Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1886 — Page 1

" VOL. XXXII--NO. C. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1886. WHOLE NO. 1,617.

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WASHINGTON.

Iiasperatiag Joka Perpetrated Upon tha Habitues the Sesaia Galleries Yesterday. Probable Successor of the Late Senator .111ler, of California A Kill Introduced In the House for the Repeal f the Civil Service Law. tpcrial to the Sentinel. i

Washington, March S. Senator F.owen, j I ' of Colorado, to-day perpetrated the most j (exasperating joke that has ever 1-een prac- j ticed npon the habitues of the Senate galle- , Ties. "?t was announced through the press I that Senator Edmunds would to-day ex-

press his views on the President s recent message in regard to official papers. The J announcement packed the galleries to suflb- j J cation in anticipation of a lively scene. Bowen has for three weeks been trying to get in a silver speech, and the crowd of visitors encouraged him to mat another attpmfjt to-dav. He

i jil started in with a huge pile of manuscript Ur that male the crowd shudder. They were Hpatient, however, and for an hour and a hall he pegged away on silver with a monotonous I intonation that drove every Senator to the

y cloak rooms. Finally he turned up the last

irai aim mic spwtaiuia iuucu auiiuuiji in the direction of Edmunds' seat, hut Bowen was merciless, and after taking a drink of water, he opened his desk and . palled out another huge roll of manuscript. There were audible groans from the gallery, but Bowen gave no heed to them and only read more slowly. Another hour passed in this way before he finished reading the second roll. "When he had laid down the last sheet

there was an uproar of handj clapping j and hisses from the ; audience and the Chair threatened to clear Tthe galleries. Again Bowen opened his desk and pulled out another roll amid groans and hisses, lie had just read a dozen lines when a lady fainted and had to be carried I onL The Colorado Senator's voice had now become only a hoarse croak, and few of his sentences were audible. While this comical j performance was going on, the news came ' of the death of Senator Miller. Senator Tel

ler requested Bowen to stop till the announcement could be made to the Senate, but he had no more respect for the dead than he had regard for tiie living and he refused to suspend. Three quarters of an hour later his last roll of manuscript gave out and the galleries were wild with delight. But it was short-lived joy, for the Senate immediately adjourned when Senator Stanford announced the death of his colleague. The spectators dispersed with unconcealed disgnst. They had come with the expectation of seeing a roaring episode, and instead had been compelled to listen for three hour3 and a half to I the dryest speech that was ever deliverd in ( the Senate. To this hour no one knows upon which side of the silver question the I Colorado Senator planted himself. Senator Miller's Probable Successor, gjeeial to the Sentinel. Wa-hj..T';., March s. The death of Senator Miller, ot California, which oecured todao, causes another vacancy in that body. niTsKftr of rrtnmp hp Demncfa r?c

. , . , I Governor Stoneman, of California, wno is a J)emnfflnt. will appoint a successor to the t deceased. In talkin? to-nitrht with those of

the California delegation, the impression nnite generally prevails that General Delmas, one of the most prominent lawyers in the State, will be appointed. This i3 the general belief of the entire delegation, including Senator Sandford. The name of Colonel Hart, proprietor and editor of the San Francisco Examiner, is also mentioned, (but that is all. The illustrious bonanza king, James C. Flood, of the Mackey ) O'Brien tfc Fair mining and banking syndicate, is quite as prominently mentioned as ' 'Ss Delmas. Flood want3 to skim alongside , cf Fair, and it may be the great Comstok operator will adorn the Senate. Governor Stoneman himself would like to be the Sena tor, but to do so he would first have to resign the Governorship. But this he can not afford to do, as not many months ago, at the Sacremento Convention, he publicly deJ corniced the Lieutenant Governor, ind as that person would have the appointing 'ft power, the Governor would find himself jXadly left. Delmas is a great lawyer and in y harmony with the labor element, and at ; one time a great friend of Dennis Kearney. '.Miller was an Indiana boy, having been born and raised in the vicinity of South Bend. The Civil Service Law. Special to the Sentinel.

