The Labor enquirer., 1884-03-29
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Late Labor News.

BY Associated HTeSS.
AUGUSTA, March 22.-The preliminary
investigation of the killing of FIVE negro
children caused the arrest of their
father, Ed. Dowse He was trying to
raise crop and found it difficult to get
provisions for his family. He is sus-
pected of killing the children to get rid
of supporting them.
BERNE March 22.-The Swiss federal
council has decided to expel four Ger
man Anarchists from the country.
New York, March 23.-The French
Communists, Russian Nihilists and Ger
man Socialists united in celebrating to-
night the thirteenth anniversary of the
Paris Commune. Herr Most and Victor
Druery were among the speakers.
ST. PETERSBURG, March pa number
of important Nihilist arrests were made
at Kief to- day. General Darme was
mortally wounded while assisting in
making the arrests. 1t is rumored that
D. Gaefee, leader of the party who
killed Suderkin, is among the prisoners.
TORONTO, March 23.-The Grand Trunk
employees held a private meeting here
this afternoon to discuss the proposed
reduction of wages. There is a strong
and unanimous feeling in favor of strik-
ing if the reduction is insisted upon.
PORT RICHMOND, Pa. March PA
number of notorious outlaws, who are
supposed to be in league with the Molly
Maguires that find safe refuge in this
section, have formed an oath-bound
brotherhood, and under the guidance of
a black-listed miner, formerly employed
in the Monongahela valley, will visit
the disturbed sections of the coal fields
of Western Pennsylvania to perpetrate
series of Molly Mcguire outrages.
Among the banditti are a number of
desperate men who are believed to be
fugitive murderers, and they will be
vigilantly shadowed by members of the
detective corps employed by the coal
and railroad companies.-[What allie. I
only wish it were true. 1t sounds like
business.-ED.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The house
committee on public lands has unani-
mously agreed to report favorably upon
the bill providing for the adjustment of
the land grants to railroads in Kansas.
The bill authorizes the attorney general
to institute suit to determine the proper
construction of the law in the cases in
question. The railroad companies admit
that they have between 5000 and 20
600 acres which do not belong to them'
The commissioner of the general land
Office estimates the amount to be, from
$4,000 to 100000 acres and the agent
of the state of Kansas estimates it at
about 100000 acres.
PARIS, March 25.-The Gaulois SAYS
the London explosions were plotted in
Paris, at cafe in the Avenue D'Eylau.
The dynamite was sent from France,
while the cIock-work came from abroad.
DUBLIN, March 55-Patrick Kiely,
who was recently engaged in organizing
a convention of the National League in
Waterford, has been arrested for. deliver
ing an intimidat1ng speech.
ERIE, Colorado, March 25.-The Nor
throp coal mine has suspended work on
account of too much water. All the
other mines here are running on regular
time.
PoRT RICHMOND, Pa, March 25.-The
coal troubles of the schuylkill, Lehigh,
Wyoming and Lackawanna regions are
becoming even worse than previously
reported. The continued suspension of
operations and the half-pay plan that
has been exacted by the leaders of the
confederation, is creating intense dissat-
isfaction and murmuring among all
classes of mine operatives. In Schuylkill
district the malcentent colliers have met
in secret convention and have formed
a protective union, similar to the old
Miners and Laborers' Benevolent asso-
citation, which was disrupted during the
labor troubles of 1874 and 1875. Ennis
saries have been sent to other great
mining cities, and a strong movement
has been made to secure the co-opera-
ton and assistance of all workingmen
employed in the mines throughout the