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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17

THE labor troubles noted last week
continue on an extensive scale on the
Gould railway system in the Southwest,
in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, and
in factories in Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island and Connecticut. The total
number of persons now out on strike
is estimated at over so, 000 The number
engaged in the railway strike is some
10000. The grievances by which it is
sought to justify the contest are al
legged wrongs inflicted not upon all the
striking Knights, but upon few of the
brotherhood employed by the Texas
g. Pacific Company, bankrupt con-
Germ now in the hands of receiver.
The Knights side of the controversy is
that the order was defied at the rail-
road shops at Marshall, Texas, by the
discharge of prominent Knight be-
cause he was a local leader and or
ganizer, and the substitution of men
not belonging to the order for those
who were members of the brotherhood.
Efforts at compromise are making.
There has been no violence as yet, but
the worst effect of this strike and other
labor troubles is to paralyze business
in certain sections of the country.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17
The Knights OF Labor.

The organization known as the
Knights of Labor has, by the extension
of its branches in every direction, come
to include nearly all the manual trades
and occupations. The present men,
bership in the United States is upwards
of 100000. The founder of this order
was Uriah S. Stevens, Philadelphia
clothing-cutter, who led movement in
1873 which eliminated in the organize
ton of the first local assembly of the
Knights of Labor. The order soon be-
came strong in Western Pennsylvania,
and has gradually spread to other parts
of the country. Members are under
obligations to obey the five men who
constitute the executive committee.
These men are Mr.. Terrence V. Pow
DERBY, ex-blacksmith and ex-mayor of
Scranton, who is now at the head of
the order; Mr.. Frederick Turner, sec
rotary, an English grocer; Mr.. John
w. Hayes, grocer, formerly railroad
pldhchidn anu IcioSi"Pi oPOi"1oi, wi :
w. II. Bailey of Shawnee, Ohio, and
Mr.. T. b. Barry of East Saginaw,
Michigan.
According to the statements of a
prominent member of the order, it was
brought into existence to promote the
moral and intellectual progress of the
wage classes. "The design is" said
this gentlemen, {" to get the wage-la-
borers and the producers generally I'M
der one organization. Everybody can
join, so far as his or her employment is
concerned, except rum-sellers, lawyers
and bankers; only the wage-earners are
required to retain the control of the
different assemblies" He also claims
that arbitration is the policy of the
knights of Labor. They believe in
weekly payments, or at least as frequent
payments as the best interests of labor
require: that women who do the same
work as men should have the same pay;
they are hostile to Chinese immigra-
ton and to contract labor; and they
are disposed to sustain the demand for
the eight-hour law. One of the chief
aims of the organization is to effect re-
form through legislation. 1t is adj
mitted, however, that there is not per-
feet harmony in the organization on
some questions like the tariff, Chinese
immigration and boycotting.
1t will be noticed by all who read the
leading public journals of the country
that there is considerable distrust of
the Knights of Labor, even on the part
of those who have shown active svm-
patty with the just and reasonable de-
mands of workingmen in every struggle
for a betterment of their condition.
While the organization can be made a
power for much good, it can also be
made a power for the decentralization of
trade and industry. If it resorts to
only rational means for the advance
ment of its objects, all may be well with
it; but it will bring disaster upon itself
if it endeavors to accomplish its pur-
poses through boycotting, or invading
the rights of workingmen who are not
in its membership, or by acts which
tend to infractions of law and the sub
version of public order. In most cases
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17

IN the senate, the past week, the time
has been largely given up to the discus
sion of the department papers question.
The bill appropriating 100000 for the
funeral expenses of General Grant was
passed. The funeral of the late Sen
ator Miller was held in the senate
chamber Saturday morning, and the
remains will be accompanied to Cali
fornia by one senator and seven repre-
sentatives. In the house a pension of
81, 900 was voted to General Hancock's
widow. The Indian appropriation bill
has been the leading topic of discus
sion. The house committee on educa-
ton has voted to postpone the consid-
Grafton of the Blair educational bill to
the third Friday in April. This action
is regarded as indicating the final de-
feat of the measure. Senator ingalls,
has introduced a proposal to amend the
Constitution, making the Both of April
the commencement of the official term
of the presidential office. Washington's
first Inauguration was on this date; and
it is urged that an extension of the
second session of every congress to
that date would be an advantage to the
public interests.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17

