Pullman Strike Witnesses Cite Unfair Tactics and Forgeries
Eight Rout Herald editor J Carroll testifies on Civic Federation efforts to settle the Pullman strike and arbitration. Pastor L M Wickham denounces Pullman practices, alleging forced housing, immorality, and forged documents. Reporter Hoy Baker recounts riot details with troops firing on crowds, killing and wounding innocents.
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Cutenco
M J. Carroll
Carroll Sald
Civic Federation
Apt
Io Times
Ood Times
New Zealand
Malcolm McDowell
LM. Wickham
Puiflman
Pullman Company
Buslees
Pullman
Tuch
Hoy Baker
Chicago
Baker
United States
Big Railroad Bridge Underway at Blackwell Island NY
The Blackwell s Island bridge project in New York will connect Long Island Railroad to the city. It will span 550 feet over each river channel and 635 feet on the island side with a total width to carry four main tracks plus a roadway and footpaths. An approach steel viaduct will lead from Long Island City to the bridge.
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Blackwell's Island
New York
New You
Long Island Railroad
New York City
Tale Tas Ndehore
Kaseod
Ene Ae
Bunnysid
Midway
Woaieids
Democrats Align Toward State Ticket At California Convention
California Aug 21 Democratic state convention opens with plans to nominate a full state ticket. Tensions rise between anti railroad factions and Southern Pacific supporters over Pacific railroad indebtedness. Separate dispatch from Corensavo Cre notes a fast freight wreck on the Colorado Midland railroad near Eleven Mile Canyon at 3 30 am. engineer J B Blocker killed.
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California
Sax Francana
Southern Pacific
Pacific Railroad
Corensavo Cre
Col
Colorado Midland Railroad
J. B. Blocker
Japanese Ask American to Command Mikado Forces
Col J K Wasson of Sertalin Mo, a former U S Army officer, is urged by Japan to repair to the scene of the conflict and take command of a division of the mikado’s forces. He is praised for familiarity with Japanese methods and past service as a military instructor and chief of staff in the Formosa expedition. The mikado honored him with the Rising Sun decoration for foreign service.
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Cel
J. K. Woseon
Aryunsipe
Cal
Jepen
Ching
Ceres
Col. J
HR Wasson
Sertalin
United States Army
Cat Wasson
Oace
Othiwls
Callasson
Formosa
Col
Wassoon
Wasson
Japan
Evangeli st Thrashings Stir Ham mondsville Revival
A Holiness revival in Hammondsville, Ham mond county, has escalated as seven women have fled their households rather than attend meetings. An evangelist was threatened, and a man was assaulted when he attempted to intervene. A community member remains determined to call a public meeting to halt the services.
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Sreteehvinte O
Hammondsville
Futurity Stakes Starters and Likely Contenders
New York August 21 report outlines the Futurity Stakes field at Sheepshead Bay worth 60 000 to the winner. Likely runners include Walker Reenia The Butterflies and Monaco with trainer Hyland guiding the filly Butterflies. Counter Tenor Manchester and Connainseur also noted among contenders.
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Mhenpshdads
New York
Rand
Sheepehead Ber
Bays
Guideon & Daily
Sivspeledd Todev
Walker
Reenia
Post
Martin
Keenia
Grif Oth
Hyland
Carefu
Monaco
Dr. Belmonts
Potomac
MacCelliland
Chursdastie
Dleid
Mr. Ruppert
Manchester
Connainseur
Pullmans Deny Matrimonial Link With Prince Isanburg
A Pullman relative denied reports of a betrothal between Miss Florence Fauliman and Prince Isanburg Biratoin after a visitor questioned the claim. The relative insisted the rumor is nonsense and that Miss Pullman is in Europe with no engagement pending. In New York, Aldace F. Walker will accept the Atchison receivership and arrive in New York Sept 2 to begin formal steps. Little remains in Denver until Sept 15 for final reports on the affair.
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Mina Pullamian
Batsothal
Carcano
Pullman
Itm
Prince Isanburg Biratoin
Florence Fauliman
Prines
Europe
Atchison
Youk
Aldace F. Walker
Atchieon Reorganization Committee
Paris
New York
Little
Deover
Tia
Atechisoy
Ft. Curcaeo
Aug
Florence
Prince Birstein
Wilson May Go Abroad For Health Trip After Adjournment
Aug. 21. Chairman Wilson of the Ways and Means Committee may travel to Europe after Congress adjourns to recuperate from illness. He prefers a trip across the ocean, hoping to be back before September ends to begin campaigning in West Virginia. Health prevents a major stump tour, and he expects the tariff bill to pass into law possibly without the president's signature.
