Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1886 — Page 1

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WHEN INDICATIONS. Tuesday. Clearing, cooler oeather. THE II EXCURSIONISTS PROM Mcxisroisr And intermediate points on the Air-line Railway will be received to-day, at 10 o’clock, by the WHEN BAND. Welcome to Indianapolis! THE MODEL Places on sale to-<lay a SPECIAL LOT of HUMID SHIBTSI 1700 Linen Bosom, New York Kfrlls Muslin, at only 50° They cannot be matched anywhere in town under 75c. Our Great Clothing Sale will be continued without interruption. MODEL. THE DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department, ) Office of the Chief Signal Officer, > Washington, April 27, la. m. ) Special Indications for Twenty-four Hours, from 7 a. m., for Indianapolis and Vicinity— Clearing, cooler weather. For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee—Light rains; slightly cooler weather; winds generally shifting to westerly. For the Lower Lake Region—Light rains, followed by clearing, slightly cooler weather; winds generally shifting to westerly. For the Upper Lake Region—Local rains, followed by fair, slightly cooler weather; winds Shifting to northwesterly; rising barometer. For the Upper Mississippi Valley—Clearing and fair weather: northwesterly winds, becoming variable; slightly cooler weather in the southern portion; rii f ng temperature in the northern portion. For the Missouri Vailey—Fair weather: slowly rising temperature; winds becoming variable. Local Observations. Indianapolis, April 26. Time. Bar. Ther. Hum. Wind. Weather Rain. 6 A u.. 29.76 64 04 S’east Fair. * 10 A. M-. 29.70 72 53 S’east Fair 2P. )1.. 29.66 71 64 Swest Cloudy. .38 6P. M.. 28.63 68 66 South Thret’ng 10 P. M.. 20.78 55 69 West Clearing .17 Maximum temperature, 76; minimum temperature, 55. * Rainfall too small to measure. General Observatfons. War Department, 1 Washington, April 26.10 p. m. 5 Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations““w a i sf--3 ® a 00 S' 2 L- p* g-H, g STATIONS. |§ ; § = 3 ? ! ; ft i ::: s : New York Citv... . 29.89 52 Swest Clear. Washington City... 29.82 61 {Bast Clear. Vicksburg, Miss 29.87 OOjS’east Cloudy. New Orleans. La... 29.86 72-South Cloudy. Shreveport, La. 29.87 64 Nwest Clear. Fort Smith, Ark... 29.89 5410a1m Clear. Little Rock. Ark... 29.85 60 !N west Clear. Galveston, Tex... .. 29.80 72jS’east Cloudy. Memphis, Tenn 29.83 65;West Clear. Nashville, Tenn 29.79 661.8 west Fair. Louisville. Ky 29.74 63South .04>Clear. Indianapolis, Ind... 29,74 58. West .17|Lt. rain. Cincinnati, O.• 29. 74 61: S’east .05 Clear. Pittsburg. Pa 29.74 GBjN’east .16 Cloudy. Oswego, N. Y 29.84 SbjS'e&st Clear. Toledo, 0 29.68 59'8’east .22 *Lt. rain Kso&naba, Mich 29.53 48 South .10 Cloudy. Marquette, Mich... 29.50 43jS’east .48 Cloudy. Chicago. 111. 29 69 53'Swest- .08 Fair. Milwaukee. Wis... 29.51 51ISweat .68 Clear. Duluth, Minn 29.45 37|S’east .05,Foggy. St. Paul. Minn 29.36 46 East Cloudy. LaCrosse. Wis 29.39 49iSouth [Thretng Davenport la 29.63 50;Sweet iClear. Dea Moines la. 29.64 45lNwest .08 Cloudy. Keokuk. Ia 29.69 51 !S west Clear. Cairo. 11l 29.82 64'Calm Clear. Bpringfie-d. m 29.75 53j West Clear. 6t. Louis, Mo 29.82 59:West Clear. Lamar, Mo 29.88 51 S west Clear. Leavenworth,Jvan.. 29.81 54|Swe8t Clear. Omaha. Neb 29.76 44 West Clear. Yankton, Dak 29.70 40 West .05|Clear. Moore head. Minn.. 29.53 38 North .65|Lt. rain. Bismarek, Dak 29.78 43 -orth ..... Fair. Fort Buford. Dak .. 29.82 43 N’east Clear. Ft.Assinibine.M. T Fort Ouster, Mont. 29.70 50 Sweat Fair. Dead wood. Dak 29.81 39 Calm Cloudy. North Platte, Neb.. 29.80 45 West (Fair. Denver, Col 29.80 47 West Fair. W. Las Animas. Col 29 68 49 S’east .... Clear. Dodge City, Kan.... 29.85 49,.South Clear. Fort Elliott Tex... 29.86 52-S’east Clear. Fort Sill. Ind. Ter.. 29.88 56 N’east Clear. Fort Stockton, Tex. 29.83 C 5 S’east Clear. El Paso, Tex 29.73 67 Calm Fair. Balt Lake dtv. U. T 29.78 53 East Fair. *Thunder storm. Those who take Dr. Jones’s lied Clover Tonic never have dyspepsia, costiveness, bad breath, pile*, pimples, ague and malaria, poor appetite, low spirit*, headache or kidney troubles. Price, 60 cent*.

