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Jkmumalt Jtttomini) JKSTAFMBHED 1850. ) J, H. La'IlLL. Kditor ami Proprietor. j BOUTELLE’S BOOMERANG. A POINTED LETTER FROM COM MODORE TRUXTON. No Inscription* Removed from Cannon, but Obliterated Ones Restored—Kx plantation of the Removal of the Tab let from the l>ry Doik—Lyons Dis charged for Good Reasons. Washington, March B.—The Secre tary of the Navy, in reply to the resolu tion oi Mr. Boutelle, adopted Jan. 22, to - day transmitted to the House a letter from Commodore Truxton, commandant at the Noriolk navy yard, in which he •ays: In reply to your letter, transmitting to me the re-olution passed by the House of Repre sentatives, asking if certain allegations were true in reference to the administration at this navy yard, of which I am commandaut, has been received. In answer to the first statement 1 respectfully say there never were any honorable inscriptions upon any cannon captured by the boiled States and placed in this yard, obliterated by my order. In fact no such obliteration has at any time taken place. Exposure from weather ami time bad somewhat obliterated the in scriptions placed thereon, but they were re newed by my order last June, and are now plainly visible. Then followed a list of the Runs and the inscriptions on them. THE DOCK NOT DESTROYED. 2. The dry dock was never destroyed. It was partially damaged by the United States forces when they evacuated the yard in 1861, and also by the Confederates when they evac uated the yard in 1882, but in neither case did tlie damage exceed the destruction of the caisson and the adjacent masonry. The original structure remained intact as it ap pears to-day, and therefore the dry dock never was rebuilt. The only inscription that was ever authorized to be placed on the dry dock, or ever was on the dry dock, is still there. It is as follows: : Commenced Ist December, 1827. : John Quincy Adams, i 'resident of the : ; United States. : : Samuel L, Southard, Secretary of the : : Navy. : I Authorized by the 19th Congress. : ; Opened 17th June, 183). : ; Andrew Jackson, President of the United : : States. : : Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Navy. : [Leamml Baldwin, Engineer. NO SUCH TABLET AS MENTIONED. Therefore the tablet referred to by the reso lution, never having been on the drv dock, was not removed. On the pumping engine, which Is located in the brick building, s me 150 feet distant from the dry dock, a plate con taining the inscription: - ....-- * Built by I Messrs. Woodruff & Beach, : Maehini-ts and Engineers, Hartford, Conn., was removed, and in its place another was substitute!], inscribed thereon: : Destroyed by the Rebels in 1862, : : Rebuilt by the United States Government : ; in 1863 : J. W. Livingston, Commandant. ; W.li Lyons, Superintendent of Machinery : *.... ....* I searched ihe records in this office in vain Tor the author! y for the removal <>f the orig inal plate and the subs itution of the other, and could not find that the change was made iy any authority whatever. I therefor* had t removed. WHO ERECTED IT. Since the removal of the plate referred to, Mr. Lyons has applied for it, stating that as he had erected it on bis own respon-ibility. and bought and Daid for it at his own expense, therefore it was his private property. 3. Mr. Lyons was not Superintendent of Machinery at the time of the removal of the plate, he having been removed by me, for rea sons hereinafter stated, on the 25th day of April, 1885. Thepla e was removed some time after, in May, hence he was not removed by me for protesting against the removal oi the plate referred to He was removed by me on account of bis bit'er partisanship. DOMINEERING AND IMMORAL. His absolute political sway for a number of years in the steam-engineering department at this yard, and his antagonistic and over bearing disposition to any one who differed with him politically or otherwise, created a feeling of discontent among the master workmen and workmen to such an extent that and was almost impossible to get good work of anv kind done in that department, liis personal character was objectionable, he having lieen previously held to bail by tue United Bta es Commissioner, to answer be fore the United States grand jury who found a true bill against him for having smuggled from the Spanish ship l’ayoro I el Oc. ano cigars while that vessel was undergoing re pairs in the dry dock in this yard. I never considered that Mr. Lyons had faithfully served the United States government for many years as the resolutions allege. HIS LOYALTY. On the contrary, I always doubted his loyalty to his government at the time it was in greatest need. He published the following card to the cilitens oi Norfolk in June, 1861. which appeared in the liny Book at that time: To tin Public: ‘ I. WilU mi H. Lyons, hav ing been charged with disloyalty to the South ern Confederacy, proclaim mysc'f as good a Southerner as any man in the Sooth, and am doing as much to destroy the invaders as any man in the Held, and if anv one will come to the Atlantic Iron w orks 7 will show them my Work, which are more than words, and will do all in my power to promote the indepenuence •f the Southern Slates. ‘William H. Lyons, “Foreman Atlantic Iron Works.” The sentiment contained in the foregoing tetter does not show much faithfulness to the United States government as the resolutions allege. LYON’R SUCCESSOR. Commodore Truxton then mentions (bat a board of officers was selected by Secretary Whitney to supervise and con duct au examination of candidates lor the position made vacant by the removal of Hr. Lyons, that full notice of the exam ination was given, and that six mechanics attended and were examined. Tue board reported