Morning journal and courier., 1882-08-31
NEW YORK.
The r:,,.tr Commission in gutf,

The Tai.11 Commission in Buffalo.
 BUFFALO, Aug 3O.-The tariff commission
 went into session here at l q. nn. Argu |
 ments were made by J. r. Schoellkopf jr.,
 of Buffalo, in favor of increasing the duties
 on anillne dyes to a specific rate of twenty l
 five or thirty cents pound and by William
 R. Wright, of Philadelphia, and Jerome
 Jones and William B. Norcross of B oston,
 and E. E. Glenny, of Buffalo importers of
 sarthen ware, in favor of a reduction of duties |
 on such goods.
 At the afternoon session Secretary Porter
 read communications from J. H. Pierce and
 T. L. Robertson, of Now York city, urging
 a reduction on earthenwarc to p per cent.
 from Latrauss S Co N. Y, on the same sub
 iect and urging changes similar to those pro
 posed by the other importers from W. N
 Jones & Co of Petersburg Va, sslsing for
 q specific duty on all sumao of $2O per ton from the American Fibre company, of Balt more, protesting against the admission of fiat fibre from c. T. smith, of Orange, Conn, advocating an increase of duty on garden seeds as proposed by Landre x Sons, of Philadelphia; from Aaron Williams, San Francisco, urging the admission of Bibles and parts of Bibles free from Jasper Young, of Buffalo, urging duty of 35 per cent on lime w. c. Hull, manufacturer of worsted ] and dry goods, testified against the reduction of duty on these clothes No other witnesses being present short recess was taken. The committee subsequently, adjourned to meet at | the kennard House. Cleveland, tomorrow. |arrt"d Asleep Over Niagara Falls. NIAGARA FALLs Ont, Aug 3O.--Last night James Crunley, tinsmith, from Hamilton, | and his wife, while intoxicated lay down near l the bank of the river. This morning the woman was found caught in a tree, ten feet over the edge of the bank, and the mans l mangled body was found on the rocks 150 l feet beneath.
 l To Study Labor Union in Amsricu. l NEW YORK, Aug 3O.-Mr. J. G. Holyoke' | the celebrated promoter of labor cooperation I in England, arrived in this city to day from l Liverpool. His visit here is for the purpose
 of studying the labor problem in this coun- l try and to examine the workings of labor | union in our large cities He will also ex- l auiue carefully the manner of conducting l co operative stores at Pittsburg Chicago and l other western labor centers. At Pittsburg | d reception will be given him by the Knights 1 of Labor. He will have an interview with | Mir. Jarrett the head center of organized | labor in the United States It is probable l that before leaving this city he will deliver | an address at Cooper's Institute the sub l ject of labor operation before the com. 1 bined trndeS unions in this city.
 l A TcrrIFaie Piun}s~--A Workman Falls l from the East River Bridge.
 l NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-Michae Collins, a l rivet bcater on the East river bridge, went to l work usual at 1 o'clock this afternoon, and about 2:45 o'clock hile attempting to cross l from the bridge tower to the walk 115 feet 1 above the yard on the Brooklyn side, missed
 his footing and fell on top of large white | stone which was about to be removed to the | bridge anchorage. In his fall his head struck 1 some of tho iron bolts which stand out from | tho tower, and when picked up it was ] tained by Ambulance Surgeon McGuinness l that hts legs had been broken ill three differ | ent places, his arms had received slight frac- | tureS and he had sustained a sfracture of the l skull from tue effects of which he died be- l fore I o'clock. Collins in the twenty | fourth oHr of his age, and permanently re- | sided in .FrOnt street, distance of half block from the I lac, of the accident. The