THE report of the special committee
appointed to investigate alleged irreg-
ularities in the financial management
of the American Board of Commission
ers for Foreign Missions is made pub
lie. The committee says: "The only
matter named as affording any ground
for suspicion of Irregularities in the
management of the finances of the
board was the absence from the annual
reports of the board of full statements
of the expenditures for the vessels
built for mission use among the islands
of the Pacific during the past thirty
years. OF these there have been four,
known as Morning STAR Nos. |, 2, 3
and A, respectively. The committee
finds upon the books in the treasurer's
Office full and complete accounts of all
moneys received and expended for the
construction and outfit of each of these
vessels, and discovers nothing that indi-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17

IT is reported from London that the
measures submitted by Mr.. Gladstone
for home rule in Ireland were unfavor-
ably received by the cabinet, and that
two membership. Heneage and Mr..
Trevelyan-have resigned. The draft
of the scheme, as published, deals eX-
clusively with the appropriations, for
which colossal sum will be required.
The administration of the fund is to be
entrusted to an Irish local body, the
constitution of which is left blank in
the draft, but which the ministers were
informed would be of the character of
the Irish parliament.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-17

Gates the least attempt at concealment.
All expenditures have been made by a
subcommittee of the prudential COM
mittee, and every item properly vouched
for" The treasurer states that emo
one, to his knowledge, has ever sought
information as to the funds of the
board without receiving satisfactory
replies" The committee finds nothing
that should have led to any criticism or
ground of suspicion, but, on the con-
trary, it finds conclusive evidence
that the administration of the affairs of
the board is such as to merit the ut
most confidence of its friends and
patrons.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04

ties az man, lawyer aud citizen which
have won him the confidence and esteem OF
the people Of Rutland county and have given
him a good standing wherever he is known
in the state. He is not a political sohemer'
and could be depended upon to stand in any
emergency for the interests Of the people as
a whole as against those OF any individual or
corporation He would undoubtedly make
creditable governor, and, as we have repeat
eddy said, our chief OBJ lection to his candida
cy lies in the bad precedent which his pro.
motion would tend to confirm.
II no third candidate comes into the field,
the nomination will 60 to either Mr.. Ormsbee
or Mr.. Batchelder AZ matter OF course.
Should a third man be brought before the
convention we seriously doubt whether either
could command enough strength outside bis
own county to carry the nomination. From all
parts Of tho state, outside Of Bennington and
Rutland counties, q strong disposition is man
Tested to let alone preoedents and individual
"claims" and go for 1.-THE best man. The
time is one when the Republicans OF Wind
ham county ought to elect delegations OF in
dependent, iudcious men and send them to
the convention to act Independently and to
help nominate this best man, whoever he
may prove to be.
For the lieutenant governorship franklin
Fairbanks Of St. Johnsbury and Hugh 'nry
of Chester are the two men most prominent!
named Both are pronounced Edmunds mel
and both are vouched for as men to be de
pended on to favor railroad commission
bill. 1t is our impression that Col. Fairbank
has strong lead in the popular feeling a
| the present time
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04

The President Of the United States is mar
ried The happy event took place in the
blue room OF the White House at o'clock on
Wednesday evening.
Miss Folsom, the bride-elect, her mother,
and Benjamin Folsom her uncle, arrived in
New York harbor on Thursday evening Of last
week on the steamship Noordand They
we're mot at quarantine by Coz. Lamont, the
Presidents private secretary, and we're trans
ferred to the United States revenue cutter
William f. Chandler in which they proceed
ed to the city, where they we're the guests OF
prominent private citizen. Mr.. Cleveland
was in New York on NJ onday TO attend the
Memorial-day exercises, but returned at once
to Washington. Miss Folsom and her friends
went on to Washington on Wednesday morn
ing the party going directly to the White
House. The President vas busy with his
official duties during the forenoon, and took
his customary drive in the afternoon.
The wedding was strictly private the guests
being confined to the immediate family rea
tives Of the bride and groom aud the mem
bers Of the cabinet aud their wives. The
whole number Of persons who witnessed the
ceremony was only ~, including the Rev.
| b yron Sunderland, who OBLIGATED, aud his
wife. The newspaper reporters were r'gidly
excluded, and the report Of the wedding,
with everything about it that the public
ought to know, was given out by Col. Ia
mont.
The ceremony took place at precisely seven
o'clock, the coming of the bridal pair being
announced by the strains of Mendelssohn'
wedding march. Starting from the western
corridor on the upper floor, the President
came slowly down the western staircase will
his bride leaning on his arm. They were un
accompanied, even the brides mother await
ing her with the other guests. PASSING
through the central corridor the bride anC
groom entered the blue room aud took pc
sition near it's southern wall, which was CON
pletely hidden from sight by mass Of nod
ding palms. tropical grasses, and an endles
variety of choice flowers. hush fell upoi
the company as the Rev. Mr.. Sunderland ad
vanced and began the ritual. The bride wa
welded with ring, and the ceremony close
with the benedction, which was pronounce
by the Rev. William Cleveland a brother Q
the President.
From the blue room the company proceed
. ed sitter a season Of promenadng and col
, versation, to the family dining room OF tn
mansion, where the wedding supper wa
, served This was an entirely informal aiiai
, the guests sitting at small tables or slovl
promenading as they discussed the event {
o the evening aud while they were still e,
pressing their admiration of the dignity
q the bridegroom and the beauty Of the brd
a the Wedding pair had prepared themselv,
! for travelling. and shortly after O'Clock wei
= on their way to Deer Park, a pleasant reso
q in the Alleghauies in Maryland Here the
A will spend week, and then they will retu'
to the White House
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04
LnIIint the Manic.

