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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1894
Page
1
A miscellany notes hay production, European diplomacy, labor reforms in Holland, clergy remarks, census questions, Esthonian Livonian emancipation, Confederate service records, typhoid at Hannemann Hospital, and a landmark rise in American life insurance showing $192.7 million in premiums and $75.9 million in claims, with $116.5 million policy surplus.
The Union stock yards in Bennings Washington area burned causing 125000 in damage. Paris urges Morocco policy to bar British warships from Tangier disembarkations. A coal train at Clyde Illinois was seized by striking miners who forced movement of coal cars. The Kansas party and populist conventions in Topeka debated women suffrage and renominated Governor Llewelling with D Furbeck as lieutenant governor. Miners in Ohio’s Oglesby Peru and La Salle pressed for last year’s prices and called for resignations over a compromise. Cyrus Field’s funeral in New York proceeded to North Adams Massachusetts. Massillon Ohio miners criticized Governor McKinley for troops aiding rail interests. Three national banks in Deadwood South Dakota consolidated into First National. Hong Kong plague drives 10000 fled and 1500 deaths. European victims noted. Kansas prohibitionists nominated a full slate. Rail freight holds at Mount Olive Illinois due to alleged strikes. caboose sleep during robbery. Chicago reports a railway union and Knights of Labor form an alliance to mobilize 350000 members against the AFL and other craft unions.
A joint conference opened in St Louis with heads of the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor. Delegates from the Knights of Labor, AFL, Brotherhood of Engineers, Firemen and Brakemen, Federation of Railway Trainmen, Conductors and Farmers Alliance attend. The talks aim for harmonious union and concerted action without full amalgamation.
Coxey has been invited to deliver lectures in Minneapolis Dover New Jersey and Yorkville in addition to numerous prior requests for talks.
Birmingham Alabama dispatch reports striking miners sent threatening letters to engineers on the Kansas City Memphis and Birmingham line warning them not to haul coal, signed One Thousand Miners. They aim to coerce locomotive engineers into joining the strike as a last resort.
H O Havemeyer testified before the senatorial investigation committee. The Alabama mystery looms as vandals set another railroad trestle afire. Senators Gordon and Walsh push the Atlanta exposition bill through the education and labor committee. Grand jury moves against Shriver and Edwards over sources for sugar trust claims. Gold reserve drops to 68.4 million. customs receipts lag. Judge Maddox trims Indian commission pay, calling the nine-member panel wasteful.
A Birmingham report describes ongoing railroad terror with armed strikers targeting bridges on the Richmond and Danville and dynamite attempts on a Georgia Pacific line. Guards repel the mob as Judge Bruce orders U S marshal protection and possible use of troops. The district remains tense with worsening outlook.
A boat carrying harvesters from Achill to Westport in County Mayo capsized, drowning thirty people. Rescue and inquiry under way as authorities assess the tragedy and identify victims.
Hon W C Oates Democratic nominee for Alabama governor launches an immediate campaign. Prohibitionists in Tennessee back populist governor candidate A L Mimms amid Nashville conventions. Miners at Wheeling Creek dispute settlement and Texas league club conventions outline party plans. University of Tennessee marks its 100th commencement in Knoxville as Dr W T Briggs dies in Nashville. Local tax reductions urged in Chattanooga Hamilton County as real estate values fall. Court action in Tallahassee tests injunction over the Corbett Mitchell fight in Jacksonville.
In Asheville, widow of Zebulon B. Vance moved the senator from the family plot to a new site, while son Charles M. Vance reinterred the body in the original plot promising to honor his father’s dying wish to be buried beside his first wife. The clash centers on site for a monument and Catholic rites reportedly opposed by the deceased. The dispute escalates amid contention over burial rites and family plans.
A Columbus special reports the scale committee’s unanimous adoption of a 1894 95 wage schedule for coal fields from Pittsburgh to LaSalle. The agreement binds both sides from June 18 1894 to May 1 1895 with arbitration provisions and semi monthly pay. Ohio centers show miners ready to resist the order to return to work led by A A Adams amid state fears of further unrest.
