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VOL. VIII.
FOR EIGHT HOURS.
Chicago Laboring Men Emphasize
Their Desire for a Short
Day.
Twenty-five Thousand Men on a
Strike to Reduce Hours of
Labor.
Every Conceivable Form of Trade Rep
resented in the Great "Uprising
of Workmen.
Manufacturers Forced to Close Their Fac
tories Owing to What They Gall
Unreasonable Requests.
Railroad and Packing: House Ilands
Join in tlie General Demand for
Shorter Tirae.
Reports From Various Cities Show a
Similar Condition of Chaos—
Industrial Itenis.
Tfcie Situation in Chicago.
special to the Gloi»e.
HiLAUU, April 30.—
Twenty-live thousand
is a, fair estimate of
-~Vjj>"\the number of
'men who quit
work yesterday
(Friday) and
witlked out of
the various
shops ana iactonesin Chi
cago because their employ
ers would not consent to
an eight-hour working day
and the same wages which
have been paid when ten
hours were tlie rule. How many will do
the same to-day (Saturday) is problemati
cal, but the prospects for a repetition of the
performances of yesterday are exceedingly
brilliant The trades most affected are the
furniture manufacturers, the lumber inter
ests in all their numerous ramiiications and
the iron men. With the furuilure people it
was practically a general lockout all
over the city, and all the 7.500 men em
ployed in the various Chicago factories are
to-day idle and probably will continue so
for some time to come. The refusal of the
manufacturers to grant the demands of the
men, was the result of a meeting of last
week, when a manufacturers' association
was formed and an executive committee
was appointed to take charge of the busi
ness of the various members. It was then
decided, if they demanded eight hours on
yesterday (Friday) every factory should
shut down, not to be reopened until this
committee should so decide.and upon terms
that that body should dictate to the men.
This agreement was carried out to the let
ter and to-day every furniture factory in
Chicago, including Brunswick & Balke
and Rothschild brothers, where strikes
were already in progress, is practically in
the hands of the executive committee of
the Manufacturers association and
WILL NOT BE KEOrEXEI)
until it so desires. A somewhat similar
situation exists in the lumber trade, includ
ing the fjlaning mills ami the box factories.
No concerted action was had among the
employers until to-day, but all except
three refused the demands of the men, and
in a meeting afterwards decided to stand by
one another and not to take their men back
except at the bosses' terms. The number of
men in this trade out of employment in con
sequence, can only be approximated, but
8.000 is a low figure. With the iron people
the idea of running only eight hours a day
•could not be entertained for a moment by the
larger concerns with expensive plants, and
in consequence all who were waited on, re
fused tb«l men s demands, and Crane
Bros, with their 1,500 employes set the ex
ample of closing down, and with the excep
tion of the rolling mills, where no de
mands were made, and no trouble
is anticipated, the majority of the large
iron works of Chicago are to-day closed.
The railroads have with one exception, so
far, escaped trouble, bat their time will
some to-day and it is feared that when it
does come its extent cannot now be fore
told. The packers will probably escape
without serious trouble. The employers
are somewhat disposed to yield in part the
demands of the meu while the latter are
not at all disposed to strike. Still it de
pends a good deal on what Armour will do.
Ihoush the interests named are the most
directly affected, every business in the city
is more or less implicated and this morning
the general unrest among the workingmen
is exactly balanced among the employers."
The Chicago & Alton freight handlers did
not, as first reported, strike to-day. The
men held a meeting after quitting this
evening and decided to join tiie hour
movement should the company not comply
with their petition tomorrow morning.
The Northwestern freight handlers on
the Galena division worked on through the
day without taking any action looking
towards going out. The demand made by
them had not been referred to the higher
officials nor acted upon by the latter. Hopes
was entertained that the division superin
tendent andthe local agent could dissuade the
men and thus avert what would otherwise
come to an open rupture. The men on the
Wisconsin division made no move. If the
others Insist upon a formal reply it will
probably be given them to-morrow, and
there is no doubt but it will be in the form
of a complete refusal.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul men contin
ued their labors without interruption until
the closing hour. It was stated that they
were to have an answer at 4 o'clock, and at
that time Local Agent C. E. Wilson in
formed the committee that the company
would unqualifiedly refuse to accede to the
demands.
The Grand Trunk freight handlers made
a demand of the same tenor, eight hours
and no reduction of wages. They will re
ceive an answer at noon to-morrow. Hu
mors were plenty in regard to all the other
roads, but were unreliable and untruthful,
born of the excitement and circulated as
the strike gossip of the day.
The freight-handlers on the Burlington
and Alton roads have stopped work, owing
to a refusal to accede to the demand for
eight hours. As soon as the freight now
on hand is cleared up the houses will be
closed .
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the 300 em
ployes of the Union Brass Manufacturing
company quit work. They demanded
eight hours' work and nine hours' pay,
which the company refused.
Clark Bros', (furniture manufacturers)
employes, to the number of 500, are idle,
having struck, owing to the refusal of the
linn to grant them eight hours' work and
len hours' pay.
The Chicaeo & Northwestern Railway
company has effected a settlement with its
1.800 shopmen near this city, who demand
an eight-hours' working day. The com
pany grains a nine-hour "working day with
full pay, and made a concession to the men
in the matter of railroad fare between the
city and the shops.
One hundred freight handlers on the
Grand Trunk railway made a demand for
an eight-liour working day, with no de
crease in pay, at noon to-day, and said
tiiey would wait for a decision until noon
to-day.
The Goss & Phillips Manufacturing com
pany, which owns very extensive planing
nulls, has arranged for an eight-hoar work
Daily ST PAUL Globe.
ing day with all its employes, on the basis
of eight-hours pay, beginning to-morrow.
The immense iron works of the Crane
Bros. Manufacturing company will close
down to-night for several weeks to
come. The company intimates that it will
then inaugurate the eight-hour system, and
deems the shut down necessary to arrange
for the new order of affairs.
