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EVENTS OF 1894. 



various offenses. France : The Chamber of Deputies 

 votes a large sum to send troops to Algiers. 



10. Pennsylvania: Coke strikers killed and wound- 

 ed in an encounter with sheriffs at Lament. State 

 troops on both sides of Ohio river harassed by 

 strikers. Nebraska: The State Supreme Court de- 

 clares the eight-hour labor law unconstitutional. 

 Washington : Coxey, Brown, and Jones released from 

 jail. 



11. Ohio: Conference of miners and operators at 

 Columbus agrees on a wage scale of 60 cents a ton in 

 Ohio and 69 cents in Pennsylvania. Continued de- 

 struction of railroad property in Ohio and Alabama. 



12. Nebraska: Meeting of the State League of Re- 

 publican Clubs at Lincoln. Morocco : Abdul Aziz 

 succeeds to the sultanship. 



13. Chicago : First quadrennial convention of the 

 American Railway Union. New York: Beginning 

 of the trial of Eras'tus Wiman for forgery. 



14. Kansas : The Populists' State Convention 

 adopts a woman's-suffrage proposition and renomi- 

 nates Gov. Lewelling. Italy : The Cabinet puts for- 

 ward a modified financial scheme, with sweeping 



15.' California : In the circuit court Judge Ross sen- 

 tences the 170 Industrials to jail for stealing. Lon- 

 don : The House of Lords again rejects the bill to le- 

 galize marriage with a deceased wife's sister. 



16. Rome : An anarchist fires 2 shots at Premier 

 Crispi. Paris : International Congress of the Amateur 

 Athletic Association. 



17. The striking miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, 

 and We*t Virginia decide to return to work. The 

 Indiana miners continue the strike. Illinois : Twen- 

 ty-three Industrials arrested at Fairfield for train 

 stealing and sent to jail. Berlin : The Emperor lays 

 the corner stone of the new cathedral. 



19. Ohio : The State Supreme Court declares un- 

 constitutional the law requiring semimonthly pay- 

 ment of wages. Wisconsin : " General " Cantweli's 

 Industrial Army captures a train and rides 200 miles. 

 Kansas : At Leaven worth, 121 ofSanders's Industrials 

 sentenced and sent to different county jails. Toronto, 

 Canada : Sixth annual convention of the International 

 Printing Pressmen's Union. 



20. Michigan : 2,000 miners on the Gogebig range 

 go on strike. New York : Twenty-eighth annual con- 

 vention of the American Society of Civil Engineers 

 at Niagara Falls. Erastus Wiman sentenced to five 

 years and six months in State Prison for forgery. 



21. Chicago: The American Railway Union ap- 

 proves the People's party and its principles in con- 

 vention. Pennsylvania : The Governor orders out 

 militia to suppress disorder in Jefferson County. 

 Illinois: Twenty-five strikers indicted by the grand 

 jury. Paris : The Chamber of Deputies' by a large 

 vote sustains the ministry in its treatment of social- 

 istic instructors in state colleges. 



22. Ohio : The State Supreme Court declares the 

 anticigarette law constitutional. Chicago : The 

 American Railway Union decides to boycott Pullman 

 cars unless the company consents to arbitration. 

 Michigan: A band of L'OO deserters from Industrial 

 armies occupy Steubenville. Russia : An attempt 

 discovered by the police to blow up the railway tram 

 on which the Emperor was traveling. Korea: Japan- 

 ese troops land in Korea, precipitating a crisis with 

 the Chinese force of occupation. 



23. Berlin : A protocol signed between England 

 and Germany regarding the African dispute. 



24. France: President Carnot assassinated by an 

 anarchist at Lyons. Vienna: A meeting of 25,000 

 socialists declares in favor of universal suffrage. 



25. St. Louis and Ludlow, Kv. : About 500 em- 

 ployees of the Pullman Company strike, in obedience 

 to orders from the American Railway Union. Buf- 

 falo, N. Y. : Sixteenth annual convention of the 

 Uniformed Catholic Knights. 



