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ptruMoNproyiCrO MARKET.

Al TI 81 %. 1850,
Tie tobacco market stu continues dull
There 5 little demand FOX auy line " Leaf
excepting fine cutters. the stock OF wnicu Is
controlled by second hands, with feH eX-
ceptions Common grades filters are weak
or, and sales have been made a. decline on
prices ten days ago. There Is considerable
common tobacco sold low on account Of bad
order
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26

SIR John Saylle LuInlsy has given
TO the British Museum a fine head and
forepart OF a horse from q cnariot
group which was dug up lately at Ciyiti
Layinia Lanuyium). IL is evident that
this fragment is all there ever was Of
the horse; the sculptor, taking paint
er's view of bis art, entirely omitted
the rest. In fact, mindful Of bis own
labor and the shortness Of human life,
ne carved nothing more than half .
horse. issuAnt, as the heralds say, APP
parently, from . chariot.
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AnIIon.st Tishsrrn an.
iNeg York Tlmes,l

NV ANAA s'-4Nff4
Just throw me half 4 dozen Of the
biggest OF those trout" said citizen
TO the fish dealer.
Throw them 2" queried the dealer.
YES, and then III 90 homo and tell
my wife that caught 'em. lmsy be .
poor fisherman, but I'm 10 liar.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26
anotner one Gone.

By Telegraph 70 the Dispetcn'l
NEW ORLEANS, August "a
special to the Tmes-DtmocrGt from La
iayette says in. JUDGE, treasurer Of
yermillion parish, mas mysteriousiy
disappeared. 1t is believed he has ab-
seconded to escape the consequence Of
Incorporating funds. The deficit
will not exceed $4,000.
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Fatal Aiahhing Agtn,.

BY tcItKrapa % Inc IhphIcu.I
ATLANTA, Ga, August 25.-Bart.
Wall, a young man Of this city, was
stabbed TO Death early this morning in
a row with several parties. all of whom
were On spree. lie evidence points
70 Lewis Ellison as the man who
stabbed Wall. Ellison is in Jail.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26
,htIdrsnIil,ed by a FALLING wall.

by Anglo-Amsrican cable to the Dispatch.I
LoNDoN, August % by the coli
lapse Of wall Of the steel-ingot ware
house, at Sheffield to-day a number Of
children who had been playing on tie
pavement were killed and injured.
Seven dead bodies have already been re-
covered from the ruins.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26
BRITISH PARLIAmRNr.
The Debate on the Reply to The Quesn's
speech Continued.

speech AOutinueu.
by Auglo-American cable the Disaptch. ]
LONDON, August 2j.-The debate
on the address in reply to the Queens
>peech was continued this evening. Sir
Thomas Edmunds (Home-Ruler) dwelt
upon the hsrdships Of the Irish farmers.
Their produce, be said, was unstable,
and it was therefore cruel b2rbarity for
landlords to exact rents. Ii was a
sound economic doctrine that when the
profits from the land diminished all
concerned should bear the lOss-not
farmers alone.
William Redmond (Sationalisb said
It was useless to discuss the land settle
ment now. The question was whether
he landlords would be allowed to eyict
tenants for not paying impossible rents {;
whether the English would allow the
Irish TO be cast into the roadside do
ring the coming winter. II The result
was bloodshsd, misery, and outrages,
the responsibility would rest with the
Government, whose only panacea was
the appointment Of royal commission.
Mr.. Balfour, Secretary for Scotland,
accused Mr.. Parnell Of trying to
make government impossible By pro-
noting general anti-rent strike. The
Psrnellites, be said, did no! wish q set
element between the landlords and
tenants, but wished to keep open the
agrariAn sore.
Mr. Stuart, on behalf Of the Demo
Gratis Of England, denounced eyicuons'
and said that the democracy would no.
tolerate coercion.
Mr. Hauis commenced a diseursiv'
statement, to the effect that in 1914 n
went into riband lodges in West MeAti
and elsewhere in an endeavor to Pu
down sgrsrian crime.
The Speaker in.elposed. saying tina
Mr.. Harris, by the indulgence OF tn
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LATE WEATHER REPORT.
tpv telegraph TO the D!spatch.l

