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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30
The Physical Part of Senators.

These Senators are as rule big men.
Their average height is over five feet
nine, and their average weight about
one hundred and seventy-five pounds.
The fattest and heaviest Senator is
Philip Sawyer, who, though he is short,
Will pull the beam at $50. Stanford of
California, Eustis of Louisiana, and
Beck of Kentucky, will aggregate at
least 600 pounds, while Palmer Of Michi-
gan, Jones of Arkansas and George of
Mississippi have each about one hun
dred and eighty pounds of solid flesh in
their anatomies. John Sherman has not
an ounce Of fat, but his bone, brain and
muscles weigh about one hundred and
sixty pounds. Chace, of Rhode Island,
the Quaker, weighs $50, and John G.
Spooner about one hundred and twenty
five pounds. John A. Logan has grown
hundred and eighty, while ingalls,, who
sits back Of him, though he is six feet
tall, will not weigh more than 140. 1t
would take twenty Mahones to make a
ton, and the weight of these twenty would
not amount to as much as that of eight
men like Senator Sawyer. Malone is
the leanest man in the Senate, though
Eli Salisbury Of Delaware, Henry Z.
Payne of Ohio, and Ingalls, of Kansas,
crowd very close.
Payne, Walthall, Sherman, Sauls-
bury, Ingalls,, Eustis, Brown and Blair
are each six feet high, while Vest IS not
over five feet six and Spooner about five
feet four. 1 forgot to mention Evarts
ha chin nf oil rha rnta1
dinner-eaters in Washington he gets the
least fat out of his meals. He looks
very small indeed as he sits, but when
he rises you find that he is of good
height, and as he draws those long four
hundred-wOrd sentences out Of his
anatomy during his speech you imagine
he must be giant. Ben Harrison of
Indiana, is short and inclined to obesity.
General Hawley is taller, with a
slight tendency the same way. George
Hearst, the new millionaire from Cali
fornia, is a siX-footer, and Maxey, of
Texas, has to take off his hat when he
goes through an ordinary sized door.
Riddleberger Is above the hight Of ordi-
! nary men. Eli Salisbury looks to be
six feet high, on account of his tn nneSs,
and Wilson, the new Senator from
Maryland, although he Is about six
inches shorter than Salisbury, looks TO
be foot less by the contrast.
If l were cannibal would rather
eat a slice of George Hoar of MasSachu
sets, than any other Senator. Hoar is
the personiication of cleanliness, and his
complexion shows that he keeps his
blood I'm GOOD condition He is fair
skinned, smooth-faced and he looks like
Horace Greeley. Allison Is another
man who would serve up well and Man
derson of Nebraska, and German, of
Maryland, would make dishes fit for the
King of the Fijis. l don't think there
would be much demand for either Sher-
man, Ingalls, or Evarts in. the cannir..-
market, and Conger, Eustis, kenna,
and Chace, with their brunette complex
ions, would only be in demand on the
principle that the dark is sometimes the
sweetest.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30

Queen Victoria has given $500 10
the Countess of Dufferin's fund fol
supplying lady doctors for the women
of India.
Memory is the only paradise out OF
which we cannot be driven away.
Impress upon your children from
early infancy, that their actions have
results, and that they cannot escape
consequences, even by being sorry when
they have done wrong.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30
\ Souvenir of London.

81 never appreciated Plttsburg till
l struck the Inventors Exposition in
London last September" said pro-
fessional gentleman yesterday. Then
he continued:
"Strolling through the department
Of pottery and glass exhibits l saw a
placard. Spun Glass Neckties.' The
cherry-lipped English girl entrsnched
behind the silver mounted show cases
selected q spun glass scarf In high
colors and gave me a receipt for four
shillings and sxpence. l had a worthy
souvenir of the great show. The goods
were only sold by sample, and my
purchase would be delivered at the
hotel In the morning.
SIT didn't come. Three days passed.
Tired of waiting 1 jumped into a cab
and drove three miles out Queen
Road, think it was, to the manu-
factory-as indicated on the card. 1
landed at snuff and tobacco store,
where little round, fat, oily Hebrew
greeted me. Yes, 1t was the factory.
Orders were so heavy he had failed to
fill mine on time
"Where is your factory?"
"Yust oud dere."
Through dirty rear window indi-
Gated I could see nothing but squatty
ceal shed. In the little back room
hundreds of scarfs were being prepared
for mailing. A big box, with a greasy
oH-cloth cover, which had been util-
lzed as a breakfast-table, stood near
the window. On the side toward me l
read the legend:
"'From
'Pittsbprg, Penn, U. S. A.
"There is nothing more to tell. The
spun glass curiosity-my beloved SOU
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-06-30
tPittsturp. Penn. U. s. A.

