The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-07-19

: this city have agreed upon the follow
ing prices. Work on morning news
papers, Sc per thousand ems; evening
papers, see; week hands. $14. The
present scale of prices is 40c for night
work and 81 Lee for day work. The
; opinion prevails among the printers
that the union will not submit TO the
reduction. The matter will probably
end IN compromise similar to that OF
year ago.
PHILADELPHIA, July TO- McDra-
ken's Jewelry store WIS burglarized OF
$50, 900. No clue.
ST. Louis, July lG.-Everything at
the various banks is quiet. 4 few
ladies are at the Boatmen's Bank with.
drawing small deposits. The same is
said OF one or two other saving iLsti-
buttons. There ia no excitement or
indication Of run. The North St.
Louis Savings Association closed its
doors at 1890 this morning. No
statement.
ST LOUIS, July 16.-The Bank of
st. Louis has closed Its doors Jacob
S Merrill, its president, says the de-
positors will be paid in time.
ST. LOUIS, July 17.-Contrary to ex-
pectation, the feeling of Saturday re-
tarding the condition of the banks
did net subside yesterday, bat contin-
ued to-day, and was materially
strengthened towards noon by the clos
ne up of the North St. Louis Savings
Association and the Bank of st. Louis.
As on Saturday, however, the persons
engaged in the run were almost wholly
confined to small shop keepers, ne
merchants or business men of any pre-
tentions taking part in it. The closing
of the North ST. Louis Savings Associ-
alton is attributed to the shortage of
| 80, 600 at the clearing house this
morning. The Bank of St. Louis did
its clearing through the North St.
Louis Savings Association, and when
the latter closed it had scr, 900 of pa
per belonging to the Bank of St. Louis.
This forced the latter to suspend. The
action of the North St. Louis Savings
Association has given rise to cor sidera,
| bic severe comment. The banks run
on most to-day have been the Fourth
National, Provident Savings, Frank
lin Avenue, German Savings and
Boatmen's Savings. All current &C
counts were promptly met, however,
AID there was at no time any noticeable
excitement. Other savings were more
or less besieged, but all assured their
ability to meet all just demands. There
S strong disposition manifested on
the part of the, small depositors in
the banks, especially the savings, to
obtain their money, but the substan-
tial merchants and business men of the
city generally do not apprehend any
serious disaster to follow the state OF
affairs.
WASHINGTON, July 17.-An old per-
sonal Ohio friend of the President in
formed him yesterday that the feeling
against his Southern policy was very
strong in some sections, and that the
outlook was not favorable for Repub-
lican victory in October. This gentle
man, abiding to the order forbidding
officials from participating in political
campaigns, said it would have disas
trous effect, adding that the better
class of citizens would not come forward
and take hand in political contests
and direct the campaign, but that the
control of party machinery would pass
into the hands of the political bum.
mers, who will manipulate elections in
their own interests. 1t was the opir-
ion of the gentleman that the President
would see the necessity of resembling
his order regarding Federal officials
after the very first election was held.
WASHINGTON, July ia further
trimming of the Presidents order al
lows the members of the National Re
pub lean Committee to hold their
places on the ground that they have
no functions until the spring of 1880.
1t is stated on excellent authority
that Col. J. P. Morphis will be APP
pointed marshal for Northern Missis-
sippi.
BALTIMORE, July 17.-There are two
companies of militia in Martinsburg,
West Virginia, armed and supplied with
ammunition, and Governor Matthews
has sent his aid, Col. ]. G. Faulkner,
to Martinsburg, to enforce the laws.
The strikers threw train of eighteen
freight cars from the track at the gas
house switch, south Of Baltimore, this
morning.
MARTINsBURG, July 17.-Col. Faulk-
ner, with seventy five men, took charge
of the detained train, and as it started
1t was fired upon by mob and a sol
dier wounded. The military on the
TRAIN returned the fife, killing one.
This was followed by the widest ex
element; some of the strikers were
frantic with rage, while fear was de
picted upon the faces of many in the
crowd. The scene of confusion now
presented is impossible to describe.
Later-The strikers, after the affair
with the military, cut the coupling Of
the cars, rendering it impossible for
the train to move. At last accounts
1890 A. M.-the situation was preca-
rlous. The strikers were still holding
their own and preventing the trains
from leaving, Up 10 that time no fur
Their movement had been made by
either side.
Early this morning, Governor Mat
thews, of West Virginia, called out the
militia at MartinSburg to control the
railroad strike.
LONDON, July 17.-It is reported
from Simnitza that the Gar left for
T.rnova.
The Porte intimates that it will not
open the Dardanelles to vessels of any
power not promising support against
Russia.
The capture of Nikopolis involves
the surrender of Hassan and Achmet
Pashas, $500 men, forty guns and two
monitors. The Turks evacuated Nikop.
oils before the Russians entered the
town.
The Daily Ne,oS's Simnitza special
reports that they managed with no lit
tie skill to carry off forty guns, which
constituted the armament of the
fortress.
Another dispatch to the NeoS says
that Gen. Gou;j 4s's command will OPP
crate as a detached force in the Rou-
manian valley until it is joined there
by the main body of the Russian in
vading column, which is marching by
more practicable route through the
Balkans. This main force will con-
sist of the eighth, ninth and eleventh
corps, in all five divisions, or so, 900
men, not including Gen. Gourgas's adj
vance, including some $4,000 more
men. Two divisions of the eighth
corps are already in Tirnova. 1t is be-
lievod that the Empress will join the
Car at Tirnova.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph
from Yengsagns gives a long and
somewhat sensational account of the
battle on Sunday evening at Feldich,
which is represented to have been OBJ