tbat Thomas B. uarr, of Ball! more, was the best man for the place, and ho was appointed to the posit toil of Master Macha nisi by the Secretary of the Navy. Ybu Commodore continues: The eßoiencv aud superior work now turn ed out of that shop juslilles the change made. A GENERAL DISCHARGE. A short time alter taking charge of this (aril a general discharge was ordered by the epartincui at Washington as sin ted, by lack ttf appropriations, which caused all the shops to close with Hie exception of the engineer's department, where the liolters of the I ailed blates bteamer Alliance were be ing made. At the commencement of the new fiscal year lunds being available work was resinned. The Impres sion having gone abroad that ihis navy yard was a political asvlum for retired imiii Irian*. I ordered a board of officers to examine all applicants who claimed they were skilled workmen so as 10 ascertain their fUnes< for ilie positions they sought. Inc report of that board wna conclusive an to the merit* of ihe appli cant who was employed or rejected, accord ing to the reporl, as the records on file in this t a rd prove. THE EFFECT. This manner of ascertaining the qualillca flona of applicants has had a twofold effeot. It lias increa oil the efficiency of the men. anil while had workmans!) p was the reputation af this yard by means of the above examtna i turn good workmanship ia now ita reputation among naval officer*. i Commodore Truxton then goo* on to r y: 1 Out of 556 men employed In the yard at tha 'me of the adoption of the resolution and tha tie of ihe report, 318 had been appointed by levlous administration*, and that the mi ritr et tha new force waa too young to have taken part in tke la-t* l war; 67 men were Uuion soldiers and Hailots, of whom 40 were appointed by Commodore Truxton, and 86 were colored men. NO COLOR DISCRIMINATION. Colored men of equal skill have been given equal opportunities for einp'oyuieut, and not to the i ommodore'* knowledge wae any such right by previous administrations. Thirteen out of the thirty caulkers were freed uien * J* nt * w * ieu the force waa reduced no discrimination on account of color waa made. Commodore Trux ton embodies in the report a letter from Congressman Brady, in which the latter namua 15 ex-Union soldiers and sailors whom he knew personally and who had l**en dis charged from tboyard. Commodore Truxton answers iw each individual Three of the men named are still employed in the yard. GOOD CAUSE IN EACH CASE. The remaining 12 wore discharged for tn emciency, objectionable habits, lack of em ployment, lack of lunds; one because he failed on the civil service examination for the posi tion of foreman; one for causes sufli ieut to himself as commandant, and three because of ofleiihi'. e partisanship, and aoit was his deter mination to rid the yard of politics, it whs necessary to remove these three men. Two of the appointees to take two of tne above places wore in tb 1 Confederate service but had superior mechanical skill. Of two others one was a son of a United States naval officer and one was anex-Unitcd S*a:es naval officer. The others were too young at the time of the late war to have taken any part in the strife. Jn conclusion 1 resoect fully say that 1 have always, to the best of my judgment, prevented politics from being a controlling element in this vard during my administration. TWO POPULAR APPOINTMENTS. Samuel B. Wheatley anil Maj. William Ludlow the Lucky Men. Vf ashington, March B.—Samuel E. Wheatley, who was to-day appointed Commissioner of t he District of Columbia, vice James B. Edmonds, is a member of a prominent lumber firm of the distriet. He was born in Georgetown and has lived there all bis llle. He has always been an unswerving Democrat. The evening papers publish expressions of their own opinion and that of prominent eitizeus, which are as emphatic in approval of Mr. Wheatley’s appointment as they were re cently in disapproval of Mathews, the New York colored man, to succeed Fred Douglass as Register of Deeds. ENGINEER COMMISSIONER. The President also to-day appointed Maj. William Ludlow,of the corps of Engi neers United States army, to be Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, vice Maj. Garrett J. Lvdecker. Maj. Ludlow has an excellent record as an en gineer officer and has bad charge of im portant public improvements in various parts of the country. He was engineer secretary of the light house board for seyeral years, and while holding tbat position in 1883 Congress passed a special act granting him leave of absence without pay in order that be might accept an otter to take charge of the water works of Philadelphia, and he has just been re lieved from the duties of that positon. His appointment is also likely' to be a popular one. CALL OF THE STATES. Several New Rill* Introduced and an Adjournment Then Taken. Washington, March B.—ln the House to-day under the call of tile States a num ber of bills were introduced and referred. Among them was one by Mr. Bennett, of North Carolina, repealing the civil serv ice law. and by Mr. Green, of North Car olina, defining pure wines and pro viding for the taxation of certain com pounded beverages. Mr. Henley, of California, offered for reference a resolution for the appoint ment of a speoial committee to inquire into the alleged evasions ol the Thurman act by the Union Pacific railroad com pany, and to determine whether bv reason of any violation of the provisions of that act the corporate rights of powers and franchises of the company have become forfeited. Mr. Beagan, from the Committee on Commerce reported back the inter-State commerce bill and it was placed on the calendar. Mr. O’Neill, of Pennsylvania, was granted leave to file a minority re port on the bill. At the expiration of the morning hour the death of Senator Miller, of California, was announced, and the House adjourned. Mr. Bowen Speaks on Silver. \V anhington, March B.