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The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
FROM WASHINGTON.
Fogg, the creenback Orator. Amuses
Washington Audience.

Especial to the PREss.l
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Frank M. Fogg of
Bay City. Mich, formerly of Auburn, Me-, the
apostle of Greenbackism, ex-member Of Governor
Gareelon's Council and eX-candidate for Congress
from the Second District, is here He delivered
one of his characteristic speeches in behalf of la
boring men before meeting of the Washington
Labor Union held this evening.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
English Vessels for America.

LONDON, April 14.-Lord Ravensworth has
stated at meeting of the Institute OF Naval
Architects, that the United States government
had authorized the purchase of foreign ships for
the carrying trade and that there was no doubt
that many of the surplus English vessels would
go to America.
Foreign Notes.
The Pope has instructed the sacred congrega-
tion on extraordinary ecclesiastical affairs to
study the Irish question in the light of Mr.. Glad
stones recent speech.
An international exhibition of industry, science
and art will be held in Edinburgh, this summer,
beginning in May and lasting until October. The
exhibition is opened to the products of the indus
tries of all nations
Matterson, the Australian oarsman whom
Beach defeated, will row Perkins, the British
champion, on the Thames, May Oath, for the
Sportsman's cup and championship.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
The "Roycotted" Lynn Grocer.

Inc 6OfCOttSo Lynn GToCcfs
LYNN, Mass, April lathe defence of Mr..
George o. Tarbox, the West Lynn grocery man. in
his controversy with the Knights of Labor, has
excited very general interest,", Knights of Labor
have acknowledged the justice OF Mr.. Tarbox's
position. 1t now appears that Mr. Tarbox has
never been boycotted by any authorized official
authority. An officer of high standing among the
Knights OF Labor said this morning: "No boycott
who put the boy with banner in front of his
store supposed he was boycotting him, but he had
no authority to do what he did," The matter is
now placed in the hands of the members of the
executive oard, and they will try to straighten
out the difficulty
A Boycotted Newspaper.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, April 14.-The officers and
committee men of Typographical Union, No. AT,
who, last Saturday issued general boycott
against the Morning Courier, were today served
with a temporary injunction restraining them
from further proceedings against that paper. and
calling for their appearance in the Superior Court
tomorrow, to show cause why the Injunction
should not be made permanent. The paper al
legeS that the defendants have cOnspired to in
iure the business of the. Courier, and claim that
injury to the extent of $1,000 has already been
done, The Injunction includes walking dele
gate"
Labor Notes,
1t is stated at Omaha, Neb., ON authority ema-
mating from the Knights of Labor, that there will
and complaints having been satisfactorily ad-
justed.
tom work in milwaukee,, Wis, went out on a
made by them on the previous day. The strike is
to enforce payment of new scale recently pre-
sented to the merchant tailors: Five out OF
tWenty-Six retail establishments have signed the
scale, but the others have refused.
Webster & Co., the large tannery operators in
Maiden, Mass, have voluntarily adopted the Wo-
burn prce-lists, which will have the effect of in
creasing the wages of its employees about 10 per
cent to take effect at once.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
MAIN E.

Death OF Prominent Mason.
MECHANIC FALLS, April 14.-Frank E. Ross,
late secretary of the Masonic Relief Association,
died here last night of softening Of the brain.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
FOREIGN.
Mr.. cIadstone,s.RilI.

LONDON, April 15.--Gladstone has sent the fol-
lowing reply to congratulatory cablegram re-
ceived by him last Monday from the mayor of
Boston:
have received your telegram. l thank you for
your courtesy In Informing me Of the proceedings
of the mass meeting held in Boston, Monday, to
government with regard to Ireland l feel that
American opinion allied, as 1t is with regard and
affection for the old country affords Her Majes
ty's government powerful moral support.
remain, Dear Worshipful Mayor,
Faithfully Yours,
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
THE LABOR QUESTION.
The Trouble In the Southwest Still
Unsettled.

