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1 ESTABLISHED 1850. ) I J- H. F.HTILL, Editor and Proprietor, j READING MEN ON STRIKE EMPLOYMENT OF NON-UNION MEN THEIR COMPLAINT. Over 1,000 Hands Out on the Lines Running from West Falls to Port Richmond—Over 500 Men In Idle ness at the Logan Colliery. Philadelphia, Dee. 33.—Over 1,000 men employed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company on their lines running from West Falls to the Port Rich mond coal wharves, either as train men, coal handlers or freight handlers, quit work this afternoon at 4:80 o'clock. This action was caused by the introduction of a train crew of five non-union men to do work upon which v. oion men had been employed, but who had been discharged. This move ment will be communicated to all the em ployes of the road, and a general strike on all the lines of the company may be the result. The trouble originated yesterday, when a crew of freight handlers, engaged in shifting cars loaded with flour into a pier controlled by the firm of Charles M. Taylor’s Sons, refused to deliver any more freight to the firm unless the non-union laborers employed in handling freight should he discharged. THE COMPANY NOTIFIED. Word was immediately sent to John O’Keim, genoral freight agent and shipping clerk at the Port Richmond wharves, who tolegraphed the news of the refusal to the general office of the company. Upon the receipt of the telegram Supt. Sweigard is sued an order discharging the crew who had refused to handle freight, and threatening the same punishment to other crews who would follow the precedent. All of the re maining force, which consisted of four crew?, refusing to obey the order, were discharged and the engines wore taken to'the round house and the men left the yard. The news of the discharge quickly spread among the other employes of the company in Port Richmond, and stevedores to the number of about GOO men dropped their work and left the yard. The news of such a large number of men quit ting work soon spread through Port Rich mond, and a committee of Knights of Labor Assemblies Nos. 5,331 and 6,285, to which the strikers belonged, called upon General Manager McLeod and Snpt. Sweigard with the purpose of settling the difficulty and preventing a general strike. THE COMPANY WON’T YIELD. The object was unsuccessful, however, as the officers would not listen to any excuses, claiming that the work had to be done, and if the present employes found it difficult to obey oiders the management would be com pelled to look elsewhere for help. The situa tion was unchanged this morning and no freight was delivered to the covered piers at the foot of Williams street, nor were the stevedores at work. The company was determined to operate their lines, however, and made preparations to secure crews for idle locomotives, but were unsuccessful until about 1 o’clock, when aid was secured by forming a mixed crew of non-union men at the Third and Burks street station. Trouble with strikers ha/1 been anticipated, however, and the company requested Director Stokely to fur nish police protection. POLICE ORDERED OCT. Accordingly an order was issued by the director this morning directing the captains and lieutenants of the several districts to mass a force of 250 men in three platoons at tee point of trouble. At 3 o’clock one platoon was sent to the round house at the junction of the Philadelphia and Reading track, and the|Pennsylvania railroad track at Trenton avenue, one to distribute itself along the line of the railroad running from the round house to the coal wharves, and a third to guard the coal wharves, freight wharves and elevators. This action in calling for police protection was greeted with derision and sarcasm by the men and inhabitants of Port Richmond. The only cause for alarm was a suspicion ‘. hat the non-union crew would be molested at their work, but they toiled on uninter ruptedly and the police made uo attempt to arrest any one. EVERY MAN GOES OUT. Engine No. 238, manned by the obnoxious crew, arrived at the scene of the trouble about 8:30 o’clock and proceeded at once to move the boycotted freight. The news of the renew al of work was quickly communi rated among the other men at work, and concerted action was speedily agreed upon. An hour was given to allow the employes on the road from West Falls ‘to the river to learn of the determination, and at 4:80 o’clock, when the signal was given, every man stopped work. Tlie shifting engines that were work ing on the coal wharves quickly ran to their usual resting place until the whole number (fourteen) were placed in one line, and the crews immediately drew the fires and blew out the boilers. The men that were wheel ing coal dropped their barrow handles, the switchmen closed their switches anil left the main line open, and the conductors, brake men and other employes left their work and quickly went to their homes. WRAT ONE OK THE LEADERS SAYS. One of the leaders said this afternoon: “The whole trouble grew out of tbe fact that Charles M. Taylor’s Sons were em ploying non-union men to handle their freight and raying them low wages. We have urged them to employ uniou men at the regular pay, which is about #2 a week more than they are now paying, but they have steadily and firmly refused to grant our re quest and the refusal to handle their cars was our only defense. The general strike was forced upon us by the company, which employed non-union men to run their trams regardless of our agreement to the contrary. The idea of police protection was a sympa thetic movement, as the company well knew that there has never been any need of pro tection to the property at Port Richmond during any trouble.” MR. TAYLOR’S