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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. i SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA , MONDAY MORNING. MARCH 10 , 1888. NUMBER THE FAVORITISM OF FIVE , * I Presidential interviews With Bo- publicans In That Many States. PREFERENCES OF THE PARTY. TnlksVnli Members In New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indlnnn nml Minnesota on Their Choice ofCnndldntcH. The Voice of the Peoples inr.Lnin , Mnrch 18. [ Special to the 13F.E.-Tho ] Times will print to-morrow morning the result of a canvass mndo during the post ten days among the republican voters of New York , Pcnnsylvnnln , Ohio , Indiana nnd Minnesota. Conservative and observant republicans In every ward and township In nil of the states named were consulted nnd they were asked not their own opinion , but for their estimate of the feeling nmcngtho republican voters in their respective dis tricts. Immediately upon the publication of Mr. Blnlno's declination , which for the first time made the situation at all complicated , these representative republicans were asked to carefully observe the feeling In their several localities , nnd on n given day during the past week to report especially for this canvass. This they did to the number of several thou sand , over eight hundred replies having been received from Now York city nlono. Every effort was made to get nt the feeling of the pcoplo , without regard to the politicians. The cnnvnsB was not conducted In the inter est of anybody , but solely for the purpose of ascertaining the preferences of the pcoplo. The questions upon which Information was eought wcro the preferences for the presi dential nominees ; the condition of the party ns compared with the same time in 1831 ; whether the labor or the prohibition vote \vouldbollkelytochnngo the usual result ; nnd ly Minnesota , whether or not the people favored n high protective tariff. Each man consulted was asked to drop his own preju dices and to report the feeling among repub licans In his own voting precinct exactly ns bo found it. Comparatively few wards or townships In any of the five stntcs of New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Indiana and Minnesota were unheard from. SUMMAItT OF TUB JIK8UI.Ta. Beginning in the northwest it is found that Lincoln leads in Minnesota for first place , With Grcsham n close second. . Mnny refuse to nccept Blalno's declination as final , while others declare his withdrawal has increased the chances in their districts nt least 25 per cent. Moderate tariff reform Is demanded , but the assertion that the republicans of Minnesota are for a tariff for revenue only is repudiated. Prohibition is making some inroads , but is not greatly feared. Indiana is undeniably for Harrison , Grcs ham hardly being in sight. Labor and tem perance will not figure prominently as issues , but pensions for old soldiers , nnd a fair count of nu votes cast cither north or south nro loudly called for. Ohio Is solid , outwardly at least , for Sena tor Sherman , with an Inclination noticeable everywhere to desert him on the least provo cation , and go over cither to Blaine or For- nkcr. The latter says ho is not a candidate ] for first or second place , but ho has lot ? of warm friends throughout the state. Sherman \vill htWp the solid delugution in the Chicago convention. In Pennsylvania thcro is no settled con sensus of preferences. All the republicans In the state wore for Blaino. and aJnco his withdrawal sentiment has not fixed upon uny one. Cameron could have seine delcRctcs , but ho insists ho is not n candidate. These vfno mention him are the politicians ; the pcoplo aay nothing about him. Tlio next most popular men nro Lincoln , Hawley , Sherman nnd Depew. The state Is safely republican for anybody. LOOKING id sr.vr TOHK. By far ttio most carefully canvassed state was Now York. Excepting a few wards in some of the interior cities nnd townships in the Cntskills nnd the Adlrondncks , which it was impossible to reach , almost every pre cinct In the state was heard from. Thcro Is undeniably n strong sentiment in favor of the nomination of Blaiuo by acclamation. With him out of the w.vy Depow leads , with Blaine a close second , declination or no dec lination. HIscock nnd Sherman are tlio next favorites , but they are n long way be hind. Presidential Preferences. As early ns September of last year work was begun upon tbo collection of names and nddresses of conservntivo and observant republicans resident In cacli voting precinct In Now York. These names wcro obtained through party workers from editors of local newspapers by travel through the state , and from a largo personal acquaintance. They were obtained thus early in order that men could bo secured not in the Interest of any condldnto. In most eases they were induced , durlug tho" past few days , to take special pains to learn the real feeling in their locali ties nnd report that fooling ns they found it especially for this canvass. There are In the state of Now-York 1,013 wards and townships outside of the cities of New York , Brooklyn , Troy , Albany , Syra cuse , Rochester nud Buffalo. Of these it was impossible to get replies from 102 , be cause many of them are mountain districts nud others nro on the extreme northern boundary nnd difficult to reach in the time t allowed. But enough city wards outside of Now York and Brooklyn were heard from to mnkq the total 1,120. These cover practically the entire state ; Their voice on first choice L for the presidential nomination stands : U Dopow. . . 4MHnrrison | 10 f Hliilne 403 ConKllmc 12 HIscock 728hoilnuu 13 filienmm 48 Koruker 4 A Lincoln 24 Oreslumi 4 Allison 10 lluwli'y 11 Total l.uu , The 403 districts in which it is said the Blaine sentiment leads , are declared to bo ' for him , declination or no declination. They , nro scattered well over the state , but the counties in which the greater number are found nro Schuyler , Cayugu ( Auburn ) , Jof- li 1 orson , Essex , Delaware , Washington. Ulster , ( I Wyoming , Cortland. Queens , Niagara , Suf- fl folk , Kings ( Brooklyn ) , Fulton , Soncca , 6 , Hamilton , Steubon and Westchoster. In / Livingston , Cnyuga , Jefferson , Bchuylor and Westchcster the sentiment in almost solid for Blaine , although they nil suy they know ho has declined the use of his name. The Dopow strength comes very largely from counties that they say were /or Blaine bnthuvo substituted Denew , The Lincoln strength comes much In tuo same way. The" Uepew sections nro Albany , Oawego , Scho- barlo , Putnam , Orleans , , Montgomery , Scho- nectody , Otsego , Orange , Erie , Richmond , Kings , Queens and Sullivan counties. The Sherman strength is widely scattered. Conk- Hug finds friends In Now York city iind Brooklyn , nnd In Saratoga , Hamilton , Al bany , Ouoida and Jefferson counties. DOn second choice there Is n wide divergence of opinion : Dopow 3If Allison. . . . 