The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-29
TRADE and INDUSTRY.
JANUARY.

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1.-THE Brooklyn trolley car strike be-
gins.
ia foreclosure suit brought by first
mortgage holders against the main
line of the Union Pacific railroad.
21-The Merchants Bank, Binghamp-
ton, N. Y. suspends.
24-Manufacturers organize a national
association.
25-Gold exports for the week aggre-
gate s7.0oO.0oO. breaking all previous
records.
2s-The whiskey Trust placed under a
receivership.
FEBRUARY.
4-President Greenhut ousted from the
Whlskey Trust receivership
1.-THE Independent order of Knights
of Labor organized.
16-The Brooklyn car strike called OF.
20-The New York building trades
strike begins.
21-The National window Glass Man
ufacturers' association organized.
MARCH.
s-The American Telegraphers' union
organized.
s-Independent refiners combine with
the Sugar Trust to maintain prices.
10-The Haversill shoe strike ended.
1.-THE Wood Harvester company con-
fesses Judgment.
l5-Coke wages advanced
determination of the Window Glass
Combine completed.
21-The New York electrical strike
ended.
22-The Westinghouse and General
Electrical companies agreed to COM
bine.
2s-six thousand Iowa miners ordered
out. -so
APRIL.
determination of the Standard Tele-
phone company rejected.
9-New England textile wages begin
10 rise: the price of petroleum
makes a phenomenal jump. e
12-United States Judge Showalter OF
Chicago declares the Whiskey
Trust non-existent and orders its
property sold.
&c. p. Huntington arrested for Civ
ing away a railroad pass.
29-Two hundred thousand tons of
wheat unloaded by the Fair estate
30-Fifteen thousand miners in the
Flat Top region of Virginia ordered
out; textile manufacturers at OIL
neyville. r. l.. declare lockout.
MAY
9-The Ohio Southern Railroad placed
under a receivership.
1S-The Bell company wins its suit In
the United States court OF appeals
Boston, over the Berliner telephone
patents.
at Columbus decides against gem
eral strike.
JUNE.
"a receiver appointed for the Cord
age Trust; receivers appointed for
the Oregon Short Line.
13-The Illinois supreme court confirms
the judgment of custer against the
Whiskey Trust.
1.-THE Columbus, Sandusky & Hook
ing Valley railroad placed under q
receivership.
2s-The whiskey Trust reorganized as
the American Distillerfes company.
JULY.
s-The Pullman Car company raises
wages.
PA receiver appointed for the Camp
bell Cattle company of western
cities.
15-La Banque du Peuple. Montreal
suspends.
ia phosphate trust formed.
29-New York tailors strike.
AUGUST.
3-New York tailors win their strike;
wages of puddlers throughout the
country advanced.
5-A combination announced between
Westinghouse Electric works and
Baldwin Locomotive works for
building electric locomotives.
SEPTEMBER.
ganize a rival cigarette trust.
10-The Baltimore & Ohio buys the
Valley railroad.
la-Heavy Withdrawals of gold for ex-
port cause a Wall street furry.
l5-A coke strike ordered in Pennsyl-
vania: ends on the oath.
1.-THE Michigan iron ore strike col.
lapses.
21-The government bond syndicate
dissolves; A vapor stove trust or
ganized.
24-Northern Pacific receivers resign;
new receivers appointed on the
2sth, but fail of confirmation.
ga receivership suit begun against
the Phoenix Telephone company.
OCTOBER
s-United States Judge Lacombe. New
York, refuses to confirm the ap-
pointment of Northern Pacific re-
ceivers.
1s-Rochester garment workers end
their strike by removing en- masse
to other cities.
22-Trenton potters locked out.
26-The Trades and Labor council OF
the United States organized
NOVEMBER.
4-The Great Northern railroad strike
ordered.
s-The cordage trust reorganized as
the Standard Rope & Twine COM
pany.
1.-THE Great Northern strike declared
of.
IS-The New York attorney general be-
gins a crusade against the cigarette
trust: the New York housesmiths'
strike begins
Determination of the Trunk Line as
ISOLATION perfected
27-Twenty-fou fire insurance compa-
nies combine.
pa sewing machine trust formed.
DECEMBER
5-Andrews & Co. Chicago. manufac-
tureres OF Office furniture. fail
1.-THE New York hOusesmiths' strike
called of.
13-Agent Hathaway. representing the