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COLUMBUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY f 1S8G
PRICE FIVE CENTS
forty-ninth congress
Ibe Senate D.'scusr.es tbe F-jrelgn
Mail Nendoe.
H (r .<»frp DnSal* on tbe Subjtol of
IgiuldlM nnd Profcellua-Blddlv.
l, rt[ »r MoKen » Yho Dtr
mint for.fl'inxtlonc Rio,
Special *o e!i-q'il''or*Bnn.
Washington, May 3 -Welborn
of Texas, submitted the oon fore nee
report ori the Indian appropriation
b‘!l and It, war- adopted,
Gilep, of Georgia, submitted the
conference reports on the various
bille authorizing the construction of
bridges across rivers and they were
adopted
Richardson, of Tennessee, submit
ted tbe conference report oil tbe
fcurth of July claims bill,
Tbe report was adopted
Morrtsrn called up the rfsfiutioc
retorted by Mm from tbe committee
on Tub s on Saturday prc vtding that
on and after Msj lOfii sessions of tne
bouse 9bfdl be from 11 a m until 6 p
m. After a brief debate It was
adopted.
Among the bills and resolutions
Introduced under the cal! of stales
were the follow’nt:
By Fit? dlny, of Maryland, a pro
emble and joint resolution reciting
ibs! the tax on tctacco is a heavy
bu.'den on ihe agricultural interest,
that the system devised for Us col
lection operates a disadvantage only
on 'he manufacturers wi'h u limited
capital and thus ti tendency to con
centrate in a few hands the monop
oly of making cigerH, eh; that the
nec'sdty for a change in the tariff is
Dot apparent or urgent by reason ol
tbe fact sli articles have been bo
cheapened in the lasr four years that
there is little or no margin for a fur
ther decrease; t.ba* if a diminution of
revenue be tbe object of the pro
poRed change of the tariff it is by no
means clear that ‘•ueh a production
wili follow ae a cone;-queues of iovrer
rates of duty, but on tbe contrary it
may be reasonably expected that to
lower the duties will result
in increased revenue; that
wba'ever msy have be.rn the policy
of tbe country under more favorable
circumstances with referer.ee to a
tariff reduction, such poi oy would be
both impolitic and Impracticable in
view of tbe agitation now going on
tor diminished hours of labor at the
same or increased vages as under
the ten hour rnlOj re daring protec
tion over home labor against foreign
competition more necessary than
evir, and abolishing all tuxes of
every description upon tobuoco and
upon the: manufacture andEaie there
of.
Several bilie were passed under a
suspension of me rules, principally
public budding bills
Ibindail then made an lm fltc'ual
effort to secure an adjournment and
Sanborn, of Texas, was tecognized
*.o move to suspend theiulesand puss
tbe bill for the erection of a public
building at E! Paso. Texas, at a m x
Incur cost oi $150,000, but at the sec
ending the motion, nc quorum volet)
and the house at 6:15 adjourned.
SKMATK.
Hoar, from the committee on Judi
ciary, reported favorably the Joint
resolution providing for a constitu
tional amendment, extending tbe
present presidential terni till On 30,b
of April, instead of the 4ih of March,
1689, and providing that the term of
the fiftieth oongre-8 be also < xiended
to that date. Placed on the calendar.
Dolph reported from the committee
on public kudo an original bill to re
peal alt Jaws providii g for the pre
emption of public lauds, and laws al
lowing entries for tiinnet culture aid
for other purposes. Be s:iid it was
O' signst. to be i fferett *b a substitute
lor me bill ou the s .me eu'jict al
ready reported from the committee,
and he gave notice turn ho would a 1
an early day ask '.lie senate to take
up and consider the measure.
Riddieberger rose to a persona! ex
piaij&tlou. He read a paragraph
from a Washington newapapt r slat
ing that tterator Ingalls hud request
eti me tenaior in m Virginia to k><
preet.nl at a meeting of the committee
on the District of Columbia in order
to make a quorum for the considera
tion of Matthews' case; that Mr Rid-
dieberger emphatically declined to
attend, saying he would never help
to put a colored man into efflye.
