River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-06-03
GENERAL NOTES

GENERAL NOTES.
IT is rumored that daughter of Gen.
Ord will soon marry Mexican general.
THE ship Liberia sailed from New
York, last week, with sixty emigrants
for the African republic.
ONE of the Jews ordered to leave St.
Petersburg is a citizen of the United
States.
So many congressman are preparing
to leave the capital for Chicago, that it
is feared that there will not be quorum
in the house after Thursday.
JUDGE TREAT has granted temporary
injunction restraining the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railway com
pany from doing its own express BUSH
ness in violation of what the Southern
Express company claims to be its rights.
AT the drawing of the Patty House
lottery, in Fond du Lac, Wis, No. 49,
738d rev the Patty House; Phillip Faust,
of Auburn, H.. held the ticket. No
49, 66 drew $1,000.
FIVE deaths and many cases of pros
tration from heat were reported in New
York on the goth inst. Approaching 3
CLOCK the thermometer in a sheltered
spot marked 81 degrees.
JOHN O'RoURKE, of the Boston base
ball nine, while playing with the Troys,
attempted to make difficult play and
ran against fence, cutting cash in his
throat five inches long. His injury.
however, is not regarded dangerous.
THE election at the general M. f.
conference, at Cincinnati, for book
agents at New York resulted in the al
most unanimous selection of Messrs.
Philips 81 Hunt. The scattering vote
was "a The fourth ballot for book
agent at Cincinnati, resulted in the
choice of VIM. 7. Stowe, OF Wisconsin,
by the following vote Stowe, 334; Hitch
cock; SO; Doughty, H.
GEN. HATCH arrived in Ojo Caliente
on the 9th, two or three days ahead of
his troops, who are worn out and desti-
| tute Of stock. Since the opening Of the
campaign against Victoria they have
marched more than one thousand miles.
1t is believed that many Comanches are
now with the Apaches, and that the
strength of the hostiles is much greater
than that of the military. The savages
have killed seventy & ht people in one
| county since the 1st of May.
|
| herders were killed in the ranch of Pa
triocino Lunay, eight miles from Tular-
| asa. In Socorro county and In the Ma
gullaus about fifty men were killed, two
women, and three Americans, names
unknown. In the vicinity of Tularasa,
| Socoito county, every ranch has been
cleaned out by Apaches, and the number
of those murdered since May 1st is sew
enty.eight. General Hatch's command
has marched more than 1000 miles in
pursuit of the Indians
THE representatives of the various
military companies of the state, met at
| St. Louis onthe goth inst, and organized
a society called the National Guard as.
ISOLATION of Missouri, with Brig. Gen.
| Chas w Squires, OF st. Louis, as presi-
| dent. Primary arrangements were made
for holding an encampment OF all the
militia in the state at st. Louis, begin
ming July list. Resolutions were adopted
urging congress to adopt the bill not
pending before that body, to increase
| the Apr opriation for the National
Guards from $4,000 TO 81 100000.
BUSINESS circles were startled on the
goth inst at Chattanooga. Tenn, by the
announcement that the Vulcan Iron and
! Nail works were thrown into bankrupt
CIV, and James G. Warner, of Nashville
was appointed receiver. The best in
| formation is that the liabilities are $780,
| coo; assets available about 100000; 800
hands were employed in the works. The
receiver is directed to continue operat-
| ing the mill as long as he does not i'm
pair the assets. The cause assigned for
the failure is shrinkage in iron.
A MAMMOTH strike under very de
| II, do
| veloped in Leadville, Colorado on the
| 28th inst, demanding an advance from
So to 81 per day. They held a meeting
! and visited the mines, compelling the
miners to quit work. Several mines re-
fused to accede to the demand. The
arms of the several Leadyille military
organizations are in the hands of the
strikers. There had been little or moth
| ing rumored as to the movement until
| it developed itself in the force. At Z
| O'Clock in the morning 400 men appear
ed at the Chrysolite Mine and ordered
out the men. After some consultation
| the demand was complied with, and
the men Joined the strikers, who pro-
ceeded to Iron, Carbonate and Breeze
| Hills. At night there was not man at
any of the mines. 1t is estimated that
| 5000 men are participating in the move
ment, whilst perhaps 5000 other miners
are remaining quiet at their homes. All
| the prominent mines are strongly guard
| ed. The excitement is feverish. Michael
| Mooney a Mollie Mcguire from Pennsyl-
vania, is at the head of the movement.
Thus far there has been no violence, and
it is hoped that no serious results viii
| follow, although the managers generally
| show resolution not to yield to the de
mands Of the strikers. Intense excite
ment prevailed when the strikers parad
ed the streets and thew were loudly cheer
ed by the observers, After parading,
the miners held meeting on Fryer Hill
and passed resolutions expressing their
determination TO maintain the demand
for four dollars day, of eight hours.
Many mine Overseers expressed de-
| termination not to accede to the demands
under any circumstances The smelt-
ers were not interfered with and are run
ming as usual.