The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-18

thorities prohibited the service and
placed Gordon Sof troops around the.
cemetery. The students tried to force
the Gordon and a struggle ensued. Three
hundred persons were arrested. The
newspapers we're forbid den to mention
the affair.
MINNEAPoLIs, Dec. 1.-THE millers of
Minneapolis are discussing a stupend-
GUS scheme to consolidate all the mills
under one management. If the combi-
nation formed the company would have
a capital of $lo.09O 600.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 1.-THE Garments
strike on the Sutter street road deyel-
oped into violence this afternoon. A
number of strikers had Just left car
near the Central avenue terminus after
an unsuccessful effort to induce the new
men to desert their posts, when the hood
lums in the crowd which had gathered
about the scene began pelting the car
and those IN charge of it with stones.
This led to shot being fred into the
crowd by someone on the car. An
answering snot came from the mob and
a lively fusilade ensued,. during which
about twenty five shots we're exchan ged
amid the general stampede of the crowd.
When the space was cleared a man was
found lying on the GROUND with bullet
hole in the back of his head. He was
carried to the city receiving hospital,
where his wound was pronounced
mortal.
A number of arrests have been made,
but it is not known who fred the fatal
shot. After the shooting occurred all
tie cars ON both the Sutter and Geary
street roads were Withdrawn and no
further disturbance took place.
At late hour tonight the dying man
was identified as Benjamin Heinze by
his brother, who stated that the unfor-
tunate man was farm hand, who was
recently from the country, and that he
was merely spectator at the. scene OF
the trouble.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 15.-The coroner's
jury i ): the case of Benjamin Heinze,
who was killed during the trouble on
the Sutter street railroad on Monday,
to-day returned a verdict finding that
John Kelsey fred the fatal shot and that
Superintendent McCord, of the Sutter
street railroad, gave the order to his
man to shoot. Both men were charged
with murder.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15.-James
McCord, superintendent of the Sutter
street railroad, surrendered to the city
authorities as soon as he head that the
coroner'sjurY had charged him with
murder He was Immediately released
on $4,000 bonds.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec l5.-Three thou
sand workmen in Hubbard's cotton mills
at Alexandrousky, suburb of st. Pc
tersburg, struck work to-day. They
made an attack upon the buildings,
smashed the windows, and pelted the
members of the firm. Fifty rioters were
arrested.
FORT COLLINS, Dec. 15-The ma
chinery for the new mill of the Colorado
Milling and Elevator COMPANY will soon
be in place and the mill started up. This
will be one of th most complete mills
in the state and capable of turning out
sou sacks of -four in twenty-four hours.
LYNN, Mass, Dec 15-George D. Hart,
the workingmen's candidate, WAS vester-
day elected mayor over Kimball, the
citizens candidate, bv a vo.e of 3,8l7 to
3,293.
NEWARK, N. j., Dec l5.-To day the
Chinese who for sixteen years have been
employed in the Belleville laundry left
the place and their places will be sup
Piled by American help. This was &C
c0mpiished through the Knights of
Labor.
BRUSSELS, Dec. IA. A Socialist work
ingman ha been returned to the Brus-
sells municipality by the municipal elec-
tions. This is the first election Of a So
cialist to any Office in the municipality.
Matthew Arnold's latest saying is
"The poor are very much what the rich
make them"
The Cincinnati Socialists are about to
start paper Of their own.
Phil Armour, the Chicago meat mo-
nopolist, said during the week that al
though the strikes were ended in Chi
cago and the surface indications of
trouble were no longer prominent, he
did not consider the labor strike there
as permanently settled. 1t is shoulder
ing under the surface as hotly as ever,
BUCHAREST, Dec. IA box containing
200 pounds of dynamite exploded to-day
against the kings summer residence at
Cotrocene. 1t is supposed that the in.
tenton was to destroy the palace. Every
window in the building was smashed
and the mangled corpse Of a strange
man was found in the vicinity. There
is no other clue to the culprits.