Knights of Labor to Call Out U S Workers Tomorrow
General Master Workman announces an official order to mobilize about a million Knights of Labor members. Plan targets Chicago first and spreads to towns nationwide to paralyze industries if unions comply. No violence reported. aim is peaceful yet decisive action amid industrial crisis.
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Chicago
Pallman Selicite
Cincaco
Knights of Labor
United States
Tengo
American Railway Union
Killed by Militia in Westville Riots
Two women died and an unknown man was mortally wounded when a militia unit fired over a rioting miners crowd at Westville. Miss Clara James 17 and Mrs Michael Glennon were killed. a man was mortally wounded. Rail cars damaged by arson and derailments followed as troops arrived.
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Westville
Hinolsoonville
Mchael Glennon
Clara James
Mran
Grape Creek
Oatysille
Danville
Ora James
Donas James
Michael Glennan
Steamer Valadimir Sinks After Collision Near Eupnatosia
The passenger steamer Valadimir traveling from Sebastopol to this port collided with an Italian steamer near Eupnatosia on the Crimean coast. The vessel sank after the collision with about sixty passengers drowned and many injured. some passengers were rescued.
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Oprssa
Valadimir
Sebastopol
Eupnatosia
Russia
Crimea
Labor leaders call AFL meeting on industrial chaos
John McBride, UMWA president in Columbus, receives Gompers telegram urging order amid unrest. AFL executive committee to meet at Briggs home at 10 AM July 12. McBride to attend or send a representative. Mayors debate arbitration in Pullman dispute with Detroit’s Pingree skeptical of impact.
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Gompers
Calis
Colusius
John McBride
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel Gompers
Fohn McBbride
Columbus
Ohio
Crista
American Federation of Labor
Briggs Home
Atlas
Samune
Gomrana
General Miles Issues Order to All Troops in Missouri
General Miles issues an executive order to all United States troops in the Missouri Department. He declares lawbreaking groups dangerous enemies of the government and calls for dispersal, capture, or destruction of obstructors of mail routes and federal authority. The order urges cooperation with local authorities to maintain peace and public order.
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Department of the Missouri
Chiiano
Miles
United States
United States Court
Waffaird
Presidential proclamation calls for dispersal of unlawful assemblies
President Grover Cleveland orders all persons involved in unlawful obstructions and assemblies in North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington Wyoming Colorado California and territories to disperse and retire to their homes by 4 PM July 10 1896. The proclamation cites protection of U S mail and interstate commerce and cites military force deployment. Officials Lamont Bissell Schofield confer with the president in Washington.
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Northwest
Washington
Lamont
Bissell
Schofield
United States
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
California
Utah
New Mexico
Terefore
Grover Cleveland
Marine Engineers Won't Strike Debs Orders Ignored
In Chaco on July 11 the National Association of Marine Engineers stated it will not strike to aid others. E W Kenney said the group is benevolent and educational, with grievances settled by committees. Other notices report unions resisting or supporting strike actions tied to Debs and the Pullman boycott.
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Fingree
Chicago
Pullman Company
Hopking
Pingree
Detrot
George M. Pulman
Bis Men
Pullman ‘Company
Debs
Pullman
Kaxkawen
Big Four
Indiana, Illinois & Frown
New York
Mortimer O'Connell
Brotherhood of Surface Road
Constantinople Shaken by Double Earthquake Shocks
Two violent quakes struck Constantinople at 12:20 pm causing extensive damage and reported fatalities. Fires followed and telegraph service was disrupted as rescuers assessed the destruction in the port city.
Proclamation Declares Martial Law in Chicago 1894
President Cleveland issues a proclamation warning citizens to disperse and retire to their homes or face force used to enforce federal laws in Illinois and Chicago. The action, supported by Gen Miles, frames military aid to quell riotous assemblies and protect U S property while sparing the innocent.
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Washington
Cleveland
United States
Illnois
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
United States of America
W. Q. Gressam
Miles
War Department
Malke
Hopkins
Rioting Eases as Cleveland Proclamation Bites
Chicago observers report a calmer morning with trains moving and fewer mobs. Postal service disruptions fade, but clashes persist as strikers confront packers and teamsters. police fire above rioters’ heads and several arrests follow.
tumult in city as mobs clash and rail cars burn
A mob attack led to gunfire and residents fleeing into homes while six Illinois Central freight cars burned at Burnside. Suspects Hepner, Hogan, Coloran, Grady, Lenand and Blair were arrested, fined $20 each, and housed at Kennnington station. Authorities call for arbitration and tighter security as labor leaders seek a citizens committee and the mayor asks for more state troops.
