Events January–March January 1 Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. January 2 – A. L. Drummond of New York is appointed Chief of the Treasury Secret Service. January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a declaration regarding the famine in the western counties of Ireland. January 5 The Australian shearers' strike, that leads indirectly to the foundation of the Australian Labor Party, begins. A fight between the United States and Indians breaks out near Pine Ridge agency. Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, is sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. A fight between railway strikers and police breaks out at Motherwell, Scotland. January 6 – Encounters continue, between strikers and the authorities at Glasgow. January 7 General Miles' forces surround the natives in the Pine Ridge Reservation. Secretary Tracy relieves Commander Reiter of his ship, on account of the Barrundia Affair. The International Monetary Conference meets in Washington DC. January 8 – Lieutenant Casey of the United States Army is killed by native Americans, at Pine Ridge. January 9 – The great shoe strike in Rochester, New York is called off. January 10 – in France, the Irish Nationalist leaders hold a conference at Boulogne. The French government promptly takes loan. January 11 3,000 natives approach Pine Ridge with a view to surrender. Mahoning Valley, Ohio, sixteen blast furnaces shut down, putting 10,000 men out of work. Railroads and coke companies forced to lower prices. January 12 Canada brings suit before the United States Supreme Court in re-seizures of vessels in the Bering Sea. St. Mary's Cathedral dedicated in San Francisco. January 13 – In California, Leland Stanford (Rep.) re-elected Senator. January 14 – Conference of Native American chiefs with General Miles at Pine Ridge Reservation, the natives agree to surrender. January 15 – Scottish railway strikers attempt to wreck a train near Greenock, Scotland. January 16 – The Chilean Civil War of 1891 breaks out. January 17 – George Bancroft dies at Washington DC at age 91, all government buildings flying flags lower to half mast until after the funeral. January 19 General Miles officially announces the end of the native outbreak and congratulates his troops. A British squadron ordered to Chile. January 20 – Jim Hogg