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* l' -lgPgliBMrtiP'tl | ! ' * . rl i ' "Bit * " * " " "WW x P" < * - \ J' * - t ( . -A ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , FIFTEENTH YEAR , ' OMAHA , SATUBDAY MORNING , MARCH 6. 1880. NUMBER 210' TURNS TRADE FROM TOWNS Senator Wilson Explains Ilia Fourth-Glass Postage Increase Bill , AN AID TO THE RETAIL DEALER. Opposed to Centralization of Utifilncsfl In tlin hnt-KO Cities The First Ilniirlxm Vpnr's Hcmovnlu GcticrnI Capital News. Hcnntor "tt'llson Miser * to Kxplnln. WAHIII.VOTON , March fi. [ Special Tclc- trnm. | To-night your correspondent lind a talk will ; Senator Wilson of Iowa nboiit his bill proposing to Increase thn rate of postage on fourth-class matter. "Tho bill seems to bo exciting some nttcntlon and a jtood deal of harsh criticism , " said tlio senator. "I have been asked why I Introduced it. I will tell you. I have a theory that too much central ization is not a good tlilnc for tlio general welfaioof this country. I hellove that a Rencral diffusion of Industries , Rencral business and employments throughout nil sections of the country will better promote public good than to have them centralized In tjrcat cltlos. 1 advanced and advocated this In my speech In the senate on the bills for the initiation of inter-state commerce. A body politic can no more thrive under a system which conlluos the vital forces repre sented by Its employments , Its business , Its commerce , to n few points than can a natural body whose life currents are obstructed and denied their natural action , You ask bow I connect that doctrine with the bill ? Why , one of the first things that suggested the movement to my mind was the complaint of the retail dealers In the Interior and small towns relative to the hurtful competition which the great mercantile establishments of the largo cities had organized against them by mrans of the low rates of postage on packages of merchan dise. That Ilieie Is jood ; grounds for these complaints is well shown bv the movements noeolng on In Philadelphia , New York Boston , llaltlmorc and other centers against , any change In the law relative to a change of postage on fourth-class matter and in the classlllcatlon of the articles it embraces. " "Are the merchants in these cities organizing bills' " ' izing against your "Yes , sir , " replied Senator Wilson. "Sen ators are receiving a Hood of letters against the bill , and the newspapers In the cast are denouncing it. Hut I liavemodlllcd the bill a good deal since its Introduction , or rather 1 have proposed amendments to It respecting , seeds , bulbs and plants , and 1 may modify it In many other respects. 1 have not only pro vided for omitting these articles from the bill , but also for placing them In the third class of mallablo matter , which reduces the present postage one-half. The reason I Introduced the bill In the form 1 presented it in was to give tlio piojior committee the entire subject of fourth-class matter for consideration , and I have Invited all persons objccthiR to it to give their reasons why their particular business should be excluded from its terms. This has brought mo much correct data. I look at the subject from the standpoint of tlio opposition to the general tendency nf these times to centralize ovcrythlitg 'in tlio great cities. 1 believe that it Is right and just to protect the country dealers mm merchants against the active competition of the great merchant princes of the cities. It Is right to give men in the smaller towns , who have not the great capital of the cities , a fair chance , and I do not bcliuvo In the government joining hands with the cities in enforcing n monopoly of trade in thesis centres which shall crush out the small men of means the country over , and especially that the government shall not do this at rates that impose a dead loss to the postal revenues , and may postpone postal reduction In other meritorious directions. The heaviest percentage of the deficiency in the postal revenue results from fouith-class matter , and is practically so much money advanced by tlio government to tlio business interests of the great cities to en able them to compote with Illco Interests lo cated In the rural regions of the country. I do not believe that this Is right. It is n part of tlio general system now tending to a cen tral l/ntlon of the business and affairs of the countiy in the great cities , which will re- Milt In substantial Injury and effective discontent. 1 believe that every coun try town and country village should have its fair chance in tlio business which naturally belongs to It. This they cannot Imve , with the enormous capital of the great cities , aided by thogovernment at a dead loss to Itself , working against them. 1 expect the movement made to correct the present evil tendencies to fall , and the evil tending toward centralization to go on until it shall have become so oppressive that an agitation as widespread and as resolute ns the one now demanding the regulation of the inter-state commeico , will demonstrate the fact that wise action In picvontlon better conserves public welfare than do the stern measures of reform so often demanded In respect of long established abtt ses ; but I shall do whnl 1 can to icmedy It now. " _ TwixTV-n\'E : THOUSAND iWMoriiATS. Tno ( list year's woilc of the democratic paity shows as a result over 2. " > ,000 offices lilled with democrats. If the administration keeps on at this rate , at the end of Its term it will have pretty much all the ollices lilled with democrat ? . The number of changes that has been made without much nolso Is much greater than Is generally supposed. 1'or Instance , It was not generally known until the fact , cnme out In debate the other clay that there had been over a thousand changes In the pension ofllco list of examiners. If there have been so ninny of which so little has been heard In this onu branch of the govcm- meiit service , It is bufu to conclude that the number is much greater than supposed In other departments. The president , who Is credited with most of tlio work ot this character , has really done but n small portion of this work. lie has sent to the senate little less than 2ooo , nameslnall. Less than 10 per cent of the changes were made by his hands. The post master gfiioial Is the object of a great deal of censure for his appaicnt apathy In icgnrd to changes , but in I net the postolllro department has done moio In the way of changes than all the others put together , The assistant post master ircneral , who of course operates under the direction of Vllas , Is quietly cutting off heads at the rate of about 100 a day. The postolllco department has probably made V ,000 changes In the ranks of Its employes within the past year. If the pension oflico alone