Riddiebeiger said he cared for no part
of this staument except the use of
the term ‘'colored man.” He assert
ed that he had never heard in the
committee or elsewhere any refer
ence to race or color as a reason for
or agaiDRt the confirmation of Mr
Matthews, nor had he himself made
such a reference.
The term “colored man” was used
for some other purpose than to state
tbe position of any senator upon the
Matthews' oase. The ruiee of the
senate forbade the statement of the
reason of the delay,
Ingalls said no’such conversation
as that described in the paragraph
read by the senator from Virginia
had ever taken place. He hud never
had any conversation with any gen
tleman upon the subj-.ot, and so far as
he was concerned the statement wbb
an emanation oi the imagination.
Dolph c fibred an amendment to the
fortifications appropriations bill, ap
propriating $10,000,000 for the con
struction of fortifications and other
works on the ooast defense In accord
ance with the recommendations cf
the board of fortifications, or other
defense, to be expended under the
direction of the secretary of war.
Dolph said it would be seen that thts
was an important amendment, In
tended to commit congress to the
rtcotmnendatlous of the hot-rd of
fortifications and other defenses and
to make au appropriation for tbe
commencement of other fortifies-
tior s'
The poBt'fllce appropriation bill
wa- taken up, and Vest proceeded tr
speak on the amendment appropri
ating $800 000 for the transportation
of foie ju mails. He maintained
that tbe provision would prove dis
astrous to the American merchant
rnprino. Alluding to the recent naval
dipp'ay st Pensacola by “five old
wooden hulks at;d a few torpedo
boats,” he said one of tht vessels, the
Brooklyn, took fire, and it took ali
the oak' ce of them to put
it out. When the torpedo beak
advanced to attack the frigate,
the latter was found to t-e without
electric lights und wus compelled to
send up bombs tr e .able ber < fii r
to see the attacking parlies. This
amendment was simply an assertion
of :be old spirit of the old navigation
laws which ix ludtd on American
ci z.n from the right to purchase a
chip where be could purchase it
cheapest, He did not propose to dis
cuss tbe tariff and would dismiss it
with one eingle remark. The wb, le
princ'ple of levying money upnD any
American citizen over and above the
necessities of * Lit government for rev
enue was robbery under the forms
of law. The principle of
ibis amendment wee the same as the
high protective principle urged by
lite reiublican party and by some
democrats, he was eory to say, upon
the people of the United States
Hale reminded V.st tnat the as
cendency of the English merchant
marine followed from a policy of sub-
sidii e.
Vist denied this Subsidies, he
said, made no diflerence. It was in
the construction of iron ships that
E n glnnd had found ber advatuage.
Mi'Pners >n said the English to-day
subsidized the mall line to South
America to the extent of $450,000
He asked Vet how be would get the
trade of S- utb America agaiDBt such
odds.
Vest said he would repeal our Infa
mous naval laws. No other civilized
nation had euoh laws. He would
also reform the taiifl and place
it on r revenue basis so as
not to handicap one man for the ad
vantage of another. He believed in
an honest mail service, but this
amendment violated a sound princi
ple. So wedded were the republican?
to a protective tariff, that
they were unwilliDg to break even
one link in the chain of protection,
hut they were compelled to acknowl
edge that after a lerg seaton of proa
teotion a change was irdkpensible.
Eustis reviewed the bi3'ory of sub
sidies In this oount»y and continued
that there va 1 a decided feeling in
tide country in favor of spudi 'g our
mails in American ships, It was not
a question in this case of whether
there had been corruption in funner
payments from the treasury, He
(Eusth) did not suppose Bock or
Vest would say there would be
necessarily any corruption in connec
tion with moneys which congress
might otd r the present postmaster
general to pay out.
Eustis strongly advocated the pro
posed amendment.
