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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-16
The Telcgrnphcr~' Strike.

WHAT THE ". L. OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK sAy.
NEW YORK, August le-The Western Union
telegraph companys officials said this morn ng
that 3s circuits in This city were interiered with
wires. At II O'Clock Il was said that all the cir
cults were In working order, though they worked
heavily on account or the damp weather. super.
intendent iumstone said he had taken back seven
or the striking operators this forenoon They
were taken back AT the same salaries they formerly
received IL is rumored that a number OF the
striking operators viii meet to-day the purpose
the brotherhood In order that they might honorably
apply Tor positions at the orce OF the company.
The rumor has not yet been confirmed.
There are al present 50 OF the Western Union
branch offices In this city closed, and about 40
more operators are required at the Western Union
building. The companys officials say that about
l2s operators are required In this city 10 pu. IT In
first class condition They also say that there are
not so many telegraphers still unemployed as the
brotherhood reports, and express Their conviction
that the strikers VIII surrender before long.
ALLEGED BEATING OF OPERATORS nv STRIKERS.
CINCINNATI. August l6.-The first serious cases
OF violence attending the telegraphers' strike oc-
CURED LAST night Hitherto the strikers have won
praise from all by their gentlcmany conduct
About midnight last NIGHT an operator who had
not struck went into a saloon where therp were a
number or strikers. They called him 'Scan;" he
replied extensively and was badly beaten and
probably disabled for weeks. Henry Schwab, an
operator Who struck and Afterwards returned 10
work, W as attacked on tie street while on hts way
nome at O'Clock this morning by a party sup
posed 10 be the same that had the rcht IN the
saloon, and had his shoulder dislocatei. Tho
western Union Office received to-day one accession
from New York. The secretary OF the Cincinnati
Assembly Brotherhood has gone TO work at the
Baltimore and Ohio Office.
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THE SLEEPY OPERATOR CHARGED WITH MAN.
SLAUGHTERED. W. Johnston, the telegraph ope-
ratOr whose negligence Is said to have caused the
recent fatal collision on the Troy and Boston rail-
way, when six lives were lost was arrested yester
day afternoon at Hoosick Falls, where the inquest
held ana pTonst to Troy the
slaughter in the second degree. The prisoner
pleaded not guilty. He will be released on ball.
accident according to his construction OF the
orders sent him.
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A PHANTOM HAND.-Excfternent runs high at
CanaJoharie. n Y, owing to the nightly appear
tra track The ght starts the old
fort, and is at first very small 1t gradually in
creases In size. and goes down the railroad track
watchmen say that hand can be distinguished
about 1t. Sometimes the light goes bounding
down the track and again rises thirty feet in the
air. Several Jrains Including the Atlantic ex-
press, have been stopped by the light, believing it
to be danger signal. 1t appears about 10 80 p.
m, just before the arrival Of the fast mall Rail-
road men are filled with fear and superstition.
The matter is to be Investigated.
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sLEErIHa PHYsIcIAN a. RoBBsD-A special from
was perpetrated at the residence of John B. Leb-
kfcher, saloon keeper on west Chestnut street.
A. Wassen, OF York, and Mr.. LeDkicher The
thief entered the room where they were sleeping,
and distracted Dr.. Wassen's pocketbook, contain
Ing nearly 81 600 In money. from under his pillow.
They took. in addition, his gold watch and chain
valued at $50 Mr.. Lebkicher lost his gold watch,
valued at 500 and SO In money
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A SHERIFF SHOOTS HORSE THIEF.-A special
named POstlethwaite, stole mule in CatahOula
parish, La, and was pursued by sheriff Fairbanks
rest the negro drew pistol and shot the sheriff
off his horse After failing the latter drew a re-
voiver and shot the negro dead. Sheriff Fairbanks
is not dangerously hurt
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A WOMAN MURDERED IN PENITENTIARY.-Yes-
terday, Sue Fletcher, alias Burton, and Mollie
DenwoOd. colOred female cOnylcts, quarreled in
the wash-room OF tie state penitentiary, when
the latter stabbed the former several times with q
long-bladed pocket knife, which penetrated the
left auricle of the heart The woman bled to
death in short time after the physician ar
rived
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RscHS E, 1F Mddefn s,e;d Ea
Sunday morning by taking O teaspOonful of
arsenic. She was to have been married to Peter
she was taken with severe pains aud was escorted
to her home. where she died short time after
ward. She was an attractive young woman, and
it was ascertained that she had received rough
treatment at the hands Of her father, which led
to the desperate act
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Maryland Democracy Defended.

