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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1894
Page
3
Market notes corrected for this issue by George I Cramer secretary of the elevator company. Figures reflect latest available prices and conditions in local trade and commodity exchanges with brief commentary on movements and notable shifts.
New York and Philadelphia markets show little buoyancy with modest advances from yesterday. Closing bids list Lehigh Valley 36 1/4, L&PA mg Pennsylvanna 4 1/4, Reading 134 1/4, and other listed securities. Philadelphia grain and meat prices move broadly higher with June wheat and corn bids up, beef steady, pork higher, and lard around 7.10 to 7.45, amid dull flour and dairy quotes across the region.
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Deputized forces moved in after a riot in Arnot as a crowd attacked 200 laborers transporting 1200 tons of screenings. One worker died from a skull fracture and several others were seriously injured. Police expect multiple arrests amid continuing labor unrest across Indiana and Illinois regions.
A union conference in St Louis adopts a plan for semiannual meetings to unite labor groups including the Knights of Labor and AFL. It outlines representation, leadership, and autonomous action to avoid rival factions, and urges independent voting to empower workers. Names Sargent McGuire Hayes noted as organizers. New York report denies Nellie Grant Sartoris engagement.
About 100 Coxeyites attempted to seize an east bound freight with Superintendent Wilsons private car in North Dakota. Shots were fired as deputies intervened and the train was diverted to Mandan. Similar seizures reported near Denver and La Salle with 400 men capturing a Gulf road freight. Authorities warn of potential Great Northern seizure at Williston.
In Newport Rhode Island on June 13 the general assembly elected George Peabody Wetmore to the U S Senate. Wetmore won 83 votes in the senate and 68 in the house with several absentees. He has long been a Rhode Island political figure and will take his seat next to Senator Dixon. An unrelated brief notes an editor acquittal in Lansford and other items from Charlottesville and Virginia politics.
H. O. Havemeyer, head of the Sugar Trust, testified for hours to a senate committee about sugar policy, duties, and lobbying. He denied prior consultations with Cleveland and Benedict, discussed meetings with Brice Caffery and Hill, and said trust funds went to state party committees not national ones. He refused to disclose exact contribution amounts, promising to provide figures later.
The Senate devoted hours to speeches on the tariff schedule with Mr Quay resuming his address after a five week pause. Opposition speeches followed and Mr Mitchell moved to lay the bill on the table. In the House a bill authorizing $100,000 from deceased soldiers estates funds for a District of Columbia home for aged colored people passed, while the Indian appropriation bill was not completed before adjournment.
In Bell township near Perrysville three masked burglars entered James Maffiter’s residence. A hired boy John Mansfield shot one intruder wounding him fatally. the man, later identified as Jim Ward of Apollo, had a prior murder conviction. The other burglars escaped. Ward’s death adds to long community fear after his release from prison.
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