The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-13
DALLAS.
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DALLAS, September 5.-The brick
masons are on another strike, the
fourth the present season, this
morning, demanding a raise in wages
of from SIS to 81 per day. Up till to-
night the contractors had refused to
allow the demand. The masons have
remained idle, but as there is an i'm
mense amount of work under con-
tract and in course of construction.
1t is probable compromise, with
some sort of an increase. will be ar
rived at. A few weeks ago the brick
masons struck and secured an in
crease of from $3.50 to So.
A fire to-day destroyed two small
frame buildings on Commerce street,
owned by j: Z. Henderson. The loss,
Including contents, was about $1,000
The buildings were in the heart of
the business center, surrounded by
| fine brick stores; and it was only by
extraordinary efforts that the fire de-
partment prevented the most diSaS-
trous contiagration Dallas has had for
years.
The cotton compromise of last night
went to pieces to-day. President OPP
penheimer, of the merchants eX-
change, to night informed your cor
respondent that he. and the exchage
had done all in their power to effect
an honorable adjustment of differences
and that now; as far as he was con-
cerned; he is done; that the parties to
the controversy and business public
will regret when too late that cool
counsels and mutual concessions were
not allowed to prevail. One wealthy
wholesale house, advertises to have
weighed by the duly elected weighers
all cotton that may be consigned,
holding the same subject to the orders
of the owners, will receive, store, and
sell, or will ship for owners on
account to Galveston, New York
or New Orleans, as they may
may select, will advance S25 a bale on
all cotton, charging only bank rate of
interest on the money. The indica-
lions are that they will soon be doing
land Office business in the staple.
A ticket scalper and a Texas agent
of leading northern road to-day be-
came rivals for the transportation of
six young ladies of Dallas to Senlina-
ry in Kentucky. The scalper cut way
below the regular rate, when the
agent made terms to carry them at
loss to his company of So ahead. The
Scalper concluded he wanted the young
ladies educated worse than they did;
and allowed him to furnish the tick
cts, which was done.
Bob Salmons and Ernest Mallory,
aged 10 and Is years respectively, and
members of old and highly esteemed
families. were arrested and jailed to-
day, charged with theft Of cattle:
They drove nine head from the pas
ture of Victor Bolls, near Dallas; last
night, brought them to the city and
attempted to sell them to butchers.
They are weeping and wailing in jail
tonight, but say their friends will
make bond for them tomorrow.
A gentleman of reliability and who
processes to be postedon the scheme,
and who was resently in Galveston,
to-day informed your correspondent
that the leading Galvestonians have
quietly formulated plan by which
they hope to successfully solve the
problem of securing deep water for
that port, and which has so suddenly
brought to public attention again the
project of forming harbor company,
with $5,0O0O00 capital to build
wharves out through Galveston bay
to deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.
The scheme is virtually to have the
state build the harbor with its sur
plus funds, which the newly proposed
harb0r company viii endeaYor to Dor
row on bonds bearing six per cent in
tereSt, ana TO ran thirty wears
The idea is to DO it
under the constitutional amendment.
recently adopted, empowering the
legislature, by enactment, to allow
the state board to loan the surplus
funds In such securities as IL may sec
fit. The promoters Of the harbor COM
pany scheme say they hope to be able
to induce the next legislature, if the
present one does not hold an extra
session and favor them, to enact
measure by which the surplus fund
will be borrowed, as above outlined.
1t is argued that the state treas
ury now has a surplus of upwards of
in the vaults with no way
of investing, and that a year or two
hence it will exceed $5,00O,000, and
that within FIVE years there will be
more than 100000 in the event
Of the large sale of school lands, and
that the securing of favorable legisla-
ton for the harbor company will be
an easy matter and that deep water
for Galveston will thus be secured
without the investment of any con-
siderable amount of ready cash by the