Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-08
West ana South.

| The Changers Of Northwestern Missouri,
Eastern Kansas and Southern Nebraska were
in council in st. Joseph, Mo-, on the oath, and
adopted the platform Of the Illinois Farmers
| Association They also added two resolutions,
setting forth determined opposition TO special
| legislation, and demanding uniform currency,
on the ground that they are now obliged to
sell their grain on a gold basis and to buy
their supplies on the basis of deprecated pa
per money.
| On Christmas Day at Riga, Ohio, there was
| shooting match, at which two brothers en-
| gagged In personal alteration over the load
| ing Of rife. One shot the other dead, and
the crowd present hanged the fratricide TO the
nearest tree.
Chris Rafferty,, three times convicted and
sentenced to be hung for the murder OF
Chicago policeman, has been granted super
sedeas by three judges Of the Illinois Supreme
| Court. He was to have been hung at Wauke-
gan on the Goth.
| The locomotive engineers and fremen on
| the leased lines Of the Pan Handle Railway
west Of Pittsburgh struck at noon on the Goth,
| In resistance of a reduction Of 10 per cent. on
| their salaries. The strike resulted In gen.
ara stoppage of trains. One report stated
that all branches of the Pan Handle and Penn
| sylvania Central lines were affected simultane-
ously by this strike.
A committee OF the Chicago unemployed
workingmen had an interview with the Relief
Society of the city on the evening Of the Goth,
which seems to have ended in an amicabe
manner, in the assurance by the officers Of
the society that the relief funds were all right
and available on moments notice, and that
the destitute and suffering could be provided
for; and that efforts would be made to give
all possible employment to the laboring men
of the city.
The strike Of railroad engineers and fremen
continued ON the 2Sth, and violence Is reported
from some localities. Switches were misplaced
and trains thrown from the tracks. A train
containing troops bound for Logansport, 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, is
| sued manifesto on the 2Sth, declaring that
| the strike on the leased lines of the Pennsyl-
vania 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 go to work ut once, and TO use every infu-
ence In their power to induce all persons en-
| gagged In the strike to resume, and to desist
| from any interference with the Company's
property or men.
The United States Senate Committee on
Transportation reached New Orleans on the
night of the 9th, and were warmly welcomed
by the commercial organizations of the ci ty
The enumeration of school children in the
State Of Indiana has just been completed,
showing 63l, 149 white and 9, 1873 colored school
children, total Of 640,332
| Twenty or thirty Mexican banditti recently
made raid upon the town OF Kingston, CAL,
surprised, seized and bound the entire people
of the place, and then deliberately robbed their
victims and made good their escape.
Ex-City Treasurer Gage, of Chicago, has
turned over all his property, without reserve,
10 the city, and the same has been accepted.
Mr.. Cages assets, putting all his possessions
at the lowest figures, reach the sum of $685.
500, while his deficit, including bank accounts
and interest, is placed at s507, 7035S.
l
and outrages are reported as having been
perpetrated by strikers at several points on the
| line of railroads. 1t is stated that at Indian
| apolis on the morning OF the goth, dozen
men went to the engine. house Of the Jefferson
Vile, Madison Il Indianapolis Railroad. One
held a revolver to the head of the watchman, and
the Others broke up and disabled nine engines.
One Panhandle engine standing unattended
was started bya striker, resulting in its wreck.
Columbus (0hio) telegram OF the Goth says
the railway authorities thought the strike
must break before many days, and on the other
hand visit TO the rooms Of the Brotherhood
of Engineers showed them to be as determined
as ever. They said Chief Engineer Wilson's
order had no effect on them.
The local division ut indianapolis of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers