T Ui ! OMAHA DAlli * BLJfi : TUESOAf MARCH 21
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A OANTAI , joke calling out th
troops at the requests of the railroai
company. - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
THK strikers don't seem to hav
much respect for members of th
special grand jury. Call out som
moro militia.
TIIERB don't seem to bo many can
didates for the council this spring
What is the matter } Have they al
gone on a strike !
BOMB of our homo guards are re
netting with deep feeling Ministoi
Lowell's lines :
"Tills kind o' solJjorln nlnt a bit
Like our November traintn' ,
For there a man could run in door *
If It tires only ralnin' . "
No less than thirty application !
have boon made for the shoos of Dr
Garnet , who recently died while min
ister to Liberia. The climate is said
to bo sure death to an unacclimatod
foreigner , but oven the prospect oi
death awakens no fears in the average -
ago office Booker.
Tun item "funeral expenses"-
congressional appropriation bills it
held to cover a largo amount of . . .what
Bill Nye calls "improved cemetery
promoter. " Over 8300 worth ol
cocktails were consumed by congress
men who attended Garfiold's ' funeral ,
and the item was passed as a legiti
mate expenditure of that ceremony.
COUMIHSIONER FINK says the pas
sage of the Reagan bill to regulate
inter-state commerce would bo a great
calamity. . Wo have no doubt oi
it. Just as soon as congress regulates
the management of the trunk linen
by law , the trunk lines will dispense
with the services of the commissioner ,
and Mr. Fink would bo without an
occupation.
IT will pain many persons to learn
that Vanderbilt's palace which cost
nearly $5,000,000 is not an entire
success. The kitchen is so arrangnd
that the odors of the cooking mingle
with the smell of fresh paint in
the pantry parlor and the gilt on the
frames in the art gallery , Beef
steak dados onions and tapes
try are wall enough in their placebut
too close a connection is apt to spoil
the effects ;
THE president has given congress
good und sufficient reason for placing
the troops under General Orook at
the disposal of Governor Nanco. Now
lot the governor give President Ar
thur sufficient reason why ho imposed
on the president by telegraphing him
that ho was unable to suppress the
alleged insurrection in Omaha before
ho bad any personal knowledge of
the situation , and before ho had
made the slightest effort to quell the
riot.
SENATOR EDMUND'H bill to regulate
retirements from the army is an im
provement on the present method ,
but falls very far short of the 'plan
now in successful operation in the
navy. It provides for the retirement ,
voluntarily or otherwise of officers
who may receive thereafter a compen
sation graduated to the length of their
service. Officers who have served ton
years will receive a bonus of ono
years full pay. Two years full pay is
offered as a bonus for fifteen years ser
vice. After a certain limit has boon
passed inthe , service , the rotirim ?
officer is to bo entitled to a pension ,
twenty years entitling him to an
annual ponsionequal ) to ono-half of his
full pay ; twenty-five years to a pen-
Ion of two-thirds and so on until
forty years of service has boon reached
when full pay will bo allowed as i
pension. Provision is also made thai
none except general officers shall bo
allowed to servo after having reached
the ago of sixty-two years and genera ,
officers having reached that ago will
only bo continued at the will of the
president. Senator Edmund's bill
is an improvement , on the ono whiuh
suggests half pay only for officers
wko remain in the service af
ter sixty-two years of ago.
We are of the opinion , however , that
what the army needs to increase its
efficiency is a rigid compulsory retire
ment law similar it ) design and soopo
to the ono now in operation in tie
navy Asd which will infuto now life
into the service by spurring ambition
and stimulating energy by holding up
the the certainty of steady promotion
aad an honorable retirement and
ample provision whoa the approach of
old age makes their active services no
longer available for the government.
WAGES AMD COST OF MVINC
Living wages are wages which wi
enable a man to sustain life , pit
yido for his family and with oconom
lay aside a little for a rainy day. Th
question as to what are living wage
in Omaha must bo decided after
comparison of the cost of house renl
fuel and provisions in this city wit
ether parts of the country. It is th
purchasing power of money whir.
gives it value. Where a dollar ca
only buy what a year ago could b
bought for eighty cents , wo say thn
prices have risen twonty-fivo per cent
Moro properly , the purchasing powo
of a dollar has decreased by one
fifth , and workingmen who rccoiv
ono dollar to-day really receive enl ;
eighty cents in the value of the wage
which they made last year at the cam
rate of pay for their services. Ii
Omaha there has boon an advance o
from fifteen to twenty per cent in thi
cost of provisions of all kinds
House rents , which have always boot
enormous , have not fallen. Meat
have gene up from 2 to 5 cents i
pound , fuel has advanced thirty po
cont. Flour , broad and potatoes havi
advanced from thirty to fifty per cent
But while there has boon a qonora
advance in the cost of living there ha
not boon an equal advance in wages
Workingmen who had hard work t <
make both ends moot on last year' ,
prices find it impossible , with thi
greatest economy , to support thoi :
families this year on the wages the ;
have been receiving. This i
the cause of the general demand
mand for higher wages which n
being hoard in Omaha and in ovorj
part of the country. The question o :
the justice or injustice of this demand
cannot bo considered apart from thi
question of the cost of living. When
common labor in Omaha asks for r
dollar and seventy-five cents a day il
is in reality asking for wages equal tc
those of a year rgo. A dollar anc
Bovonty-fivo cents this spring will buj
very little moro moat , flour and pota
toes than a dollar and a quarter woulc
have purchased last year. The pur
chasing power of a dollar has decreased
and workingmen are the first to fee
the affects and to demand the remodj
in increased wages.
