Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-04
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Mayor Kalloch, of San Francisco,
made speech to the workingmen at the Sand
Lots on the 9th ult,, telling them while theil
grievances were real yet a continuation OF
such gatherings only afforded an opportunity
for utterances of ilI-5imed expressions likely
to retard rather than advance the objects in
view: that iudicious committee would be
appointed with whom he would freely confer
and to whom he would report the progress,
if any, made in the way of relief. In the
meantime meetings had better be dispensed
with, subject to the call of the committee.
This proved satisfactory to the crowd.
A semi-oflicial statement of the ex-
plosion at the Winter Palace atSt Petersburg
says that no arrests have been made in the
palace except those Of the Workmen occupy
! ing the room where the explosion
occurred. The dynamite was in all
probability brought to the palace in
small quantities by the pretended carpen-
ter who had been working on the palace since
| last September, and who is now supposed to
have been mechanical engineer. After hay
ing sent away his fellow workmen this indi-
Vidual made his final preparations, ignited a
slow match and quilted the palace.
President Hayes, on the 25th, trans
mltted to both Houses of Congress report
and draft of bill submitted by the Public
Land Commissioner. The bill provides that
the public lands shall be divided into five
classes, viz arabic, irrigable, pasturage, tim
Der aud mineral, and each class to be disposed
of under laws especially applicable thereto.
In regard to homestead entries, the term of
residence required shall be reduced from
five to three years, abolishing the com
mutation system, and extends the
homestead system to settlements upon
unsurveyed lands of all classes except min
eral and timber lands Provision Is made for
"Colony homesteads," whereby twenty or
more persons may dwell together in village
and acquire title to a corresponding number
of homestead claims by cultlVating them with
out being required to reside upon them sep
arately. The commission recommend a sweep
ing repeal of the existing mineral laws, with
q reservation in favor of all vested rights and
an allowance of sufficient period to be fixed
by Congress within which possessory rights
must be perfected or be thereafter barred
Republican State Conventions for the
election of delegates to the National ConVen1
tion at Chicago in June, were held in New
York, Vermont and Indiana on the 25th. In
New York the following delegates at large
we're selected Roscoe Conkling, Alonzo B.
Cornell, Chester A. Arthur and James D.
Warren. The other delegates were selected by
Congressional districts. Resolutions were
adopted pledgng the State to Grant If
nominated and instructlng the delegates
to use their most earnest and uni
ted efforts to secure his nomina-
tion. A motion to amend the resolutions
by substituting the name Of James g. Blaine
was defeated by vote Of 2l7 nays to lSO
yeas, as was also motion that in case Grant |
is not nominated at Chicago, the delegation |
be instructed to vote as unit for James G.
Blaine. The Vermont convention instructed |
In favor of Senator George F. Edmunds. The
selection of delegates in Indiana was made by
Congressional districts, and generally without
instructions. Most of the delegates, howeV-
er, are understood to be in favor of Blaine.
The San Francisco Board of Supervi-
sors created considerable excitement, on the
25th, by adopting an ordinance to increase
the police force to 400 men. The ostenslble
reason was for the purpose of giving employ
ment to needy men. The worklngmen thought
1t was movement to prevent the condemna-
tion Of Chinatown. Kearney made an infam-
matory speech in the Sand Lots, stating that
be had been informed from a reliable source
that secret movement was on foot to crush
the antl-Chinese crusade, the Chinese Six
Companies and some of the merchants being
,he instlgatOrs, and the Police Department
and National Guard the tools that the enemies
If the worklngmen were to inaugurate the
,rouble by starting fire or row; then him
jelf and the Mayor were to be assassnated
)y policemen in the disguise of Chinese High
anders, and the Chinese armed to the teeth
we're TO be let loose to massacre
nen, women and children, selecting the labor
ng population of the city as their victims.
the case now before the United
Itates Circuit Court involving the coustitu-
ionallty of the law forbdding corporations
o employ Chinese, the workingmen would
ecept no decision but that of the people, and
hey say the "Chinese must go.n He would
cave listof the names of persons that must
De guillotined In case ne was assassinated, as
lis assassination would be a blow at every
and woman In the civilized
7orld, In the afternoon the ward presi-
epts Mayor Kalloch and a number of repre-
entatiye men of the WorRingman's party
eld meeting at which resolutions were '
dopted deprecatlng lawlessness from any :
ource, but that while discountenancing all
lwless and riotous conduct and warn
lg their friends among the workingmen
gainst II, yet they wished 1t understood, and l
ave deliberate notice, that on preparation !
any outrage upon their friends or lead. I
RS or employment of any police or other Q
)rce to interfere with the peaceful oper- &
tion Of the law in the abatement of
le Chinese nuisance, or any accession to :
he Infamous demands of the craven Chi Q
ese Consul, Mr., Bee, for foreign mill '
Try interference, they we're ready to as =
,rt and maintain their right, avenge their r
lends, and visit upon the low, designing =
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