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The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23
Decree in the L.. e. 8 St. l.. Case.

CHICAGO, April % Judge Gresham, in the
United States Circuit Court. to-day, settled the
final decree of foreclosure aud sale bf the Louis
vile, Evansville g. St Louis Railway Airline
Company. in the foreclosure suit OF
Butler ct al trustees The decree
forecleses under first and second
mortgages on the main line OF So. 00O. 900 and
81. 000, 900 respectively. The road is to be sold
June next at New Albany, Ind. by w. P.
Fishback. of Indianapolis and Mr.. Jones, OF
Springfield. as commissioners. An up
set price of $750,000 is fixed on
the main line from Louisville to
New Albany. The branch from Huntingburg to
Evansville is to be subject TO mortgage of
100000 which is not in default. The question
of the amour. and priority of the car trust claim
is reserved by the decree. The road will be reor-
ganized under the name of the Louisville
Evansville 81 St Louis Railroad Company
Messrs. W. T. Hart, I. Il. Burr, Jonas FL.
French, John Goidthwaite, and w. S.
Blanchard, of Boston. and j. NJ FELTON, and
Judge r. p. Humphrey, of Louisville, are
the committee of reorganization representing q
pool made up of first and second and income
mortgage bondholders and stockholders.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23
THE GOULD LINES.
Icmpfoyes of the Missouri Car and Foundry
Company Cease Work.

