Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-09-28
NEW YORK.
A Threat of Bread Riots.

The Parks and Public schools
BIocked-CIamorou LabOrers.
NEw YORK, Sept. 27.-The financial
troubles of the city will probably cause
stoppage of work On the public parks.
The commissioner of parks, Judge Hill
ton, declares that the work cannot be
carried on week longer unless funds are
furnished to pay the laborers, clerks and
others whose wages are now in arrears.
The Deputy Controller expects TO be
able to psy the employees of the depart
meut of education this week.
A large number of laborers were clam
orn G for their pay at the Chamberlain's
Off ce yesterday. They were quieted by
an assurance that the authorities would
pay them to-day, and pay off two hundred
day until ali were paid.
Threatened Bread Riots.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-The Star puD-
fishes to day an incendiary article headed:
"A Warning to Jones, Foley and Jen-
niDgs," and proceeds to charge these in
dividuais with the responsibility of i'm
perilliDg the employment of five thousand
lsborers on the public works, and conse-
quently melting bread riots. The resi-
dences of these gentlemen are stated, and
a suggestion made that action on their
part would avert threatened calsmities.
The S.ar circulstes mainly among the
working classea.
Counter Committee OF Citizens.
The Tsmmany Association of the 18th
ward has appointed committee of one
hundred and forty to inquire into the do
ings of the committee and to ascertain
what they are aiming at. 1t is thought
by some that this attempt is done to
throw ridicule upon the gentlemen COM
posing the Committee of Seventy.
Although the situation of municipal
affairs is apparently quiet, it is asserted
that the work of reform is being prose-
cuted with increased vigor and thst there
are movements on foot which are liable
any day or hour to reveal gratifying re-
suits.
Delegates 10 Democratic state Com
ventiOn-Tammany Moving.
Tsmmany is preparing TO send q dele
CATION from the city to the Democratic
State Convention. Ii 'is said that an at
tempt is being made to have selected as
delegates men who, though not of Tam
many, are not identified with the anti
Tsmmsny Democracy, and by this means
assume fer their organization a claim of
respectabiiity.
The Times, commenting on this, says
it is dodge that mas been played before,
and declares that, if such men as Charles
0'COnnor, August Belmont, G. B. Nc
1 Tlallau CbarIac d Dalfw A T. NJ Dar
low aud other respected Democrats, by
their presence in the Tsmmany ranks,
afford the thieves an opportunity for
such reasoning, it will be disgrace.
The Democratic Union Organization,
last evening elected as delegates to the
State Convention, among Others, Smith
Eiey, jr., J. w. Chandler, Daniel F. Til
mon, Arthur j. Delaney, John McKeon,
aud Roswell D. Hatch.
Republican Rebellion against the
Office Holders.
a large number of Republicans at
Yonkers being dissatisfied with the at.
tempt of the Office holders to control the
locsl election have organized under the
name of the Patriotic Sons of America.
Another Syndicate.
The Tribune has discovered the exis-
tence of a Harbor Masters ring, who
have charge of the dock of this city, and
who it accuses of black mailing the ship
pers by the wholesale.
Reckless Practice.
Yesterday afternoon the marines sta
toned at Fort Tompkins, Staten Island,
while practicing, sent thirty pound
Parrot shot through the jib of the pilot
boat Francis Perkin. No person was in
jured; but had the shot struck few feet
lower or two seconds later, the result
would probably be the sinking of the
boat with loss of life. Not long since
the steamer Plymouth Rock had shell
to explode directly over her by this reck-
less firing.
Sale of Mississippi Lnnd Scrip.
Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, has just
completed n this city the sale of TWO
hundred and ten thousand acres, the en-
tire amount of scrip given by the United
States 10 the State of Mississippi. The
purchaser -wR G. F. Lewis of Cleve-
land, Ohio. The price was ninety cents
an acrs; amounting TO $3.50, 600.