There is an unmistakable lull in the active
campaign against Senator Eimunds. With
the exceptions already noted the Republican
papers of the state have declared themselves
for tho Senator all the leading asprants for
prominent state offices have made haste to
declare that they we're never anything but
simon pure, original supporters of Mr. Ed.
munds aud il is left to the Democratic and
assistant Democratic papers-the st. Adams
Messenger and Montpelier Watchman-to
keep up their weak and discouraged fire. The
fact is that the fight has ceased so suddenly
that it inevitably arouses a suspicion as to
whether the lull does not betoken halt made
to gather up the forces for an attack in some
new quarter. Probably the truth is that
Gov. Smith and his immediate followers have
found that the attack of the Messenger and
Waterman was made with too great haste,
far in advance of the time which would have
been iudicious, as the event has proved. 1t
met with a response from the people far 9th
err than was anticipated political aspirants
whose support had been confidently counted
on found that the polite and winning thing
was to get into the Edmunds column, and
the straw that finally broke the back OF this
bastard would-be camel was the action Of the
Democratic papers in taking up the fight as
their own. The ti-Edmunds people killed
the canvass with their own folly three months
in advance of the time that they ought to
have opened it.
1t would, however, be an equal act of folly
for Mr.. Edmunds's supporters to conclude
because there is lull in the battle, that The
fight is over. The suggestions which arr
made in an article from the Rutland Herald
copied elsewhere, are timely ones and SHOULD
be needed. The thing for Windham count.
Republicans to do is to see that they hell
elect no senators or representatives who ar
no. outspoken Edmunds men men who ca
be depended on 10 stand up and make figh
for the Sena or, and fight it out to the end,
! the issue comes
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04
THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT.

--Tbe selectmen have warned the special
town meeting TO be held on Saturday after
noon Of next week, June ~, at O'CLOCK
The warrant contains two articles-one 10
ace IL the town will instruct the seleotmen 70
put the names Of the soldiers on the monu,
ment and the other to see II the town wiz
grant an extension OF the time originally
named for the completion Of the monument
The question AZ TO the design OF the mon
uuent remaius as last week. To-Day Mr..
Mosman OF Chicopee has been in town ana
shown the selectmen drawing OF monu-
ment containing eight tablets for tho insorip.
ton and the names Of the soldiers, dead aud
living. According TO this design there would
be two sets Of bronze tablets the upper ones
for the names OF those Who died in tue war
and the lower ones for those Who survived
Mr.. Mosman's design would serve ~ base
for either the figure Of soldier or OF Mr.
Meads Recording Angel
There will be diversity OF opinion in the
meeting AZ to the propriety OF putting the
names Of the soldiers on the monument-and
especially the names Of the survivors. Many
old soldiers who are still among the living
obi ct decidedly TO having their names go
upon the monument. We believe, with ma
nv other oitiz ms, that the fitting thing Is to
erect the monument as tribute to the bravery
and heroism Of the BrattlsbOro soldiers and
| let the inscription speak for the spirit OF
| those men collectively and not NJ individuals
Tue sentiment in favor of the adoption OF
the Mead design has unmistakably taker
strong hold OF our people. decided anc
outspoken feeling IL manifested on the par
| Of the farming community IN favor OF th'
| II cordinR Angel This sentiment grow
steadily with all except those OF the Gran6
| Army men who profess to believe that thu
monument cannot be a soldiers monumen
unless it has on il the figure OF soldier W.
believe the feeling in favor Of NJ Mead's dc
sign IL 10 strong and we'll defined that the 80
lectmen may feel justified in making the con
tract with Mr. NJ nd at any time. II the wo
men had a voice ~ the matter the Recording
Angel would be decided upon forthwith, TO
they strongly favor 1t almost vi hou eKcep
| ton.
No better suggestion has yet been mad
than that the design Of the monument sLout
include q simple massive base aud shaft o
granite, upon which may be placed Ia d !
tinct raised letters, the names OF the most im
portant engagements in which our Vernon
troops took part. l. the in cription b
equally marked and Dist ct, showing for Sha
purpose Brattleboro eTects the monument
and let the whole be crowned by the X cord
ing Angel, with her upturned face full OF ,
aud strength, aud 10 her hand her tablet o
which she has inscribed the noble deeds G
the sons Of Bratteboro. With such a desg
the monument would be explicitly aud unuii
,kably marked ~ a soldiers' monument an
the symmetry Of its thought and its artist
expression would be harmonious and cou
| plete
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04
State ROIItIca.


