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PRICE FIVE CENTS fOL. xxvni -fro 96 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 22 1S8G labor investigation. McDowell and Powtbrly Both Bfforo the Commltto. ruVM>'cr)7 hIIi,lory of«tie OrtfAii 11- Mod of Mi? KtGuhii ol Lubor-OUi* Dowell T«lh Abum tii* luiervien will* fjionUl, £1«. Sridal <• ' Washington, April 21 — The second session of the labor investi gating committee was held in the room of the house committee on edu cation, a large airy apartment, which was crowded to i's utmost capacity by iv wt paper men, persor s directly interested in the ii q*rry and tpec- ta'ore aHrac'fd thereto by feelings of curiosity. The hour of the meeting wa« fixt-d at 10:30, but it was nearly an hour later when the committee was called 'o order. William OMtDswell, a rather un dtrs'zcd gentleman, with a high forehead, crowned with a suit of dark hair, and locking about the age of tbir'y-flve, which he stated he was, was sworn and txt.mined, He stated 1 c was a manufacturer of ma chtnery. He was a lay member of the kuigitf- of labor, Hut held no of ficial position Chairman—“Without divulging any of your secrets, will you please state what a:o the objects of that or? gf-n'z'.'ion ?” Witness—“To elevate the mem- bc-xs by helping them to educate themselves, by helping them to save that which the average workman has wasted through had habits, to lift him from the condition into which he has fallen through such habits and make hiuvhereafter an employer instead of an employe; to oo educate him by comparison of i leas aDd dis- ousting questions that, help to edu cate that he is able to deal with and grasp sut jeots which a fleet not only himself but his employer, that he may become a better workman, com mand better wages and by co-operat ing with h.s employer help him to such prcfi.a that he will he able to pay belter wages.” Chairman—"Are there any injunc 1 - tiona on the knigk'a ,f labor under which the public could not know all that you state?’’ Witness—“I do not understand that there is anything in the rules of the organization which prohibit any member from telling just the facts that have been brought out by your question.” In response to a question by Blair the witness msdo a statement cover ing all the details of the attempt to arhit rate between the knights of labor represented by' Powderly and the Missouri Paofic represented by G uld. H < read the letters which pftesed between these gentlemen on March 27th and which have already been published. Witness not having a copy of one of the letters, Generai S'vayne rose and said that as course for 'he railroad company lie would be glad to supply the copy. Buchanan said that while he did not object to the admission of papers in the pcs e siou of anybody, he did not w's' it to be understood that the committee bad taken any action in legard to parties being present by counsel, Chairman—“We have no counsel here,” General Swayne apolog'zed for having addressed the committee in the oapaolty of counsel. He had thought it was an understood thing that counsel was in attendance. Witness then proceeded with hie statement. After the delivery of Mr Pow ierly’s stcond letter to Gculd he eaw Gould personally, and that gentleman expressed a desire to meet Powderly and htm-elf on the follow ing day. They met G :>uld on the foliowing day at 11 o’clock, and wen received in the parlor. Hopkins Join;d In the lntervi w. G >utel ex press*, d himself eo strongly iu favor of arbitrating the difficulties that it seemed to witness tlia- art agreement was sure to be reached. They met again in the evening, -u;d GjuJd pro duced and rend top -w-ierly an the re suit ol the morning "conversa tion a telegram he pro posed to serd to Hoxie. Gould read th? telegram down to the words "we re*** no objection to arbitrating any difficulties between employes and the company, past or future,” and then ask, d Powderly if it was sat it f .ctory so far, Powderly answered in the effl rnative. Gould said, “then let it end there.” Wit- ms: "Uggested that Gould should put the telegram into the form of a letter to Powderly, and Powd,rly agreed that If the general executive biard approved of the rest of the letter, the men should be ordered back to work. After P iwderly left Gould placed the letter In witness’ hands with the un derstanding that If the order to go to