The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, April 17, 1886, Image 2

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    THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONES A: CIIANCHT, Publisher.
UNION,
OREGON,
THE WHEELS A (JAIN MOVIXU.
ItllftMonrl Pacific Trouble Con
Milcrcd no nt tin Hiul.
St. Louis dispatch ol March 31st:
nnniiuncciucnt received lust night
Tlio
Hint
Powderly hud directed the executive com
mittco of district nssembly 101 to order
the striking members ol tlml organization
to return to work wan received by the
Knights of Laborlicro with dissatisfaction
They lind expressed tho belief that Pow
derly would ultiumtcly ho able to bring
nbbut negotiations for a Hottlemcnt of tlio
difficulty, hut they admit they r.uticipnted
a moro coniploto recognition hy the mil
rojiil authorities than seems to havo sntis
lied Fotvderly. Chairman Irons was seen
InHt night by a reporter imil asked if h
coiiHidered the basis for n settlement of tlio
strike Hiilllcicnt recognition of thu Kni'ht
of Labor. Hesnid: "Vest; it in a victory,"
but almost i in i nod in t (.'I v modi led urn nt
4.irn nr, liv n.lttiir "to smile extent."
When Irons wim ttBkcil when lie would issue
his order to tho nights to resume work iind
when lie would nppoiut hm conference com
mittoe to awnit upon lloxio, no huiii
prefer to wait for further developments
lieforo I HHV anything. I have not do
tided upon wliat action I shall tnko yet
I tuny wait until the arrival of the oxocu
tivo board.1' Another member of the
committee -was-HCon early this iiKiruini! and
in reply t an impiiry as to whether Irons
would olwy f'owderly'H instructions to
order the men back to work, said: ''It
imperative and must boobeved. Telegrams
will lie sent along tlio lines probably this
morning ordering the striko off." No such
order ns the above has yet been issued by
Irons, but it is generally believed that it
will tollow tlio instruction of tlio exivitt i vu
boniil soinolinio Ao-ilay. ThobasiK agreed
ution for tbounoointniontot aiiurbitration
coinuiitteoto adjust I lindifferences existing
between tlio Missouri 1'ncillc and its em
nloves will effect-only inilitect ly tlio strik
cih oji tlio othorirailways. It. in a generally
accepted fact that thu strikes winch have
occurred sinco the Inauguration of the Mis
HiMiri Pacific striko were in support of tlio
latter. When tlio latter is sot tied all will
bo settled. Tli'wwill not apply to the Kast
St. Louis troubles. Jt is undorst ood that
they hnvonoiinrito grievances which must
bo arbitrated Independently. Perfect order
tirevails in thu Missouri Pacific yards. No
crowds of strikers have as vet congregated
In that vicinity. 'It is not expected that
any trouble will atlend the resuming ol
freight trafllc, wlioiiovortho attempt shall
Uo mime.
An Atchison (Kiih.) dispatch sa: s: Tho
work of tlio masked fltrikorn at the Mis
noiiri Pacific shops and round houso last
night was complete, and this morning tho
company tis lielpless. Fifteen engines
worn disabled. Two passenger engines
were spared. At noon a telegram came
from St. Louis ordering the strikers to go
back to work pending arbitration. The
striko was declared off and the local com
mit tee sought Superintendent llogau and
asked If the men should report for duty
As the company will hn vo no work until
the shops can be put in shnpo tlio answer
was In tlio negative.. It is the programme
ol tho company at present to reemploy
only enough men to run the shops on full
time, and to take Imcknono who have been
guilty of overt acts.
SENATORS ANI COXfSKESS.UHN.
Senator lugalls' chief weapon is sarcasm.
A llttlo over twonty yearn ugo Senator
Kenna was following a plow.
Congressmen uregottiugtospcakof frozen
teiyis "Innocuous desuetude."
Senator Call, of Florida, declares
Senator Jones, his colleague, In mad
that
as a
Alurch liare.
llepresentativo Iloach, of New York, bidfl
fair to edge Judge llolniau out of place as
tho "great objector."
Senator Spooncr has a brother who re
pomhlcs him so closely that only iiitiuiato
friends can tell them apart.
Congressman Howltt lireaks out orator!-
rally entirely without warning. Ho
off like powder all In an instant.
goes
Speaker Carlislu says the buslnoss of tho
Iiouhu is farther advanced than would havo
been possible under tho old rules.
It is now reported that Senator Fvnrts
made use ot)tho words "innocuous desuo.
tutlo" in an oration hoiuu forty years ngo.
Kcprcsoututivo Ilrecklurid je, of Ken
tucky, Is not yet forty-nlno years old, but
hW heavy liairaud beard uro snowy white
a family iiillrmlty.
Senator Edmunds' power is ascribed to
his clour judicial mind and sarcastic speech
which enable him to retain leadership in
epito of personal unpopularity.
Senator Vance's relatives are not as
lucky as reported. 01 tho sixteen said to
bo holding ollico tho senator acknowledges
kinship to only four, l'ho rest ho had
never heard of till tlio newspaper printed
their imnicH.
