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1 ESTABLISHED 1850. > j J. H. Kfel’lLL. Editor and Proprietor. j ALBANY’S HONORED DEAD IMPRESSIVE SCENES AT THE FUNERAL SERVICES. President Cleveland and Hie Cabinet Take a Last Look at the Face of the Ex-Secretary—A Notable Gathering at the Church—Some of the Floral Tributes. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 27. —500n after the death of ex-Secretary Maiming was an nounced Saturday Mayor Thaeher issued a proclamation to the citizens of Albany. He requested that their places of business be closed, and that they cease from their usual employment during the funeral exercises, which occurred at 2 o’clock this afternoon from St. Paul’s Episcopal church, of which Mr. Maiming was a member. Yesterday the joy of Christmas was subdued by the sorrow oc casioned by the passing away of Albany's foremost townsman. Flags were hung at half-mast in honor of his memory, and in various places of worship fervent prayers were offered for the sorrowing family, ARRIVAL OF THE PRESIDENT. President Cleveland anti the members of his Cabinet arrived at the West Shore depot et 8 o'clock this morning. They were met by Col. Rice, Gov. Hill’s private secretary, '‘favor Thaeher, Erastus Corning and Col. E. L. .ludson, and driven in sleighs to the executive mansion, where they were break fasted. The body of the dead statesman, enclosed in a black cloth-covered casket, was in the parlor of tho residence of his son, James H. Manning. At the foot of the casket was a profusion of camellias and white roses. Tho silver plate bore i,is inscription: Dame:, Man.nnino. Born August 18, 1681. Died December 34, 1887. From 0 carl it o’c’ock the personal friends of Mr. 51a uting were permitted to look upon the face of the dead, which looked Us original self, save for the impress left by the struggle for lif j he had undergone. ALL CLASSES PAY TRIBUTE. Callers came from all stations in life, and men whose names are historical vied with those whose lot is humble in the last evi dence of respect to the departed. Shortly before 1:30 o’clock Rev. Dr. Reese offered prayer at the house, only members of the family lieing present. The sad leave taking of a fond husband and devoted father had its tearful >■. ivj. The lid was closed and the coffif v ■*.> to the hearse by the following staiw foremen of the mechan ical denartioen *> of the Argvs establish ment: Jam u J M. J. McNulty, 51. J. Nolan, George Tice, John Gray anil David H. Wade. THE PALL-BEARERS. The pall-bearers were Charles J. Wanda, of New York, Vice-President of the West ern Nati ..mI Bank, of which Mr. Manning was President; Sidney Webster, of New York, one of the ex-Secretary’s most inti mate friends while at Washington; United States Senator Gorman, of Maryland; C. N. Jordan, of Now York, of the Western National Bank; Congressman 8. J. Ran dall, of Philadelphia; Manton slarble, of New York; Judge Peckham, of the Court of Appeals; Simon W. Rosendale, from the Board of Directors of the Commercial Bank; Erastus Corn ing, President of the City National Bank: John 11. Van Antwerp, First Vice President of the City National Bank; ex- Senator Rosens Conkling, of New York and Pascal P. Pratt, President of the Manu facturers’ ami Tra iers’ Bank of Buffalo. The funeral procession took its way down the street to St. Paul’s church in the block below'. IN THE CHURCH. A good portion of the church was necessarily held in 'reserve for iho family, pall-bearers, representatives of organizations and others. The Christ mas evergreens were still in their places. AllO :G > o clo- kas the people I >egan to arrive the org mst, George E. Oliver, sounded the opening chords of Chooin’s '"March Funehre," and then followed a choice programme of appropriate music. As the last strains of Gounod's march were coucludel the cortege readied tho church and the main doors were opened. The coffin wa: borne from the house, living met at the entrance by the rector of St. Paul's, Rev. J. Livingston Reese, Bishop Doanc, Rev. slr. Prawle, Rev. Dr. E. N. Potter of Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y. formerly President of Union College; Rev. Dr. Bat tershall, Canon Robbins, Canon Futcher, Revs. Swartz. Woodmao, Kenyon, Gray, Chapman and Selkirk. READING THE BURIAL SERVICE. As the procession marched up the aisle Dr. Reese begun the reading ol the burial service, beginning: “I am the resurrection and the life.” The coffin was placed upon a bier, which was covered with evergreens and palms, and the hearers, mourners and those that followed took their places, the pews having been arranged as fol lows: The middle aisles at the left for the pallbearers, the and Cabinet, Governor and State officers, judiciary and prominent out of-town mourners: at. the right the family and very intimate friends. Ihe directors of the Western National, New York and Albany Commercial Banks, were left the aisle at the right, and the sfayor and city officers at the loft. The .4 rgttx representa tives,the rigbt'aisle and at the right personal friends from* the city and vicinity and delegates from Temple Lodge No. 14 F, and A. sb. representatives of Typographical Union No. 4 and pother organizations, and editors and reporters from each city paper. When all were seated the doors were again opened and the side aisles and available spaces were tilled. A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING. it was the most distinguished gathering cf meu Albany has ever seen at the funeral of one of her sons. The chant to the burial Psalm, “Lord let me know my end,” wins a familiar air by Felton, and was given with tine feeling by a choir of sixty voices. Spohr's “Blessed are the departed ” was then sung. Dr. Reese then read i->, usual lesson from the tirst epistle of S . Paul to the Corinthians: ‘‘Now is Christ risen from the dead, and be come the first 1, nits of them that slept.” The anthem, “1 heard a voice from heaven,” was rendered w> tine effect. Prayers by Bishop Doane wo< followed by more sing ing, and