STATEMENT. Mr. Taylor, of the firm of Charles M. Taylor’s Sons, who represents the Phila delphia Grain Elevator Company, who con trol the covered piers used as a freight station for the Allan line of ocean steamships, claim that the men whom ho had engaged in handling freight had been with him since last August, and that he had re cently raised their pay |4 per mouth. The men were more than satisfied, he alleges, and ho had no trouble in securing help at his price of "'ages. Ho intends continuing work with the same force of men. General Freight Agent Keim was very reticent in discussing tho apparent outcome of the strike, and declared that the railroad company would oiierato the road if it re quired military surveillance of the projerty. Trouble is anticipated for several nays, and it is probable that a police force will be re tained to protect the property of the com pany. CLAIMS OF THE COMPANY. The Reading Company owns the ground upon which Taylor’s Kons’ elevator stands, and this, they say, is the extent of their connection with that firm, but, the meu de clared that the company have shown ihat their interest is much greater- than they are *o*Jing to admit, am) rv that, the. fact, of tfc* Reading Company tur rushing “scab*' 1 fp)je JloMitg to handle Taylors’ freight substantiates their belief. Tne fight, as it now stands, is entirely between tbe Reading Company and its employes, and the Taylors’ cut no figure whatever. Representatives of five assemblies of Read ing railroad employes, who met at Eliza b thport Sunday last in convention and elected temporary officers for the new National Trade District Assembly, which they have formed, and for which a charter has been granted by the General Executive Board of the Knights of lalror, met to-night, and continued the temporary organization until the convention meets in Heading, in the early part of January-, to form a perma nent body. To-night’s meeting also took notice of the strike and called a general con vention for to-morrow afternoon to take further action in the matter. ALL HANDS TO STRIKE. It is said upon good authority that word has been passed along the line of the entire Reading system, ana that all the men in the service of that company will refuse to go to work to-morrow morning, and will remain out until the Port Richmond troubles are settled. In referring to the cause of the trouble it was state? 1 at. the Fourth street office of the Reading railroad that the clear duty of the company as a common carrier to deliver merchandise to whomsoever it might be consigned, without regard to any question between the consignee and his employer, made it necessary for the general manager to issue orders that the cars in the Port Richmond yard lie moved at. once, and that if the men refused to move them they should tie discharged at once from the sev- t vice of the company. ELIZABETH PORT’S TROUBLE. In regard to the trouble at Elizahethport, where 121 men were discharged to day, it was stated that tho company sold 400 tons of broken coal to be delivered free on board a barge at that point. It was to be loaded upon a particular barge belonging to the purchaser of the coal. The company’s hands refused to load the barge, as it was incumbent upon the company to do as a common carrier. When this was learned at the general office an order was issued for the discharge of the men if they still persisted in refusing to load the barge. They did refuse and were discharged. The management stated that they had no discretion under their charter in tho performance of their duty, and that they must receive freight from and trans port to and for anyone. HANDLERS IDLE. Elizabethport, N. J., Dec. 23.—The Reading railroad coal handlers refused to day to load the Crosscreek Ixffiigb Coal Company’s vessel at the Elizabethport docks. They were all (about 100 men) laid off. Shipping is entirely suspended. A general tie-up is the talk. MINERS STRIKE. Ashland, Pa., Dec. 23. —The miners at Riley & Co.’s Logan colliery struck this morning, throwing over 500 men and boys out of employment. The miners in the No. 5 slope struck a few days ago because they were compelled to top their wagons. A committee of the Knights of Labor neld a conference with the superintendent to-day, and the result, being unsatisfactory to the men, a general strike occurred. It is feared that the miners at the Centralia colliery will also turn out for the same cause. A MAN WITH A RECORD. Maj. J. M. Wright Made Marshal of the Supreme Court. Washington. Dec. 23. — Maj. J. M. Wright, of Louisville, Ky., has been ap pointed Marshal of the United States Supreme Court, in place of Col. J. G. Nicolay, who has held that position about fifteen years. Maj. Wright, whose appointment will take effect Jan. 2 next, is a son of Gen. George Wright, of the United States army, who commanded the Department of the Pacific during the war and who was lost on the steamship “Brother Jonathan,” in 1865, while going from San Francisco to Oregon. He has a largo army connection and was himself at West Point at the beginning of the war. IN THE WAR. In 1861, he resigned his cadetship to ac cept an appointment as Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers on the staff of Maj. Gen. D. C. Buell. He accompanied Gen. Buell to the West and served there on his staff throughout his campaigns. After the war he settled in Ixmisville and began the practice of law. He served four years as a member of the Kentucky Legislature and four years as Adjutant (General of that State. He was subsequently President and General Manager of the Southern Exposi tion, which President Arthur formally opened in Louisville in 1888. As Superintendent, he organized the Louis ville Board of Trade, and served for some time as its Manager. He has been for a number of years an almost constant con tributor to the newspaper press, and for nearly three years was a regular editorial writer on the Courier-Journal. The appointment of the Marshal is made by the Supreme Court. The resignation of Col. Nicolay, present incumbent, will take effect Dec. 31. A MOB THIRSTING FOR GORE. Determined Guards Prevent the Lynch ing of Fire Bugs. Glasgow, Ky., Dec. 23.