Senator Pugh, of Alah unn, is a large,
broad shouldered man, with u wonderful
moinory and thorough understanding of
constitutional law, a hot partisan, strong
In tihyshpio and voice nnd conviction, with
full, round faco, brown bonitl and dark
hair, not much of an orator, lint an intense
lover of his party uud Its principles.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Indian Commlsalouor Atklim wail ox
ninlncd by tho telephone Investigation com
mittee and rehearsed the story ot thu Pan
Electric organization as heretofore related.
K.lnney Inquired if the witness regarded it
us proper for a member ot congress to
nccept a gilt. Witness, with some heat,
denied that his interest was a gift, lie hail
agreed to pay whatever assessments wero
necessary to dovelopauuiikuownipiautity.
Kden inquired if thu witness had ever us d
Ills official connection to further tho inter
ests of Pun-Klcclric. "None on tho faco ol
God Almighty's earth." said the witness,
slapping energetically tlio back of tho chair
upon which he leaned, "uud uo man can
look mo In thu faco and say so. I would
cut off my hand at the wrist before 1 would
do such a thing." II. 0. Heixns. of New
Orleans, then took tho stand and related
tho well-known circumstances leading up to
tho beginning of tho government suit.
Union I'atlllo Directors.
Tlio annual meeting ot the Union Pacific
Railroad company was held lit Huston on
tlio lilnt. Thu following board ol directors
wan rlioacn: Charles Francis Adams, Fred
crick L. Ames, KIMiu Atkins, Kiru A,
linker, F. Uordou Dexter and John P,
Edauldlngs. of Iloaton; Henry H. Cook,
Sidney Dillion, David Dovh, Andrew A.
Green, Colgate Hoyt, of Now York; S. It.
Callaway, Ouiaha; 0. N. Dodiju, Uuincil
lllulfs; James ltuinroll. Springfield, Mass.;
uud John Sharp, Salt Lake City.
Mysterious Murder la Colorado.
Sil verton (Col.) special; Information lias
reached hero of the mysterious murder of
Andrew Ncwmeycr, ftjed 05 years, who kept
hulf-woy house between Tillurido anil Ilico.
He was found dead in his housoby tho mail
carrier on that route. Who killed lilnt Is a
mystery, but for a long time thcro has been
a jen lousy, with more or less bitter feeling,
between him and his nearest neighbor,
named lloden, a Ocrtnnn, who also keeps a
hostelry for travelers. Itodcn stales that
Newmeyer's wife and daughter left tho old
mail alone that morning and started on a
visit to the neighboring towns. Three
years ago tlio proprietor of thesaino house
as mysteriously murdered and the mur
derer has never been found.
THE FOMT-NINTH COSGTtESS.
Itccoril of Proceeding lit
llmnclien nT tho Suiue.
Kotli
Sknatk, March 1!!). On motion of Van
Wyck, tho senate took up and passed tho
bill to establish two additional land dis
tricts in the state of Nebraska. Tho bill
to increase tho efficiency of tbonrmy was
then taken up and Logan continued his re-
marks in its suppurt. Ho argued to show
tlio necessity ot nil increase aim nam n
imnlv any motive but a proper ono for
this bill wits unworthy of debate. The
time would coma when the people would
approve tho attempt now made to give
clU'clency to the ariny. When debute tin
tlio unity bill closed Piatt addressed tho
senate on tho Wnshiuglon territory bill,
whitlt ho characterized nnn enabling act.
Hegavo statistics of tiie population and
resources of tlio territory and asserted
that on this tdiowing it was entitled to
admission is a. state.
Hochi:, March 2t).Jn committee of the
whole the house devoted considerable time
to debute on the postollice appropriation
bill. Illount defended the postmaster gen
eral in refusing to use 'the ?.1()0,000 appro
priated by Utc bill of last year to compen
sate American vessels for mail service.
Tlds subject, be said, Intel been considered
at a cabinet, meeting iin.4 whatever of error
or crime attiwhed to the failure to use this
fund attached not only to tho postmaster
general, but to tho president and his cabi
net. Hut hetirgucd lame tho postmaster
general hud ooinmit ted no error, but hud
only exercised just and wise discretion.
Springer thought the post master general,
Instead ol receiving .criticism, should re
ceive tlio encomiums of congress and would
receivo tho plaudits of .the American y
pie. The postollice department was hero
niter to bo administered in tlio interests ol
the people ot tile United States.
Sknati:, March Ul. Tho army bill wns
placed before tlio senate and Lyon and
Plumb niado speeches. Dolph then ad
dressed tho senate in support of tlio bill for
tho admission or Washington territory.
Ho claimed that from o very point of view
the territory was entitled to udmission.
lloi'Hi:, March fit. O'Neil of Missouri,
from the coiuiultteo on labor, reported a
bill to provide for a speedy settlement of
controversies and diffetouces between com
mon carriers engaged hi iutcr-stuto and
teirilorial transportation of property and
passengers and their employes. The bill
as referred to the committee of tho whole,
and the house immediately wont into coin
luitleeof the whule for consideration ot
tlio measure. K el ley maid ho would voto
for liny bill which would give relief loop
piessed labor, hut ho would not voto for
ibis muss of words unless his voto was ac
compauied hy the notite that tho bill
meant not lung, rending discussion tlio
committee i oso.