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FORCING AN ISSUE ON WOOL A Resolution Which Is Intended to Develop the Opinion of the House, And Demonstrate What the Actual Strength of the Morrison Bill May Be—A Question that Calls for Speedy Solution. Embarrassing Position in Which Sherman Is Placed by the Payne Case. He Is Requested to Present to the Attention of the Benate the Finding in the Case of His Colleague—Washington Notes. THE WOOL QUESTION. A Resolution Which la Expected to Canse aa Immediate Expression of Opinion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 26. In the House, to-day, Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, introduced a resolution declaring that it is the sense of the House that the duty on wool should not be reduced. Shortly afterward the Jonrnai correspondent Raw Mr. Wilkin*, and asked him what his object was in introducing this resolution when Mr. Morrison’s tariff bill, which places wool on the free list, is on the calendar. “It is to determine whether we are to have free wool, and to determine it at once,” replied Mr. Wilkins. “If that resolution can be adopted it will have an immediate effect on the wool market, pushing the prices right up, and this would be fortunate for all wool-growers. Just now prices are very low, on account of the possibility, if not probability, of the passage of the Morrison tariff bill.” “But your resolution was referred to the committee on ways and means, a majority of which is pronouncedly in favor of freo wool. Will it ever be reported back to the House!” “Don’t be too sure,” replied Mr. Wilkins, “that all the Democratic members of the ways and means committee are in favor of free wool. I have been securing opinions, and I am quite positive the resolution will be reported back to the House; if not favorably, it will be without recommendation. However, I shall not wait long upon the committoe. It is my intention to introduce another resolution, of similar import, on next Monday, if this one does not come back to the House by that time. ” "Do you think the Honse will pass itt” “Yes, I think so. I have made diligent inquiry, and find very many Democrats who are opposed to free wooL My proposition is stronger than the tariff bill. I think Mr. Morrison sees he has made a mistake in putting it in his bill, and thereby striking at the chief interest of Ohio, and an important interest in several other States. You may advise the wool-growers of Ohio to not despair of their wool till it is ascertained what will become of this resolution, fori believe it will be adopted within a few days, and if it is they will get better prices than are now offered.” There is no probability that the committee on ways and means will report upon Mr. Wilkins’s resolution, but it is probable that he may succeed in securing an expression directly from the House, as a strong demand is being made by farmers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and some other States, to have the question of free wool disposed of before they sell their spring crop of wool. After the introduction of Mr. Wilkins’s resolution, Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, submitted the following: Whereas. By the action of Congress in reducing the tariff on wool, that great industry has been rendered unremunerative; therefore, Resolved. That it is the sense of the House that the tariff of 1867 upon wool should be restored. Mr. Grosvenor intends to urge the adoption of this resolution, which will be much more satisfactory to the wool-growers than that offered by Mr. Wilkins. Ohio farmers have for years been asking for restoration of the duty of 1867 upon wool. ■ THE PAYNE INVESTIGATION. Senator Sherman Placed in an Embarrassing Position by tho Request of the Committee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 26.—Senator Sherman has received a certified copy of the proceedings of the special committee of the Ohio Legislature that investigated the election of H. B. Payne, of that State, with a request that he lay it before the Senate, which he will do to morrow. Senator Sherman is considerably embarrassed over the situation this places him in. He dislikes to begin the work against his colleague which this will inaugurate, but he will do his duty, and do it firmly. Senator Payne’s friends are divided in their opinion as to what be will likely do when the charges are laid before the Senate. Most of them believe, however, that be will not move in requesting an investigation, although it is usual for Senators in his position to do so, but that he will simply allow the Senate to take its own course. THE 6UPRKMR COURT. Abstracts of Opinions Handed Down by the Justices Yesterday. Washington, April 26.