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LABOR MATTERS.
THE KNIGHTS CONVENTION.
Proceedings of That Body
General Master Workman POWdsFly
Talks strike of Packers at
Chicago-A War on Armour,

RICHMOND, YAp Oct, l5.-Whsn the
General Assembly Of knights Of Labor
went into session this morning at 6
O'Clock the frat business to be- completed
was the election Of the remaining general
officers, members Of the General Cooper.
atlye Board. 1t was expected this would
take but q short time and that the con-
Rideration OF the report on the revision ol
the constitution presented by the Com.
mittee on Laws would be resumed. This
in turn was to be followed by reports from
other committees, nearly all Of which are
ready to report, Among the frat to be
presented Is the report OF the commit,
tee on the State Of the Order,
Of which Ralph Beaumont is chsirman.
THIS report endorses the report Of the
Committee on Legislation, Of which
Beaumont is also chairman, and recon,
mends that tho supplementary report Of
the same COMMITTEES In which a plan for
q Congress composed Of representatives oil
Knights OF Labor can be established at
Washington, be sent ont to all local as
ssmblies for their approval. MI. Beau
mont Is daily in receipt Of letters both
from the Knights Of Labor and Others
commenting his idea.
The Committee on the State Of the
Order also endorses the General Master
Workman's address TO the General As.
sembly, and recommends the
endorsement Of the report OF
Charles H. LitChman, special
agent appointed by the General Master
Workman to represent the order before
the Congressional Committee appointed
to investigate the cause and effect OF the
Southwestern railroad strikes.
TIE SOUTHWESTERN sTRIKE.
In his report MIR. Litchman reCites that
hearings were held at various places in
Texas and Arksnsas, and says. "The tes.
timony in behalf Of the railroad
was mainly to show what
great damage had been caused
by the strike to the railroad property and
that 1t had been larger on
frivolous pretext without cause, and that
the order Of the Knights OF Labor was
directly responsible for all damage done
and all acts Of violence committed. With
the unlimited resources at their command |
It was comparatively easy for the railroad |
officials 10 carefully drill their witnesses |
In o line OF statement, which should fit |
each other and this preliminary drilling
was painfully apparent In the testimony
given. Like lot ol parrots they all |
echoed the statement that the only cause
they bad ever heard assigned for the
strike was the discharge Of q man named |
Hall, at Marshall, Texas"
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TIE EAsrronr FIRE.
i.o" over $500 ,OoO-rwo Thousand Men
Thrown out of Work.

I.o" over $500, ,OOO-Two thousand Men
Thrown out of Work.
EAsrpoRr, Mr., Oct. l5.-The Are which
broke out at . o'clock yesterday afternoon
ragged turiouBly for ten hous, deiying all
efforts TO control or arrest 1t. II started
In Capen and McLean's sardine factory,
and swept In 8 northerly direction along
the water front, and through Water street,
burning ten Sardine factories, two hotels,
Sbou. thirty buildings, thu custom house
aud poOtOtliCe, and every place ofbusinees
where EoodUo Of any description wero kept
iOt Delc, except two small grocery stores,
which were out Of the path Of the FIRE.
II y impossible al this time 10 make o
detailed report Of the losseB sustained or
% ascertain the amount Of inBufanCes, but
!hs total loss will probably amount 10 at
least 500 900, fairly covered by insurance
except tho lOps on the BArdino factories
which could not procure insurance. The
laetorieS gave employment 10 At least
1000 persons, Much suffering tnust en-.
sue unless immediate aid 10 rendered,
Contributions can 10 forwarded 10 Hon.
S.b. Mltt, Collector Of Customs. Tele.
gtaphiO communication was cut of NJ 4 p.
m, yesterday and has Just been reopened,
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ApMENoMENAL STORM.
Experiences on the Lake-The Observation
nP SCiNntIuia

