Railway Strike at New York. London, August 12
The Knights of Labor have ordered the employes of the New York Central Railway to go on strike. Eighteen thousand men have accordingly struck, and all freight trains have…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Railway Strike in Ireland. London, August 10
A majority of the men employed on the Dublin, Wicklow, and Woxford railway have gone on strike. The train service is, however, working fairly well,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Poetry. Only a Tramp
"It's only a tramp!" the bearers said, A[?] they carelessly turned away, And spake with a jest of the unknown dead; Then the corridors echoed their heavy tread…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Verbose Tramp."
"I saw on article in your paper the other day," said the tramp no he reached the editorial f[?]or—"an article about the verbose tramp. I want an explanation. Haw did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dastardly Outrage in America. a Train Wrecked by Robbers. London, August 16
A chocking outrage is reported from the United States. A gang of robbers laid a plan for wrecking a passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, with the object of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Deniliquin and Jerilderie Railway
The railway examiners, Messrs Giliatt and Alexander, who are at present in the Murray district collecting evidence respecting the construction of this and other lines (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Carriage of Wool. Proposed New Tariff
The Victorian Railway Department has for some time past been considering the question of a rearrangement of goods rates charged on the various lines of the colony, and the prices…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Railway Strike in Wales. Work Resumed. London, August 15
Work has been resumed on the railways in South Wales. It is calculated that the strike has caused the sacrifice of wages amounting to £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Proposed Railway Through Africa. London, August 14
M. Ribot, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, is examining a scheme which has been submitted to him for the construction of a railway way right through Africa, from Algeria to…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →A Russian Railway Loan. London, August 16
The Russian Government is negotiating for a loan of £15,000,000 for the construction of new railways…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The New York Railway Strike. London, August 12
The strike on the New York Central Railway is virtually ended, as the employes have refused to obey the orders of the Knights of Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Visit of the N.s.w. Railway Examiners to Echuca
On Saturday Messrs Gilliatt and Alexander, the New South Wales Railway examiners, who arrived at Moama several days since to collect evidence in reference to the proposed Jerilderie…
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“I am stranger in this town,” said a man with a fur cap on, as he entered a New Haven station-house the other day. “Well ?” queried the sergeant. “ Well, I…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disasters in the United States. a Cyclone and a Railway Collision. Large Loss of Life. London, August 20
A cyclone has occurred in Pennsylvania, by which 200 houses have been wrecked and 20 persons killed. The damage done is estimated at a million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Railway Strike in New York. a Serious Outlook. London, August 21
Mr. Powderly, the grandmaster workman of the Knights of Labor, has attempted to bring about a settlement of the strike on the New York Central Railway, but has been…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Railway Examiners
Messrs Gilliatt and Alexander took evidence during the week from several of the business men of the town, and the text of the opinions given and the information afforded will be found below…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapse of a Railway Strike. London, August 30
The strike commenced by the switchmen employed in the railway stockyards at Chicago has collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The American Railway Difficulties. the Strike on the Illinois Railway. London, August 27
The strike of the employes on the Illinois Central Railways is spreading to other lines. All the railway companies at Chicago are determined to resist the demands of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Victorian Railway Policy. London, August 20
The Financial News condemns the railway proposals of Mr. Gillies, and approves of the criticism on them which have appeared in The Argus. It declares that the increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Hay-deniliquin Railway
The Public Works Examiners, Messrs Alexander and Gillistt, who are visiting the district for the purpose of inquiring on the merits of the proposed line from Hay to…
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