THE ANTI-POLYGAMY BILL
The Edmunds anti-polygamy bill ,
which has just become a law , containt
provisions that will result in a mosl
radical change in the government ol
Utah. The bill reaffirms the national
act that makes polygamy a misdemeanor
meaner , which , upon conviction ,
shall bo punished by fine and impris
onment. It excludes from jury sort
den all polygamists , whether they ac
tually practice plural marriage 01
merely believe polygamy to bo a di
vine institution. It declares us legitimate -
imato the issue of Mormon marriage *
born beloro the first of January , 1883 ,
ind makes araplo provisions for am-
noaty by the president for past of-
'ouses ' upon proper conditions. All
sigamists or polygauiists , male or fo-
nalo , ore disfranchised They uro
ilso debarred Irom holding any office
> r place of public trust , honor or
imolumont in any territory under
.ho jurisdiction of the United States.
Pho most radical olmngo which this
) ill contemplates is the abolition of
.ho present Territorial government of
Jtah and the creation of a board ap-
) omtod by the president , confirmed
> y the senate , which shall bo charged
vith the duty of reorganizing the gov-
irnmont of Utah. The board isom-
mworod to canvass the votes at nil
lections , and issue certificates to such
lorsons as shall appear to bo lawfully
ilectod. The members of the board
ire to bo drawn fram not loss then
political parties. The roorgan-
zed territorial government will , if the
Sdmunds bill is strictly enforced dis-
ranchiso the largo majority of the
Mormon population of Utah , and de
prive them of all the rights which ou
{ ovennnont confers upon settlers ii
.ho territories. The obvious design
) f this bill it to crush out polygamy
md the country will watch the rosul
dth a good de-a ] of interest.
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M M
fOREIGNERS AND STRIKES
Strikes are only so many mobs
iwarming with ignorance , whisky anc
'iolonco. The spirit of the whole
hing comes from the bougnrly labor
ysom of the overworked and poorly
iaid masses of the densely populated
lutriots of Europe. It is engrafted
ipon this country and festered and
: opt alive by the foroicn population.
-Omaha Commercial Record.
How about the strikes now in pro-
ress at Lynn and Lowell , whore the
Inkers are sober and intelligent
anorican mon and women , whose an.
esters came over with the Pilgrims
tint landed at Plymouth llockl
Were the hatters of Connecticut
liat wont on a strike three * weeks ago
ireigners , swarming with ignorance
ml whisky ?
How was it with the historic telo
rupher's strike of 1870 the most
itensivjo strike that has ever taken
lace in this country. More than
inety-fivo per cont. of tlio tele-
praphora engaged in that strike were
morican-born and
mon women as
itolligont as any equal number of
on and women of any calling ,
'ill any man who has the least re-
rd fo his reputation assort that the
logropucrs engaged in that strike
> ro a mob of foreigners swarmming
th ignorance , whisky and violence ?
Wo are aware that many ignoran
people who lot others do their think
ing are of the opinion that all strike
are incited and uphold by drunko
ignorant foreigners.
As n matter of fact , strike
are just as frequent nmon
American workingmen and working
women in Now England factory town
as they are among workingmen c
foreign birth in the west. Strike
are always liable to end in violence
and nearly always entail greater lesion
on the strikers than on their employ
era. But this costly experience doc
not prevent strikes , because labor ha
no other moans of enforcing its do
mantis for fair treatment and livinj
wages.
Strikes may often bo frivolous anc
unreasonable , but they are nearly al
ways the laboring mans protest agains
ill treatment or low wages , and thi
disposition to seek redress by strik
ing is not confined to race or sex ,
The most aggressive strike of whicl
wo have any record in this country
began at Boston in 1775 when thi
Yankees dumped the Britisl
tea cheats into the bay
That strike was kept up for sever
years and after much bloodshed and
property destruction o conference wai
effected at Yorktown whereby thi
strikers wore allowed to sot up it
the business of government for them' '
solves. There were many foreigner !
associated with the native American
in that strike but nobody has evei
denounced thorn as a mob swarming
with ignorance , whisky and violence ,
PidinoN KELLY'S proposition to cul
down federal taxes by taking off fiftj
per cent of the tax on liquors was sal
down on with a loud thud by the re.
oublican caucus. While old Pigiron
Policy is howling so loudly about the
enormous tariff on whisky and blessed
ness of high mriff on iron , thousand !
of Pennsylvania minor * are on t
strike because the manufacturers are
claiming all the proGts resulting from
an extravagant protootivo policy. We
need a tariff for the encouragement ol
American industry , but it ought to bo
adjusted so that the benefits are not
all on the side of capital and the
jurdons thrown entirely on laborei
and producer.