10 Bhennan , 172 I'helps. . . . , IB Lincoln , . , 124 IMnuuuls , , , , . , 10 Harrison. . , , . , . , t * hvurts 12 Jlu\\ley. . , , Ti CouUltU/ 12 ll iscock IS Koruker , 8 Ureshum. . . 3t > The Nominee M ) hherlilan 'A Warner ililler 24 " ' " "KiauVOraud'Aruiymen in Lewis" county favor Sheridan ; Warner Miller is wanted by Hcrkluier county , whore ho lives ; Depow is popular hi Buffalo , Albany nnd New York oitv , where it Is claimed by one imm that ho will gel the solid vote of the laboring classes , particularly these on the railroads ; Iliscock stands well In Onoudaga ( Syracuse ) , his home ; Allison is liked in Chenuugo county , while IJockland. Albany , Qeneseo and Greene ore greatly relieved by the withdrawal of Dluiuo , and say the condition of tho.party in those counties Is improved fully DO per cent by it. The paity in Chcmune county ( Elmlra ) is Imaly demoralized. It la tuo home , of Ciov- crnor Hill , nnd It is chcrced by upwards of fifty republicans writing from that district that In the last two campaigns monev has been freely used and that It Is expected In the approaching ono. It Is therefore impossible , they say , to do much ngainst it. The party fences nro down and are likely to remain down , Inlbany n great deal ot state and federal patronage has been given out by the demo crats , nnd It is conceded that Blatno or any nthcr republican could not do BO well In 1883 ns was done in 1884 , when the democratic plu rality J was ( Vlrt. Tlio following year Hill In creased It to 1,077 , and last year Grant ran behind Cook 1,903 votes. Yatcs county wants a hlph license cam paign and Krio county ( Buffalo ) fears the labor and prohibition people. A cnnvasa among leading republicans , without reference to wnrd or precinct , was made lit Now York city and Broklyn. Only first choice Was asked for and the following is the result : NIW : Dopow . , . ni.1 | Lincoln . 0 Illnlno . KOJBlierlilnn . 8 Bherman. 162 Harrison. 1 HIscock OR Uonlding 41 Total. Hnwluy. 11 imOOKMTN. lllnlnc Krnrts 0 ippow . . . llnrrteon i HHcock 62 Miller 4 Hawlny 01 Alllnon 2 Sliermnn 27 Morton. . . 1 Conkllng 27 The nominee 31 Lincoln 24 Hherldun 11 Total 303 It should bo added that this canvass was taken nt random , except that It was seen in all cases that all wore republicans. Amonff them nro the representatives of the cities at Albany. THE KETSTONE bTATB. It Is anybody's fight In Pennsylvania. The republicans of the state wcro thor oughly bound up in the fortunes of Blnine. When ho withdrew there was political chaos , out of which thcro has not yet come any sort of order. Replies were reclved from republicans In 1SCO wards and townships of the state , from many members of the legis lature , from almost every member of the state committee , from nil the national con vention delegates yet selected and from many prominent political observers through out the state. All agree in saying that thcro Is no settled feeling in favor of anybody. There is a warm feeling for both Senator Cameron and Governor Beaver , but both hnvo said they were not candidates , nnd the people take them nt their word. Drouping Blulno the vote on what may bo called the second choice of the state stands thus by wards and townships : Lincoln 3.V Rrarts 1R Sherninn . 2T > 4 HIscock 17 Hawlcy . 108 Sherman 8 Depew . 67i Ingalls 6 Harrison. . . . . . . 6T > AlBcr 4 Grcshom . 64 Porter 1 Allison . 34 Heaver. 1 Cameron . 2t ! ThoNominoe 221 Phelps fornker. . , . 20 Total 1.2CO The Cameron votes come from Dauphin county almost exclusively ; the Gresham f rom Philadelphia and Pittsburg : the Sher man from Philadelphia nnd the western counties of the state ; the Harrison from Lycoming , Tioga nnd Bradford , nnd the Lin coln from the eastern part , though the Sher man and Lincoln preferences are well scat tered. A favorite ticket is Lincoln nnd Hawley - ley , but if the former would accept the last place , Hawlcy and Lincoln would suit as well , if pot better. In Philadelphia both Hawley and Sherman hnvo made friends , the former probably more than the Ohio man. There are loud complaints In the mining counties of Carbon. Luzcrno , Lackawunna nnd Schuylkill that the tariff Issue is played out , and that something new must b < j tried It the party is to hold its own : but aside /rom thcso , flections , all agree that the party was never In better condition or more eager to enter n light. The republicans of the state pretcr Blaine , but they will support with votes and money any ticket that ia nomin ated. AMONG Till ! BUCKETES. There is a remarkable unanimity among Ohio republicans in favor of Senator Sher man , and all concede that ho will have the solid delegation of the stato. All of the or ganizations In ttio eighty-eight counties as sert this fact. The same thing is further proven by the testimony of conservative men in no less than 1,184 wards and townships of the state , outside of Cincinnati. From Ham ilton county replies from 320 republicans wcro received covering the entire 107 pre cincts of the city and nearly every township nnd voting precinct in the county. AH of these nro for Sherman. The first choice of Ohio may. therefore , bo said to bo undivided , for of all the replies received , less thaji n dozen declare that the voters of their section favor any other than Sherman. Of the 820 who give their opinion on Hamilton county , forty-two name majorities , and their figures range from UOO to 8,500 republican majority in the city nnd county , provided Hherman is nominated. Many say there is no second choice , so that while almost 2,000 republicans residing in every township in the state were consulted , it is possible to give second choice figures in but 1,073 of tbo districts. These are : I'oraker c. . . Ingalls 17 Lincoln 211 HIscock U Harrison 21M Hherldun 3 Ilnuley 10S 1'orter 1 Hliilno 01 'Tho nominee W Depmv , , 61 Allison ' 21 Total. . , 1,075 But ho would indeed bo a very poor investi gator of political leanings who would take the situation in Ohio to-day as outlined in the foregoing figures. Keeping strictly to the statements made by the conservative re publicans who wrlto us it is safe to say that were either Blaine or Foraker avowed candi dates Sherman could not hold the Ohio dele gation intact for an hour. Dozens of the Ham ilton county SSQ say that Sherman will have the delegates from that county for a few pre liminary votes , but that after that they will go to Blaine or Foraker