Plttsbnrp, PENN, q. 5. A
"There is nothing more to tell. The
spun glass curiosity-my beloved SOU
venir Of The Inventors'-had been fash
ioned within a mile Of my home in
Pittsburg."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-27
.DAY MORNING, MARCH 27. 1886.

been asked for assistance This strike has ex-
tended far enough, and must be settled where
it is. The statement that it is for
the recognition of the Knights or Labor
as an organization is erroneous, and
is against our advice and command That the
men have grievances and cause for complaint,
we believe to be true; but whether true or not,
no harm can come of an investigation. The men
are anxious for it. and we can see no reason why
Mr.. Hoxie should fear it. We are in favor Of
ending the matter now. and will submit
this proposition to Mr. Gould to-mor-
row, viz: Let him appoint committee Of three,
and we will appoint gsimilar committee; then
let these gentlemen select a seventh, and inves-
tigate the whole affair and make recommends
tions, md we will agree to abide by their decis-
ion. We will not ask for the retention of any
man who has been guilty of any act of violence
to either person or property, for we are not or
ganized to promote or shield wrong doing"
Mr.. Powderly said, when asked about the
words Of Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, as reported in the dis
patches this afternoon, that he did not believe
thai Chief Arthur said any such thing; but he
would write him letter and ask him about 1t.
If he did say so. two-thirds Of the engineers
would contradict him. In times like these, we
must be careful Of what we say or do; the public
feeling is such now that no one should excite
people unduly
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At Other Points.

ST. Louis, March 26.-Dispatches from vart
ous points in Kansas and Missouri are to the ets
feet that the Missouri Pacific officials have sucs
ceeded in starting out freight trains in several
instances without interference from the strikers.
Acts OF violence, however, are reported from
Atchison, Kan, where several strikers boarded
train sent out from that city, and despite the
presence Of the United States marshal and sew
eral OF his deputies succeeded in killing the en-
gine.
At Palestine Tex, two strikers were found
guilty of contempt of court for obstructlng traf-
fc on the Missouri Pacific road. Two others
will be tried tomorrow. While to-day's trial was
in progress body of strikers derailed an engine
which was pulled out of the round house for
COAL
The strike situation at Marshall is unchanged.
The Knights of Labor started man to ST.
Louis last night but he was recalled by tele-
graph to-day. There has been a heavy aud COM
tinuous rainfall here all day, which has done
great damage to the tracks.
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CHAIRMAN IRONS.

He Announces q General Strike-All knights
To BE Called Out.
ST. LOUIS, March 26.-"Is there any probabil-
ity Of the strikes extending any further9" asked
a reporter Of Chairman Martin Irons at East st.
Louis last night.
Yes answered Mr. Irons, the strike will
probably extend throughout the whole United
States"
will it be confined to railroad employesq"
mo, sir, The move to-day is but the beginning
of the end. Not only the railroad employees will
be called out but the order will go out to all the
Knights of Labor in this country. regardless of
their occupations
'Then it will be general striker
''Yes, sir. The order of the Knights of Labor
has got to be recognized"
when will this general orde sa given~
II cannot say as to the time, but it will be
very soon. If matters are not settled soon-with-
in few days.
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MUST BE SETTLED WHERE 1T Is.