y Washi5.to.v, March 8. Another bill was I introduced in the House to-day by Bennet, North Carolina, for the repeal of the civil . vervice law, which was referred to the ComJ m:t!ee on the Revision cf Laws. Some time , A since a similar bill was introduced by Seney, M of Ohio, which was referred to the Civil ServIce Committee, but adversely rejorted; C hence the second Mil to-day introduced. A vote was taken as to what committee it should be referred, and the Democrats voted Jfcr it being referred to the committee named. The vote was sufficient to test the strength of the party on the subject. S The rumor is af'.oat to-night that ei-Sena-tor Bruce, of Mississippi, who is well known as ex -IlegisKr of the Treasury, will be aplointed to the Civil Service Commission, succeeding Dorman B. Eaton, instead of Lyman, as named in these dispatches last night. j It is said Bruce has some Democratic supl fordere for the place. Bruce is a colored jrentlerxian.

?pedal to the Sentinel. Washito:, March 3. There are growing indications which are sufficient to create a trorjg belief in the minds of those who give he matter consideration that in all of the Democratic districts in Indiana the voters will be willing to send back to the next Confres the present Representatives. Jtretntative Cobb, who has said he was

not a candidate for re-election, is in rece'pt almost daily from his friends and neighbors petitions and letters protesting against his declination to start for another nomination, and insisting upon his reconsidering his previously expressed opinions and make the race, assuring him the nomination will be given him if he will tut consent to become a candidate. In one of the petititions from prominent gentlemen in Lawrence County it is claimed that Mr. Cobb should consent to return, that his long experience in public affairs, his influence with the present administration and the heads of the various Departments, is of more than ordinary value to Indiana in a political jense. It is prominently needed for another reason and that is based upon the death ot Vice President Hendricks, who was a power in the matter of keeping to the front Indiana and its political situation and impoitince, and the loss herein sustained is, in the opinion of those writing to Mr. Cobb, lhat strength can be maintained by the retention oUthose who have been in Congress for some time and are known and familiar with matters here. Tiiis argument can, of course, apply to the entire delegation, and there are but three of the present Congress of the Democrats who have not served in previous sessions. Thee are Messrs. Bynnm, of the Indianapolis District; Ford, of the South Bend District, and Howard, of the New Albany District. Mr. "Ward, of the Lafayette District, of course will not stand for .renomination, as his district under the last jerrymander was made Republican by too large a majority to offer inducements to another candidacy. Mr. "Ward, as is well known in Indiana, is or will be a candidate for Judge of the Su

preme Court. Mr. Matson, of the Greencastle District, will not, it is believed, experience any diffi culty in securing another nomination. Let ters from prominent workers in the district are to the effect that but little if any opposi tion will be made against him. His labors in the interest of the Invalid Pension bill, which is one of the most important bills so far Introduced in the present Congress, has won tor him a host of friends who claim that he will be nominated poäsibly by acclamatior. Judge Lowry, of the Fort Wayne District, wiU, of course, be a candidate for renomination. Mr. Ford, of the South Bend District, is on his first term. It necessarily requires more ttan one term in Congress for any man to become either known or familiar with the important duties imposed upon him. Mr. Fold's record has been as it should be, dilli gent and conservative, and has made himself very useful to his constituents, and if he so desires it, there seems to be no reason why he will not be returned. Mr. Howard, of the New Albany District, will in all probability be retained, though the candidacy of Hon. Jason B. Brown is an ncunced. Mr. Kleiner, of the Evansville District, will not be a candidate again. He has all the Congressional experience be desires, and prefers retiring to private life. Mr. Bynum, of the Indinapolis District, will be a candidate for renomination. For a youn man, and a new member, Mr. Bynum has been recognized more handsomely than any other like member in the present Congress. Judge Holman, of the Liwrenceburg Disr'ct, it is not thought will have any formidable opposition. With one exception he is the oldest Representative in Congressional experience, having served here, with the expiration ot the present Congress, twenty-two years, Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, having served but two years longes. Those who do not know Judge Holman in Washington argue themselves unknown. In the distribution for committee work by the Speaker, Mr. Bynum was well placed. To be put upon the Committee of Coinage was a matter of selection by many of the old members, and was at the time it was made up, and is likely to continue the most important committee in the House. The silver question has naturally attrac ted wide-spread attention, which has added to the importance of the committee, and the question is of that importance that a settlement will hardly be reached in this or the next Congress. Mr. Bynum was also appointed to the Committee on Commerce. This committee is also an important one, as it has control of the regulation of inter-State commerce, rates upon railroads from one State to another, and the Tehauantepec ship railway. He was also maee a member of the sub-committee to consider the Fads ship railway, and directed to favorably report the bill to the whole committee. Mr. Bynum, like all of the entire Indiana delegation, is attentive to business, and is very rarely absent from his desk. The Republican Representatives will of course become candidates. Mr. Browne, of the Richmond District, can't be defeated. He has got 'em. It that district is to send a Republican here, they had better keep Mr. Browne here. He is able, and is a credit to the State. Owen, of the Logansport District; Steele, of the Kokomo District, and Johnston, of the Trre Haute District, will stand for renomination. but of course they will be defeated. Mr. Steele, however, may be deprived of his seat in the contest with Major Kidd. It can truthfully be said of Indiana's Representatives, that they are attentive to business. There is hardly an hour of the day when a glance down from the gallery will fail to find each of them in the neighborhood of their respective seats. Its older members have made excellent records for themselves and the State they represent, and the younger ones are followin; close in the lead of the procession, and if allowed to remain the political influence of the State can be maintained at the National Capital as it should be. The prestige it has so long enjoyed in political affairs must for the sake and benefit ff its true Democracy be upheld and not al

