End of the Homestead strike marks major labor halt
The Homestead strike near Pittsburgh ends after 144 days as leaders and national Amalgamated officers meet in Homestead. Unionists debate strategy while 800 to 900 workers may gain work, and a Carnegie policy shifts to individual agreements. The article notes broader labor movement consequences.
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Homestead
Killyul- Joy
Curtier
Madden
Amalgamated Association
Wnd
Wood
Horestead
Secretary Rusk Seeks Fourth Annual Agriculture Report
Nov. 21 reports Secretary Rusk calls for a fourth annual department of agriculture report. He touts exports of 200 million dollars in ag products and 40 million pounds of pork shipped abroad, crediting domestic policies and research for gains. He notes critiques of wheat price dynamics and warns against overoptimistic artificial ruinmaking claims. Also brief items on industry labor, federal budgets, and other public notices.
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Ureata Agreunture
Wastitsutos
Rusk
Department of Agriculture
Husk
United States Leads World Rail Mileage in 1890s Census
The article reports world railway mileage in 1890 with the United States totaling 109,647 miles, about 44.18 of world mileage, exceeding the Old World's total. It tracks U S growth from under forty miles in 1830 to 103,507 miles by the eleventh census, highlighting rapid expansion through the 19th century.
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United States
Wasmixutex
New
Europe
Asia
Africa
Tragedy Follows Card Game Dispute at Minnesota Farm
Yan Bickler, a Silver Leaf farmer, quarrels with his wife and a friend over cards and fatally shoots his wife before turning the gun on himself. A bystander, C. Brown of Fargo, wounded, Coroner and Detroit doctors respond. Van Sickler dies from self-inflicted wounds. Liquor reportedly a factor in the tragedy.
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Yan Sekter Kite
C. Brown
Fargo
Hanven
Dr. Hoyt
Detroit
van Sickley
Brown
BG. Brown
Register of Deeds
van Sickler
Uut
van Sicklor
Lotare Heiug
J Cuvaco
Chiengo
Ure
Wanan
Kai
Sole
T Videner
Heamin Siegler
Wm Geran
Chiblon
Henry
Caroline Biles
Neri Jankin Street
Sieg- Ter
Ales
Niles
Flutie
Mir
Biles
Seigler
Argila
Meer Sionson
Siegler
Clligur
Jatter
Simonson
Teind Calor
Bick
Lulle
Washington floods devastate Puget Sound region and rail feared
Floods sweep Washington state with heavy rains causing bridge damage rail lines and roads to submerge. Snow and landslides threaten Snohomish and Puget Sound valleys, delaying trains from Seattle to Portland and hampering commerce as counties report fatalities and widespread property loss.
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Hanveste Sear
Wash
Duwamish
White
Green
Blick
Stuck
Cedars
Puyallup
Chehalis County
Northern Pacific
Grays Tharter
Seattle
Laon
Portland
Tn Valleya
Shure
Mie Uiter
Huwtionn
Blackaman
Floods, fires, and a ferry of misfortune abound
A compilation of brief notes describes multiple tragedies and crimes. Five drowned in Paget, a Milwaukee Bedding Works fire injuring five, a shooting near Alexandria, La, and a fatal wreck near Alda, Nebraska. The Rosa Lee steamer burned at Memphis with unknown deaths. Medill home in Pasadena burned. The Pontiac missing after Lake Michigan loss. A murder confession in Chippewa Falls ties to a lumberman’s death. A Kern family tragedy in Mulhauson ends with murder and suicide. An express messenger steals and later recovers $150,000 in Davenport. Foreign items include Balfour unseated case, Panama Canal prosecutions, and Uganda policy. Miscellaneous items cover monetary talks, Yale over Harvard, McKinley forebears, Salvation Army meeting, and other varied notes.
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Dian
Milwaukee Bedding Company
Alexandria
Jesse Price
Elgin Allen
Hiram Danalith
Alda
Nel
Rosa Lee
Memphis
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Pasadena
Cal
Pontiac
W. H. Gilcher
Lake Michigan
William Tiley
Chippewa Falls
Willian Anderson
Eva Claire
Mulhauson
Aleie
Kern
Theobald Kern
George L. Bagley
United States Express
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Davenport
Brussels
Cnured Winers
Oklahoma
Yale
Harvard
Washington
William McKinley, Sr
McKinley
Canton
Continental Congress and War Council
the Salvation Army
New York City
Henry Baker
Chicago
Dick Moore
Foster
State Department
Paris
Behring Sea
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LE Berg
Gorder
Opera Mouse
Outen No
W.W. Good
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Ss. L. Harris
N. Dakota
Lull River Lumber
A. T. Patterson
WM. Crawford
Union Meat Market
X Mitter Wight
Five Monthe
Carnegie Compmuniy Willequires
Knight of Labor
St. Laws
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Workman
Ecatteria
Hust _Civanaugh
John W. Hoyes Weas
A. W. Wright
John D. Collins
J. D. Davis
Morgan Maguire
Maine
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Herald
Blaine
Bof
Musk
Interior Department
Rotary Foster
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Treasury Ustin
Stattin
Board of Loci Marine Inspectors
John A. O'Brien
Charles W. Wetmore
Coos’ Bay
Aviva
Atlanta
C. W. Macune
National Economist
Farmers’ Alliance
Alliance
David Noy
David B. Hill
Hotel Normandie
Eduard Murphy, Jr
Ance Ceed
Hiscock
United States Senate
Milwaukee
Armself
Aukee
Williy Binder
Lie Tobacco Company
Gitter
Aleldoe Avenue
William
Minytkee
Noyel
Guly
Anveata
Ravi
Sentinel
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Sporting Lite
Singer
Zinmerman
Corbett Hays
New York
Ims
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High Bridge
Morris Park
Annapolis
Kent
Hill
Chestertown
Frazee
Minn
Paol
Minnesotae
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Minneapolis
Eloy Ara
Sawyer
Minwauxer
Wis
John L. Mitchell
Philetus Sawyer
Ihis
Mitchell
Milwaukee Gallon
Me. Mitchell
Mey
Belgium
Bruges
Muns
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Setha
Wempolte Geain
Minss
Apis Nowy
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Tyre Decemiar
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Brock Cueano Ustonero
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Real Estate & Insurance
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Paget
Schoonyy
M. Mon
Balfour
Pananm Canal Company
Abomey
Dodds
Lublin
Russian
Poland
Uganda
British East African Company
Grinnell
Isaac J. Wistar
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
Tracy
Peary
Arctic
Academy
James G. Field
Weaver
People’s Party
Keenan
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