Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 32, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1886 — Page 1

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VOL, XXXII-NO. n. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1886. WHOLE NO. 1,624.

A RIOT AT CHICAGO.

Aiircilsts Drlva Peaceful Librisg Yea to Frenzy and Lawlessness. "WITH LMFE AND BOMB TO REVOLUTION V Thessasds cf Rioters Surging Thrcsgh the Streets cf the Lake City. McCorniira's Employes Attacked by tbe Mb The Wintlow of the Great Factory Riddled With Stones and Ballet Narrow Escape of a Policeman From Being Hang to a Lamp Post by Socialists. Cejca o, May 3. The day, while filled with exciting episodes, bade fair to close without any serious conflict between the trikers and the authorities. A number of foreign-speaking anarchists, appealing to a large crowd of idle men from the lumber yards this afternoon, however, succeeded m provoking in assault upon a number of peaceable laboring men, and a serious confiict with the police followed. At 2 o'clock this afternoon over C.000 men, lumber ahovers, planing mill hands and factory men, assembled on the prairie at Robey street and tbe Black Road tQ hold a mass meeting. The netting was addresifd by socialists, who had the matter entirely in their )' lands- One German tpeaker particulaxly inflamed his hearers. He said td the men: ' ijuit the Knights of Labor; they will r.ever do you any good. Join the Central Labor Union, which will help you to your rights and freedom. Anarchy, is the only way for the workingmen to break the chains cf slavery in which they are bound by the capitalists. It is your only way to freedom freedom, I say. TCith revolver in one hand and your knife in the other and bombs in your pockets, march cn to revolution and freedom. Every workingman must starve together and stand together and fight together for ha rights." After listening to the infamatory harangue the crowd began to throw stones at the surre un dice buildings. Then, as if moved by ore spirit, the 6,000 men started toward the McCormick reaper works, half a mile west. It was about 3:30 o'clock when the crowd arrived there. With yells and fierce imprecations the now frantic men attacked the building with bouldeis and stones that lined the railroad track that extends past tbe works. Reaching the McCormick gates the howling mob met tbe workmen coming from their benches, carrying their lunch pails. Immediately they began an attack on the McCormick employes, applying vile l epithets and stoning them without mercy. There were only two policemen ,.on the acene. Several revolver shots were tred, out s) far as known no one was shot. Many were struck with stones. The McCormick crowd then retreated within the gates, but one of their number, who was so cn fortunate as to be left behind, tell into the hands of the assailants and was nearly beat en to death. The attacking party now entered tb-e gates and pelted tbe windows and walls of the factory, whither the employes had retreated. A little later some of the Imprisoned workmen attempted to escape fcy the rear, but were rcet and baffled in the attempt They . were compelled to go within the works again for safety. Superintendent Averill, of the McCormick "Works, immediately telephoned for police. A patrol wagon full of officers responded from the Hinman street station. On arriving at tix scene ef the riot the police charged upon tbe strikers, rising their clubs and firing a few shots into the air. The crowd scattered bat soon reorganized in force and moved once more toward .McCormick'. The police

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Immediately after the arrival of the wagon tbe mob again attacked the factory, hurling atones atl bricks, shouting and carrying on in tbe wildest manner possible. Another detachment of police came up almoet immediately and oppened a brisk fire with their revolvers, apparently shooting high and withont noticeable effect The mob, seeing that none of their number were injured, imply jeered at tbe otlicer: but Captain O'Donnel and a squad of twenty-six men from Twelfth etreet appearing on tbe scene gave promise f more business, firing began from the tueb side. One rioter, bolder than the others, began shooting at an officer who was sitting in a patrol waQ. Officer Erennan turned his attention to bim, firing hit revolver at point blacky range, but apparently without hittirg him. After a short, sharp chaae the rioter was captured and taken inside the factory. Another detail of sixteen officers at this time came down Blue Island avenue t a double quick, and the police then nura f l--ii-;- over fifty, began firing in earnest, and ll 0 n.ob began to scatter. They ran 10 all ifcticns for two or three blocks, and then

turned and threateningly regarded the situation. The police formed a cordoif about the works and awaited the mob's movements. So far as appeared up to this time no one had been hurt by the shooting. The police would allow nobody to approach the works, and the mob were too much excited to note or care whether any of their number had been hurt By 4:25 at leist 150 policemen had arrived on the ground, or were coming in patrol wagons within sight By this time the windows of the factory had been riddled with stones and bullets. Two of the patrol wagons while on the way to the scene stopped to disperse a noisy and demonstrative crowd at the corner of Blue Island avenue and Lincoln street The mob attacked them with stones, but the officers jumped from the wagons and ty vigerous use of their clubs soon sent the rioters fiying in all directions. They then turned to and began driving the noisy crowds out of the saloons in the neighborhood, using their clubs indiscriminately. Inside the fencejof the McCormick works Oifcer Eaflerty had a very narrow escape. A rioter who had got inside came up behind him and was aiming a revolver at his head, not two feet away, when Lieutenant Sbepperd struck him to the earth with his club, shivering it to piecs with the vigor of the blow. At 3 o'clock the police formed a hollow square, inside of which they escorted the McCormick men up beyond Twenty-second street without trouble, except occasional stones hurled from hiding places. Four men were found with bullets. Two of them were taken away in a patrol wagon one shot through the hip and one through the leg. It is expected jhat several more wounded will be found tonight. Tnere were rrany badly damaged. Officer Casey netr'.y suffered an ignominious death at the haouä of the infuriated Socialists. After the great mob had been virtually dispersed, Casey, with three other policemen, carried Joe WedJick, one of the wounded strikers, to his home, 422 West Seventeenth street The patrol waon was followed by an angry crowd of Bohemians, wto yelled loudly for revenge for the wounds Cf their fallen comrades, but when the wagon turne! down Central avenue the crowd did not follow. In silence they watched their countryman borne from ths wagon into his home, and the officii .Iter laying Weddick upon, a, bed, tbe -,x ception of C, hö remained bebind to -.rtT-ort of the man's condition. While

Casey was talking to the wounded man's wife, many of Weddick's sympathizers had pressed their way into the house. The injured man was asked who shot him. Evidently misunderstanding the question, Weddick raised his hand and pointed at fficer Casey. The crowd inside the house went on to a frenzy. Seizing Officer Casey they dragged him out upon the sidewalk. "Lynch him, lynch him", they cibd, and several of their number ran for ropes. Casey, a man of powerful frjme, was like an infant in their hands. After a struggle he received fearful blows and his clothing was nearly torn from his body. A rope was brought and one end made fast to a lamppost directly in front of Weddick's house. At tbe sieht of tbe improvised scaffold the mob shrieked with delight. Casey fought with tbe fury of desperation. As the crowd pressed toward tbe gallows be gathered all his remaining strength, and dashing head foremost from his assailants, jumped into the street,. followed by hundreds, who at once began firing at hi in as he ran. fie was boon met by a patrol wagon full of police, who, having heard the tumult, were hurrying to his assistance. Casey clambered into the wagon and fell upon a seat exhausted. The wagon was surrounded in a moment by bis pursuers, but at the sight of the policemen's revolvers they quickly mattered. While this was going on, Casey revived sufficiently to point out among those who were the last to turn, one of the crowd who had been particularly officious in bringing a rope. The man was arrested and immediately driven to the station. He gave his name as Joseph H. Hesn. Eve witnesses of the struggles between tbe police and the Socialists say the number of the latter who were wounded are being a high as twelve. It is not thought that any wtre killed outright, but the rapidity with which the wounded were carried away by their friends and the secrecy maintained in regard to any connection with the affair make facta dimcu't'to obtain. Joe Vosetik, is probably mortally wounded and may not survive the night During the evening the following circular, printed in German and with an Knglisb translation appended, was distributed broadcast in many sections of tke city : Keveng, worklnemen. to arms, yonr masters vein out their blood hound, the podce, they killed six of your Brothers at McCormieks this alternoon. Thev killed the poor wretches. oecause thev, like, bad the courage to disobey the supreme will of your bosses. They killed them, because they dared ask for the shortening of tne boun oi toll. They killed them to show you 'free American citizens' that you must be satisfied aii'I ronieuted with whatever vourbosses condescend to allow you. or you will get killed. You have tor rears endured the most object humiliations; you have for years suftered unmeasurable existence; you have worked yourself to death; you hare endured the fangs of want and hunger; vour children have beeu sacrificed to the factory; in short, yon have been miserable and been slave all these years why? To satiny the lnsatiaDle treed, to fill the coffers of your thieving masters. Vhea yon a&k them now vo lessen your burden he send his blood hounds out to shoot vou, kill you. If you are men, it yoa are the sons" of your grandsires. who have shed tbeir blood to free vou' then you will rise in your might, destroy the hideous montdr that seeks to destroy you. To arm we call you, to arms. Voi r Bkothf.p.." The Michael Wallace Case. Special to the Sentinel. Washington, May .. To-night's Star has tbe following: "Why don't you publish the true story of the Michael Wallace ca-e?" said a friend of General Ilosecrans, the Ilegister"of the Treasury, to a 6tar reporter, referring to the case of the messenger wtioru it wa published the Register declined to have in his oflice because he was an ex Confederate. The Star reporter having indicated that his ears were open to receive the truth, the gentleman continued: "The 6tery, ai published, gives a wrong impression. In the first place it should be known that there are in the Register's Office gentlemen as Chiefs oi Divisions who were in the Confederate service, and three ex-Confederates on the lis ot messengers. When there was a vacancy in a messenger's place General üooecraiiK suggested to Assistant Secretary S uit!) that he thought it would be good policy t appoint an ex1'nion Democratic soldier to the positiv In this sugeetion the Acting S-cretary coincided, but through an inadvertence Vallac, agaicst whom there wa no personal objections, was sent to the oflice. W'he i ihi i advertence was discovered WaHiw wa ni discharged, fen t transferred back ty a'o' force, f jo in which he came.'"

THE EIGHT HOUR DAY.