—The Southern Pacific Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, vs. the People of the State of California This suit was brought in the State courts by the State of California against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to recover $31,470.58 claimed to be due for taxes. The railroad company petitioned for the removal of the case to the federal coarts, but the Supreme Court of the State of California refused to grant the petition, and the Supreme Court of the United States—the Chief justice delivering the opinion—reverses that judement, and remands the case back to the Supreme Court of Los Angeles county for removal to tho Circuit Court of the United States, in accordance with the prayer of the petitioner. The St. Louis. Alton A Terre Haute Railroad Company, appellant, vs. the Indianapolis A St. Louis Railroad Company, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis, the Pittsburg, Port Wavne & Chicago and the Pennsylvania Railroad Companies, and iKo. 209] the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company, the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati A Indianapolis Railroad Company and the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Railroad Company vs. the St. Louis, Alton A Terro Haute Railroad Company [No. 112.] Cross appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the district of Indiana. The Supreme Court reverses the decree of the lower courts as far as it relates to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the Pennsylvania Company, the Pittsburg, Fort Wayue & Chicago Railroad Company, the Cleve land, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Rail-

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road Company, and the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Railroad Company, and in all other re spects it is affirmed, and the case is remanded to the Circuit Court, with instructions to dismiss the bill as to the above named appellants. Justices Bradley and Harlan dissented from the opinion of the majority of the court. The United States, plaintiff in error, vs. the Nashville, Chattanooga A St Louis Railway Company; in error to the Circuit Coart of the United States for the Middle district of Tennessee. The Supreme Court reverses the decisions of the lower court Tne Iron Silver Mining Company vs. the Elgin Smelting Company and others; in error to the Circuit Court for the district of Colorado. The Supreme Court confirms the judgment of the lower court MINOR MATTERS. Bills Introduced In tbe Honse Yesterday by Indiana Members. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 26.—1n the House, today, Mr. Owen introduced bills to pay Addison G. Moore for fonr months and fifteen days’ services in the late war, and James Erkridge for seven months and six days, as captain; to pension Mrs. J. A. Ekilberner, and to grant an honorable discharge to James N. Tattle. Other Indiana members introduced bills aa follows: By Mr. Bynnm: For relief of Wise P. Feather. By Mr. Cobb: To pension Richard M. Dukee, Martha E. Danby, John Seifert and Casander Scarlett By Mr. Johnston; To pension Owen M. Harlan. By Mr. Watson: To pension Amanda G. Cramer, Micajah F. Johnson, W. Wilson and Alex. H. Richardson. By Mr. Howard: To pension Honora V. Lyon and Josephine Wilson. By Mr. Holman: To remove the charge of desertion against the military record of Lucien B. Harbaugh. _ Republican Congressional Committee. Washington, April 26.—Representative MeComas, of Maryland, the secretary of the joint Republican caucus, who was authorized to receive the names of the Congressional campaign committe when selected by the respective State delegations, reports the following committee, which will speedily meet and organize: California, C. N. Felton: Colorado, G. G. Symes; Connecticut, Joseph R. Hawley: Illinois. Joseph G. Cannon; Indiana, G. W. Steele; lowa, James W. Wilson; Kansas, Thomas Ryan; Kentucky, W. H. Wadsworth: Maine, C. A. Buell; Maryland, Louis E. McComas; Massachusetts, W. W. Rice; Michigan, Thomas W. Palmer, Minnesota, J. B. Gilfillan; Missouri, W. W. Warner; Nebraska, G. W. E. Dorsev; Nevada, William Woodburn; New Hampshire, H. W. Blair; New Jersey, W. J. Sewell; New York, H. G. Burleigh; North Carolina, James E. O’Hara; Ohio, A. C. Thompson; Oregon, J. N. Dolph; Pennsylvania, H. H. Bingham; Rhode Island, N. W. Aldrich; South Carolina, R. Small; Tennessee, L. C. Houk; Vermont, John W. Stewart; Virginia, William Mahone: West Virginia, N. M. Goff, Wisconsiu, L. B. Caswell; Arizona Territory, C. C. Bean; Dakota Territory, O. S. Gifford; Wyoming Territory, J. M. Carey. Didn't Know Haw to Resign. Washington Special. Some of ex Congressman Joe Pulitzer’s exconstituents are provoked at the manner of his resignation. Though Joseph resigned with a great flourish of trumpets, and advertised his paper extensively in his card to his constituents, he knew so little of Congressional methods that he sent his resignation to the Secretary of State instead of to the Speaker of the House dr the Governor of New York. For some reason the Secretary of State has not forwarded this important state paper to tne Speaker, and every time the roll is called the reading clerk sings out the name of Joseph Pulitzer. Os course there is no response, but as Pulitzer never answered to his name when a member, that is nothing unusual. Governor Hill has not ordered an election, for he, like the Speaker, is not officially aware of the vacancy. The ninth New York district is in hard luck all around. A Substitute for tbe Blair Bill. Washington, April 26.