New York Times, The (Newspaper) - March 31, 1886, New York, New York 1 V VOL ORDERED BACK TO WORK ANOTHER LONO CONFERENCE WITH JAY GOULD MB POWDERLY TO ACCEPT A PROPOSITION WHICH LEAVES THB IN MR HOXIE'S HANDS Gould went to bed last night Inn in the re flection that he bad met the enemy and routed hlin horse foot and dragoons For tho second time this week Martin Irons has re- Instructions from the General Executive Board or tho or Labor to bring the KriKo which ho began to an end A tele- gram to this effect was sent to him by Secretary Turner at 9 30 o'clock last night On Sunday night General Master Workman derly ordered Irons to terminate tho strike Irons refused to do so until ho understood tho reasons that prompted tho order He believed ID arbitration be lore and not after the strike waa auJ so told tbo strikers though be bad for Mr authority to refrain from Into a mote personal controversy with him Irons folt Justified In bis course when ho learned that Mr Powderly bad been misled and the order directed to him waa rescinded by Mr Powderly hours after It had been To prevent t second clash of Authority tho In- telegraphed to Irons last night were cf nn explanatory as well 03 mandatory acter That ha will obey nU Instructions when he finds hat tho Knights of Labor have been beaten at all points neither Turner che Executive Board feel at all certain They hope ho will but In order If possible to make sure of hU obedience three members of tho Executive Board Turner Hayes and Bailoy will leave the city this Ing for Louis The head of their order will not accompany them Ho went to his home at Bcranton at 7 o'clock laat night a lick man bis physical condition tho ure of his mission here and the dis- content In the have probably bad not a tle to do Mr and hit companions were vp all on Monday night and wore 10 thorough y exhausted by labors that 10 o'clock cume and went and still none or them left their rooms Not after 10 o'clock a knock at tho ol No 12 of tbo Houso brought Hayes to the front He tried to rub tho sleep out of his eyes as a told him that Jay Gould was for Mr who had made an appointment with him tor lu o'clock Tb IB In tell ponce nut life Into the of Labor nod they made hasto to shorten Mr Goul term of waiting It was 11 o'clock reached Mr Gould's office In tho rn Union Air Powderly bundled up In wraps to such an that be was Ho was accompanied br Secretary Turner and W O McDowell of Newark N J The found Jav Gould and bis son George ami A L awaiting them They to havo other company before enco HS Mr Gould had determined to protract it as long 113 as well an to an tci unpleasant by lib somersault of tho Mr WAS to proceed to which n opinion meant tho strike in tho Southwest und ila termination Some of his ho mentioned bad not breakfasted and wore too hungry to a long String Air Gould waa amazed he bad to grasp the fact In- A waa Instantly summoned and IP nt tor a that would put Mr Gould's on good terms with themselves and with bloi The lunch In duo It was appetizing and It waa enten Of course Mr Gould was too to business with hid visitors betoro physical wants bad bien attended to Ho would have boon pained expression If any one bad Insinuated ho was playing bis cards to rain time Of ho was aware tbat at a juncture lime In two or three arid ho would been very much disquieted If any of Knights had seen oven ono of tho stack or bo bad received from tho all of them convoying to him tho welcome intelligence mat tho strike was ing more Impotent every Tho Knights on while Mr Gould foreign to tho strike Ho ally asked Mr for hla opinion of Mr Powderly bad over It but was not sufficiently 1 with its contents to give an opinion on Its value Mr GouM suddenly hungered for tho eort of fodder contained In tho and his eon George waa able to supply him with any number of copies of Mr Gould would like to bear the hill read as It provided arbitration Oe a of settling differences between em- ployes and Ihu was read by tions and discussed In tho same way Mr derly became Interested jn tho discussion and gave bU at length It was Dot a bad BO tar us It wont but serious sions which It almost In Its present Mr Gould agreed with him did not feel sure that It would hold water Save dropped In and naked lor his opinion Ue said that measure for tho relief of Ireland was not to be compared to It for Intricacy lie wooden d If these St Louis lawyers wore scut to Congress to make laws for railroad com- panies Mr Gould a to Dillon's opinion of tho George Gould whittled a tube and was In- formed Dillon was la Eos ton Gen ne hLs partner came in hU stead however and I up some more time Finally Mr Powderly referred to tho strike lie learned tuut Mr Gould did not Intend to toutB it again It was In tho bauds of Mr Hoxle He was ready to discuss tho best modo of a settlement of strikes In general but ho could not tho present strike in the Southwest as tho strikers had overlooked the necessity of presenting toe company with their before they qu t work The knowledge of their was obtained from the newspapers Gould after defining his It but when the bad spent four hours with him to send to Vice-President at Mr re- the following Will you meet tho Executive Hoard of of Labor or with a committee of your emploi es of the of Labor for the of bearing what tno cause of complaint was and for the purpose of making a settlement of present alike honorable to both Bides cither on the basis of arbitration or by the same to be ou A L HOPKINS answer was of course discounted by Mr It was received fie had been In communication with Mr Gould all day and telegrams be bad to Gould was tne Tie of f neigh t trains Is greatly In- on all lines One hundred and thirteen trains been moved In the system The In- and Great Northern and Missouri Kansas and Texas In Texas weru thoroughly Dpen except at Alvarado also tho entire Iron mountain aud thu Missouri Kaunas City and and tbe Central branch of the Missouri Kansas knd Texas is now open except at Parsons Hannibal tbo authorities not yet controlled the mob At and Palestine two of tbe worst points tbe es are now in control Tbe situation at and City is Improved and so far as reported our trains to-day aro un- molested HOXIE Tho to Hoxia been sent tha of Labor laid to Mr Gould left bis office at 8 o'clock fully to return to It this morning for another conference Tbe no longer wore a confluent air Mr Powderly was com- anno and looked hardly to walk Ho refused to discuss the tion o'clock In tbe morning hut at 6 o cluck he received that enabled him to return home an hour later This Intelligence waa In the of a telegram from Mr Hoxle t-t Louis and waa aa BT Louia March A f your inquiry from Mr Powderly of this date