SOUTH DAKOTA will shortly bo added
, o the list of states , the senate com
mittee on territories having unani
mously instructed Senator Saundert
.o report a bill in favor of its admis
sion , provided a census , to bo taken
during the coming summer , shall
show that tin- territory has sufficient
population to cntitlo it to a memboi
of Congress The remaining territory
will bo known as North Dakota , and
will bo continued under the presenl
rOrritorial novurnmont. Southerr
Dakota is settling up rapidly , and
hero is no doubt that it has aufficieni
nhabitants to entitle it to the ro-
quirnd representative.
Flvo Thousand Dollars ,
ro the Editor of the Coo.
The West Point Progress says :
"Five thousand dollars reward it
offered for the arrest of the cowardly
murderer of Ool. Watson B. Smith.
? ow lot the citizens of Omaha show
heir impartiality by offering anotho
ivo thousand for , the arrest of th
owardly murderer of poor , innocent
sld George P. Armstrong , who woulc
bo living to-day but for the action o
Mayor Boyrt , Dr. Mill or , Datu
Brooks and others , who called out th
troops. "
Every word of the above is mam
iestly true , and the citizens of Omaha
lesorvo a severe rebuke that they
lave not before this collected enougl
; o pay for a good detective , who
yould ferret out the cowardly mur
Joror of poor , innocent , old George
Armstrong. , It would bo of course
ivorso than useless to expect impar
Jality from certain so-called leading
jitizona of Omaha. I mean it woule
3 o unreasonable to expect , that the
high-toned gentlemen , Boyd , Dr.
Nlillor , Datus Brooks &o , , whoso in-
licmation at the murder most foul
if W. B. Smith know no bounds
vill bo moved by the cold-blooded
nurdor of Armstrong , they being to
i largo extent themselves the prime
: auso of his death. If justice is to
bo dealt out ; if the supposed mur-
leror of Armstrong is to bo brought
.o court and the question hero set
tled , if stabbing in the back of an
> ld unarmed man , lying on the
'round , was an act nf "performing
luty , " or a murder , the workingmen
.hemiolvos and their friends must
ako upon themselves , to collect a
urn necessary for detective work and
irosecution. I for one subscribe to
ho fund ton dollars. JNO. ROHIOKY.
The New Comet.
[ tlon l AwocUtoa I'ttte ,
DiTiioiT , March 20. Prof. M. W.
larrington , of Ann Arbor university ,
olographs the Evening News that on
lunday morning ho saw the now
pmot. It is bright and has a dis-
inot tail. It is a very pretty object ,
> ul so small that it requires a good
nstrumont to sou It. It is three or
our degrees north of ho star Omlck
on in herioulles and is traveling slow-
\f \ northward. It rises about 10
'clock in the morning.
A Hurricane.
ttlonal AatocUted I'roM. .
PAOLA , Ind. , March 20. A torrifio
term passed ever this station , doing
reat damage. It unroofed the Hunt
louse and several buildings , blow
own a barn at Foster's farm , killing
ro horses and damaging much pro-
orty in the line of the storm.
Sergeant ACaion
itlonal A worn ted Pitu.
WASHINGTON. March 20. T.he Ma-
m relief fund here amounts to 8300.
otitions are pouring in for his par-
CHARGE , CHESTER , OHAKQE
With Gatling Guns , Howiteei
and Bayonets.
How the Bloodleos Insurrei
tion Was Crushed.
The King of Franco 'With Twii
T n Thousand Men Marched
Up the Hill natl Then
Marched Down Again.
The Omaha Campaign Viewed by tt
State Presa.
DKMOURACY AND BAYONBT8.
Omaha a democratic mayor goi
crnmonttroopa. Hcatl [ Butler Count
Preiw.
TUB DOT mtlOADlER ,
Qov. Nanco has boon at Omaha fc
a week commanding the bravo arm
at long range , Ho uses the bridi
chamber at the Withnell hotel , whic
onabloa him to keep under cover unt
the cruel war is ovor. [ Wahoo Tiraoi
AJf OIJTBAOli OIT MANHOOD.
The citizens of Omaha should hay
armed about three hundred of then ;
Bclroa and given Xfance twenty mil
ntea to loaro with hia militia. Quai
toring a little army in their city fc
nothing but to bayonet innocent an
peaceful citizens , was an outrage th
rnnnhood of that city should roaont.-
'Croto Standard.
TBOT OUT CAttNH.
Bomo people in Omaha , wo foai
ill become BO terror-stricken ani
labituated to calling for the protec
tion of troops , that militia will bo 01
dored out orcr any common streo
row. Such as are in a trembling con
litipn should- use their influence ii
uving our lieutenant governor quar
; orod there. He's n fighter am
might have a soothing effect. [ Sow
ara Reporter.
EFFICIENCY LICKING EVERYWHERE
The calling out of regular troops tx
quell the labor troubles at Omnha wil
shed no luster on the governor of tin
itate , nor on the mayor of Omaha
There Booms to bo a lack of efficiency
somewhere , and the gentlemen occu
jying the positions above montione <
rill merit the reproach of the country
'or their timidity and indecision in at
emergency where the civil authoritioi
ought to have been equal to the occa
sion. [ Pawnee Republican.
