San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-31
ARBITRATION ORDERED.
GOULD CONSENTS TO ARBITRATE-
HoXIE TO MEET COMMITTEE.
st. Louis Chosen as the Place of Meeting
Powderly Sick-Brussels Quiet
Senegal Seething-Ireland
Uneasy, Etc, Etc.

terms OF the Knights of Labor and car,
are running this evening.
PALESTINE, Tex. March 3O.-A numb bel
Of freights have come in and gone out
to-day with no appearance Of desire on
the part OF anyone to Interfere. Ii Is
understood that none of the strikers will
resume work until the differences be.
tween POwderly and Irons is settled and
they are notified officially to resume
work.
NEw YORK, March 3O.-The question
OF arbitration has been thoroughly dis
cussed between Gould and Powderly,
Hoxie taking an active part In the dis
cussion by telegraph. An agreement to
arbitrste was reached about p. M, and
the Executive Committee of the Knights
of Labor will leave for st. Louis in the
morning. This ends the work of the
committee In New York, and the next
movement will be at St. Louis. Pow
derby returns to Scranton. sick.
ST. LOUIS, March 30.-Mr. Irons, Chair
man OF the Executive Committee Of Dis
trict Assembly l0l, was seen at late
hour tonight, but declined to talk about
the situation, and even refused to state
whether he had received kilograms from
Frederick Turner, Secretary of the Cen
eral Executive Committee. The state
OF affairs here is practically unchanged
tonight and will be until after the Com
mittee Of the Knights of Labor and Gen
eral Superintendent HOxie have con-
cluded their work.
HELENA, Ark, March 30.-A tornado
of unusual velocity swept through this
section last evening, doing considerable
damage In this city. A coal fleet was
swept out into the river, and the distress
signals of boats added to the confusion.
The Phillip county courthouse WAS I'M
rooted and stripped Of Its window blinds.
The direction Of the tornado was from
west to east.
Houston, Tex, March 3O.-The city IS
ali in a commotion over the develop
ments in the Baker shooting case.
Charges and counter charges are the Or
der. and the air is blue with curses at
times. The Baker party are intensely
excited over the situation, and the ne
groes who swore that the statements Of
the Baker crowd, concerning the hat
shooting, we're false have been held over
to answer to the charge of perjury. The
situation is discussed in the public offices
and on the streets at all hours, and seri-
GUS troubles may arise before the cam
paign closes.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 30.-An amend
ment to the charter Of the Arkansas Pass
railroad was filed here to-day. The
road Is to extend through numerous
counties. including Lipscomb, the north
east county Of the Panhandle section OF
the state. There are to be branch lines
from some point in Karnes county to
Waco, Texas, and from Lavaca county
to Sealy, Texas, and from some point In
Bee or Goliad county and some point In
San Patriotic county to connect with the
Texas and Mexican railroad in Nueces
county at Corpus Christi. The main
line will strike the majority Of the fol-
lowing counties named in the charter,
being diverted necessarily from some of
them, as the route may be run more or
less to the east or west as the locations
may prove best; Bexar, Bandera, Ken
dali, Kerr, Gillespie, Kimble, Mason,
o,
Taylor, Jones, Haskell, Stonewall, Knox
and King, and without diversion through
the Panhandle counties Cottle, Chill
dress, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemp
hill and Lipscomb. The main line will
be $50 miles. The branch lines will ag-
gregate 315 miles.
KEY WEST, March 30.-The fire which
started at 10 o'clock, subsidized at 4
O'Clock. The principal part of the town
has been burned. Six wharvss and five
brick warehouses were destroyed. The
loss will reach nearly $l,500, 900 insur-
snce about $1,000 600. Fifteen persons
were injured. of whom six were taken
to the Marine hospital and the others
on board the men-of-war. No lives were
lost.
LONDON, March 30.-Mr. Chamberlain
and Mr.. Trevelyn are preparing a plan
of open hostility to the government.
They are arranging to make statement
to the country through the house Of COM
mons Of their reasons for leaving the
cabinet, and will accompany this state
ment with proposal Of a measure for
the government OF lreland which they
will Jointly prepare. They will endeayor
to consolidate the opponents of Glad
stone in support of their scheme.
Gladstone's statement In the house last
night was heard in dead silence, which
was broken only ~ interyais py tne
ststad that the sarIs of CorL and Ken
mare and Messrs. Heneage and Ceilings
will Join Mr.. Chamberlain. The National
Liberal Federation will hold a meeting
during the Easter recess, when a strong
effort will be made to avert disruption