THE OREGON SCOUT.
JONIJ8 A: ClIANCUy, I'ubllahcra.
UNION, - - - OREGON.
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IJLO0I1Y WORK IN CHICAGO.
ColIMon Ilctwocn I'ollro mill Strifccr
Ill tlio Street of Tluit City.
In Chicago on tho 3rd thero wns a good
deal of agitation mnong workingmon in re
ference to in augiirfitliig tlio eight Jiour
movemont. A body of 1,500 strikers VW
Jtcd tliQ Milwaukee railway shops and
forced 2,000 men employed tlicro to ftlmn
don work. A crowd of socialists and others
worked themselves into a frenzy of excite
ment and started yelling towards tho Mc
Cormick reaper works. Tlio police wcro
Immediately telephoned for and soon ar
rived and, drawing rovolvers, fired indis
criminately into tlio crowd. Tho crowd
scattered in all directions. Five were
wounded and cnrrlcd from tho scone. No
ono was reported killed. Tho cntiro reserve
forco of tlio city's pollco was ordered to pre
Bcrvo order in tlio vicinity of tho trouble
Tho scene at tho McCormick works was
riotous in tho extreme. Uy 4;25 at least
150 policemen had arrived on tho ground
or wero coming in patrol wngous within
sight. Uy this time tho windows of the fac
tory were riddled with stones and bullets.
Two of tho wagons, while on tho way to the
scene, stopped to disperse a noisy and de
monstrative crowd at tho corner of Uluo
Island nveuuo anil Lincoln street. Tho
mob attacked them with stones, but the
olllccrs jumped from tho wagons and by a
vigorous uso of thoir clubs soon sunt tho
rlotors (lying in all directions. They then
turned and began driving tho noisy crowds
out of tho saloons in the neighborhood,
using their clubs indiscriminately. Inside
tho fenco of the McCormick works Olllcer
Itaffcrty hod a very narrow escape A rioter
who hud got inslilo ramoupbehind him nnd
was aiming a pistol at his head, not two
foot away, when Lieut. Shcppard struck
him to the earth with his club, shivering it
to pieces with tho riuor of tho blow. At 5
o'clock tho nolle wcro forming a hollow
squill u, insido of which they intended to
escort tlio MrCorniick men boyond tho
mob's reach. Soon afterward tlio polieo
escoltcd McCormlck's men up beyond
Twenty-second street without trouble, ox
copt from an occasional stono hurled from
wife hiding iiluccs. Four men wero found
wounded with bullets. Two of thorn wero
taken away in a patrol wagon, ouo shot
through tho hip and ono through tlio leg.
Thoro wore manv badlv damaL'ed heads.
Ofllcci Casey nearly suffered an ignomin
ious death at tho lunula of tlio infuriated
socialists. Alter tho great mob hail virtu
ally dispersed. Casey, with threo other
policemen, car ricd .loo Weddiek, ono ot
tho wounded strikers to his homo, No. 422
West Seventeenth street. Tho patrol
wagon was followed by an angry crowd of
Ilohemlans, who yelled loudly for rovengo
for tho wounds of their fallen comrades,
but whoti tlio wagon turned down Centre
avenue to Seventeenth street the crowd
did not follow. In silence they watched
thoir countryman homo from tlio wagon
Into his homo, and tho olllccrs, utter laying
"Weddiek upon a bed, lult, with tho ex
ception of C'usey, who remained behind to
got a roport of the man's condition. While
Cnsoy was talking to tlio wounded man's
wife many of Weddirk's sympathizers had
pressed their way Into tlio house. Tlio in
jured man was asked who shot him. Evi
dently misunderstanding the question,
Weddiek mined his hum! and pointed at
Olllcer Casoy. Tho crowd insido tho houso
went Into a frenr.y. Seizing tho olllcer they
dragged him out on tho sidewalk. "Lynch
him I" "Lynch him!" they cried, and sev
eral of their number ran for ropes. Casey
Is a man of powerful frame but was like an
infant, heminod in as ho was by tho
mob. In tho onsulng strngglo ho re
ceived fearful bruises and his clothing was
nearly torn from his body. A rope was
brought mid ono end was mado fast to a
lamp-post directly in front of Wcddlck's
door. At sight ot the improvised scaffold
tho mob shrieked with delight. Casey
fought with tho fury of desperation. As
tho crowd pressed around tho gallows ho
gathered ail his remaining strength and,
dashing liendforomost from his assailants,
jumped into tlio street, followed by hun
dreds, who at on co began llrlng at him as
be ran. As ho ran ho was met by a patrol
wagon full of police, who, having heard the
tumult, wero hurrying to his assistance.
Casey clnmbered into tho wagon and fell
upon a seat exhausted. Tlio wagon was
surrounded in a moment by Ids pursuers,
but at sight ot the policemen's revolvers
they quickly scattered. While this was
going on Casey recoverod sulliclontly to
point out among those who wero last to
turn ono of tho crowd who had been par
ticularly olllclous in bringing a rope. Tlio
man was immediately arrested and driven
to the station. Ho gave his name as Jo
Soph Hess.