BY Telegraph 20 Iut UsF"VVu'I
WASHINGTON, August 2G-l H..
M.-For Virginia, fair heather, south
eaaHly rinds, nearly stationary tenn
perature.
For North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia, far heather, southeriy
rinds, nearly stationary temperature.
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The Eastern Question Looms Up


by Anglo.American cable To the Dispatch.
LONDON, August 25.-The Govern
ment has received important dispatches
from the East, ard the Marquis OF
Salisbury has been requested by tele-
graph to return TO London Immediately.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26
" ESr VIRGINIA.
Democratic Congressional Somina-
lion IN tire fourth District.

Especial telegram to the Dispaich.l
CHARLESTON, W. VA, August %.
Hon. Charles Edward Ilogg, Of Point
Pleasant, W. Va, was nominated al
that place to-day on the thirty-ninth
ballot as the Democratic candidate for
Congress from the Fourth West Virginia
district. The district is Democratic.
and Mr.. Hogg is an able and popular
man. ard will poll the entire vote. This
district has been represented for several
terms by the Hon. Eustace Gibson, q
native Of Culpeper county, Va.
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Rx.Preuiiar Gladstone.

lBy Aaglo-American cable to the Dispatch.
LONDON, August 25.-Mr. Glad
stone started thu, morning for Ger
many. where be expects 20 spend q
tbree.weeks' vacation. lie was accom-
panied by his daughter and Lord Acton.
Mrs. Gladstone, John Morley, and a
number Of personal friends went to the
railway station to see him off. He APP
peared to be in good spirits, and pre-
ssnted a jsunty air, though his face was
pale.
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GRAIN AND CorrON EXCHANGE.

RIcHaoND. August rs, 1859.
OFFERINGS
WHEAT.-Wbite. 25s bushels Mixed.
2s22 bushels. Red. 352 bushels. Total
7,ISz bushels.
CoRN.-White. LOO bushels. Mixed. 45o
bushels.
UATs.-l sl4 bushels.
RYE.-90 bushels.
sALEs REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WHFAr.-Whlte. 80 bushels common AZ
5sc. Mixed, / oZ2 bUsLeGCOmmOp 70 prime
at78 to9lc. Red, IA bushels common 10
rrine Lon CHERRY at - 10 92c.: l,sii bush
Els common 10 prime SlOrtberry o. II 10
CSC.
OhTs.-Winter. e5 bushels very good -
rriile at 80 TO $50. Spring, doi bushels
prime az 34Lc.
KIE.-s bushels common al soc.
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House, was allowed to make a person.
al explanation, but not to MIKE an ar
...-..-...:... ......k fCboarc

