Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-11
A Secret Circular from Grand Master
P0Wlprly Made Public.
CHICAGO STRIKERS GRADUAL
LY RETURNING TO WORK.
The Sad Fate Of an Entire Family
in Indiana.
FEARS OF LABOR TROUBLES N en-
cIEEATi ALLAYED.
Failure of a Wall Street
Broker.
PROMINENT PoLYcAMouS
CASES DISMISSED.
ESPECIAL TO TIE sESTISEtl
workman PowderIy Heard from

CHICAG0 MAY ius-lCe OaAlg NcNe van
tomorrow morning publish the full text
Of q secret circular from Grand Master
Workman Powderly to the different as
semblies Of the Knights Of Labor, to be
read during the present week. The cir
cular contains g call for general meetings
Of the assemblies to take place in Cleve'
land on Msy Is, & which matters relating
to the interests Of the order will be can
vassed, and action taken. The circular
also takes occasion to rebuke the tendency
to drunkenness in some quarters, and adj
lures members to forswes intemperanee
and the use of intoxicants. He reads
quite q Temperance lecture, pointing to
the fac. that drunkenness il 8 great ineen-
tive to riotous methods in order TO gain 6
given point. He depreeAtes sl talk OF the
use Of violence, and illustrates many
abuses to which the boycott is put. Il
hate the word boycott" he says, "snd
forbid its use, except as a last resort, and
then only upon consent Of the General
Assembly" Powderly then announces
that hereafter he will receive no commit
tee and answer no letters addressed TO him
pending the holding of the meeting at
Cleveland. His mail, he says, contains
400 letters daily, and he hss 1000 on hand
not read, and never will be. he must
have time TO perfect his plans for the good
OF the order.
A Distressing and Fatal Accident.
FoRr WAYNE. Ind, May 10.-Train No.
8, which left Chicago at 3:l5 this afternoon
via the Fort Wayne road, was passing the
little station Of Wood, six miles east Of
Plymouth, at about 6 o'clock this evening,
when 8 horrible accident occurred, where
BY four lives will be lost. John Wymer, 8
young farmer, living 8 mile and 8 half east
il the woods, started from home IN the
morning, accompanied by his wife and two
little daughters, aged three and four years,
| and drove out to visit friends. After
spending most Of the day they started
back, and reached Wood Station at 6
| o'clock-just the time Of day when the ex'
press is due. AS bis wagon wss passing
over The track i. was struck by the engine.
| Both horses was killed instantly, as was
| also John Wymer and the oldest of the two
| girls. His wife and the other child es'
| capped instant death only, to suffer agonies
Of lingering death. They were mangled
so IS to make them almost unacceptable,
and presented 8 siekening appearance,
The oldest child's head was completely sew
cred from the body. and lay II feet from
the track, while Wymer was simply 6
shspeless mass OF human flesh. Mrs
Wymer and the youngest child are DO
mangled as badly as the others, but were
injured beyond hope OF recovery an eye
- Ill. all "a an oEfnl aaRiAant
but no one is TO blame except Wymer."
Chicago Strikers Return TO Work
CHICAGO, May l0.-All railroads re-
sumed operations this morning, and are
accepting and caring for all the freighi
offered without limit. The situation
however, as affecting freight handlers ii
still unsettled and developed unexpected
phases. The Baltimore and Ohio set mer
to work this morning. conceding them
eight hours as q working day with nine
hours pay. The freight handlers OF thi.
road have not been acting in concert witt
the other city freight handlers. They
gained their victory by an independent
negotiation with the company. Ii is no
known what effect this concession viii,
have among the other roads. A committee
of striking freight handlers Of the Chicago
and North Western road and the Milwsu
kee called upon the officials this morning
and expressed q desire to return to work OF
the old basis. The company replied thai
new men filled the entire working quots
OF the company. 1. had no places TO offer
the men who had gone out on q strike.
The Grand Trunk. Lake Shore, Michigan
Central, Illinois Central n the Chicago
and Atlantic took back their old men.
The Chicago and Alton and the Louisville
and New Albany refused to hire any old
men.
All sash, door and blind factories started
up this morning on the eight-hour basis
and nine hours pay.
A Destructive COnhagration.
HULL, Quebec, May 10.-A Ere broke
out at an early hour this morning in Alder
man Landry's bakery that soon destroyed
all the houses on Lake and Duke streets,
and on Main street, as far as Penter's stone
block, on the corner of Main and Slide
streets, where it was checked. The area
covered by the fire is about ten acres, and
$50 families are burned out. The Postof-
flee, O handsome structure costing $780,
600, was destroyed. The other losses are
estimated at 500, 900, on which there is an
insurance Of S25 900.
Fears of LabOr Troubles Allayed.
CINCINNATI, May 10.-The situation here
is decidedly more hopeful to-day. Under
the shadow of q strong military force.
much of the wild fear that has hitherto led
many doubtful workingmen to go with
their fellows is gone. Street repairing has
been resumed, and a large number Of
workers in furniture factories is again at
work. On every band the indications of a
strike is growing less and less formidable.
Failure of n wall street Broker.
NEW York. May 1G.-The failure of
George F. Dickinson has just been an
nounced on the floor Of the Stock Ex-