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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1886
Page
4
The Philadelphia Times warns workers to shun radicals while a cyclone devastates St Cloud, killing forty and injuring seventy. Chicago socialists advocate peaceful agitation, and corruption and strikes ripple through New York, Troy schools push for shorter days, and Gould criticizes Powderly and the Knights of Labor amid rising unrest.
A condemnation of labor movement tactics and calls for replacing nonworking operators with willing workers. The speaker argues public opinion supports the right, warns against operating outside the law, and asserts the need for proper control of business to avoid ruin.
The Jefferson Clarion County Courts president Judge Wilson faces ongoing but unacknowledged charges of corrupt solicitations and promising favors for votes. The Clarion Jacksonian repeats allegations weekly, while Wilson remains silent, drawing statewide concern over judiciary integrity per the Harrisburg Patriot view.
A friend suggests a husband has rights to pay bills and manage his wife’s belongings. The tale advises accepting the inevitable and hiding one’s own possessions under the bed, as wives’ items fill every drawer and shelf. The man departs wiser, if not happier.
In a Senate discussion last Tuesday open executive sessions were urged. Mr Platt of Connecticut cited press sentiment, noting 10,002 of 14,000 newspapers favored openness. He argued country newspapers reflected public opinion and that fixed open doors would end suspicions of bargains among senators.
The Macksburg field near Marietta Ohio shows oil at 1500 to 1800 feet with 600 foot casings, gas abundant, and wells ranging 50 to 100 barrels. The author offers a humorous sketch of the town, its slushy climate, and local amenities as the area undergoes transition from chrysalis to insect state. Ex President Chester A Arthur’s illness is kept private while his daughter Nellie tends him and Dr Peters refuses to reveal details, noting public curiosity but promising no disclosure.
A secret session of Republican senators Tuesday erupted in a wild debate over a resolution by Vermont Senator Edmunds. The move, seen as a trap, aimed to send back papers on original nominations to the president for renominations, but Edmunds later appeared to cooperate with the president and help untangle a previously created tangle.
The Boston Herald cites Senator Frye arguing to encourage capital while protecting labor. In Pennsylvania coal regions, financiers raise coal prices by 25 cents a ton, adding over 8 million dollars in annual profits for producers. Meanwhile 25,000 protected miners strike over wages, averaging less than one dollar daily, as operators refuse a wage rise despite price increases. The duty on coal remains at 75 percent per ton.
A condensed summary notes that the legislature established a Tax Collector in each borough and township to be sworn in with bond. Duplicates issued by August. public notices posted. early payments within sixty days grant five percent discount, six month late payments incur five percent penalty. Tax collectors receive two percent commission on timely payments and five percent on the remainder.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Kayes failing to emerge as a shrewd businessman despite abundant free advertising. Instead of capitalizing on the opportunity, he remains tied to a small farm and a few hens, struggling to accumulate wealth.
Two Warren manufacturing ventures recently sought capital but failed to advance. The dressed hoops project, like the earlier abandonment, drew meetings with wealthy participants yet no action. The piece laments local passivity and urges pursuing enterprises that create markets for raw materials and jobs, questioning if the hoop business is truly abandoned.
Trial calendar for May term opens Monday May 4 1886 at Warren Pa with list of cases including Stilson vs Burroughs Gourley vs Gourley Arters vs Green Roberts vs Verback First National Bank of Warren vs Cad wallader Warren Gate Company vs Thompson James Cramer vs Newman Stultz Martins & Bridges vs Shaffer & Hall Bellmap vs Anchor Oil Co Lewis Fair vs same Lebbeua Jones vs same Noble vs Wardwell Thompson vs Warren Savings Bank vs Garmishess Windsor vs Logan Strathern Wells and Col Lawson vs Dalrymple Sanford vs Geo Green Bonnie Bros vs Chas Shaw Josephine Russell vs Lantfenberger Mead vs Day Jones vs Stanton Smith & Moor vs Alen Co Clinton committee Green and wife Silas M Ross vs Bradley D G ARLIRD Prothonotary Briceas Deputy Prothonotary Prothy Office Warren Pa april 12 1886 Munn etal Dale etal vs same
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