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Richard Olney
Richard Olney 1835-1917, American cabinet member, b. Oxford, Mass. He was a successful Boston lawyer and had served briefly in the state legislature before President Cleveland appointed him to his cabinet. As Attorney General (1893-95), he obtained an injunction against the strikers in the Pullman... Read more
Pullman strike
Pullman strike in U.S. history, an important labor dispute. On May 11, 1894, workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago struck to protest wage cuts and the firing of union representatives. They sought support from their union, the American Railway Union (ARU), led by Eugene V. Debs , and... Read more

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Olney, Richard
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law OLNEY, RICHARD In the late nineteenth century, the Massachusetts-born attorney Richard Olney exerted a powerful influence over domestic...confines its interposition." — Richard Olney Olney left office in 1897 at the end... Read more
Richard Olney
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Richard Olney Richard Olney (1835-1917) served as U.S. attorney...under President Grover Cleveland. Richard Olney, Massachusetts-born, was from an...service. Further Reading Henry James, Richard Olney and His Public Service (1923), is... Read more
Pullman strike
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...out of Chicago came to a halt. When the railroad owners asked the federal government to intervene, Attorney General Richard Olney, a director of the Burlington and Santa Fe railroads, obtained (July 2) a court injunction. On July 4, President Cleveland... Read more
Debs, In Re
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...the mails, the association urged federal intervention. Attorney General Richard Olney , fearing the violence of a large strike, came to the association's aid...Injunctions and Equitable Remedies ; Labor ; Lower Federal Courts . Richard F. Hamm Read more
Blatchford, Samuel
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States ...in severely limited circumstances. Blatchford, the son of Richard M. Blatchford, a prominent Whig lawyer and legislator, and...During the Court's formal memorial service Attorney General Richard Olney said of Blatchford, “If he was not brilliant, he was... Read more
Pullman Strike and Boycott
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...intervened, sending troops to restore order. Attorney General Richard Olney (himself on the board of several railroads ) secured an injunction...Carl Smith , Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief , 1995. Richard Schneirov, Shelton Stromquist, and Nick Salvatore, eds., The... Read more
John Peter Altgeld
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Pullman cars. President Cleveland's attorney general, Richard Olney (formerly a railroad lawyer), struck back early in July...to maintain order, as he had in earlier strikes. But Olney and Cleveland ignored Altgeld and sent Federal troops... Read more
Pullman Strike
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...the request for troops. In July, U.S. attorney general richard olney, who supported the GMA, issued a broad injunction called...workers were read the indictment and refused to disperse, Olney obtained a federal court injunction holding the workers... Read more
Attorney General
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...Jefferson & Madison William Pinkney 1811-1814 Madison Richard Rush 1814-1817 Madison William Wirt 1817-1829 Monroe &...1885-1889 Cleveland William H.H. Miller 1889-1893 Harrison Richard Olney 1893-1895 Cleveland Judson Harmon 1895-1897 Cleveland Joseph... Read more
Harmon, Judson
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...governor and the state Democratic party reaped rewards. In June 1895, President Cleveland appointed Harmon to succeed richard olney as attorney general of the United States. In this office, Harmon established a national reputation as a lawyer. As... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Richard Olney"

Olney Corollary
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History OLNEY COROLLARY OLNEY COROLLARY. On 20 July...Guiana, Secretary of State Richard Olney told the British to submit...Venezuela was not consulted. Olney's claim to supremacy in...1984. Eggert, Gerald G. Richard Olney: Evolution of a Statesman... Read more
Olney-Pauncefote Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History OLNEY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY OLNEY-PAUNCEFOTE TREATY. The Olney-Pauncefote Treaty was an accord resulting from Anglo-Americ...arbitration. It was drafted primarily by Secretary of State Richard Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambassador to the... Read more
In Re Debs
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...U.S. 564 (1895). Influenced by his attorney general, Richard Olney, and convinced that the Pullman strike of June –...had proved of little value in controlling monopoly and Olney himself considered it useless, he asked and secured from... Read more
The Pullman Strike and Boycott (June, 1894)
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...throughout much of the country virtually ceased. Desperate, railroad owners turned to United States Attorney General Richard Olney, director of the Burlington and Santa Fe lines, who quickly issued a blanket injunction declaring the strike illegal... Read more
Income Tax Cases
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the Supreme Court to overthrow the Hylton and Springer precedents. Defenders of the tax, including Attorney General Richard Olney, warned the Court not to interfere in a divisive political issue. On 8 April the Court delivered a partial decision... Read more
Intervention
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...proclaimed their right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere. During the Venezuela boundary dispute, Secretary of State Richard Olney claimed on 20 July 1895, "The United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the... Read more
American Railway Union
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...General Managers Association, a coalition of twenty-four railroads, acting in close collaboration with Attorney General Richard Olney. In July 1894, a week after the boycott began, government attorneys persuaded federal judges to grant an injunction... Read more

