Homestead Hearing Yields No Federal Action Likely
Congressional investigators return from Homestead with a consensus that the affair falls beyond federal legislation. They find no workable fix, note state level arbitration as a possible path, and warn that future unrest may continue despite inquiries. The report highlights Frick, Ostes, and other leaders, and raises Pinkerton controversy.
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Wasmxncrox
Congressional Investigating Committee
Homestead
Taylor
Ohio
Owen Scott
Pinkerton
Messrs
Ostes
Bynum
Boamer
Broderick
Workers at Beaver Falls Meet Amid Homestead Strike Fallout
Reports detail 500 men at Carnegie Union Mills Beaver Falls under tight guard while about 2,000 skilled workers strike at Homestead. Officials vow to run Twenty-ninth and Thirty-third Street mills as protest actions ripple through local mills and merchants.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Twenty-ninth
Thirty-third Street
Union
Homestead
Carnegie Mills
Beaver Falls
Lawrenceville
Burgess McLackie
McLuckis
Dalton Gang Robs Express Car in Oklahoma Territory
A southbound M K and T passenger train near Adair Oklahoma is held up by masked robbers believed to be the Dalton gang. They blow open the Pacific Express safe and take between 50 000 and 75 000 while Captain Kinney Indian police officer Flora and two doctors are wounded. The robbers flee as a fusillade erupts, leaving the messenger bound and the engine crew unharmed.
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Gourrett
C. T
Adsir
I. T
Pacific Express
Dalton Gang
J. J. Kinney
Missouri
Keneas
Texas Road
L. A. Flora
Indian Police
Adair
Kinney
Flora
Seer
Groun
Depth of Juvenile Savagery Terrifies Tex Readers
In Tex near Tyrer, three children aged about 3 and two younger boys mutilated a 5 year old girl playing in a grove. They fatally bludgeoned and hacked the child with a rusty plowshare then dismembered the body and left it in bushes. The incident is described as the most revolting crime in the area. News notes also mention profit sharing at Bourne Mills and a forthcoming Dispatch feature.
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Tyrer
Tex
Jackson
Carnegie Steel signals new Homestead notice for workers
Secretary Lovejoy refused to discuss new moves in the Homestead matter but insiders say a fresh notice is being prepared. The plan would invite old employees to return within a limited time and then bar them from rejoining. Meanwhile a group of Alma born colored laborers is in town to claim jobs left by locked-out Homestead workers.
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Frick
Kotany
Lovejoy
Scott
Keystone
Schiffier
Pittsburg
Union Mills
Salton
Carnegie
Rigley
Homestead
Carnegie Steel Company
Alma
Floods Threaten Hunger in Tombigbee Region
Special from Cane Ing July 15 reports flood waters in the Tombigbee River basin causing widespread distress in Sumter and Marengo counties Alabama. Hundreds face starvation as crops and livestock are lost and many families have exhausted their resources while children die.
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Tombigbee
Croersnatt
Sumter
Marengo
Ala
Tombigbee River
Young Baptists Elect Officers at Detroit Convention
At the National Baptist Young People's Union gathering in Detroit officers were elected and an amendment to the constitution adopted. The amendment adds a Board of Managers consisting of union officers plus one extra member for each state province territory and country represented, holding office for three years. The session included a pretty ceremony.
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Detroit
National Baptist Young People’s Union Convention
Board of Managers
Stubborn Railroads Refuse Steel Rates Information
Inter State Commission seeks answers from railroad freight managers and associates on steel rate ownership. Judge Gresham to hear petition September 6 after private talks with Illinois Steel Company counsel. Pennsylvania Company official Borner testifies denying rate discrimination for coal from Pittsburgh.
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Inter-State Commission
Gresham
Curiaco
Chicago
Omaha
Veazey
Milchrist
Sterling
Illinois Steel Company
Steel Company
Commission
Borup Returns to Explain French Conduct Charge
Captain Henry D. Borup of the U S Army, recalled from France over alleged conduct offending the French government, has returned to the United States to explain the charges. He was en route to Washington, with Secretary Elkins saying Borup will report to the War Department after making a statement to the Adjutant General.