Sknati:, April I. J no committeo on
library repoi ted favorably the bill for the
erection of a monument to Abraham Liu
coin. Culloiu said lie hud the honor ot in
troduciiig this bill. Itnppropriated $5(10,
(100 for the erection of a monument at
Washington to the memory of Lincoln
Time, said Culloiu, would not dial or lessen
the glory that clustered around the name
of Lincoln. His great deeds and nobility
of character would show only mors plainly
ns tiimi passed. His uauicund fume would
exist for nil time, among all nation of the
ai th. t illloni wus proud to say that Liu
coin hud been ills personal fiieml. He was
u mini tlmt coulti not diverge from Ins
duty, (ictierous and great hearted, full of
hiimiiu sympathy, "with charity for all:
with malice toward none." It was he who
had said: "I have not plained a thorn in
my hoMiiu." His name hud taken its place
bv the side ol Washington. 1 lie ashing
ton teiritory bill wns laid before thesenale
uud Dolph resumed the lloor to continue
his remurks in favor of tlio admission ol
the territory uud suid if admitted it would
noon become one ol the most important
states of tho republic. The coiuiultteo
iimeiidments of the bill were then voten on
heiatim. and agreed to. Tho senate then
adjourned.
Ilotisi:, April 1. Tho houso went into
oiuiuiltco ot tlio whole, Springer in the
liulr, on thelahorivrbitratlou bill. Worth'
ington said that tlio committee on labor.
ith tho limited jurisdiction congress had
over tlio suliject, liatl done about all It
ould do. Ho was disposed to vote for the
bill, but ho could not but feel that there
was a possibility that it would go out to
tho world a legislative nondescript which
boro on its fare an apology for ils own ex
istence. In closing tho debate O'Neill said
every compulsory law placed on tho statute
books of any country had proven a failure.
The desired result could only bo secured by
conciliation.
Sknati:, April 2. Tito sonato was not in
session,
Hoi'st:, April 2. On motion ot O'Neil, ot
Missouri, tho private business wits dis
pensed with and tho houso went into
commit tee ot thu whole, Springer in tlio
chair, on tho labor arbitration bill, all tho
debate being limited to thirty minutes on
the first section. O'Neil declared that tho
Knights ot Labor wero in favor ot arbitra
tion, lie stood hero appealing (or law, for
justice nml for light, tor to-day tho coun
try was almost upon a volcano. People
wero standing idle and suffering for food in
the west on account ot a strike, while con
stitutional cranks stood tulhbllng on tho
lloor ot thu house. A number ot amend
ments uttered wero alt voted down, after
which tho second section ot thu bill was
considered. Lawlersuid opponents ot this
bill had had three long mouths to prepare
something upon the question and hail not
done ho. Hut now they insulted tho in
telligence ot wcll-mcnnlug men ot tho com
mittee on labor who had given it their
attention. Passing on to thecoitslderatiou
ot tho strike on tho Missouri Pacific, ho de
clared that, without wishing to becouio
coniiuunUtic In his utterances, lie was free
to say that It Jay tiould was hung to a
lamp-post in Now York it would be a bless
ing to the community known us tlm United
States. Laughter. Tho action of Jay
Gould might cost hundreds and thousands
ol lives throughout tho western states,
Tho death ol men like this was nothing
compared with what might occur it tho
dilllcultii'8 were not settled In those Htates.
There was no sentimoutal basis lit this
matter. It was Justice to tho workmen.
There was no harm In tilts bill and tho dis-
cumloii til it Imil a healthy chvet upon tha
country. It wns an honest bill, and il
there- was anything wrong with It, congress
couiti repeat u ui any time. Further con
Blderatlon ol the bill
the houie adjourned.
wan poatponed and
Sexatk, Afrtil th The senate was not in
session.
House, April fl. Mr. James, of New
York, cufkd up tho adverso report on tho
frco coin.tgo bill, which was laid aside in
order U tnko up tho labor arbitration hill.
Mr. Rogers regarded tho bill ns perfectly
worthless, and, with tho exception of the
fifth section, a perfectly harmless bill, unless
it might bo construed its a step in the
wrong direction. That section gives tlio
railroad power to put their hands into tlio
United States treasury to enable them to
light their workingnicn. On motion of Mr.
K el ley the title ol tho bill was amended to
rend "to provide a method for settling con
troversies between railroad corporations
engaged in interstate and territorial traivj
porlation of property and passengers and
their employes." Tito debate on the silver
bill was then begun, addresses being n:ndo
by Messrs. Fuller, Hark, Adnuta, and others.
Sc.vatr, April i. Tho committee on ter
ritories reported unfavorably tho bill to
enable the Northwest trading company, a
private corporation organized under tlio
general laws of Oregon, to ."purchase certain
lands in Alaska territory. Theeooiinittee.
George said, recommended the indefinite
. ,,Mtponometit of the b!:
. , ,, .
