The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-09

The Federation of Trades and Labor
Unions, consisting of representatives
from the various labor organizations OF
the United States and Canada, begun
its session at Chicago yesterday. I.
II. McLogan, of Chicago, called the
meeting to order, and the address OF
welcome was delivered by City Attor-
ney Grinnell in behalf of the city, in
the absence of the Mayor. The object
of the annual assembly is to discuss the
questions at issue between capital and
labor, and to disseminate such views
among the organized working people OF
the country as will secure recognition
for them. The delegates number fifty,
and claim to represent nearly million
wage workers. Politics will form no
| part OF their deliberations, although 1T
is probable there will be some discus
sion, and, perhaps, some declaration,
concerning the tariff. The Amalga.
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers were formerly represented IN
the Federation, but withdrew, owing to
refusal of the latter to retain in its
declaration of principles high tariff
plank.
The majority for the Constitutional
amendment, providing for biennial ses-
sions of the Legislature in Connecticut,
is likely to reach $4,000. The vote
against it five years ago was over "a
600. The railroad interests worked for
the amendment, and other corporate
interests have favored it, as they desire
to be less frequently exposed to hostile
legislation. There was no organized
effort to defeat the amendment. The
compensation of members of the Legis-
lature will be $500 and mileage of
twenty-five cents mile one way.
There is no party significance in the
vote on the amendment. In the elec-
tion for town officers the Republicans
hold their own in the State generally
compared with last year. In Hartford
the Republicans and Democrats united
on candidates for Town Clerk and Reg.
lister. The Democrats elect majority
of Selectmen, which, with the Town
Clerk. comprise the Board of Registra-
ton of electors.
Tammany Hall has made the follow
ing nominations for Congress-: Sixth
district. Nicholas Muller; Seventh,
John j. Adams; Eighth, s. s. Cox;
Ninth, Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the
World; Tenth, Abram S. Hewitt;
Eleventh, John j. Hardy; Twelfth,
Orlando b. Potter; Thirteenth, Egbert
L. Veile. The German Independent
Citizens associations in the Sixth,
Eighth and Tenth districts Endorsed
the Tammany nominations. In the
other districts conference committees
were appointed.
| The lockout of Oliver Bros. & Phil.
lips rolling mills at Pittsburgh began
yesterday, and three thousand more
men were added to the already large
number out of employment in the city.
The men positively refused to accept
twelve and hall per cent. reduction,
and the firm gave no orders to light the
fires, so that instead Of strike it is a
lockout.
An attempt was made to ditch and
rob the Santa Fe passenger train near
Emporia. Kan, Sunday night The
rails were unspiked but not removed,
and the train ran over safely, but
freight train which followed was ditched
and the fireman and engineer killed.
A volley was fred into the passenger
train by the robbers when they saw
their scheme had failed.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Lam
don Daily News says the German colo
nization fever is dying out, and the wild
hopes that the acquisition of vast tracts
in Africa would divert emigration from
| America have vanished.
John d. Warren, Chairman of the
New York Republican State Committee,
has received the following letter:
SIR: wish to tender my resipna.
ton as Republican Elector for this
State. am sorry to say that cannot
conscientiously support the present
nominee for President, James G. Blaine.
/ remain yours respectfully.
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