Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-06-23
EAS T e r N.
,ssoc,,rsD PRESS DISPATCHES
ssrik1pR LabOrers.

rsx YORK, June A.-Au the frei9h
,.,al.rs at the New Haven and Has,
s.r, freight depots, Last River, strncl
an increase Of s. month. Thi
ssnine IS depots are olosed.and thepo
.;.s are guarding them. The Mercantile
r,,baure has adopted resolution de
ling the lossos they are subjected Il
3 consequence of the strike Of freieh
,.,dlars. Two hundred longshoreme1
anloved on the Pennsylvania railroad
:, Hsrriman's Cove, and hinety on th'
r,.aiq docks, Jersey City, Joined ,h'
,.nkefs.
waiting for MIN 60 Die.
CHICAGO. June 22.-Much interest b
81, N the condition of Senator Hale, o,
y;roiuia. IF he dies readjuster vii
aorb.Iess succeed him. and others viii
,gnder it possible to redistrict the STATE
and insure nearly a solid delegatian tc
coprrsss, From the latest reports
.sow his condition is verv low.
I,ternal Revenue Change.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-The House
mar. into Committee of the Whole on
,bs bill to reduce internal revenue tax
.no, White favored the amendment
,s proposed to offer repeating the inter
m, revenue system AZ far as it applied
the regulation, production or manu-
f.c.ure Of tobacco.
Unable 10 write.
Census statistics show over 100000
,.,s,us in the United States over TWEEN
,,.one wears Of age unable to write. The
nup,ber is equally divided among the
,hits and colored.
Candidate Rsund.
HAsElsBURs, June 22.-On the first
h.llot Marriott Brossins, Of Lancaster,
v.s nominated for Congressman at
,,rce The vote was rs follows: Bros
sins IGl, Tilley II, Todd II, Jacobs -.
The Chair and members thought
Il wiser to adopt the order re-
requesting the State Committee to adopt
all honorable means, ETC., and it was
euried with few dissenting votes. The
Sate Committee was empowered to fill
vacancies on the ticket.
OAnn u~.rna~pauAs
NEw YoRK, June G.-Nearly 1000 i'm
migrants landed today, q majority be-
ing Italians.
Great Fire.
Tho telegram following from
Mstam0ras stat that terrible
FIRE eo,urred at Cocoaluam les. evening,
DESTROYING 64 houses. The residents
had to fiy for their lives from the burn
ing buildings, saving none Of theil
property. The fire was finally extin-
euished by the soldiers.
Vermont N0minntioas.
MONTPELIER, June 2.-The Republi.
can State Convention today nominated
for Governor, John l.. Barstow; Lieut.
Governor, Samuel f. Pingree; Treasurer
VIII. Dubois. Nothing Of unusual in
terest in the platform.
Robertson ''Bis I.''
NV YORK, j une 22.-Government en-
ployees here are not making responses to
the clll Of the Republican Congression-
al Committee for contributions to the
campaign fund. Collector Robertson
says: while ] am here no man shall
be dismissed or in any way interfered
withfor non payment Of political assess'
ments."
A Meliday.
BALTIMORE, (Md.) June 22.-Tht
streets are profusely decorated in hono'
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic ant
are full Of people.
In Texas.
Sherman and Speaker keifer have ar
rived at Houston, Texas.
Straight shessing.
BALrIMoRa, MD June 22.-In a
scrimnage Charles II. Wiltham wal
killed by negro deputy marshal, nam
ed Glass, who was shot through the
shoulder and neck. A colored boy was
killed by a stray bullet. and negro
named Spencer was shot in the back.
For River. and mars.r..
WARRINGTON, June 29.--Over twenty
amendments have been offered in thu
Senate to the river and harbor bill. Th,
amendments IL agreed to will increas,
the appropriations over the amount
proposed by the House $i,s79,O00. II
this ii is proposed to add g., ,500, 900 70
retaining; the Potomac fats, max
ing an increase over the House bill O
el,S77, 900. The bill ~ II now stand
appropriates something over $17 900,
900, and this would swell the total h
fully $2l,377.oO0.
End or STRIKE
CHICAGO, June 2l.--The strike amons
the stevedores at the iron ore docks o
ths Joliet Iron and Steel Works, whicl
I'D 10 the assault ON the train ant
vounding Of Judge Pillsbury some day
40, came to an end today, the mon rs
turning to work. The strike VA
against the employment Of non- UnioI
men.
4 Rev IN Congress.
WASHINGTON, June 2l.-Thsre Is
vrrypretty row between members Of tn
house Commerce oommittee and Re
Preventative Van Voorhees, Of New Yorl
vat may lead to something Of seen
sasn the subject is brought TO tho Al
kaslon Of tho House. Van Voorhees,
saafeed with having struck from th
Dill 70 regulate immigration. ths
paassd the House under suspension q
rue % Monday, certain amendment
Nssd to by the COMMITTEES. and whic
= vas supposed were contained In q
ou. The COMMITTEES this morning d
sdsd to AJAX the House q recall u
"u nom the Senate, and . resolutio
~psspared. The original author Z
s DILL seemed displeased that q
S00mittco abonld hava ohanuad