The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-24
NEW YORK CITY.

NEW YoRK, June 22.-The Metal Man.
ufacturers held q meeting last night and
decided to make no compromise and offer
no advance in wages II is reported that
thirteen shops in Jersey City resumed
work on the eight hour system,
No additional Jurors were obtained In
the Stokes case up to to-day noon.
The Cotton Exchange will adjourn from
July 3D. to the 9Th.
Among the passengers for Europe TO.
day was Geo. Jones, Of the New York
Times.
Stephen A BabcoCk, accused Of ship.
ping registry frauds was tried to-day by
the Commissioners, the bill to await the
action OF the grand jury.
The EtpreSS reports that 1t has been
decided to hold grand National Edito.
rial Convention at Baltimore, on the 9th
OF July, of those who favor the Cincin.
natl movement.
An Injunction forbidding the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company from using Its
surplus funds in the purchase oil stock,
was dissolved to-day by Judge Tappau.
A Brooklyn Committee OF 80 issued a
circular condemning the construction Of
the Hampstead reservoir. They believe
there Is q million dollar job behind the
contract.
The indictment for the alleged poison.
ing Of Edward o. Anderson, was found
against DR.. Lucius, B. Irish and Mrs.
Anderson, In Brooklyn, today.
Paul Law, a son Of Ex-Governor Law,
charged with shooting VIM. Devine, was
admitted to bail today in the sum of
The fourth pannel Of jurors was ex.
hausted to-day in the Stokes case, and
a ninth juror, John H. Thompson, q tailor,
secured.
The Fire Marshal has begun an inyesli.
CATION into the Liberty street explosion.
It is believed all OF the injured will re.
cover. ~
The employees oil Col. Yates soap fac.
tory, in Jersey City, struck this morning
for uniform rate OF wages. Some have
been receiving IS and $40, and others
$l2. They demand for oil $l2.
At large meeting OF the metal work.
ers, this morning, the delegate who was
sent to Pennsylvania and Delaware, re.
ported that at Chester, Pennsylvania,
the workmen were not willing to strike.
In the other places visited, including
Philadelphia and Wilmington, the men
were Enthusiastic for eight hours and
were formed into leagues. They will not,
strike until next month, and while the
metal workers here remain on q strike
each member Of the Philadelphia and
Wilmington unions will contribute one
dollar per week towards their assistance.
The officers Of the metal workers report
that ftty-nine shops, employing about
three thousand men, have already con.
ceded to eight hours, leaving about eighty
shops and ten thousand men idle, and
they assert that the strike will be wholly
successful in fortnight.
Judge Bedle to-day sentenced the mem.
bers OF the Jersey City Board OF Police
Commissioners and Chiet OF Police,
McWilllams, convicted Of conspiracy to
defraud the city, to pay q fine OF $1OO
each. The fine was paid and the prison.
ers discharged.
The strikers and bosses seem to be
gradually coming to terms, each making
some concessions to the other. The metal
workers met yesterday and officially re.
pudiated the incendiary speeches made at
Cooper Institute the night previous. The
piano makers acknowledge themselves
defeated and are going to work again on
the old system.
There was a miniature riot among the
Brooklyn coopers yesterday, the barrel
makers threatening to demolish q factory
If the owners insisted on using machinery
for making barrels.
The Greek Consul here has received a
letter from the Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs, stating that the reported sending OF
criminals from Greece to the United
States is an odious and absurd falsehood.
At the Fleetwood races yesterday Gas.
tleberry won the purse Of $1,000, beating
Daniel Boone and Grace Bertram. Six
heats were trotted. Time 2:35, 2:30,
2:94t, 231t, 2:S24 and 1884.
A foreign correspondent says that on
the night Of June 10th an attempt was
made to blow up the statues ofthe Prince
Consort and Lord Carlisle, in Dublin.