on the slightest provocation , nnd that they will wholly please their constituents In so doing. Sherman's steady nnd permanent strength comes from Fnlrflold county , where ho was born , Uich- land county , where he lives , and the central , southern , southwestern and western counties. In Adams county. In the southwest , there arc , though , many Bluino men , and the same is true in all the counties named. On the other bund Blaine has a strong following in the cast , northeast , north and northwestern counties , voters in TrumbulU Asiitabuia , Mahoning , Jefferson , Columbia , Portage , Stark , Medina , Summit , Gcauga , Lake , Sanduslcy , Ottawa , Wood , Henry , Lucas. ( Toledo ) . Fulton , Williams , Dollanco and Putnam counties say Blaine would suit them as well us would Sherman , The only ob jection made to Blaine Is that of expediency. In addition to this there ia apparent in every part of the state u strong admiration for Forakor. It amounts In many of the counties , notably in Jefferson , Washington , Franklin. Hamilton , Cuyahoga , Lucas. Clor- mont , Pickuway , Coshocton nnd Highland , ForaUor's nntlvu county , to the belief that with Bltiino out of the field , Governor For- ukur Is really the man to mnko nn enthusiastic campaign , on which thodoubtful states can bo carried with n whoop aud hurrah. Lincoln and Harrison or Lincoln nnd Hawley are fre quently mentioned ns satisfactory tickets , provided an Ohio man is not chosen aud Biulno will not accept. AMOXU Tin : iioosir.ns. With the exception of Ohio , republican sentiment in Indlunu has crystalized more than in any other of the five states can vassed. There are ninety-two counties in Indiana , Ucplies were received from the county committee chairmen of all of them. These chairmen say they have canvassed their dictricts well. Of them , SO say Harri son Is the favorite , 20 Sherman nnd 10 Gresham. This Is the vlow of the politicians. Aside from them , observant republicans , unconnected with the party management , weio consulted In 1,252 town ships uml wards. In many instances replies wcro iccclved from four nnd five men in each township , uml in every case but ono they agreed ns to the prevailing feeling in the locality for which they spoke. By town ships , carefully checked off and verified , the preferences stand : HarrUon , . . . CM Porter , 12 Sherman. . , Uepew U Oresmun' . . . Illnlno. . , , , . . , b6 Total ,7B Lincoln It should be noted that In Indiana , ns in thp other states , a very largo proportion vote upon the understanding that UJalno will not be n candidate. They add , however , in about 40 per cent of the districts that if Blnlno is n candidate all calculations nro off. Particu larly is this true in the Sherman and Ores- 1mm townships nnd wards. The Harrison people stand firmer , but say they are of : ourso for any good republican. On second choice thcro Is a great scnttcr- ng. It Is Impossible to glvo second choices ly districts , and so they nro given by votes , iach counting ns ono regardless of what It 'cprescnts. ' Tills it how Indiana rcpubll- : ans vote individually when their favorites re out of the way : licrmnn. Allison 10 IrcBlinin. . . . . . . . . . . 321 Kornkcr 0 Jepaw 8 .Incoln HKIConkllng 4 llnlne 1841'lu-lpi Inn-lion 11K Fnlrclillrt tawley , 18Tho Nominee. . 'orter , 10 UiIVI , * < JU llscock 13 Total 1,475 The Grcsham vote comes from Harrison county , where Judge Gresham Was born' , nud chiefly In the southern part of the state , .hough Floyd county , adjoining Harrison on lie cast , ia very strong for Harrison. Other jtrong Harrison sections are Carroll , Mont- pomeryCrnwfordsvllleVigo ( ) ( Tcrro Haute ) , Bcnton , Owen , Jackson , III ploy , Morgan , Monroe ( Bloomlngton ) nnd Marlon ( Indian apolis ) counties. Grcsham finds his strong est concentrated following outside Harrison , his homo county , in Cass ( Lognnsport ) nnd In St. Joseph ( South Bend ) and Vanderborg ( Evnnsvlllo ) . In South Bend , Elkhart1 Evnnsvlllo , Munclo , Fort Wayne , La' Porto nnd Jcffcrsonvlllo , Lincoln nnd Sherman hnvo many friends. Johnson , Randolph and some moro of the counties In the eastern part of the state have declared for Harrison , tlnough their county committee , nnd Harrison risen county has done the same for Judge Gresham. MINNESOTA TOKPEIIENCnS. The canvass In Minnesota was confined to the fully organized counties in the southern half of the state , nnd the single tier of coun ties that extend to the British line on the ; vcstcrn border. Replies were received about -ho feelings nmonjt republicans in 002 wards imd townships. Before giving the prefer ences it should bo said that they wcro made with the idea that Blnino is out of the race. The forty-three who favor him say the people in their locality want Blainc , declination or jio declination. Of the state's fourteen dele gates In the Chicago convention four years ago. only two voted originally for Blainc , but at the present time almost every township in 'ho counties of Aitkin , Anokn , Chippewa , Jnrlton , Dakota , Dodge , Frceborn , Goodhuc , Morrison , Mower , Lo Sueur , Jackson , Isanti. Pipcstono , Rice , Todd , Sherburno nnd Winona declare for Blaine for first choice , if ho wore a candidate. As they believe ho is not , they vote ns follows : Lincoln 401 Conkllng n ( Ircslmm 211 rnlrchlM 1 Sherman 171 ( } . 1C. Davis 1 Allison 103 Gov. Husk 1 llalno 44 'ornkcr 23 Total 003 Blicrhlnn 4 The strength of the lending men for first choice comes from Dodge , Olmstead , Siblcy , Yecborn. Pipestono , Cottonwood , Goodbuo , lennepin and Blue Earth counties for Lin coln ; from Big Stone , Dakota , Rico , Mower , jo Sueuer , Otter Tail and Polk for Gresham. Sherman Is strong in Duluth nnd St. Paul. ) f course the counties named are not solider or their respective favorites , but n greater number of the precincts in each so express heir preferences. Townships in nil parts of ho stato. however , favor each of them , hewing that their strength Is scattered and hat the state , as Is repeatedly declared by heso republicans , Is ready to support any rood nominee. On second choice there is the usual cattering. Not nil are able to discover any second choice , but where feeling ms so far crystalized it is reported as fol- ows : .jjncoln 152 Foraker 16 Ureslmm 122 Kvarts 8 \lllsoh 101 Davis 3 Sherman 92 Falrchlld 2 tawley 61 Conkllng 1 Hscock 20 tusk 17 Total .000 Inrrlson 1" . The information pivcn hero is based on correspondence with all of the Minnesota members of congress , the entire state com mittee , the chairmen of the county commit tees , the presidents and secretaries of nearly all the political clubs in the state and a very great number of private citUens residing