Weaver Heads People's Party Ticket In Omaha Convention
The National Convention of the People's Independent party met in the Coliseum Building Omaha. Gen James B Weaver led in the roll call and was nominated for president with Kyle Norton and Van Wyck among others, and Gen J G Field chosen as vice president after a sustained display of enthusiasm and unity.
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Omaha
Anedal
People’s Independent Party
Coleum
Minneapolis
Taubeneck
National Executive Committee
Chaplain Diffenbacher
Nebraska House of Representatives
Nebraska
George YP. Bomis
New
L. A. Beltzer
Bemis
Ben
Terrill
Texas
Bombiy
People’s’ Party
St. Louis
Tamunack
C. H. Ellington
Georgia
J. Hayes
New Jersey
OG. P. Carpenter
Minnesota
Jesse Poundstone
California
Ellington
Polk
Alliance
Sister Todd
Illinois
Ben S. Terrell
Washington
Mount Vernon
Todd
Direct
People’s Party
Congress
Ignatius Donnelly
Donelly
H. Jaxon
Chicago
Suport
Jaxon
Committee On
Curiaco
Ill
J.B. Weaver
Ignatius Vonnelly
Ben Terrell
John W Hays
Mr. Orr
A. W Q. Gresham
Judge Gresham
Alabama
J. S. Manning
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Colorado
Colorado Was Yielded To Col
S. F. Norton
Senator Kyle
South Dakota
Connecticut
James Field
Virginia
Florida
Gen
Weaver
F. W. Wimberley
Stephen H. Basher
Mlinois
Senator van Wyck
van Wyck
Kyle
Horton
Page
Stanford
Norton
Car
J. G. Field
Gen. Field
People's Party Platform Declares Reform and Unity
The document presents the People's Party platform adopted at their national convention on the anniversary of independence. It denounces political corruption, calls for monetary reform, railroad and telecommunication nationalization, free coinage, a national currency and postal banks, income tax, land reform, and government ownership of key services to empower the common people. The preamble emphasizes unity and opposition to entrenched party control.
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Dean
New York
Thas
Committee On Resolutions
Loucks
Resolutions Committee
Thomas V. Cator
California
Resolutions Committees
Cator
Branch
Guorgia
Shout
Taubeneck
Illinois
Gresham
Br. Uauser
Indiana
People’s Party
People’s Party of America
Congress
Jawa
Republic
Grievongs
Brotherhood of
Freemen
United States
Farmers’ Alliance
Pasmente
Battle on the Monongahela River at Homestead
Desperate fighting erupts as strikers and Pinkerton guards clash near Carnegie mills. Fire from rifles and a cannon drives the opposing boats back, while thousands gather along the riverbank to defend Homestead, amid smoke, flames, and alarm throughout the night.
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Pinkerton
Pittsburg
Pinkertons
Homestead
Monongahela River
Warsaw
Little Bill
Pinkerton, Cdal
Iron Police
Winchester
Carnegie Mills
Fort Frick
Turmoil at Carnegie Steel Works Sparks Mass Standoff
Thousands gather as Pinkerton guards approach Homestead with 5 000 to 6 000 locals confronting lines of defense. A cannon is planted at the mill entrance while fires, fences, and trenches illustrate escalating tensions. Governor Pattison may send state militia to restore order.
Hail shower shocks Devonshire party with electric hair
In Devonshire a sudden ten minute hailstorm left young people feeling electric sensations. A correspondent notes ladies felt ants in hair held by steel pins and a man tested the effect as hair stood on end. Days after, heads still felt the electrical whipping.
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Devonshire
England
Device for Inhalation of Ozone by Patients
A Benuni physician presents an apparatus for inhaling ozone prescribed for patients. It uses an ebonite tube with two metallic points linked to a high tension current. The devil’s hold on a man is broken by choosing the right action.
Bloody Battle at Carnegie's Homestead Mills
Civil War rages in Pennsylvania as 300 Pinkerton men attempt landing at Homestead works aided by 6,000 strikers. After fierce gunfire, five Pinkertons die, 23 wounded, and the strikers report six killed and twelve wounded. Strikers hold the plant awaiting Gov Pattison’s troop orders.
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Carnegie
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Pinkerton
Homestead Works
Pittsburg
Pinkertons
Sons of Vulcan
Heinde
Spartana
Tiber
Ofl
Fred
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H. L. Loucks
J.W Hayes
Independent
Willam J Armstrong
Grant
Emery
Michigan
Committee On Rules
Vandervoort
National Committee
Union Pacific Railroad
Cannon
Brown
Massachusetts
Mporary
People's Party Platform
Cuba
Carnegie Works
Pattison
Spain
Denry C. Frick
Andrew Carnegie