Arbitration ruling tempers Galveston labor tension at Mallory wharf
A Galveston canvass shows both sides accept the Arbitration Committee finding. The recommendation bars Mallory from hiring a colored worker, boosting Knights of Labor appeal while business leaders dismiss the concession as symbolic. Djutant General King and Agent Sawyer await official notice to respond.
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Galveston
Arbitration Committee
Mallory Wharf
Knights of Labor
Mallorys
Mallory Company
Djutant
King
Sawyer
Mallory
Galveston Fire Destroys East End Homes and Blocks
At 1 45 E this morning a vast blaze began in a small Strand street foundry. The fire, aided by a sharp norther, engulfed two homes and a large grocery, then spread across the Strand destroying 40 blocks by 9 30 this morning leaving 4 000 homeless. By 11 30 the fire was under control after 60 blocks burned and 5 000 displaced. Houston Waco and Brenham engines aided. several firemen burned while rescuing equipment. Damage totals unknown.
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Galveston
Strand Street
Sixtenh Street
Strand
Houston
Waco
Brenham
Sixteenth Street
Death of a Cheyenne Chief in Kansas Camp
A Cantonment report notes the death of Stone Calf a notable Cheyenne chief from spinal meningitis at his camp near Cantonment. He led in 1874 raids on cattle and helped provoke tribal tensions while evading the agent.
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Wicnita
Stone Calf
Cantonment
Ney
Germain
United States
Red Whelp
Ex Recorder Ford Claims He Killed Captain Murphy
In a prison interview ex Recorder Thomas J. Ford says he and not his brother Patrick killed Police Captain Murphy. He cites Patrick's trial confession and says he confessed after the Board of Pardons refused to commute their death sentences.
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New OriKesns
Thomas J. Ford
Patrick Ford
Murphy
Ford
Patrick
Burmese King Thebaw Declares War Proposals Rejected
King Thebaw issues a proclamation denouncing Indian Government proposals and announcing war. He calls on subjects to defend Rangoon and the country, pledges to lead troops, and states Europeans will be spared until frontier crossing, after which all will be slain. Mandalay Europeans begin leaving. Italian consul stays. Burmese Cabinet members sign the proclamation.
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Rancoos
Theban
Rangoon
Mandalay
Thebaw
Chinese Merchants Thank President Cleveland for Pacific Proclamation
Chinese merchants in New York send an address to President Cleveland thanking him for his proclamation protecting their countrymen on the Pacific slope and praising his fearlessness and justice.
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New York
Cleveland
Pacific
Mrs J R Walkup Arrives From Emporia for New Orleans Trip
Mrs J R Walkup arrives in Kansas City from Emporia with her mother Mrs Wallace and stays at Union Depot hotel before departing for New Orleans tomorrow morning.
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Kansas City
J. R. Walkup
City
Emporia
Wallace
Union Depot Hotel
New Orleans
Iron works slash wages and mines plan winter shutdown
Reaping Pennsylvania November 12 wages of all Colbrook Dale Iron Works employees cut by 10 percent. East Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore mines that have run through the season prepare to close, risking hundreds of winter layoffs as workers earned 60 cents daily in summer with no winter work.
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Reaping
Colbrookdale Iron Works
East Pennsylvania Railroad
Strangers and suitors enliven Iowa village notices
A New York Sun report tells of a stranger in an Iowa village who signs George Washington in a hotel register and jokes about his fame while the landlord recalls schoolbooks. The tale blends census turnips, rails, and a stage stop with a lighthearted engagement ring request from Miss Browne to jeweler Mr Thimplate, via Mr. Smythe and Mr. Simpson.
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New York Sun
Iowa
George Washington
N—o
Washington
Jones
Market Report and Receipts from November 13
Report from Floyd & Co. shows wheat steady for December and pork, lard, and corn mixed. receipts include 800 bushels of wheat and 45 200 bushels of corn with 40 000 hogs head shipped. New York spots quiet with middling at 9 15/16 and futures quotes listed, plus stock market observations and an advertising note on Opera Pufia cigarettes.
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Lignor By
Floyd & Co
Soledad Street
Cescaro
New York
Danary
Free Trade League Elects Officers andadifopts Tariff Reform
The Free Trade League opened the session with officers elected: President David A. Wells. Eastern Secretary H. J. Phillipot. Central Secretary Lewis Hewland. Treasurer George T. Peabody. Delegates urged Congress to oppose protective duties and favor tariff reform, with calls for ad valorem rates and free ships. A Kansas member Harper urged immediate tariff reductions to a revenue basis. The majority report reflected the convention’s sense.
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Cincaco
Committee On
Free Trade League
David A. Wells
H. J. Phillipot
Iowa
Lewis Hewland
Indiana
George T. Peabody
Committee
Congress
Harper
Kansas
Riel in Regina Receives Governor General Order and Prayer
A Montreal dispatch reports a Governor General order to Sheriff Chapleau authorizing Riel’s execution. Riel spends much time in prayer, has written farewell letters, and guard precautions have doubled. The cell is bare, and he rises early each day before reveille at six.
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Montreal
Regina
Chapleau
Riel
Groudin
Mount Police
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