Nine Deaths the Result of Fridays
Shooting in East ST. Louis.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
Date of the Republican State Con-
yention Changed

AUGUSTA, April 14.-The date of the Republi-
can State convention has been changed by the
Republican State committee from June 9Th to
June 9th
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
A Newspaper Change.

RocKLAND, April 14.-Hon. o. G.. Hall, whose
son is one of the proprietors of the Watervle
Sentinel, has bought the balance of the interest
held by o. NJ. Moore. H. NJ Lord, for several
years with the Rockland Courier Gazette, will be
editor of the Sentinel
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15

LONDON, April 14.-ExtensIve arrangements
were made for the meeting called by the Loyal
Patriotic Union, held in the Opera House to-
stones Irish Home Rule scheme, and the ap-
proaches to the building were besieged by crowds
OF people, and the roadways. were blocked hours
the proceedings Upwards of 400 prominent
Orangemen from Belfast and Liverpool came to
siasm prevailed among the crowd. red banner
bearing the inscription "Quis Separabitp spanned
the arch of the prosceniuIn. Earl Cowper pre-
sided over the meeting, and Lord Salisbury and
Lord Harrington occupied seats on either side of
a table placed at the centre of the footlights.
The second reading of the Home Rule bill in
the House of Commons has been postponed until
May 10
The Conservatives have decided to postpone
until after the Easter holidays the deciding of
whether or not to force division on the second
reading of Gladstone's Home Rule bill.
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15
TINE WEATHER.

n NJ II A NJ 8 2 NJ ! z NJ II P u
Barometer 30.277 30.296 30.272 30.291 30.305
Thermo'r. AL BAT 1855 Alt 1872
Dew Point 41.6 1913 1858 1873 38.9
Humidity. I81.5 $40 $40 1913 1873
Wind. 80. IN NE ISE
Velocity. 9 10 @
Weather lClear CLEAR lClear lClear lClear
Mean daily bar. 80. .2s5 Maximum ther .. $50
Mean daily ther. 46.e Minimum ther... 1872
Mean daily DIV pt. 38.9 Max. veLwnd. IL NE
Mean daily hum..77.4 Total precip...... o
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
april IA, 1886, 1000 2. M
Observations taken at the same moment OF time
at all stations
The Portland daily press., 1886-04-15

B. A. KINNEY,
Private, Signal Corps, U. S. A.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-19
MORE ACTIVITY

shown at East st. Louis--Nisht
Arrested.
Sr. LOUIS, April l1.-TEs business doEe
oy East St. Louis railroads continues 10
increase. Yesterday q greater volume OF
freight was transferred across the river
than during any day since the strike. At
a meeting of managers OF various roads, &C
which General Rsecs and staff were pres
ent upon invitation, the situation was thor
oughFy discussed and the particular neon
yeulences under which each road suffered
reported and explained by toe railroad rep
re~ssntstives, and General Reece promised
more protection for these weak spots. The
enployes of the various roads we're IN
iormed Of this promise AID to-day several
new men are at work aud business Is being
lone in the hitherto unprotected portions
of the ysrds. -,
The Bridge and Tunnel Company, which
formerly did ell the transferring across the
river By the bridge, and the Belt road
shich did the transferring between the
different railroad yards, have been unable
10 employ a sufficient nauieer Of mel 10 40
All the business, aud the ferries aud tEans-
,s- ,asms have been called to perform this
Sork nm, Sud that thsy have more than
rbsC can do. This iTconvenienes CT tFSns'
ferripg is the only cause for the roate LOT
icing in full operation. Great acHylty
nrsvs;ls in all the railroad yards to cay
and numerous trains to and from ali p0'h'S
are arriving and departing.
NIGHT PROVIDERS ~CAPTURED.
Last NIGHT in East st. Louis, First Lieu
tsnant Burroughs, of the Eighth Regiment
and four soldiers, who were on duty guard
ING the coal dumps south Of the 81. LOUIS
bridge. noticed six men proving aoout the
cars in that vicinity, who, when they osoeIa
the soldiers attempted to escape: lne
,nsrds surrounded them aud he othcersi 10
Command questioned them S. to their ous
meas in that vicinity, and 81 they couia
| Dive no satisfactory account ct themseives
hey were placed under srcest md msrcneG
AZ he point of the oSyonet to the guard
bouse. north OF the RslaydePot, uhere they
we're searched and placed under gnsro'
Tbe ak prisoners appeared to be striker
ard two Of them are the Bailey brothers
who figured prominently in East st. L9uls
labor ~affairss Their cases sre berg lnVes
/ tigsted 10 day.
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TERRIBLE EXPLOSIONS.
Eight Kegs Of Giant Powder Blow
A Cal. to Pieces,
Killing and Iniuring Several Per-
sons.
Exploding Motion Steel at Pitts
burg Injuries Many People.