Tho witnesses of tho struggle between tho
police and socialists placed tho number of
tho latter who wcro wounded as high, as
twelve. It is not thought that any wore
killed outright, hut the rapidity with which
tho wounded wero carried away by their
friends and thosccrccy maintained in regard
to any connection wit It the affair make the
facts dllllcult to obtain, Joe Vcstik is
probably mortally wounded and may not
survive through tho night.
AN Al'l'KAU TO AllMH.
During tho evening tlio following circular
was printed in (iermau, ami, with Kuglish
traiiNlatlou appended, was distributed
broadcast in many sections ot tho city:
Huvengo Workingmon to arms I Your
musters neat out their blood-hounds, tlio
police. They killed six of your brothers at
McCormlck's tills afternoon. They killed
the poor wretches because they, liko you,
had the courage to disobey tho supremo
will of your bosses. Tlioy killed thorn
becauso they dared to ask for shortening
hours of toll. They killed them to show
you, freo American citizens, that you must
bo satisfied and content with whatever
your bosses condescend to allow you, or
you will got killed. You have for years
endured tho most abject humiliation. You
have for years suffered unutterable Iniqui
ties. You have woiked yourself to death.
You havo endured tho pangs of want and
hunger. Your children you havo sacrltlced
to factory lords. In short, you have been
miserable and obedient slaves all these
years. Why? To satisfy tho Insatiable
creed, to 111 I tho coffers of your lazy, thiev
ing masters. When you ask them how to
loosen .your burdens, they sond thoir blood
hounds to shoot you and to kill you. II
you aro men, and II you are sous of your
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CliniiKlntr tlio Heleiitltlo Koreans.
Washington', May 2 Representative Her
bert said to-night that the amended hill agreed
UDou by the Joint coiiiiiiImIoii on tho
organization of the scientific bureau yettcr
day will bo reported by him to the home. It
purjKise, he state, It to cut oil paleoutologl
cal work, all dln'Uloiii of geological tlicorlci
and tho publication of nil bulletins ami mono
graph thleb lu the onlulon of tlio cominU
lou havo become expclvr, and to couthif
the survey to the work of vullcctiuj; material
sud waking a geological map.
THE OKAY AND THE 11LUE.
Uxlrnct rrniiiJpfriliivlft) Second Spoccli
f.l tlio Confederate monument Dedi
cation. following Is an extract from the speech
ot Jefferson Davis on the occasion of laying
the corner stone ot the monument to bo
erected to tlio memory of the confederate
Jem!, at Montgomery, Alabama:
It Is not my purpose cither to discuss the
political questions on which my views have
been clsewhcro or at other fimo freely ex
pressed, neither to review tho past except
In vindication of the character and con
duct of those to whom it is proposed to
i,jnor on this occasion, That we mny not
lie misunderstood by such as are not wil
fully blind, it may bo proper to stato In tlio
foreground that wo havo no desire to feed
the fires of sectional hate, while we H
seek to avoid whatever r?sp..aibility is
attached to tlio belief in tlio righteousness
of our cause nnd the virtuo of tlioso who
risked their lives to defend it. Loud np
flauso and cheers. Rovcngo is not tho
sentiment of a chivalrous people, and tlio
apothegm that forgiveness is moroensy to
tlio injured than to those who inflict injury
has never hnd a moro powerful illustration
than In the present atlitudo ot the two sec
tions toward one another. Policy, In tlio
absence of mngnanimity, would havo indi
cated that in a rcstor-d union of tho states
there should havo been a full restoration
of tho equal privileges and boncfits as they
had pre-existed. Though this has not been
the ense, yet you havo faithfully kept your
resumed obligations ns citizens, and in
your impoverishment have homo equal
burdens without equal benefits. I nm
proud of you, my countrymen, for tliis ad
ditional proof of your fidelity, and pray
God to give you graco to suffer and bo
strong.
When your children's children shall ask,
"What means this monument?" thero will
bo tho enduring answer, "It conimoinoratos
tlio deeds of Alabama's sons whodicd that
you and your descendants should bo what
your fathers in tlio war for independence
loft you." Alabama asserted tlio right pro
claimed in tho declaration of Independence
as belonging to every people. Slio found
that tho compact of tho union had beer
broken on ono sldo nnd was thcreforo an
nulled; that tho government of the United
States did not answer tho cuds for which
it was instituted, and with others of liko
minds proceeded to form a confederation,
organizing its power In tho lnngiiugo of tlio
declaration of independence, in such form
ns seemed to them most likely to effect
thoir safety and happiness. Tills was dot
revolution, because tho stato government
having charge of nil domestic affairs, both
of person nnd property, remained un
changed. To cull it revolution is a gross
solecism. Applause. As sovereign is no
rebel, and as only sovereigns can form a
national league, if tlio states hnd not been
sovereigns tlicro could not havo been a
compactof union. Applause.
That tho south did not anticipate, much
less desiro war, is shown by tho absence of
preparations for it, as well as by tlio efforts
made to securoa peaceful separation. Tho
successful parly always held tho defeated
responsible for tho war, but whoa passion
shall have subsided and roason shall have
resumed her .dominion, it must bo decided
that tho general government lias no consti
tutional iower to coerce a stato, and that
a stato had the right to ropel invasion. It
was a national and constitutional right.
