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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09
In the Campaigu.

The work of the editor campaign
ing the past week or ten days has
been inspiring enough, but not in
the matter OF large meetings. The
old complaint OF insufficient adver-
ing has been more to blame than the
harvest work. At Elbow Lake the
tremendous storm, called by many a
"cloud-burst," came in the afternoon
and kept up till 10 O'Clock at night.
At Breckenridge nothing OF mo-
ment was accomplished. At Amor
there was small meeting.
At Wadena the evening meeting
was we'll attended, about 200 out.
The day meetings had about 100
farmers in attendance.
But while the attendance was
small, the news from every section
was inspiring. The vote will be very
great deal larger than looked for. In
Otter Tail county our ticket will be
elected "sure." We were never more
surprised than when we heard the
estimate OF our vote given by actual
farmers in each township. 1t seemed
to be a vote OF two to one every.
where for our ticket. The same in
Wadena county. when the vote
comes, Doctor, you will find nearly
every man with us!' said the man
who came to the meetings.
In Otter Tail c.. the peoples party
would not fuse. But when the demo-
cratic convention met at Perham,
they endorsed the entire peoples par
ty ticket without fusion! This insures
our success there-and the fact is,
with two elections of voting our ticket
the democrats have become peoples
party men!
Park Rapids.
The meetings here were very sue
cessful. The afternoon session was
crowded. Good work done, and
$27.27 raised for the work. We re-
joice at such places as Park Rapids.
The DR.. spoke seven hours here in
one day.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Col. Jesse Harper, Lincoln's law
partner and staunch friend, the man
who nominated Abraham for presi
dent, is stumping the state of Illinois
for Gen. Weaver, just as Abraham
Lincoln would be doing were he alive
to day-for he worked for principles
and progress, and was tied to no
party name.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

ance had not the Carnegie manager,
introduced dynamite, as it were, into
the midst OF suppressed fame. His
object was to cripple and kill organ
lied labor. God help the people if
the plutocrats. through the militia
and such dogs as the Pinkertons,
succeed in establishing standing
army. Plutocratic anarchy, is the
outlook unless speedy relief is forth
coming.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

There is another strike in Pittsburg
among the iron workers, which at
fects five hundred men. 1t is at the
plant of Shoenberger, Speer & Co.
Five departments are included, the
pudding furnaces and two horse
shoe factories. The men claim they
do not receive as much as is paid at
other mills.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

1t was Prick who drove out Ameri-
can laborers from Connellsville coke
regions with Huns, and then dis
patched the Huns with shot guns.
At Homestead he paid five dollars
a piece for assassins to shoot down
laborers who had never raised q
hand against him or the works, nor
would there have been any disturb
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Monday, September 9TH, was labor
day. 1t was very generally observed
in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The
parade in Minneapolis was perhaps
the largest ever assembled, in that
city. 1t is estimated that over l, 800
men were in line. In St. Paul the
line of march extended two miles in
length. There were forty-two organ
izations in line, with from so to $50
men in each union. 1t is estimated
that 4,5CO men were in line. Our
friends in the rural districts can form
some impression as to what organ
lied labor means in this portion OF
Minnesota. They held their picnic at
White Bear Lake, where there were
said to be about 5000 people on the
ground. Mr.. Donnelly addressed
them, also other speakers, in the
afternoon, and in the evening he
spoke to large assembly of labor
ing men at Normanna hall, Mime
aDOlis.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Reid, rat, says: 1--WE, the republi-
can party, never fight so well as
when we are scared" and he advises
the Western brethren not to be over
confident. Their prospects in this
section do not tend to give them an
over-weaning confidence, and whole
suit OF mail, and a coat of war paint
won't save them.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

A man by the name and title "Col.
Marden, OF Fergus Falls, has "chal-
lenged" Mr.. Donnely to debate with
him. We are also challenged by the
Colonel. We feel inclined to accept
the challenge, provided the county
republican committee will endorse
Col. Marden for that purpose. Mr..
Donnelly could not accept unless he
were endorsed by the state central
committee.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

c. 81. Ellington was made president
OF the Georgia state alliance at the
late convention in that state. Mr..
Ellington is a sound middle OF the
road man." He was temporary
chairman of the Omaha convention.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09
WATERFOWL, Sept. 1, '92

WATERFOWL, Sept. 1, '92.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Our peoples party meeting in Wa
tertown was the. largest political
gathering ever held in that town the
large hall was packed, even standing
room was occupied. Men came fif-
teen miles to hear that great orator
Ignatius Donnelly. Many converts
were made and q subscription list of
twenty-five names was taken up for
the GREAT WEST. F. ]. SEXTON.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

