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Newspaper
Olympia Tribune
Location
Olympia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1892
Page
1
Reports from Pirrssure describe a failed plan to march on Homestead with a large posse. Sheriff McCleary issued summonses. only twelve of 150 responded as violence left 16 workers and Pinkertons dead or wounded. Guards and funerals followed as Lovejoy warned of more arrests.
New York noon figures list railroad and finance names with closing values including Pacific 6s Atchison 3514 Central Pacific 30 Burlington 9934 Denver & Rio Grande 163 Northern Pacific 20 Northwestern 1534 New York Central 10 Union Pacific 3954 Fargo Express 42 Western Union 9254 and others.
Wasarington reports Speaker Crisp received a telegram from Cordele Georgia announcing his renomination to congress by acclamation. The item notes the home mileage and local reaction as part of the brief dispatch. Dyspepsia cures referenced with Dr Miles Pills in the filler line of the clipping.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers and Carnegie Steel dispute the new wage scale for 1900. About 4000 workers at Homestead are locked out since June 30. Pickets guard the town as the plant fortress-like fences and electrified barriers loom, signaling a tense stand-off and potential labor action.
The silver bill fate moved to coinage committee. measures under review by the judiciary and rules committees. Anti-silver Democrats fear adverse action while seeking to delay a vote. Republicans poised to oppose if brought to a vote. The Rules committee met and set tomorrow as a suspension day.
Jones withdraws leaving Wilson and Hyde to contest the congressional seat in Spokane. Tacoma’s Dolph Hanna serves on the state People's Party national committee. Walla Walla Adams and Franklin counties consider Captain W. P. Gray for joint senator. Parkinson hints at a senate bid in Whatcom County. Nick Owings warns against railroad plunder. Port Townsend Democrats nominate Horace Tucker for mayor and a slate for council.
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott keep Gov Lighthouse at Sand Beach Michigan and their four year old daughter fell ill with measles cough and fever. After home and Detroit doctors failed she grew weak but recovered after using two and a half bottles of Dr King's New Discovery. Trial bottle offered at Marr Oss Acme Drugstore.
Nervous prostration fits opium habit and other ailments are advertised as cured by Dr Miles Nervine. Free trial bottles and literature offered at Acme Drug Store by Marr and Ross, or by mail for 10 cents from Dr Miles Medical Co. Elkhart Indiana.
City Steam Laundry cuts prices so all can have laundry done at first class standards and support home labor, avoiding China and the risk of leprosy.
Spoons offered with every two Mokasha coffee packages at Deching and erry’s.
Archibald Adams advertises 419 Main Street as the best in the market for real estate insurance and loans. The notice promotes Davis' Best as the top choice, urging customers to try it.
San Francisco reports Mrs. Gracie Gilbert confesses to forgery schemes tied to Emma L. Dick mortgage. She describes coercion by Wells Pilcher and Wells, says she received 1800 to 3000 dollars, and intends to report the truth to police. The case overlaps with a suit to clear the forged mortgage. Also: Ashford returns from Hawaii amid talks on constitutional reform and annexation.
Primssura notes Homestead a steel town on the Monongahela where Carnegie mills roll armor for warships. About 4,500 workers, mostly Amalgamated Iron and Steel members, with Americans and immigrants, under firm ownership and labor tension. Market items from Chicago show commodity prices across wheat corn oats and fats.
A Pittsburgh Amalgamated Iron and Steel committee meets with building trades workers to pressure a boycott of Carnegie Homestead iron and steel if non union labor is used. Similar committees were sent to other cities with possible building tie ups. Portland reports Union Pacific President Clark confirms Frank Upton line withdrawal for noncompliance.
Isaac Cook & Sons cotton brokers suspend payment as a syndicate forms to take 110000 bales of cotton from them at about 2500 bales daily in Liverpool on July 7.
Washington July 7 the judiciary committee ordered a favorable report on Williams resolution providing for a joint investigation of the Homestead trouble.