Chairman Irons Has Exceeded His Authority
Mr.. Powderly's Proposition to Gould.
NEW YORK, March 26.-General Master Work
man Powderly, of the Knights of Labor. arrived
here tonight, and held a consultation with the
other members of the general executive board.
In conversation with q representative of
the Associated Press in regard to
the statements of Master Workman Irons,
of st. Louis, as to the strike becoming
general throughout the country, Mr.. Powderly
reiterated his views as expressed in the inter
view held with him at Scranton. If Mr. Irons
had made any such statement, he had exceeded
his authority, which is limited to District 10l.
He even has no power over districts II and 10,
which are cooperating with 10l. The strike
had gone far enough, and not another move
must be made without the order Of the general
executive board. He added:
'sThis strike originated in District 101. The
general executive board was never notified of
any grievance in that district until the strike
had been in progress several days, and then no
official notice was received until we called for it,
We were not asked to interfere, nor have We
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-27
THE MOIiLOY-LEE CASE.
The Attorneys Begin to Hurry Matters-How
Mrs. Molloy Settled Graham's Forgery.
Decial 10 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special 20 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, March 26 6-The attorneys
Are beginning to hurry up the Molloy-Lee case,
which had begun to grow monotonous as we'll as
protracted To-day, r. L. McElhany, cashier,
and A. J. Clements, assistant cashier of the
First National Bank, testified that Mrs. Molloy
called at the bank to make good the amount Of
Graham's forgery. in January. She said "George
must have been insane to do such a thing" she
years old She made some remarks to the ef-
feet that she didn't think he could be taken alive
and explained that he carried poison with him.
She spoke of Graham's disappearance, and said
George was unfortunate in marrying into low
family She believed his wife could be found in
McElhaney if he knew Ed Davis. the detective,
and wanted him to try to keep Constable O'Neil,
of Brookline, from proving about the farm, be-
cause he frightened the children.
Lee Morrice, of the restaurant where Graham
and sife took oysters on the night of the trag-
edy, said: "On the last day of September gen.
tlenaan and two ladies came: the taller lady went
away. but the gentleman and the other lady
went into the oyster parlor. The lady seemed
in trouble about something, and did not eat. /"
He has since recognized the gentleman as George
Graham but would not know the eladies
The theory of the State has been that the tall
lady was no other than Cora Lee. who, according
to previous testimony, went ostensibly to Brook
line the same night.
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CHIEF ENGINEER ARTHUR.
The Burlington Trouble SettIed-views as to
Strikes and the Knights.

The Burlington Trouble SettIed-views to
Strikes and the knights.
CHICAGO, March 26.-Chief Engineer Arthur
believes the trouble of the Burlington engineers
will be completely settled tonight He express
es satisfaction st the treatment accorded tho
committee by Vice president Potter, and adda
''The settlement cannot be considered an ad-
vance in wages, although it is; that was not the
purpose of the demand, but rather the result.
After we fix up here, I will go to Corsicana,
Tex. to settle up little difficulty there. will
not 60 to st. Louis. We have nothing to do
with the strike, and discountenance it. The
Brotherhood has no afiliation with any other la
Dor organization and will not have, if / can pre-
vent it. There is nothing reasonable in the idea
that man who earns So day should fight the
battle OF one who earns ST. nor is there any COM
munity of interests between them to cause them
to act together. The Brotherhood has always
fought its own battles, and Eever called upon
any outsider for help, and do not think i. ever
will"
Asked his opinion of the future of the Knight.
of Labor, Mr.. Arthur said: II will give you my
views. Strikes mean taxation, for the men who
are out of work must be paid, or they desert the
upon the order, which must be severely felt and
prove an unbearable load It has been the his
tory of every order which went into strikes
wildly-whose sole purpose seemed to be to
strike-that they have gone to pieces after few
years. Take the most powerful unions which
have for time dominated affairs in New York
and Pennsylvania--where have they gomez You
never hear of them They have all gone
down because of strikes 1t seems to me that
the Knights of Labor will go the same way"
Mr.. Arthur is decidedly opposed to the boycott.
which, he says, is the same as blacklisting,'
which the engineers worked against for 80 many
years.
A meeting was held this afternoon, at which
revised schedule of wages was agreed upon, the
terms of which, it was agreed, should not be
published until all the details were fully pre-
pared. Out of nearly five hundred different
runs on the Burlington system, about fifty
have been changed and the rate of wages equal
lied. Messrs. Potter and Arthur both express
themselves well pleased with tho result, which
each represents as IN the nature Of a COM
promise.
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Arkansas Militia Called ont.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March &c = To-day a
freight train, which went south from here at the
request of citizens of Texarkana, who said ii
would be protected. was boarded by strikers at
Texarkana, who disabled the engine Sheriff
Hamilton having telegraphed that there were
about four hundred lawless men in and about
the yards of the Iron Mountain railroad Offering
and doing violence to the railroad property. and
calling for the militia at once to aid in preserv-
ing order and protecting property Governor
Hughes telegraphed:
''You are authorized to call on Capt j. H.
Trigg, of the Gate City Guards, to render such
assistance as is necessary to execute the law
under Section 4698, Mansfield digest.
IL p. HUGHES, Governor Of Arkansas"
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anterview witch Secretary rurner

