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JS&Mtmiali JN outing JjJom t ESTABLISHED 1850. 1 H. EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor. \ A VOTE FOR EDUCATION. THE BLAIR BILL PASSES THE SENATE AT LAST. Thtrty-Slx In the Affirmative Against Eleven In the Negative—The Amend menu Hade at the Eleventh Hour— The Provisions of the Measure Shewn in a Hjrnopilg. Washington, March s.—The Senate to-day, after some unimportant prelimi nary business, took up the education bill. |The amendment offered by Mr. Logan vra9 agreed to providing tbat “the Secre tary of the Interior is charged with the proper administration of this law through the Commissioner of Education,” and those two officers are authorized, with the approval of the President, to make all needful rules and regulations not in eonsistent with the provisions of the bill o carry out those provisions. Mr. Logan laid his object was to establish a sort ot board, instead of leaving questions aris ing under the bill entirely to the Secretary of the Interior. OTBKU AMENDMENTS. Other amendments were agreed to re tiring from State officers veariy reports o' teachers’ salaries, the number ot school districts, the relative numbers of white aad colored children, substituting the census ot 1890 as the basis of apportion ment after tbat census shall have been taken, providing tbat if any State should decline or relinquish its quota of moneys under the bill the amounts so decliuod •r relinquished should ge to increase the quota of States accepting; requiring the Secretary of the Interior to investigate complaints of uniust discriminations in the application of funds, and including the District of Columbia in the bill. NO REGULATION OF STUDIES. A number of amendments looking to the regulation of the studies in schools aided by this bill were rejected. Mr. Plumb offered an amendment pro viding tbat no State should be entitled to any of this educational fund till it shall have filed with the Seoretarv of the Into rior a sample of each school book in use in its common schools. After considera ble debate Mr. Plumb’s amendment was rejected as a whole, but on his renewing part of the amendment requiring that samples of school books be filed in the In terior Department, without making a State’s title to money depend on such filing, it was agreed to. FURTHER AMENDED. Other amendments of detail were made on motion oi Messrs. Edmunds, Kvarts, Hale, Dolph, Blair, Ingalls, Teller, Kus tis, Logan, Hampton and Couger. The bill having thus been perfected as in committee of the whole, was reported to the Senate and most of the amendments made in committee of the whole were argued to. On motion of Mr. George, the section setting forth that the design of the act was net to establish au independ ent school system in the States, but only to extend aid to State governments, was restored by unanimous vote. Mr. Plumb read some articles from the Sew Yorg Evening Post to show that since the agitation of the question ot na tional aid the States of tbe South bad not put forth their usual efforts for educa tion. THE BILL PASSED. The bill was then read the third time and passed by a vote of 86 yeas to 11 nays. A number of pairs were announced ow ing to the necessary absence ot some Senators. The vote in detail is as follows: Yeas— Messrs. Berry, Blackburn, Blair, Bowen, Call, Colquitt,Conger.Oullom, Dolph, lCu-tU*. KvarU, Georire, Gibson, Hoar, Jack son, Jones of Arkansas, Kenna, Logan. Ala hone, hianderson, Miller of New York. Mitch ell of Oregon, Morrill, Palmer. Payne. Pugh, Kansotu. Riddleberger, Sawyer, Spooner, Teller. Vance, VanWycK. Voorhees, W althall, and Wilson of lowa. -Vy*—Messrs. CocArell, Coke, Frye, Gray, Hale. Ham-, Ingalls, Joues of Nevada, Maxey, Plumb, and Wilson of Maryland PROVISIONS OF THE BILL. The bill as it passed the Senate provides tbat for eight years after Its passage there shall be annually appropriated from the Treasury ta# iollowing sums in aid of common school education in the States and Territories and the district of Colum bia and Alaska: First year $7,000,000; second year $10,000,000; third year $16,- 000,000; fourth year $18,000,000; fitth year $11,000,000; sixth year $9,000*000; seventh year $7,000,000: eighth year $6,000,000; making $77,000,000, besides which there is a special appropriation of $2,000,000 to aid in the erection of school houaea in sparsely settled districts, making the to tal fund $70,000,000. HOW DIVIDED. The money is given to the several States aad Territories “in that proportion whion the whole number of persons in each who being of the age of 10 years and over can not write nears to the whole number of such persons in the United states,” ac cording to the census of 1860 until the census flgnres of 1890 shall be obtained, and then according to the latter figure. In States having separate schools for white and colored children tbe money shall be paid out in support of such white and colored schools, respectively, in tbe proportion that white and colored chil dren between 10 ami 21 years old in such state bear to each other by the census. JMMJI'IKEMENTS GP THE KILL. No State is to receive the benefit of the act until its Governor shall file with tbe Secretary of the Interior a statement giv ing full statistics of the school system, attendance o( white and colored children, the amount of money expended, etc., tbe number of schools in operation, the num ber and compensation of the teachers, late. No State or Territory sbuli receive til any year from this fund more money than it has