Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-08
psstponemenf Of the Trial of Roc chefort.
Mere Trouble with the Labor Strike.
Proceedings OF the Railroad Meeting.
WAsHINcToN.
'The labor question SIN Agitate,

- The labor Question Still Agftated.
.'s-SVAsHINaToN, June THE Republican
commences a leading editorial thus: "The
Washington Commune, unlike that oi
Paris, has been entirely victorious. The
letter which the Board of Public Works,
or at least portion of it, sent yesterday to
Contractor Gleason, is nothing more OF
less than complete surrender to the men
who, for the last four or five days, have
been threatening the violation of law and
order in this city"
Governor Cooke, whosigned the letter, is
ex-officio President of the Board. Two
members of the Board, whose names do
not appear to the letter, were absent from
the city.
I'WAsH1NaroN,i June The Kuklux
Investigation Committee to-day examin-
ed Deputy United States Marshal Joseph
J. Hester, ofNorth Carolina, S. T. Pointer,
United States Commissioner at Spartan
burg, South Carolina, and Charles d.
O,Keefe, formerly a tax collector In
the latter State, and WAS driven from the
discharge of his official duties, as it is al
.leged, by an unlawful combination.
- Ex-G Governor Parsons, of Alabama, will
be examined tomorrow.
scGen. ROdnan died at Rock Island Arse
nal to-day, aged 55 years. . Ir75 ..,Y
AN important adjourned meeting of rep
resentatives of all the railroads ON the line
between New York and New Orleans via
Lynchburg, convened at Wizards Hotel
to-day. All the roads were represented,
including several from the roads south of
Cleveland Junction. For some time but
one daily train has been run on this line
south of Washington. The meeting to- day
organized the second daily train, to take
making through time between New York
and New Orleans twelve hours quicker,
andwith but one change of cars at Lynch
burg. Further improvements are con-
templated by the extension going on south
of Chattanooga and Dalton.
Preston Smith, manager of the New
York and Washington line, .presides over
the meeting. r-,. - --i
The following railroad men participated: /:
wv. w. Vandergrift, Henry Fink, r. G.
jackson, Z. G. Barney, j. G.. Stanton, G..
z. Williams, A. Murdlock, A. Shaw, G.
w, n: Curtis, John Tucker, r. T. Wilson,
MI. Wicks, L. III. Cole, G.. Jordan, Wm
Keavy,. J. B. Yates. Also J. NJ. Buffaloe,
of Mississippi, was in attendance.
The following railroads were represented:
New York and Washington Air Line +;
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Allan
tic, Mississippi and Ohio; East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Memphis and
Charleston, Alabama and Chattanooga /;
Selma, Rome and Dalton; South and
North Alabama; Mobile and Ohio; Balti-
more and Ohio; Mobile and Montgomery
u After the adjournment of the cOnVen-
ton, meeting was called to consider the
organization of fast freight line from
Norfolk to points South and Southeast.
The following gentlemen were appointed
acomrlittee to perfect the organization !:
ga Barney, saf Williams, Keary, Curtis,
Thomas, Walker, Shaw, jackson, Fink,
Kendrick, Rawath, Fost and Sewall. Per-
manent chairman, Henry Fink, with au-
thority to call meeting at Knoxville.
ANY of the gentlemen named, including
the chairman, are competent to transact
any business. .zst .a'f
The Secretary of the Navy goes to West
Point tonight. I~a af
The strike has extended to George
town. The coal destined there was or
dered to Alexandria. Several fights at
the coal yards. Several rioters were ar
rested. The work has been suspended, but
will commence tomorrow, at dollar and
half per day. -