—ln the Senate to-day, the morning business having been disposed of, Mr. Bowen, of Colorado, at 1 o’clock obtained unanimous consent to address the Senate on the subject of bis bill, “To provide anew basis for the cir culation of National banka,” and he pro ceeded to speak upon his bill and upon the silver question generally. Mr. Bowen concluded at ;>:2O o’cloea. Mr. Stanford then announced the death of his colleague, Senator Miller, of California, and out of respect to bis memory, moved an adjourn ment. The motion was agreed to and the Senate forthwith adjourned. A Blow at the Civil Service Law. Washington, March 8 —in the Senate to-day Mr. Vance offered a resolution di recting the Comraitiec on Civil Service reform to report forthwith the bill before them providing for the repeal of the civil service law. The resolution, at Mr. Vance’s request, was for the present laid on the table. He said he would soon take opportunity to addrisa the Senate on the subject matter of the resolution. Married at Washington. Washington, Oi., March B.—To-day at the residence of the bride’s brother, Robert Toombs Dubose, Dr. George P. Dubose and Miss Louise T. Dubose were married. Bishop Beckwith officiating. Tlie bridal couple left on the noon train Tor the home of the groom at Washington, D.C. Virginia Coupon Cases. Washington, March B.— The Supreme Court of the United states to-day denied the motion ol N. N. Royall to give pre ference over all other cases to suits coming from the State or Federal courts of Virginia Involving the question of the constitutionality of coupon laws. Mr. Hudd sworn In. Washington. March B.— The Speaker laid before the House to-day the creden tialsof Thomas It. Hudd. member elect from the Fifth district of Wisconsin to nil the vscancy caused hy the death of Joseph Rankin, and Mr. Htuld appeared and took the oath of office. Miner* Killed hy an Explosion. Connellavillr, Pa., March B.—An explosion to-day in the Unlondale mine was caused by Are damp. Two miners were kllletf outright and twelve were injured, four or live of whom will die. Nine man eeoaped uninjured. Yc wet hr n Bcaicffad. Rangoon, March 8. The town of Yawethen, garrisoned by 300 British troop*, is tiesieged by 9,000 rebels. Gen. Prendergasi has started to relieve tha garrison. A battle is expeatad. SAVANNAH. TUESDAY, M ARCH 9. 1880. IMPORT TAXES ON RICE. ARGUING BEFORE THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. Commissioner Trenuolin Make* * Lucid Explanation of ths Situation— Labor nn<l Laud* Would be Kulned by Low ering the Duty—The Argument ol the Brewers. Washington, March B.—Civil Service Commissioner Trenholra appeared before the Ways and Means Committee to-day to express his views upon the sections of the Morrison tariff bill touching rice. He said that the duty on rioe imported into the Pacific States was paid by Chinese laborers, who were consumers, and was almost the only tax paid by the Chinese. Mr.Trenholm told of the ill effects on rice plantations in this country resulting from disuse during the war, aud said that if the production should he checked at this time it would be difficult or almost im possible to re-establish the sources of supply witnln a long period. ADAPTABILITY OF THE LAND. The land was fit for no other purpose, and the laboring people would drift away and could not be recalled. Secretary Folger bad made a ruling, assimilating broken rice meal under the nameot gran ulated rice, and that ruling bad the effect ol increasing the Importation of that class of rioe from 11,000,000 pounds to ‘275,000,000, and prices bad fallen from 4 to '2 cents per pound. The law should oontain a pro vision against the introduction of any rice at a rate ol duty that was not in tended to be applied to it. If it was the intention to let in this rice at a lower rate of duty, It would be bettor to state It spe cifically Iu the tariff, and not leave the rate to be fixed by unstable treasury rulings. COST OF RICE PRODUCTION. Atmos, the entire cost of the rice pro duction was In labor, 90 cents on the dol lar he should say. Commissioner Tren holm told of a planter who had abandoned bis plantation because he found tbat a cross roads storekeeper was selling East India rice to his laborers. Commissioner Trenbolm admitted that be had tree trade ideas generally, but said tbat if the pro tective system were maintained then he should regard a tarid on rice as a neces sity. Protection enhanced the cost of all labor, and this country could not compete iu rice culture with Asiatic nations with tuelr cheap labor without including rice in the list of protected articles. DISCRIMINATION THE TROUBLE. In answer to Mr. Hewitt be said that there should be a uniform duty on rice and anoiber to cover rice flour. Mr. Hewitt pointed out that tbat was the present law in effect. The difficulty seemed to be iu the interpretation ol the law-il scrimination between true rice flour and broken rice. Commissioner Trenbolm suggested that rice migbt be graded by its size to be de termined by screens all above a certain size to be regarded as rice, and all below tbat size to be graded as nee flour. Representative Dibble, ot .South Caro lina, discussed the matter from the labor ers’ point ot view, saying that the iabor employed in rice culture formed an ap preciable part of the country’s laboring population and was emitted to considera tion at the hands of the committee. GOBI OF HARVEST LABOR. Representative Gay, of Louisiana, spoke of tue excessive cost of harvest labor on the nee plantations in bis State as compared with the cheap Hast Indian labor. He said that it had becomes prac tice for European exporters to break up whole grains of rice so as to take advant age of the low tariff on that grade in this country. Mr. 