Ingalls saw no reason why men of
Maine or of Massachusetts could not
to-day build ships and sail them if
they wanted to do so, The reason
they did not do so was became they
could make more prefil in their
money in other directions. Neither
wt s our carry trig trade d> pendent on
matters asset forib by sens ors. We
had not lost the carrying trace of the
world; we had relinqu shed it. Great
Britain, carrying trade etatis'ioiaDs
said, d'd cot realize ore per oem
on the capital Invested. One reason
not yet mentioned forour small trade
with C< ntrsl ard South .America was
'hat we did not attempt to sell them
what they wanted to buy. O tier
countries offered better articles at Lbs
price, ard what we tried to s !1 menu
by sample goods bed not proved
equal to the sample. We had also
refused to g.v> Central and South
American merchants credits ..ht-s
needed. Ingalls rer.d from the re-
por of the commissioners appointed
oy President Arthur extract* g"ing
to stiow that, our merchantsdfd not
accommodate the people of Central
and 8 u'h America with
either credits or the okas of goods
(hey wanted He resd iho'-e extracts,
he suid, for the purpose of showing
;be meuchants and manufacturers of
itie U nited Slates that primarily the
difficulty was with them. European
merchants gave s'X and nine months
oredit to the people of the countries
named; American merchants de
clined to give them credits at all.
The trouble wes not, he thought,
with congress or want of sfeamehip
communication. He had not read
the extracts with a view of making
aDy opposition to the proposed
amendment, but to show
the reason why we were
not doing South American trade
He commended to persons interested
a careful reading of the commission
ers’ report. C .egress should not be
continually castigated for the failure
of our merchants and manufacturers
to secure the trade referred to. It
was not the fault of congress.
Mr Miller said ihe administra'ion
had lust year deliberately refused to
execute tbe law. We had been told
that the law was not clear, 1 u‘ tbe
leaders of the democratic party in
tbe senate had admitted that the plan
was against the policy ot the
administration. Miller believed
we could soon double or
even quadruple our commerce
with Central and South America it
we had the proper steamship facili
ties.
Colquitt opposed the amendment
Subsidies, be sab', wer- obnox
ious to the people. They weregetier
ally sough’, not by lndividua's, but
by grasping corporations. T 'divid
ual? find such rcrp iratlons av had
s me tnode-iy, had to get along on
their own merits Favoritism wan
in sympathy with mouopiy. Proposi
tions of Ihe charade! of thin amend
ment, it once established, would
ooulinueand grow worse. Instead
of Hacking b"s'ness ventures
to rly on tbelr Intrinsic
strength v e were reaching them to
rely on the government., Trade rela
tions veie not establish! d by uv :
mail facilities. The natural order
was trade first and r v mi!s afterward*.
Our prefect system of high tariff and
our navigation b ws were woefully
defective. Methods of securing for
eign ‘(adeem au average rate of duty
of 46 per cent against imports W'.s
bard h r commerce to overcome. W
were told this was for the benefit of
tbe dear working man. Oxi-time
c'liiialiiv between the working man
and liis employer did so 1 seem
to be restored by thk eloquence
Al 1 eloquence devoted to the sub
ject of nome uiarnifac’ureis, endless
disaertafions on that suiject iu con-
grei-s and tbe ptess, was .o ,hc fleet
that the proleoiive of r ho tar ff was
for the (merest of working men and
to enhance their wages. Assiduoi s
efforts of mauufaoturets in tbe inter
est of working men did not, however,
protect working men tynm a rival in
this country of Enrop-au workmen
with their arms and legs to reduce
the Wfcges of working men of the
United Stales. W. iiud not been
eaved by our manufacturers, for
whose benefit the tariff really
was. From scenes o' tumult,
demonstrations of rage ou
the part of 'adoring men—demon"
strations now blanching the cheeks
and moving the hearts of our people.
Manufacturers s emed to he doing
little to the re-estalTshment of good
relations with their workingmeu.