Applause.
From the early part of the century thero
hnd been prophesies, and throats of disso
lution of the union. These began at the
north on tho question of preserving tlio
balance ot power, and culminated during
tho war of 18112 on the decline of their
trado, though tho war waged for tlio pro
tection otsailots' rights, lit tint course of
years tho balance of power passed to tlio
north, and that power was so used that
the south, despairing of tlio peaceful enjoy
ment ot thoir constitutional rights in tlio
union, decided to withdraw from it. This
without injury to thoir Into associates.
This right to withdraw was denied, and tho
north made ready for war. Tlio distant
muttering of tho storm was readily under
stood by tho pcoplo of Alabama, flroy
halted sires and beardless boys, all unpre
pared as they wero, went forth to meet tho
storm ere it burnt upon their homes. It
icqulred no Demosthenes to arouso tlioiu
to the duty of resisting tlio invadors m
Patrick lionry to prepare them for tins
alternative of "liboi ty or death." It was
the people, not tlio leaders, who resolved
and acted. Ouo sentiment inspired all
classes. Yet I believe thero wero very few
who did not regret tho necessity which left
them no alternative between lighting for
their state or against it. Mothers, wives
and daughters, choking back their sobs,
cheered them on tho path of honor and
duty. With fearless tread these patriots,
unt rained to war, advanced on many bat
tle Ileitis to look death in tho face.
Though Alabama, liko Niobo, must mourn
her children In death, yet U her woo tem
pered by thoglorioiiB halo which surrounds
their memory. For more than a century
after his death it is said that Philip Dovu
loimo's name was borne on the roil of tho
"renadiers to whom ho belonged, and when
his n unc was called It was answered from
the ranks: "Mort sur Loehuinpd'lloniiur.
Lone, very Ioiil. would bo tlio list which
would contain tho names ot Alabama's
sons whoso valor and lidelity would justify
the same response. To namo a low would
bo unjust to the many. They aro all,
therefore, loft whero they securely roposa
lu the hearts of a grateful people. This
monument will rest upon tho land for
which they died and point upward to the
Father who knows tho motives as well as
tho deeds ot His children, and to them at
Inst listing la tlio land where that justice
nmy be rendered which may havo been de
nied them hero.
la conclusion, ncrmlt mo to say that
though the memory of our glorious past
must ever bo dear to us, duty points to the
present and tho future. Alabama having
resumed nor place in ino tuuou, no uyoina
to fultlll all tho obligations devolving upon
all good citizens, seeking to restore the gen
eral government to its pristine purity, and
as best you may to promote mowoiiaro
and happiness of y ur common country.
ILong-conuuuoa applause. j
A llonlthy Xntlon.
Wasiunotox, May 2. Tlio, report ot Dr.
Hillings, surgeon I'nlted States aruiv, on the
mortality and vital btutUt.es of the I'nlted
States as returned for the tenth counts has
been received by the ecrotary of the Interior.
It says that the total jHipulatlou la li-N) was
f0,lS5,?SS, nu Increase lu tea years of ll.A'JT,
U'i. Of this US1.SIU per annum may Iki taken
as due to Immigration, tho total hiiiiiIkt of
Immigrants for the ten our being U,Sl2,10l.
This makes the mean imiuuil Increase due to
cxeo of births over deaths STS.&iJ. The
menu nuuuiil birth rate for the Untied States
Is !U1 per 1,000.
It apis-ars from the data preeonbxl la the
reort that the I'nlted States as a whole dur
ing; the eenms year, had a comparatively low
death rate and n high birth rate. The death
rate Is shown to have been higher In the color
ed than In the white population; lu the foreign
clement than lu the whites of Auier eiin itur
entuge, lu the cities than in the rural district.
The uioet Impnrtaut causos of dlsounwi nnd
death were consumption, pneumonia, diph
theria, typhoid fever, malarial fever and those
Ill-defined forms of ilUcatc to w huh chddrcii
under 1 uurof ago are mlncct
The Union Pnclflo lmvo urvoyed an ex-
tension of their line from Albion, lu Dooue
county, to ucar tummiviue.
Citizens to Settle the Strike.
St. Louis dispatch: Tho statement is
made public hero that preliminary steps
have been taken by tlio citizens' committee
to terminate the strike, and tlio prospects
nro thnt their efforts will bo successful. A
meeting will bo held to draw up a series of
resolutions, which will be sent to theexecu
tlvo board of tho Knights of Labor, anil
which will request the board to declnre the
striko off, the citizens' committee pledging
themselves to stand by tho knights and
use every exertion possiblo cither to bring
about arbitration or secure the re-cmploy-tnont
of all the strikers who havo not com
mitted ofrenscs against tho law and tho
railroad company.
TIIE FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
A Ilccord of Proceeding In Both
IlrancheN of the Simie.
Sk.Vatk, April 27. The bill for nn exten
sion of tho executive mansion was passed.
It appropriates $300,000 for tho purpose.