has made 1,000 changes in a single branch of Its service , it is easy to tco that tho' ] number In the interior department must bo 5,000 , which brings the number tip to' 20,000. , The treasury department 1ms not only changed a good many of Its ofllcers throughout the country , but It has been at the same time cutting off the heads of subordinates' every direction. The removals by the tieasury must num ber-1,000 or 5,000. Add to these the number of changes made In the state department , .tbi > department of justice , and these of presj- lent , and you have more than the number Indicated above nearly S0,000 , In fact. ItCAOAJi's INTT.Il-STATK CO.M.MKnCK HIM , . A fter about a month's work the house com mittee on commerce to-day agreed by n vote of 9 to4 to report , with favorable recommen dation , Heagati's Inter-state commerce bill. The measure has been considerably amended from what It was in the last congress , but the amendments have all been In the Interest ot the people and against monopoly. Among the amendments was one framed by Itcprc- scntatlve Weaver ot Nebraska , providing that any company or corporation receiving freight for shipment In tlio United Stales to bo carried through foreign countries , tlio ultimate destination of which has a place In the United States , shall keep posted In a conspicuous place In the depot where the goods are received for ship ment a schedule giving the through rates to all points In ttie United States beyond the foreign tcirltory. A failure to do so will subject the company or corporation to the penalties hcicln fixed , and In other ship ments Into a foiclgn country , and rcshlp- mcnt Into the United States , where the through rate shall not have been made public as required by this act , the goods so shipped shall bo subject to customs dues the same as If It was of foreign production. .Judte ; Itc.v gan expects to secure the consideration of his bill at an early day in the house , and believes 11 has more friends In both branches than the Citllom bill. TIM : SK.VATI : AND MoitiiisoN'snit.t , . A careful analysis of the senate situation with reference to the Moiris.on bill results In the conclusion that the republicans have an undoubtedly protective vote of $ > including Mitchell of Oregon and Hlddlcbcrucr and McPherson , 42 ; that Van Wyck may bn counted with tlio fteo traders ; that Drown , Camden , Ktistls , Gibson , Gorman , Jackson , Kenna , Payne , Voorhees and Fair may bo counted upon to prevent the destruction of some uultistiles In detailed votes , but under some Imaginary rate of dutv being too high would vole with their party or dodno altogether wiien the Important moment ntrivcs ; that the remainder are free traders. WKSTIUIN' I'OSTAI. ClIANOKS. Edward U. Smith has been appointed post master at l'oster , a new postollleo In Pierce , Neb. , and l''red O. Canliehl has been ap pointed at Canlield , n new otllce in Black- hawk [ county , Iowa. Postmasters were coin- missioned as follows : Alonzo liriiikcrholf , Cuba , Neb. ; Theodore C. Harris , Dartlett , Iowa ; Louis C. Smith , Buffalo l''oik , Iowa. FORTY-NINTH COXGUKSS. Senate. WASHINGTON , Maichfi. Among the peti tions piesented was one praying congress to take steps to have restrictions of the import ation into Germany of American pork re moved , and one playing that the department of agriculture may bo represented by a cabi net olliccr. A resolution , offered by Mr. Hale , was agreed to , calling on tlio secretary of the navy fora variety of information connected with the Dolphin , Boston , Atlantic and Chi cago. The call Includes Information as to the change from the original plans of those ships and the causes of such changes , the correspondence of the naval ad visory board at various specilied periods , memorandum showing when the opinion of tlio attorney general as to the Dolphin was received bv the secretary of the navy , and by whom , and when , and In what manner it wn published. Also , information ns to the present condition of the Dolphin , and whether she lias been accepted by the depart ment , all correspondence and information concerning thepaymcntof "reservations" on the four ships named , all opinions of the at torney general relating thereto , and any cor respondence showing that the contractor was in ilnanclal ulllluulty when the payment was On'motion the Blair education bill was taken up. The amendment offered by Mr. Logan was agreed to , providing that the sec retary of the Interior is charged with the proper administration of this law through the commissioner of education ; those two ollices are authorized , with the approval ot the president , to make all rules and needful regulations not inconsistent with the provis ions of the bill to carry out these provisions. Air. Logan said his object was to establish a sort of board Instead of leaving the ques tions arising under the bill entirely to the secretary ot the interior. An amendment offered by Mr. Dolph was agreed to , lequlrlng from each state full In formation each year as to the number of school districts In such state , and if any part of the state shall have not been divided into school districts , the reason for failure to divide. Also , relative to the number of white and colored children In the sevoial school districts , etc. An amendment offered by Mr. Ingalls was agreed to , requiring that the annual report from each state shall show the wages paid to common school teachers. Another amendment offered by Mr. Dolph was agreed to , submitting the census of IS'JO for that of IbSO as the distribution for the moneys of the bill after the census ligurcuof Ibiio snail have been received , the figures of 1SSO to operate till then. Mr. ISvarts offered an amendment provid Ing that if any state shall decline or relinquish Its quota of the moneys of the bill , and tlio amount so declined or relinquished should go to Increase the quota of statcslacceptlng. This , Mr. Kvarts said , would settle the question which had been raised as to what was to be come of that part of the money not accepted by states. Air. Blair favored the amendment , though lie had no doubt every slate would accept its quota. Mr , Maxey opposed It as being eminently unjust. Texas ho said , could take care of her own system , and If Texas , with the view of lightening the burden of taxation throughout the country should decline to accept any money under tlio hill. It would be unjust to turn the quota of Texas over to oilier states as part of their quota. The Kvarts amendment was agreed to yeas 25 , noes 23. The educational bill was passed by the sen ate this evening by a vote of ! K ) to 11. Tlio only republicans who voted against It were Messrs. Kryc , Hale. Ingalls and Jones of Ne vada. Other amendments of detail were nmde. The bill having thus been perfected , as In committee of