The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday November 20, 1887 THE CITY FINANCES. A Timely Communication of the Incapacity of the Council to Deal With Them Written by a Man Who Knows Whereof He Speaks. To the Editor of the Dubuque Herald. Although the city taxes for 1887 will not become delinquent nor bear interest until February […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday November 20, 1887 SECRET GOVERNMENT. Another Showing Up of the City Council and Its Strange Methods of Procedure. In a session of the council held not long since it was announced that a member of the police force had been discharged. In making the announcement to the city council […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday August 18, 1887 ONE TO MANY . Vociferous Complaints That Too Many Knights of Labor Hold Office Now. Last evening the office was filled at different times with complaining individuals, both male and female, who were not at all mild in their denunciation of the present park custodian and […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday July 2, 1887 A HOODWINKED COUNCIL. Refuses New Gas Charter Under a Misapprehension of the Facts. Indignation at the Action to Keep New Capital Out of the City. Deceit has been practiced upon the members of the city council to induce them to adopt a resolution refusing to give […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday June 4, 1887 The Proposition to Work Jail Prisoners on the Streets. The city council in committee of the whole has decided not to accept the proposition made to them by the supervisors to give the city the use of the prisoners confined in the county jail to work upon […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday May 29, 1887 Spreading its Wings. The Knights of Labor, originally organized to promote and defend the interests of laborers, and especially against the encroachments of grinding capital and remorseless employers, have now grown far beyond its original confines, and seek to control many things not originally contemplated when first […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Friday April 8, 1887 Why Citizens Fear the Labor Victory in Dubuque. Nothing has happened in Dubuque for that has so thoroughly frightened business men as the election of the Knights of Labor ticket on Monday last. Capital is always timid, and in this case it is all the more […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday April 7, 1887 THE CITY ELECTION. Some Outside Comments On Result. Chicago Tribune: The practical significance of yesterday’s work [in Chicago] is the example set to other cities of the way to meet the attempt to break down the barriers of law and displace the American flag by the red […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald April 6, 1887 The Labor Reform Victory in Dubuque. On Monday the labor reform ticket was elected in Dubuque from top to bottom, carrying every ward in the city and choosing every alderman. This, with the vote of the mayor, will alone give them the full control of the city council, […]