The report of the committee ot tho Ohio
legislature regarding the investigation of
Senator Payne's election was submitted to
tho senate, nnd Payno innilca short speech
charging the majority of tho committee
witli unfairness in refusing to notify him of
testimony prejudicial to him and omitting
to call on him for his private papers, ho
ha ving notified the chairman of tiie com
mittee in advance that he would bo pre
pared to meet every charge mado ngninst
nim. Ilccntcrcd a most cmphntic denial
of tho chnrges, and invites a most exhaust
ive scrutiny of all his acts and privnto cor
respondence. The wholo thing, he said,
was an attempt to circulate baseless gossip
and siaudul. Tho following bills authoriz
ing the construction of bridges, reported
favorably from tho cominitteo on com
merce, wcro passed: Railroad bridges
across tho Missouri river at or near Kan
biih City, Mo.; Council Illufls, la.; on a lino
of railroad botweon cither Clay or Jackson
county, Missouri, and tho county of Wyan
dotte, Kansas; near Atchison, Kan.; at or
near Salino City, Mo.; nenr St. Clinrlcs,
Mo., and nt or near St. Joseph, Mo.; also
a railroad bridge across the St. Croix river
or lake between Prcscolt, Wis., and Still
water, Minn.
House, April 27. The senate bill was
pa seed extending for two months from
April SO, 1880, tho duties of the clerk of
tho lato court of tho commissioners of Ala
bama claims. Honnctt, of South Carolina,
from tho committee on judiciary, reported
adversely tho bill to prohibit aliens from
acquiring title to or owning lands within
tlio United States. Placed on the houso
calendar. A number of cominitteo reports
wero presented, and then the bill to estab
lish a sub-treasury at Louisville, Ky., was
called up. Morrison, of Illinois, nnd Ding
ley of Maine, opposed it, and, after further
discussion, tho consideration of tlio bill was
postponed until May 15th. The houso
then went into cominitteo of the whole,
Wellborn, of Tcxns, in the chair, on tlio
river and harbor bill, and thus its time was
occupied until adjournment.
Scnatr, April 28. On motion of McMil
lan bills wore passed authorizing tlio con
structing of bridges as follows1 Across the
Mississippi river at or nerr Kcitlisburg, III.;
at Winona, Minn., and Hed ing, Minn.;
across tlio Missouri river at Pierre, Dak.;
ncrosa Minors rivor at or near Lacona, III.,
nnd across tlio Des Moines river in Iowa,
nt such point as mny bo selected by tho
Now York and Council Illulfs railway com
pany. Tlio postolllco appropriation bill
was then proposed by the senate com
initteo, appropriating 5800,000 for curry
ing tho South Central American, Chinese
and Austrian mails, and authorizing the
postmaster general to make, after due ad
vertisement, contracts for five years with
American companies at a rate not to ex
ceed for each outward trip one dollar per
nautical mile of distance by tho mostdirect
and feasible course botweon terminal points.
No dollulto action was takon ami the souuto
adjourned.
House, April 28. Hatch, of Missouri,
from tho comniittcoonagriculturc, reported
a bill defining butter and imposing a tax
upon and regulating the manufacture, sale,
exportation and importation of oleomar
garine Referred to tho committee of tho
whole. The rivor and harbor bill was then
considered. Hepburn, of Iowa, offered an
ameiu'inient providing for tlio expenditure
of tho appropriation for the Missouri river
from its mouth to Sioux City by tlio secre
tary of war without intervention of the
Missouri river commission. Ho attacked
tho commission, churgirg that their sal
ariesamounting to about $102,000 per
annum wore moro than one-third of tho
ontiro consideration. Ho asserted that
thoro wns no commerce worthy of the
numo of tlio Missouri river. Ten steam
boats hud passed Council Rluffs in live
years. Again, the river meandered allovor
tho country. Ho had known It to change
Its course eight miles in a night. Discus
sion ensued, and, pending a vote on the
amendment, tho committee rose uud the
houso adjourned.
House, April 20. Tho committee on
coinage, weights and monsures reported
tho bill for tho retirement and rccoinngo
of tho trado dollar. Placed on the house
calendar. It provides that for six months
after its passage trade dollars shnll bo re
ceived at their faro valuo in payment ot
ail dues to the United States and shall not
be again paid out or issued in any othor
manner. Holders of trade dollars, on
presentation, shall receive in change an
equal lunount of Htnndnrd silver dollars.
Tho trade dollars so received shall bo ro
coined Into stnudard silver dollars. The
Fourth of July claim bill, after some
debate, was passed. Tho postolllco appro
priation bill was then takon up. Tho par
aeraph making an appropriation of $2,
200,000 tor tho improvement of tho lowor
Mississippi having been reached, the com
mittee rose.
Hi'wiTn Atirtl HO. Tlio conference renort
on tho Indian appropriation bill was sub-
nutted by Dawes and concurred in oy mo
somite. Altor tho passage of soveral pri
vnto bills tho poatotllce appropriation bill
was tnkou upand Halorosuuied hisremarks
on it. A running debate followed, during
which the question was discussed from u
tariff point of view. Plumb Anally secured
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on the bill should close at 4 o'clock Mon-
. . .i i) .1 ill
day. The senate- tueu aujoumou mi
Monday.