work was Issued the order and letter were to be given to the press that night. The order was is ued and the letter given the press He afterwards said Gould told him that Chairman O’Neiil, of the house labor committee, had met the tx cu- live committee and the committee had a copy of the proposed arbitra tion bill. They discussed the bill to gether, the idea being chat if the bill passed arbitrn’ion could tic had un der the law, anti if not passed the hill would be the basis of arbitration, Towards the eud of the Interview Gould received a telegram which seemed to disturb him and he said there was soraething^wrong in Bt Lniis. Witnc-83 said “D nb at that stage split hairs. Tell Hoxie in taking the men b-ck to work to be biiLd.” Giuld wished to Bee Powderly, but that gentleman could not go and witness and Turner went to see Gould with the question from Powderly: “Do I understand from your personal letter of tnis date that your company refuses arbltTa'ion, aud musi I so telegraph Muffin Irons?'' G mid was no! in, and H>p kins answered by saying: “N ; we don’t He is not so to uuders and that letter ” At this point there was a good deal of noise and confusion in the c.i ur: room and the acting ch Arman cautioned the audience tout any es PiLuiion of feeling would result in having the room cleared and the doom closed. Witness proceeded with the history of the negotiations for a settlement and read it h grams which have al ready been pulilis ied, Buchanan inquired whether in feci an order f i the men to go to work had been issued by the execu tive board as a result of the negotla- 'ionsand correspondence Wffnet-s r- plied that such an order had been issued nu the ever ing of March 28 The ordej was predicated tie said on the correspondence and an understanding that an actual so lution had been arrived at. Ii was not until noon of the nex! day that any suggestion of a misunderstand ing had reachei! him The ultimate result was that three members of th.. executive b-ard went to S: Liuis. Hays could tell the committee what took place theie Witness was not present Another attempt was made at New Yjrk to bring about a con clusion to which witness was a party, He had met Cyrue W Field. Crain—“Who Is he? Is he con nected with the railroad company?” Witness—“I do not understand that he has any connection with the Missouri Pacific, but he is connected with Gould iu a variety of invest ments, Field toid me of the differ ences which had occurred with the employes on the elevated roads in N _>w York and regretted that a settle ment could not have been brought about as reasonably, and quickly as on that occasion. I showed him a leper in that line which I had rc-> ceived from P wderly. He a-kod me to lend him the letter. Hi a \v G uld and reported to me that Gould had said that if he could see P, wdtr- ly in person for half an hour he bad no doubt he could bring the matter to a quick conelu Ion. I started for Scranton, where P <wderly was, an” told him what F.eld had sail), aud asked him to go to New Y irk with me the next morning, Powderly wf.t sick and unable to go, and he uu'boriZ3d me to represent h!tn in aitempting to reach a conclusion. He wrote and handed me » letior, reading one already published) went with it the next morning to Fkli's house. He took it to G -uiii’s house, where there was a coufeeeDce He came to me in the afternoon a:.d told me G uld said tha; the s'r ke was entirely ve:; that the only strike which existed was ac E.sst S' L -uis, on the railroads la which he had no interest except the Wabash, and that was in the bands of the United S.s.tes court and could not. b- interfered with by the sinkers. F. Id was called away to Bostou and had to leave after telling ,ue what be did. I have not seen him sir-oe Ci.An—“Was the strike ended in (act ?■' Witness—“I have felt that the most complete victory that could have ever been would be the trosi complete failure to him; that the true outcome of this thing which would have been the itsuk of arbi tration would have insured good will ou b th aider, aud settlement which did not bring that with it was a com plete failure” Burns—“Have you sufficient evi dence to enable you to slate that the men ou the strike at S: L uis would have promptly obeyed the order to resume work if H* xie had complied with the order sent to him by G Hi Id?” Witness—'“I have not the slightest doubt of it ” Burns—“Have you any evidence u-nding io show any secret Instruc tions from G-.uld m Hixie mcon- -isu.u, with hm telegraphic dispatch emr.