Icmpfoyes of the Missouri Car and Foundry
Company Cease Work.
ST. LOUIS. April 22.-Another step in the ag-
gressive warfare of the striking Knights of La
Dor upon the Missouri Pacific Railroad was
taken this morning at 10 o'clock, when the 500
employees of the Missouri Car and Foundry Com
pany stopped work and joined the strike in
obedience to an order of District Assembly No.
IT, This move has been contemplated ever since
the Knights found that the company were sup
plying repair material for the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain shops, where, it is claimed
by the strikers, the new men are not sufficiently
skilled TO make their material A committee
from the Knights called upon the vice president
of the company, and informed him that unless
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain companies
their men will be ordered out The vice -presi-
dent replied that these two companies were
among their best customers, and that they would
continue as long as they were able to fill all of
their orders. The committee then retired, and
issued an order to the Knights of Labor en-
ployed by the company to quit work this morn
ing. This order was afterward sent to the ex-
ecutive board, who indorsed it., and the men
struck. President Mcmillan, who was seen by a
reporter. in reply to question as to his future
piaus. said: "We shall try to run our works
with a new force of men. but If we fail, we shall
open our works at Cambridge, Ind, which have
been closed for some time. If we can't run our
business there as we see fit we will GO out of
busiRess altogether. I would rather see the
demands like those made by the Knights of
Tahnr I"
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CHICAGO, April % The Western Export As
sociation to day concluded its meeting here.
Out of total of ninety distillers seventy one
were present The association. by unanimous
vote, expelled the proprietor of the Enterprise
distiery, at Pekin, Ill. Edward Speelman.
The charges against him were refusing to pay
assessments, making up more bushels of grain
than he was entitled to, and vio-
lating every written agreement made
with the association 1t was also
resolved to sustain no business relations with
his house, or with any house that purchased
goods from him. The general plan OF the pro-
posed new corporatea body. under the laws Of
Illinois. with 5000 900 capital. was approved. and
a committee of nine was appointed, consisting of
essrs. Abel 81 Lynch, of Chicago;
Hobart & Gaff of Cincinnati; Green
hut & Woolners of Peoria; Bevis,
of Missouri. Fairbanks. Of Indiana;
and Ilor, of Nebraska, to put tie proposed plan
in definite shane. filling out all details, and pre-
pare it for the next meeting of the association,
to be held in this city in May The object of the
new organization. 1t is said, is to deal with
troublesome members within and those parties
outside Of the association contemplating erection
Of new distileries The committee Of nine vent
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ayers wanted to accomplish the best results, and
in order to do they should have good men.
and should be in accord with their men, and in
friendly relations with them. He thought it
should be made criminal offense to have a strike
on railroad. If before the days of railroads
there was strike of steamboat hands on the
Mississippi river, and the strikers attempted to
prevent the passage of boats, surely that would
be such case of interference with interstate
commerce that the general government would
disperse the strikers and say that traffic must
not be interfered with. There was no objection
to men quitting work; and if in the present case.
the strikers had confined themselves to that,
the company would never have stopped running
trains. He was asked as to whether he had any
knowledge of Wall-street speculations in con-
nection with the strike but all that he knew on
that point was what he had been informed. that
persons connected with the Knights of Labor
had been noticed in brokers' Offices He prom
ised to give the names of such persons as mad
been mentioned to him in that connection. He
closed by paying a high compliment to Mr..
Hoxie for the manner in which he has admin
istered the affairs of the company.
The committee. at $50, adjourned until IL
o'clock to- morrow.
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of duty foreign to che judicial function, as the
selection of arbitrator in such cases. is, at
least. of doubtful propriety. The establishment,
by federal authority of such bureau would be
just and sensible recognition of the value of
labor, and of its right to be represented in the
departments of the government.
$50 far its conciliatory Offices shall have re-
laton to disturbances which interfere with
transit and commerce between the States, its ex-
istence would be justified under the provisions
of the Constitution, which gives to Congress the
power to regulate commerce with foreign ma
tons and among the States. In the frequent
and their employers, of less extent.
and the consequences of which are confined
within State limits, and threaten domestic vio-
lence, the interposition of such commission
might be rendered upon the application of the
legislature or executive of State under a con-
sttutional provision which requires the general
government TO protect each of the States
against domestic violence If such commits
sion were fairly organized. the risk of loss of
popular support and sympathy resulting from
a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instru-
mentality would constrain both parties to such
disputes to invoke its interference and abide by
its decisions. There would also be good reason
to hope that the very existence of such an
agency would invite application to IL for advice
and counsel, frequently resulting in the avoid
ance of contention and misunderstanding
IF the usefulness of such a commission is
doubtful because it might lack power to enforce
itS ueciSlous, mucn encouragement Is derived
from the conceded good that has been accom-
plished by the railroad commissions which have
been organized in many of the States, which,
having little more than advisory power, have
exerted a most salutary influence in the settle
ment of disputes between conflicting interests.
''In July, 1884, by law of Congress. Bu-
reau of Labor established and placed in
charge of Commissioner of Labor, who is re-
quired to collect information npon the subject Of
labor, its relations with capital the hours of
labor, and the earnings of laboring men and
women, and the means OF promoting their ma
teral, social intellectual and moral prosperity.
The commission which is suggested could easily
be engrafted upon the bureau thus already or
ganzed, by the addition of two more commits
sioners, and by supplenenting the duties now
imposed upon it by such other powers and func-
tions AS would permit the commissioners to act
as arbitrators, when necessary, between labor
and capital under such limitations and upon
such occasions as should be deemed proper and
useful Power should also be distinctly con-
ferred upon this bureau to Investigate the causes
of all disputes as they may occur, whether sub
mitted for arbtra ton not so that informa-
ton may always be at hand to aid legislation on
the subject when necessary and desirable.
''GRovER CLEVELAND.
'ExEcuTIvE MANSION. April %, 1886"
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strike shall be confined TO the Third-avenue
road, unless in case of q combination Of all the
roads against the strikers. The other roads are
warned by the strikers to keep away from the
Third avenue. During the strike the men will
lbe paid from the funds of the association as
though they were at work. The question of q
general tie-up will be held in abeyance.
A drunken man tried to raise disturbance
with conductor, about noon to-day, on a Third
avenue car. crowd gathered about him. The
police used their clubs to quell the row. and
hustled the drunken fellow off to the station
house. Another maa-an old driver-was ar
rested and locked up for assaulting drivers and
conductors in the employ of the road.
The cars stopped running and the stables were
closed at 7:30 tonight in order that the police
might gain more rest. Twenty officers were left
on guard at the depot During the day fifty
eight cars were running. Tomorrow the super
intendent intends to run seventy-fve cars on the
Third avenue road. and will begin running cars
on the One-hundred and twenty fifth street line,
and possibly some cable cars. The newly hired
men are lodged and fed by the company in the
depot building, whore there are accommodations
for nearly 1000 men.
Tonight the pickets of the strikers fare on
duty all along Third avenue. The strikers had
. large meeting tonight, and afterward the rep
Tesentative of the executive board detailed the
system of organization for enforcing the strike.
He said "All of with us. Not
one has gone back since the strike began. All
our men who have asked have received their full
daily pay Twenty of the companys new men
have left to-day, and most of them
have joined the organization. More will
come out in the morning Over twenty horses
have died in the stables for want of proper care
since the strike began, and number of them
have been in the yard since Saturday Seven
teen dead horses were lying there to-day. The
company have no horseshoers, and have been
sending out horses without shoes, and this has
called for Mr. Berghs interference. The citi-
zens of New York need fear no violence from
our men. None but our pickets will be allowed
on Third avenue until all trouble is settled
Pickets viii be on duty day and night from the
City Hall to Harlem bridge. and will report to
headquarters every hour About 800 pickets are
on duty at one time. under command of a most
reliable man, with fifteen assistants, and they
are relieved every five hours The picket who
finds one of our men the avenue will take
bin in charge, and pass him on from one to the
other until he reaches the hail.
All was quiet at midnight
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New YORK state G. A. r.