paid out ihr previous year Rom ita own revenues for common hchools. H any State or Territory de clines to tako its share of tbe national .Tiled such share is to be distributed among the States accepting the benefit of file fund. I PENALTIES EUR WRONGDOING, ft fatty State or Territory misapplies the fund or falls tooomplv with the conditions ■ loses all subsequent appropriations. Simples of all school books in use in the common schools of the States and ■rrl tones shall be filed with th Secre ■fr of the Interior. Any State or Terri- a accepting the provisions of tlieaot at kstisession of its Legislature, alter ol the act, shall receive Its share of all tbe previous annual np JyrlatiODS. Congress reserves the right to alter or re|ia! tbe act. Tbe bill novigoes to the House ol Representatives for concurrence. B[ Appropriation Bills Received, Washington, March 6.—ln the oenats to-day, tbe urgent deficiency appropria tes bill and the Invalid pension appro priation bill were reoelved from tbe House aad referred to tbe Committee on Appro priatiMK The Senate then,,at 6:lso’clock adj ourn c l till Monday. SILVER PURCHASES. Only $,450,000 Ounces of the Metal Far abased During February. Washington, March s.— During the month if February the Secretary of the Treasuiy purchased 1,450,000 ounces of silver to coinage into standard dollars, being ajnut 600,000 less than tbe usual monthly purchase. It is explained at the departneut that the amount of silver fell short lecause no more was offered at marketrates. Tbe price was higher, ow ing to nereased expenses of transporta tion diring the bad weather which pre vailed during the month. There was, howeva-, sufficient bullion on hand to al low tbi coinage of dollars to the mini mum linit. HOW MADE. Thesi silver purchases are made semi weekly, A commission consisting of As sistan(Secretary Fairchild, Mr. Kimball, Director of the mint, and Treasurer Jor dan, oaisiders the bids received and re ports t* the Secretary the advisability of their icceptance. A division of senti ment Las prevailed for several weeks past among members of the commission as to tbe legality of the purchases in question. Treasurer Jordan holds that there should be a specific appropriation for such pur chasei, and in the absence of such appro priate invariably recommends the re jcctioi of all bids received. . THE COINAGE ACT. The two other members of the commis sion hold tbat the coinage act requiring the mrchase of bullion and coinage of not less than two millions in standard dollars in each month is in the nature of a pernanent appropriation, and coniers full tutbority in t,b premises. The re sult las been tbat for several weeks past the Secretary has received two reports on the subject—a majority re port recommending the acceptance of the lowest bids received, and a mi norif4 report recommending the rejection of al bids. The Secretary has in each in state approved tbe majority report and directed that silver be purchased in ac cordince therewith. Had he acted in acoo-danoe with the recommendations of Treaiurer Jordan no silver would have been purchased, and. tbe coinage of stan dard dollars to the limit provided by law woull have been praotically suspended. URGENT DEFICIENCIES. The House Passes the Bill After a Short Debate. Washington, March 6.—ln tbe House to-day after the call of tbe committees for reports of a private nature the House went into committee of the whole, with Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, in the chair on the urgent deficiency bill. Mr. Bnrnes, of Missouri, took up and explained the provisions of the bill. Tbe total amount carried by tbe bill was $684,462. The lamest item was one of $261,868 for the armament of tbe four new cruisers. The debate on this item turned upon tbe aUegtd Violations ot the law by the bureau officers in creating obligations in advance of appropriations, ana the transfers of moneys assigned to one pur pose and using them for another, thus creating deficiencies where provision had been made for payment. The debate on this item and its collateral subjects occu pied a large part of tbe day’s session. At its close Mr. McAdoo, of New Jersey, promised that tbe Committee on Naval Affairs would frame a measure to put a stop to tbe practice on tbe part of govern ment officials of entering into obligations not authorized by iaw. Mr. Reagan, of Texas, said that he would enter his protest against the prac tice by voting against the bill. Tbe committee then rose, and the bill was passed by 229 yeas to 20 nays. The House then went into committee of the whole on the private calendar. At 4:4oo’clock the committee rose, and the House, after passing two private bills, took a recess until 7:30. the evening ses sion to be for the consideration of pension bills. PACIFIC CON TRACTS. Secretary Lamar Recommend* that Legal Action be Taken. Washington, March s.—ln the matter of the monthly payments of the Union and Central Pacific railroad companies to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Secretary Lamar has submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury the opinion oi the Interior Department, as prepared by Assistant Secretary Jen ks, with reference to the proper action to be bad by the gov ernment on the contracts now in force between the railroad companies and the steamship company. It is held that the sum of $4, 040,400, paid out of the treasury ot the companies to the steamship company is not lawful ly chargeable against the percentage to be paid to the government, nor should it be deducted Irons the amount received belore the gross receipts were made up, nor from the net receipts on which the percentage should be paid. The Secreta ry recommends that legal action be taken to secure the payment by the railroad companies of the sum of $852,390 owing the government on the above accounts. PENSACOLA’S DRILL. Rear Admiral .louett Ordered to Rendezvous IDs Fleet There. Washington, March s.