'Morrison, representing tne rice dealers said that the brewers consumed broken rice to the extent ol several mil lion bushels per month, and that the pro duction of this country was too small to supply this demand. It had been shown that Southern dealers bought foreign broken rice, mixed it with their wnole grain and sent it West for sale. Rioe was a necessity in brewing light-colored beers, as our native barley was too dark in color for the purpose. NOT SOLD FDR FOOD. Nearly all broken rioe was used in brewing, and not one respectable grocer in New York could lie found who would state tbat broken rice was sold by them for food. Louis Schade said tbat one brewing firm iu the West used an amount of broken rice equal to the entire production of the country. U. B. James, representingafirm of New York rice dealers, also contended that the native production was too small to meet the brewers’ demand. T. 8. Wilkinson, of Louisiana, a planter and miller, denied tbat Louisiana dealers mixed foreign broken rice with tbs home product. Hedeclared that there was an o|>- portunity for fraud; imported broken rice was fit for food, and two-thirds of the Louisiana crop this year was very little better than broken tics. REX AT NEW ORLEANS. His Majesty Given a Royal W• 1 eom• by tke Populace. New Orleans, March B.—The carnival season was inaugurated here to-day by the arrival of Ilex, who was received with military and civic boners. The pro cession moved through the city from the depot of the Illinois Central railroad to the head of Canal street, where bis Msj esty and suite, accompanied by a military escort aud a large number of prominent citizens, embarked ou the royal flotilla for the exposition grounds amidst the booming of cannon, blowing of steam whistles and shout* of the multitude. The formal reception took place at Music ball. Ou arriving at the exposition landing Bax and bis followers were met by Presi dent Me*onico. Director General Wood, tbeoommlUee of ihe Btaies and Territo ries, and a multitude of people from all Sarts ot the ejuutry and escorted to luslo ball, where the formal reception took place. The tableaux presented when the curtain was withdrawn was beautiful and unique. After the royal reception tbe immense nudlence dispersed among the seyeral exhibition building*. Death or Gov. Hrymonr’* Wile. Utica, N. Y„ March B.—Mary Bleecker, reliot of ex-ttoveroor Horatio Saymuur, died at the residence of Mrs. Koscoe Conkllßg at 8:80 o’clock to-dy. The late Governor removed Mrs. Seymour from hi* country home to Mr*. Conkling’a on ac count of ber illness, and while attendlag her be wa* attacked with bis fatal illne**. Railroad Builders Killed. CoKSTANTTNOrL*, March B.—A desper ate attack made by ArnauU to-day on tb* men building a Turkish railway near Veranpa. Several engineer* aadßo work men were killed. SENATOR MILLER'S DEATH. A Brier Sketch of Hl* Career !n the Army end Politics. Washington, March B.—Senator John F. Miller, of Calitorufa, whose death caused the early adjournment of Congress to-day. had been sick all winter from a oomplioation ol diseases, but bis death was mainly due to an old wound in the head received la battle during the late war.,: ' Senator John F. Miller, was born in Indiana In 1831, Ills parents being Vir ginians. lie received an academical edu cation at South Bend, and was fitted lor college at Chicago, but did nor enter. He commenced the study of law in 1849, and graduated at. the New York Slate Law School ill 1352. tie opened a law office at sontfc Bend, lud., and soon went to Cali lornia, where he practiced law for three years, when he returned io Indiana and resumed practice there. In 1860 he was a member ot the State Senate, but resigned to enter the army as Colonel of the Twen ty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, and was soon placed in command of a brigade, serving under Sherman, Buell, Roseerans, and Thomas, and receiving severe wounds In the battles of Stone River and Liberty Gap, and promoted lo Briga dier General. In the battle of Nashville he commanded the left division of H,(XH) men, and was breveted a Major General for conspicuous bravery. Atrhe ohms of the war he was offered a high commission in the regular array, but he decllued it, and returned to California, where he was Collector of the Fort of San Francisco four years, declining a reappointment. He was a Republican candidiite for Presi dential Elector in 1872, iu 1876, and in 1880, and was a member of the California State Constitutional Convention in 1879. He was elected to the United States Sen ate as a R publican, to succeed Newton Booth, Anti-Monopolist and took his seat Maroh 4, 1881. Senator Miller was one of California’s millionaires, and he made his entire for tune after the close of t"e war. Less than a year ago bis fortune was estimated at $<1,000,000. He lost an eye while a Colonel in Itosecrans’ armv." When lie left the army be had not probably SI,OOO. In 1860 President Jobuson made him Col lector of the port of San Francisco, he having been a war Democrat. About the close of his term he fell in with Gen. H. Rousseau, whom Johnson had sent to Alaska as United States Commis sioner to receive tbat Territory (rein tbo Russian authorities, and a man named Hu'cbinson, to whom Johnson had granted certain fur hunting privileges. Gen. Miller and Hutchinson formed what is now known as the Alaska Commercial Company, and it enriched both and ot hers beside. Honors followed riches in rapid succession. He was liberal with bis wealth, though not wasteful; and in 20 years of aceumulatlng he gathered about him many strong friends who were hound to him bv hooks of steel, no* gold. MOVEMENT OF COTTON. A Tabulated Statement Covering tba Past Six Months. New Orleans, March B.