The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-06-18
LABOR NOTES.


The Pittsburg tailors' strike was de-
clared off Tuesday.
The demands of the Allegheny coun-
ty PA. brick-makers for an advance in
wages of 20 per cent has been granted.
The strike begun by the building
trades of st. Louis for eight hours, in
volving 1000 men, was declared Off Fri
day. 1t was failure.
About 1900 tailOrs in New York,
Newark and Williamsburg, who have
been doing "piece-work," struck to help
the 5000 jOurneymen tailorS of New
York, who have been on strike for
some time.
The boycott against the Phoenix mill
at st. Louis, instituted by the amalga-
mated council Of building trades, has
been declared off and the lockout
threatened by the master builders will
not be carried into effect.
The strike of Westmoreland county
pa coal miners, affecting over two
thousand men, is over, the men having
agreed to accept 55 cents ton, two
weeks pay, and no discrimination be-
ing made by operators as to employees.
The Phoenix Furniture factory, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, one of the largest
in the country. adopted the eight hour
system May l. Monday an attempt
was made to return to ten hours, when
410 of the employees walked out. No
settlement has as yet been effected.
The men are very quiet, and no troub-
lie is anticipated.
On Friday a general tie-up was order
ed of the street car lines III New York
and Brooklyn. On Saturday the cool
er-headed men began to consider the
question of going back to work with
out orders, but soon messenger came
from the executive committee with
permission for them to resume work.
Then the men went to President Thorn
and told him they were ready to 60 to
work in body, and at 1890 the cars
were again started. President Lyon,
of the Third avenue road, to-day, said:
This is a general surrender that will
mark the beginning of the final disso-
luton of the knights, and they may
lay the whole blame to the incapacity
and utter lack of honor and honesty in
their leaders. 1t is victory for the
workingmen over the tyranny Of ignOr-
ant and avariciouS men, whom they
have allowed to lead them by the nose.
We have beaten them at every point
at the strike, boycott, and at the tie-up
and it has now become a fixed fact
that we run our roads regardless of
their dictates"
AT Seattle, Wyoming Territory, the
United States grand jury has found
Indictment against ten leaders of the
recent anti-Chinese riots. 1t also
claims to have proof of the existence
of the Red American International
WOrkingmen'S Association, which is
exactly the same in purport as that of
the Chicago anarchists.
The case of Thankful Tanner VS..
Mrs. Lucretia Garfield, widow of the
late President Garfield, was begun in
the Common Pleas Court at Cleveland,
Thursday. Thankful, who is a notori-
Gus woman of the town, sues Mrs. Gar
field for $4,000 damages for slight in
juries received by being knocked down
by Mrs. Garfield's carriage on Dec. %,
1884. 1t is believed the Tanner woman
purposely ran against the carriage.
Maxwell, the murderer of Preller,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree Saturday noon. The prisoner
received the verdict with blanched face
and downcast eyes. After the jury
had been polled Maxwell was taken
motion for q new trial. The jury re-
tired at 8 o'clock Friday night. The
first vote taken stood 8 to for con-
A second ballot stood 10 to 2;
the third ii to l, and the last II for
conviction.
Master Workman Powderly, in a
telegram to friend, denies the allega-
tions published that he is about to re-
sign his position. He says the best of
feeling exists between himself and the
other members of the board; that the
knights intend to meet the trade
unions more than half way, and that it
cannot be very long before all labor
in the country are under
one head. Mr.. Powderly says that all
talk of dissension in the order is the
work of enemies of labor.
Balthasar Rau, an advertising agent
of Spies's Arbiter Zeit,tng in Chicago,
was arrested in Omaha, Thursday at
the home of leader of the socialists,
Rau admits his identity. He says he
was in Chicago the night of the riot,
but had no connection with it. He left
the city or the 25th and has been in
Omaha ever since. Rau is German,
26 years old. a telegram was received
from Chief Ebersold to hold Rau at all
hazards, as, he had in his possession
information, and to keep from
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The body of John Kelly, the dead
New York politician, was buried from
the Roman Catholic cathedral on 9Th
avenue Saturday. Archbishop Corri-
gan celebrated mass, assisted by Mgr.
Farley and Father Maher, Mcdonnell,
and James Farley. Mgr. Preston
preached funeral sermon. The pail
bearers were Eugene Kelly, August
Belmont, Frederick Smyth, Thomas s.
Brennan, Henry Hilton, John L. Ag-
new, Arthur Leady, and John j. Cor
man. The cathedral was thronged with
prominent NewYo rk politicians. With
in the chancel rail sat many distin-
guished clergymen, including Bishop
Conroy, of Trenton, n. j.
The grand jury at Milwaukee COM
pleted its labors and returned six more
indictments against alleged rioters.
The jury was in session thirteen days
and found fifty-seven true bills and ex-
amined 100 witnesses. Several boy
colts inaugurated by the printers and
unions were not considered at
all Robert SchiIlinO state orUapizpr