House, was allowed to make person.
al explanation, but not to m'ks an ar
gumentatiye speech. [Cheers.l
Mir. Saunderson, resumngs said that
Mr.. Harris did no: deny u e accurny
Of the extract.
Mr.. Harris texcitedly): "Ieo; read
the contents"
Mr. SaundersOn Mr.. Harris has
informed the House Of fact that l
was unaware Of before -pamely, be
belongs to the riband order" [Conser-
yative laughter and Parnellite shouts. J
Mr.. Harris excitedly rose aud made
remark that was inaudible owing to
the cries Of the Parnellites.
Mr.. Dillon rose to a point Of order.
He asked whether one member was en-
titled to accuse another Of belonging to
the ribsnd order. IParnellite cheers
The Speaker: 1t is statement the
truth Of which Mr.. Harris has admitted.
The House must judge"
Mr.. Dillon denied that Mr.. Harris
had admitted anything Of the kind.
Shouts of "Order." and Parnellite
cheers. &C.
The Speaker THE honorable mem
bers have heard the statement. Doubt
less Major Saunderson will accept de-
NAL"
Mr.. Harris: - repudiste it as an
infamous falsehood. ICries OF "Or-
derl"I
Speaker: Mr.. Harris will withdraw
that expression unreservedly.
Mr.. Harris obeyed, but further bick-
eIipg ensued.
The Speaker, rebuking dlsorderly
members, said he hoped personal allu-
sions would cease. [Cheers.l
Mr.. Saunderson, resuming his speech,
said that Parnell had formulated new
canon Thou shalt ask no rent
All classes and trades in Ireland were
in a more or less depressed condition
except the professional Irish politician
Laughter That occupation was never
in more flourishiDg condition. The
Parnelliies were trying to exterminate
the landlords by terrorism. lie IN
stanced cases at Gweedore, where ten
ans paid each other as much as GlOU
for tenant.right, but refused to pay
landlords l5s. yearly rent, because the
parish priest, who was the president Of
the local branch of the National League,
had quarrelled with these landlords con-
cernipg threats and outrages during the
winter. Parnell was like an engineer
who could turn on or shut off the steam
at will. Parnell held the throttle-yaly'
Of crime in ireland. He had opened
The valve before and could do 1t agar
if he pleased. lCries Of Order anc
| cheers.
Mr. Redmond rose to APPOINT Of order
and after some discussion Mr.. Sander
son said he would withdraw the obJec
tionable expression, but at the SANE
time would maintain his private opinion
In conclusion Dir. Ssunderson said tn,
Parnellites would before long find tina
they were not dealing with a craveT
Government, and that the Government
would not let the control Of Ireland fal
into the hands Of the League.
The debate was adjourned on motion
| Of Mr. Chamberlain.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26

Market dull.
SALE.
Al Roanoke warehouse. IL bales,
sIIrMESTs.
II bales.
QUOTATIONS..
Coco hIDDLTEO.- 94c.
AIDDLISG.- 81 &C.
Low MIDDLISG SIC.
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COTTON BEFORE

We quote: Fine. 90 50asz.7S; supernne.
ssaS3.25; extra, sJ.5Cas3.7o; famlIy. s4a
S4.5O; p6tent family. country, S&.7jas5 IS.
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aARKErs by TELEGRAPH
NEW YORK.