—The House committee on labor, after a long and very animated session, which lasted nntil 7 o’clock p. M., decided, by a vote of 9 to 3, to report to the House as a substitute for tbe Blair eduoational bill a measure which, in substance, provides that the receipts from the sale of public lands, and the other revenues of the General Land Office, shall be divided among the several States and Territories in proportion of their school population, for educational purposes, for the next ten years; 2 per cent, of the sum is to be used for industrial and technical instruction, and the remainder for the support of the common schools. The committee agreed that the individual members should not be bonnd by their vote in committee, either in support of or against the measure when it comes up for consideration in the house. A Misunderstood Order. Washington, April 26.—General Atkins, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to day sent the following telegram to Indian Agent McChesney, at the Cheyenne River agency in Dakota: “The office order of April 8 was intended to apply only to unlicensed traders outside of Fort Pierre, on the Indian reservation, and to forbid any traders in Fort Pierre or elsewhere on the reservation to violate intercourse laws, such as selling liquor or fire-arms." The Commissioner says it appears that the agent has misunderstood the order of April 8. Miscellaneous Notes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, April 26.—General George B. Williams, of Lafayette, arrived here to-day, and will remain some time. He has been spending a few days at Woodinont, Md., a club fishing resort, where President Cleveland spent a portion of last summer. Walter Davidge. of Indianapolis, who resigned his position as chief of a division in the Treasury Department, will go to Crawfordsville, this week, to take a place iu one of the banks there. Commissions were issued to day for the following Indiana postmasters: Timothy I. Porter, at Long Run; Rees Hardesty, at Edrl Park; Oliver P. Courtney, at Central Square; Lizzie Standiford, at Bryantsville. In the House committee on labor, to-day, after a full and lengthy discussion, a vote was taken on a motion to report the Willis educational bill without recommendations. Tne motion was carried, but a motion to reconsider was made, and pending action thereon the hour of 12 o’clock arrived and tbe committee took a recess. The Postmaster general has issued an order establishing free delivery service at Aurora, IIL, with seven carriers, to go into effect May 15. How Miles Will Hunt Apaches. Fort Bowie, A. TANARUS., April 26. General Miles has issued general field orders distributing territory for thorough patroling. A signal detachment will be kept on tops of the highest peaks to communicate the movements of the hostiles, and betweeu the camps infantry will be in constant hunting through tho mountains, occupying passes. etc. A sufficient number of reliable Indians will be retained for trailers, etc. Cavalry will be used in light scouting, with a sufficient force always ready for instant vigorous pursuit to ovcrcomo the hostiles’ advantage in relay horses. Commanders will dismount half their men and send their light and best riders in pursuit till all the animals are worn out. This command should, in forty eight hours. catch the hostiles or drive them 150 or 200 miles into country favorable for cavalrv, and horses will be traiued for the purpose. Commanding officers will thoroughly learn the topography of the section under their charge, aud roust continue the pursuit till the Indians are captured or till sure

that * fresh command is on their trail. All camp movements will be concealed as much as possible. To prevent tne hostiles getting ammunition, every cartridge will be* accounted for, and all empty shells destroyed. Field reports must be made thrice monthly. DEPUTI MARSHAL KILLED, But Not Until He Had Slain Two of His Assailants and Mortally Wounded Two Others. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 26.— A special to the Times from Manchester, Coffee county, Tennessee, gives details of a bloody tragedy enacted there shortly after midnight this morning, in which United States Deputy Marshal Webb Purdon and a moonshiner, named Clark, were killed, and three other moonshiners fatally wounded. About ten days ago Pardon accompanied Deputy Marshal Hughes on a raid among the illicit distilleries of Grundy county, Tennessee, and oaptured and destroyed several stills. Between 12 and 1 o’clock this morning fifteen moonshiners rode into Manchester, determined to have Purdon’* life. Seven men broke into his honse, and the remainder surrounded it. Pardon met then as they entered, with a revolver, and a terrible battle ensued. Two moonshiners fell to the floor mortally wonnded, and the gang retreated, but they had succeeded in fatally wounding Purdon. Disabled as he was, he seized a double-barreled shotgun and fired into the retreating gang, and two more fell mortally wounded. Purdon then fell dead beside the body of one of his victims. The gang carried off three of their wonnded companions. A large posse Is now in pursuit. Losses by Fire, To the Western Associated Press. Manistee, Mich., April 26.