the whole , was reported to the senate , and most of the amendments made as In committed of the whole , were agreed to , On motion of Mr. ( Jeorge , the section Bet ting forth that the design of the act was not to establish an Independent school system In the states , but only to extend aid to state governments , was restored by unanimous votn. votn.Tho bill was then read the third tlmo and passed yeas 'M , noes 11. A number of pairs were announced , owing to the necessary absence of some senators. immediately upon the passage of the bill Mr. Kdmunds moved to fake up the resolu tions repoited by him from the Judiciary committee , expressing the sense of the senate on the refusal ot the attorney general to send to the senate copies of papers called for In Its resolution of January 25,18S5 the Diu-tiii papers. Agreed to. The urceut deficiency appropriation bill and Invalid pension appropriation MU were received trout the house and rotcnci ! to tlio committee on appropriations. The senate then adjourned until Monday next. IIouso. WASHINGTON , March 5. After a call of committees lor i.'ports of a private uatiiro , the house went Into committee of the whole on the urgent deficiency bill , Mr. Bui nes took up and explained the pro visions of the bill. The total autouut carried by the bill wasS ( > H,453. After a debate pn the various provisions of the , bill the committee rose and the bill was passed yeas 4X ) . noes20. The house then went Into committee of the whojo on the piivnto calendar. The committee.soon ro'oa. and the house , after passing two private bills , took recess nntll 7:30 : , the evening session to bo for the consideration of pension bills. At Its evening session the house passed thlity pension bills and adjourned. COMMITTKH WOttlC. Tlio ItciiKati Ititcr-Stntc Commerce nml Lowell llnnkruptoy Hills. WASHINGTON , March 5. ' 1 ho house com mittee on commerce to-day agreed by n vote oft ) to 4 to repoit favorably with amend ments the Reagan Inter-sl.ito commerce bill. The house committee on Judiciary to-day resolved to report the Lowell bankruptcy bill to the house one week from Thursday next. It Is said the bill has been considerably amended , but the members were instructed to keep secret the de tails. There was considerable diversity of opinion among the committee as to the form of bill to bo reported. Tlio vote stood 8 to 7 In favor of reporting the Lowell bill , but at least one of the alllrmativo votes was cast solely from a desltt1 to have the general subject In the house. The order to report the measiira a week from next Thursday was made to give the minority an oppoittinlty to prepare " n substitute. It Is under stood that several of the inlttor- Itv are opposed to the enactment of any bankrnptact , while the others Intend to roporta substitute In the nature of the bill Introduced by Seitey. That bill provided In substance that a debtor mav Intake an as signment of Ills e flee Is In trust tor all ot his creditors , and may within a year petition the cotitts to be released. If the couit Is .satisfied that no creditors have been preferred during the six months preced ing the assignment , and otherwise convinced of the good faith of tlio debtor toward his creditors , it shall discharge the debtor Irom further liability. The house committee on naval affairs has completed Its report to accompany the bill providing for an Increase of naval establish ments. It points out that the sea coast cities of the United States are absolutely at the mctv.vof any second rate naval power and that the government Is without adequate means of defending Its foreign or coastwise commerce. It .shows that while foreign powers are building formidable naval ves sels the United Stales Is almost at a stand still lu this particular , and says after study ing the characteristics of oilier navies wo Hud that wo arc not only at the mercy of for eign nations but that our neighbor , Brazil , might exact tribute of any city along our gulf or the Atlantic coast. Chill could enforce similar demands on tlio shores of the Pacific. The Kcaehuets and Aquhhiban , those formidable Brazilian ar mored cruisers , could steam at thirteen knots an hour trom Brazil to New York in ten days. They could , with Impunity , pass our forts and anchor InNowlork haibor , but without doing this their cuns could easily throw shells into Now "iork city from off Coney island beach. In view of this state of all'alrs , thn committee recommend the com pletion of the monitors and recommend the building ot the vessels and torpedo boats dis cussed in the bill already published. THE EDUCATION BIIAi. Main Provisions ot' tlio Measure ns It Passed the Senate. WASHINGTON , March 5. The education bill , as it passed the senate , provides that for eight years after its passage there shall bo annually appropriated from the treasury the following sinus in aid of common school edu cation in the states and territories and Dis trict of Columbia and Alaska : First year , 87,000,000 ; second year , S10COD,000 ; third year , 813,000,000 ; fourth year , § 115,000,000 ; fifth year , 511,000,000 ; sixtli yearSO,000,000 ; seventh year , § 7,000,000 ; eighth year , 55,000,000 ; making 877,000,000 , be sides which there Is a special appropriation of 2,000,000 to aid In the erec tion of school houses in sparsely settled dis tricts , making the total fund SI0.000,000. The money Is given to tlic MJX eral status and terri tories in that proportion which the whole number of persons in each , who being of the ago of ten years and over , cannot write , bears to the whole number of such persons In tne United States , according to the census of 1SSO , until tlio census figures of 151)0 ) shall be obtained , and then according to the latter hgures. In states having sepaiate schools for white and colored children the money shall be paid out in support of such white and colored children between 10 and 81 years old In such proportion as they bear to each other by the census. No state is to receive tlio benefit of the net until its gov ernor shall file with the secretary ottho Interiorastatementglving full statlsticsof the school system , the attendance of white and colored children , the amount of- money expended. etc. , the number of schools In operation , the number and compensation of teachers , etc. No state or territory shall receive in any year from this fund more money than It has paid out the previous year from its own revenues for common schools. If aiiy state or territory declines to take its share of the national tiind , such share Is to be dis tributed among the states accepting the benefits of the fund. It' any state or ter ritory misapplies the fund , or falls to comply with its conditions , it loses all subsequent appropriations. Samples of all school books In use In the common schools of the