Mr. Corkrell
in opposi,..oii to tlio army
bill. There was, he s.id, ample power to
protect our institutions without a single
regular soldier. Our liberties did not de-
pond on :v titanding nriny, but on tho
patriotism of our citizens. Wo needed no
standing army in this country. 'Eternal
vigilance is tho price rat liberty.'' A stand
ing army was a danger to nn.nreptiblie. and
wns in direct contravention of a republican
system of government. Furtlirriliseunsioii
ensued, after which the soimto adjourned.
Hofsi:, April ). A motion was mado 1o
suspend the rules and pass the Mexirj.it
pension hill. It was agreei to yeas 158,
nays 08. Tho following 'is a text of tho
hill: That the seoretary of tho interor'bo
directed to place the names of all surviving
ollicers, soldiers and sailors who onUsled
mid served in the war with Mexico any
period during 181 H, 1H1C, 1817 and 1818,
and were lionombly discharged, and their
surviving widows, on the pension rolls at
the ralo of $8 per mouth from and uftcr'the
passage of this net during tlieirlives. Ltiird
moved Ut suspend tho rules and puss tho
bill for tlio relief of certain settlers and ipur
chasers of lands on the public domain in
tlio states of Nebraska and lvansas. Agreed
to. This is similar to the bill previously
passed by tho.euate. 'Singleton moved to
suspend the rules and pass tho congression
al library bilL Agreed ito yeas ir'J, nays
(12.
THE FINANCES OF UNCLE SAM.
Tabular NtnteliieiU Sluiwliig
Tliej' Moml on April lot.
How
Tho following is a recapitulation of 'the
debt statement issued on tlio 1st for tho
mouth ot March :
INTKUKST-llKAUIXn PHUT.
llonds nt -IK, er cent LTiO.OOO.OOO 00
Ilondsatl percent 7:i7,7fiO,800 00
llonds at :i percent 17J ,01)2, 100 00
Ilefu ml ing certificates at
1 per cent 215,050 00
Navy pension fund at
per cent 14.000.0&0 00
Pacific railroad bonds
atO percent C1,(J2:J,C1 2 00
Principal
Interest
Total
i)i:iit on which
Principal
Interest
Sl,210,(!81, lti2 00
Il,t:i2,:i211 00
1,252,0 i:t,7sr 00
iNTi:m:sT has c'i:asi:i uuiva
MATumrv.
G,a(;7,scr oo
201,0115 00
Total 5,571,000 00
iii:ut-iii:aui.n'(i i.sti:iii:kt.
Old demand and legal-
tender notes
Certificates of deposit...
('old certificates
:iis,7:s,iii oo
1 1,025,000 00
ill), 122,1 2 I 00
U0,775,(U:i 00
Silver certificates
Fractional currency, less
SK,:t7A.!:t I ostiinuted
as lost or destroyed...
0,050,012 00
Principal 5 510,517,717 00
i pi:ut.
Principal..,
Interest....,
02,507,01 t 00
12,o:U'.,-l 1!) 00
Total..
.$i,soi,(!o:i,.(i:i oo
Less cash items availa
ble for reduction of
tiie debt $
2 10, 2II0.12S 00
100,000,000 00
Less reserve held for re
demption ot U.S. notes
Total.
.? :uo,2:io,i2S 00
Total debt, less availa
ble casli items
.$l,-H) i..i7:!,:!:!5 00
Net cash in tho treasury
70l;isi,ouu ou
Debt, less cash in tho
treasury April 1,
1880
1,.117100212;J5 00
Debt, less cush in tho
treasury .March 1,
1S5U..
l. ias.oso.uo 00
Docroaso of debt (luting
tno mouth ? 1-1,087,88 1 00
CASH IN Till! THKASUHY AVAIL VUl.i: l"OU UE-
PIHTION Ot-' THU I'UllLIC UUIIT.
Gold held for gold cer
tificates actually out
standing S 1)0,775,0111 00
Silver held forsilver cer
tificates actually out
standing 90,122,121 00
U. S. notes held for cer
tificates ot deposit ac
tually outstanding 11,025,000 00
Cash hold for matured
debt and interest un
paid 17,10 I.2S I 00
factional currency 2,7
Total available for
reduction ot tlebt$
210,2:10,12s 00
ui:si:itvi: kunu.
Held for redemption ot
U. S. notes, acts Jan.
It. 1875, and J uly 12,
1882 $ 100,000,000 00
PXAVAll.Allt.K roll HKllltCTIO.N OK TUB DKIIT.
Vitctioiutl silver coin...S 2S,S22.:7 00
Minor coin ni.l.iuauo
Total.
2l),:t7,0Sl 00
Certificates hold as cash.
80,0 18,502 00
7l!.:iil,0lil) 00
Net cash balance on hand
Total cash in treasury
as shown by treasur
ers general account. .$
105,907,711 00
Wealthy Land Sharks Indicted.
Tho United States grand jury at San
ranclsco has found indictments against
lidtt prominent citizens of the state for
euhoruntionot perjury In tho case ol fraud.
ulent entries ol Itedwood umber land in
Humboldt county. Cal. Tho naines ol
three are Joseph Unas. David Kvutis and
Charles 11. King, who collectively rvpresenk
$5,000,000 capital. Tint names ol the
other live aro not yet known, but they are
aid to bo all wealthy tueu.