as the Bishop pronounced the words of benediction tlie choir sung, “Asleep in Jesus.” The casket was again taken to the hear .. the carriages were en tered, and the procession to the cemetery w'as liegnn. TOLLING OK THE RKLL. • From the time the cortege left the house during the time of the service, and os it moved past Capital Park down State street, r.ud leaving Clinton avenue and Broadway proceeded up tho road to the city of the dead, tho bell of the tower on the City Hall tolled, adding to the solemnity of the occa dou immeasurably. The bier ot which the ioffln was rested in the church was it. the foot of the main aisle ®te 1(1 o rning near the chancel steps. It was enured with a soft bedding of moss, and at the sides were long flowing palms. At the ends wreaths of laurel, trimmed with dainty bouquets of roses and .tropical ferns, en hanced the massive appearance of the bier. A beautiful wreath oi white and purple violets, and a large arch with a broad base of flowers, and an easel with a printer's “case” resting upon it, were among the ex quisite floral tributes. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE. The easel with the printer's case attached was the most beautiful and novel tribute, and was presented by the compositors and former com|>aiiiiins in the printing busi ness of tho deceased. The easel was six feet in length and was trimmed with calla lilies, hyacinths and smilax. The base was composed of ivy leaves, white carnations, lilies of the valley, roses and hyacinths. Resting at the bottom of the case was a printer’s stick outlined in delicate pink car nations. Secretaries AVhitney and Endicott were not with the President’s party from Wash ington. but arrived later in tho day, slr. Endicott from Massachusetts and Mr. Whit ney from New York. President Cleveland this forenoon sent a message to Sirs 51an ning asking for the privilege of making a hrief call, accompanied by tho Cabinet and officers and Gov. Hill, before the private and public funeral ceremonies, and at 12:30 o’clock this distinguished party visited the house and viewed the remains of their for mer friend and associate. LARGE DELEGATIONS. The trains to-day brought in large dele gations from various parti of the State, many of them representing political organi zations. They came to attend Mr. Man ning’s funeral, and some of them were dis appointed at not lieing able to obtain places in the church. Jam. s 11. Manning said ho had provided for the delegations that tad telegraphed or written him that they were corning. Besides the presidential party there arrived from Washington the following employes of the Treasury De partment: Comptroller Durham, First Auditor Shelly, Supervising Architect Freret; E. O. Graves, Chief of the Bureau of Engraving pud Printing; R. S. Miller, Chief of tho Bureau of Loans and Currency; Chief Clerk Ynnmans, Assistant Secretary Maynard. Comptroller Trenholin, Third Auditor Williams: T. D. Kelleher, Super intendent of the Treasury Building at Wash ington; G. W. Albright, and Sixth Auditor McConville. MANNING AS A CHURCHMAN. Mr. Manning had been a member of St. Paul’s church for six years and has been an attendant at tho church for upward of thirty years. “He was a most faithful ami good, constant Christian,” Rector Reese said this morning to a reporter, “and even during the excitement of the Presidential campaign, in which he took such deep in terest in securing the election of President Cleveland, he never missed a Sunday morn ing service. Mr. 51anning last attended div ine service at St. Paul's just previous to his departure for New York last autumn to assume tho management of the Western National Bank of that city. President Cleveland and party left for Washington on a special train at 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. THE PROCESSION. Some twenty coaches formed the proces sion that followed the remains to the ceme tery. Only the family, pall bearers and a few intimate friends, including William H. Johnson, CoL William R. Cassidy, Pascal P. Pratt, Thomas J. Brennan, private sec retary to slr. -Manning, and T. D. Strong and William H. H. Rooker, two of the oldest employes of the Argns. comprised the group that gathered about the bier in the quiet chapel at the cemetery, where the committal service was read by Rev. J. L. Reese. The service, simple as it was, grew unusually impressive as the gathering twilight invaded the silent room and deep ened the solemn shadows. The chapel had been simply festooned witli evergreens, and one ofj the floral tokens that had been placed on the coffin at the church remained. These were the only decorations to relieve the severity of the chilling interior. After the officiating clergyman had pronounced the final prayer, the casket was borne again fe the hearse and taken to the receiving vault, whither the members of the family accompanied it. The cortege returned to the city at 5 o’clock. START OK THE PARTY. New York, Doc. 27. —A delegation from the county Democracy and from the Demo crats of Flings county, left New York this morning for Albany, to attend tho funeral of Daniel Manning. Among them were ex-slayors Edward Cooper ami Wiiliam A. Grace, Congressmen Campbell, Merryman, Bliss and Mahone, and many others* The Tammany delegation left on a later train. At the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen to-day resolutions of regret for the death of Hon. Daniel Manning were adopted, and the board adjourned out of respect to his memory. CORCORAN’S BIRTHDA Y. The Millionaire Philanthropist Eighty- Nine Years of Age. Washington, Dec. 27. —W. 5Y Corcoran celebrated bis Doth birthday to-day. He spent the morning in bed, as his custom is rfowadays, receiving a few intimate friends and the members of his family there. He was in excellent spirits and talker! brightly with all his callers. He said his head was good as ever it was, hut that he was getting a little weak in the legs. In fact, one of his' legs is partially paralyzed but this does not seriously