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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES,

STRIKES in connection with the eight-hour
movement took place in Chicago on the 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 tho House on civil
service reform.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CLAY KNoBLoCK.
or Louisiana, has resigned and Judge r. C.
DaVy, President pro TEN. of the Senate, be-
comes acting Lieutenant Governor.
The Milwaukee brewers, to the number
OF 5000, struck on the 1st.
The furniture manufacturers and en-
ptoyes Of Grand Rapids, Mich, have ar
rived at an amicabIe adjustment of their
difficulties, and the 5000 or 1000 men en-
ployed There viii continue uninterrupted
on the eight-hour system.
CLEARING house returns for week ended
may showed an average increase of 12.4
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 ]. American
securities were dropping. The Berlin Bourse
was quiet
JOHN II. ACFDRNoRrE. late redemption
eieFk 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
$1,000 and to Imprisonment for two years
the maximum penalty.
THB April statement shows that the re-
duction of the public debt for the month
was SIC. o.965, ,5SS, and for the ten months
Ss1 COS, against SjO,O75. .229 for the cor
responding ten months of the preceding
fiscal year. Should the average of the first
ten months be reached for May and juno,
the fiscal year will close showing a reduc-
tion of about SOS, 10000
A YOUNG man named Durr. of Burg,iorff,
Switzerland, while ascending the Avthen
mountain in the canton of Swift, recently,
was killed by an avalanche.
y RIOT took place over the possession of
the colored Episcopal Church at Columbia,
5. C., recently. Police officers were fired
on by the parties in possession and in the
return volley John Glisson and Chris. Lee
were wounded, tine 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 eff
feet that the reply of the Greek Govern
ment to the ultimatum OF the Powers is in
sufficient.
The Right Rev. Charles Franklin Robert
son, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
died at his residence at st. Louis
on the 1st after ioug and painful illness. |
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
CHICAGO TROUBLES.
The EIGht-HOur Movement Continues to
be the Leading Question.

The EIGht-HOur Movement Continues to
/ be the Leading Question.
! CHICAGO, May 1.-Twenty-five thousand
| is 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 ramiiicatiOnS and the
iron men. With the furniture people it was
practically a general lockout all over the
city and Sll the 1900 men employed in the
various factories are to-day idle and proba-
bly, will continue so for some time to come
The refusal Of the furniture manufacture
ers to grant the demands of the men was
the result Of a 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 if 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 The
men. THIS agreement was carried out aud
yesterday every furniture factory in Chi
ragO, including Brunswick IL Bake and
Rothschilds Brothers, where strikes were
already in progress, was practically in the
hands OF the executive committee of the
manufacturers association and will not be
reOpened until it so decides.
The prOpristors of every one of the nine
ty-three lumber yards in the city received
yesterday q circular from the Lumbermen's
Union demanding substantially ten hours
pay for eight hours work, commencing
May 8. meeting was at once called at
which eighty-four Of the ninetythree pro-
pEietOrs 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-
deavOr 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 lunl-
Der yards of Chicago would directly involve
WOTklnen 10 tne nulDeT Oh al IedSt IZ,UOO-
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 aud they decided
for the present to continue working OIL the
ten hour plan.
The employees of the furniture manu-
facturers, r z. PopIe and William Ginert,
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, a
refusal OF similar demands.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

THE purchase of the Wabash by the
English bOndholders means, so relia-
bly-informed railroad men say, that
Mr.. joys reorganization scheme is to
be carried out The road will remain
in the hands of the receivers about six
months longer, and then the reorgani-
zation will be effected, with Mr.. Joy
as President and Mr.. A. A. Talmage as
first vice-president and general man
ager. Now that the road has been
stripped of its worthless branches, the
Wabash, it is conceded, will soon be-
come among the most valuable railroad
property in the country.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
THE eIeHT-HouR MOVEMENT.
A Demand That Eight Hours Shall Consti-
tute Days ork.