Thousands Gain It, While Yiny Other Thousands Still on the Strike. BICKERING AND DISQUIETUDE IN CHICAGO. Not llnch Vigor in the Attempt to Inaugurate a General Strike in Ciaclrrati. "ovel Feature of the Eight Hoar Movement in Chicago A Geueral Lockout llegaa In Washington City YesterdayLabor Notes. Chicago, May 3. It was estimted last night that 40,000 of the 220,000 wage workers of Chicago have already profited by the eight hour movement About 63,000 are supposed to be out on strike this morning. In many instances, where large bodies of men are solidified under a trade movement, long strikes are threatened if the present attitude of employers is maintained. The movement has not yet been attended by any violence, though in some quarters the Socialistic element has caused some bickering and disquietude. This is particularly true of the lumber region and North-side furniture district. Previous to Saturday 1,000 brewers, as many bakers, 800 furniture workers, 1,000 clothing cutters and 100 tack pointers had secured a reduction of the working hours. According to the reports received up to midnight by Mr. George A. Schilling, the Chairman of the Kight-hour Committee, the demands of the following have been satisfied : Kight hundred tobacco handlers, 700 street car employes, all the members of the Cigar makers' union, 000 beer barrel makers, 9T0 dry goods and notion store employes, 8,500 packers, and a large number of workmen employed in similar Industries. Besides, the following unions have adopted the eighthour standard; Brick layers, stone mason, hod carriers, plasterers and lathers. The Chitago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight depot was opened as usual this mornin?;, and over 200 men appeared to take the striking freight handlers' places. The old men were paralyzed by this show of force, and drew off to the Burlington yards for consultation and support. Officials ot the Fort Wayne, Burlington and Alton RcrtGs have not announced their policy. The Lakt Shore men ask an advance in wages, but are twilling to work ten hours. They want an answer by noon Wednesday. The Burlington freight house was opened shortly after 8 o'clock, and a full force of 100 handlers put to work. Tbey were mostly green hands, but seemed to learn readily. The strikers gathered about the building and expressed a desire to have the new men 'pulled out," but are willing to let some one else do the pulling. The new men are paid the old scale of prices, and are contented therewith. The Wabash orlicials this morning sought the protection of the United States authorities to enable them to move freight, and began hiring men. They imported fifteen or twenty from outside towns and set them to work running trucks. They were guarded by a squad of police from the Harrison street station. In the Rock Island out-freight house this morning nearly all the men were at work. The nineteen men at the in-freight depot started to work, but were induced to leave when a crowd of strikers from tbe Eastern Illinois and Chicago and Atlantic came around. All the calculations of the stock yards packers were upset by a great strike which occurred among the sauaage makers this morning.' They insisted oa having ten hours' pay for eight hours' work. Xea-ly 7,000 men svere in the movement. At 11 o'clock a committee of twenty-four strikers, three from eight different houses, went into conference. Before noon the Fairbanks Canning Company settled their differences with the men by agreeing that they should not be cut in the wages of men working for less than $2 a day, and all above that figure should set nine hours' pay for eight hours' work. Morrell also settled with his men on the ssme basis. Only one-half of the men employed at MtCcrmick's Iteaper Works went to their places in the factory. The others staying out, the firm immediately sent word that they would give the men ten hours' pay for eight hours' work, at least until they foun 1 out how the present eight-hour movement would come out. Nothing is doing in the lumber district. The river is full of loaded craft and ."00 more are on their way here, but not a cargo will be brought or unloaded until the trouble is settled. The dealers will tell their men this afternoon that no concessions can be nude to them. The men at Maxweil Bros. box factory want to go to work, but complain that the socialists will not permit them to do to. Mr. Maxwell said the whole trouble was there. The men would go to work if tbey were not afraid the socialists would come around and make a disturbance. Nut a mill is running to-r'ay. The Drewers and Masters' Unions aereed last to accept the terms proposedby theempluyeis, except one (which will not be insisted on), and the men will probably g' buck to work to-day. The great factory of the Chicago Malleable Iron Company was closed down this moruirjg. Nine hundred of the employes are out on a strike for eight hours' work and ten hours' pav2 p. ni. Up to this hour there has been no act of erious violence in any part of tne city as a result of the existing strikes. The situation has been one requiring unusual vigilance on the part of the city police force, and squads have been sent into several portions of the city during the day to quell reported disturbances. Considerable intimidation was exercised in tbe lumber district. The procession of sink ing freight handlers induced some of the newmen at tbe Be. Faul freight honse to qn:t work, but were toon dispersed by the pilic-. The railroads are enabled to handle only a limited number of trains. A novel feature of the eight-hour move merit wvs witnessed to day. wlin 1 n-i... fcioii of about .500 girls, recruited from tail

oring establishments, in the neighborhood of Division and Sedgewick streets and marched through the thoroughfares thereabouts, . proclaiming their allegiance to the new system. They all demand eight hours' wor with an increase of pay. The girls are principally employed as stitchers. They marched around to the various tailor shops, seeking recruits, and secured a good many, but sorjce of their fellow workers refused to join the parade. Fair Tigilanc committees were appointed to watch the street corners and seek proselytes. At noon about 150 men employed in the shops went out with the girls. Five hundred men dutifully followed in their wake, marching two by two. Above the heads of the processionists waved the stars and stripes, and banners bearing such motloes as "Hurrah for Eight Hours a Day," etc. In front of the column marched two gigantic Bohemians, one carrying an immense mallet and the other an ax. The girls seemed half crazed with excitement, and moved along, some half dancing, other singing out, all giving vent to their enthusiasm by some species of outward demonstration, Their numbers Increased to nearly a thousand as the procession moved from one shop to another, the girls entering with, ine IJahemian axmen at their head, and in every instance threatened to demolish machines and wreck dire vengeance on the heads cf the employes if th?y didn't drop their needles and turnout and join in the parade. Thirty shops were emptied of their hands. A reporter was informed by three or four of the employt s that as soon as tbey saw the immense procession approached their establishment they told they hands to tum out, and shut down their shops in fear of a riot, about 2 o'clock a part of tbe procession reformed, came out to the south side and headed by a brass band, paraded the principal streets. The following despatch was sect to-night to John Swlnton, New York: "We are scoring victory after victory for the eight hour day. fo-day the racking houses of the Union Stock -yards all yield'jd. This aneets 20,000 men who are wild with joy at the cntnd victory they have Rained. We nape to see other Cities stand by Chicago. (Sijmed) Gkorcf. U. SrHiurs, Chairman o7 the Eight ho lr Committee of the Chicago Trades Assembly." St. Louis Matters. Si, J.0VIN, May 3-"UrtiU Irons wiyed 'h this city this morning from ihe west, and