NEW YORK. April 22-There was a spirited
contest fer the position of department command
er of the Department of New York. at the after
noon session of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, resulting. finally, in the election of J. l.
Sayles of Rome. For senior vice-commander
Chas. A. Orr, Of Buffalo. was chosen. The dele
gates to the national encampment. headed by
General Slocum, were instructed to present to
that body the name of John A. Reynolds, of
Rochester for the Office of commander-in-chief.
a resolution was passed recommending the pas
sage by Congress of q bill paying each soldier
per month.
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Obituary.

LOUISVILLE April 90. = Father Abram j.
Ryan, the ''poetpriest of the South" died here
tonight, after brief illness from brain fever.
CINCINNATI. April 22-Florus B. Plympton,
who has been on the editorial staff of the Com
mercial Gazette since 1860. died tonight of q
complication of diseases. He was fifty five years
old.
Of the proprietors and editors of the Evening
Bulletin, of this city. died here of pneumonia
this morning, after an illness Of four or FIVE
days. He was sixty years of age.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23
The Christian Women of Utah..

WAsHINGToN, April e. The Utah Commits
sion has addressed letter to Representative
Holman, asking him to use his influence with
Congress to help a number of Christian women
in Utah Territory who have begun a movement
to establish an industrial home for helpless and
dependent women and their children, at or near
Salt Lake City. At present, it is said. there is
neither hospital nor a charitable institution in
the Territory.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23
Baltimore street-Car Strike Broken.

BALTIMORE, Md. April 22.-The strike of car
drivers was broken to-day. and all the tied-up
lines had their cars running. On some of the
lines the full number of cars have not yet been
sent out but it is expected that all of them will
be run full tomorrow. A considerable number
OF the old drivers have lost their employment
che companies refusing to dismiss those who aid
cd them in their necessity.
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The Morning Dress,

It is said that lady's standing in society can
easily be determined by her dress at the break
fast table; expensive, snowy costume indi-
propreties. But no one need be afraid of being
called ''shoddy" if her loveliness is as apparent
by daylight as at the hops. Perfect beauty is
never the attendant of disease; above all, OF
those diseases peculiar to women, and which
find ready cure in DR. Pierce's nFavorte Pre-
scription." Price reduced TO one dollar BY
druggists
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steamship News.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Arrived: City of Chi
cago, City of Rome, from Liverpool; Salier, from
Bremen Hammonia, from Hamburg
QUEENsTowN, April 22-Arrived: America
from New York.
LONDON April 22.-Arrived: Persian Mon
arch, from New York.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23

LOADED with impurities, your blood needs thu
cleansing and vitalizing energy of Ayers Sarsa
parilla.
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OTHER LABOR AND STRIKE NEWS.