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Illinois Central
Burnside
John Hepner
Ed Hogan
John Coloran
John Grady
Ben Lenand
Robert Blair
Kennington
Justice Robbins
John 13
Sherman
Armour & Co
Blinpeth
Commission
Uhlrich's Hall
Hopkins
Pullman
Debs Past Life Casts Light on Health and Irresponsibility
New York physician Dr. B Robertson recalls treating Eugene V Debs in April 1902 for diphtheria and alcoholism. Robertson warns Debs is unstable and may relapse under strain, noting Keeley treatment and Dwight rehabilitation era influenced his sanity and ambitions to control government for workers.
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New York
New Yon
B. Robertson
Eugene V. Debs
Rovertson
Debs
Terre Haute Ind
Robert Gingersoll
Robertson
3. V. Debs
Dwight
Keeley
Talk Nz
Pullman Arbitration Refused by Company as Labor Strikes Loom
A Cook County dispute over arbitration pits seven labor union representatives against a four member city council committee. The council seeks a five member citizen panel plus two Pullman officials to mediate, but Vice President Wickes rejects any arbitration, declaring the strike final with no concessions.
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Pullman Company
Ile
Ceol
Wickes
Committee of Five
Valley Riot Sparks Fire as Police Fire Ordered
Twenty men form a street riot at the First Valley district refusing police orders to disperse. Rioters torch cars and commit depredations as officers command a retreat, then fire is fired to restrain the mob.
Riot Firefight on Chicago Tracks Amid Civil Unrest
Reports describe a deadly clash on the Chicago and Western Indiana tracks at Forty-seventh and Loomis as U.S. troops opened fire on a mob attacking a wrecking train. Casualty figures range from twenty to thirty killed with many wounded as authorities rushed troops and police to quell further violence.
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United States
Army
Miles
Federal troops mobilize as strikers clash at Chicago yards
Federal authorities plan decisive action to clear blocked rail lines. United States Marshal Arnold and General Miles will deploy one company of troops and forty deputy marshals to depots along several roads to force crowds off property with orders to fire on disobedience. Fire at Burlington yards partially controlled by firemen.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Crawford
Sawthorne Race Track
Theo
Baltimore & Ohio
Fifty-Ninth Street
Stewart Avenue
Brighton Park
Walsh
Link Belt Machinery Company
Nelson H. Morris
Swift and
Armour
Lake Shore
Fort Wayne
Western Indian
Pennsylvania
Fiftieth Street
Grand Trunk
Burlington
Wood Street
Western Avenue
United States
Arnold
General Miles
Lake Shore Road
Rock Island Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
Chicago and Alton Road
Panhandle
Chicago Central
Southern Branch
Northern Pacific
Burlington and Quincy
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Northwestern
Seavey
Omaha
National Chiefs of Police Association of the
Sronagan
National Association
Brennen
Nineteenth
Leavitt
White House Reaffirms Swift Action to Restore Order
Washington July 9 officials including Attorney General Olney Secretary Gresham Secretary Lamont and General Schofield continued talks at the White House on the Illinois Altgeld crisis amid ongoing bulletins from the field General Miles and others remained in contact Governor Altgeld sent a letter which was read to the president and discussed by the conference Cleveland issued a late night statement urging active effort to restore obedience to the law and protect property
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Washington
Olney
Gresham
Lamont
Schofield
White House
Miles
Associated Press
Altgeld
Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Jonsn
Mwlinois
Springield
Debs Urges Strikers to Avoid Violence and Respect Law
Debs issues proclamation to striking workers calling for patience and police cooperation. He warns against law violations across municipal, state, and national levels and condemns railroad managers for blaming disturbances on strikers. He urges discipline and lawful conduct to ensure success.
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Cuano
Debs
Evoene
Dress
Women Sit Before Trains Delaying Wabash Trains
In Springfield Illinois on July 9 women wives of strikers sat on Wabash railroad tracks delaying trains as soldiers moved them off with difficulty during a protest yesterday.
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Springfield
Ill
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Emerald Avenue
Forty-ninth Street
Grand Trunk Road
Fullman
Fifteenth Infantry
Monon
Sixty-fourth Street
Bruton
Chicago and Northern Pacific
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Grand Central
Panhandle Road
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