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Waterbury Evening Democrat

Location

Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1887

Page

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Strikes Grow Across Reading Coal Fields Amid Rail Tieups

The Reading railroad strike deepens, with 8 divisions shut down north of Reading as miners threaten a broader walkout after January 1. Alarm spreads through Eastern Pennsylvania as coal stockpiles dwindle, furnaces bank up, and police and railway officials brace for possible unrest.

Pacific Railroads report split on charter extensions

The presidents commission reports to the nation on Pacific railroads, urging a fifty year debt extension with safeguards, while minority counsel calls for forfeiture of charters and immediate dissolution. Union Pacific is assessed with 1815 miles main line and 2762 miles branches, with branches boosting earnings and development, but many branches run at loss yet interline traffic raises overall value.

Wahington Congress Messrs. Anderson and Littler Union Pacific Railway Omaha Missouri River Union Pacific Comptroller’s Office Barra Prairies Union Pacific Railway Company United States Union Pacific Railway Commission Secretary of the Treasury

Robbers Seek Trio After Pottstown Jewelry Raid

A report from Norristown dated December 31 describes private detectives and railroad officers tracking three armed men who robbed D E Hatfield's jewelry store in Pottstown after 6 PM on Wednesday. A clerk was held at gunpoint, the robbers fled via a Reading coal train, then lingered near Phoenixville and Bridgeport, exchanging shots with officers that wounded a deputy. The trio's movements remain elusive as they evade pursuit.

Norristown Philadelphia and Reading Railroad D. E. Hatfield Pottstown Stone Stove Reading Phoenixville M. A. Kimbrough Kimbrough Bridgeport

Europe’s threatened war and Berlin balance shifts

London’s Standard predicts imminent armed struggle or forced submission as European powers growl toward conflict. British ambassador Sir A Paget returns to Vienna with documents signaling England’s support for the triple alliance while protecting Turkey’s unity. Also reports stormy Adriatic voyage and a string of crisis notes from Rome and Carthagena.

London Standard London Standard Bone A. Paget Vienna Foreign Office Lord Salisbury England Russia Turkey

Jumped the Trestle and Fire Tore Through Wreck

A mixed train on the Pittsburg and Western railroad ran off a thirty foot trestle near St Petersburg Clarion county Pa last night. Eight passengers were seriously injured two bridge spars fell with the train and ten cars burned from a stove in the smoker. Names of several injured given with others not learned.

Pittsscre Northern Division Pittsburg and Western Railroad St. Petersburg Clarion County John Atkinson James Hulings D. Hilyard A. Kiser William Hamm D. White Axtoona Bellwood Clearfield and Jefferson Eastern Express John Keller

An 1887 Rail Collision Lives Lost Reported

Late telegraph reports a Pennsylvania Railroad collision near a major city. Three killed and many injured as a passenger train traveling at speed wrecks. subsequent updates mention freight disruptions and evolving casualty figures amid a broader strike atmosphere in Reading and Lehigh valley areas.

New York Eenia & Ohio Railroad City Otrad Gg Hfe

Church and State Clash Over Quebec Clergy Registers

The Attorney General of Quebec, Mercier, wrote to parish clergymen stressing exactkeeping of birth, marriage, and death records. French papers attack him, calling the move an insult to Catholic clergy and arguing church independence from the state. La Verite criticizes Parkman, Paris reviews, and questions church sanctity.

Quebec Mercier Courrier Des Canada la Verite Mr. Parkman Boston Canada Revue Litteraire Paris Parkman Christ

Remarkable Will Contest in Providence Probate Court

Old tales of Joseph Knight hinge on two marriages and shifting wills. The second wife’s children contest the latest read will while a surprising witness reveals the first Mrs Knight may be alive. The probate decision is soon to be given amid a tangle of legitimacy claims and a fatal past.

WashinxctTon Treasury Massachusetts Boston H. J. Boardman C. J. Novas Superintendent of Prisons Sullivan Kilrain New York R. K. Fox W. E. Harding Mr. Fox England Chace Providence Bath North Chicago Abraham Bogardus Woods Barre Worcester Mass Ames Henry Woods Lima Gene O'Neil Florida Governor Hill Maj Treadwell Gen. Sickles Civil Service Nathaniel Gilman Surrogate Rollins Huron, Dak D.c A. J. Elgerton Constitutional Convention of Dakota Huron James H. Paine James H. Wardell Paine Claggers John H. Wardwell Joseph Knight Sarah Braley Knight Braley Knight No. 2

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