—Bear Admiral Jowett, commanding the North Atlantic station, who is expected to arrive at Key West, Fla., on the Tennessee in a few days, has been ordered to have the pro posed naval drill ot the vessels ol his squadron In the vicinity of Pensacola, Fla., as soon as ail the vessels can rendezvous there. The Dispatch, now at Norfolk, has been ordered to proceed to Pensacola without delay. Internal Revenue Receipts. Washington, March s.—The collec tions from internal revenues during the first seven months of the fiscal year end ing June JO, I'SW, amount to $60,878,117, which Is $1,635,157 more than the collec tions during the corresponding peri and ol last year. There was an increase of $131,. 5711 on spirits, an Increase of s!>74. lOli on tobacco, and an increase of s4!<i> oil on fermented liquors. There was a decrease of $80,221 on penalties. The receipts for Jauuary last were $104,307 less than for January, IHH'i. The principal decrease was on spirits aud tobacco. Protectionist Fleas. Washington, March s.—The Ways and Means Committee to-day hoard a variety of opinions from representatives of various mannlaoturiag Interests upon tariff legislation, mainly in opposition to reduced duties. A South (Isrollnlan Appointed. Washington, March 5.-The Post master General has appointed Xsj. E. C. McLurs, of South Carolina, to lie appoint ment clerk of the Post Office Department, viec James Cronley resigned. SAVANNAH. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1880. BANKRUPTCY PROVISIONS LOWELL’S BILL TO BE REPORT ED GREATLY AMENDED. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, Casts the Vote Which Decided tbe Measure’s Fate- Home of the Important Changes made in Committee—The Blair Bill to be Defeated la the Haase. Washington, March s.— The House Committee on Judiciary would not have determined to-day to report the liOwell bankruptoy bill even as amended to tbe House had it not been tor the vote of Mr. Oates, of Alabama, who said that while he was opposed to the bill be thought it but right and proper that it should be re ported to the House, so that it might be discussed and decided upon then. So that it really comes from the committee loaded with the disapproval ot a majority ot its members, who will express it in tbe debates, and yet the bill as reported is not even tbe Lowell bill, IMPORTANT CHANGES. Important changes have been mado in it by the committee. The provision for supervisors in bankruptcy, the provision for a committee of creditors to aot with tbe assignee, and the provision making the nonpayment of commercial paper within 30 days after maturity an act of involuntary bankruptcy have been strick en out. So has the provision making an assignment without preferences an act of involuntary bankruptcy. The provision making an assignment with preferences an aot ot involuntary bankruptcy still re mains. BONDS FOR WARRANTS. A provision is added to the clause re quiring creditors to give bond on Uw issue, at their request of a warrant tor the arrest of a debtor, allowing a debtor to recover exemplary damages in cases where the warrant is procured without probable cause or through malice. A clause is also added to the effect that neither the wife nor attorney of the debtor shall be required upon examinaton to disclose any communication to them by the debtor, which is protected as confi dential by the practices of the common law. THE BILL WEAKENED. But it will be seen that the bill has been greatly weakened. It will be tbe purpose of the members of the Judiciary Commit tee, who ravor the original Lowell bill, to have these committee amendments stricken out of the bill which was to-day ordered reported to the House. Probably they will attempt to substitute the Senate bill for It. The other members of the oom mlttee. except Mr. Seney, of Ohio, who will present bis own bill, will simply en deavor to prevent the passage of any bankruptcy bill. It is believed that the triends of tbe original Lowell bill have a majority in the House. HOW THE BLAIR BILL PASSED. The Blair bill would not have had so large a majority by ten or a dozen votes to-day, had it not been that the Republi can Senators, who might otherwise have voted against it on principle, deliber ately voted for it on policy with tbe hope and belief that it would be defeated In tbe House. This will be its probable fate in tbe House, where it has the opposition of the strict constructionists, the revenue reformers, and the particular friends of the colored man. The House Committee on Education, to which it will be referred on Monday, is opposed to it, and so it will oome before the House handicapped by an adverse committee report. Tbe debate on it, it it should ever be considered, threat ens to be so protracted that its considera tion will probably be postponed till alter that of both the tariff bill and the silver question. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. On Monday the Senate Committee on the Judiciary will consider tbe President’s special message ot last Monday. Mr. Edmunds will nave the majority adopt a report embodying his views or it. The minority will also submit a report. Then these two reports will be discussed in the Senate, together with tbe Edmunds and Pugh reports, already before it. Then the Republican majoritv will quietly proceed to the confirmation of nominations on tbeir merits. The President’s lesson has not been tost on them. DUSKIN’S REMOVAL. Edmunds’ Resolutions on the Case to Come dp Monday. Washington, March 6.—ln the Senate todlay, immediately on the passage of the educational bill, Mr. Edmunds moved to take up the resolutions reported by him from the Judiciary Committee expressing the sense of the Senate on the refusal of the Attorney General to send to the Sen ate copies of the papers called for by its resolution of Jan. 26, 1886. (The Duskin papers.) Mr. Plumb inquired if consideration of those resolutions would continue until they should he dispos' and of. Mr. Edmunds replied that bo hoped it would so continue, but hoped it would be disposed of in two or three days. Mr. Edmnnda remarked that be would not ask to take up the resolutions till after tho morning hour. Mr. Edmunds’ motion was agreed to. Dies in the Witness Box. Montreal, March 6.—During the trial this morning of John 8. Dyde, junior partner of the firm of Kckersdorff A Cos., for forgery, Col, Dyde, lai hei of the ac cused, fell dead in the witness box. Postal Laws. Washington, March 6.—ln the House to-day, on motion of Mr. Reid, of North Carolina, a bill was passed authorizing the publication of anew edition of the postal laws and regulations. Pension Bills Passed, Washington, March 6—The House at its evening session to-night passed 50 pen sien bills, and, at it o'clock, adjourned until to-morrow. Admit* Being Bribed. Philadelphia, March 0.-The Law and Order Society committee, appointed to investigate tbs charges recently muds that burned its members have been bribed by liquor dealers to withdraw suits brought against them for Sunday liquor belling, to-day reported in favor of expel ing George K. Snyder, who acknowledged having accepted money from u saloon keeper. Snvdor was one of the most ac tive workers of the society. Dun it Co.’s Report. New York, March -The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week as reported to K. . Dun Jk Cos. number, for the United States 3W and for Canada 3#, a total of 2-40 against 21* last week snd 2*6 the week previous. Business troubles appear to b* increasing in Canada while tnrough out the United States the causualties are about up to the average. INTER-STATE COMMERCE. The Reagan Bill to be Favorably Re ported by the Committee. Washington, March s.—The House Committee ou Commerce to-day agreed to report favorably with amendments the Reagan inter-State commerce bill. The detailed vote on the bill was: Yeas— Messrs. Ksagan, Clardy, Crisp. Caldwell, O’Ferrail, Tarsney, Bynum, Weavor of Nebraska, and Morrow. Nays—Messrs. O’Neill of Pennsylvania, Davis, Dunham, and Johnson. The original bill was amended in the following particulars; The District of Columbia is included witb the States-and Territories. To the thin! sect lon, prohib iting pooling is added a clause, maxing it a separate offense for every day a pooling arrangement continues. Section 7. which fixed the penalty for broaches ol tho act at three times the amount of damages, is changed so as to impose full damages, with the addition of attorney’s tee*. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. Section 8, providing that a line of SI,OOO shall be imposed upon railroad officials violating the act, is changed so as to make the fine $2,000. Anew paragraph is Inserted at the In stance of Representative Weaver (in tended to fit tbe case of the Grand Trunk railroad), as follows: Any company receiving freight in the Uni tod States for shipment through foreign coun tries, the nliimate Mna <m of which is some place in tbo United States, shall keep posted in a conspicuous place at the points ot shipment a schedule giving the through rates to points tn the United fitates beyond foreign terr tory. Failure to do so shall subject the company to the penalties fixed in tho bill, and any other shipment into a foreign country and reshipmeuts into the United States, tno through rates on which have not been pub lished as required by this act. shall, on reach ing the United Stains, be subjected to customs duties as if It were foreign production. IMITATING PERRONIEIt. Terrorizing Demonstrations In the Paris Bourse. Paris, March s.— Perronier, the soldier who by firing his revolver In the Chamber of Deputies on Feb. 25 forced tbe State to take notice of him and bis grievance, has already had an imitator. While business was at Us height this afternoon in tbe Paris Bourse a strange man in the gallery drew attention by making apparently aimless demonstrations. Subsequently he took a bottle containing an explosive liquid from bis pocket and cast it down among tbe brokers upon the floor of tbe exohange. crying out as he did so, “Vive anarchle 1” FAILS TO EXPLODE. The bottle struck do one, remained in tact, Bnd made no episode. A few specta tors who were interrupted in their obser vations by the man’s oonduct. swore at him, and asked why tbs police did not re move him. 'Che bbE then drew out a re volver ami shot three times down towards the main floor. He soon bad the gallery to himself and continued to brandish bis revolver and yell, “Vive anarchle 1” Tre mendous excitement reigned for awhile in tbe exohange and all business was sus pended. Tho disturber was soon seized and hurried from the place, but none too soon, as the crowd, when they recovered from tbeir fright, became lurioug and sought the offender with cries of “Lynch.” The prisoner is a man belonging evi dently to the working class. The man is named Petrovich. His pookets were crammed with anarchist literature. INSULTED BY HIS QUEEN. Attorney General Ku-sell Goes to be Knighted and It Snubbed. London, March s.