Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1886 — ADDITIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

The basis of a settlement qf the strike on the Missouri Pacific Road, alt drawn up by Govemqr Marmaduke, of Missouri, and Governor Martin, of Kansas, pnd accepted by Vice Presidfent Hoxie, was' rejected by the Knights of Labor of St. Louis, 'The latter adopted resolutions. asserting that the coqioratioiliH of the country are acting jn concert to break down the power of lalior 1 organizations, and thereby ruin the country; that the refusal of representatives of corporations to treat with Ttie of labor is a silly subterfuge; and calling on fill trades assemblies ami labor organizations in the land to unite in a demand for recognition of their representatives and their right to negotiate, treat. and~sli al With YndiVtdUfirs or tfiidfefi, as the case may be. The Knights issue a statement to the public, closing as follows: But why should we say more? It Mr. Hoxie did not know that ho was guilty of gross wrong and injustice why would lie refuse to listen to our evidence and bear our appeal for redress? Why would he shelter himself Deliind subterfuges ainl technicalities? Wliv should he refuse t<> treat with the inen he lias wronged; and with evasive letters to •whncunnbt possibly ent *1 into tha rnent.i ed the controversy. —thetruth is simply this; Mr. Hoxie wants trouble. He has provoked it. He is still inciting it, and making an innocent public pay the pries of his perfidy. How long will the public consent for (■'ou d and Hoxie thus to rule or ruin? We wait to see. 'IA "Kansas City dispatch Sfiyß T “At ’fl o’clock (his morning (22d) a general sounding of locomotive whistles signaled the inauguration of another strike. At that hour the union switchmen in every railroad wrd ’ tn " the " ffity 'quit-xroritrandTreight-business generally wag stopped. Business at the stock | yards is about suspended, and on the Board of Trade wheat dropped two cents in as many seconds. At present the cause of the strike cannot be learned. Some of the men say, ‘We had orders from the headquarters of the Knights of Labor.’ The switchmen made a general detnand for an advance in wages a week ago of the various roads, and it was granted.”. + - It is understood that Maj. Gen. Schofield will be transferred to the Division of the Atlantic, with headquarters at New York; that Maj. Gen. Teny will be assigned to the command of the Division of the Missouri, with headquarters at Chicago, . and that Gen. Howard will be given command of the Division of the Pacific, with headquarters at San Francisco. The proposed transfer of Gen. Schofield is said to be in strict accord With his express desire. _ A cyclone swept through the northern section of Allen County, loal., wrecking the ‘ Methodist and United 'Brethren Churches at Williamsport, and damaging a number of dwellings. Many bams were blown down, and several head of cattle Wtere killed....An agent for Chicago commis"sion houses, now traveling in Western Michigan, reports that a large crop of all -kind-s. of-fruit wili be raised this-season; A nEBOLVTIoN that executive sessions referring to nominations, confirmations, or rejections shall hereafter be held with open doors, was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Logan on March 22. Messrs. Colquitt, of Georgia, and Jackson, of Tennessee, addressed ths Senate in, opposition to the Edmunds resolutio. s. Mr. Harris presented petitions from the corporate authorities of the City cf Memphis and of the Cotten Exchange of the same city praying for necessary appropriations for the protection of the harbor of that city. Among the biffs introduced and appropriately referred was„one by Mr. Cockrell, at the instance, he said, of the Merchants’ Exchange at St. Louis, authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River jit St. Louis. Senator Logan caused to be read in the executive session of the Senate a letter written to the Postmaster General by John H. Oberly last spring, charging Mr. Palmer, the Postmaster at Chicago, with offensive partisanship, and suggesting his immediate removal. The letter was referred tj the Committee cn Civil-Service KoTorm." A sehsatiou was produced in the Hotise of Representatives" when,/ tho Chaplain devoted his opening prayfir to an invocation te God to rid the land of gamesters, whether in cards, dice, chips, stock, wheat, bucket-shops, or boards of fm.de, find to lead the people to "know/tESTmoney-mSking other than by the sweat Of the face was contrary to His laws. The prayer was ordered to be inserted in the Record. Tile House passed' nr bill to give to the widow of General Hancock a pension of 52.000 per annum. A bill was introduced byMr. Anderson, of Kansas, to create a commission of arbitration for labor strikes. Mr. Lawyer presented a resolution requesting the Judiciary Committee to report what legislation is necessary to close any part of the Chicago River.