THE CONFLICT FINALLY COXES.
Tlio Strtlccrn nt Port AVortli mid lT.
Murwlinlft Ilnvo a Iluttlc.
S.
A Fort Worth (Texas) igpatch Rays:
At 10 o'clock this morning 1,500 people
iiKPomblod nt tho Missouri Pacific yards to
sec the sheriff send out a train, which ho
m.ld Inst night ho would do or die in tlio
attempt. At 11 o'clock nn engine with
twenty armed deputies backed into tlio
yards to take out a train ot twenty cars.
The suggestive quiet that marked its pass
nge through the city was not without its
sequel. When tfco train left tlio depot it
wns under the protection of a posse ot olli
cers under the 0311101(111(1 of Jim Courtriglit.
The train proceeded to the crossing ot the
Ft. Worth ,t New Orleans railway, wlten it
Btopped as cKstornary. What followed is
reported by a railroad employe who was
on tho train. Ho says that when the train
stopped 44 was noticed several men
were congregated on tho track in front of
the trnin. Tho posse's commander ap
prtwichcd and risked why they impeded tho
progress of the train, to winch they rupned
that'they hud nothing to do with it. They
wfro not nrmed and had no intention of
intorlerring with tlio railway. As the ofll
oers returned to tiio train they noticed
ievorul men silting or lying in tho
crass a few yards from tho track.
Thoentiro posse advanced toward tho men
in ambush until they hail reached the ditch
along tiie sale ol the track, when they com
muuded a throwing up ol hands. The
command was obeyed, hut a 'tho hands
camo up they brought Winchester rilles,
which belched forth a deadly lire. The
posse returned tho fire, it is said with fatal
effect. There were perhaps 100 shots fired
After the lirst tire the ios-o advanced and
continued tiring. The auibUKliers retreated
behind some pilcH of h-s, which proved a
most excellent breastwork, and from thu
security of which they poured a murderous
lire into tlio posse. From this position
they wero liually dislodged and driven be
yond the range of the posse's pistols. Tho
casualties among the posse wero found to
lie three; Police Ollicer Tulfard, shot
through both thighs: Special Ollicer Dick
Townsend, shot through tho left brenst,
near the nipple, fatal; Special Ollicer
Charles Speed, wmt "through tho
heart and jaw. Tlio casualties among tho
ainbiishers is only a matter of conjecture.
though there seems ts be good grounds for
Haying that three or more ot them wero
wounded, probably lalnlly. 'the same
nuthority snys there were half a dozen or
more horses visible from the trains that
were ambushed, which it is believed bo-
longed to the ambushiug party. During tho
night Kichard I ownsenn, a special deputy
sheriff, was shot in the bad; ns he stood on
the engine, tho bull passing through his left
lung and coming out on Ids left sid
Charles Sliced, another deputy sheriff, wns
shot near tho ear, the ball coming out on
tlio opposite side of Ids bend near his
mouth. Hi tit of these men will die. Police
Ollicer John Tnlford wa shot in both
thighs, 0110 of tho balls ranging upward
into his body. His wounds ure dangerous.
Jim Court w right is claimed trt have received
two bullets through his hat, but escaped
unharmed.
I'oitT WoiiTir, April 4. Six companies of
tlio Fourth regiment have ariived here and
two companies of the First tiro also hero.
Iirigadier (ieueral liohcrts is in command.
Tho mayor of tho city lias at his command
one co 111 pa 11 v of militia at Cleburne and ono
ut Dallas. The milit ia from Dallas, com
posed of two companies of tho D.tllas light
guards, twenty four strong, and tho Hiber
nian rilles. twelve strong, arrived hero on a
special train about 0 o'clock this morning
and wero quartered in tho Union depot. A
few hours Intern special train from Harrold
brought the rangers, twelve strong. On the
tho afternoon train camo the Decatur rilles,
tliirty-t wo strong, and Austin O'roys twenty-
threestrong; Texas rilles, thirty-live stronj;,
slid Alvarado guards, twenty-three strong.
At 5 o'clock a Werral west bound Texas
and Pacific train brought tho Crawford
battery under Captain Houston twelve
Btrong. Tlio troops now numbering 2-18
men. Adjutant tiencral King, Iirigadier
(Jenernl A. S. ltoberts, Attorney Genera
Tvinpleton, Inspector General P. Smyth
and Colonel . P. Haynes tiro on the
srounds. Tho railroad yards aro lined
with soldiers and 110 ono dares venture 011
railroad properly.
District Judge Peckham was cnlled into
consultation witli the railroad ollicials this
morning, tho result being that about 12
o'clock a railroad train was sent south
under the guard ot the Grayson rifles and a
special force of fifteen citizens. Another
train was at once mado up and sent north,
also under guard, and nt 5 o'clock tho
third pulled out, going south. Tlio depot
mid yards wero guarded last night by over
200 citizens called into servico by tho
mityor's proclamation and tho streets
were patrolled by armed men.
IMMEI'SFKOM F0KEKLV COUNTRIES.
Emperor William is 80 years old.
Queen Victoria, at tlio request of Sir John
Macdouald, wroto Pope Loo urging tho
raising ot Mgr. Tasehereau to tho rank of
cardinal.
