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Newspaper
Salem Press
Location
Salem, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1886
Page
4
Reports from the era cover labor strikes in Pennsylvania and Ohio, political shifts in Washington, a Philadelphia area legal case, and notable deaths including Gen. W. Rowley, Rev. Quin, and John B. Gough. Fires destroy Wilmington NC businesses with extensive losses while other incidents cite drownings, accidents, and international tensions with China and Britain.
At the Chicago McCormick reaper works 1,400 employees were suspended after a meeting where non-union molders demanded dismissal of regular helpers. Boss McCormick refused to meet the committee Tuesday and ordered shutdowns. In Manchester New Hampshire, 5,500 Amoskeag mill workers struck after a 20 percent wage increase demand was denied.
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