TEE OREGON SCOUT
JONES A: CHANCEY, Publishers.
UNION,
OREGON,
A MESSAGE AND RErOItT.
Tlio President Semi to Contrrot tlio
Civil Service Annual.
J ho president sent to congress on the
lath tho tlnnl nnntiul report of tlio civil
crvico commission, together with tho fol
Jowing message:
I'-tKctrrivH Mansion, Morch 20. To tho
Coimto iind House of Representatives:
transmit herewith tho report of the civil
service commission for tho year ended on
tholCth doy of January Inst. The ox
Inbit thus made of tho operations of tho
eomtiitsniouund Ihonccoiiiit thus presented
f the rrsultn following tlio execution of tho
rlvll service law cannot fail to demonstrate
JlH usefulness nnd strengthen the conviction
that this scheme for reform in tho motlioda
(ii administrating tho government is no
longer nn experiment. Wherever this re
form hns gained a fo thold it hns steadily
advanced in tho esteem o those chained
villi public administrative duties, while tlio
people who (ICHiro good government have
constantly been confirmed in their high
estimate of iln high valuo and clllclenry.
Willi the benefits it hiiH already ticcured to
Ihu public Hcrvlco plainly apparent and
with its promise of increased usefulneHS
easily appreciated, thiscatisn is commended
to the liberal euro a ml jealous protection of
congress. Guoviut Ci.i:vi:i,a.np.
Tlio report Hays tho wholo nuinbur of
persons examined under llio eomuiiiiiion
during the year has been 7,(102. Of whom
t!,872 were) mules and 7.'10 wrro females.
I ho whole titimhor thus oxamlned sluco
the net wan passed has been 17,101 of
those examined, Icsb than two-thirds suc
ceeded, Tlio wliolo number of appoint
iimnta mado during tlio past year from
those examined limj been 1,870, each for a
probationary period of six months. If to
thoso wo add 2,.'110, tho number mado
during tho previous eighteen months under
the rules, it shows that 4,170 lmvo been
appointed in two years. Kvcry ono of the
nxnipiuutloiis have been open to all alike,
without regard to political or religious
opinions. About ,000 republican" ami
-',000 democrats, have secured places In
tho public servico under tho civil sorvico
net. Tlio report stales that political us
ncKsmoiits havo boon in a considerable
ineasuro siipprcsseil. Solieltatlon and
pressure for appointments have been greatly
limited. Members of congrcsH havo boon
rclelved from such annoyance. Tliu report
concludes with thostutcmcnt tlm.t thocom
inisslon has had at all tltnos tlio cordial
nupport of tho president and his cabinet.
CRAWFORD WAS ASSASSINATED.
JMeut. ITImiM Nay tlio Mexican Killed
IIIh Commander.
Tucson (Ariz.) dispatch: Lieut. Maus
bus mado a supplemental rcnort in refer
jenco to the murder of Capt. Crawford by
fnvtMI fr.m.iu tt'titnl, Ihiu 1....t ...... I- J .
jAViishlngton. Tho report contains his own
statement, Lieut. Shipp's, Mr. Horn's and
that of tho hospital-steward, all of the
jwhito men present at tho time. Tho at
,tnck occurred at daylight. Cant. Craw
,ford wore his undress uniform; Maus wore
a lung United Stntos uniform. Lieut. Maim
ways ho was within ten yards of the Moxl
cans when talking. Horn says that while
tun JHoxirnus were talking they worn send
ing men quietly around to occupy tho hills,
where hcouih lunl nrtunutoly gathered
ivuuu uniting to iioru one oi mo Mexicans
suddenly raised his gun and shut him in
the arm.
I The hospital stownrd says that whllo he
,uuii ins illicit turned a JMoxicnn lircd two
shots at Him at closo range. The Mexicans
(refused to answor any of their cries until
tho m'outs killed four of the Mexicans ho-
jforo Mai.s could restrain them, from the
top of the hill. Tliu .Mexicans condescend
ed to respond to Horn, who went outalono
to unit io iiioin.
One of tlioMoxIrnnsHuld tohlm: "II you
Americans haven't hud enough wo will give
'von anoiner light. " The story that tho
Mexicans had been following tho track oi
jtuo uiiricnhuns Is false. Their trail came
,in from the south and the Mexican trail
from the north, and Maus marched back
jover tho Mexican trail, ho that ho can
provo beyond contradiction that tho Mex
ican Htory is false. Maus showed a letter
'to Crnwfilid hi Spanish from tho president
of Siilmarilia felling Crawford where In
.illun trails had hist boon seen, etc., and yet
Jitter all that they kept Maus n prisoner in
their camp until six government mules had
been paid as rausppi. Lieut. Maus, in his
statement, buys: "Crawford was assassinated."
POLITICAL AND OTHER NOTES.
Senator Sawyer, at the age of seventeen,
purchased from hlsfatherfor f ""1)0 the lies
(loin then generally given yjig men
twenty-one.
Representative Brecklnrideo, of Ken
tucky, In not yet forty-nino years old, but
am ncavy nair and beard aro snowy white
n inmiiy innrmity.
It taken tho greater part of tho time of
two clerks, one a stenographer, to answer
ucncrai tiogan's letters, wiiicli como from
nil parts of the country.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, Is depicted as
one of the happy looking senators. It was
of him, when a representative, that another
member, who was witty when drunk, ro
marked: "I'dgivea great deal to bo aswiso
as Allison looks."
