Switchmen Strike Talks Edge Toward End
Special telegram reports Grand Master Sweeny to be gently eased from leadership as railroad men plan a conference with Sweeny and other chiefs. Officials seek to halt the strike while noting refusals from Erie Yard workers, Rochester Central crews, and Michigan Central staff to quit work. Sweeny’s allies face further pressure as Sargent and Arthur weigh arbitration and layoffs amid ongoing disruptions in Buffalo area freight handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeny
Burrago
Switchman
Mr. Sweeny
Erie
Hornellsville
Central
Rochester
Michigan Central
Buffalo
Grand Trunk
Sargent
Arthur
Engineer's Brotherhood
Lackawanna
New York
Pell Vanii
Barging into a Season of Waiting in Buffalo Rail Yard Strikes
The State Board of Arbitrators will begin hearings tomorrow on the Lackawanna strike over switchmen violence claims. In Buffalo, 140 switchmen struck across Lackawanna and Rochester and Pittsburg yards, leaving only a single yard with some workers. Several roads report near normal operations while pickets exchange gunfire with guards at Lehigh tracks.
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Lackawanna
State Board of Arbitrators
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Andie
Lehigh
Erie
Central
West Shore
Lake Shore
Freight acceptance orders issued in coal regions
Philadelphia and Reading agents in the coal regions have received orders to accept any and all kinds of freight without restriction, on the heading road in Shenandoah Pennsylvania as of August 23. The directive broadens handling options for shipments amid rising coal traffic and logistical adjustments.
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Shenandoar
Philadelphia
Reading
Central Freight Hub Boosts Local Trade Activity
The Sayre area serves as a key inland center for Williamsport and surrounding routes. Traders note rising traffic as shipments move through this central point, boosting commerce and transit in the county.
Pickets Fired at Four Men amid Erie Strike Turmoil
Aug 23 Burrao strife sees attacks on pickets and non union workers near Tifft farm and Erie yards. Thomas J Manahar is gravely wounded after being shot twice while O Laughlin Dunn Madigan and Cotter are arrested for rioting. Other non union workers injured and hospitalised with no arrests reported.
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Burrao
New York
Tifft Farm
Thomas J. Manahar
Tennessee Street
Manahar
Thomas O’laughlin
Bernard Dunn
Patrick Madigan
William Cotter
John M. McGucken
Charles Gable
Charles E. Austin
William Conrow
Austin
Manohar
Tome
O’ Laughlin
Dunn
Madigan
Cotter
Doyle
Allen L. Richardson
Erie Yards
Thomas Gable
Lehigh Yards
East Buffalo
Leader Arrested in Buffalo Switchmen Case
Joseph Heimerle, Recording Secretary and Treasurer of Buffalo Lodge No. 59 Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association, was arrested after Lehigh Valley officials reported interference with a passenger train. A 33 caliber revolver was found on him. he posted bail and was released.
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Buffalo
Joseph Heimerle
Buffalo Lodge
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Sweeny
Master Moriarity
Heimerle
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Morgenstern
Meee
Tendent Morgenstern
Jordan
Cannon
Engineers Won’t Strike. Chief Arthur Calls Off Buffalo Trip
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says no strike is planned. He will attend to a Greensboro summons and adjust wage disputes on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. He telegraphed his plans after failing to reach Buffalo.
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Cleveland
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Buffalo
Greensboro
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Sid He
Union Influence Sparks Hatched Strike Talk in Rochester Yard
Special dispatch from Rochester reports a Buffalo union switchman with Grand Master Sweeny credentials tried to recruit 33 East Rochester yard switchmen for a strike at Central Hudson yard. McDonough was discharged by the yardmaster after guiding Sweeny’s representative. Midnight discussions signaled the era’s most serious labor trouble since Buffalo’s past turmoil.
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RocHester
Buffialo
Sweeny
Hudson
East Rochester
McDonough
Buffalo
Gompers Sees Strong Union Show in Carnegie Dispute
President Samuel Gompers visits Curia co to survey LABOR conditions. He says Federated trades unions are prospering and expects Carnegie to yield to Homestead strikers. He foresees a long, bitter battle but ultimate triumph for the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Homestead
Gompers
Carnegie
Railroad Conductors Leader Seeks Conference Details
E. E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, Grand Master of the Order of Railroad Conductors, visited Carcaco en route to Buffalo in response to Grand Master Sweeny’s request for a chiefs conference. He said that no encouragement was given for Sweeny’s plan in distant talks among conferees.