House, April .10. Hatch, on bohalf of
the cominitteo on agriculture, cult! up tho
resolution setting apart May lttth for tlio
consideration of business presented by that
commlttoe. Tho chief measure upon which
action will bo asked is tho oleomargarine
bill. In response to a question ho stated
that though tho bill was a rovenuo bill, the
committee on agriculture would attempt
to conllue tho amendments to the subject
matter ot tho measure and not allow them
to extend to the tax on spirits and to
bacco. Adopted. Tho house then went
into cominitteo of the whole, Mills ia the
chair, on the liver and harbor appropria
tion bill. A number of amendments wero
agreed to Increasing the number of places
w hero preliminary surveys mny lo made,
ami then La Follette, of Wisconsin, moved
to strike out the entire eectlou having rvl
crcuce to this subject.
House, Mny 1. Mr. Findlny, of Mary
mud, from the civil service committee, sub
mitted a report on the resolution offered
by Mr. Tauibce, ot Kentucky, directing the
secretary of the treasury to inform tlio
house by what authority substitute clerks
were permitted in his department. A run
ning debate respecting the merits nnd de
merits of tho civil service law ensued be
tween Messrs. Tuulbee, Miller of New York,
Cannon of Illinois, and others, at the con
clusion of which the resolution was tabled.
Mr. Cox, of North Carolina, from tlio for
eign nffairs committee, reported a bill
amendatory of tho Chinese immigration
act. Houso calendar. Also, providing in
demnity to certain Cliineso subjects for
losses sustained within tho jurisdiction ot
tlio United States. The floor was then ac
corded to tlio cominitteo on territories, and
several bills wcro passed of local interest
only. Tho Oklahoma bill was then called
up and its provisions wore explained by
Mr. Hill, of Ohio, who stated that tho land
which it wns proposed to open to settle
ment amounted to nearly 12,000,000
acres. The bill did not propose to violate
any treaty with any tribe of Indians. It
provided for tlio appoint ment of a commis
sion of flvo persons to treat with tlio In
dians with a view of securing tho modifica
tion of treaties so us to permit of tlio open
ing of tlio land to settlement. Lnid over
under tho rule, after which tlio houso nd
journed. Sexate, Mny -1. After unimportant bus
iness tho postofllce appropriation bill wns
taken up nnd Vest proceeded to spenk
upon the amendment appropriating $800,
000 for tho transportation of foreign mnils.
lie maintained that provision would prove
destructive to tlio merchant marine. It
was now proposed to chnngo tho existing
statute, which permits competition, and
substitute in its p1a.ee tho declaration that
none but American steamships shall carry
tho mails. To-duy, ho snid, wo havo but
two routes upon which thero aro moro
than ono lino ot steamships, ono from San
Francisco to tho east nnd ono from New
York to Havana. No competition could
como except upon those t wo lines. Fust's,
Ingalls nnd Colquitt also joined actively in
the debate, tho latter opposing (lie amend
ment energetically. After executivesession
the senate adjourned.
House, Mny 4. Wollburn submitted tho
conference report on tho Indian appropria
tion bill and it was adopted. Dills, etc.,
were introduced and referred Uy linker,
of Now York Establishing the territory of
North Dakota. Uy Weaver, of Nebraska.
A preamble and resolution ironically sug
gesting that it requires a high degree of in
telligence to discliargo tho functions of a
member of tho cominitteo appointed to ut
tend the remains of n deceased member to
a place of burial, and providing for tlio ap
pointment of a standing griise-yard com
mittee, which shnll bo composed of such
statesmen as tlio Record discloses have
shown tiio highest degreo of ability in
lodging tho dead weight of an objection to
tho consideration of unobjectionable legis
lation, said cominitteo to liavo leave to sit
during tho sessions of tlio house but with
out power to object at tho gravo to tho in
terment of tlio corpse. On motion of Hen
derson, of Iowa, tlio rules wero suspended
nnd tho bill was passed appropriating
S15!5,000 for tlio repair nnd enlargement of
the public building at Des Moines. Ia.
THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Mayor I'rniicl of St. I.onlw Examined
us to tlio Strike.
St. Louis dispatch: Tho congressional
investigatingconimilteoheard business men
of this city to-day as to tho effect of tho
striko upon business ot tho city nnd tlio
country to it. Tlio most important testi
mony of tlio day was by Mayor Francis,
who, after agreeing with tlio half dozen gon
tlomen who preceded him, that the business
of this city hnd suffered losses, both direct
and consequential, which would amountto
millions of dollars, went on to stnto that
tho striko occurred on tho Cth of March
without a word of warning, and to the sur
prito ot himself with many others. Pros
pects for an increased spring trado wore ex
cellent prior to tho strike, but an almost
complete pnrulyzatiou of tho commerce of
this city resulted from tho strike. This
stato of affairs existed for about twenty
days subsequent to tlio date of tho striko.
Tlio railway people wvro afforded ample
polico protection when thoy naked for it.