Experiences on the Lake-The Observations
of Scientists,
CHICAGO, October l6,-Dispatches re-
ceived to-day from various points in North
ern Indiana and Northern and Central
Illinois report serious damage by the
severe storm OF yesterday. Houses were
unroofed, fences demolished, and some
stock killed. No loss OF llfo Is reported as
yet. A number OF frame buildings In the
suburbs OF Chicago were blown down and
portions Of new building in the course OF
erection in the city were badly damaged.
The little town OF Lehman, consisting Of
about City frame honscS, and located on
line OF the Chicago and Northwestern
road, was entirely demolished. The build
Ipgs were not completed, SO that no one
was hurt,
ut was one OF the phenomenal storms
Of the year." said the signal officer, "and
there are some points about 1t which will
be OF great interest 10 the scientific world.
It was characterized by one Of the lowest
barometric pressures ever observed. At
Chicago. when the storm center was here,
The rometer registered 20 09S corrected
Tor sea level. There has never been o
storm In which all the Indications OF Ito
formation were more decided" /
The storm on the lake was the geverest
that has been known for q number Of
yeara. About 0 O'Clock, the wind, which
had been blowing treah from the South, !,
veered Auddenly TO the west and usheted
In gale, which steadily increased In viol.
enCe until s O'clock 10 the afternoon, when
Il gradually subsidized. AT 9 o'clock the
man at the Crib reported that the wind
was blowing aoventy.one miles an hour,
which was tue greatest velocity attained
by the storm. Fortunately there were
few vessels outside the har6or, and com.
paratlvely little damage was done. r I 4
A heavy nset left here for the East
shore Wednesday, aud grave fears are en-.
tertained for its safety, The general
opinion among vesselmen Is that the full
fury Of tho gale would be felt Of the East
shore, Gud that the reports Of accidents
would bs received from Michigan before
evening. The propeller Jay Gould came
10 from Lake Superior last night. She
sSys be has never experienced 60 geysre
storm on Lake Michigan. He sailed q
direct course from the Nanitous, and had
the wind almost abeam. A tremendous
seq was running. Seas swept broadside
oyer the steamers hurricane deck, and
the captain wRs thoroughly drenched
while standing on top Of the pilot house.
He saw no vessels in distress.
The Signal Service announces the ap.
proaCh Of cold wave IRON tue West and
North, and predicts that the temperature
will fall from lG' to $50 within the next 82
hours.
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THREE sroRMs.


Necont unlu1,
WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. l5.-The
storm which has been working such havoc
among the coast towns OF Texas was fist
heard OF by the signal office on the 10Th
init, as being southwest ol Cuba, and ap.
psrently working It's way slowly around
The western end Of the Island, and thence
northward. During That day and the
next It was traced upward toward
the coast Of Florida and Ala.
bana, and promised to expend
its energies somewhere in northern
Alabama and Tennessee, on making lie
way across Florida northeastwatdly,
ultimately developing high winds along
tho Atlantic coast, But In this purpose
II, for convenience, the elements may be
credited with purpose--it was defeated
aimee before Il reached tha coast Il en-,
conntered an extensive field Of high bar.
oneteE aud dry air, covering the Atlantic
coast, which II was unable 70 penetrate or
surmouut BY this II was detected along
the gull coast NeBEvardly maniteAting
itself In "daDgefouS winds and high tides
Al Pensacola on the llth, itA ouiskiTla
tOuDhinv New Orleans on the l9.h, and Ito
iull energy striking tho Coast between
New Orleans aud Galveston iH the after.
noof, Of the I2Lh. II was not o remark.
abIe storm % gulf storms 20, and lie only
apparently exceptional feature was tho
route II Travelled, piling up the waters be.
fore Il and pouring them up In the low
part Of Texas.
About The time the storm was dlscoy.
erred another was found TO be brewing In
Utah, II developed bit little energy and
moved slowly eastward,
Soon aitsrwArd q third storm center ap.
reared In the extreme nofthweBl, north
oi Idaho, when II course was BouthweB'
ieIy, On the 18th these three Btorns
haI reached tho valley region, where
they we're abreast, They manifested nc
remarkable energy pl Winds, except In
LouiIiana, but created al ltnmen6e blt
rometflc action covering tue lower Nils
Bonrl Valley, Kansas, Indian Territory
AikanSAS and Louisiana. Ordinarily lhil
line oi low barometer would DO expected
10 move slowly eastward, maintaining u
general character until II approached thI
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rAnDoNED 1T THE PRESIDENT.

An Arkansas Murderer Serving n Term at
AIOundsville.
The President has granted a pardon to
Charles Thomas, Colored man now aerv.
Ing life sentence in the West Virginia
penitentiary at Moundsvlle Tor murder
committed in Arkansas about ten years
ago. Thepardon was issued on the recon-.
msndation Of Judge Parker, OF Arkansas,
before whom the case was tried, and bc.
cause Of mitigating circumstances sur.
rounding the crime. Thomas, 1t seems,
on returning 10 his home one day, after d
short absence, dtGCoyered that man
whom he had always regarded as friend,
and for whom he had done many acta
Of kindness, had alleuated the affections
oil his wife and taken her away from his
home. He became wild with rage, and
oyertaking the guilty pair, shot the man
dead In his tracks. He waa tried, con.
viCted and sentenced 10 be hanged, but
the sentence vas subsequently committed
TO imprisonment for life. Considerable
aynipathy was manifested for him, and q
strong appeal was made for executive
clemeuOy. The President, In acting on
the case, said he was satisfied that the
man had been sufficiently punished fol
what hO had done,
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m, An. .tChl.la, Gases,

