Labor Leaders Rally at Homestead Mass Meeting
The American Federation of Labor executive council wraps a Homestead affair after a mass village meeting. Gompers and McGuire urge support for workers, denounce Pinkerton involvement, and call for funds to aid the Homestead fight against Carnegie Steel amid wage disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Vilage
Mr. Frick
American Labor Movement
American Federation of Labor
Homestead
Duquesne Hotel
Chris Evans
P. J. McGuire
New York
McGuire
Wiehe
Thomas J. Crawford
Samuel J. Gompers
The
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
John B. Lennon
Tailors’ Union
Federation
Weihe
Garland
Steve Madden
Amalgamated Association
Hugh O'Donnell
Carnegies
Pinkertons
J‘inkertons
Thomas Crawford
Jerry Do
Wifey
Laurel Poisoner Suspected in Well Drinking Incident
Dr W E Haines of Seaford Del reports six patients poisoned by water from John Rosser’s well near Laurel are recovering. An inquest began without the body to be exhumed for stomach analysis. poison was identified by Haines associate Harlan T Wallace. A man matching William Evans’ description was seen near Oak Grove and Cambridge and suspected to have poisoned the well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmrsetox
Del
W. E. Haines
Seaford
John Rosser
Laurel
Harlan T. Wallace
Haines
Rosser
William Evans
Oak Grove
Polar Bear fires on US steamer claims mistook vessel
Report from Aug 13 says marines from the Yorktown fired on the Polar Bear near False Pass Alaska wounding the chief engineer. The Polar Bear, a Bristol Bay cannery tender, was ashore after August 1 near False Pass. Adams reports the Yorktown detachment was guarding and may have mistaken the Polar Bear for a British poaching steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townseyd
Wasa H
Ounalaska
United States
Yorktown
Bristol Bay
Astoria
False Pass
Ounstaska
Seperee
Adams
Peise
Inman Line Considers Flying American Flag
Clement A Griscom president of the Inman Line says the British Admiralty has released the wartime contract and the owners plan to place their vessels under the American flag. He notes two new ships would be built by William Cramp & Sons for mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Aus
Clement A. Griscom
Inman Jine Steamers
Europe
City of New York
Inman
Pece
Paris
City of New
Inman Line
Pro- Lear Eee
Parity
Went
Willian Cramp & Sons
Knights In A Wreck Involving Knights Templar Train
A special passenger train of Knights Templar returning from Denver derailed on the Chicago and Northwestern line near Crortor, Iowa. Fourteen passengers were injured but none killed. among the injured are Ruben Beisel of Hazelton Pa and Mrs Rhondes. Several were able to continue their journey. Mrs Rhoades expected to resume travel tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crortor
Knights Templar
Denver
Chicago and Northwestern
Ruben Beisel
Hagerton
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Codding
Mr. Charlesea
South Bethlehem
Ruben 1
Hazelton
Rhondes
Beisel
Clinton
Wr. H. Everhart
Easton
Samuel Wells
Ned Mine
N.J
Cook
Kay Ae L. C. de Hart
Adventuress of Fishermen Roles in Dorles Ship Loss
The Gloucester schooner Helen F. Whitten sailed seven weeks earlier, then to Portland and Tahare bank. Four men Alonzo Monses George Jessup John Longup and Andrew Strickland left in dories to set trawl nets. Dense fog hindered navigation, they rowed 220 miles to land, abandoned one dory, and were rescued by the steamer Lunenberg off Sambro. They reached Boston under U.S. escort. hands sore, feet swollen, diet scarce.