affect, his enjoy ment of life. He takes a constant and a wholesome interest in current affairs ami does not see why he should lie thought, old as long as he does that. He still exercises a genoral supervision over his business affairs and over ;he institutions he has presented to tho public. He still delights in conver sation and in being read to. All the afternoon he sat in his great armchair receiving friends. Most of tln-m brought flowers, like Mr. Bancroft, who brought a bunch of violets, which Mr. Cor coran wore iu bis button bole, and those who could not come sent (lowers like Mrs. Cleveland, whose Papa Goutier and Marchal Neil roses were the handsomest of all. The. long reception room seemed fitted with flowers. Nothing pleased Mr. Cor coran more, however, than the presence of a number of iris poor pen sioners and beneficiaries, and gifts from those who could not come. The ladies in the Louise Home for Gentlewomen where he used to spend every birthday before age began to tell ou him, sent him a very handsome basket of flowers with a card congratulating “Our Benefactor.” 51r. Corcoran said to-duy tliat, lie saw no reason whv ho should not see Ills hundredth birth day. _______________ Judge Hillyer Sues. Washington. Dec. 27.—Judge Hillyer, father of the girl who was to marry tho son of Comptroller Trenholin in February, but instead recently eloped with the young son of Dr. Bulkley, lias brought suit against voting Bulkley iu his daughter’s name to annul the “pretended marriage” on the ground that the young man misrepresented his age The suit, is regarded as the father’s rather than the daughters’. Senator Stew art, of Nevada, and Judge Hillyer 1 * law Sirtuer, Ralston, are the counsel for Judge illyer. SAVANNAH, Or A., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1887. RUSSIA’S CZAR. He Will Visit Tiflis Accompanied by the Royal Family. St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.—Advices from Tiflis, Russian traus-Caucasia, state that ex tensive preparations are lieing made there for the reception of the Ozar next spring. The Czar will be accompanied on his visit by the Czarina, Czerewitch and the Grand Duchess Xenia, and other members of the imperial family, who will stay in the Cau casus for some time. After the Czar’s visit Gen. Korsakoff will resign the governorship of that province. The Czarina gave an audience to-day to Lord Randolph Chiu-chill, who presented to her letters from the Princess of Wales and Duchess of Edinburgh. THE LULL BEFORE TIIE STORM. Vienna, Dec. 27.—Tins . Treindcnblatt attributes the present comparative calm to the moderation and love of peace of those Cabinets which the Invalids lieusse, the war office organ in St. Petersburg, would induce its readers to believe, are treacher ously preparing for war. AUSTRIA’S RESERVES. Paris, Dec. 27. —The Figaro's Munich correspondent states that workmen belong ing to the Austrian Reserves have been or dered to rejoin their regiments forthwith. RALLYING THE AUSTRIANS. Bucharest, Dec. 27. —The Austrian Con sul here has intimated that Austrian sub jects in Roumania should be ready to re join their regiments. BOUMANIA’S ARMY. 11l the secret sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, M. Bratiano, Prime slinister, alluded to the serious aspect of affairs abroad, and said that it would force him to demand, before the close of the session, an extra credit of $12,000,000 on account of armaments. The Senate passed an amendment to the recruiting bill, under the operation of which the number of recruits will be largely increased in 1888. RUSSIA TRIED TO CONCILIATE. Berlin, Deo. 27.—Notwithstanding semi official denials it is again asserted here that Russia tried to arrive at an understanding with Austria on the Bulgarian question, but was referred to the Berlin treaty as the only basis on which a settlement can be effected. POSITION OF THU TROOPS. London, Dec. 27.—The Chronicle's Vi enna correspondent, who has just been to Galicia on a visit of inspection, asserts that there are no unusual military preparations on the Austrian side of the frontier, and that no Russian troops have yet advanced near the boundary. CLEVELAND’S GIFT TO POPE LEO. it was Suggested by Words Spoken to Cardinal Gibbons. Washington, Dec. 27.—The Post to morrow will print the following with refer ence to the President’s gift to Pope Leo: “It is learned from an official source that President Cleveland's gift of a copy of ‘ the constitution of the United States to Pope T.*o XIII. On the occasion of the golden jubilee of his ordina tion as priest, was suggested indirectly by the holy father himself. When Cardinal Gibbons returned from Rome last sum mer, he brought a very cordial and con gratulatory message to President Cleve land from the Pope, on the success of his administration, and well wishes ior him personally The Pope, in his interview with Cardinal Gibbons, expressed much satisfaction with our con stitution and great interest in its operations. This suggested to the President, the charac ter of the gift. No letter was sent with it, but ou the fly-leaf, in the President's hand writing. is an inscription presenting the book to tho Pope on the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into tho priesthood. PRINCELY CONTRIBUTIONS. Paris, Dec. 27.- The Uni vers say* that the offerings already received for tho Papal jubilee mass amount to $21,000. The mass will be celebrated at Rome at 7 o'clock in the morning and in Paris at 7:30 o’clock in the morning. The offertories are expected to be the largest on record. THE PAPAL ARMT. Rome, Dec. 27. —The Pope, in receiving to-day sixty delegates from the former pontifical army, headed by Gens. Kanzler and Charetto, expressed sorrow at being deprived of his army; but this affliction, he said, was softened by the hope that the day was near when he would again he enabled to have bis devoted soldiers around him. Upon receiv ing from the delegates the gift of a jeweled inkstand and pen, he said that he would use them on the day on which he signed the de cree for the organization of his arniv. The Pope to-day entrusted the Duke of Norfolk with an autograph letter to Queen Victoria. The Duke started immediately for England to deliver the letter. T & RIFF REFORM. No Changes Made in the Ways and Means Committee. ■ AVasbington, Dec. 27.