SENATOR GoRMANs OPINION ABOUT THE LETTER OF
GOV. HAMILTON
Senator German, of Maryland, was asked yes
terday at Saratoga II he had read Gov. Hamilton'S
letter On Maryland politics, and what he thought
of 1t. He had read the letter and found it nothing
but a restatement OF Gov Hamlton's speech
delivered at the Maryland institute two years ago.
when he was opposing the nomination of Mr..
Keat1ng for controller. Mr. German said he
noted with pleasure, however, that the governor
had discovered that the registry law. which was
drafted by a commission appointed by the con-
vention which nominated Mr.. Keating is a sub
stantial reform measure When asked about the
effect OF the governors letter on the guberna-
torial contest now pending in Maryland, MIR. Cor
man replied that the contest Is being carried on
by the people OF the state themselves, and neither
the views Of Gov. Hamilton nor any other promi-
nent politician can affect their action. Mr.. Cor
man was asked If lie had anything further to say
about the complaints made against the demo-
cratic party by the governor. He replied: "Not
now, but at the proper time; the democratic party
will have plenty OF defenders. 1t has done moth
Ing it need be ashamed OF, but on the contrary
much to be proud OF. 1t VIII be shown in good
time that Maryland has been as we'll governed
during the past fifteen years as any state in the
uQiOn,"
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FIRE IN SARATOGA HoTEL--At 2 o'cl oCk yester.
day afternoon, just as dinner was beginning,
IRE broke out In the basement OF the GrPnd Union
hotel, Saratoga, under a millinery shop, near the
main entrance, which did very little image, but
created great deal OF excitement. A vast vol
wing OF the house. from which the guests ran with
their belongings Hose was attached TO fire plugs
on the street and poured water into the basement
steadily for twenty minutes, by which time the
fire WAS out. The excitement lasted much longer,
however, and 1t was several hours before CALM
ness was restored.
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Affairs in West Washington.

BUSINESS OF THE CANAL-The total shipments
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company for
last week were the largest OF the season, aggre-
eating 81. .646 tons
GAS ExPLosIoN.-About one o'clock yesterday
afternoon an explosion OF gas occurred at No.
3l31 NJ (Bridgel street, used as book and station
cry store by Mr.. E. X. Lundy, who owns the build
Ing. The explosion was caused by leakage from
the pipes While being repaired. Mr.. ArtZ, the
plumber, who was doing the work in the second
story, was severely burned about the head and
hands, and Mr.. Lundy had his side and arms
With much force against him. The building
caught fire, but the flames were extingu;shed
by the police and 1lremen. The damage to the
house was Slight: damage to the stock about $780,
caused by the water; fully insured In q Philadel-
ph1a company.
GRAMS, 500 bushels OF wheat were sold after
Change yesterday at g. 14H to s118
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A LETTER WHICH LED TO SuIcIDE-In Cincin-
nail Tuesday night Henry l. YouLg, general agent
In that city, or the Grand Rapids and Indiana
railroad, shot himself at his office. He died at
o'clock yesterday morning In the hospital He
had been seen IN an Intoxicated condition shortly
before the shooting. A letter was found on bis
person purporting TO be from cousin, threaten
ing Young for improper relations with the writer's
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THE SENTIMENTS OF CHICAGO sIRIsHMKN.-The
secret Irish national Organizations OF Chicago,
but mainly those OF the Clan-na-eaael met yester-
day. Mr.. FinertyS assertion that 1--WE want 1t
distinctly understood that we lOf Chicago are
proud OF the man who killed Informer Carey" was
that the people OF Ireland old not want the inter-
ference OF Cardinal Manning or the pope OF Rome
II 1t tended TO keep Ireland In chains.
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A Stock Train Wrecked

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 16.-As a stock train ON
the Missouri Pacific road was passing through
Pacific city, about 40 miles west Of here, yester-
day, 8 cars were deralled and 30 head OF cattle
were so badly crippled that they had to be shot
Four or the cars are said to have been completely
wrecked, the other four being badly damaged. No
nerSOu was injured.
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The Anti.Orgam ConvemtiOn.