—Charles Russell, Attorney General, went yesterday to Buckingham palace to be knighted. After waiting an hour be received word from tbe Queen that she was fatigued by the duties ot the “drawing room’’which she bad been holding and must postpone the ceremony of knighting him. Mr. Russell withdrew from the palace in in dignation. He says he will refuse knight hood. It is believed that the Queen is irritated at his pronounced home rule views. England's House of lairds. London, March s.—Mr. Labouchere, Radical, movtd in tbe House of Commons this evening that the House resolve that tbe hereditary chamber of legislation “Is Inconsistent with the principles of repre sentative government.” The motion was rejected by a vote of at 2 to 106. London Mortal Kin Sentenced, London, March 6.— Right men who have been convicted of taking a promi nent part in tbe recent Trafalgar square and Hyde park riots, were to-day sen tenced at the Middlesex sessions, to penal servitude for terms ranging from 1 to 5 years, The First Train In a Week. Quebec, March 6.— The first through train from the east over tbe Intercolonial railway for a week arrived at Lewis last night, and a week’s mall matter from the Provinoes was distributed here this morning. The Grand Trunk railway is also clear ot tbe snow Mockeries. A Couple of Denials. London, March s.—Mr. Gladstone au thorizes a denial ot the newspaper reports that be!had drafted a home rule scheme and shown R to bis friends. Messrs. Chamberlain and Trevelyan deny tbat they contemplate seceding trom Mr. Gladstone’s party. Bismarck's Mpirtt Monopoly Bill. Berlin, March s.—Tbe debate on tbo spirit monopoly bill was continued in tbe Reichstag to-day. The National Liberals opposed tbe measure. Greek Reserve* to he Mu minonnd. Athens, March B.—At a cabinet coun cil to-day it was decided to summon two olasses of tbe reserves comprising men of 28 and 29 years of age. Demobilizing Bulgaria’s Army. Hofia, March 6.—Prince Alexander has issued a decree ordering the demobilize tien of the Bulgarian army. CbiHera in Venice. London, Morob 6.— Cholera has been discovered at Venice on board a Greek brigantine. l,yn< hr>r* Charged With Murder. Danville, Va., March s—Sometime ago J. C. Wilson was lynched in Patrick county for stealing a mule. At the last torm ot court the grand Jury fonnd a bill of IwtkHment against all the parties con cerned for minder. This is the first tun* wtthtn the recoUeotio* that a lynching party has I teen tornvofly presented by a grand Jury for murder. PbMariefptola’s Fund*. Phuladelthia. March s.—The contri buikma to the Parnell fund in this oity to date amoant to $31,402, to the Grant me morial fund to $14,8M, and to tbe fund for Mrs. Hancock to SB4O. A TRUCE AT NEW YORK. TRAFFIC RESUMED PENDING ARBITRATION. All the Surface Ruud* Uutraveraert Dur ing the Fnreneou— 9'i a I>ey Granted the Men by Deacon Richardson—The Reappearance of the Cara Hailed with Enthusiastic. Demonstrations. New York, March s.— The grand “tie up” of all the surface lines of tbs city or dered by the Executive Board of the Em pire Protective Associations, took place this morning. At 4:02 o’clock this morn ing the first oar tor the day on the Sixth Avenue road should have left the depot at Forty-third street. The car did uot do so, and as the night men arrived with their cars they ran them into tbe etabies. Tho men stood around quietly and laughed and chatted in the best of humor, and did not attempt to resort to any violence. Tho last car left tho Broadway railroad depot at 3:50 o’clock. The next ons to arrive entered the depot and did not come out again. Tbe man were very quiet. They did not intend to tie up until 4:50 o’clock, but as agents from the Empire Protective Associations arrived ud or dered the meu to leave, they did so on the instant. They assembled in orderly groups and prepared to march to their hall on West Fifty-second street where they were to remain during the day. ON THE THIRD AVENUE LINK. When car No. 204 of the Third Avenue line reached tbe depot at Sixty-filth street at 4:20 o’clock, the driver turned from the main traok into the etabies and unbitohed his horses. Every car that arrived subse quently did the same. There was not tbe slightest excitement or noise. At 4:46 o'clock there were only fifteen men about tbe depot. They all belonged to tbe night foroe, lor tbe day men simplified matters by not reporting for duly. President Lamb, of tbe company, was immediately notified, but be decided not to do anything until be called the direotors together dur ing the day, when, he said, u would lie decided whether it would lie worth while to make an effort to run a car. A few po licemen were sent over from tbe Fifty ninth street station, but their services were not needed, for everything was quiet. LEANING TO A SURRENDER. It was said at police headquarters that the Presidents of the car companies were bolding a meeting this morning, and that it was the general opinion that they would advise President Richardson and the directors of tbe Dry Dock, F.sst Broadway and Battery Railroad Com pany to accede to the demaiulß of tbe 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 until they heard from Mr. O’Donnell that the demands of tbe men on Richardson’s Brooklyn roads bad also