Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1895-01-01
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Jan. 1G-Tl0usGndg Of coal miners in vicinity
OF Mercer, Pa, struck, wages GClly rCUucCu II
jan 33-In Ohio, 10000 miners refused to &C
Cept reduction in wages.
Jan. ?7-Waye of anarchy passed over Mans
field iPa) coal region. BloOlshCd, arson and
destruction Of property followed. Discharge
OF sill foreign miners demanded.
Feb. six killed in Gght Letweeu laborers
near A&Lcvillc, n. G.
Mar 5--Ncar bridgeport, O., 1900 miners re-
sumGd work Learning settlement Of outside
labOrers' wages 10 arbitration.
Mar. 25-COXey's gOOd-roads army left Mas
sillon, O., for WASHINGTON.
Apr. 4-NinC men killed as result of trouble
near COnnellSVille, Pa.
Apr. 5-Judgo Caldweu's decision in Union
! Pacific wage conference at Omaha favored en-
| Apr I8-Judg6 Dundy ordered Union Pacific
! receivers to restore former wages Of employees,
| Apr, I0-Cokers' strike in Conueusville (Pa.)
! region practically ended.
Apr. IS st rising laborers near Detroit
Mich, collded with sheri1f,s officers; two Of
the former killed, some 10 others Wounded
Apr. 2O-StrikcrG al st Cloud, MINI, arrest
| ed for interfering with malls
| Apr. 21-Neary 10000 miners east of the
Mississippi obcycd order Of United Mine Work
| ers to suspend work
Apr. 23-Mines in Hooking % valley fired
! by coal strikers Two labOrcrs killed near
Detroit, Mich, in fight between strikers and
| officers.
Apr. 25-Togans industrial army, 300 strong,
moving ChSt on stolen train, captured by fed
eral troops ut Forsyth, Mont.
Apr &7-Great Northern road tied up by
strike from ST. Paul to the coast
Apr @8-U. s. Marshal CrCnau given com
mGnQ OF geo regular soldiers ia effect arrest Of
Great Northern strikers in North Dakota.
Apr, 29--CoXey's COmuOnweal army arrived
in BrtghtWoOd park in Washington ntStrict
Of Columbia police prevented CoNcy from max
ing . speech from the capitol steps, and ar
rested Chief Marshal Browne and Capt. Jones'.
Great Northern railway strike settled at
st Paul by arbitration O.. Seven thousand IN
dad 1,,r,.1
o., several riots occurring in which street cars
were wrecked and persons injured.
May 2-Gen. CoXGy arroSted, in Washington
May 3-COke strike resulted in bloody riot at
the Painter works near ScOttdalC, Pa.
May 1.-TWO deputies shot at Yakima, Wash,
in battle between deputies and cOlnmOnWcalerS.
May 1.-Two Coxeyites shot, l0J captured in
fight with officers ut North Yakima, WASH.
At Pullman car works in Chicago $500 opera
May 2l-Cincinnati carpenters and mill
hands oil ordered out on strike having been
refused $3.50 for eight hours or SO for nine.
Coxey, Browne and Jones commonwealers,
sentenced to 20 days in jail
May 24-Five strikers killed in encounter
with deputy sherifS at Sickle Hollow, Pa.
May 25-StrikerS at Kangley, Ill, drove out
the miners near there, then wrecked the mine.
-. Strikers wreck a mine and burn tools near
Ottawa, Ill 49,. Strikers blew up Il gold mine at
Cripple Creek, Col, killing II men.
June 4-Strikers firing upon Powellton wv.
Va.) miners killed four -. Colorado mine own
ers agreed to settlement of strike as proposed
by Gov. Waite ....I In battle with strikers who
were burning railroad bridges to prevent NOV
ing coal trains four were killed by militia near
Farmersburg, Ind
June 6--Ohio militia ordered out to scene OF
coal minors strike -. McKeesport (Pa.) tube
works strikers forced men at Duquesne to quit
work and destroyed several coal tipples....
Strikers attacked the Little mine near Peoria
Ill; four defenders were wounded and one
striker killed -. Strikers stoned train near
Brazil, Ind, killing engineer, and injuring con-
ductor and brakeman.
June T-Seven lives lost In battle between
strikers and militia at Mineral Siding, Col.
June S-Striking miners at Cripple Creek,
Col, surrenderedto commander Of state militia
June 10-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 at Columbus, O.
Jcne l2--Mlners in Ohio refused to accept the
June l8-Alliance formed in Chicago between
Knights of Labor and American Railway union
June l7-Indiana miners in convention at
Terre Haute rejected Columbus compromise
and deposed'President Dunkerly for agreeing
TO 1t.
June 1S--Work resumed in mines in Hooking
valley -. Coal operators in the Springfield
ml.) district refused to pay scale agreed upon
tinue strike.
June i9-American Railway union voted Ql2--
100 to exclude colored men from membership.
June 26-Boycott against Pullman cars
opened in Chicago Indiana mine operators
Increased pay of their men and resumed work.
June SI-AS result OF Pullman Doyoott py
American Railway union the Illinois Central
service was paralyzed and strikes reported on
10 other lines -. End OF coal miners strike an
nounced.
July I-Rsilway strike has crippled every
road centering in Chicago, some roads having
abandoned all service =. q, S. troops sent 10
Trinidad, Col, where mail trains were held by
strikers.
July 2--Judges Woods and Grosscup, OF the
q. $. court in Chicago, issued order foIbidding
interference with roads engaged in interstate
commerce
July 4-Federal troops Ct Fort Sheridan sent
to Chicago and at the stock Yards were COM
PEELED TO use Daycpcts TO restrain violence
July BAT tbs stock yards In Chicago striR-