lowed to diminish under this or any other incoming Democratic administration. Not Lacking in Aggressiveness. Special to the Seniir.eL Washington, March 3. People can't charge the Administration with being mealymouthed or Mme-serving. During the wesk plain spoken and aggressive documents have been put forth. The first was the President's message on the right of the Senate to share his information, on which he made changes in the civil serve. That bold challenge has now been followed up by others( each as uncompromising in its way. A second message has been received from the President, in which he condemns, in the most decided and explicit terms, the outrages committed upon the Chinese in the far West, an 1 urges Congress to reimburse the victims for their pecuniary losses. Mr. Cleveland evidently has an idea that he is President of the United States, and on that impression he will find many people scattered through the country who will agree with him. Senator Edmunds' comparison of Mr. Cleveland to Charles the First, the most arbitrary of the Stuart Kings, has not struck the country as very apt. Tossibly he need not have gone qui'e so far back in Erglish history for a parallel. A closer analogy would be fonnd in cotemporary English politics were the House of Lords to demand 7jat Mr. Gladstone should explain to them i.is reasons for making changes in his under oflicers on a change of Ministry called for by a general election. Special to the Sentinel. Wasiiix.tot?, March 4. The scenes in the House to-day were more exciting than at any time during the present Congress. Itwasover the debate of the Tension Appropriation bill, which was limited to three hours. There was but little if anything in it other than the Haunting of the bloody shirt and fighting the war over again. As has been named in these dispatches, the sectional issues were brought into the debate by Representative Henderson, of Iowa, last week, when he embraced the opportunity of making a regular campaign harrangue for the