jn nnd conversant with almost all of the wards nnd townships in all of the counties that are at all thickly settled. Hero are samples of two letters , both from representative re publicans who are high in Minnesota party councils : "Wo want n revision of the tariff as often ns the situation may call for It , but strong protection of the manufacturing industries , in order to foster a homo market for the commodities wo produce. Wo do not want the free trade and consequent poverty of our jioighbors In Canada. We do not want the. national debt paid off too quickly ; wo want it funded by 2) ) per cent fifty or ono hundred year bonds , thus giving our national banks n solid basis. Wo want the surplus expanded in improving our waterways , especially the great lake system ; establishing : i permanent fund for such improvemcnt.instcad of giving it in piecemeal and necessarily hampering tlio plans for such work. Wo want a navy constructed that our nation may not bo nslmmed of , and harbor protection at Now York , San Francisco nnd other important seaports. Wo want railroads constructed into Mexico nnd South America , aided by government loans. Wo want a broad-gaugo western man for president , who will grasp these important questions and handle them intelligently. "Thoro was n great deal of dissatisfaction , especially in the Fifth congressional district , over the nomination for governor last year , nnd thousands of republicans remained away from the polls , but the disaffection was purely local and personal. Whoever the re publican nominee for president is , Minnesota may bo counted as absolutely sure to give him from from twenty-live- thirty thousand majority. " Condition of the Party. The following question was nsked nnd nn swcrcd in every instance : What Is the condition of the party us com pared with this time four years ngo ) From n few republicans in Minnesota , who fear tbo prohibition movement aud the tariff about n dozen In Schuylkill , Carbon , Luzcrno and Lnckawannn countics in Pennsylvania who fear the effects of the recent strike urn the labor troubles ; and perhaps n score ii Saratoga , Otsego , Monroe and Queens coun ties in Now York , where the prohibitioi movement is reported stronger , and in Now York City and Brooklyn , where the labo movement Is a moro or loss uncertain quan tity , the replies are unfavorable. In u very few cases the report is that the party is in a least no worse condition than four years ago The overwhelming testimony Is on the side of u marked improvement. The statements uro to the effect that whore , in 1884 , persona ambitions were pushed to the front and thi and that hobby seeking to bo aired nt the expense penso of the party , to-day the one though Is to regain lost power. Replies by the bun dreds say that republicans in the dlstrlc sjrakcn for are ready to support anyone whoso record ns a man nud n republican 1 clean. Local feuds have been buried. Ir Minnesota it Is said by many that Blulno'i withdrawal has improved the party's chance 25 per cent. The same report coma from Kings and Queens counties in Nev York , though tha latter decluro they uro ready to work might and main for any inai who can win. Pennsylvania republican have long boon united , nnd Ohio and Indiana say they were never in better shape. In every county in nil of the- five statci evidences uro forthcoming that the- party i already as wldo awake , eight months before the election , as it generally is in Juno , Hv months before election , Another feature is the willhgiioss to send unpledged delegations to Chicago. Republicans licans say they followed the lead of ono mm four years ago , and while they still admire that leader they are for the party now am uro willing that combined judgment of the party rcpicsentatlves shall say whom they shall support. This is especially noticeable in Pennsylvania , New York and Minnesota In Oh < o and Indiana favorite sons claim stronger loyalty , though not to the extent o seeking pledged delegations , unless thesi sous themselves insist upon them , LAIlOil AND I'UOWIUTION. The following question was uskcd concern ing the labor and prohibition movements : [ Continued on tfcfoml IJ i/c.J / WHEELS AGAIN WHIRLING , lufflnoors Ordered Book to Work on the Santa Fo. 5HIEF ARTHUR ADVISED IT. An All-Day Conference of Union In- clflc OIUclnlB and Kniploycs ANnwKuinorAdontAbont t lie BtirllriRtou Strike. Snntn Fo Men Go Back. KAXSAS CITY , Mo. , Mnrch 18. The Santa 5Vs strike Is over. The following official no tice was Issued at 0 o'clock this evening : CtxsAS CITY , Mnrch 18. To Engineers and Firemen on the Santa Fo System : I am advised by our grand chief to renucst of you that you return to your respective positions nt once ; further , that I will repair to Chicago nnd adjust all misunderstandings. J. CONIIOE , 'hnlrinan ' of the General Grievance Com mittee. Chairman Conroo returned from Topcka this morning where ho had boon In confer ence yesterday with Governor Martin nnd Santa Fo ofttclala. Ho at once called the meeting of the committee hero. Conro quietly boarded the Rock Island express for Chicago nt 4 : BO this afternoon and was fifty miles out of the city by the time his notlco was promulgated. The cx-strlkcrs hero ns- tcrt that tlio company has agreed not to landlo Burlington freight. Applying For Orders. KANSAS CITV , Mo. , March 18. Trains wcro moved to-day with some regularity. The allfornla and New Mexico train to leave at 10:10 : a. m. and the Denver and Utah oxprpss duo to leave at 11:1B : wcro consolidated and eft at 11:30. : No. 71 of the Southern Kansas .eft nt 12:11 : a. m. , thirty-five minutes late. The Colorado express duo at 0 a. m. arrived at 0:45. : The cast-bound California and north-bound Texas express , due to arrive at 4:30 and 0:15 : p. in. respectively , were re ported abandoned. Trains on the Kansas City , Fort Scott & jiilf road nil went out on time this morning with no indications of trouble. The depot presented deserted appearance all day as there was little interest taken in the move ments of trains and the general feeling was .lint the strike wuslovcr. As one of the men mounted his cuglna to take out a train , an ola engineer standing In a group near by turned to his companions and said : "Well boys , fall to. The last man to go back will bo the onb who gets left. It is only a matter of time nq'w. " His prediction "was verified when nt 0 o'clock Chairman Conroo's notice xvas issued. The men took the matter philosophically and this evening nearly all of them present in the city were applying to Assistant Superin tendent Spoor for orders , transportation , etc. ' OrdcrctI Bnck to Denver. Dr.xvEii , Colo. , March 18. The striking engineerslto-nlght'recclved orders to return to work and will take trains out as usual to morrow. Advices irom other points are to .he same effect , j Chief Aijthur Pleased. CHICAGO , March ! 