At the Khodo Island republican statocon
ventlon, George Poabody Wcttnore, of
Newport, was nominated for governor;
Kl.vsiiH Darling, of I'awt ticket, for lieuten
ant governor, and Joshua M. Addoinan, of
Providence, for sccretaiy of state.
I Senator Fryo has received n letter from a
prominent member of tho Canadian parlia
ment asking that the Dominion bo Included
in tlio bill for the congress of nations. It
states that should tho Kuglish government
muse consent, men Lanuda would cut
loose from Grent llritnin.
Governor Ireland, of Texas, hns issued
a pioclamiition warning all persons, who
soever they may be, engaged In any of tho
unlawful acts In connection with tho strike.
that they aro entailing on themselves d Is-
aster and ruin, and that offended and out
raged justice may sooner or later overtake
and imnlsh them unless thev nroinotlv
cense their lawlessness. Ho appeals to the
law-abiding pconlo throughout the state to
aid the civil olllcers in restoring ordi-r and
m executing the laws and in discountenanc
ing in every way thonbnonniil condition.
Washington special: Prominent demo
crat am discussing tho probnblo action of
tho president on the Ulalr, Willis, or somo
other educational bill should ono pnss con
gress during this session and go to him for
Ills approval. .Many men who have talked
to the president unon the subient. nv t.lint
ho would not sign tho Ubiir bill, nor the
Willis bill, which Is similar but imnro.
printes about onothird less monov. Tim
president bolioves it unconstitutional to
tnko money out of the general treasury for
mu purpose oi encouraging education in
the states, bocauso ho believes itisundor
Uio constitution a stato matter.
SKKI0US IF NOT FATAL.
k Nebraska ITInn Attempt to ITIurdcr
III Untlro I'mullr.
Loup City special to the Omaha Bee:
Yesterday our town was thrown into a
fever of excitement over tho news that a
man named George A. CaUn had shot his
wife, son and daughter, vho reside In tho
western portion of this county. In this ago
of tragedies of course full crcdcnco was
given to tho report. Later In the evening,
however, when tho would-bo murderer waa
brought to town, tho truo state of facts
were found to bo as follows: Cation, who
hnd been keeping aloof from his family for
some years, returned from Omaha that
morning, and after eating breakfast in his
tinwelromo homo declared war by shooting
liis wilo through tho left breast, putting a
bu'let through his son's eni, and by send
ing a deadly misslvediincingalong tin-sculp
of hir. d lighter. Ho tired several other
shots witliout effect. In tlio meantime tho
son grabbed u friendly shotgun and held tit
old man at buy until nssistanco arrivo
Tho mother is seriously wounded, but ho
are entertained of her recovery. Tr
theory is that the wr tch intended to miir
der tho entire family and then kill himself
AN'OTiii;it vimsto.v ov tub afpaik.
Last night tho stage-driver from Leo's
Park brought the news of what wilfprnb
ably provo a fatal shooting affair which
occurred near that phico. Tlio particulars,
as stated by him, aro as follows: On a.
farm about two miles this sidu of Leo's
Park lived George Collin and family, con-
hinting of a son, aged 10, and a daughter,
aged 18.. Tho fatlior is a liard drinker, ami
Tuesday last somo trouble n rose, the pur
ticulars of which wo did not learn. T,'ri
exasperated him nnd ho shot his wifo
through the left side, nnd not satisfied with
this murderous work boat her over tho
ho d with a club and left her for dead. Ha
then turned on his children and fired three
shots, ono of which clipped tlio boy's ear
nnd another grazed the girl's temple. Tho
plucky boy grappled with his father,
knocked him down with a club, nnd suo
ceeded in binding him before assistance u(
rived. Collin was brought to this city and
locked up, nnd a physlclnn sent to attoud
the wounded lady. At lastreports she was
still alive, but no hopo for her recovery.
Collin hns long had a bad reputation.
Somo time ngo his family made complaint
that thoy wcro in fear of their lives, but no
attention was paid to them. Talk ol
lynching Is freely indulged in.
REPLY TO VICE PRESIDENT II0XIE. GOULD COMES TO THE FRONT.
Tlie Knllit ofljabor Como IIcToro tlio
l'llbllc In u Clrculnr.
The Knights of Labor havo put forth tho
following statement In reply to IL M,
IIoxlo's letter to tho governors of Missouri
and Kansas:
In responso to the nronosltion contained
hi a note written by Air. Hoxle by tho gov
ernors 01 Kansas and .Missouri, and also
the reply of Mr. lloxio to tho governors we
wish to stato:
First That while In conference in Kansas
City we were sent forby the governors, and
out of respect for them, a committee wa-j
appointed consisting of employes of tho
Gould roads only, which mot with them
and by request stated the causo of tho
present withdrawal of active labor from
tho Gould Southwest system. On their
suggestion these gentlemen agreed to seo
.Mr. Iloxie and attempt a settlement if no-
sible. It wns agreed in deference to their
wislies tliat wo should submit to them all
our grievances with tho understanding that
tney wouui arrange n meeting between -Mr,
Ho.iannd ourselves. They desired ner
mission to settle as best thev could on niv
understanding that wo would abido by their
.I.,-1 !.... 'P.. 11.:- .1 , .r
uiii.Kmai aw iiuu tjuiuijrruu unless wo
were lirst permitted to nns on tho terms
01 seicierpent. itn mis understandim? v nw lw.i.vi, i.r,,,,- nnmiHw
we consented to theirintorposition between and the olllcers of this company Tor tho
Mr. -loxie and ourselves. Mr..Hoxio re- tmrnoso of submitting to nibitration by a
III Heplr to I'owdcrlr nnA til .Tie 11
Supposed to bo Subject to III
Order. .