They retired to their f aloes ann chal
lenged grateful f.oknowTsdgmente of
their working people for what they
had done in behalf of American in
dustry Colquitt regarded labor
troubles as more than an efferves
cent. They betokened, he thought,
coming strife and convulsion. Cols
quitl believed the protective larifl
was partly responsible ior ihe laoor
trouble*, since they restricted rs to
our home markets for our manufac
tures.
D bate closed for the day, and ar-
ruugt-meoiH for a vote a: 4 a .,d men
at 6 o’clock to day havl’ g beets sue-
■'ees'vely set aside,it wiV" ag.ved before
adjournment that at 3 o’clock to
morrow general debate on the bill
ticould close, leaving to Plumb an
hour to reply to the attacks on the
amendment, and that at 4 o’clock a
vote should be. taken on the trill
A' 6 p in au executive session of
ten minutes’ durailon was htid, odder
which the seuats a. j urned.
COM FIRM ATI NS.
Washington, May 3-I junction
of secrecy has been remov< d from a
long debate of senatorial confi. illa
tions to-day. Among them are JM
Liddell, marshal northern district
of Mississippi; E W Booker, collec
tor of Internal revenue, Alabama,• W
McLawrin, receiver of public money,
J.ckstn, Mis-; P L Banny,appraiser,
New Orleans; Charles B Hawey,
U dteu ritn.'es attorney, northern d)i-
trict, Mississippi; John D Barnett,
U iited States attorney southern dis
trict Alabama; Earnest Piilow,
United ri’a-.es attorney, middle dis
trict Tenniide'; Henry C A’len,
Uulted Hiatts attorney wesiern dis
trict Virginia, and T N Youngblood;
postmaster, Chester Court House,
South Carolina.
TURF NEWS
l‘hp u*
Hi»t*»t/iJ to ErHUtrar-hu**.
Nashville, May 3—The attend
ance at. the races to-day wrs Urge,
ihe weather beautiful and the sport
good.
First lac;, selling, pix fu'Longp,
Asrenuer wo: ; .Yh x Ament 3), John
D;vls3 i. Time, 1:13A
S.cnnd race, one mile, Spaulding
won; Hermitage: 2d, Pont 3i Time,
1:47
Third race, nine furlongs. Ecdurer
cam? in fits’, but was disqualified.
Hurry Cruse lit, Bovere'gn Pat 2d,
E idurer 3 !. Time. 2:0H
Fourth raoe, Fairview selling,
sweepstakes, one mile and a half,
Barefoot won; Woodward 2d, Anna
Woodcock 3 i. Time, 2:13]
THE RACES AT MEMPHIS
Memphis, May 3 —The weather
was very warm, the track fair, the
attendance good and betting fair to
day. v
Firet race, ] mile; Pearl Jennings
won, Pink Cottage, 2d, Forest 8d.
Time 1:17}
Becond race, 1} miles; Lucas won,
Porter Aahe 21, Mout'Z ima 31. Time
1:58].
Tutrd race- Gaston’s hotel stakes,
one«balf mile, J-unie T won, Tom
Hood 2d, Foster 3 i. Time 49}
F. urth ruce- O.ne and one-eighth
mties, Modesty win, Longview 21,
L"«man 8 1. Time 1 -59}
Fifth race—Handicap steeple chase,
course inside, Ascoia won, Puritan
2d, Auralian 31. Time 6 oG}.
Virtue is its own reward; but It
wmld be thoognt more of if paid the
money down.
When the choir sings “Consider the
lilies,” it is not time to consider the
cost.
ENDED AT LAST*
The Strike cn the Southwestern
System ltronh?t 'o nti 1'ud.
Hr. Carlin llil-n f. boal it SnHIr aj<m-
Trnulrl* Hapur-ru He rt-leaku-Th*
Etsfel-Mcur tfov^or-ot, u: o,
Hpaptn' tn E'lqnlrer-Sun.
