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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1895
Page
3
In Brooklyn on January 4, military units from the Twentieth Infantry guard Third Avenue depot and Fulton Avenue power house amid widespread rail strike unrest. Crowds, vandalism, and stone-throwing disrupt trolley service. militiamen fire warning shots as police try to control rioting near Gates Avenue and Halsey Street depots.
Brooklyn streetcar workers clash with police as a mob of over a thousand attacks a trolley car near Broadway and HalsyTree. A dozen injured, including two policemen. militia restores order. Linemen join strikers in a broader rebellion cutting wires and reducing service across the city. In Jersey City, conductors and motormen allied with Knights of Labor threaten a tie up if Brooklyn succeeds, as Consolidated Traction runs about 1,300 workers across nine lines.
In Trentons the New Jersey Senate and House adjourned with limited business. A Ketcham bill ends days of grace for commercial paper and another shifts corporation prosecutions to the attorney general. Herbert backs a referendum amendment as Usher's resolution on doorkeepers is tabled. A streetcar fare fix and eight hour public works limit are proposed.
A sequence of high wind incidents in Chicago and surrounding areas left two men dead and several injured. A fourteenth story scaffolding section buried ticket broker J. D. Burke, while another worker A. J. Donaldson suffered severe injuries. Additional tragedies included Joseph Huntal and James Henson, both killed by falling glass or debris, and a damaged Hartford building chimney. Storm damage also reported in Missouri and Arkansas with multiple buildings wrecked and people wounded.
The Teras legislature sector elected Horace Chilton United States senator to succeed Richard Coke. Many workers on the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads are being laid off for economy. At Charleston S C August Nelson of the United States nugboat Argonsute drowned when the tug capsized.
In Washington on January 23 the house, under a special order, passed seven public building bills including a Chicago pavillion project costing 4 000 000. Other sites cited included Cumberland and Pottarillo. Appropriations were struck from the bills, to be provided later in miscellaneous civil measures. The Chicago bill gained support from a Mutug-led delegation and the broader Democratic and Republican contingents. The Hawaiian question dominated the senate debate with Lodge’s stance mixed with administration support for annexation and resistance to British occupation. Debates also touched on the Nicaraugus canal bill and other appropriation measures.
The trial of Harry Hayward for the murder of Katherine Ging opened in district court. Crowded courtroom, Hayward behaved theatrically, insistent on insincerity, with Miss Julis Ging nearby. Jury questioning hints defense may claim insanity. various legal figures observed, and a related case against Blixt postponed to Feb. 6.
Long dispatches describe Uprising in Hawaii, with U S representatives debating annexation terms while British noninvolvement is asserted. Reports state revolution suppression, Royalist hopes, and British stance that no interference will occur, cited by Hawaiian minister Hopef. Also note a local rescue of a boy from ice and fashion trends in garments and lace for evening wear.
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