Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-19
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POLITICAL NURDHA, ETC.
Special Correspondence Of he COMMERCIAL
New Yoax, Nov. II, 1874.
The longshorsman's strike h the talk Of the
town, to-day. They psrosavs already that they
have undertaken too much. Many Of he men
feel rssrstfuiiy about it, and sometimes venture
to hint the longing they feel 70 shars ~ really
excellent wAgos-S0 cents IN hour-wA1ch tley
sss non-socisty meu, Italians and rsSp9st0SS
looking men who have long been out Of 49,
employment, earning on the steAAship vhAfv0e.
1 1asS they N: .us bound Ss. BY he 70 FL q =
ssivea Thsir. whispers Of disoontsnt
even, are promptly INST BY The warning thas
worse Y In store for any society man who darss
10 yteld. It would probably b. to him - much
have bean permitted TO work without general
molestAtion- Only occaAdonAl instances Of vio-
lencs have been reported, quickly quellsd BY
tbs police.
MEET wrTH gYNfATzY Oh SUPPORT.
No difficulty 10 found In manning the ships and
wharves with msn glad to work and do their
best, though perhaps inexperienced, ct the rata
Of - . day and e%60 night-sxospt yesterday
when notice had - yet Been too short The
employers had not In al cases wlshsd 10 prs-su-
gage hands until the old hands bad actually left
work.
The Young Mems Christian Association, which
does great deal Of good work In the way Of
| finding employment for the unemployed, prompt
| " furnished considerable number Of men
through the Bowery branch Office, and will fur
nish them every day until the demand IL sup
The Old Dominion line Of steamers, TO Nor
folk and Richmond) being . comparatively re-
cent enterprise, had not b on involved IN the
traditional restraints Of the older lines, having
never paid more than 20 to 80 cents an khouf.
Yet its business 10 peculiarly exaoting - 70 dis
patch, and being worked with perfect system,
goes forward unaffected by this disturbance. IT.
mon
MAKE elb 10 e1sA WEEK,
which ought not to be thought grinding the
| ono should think.
But the society men have thcir eoo,OOO 10 cot
| up, (so they give out the sum) and a. there II
no way ~, to r. the good oft but by strike
The question Of wages does not extend to the
East River longshoremen, where tho business
is in small lots generally, but 10 confined to the
wharvss Of the leading steamship companies
mostly on the North River, where immense car.
goes Of assorted goods make the discharging and
loading leading item in expenses, and nscessi
tate this combination for reasonable economy.
Nevertheless there are ak great lines, transit
lantic and coasting, which are not in the comb.
nation and pay tho old time rates still.
THE CASE OF Rev. ME-. aLEsDINNlNa,
of Jersey City, across the river,) who has been
under like accusation with MI. Beecher Tor
nearly like period (of open and distinct aocu-
sation but not with any like popular lenity
has at last frightened up suddenly, by the de-
yelopment Of the defense, and even the New
YORK Sun, which but last week assaulted him bru-
tally, this morning admits that he is probably in
nocent Of the fiendish guilt OF seduction and de-
sertion imputed to him. The last weeks evil
dence before the Presbytery which Ia trying him
completely demolished the circumstantial evil
dence which bad been accumulated against the
accused, and Mr.. G's own full explanation-in-
Guiding as 1t did distinct tender to the presby.
terry, il 1t wanted them, of the names Of persons
with whom the ruined girl had confessed her
intimacy to Mr.. g. ~ her pastor, before any one
else knew OF twas consistent and satisfactory
| as an er pd,fe statement could be.
Finally, yesterdays testimony Of the diFtin-
guished medical expert, DR.. Willard Parker, Of
this city
REMOVED THE LAST DIFFICULTY
| in the way Of discrediting the death-bed state
mont OF the girl. he showed that dying Of
pneumonia after childbirth. her brain was In
fact and must probably have been, so Affected
| that she could not originate train Of thought,
and would be likely TO persist by sort Of NOR
bid necessity in the iteration OF what she had
previously stated. The argument and summing
up before the Presbytery are going on with
closed doors, to-day There is not much doubt
that the unfortunate young minister will be OK
onerated by the tribunal pretty nearly uuan-
mously.
THE INDICTMENT OF CORONER CROKER,
for the shooting Of McKenna in the election day
| fight between partizAns Of two Democratic fac
tons, illustrates the utility of having some Of
our officials not Of the TarimAny Ring. Croker
has been actively and arbitrarily protected by
BOSS" Kelly (successor Of Boss Tweed) and ex-
onersted by the inquest Of his brother coroner Of
the same ilk in spite Of evidence which the latter
failed to keep back, and more Of which came be-
fore the Grand Jury, that Croker WAS one Of
those who fired pistol shots at the fatal moment
District Attorney Phelps, elected last year on
the Reform ticket. WAS not disposed to SOC prob
able murder shielded by overwhelming partisan
patronage, and procured the Indictment Gro
ker, however, il out Of the way, and his politi-
cal friends and patrons defAntly aver that he
shall not be put in the Tombs TO await trial, and
they will not allow him TO be arrested. We shall
see about that Boss Kelly in yet, - to the city,
only Boss expectant. DELAWARE.