill explosion at Varnell and Emith's in Bagley Thursday morning killed five workers: Andrew Swedock single, Irving Hutchinson Davison married, John Thompson Juniatta married, Sean Skinner Lapeer married, and another man. Bill Small and Frank Davis were seriously injured. The same day the supreme court held the recent state legislative redistricting act unconstitutional, signaling likely an extra session.
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Bour Mon
Drrroir
Varnell & Emith
Bagley
Andrew Swedock
Irving Hutchinson
Davison
John Thompson
Juniatta
Sean Skinner
Lapeer
Bill Small
Frank Davis
Supreme Court
Lightning Sets Oil Tanks Ablaze Near WaSMA, Pa
A lightning strike 17 miles southwest of the Pennsylvania pipeline company's stock near WaAsmaInG Ton ignited an oil tank of 27000 barrels. Flames spread to adjacent tanks, 20 burning fiercely and halting traffic on the Washington branch of the Panhandle.
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Waasmaing Ton
Pennsylvania Pipeline Company
Washington Branch
Panhandle
Kittell Confesses to Yearlong Robbery at Kahn Tailoring
Kittell, previously convicted and sentenced to ten years for systematic theft from the Kahn tailoring firm, received a new trial but pled guilty, drawing five years more and a $1,000 fine. He claims stealings reached $10,000 and reveals locations of some goods. Kahns react guarded. reporter seeks comment.
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William Kittell
Kahn
Spaan
Kittel
Kahn Brothers
Holtzman
Newberger
Duncan
Atore
Sun
Turn Lux
Tox Sun
Michigan City
Long Island City Cat Fire Tragedy Sparks Outrage
Report of cruel arson on a cat in Long Island City where assailants drenched the animal with kerosene and set it alight. The burning creature dashed toward a paint store before collapsing in the gutter, fatally scorched. The incident provokes public condemnation amid urban unrest and calls for action.
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Long Island City
O’connor
General strike threat and blacklist claim in Teamsters and Shovelers union
Reported tensions between contractors and the Teamsters and Shovelers union threaten a general work stoppage. Union president Hoffbauer alleges a $1,000 blacklist pact with Western paving and others, while contractor Kenyon denies any plan to blacklist and says an agreement was only to refrain from blacklisting. The union plans further meetings and a Thursday report to decide next actions.
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Teamsters
Philip Hoffbauer
Teamsters’ and Shovelers’ Union
Tae Sun
Cooper
Western Paving Company
Palmer & Seibert
Sun
C. A. Kenyon
Western Paving and Supply Company
Teamsters’ and Shovelers
THE SMULLMAN WRETCH Alice Mitchell Relates Killings
Alice Mitchell testified on Wednesday afternoon detailing the murder of Freda Ward. She described pursuing Freda down a hill, slashing with a razor, and striking again after an umbrella disrupted her. She claimed motive was to kill and expressed a wish to die. Also noted: Judge Milton S. Robinson died at 6 o'clock Thursday morning from heat prostration. Robinson, a Versailles, Indiana native, served in the army, held a brigadier general rank, and served in state senate and Congress before appellate bench appointment.
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Alice Mitchell
Freda Ward
Mommis
Freda
Mina
Anprison
fSpl
Milton
Robinson
Appellate Court
Milton 8. Robinson
Versailles
Ind
Greensburg
Anderson
State Senate
Congress
Hovey
Human Bruts Avenged Death by Cooley Gang in Untertown
A posse pursues the Cooley gang after Jack Cooley is shot by officers. The gang allegedly stole sheep and, after plundering, attacked farmer Wesley Sister, binding him and assaulting his daughter as he witnessed, before a fatal shot. Sister aided in Cooley capture.
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Cooley
Untertown
Jack Cooley
Wesley Sister
Sister
Bodie Fire Destroys Mono County Town Stores
Ad vices from Hawthorne Nevada report Bodie California, Mono county, practically destroyed by fire Tuesday. Flames started at 3 am in a bakery. One block burned on both sides of the street including about 80 stores. only Harvey Boone’s grocery survived. Loss estimated at 100000 with trifling insurance. Families over shops left homeless. Also report New York swelter with extreme heat and high humidity as of July 28. Temperature at 10 am 86 rising, threatening hottest day yet.
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Bodie
Hawthorne
Nev
Mono County
Cal
Harvey Boone
New York
Tragedy Follows Jealous Rivalry In Evansville Killing
Evansville reports a brutal murder after Jack Robinson confronted by his former friend William Kurtz. The pair, once close, drank together then fought in the street. Kurtz killed Robinson with a barlow knife during a confrontation and surrendered after watching his victim die. he shows no remorse.
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Evansville
Jack Robinson
Dr. Bryan
Robinson
Wm. Kurtz
Kurtz
Eruption on Sangir Island Kills 14000 Natives
Reports from Amsterdam note a June eruption on Sangir island with rocks like hail striking natives gathering rice. Many houses collapsed under volcanic ash while lava overwhelmed villages, burying women and children. authorities estimate fourteen thousand perished.
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Amsterdam
Sangir Island
Ten Attempts At Death Endes In Lake Eyre Tragedy
Elizabeth Banks a Cleveland opera singer and noted blonde drowned herself in Lake Eyre after ten life endangering attempts. She hired a boat and rowed out into the lake as a storm loomed. Boat-house workers who warned her found her paddling then she plunged overboard. Motive unknown.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth Banks
Lake Eyre
Convent Visitation Rule Sparks Denial in Indianapolis
D O Donaghue pastor of St Patrick's in Indianapolis writes that no city convent allows such a scene and that relatives may visit the sick at Sisters' Hospital or Little Sisters homes. He says the aunt could not see the dying child for reasons other than convent rules. July 27, 1892.
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Indianapolis Srv
Indianapolis
Free America
Kendalville Sun
Stun
Abcvsa
Spirit of the State Press
Sisters’ Hospital
Southtt
Little Sisters of the Poor
House of the Good Shepherd
Meridian St
Belt Road
D. O'Donaghue
St. Patrick’s Church
Judiabapolis
Daring Bank Robbery at El Reno Oklahoma
A stranger robbed the Bank of El Reno of 10500 dollars on Wednesday. Mrs. Sawyer, wife of the bank president, was present as a second man entered and demanded all money from the safe. The robbers fled with the loot while the woman fainted. hundreds search for the Daltons as suspected culprits.
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el Reno
O. T
Bank of
Mra
W. Sawyer
Deak
Daltons
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