Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-17

RESOLUTIONS IN RELATION To AN EXTRA
SESSION OF CONGRESS, AND THE CONVICT
LABOR oUESrION-GEN. GRANTS REMAINS
AT meeting of the United Labor League of
America, held yesterday on Capitol Hill, Jonn
Pope Hodnett offered resolutions, which were
adopted: THAT we believe an extra session
OF Congress in the interest of the workingmen
is necessity which the country requires we
In conjunction with other labor Organizations
hereby respectfully request the President to call
one; that the recent act of the Secretary of the
treasury in giving contract TO convict labor
IN the great free state of Illinois is gross mis-
take, which We are sure he would not commit
CID ne know how he outraged the feelings OF his
felow-citizens in every state in this regard.
that a committee of three be appointed bS the
chair TO wait on the Secretary of the Treasury
when he returns to Washington, and respect.
fully request him to rescind the same in favor
of the honest free labor OF the states AS the
contract stands il places premium on convict
labor, and Is q menace to the free labor of the
country"
Mr.. Hodnett made report of his official visit
Grant, and said he believed General Grants
remains would be finally brought here, when a
grand national funeral, " in which every state
would participate, would be given.
AN INFANT IN THE POLICE CoURr-"Call
Henry Shorter" said Prosecutor Padgett to Bal
I'M Barton in the Police Court this morning.
Henry Shorter" cried the haili6 A small
negro, apparently about six years old, wearing
Jockeys cap, emerged from the dock and
Peeped through the rails which enclosed the
dock. stand him on chair, Mr. Barton"
$3.50 sHO Jug, MAKE MIN longer. We
can't see him." He was charged with stealing
veloclpede from j. III. Crawford. The bow s
mother said he was bad boy, and she wanted
MIN sent 10 the reform school for two wears
The judge Informed her that he would have to
stay until he was twenty-one years old His
mother said she could not part with him that
long, and the judge sent the boy home with her.
RossERIEs REPoRrED.-John oberheim. No.
1881 1th street, reports stolen q pair OF shoes
worth $2.6O.-Joseph Swinden fOOss {, street
northeast, reports stolen a boys wagon worth
reports that her house was entered and robbed
OF $50 worth OF clothing.-Mary Markoe
!I2S STREE. reports stolen from her an over.
A MUTINoUs SAILOR ASSAULTS THE MATE or
THE VEssEL--In the Police Court, this morn
Ing, Henry Brown, a deck hand on the schooner
second mate. Robert ". CAREY, who tessif led
OF an order given by witness, and that Brown
struck witness in the mouth and knocked n
ened to kill the captain If he was fined for the
assault. He was sent TO Jail for 80 days and
required to give 800 bonds, in default OF which
MARYLAND BOYS RUN AWAY FROM HOME
formerly . resident OF South Washington. came
to police headquarters last Wednesday to make
inquiry for his two sons, Julien and Henry
aged respectively Is and 10 years, who, he
stated, had become offended at something said
or done at home, and ran away. Lieut. Swim
dels advised him to quietly search about South
Washington where they were acquainted. He
did so, and after searching about four days. or
Saturday returned To police headquarters and
said that he would abandon the pursuit as h<
had reason to believe they had LEFT the city.
THIEVES SENTENCED.-In the Police Cour1
this morning a colored man named Frank Ford
buttons rom John ". Randall. He pleaded sasdet
guilty and was fined SO or 80 days in Jail
Frank Brown, colored, was charged with steal
n frnV II lEAr At ft.<, hr;.
yards. He was served with a similar sentence
augustus Shorter, a 12-year-old colored boy
Sas arraigned In the Police Court to-day
cnaFxed with stealing a pair of shoes from John
Ooerheim He pleaded guilty, and at the re
quest OF ms mother the Judge sent him To thu
reform school during minority.