19 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1894
Page
1
Markets note corrected figures for grains and feed including flour corn meal wheat and hay prices. Live stock quotes from Philadelphia New York and East Liverpool show cattle hogs and lambs with mixed shifts. a tragic farming accident in West Virginia reports a baby mauled by a horse near a berry-picking site.
General Miles orders federal troops withdrawn from Chicago. Infantry head to posts, cavalry and artillery to Fort Sheridan. Pullman strike turns violent with Mile s shooting and a striker, Albert Miles, wounded fatally. Wardman surrenders after self defense. A derailed Wisconsin Central passenger train interrupts turmoil with one arrest.
In Northern California strikers report few trains due to a shortage of competent trainmen, with Oakland dispatching only five freight runs despite usual daily counts of eighteen to twenty. Violence fears persist, track damage is alleged, and key rail centers like Sacramento face worker returns and guard patrols as examinations unfold in Sacramento for suspects tied to a recent wreck.
Returning to Work Tacoma July 1 351 employees of the Northern Pacific division resume duties after a strike affecting train crews conductors and firemen Some returned but not all could be assigned A separate report notes a Cherokee Strip clash with rail line arson and troop arrivals A Los Angeles court convicts John Howarth and Engineer Martin Keily of contempt for injunction violation with eight months jail each
The apostolic delegate Satolli sustains Bishop Watterson of Columbus in condemning the liquor traffic and expelling saloonkeepers from Catholic societies. The move follows Bishop Watterson's Lent letter urging clergy and laity to withdraw approbation from any Catholic group with liquor ties. The decision aims to curb evil linked to liquor, with strong support from Catholic leaders.
Washington July 19 The full tariff conference ended with no common ground on schedules for sugar metals iron ore and coal. Democratic and Republican senators stood firm against receding from senate amendments while house members favor the house bill. Debates to reconvene aim for a vote on sending the bill to conference. Secretary Treasurer Hares of the Knights of Labor left for Omaha to discuss western railroads.
News notes various items including a pugilist departing England for New York on July 2 and Massachusetts Populists nominating George Cary of Lynn for governor. Reports of earthquakes in several states and international telegrams cover Samoa’s petition to Germany, anarchist leader Sternberg’s arrest in Servia, and cholera trends in Cracow and Zalesczyki with six daily deaths.
The Grand Council of the Pennsylvania Order of United Friends met in Lancaster on July 10 with about 100 delegates. Officers elected include Grand Councillor Dr A R Rainier and Philadelphia leaders. The next biennial session will be in Philadelphia. During the period, membership rose and death benefits paid totaled 101,000. A vote rejected abolishing the grand medical examiner and kept social member per capita tax at eighty cents. An evening session considered by-laws amendments.
The Corean affair and the wider China Japan dispute draw in Great Britain Russia and France as pacific remonstrances fail to ease tensions. The United States under Secretary Gresham and Minister Dunn pursue mediation to prevent a regional war with North Asia at stake.
Senate discussed the Indian appropriation bill with no final action and approved funds for the St Joseph Indian shoot. House actions included authorizing mediating decorations for officers and measures on land sales and transit power. A new nonpartisan labor commission bill was introduced in Congress. A unique banquet honored striking workers facing prison, amid Birmingham mining turmoil.
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