Upon tho 2:idday ol March tho railway peo
ple informed him that they would resume
busimss and asked for a guard ot polico,
which was furnished. However, after con
siderable trouble, tho attempt to get out a
train wns abandoned. Tho next day, how
ever, 100 policemen wero sent to the yards
and a freight train was run out. No great
amount of disturbance hnd occurred, and
nt no time was thero any demonstration of
lawlessness which tho polico forco wero un
able to control. Tho peucn of the city had
never boon endnngerea. Aftor tlio breaking
of tho blockade tho railroad people had
gradually resumed business. lien asked
if tlio railway people wero protected in their
property and rights between tho Ctli and
2lthof March he replied that ho was not
asked for polico protection until the 211(1,
nnd when asked if ho furnished it promptly
replied that ho had, and that the company
could lmvo had tho same protection any
day after the btriko had they seen fit to
ask it. Mayor Francis took occasion to
vigorously denounce tlio publication to tho
effect that ho had furnished Winchesters to
deputy marshals of the Lotiisvillo ,t Nash
ville road In Fast Louis, with which they
had done tlio fatal shooting of April 0, as
unqunlitledly false. Whoa asked why it
was that for oightcon days no trains were
run, lie again answered that all protection
asked for was furnished, and tliat no
reason existed why that same protection
could not lmvo been furnished at any time
J. M. McMillan of the Missouri Car and
Foundry company wns tlio noxt witness.
Ho stated that for eluhteou days after the
striko ho was obliged to close his works,
throwing 1,000 men out of employment.
His testimony mainly related to the striko
afterward, which his own men entered upon
because ot his refusal to break his contract
with tho Missouri Pacitic and censs supply
ing thorn with small ropalrs. Ho com
plained bitterly of tho interferences in his
i)iisines by an outside committee, who
had mado theso demands upon him, nnd
upon Ids refusal to treat with them
ordered his men out. He declnrod ho
would not now tako his men back In a
body, but would receive individual ap
plications only. He would not discriminate
against the Knights of Lnbor, but would
not hire any agitator or any (endow of tho
present striko, all ot whom aro unlawfully
engaged in ursunding and intimidating his
present employes, ami who make iuren
dlarv speeches to the men- Ho stated that
ono Mr. Harry of tho Knights ot Labor had
addressed the men iu a very incendiary
auiniiuvr.
N(itliiii'' Illegal DlscoTpml.
nepixwentativo Anderson, ol Ohio, sub
mitted to the hoiue the report of the com
mittee on the expenditures of tho war do
paitmcnt ns to the alleged illegal and tin
niithnnicil expenditure ol money by the
I (Cfhijual olllcer. The committee is un
able to ti lid nnv Instance where there was
1 a fraudulent disappropriation ot public
monies.
JEFF. DAVIS BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
AVIint He Snld nt the Dedlcntlou or tlio
monument to Confederate Soldiers at
Montgomery, Ala.
At the dedication of the monument to
confederate soldiers at Montgomery, Ala
bama, on tho 28th, thero wns a great
crowd in attendance. The city was benu
tlfully decorated. On tho topmost point
on tho high dome, far above everything
else, Aoated the stars and stripes. The en
tiro front was covered with streamers and
doviccs, whilo suspended from tho long
front columns wcro immense federal flags,
reaching down almost to tho heads of the
speakers. Among the speakers wns Jefferson
Davis, but in his feeblo condition ho could
not talk nt great length. The mayor intro
duced him thus:
My countrymen, it is with profound omo
lions I present to you the foremost typo
of southern manhood, Hon. Jefferson
Davis, cx-prcsident of the confederate
states of America.
As Mr. Davis advanced it wns some
minutes before ho could proceed. It was
tho first time thousands in the crowd hnd
seen him sinco his arrival, it being impos
sible for all to personally reach him at tho
hotel. Tho shouts finally dying away, Mr.
Davis, leaning on ins enne, with the federal
flag over him nnd confederate veterans bo
foro him, who had come hundreds of miles
to hear and see him, in a clour, ringing
voice, show-ins tho deep intensity of Ids
feelings, but without a tromor or pause,
except when interrupted by the shouts of
his hearers, said:
My friends, it would be vain if I should
attempt to express to you the deep gratifi
cation I feci at this demonstration. Hut 1
know it is not personal, and therefore, I
feel moro deeply gratified becauso it is a
sentiment far denrer to mo than myself.
You have passed through the terrible
ordeal of a war which Alabama did not
seek. When sho folt her wrongs too griev
ous for further toleration, sho sought
peaceablo solution. That being denied
her, tho thunders of war eamo ringing over
the land. Then her people rose up in thoir
mnjesty. Gray-haired sires and beardless
boys rushed to tho front. It was that
wr.r which Christianity proved "holy war
for defense.'' Well do I remember seeing
your gentle boys, so small, to uso tho far
mer's phrase, that they might havo been
called "seed corn," moving on witli eager
step and fenrless brow to the carnival of
death. Ann i nave aiso looiceu upon
them when their knnpsacks and muskets
seemed heavier than tho boys. Long
and continued npplause. Then you wero
full of joyous hopes. You had every pros
pect of achieving nil you desired, and now
you nro wrapped in tho mantlo of regret.
And yet that regret only manifests more
profoundly, and does not obliterate tlio ex
pression of your sentiments. I felt last
night as I approached the Exchange hotel,
irom tho callerv of which your peerless
orator, William L. Yuney. introduced mo
to the citizens of Montgomery, and com
mended in langungo which only his
eloquence could yield and which far ex
ceeded my merit I felt, I say, ngain that I
was coming to my homo coming to a land
where liberty dies not, and where freo senti
ment will live forever. Applause I had
been promised, my friends, that 1 should
not be called upon to mako a speech, and
therefor I will only extend to you my
heartfelt thanks. God bless you, ono and
all, old men and boys, and the Indies,
abovo n'l others, who never faltered in our
direst need. Loud and long continued
applause.