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Hairman
Ways and Means
Wasumetos
Wilson
Europe
Congress
Virginia
Congeesa
West Tussia
Resolutions Demanding Free Coinage of Silver by LaborGroups
A historic labor united front endorses free silver at a sixteen to one ratio. Leaders from Knights of Labor to United Mine Workers sign a broad appeal urging Congress to restore silver coinage and legal tender parity with gold, condemning debt growth and bond finance as against producers and workers.
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Wasuthorox
Hartman of
Muntaus
J. R Sovereign
John W. Sleves
Knights of Labor
Samuel Gumpers
American Federation of Labor
Marion Butler
National Farmers Alliance
Henry R. ‘Ivenor
P. J. MacGuire
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Juiners
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. Rajinson
Parmers Mutual Benefit Assegistion
Frank Sargent
F. W. Arnold
Brotherhood of Iocomotive Firemen
McBride
United Mils Workers of America
Organized Labor
United States
Washington
Jeferson
Hamilton
Congress
Are They Blacklisted Calos Pacific Employes Wind Aug 21
August 21 news notes workers claiming they cannot gain rail jobs after a strike and suspect a general managers association blacklist. About five hundred Italian, Hungarian, and Polish jobseekers gathered at Rock Island tracks seeking work. police dispersed crowd to clear the way for trains. Californian bicyclist Zeigler Wells and Poster decide not to race in the national circuit, preferring Utah events then return home amid concern of East Coast fairness.
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Calos Pacific
Onevessx
Wye
General Managers Association
Catcaco
Rock Island Tracks
Archer Avenue
Bergier
Pura
Col
Zeigler
Wells
Poster
California
Utah
Howe Zeigier
General Grand Council Holds Session at Masonic Temple
The General Grand Council met at the Masonic Temple with delegates from twenty entered into councils nationwide except Oregon. Welcome address by Mayor T. W. Harrison of Topeka, remarks by William H. Mize, and Orestes A. B. Senter of Columbus, Ohio. Reports on credentials, treasurer, and recorder read. adjourned for dinner and reconvened. Evening events include convocation of the Order of Grand High Priesthood and meetings of the Grand Secretaries and Masonic Collection Association.
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Masonic Temple
United States
Oregon
Royal Arch Masons
T. W. Harrison
Topeks
William H. Mize
Grand Council of
Kansas
Orestes
B. Senter
Columbus
Ohio
General Grand Treasurer
General Grand Recorder
Order of Grand High Priesthood
Masonic Collection Association
Strike Ends As Mediation Board Reaches Decision
The Santa Fe mediation board declares the strike off after a vote of twenty lodges shows sixteen in favor and one against with three unheard from. Major Calvin Hood urged Santa Fe officials to rehire laid off workers. General Manager Prey and Receiver Wilsen were expected home but did not return.
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A. R. C. Guard of Mediation
A. RG. Board of Mediation
Santa Fe Asetem
Santa Fe
James Bruce
Emporia
Charles Arnold
Nickerson
W. M. Simpson
Chanute
Harry W. Chapman
Topeka
Calvin Hood
Prey
Wilsen
Hood
Tariff Bill Errors Cause Confusion in Section Five
In Washington August 21 a treasury official reports more punctuation errors in the tariff bill. A miscue in section five of the free list may mislead on stamping and labeling requirements for imported merchandise. The phrase lacks a period between importer and should, rendering the provision unintelligible and potentially embarrassing in execution.
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Weeng Panetunniasa
WoasHinc Tos
Treasury
Judge Hallett Rules on Railroad Wage Petition
In Dexvan on August 21 Judge Hallett ruled against South Park railroad employes seeking to block wage reductions by the receiver. The decision says the road failed to meet expenses when linked with Union Pacific, but if a new receiver can put the property on a paying basis, the workers cannot demand restoration of the old wages.