I have to say tbat yesterday I re- Mr Gould tbe following message f In resuming tho movement of trains on the Missouri pacific find in the employment of labor In the several departments of tho company you will five preference to our late employes whether they are members of tbe Knights of Labor or not except tbat you win not employ any person who bos Injured tbe company's erty during the la to strike nor will we discharge any person who baa taken service with tbe com- pany during tbe said strike We gee no tion to arbitrating any differences between tbe employes and the company pastor future To which I sent tbe I have your In relation to roar In- with Mr Powderly and also tbo letter of Instructions and will carry out the lame to the best of my ability I am therefore willing to meet of i ur without discrimination who ore ly at work In tho service of tbe company at ti o time such Is appointed to ad- with tbe many hat they may have H if HOXIE Mr find his committee held a hasty consultation Acceptance of Mr terms they anew barred them out from acting for tbe and barred tbo latter out so long as they to return to work Mr decided NEW-YORK WEDNESDAY MARCH 31 1886 PRICE TWO CENTS that the best thing to do unpleasant aa It was to accept Mr proposition His committee with him anfi thU conclusion having reached Mr Powderly entered a and was driven to tbe foot of street He crossed to Hoboken and took a train the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad for Soranton Secretary Turner then formulated tbe following Ma rob 80 Martin St Have been In conference all day with thu re- sult that Vice-President agrees to the Ho Is willing to meet a committee of employes without tion who nre actually at work In tno service of the at the time such in appointed to adjust with them any grievances that they may have Have your Executive order the men to return to work and also select a special com- from the employes of tbe Missouri ctflo to wait on Mr Hoxie to adjust Do this as quickly aa possible Board will leave lor St LouLt FREDERIC TURNER Secretary This dispatch was sent to Martin Irons at At 8 o'clock a copy of It was given to William B Superintendent of tbe Western Union Company who appeared for Mr Gould Mr smiled and Everything Is settled as he made bis way down from tbe top floor of tbe Astor House Mr Turner was asked If be felt confident tbat Irons would follow instructions I suppose Irons will obey our order bo replied and I suppose he'll telegraph on to know If It's all right aud not a forgery We board from Irons fie be ban beoo at Mr Turner explained that as bad trono homo tbe from Irons was drawn up bo had signed the dispatch and bad a right to do so as had any member of tho board who bad been upon as a temporary though the board be added seldom went to the trouble of appointing one Turner Hayea and Bailey will start for Bt Louis at 9 o'clock this morning to tako charge of matters there Carry will remain at where he la endeavoring to bring the mill bands strike to on end Mr Powderly will not go to St Louis unless his presence la absolutely pensable and not for some days la anr case as further exposure It is feared would terminate fatally GOULD LINES OPERATED FREIGHT MOVING IN BT LOUIS BDT TIED OP IN BT LOUIS ST March Gould lines were operated to-day for tbe first time In 23 days Merchants were notified tbat tbo embargo bad been raised and the lines were open for freight ID East St Louts tho tion Is more critical than It has been since tho switchmen wont out The only road which Is operating at all la tbo Wabash which three trains under protection of the United States Marshals Three hundred and fifty mon employed by tbe Bt Louis Transfer Company reported for duty at the regular hour this Ing and when about to begin their duties of the day wore told by the Superintendent of tbe company that It had been de- to furnish them protection In performing their duties by detailing a squad of Deputy United States Marshals to accompany them during tbo day and guard them from molestation by tho strikers This was what the mon were waiting for and they Immediately struck declaring that thoy wanted no tion No can DOW be brought across tbo river to this city for tbo ferry is tbo only means of transfer and this new renders tbat for no trains can be procured to do the necessary hauling from tho railway to tbe river landings No road except tbo Wabash has been able to make headway tho crowds and to-day telegraphed to Gov as EAST BT Louis March SO To Gov 1 111 Your dispatch was received ton Into for me to come to anil my of U Impaired no bj that It U out of the question for mo ti no far fro in Homo I oil led it ai when die Kew responded and fen will 1 are yards here mto fully men determined idat no trains more respect DO authority and saem to hold Illinois in contempt U la folly to tulok of freight trains Here unless me a force All to do 10 will retail In failure and bring the Into further tempt Engines morning and tnw blockade Is complete except at to the In tbe uf United Marshall 1 ho team to have a far tho United Stales but none lor tbe Stale Sheriff of at Clalr County III During ft diversion when the strikers bad their attention called to the Cairo Short Line tno Dee Line managers Improved the chance Engine No a was at onoe run the bouse and down Into tbe yard near tbo freight depot The saw the move and tbo of them turned back These rushed down after the was found In charge of Engineer Wood who bad promised the strikers not to come out with hla engine again until the strike was settled The sight of Wood tbe men and when be refused to got eral of them climbed mto tbo cab at onco proceeded to kill tho engine letting out tbo water and steam and raking out tho Ore They look off bolts and screws BO that tho engine was rendered useless for some time There was a great of it earn on and tbe schema dently WHS to coupltt on to a freight train and go out with a During excitement tho narrow gauge attempted to got out lu train Master Mechanic was lu charge of tho engine and started out all right The strikers however jumped on tho and cut off all but ono car At 10 o'clock Just as tho Job of killing tbo en- In tho Indianapolis and St Louis yards was finished a shout up and an engine was to leave the roundhouse and run down Into tho yards The men made a rush over The engine waa reached It bad been coupled to tbo waiting train and sent back Into tbe roundhouse In tbo meantime tbo cago Burlington and officials uot up steam In No 101 Inside their roundhouse At JO 30 this engine was run quickly down into tbe yards and coupled onto a train or 17 freight cars and a caboose In there and ly made up last Tbo strikers did act