The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-06-03
NEW YORK.

The Firemen and Coal Heavens Strike.
New YORK, June 2.-The firemen and coal
beavers on the various coasting lines who
struck yesterday for an advance OF IS per
month III their wages are still holding out. Up
to last evening only the Pacific Mail Line had
acceded to their demand. This forenoon
Wards line gave an advance Lots of
green men we're engaged for the Western
Texas OF Mallory's line, leaving port tomorrow
for Florida, and the Rio Grande of the same
line leaving Saturday for Texas Alexander's
line refuses to be dictated to by the men and
expect to have full crew Of green hands by
the time of sailing. Trouble is anticipated
from strikers congregated in the neighborhood,
as some of the men are under the influence of
liquor and threatening in their demeanor.
Levy, the Cornetist, in Trouble.
Levy, the cornetist, is under arrest for
bgamy.
Anniversary Of the Brooklyn Sabbath
School Association.
BROOKLYN, juno 2.-The twentieth ami
versary of the Sabbath School Association of
the Brooklyn Eastern District was celebrated
to-day by the annual parade of Sunday school
children, between 10000 and 1900 taking
part. The procession was reviewed by Mayor
Howell and other city officials. After dismissal
the scholars assembled in the different churches
to which they belonged and participated in re-
ligiouS exercises.
LILO S1le@llpOI VI SOIllAlCIC6 Gu5 CuS-
tom House.
The New York Chamber of Commerce to-
day passed resolutions endorsing the system of
examination for appointment to places in the
Custom House which has ruled during the last
few years as of substantial value to a mercan-
tile community, and declaring the interest of
all doing business with the Custom House de-
mands its continuance and extension. The
special committee appointed to draft a reply
to the letter Ct the Secretary of the Treasury
dated February 10, 1881, which was in reply to
request that his order of September g. 1879
relating to the collection of duties on sugar, be
rescinded, and that the excess of..dutes collect
ed be refunded, made lengthy report criti-
Ching the stand taken by Secretary Sherman
The committee was of the opinion that the ex-
Secretary had greatly overstepped his power
in issuing the order in question, and that the
operation of his order infringed upon the con-
stitutional rights of importers Of sugar. Their
report was adopted.
Decrease in Business on the Lakes.
BUFFALO, June 2.-The receipts of grain, in
Guiding flour reduced to its equivalent, from
the opening of navigation to date, amount to
decrease deere Sc Of L, sol bushels. The decline
extends also to railroad exports from elevators,
which from January l to May 81 this year were
only 2,599, 212 bushels, as compared with 1885,
100 bushels for the same period last year
The shipments of flour and grain by canal to
June were only 3,031, S07 bushels, against II :
490,7S5 bushels in 1880. The tolls received foot
up So, 1868, and the number of boats cleared
is 561 a decrease as compared with last year of
$S7, 1858 in tolls and 1,178 in the number of
boats.
The receipts of grain at the six principal re-
ceiving and shipping lake ports show falling
off thus far this year of about 100000 bush
els.
Greenback Nomination for Governor.
ALBANY. June 2.-The Greenbackers have
nominated d. M. Clark for Governor