Bt Loris, Msy 3—After a nbnt
down id ei-verui nnintliH tiip Volcen
iron works at Carondtlet reumul
opeiatior.s this :uorrlng, giving em
plcymerit to about 600 men. Tht
bo:-s s of *lu? wt rkti prepared a
floheifu’e r -f wages which remain in
force until J ’t:miry 1st. Thiaschedule
was preserren.'^o ’the men y s eiday
afternoon and .hey ununimoutly re
solved logo to wr.rk at the proposed
ferm* end this morning the furnae.s
ure iu full li'ast
TRYING TO END IT
8t L' uis May 3—Chairman Cur-
lain, of the corgreselonal iatior in-
vestigafion committee, bupiel him
sell during the greater part of y»ster-
'ay in an attemp’ to end the Gould
southwestspystem striks. He held »
cinf-nuce which iastrd /rum noon
until ip to in the afternoon with mem
bers of tbe genera! execu i'e board
of kifigh's of labor urol afterwords
called upon H.-xie. vice-president of
the Missouri l’ c:tic company. He
then returned to his hotel and con
ferred tbe stood time with the
knights >>f labor. The reeti't of ell
this conferring cannot be posittve'y
known, but it is coufiJeLtly expected
that the outcome will be the end of
the strike during the next thirty-six
hours.
fHE SITUATION IN CHICAGO
Chicago, May 3 —The largo
freight depots of the CkioRgo, Mil
waukee and Bt Paul railroad com
pany at the Junction of Union and.
Kineie streets w tre early the toene oi
curious crowd3, A mong the number
were the striking freight handlers ot
the road. From the wind; ws of the
main . 111css appeared the heads of
clerks and other department em
ployes anxiously awaiting the ou’*
come. F'fteen minutes before 7
o’clock tx special train of three pas
senger coaohee and an engine rau Into
the yards and 14 special detectivei
of the company hr cit'Z’ne’ clothes
and dec u ed with stars appear: d
first and following them marched 200
men brought In by the railroad com
pany from diff;rent points ou the
line. They were at once surrounded
by the strikers who urged them ir;
all manner of ways not to deprive
them of tb»ir positions. There was
no.Avaverl..g on the part of he new
men, however, and they entered the
freight houses in a body. O :ly an
ordinary number of ci:y police were
on du'y and tii“re was no call fot
their services. The strikers ap
peared dtiz-.d at first a
the sight of the crowd
»h'fh)iai! arrived to support the
company, ard owing to ttila fact,
p s bly, offered no violence. The
te ' irtof tbestrikirs, seeing that no
iuip:erslon was being made on the
men, called off ihe former, and afier
a few moments’ parleyii g the crowd
ma/ched nil lu a body to the B>r
lington yerds for cousuitation and to
obtain pts-iib’.y »u enlargement of
their forces Groups of idle men bung
shorn the yards of the F rt W.-yue,
Burllcg'on and Alton road.
Up to 0:30 o’clock no trouble hai-
ineen reported In the lumber districts.
Thu firms located at south Chicago
are working as usual to-day, but in
the lumber districts proper, no work
at all is ben g ‘Jane. A large 11-et of
lumber laden crafts is blocking up
tne river near Ihe lumber exchange
None of the chigoes will be bought oi
uDlogtled until tt.e present difficui
ties are tetiltd. It is stated thu: up
wards of 300 more verscls with cur-
goes of lumbal arnou their way here
Not s mill m the district s'arted run
ning this morning.
The L ike Bliore men in the ou*
frdgbt i. uUrtis, ui.outsix'y-five, madi
a demand tl-is mornii'g for au in
crease of wages from $1 50 H $1 75 pet
day in cases of laborers, and fr-m $60
to $60 per month fir check clems
Tbe company was given until May
6 h to return an an-wer. The agent
said he would refer the request to
the higher official and :rr the mean
time tne man ar^ at work.
MOKE STRIKES.
Lynchburg, Va, May 8 —The
employes 11 u.e ct w orn house struck,
today for eight! ours. Mi McCarty,
a contracicr ol Washington, D C, re
fused to accede to iheir demands and
work stepped. No disturbance.
