San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-24
SWITCHMEN SERENE.
THE LEVER-PULLERS STRIKE ENDS
AT CHICAGO
New York in Trouble Old World Dyna-
mite-Jack Ketch-Mississippi Floods
Pure Cussedness-Greece Still
Slippery.

CHICAGO, April 23.-The switohmen's
strike on the Lake Shore is at an end.
An order was issued by Chairman Stahl
directing the switchmen to report to the
yardmaster in charge of the Forty-third
street yard.
President John Newell, of the Lake
Shore road, said to representative Of
the Associated Press: 1--WE have allowed
the old men to go back at their own re-
quest, without any stipulation whatever
on our part. Eight nOn-uniOn men re-
turned to work along with the union
men, as formerly in our employ. The
| men brought here from other cities will
not be put to work in our yards here.
The order for the men to return to work
in our yards was telegraphed from the
general offices OF the Lake Shore COM
pany at 2:3S p. IN. and within 10 minutes
the switch engines began to leave the
round house and the making up of trains
at once began. The blockade will be
completely ended this afternoon.
One of the striking switChmen at the
yards declared that the Lake Shore Off
cials had agreed on their part to dispose
OF the eight nOn-uni0n men in some man
ner within the next six months by plac-
ing them in some other department, or
otherwise caring for them, in any event,
to take them away from the yards
where they are at present working. At
p. IN. an engine pulled out OF the round
house manned by a crew of strikers.
There is general shaking hands and
congratulating among the men and
everybody seems pleased.
Chairman Stahl, who has throughout
been very careful in all his statements,
was asked for the basis of settlement,
and said he: "I'll read this to you, be-
cause don't want you to get the sigma
ture.' Mr.. Stahl then read as follows:
CHICAGO, April 23.-W. L. Stahl-Sir:
If all the switohmen of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railway Com
pany in Chicago or Cook county return
to work at once, will personally guar
antee that within 60 days from this date
the eight Objectionable switchmen will
be furnished other employment, and
permanently removed from their present
positions. By AUTHORITY.
81 am not at liberty to give the name
of the man signing this paper" con-
tInued MIR. Stahl, but it is genuine, and
is fully sanctioned by Mr.. Newell. More
than that, it is sworn to-"
what about the prosecutions
"They are all to be dismissed, and the
men will all go back to work."
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 23.-Rober
Fowler, the murderer of Miss Lida Bin
nett, was hanged at Morgahfield, Union
county, to-day at 1880 o'clock. He con-
fessed his guilt and said he deserved his
nnniE hmanf Whnn tha all
rope broke and be fell to the ground
The fall was 3! feet, and ii is supposed
his neck was broken. He was raised and
| tied to the beam, and in 20 minutes was
| declared dead. The remains were then
delivered to his relatives. Five thousand
people witnessed the hanging.
CHICAGO, April 23.-One of the largest
meeting of furniture manufacturers eve r
held in the United States was in session
here yesterday. Delegates were present
from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Min
nesota, Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky.
| over l6O firms were represented.
1t was decided to inaugurate the eight
hour system, commencing May |, and at
| the same time make an advance of 10 per
| cent. on the prices of all kinds of furni-
ture with the beginning Of the eight
hour system. The wages of the men
will be reduced in proportion, as their
hours are less. AS soon as it can be de-
termined whether 10 per cent. advance
in prices can be maintained, there will
be REIMBURSEMENT Of the wages paid to
employees.
New YORK. April pa large number
of leading business men of this city have
signed a call for meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce, with a view of taking
action relative to the labor distur-
Dances now in existence here.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Collections of
internal revenue for the first nine
months of fiscal year ending March 30,
| 1886, were as follows: From spirits,
S5O,59l, 1893; from tobacco, $40, 136, 9lS;
from fermented liquors. $l3, 662 $50; from
miscellaneous items, $l79, 7S9, making a
total of $S4, 81, 1852, or an increase of
| S2,974 ,04 over collections for the corre-
| spending period Of the last fiscal year.
The increase was SS20,2lS on spirits;
$l,2S6,157 on tobacco; 1928, S07 on fer
for March, 1886, were S549, 1925.
HELENA, Ark, April 23.-Last night
the levee at Old Town, 16 miles south OF
here, broke on the Arkansas side, and in
short time the channel for 80 feet wide
had been washed away by the escaping
water. There Is no hope of closing the
break while the water in the river re-
mains at its present depth. Thousands
of acres of fertile cotton lands have al
ready been overlooked, and it is esti-
mated that million of acres will be
submerged before the levee can be re-
paired. The Inhabitants of this region
expected this calamity for some time,
and removed their stock and refrained
from planting their regular crops. The
damage. therefore, is not SO great as Ii
might have been.
PARIS, April 23.-It is understood that
France will join the other powers in the
issuing of an ultimatum insisting on
| Greece abandoning warlike prepare
tions, but will refuse to join them in any
naval demonstrations intended to coerce
Greece.
New YORK, April 23.-The cars on the
Third Avenue Surface railroad were
running this morning. There was no
excitement whatever around the depot
Up to 10 O'Clock A cars had started from
the depot. 1t is intended to start cars
on the l25th street branch Of the road
to-day.
The business failures throughout the
country the last seven days number
For the United States, 160; Canada, %
total, 1874, compared with a total of 49,
last week and 2l5 the week previous.
FoRT SMITH, Ark, April 23.-James