The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-11

LANDSLIDE ~ Lateral iiasy. iV persons were
>oy.s-iir.tish Pari amcnt rcassrmoled
Nov it-Seycn,y persons drowned ~ coll =
ios bs'ssen . steamers : n 1T 81 s r
- Destroyed By tirs. thousands OF people being
rendered homeless.and destitute NJ hsrten
ktetn, Pres dent OF Switzerland died ~ bernc
Dec. - President Diaz. 81 Mexico. took tho
oath Of once for Il third term.
Dee 0-Scycrai mysterious murders ~ inc
vhiicehapc district OF London occurred dur
ing The year. the ctms hring outca~t women.
whose bodies we're horr bly, rnutlafel
Dec :i-Authent Information received that
STANLEY. the Africaa explorer. was alise ana
bee q = General Louis Mc iilsor. famous Rus
stan oficer. died az Nice. agel g.
Dec. - several shocks OF earthquake ~
eastern and northeastern parts OF , - q.
INDUSTRIAL
Jra. "A strike Of soool IN .ncrs IN nrosrcss
IN fhs Schnykll. Pa. region. the strike also *
tending To shc Length region. The Newark
IN ~ Shoemaksrs Trades Union decided 70
withdraw from the Knights OF LABOR
Jan TO- Nearly all sfccl-rail mills IN country
closed because ~ railway managers refusing 70
purchase NJ over ~ per ton.
Feb c-cencral Executive roard of k1ights
O. I.Ahor rcror, 5Av-U increase IA membership
Feh. s-Ihr 80 . r.kin~ cmp'oyrs OF tho
Troy, ~. ~ steel aud iron WORKS ACCEPT ~ Per
cent. reduction IN wages. .
Feb'ia- several collcr.es in Reads. 8 ia. dis
trict resume operations
region ordrfcdt 70 return 10 WORK
fch ~ - Ten pc cut int rcatc II wages vol
unfairly given 70 worAneA IN Belairo 90 b4as'
Tch. si-Sfrkiag miners nt Paimrya fO.l rc-
sumo work ~ od prices.
Feb @s-Cnat strike % engineers and nrc-
men On Chicags. Eurhrr on s quincy road
Three Thousand employees ~ TIE EaEar Tnom-
son steel works. PITTSBURGH. Pa. discharged
for refusing 10 ac rcpt lei ms - CON many.
Feb .0-Many strikcrs m Len gh Pa mining
region ordered ~ X. % = tc rciui a q worS:
Mar. - pycr o. sAipcarpcntersi IN Milwaul<co
struck for lDhours pay for nine hours wOrS-
Mar t-Eight hundred sticking miners at
Nount CarmC. Pa. return 10 work az old rates
Mar .-Strke % eng ncers on burlington 8
Northern railroad naugur1icd 10 Minneapolis
Mar. 1l-JuNgc Gresham decided ~ On cago
that's railroad sull not lawfully SUSPEND re-
ciprcc1l rc.at ons with connecting road
through fear OF urec plating strike
Mar lJ-Strkc iuapgurlfcI ~ cn-itccrs ana
frcmc1 on the Atcti.on Topeka = santa 10
system. :. Two thousand employees " Mcciuss
a co. coke operators IL ScottIale. Pa, struck
fer DIVISION Of work.
Mar. is-slrike on santa Tc sysfcm ended by
eng neers ard frcfncn returning to WORK.
rfaf. 2i-Sfrking carreniers and caiScrs IN
Milwaukee, give up the i-ht and resume wor's.
liar. x3-Sirlkc OF union piastercrs ~ Buffalo,
=. ~. for 10 hours ray for nine hours work
engineers and ire men o, the Isurl nrt0n mes.
Mar. .y-Mob of strikers attack O.. u. & ..
tram in Chicago. Switchmen. eng ncers and
rrcmcn IN yards OF G., NJ. s 81. T.. road strike.
APR. Ira lroad s;riSes IN Chicago spreading.
APR. s-H 1nsc painters IN Cincinnati struck
for incrca OF pay and reduced hours.
Apr. 3--gallroal strike ia Chicago modified
by removal OF boycott on burlington FIRE ght
the strike being confined TO burlington roai-
Apr. about f.uo) strikers alter several
months ftiencss decide 70 resume work at tho
Eeaiing PA IRON works, 81 . reduction IN
pay OF - per cent
Conncllsrlile. Pa. reg on threw over Hno rner
out or work \. En- rloycs OF Caicaso brewers
struck because .ErorricioEs would not recog-
WIHf . I4s|f NJ al linn
APP io-li-ewcry lockout iaiusuratci N
NV York CITY.
brcUeries struck because 0f dlscaargs Of sew
Cral u1tOl men.