A special toe the Daily Advance
from Pocahontas says the mine s
wai ed on tbe superintendent of the
ooal mines to-day and demanded that
he revoke his order discharging all
employes brought before the mayor
on charges of \a misdemeanor. The
superintendentVrefused and several
hundred miners went on a strike.
No disturbance has occurred, but’
great excitement prevails.
MOBILE IN A MUDDLE
Mobile, Ala , May 3. —The
bricklayeis union men, are out on a
strike against P Hurston, a large
contractor, demanding a day’b pay
for nine hours work. Their places
np.ve been supplied by New Orleans
men. The j >urneymen painters’ de
mand for 20 per cent inoriais, has
been granted.
THE BALTIMORE PROCESSION,
Baltimore, May 3 —The parade
of the workingmeu to day was the
largeat of lu kiud ever witnessed
here. It was under the direction of
the can makers’ protective union,
but many others Joined, until the
line, w‘ en lully formed, consisted of
about 6000. One of the leatu;ea was
the predenee of nearly 2000 colored
brick makers and helpers iu br'ok-
yard*, and these were about the
centre of the line. The’© were
Included a’sc house carper.teis who
struck to-d»y because their employ-
era W' uld not allow eight hr uis for a
day’s work, iron moulders, vernisha
ers, box makers, ftirnl u e workers,
bakers, tailors, piano mutters, social-
ist*o labor par'y. i-d'^e makers, hitch
ers, terra erttr. workers, press feeders,
tin roofers, railrosd car wood work
ers and others.
Bands ol music and diurn corps
were scattered through the entire
length of the lit e Thousands of
people filled the sidewalks of thc-
streete through which the procession
passed and good order wu“ preserved
Alter traversing the prii cipal streets
of the city ttie march wa made io
Bchutensen park, at the north,
east suburb of the city, where
addresses wore made by si ve~al of
■tie i (fleers f the knighta of labor
To-day there ere ve r y few In use
carpenters at work, some 1900 having
refused to work fi r $2 5” for nine
hours, as i ffered by employers, pre
ferring $2 25 for eight ii urn. Only
on builuuigs which afla tieir g elected
tiy contract is a:iy work done.
PROGRESS STOPPED IN BUILDING
, TRADES.
Washington, May 3 There Isa
very general ■uspet.slon of building
here to-day, but there is no evidence
of trouble. Men who quit wtuk ure
locked out uml have kept off the
streets and away from the u-uul
plac s of work. Wherever work te
iu progress in budding trades it is
under the eight hour rule In some
trades the eight hours were inaugu
rated some time agr; plasterers as ling
ago us last fall. The number of men
at work is very small compiled with
the usual number. There is almoit
universal movement among work
men to enforce the Empire “work-
.ng card” Hystem and there ate i>u
merous rastsaces of men stopping
work because mi u of other trader
employed on the uiuie Joiis were not
unionists. Another cause for the
present dullness i.- scarcity of bricks
I is in evidence that the unsettled
condition of the labor question has
virtually stopped unde' aktng of new
budding enterprises for the prsoeui.
at least.
THE INVETIfl ATT NO COMMITTEE
Bt Louis May 8 —Tne congres
sional committee Rent out here to In
vestigate the labor trouble ori th°
s uthwes’or" system of rp.llromi-.
Mvtded it wo Buh-commiUets
Sunday, too - ; of them, consisting
■•f Cretla chairmen, Buchana-,
Parker and Outhwaite, left here by a
•peciai t-ai :■ for P.rrsoriH, K Daui-
son ard Fort W r:h, Texas, a^d
Texarkana and Ll tie Rick A-k,
where they will ukr 'estimony T.,r
oth' r committee, composed of d ,v
Ourl.iu as chairman, 8'ewart and
Hurnofj, left tr- ^ay fir Atchison,
K insas City, 8.d ilia and Jeffe-sin
where they will take the ovdenoe o'
'he leadirig railroad iu n ari l
knights ot Lbor At a late
Hour h s‘ night. Governor Curiin
informed an associated p»css repre
sentativs that he had ho-n iu c m
mu moat I on and ncgottatlng with
Bdley, Htiyra nnd Barry, members
of the gereeal sxectrive committee,
witii # view of umic bly aijustlug
the differences between rhe s’rtkir'g
knights and the rahroml manage
meDt, and that he had bright hope.'
