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The Iola register., 1886-05-07
POWDERLY GETTING TIRED.

The Genera! Master Workman Complains
of Being Aii-quoted and Made the Sub
Ject of Bogus interviews.
PHILADELPHIA, April 25. - General
Master Workman Powderly was to-day
asked what he thought of the situation in
the West. He said;
81 am not prepared to make any state
ment. The papers have published all
have to say about it and much that have
not said. have been credited: with many
interviews never held. Yes, it has been
charged that Mr. Ire9s was working in
the interest of the gamblers, but l place
no belief in the assertion. You must
not ask me to express my opinion of the
merits of the strike. have been so fire.
quently misstated that prefer to say moth
ing about it. So far as my dealings with
Jay Gould are concerned, he not only
deceived me, hut he deceived all Wall
street. l never used such language
toward him as have been credited with; !;
nor did ever claim a victory or state, as
New York paper credited Inc with
doing, that he was 'sque!ched.' Such re-
ports have done me and the cause l rep
resent great harm, and are very unjust.
The reports that l have stated that
would not be gubernatOrial candidate is
true. have frequently said would not,
and will not"
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
REWARD FOR WRECkERS.

Governor Martin Offers u Reward For tho
Apprehension of Railroad wreckers.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 3O.-Governor Mar.
tin last night issued proclamation offering
reward for the arrest and conviction Of
the parties who wrecked the Missouri Pa
cifio train at Kansas City, Kan, on Mon
day. The proclamation is as follows:
/. A crimo SO monstrous and so cowardy
naturally cxcftcs general adherence. Tho
men thus foully murdered were pcaccablo
and Industrious citizens engaged in their
lawful avOcation. and every effort should be
put forth to discover and bring to punish
ment the brutal and cowardly miscreants
who set the death trap in which they were
caught and cruelty killed. The appropriation
mado by the Legislature at its last regular
session for the payment of rewards for
the arrest OF criminals has already been COW
cred by prociamations issued by the execu-
tive. [ feel assured however, that the Legis-
lature will at its next session make prompt
provision for the payment of any reward
offered for the arrest of the perpetrators OF
so cruel aud monstrous a crime as was that
committed on April ~. Therefore, ], John A.
Martin, Governor OF the State OF Kansas. do
hereby offer a reward of $50 for the mr.
who drew the spikes and took the fish plates
from the rails of the Missouri Pacific railway
at or noar Kansas City. Kan. on the 18th OF
April 1SSS. whereby a train OF said railway
was ditched and benjamin Horton and q. 7.
Carlisle were cruelty murdered: provided.
however. that this reward is offered on the
following conditions. viz. that tho Legis-
lature make an Appropriation to pay
the same, and should the Legislature fail to
mako an Appropriation to pay said reward
then this proclamation shall be void and it
shall not be construed to Obiigate the State
in any particular to ray the said reward. In
testimony whereof l have hcreuntO sub
scrhed my name and caused TO be affixed
the great seal of the State. Done at the City
OF Topeka on the day and year first above
written. :.
BY the Governor: JOHN A. MARTIN.
L. D. ALLEN, Secretary of State.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
Lying Reports.

MOSTEREY. Mex, April 30.-To:day' g
train brought In eastern papers giving de-
tails Of q bloody battle with Mexican
bandits at Dolores and Villecillo mines as
telegraphed from San Antonio. Texas, on
the 23d inst. X. j. Bogusch, superintend-
ent Of the VilleciIlo mine, arrived here yes
terday direct from the mines and pro-
nounced the report as utterly false, nothing
OF the kind occurred. The story was given
out in San Antonio by discharged empl0ye
whose capacity Of lying is only exceeded
by the amount of muscle that he manages
to stand up under. Such cock and bull re-
ports are great injury to American inter-
estS in Mexico.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
ALBANY PROTESTS. ,

