Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Capital and Labor. A Day with 8 Champion of
 Workingmen. METHODS OF DEFRAUDING TOLL. Honest Earnings Swallowed Up
 by Capitalists. REPUBLICAN SENATOR'S IN CAUCUS. Devising a Way to Complete
 Business.
Devising a Way to Complete
 Business.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
 Capital and Labor-Their Relations as Viewed by a Representative of LabOr- | Refined Methods of Defrauding the 1 Workingman-The Republican Sena- | tors i'm Concentrations Matters That 1 Stir the Capital.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Robert D. Layton,
 of Pittsburg, general secretary of the Knights
 of Labor, an organization having upwards of
 sixty seven thousand members, was before
 the Senate Committee on Education and
 Labor this morning and was examined by
 Mr. Blair on the general condition of the l Iaborers of the country. As other witnesses 1 will be examined who will go into specific de- 1 tails his testimony was confined to general 1 matters and the workings of the association he represents. He said the objects of his or ganization were to secure amicabls relations
 between capital and labor. They resort only to strikes in extreme cases and discounte-
 nance anything looking towards violence at all times. He spoke of the war being made up on the Knights of Labor by James Cunning
 ham, Sons $ Co.,, carriage manufacturers, of
 Rochester. N. T., and told how they compel
 
 numerical system, like the convict system,
 and by the use of the tag system to keep &C.,
 count of the time. The coal miners of Penn
 syl7ania he stated are defrauded by the use
 of screens coarser than the law provides
 and by Which the miners are swindled out of
 their services for mining fine coal. He spoke
 of the living of those miners, of how their employers furnish them novels at high rents and sell them goods at enormous profits, so that the balance coming to these workmen at the end of the month is often nominal, in some instances being less than fifty cents. One object of the Knights is to secure CO., operation of industries. They have estab- Iished pottery at East Liverpool, O., with capital of $50, 900, which has proven great success AS rule the manufacturers refuse to show their books when an increase of wages is asked by their employees and the plea is made that the profits are too small to accede. He thought this unfair. He will conclude his testimony this evening or to- morrow morning. after which delegates rep resenting other labor organizations will be examined.
 Joaquin Miller, the poet of the Sierras, made inquiry at the rooms of the House Committee on Ways and Means this morn ing concerning legislation to reimburse him for United States bonds lost 8 year and a l half ago.
 A meeting of the House Committee on 1 Naval Affairs was held this morning for the l purpose of considering MT. Singleton's reso lUtion regarding the troubles at the Annapolis | academy. The resolution was laid on | the table for the present, it not being expe- l dient to investigate at this time. Secretary | Chandler, who was to have been present at | the meeting, addressed communication to | the commissioner in which he stated that he | had no information that would encourage an inquiry into the Annapolis troubles. The | committee believes that there is no reason to apprehend further trouble and that there | have not been any very unusual proceedings | at the academy. The resolution of MT. Sin gleton will not be called up unless the author insists upon it.
 The Cabinet did not meet until half past 1 | o'clock this afternoon as the President and | several of the Cabinet officers attended the | wedding of Miss Blaine at noon. No busi- ness of importance was transacted at the meeting All the members were present ex- cept Secretary Folger.
 An order has been issued by General Su- perintendent Kimball of the life saving ser vice to all keepers of stations, by request of Baird of the national museum and United States fish commission, that here after all strange specimens of fish and ma
  served and the national museum notified. The latter's authority will then arrange to have specimens forwarded to this city.
 The contract for supplying hardware for the new custom house at Cleveland, O., has been awarded to P. & F. Corbin of New 1 Britain, Ct.
 The wedding of Miss Mary Brewster, step daughter of the Attorney General, to Mir. R. J. W. Rooms, of Philadelphia, took place here this evening at Epiphany church and was followed by a grand reception at the residence of the Attorney General
 A brief caucus lasting about an hour was | held by the Republican Senators this evening l for the purpose of agreeing upon the most iudicious manner of employing the remainder of the session. The chairmen of the com mittees were asked what bills remain in the committee rooms which should be acted upon. The Dakota bill the two pension bills and other bills were mentioned as urgent. No definite programme was agreed upon and an- other caucus will be called.
 The Presidents reception tonight to the diplomatic corps and the officers of the army | and navy was brilliant affair. Probably a thousand guests were present. including the entire diplomatic corps, members of the Cab met, ex-Secretary Blaine, Generals Sherman and Sheridan and a host of army and navy l officers with the ladies of their families.
 Ex-Secretary Blaine is preparing political history entitled sTwenty years of Congress, ] tional legislation from 1861 to 18S1." It will ] make two octave volumes No date is fixed for their appearance.
 The House Military committee to-day de- cided not to report the bill to place General Grant on the retired list of the army.
 During the month of January the revenue marine cruisers of the Treasury department rendered assistance and afforded relief to twenty nine distressed or shipwrecked vessels on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. In two instances the crews of distressed vessels were saved.
 Miss BIaIns's WeddIng-A Very frxvate
 AHair-The BridegroOm's Career.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The marriage of | Miss Alice Stanwood Blaine, eldest daughter of x-Senator James G. Blaine, to Brevet- Colonel John J. Coppinger, U. S. A., was | celebrated to-day at noon at the residence Of | Mr. Blaine in this city The wedding was 1 private, and but g comparatively small mum Der of invitations were issued; these were | to persons holding very intimate personal relations with the family and to 8 |