ob- this move until the engine appeared ning upon tbo down track with Its train at once made a rush for several succeeded In upon tbe rear cars Thoy turned tbo and thus cut off seven can and the caboose Tbo switches had all been set however and tbo engine 10 cars went ahead No one was In tbo caboose ana tbe conductor waa evidently upon tho engine In a short time tho Chicago and Alton ger train came over tbe bridge Tho crowd must have had their minds made up for about 250 of them boarded the train crowding all tho oars and platforms and went In tbe direction of Venice Intended to overhaul the freight train at onoe but tbe was a little too smart for them and was none with his 10 cars when the passenger train arrived Tbe crowd then returned to East St Louis J W Vance of tho State of Illinois T W Bates General ent and 8 D Reeve Superintendent of the Chicago and Alton Hoad arrived this morning from 111 C F one of the Illinois Railroad Commissioners at Hurst's late last night To-day Vance Stratum Bates and Reeve repaired to the scene of tbe at East St Louis The Fifth Illinois National Guard has been ordered out Martin Irons of tbe Executive Com- of District Assembly No 101 Knights of Labor arrived from Mo this and immediately repaired to a meeting of his committee He refused to make anv statement in regard to tbo strike except tbat tbo tee has taken no action and will take none until the result of the conference now being held be- tween Mr and Mr Powderly shall bo known Warrants have been issued or tbo arrest of William McConnell and William Conroy ing Missouri Paul tic employes charged with ob- the passage of a Missouri train on March 23 Tbe of tbo of Labor was arrested yesterday on tbo charge of trespassing on the company s erty and was brought before the court this morning and allowed to give ball pending a pre- liminary examination of the charge tobacco factory was obliged to shutdown for lack of coal Nine dred and fifty men are thus forced into idleness BY THE STRIKERS PARSONS Kan March train No 154 north bound was ditched five miles south of here and the engine mall car and baggage car were thrown down tbe ment The mall car struck against a telegraph pole and broke it Toe only person seriously hurt was tbe mall agent named who was taken to bis homo at The wreck waa caused br tbe plate being removed and the rails spreading Tho was then spiked down so tbo rails could not possibly get to their places thereby making a wreck Inevitable Great Indignation is manifested by citizens at tho perpetrators of the crime KANSAS CITY Mo March a freight train of 20 cars leaving tbe Grand Button this forenoon with policemen on board two men turned the switch and 12 freight cars and the were ditched and badly wrecked The arrested onu of tbe offenders named Martin Scow but tbe other named John of refilled 10 halt and was shot la tbe blp br The caused great excitement among the striken Noonan on being arrested at asserted WM a happened to bo passing and ran because he saw an officer chasing him Ho weakened later however regarding his first statement Noonan was a car Inspector on the before the strike His companion tbe name of Martin Leon He confesses bis part in the work When asked why they did it he Well we couldn't stop it any way all the trains being loaded with police INDIANA'S TELEPHONE SERVICE WILLING TO ACCEPT THB BATES WHICH THE BULL COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS March are under war between tbe Central Union Tele- phone Company and a local syndicate with a probability however of a failure to agree Tbo syndicate Is willing to lease tbe plant Including the Exchange of tbo Central Company In this city to pay tho required alty on the Instruments rented from the Bell Company and to guarantee the company losses Tbe syndicate Bars it Is not only willing to do these things but Is entirely satisfied that a good profit would remain after operating tho exchange at the rate of per Instrument The offer of the syndicate Will doubtless be declined one ot tbe Directors of tbe telephone company doubting whether it could be done under tbe law But it Is currently believed that the Bell Company is unwilling to have its exchange operated under tbe law for fear tbo law would become contagious It Is further reported that tho Clubman ice Telephone which at tho last meeting of tho Council asked permission to use tbe streets ana alleys of tbe for telephone purposes la no other than a sub- organization of the Bell Company Some of the gentlemen Interested in the Cushman Company aro known to DO Boll men and the belief of those who scorn to know all about It is that the Central Company will quietly merge Itself into the or some otter company In order to avoid loss from tearing up tbo plant or pulling out of tbo city and giving up a rich Held to rivals Tbe owners of the Brown patents are also In tbe field anxious to do business on a dollar basis Tho Council committee and the Directors of the Central Company conferred this afternoon respecting the questions at Issue Indianapolis will be likely to have a telephone service of some kind If the Bell Company does go out WELL SUPPLIED WITH ARMS THE CHICAGO SOCIALISTS BUYING RIFLES AND REVOLVERS March Southwestern labor troubles aro responsible for rumors which havo been In circulation In this city to the effect tbat the Communists An- archists and Socialistic societies were secretly arming tho members in order to be prepared to assert their rights at tbo proper time A gun dealer said tbat tho Socialists ready well supplied with arms having freely at the time of tho labor troubles hero or six years ago He sold them weapons self How did you know her wore Why they told me so mado no bones about It whatever committees came in here and purchased stands of rifles consisting of all tbe way from 60 to 100 guns and largo supplies of ammunition which they said their organizations would use when tbe arrived purchases wore loaded into a wagon under own direction and carted away whore I do not know A partner In one of tbo largest firearm houses on tho south si Jo For three years past tho Communists have been quietly arming themselves and In an abundant ply of ammunition Within the laat year we sold them lu the neighborhood of 100 coating from to 15 each and that number of bulldog revolvers I venture to say tbe Socialist bodies In this city bavo all tbo arms powder and ball they would require for a stubborn and bloody battle UNDER WALLS BOSTON March An old building at No 235 undergoing extensive alterations suddenly fell In with a crash day at a time when there WAI much travel through tho thoroughfare Fortunately no ers were hurt and of several workmen who were carried