benefit of the Republican party. Since that day politics has been all there is in the dis cussion, with an attempt upon the part of the Republicans to defend and whitewash the somewhat mysterious official actions of ex-Commissioner of Pensions Dudley. Henderson has been badly bruised by the knocks given him from the Democratic side of the House, until now he feels he has gotten quite the worst of the situation, and recognizes the fact that he, too, injured him self and seriously weakened his party. This was evinced to-day in his attempt to smooth over and apologize for hi previous remarks. Cabbell, of Virginia, demonstrated the Iowa statesman as a bulldozer, and charged him with being responsible for opening up all the old sores of the war. Among the amusing incidents of the day was the speech of General Warner, of Ohio, spending much of his time in reading the letters of Colonel Dudley from his autograph letter book from the Pension Office, which like those read on Tuesday by Colonel Matson, every page of which breathed vengeance against the Democrat party, and implied a connection with all the schemes of the Republicans and as such were proven by the letter that the Pension Office wa run for jolitical purposes. The Dudley letters are a thousand times more damaging than were the Mulligan letter?, which overthrew the dynasty of the illustrious Blaine. Dudley should have profited by the request of the riumed Knight when he wanted the letters burned. The Democrats have the evidence against Dudley, and the scenes when the letter-book was pitched from desk to desk and the contents devoured by the members, reminded one of the actions of a lot of canines engaged in "excavation." When the letters were read by General Warner it seemed as if every Repnblican tried to hide himself under his desk, and had slid their bodies as far in that direction as possible until he left them hanging to their chairs by the backs of their necks. During the debate personalities were freely indulged in by General Grosvenor of Ohio, and General Warner, the former characterizing tbe latter as no gentleman, and he would accept of no courtesies at his hands. Henderson said he was not known as a bulldozer at home and no one had ever so charged him until Cabbell, who (to use Henderson's language) came from the bloody streets of Danville, Va. When this was said, which was an illusion to the Danville riot3, Cabbell grew farious and wanted to fight Henderson on the floor of the House. It was some five minutes before anything could be heard, so great was the confusion. There is any quantity of bad blood at fever heat, and should the debate continue much longer, there may be something after the Sullivan style brought into practice. Nobody has any pity for poor Dudley. Ills Republican friends say he was a blooming idiot for writing political letters in an official letter book. Death of a Prominent Citizen. Special to the Sentinel. Siiklbyville. Ind., March 4. Albert J. Gorgas, Republican Clerk of this county, and one of Shelbyville's most popular and honored citizens, died at :J:1S this afternoon, aged forty-five years. Deceased was a member of the Odd Fellows, the Masonic order and the G. A. R., and will be buried nnder thet auspices of those orders. Ife leaves surviving him a wife and three children, the youngest a babe of about a year old. His death is mourned by the whole community, and it is no exaggeration to iay that no more popular man ever lived in this city or county, with the exception of our late lamented Vice President, Hendricks. His character in business and social life was stainless, and in all matters of public interest he was an active, untiring worker. For ten years he served as Secretary of our fair, and one year as President, and at the time of his death he held the office of Director and Treasurer of the Shelby ville Gas Company, which he had held sinee its organization in 1871. He was also a charter member and an officer in two of the building af soclation organized here and was alwajs ready to give his time, money and influence to any movement that tended to the good of the community, with whom he waa deservedly popular. The arrangements for the funeral have not been made yet.