CHICAGO, Oct iO.-ThS future proceed.
lnSu In the case Of the anarchists sem
fenced to 10 hanged December 8, 1880,
nov promise 10 DO more protracted and
iMeuloua than even those connected with
Ihe case hitherto thought A reporter In
yak With Attorney W, A, Foster, Of the
Ielshse, to-day, learned that preparations
iSt Arguments before the Supreme
Voufl are nov being hAstened, 10 ~
70 appear bslore the date fixed for the ex.
eCus,on Mt Foster said Our hteno.
sIapherS are al work making q transcript
q 90 muCn Of tue entire case "a we need
'Ot OUT bill Of exceptions"
~. You have doubt then abouGA 4 Bupet.
seaeS being RtAnledW ....
"Nlne wha'Ovsh 1tlSnsver refused In
important cases."
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Earned runa, Athletioa /;


Cirr OF MEXICO, Oct 10. via Galveston.
1t is believed here that the new mort
gage loan to be placed on the National
Railway Company, To complete Ia main
line, will be largely subscribed by the
American bondholdsr, dsUpite The pre-.
diCtions made here that the English bond.
holders will take the new loan and thus
inentS proposed the Pacific division viii
remain In charge OF the Construction
Company, and will have no connection
whatever with the hnauclal arrangements
affecting the main line.
Two American and one English com.
pRriy are conteBtiAs the contract 10 be
awarded for the drainage Of tho Valley Of
Mexico. The contract involves tho or.
pendlture ol s6,OOO,OOO.
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Love Ilnther Tlnn ILstrlhntion

LONDON, oSts l5.-Rsv. Henry Ward
Beecher delivered an address to-day in
Rev. Dr. Parker's City Temple on "Pulpit
Work." He dwelt upon the aid the news.
paper rendered to tho preacher. A mum.
bor Of questions were asked Mr.. Beecher
40 to hia idea Of the retribution and his
answers sCaused nseexcitsment, several
divines rising 10 their feet and protesting
against his views. Mr.. Beecher retorted
that any man believing in retribution,
who married, entered society or smiled
was monster, He preferred working
through fear springing from love rather
through fear Of the barbaric doctrine Of
retribution.
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FIRST SUSPICION OF oAIN1sc1ENcE
An Aged DemoeratS talk with his COngres
Hl0nRl Candidate.

|
Sl0nRl Candidate.
TO ths Editor n ne hitliGaea,
SIR; Alter Judge Brannon had finished
his EpisccpAliap services in an interior
village last week and had rounded up with
his little sacrilegiouS sally believe in
the omnisCisnce Of God Almighty, l be.
lieve that He orders all things, that He
knows when q sparrow falls, etc, but
don't believe that He knows what became
OF that S2600OO,00O expended for our
navy" he sat doWn and mopped his
Lewis county forehead with domestic
handkerchief for two minutes and won.
deEed why 1t was that this steEeotyped
expression which he has had done up in
camphor since the fatal fail OF 'Si Is not
more generally appreciated, While he
pondered weak aud weary q heavy hand
tsll upon his shoulders and qusVsring
voice said;
"Jadge, may az you q question:
swell, what Ia III" asked the Judge
rather brusquely.
~ hearn you say a little bit ago that
God knows all things, and orders all
things"
"Well," said the Judge.
swell, Jedge, didn't hear you speak
the last campaign but war told ! haven't
lost them two years, as you are sayin' the
same piece now as you done then, But,
Jsdge, what | want to say Is This: I've
voted the old ticket Tor ihirty-nine year,
and have always had an easy conscience,
and sorter believed that God was shRpln
things, as you say he does, but, Jedge,
when heard you tonight, and Listened
to your re.hash oil old stuE-I
Vuesses the boys calls 'em chestnuts-
lowadays, the first suspicion Of error OF
the part oi providence ever felt crossed
my mind. How the Jacksonian descend.
Auts ever dlskivered you, Jedge am
hossed you out to expound and explain
political scrlpter is beyond me. You
may be good lawyer and u smart Teller
n Lewis county but asa prominent Clh
Isn aud influential D,mmiCrat venture
The assertion right here that you don't |
amount TO q nIckle q hundred as q Con,
sresslonal candidate. Don't be angry
glth me, Jedge, and don't leave in q hen,
may be wrong In my sizs up Of you,
)ut am afraid not" C.s.H,
Wheeling, October 10.
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tosesume in all is departments for two or
three weeks,
THE FACHEHs' sIDB,