Union Army Men ut Albany, n. ", Pro-
test Against tho Alabama Dernonstra-
tions.
ALBANY, n. T., April 3o.-A call was
issued for mass meeting last night to pro-
test against the ceremonies at Montgomery,
Ala, as follows:
To at, irho bclisre in preserving tho Union:
We cordially invite ali those who fought
for the preservation IF the Union and all
who sustained and encouraged those who
fought in that bloody and glorious contest
for human liberty to meet at the Assembly
Chamber at eight o'clock this ovGhing and TO
Jefferson Davis from the1b bbiivion to which
loyal and patriotic people had consigned
him. wO invite them to protest against
the glOrificatIon of dislOyal deeds aud
men. the revival CT sont.ment rcpu9nant to
those who fought for tue Union; abhOrrcnt
to tho loyal North and unbecOming to the
subiueated South. 1t is too soon to forget
treason and traitors, however much we may
forgive them. Let US unto to rcpea: the re-
solve Of Abraham Lincoln on the battlefield
of Gettysburg: THAT those dead shall not
have died in vain;" that this Nation under
God shall have n ncw:birth of freedom and
that the government by the people and for
the people shall not perish from the earth.
GEN. Il. A. BARNUM: OF New YorkA
Post Department Commander, G. A. X.
MAJ. GEO. II. TREApwELL, Albany, NY.
CAPT. L. X. BAILY. Batavia.
And others, all of the Union Army.
In response to this call veterans and citl-
Zens to the number OF 200 met in tine A.
sembly chamber to protes: against the
utterances of Jefferson Davis in his speech
at Montgomery Wednesday. Patriotic
speeches were made by General Barnum,
Speaker Hustled, Senators kaincs. COgges-
hall and Smith. AssembIyman Van ALLEN
and Others. The tasssmbage sang "We'Il
Hang jeff Davis to Sour Apple Tree"
The following was adopted: 'Res0fred,
That treason IL odious; that the Union Of
the United States of America and the lib
rrty which the American principle of pop
uiar government illustrates is worth the
blood Of all loyal citizens of our country"
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
CHICAGO TROUBLES.

The Elght-H0ur Movement Continues to
be the Leading Question.
CHICAGO. May Twenty-Five thousand
Is a fair estimate Of the number of men
who quit work yesterday and walked out
of the various shops and factories in Chi
cagO because their employers would not con-
sent to an eight-hour working day and the
same wages which have been paid when
ten hours were the rule. The
trades most affected are the furni-
ture manufacturers, the lumber interests in
all their numerous ramifications and the
iron men. With the furniture people it was
practicallya general lockout all over the
city and all the 1900 men employed in the
various factories are to-day idle and proba-
The refusal of the furniture manufactur-
ers to grant the demands of the men was
the result Of meeting of last week when
manufacturers' association was formed,
and an executive committee was appointed
to take charge of the business of the va
riOus members. 1t was then decided il the
men demanded eight hours every factory
should shut down not to be reOpened until
that committee should SO decide and upon
terms that that body should dictate to tho
men. This agreement was carried out and
yesterday every furniture factory in Chi
cGgO, including Brunswick & Bake and
ROthschilds Brothers, where strikes were
already In progress, was practically in tho
hands of the executive committee Of the
manufacturers' association and will not bo
reOpened until it 50 decides.
The propriet0rs Of every one Of the nine
ty-three lumber yards in the city received
yesterday circular from the Lumbermen's
Union demanding substantially ten hours
pay for eight hours work. commencing
May 3. A meeting was at once called at
which eighty-fo of the ninety-three pro-,
priet0rs were represented. All Of them
had been taken by surprise, there having
been little or NO indication of ali eight hour
movement among the men in the lumber
yards. The prOprietOrs at their meeting
did not commit themselves on any course
In regard to the demand further than to
appoint committee to meet daily, and en-
dsav0r to settle the problem with the men
in the various yards on the basis of mutual
concessions. According to statement by
the chairman Of the committee appointed
at the meeting, general strike in the lum-
Der yards of Chicago would directly involve
wOrkmen to the number Of at least l., 900.
Committees representing 1000 men en-
plOyed in the Chicago rolling mills, after
consulting with the owners of the mills, re-
ported back to the men ard they decided
for the present to continue working OIL the
ten hour plan.
The employees of the furniture manu-.
facturers, Il E. Pople and William Giffert
numbering lis men, struck yesterday for
eight hours work and ten hours pay.
One hundred and forty sewing machine
makers employed by the June Manufacture.
ing Company also struck upon receiving. q
refusal of similar demands.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
An Arkansas Crcvasse.

