Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-04-16
PHILADELPHIA LETTER,
The Return OF Major Phipps-A
Chinese Base Ball Club - The
Beamers' Strike.
of the REPUBLICAN.

IL oofrespohdehce OF the REPUBLICAN.
" PHILADELPHIA, April 15- If Di.
trict Attorney Graham did not repea
= the soliIoquy of the Lord Chancello
j. IN "lolanthe, or at least say "victory
victory, when he was in the sOlitud
OF has own chamber on Friday night
he should have done so, for he certainl,
has achieved il great victory in the
r face Of desperate odds. He has secured
r Phlpps, the man that came very nearl y
: stealing the Philadelphia almshouse,
and now has him safely quartered in
l Moyamensing prison.
Upon his arrival in this city, the dis
tngulshed prisoner was placed in ;
carriage at Sixth and Chestnut streets
where a large crowd were in waiting t,
get glimpse OF him. He alighted from
he carriage, and after stopping to shake
hands with half dozen or more
whom he recognized in the crowd
walked leisurly up the steps, where h,
was met ny Assistant District Attorney
. Bregy, who escorted him into the COur
room. 1t was packed with people, bu
: among them all not one of his friends
could be seen, and after he had looked
around the room, shadow of disap
polntment, which however was but
ho1iaeiltary, lifted over his face.
AIter ne had consulted fora few min
lltrs with his counsel, the District At
torney asked the Court thai he be ar.
ratgned to plead to three bills of indict-
melf, charging him with forgery.
MI Heverln, for the defense, objected
and asked that the case be postponed
until Wednesday, and was answered
by Mr.. Graham, who said he thought
tlie case had been postponed long
enough Already. After argument be-
tween counsel, the Court decided to
postpone the case until Monday, and
me MAJOR was taken to Moyamensing.
during the whole proceedings nothing
was SAID about bail, and it is doubtful
II IL could nave been procured, even if
IL would nave been ac cepted.
Manager Lang conceived the project
some time ago Of forming a base ball
club OF Chinese, and accordingly in
duced ten almond-eyed natives of the
Celestial land to lay aside their wash
tubs and take lessons in the mysteries
OF the bat and ball. The affair was to
have been kept an entire secret until
Iley were prepared to enter the field.
They We're accordingly taken to the
sands or Jersey week or so ago, where
nine reckless natives of that foreign land
were induced to initiate them. Every
thlng went veil until the Chinese had
received several hot balls in the bread
basket, and came off the field with sun
dry bruises, when they struck for more
wages.
'Ihair dom nd . lad +n
they, hndlng that they obtained the ad-
vance so easily, regretted that they had
not struck for more, and asked for Il
further increase Manager Lang at first
demurred, and then granted their wishes,
ana they then made another raise, which
has at last been settled by his agreeing
to pay them $50 per week and their ex-
penses each. They will be uniformed
IN white knee breeches, silk jackets,
Chinese shoes and black felt hats. AS
they are apt scholars, the manager ex-
poets 10 he ab to put them in the field
in about two weeks, when challenges
VIII be sent to the leading clubs
throughout the country.
The strike OF the beamers still con-
tlnlles, and a meeting OF the leading
cot on manufacturers was held on Fri
day evening to see it some measures
could not be devised to prevent a gene
raj strike among all the operatives in
the cotton and wooen mills in and
around this city. There was consider
able discussion among those present
relative to the situation, and it was
universally y conceded that general
strike at this time would be highly dis
asterous to all concerned. The EN-
ployers, however, agreed that under
no circumstances will they yield to the
demands of the strikers, and as they |
decided not to work until the advance
is paid, it is probable the strike will |
continue for some time.
There is a growing demand among
mechanics and workingmen for better
class Of dwelling houses, and buildings
which twenty years ago would have
had no difficulty in finding tenants, can
now stand idle, or be leased for very
low rents The houses now in demand
must be supplied with all modern i'm
provements and convenienccs, compris-
ing hot and cold water, bath and pas.-I
These houses of course bring good rents.
and rs they are a paving investment.
hundreds of them will be erected dur
ing the coming season.
The annual commencement of the old
and time honored University of Penn
sylvania was held AT the Academy of
Music on Friday, when lOl degrees in
medicine and 81 in dentistry were CON
terred. The graduates represent all
parts of the United States. and two or
three are from Germany, This institu-
tion has a world wide reputation, and
some of the best physirians in this
country have earned their parchments
within it's walls
A shocking accident occurred n few
days since at Hotfman's cotton mill.
Sixty-third ard Baltimore avenue. A
Young man named Walter Preston
about "A wears of age, one of the EN-
ployees, was caught in a large belt and
drawn around and around n shaft run-
ming at 4 high speed, and then thrown
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