NEW 1OhA.
EEw YoRK, August 25.--Coticn steady /;
sales, 234 bales; uplEnds. 81 C Orleans,
8 7.Iec.; Let receipts. z,leS bales: e1-
ports-tO Great Britain, ZjlI bales {;
stock IsO.952 bales. Southern four un-
changed. Wheat assc. better, but less ac-
i've; so. spring, o9c.; No red, 80 e. In
elevator gO,a9C9 C. afOat; No. z red. sep
ten Der. S91.abstc.; October, Su1ayl 20.
Con IaIi G. ana options '.asc higher.
closing ftfB; No. 2. August, nominal az
BIC, September, 5l9.c.; october: ol7ia
So C. Oais "a g. higher; No. 2. August.
3Zi.a823-c September. 3I' .a3Zsc, HOPS
upcnauged. Con,e fair: RIO firm a. $40 /;
No TO. August. $3.50; october. - 40.
sugar strong and quiet; fair 10 good re-
nulug. a4s.c. MOlasses quiet aud steady.
Rice ann Iurpeutiur trm AZ 35.c. Hides
steady Wool guet auf hrm, Pork steady;
mes. $40 80 for old, sllaSll 80 iOr new.
N!dC.ts dull. lard-Se ptenber, ) points
lower: western steam, S746; September.
s74esS7.5O; city steam, $3.50. kreights
steady. -
BAITIAoRE. ND, August 95.-Cottcn
dun nnd nominal; middling. 30. rlouI
steady and quiet; Howard-Strset and west
err supeThue, S2.5oa2Z.30; 10. eN'FG, s3a
s3.G5: do. family. SO 15asi5O; CITY M..ts
superfue. a.. 5Cas3; do. extra, i3.25ast
90. Rio brands 81 5OaS4.GZ, PatarSc) laml'
ly. 1913: do. sUperatiye patent $3.50.
" Wheat southern easier. western easier ana
.uiet: southern red. ejas9c. southern an
her, esa91c: No. western winter red,
spot &c Ass c.; August. 81 -sssNe sep
TENDER S. .a6-5-c.; October sSaosac-
Corn southern nominslly iOWertor mite
yellow steady: western easier; southern
willie. 4ga5Cc.: southern yellow, 5Va9-c
western mixed. SPOT AOa31 &C.; Ausust
SCc bid: september az .a5C;+c.; OCTOBER
sc. bid steamer, ssc bid. Oa'ss'tady and
quiet: southern. Z9s36c.; western Whits
sla97c.; western mixed, 3ia3Sc,; Tenn
sylvauia. 2ea36c. Rye steady AZ 30sofc
uay outlet and steady: prime 70 eho.ee
western. SlOasl3.73. Provisions arm. WITH
am Inquiry. Mess PORK. lI.ZoasIi; u
lk.meats-ShouideTs and clear-rio sides
racked land nc. BacOu-Shonldeis. SAGE,
eisar.rib sides 7aasc: hams, l3salic
Lard Refined. e.. Butter nrm western
Hacked, I0aljc.; creamery. lGssIc. Egg
higher and active al ISAAC. petroleum
steady: refined. &c. Coffee hlsner; Hle
caTgoss. ordinary 10 fair oslo, Q: susal
frm A soil, &C. eoppeT-,tenih e1 lulst ~ 80
atsI.Isssl2O. krelghts 10 Liverpool pel
/ steamer higher.
CHICAGO.
| CHICAGO, August e5.-Flour quiet anS
| unchauged. Wheat Orened weak; eloee'
! s.r higheT: August. 761sa7ss.c Septem
| ser III s77JEc.: October. 7s5 a 0jsc.: No.
| srripu. 57ke: 80. nd. 79s.c. Corn nrner
| cssb. aiARf2c; August, AlSsa42c septeni
| beF SZi .as22.c. ; October, ~. ttlsc. Oat
! 0uIet and steady; casa. 2saa2s se. "A
gust, 26kc.; september, 1o4ssf i'ioc,
| Oetober. 27Iss2sac. hye quiet. hess' porl
| Setive and drm; cash, s9.571xass 90: Sep
| ten1hsr, So 4TAAse SO. Lard steady; cash
| s7-sO. August. {7SOaS7. S2i; Septem oel
| "a sCss5 IS. short rib sides steady easl
s6,l7k. boxed meats steady. dry sAlle
Shoulders, s3.7oasS.a7s; short clear side
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u,tvIucpr >roCk u,RkEr
RICHMOND STOCK E,cmayGB.

BALTIMORE, MD, August 25.-Virginia
Sc. past.dEe coupons ga; do. lo-4Os, IS
10. new 81, esq. Bid to-day.
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NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. August 25.-Market quiet
some few sales az quotations: orders at the
factories moderate. Prime, 3i4aic.; fancy,
sac: common Is2o.: shelled, 2a21s fac
tory hand. p.ckei. 4l4abNc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-26
The peather in Richmond yesterday
~Gs clear, pleasant, aud breezy.
Pnnoe of Thermometer Yesterday.

DOCK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
ID FxECUTED AT THE pISPAfCH
PRIN2aNG-Housk
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VINO rob.ytoI.nce In Ge,fnst.


by Anglo American cable TO he pIspaich,l
BELFAST, August 2j.-An attempt
was made this evening to replace the
police in the Protestant quarters OF the
city, from which they had bsea With
drawn after the beginning Of the riots.
Fifty constables tiled 10 patrol the
Shank-Hill road. A mob stoned the
police, and the latter, after ya:nly
charging the mob, were forced to re-
treat. Several were injured. The
streets were finally cleared by troops.
Six arrests were made.
BELFAST, August 26-l A. NJ
Dayly's Tavern, on Peters Hill, has
again been wrecked. A mob last night
placed chains across the Shank-fllll
road, which tripped the police and
troops when they charged the mob.
Twenty arrests have been made. The
police were terribly stoned.
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Observation-Disclosures.
PORT on RICH9oSD. AUGUST IS. isss.