HELENA, Ark. April 2S.-At four o'clock
last evening, while a tug was landing coal
barge loaded with dirt near the fair grounds,
about mile north Of Helena, the levee
gave way. forming at once a crevasse fifty
feet wide, which widened rapidly, and in
three hours the whole Of North Helena,
from the river west to the hills and from
the Walker-street levee nOrthward to the
break, occupied mostly by small dwellings
and tenement houses. was flooded to the
depth of six feet When the water
reached the top Of the Walker street
protection levee the levee on the river
front was cut and the water is now
running back into the river. The Walker
street levee runs east and west from the
river to the hills, ana protects Helena prop
er. 1t Is strong and well s0dded, and there
is no reasonable fear Of its breaking. The
break in the river levee had been expected
all day, and there will be no damage other
than from the water standing in the houses.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
A DAY OF FIRES.

oo9 Francisco Gets Severe So0rchlng-0o
Dees Baltinors-Ksnsas City shows Up
SAN Francisco. May 1.-Shortly before
fsur o'clock yesterday. afternoon fire broke
out in the basement Of L. & E. Emanuers
furniture establishment ON Market street.
bstween Third and Fourth Streets and
rapidly spread to A. L. Bancroft & Co.'S
stationery and publishing establishment in
the same building. Inside of an hour the
building. which was five stories high,
was Destroyed and its entire con-
tents consuDsd The fire spread 70
ad1oaaing smaller buildings . num-
bsf OF which, with the contents,
were also destroyed The total losses arc
placed At $7so.o00. A. l.. Bancroft & Co,
lose On their building s1sO, 1000. on which
the Insurance was $4,000, and on their
stock and plant S4O0, 600. on which the in
surancs was 100000. L. & L. Emanuel
lose On stock Sl20, ZOO, on which the insur-
ancs was $50. 600. The losses on the sur
rounding buildings and contents are $780,
600 with very little insurance on the latter.
Patrick Beatty was killed by falling WALL
Of Bancrofrs building. while trying to ee-
cape from IN adjoining trunk factory, In
which he was employed. Numbers of 9TH
ers were reported killed and several were
seriously injured
nEAvY LOSS IN BALTIMORE
BALTIMoRE, Nd, May Tho most
disastrous fire that has taken place In this
city for many years broke out shortly after
seven o'clock last night in the five-story
warehouse, No. SIS West Baltimore street.
occupied By s. w. Floss & Co., Wholesale
dealers In notions and white goods. Tho
flames spread with remarkable rapidity and
the entire fire department was called
upon, but . brisk wind carried the fire
to the adjoining buildings, and they were
badly damaged before the water could ex-
Ort its influence. The losses are: Floss &
Co, $4,000, insurance, SO,OOO; estate Of
Jacob frost on building, 5000, insured,
Levy & Sons. straw goods, S65, coo, fully in
sured; NJ. Ring 3 Co.. clothing, $4,000, in
surance. $50. 600; n. Ring ON building, S60,-
600. insured; Cross & Dunbrace. furniture,
$4,000, insured; Inwold & Ehring, $685.
900; insurance, $4,000; the estate of
Jesse Slinguff. building, $4,000, insured;
Albert Bros, hardware $4,000. insurance
$4,000; Medairy i Co., statiOners, S15,0
to $4,000. insurance $4,000; jenkins,
Bros. Il Co., Gil cloths O,0OO, insurance
S17.5O0; Dell, Knapp & Co., book binders
50, $50. insured. Frank & Adler, Wholesale
shoe dealers. suffer some loss from water, as
also do Witzbeidler & Co., dry goods, both
insured. The total loss can not be less
than 5000, 600 The origin of the fire is un-
known.
AN ELEVATOR BURNED.
KANSAS CRY, No.. May 1.-The Ad-
vance elevator, at the corner of Eighth and
Mlll streets, was entirely destroyed by fire
last night. The elevator was owned and
operated BY Minter Bros, and the loss is
$4,000. The insurance on the building Is
81 1900 and on the grain 1t is unknown.
SMALL TOWN WIPED OUT.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May Fire IN
Keystone, q small town on the Milwaukee
road, starting in q drug store, yesterday
morning. burned all the business houses
but three. The loss is from S25,0O0 TO
$40 mn
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
Tho Hawkins Case.