THE GOULD STRIKE

Very Little Apparent .Change Along he Lines of tbe Texas Roads. fluDilreds of Freight Cars, Many of Them Laden With, Perishable Good, SideTracked Grand Master Workman Powilerly Interviewed. St. Loris, March 8. It was with the greatest difficulty that any of the Missouri Pacific trains coul 1 be moved this morning from the Union Depot, as the officials of the road could persuade none of the strikers to assist in maiting them up. Assistant Superintendent Stillwell, of the Union Depot, assisted by three Yardmasters, however, succeeded in starting all the passenger trains on time, the strikers offering no resistance to their efforts. Not a freight car on the Missouri Pacific has been moved from this city sines Saturday night, and the probabilities are that none can be moved until the present difficulty has been settled, or until the railroad company fills the places ol the striking Knights of Labor by non-members of that organization. The members of the Board of Directors of the road have arrived in this city, but whether tbey came to assist in settling the strike, or simply to attend the regular annual meeting of the Board, set for next Wednesday, is not known. Chairman T. V. Powderly, of the General Executive Committee of the Knights of Labor, is expected to arrive here at any hour, and tLe Knights feel confident that his ef forts to adjust affairs will result in a settlement of the difficulties. The officials of the railroad are as reticent as ever and no hintof their future policy in regard to the strike has been disclosed. The Brakemen's Brotherhood met yesterday afternoon in Thiel's Hall on South Fourth street. As near as could be learned their grievance is that their wages are too small. They receive $i:0 per month, but wait $70, or Chicago prices, together with extripy for extra work. A committee of the Knights of Labor called on the brakemen yesterday afternoon and conferred with their committee, but no results were obtained, and the meeting adjourned until last night, when another conference was held. The outcome of it all seemed to be that a committee of the brakemen will call upon Mr. A. W. Dickinson this afternoon and notify him that after 5 o'clock no Missouri Pacific or Bridge and Tunnel Company's cars will be handled until the present strike is over. All the men employed at Caromlelet, or South St. Louis, six miles below here, quit work this morning. This is an important Mint as the river terminnsof the Rockwood branch of the Missouri Pacific Road, and large quantities of freight and grain destined for the Fast are transferred acros3 the river there. The Iron Mountain Road also passes through the place, and the yards of the roads are quite extensive. Now everything is still, the transfer boats are tied up and the yards and shops deserted. Over iUW freight cars, many of them laden, stanV n . the tracks. The men are holding meetings and discussing the situation. The Brotherhood of Brakemen her have notified Superintendent Dickinson, of the L'nion Deiot and Tunnel Company, that they are willing to continue work if they are not required to handle cars belonging to the Missouri Pacific Road. Many of this order are also Knights of Labor, and all those employed cn the Missouri Pacific went out with the other men. Superintendent Dickinson accepted their services under the condition named. It has been stated, in reference to the transjortation of the mails, that the Knights of Labor would permit only an engine, a postal car and one coach to be run, but it is now stated that thev have abandoned this position, and will allow fall passenger trains to run. A report comes from Dallas, Tex., that the Receivers of the Texas and Paciii j have in contemplation the arrest of leading Knights of Labor and strikers at Marshall, Denison and Longvie-v, Foft Worth and other places. A dispatch from Sedalia, Mo., says there are 200 cars laden with perishable freight in the yards there, and that there are several hundred carloads of California Dranges sidetracked along the road between there and Fort Worth. Contrary to expectation, the Knights of Labor, employed by the St. Louis Bridge Company, are still at work, and trains to and from Fast St. Louis are running regularly. It is confidently stated, however, by the Knights of Ibor that this will be the next move ordered by the strikers. All through passenger and mail trains have left up to this hour (1:50 p. m.) on time, and no serious delays along the routes are anticipated. Mr. IL M. Hoxie, First Vice President of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company furnishes the Associated Press with the following statement regarding the strike now existing on that company's road. Itisac dressed thus: To the Employes of the Missouri Pacific Railway, Leased and Operated Unes: That all may understand tbe present condition of affairs whereby some lO.Ooo men have been thrown out of employment, the ojveratlou ot about ',0uo miles of railway stopped aud the traffic of four States, affecting over 4.0U0.0OO people, partially paralized, 1 desire you to read and careiully consider the lollowing facts, for which abundant evidence can be produced, aud which can not be controverted : on the 15th of March, IS", the strike then pending over this entire system was nettled ly the voluntnry mediation of the executives or Kansas and Missouri, aad a circular issued which wassutticiently ratisfactory to cause the entireresumption of work. I 'urine; the sixty days subsequent to the above date, committees raprcxenting the employes at different point, and also the various labor organizations to which they belonged, were met and all grievances caudidly discussed. Satisfactory ngrccmen ts were then entered into, so that on May i;, lss;, it seemed tht perfect harmony existed between us all as colaborers of thee companies. Any infraction of the spirit or letter of the understandings or agreements made between the company aud its employes were shortly rectified as soon as brought to the attention of the propt.r authorities. This apparent harmony and good understanding con tinned until fr-eptember following, when this company was notilied by tbe Knights of I-abnr that it miifct not perform any work for or interchange any tiutdm-ss with the Wn.la-h Railway, with vhich 'that organization had ditliculties pending. The Kxerutive Committee of the Knight f I.abor stated at that time that no :su-e of grievance of any nature existed ftgrunt the Missouri 1'acific Railway and its asfccx intcd ronds but that to force the Wabash, which was in the hands of the United States nrt. it beHme necefsary to involve the Missouri l'acitie Railway on account of the supposed identitv of the stockholders Interests. In order that there might bo no possible cause lor destroying the good feelIjjk then existing between this company and its employes, the order above referred to wits acquiesced in, until tbe Wabash diriiculties were adjusted. On December 10, ls5, the United States Court took possession of the Texas & Pacific Railway in Louisiana and Texas for the benefit of its creditera, and from that date the severance ot lhat railway from this system has been as complete as jf no amicable relations had ever existed between it and thee companies. The em ploees working upon the Texas and 1'acirnRailway became the employees of the agents of the United States Court, and the Missouri l'aeitlc rrttnagement ceased to have any control over them. Messrs. Brown and Sheldon, the receivers, took possession of the Texas and l'aeitlc Railway, appointed their own genta, and made such a rrangf ments with their employees as they deemed prcplr and fit, m to which the management ol tbe