OOOl ) WAdES , GOOD MEN.
Omaha and Pittsburg laborers an
on the strike for higher wages. It
) maha the trouble first commenced
with the B. & M. men on the dump
> ut different tradesmen are now or
tjanizincc into unions and joining ir
ho movement. As a union man oui
sympathy is with them , but wo art
opposed to mob violence , and advo
cate keeping the peace , as it is the
mly way that laboring men can effecl
, heir ends with capital. Evorybodj
cnows that $1.75 a day is small wagoi
to support a family at the prices o
provisions. [ St. Paul Free Press.
DEAR OEOttdE , YOU LIE HULL.
The Herald says : "Public opinioi
n Omaha and in the state is like i
solid wall of approval and strength' '
at Governor Nance's back for hi
nethods in dealing with citizens o
.hat town , Perhaps , but we don't be
iovo it. The expression hero ha
> een ono of condemnation for calling
mt t'tio militia before any effort liac
) eon made to maintain order by thi
organization of the police. As it is
.ho . whole state of Nebraska is made
to pay for protecting Omaha from th <
violence of its own citizens , without
.heir lifting a hand in their own do
bnso. [ Plattsmouth Journal.
THE HA1IE OLD CROWD.
Senator Van Wyck is trotting par
ticulary hades for telegraphing to the
president of the Labor Union. But
if Senator Van Wyck will please ob
serve whore this hell comes from he
will find that it is right square from
the shoulders of the men who opposed
Ilia election to the United States son-
ite. The animus is apparent. But
bho honorable senator can rest serene
ly , satisfied that in telegraphing to a
trorkingnian , ono of his constituents ,
instead of detracting one iota from hie
sharacter as a man and a representa
tive of the people , it adds to it a hun-
Ired fold.-West Point Progress.
UOKE SOARED TITAN IIDRT.
There couldn't have .been much
longer in Omaha during the recent
itrike. Wo judge BO from the raor-
senary attacks made upon ono another
> y the Omaha press. The Herald set
ip the claim of being the only great
[ iiardian of the city and strike proven-
ivo. To this The Republican replied ,
ailing the Doctor an Ass , and claim-
ng that honor. The two together
lion pounced upon THE BEE as the
fthihat and the special cause of all
ivil. All in all Nebraska has boon
horoughly disgraced by those exhibi-
ions at the very seat of disturbance ,
ly those attempts to make capital out
1 defiance of law and order , if there
ras such a thing in Omaha. [ Crete
itandard.
WHERE THK U1IOB PINCHKH.
TljoNoligh Advocate says ; "Tho
} . & M. railroad are again making an
( Tort to bring about a compromise of
heir back taxes duo Antelope county.
Mio amount they owe the county is
bout $58,000 , and we have heard it
tatod they offer to give $30,000 for a
ocoipt for all taxes up to date. "
And this is the sumo B. & M , com-
any that didn't have anything to ar
; itrato with the wbrkinginon of
) maha , who wore striking for living
rages , but is perfectly willing to
windlo the taxpaynrs of A'ttelopu
uu. ty out of $22,000 taxes. Call om
IIH troops , Qov. Nance , and make
dis corporation pony up. and week
) ok for seconds to this motion to Dr.
filler and Datus Brooks , the law , or-
er , and justice editors of the city of
imaha. { West Point Progress.
KEATHKK BED BRAVES.
Bettor laws nd better adjustment
I labor is needed , more brains and
s gab at the front. Some study of
LUBO and effect and a little knowledge
' politic * ! economy might be used ,
srchauco now and then in fixing the
slationi of man to his fellowmau.
If Omaha has 30,000 people , it is
osumable 10,000 are males capable
self-defense.
It is said the "mob" numbered
000 , that really includes bystanders ,
so that of aggressive force there wa
probably , at best , 1,500 or 2,00
There is , there must be , in the neigl
borhood of 5,000 men in Omahi
owning property , keeping store
doing business , interested in prosor
ing lav and ordor. Why are sue
mon so indifferent to the prcservatto
of law and order , if there wasdang (
of destruction of property ? Whym
combine to protect each other befoi
calling for the troops and outside aic
Is it indifference or cowardice th ;
usually leaves the impression that th
disorderly forces of a city outnumbe
its law-abidinecitizens. I Plattsmout
Herald.
THK SITUATION IN 81IOHT MKTRK.
It has become a very common thin
for the railroad companies and larg
contractors to send out handbills ac
vortising for " 500 mon and teams ,
when , in truth , they have not wor
enough for 100. A largo number t
men aio thus congregated togothoi
"the labor market glutted,1' an
wages are cut down to starvatio
prices. The mon thus cruelly de
ceived , have no redress. They see
strike. The doors are opened to all th
dons of iniquity ; the militia is callo
called in , and a few old mon bayc
netted. Vagabonds prey upon sc
cioty. The young men from th
toyns and villages who form our mi
litia are debauched by the rum
suckers and prostitutes noi responsi
bio as citiiens for their behavior , am
without the discipline of regular sol
dlers , the militia have proven itsolt
moro dangerous element than th
striken. The murder commit
ted by the Nebraska militia has beoi
roused by Jim Stephenson's miserable
ble lie , when ho advertised for 501
men , while he only had work for 75
[ Butler County Press.
