The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-01-04

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Jan. 0-At Brooklyn. n. r.. militia With
Feb 1e--At brooklyn. N. r.. trolley strike
Feb n-At wheeling. w. Va. strikers
destroy Buckeye glass factory with dyna-
Feb. 2s-At Mononsahela city. Pa. river
miners decide 10 strike for old @-cent
Mar. GIN Pittsburgh district many coal
operators concedo advance in wage scale
As Aea 81 fri Fat T Top Coal region va
May i--M essiiion %: district miners tsO.-
suing year is made and sighed.
May Cat 81. Louis. nearly 1000 men idle
on account OF hod-carriers' and brickyard
May if-Carnegie Steel Co. advance
wages OF 1900 men 10 per cent: - -,
League, OF western Pennsylvania organ
ized. object. 70 establish S-hour day and
Jun. i5-ohio coal miners accept operat-
ors' terms OF 81 cents per ton.
out OF Mine Workers' union men and those
who have engaged IN strikes;
Jul. H-New York city tailors strike for
higher wages and shorter hours.
Jul. 2g-raiiors srike extends to Brook
iyn ami Newark.
Avg. sA M ri,sspnrgh eon' ,aa ted
OF 10000 miners IN Pennsylvania. Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
works decide 20 strike for wage advance.
Sep 19-Michignn iron ore miners return
10 work at rate offered weeks ago by OPP
Oct. I5-At ciearfield. Pa. miners de-
eide on general strike In central and north
Oct 2s-MassiIIon to.) miners vote fer de-
clnring strike on.
Nov, 2i-At whitinsville. Mass. 100
had d refused TO dIscharee Turks. - -
Dec. 1G-At New York. Brooklyn and
Jersey City, over 1900 tailors locked out
but one tied up by strike OF employees for
shorter hours and privilege OF belonging
Dec. i7--over 500 cars wrecked by Phila-
Dec. 2s-At Philadelphia street railway
strike ended through EFFORTS OF John, Wanna
maker and members OF Christian league:
strikers will be allowed 20 Join labor unions.
LyNCHINGs.
Jan. 4-Thrce horsethieves near Canton
ment. ]. T....John II. Bergeron at Idalia.
Mar. es-Ncgrc. who insiated upon riding
In wagon with white women, at Jack
Apr. 2o--Five colored persons near Green
vile, Ala; murder Of Watts.Murphy.
May 1S--Jeride Shivers (colored), near
Montgomery, Ala: assault -. Three ne
grocs near Ellaville. Fla; murder or Miss
May e7--Jacob Henson, under sentence TO
hang for murder. at Elicott City. Md.
May 29-Throe negroes in Polk county.
Jun. ei-John Frye gwhito). at Grctna.
In: inccndlarism.
Jul. 1.-Two strangers near Guthrie. o. T.;
mi Ira Johnson fcoIored). nj Green
vile, s. c.; murder. Bob Huggard fmu-
latto). at Winchester, Ky: suspected OF as
sault. but afterwards proved Innocent.
Jul. l7--Wiley Bum (colored), at Sum
mervllle. Ark; murder. Three cattle
thieves, near Chamberlain, g d..
Jul. 9o-ln race war at Brookside coal
mines. near Birmingham, Ala, sherins
aud negroes were killed, and George Hill
and Charles Jenkins (colored) lynched.
Aug. i6-Cattie thieves. known as the
Bedderly brothers, by vigilance committee,
In Buffalo county, g. ID.
Aug 26-Lawrencs Johnson, William
Null, Louis Moreno. and Garland Stemlor,
at .YrelSa. Cal; murder; latter afterwards
proved innocent. Harrison Lewis tnegro).
az Springfield, KY; murder.
Oct. 17-Willism Blake (sentenced 70 life
imprisonment, at Hampton. s. c.; murder.
Nov. 21-Charles Hurd (negro), at Wart-
burg, Tenn; murder. An Innocent negro
Cat the tins suspected OF seriously inJur-
ing a little white girl by riding horse over
HERB near Bryan. Tex.
Nov 21-Prof. Perdue (white), ut Alley.
Ga: chsrged with as assault; John Rich
Greenwood, $. c.; robbery and murder.
Jack marlborough (sentenced to. peniten-
tiary for life). at Crystal Springs. Miss
Dec. 6~Isom Kearse negro and aged
mother, near Broxton Ford, 8: c.; Kearse
WAS suspected OF stealing Bible from
Dec. i7-squlre Jones (negro) at Moulton.
Ala; charged with incendlarism.
Dec. a1--Bnrney Brown (colored) by ne
groes at Wrightsville. Ark, assault.