Tho following is the text of tho corre
spondence which passed botween thegencral
executive board of tho Knights of Labor
and Jny Gould:
Nobi.b Onncn op Kniohts of L.uion op
Ameuica, Officb op tub Gk.veiui. Scene
taiiy, Piiii.ADBi.rniA, March 27. Jay
Gould: Sir Tho gcnernl executive board
would be plopped to have an interview with
you at your convenience to-day for the pur
pose of submitting tho southwest dilllcul
ties to n committee of seven for arbitra
tion, three of the committeo to be ap
pointed by yourself and tlirso by the gen
eral executive board, tho six to select the
seventh member of the committee, tlio deci
sion in the mntter to be flnnl. Should this
proposition bo acceptable we will at once
issiiH an order for the men to return to
work. Uy order of the general executive
board. rncncnicK TtritNCit,
Secretary of the Hoard.
Mwsorwi Pacific Railroad Co., Xbw
YoitK, March 27. Frederick Turner. Km.,
Secretary, Philadelphia. DcnrtSir: I have
your note of this date proposing an inter-
between your cxccutivo committee
PATRICK EGAN EXPOSTULATES.
The l'rcMdcut of tlio I.eiiyiia Ileuoiin
co tlio I'nrliiiiiioutnry Aid
Akoclutloii,
Thcro Is considerable speculation and
much feeling in all parts of tho country
over tho claim mado that tho Parliament
ary Ald"bnoclutlon Is a part and has the
sumo objects In view as tho Irish National
league. Tho following from tho president ot
tho lengtmlh America to tho president of the
Jocnl branch of tho lcaguo at Columbus,
Ohio, has been recolved.
Lincouv, Neb., March 23. William .1.
Klliott. Columbus, O.; In reply to vour
i-otpiest lor my opinion regarding tinPar
llamentry Aid aHsuciatlon, which proposes
tu hold a meeting in your city, 1 liavo no
limitation In saying that, whlloinanv pur
suns hare taken part with the houent in
tention of helplm: Mr. Parnell, the main
object of tho prime iiiouts, and notably
of thu person who is described as its origi
nator, vi tw to gratify personal spite and
jenlousy, and to endeavor, if possible, to
destroy the unity and harmony which tho
Irish National league has so sedulously
labored to bring about, among tho Irish
raro in America, and which It has in such a
largo ineasuro accomplished. Thank God,
tho machinations of the intriguers have ut
terly failed. Tho Irish National league ol
America embraces in Its ranks every
honest eloinont ot Irisli nationality in
America, and any man who would attempt
to disrupt It, and especially at tho present
crisis, should 1h branded as a greater trai
tor to Ireland than a Cor.ydon or a Carey.
Patiiick Kuan.
Near Heading, l'a., a few mornings ugo,
Mrs. Henry Kruuke, In attempting; to kindle u
tire with coal oil, cuiiM-d u explosion which
Mattered the blazing lluld on her two chlldreu
ami tired tho prcmlkes. Mm, Fruuku ran to a
cisturii, Juiuhx1 In nud wut drowned, and tho
children were fatally burned before omittance
arrived.
in the suit of th6aiInTsoexpelKd from
Kureka, Cal, to rvcavcr $75,000 damage
to property nnd ?G7,000 for loss ot busl
nwm, JudK Sawyer, of tho United States
circuit court granted a motion to strike
out tho latter claim. This practically code
tho milt, as uo property was Injured by
JUtttolOB.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
ratenta havo been Issued to tho follow
lug: Lester IL Gear, Mentor, Iowa, moiiso
trap; William K. Goorgo and 11. Harney
Harlan, Iowa, stock wagon; Charles C.
Milium, Kldora, Iowa, (ten) construction
of wooden buildings, flro proof floor navo
meiit, tire prool pusland column, lire proof
Hour mid ceiling, outer wall of buildings.
roof, lloor, arch, construction of lire proof
uoors ami ceinngM, and electrical subway;
iiarian iioogcM, iseoia, lowa, grain welgli
lug ami ileliverbig apparatus; 10. A. Ifnrn
bast, Oskafoosa, Iowa, billiard talilo
leveler; 1' endemic H. Richardson, Union
town, lowa, washing machine; John M
Shuck, Des Moines, ben hive; Harver M.
Wilson, I'ullerton, Neb., pipe wrench;
liimes II. oodwivrd, buward, .nob,, olec
trio belt.
Representative Forney has been directed
by tho house committeo on militia to re
port favorably tlio senate bill Increasing
tho annual appropriation for militia, but
the committee lias reduced tho amount to
5-100,000 per annum. Several members of
tho committee, while favoring tho report.
when tho bill is 1 cached in tlio house, will
endeavor to havo tho amount restored to
(100,0110, us provided for in tho senate,
bill. Tho committee directed Mr. Forney
to report favorably the bill introduced by
Mr. Cox, iiiithoilzing tlm secretary of war.
upon application of thogovernors of states
to detail army olllcers to instruct tho mill
tin in military tactics.