18. Chief Arthur was asked to-night what ho thought of the dccis- , on of the Santa Fqunon to return to work. ' 'I am glad they wotit backho said. "I ad vised them to go bock because I did not think hero was sufficient cause for a strike. I ommunlcnted with Mr. Conroe , chairman of the grievance committee , nnd asked him to request the men to return to work and then come to Chicago to settle the matter with Mr. Smith. " Grand. Master Sargent said the men on the Santa Fo went back at 0 o'clock. Ho had no information as to the causes of the strike or what had Induced the men to go back beyond iho fact that they had a conference with the officials of the road nt Kansas City or Topeka ind that an agreement was there uiado that ; ho railroad would no $ require the men to : iaul any Burlington freight and they went back on the strength of that agreement. In reference to tlio cause of the strike ho said : "I believe , In fact I know for a cer- tainity , that Vice President Smith had noth ing to do with it and that the ofllcera of the rpttd did not mean to bundle any "Q" freight. But sometimes some potty officials will do something that will involve a whole road in trouble. " As to the reports of trouble on the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul nnd Chicago & North western and Chicago & Alton , Mr. Sargent said there was not the slightest danger of any difficulty , as these roaas had managers who would live up to their promises and re main neutral. President Smith niitl the Malls. CHICAGO , Mnrch , 18. When the attention of Vice-President Smith , of the Atchison road , was called to the statements of Post master General Dickinson by n reporter to day , ho said : "Wo made no demand on the government for increased compensation in this matter. Wo could not , under the present circum stances , entertain a proposition from the gov ernment oven if one were made to run such exclusive trains In consideration of such in creased compensation for the reason that to do so would bo simply to encourage the en gineers in their disloyalty to the company , Wo assume that our obligation to move mails for the benefit of the public Is no greater tlmd our obligation to move passengers along the line of railroad. I think Postmaster Gen eral Dickinson will ndmlt the justice of our position when ho has had time to think over the matter , as ho certainly must know it is absolutely essential that employes should bo loyal to their employers' Interests , and that It would bo suicidal to attempt to op- prate either a government or n railroad under any other conditions , nnd therefore , that wo could not afford to employ nnd pay men for such service who were in open re belllon against the company. " "You will insist , then , that no mail trains shall move over your road unless they nro part of the regular trains or contain passen gers and express } " "That is Just exactly the position. You cannot put it in words that will bo too strong. Wo propose to protect ourselves in this mat ter , nnd . wo will not allow any one or any Inlluenco to subordinate our rights. " SntUflcd 'tho ' Government. CHIOAOO. March J8. Tlio threatened clash between tlio postofllco department nnd the Atchison , Topokn & Bantu Fo company was averted by un amicable agreement early to-day before the strike was declared off by the brotherhood. T , E. Nash , general supcrin tcndcnt of the railway mall service , said this evening , in explanation of the matter , that Vice President Smith had directed his men to see that the malls were moved promptlj ovpr the company's lines nnd that whenever they found It impossible to got engineers to move passengers nnd freight , but who were willing to haul the mails , that trains bo orderen out withttho m-iils only. While it was believed tlia tbo cooipany would be able to run most of their passenger trains as ordi narily it was understood that If the trains were run for malls only , but one train a day each way would bo expected. This har monized the entire difficulty between the postoftlco department and the Atchison management , aud It is believed that should there bo strikcson other lines the same policy as that adopted bj'Smith will be followed , A Long Secret Conference. "Gentlemen ; I ntn. going to my dinner,1 paid Acting General Manager Ktmball , of the Union Pacific , at 2 o'clock yesterday nftcr noon as ho arose from a cliuir in his private office * where since 10 o'cldck in the monilnt he Lad been in consultation wUU. a delegation f engineers , General Superintendent Dickinson was nlso present , nnd although Mr. Klmball wlthdrbw nttho hour mentioned ho conference still continued. At 5 o'clock ho party was yet in session , but ns no under- Handing had been reached , It was agreed to adjourn for supper nnd convene again nt 7 o'clock. ' As the six men who had been closeted to- gotlicr all day made their appearance on the itrcot they wcro immediately approached jy n Br.n reporter and Interrogatories ns to the outcome of the conference wcro put a each man. All , however , utterly refused to talk , simply saying that nothing had as yet been done. The conference , ns was stated In Sunday's linn , was held for the purpose of discussing Judge Uundy's order and ascertaining from the officials whether they Intended to Insist on the men handling Burlington freight. This was the principal subject discussed , but n number of other minor grievances were nlso presented by the men. At 7 o'clock the grievance committee again went to the Union Pacific headquar ters , whore they were met by Messrs. Kimball nnd Dickinson. The Inttcr's office was lighted up nnd the conference was again resumed with closed doors. It lasted until about 10 o'clock , but the result was un obtainable. Immediately after its adjournment the rievanco committee went to the Cozzcns liousc , where they wcro given n room , and n consultation was held. Although visited by n Buu reporter several times during the night , the gentlemen composing the commit tee snld they had as yet reached no conclu sion , nnd at 2 o'clock this morning they were still In secret session. In other respects there wcro no now devel opments in the railroad situation in Omaha yesterday. Trains on the B. & M. wcro run ning about as during the past two weeks Ir regularly and considerably behind time. "Q. " Stockholders Alarmed. LINCOLN , Neb. , Mnrch 18. [ Special Tele gram to tbo BEB. ] Information received by .hobrothcrhood to-day from eastern headquar ters reports a now phase in the strike situa tion. The