Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-11

June Pin combats with striking quarrymen
several men were injured between Romeo ant
June 3-Because Of workmen's demand for q
nine-hour day some 20 furniture manufacturers
July Iron mills at Youngstown, O., shut
ting down threw 1900 men out OF work
July S1closing down Of silver mines in Col
July 26-Alexander Smith & Sons carpe
mills at Yonkers.. N. Y, shutting down threw
sons out of work from closing OF several large
factories in Lewiston Me, and Worcester
| Mass.
July T-Over 1000 men out OF work from
! closing OF Strarge silk mills at Paterson, n. j.
;.:::Jewelry manufacturers In Plainyille, Nortt
threw 1000 persons out OF work
July 2s-aermillion mines in Minnesota shut
| ting down threw z, OO0 men out Of work
July 29-Waltham (Mass) watch factory
July sl-Amoskeag mills at Manchester, N
-. Cleveland (O) Rolling Min Co, closing its
plate wire and rod mills and steel works threw
5000 men out of work.
Aug BY shutting down of 1a New England
mills 6'oC0 persons thrown out OF work
Aug 4-Pennsylvania iron milers instructed
| superintendent to employ hereafter only Amer
leans -. Bromley's worsted goods mill at Phil
adelphia closed, throwing out of work 5000 per
| sons
Aug. Sin Fall River (Mass) factories about
7o9, 600 spindles stopped. throwing out of work
Aug l1-At New Orleans Hernsheim's cigar
factory, Maginnis' cotton mills and Fishers
sawmllls, employing 900 hands. closed
York smashed doors and windows and took
| forcible possession Of hail.. Pennsylvania
men. ordered to work half time. 40
| Aug l9-Thousands of persons thrown out OF
work by closing OF most OF the mills OF Fall
Nov. I6-By shutting down of iron mines in
Gogebic range, Mich, 90 900 reduced to starva-
| ton.
Nov. 1s-Employes Of Lehigh Valley road
| went on strike.
Be; s-Lehigh Valley railroad strike de.
Dec. 9-Gen. Alger induced owners of mines
in Michigan peninsula to open mines and EN-.
Dec. 22-Wire mill at Pittsburgh closing
| down threw 1,5OJ men out OF work. A total OF
5000 900 employees reported idle In 1lo large
cities
LYNCHINGS.
Mar. 22-William Frazier at Hiteman, Ia,
! for numbering his wife, her sister and mutilat-
| July 7-Seay ]. Miller. negro, charged with
outrage and murder of Mary and RUBY Ray at
July a1-Negro, who assaulted and murdered
! Carr Elliotts s-yearold daughter in Lafayette
July s3-Lee Walker, negro assaulted one
white and four colored girls, at Memphis, Tenn:
| negroes, tortured to death at CASTOR, S. c. I,
| charged with crime and assault.
white man named Marsh, assaulting his wife
| and E,utila;ing their two children, near Mont
| gomery, Ala.
Aug. 1O-Dan Lewis. Jim Taylor and Jack
Chalmers, negroes. charged with assault on
Mrs Warren at Eoboken, Ga. last spring.
| lynched near Way Cross Ca. Trouble at Coal
Creek resulted in murder OF a soldier by min
| ers, and in turn Dick Drummond was lynched
Aug. l9-Charles Tart, a federal prisoner, for
wounding Capt c. c. Peete, near Fort Smith,
Aug. es-Leonard Taylor, negro, at New
Sep. 17-wnliam Jackson. negro, at Nevada.
Sep. 1s-Asa Your1ans an avowed sooner"
by boomers in Cherokee strip
Sep 2I-Thos smith. negro, at Roanoke, Va
Sep 29-Henry Coleman. Jr.. negro. who at
tempted to assassinate Capt Thomas Lyles at
Midway, hanged at Benton, La:
Oct ls-Two negroes, accused of killing Con-
stable James Hill, lynched at Summerville Ga.
Oct 24-Mob lynched two negro thieves near
Knox Point. La.
Nov Abe Redmond notorious in Charlotte
county, Va.
Nov s-Bob Kennedy, negro, at Gaffney, S.
Nov lid. T. Nelson. negro murderer, rid
died with bullets at Warner Ark.
tees at 5tanmWa and IRON 1vnc }u
for assaultne i-year-old girl.