tute Days " ork-
CHICAGO, April 30.-The employees in
the Chicago, Burlington &c Quincy freight
houses in this city have notified the local
freight agent OF that company that to-mor-
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 the action
taken by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St
Paul freight handlers last night. The men
say that if an unfsvOrable reply Is returned
they will quit work at noon Saturday.
They have expressed their determination
to remain out on a strike until they bring
the company 10 terms
At six O'Clock last evening the men en-
plOyed in the freight houses OF the Chicago
Il Alton held meeting and resolved to
join In the demand Of the freight handlers
OF the other roads for eight hours without q
corresponding decrease in compensation. All
the Alton men number fifty. Their action
will be made known to-day TO the OIL
cials OF the road. The freight han-
dlers of the Baltimore Il Ohio
road are by no mears satisfied with the
present condition of affairs. 4 tax per man
OF Sl.5O, 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 grumDling.
BALTIMORE, Nd, April 30.-The first
public demonstration i'll favor OF the eight
hou- system took place last night There
WAS monster tOrchlight procession i'll
which many thousand men representing all
classes OF labor took part, followed by a
mass meeting at COncordia Opera HOuSe,
Whero addresses were made by L. j. Nc
Guira, Of Cleveland, secretary OF the Car
penters' Brotherhood; J. j. Mcnamara, OF
Washington, and Others. 1t is understood
that the house carpenters Will demand eight
hours after May l. The builders are willing
10 compromise on nine hours, but there is
not much probability of an amicabe settle
ment and strike is looked for. Last nights
meeting was very enthusiastic and it is said
that all branches OF labor will demand
shorter hours before very long.
JERSEY CITY, y. j., April 3O.-The pro-
prietors 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 mon 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 gottiHg from S2.75 to So per day of ten
hours
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 3O.-The' Cap
itol grounds at eleven O'Clock yesterday
presented an animated scene. The whole
hill top and premises were covered with
people gathered TO witness the laying of
ment, or. as some expressed it, ''the official
burial Of the Confederacy.' The fOunda-
ton of the monument only was ready, pre-
senting a surface thirty-five feet square.
Near at hand stood the corner stone on
which In raised letters was the inscription:
Corner stone, laid by exPresident JefTer-
son Davis, April 20, 1856" Opposite this
WAS large platform for the speakers.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
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-
bic murder near Wharton about a month
ago, In which James Baily and his hired
man lost their lives. The girl McCleary
has made a confession. She charges
King and Wilson with the commission of
the crime. King AMI Baily 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
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

WASHINGTON, April 29.-MOrtimer Nye,
John II. Bradley, Fitch d. Bowen, John o.
Organ, Daniel Grover, Joseph Jackson, ST.
mon Wiland and L. d. Webber, ali resi-
dents of La Porte, Ind, have arrived here
in response to teiegraphic sum-
mons from the Judiciary Committee
OF the United States Senate to
testify in behalf Of Hawkins the United
Stairs 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 Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
Back Again.

CHESTER, H., April 3O.-CharIes Riley,
of Madison County, finished up a three
gears sentence for burglary and was dis
charged from this prison the middle of
November last. Yesterday Charlie
''tood the scratch in the
receiving officers department for clothing
of the same cut and material that he sported
last summer. He came down from Madi-
son County for one stretch for
burglary. By some means he
eyaded arraignment under the habitual
criminal law on plea of guilty, and sue
ceeded in getting OFF with the year. He ro-
sumed his place in the shoe shops.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
Lying Reports.

MONTEREY. Mex, April 30.-To-day's
train brought In eastern papers giving de-
tails Of a bloody battle with Mexican
bandits at Dolores and VilecillO mines as
teIegraphed from San Antonio, Texas, ON
the 23d inst. r J. Bogusch. superintend-
ent OF the VillecillO 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 G. discharged employe
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 Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

A CELEBRATED trotting horse known
rs General Butler died in New York
recently. He took part in many nota-
bic contests against such flyers as Lady
Thorne and George NJ. Patchen, and at
Chicago, September %, 1866, was the
contending horse against the Western
crack, Cooley, when George McKeever,
his driver, was murdered in the gather
ing shadows of the back stretch by
some one who had. pools on the other
horse and who showed board out over
the fence as Mckeever passed, crush
inc his skull.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

THE London Pail Mall Gazette advo-
Gates the formation of a supreme and
permanent court for the settlement of
fisheries disputes between Canada and
the United States. The court, the
Gazette says, should consist of five
members, two of whom should be
Americans. two Englishmen and the
fifth should be selected by these four,
and be either an American or an En-
glishman.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

