The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, December 28, 1887, Image 1
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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.