In the city OF Selma, Dallas county,
Alabama, there are but 1 900 voters.
The returns show 213 for Kolb and
2,42O for Jones, while SIS swear
they voted for Kolb. There we've onlv
800 more votes counted than there
were voters-and they were all for
Jones.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

At Brownsville, Maine, the peoples
party had no lawyers in their ranks,
and in putting up their county can
didates they put in farmer for
county attorney. A short time after
his nomination he was in town and
met Mcintosh, the present incum-
bent OF the Office, who challenged,
Berry the farmer, to stump the coun-
ty with him him. Mr.. Berry accepted
and said they might as we'll open the
ball then and there. So Mcintosh
opened fire, but it proved to be a fz-
eel for Berry cannonaded him so
triumphantly that there is nothing
left OF him to stump the county
with.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

notices IN papers IN two states a
week beforehand and l honestly ex-
pected they would have quite an in
teresting meeting.
Mr.. Nelson and Co. arrived here at
noon, Sept. 1st, and was met by
Hon. G. F. Potter, chief republican
in this county, and several other
reps who escorted ttem home with
them to dine, and take wind previous
to the announced meeting at Mason
ic Hall at 100 p. m.
At 2 p. m. there had assemblrd at
the hall about a dozen women and
two dozen men. The prospects were
there would no more come, so the
meeting was called to order by Hon.
G. F. Potter, and Mr.. Nelson was in
tro1uced as the next governor.
He gave a desultory talk on gener-
alties, such as the great privileges of
the common schools and the free
ballot, small farmers and hometown
els, the hope Of our country and the
great prosperity OF the country. AL
so the grand achievements which the
g. Q. p. had accomplished, among
which they had paid off a great ma
tional debt.
i Then raised objections to the
democrat party appointing too
many rebel brigadiers to represent us
in foreign counties. Advocated fed
eral control of elections and govern
ment control of public institutions,
and wound up by announcing himself
as a poor farmer from foreign land
who had worked hard all his life and
was therefore in sympathy with the
farmer and the laborer.
The Lieut.. Gov. was presented but
bowed, begged to be excused and sat
down. Then the windy Tawney of
Winona, candidate for congress was
called for and he blowed the SUBJ
treasury to Halifax or some other
foreign country, SO suppose we will
never hear that subject mentioned
again in this country. So far every
thing had gone lovely and the
Goose was hanging high" and the
meeting was ready to adjourn when
10! and behold-your humble servant
arose and got permission to ask the
would-be governor a little question
in regard to his legislative record
granting favors to R. R. Co.'s and
denying the same to the people.
Language fails me to describe the
wonderful effect this little question
had on the Little Norwegian. In
stantly every hair seemed to stand
erect like porcupine quilts and fire
flashed in flames from both eyes. l
was badly scared and about to run
when to my great relief he began to
cast his fiery darts at you and the
GREAT WEST. He denounced you as
the "Chief-of-all-Liars," and the
GREAT WEST as nothing but a record
of lies.
He wanted me to go up to his
home and ask his neighbors about
his record. 1 kindly thanked him for
his generous invitation but suggest
ed that might stop off at st. Paul,
and seek an interview with the legis.
lative records and perhaps l would
not need to travel farther. So
| got out of the scrape pretty easily
but l expect you will have to suffer.
Fraternally yours, J. NJ. Brown,
La Crescent, MINI.
Z. S. They went from here to Gale
donia and opened the campaign in
the evening.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

The Federated trades of San Fran
ciso are going to strike-the ballot
box with reform votes. That's bet
ter than Winchesters.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

TIE rental oftelephones in Sweden
has lately been reduced from $21 per
year to SO. This was done through
the national authorities.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

1t is significant fact, and one that
tie government-the mass of the
people-may we'll cogitate and pom
der over, that neither Grover Cleve
land nor Ben. Harrison, have ap-
proache d or invited a labor or reform
leader to share in the secret workings
oftheir campaign. Their planners and
workers, all belong to the rings"
Gold bugs, railroads and plutocrats
generally. The advisory committee,
as selected by chairman Carter OF the
national republican committee,
speak in thunder tones of assurance
to monopolies and syndicates, for
their furthefance and salty. The fol-
lowing are the names and occupa-
tions of the advisory board:
B. F. Jones, the great iron manu-
acturer; Geo. M. Pullman, the Sleep
ing car autocrat; Senator Aldricb,
protected manufacturers champions:
Chauncy NJ. Depew, of the Vanderbilt
system of railroads; and Senator
Sawyer, the great lumber king.
Brethren, is there any light or hope
reflected from the names or souls of
this committee. upon the cause you
cherished or the plans you are strug-
CLING to accomplish? 1t is like look
ing to icebergs for warmth or poison
fountains to quench thirst. There is
no point OF common interest between
the manipulators of Benjamin Har-
rison g Observation-Disclosures he he
elected and the common people.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