A lUtMEDY HUUOE8THD.
These labor movements when car
ried to the extent it haa boon so fro
luotitly of late , raises profound ques
; ions that must sooner or later bo sot
tied. No one questions the right t (
strike for higher wages , but to try bj
brco or intimidation to prevent othoi
aborora from work should be , by stat
ut * made a crime with suitable penal
ties attached for violation. It is onset <
sot of organized laborers combining
against other laborers who are unor
ganized. On the other hand it is pea
siblo for wealthy corporations and
manufacturers to so control the price
of labor as to make it oppressive tc
ho workingman. Wo believe thai
ihpre is need of some legislation or
his matter , or at least provision nw' (
vhorohy a competent court may ronv
edy the evil in coses where there it
ividont wrong. With this remedy ai
land there would probably bo no opor
ovolt and destruction of lives or pn >
porty. Let our law-makers take notice
of this emergency and remedy the evil
by the enactment of such laws as are
necessary to meet the case. [ Hastings
Gazette-Journal.
UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCE.
The actions of the officials of Omaho
and of Gov. Nanco during the past
week in regard to the labor demon
strations in Omaha can hardly receive
the sanction of candid thinking men.
For the mayor of Omaha to become
easily frightened is absurd , and for
the governor of Nebraska to call out
the militia and telegraph to the presi
dent to place the regular soldiers un
der his control , before ho had investi
gated the need of such action , is a
proceeding that can hardly escape
criticism. _ The presence of troops
always serves to exasperate a crowd ,
and should not bo called on unless as
a last resort. Besides this the great
expense that it causes the state to
keep 500 men under pay for a week ,
and the cost of transportation for the
soldiers , should cause some delibera
tion before such an action is takon.
It is no small matter to take 500
mon from their business without . <
moment's notice , and to keep them
for a week to the great inconvenioncc
of the mon and all who have business
to transact with them , and it seoma
that not only was it unnecessary , but
Omaha would have been bettor off if
the militia had not boon called. Wy-
moroan.
THE KILLING OF AKM8TRONO.
The occupation of Omaha by state
and federal troops , and the killing of
an inoffensive old man , is ono of the
greatest outrages ever perpetrated
upon a free people. The trouble was
caused by a miserable scoundrel
named Jim Stevenson , who had a
contract to do some grading for the
B. AM. , advertising for twice as
many mon as he wanted and then re
fusing to pay the wages promised , and
when the mon struck for higher wages
und became somewhat riotous , the
mayor and sheriff lost their heads and
telegraphed frantically for troop ? .
When the state militia arrived they
ictod as though they were in an
3iiemys country in time of war in-
itcad of a law observing city. Arm-
itrong , an old man of sixty , while
passing along the streets , as ho had a
right to do , was stopped by a militia-
nan , and because ho insisted on his
rights as an American citizen , was
mocked down , and while lying on his
'ace on the around , was sUbbed
: hrough the back by a bayonet , and
Iragged to the guard house , where he
lied. A moro cowardly murder was
lover committed , Unless those in
: ommand of the state militia bring
: ho murderer to speedy punishment ,
; he blood of the gray haired victim
vill rest upon their heads - [ Falls
3ity Journal ,
BPINKLKS8 OFFICIALS PUNCTURED.
When will the authorities of cities
earn that it is a dangerous expedient
o call upon the soldiery to quell local
listurbances ? In the Pittsburg riot
.ho presence of the military only
icrved to excite the passions of the
awloBR element. In the Ohicugo riot
, ho onlv ntdl trouble was between the
> VT ufH ' ! ou miliHi and th" exci'od
neb , and in the present labor trouble
n Omaha the unnecessary presence
> f the military and the attendant in cl
inch ely circumstances is but another
> roof of the cupidity and incapacity
) f the proper authorities.
In all of these instances it has been
hewn that it is not the strikers who
ire the mob , but the lawless element
if society , "who toil not , neither do
hey spin , but are ready at all times
o siezo upon such occasions as oppor-
unities for spoil and plunder.
Wo are heartily in sympathy with
ny organized effort on the part of la-
ior to secure just compensation , and
; seems , from the facts as seen by us ,
bat the alleged riot , and the dU-
racoful deeds of the military in Oma-
a , tliould bo placed where H justly
bolongs- the doors of Mayor Boy <
Governor Nance and the monopol
blatherskite who runs The Herale
seconded by The Republican.
Upon them rests the rcsponsibilit
for the murder of the inoffensive ol
man by the military mob , and the
should bo punished as accessories t
the crime.
Although wo do not always ogre
with THE BEE , wo heartily , ondbra
its position in this matter , whothc
taken from motives of policy or fret
inclination. [ Oakland Independent
BLOOD , BAYONETS AND BLUSTER.
