New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-27
v,vvopu DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. july 81 ssA-TWELvE

called ont proposed municipal enactment provld
ing that the charge for carrying passenger one
mile or less shall not exceed % cents, and two
miles. or over one mile, 40 cents.
Another proposed ordinance is that compelling
retailing establishments and manufactures to pro-
vide stools chairs for the women and girls in
their employ. This latter enactment wa" provoked
by the treatment accorded their help by one or two
prominent retail establishments and tho facts com
ing TO public notice.
The printing Of wood ctchinqs has developed into
sort of crazo among the daily Journals OF this city,
all the leading ones with single exception having
dropped into the practice, and IN the case of one or
two there appears to b1 no l'nli 10 tn",I m',i
traiing prupcnstics. In addition To his usual qliil-
ncniiuns il is now essential that the local reporter
should bc a sketch artist M welt
The varlous departments of the city goSyrrnm"nnt
arc preparing tn move INTO the nov cry iihil' no
nuuIcipnl dcpartmcntS Tor the past thirteen years
ever slncD the great lire, have Occuplfl Qnhlt'Ih III
whit has hoon known a. " The kOokcrF' hn!su,
able structure and lncOnyenicnt Tor inc Pupio III
every way. The new Clty lilll ~ ahplo WI oFo.N
Way for the accommodation of all tho departments
The dimensions OF the assembly room Ia, We w ~
Council forty by ninety feet. mhproken ny
pillars. The removal OF the OIhceS VIII pob'i "
week.
The holding of Labor Convention il announced
to occur in this city on July 80. The projectors
contend that the attendance VIII he very gIeat ai
bending political battle. The Democratic leaders
of the Vest view with very considerable alarm amS
movement among the working classes, IN the iear
that they NAV declare for pIOtectlon' anu n'lui =
ally the Republican platform. The deiectlon Oh
the Irish under the leadership OF fnerty ana otherS
has already proven sufficiently serious WllhouI pI"
vOkng the protection Issuo among tho "oihHis
people Others assert that the coming meeting Is To
be strictly IN the interest of Butler.
Shaking of protection, Carter HlrrlS0n. IN CRATE
fnlly accepting the nOmn iton for Governor, says
he indorsrs All the planks of the free trade Demo-
cratic State platform, and has not ono worn III uo
fence of his former statements about prOtcctioh aS
especially outn in his lroauOis club speech
Tbe bpsness Of all the theatres the past week has
been very light About the only attractions 10 com
mand large audiences the summer nlehI coh
certS.
The cholera scare has extended here to the extent
of putting the health department on Its mette' ana
the unclcan sections Of the city are receiving us
scrous attention. Several of the newspapers nave
detailed special representatives to 90 on SUMMING
MISSIONS" and as a consequence the plague Spots OF
the city are being gradually ascertanrd. Ohe oi
snualor of the Italian quarter, remote only shore
block from Mlchigdn-aNe. ana whGh - ~" NJ 10
living the consideration OF the authorities J Hc
humping works of the city have been employed as
sdu0u,y pouring pure lake water INTO the redolsht
Chicago River and for once in its history tIat
stream has taken on a greenlsh tlnge.
The strike of the brickayers in Now-lork
naturally caused considerable talk among the Work
men here but far as can be learned thero are ho
premOntions of similar move IN this CITY,
A careful canvass of the mercantile interests OF
the city furnishes Mt least the expression OF great
faith in the fall trade outlook.