down It none waa killed outright though throe were severely injured ately after the catastrophe men of the Fire Department were called out but before they arrived all but one of the buried workmen bad been rescued Tbe injured wero John E McDonald tbo boss carpenter of No 10 North who had an arm broken and bla back hurt Michael Tlynn a mason who received ono arm and on bis bead uel Grant a carpenter badly out on tbo bead John McGovern badly injured about tne legs and back and his head hurt and Peter Light a mason slightly bruised ern It is believed will die and the others bad a narrow escape Tbe owner was having a new front and roar brio It wall put in and the foundations having been unsafe tbe work of strengthening them waa In progress when tho building fell A NEW BASEBALL N Y March first meeting of the Hudson Blver League of baseball clubs waa held in tbe Merchants Hotel Newburg this afternoon Delegates were present representing tbo Albany Troy ston and Newburg Clubs Henry B Lawson manager ot the was President and James Jackson of Troy was Secretary It was ordered that the President Secretary and urer of the league servo without par Tbe con- and playing rules of the American sociation were adopted Tho President was authorized to make a formal application for protection under the national agreement It was ordered by the meeting tbat the league shall consist of tbe Hudson Yonkers and Cluba in tion to those named above Forty championship Barnes for a pennant are to be played by each club upon their own grounds tho season com- mencing Mar 1 and ending Oct 1 The next mooting or the league to elect officers will be hold at Newburg on Monday next DEPOSITORS TO PER CENT N J March committee of depositors of the Savings Bank appointed at a meeting held March 24 which was to confer with the Chancellor of the State the of tbe bank and tbe sub- scribers to tho deficiency fund reported night at a of 400 depositors held in Hall The committee stated that Chancellor Kunyon had been visited and had granted tho petition of the depositors ing not to appoint a Tbe found tbe total assets of the bank to be 40 total liabilities deficiency 88 The managers and outside part IBS havo agreed to give to make good tbe If this Is paid lu tho will be sure of about 77 per oont of their is there will ho about available assets Tbe committee's report aud nil their were adopted A vote of to cellor Hunyon was passed ROBBED LONG BRANCH Maroh The tions of the gang of thieves which has recently been broken up seem to have been more sive than has heretofore been reported Several cottages at Elberon bavo visited br these gentry and articles of more or less valuo taken Among the articles found br tho police at nett's Gouge near Eatontown on Saturday was a carpet waa identified aa belonging to ono or the cottages there and also a set of harness from Mr Talbot's cottage Tho additional Elberon cottages reported to-day as having been ransacked by tbe thieves are those of Taft Talbot Judge Hawes Dr Thomas Dr and Thomas Murphy A copper boiler and all tbe lead pipes were taken from Mr cottage It Is supposed that Kit Davis the leader of the gang has left tbe State CONVICTED ON CINCINNATI Ohio March Director of the City Infirmary who has been on trial the Probate Court for Impeachment was to-day found guilty and will be removed from office His offense was ing payment for fraudulent vouchers He was also arraigned In another court to-day on four baaed on bU acts as Director of tbe infirmary His two f oil fled from the city several weeks ago New Spring and Low clothing of tbe for men and tbe of of equal quality Brothers war HOSTILE TO HOME ROLE THE OF CHAMBERLAIN AND TREVELYAN AN HUSH MEASURE IN OPPOSITION TO MB GLADSTONES TO DK THE NATIONAL FUNDS March Joseph berlain and Mr tbe seceders from Mr Gladstone's Cabinet are preparing a plan of open hostility to the Government Tber are ar- ranging to make a statement to the country In tbe House of Commons of their reasons for leaving tbo Cabinet and will accompany this statement with a proposal of a measure for tbo government of Ireland which they will jointly prepare Meters Chamberlain and will endeavor to consolidate all tho opponents of Mr Gladstone In tbe support of their scheme Tbo Scotsman states that Mr Gladstone's scheme of borne rule for Ireland allows the Irish to havo a separate currency of their own the result of which would tha paper tbe introduction of a dollars and cents rency In imitation of that money of tho United States bas been so potent a factor in forcing England to make terms with tbo Irish Tho Tories calculate tbat 60 and 40 Radicals will secede from Mr Gladstone's party Tho pait of tbe Irish bll relating to tbe ence of Irish representatives at Westminster has not been settled There are two proposals before the Cabinet First to reduce tbo ber of members to 80 with power to vote on all questions second to allow tbe Irish a larger representation with tho right to vote on Imperial questions It is stated positively that Mr Chamberlain bad abandoned bis idea of tbo formation of an Irish National Council He is also said to bo opposed to the lessoning of the number of Irish representatives In tbe House of Commons The Houie of Commons by a vote of 338 to 127 to-night Mr Beaton's motion ing tnat negotiations bo entered Into other countries with tbo object of establishing uni- versal penny postage Mr Charles Cameron member for tbe College Division of Glasgow a Introduced a motion for the and of tbo Church of Scotland Mr Gladstone declined to Interfere tho Scotch Church question Scotchmen he said wore eminently ablo to decide tbe question for themselves Mr Cameron's motion was rejected by a vote of to 126 Reports from all quarters of Ireland sent to Mr Gladstone Indicate that tbe people aro In a state of expectation and that tbe ure of the homo rule policy will lead to an out- burst of violence were rife In tbo lobbies of tho House of Commons this evening that there will be ther resignations from tbo Cabinet Michael presided at tho regular nightly meeting of tbe Dublin Branch of tho National League to-day He announced that since tbo last meeting tbo sum of had been received by tho League in donations for the sistance of evicted tenants and tbat the sum of had been received from tbo United States for tbe Irish Parliamentary fund Tho Lord Mayor In a speech tho brag of tho Orangemen as to what thoy would do in tho way of resisting the government of an Irish ment If ono should be established Ho reminded bki bearers tbat when Mr Gladstone was ing through tbo work of disestablishing the Church lu Ireland tbo Orangemen made tbe same kind of threats of rebellion that they were making now