WASHINGTON, April 29.-M0rtimer Nye,
John II. Bradley, Fitch D. Bowen, John o.
Organ, Daniel Grover. Joseph Jackson, ST.
mon Wiland and l. d. Webber, all resi-.
dents of La Porte, Ind, have arrived here
In response to telegraphic sum-
mons from the Judiciary Committee
Of the United States Senate to
testify in behalf of Hawkins, the United
States marshal for Indiana, against whom
charges have been preferred, and whose
nomination has in consequence been held
up. The impression prevails that the case
against Hawkins is not strong and that bis
ultimate confirmation is probable
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
"OmciallY Buried"

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 3o.-The' Cap
itol grounds a: eleven O'Clock yesterday
presented an animated scene. The whole
hill top and premises were covered with
people gathered to witness the laying of
the corner stone of the Confederate monu-
ment or, as some expressed it, ''the official
burial of the Confederacy." The founda.
ton of the monument only was ready, pre-
senting & surface thirty-fve feet square.
Near at hand stood the corner stone, on
which in raised letters was the inscription: !:
''COrner stone, laid by ex-President Jeffer-
son Davis. April 20, 1886" Opposite this
was large platform for the speakers.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
THE EIoHT-HoUR MOVEMENT.


A Demand That Eight Hours Shall Consti.
tute Days " ork.
CnIcAeo, April 30.-The employees In
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight
houses in this city have notified the local
freight agent Of that company that to-nlor-
row they intend to begin working eight
hours day and would demand the same
compensation As they are now receiving for
ten hours. This Is similar to thS action
taken by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul freight handlers last night The men
say that II an nnfavorable reply ID returned
they will quit work at noon Saturday.
They have expressed their determination
the company to terms.
At six o'clock last evening tho man en-
ployed in the freight houses of the Chicago
d Alton held meeting aud resolved 70
Join In the demand Of the freight handlers
of the other roads for eight hours without .
corresponding decrease in compensation. All
the Alton men number fifty. Their action
will be made known to-day to the Off
cials Of the road. The freight han-
dlers Of tho Baltimore & Ohio
rOad are by no means satisfied with the
present condition Of affairs. A tax per man
Of Sl.50, which Is taken frOm the regular
monthly salary by the company. to be used
In cases where men are laid of by sickness,
CAUSES considerable grumDing.
BALTIMORE. Nd, April 30.-The first
public demonstration In favor of the eight
hour system took p,acs last night There
was monster to,chllght procession In
which many thousand men representing all
classes of labor tOOk part followed by .
mass meeting at COncordia Opera House,
where addresses were made by Z. j. Nc
Guirs, Of Cleveland. secretary OF the Car
penters Brotherhood; J. j. Mcnamara, Of
Washington, and Others. 1t is understood
that tho house carpenters will demand eight
hours after May l. The builders are willing
to compromise on nine hours, but there Is
not much probability Of an amicable settle
ment and n strike Is looked for. Last nights
meeting was very enthusiastic and Ii Is said
that all branches of labor will demand
shorter hours before very long.
JERSEY CRY, n. j., April 3O.-The pro-
prletOrs Of machine shops having Knights
Of Labor In their employ yesterday received
letters from the executive committee of the
Association of United Iron Workers de-
manding less work and more pay. The
proprietOrs made no reply to the demand,
and the result was that the men have been
ordered to strike on Saturday. There are
about thirty shops In the city employing
from dozen to 500 men EACH. The men
are getting from S2.75 to So per day of ten
hours.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
IN MeMoRlAM.

A.. I,nme-.. crova Attend the CouSeder,ee
! Monumemt Cer.mo.,ss ss Montgomery,
| Ala.-Jsnsrson Davis and General Gordon
| Address the People.
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Va Aao"ma. Every iOc"nJ was loplo'
fented and many adjacent towns and VII
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The Iola register., 1886-05-07
Woman Burned.