Missouri Pacific RRihvay exercised no voice or ontrol whatever. His learned (hat on March 2 the employes of the Texas and fact tic Railway inaugurated a strike, giving as the reason that one C. A. ilali, ot the rar department ot that road. In Marshalt. Texas, was discharged, without due cause. On Thursday, the 4th insf., the Knights of Labor ordered the boycott ot the Texas and Piicitic cars and traffic over those roads, and such arrangements were thereupon made as not to permit that order to disturb the apparently pleasant relations with our employes. At 10 a. m. on Saturday, the Pth inst, without previous notiee, all of the shop men, most of the yard men, and many of the track men, stopped their wort, and voluntarily refused to continue as employes of this company, merely stating to their several foremen that they had received orders reuniting this from the executive oflicers of the Knights of Labo and alleging, as their only reason, trie diicharge of an employe by the Receivers of the Texas and Pacific railway, an alien road in the bands of the United States Court. Since the commencement of the strike at local points, the Local Committee f the Knightsof Labor, have notified our foremen and superintendents that they appoint and place their own watchmen over onr property to protect it from loss and damage and to take care oi the rame but as these self appointed watchmen assume the authority as to who shall or shall not enter upon the ground, and property of the company, except their own order, it is virtually dispossessing the company of its property and assuming control and possession of the same in violation of all righ is of property, and contrary to tbe very basis ol all governments. This company has for yV had satisfactory understandings and agreements with certain labor organizations, whieii have, in every instance, complied with their promises: and It has always been the object and aim of tbe management to comply fully with both spirit and letter of all sneh understandings and agreements. I would call your attention to the following conclusions from the above history of the past year: Tb is company has made no objections to the existence of organisations and combinations of employes which the latter consider for their mutual benefit. It has rerogniAHl and met the committees of sueh orgauixationp, and made agreements with the same without any distinction, and carried them out as exactly as iosMb)e, promptly adjusting all complaints anil diflercnees whieb have irom time to time arisen. When loyal employes permit themwlves to le governed and controlled by discontented colaborers they necessarily suffer equally with them the consequences of ill-advised acts ; therefore the necessity of their individual efforts to restore the proper relations between therompajiy and Its employes. It must be well-known and recognized that the capacity of a corporation to meet its pay-rolls and vouchers depeuda upon the capacity to earm money, and that when its earning powers cease its ability to pay promptly ceases at the same time, as the daily and monthly payments are made from its daily and monthly reeeipO?. The company is legally required to do all in its power to pertorm its obligations to the public and to the Government, and Jts management will take every proper iueauje to comply with these rejuirements; and I earnesllv hope fhat every independent, free-thinking co-laborer wn hFs been or is an emplove of these companies.will consider these facts, and inform himself npon all sides of the subject, remembering that there has never been an act soarbitrary, useless and uncalled for as that of lat Saturday.wher by a few men to whom you have voluntarily given the power, ore depriving many thousand of their co-la lorere of their accustomed wages, divesting this company of the capacity to pay It, employes for servir es. shutting up the avenue of traffic in four States, and preventing some 4,000,(H'O of people from obtasuing their customary supplies and the necessities of life, because it is claimed that one employe of the car department of the Texas and Pacific Railway at Marshall. Tex., a road over which this company has no control, has been discharged by tne agents of the United States Court. K. M. Home, First Vice President. The switchmen of the Bridge and Tunnel Company went out at 8 o'clock to-night. This will greatly disturb traffic between the l'nion Depot in this city and the Ketay Depot in East St. Louis, across the bridge, as the system of tracks on both sides of the river is jnite complicated and requires skillful men to handle it. A sj-ecial to tha Globe-Democrat from Pilot Knob, Mo., says owing to the refusal of the Iron Mountain liailroad to receive freight, the ore and steel company here shut down to-day. throwing 4uO men out of work. Theminers have a strong Knights of Labor Assembly here, but they have no grievance, their employers having voluntarily advanced their wages 10 per cent, on the 1st of March. 1 hey sympathise with the railroad strikers, however, and take their en forcet idleness good naturedly. At the Graniteville Stone tuarries, five miles from Ki'ot Knob, :'00 men were laid ofl fjr the same reason. Anoll er special to the same paper from Vinita, Ind. T., says all Knichts of Labor here have gone out. They are by no means enthus'Hstic, and very few trainmen have much sympathy with the strike. The t igarniakers' l'nion3 of this city have decided to inangnrate the eight hour system on May 1, and do not anticipate any opposition on the part of bosses. All the unions connected with the building interests of the city have decided to favor the eight hour plan, and have given their members instructions to consult with their employers on the subject and report at an early day. Chunks of Wisdom. Pini.APELPHiA, March 8. Grand Master Workman Powderly, the head of the Knights of Labor organizations, who is in the city attending a meeting of the general Executive Board, said to-night to a representative of the Associated Press, that he had rec;no summons to St. L"s- '