information is that Now York stockholders in the Chicago , Burlington & Julncy have authorized their attorneys to have a receiver appointed for the road on the jround that the present managers are trying .0 dopicciato the stock so that It can bo jought up at less than the actual value by : ho heavy stockholders. The information further asserts that there is a conspiracy on ; ho part of the management against the small stockholders. The delay in mails over the Burlington has ) oen moro noticeable than usual the past , hrco days at this point nnd W. A. Campbell , an assistant Inspector in the government nail service , has arrived In the city to inves- : igate the delays In malls and place the re sponsibility where it belongs. The small army of special police hero , , vhen they \vcnt on duty to-night , were cau- .loncd to watch the switches , as trouble was feared. This Is a new move to make the specials bellovo that they are a necessity , We Couldn't Work the "Squirt. " IAVENNA , Neb. , March 18. [ Special to , ho BEE. ] The strikers remain firm hero. They have daily indications that the Bur- Ington will bo unable to do its business with iho'engineers which have been engaged to fill their places. Moro than eight crippled engines havQ been laid up for repairs hero since the strike began. The other day ono of the now men started east with a freight train , but when nbbut two miles out the on- glno stopped and ho was obliged to nban- ion it when nsked whnt the trouble was jo said : "This hdfttt a bit like the engine I run on : ho farm. I couldn't wprk that gel darned squirt tu'at puts the water into the bller. " Threatened Strike on the O. & M. VINCENNES ind. , March 18. At a consoli dated meeting of Ohio & Mississippi engin eers and firemen to-day it was decided that engineers be ordered not to handle Chicago , Burlington & Quincy freight , and should the company demand compliance the Ohio & Mississippi would bo tied up. Sympathy of Nebraska Knights. Buwuicu , Neb. , March 18. [ Special Telegram - gram to the BEE. ] Peerless assembly 10,104 , Knights of Labor of this city , desires to bo ) laced on record in the following words and jy a unnniinous vote : Whereas , TUo locomotive engineers nnd firemen of the great Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad system havo" Ronaput on n strike because of that company's ' refusal to pay wages proportional with the wages paid by oilier great paralellcd linqs ; and Whereas , The general management of the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy railroad com pany is noted for its parsrnoniousncss to all its employes , paying them less wages than other great railroad systems in the same ter ritory and with less ability to pay j therefore belt' Resolved , By Peerless assembly 10194 , Knights of Labor of Beatrice , Neb. , that our warmest sympathies are hereby extended to the striking brotherhoods of locomotive engi neers and firemen in their struggles for what Is so justly and clearly their rights , and wo pray God to sustain them and crown them with speedy victory if its accomplishment shall oven require a strike upon every rail road in the United States. Resolved , That wo bitterly denounce nnd condemn tuoso newspaper that have es poused the cause of monopoly ngainst labor in this struggle. FHESIONT , Neb. , March 18. [ Special to the Bi'.B.--At the lust meeting of the Knights of Labor of Fremont , Assembly No.1387 , the following resolutions were adopted : Whereas. The Chicago , Burlington & Qulucy railroad in its efforts to crush organ ized labor has imported into tlio state of Ne braska largo numbers of armed men known as Pinkerton detectives , which is an insult to the state of JNcbraskaand ulso contrary to ouriaws ; therefore bo It Resolved , That the brotherhoods of locomotive - motive engineers nnd firemen in tiioir fight with the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy rail way system , have our entire sympathy and our earnest wish Is that they may succeed in their struggle for right and justice. Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to tlio Omahu Bin : nnd Omalui Truth , nud nlso a copy to Chief Engineer P. M. Arthur. RED Ci.oun , Neb. , Mnrch 17. [ Corres pondence of the BEB.t Red Cloud Faithful assembly Knights of Labor adopted tbo fol lowing resolutions at Its last meeting : Resolved , That wo extend to the brother hoods of engineers and firemen of the Chicago cage , Burlington < fc Quincy system our sym pathy and what aid is in our power to give , in this their hour of trouble , in their struggle for Justice and right , nnd wo hope that they may succeed In their fight with the Chicago , Burlington & Quincy and B. & M. Resolved , That wo censure and hold In scorn uny and all men who may voluntarily or otherwise take the places ot the striking engineers and firemen on the Chicago , Bur lington & Quincy system as traitors to the Interest of labor. Resolved. That wo will stand firm to the principles that uro inculcated in the different trades unions and labor organizations , nnd that we demand u fair nud equitable- share of our production. Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions bo sent to the engineers' nnd fircmcns' brotherhoods , to the Omaha Bin ; , nnd our county papers. COMMITTEE. A Shipper's Views. OMAHA , March 18. To the Editor of the BEIT ; As the commercial community is very much annoyed and inconvenienced at the seri ous affect to traffic caused by the strike of the engineers of the "Q , " and which the disposi tion of the press aud pcoplo has been to take neutral or impartlo.1 grounds on the dlsputoc questions , still It docs seem as though suf ficient has been learned ol the merits of the case to causa the press and pcoplo to get dowt from the dignified position of neutrality and discuss the situation upon the merits of both claimants. The strike is not a matter tha effects the Burlington & Qulucy railroad upd heir engineers only. It is a difficulty that oriously threatens the entire country. Lot us for n moment look nt some of the points at sue nnrt see if some conclusions cannot bo Irawn that will place the responsibility in Its iropor place. 1st. Engineers nnd llromcn lonmnu an increase of wages. 2d. Claim hat 00 per cent of competing roads are pay- ng higher wages than the "Q. " 8d. They ro willing to abide by the decision of an nrbltrntlon. To nil this the company replies : 1st , Wo Cannot afford to Increase your wages. 2nd. Wo have nothing to arbitrate. 