Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-28

The Fall River Labor Troubles.
SERIOUS AsPECroF AFFAIRs-DIsoRDERLY
DEMONSTRATIONS YESTERDAY - TROOPS
CALLED OUT.
The mill operatives At Fan River, Mass.
made their appearance at the mills AZ six
O'Clock yesterday morning. As they presented
themselves they were Sked IL they would or
would not sign the agreement referred to in
the editorial In yesterdays STAR. that they
VIII not hereafter belong 10 or be Undue lced
by the action OF any association or combine
ton lose members are subject To the will
OF the majority in the matter OF wages or
any any otner suolect connected with the free
rlgnt OF any person 10 work for whom aud a;
such rates as they may see III. Those who
would not were requested 10 diSperSe and
those signing passed into the mills
DlSoRDkRLY DEMONSTRATIONS ny KHE
sTRIKERs.
Inc TWO Durfee mills are running ten or
WE'VE pair OF mules, about 80 looms
ABOUT one eighth of their full force being al
work. The Richari Borden mill started up
with 200 looms, with a full Complement a.
splhners and spoilers aud the cariing room
nearly full. About half past eight O'Clock
some thousand operatives marched down 4
this mill, making an attempt 70 enter the
yard, but were met by the superintendent
ana oVerSeer OF the weaving department
whom they stoned. but were kept al bav
and the gates closed against them This in
undated a large number OF the weavers
VINO then left the mill, and &c is now running
about so looms. The FAN River Manutac-
turing Company mill started with Poo looms
and six pair OF mules The spOoling denarf
.neht Is iulI, and there are fair representa-
lives In the other departments The SIaie
Weetamoe, Mechanics. Bernard and Gran
.te had small representatives ia each depart-
ment, and all continue To run, except the
SHADE, the help there having been Threatened
WIN the taking or their lives many with
drew and the mill will shut down A wo-
man, having several children i'm this MILL
was visited by mob OF coo or 700 operatives
who told her If her children were not "a zen
from The mill they would be killed when
tney came out, and made similar threats 10
the operatives OF the Chaco and other mills.
AS they passed the Moatauk mill stones
were thrown at II, smashing some thirty or
Ioriy squares OF glass. 4 number were aiSp
broken at the Osborn mill.
DEMANDS FOR RELIEF.
a committee, appointed by the operatives
visited Mayor Davenport soliciting aid
Ihey were informed that, as they hal de-
cilheu 10 work In the morning, he had no au-
Inorlty 10 assist them from the city treasury,
Ihey propose 10 make an application 10
OoNernOr CASTOR. AbOut IL O'Clock some
thousand operatives gathered in and around
Market square. near the Civ Hall. demand
ing relief The mayor attempted TO address
them, but falling to obtain "A hearing he or
uered the crowd TO oisperse. The police, in
ooeylng their orders To disperSs the crowd,
were compelled to exhibit revolvers Stones
aud bread were thrown by the crowd The
police made six arrests.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
The mayor called upon Col r. Ia DayOl ot
the 81 regiment, who notified companies h
and ID, of Fan River, 10 assemble al head
quarters Immediately and also called fbrea
additional companies OF his regiment from
helghborlng cities. Large NUMBERS of one
IatlNes would go TO work at once could they
Dc assured OF protection. OF the seventeen
Splnners who signed the agreement at the
Chaco mill only six are at work having
been threatened with violence
The mob assaulted some operatives of the
linen mill at noon. One girl was cut in the
head with stone. The police We're sent To
me scene, and the crowd promptly dispersed
Two companies Of the 81 regiment. NJ Y NJ
arrived nom Taunton on the O'Clock train.
THE ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE is now
without special feature. 1t has been agreed
oy all the companies in the coal combina-
ton TO advance the prices of stove and e,yg
coal ten cents per ton on the LIST OF OctobeT
All the other sizes of coal remaining al pre-
sent prices. 1t has also been agreed thar the
delaware, Lackawanna and Western com
pahy ana the Delaware and Hudson canal
company shall not produce coal for compel
ing points for the first two weeks in October
thus atfording the Reading railroad the Ie-
h!gh valley, and other companies In the com
bination opportunity Ia make up the propor-
ton OF tonnage 10 which they are equitabIy
and by the terms of the com bina ton entitled
ana are now short OF by reason OF coal sus-
pension at the beginning of the YEA. TIE
stock OF coal il now ahead of the market and
III is doubtful whether the two weeks SuS-
pension by the two companies named will
enable the demand 10 catch mp with the sup
among the several companies To The cDrnbi
nation, and that il is altogether proSaGln ina
The present policy Of the trade will b. con
Ill ued-that is, the policy of a mOuthlv in
crease of the prices OF coal and an equitable
division OF tonnage among the several com
panieS in the trade. Nearly all the comma
mes advertise their prices of coal for OctO-
Der, which show the advance OF ten cents per
ton, as named abOve.-Ftiid. Leiyer.
THE LATE CHIEF CLERK AVERY IN
a In
in St Louis yesterday Judge Miller deliv-
cred an opinion on the question of merger.
raised in connection with the indictment of
Mcdonald. joyce FizrnT| an. Lewis. VIII
charges them with conspiring TO destroy
public records, and also with DESTROYING
them; the first Offense being a miSdemeanor
and the latter felony. The defense claimed
the lesser ofiense was merged in the greater.
and that the indictment should have been for
felony and not misdemeanor. Judge Miller
sustained the demurrer. and the Indictment
against these parties for this offense was
quashed. There are other indictments against
the same persons, however, which will come
up IN proper order. In the case of W. .
Avery, of Washington, argument was heard
on a demurrer based upon an alleged contra
dlcllon IN the indictment, that document
stating that the defendant, while an officer
IN the internal revenue bureau, In Washing
ton, cOnsplred with parties in another place
FAR distant. The demurrer was overTUleI.
Argument was also heard i'm the habeaS cor
pus case of Col. Joyce, and the matter taken
under adviSement.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN AGED LADF-
Mrs. Latte Drayton, the old lady upon whose
person the cnlOred man Craig committed an
outrage in Allegheny county, Nd, several
years ago, and for which he was hung at
Cumberland, met with a fatal accident on
Tuesday last. She lvei alone in a cottage
on the Maryland side OF the river, nearly OPP
poslte Keyser, w. Va, and started % visit
the house of a neighbOr living on the same
side, TO reach which she had To follow a mar
row path leading round the steep rocks oppo-
site KeyseT, bordering the river. At some
points this path is difficult TO follow, and
close 10 precipice almost perpendicular. for
hundreds of feet. Mrs. Drayton was portly,
though remarkably active for a woman aged
near IS years, and IL is thought she either
tftpped or her head became dizZ Y, causing a
fall that precipitated her down, rolling and
falling together, a distance OF seventy five or
a hundred feet, terribly bruising her body
where she was discovered later in the day by
some brick makers, attracted by her c-ies
for help, who carried her TO the nearest
dwelling, where she died on Thursday.
KILLED BY HER BRoTHER-Coroner
Slmms, OF Brooklyn, held an inquest last
evening In the case of Miss Margaret J ane
Fitzgerald, who was shot and killed by her
brother Francis on Saturday night at the
residence of their parents, No. III Wolcott
street, Brooklyn. Teresa Fitzgerald, sister |
N the doCpaSad taSfffiad that her father