Coxey Browne and Jones, leaders of the commonweal, were released from Washington jail Sunday morning. They departed in a carriage to the camp where workers greeted them. Coxey indicated a possible winter stay at the capital and announced a $250 July 4 Knoxville address with other speaking engagements. A camp census listed 584 men. Coxey discussed his congressional prospects in Massillon.
A major Panama fire on Wednesday afternoon raged for nine hours, destroying over 300 buildings in the densely populated area including the prefecture and Chinese quarters. Property losses approach 3 million dollars with only 600 thousand insured. about one third of the city was devastated and 5,000 people became homeless. The blaze consumed Lastablas Juan Ponce Lastumas Sulietades and Es panadas streets, while the city market was saved.
The New Jersey Supreme Court rules a law unconstitutional and holds women had no right to vote in the state. The decision arises in a case to remove Englewood township road overseer in Bergen County. The court states voting rights are conferred by the constitution and limited to citizens.
A Maryland company official absconds with nearly 6000 of Neutral Coal funds. Germany will notify Spain before action in Morocco. Delaware Prohibition Party nominates Perry for governor and Bullock for congress. US Marshal orders arms shipped to Ohio mines. French and Russian fleets maneuver in the Mediterranean. Fire devastates New York’s paper district with $250000 loss. Canton and Hong Kong threaten actions over quarter demolitions. Plague deaths rise to eighty two. Rio da Janeiro reports insurgent defeat. Spanish treasury official travels to Morocco. Georgia Central plans a 15 million dollar mortgage bond issue for debt and asset restructuring.
Dan and Co reviews indicate a modestly better overall outlook with heavy order cancellations and ongoing disruptions from strikes. Steel and iron production remain at depressed levels while fuel shortages and disrupted shipping depress commerce. Banks and customs show reduced receipts but exports edge up slightly. failures rise in the U S and Canada with manufacturing losses driving most liabilities.
A mix of mustard and mild spices appears alongside a lengthy kalfe mining guide for walls using whiting glue alum and ultramarine blue. Also included are several salad recipes with beef asparagus herring chicken and Japanese styles detailing preparation, ingredients, and plating.
Western prairie find puzzled researchers as a box of small fibrous balls resisted identification. National Museum analysis revealed they were buffalo ends formed from dried grass webs preserved with digestive gluten and calcined to remain intact for extended periods.
In the House on Monday every effort at unanimous consent failed as bills stalled. A Texas bill by Mr. Bailey approved printing 6,000 copies of a compilation of presidential messages from 1789 to 1894. Discussions on Indian and district funding followed with votes and amendments amid divided outcomes. The Senate advanced tariff debates with Sherman Lodge Teller arguments against wool on the free list.
Hartford dispatch reports Warden Woodbridge has installed an improved gallows in the state prison execution house. Condemned man Jack Cronin is to die by stepping on a drop that releases a water-powered mechanism. Dr A W Tracy protests, saying the law cannot compel a person to self execute and that officers must perform the sentence.
Jennie Mayo of Middlesex Vermont married Thomas Strong a Negro porter at the American house Saratoga. The ceremony was at the African Methodist Episcopal church witnessed by a small group. The couple met in Saratoga last summer and renewed their bond this season amid family history including Strong’s sister’s elopement four years earlier.
The National Scotch-Irish congress met in Des Moines Iowa with full representation and admitted a number of notable members including John A Kessom Des Moines Dr McCosh Princeton General Robert Patterson Philadelphia and Lieutenant Frederick L Calhoun Detroit The old officers were re elected President Robert Bonner New York Vice President General Rev John S McIntosh Philadelphia First Vice President at Large T T Wright Nashville Second Vice President at Large Rev J H Bryson Huntsville Ala Secretary A C Floyd Knoxville Tenn Treasurer John McChenny Philadelphia State and territorial vice presidents were also elected. Also included is a Jackson Mississippi dispatch reporting Will Purvis whitecapper convicted of the Buckley murder re sentenced to hang Gov Stone refuses to intervene.
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