Strikers Enjoined In Michigan and Battle Creek Clash
A sweeping injunction issued in Detroit under the Interstate Commerce Law restrains strikers from interference with Grand Trunk Michigan Central and other railroads. Debs and others named face enforcement as a Battle Creek roundup follows riots with deputies firing at strikers. casualties reported, with no confirmed names.
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Detroit
Illinois
Henry Swan
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of
Michigan
Swan
United States District
Wilkins
Grand Trunk
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Wabash
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Michigan Central
Lansing
Northern
Flint
Pere Marquette
Eugene Debs
American Railway Union
Battle Creak
John McMinn
East Side
Thomas F. Griffiths
Weat Side
Frank King
United States
A. W. Large
D. W. Smith
Battle Creek
Tragic Log Accident Claims Traverse City Worker
Kenneth Caapbell, an oval dish factory employee, died in a fatal mishap while handling logs. While fastening a chain with his back to a wagon, logs on the truck rolled off and struck him, causing severe injuries. He leaves a wife and three children.
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Traverse City
Kenneth Caapbell
Ieee
Tariff Bill Clears House and Senate Amid Slow Sessions
Reports from Wasianeton state the tariff bill passed the Senate with amendments and cleared the House. Votes were 89 to 34 with Allen and Kyle voting yes and Hill, Puffer, Steward Pep voting no. July reports note ongoing income tax debates and a contested election decision in Georgia. Washington updates through June and July describe limited House activity and calendar clearance.
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Allen
Kyle
Hill
Puffer
Steward Pep
WashingTown
Senate
House
Wataon-Black
Black
Georgia
Washington
Washinaton
Chronicle of June to July 4 1889 local notes and incidents
A patched page of local happenings lists deaths by dog poison in Vicksburg, smallpox fears, pastor resignations, arrests for horse whipping, water well surveys, a new county jail in Jackson, an opera house overhaul, Caro paper mill plans, census data for Tekonsha and Boston Township, milk for ice cream trades, and injuries from a runaway. Highlights include Rev Anderson quitting Sept 1, a 25 000 paper mill effort at Caro, and the Alpena property valuation at 9 880 000.
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Willian Anderson
Imlay City
Gentleman
Goin South
Clara Hogan
Saginaw
Anthony Heindel
Board of Trade of
A. Homer
Shorty
Jackson
Board of Supervisors
Conway
Hibbard Opera House
Edward F. Lowery
Hibbard
Methodist Episcopal Church
Caro
Saranac
Boston
Villuggass
Grand Rapidy and Indiana Railroad
Ita
Cincinnati
Vicksburg
Alpena
Mists St
Troops Deployed Citywide as Rail Strike Tensions Rise
Amid rail strikes in Cuiraed city authorities deploy the Seventh Cavalry and Fifteenth Infantry with Gatling and Hotchkiss guns to strategic points. Despite threats of riots at Blue Island, calm returns as unions pause actions until after the Fourth. President Debs, Mayor Hopkins, and factory talks expected to resume by Saturday.
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Len Gans
Blue Island
American Railway Union
United States
Cleveland
Wade
Seventh Cavalry
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Tia
Edorn
Lake Shore
Newell
Debs
General Managers’ Association
Hopkins
Violent Demonstrations at Sacramento Blockade Break Fails
Sacramento saw a violent striker rally as 3,000 men attacked a Southern Pacific Westbound train aiming for San Francisco. United States Marshal Baldwin was dragged from the engine cut, deputies and police were overwhelmed, and the marshal escaped to the railroad office as the attempt to move the train was abandoned. Marshal Baldwin asked Governor Markham to call up the national guard.
