Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The steamer Acadia, sailing from
Baltimore in the tropical fruit trade, has not
been heard from for a month, when she left
port in Jamaica with load of bananas She
carried crew of seventeen persons.
The Cullom interstate commerce bill,
as 1t passed the United States Senate, provides
as follows:
commission Of FIVE persons shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the ad'
vice and consent OF the Senats, to carry out the
i've commissioners shall be appointed from the
same political party and all persons holding
stocks or bonds OF any common carrier or hold
ing official relations to such corporations, are
ineligible. The commissioners must not en-
sase is eaS a,ha: h.,sinass The se'', ,,,s
ness and management OF all common carriers
subject to the provisions OF the bill, and to OBJ
tain full and complete information as to such
business may require the attendance and testi-
mony Of witnesses and the production of all
books, papers, agreements tariffs, and docu-
ments relating to matter under investigation,
and may to that end invoke the aid OF the
United States Courts. All complaints shall
be made in writing to the commission.
The commission shall send the complaint to
the common carrier, and require either sat
isfacton Of the complaint or an answer in writ
ing within reasonable time specified. II repa-
ration is not made within the time stated the
commission shall investigate the complaint
The commission shall also Investigate ali COM
plants forwarded to 1t by State commissions,
and may institute inquiries on its own motion.
Complaints shall not be dismissed because OF
the absence Of direct damage TO the complain
ant The reports of the commission shall be in
writing, and it's decision shall be made prima-
facia evidence in all judicial proceedings.
Before the Curtin Labor Investigat-
ing Committee at St Louis several employees
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad shops testified
that not only had the March QSS5) agreement
been broken but its provisions had in several
instances not even been put into effect Father
0'Leary, editor Of the Catholic World, testi-
6od tbst no hao-- ss.~-,- st-ii.e-s Who -~e-~
good honest men and church members. He
saw that the company was doing its utmost to
crush the Knights of Labor, using unscrupu-
lous means to accomplish its ends. The cause
Of the strike he had studied, and thought he
knew. The Knights were society formed TO
teach its members justice and equity, but
looking at the entire railway system, he
thought it was carried on by trickery and I'M
fairness, from Mr.. Gould down to the lowest
subordinate He said that the employees Of
the road who were not Knights of Labor were
afraid to speak to members of that organiza-
ton for fear of being discharged
notes. Several of the new freight-handlers on
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Road
at Chicago became i'll from the change Of
water and diet They were doctored up with
whisky and ginger, and nearly all the rest Of
the gang, on discovering what sort of medicine
was being given out became violently afflicted
with cramps One Seidell, boycotter, was
fined $25 and costs at Milwaukee by Justice
Mallory, who denounced the boycotting bust
ness as an outrage. About eleven hundred
carpenters at Allegheny City have struck foI
nine hours work at full pay. The Chicago
steam filters and their helpers have struck for
more pay and less hours. The switch
mems strike at Indianapolis has proved a
failure. The Pittsburgh ice companies have
granted the demands OF their striking en-
ployes for an advance in wages of 80 per week,
and all have returned to work. There were
| 1850 lumber showers on strike in Chicago
last Thursday. The strikers at the Standard
| Coke Works at Mount Pleasant, Pa, have re-
turned to work, compromise having been
effected
Nearly all the boot and shoe manu-
facturers of Chicago, having tried the eight
4 muir bybbchh iOi tNO WOoho, hAOV "hN AOooA'OH
| to return to the ten-hour schedule, and not TO
knowingly employ an anarchist or socialist.
The cutting departments OF all the wholesale
clothing houses in Chicago closed for an indef-
mite period on account of a strike of male and
female tailors for better pay. The bakers and
the ice mon of Pittsburgh obtained their de-
mands, and have returned TO work. The wash
erwomen Of Pittsburgh have organized close
union, and will hereafter demand 81 day for
| ak hours' work