San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-05-13
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ARE ALL THAT THE WIRES GIVE US
TO-DAY.
Concurrent Cyclones-Murder Melange-
Mynheer Most Heightened Labor
Love Dynamite Denounced.


street. Four detectives and Inspector
Byrnes made the arrest. Most endeav-
ored to elude the officers by crawling
under the bed of one of the female in
mates of the house, and with whom he
is said to have been a long time init
mate. He was handcuffed and taken 10
police headquarters, where he WAS
locked up, a picture of detection. Most,
since he went in hiding. has spent much
of his time in Newark. n. j. and in Jer-
sey City Heights. Most was found by
tracking the man who sells him white
paper for his anarchist newspaper. In
the house where Most was arrested
were found Winchester repeating rifle
with bayOnet and books on dynamite
bombs and kindred topics.
New YORK, May l2.-The strike of
the sugar refiners in Brooklyn has ended.
| Those who are taken hack will be paid
Sl.45 day, instead of $l.35, as formerly.
| The hours of labor will be more reason
able and payments will be made twice a
month but what the men struck for
| practically was recognition of the right
of their union to dictate terms, and they
have failed.
CHICAGO. May l2.-The following cir
oular, with picture of Parsons, has
been sent out to the police of all the
principal cities and towns:
ARREST, for murder and melting riot,
A. Ii. Parsons, about 30 or 10 years of
age, feet s org inches high, slight
build, 40 pounds weight, dark hair
tinted with grey. dark mustache, dyed
black, known through the country as a
labor agitatOr, socialist and anarchist
unh nf luadnra ipnapHinrNy
orators who caused the riot and mas
sacre in Chicago on Tuesday. May 4.
Signed FREDERICK EBERSOLD.
Gen. Supt. OF Police.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May l2.-Before the
Curtin labor investigating committee to-
day, several employees of the railroad
shops of the Missouri Pacific company
testified that not only had the March,
Disagreement been broken, but that its
provisions had, in several cases, not
even been put in force. Father O'Leary,
editor of the Catholic World, and rector
at De Soto, testified that he knew great
many strikers who were good, honest
men and church members. He said that
the company was doing its utmost 10
crush the Knights of Labor, using I'M
scrupulOus means to accomplish their
ends.
During the afternoon the sdperintend-
ents of several OF the roads which centre
in East st. Louis testified regarding the
strike on the points, describing the con-
duet of strikers, the firing on the mob by
| deputy sheriffs, the ordering out of the
militia by Governor Oglesby, which
have been repeatedly published.
Several of the Missouri Pacific strikers
were also on the stand and gave evidence
| as to their arious individual grievances,
but nothing especial was brought out.
Martin Irons will testify tomorrow.
LEAvENwoRTH, May 12.-AbOut noon
yesterday a terrific tornado, accom-
panied with rain, struck Leavenworth
from the northwest. Roofs, sidewalks
and everything movable went in its
path. The first object in the city struck
was tine Morris public school, four
story and basement structure at the
northern limit of the city, and where 800
children attend. A panic was raised
among the children, and before the
teachers could realize the danger, about
80 rushed out into the storm. The re-
mainder were quoted. No damage was
done further than unroofing the build
ing. At Baine & Varney's warehouse
in the centre of the city, the roof was
blown into the street below, killing three
horses and fatally injuring the driver.
On the Northern Esplanade, where the
Missouri Pacific Railroad company is
lev.lliDg the bank, horse was blown
over hundred feet down the bank
into the river and killed. The damage
to crops in the surrounding vicinity is
very heavy, whole fields of corn having
been washed from the ground.
ATCHIsoN, Kansas, May IL. About 10
O'Clock yesterday morning severe
cyclone struck the town of Nortonville,
II miles southwest of this city, doing an
immense amount of damage. The brick
block which had just been completed by
| Mccarthy Il Layson, was completely
wrecked. The bank building adjoining
this was demolished. Many dwelling
houses were unroofed and almost totally
destroyed. Reports from the surround
ing country state that the damage to
property is very great, many fam
houses, barnes, ETC., having been blown
down. No lives were lost, but many
were slightly and few seriously in
jured.
KANSAS CITY, May IA number of
victims of yesterdays storm were bur-
led to-day, and more will be inferred to-
| morrow.
The name of Kate Carroll, factory girl,
is to be added to the list OF dead sent
last night. The body of stone mason,
McDeanan, was found this evening N a
| pool, buried under pile of debris in a
quarry on East Eighteenth street, max
ing the number OF killed 30. Edward
Hedges, Deputy Recorder at the Court
House, whose brother died vest erday, is
reported very low tonight, and one or
two Of the injured factory girls are in a
critical condition. All the rest of the
wounded will probably recover. The
funeral Of Bessie lnscho, Julia Ranney
and Josie Martin, three of the dead
school children, was held at the Central
Presbyterian church this afternoon, and
was most pathetic scene. Other
funerals were held separately.
| CINCINNATI, May l2.-The Western
Nail Association, at its regular meeting
to-day, adopted a resolution reducing
the price Of nails to $2.l5 per keg for los.
10 cents per keg off carload lots at 60
days, or 2 per cent. off for cash. The
Association will meet in Chicago on
June l6.
SCRANTON, Pa, May l2.-General Mas
ter Workman Powderly, having ex-
pressed great annoyance over the publ.
cation Of his secret circular, a reporter
called on him yesterday. In reply as
to whether the manifesto was genuine
he said: "Yes; it is genuine. Is cor
rect, except a typographical error in
one sentence"
| "Haye Won knowledge As to the action