GAINssv1LLE, Tex, April 29.-Infor-
nation reached here to-day of the burning
OF Mrs. j. W. Pennington, which occurred
near Greenwood, Wise County, about fifty
miles southwest Of here. The particulars
n learned are as follows: Mrs. Penning-
ton MAS making soap when her dress took
fire. She ran to the well and tried to
Iuench the flames. but being unsuccessful
started in the direction OF her husband,
who was working in field near by. Her
screams attracted his attention, but before
he could reach her she fell from pain and
exhaustion. Her clothes were almost EN-
tireiy consumed and her limbs and body
were burned till the skin was crisped.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
EHH LATEST.

STRIKES in connection with the eight-hour
movement took place in Chicago on tho lst
Several firms conceded the demands, others
compromised and some resisted. Much
confusion existed, but no disorder was re-
ported
The Senate was not in session on the 1st.
A debate took place in the House on civil
service reform.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CLAY KNoBLoCK.
OF Louisiana, has resigned and Judge r. C..
Davy, President pro tenn. of the Senate, be-
comes acting Lieutenant Governor.
THB Milwaukee brewers, to the number
Of 1900, struck ON the 1st.
THE furniture manufacturers and en-
pioyes Of Grand Rapids, Mich, have ar
rived at an amicable adjustment Of their
difficulties, and the 5000 or 1000 men en-
ployed There will continue uninterrupted
on the eight-hour system.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
May showed an average increase of ia
compared with the corresponding week Of
last year. In New York the increase was
149.
The London Stock Exchange was dull
during the week ended. May l. American
securities were dropping. The Berlin Bourse
was quiet
JOnN II. AuFpExoRrs. late redemption
clerk in the sub-treasury at New Orleans,
and Erasmus Shepard, recently convicted
of conspiracy to rob the Government, were
sentenced by Judge Billings to pay fines of
s1O,0 900 and to imprisonment for two years
the maximum penalty.
THE April statement shows that the re-
duction Of the public debt for the month
was SIC. $685. ,3SS, and for the ten months
$S', 81 eos against s5O,0s5, ,2229 for the cor
responding ten months Of the preceding
fiscal year. Should the average of the first
ten months be reached for May and June,
the fiscal year will close showing a reduc-
tion Of about sl05, 100000.
A YOUNG man named DUR, of Burgdorf,
Switzerland, while ascending the Mythen
mountain in the canton of Swift, recently,
was killed by an avalanche.
A RIOT took place over the possession of
the colored Episcopal Church at Columbia,
s. c., recently. Police officers were fred
on by the parties in possession and in the
return volley John Glisson and Chris. Lee
were wounded, the latter fatally. The Off
GERS then entered the church and arrested
six men.
ALL the foreign Ministers at Athens ex-
cept Sir Horace Rumbold, the British Min
lister, have received instructions to the ef-
feet that the reply Of the Greek Govern
mens to the ultimatum of the Powers is in
sufficient
TIE Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robert
son, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Missouri, died at his residence at st. Louis
on the 1st after long and painful illness.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
Eight Hours on SATURDAY.,

BOsTON, April 26.-The master masons
of the Master Builders Association of
Boston have issued lengthy report to
the Bricklayers' Assembly of the Knights
of Labor, covering the consideration of
the various labor questions by the former
at recent meeting. The report recon-
mends that the whole question of the re-
doned till more propitiOus time; that
the rate of wages and the time of weekly
payment remain as at present, but that on
Saturday eight hours will be accepted as
DAYS work.
The Iola register., 1886-05-07
Murderers Arrested.

OWEN SOUND, Ont, April 25.-James
King, John Wilson, Charles McCleary,
Ellen McCleary and John Mccarthy have
been arrested in connection with horri-
BILE murder near Wharton about Q month
ago, In which James Baily and his hired
man lost their lives. The girl McCleary
has made q confession. She charges
King and Wilson with the commission OF
the crime. King ana BaiIy were both
paying attention to her, and frequently
quarreled. King has bad record. Four
years ago he was charged with poisoning
his sister, but was acquitted. The pre-
liminary trial of the prisoners was begun
yesterday, but was adjourned for week.