PITTsEURG, Pa, August 16-The anti-oEgan con-
vention OF the United Presbyterian church ad-
journed sine die at twelve O'clock last night The
reading Of lengthy paper by Rev. r b. Brown,
DID,: Of Newcastle. Pa on the actualities and
rian church. Thirty-hve presbyteries were rep
resented In the convention BY $40 laymcn and l0a
miniStetR
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Pacific Coast Races.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, August l6.-Yesterday was
the second regular day OF the Pacific coast blood
horse association races. The mile heat race, for "A
purse OF fS00 best three in five, In harness, WAS
won by Boy Frank in three straight heats. Allen
Ray receiving second place and Barney u. third
Big Lie was diStanced. Iime-2:21, 2:22 and 2:2O
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TelegrapisiC Briefs.

At Sbelbyvillc, Ind, Robert Boyle. while at
tempting 10 evade arrest yesterday, was fatally
shot ty Constable Roberts.
Tne body OF I: +. Griswold, prominent citizen
OF burlington, VI. was found drowned IN Lake
Chanpain last night There weIe no marks OF
violence on the body.
telegram from Lewes. Del, says:-Schooner
Jesse Hart, second, reported this morning, lies on
the bar, and Is full OF water.
To-day's races at Monmouth Park, n. j., were
postponed on account OF the rain.
The I. s. Flagship Tennessee arrived at Port
land, Me-, at 10 O'Clock this morning.
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Serious Etre iu Chicago.
WORKS OF TIE UNITED STATES ROLLING ST,

WORKS OF THE UNITED STATES ROLLING sToCH
COMPANY pESTRoYEp.
CHICAGO, August l6.-Fire broke out late last
night In the works or the United States rolling
stock company which destroyed the few shops
operated by the company and their entire con-
tents. The works Were located on Blue Island
avenue. AT one time Clark Bros furniture fac
tory, McCormick's paper works, and Lyons lum-
Der yard were threatened. but were saved The
f1re began IN the planning mill department near
the engine room. When the firemen arrived at
about III O'Clock, the flames had spread through
out the shops and within an hour ali was de-
stroyed These included the planning mill, ma
cnlne ana blacksmith shop, car shop. engine room
ana drying rooin The paint shop ana the ofiice
were saved. Within the mill were twenty-five
cars for the Chicago anu Atlanta railroad. pcr-
tion OF 1900 which had recently been contracted
for by that company. The loss is variously esti-
mated at from sS5a,OOJ TO 100000 The Insurance
In 1882 was s25O.000.
LOSS HALF A MILLION.
j. l. Stagg, superintendent OF the company's
WORKS, sad tAlS morning that the loss would reach
haI million OF dollars. The machinery. build
ingS and tools were worth S2na, ,ut0 The stock de-
stroyed was very large ana valuable, and In
cIuded 90 complete cars, valued AT 500 each and
about one million feet OF lumber The company
employed five hundred hands here. Adopho
icgewisch. or New York, f. president, and q.
Benn, or New York, treasurer OF tire company.
The capital stock Is 30 oo 900 and most of IL Is In
the hands OF English stockholders.
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DEATH OF PTKRRE BERNARD.-A telegram rom
White sulphur Springs announces the death there
yesterday OF Pierre Bernard Of congestion or tho
heart and iunga Deceased was the husband q
the late Caroline Rtchings-B Bernard. one OF Amer.
mond In May, 1885,, Of smallpox. Mr. Bernard was
for long time an opera singer, but Tor the pass
few years devoted himself TO teaching music The
remains Win be taken to Richmond Tor interment
besfde his wife.
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Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve-
nue. 1867 .365.76; customs. 1862, 2,G4SSS
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FORECLOSURE OF A MORTGAGE on A CHURCH
The Essey (Mass.l Savings Bank has foreclose1
mortgage OF $4,000 on St Mary's church. Law
renee, Mass, on account or the inability OF the
priests TO raise Sufficient funds TO pay the interest.
and the property will be sold at auction September
6. This Is portion Of the property owned by The
Augustlnlan Society. The structure originally
cost over 500 0O0
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THE CHANGES AT THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.
The reorganization of the Washington navy yard,
so far as the bureaus OF steam engineering are
concerned, went into effect on the 1st of August.
The changes pertaining to the other bureaus have
not yet been made. but work generally VIII prob
ably be done on the reOrganzed plan by the 1st O:
September 1t IS stated at the Navy department
that Master Machinist Wilson Will remain here as
superintendent OF machiney. and will not be
transferred to Annapolis, as reported. The yard
and although number OF the departments viii
be abolished in consequence, the force of work
men in the other departments will be augmented:
aud 1t is thought that when the yard is In COM
plete running order that there Will be larger
force OF employees than there has been tor the past
two or three years.
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CONDITION OF JUDGE BLACK LAST NroHr-There
was no perceptible change In the condition OF
Judge Black yesterday, and at O'Clock last even.
ing he was resting easily under the influence OF
opiates Dr. Garnet, OF this city, was with him
last night. The Pennsylvania senate yesterday
passed resolution OF sympathy for the sufferer.
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DISAFFECTIoN IN RUSSIAN SCHooLs-A dispatch
to the London Times from st. Petersburg says
that arrests OF students occur daily. Much dis
satisfaction has been discovered at the cadet
school in the south. As regards the attitude OF
the students in the schools, the minister OF educa
ton has addressed circular to all OF his subor-
dinates More or less important traces OF Sc
diti0us propaganda have been discovered in thir-
teen gymnasia and ten schools OF the secondary
class There have been serious disorders In four
teen gymnasia. The scholastic authorities have
been urged to enforce discipline In the educational
Institutions. and TO call In the aid OF the police II
necessary.
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STOWE, VT, August l6.-JeSse Town and his
wife, OF this place, with Mrs. Stockwell, OF St
Albans, while driving yesterday were thrown
from their carriage Mrs. Town died of the In
]uFfe5 She received Mr. Town is not expected TO
live, and Mrs. Stockwells injuries are very serious
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Affairs in Canada.