that bis efforts w r uld be successful
lie frit quite confident, he said, that
ihe country within on« or two days
would receive the gratityirg intelii
ger:ce that the great strike had been
brought to a close and in a manner
satisiactory to a!’ e mcerned.
ANOTHER STRIKE THREATENED
New York May 3 -The Third
avenue railroad company to-day said
■hat cars would be run to-night uuti.
2:30 a m The rxecu'ive board of
trikers issued nn addre s 'o its mem
bers urging (bam to presurv the
peace ui ail hi x rdn und under ail
clrcumstBPces. Tiie strikers claim
• iiat the company bus only 346 men
at work There threatens to b<
trouble among the new men a
woik. This mernit-g it was un
Bounced that tlie men would bt ju d
i.y ‘he trip btrtafter and that rtit.v
would be paid < fi every day for iii'i
work of the <’ay, thus reverting
buck to tbe old system cb ieht-d I.y
tlie unions t ffort.-. Tbe men c. me
to work ou a guarantee tiiat they
would be paid $2 a d.,y. The trip
piaa involves uitue L .uio or a re
duction of wages, and constquently
there is danger of a strike among
the new driver*.
a cruel stab
Chicago, May 3 Deputy Marshal
Bullard,accompanied by Buperintcns
dent Wade and Mr Bleeper, attorney
for the Wabrsh road, made formal
application to Judge Gresham, of the
United Btatts circuit oourt, this aft.
ternnon for the p-oteotlon of the fed
eral court against tre passers. Judge
Gresham, after llstenir g to Mr Bleep,
er, said: “Ten days ago you made a
statement tn the effect that this oourt
had no Jurisdiction ov-r the offaim
r»f the Wabash road, If I take th’s
step I will have to follow
it up with other measures
for the protection ot tlie road. I do
not w‘sh to do this until I am fjlly
apsured that I have Jurisdiction, Jay
Gould should not deny the Jurisdic
tion of this court and afterwards ap
peal to it for protection. At the
same time I do not wish to re-fuse
C rotection to any corporation simply
ecause of the inconsistent state
ments of its attorneys.” Bleeper said
he would examine the records and
obtain facts to show Judge Gres
ham’s Jurisdiction.
Ali the calculations of the
stockyard packer- were upset by- the
great, strike which uccutred among
the sausage makers this morning.
They Insisted on having ten hours
pay for 'fight hours work. Nearly
7<)00 men were. In the movement. At
II o'clock a onmmtt'ee of Iwenty-
'our strikers from e gtit different
houses, went into a conference. Be
fore noon the Fairbat-k Ginning
Company settled their fifT-r*
eiicea with the men by agreeing
that there should he no cut
In the wages rf men working for lew
than $2 ft day,and all over that figure
.-houfit gel uiue hours’ pay for eight
hr ur-.’ work.
O ly one half of the men employed
at tin McCormick reaper works went
to Ibelr places in the factory this
m 'rinng. Tbe othe s staved out.
The firm immediately seLit word that
they would give tin ir men ten hours’
pay for eight hours' work, at lesst
until they found out how the prisent
eight-hour movement would come
out
T li.> factory of the Chicago Malle
able Don company ou 26 h street,
near 15'tie Island avenue, wiif eu-
rirely closed down tills morniDg.
Nine hundred employes arc out on a
strike. They have made ft demand
for eight hoars work and ten hours
pay. Tiie procession of striking
freight handlers, after parading the
horlli division of lieclly, visited Ihe
yards of tlie Milwaukee and Bt
Paul depot and induced a portion
of the new squad of men brought iu
by tbe railroad company from i ut->
cido the city to Join with the atrlktrs.