was asked what truth there was in the statement made by G. K. Verbecb, of Chicago, to the effect that he (Irons) had been expelled from among the Knights of Labor. He replied that there was absolutely no truth in the report; that perfect harmony existed beOtween all the officers of the; der; and that so far as he knew there is not, nor ever has been, any such a man as Verbech upon any of the committees of the Knights of Labor. I Chairman Curtin, of tbe Congressional Labor Investigating Committee, busied himself during a greater part of yesterday in the attempt to end the Gould Southwest system strike. He held a conference, which lasted from noon until late in the afternoon, with the members of the General Executive Committee of the Knijrhts of Labor, and afterward called upon Mr. Hoxie, Vice President of tbe Missouri Pacific Railroad Comoany. He then returned to the hotel and conferred a terond time with the Knights of Labor. The res-ult of all this conferring can not oe positively known, but it is confidently exacted that the outcome will be an end of tbe striVe during the next thirty-six hours. No Signs of Violence. Cincinnati, May 3 There is not much vigor in the attempt to inaugurate a general strike here. About 3U0 men, employed as freight-handlers at the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago, and tbe Little Miami r.a s. are idle because of a demand for & advance of thirty cents a dar. At other roads the men are at work. Railroad uiamt gets hold a meeting this afternoon to ag-e-lipoma line of action. The employes of another furniture factory coine out today. Workers in furniture and carriay factories are about the most une. a of any class In tbe cit . l'tivre are no signs of violence any where. Gtutral Lock Oat. WAHixiT0N', May ." A very general lock out began here to-day against the eight hour demands of the unions of the brick layers, hod carriers, stone cutters, stone rubbers, painters, plumbers and carpenters, number ing in the aggregate over 2,000 men. The demands have been complied with in some instances, and negotiations looking to the adjustments of the difficulties are under way in several others. There has been no dis turbance of the peace and none is threatened in any quarter. Only those employed in w hat are known as the building trades are engaged in the S resent controversy. Early this morning elegations from the diHerent assemblies appeared at the railway depots for the purposa of intercepting any "scabs" from neighboring cities who might arrive. None were found, however. It is tbe policy ot the leaders to keep tbe men off the street and at home, and in consequence but few workmen are to be seen. Everything is quiet and orderly, and no loud talk is to be heard, even at headquarters. District Master Workman Hobbs said this morning: . "There are not half as many men locked out as was estimated on Saturday. Many ot the bosses have conceded the eight hours and many more would if they were not forced to hold out by master builders, who threaten to boycott these sub-contractors by not taking estimates for work from any of them who refuse to stand by them in their resistance to the eight hour mevement." Mr Hobbs estimates the number locked out ae from 1,000 to 1,2X). A committeeon "amalgamation of trades unions, met this morning and perfecd scheme for uniting all the building trades. The committee was appointed by the District AssemDly, Knights oi Labor. The committee mutually pledged their different organizations to bland firmly together. Tbe "working card " system was adopted. Some of the employers whose men are at work to day assert that they are working ten hi urs, but as a rule where work is in progress it is under the eight hour system. ---- Labor Laconics. The Vulcan Iron Works, St, Louis, after a shut-down of several months, resumed opera tion this morning. All the furniture factorie in Grand Rapids, save two. started up this mornin?, fullhanded, satisfactory arrangements having It en made. Strikes were inaugurated this morning by the stonemasons, carpenters and plasters, of Pittsburg, for a reduction from ten to nine hours a day. The number of men in this citv now enraged in the movement is estimated at .1,500. One bundled and fifty workmen at the Davis furniture manufactory, Louisville, Ky., struck this morning for the eight hour 3 stem. By agreement, all the furniture manufacture rn will close down to-aiorrow, ruder tnan put the eight hour yatem in ojcratio Th-y employ 2,000 men.

THE GRAND OLD MAN.