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Fos
Halifax
Gloucester
Helen F. Whitten
Western Bank
Portland
Tahare Bank
Alonzo Monses
George Jessup
John Longup
Andrew Strickland
Dories
Lunenberg
Sambro
Boston
Costly Gold Shipment Across the Continent
The Treasury says the total cost of moving a large gold shipment by rail likely tops $1,500. The San Francisco mint prepared 500 guarding bores at $1,000, 51 guards accompanied the cargo, and officials used post office wagons and railroad staff. A $60,000 express bid from Wells Fargo would have covered transit risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hisse Ton
Treasury Department
Whelpley
San Francisco
Mint
Railwa
Arsenal
Post Office Department
Wells-Fargo Company
Missouri
Rival drygoods feud sparks mob of women in Zanesville
In Zanesville on August 13 a war between corset sellers Drucker and Sturtevant drew nearly 1000 women who ganged at both stores, broke show cases and counters, closed doors, and sparked corsets from upper windows.Several fainted but no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Drygoods
Drucker and
Sturtevant
Kent
Three Serenavers Shot by the Bridegroom at Newton
Three mill hands John Wentworth James Ellis and David Johnson were shot by George Clifton at Newton on the D A V P railroad station Friday night Clifton newly married faced lynching before officers could take him to jail The weapon was a double barrel shotgun loaded with birdshot Wentworth and Ellis suffered severe injuries including head and face wounds and Ellis lost sight in one eye
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
John Wentworth
James Ellis
David Johnson
George Clifton
Newton
Clifton
Wentworth
Ellis
Next G A R Encampment Set for Indianapolis
The George H. Thomas Post G A R endorsed Indianapolis as the site for the next annual encampment. Although Chicago could host many visitors, Indianapolis was favored for better able accommodation and the action last night virtually settles on Indiana's capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodnsospolis
Carcaco
George H. Thomas Post
Indianapolis
Chicago
Indianapolia
Representative Warwick Severely Ill in Washington
Representative John G. Warwick of Massillon Ohio remains seriously ill at the Riggs House in Washington after a severe dysentery attack began about a week ago. Doctors have continued treatment as his condition stays weak but he shows signs of some improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Washington
John G. Warwick
Massillon
Riggs House
Judge Gresham Says No Political Speech This Campaign
Judge W Q Gresham and wife visiting J W Doane in Conn Aug 1 says he will not give campaign speeches and will vote per his conscience. He denies talking with Indiana’s G P Stoll or Taubeneck about a third party opening speech and declines to discuss the People's party platform or principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Taubeneck
George C. Stoll
State Central Committee of
Indiana
Gresham
J —S
Tor
Boston
Stoll
Indianapolis Dispatch
People's Party
Nebraska
John M. Thurston
People’s Party
General van Wyck
Fersiell
Ex-Gaugers on the Warpath in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports a broad purge as 12 of 20 gaugers in the internal revenue office are dropped under a new act that ends gaugers and shifts stamping to rectifying houses. The move, supported by President Harrison, stirs strong GOP anger and promises wider cuts nationwide as elections approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Speia
Mint
Internal Revenue Office
Congress
Harrison
David Martin
Combine
Mall
Internal Revenue
Grover Cleveland Thanks Greenport Factory Workers
E P Gleason, a glass manufacturer of Greenport, L I, sent a letter signed by hundreds of factory employees congratulating Grover Cleveland on his presidential nomination. Cleveland replied, thanking Gleason and the workers for their support and expressing appreciation for their confidence and regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goss
New York
E. P. Gleason
Greenport
L. L
Grover Cleveland
Glesson
Britain
Bar
Mass
Drax
Majority needed to secure Senator Davis re election
Attorney General Clapp ruled there will be no fall election as all Senate members hold over under current law, extending terms to four years. The Minnesota Senate party composition is 96 Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Minnesota
St. Paul
Clapp
Senate
Republicans seek solid House majority to back senator choice
The political balance shows 3 Independent Republicans 13 Alliance and 15 Democratic members. The ruling requires the Republicans to hold more than a bare House majority to assure the return of a Republican United States Senator to succeed OC K Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
House
United States
OC. K. Davis
Wrights Campaign Plan Chooses Nine Division Chiefs
Democratic State Chairman J. Marshall Wright outlines a statewide campaign reorganization with nine division bureaus and division chairmen in Harrisburg Tyrone Pittsburgh Warren Bellefonte Deane Pottsville Philadelphia. He plans mass meetings, campaign literature, and tariff education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J. Marshall Wright
Allentown
Wright
Girard House
Nead
Supe
Senator Carlisle
Boies
Iowa
Springer
Gorman
Abbott
W. Bourke Cochran
Issacaoed
Charles F. Crisp
William S. Holman
Benjamin F. Meyers
Harrisburg
Fiske Conrad
Tyrone
W. J. Brennen
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Austin Clarke
Waynesburg
Armstrong
Butler
Beaver
Lawrence
Michael Cassidy
