Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-03-13

| or LAoor assembly at that place IS the cause of the present trouble. The Knights there objected to this action and refused to work for the company, which positively refused to reinstste the foreman. Matters remained in this state for some time, each remaining firm Tn the intention to defeat the other. To- day general strike upon the entire system ordered by the central committee of the Knights is the last move by the workmen to force the company to Rc- cede to their demands. The order call Ing on Knights of Labor to strike on the Jay Gould southwest system applies to shop men only and does not effect train men in the least.
 EArossrowS. N. J., March 6.-Sam Johnson a negro, aged 65, was lynched last night for assaulting and OutragiDg the nineteen year old daughter of Henry Herbert The young woman was return ing home last evening about dusk. About a mile out of town she passed the negro, when he struck her a severe blow on the head with an axe which he car red. He then brutally outraged her and left her unconsclOus and nearly dead. She was discovered half an hour later taken to her home near by. The neighborhood WAS soon aroused and every body ID that vicinity turned out to hunt for the villain He ran to the woods and then ventured to go to his home in South Eatonstown- The Peter son boys, two active, strong young men, vent to his house about half past 9 o'clock last night and after severe struggle bound the negro and proceeded toward the town jail in Estonsvllle. While on the way they were met by a crowd of citizens who could hardly be kept from killing the culprIt then and there, but his csptors succeeded Tn talk ing hIm through but not until he was terribly beaten. Later be was taken from jail and hanged to grating over the jail door.
 SCHENECTADY, N. r., March SC, B. Meeker, for many years general pas senger agent for the N. Y. c. k. R., died this morning from paralysis,
 An extensive strike ofthe coal miners of Federation No. 3, comprising the soft coal districts of the east, was lnaugur- sted today for the uniform scale Of wages adopted at the convention on February 18th. There are 10000 miners in the district. At II o'clock tbis morn ing a dispatch was received from the Maryland regions, that reported all the miners, numbering nearly 5,OUO men, were out. Nothing has been received yet from other points.
 SEDALIA, Mo, Mar. S.-The central committee of the Knights of Labor will order that after today all members of that organization employed upon the passenger trains on the Missouri Pacific railroad, shall cease work, but that the maill cars must not be interiered with. Notice was posted at the Missouri Pacific railroad depot this morning, announcing the suspension of sll brakemen and con ductors on the St. Louis < Kansas, and Lawrence & Kansas branches of that road.
 STLOUIs, March, S.-Alsrming rumOrs are abroad this morning regarding the contemplated acton by the Knights of Labor to force the railroads of the Gould Southwest sy stem to sccede to their de- mands. It is stated at l2 o'clock that all Knights of the St. Louis bridge company will strike to support their already strik- ing brethren. This will cause the total stoppsge of all railroad connection be- tween the Union depot in thIs cIty and the Relay depot in east St. Louis. and no passengers nor freight can be trans ferred by railroad across the river.
 NEW YORK. March S.-Four thousand members of the United Order of Amer ican Joiners and Amslgamsted Society of Carpenters and Joiners stopped work here today. The ,Iourneymen com plain of the low wages. Six hundred shops are affected by the movement. The men are confident of carrying their point for more wages and less hours, ss nearly all the larger shops have given in and about 1900 men will resume work today.
 PTrrsBURG, March S.-At Irwins, Pa, POO miners employed in the mines Of theI Pennsy lvsniR Ggs and Westmore- land County Coal companies, camo out this morning for increase of wages.
 UTICA, \. l., Mar. S.-Msry Blocker, relict of Ex Governor Horstlo Seymour, died at the residence of Mir. Roscoe ConklIng, at S:30 this morning. The late governor removed Mrs. Seymour from his country home to Mir. Conk- ling's on account of her illness and Wnllc httcuuluk hCAg Woo otNoSASN " A@N fatal illness.
 ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. March S-A biz petroleum strike IS reported north of this city and large parties have left for the oil field. A well recently sunk IS flowing freely with a good quality of pe- troleum, Locations are rapidly being taken up and new town has been started called Petroleum Centre,
 NEW YORK, March GA fire broke out on the Monarch line dock at two o'clock this morning. All the firemen in Jersey City and HobOken were summoned to the scene. It soon became evident that they could not handle the fire and as- sistsnce was asked from this city. The large iron steamer, Egyptian Monarch, was on fire before the tugs could get her away from the burning dock. The flames were SO furious that the iremen had DO chance to subdue them. The loss on the ship IS about SlOO,OOO, and the latest estimates place the lOss on the freight. which is total, at about S2JO,OOO. The superintendent of the Monarch line docks said that just before the fire start ed an explosion was heard, and 1t was his opinion that the shock was among the freight that had been discharged from the Egyptian Monarch, and IS sup posed to have been caused by dynamite or an internal machine, which the super Intendent believes was placed among the freight while the steamer was lying at her dock in London previous tO sail ing for thIs country. The Lydlan Men arch'also took fire, but was hauled out into the stream before much damage was done. The milk depot of the Erie Road WAS also destroyed, entslilng los; of about s25,0O0. The Monarch lln' docks were entirely consumed. Th' total loss IS now estimated at hall mil liop.
 HoLLIsrEr, Cal March S.-Owing tC the illness of one outhe jurors in th' Prewett case, the court this morning ad liourned until Tuesday.
 SAS FRANCISCO, March S--Tvo jour
 nalists of this city, having qusrreieC over some matter regarding their respec
 tive papers, early this morning, accom-
 panied by thirteen of their friends, me
 to settle the matter by fighting to a tn
 ish. The fight, however, was stopped the third round by the police who brok
 into the room and captured the who'll party. All were released on paylnI nominal fines in the polics court to-dsJ
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