Committees representing the 2.000 men
employed in the Chicago rolling mills,
after consulting with the owners of the
mills, reported back to the mnn, and they
decided for the present toeontiuue working
on the eight-hour plan.
The employes of the extensive coal docks
and yards at South Chicago struck for an
increase of two cents per ton for handling
coal. As there were several barges at the
dock awaiting to be discharged, the compa
nies had no option, and pr.id the men the
advance.
Clark Bros. & Co.'s furniture factory, at
Blue Island avenue aud Kobey street, is
idle, the 500 employes having struck. The
men deiuaud eight hours' work for ten
hours' pay. The firm told them they could
not agree to this, and they all left. Tho
firm say the factory will be kept closed
until the labor question is definitely settled.
The Hercules iron works, on Canal
street, will inaugurate the eight-hour sys
tem with the ten-hour pay, beginning to
dyy, for one month.
All the plumbing shots in the city have
conceded eight hours' work at nine hours'
pay.
The employes of the furniture manufac
turers, lv. E. Pohle and William Giilert,
numbering 115 men, struck to-day for eight
hours' work and ten hours' pay.
One hundred and forty sewing machine
makers employed by the June Manufactur
ing company also struck upon receiving a
refusal to similar demands.
The Excelsior Iron works and the Link
Belt Manufacturing company, employing
respectively 100 and 105 men. decided to
night to shut down to-morrow indefinitely,
owing to the existing condition in the labor
situation.
The great packers at the Union stock
yards are the latest representative em
ployers called upon to grant an eight-hour
day. They give employment to between
'25.000 and 50,000 men, and this afternoon
delegations waited upon tiie heads of each,
with the request that ihe adopt the eight
hour system after May 1. The firms were
Armour & Co., Fowler Bros., Hatley,
Nelson, Morris, Jones and Stiles, and Silver
thorn. It is only within the past few days that
the eight-hour question was agitated at the
stock yards. The men. with few excep
tions, belong to no labor uniou, and their
desire to adopt tiie new labor day was only
formed within the past week. Yesterday
Mr. Sid Kent told his 1,500 employes that
after May 1 they need only work eight
horns a day for which they woull be paid
for nine hours' work. This concession
caused the men employed in other houses
to demand that eight hours be hereafter
considered a day's work.
The strike at Rothschild's furniture
works has widened. Reports were received
to-day that the workmen in the firm's snaps
at St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver struck
this morning iv sympathy with the men
here and at Cincinnati. To-morrow morn
ing the Furniture Makers' union, number
ing about 4.000 men, will hold a meeting to
be preceded by a parade, in honor of the
"Emancipation of the Workingman." The
unionists .say they have been working for
the eight-hour system for twenty years,
and are now going to celebrate its adop
tion.
The proprietors of every one of the
ninety-three lumber yards iv the city re
ceived to-day a circular from the Lumber
men's uniou, demanding substantially ten
hours' pay for eight hours' work, com
mencing May 3. A meeting was at once
called, at which eighty-four of the ninety
tiiiec proprietors were represented. All of
them had been taken by surprise, there
having been little or no indication of an
eight-hour movemc.it among the men in tlie
lumber yards. The proprietors in this
meeting did not commit themselves upon
any course in regard to the demand further
than to appoint a committee, to meet
daily and endeavor to settle the problem
with the men in the various yards on a
basis of mutual concessions by the work
men and the proprietors. According to a
statement of the chairman of the commit
tee appointed at the meeting, a general
strike in the lumber yards of Chicago
would directly involve workmen to the
number of at least 12,000.
New York Artisans.
New Yokk, April 30.— The Wood
Turners' union, which includes the meer
schaum and amboy workers, had a meeting
to-night, and were unanimously in favor of
the eight hour movement. A move is also
to be made to abolish the piece-work sys
tem and secure a more uniform rate of
wages.
The piano makers, to-night, discussed
the eight hour question, and will determiue
at a meetiug to-morrow whether to make
the demand or not.
The amalgamated engineers, pattern mak
ers, machinists and blacksmiths met to
night aud discussed, but took no action on
a demand for nine hours per dcy, with pay
to remain as at present, aud all over-time
to be paid for as extra. A general meet
ing of furniture workers was held to-night.
Reports were read to the effect that 150
shops had agreed to conform to the eight
hour demand which was to be made to
morrow.
niilwaukee Brewers.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 1. — At a meet
ing lastiug until early this morning the
3,000 employes of the large Milwaukee
breweries decided to strike to-day unless
the wages were advanced SlO per month.
The companies have already made large
concessions in the way of fewer hours'
work and increased pay, and have said
they will not accept the terms proposed, so
a quiet strike seems inevitable.
At Wa^hing'ton.
Washixgtox, April 30. — A strike for
eight hours' work a day will probably be
inaugurated here on Monday by the work
men of all brances of the building trade.
Several meetings of employers and em
ployes have been held here during the
past week, and both sides are determined
to push the light. The working
men several months ago notified the
bosses that on and after May 3 they would
not work more than eight hours st day, and
siiice that notification was received the em
ployers have formed an association and de
termined to resist the demaud. Should
there not be an agreement before Monday,
about 10,000 men will strike.
The carpenters employed on the building,
being erected for the Baltimore Sun, have
been notified that they will not be required
to work more than eight hours after to
morrow.
Refused the Dctuand.
Indiaxapolis, April 30. — The Wood
burn-aSrven Wheel company, the largest
establishment of the kind iv the country,
late this afternoon posted a notice at the
works, stating that a petition asking an
advance of wages had been presented, and
that the company could not. at thi3 time,
entertain such a proposition. The com
pany shut down tiie works to-night and
will not resume operations until Wednes
day, at which time all employes desiring
work at the present rates will be given em
ployment. The company is willing to
adopt the eight-hour plan, but will only pay
for eight hours work. The company em
ploys about 500 men.
The Building 1 Trades Troubled.