against home rule and that when disestablishment was accomplished despite their bluster they all submitted tamely enough as tber would do again when tbe time came Tbo E O Roman of Nottingham at the instance of tbo Propaganda has withdrawn his order the laity in his diocese from joining tbe Primrose League This action ia taken as a re- sult of the Pope's decision but the bos forwarded to Homo a formal statement of his objections to allowing Catholics to join the Tbe Northampton and Hunt Spring meeting began to-day The race for the Park Stakes for was won by de chestnut colt br Hermit out of Brio Tbo Duce of Portland's bay Ully Hope came In second and Gen Owen chestnut colt Vatican third There wero nine starters Tbo betting was three to one Against the brio to one against Hopo aud six to flro against Vatican Tbe colt won by a bead Vatican wait a bad third Tbe race for Earl Spencer's plate of 600 sovereigns was won by Mr nut colt Present Times Baron do chestnut filly Prudence second and J three-year-old out colt third There wero 11 starters Tbe betting was to one against Present Times live to two against Prudence and ten to one against Present Times won easily by two Ion a tha There waa only a neck be- tween Prudence and Tbe colony of Now South Wales through its agent here has informed the Government that It will abstain from against France being allowed to annex tbo vided Franco will transporting her to the Pacific Tbe annual race of the Oxford and Cambridge University crews will take place on Saturday next over tho Thames course Tho crews are to bo well matched and an exciting contest Is expected The betting up to to-day has been slightly in favor of Oxford but U Is now even A flro in English's timber yard at ough to-day destroyed worth of stock The Russian naval squadron recently stationed at Buda Bay will return there after Ing at ENDING THE BELGIAN STRIKES QUIET RESTORED AT AND TOE OTHER DISTURBED BRUSSELS March situation created br the strikers remains threatening at To urn ay Elsewhere throughout Belgium com- quiet Quiet bas n ot only been restored at but the strikers are returning to work and tho civic guard bas boon disbanded Tho only localities tho disturbances have increased is tho coal mining district Tbe principal quarry owner in tho Tournay district bos con- sented to increase the wages of his men if tho master miners at their meeting to-night shall A mob of strikers entered Tournay this morning making noisy demonstrations but they withdrew when they found tbe town guarded by gendarmes The latter have tbe streets so well patrolled that it is practically impossible for rioters to assemble at anr place in tbe town In the Liege district tbe strikers are less violent Tho ernor boa promised the striking miners tnat be will intercede for thorn with their employers witn the object of securing for the workmen an increase nf wages At U miles east of the police bavo seized the and papers of the Secretary of the Workmen's Universal Union Tbo troops which have been stationed at and Llego are leaving those places for Tournay and Mons M tbo Minister of Finance made a speech in tho Chamber of Deputies to-day on tbo subject of the prevailing labor troubles Ho referred to the depression that bos in all branches of business for tbe past rears and said that capital Invested In was yielding only one par cent Interest The rioting of tbe last few days be said waa chiefly the work of convicted felons and the of tbe tion and fact Justified tbo stern tary measures which had been adopted for tho repression of tbo outbreaks Tba Government bo added would do its utmost to assist unemployed and this object in would soon ask for a credit of which sum It was Intended to use In the extension of railways Belgian police will prevent and La guerre tbe French agitators from entering Belgian territory A number of Belgian women bare been ar- rested oc tbo German frontier They were en- gaged in smuggling Anarchist prints Into glum Postmen at Quaregnon have been stopped on tbe streets and robbed of registered loiters Tbo strikers at to-day attacked tho house of Mr Brebart tbe proprietor of quarries near tbat town Tho inmates barricaded the and fired upon tbe mob wounding persons A soldier was murdered to-day at Mons is reported at Several French de- bave been arrested at MODS and Three hundred workman employed In tbe merino factories at and a like number of quarrymen at went out on strike day M Goulle of the Paris paper was arrested upon bis arrival at rot to-day and conducted back to tbe frontier Tbo quarry owners in the district bave decided to restore tbe scale or wages In effect last September hoping thereby to settle tbe present troubles Maroh have left Furls for to look into tbe labor troubles there The authorities Mixed an Anarchist paper printed In Brussels and tent here to be circulated LAW A PLEA FOB ITS CONTINUANCE ON BEHALF OF WILLIAM March von Puttkamer Prussian Minister of tbe Interior In the tag to-day made a personal appeal on behalf of Emperor William for a continuance of the Anti- Socialist law In the course of his address be In tho Emperor's name and br tbe Emperor's order I assure you tbat hu Majesty would regret profoundly and grieve deeply Jf tbe prolongation of the law Is refuted Tbe Emperor would shed bis blood to maintain the law Horr Von kumer referred to tbe Racialist troubles la Slum he said threatened the peace of It behooved Germany he continued to devise measures to prevent such ders Had Belgium possessed laws ding tho publication of Socialistic pamphlets and tbe holding of Socialist tho recent troubles would probably bavo been averted The Belgians wore Catholics but tbe church bad proved unequal to cope with tbo outbreak of wild passion Germany's strong monarchy one of tho mont solid bulwarks or order was able and prepared to crush the slightest Socialist movement Tha tion of tho law was Intended as a preventive measure Dr said he failed to see any con- between tbo Belgian disorders and man PuttKamer said that according to newspaper reports Germans Instigated tbe strikes in He wished chiefly to point out tnat the Inadequate laws of Belgium bad rendered disorders possible but be denied that German Socialists wore implicated In tho troubles Tho Belgian bourgeois constantly and willfully sought to serious disorders and tbe Government Itself provoked troubles Herr Bebel called the speaker to order upon flerr von Puttkamer denounced Bebel and Most as dangerous agitators Tbo debate was adjourned until to-morrow CURRENT FOREIGN TOPICS MADRID March the mining re- gions about Bilboa an Illness or a suspicious uro bas recently appeared It Is supposed to be cholera GLASGOW Maroh Murray