-f.died in bis tetter to Powderly ?” Witness—“Nothing except the al lusion in Powderly’s dispatch to a ‘letter of instruoffone’ and orders is sued on tne line.” Witness here read circular No 120, signed by K <ckwell, directing that no forem en should be employed who was ft knight of labor. Craine—“Waat. was the original cause of this strike?” Witness, in reply to this question, made a long statement involving the diffrence between the principle of ; aperient by day work and by piece work, and quoted Gould as saying that by making a change of that sort in the Western Union telegraph company he had effected a saving of 80 per cent. He added that the gen eral cause of this strike and of recent strikes alt over the oountry had been the succeis'ul strike on the horse car lines la New York last February. That had commanded such universal public sympathy that workmen whenever they had a grievance or a wrong, joined together and made application to form assemblies of the knights of labor. This was so gen eral that the order had increased more in the month of February last than it had in the prior eight years. As an additional reason, he alleged tne universal system of watering railroad stocks, which made it neces sary for the railroad managers to screw down the rates of labor as much as possible. Crain asked what remedy he could suggest for that. Witness replied that tLie remedy was to e.t f roe the law. The law of every state required that a dollar lor a dollar should lie paid for railroad stock, but that provision of the law was evaded by railroad managers forming themselves into a credit mo- bilier or a construction company amt issuing to tin. mselves fill Oof stock for every del arorteu duliats f work. He gave as an insance of that the to cent cor s''uc dor of rhe- W.at Shore -hiitoad of N w York. Buc-bauuu ashed whether witness had ever considered the question of oversoapital z .tion and the conse quent necessity or desire of earning . dividend ou such over-capital z - tion, and whether that lid to the cutting down of the wages of labor and an increase in the rates of trans portation. Witness replied that he nad, and that that was the natural evil which tesulted from over-capita!’z .lion, which was particularly a lvaiuageous to the speculator. Chairman—“Y ur theory that the exactions made ou tlie men employ ed ou the roads are caused by at tempts to enable ilie railroad com panies to pay dividends on watered stock ?” Witness—“That is the theory and there is great irritaiion aboui it over he country ” Crain—“I- 1 there no way in your organize ion by which the action of a district assembly ordering a strike can be passed upon by the executive commP'ee before the s’rike is per mitted ?” Witness—“There is no law of the organizition on the subject. This whole thing wae unexpected aud un prepared for. The whole spirit of the organiz Pion is contrary to strikes II is an educational organizition,” Crain—“D you not think (i( has struck me) that Gould himself was very fairly disposed towards your or ganization ?” Witness—“That has been my full Impression from what I saw of him. My tmprcs-iou was that ho wanted to tie fair. It has always seemed tome that Hoxie was on a high horse, from which he was unwilliug to come down, and that when G uld found him rebellious in not carrying out arbitration, he ought to have issued a positive order to that effect, or possi bly had Hoxie risign, but he turned round and split hairs with the com mittee. We had agreed to arbitrate everything, past and future, but he would not take the special arbitra tion out of Hoxlt’s hands.” Crain—“Y m mean that Gould permitted nimself to he controlled by Hoxie?” Witness—“That is the way it has appeared to me; -till I cau’t under stand the letter of instructions re ferred to by H xie ” Crain—“With the exception of that circumstance (which seems susni* ctouf) your impression is tha Hoxie iH the responsible partv for the cons tinuance of trie strike?” Witness—“Yes, sir. I never met him ; erscnally, hut from talking with those who have met him, I am strongly Inclined to that opinion.” Buchanan— “A statement, has been made lu the utwspapiers to the effect that you and G uld were working this matter together for tiie purpose of its ilLcton the stock market. I do not wish to humiliate you enough to ask you if that be true, hut I sim ply mention the fact so as to allow you to make any explanation you desire.” Witness—“I never saw any state* ment to that effect. I never had any acquaintance with Gould till I met ii,m in connection with this matter. I have nevir bought or sold a share of su ck on margin. There is not a word of possible truth in the sugges tion.” Witness said lie knew nothing of •he s rike till it actually occurred. Hie first knowledge of it was gained * from the newspapers. He expressed the opinion that the pooling system pad nothing to do with it. The most economical management is Unit which necessitates the least exj e.idi- ture. Tne general Iheory as tn build ing new lines of railroad, causing competition and reducing rat es, Is ft grand mistake. li isinebsis or should be done wi'h the le n po-dhle in vestment, not only of labor, hut of capital, end until the possibilities of a single irailroa i in exhausted, a second line should not be built, but taeie is need of Someihiug in the way ol government supervision of rail roads by means of which the benefit? resulting from nou»competi tion shall not inure alone to the rail road company, but to the whole peo ple. Take for instance two cities like Buffalo and New A’irk. The New York Central had a line of rail road between these two cities and bail the monopoly of the busine-is. I cost the company 60 per cent to op erate the road, leaving 40 per cent of net earnings. A lother line was built alongside, aud there you have got 100 per cent of busincsi and you have got two GO per cents of expenses. If the thing could be reguiated so that one road should do the busiuess it would get not only a fair return for its capital, hut it would be enabled to give lower rates of traf fic and better wsgos to its employes.” Burns—“There being already two railroad) built and being operated, is it better f ;r the majority of the work ing people of the country that there should be competition between these lines, or that there should he a pool ing of their earning-?” Witatas—“It would be better that ail the business shou’d be d me on one road at the minimum of cost, and that the beutfi s of it should go not alone to the owners of the roads, but to the oountry at targe. Iu otner words, you must not double the ex penses lu order to get economy.” Barnes— “Would you then suggest tlie abandonment of one line of road and the conoeutratio-.i of all the busi ness on the other ?" Witness—“I crtalnly should ” Burns—*‘Tuat would reduce the number of eamloyes one Liu If ” Witne s "Y ■?, i f would, but they would imnn-dia eiy find employment in o'lier walks if'life, where they would not be living by a taxon the country. I don’t th nk there 1b a railroad in America which has been pressed to half t'seerrying capacity ” Parker—"D ,es uot tlie tioulre arise par 1 ly from fie conn etitioi. of laborer ? I not that one of'he hots uimacurees of ali tins troubh?” Witness- “No, you will find that the gr'at diffi culty has no* been the demand of moriiases of wagts ” Parker—“B it is not tlie source of the tli? urbane,* largely because of so much competition iu labor? I f you remove the competition of iu or iu these disturbed regions does i.ot *'*mt put an eud almost to the possibility of strikes?'' Witness—“A t you put it, it does ” Parker—“la not that cue of the grta' causes of trouble—eotupeti'mi of labor, an excess of ni *n and a de ficiency of work—men who have uceti brought iu from oilier countries and ure increasing in numbers in their owu country ? ’ Witness—“There is a great deal in that.” Parker—“I would like to hear your views as to an abju uncut ol this jam- petition in labor ” Witness—“The subject Is a very broad one, and it is one which has oeeu the subject Oi discussion smoc these troubles began. O ;o of tbe best suggestions that has b- eo made to ul na the subject 1 would like to report. It is that a conference should lake place between the representative men from tbe labor organizations and repr ssntaUve men from trade organ.zatious, that tu*y should meet and thoroughly discuss ’he whole subject as to this cmitis! between capital and labor. I look un them as being necessarily partners, a« much so as man ami wire. Buch a discussion as that would be approach ed ty rLie railroad men in a different spirit from that which thty would manifest In a discussion with in subordinate brakemen. In this way there would be gathered the wisdom of all men who had been thinking over tbeeubjac*. I do not feel that I have enough experience to tie able to recapitulate the results of such a con ference.” Parker—“Is it desirable to continue the importation ot labor from other countries, not pauper labor ?” Witness—“I: would be pretty hard on the laboring m-u to put a tariff upon competitive labor. I would like to Uduk a little on that sub., JfeCt.” Cnairmavi—“I will put the ques tion in another form. D you thiitis that the time has arrived when this country will be compelled to iny who may come t.o it and who may noi come?” Witness—“It does seem to mo that our capacity to absorb the Christen dom is s •uiewhat strongly U-xed ” Buchanan—"Ws are troubh d ns much by pagandom as by christen ilorn.” This closed McDowell’s examina tion. Powderly was recalled to the stand and iu reply to question? by the chatrmau, stated that he wt a a ma chinist by trade and w. a 37 years old, and that the knights of labor had first been instituted in 1869, Chairman—“I mink it very Im portant from the direction which the examination has taken that the com mittee should understand the origin of the knights of labor.” P.-wderly—'“About eight months after the war the garment cutters of Paiiaitelpu.’.a * rgatriz d as the ‘gar ment cutters of Pailadelphla.’ The intention was to pay s'-'k members a weekly allowance aud to bury tin lead. Iu fact, > was a In-t.: Volet,, organization They continued to iid meetings for 1 u,' vea.?. At. the end of that time, or e nigbl, in O.-.o- iier, 1869, they were di cu-sing some measure, when a mem Per saiii: ‘Wt nave been c.m!ng ie.r- now four or fiv’e years Wo have our consti u- tlon, our laws, our < ili .e s, ond so far as that is co* c-rned that is all right If I am taken sick I will have a weekly allowance, and it I die I will he cared f ir by our broth er.; but the condition surrounding me in the work shop has uot grown better, hut worse. It seeum to me that an orgauiz .tion that will go into tlie workshop and endeavor to effect a reform there is what is needed, in addition to the ussocialion we now have.’ That line of argument was taken up and continued some weeks Finally a motion was made that the society be dis- nanded, and it was disbanded. The founder of the knights of labor was a member of it. He was Uriah S Btev- ens, As the men were leaving the room that night he asked those pres ent to remain aud hear what he had to eay. He said that if they would form suon an organiz ,tion as had been suggested, one ibat would on*, deavor to effect a ref *rui in the man agement of workshops, mines and foundries, they w* uld endeuvor to perfeot It, B x remained, talked the matter over with him and agreed to meet again Tnese seven men aud two others met to perfect p.n organiz ‘Ion ou Thauksgiving evening, 1809, aud nine men drafted the firsi crude form of the constitution aud manual for the government of the associa tion of knights of labor. No man was to know anything about it. It was to be secrot In all its workings. The men who Joined it vr.*re no* per- mined to mention the name of the a?»oclrtllou outside of the meeting r mm, nor was it spoken inside. When written ftb 'Ut it w.0 to he re ferred to by stars. The idea was te bring into the association every department of productive industry. The intention wt>s that no statu es of •he organization towards n bettering or a change of the conditions sur- rouudu g ilie employer and employe would be made dll everything con nected wi'h the condition of thing? hue! been discussed and thoroughly understood The reu.on for that was a strike of miner? affected not only the miner, themselves, hut affects ed tbo machinists, engineers, dorks, merchants and everybody oonneeteu with the industry lu that region. In 1874 I was asked one evening ii I would not crun with a man and become a membi r of tne club or association, the name ol which he did not mention I wen! and was initiated into the order ot koigats of labor. U; to that time 1 knew nothing cf it, hut when I saw in that meeting room locomotive en gineers, miner.', laborers, truckmen, m* lulicrs of my awn craft and others, I made up my mind that that was mi association wtiich of fill others was calculated to do good to the la boring man. This man ('■“evens) who formed die first local assembly, was after wards elected niaa'e' work man, ami was, at Beading, elected to the position of firot grand master workman of the knights of labor. The orgardzitiou continued under him fi r one year and nine months, when his health sailed, anil whin the convention met at Chioag> lie sent a letter declining to he again elected and suggesting two names from whom his successor should bo ouoaeu. 