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Newspaper
The Harrison News
Location
Harrison, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1894
Page
1
A garbled note recaps language barriers at a barber shop scene with hints of railway workers and a character named Ram. The fragment mentions a product called Whisker Dye and a remedy, with unclear dialogue about speaking distinctly.
A scattered set of notes covers varied topics from a London published Japanese journal and Russian theater etiquette to army eye tests and a Philadelphia hotel registration. It notes grasshopper catching by machinery in New Hampshire, J Prt as an Irish-born English champion, and Cincinnati manufacturing volumes.
Indiana National Guards arrived at Cannelton to end interference with coal trains. Gatling guns and bayonets backed the force as 26 strikers faced restraining orders. Warranted leaders Summers Gade Flynn were seized for riotous conspiracy. The railroad moved coal cars while families jeered. troops camped overnight.
Baxrimorn claims England and Hawaii hold Johnson Island with Victor L. Smith presenting data to prove the U S discovery in 1857 by Parker and guano involvement. The Hawaiian government asserted possession, but the U S recognized the island as part of the United States under 1856 act and a Supreme Court ruling. Separately reports describe mining unrest and rail line sabotage near Shelburn with militia alert and mounting tension in Indiana.
About 1500 Bripecroft strikers gathered at Wheel ing Creek mines to halt coal trains but none were run. Sheriff Scott said he lacks deputies and will refrain from military action unless Monday brings trouble. Two trains from West Virginia coal were halted then moved. No passenger or mail trains disrupted. Miners remain in control of the mine lines.
A Kelly's fleet industrial boat struck a pier near the Illinois shore and was toppled by a swift current. Forty men fell into the water with two drowned and one missing. Names of the deceased were not confirmed.
Washmerton reports last midnight orders were dispatched to the Baltimore at Nagasaki to hurry to Chemulp’o Korea to protect American interests.
In Chicago on Belmont Avenue three non union carpenters named Harry Farrell Cornelius Rank and Richard Rutter were assaulted by striking unionists. They were hospitalized in critical condition. The assailants have been arrested.
Sarah Fassler jumped from the roof of a burning tenement on Goerck Street Sunday evening and was killed. Two other persons were slightly injured while escaping the blaze.
In a grim encounter a mob bent on vengeance used pitch forks during a Saturday clash. Morris and Piles came to blows as tempers flared, culminating when Piles stabbed Morris in the abdomen. The wounding proved mortal as the two men were severely punished amid the chaotic scene.
The cruiser leaves Cramp's shipyard on its builders trial trip. The Columbia is commissioned and touted as the finest destroyer cruiser built for commerce. Hull and machinery cost 2.69 million dollars. Displacement about 7,300 tons. Contract requires twenty one knots for four consecutive hours.
A court ruled a motion for a new trial for the wreckers of anapolis National Bank. F. A. Coffin received a ten year sentence and F. B. Coffin five years in the array. The sentence of A was suspended.
Deputy sheriffs conducted a late night sweep through St Remingtons and Igex properties, enforcing closures and checking for compliance with regulations. Authorities reported no arrests during the operation and no significant incidents observed.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a clash involving miners and deputies with references to reinforcement in a hill area. The text is incomplete but suggests a security or conflict scene with local authorities preparing measures over several days. Details on people or organizations are unclear.
Partial OCR reads unclear text about Santa Fe rail and Massena with minor names. The readable fragment suggests discussion of aid related to a road, possibly part of a transit or local infrastructure matter. No clear dates, organizations, or outcomes are discernible.
Portion of the mal miners here returned to work Monday. Everything is peaceable.
The June 1 session shows lumber added to the free list under the pending tariff bill by a strict party vote with Populists Peffer and Allen supporting the measure. Senate debates include Sherman on tariffs and Dolph urging punishment of reporters, while House actions cover Gettysburg battlefield preservation and bank tax repeal debates.
Senator Gray chairs a senate inquiry into alleged sugar trust operations linked to tariff bills. Mills and West deny knowledge of secret interviews and sugar schedule origins. McPherson disputes charges about Carlisle and sugar trust ties. McPherson reveals 300 shares of sugar stock bought in 1893, and details of 500 shares held under his name, amid heated debate.
Representative Kiefer of Minnesota drafts a plan for a national arbitration board of five members including the labor and justice officials. Governors appoint, and disputes are heard in the state capitol with binding decisions enforceable like court orders. The governor may quell strikes pending hearings and bill aims to meet constitutional concerns.
War preparations surge as Chicago ships arrive. One hundred thousand rounds of ammunition, rifles, and revolvers flow in daily. A Monday skirmish near Midland tollgate sees miner Jack David wounded and a deputy critically hurt. Deputies capture Henry E. Woods and seize Clarence O. Finch and DPD, held as hostages for President Calderwood. Cripple Creek editor John Shorten also arrested.
A group of excursionists near Tralee Kerry Ireland found an old artillery shell and rolled it along the ground. The shell exploded causing three deaths and about a dozen injuries among the party.
In Muncie Indiana during the past week police visited every large gambling house and recovered over 1000 dollars worth of furniture. Houses of ill repute were routed and the purge is expected to be extensive across the city.
Reports from Mysiowitz in Prussian Silesia indicate rising cholera cases overwhelming the Lareto camp. Temporary huts have been erected to house the increasing number of sufferers.
Mrs Samuel Smith wife of a wealthy farmer and stock raiser south of the city was gored and killed by an infuriated bull Monday morning while milking in a field. She lived but a few minutes. her body was horribly mutilated.
Scortpage Pa June 5 The Negro workers brought into the coke regions by the Rainey Company are now leaving. The reason given is they cannot stand the heavy work. Operators expected large gains Monday from striker ranks but no union men reported for duty as workers remain firm.
William Walter Phelps of Endewoop New Jersey is seriously ill at his home as of June 5. The former minister and prominent figure is reported in fragile condition, with local doctors attending and no further medical details released.
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