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Committees of The Florida Bar.
Magazine article from: Florida Bar Journal; 6/1/2000; 700+ words ; Admiralty Law Certification The Admiralty Law Certification Committee is composed of Vice Chair Patricia Olney and Andrew W. Anderson, Richard J. McAlpin, Michael J. McHale, Joseph P. Milton, Christian D. Keedy, Andrew L. Waks, and Allen K. Von Spiegelfeld... Read more
Poet's unique artefacts are a [pounds sterling]250,000 bargain.
Newspaper article from: Milton Keynes Citizen (Milton Keynes, England); 7/6/2006; 431 words ; ...including many to his friend John Newton, the curate at Olney Church, who famously wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. There...for additional items. The collection was offered to the Olney museum following the recent death of Miss Barham Johnson...lived with his companion Mrs Unwin at the Market Place in Olney ... Read more
Weekend of events for abolitionists.
Newspaper article from: Milton Keynes Citizen (Milton Keynes, England); 4/19/2007; 223 words ; OLNEY will be holding a full weekend of events to celebrate the...there will be a number of talks, lunch and a walking tour of Olney. And in the evening the 70-strong Todd Murray singers and...Brian Edwards, who will explore Newton's life and ministry in Olney, and Robert Watson, a descendant of the Rev ... Read more
Barnett leads the way for Wellingborough.
Newspaper article from: Northants Evening Telegraph (Kettering, England); 3/4/2008; 309 words ; ...29 when finishing ahead of Richard Smith (17.48) with Bruce Lovell...Mel Newbery won in 18.34 from Olney's Juliette Minter (19.12...Tim Walsh (27th in 45.00). Richard Sumpter (BTF) won in 34.41...behind Ely's Ian Day (53.19) as Olney's Phil Holland won in 52.41...finisher in 10th place was ... Read more
Glider pilot trapped after crash-landing.
Newspaper article from: Milton Keynes Citizen (Milton Keynes, England); 6/1/2006; 132 words ; ...crashing into a hedge in a farmer's field. Luckily the pilot Richard Brickwood was not injured in the crash, but was only rescued after carpenter Richard Gennis heard about the accident when he visited Hyde Farm, in Olney. Mr Gennis said: He landed on a field downhill with the wind... Read more
Once and future city.(20 Years that Changed Los Angeles)(panel discussion of intellectuals on Los Angeles, CA, as a world metropolis)(Panel Discussion)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...attorney and former aide to Mayor Richard Riordan; Virginia Postrel, editor...discussion was moderated by Warren Olney, host of KCRW-FM 89.9's Which...Times Tonight. - Ann Donahue Olney: What do you think has been...government or a single downtown. Olney: Is that a paradigm of the modern... Read more
Centenarian is link to Clara Barton; Family home is filled with history.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 7/9/2008; 700+ words ; ...She is also Great-great-aunt Clara. May Olney White, the great-great-niece of Clara...Anna Gertrude Stafford, married Guy W. Olney, who worked for Howard Brothers, an Oxford...family, which includes Oxford native Richard Olney, who was secretary of state and attorney...children: retired art ... Read more
Learned DAR celebrates 100th year.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 6/3/2007; 700+ words ; ...1913 and will recognize May Olney White, a 70-year member of...members for the coming year: Richard P. Langevin, commander; Paul...members for the coming year: Richard P. Langevin, commander; Maurice...Earl Bellville, Ed Mulhurn and Richard Purinton. A service officer... Read more
Bringing home slave trade story.
Newspaper article from: Milton Keynes Citizen (Milton Keynes, England); 3/22/2007; 425 words ; ...Amazing Grace sung by a choir at St Peter and St Paul's Church, Olney, will have added poignancy this Sunday. For it will be the...will be one of many events held over the year to commemorate Olney's connection with the ending of the transatlantic slave trade...directed by Michael Apted, due out at the cinema ... Read more