—The Speaker has made no changes in the Committee on Ways and Means, as it was announced in these dispatches, and does not proposo to, in spite of the statements to the contrary. He will not put Mi". Gay, of Louisiana, among the Democrats, and he wifi put Mr. Fuller, of lowa, at the end of the Republi cans. It is a mistake to say that Mr Fuller voted at any time in favor of considering the Morrison bill. He has a straight record as a protectionist. So the committee will stand eight tariff reformers, all Demo crate, as follows: Messrs. Mills of Texas, McMillin of Tenuessee, Breck inridge of Arkansas, Breckinridge of Kentucky, Cox of New York, Turner of Georgia, Bynum of Indiana and AVilsou of AVest Virginia, and five protectionists, all Republicans, ns follows: Messrs. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Browne of Indiana. Reed of slaine, McKinley ot Ohio and Fuller of iowa. Iu certaiii contingencies Mr. Fuller wifi vote with the tariff reformers, for ex ample, on free lumber. BLIZZARDS IN THE WEST. Railroad Traffic Impeded by the Snow in Kansas. Dubuque, la., Dec. 27.—There has beeu a blizzard nearly all day over Northern lowa. The temperature at. Dubuque has rapidlv fallen m<a will reach zero or below by morning. Trains between Dubuque and Sioux City, west of AA'aterloo, have all stopped runniug and are being housed at various stations until the storm blows over. SNOWING IN KANSAS. Scott City, Kan., Dec. 27.—A severe ■now storm began here atout midnight last night, mid it snowed until übout 1) o'clock this morning. All traffic ou the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe railroads was this evening stopped. A Santa Fe passenger train is snowed up at Cros by the terminus of the road. A west bound Missouri Pacific [aissenger train is snowed up at Heuly, twenty-two miles west of here, and the passenger* were obliged to remain on be train all night. The coal on the train is all exhausted and that at the station Is becoming short. The Missouri Pacific wires are down west of Horace. There is plenty of coni at Scott City. READING’S MEN AT WORK THE COMPANY DENIES THAT IT IS A CASE OF ARBITRATION Leaders of the Knights Convey an Opposite Idea of the State of A flairs —Strikers Left Out in the Cold in Several Instances by an Influx of New Men. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27 —The exec utive committee of the Reading Railroad employes assembled early this morning, and after a secret session which lasted sev eral hours, decided to lift the great strike on tho Reading system, pending arbitration with the company. Tho five crews over whom the trouhlo originated, are to be sup ported in the meantime by financial * aid from the employes. This decision was reached after a conference with Supt. Swci gard at his office, last night. The commit tee then returned to their meeting place in Port Richmond, and after several hours discussion, decided to submit their case to arbitration. In the afternoon a motion had been car ried to propose arbitration to the officials. sir. Sweigard met the committee graciously and assured them that such a plan would be entirely agreeable to the Reading Railroad. There were present fourteen members of the committee, representing all sections of the road. The decision of the Knights in Reading yesterday not to strike, is supposed to have had some influence ujion the action of tho board. what a committeeman says. One of the committee said this morning: “We decided that it would do far better to pay the strik ing crews their wages rather than jeop ardize so many interests. Sir. Sweigard has always treated us squarely, and we feel that we can trust him. All side issues will be sunk and only the main point in dispute will be arbitrated upon. A\ e have not yet agreed upon the time or method of arbitra tion. That, will be settled at a conference of both sides, but as speedily hb possible. AVe have sent telegrams to all our assem blies to resume work at once. We feel that the public will declare our decision a wise one, especially since the city might be so seriously affected at the present time. We do not anticipate any difficulty in settling the matter.” TRAINS MOVING. All trains were moving on the Reading railroad this morning, and no further trouble was anticipated. Nearly all the employes reported for duty promptly at 7 o’clock at the various depots and freight yards as well as those employed at the coal wharves at Port Richmond. The work of moving coal trains and transferring coal from cars to vessels at the wharf was at once begun, and there was very little evi dence of the great strike which for the past few days has threatened to paralyze the business of the entire Reading railroad system. Quite a number of employes in various branches failed to report, but' the officials state that thes > have perhaps been celebrating Christmas too enthusiastically, and that their places will be kept open for them* few days. MR. SWEIGARD'S VERSION. General Superintendent. Sweigard said this morning that the statement that he had agreed with the Knights of Labor to sub mit the questions in dispute to arbitration was incorrect. He said that last evening a committee representing the employes of the company called at his office and lie talked with them briefly regarding the threatened strike. He held out no inducements to the men, however, and would listen to no proposition which had for its object the re instatement of the men who had been dis charged for refusing to deliver care to Tay lor's elevators These meu, be says, have been discharged and will never again be em ployed by the company. He says no agree ment was proposed either by the com mittee or by him. and that the committee left when he informed them that he would hold no conversation regarding the discharged meu. The reporter at this point asked Mr. Sweigard whether he proposed to take up the Port Richmond difficulty and submit any questions involved therein to arbitration, to which he tersely replied: "There is notning to submit. There is one thing in connection with this subject that may as well be disposed of while we are on it. THE ALLEGED AGREEMENT. “The employes, or some of them, have accused the co.npauy of not living up to Article 13 of the agreement entered into with the men last winter, which was to the effect that no mr.u should be discharger! without first lieing given a hear ing. AVefi, about two months ago, three brakemen refused to go out ou a train, be cause one of the men, a conductor, was not a Knight of Labor. I discharged the three meu, and when the committee called on me and begged for their reinstntoraeul,, I told them that tho company did not propose to re-employ men who left their work under such circumstances. The committee, con sisting of John Lee, Casil and Sharkey fol lowed me all over Port Richmond, and pleaded iheir case. Finally, I agreed to re instate the men, after u suspension of three months, upon condition that the committee should go before every assembly of the order and say to the members that hereafter any employe who refused to per form duty when ordered by an official should be discharged, and they (theKuights of Laboi) should not appoint any commit tee to follow up the matter or require any explanation Now when I instructed the men at Port Richmond to deliver the care consigned to the Taylor elevator and they refused I discharged them in conformity with this agreement, and this fully answers the complaint in regard to Article 13. Every man who has been discharged will remain discharged never to be again employed by this company.” NOTHING TO ARBITRATE. General Manager McLeod this afternoon made the following public nnu'uncement: “Tue report that the Reading company' had agreed to arbitrate with its striking em ployes is absolutely false. There is nothing to discuss, much less arbitrate. The men discharged were not and will not be taken back. The new men employed when the old ones went out will not be discharged to make room for old ones, and all the latter have beeu notified that it they desire to re tain their places, they must return to work immediately and unconditionally, and all have returned under that order, so far as places were left for them. Besides, the leaders at Port Richmond, who b ought on the strike, have been discharged, and will not be allowed again in the company's ser vice.” A statement identical with this was made public in New York this afternoon by au thority of President Corbin. A CIRCULAR ISSUED. The following circular was issued from the general office of the Reading company this afternoon. PHii.AHEI.rtUA, Deo 37. 1887. A. A. Mcl/cod. Eq.. UcnmH Manner: Dear Sin -The strike ordered from Port Richmond has developed the ffact that many of our old and faithful employee have been com pelled hv others to Join an organization known as the Knights of Labor. While the Reading Railroad Company ha* never objected to Its employes voluntarily counootlng themselves with any labor organisation they may see tit to join, it will protect them at. all hazards and at any cost from being {oread into anv union where their own wish would lie to remain free, and any employe of ibis company, or of the coal and iron com pauy, guilty of using any undue or improper influence upon any or our men to force them to join any society against (heir free will, will upon proof furnished us, be Instantly dismissed from our service and never flawed to return to it, and any era ploye furnishing such information will Iw fully protected from any harm by reason thereof. Please givo this notice to the general Superintendent, with orders that It be repeated to the heads of every department of the rail road and coal and iron company. Very respect fully, Austin Coriiin, President. G. deß. Keim, s. A. Caldwell, Austin Corbin, Receivers. AN UNPLEASANT SENTIMENT. A special front Reading says: The strike has developed the ext -trace of an unpleasant sentiment between the Knights of Labor and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers. The latter, it is reliably stated, offered to furnish all the men that, might be needed to take out trains. There are 175 engineers in this city and vi cinity, all brotherhood men, who were discharged by tho former President of the Reading railroad, Franklin B. Oowan. Their places were taken by non-union men, who now belong to the Knights of Labor. The latter were then known as “scabs,” and for a long time there was a bitter feeling in the community against them, especially as the riots during the strike of 1877, in this city, resulted in an at tack by the Fourth Regimeut, N. G. P., in which about a dozen men were killed and about seventy-live or eighty wouuded. The families which suffered and their sympathizers have never forgiven the men who took the place of the brotherhood engineers. All the engineers employed on the Reading railroad prior to tho trouble of 1877 are being heard from. They desired to return to then- “first love,” and 'were anx ious for sweet revenge. A LACK OF SPONTANEITT. There was a lack of spontanicty in tbp return to work of the Reading Railroad Company’s employes at the wharves at Port Richmond this morning. This was not due to an unwillingness on the part of the men, but delay in the circulation of the general order to return, coupled with the tact that the disaffected were rather late in putting in an appearance at their usual points of rendezvous. However sufficient men responded at an early hour to handle what little coal there was on the tracks ami more too, for many had to be put to work at <sld jots until some of the side tracked fuel came down the road. Supt. Keim was at his post of duty at an early hour. He received the men pleasantly as they put in an appearance. Asa general rule the men would express satisfaction at the happy prospect of an amicable adjustment. A few, however, after reaching the wharves and finding that the non-uuion men who had been employed in their absence were there at wof% turned about and walked off. HIS SERVICES NEEDED. One of the first men to greet Supt. Keim this morning was Councilman JoLn Kelly, Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Employes' Convention, who occupies the position of foreman of pier IF. He reported early in order to explain to his men the exact condition of affairs, as he feared that in the presence of the non-union men there would be hesitancy on their part to resume work. He was anxious that the employes should lie as prompt in obtaining the order of resumption as they were that of quitting wort. His presence was needed, for late in the morning an incident occurred which came near causing all those at work to leave the wharves. During the night two colliers, the Pottsville and Rattlesnake, steamed tip to their piers, and their crews, who are also members of the River Front Assembly of the Knights of Labor were in total ignorance of thesituation surrounding them when they arose in the morning and learned the cause of the idleness in the scenes that are wont to be so busy: all hands, fourteen in number, refused to obey orders and were promptly discharged. This inci dent was misinterpreted by the Knights at work and considerable explanation was re quired to straighten matters out. In the meantime the discharged crews wifi remain idle. indignation among the knights. The headquarters of the Executive Com mittee of tae Reading Railroad Employes Convention presented a sc-ne of great ex citement this afternoon when the statement of Alanager McLeod, emanating from Presi dent Corbin, was made known to the mem bers. No expressions were considered too strong to characterize the document, and messages were at once sent off to the different assemblies to convene at once. Said a prominent mem ber: “The company bss neon trying for some time to bring on a conflict with the Knights of Lalxn- and they have done it at last. The strike is only a preliminary skirmish, and tbe company wifi find out that it has mad > a mistake In thinking the Knights are beaten.” A reporter interviewed several of tbe men as to their feelings in the matter, and one and all agreed that they had beeu in duced to resume work under false pretenses in the matter of arbitration and tbe rein statement of the discharge! hands. READING GETS THE NEWS. Reading, Pa., Deo. 27,—"The strike is settled.” These were the words which came over the wires into the general office of the Reading Railroad Comp :ny. in this city, at 3 o’clock this morning, and there was great rejoicing all along the company’.* lines in consequence. It is believed that the action of the Convention of Employes in this city yesterday in declaring positively that they would not go on a strike bail much to do with bringing about tbe settlement. Before daylight members of every Knight of I*bor Assembly in the Reading railroad territory was notified to go to work, and j there was an air of activity about tho entire I railroad which has not been noticed for a j week. Tbe Philadelphia and Reading bead j quarters here presented an animated | scene. Hundreds of non union men I were on hand eagerlv waiting to be i called by the Reading officials in case their services should bo wanted. Some had previously been employed on the ! road, while others were inexperienced. Among the number were men who belonged to the Brotherhood at Locomotive Htigineors • but who had lost their positions in tbedisas trous strike of 1877, and who are at pres ent engaged in other industries. They were waiting a summons, but their services were not needed. It was nearly noon when sev eral scores of engines were gotten out of the round houses at Pottsvill"*, Reading, Pottetown and other places and sent down the road to move the side tracked trams to Port Richmond. The cars lietween Reading and Philadelphia were first moved. These contained 20,000 tons of coal, all of which wifi bo dumped on the coal wharves by night. Freight trains were started earlier in the forenoon. The | business community of the entire Schuylkill valley rejoices in the settlement of the strike. So prompt were the coal car* tokep on to Port Richmond and unloaded that to-night the first empty coal trains passed through Reading bound for the coal regions. exciting scenes. The most exciting scenes of the strike were witnessed tills afternoon when about twenty-five old brotherhood engineers, who were obliged to leave the company's employ in IS", were given engines and permanent positions. They took the places of engineers who either failed to report beeaitse they live too far away or had refused to take out engines mid ivere peremptorily discharged. All the old brotherhood engineers have li*>en assured permanent situations. Every man who had during the past week refused to obey onlers. or who nad left his post be cause of the Knights of Labor orders, was refused employment. There were quite a large number of t he.se, and some of the ap jx'als made to get back wore pitiful to be hold. Non-union men, ready to lake the strikers places, filled Reading to-day from neighboring towns by hundreds. TRANSMISSION DELAYED. Pottbvillk, Pa., Deo. 37.