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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
6
In Cripple Creek Colorado preparations for war accelerate as arms and ammunition arrive. One hundred thousand rounds were shipped from Chicago and rifles and revolvers continue to pour in daily with more shipments expected tomorrow. Hostages were seized on Bull Hill as citizens were detained amid the tense stand by the miners.
A skirmish near Midland toll gate pits three miners against five deputies. Jack David is shot in the arm. a deputy is seriously wounded and imprisoned men seize Clarence O Finch and D T Watkins as hostages. John Short of Cripple Creek Herald is arrested. Citizens fear a deputy assault on Bull Hill as 1,300 miners and 1,000 plus deputies mobilize, with General Palmer possibly in command.
A Gatling gun 200 Winchesters and a dozen boxes of ammunition from Chicago went through La Junta for use by Cripple Creek deputy sheriffs. Last week fifty Remingtons and 50 000 cartridges also moved through.
Governor Waite refuses to call out the Colorado militia after Sheriff Bowers requests troops at Colorado Springs. Waite and his private secretary Lorenzie, along with John Calderwood of the Miners' union, traveled to Denver for urgent consultations.
Advices from Tuxpan Mexico report a cyclone struck Yahualica about 70 miles inland last week, destroying several stores and homes. Ten people were killed and fifteen injured in the storm.
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on June 5 the Beech Creek Railroad faces limited coal cars. Fishburn and Son have begun mining at Munsons to supply Beech Creek engines. A small crew works and strikers have not yet intervened.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on June 5, about 606 miners in camp near Evans began leaving for home. A planned Sunday barbecue and mass meeting drew fewer than 100 by noon, widely seen as signaling the strike's likely collapse.
A representative reports tense conditions at Wheeling Creek where about four hundred miners are camped and refuse to let trains hauling coal pass. Local tensions threaten a violent confrontation as the stand continues.
Baltimore June 5 A report states that unless Consolidated Coal workmen join the strikers the Maryland coal fields strike is unlikely to sustain itself and may collapse.
A Brighton New York mother describes her daughter Blanche recovering from severe nervousness and St Vitus dance after using Dr Miles Nervine. The 15 year old gained weight from 75 to 106 pounds, regained use of her arm and returns to school. The remedy is sold with a guarantee by Dr Miles Medical Co.
A daytime blaze in Ottumwa Iowa destroyed five blocks including 15 business houses and 20 dwellings with an estimated loss of 225000 dollars. One boy James Seymour died and four others were injured Bert Batterson John McCullom Nick Renner and Jerry Seymour. The fire is blamed on locomotive sparks and about a third of the loss is covered by insurance.
There is widespread catarrh and it is claimed incurable by local treatments. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo is advertised as the sole constitutional remedy. It is taken orally, claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces, and offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure. Doctors, druggists, and circulars are referenced in the sales pitch.
Immigrant Inspector Stoes prepared papers to sue Chief Engineer McCollum of Anchor Mill Co for importing three Canadian workers. Each alien under contract carries a potential $1,000 fine. Defendants contend the men were hired while residing in the United States.
City Meat Inspector Johnson from Sioux City inspected two beeves at the consolidated market. He found large abscesses under the jaw and concluded the cattle were lumpy-jawed stock sold locally.
A Chicago gathering marks the 50th anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association. Rev. David Beaton speaks on origin and growth, Walter M. Wood discusses management and extensions, R. W. Hare covers outreach methods, and D. J. O. Morris reflects on gratitude. A jubilee thanksgiving service is planned at noon Wednesday at the association headquarters.
A Bluff Line work train collided with cars three miles east of Alton Illinois when an open switch caused the accident. Engineer Barnard was killed and Fireman Harrison badly wounded. Six workers were injured.
A Carlyle Illinois dispatch says about 200 seceders from Kelly's army arrived in St. Louis at 4 a m aboard a Baltimore and Ohio freight train after capturing it at East St. Louis.
In St. Louis on June 5 Miss Ellen J. Chase aged 22 living in the West end consumed an ounce of carbolic acid and died within thirty minutes. No motive is known for the act.
The last report places Kelly and his navy at St Genevieve Missouri where he passed in the afternoon Camp was made seven miles below the town A small number of boats landed at St Genevieve The boat carrying Kelly was among the arrivals They were kindly treated A city board committee was appointed to meet Kellys advance guard and supply provisions for his men.
New York reports Sarah Foster leaped from the roof of a burning Goerck street tenement and died. Two others were slightly injured while escaping the fire.
In Charleston the report states that Harry Gill a Black man was seized from Lancaster jail by about 25 men and forced into a lynching three miles away. The incident underscores violent racial conflict in the region.
The steam ship William G Hewes, five days from Bluefields, arrived at six p.m. Passengers report calm conditions in Bluefields with no change expected. The New York San Francisco and Magicienne remain anchored near the Bluff.
A group on a excursion near Tralee Ireland found an old artillery shell and rolled it along the ground. The shell exploded, killing three and wounding about a dozen others.
A La Libertad dispatch to the State Department says Salvador revolutionists have triumphed and President Ezeta has fled the country. The report places the event as complete and occurring on June fifth in the capital region.
Washington June 5 The president sent to the senate the name of Charles Neilson of Maryland to be second assistant postmaster general to succeed Lowrie Bell who has resigned.
Advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the medicine to purify and quicken the blood and restore appetite and strength. It urges buyers not to substitute other remedies and promotes Hood's Pills as the best after-dinner aid for digestion and relief from headaches.
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