states and territories shall be filed with the secre tary of the interior. Any state or territory accepting the provisions of tlio act at the llrst session of its legisla ture after the passage of the act , shall receive Its proper share of all previous annual appropriations. Congress reserves the right to alter or repeal the act. The bill now goes to the house o repre sentatives for concurrence. VISAS' ANSWER. Ho In forms the House As to An Unex pected Appropriation. WASHINGTON , March 5. The postmaster general to-day transmitted to the house his reply to the resolution asking if ho had ex pended any portion of the 881,300 alleged to have been appropriated by the last congress to Increase t.io salaries of railroad postal clerks , and It not , the reason therefor. The postmaster general said that these salaries had been unchanged for nine years and that no reason Is known to exist why the compen sation Is not us adequate as hereto fore. It appeared improper lor the department to Increase salaries without an expression of such purpose from congress. Ho quoted from the Congressional Kecord to show that the purpose of this appropriation was not to increase salaries , but to put suf ficient service on new railroads. Ho said It would have been manifestly prejiullcal to the discipline of tlio service , and promotlvo of further discontent , to have increased salaries for a single year and then reduce them the next , and therefore It was inexpedi ent to raise them without justifi able expectation of continuance , which could not have been indulged In in tho4ice : of the proceedings copied trom tlio Kecord. For these reasons increased salaries were not made , nor was the appropriation expended tor proposed now service. , ns it was not deemed necessary. In conclusion Vllas said that It Is estimated that $170,000 ot the S' > , b..2WO , ( appropriated tor the payment of postal clerks will leimdn In hand at the end of the fiscal year. It Is also estimated that if It Is proposed to Increase the salaries of rail road postal clerks next year It will require about $100.000 in addition to the amount already estimated. Internal "ilevenue Collections. WASHINGTON , March 6. Collections from internal revenue during the first seven months of the. fiscal year ending Juno 80 , 1SSO , amount to 500,878,117 , which is Sl.KK.i 157 more than the collodions during the corresponding - responding period of last year. . A Hrntal Kxliorter "Escapes. " KANSAS CITY , Mo. , March tv-Times Yin- eta , Indian Territory , .special : A professor and oxhottcr , named Mungall , came hero recently and began a scries of meetings. lie was quaitered at the house ot an Indian citizen , and slept In a room with several other members of the family. During the night Mnngall made an assault upon a young orphan -girl In the loom , but before ha onuld execute hla pur pose he was discovered and taken , prisoner. Next day a party of neighbors took him out for trial and returned without him , saying bu had escaped. ' ' . . CAR BEDECKED WITH BROOMS With Flaca Flying to Oelebrato the Victory of the Now York Ota Drivers ! TRUCE REACHED ONTHETIE-UPt A Mornlnft or Slumbering Wheels Gives TVny to'An Evening or Joyous Activity Labor Troubles Klsc-whcrc. The Great Strike In Now York. Nr.w YOIIK , March B. Tlio grand tle-np of all the surface lines of the city ordered by the executive board of the Empire Protective as sociation took place this morning and not a car Is running. At 4:0) : o'clock the' ft rst car for the day on the Sixth avcntio road should linvo left the depot at Forty-third street , The car did not do so. As the night men arrived with their cars they ran them Into the stables. The men stood around , quietly elm tied , laughed In the best of humor and did not nt- empt to resort to any violence. The last car left the Broadway railroad tdepot at 3CO : o'clock. The next one to arrive entered the depot , but did not come out again. The men were very quiet. They did not Intend to harm anyone. At 4:60 : a. in. the agents from the Kniplro Protective association oidered the men to leave , which they did on the Instant , They.assembled in orderly cioupsnnd prepared to march to their hall on West Forty-second street , where they will remain during the day. When car No. 204 of tlio Third avenue line reached the tic- pot at Fifty-sixth street , nt 42Q : o'clock , ! * < ) driver turned from the main track Into tie stables and unhitched his horses. Every car that arrived subsequently did the same. There was not the slightest excitement or noise. At 2:4."i o'clock there were only about fifteen men about thu depot. They all belonged to the night force , for the day men simplified the matter by not reporting for duty. President Lamb , of the company , was Immediately notified , but ho decided to do nothing till ho called the directors tocetlicr during the day , when it will bo decided whether It will bo worth while to make an effort to run tlio cars. A few policemen were sent over from the Fitty-nintli street station , but their services were not needed , for everything was quiet. NKWfl AT I'OI.lOi : nUADqiTAHTKUS. Tito following dispatches were received at police headquarters this morning : 1:10 : a. in. Twelfth precinct , One Hun dred and Twenty-sixth street , between Third and Lexington ! avenues Cars have all been stopped here. Tnere Is BO trouble , and moat of the men went awaytrom the stables when through. Those who remain are orderly and quiet. 4:20 a. m. Twenty-eighth precinct , Klxty- llfth street and Third avenue Cars have tied up. Very few people about the stables and public places. ! No trouble and everybody quiet. 4 : ' a. in. Thirtieth precinct , One Hun dred and Twenty-sixth street and Eighth avenue No cars running In this precinct. The men all lelt ns soon as through work. No crowds around. Public places all closed. Pollco Inspector Byrnes , who has reason to believe there Is to be an incursion of thieves from neighboring cities , such as .Bos . ton , Philadelphia , Jofscy City and Albany ! has taken measure. * toiprevcnt their entrance Into the city. Ho ImsvIUho ferry and rail road stations watched l/y detectiveswho will scud them back to tht-lf homes. . uJfc theypcr- sist in coming to the city , tlivy-wiirbo locked- up. Inspector Byrnes $ ald tins moriilntrtliat ho expects to-day will be like the second day of the craft riots. At pollco headquarters this morning It was said that among those who were tot bo arrested on warrants Issued last night , are Chairman U'Donnell , of the Empire Protective association , and other members of the executive committee- Best , Wallace , Hughes and .Merrill . , it is said at police headquarters that the presi dents of the car companies are holding a meeting this morning , and that it was the general opinion that they will advice Mr. .Richardson and tlio directors of the Dry Dock , East Broadway and Bat tery liailroad company to acceclo to the demands of tlio men. Chairman O'Donnell of the strikers committee was in Brooklyn. The local committee here , It was said , will not order the "tie up" to be loosened till they hear from O'Donnell that the demands of the men on Kicliardson's Brooklyn road have also been grunted. At 4:30 : tlio cars In Brooklyn were all running on schedule time , except the Atlantic avenue , which went out on Wednesday. There was no trouble at any place in the city. The strikers have dispersed. NOT A CAU MOVING AT nAYimnAIC. 