Manoh Chunk
C. H. Krumbhaar
Faulkner Conspiracy Tale Follows Pardoned Banker
Danville New York August report recounts James Faulkner pardoned by President Harrison for First National Bank wrecking. He claims brother General Lester Faulkner faked death, allegations of a garden corpse burial and a Mexico banking life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TIT
Danville
N. Y
Faulkner
First National Bank
Harrison
James Faulkner
Lester B. Faulkner
General Faulkner
Easter Faulkner
Albany Journal
Mexico
Lester
Kohn
Allen
Buffalo
A. T Bacon
W. Kk. Ward
Hill to Take the Stump for National Ticket
A leading Tammany officer says Senator Hill will campaign in October with speeches in New York City and the state including Brooklyn. He will open at Tammany Hall with two Wigwam mass meetings on Fourteenth Street featuring top orators. The campaign shifts to offload local fights three weeks before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hill
Brooklyn
Tammany Hall
Wigwam
Fourteenth Street
Tammany
General Field Predicts Sweep for People's Party Nationwide
Memphis reports General Field, People's party vice presidential candidate, predicts a political sweep. He claims solid regional blocs will break up and that the party will win states west of the Missouri as well as parts of Michigan and several Southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Field
People's Party
United States
Memphis
General
People’s Party
Ripley
Tenn
Solid North
Solid South
Missouri River
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Nevada
Wyoming
Washington
California
Montana
North
South Dakota
Michigan
Jons
General Weaver
North S
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Arkansas
Unpleasant Surprise Over Widow Claim in Halsted Heir Dispute
New York social column notes Jacob Halsted died in 1891 leaving five children and a widow, Mary Elizabeth Halsted. A claim arises from Mrs Floria Von Ax that she was his wife, with affidavits detailing a private marriage ceremony and ongoing claimed support. The case develops as legal action proceeds, with the widow’s estate and heirs contesting the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jacob Halsted
Mary Elizabeth Halsted
Halsted
Mary E. Halsted
Floria von Ax
Mra von Axesid
State of
John M.ers
Mra von Ax
Bowers
Helene D’enghien
George Balliard
Buffalo Switchmen Strike For Higher Wages
The switchmen on the New York Lake Erie and Western Lehigh Valley of Reading and Buffalo Creek railroads began a strike at midnight after a meeting of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America. About 200 men left work demanding monthly wages of 65 for night switchmen and 70 for night conductors 80 for day switchmen and 65 for day conductors plus a 26 day ten hour month. They allege current pay rates of 21 to 22.5 cents and 19 to 21.5 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourra O
New York, Lake Erie and Western
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Buffalo Creek
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association of North America
Mey
Sweeney
Ane
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY PAGE SNAPSHOT
An OCR fragment lists the issue details of The Dispatch Directory summarizing its 20 pages in two parts. It shows sections such as ENGLISH WACES, GLADSTOWE'S CABINET, THE SPIRITUALIST, THE Music WORLD, AMATEUR ATHLETICS, and scientific and political notes with page references and scattered author names and topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Distatce
Aace
Pace
English Waces Tv
Henry Tuckey Easly Dares
Thomest Mellon West Porvr Pleses
Fennicx News
Gladstowe's Cabinet
the Spiritualist
Prison Stockade Burned as Convicts Flee at Tracy City
Startling dispatch from Tracy City reports 150 miners attackers burn the prison stockade at the Tennessee Coal and Iron and Railroad Company mines. Convicts released, guards overwhelmed, a locomotive wreck, and several men wounded or killed amid rising tension between free miners and state troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Nashville
Tracy City
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Lenare
E ©. Nathurst
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Esilroad Company
Nathurst
Burton
Tennessee Coal Free and Railroad Coy
Senare
Mount Eagle
Matt Wilson
Tom Smith
Baxter
RK. Bennett
John A. Wilson
John Lewis
Coal Creek
State Board of Prison
Buchanan
N. C. & St. Railroad Company
Cowan
O. B. Wade
Wade
Cos] Creek
EO. Nathurst
Nathaniel Baxter
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Aly
Penneylvania
Momestead
Homesead
Carnegie Mills
Man Ee
America
Monestead
Pittsbarg
Carnegie Steel Company
President Gompers
Carnegie Company
Planta
Finkertons
Patrick Henry
Frick
Pinkerton
Carnegie Compcs
Lovejoy
Lovel
Dcclares
Carnegie
American Federation
McGouire
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Lexington
Islor
Kim
Christopher E. Evans
William A Carney
John Evans
Bering Sea
Himseif
Knights
Codding Wan
Dorles
Judge Gresham
Senator Hill
Grover
Haverry
Profesor Whitney
Brennen and
Clarks
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Erie
Mr. Ward
Bacon
Joss
President Harrison
Queen Vic
Lawrener
Supreme Court
Queen Victoria
Standard Halt Company
Trinidad
McKeesport
Presa
Harstump
Hes
Rison
Buffalo Switchmen
Eig
Eocuusu
Pers
A. Hall Byaury
Surine
Dot Dummick
Allee MacGowan
Margaret H. Welch
Horace J. HI
Furort
Russia
Frank
Carpenter the Saratoga
Japan
Dora Bassell
Neftune
Late Electric News
Hocklebercy Hill
Mott
George Hodges
Jobo D. Pringle
CBD Nye
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