PORT on RICH2osD. AUGUST Is. isss.
SAILED.
steamer Ariel, Deyo, Norfolk. United
States malt. merchandise and passengers.
l.. n. Tatum. agent.
schooner Cumberland. Weber. New
York. pig. iron. J. y. Gordon. agent; vessel.
Gurus a Parker.
CLEARED.
Brig Broederstfom (Dutch), Coppeb. Pc
lOlas -four, Haxall -Cfenshaw Company aud
DunlOp& MeSance.
poRT OK NEWPORT NEWS. ACC csr s3ru.
tBy telegraph
ARRIVED.
steamship Richmond. hosz. New fork.
and sailed tor Nest Point.
,teanship GeorSe Appn.t Forster, West
Point and sailed for Norfolk.
Schooner MARY r. Bacon, fsxridse,
GEORGETOWN, D. c., light.
AILkD.
sfeamshfp Francisco (Spsn.), circArdo.
Antwerp. belgium, with wheat.
Schooners br gsiin, Cousina 6cston; EVA
n lcpylsas. Iettas. New York; l. Camp.
hell. Nsil. BosIon; Grace y. ChAmb>rSp
Lane. New York ali VIII coal.
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NEW loRK. August 5.--Cottou-Gross re-
Ceipis, S46 bales. futnies closed steady
sales. 10 zoe bales: August se.i0as9. IL:
septemb her. se.lles9.l2; October s9.lia
sgI2: November, S9.l3aS9lt; December.
50 38asg.s4: March. so.42: April s9.5oa
Sq5I; May. 50. 3sss9.59; June, 50 66as9.67;
luly So TAgSg "a
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WEpNK- DAY, August rs. lssS.
SAIEs-FIRsT BoARD.-4O Norfolk and
a -
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-23
STATE REPUBLICAN, TICKET
RED TAPE Vs. REFORm.

It does seem as if the government of the United States might pay it's small debts promptly, but it does not always. and there have lately been some serious injuries in- hicted on creditors of the government be- cause of it's delay in fulfilling it's part of the contract in furnishing money. The South Boston iron works were compelled to cease operations the other day on this account The capital of the firm is not very large and most of it is invested in work for the govern ment for which nothing has yet been paid IT the government had naid the firm what is due there would have been enough money to work with. Instead of that the yards and shops are filled with ordinance, finished and unfinished, and the men are without the wages which belong to them.
 A member of the firm relates the following to show how the government has done busi- ness: Last spring we received contract to furnish about 1000 projectiles for rife guns, some of them being for S15 inch bores and the rest for Il inch bores. The contract stipulated that we should send ten samples to Sandy Hook to be tested before furnishing the number called for by the contract. We nulsuSo up ten ol the proJ ectlleS aI once auu sent them on for trial. Then we waited for a reply. None came. We sent to Sandy Hook and then to the authorities at Wash ington, and finally, after several weeks of de- lay, we were informed that some slight al teration was needed in the sabot. We made the alterations as specified and sent on ten more for trial. Those were of the 8115 inch bore. We sent on samples of the il inch bore two months ago and have waited for 8 reply ever since. The other day we learned that the II inch gun had not yet been mount ed at Sandy Hook. Judging from the past I suppose we must wait two or three months before we shall learn whether or not these projectiles satisfactory. After making the alterations in the 51a inch bores we be- gan casting, and have already manufactured about 2,000. Those cost about $11. 50 apiece, so you see we've locked up $20,000 in those projectiles alone. We could have fulfilled the terms of the contract long ago if they had hastened matters at Sandy Hook.
 This is we believe, a reform administra- tiop. It is evident that reform is needed in the red tape department at Washington.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-23
HEA K q ".