FOREIGNERS OF PROMINENCE.
Tho princo of Wnles, among other official
positions, liolds that of president of tho
Amilteur Photographic association.
A Paris pnpor reports that tho princo of
Wales' Into visit to that city won for the
purpose of borrowing tho sum of $250,000.
Tho empress of Russia likes Urot Harto's
books as an occasional rib-tickler, but for
a steady chuckle give her dear old Josh Hil
lings. The princo of Wnles has now reached that
period of life when ho expects to bo accom
panied to entertainments by his daughter-in-law-elect.
Kx-Qucen Isabella still cherishes hopes
that sho will sit upon tho throuo of Spain,
but a good deal will happen before that
event takes place
Victoria's birthday will bo saluted this
year on May 22. Tho good old lady de
serves to havo a half holiday at least, and
a pudding dinner.
Tlio European royalties aro moro inter
ested in Miss Folsoin's trousseau than they
aro willing to admit, but tlio president is a
bigger man than any emperor.
Tho Princess Metternich is devoted to
private theatricals. Sho is indefatigablo iu
her efforts to mako actors and actresses
out of the Austrian nobility.
This timo it is tlio crown princo of Prus
sia who bin published a book. Ho is more
fortunntely situated than most literary
follows, inasmuch as whother the work sells
or not ho will get his royalty just tho same.
Princess Dolgoronky, widow of tho lato
Csar Alexandor II., gives grand weekly ro
ceptloiiB at her splendid mansion in tho
ltuo do his Cases. Her two children aro de
scribed as living images of their fatlior.
The boy is now 1-t years of ago and con
verses lluontly in seven or eight languages.
Queen Victoria has placed in John
Hrown's bedroom nt Windsor castlo a largo
brass tablet inscribed witli tho legend of his
death in that room, his many virtues nnd
tlio queen's grief at ids loss. Hut Wales is
so oblivious of that good man's memory
that he is said to have dropped his old for
mula of praying Tor tho queen, Jolm Brown
uud tho rest of tho royal family.
Trouble Among tlio Knights.
Washington special: Tho Knights ot
Labor aro losing confidence in Powdcrly,
their chief, nnd thero nro signs ot trouble
brewing within the ranks of the order. A
knight, in conversation with a correspond
ent, expressed tho opinion that thoro would
soon bo serious divisions in assemblies.
Tho ono thomo of discussion at all meetings
at the present timo is tlio Into strike and
action of tho genoral master workman iu
connection therewith. Thero is much com
plaint against Powderly, and he is blnmed
lor tlio continuance of tho late difficulties
and the serious turn they took. Some ol
the lenders aver that If Powderly hod been
a man of great firmness the trouble would
have been bruught to nn end at the outsot.
It is claimed he does not possess tlio confi
dence of bis subordinates in that degree
which will onnbUj him to bring out of tho
order all the good ot which it is capable. It
is true that most of this seditious talk
comes from nmbitious rivals and others
who cannot do as they please under tho
present administration. Hut, for all that,
they intend to give tlio present chief some
anuoynnre and make his cootinunnco in
otlice ns unpleasant as possible. Among
other things chnrged upngainst him is that
ae allowed Jay Gould to get the best ot him
in the negotiations that passed between
them.
GENERAL NEWS AND NOTES.
At Matton, III., William Unllamoro la
flicted fatal wounds on Mary Lnnders and
then cut ids throat. Uoth will die. Ualla
more is said to bo a half witted youml
mnn. and has been annoying tho girl with
lover-like productions some time.
The popo has sent an autograph letter to
the Emperor William, thanking him, in a
very cordial manner, for his recent gift of
the gold cross.
The grand jury ot the court of general
sessions at New York was discharged on
tho 1st, but not until the foreman hauded
Recorder Smythe a presentment condemn
ing boycotting. Tlio presentment severely
condemns Police Justice Wells, who, when
a number of boycotters were arrested and
brought before him, discharged them on
the ground that they hud not violated the
law. Polico captains confessed that they
wero powerless to reliove the boycotted
firms from the nuisanco so long ns the
police parties failed to commit tho prison
ers. A petition is being circulated in New York
for the pardon of James D. Fish. The peti
tion is snid to bo signed by over 900 depos
itors of tlio Marine bank and by many ol!U
ceis of banks of this city nnd throughout
the country.
News received nt El Paso, Texas, from.
Mexico confirms the report of the bloody
municipal riots atCaBihiiirischle Tho city
is not located on any railroad and it is dif
ficult to obtain information. A number of
Mexicans were killed, together with seven
American residents, whose names cannot
be learned. Tho riot grew out of nn elec
tion. Tho government lias sent a large
body of troops to tho place to keep order.
It is believed tho elected mayor and other
municipal officials will bo deposed and
others plnced in their seats by the federal'
government.