7:00 : a. in. Under existing oily ordinances , no man can drive a strcelcar without a li cense. The number of these licenses Is lim ited , and the organization of drivers is com plete. The various companies will bo com pelled to run at least 0110 car per day over their line or forfeit their charters. If an at tempt is made to-day to prevent tills , the city will bo compelled to exercise its fullest power or bo held liable for damages. Under the decree of the Empire Protective associa tion at least fifteen hundred men ceased labor this morning. iAt fl o'clock not a streetcar was moving on Manhattan Island. At the Thirty-third street stables of the Third Avenue linn it was stated that if t the directors of the Dry Dock line did not yield to the de mands of the strikers before noon to-day the association would order out all employes of the elevated railroads in this city and Brooklyn. . " Pollcclncn were on hand and preserved order. t The Times this morning , In an editorial on the riots of yesterday , says : "There is but one way of dealing with outbreaks like that of yesterday and that is the prompt and vigor ous way. The arrogance and lawless methods of labor 'organizations are be coming fltich a , threat to capital and settled business that they are In danger of doing infinite mUclilef to all the Indus trial Interests of the country , and from that the laboring men will Inevitably suffer tlio mobt. " { A viniv Qinr/r MOVIMINT. : : 10:45 : a. in , Up to'this hour no disturb , ances have been reported at tlio pollco head quarters. Not a street car Is running and as yet no attempts have l > ecn made to send out cars. The city appealsUH if dead. Nothing llko the present trbuhlo has been wit- ncsscd since the ( worst days of the great epizootic cpijlemlc a dozen years ago. The pollco , force are thoroughly organized ana are confident of their ability to repress promptly &tiy disposition to riot or disorder. Every man able to put on a uni form and carry u club' was ordered on duty last night , and this morning 1MX > men are held in reserve. Thepollco headquarters looks like an immense bivouac of uniformed men , held In readiness to answer calls from any quarter. Squads ot fifteen or twenty po licemen were dispatched irly to guard all railroad depots and stables. Mounted men patrol Grand street and the route of the Dry Doek line , from end to end to keep thtj. route clear In ease of any attempt being made to run a car over the road ns yesterday In.orilur to favo the com pany its charter. J'ollee Superintendent Murray is determine to suppress a repetition of yesterday's scenes. No trouble Is , how ever , apprehended. tTho strikers piescrvo an attitude of quiet determination , awaiting the result of the conflrcnco now being held between the cxccutlw eommitteo of the Em pire Protective association anil Uallroad Commissioner O'Doiiliell ' , who arrived Irom Albany this morning in answer to u dispatch demanding hU prdkenco. It 'will ' bu fol lowed by a meeting between the commis sioner and representatives of the railroads that will decide tint line of f uturo action. It is reported that every car in Brooklyn will bo stopped at 'J olclock to-dny. Employes of the roads In that ely that are now running state that they have lien ordered to go on a strike at that hour , and to remain out till tlio demands of the men on Dry Dock and Atlantic avenue lines are granted , Thu rumor that the employes of the elevated roads would strike at noon has will strike , as their doing so could be of no possible use to the surface railroad strikers. THE STIUKK F.N'DKI ) . 1:30 : p. in. Pollco Superintendent Murray has received Intelligence that the committees which met to consider the strike troubles hare adjourned , and that matters have been adjusted , and that the men will resume work at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the lines In this city and Brooklyn. AMIANV , March fi. The railroad commis sioners , who are In all parts of the state , will go to New York to-day to hold a meeting at tlio Fifth Avenue hotel at 8 o'clock this evening , because of the street railway troubles. Niw : YOIIK , March r. . Quo of the leading spirits among the strikers said that the men who committed the acts of violence yesterday were not connected with the strlike In any way. Ho said that It was tlie Intention of the men to defend the propeity of the rail roads that had granted the demands of the men , and that committees have been appointed by the various lines to feed ami water the horses In the different stables : that the Istrikcrs would drive a ear over the roads of cither or all of the Hues which had coino to tlio terms made to the men , so that the charters of the roads would not be jeopardized. One peculiarity about the committee appointed to feed and water the horses In the stables was that the men appointed to care for the horses of the Broadway line were not employed by the Broadway company , but were from another line. This plan was followed In all the stables. Tin : Annti-mxT. : : : Commissioner O'Donnell , after his con sultation with the executive committee , took n cab and went over to Brooklyn , where hemet met President Richaidson at the olllco of the Atlantic avenue line , together witli the di rectors. A proposition was submitted to the commissioner containing the following resolution , and directed to Joseph O'Don nell , chairman of the executive committee of the Empire Protective association : Resolved , Tlmt the Atlantic Avenue Kail- road company of Brooklyn will agree to pay the. men at the rate of S3 per day for twelve hours as a day's work for conductors and drivers , Including the half hour allowed for dinner , and after our cars are running to submit all questions of difference between their employes to Commissioner O'Donnoll. ' It is agreed that the DrvDock.East Broadway and Battery line will be included In the same agreement as the Atlantic In Brooklyn. W. J. KICHAUOSON. President. On receiving this document O'Donnell at once returned to New York and went to the Central Union Labor hall on East Eighth street , where the executive committee was In session. He submitted tlio proposition to them and it was accepted promptly. Dele