The London Times gives it out
that the Lombard street gang are
not favorable to the International
monetary convention.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

The governor of Oregon says his
state will give Gen. Weaver 10000
majority.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09
LA CRESCENT, Sept. 4, g

EDITOR GREAT WEST:
Please excuse me for dropping Won
this little news item.
The republicans announce the
opening OF the State Campaign by
Mr.. Nel-on & Co. as occurring at
Caledonia, Sept. LIST; but in fact, they
Intended and tried to open here at
LaClescent for they had posters and
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

LIST Dist. I. VERMILYEA.
I'd " Il. G. LONG.
Sd " F. BORCHERT.
4th mot J ct nominated.)
5th d" =" "
9th A. G. PARSONS.
18th H. f. BOEN.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

We like to hear shallow people
brag over the brains it takes to man
age a railroad! It sounds like a cam
airy waggihg it's tail DER the wonders
OF a snare drum. The fact is, it takes
less skill, less brains, less Judgment,
less nerve, less memory, less great
ness to manage a railway system
than it does to run county fair or
a grocery store. People won't be-
lieve it until they get into the sup
posed labyrinth, and they see it's
practical simplicity. People used to
think it was an awful something to
be doctor. And the school boy
looks with awesome wonder upon
the mysterious powers OF Jack Jaw
bones who runs threshing machine.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Ben Butler looks at the Home
stead Carnegie trouble from a legal
standpoint, and not from the moral
and humane side. This is what he
says:
"Pinkerton's body of cut-throats
should be disbanded by law if the les
son they got at Homestead will not
disband them. No railroads subject
to interstate commerce regulations
should be allowed to bring them from
one state to another under the sever
est penalties. The existence of such
an organization under any form or
pretext should be made felonous,
l further, as a lawyer, believe fully
that those having charge Of the Car
negie company and organizing this
riotous invasion, could be indicted
and punished with great severity un-
der the present law for conspiracy to
break the peace and commit murder,
and l hope they may be, if there is
any law or justice in Pennsylvania
not overshadowed and controlled by
political considerations"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09
State Ticket.

For Governor of Minnesota
IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
Lieut.. Governor
SWAN NELSON.
Secretary of State
H. B. MARTIN.
Treasurer
P. NJ. RINGDAL.
Attorney General
J. l.. MACDONALD.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Three congressman are sure for the
peoples party in West Virginia.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

The state central committee of the
peoples party convened in st. Paul,
at the peoples party headquarters
on Tuesday Sept. 9th. There was a
full committee present, and reports
from different sections Of the state
indicate that the work is going
grandly on. A letter from Hon. Kit
tie Halvorsen, sub Joined, explains
itself. Mr.. Swan Nelson, Of Kandi-
yohi county was elected to fill the
place for lieutenant governor. The
vacancies on the electoral ticket were
filled by the following named gentle
men, Peter McGrath in place Of F..
NJ. Currier; Mr.. Dillon, in place of E.
W. Fish; C. NJ. Brown, of Little Falls,
in place c. F. Bohall; and A. l..
Stromberg, in place OF Swan Nelson,
who accepted the position OF lieuten-
ant governor on the ticket.
BELGRADE, Sept. 5, '92.
Hon. THos. j. MEIGHEN:
Your kind favor of the LIST inst,
regarding the nomination for the
ieutenant-governorship by the peo-
pies party, etc, is at hand. Being
prevented by reason of sickness in
my family from being present at the
meeting, as requested, l beg leave
to state to you and through you to
the committee, that after serious
consideration of the matter l have
concluded to stand by the answer
given to the chairman and secretary
of the convention, in my telegram
dated Washington, July IA, in which
| declined to accept the nomination.
My reason for this is that l deem it
my duty to remain in the position
now hold. This the people, who
elected me. have a right to demand.
| therefore respectfully ask that my
name be not placed on the ticket for
the Office OF lieutenant-goyernor. l
regard the nomination as very
high honor, and shall ever remember
it with feeling OF gratitude. The
success OF the peoples party in the
coming election is, IN my Judgment,
OF the greatest moment to the people
of our state, and l shall do all in my
power to help bring it about.
Very respectfully yours,
KITTEL HALvoRsEN.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09

Judicial Ticket,
THOMAS CAVITY.
DANIEL BUCK.
w. N. DAVIDSON.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-09-09
sr PAUL, MIMI, SEPT. 9. 1892.