A Tombstono (Arizona) special says:
The casualties in tlio lato bloody raid by
tlio Apaches, as far as known to date, in
clude nineteen killed, several wounded, one
girl n prisoner nnd a vast amount of prop
erty destroyed. A great number of stock
wns carried off.
At least 10,000 men employed in tho lum
ber districts ol Chicago quit work on the
morning of May 1st. Only ono firm was.
found doing business, nnd only tlio high
priced portion of their force was at work.
During the afternoon n mass meet ing, under
the nuspircH of Lumber Workers' Union No.
1, wns held at Center avenue and Twenty
second streot. Speeches wero made iu Eng
lish and Gormnn, and the enthusiasm grew
until the meeting wns organized into a pro
cession, with a band of music at its head.
Two red fines and two United States Hags
were eatried.
Tlio senate committee on commerce voted
to mnke a favorable report on the new At
lantic and Pacific ship railway bill, as a
substitute for tho original ship bill. Ends
nnd such others as mny bo associated with
him, aro created a body corporate with the
title of Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway
company, witli power to issue capital stock
and bonds not to exceed in the aggregate
$100,000,000. Tho United States obligates
itself to pay said company, for a period of
live years after the railway has been com
pleted nnd tested, any sum of money re
quired to mako two-thirds of tho net rovo
nues of said company amount nnnually to
$:i,r00,000; providing that the total lia
bility of the government shall in no case
exceed $7,500,000.
Jtoino kiiio.
LoN-nox, April 80. Mr. Gladstone denies
the assertion that ho is about to join the Ro
man Catholic church and that he had request
ed that the fact should be kept secret for six
months for political reasons.
The government has decided to abandon
that feature ot the home rule bill which ex
eludes Irish representatives from Westmin
ster. Mr. David Davis, M. P., liberal, will resign
his seat because he objects to Mr. Gladstone's
home rulo measures.
At a conference between Archbishop Crokc
and the priests of his parish a memi.rial was
unanimously signed expressing deep gratitude
to Mr. Gladstone for his past services to Ire
land and lauding him for his heroic fortitude,
utter forget fulness of self nnd fearless devo
tion in initiating his pre-ent Irish measures.
The Dublin Xalion, the organ of tho lord
mayor, denies that tlio Irish American dyna
mltards will continue to worry England unless
an absolute separation of Ireland nnd Great
Britain is attained. Mr. Gladstone's measures,
says tho Sution, means peace to the Irish
thloughout tho world.
At ltelfnst to dav two anti-home rule meet
ings were held, stone of which (i,00O persons
were present. At both meetings re-olutlons
condemning Mr. Gladstone's scheme and Mr.
Morley's threats were unanimously adopted.
Lord Iddeslelgli, speaking at Exeter this
evening, urged that the Irish schemes be dealt
with on their second reading, ns amendment
in committee would be useless.
Lord Uartliigton, speaking nt Edlnburg,
combated the idea that all ellorts to obtain
a better government in Ireland had been
tried. lie urged waiting for the liixmlng
of fruit, which with impatience would only
wither.
Mr. Gojchen denied that the opponents of
the Irish bills were unjust to Ireland. He advo
cated a largo extension of the Irish power of
dealing with education.
Mr. John Morley, chief secretary for Ireland,
addressed a large meeting at Glasgow this
evenlug. Ho ridiculed the proposed coun
ty boards. In regard to separation ho
said it woull be luijwsslble for Ireland to
separate against England's will. The bill was
not a cast Irom measure. The government
knew the enormous dlllieulty of dealing with
the constitution, hence it had formed a flex
ible plau capable of adaptation to a variety of
circumstances. Coercion was not strong
enough to quell, though It might intimidate,
the Irish people. With regard to the removal
of the Irish members from the house of com
mons Mr. Gladstono had already stated that
any feasible solution of the problem would bo
received openly and impartially.
The marquis of Ripon supxirted Mr. Glad
stone's Irish policy In au address at Manches
ter this evening.
Mr. Justin McCarthy at Hastings said that
the more the English studied Irish history the
more the.v become couviuced that the grant
ing of home rule to Ireland would make her a
friend, not a foe. He emphatically denied that
the question was one of Catholics and Pro
testants. Ulster, he declared, did not desire
to malutaln the union.
Glasuow, April U0. The National liberal
federation of Scotland has adopted resolutions
favoring Gladstone's homo rule bill.
Tlio ruhlte Debt Statemeu
The following is a recapitulation ot the
debt statoment issued on tho 1st: Interest
bearing debt, principal and iuterost,
$l,239,015,-150;debt on which interesting
coased since maturity, principal and inter
est, $0,003,0 19; debt bearing no interest,
$5-10,050,1-14; total dobt, principal nnd in
terest, $1,7S0,305,C52; totnl debt, less
available cash items, $1. 481. 057, S 17; net
cash in trensiuy. $77,030,000; debt, less
cash in treasury, May 1, 18S0, $1,407.'
020.S4S; debt, less cash in treasury, April
1, lbSO, $1,417,092,235; dec ease ot dobt
during tho month, $10,905,387; cneh In the
treasury available for reduction of the pub
lic dolt, $202,370,700; totul cash in treas
ury Bhown by the treasurer's general ao
count, $402,402,510.