—A mob of some thing less than one hundred men inarched into Tompkinsville late last night, thirsting for tho gore of five burglars and fire bugs now behind the bars of the county jail, but they found outside and in an armed guard, every whit as determined as they. Turner Nelson, YVilliam Glazebrook and other sufferers and lusoi-s by lobbery and fire, boldly. confronted the mob and ap pealed to tlie excited men to let the law take its course with the prisoners,: at the same time telling them that, any attempt to do violence would lie met with force from the guards, and that there would be more killed outside than inside the jail. Tho ap peals, or threats, or the two combined, hail the desired effect and tlie mob dispersed. Tlie citizens of Tompkinsville have declared their determination to protect the robbers from lynching, and they will keep their word. Their conduct is highly commend able, in the face of the fact that many of them have been utterly ruined by these men, and their little town crippled almost beyond recovery. Mr. Manning Still Alive. Albany, N. Y.. Dec. 24, 1 a. m.-Ex- Secretary Manning’s condition shows no change to-night, except that he is somewhat weaker. His vitality is remarkable. He may survive several days, but it would not surprise those who have watched the case if he should die without warning. A Portrait of Cleveland. Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 38. —A large por trait of President Cleveland was presented to the city government this morning by a number of his old Buffalo friends. The por trait. has l>een placed iu the Mayor’s office. It was purehaoi 1 for *6OO car Halo and i..andall. Washington, Dec. 23.—Representative Randall has gone to Philadelphia for the holidays. Mr. Carlisle will remain in town and work on hiu committees. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1887. FIGHTS WITH INDIANS. BOTH DESPERATE BATTLES AND BOTH IN SONORA. The First Combat Lasted Three Hours The Troops Ambushed Repeatedly But the Redskins Lacked Sufficient Ammunition to Annihilate Them- All the Casualties Among the Bucks, Nogales, Arl, Dec. 23. —Information ha? been received from the commander of the Federal troops at Sonora, at the recently established military post town of Bonacita, to the effect that a detachment of troops under command of (,'apt. Kncisco, of the Twenty-eight'i regiment,attacked a party ot Yaqui Indians who were preparing to raid at a place called laguna i)el Paria Sunday morning. The fight lasted three hours. The troops succeeded in driving the Indi&ns from their hiding place among the rocks at the first volley. A STUBBORN BATTLE. The battle was a desperate one, and the Indians bad to be charged many times be fore they would give up their stronghold. One Indian was killed and one woundod. Two squaws were captured and sent to Bonacita. Chico Senaders (Little Poisoner) one of the shrewdest warriors in the tribe, was at tho head of the Indians. After being forced to retire from the rocks, he covered their retreat with great skill. The Federals who followed him were ambushed several times, and would have been horribly slaugh tered had not the Indians ran out of am munition. * A FIGHT BY NIGHT. One night, recently, Capt. Encisco, Lieut. Oglunin and twenty-five infantry gave chase to a band of Indians who had, been discovered m the hills near Bonacita. The Yaquis had taken refuge behind a ledge of granite rocks. The Captain charged the Indians, but was forced to retire. He then detached the troops in squads of two and three, with the intention of concentration from different points, but the Indians broke through tbe Federal lines amid rapid tiring, during which Lieut' Oglunin'was wounded. PURSUIT ABANDONED. The pursuit was abandoned and the troops returned to Bonacita. The next morning they went to the scene of the battle for the purpose of taking up the trail from it. The previous night they had killed one Indian, and wounded several others. A Reming ton rifle belt with cartridges was found by the side of a dead Indian. Further on the command found two more dead Indians riddled with bullets. A wounded Indian attempted to escape, but the troops shot him dead. AN AGED COUPLE’S FATE. Tha Husband Dies of Apoplexy and the Wife Nearly Starves. New York, Dec. 23. —James Miller, a real estate dealer, about TO years old, was found lying dead this morning on the floor of his home in West Sixteenth street. Be side him lay his wife, unconscious and dy ing. On her face and head were several gashes. It is supposed the couple were at tacked and beaten by robbers. The discov ery was made by a letter carrier, who knocked at the door about 8 o’clock. He received no answer, but heard labored breathing within that caused him to think something was wrong. He called a policeman, who broke the door open Fur niture, kitchen utensils and crockery were broken and fragments strewn over tbe floor. The apartments are on the ground floor, and a window opening on the yard was open. Miller was said to bo wealthy. His wife, the neighbors say, has been in sane for the past year. She was taken to a hospital. A NEW VERSION OF THE AFFAIR. New York. Dec. 23, 9 p. m. —Miller and his wife were heard laughing in their rooms by a family living on the floor above them on Wednesday