The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-10
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
East.

Some excitement was caused in New York
the other day by street attack upon Jay
Gould, the well-known stock gambler. The
assaulting party was one Col. Selover, who
claims that Gould gouged him in some trans
actions. The latter was soundly thrashed and
made to cry for mercy.
A horrible accident occurred in an iron
foundry, at Pittsburgh, last week. Seven men
engaged in lining the furnace were on a scat
fold, supported by ropes. These took fire and
precipitated the men into the furnace. Two
Of them were taken out dead, and the other
five were so badly burned that their lives are
despaired of.
New York papers record the death of William
b. Ogden, for many years wealthy and lead
ing citizen of Chicago. He died at his resi-
dence near the city of New York. He leaves
an estate valued at upward of S1O,O0o,OO0.
At Scranton, Pa, a few days ago, mob Of
striking coal-miners, numbering upward Of
5000, visited the railroad premises and forced
the workmen to quit their occupations, assault
ing and injuring some of those who protested
against their interference. A company Of local
volunteers, after a fierce assault from
the mob, fred into the crowd, killing four
men and wounding many others. The
mob then dispersed. This strike of
the coal-miners promises TO be more serious
affair than that of the railroad men. Dis
patches state that the Wyoming coal region is
one vast military camp, about 5000 State
troops being scattered through the valley.
Many of the trains bearing soldiers were at
tackled and stoned by the rioters, and hundreds
of the latter were being arrested. Gov. Har-
tranft assumed personal command of the troops.
Several companies of United States soldiers
were also sent to the scene of the troubles.
The Pennsylvania State troops recently sent
into the Wyoming coal region have been re-
heved by twelve companies Of United States
troops. The latter will remain in the disturbed
districts until the strike is ended. The miners
express a determination to stand for an in
crease of rs per cent, and there is little pros
pect that they will give in for a long time.
West.
Eight of the striking employees Of the Toledo,
Peoria and Warsaw railroad were arraigned be
fore Judge Drummond, of the United States
Circuit Court, at Chicago, last week, for OBJ
structing the movement Of trains. Most of
them confessed the violent conduct alleged, and
the proof as to all Of them was
clear enough; and, after listening to
their counsel's presentation of extenu-
ating circumstances, the Judge sentenced
the ring-leader, Mack, to four months impris
onment in Jail, and the others to two months
each. A fine of $50 was also entered against
each of the rioters the imprisonment TO con-
tinue until the fines are paid. The Toledo,
Peoria and Warsaw road is in the hands of a
receiver, and the strikers were warned, during
the existence of the late troubles that no inter
ference with the running of trains would be
tolerated by the United States authorities.
DIR. G. r. Winslow was cremated at Salt Lake
last week. The process occupied three hours.
The heart had been taken ont and sent to his
birth place, Nantucket. The ashes are to be
sent to the grave of his wife, near Boston.
Cincinnati has been the scene of horrible
calamity. A cigar-box factory in which a num-
Der Of persons, mostly boys and girls, were
working in the upper stories, took fire, and so
rapidly did the flames spread that six Of the
unfortunate creatures were cut of from all
hope of escape pd persisted miserably in the
flames. Five others were seriously injured,
some of them, it is feared, fatally.
A horrible murder was recently perpetrated
in Clark county, Mo-, the victims being Lewis
Spear and his four children, consisting of two
girls aged Is and IL, and two boys aged II and
ID. They we're attacked in the night time,
their heads being crushed by heavy blows with
an AK. The object of the cruel deed was rob
berry, Mr.. Spear having in his possession
$1,000 Of public funds, he being Township
Trustee.
The affairs OF the Protection Life Insurance
Company, Of Chicago, have been placed in the |
hands of areceiver.
The Charter Oak Insurance Company has
been prohibited from doing business in Illinois. |
The suit instituted on the part Of the Gov