been granted. At 4:30 o’clock this morning tde cais in Brooklyn were all running on schedule time except the Atlantic Avenue line, which went out Wednesday. There was no trouble at any place in the oity, the strikers having ’ dispersed. At 5:30 o’clock, however, every line in the oity had tied up. NO CARS RUNNING. Up to H):80 o’clock this morning no dis turbance had been reported to the police in this city. Not a car was running, and the oity appeared as if dead. Nothing like it bad beeu witnessed since the worst days of the epizootic, a dozen years ago. lu Brooklyn seven roads, operated by the Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company, tied up, but no violence was reporled. The New York police force is thoroughly organized and confident of its ability to repress promptly any disposition to riot or disorder. Every man able to put on a uniform and carry a club, was ordered on duty during the night,and 1,500 men could to-day be concentrated at a moment’s no tice at any point where danger might threaten. A UNIFORMED BIVOUAC, The police neadquarter* looked like an enormous bivouac oi uniformed men held in readiness to answer call* from anv quarter. Squads of fifteen or twenty po licemen were dispatched early to guard all the railroad depots aud stables. Mounted men patrolled Grand street and the route ot the Dry Dock road from end to end to keep the route clear in the eventof an attempt being made to run a car over the road, as yesterday, to save the com pany’s charter. Superintendent Murray determined to suppress a repetition ol yesterday's scenes. No trouble, however, was apprehended. The strikers preserved an attitude of quiet determination, awaiting the result of the conference, which was being held between the executive committee of the Empire Association and Railroad Com missioner O’Donnell, who arrived from Albany this morning in answer to a dis patch demanding bis presence. It was followed by a meeting botwesn the Commissioner and ropresen Urtives of the railroads to decide the line of future action. THE BROOKLYN CONFERENCE. Bailroad Commissioner O’Donnell, af ter his consultation with the executive committee of the Empire Association, took a cab and went over to Brooklyn, where he met President Richardson at the office ot the Atlantic Avenue line,together with the directors. A proposition was submitted to the commissioner, contained in the following resolution and directed to Joseph O’Donnell, chairman of tiieex ecutive committee of the Empire Mutual Protective Association: K That the Atlantic Avenue road of Brooklyn will agree to pay the men at the rate of 12 per day for 12 lion runs a day’s work tor comlusiors aud drivers im lintiug half an hour allowed for dinner, and after our cars are running to submit all questions of differ ence between the employers aud employes to ( ominiiudoner O’Donned. It is agreed that the llry Dock, East Broadway and Avenue B lines of New York be Included in the same agreement as the Atlantic roads in Brooklyn. Mr. .1. Kirn akiison. President. THE TERMS accepted. On receiving this document, Commis sioner O’Dounell at once returned to New York and went to the Central Labor Union hall, on East Eighth street, where the executive conimittco was In session. He submitted the proposition to them, and U was accepted promptly. Delegates from tbo different roads were started at once to notify the men to be ready to start the oars at 2 o’clock. Down stairs in the large ball the strikers were in (tension. The terms ol agreement were announced amid a breathless hush in the room. When finished there was a deep breath oi relief. A man threw hie hat up and a yell broke out which ahook the building. The meet ing broke up and the men started for work. THE ARBITRATOR APPROVED. Joseph O'Donnell, of the strikers’ com mittee, said to a reporter: “All the sur face roMds will start at 3 O’clock. Propo sition from Richardson was accepted. Commissioner tv Donnell will be arbi trator, and we approve the choice. It Is a great victory for us.’’ Union Assembly No. 2,878, of the first local District Assembly No. 70, Is the name of the branch ot Knights of Labor wbioh includes all tbe organizations or looal assemblies of railroad men In New York and Brooklyn. It ia an offshoot of Franklin Assembly No. 2,228, of District Assembly No. 64, of I he Knights o! Labor. TUK FIRST OAK. A oar on the Fourth Avenue surface road was the first to reach the City Hail after travel was resumed. It reached tbe stand at 2:20 o’olock and was covered with new brooms. Patrick J. Walsh, who ordered the Broadway oars to “tie up” yesterday,was arraigned m court to-day and fined $lO, wtiich he paid. A number of strikers who bad been ar rested yesterday for acting In the street iu a disorderly manner were up in court to-day. Some of them were fined and some discharged for lock of evidence. HOW THE RESUMPTION WAS RECEIVED. At 2 o’clock this afternoon crowds of people were gathered al the Easi-side stables of tbe Cross-town line, at Grand and Corlean streets. Messengers came running through the street and dulivered envelopes to tbe officers of the company. These contained the official notification that the strike was ended, and that the men were to resume work. The order was signed by the executive committee's cliau man. The stable doors wore unbarred and thrown opeu. The erowd understood the meaning ot these movements, and choered lustily. A oar rolled out of the depot and was soon adorned with new brooms and flags, and was filled with frieuda of tbs strikers. Nobody thought of paying fare and no body thought or collecting it. Tbe re sumption on each rood was made under similar otroumstanoes. IN BROOKLYN. After tbe strike bad ended in Brooklyn many of tbe drivers and conductors pre sented themselves at the offloe of Deacon Richardson, in tbat oity, but that gentle man thought It not worth while to start until to-morrow. Tbe obstructions placed on the tracks were removed, however, during the afternoon, and about 5 o’clock the Fifth and Seventh Avenue cars began running. They were followed before 6 o’clock by tbe oars ot all tbe other lines. TEXAS’ FIGHT. Jsdgo Pardee Issue* an Order—The Feeling at Uatveetou. Dallas, Tex., March s.