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Washington
Henry D. Borup
United States Army
France
New York
Army and Navy Club
Elkins
Dispatch
Real estate boom eyed at Brigantine Beach cottage sale
Congressman J L Mitchell of Wisconsin bought Harmer’s cottage at Brigantine Beach N J with grounds reaching from ocean to bay and a boat house. Mitchell plans moving his family there after Congress adjourns as several representatives consider buying land and building cottages at the resort. Mitchell was Grover Cleveland’s pickup for the Democratic VP nomination.
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Washington
Brigantine Beach
N. J
J. L. Mitchell
Wisconsin
Representative Harmer
Mitchell
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Unrest and Explosions Halt Idaho Rail Route
Rail bridges near Muilan were blown up and telegraph poles toppled cutting rail communication. Military orders restrict travel with passes issued. some miners may be arrested. Reports from Old Mission and Spokane speak of gruesome killings and mass rumors, while officials relocate non union workers and evaluate mine operations.
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Inano
Muilan
Old Mission
Spokane
Tere
Shoshone County
Clemet
Bunker Hill
Sullivan Mines
Tekoa
Wardner
Tekon
San Francisco
J. J. Hammond
G. R. Smith
Wallace Miners’ Union
Wallace
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company
Smith
Robbie Burns Descendant Buried Amid Sorrow in Chicago
The obituary notes only three living descendants of the poet Robert Burns remain, one of whom is ill and destitute in Chicago. The July 15 burial honored a great grandson of Burns, bringing mourning to the lineage and local observers.
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Charity
Robert Burns Hutchinson
London
T. Lovedale
Hutchinson
Chicago
Burns
Scotch Post
Robert Burns
General Stevenson Leads Democrats Escort to Detroit
General A F E Stevenson and his party headed to New York were met in Ann Arbor by Michigan Democrats including Daniel Campau and H Bennett Newnhaver. The escort through Detroit included city and state leaders and editors with O W Ruggles coordinating arrangements. No speeches were made due to the hour before Stevenson continued to Chicago for a brief reception.
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Detroit
A. F E. Stevenson
New York
Ann Arbor
Daniel J. Campau
Democratic State Central Committee
H. Bennett
KL. Newnhaver
T. F. Carroll
C. G Casterlin
George P. Hummer
T. H. Hosford
William F E. Quinby
Detroit Five Press
George D. Jackson
Bay City
O. W. Ruggles
Michigan Central Railway
Chicago
Stevenson
Iroquois Club
Adlai T. Ewing
Democratic Club of the West
Ee General
Girls' Club Discusses Dress Reform at Chautauqua
At Chautauqua on July 15 the Girls' Club debated dress reform with remarks that small waists are a waste of breath. The session reflected Del Sarte influence as University Extension lectures continued. Colonel Parker delivered a Civil War lecture this evening and New York editors visiting Buffalo attended meals and shared talks. Judge Tourgee spoke on the press.
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del Sarte
Parker
New York
Buffalo
Atheneum
Tourgee
Review preparations as camp braces for grand parade
Camp Homestead buzzes with drills and parades as Governor Pattison and Sam Black prepare for a Monday review. A rumored poisoning scare prompts a hawker crackdown while regiments report solid health, steady supply lines, and steady leadership from Brigadier Wiley and General Gobin.
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Pattison
Sam Black
City
Sheridan
Monongahela
Brigadier Wiley
Third Brigade
Genera
Wiley
Gobin
Snowden
Star and Signal Corps
Hawkins
Tenth
Robbins
Westmoreland County
Harrisburg
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
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Charles Dipple
Federated Trades Q Council
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John H. Chapman
Chi
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Texas
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Canada
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Robert F. Y. Pierce
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J. O. Staples
Ramer
Carnegie Company
Patrick R. Dillon
Energy
Morning Star
Dirigo
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Carnegie Company, Limited
Thirty Third Street
Amalgamated Association
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Idaho
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