MILWAUKEE, April l7.-While the work
of unloading a freight q on the Milwau.
kee, Lake Shore and Western road was in
progress at Clintonville, at 8 o'clock this
morning, eight kegs Of giant powder or
nitro-glycerine exploded with terrible force.
One car was blown into fragments, the
windows OF the depot were shattered and
building otherwise damaged. Arthur
Edwards, station baggage agent, who
was aiding in unloading, had the
top Of his head blown Of and expired in Q
short time. James Ringwood, night opera
tor, who standing near was terribly injured
and not expected to live. Geo. Storm,
brakeman, also sustained such serious in
iuries that his life is despaired Of. Con.
George HOLSTER was severe.
injured about the hips. A FIRE.
man ~ the name Of Lsrsne, John
Faca, q bystander, and a brakeman named
were more or less disabled BY flying
The force OF the explosion
vas terrific. Houses in the village were
and glass in the buildings at con.
distance from the depot wa
,roken by the conclusion. The exact
,ause of the accident could not be ascer.
aimed Persons most seriously injured are
'oupg men, and it is understood have fam.
lies depending upon them.
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LAKE SHORE sWIToHMEN OUT.
n Company Refuses Their demand and
They Go Out $50 Good"

The Company Refuses Their Demand and
They Go Out "FOr Good"
Chicago, Ills, April l7.-At 7 o'clock
this evening the sWitchmen employed on
The various yards of the Lake Shore rail
road throughout the city and suburbs
carried out their threat to strike if
the company refused to discharge
eight men who accepted work from the
rood during the strike Of 1881. The sfrik.
eEs number "a men. A meeting of them
and their sympathizers was 10
session near the Forty-third street yards
when a messenger arrived from General
yardmasfer with q communication, stating
hat he had been instructed to cay the
company declined to accede TO
the demand for the displacement Of
the eight 80 called scsbs
in it's employ here. Immediately
The news Of the %compsnys action was
spread all union switchmen ceased woIk.
With equal promptness advertisements
we're sent by the Lake Shore official to all
morning papers, calling for fifty
switchmen to apply at the com
panys offices for work. 1t is
not known whether or not the strike ia be-
gun By authority otthe S~itchmen's Union.
4 feature of the strike is that unlike
the missouri Pacific strikers; the
men who have gouS art do
not claim to be any longer
employees Of the Lake Shore road. They
SOY they have gone out for good. All dis
claim any intention of interfering in any
way with the operation OF the road.
New York's "Iie-Up,"
New YORK, April 1.-THE first car on
the Third avenue line lett the depot at 8
o'clock this morning, and at neon 2S cars
were running, making trips from Harlem
% Broom street and return. Policemen
were aboard each car and lined the route
at regular intervals. Their services, how.
ever, we're not required, as everything re-
NAMED quiet and the strikers kept away
from the avenue sud depot. About six
hundred men applied for work to-day in an.
sxer TO the compsny's advertisements, and
many were engaged at once.
Uneasiness on the wabash
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April IA rumor
is current mere tnSt tue hulRutd Vi lIaoOt
on the Wabash road are getting ready to
90 on strike in aid Of the strikers at East
| ST. Louis. and that the movement will
probably take Place in q day or two.
Militia Keller.
PEORIA, Ill April l7.-Veteran Light
Guards, Co J.. Fifth Regiment, of this city,
have been ordered to East st. Louis, and
leave al two o'clock this afternoon. They
number forty-three, and go as reliet forces.
Ym subpGus Gould and POwderly.
WAsHINGToS, April l7.-All Of the
members of the select Committee on Labor
Troubles except Mr.. Stewart, Of Vermont
who is on a leave OF absence, were present
At this afternoons meeting.
The committee resolved to %subppns
Messrs. Gould, Hopkins, Powderly
snd Mcdowell, and will begin inves
tiga,ion. Tuesday week the examination
of Messrs. Powderly aud Mcdowell vii
be followed Wednesday and Thursday D.
by Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Hopkins. On SUI
day next the committee will start for ST
Louis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-19
EXPLODING MOLTEN STEEL.
A Terrible Accident at Pittsburg, Injur.
ing Many People.

