The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-05


Jan i6-Thousands OF coal miners in vicinity
OF Mercer, Pa, struck, wages being reduced 1:
per cent
Jar. a3-In Ohio. 10000 miners refused to &C.
cept reduction in wages.
Jan. S-Waye Of anarchy passed over Mans
field Pal coal region. BloolShed, arson and
destruction of property followed. Discharge
OF all foreign miners demanded
Feb. six killed in fight between laborers
near Asheville, ". c.
Mar. 5-Near Bridgeport. O.. 1900 miners re-
sumcd work. leaving settlement OF outside
laborerS' wages to arbitration
Mar. 25-Coxey's good-roads army left Mas
sillon. o. Tor Washington.
Apr. 4-Ninc men killed as result OF trouble
near ConnellSville, Pa.
Apr. 5-Judge CIldwell's decision in Union
Pacific wage conference at Omaha favored en-
ploycS at every point.
Apr. I3-JudEe Dundy ordered Union Pacific
receivers to restore former wages Of employees.
at Omaha
Apr. I6-Cokers' strike in Connellsyille CPa \
region pr lctically ended.
Apr 1S-Striking laborers near Detroit.
Mich. collided with sheriI'S officers: two Of
the former killed. some IS others wounded.
Apr. 20-Strikers at St Cloud, MINI. arrest
ed for interfering with mails.
Apr. 2l-Ncarly l30.00J miners east OF the
Mississippi obeycd order Of United Mine Work
Apr 23-Mines in Hooking 70 valley fired
by coal strikcrS....Two laborcrs killed near
Detroit. Mich, in fight between strikers and
officers.
APP. 25-Hogan's industrial army. 800 strong,
moving cast on q stolen train, captured by fed
eral troops at Forsyth. Mont.
Apr. a7-Sreat Northern road tied up by
strike from st. Paul to the coast.
APR. So. S. Marsha Cronan given com.
mAnd OF go regular soldiers to effect arrest OF
Great Northern strikers in North Dakota.
Apr. c9-CoXey's commonwell army arrived
in B~rlghtwood park in Washington. District
Of Columbia police prevented oxcy from max
ing a speech from the capitol steps. and ar
rested Chief Marshal Browne and Capt. Jones.
Northern railway strike settled at
St Paul by arbitration. -. Seven thousand I'M
employed mon psraded streets of Cleveland.
o.. several riots occurring in which street cars
were wrecked End persons injured.
May SGen. Coxcv arrested in Washington.
May SCokes strike resulted In bloody riot at
the Painter works near Scottdale, Pa.
May T deputies shot at Yakima, Wash,
In battle between deputies and commonwealers.
May 1.-Two Coxeyites shot, 100 captured in
fight with officers ut North Yakima. wash.
At Pullman car works in Chicago $500 opera
tors went on strike.
May 2I-Cincinnati carpenters and mill
hands all ordered out on strike having been
refused 3. 50 for eight hours or 50 for nine.
Coxey. Browne and Jones. commonwealers.
sentenced to 20 DAYS in jail.
May 2i-Five strikers killed IN encounter
with deputy sherins at Sickle Hollow. Pa.
May 25-StrikerS at kangiey, Ill. drove out
the miners near there, then wrecked the mine.
49,. Strikers wreck q mine and burn tools near
Ottawa. H.. Strikers blew up a gold mine at
Cripple Creek, Col, killing IL men.
June 4-Strikers firing upon Powellton w.
VAL miners killed four. Colorado mine own
ers agreed to settlement of strike as proposed
by Gov. waite LIN battle with strikers who
were burning railroad bridges to prevent NOV
ing coal trains four were killed by militia near
Farmersburg, Ind
June SOhio militia ordered out TO scene OF
coal miners strike ....Mckeesport (P3) tube
works strikers forced men a. Duquesne to quit
work and destroyed several coal tipples....
Strikers attacked the Little mine near Peoria.
ILL.,: four dssenders we're wounded and one
striker killed 80 Strikers stoned q train near
BRAZIL, Ind, killing engineer. and iniuring con-
ductor and brakeman.
June seven lives lost in battle between
strikers and militia at Mineral Siding. Col.
June s-Striking miners ut Cripple Creek,
Col, surrendered to commander Of state militia
June 0-Three striking miners killed in .
battle at Lemont. Pa
June thinning strike declared settled by
agreement as to wages, to last one year, being
reached BY the conference ~ Columbus, O