—United States Circuit Judge Pardee last evening sent full telegraphic instructions from New Orleans to tbe receivers of the Texas Pa ciflo road, ordering them, in case ot ob struction of the line by strikers, to imme diately apply to the United States Court for an order to the Marshal of the district to at once restore possession and control of the company’s property. All the nego tiations at Marshall have fallen through, and the strike has assumed a more seri ous phase. COMING TO A FOCUS. Galveston, March s. —The meeting ol the local trade assemblies adjourned after midnight last night, it was deter mined that tbe Mallory boyoott should be immediately enforced against the Gulf, Colorado and Nuta Fe, and Missouri Pa cific roads. An order will at once be is isned that every Knight of Labor, work ing on either of these linos must refuse to handle freight consigned to or from the Mallory Company. This will bring mat ters to a crisis, as tbe roads will be com pelled to discharge tbs men who refuse to handle tbe boycotted freight, and then a generul strike will probably follow. NO CHANGE AT GALVESTON. Representatives or tbe Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific, Texas Pacific, Texas Central and Gulf, Colorado and ban ta Pe railroads were waited upon by a committee to-day and notified not. to haul, handle or move freight consigned to or from the Mallory Company, or freight for any of the wbolesale bouses of Galveston, at the latter hod refused to ob serve tbe boyoott against tbe Mai iory Line. Tbit notice takes efieot after to-day. The cotton presses, rail roads and business community generally are greatly disgusted with tbs attitude of and course pursued by the Knights of Labor, and there ia much talk of tbe in auguration of a boycott against them, similar to tbat Marled by the East street reaper works at Springfield, Ohio. RAIDED BY MASKED MEN. New Orleans, March 6.—Got. Shel don, who is one of the receiver* of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, this af ternoon received a dispatch from Gov. Brown, the other receiver, from Dallas, Tex., notifying him that last night about 10U masked men again raided tbe round house at Big Springs, and disabled several engines, that all traffic west of Colorado had lieen discontinued, that at Fort Worth the company had succeeded in suppl img tbe places of strikers to such an extent as to enable them to continue traffic at that point, although no perish able freight was received for any point, and that they are applying for writs of assistance at Fort Worth and Toyah, In accordant:* with tbo order of Judge Pardee. FREIGHT TO BE TAKEN. St. Louis, March 6.-—Tbs Missouri Pa cific Railway Company has rescinded its order declining to contract for tbe trans portation of perishable property and live stock. This order, however, does not at lect the Texas and l'acttio railroad. Mi<oiim<ks Work*. Chicago, March 6.—The foroe of police on duty at McCormick’s reaper works was greatly reduced this morning. At * o’clock this morning nearly 700 men had pasted through the “big gate’’ and 200 crossed the ice and entered the faatory iroui the rear. By noon fully 1,000 men were at work. The laltor com mittee claims that as soon as tbe General Assembly acts it will be Impossible to sbilt a single oar, as the switchmen and engineers will reluse to haul a our for the McCormicks if ordered sot to do so by the Knights. Open Tradm Unions. Philadelphia,March 5. Master work man Powderly, speaking to-day of tbe re mark* of President Btrasser or the Cigar Makers International Union, in which ha claimed that the differences between the latter organizations aud the Knights of iAbor Involved tbe existence of opeu trades unions, said, most emphatically, “There ie no issue between open trade* unions and the Knights of Labor, but tbe time Is coming when they will ail have to is laud mi tbe saute broad vlatform.” Wagon-Makers to Ik: Boycotted. Philadelphia, March s.—The execu tive board ot the knights of Labor to-day decided to adopt aggressive measure* against severs! prominent wagon and sleigh manufacturers of Horner. N. Y., who bad discharged workmen belonging to tbe Knights of LaUtor because of tbeir connection with tbe organization. Tbe decision of the beard practically I* s boy coM. The firm* affected are Gage, Hitch cock A Cos., W. N. Brookway and the Ho mer W agon Company. ( TRICE SIO A YEAR,! i SCENTS A COPY. J DEFENSELESS SKACOASTS REPORT OF THE HOUSE NAVAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. Our Maritime Weakness Known tn the Whole World -Every Seaport Town a* the Mercy of Foreigners—Tbe Vessels Which the Committee Favor Con structing. Washington, March s.