PHILADELPHIA, March 26-General Secretary
Turner, of the executive board of the Knights
Labor, was this afternoon shown copy of the
st. Louis dispatch in which Chairman Irons is
quoted as saying the strike would probably ex-
tend throughout the United States He said
THAT is all bosh. IF Chairman Irons is cor
reetiy quoted, he continued, SIT simply shows
he is one of the men who are at present
doing the order great injury Great care should
be exercised by assembly officials lest remarks
of theirs should lead to incendiary acts by hot
headed followers, and thus injure the cause
more in few hours than could be regained in a
year. There is no truth whatever in the state
ment that there will be general strike. and the
executive board does not contemplate issuing
any such order, as is intimated by Mr.. Irons in
the St Louis Dispatch
Mr.. Turner declined to be interviewed relative
to the general situation on the Southwestern
railroads. He, however, indorsed the senti-
ments contained in the secret circular tele-
graphed from ST. Louis to-day, in which the as
semblies are advised to cease admitting new
members and counseling moderation by present
members. This circular, he said. was not in
tended for publication, but now that it had
reached the public he feels satisfied that the
orders therein contained will be sanctioned by
the friends of the order
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The East ST. Louis switchmen.

ST. LOUIS. March 26.-The situation at East
ST. Louis this morning is becoming serious
The yardmasters of the different roads have
been attempting all the morning to make up and
start out freight trains but they have in ever in
stance been prevented from carrying out their
designs by the striking switchmen, who are
using all means at their disposal to make
the freight blockade in that city COM
plete Coupling pins are removed from
their positions and the trains become separated;
switches are reversed and the trains are run
upon the wrong tracks, and in some instances
the yardmasters have been forcibly restrained
in their efferts to resume freight traffic No
serious trouble has yet occurred, but it is under
stood that the officers of the law will be called
upon to-day to preserve order and property and
a conflict between them and the strikers is ex-
pected to occur.
The officials of the Vandalia and the Burling-
ton railroads succeeded in sending out two
freight trains this afternoon, without serious
interference by the striking switchmen. These
were the only two successful attempts, however
to move freight, and traffic is almost entirely
suspended.
An application has been made at Springfield
Ill.,, to Judge Treat, of the United States Court
for an order authorizing deputy marshals to
protect the Wabash property in East St Louis
The situation in East st. Louis this afternoon
and tonight is practically unchanged, and bus-
ness tnere lS virtually suspended. Soyeral OF
the roads are sending their engines away to
places Of safety. The Indianapolis & st. Louis
have sent some to Nation, and the
Ohio g Mississippi has sent several to
Mt Vernon, III. United States Marshal
Weber arrived in East St Louis tonight with
eight deputies and took charge of the Wabash
property. He will run trains tomorrow under
protection of the United States Court The coal
men on most, if not all the roads have gone out,
and the bosses are attending to
the coal chutes. The platform men of
the Chicago e. Alton, and the round house
men of the Chicago Burlington e. Quincy have
also quit work. The only freiqhts that moved
to-day were one out and two in on the
Chicago, Burlington g Quincy; one out
on the Ohio & Mississippi; one in on the Chicago
& Alton: one out on the Wabash; two in on the
Vandalia, and one In on the Indianapolis & st.
Louis. Passenger trains are not molested in
any way, and all run regularly and promptly.
The strikers held meeting during most of the
day and tonight but their proceedings have not
transpired.
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AT ST. LOUIS.


