Bloodshed Feared as Troops Yet Again Ordered Toward Punxsutawney
Late June 21 dispatches report Gov Pattison and Adjutant General Greenland weighing mobile troops for a Walston Punxsutawney strike. Foreign miners hold Walston mines, with English speakers fearing forced guards and blacklegs. Company I prepared, ordered to depart with three days rations after a mid night deployment call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Huniscare
Pattison
Greenland
Philadelphia
Gourley
Walston
Adjt
Puyxsutawszy
Clayville
Adrian
Jonathan Watson Pioneer of Oil Dies in Clifton Springs
Jonathan Watson, once a leading figure in early petroleum ventures, died at Clifton Springs New York at 4 am Saturday. He accumulated wealth in oil and lumber, with a rumored fortune of 2.8 million dollars. Funeral held at Mrs Mary Wray’s residence West Spruce Street at 2 pm officiated by Rev Henry Purdon. Interment at Woodlawn cemetery under Shepherd Lodge No 463 F and A M titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trrusvittz
Clifton Springs
N. Y
Jonathan Watson
Colonel Drake
Mary Wray
West Spruce Street
Henry Purdon
Woodlawn Cemetery
Shepherd Lodge No
Fire At Bradford City Hall Ruins Upper Floor
Fire swept Bradford Pa city hall in the early hours of Friday, destroying the upper portion and flooding the lower floor. The two story brick building housed Era Hook and Ladder and Johnson Hose companies, the council chamber, lockup, and city offices. Loss estimated at about $8000 with no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braprord
City Hall
Era Hook and Ladder Company
Johnson Hose Company
Council Chamber
Lockup
Pottery workers seek free trade in pottery before tariff committee
A Trenton pottery workers delegation urged absolute free trade for pottery before the Senate tariff committee led by Senator Allison. They argued wages were cut 25 percent prior to the Wilson bill and a further 15 percent cut was conditional, leaving workers near starvation while manufacturers benefited from protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuisetoy
Vilas
Trenton
Allison
England
Elks Appoint New Officers At Jamestown Session
Jamestown N Y June 19 The grand lodge of Elks met at ten this morning with Grand Exalted Ruler Apperly naming replacements for several grand lodge officers. New appointments include H B Watkins Danville VA Meade D Detweiler Harrisburg PA Dr W H Caine Stilthwalter MN and Thomas Turner Canton OH. The grand secretary reported lodge finances show cash near 98 008 total lodge assets about 498 967 and charity expenditures 53 385. Membership stood at 23 516 in March 1894 with 145 suspensions and expulsions 1 957 roll drops 252 deaths and 4 148 initiations.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Grand Lodge of Elks
Apperly
Grand Lodge
H. B. Watkins
Danville
George A. Reynolds
Hartford
W. H. Caine
Stilthwalter
Minn
Thomas Turner
Canton
Ohio
L. E. Griffith
Troy
M. A. Foran
Cleveland
Spring Hill and First Ward Hose teams tie in Crosby race
Corry P A June 1 At the Crosby Hose company tournament Spring Hill Athletic of Titusville and First Ward Hose of Butler both posted 36.35 seconds in the 250 yard race and split the purses of 150, 100, and 50. Taylor Hose of Meadville took third in 38 seconds. In the hub and hub relay 200 yards Spring Hills edged Hope Hose of Meadville in 23.45 seconds. Butler beat Taylors of Meadville, then defeated Spring Hills by six inches in the deciding heat. Purse 35 to first, 15 to second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Crosby Hose Company
Spring Hill Athletic
Titusville
First Ward Hose Company
Butler
Taylor Hose Company
Meadville
Spring Hills
Hope Hose
Taylors
Petroleum fuels foreshadow future energy and public debates
Our Man About Town surveys petroleum use in fuels and gas works, notes heavy oil shipments ahead, and predicts higher crude prices once widespread. The column then shifts to local issues: odd election statistics, advertising fraud at Chicago World’s Fair, free bridges, social temptations, and town characters in Warren.
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Pottsville Iron and Steel Company
Chicago
U. S. Secret Service
Lexow committee probes police corruption and bribe scales
The Lexow committee probes intensify as witnesses recount police blackmail and bribes. Testimony details fines for beat reporting, paid initiation fees to wardmen, and protection payments to keep open disorderly houses and saloons. Police commissioners and Superintendent Byrnes face potential exposure amid estimates of multimillion dollar illicit revenue. The piece ends with a note on a Thousand Islands excursion promoted by the W N Y & P R E.
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Lexow Committee
State Senate Committee
Carl ‘Werner
Sing Sing
Devery
Glennon
Parkhurst
Byrnes
New York
Sugar Trust
W C T U News and Memorial Service At Warren Pa
The June 14 W C T U meeting at Mrs Jane Orr's honor decorated graves for departed sisters and reflected on losses in the union. Speeches, prayers, and hymns accompanied visits to Mrs Watson Beach Struthers and Mrs Brown, with Floral tributes and the line of sentiment about duty to foreigners. A report urges supplying foreign language literature to miners and camps, asking unions to share funds and information on foreign nationals. Spring Creek M E Sunday School held a Children’s Day temperance program on June 17 1894. Sugar Grove library recounts a decade of growth with thirty five volumes and a librarian welcoming readers, plus a mothers course used at Chautauqua.
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Jane Orr
Messner
Mothers Meeting
Mrs. Watson
Wis Acre
Montgomery
Brown
Exsworts
Flower Mission
A. J. Smith
Jessie Gilson
Rev. Carpenter
Nallia Brownson
M. Lina Jackson
Minnie Brownson
Baker
Mead
Reno
Galigon
James Baker
Wm. Baker
Brownson
Mrs. Jackson
Solo
Mrs. Carpenter
A. Story
Rev. Riley
Sugar Grove
Jane Payne
Mary Allen West
Francis Williard
Marble Cross
Ray Went
West
M. I. Henry
Emily Huntington Miller
Helen Hunt Jackson
Chautauqua
June Weddings In Warren Home Ceremonies
A string of weddings highlighted a Wednesday morning ceremony at Mr and Mrs P Mastersons home with Joseph A McFadden and Miss Mary J Masterson wed by Rev Tracy Many details note the wedding party groomsmen and bridesmaids including P Masterson and Minnie Hegerty The couple departed for a Chicago trip and future visits to Pittsburg and Wheeling Also a noon wedding united Edwin C Alexander and Miss Yerta M Ittel in Warren with minor attendance A local judge comments on a political nomination setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Masterson
Fourth Strest
Joseph A. McFadden
Mary J. Masterson
Father Tracy
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
P. A. Masteson
Minnie Hegerty
Warren
Chicago
St. Joseph’s Church
John J. McKeon
Anna Walkerman
Pat. White
Edna Walkerman
Cogswell & McKeon
Warren High School
Clarion Normal School
Irvington
Edwin C. Alexander
Yerta M. Ittel
Stowell
Snch
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Punxsutaway
Windsor
Bradford
Potters
ELEKS
Meade D. Detweller
Grand “Isteemed
Corry Hose
Man
Julia
Pompey
Catherine Parr Go
Tionesta
Allegheny
Warren County
Tammany
Ren
W. N.Y
Exchange St
Buffalo, N. Y
W. C. T. U. News
Spring Creek
M. E
McFadden—Masterson
McKeon—Walkerman
Alexander
Albion W Tourgee
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