Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-20


THE SIX GREAT GOAL COMPANIES Ar
kAr6k FOR PARTIAL sUSPESsIox on
Lsboh-A GLOOMY fkOsRkcr FoR rHE
A telegram from Wilkesharre. Pa. Oct IL
ssys-TheFe seems o. he tie unpleasant-
ness srs ne In the combination oG the ak
corporations, embracing the Reading rail-
road company, the Lehigh valley railroad
sly company, the Lehlgh and wIIkesbarre
coal company, the Delaware and Hudson
canal company, and the Delaware, Lscks-
wanna and Western lroad campsny held
on the 2oth Of September Al was agreei thai
the two last NAMED companies, who had
oeen worsine during the long strike In other
should suspend operations for too - - IN
October, IN orier Ia allow the other unep1hers
OF the combination "a catch Mp the quota ar
propriated 10 them Tor the present ssason "
IL alleged that the Delaware Iackawanna
ard Western railroad company have lgnoreOi
their portion OF the contract by shipping coal
10 competitive points, Ia the extent OF about
1900 tons last week and within 10 OoO tons
OF the quantity forwarded % tide water IN
70 the same time last year. How serious the
railing out may prove 10 NJ cannot b. def
nitely determined until me meeting az Tie
combination Wednesday to day.
MORE MISERY FoK THE MINERS
There Is gloomy look ahead Tor the min
ers In this quarter To dsy the men of the
Lehigh and Wilkesharre Coal comDaDv baVa
been reduced 10 hree-quarters time, ami
when IL Is considered that. As they claim,
rate Of wages even when fully employed,
the prospect must he very dishesrtening %
them. They have the debts contracted last
summer stu hanging over them and their
condition must be truly deplorable under the
shortening of the hours of labor.
THE IRON GRASP.
TtoSe protesting 10 he pOStaNi In the matter
intimate that none OF the companies Will
store coal this season. and that " general
spspef sion OF pnotuc,ion VIII take place
stout The middle Of December. TIE COM
panies now control the market so efi,.ctually
and hold the laborerS in such an iron eraSn
mat they can venture upon this course with
Itire impunity and actually Increase their
profits by IL. The prospect Of having an idle
population OF some 5000 or - on roaming
abroad during the depths OF winter - not an
agreeable one IN contemplate but the fact
viii stare us sternly in the face n the pro-
posed plans OF the coal combination are fully
carried out.
THE NEW JERSEY HoRRoK-Tne Double
lhnd M'"u,T.-A coroners inquest was held
al hackettstown, New Jersey. on Monday.
ON the bodies of the two children who were
murdered by their father. John Ritter, q
painter, on Saturday last The testimony
developed the fact that Ritter had been out
OF employ ment for some time past, owing 70
dull times, and had been drinking so heavily
OF late that his brain became crszed. For
years past, IL seems. he and his wife have
not lived happily together. I'm consequence
OF his vicious disposition. rendered worse by
excessive drink. Until recently they hal
been living separate. but not long since they
joined their fortunes. Tney had scarcely
well settled down, however. when Ritter
loon TO ms old ways, and led a most dissips-
ted life. The family lived ia "A house on the
outskirts OF the town. ON Saturday morn
Ing, while siill oppressed with the effects OF
a violent spree, Ritter had fierce quarrel
with his wife, which e. ded In her abruptly
leaving the house. She had not gone far
when She heard two pistol shots. Losing ali
fear tor herself she returned toward the house.
sId then terrible sight met her eyes. Her
two sons, bright boys. aged respectively four
and seven years. lay weltering in their bloof
Inc brutal father had deli berately shot both.
" lille the distracted mother gazed on the
PROSTATE forms OF her darlings Ritter levelcd
his revolver at her, and fired. but luckily
missed his ann and then the woman nei
Ritter Dext shot himself in the head. but his
attempt proved unsuccessful. HIS wound is
serious, but not daD grrous. One of the bows
died instantly, and the other fingered I'm
evening, In great pain. The tragedy created
the widest excitement I'm the country
around, and but for the fact that the muir
derer had been arrested and was i'm tho
custody OF the authorities he would possibly
have been lynched. After hearing the evil
oence OF the jury, being out for deliberation
OILY short time, returned with verdict
charging Ritter with being guilty of willful
murder. He has been lodged I'm Jail
MAKrrG 1T Hor ron IMPORTERS VINO
TRY TO ESCAPE PAYMENT or DUrIEs.-EN-
tensive frauds on the government were ex-
Posed by Special Treasury Agent Frank T..
Howe yesterday. The persons implicatai
are wealthy merchants ia London and ih!s
city. The charge is that they have been
shipping large quantities OF millinery goods
10 this port and entering them in the custom
house below the market value The fraud
ulent impor,ations were consigned 10 COM
miss ion merchants by Louis Goldberg A Co,
of Love Lane, London. The importers were
watched, and yesterday Col. HO xe. assist
ed by Officers Russell, Brown aud Ribbins
seized the store at AL Broome street al which
goods valued at about sso.Oa0 were found.
Five cases OF trimmings and three cases of
beads belonging TO Goldberg & Co. were
taken from Lynne 4 Co.'S warehouse at
Laisht and Narick streets The estimated
worth Of the undervalued goois is siJO.Oo9.
Van Praag Co. having been sued for S5O.0o0
In lSs0 for differentiation OF "A cargo of sugar.
marshslS jury rendered a verdict for s4i62
against them yesterday-N u Sion, isfh.
PRoBABLE MURDER BY TRAMP.-An
inquest was held yesterday over the body OF
John Schmidt, whose remains were found
on last Thursday near the barn of Mrs Bliss,
ON the Philadelphia road, eight miles from
Baltimore. Marks were found about the
neck and face of the decesset which inii-
Gated that be came 20 his death by injuries
sustained at the hands of some unknown
person. The corpse was much decayed.
Upon Investigation IL was discovered that
Joln Schmidt, who was about thirty-eight
years of age, was employed as a lsborer by
bis uncle, Mr.. Schmidt. at Stemmer's Run,
and left his place on Thursday afternoon for
the purpose OF aging a visit 70 his wife aud
children, who reside In this city. The Jury
rendered verdict that "the deceased came
OF persnn unknown TO the jury" Ii is sup
posed that some traiap killed Schmidt while
he was on his way 70 Baltimore. Schmid
had a few dollars about him, which could no
be found on his person yesterday.-Bat
Ante7 ico1i, 2oth.
AMATEUR DETECTIVES are not renowned
for success, but they do not often encounter