gates from the different roads were started at oiice to notify the men to bo ready to start cai s at p. in. Down stairs in a large hall the strikers were in session. Graham announced the terms of the agreement amid , a breath less hush in the room. When ho finished there was a long , deep breath of relief. A man throw his hat up and aveil , broke out which shook the. building. The meeting broke up and the men started for work. Joseph O'Donnell said to a reporter : "All thesurfaceroads will staitat 2p. m. Thoprop- osition from Richardson was accepted. Com missioner O'Donnell will be the arbitrator , and wo approve the choice. It Is a great victory for us. " Car No. HMof the Fourth avenue surface road was the first to reach City hall this alter/noon. It reached the stand at 2:20 : p.m. and was covered with bran-new brooms. JUnir.ANT OVKUTIIKIH VICTOIIV. At 2 i ) . in. crowds weie gathered at the cast , side stables ol the Crosstown lines , at Grand and Corleear streets. A messenger came running through the street and deliv ered : v message to the officials of the com pany. It was an olllclal notification that the strike was ended and the men were ready to resume Avork , and It was signed by the chair man of the executive committee. The stable doors' wore , unbttrrcd and thrown open. The 'crowd.undorsto'od the meaning ot this and 'Clieettdi - jBaro. . 1 ToIIcd.'ont of the depot , andwas , soon-adorned with ew , brooms and flags. , : klt wajl''lllled with ; friends of the. strikers. Nobo'dy thought of paying faro , and all the way down to the postolllco there was an ovation. The strikers of the Avenue B and Avenue D cars marched to the Fourteenth street stables at liSOp. : in. , and Inspector Byrnes and 100 men were there , too. At 2:80 : the doors'wore opened and the stablemen and hitchers marched In , took off their coats and went to work. Some non-union men , who had been feeding the horses , retired. It was 2:45 : when a bobtail car of the Avenue D line drove out into the shouting crowd and rum bled along on its first trip. Car 77 of the Avenue B line soon followed , and the nor mal order of things was soon restored. Car No. 1 of the Third Avenue line started at 2:45 : , and was attended all along the route by shouts and cheers. Car No. 10 on the Sixth Avenue line was the first over the road , and this , as on all other Hues , as they one by one resumed their way. was attended by shouting crowds. Alter tlio strike had ended many of the Brooklyn drivers and conductors presented themselves at the office of Mr. Uiclmrdson in that cityrbut that gentleman thought it not worth while to start until to-morrow. The obstructions placed upon the tracks were re moved , however , during the afternoon , and about 5 o'clock Fiftli and Sixth avenue cars began running. They were followed before 0 o'clock by cars ot all other lines , and to night the street car travel of Brooklyu Is re stored to its ordinary condition. AjiOTiinn Tin UP TiniK.vruxnD. When the tie up was declared off tliis after noon tlio men on the Blccker and Twenty- second street lines refused to resume work unless the superintendent of the road , Thomas McLatie , was at once discharged. The company having just met all the demands of the strlkeis refused to discharge a faithful employe without cause. Finally the strikers decided to withdraw the demand for McLano's discharge , but demanded 3U.U5 for twelve hours work instead of S2.00 per the previous agreement. The men say they will have this advance or tlo up the city again. _ OTHI3H IjAUOU TJtOUBhKS. The Mallory Boycott ARHumln ; ; For midable Proportions. GAI.VUSTON , March5. The inocting of tlio local trades assemblies adjourned after mid night last night. It was determined that the Mallcry boycott should be Immediately en forced against the ( ittlf , 'Colorado & Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific roads. An order Is to bo at once issued that every Knight of Labor .working on any of these lines , must refuse to handle freight consigned to or from the Mallory company. This will brlifg mat ters to a crisis , as ( lie loads will bo compelled to discharge men who refuse to handle hov- cottod freight , and then a general strike wfll probably follow. Dr. KOTA , Mo.March5 | A general order by the executive board ol Knights of thti Lubo'r of the Gould soul Invest system lias been is sued , boycotting all Texas A : Pacific and Now Orleans & Pacific ears on account of trouble at Fort Woith , and the order was put Into effect here. No violence or Intimidation is used , but as the cars come in the trainmen are requested not to handle them Uirther , and the request Is Immediately complied with and they are sUle tracked. GAI.VKSTON , March B. The anticipated labor difficulties hero have undurgonu no ac tive development up to noon. Representa tives of the Missouri Pacific , Southern Pa cific. Texas Pacific. Texns Central , and of ficials of the IGnlf , Colorado A Santa Fo witro waited upon by a committee of tbo Knights of Labor , and were notified not to haul , handle or movp freight consigned to or from the Mallory company , or freight for any ot the wholesale houses of Galveston , as thu latter have refused to observe the boycott against the Mallory com pany. This notice takes effect after to-day. For this reason It Is generally believed among a largo number ot workmen that there will bo a strike this evening or to-morrow morn- Ing. The cotton presses , railroads and busi ness community * generally are greatly dls- custod with the attitude and course pursued by the Knights of Labor , There Is much talk about the Inauguration of a boycott sim ilar to that started uy the East .Street Keaper woiks of Springfield. A great many largo business houses hero expicss their willing ness to cloiu their shops rather than submit to the dictation of tint Knlsht. " . The situa tion in north Texas and along the line of the Texas Pacific railroad is not materially changed. ST. Louis , MorcliB. A bilef dispatch from Dcjiison , Tex. . Bays that the Knights of Lii- bor'cmploycd in the Missouri 1'acili'e. railroad yards'at that place icfuso to handle ally freight destined for points , pu. the Texas < x Pacific road. They claim to liavo received orders to that cfTcct. iNr.w Oni.r.Axs , March S. Governor Shel don this afternoon received n dispatch from Governor Brown , from Dallas , Tex. , notify ing him that last night about 100 masked men again raided the round house at Itig Springs and disabled several engines , removing from them portions of machinery , which they se creted : that all tiaftlc west of Colorado had been discontinued. Colonel E. B. Whcclock , manager of the Now Orleans division of the road , states that the company Is now employIng - Ing skilled mechanics to go to Marshall for thn purpose of obtaining a sulHelent