New York Grand jury Considering the Boy
cotters-Crippled Boys Placed Under Ban.
New YORK, April 22.-The grand jury spent
the day in considering the cases of the Third
avenue strikers who were arrested for riotine on
Tuesday. and those who have been carrying on
the bakery and other boycotts. 1t is understood
that number of indictments were found. and
that on Monday investigation will be made into
the methods employed by the executive boards
of the Empire Protective Association in ordering
a general tie-up of the street-car lines. IL is
thought indictments can be found under the law
against conspiracy to intimidate.
A boycott has been declared against charita
BILE institution which furnishes work to num-
Der of crippled boys in the manufacture of
brushes The boycott is declared by the Brush
makers Union, because the work comes into
competition with that of the members of the
union. The immediate result of the boycott has
been to secure large number of orders for the
cripples work.
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Business Biock Burned.

DANIELsoNvILLE, Conn. April 22.-The Ely
q Hyde Block burned this morning Loss,
SAC, ,0U0.
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GoUr in the feet will never trouble you after q
rubbing with St Jacobs Oil.
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Burning of a School Furniture Factory.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 22 "A H. Andrews g.
Co. suffered great loss this morning by reason
of fire. 1t occurred early this morning in the
school furniture factory at Desplaines and Polk
streets, and the loss estimated at $100, 0O0. At
4:45 o'clock the watchman discovered smoke is
suing from the boilerroom. A hasty examina-
tion showed that the blaze had originated under
the boiler An alarm was turned in Immediate
ly followed by second But the flames spread
through the buildings four story brick-wIth
lghtning-like rapidity. The whole stock was of
sach character as to make the structure blaz
ing furnace inside of twenty minutes Each
floor was piled up with wood ready to be made
into furniture, stock already constructed, oils,
varnish and other such infammable material.
So the work Of destruction was rapid In one
hours time nothing was left of the building but
the walls and mass of debris lying smoking in
the basement. 1t was not until o'clock that
the fire was struck out, and two engines were
left to play on the ruins The firm has just been
having controversy with it's workmen regard
ing wages.
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CHICAGO, April 22.-According to published
statements here, there is grave reason to believe
that the fire on Tuesday last. at the residence of
Mr. Charles S. Kmbell No. It's Park avenue,
was not only the work Of an incendiary, but had
direct connection with the actions of Mr.. Kim
bells finn in the labor agitation of the last year
or two. Mr. Kirabell is the treasurer of the
Singer d Talcott Stone Company, which firm
had considerable trouble with its quarrymen at
Lemont during the general strike there year
ago. when two men were shot dead in the streets
by the State militia which lad been called out
to quell the disturbances. Various attempts
were made to induce Mr. Kimbel TO discharge
his on-union men. but without result. close
investigation leads to the conclusion that de-
structive bomb was thrown into the parlor Of his
residence, nearly causing the death Of his wife
and son. The loss on the building is Sc. 600.
The entire matter is still one of great mystery.
The Indianapolis journal., 1886-04-23
Advance in Prices of Furniture.

CHICAGO, April 22-One Of the largest meet
ings of furniture manufacturers ever held in the
United States was in session here to-day. Dele
gates were present from Illinois, Michigan. Wis
consn Minnesota Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky
Over 160 firms represented. 1t was
decided to inaugurate the eight hour
law system. commencing May l, and
10 per cent. in the prices of all kinds of furni-
ture. With the beginning of the eieht-hour sys-
tenn the wages of workmen will be reduced in
proportion as their hours are lessened. AS soon
as it can be determined whether the 10 per cent
advance in prices can be maintained there will
be readiustment of wages paid employees. but
the extent of the benefit, if any. that will then
accrue to the workman was not definitely decided
upon.
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THE FIRE RECORD.
A Valuable Business Block Burned Out, In
volving a Loss of About 100000.

