The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-05-13
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Eleven deaths have resulted from
the recent socialistic riots in Chicago Five of
the dead are policemen, the other six being
rioters innocent spectators. Over 100000
have been subscribed by the people of Chicago
for the benefit of the families of the slain Off
GERS. The feeling against the anarchists in
that city is very bitter, and should
another outbreak be precpitated a bloody
example will be made of them.
At Milwaukee the disturbances have been sup
pressed and quiet reigns. The arrested rioters
were brought into court and summarily dealt
with. Paul Grottkau, one of the leaders, was
held to the Grand Jury in $1,000 bail Four
militia companies are held in reserve for any
turbulent outbreak in Cincinnati. The Chi
cago police continue their raids upon the an
archists resorts, and men and arms and red
flags are captured every day. I. g. Hewlett,
leader Of the Deputy Sheriffs who fired on the
mob at East St Louis, was released ON $1,000
bail, and started for Mississippi
About seven hundred members of the
Freight Handlers Union of Chicago, after a
stormy session of several hours, resolved to
declare the strike off, Six hundred hat
makers are idle at Newark, N. ]. At Troy
80 molders struck against eleven hours
work per day The bricklayers at
Omaha lost the strike and returned
TO work. Steinway Sons employees dis
obeyed the fiat of their union to quit work.
The street-car drivers and conductors at Toron-
to, Canada, have inaugurated strike because
the companies refused to employ Knights Of
Labor. The employing metal workers of Chi
cago met and resolved to open their shops on
the ten-hour basis, as also did the furniture
manufacturers and the lumber dealers, none
of whom will make any concessions of any
kind to their employees. The brickmakers of
Chicago returned TO work in body, and other
trades were expected to follow.
General Master Workman Powderlv,
of the Knights of Labor, acting under the
authority vested in him by the General Execu-
tive Board, has issued call to the various
assemblies of the order for special session of
the General Assembly to be held in Cleveland
Ohio Tuesday, May p.
The Republican members of the
Ohio Senate, by viva voce vote, declared
vacant the seats of the absent Cincinnati
Democrats, and seated the four Republican
claimants from Hamilton County.
The Northwestern Road expects to
have its track laid to the heart of the Black
Hills by the end of July, and to complete It's
line to Fort Fetterman early in August
One hundred socialists were in meet
ing at Davenport Iowa, and denunciatory reso-
buttons were adopted regarding the toning
down of Chicago's Arbeaer ZeituRg The man
who proposed them was arrested by the Chief
of Police.
The socialistic member of the Ger
man Reichstag, William Liebknecht will make
a trip to the United States in September to
agitate his views and raise collections.
Gen. Wolseley considers Gladstone a
traitor and refuses to have anything to do with
him even to sit at the same table, and some of
the papers claim that the military support the
Generals views OH Irish affairs.
In the event of war between Tur-
key and Greece it is probable that Russia will
intervene as the ally of Greece. Such inter
vention would probably be the commencement
of serious complications throughout Europe
Germany, Austria, England, Prussia, and Italy
have notified Greece that blockade of her
| ports has been ordered
THE House of Representatives passed bill
on the 9Th inst, authorizing the Kansas City
and Gulf Road TO lay its tracks through the In
dian Territory. The military academy bill was
passed 1t appropriates S297, SOS for the main
tenance of the schools at Annapolis and West
Point The Congressional Printer notified the
House that his presses would have TO stop I'M
less an extra appropriation of S2Oo, 600 was made
before the 25th of the month Members of the
House were taken by surprise on receiving
vetoes of two private pension bills, in which the
President had taken time TO discover grave
faults. The Senate was not in session.
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