Peoples Party Ticket.
For PRESIDENT
JAMES b. WEAVER,
OF Iowa.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JAMES G. FIELD,
Of Virginia.
For Electors.
WILLIAM MEIGHEN.
A. l.. STROMbERG.
H. w. NORTON.
PETER MCGRATH.
C. P. CARPENTER.
- DILLON.
E. +. CLARK.
C. NJ. BROWN.
J. H. HOLLOWAY.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-07
1T WILL LIVE IN HISTORY.
Some Incidents of the Disaster as 1t AT.
feCted Oil City.


OIL CITY. Pa, June THE disaster of
Sunday will live in histery as one of the
notable catastrophes. Such a sudden de-
velopment of those forces of destruction,
fire and flood, has scarcely ever been wit
messed anywhere. And the havoc to life
and property wrought is yet only esti-
mated, but feared to be in the hundreds as
to life and in the millions as to property.
One thing can be set down as certain, and
that is list of sixty-eight dead. The
story told by Barry McVeagh, a member
of a rescuing party which saved dozen
lives, surpasses in horror many of them
related by persons who worked in bring
ing corpses out of ruins, and his words
indicate that he believed many Of those
saved alive would be better with the dead,
they are SO horribly wounded and burned.
Rescue of Eleven Unfortunates.
He, with Wade Billings, William Couch
and Albert Smith, went over the creek in
a skiff afterthe fire had all died off its sur
face, and to the foot bridge crossing at the
head of Seneca street they found eleven
persons clinging. Their condition was
horrible" said McVeagh. 81 wish that
l could close my eyes and shut out the
sight The clothing was burned off their
bodies, their hair was signed, and the eyes,
even, in some of them were burned out,
vet some of them will live They cIung to
us as we took them from the bridge and
into our boat, and the cries they sent up
were the most pitiful that ever reached
nv ears There were seven men and four
women"
Honor to Hero Who Died.
One of the heroes who gave his life for
that of others was William L. Stewart, of
Siverlyville, small village about a mile
UP Oil creek. When the disaster occurred
Stewart ran to his home in Siverlyville
and dragged boat to the waters edge
He braved the death that moved on the
waters, and was one of those who helped
to save the west side victims For an hour
he helped to drag people out of the houses
on the bank of Oil creek, and bore then
in his boat to safety. A great wave o.
naphtha approached over Stewards head
house cracked and in an instant he wa.
engulfed in a mass of mortar and flames
| He died at his post almost in the very
act of snatching lives from the raging
| elements.
| Gave Some Timely Warning.
John s. Klein, superintendent of the Ma
| tional Transit company, was instrumental
| in saving many lives 10y a timely warning
He was near the tunnel on the LAX,
Shore road when the pungent .odor of tn
| benzine borne on the breeze attracted hi
attention He recognized the peril a
! once. put out your fire and run for you
lives" be shouted, running with all tn
speed he could master from house {
house. Many took warning and fled t
the shelter of the hills. But he had no
gone far before a flash as if from som
huge thunderbolt illuminated the valley
and in an instant a wall of flame aros
from the creek, euveloping everythin
within the compass of the rushing water
in its awful crash.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-07