1 was chosen. I was elected, and from that time to the present l have been chief < ill :er of the knights of labor. Tire organ- zrtioii was intended to take iu not only men who work-d at the bench or mine, hut eveiy man who toiled by hand or brain in any honest ocou- nation. Wt toft out one < r two hon est occupations—lawyers und bank eta -• because wo fetl that they were fully capable of taking eaie of them- selvi s ” Chairman—“How about preach ers?” Powderly—“three lu a while we get one of them. We will not take in saloon keepers. Even if a member’s wife begins to sell liquor we make him take a divorce,not from his wife, but from the organiz; .ion.” Chairman—“In other words, it is a benevolent society for the protection of all kinds r.f people who toil and is entirely within the law?” Powderly — "Y -, it is entirely within the law ” Parker—“Wnut is the number of it? present membership?” P iwderly—“Our present member- snip does not exceed ii re hundred thousand, alt hough we bay; been credited with five million " Chairman—‘Are women members of the organiz Hon?” P' * wderly—‘'Yst; on an equal foot ing witti rum.” C ru rtnan—“ When were wemen fii it admitted?” Pov tlerly—“I.i 1681 We claim iha. (r women perform equal work ■hey uLould receive equal pay. Wo have one assembly of women with a membership of 1300, aud from the day of :be organ.zation to the pres ent day not a single expulsion or sus pension has taken plact They man age their affairs In such a way us to rsiicct credit upon them and to be a pattern hr the men " Crain—"D> you make any differ ones jin to tne admission < f conned men into the organization ?” Powderly—“We miike no ills.ine rt m regard to color, creed, THEY ARE DETERMINED fhfl a hird At on: mreotura Will FI*!*: It On ff lib *Civ Kirlkori. condition. Wj have onr* aHaemb’y bnoK K ":fo: dtpecWl to BuQUirur-ttati New York April 21 —The follow* ing resolutions w ie unanimously adopted at a meeting ol the Third tiveuue railroad di lectors this even ing: “B'solved, That in the matter of tilt* strike that I tie company will not recede from th? p sltion it inis taken. I . future an*1 the interests of all class*s, Including the?? employed and the public opinion of the country, fcuhid Tlie company will not dis miss men who have e hired Its ser» vie.- during the etilkoso long as they fuithfu'ly rilechar.H their duties, nor will it "on eneh dio’a'Ion reinstate employes win m it has dicnissed, anil It will no' create unnecessary places eo as to 'nk? back in ft body those who have left it* a body. Ir will not take tack those who have injured the property of tlie company, or have Incited others to do so. B s Ived, that the company will to the ixt-nt that police p-otection is practicable, and Hint th pi lies au- tboriti s nnl railroad commissioners shall deem suitable, run cars up to the limit of its ability. B* solve ’, that Hie railroad com panies lie respectfully informed of tlie above ac'lon and he rtqnested to communicate to tbo company iu wilting any recommendation or ac tion which they thi: k should bo adopted by tbo cotiq any to the hoard that it maj be carefully considered and acted oil, R solved, that th'* counsel of the company bo r quo ed to advise what action lu the nature of criminal pro* ceedings i r civii suite for damage should he taken against those who are r se nsible for »he loss which has been caused to the company and its property. B solved, That the directors en dorse the action of I’.vs'.deut Lyons in liie'strike. Nu:v di roc torn w-.'n present. Tne resolutions were adopted with** out a dissenting voice. President Lyons at once tele-.' phoned to the btables of tlie com pany at 8ixty-fiff.il street to start and run is many iu over tbo road as posdbie. The company run over lorty care and were not taking on new men. to-day. The feeling among the strikers Is intensely bitter end they exhibit a determiautiou to continue the figtu til! (lie struggle Is over. Tne company*)' fli. hds are re ticent Ttn* president and treasurer, with Vice P.eeidi nt Hart, are deter mined to retain r eir present help iu the face of oppo-iuuu, aud say they will not budge at inch unless some egreement Is reached To-day it was threatened by the mer to fulfi l tbtir ’hrea: of M mday night, and call out the surface road em ploye? ot the elevated roud- and t. rriei. The two Frees art* face to fucr to day, u.”