—The cotton movement of the United States, as made up by the National Cotton Exchange for the six months ending with February, Is as tollows: Port receipts, 4,530,696 bales; overland shipments, 815.727, of which to mills 699 ofij, to ports 175.360, and to Can ada 17.867; in transit overland, £1,438; total takings of Northern spinners, 1.318.- 853; at sea between ports. 23,552; exports to Great Britain 1.688.172. to France 310,718, to the Continent 1,018,853, exports totai 2.887,216; stock at ports at the close of February 1,029,595; spinners taking for February 161.261; overland shipments for February 67.964. The total supply in sight at ports and points of crossing overland, and stocks reported at interior towns to close of February was 5,600,277 bales, against 6.095,233 last vear, and 6.651.267 io the bigcrop.vearoflKß2-88. The home spinners takings for tho year ’B6 are the largest on reoord. A FISHERY EPISODE. Seizure of a Schooner that was Seized Before In 1871. Gloucester, Mams., March 6.—There is much excitement here over the seizure by tbo Canadian government oi the schooner E. A. Horton on account of an occurrence fifteen years ago, which at the time threatened international diffi culties. In October, 1871, the schooner was seized by the Dominion government on a charge of fishing within the three-mile limit. Capt. Horton, who was part owner, went from Gloucester, and. after much planning,succeeded, wilh six Glou cester seamen, iu capturlnr the vessel from her kissuers and. putting to sea. A great stir was made about it, stul cruisers Were sent out to interdept him, but he arrived safely in Gloncester, Where he was received with itomires and bell ringing, and at a meeting of citizen# wa prtsenfed with a purse of SI,OOO, R*. cently ilia vessel was sold to Joseph Snow, of IMsby, N. 8.. and it Is from Him tbat the seizure Is now made. GLADSTONE. HAM A OOIjD. Hit Ministry Rwi.l V*a is Hla (led Itoom —Mottling Harlows *'•**■•#(>’ a" LONDON, March 8.-*-AnnounoemPt 1* made that Mr. Gladstone Is suffering from a severe cold coupled with state ments that bia physicians don’t look upon bis ailment as serious and that ois throat Is not affected, it has been ascertained, however, that Premier Gladstone Is con fined to bismorp and that be has spent ell 1 bis time since Hiwrdsy in bed. The min isters who hrt boon required by the exl gepcies of State business to call upon the Premier hsve.heen received by him in his lied room. tie attends to his necessary correspondence by dictating from Mis couch. i MJUVJfcN MKN KII.LKB. Disastrous Ssqiuoivos of so Rsplosloa on a Tug. London, March Bi—Tbo boiler of the tug Rifleman exploded In Cardiff Harbor tbla morning.' The vesoel n<l crew, eon* l eisting of slxpersona, were blown to at oms. The cylinder ol the engine atruck a passing Italian abip a quarter of a mile dletaat and killed the pilot. famine Michel Mobbed. Paris. March B.—Louise Michel was pelted with atones and snow-balls at Ver sailles this evening, while addressing a meeting on strikes and Socialism. Hbe escaped wltbont Injury, tier companion, Him. Bougoure, waa also mobbed, her cab being pelted with stones and be daubed with mud. Boms of the missiles siruok ber on the lane and drew blood, hbe Usully took retags in the Mayor’s office. VALIANT LABOR KNIGHTS AIAHTER WORKMAN I'OWDKH LY EXPLAINS THEIR AIMS. Arbitration Their First Object In Cass of Dispute*—Strikes Only Benorteil to as an Ext rente Measure —Boycotting Neyer Employed when it Can be Avolft ed. Philadelphia, Pa., March B.—Grand Master Workman Powderly, the head of the Knights of Labor organizations, who is in this city attending the meeting of the General Executive Board, said to night ton reporter ol the Associated Press that be had received no summons to St. Louis to settle tne difficulties between the strikers and the Gould system of roads west. Mr. Powderly said there is no signifi cance in the fact that so many strikes aro now in progress in the United .Slates by assemblies of the Kuights of Labor. He said: It Is a coincidence inoroly. and there i no ooncorted action contemplated by the order, a* ha* been HUggested. the strikes being inrl dental, and I think chiefly owing to the fact that this is Just Ihe beginning of the spring trade aud the opening ol a period of prosperi ty in business. NOT TO SHOW THEIR POWER. Mr. Powderly upon being asked whether he did not think that the increase in the nunilmr of strikes just now whh owing to the know ledge of an Increased power by the organiza tions of labor, said: “l doubt it. and 1 iliink I can speak for the General Executive Board. I do not think that H is wise to inaugurate so tnanv strikes unless it own be shown llist there 1* au extreme nece-sitv for them If many of the men who are striking would disnlay a Ut ils more common sense, and use a little more patience, they would get all they lire sinking ror and save their tunc and money in the bar gain. ARBITRATION FAVORED. If they would exercise proper moderation in Ihoir negotiations with their employer* and submit their claims firmly made and properly represented to aibttration, I am free to say that Ism mire that nine out of ten ca-cs which end in a strike cou'd he stUfactori y arranged without resorting to !li.it extreme and generally doubtful expedient. Indeed, in nine esses out of 'en there would tic no ne cessity for a strike. There is a feeling now that labor must ne recognized by the em ployer, that the employer must listen to his employes, and the time has come when shop man. mill ow ner and manufacturer In