cn 1 di be kn. gan 'i the that, unles. necess who ai commc they wt save th If they tion in plovers t made and tion, I a sure that end in a arranged an extreme i ent. Indeed be no necessi ing now that . the employer listen to the come when the the manufactu trade is ready to his men, and to . demands are reai cipline and tbe re the might in tl this change, and tl of the employers s. hasty and inconsii of the workingmen. "Arbitration, then theory of the order? "Yes, arbitration a Bible; strike only as a that point is reached, t earnest and never sum concessions. Why, thi.

the members, who were listening), has, since the 1st of January, settled by arbitration 350 cases, which -ould otherwise have resulted in strikes, without the gaining of a single joint by the strikers. The Knights of Labor, and the other labor organizations in sympathy with its plans, constitute at the present time the most powerful organization of workingmen ever known in the history of the world. Its strength is increasing every day, and its influence is felt every day in every branch of trade in this country. It is dangerous to abuse this power. It can always insist npon just demands, carefully considered and thoughtfully digested. It can not afford to fritter itself away upon every little pretense of wrong, hastily formulated and pig-headly insisted upon. The growth of the power of labor should be an occasion for calm deliberation and moderation. The workingmen should be careful to see to it that they do not sap and undermine their strength by" extreme demands and unreasonable assumption of importance and power. It is, as some one has said before me, a good thing to have the power of a giant, but it is an evil thing to use it like a giant. It was the disposition on the part of the employers to refuse to treat with his workmen that made the labor organization a necessity to them. Now that we have the power which comes from organization, we must use that power wisely and moderately, and be careful that we do not change position with the employer and refuse to treat with him, except at the point of the pistol or the strike, which is about the same thing. A strike should be the last resort when everything else has failed and not an everyday expedient whick used as such, loses its power as it increases in frequency. In the old assemblies which are familiar with onr plans and purposes, strikes were infrequent. It is the new, and as yet not fully informed organizations, which upon sometimes insufficient and frequently trivial causes make this desperate and final appeal. As our organizations grow there will be less strikes. Our power will be in time greater than men think. It will last so as long as we use it wisely (and it will be so used); power no less important than the Constitution itself." "Is the strike the last resort of the Knights of Labor?" The Master Workman smiled. "I see," said he, "what yon are driving at. A strike

is a l8d thing, but a boycott is worse in its results. A strike stops production merely; a boycott kills it. A strike for a week is only the loss of a week's business, trade and wages. A boycott for a week can be tha utter ruin of the business itself. We have never failed in a boycott which has been or dered by the general committee. Its effect iveness is undoubted, but it is an extreme power, which we use with caution." "Is there not danger," said the reporter, "that your organization may become engaged in iolitical movements, and thus lose its power "I have no fear of that. The matters involved in the existence and work of the Knights of Labor are nearer to its members than matters of partisan politics. We have here, as you see, on this committee members of the two old parties, a Greenbacker, and (with a smile) other cranks like myself. We are not politicians here. We have a method of dealing with those who, as some have, entered our ranks to serve political ends; we turn them out. We have had no part in politics. It is bread and butter, the rights of the employed, the material things of everyday life that constitute the elements which do now and 'always will hold us together, and these are stronger than parti san political ties, lhat is why 1 do not fear tbe intrusion of politics. When people talk, as sometimes they do, about using the Knights of Labor as a political ensrine they utter the most arrant nonsense, it is not worth while to discuss the matter with such a man. He is either a liar or an emptylieaued lool. In conclusion, Mr. Powderly said that the Knights of Ibor, as an organization, had nothing to do with the strike in the bituminous coal region, as the miners were under a separate organization, but he was satis fied that the day was very near when all the labor organizations of the country would be united under one general supervision and control. He will remain in Philadelphia with the General Committee several days, unless called away, as he thinks possible, to the West, to arrange the difficulties there. Xo Arbitration. .Sr-KiNoriEi.!, O., March S. The conflict between the Knights of Labor and their late employers, the proprietors of the East street Pea per Works, promises to be long contia ued. William N. Whiteiey. who is at the head of the works, says he wants no em ploye who can not testify to and sign the following: I This is to certify that 1 have withdrawn from'i a Knights of Labor or associations of like kind. 1 1 d am no longer uuder anv dictation. ' stored myself to manhood a free American '