26. Denver, Col. : National Convention of the 

 League of Republican Clubs. Indiana: General re- 

 turn of coal miners to work. The boycott against 



Pullman cars goes into effect. Scotland : A bout 

 65,000 miners strike against reduction in wages. 



27. The Pullman boycott extends to all roads that 

 run into Chicago. Industrial Army disturbances are 

 thus far reported in 14 States and 2 Territories. Paris : 

 M. Casimir-Perier elected President to succeed Carnot. 



28. The President signs a bill making Labor Day 

 a national holiday. The railway strike spreads s<> as 

 to include nearly all the great railroads between the 

 Mississippi and the Pacific. Paris: President Casi- 

 mir-Perier accepts the resignation of the old ministry 

 and asks M. Burdeau to form a new Cabinet. Ottawa, 

 Canada : Opening of the Intercolonial Conference. 



29. Arrest in Philadelphia of several officials of a 

 steel company for conspiracy to perpetrate fraud 

 against the United States in gun castings. 



30., The month closes with a most threatening state 

 of affairs in the West and Northwest; violence con- 

 tinues to increase at all the strike centers. London : 

 Formal opening of the Tower bridge. 



July 1. The Federal Government takes active steps 

 to protect mails in transit through the region of dis- 

 turbance. Paris : Funeral of President Carnot. Ar- 

 rest of 50 anarchists. Arrest of 150 anarchists at 

 Rome. Sir Charles Russell succeeds Lord Coleridge 

 as Chief Justice of England. Additional Chinese troops 

 are ordered to Korea. 



2. Chicago: United States courts issue a general 

 injunction against strikers, and Federal troops are 

 ordered out. 



3. Strikers block the operation of all railroads from 

 Chicago westward. Regulars and State troops in 

 strong force ordered to the scene of action. Paris : 

 President Casimir-Perier reads his inaugural address 

 before the Chamber of Deputies. Germany : Strin- 

 gent measures adopted against anarchists. 



4. Special session of the United States grand jury 

 called at Chicago for the indictment of strike leaders. 

 Cleveland, Ohio : Dedication of soldiers' and sailors' 

 monument. 



5. Great destruction of property by rioters at Chi- 

 cago. Encounters with the militia" at Sioux City. 

 Asbury Park, N. J. : National convention in the in- 

 terest of good roads. Butte, Mont. : Riot in conse- 

 quence of display of an A. P. A sign ; several men 

 killed. Beginning of the Britannia- Vigilant yacht 

 races. Twelve anarchists arrested in Paris. 



6. Chicago: Hundreds of cars burned by rioters; 

 Gov. Altgeld protests against the intervention of 

 United States troops. London : Lord Salisbury intro- 

 duces a bill to give the Government power 'to deal 

 with anarchists and alien paupers. 



7. State troops fire on the mob at Chicago. United 

 States regulars assume control of the Northern Pacific 

 and Union Pacific Railroads. 



8. Regulars disperse a mob at Hammond, Ind., 1 

 man being killed and 4 wounded. Several labor or- 

 ganizations express sympathy with the strike at the 

 West. Italy: Severe "antianarchist measures passed 

 in the Chamber of Deputies. 



9. Chicago: Nearly 100 trades unions threaten to 

 join the strikers: the Pullman Company refuses to 

 arbitrate. 



10. Debs and others of the strike leaders arrested 

 for conspiracy at Chicago, but released on bail. Gen- 

 eral call upon all Knights of Labor to strike. United 

 States regulars start for Sacramento, Cal.. which has 

 been for several days under mob rule. Railroad serv- 

 ice slowly resumed' at Chicago. 



11. Master-workman Sovereign's appeal to the 

 Knights of Labor generally ignored. About 1 ">.<>(><> 

 members of allied trades strike in Chicago, but with- 

 out serious results. Strikers wreck a train at Sacra- 

 mento, Cal., killing the engineer and 3 soldiers, and 

 injuring others. "Cleveland, Ohio: National Con- 

 vention of the Young People's Society of Christian 

 Endeavor. 



12. The military authorities consider the strike 

 practically at an end as regards its dangerous ele- 

 ments. Commodore Carpenter is detailed to succeed 

 Admiral Skerrett in command of the Asiatic squad- 



