Sweeny Assaulted in Buffalo During Labor Strike Fallout
Grand Master Switchman Sweeny was beaten by striker Quinn in broad daylight on a Buffalo street after testifying to a board. Sweeny, temporarily injured, blamed the attack on Quinn who had been ousted from work by the Nickel Plate strike. Sweeny planned to travel to Toronto once recovered.
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Sweeny
Buffalo
Quinn
Lodge of Switchmen
Nickel Plate Road
New Era Hall
Mr. Sweeny
Switchmen’ S Unions
Biff
Main
Stitchman
Anitccmen’s Order
Dispatch
Toronto
Soldier Fire Strike Ends Boy Run Near Halt
A boy fled after a halt order. A soldier fired a musket pellet into his stomach, causing a serious, likely fatal injury. He was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Soldiers Going Home From Frence Strife Camps
Buffalo August 25 Special reports that most regiments are to depart soon though some units will remain. General Porter, after consultations with McGrath and Young, arranged transport and commissary details. Troops from Camp 12 and others still need protection, with several units set to move out by nightfall and early morning.
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Buffalo
Walter Webb
New York Central
General Porter
Porter
Phisterer
General McGrath
Major Young
McGrath
Oliver
Young
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Fitch
Troy Citizens’ Corps
Troy
Camp 9
Kirby
Auburn
Causes of the Strike Examined by Board of Arbitration
The State Board of Arbitration resumed hearings on the late switch men strike. Key witnesses described notices of per hour work terms, failed grievance attempts, and refusals by Lehigh and Reading systems to bargain. Names of affected lines and sympathetic groups, plus damage from striking, were discussed as the inquiry adjourned for New York to hear further testimony.
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State Board of Arbitration
Sweeny
Chicago
Buffalo
Lehigh and Reading System
Layng
West Shore
Walters
Erie
Bell
New York and Pennsylvania Road
Sweeney
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Buffalo Creek
Erie Canal
Lake Shore
New York
Pennsylvania
Rochester
Pittsburg
Delaware
Lackawanna
Western
Brunn
Ene
Lehigh Road
Bruno
Webb
Four Men Injured in City Accidents
A colored man was found unconscious in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Seventeenth street and taken to West Penn Hospital. he may die from head wounds after a possible fall while boarding a train. Other incidents include 70 year old Charles Kiover struck by electric car on Smithfield Street, Mulion from Bilza furnace fractured skull, and 10 year old Watkins breaking a shoulder blade after a fall in a Summer Street house.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Seventeenth Street
Kieven
Charies Kiover
Smithfield Street
Trek
Fee
Bingham Street
Aecemates Mulion
Bilza
Morey Hospital
aTkins
James Watkins
Pisgins
Summer Street
Irvin
Begging Problem Said To Be Hereditary
George Hoffman of the Department of Public Charities asserts that begging runs in families. He cites three generations of beggars, notes able-bodied jobseekers seeking aid, and says public charity fosters dependence and lack of self help across descendants. He mentions legacies left by early beneficiaries.
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George Hoffman
Department of Public Charities
Ofice
Return of the Strikers and Railway Job Prospects
Burrago August 25. Erie superintendent Brunn says about 25 switchmen who fled for fear of violence will be rehired with strict screening. Lehigh hiring only applicants. no strikers restored yet. Nickel Plate will not hire strikers, having 35 new men. Lake Shore and Erie report no vacancies. Lackawanna may reemploy most switchmen though tensions over fees exist. Sheriff tallies strike cost at 114790 dollars, others predict up to 150000.
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Brunn
Erie Road
Erie
Lehigh
Johnston
Nickel Plate
Cannoff
Lake Shore
Gill
Lackawanna
Wilkinson
Buffalo
Erie County
Be Threw Stones at Soldiers as Guard Demands Stop
A shooting incident at BuPrALo reports Michael Broderick aged 17 throwing stones at Twenty second Regiment soldiers. He refused commands to surrender and was pinked by troops. details describe a serious military confrontation today.
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Bupralo
Michael Broderick
Twenty-second Regiment
Child Found On Southside After Lost Girl Discovery
Mrs. Slicker found an eight year old girl at Twenty third and Sarah streets Southside last evening at six. The child appeared lost. Mr. Slicker took her home fed her then sent her to the Twenty-eighth ward police station. No one claimed her. she slept at the station house.
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Southside
Free Trade Fallacy and Tariff Debate at Detroit Fair
At the Detroit International Fair on political day, over 10 000 attendees heard speeches from Republicans, People's party advocates, and Democrats. The speakers debated protectionism, tariff effects, and labor strikes including Homestead, with figures on bankruptcies and wage changes tied to the McKinley tariff.
Party moves to open Eastern HQ and map campaign
The Executive Committee of the People's party orders immediate opening of the Eastern headquarters at 405 Washington Street Boston. It resolves to field full state tickets in Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Maryland with campaigns planned for each state.
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Washington Street
Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Democrats Esgor to Make Uns of an O'd Speok of Henderson's
Aug 25 Henderson town report on Democratic Congressional Committee use of a General Henderson speech to attack Weaver’s record and influence. Party leaders describe cross party cooperation with the Alliance and Populista as harmony grows, claiming the Alliance backs the People’s party in state affairs.
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Henderson's
Wasaherton
Democratic Congressional Committee
General Henderson
Town
General Weaver
People’s Party
Heaven
People's Party
Weaver
Alliance
Harrison and RNC reportedly at odds over stump speaking
Washington dispatch says President Harrison prefers speaking on campaign platforms, while the Republican National Campaign Committee wants him in the background. Hahn in charge of the speakers bureau has not listed Harrison and expects him to rely on a letter of acceptance prepared at Loon Lake. If he speaks, it may not be political in tone.
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Derorr
Detroit International Fair and Exposition Company
Drunnell
Minnesota
Norton
Chicago
People's Party
William M. Springer
Illinois
Springer
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
United States
Lord Times
New York
Washington
Harrison
Republican National Committees
Republican National Campaign Committee
Hahn
Loon Lake
Democrats at War in County Committee Meeting
Hon. John Kuhns, defeated senator candidate, charged the return judges with violating oaths and Commonwealth law by admitting votes without accompanying ballots. Disorder followed as he criticized concentrated power in Chairman Keenan and denounced rule-breaking by the County Democracy.
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Greenstone
Democratic County Committee
John Kuhns
Kuhns
Keenan
Commonwealth
Mr. Kuhns
Conferees Mull Change of Scene as Sessions Wear On
The Twenty-first district conferees at Sattsnuxe continue sessions with three meetings daily and occasional ballots. Talks of adjourning elsewhere surface as delegates press on. In political notes, Don Campbell and Henry M Youmans garner nominations in various districts while local incidents report Frank Kunicki injured by a steel shear at Republic Iron Works and bailed.
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Sattsnuxe
Twenty-first District
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