—The union school building aud contents were destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock this morning. Loss, $45,000; insured for $21,346 on bailding; and on library, furniture, fixtures, etc., $8,450. The fire was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary, as no fire had been in the since Friday. It is the third time the building has been on fire in the past year, the previous occssous also indicating tbe work of incendiaries. The roller-skating rink, Methodist Church basement, and other available quarters are beng secured by the School Board to accommodate 600 hundred scholars, and fifteen teachers that have been thrown out by the fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion, Ind., April 24—Two dry-houses of the Marion bending works, owned by Price Bros. A Cos., burned this afternoon. The buildings were filled with manufactured material, all of which was destroyed. Loss, $6,000; partially insured. Williamsport, Pa., April 26. —The large finishing and storage building of the Williamsport Furniture Manufacturing Company was burned this evening. Loss, $55,000; insurance, $40,000. New York, April 26. — Fire gutted the organ factory of Kilboro & Roosevelt, at 145 to 149 West Eighteenth street, to-night Loss, $50,000 to $75,000; fully insured. The Flood in the Lower Mississippi. New Orleans, April 26.—A special from Vicksburg says: News reached here to-day that the levee bad broken Sunday night somewhere in Coahoma county. The report created much uneasiness. At 4 p. m. to day the agent telegraphed from Bobo station that there had been a small break in the levee at tbe mouth of Harris bayou, and another some miles beiow, but that the damage had been repaired. A special from Greenville, Miss., says: “The levee qn the Mississippi side is reported broken about Ike iciles above Friar’s Point This morning the’gap was fifty feet wide and five feet deep, and the water was pouring through with tremendous force.” A telephone message was also received from Sunflower lauding, stating that the levee had been cut during Sunday night, at Harrison's bayou. This will inundate all of the Sunflower country, part of Holmes county, and a small portion of Washington county. Owing to the severe storm along the river, last night, telephone communication was somewhat interrupted, and further details could not be obtained. The utmost vigilance is being exercised by the levee authorities of this district. A special from Helena, Ark., says: “The river rose one and a half feet from 1 o’clock yesterday to 1 o’clock to-day, making the water one inch higher than ever before known.” War Among: Barb-Wire-Makers* Joliet, 111. , April 2<y— A circular was issued to-day, signed by C. O. Collins, secretary of the National Barbed-wire Manufacturers’ Association, reducing the price of barbed wire 25 cents per hundred." This action is said to be the result of a secret meeting held by a portion of the association known as the Washburn faction, whose dozen members are all manufacturers of plaiu wire, and can realize 40 cents profit by selling at $3.50 per hundred, while fifty barb-wire-makers, who do not draw wire, would lose twenty cents per hundred at the cut price. It is claimed that the Washburn factory is trying to crush out tbe fifty other manufacturers, and confine the trade of the entire country to twelve combined wiredrawing and bnrb-wire establishments. There is a prospeot that the flffy manufacturers opposed to the Washburn faction will retaliate vigorously by -organizing a pool to erect and maintain wire-drawing plants of their own. An Outrage at Benton, Mo. Benton, Mo., April 26. —Tbe Rev. Benjamin Deering, of St Louis, has been for some days past holding a series of temperance revival meetings which have been wonderfully successful. Last night someone, as yet unknown, placed in the pitcher of water which the revivalist had placed upon the desk from which he was speaking, a large quantity of croton oil. Several persons drank of the water before tbe services began, and became deathly sick, but not knowing the cause of their illness, failed to warn Mr. Deering not to drink from the pitcher. The latter, during his discourse, drank a glass of the water and was immediately taken sick. All who tasted the water are, to-day, in a preoarious condition. Two saloon keepers have been arrested on suspicion, and it is thought that they poisoned the water in order to end the services, which were having suoh a depressing effect upon their business. Fatal Fight Over a Girl. Omaha, Neb., April 26—George Davis, a watchman in the yards of the Omaha Lumber Company, was shot yesterday by William Carlin, another watchman, ana fatally wounded. On account of a girl, whom both had been courting, they bad eneaged in a bitter quarrel. Davis knocked Carlin down with his revolver and fired two shots at him while he lay on the ground, but neither took effect. Then Carlin drew a weapon and sent two balls into Davis’s body, both producing mortal wounds. Carlin surrendered himself to the police. Prohibition Defeated. Richmond, Va., April 26. Prohibition met with an overwhelming defeat hero to-day, the election resulting in a majority of 5,681 in favor of licensing the saloons. The vote in Manchester was anti-probibition—majority, 626. The vote in both this city and Manchester was nearlj" as large as in the presidential election. Under the law it cannot be renewed for two years. The colored vote was almost unanimously anti-pro-hibition. _ Lowering the Bicycle Record. St. Louis, April 26.