Those Andoyer professors will be con victed by heresy evidence, if at all.-Lowel | Courier.
 l There is 0 man in Wisconsin who owns | sixty newspapers. He is so poor that his l clothes rattle when he walks.-Burlingtor | Free Press.
 1 In old times knights couldn't get along 1 without armor. Now the Knights of Chica | go declare that they will have nothing to dt
 with Armour.-Springfeld Union. The rise in Hooking Valley is said to have l been due to the discovery by the street thai \ the initial letters of the speciality correspond ! ed with those of H. Victor Newcomb.-Wal Street News.
 l Making Allowance.-Fond mother-"Art you not somewhat astonished at my girli singing g Professor-"I must confess
 am but at her age one is naturally venture some. Life.
 Now that people particularly want to buy chestnut coal the price has gone up twenty 1 five cents ton in the old, old fashioned way This accounts for it's being called chest
 nut coal.-Springfeld Journal. Colored Camp Meeting.-Excited Sister 1 'I wish I was June bug" Parson-s'Whaf | for, Sister Snowball2" Sister-''So could fly to ter de heabenly mansions" Parson- ''Fool, niggah, woodpecker ketch yer befoah you git outen de woods. ."-Texas Siftings. "John, what are these round ivory things in your dress vest pocketa' ''T-those are l samples of b-buttons that got at my t.
 tailors t-to-day, dear; tucked them in there d-day before vest" (Which do you propose to choose for steady wear, John, the red, the white or the blue ones!"-Puck. Harmony Restored.-Mrs. Simpleton, 8 recently married New York lady, rebuked her maid for her slowness: ''You are the
 most trifing servant girl 1 ever had. Are you never going to get through with your works You can go on the first. I have no redeeming quality.o ssNo wonder i never
 got through with my york; replied the shrewd menial t'You sing and play at the
 piano so beautifully, and I have to stop at my work to listen to you. I can't help low ing good music.'' sI was only joking about your leaving. If you keep on being such g good girl I'll get you new dress on the first of the month. ."-Texas Siftings. A SAD STORY. A maiden who lived in Dubuque, The young who loved her forsuque; But later repented, Said she never had meant it. And measures to win him back tuque. But he full of pride. would not defgn To hear what she sought to expleign; He said she was ffckle, And in such pickle She never would put him agaign Then despair seized the maid of Dubuque. And her life with cold poison she tuque; And the young man, they Say, Is now pining away, For he's haunted each night by her spuque: Boston Courier.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-23

apart from dreams-are almost uniformly fruits of 8 perverse refusal to comply with the laws of nature. Take for example the case of a man who cannot sleep at night or rather who, having fallen asleep, wakes. If he is what is called strong minded, he think or perhaps reads and falls asleep again. This being repeated lays the foundation of hab- it of waking in the night and thinking or reading to induce sleep. Before long the thinking or reading fails to induce sleep and habitual sleeplessness occurs, for which rem edies are sought and mischief is done. If the wakeful man would only rouse himself on waking and get up and do full days work of any sort, and not doze during the day, when next the night came round his sixteen or twenty hours of wakefulness would be rewarded by a sleep of nine or ten hours in length; and one two of these manful struggles against perverted tenden- cy to abnormal habit would rectify the error and avert tha calamity. The cure for sleep lessness must be natural because sleep is a state of natural rhythmical function. You cannot tamper with the striking movement of clock without injuring it, and you can not tamper with orderly recurrence of sleep without impairing the very constitution of things on which the orderly performance of that function depends.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-10-23

The decision in the case brought by Theo- dore Thomas against the Musical union is of much interest and importance to trade unions and the public generally. It will be rsmem- bered that MT. Thsmas engaged an oboe player in a manner that did not suit the union. It was in vain that he urged the fact that there was no oboe player in the union capable of playing the music required of him. The oboe player in question was perfectly willing to join the union, but was prevented from doing so by bylaw of the organiza a. tion which made it necessary for him to be six months in the country before he could obtain admission to the order. In this emer- gency MT. Thomas applied for and obtained an injunction restraining the union from in- terfering with it's members or punishing them for playing in company with perform CTS who were not union men. Justice Potter has now given his decision in favor of Mr. Thomas, the plaintiff, holding that the by laws of the defendant forbidding members to play with non-union men are in restraint of trade and against public policy, and void. He also issues perpetual injunction forbid ding these laws from being put in operation against the plaintiff.