Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-10

I Eight shots were fired, when Bal wa
killed-the officers escaping unharmed
Strikes.
NEW YORK, April 9.-The gasmer
and police came into conflict last even.
ing and after short and sharp tussle
the police were victorious. The strikerE
made q demonstration on the Manhat.
tan gas works, on the Tenth avenue
side, but the attacking party was re.
pulsed with little damage. Rallying,
a rush was made for the Seventeenth
street entrance, but the police quick
ly appearing there, the strikers were
overawed, and retreated to a safe
distance, where they held consultation,
and, the police say, obtained arms. Sub
sequently, the whole force of strikers
was massed and a rush made, that the
police might be taken by surprised and
an entrance gained. The police were on
the alert, however, and routed the gas
men, many of whom had bloody noses
and were well belabored. No pistols
We're used on either side. Attacks were
made that the valve room might be
gained, and the gas shut off so that the
citizens generally might be inconye-
nienced and made to sympathize with
the strikers. During the conflicts on
the outside of the works there was
great excitement on the inside.
The men We're armed, and expressed
determination to protect themselves.
The strikers now number nearly fOuI
hundred, and have sent a delegation to
Albany to ask the legislature to appoint
a commission to assess the value of the
property of the different gas companies
preparatory to its purchase by the city
and the enforcement of the eight-hOur
law.
The Jersey City painters struck yester-
Day for an advance of fifty cents per day.
Only three employers resisted the de-
mand, and their men remain out OF
work. The others have resumed work
at the new rates.
BROOKLYN, April 8. 9.-Thepainters are
going for a reduction Of hours and OF
wages. Ten hours and three dollars and
a half are the present time and pay, and
eight hours and three dollars are de-
manded.
Fifteen Men Buried Alice.
New HAVEN, Conn, April "a ter-
ribIe accident occurred this evening at
Middletown. At quarter past four
o'clock the nearly completed brick
building known as the Shepard block
fell in, buTying under the ruins some
fifteen men. All business was sus-
pended, and the people Immediately
gathered at the depot and commenced
the work of taking out the dead. Six
bodies have been recovered up to the
present time. The following are the
names: Eliza H. Harrison, James I.
Van, John Kelly, Owen Sullivan, Ju-
Illus Phelps and Joel Sheppard. The
latter is brother of the builder. Two or
three others received slight injuries.
Two ladies were passing when the acci-
dent occurred, but escaped without in
jury, as did also some of the inmates,
among them the owner and builder, who
SAYS be wished he had been buried with
the others in the ruins. The following
persons were injured: Jno. Reagan, leg
broken; Joseph Eveland, skull frac-
tured; R. Tuell, both ribs broken; Allen
and Downes escaped unharmed. The
MiddletOwn national bank building was
slightly injured by the accident, a por-
tiOn of the block having fallen on the
Shepard block, which was located on
the site of the old North Congregational
church, between the pOstoffice and the
MiddletOwn bank. When completed,
the building would cost about twenty
five thousand dollsrs, and it is prob
able that twenty thousand dollars has
already been expended upon it. Work
was commenced on the ruined building
early last fall. The cellar was dug
during the winter, and it is probable
that the disaster was caused by
this fact. When the frost began
to melt, the elayey soil gave way,
and about a week ago it was OBJ
served that the building had slightly
settled on the south end. The walls
were of brick and only twelve
inches thick. r. G.. Russell, of New
Haven, was the architect of the fallen
building. The superintendent. thinks
one or two other bodies will yet be
fonnd