/
The opinion 10 gaining ground that q
long and bitter contest between the pack
sn and their employees at the stock yards
Is inevitable. All attempts by Delegates
Barry and Butler tonegotiate orcomplom-
mise the question raised by thsstrike have
siguAlly failed, The packers have not
shown q disposition to discuss the matter
in an official manner, and the strikers are
disposed 10 regard this treatment In the
light Of q challenge, Illustrating the
the general feeling among the packers,
one Of the most prominent ones said to a
reporter, when approached on the subject;
ave won't submit to any system but that
Of ten hours for days work at ten hours
pay, In other words, an unconditional
surrender or nothing, ] attended a meet
ing Of the packers the other day when the
matter was fully discussed"
The gentleman said 1t had been deter.
mined upon TO hire new men. he said
the green hands could be easily broken
In, in spite Of the statement Of the strikers
that their places could not be filed, "0i
couIse,n said he, "it will take time to tlll
up all the houses, We, as an association,
intend to start the big concerns goiuS
lrat, We have advertisements aud men
all over the country, and already the men
are beginning to come IN aS q result OF
these agencies. Armour and the Anglo.
American will be running with full iorcs
next week, When these houses are run,
ming full:hAnded the aght Is practically |
won, We can easily lay up for o few
weeks-months for that matter. Ten
houEs We will have, and We don't intend |
To see any committee, either, II the men
wish to return on that basis they can do
so as individuals" The opinion Of this
packer was read to othere, and was pretty
generally ipdoTsed,
After the meeting OF District Assembly
No, 81 had adjourned, at Au early hour
this morning, Delegate Barry said, refer.
ring TO the ordering out Of Armour's beef
men: "We have formally declared war
on the big pork epeculator, and It will be
war to the knife, and knife to the hilt l
shall get to Richmond now before the
Convention adIourns, and you may de.
pend upon II that Armohrs meals through.
out the United States will be an unknown
quantity in less than three months. We
Intend to fight an aggressive hSttle, and
Armour with his millions will other be
brought 10 terms or be relegatsd to the po.
lltn Of Ia retired, II not q bankrupt pork
packer. As far an the men are concerned,
We shall take care OF thGm; besides, the
closing down Of the industry here does
not necessarily do away with 1t altogether.
The demand Is bound to be supplied il
not here, elsewhere"
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A BIG CLAIM.
Tho Harlem Claimants Moving ON Their
Property, Worth Thirty Millions.

Tho Harlem Claimants Moving on Their
Property, Worth Thirty Millions.
PlTrsnuRau, Oct. l5.-The Claimants to
Harlem commons In New York have
finally completed all details necessary to
begin the legal fight and within ten days
will file In the United States Circuit
Court in New York stupsndous bill in
equity. One heir from Louisiana
will appear as plaintiff and the other
fourteen hundred known heirs
will appear as respondents. The prayer
of this bill will be primarily for q partl.
ton OF the property among the claimants,
and incidentally for O citation on each
heir 10 show on what ground he has based
bis claim. This proceeding will occupy
OF least Q months, and will greatly reduce
the number ot heirs.
II 10 estimated that OF the 400 who 90
into the contest not over 500 will be able
10 trace their lineage back to the proper
source. After this has been accomplis6od
the next step will be to enter electment
suits. The claimants do not anticipate
that any Of their suita will come to trial
as they expect 10 compromise with the
present holders Of the property,
The valuation Of the land Is S3O,0O0,OO
and they will be willing TO settle upon !
baslB of twenty percent. OF this ainoun
BY special agreement, the four lawyers
Judge Knox and Mi. Crosby, Of New
York Judge Dfedin, Of Butler, and ]. Il
McCreery, Of this city, will receive one
third. Among the l,40O claimants thett
are resldents Of every State In the Union
also Of Nova Scotia and Nav Rrnna wick
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A chinese Dlpiomut In Danger.