toAtAnk % kAos8 "a AO00b 0AVOsVV0s
New YORK. April pa few minutes before
z o'clock this morning fire broke out in the
upper floor of the six-story brick building run
ming from No. 5S to 66 Crosby street, and from
No. 512 TO SIG Broadway. This is new build
ind. and is erected on the site of Harrigan g.
Hart's old Theater Comique, which was burned
some time ago. The fire broke out on the
upper floor of No. go. The fire ruined one of
the most valuable business blocks in the city.
So fercely and rapidly did the flames gain head
way that three alarms were sent out These
The building was provided with brick roof,
and before this could be broken through to al
low the firemen to get at the FIRE, the flames
broke out on the Broadway 'front.' Getting
thus good draft, the fire licked up everything
before it. The iremen battered in the roof and
wallis and succeeded in directing q stream of
water on the blazing mass. An opening once
made, scores of streams began to play upon the
roaring flames, and in less than an hour the
fremen had gained the upper hand of the
flames. The building is two hundred feet in ex
tent. running from Broadway to Crosby street,
and is practically double building. The
ground floor of the sonth side is occupied by A.
Laufer 81 Co, importers and dealers in hats;
Plancky 81 Simon. manufacturers of neckwear,
occupied the first floor; August Brothers, manu-
facturers of boys clothing, occupied the remain
der OF this end Of the building. front and back.
The north end of the building accommodates
only two firms j. w. Goddard g Sons, i'm
porters of silks and conyerters of cotton goods,
have the ground floors and cellars, and Messrs.
August, Bernheim.- Bauer & Co. occupy the re-
maiuder of this part of the building. AS the
spriEg trade stock had all been received by each
one of these firms, the aggregate loss esti--
mated at $750,0O0. The three upper floors only
are burned out, but the entire building was
flooded with water. Messrs. Goddard q Sons
carried stock valued at $500, 600, and August,
Bernheim, Bauer g. Co. carried line of like
value. August Brothers estimate the value of
their stock at $50, 900, while the stocks of
Pancky 81 Simon and A. Laufer & Co. are
placed at $4,000 more. The origin of the FIRE
is unknown
Later reports state that the loss will not ex-
ceed 100000
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Labor Notes.

About hundred employees of the Brunswick
q Bake Manufacturing Company, at Cincinnati
engaged in making billiard tables, struck, yester-
day. for 20 per cent. increase in wages.
A large number of leading business men of
New York city have signed call for special
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, with
view TO taking action relative to the labor dis
turbances now In existence there.
Since the introduction of natural gas into
Pittsburg the output, of the mills and factories
has been increased 70 per cent, large number
of new plants have been erected, and nearly TO-
600 additional men given employment.
Two hundred and fifty men employed by the
Lawen zinc works. at Pittsburg, Kan. quit
work yesterday, demanding an increase of 10 to
25 cents per day. The company has closed the
works. though the fires have not yet been
banked.
The executive board of the Knights of Labor,
at st. Louis, received yesterday, up to noon, for
eramfrom the East stating that $50 900 had been
forwarded from sympathizers in that part of the
country.
The independent coke manufacturers. operat-
ing nearly eight hundred ovensn the McConnells-
Vile region and employing six thousand men,
have followed the example of the coke syndicate
and advanced wages from to l6 per cent, to
take effecJ May L.
Fifty molders at Palmer e. Demoy's foundry
at Cleveland, who We're out on strike for a
week. returned to work yesterday. At Taylor
e. Boggiss foundry ninety-fve molders are
still out They refuse to give their grievances
to the public, and the firm declares they do not
know why the men struck
Sixty men employed as truckers. stowmen. re-
ceivers aud checkers at the Missouri Pacific
freight depot at Kansas City, struck last night,
demanding more pay. The strikers claim that
it is movement in their aid. They say it will
seriously interfere with business unless new
men are secured to fill the vacant places.
The labor demonstration to be held at Wilkes
barre on Saturday will be the largest gathering
ever held in the coal fields. All the collieres will
remain idle on that day. 1t is expected that ten
thousand men will be in line. The meeting in
the afternoon will be held in the River Park, and
will be addressed by many prominent labor
agitators. The chief object of the gathering will
be TO prepare for the enforcement of the eight
hour demand to be made May l.
The members of the local stove-molders' union,
at ST. Louis. some time ago demanded of their
employers an advance in wages of Is per cent.
Two of the foundres acceded TO the demand and
the management of the others succeeded in
avertng a strike of their employees. On Wednes-
day night, at meeting of the union, it re
solved to repeat the demand. and if it is not
granted on or before the 1st of May the molders
will strike. The members OF the union number
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