Tho house committee on elections linn
fixed upon a time when effort will bo mado
to impose of tho Campbell-Weaver con
tested election from thu Sixth district in
Iowa. It will bo called up next Monday if
opportunity oilers. 11 not on that, day,
tlien on lliursdny ol next week. It is be
lieved by ninny that a majority report will
bo rendered for Campbell.
Tlio Hupr-mo court of tho United States
hns afllrmcd the judgment of the court ot
claims in suits between tlio Union Pacific
Kullroud company and the United States
growing out of tlio charges inndo by tho
railroad for transporting mails ami gov
ernment employes accompanying them,
and on the part of tho government 1 11 ret
orence to its v'laim for live per cent of tho
amount, of earnings ot the road under the
net of 18(12. Tho court of claims decided
that the railroad company was entitled to
5:2,tllO,12l for services rendered tho gov
ernment, nnd that the United States on
their counter claim was entitled to recover
5-1.-1S7, 807 nnd gave judgment in favor of
tlio United btates for tlio diuorencc. From
this judgment the United States appealed.
it Is freely declared by Wall street men
who claim special knowledge of tho matter
that an olllclal investigation is to bo made
by congress of tho circumstances connected
with tho means used a few years ngo by tho
Northern Pacific railroad compnny's laud
grant, 'It Is alleged that several hundred
thousand dollars were spent In Washington
in (inurters wliero it would do the most
good to prevent adverse action by con
gress, and now ono ot the men through
whose builds much ot tlio "boodle" passed
has decided, for somo reason or other, to
lay the whole matter bare. Ho Is credited
with the possession of convincing testi
mony. Men ot sjaudlilg aro declared to bo
involved in tho meshes of what may turn
out a scandal scarcely Icbs noteworthy
than was tho Credit Mobilier, Something
like $500,000 is said to have been spent in
congress.
Congressman Stovensnn of Wisconsin,
says that tho committee on public lands, ot
which ho Is a member, bus decldiyl on rec
ommending that the homestead law, which
requires a settler to live on his land tlvo
years before becoming tho ownor, bo
changed so as to reduce the time to thirty
months with a provision to the elfect that
at least ten acres lx under cultivation for
that length of time. This is in addition to
the other recommendations that tho pre
emption nttd timber culture laws bo re
pealed whlchhavoalroady been published.
GOULD'S IDF. AS.
What Clio (lliloroivuor HlmtcirTliliik
About tlio Mriho:
Charleston, S. C, Dispatch. Jny Gould
reached here on his yacht Atlanta, from a voy
age to thu Windward Llands, on which ho em
barked with lila family on thu Uth of January
last. Hu landed lu tho city nud at ouco went
to tho Western Union telegraph ofllco whero
ho was engaged for two or three hours con
ducting a telegraphic correspondence, and
where he was found by a reporter. Mr. Gould
talked freely on the subject of the great rail
road strike now In progress on tho Texas Pa
cific and Gould system of railways. "I first
heard of the strike" said he, "In Havana last
week. Public sentiment," ho continued, "Is
against this thing, and public sentiment
will, I think, very soon maka Itself felt. I will
show that I am speaking from the card. Here
Is a dispatch I havo Just received, embodying
a scries of reiol Hions adopted by tlio business
men of Greenville, Hunt county, nnd Dallas,
Tews, (Uuou'icli g the st lite n:id assur ng me
of the hearty co-optratiou of tho public lu re
sisting tho demands of tho striker.,
'That," continued Mr. Gould, "shows which
way public sent. mcnt Is drifting, and If you
want to know what I think about It, hero Is
thoaiHiveru which 1 havo just scut:
"Ciiaui.ksto.v. Match 19. To tho citizens
of thu city of Dallas and of Greenville, Hunt
county, 'lexas: No words of mlno can sulll
cleiitly oxpiess my appreciation of die kind
words of encouragement and the good advice
contained In your dispatch. Tlio present
strike on our system was ordered by the olll
cers of u s cret organization because a neigh
boring railroad hi control of tlio highest court
In the laud has seen lit to discharge 011c of
their employes and with no other complaint
against, inu management 01 1110 .u.ssoun ra
e lie and without iinv warnlne- or s'nuliv.v nf
justification, the entlru IiurIuws of four states
nnd 0110 territory are completely paralyzed nud
i-o millions 01 resilient citizens aro ucpnveu
of tile rnltwnv facilities on which their urn.
perlty depend'', and to the enjoyment of which
thev liavo leiral rights paramount to nnv secret
organization, uccauso ineir rignts arc secured
to them by the laws of the land. The Missou
ri Paclllc employs 1-1,31!) men. Of the?o 3.717
ouiy ore concerneu 111 1110 present siruce, so
that In addition to theso 3,717 eonsnlratorj.
who nro by force and intimidation stomilmr
our trains nro ineieuy ue pnvmg 1110 remauiuii:
ju.uou ami ineir co-wuorera 01 tiicir uauy carn
liurs. Will not tlio public soon learn that it Is
thev that pay the ratlwnv tmv-rolls: tho rail
way Is tho clearing house to receive and dis
tribute this fund, which Is fully GO per cent of
tho entlro grosi earnings of a railway; and
when they do they will probably llnd some
method to regulate ami control the labor on.
gnged In railway transportation aud thus prc-
vi'ui oucu sinucsas uie preseui.