Tho Prince of Wales, restricted by his
physician to a loan mutton chop and stale
bread for dinner. Is said to bu ti very mel
ancholy dyspeptic.
The roichstag 1ms adopted the treaty ba
tween Germany and Zanzibar. Tho bund
esrath has approved the bill prolonging tlio
anti-socialistic law two years, as passed by
tho roichstag,
Tlio most touching incident of Kmperor
William's anniversary day was a pilgrim
ago ot the imperial family to a little oak
cradle in which the emperor lay just eighty
iiiiie years ugo. It is sti 1 as 'good ns new
ami lately did service for the kaiser's great
grandchildren, tlio sou ot Prince William.
Kmperor William's old ago manifests
itself by his frequent falls. Tho last mis
halt of this kind was his fall at the court
ball on his rising front tlio supper table.
The fall was caused by his sword coming
between his legs, and 'produced a painful,
but not dangerous, contusion ot tlio hip
bone. M. Sarion, French minister of tlio inter
ior, has ordered all mayors and perfects ot
the country to do their utmost todissuado
Frenchmen front emigrating. The ollicials
are instructed to "expatiate on the ob
stacles which await newcomers in all parts
.of tho world, particularly in America."
Tho Greek minister of war has returned
front a tour of inspection ot the frontier
defenses. Ho expressed his delight to tho
vitriouscomruiiuders at theolliciency of the
works. Ih'fore leaving Arta he requested
tho ollicers to Inform their nnm that they
went destined to uphold the honor of
Greece on 'he field ot battle and would not
return to taelr homos until that honor was
satisfied.
Factions hi tho League.
A New York dispatch says it Is asserted
in various quarters that there is trouble
brewing In the Irish National league over
President Hgan'sdentincintlonot thosowho
have raUod money for the Purnell parlia
mentary fund outside the national league.
Itetween various commit tecs it is estimated
that fully S150.000 hits Iwen scut to Pur
nell during the lust few months, and their
work watt carried on without the utterance
oloue word agnlnat the league or lUotlicer.
THE KNIGHTS STILL OUT.
Tltcy IlcriiKO to Pay any Attention to
.tlr. Powtlcrly'n Order's.
St. Louis, April 1. contrary to gcnernl
expectation that the executive committee
ot assembly 101 would designate the hour
ot 10 o'clock this morning ns tho
time when the striking knights should re
turn to work, no order to that effect was
issued and at 10 o'clock the strike con
tinued. None ot the strikers applied for
work to the Missouri Pacific ollicials, and
they -y they will not do bo till ordered by
their executive committee. Despite the
continuance ot the strike upon tins side ot
the river, a considerable number of now
flwltrhmen find ynrdiuen have been em
ployed to fill tho vacant places ot tho
strikers and all appearances indicate a
speedy resumption of freight trallic on tho
different roads. Switch ennines are now
running bnck and forwnrd preparatory to
starling out freight trains. None of the
switch engineers have yet been prevailed
upon to quit work and if tho regular freight
engineers shnll be equally faithful in per
forming their duties there is no doubt that
the freight trallic on tho roads will be at
least partially resumed to-day. Gov.
Oglesby. utter breakfast this morning, pro
ceeded to the relny depot, where the largest
number of strikers assembled, and ad
dressed to them some well chosen remarks
bearing on tlio strike. He cautioned them
ngainst using violence in nny case and in
formed them that the laws must bo obe; ed
and enforced; that it the county authorities
wero not equal to the task of preserving the
railroad property, there was a power still
Htrutiger, which could be called upon for Its
protection. Tho following was issued this
afternoon:
To the Public: As showing the sincerity
of the railroad managers in theirtrealment
of tlio Knights of Labor, wo respectfully
state that, pursuant to tlio order of our
general executive board, we, this day, sent
a committee to tlio inumigors ol the several
railroads offering to return the men to
work and in no instance would they be re
ceived or treated witli respect, each olllcial
in turn either refusing tiim a hearing or
evading witli specious subterfuges a direct
answer or refusing them employment.
Iloxie had agreed to receive a committee of
employes to adjust any grievances which
may exist. He refused personally and
through his subordinates to recognize any
of us as employes and refused to receive
nny but such as he calls employes. In
shot t, after Gould and himself have con
veyed to the world that they are willing to
settle, they refuse to settle. Now we appeal
to t he candid and suffering public, on whom
Is falling all the weight of this great con
flict, if we have not been deceived enough.
How much longer is long-suffering labor to
bear this. This great strike never would
have been had Hoxie condescended mouths
ngo to hear our complaints. We do not
claim to be more than human. It should
not he expected of us to be moro than
human. In this country position makes
no man king or slave uud the imperious re
fusal on the part of one citizen to confer
with another citizen with whom he may
have business connections, when such re
fusal begets great business and social reso
lution, is not only a mistake but a crime
ngainst the public. Gould is invoking the
law against little criminals who are mado
despi'iate by his policy and oppression, and
yet the tei ronzed public does not invoke
the law against tho arch criminal of the
hiial. We cannot return to work. Tho
stnke must go on.
Ity order of executive board of district
assemblies 101, Oil and 17.
