12 Dec 1886
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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1886
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage presents scattered names, places, dates, and references. It references committees, departments, and individuals in a disjointed editorial style with no clear action, outcome, or event described.
Reports describe a boiler blast at Hazriett de Underhill's playhouse and box factory in Cambridge. Three workmen died, several missing, and firemen fought to reach others amid collapsed walls and flying debris. Fire damage and fear of more casualties spread as teams searched the wreckage.
December 11 reports in New York detail the Me Quade documentary evidence session and a cross examination as clerks and witnesses discuss franchise readings. Other items include a Chamberlain perjury verdict appeal, Lincoln and Squire financial tensions, Huntington's rail bid, and varied incidents from Texas to Massachusetts and Illinois, highlighting legal battles, strikes, and regional commerce.
The Providicgs of the Columbus Confstance yesterday show factions in labor conflicts. Resolution advocates push for decisive action during a tense period as unions clash over leadership and strategy.
The Trade Unions Conference resumed deliberations in Colombo on December 11 adopting a constitution for a new federation. It differs from the Knights of Labor as trade members settle issues in-house, and strikes require mutual moral and financial support. Key resolutions push loyalty to blue label of International Cigarmakers Union and eight hour aims, with moves toward nine hours in some trades. Names include Samuel Gompers as President and five officers, salary details noted, as Baltimore events noted in early December.
A movement within the Ky of 1 unfolds with the formation of national trade districts. Machinists Assembly No M34 votes to withdraw from District Assembly No 501, aligning with a Cincinnati plan to create a National Trade District. Delegates from Chicago assemble to join the push, pending consent from District Assembly No 67.
The National Convention of Clothing Cation adjourned after creating a permanent organization. The first election named National Secretary and Treasurer Hl, Greg at New York. National Executive Road James K. Wright Philadelphia. Diana Hingies Chicago. KM Lovell Cincinnati. John Lute Newark. William Schroder Milwaukee. Next meeting slated for Syracuse in August. Rules for governing the Alliediation to be completed by the Executive Board. Aimed to unify cutters under one system with coordinated action on strikes and grievances. Plan to admit all tailors, adding about 50,000 members, strengthening the union nationwide.
Barnesville notes a string of local oddities and deaths. A barroom incident led to police visits and $10 fines, while William Talbott dies at 90. Hunting party finds beer keg on route to town. Insurance plans, Christmas vacations, and family visits are listed alongside a debate over locomotive engineers joining labor groups.
A dramatic report describes debris and a resulting conflagration after an incident involving a crani fall. The scene is described with chaotic effects and urgent aftermath as authorities assess damage and safety implications.
A Nebraska man seeks a marriage on an Indian Reservation with a girl linked to a larger press story. The Interior Secretary notes the government cannot stop the union but may bar cohabitation, offering paternal counsel rather than hindering love in this case. At St. Louis a massive hardware store fire destroys Shapleigh Cantwell Co. on North Main, with cranes, walls, and floors collapsing. insurance totals about 500000 dollars across 100 companies as flames spread rapidly through the building.
In Washington the Sunday civil bill debate touches naval appropriations and shipyard jurisdiction while the Mississippi River Commission and Missouri River Commission reports are transmitted to Congress. The Mississippi report notes no field surveys, with funds spent on repairs and dyke work and forecasts future appropriations. The Missouri Commission advises at least 100000 for continued river improvements.
The Knights of Labor intensified action in Chicago with a boycott against Browning King Co and W J Hill Co as the Clothing Cafters Assembly cites a New York Assembly notice. In Shamokin PA, a strike at Bear Valley shaft of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. led to mass refusal to work, with about 600 miners and boys affected after an arbitration order was ignored.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Archbishop Elder bans Roman Catholic vocalists and musicians from performing in Protestant churches following a Baltimore Plenary Council action. Archbishop Ryan clarifies no formal division, asserting the long standing rule that Catholics may not sing in other churches while remaining attached to Rome. He notes charities’ finances unchanged and defers further opinion on council actions. The piece also covers Chicago ministers invited to a ballet by the American Opera Company, inviting clergy to attend Saganreubensteins Bat Man ballet on Thanksgiving at Columbia Theatre with box office incentives.
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