Local Sale Prices Include Various Cents
A fragment lists sale prices 15c 25c 1&c and 9c with unclear formatting and stray text en route.
05 Jun 1894
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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1894
Page
1
A fragment lists sale prices 15c 25c 1&c and 9c with unclear formatting and stray text en route.
Reports from Farmersburg say militia killed four men amid clashes with striking miners. Strikers burn coal train bridges behind the train. Herbert and Sam Wolsey, coal operators, flee Shelburn. Colonel Rogs arrives with five militia companies to join General McKee. Area toward Alum Cave remains wild and unsettled with night operations unlikely unless strikers move.
A Powellton West Virginia mining incident left four miners dead after shots were fired as workers left the mine. The shooting's perpetrators remain undiscovered. Governor orders militia ready while sheriff-led protection is sought. The Powellton company manager asked for bloodhounds to track the shooters.
In Cleveland Ohio on June 6 no trains moved as bridges were burned by trespassers cutting coal supply to local mills and factories. The Lake Shore and Nickel Plate railroads rely on the same fuel source, risking shutdowns if coal cannot be obtained promptly. In Havre Indiana four pounds of dynamite were placed on the Evansville and Terre Haute line by striking miners but did not explode, averting a potential large-scale disaster under militia command.
Ashland reports 4 000 to 2 000 striking workers aimed at bombing a Norfolk and Western bridge with 100 guards at the Ohio river crossing. Wales, Cardiff coal arrives for steamers at a loss of about 24.50 per ton. Chicago docks fear coal shortage, forcing shift to hard coal. New Mexican mines halt work under UMWA president orders. Oswalt miners order work stoppage. Irish excursionists killed by an old shell near Tralee. Jenkins Cave case delayed in Chicago. Toledo tragedy ends in wife and husband dead. cause undetermined. Grosvenor renominated by Ohio Republicans.
The fire department prepared entertainments for the firemen's convention to be held in the city on June 13 14 and 16. Organizers announced preparations and schedules for the gathering.
A banquet at Nicollet Halls was announced with likely parade plans. Between 400 and 500 attendees were anticipated to join the event, with discussions about the business sessions continuing.
Colfax residents are in shock as two county jail inmates Ed Hill and Fred Parker were involved in a fatal incident. Bill Wag was charged with murder in the case dating back several months while Parker awaited trial on murder charges. The locale reports a telegraph pole assault and a tense investigation ongoing.
On June 5 fires from an outlying area spread toward West Superior Wisconsin along the Northern Pacific line. Smoke darkened the sky as strong winds drove the flames. The wind shifted, pushing the blaze back but large tracts of pine and timber along Mesaba and Northern are in danger before control is gained. Breckinridge speaks at Breckinridge Kentucky rally drawing about 2 000 attendees.
A Sanborn report rejects bond issue chatter as baseless while detailing a treasury cash balance of 117.449 million with 75.468 million gold reserves. A meat inspection reveals two karking carcasses from Deeves stock with lumps jaw. Meanwhile Lady Victoria Black Swond wed Hon William Lea Plunkett with Lord Dufferin officiating and giving away.
Washington June 5 Senator Harris said he would push the sugar measure after a notice served last Saturday. The schedule lists Messrs Allison Jones Platt and Hoar as making arrangements and warns that without a reader agreement the measure disposition could be delayed.
Sylvia Young Bigler and Brown, train robbers recently captured at El Reno, have broken tail at Pond Creek. All officers of the southwest pursue them. They are well armed and expected to resist capture to the death.
Vancouver reports the Fraser River rose four inches overnight and continues to climb isolating the city from the rest of the world. All telegraph lines are down east and the Canadian Pacific railroad has suspended ticket sales.
Denver dispatch notes Bréckinridge spoke for about ninety minutes delivering a notably eloquent address. The Commonweal Army, numbering 1,100 volunteers, has spent three days building fatboats to voyage from Platte River to Plattemouth and onward to the Missouri River toward St. Louis, completing 110 boats and stocking provisions.
A string of brief, scattered incidents recounted from across the United States dated June 5 to June 6. W L Marsh fires at his wife and daughter in a Missouri courtroom. a dynamite blast on a railroad construction crew in Arkansas kills two. a missing secretary’s audit concludes with mystery unresolved in Chicago. a streetcar collision in Atlanta leaves a motorman dead and another fatally wounded. Maurice Flaherty of Marion County Florida faces a personal crisis. Bozeman man Houck dies after a runaway cart accident. a Catholic convention convenes in St Paul with hundreds of delegates and visitors.
The senate considered unopposed consent to vote on all sugar amendments at once. Col. Hoar warned against full debate on every sugar amendment, proposing a 1 p.m. vote on bounty amendments then a 10 minute rule for remaining items. The schedule was to be disposed of during the day before adjournment at 6 10. Washington June 6. The Brawley state bank tax bill was debated by Dalzell and Rayner opposing, Cobb and Oates in favor. The house approved a senate joint resolution for $10,000 to fund the sugar investigating committee. In Atlanta, an appropriation for the exposition was set to be reported. Washington June 5. John D. Sloane’s inspector resignation was requested. The state bank bill vote was set for Wednesday afternoon. Oregon elections: Republican ticket strong. Legislature closely balanced. Hermann elected to Congress in the First district. Ellis in the Second. Pension fraud cases mentioned.
Vancouver June 5 Four million dollars cannot cover the Fraser river flood losses as waters continue rising with melted Rockies snow. Estimates of total damage reach 84 million with 10,000 cattle dead and many communities submerged from Revelstoke to Mission. Canadian Pacific Railway operations halted with 2,000 workers at danger sites and no restoration in sight.
Severe damage disrupts the Northern Pacific between Ravalli and Hope with 26 serious washouts and bridges ruined. The 137 mile stretch from Ravalli to Duncan is mostly impassable and a large force is working to restore traffic, possibly in 10 days. A westbound train has not reached the city in a week and travelers bound west remain stranded.
River levels surged in Portland Oregon on June 6 reaching the 82 foot mark as hundreds of residents flee submerged districts. Businesses are evacuated and improvised shelters set up in lower portions of the city to assist displaced residents, many of them poor, during the ongoing crisis.
Governor Waite mediated ending Cripple Creek strike with miners to work eight hours daily at $3 per day and no discrimination against union or non union workers. The Governor called on El Paso County residents using force or bearing arms to surrender property and disarm as the state militia is deployed to Cripple Creek to restore order.
A county sheriff and 40 deputies struggle to keep order as 600 to 700 striking miners control the Centerville coal switch and block coal trains. Governor refused militia. townspeople condemn the small force and back the sheriff. Prisoners released after captors learn union leader not jailed. Other towns report large miner demonstrations and escalating defenses, including improvised dynamite devices and Gatling gun supplies.
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