PARIS. October l5,-Twelvs montha
imprisonment is the punishment meted
,ut to tho burly beggar who the other
night attempted to murder Ly Chang, ore
4 the attaches Of the Chinese Legation,
The latter, with friend, was returning to
his quarters in the Place Victor Huge,
Ehen the beggar asked for aims in q
threatening manner. Upon being refused,
ie attacked the two Chinese with
,'knuCkle duster," iullCting severe in.
iurlUs. Ly Chang defended himself with
IN umbrella, cutting his assailant's bead
lpea, but the battle was going against
him when some gendarmes were attracted
by his cries, and came to his rescue in
time 10 save his lie.
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Mortimer Williams 10 hone from a pleas.
ant trip 10 Cincinnati.
AlonSo Hood and wife returned 10
Canal Dover, yesterday, alter q short visit
with parents and friends.
Rev. Mr.. Lafayette, prominent colored
minister Of Allegheny, was calling on
friends here yesterday
McGpw 4 Truxell will commence
lighting the street lamps Sunday night.
Tho CitizsnB will shout With gladness.
Mrs. Jos'ph Chandler and daughter,
Miss CABBlV, have returned from a lengthy
visit with relatives In Chicago and Mich.
gan.
The ball lAst night for the benefit Of
EaSter Brandt, the oafsnAn, 10 aid him In
the purchase Of o new shell, fleLted him q
neat SUN.
A large number Of power house em.
plOyeB were discharged Thursday, and
received their pay ypAtsfdAy. Work d
progressing satisfactorily.
Barnie MCEntep and The Cleveland A
Pittshufgh railroad are dlsputinp over IN,
building Of q fence along lhe road, WhiCt
will etiectually close bis saloon door Oman
Ink on the railroad. Bafnle saSS The com
pany hhAll not put up the ienGs, and tha
10 where the matter rests at present.
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sInkInr of the ChnmberlnIn.

CHICAGO, Oct. To- The propeller John
Pfldgeon, Jr,, which sunk the selah
Chamberlain, in colllsion of sheboygan,
arrived hero to-day, Captain Sherwood
commander Of the Prldgeon complains
that his statements in Milwaukee have
not been correctly reported. He now
claims that the Priogeon was beating
against strong ksadwind and
could not have been going
faster than four miles an hour, while the
Chamberlain was ateaming before the
wind aud consequently must have been
travelling at q great rate Of speed. Capt,
Sherwood insists that 1t would have been
folly to have launched any life boats as
they would surely have been lost,
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Tng President and Commissioner Mil
Ter hpvo gone fishing, accompanied by the
ounipresent Col. Dan Lamont, They are
trowllug for suckers in Maryland waters.
The handsome Commissioner had bly,
cath Of the same fish in this State, but he
now knows they will not bite on bis hook.
IIths President carries tho same bait that
Mr.. Miller once did he will find that hiH
hook will sink to rise no more forever.
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AN OCEAN DISASTER,
Fears Entertained about n Schooner n
ported In Distress,

Fears Entertainsd about n Schooner Re
ported In Distress
BosroN, Oct, l5-A Herald special from
Dlgby, N, s., says; Yesterday afternoon
he ateamsr New Brunswick Of the Inter
national line plying between here and
Boston left for the latter place at about
o'clock with over 100 passengers, freight,
etc, To-day the llghthouse,kesper here
reported that the steamer when nearly Il
mieB of Front Cove slowed up and re-
manned nearly stationary until after dark,
A little alter dark rockets were seen as,
rending from the steamer, and then hre
burst out where the steamer was suppos-
ed to be. Two captains Of fishing vesssls
saw the steamer and corroDorate this re-
port Of the lighthouse keeper.
II Is thought by some that the steamers
boiler may have burst, because II she had
taken FIRE her boata could have reached
shore long before now, Us the bay was
calm. Evidently something has happened
20 the steamer as all agree that before
dark Bhe remained in the same place for
hOuts. Many persons having friends on
board are almost wild with suspense.
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A GlsEATDAY


At PhllIppI for Protection, Cow ,Buttor and
Ropubllcanlsm.
Special DiSpdtch to the IatslllgHetr.
GRAFTON, W. Va, Oct. 15.-Flick and
Wilson met at PhillppI to-day and 1t ia
conceded by many Of Wilson's friends that
Flick was too much for him. Flick. force d
Wilson into extreme grounds on hee
trade and state's rights. His arraigument
OF Wilson on his bogus butter record was
merClless.
Republicans are iabilant and Democrats
blue. 1t was u grand day for protectit n
COW butter and Rspublicaniam generally.
Henry s, Walker had been imported ior
the occasion. No Republican would speak
with him. he occupied the forenoon all
alone. He said about as many good
hings for the Democrats as he said bad
things few years ago against them. Dem.
CCrats gave him tho cold shoulder and be
left town early, sRdder and mRdder man.
He is looking after Governor Wilson's
interests. Walker is about as heavy a
load for Wilson to carry as coal oil is ior
Camden.