Another Train Sent Out without Interference
"A Little Trouble Outside the City.
freight train, made up by the Missouri Pa
cifc railroad officials was started out of this
city, guarded by force Of seventy-fve police
men. No excitement attended the departure Of
the train. and it passed through the city without
any interference from the strikers. News, how
ever, has just been received from Pacific, Mo-,
about fifty miles from this city. that the accom-
modation train running between here and that
place was ditched by the strikers this morning
No particulars of the affair have been received.
An engine and tender, carrying twenty-f five Of
Detective Furlong's men, armed with Winches-
ter rifles, have been dispatched thither in antici
patton of q conflict between the authorities and
the strikers when the freight train sent out from
here shall reach that place.
Later information received this afternoon at
the railroad headquarters is to the effect that
the passenger train was not ditched. The fact
is that, at Gray Summit short distance west of
Pacific, the engine was run upon a side-switch
end killed Another engine was sent out from
this city, and proceeded with the train.
When the usual hour arrived this morning for
the day force of switchmen to relieve the night
gang at the Wabash yards in this city, no men
appeared. and. few minutes later, the an
nouncement was made that the entire force had
struck. This adds about twenty-five more
strikers to the entire number now out These
men were, it is understood, ordered out by the
executive committee of the Knights of Labor
in support of the position taken by the striking
Missouri Pacific employees
A committee of three Of the striking Wabash
Knights of Labor called upon the chairman of
their executive committee this afternoon, and
informed him. that they had struck, and re-
quested him to inform them as to the proper
course to PURSUE. The chairman informed them
that it was lis opinion that the Wabash men
had no just cause for striking, and advised them
to return to work Immediately After discuss
ing at some length the situation, the men finally
decided to heed the advice of their chairman,
and they proceeded to the Wabash yards and re-
sumed work.
This afternoon, acting in accordance with an
order from the knights Of Labor executive COM
mittee, thirty men in the Union Depot shops
consisting of hostlers, wipers, machinists and
blacksmiths, threw down their tools and quit
work. These men have no grievance against
their employers.
government freight train from Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. bound for Texas, arrived in Neva-
da, No., this morning, and proceeded on its way
to its destination without interference on the
part Of the strikers.
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The lockout at Cohoes.

CoHoEs N. Y, March 26.-Thomas b. Barry,
member Of the executive committee If the
Knights of Labor, arrived here this mornine to
make overtures to the knit goods manufacturers,
looking to the settlement of the present diff
culties, and resumption of work by the eight
thousand operatives next Monday. He proposes
that the differences be settled by arbitration af-
terwari. He says his crrand here is one of recon-
ciliation, and not of antagonism. To-day he held
conferences with many Of the manufacturers.
and was well received. He expressed great hops
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select q man better qualified TO obey your will,
and will retire in his favor.
T. v. PowDERLY,
General Master Workman.
The subioined editorial paragraph appeared in
the Globe-Democrat OF this morning:
''The most important contribution yet made
to the literature of the present strike is the Sc
cret circular issued by General Master Work
man Powderly on the 18th of March, and printed
in this issue of the Globe Democrat. Tt is of no
consequence to the general public how we OBJ
tanned this document It came into our pos
session in legitimate way, and we used all
means at our disposal for its veriication before
concluding TO print it It's genuineness cannot
be questioned we are very sure. 1t is very
remarkable production-written forcibly rather
than elegantly and full of advice and sug-
gestions which every thinking man will indorse
Mr.. Powderly proves in every sentence that he
is a man of extraordinary perception and of ex-
cellent judgment; he proves, too, that he has the
true interests of the laboring man at heart. He
is in desperate struggle with force which has
grown almost too great for any man TO control
and he seeks to master it for its own good.
whether he will succeed or not is one of the
problems which the events of these momentous
days are solving"
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doubt, however, that many of the strikers are
satisfied that they will not be molested, and the
break recently made in the ranks will be fol-
lowed by most Of them. Any interference here
after at this place. with the efforts of the COM
pany to resume freight traffic, will it is said be
condemned by the Knights of Labor.