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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1894
Page
1
Reports from Altoona and Indiana detail fruitless talks between coal operators and miners seeking wage terms in a broad strike. Protests spread to Punxsutawney and Canfield areas as miners resist settlements, with deadly clashes and mass meetings shaping a tense labor crisis.
Chicago June 12 city council approves a strict Sunday closing law aimed at curbing trade in garments dry goods hardware furniture and groceries. The ordinance bars selling clothes jewelry books shoes groceries and related goods on Sundays for all listed items.
An intense airstorm in Primirssuna Phillipsburg on June 12 struck four houses tenanted by George Bean. The lightning split a house nearly in two, shocked the entire Bean family, and fatally injured Mrs. Bean, an elderly woman. The incident occurred during the storm with the family sustaining severe injuries and fatalities.
A local report states malt-fed milk is causing infant deaths in Alleghany City. Court orders ban slot machines in Harrisburg. Elliott P Kisner nominated for Hastaton postmaster. Lanchester county DAR discusses organizing a state DAR. Scotland soldiers' industrial school bakers strike over weekly pay. Edward McPherson declines 19th Pennsylvania district GOP congress candidacy. Weekly crop reports show favorable conditions and replanting, wheat and grass progressing in Pennsylvania.
In Wastinarox on June 12 progress on the tariff bill was limited to private talks, while open session yielded few moves as the wool schedule began with Mr. Quay reading the seventh installment amid debates on duty rates. The House debated the Indian appropriation to fund a national home for aged and infirm colored persons in the District of Columbia, with a $190,000 allocation from deceased soldiers’ estates and committee passage of Indian bill sections.
Lexington dispatch June 12 reports a rumor that Colonel Breckinridge will retire from the congressional race. His brother Cabell Breckinridge has conferred with friends, and it is said the family wishes withdrawal to spare disgrace and prevent party disruption in the Seventh district.
At Kaill's still house near Culberson, Frank Carter carried his 6-year-old son to the premises. The boy fell into a 150 gallon vat of boiling liquids and was rescued, but died within twenty four hours.
A reference to a young lady anchors a general melee where knives pistols and bludgeons were used. William Braver suffered shoulder and arm wounds while Steve Pittman was struck in the neck arm and shoulder with serious condition noted. John Pittman was shot left arm and injured leg. Ben Pittman father received a severe blow to the head.
From Hannianvia Pennsylvania on June 12 the National Guard headquarters announced honorable discharges for First Lieutenant Dwight Bailey Fuller Jr assistant surgeon Battery A Captain George B Moyers Company B Third Regiment First Lieutenant Frank Morrison Webster Company C Sixteenth Regiment Second Lieutenant Jota Bo Carran Company B Eighteenth Regiment. Staff appointments include Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Potter Jr of Philadelphia as aide de camp and Sergeant Major Percy Webb of Harrisburg replacing John D Worman as quartermaster State Feverbles battalion. A button change to standardize uniforms was ordered and extra buttons sent to organizations to ensure full replacement.
Ramon Coronal a Chilean about 50 was found with skull crushed near a mining area in the city yesterday. Warrants issued for Vincento Franco and his wife who own the ranch where the crime occurred. They are missing. Coronal held considerable money.
A senate committee on distress opened with a petition from Morrison J. Swift and others urged by New England workers. Seven aims were listed: create employment sites and factories. amend the U S Constitution to secure work. abolish interest bearing bonds. fund large scale road building. nationalize railroads telegraphs and mines. open land for cultivation. form a commission to study trusts. The committee will invite written statements and hold hearings with representatives of interested groups.
The twenty third annual Protestant Episcopal convention of central Pennsylvania began in Lascastie Pa with Assistant Bishop Ralivan presiding. Bishop Howe receives a message of affection while Guy B Farquhar is reelected secretary and Rev T Angell his assistant, as the session focuses on routine business.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge near death. Roth battles cholera in Dantalg. Bogus currency 295 000 in Elmsbaetel near Hamburg. coal operators faced wage cuts affecting 70 000 minors. Friedburg brewery in Augsburg, Bavaria, buried by collapse killing six. Lindas Derby plate seized by Bayard. Algerian police seize dynamite for theater bombing. London court dismisses Anti Gambling league case over race track seating. Emperor Francis Joseph yields to Wekerlns and Lecree desiderina von Sailagyi to the cabinet at Buda. Prince Frederick of Waldeck Pyrmont announces engagement to Princess Bathildis. Lasard Freres note San Salvador revolution has ended. Dagland society hosts ball for US Navy officers.
A chaotic report from June 12 says the bubonic plague devastates Hong Kong with about 1500 deaths and stores the natives fleeing the city. Europeans are afflicted and a local government plan aims to destroy unsanitary native quarters to halt spread.
A free fight erupted on a Sanday near Poland parish as Beavers and Pitt men, all farmers, son and father pairs, clashed returning from Sunday school after a disparaging remark sparked the quarrel.
Attorney Wellman outlines charges against Erastus Wiman for forging endorsements on a 5000 check drawn by R G Dun Co. The trial before Justice Ingraham continues as the jury is seated. Evidence shows Wiman held control at Dun Co while Dan owned the business.
The town buzzed over a reported engagement between Nellie Grant Sartoria and Adjutant General H. Kyd Douglas of Maryland. The United Press states the engagement is untrue, noting Douglas met Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris at Delmonico's in New York four years ago.
At a memorial dinner for General Grant, General Douglas spoke honoring the northern hero. The talk of an engagement between Mrs. Ulysses Grant and General Douglas is unfounded. Mrs Grant and daughter plan a short stay at Blue Mountain Hall Maryland arriving next week.
Peter Chaney, a Chicago counterfeiter, was arrested by U S officers in Talequat Indian Territory after attempting to pass a bogus coin on a local bank. A witness to the coin’s making and passing is in custody.
William Dunn of Honesdale died when a wagon wheel crushed his head on a Dyberry hill while returning from a calf purchase. His body was taken to his mother in Staceyville and funeral services were planned for Wednesday at 10 AM.
Professor C Shortridge charged with murdering his wife had bail renewed and the case continued to the September term. He arrived with brother Mayer Shortridge and his attorney from Norristown Insane Asylum where he has been confined since the tragedy. He appeared quiet but showed a marked change in his condition as the former Media college principal. He was returned to Norristown after the court's order.
Dianiel and Al ice Asper, siblings of Joseph Asper of North Lebanon, aged 23 and 18, eloped from Lepaner Je Youn, Pa. on Tuesday and were arrested near Thomasville by a Lancaster detective. They avoided railroads, walked about six to ten miles, and failed to obtain a marriage license at each settlement. They were taken home to Lebanon.
Actor Belasco jailed in New York for non support of his wife Girnee Wailiis Beligeo. A Kingston incident reports a Virginian named James Perry killed by indignant citizens after bringing smallpox to Knoxville. Other items note government map distribution, an electric light company restraining a rival, a Cambridgeport kidnapping, a New York jury awarding W A Leavitt $7000, and a Denver surgeon’s boat accident. Miss Deasin Cleveland wed Dr John A Burke in Tacony yesterday.
Forecast for Wednesday shows eastern Pennsylvania with generally fair skies but potential afternoon thunder showers, high daytime temperatures, and strong winds. Western Pennsylvania expects unsettled wet weather, high temperatures, and variable winds.
Finley advertises a June linen sale with prices on damask and bleached damask fabrics in various widths from 25a to 72 inches. The copy emphasizes value judged by customers and notes a line from John Browns of Belfast.
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