The Bessemer indicator., 1894-05-26
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Missouri. have not yet been captured.
Two big coal companies in Leaven-
worth, Kansas, have voluntarily raised
the pay Of their miners, so as to pre-
vent strike,
A fire on North Eighth street,
Philadelphia on the goth destroyed
1926, 900 worth of property, consisting
of dry goods and millinery.
DR.. Meyer has been convicted at
New York of murder in the second
degree. He was charged with having
poisoned persons whose lives he had
| insured.
A very heavy rainfall in western
New York and Pennsylvania threat
ened to cause disastrous floods on the
10th. The streams rose with great
rapidity.
There was terrible cyclone near
Kuukle, Ohio, on the 18th, which
caused the death of FIVE people. Their
bodies were torn to pieces in the fury
of the storm.
The Presbyterian general assembly
in session is considering plans for OBJ
tanning a fuller control of the theolog-
ical seminaries in order to prevent
heresy from being taught in them.
I Several serious conflicts between
coal miners and strikers in Illinois
and Indiana are reported to have
taken place. Two men were killed
and several wounded at Little's coal
mines near Evansville as a result of
an attempt to drive men from work.
By reason of the failure of the con-
| ductors and motormen in the Atlantic
Railway Company's employ at Brook
lyn to array themselves in new sum-
mer uniforms, the entire system, en-
bracing eleven lines, is tied up and
1000 men are out of employment.
All the carpenters and mill hands
in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport
have been ordered on a strike by
mass meeting attended by over 1000
men, because the boss carpenters have
refused to agree to pay 81 so for eight
hours or 50 for nine hours with an
hour less on Saturday. Nearly 5000
men are affected.
The ladies Of Lexington, Kentucky,
have refused to participate in the e1-
ercises of the Confederate Veterans
association in decorating soldiers
graves unless Breckinridge is expelled
from the society. Officers say they
cannot expel Breckinrldge and the
women declare they will not take part
in the exercises.
A party Of bandits robbed the First
National bank at Long View, Texas,
of s25, 900 on the 23rd. 1t was in the
middle of the day, The bank officers
were not injured but the robbers killed
two citizens and seriously wounded
the city marshal One of the robbers,
George Bennett, was killed before the
band could get to the their horses. A
posse was soon in pursuit but there is
little hope Of capturing them.
The conference between the coal
miners and operators at Cleveland
came to an end Thursday with no
agreement, The operators refused to
pay a rate higher than 56 and 65 cents
while the miners insisted on 20 and
10 cents. 1t appears that many oper-
ators have made contracts at so low
rate that they cannot pay fair rate of
wages. Last season coal for fueling
vessels sold from s2.2 to 50. so, but
this year, before navigation was fairly
opened, an operating company took
the contract to fuel vessels for 81 80.
One Of the Western roads gets its sup
ply at Green Bay, Wisconsin, for 9S
cents from a local firm, after being
shipped by rail and water over 1000
miles, Such contracts as these have
so far prevented settlement Of the
vexed question.
Marcus NJ. Towle Of Hammond, In
diana, has begun suit against the Erie
road for $50, 600 In the early part of
May Towle's friend Landis was can
didate for Congress, and chartered a
special train on the Erie to carry him
and his delegates to the congressional
convention. The delegates belonging
to johnson, the rival of Lands, cap
tured the train and the Landis men
we're unable to reach the convention,
the johnson men capturing the nomi-
nation.
Great excitement prevails over the
attempted capture Of Rock Island
trainmen by officers of the city of Enid
for violation of the city ordinance
against running faster than six miles
per hour within the city limits. A
fight occurred between the trainmen
and the city officers, in which one of
the officers was beaten to death with a
coupling pin in the hands of the train
men. The company will DC held re-
sponsible by the Enid officials, who
will attempt to prevent the citizens
from using violence, though it is gen.
orally believed bloodshcd will follow.
A terrible storm swept over Lake
Michigan on the 18th. Eight vessels
were driven ashore within the city
limits of Chicago and out Of their