Five Die In Leadville Mine Riot Aftermath
Leadville Colorado reports five dead and multiple wounded after Sunday night violence at the Emmett mine and Coronado oil works. Militia from Pueblo Cripple Creek arrived to restore order as property damage tops $26,000 with 12,000 insured.
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Leadville
Colo
Michael Daugherty
Emmett
Mmett Ming
Daugherty
Rotera
Pueblo
Cripple Creek
Brooks
Coronado
Firearm Disrupts Hawthorne Racing Board Meeting
Chicago officials report a Hawthorne Racing association meeting ended abruptly when Edward Corrigan drew a revolver and expelled directors Brennock and Burke. Brennock and Burke plan to prosecute Corrigan for alleged mismanagement of Hawthorne funds valued around $200,000.
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Chicago
Ill
Hawthorne Racing Association
Edward Corrigan
Brennock
Burke
Corrigan
Hawthorne
Tennessee Legislature Debates Deficit and Constitutions
Nashville, Tenn Sept 22 The legislature met two weeks under Gov Turney’s call to guard against a possible treasury deficit on Jan 1 1897. The house voted 32 to 12 to provide for a constitutional convention next January, but then paused on further action.
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Nashville
Tenn
Turney
Treasury
House
Sherman and the dollar debate on gold standard prices
Editorial commentary on Senator Sherman and the gold dollar, arguing it should buy more goods and that protection and bimetallism produce higher prices. It contrasts hard money with free trade and questions Sherman’s consistency while criticizing a purely appreciating dollar.
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Prom
Spokane
Columbus
Sherman
Shermit
Galé
America
Grover Cleveland
Republican Party
New Democratic Party
John Sherman
Hanna the Industrial Cannibal and Labor Opponent
In Cleveland Massillon Massillon Hanna is called the industrial cannibal by General Master Workman Sovereign of the Knights of Labor. He is praised for opposing labor unions and for destroying seamen and mineworkers unions while backing a syndicate that funded McKinley. The charges draw on a long record of anti union actions reported in the Journal.
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Hanna
Massillon
Marcus Aurelis Hanna
Cleveland
Lower Lake
Pennsylvania
Knights of Labor
Mark A. Hanna
McKinley
Stii
Wapolea
Knights of Labor Journal
Messrs. Hanna
Ohio
Payne
Wisconsin
Napoleon
Pat view on wages and silver in McKinley era
The piece satirizes wage payments and currency debates with Pat arguing for 100 cent dollars while warning against 50 cent pieces. It is paired with a note from Hanna's Bread Returning and The Critic on labor influence and distributive justice amid organized laborers.
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Pat
McKinley
Hanna
Oneonta Trades Council
Mark A. Hanna
United States
Fragmented Boston Musings On Protoplasm Confusion
An oblique, humorous note in Boston voice recalls a meeting with a young man last year. Authorities recognized dubious financial moves and sent him to a comical, almost surreal locale described as protoplasm. The text blends Wit and chaos with Worcester reference and garbled terms.
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Boston
Object lesson in gold payment amid silver dollar dispute
A radical Lyneh lectures workers in Defiance Ohio on the superiority of gold dollars and the single gold standard. Workers demand wages in gold, banks refuse, and the payroll of 3400 is paid in silver after repeated bank denials. The incident, dated August 24, reflects early silver coinage agitation.
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Pittsburg
Lyneh
Lynch
Working class coin and McKinley in a 1890s debate
A temple of finance scene contrasts two coins over whose fate to share the nation’s wealth. The silver dollar defends labor and domestic mills, while the gold dollar argues for elite circles and Europe. McKinley is quoted favoring U S mills opening to American labor, stirring worker sympathy and foreign coin concerns.
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Europe
All Against Silver and the Labor Question
The piece argues free silver harms the American worker and praises labor’s central role in prosperity. It contrasts Cochran and Bryan’s rhetoric with Knights of Labor commentary, likening 18th century patriots to modern independent workers and warning against monopolies and unjust taxation.
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M. J. Bishop
Worthy Poreman
Knights of Labor
Concord
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Valley Forge
White House
Two Conceptions of Columbia From Bryan Speech
W J Bryan at Madison Square Garden contrasts two images of Columbia. He notes financiers favor a gilded fettered figure begging from abroad while Americans should seek inspiration from the Liberty Enlightening the World statue guarding New York. The St Louis Post Dispatch reports the remark.
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Liberty
W. J. Bryan
Madison Square Garden
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Columbia
Monopolists Back McKinley in Tariff Vote Fight
The piece argues gold standard and tariff monopoly powers back McKinley, linking financial magnates to unjust taxation and price manipulation. Bryan is framed as a counter to monopoly, seeking support from common people and wage earners amid a pro-people welfare claim.
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McKinley
Bryan
Discontented Farmer Circular Reframes Farm Prices 1866 to 1895
An agricultural department circular compares currency and gold price values from 1866 to 1895, showing wheat and other staples worth more in gold in 1866. It notes mortgage payoff power then versus now and hints at reform agitation and class rhetoric from labor groups and Knights of Labor in a heated political climate.
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Cochran
Agricultural Department
Hard Money and Hard Times in Indianapolis
Editorial asserts the single gold standard causes hardship, claiming good money never made times hard and bad money explains the current hard period under the monetary system.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Alannas Man Journal Excerpt Highlights Money Tariff Focus
The fragment outlines McKinleys volume centering on money and tariff under Hanna's directive. It notes the author’s emphasis on the money question and hints at emotional tension as he tackles these topics. The piece suggests a political biography fragment with debate over policy.
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Alanna
Man. Journal
Dem
Mr. McKinley
Hanna
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