Beavers Falls Mills Hold Silence as Union Walkout Spreads
The 5,000 Carnegie Steel workers at Lawrenceville join 3,000 Beaver Falls employees in a mass walkout amid Homestead tensions. Plants close, guards planned, and talks with managers stall as unions seek a new hearing for Homestead workers. Beaver Falls committees delay a decision while awaiting Carnegie input.
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Beaver Falls
Carnegie Steel Company, Limited
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company Limited
Lawrenceville
Homestead Strikers Offer to Surrender Rifles to Authorities
Hugh O’Donnell led Homestead workers to telegram Harrisburg seeking guidance on when to hand over Winchester rifles and other arms seized from Pinkertons. He stressed the group’s aim to prevent further conflict and to demonstrate lawfulness by turning in weapons. General Snowden praised the move as prudent. A relief committee is to be formed at a mass meeting to distribute funds from labor groups and coordinate shopkeeper payments.
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O'Donnell
W. A. Hensel
Harrieburg
Pennsylvania
Homestead
Szents
Pinkerton
Hugh O'Donnell
Harrisburg
Pinkertons
Snowden
Opera House
Associaon
Connefla Calls Back Gift of Public Library to Pittsburgh
Officers and members denounce a recent library gift to the city as a tainted benefit to workers. They urge the gift be refused and returned to Mr Carnegie, sending copies to the Amalgamated Association and the Mayor for presentation to the City Councils.
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Connefla
Pitteburg
Carnegie
Amalgamated Association
Dynamite Confiscated at City Farm and Munhall
A tip led Provost Marshal Green to City Farm station where 50 pounds of dynamite were found and removed. At Munhall station two boxes beneath a seat contained 25 pounds each, totaling 50 pounds, both boxes were opened and doused with water by soldiers.
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Green
City Farm Station
Munhall Station
A Mase Meeting of the Men Called for This Morning
An urgent notice reports a meeting of men called by A Mase to convene this morning. Details remain sparse as officials prepared to brief attendees on the agenda and expected turnout.
Homestead Resolutions Condemn Carnegie Pinkerton Tactics
The Paper Carriers Union No. 5230 met to condemn Carnegie Company and Pinkerton detectives for Homestead violence. They memorialized councils to return Carnegie’s gift library and pledged support to Homestead workers while denouncing public monuments and the police actions.
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Paper Carrier's Union
Carnegie
Pinkerton
Iron King
American Federation of Labor, Paper Carrier’s Union
Carnegie Company
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Matthews
John Ritter
Robert Barbin
Gottloib Richter
Joseph?at
Waenens
Homestead
Corral
Paper Carriers' Union
Shen
Tide Brings Pinkerton Guards to Homestead Amid Tense Standoff
A rumor of a non union barge to Homestead, towed by the Tide from Pittsburgh, spreads as Camp Black is ringed with double picket guards. Soldiers patrol streets and stations while mill leaders refuse to speak, and no interviews with General Snowden are allowed.
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Homestead
Pinkerton
Pittsburg
Black
Eighth Avenue
Heisel Street
Water Front
Mill Men
Postal Telegraph Company
Mill
Snowden
Soldiers and medals mark real service in National Guard
A militiaman at a dress parade rebutts views of play soldier culture in the National Guard. He notes that nearly every boy wears marksman or copper medals earned by rigorous target practice at 200 and 500 yard ranges, with sharpshooter and silver medals at 45 of 50, and that state rules require 35 of each company to qualify annually. He argues the training and discipline go beyond childhood fantasy.
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National Guard
Camp Sam Black Dress Parade Delights Homestead Crowd
At Camp Sam Black near Homestead the Eighth Regiment nears canvas life while Fourth Tenth and Fourteenth endure tents shortages. Colonel Hawkins pounds for tent relief as 5,000 men drill, parade crowds cheer the Third Brigade maneuvers and General Gobin lauds a record dress parade amid sunlit bluff and river scenery.
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Sam Black
Homestead
Snowden
Hawkins
Signal Corps
Colonel Hawkins
Gettysburg
Res
Beaver
Tenth Regiment
Swissvale
Blue Coats
Smith
Carnegie’s
Perens
Abbott Rumor About Non-Union Workers At Homestead
Telegram from Youngstown claims W L Abbott gathered non union men for Homestead mill and orders David Kennedy to return to work Monday. Local conditions render the report unreliable though the telegram notes Abbott’s group allegedly proceeding with workers.
