Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-20
HON e NEWS.
Eugtnecrs Strike i'm the West Growing
Serious.
by Fire and shIpwreek.

Euginecrs Strike in the West Growing
- "~~ Serious.
NEW York, March 19.-Thes Time,
sharply denounces the President for ap
nointing Richardson Secretary of the
Treasury and James Postmaster of New
York. Lr--r-.s
The resolutions of the Democratic Con.
vention of Rhode Island, include one ex-
pressing sympathy with the people OF
Louisiana, under the rule of Federal Ku-
klux. E@ Il. ksEtr
The principal part of Circleville, Ohio
was burned. Loss S35, 900. - ...,..[--
The engineers strike on the st Louis,
Kansas and Northern Railroad continues.
Another train was ditched and bridge
burned near st. Charles Missouri.
Several of the ring leaders of the strike
were arrested. The Company offers 81 800
reward for the arrest and conviction of
any person caught destroying its property
or cutting the telegraphs.
Mat. Torpey was hanged by the neck at
Monterey California. He made his viii,
giving 81 600 to Nicholson, the husband of
his victim. Nicholson witnessed the
lynchng. The mob was condemned by
the people.
Everything is quiet in the lava BEDS
The soldiers are waiting the result of the
new peace Commission to the Modocs.
Ii IuGN ldIl W Guile OuG duOlIleT UdlK,
the troops will open the fight.
The loss of the steamer Geo. S. Wright,
with all on board is confirmed. Portions
of the wreck is scattered for a hundred
miles north of Cape Caution.
A Herald special reports serious troubles
at Porto Rico, caused by the proposed
emancipation of slaves.
A meeting of carpenter bosses and work.
men at New York, to regulate the hours
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suit, ~ fa. - ~ II , tt
There is plenty of freight at st. Thomas
for the Southern ports of the United States
for re-shipment to Europe. The health of
the island is good.
The Niagara encountered gale OH the
End and Sd of March and her machinery
was disabled. The ship was badly strained
The Italian bark Anna was foundered
OH the 18th of February. The Captain and
twelve persons arrived at Bermuda in an
open boat.
The steamship Cheriot, with cotton from
New Orleans, called for coal and took the
crew of the Anna.
The bark Menia Siorra Lion from Bos-
ton port, in leaking lost one man.
The ship Charlotte Leghorn for Boston
is total wreck on the north shoals of Ber-
muda. #..t-t.
The steamship Maharajah, II days from
New Orleans, touched Bermuda on the
9th and proceeded.
In answer to telegram of the Sheriff,
to-day, in relation to the Foster case, Gov.
Dix responded: II have no communica-
tion to make" The Sheriff then issued
official invitations to the execution, which
takes place on Friday, tomorrow. The
gallows will be erected in the city prison,
The Erie officials who were suspended
to-day were Horatio n. Otis, Secretary;
Justin ID. White, Assistant Treasury and
John Hilton, Auditor,
A clerk of ofUnited States sDistrictAttorney
Bliss stated to-day that the case of Phelps,
Dodge & Co., had been finally settled on
the payment of S271 900 to the Govern
ment
BALTIMORE, March 1s,-The wife of
Reverdy Johnson is dead, aged 20. She
was the daughter of Governor Bowie, of
Maryland. 15f E' -
In the House the committee on Corpora.
tiOns have reported adversely on the
Pennsylvania Railroad project passed by
the Senate. The House agreed to report it
bya vote of 81 to 26, thus effectually killing
it.
PHILADELPHIA, March 19-In the case
of David Scull against the Kensington
Bank, for the recovery of $50, 900 in Gov
ernment bonds stolen from box deposit
ed for safe keeping, when the bank was
robbed in 1871, the jury this morning,
after being out two days returned verdict
for the plaintiff