atternoon. From that time until this morning nothing has been seen or heard of them. Miller was fully dressed, and across his legs lay an overturned easy chair. The police, on further investiga tion, have arrived at the conclusion that the case was not one of murder or robbery, but that the old man died of heart disease in his chair and fell from it, knocking the chair and stove down in his fall. There were no injuries on bis body, except a con tusion of the back of the head, that is not thought sufficient to cause death. It is sup posed that Mrs. Miller, who was but one year younger than her husband, was too weak-minded to notify the neigh bors of her husband’s death and that her weak and exhausted condition is duo to starvation, as she was unable to procure or cook fool for herself. Her husband was accustomed to do all the marketing, cook ing and other household work. The old couple had little communication with their neighbors. SLAIN ON HIS SHIP. Tho Captain of the D. and E. Kelly Met With Foul Play. Philadelphia, Dec. 23. —(.’apt. Walton, of the schooner C. G. Cranmer, makes the following statement : “On Tuesday morn ing, Dec. 20, my mate and crew boarded the schooner D. and E. Kelly fifty miles east of Cape Ilenlopen and found the Captain lying dead under the lazaret, and not buried at sea, as published. There were finger mark? on his throat and several bruises on his head. His pockets had been ransacked, and some of them torn. Nothing remained in his pockets but a tow bill, which had been paid at Norfolk. His pistol was lying on the quarter deck with one chamber empty. 1 think that Capt Taylor mot with foul play, and had to defend himself with his pistol. His clothes were perfectly dry, and he was lying in a dry place, apparently hidden away to cover all traces of the crime. His body is still aboard the schoon er.” Arrest of an Absconder. St. Louis, Dec. 23.—H. P. Crandall, who while acting as cashier of the Missouri Pacific Railroad (,'ompany at San Antonio, Texas, absconded in August with 81,100 of the company’s money, was arrested at I.a Junta, Col., to-day by an inspector of the company’s special service. Crandall was acting as brakeman on the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad when arrested. He will be taken .o Hun Antonio for trial. Murder In the Second Degree. I bonton, 0., Dec. 23.—Pearson McCoy was to-day found guilty of murder In the second degree for the killing of Dr. William T. Northrupst Haverhill last April. He and his father killed Northrup in a fight grow ing out of a prohibition cuarrel, Northrup being a Prohibitionist and McCoy a saloon keeper. Alt' McCoy. Pearson's father, is now servings life sentence A isetng Girl Found. MoNTOOsnwei, -i.a., Dec. 28. —Miss Bes sie I/ing, who mysteriously disappeared from the College of Music at Cinclnuati, was found here to-day and is now at the residence of John Walker. Her brother will arrive to night to take her home to morrow. DEATH ON THE RAILS. Two Accidents Cost Two Lives and Injure Several Persons. Milwaukee, Dec. 23. —In the heart of the great pine forest between Fairfield and PhiUips on the Wisconsin Central railroad, a passonger train that left Ashland at 7:30 o’clock last evening, was wrecked about midnight by a broken rail. Two fatalities, and the injury of a score of passengers re sulted. When the broken rail was encountered it threw a sleeping car and the first and second class coaches from the track. The baggage car and engine remained on the road bed. The cars were well filled with passengers and but few escaped without injuries of more or less importance. There were sixty passen gers aboard. Mr. M. Montie of Butternut. Wis. attempt ed to get out of a window, when he fell anil was caught under a car and crushed to a jelly. Conductor C. H. Greenfield, who was passing through the train, was caught in a shower of falling dobris and held a prisoner between two timbers. His injuries are in ternal ami a broken leg. They will prob ably prove fatal. Thomas Mooney, of Ashland, was terribly bruised, but will recover. Thomas Schneider, of Ashland, has a frightful gash in his head and is badly scratched. A Mr. Clemens, wife and three children, of Duluth, are all badly bruised. Mr. Alahoney, of Ashland, received severe cuts. Mrs. Sullivan, wife of Conductor Sulli van, received serious injuries on her haul and her scalp was laid open. Her little liaby was thought to have been killed, but was found under n bundle of bedding in the sleeper. The berths were lammed into a heap. The little one was unharmed. YV. E. Baker, of Bancroft, hail two or three fingers amputated. John M. Dillingham, ofAshland, was slightly hurt. Among the others injured were Mr. Con nells, of Chippewa Falls, and half a dozen whose names wei-e not ascertained. The train was traveling at a high rate of speed, and the cars ran into the woods and were piled into a heap. A message was sent to Ashland at 4 o'clock this morning, and a relief train was at once dispatched to the scene. A FIREMAN KILLED. Quincy, 111., Dec. 23. —An accident oc curred to a fast train on the Chicago, Bui liDgton and Quincy road yesterday. A switch engine runs the train from the Quincy depot, up to a “Y,’‘ where the regu lar engine takes it ncr-ss the river. The switch engine jumped the track at the fork of tho “Y,” pitching down an embankment. One of the sleepei-s was derailed but did not go over the embankment. None of the passengers were injured beyond a few brakes. A. C. Allen, the fireman, was caught between the'tender and cab and crushed to death. Engineer George Heath was badly bruised, and a brakemau was slightly hurt by jumping from the train. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Seven Passenger Care Smashed and No One K'lled Ou<. jg'ht. Chicago, Dec. 23.