.ii a biU**i slruggle imy break out iusulo of tv* < days mure, ‘fine resolutions adopted by the di rector? were presented the commie* slouets this afternoon. Thecoiumle- sinners then announced that they would leave the c :, .y for Albany this evening. FOREIGN FLASHES. TlioT«-rrihi»- HH»»a of all Iru tn atry — By Anglo Arne-tra? Un8 o-. I. ndon, April 21— Advices from Mandalay say that the Biltlsh expe* dition sent against the Kicdyen. tribe Pus ueen c impelled to retreat. The rebels In overwhelming force made a dw perate attack on the Bnt- i„l, charging into nailery of mount ed guns hnd driving the expedition pre* iff u. New Y ok where ti ••* B uur.u catholic, the vice pres’ i Fits*.yteritm ,ami ti e uuu who oo ( upies the in x, position is a Hindoo. (Jnor.d in- :. seldom eu'er into a.- H-mhlics of white members They 'lave ae:., uiol.es of iln-.it own, and *re mantgmg them v. ry nicely.” Buchanan—"Up to how lately have you worked at your liad*?” P wderly — “Not since March, 1677 ” Buchanan-—"Since that time y'*u have been engaged as you ir; now?” Powderly—“Ye?, prb ’Ipally I w"rk harder now than I ever did— sometimes 18 bouts a day.” McDowell, upon being recalled am) asked as to his connection wi h the knights of labor, s.ffd that tie had been connected with the organiz: tion about eight year?; that he was a machinist by trade, and that to-day he •• as at the head of one of the larg est machine works in the country. Clialrman—“There Is nothing that you know of in the organizition which is inconsistent with obedience to the law and with the administra tion of the government ?” McDowell—“Nothing whatever. On the other hand, it Is a perfect supporter of the law in every partic ular." Buchanan—“Y .*ur ols.rvatlon is that tlie fairer treated, the better paid and the more contented the American working man is the belter citizen he makes ?” McDswell—“That is exactly true. di ion ni.v.- . <iah..y They Mot-gaud* t p the g-rr's n citd 2,'! rso’ until-;*' An uiunia G - ece to-mg for the expe nd. red from Muu- .■di! have captured . (!. (.. T ••* bound i c "d? and u'tt“sa»* P*i\vs.rD wt-te in fixing the limit which Gr v.i. inur o’herwi-e t'erii u- taken to tufoic U : n:i hi .patched to lUtii.g that the fee* aoo' rd in in* tim* within i.-a'to, and thaf tp v/. uld he d mantis. THU TKKItlUhl. ( ■ V'tiiNNA, Ai rt! of affairs at 8'ry wffio lost tliti r h fire is mi 8 pitiful tiniH are without art- rendered dssps 1,11 [ON or 8TRY — flu; coadtuou no..g the people . H by the great Most of the vie? >d t j means, aud Lt by the thought of starvation, Farmers lu the vicinity have been visited by a mob of meix who have first demanded food and then if refused steal it. The owners of farms are now compelled to barb cade their houses for the only way to guard them from being plundered of food by the mob, whirh, on ac count of hungt c, Is becoming uncoil- crollable.Num roust trugghs for food, resulting in bloodshed, have takec place. All the public urchivos and registers of 8try were lost in tlie tiro. It will be m c- s ary to ask grants of I money from the Li nherg diet and j the reici.strath to relieve the distress | of thousands of dotltute peopjle. The earch for I he remaffis of perso Powderly—“O ie of the things j who lost thc-ir lives during th? con- whicii a member of the organization 1 ti .gration has teen proceeding at, promises to do L thb: ‘We shall, rapidly as the circumstanc*s would with alt our strength, support laws | allow. Thus far sixty-eight bodies made to harmoniz with the in-! charred so as to mafe.e r=c ignition terests of labor and capital. ’Tne committee at half-past two adjourned until eleven o’clock to* morrow, when it ie understood the ex‘.ruination of J *y Gould will be commenced, , difficult have hr.-a taken from the ruins. There- have been twenty deaths in the field- since Sunday of Invalids, young end old, who were taken out cf towu to escape the tlames,