A Terrible Accident at Pittsburg, Injur.
ing Many People.
PITTSBURGH, April lT.-Shortly before
noon to-day, while experiments were being
made at the iron works Of Singer, Nimick
& Co., in comprising steel, the mould con-
tanning over one thousand pounds Of
molten steel, suddenly gave way, scatter
ing the metal in every direction. Some
fifty or sixty persons were witnessing the
experiment and all we're more or lees
burned. Five are supposed to be danger
ously injured. The names have not yet
been learned.
The accident is supposed TO have been
the result Of the sand in the mold being
damp and when the steam pressure WAS
put on the mold the compressed molten
metal then exploded, scattering among the
large number of men surrounding it. A
panic ensued and the men scattered in
every directi,n in their eager desire TO gain
points OF safety. AS 500 as the cloud OF
steam had arisen and the crowd o! people
could again be distinguished it was discov.
cred that at least twenty Of them had been
burned, several dangerously.
THE MOST SERIOUSLY INJURED
are as follows:
JAMES MACKEY, smelter, dangerous.
IL burned about the head and upper part
OF the body.
ALIEN. FOSTER. master mechanic. burned
badly about head, neck and arms.
PETER Hess, worker, burned'about neck
and face, severely.
FRANK NIMICE, member OF the firm and
manager, burned about the legs. hands
and neck.
Wx H. SINGER, member Of the firm,
slightly scalded.
. PAT. MULLEN, arms and face burned.
MICHAEL OSBORN, burned about the
neck and face.
In addition to these names there were a
dozen others more or less injured.
Mr.. Frank Nimick, after his injuries
were dressed was taken to his home on
Penn avenue. The others, who were IN.
ihred, were tenderly cared for, and as 0
az possible removed to their homes. The
damage TO the mill wa very slight. The
news Of the accident spread rapidly and
created great excitement, as it was fret re-
ported that the boilers had exploded, kill
ing a number Of persons.
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waste of material although there is plenty
Of everything. Next the bakery is
TIN LAUNDRY,
which is manned By conyicts also. The
clothing of all the prisoners ia here thor
oughly cleansed and dried. So clean is
everything that not the slightest spsck Of
dirt Can be found upon any garment
The soap is also made in the laundry by a
convict from materials left from the prison
bill of fare. When l went through the
prison, Joe Paul, the unfortunate prisoner
spoken of in my lsst letter, was foreman, l
think, but his health has 90 badly failed,
l learn that he has been removed to other
and lighter work.
q PRISON PET.
In the corridor at the door leading into
the dining covered with q leather
case, stands the prison pet. 1t is q beauti.
tul, nickel-mounted Calling gun. Its roll
OF rife muzzles point toward the door, and
it q mutiny occur while the prisoners are all
in the dining room 9 single guard could
with one hand guide the muzzle, while
with the other by turning a crank he could
fill each emptied barrel with a fresh cart.
ridge from the hopper at the top. A hail.
storm Of bullets would sweep across the
dining o so fast and so true that not q
human being would be left standing,
and this all could be done in less time
than it takes to tell it. There will be no
while the pet holds the fort"
With this paragraph l will close the
of the West Virginia Peniten-
tiary. II the reader wishes to learn some
thing Of other institutions Of the State he
be gratifed at an early day by con.
the perussl Of the SUNDAY REGIS.
FER.
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THE STRIKING 8. 4 o swITcHMEN.
They Will Not Resort to Violeuce-De
mand, Being Considered.