JAY U0ULD.
fused to receive a delegation from tiieir em
ployes or tlio Knights of Labor, and the
governors received Mr. IIoxlo's reply tho
document published yesterday, which was
given to tho press even boforo wo wero por-
inineo 10 seo it. now 111 justice to our
selves nud too truth of history, wo desire
to mako tho following points of facts:
First Tlio interposition of tlio governors
wns voluntary on tncir part, coming to
Kansas City and seeking an interview with
our board.
Second Wo rofusod them tho privilege of
ndjusting out differences or uccepting terms
of settlement without first submitting
inein 10 -uis committeo tor npproval
Notwithstanding which thev received Mr.
Hoxio's proposition, tpmlilL-ation and all,
and turned them over to tho press and
public before wo wcro oven permitted to
seo inein.
I bird 1 hey sny to Mr. lloxio, after
cnretui investigation, "wo aro unable to
Iind wherein tlio Missouri Pacific Hull way
coiiiiianr hum vioitueu mo terms and con
ditions of tlio agreement mado on tho ICtii
of March, 1885, touching its employes in
our respectivo states." To say tho least
01 sncii a statement it is not creditable, to
the minds and hearts of men to whom has
been cumnpttcd tlio welfare ot a great peo
pie, to say that they will tnko advantage
01 our want ot skill 111 legislative technicali
ties unci wink at gross violations of a bo-
cred agreement in its plainly manifest
spirit, pccuuso its technical letter gives an
npparent auvantngo to a great corpora
tion. 'Iho governors stato further: "Wo
recognize tlio luct that thu Missouri Pacific
Kail way company may justly claim that
uiostriKo 01 .Mural u, 18HU, relieves it of
tho obligations it assumed in tho circular
01 aip.rcn Jo. iSBo."
Why l'nttl Wits UUscd.
Mine. Adullna Pattl has addressed a let
ter to tho Paris Figaro in explanation ol
the demonstration against herat Valencia,
whoro s'10 was hissed from the staje and
followed to her hotel by a noisy rabble.
The cause ol the uproar, ns stated by Minn.
Patti, was that the audience demanded
that she should sing Ardltl's waltz sons,
"IMIurlo." She refused to Interrupt the
progress ol the opora, "Lu Travbita," by
Interjecting the eons, and tho audience im
mediately manifested Its hostility by hisses
and uncomplimentary remarks. Her In
dignant retirement from the theatre furthrr
enraged the audience, nnd eh waa com
pelled to ek th3 protection ol the police.
HALIMjRM:D REVOLUTION.
Which It U Sold Itlcl' Lieutenant
IStidciivorlug to Mir Up.
la
Miles City (M. T.) dispatch: Gabriel
Diunont, who was connected with the Kiel
revolution 1 stprlng in tho Northwest, is
in Montana, and it is feared Is inducing the.
territorial Indians to Join in tho Intemltvl
insurrection of their Canadian brothron.
lie has been visiting each Indian camp,
making friends of tho chiefs of tho Crees,
the Cheyenues, Crows, and other tribes. It
is understood that ho hns been vlMtcd
by chiefs of Canadian tribes, and every
thing is neaily ripe for action. About
two mouths ngo tlio Dominion gov
ernment dispatched a French half-breed to
Montana to spy Dunipnt's movements.
Tho two became intimate Irionds inn short
time and another detective in tho employ
of the Dominion government hns comeout,
but Dumont has succeeded in bribing him,
and another Canadian is expected shortly.
Dumont was in tliis section of country a
short time ngo and had conferences with
the Indians, From here he went to Ft.
llenton, whero he now Is. l(e mado the
remark while here that Crowfoot, ot Can
ada, was ready and willing to put 3,000
warriors lu tho Held at any time, aud that
the time was not far distant when ho would
ln invited to get out his forces, Thiugt
liavo a very warllkeslgnillcance, nnd should
Dumont succeed in creating another dis
turbance In the Itegiua anywhere from
2.000 lo -1,000 braves will cross tho bor
der to assist him.
Fight Yith Mexicans.
A Toinbstone (A.T.J special says: Frank
Leslie nnd Thomas Green, mounted United
States Inspectors ot customs, while search
ing lor smugglers at I.unorln.qn the bound
ary line, twenty. Ilvo miles southwest of
this city, were attacked by Mexicans. The
insectors promptly recrossed the line and,
when on American soil, opened lire on the
Mexicans aud wounded one. TheMoxlcmif
retired.
In rendering this verdict the governors
liavo blindly ignored tho fact that tho
obligations unsullied in said circular at tho
time took effect on nil the roads operatod
and leased by said Missouri Pacific Rail
way company, and was fully understood
so to apply, although by oversight but
two roads and states wero mentioned
therein. Lvidcncu is nt hand thnt the
striking employes ol that ditto wore, up to
the day of tho striko, still working for less
pay tnan oeioro tlio striko ut last year,
showing not a restoration of old pay, but
really a reduction in violation of said cir
cular agreement. Evidence is at hand that
bridgcmun havo been compollcd to work
many bourn over time without receiving
1.J1D Uniuuu uvur uinu pay.
Fvidenco is at hand to provo thnt in
order to make it necessary to reduce tho
ior;o 01 worKingmcn worn lias b en sent to
contract shops, and iiionoinstaiico a whole
foundry wns sub-let in order to bring the
1110:1 under a new supervision thus depriv
ing tho men of tho provisions of tlio cir
cular agreement. All this was dono to
create dissatisfaction and induce tho men
to leave tho company's employ, after which
tho men wero re-employed nnd always at
reduced rates. Hvidenco is at hand thnt
whole gangs of men liavo been discharged,
notwithstanding that Mr. Hoxie agreed on
May IS, ISSr., that rather than reduce tho
working force ho would reduce the hours.