Gladstone Issues a Maiifesto to lis Midlcthim Constituents. A CABINET DETERMINED IN ITS PURPOSE. Eat Does Net Underestimate the Gravity cf the Situation. The Home-Rale Bill Received Throughout the Civiliied World With Marked Favor Critical Situation of .Affairs in Greece. London, May 3 Mr. Gladstone, in a manifesto to his Midlothian constituents, explains that his great age has prevented his takip- BTt in the speeches of tbe Easter r - . -O gm... . Cess and has obliged him to reserve his limited powers for the House of Common?, and for that reason he uses his pen instead of his voice. Continuing, he says: Never have I known an occasion when 11 l'&rliun cntary event so rang throughout the world as tbe introduction of the Home Rnle bill. From public meetiDRs, from the highest authorities in tbe liritish colonies and in America, from capitals such as Washington, Boston snd Quebec, from remote districts lying beyond the ordinary political excitement, I have received conclusive assurances that kindred people regard with warm fraternal sympathy the attempt to settle oace for all tbe troubled relations between England and Ireland which exhibit tbe only great failure of the political genius of our race to confront a master difficulty and to obtain in a reasonable degree tbe main ends of civilized lite. You must not be discouraged if. in the upper ranks of society at home, you boar a variety of discordant notes discordant alike from our policy and from one another. Gentlemen, you have before vou A CABISirr IF.TF.R.MINEI IN ITS rt RrOsE and with an intelligible plan of its own. I see very little else In the political arena either determined or intelligible i will now proceed to speak of the state of things within and without l a-lic-wentand the nature and import of the next great step to be taken for the progress of my measure. I -peak now of the home rule bill, and leave the land pun nase diu to stand on the declaration alreauy Ü0 -WW onl n expression of regret that while the sanCT 5re ipnnirjg from the hoar glss. tbe Irish landlords naV8 iven no indications of a desire to accept the proposal formed la a spirit of the utmost allowable regard lor thci. apprehensions. I do not underestimate the grave importance of differences of opinion among Liberals. Some are inclined to rule the whole question against ns by authority. They say, "Surely such a number of able, consisteut, ami even extreme Liberals would not have seceded except In obedience to the imperative dictates ot truth and reason." I will sav nothing of the motives which determined us' to coniront the risk of such a parting. 1 earnestly recommend a reference to the lessons which historv supplies. It is not the first time in tbe history of Literalism that a section of the Liberals, under chiefs of distinction and abilitv. have dissented from the general view of the par y. to the delight, and, doubtless, to the advantage of the Tories. There waa an Illustrious secession previous to the war with Bonaparte. There was a similar secession when it was proposed to disestablish the Irish Church: but eventually in both rates it was proved that in principle THE PARTY WAS RIGHT And the secession was wrong. Comparing these with the present secession it is impossible not t" be struck with the vital difference. In each previous secession the aissentients agreed upon an active fubstantial policy. It is not so now. some are in favor of unlimited coercion, others of moderated doses, while a few opjose coereiou altogether. On the other side some oppose local government, some would give it to tbe counties, some to the provinces. Some, sgain, would give an administrative center with legislative prerogatives, while some propose a legislative center without executive power. Some, indeed, go beyond the proposition of the Joverument, and ACTI AI.I.Y BECOMMEND FEDERATION. Some alter the proposals which they would recommend with every new speech. All this is a proof, not 01 t"e weakness ot tbe men, but of toe helplesmess ot their cause. We have at least the vantage of oue voice. The secession, however estimable it may be otherwise. Is a perfect Babel oa Irish policy. It is admitted on all hand. that cial order is the first of all political aims. T st eure this in Ireland tne Lioerals who are in s i es8ion otter a hundird conflicting remedies or else no remedies at all. Thee remarks are as applicable to the Tories as they are to tne Liberals. The opponents to tbe (iovernment measure make a remarkable