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Hallett
Dexvan
South Park Railroad
Union Pacific
Morrill Announces Birth of Grandchild in Topeka Ad
Major E N Morrill Republican governor candidate issues a letter to a Topeka friend announcing the birth yesterday of his grandchild born to Mr and Mrs Baker of Hinwaths. Baker is Morrill’s son in law and a son of ex congressman Baker of Rochester New York. The note mentions weather and local delays, plus a separate item about repairs on the county courthouse and an obituary of Wabash passenger agent France Chandler.
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A. Oh Baker
E. N. Morrill
Topeka
Hiather
Reo Ehild
Mr. Baker
Hinwaths
Majus Morrisl
Execressman Baker
Rochester
New Or
Jeno
Wabash
St. Louis
C. M. Warren
Mills Silent As Labor Fight Persists Across Mills
In New Bedford and Fall River on August 21, mills show widespread stoppage amid wage disputes. Howland corporations pace resuming, while Bennett and Columbia mills may join with similar goods. Treasurers split between hard line and exit plans as operatives demand lawful hours and resist evasion. Four more mills idle in Fall River with about 1,500 fewer running.
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New Bedrouv
Mass
Howland
Planers
Bennett and
Columbia Mills
Mawland
Bristol
South Park
Fall River Mills
Stent Dosen
Fat
Riven
Sasa
Wecome
Ranning
Union Pacific Earnings for June Report Issued
Receivers of the Union Pacific and connecting lines released a June report detailing earnings and expenditures. Union Pacific and ties earned 1 188 000 while spending 375 000. other lines like Oregon Short Line Utah Northern and Fort Worth Denver City posted varying profits and costs. The total earnings across lines reached 373 000 with total expenditures at 958 000.
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Bostos
Union Pacific
Ito
Oregon Short Line
Utah Northern
Oregon Railway
Navinm
Denver & Gulf
Fort Worth
Denver City
St Joseph
Atchison, Colorado & Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Jewell County & Western Road
Dozen Buried as Worcester Building Collapses City Tragedy
An old brick building at Ward and Richland streets in Worcester Massachusetts collapsed burying about twelve children and three men. Four children were rescued badly injured. separate notes mention Pullman denying engagement rumors about his daughter Florence and several conventions and incidents abroad. Emigration from Britain shows a sharp year to date decline with 76,304 to the United States in seven months versus 144,227 last year.
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Worcester
Mass
Ward and
Richland Streets
British Islands
United States
British North America
Australasian
Stage Glints and Theatre Casting News
Stage gossip notes multiple casting changes and engagements in New York and London. Kroger to join Ham and Hass. Mason and Manola out of Walter Penniman project. Aubrey Boucicault replacing Didlott in Mad eleine. Parker and Loewenthal collaborates on a new comic opera The White Captain. Sandow rumor dismissed. Disney to play Snap in A Night Off with Daly. Louise Beaudet linked to Rob Roy. Hast Daly to appear at Alhambra London May 1. Mansfield rooms Henry Jewett as leading man for Herald Square season. new comic opera Athenia or A False Prophet at McVicker's in Chicago satirizing Senate. scenes set in Greece.
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Jacques Kroger
Ham
Hass
John Mason
Marion Manola
Walter Penniman
Felix Morris
Aubrey Boucicault
Charles Didlott
Madeleine
Albert L. Parker
Benjamin Loewenthal
Mule
Sandow
Tor
Lillian Russell
Henry E. Disney
Snap
Augustin Daly
Mr. Daly
Joe
Louise Beaudet
Marlene
Herald Square Outer
New York
Hast Daly
Palace Theater
London
Europe
Alhambra
Richard Mansfield
Henry Jewett
Mansfield
Herald Square Theater
Leonard Wales
John O'Keefe
McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
The Fashion Plate and Silhouette Shifting Styles
Describes updated parasols with ribbons and tortoise shell hairpins, new sleeve shapes reaching the elbow, and a lace fringe. Notes a white alpaca dress for a girl with a round skirt, gathered ruelle, deep yoke, and oversized shoulder puffs. The Daily Seate Jour prints current fashion trends.
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Swedish Methodist Church
Ura
Ohie
Pullmans
General Grand Council
Mrj. Morrill
Evans
Worscope
New Bedford
New Haven
Conn
Warner Hall
Trades and Council Atl
Bent
Herr Dowe
Botth
Aachen
Flower, Adams
Mills, Flower, Adams CO
Fashion Plate
Seate Jour
Eee Jovantas
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