Pittsbuuo, April 30. — The movement
of the labor unions in this city for a reduc
tion in working hours is confined almost
exclusively to the building trades, the
largest local industries, iron, coal and glass
not being disturbed by the demand. Those
trades which have demanded a reduction in
hours, generally show a, disDQsitioßj|o cnm
ST. PAUL, SATURDAY MOKSI LNG, MAY 1, 1886. -TWELVE PAGES.
j promise on nine hours and no extended or
{ general strike to-monow is anticipated.
j The plumbers, bricklayers, hod carriers,
plasterers, stone cutters and stone masons
have already settled with their employers
, on the nine-hour basis, and will continue
:at work as usual. Strikes will be inaugu
rated to-morrow or Monday by the carpen
ters and cabinet makers. The former want
ten hours pay for nine hours work and the
I latter demand an advance of 20 per cent in
| wages and a reduction to eight hours. The
employers have refused the demands. At
a meeting of bakers to be held to-morrow a
demand for a reduction in hours will be
made, and if not granted, the men will re
fuse to go to work on Monday.
A LEADER'S OPINION.
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The f Central . Executive Unable to
Keep Track of the Strikes.
Chicago, April 80. — Said Mr. George
A. Schilling, one of the acknowledged lead
i ers of the eight-hour movement, to a re
j porter this afternoon:
We are rapidly drifting into a state of chaos.
! Strikes are occurring by the half dozen all
over the city, and the Central Executive,
which should be the guide and director of the
labor forces, has no means of keeping: track
of or checking them. With a view of bring
ing order out of thi3 connition of affairs, I
waited upon Mr. Uowan, president of the
Trades and Labor Assembly, and we resolved
to form a central governing body, consist
ing: of delegates from the Trades Assembly,
the Central Union, the eight-hour committee,
and • every other organization involved in
this struggle... This body will meet every
night to 'size up' the actions and movements
■of the day. Every strike will be reported
and recorded and general uniformity and
reciprocity insured."
Mr. Ganes. foreman of the Chicago, Bur
liogton and Quincy out freight houses cal
led on vice-President Poller and Supt.
Stone at noon to-day and asked for an in
crease of pay for his men for ten hours
work, and also that the salaries
of the check clerks be equalized. He returned
to the depot a little before 1 o'clock and . re
ported that his request hod not been granted,
though 'Messrs. Potter and Stone had prom
ised to see what dould be done at some future
time when matters had quited down a little.
By 3 o'clock in the afternoon all of the Bur
lington freight bouse men, numbering nearly
300, had gone out. The Chicago &Al ton
men went out very shortly thereafter.
Presentment Avainst Boycotting,
New York, April 30. — The Grand jury
of the court of general sessions before being
discharged to-day handed in a presentment
against "boycotting," which reflects upon
Police Justice Wilde, who discharged sev
eral persons charged with that offense. It
concludes with the following:
"The grand jury regrets to reflect upon any
.officer of justice, and, notwithstanding the
opinion of Justice Welde, a thorough exam
ination convinces tlrem that this so-called boy
cott is in accursed exotic, and they urge that
every effort of our legislature, the bench and
the bar, the press of the land and of every
American citizen be taken to aid in extermi
nating the hydraheaded monster, dragging its
loathsome length along this continent, suck
ing the very life-blood from our trade and
'commerce, equally baneful to the employers
and the employed."
A Biff Demonstration.
Milwaukee, is., April 30. 0n Sun
day there will be a huge demonstration of
labor organizations in sympathy with the
eight hour movement. It is not known, how
many societies will participate, but it is
expected that fully 8,000 men will be in
line. The police and militia have been
ordered to report, as an outbreak, it is
feared, may be by the socialistic
element, who will probably participate in
the event. The workingmen seem de
termined that the new hour system shall be
adopted.
„ .: Sensational Rumors. V.
. Kansas City, April 30.— A sensational
rumor was afloat this afternoon to the effect
"Jthat a final effort will be made by Missouri
Pacific strikers to cripple the company; that
they will attempt to take possession of the
yards here and at Cypress to-morrow at
noon. The rumors cannot be traced to a
reliable aource, but that some disturbance
is apprehended appears from dispatches
from Wyandotte, Kan., stating that the
sheriff of that county is in communication
with Goy. Martin and has requessed that
the militia be ordered there.
Employes Locked Out.
Philadelphia, April 30. — The Allison's
cars works have shut down and locked out
900 employes. The men a week ago de
manded an increase of wages. The com
pany granted an increase of 6 to 16 per
cent. The men to-day notified the company
that the increase was not satisfactory. The
- company immediately shut down the works
industrial Items.
A general strike of all the cabinet makers
in the Allegheny county, Pa., union has been
. ordered commencing to-day, owing to the re
fusal of the manufacturers to grant a reduc
tion of ; hours of labor, and increase of 20 per
cent, in wages. The carpenters of the same
county will strike Monday for nine hours as
a day's work and a 10 per cent, advance in
wages.
Monsignor Quinn of the Eoman Catholic
church in New York, says that the subject of
Catholics becoming Knights of Labor has
been discussed by the officers of the church
in New York, but no decision has been
reached. ...
The employes at Stern & Co.'s planing mill
in Allegheny city made a demand yesterday
for eight hour's work and ten hour's pay*
If the demands aie not granted the men will
strike to-night.
> It is expected in St. Louis that the South
.wostorn ' strike will be declared off in a few
days, owing to the exertions of the Citizen's
CommJtte :'. in securing the reinstatement of
'strikers.' V,-
-■ '. The members of the executive board of the
Empire Protective association.on learning that
•they were under indictment, promptly fur
nished bail. The trial has been fixed for May 5.
. DOI NGXP THE OKIGGISTS.
Suits to be Brought Against a. Xnni.
■; •_"'. •'"'.■'■*■•.. ber in lowa.
Spobial to the Glebe.
