The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-21
NEW YORK CITY.
No Strike at the Nayv-yard

National Associated Press to the Star.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21-The reported
strike OF spar-makers and ship-wrights
at the Brooklyn Navy-yard ts untrue.
The men are all at work. and there is no
sign Of strike. An officer of the yard
said he knew of no reduction having
taken place, either in the mems pay or
in the force.
valentine Listerman, who on the 9Th
inst, was 80 terribly mutilated by Lou
ls Wetzel, died yesterday at Bellevue
Hospital. Welz1l, who at the time Of
The occurrence was bailed, was rear
rested to-day, and locked up.
End of the Telegraph War.
The meeting of the Telegraph Com
mlttee last evening at the Windsor Ho-
tel was attended by Messrs. Vanderbilt,
Morgan and Schell, ON the part OF the
western Union Company, and Messrs.
Dillon, Page and Sampson representing
the Atlantic 8 Pacific. Ex-Governor
Morgan presided. The session opened
al $40 and continued uninterruptedly
Till very late hour.
The terms OF contract under discus.
sion, it 1s stated from trustworthy
sources, provide that the two companies
are to be run as separate organizations,
each TO fulfill its press ne" contract.
Ihere Is to be no further cutting In rates,
and uniform rates are to be agreed to
and carried out faithfully. Parts of the
country through which both companies
nave connection is to be districted and
some offices are to be closed.
There 1s to be only one office In
any small town or in any hotel in large
city. Shortly after midnight Mr.. Orton
and Mr.. 9ouli went up to the room
where the Committee was in session,
and MIR, Orton SAID an agreement had
been entered into. The basis OF SETTLE
ment 1t is understood is, that
majority of the Atlantic &
Pacific Co.'s stock is to he turned over
by Messrs. Sage and Keene to the
western Union at rs, and Lhey are to
receive i'll return sufficient number of
Western Union shares valued at Y, to
pay for 10000 shares OF Atlantic &
Pacific stock, valued at %. The Allan
TIC q Pacific Company is to receive
oue-:lghth Of the gross earnings OF the
two companies, and under this system
OF pooling, the companies are to con.
t.nue u separate business, subject to
certain restrictions and rules of gov.
ernment hereafter 10 be determined.
Degradation the Lowest.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21-A sallow.iaced
young man with tangled black hair.
bended head, and slow, dragging step,
crept out OF the prison pen IN the Court
room yesterday, and supported by two
officers was led to the bar. He Is not
thirty years OF age, but premalurely old
and decrepit, aud as he was almost car.
ried up the aisles, every one looked
upon hm with interest and astonish.
ment. He is called The morphine man. He
had taken an3,thetics nabitually for
many years, but recently stimulants
ceased to produce the desired results.
Then he resorted to hypodermlc IN.
jections OF morphine and began sys-
tematic course of stealing, entering
dwellings, taking away overcoats, hats,
canes. etc. His booty he pawned and
then he spent the proceeds IN morphine.
He answered to the name OF Heury l..
he was accused OF stealing
$40 worth OF surgical instruments. The
Ju ige gave the prisoner the highest pos
sible sentence-one year in the Peni-