Wo wont to Omaha on Saturday oi
pcctinjr from the demonstration
made to see our metropolis deluged ii
blood when wo considered the fore
brought into requisition Sheriff Miller
lor of Douglas county , Mayor Boyd o
Omaha , Gov. Nance of Nebraska
and the president ot the Unitei
States , backed by the mighty power
within them vested , wo expected th <
turbid Missouri would bo dyed bloot
red with the crimson tide of thi
strikers. In old bellum days wo havi
soon the bodies of the sturdy foomoi
mangled and slain , cover the fields o
sanguinary strife with loss parodi
than was made to gather the mon o
stool on Saturday. But our curiosity
was unsatisfied , our thrist for gen
was unquenched. Wo saw the stead ]
swarthy ranks file by , wo hoarc
the masurod , martial , tread of tht
veteran and the halting broken tramf
of the militia man hopping to catcl
stop with the music as their captait
shouted left ! loft ! but alas ! they wore
not confronted by the mighty mob
they found no foeman worthy of theii
stool and "Tho king of Franco wit !
twice ton thousand men marched ur.
the hill and then marched dowr
again. " But Dr. Miller was safe , Jim
Stevenson was safe and the conntrj
was saved. And yet we questioned
whether it had not been for the city il
the knave who by his abuse of the
working men had incited to riot and
the wretch who through hia malicious
shoot had sMcled his dir
ty epithets and ' s of bitches"
at the an ry etowd had been
given ever to the mob for summary
justice. We are a triend of the la
boring man , but wo hayo no excuse for
a mob. The laborers unquestionably
had a right so strike , but they had no
right to interfere with the rights of
other laborers , The remuneration
that the laborers wore receiving was
not enough to keep together the body
and soul of a heathen Chinee. And
the poor man-don't know what to do.
RosBwater ahead of them , Miller behind -
hind them , and Brooks coming in on
their flank some counciling , some
anathomizing and others goading thorn
on. May God have mercy on the
poor Omahogs. [ North Bond Bulle
tin.
CHEAP BUT POOR ADVERTISING.
Omaha and Nebraska are getting
considerable cheap advertising just
now by reason of the massing of troops
at Omaha to preserve the peace and
to keep the striking workingmen from
molesting those who wish to work.
Although free as air this advertising
could well be dispensed with. And
from the distance , it really appears as
thouch the local authorities of Omaha
and Douglas county took counsel of
their fears and their expectations
rather than devoted their energies
towards preserving order and man
aging their own affairs. The only un
lawful act of any consequence , com
mitted up to the time of calling on
the governor for troops , was the driv
ing off the workmen from the B. & M.
dump , and mildly thumping a few
special policemon. While this , of
course , was unlawful and reprehensi
ble , yet the men soon dispersed and
the .usual quiet was restored. Then
was the time for the local authorities
to have quietly nabbed the loaders
and prosecuted those who had been
most active in assaulting the work
men. Instead of d"nng that ,
however , or ranking any ether earnest
endeavor to maintain the supremacy
of the law , they appeal to the gov
ernor for for aid. Now one of two
things is true ; either the local author
ities could have managed this disturb
ance unaided , or else the citizens of
Omaha and Douglas county were in
such close sympathy with the strikers -
ors and their methods as not to bo
available in assisting to maintain pub-
lip order. Whichever horn of the
dilemma that turbulent community
phooaes to take , wo are of the opin
ion that the rest of the state should
insist upon Douglas county's paying
ill the expenses incurred in doing
what it ought to have done without
isaistanco from any other source.
The condition of things since the
iirst and last assault on the workmen
ias boon quiet. Business has gone
> n undisturbed. How much of this
lias boon o ing to the presence of
.lie regulars and the militia cannot
DO known , At the public meetings ,
told daily by the labor union , peace-
ible moans abno are advocated by
ho speakers. Sutton Register.
'Oddities of Southern liife , "
By Henry Watterson ,
? < Mor of the Louiivillf Courier-Journal.
See the April CzNTUitr MAQAZINE.
Proposals for PavlncStrents ] in the
City of OmahaTNi .
Sealed prodosa's will be recehed by the under-
igned until Saturday , April 16th , 1882 , IS o'clock
icon , for the pa 'lag of Douglas street and the
ross streets between D uplas and Farnham
rein Oth to 16h ! stretb , Including 9th and 16th
trrets.
First , For a foundation f concrete 0Indus In
hlcknesa wltha superstructure compose 1 of a
roosoto ! cedar block 8 Inches In length set with
, iphalt a d sand.
Second , For a found tion of concrete 9 Inches
n thlcknois with a superstructure composed of
rtoaote pine plank b li-c.ies In length , set 1th
11 halt and sand.
Thip' , For a foundation of el au co > ne sind
r gnuel 12 Inched In thickness with a super
tructuro compose * ) of cedar Moil 8 tnohe * In
jtif th and lint lets than 4 nor wore than bluches
i rttam ! r tn bo i-H I h a pb lt nd n , Th i
ud or uitul for louuual.ou to bo tborougdi >
immer * or rolled. All the ork to bei'onoln
i-c irdai'te with i-eclncatlous and I rider the dl-
action ot the city engineer.
Also , the city will consider proposals for j.v <
) g with Elm blocks or any other inaterU' , or
ny other mode ot conotruitlou.