engaged in tho iron trade here bas failed His liabilities are large and bo offers to settle with his creditors at on the pound Another ure in tbe iron trade ls also reported Pig Iron is quoted at PARIS Maroh per cent rentes fallen to Tbo market is Hat owing to the strike of tne miners at baving became general Advices from St Louis state tbat the natives of Senegal lu rebellion against authority buve to open warfare In a recent at- taok tho rebels killed 9 Frenon soldiers and wounded 32 Reinforcements for the colony are being rapidly fitted out at Toulon Tbe rebels number several thousand They aro under the leadership of Marabout Boudon who la ing a holy war The Chamber of Deputies by a vote of 823 to bas adopted a permitting cremation Tho Committee on Petitions has agreed to mend that tho Chamber authorize tho issuance of a lottery loan by tbo Panama Canal Company The Budget Committee of tho by a vote of 18 to 11 has fixed tho amount of tbo new loon at Tbo tbat it bo fixed at M a chemist doing business on tho Boulevard to-day ended a rel with his mistress by shooting her dead and thon killing himself a revolver was married and had a Tbo woman be killed WUB also married She was a neighbor ho bad mat socially and drawn under his influence He bad maintained a with her for some and the quarrel which resulted in tho murder and suicide was caused by Muscat's Jealousy The tragedy bas made a sensation Mme Musset la tho daughter of a member of the Chamber of Deputies THE HAGUE Maroh Chamber of Deputies bra vote of M to 25 bas adopted a for tho conversion of the debt from i Into per cent stock Tbe annual redemption Is fixed at of 1 per cent PERISHED IN THE FLAMES PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH AND SIX SEVERELY INJURED DETROIT A terrible calamity befell Timothy Hurley nnd family at tho little village of Dronson Branch County on tbo Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad about 3 o'clock morning Mr Hurley had built a block of four two-story stores the upper pan of ono of those being occupied as his dence At tbo hour named ore was discovered in tbe stores on tho ground floor bad got under full headway of tbe sleeping inmates were aroused A bilker named aroused the family who putting on a fow to escape down the front Mr Straebly jumped through the transom tho door at tbo foot being locked Mr Hurley put hla young baby through after him Ho then broke a hole In tbe ball door and got two through bis wife and daughter standing behind him Ho then crawled through tbe hole In the door and dot a stick of wood with which bo broke in tbo door and called to bin wife but be received no an- swer It is thought she wont back with her daughter and tried to escape another way Mrs Hurley's remains wero Tound close by the front wall showing she bad endeavored to got out through tbe window Tho daughter's body was found near tho centre of the ruins Only the head and trunk of Mrs Hurley's body has yet been found Tho body of tbe girl pre- sents a horrible sight Ono of the pitiful ures In connection with the event waa tbo ing of the charred remains of an infant which tho frantic mother bad riven birth to after re- turning upstairs Mr Hurley Is badly burned on tbe face head bands and right side Eddie tbe oldest boy aged 16 is alno severely Timothy tho next aired 10 Is horribly burned on the face bead feet and hands Charlie tbo baby of 2 rears ia also burned badly on ono of his face and bead Mr Hurley's father an old man is also burned and Mr face hands and ono leg are severely gashed Tbo financial loss of Mr Hurley Is and tho other tenants keeping small stores lost haps AS much more with an aggregate ance of mosUr on the building THE CANADIAN FISHERIES OTTAWA March Tho American Con- sul at Halifax argues tbat there is nothing in tho treaty of 1818 to prevent American men who bavo caught fish in water and cured them from landing them in marketable condition at any Canada and ping them In bond to the United States cither by rail or vessel as at tbo time of tbe treaty buth railways and bonding systems were un- known It la well known that both railways and bonding systems wero In active operation in 1870 and tbe Consul must have overlooked the cular issued during that year bv tho Treasury Department in Washington ordering Collectors to Inform all masters of flab Inn vessels that un- der tbu treaty of 1818 they aro permitted to enter any bays or harbors for the purposes of shelter and repairing damages therein to wood and to obtain water and for no other TO MANAGE THE EVERETT BOUSE NEWPORT R L Maroh Mr John G Weaver one of tbe proprietors of the Ocean Houso has completed arrangements for the purchase of the fixtures of tbe Everett Houso in New-York When Mr Weaver's brother Joseph died a fow rears ago the Interest of that gentleman in tne Everett House was purchased br tho other partner Mr ner and now in turn Mr Weaver baa bought out Mr Kerner Mr Weaver bos him Mr Frank M Coleman who for a number of years bas been the bookkeeper and of tbe Mr Weaver has gone to New-York to complete the arrangements and elan tbe necessary papers He has taken a lease of the Houso for 10 years but will still be Identified with tho Ocean House DELATED Br A LANDSLIDE N Y March A landslide occurred this morning on the York rio and Western near Meadow Brook Station All trains were delayed several hours and tho first to roach Cornwall was at P M A was laid to run trains around the slide until tho work of clearing It up could be complished AKD HOSMER TO now BOSTON Macs March The sculling between Hanlan and Boss scheduled for Juno 24 at Is understood to be off It is officially announced that Hanlan and will row Lake Joseph near Quebec on June 21 Hosmer Now the Fair Fortune in with who CHICAGO'S GUAM FLEET THAW ANY THAT WAS TOWED FROM THB PORT CHICAGO Maroh grain which will leave Chicago aa soon as navigation opens will be larger br over bushels than anr fleet tbat ever towed out from port and perhaps larger than anr tbat ever set sail There are to-night bushels of grain afloat on the river and before the Ice U out of tbe straits this amount will be swollen to nearly bushels Of the grain now Is corn bushels bushels All the wheat and IB going to Buffalo Of tho corn bushels Is going to Buffalo bushels to Georgian Bar bushels to Ogdensburg bushels to Kingston On- tario 86.000 bushels to Oswego and to Barnia Ontario Shippers began making charters early In tho Winter tbe contract including Winter age and delivery when navigation opened A few charters were In January at 4 cents on corn to Buffalo Kates then declined to cents and about tbe middle of February dropped another M cent On Feb 26 charters ware made at and Buffalo