Jackson Tennessee July 7 The supreme court has overruled Col H Clay King's motion for a new trial on the murder charge.
News briefs report Harrison's arrival at Loon Lake and a Fuerst Bis marck voyage to Hamburg. Rumors of a cotton firm's collapse in Liverpool, river and harbor bill flow in Senate, and election tallies. Wisconsin school for dependent children building burned with no fatalities. Senate action on pensions for amputees, cost $700000 yearly. Vatican order urging bishops to back Gladstone. St. Louis murder of Mary Hilman by tenant Louis Ulmer. Topeka fusion wing re-nominates People's Party ticket. Campaign meeting set for New York July 20. Foreclosure suit in Chicago over $500000 mortgage. Tucson officer killed during arrest of a drunken Mexican. he died after the Mexican. Sundry civil bill includes funds for world’s fair and China act enforcement. Bristol deaths from shooting, Kansas and Arkansas political tickets named. Honolulu kerosene lamp tragedy roasts two children. City of Chicago steamer wreck described as crew abandons ship.
The Times Union notes the Democratic vice presidential candidate’s biblical name as Shitrai in Chronicles, drawing satire on Cleveland and Stevenson. It contrasts lofty Sharon with valley Wh and suggests the public will defeat Cleveland, citing scripture-derived wordplay and political sarcasm.
Prof H H Nicholson of Baltimore extols the clam Venus mercenaria as nature s finest medicine and strawberries of the sea. He praises the round clam raw for digestion while recommending cooking only sand clams with salt pork stuffed and baked for epicurean delight.
A Newark hospital applicant claimed blisters from a foundry job but investigators found he had taken a kitchen position in a suburban cottage. He vowed to stay for a good dinner with pie. A young resident, alone in the house, heated a bang curler and dropped it between his neck and collar. the tramp left, ten seconds later. The curler proved useful to the tale.
The ladies of the Art League will hold a special meeting on Friday afternoon July 8 at 2 o clock in the parlor of the Olympus hotel to make arrangements for an entertainment. All members are urged to attend. Mrs T C Wust, Secretary.
In Washington the senate debates the Homestead labor troubles with Palmer Voorhees and Hale trading points on protection and responsibility. The bill for investigation is referred to the committee on contingent expenses as other appropriation measures advance.
A large gathering of Republican leaders met in New York on July 7 to map strategy for the forthcoming election. Attendees included Sen John Sherman Chairman W Campbell Secretary J W Foster General Alger and Chauncey Depew among others. The executive committee time and location remain undisclosed. The focus centers on New York State with attention to the Illinois electoral votes via Adlai Stevenson’s campaign on July 2.
Gambling runs rampant in Seattle and Tacoma as officials note the quick spread of betting. Hon Walter J Thompson his wife and son from Tacoma are off on a trip to Alaska. A. E. Baker Post No 33 G A R organized at Edison ward in Tacoma last evening.
County commissioners reviewed bids for gas and electric light fixtures for the new courthouse. Olympia Light & Power Co offered 2000 dollars, Edison General Electric Co 400, award not yet made. Bridge bids ranged from 800 to 1190 dollars plus per foot charges from several firms. The board adjourned to Tacoma to confer with Pierce county on the Nesqually bridge.
Joseph Chilberg reports a letter from Farson Leach and Co stating the bonds were not executed through no fault of their firm. The directors cannot guarantee execution even if blank bonds are provided and expect a likely adjustment within a few days.
G W Whitney left at Tue Tribune office a branch of white currants remarkable for size and quantity. The berries are so thick the foliage hides them, and the overall quality surpasses previous Olympia grows.
The 1:30 p.m. high reached 72 degrees with a low of 41 degrees. At 1 p.m. temperatures were rising rapidly as conditions favor warmer weather tomorrow, according to observer £. B. Ouxery.
Records show new corporate filings in Port Townsend with declared capitals of 10000 for The Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce entity and 50 for Columbia Gold Company of Elkinsburgh. California Grain Market in San Francisco reports wheat priced at 1.87 dollars.
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