every iispartmcnt of trade is ready to harken to the demands of his men and io yield to them when those demands are reasonable. THE POLICY PROCLAIMED. “Arbitration, then, and not strikes, is the theory of the orderV” said the reporter. ••Yes, arbitration always when it is possible, asi rike only as a last resort; but when that point is reached strike hard, and never sur render except to just concessions, Wny.thi* board,” pointing io the members, “lias, since -lan. 1. last, settled liy arbitration 350 rases which would otherwise have resulted in strikes without the gaining of a stnvle point by the striker*. The K night* of Labor anil other lat*>r organization< lotistitule at the piesent ttm" the most powerful organization of workingmen ever known. Its strength fs increasing every day, and its infiiience is felt every day iu every branch of trade In this country. DANGEROUS POWER. “It i* dangerous to abuse this power. It can ulwavs insist upon just dcin mds carefully considered and thoughtfully digo* ed. It can not afford Io fritter itself awav upon every I'ltle pretense of wring, hastily formulated and plg-h-ad tally in Hied upon. Thu growth of the power of laisir should bean occasion for caliu deliberations and moderation, ft is, as someone lias said before me, a good thing to have the power of a giant, hut it is an evil thing to nse it like a giant. It was a disposi tion on tin part of the employer to refuse to treat with the workmen that made labor or gant/alion a necessity to them. Now that we hare the power, we must use it wisely aud moderately. A NTHIKE TUI LAST RESORT. “A strike should be the last resort whon eve rything else has failed. and not au everyday expedient which, u-ed as such, loses its power as it increases its frequency. In the old assemblies, which are familiar with our plans and pnriHises, strikes are infrequent. It is the new organizations whieh, up>n insuffi cient. and frequently trivial, nausea, make tills desperate appeal. As our organization grows there will be less str’ki* bceanse there will be lest neneasity for thtm. Our power will be id time greater than men now think. It will lasi so long an we nse It wisely, a power no leas important than the constitution itself.” MORE DEOrgRATE MEANS. "Is a strike Ibe only last resort of the Knighlsof Labor?" asked (he reporter. The Master Workman am lied. “I see,"said he. •• what you are driving at A strike is n had thing, but a boycott >a worse in its re -nil-. A strike stop production. A boycott kdls it. A strike for a week is oaly a loss of a week’s hna nesa and wages. A boycott for a week ean be ulter ruin of a busmen* itself. We have never failed in a boycott, whieh has been ordered by the general committee. Ha effectiveness is umlou'led, hut it Is an ex treme power which we u e with caution." POLITICAL DANGERS. ‘‘is there not danger that your organization may heco 1 e eng ged in political movements and thus lose its power?” •*f h-ivc no fear of that. The matters In volved In the existence and work of the kntghtsof f-abor are nearer to Its members than ma'ters of partisan politics. We have belie, as vou see, on tills committee members f Ltie two old name-, a bre nbarker, and, with a smile, other era ks like myself. W e arc not politician* here. We have a method of dealing with those who, as some have, eli te- our ranks to serve political ends. We turn them out. NON-POLITICAL. "We do not propose to have any part In poll- Itna It is bread and butter, he rights of rsi ntoyed, material and oonerete tilings of every d-y life i bat constitute the elements which do and always will hold ns 10-cther. That is why I do not fear the Intrusion of politics. WlMn people talk, ns sometimes they do, about u-lng the Knight* of Laiior aa a politi cal engine they utter most arrant nouaeo-e. It Is not worth while to dl-russ the matter with such a man. He is either a liar or au empty headed fool." COAL KKtilON STRIKE. In conclusion, Mr. Powderlr said tbe Kntghtaol Labor aa tin organization had noth ing to do with the strikes in the bituminous errs I region, aa the miners were under a sepa rata organization, but he wo*satisfied that the day was in ur when all the labor organ i/.ationa (ifthc country would he united under one general supervision and controL He will re main In Philadelphia several days unless vailed West te arrange difficulties there. HIKE VKKBCS CONVICT LABOR. gstitncky’i Miners Dive the Legisla ture Two Weoks In Whlcb to Pass Laws. Louisville, March B.—Four of tbe Ova companies of soldiers who art at tba Greenwood mines In Pulaski county, py. to protect property and oonvlota against tbe threatened onslaught of fraa miners, lelt for botns to-day. Tna Lexington company and the (i ti ling guns still remain, but It Is thought tin y will be ordered boms In a few days. Tba fraa miners have promised not to molest tbe convicts fur two weeks, staling tbat they would give tbe Legisla* turn tbat tlms to past law# removing the convicts from the mines. Tbe free miners are orderly but determined as tbsu qaa tlon Is out of bread to them. All the Minor# li*L 1 fighting the knights. Philadelphia Munufacturert of Edge Tools Declare War. Philadelphia, Pa., March B.—Yerkes & Plumb, nmmitncturers of edge tools in Frankfort], this morning locked out all their employes as an initial step in aeon test with the Kuights of Labor. The firm made objection to their men joining the Knights of l.atior and on Satin (lay posted a notice requiring all their men to re nounce the Knights. This morn ing the employes held a meeting at which it was decided to ask the firm to take the discharged men hack. A committee was appointed who waned on Mr. Yerkes at the office of the firm. Mr. Yerkes at first told the men that all hands could go to work to-iuorrow at 7 o’clock, but after they bad gone he and tils partner, Mr. Plumb, held a consulta tion at which it waadecided to shut down the works lor an indefinite period. The firm say they will sell the works before they will submit to the Interference ol the workingmen’s organization. The men held a meeting this afleruoon but no action was taken. BUSINESS MEN FALL IN. Three Wards of OhiMgo In Which Labor Hu* Firm Friends. Chicago, March B.