Uvcry effort to have these men reinstated
wns refused by tlio company, on thogrouud
that they wore not covered bv the aareo-
inent, which agreement was: "Wo will ro
dttco the hours of work instead of reducing
tlio force, whenever tho necessity arises."
Tho outrages on tho Texas & Pacific rail
road aro sought to bo mado a matter en
tirely out of tho range of tlio agreement.
Men wore, out of sheer prejudice, discharged
without an effort to reduce the hours of
work. Tho recrivcrs refused to comply
with tho agreement of tho company of
ficials with tlio employes, nfter tho institu
tion of tho receivership, notwithstanding
they do dot repudiate other agreomonts of
said olllcials, showing a clear intent to tiso
the United States courts and its oilicials
for dishonorable purpo'os.
It is charged' by Mr. lloxio in previous
statements that tlio agreement of March 5,
188,". has boon violated by tho employes.
Said agreement is published in tho morning
papers of March 22, and wo nsk any intel
ligent person to retd with care aud note if
it be possiblo for tho employes to violnU
any ptovisions of said agrcomont, be they
oer so desirous, and tlmt for tlio solo
reason that it is an agreeiuont on tiio part
of the company to do certain things, but
requiring nothing wliatoverolthoomployes.
Hut why should wo sny more? If Mr.
Hoxie did not know that he was guilty of
gross wrong and injustice. Why would ho
refuse to listen to our evidonco nnd hear
our appeal for redress, why would ho
sholtor himself behind subtoifuges nnd
technicalities? Why would ho refttso to
treat with the men ho hns wronged; nnd
rite evnslvo letters to governors who can
not possibly enter into tho merits of tho
controversy. Tho truth is simply this: Mr.
noxio wants irounie. Ho lias provoked It.
Ho is still inciting it nnd mnkine nn inno
cent public pny tlio prlro of his perfidy.
How long will the public consent for Gould
nnd lloxio tints to rulo or ruin? We wait
to see. Uy tho order of
bxucuwvt: IlOAitP, District Assembly 101.
"Micro's tho DI1110 Mjtsoiim MnnT
A remarkable freak of nature is nuzzling
Rockford (III.) scientists. A few dnys ago
a cow belonging to S. Comings, who resides
that city, gave birth to a peculiar object,
fn everything but tho head It exactly ro-
embled a hog. It had short legs and fat
hams, the legs being only half tho length ol
those of a calf. Tho tall was only six
Inches long and thin. Tho hoofs were all
like those ol a pig's, and tho ears and chops
likewise, but the head and nose were thoso
of a calf. It wus born dead and weighed
forty pounds. Its hair was somothing be
tween hog bristles nnd cow's hair. Dr.
Kimball, who inspected it. said h nnvr
saw anything to equal it In the distinctive
ness with which tho charnctoristics of one
anlinnl wero brought out in the offspring of
a different species. It will bo photographed
aim inu iiiieniioii 01 meiiicni anil scientific
journals railed to what is believed to be
the most wonderful monstrosity of tfie
kind ever produced. Mr. Comings kept his
breeding nig in n(ien adjacent to the barn
yard, and It is thought he may havo be
come loose and frightened the cow, with
iik etranuo rwult.
committeo of seven what you term the
"south western dilllcultics." You are doubt
less aware that in the negotiation which
took place here last August between T. V.
t'owdeily, grand master workman, and
associates, and officers of this company, it
"wns ngrced that in future no strikes would
be ordered on the Missouri Pacific road
until altera conference with the olllcers of
the company nnd nn opportunity wns had
to odiiist any alleged grievances, in view
of this fact your attention is drawn to the
follouing correspondence between A. 1-'.
Hopkins, vice president., acting for tlio
company in mv absence, nnd Powderly.
mjw 1011K, Mnrch 0. I88ti. 1 . v. row-
derly, Scranton, Pa.: lloxio telegraphs
that the Knights of Labor on our road
have struck and refuse to allow any freight
trains to run over our road, saying they
have no grievance but aro only striking be
cause ordered to do so. If there is any
grievance, we would like to talk it over
with you. We understood you to promise
that no striko should be ordered without
consultation. A. L. Hopkins,
P11iL.AnKi.PiiM. March 8. A. L. Hopkins,
Secretary Missouri Paclllc Ibvilwny, 11)5
lltoadway, Aow 101k: llav. telegraphed
to west for pat ticulars. Papers say the
striko was caused by the discharge of a man
named Hall. Can lie be reinstated pending
investigation.' T. . I'owPKitt.v.
Nkw Yoitt:. March 8. T. V. Powdurlv
Thanks for your message and suggestion
Hall was omiiloyed on tho Texas and Pa
cific and not by us. That property is in
tin: hands of the United Slates court iind
wo have no control whatever over the ro
coivers or over tlio cmplovcs. Wo have
carried out thcugrecmcuts madclast spring
in evory respect mid tho present striko is
uniust to us and unwise for yon. It is re
ported hero that tin's movement Is the re
sult of Wall street influences on tho part ot
thoso short of securities likely to bo affected
A. L. Hopkins.
No reply to this message was received,
out tins company s request for a confer
cure was ignored and its premises invaded
and property destroyed by men of your
order 111 grent numbers, who also seized
aud disabled its trains, as thoy have since
continued to 'do. 1 be board ot directors
of this company thereupon had a copy of
tlio correspondence nbovo given mado and
transmitted to Hoxie, first vico president
nud general in a nnger at bt. Louis, with 111
st-iictions to use every endeavor to con.
tinuo the operation of tho road and com
mitted the wliolo matter to his hands.