MRS. EMMA MOIiLOY, The Alleged Accomplica of Graham, tha Wife Murderer, Makes & Statement.

She Claims to be Victim of Misplaced rhilanthrophy and Confidence A Very luloqoent Kffort at SelfLaudation. Sr-BisoriELP, Mo., March 3. The Morning Herald publishes a letter written by Mrs. Molloy, from South Bend, to Howell, her present attorney, dated February H, three days before the body of Sarah Graham was found. In substance she says she entered into the work of prison reform eleven years ago, and did so with no thought of self, but with one inspiration to save perishing souls. Replying to her pastor's statement that almost all Springfield believes her a bad woman, she says: "It seema strange that any should think that, if I wanted to descend to anything low and vile I would need to bring into my home those wiio were helpless to take care of themselves, and spend my entire time in constant drudgery to support them. You can readily see that I am not so devoid of any personal attraction that if I wanted to live a criminal life I could not find some one to support me, ir stead of having some one to support. I first met Graham while he was an inmate of the Northern Indiana prison, and took an interest in him to reform him. When pardoned out he came to me at La Porte. I secured him a place on a newspaper. His conduct for a long time was above reproach. He enlisted my sympathy by talking of his wife and child in Fort Wayne, and 1 resolved to try to reunite the family. The paper was. removed to Elgin, 111., and I secured Gra-' ham a place in the publishing house. I went to Fort Wayne and persuaded his wife to rejoin him with her child. I knew it was a doubtful experiment. She was not the one to strengthen and control one of George's weak moral nature. For a time all went weU, but old troubles began, and they ih-ed unhappily. The more wretched be became the closer he clung ft me, his only friend and foster mother. Finally, with more heart than judgment, I bought the paper and made George business manager, moved the paper to Washington, Kan., where George and family, including Cora, myself and family, lived in one house. The paper failed and George sent his family back to Indiana, finally following. While associated in the office George and Cora became fond of each other. It seemed as if she bad bu one thought, night or day, and that was for George, but her love was as pure as an angel's. If I had been of a more calculating nature 1 would have perhaps been worldly enough to cast him adrift and forbid Cora seeing him, but she was not a child. She knew his past history; 6he loved him in spite of it. George wrote from Fort Wayne that he was divorced from Sarah while in prison, and never remarried her; that while at my house living together in Kansas they were not married. He wanted to marry Cora. She was blind to his faults; I reluctantly consented. Xo one suggested George deceiving about the second marriage with Sarah, or thought about examining the Allen County records. I would have staked my life that after his bitter experience in the prison in past years he would never do anything to make himself liable to be sent there again. Judge Laker bought the farm to give Ahe young people a chance to earn a living for themselves, and ofiered to give me a chance to pay for it in installments. They were to take care of younger children, and I was to make my home with them when I could be at home. I believed now that the problem of George's life would be solved. Cora set herself at work to make him happy as possible, and tobring out under the kindest influence the best part of his nature." The above statement Mrs. Molloy gives ay solid facts known to herself, and, as will be seen, it exbonorates her from conniving at bigamy. About the murder she claims to know nothing of ; says George pined for his children and wrote to his Fort Wayne wife asking for them. He told Mrs. Molloy he had the consent of Sarah to bring them out. She furnished money fo him to go on. He claimed when he got back that he met his first wife in St. Louis and got the children. The children told the same" story that their father did about their mother bringing them to St. Louis and coming away with the-" father. The forgery developed itself. The ' case came up, and she knew Geors" fallen. The letter is very Ion? of little else than weloquen