—Frobably the worst skaking up ever given a train load of passen gers, without killing a single person out right, occurred to 150 people coming to Chicago in the regular seven coaches on tlx Minnesota and Northwestern road this morning. Fully forty passengers were in jured, five of them seriously and two, per haps, fatally. Though there was not a single one of the seven coaches but what had both ends smashed in, and all were pitched off the track, some being hurled over on their sides, there was no conflagration. This is made more strange by the fact that all the coaches were fitted with the old-fashioned stove in the corner. Another remarkable feature is that the affair happened just after the train had passed a long bridge 10 feet high. The ar eident occurring a moment sooner would have made a catastrophe of fearful fatality. A PASSENGER’S STORY. The details are best given in the words of one of the passengers, John H. Davidson, a resident of Bt. Paul, who arrived here this morning from the wreck: “It was a merry crowd on board,” said he, “so many of them were excursionists. There were seven cars. Fii-st the baggage, then the lirst-elass passenger, second-class passenger, buffet and three-sleepers, including one Mann boudoir car. In the 150 persons was a holiday excursion party of fifty, mainlj from Winnipeg. Tbe other passengers were nearly all from Minnesota, Montana and Dakota. We were left at Freeport twenty miles lie hi nil and were at German alley. I was just telling a story—-it was uever fin ished—when there came a sudden, fearful jolt, and then a swaying and plunging for ward of the car. Something struck me across the thighs or I was thrown agaim-i it, dazing me for a moment. People were tieing tumble I in every direction, shrieking and groaning, while tbe horrible jolting seemed unending, and the crunching and creaking of the car timbers were telling that every moment might be our last. SCRAMBLING TO GET OUT. “Before the car came to a stop the pas sengers were scrambling heller skelter over each other to get out. When I reached the air I was bruised and sore all over and scarcely able to stand, owing to the pain across my thighs; but I noticed that noth ing of the train was on the track hut the engine. We had been going about twenty five miles an hour anil the cars had plunged along the ties or gone off on either side from 100 to 200 feet. One coach had left its trucks and had slid aw ry out in a cornfield, ploughing the dirt to a depth of two or three feet. Dirt was over every body, ladies and all. It would huve been ludicrous if it had not been pitiful to see bloodstains through The mire, and hear the moans of those who were hurt. Broken glass had done most; painful work. NOBODY HELPLEKH. “Nearly everybody could get, around themselves, though cut and bruised and besmirched. The ladies were huddled into the boudoir car ami made ascomfortahle as possible while waiting for surgeons from Freeport. Three gentlemen were found to be laid up with very severe hurt*, ami two ladies had been carried into a farm hpuxo apparently i a dving condition. One was Miss Hune, of Dubuque. Her injuries wore in the hip and back. We were all too gla i to have escaped to care much about hew the accident occurred. It was ascertained, however, that it was due to the spreading of the rails.” SAVED BY PILLOWS. The Strange Escape from Death of a fufan on Runaway Cars. Como, Col., Dec. 23.— This morning while train men wore transferring the Gunnison sleeper to the Leadviile train, in some way the sleeper with one coach got away and started down a steep grade with no tram men on them to set the brakes. Soon a velocity of fifty miles an hour was reached. Two miles from here the cars jumped the track and were demolished. Tne ouly pas senger of the ill-fated cars was named Bates, who covered bis bend with' pillows and was taken out without a scratch. A HOTEL BURNSAT NIGHT ONE OF THE GUESTS DIES AFTER BEING CARRIED OUT. The House Crowded with People Who Saved Their Lives by Fleeing into a Pelting Rain Only Half Dressed- Thomasville the Scene of the Blaze. Thomasville, (4a., Dec. 23.—The Wnver ly House caught, tiro about an hour after midnight last night. Tho first intimation of danger came from one of the guests, who was awakened by smoke in her room and rang for the night watchman. He discov ered tho fire on the second floor. The house* being frame, the tire made great headway before an alarm could be given. Though the fire company worked hard, the entire building' was consumed, and the flames spread to (he next house, und despite the efforts of tho firemen, this, too, was de stroyed before the fiames could be con troller!. The Waverlv House and its furni ture was owned by N. A. Peters, but was leased this season by C. T. Stuart, of Val dosta. FLIGHT OF THE GUESTS. The house was well filled with guests, who escaped with their lives, but iu nearly every case lost everything else. One of the guests on the third floor was cut off by tho flames and smoke and could uot be rescued until ladders were brought. As far ns Is known no lives were lost. It was mining, and as tho guests had no time to snatch sufficient clothing they would have suffered but for tbe hospitality of tho Thomasville people, who offered their homm and assistance in every possible way. Warren Doolittle, an invalid, wascarrioil out, but was in such an exhausted condition that he died shortly after reaching a place of safety. The house was insured for SII,OOO in different compa nies. Mr. Stuart’s loss is about SI,OOO with uo insurance. RAILROAD SHOPS BURNED. Seven Locomotives Partly Destroyed -Other Fires. Oil City, Pa., Dec. 23. —The Western Pennsylvania and New York railroad shops were burned to-day. Seven locomotives were partly destroyed. The loss is SIOO,OOO. SPIKE MILLS BURNED. Richmond, Va., Dei*. 