Waterloo, la., April 30. — Suits were com
menced to-day in the circuit court against all
of the druggists in Black Hawk county, with
three exceptions, for violation of that section
of the ;. code governing reports of sales of
liq'iSfrs. The actions were commenced in the
name of :N. T. Hamilton. The section in
"question; requires that monthly reports be
made of the amount ot liquor sold, to whom
sold, exact amount on hand, and a certificate
that there was none sold at a profit of over 32
per cent. The law allows nothing for leakage
or evaporation, and even the attorney gen
eral, it ■ is • reported, says that no ■ one can
conform to the exact letter of the law. In
view of this the druggists have only reported
the amount purchased and sold, and tho
mimes of purchasers. The penalty for failure
to make reports is $100 per month, one-half to
go to the , informers. Twenty-two notices
were issued to-day, and the sum asked in
damage aggregates over $18,000. The attor
neys for the complainant stated that they
r were going to serve every county in this way.
'The County Druggists association will hold a
* meeting next week to decide what course to
. pursue, but the members will probably unite
in fighting the matter on the grounds that the
law giving. half the -amount recovered to the
informer is unconstitutional.
For the Cyclone Sufferers.
Special to the Globe.
Bismarck, April 30.— A dramatic perform
ance, was given to-night by amateur talent
for ' the benefit of the • cyclone sufferers at
Sank Rapids and St. Cloud. The net receipts
.were nearly $100.
Ui Col. William Thompson has been appointed
by Gov. Pieroe as a director of the North Da
kota penitentiary, vice Lounsberry, removod
from the territory.
Business Failures.
. New York, April 30.— The business fail
ures throughout the country ,' during the last
seven days, as reported to R. G. Dunn & Co.,
number,' for the United States, 189, . and for
; Can ada, 18, or a total „ of 207, as compared
with a total of 194 last week and 183 the week
. previous to the last. The. Western and Pa
cific states this week furnish about one-half
of the entire number of business casualties
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A BALL IN THE BRAIN.
Mrs. Emma Greer Disposes of Her Jealous
Husband by Shooting Him Through
the Head.
The Terrible Tragedy Said to Be the Be
sult of a Quarrel About a
Seighbor.
Washington and Arkansas Murderers
Take a Drop Too Much. With
Fatal Fffect.
Manifest Murder of a Young Girl at
Nebraska City— Fatally Assaulted
by Italians.
Due to Jealousy.
Special to the Globe.
Little Rock, Ark., April 30. — Evans
Greer, a platform man in the employ of the
.Little liock & Fort Smith railroad company
at Argenta, across the river from Little
Rock, was murdered last nigljit by his wife.
Jealousy is the cause of a qu^pel which re
sulted in tiie death of Greoß- He repeat
edly accused his wife of ber% too intimate
with John Green, their next; loor neighbor.
When Greer went home rom work last
night, his wife asked him fc \ some money
to pay for some medicine j ?he had just
bought at a drug store. Htf eplied:
"Go to Greeu and get it. %ou think more
of him than you do of me, anj >ow."
This was the beginning tk the quarrel.
Greer left home without eatahg supper. A
friend of the Greer's was at their house visit
ing. She stated that when Greer left af terjthe
quarrel, he said he was going to the lodge.
His wife ate supper with her friend and
children, and then left the house, saying
she wanted to visit her sistef, who lived a
FEW BLOCKS AWAY.
She had been gone about a half hour,
and returned home. Soon afterwards she
stated she wanted to write a letter, and
would go to Green's house to get a pen and
ink. She had not been gone long when a
pistol shot was heard, followed by the
screams of a woman, saying:
"I have killed my husband: I killed my hus
band, but did not intend to do it."
The neighborhood was soon aroused and
collected at Green's house. Lying about
three steps from the door ,vere the remains
of Evans Greer, dead from the effect of a
pistol ball, that had entered his head just
above the right eye. His wife knelt over
his body, weeping bitterly, saying:
"I killed him, but didn't know who it was."
She was placed under arrest and brought
to this side and lodged in jail at 1 o'clock
this morning. Coroner Bond summoned a
jury this morning, which, after hearing the
evidence, returned a verdict that the de
ceased came to his death from a pistol shot
at the hands of his wife, Greer. In
giving her testimony, she was cool, calm,
and deliberate. She stated that she
WENT TO THE HOUSE
for the purpose of getting a pen and ink,
knowing that Green was not at home. She
had gotten the articles j wanted, and was
coming out of the door, when 1 a man met
her with an axe, drawn as though he would
strike her with it. She instantly drew the
pistol and fired. The man fell and when
she saw his face said that it was her hus
band. She did not know him until after
he fell, and then, she began to scream.
When the people arrived an axe was found
with the handle leaning against the door
casing. It is not known whether Emma
placed the axe for a blind or whether she
picked it up alter he fell. The weapon
she used was a small, cheap, almost worth
less weapon, , carrying a thirty-two ball.
She must have stood near the man and tired
with good aim. ; Th*> 'j.-i entered the]f ore-*
head just above the right eye, passing
through the brain, producing instant death.
It is thought she borrowed the pistol for the
purpose, but it is not known of whom. She
was examined before a magistrate in
Argenta this afternoon and sent to jail to
await the action of the next grand jury.
KILLED BY ITALIANS.
Dreadful Assault on a Woman by
Brutal Dagos.
Special to the Globe.
Wheeling, W. Va., April 30. — To-day
Luarda Jones and his ten-year-old son,
Joseph, who live at Whiteham station, on
the Baltimore & Ohio, reported to the au
thorities, here that Liugi Folgi, Antonio
Folgi and Amidio Cabozzoli, were at the
Baltimore & Ohio depot here, bound for
Cleveland, and Jones asked that they
be arrested and held on a charge of murder.
Their story was that last night these three
and Nicolio Folgi had broken into the car
in which the Jones family live and assaulted
Mrs. Jones, who was about to be confined. :
Jones came from the next compartment and
defended his wife, when the intruders
drove him into the. woods with pistols and
knives, and returning to the car,
KK.NEWED ' THE ASSAULT.