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Carcaco
E. E Clark
Cedar Rapids
The
Order of Railroad Conductors
Buffalo
Sweeny
Railroad union leaders report on Lehigh Valley wage dispute
A union official says conditions are right but cannot predict developments after arrival on the scene. He criticizes violence by Bows and cites fair wage demands on the Lehigh Valley and nearby lines. Grand Master Wilkin son and Grand Master Furthan were en route to Buffalo for similar discussions and departed at 8 pm.
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Lehigh Valley
Wilkinson
Galesburg
Til
Buffalo
Furthan Sayin
Weeny
Messrs
Clark
Excursion Steamer Bay Queen Missing With 900 Aboard
The Bay Queen left New Hayes for Coney Island with 900 New Britain excursionists on board and has not arrived by 1:45 A.M. Rescue attempts have found no trace in Bridgeport Stamford or Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hayes
Conn
Coney Island
New Britain
Bridgeport
Stamford
Norwalk
Da Fonseca Dead Ex Brazil President Valed in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro reports the death of Manoel Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazil’s ex president and pivotal figure in the 1889 revolution. The article traces his lineage of military service, rise from artillery captain to field marshal, his role as head of the Provisional Government, conflicts with Congress, declaration of martial law, and resignation in 1891.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Manoel Diodora da Fonseca
Macel Nendes da Fonseca
Baron de Alagons
Herman
Fonseca
Alagoas
Pershyba
Pernambuo
Montevideo
Wes
National Credit
Chambers
Congress
Vernal
Floriano Pexollo
A Plague of Black Flies Strikes Milford Mass
Mil lor p Mass Aug 23 Milford has a plague of black flies across the town lower section. Affected Pond street stores and homes report floors and rooms covered by the insects and painful stings. Candy shop owner Mrs Owen Keefe closed her Pond and Railroad street storefront as the pests overwhelm the area and worry spreads among residents and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milrorp
Mass
Milford
Egypt
Pond Street
Owen Keefe
Pond and
Railroad Streets
Attempted tram wreck on Pennsylvania Railroad near Reading
An express from Philadelphia to Reading faced a staged obstruction two miles below Reading when four heavy timbers blocked the track after crossing a bridge. The engine jumped rails and the train reached Reading around 11.00 p.m., leaving over 100 passengers shaken and in peril.
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Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Rags and bedding from fever patients sold to junk stores
Toronto reporters claim rags and mattress coverings from diphtheria scarlet fever and typhoid patients are not burned at the city crematory. The materials are alleged to be collected by crematory workers and sold to junk stores for about £6 per load, with proceeds shared by the crew and overtime pay sometimes offset by retaining funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Onto
Gladstone Rumor Supposes Spring Retirement
In Lowpons on August 24 the Chronicle reports a curious rumor that Mr. Gladstone will retire from office in the spring. It also mentions a Harcourt faction and a Rosebery Spencer parity, implying Lords versus Commons party lines.
Wisconsin MIlls Idle as Labor Turmoil Halts Season
In Eay Dates Wisconsin on August 21, four saw mill companies refuse to start on a ten hour basis. No mills are operating and the outlook is bleak. About four hundred men have been paid off and over a hundred have left town seeking work elsewhere.
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Eay
Wis
Cholera Spreads as Officials Warn and Act
Reports from Hamevee and Berlin describe rapid cholera spread with hundreds of cases and many deaths. Ambulances are overwhelmed in Hamevee while authorities enforce disinfection, hospital wards, and public notices. Concurrently, European cities monitor outbreaks and restrict travel.
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Hamevee
Nachrichten
Berlin
Imperial Board of Health
Kirch
Rabis
Hamburg
Altstadt
Neustadt
Altona
London Daily News
Vienna
Constantinople
Mecca
France
Belgium
Cholera Scare Reaches Europe Prompt US Aid Sought
Alarming reports from Teheran and Hamburg detail a cholera surge in Asia and Europe. The American Mission Hospital seeks funds. Minister Sperry receives permission to solicit nationwide support through The Morning News. Officials warn US ports to heighten health precautions.