freights ruled at tbat figure until March IA when wero restored to 3 cents and a few days later wont to Ski cents which Is now the market rate on corn Grain are In demand at that figure for corn and for wheat are hopeful of a prosperous season and probably the most encouraging sign is tho improvement In tbe Iran trade Furnaces that have Deen doing little or nothing for several roars are now running in full blast and almost tbo entire output from tbo mines last rear has ready been exhausted As a result of this revival tho mines are now being worked to their utmost capacity and some of tho more sanguine Iron estimate that tons more ore will be needed rear than last Though this estimate may be an exaggeration It is certain that more activity exists In ore freights tban at any ing period in several years and contracts have already been made for the delivery at Lake Erie ports of almost as much ore an wu shipped during tbe entire season of Tho terms of those contracts are considerably above lost entire having been placed for tbe at to from to 8110 from and 30 from tbe two harbors to Lake Erie ports Season contracts have also been made for ore from to Chicago at free In and out NO NEED OF DISINFECTION MORE TESTIMONY THE ESS APPLIED TO RAGS BOSTON Maroh case of tho rag importers and others against tho Health regulations was still further strengthened by tho export testimony to-day at tho Citr Hall hearing Dr Charles F recalled expressed tho opinion that tho matter of disinfection should not be Intrusted to a vate concern as It is bore upon no re- sponsibility could bo fixed but should bo done If It is to bo dona at all at tha port by tho health officers Ho witb tho other medical bavo already testified tbat tho matter of fection could bo safely loft with the would tend do tbo work faithfully and thoroughly He believed with tbo other that tho ent regulations wore arbitrary and unnecessary aa tbe risk from cholera In this climate would bo small even Ir foreign rags wore admitted hero without disinfection Dr Harold C Ernst of tho Harvard Medical testified regarding foreign experiments and regulation and tbo results of tno Inter- national Conference at Homo lost year Ho bad spent a good deal of time bu said in the laboratory of Ur in Berlin last Fall and Ur Koch hart told him personally tbat steum boating was unnecessary In disinfecting rags This was expressed after the International conference when It was that disinfection of merchandise and mall matter was not necessary In tbe regulations adopted In Prussia to prevent tho spread of cholera no mention was made of tbe of rags but a good deal was said about tbe dis- infection of parsons Dr Ernst also testified to bis examination of ono of tbe thermometers taken from tbo bales of rags at tbe warehouse of 6 D Warren Co br thu disinfecting process was tested He Mid tbat it was sufficiently accurate for for which It was used It war br the experiment with those eters that tbe heat obtained In tbo bales sub- to tho process could not havo acted as a on the contrary It would bave tended to promote activity rath or retard It In a statement mado after hig test of tbo thermometer which counsel for the rag importers put in with his opening argument Dr Ernst concluded that If tbo results shown by the thermometer experiment were accurate the method of disinfection as practiced In these cases is a failure and If tho should contain infectious material gives a false sense of ty wbich might load to disastrous results KEY WEST IN FLAMES THE PRINCIPAL PAKT OP THE TOWN BURNED KET WEST Maroh flro started In the Han Carlos Theatre at 10 o'clock and soon spread to adjoining buildings and from them all over tho town Tbe pal and wero also Hall throe or four cigar factories and tbo bonded warehouse containing nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of tobacco Officers from tho United States steamers lyn and blew up some of houses with powder There is no water supply tho cisterns being mostly dry Tbo fire soon tended to tbo business part of tbo town ing buildings containing large stocks of goods Mr Curry's warehouse was among those de- as were also too of Gato and and United States Marshal and Brown's private residences tho stores of Haymun dry goods Otto drugs dry goods aud groceries groceries Bartlum groceries and livery cigar factories of Do Pino Sorla Canals Wolf the House and tbe theatre Tho heat was so Intense tbat the firemen wore frequently driven back and this coupled with tbo lack of engines and water resulted In de- the principal part of the town blx wharves and brick warehouses were de- The loss cannot bo less than with little Insurance probably not About 15 persons were Injured of whom 6 were taken to tbo Marino Hospital and others on board tbo men-of-war THE BENCH snow Conn Maroh BO The third annual bench show of the Kennel Club was opened to-day at tbo Second Armory in this city There are 833 dogs on exhibition nnd tho Is ered creditable Tho show was well attended day and evening Tbo judges began work this morning and awarded a number ot prizes Among those given were a prize In tbe smooth coated St Bernard dogs to owned by W W Tucker of New-York a second in toe Famo clans to Apollo same owner a first In tbe Clumber spaniels dogs to owned by M of New-York in the Clumber spaniels a first to Tyno same owner in tho field spaniels a first to Daniel Dhu owned br A C New-York In tho fox dogs a second to Earl ter owned by Edward Kelly New-York in the champion English setter first ham owned br Frank A CIRCULAR Ky March ng In the United States Court Barr de- an opinion in the case against Charles tba Sunday Argus In- br tne Grand Jurr for tending a lottery circular the malls The court holds bat a newspaper Issued regularly and ng news matter cannot be considered a lottery circular under the meaning of the act even if it does contain a lottery advertisement He con- sequently directs tbat tho Indictment be unless tbe District Attorney Insists tbat special number of the containing he Scheme was a newspaper and that joint if must be decided br a Jury TITO NEGROES LYNCHED NASHVILLE Tenn Maroh a prominent citizen of Crockett County waa murdered 10 days ago br Weakly Ridley and Toba who were and hi Jail st Alamo Tbe crime excited tbo greatest indignation Word hal Just been received hero that at an early hour morning n mob numbering TOO tbe Jail and the Tbb Jailer but was forced to give up the KI ye Tho the cell In which ho wore confined and taking them outside lynched them without ceremony prisoners were pronounced dead the mob A TORNADO IN THE LIVES LOST AND PROPERTY DAMAGED A TRAIN GOES OVER A RAILROAD INTO THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER WITH FIFTEEN HANDS ON March At dark lost night commenced tbo of wind rain and lightning known for a long time The streets were and bridges washed away Tbo fire alarm wires wore struck by light and tbo flro alarm bells rang furiously foe along time and many wires wero burned out Electric shivered and the wera thrown onto houses salting tho tame on Tbe moat material damage was at Wood's ton corner of Canal and Vollery A thunderbolt fell at 8 o'clock morning la the yard bales of cotton were stored and they were set on fire None escaped damage and 000 Dales were altogether consumed The loss Is between and fully Insured Tbe was damaged Tho storm was equally severe all over this section of the country and ou tba In St Mary there was loss of life Tbe steamer Mary belonging to tbo Southern Railroad was blown against tbo bridge at Clark's Plantation a mile and a half below and sunk Tbo engineer and two colored deck bands wore lost The E H went to her relief and while lying to she exploded her boilers and four laborers wero drowned Ala March The iest rainstorm for years bas prevailed out Alabama during tho past two days ere washouts on tbo Louisville and Road north of hero aud on the Western road between Montgomery and Atlanta stopping all Western and Eastern malls Washouts ou tba East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia road of have stopped tbe mails aud trains Tbe bridge tho at Wetumpka was washed away lost night A construction train went tbe bridge over tbo on the bus and Western Hoad between and Danville The engine two cars engineer and IS bands went down It is feared soino of tba men aro lost Great of wero heard but nothing as to their fate la jot known A swept across a portion of Bullock County 60 miles east of here aud in Its path struck a negro church in a funeral was going on Tdc church was blown down and four wore killed sad ten ly Injured HELENA Ark 30 tornado of unusual velocity through this lost evening doing In ibis oily a of buildings were blown down and turned over Thu Hoer den blown down upon the roof of a one-story frame house adjoining through the roof and Ore to 1C from a cooking Ily u great effort tho flro WHS It had time to spread The walla of the Opera House anil largo buildings the of tho lute lire mown to the ground coal licet was swept out Into tUo river tno of tho to thu sion Tbe County wiu unroofed stripped ol its blinds doors end windows wero smashed ID The direction of tba tornado was from west to cast From who come to the Bince the nado It Is wist of the bills which Act as a barrier to thu mure violent than bore leveling beloro It It Is possible to travel ou many of the roads leading trom the und northwest except on foot owing to the trees blown across them No serious damage to life has been reported ATLANTA Go March 30 bas been visited tho post two days tbu most de- Bluce when almost ever lu I ho wni swept Tbe trains on din of roud lending out of tbo city hove stopped travel us the roaus are rendered by treacherous ties Immense washouts ami elides Homo has Ixon in to-night Is feet high In place Merchants wuro all day moving to tbo anil tbu there are crowded with from the A little altur midnight tbe people of West Point wore by tbe rushing of waters Into their dences Thoy found thut the bad risen 30 feet and that tbu entire town was Poo pie moved Into their upper Tho railroad bridge was away three were drowned and tho lose In property not less thun Tho narrow throughout tho State uro and it will ooat nearly as much to put them back Into as It did to Hum many tluns small cyclones uru which tore up trees by the roots blew away and Injured the Inmates 1 lie of Hen Tut urn In County three persons are said to mortally wounded tbo unrooting of house Tbo worst damage in u money point of will bo a the county bridges 1 bridges In tbo entire northern half or the State re expected to KO to-night Col Churlou A Howoll who a In tho bad it stocked with morning it ben lie weul to tbo bank be found bis goat farm feet under water COLUMBUS Go March Tho rain bore bas TUr is higher than oxer bifore known and fears are entertained that bridges will bu away Four are foarn of a from and limiting aro apprehended Tho low country furme uro damaged many thousand Ihu river U rising nix inches r hour CHATTANOOGA Term 30 ruins have In tint emotion fur the 48 hours tbu total rainfall van Ing 8 to 10 Inches throughout the upper watershed At B 1 M the uero feet and U rising Bt the rate of lu pur hour fiom that the rise will reach 45 lect and may go to GO 01 freight trains on any fly lit left tbo city or arrived last and there Is no prospects ot being re morrow On tho East Tennessee Virginia mid Georgia and elides have d between hero am Loudon Tenn and heavy slides Georgia Division of thu Virginia and Ou tho Cincinnati Southern a at Hock Creek has a carried Thu of the und Alabama Southern ami Memphis and nt tbo font of Lookout nra bj of r aud thg in tho vicinity ot mountain arc Iq An engine on the Alabama Great Southern Hallway rnn Into a landslide and wM precipitated donn an embankment No onu was hurt On tho Western and At- u washed out near and a occurred at ibu mouth of tba tunnel near 1 Hill No damage of cno be dono here tho rises leet Dispatches from lenn Mr that feel of tho railroad track washed out and tbu coke ovens or the Iron Company aro badly At Emory Gap Huu marks TO teel und tbu bridge over inn Hoad Is In danger At Darton the back arc inundating the and many person mo driven from homes At Fawn Go tho water flooded the coal and ono miner was drowned The Fawn Furnace was compelled to down and famine is at Dayton ting unless truffle IB speedily and tie Ii probable here which will tho largest Iron plants to shut down WAS A Y March action of tbo Common Council in the grant to tho Natural Gas Company through pito tbo Mayor's veto Is bitterly denounced day by many leading citizens Some of these are now ready to believe that tho knew whereof it wan talking when It go plainly ma tod tbat much more bad been divided among certain Aldermen and this ber includes not a few who before cilou were loth to believe any bad been to secure the valuable No one questions thu desirability of natural gas BJ a f no I but when a body of men refuse to give respectful consideration to to ex- a document on was Mayor Becker's veto Is naturally aroused ALLEGED THEFTS AT N Y March is no truth In tho report that serious have recently occurred at College Treasurer interview About wo months ago some little things were by one or two but the whole lot didn't amount to thun nothing has been missed The robbery alluded to in occurred nearly four years ago and WM published at tbo time in all the