3d. They do not dispute the charge made by the engineers nd firemen that they nro paying less wages linn competing roads. The public , looking it the situation , think that the demands f the engineers nnd firemen possess the clement of fairness , to nay the least , ind bellovo the company should show n will- ngncss to compromise or arbitrate the dis pute. Tlio company is causing publications f the earning ! ) and expenses of the rend , showing n largo falling off of the earnings In January and February to justify this refudul o Increase the pay of their employes. These statements no aoubt nro true , and March will show a still greater shrinkage of their cnrn- ngs and increase of expenses , but nro not heso facts n reason why n compromise should bo reached soon , for Is it not a fact hat the strike is the principle cause for this ; rcat loss ) The road without doubt has sus- alncd more actual loss of property by de stroyed engines nnd cars than the advance of vngcs asked for would amount to for n nutn- > cr of years , not to speak of the loss sus- nincd in the company's business. The truth of the matter Is It looks very much ns If General Manager Sumo lacks oed business judgment nnd Is attempting to nako n Tom Potter reputation , nnd Is lacking [ "om Potter's brains , nnd the general public ns well as the stockholders of the Burlington t Quincy railroad begin to think It Is high time to call n halt before the entire country Is Involved by a general suspension of busi ness trying to support ono or two high rail road officials who over-estimate their impor- anco- A THE CLEARANCE RECORD. Tlio Financial Transactions of the Past Week. BOSTON , Mass. , March 18. [ Special Tele gram to the BEE. ] The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from ho managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States , shows the gross ex changes for the week ended March 17 , 8S8 , with the rate per cent of increase or de- Tease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding week last year : CITIES. CLEARINGS NOV.- York 17.6 loston . , 20.8 ihlcnco 60,1 4.000 C.l 'hlliululphla. ' . 45tti. , < V > 7 27 ! 7 t. Louis 17O.V.K3 ) 1.1 an Francisco. ir.SG7,20 13.D laltlmoro _ > > JJ Jlnclnnntl 5b ! Jew Orleans. . . , 21.2 Mttsburp B/J10.170 0.6 Cnnsas City. . . 7.7B0.1.W " -oulsvllle 6,234,080 'rovldcnce 3,741TOO IlUviuikeo a.nsn.ooo 3t. 1'uul 8,600,000 Detroit 3,400,000 1.1 Ilnncnpolls. . . 3,001,120 Jlovoland 2.010,224 0.4 lenver lemclils . . . . . . , 32.6 Jmaha 2,284-,7'TB 15.2 olumbus 2,178,234 10.1 ndlannpolls. . . 1,607,709 11.0 Galveston . 731,009 iiio lartford 084.0U1 40.0 Vow Haven 640,200 45.4 yichlta. . . . ' . . . . C07(0 ! ) 05.0 Nortolk 7W.BSO 17.B eorla 1.W0.610 10.4 'ortlaml 765,400 12.2 pringlleld 776,308 t. Joseph . 1,210,070 Vorcester . 838,043 7.r. 646,138 4.6 iyracuso . 470,840 10.S Ornnd Itaplds. 705,709 43.S Duluth . Topeka . Total Kl.flR8S9 ! ! 29.3 Outsldo Now York. . f.00.820.0UB 14.3 Not included In totals. RAILROAD MEM FOR CHINA. A Mysterious Advertisement Posted Up in Plttsuurg. PiTTsnuno , Pa. , March 18. [ Special Tele am to the BEE. ] Quito a furor has boon created among railroad employes in Plttsburg over an advertisement published recently in an eastern paper for 3,500 railroad men to go to China. A man calling himself Tohn Johnson writes from Denver to a rail road man hero saying thd company will pay their expenses to China and give the engi neers $250 nnd firemen mid brakcmcn f 123 [ ) cr month. One of the Panhandle employes ivho has taken an Interest In tiio matter said to-day : "All the single men on the Panhan dle road hnvo been talking about the matter for several daysand if the company is all right .hoy can procure several hundred men on pur ino alono. " The railroad is said to bo owned by Americans. Several railroad officials wcro spoken to about the matter and ono of them said : "I heard of the advertisement , but I think it a bogus scheme. If they really wanted men nnd would pay them that price , they could get all they wanted In the fur west without coming here. I know there is some talk among railroad men hero about golm ; and I suppose some Of them would bo foolish enough to do so. " Johnson is expected hero in n few days to complete arrangements for forwarding the first batch of recruits. Ho wlirthen visit Chicago for a similar purpose. Many cool headed persons think it is u huge swindling scheme. The Crop Outlook. WASIIIXOTOX , March 18. The signal serv ice weekly weather nnd crop bulletin snys : Tlio backwardness of the season has been general throughout the country , but an Im provement in crop conditions is generally reported throughout the states of the Missis sippi valley. The killing frosts of the 13th nnd Hth nro reported as having injured fruit in the northern portion of the gulf stntcs , Missouri and Tennessee , although the weather continues In the ( southern stntcs fa vorable for small grains , except oats , which huvo been somewhat Injured by freezing wcuthcr. Alternate freezing and thawing doubtless proved inoro or less injurious to the winter wheat In the states cast of the Mississiupl. _ Storm nnd Flood in Germany. Binti.ix , March IS. The whole northern nnd eastern portion of Germany has been visited by n very severe snow btorin. There is co much ice that communication with Sweden has been suspended for'ten days , and with Denmark for ten days. Disastrous floods are reported throughout Hungary. Thirty villages have been ruined , and the town of Szathmar-Ncmcth partly destroyed. The towns of Bakes and Csaba uro menaced , nnu the inhabitants are snuggling for their lives against the overflow of the river Koros Many houses huvo fallen. Won By Ten SccondH. SAN FUASCISCO , March 18. The three mile sculling race to-day between Peterson of this city apd O'Connor , of Canada , was won by the latter. Time 20 minutes , 23 seconds Peterson 10 seconds later. 1C. of P. Led o Organized. HOLYOKE , Colo. , March 17. [ Correspond cnco of the BEE. ] A very strong Knights of Pythias lodge has been organized hero by L Smith , O. O. , of the Denver district , as slated by largo delegations from Sterling Julesbury , Cole and Lincoln , Keb. Tha lodge blurts under the most favorabl nuspices- the furniture nnd fixtures hav ing been paid for and leaving { 50tain * treasury , A HOWL AGAINST HEWITT , Now York State Grand Army Men Justly Indignant. VENOM TOWARD THE VETERANS. The Democrat lo Mayor of the Ore Of Metropolis Opposes All Mcna- urea Kor the Bnnelltof Union Soldiers. AiiRty at. Ahrnm. NEW YonK , March 18. [ Special Telegram o the BIB. : | The Grand Army men nro roused. When the Saxton bill was intro duced In the legislature on February 18 vhlch provides that veteran soldiers nmi allors holding office In this state cannot bo removed , save on charges duly inndo ntulJ rlcd and shall hold oftlco during good bo mvlor , Irrespective of politics , Mayor Howlttf vas quoted as