Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-05
EASTERN NEWS.
.as.yn 70 THE rosr-nrKLLIspscss.
Enfxhts Of Labor.

,upRAYB 70 THE PosT-IETELLIspscss.
KNIGHTS Of Labor.
Or Lou1s, Sept. At IL O'Clock this
.,sruiuq the general executive board OF
- knights Of Labor called on General
S.nacer Talmsge and submitted a. an
.it,ms,om in the matter OF the wabash
s-oablee, first, that q general order be
80 along the Wabash lines removing
-. prohibition and discrimination
.rsinst x nights Of Labor; secoud, that
III employees who hsve IN any manner
.sLen An active part since June 18th in
~. settlement of the tro1ble, be given
,beir po.itions held prior 70 the l6th of
Icns AT once; third, reinstatement Of
III ofhsr locked out employees on or be
sc,e October I, 1875; fourth. that all
no have come out since June 18th in
.nnport of those locked out on that date,
- slso reinstated on or before October
I Talmage answered that the Wabash
vss 40 the hands of receiver, that the
court was insisting on a reduction OF
srpepses, and consequently be could
nod p1t the men to work nov, a. be
has neither work nor money TO pay
them. In regard to the demand for re-
inststemeHt. be declared that be could
say nothing nov, a. be did not know
What the demands for labor or the
financial condition Of the road would be
Al that date. Messrs. Povdofly and
Turner returned and held a secret con-
ference With the Wabash District Com
nittse lasting several hours. Al 2p. IN.
they were not ready TO say what action
they would take.
Bssiness Failures.
NEW YORK, Sept. f.-Business failures
throughout the country in the last
seven days we're 165, against ls3 last
week.
Thirty.fear Rsasds-
PrrrsBuRo, Sept. "A prize fight for
spurse OF 600. between Jack Bsck and
James Wicrt, local puRilists, was fought
on the Perrysvills road early this morn
ioe, IL resulted in Wiert being knocked
al IN the thirty fourth round. About
uo oessons witnessed the mill.
4 reception will be rendered Domi-
uiak AcCaffrey upon his arrival here TO
morrow morning.
Death OF Dr.. Tying.
IRvNGros. N. Y. Sept. Rev. DR..
Stephen II. Tying. sr., died at his resi-
dsnse here last night.
Race Postponed.
MANHATTAN BEACH, Sept. A beat
rsoe for $3.50, which vas to have
takon place at Sheepshead Bay today
bstveen Ross, Hanlon and Lee, was
postponed until Monday on account of
rough water.
The stock Market.
New YORK, Sept. &.-The feature Of
the Stock Market has been heavy de-
cline in Union Pacific, caused by heavy
trading in stock, sales aggreQating
f4,7{0 shares, or over 81 per cent. OF the
DAYS business in all stocks Ths early
publication of the Union Pacific state
ment for the month Of July, showing a
loss In gross earnings of &70, 703, at the
same tune that there Was an increase In
operating expenses Of $l57 ,339, making
tie total expenses for the month, AZ
compared with the same time last year,
S2S,30s greater. had q depressing effect
upon the market, and everybody sp-
peared willing TO sell both for long and
short accounts, aud all that the market
would take. After opening at 49H,
there was an advance of d per cent, and
after that depressing decline, which
continued until late in the afternoon,
when the price touched Az. and, in
sympathy with the rest OF the market,
rallied 10 the last hour, when closiog a
net loss of \ per cent. IL Ia said that
the earnings for the month of August
will show even q heavier decrease than
the month Of July. President Adams
has been In the city all day. and 10 10
understood that most OF the time has
been spent In conference with financial
men here, the object of which IL sup
posed TO be to arrange some important
loans for 8 he company. IL Ii said that
the company has been borrowing from
the banks Of Connecticut and other
States, where the loans can't be easily
Traced. The market was about steady
q the opening, and the first sales we're
accompanied by an advance Of \ 70 4
mar can't, but we're finally followed by a
bQyina movement, which continued
sntil the middle Of the afternoon. As
8 rule the highest prices OF the day we're
made Just after opening. and the lowest
prices about l:30 y. m. Few active
stocks fell more than per cent. and
Jersey Central declined pa Reading
IN. and Lsokawanna y per cent. After
I .. m. there vas decided rally, during
which some cases Of earlier losses were
recovered, and the market finally closed
about steady, and within a small frac-
tiou Of last evenings final figures.
A Wreck Found.
GALVESTON, Sept. 4.--Ths officers OF
The steamer Lone Star, arrived from
New York, report finding q wreck on
the coast OF Georgia, OF Savannah.
There vas nothing left OF the vessel but
The naksd hull.
The order OF Chosen Friends.
NV YoRK, Sept. 4.-The Supreme
Ceoncil Of the Order of Chosen Fricnds
today elected officers a. follows: Su
prone Counsellor. y. II. Randall. of
California; Vice Counsellor. 4. Z. Ed
yards, Of Michigan; Supreme Record
o. L. B. Lynne, Of Indiana; Supreme
Treasurer, W. J. Newton, OF Washing
lon. d. c.; Saprems Pfslate. I. 3. Be-
barnett, of Indiana; Supreme Marshal,
]. p MANIFEST, OF Ohio; Supreae War
deu, W. N. Bamhurgh, of Texas; Su-
prone Guard, ]. A. Mcmillan. Of Mis-
soufi; Snpreme Sentry. OhAs. r. Lenox,
Of Connecticut; Supreme Trustees, w.
4 d. 0alloine, Of Kentucky, W. w.
Douglas, Of Indiana. p. A. Kaiser. Of
Oois. Geo. Stewart. Of New York and
W.G. Norris. Of Illinois.
Raisisg . Campaign FunA.
WAsHNoros. Sept. THE Commits
eicnef Of Pensions has transmitted to
Ne Secretary Of the Interior the follow.
NJ eommunication from the chief Of
~ mail division of that bureau
September 9TH.
GeHsrdi }. C. Black, Commissioner: l
have 70 report that this office 10 today
U raQeipi of oYar ana huudraA letkefA