Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-05
buildings and other minor branches of tho
department.
TRYING ro SAVE o'DoNNELL.
Mtn,atsr Lowell 60 tntorcedc tor tue Pre-
oner-U'DunnciIs FRENZY

oner-O'pouncn's Frenzy.
General Pryor in London requested Mr..
Lowell, tho United States minister, to
apply to the English homo Office for q
respite for O'Donucll, with tho view OF
obtaining time 20 set on foot q proceeding
for communication Ot the death sentence.
MIR. Lowell entertained the request and
will apply to the American authorities at
Washington for instructions in the matter.
MIR. Pryor of O'DCnuelNs counsel, Will
wait rpon Mr.. Lowell 70 morrow to submit
to him tho legal grounds upon when w''I
be based the application FOR tho commu
tatiou of O'DOnuelNs sentence.
The London correspondent Ot th' tfSt-
paca's Jourar! says O'Dounclrs ircEay At
the conclusion OF his trial on saturday
evening last was duo to tho fact that ho
was not allowed TO speak, as he was prom
ised. He failed tO hear tho court registrar
who asked, him before sentence Of death
was passed, wcthcr he had anything to
say, and made no answer When Judge
Denmau, later on, iarOide him speaking
O'Donncll thought that ne was wroaged.
Lapor matters.
The strike of the freight handlers At New
Orleans has been ended by aTbtrat m.
The moulders in Toronto are Pvr airing
list of grievances 10 be submitted to their
employers and a strike is feared,
4 dispatch from Joliet, Illinois, says,
that the Joliet rolling mills will DO shut
down for au indefinite period aud the
hands discharged on the lj.h lust. Too
reasons for closing tb' works arc not
given.
The Knights o. LABOR IN n.ts5urg are
circulating petitions 10 bo presented to
Congress protesting aga,nS: tho impoTta-
ton Of foreign labor uudor tho contract
system. Tho petitions are being numer-
ously signed.
The arbitration board Of the coal miners
and operators of the iodrth pool mcs IN
Pittsburg yesterday to consider what a
fair price for mining that pool would be
when 3. cents IS the ruling rate FOR the
three lower pools. No conclusion was
reached and the meeting adjourned until
the 10th inst. The miners state that the
pool has boon offered reduction Of / Of
cent per bgSLcl, making the rAts three
cents. and a meeting will b5 held tn
morrow 70 consider the adyisAb.hty Of
striking.
EcuI Crimcs.
An attempt was made to ditch and rob q
Memphis Il Little Rock railroad train p
miles west of Memphis on Monday after.
the rails and the switch displaced, but only
one car left the track. When the train
stopped four men, armed with shot guns,
mounted the platforms and demanded that
the doors should be opened This was
refused by the tgain men, who fired at the
rufliaus. The latter, after sending q shot
at the engineer, disappeared IN tho woods.
While Judge French was presiding 4.
the trial of o case in the court room at
Prescott, Arizona, \ few days ago, AttOr.
uey General Churchill and District AttOr.
ney Ruch became excited and finally came
70 blows. While the officers were en-.
de2voring 10 restore order McAtloe, the
defendant, drew knife and fatally
stabbed man named Moore, % years old,
and c. W. Beach, and was about to
assault the court reporter. when he was
shot by Beach. Moore and McAtlce will
die and it is thought Beach will recover.
rhe DanvllIe, Va, Eio;s,
The grand jury OF the Hustiug's court,
az DanyIlle, Virginia, charged by Judge
Blackwell with the Investigation of the
circumstances OF the recent riot, yesterday
reported that they had no presentment to
make, but submitted o paper which was
ordered to be recorded, Tho paper, among
other things, sets forth that after fight
between a colorcd all white man, "thcro
was determination On toe part Of the
crowd of negroes assembled % iatimliat9
the whites by threats and mcnlSoG: that
they gave expression - remarks calculated
| to excite the passions Of the whit. that
~ last the whites fired of their pistols IL
the air, hoping thereby to cause tho crowd
10 dispeEso; thai the negroes rushed upon
the scene from al! quarters, advancing
upon the whites with drawn pistols; thai
firing com mmenCcd and tho whites used
thOr firearms in defence Of their lives,
and, by their courage and pluck 10 stand
ing up against such Odds saved the lives
Of hundreds Of people.
Fatal ExplosloAs and Flames
Andrew Jeffrick and Andrew Tomash
were fatally burned at Bclance collerv, at
Mount Carmel, Pa, yesterday by the cx
plosion of keg of p9wdcr into which q
spark had fallen BY an explosion Of gas
in tho Youngstown coke compluy's mines
at Stamburg, near Grecnsburg, Pa YES
terday morning, William Ham was killed
aud six Others were severely injured. -
4 fire in Ladiga. Alabama, oa Monday
night, destroyed three stores and tho rail.
road depot, causing loss Of s75. 900. The
agricultural wogksO. W. + Whitman. a.
Winthrop, Maine, were burned Yesterday
morning LOGS, $50 900. "A fire at Lynch
burg, Tennessee, yesterday, DESTROYED
twenty-five houses, including tho Ssa.inel
office and several stores, causing a loss OF
S3J, 900.
wequetequock's school Hou.. War.
The trial Of eight women who broke
into the school house at Wcquetequock
Conn, was begun On Monday afternoon,
Tho testimony Of 20 witnesses showed thai
on the 2jth ult,, the women went to the
building, found it guarded by mon and
resolved to hold Sunday school services
In spite of them. They armed themselves
with a sledge hammer, axe and crowbars
| and forced an entrance. The prosecution
claims that one woman entered tho room
through an aperture - by 20 inches, aud
unfastening the windows, admitted the
others. During the melee several men wert
! injured. -Four Of the women testifed
yesterday. They did not dony breaking
tho window and door, but claimed thu
right TO hold Sunday school services, anC
denied having struck any Of tho mon.
Tns Remarkable story OF woman.
The coroner at Chicago yesterday helc
an inquest into the cause Of tho death o.
Mrs. Mary Hyde, aged 80 years, who
lived as reoluse for many years and dice
alone. A verdict was rendered that deatl
resulted from combination of asthma
want OF nourishment aud drink, Sht
claimed 10 DO nieoo of tho Duko OF
Argyll aud cousin Of tho marquis of Lorue
A separation from the Clan Campbell
| TO which she belonged. was oauSed n,