Desperate Battle With Desperate Negro Ends in Mass Fire
Sheriff Gassaway tried to arrest Will Reynolds in Juscombia for obtaining goods under false pretence. A firefight killed three and mortally wounded six others as a 2000 crowd battled to reach the armed man. Reynolds was trapped, the house burned, and his body torn by the mob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juscombia
Gassaway
Will Reynolds
Hugh Jonas
Job Wallace
William Reynolda
Sneriff Charles
Gasgaway
Will Garnaway
P A. Prout
Suerif Gaasaway
Sierpton
Wheeler Rifles
Becn
Jones
Wheeler Rises
Wallace
Prout
Street Car Employes Returned to Work at Increased Pay
Scranton reports end of six month street car strike with workers returning to jobs this month following an agreement mediated by intermediaries. General Manager Sithman and the executive board signed the pact granting a 7 percent wage increase for barn men and raising hourly minimum from 14 to 17 cents and maximum from 19 to 24 1/2 cents, extending earnings period to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Pa
Scranton
Sithman
Strokers
Stinl
Return of Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1905
Announcement from New York on April 7 states Barnum and Bailey’s circus will return from Europe next year with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show possibly joining in. After a spring engagement in New York the shows will tour across the continent to Arizona and western states before a two year abroad stay, then return to America. Also included are reports of lumber yard fires in Columbus and a 1904 farm exports record, plus a medical testimonial from Salem New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum
New York
Barnum and Bailey
Europe
Buffalo Bill
Arizona
Cieh
Barth
Life It
Barnum and Bales
Circus
Atv
America
Columbus
Smith & Sowers
Conee & Menefee
Bingham
Columbus Rock Plaster Company
Washington
Department of Agriculture
United States
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Scranton Strikers
Manila
Gueverra
Jacob H Smith
Samar
Waller
Marine Corps
Smith
Sinar
Batansas
Laguna
Luzon
G. A. R. Washington
Roosevelt
Grand Army
Frank Campbell
Representative Jenkins
Wisconsin
Grand Armay
Cramer
Colombo
Sai
A. L. Pi
T. W. Harper
Chicas
C. N. “Hauer
Fragancs
Chamberlain
Sanne Har
Salem
N.J
Allen Rohrback
Central Hardware Company
Prince Henry
David Wineberg
City Hall
Pennyroyal
Tiwart
Cogswell Bros
WithiStreet Whar
Washington, D.C
Oseeeese
Vias
Deugests
Williamr
A. J. Frarre
Frederick, Mdz
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Yager
Gilbert Bros. & CO
Baltimore, Md
Ideal
Markey's
North Market Street
NEWSS
Sabella-Gas Works
Son
W. Harper
Buffalo
Chas.n. Hauer
WM. S. Miller & CO
Avery
George A. Gilbert
North Market
Steaten
C. Thomas Kemp
Armure
Albatross
Lansdowne
Gibson
Garry
Carty’s Furniture Store
E. Batrick St
Fred’k,Md
Jas. E. Walker
James E. Walker & Co
Landige
Dour
Norfolk
Oxfords
BOOTS
Baltimore
S. M. Dizon
W. H. B. Etchison
South Market Street
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