Mrs. Jones and her two boys, aged 6 and
10, resisted.- The, smaller one was knocked
senseless with a blow and the larger one
cruelly beaten, Mrs. Jones was horribly
maltreated and is dying. She was kicked
about the abdomen and in the head and
otherwise maltreated. The men escaped,
going to Pittsburg. Jones and his boy fol
lowed on foot, and Nicolio Folgi was ar
rested in a saloon there and' committed by
an alderman. The others escaped, but were
followed here. Seeing the Jones' on the
street they left their baggage and crossed
the river before the police moved in the
the matter. The husband and son followed.
Jones can speak no English, but the boy is
exceedingly bright and talks fluently. He
says that if they cannot have the men ar
rested lie will kill them. . ;
MANIFESTLY MUIOEKEB.
A Ifouiigv Girl Found With Her
Throat Cut.
Special Cable to the Globe.
Omaha, Neb., April — Evidence pro
duced before the coroner's jury ac Ne
braska City goes to show that Maggie Shel
'xu.imerger, aged 11 years, who was found
dying last evening .with her throat' cut in
the cellar at her home, three miles • from
town, was most foully _ murdered. • There
is no longer any theory of suicide or acci
dent entertained. The deed is said to have
been perpetrated during a ; row minutes',
absence from the house of her father, who
was at a neighbor's, her mother, who was
in the barn yard, and her younger ■ brother,
who was in the stable. The story told last
night was that the girl was told to clean off
the cellar stairs, and that she either. feil
down stairs on a butcher knife, which she
had, or that
SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE, '
or was murdered. She was found: by her
father, who went down cellar for something.
The evidence shows, however, that she had
received four separate cuts, one commenc
ing on the left side, across the throat, sever
ing the wind pipe and left carotic artery;
the other cuts were under the chin and
neck. No other marks of r. violence were
visible. She was found lying on • a dry
goods box in the cellar, the body half In
the box, the legs and arms protruding, and 1
resting on the ground, the : butcher knife
near by. There were evidences of a strug
gle. It was found that the cellar steps had
not been cleaned by her. No stranger had
been seen in the . vicinity. ■ Mrs. Shellen-"
berger is the step-mother of the girl.
A WASHINGTON '- HANGING. '
Two National Capital murderers
Leg-ally Strangled. ,
Washington, April "80.— Louis ; Somer
field (white) and Richard D. Lee " (colored)
were banged at the city jail at 11:30 o'clock
this morning. Somerfield died without a
struggle. Lee kicked several times. Both
bore up wonderfully -. well. ;.■•' The drop was
five feet Soinerfield; murdered his wife,
Christina Somerfield, and bis son-in-law.
Eisenbaum. The double murder was com
mitted at Eisenbaum's saloon on Maryland
avenue near Twelfth street northeast, on
' the 3 20th [~ of : last November. Lee was
hanged for the cold-blooded ; murder of his
wife. The crime was committed on the
23d of last November.
AN ARKANSAS EXECUTION.
Two murderers Sent to Tbeir Ac
count. •
Little Rock, Ark., April 30. — J. M.
Armstrong, who in February, 1885, killed
Dr. Ferguson in Perry county, was hanged
in Perry ville to-day.
George Carroll, who in February, 1885,
killed his wife and threw her body into a
well on his farm in White county, in order
to marry Viney Tidwell, his half brother's
widow, with whom. he was criminally inti- ,
mate, was hanged to-day at Searey. Both
are white men and farmers and in respect
able standing in each case. All legal
efforts were exhausted to save their neck
by appeals to the supreme court and peti
tions to the governor to commute their sen
tence to imprisonment for life,
Successful Swindlers.
New Yokk, April 30. —George Edwards,
the last of the gang of forgers wanted in
several of the large cities throughout the
country was arrested last night. Edwards,
together with George Wilkes and Joe
Elliott, swindled the bank of Rochester
some months ago out of $7,500 by means
of a bogus draft. The gang worked their
scheme successfully ,in many places and
are wanted on three separate charges, in
Toronto, two in Chicago and one in Kan
sas City. Edwards was taken to Rochester
to-night.
A Quartet to Swing:.
Fort Smith, April 30. — Blue Duck, a
Cherokee convict, who killed a white man
named Wyrick in June, 1884; Kit Ross, a
white man, who killed Davies, also white,
last December; Calvin James, a negro, who
killed Tony Love, a negro, in the Chicka
saw. nation in July last; \ Lincoln Sprolla, a
white man, who killed Clark and his father,
also white, in the Chickasaw nation last
May, were sentenced to hang on Friday, the
23d of next July.
Criminal Culliners.
Adolph Scbenck, who was the chairman of
a Socialist meeting held in New York last Fri
day night, and Richard Brauscher, who made
an inflammatory speech there, were arrested
yesterday. Indictments have been found
against them, charging them with conduct
likely to lead to a breach of the peace.
Guiseppe Scoma, an Italian convicted on
Thursday at Hudson, N. V., of the murder of
Antonio Eocco, at the Jones quarry, and sen
tenced to be bung on June 4, next, committed
suicide in his cell at 10 o'clock Thursday night
by strangulation.
Cicero Scott, who was shot on Thurs
day night at Kalamazoo, Mich., by Will
Cousins (both colored) in a quarrel about a
white woman, died yesterday morning in
great agony. Cousins is under arrest on a
charge of murder.
In an encounter between William M. Wain
scott. Turner Holbrook and Clay Wilson, at
Williamstown, Ky.. on Thursay, Wainscott
was killed, Holbrooke seriously and Wilson
slightly wounded.
James Walker, colored, was hanged in St.
Augustine, Fla., yesterday, for the murder of
Charles Harper in November. The execution
was private.
A petition signed by over 900 depositors in
the Marine bank, New York, is in circulation,
asking for the pardon of James D. Fish.
!: COSTLY CONFLAGRATION.
A Baltimore Blaze Does Damage to
the Extent of $600,000.