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Kactambuto
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco
United States
Baldwin
Wer
Marshal Baldwin
Markham
Pasadena
National Guards
Ice famine looms as Chicago faces ice shortage
Chicago faces an imminent ice famine with only one day of supply. Rail congestion halts ice deliveries, threatening homes, hospitals, and businesses reliant on ice. Managers note 25 to 30 carloads melting on tracks, with no price increases planned unless supply stops entirely. Vegetables and fruits face growing risk if the tieup persists.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Ica
James P. Swith & Company
Strikers face troop orders and clashes across rail zones
Reports from July incidents show firemen and conductors resisting patrols, a fatal shooting in Clifton Forge, a railroad wreck at Greenville with multiple deaths, and widespread disruption on the Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific lines as strikers rally and authorities deploy deputies.
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Cittyenan, Wy
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Traina
Roundhouse
Lrapvince
Colo
American Railway Union
Itia
Midland
Rio Grande
Clifton
Forge
Greenville
Halifax Express
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fred Leavett
Megantic
Fred Fogs
Pacific
Walter Starkey
St. John
N. B
G. C. Hoyt
Fort
Manchester
E. Jpe Bank of Nova Scotia
Montreal
Paris Murder Plot Ends in Self-Inflicted Death
In Montpelier, Granier killed himself with a knife after police sought to question him over the Carnot murder. He reportedly proclaimed Carnot had received his account, amid claims the Jerbot assassination was a conspiratorial act to avenge executions of Vallant and Heary.
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Granier
Ais “Sdumen
Paris
Montpelier
Carnot
Preside Jerbot
Sante
Laborie
Granitz
Vaillant
Heary
Insane Suspect Fatally Shoots Woman Near Tollesboro
In Vancestig Kentucky on July 8, Charles Dusan, 21, allegedly shot and killed Blan Matte 18 after she refused to marry him. He fired three times, striking the woman in the head and body. authorities report the assault occurred during a disturbing confrontation as Dusan argued marriage. Mattie Hol was identified as the victim.
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Ironwood
Tnonwood
Norrie
Sheriff Eddy
Rich
Confervice
Charles Dusan
Blan Matte
Mallee Follesburn
Vancestig
Tollesboro
Charles Dayan
Biss
Mattie Hol
Dusan
Beliu
Penetrat
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Port
Heros
Chicago and Grand Track
Cattle Creek
Barrie Crewe
Grand B Unk
Greman
General Eston
Wille Swinning
Jamey Gooseley
Perental
Wilkins Street
Riverside Iron Works
Rivard Street
Gooseley
Sig
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Detroit Atlle Qo
State Board of Health
Gobleville
Port Huron
Washburn
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kalamazoo
Carl Miller
Clarance Davis
Davis
Miller
Demorest Prand
Charles Gray
Spring Brook
Hackly Park
Ann Anser
Jerry Monahan
George Germain
John Spencer
Pontine Physiciana Lave Dove
UN Land Office Businesa
Louis Boelson
Adrian
Tekonsha
HE. J. Knickerbocker
Valparaiso
Ind
Girard
Uutler Township
Branch County
Hanover
Horton
Goodwin
Uncle Sam's Boys IN Blue
Wenayuey
Blue ‘Ysland
Howard
Ameri ‘Can Railway Union
Bha Jaland
Atater
Bloomington
Kansas City
J. M. Bowman
American Railway Union Strike Committee
Ascot Road
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Wattanaiso
Porter P Lake Shore
Parsond Rhot
Prassenger
Curzon Toran
H. C. Paraonr
Gladys Inn
Thomasa A. Goodman
Richmond and
Allegheny
Parsong
Goodman
W. W. Davis
Clifton Forge
Aud
Parsons
King
Flo
the Evening News
the Great Daily of Michigan
Daily of
Ecgarrisgee
Sretny Street
Etropt
Detroit Journal
Detroit Journal and Commercial Advertiser
New York
Weekly Tribune
Marshall Statesman
Samuel Pitcher
da. G. C. Canon
Lowell, Mass
Sam
J. F. Enicextor
Aric
Castoria
HLA
Ancona
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children's Department
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Ustrup Hospital
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