Foiit Woitui, Tex., April 1. Fort Worth
is in ulio hands of a mob. The citizens'
posse summoned by the sheriff to assemble
this morning in the Missouri Pacific yards
met some 1100 strong, according to orders.
About -100 strikers, armed, desperate uud
ready for bloodshed, were on tho scene.
Fifty well-armed ollicers were also on hand.
A freight train was made up and a Mis
souri Pacific engine enme nlong to pull out
the tram, when there wns a grand rush by
the strikers for the engine. Arms were pre
sented 011 both sides. Tho engine was not
molested, but all cars were uncoupled, and
even tho nuts wore taken out of tho draw-
heads. Some of tho knights wero arrested
and the engine sent back to the round
house and all attempts to move the train
were abandoned. Tho citizens lacked or
ganization. They had no leader, whilo
every man in tlio ranks of tho strikers was
a leader. Mayor Smith addressed the mob
but the strikers cried "lints! No more
Peter Smith formayor again!" The sheriff
is summoning tlio citizens to go nrmed to
morrow to the Missouri I'aeific yards.
'1 he strikers' places are all filled here. They
are hungry nml bloodthirsty.
Topcka special says: Gov. Martin re
ceived a dispatch from State Adjutant G mi
eral Campbell, at Parsons, Kas., that the
mob was seemingly 111 the ascendancy there
and ho could not start trains without aid.
Tlio governor thereupon authorized tho
ailing out 01 tho I'irst regiment of statu
111 Hit tit. or us much of it ns is needed, and
telegraphed Gen. Carroll at Paola to go to
Parsons and take command. It is ex
pected that the Ottawa and Garnet com
panies and probably another will bo scut
to the scone ot tho trouble. Some twolvo
or fifteen freight trains wero sent out to-
day and a heavy business was done at the
11 eight depot, where goods was received for
all points for tho lirst time during tlio
strike. Tho company ia still employing
outside applicants.
A PLAN TO ASSASSINATE CK00K.
Ccronliuo Again IteveaU UN .Murder
ous Iispoil(ioii.
Tombstono (Ari.) telegram: Gen. For
By the, tho commanding ollicer at Fort
Huachuca, who arrived hore to-day, made
known tho startling fact that at the first
Interview with Gen. Crook had witlt the
liostiles, Thursday last, Geronimo had his
men nrmed with rilles, ready to fire upon
all white men, including Crook, at a given
signal.
tleronimo's failure to keep his promise ot
surrender at Fort Howie is ascribed to tho
fact that having so much blood to answer
for I could expect no clemency. Therefore,
lie preferred life in tho mountains to a pros,
pect ot hanging atthohands ot the authori
ties. Tho liostiles had 000 rounds of ant
munition each.
Gen. Forsythe said it was impossible to
fathom Gerouiitio's intention. It is an
open question whether ho will go south and
join Mangots or remain to harass the
frontier Geronimo is about 52 years ol
nge, crattv, treacherous and merciless.
This is t ie third time he has proved faith
less. (Jrnin In Sight.
Tho number of bushels ot grain in store
in tho United States and Canada on April
2d, mid the increase or decrease compared
witli tho previous week, ns posted on
'Cliuugoin Chicago on the Cth, was as fol
lows: Wheat....lS.072.124
Corn 10.0U2.89tt
Oats 2,IU9.-I4!l
live 5215.205
Hurley.... 911.549
Decrease...
Inerea.se....
Increase ...
Decrease...
Decrease ...
801,855
702.49a
120,490
1(1,780
97.09J
Tho amount in Chicago elevators 011 the
date named wus:
Wheat ia,S.tS.8
Corn a,55 0(59
Oats 490,411
live 217. 09U
Hurley 107,028
GENERAL 'E7VS A?D NOTES.
Kepresentativcs Itandall. Hewitt, Burnes.
Crisp, Hiscock, Iteed and Phelps, constitut
ing the select commission on ordinance and
gunnery, have reached a final unanimous
ngreomcnt on their report, a.id it will bo
presented to tho house "by Itandall. The
commission has no hesitation in recom
mending that all guns for use by the army
and navy, Including those for fortifications
when constructed, should be constructed in
the United States. The committee tnnko
no recommendations, and say that in a
matter involving such vast expenditures,
they prefer to lcavo tlio entire bubject to
congress.
A passenger train was ditched five miles
south of Parsons, Kb., and the engine, mail
enr nnd baggage car were thrown down tho
embankment. Theonly one seriously hurt
was Mail Agent Moon. The wteck wns
caused by a fish-plate being removed nnd
the rails spread. ng. Great indignation i
manifested by the citizens nt the perpetra
tors ot the deed, and it is likely that th
guilty ones will be nrrested and punished,
ns detectives luivo obtained so.ue clues a&
to who the guilty parties are.
The Chicago Stove works, employing 250
men, has shut down. An accident) to tv
portion ot tho mnrhincry is the roon,
given, but there is a dispute between tho
firm and some of its employes in regard to
wages. Pending settlement tho works will,
not start up again.