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Europe
Wilmington
John W. Foster
Washington
D. C
Sun
American Mission Hospital
Teheran
Morning News
Watson BR. StEeam
Washiington
Watson R. Sperry, Esq
United States
Persia
Dean Sm
Epg
Golames
Formng Newa
Doling 86
Johnson
Hamburg
Williams
Havre
Ls Toursine
Staten Island
Hno
Disinfection Efforts Tighten At Ports For Immigrants
Authorities of the Trans portment take steps to prevent disease introduction. Circulars order customs to remove baggage from cholera infected areas. Secretary Spaulding, Dr. Austin, and the Marine Hospital Service urge precautionary actions at New York, Hamburg, and other ports. Spaulding collaborates with ship lines on disinfection before embarkation to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spaulding
Austin
New York
Immi Fon
United States
Cholera Devastates Reshd and Enzellee in Ghilan Province
Dispatch from Reshd reports hundreds dying daily from cholera in a 20,000 population town near Enzellee port on the Caspian Sea. A new disease causes purulent swellings with high mortality at Enzellee and Ardabeel, a 12,000 inhabitant town on the Kare-Soo river. both towns have been isolated.
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Tiberan
Reshd
Ghilan
Enzellee
Caspian Sea
Russia
Ardabeel
Kare-Soo
Wails from Baltimore Wives Over Garment Strike
About 100 wives of coatmakers in Baltimore beg the mayor to intervene after a long strike. They allege starvation, rent arrears, and pressure from a Brooklyn walking delegate Reichers who blocks return to work. Mayor Latrobe expresses sympathy but cannot act.
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Baltimore
Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
Reichers
Brooklyn
Latrobe
Bartimong
T. C. Latrobe
Dean Sm
New York
New Tin Plate Factory Set For Brooklyn Opening
In Brooklyn an ambitious tin plate factory will start within ten days, aiming to produce 3000 boxes weekly. The Somers brothers and W H Atkinson run a major Reid avenue tin box operation and will now expand to domestic tin plate to cut imports. J L Somers says testing furnaces continues and full 24 hour work may take three more months.
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New York
Brooklyn
Somera Brothers
Daniel
G. A. Somers
W. H. Atkinson
Reid Avenue
Third Street
J. L. Somers
Mr. Somers
Bondsmen Must Pay Up Luzerne County Officials Plan Action
Luzerne County commissioners move to compel bondsmen who posted bail for insolvent debtors to pay court costs charged to the county. Hundreds of cases have left the county liable for thousands, with some bondsmen not previously called on. County Solicitor Moore has gathered papers and will notify all bondsmen to settle.
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Wilkesbaere
Luzerne County
Luzerene County
Moore
Court House
Hill Hissed At County Democracy Meeting
The County Democracy general committee in New York crowded a meeting as Chairman Charles A. Jackson declared internal foes were within Tammany Hall. Hill’s name drew loud hisses from the audience.
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The
County Democracy’s General Committee
New York
County Democracy
Charles A. Jackson
Democratic Party
Tammany Hall
Hill
Infidel Dies Amid Thunderstorm After Blasphemous Remark
Denver report of Gotlieb Meyers an infidel who mocked electric current on a street corner during a thunderstorm. A lightning strike accompanied his final words and moments later his corpse was carried home, leaving several friends present.
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Denver
Gotlieb Meyers
Riot Threat Fails as Troops Clear Homestead Street
A thousand residents gathered to stop Nick Rattigan moving belongings to a Carnegie yard. Soldiers and deputies dispersed the crowd with bayonets drawn. two arrests were soon made. The move proceeded, with General Wiley praising Colonel Mechling for the crowd control and Doerr denying a boycott by the advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Rattigan
Homestead Village
Carnegie Company
Mr. Rattigan
Heisel Street
Rattigan
Gray
Mechling
Sixteenth Regiment
Fifteenth Regiment
Mt. Carnegie
Crawford
Eighth Avenue
Fifteenth
Camp Black
Mr. Ji
Heinel Street
Wiley
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Labor
Grand Master
Sweeney
Firemen’s Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen
Conductors’ Organization
Mr. Sargent
F. B. Sargent
Sayre
Ws Lee
Dela
Great Saeiperentenen
Gladstone
Asia
Luzerne
the Adjutant General
Adolph Doerr
Doerr
Woodings
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