04 Feb 1888
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Newspaper
Marion Weekly Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1888
Page
1
Reports detail attacks on miners near Shenandoah and widespread labor meetings. Strikes spread through Lehigh and Wyoming regions as colliery workers press for wage and reopening demands. Authorities tighten security while coal output and shipments face disruption across multiple boroughs.
The Genoa train robbery case ends with Jam Burrows jailed for life in Texas Rock. Rube Burrows is bound over for $7,500 while Brock, the informer, is freed on $750 bond. Local merchants urged security for strangers amid Pinkerton rumors.
A hospital fire suspect a 13 year old May Wilaow confessed to matches set to burn a hospital ward for crippled children. In a separate incident, a mill explosion near Banvesvitug, Ohio killed John Arnold and Charles Sullivan and injured several others, with steam boiler failure blamed. Local bills in Ohio addressed usury, gas, and property laws. Senator Stanton of Connecticut died at Grand Uplaa on February 1.
Details from Washington recount dinners honoring Supreme Court figures, Senate and House proceedings, and a protest against convention violence. Reports include posts by Justice Miller and others, rail and postal discussions, and military pension issues amid a busy session.
A brief fire report from New Turk and Philadelphia describes two separate blazes within hours. In New Turk a closet on the second floor dormitory caught fire while filled with oil. officials extinguished it before attendants arrived. A second fire on the third floor of the same building alarmed inmates and watchmen, with all children safely evacuated. In Philadelphia a fire on South Sixth Street damaged upper floors used by Wanamaker Brown and others, with total losses around 0000 and a fireman suffocated in the effort. Additional items note church and factory blazes, a jail escape, fraud arrests, and other incidents across the country.
The Morning Post and other papers report clashes over Morley and Catholic bishops amid a planned reception in London for Sullivan and O Brien that faces rejection and possible compromise. A forged bond scheme linked to the Hamilton and North-Western railroad in Canada is disclosed, with police arresting suspects and a telegraphed move of funds.
A jumbled notice reports varied items from labor unrest to murders, arrests, and court actions. It mentions the Knights of Labor, a lynching threat, a murder at Mon Charla Funk, a suicide, a distillery plan, cross traffic injuries in Chicago, fraud arrests in Philadelphia, a water canal opening in California, and a wedding disrupted by a jailhouse escape. It notes political caucuses and a governor’s requisition, with multiple unnamed individuals and locations across the United States.
Finance and commerce notes show a dull stock market opening with little activity and muted demand. The report lists varied items from bonds to commodities, noting slight shifts, scattered bids, and overall subdued trading across multiple sectors and regional securities.
Reports note rapid Southern growth in cotton manufacturing with new mills and spindles, rail expansions, and proposals to boost production by end of 1884. Comparative figures show rising values of Southern cotton outputs and investments against earlier years, with renewed attention to rails and machinery.
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