The canvass preliminary to the holding of
the state convention cannot be said to have
been an active or spirited one this year So
far as appears on the surface the only man
who has done any work in his own behalf is
Mr.. Batcheder of Arlington, who seems to
have looked after his fences in a very thor
ough manner. Lieut..Gov Ormsbee's friends
have declared themselves for him warmly
and decidedly, but we doubt il much work
has been done for him outside of his own
county of Rutland. Both of these candidates
will go into the convention with their own
counties solid for them, but further than this
it would hardly be safe to make predictions.
Among those Republicans who have given
serious thought to lifting our state politics of
the low plane of personal manipulation and
corporation influence and control there il
an unmistakable feeling of dstrust of Mr.
Batchelder for the reason that he is a Central
Vermont attorney whose natural bent would
be to follow Gov. Smiths fortunes, and be.
cause be appears to belong to ring of men
whose first thought politically is to get them
selves and their friends into the offices That
he has good ability and is personally up
right no one questions.
Mr.. Ormsbee has stauneh and solid quail.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04
VVess BratsIebOrO.

This little hamlet, nesting among the green
Mills OF Vermont has long been noted for the num-
Der OF its aged persons as compared with the
whole number Of its Inhabitants, and although
death has OF late thinned their ranks somewhat, a
number remain, prominent among whom is Tim
othy Adkins, who though In his ninety-thrd year is
able to walk mile or two without great fatigue
has made several journeys to and from our cems-
terry on foot, distance OF half mile or more odd
mas handed us the following facts AS tue result of
his Investigations in that resting place for the
dead: The whole number Of persons who are
buried there and whose graves are Indicated hy
lettered monuments Is 500 OF these 1l6 are under
ten years OF age; 81 are over ten and under twen-
W. 6s were over twenty and under thirty; 81
were over thirty aud under forty 80 were oy er
Iorty and under ATTY So were over nfty and under
sixty VI we're over sixty aud under seventy: IS
were over seventy and under eighty 90 we're over
eighty aud under ninety 10 were over ninety and
under one lhundred and one was lO4 wears and
Od nearly nVe months. This cemetery has been
IN existence little more than seventy Years and
mas generally been used by faultes residing in this
portion OF the town, although quite a number
OF ueau persons nave been carried from this neigh
bOrhOOd TO the Old burial ground on the hill and
some nave been taken TO BrAtlebOrO for Interme Mt
AHHIVRRsART ExERcIsKs AT GLREwooD sEMIsARY
Sunday, June Q, p. NJ, address TO the graduating
Class At the Congregational church. The Pastime
quintet club will sing.
Monday, June 7, from to ~ A. NJ, examinations,
p NJ class exercises at the tree; 7.8O p NJ iunioI
eAhloltion' The Pastime quintet will assist in the
Tuesday, June 8, o to u A. NJ, examinations; 7 P.
exercises OF the graduating class at the Congrega.
nonal church p NJ, reception. Music by the First
Regiment Band.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04
PHOENIX, AND RECORD AND FARMER. FRIDAY, 4. 1886

$4,000 net cash In hand, the income from
which would go far toward caring TOT tne
Prospect Hill cemetery. u..,
Il h hoped that there will be full attend
ance at the adjourned meeting to be held at
the town hall next Tuesday evening to con
slider this subject. All persons are mem be s
OF the association aud entitled to vote VINO
own lots in the cemetery and Dho haze @gned
The articles Of association. Many lot owner,
have never made themselves members ana
voters by signing the articles. All such should
call at Judge Nswtous and subscribe thelr
names before going to the meeting.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-06-04

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