New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-04
NEW YORK.
Mass sleetinG Of Nasous and n Stri

Sfass sleetinE Of Mnsous and n Strike.
New YORK, November 3.s-A mass meet
ing of anasons in this vicinity passed reso-
buttons protesting against reduction of
wages
Some forty OF more bricklayers and
masons resisted the reduction of twelve
and half per cent on their wages by their
employers this morning, and turned out On
a strike.
PhiYip Z. Howard ordered two gunners
from his premises. The gunners shot How
ard dead. No arrest.
Operatives Discharged.
Five thousand male and female opera
tives were eusted at Patterson. The east
ern division of .he Erie road discharged
$50, and reduced the wages of others. 1t Is
reported the president is arranging to i'm
port several English engineers at low wages
Aid for Clafiin & Co.
The Herald says it is stated that a pool
has been formed among capitalists to aid
Claf1n & Co.. if necessary. Five millions
of dollars have been raised for this purpose.
A Lager Beer Fcrmeut.
Owing 20 the inferior quality of the lager
beer manufactured in the breweries of New
York and vicinity, retail dealers have been
shipping large quantities from Western
:,
the heavy decrease in their trade, on Satur-
day assembled IN convention to see what
steps could be taken TO retain their custom.
They We're assured that they could do so
if they wsuld manufacture /, better article
which they agreed to do but will advance
the price from So TO $40. They maintained
that good article can not be man ufactureG
for less. Yhe advance N prices takes effect
this week.
Pnwrbrokers Eoing II Lively Business.
As an evidence of the hard times III this
cits, it Is stated that the pawnbrokers are
dong four times the amount of business
they We're doing a few months ago, and,
ewing to the scarcity of money, are giving
less than a third of the value of TIE articles
presented.
irving's Confession.
irving, who has been confined on the
charge of complicity in the Nathan murder,
has at last made confession, which is now
in the hands OF Superintendent Matsell,
who Las perused it, and detailed several
men TO work out the hints ana suggestions
contained in the document.
Loss of the Ariel.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company re-
eeived diapatch to dav from their agent.
announcing the wreck and complete loss of
the steamer Ariel, which has been running
be tween Yokohama and HOkedada. The
passengers were saved. The Ariel was one
of the oldest steamers of the company and
was valued at S5o,0GO.
Legal Tenders.
The banks to-day gained $4,000, 900 in
legal tenders.
Arrested for Shooting.
Patrick GilGgan and his nephew James
Lennon we're arrested for shooting Philip
X. Ho ard at Jamaica, Long Island, yester-
day.
Lottery Dealers Arraigned.
4 large number of lottery and policy
dealers pleaded not guilty to-day and will
have trial this week.
Preparations for the Election.
Tomorrow being election day will be Oh
served as legal holiday. The courts, post
office. Stock Exchange and other pubic
buildings will remain closed The whole
police force Will DE Oh duty, although no
trouble Is anticipated.
Arrested for Murder.
Bartaleeho was arrested for the killing
of j ohm Attyno by gtabbing him and twist
ing the knife around in the wound. Both
Italians.
Killed in a Bar Room Fight.
Patrick Lysaght was killed in a bar room
fight in Brooklyn yesterday.
Prosecutions.
The Hudson county, New Jersey, grand
jury TO day prosecuted the police commis.
sioners OF jersey City and Hoboken for
tailure to close the liquor saloons on Sun
days, and the newsmen who sell immoral
sheets published in New York.
Ihe district attorney Of Hudson county
has abandoned the suits against ex- Chief
of Police NcWilliams, of Jersey City, who
was recently indicted for maDeasance in
office.
The Strike.
The strike in progress to-day among the
laoorers of this city, in consequence of re
duction of wages by the master masons, is
very general. nearly all those who vera at