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EVENTS OF 1892. 



nominates Gen. James B. Weaver, of Iowa, and 

 James G. Field, of Virginia, for President and Vice- 

 President. Ireland : A Parnellite excursion train 

 narrowly escapes wreck at the hands of political 

 opponents. 



5. Homestead, Pa. : The Carnegie works under 

 guard ; strikers resist deputy sheritfs. 



6. Homestead, Pa. : An attempted re-enforcement of 

 the Carnegie works by Pinkerton men is resisted, 11 

 strikers and 9 Pinkertons killed, many wounded. 

 Lynchings and attempted lynchings in several 

 States; 3 men shot in Jacksonville, Fla. Ireland: 

 Tercentenary of Dublin University. 



7. New York: Convention of Christian Endeavor 

 Societies in Madison Square Garden. Buffalo: 

 Strikers resort to violence in the lumber yards. 



8. Charlestown, Mass. : Nine convicts escape from 

 the State Prison through a sewer. 



10. Homestead, Pa. : A division of the Pennsylvania 

 National Guard ordered out to keep the peace. 



11. Idaho: Fighting between union and non-union 

 miners in the Cceur d'Alene district; several men 

 killed and wounded, and a mill blown up. Paris : 

 Execution of Kavachol, an anarchist bomb-thrower 

 and murderer. 



12. Idaho: Federal troops ordered to the scene of 

 the mining disturbances. Paducah, Ky. : Encounter 

 between a sheriffs posse and armed negroes ; a 

 deputy sheriff shot. Mexico: President Diaz re- 

 elected without opposition. 



13. The Cosur d'Alene strikers resist the advance 

 of United States troops. Frankfort, Ky. : A white 

 murderer forcibly taken from jail and lynched. 



14. Pittsburg, Pa. : About 3,000 men strike in sym- 

 pathy with the Homestead movement. Martial law 

 proclaimed in the vicinity of Homestead, also in the 

 Coeur d'Alene region. Detroit: Young People's 

 Union of America (Baptist) meet in convention. 



15. Saratoga: Convention of the National Educa- 

 tional Association. Bridges blown up by strikers in 

 Idaho. England: Orme wins the Eclipse stakes at 

 Sandown Park. 



16. The President issues a proclamation, ordering 

 all riotous persons in Idaho to return to their homes ; 

 about 400 strikers are under military arrest. Profile 

 House, N. H. : Meeting of the American Pharmaceu- 

 tical Association. Koine : The Pope issues a Colum- 

 bus encyclical. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, 

 chosen cnairman of the Eepublican National Com- 

 mittee. 



17. Idaho : Martial law more rigidly enforced in 

 the Cosur d'Alene region. 



18. Arrest of Homestead strikers charged with 

 murder. Dresden : Seventh Congress of the German 

 Chess Association. 



19. Washington : The Secretary of State announces 

 the satisfactory settlement of all claims against Chili 

 for the attack on United States seamen in Valparaiso. 

 England: Election returns announced, Liberal ma- 

 jority 42. 



20. New York : The Democratic candidates formal- 

 ly notified of their honors at a mass meeting. 



21. The President designates Oct. 21 as a nation- 

 al holiday the four hundredth anniversary of the 

 discovery of America; he appoints Andrew D. 

 White, minister to Russia. William F. Harrity, of 

 Pennsylvania, chosen chairman of the Democratic 

 National Committee. 



22. Duquesne, 111. : Seven hundred steel workers 

 strike in sympathy with the Homestead movement. 

 Honduras closed to foreign commerce. 



23. Pittsburg: Alexander Bergman, an anarchist, 

 enters the office of H. C. Frick, superintendent of the 

 Carnegie works, and attempts to kill him. 



24. Redding, Cal. : Two stage robbers and murder- 

 ers lynched by a mob. 



26. Homestead, Pa. : Part of the State troops with- 

 drawn. 



27. New York : The steamer City of Paris arrives 

 from Queenstown in five days, fifteen hours, fifty-eight 

 minutes, being the quickest passage on record. 



30. The President issues a proclamation, ordering- 

 the Wyoming rioters to disperse. 