—At Clarksville. Mo., today, George E. Weber, of Smithville, N. J., won a fifty-mile bicycle road race in 3 hours, 7 minutes, 42] seconds, lowering the world’s record by nearly a half hour. Tbe second and third men, 0. E. Kluge, of Smithville, and Percy Stone, of St. Louis, also beat the record. Hautobd Sauce enriches hot joints, obops, etc.

THE EIGHT-HOUR QUESTION. A Matter of Vital Importance to Employers and Workers of All Kinds. Builders and Contractors of Boston Present Cogent Reasons Against the Change—Expectation that a Strike Will Result. Missouri Pacific Freight Train Thrown from the Track and Two Men Killed. A Passenger Train of the Same Line StonedRiotous Demonstration of Strikers at Atchison, Kan.—General Labor News. THE HOURS OF LABOR. Boston Builders Point Out Evils Certain To Result from the Proposed Change. Boston, April 26.—A struggle of the most serious portent is about to begin in this vicinity over tbe eight-hour movement. The hope of the Central Trades and Labor Union of ready acquiesence by a large proportion of employers in the experiment proves groundless. In accordance with plans made a year ago, the demand for eight hours was to be enforced on May 1. In view of the disturbed condition of labor throughont the country, it was recently determined to limit the demand to building trades, including carpenters, masons, painters, decorators, etc. The Central Trade and Labor Union recently made public many favorable replies which wore received from employers in answer to questions sent out This has resalted in an address, published to-day, signed by 125 employers in the building trades. The address states: “Employers of labor, having read in the public press that the sentiment of the builders favored tbe eight-hour movement, and mindful of the interests of the public as well as the needs aud well-being of their employes, desire to say that they are not prepared to indorse the question of eight hours as the measure of a day’s work. Its results are too far-reaching to permit a hasty judgment, and the advance of 25 per cent in the cost of labor in the several occupations represented by us is too sweeping in its consequences to be adopted by any community withont great deliberation, both on the part of the employed as well as the employers. On tho question of a reduction of the number of hours which constitute a day, from the present standard of ten hours to a standard of either eight or nine hours, we would express the following opinion: The principal argument in favor of such a change, as far as we can learn, appears to be based upon tbe general ground of overproduction. This argument, in our mind, has no application to our branches of labor, and cannot fairly be distorted to meet them. There is no overstock and can be no overstock of the goods we produce. We simply work up to the demand and never beyond it. The supply is not and cannot be beyond the demand, as far as we are concerned. The argument that there is an oversupply of men does not obtain, and has, iu our mind, no weight, for the reason that a reduction in the hours of labor would in no into employment a larger number of men; it would simply keep the same number of men that it is now possible to employ at work a greater number of days, and so that argument falls to the ground. The great and supreme objection to the reduction of the hours of labor, as far as it shall affect the wellbeing and good of all workmen in our lines of employment, is, in our opinion', that the prosperity of the country is not great enough at the present time to grant such a change. For quite a number of years the margin of profits in the general business of the country has been small, and upon these profits we, as builders, depend for the opportunity to use our skill and labor. If, by takipg off one or two hours f>er day from the present accepted st udard, we increase the cost of building 10 to 20 per cent, in the item of labor, then we work against our own interests as laborers, for we drive out of the market work that would be done but for this increased cost. In this year, iu our own city, already, under the agitation of the question, enterprises which would involve the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, employing the very labor we have to offer, have been abandoned because the increased cost of huildirig under the conditions referred to would make returns unprofitable. The interests of the class we mutually represent have then been injured beyond computation. Capital has been withdrawn from the undertakings, and that means a loss for the laborer every time. It is painfully evident that we