16 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1892
Page
1
H and B presents Tucker & Co summer shirts in Negligee style. Styles feature new textures and dressy looks. Prices 50 cents 75 cents one dollar and up. Also a complete line of thin underwear in Nainsook gauge lisle cotton and linen at reasonable prices.
The Senate agreed to House amendments to the naval appropriation bill and sent it to the President after striking the harbor defense monitor and small cruisers from the Senate form. Debates followed on the army and legislative executive appropriation reports, with further actions toward gun factory site funding and World’s Fair provisions. The House also extended temporary government appropriations to July 30 and pressed labor and postal service inquiries amid lengthy debates. The Vesuvius ran aground near Randalls Island but freed itself at high tide.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train was halted at Adair in Indian Territory near Vinita and robbed of cash likely 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. Dalton brothers led the raid injuring Capt. Kinney Indian police L A Flora and two Adair doctors who were passengers. The robbers escaped after binding the messenger and are suspected to be the Dalton gang with no loss of life.
Telegraphed from Homestead Pa July 15 reports growing strain between military and steel workers amid the Carnegie strike. A clash with authorities occurred after midnight as Amos Stewart was briefly jailed for drunken conduct. Union leaders vow lawful resistance, with boycott as a key tactic and non union workers to be spared while Pinkertons face hostility.
At Carnegie hotel opposite the steel works the staff threatened to strike if General Snowden and other officers were entertained. The head cook joined the boycott, leaving but one waiter to inform guests they could not be served. Snowden, displeased, returned to headquarters and ordered breakfast. Also, Lunt and Wilson, linked to a cotton syndicate, were charged with embezzlement and forgery. Wilson confessed in writing.
The Dun and Co weekly trade review reports a broadly encouraging outlook. Crop reports are favorable, labor disputes show little negative impact, and Congress is unlikely to pass disruptive business legislation. Wheat receipts are strong, corn fell, hogs up, and cotton yields seem ample to meet demand. money markets plentiful and steel mills closing push demand for finished goods.
Washington July 15 The President withdrew the June 30 1892 nomination of William D Crum colored physician as Charleston S C postmaster Crum faced protests from the South Carolina delegation and Charleston businessmen over his support for Harrison.
Non-union workers are inside the Carnegie plant gates in Homestead Pennsylvania though in small numbers. Strikers remain confident, fearing disruption as preparations continue to place green workers to start the mills. Civil engineering staff quit in sympathy as a Cincinnati dispatch notes detectives hired 280 men from Sunday to Wednesday to reinforce Pittsburg area.
July 15 report confirms arrests of Homestead mill strikers will come, with detectives secreted on mill property taking snapshots of leaders and armed workers. The glimpse of spoiling evidence suggests a crackdown amid volatile labor strife.
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