Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-24

A Big strike On 8resklyn
street RaflroaAs.
AuaaeIous Rsbbsry-TAs Fisnd Jeal-
onsy-Explsslea In Coal Bankers.
Dssidsd % be cosstltutianai.
On Wall Street

Brsshayn. sfseea Car safike.
NKw YoKx, Dee. 93.-The many
shousand Brooklyn people who are 90
Cushioned 20 use the horse cars cf the
BROOKLYN City Railresd Company, are
oompslled To-Day 20 walk. 1hs company
oontrol eleven lines Of street cars. ali Of
which are tied up todsy. The men
claim that the company has failed %
carry oQt she agreement made with the
men In regard 10 the hours Of work.
One Of the causes Of the troubls uas
/ the fast that the company would not
recoenizs the knights Of Labor nor the
Empire Prosecfive Assoolati0n IN the
negotiation with iss men, About
o'clock a, & n ears we're ssaFted under
| the protection of the poisoa. In East
New YORK one Of the ears Was attacked
| by fve strikers, and the police promptly
arrested them. and thus prevented
| further trouble.
Msrahants say that they will lose
| thousands Of dollars By the strike GEM
| in9 In holiday week. II was evident
about noen fhat there vas likely 10 b.
esEi0ns trouble on the lines Of the Brook
Iyn City RailFoad. and the pslice were
called upoo 70 proteot the car which tie
company desired 10 start 0uf from the
depot af Greenwood, and Oapt. Baa and
several offiosrs sent to the scene, and
mountineiths plafform Of the CIR, Il vas
started. ls got oaly q block on its
journey when the mob took the horses
from tbs ear and ran the car back into
The depot. The police we're nnable 10 re-
sist the men. The car at Henry street
snd Tompkins Avanne vas overturned,
ana the driver and coEduotOT assaulted
BY the meb. The police attempted 10
| interfere. but we're 0vefpoWered. aBd
the reserves we're called upon 90 aid
them. The ear was hsisted from the
track at Fulton and New York kvenne,
and the police were called upon. Here,
also, the driver and conductor. " 10 weFe
non union men, were assaulted. Oh.
stEuctions have been plaeed upon the
tracks, and it locks as though there will
be even more serious trouble II the CON-
pany persists in trying to attempt to run
their eaFs.
Audaeisua Robbery
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 23-Tvo men
drove in front Of Elliotf's iewelry store,
on Nicallet avenue, at 1ls30 last night,
broke in the window and carried oG q
tray Of diamonds valued &c 5000.
They escaped before the police or any
one 10 the store could give chase. Be-
fore breaking IN the window the rob
bers placed heavy 0ak bar in the
handles OF the door. thereby preventing
% from being opened from the inside.
The window vas smashed with small
axe.
The FIend Jeaiousy.
BnDaEPoRT (Oonn.l, Dec. 2.-Wm.
Warner. Q young mAn we'll known in
this city, has Of late beea quite inti-
mate With Mrs. Mary Lynch, young
married woman, who formerly resided
here with her husband. A few weeks
ago Mrs. Lyneh left her bone and vent
20 her mothers home. near Old Town
Last evening WarBsf called TO see her,
and as nesr as can be leaRaed, they quar-
relied. Daring the quarrel young War
ner drew q ps:ol aad shot her through
| the heart. Tie unfortunate woman fell
face downward 10 the floor, dead. War
nsr asked her mother II she thought
Mary vas dead, and ct the same instant
sent another bullet through her back
| between the shoulders. The murderer
then left the house. Officers immediate
~ began securing the country for htm.
Warner returned 10 the house about .
O'Clock this morning and shot himself.
His body wss found lying across that Of
bis victim. He left note IN which be
gave the osase Of the murder TO be
iealously.
Rxplesien In Ceal BunkeFs.
Nxw OzIxANs, Dec. 23.-Today Sec-
ond Engineer Thomas Hunter ana six
Chinese firemen Of tue British steamer
Huex went 10 the coal bankers for the
purpose of trimming coal. Tue en-
aineer carried lang. As soon as he
entered the bunkers, an explosion oc-
Cured which was caused by the 90
eumalatsd gas coming 10 contact with
the fame Of his lamp. The snRineer
and six men we're badly burned about
the face, hands and body. Hunter aud
taree of the Chiuamen were fatally
burRed, 10 10 believed.
Decidea % be Constitutional.
ALBkEx, Deo. 23.-Judee Peokham,
Of the Supreme Court. this morning de
cided thai she action Of the Legislature
last winter IN repeating the charter Of
the Broad Street Railway is oonstitu-
tloual.
On wall street
NEW YonK, Dec. 23.-lI q. m.-Stocks
opened 10 higher, the latter on
Omaha, while Reading aad Jersey Gen.
| tral we're each down u. Louisville a
Nashville and Jersey Central rallied and
each gained l1<. Colorado coal IL Union
Pacific Y, and others from y to x. A
recursion from the best figures followed.
The market is qaiet and Arm.
BaFning sf . Farm House.
CIxxKLAxD, Des. 2S.-The farm house
Of Caleb Russell, near SaybFook, Ohio.
caught Are at 40 early hour this morn
| ine. when the ueiQhbors arrived. Rns-
eel, Who wa 50 years cid. and his wife
aQed 20, had escaped from the bouss,
bat they weFs % much overcome by the
heat and the smoke that they died
shortly afterwards.
ImpeFtanf Wine LisigsaieM.
DKxvER. Dec. 8.-The most import
ant litigation ever tried Ia Colorado
was concluded In the United States
Circuit Court here today. Millions Of
dollars devcived on the result Of the
trial and the precedent sst. uhIeh IN
vslvss the title TO nearly 500 mining
claims in tbs vicinity Of Aspen, Pitkin
county, Colorado. Tue question at
issue vas whether the Aspen mines
contained fssnfe veins OF deposits OF
gold. II the assure theory IL correct,
then the owners Of claims on the apex,
or where the outcfoppines sre visible on
the surface, had riRht under the Uui.
ted States statute 70 follow the dip vein
tnt- ether claims. Bat II the deposit
| theory vas maintained then G vast
number Of mines On tie side Of Aspen
/ Moentain could be opeRated oy sheiF
owners a. far as The boandGFies Of
their claims.
The present suit ass brOuRht by ID.
n. Hynan ef Cincinnati against j. b.
wheeler Of Nsw York city and ether
capitalists. Hynen owns the DuEanl
mine, 40 apex claim. and Wheslsr and
fFisads ovn The Emma mlne. wAich hes