23.—Fire at noon today, at Hie Tredegar Company’s iron weeks, destroyed a portion of two of their spike mills. The loss is about $5,000; in sured. A BRIG RUN DOWN. The Schooner Grace En Route to Thin City Did the Damage. Philadelphia, Dec. 28. —The brig Sagita, from Ragua, while towing up tbe river last evening, opposite Billingsport, was run into by the schooner Annie C. Grace, hence for Savannah with iron rails, and stove the Sagua in from rigging to stern and completely demolished her cabin. She also damaged her main rigging on the port side oill he main rail on the star hoard side. Tbe schooner hail her jibboom and bow sprit broken, and nil her headgear damaged. Hhe re.urnod to Philadelphia. Pilot John Maull, of the brig, was jammed between the wheel and cabin and badly hurt. WRECKED AT SEA. ProvincEtown, Mass., Dec. 23.—Tbe northwest gale I as moderated somewhat. The schooner John Kranz, from Mobile for Boston, arrived laft night. Capt. Pitcher says that Dec. 18 he sighted a dismasted wreck, bore down to her and took off Capt Newcomb and tho crew She proved to be the schooner Mattie Atwood, of Wellfleet. she was from Norfolk with coal fur Boston. On Dei;. 17, in latitude 38.2’ longitude 42* 20', she was struck by a heavy gale from the east, shifting to north, and lost all her spars and her sails, stove in her forward deck-house, lost her boat and sprung a leak. Th vessel then became un manageable and was left in a sinking conoi tion. A BANK ROBBER BAGGED. Frank McNeally Captured at Halifax After a Long Journey. Halifax, N. 8., Dec. 23. —Frank Mc- Nealy, the Saco bank robber, was arrested at five Halifax Hotel this morning. He has beon here since Sunday last, when he ar rived in the steamer Polynesian from En gland. He registered at the Hotel as W. E. stiivvesant. Sdly acknowledged his identity, but ,no conversation with newspaper detec,ive searched his luggage to found no bonds or anything to connect him with the robliery. On his ar rival here last Sunday. McNeally was met. by a young man who is supposed to be his biother, and who left by train Monday morning. The prisoner is said to have made in exlen>-i vecontinental trip. It is believed that, he has visited Egypt, as among his ‘•fleets was found the bill of fare of an Egyptian Hotel. His personal outfit is very tine and costly, indicating a man of expen sive tastes and abundant m atm of gratify ing them. He had in his baggage an excellent outfit fur effecting disguises. Two cipher dispatches found in McNeally’s room have been translated by a bank man ager here. Both are supposed to have been sent or intended to lie sent to llarry Mc- Neally. One was translated as follows; “Danger! Someone has found out that I arrived on Polynesia, saw in papers.” The translation given of tho other is: “The paper that you made out is not enough. If you send any telegrams after this, use concealed alphaliet.” SONGSTERS SAD. The National Opera Company’s Box Office Receipts Attached. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 23. Tbe box office receipts of the National Opera Company were attached here last night , during the performance of “Nero,” by the Sheriff, at the instance of New York cred itors. Though the receipts of the Bt. Paul engagement amounted to several thousand dollars, the management claims to have lost $2,400 in that city, and Manager Conk ling, of the grand opera house her--, bad to become responsible lor tho board bill of stso at tho HotoJ. Ryan, before Manager Locke ceuld bring over his baggage. Four Killed by Dynamite Halifax, N. 8., Dec. 23.—An explosion of and vnon ii to occurred at the I Jmeetone quar ry, near Brookfield, Colchester county, this morning and killed i our men, one of them being Alexander McDonald, proprietor of the quarry. They were warming dynamite previous to using it for a blast when It ex ploded, it is supposed, from overheating. Two other persons were slightly injured. Let, Her Go, Gallagher. Birmingham, .n., ■>■ —. George Williams, (colored i, was hanged to-day for the murder of s fellow convict in May last. When asked if he hail anything to sav he answered: “I’m ready; let her go.” The execution took place In the jail yard and waa private. RUSSIA’S CORDON. Count Von Wolkenstein's Explanation of the Movement of Troops. Vienna, Deo. 3a. — It is reported that Count You Wolkenstein, the Austrian Am bassador to Russia, has sent a confidential and reassuring report to the government from St. Petersburg, to the effect that the movements of Russian troops on the Aus trinn frontier are only in accordance with a scheme which lias 1 een in operation since the Turkish war to place a permanent cor don from the Raltic to the Black sea. RUSHED RACK TO GERMANY. LONDON, Doc. 33. —Count Von Hat/field, the German Ambassador here, departed sud denly for Germany to-day after holding a long interview with Lorn Salisbury, who especially requested the meeting. The Prime Minister sulwequontly had an interview with the Russian and French Ambassadors The commanders of the Russian military districts of Warsaw, Odessa, Vilna, Kiefr and Charkoff have been summoned to Gatchina. The Austrian reserves employed in South Germany have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to join their regi ments at any moment. Mr. Sexton 111. Dublin, Dec. 33.