Baltimore, April 30. — The most dis
astrous fire that has taken place in this city
for many years broke out shortly after 7
o'clock to-night, in : the fifth story of the
warehouse No. 518 West Baltimore street,
occupied by S. W. Floss & Co., wholesale
dealers in notions -. and white goods. The
flames spread with remarkable rapidity, :
and the entire tire department was called
upon, but a brisk wind carried the fire to
adjoining buildings, and they were badly
damaged before the water could exert its
influence. The losses are: Floss & Co.,
$150,000; insurance, . 880,000; estate
'of Jacob Quest, on building, $75,000;
insured; Levy & Sons, straw goods,
§65,000, fully insured; M. King & Co.,
clothing, $(50,000, insurance $30,000; M.
King on building, $60,000, insured; Cross
& Dunbrace, furniture, §50,000". insured;
Inwokl & Ehring 835,000, insurance $20,
--000; the estate of, Jesse Slingluff, building,
$10,000, insured;' Albert 8r05.,, hardware,
820,000, insurance $18,000; Medairy & Co.,
stationers, $15,000 to $20,000, insurance
$15,000; Jenkins Bros. & Co., cloths, $20,
--000, insurance $17,500; Dell, Knappe &
Co., bookbinders, $3,750, insured. Frank
Adler, wholesale shoe dealer, suffered some
loss from water, as also does Witz, Beidler
& Co., dry goods; Doth insured. The total
loss cannot be less than $600,000. The or
igin of the fire is unknown.
SAN FRANCISCO SCORCHED.
Three Quarters of a Million Gone
Up in Smoke.
San Cisco, Cal., April 30. — Shortly
before 4 o'clock this afternoon fire broke
out in the bnsement of L. &E, Emanuel's
furniture establishment, on Market street,
between Third and Fourth streets, and
rapidly spread to A. L. Bancroft & Co.'s
stationery and publishing establishment, in
the same building. Inside of an hour the
building, which is live stories high, was
gutted, and the entire contents consumed.
The lire spread to the adjoining smaller
buildings, a number of which, with their
contents, were also destroyed. The total
losses are placed at $750,000; A. L. Ban
croft & Co., building, $120,000; insurance,
$70,000; stock and "plant, 8400,000; insur
ance, $120,000; L. & E. Emanuel, stock,
$120,000; insurance. $30,000; losses on sur
rounding buildings and contents, $60,000;
very little insurance on the latter. Patrick
Beatty was killed by a falling wall of Ban
croft's building, while endeavoring to
escape from an adjoining trunk factory, in
which there was employed a number of
others, who are reported killed and seri
ously injured. •
DEVOTED TO DAVIS.
Atlanta. Ga., Ablaze With Enthusi
asm Over the Old Rebel.
Atlanta, Ga., April 30. — The special cars
that left Montgomery yesterday to bring Jef
ferson Davis to Atlanta arrived this afternoon.
An immense crowd greeted him at the depot.
The whole city is beautifully decorated. At
every station alomr the route from Montgom
ery Mr. Davis was greeted with tremendous
. delegations, who shouted and cheered from
tbe time the train came in sight until it was
out o" hearing. At each station , speeches
were made by different members of the Hill
statue committee and ex-Con federate • com
mittee. -At several places Mr. Davis spoke,
though he was very wean. At La Grange,Ga.,
The committee endeavored to prevent him
from speaking, but he said he must speak a
few. words there as it was the old home of Ben
Hill. The mayor of Montgomery accompanied
the party, and upon their arrival they wore
met by the Hill statue reception committee
and Gov. McDaniel, and the whole party amid
uproarious cheering were driven out to the
residence of Mrs. B. H. Hill, whose guest Mr.
Davis will be. The
CHILDREN OF CITY,
numbering not less than 8,000, were in Hue all
the way from the depot to Mrs. Hill's resi
dence, a distance of over a mile.and scattered
flowers before the ex-presldent's carriage. Ex-
Conl'ederato soldiers to the ' number of 2,000
followed tbe carriage to Mrs. Hill's residence.
Mr. Davis was accompanied by his daughter
General Gordon and bis wife and daughter.
The city is wild with enthusiasm. No other
man ever received such ,a . reception fiom
.Georgia people. Crowds of visitors are al
ready, here, and by to-morrow the crowd will
v be the :. largest the city has ever seen. The
■ proceedings to-morrow will be intensely in
teresting. . Tne military will go out after Mr.
Davis, accompanied j by the ■ Hill Monument
committee, and will meet .the ex-Confederate
veterans in front of the Capitol, and all will
then go out to the unveiling of the; Hill
statue. ; The proceedings will begin about 10
o'clock a. m., and will be over by 2 p. m. The
merchants will close their doors during these
hours.
JEFF DAVIS' DEIVEL.
What is Thought at the Capital of the
Resurrection of the Confederate
Cadaver.
Northern and Scmtbera Congressmen Give
It but Li- nought and Say
It is Ju important!
Three Public and Prominent Men
Nearly Conndenced Into the
Telephone Scheme.
Proceedings of the Senate and House
--A Congressional Secesslonlst--
Washlngton Waifs.
The Rebel Resurrectionist.
Special to the Globe.
Washington, April 30. — The masses
for the repose of the soul of the "lost
cause," now being celebrated at various
places in Alabama, more particularly at
Montgomery, when the briefly-enduring
deceased was christened, are attracting
some attention among Democratic congress
men, but are not occasioning much remark.
Democratic congressmen who want to be
re-elected next fall are a little afraid of the
use of the speeches of one Jeffer
son Davis, and the plaudits
of the multitude as his sepulchral
deliverances, may be put to next summer.
For the most part there is a disposition to
treat the matter as of no political signifi
cance, and the demonstration over that in
teresting survival of a bygone era, who
usually secludes himself in Beauvin, as an
outburst of sentiment over a thrilling bit of
the past, without any connection or refer
ence with the present and the future; but
it is so well known how effectively the Re
publicans can use the language of Mr. Davis
and the
APPLAUSE OF THE PEOPLE
and how sensitive a large proportion of the
people of the North are to any semblance
of vitality on the part of the Confederate
cavader, that some of the Democrats are a
little worried over the possible effects of
this raid on the political grave yard, both
in the elections next fall and those of 1888.
