The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-31
Miners aud LabOrers' Benevolent As.
ISOLATION.

! ssociation and the Mechanics and Work
! ingmen's society was held in this city to-
day, for the purpose of forming combi-
nation for mutual protection. Twenty
| three districts were repl scented, John +.
Walsh, president of the Miners Asssoci-
alton, in the chair. There was full
/ representation Of both organizations
John Siuey, president Of the Miners
/ National Association OF the United States,
/ came here on business connected with
the above meeting, and it is reported he
/ tavors the alliance. The following rrso-
lutiOnS were adopted unanimous Y:
ReS0kced, That we hereby agree to
form an alliance for mutual protection
and general benefit Of all and each or
gunizaton to preserve its individual char
acter and charter.
Resoired, That the Miners and La
borrr's Benevolent Association and Ne
chanics and Workingmens Benevolent
Association be governed by the same
rules now governing the Executive Com
mittee of the NJ. X l.. b. \. and be- "nti-
tied to the same representation pro rdta.
Resolred. That the NJ and L. b. a.
and the VI. and w. B. A. do work in
harmony and sustain each other in this
and all coming struggles and difficulties,
both morally and financially, until jus
tice is done both.
A dispatch from Shamokin this even
ing states the miners continue joining
the miners union, organized there recent
", and it is supposed they will suspend
work in all the mines soon. Unusual
quiet prevailed throughout this region
and the labor associations here depr, cate
the acts of violence committed at Halle
ton yesterday by their co-worNmen.
Trouble Anon Brethren.
New ORLEANS La, March 3O.-The
General Appropriation Bill, approved by
the Governor, and promulgated in the
RspuJiicGm of to-day, is denounced by
Lieutenant Governor Antoine aud Speak
er Hahn in II communication TO the Sec
rctary OF State, As II gross. unwarrantablc
and criminal act OF forgery, and Is not
certified and signed by them and re-
quests the Secretary of State to revoke
and annul the PRONUNCIATION OF said act,
and the Attorney General to take steps
to find out the guilty parties and
have them prosecuted with the
utmost rigor Of the laws. The
changes made in the original approprla
tions show decrease OF several items of
over one hundred and thirty-seven thous-
and dollars, and All increase of other
items Of eleven thousand four hundred
dollars. Senator Wharton Chairman Of
the Finance Committee, ccrtliics that he
compared the bill as published III the
ReDubticdH with the bill passed by both
houses and with the bill rs signed by the
Speaker and President of the Senate, und
that the statement i correct rs 10 changes
and alterations so far rs the figures and
amount are concerned.
Fire-MinucsOia Crops.
ST. PAUL March 30.-At New Rich
mond Wis, the present actual terminus
Of the North Wisconsin railroad the
grain elevator was burned to-day.
From many portions Of Southern IN
Southwestern Minnesota, accounts
have been received that some of
the farmers have already commenced
seeding. The snow has mostly disip-
peared in all this region, and grain SOW
ing will doubtless universally commence
in the course of week. The season is
considered late but not unfavorably 50 for
, the wheat crop.
PeunsyIyanIa Mining Raiders.
MAUCH CHUNK, March 5U.-Ncarly
one hundred and fifty armed raiders
were III procession to-day, and visited
Yorktown, Spring Mountain, Audenried,
Beaver Meadow, Jeansville and other
collieries, on scouting expedition, and
made all persons stop who were engaged
| in work. No one was injured and no
damage done. 1t is reported that 10000
bags of flour were purchased for tn" mi
nrrs in the Lehigh region last week with
the funds of the Workingmen' Bcnrvo-
| lent Association, and is being deliver
ed in the neighborhood of Audenrlcd and
| Beaver Meadow, where it will be dlstrlb-
uted to those in need throughout thi, and
the adjoining region. go
The Mexican Outrages.
| New ORLEANS, March 3U.-GcncraI
| Augur'S attention having been attract
ed to the Associated Press kilograms.
published yesterday giving reports OF
/ Mexican raids into Texas, and being stu!
in command in that territory tclcgraphed
/ tc Fort Brown at Brownsville rs to the
truth of the reports and received the fol-
lowing reply:
There are many reports of raids on the
ranches in the vicinity Of Corpus Christi,
and threatened attack on that place
/ Some ranches doubtless have been rob
/ bed and burned. and some people have
| been killed, and some taken prisoners.
The prisoners are reported ITO have
escaped. These murdercrs have
been driven from the virini-
tv of Corpu. Christi by the citizen.
in pursuit. have sent all my mounted
| force to intercept the robbers, and Grnrr-
al Hatch has sent troops for the same
purpose. Many depredations have been
committed along the river above thi-
point of late, and several persons hav"
| been killed. | believe these robbers ar"
Mexicans, and that most of them are
from the other side of the river. There
are probably several partie. out for the
I purpose of stealing cattle and robbIhS
ranches, but there is no reliable lntorina-
I tion n to their numbers.
Ii. POTTER.
Colonel 24H LnfantrY, Coan'a"d"t9,
4 Long Trial Ended.
LOUISVILLE. March 3O.-Scvcrai years
ago man by the name Of jacobs Wa,
killed by train on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad The accident oc-
Cured in Hardin county, and hI' father
instituted suit against the company for
damages in that county. y
change of venue was obtained to
Laure county whereupon the
trial the jury returned verdict OF one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ne
Judgment was reversed and new trmI
ordered. Yesterday the company com
promised. and settled the case by the
payment to the father of Jacobs OF seven
thousand five hundred dollars. This end
a trial remarkable for the length OF time
which it has consumed, the persistence
with which it has been pro-ccut-
ed and defended, and the large Judsc-
ment rendered against the company IN