AVERY remarkable discovery, it is
stated at Washington. has been made
by the accounting officers of the Treas
ury Department, They find that Colo
mel Mosby, recently Consul General at
Hong Kong, has been turning over to
the Government fees that under the
law he was entitled to retain himself,
and he has been notified that several
thousand dollars are in the Treasury
subject to his disposal. 1t is said that
there never was a case of this kind
known, the officers of the Government
abroad being generally cute enough to
determine what fees they were enti-
tied to and put them in their own
pockets.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

A CURIOUS legal muddle has arisen
in Iowa in consequence of haSty legis-
lation. Among the acts of the late
General Assembly was one providing
for the election of county attorneys
and legislating the district attorneys
out of office at the end of the present
year. The act unconditionally repeals
section S,775 of the code, which fixes
the salaries and fees of district attor-
neys. As the act takes effect on pub
lication-which has been completed
the apparent effect is to cut off all sal
aries and fees of the attorneys who
have eight months to serve.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
Eight Hours on saturday.

BosTON, April 26.-The master masons
of the Master Builders Association Of
Boston have issued lengthy report to
the Brisklayers' 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-
duction of the hours OF labor be aban-
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
q days work.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

EVERY large planning mill in Milwaukee,
Wis, has shut down, the proprietors having
refused to accede to the demands of the
men for eight hours work and ten hours
pay.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand men, of various
callings, were reported on strike in Chicago
April 30, and fifty thousand others were
ready to join their ranks in furtherance of
the demand for reducing the hours OF labor
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

ABBE CAsARovA, a Corsican arch
@ologist, is reported to have discovered
archives which show that Christopher
Columbus was born in the town of
Calvi in Corsica, and emigrated to
Genoa. President Grevy having ex-
amined the evidence and being salts
fed of its authenticity has authorized
the authorities of Calvi to celebrate by
an official holiday the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of
America. The inhabitants of Calvi
will hold fete on May %, when an
inscription will be placed on the house
In which Columbus was born.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

THE California papers say that the
hotels throughout the State at present
were never so crowded with guests. In
San Francisco ten thousand strangers
are domiciled. At the Palace are one
thousand five hundred, and for weeks
they have been turning people away
for want of room.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

AGENTS of the Canadian Pacific road
are soliciting trade in New York for
the new line of steamers to China and
Japan in opposition to the Pacific Mail
line and for the benefit of the Cana
dian Pacific road. They want to start
in June, when the tea trade begins.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

THE O'DoSoGHUE publishes letter
in which he denOunces 'Mr. Glad
stones insidious proposals, which, if
adopted, will result in seriously dimin-
ishing the strength. prosperity and
glory of England, and in absolutely
destroying the Irish social system"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

A FRENCH officer, attired in uniform,
was married recently at Strasbourg to
an Alsatian lady. After the ceremony
a crowd of three hundred persons fol-
lowed the officer, shouting ''Vive la
France" and displaying great enthusi-
asm. The police dispersed the mob.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

ALARGE lot of dry goods and other
reight has been recovered from the
sunken steamship Oregon, and it is ex-
pected if the sea remains calm that
nearly all the cargo will be recovered.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

THE House Committee on Military
Affairs has reported bill to authorize
the President to confer brevet rank on
officers for gallant services in Indian
campaigns.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

IT was rumored that the Georgia Pa
cific was seeking to obtain control of
the Mississippi & Tennessee railway
which will then be built from Memphis
to Birmingham, Ala.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06

The law for the immediate execution
Of train wreckers when apprehended in
the act has passed the Mexican House
of Deputies.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