saying that the bill might bc > good enough for country towns , but it would. " not work In Now York. This remark greatly offondcdjtho G. A. R. veterans. Secretary E. .1. Atkinson , of the memorial committee , said In regard to It tot day : "Tho veterans who fought for thoj state In their youth nro now old aud depend * cut on their wages for support. . It would bo great Injustice to depnvo them of eucU places as they now hold ns longns they arc ! * competent to fill them. The Grand Army men number about fifty thousand in thla state , and they nro men of all kinds of politi cal views. Thcro was n time when tha 3 rand Army was looked upon as a tall to tha cpubllcan kilo , but that time has passca ; The later accessions to Its ranks hnvo all Veen Icmocrnts. They nro really a non-pnrtisna jody nnd ask for the provilcgo named in thli fill on the ground of their past services to .ho state nnd nation. " A committee of G. A , R. veterans waited on the mayor yesterday on behalf of thot memorial committee of the G. A. R. to in duce the mayor to sign a petition endorsing .ho Saxton bill. Mayor Howott flatly rc + fused to do anything of the kind nnd told thoj committee that In his opinion the passage on such u bill was not for the best Interests ofi the citizens of Now York. Tlio committee ) went uwny crestfallen and made their ro- [ K > rts to their respective posts. , Mayor Hewett told the committee that hla course was not at all antagonistic to tha Grand Aimy , but as mayor of Now York hef was bound to look after the best Interests 06 her citizens. It mattered little to him whati society or organization it was , ho should pur- * BUO the same course , nnd , so long ns ho was ' nnyo'r , would do what ho considered for thot arood of the city. Ho also told the commlttecy .hat if the Grand Army , the Knichts of SU Patrick or any other organizations should continue in their present course he would jreak his resolution not to run for mnyon ignin , but xvould bo a candidate next fall and Ind out ut the ballot box whether or not the ) Urand Army or other societies owned tha city of New York. THE B. Jfc M. IX WYOMING. Outline of the Route Which Thla Year's Kxtcunlon Will Tako. FonT MoKiNNET , Wyo. , March 18. [ Spec- * nl Telegram to the BEE. ] Information that ! s believed to bo thoroughly reliable hasi jecn received hero concerning the location of the B. & M. railroad In Wyoming. The will run from Crawford , Neb , , to 3reek , and from thcro to Circle B rancbv thence to the Cheyenne river nnd thenoo to the hills. It will then pass through Rod can yon to Ouster City nud from there to Harney , ilill City , Tigervlllo , Hayward and Roelter-i ville. From thence it will run to Sun DancCi Powder river nnd Clear Fork , to Buffalo , . Wyo. . which will bo Its terminus * for tha present year. Towns will bo built ut Cros/ ing , Hat Creek , Cheyenne river , Red canyon' , ! * ' Powder river and Clear Fork crossing. Thtf country through which the road will run is of very rich ono In botli agricultural nnd mln-1 cral resources. Salt , silver , copper , tin. gypsum , mica , marble , coal and hone stond liavo already been found along tlio proposed route. The immense beds of coal recently discovered on the Powder river and Clcnjj Fork will bo tapped and opened up by this road. It is believed the road will reacU Buffalo by December 1,1838 , from the pros cut indications. New Mineral Discovery In Wyojnjmr , FoitTMcKiNNEyWyo. , March 18. fSpecla : Telegram to thoBnu.l Another discovery o ) rich mineral has been made In the vicinity ol Buffalo. Tha ore submitted has been assayed by Mr. John MoVicker , of Suit Lake nnd tbo following ishisrcpoit : Lot No. copper , .73 per cent silver , soventy-on ouncopcrton ; gold , $2.11 cents ; total vnluey $87.53 per ton. Lot 2. copper , 5 per cent sly ver , 07.80 ounces per ton ; total value , $70.1 per ton. Lot 3 , copper. 4 per cent silver { j2-19 ounces per ton , trace of gold ; tota per ton , (01. These now mines are locatec , not over Jlftcon miles froih the town oj Buffalo , but the discoverers refuse Id diB close the exact location. Abundant orci from them , however , are exhibited , and thi above reports of the assay are exact copies a Mr. MoVlckcr's certificates of assay , madi by him from these ores , us duly signed ant authenticated. _ Fort AIcKlnnoy'H Waterworks BurnctTI Four McKiNNEV , Wyo. , March 18.-J [ Special Telegram to the Bni ! . ] Fire , oc * currcd hero yesterday afternoon , completely destroying the engine , engine house anil waterworks. The fire originated under tha boiler in some way while the engineer waa at dinner and before discovered the whole of the Inside of the building was in flumcsj Every effort to extinguish It proved unavnll * ing and It burned to the ground. Fortunv ately the water tank was full of water at thrt time and the supply from this source wilt & last several days. A new engine and boiled < | was received at the post sometime ago and IQ -'Jj will bo put in ut once. MISS MQIjLlK GAUFIKLP. Her Mollier Formally Announces HcO KiignKCimiiit to J , Stanley Brown. NiwYoiiK , March Ji [ Sj > ecial Telegram to the BUB. ] Much attention socially has been paid to Mrs , and Miss Garflcltl slncd their arrival hero. A recent publicatioh represented that Mrs , Gurflcld went to Eu > rope to get her daughter out of the country" in order to bo better able to break oft thef marriage that she contemplated , The story was that J. Stanley Brown , General Gar * ilcld'H private secretary , had won Miss Mollld Garflcld's ' heart and was anxious to inakq' ' her his wife forthwith , to Mrs. Gurflold'ji ititcnto dissatisfaction. "Now , " wild Mrs ; Garflcld to an intimate friend , "that gossips have presumed to put Mr , Brown in a falsa position , I deem it my duty to have the young folks announce their engagement formally a ( once , Instead of opposing the suit of Mr. Brown I huvo welcomed It. I know ho\y manly ho Is and how worthy of every conflj ; dcnco. I could not trust my daughter's for * tunes to any other that cauldmuko mo happier/ ! Juin deeply sorry that my trip has been inada n pretext for Inflicting embarrassment upori him , The only fault that I can nnd with him IB that ho didn't promptly deny the oJTen , give talc , us ho had every authority to do so./ . Holyoke Will Incorporate , . J HOI.YOKE , Cola , , March 18. [ Special til I the Bun. ] A ( nass-mccting of the cltlzeng bus decided to incorporate the town at once The'proposed town Includes four sections. A' jcoinmlttco was appointed to prepare a plafi and secure the requisite thirty petitioners. In thirty-live days We will be under muni cipal government. The town's ihhabUunUi us retried by the committee , is 700 , J s