will he short of work before the year is twothirds over, and no one is to blame for this condition but those who are to suffer most and yet: have been the very ones to urge on th’s crisis. We believe that in all the pushing, j wherever it has taken place, for a reduction of | hours of labor and ingrease of wages beyond the level of prosperity, the fact has been lost sight of that the increased cost of every purchasable item will pull from the pockets of all grades of workmen a proportionately larger amount, which will affect the increase of pay received, while tbe depression of business will create great want and distress among the very classes who hope to be beuiflted.” The first formal demand was made by tho bricklayers’ assembly, Knights of Labor, to the master masons. The Master Builders’ Association sent a long reply yesterday, of which the following is the substance: “We believe that an attempt to set a limit to the minimum hours would be as abortive as to set a limit to the maximum wages, particularly in our calling where so much depends upon skill and ability. Yet if one limit is fixed the other shoula be fixed also. Labor is the most important item in estimating the cost of buildings. Tbe stock is comparatively ensy to figure, but in tbe estimate for labor, the judgment which has been gained by experience is the only guide. In what position, then, is the contractor placed when he is told to throw aside his experience And judgment, and figure his labor on a basis of a level price right through for every man employed, be he good, bad or indifferent The attempt to set a fixed price m advance for an article, the value of which can be only known by testing it, puts at defiance the first law which governs the estimation of work as well as the first law of excellent workmanship, aud would at one blow disintegrate the wholo structure of comparative worth among workmen, discouraging any attempt to excel. We believe, then, that the attempt to shorten the hours of labor in our line of business is entirely uncalled for and unwarrantable at the present time; that the prosperity of the country is not great enough to permit it: that the agitation of the question has already shown its baleful effects in the withdrawal of an immense amount of work from the market, transforming what was a year of great promise to the building trades into a time of depression. great scarcity of work, and, we fear, a period of much distress for the very classes who have been moat active in the agitation. We therefore suggest that tho whole question of the hours of labor be abandoned until a more propitious timo for the good of all concerned, and more especially for the good of the laboring class, of which we ciaim to be a part. Our conclusions, then, are summed up in the following reoommendations: Tbe hours of labor, the rate of wages and the time of week’y payment to remain as at present, but that on Saturday eight hours shall be accepted as a day’s labor." There is good reason for believing that the other building trades will take similar action. It is equally probable that tho employes will decline to yield any point in their demands, and

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that they will resort to a strike. The painter# and decorators voted so yesterday. At St. Loafs and Chicago, St. Louis, April 26.— The contractors and builders here, to the number of 150, recently organized to take some definite action upon the eight-hour agitation. Mr. Frederick Swain, the chairman of the committee appointed to investifate and report upon the advisability of adoptng the short-day plan, said this morning that the builders generally had agreed to consider eight hours a day’s work, and to pay their employes thirty cents per hour. Chicago, April 26.—1 tis reported that the workmen in one of the largest brick-yards in the city quit work to-day, owing to a refusal to accede their demands that eight hours shall constitute a day’s work. It is expected that the movement will become general in the city, A Strike Against Eight Hours. Sandusky, April 26.—The publishers of the Register attempted to put the eight-hour law in force this afternoon. The men immediately struck, refusing to work on limited time. The men averago $3 for about ten honrs work. Manufacturers here are worried over the eighthour movement and the Register’s failure encourages them. The mechanics generally do not favor the eight-hour lav. THE GOULD LUES. Criminal Wrecking of a Freight Train—Two Men Killed and a Third Injured. Kansas City, April 26.