—'Thomas Sexton, mem ber of Parliament for the w’est division of Belfast, is seriously ill In this city with typhoid fever. Sir. Ralfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, has been suhpeenaed to attend the Portumna assizes in January, when the court will hear the appeal o i Sir Wilfrid Blunt, who was sentenced to two months imprisonment for taking part in a proclaimed home rule meeting. A man named McNamara has been sen tenced at Ennis to two months imprison merit at hard labor for selling copies of United Ireland. England's Debt. London, Dec. 34, 4 a. m.— The Stand ard, in its financial article says: “Mr. Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, has sounded leading bankers and financiers with reference to the conversion of the national debt. He con templates a big operation for the conversion of the 3 per cents into per cents at one jump.” Charged With Being a Spy. Paris, Dec. 23. — A German named Chauvin, who has been traveling as a peddler, has been aiTested at Bethune on the charge of l'ing a spy. He was im prisoned on the same charge some time ago, and afterward expelled from France. Floods In Italy. London, Dec. 33.—Dispatches report heavy rains and floods in Italy. Many rivers are so swollen that they threaten to overflow their banks. 1 RAILROADS AT WAR. Freight Rates Between Chicago and St. Louis Ruthlessly Cut. Chicago, Dec. 33. —The war on freight rates between Chicago and St. Louis raged fiercely to-day, culminating this evening in complete demoralization. The Wabash having met the 10 jier cent, cut of the Chi cago and Alton made yesterday the officials of the latter road at once announced to its patrons and shippers that tbeir rates by the Alton line were 10 per cent, less than by any competing line. This meant a further cut of 10 per cent., which was followed by the Wabash Company instructing its agents at all 'com peting points with Alton to quote lower rates than its rival. The consequence of this was that nobody could tell what rates were in force, and shippers could ship their freight at any rate they pleased. It is not only through, but also rates to such intermediate points as Spring field, Jacksonville, Decatur, etc., that arc demoralized This is true both of dead freight and live stock. It is expected that to-morrow both roads will be hauling live stock to Chicago for nothing. Next week it seems certain that the fight will extend to the passenger business. Such an extension would not only cut down fares to St. Louis, but to Kansas City and beyond. REDSKIN POLITICS. The Government Takes a Hand in Set tling the Controversy. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 23.— The latest advices from Tahlequah says that Special Agent Anderson gave the two contending factions clearly to understand yesterday that he would give them fifty-eight hours to settle their difficulties, and if at the end of that time the trouble was not adjusted, the government would step in and settle it for them. In view of this the Nationals last night Hre said to have agreed to come in to day, furnish a quorum in the Senate and count the vote and declare the election of the principal anti-Assistant Chief of the Nation. JOEL MATS CHIEF. Tahlequah, I. TANARUS., Dec. 2a.—The bitter fight between the Downing and National parties over the recent election came to a peaceable end to day. The Council met this a f entoon and proceeded to count the votes. Joel Mays, the Downing candidate for Chief, was declared elected, and ttie chief obstacle to harmony being removed the Council pro ceeded to its regular work. Special agent Armstrong returned to Washington to night. Those who were anxious for a fight between tiie parties, so as to open the (Cherokee Nation to settlement, are discon solate. LYNCHERS ON HIS TRACK. A Young Negro Outrages an Aged White Woman at a Plato.'s Point. Lvnchburo, Va., Dec. 23. A Lilierty special to the Advance says: Dick Welcher, a colored youth 18 years of age, outraged a very old white woman named Fifer near this place yesterday. Mrs. Fifer was pass ing through a piece of woods when Welcher stopptxl her with a pistol, telling her be would blow her brains out if she resisted. After accomplishing his design, he allowed the old woman to go. The people are very indignant over the act, and large parties are on the hunt for the fiend, and if caught, he will be lynched. An Earthquake In Rhode Island. Newport, It. L, Dec. 23.—Reports from various neighboring points are coming in to the effect that a shock of earthquake was felt shortly after midnight, last night. new Bedford’s tremor. New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 23.—A deep, rumbling sound, lasting three seconds, ac companied ny a tremor of the earth, was noticed shortly after midnight, this morn ing. The disturbance aroused people from their sleep. The shock was felt m other towns ip this vicinity. Burglars oracle a Safe. Jackson, Mich., Dee. 23.— Burglars blew open the vault and safe of the Farmers’ Bank at Concord early this morn ing, but were driven away by approaching daylight before they could open the inside strong box, which contained *15.000. IfBILEftO* YBAR I 1 0 L EVI'S A COP l f BUSINESS QUITE ACTIVE DUN & CO.’S REPORTB GENERALLY SATISFACTORY. Currency In Good Supply—Speculation Lees Active—The Iron Trade Unset tled -The Boot and Bhoe Trade Doing Well Payments of Interest on Mort gages Pretty Prompt. New York, Dec. 33.