—From some cause the order issued by the Executive Committee of the Reading Railroad Con vention, for the strikers to resume work, did not reach this point until the middle of the forenoon. When it was received, the crews belonging to the Palo Alto terminus promptly reported there for duty, but found that a number of trnius had already’ been started with new crews, and were in formed that none who had not reported on time, in accordance with Manager McLeod’s order, would lie taken on. This develop ment put anew phase upon the situation, and produced a profound sensation among the late strikers. A meeting or District Assembly No. 7680 was hastily called to consider the situation and remained in session throughout the day and evening. Asa result of the protracted deliberation, a resolution was finally adopted declaring the assembly locked out and a delegate was seut to the Port Richmond Assembly with an apix al to stand by No. 7680. An appeal was also sent to Hu(>erinteudent Sweigard to countermand the action of the Palo Alto dispatches in replacing the strikers with new men. ANOTHER STRIKE POSSIBLE. The committee sent to Philadelphia to consult with Supt. Sweigard, in refer euce to the resumption of the strikers, returned to this city this evening and reported the result of their conference They stated that Supt. Sweigard bad insisted upon the peremptory discharge of Bernard J. Sharkey, Ambrose Heade end Mr. Bennett, the committee who first waited upon him with reference to the Port Richmond trouble, together with five crews who re fused to handle flour cars. The committee consented to this, and then asked a guaran tee llmt all the other strikers would be re employed. This Supt. Sweigard peremp torily refused, and the conference abruptly terminated. This report greatly incensed the meeting, and as a result, committees will leave here on the night trains to-night for ail points south as far as Philadelphia and north to Tamaqua. Bhamokin and Mahoney Plain to appeal to the local assemblies at those points to stand by the discharged strikers, and it is expected that a general tie up along the whole line wi 11 be re-inaugurated to-morrow. A CONVENTION TO BE HELD. A convention of the Reading employes, composed of representatives of the railroad employes and the miners at the Reading Coal and Iron Company's collieries, will as semble in Rending on Thursday, at which it is intimated by leading Knights of Labor here that unless a settlement is roaebed the miners will be ordered to strike and the passenger train crews be called out. Intense interest is felt here in the developments of to-morrow morning, but there are many who are dis incline*! to believe that the Knights along the line who iiave been re-employed will consent to strike again. STILL OUT AT SHAMOKIN. Bhamokin, Pa., Dec. 27.— The strike in this place continues. On receipt of the notice from the headquarters of the Knights of Labor that the strike had lieen declared off the local assemblies held a meeting and decided that no other course was left them but to return to work, stipulating, however, that all of their members should be given their old positions. Among the strikers are Dispatcher Hunt ley, Master Workman of an assembly, and several laborers in the coal dock who had been discharged for refusing to work. The local officials declared their unwillingness to employ these men and the strikers re fused to return to work on any other terms. It is not possible to move coal or local freight traffic under the present circum stances and therefore the collieries will not l)e worked to-morrow. Considerable ill feeling is manifested. STRIKERS ON A BIOT. They Had a Telegraph Operator Be tween Pistole at Last Accounts. St. Paul, Dec. 27.—A special to the Pioneer Press from Duluth says that from 150 to 175employesof the Minnesota granite works at Honesdale, now on a strike for back pay, are rioting. James Iywlnr, tele graph operator at Honesdale, writes: ‘‘Tile rioters have gained possession of the telegraph office. I have now a revolver on each side of my l’.ead. They have demanded the money in the safe and are trying to open it.” Here the message stopped and nothing has been heard since. There wus less than PM in the safe Deputy Sheriff Free, of Tower, loft with a posse of twenty men this afternoon to quell the riot. The strikers have beou getting out granite for the new Auditorium building at Chicago. The la borers are mainly Hungarians and Bohemi ans, and form almost the total population of Honesdale. They are said to be drunk. THE FIRST REPORT EXAGGERATED. St. Paul, Minx., Dec. 27, 9p. M.~A special to the Pioneer Press from Duluth says: “The first report of the rioting at honesdale was grossly exaggerated, the whole trouble being caused by half a dozen drunken men who took possession of the telegraph office, knocked down the stove and set the station on fire. The fire was soou put out and no one was hurt. The Deputy Sheriff of Tower arrested two of the rowdies.” A Tidal Wave Invades a Town. Havana, Dec. 27.—Aguadilla, a small port of Porto Rica, suffered like Baracoa by a huge wave. Fifty-three houses were swept away. The wave destroyed the solid masonry iu the cemetery and eleven bodies were washed out to sea and lost. Many ves sels were storm-bound. The wave, like the one at Baracoa, was due to a norther. No News from Stanley. \ London, Dec. 27.—A dispatch from the Congo says: “No news of Stanley has yet rearmed Boma, but no uneasiness Is felt there. St tamers expected from Anioumgaou Jan. 20 arc almost certain to bring news of the expedition. The native reports are re assuring.” A Hurricane In Greece. Athens, Dec. 27.—A fierce hurricane from the West accompanied by a severe snow storm prevailed over the whole of Greece last night. Twenty-five vessels were driven ashore and wrecked in the Guif of Bistros.. Rev. D. R. Winfield Dead. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 27.