they VIII Not Resort to Violeuce-De-
mand, Being Considered.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE sWi;clmen oD
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad are siiil
out, the company having their request for
the discharge of the non.Unlon men still
under sdvissmeut. The strikers say they
are determined 10 stay out until the OBJ
jsctiorabIe sTiIchnen are discharged or
put into some other department. So far
no violence has been attempted, and the
strikers aver there will not bs Caiet OF
Police E6ersold ha8 held a conference with
the captains of the different police stations
la consequence a reserve force of police Is
being held st the different precincts, but it
is not thought that their services Will be re.
quired.
General Manager Dunbsm, General So
p~erin'eadent Fordyce and superintendent
Britton ars in South Chicago reviewing
the situation. The general tenor of their
remarks leads to the suppOsitiou that they
do not look very favorably IN the demands
Of the men. The men on the Lake Shore
road were at work this morning, but the
indications are that they will 60 out during
the day.
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CHARLESTON EXCITED.
The Prohibition Question Managing
~Preachers--A Reverend Boycotter'
Sp,cinI 10 the Sunday RsgiGer.

SpcCtuf 70 Nc SuAuug hegH+o'
CHARLEsrox. ". Va. April Ex-senator
Kenns and Cons reSsnan Snyder arrived
today from Washington.
The prohibition question is the sill aO-
sorbiug topic. To-day City Hall was
crowded with the friends of each side Of
the question to hear the speeches for and
agsiLst prohibition. .
Council by a vote Of eight 10 one agreed
to grant license. The prohibition people
will nov move upon the County Court,
which meets Monday. Some doubt is ex-
pressed as to whether the County Court
will grant license. A monster prohibition
meeiirg wa held at the rink this morning
and during q debate upon the passage OF
certain resolutions, Rev. Hampton and the
Sailor Preacher became involved in q
rather personal war Of words. Rev. Hsmp'
ton was conservative in bis original re
marks. and the Sailor Preacher Bells, de-
presisted the stand Hampton had taken.
1t is said thst Rev. Stanley asked the
members of bis church not to buy goods o
A. F. Rand & Co, the largest dry good
house in toyn, because the firm refused L
sign the prohibition petition, and advised
his bearers to purchase goods at oshe
stores.
Rand says be has done mere bushes
to-day than for some time since.
The feeling is very intense, and mucl
oi.s----ess is already eugendered.
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Threat. Cause a Mill to Close.

CLINTON, MASS, April l7.-Agent Bige,
low, of the BigeloW Carpet Company, has
issued the following notice:
To the Select Men of the TOWn Of
Clinton:
In view of the actual personal violence
to persons in the employ of the BigeloE
Carpet Company already committed, and
the threats so freely expressed of future
violence, l deem it my duty in the iuteres.
OF peace and order to cease work In the
mills of the company, | further call upon
you to take such measures as may be re-
quired to preserve peace and order and
protect property. l need not cay that it
will be for the interest of the company as
we'll as for that Of the town Of Clinton to
resume work as soon as a consistently
be done. Such is the desire Of myself and
those whose interests are committed to my
charge.
TSisned G. B. BIGELow, Agent.
The payroll Of the company o 10
about $40, 900 per month. OF the 1000
hands thrown out of employment eighty
are striking dyers.