—The House Committee on Naval Affairs has com pleted its report to accompany the bill providing for an increase of the naval establishment. It point* out that the geographical situation of the United Hiatus and the relations this country bears to other great nulionq are peculiar, Thu United State* has no rival on the Western continent, and it justly feels secure against any a'taok an enemy might make upon it oy laud, but it was without adequate means of defending Ita foreign or coastwise commerce, and the cities scattered along its long 1 no ol sea coast Were absolutely at the mercy of any second-rate naval power of the world. EXPOSED CITIES. There is not a tow n or citv along oup whole coast from which tribute could not be successfully exacted by anv modem fleet. Tbe following is a statement of tho destruetable properly subject u, the tiro of an enemy’s guns taken from a paper by Lieut. Griffin, of the United State* army: Portland. Me., $38,000,000; Bos ton, $471,000,000; New York, SI, KV>,000,000; Jersey City, $113,000,000; Philadelphia, $7,000,000: Baltimore, $219,000,000; New Orleans, $176,000,000; San Franoiaco,slßo., 000,000. Tbia list omits all mention ot Wilminffton,<Lharleston, .Savannah, Jack sonville, Mobile and the entire Texas coast. KNOWN TO THE WORLD. After describing mluutely the defeuse less condition of our coast, the report says: “We are so helpless that your com mittee would hesitate to publish the fael to tbe world were it not already every where else better known than to the peo ple of America. Kvery great naval pow er is providing itself witb a fleet of steel vessels to cruise against an enemy’s com merce, while, excluding the six cruiser* now building, the navy of the Unlte<| States instead of keeping pace with tta* world is not equal to our navy of 1860. THE REMEDY RECOMMENDED. The committee therefore having firstde elded that tbe government should taka steps at once for the construction of a moderate number ot modern vessels with armameuts of tbe most approved type; set themselves at work to decide what type of vessels should tie recommended to the House. These are two armored cruis ing anil battle shins of 6,000 to 8,000 tons, three armored cruisers of 3,000 to 4,006 tons having a speed of knots, and one torpedo catcher, and tour torped* boats of t,200 to 1,700 tons, all of these vessels to tie of domestic manufacture, and to be or steel. BOYCOTTED CARS. The Knights Carry Their Fight Along tbe Gould System. DkSoto, Mo., March 5.— A general or der by the Kxecutlve Board Knights of Labor of the Gould Southwestern system, nas been issued boyootting all Texas and Pacific and Nsw Orleans and Pacific oars, on account of the troubles at Frt Worth, and tho order wus put Into effect here. No violence or intimidation is used, but as the cars oome In tbe trainmen are re quested not to handle them further, and tbe request is Immediately compiled wittt and thev are side tracked. Wliitoly to Im Boycotted. Ufkingfield, 0., March 6.—A com. m it tee representing tbe different Knight* of Labor organizations in tills city field g meeting this forenoon for the purpose ot organizing an executive board. To this board will lie referred all questions hear ing on the situation. The men understand from an Interview with Mr. Whltely. published yesterday, that arbitration in out of tbe question, and while nothing ia said, it Is very probable that a boycott will be ordered. There is perfect order* and no indications of violence. More Chiniuueii Driven Ont. Portland, Ore., March s.—About 3 o’clock this morning 125 Chinese, who have been at work wood-chopping and grubbing near Mount Faber, three mils* etml of here, were driven out by a mob of between fin and *0 white men, most of whom were masked. Tbe Chinese were marched to ibo lerry and conveyed to thl* side of the Colombia river. Rioters Not Indicted. 1 'niontown, Pa., March 6.-2 The grand jury to-day ignored the bills against the striking cokers who were in jail charged with causing the riot and burning prop erly at Bradlord, belonging to Friok It Cos, The prosecutor was required to pay the costs. M’LKAN’S MONEY. An Olfer or VI.OOI), aud Other Promise* for a Simple statement. Cincinnati, 0., March s.—lsaac J. M'Msr, a prominent Democrat of this city anil ex-presideut of the Board of Council men, was called before tbe BenatorM election investigation committee this afc ternooii. He swore that Just before tbe last Ohio Legislature passed the law tak ing away the police control from tbe Mayor and giving the control ol the police department to a Hoard of Police Commis sioners, John R. McLean came to his office on Third street and offered him first $ 1,000, then $2,000, and Anally $3,000 to sav that he believed the Police Commissioners would appoint better men on tbe police foroe than the Mayor would. He also offered on condition that be make this statement to support him heartily for Mayor and to give more money to elect him Mayor than he (Miller) would himself. These propo sitions were not accepted by Mr. Miller. Mr. Miller was chairman of tbs Demo cratic* committee of this county during the Hayes-Tihlen campaign. KOBKUIV ItoND FOHKKIXHfc The Kx-Bank President Fell* to Anew** to His Mams In Court. New York, March 6.—William 8. Roberta, lato President of tbe Bank of Augusta, Os., was coiled todlay to plead to u indictment found against him in the Court of General Sessions. Hie counsel inter posed a plea of not guilty some time oko, reserving the right to withdraw the plea and eider a demurrer to the tnstru msnt. When the defendant’s namn was called to-day there was no response, and thr court ordered his bsll bond of SIO,OOO to be forfeited. His boudsinan was John K. Maxwell, Vice President of the Long island Railroad Company.