The crowd as it entered tlie B Paul
yard numbered from SOf.O o 660(1,and
iv s t'.vmewhat demonstrative. Two
quads of police arrived on the scene,
ami, drawing thoir clubs, iff dually
“OatteT'd the crowd, allowing the
men to proceed with their work. It
wa* themes! exciting event of the
day, but the strikers did not attempt
to seriously eppoue the police. There
was oraiderable intimidation exer-
Cih-eu iu tiie lumber district, and Sev
ern' largo crowds marched through
the yarui to prevent vv, rk. All the
railroads have their freight houses
open, but are able to trauaact ODly a
limited amount of huslneps-
THE STRIKE ENDED.
Bt Louts, M»y 3 —The great rail-
road s riks is officially declared off
oy the executive board of the knights
ol labor, to take effect to morrow
(Tuislay) morning. Taia result h: a
oeeu brought about through the ef
forts of R preaeutifi.ive Ourtlu, of the
labor Investigating committee.
TROUBLE AT CHICAGO
Washington, May 3 --It is re
ported that trouble hm arisen lu
Guicago to-night, and that vx or
seven, man have been killed. No de-
FOREIGN FLASHES.
•Jla4rMAn>«> (tau«> u
K«pl? to »hf (Tit tatmunn on tlui
F«w«rn.
Hy dkiizto A.coo'loan <> 4 irj » .
London, May 3 —Glads'one has
■ smied >■ manifest a io ns Midlothian
oousUtuents, in which he explains
ho', tus great age has preveiled his
ftkiug port iu tiia spotcbeH of the
Easter recess, ana bos obliged him to
u s^ve biH limited powers for the
louse of comm ms, and for that
reason he uses his pen irs ead of his
voice Continuing, ha sayi: “Never
have I known an ocouelou wiien a
parliamentary event so rang
throughout the world as the
Introduction of the home rule
bill. From public meetings, from
the highest authorities iu British
oolonhs and in America, from capi-
a!n such as Washing on, B iston and
Qiebeo, from remote districts lying
ueyond tbe reach of ordinary politi
cs; excitement, I have received con-,
elusive assurances thm kindred peo
ple regard with warm fraitrnul sym-
j athy the attempt to settle once for
alt the troubled relations between
England auu Ireland which exuibit
only >. great failurb of political genius
cfctii' nee and confront and u.aoier
d ffi -tfi'Y.and tocbiain in a fees ma-
blt d'grrp the main etlOs of civil zed
life, y, ij an s‘ riot oe (finci urugtu if,
m H e upper racks >fi society at
home, you hear a variety of discords
i otee; discordant o'ikc bom our
policy p-:.d frt m "tie anoiliei.”
rrirne
THE REPLY INSUFFICIENT.
Athens May 3 — Ail me loreign
ministers here except Bir Horace
R'ltnbold, British minister, have re
ceived it.'StriiniloiiH to tiie t Uect that
the reply of the Greek goverumerit
Lo tlie uliiiriatiim ui tlie powers is iu»
sufficient.
THINKS IT SUFFICENT.
Athens, May 3—The government
has decided that the reply already
made to the ultimotum or the powers
is st fficient and that the promises
contained therein are aii it can make.
The ministers of the powers hero are
preparing to embark to morrow on
an ftliied rieet. Hopes are oiiteri&lned
in high quarters of Atlions that the
minister at L >ndou or Bt Peteisburg
may yet find a modus vivendl on the
Greek question. The resignation of
the minister is regarded as impossi
ble.
Au iitrcr (]iiitke,
Cincinnati, May 3-A special
from Athens, O iio, says an earth
quake shock of sufficient force to
sway houses Bud s’artle occupants
occurred here at 9:30 last night. It
was as distinct as a cannonade. A
similar report comes from Xelcon-
ville. nine miles distant, where the
shock broke windows.
Helping working people to strike la
■ racogn'zid occupation among men
who do not work,