Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-02-24
DOINGS AT THE EAST.

THE striking miners and coke drawers in
their demands. A telegram from Scottdale
says: The coke strike has ended in favor
of the strikers, the operators having granted
their demands. Work will be resumed at
once. Connellsville dispatch says; No.
tees have been posted at every works to re-
sumo at an advance of 10 per cent. This
is what the strike was for. The former
wages were "a cents per wagon for mining
and % cents per oven for drawing coke.
Wages will be 80 and GO cents. The strike
lasted five weeks and the total loss to oper-
ators and workmen was over half a million
dollars.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has issued
a call for $10,0O0,00O per cent. bonds, the
principal and accrued interest of which will
be paid April next.
The annual banquet of the New York
Board of Trade and Transportation took
place at the Hotel Brunswick. Letters of
regret were read from Secretaries Bayard,
Manning, Endicott and Postmaster General
Villas, Hon. A. s. Sweet. Speaker Carlisle,
Gov. Hill and others. Toasts were re-
sponded to by Lieut.. Gov. Jones, Hon.
Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia, Presi-
dent of the National Board of Trade, and
others.
AN accident occurred on the Ohio Gen.
trail Railroad near Point Pleasant, Ohio,
which resulted in the death of Mr. Hum
phreys, Of Poca, w. Va, and slight inju-
ries to several passengers. Daniel Searles,
Of Hurricane Station, Putnam County, W.
Va, was either drowned or killed. His BODY
was recovered and sent home. Six others
were slightly hurt.
AT recent meeting of the Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of Philadelphia the
branch societies made response to the re-
cent circular calling for contributions to
their Irish Parliamentary fund. The re-
turns aggregated $8,517. A cablegram was
at once sent to Mr.. Parnell announcing tha,
over 81, ZOO had been contributed by the
meeting. The contributions so far received
by Mr.. A. J. Drexel, Treasurer Of the Citi-
zens' Committee, in aid of the Parnell
fund, amount to $11,913.
THERE were 227 failures reported to
Bradstreet's during last week, against 2S8
in the preceding week. and 273, 243, 22l
and 159 in the corresponding weeks Of 1885,
1884, 1888 and 1882, respectively.
REPRESENTATIVES, Of twenty-five but
terine and oleomargarine manufacturing
establishments of the United States met at
Pittsburg, Pa, and formed National As
sociation for the purpose Of protection. 1t
is the intention to test the legality of the
laws recently passed in New York, Penn
sylvania and other States prohibiting the
manufacture of their product
A WASHINGTON dispatch says the sub
committee of the House Committee on Post
Offices and Postroads. having charge Of the
postal telegraph question, have agreed to
report adversely to the full committee on
all propositions for the building or purchase
of telegraph lines by the Government II
will recommend additional legislation re-
garding the transmission Of kilograms over
lines owned by land grants and subsidized
railroads.
SENATOR MORRILL,, fromsthe Committee
on Finance, has reported favosably the bill
which passed the House few days ago to
enable National bank associations Is In
cseass thsir capital stock Or change their