omission in their speeches. In each, whether suggestive or critical, they tail to expre&s confidence in the perms neu 1 success ef their opposition. To live from hand to mouth seems to be the height of their smbition. while they suspect what we all know, that the strife caaoulyeudia the concession of home rule. If this is so. the real question is not the triumph of Irish autonomy, but tbe ieogth and character of the struggle. Therefore we want to shorten, they to prolong the struggle. We say, '-Give freely." They, by acts, if not words, say, "Let us only give what we can no longer withhold." We say. "Give now. while the position of the Kingdom in the ail airs of the world is tree and strong' They pi ef er to wait for a period of national difficulty that we may yield to the Irish demand in terror, as we did in the war ot 177. as we did to tbe demands of the volurteers In ITS', as we did to Bonaparte in l'.'M, and as we did iu the civil war in 1. We say, "Act now, when moderation of thought and language rules In Irish counsels, when by the willirg concurrence of all sides every arrangement for the resertatioa of imperial prerogatives can be made complete and mW t ate." They would postpone till an hour comes when the ueuands may be larger aud tbe ineaas of resistance less. We sty ' deal 11s with a matter between brothr r. a matter of justice and reason." They lenew a tale, alssl too often told, whose prologue is a denial with exasperation and icseainitut. whose epilogue is surrender without conditions ai:d without thanks Now, however, a newterror is bro!.ght uim the stge- the terror of borne rule In tcotland. and some add for Wales This Mifrgestiiu does not alarm me; only give us h little time to look at the question in its order 01 merit. I am not aorry that Scotland and Wales bave beeu nsroed. Lccaue ail fcrious naming oi theniM rves tohelpourn ovemcnt in behalf of lr--laud. I can draw uo vital dioiiucliun 01 right betvMcn the esse of lielard slid the other cises but there are manydrstinetionof circu-osHnees. For niauy Years I have hoped it miht lc 1 mud practicai'ile to apply decent mora'i.ing pn wesse. even per hup to toriinn lf riitterent conditions. Each se will :iattiraly require ditl'crcut oiiditious. Ks cb case will nttural'y require differet'ce of treatment : will remain subject to the priu;ary Iniperuil obligations. I beiiee that tbe etsb"sril and messuie of -ood government in Sfot'cnd and Wale will e eventually ''cterm.ieü l.y public opinion in Scotland aud Vles. '1 1 is 1 say. without a painfu1 dispara i-fr of the circumstances of this controversy, with widen we are threateted iu the case of Ireland whom: wokfi'I. Hi-roav for centuries cmlxdilens some of us to treat her ail she ban but a limited share iu tüe great iulieritaiie of human riht uone at all in jrtliaary piixiltgi or Immunity. But this formidable ai mv w hieb opposes the government is in bulk and cotis'itntes parts of the same, though now enriched at our c st with a valuable contingent i r emits that has fought In every iolitieal natt'.e ol the last fcixty ; ers and leen defeated. We have l-efoie this had great controversies on free trade lite navigation, public education, religious equality, ard the extension of the franchise. Oa these and other great issues, this class tought uniformly on tbe wrong side, and waa uniformly beaten by it power more ditlicult to marshal, but resistles wl;en marshalled by the upright sense of the nalioD. The po" tr of gross and wholesale iusnU tniloldens soint, but only some, aud not. I rejoice to tbirtk. 'be nation of Scotlaud or Kngltnd. Watching day by day the movements of thn enrKin of opinion in tbe present coutiict, I uioie and n t.ie End it tiul to olw-erve the point at whicii th- iivinine hues are drtwn. On thesidc sd -er-e t ll.e l oveiuu.ent. re foun 1 in profuse ulaudsr i wcR'th. sjecisl in;'ii nee, station, tit e an tic f roesiot. a large mj'ititv of them In a won , the vpUit and p wer of la. Nor i- thiall A ihe KnJyUts f old had snuire. su in Uigirat aimy of vlasstaca soldier ha his !eo;nd CI"S Ix.td llartington reminded us. ami f rorllaliapree with bint, that this 'iesliou. wbici ma' be turned over a thousand ways anda placed In thor-ard partial lights can only be settled bv tt e Nation. From the tir-t, I stated, and 1 think I may speak for the Onveroment at large, thai here is my main aud capital reliance I reply upon colleagues, upon an upright and enlightened House pi Commons, upon the effect of free di-