A MASS meeting was held in Washington
on the 2Sth to sympathize with the efforts
of Gladstone and Parnell to obtain home
rule for Ireland. Representative Randall
presided.
| JEFFERSON DAVIS and General Gordon
addressed an immense audience at Mont
| gamery, Ala, on the 18th. Both of the ex-
Confederate chiefs received an ovation.
GEORGE F. EMMoNs, chief engineer of the
United States navy, on tbe retired list,
| died recently at Baltimore, Nd
THB House Committee Oh Foreign At
fairs has ordered favorable reports on the
Chinese Indemnity bill and the Morrow
| Restriction bill.
DR.. PHILIP kROHS, who was recently i'm
plicated in a gross scandal at Junction City,
Kan, has written letter to the Presiding
Elder of his Methodist district, denying
the charges, but at the same time with
drawing from the church and the ministry.
He claimed that he was the victim of anti
prOhibitionistS.
THE Mexican Congress has passed law
authorizing the issue of $4,000 in copper
cents to be legal tender in sums not over
p cents and silver five cent pieces at the
pleasure of the executive. The nickel law
of 1881 is repealed.
THE London Daily Telegraph. referring to
the recent demonstration at Montgomery,
Ala, said: I'VE think it would be better
if Mr.. Davis allowed the past to sleep as
Lee and Benjamin did"
THE House Committee on Rules has
agreed to report a resolution fixing the
hour of meeting of sessions of the House at
eleven O'Clock.
The President has vetoed the bill TO
make Omaha, Neb., port of entry as
wholly unnecessary.
JOSEPH e. HENDRICKS has been nomi-
mated by the President for the postmaster
ship of Brooklyn. n. Y; also Frank Brown,
at Baltimore, Md.
TIE New York Tribune of April 80 says
the family of ex-President Arthur are ex-
ceedingly hopeful that he will get well.
He hes been steadily improving for several
days Yesterday his condition was better
than for several weeks. With the return
of strength has come buoyancy of spirit,
and the ex-President feels confident that
he will recover.
THE household effects of the Austrian
Minister, who has withdrawn from dip
lomatic relations with the United States.
were sold at auction at Washington on
April 30.
The National Liberal Federation of
Scotland has adopted resolutions favoring
Mr.. Gladstone's home rule bill.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

The filibustering steamer City q
Mexico has been declared forfeited at
Key West, Fla
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-05-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESSIONAL.


AFTER the usual routine business In the
Senate on the 18th Senator Blair addressed
that body on his bill providing for a consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the sale of
alcoholic liquors. The Interstate Commerce
bill was then taken up and Senator Van
Wyck spoke IN favor of the measure The
Post-ofhce Appropriation bill was then re-
ported and the Senate adjourned. In the
House Dir. Springer introduced bill for the
admission of the whole of Dakota: also TO
establish a Department of Labor and to pro-
vide for board for the arbitration OF labor
controversies. Several other bills were in
troduced and several reported from commit
tees when the House went into committee
on the River and Harbor bill When the
committee rose the House adjourned.
II the Senate on the 9th a tran
script was received from the clerk of the
Ohio Legislature in the Payne investigation
case. The bill appropriating $3Oo.009 to ex-
tend the executive mansion passed. A largo
number of bridge bills passed. The Inter
State Commerce bill was then taken up, and
debate cOntnded until adjournment. IN
the House the Judiciary Committee reported
adversely the bill to prohibit aliens from
holding lands in this country. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on
the River and Harbor bill Pending consid-
Grafton the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
AFTER routine business In the Senate. on
the 2Sth the Post-ofice Appropriation bill
was taken up and debated at length, after
which the Senate vent into executive sess ION
and then adjourned. In the House bill
regulating the manufacture and sale of
bogus butter was reported from the Com
mittee on Agriculture. The bill imposes
similar restrictions upon the manufacture
of imitation butter as those placed upon to
hacco and whisky, imposes heavy license
tax and a stamp tax of ten cents per pound.
The River and HarbOr bill was then taken up
and discussed until adjournment.
In the Senate on the Doth the bill known
as the Fourth of July Claims bill was taken
up and passed. The Senate then resumed
consideration Of the Post-office ApproprIa-
ton bill. pending which it adjourned go In
the House the Committee on Coinage re-
ported q bill for the retirement and recoin-
age of the trade dollars The River and
Harbor bill was then taken up and pending
consideration the House adjourned.
IL the Senate on the Both the veto by the
President OF the bill to turn over the bodies
of unclaimed dead paupers to the District
Medical College was sustained. only six Sena-
tors voting to pass the bill over the veto.
The conference report on the Indian Appro-
priation bill was concurred in. After the
passage of several private bills the Post office
Appropriation bill WAS taken up After some
discussion the Senate adjOurnment-...Th
bill creating a department of agriculture was
taken up in the House, and after short de-
bate laid aside and consideration of the+Riyer
and Harbor bin resumed in committee. When
the committee rose the House adjourned.