Hoxie's overtures, mado through tho gov
ernors of Missouri and Kansas, who stated
mat tliey omul no cause lor a strike, wero
rejected by your order. This and subse
quent coircspoudcnco between him and
Powderly aro well known lo you, and
Hoxie's coiitso has been confirmed by tho
board, and the matter is still in his hands.
I am therefore instructed by tho board to
refer you to him as its continuing repre
sentative in the ptvuiis 'S. I nm directed
to add, in behalf of the board, that in its
judgment, so long as this company is forc-
ipiy Kept irom pertornung its dinner
duties, its business is done, if nt all, not
under the conditions ol law which aro com
mon to all citizens, hut only ut tho will ot
a law-iireaking force. Any negotiations
witli Biich a forco would bo unwise and use
less. Tlio terms made with it would not
bo a settlement of tho difficulties but a
triumph of forco over the law of tho land.
It would mean nothing in their judgment
but now troubles nnd worse. This is tlio
result of their experience. In the mean
time .tlio governor's proclamation on-
joins upon your men to return to
duty nnd this company h continued ad
vertisement offers them employment on
the snmo terms as heretofore. Tho board
further suggests that inasmuch as your
order assumes in your communication tho
responsibility for theso men ami poweraud
control over mem, tho following from tho
overnor of .Missouri is expressive of their
duty nnd your own: "I warn nil persons,
whether they be oinploycs or not, against
interposing nny obstnelo whatever in the
way of said resumption, nnd with firm ro-
litince upon tlio courage, good sense nud
law-abiding spirit of tlio public, I hereby
call upon all good citizens to assist in
ciuryingoutlhe purposes ot this proclama
tion; nud 1 also hereby pledgo tho wliolo
power of the state, so far as it may bo law
fully wielded by its chief executive officer,
to sustain tho compaiiyaud its servants in
Miid icsumptinn, and to restrain and
punish all that nppeso it." When this
proclamation shnll bo obeyed and when thu
company's Into employes shall desist from
violence mill interference with Its trains,
the board hereby assures them Hint they
will find themselves met by lloxio in the
spirit in which he has heretofore success
fully avoided rupturo nnd cause, for just
complaint nnd in thnt just and liberal
spirit which should always exist between
employer and employed. Ily order of the
board. Very respectfully yours,
Jay Goui.n,
President Missouri Pacific U'y.
No Settlement Vet.
St. Louis, Mo., Marcli 29. At 9 o'clocit
to-night the executive committee reclnded
Hie order issued this morning for tho men
to resumo work. The spirit of exultation
which filled tho heaits of the executive
board of tho Knights of Labor this morn
ing unon chnnged to grave anxiety. When
Mr. W m. 0. McDowell called at Gould's of
llco nt !);30 o'clock this morning he wns
not ns favorably impressed with his recep
tion ns ho was at tlio reception accorded
bun at Gould's house on Sunday Gould
gave McDowell to understand that fhere
Iind been a misconception of hm telegram
to Iloxie, which was sent Sunday night.
Inquiry at Gould's olllce was answered
by tho following statement, ot which Gould
was the nuthor: "Powderly lun evident
ly misunderstood the meaning nf the Mo
gram that wns sent Sunday night tolloxio.
Our position is that this striko lias been in
condition for arbitration nil ol Die time.
W 0 havo had an agreement with the work
men for somo time that all differences wero
to have been submitted for nibitration be
fore nny striko should be resorted to.
Manager lloxio 1ms the matter in hand.
Ho hns full control nnd the matter mu
be settled with him. Wo lire just where w
wcro before Sunday's conference." A gen
tleman wlio represented Jay Gould nt hit.
olllce, hiiid: "The conferences of Sunday
wcro betwenn Gould nnd Powdcily as citi
zens only, it being distinctly and ollen
stated that neither gentleman was acting
ofllciaily."
Later Arbitration Agreed Upon.
Nkw Yohk, March 28. This morning nt
11 o'clock T. V. Powderly nnd W. 11. Mc
Dowell cnlled upon Jay Gould at tho tat
ter's residence. There they met Messrs.
Gould, Hopkins, nnd George Gould. Thero
aiis a goueral discussion of thu situation in
'.he southwest by both sides, nnd a better
understanding wns arrived at than had
been had by either party hitherto. After
talking until 1 o'clock p. in. the conference
was adjourned until evening, nt which time
mutters wero arranged for arbitrating the
whole difficulty, nnd the following dis
patches wire fcent out:
Martin Irons. Chairman Etocutive Hoard
D. A. 101. St. Louis-President Jny Gould
bus consented to our proposition far arbi
tration and so telegraphs Vico President
iloxie. unicrincnto resume work atonce.
ily order of the executive bonrd.
T. V. POWOKHL.Y, U. Al. W.
The executive bonrd also sent out the fol
lowing telegram;
To Knights of Labor Now on Strike In
tho Southwe8t -Pret,idcnt Jar Gould has
consented to our proposition for arbitra
tion anil so uiiegrnpns vice rrcsmeni
Hoxie. Pursuant to telegraphic Instruc
tions sent to chairman executive board D.