Senator Cullom has introduced in the
senate a bill appropriating $500.000 Ion
the erection in Washington of a monument,
witlt appropriate statuary, to comment,
orate the illustrious public services ot tho
late Abraham Lincoln
Lightning struck a cotton s'"d in New
Orleans, burning it and causing 575,000
loss.
Georgia is experiencing the greatcstt
freshet e or known. There is much distress
among tlio people.
Two million dollnrs damage has beciA
done in Northern Georgia and Alabama.
Tho steamer Mary Lewis sank in tho
Lower Mississippi. Four men were
drowned. A hoisting steamer l'armoro,
?ent to tlio wreck, exploded its boiler, kill
ing four more.
Tho whisky pool continues tho Mareln
Bcule of production through April.
Two hundred thousand dollars will noi"
cover the loss at Talladega, Alabama, from
the desl ruction of bridges, mills and stoik.
The Coosa river is still rising and great de
struction is reported all along its banks.
Adam Kouhner, who shot and killed hia
wife May .'50, 18S5, and whoso triiil" lutH
been proceeding in the criminal court of St.
Louis for some time, was found guilty of
minder in tlio first degree and remanded to
jnil where he has tor company eight men,'
similarly zituated.
The Merchants' hotel nt Carver, Minn.,,
burned on the 1st. Andrew Swenson, aged
00, nnd an unknown man were cremated in.
their beds.
Tho heavy rains in Virf
in iit have caused
n great rise in tho James river.
and a great
deal of property has been destroyed.
A London dispatch says: A gToat mass
meeting was held this afternoon in Guild
hall to protest against griintin,' a parlia
ment to Ireland. Tlio lord mayor pre
sided. Sir John Lubbock (liberal J moved'
the ndoption of a resolution condemning
Gladstone for his intention of handing Ire
land over to Purnell, whom ho previously
denounced. A working man uroso and of
fered nn nmondment to Lubbock's resolu
tion, but ho wus howled down and tho res
olution was carried amid wild enthusiasm.
Hut two persons in the immense audieuco
voted in tlio negative.
An investigation into tho affairs of J. A.
MeMahoti, a lawyer ot Kingston, Out.,
who loft suddenly snino time ago, shows
that ho has appropriated money belonging
to his clientsestimated at 820,000. Losses
in speculating aro said to be tho cause.
A Fort Howio (Arizona) special says:
Lieut. Faison arrived to dny with iifty
ciglit Apacho prisoners, including Chihua
hua, Kutno, Josna and Nana, tlio worst of
the leaders, next to Geronimo. All wero
glad to got in. Chihuahua hud a pow-wow
with Crook this afternoon and said: "I
know we committed many outrages, but
Geronimo is to blame for all. He forced us
off the reservation by lies. I don't think
he'll como in now. I havo thrown away
my arms and ant not afraid. I must die
soiiictiino. If you punish too hard; you
and tha oiiicers havo families and lovo
much, so have I." Crook told him to go
back to camp and rest.
Tlio St. Clair county, Illionis, grand jury
returned a second indictment against T. A.
Canty, city clerk of Kast St. Louis, and D.
J. Canty, county recorder, who wero pre
viously indicted for conspiracy. This in
dictment charges thorn with being accessory
before tlio tact to burglary and lurcony 111
inducing Pat Kgan and Lieut, of Polleo
Duffy to rob a safe in the city clerk's ollico
in Fast St. Louis over n year ngo, and for
which Hgun aud Duffy aro now in the peni
tentiary. EXPELLING THE CHINESE.
Dcclxlon In till) Celebrated ISalilwIn
Cao Tito Defendant ICeleasutl.
San Francisco dispatch: Tho habeas,
corpus caso of Thomas Dubinin, nrrested
by tho United States marshal on thocharge
of having assisted in expelling Chineso from
Nicolas, Cal., was decided in tho United
States court to-dny. Tho caso wns heard
before Judges Sawyer nnd Sabin. The pe
tition claimed that tlio federal authorities
had no jurisdiction in tho mutter as tho
offense was answerable only to the state,
authorities. Judge Sawyer returned tlfO
decision. Ho says the charge is apparently
founded on section 5519 of the revised
statutes of the United States, which im
poses a heavy ponalty on persons engaging
in a conspiracy to deprive any person, or
class ot persons, of equal protection of
laws, and adds: "If that boetion is valid,
what is popularly known as 'boycotting
is." The original writ was dismissed au.l
the petitioner remanded.
Judge Sabin dissented nnd tho prisoner
was subsequently released on his own
recognizance. An nppeal will bo taken to
tho United States supreme court.
Clpar Manufacturer? Shut Down.
A Milwaukeo speciul says: II. Segniti.t
Co., cigar manufacturers, have closed their
establishment, discharging their COO em
ployes. Troublorestiltingfroni contentions
between tho two organizations to which tlio
workmon belong-.Kiiiglits of Laliorand tho
International Union is given by the pro.
prietors as tho principal cause for the shut
down, nnd added to this is the general de
pression in the trnde. The firm is reported
to bo considering a proposition toinovo ltn
entire business to New York.
IJy the nccTdentnl discharge o! a gun,
while hunting Henry Eberllngs, ot Geneva,
lost a portiou ot Ma right hand,