enssion, but the heart, the root, the beginning and the ending of my trust is in tbe wise and generous justice of the Nation. I have still to say a few words upon the issue which is immediately betöre us at this moment. 1 know, gentlemen, from experience, when you have a great aim beforeyou, you are not apt to b3 drawn away by the artful raising of side iss'ues. We bave a great aim before us now. It is to restore your Parliament to efficiency by dividing and removing obstacles to its work; to treat the Irish question with a due regard to its specialties, but with the same thoroughness of method that fift yyears back was hardly. If at all, less form Mahle; to give beed to the voice of a people speakiut: In tones of moderation by the mouth of a vast majority of those whom we ourselves bave made its constitutional representatives, and thus to ttrenj.'then and consolidate the Empire oa a bais of mutual benefit and loyalty. t-uch is the end. As for the means, we tak the estaolishment at Dublin of a legislative body to make laws for tbe Irish as contra-distinguished from imperial affairs. It is with this that we are now busied, and not with details and particulars. Tfceir time will come. They are now emploved with Art before their season to bewilder unwary rouIs. So it has been before. Vou remember liGw well tne campaign against the franchise wts maa-

fu. semug iu ice iroat oi Diuic lue preteaded dangers of redistribution. Ve are not now dti?S".!jh.cStm!tster. On these and many tf '.fiesiioLs we may and may not be at uMs. pv what we are debatiDEj is the larger question, wbi -h itn-iudes. 1 think quite absorbs them all, the question whether vou will or will not have rega:u o t!.e I'HAYF.R OP IRELAND for tbe management of affairs specifically and exclusively her own. This and no other is the matter which the House of Commons has to decile. If it svaks with a clear aud intelligible voice ou this matter. I feel toe strongest assurance that the others, difficult as some of thein are, will, nevertheless, wi th the aid of full discussion and a wise conciliatory spirit, be found capable of a rational and tolerable settlement. It is little that I can do in this most grave matter. It is no more than to devote with cheerfulness to the cause the small available residue of my active life. But let me in these closing words extend my view beyond my honored constituency and in one sentence say to you, my countrymen of Scotland and England, I can do much with yon essentially and not with any person or class or section among you. It rests with you to deliver the great aye or no, on your choice between which depend all the best hojies of Ireland, and much that touches on its honor and high interests of ireat Britain and all the mighty empire of our Queen. I remain, electors flf Midlothian, your dutiful and grateful servant, W. E. Gladstone. Hawarden, May 1, 18t6. 1'RESS t'OMME'XXS. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on Mr. Gladstone's manifesto, says: "The document contains a menace to throw the land-purchase bill to the wolves and promises to reunite the Radicals over the body of the Irish landlords. Henceforth the bill will he regarded as awaiting burial." The Tall Mall Gazette complains that thfc manifesto does not commit the ministry to retain the Irish members at Westminster, and opposes the second reading ot the home-rule bill unless this principe s conceded. The St. James Gazette, in its remarks 6n tbe manifesto, feays an old Parliament hand has played his last card. He appealed to man's basest and most sordid passions. His flagrant immorality will unseal the eyes of his most infatuated supporters. The Globe says: "The manifesto suggests the consciousness of a desjerate cause. Mr. Gladstone will find that his speeches and manifestos have not charmed the Nation out of its &enes, and fust they ar of no more avail to stem the rising tide tan wa9 Mrs. Partington's broom to brusü hck the ocan." Tbe Echo says: "Tbe manifesto sounds notes of alarm and defiance. It will not conciliate tbe PrrmWs opoonents, but w'll fix and determine tbe warm zeal of those whose opinions are formed. The cry of despair in this trumpet call for action and the flinging of defiance at his foes' feet are more a sign or conscious weakness than of strength. It may be magnificent, but it is not statesmanship." AFFAIRS IN GREECE. The Gevernmeut Itrtaots the Interference f tii I'uwvra. Athens, Greece May S The Government has decided that the reply already made to the ultimatum of the rovers is sufficient, and the promises contained therein are all it can make. The Ministers of tbe Towers are preparing to embark to-monow on the Allied Fleet Hopes are entertained in high quarters of Athens that the Government at London or St. Petersburg may find a modus vivendi on the Greek Question. Tbe resignation of the Ministry is regarded as impossible. M. Tricoup distinctly declares that he will not accept ofiice. The situation here is complicated and critical. The Government resents the interference of the Towers with its internal affairs. The foreign Ministers are gathered at the residence of Sir Horace Iiutubold, tbe British Minister, awaiting final instructions from their Governments. The time given in the ultimatum of the Towers for Gieece to ac quiesce in their demands expires at 7 o'clock this evening. A Much-DIarrit-dl Ala a. Biblisgtos, X. J., May 3. The notorious Captain Jenks, who is in the Mount Holly Jail for his crooked pension transactions while he resided iu this place some years ago, has made love to more girls than a dozen ordinary men. While Ire resided here he inspired the tender passion in rfour trembling hearts and promised ,to marry them all. There is a petite maiden here who belieyes in him, and expects when he no longer wears ftriped trousers that he will ma ice her his bride. Jenks' right name is Yates, and he has a string of aliases. He has wives by the dozen, and there are numerous towns where a )ot of tar and a coat of feathers are waiting for him. In 1873 he married Ella Webb, of Brockport, X. Y., under the name of James Stone, and four weeks afterward he married a widow named Parsons under the name of Sheldon Burleigh, at 8 ruth B.nJ, Ind. A little later on he introduced himself as United Stages Marshal II. C. Pomeroy and married a Miss Mason. Soon afterward he visited Wabash under the name of J. V. Jenks, owner of a California cold mine, and took as a wife Miss Mary C. Stewart. This latest wife entrusted her husband with $1,MX on their wedding tour. He took the money and left his bride. About one year later he'appeared in Allegheny. IVnn., as John Hook. He got in trouble, and was arrested for grand larcwy and sent to the penitentiary for three years. On his release in 183 he went to Cumberland, Md., as A. C. Webb. He professed to be an examiner of pensions, and married Mrs. J. P. Anderson, a widow. Pension frauds were his ruin, however, and for those frauds, perpetrated here, he was recently arrested at Marietta. Penn. Chief Detective Haj g rty. of New York, has been on his trak for months. Among the other anm-d names Jenks had were Ilev. John OlitT, Colonel Batesand James Thompson. Sued for 10,000 Damages. Special to the Sentinel.' Mattoox, I1L, May 3. James K. Hardin, proprietor of the Charleston Herald, has turd Leon Shummerlin, of the Cumberland County Democrat, published at Greenup, for $10,000 damages because of an alleged libel in a sensational article in last week's Democrat.

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THE STRIKE ENDED. Amicatle Settlement of the Troubles ca thi Missouri Pacifc

