Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-08
DOMESTIC.

| CIllZens siam at SahlItgO nc tuDt, Us SUN as
| it can procure the necessary evidence to sus-
| tain the demand.
! At Riga, Ohio, on Christmas day, there was
a shooting match, at which two brothers en-
| gagged in personal alteration over the load
| ing Of a rifle. One shot the other dead, and
| the crowd present hanged the fratricide to the
| nearest tree.
| A Committee of Safety appointed by the
| unemployed workmen Of New York, made
| demand on the 26th upon the City Govern
ment for work. They insisted that all con
| tracts be abrogated, and that the city let the
| public works directly TO the applicants.
The locomotive engineers and f'emen on
| the leased lines of the Panhandle Railway
west Of Pittsburgh struck at noon on the 26th,
in resistance Of reduction of 10 per cent. on
their salaries. The strike resulted in gen
eral stoppage of trains. One report stated
| that all branches of the Panhandle and Penn
sylvauia Central lines were affected simultane-
Ously by this strike.
committee Of the Chicago workingmcn
interviewed The Relief Society of the city on
the evening Of the 26th. The conference
/ seems to have ended in an amcable manner
on the assurance by the officers Of the society
that the relief funds were all right and availa-
| bic on a moments notice, and that the desti-
! tute ana Suffering would be provided for; and
! hat efforts would be made to give all possible
employment to the laboring men of the city.
Announcement was made on the 2Sth that
the Erie Canal was completely closed for the
season, locking up about 100000 bushels of
grain, which will have to remain all winter.
In this amount 10 included nearly /, 600
bushels Of wheat
The strike Of railroad engineers and liremen
continued on the 2Sth, and violence sreported
from some localities. Switches weremisplaced
aud trains thrown from the tracks 4 train
containing troops bound for Logausport, Ind,
to assist In preserving order at that point, was
ditched and the soldiers were compelled TO
walk five miles into town. Charles Wilson,
! the Chief of the Brotherhood of Engineers H.
sued a manifesto on the 2Sh, declaring that
the strike on the leased lines OF the Pennsyl-
yania Railway Company was in direct viola.
ton Of the Rules of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. His advice to all members
Of the Brotherhood who had quit work on
account of the strike was to 90 to work at
once, and to use every influence in
their power to induce all persons en-
gagged in the strike to resume, and TO dcsist
from any interference with the Company
property or men,
The United States Senate Committee on
Transportation reached New Orleans on the
night of the "a h, and were warmly welcomed
by the commercial organizations of the city.
A Washington Associated Press dispatch of
the Goth says the report that the Spanish Gov
erument had asked OF the United States the
restoration Of the Virginius and the payment
Of an indemnity was not believed in official
quarters, no authentic information having
becn received to that effect Such rcqusitiou,
it was stated, would be contrary to the terms
OF the protocol between the two nations
John +. Patterson, of New York, says "
a letter to Secretary Fish, dated December
Goth, that he is the registered owner of
the steamer Nirgnius He protests against
the opinion of the Attoncy-General by which |
be aud the vessel were condemned on er partc !
testimony furnished by Spain. He states that |
the Solicitor of the Treasury gave him a bill !
of sale of the steamer and thereupon he |
(patterson) truly sworc that he was owner |
and the Government gave her au American
register, which has ever since protected her !
Any testimony charging perjury on his part
is false.
The factories at Fall River, Mass, com |
mcuced operations on the 29th, and nearly all |
the other large manufacturing establishments |
in the New England States, which had either |
closed or reduced their forces, had resumed or
were about 10 resume on full time and with |
fun forces.
Twenty or thirty Mexican banditu recently |
made n raid upon the town of Kingston, Cal, |
surprised, seized and bound the entire people |
Of the place, and then deliberately robbed their
victims aud made good their escape
The engineers strike continued on the 2gth, |
and outragcs are reported as having been per- !
pctrated by strikers at several points on the
line OF railroads II is stated that Ut ludianap-
oils ON the morning of the 10Th, a dozen men
went to the eugue-house of the Jefferson
Vile, Madison ~ Indianapolis Railroad. One
hcdareyolyer to the head Of the Waterman, and
the others broke up and disabled nine engines
One Pan Handle engine standing unattended
WAS started by a striker, resulting in lis wreck
4 Columbus tOhiu) telegram Of the 29lh says
the railway authorities thought the strike
must break before many days, and on The
other hand visit to the rooms Of the Brother
hood OF Engineers showed them to be rs de-
tcrmiued AS ever They said Chief Engineer
Wilsous order had no effect on them.
The Secretary Of the Navy received n dis
patch on the 3Oth from the commander Of the
/ Ossipce, announcing that the Nirgluius sunk
on the night OF the Goth, of Wilmington.
! 4 Washington telegram Of the 3O,h states