aster there is little reason to change the
estimate given Sunday that 100 are dead.
General Wiley said early last evening that
sixty-seven bodies had been recovered. 1t
is impossible to ascertain just who is miss
ing as the people have become so widely
scattered. At least 100 persons are in
jured, many of them fatally. But three
persons are known to have been killed on
the west side. They were John Rcinbold
John Dougherty and William Miller.
Five, however, were so seriously burned
that it is feared they will die They are
August Brussell, his three sisters and
Mary Fessmore.
Corpses Viewed by the Coroner.
The following is a list of the identified
lead who have been viewed by the cor
oner's lazy: Daniel Sullivan, engineer;
5 /. Docworth, attorney; Charles Miller,
machinist; James W. Bristol, book agent,
Of Toronto, Can; William Z. Shaffer, tele-
graph operator, franklin, Pa; Harry
Holmes, barber, of jamestown, \. Y;
f. V. r. Planke, Carthage, y. Y; Charles
Baker, H D. Daugherty, Edward
Mills, Samuel p Streck, Bartholo-
NEW Lyon, Mrs Kate Lyon, w.
D. Eakin, Edward Eakin, William
Lyon: - Coplin, 6-day-old infan6; Mrs.
Flora O'Leary. John O'Leary, Emma
Briggs; w. 5. Wicks, proprietor of large
lumber yard; Mrs. Mary Mills; - Briggs,
an infant; Walter Mcpherson James
Burns, Edith Freeman, J. d. Reinbold,
Edward Heating, Myrtle Hawks; Frank
Watson, 10 years old; Eugene Fritz, Frank
Haselfritz; f. Mills, girl, IA years old; Mrs.
| Coplin; - Roach, . year-old child; four
children, supposed to be those of the Mills
! family, which was entirely burned up.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-06-07
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Chicago

CHICAGO, June 6
Following We're the quotations on the board
of trade today: Wheat - June, opened
s5l4c, closed size; July. opened S5c, closed
Corn-Juue, opened Sc, closed 5O1fc; July,
opened 5lI6c, closed 4g1sc; September, opened
5OlS : closeI iSssc. Oats-June, opened 33Izc,
closei 2jsc; July, opened ;s1sc, closed as4c;
Septem er. opened Is, closed 3ls4c Pork
June, opened and closed Sl045; July,
op-nei and closed Sl0l5; September,
orened Sin63Lb closed Sl061 Lard-Jcne,
opened and ,lOsed S6.27l6.
Live stock: Prices AT the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hogs-Market
sales ranged at S&s0G4.5G pigs, S425G4.71
light SI2OG4.iU rough packing, S4.409470
mixed, S4.j0G4SJ heavy packing and shipping
lots
Cattle-Market active and prices weaker;
quotations ranged at S43OGt0 choice
. to extra shipping steers, s39jGi3O good to
choice do, SS.7UG4I1 fair to gooi, S3.4o63.so
common TO medium do, SS.30d3.70 butchers
steers S26OG3.SJ stockers, Sa.651i.O1 Texas
steers S340G4.O0 feeders, sl.j01360 cows
S2oo1SJo bulls and S2.oo95.25 veal calves.
Sheep-Market fairly active and prices
steady; quotations ranged at S+aJ96Oo west
! erns, S4.70G6iD natives, and S3i0G50
Texas, and Sj.6535.SJ lambs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, l7Glsc
| per lb; fine creameries, l5Gl6c; dairies.
fancy, fresh, l5gl6c; No l dairies, lt1l5c.
| packing SLO-N. fresh L c. E-EgS-lJQI lJh2S
per doz., loss of. Live pouitry-Chickens,
l2c per 10; spring, Is % C; rooSters, 6c; ducks,
! lOGllc; turkeys, choice hens, l+c; young.
| toms, l20l3c; old gobblers l0Gllc; geese.
| S3.O015.OO per doz. Potatoes -Burbanks, $50
| 10 per bu; Hebrons, 431i5t; Rose, i5GjOc;
| Peerless, 4565Jc; common to poor mixed
| lots 35G&c. Strawberries Illinois, 500
| sc per 2i-Qt case; Ceutrallas, Sl.O03l 50 per
| 24-Qt case
| New York.
| New YORK June 8.
| Wheat-No. > red winter cash. 9554c; June,
9llsc; July. @-95c; August, 93l4c Corn-No. 2
mixed cash. SIC; June, 5g34Sa,; July, 5lIsc:
August, ;6lsc. Oats-No. mixed cash.
5slac; June, GSc; July, 3s'ac; August, 57S4c.
Rye-Firm but quiet; S3Gs6c for car lots.
| Barley-Nominal Pork-Alo ierately active
and .steady; old mess, S975@lO.5O. Lard
Quiet; June, S6.6i; July, S6.53.
Live Stock: CattIe-Taaing very slow, but
generally irmer for all grades; poorest TO best
native steers, Sil0G5.O0 per 100 lbs; Texans,
$40; bulls and dry cows, Sl6JG340. Sheep
aud larnhs-Shoep, active and &c per ID
tisher; choice lambs, steady; common to
medium grades, dull and easier; sheep, s4501
6-5 per 100 lbs; lambs S6.25GSJ0. Hogs-Mar-
ket steady; live hogs, S4.9o1j. 40 per 100 lbs.