The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-18

ieged TO nave Deen Matched at secrel
meeting OF the Land-Leaguers in Phil.
adelphia last week, 10 which Govern
ment detective obtained admission.
The Lieutenant Governor of Novs
Scotia has received a letter cautioninl
him against two vessels said to have
sailed from Boston 10 Halifax, manned
Dy Fenlans and carrying a large guam
tity of torpedoes, with tn, intention oil
avenging upon the Nova Scotians the
execution of Brady, the condemned
Phoenix Park assassin. Precautions
have been taken to guard against the
menacing DANGER.
Mary Lampe, the wife of farmer OF
Bloomingdale, Du Page county, Iii.
was outrageously assaulted by a tramp
while alone in her house Friday. She
described her assailant, who was pur.
sued and captured by neighboring farm
ers, and who give his name as William
Burke. There was some disposition tC
lynch the man, but he was at last sur.
rendered to the law authorities. Mrs.
Lampe is in critical condition.
A hard storm of wind, hail and rain
visited Milwaukee and the adjacent
country early Thursday morning. In
the city much window glass was broken
by hail, and m ny buildings were dam
aged by the wind. Farm property suf-
fered greatly. AT st. Francis some OF
the Catholic seminary luildings were
unrOofed, the damage there amounting
to $4,000. The wind assumed some
characteristics of q cyclone at Wauke-
sha, and its track was marked by de-
struction.
Fire Thursday destroyed property of
the value of 900 at Darlington, Wis
consin. The town OF Fort Fairfield.
Aroostook county, Maine, suffered
severely by a confiagration, rendering
number of families homeless. The
stables of the South Hill Street Rail-
way Company of Burlington, Iowa,
were burned, as was some adjacent
property, the aggregate loss being $780,
600. All but one of the street cars were
consumed, and operations were conse-
quently suspended.
a strike of the iron workers of Pitts
burg on June / appears to be inevita-
BILE. A consultation took place between
representatives of the manufacturers
and the Amalgamated Association, and
neither showed disposition to recede
from the ground they had taken, the
employers insisting that there should
be reduction of wages at the Begin
ming of the labor-contract year, and the
workmen protesting that they will not
submit to the reduction. The confer
ence adjourned without reaching an
agreement.
Agents of the Postoffice Department
on Friday made descent upon two es-
adjustments carrying a private post
office business in New York, the two
concerns delivering about forty thou
sand letters daily on tie penny post
plan. Over twenty thousand letters
and packages were seized. The penalty
for sending q letter through such a
concern is S50,While those who conduct
the business are liable to fine of $50
for each violation of the law. Other
concerns of the same sort will be dealt
with promptly.
In labor matters, Tuesday mornings
dispatches report lockout of the shoe
makers at Marblehead, Massachusetts,
to the number of fourteen hundred in
consequence of their refusal to work at
a reduced rate of wages. The strike of
railroad coal-minerS III pennsylvania
shows signs OF collapse. The COM
positors of the University press at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, have struck
for higher wages. The striking coal
miners in Southern Illinois are exhibit
ing turbulent disposition. About two
hundred cigar-makers of Chicago quit
work in consequence OF the refusal of
their employers to concede the advance
demanded by the union.
The directors OF the Vanderbilt rail
roads-the New York Central, Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, and
Michigan Central-elected officers Fri
day. The position of chairman of the
board was created in each instance. the
incumbent to have general supervisory
control Cornelius Vanderbilt was
chosen chairman of the boards of the
New York Central and Michigan Cen
trail, and William X. Vanderbilt of the
Lake Shore, the latter retaining the
presidency of the Nickel Plate, William
II. Vanderbilt retiring from the presi-
dency of the several companies. James
ii. Rutter was made president Of the
New York Central. John Newell of the
Lake Shore, and III. u. Ledyard of the
Michigan Central. The senior Wander
bilt thus relieves himself Of the active
management of the three railroad COM
panies (although still member Of the
directories), the task devolving upon
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