A Southern congressman, who is also a
Confederate brigadier, said to-day:
Of course, I don't want to be quoted in any
thing I say about this business. Any criticism
from me might seem to be in bad taste. lam
rather aorry about this little demonstration
in Alabama. Tt does not really mean any
thing, butl know it will be used all over the
North to give color to the charge that we bate
the Union and would secede again if we had
a chance. Consequently I would not have
HAD THIS CELEBRATION
if I could have prevented it. But I hope it
won't hurt the party in the North. I shouldn't
think it would have much effect on public
sentiment there, although I am not well
enough acquainted with Northern people to
judge. It ought not to have much effect. Of
course we have warm feeling; for the men
who led us in . the war of twenty-five years
ago, but the people of the south have no wish
to undo the results of the war, and we are as
loyal to the general government as the people
of the north are. A great injustice will he
done the people of the south, and Democrats
all over the country, if the perfectly unim
portant observations of Mr. Davis and the
wholly innocent expressions "< of affection for
him by the people in our section are con
strued to indicate that the political ideas of
the south to-day are what they were a quarter
of a century ago." .'.' :: \.
A Northern Democrat, who was an
officer in the federal army, saia:
I think the people of the North understand
that what Mr. Davis says is mere drivel, with
out political value or .significance. I have
hardly given this Montgomery demonstration
a moment's thought, and I do not apprehend
that, it will have any considerable bearing 1 oh
the congressional elections. \ /:
: .-.- : It is unquestionably true that Democratic
congressmen are already very much- afraid
that the next house would be Republican,
and many of them feel that ; the Mont
gomery demonstration will assist. in bring
ing this about by helping the Republicans
in some close districts. .
A SOUTHERN NEWSPAPEB OPINION.
Special to the Globe.
Vicksburg, Miss.. April 30.—Comment
ing on the Montgomery celebration, the
Vicksburg Commercial Herald, the leading
paper of the state says: • .
Jefferson Davis is not of the new South; he
is of the old South. He said things at Mont
gomery that would have been better unsaid,
and did not say things which he, I of all men,
ought to have said. "..s'-^.T-: 1
THE OLEOMARGARINE BILL.
A Knight of Labor Opposed to Tax
ing Imitation Butter.
Washington, April 30. — The opposi
tion to the bill taxing oleomargarine, as
predicted in these dispatches, is beginning
to make itself manifest. Mr. .Edward J.
Shields, the oldest local pastmaster work
man of Brooklyn and New York and also a
prominent Knight of Labor is in the city to
oppose the bill in the interest of the masses
of the large cities.
"I don't think the bill ought to pass in its
present form," he said. Practical experience
has proven to many of the working people of
the large cities, with whom I am acquainted,
that oleomargarine and butterine, when prop
erly made, are equal or superior ; to the genu
ine butter that they could afford to purchase,
as it is more uniform in quality, less liable to
become rancid and serves the purpose when
prejudice is laid aside. Were it not that both
substitutes are in the market, the ordinary
workingmen could not afford to pay the fancy
price they would be compelled to. There are
several stores in Brooklyn and New York that
hang-out the sign "oleomargarine for . sale,"
and thepoople I associate with patronize them
liberally, It would be a hardship on those
people if the government would adopt the
proposed law and compel them to pay more
for it than its v commercial value. ■ We have
state laws that are intended to cheek dishon
esty in the sale of substitute butter, and if
the laws were enforced there would be no
need lor national legislation. : This effort
to surround the industry by the protection
of congress, on its face looks honest, but
there is evidently something behind the cur
tain, as the boys say, 'not quite square.' To
put a tax of 10 cents per pound on it and
charge exorbitant license fees is only another
way to drive it out of the market, and when
it is out then the ring of butter speculators
that are doing all this lobbying have a clear
field to rob the • consumers who r are none
other than the working people of the large
cities." : . : : , • .
"What would you propose?" asked the re
porter.
"If congress desires to take a hand in class
legislation, they had better < put a nominal
tax on the manufacturer and stamp the ves
sels containing the substitute and make it a
crime to sell it without having the stamp ex
posed to the view of the purchaser." '
Postoffice Appropriation Bill. .
Washington, April — In the senate
to-day an effort was made to pass the bill
"to prevent the desecration of graves" over
the president's veto, but the senate declined,
yeas 0; nays 48. The conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill was then sub
mitted by Mr. Dawes and concurred in by
the senate. The private claims on the cal
endar were then taken up, and ! after the
passage of a few private bills' the postoffice
appropriation debate was. resumed. After
some discussion Mr. Plumb secured an un
derstanding that at 4 o'clock on Monday
general debate on the bill should be closed.
The senate then adjourned till Monday.
A CONGRESSIONAL SECESSIONIST.
Mr. Singleton Declares Himself a
Supporter of Davis' Principles.
Special to the Globe.
Washington. April 80.— The New
York World's Washington; special to-day
quotes Congressman Singleton, of Missis
sippi, as saying: - " - -^vvv. .
"It is not within the power of the peo
ple at the south to keep Jeff Davis caged,
and prevent his being honored by those who
made him' their leader in 1861. It is
natural he should be given the ovation that
he was, but if he says anything that is un
patriotic in his address, he : should ;be
handed before he gets out of town, It may
isrc. 2 i i
be the means of starting the Republican
press at the North in saying that the South
is still in rebellion, and the Confederate
flag is floating from the staff of every build
ing. Mr. Davis is, perhaps, one of. the
most patriotic and sincere men In the
Southern states. Every principal he
fought for he still entertains. He believed
in the right of secession in 186 L, and so he
does to-day. But, in truth, Jefferson Davis
was never as great a secessionist as I was,
and I am yet enthusiastic in the opinion
that when a state voluntarily comes into
the union it has the same right to go out.
The principles for which the South fought
are their principles still."
ROGERS' TELEPHONE.
Three Public Men Offered Blocks of
Stock.