—R. O. Dun & Co.'a review of trade for the week says: “Busi ness throughout the country is active for this season, and though collections at some points are slow and credit* are strained, re )iorts are generally satisfactory. But un rertainty and hesitation affect important branches of production, and the industrial outlook does not improve. Currency is generally in good supply, even where payments are slowest and cred its most strained. Speculation has been less active, and the general level of prices, though higher than a week ago in most speculative market*, has advanced l.Vrt per cent., with the tendency still up ward, while the average advance in all other prices has been 6.6 per cent., with the late tendency down want Three facts indicate activity in trading rather than satisfactory relations of supply and demand. the iron trade. “The iron trade is unsettled, with sales of several thousand tons of Birmingham pig here, while at Philadelphia offers of $1 below the market are noted. “Sales of 40,000 tons of steel rails have been made during the week, and generally at terms netting tint ween #3l and #32. ‘ Bar iron is weaker, and the tendency to shrinkage in the demand appears not only in crude but in many manufactured forms of iron and steel. “Wool is dull and price* range from 10 to 15 per cent, below that of May last, not withstanding the decrease in imports, and home production, which .hows a curtail ment of manufacture. “Cottons are firm at the recent advances, and in good demand for the season, print cloth having ttiis week risen to 83^'bid, but continued large supplies caused raw cotton to recede j^c. BOOTS AND SHOES. “The lioot and shoe business is doing well, and it is noticed that purchasers are al ready hurrying uf their orders, while the leather trade improves slightly, if at all. “The lichigh coal strike continues, and the consequent, financial strain is in some quarters severe. Resiling has decided not to continue the late advance in wage*. “Several manufacturing establishment* have closed for the present, among them the great, Edgar Thompson works, and the re pair-, usual at this season are likely to con tinue longer than usual, if the market* do not change. "On the other hand, the distribution of groceries is noticed in all sections as unus ually large, and the trail* in holiday goods is unusually large. At the West the we&ther is noticed a* causing dullness in sortie branches, hut the general volume of trade shown in bank clearings outside tbi* city, in even now fully as large as last year’s at this period. stocks higher. “Notwithstanding the expected Reading strike, stocks have averaged a fraction higher than a week ago, but the market has rx*n exceedingly dull. “Wheat has risen lWc., oil coffee with better distribution; ana hogs J jC., and pork 25c. per barrel. The sugar market shows no change, though the Louis iana crop is now reported fully 100,000 hogsheads larger than last, year's. “The exports of wheat shrink as prices advance. Up to Dec. lin wheat and flour 64,200,000 bushels had gene out, against 65,300,000 to the same date last year, leaving an estimated surplus of 13,000,000 bushels more than last year’s exports for the re maining seven months. REAL ESTATE’S BOOM. “It is an encouraging fact that singularly little disturbance has yet appeared in regions whore real estate speculation vis active, and payment* of interest on mortgages do not yet seem unusually de laycvl even where the crops have been short. A Chicago agency .having $350,000 interest due on mortgages Jan. 1, had ulready received more than half the amount Dec. 17. It is observed too, that th * demands for money from the interior diminish at Chicago, though that city is still drawing front New York, and the pressure for money there does not abate. The Treasury has added $2,000,000 to the circulation during the week by increasing its bank deposit* $8,000,000. “Foreign trade shows a small decrease in Imports, while the exports from this city for three weeks have been 5.4 per cent, below those of the corre*q>otiding weeks last) year.” Th* business failures occurring through out the country during last weak number for the United Stab* 361, and for Canada 32, a total pf 390, agaip-t 388 last week. A Purse for Edward Burgess. New York, Dec. 33. — A check for $10,173 was to-night sent to Boston to be presented to Edward Burgess, a* a testimonial to hia skill in designing the victorious yachts Mayflower, Puritan and Volun teer. Among the lea/ling subscription* are: The New York Yacht Club, $1,000; William P. Clyde, $500; H. C. Roorae, $500; J. Pierrepont Morgan, $500; C. Vanderbilt, $500: Janies Gordon Bennett, SSOO. The greater part of the money was raised in New York city, but the testimonial is termed by its managers “a national purse." Sale of Chicago’s Times. Chicaoo, Dec. 33.— The Dai hi New* to morrow will say: “The long talked of sals of the Times to Snowden & West, anr a syndicate of capitalist* has been practi cally consummated. All the parties concern ed are agreed as to the terms but as the estate is in the hands of officers appointed by the Circuit Court,the court’s approval o! all the stef* to complete the deal it neces sary; that, it is expected, will be given by Judge Tuley to-morrow morning. Yesterday attorneys represent ing the different parties were engaged in consultation with JudgeTuley and Receiver Hurl but iu regard to the details.” Deadly Germs in Water. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 33.—The Board of Health, through a committee, has exam ined the south side water to determine to what extent it was the cause of the present typhoid fever epidemic. Crucial test* were made and the water was found to be dan gerously contaminated with organic mat ter and disease germs, bacteria being more prominent Of the 2,000 cases of typhoid fever in the city in tne past three months 1,300 are on the south side. The epidemic is still increasing. Rochester to Bring Suit. Rochester, N Y., Dec. 23.—The city authorities have decided to sue the Vacuum Oil Company of this city for damage* to the sowers and other property occasioned by the explosion of naphtha" Wednesday. Several of the lateral sewers are thought to be ruined. It is thought that the litigation will involve over halt a million dollars.