Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-11-18
TELEGRAPHIC.
Ex-Gov. Seymour, of New York,
Submits to an Interview,
AMI Declares Himself Hands Off
in the Democratic Middle There.
Dismissal Of Some of the New York
Custom House Officers.
The Bell Telephone Swallowed up
by the Western Union Tel
egraph Company.
Hon. Z. G. Beaman Declines to be
Senator Chandler's Successor,
And the Governor Appoints Ex-
Governor Baldwin.
NEW YORK.

ANEW 1O1U ~ 4NOts 1Os AAO 1OuO-
ing coal companies will advance the
price of coal twenty five cents per
ton Monday. 1t is probable that
there will soon be still
further advance.
NEW l0EE, Nov. 1.-THE Srn
says that the rumor has been ours
rent for several days that extensive
frauds against the Government have
been discovered at the custom house
and customs officers of high degree
are implicated. Collector Merritt
and Appraiser butcher went to
Washington to make a preliminary
examination. They returned Sat
uIday but were reticent as to tho
result.
UTICA, Nov. 17.-Gov. Seymour
was asked to-day by an O6scr2c;'
reporter what there was in the FL
NOR of an arbitration to settle the
difficulty in the Democratic party,
and what part he had been invited
to take in the proceeding. He
said he had never heard of the
thing until this morning. If any
such thing was contemplated he
knew nothing Of it, and he shoald
certainly take no part in the matter.
He had entirely Withdrawn for
the past two years from any parties
ipatlon in political matters, In his
judgment the only body to arbitrate
in such affairs was the delegates to
the State Convention, who, without
doubt, at the next meeting, that
body would ect wisely and jud.ciou3-
ly, in view Of the facts and results
Of the late election.
Prosil III liayes and son and
Secretary ,lvart9 arrived to-day
and was escorted to the seventh
Regiment Armory, where the open
iog exercises Of their fair took
place.
To~2ay an crder vas received at
the custom house susEe e. ing as
sistant Appraiser Alfre1 Gilbert.
Several days aga Examiner Freder~
icE Snyder vas dismissed CT sus-
pended.
This morning TIC members ofth2
Longshyremen's rnion hero tof1rc
working COR Gtever1ores for thirty
Eve cent for day an forty-Gve 70.
night work ,-4a39 q demand fcr 20
cents pc hour for day and night
work, Two thousand or Eat
River front from tko fsot of Grar d
street TO Batny went On a
at'il.e along tic II tn River. .'he
movement IS rot general. Tie
leadin3 stevedorcs along ! est
River front have acco3cd 10 I G
demand.
n t. pr7',iral competing pc :
t'cs in t . telephone business, VIZ:
i Tic Western Union and Gid and
TEX H0;apaoics and the J,ati la!
Bell 4cloI'.cne Company, have
sid c~":.ocl by which the
j &C., unio0, acting for the sey-
cIal G onio3 end interest," asso~
cia'cl 9Th i, l~Ens over t. the
~'etiv Il I'll "l"j hono Conpany
Ill Is to- ce property, and
G2ivc5 cr(,ue:7e ''cense to the laS-
tcr to re ~ he Inventions and
linci bg'@ cir to the Westc n
Ulicf, ! -,le2lly retiring from the
telephona usin - an releasing
tie 1,atioral cell from all claims
and suit, instit~tod by the Western
Union for infri0 cement of patents,
etc., stock interests of the Weste-n
Union in the Philadelphia Local
Telegraph Cornrany, and in the
Central, District and Printing Tele-
graph Companies of Pittsburgh;
also in the Geld and Stock Iele-
graph Company of Califor. ia,
which companies have the same in
terests in the telephone *
changes, and interests in properties
(other than telephones) in the ex-
changes within thirty>three miles
of the New York City Hall are re
served. As soon, however, as local
conflicting interests can be har,
monized, all telephones in the said
New York Territory, and in the
localities mentioned, are to be
transferred to and licensed by the
National N Bell Telephone Company.
The National Bell Telephone Com