—An incoming freight train on the Missouri Pacific railroad was wrecked at 4 o’clock this morning between Wyandotte and this city, near Kav river bridges Splices had been removed from the rails on ft curve, and when the train approached the engine and four freight cars went down a low embankment. The engine rolled over and stopped, bottom side up, at the water’s edge. Ben Horton, fireman, and George Carlysde, brakeman, were killed outright. Engineer J. H. Fowler was thrown into the river and seriously injured. No clew as to the identity of the perpetrators of the outrage has as yet been obtained. The scene of the wreck is about two miles from this city. The Missouri Pacific track thero skirts the bluffs. The hne is on the west bank of Kansas river and passes under the street bridge which connects Wyandotte with Kansas City. Engineer Fowler says that he slackened speed on approaching the bend of the river, keeping a sharp lookout. As the train passed under the bridge it was going about six miles per hour. He saw several men ia a group, apparently watching for something to happen. The engineer reached for a rifle that he carried, and just then the train struck the loosened rails. He reversed his engine and jumped off, landing at tho water’s edge. The fireman was caught under the engine and was killed, his body being recovered at 9 o’clock. The brakeman, who was on the forward car, was carried down and-wav also crushed to death. The wrecking train is busy clearing the tract*. It is reported that a man named Converse, who was among the crowd of spectators on the bluffs above the track, fell over the bluff and was fatally injured. It is also said that three men were seen going rapidly up the track after tho accident, and, refusing to halt, were fired upon by the watchmen and deputies, but without effect, and the fugitives made for the woods and escaped. The company has offered a reward of $2,300 for information which will lead to tho arrest and conviction of the guilty persons, or SI,OOO for any one of them. Nothing transpired during the day to indicate who aro the criminals. Horton leaves a widow at Oak Grove, la., and Carlisle has a family at Atchison. The engineer was badly bruised about the head, but is not dangerously hurt. The track was cleared at noon. An incoming passenger train from the north on the Missouri Pacific was assailed to night, between Quindaro and Wyandotte, by unknown parties, who hurled stones through the car windows, breaking several panes of glass, but, fortunately, injuring no one. A squad of police waa later sent up the road, on a night freight, in search of the miscreants. They will return pt 4 o’clock in the morning. Two colored tramps have been arrested at Wyandotte, suspected of wrecking the train this morning. There ia no definite evidence against them, but they will be detained awaiting developments. The Missouri Car Company. f St. Louis, April 26.—Two hundred of the striking employes of the Missouri Car and Foundry Company held a meeting yesterday to hear the report of their committee, appointed ou thf day before, to call upon President McMillan and persuade him to accede to their demand that the company cease furnishing repair material to the Missouri Pacific railroad. The committee reported that they had called upon Mr. McMillan, but conld obtain no assurance from him that their demands would be complied with. The meeting then adopted resolutions setting forth that their reasons for striking were justifiable, and that they would not return to work until their demands were granted. All of the strikers, however Were not present, and those who were absent, uot being bound by the action of the meeting, returned to their old places at the works this morning. Several new men also applied for places, and there are now at work about 250 men iu all. President McMillan says that tho management of the company will take back all of the old employes who apply for work today, and will employ all efficient new men who desire to enter the company’s service. He says the works will be in full operation by the end of the week. * Business of tlie Roads. New York, April 26.—The following tele gram was received at the office of the MissouH Pacific Railroad Company this morning: "Hr. Louis, April 26. 4 ‘Three hundred and four freight trains, containing 5,000 loaded cars, run over the systern Saturday, an increase of 89 trains and 1,683 loads over the same day last year; 283 freight trains, consisting of 4,548 loaded cars, run over the system yesterday, an increase of 81 trains and 1,288 cars over the same day last year. At 3:30 o’clock this morning, freight train No. 38 was ditched east of Wyandotte, Kan., by spikes being puiled out of the ties and fish plates taken off the rails. Fireman Ben Horton and brakeman George Carlisle were instantly killed, and engineer f. H. Fowler seriously injured. Have offered $2,300 reward for the parties who caused the wreck. t M. H. Hoxie.” Strikers Drive New Men from Work. Kansas City, April 26.—An Atchison, Kan., special says the strikers, this afternoon, took forcible possession of the Missouri Pacific yards there, driving out all the men who had gone to work since the strike began, six weeks ago. Ths strikers organized in the yards and marched to tho shops, where the workmen went out with but little protest, bloodshed being thus avoided. The fires in the shops were drawn and a guard appointed to prevent any of the new men returning to work. _ THE LAKE SHORE SWITCHMEN. Nothing Definite Yet Known Concerning That Mysterious Agreement. Chicago, April 26.— Since the Lake Shore switchmen's strike came to a sudden terming tion, there has been a great deal of speculation ns to the fate awaiting the objectionable men.