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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1892
Page
2
A reflective essay argues the preacher is a human laborer deserving fair pay and understanding. It notes Canada’s decade of immigration with over 892,010 arrivals and a population rise near 504,002, and discusses the Salvation Army’s global role and its 2,800,000 services and 11,000 missionaries.
In Homestead Pa July 18 a mill alarm spread as second brigade and officers moved on hearing a supposed rear attack by locked out workers. Guards doubled, No 2 hearth started, and steam across the Little Bill ferried 300 to 600 men into company property amid rumors of arrests and dynamite.
At Carnegie Steel union mills located at Twenty-ninth and Thirty third streets the locked out workers may not return until the company unlocks gates and a new contract is agreed. Mr Lovejoy stated that those who quit cannot reenter under current terms and the company will decide when and how they may return.
Powderly sends letters to President Harrison and Governor Pattison asserting treason by Frick and Robert Pinkerton for the July 6 invasion. He argues armed men came from outside the state and could not be sworn as deputies. Reports from Pennsylvania note hundreds of captured Pinkerton rifles and uncertain legal steps for disposal. Carnegie workers strike expands to include assistants. Edgar Thomson nonunion workers stay out, Duquesne divided. A rumor of Frick’s shooting circulates but no evidence found. Window-glass workers seek congressional ban on Pinkertons in strikes. Decatur carpenters and joiners vote to leave the AFL.
Washington July 18 The resolution directing an investigation of the Reading deal will not be pigeonholed in the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. A favorable report and naming of a full investigative committee were planned but a conference report on the naval bill, a privileged matter, cut off the opportunity.
New York July 18 Colonel Lamont Grover Cleveland's popular secretary once key figure in the last Democratic administration is trying to regain his health abroad. Word says his condition is grave though doctors offer only hope for recovery. He is in the south of France at Aix les Bains.
Chicago faces a Sunday closing stand in the World’s Fair section of the Sundry Civil Bill. House members expect debate limited to half an hour per speaker before Tuesday’s vote on Senate amendments. Most say the $5,000,000 funding is doubtful and unlikely to pass.
In Washington on July 18 the Senate concurred amendments to the naval appropriation bill and passed it. The conference reports on the legislative, executive and judicial, and army appropriation bills were adopted and passed. A proviso on payments to Union Pacific lines was included. A motion to adjourn over till Monday failed, with preference given to the deficiency bill. In the House, a resolution on Cour d Alene labor troubles failed, while information on rail mail service since March 4, 1889 was adopted. Temporary appropriations were extended to July 30 amid signs of Congress dissolution. Hepburn of New York is reportedly to be appointed Comptroller of the Currency next week.
Tan Hunting in Kentucky near the Tennessee line pursues the Pound Gap murderers believed concealed in local caves. The last crime drew intense feeling as the Mullane family of six was killed while moving from Virginia to Kentucky, and pursuers aim to capture or kill the outlaws.
Michael Keenan, a Battery C National Guard member in ser vice below here and opposite Homestead, was sentenced yesterday by Burgess Aten to ten days in jail. He terrorized women by entering their houses claiming authority to patrol all homes in the vicinity. He was handcuffed to a vagrant this morning and led away.
In Sroxaxe Washington on July 18 Gen. Carlin arrested about 100 union miners at Wardner under guard causing unrest and fear of violence. Two hundred nonunion workers returned to Wardner to work in the Bunker Hill mine while John Wallace linked to the Mission massa cre was taken at Catalde. Gen Carlin has 1,000 troops and Called on all miners to surrender. Strikers resist and dynamite supplies from Gem and Frisco mills remain a concern as troops scour the hills for suspects.
A 300 foot wide earth slide on Table Mountain near Gonpex Colorado spans the slope carrying an eight room house orchard and garden and the Colorado Central railroad tracks. Water from irrigation ditches weakened the ground causing the eruption and threatening thousands of acres without irrigation. Efforts to save the railroad continue though it may fall into a creek as the track shifts two feet. The loss cripples farming and local livelihoods.
The Democratic National Committee plans to elect William K Harrity of Pennsylvania as chairman. If no unexpected events occur, he will be selected next Wednesday. Also reported a freight wreck at Connorsville Indiana when a wild freight struck a stationary train on the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton bridge causing spans to fail and derailment. Engineer Thompson and Fireman Wright were bruised. brakemen Igrehart and Brannon seriously injured. Damage estimated at $20000.
Cyrus W Field was laid to rest beside his wife in Lenox Stockbridge cemetery. Brothers David Dudley Stephen J and Henry M Field stood in a semicircle with others nearby including Mrs Isabella Judson and Cyrus W Field Jr. pallbearers included Major P P Hawes and twelve of Field's servants as wind gusts swept the gathering.
A structure at the Des Moines Iowa State Fair grounds was blown down last night. The incident caused losses reported at 11 000 dollars with insurance covering 5 000 dollars. Local authorities began inspecting debris and assessing damage to nearby facilities.
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