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Youngstown, O
W. L. Abbott
David Kennedy
Homestead
Abbott
Bland Predicts Cleveland Election and Free Silver Defeat
A staff correspondent reports July 14 that Mr. Bland predicts Cleveland’s election loss for the free silver cause. Democratic infighting and accusations mark the moment as opposition radicals condemn the party’s free coinage stance.
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TPROM
Wag
Bland
Democratic Party
Free Silver
Free Silver Movement
Beating Regiments Highlighted by Captain McClintock
Captain McClintock of the Twelfth Regiment boasted of superior state organization and skilled marksmen, including a well equipped armory and 12 miles of telegraph wire costing $12000 annually. He noted he is the sole US signal officer in the State Guards and directed 40 messages to the Provision Brigade, using coded keys.
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J. Frank Supplee
Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Greys
Pittsburg
McClintock
Lock Haven
United States
State Guards
Provision Brigade
Aging gun carriages haunt Battery B in grim state
The piece notes Battery B artillery carriages are rusted and decaying, except for the Gatling guns. Soldiers lament the rotten wood and broken castings, fearing unsafe ammunition boxes and lamenting rapid deterioration while the Gatling remains the only acceptable piece.
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Battery
Battery B
New Tactics Cause Confusion at Camp Black Parade
The camp introduced a new code of tactics for the first time at Camp Black. During dress parade both old and new codes were used leading to confusion as recruits unfamiliar with the old tactics misinterpreting "support arms." Some men used Porte arms, the nearest familiar form, before correcting their actions.
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Camp
Black
Two Hundred Watchmen Wanted For Out of State Use
A New York paper advertised 200 able bodied men to go out of state as private watchmen in case of need. Carnegie Company officials deny knowledge of the ad and state the watchmen are not wanted for the Home stead villa. Robert A. Pinkerton also denies involvement.
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New York State
New York
Carnegie Company
Homestead
Robert A. Pinkerton
Toledo Boondoned Bribery Scandal Captures City Council
A Toledo grand jury indicted seven city council members for soliciting bribes linked to a Pluto Vil Swapeny scheme to move crude oil deals. Five were arrested posting bonds. two remained at large. The case describes a trap using a hidden desk and mosquito-screen setup to record the meetings.
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Toledo
Hoiden
Tontepo
B. ©. Manchester
George Dover
John Dally
Frank Tanner
R. P. Swain
Charles Neuendorf
William J. Gill
Manchester
Republican City Committee
Ohio
Pluto
Combine
Ku Klux To The Front In South Carolina Campaign
The Tillman faction tightens its grip as conservatives back ex Governor Sheppard. In Union county the Ku Klux Klan resurges and warns conservatives to leave under threat of death. A six man assault on Richard Harris leaves him bound and whipped, prompting rescue and further warnings ahead of the August 30 primary.
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CollumaBra
D. C
South Carolina
Tillmanites
Tillman
Sheppard
Union County
Richard Harris
Wheeling Republicans Nominate Captain Dovener for Congress
Captain B B Dovener of Wheeling was nominated by acclamation for Congress by the First district Republicans in Wheeling. The district, then represented by Democrat John O Pendleton, has alternated party control since 1882 with four Republican wins and one Democratic victory.
Homestead Inquiry Ends With Calls for Arbitration and Reform
The Congressional committee completed its Homestead riot inquiry and returned to Washington. Witnesses described the Pinkerton battle, while leaders urged arbitration and legal limits on guards. Debate over tariffs continued, with no minority report planned as leaders seek to curb labor violence and immigration.
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Congressional Committee
Homestead
Washington
Oates
Pickertons
Bellevue
Ostes
Judge Taylor
Taylor
H. C. Frick
Bynum
Ways and Means
Broderick
Chairman Frick
America
Frick
Pinkerton
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Union Mills
Turn
Lawrenceville Works
Dillion
Dillion Esid
Amalgamated
Edward Keil
Weihe
Madden
Garland
Kilgallen
Lawrenceville Mills
Keystone Bridge Company
Beaver Fails
Shehan
Twenty-ninth
Thirty Third Street
Homestead Mills
Carnegie Mills
Carnegie, Phipps & Company
Houb
Philadelphia City
Hawkins’ Madup
Ninth Regiment
Ethey
Gobin
Supplee
Ryland
Lookout Mount
Mr. Bland
Cleveland
Harrison
Congress
House
People’s Party
Youngstown
Mr. Brand
Bat
Hons
KU Klux
Wheeling Republicans
Congressional
Committee For Washington
Colonel Oates
Burgess McLuckie
Amal
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