—A number of busi ness men representing Ihe Seventh, Eighth and Ninth wards of this city as sembled yesterday for the purpose of organizing a mixed assembly of the Knights of Labor. The Chairman said that at the request of a number ot busi ness men and others who were suffering trom the results of the too poor com pen sation that labor received. It had been de cided tbat business men should make common cause with the laboring class on whom they relied for supi>ort, by thor oughly organizing and co-operating with the working people in their various lo calities. The committee appointed at the former meeting to secure a charter re ported that the request bad been granted by the District assembly, and that a char ter would lie issued to them some time (luring the present week. CARPENTERS CARRY A POINT. •3 50 Pur Day Demanded A* the Aver age Pay for Journeymen. New York. March 8. Four thousand members of tho United Order of American Joiners aud the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners shipped work here to-day. The journeymen complain of the low wages paid at tbo rate of $2 per day of 10 hours, the rate lor flraf-class workmen being $3 50, which very few receive on ths plea that they are not first-class. The strikers now demand that the average wages paid to journeymen shall he $3 50 per (lav, of nine hour* each lor five days, and eight hours Saturday. Six hundred shops are affected by this movement, and at noon SO bosses iiad agreed to the demands as prescuted. The ruen in these shop* will at, once resume work. Tho man are confident of carrying their point, as nearly ull the larger shops have given In. About 1,200 men resumed work to-day. A KNIGHTS OF LABOR PARTY. The Movement Attracting Considerable Attention In Illinois. Decatur, 111., Marobß.—The action of tbe Knights of Labor of this section in forming anew political party, ie attract ing much attention. They declare In their platform: We have formed anew national political parly lo be known a* the United Labor party of America, lo'- the purpoe of organizing and directing the great poliiinal power of the iaduKtna! iiia*He* * a po'ltical organization, and we will cant our ballots for no ooe who will not pledge himself to staud firmly hy our principles. They call upon all voters to unitA In an effort to emancipate the wage workers of the country from tbe iron band of capital ists. They declare that the alarming de velopment and aggressiveness ot great capitalists snd corporations, unless checked, will Inevitably lead to a pauper position and bopeluss degradation of tbe toiling masses. Public Works Advocated. New York, March B.—The executive committee of the Htala assembly of the Knights ot lAbor Saturday adopted a memorial to tbe Senate and House ol Kep resentatives at Washington asking that liberal appropriations of tbe surplus rev enu* s le made for the construction of tuldic works. The Hennepin canal pro ject was indorsed as an undertaking of national importance. The memorial has in on adopted hy sixteen assemblies In this Slate and eleven iu otiier Stales. lIMHIO Miners Involved. Pittsburg, March B—An extensive strike of coal miners of Fed-ratioo No. 3, comprising the soft coal districts of the Kaai, was inaugurated to-day for a uni form scale of wage* which Was adopted at tbe convention at Uuiulierland Feb. 19, Involving a-geueral advance ol lucent* per ton. In the district there are 10,000 miners. At 11 o’clock tbi* morning die patches received from tbe Maryland re gion* reported that all the miners, num bering nearly 6,000 men, were out. Along Hie Missouri Pucilic. 6edalia, Mo., March B.—Tbe Central Committee of the Knights of Labor will order that slier to-dav ail tbe members of that organization employed upon pee. aeoger trains on the Missouri Pacific rail way shall cease work, but that mail cars must not bo interfered with. Notion waa posted at the Missouri Pacific railway depot this morning announcing tbe sus pension ol all braketuen and conductors on tho Ht. Louis and Kansas and Law rence and Kansas branches of tbat road, Tho Gould System strike. Bt. Louis, March 6.—Tbe strike of part Of the Knights of Labor on tue Gould Southwestern system of railway* Satur day wa* followed yesterday at various points aloug the flues bv a general sus pension of work by all tbe Knights em pioytil In any position by tbe railroads, until tbe number reached between 8.006 and 10,(610, and included shopmen, switch man, trainmen, brakemen and firemen. Resuming at 2 Ceuta. Charleston, W. Va., March B.— The men of i lie mine* of tb* Pioneer and Georg* Dana companies agreed to-day to resume work at 2 cents per busnel and will enter the mines to-morrow. It Is also believed that tbe Campbell oreek mine will start to-morrow on the aarna hasl*. Tne Raymond City mine, which has been idle eight months, will aiao re sume to-morrow at tb* ’Latent rate. New Yoke, March B.—Thera has been no change m day in the status of the 9ii*aro Heating Company *wlke. The omiipsn v soys it will soil Its **tir* ou si nes* to the striker* they will nay cash. ) PRICFSIO A YE AB.I 1 SCENTS ACOFY. | GEORGIA’S WATER WAYS. MR. NORWOOD APPEARS BE FORE THE COM MITT .CIS. A Cold Prevents Mr. Edmonds from Delivering th* Ovnoint Uprmh In lh* Debate in Reply to the President's MM*jn-Tliu Outlook lor the Buk. rnptCT Hill. 