Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-04
EASTERN NEWS.
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.,~s Of q huge organization.
800. Texas. sept 2.-1he knights
labor perfected an orRaniL OF
G,snd Assembly tonight, eiectine q
~ I'D of officers, WITH henry tolosh
lnsIysston a. Master Workman Ii
49, known during the day that the
ps-siy vas waited on BY a committee
- from the Farmers Union, headed
ap.s.,dsnt Dunlap, With proposition
" 80 Nth the latter, which was &C
49, A comparison of notes showed
~, me Knight of Labor, only organ
- Iexas last March, has since in
.~d their numbers to almost 10000,
-. N. Farmers Union bad a mem
..-.e,o Of nearly &, 900 IN Texas, With
.soscecf OF controlling 81 per cent. of
~ farmers In sir years. Harmony be
- agriculture and labor is approved
!. ~ proposition. The farmers offer
= beck the Knights OF Labor With as
80 A $1,000 a week. TO secure sue
I'D conduct Of the strike. The fu-
=, rssts on an understanding that par
= and politicians are TO be ignored In
!. .nited Eff DIT to save labor and produo
"a b, the subordiaatiou of CORPORA
go and the destruction of syndicates.
s,,,s. corners and other ends TO the &C
s.maiation of'great wealth. ALI classes
=. admissible TO membership except
Mrkefs. lawyers, saloon keepers. gam
Iefs and professional politicians. Ii is
s.jued BY delegates that the AIm of the
luembiy is not 70 promote strikes. bat
= psevent them by arbitration, to which
,semmittee controlling the powers OF
Il local Assembly will be created. II
a york Of arbiirators appointed from
coosine interests Is not satisfactory,
6srtsrested parties are to be called In
vsoss decision must be accepted, bat
ecsId the corporations refuse their con
"a, 70 arbitrats then strikes may be in
sasuraied as a last resort. Leading
usueers Of the organization say there
III be no fusion with either the Prohi-
sst,oaisss or anti ProhibItionists, and
d ,su,a growth of the order precludes
M urobsbili,y of collision with any of
tbs sriaing great parties.
xsaRg Mali Rsbser..
Wlnrxgros, Sept. 3.-Inspector Hen
asrson, Of the Postoffice Department
Is just returned from North Carolina
where be- has suco-eded in causing the
srrest OF two mail robbers, who, though
mare lads, had by the neatness aud
dsrssrity Of their operations bsfiled the
stiIi of the Inspector. For long time,
auoe July LIST, q number of complaints
have reached the Postoffice Department
hat registered lstters passing between
Sslisbory and Albemarle, N. g., have
bssn rified. These towns are connected
by Q star route, over which the mails
ssre carried by George Eagle, aged II.
After Q oarefal examination the In.
spsotor concluded that Eagle was rob.
bins tho mails. Decoy letters contain
lac marked money were placed To the
registered posch. and a watch placed
upsn Eagle. Upon his arrival at the
found TO have been rihed, and Eagle
vs promptly arrested and searched.
No money was found apon bis person,
md the Inspector Tss forced to release
him for lack Of evidence. though con-
hdsut Of his guilt. On the night Of his
discharge Eagle bought horse and dis
appeared In the pine woods. Some time
sftef. while digging at the bottom of
veil on the premises, q one armed well
digger heard Gathered Almond. lad
Of 10 years, confess TO his father that
As had the money stolen by Eagle. d he
father told his son to keep the money.
Almond had formerly carried the mail
ever the same route. Tho well digger
Informed the Inspector of the facts,
md Almond Was arrested and proofs
Of the crime secured. Eagle was ar.
rested yesterday in Arkansas, where he
had fed. IL appears that the boys met
n the woods, and opened the pouches
vish home made tools. An old knife
had been converted into an exceedingly
hem. servioeable saw. With this tool
~ ciasps of the pouches were severed
% enc side. bent back with another in
urument, and became thus secured for
b insertion Of hand in the pouch.
hsters were skillfuliy opeaed, the
nonsy distracted. and. with the aid Of
tbstiie Of mucilaae, the envelopes were
Ssasly sealed. Almond seems TO have
been custodian Of the stolen funds. In
spsssor Henderson says this was one of
the cleverest devices for robbing mails
be bad ever discovered.
The stock Market.
Nrw YoRx. Sept. 3.-Governments
dali and strong. The stock market was
doll nearly all day, AID during the last
houf, when there was break in prices.
daring which q majority Of the cases of
earlier advance was lost, and sou O.
hing more. There we're only q few
ehanass 10 opening quotations from
aosine prices yesterday, but an upward
MONUMENT began almsst Immediately
htsf opening, with only small reactions.
figures continued to climb slowly high
o. until O'Clock, when 10 most cases
NE highest quotations of the day we're
made. The gains Ia no case, however,
amounted TO as much a. per cent.
After TIVE O'clock the market began to
dscline. An attempt was then made on
As part Of tn, Uaiou Pacific pool 60
nd that stock. as q result Of which il
bsohs from s0A 20 Az, 10 which there
va late rally 10 30, and another de-
eiins 70 t9ss, which was stopped NJ that
neure BY sounding the 8 O'Clock gong. q
nss loss Of X per cent. The break was
farther noted by circular reports that
NE nst earnings for July would show
large decrease.
4 Railroad scheme.
NEW foRK. Sept. 5. President Palmer.
q ths Denver aud Rio Grsnde Western
hallway, has issued a circular to the
art mortgage bondholders Of that road
MIXING their consent 10 plan proposed
% holders Of a large ameant of bends
% fand the past due coupons and co.,
pas due 10 March LIST, 1859, into 8 Eer
eset. 10 year certificates; one-fourth of
" coupons due March LIST, 1886; half
o. ihoee due up 10 September lat. 1855;
and three quarters OF those due March
". lSes, 10 be paid In cash. tbencefor-
vArd full interest 10 be resumed on the
eoodA unpaia coupons due during
ies above mentioned period are 10 be
esposited with Louis Ii. Meyer and Ed
vard Lewis, with the right unimpaired
70 forcs guarantee Of their payment.
NJ on such deposits certificates are 10
- issaed, the interest payable simi-
annually.
The Herald en- silver
NEW foRx, Sept. a-The Heraid,
sescn has been quite distracted over
sae uiver question, In leader this
nofhisa says thai ever since San Fran
eeoo roe On the site Of the mission
oscotse and eur continent was ira
wfed BY iron rails. England has known
~ tee time must come when London
~ aease 10 control the monetary ex-
.nea ef mankind, and the financial
~ Nations. with the profits Al
49, ~. % q, will shift 10 our side Of the
AoAof1o How IA viil arriye. depsuds