The Result Due in a Great Measure to the) Vntiring Efforts of the Executive Board of the Knights of, J-abor To Take Effert To-day. fT. Lot is, May 3. Late ou last Saturdaynight Mr. J. W. Hayes, Wm. H. Bailey, and Mr. T. B. Birry, members ol the Executive Board of. the Knights of Labor, met the Congressional Committee, informally, and the Meeting resulted in the Knights declaring the strike off, which is fully explained in the following correspondence, which took; place. ivr. Levis, May i, l-ist. To the General K.recr.tJve Eord of Kn'shts of Labor of America: The testimony Taken to day by the t'.ingressionul Investigation rommitu-e 'chows conclusively that very serious losoes to the commerce, agriculture and other interests of the entire coudtrv have resulted from the labor troubles upon the lines of the raiiroads belonging to the toiithwestern system and other roads in Illinois, Kansas. Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, and that by reason of said troubles a large number of person? not directly connected therewith have been thrown out of employment. Unwilling at tiiis time to express any opinion in regard to tho causes, which produced this lamentable condition of attain or to indicate where the biamo lies lor its continuance, animated solely by a desire to render all the assistances in our power in the endeavor to restore peace, individual happiness and commercial prosperity to tbe citizens ot the country, and particularly of, the rive States above named, we do hereby respectfully, but earnestly request you, as American, citizens having the welfare of your common country at heart to advise, through tbe proper official channels, a discontinuance of the eirike upon the railways heieinbefore mentioned, and to leave the question whether the employes or the officers of the corporation were justinable to tbe decision that public opinion mar, when the Congressional Committee which bai that muier under consideration, shall have completed its work. Keeling assured that a compliance with thererequest will merit for your Board, and for those who may act in conformity with your counsel, tho approbation of the people of the United States We remain your obed.ent servant, A. . CfKTIX, W. H. CRAis, James h, Octhwaite, A. -V. rARKtK: Javfs Brcif asan,J. W. Stewart. HiT-st's IIotei., St. Lons, May 3. To Kv. A. G. Curtin. W. H. Crain, lames 11.-tjt-.thwAne. A. X. l'arkcr, James Buchanau,Jamrs W. Stewart; -.ir.NTi.EMEN Vour communication of May 1 wu placed before the Joint Executive Board, and the following resolutions were adopted : Ilesolved, That the communication from tbo Congressional Committee and their request b granted; the time for calling the strike off be left to the General Executive Board, in view of tho fact that the business interests of the country are suffering, and tbe Knignts of Labor, having tbe interests of tbe whole people at heart, wUnngly comply with the request of the Nation's representatives, and that if the citizens' committee of St. Louis declare his strike at an end, to take effect Tuesday morning. May 4. 1M&5. Trusting that this action will meet with the appn val of tbe public and assist In bringing capital and labor in closer relationship, we remaaa very truly yours, tho General Executive Board of tho Knights of Labor. (Signed) - . John W. II Aits. The Congressional Committee,' after having heard the testimony of prominent business men of St. Louis on Saturday, endeavored, if possible, to have the Knights of Labor declare the strike off in the interests of peace and business, and that tbe prosperity of the country be restored, and at the informal meeting held on Saturday night the matter was broached by the committee to the Executive Board. The letter addressed to the Board was then drawn up and signed by all tbe members of the committee except Mr. Burne, who had gone to his home at St. Joseph. Of course his signature couid not be aflixed, although he was said to be heartily in favor of this course. The letter was left with Mr. Curtin, chairman of the committee, to deliver, to Mr. Hayes, Chairman pro tern, of the Executive Board, and concluded the arrangements, which were finally closed late on Sunday night by an extended conference between Mr. Curtin on the part of the Congressional Committee and Messrs. Hayes, Bailey and Barry. 1.xecutive Board, on the part of the Kni?h:s. Office of the General Executive Boards, st. Ixi is. May 3, ls-i Teomss. O'Jteilly, Chairman, and Thomas Morris, secretary: Gentlemen Your communication f April 2S was placed before tbe Joint Executive Boards with the following result: That we accept your proposition, and leave ihe matter in the hands of tbe General Executive Board to fix the date for compliance with the same. The citizens you have tbe noDor to represent deserve tbe approbation ol the whole community for the efforts made P amicably adjust and settle the difficulty existing upon the Southwestern system of railroads in behalf of tbe loal and Inter state commerce, and for the restoration of peace and harmony between labor and capital. We have selected Tuesday. May 4. lsc, as the time when the strike khall be declared at an end. Very truly yours. John W. Hayes General Executive Board Knights of Labor. On receiptof the reply by Governor Curtin, which was received when bis sub-committee was about to leave for Atchison, he telegraphed the following dispatch to the President at 'Washington : Jefferson cirv, Mav 3. The strike it ordered off. Correspondence will be in the papers to morrow worn ing. O lr colleagues are taking testimony in the Southwest. The pre ett peaceful settlement will shorten our labors. (Signed) A. J. Ctktin, m'r John W. S th ea kt. The only members of the committee on board the train at tbe time were Messn. Crain Outbwaite, and Parker and Buchanan having left Sunday morning lor Parsons, Kansas, and Mr. Bums had gone home, and will meet the sub committee at Atchison. Tbe following is a copy of the order declaring the strike off: OrriCE of the Exectctive Bmri, ) st. Lor is. May 3. ( To tbe members of District Assemblies 17, 9:1, 101, aud of the G. A. and non-members or persona affected by the present strike upon the Gould Southwest lystem of railways: gentlemen On ADrilVthe citizens of St. LouN requested of this board that in the interest oi the business community of St. Louis, and tout of the United States in general, the strike upon tho (iould Southwest system of railwavs be declared, at an end. While this request was under consideration (May 1) by the joint boards of I). A. 17. S t and 101, the committee appointed by Cougress to investigate the cause of tne trouble between tho railroad company aud its employes made a similar request in which they say: The testimony taken to-day by ihe Congressional Investigation Committee ahows conclusively that very serious losses to the commccial interests of the entire country have resulted from thH trouble, and that large numbers of persons not connected therewith have been throirn out of employment, therefore, we do respectfully, but earnestly ask you to discontinue this strike and leave the justice of yonr cause to the decision that public opinion may form when we make our report. The document waa fullv considered and the following conclusions arrived at: That the matter be left in the bands of the General Eierilive Board, they to set a time and declare the strike at an end. e have theiefore telected Tuesday morning, Mav 14. lKxi, as the time when tbi strike shall end. Yon will make application t your former employers for re employment ou the above date (May 14). By order of tne General Executive Board. (Signed) John W. Have. Mr. Hayes, of the Executive Board, said that to morrow morning this order would be obeyed by all the striking Knights, and that they would present themselves for employment to the different railroad companie. This ends the greatest railroad strike that the country has seen since the memorable event of 1877.