The Portland daily press., 1874-02-26
NEW YORk.
The Late Commi.,i.r.. s..,..

Ihe Late Commissioner Smith.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25-Notwithstandinc the
inc'e hent state of the weather a larpe numher
OF persons called this forenoon to view the re-
mans OF the late Police Commissioner Smith
wnicn are lying in state in the Governors room
In the City Hall. The remains were deposited
IN splendid gold mounted casket and heavily
ancnor and columns detail of police act as a
guard OF honor. The City Hall pillars. stair
way and rooms are drape1 in mourning, also
al Inc police stations in the city.
Schemes Of the Communists.
"A french detective who mixed among the
rloleis VINO were driven from Tompkins Square
:oIie.ine since, both before and after the riot,
~ us iuli report to the Chief of Police states
tnat .hey are almost all Communists who ad.
vocate tne sacking of the houses of the wealthy.
anc WI. May. who is their leader told them
atter tne riot that it had been a day of great
success, as u mad shown that the working men
t Moiru Seauu Dy them even to death, and that
dnelr organization was made sacred bv blood
Ihey say that they will be ready hereafter by
organization and with arms to overcome THAR
enemies. 'no'i
AZ recent meeting of these Communists.
one o. tne Committee of Safety reported the
following organization of workinomen here
which was adopted: T. 9 worklngmen Of ali
nat.onaiiles must organize themselves by sec
tiohs aaa companies, each section will be COM
posed OF !OO men, each company of 400 men.
commanded by captains and other officers, and
every es que OF them will be elected by the work
ln ng OF each company. Four companies of
LUZ men each will form legion of 1000 men.
commanded by superior officer Each one
OF me men shall be very obedient to his officers
ana faithful to his duty of workingman till
DEAN A meeting of each section will take
pIace every week. a general meeting of each
company of 400 men take place Separately
every month. The Committee of Safety are to
De FURNISHED the proceedings of every meeting
The names of all the leaders, their places of
residence and business, are known to the po-
lice.
Rioting STRIKERS.
The U. s. Marshal who went to Middletown,
n. Y, yesterday to arrest sew eral railroad en-
ployes who had stopped mail trains on the Mid
land Railroad, arrested ten or twelve men and
brought them to this city last night At one
time there were grave symptoms of riot. Ad-
ditiOnal men were telegraphed for and the U.
S. Attorney here consulted with Major General
Hancock relative to sending troops there, but
the attorney and marshal were apparently over
hasty in their conclusions.
A Novel Suit.
Caht. John Wright of the steamer Galveston
which formerly ran to New Orleans, dying left
property to the value of $150,000 This his
stewardess, with whom he had lived after his
wife's death and by whom four children were
born. put in claim for share of the estate.
The six legitimate children bought her off for
$4,000, she signing release. She has now,
however, began second suit, claiming that
she was married to the captain, that the release
was for herself, and that her four children are
entitled to a division in the estate. Witnesses
testified Yesterday to Wright's speaking of her
as Mrs. Wright.
New transportation Scheme.
The Eric Railroad has just effected contract
w vaknn
passengers from any European point to the
west thus diverting to New York the Balti-
more and Portland trade.
Trains Stopped BY Rrakemen,
The strike of brakemeu on the Erie road was
caused by orders to conductors to discharge one
brakeman from each train yesterday. The
brakemen struck and demanded the restora
ton of the removed men and an increase of
wages to 50 per day. Ten large freight trains
were detained by the strikers yesterday at
Hornellsville, but the passenger treins were al
lowed to come through till afternoon, since
when the strikers have stopped them. They
smashed the brakes, thus rendering the cars
useless. owing to the steep grades. The pas
senger train of some twelve cars which should
have lett ornellsvlle at 6. 50 this morning, the
strikers rafnsed to allow to leave but they did
not detain the mail car. One box car was al
lowed to come through because it had corpse
on board. Hundreds of passengers are detain.
ed at Hornelsville, the strikers being deter
mined not to allow any passengers to go over
the road. Tho brakemen have also struck
near Susquehanna. The Superintendent is to
have an interview with the strikers at HUrnells-
vile to-day,
Various Matters.
John Doyle, a policeman of the 18th pre-
cinct, deliberately shot and killed Miss Lawler
with whom he had been keeping company for
some time. He was insanely jealous. The
murderer has been arrested.
The was a kerosene horror in Jersey City,
Mary Buch was burned to death and be r house
set or fire.
A man named Aleck Savage, cluhbed by a
Brooklyn policeman, (Donnegan)must die. The
back of his head was beaten to pulp.