number of men to keep the engines In repair. MAUSII.U.I , . Tex. March 5. There Is a r\\- \ mor hero to-night that the employes of the whole Gould system have been ordered out hv the executive eommitteo of the Knights of Labor. ST. Loi'is , March fi. A Globe Democrat Sedalla , Mo. , special savs : The situation hero to-night Is considered more critical than nt any time since the Texas & Pacific strike was Inaugurated. Tills atternoon a cypher dispatch was received by Fred Page , of dlstilct assembly No. 101 , which Is composed wholly of rallro.ul employes on the Gould system , and Immediately ntterward an order was Issued to boycott all Texas it Pacific ears and all freight consigned to that road. Tlio order went Into effect at tmee , and not a single Knight of Labor can be found In Seditlia to handle either cars or freight Intended for the boycotted road. GAI.VKSTI N , March 5. The Knights of Labor employed at the Gulf , Colorado < fc Santa Fo frelcht house this afternoon re fused to handle Height received from the Mallory line and were this evening told to ask for their time or recede from their de cision. Orders for n general strike over the Santa Fo line , extending from Galvostou to Fort Worth , have been secretly sent out. A Victory for the Knights. PiinAtii.iMHA : , March 5 The dllicroiiccs between the Knights ot Labor and the Don- ber Watcli Case company , of Newport , Kv. , leached a final settlement yesterday , when John C. Dcubcr , president of the company , met the general executive board ot the Knights of Labor , which Is now In session In this city. Artiule.s were signed by both parties In which It was agreed that tlm boy cott upon thu watch cases manufactured bv the company is to bo removed , the former employes ot the company to bo reinstated , and In the future no discrimination will bo exercised by the company against the Knights of Labor. It Is also stluulated that chlldten under 15 years of age should not bo employed in the factory. ComhlniitK Against the 1C. of It. NKW Yoitic. February 5. A Providence special says : The recent aggressive action on the part of the Knights of Labor has put the entire body of Rhode Island textile manufacturers on the defensive. Yesterday a formal meetlnc was held , at which every textile manufacturer lu Itliodo Island was represented , and they each and all pledged themselves to the extent of fi per cent of their respective pay-rolls for the purpose of defending their Interests. Thu sum thus pledged amounts to about ono million dollars. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Chnmnlim Ilcnpcr Ilald. SritixoFiui.n , Ohio , March 6. A commit tee representing the different Knljihts of Labor organizations in this city held a meet ing this afternoon for the purpose of organ izing an executive board. To this board will be referred all questions bearing on the situ ation. The men understand from the inter view with Mr , Wliltelcy , published yester day , that arbitration Is out of the question , and while nothing Is said , It Is probable that a boycott will bo ordered. Penal Servitude Tor Workmen. 3jr , . March 5. ' Tho/elght men who sex sessions. All were condemned to penal servitude' ranging from- one to live years. The judge Justified the sentence bv denounc ing the so-called demonstrations of the work men. "It Is well known , " said his honor , ' that these demonstrations naturally tend to tumult and disorder. " Another Chinese Roundup. POIITI.AND , March 5. About 3 o'clook this morning 125 Chinese at work as wood chop pers and grubbers near .Mount Tabor , three miles east of here , were driven out by a mob of between sixty and eighty whites , most of them masked , and marched to the furry , whence they were conveyed to this side. Colorado Coal Miners Strike. DKNVEH , March 5. It Is reported COO miners of the Marshall Coal company at Erie struck this morning on account of tlo : com pany reducing wages from $1.2per ton to 'M cents. No trouble Is at present anticipated. The McCormicIc Itcapcr Works. CHICAGO , March 5. About one thousand men went to work at the McCoimlok reaper works to-day. There were no demonstrations. A TUAUj OP BLOOD. A Factional Kentucky Feud Blue Gi'iiss Covered Graven. LOUISVII.MS , March C. A special to the Courier-Journal fioin Woodbine , Ky. , says : Blood continues tp flow freely in the moun tain section. Tlio Turner and Howard factions , numbering about fifty on either side , have been at war for years. Every now and then a sympathizer on one or the other side is killed. U has been going on until a number of graveslscatteied over the country mark the progress of the feud. A few weeks ago Gordon Turner and six of Ids con federates killed William Lane In Hell county. Some little time before John Howard had stabbed to death Walter Biirkhcart. Yester day was set for tlio trial of these parties at Plnevllle. Wednesday another of the How ard's was put to rest In Bell county , and last night at this place John Wolf and James Wood , representatives of the respective fac tions who were hero aUtcinllng thu trial , had an encounter in which tlio latter was shot dead. - - " ' WYOMING WAIFS. A Ranchmen's Quarrel. Kmls In Mur der Want the Subsidy. CIIKVKN.NE , Wyo. , March 5 , [ Special Tel egram. ] A. Barrlnnt , a ranchman at Lone Tree , a few miles southwest of this city , was shot , probably fatally , by James Bobeitson , a neighbor ranchman , this morning. The men have quarrelled for some time , and tlio shooting was the result of an altercation , The Cheyenne & Northern Hallway com pany made application to-day to thu county commissioners for the S 100,000 subsidy authorized by the legislature. The commis sioners will call a special election April 1 for the people of the county to vote on the TUB NANTICOICB MINlCftS. The Company ItcJ'uHcs to Continue the Search for the ftntomhcd. WnKKsnAiiK. : ! Pa. , March ! > . Everything was quiet at Nantlcoko to-day. All the collieries of the Busquehanna Coal company were In operation , and the miners nnd laborers with but few exceptions were al work. Superintendent Morgan said the company had done all in Its power to reach the Imprisoned men , but that in the face ol the danger which now exists in the L'a lie- ways thu company thought it advisable io relinquish any fuitlier efforts In that direc tion. William J. Hines , attorney for tin iclatlvrs of the entombed men , will maku a demand on the company to-morrow Io pro. cecd with the s'-aich , On their refusal to dc so ho wilt offer an appeal to the comb looking to thulr being compelled to continue tlm work. _ IJalos nf Cotton Destroyed. MQNTCIOMKUV , Ala. , March 5.