Apr .5-iiradloris pa, steel WORKS resumed
orera;i1ns with noa--aioa men, aiior iayins
Nay s-Strkc ia Eisar Thomson steel works
al BrAdloc;. Pa. declared % b. khights 81
Labor. AID mon resume work a. OH rates
NAY s-.Atout i,uoO iron nlIers strike near
May 10 Boston H<riG divides sinoao among
employees o. the rroni-snrrin- plan
Mas eS-Sew YORK hrers2is declared long
strise ended, and would v-sn Tack mona OF The
Jrn' Annual convention q, International
Tyiosr4paAcal Cnson asssmbied .. Kansas
Jun i--w rdow glass factor = u Pittso',rr:
Pa. closed Gown. 5scaase ~ eisagreeinent "a
workers AID employers IN scale ~ MACS
Jun. Is seven cOSc works n Cclrel sriilc
Pa rcron shut down because u strAss ~
Jan. 'so-Anfho iron mnis IN the wcs: bur y
operated ~ uor-unioa mel saut down bcca1 .
os slgreefneat o. 10 WAGES
Jul. &C nc mat tre~crs strike. begun
April H. declared r.
jul is-Iron workers strife AZ P.srursh
tract clliy cnlcl. ncar.y al manufacturers
having gneifhc scalc
JnI -.-O1ncr- aud operators OF glass-wcrls
81 PITTSBURGH p. rsrccd upon scale Of
wages D.,eFaions 10 be resumed Sept. =
Jui 3I--Si- Thousand coal miners ~ vicin-
~ Off ttsD1rgh, Ia. struck against reduction
Au-' - Let,er-carriers' eizhthoar Law goes
Aur 3-Four Thousand street iaborcrs in Du-
iu,h Minn., struc.s i1r increase u wages: y, !.
NUMBER. ia Pittsburgh. resumed work - IN
creased wasss-
Aur fs-Fsre OK makers strike o. Chicago
collapsed. union NJ work refusing 70
longer support the striker&
Aug lJ-Sorth Chicago rolling mills shut
dow Throwing out i.JOJ men.
sept. IL ost ~ the glass bottle factories n
the country resumed work after eight weeks
shut down. slight advance "a wages
Sep Federation OF Miners and Mine-L
torcrs. p SESSION ~ Indianapolis. dccid.d ninn
hours shall bc y days work after sept J. " -,
and cgnt hours -iter sept. 800 SirI-in ~
coal rni1rrs at Shcrotsvllc and sal neville. ~.
resumed work on operators terms AFTER foaf
months Of idleness-
sep iT-c Pillsosry e., sln n,nn!oxe.
OF io-cir kc on West sde Chicago CITY
street railways N s]uB@tHs "tNn $50 ~
OF r3-Two thousand miners a. Bocion
Ala struck against reduction 81 ray -..- I'M
-r1at ar. lie on street r. ways ~ On ergo set
,ied NV comprom 81 End men resumed lr~.
Nov. o-Sanford = Sons arpet mills, Amster
dam. ~ ~. shut down for some time, resumes
N"v. is-nraSer men ~ the l., y. a. & G. rail
road on q strike AZ Lafayette. IND.
Nov i5-Fiyc hundred pudllcrs IN Americas
iron wo Ks al Pittsburgh, Pa, struck against
change Of hours.
Nov i.--wagcs ~ 1870 men employed IN fur
naces ~ Shnron. Pa. voluntarily advanced b.
EMPLOYERS 1910 " cents per day Largo fur
mace ~ Clvmcr- Pa. resumed operations afte
lying idle 10 scysrai months.
Nov lo-R vcr and coal operators decide
slut down oil mircs along the Nonongahr
river in Pennsylvania FOR IN indcnn 70 period
Nov s.-Tnree -fourhs 81 switcnfncn - Ind
anatoia~. Ind. struck for higher wage.
Nov. cs-L0ckout in Scw Yorx and Now Jcf
sey hrcwcrcs. rrofr c;ors stating no uns0
men would thereafter Lc mployet ~ them
Dec. The National Progressive Tn on 2
Miners and Nine LAuorcrs organ zed ~ Golun
lus O.. John McBrde. OF Ohio. beng chose
president
pee. f5-samuei Gorspers re elected pres
dent OF American Federation OF Lator In scs
sion In St Louis
pee. i--Ecported visible su,niv ~ whoa
ami corn IN L. >. respectively, 3..si3,s5 IN
e.a..,t3s bushels.
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