All proposals or bids thall be accompanied by
i names ot proposed sureties , Mho , Ip the
rent of contract being awarded
til enter Into a bond with the city of
maha for the true and faithful performance of
Jd contract.
The city council reserves the right to reject
jya dalllUi.
Km elopes containing proposals o bldi shall
> marked "Proposals for Pacing Douglas Street
id Crosa Streets in th City of Omaha , " aud ad-
esed to the undertlgnnd.
J. J. L. 0. JEWETT ,
Onuha , Mirch 10th ; 183i. City Clerx.
marlS-SOt
D. S. BENTON.
LTTORNKY-AT-LAW
AJUJACH BLOCK ,
HOUSES /
LOTS !
For Sale By
BEMIS - <
I
rlfJEEHTHlND DOUBWSSTS , ,
178 , House 8 rooms , full lot on Pierce nmr
2Uth street , $1,660.
177 , House 2 rooms , full lot on Douglas near
26th street , $700.
176 , Beautiful residence , full lot on Cass near
19th street , $12,000.
174 , Two housed and 1 lot on Dodre notr 9th
trcet , $1 600.
176 , Uouso three rooms , two closets , etc. , half
lot on 21st I oar Grace street , $300.
172 , One and one-half story brick house an
twn lots on Douglas near 28th street , $1,700.
171 , House two rooms , wellcutern , stable , etc
full lot near Pierce and 13th Btreet , i960.
170 , One and one-half story house six rooms
and well , half lot on Convent street near St.
Mary's avenue , $1,860.
No. 170 , House three rooms on Clinton street
near shot tower , $326.
No. 169 , House- and 80x120 feet lot on
street near Websb r street , $3,600.
No. 168 , House of 11 rootrs , lot 38x120 feet on
19th mar Durt street , $6,000.
OH 167. Two story house , 9 rooms 4 closet * .
KOOO cellar , on 18th street near 1'oppleton'J
ko . 166 , New house of 0 rooms , half tot on
Ixard near 19th street , $1,860.
No. 164 , Ono and one half stery house 6 room *
on 18th street I ear Leavecwortb , $3.600.
N. 161 , One and cm-half story louse of G
rooms near Hanscom Park , $1,600.
No. 168 Two houses 6 rooms each , closets , et
on Hurt street near 26th , $3,600.
No. 167 , bouse 6 rooms , full lot on 19th street
near Lcavenwortb , $2,400.
No. 166 , House 4 largu rooms , 2 closets
half aero on Burt street near Dution , $1,200.
No. 166 , Two houses , one of 6 and ono of 4
reoms , on 17th street near Marcy , $3,200.
No. 164. Throe house * , one of 7 and two of 6
rooms each , and corner lot , on Cass near 14th
street , $6,000.
Nr. 163 , small house and full lot on Pacific
Dear 12th stroett $2,600.
No. 161 , Ono story house 6 rooms , on Leaven.
worth near 16th , $3,000.
No. 160 , Ilougo throe rooms and lot 92x116
near 26th and Farnham , $2,600.
No. 148 , New house of eight rooms , on 18th
itrcct near Lcavcmvorth $3,100.
No. 147 , Uouso of 13 rooms on 18th street
lear Marcy , $6,000.
No. 146 , Houie of 10 rooms and IJlota on 18th
itrcet near Marcy , $0.600.
No. 145 , House two largo rooms , lot 67x210 fee
inSheru an avenue (16th street ) near Nicholas ,
No 143 , House 7 rooms , barn , on 20th street
lear Loa\enwortt , $2,600. .
No. 142 , Homo 6 rooms , kitchen , etc. , on 16th i
itrcet near Nicholas , $1,876.
No. 141 , HOUJO 3 rooms on Douglas aeor 26th
itrcot , $3150.
No. 140 , Large home and two lota , on 24t
lear Fatnham strot t , $8,010.
No. 139 , House 3 rooms , lot 00x166 } foe ! ,
Douglas near 27th street , $1,600.
No. 137 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Caplto
ivcnus near 23d street , $2,300.
No. 130 , House and half aero lot on Cumltig
itreet near 24th $960.
No. 131 , House 2 rooms , full lot , on Izard
loan 21st s'reot. $800.
No. 129 , Two houses one of 6 and one of 4
oems , on leased lot on Webster near 20th street ,
12,600.
No. 127 , Two story reuse 8 rooms , half lot on
Vobstcr near 10th $3,600.
No. 126. House 3 rooms , lot 20x120 feet on
16th Btreet near Douglas , $676. '
No , 125 , Two ftory house on 12th near Dodge
treet lot 23x60 feet $1,200.
No. 124 , Large house and. full block near
rarnham and Ccn.ral street , $8,000
No. 123 , House 6 rooms and large lot on Saun
ters street near Baf racks , $2100.
No. 122 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Web-
ter near 16th street , $1,5007
No. 118 , House 10 rooms , lot 30x90 feet on
Capitol avenue near 22d street , $2,960.
No. 117 , House 3 rooms , lot 30x126 feet , on
Japltol avenue near 22d $1,600.
No. 114 , House S rooms on Douglas near 26th
treet , $760.
No. 113 , House 2 rooms , lot 66x99 feet on
tear Cumlrg btreet , $760.
