Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-05-08
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JERSEY CITY. April 3O.-A genert !. strike among the machinists of this cit [ IS threatened next Saturday. The pro , prietors of the machine shops havio
 Knights ot Labor in their employ to-ds
 received letters from the executive com mittee of the Uni,sn Iron workers, de mandlng less work and more pay. Tn , proprletors made no reply to the deman, and the result was that the mel
 have been ordered to strike on Saturday There are about thirty shops in the city employing from a dozen to 200 mel
 each, most of whom are getting S275 C
 s. per day of 10 hours.
 CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 30.-OI
 Satur lay morning nearly all the nineri
 employed in the kanawha coal regior
 Will strike, as the operators have re
 fused to give the price demanded. Thi.
 will affect about five thousand men.
 Along New River the miners will noI
 strike as they gre receiving the wage:
 asked.
 PIrrsBURG, Pa, April 30.-All deparsS ments of the Brown lS O., iron and steel works. except the steel mill, wert closed down today, the isborers and en. gineers having struck for an advance oi 10 per cent. in wages. About 8 co men are affected.
 BALTIMORE, April 30.-The first pub. lie demonstration in this city of organ ized labor in favor of the eight hour system, took place last night. There was a monster tOrchlight procession, in which many thousands of men repre- sentiug all classes of labor took part, followed by mass meeting at the Con- cordis Opera House, where addresses were made by P. J. McGuire, of CIeve- land, secretary of the carpenters broth erhood; J. J. McNsmsra, of Washing | ton, and others. IL is understood that the house carpenters will demand eight hours after May first. Builders are willing to compromise on nine hours, but there is not much probability Of an amicable settlement and a strike is looked for. Last nights meeting was very enthusiastic and it is said that all branches of labor will demand shorter hours before very long.
 ALBANY, N. r., Ap-il 30-In response | to a call issued by General Henry A. Barnum and others, Grand Army men aud citizens to the number of POO met l | protest against the utterances of Jeffer- son Davis in his speech at Montgomery | yesterday, and in the words of the call, | to denOunce the resurrection of Dayls from the oblivion to which the loyal and patriotic people had consigned him. | Patriotic speeches were made by GeDL Barnum, Speaker Husted, Senators Caine. Coggeshall and Smith, Assembly | .e1 semblage sang "JOhn Browns body lies MoulderiDg in his Grave" The follow ing resolution was adopted:
 Resolved, That treason is odious that the union of the United States of America Rnd the liberty which the American principle of popular govern ment illustrates, IS worth the blood of all loyal citIzens of our country.
 Adjourned.
 LITTLE ROCK, April 30.-J. NJ. Arm strong. who killed Dr. Ferguson, was hung in Perryville to-day.
 Geo. Carroll. who killed his wife and threw her body into q we'll to marry VIney Tidewell, his half brothers widow, with whom he was criminslly intimate, was hanged today at Searcey. Both were white men and farmers of respecta- ble standing.
 WASHINGTON, April 30.-Louis Sum merfeld, ,(white) and Richard J. Lee (col- ored) were hanged at the city jail at 1l:30 this morning. Summarized mur- dered hIs wife and son-in. law, and Lee killed his wife.
 NEW YORK, April BOA petition IS in circulation in this city for the pardon of Jas. D. Fish ex-president of the Marine Bank, which was wrecked by Ferdinand Ward in Grant and Wards operations. Fish IS now serving 10 years sentence for his connection with Wards doings. The petition is signed by nearly all the 300 depositors of the bank, many bank presidents of this city. and from Name and Pennsylvania. Fish IS an old man and the opipion is gaining ground that he was more sinned against than sin ming. He has discouraged the subject of pardon heretofore.
 WASHINGTON, April 30-The Senate Commerce Committee has decided to report adversely upon the nomination Of W. J. Tinnin to be surveyor of the port of San Francisco.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April 30.-The mo- tion for a new trial in the sharon di- vorce case was argued today before Judge Sullivan and taken under advise ment.
 ATHENS, April 3O.-Greece in her re- ply to the ultimatum of the powera or dering her to disarm within eight days, points to the fact that she had notified tue powers prior to the receipt of their ultimatum that she had the counsel of France, thus giving formal assurance that the yielding to the desire of the powers would not disturb the peace. Consequently she will not maintain her srmaments, but will gradually reduce them. Greece trusts, her answer adds, that the ultimatum of the powers will bs now regarded as having no further ob- ject.
 ATHENS, April 3J-The government has ordered the disarming of four steamers which were being fitted out as cruisers, The order of the disDstch of the garrison of Athens to the front has been countermanded.
 PHILADELPHIA, April 30.-Tbe Allison | car works have shut down and locked | oat 900 employees. The men a week ago l demanded an increase of wages and the | company granted an increase from 6 to 16 per cent. The men to-day notified | the company that the increase was not and the company immediate ly shut down the works.
 SAN FRANcIsCo, May 1.-The Bulle- tins New York special says that Wilson | Shannon Bissell of Buffalo, President | Cleveland's old law partner and most friend is at the Hoffman House. The rumor of the presidents approach. ing marriage to Miss Frances Folsom of Buffal }. has brought Bissell to the front as the probable best man at the wedding. When asked about it, he said: II don't think the public has right to go into a mans prIvste affairs, to such sn extent If I knew anything it would be late in the day .or me to talk"
 PoRr CosTA. May 3-At Powning sta ton, near Pinole. the nitro-Rlycer and mixing rooms, part of the California powder works, were blown mp at nine minutes pasttwelve to-day. Two China men were killed. but no whites injured as far as heard from,
 WASHINGTON, May 3.-Secretny Man. ning acnor,1pia1 hv Mra Manp,ng and