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Newspaper
The Evening News
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1887
Page
2
The Union Labor Campaign Committee of Hamilton County issues notices with address lines to Taz Evening News at 32 Main Street. This item cites party activity and a formal mailing address for communications.
This 1887 notice proclaims the paper under Hamilton County Campaign Committee control and urges teachers to subscribe. It stresses the paper’s pivotal role for the Union Labor party and calls workers to rally, with a campaign telephone contact provided.
The fragment lists a Union Labor Party slate with John Seitz, J F McDonald, Karl A Raeder, and William Baker among others, plus a legislative ticket including A C Cosner Hugh Cavanaugh William B Ogden and John Cleckler, and several representatives.
The document lists candidates and officials including Ernst A. Weifr August W. Bruce John W. Schrage Dennis Mahoney James B. Wiltshire Michael Traynor George A. Williams Timothy Witzpatrick Jacob Haas for county positions such as commissioners and judges.
Delhi speakers listed include Hugh Cavanaugh Frank W Sat James McDermc Rimeced-Wae B Ogden B A Weter Ward Brighton Corner Twenty fourth on 4S Coaner J W Schrage 4d Molloy J P Leonard Chas F Bevis Freak Phas seventeenth Wand at Main and Orchard F F Fengat deh Canwell Donald Letts
The article argues for government control of essential services including the post office telegraph and railways. It cites postal rate reductions as a people driven outcome and warns against corporate influence. It claims savings banks under government control as in England and frames Labor as protecting the masses while opposing monopolies.
A critical broadside questions General Gordon Georgia governor and longtime senator. The piece accuses him of profiting from Georgia convict camps and warns his ties to convict labor harm free workers wages. It also condemns his Utah Mormon stance and attacks Halstead's influence and John Brown remarks as historically misjudged.
The article rebukes a political writer in Commercial Gazette for condemning the Labor party without proof. It argues fair play requires allowing the Labor leadership to prove their qualifications and notes Halstead’s past stance and influence on organized labor.
Samuel Romeo notes internal Knight of Labor dissensions show the order is healthy. Tonight lists close and registered voters decide which party will govern Hamilton County. This is the final day to register.
The St. Paul Globe notes two obstacles to local option success in Dakota counties along the Missouri River. Rattlesnakes and whiskey threaten support as counties east of the river plan to vote, while barley prices and brewery influence depress barley markets and dampen farmer enthusiasm for prohibition. If local option fails in brewery counties, barley is highlighted as the major factor.
Henry Irving and Ellen Terry have arrived in the country. Central Union Hall hosts the Goodfellow Sanuet Chor Sunday night. Rice & Fagin's Big Minstrel Company perform Monday. Woman Against Woman plays Heuck's today. Carleton Opera Company appears tonight. Scheffer and Blakely's Novelty Company at the People's. Hyde's Big Specialty Company, Our Citizens in four acts at the Grand tomorrow. A Soap Bubble and the Old Oaken Bucket at Harries. Vine-street Dime Museum offers a curio and a show. From a King to a Slave at Cat? Bartley Campbell’s White Slave headlines tomorrow matinee.
A New York World note reports rumors of a players’ trust forming to regulate baseball. Public opinion views it as an attempt to corner a basic life necessity. A West End bishop predicts the Referer party will lose at the ward meeting and the city faces unfavorable registration conditions.
The St Louis millers and commission brokers discuss forming an elevator trust to consolidate all city and river elevators. The plan aims to steady cash wheat markets, level competition with Minneapolis, and ensure uniform profits, but insiders say specifics remain unclear and some officials are skeptical about feasibility.
The Union Labor Club of Glendale announces a mass meeting at Town Hall this evening. The hall’s two hour rental is reported at 10 dollars, a higher rate than the standard eight dollars for other events, in a move seen as aimed at hindering reform efforts. The event features speakers, plus music from the Miami Valley Colored Brass Band of Lockland and a lively Glee Club performance.
A New York World report describes a women workers meeting at Pythagoras Hall aimed at organizing for improved conditions and protection. A circular invited women and girls who earned daily wages to learn unionist methods, with music and recitations planned to ease the monotony of daily labor.
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