Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1886 — LATER NEWS ITEMS. [ARTICLE]

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The iron molders at Paterson, N.J., inaugurated a strike for uniform wages. Five hundred helpers are idle. President Cleveland replied to Queen Victoria’s cablegram that her expression of' sympathy for the earthquake sufferers awakes a grateful response in American hearts. The visible supply of wheat and corn is, respectively, 42,965,359 and 12,192,649 bushels. Since last report wheat increased 1,680,224 bushels and corn increased 1,422,379 bushels. The Indian chief Geronimo and other Indian captives arrived at Fort Bowie, A. T., in charge of Gen. Miles’ command. There is great rejoicing in Arizona and New Mexico, and in old Mexico as well, at being relieved from the treachery of the Apaches. At Tucson a mass meeting of 6,000 people passed resolutions congratulating Gen. Miles upon the successful issue of his campaign. The Territorial Democratic Convention adopted similar resolutions. Prominent citizens of Nashville, ask that the widow of Gen. B. F. Cheatham be appointed to succeed her husband as Postmistress at Nashville. Upon the recurrence of labor’s national holiday (the first Monday in September) the trade and labor unions in most of the large cities marshaled their forces and marched through the chief thoroughfares. The parade in Chicago comprised about twenty thousand persons. The utmost good feeling was manifested on every side, and, save such little accidents as are contingent upon every great gathering, nothing occurred to mar the favorable impression created by the display of organized labor. There were no red flags and no incendiary speeches. Everything connected with the demonstration was of a conservative character. The bricklayers received the first prize, for the largest turnout, and the printers the second prize, for neatest display. In New York, Boston, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Detroit, Peoria aud Albany there were similar imposing parades, participated in by thousands of toilers, and all of them characterized by the utmost good order.