A. 101, you are directed to resume work at
once. Per order ol the exectmv imaru.
T. V. PowBKwur, U. JU. W.
GENERAL XE7VS AND NOTES
One mnn wns killed and throo wero in
jured by the fall of a scaffold in the nit
shaft of the hotel In course ot construction
at Fifth avenuo nud Thirty-ninth strot.
New York. They wcro thrown from (h
roof to the cellar, eight stories. Dominirk
llrodei'ick, nged 118, was killed; James Mt
Cully, aged 40, and John Lyon, nged 22.
teceived internal injuries and were removed
to the hospital.
In tlio suit of Miss Tabatha Stevens
ngainst Itov. Goodloe Woo Is, of Fnyctte
view, Tenn., tho plaintiff was awardid
So.000 for seduction.
Tlio longest fight ever known undpr th
Marquis of Quecnslmry rules took. place in
the open air at Mill Creek, Ky.," betwenn
Tommy Wnrreu.of Louisville, nud Tommy
Panics of Kngland. The fight wns wit hi
three-ounce gloves, SoOO and gate receipt is,.
for thu feather weight championship, and it.'
took three hours nnd a quarter and forty
five rounds for Warren to knock Hume
out.
Tlio presidents of the anthracite rnnl'
companies met nt .1. Pierrepont Morgan's .
house in New York and nfter a hwsI on last
ing until 2 o'clock in tho morning, unani
mously agreed that tho total output, of
coal this year should not exceed :50,tio0.
000 tons; also, that the output for April
should not exceed 2,000,000 tons, and Hint .
prices should bo advanced twenty-live cunt
ut once.
Tlio great strike of four thousand work
men at tha National Tube works at Mr.
Keesplrt. Pa., has ended satisfactorily to.
the strikers, and work will bo resumed Sn
ail departments at once. Thu trouble
wns Buttled by tho workmen actepting tb
proposition of General Manager Flagler to
restore the wages ruling in 1881 and ad
vniico the wnges of laborers to 1.25 per
day. The increase ranges from 7 to 20 per
cent.
At Hngerstown, Wayne county, Indians, '
N. S. Butcs nnd wife quarrelled, and the
women ntruck Dates with nn axohandlr,
Ho wrested tho weapon from her nnd
struck her a blow with it nnd then mndc n
slash at her with a pocko knife. 11011 1 v bo-
heading her. The woman fell to the iloor
dead. Dates was arrested
The presidents of anthracite coal com
panies have agreed on a 2f cent advance
in price and that the year's output kIl
not. exceed Illl.OOO.OOO.
Tho atinunl report of tho coal trade
shows a total output of 102,221,55:1 tons
for tho United States (luring tho year of
18S5, of which .'U.OSfl.nai) tons were nn
thracita nnd 70,001,021 tons bituminous.
Tlio safe in Lodend's storo at Canaan,
Intl., was blown open boforo day 1 gilt, and
SI, 000 in notes, SI 0,000 in register, rl gov
ernment bonds and S120 iii cnsli stolen.
The postoflicc at tlio same place wus also
robbed.
Jordan, Marsh & Co., lloston dry goods
men, liavo caused another arrest for com
plicity in the frauds by which they were
euchred out of $b"00,000.
One hundred and six head of cattle have
recently been killed at Cvuthinnn, Ky., to
stamp out tho pleuro-pueumouia plague.
Tho house committeo report on the Cin
cinnati election contests favors tlio seating
ol tho ten republican members.
The Iowa house has passed a bill to abol
ish circuit courts and reorganize tlie judi
cial districts. It divides tho stato into
n.ueteeii judicial districts witli forty-three
district judges.
Tho Old Sclinolmnstcr.
Washington special: Somo weeks ngo a
bill was introduced in tho house to pensioa
school teachers who reach an nge when
they wero no longer able to teach tho
young idea how to shoot, and a good deal
of sport was tnnde of the measure. To-day
tlio first applicant for a pension undor this
bill made his appearance in Washington.
Ho is a very old mnn ot grizzled hair and
unkempt benrd, and says that ho comes
from tlio central part ot New York. He
went to tho whito house and asked to see
tho president. His nppcaranco was so
much like that of tho army of cranks that
nro continuously coming to Washington
that the attendant thought ot turning him
over to tlio police, but they soon dis
covered by conversation that ho was
mnn of superior education but simple
minded and questioned him until they
found that he hnd come to seo whether the
president would not recommend a pension
for him nnd others of his class who had
spent their lives in educating tho youth ot
tlie country. Ho hns taught school for
forty years and hns educated over five
thouaand men and women. He had been
dismissed from a school over which he
presided for sixteen years because he was
too old to teach, and a younger man sup
pi an tod him. He hns not a cent in tt
world, he says, for he never received over
50 n month enlary, nnft was much dis
appointed when he discovered that the
government of the United States did not
pension anybody but soldiers.
Tlio Rnilroml Fight Orer.
Tlio manngera ol the lines included in the
Central Traffic association, in session nt
Chicago, adopted an ngroement which line
been under consideration Tor some time,
tlie same to cn into effect on April 1. nt
which time nil the roads interested expect
to restore rates, to tlie old tariff. Though
thojldcago & Atlantic was unrepresented,
tin-association believes it can control th9t
rond bv aid of the eastern trunk linen and
the Kri'e road. O