The Red Cloud chief., 1885-08-07
y NOVEL STRIKE.

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HE Pacific Mail and Other tcam.hi,r.u
panics Refuse 10 Garry the Mails. who,
Causes the Postmaster General .. 81.
Some Plain Facts.
WASHINGTON, August l.-Five Amor
can Steamship companies-the p,ci6. u,t
San Francisco 10 Australia: the Ped .n
New hork TO Venezuela; the CLYDE, New
York to Turks Island: the New York fla.
Naha ~ Mexico and the New York and
NuDa, hncs have declined .o carry ,hs
United STATES mails after TO-DAY. In RON
inentIhg upon this action Postmaster G,.n-
era mas sad: Certain American Steam
ehiP INES probably under the lead Of IL.
racine Mai Steamship Company. entered
iht0 a combination VIII, the pn pose Of
i"Tc!!i% lie distribution among them Of the
H4oo,"oo appropriated by Congress FOR mile.
aye compensation for carrying the mats.
H"'hc Of them wrote To- the Iss.-,Uce he
l~aTinent, desiring 10 know vba, term
would be given. I proposed 20 each Of Ia.
COMPANIES {" 70 To- the full limit that ~.
law could allow, and award To- them l-ih
sea ana INLAND postage. This Is about, iC..
Times what they had been receiving f., he
same service during tire ra.st twelve y-ars.
II -
THREE TTNls y-6aT "A PAID
lar carriage across the Atiau.ir. aut II =
r'""d'IN h most cases I'll tia, should Zoe
i"'n I"r carrying the mails. The cuuulaHics
"'!" SUI acting ii concert. and in cn,-.-
fD"H'e 81 airiI combination, refused 20 a.
c"pi these terms. which were 80 liycra' a.
c"!nFaT"t w!iE those they had lad. Ti.y
I'ri- suppose, t.aj they can d.lyr tie Coy.
eminent "ui al In" position y had taken hv
refusing :" caTTE the mats for IL. cD,n.cr-
adl."H 'tri"c. HE companies seemed 20
ihHhh iIai u they refused 10 cary tie
lhaj.S, liner" would bc 10 other course I.ft
1" -" Government hat tp make contracts
Nt'I Them and distribute the ~ o,lry. 500
y oD3- accordingly. 1 complete schedule f.r
th" transportation ~ mails ha, been az
fHf-ri. ana Tie. wifi all 20 with very iI,r!c
H"i'i"Icc "a Hg.Hl "i time =, the point q.
o"7t nation. 4 statement has ban
MAC" "a ih" newspapers 70 the effect
That the United Stat, Government ..
n"t a liberal ~ Great Britain IA comp.s-
sailing steamship lines. Ia point 81 Ia,
t!ie raj" which has been offered 10 our lines
N"IT much exceeds the rate paid by Great
Britain. The rat, We offered - about sixty
ti.'re I"! cent more t!.an British line, ne
cciye from their Government. II VA q
rate Hnlu-tiithiy large. more than ousit 10
10" pad ullt. The Government d.cIn-t :
n ii!i I" 20 q" thc utmost lrI-'h which
= law aai reason allowed ~ order 10 avoid
ANY difference with the American steam
suip~ companies anti toulI"~, should meet.
The department Ia, made such arrange
iu"ut> tHs' The public suffer no .HcUuycui-
"u"c worthy uf mention In respect 10 CARY
I.@ the mails and Ia some eases npiah'g
81. 4 ..aN.a. ..... - a- 81 - 81 60 HI
Superintendent pf ia, Foreign Mails sad
the American companies had refused ar
oll,I %! ~l.Gn l"r pound for cirGs ing tIe
mail. Tia, - what h % "a tnc c"IH-
bintd
INLAND ANI aHa POSTAGE.
ana j. equal Ia Si,2r0 I.r ton that the. Ie
criy" "a tle present rate. 81 ~ cents pcf
pcgnG. liz" Postmaster General has ia
Ioct'i the following changes Ia b. Irad" lu
tac dispatch of corrcrpumd"u,c Tot fupriEn
cniutrirs. L. take effect un the lo' oi An
gust. Mall f"T tUhd. heretofore Dispatched
Ia sea :r"n. Nrw York, t" l." forwarded 1"
\ ~"y Wrsi. Fla, VIA Tampa, Fla, f"I
@iislntrE from Key West {" Havana hy
steamer, which leaves hes West for Havana
every Wednesday ANA l'ildaI. Core
>l'oud'iic" tur New Zealand AMI the Aus
trallau colonies. hri"iofor. included IN the
mails madc up AT San Francisco. Tor dis
patch Ia those colonies, Ia Ice forwarded eN-
c~iuN!y"iy via Great Britain in mails made
u. at New York aS we'll ~ san Francisco.
elru. being only "n- dispatch during
August next, asa the ~ proNtrro, from san
Francisco Tor China and Japan direct, core
spuudcucc tor China. Japan and the East
lndics 10 IL" also forwarded until August
"a. Via Great Britain, IN mails from N"w
lork, aS well ~ san Francisco mails. made
al New York, To- contain all registered
correspondence for destinations above
named.