New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-08
HE DAMAGE TO PARIS
INTENSE DISSATISFACTION IN PARIS
INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Democratic Aspect of New Hampshire
WASHINGTON.
Railroad Meeting at Washington-Fasf
Passenger Line Between New York
and New Orleans Twelve Hours
shortening Up-Ku-klux Committee

| hairOaO Meeting at WasnIn&tOn-FaS
Passenger Line Between New Yorl
and New Orleans Twelve Hour.
shortening Up-Ku.Klux Committee
Weather synopsis and Probabilities.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-General Rodman
| died at Rock Island Arsenal te-day, aged
tifty-tive years.
The Secretary of the Navy goes to West
| Point to night.
The strike has extended to GEORGETOWN
The coal destined there has been ordered to
Alexandria Several fights occurred at the
coal yards. Several of the rioters were ar
rested. Work has been generally suspended,
but will commence tomorrow at one dollar
and fifty cents. The mass of the negroes
demand two dollars.
An important adjourned meeting of the
representatives of the railroads on the line
between New York and New Orleans, via
Lynchburg, Virginia, convened at Willard 8
to-day All roads were represented, in.
cluding the new elements south of Cleve-
land junction.
For some time there has been but one
daily train run on the line south of Wash
ington. The meeting to-day organized a
second daily tram taking effect July |, with
increased speed, making through time from
New York and New Orleans twelve hours
quicker, with but one change OF cars at
Lynchburg.
Further improvements are contemplated
by the extensions going ON south of Chatta-
nOoga and Dalton.
Preston Smith manager of the New York
and Washington line, presided. The fol-
lowing railroad men participated: w. w.
j. Barnly, j. c. Stanton, c. L. Williams, A.
Murdock, A. Shaw, G. w. N. Curtis, John
Tucker, r. t. Wilson, M. j. Wicks, L. NJ.
Cole, G. Jordan, William Keavy, j. b.
Yates; also j. G. NJ. Butfaloe, of Mississippi,
was in attendance.
The following railroads were represented:
New York and Washington Air Line;
Orange, Alexandria and Manassas; At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio; East Tennessee,
Charleston; Alabama and Chattanooga;
Selma, Rome and Dalton; South and North
Alabama: Mobile and Ohio; Baltimore and
Ohio; Mobile and Montgomery.
After the adjournment of the convention,
a meeting was called to consider the Or
ganizatisn Of a fast freight line from Nor
folk to points South and Southeast.
The following named gentlemen were ap-
pointed committee to perfect the organi-
Thomas, Walker, Shaw, Jackson, Fink.
Kendrick, Rawath, FrOst'and Sewall.
Permanent chairman Henry Fink, with
authority to call meeting at Knoxville
Any five of the gentlemen named. includ-
ing the chairman, will be competent to
transact business.
The ku-klux investigating committee to-
day examined Deputy United States Mar
shall Joseph j. Hester, of North Carolina;
S. T. Pointer, United States commissioner
at Spartanburg. South Carolina; and Charles
d. O'Keefe, who was formerly tax col
lector in the latter State, and was driven
from the discharge of his official duties. as |
it is alleged, by an unlawful combination.
Parsons, of Alabama, will be |
examined tomorrow.
Weather RepOrt-Synopsis for the past |
hours: The weather remains
sensibly unchanged west of the Missouri. |
The area of the lowest barometer has
moved from Canada eastward, and ex- |
tended this afternoon suddenly southwark |
to the Chesapeake bay. The barometer |
has risen slightly on the upper lakes and in |
the southwest. The temperature has fallen |
on Lakes Erie and Ontario, and less so |
westward to Illinois and Wisconsin. The |
area Of rainy and threatening weather has |
from Ohio and Tennessee to the |
Middle and Eastern States. Fresh south
erly winds are now reported from the latter
coast. NOrthwesterly winds prevail from
Lake Ontario to Lake Superior and south
ward to Tennessee.
The rain will probably cease to night on
he Atlantic coast and be followed by fresh
winds. Partially cloudy and
lear weather with westerly winds is prob
lble for Thursday from New York to the
river and the gulf.