THE FEVER SHIP IN THE ST. LAwRENCE-DISTIN.
GUIsHED GUESTS OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL.
QUEBEC, August 16-The ship Ere trika and Karo-
lima. before reported at quarantine with yellow
leVer on board, has come up TO port, having
landed her sick sail ors and been diSnIected.
Prince Hohenlohe, Count Gleichen, Lord Lathom
and Lord Eiphinst ole are guests Of the governor
general.
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INCREASED RECEIPTS FROM Duty ON OPIUM
Treasury department statement shows that as
result of the extensive criminal prosecution OF
opium smugglers at San Francisco, at the instiga-
tlon OF the government, the receipts from duties
on opium have increased over a million OF dollars
during the past fiscal year. The smuggling OF
opium into this country for smoking purposes by
Cinnamon at one time was quite large.
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TROY, n Y, August 16.-Mart Casey, OF Ste
phentown, Rensselaer, county, an outlaw, was
captured In the mountains this morning by
posse OF five deputy sherlfrs, armed with guns.
charges OF shot in the legs and head. He was
taken TO Pittsfeld, Mass, TO answer an indict-
ment- He had long terrortzed the villages and
raided farms, and had defed arrest
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THE WELCOME RAiN.-Rin fell at Lynchburg,
Va yesterday, the f1rst rain that has visited that
section OF the state for five weeks. The drought
throughout southwestern and Piedmont Vir-
ginfa has caused the destruction OF the corn crop
In several counties and has done irreparable
damage to the tobacco crop In Others. IL IS
thought that the rain has come too late TO mend
matters much
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The Z. S. TUG PINTA arrived at New York yes
terday for repairs from Norfolk.
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Saratoga Races To-day.

SARATOGA. n Y, August16-The weather is very
ance large First race-the Congress hall stakes
for all ages, heats OF three-Quarters OF q mile.
Monarch third. Time, 1:15. Saunterer went
lame. The second heat was won by Bonnie
Lizzie, Navarro second. Saunterer third Time,
1:l5X.
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The Tclegraphic War.

NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION IN THIS CITY.
"There will be no further news" said one of
the operators at the strikers headquarters this
morning, until one side or the other breaks"
Committees were at work to-day arranging for q
picnic to be given at the Schuetzan Park on the
on the 18th instant
The assembly of telegraphers have adopted res
olutions thanking the various labor organizations
for generous contributions
THE STRIKERS AND GEN. ECKERT.
"What does these stories about the visit to Gen.
Eckert yesterday amount to?" was THE STARS in
quiry Of stalwart striker.
sit amounts to nothing. one way or
the Other" said the operator. ''except to
expose the hoilowness Of Eakerts deal
1ngs with the telegraphers He said he
was willing to deal with the employees Of the COM
pany. but not with the brotherhood. The COM
the employees of the company. Instead OF treating
with them he referred them to tllt district super
intendent There is one thing also apparent now.
There will be no compromise Eckert wants
everything. The operators were willing and
ready to compromise at the outset"
CAMPAIGN CARTOONS
Bulletins from the different assemblies are re-
ceived nearly every day. Recently some OF the
bulletins have taken the form of cartoons. One
received from Pttsburg represents in a series of
pictures, pugiliStic contest between Master
Workman Campbell and corpulent giant repre-
senttng "Monopoly." Monopoly is knocked out In
four rounds, and the final tabeau represents him
as lying upon his back, with Campbell sitting on
his paunch. Another pictorial bulletin, from De-
troit, represents scene before the Western Union
Office, where the SkirmShing committees are at
work capturing imported operators. These master
pieces have been pasted upon the Wall in the room
occupied by the telegraphers at the National ho-
tel.
GOVERNMENT OPERATORS SAID TO BE WORKING FOR
THE W. Z. COMPANY.
The brotherhood in this city say they intend to
call the attention of the Postmaster General to
the fact that one OF the employees in his depart
ment now on leave is working for the Western
Union in Philadelphia. clerk in the War Ge-
partment has also obtained leave OF absence and
is at work for the company in Philadelphia Both
these men are first-caSS operators, and the gueS-
t1on VIII be raised whether, while in the govern
ment service, they can be employed by the West
ern Union.
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FALLING OFF IN GOVERNMENT RECE1pTs.-
The cash receipts OF the Treasury from customs
and internal revenue for the first fourteen days of
August were less by s1,s74.OOO than the receipts
OF the preceding month. The receipts from GUS
toms fell off from s1O $50 900 to So OOO while the
si.4100O0 to s4.46s,Oo0. Since August /, however,
there have been large "repayments" TO the Treas
ury, consisting mainly of about $4,000 900 the
pensions account IL is not expected that there will
be another heavy draft on the Treasury pay pen
sOns until October, and it is regarded as probable
600 900 Of 3K per cents-will be anticipated. This
interest, including the November inStalment, viii
amount to about s3OO,OO.
PERsONAL--Senor das Nogueras, the Portuguese
Minister, is in the White Mountains.-Mr. VIM.
Schuyler Johnson, who has been seriously Ill OF
pyemia for two months past, is still regarded as
Roo has om aeSsan where She as
been Spending the summer-.ChIef Clerk Hogg.
OF the Navy Department, and James B. Butler.
We're registered in New York last nightMMiss
Dawes, daughter of Senator Dawes, has retired
from her editorial connection with the Pittsneld
tural Department, leaves to-day for months So
1ourn on the coast OF Maine.-Chief Clerk Twee-
city, and to-day resumed his Official duties
Senator Butler and family have started In covered
wage wagons from A@sheville. @ NC, toexplore the noun
Late dispatches from York represent Judge Black
as in very precarious condition, and hopes for
his flnsl recovery not very strong.-Mr. and Mrs
James Percival Townsend left this morning In the
limited express for months sojourn in New Eng
land.-Chief Justice Cartier is now at Ocean
Grove.-Mrs. Florence B. SOlger and Child are
spending the summer at Deer Park.-Mr Il. NJ.
Baker, Mrs. Susie A. Bergen, daughter and mother
are registered at the Cahill House, Asbury Park.
No further word Is expected from Gen. Sher-
In oregon, near Portland.-Prof. Chas H. Payne
president OF the Ohio Wesleyan University, Is in
this city on short vislt-Mr Brewster Came.
ron, general agent OF the Department Of Justice,
has returned TO the city.-Mr. e. l. Stephens
chief clerk OF the Indian bureau, has returned
from visit at ASbury park.
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Two SISTERS OUTRAGED.-It is reported at Chat
ham, Plttsyivania county. Va, that two respect
able white girls, daughters, of Mrs Jane Smith,
were ravished near the Rock Spring church a few
days ago, and that the perpetrators are known
and will he caDtured.