'V ahhington, March B.—Mr. Norwood made an argument today before tbe Corn* eniitee on Rivera and Harbors in advocacy of liberal appropriations for tbe Savan nah river ami harbor, for the further sur vey of Savauuah harbor, for Darien har bor and tbe survoy of that harbor from Do boy Inland to Do boy bar, and for the Altumaba. The committee will probably reonmmeiid in these caaes, as in moat? others, about 2,5 per cent, of the amount itaked for by tbe engineers. THK BANKRUPTCY BILL. Representative Collins is still sanguine of success with the Lowell bankruptcy bill in the House. Some time must elapse before an attempt to have the subject con sidered will lie apt to succeed, but a num ber of inemtiers will vote with Mr. Collin# to secure tho consideration of the subject, who would not vote with Mr. Collins for. the Lowell bill In preference to all other propositions. Bv the time the House take* tho matter up Mr. Hoar will have gotten* the Ijowoll hill through tbe Senate and Mr.Collins will then he able to move tbat it be substituted for the till to be reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary with at least a fair prospect of success. WAITING KOR EDMUNDS. All the galleries ol the Senate except the diplomatic were lull this afternoon.j Hundreds of people were in their seats at' tbe opening hour and sal through tbe af ternoon waiting for Mr. Edmunds to open uptno tight on the adimnisiration. Rut Mr Edmunds was not yet able to submit a report trom the Judiciary Committoeon the President’s special message, and so be announced possibly that on account ot a cold be would not b able to speak until to-morrow, but tne expectant people in the galleries did not know this and so they sat until late in tbe afternoon. MAY BK POSTPONED. The death of Senator Miller may post* pone tho beginning of this debate for a day or two. It is lelt by the Senators that it, would be scarcely decorous to begin a tight like that which Mr. Kdmunds means to make until tbe remains of Senator Miller are removed to ban Krancisoo. The people In the Senate galleries were not onlv disappointed in not hearing Mr. Ldntnnds, but In having to listen to a very long eiieeeh on silver by “Tom” Bowen, of Colorado. He read his speech, and greatly amused his audience and ap. parenlly himself by diving into his desk lor successive sections of nis manuscript. Senator Brown will make a speech de fending the administration in the ap proaching debate. * TUBE REIMBURSED KOR $lO. Mr. Crisp 10-day Introduced a bill ap propriating 110 to reimburse V. B. Josey lor destroyed postal notes. IT MADE MR. GARLAND LAUGH. Attorney General Garland laughed it* denying to-day tbe published statement that he bad given some person not named an opinion, official or unofficial, to the efleet that tl tbe rienate does not act on nominations made to till the places of suspended officials the latter would he entitled to tbe offices when tho Senate adjourned, and, further, that during the recess of tbe Bchate the President cannot reappoint men en whose nomination te officu the Senate has not acted. Men I.aid OfT. Pilot Knob, Mo, March B.—Owing Uk tbe refusal ol the Iron Mountain railroad to receive freight, the ore and steel com panics here have shut down, throwing 100 tnun out of work. At the (iraniteville stone quarries,five miles trom Pilot Knob, 300 men were laid off lor tbe same reason. All the men employed at Carondelet, oa tbe Houth St. Louis railroad, hare quit work. Strength of tbe Knight*. New York, March B.—A Knights o| Labor delegate told tbe tinners and oor mce makers yesterday tbat the Knights ol Labor mini tiered 20,000 to 30.000 In Chi cago, and 860,000 In ibe United states and Canada. The tinners and cor nice makers decided to become Knights of Labor. -fit) Go Oat at Atchison. Atchison, Kan., March B.—Ths Mis souri Pacific shopmen employed here, 25<l in numoer, went, out to-day oq orders from feedaiia. All tbe central branch freight trains were stopped. A through train of live stock was permitted to come through. Switchmen Strike. Hr. Louis, March B.—The switchmen ot the Bridge and Tunnel Com pen y went out at 8 o'clock to-night. This will greatly disturb traffic between the union depol of this city and the relay depot In East bt. Louts aornss the bridge. Wages Voluntarily Advanced. Hart koi>, Conn., M arch Tbs New York and Now Haven Railroad Company has, without solicitation, decided to raise the pay of laborers on all divisions of tbeif* road ft oin II 36 to fl 60 per day, begin ning April 1. Bud of the Nan Antonio Strike. San Antonio, Texas, March B. — The local difference* hetweeu the Knight* of Labor and their employers on the Souths era Pacific railway have been settled, and the strike here Is at an end. Arrest* Contemplated. Dallas, Tex . March B,— The receiver# of the Texas and Pacdlc railroad have iq contemplation the arrest of the leadlnff Knights ot Labor and striker*. The Honmellan Agreement. Constantinople, March B.—All the powers have given their assent to the Rouuieliuo agreement as modified by Russia. Too original agreement stands, except that the clause relating to tbs military alliance between Turkey sud Bulgaria has been eliminat' and, and that the Lille “Prince of Bulgaria” has bee* inserted In place ol “l 1 ; ,0 ® A * t,x j • r ;„ An agreement Is being drafted and will soon be submitted to the ouulerenos tor ralifloauoa. Boston’s Liquor License#. Bouton. March B.—Tbe Board of Police announced tbe leee fur liquor If oen.es lor the uomiu* year. UatTeraj classes prices have been raised from toff tO 800 London’# Police Commissioner. lain don, March B.—Mocolm Wood, now übiof oonsinble of Manchester, will •Doused Btr Edmund Henderson chief uouimisatuasr of tee Metropolitan police