The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-23
FREIGHT HANDLERS STRIKE IN NEW YORK.


Tn strikers continue orderly. The Erie rail.
road yesterday put one hundred and fifty Ital
ians to work IN place of the strikers. day
the clerk who checks freight and merchandise
into the cars, refused to work with the Ital-
ians, and brought business to standstill.
The New Jersey Central road is to-day hand
ling freight promptly, but strike among their
men is threatened for tomorrow. The New
York merchants are losing heavily by the
dead lock. and are using all their persuasive
and argumentive powers upon the railroad
companies to bring about settlement of the
dispute.
MORE TROOPS FOR FORT RLLIOTr-INDIAN
CHANGE SPOKEN OF--nEPREDATING.
SAVAGES.
Fort Elliott, June 22.-Two more compa-
MES of troops have just arrived here from the
abandoned post at the cantonment in the ma
ton.
l learn that the government contemplateS
changing the Mescalero Apaches from New
Mexico to the nation. If so, lively times may
be apprehended.
Two hundred Kiowas and Comanches are
killing stock and causing disturbances on the
line of Greer and Collinsworth counties.
THAT TROUBLE AT HoUsToN-FIEND TO HANG.
Houston, June 22.-The trouble started by
the negroes has all subsidized. Only two have
been arrested, and the grand jury have their
cases in hand.
The case of John Cone, colored, who raped
white woman, was tried to-day. The trial
took the entire day. The jury rendered a
verdict, and at p. M, of death by hanging.
He has appealed the case. but there seems no
hope for HIM for change of the verdict 1t
was most fendish affair.
Oscar Wilde lectures tomorrow night. He
will have crowded house.
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT DESTROYED.
Columbia, June 22.-About five o'clock this
afternoon, during sharp thunder storm, the
beautiful Confederate monument on the state
house grounds was struck by lightning. The
life-sze white marble statue of soldier, sur
mounting it, was dashed to the ground and
demolished. The bolt struck the rim of the
hot, and glanced off, entering the base, and
shivering it. The head of the soldier was cut
of, and the mass of what was one of the hand
soonest pieces of monumental sculpture in this
country lies at the base utterly wrecked.
SUMMARY OF THE LOSS IN IOWA.
Des Mones June 22.-The following esti-
mate is made of the damage done by the cy-
clone IN the various counties in the state
Boone, $4,000; Powerhick, $4,000; Keo-
kuk, $Ioo,ooo; Pocohontas, $40. 600. The
Chicago & Rock Island railway company's
loss in merchandise and property is $4,000
and the Iowa Central railway company,
$4,000. The total loss is estimated at from
So, soc, 900 to 100000.
CALIFORNIA GIN CAPTURED BY TWO RANGERS
ALL BADLY WOUNDED.
Cotulla, June ga reliable report says
the murderer of Johnson, of Laredo, was cap
tured, and probably fatally wounded, by two
of Capt. Oglesby's rangers, named Norris and
Sheely. 1t occurred near Cibolo station, at
one o'clock to-day. The rangers were badly
wounded also. All three are at Ciboo station
under medical treatment.
STRANGE SUICIDE ON THREE GIRLS.
Danville, June 22.-Alle Mills, aged four
teen years; Mary Oglie, seventeen, and Mary
Jones. twelve, committed suicide this morning
by taking arsenic. Allie Mills gave as her
reason that her father lived with a shameless
woman. Miss y lies reason was that she
was an orphan, and Mary Jones took the drug
because the others did.
sTIKING ITALIANS.
Albany, June 22.-To-day 22o Italian la
borers on the New York and West Shore
railroad struck for $I.5o per day. They had
been receiving $I.35. Their demands were
refused and they b"gan rioting, led by
boarding house boss named Frank Cavan.
The sheriff of Green county has called out
company of guards for service tomorrow in
arresting the rioters.
CoREA.
San Francisco, June 2I.-Advices from
Japan are to the effect that twelve foreign
ships of war, British, Russian and American,
are now in rendezvous at Nagasaki, and 9TH
ers are expectrd preparatory to the visit to
Corea.
Description of American House Property.
The American House, owned by Mrs. E.
Barr, is situated in the town of Boerne, Texas,
famous as health resort. The hotel is bull,
on two lots fronting on the public square, with
the Cibolo river on one side, being about three
acr es of land. The hotel is new frame two
stories, twenty rooms, galleries all aronnd, up
and down stairs-over 600 feet of promenade. |
Two wells Ct permanent water, one cistern,
splendid garden, fine peach orchard, pear and |
ounce trees, fine grape arbors, all in full |
bearing. A good rock stable. The house is |
we'll furnished with new furniture. This valu-
able property is for sale. Address ED. LIGHT
San Antonio, Texas, or A. w, Barr, Boerne,
Texas.