The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-20
NEW YORK CITY.

In all branches OF manufacture In this
city and vicinity met last evening, and
passed resolutions TO reject the eight
hour system, to accept only ten hours as
days work, and TO hold out to the bitter
end, and appointed committee TO perfect
the work Of organization. The effect ol
the strike In Jersey City Is beginning "a
be felt among the poorer Glasses.
II Is reported that Heath, Rapheal Bis.
Chofsheim, Goldschmidt and Jay Gould
have entered into an alliance with the 10.
tention Of reinstating Gould as President
Of the Erie railway.
Sixty men employed on the new branch
Of the Erie railway, at Harrison, N. Y,
engaged in fight, Monday evening. A
large number Of the rioters were injured.
Five Of them have been arrested.
Senators Trumbull, Clayton, Howard,
Poole and West arc in the city.
Since the lst Of January l42,05l emf.
grants have arrived here. An increase Of
40, ,105 over the same time last year.
Stokes trial commenced this morning.
The prisoner appears 10 be in the best Of
health. On the clerk reading the names
Of the petit Jurors, McKeon, counsel for
Stokes, challenged the panel on the
ground II was not drawn in compliance
with the provisions Of the statutes. The
counsel fol. the defense noticed on the list
brother OF the counsel for the prosecu.
tion, namely, Benz. Fullerton. He wanted
at the outset to get rid Of the entire panel.
The District Attorney .demurred 10 the
challenge and McKeon Joined issue
with, the demurrer. The District Attor.
ney said the statute was merely directory
and not mandatory. Judge Ingraham
decided that the challenge could not be
sustained, and the selection OF Jury was
then proceeded with. McKeon objected
TO the presence OF the private counsel for
the prosecution, and Judge Ingraham
said that for tho present he would dis.
pense with the services Of the gentlemen
objected 10. Mr.. Bruckman was the first
juror accepted. The name of Albert
Eltzburgh was called by the counsel for
the prisoner, and was challenged for prin.
cipal course and favor, but under the op.
Grafton Of the new jury law the challenge
was overruled. Eltzburgh's challenge
was peremptory, as was also Mr.. Bruck.
man, who was previously announced as
accepted. Mr.. Homburger was tried and
accepted as first juror and recess was
taken. Roderick Hagan, halter, 374
Bowery, was sworn as the second juror.
No further progress was made up to the
time Of adjournment of Court.
Delegates left Jersey City this morning
to arrange for strike along the line OF
the Erie road. Employees to the number
Of 600, in Jersey City, are almost unani-
mously in favor Of the strike.
The excitement about the late strikes
Is on the wane, and promises to result
most disastrously for the men.
The Eight Hour League no longer at
tracts a concourse equal to the capacity
Of the Teutonia Assembly Rooms. This
morning not more than 800 or 400 mem.
bers were in attendance on the daily ses.
sion.
Atthe piano makers meeting this morn
ing a member arose and urged the men
10 90 to work a. once. He argued that
the longer the.day was put of the more
abject would be the surrender.
A dispatch was received from Boston
stating that the men were organizing
there to go on strike the latter part Of
July.
Peter Cooper has given 81 900 towards
sustaining the shirt cutters iD their strike.
The Singer Sewing Machine men arc
still out, and do not apprehend any posi-.
bility ofa speedy satisfactory adjustment
The sugar refners are In precisely the
same condition as yesterday.
The stablemen and coachmen of Brook.
lyn strike on Saturday unless paid $l4
Instead Of $l2 per week. ~.
The Board OF Health has resolved that
In the future no human dead body will be
allowed to be buried in any vault or Gem.
etery south OF 130th street and no vault
or cemeteries to be opened Tor any pur.
pose between May and November.
A motion for the acquittal Of DR.. Gyles,
the alleged abortionist, was overruled to.
day, and the case goes to the jury.
Prof. Thatcher, Of Yale College, has
secured donations here sufficient 10 com.
plete the new chapel oi the college.
The famous Jumel case will soon be
tried again.
The Orangemen expect police protcc.
tion to the parade OF 5000 men on the
18th OF July.
The Grand Jury Of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions call attention to the increas-
ing number Of beggars and the growing
evil and exhibition OF disgusting deiormi.
ties, which ought TO be suppressed. They
also call attention to the violation OF the
excise law Of selling liquor on Sunday.
Evidence was taken to-day in the case
Of Tilden rS. Gen. Butler TO the effect that
the Nassua was taken for government
services and not for private uses, and that
Butler, In taking the Nassua, did not
arbitrarily fix the price Tor he had her
value ascertained by a Board Of Sur.
veyors.
Henry l.. Sturges, Captain OF the Port
Of New Orleans under Gen. Butler, teSti.
fed that so far as he knew, Andrew But
ter, brother Of Gen. Bltler, did not have
any interest or control Of the towing
business at New Orleans at the time Gen.
Butler was IN command there, and that
he would have known the TACT il such
control or interest was had.
At the recent convention Of the rail.
way managers Of the N. Y. Central, Erie
and Pennsylvania Central railroad lines,
an agreement was made to sell, hereafter,
no passenger tickets for political meetings
or State fairs at reduced rates.
Chief OF Police McWilliams, Of Jersey
City, is on trial on charge oi oicompound.
ing felony In receiving bonds stolen from
Messrs. Mays office, PavOnia avenue, Is
months ago.
Weather Report.
War DEPARTMENT., /
OPYICE or THH CmEP SIsSAL oPYIcER, J