The Osceola times., 1886-02-27
IN con.eouence Of the strike Of the Penn.

In consequence of the strike OF the Penn.
sylvanls coke burners, the Catoctin Com.
pany at Frederick, Md, has been COM
PEELED to bank their fires and temporarily
suspend operations because of the lack of
fuel.
EvIcTIoSs have temporarily ceased in
the Pennsylvania coke regions, the sheriff
refusing to serve writs while the cold
weather lasts.
UP TO the 9Th inst. no Pittsburgh iron
mill had been forced TO close a. u result of
the coke strike, but the date when they will
have to seems not far Off. A prominent
pig-iron man asserts that by the first
Of March, il the coke workers strike
continues, there will be no pig-iron on the
market, and American manufacturers will
have to buy English iron.
ON the 9th the coolest weather known
for twenty years benumbed the people of
Norfolk, Va. when the thermometer regis
tered three degrees below zero.
The strike of factory employees at st.
Quentin, France, is extending and serious
trouble is apprehended.
On the 7th all the Chinese were driven
out OF Seattle, Washington Territory.
THE Madrid police suppressed a big Re-
publican demonstration on the ,th.
Two leaders Of the Carthagena (Spain)
revolt have been sentenced TO death.
The strike among the cokemen is caus-
ing many iron furnaces to be banked, thus
throwing many men out of employment.
FRANCE has decided to continue the ex.
isting prohibition against American pork.
On the 7th the steamer Il. b. Ward arr
rived at New Orleans from Raatan, Hon
duras, and reports great excitement on &C.
count of American filibusters.
EGYPT wants to be relieved of the ex-
pense Of maintaining the English army of
occupation.
On the 9Th five men, convicted of lar.
ceny, were publicly whipped az Newcastle,
Del.
THE National conference of charities
July.
DURING the seven days ended the 9th
the imports Of merchandise at New York
were valued at S5,7i0,5GO.
THERE is an Indian scare in the vicinity
of the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota.
THE schooner Maud NJ. Story is sup
posed to have been lost in a recent gale in
the Gulf of Mexico.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on the I'd several petitions
asking for the opening OF Oklahoma were
presented. A Joint resolution was reported
favorabiy providing for u constitutional
amendment giving women the ballot A
resolution that the Senate has no right to
demand of the President his reasons for
n n
fered. but its immediate consideration was
objected to. A substitute was offered which
also went over. The electoral count bill
was recommitted to committee, and the
Dakota bill was taken up......In the House
Mr.. Holman offered resolutions on the death
OF Vice President Hendricks and the day
was devoted to eulogies.
In the Senate on the Sd a letter from tho
Attorney General asking for more money
for United States courts was laid before tho
senate. report against appointing u
commission on the fisheries was made bv
Mr.. Frye OF the foreign relations committee.
The Riddleberger resolution and Mr.. Pugh's
substitute were laid before the senate and a
motion by Mr.. Edmunds to lay on the table
was adopted. Later In the day Rid.
dleberger's resolution was taken from
the table and referred to the commit.
tee on elections. The Dakota bill came
mp and Messrs. Logan and Morgan
made speeches......In the House, after the
presentation OF several communications
asked leave 70 report back his resolution
asking for inform alton concerning silver cir.
cnltion. Mr.. Morrison objected on account
OF informalty. Mr. Bland withdrew the
resolution, but later reported a long seric, ot
resolutions asking the Secretary of the
Treasury for all the facts concerning an
alleged agreement with tho New York banks
to keep silver out OF circulation. The rcso-
luton was adopted.
In the Senate on the 9Th n communication
was received from the secretaryi of tho
Treasury giving the history OF the con-
science fund and laid before the senate.
More petitions Tor the opening o. oklahoma
were presented. The bill providing for an
assistant Secretary of the Navy was
taken up, and there was d lengthy
and lively debate. The bill went
another animated debate followed, which
was terminated by adjournment. the
House no measures of importance were re.
ported from committees. Tho bill dividing
the Eastern judicial district OF rkansas
passed. In committee of the whole the
shipping bill was considered amended and
passed
In the Senate on the 5th more petitions
from knights of Labor for the opening OF
Oklahoma were presented. A Joint resolution
making Tampa, Fla, port OF entry was
cernng appropriations tor the militia
passed The Dakota bill was passed after
II lengthy and spirited debate. Adjourned
to the sth In the House almostthe entire
day was spent In committee of the whole M
work on the private calendar. Tho pension
appropriation bill was presented aud re-
ferre1. 1t apprnpriates s15,75i,sO. The Fitz.
John Porter bill was made n continuing
special order from the llth to the 18th inst.
adjourned to the 9Th.