Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-17

| the ground, and the conditions are favor
| able. in southern Minnesota and Dakota
the farmers are nearly through planting
corn. There will be large increase in the
acreage of this State and Dakota.
The Labor Situation.
New YORK, May 16jh-A special dis
patch from Buffalo, n. Y, says the cigar
makers seem TO be leading the attack of
the Trades Unions on the Knights of
Labor, and at the conference which begins
IN Philadelphia on the 18th instant a gem
eral plan Will he mapped out, to be acted
on at the approaching meeting in Cleve-
land.
a COMPROMISE EFFECTED.
PHILADELPHIA. May 16ih.-An agreement
has been reached between the striking gar
ment cutters and clothing manufacturers,
and the strikers will resume work to-mor-
row. The men had struck for eight hours.
but at conference last night a compro-
mise was effected on the basis OF iiftv-four
hours week, nine and half hours to con-
sttute days work five days in the week,
and SIX and half hours on Saturday, the
cutters to receive the wages paid tor ten
hours before the strike. There were about
1,OOO cutters on the strike, and nearly IS 600
hands dependent on them for work.
RETURNED TO THE CAPITOL
w NAohiNpioN, lOtu.-McnDerS OF
the special committee which the House of
Representatives sent out West 10 inyesti-
gate the strikes and labor troubles on rail-
roads, returned to Washington to-day.
ANOTHER COAL MINE STRIKE.
DENVER (Col.), May l6th.-Sixty Pinker-
ton detectives, who figured in the late
strike on the Missouri Pacific at ST. Louis
in charge OF Marshal Toohey, passed
| through here on a special train this even
ing. en- route to the Marshal coal mines at
Ere, where strike is in progress, the
miners having demanded an increase of
! wages, andupon the companys refusal they
drove the mine Superintendent from the
| town, took possession OF the works, and
refused to let any person enter the mine
until their demand is granted.
SEM alton in Louisville Turf Circles.
LOUISVILLE (Ky), May l6th.-A sensa-
| ton was caused here tonight by the an
nouncement that J. b. Haggin, the Cali
| fornian, had issued orders to withdraw his
string OF horses from the track here To take
them to Latonia. No explanation was
| offered by him. Haggin has about twenty
| horses, among them Ben Ali, the Derby
winner, who was to start in the Clark
stakes on Thursday. Many theories are
| advanced in regard to the matter
Some say he was dissatisfied with
| the pool arrangements here. while
| others declare that he is afraid for Ben Ali
TO meet Blue Wing again Haggin's trainer
says the removal is due TO the fact that
| some two year old colts are sick, and Hag-
| gin wants them moved to Latonia, so that
| they could go into training as soon as they
are recovered. 1t is stated that the horses
entered in the Merchant stakes, Fleetwood
| handicap and Turf stakes may be shipped
back and start in those events. The stable
| leaves tomorrow morning.
Pleasure Party Drowned.
| New YORK, May 16th.-A cat-rigged
boat, named Ada. upset about P NJ, inside
Canary Island Point, to-day. There were
several persons on board. Captain Kell-
mer, OF the yacht Zephyr, steamed up and
saw man clinging to the boat but before
he could be reached he disappeared. The
| boat sank soon afterwards, and the Captain
was unable to identify her. He, how ever,
secured portion of the mainsail, which
may lead to her identification and give a
! clue to the names of the unfortunates who
went down with her.
Lawyer Killed by Town Marshal
ATLANTA (Ga.), May 16th.-Frank ?.
| Gray, a leading lawyer of Atlanta, was
shot and killed in the West End to-day by
Town Marshal Jones. The tragedy arose
Cot vi a. N.iSHuNN aDOil al COT- JOlltS Is Ill
Jail.
Distillery Destroyed.
PEORIA (Ill.), May 16th.-This morning
| the watchman at the Enterprise DistilIery
| at Pekin discovered the building to be on
| fire. An alarm was at once given, but be-
fore the firemen reached the scene the
building was wholly enveloped and the fire
beyond control. The distiilery with all
ITS machinery and contents, was entirely
destroyed. The building contained 10000
bushels of grain and $4,000 gallons of alco-
hol.
Two Murderers Lynched.
JACKSONVILLE (Fla.) May 16th.-A spe-
cial to the Times Union says that Ben and
Lon. Mann, who murdered Marshal Camp
bell and wounded officer Mccormick, at
Barlow, Saturday, were lynched late that
night.
Clearing house Transactions.
BosToN, May l6th.-A table compiled
from special dispatches to the Post from
managers of the leading clearing houses of
the United States show total gross bank
exchanges for the week ending Nav 18th
OF S794, ,7l2, ,373-and increase of 50.
The Proposed Roman Catholic University
WASHINGTON, May 16th.-The heartiness
and enthusiasm with which the project of
erecting in Washington a Roman Catholic
i'll all sections OF the country are sufficient
evidence that it will become solid and con-
crete before very long. Subscriptions still
continue to pour in, and already the sum
III hand is sufficient to warrant the COM
pencement of the building.
Beecher and the Chinese.
New York, May 17th-A. M-Beecher
in his sermon yesterday said What are
you going 10 do with the Chinese? Two
or three hundred thousand Chinese among
countless millions of people have created
great scare. If we can't take care OF these
AT home, surrounded with our own institu-
tons, what can we expect to do at convert
ing the vast Empire? Can we do it by
sending one or two starveing missionaries
there? If we can't teach them here, burn
your Bibles, call back your missionaries.
on can teach .iie Chinese civilization or
anything. But we are converting them in
our country by church intluence-here in
Brooklyn, III New York, even in San Fran
cisco, where religious ideas are contraSled
with sand-lot orators. We say to the Chi
nese Empire, i'll spite of Congress, let them
come"
The Convicted Alderman.
New YORK, May 17th-A. Mt is re-
ported that at the first ballot the jury in
Jaehne's case stood ten to two tor conyic-
uon He will not be sentenced till Wednes-
day.
From Aftiuence to Poverty.
NEW YORK, May 17th-A. M.-Geo Wood,
formerly manager of the thea.ers which
bore his name i'll this city, Brooklyn, Phil
adelphia, Cincinnati, and ST. Louis, died
yesterday i'll an apartment mouse, 5l6 West
Fittieth street. He was worth over $780,
000 several times in his life, and he died
penniless.
Refused Meeting Place.
New YORK, May 17th-A. M.-An indig- |
nation meeting of Herr Most and his An !
archist followers, advertised to be held |
last evening at Beethoven Hall, did not |
take place. The proprietor said he would |
not let them have the hall al any price.
FOREIGN.
The English Political Situation.
LONDON, May 16th.-An informal Cabinet |
council was held last evening and to-day.