No. 112 , Brick house 11 rooms and half lot on
1-83 near 14th street , $2,800.
No. Ill , House 12 rooms on ( Davenport nea
2th street , 87,0,0.
No. 110 , Brick house and lot 22x182 fo on
lass street near 16th , $3,000.
"Jo. 108 , 1 argo house on Harney near 16th
trnjt , $8,600.
No 109 , Two houses and 36x132 foot lot no
lass near 14th street , $3,600.
No. 107 , House 6 rooms and half lot on Itar
; car 17th strict , $1,200.
f.o. 100. House and lot 1x108 foot , lot on 14th
car Pierce street , $600.
No. It 5 , THO story house 8 rooms with Ij lot
n Aeward near Saundcrs street , $2,800
No. 103 , One and ono half story house 10 rooms
Webster near ICtli street , $2,600.
No. 102 , Two houses 7 rooms each and 1 lot OD
4th near Chicago , $4,0.0.
No. 101 , House 3 rooms , tellir , etc. , 1 } lot * on
outh avenue near Pacific stree , 81,650.
No. 100 , House 4 rooms , collar , etc. , half lot
n Izard Btreet near iO h , $2,000.
No. 99 , Very large house and full lot on liar
ey near 14th street , $9 000.
No. 97 , Largo house of 11 rooms on Sherman
Venue near Clark street , make an odor.
No. 00 , Ono and ono half story house 7 rooms
it 240x401 feet , stable , etc. , on Sherman ave-
ue near Q race , $7 (00. (
No. 92 , Large brick house two lota on Daven
ort etreotnear 19th $18,000.
No. 90 , Large hoi.BO and full lot on Dole
ear 18th tro-1 , $7,005.
No. 89 , Large hause 10 rooms half lot on 20th
ear California street , $7,600.
No. 83 , Large house 10 or 12 rooms , beautiful
jrner lot on Cass near 20th , $7.000.
No. 87 , Two story bouse 8 rooms 6 acres o
ind en Baundcrs street mar Barracks , $2,000
No. 86 Two stores and a nsiuince on leased
alt lot.near Mason and 10th street , $800. -
No 84 , Two story hou- 8 rooms , closets , etc. , " 7'fl
llhfiacrcsof ground , on Blunders street near
maha Dmncks , $2 600.
No. 83 , House of 9 rooTs , half lot on Capitol
renue near 12th street. $2,600.
| No 82 , One and one half story touse , 6 rooms
ill lot on Pierce near 20th street , 81SOO.
No. 81 , 'ivo 2 story houses , one ot 9 and ono
rooms , Chicago St. , near 12th , $3,000.
No. 80 House 4 rooms , closets , etc. , large lot
i18th etrett near White Lead works. $1,300.
No. 77 , Large house of 11 rooms , closets. eel-
r , etc. , with 1 } loti n Farnham near 19th street ,
I.OCO.
No. 76 , Oreaul one-half story bouse of 8 rooms ,
t 60x8) ( tot on Cass near 14th street , $4,600.
No. 76 , Jlouse 4 rooms and basement , fla
11x132 f.et Of , Marcy near 8th street. $676.
No. 74 , Large brick house and two full lot On
avenport near 16th street , $16,000.
No. 73 One and ono-ha'f story house and lot , -C
1x132 feet on Jac son near 12th street , $1,800. ' \ ,
No. 72 , Largo brick house 11 rooms , full lot f
> Da\o port near 16th street , J6.0X ) . J-f
No. 71 , Large hou-e 12 rooms , full lot on Call. > '
rnla near 20th street. $7,000.
No. 65 , Stable and 3 full lots on ran In street S
ar Blunders , f 2,000. , j
No. 64 , Two story frame building , store bnlow * ' *
id rooms above , on looted lot on Doouu uear ' ' '
th street , $800 %
No. 63 , House 4 rooms , basement , etc. , lot " ' , . ,
x230feet on Irth street mar > all Works.
W < i
f-o. 62 , New house 4 rooms one story , full lot " * ' *
No. 68 , House ot 7 rooms , full lot Webster f *
ar 21st street , $2,600. , t'
Haruey near 21st Btreet , $1,760. ' , "
No. 61 , Large house 10 rooms , full lot on Bur
r 21st street , $ J,000.
No. 60 , House 3 ro ms , half lot on Divenport '
ar 2SJ stre. t , Sl.OOn.
.so 6U. four tioubM and half lot on COM neat
thstrett $2600.
S'o 12 , House 0 rooms ud full lot , Harney
ir Mlh street , $2COO.
Ho 9 , Ihree homes and full lot on Gas * near
: h street , $3,200 ,
tfo. 7 , House 9 rooms , well , cistern , etc. , 5 lots
17th near Irard rtreot. $3,000.
Yo. 6 , House 7 rooms , lot 66x88 ieet on Casi
ir 17th street , $1,000.
to. 3 , Lance house 10 rooms , well , cistern , etc.
Harney near 9th street , $4,003.
So. 2 , Two story house 0 rooms , etc. , full lot
Webster near 15th street , $2,600.
BEMIS'
EAL ESTAFE AGENCY
16th and Douglas Street ,