—Rev. D. R. Winfield, editor of thi Arkansas Meth odist. and one of the most widely known Methodist divine* in the South, died here lost night of pneumonia. j PBtCEflllO A YEAH ) ] •CENT® A COPY f GLADSTONE’S HARD ROAD DOVER ROUGHS BOMBARD BUT FAIL TO HIT HIM. H® Makes a Speech Denouncing th® Policy of the Government as Threat ening the Disruption of the Empire - Official of Dublin Castle Accused of Betraying Young Girls. Dublin, Dec. 27. —At a meeting at Lim erick of delegates of the Goalie Athletic As sociation, the Fenian party defeated the memlx-rs of the national league in the elec tion of officers. The priests, finding th* m selves outvoted, withdrew. Father Bhe. hr, on retiring, declared that henceforth ti n priests would have nothing to do with the association. Father Sheehy and delegates from thirty one Nationalist clubs subsequently held a meeting and decided to act independent of the Fenian members of the Gaelic Athletic Association. A committee waa appointed to atend the convention at Thurlns. War rants have been is-ued for the arrest of Mr. Croshie, editor of the Cork Examiner, Literal .journal. The Gazette publishes an order, signed by Commissioners Lytton and Wrench, pre scribing reductions of judicial rents through out practically the whole of Ireland, rang ing from fl to - i3 ]ier cent.., the average teing 14 |ier cent. The aggregate reduction is es timated at £2,000,000. The reduction is permanent, and applies to arrears sin>'® 1881. Judge O’Hagau attaches a notice dis senting from the opinion of his colleagues. GLADSTONE SNOWBALLED. London, Dec. 27.— Mr. Gladstone arrivp*t at Dover to-day on his way to the Conti nent. A small crowd assembled at * * depot, Mr. Gladstone was greeted with hoots. A number of roughs outside the depot, threw snowballs at him, UTie of which, however, struck him. A delegat on of the Kentish Liberals waited on him ).t the Town Hall and presented him wil han address. Mr. Gladstone, replying to an address presented to him at Dover hy the Liberal delegatee, referred to the uncertain charac ter ot Lord Balisbury's declarations in ref erence to fair trade, and said they indi cated. as far as the majority in Parliament is concerned, that free trade is insecure. H* relied upon the masses ot the people to op pose a return to protection. The coming s'ssiou did not promise well for the coun try. If it were true that the great memoir® of tbo session, a local government bill, would not be introduced until April, the government would Inflict an undisguised mockery on the country. A DARK SESSION. The last was a dark ses ion, but thi would he darker unless something wn* don® to alleviate the situation iu Ireland. Th® darkest Idot upon Parliament was the aco now iu operation effacing the civil rights of the Irish. The Liberals were charged with interfering with the administration of the law. What lie was really trying to do was to retard the government* destructive policy of perversion of the law. It was well for them that they were On the right side of the channel. If the Christian Knowledge Society, in seeking to promote justioe, mercy and truth, were publishing in irelan J a book applying thnte principles to that unhappy country, they would be subject to criminal prosecu tion. Ijnrd Salisbury talked about consoli dationof the empire while pursuing a policy of national disruption. DISREGARDED aLI TRADITIONS. How, the speaker asked, could that be a policy of consolidation which disregarded centuries of national tradition and opposed the will of 4,000,000 out of 5,000,000 of the Irish people, Ireland only continued within the bounds of moderation because she knew that sht* had the sympathy of friends in England. So long as her moderation continued, so long would the sympathy te continued. Not long, the speaker said, could any gov - ernment face a unanimous [leopiai With the single exception of the Belfa t, Council, all the elective authorities sided with bom® rule. The foreign imported government stood alone. The Liberals’ term of minority in Parliament would cease at the til's’, elec tion. Their appeal lay with the country. The part y had never iuserilied on its banner" the name of a cause without carrying it through. Having taken up the cause of Ireland, the cause would certainly triumph. [Cheers.] A CASTLE OFFICIAL IN DISGRACE. Rev. Canon O’Mahony in a speech re cently delivered in Cork charged certain local government officials with systematic ally corrupting the morals of children of tender age. The Dublin Freeman's Jour nal today indorses and amplifies the charges and demands that the guilty officials be ar rested. The Pall Mail Gazette, in an article on the subject, say# that it has information that only one man, a tried and trusted agent of Dublin Castle, is implicated in th* matter. Four girls were his victims, and they are now Inmates of the convent of the Good Shepherd, at Cork. RUSSIA’S REVOLUT.ONIBTS. A Large Number of Seditious Handbill® In Circulation. St. Petersburg. Dec. 27.—A large num ber of seditious handbills printed on a hektograph are in circulation in St. Peters burg. All attempts to discover the source of the hand bills on the part of the police have been fruitless. The handbills appeal to the student# to join the parry of liberty, and to avenge their comrades “who wer® murdered In Moscow.” “The students’ grievances,” the handbills say#, “are great, but they are n< ithing com pared with the sufferings of the people.” The authorities have decided not to reopen the universities until the end of February. Count Schereinetreff, a promiuent noble of Moscow, in an audience with the Czar to-day, protested against the manner in which the university students wore being treated. He chargeil the authorities with making grossly untrue report* regirding the situation of affair# in the universities. The Czar has given notice that a stringent inquiry lie made into tho charges. Cremated while Drunk. Wilkesbarre, PA.,Dec. 27.—At a Christ mas debauch last night at Exeter Borough, near West Pitts ton, Edward McMullen and Annie McMullen and Bessie, their daughter, became so intoxicated that they went to sleep leaving Bessie’s daughter, 4 years of age, in the kitchen. The ehild’3 clothing caught fire and she tried to arouse the inmates but failed. The bouse took fire and the child was burned to a crip. Th® mother died at noon from her injuries. Th® others were badly burned. King John's Rapid Marcb. Rome, Doc. 27.—Advices from Massoah state that King John, of Abyssinia, has been advancing upon that place by rapid steg®*. He has under his command three bodies of troops. The first column is uiarch i g via Antdo and Aigral. the second via Auowah, while the route of the third column, which is composed of Shoos, is unknown.