The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-24
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
MORMON MISREPRESENTATION
OF THE LABOR MARKET.
Reception to Governor Cleveland
Cold Weather North-The
Exposition. Etc.

PHILADELPHIA, December %. The old Lib
erty bell Is TO be taken to New oiloans in
charge OF a Joint committee OF the Councils.
YORK. December 23.-The election to-day in
the Nineteenth Congressional district resulted
In the choice of DR.. John A. swsepe, Demo-
crat
NEW ORLEANS. Decemte or % AT the worlds
Exposition the work OF improvement Ia hoirR
pushed as fast rs the ARMY OF workers can
execute directions.
NEW YORK, December 20 Tho Mackey-
Bennett Commercial cable was opened 70 the
public at midnight, At the Office OF the Com
mercial Cable company.
PITTsBURo. December "a. - Wilson, Walker
Co., railroad supply manufacturers, announce
a 10 per cent. re iuction OF wages, TO take
effect on January I. Those under yearly CON
tract are not affected.
CHICAGO. December 23.-The weather con-
tnues very cold, but the signal service reports
show 1t has moderated somewhat throughout
the northwest The temperature here at
O'Clock was degrees below ro; 81. Paul, T.;
Uubuquc, 4, and this morning at Fargo II was
%. and at Omaha below.
ALBANY. December q. At the reception of
Governor Cleveland to-day, all the counties Of
the State were represented The time desig-
mated for the reception was between and ~.
hut the guests were In the main late In arriv-
ing. After the reception and collation. the
President elect received many congratua-
lions. II was long after midnight before the
last OF the guests took their departure.
CHEYENNE, December a. Specials from all
over the territory Indicate that the present is
the first really cold wave of the season. Fort
Mckinney, IN the midst OF the cattle region,
says the thermometer is 2s degrees below zero
aud It "a blowing hard. Cattle are well pre-
pared for the storm and the damage ~ FAR Is
slight. u any. Indications are tfnt the wea her
Is IN derating.
PuTsBURG Dec, mber o.. Last reports from
up the river would sotm to indicate that the
miner strike Is a failure. In tho second pool
many miners are s'ill working. and in the
third end fau IN pools It is reported that a ma
j1riy of the miners have signihed their tnten-
tion OF g ing back to work Many OF the
operators were in the city this afternoon to
craft to load. They say they arc ! OF AFRAID OF
the miners striking.
ST. PAUL. December 2a.- Tho weather here
has mod, rated day, the Thermometer now
registering G dcgr, os below z'rc. Reports
from points In the Northwest indicate that
another very cold wave has struck the Rocky
Mountain slope, the mercury falling u de-
vr.es at Fort Custer and 10 Ut Medicine Fiat.
II has been showing here all day, though not
heavily. The lines of railroad IN the North
west report more or less trouble and trains
| are Delayed g to hours. Lines south and east
areopen and trains are on time.
ChtcAGo, December ga meeting was
held here tonight to give expression TO the
sentiment of the city on the subject of Nor
monsm. Ex-senator ]. X DoOlittle presided.
| In opening the meeting he reviewed the his
| tory of Mormoni IN, touching upon the M--
| souri, troubles and Mountain Meadow massacre
| Rev. Mr. McNiece, of Utah, said the MOrmons
| claim the balance of power In Idaho and Ari-
| zoLa, and that in Utah Gcntiles are practically
DISTINGUISHED A resolution was passed csll-
| ing on Congress to pass the anti-Mormon bill
introduced by tuium.
| PTTsBURG, December 23.-This afternoon
| the Gu ployees of the National Tube Work.
company at Keesport, Pa, were notified that
the various de artments would close down to-
morrow evening for an indefinite period. As
sistant General Manager Il. @. Converse, In an
interview stated that scarcity of orders was
the only reason for the suspension. He wal
unable TO say when the works would resume
| "a the outlook was very unfavorable. He
| hoped, however, that a few days, or a week Al
! the farthcst, would warrant resumption
Trade mt present was very dun and for sou'
days the force hiss been utilized at turninI
| out material for the cOmpanys own use In or.
der to Keep the works In operation. The sus
| pension " III throw out Of employment owe
20O0 men, and will withdraw from the Me
! KtespOrt trade about $4,000 every month
which was paid TO and tpent by employees
Delworth, Porter 4 Co Is spike works will shu
down TO morrow for an tndt Unite period
Lack of orders lie given rs the reason for tn'
| suspCnsiun.