Dec. 2-Lucius Holt. negro suspected OF MUIR
Dec bob Greenwood in Cross county.
Ark, because nis family offended wife of white
Dec. s-Ben Minter and Bob wilkens (ne-
groes) at Berlin, Ala, for burglary and murder.
Dec I2--Near Selma, Ala, four negroes for
attempt to break into house Of Mrs w. G.
Jones.
Dec. 1e-Henry G. Givens (colored), accused
OF poisoning stock lynched near Nebo. Ky.
Dec. 25-sloan Allen negro hanged for muir
der OF Ben Majors, ~, his employer
Dec 26-Calvin Thomas negro hanged FOR
aSSaulting Mrs. Sellers at Balm Lridge, Ga
METEoRoLoGY.
Mar. 1o-Several villages flooded by breaking
Of immense gorge in Susquehanna river, Wilkes
Mar. 3-lhousands of acres inundated by
the giving way of dams at Howlandsville,
Piainwell and Otsego, Mich.
Apr. ll-Business and onehalf of residence
portion Of Parker, Mo. destroyed by cyclone
City OF Akron Ia, almost entirely wrecked
by cyclone, the storm following Sioux valley
south to Westfield with much damage. -. VIII.
lis, Everest and Pow haitian, towns Of southern
Kansas. laid in ruins by cyclone.
Apr. 13-Saiine, Mich, entirely wiped out by
cyclone. Hiilsboro. Ind, almost completely
Apr. 172Vfillage Of Gravelton, Ind, com
pletely blown away by tornado.
Apr. 2l-CyclOne in Virginia did great dam
age at Danviile, South Boston, Martinsville,
May 3-Village OF Lakevew washed away
and Is 900 acres inundated by breaking Of west
bank of LIE vision reservoir near Huntsville, O.:
damage 81, 900, 600. -. Damaging tornado in Lex
May I7-Heavy rains caused flood at Erie,
Pa. doing about $1,000 900 worth OF damage;
Bsayer % ew Case
sylvania towns
May 23-Terrfc windstorm destroyed 81 ,oe0,-
00J worth of property In Lima O., and viciu-
ity. and did much damage at Findlay. Fremont
and other places
May 25-Iu central Missouri, cyclone entirely
destroyed Ladonia, killing % people and much
property destroyed at Moberly Sedalia Brook
June Near Cotton Plant, Ark. cyclone
spread death and destruction. Great damage
to life and property by cyclone in Hun tingdon,
Falcon Camden and Trumble, Tenn. :. Edo
RADIO. Ark, destroyed by cyclone.
July 6-Cyclone in Iowa, did immense dam
age to life and property in Calhoun, Cherokee,
Buena Vista, Ida. Sac and Pocahontas coun-
ties: loss conservatiyely placed at $500 900; so
lives lost in Pomeroy alone.
July 27-Great damage to life and property a.
Pueblo, Col, by floods. -. Heavy fall OF snow in
Brewster county, Tex
Aug 2s-Cycione swept Kernesville, c. |
49,. One Of the most terrible storms, both in |,
severity and i'll extent ever reported ragged |
along the whole Atlantic seaboard OF the United |
States Losses in life, property. crops and ves- |
sells were enormous 49,. Light frost in South |
Dakota. northwest Iowa and northern Ne
braska.
Sep. 14-Intense heat caused l52 prostrations |
at fair grounds in Chicago: thermometer stood |
Sep I9-Village OF Criglersvlle. Va, almost !
wiped out by food in Robinson river
Oct 2-One Of most destructive storms in |
years in pOr tons OF southern states along the |
gulf nearly 1000 lives lost
Oct 15-Heavy frost throughout lower Missts- |
sippi valley with great injury to cotton.
NEUROLOGY.
Jan. 10-John E. Kenna, United States sena-
tor from West Virginia. at Washington; aged
A.. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler in Washington;
Jan 17-Rutherford B. Hayes, LII. d., nine
teenth president OF the United States, at Ere
Jan 2s-Associase Justice Luc1us oufntus
Cincinnatus Lamar OF the United States SUI
rreme court at Macon Ca; aged 81 Phil.
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