07 May 1886
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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
1
Chicago workers quit en masse for eight hours with no raise in pay, hitting furniture factories, lumber yards, and iron works. Firms lock out shops, plan central governing body to track actions, while unions press demands and railroads face widespread walkouts.
Chicago freight handlers, trained from Iowa and Wisconsin, descend on Burlington yards amid talk of nine tours and barricades. Strikes threaten to block freight. police and firemen readied. In Granp Rars, Michigan, a May 2 melee at Fuller & Rice mill injures workers as 100 men march for eight hours, while in Boston carpenters and painters press for eight hour day. dozens of firms hold firm or resist. Dr Clarence Hubbell, 40, Saint Joseph, Missouri, a Masonic leader, dies after three weeks illness. service included multiple orders and offices within Missouri bodies.
Washington reports the debt statement detailing interest bearing bonds and notes, gold and silver certificates, and cash reserves. It lists bonds at various rates, pension funds, rail bonds, and total debt figures with allocations for reductions and reserve funds.
Markets by Telegraph report prices for wheat, corn, and oats across Kananes City, St. Louis, Volcano, and New York. Grain futures show No 2 red wheat around 86 cents, corn No 3 about 26 to 34 cents, with varied spring and mixed lots. Livestock prices list natives, feedlots, stockers, and hogs with cents per pound ranges, cattle and sheep pricing, and hogs quoted up to about 3.90 per pound.
The article extols spring styles spreading to farms, urging beautification of yards and outbuildings. It highlights improved fences, orchards, gates, and planting of trees and shrubs as practical, value-adding trends. It stresses domestic care, timely cultivation, and prompt planting and harvesting as worthy husbandman practices.
In a sprawling session, Congress advanced bills authorizing railroad and bridge projects across the Missouri and Willamette rivers, added public building improvements in Dallas Texas, and extended duties for the clerk of the life court commission. Debates touched on land allotments for the Todinos of the Round Valley, and a sub treasury bill for Louisville. Senate and House shifts included post office funding questions and river improvements, with focus on Missouri river work and foreign mail subsidies.
A vivid Monge-era portrait of William E. Gladstone in the House of Commons. The piece details his striking appearance and alert, lively presence despite years, noting his center bench seat, habitual dress, and dramatic responses to speakers. It contrasts his grave look with bursts of sudden humor when provoked by a decisive statement. The segment ends with a brief note on St Louis coal operators averting a strike and wage exposure.
Report from Hutchinson says 67 Santa Fe strikers seized an east bound passenger train, planning to reach Kansas City. Sheriff Fuller organized a 40 man posse, boarded the train, detained the mob, and freed the prisoners. The men were fed at the county jail and released to return home.
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