The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-07-03
rELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

have been held recently at st. Louis and
Sedalia. A prominent officer OF the
League says that these meetings have
been much more general in character
than those previously held, the intention
being to establish An organization from
one end Of the country to the other in
support of law aud order, which can be
largely massea, if necessary, at one point.
For instance, in case OF trouble IN st.
Louis with which the League thereicopld
not cope, preparations now being made
are for the purpose OF enabling local
officials to call on Chicago or any other
place for reinforcements, the members
being bound to answer such call at
moments notice. The organization, in
this respect, is partaking more OF the
character Of natiJnal minute mep, though
the members say they hope they never
will be called upon to perform that KIND
of duty. AS a means OF getting the
forces out on few moments notice the
address Of all members, business apd res.
ideace, afe taken. The League whlgh
had it's origin in Sedali,, has been rap
Idly fathered by some of the leading
secret society men OF the country, Legion
| Of Honor members aud MasDns belng
prominent. The workings and manage
nents of these sleiet,es have been con-
svlidated aud tho best points called cut
| IN order TO secure large aud eleetife
! membership as soon az possible, aud at
| the same time keep 1t secret. They
have been very successful in the latter
regard and it 10 only with the greatest
4 III ,linh RI
| workings can be ascertained. Beginning
in Sedalia and spreading to Desota and
Hannibal, it was taken up by st. Louis
when it really began to boom and spread
rapidly to Carondelet, Belleville, Chicago,
lSt. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester, Mil
waukee and Baltimore in the above order
named, and is now gaining strong foot.
hold in Iowa, Kansas and other States.
| With the points named it has reached
membership of over II, 600, over 600 OF
| whom are in St. Louis. Included in
| the membership, it is said, are Large
| number of laboring men, engineers, con.
duc.ors and Knights of Labor. who ex-
press a firm allegiance to the League in
| preference to any order. The principal
| object is to prevent labor disturbances
/ and discontinue strikes aud boycotts.
| The latter comes in for particular con-
F., demuaticn. A committee of the League
is being appointed to investigate all boy
| colts, and where the employer IS fonnd
| to be unjust to let them alone, but wheye
| the employer has given no cause for sueh
extreme measures, then to go to his a.
| sistance.
T. p. O'Connor's cable special to the
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New York Star from Liverpool of June
Both says: "rhe fight here and in other
parts of the Midiands has been half.
hearted from the start, and Gladstone
will lose heavily. l saw ParnelI at Ches-
ter to-day. He had good accounts to
| give to offset the less comforting things l
had to convey of affairs at the metropolis
OF the country and the commercial capi.
tai OF the Midlands. Wherever he had
been he found the English and Welsh
masses animated with undou bted enthu.
siasm for the cause OF Ireland. Church
questions are being raised by the Tories
iu county constituencies whore the Es-
tablishmsnt is ell powerful. and these
and similar maueuvers to divert attention
from the, sole issue upon which the yer.
dict of the country is asked. are doing
Gladstone some harm. tss a
A Boston dispatch says: Ten days
ago acme ugly rumors gained circulation
on State street regarding the busipess
methods OF Richard j. Lane, PresAfent
OF the Abingdon National Bank and of
the Roekland Savings Bank. and who
was shs holder Of large trus.s. As the
result OF an investigator. Alr. Lane was
arrested in Portland on his way TO
Canada. For fonr years he had been
trustee OF the estate OF Washington Reed,
which was appraised at $500, 600. When
he took charge OF IL the church in which
he 10 q deacon slso made him Treasurer.
He il accused of having recantly drawn
| in the name OF the bank from its Boston
reserve $50, 600, which he has appropri-
| sted to his OVID use.
r. Sullivan. ParnslIits. has been re-.
| elected to represent the College Green
| division ot Dabiin. in The next Psrlia
! ,hen', and W. Murphy. parn@lGte. has
J baen retained for ST. Patrica's division.
| fhey had no opposition John, Bright
| nouss tor the central division Of Birm.
irxhan and Josepb Chamberlain for the
| west ii, ision. Neither was opposed, UP
t 3 O'clock Thursday s,ternoon sixteen
Tory ca9lidstss, seven Uoiauist-, eight
Liberals and two Parn,'lht-s had been
elected 30 thu new House of C,nnmous 10
ancon,ssted dissricts.