06 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
1
A flood of price cuts on neckwear shirts underwear and dresses with large lots of items slashed from 25c to 69c and up. Fabrics ginghams cottons and lace hose see steep reductions across men’s and women’s apparel amid a broad sale list.
A mass strike by motormen and conductors on the New Haven and Westville railroad crippled suburban services and left central city streets crowded while police patrolled and the company withdrew cars. Strikers demand reinstatement of discharged workers amid public sympathy and ongoing negotiations.
Harry Tracy the outlaw was cornered in a swamp about 11 miles southeast of Creston after a fierce chase with a posse and sheriff and shot himself in the brain after an all night battle. Tracy had escaped from prison in June and had killed several people while fleeing across multiple states.
Daniel Sweeney, watchman at Bliss colliery of the Scranton coal company in Nanticoke, was attacked on the Hanover road shortly after midnight. A bloodstained pick handle lay near his body found by Anthony Kresicky at 4:30 this morning. Investigators worked with arrests likely following clues. Sweeney had previously refused to strike and was once assaulted by strikers. Nearby Shenandoah saw mob action and troop alert with minor disturbances quickly suppressed. In New York, unions consider a strike on the Manhattan Elevated system potentially halting transport for 300,000 commuters.
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