Washington', April 30.— Speaker Car
lisle was before the telephone investigation
committee yesterday and testified that while
in Philadelphia he had received a letter
from J. H. Rogers, informing him that he
(witness) had been elected a director of the
Rogers' Telephone company and that $100,
--000 m stock would be placed to his credit
for such occasional services as he might
find it convenient to render. Having a sus
picion that the letter was intended to
influence him as a public officer, wit
ness wrote asking whether his accept
ance of the stock would be dependent
upon congressional action and that was. the
last he ever heard of it. Representative
Randall testified that he had no distinct
recollection of having received either a let
ter or stock from Dr. Rogers, though such
a thing was possible, but, if so, he had an
swered it with a courteous declination to
embark in such an enterprise. Representa
tive A. S. Hewitt, who was the next wit
ness, testified that he had been asked to
embark in the Pan-Electric company, and
had been offered a tenth interest, but he
Had declined.
House Proceeding's.
Washington, April 30.— 1n the house,
May 13 was set apart for consideration of
the oleomargarine bill, and Mr. Hatch called
up the bill creating the department of
agriculture and the house proceeded to its
consideration in committee of the house,
but pending a controversy as to the limit
of the debate the morning hour expired,
and the river and harbor appropriation bill
was taken up. Various amendments were
offered to the measure, all of which were
rejected, and when the committee rose the
house adjourned.
Wash ing-ton Waifs.
The house committee on labor yesterday
heard Representative Springer in support of
the labor arbitration bill Introduced by him
last Monday and which is in general in ac
cordance with the message of the president
on the subject. The members of the com
mittee seemed favorable to a permanent arbi
tration committee, but the matter did not go
far enough to indicate what action would be
taken. The opinion was expressed by the
committee that the principal features of the
Springer bill could be incorporated in the bill
now on the house calendar to provide for the
establishment of a department of agriculture
and labor. . '
The postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., made ap
plication ves'erday to the postmaster gen
eral for leave to close his office to-morrow on
account of the dedication of the monument
in honor of the late Senator Hill. His request
was denied.
The friends of Warren Green, consul gen
eral at Kauayowa, have asked that his nomin
ation be withdrawn.
It is estimated that there lias been a da
crease of about $11,500,000 in the public debt
during April.
A PJLUCKTT PROFE^OB.
He Sails Through the Air With, the
Greatest of Ease.
Special to the Globe.
Hamilton, N. . J. , April Prof. Tlche
nor very nearly killed himself this evening
while, attempting to use his flying machine. -~ -
Four years ago the professor, who, although
a man of considerable education, has many :
peculiar notions, commenced work upon a
flying machine. Month after month he
studied assiduously to perfect his scheme
to make man equal to a bird. He sent a
number of invitations to different scientific
people a week ago asking them to come
and witness his first public exhibition on
his machine. Several hundred persons
gathered around the tall oak tree from
which the professor proposed sailing into
the air. about 5 o'clock this evening. A
platform was erected over a hundred feet
from the ground, and promptly on time the
professor
MADE A "WILD LEAP,
and commenced to flap his wings. Three
small baloous suspended him in air, and an
immense pair of silk wings, almost circular
shape, piopelled him with a wave-like mo
tion for fully a hundred feet above ground.
The trial appeared to be a success. While
the throng shouted and- cheered, however,
one of the small baloons broke loose and the
left wing became entangled in the rone.
Down the professor came, flat on his knees,
from a distance of eighty feet. Had his .
fall not been broken by the two remaining
baloons and wing, the fall would have
killed him instantly. As it was, the shock
rendered him insensible and made him a
subject for a doctor's care. His left arm
and ankle are broken, but it is said he de- "
clares the experiment a success, and pro
poses trying it again.
A STRANGE STORY.
Arrival of a Tweiur-Tlircc-Tear
Prisoner in an Asylum.
Young stown\ 0., April — Twenty
three years ago Dr. Lobscheid, a German
physician who had held many prominent
positions under the Austrian government,
was married to Bertha VonOßieberstein,
whose family had for 800 years been in
possession of the Duchy of Friedland,
The fact that the lady had previously been
an inmate of an insane asplum, the doctor
says, was concealed from him, but after
six years of married life she once more be
came insane and was placed in a retreat in
Silesia. Dr. Lobscheid left Germany and
after traveling in various countries come to
America and settled at Youngstown. He
had contributed constantly for the support
of his wife, and until to-day supposed that
she was still in the asylum. This forenoon,
therefore, he was greatly surprised at re
ceiving a call from the lady at his office, she
having arrived at Youngstown only this
morning. Dr. Lobscheid says that she is
still insane, and will take steps to have her
returned to Germany. ;■ Mrs. Lobscheid,
however, denies her husband's statements.
She admits that she was insane for a short
time after the birth of her child, but says
she is mentally sound now. She says she
came here after her son. aged 17, whom
her husband kidnapped and sent to Cali
fornia. ; She. expresses her determination
to go to the Pacific coast after him, and
dares the husband to interfere. The brother
of the lady, Frederich * Yon Bieberstein, is
the husband of the countess of Cracow
Silesia. . .
Surprised Politicians.
Baltimore, April 30.— For some days past
there were whisperings ;of the intentions of
Postmaster Parker Veasey of this city to re
sign, but he was reticent and the general im
pression was that he would ■ wait until next
fall. Consternation fell upon the politicians
to-day when it was announced from Wash
iugton that the resignation of Mr. Veasey had
been accepted and Mr. Frank Brown ap
pointed to the position. The matter was ar
ranged so quietly that no one suspected what
was going on until it was accomplished. Mr.
Brown's appointment will be accepted but
there is a feeling ; of disappointment ' among
the more prominent political workers.
Weather Indications.
Washington, May 1, 1 a. Upper lake
region: Warmer, fair weather, variable
winds. Upper Mississippi and Missouri val
leys: Variable winds in the southern portion,
warmer, fair weather, but - in the northern
portion followed by cooler weather and • local
xalßi, .