-rA lire whlcl broke out In the Alabama warehouse , thb city , thin afternoon , destroyed the northern half of the warehouse , covering a block , ant between U.OCO. autl ,500 bales ot cotton. Tlu building belonged to Leshman , Durr & Co. of this city , and the cotton to uuineruii' owners. The loss Is fully 51W.OOO , al of which Is coveiedbinsurance1. . JUST TO SUIT TIIE COMPANIES The Iowa Sonnto Modifies the Miles Tele graph Toll Bill , RELIEVING MINERS' TROUBLES , Dllta Passed nml On tlio Calendar Lookklnjj In Tlmt I/tuulnWo Di rection Other Legisla tive AVork. Xlio lown General Assembly. Bus Moixr.s , Iowa , March fi. ( SpccUl Telcuiam.J The senate to-day reconsidered it.s vote ordering the Miles telegraph bill en grossed , and modified It .so as to bo moro favorable to the companies. Tluitlilid section of the bill , llxlng the tariff at 2S cents for ten words between any points lu tlio state , was stricken out , leaving the rate as at present. The arbitrary penalty of 3100 tor every fall- nie to tiansmlt or deliver promptly each mes sage , was changed so that the penalty should not bo moro than 51,000 nor less than S10. In this modtllcd form the bill was ordered en grossed. The senate committee on mining reported favorably the Uateh bill , which foiblds tlio frequent changing of coal screens. The bill takes its place on the calendar , but wilt uu- donbtcdly pass when It comes up , as the ro- publtcaiis have made It a caucus measure and will put it through. Then , if a 1)111 now pending forbidding em ployers from compelling work-men to lake their wages In coeds at a company store Is passed , It Is thought that with the local arbitration bill already passed , there will liavo been ample legislation for the general iirievances of miners. The republican party Is pledged to ptoviding some relief fcr mlncts' troubles , and this legislation will re deem the pledge. The senate passed a joint resolution Imenio- riallztng congress against requiring vinegar makers to take out a license for making vine gar from low grades of wines. The railroad committee reported favorably the Uattlt bill for the election of railroad commissioners on the eituiulattve plan. In the house the committee on federal rela tions reported In favor of Indefinitely post poning the concurrent involutions advocating the Hcnncpin canal. The house passed a resolution asking the committee on re trenchment and reform to Inquire Into the management of the ofllco of state veterinary surgeon. The house refused to concur In the senate resolution asking for an Inquiry as to the feasibility of converting the orphans' home at Davenpott Intoasolitiers' liome. The house passed n resolution pro testing against , the bill in congress to In crease the postage on fourth class matter. It also passed a joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution giving the ; ovcruor power to veto any Item of the ; cncral appiopriatlon bills. JOHNNY'S DUPLjlClTV. A Ijittlc Bribery Work tlio Enquirer Can Inquire Into. CINCINNATI , March 5. Isaac J. Miller , a prominent democrat of this city , and ex- president of the board of couiicUmen , was called before the senatorial election investi gation committee this a'f't'crnooh and swore that" just before the last Ohio legislature passed the law taking away the police from the mayor and giving control of the police department to a board of police commis sioners , John It. McLean came to his ofllco and olfercd him first $1,030 , and 82,000 , ami finally 53,000 to say that ho believed pollco commissioners would appoint better men on the police force than the mayor would. He also olVered , upon condition that ho made this statement , to .support him heartily for mayor and give more money to elect him than ho ( Miller ) would himself. These propositions were not accepted. Miller Is ouu ot thu most active members of the committee of ICO , n non-partisan organization foimed for thelpur- nose of securing a fair election In this city last fall. This is the llrst Intimation of such charges against Muhe.au , and Miller's testi mony has created a sensation. Miller was chairman of the democratic committee of tills county during the liaycs-Tllden cam paign. The Champion Chess Contest. NKW OKI.KANS , March 5. The chess tournament was resumed this afternoon at the rooms of the Chess , Checker and Whist club , about thirty memoer.s being present. Dr.Xuckcrtort played with the white men and Steinltz with the black. The open ing was the queen's gambit declined. The first nine moves were made in about fifteen minutes. Thcicaftcr tlio play was moro leisurely and was stretched to a tar greater number of moves than any previous one in the contest. After eighty-six moves Steinitresigned. . The next gitino will bo played Thursday , March 11. Wont Down In Thruo Hours. BAi/riMoiiR , March 5. The Herman steamer Weser , from Jiremcn , airlved to-day. Shu brought Captain lloynolds and twenty- one men , composing the crew of the whaling schooner Autora of New Jicdford , They were picked tip at sea on the : ! d lust. Captain Reynolds slates that on the : id lust. . In the noithwest gale , a plank was started on the bottom of the Aurora and she filled In three hours. Weather for To-Day. Missouni VAI.IV : Llfht local snows , followed by fair weather , noitherly winds , becoming vatlable ; slight change : ) In temper- attne. The rraiiHcontlnontal War. SAN KiiA.vcihco , March 5. Kouiul lilp tickets to Chicago were plnco ! on sale to-day at S'JI. ' The west-bound ticket Is unlimited. Cholum lii Venloo. YKNICK , March fl. Cliolcra has been dis covered on board of aUrcokbrlgnntin wlilcli has been ordered to quarantlno. Beware of Scrofula Scrofula U probably moro general than any other disease. It Is Insidious In character , and manifests Itself lu running sores , pustular eruptions , bolls , swellings , enlarged Joints , abscesses , sere eyes , etc. Hood's Barsaparllla expels all trace of scrofula from the blood , leaving It pure , enriched , and healthy. "I was severely aflllctcd with scrofula , anil over a year had two running sores on my neck , Took five bottles Hood's Bnrsapirltla , anil am cured , " C. I ! . LOVEJOV , Lowell , Mass , C , A. Arnold , Arnold , Mo , , had scrofulous ? orcs for seven years , spring and fall. Uood'a Barcaparllla cured him. Salt Rheum Is ono nftlic most disagreeable diseases caused by Impure blood. It U readily cured by Hood's fiarsaparllla , the nrcat blood purifier. William Spies , I'.lyria , O. , suffered crcatljr from erysipelas and salt rheum , caused by handling tobacco. At ( fines Ids bands would crack open and bleed. Ho tried various prep arations without aid ; finally took Hood's Bar saparllla , and now says : "lam mUro ly well. " "My sou had salt rlicnin on his hands anil on the calves of Ids leg ; . Ho teed Hcod'a fiarcaparllki and Ii entirely cured. " J , B. Stantou , Ml , Vcrnon , Oldo , Hood's Sarsaparilla EoMli ? Udiucc1tH. fli ill fur 5. Ma4oou'f ! l/jr (1.1. ( HOOp.t CO.ApolliccrlciIxin : iMill. | OO Doses Ono Dollar 4