31. bpain: Celebration at Cadiz of the discovery 

 of America. 



August 1. Homestead, Pa.: It is announced that 

 Private lams will bring suit against his superior offi- 

 cers for cruel treatment. Washington : The President 

 signs the eight-hour act (see LEGISLATION). Russia: 

 Riots in the cholera districts against suspected phy- 

 sicians, troops called out, sixty killed, several hundred 

 wounded. England : Visit of the German Emperor. 



2. Indianapolis : Annual convention of the Catholic 

 Total Abstinence Union. California: Monument un- 

 veiled at Mare Island Navy Yard in honor of 15 sea- 

 men killed by an explosion in April (see DISASTERS). 

 Spain : Four hundredth anniversary of the sailing of 

 Columbus celebrated at Palos. 



3. New Hampshire : Bronze statue of John P. Hale 

 unveiled at Concord. Pittsburg : Several officials of 

 the Carnegie company arrested on charge of murder 

 in connection with the recent strikes. The steam- 

 ship Teutonic makes the longest day's run on record, 

 528 miles. 



4. Duquesne, Iowa: Strikers use violence at the 

 Carnegie works; the Sixteenth Regiment restores 

 order. Wisconsin : Saw-mill hands strike for a ten- 

 hour day. 



5. Congress adjourns fine die. New York : The 

 State Supreme Court declares the new apportionment 

 unconstitutional. Michigan : Special meeting of the 

 Legislature to reapportion the State. The Mississippi 

 River Commission has $10,000,000 at its disposal. 



7. Canada: The Dominion Cabinet removes the 

 canal tolls, favoring Montreal. France : A depart- 

 mental election shows a Republican gain of 195. 



8. Colorado : Conclave of Knights Templar at 

 Denver. Strikes of mill hands in Duquesne, Iowa, 

 and of the building trades in New York declared off. 

 Montana: National encampment of the Sons of Vet- 

 erans at Helena. St. Louis, Mo. : Convention of the 

 Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. England: 

 The address from the throne read in Parliament. 



10. Africa: The French begin their advance 

 against the Kingdom of Dahomey. 



11. It is announced that Chili has agreed to the es- 

 tablishment of a claims commission. Boston : Launch 

 of United States cruiser Marblehead (2,000 tons). 

 Great Britain : The ministry resigns as a result of the 

 general election, and Mr. Gladstone becomes Prime- 

 Minister. 



12. Helena, Mont. : Meeting of the military order 

 of the Sons of Veterans, Marvin E. Hill, commander 

 in chief. 



13. Tracy City, Tenn. : Riot of miners directed 

 against convict labor. Mystic, Conn. : Convention of 

 the Peace Union', Alfred H. Love chosen president. 

 Chickasaw nation : Jonas Wood, a full-blood Indian, 

 elected Governor. 



14. Buffalo : Railroad switchmen strike for higher 

 wages and a ten-hour day. Philadelphia: Interment of 

 boatswain's mate Riggin, killed last year at Valpa- 

 raiso. 



15. Two regiments of New York State troops or- 

 dered to Buffalo to repress riotous switchmen, $100,- 

 000 damage already done. Tennessee : Convict miners 

 and their guards forcibly expelled from Inman. 

 Rochester, N. Y. : Meeting of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science. England : Mr. 

 Gladstone, new Premier, makes his first official visit 

 to the Queen. Canada : The Dominion Cabinet de- 

 cides to terminate the canal tolls system. 



16. Washington : Eighth annual meeting, Society 

 of American Florists. Mount Sterling, Ky. : A noted 

 desperado taken from jail and hanged by a mob. 



17. Oliver Springs, Tenn. : Convict miners and their 

 guards forcibly expelled ; the Governor calls out State 

 troops. Buffalo, N. Y. : The Fourth Brigade of the 

 National Guard is on duty to preserve order. Albany, 

 N. Y. : Meeting of the Catholic Y'oung Men's National 

 Union. Ellensburg, Wash. : Three highwaymen mur- 

 derers captured by vigilantes and hanged. England : 



