Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20

~ tto4c uS oolAintno control Of al The
vAtaable redwood timber IN that counsF
and that the foreign corporation was
Alaed N ils woFk by 9 6rm in Califor-
nias and the men empl0ged bJ that frua.
he Secretary. IN his letter 10 ths Attor
nsy de1efal, obaFaetefixas the scheme
% which HE patents we're ohtainsd aa
An extenA1ve conspiracy cnlminatinQ ID
monstr0us fraud.
neesinG 81 KeFthern Paeine Dlrerfars.
AEw foEx, Nov. l9.-Fhs reQulsr
moathly meeting Of The Diraetors of the
Northern Pacific R8ilroad vas beid
yesterday. Lt was said altar the ad.
loarnment that only routine business
hao oesn fransaeted. and that nothing
hed been done about a lsass jointly
Win the Cnt0n Pacido Railroad Of the
oregon Railway and Navigation CON
pany.s property. Nothing 1as done,
out me discussion Of the subject is said
g have been prolonged and earnest.
Aae speeches msda are understood to
nave %. warmly n favor Of q i0iot
lease and the opposition 20 the psoiecs
mainsained silence throaehout the
Tue representative OF the Oregon
Iranscontinental Company in tne
Board desired 70 retire from the Com
mittee. but bis resignation vas not 90
oepfeds and the Csmmittee vas con
tlnued. He informed his fellow Diree
tors that the Oommittse would De
ooli9ed % arrange terms with the
union Pacific Railroad Ooapany II q
l1int lease was 10 be made, because the
DirsetoFs af tue Oregon Company had
no authority.
1--WE Terrible Disasters
FRANKRoRT, Nov. IA terrible lake
disaster occurred last night aad there 4
lett rot q soul to tell the story. DurinR
the hight Of a starm Yesterday after
noons At intervals throughout tue blind
iag snow storm, three masted schooner
could be seen about six miles southwest
Of Frankfort. Her poles were almost
bare and her deck seemed clear Of anv
cargo. An attsnpt vas made 10 nnchor
her and she held for a tune. bot aoon
broke loose aud dfifted helplessly before
the gallo. The wind gradually increased
in vs0lenoa and the seas Wsre ggo wing
larger every moment as darkness settls "a
over the Iske. Help vas asked from
the life saving station at Manistee, bat
it was imp p8ssibls for the tug to live In
auon gale, After great tro1bla, the
life saving station six miles from here
was reached and their apparatus bauled
dswn the coast By few 70 unteers, over
steep bills, winding Favinas, tree trunks
and heavy anoW drifts, oOnsfantly peltad
By driving SNOW and hail. They arrived
as the sesno Of TIE disaster at Herring
Ore al o'clock thia mOFnine, after 4
twenty mile struggle against the
elements. The vessel was totally
broken up and with the cargo was piled
up on the beach, everything being
completely destroyed. The broken
masts, shF0uds, lumber aud debris were
all Hixed and piled together. Captain
Matthews thinks she must have had her
anchor down and pounded TO pieees on
the outer hank. One body was found,
that OF a Inan about 80 years old, with
black hair and sandy mustache. Ia the
pocket Of his c0at was found a letter
bearing the address OF Wm. Laurey, l3l
Madison street, ChieaQo. His faee was
badly iammed and bis hands laoerated.
The vessels yawl, with the name Ne
naHkee, was near by nnininFed. Il Is
thought s0e had crew OF nine men
and that she broke as soon as she struck.
No other bodies have as YET been dis
covered.
Another wreck was discovered two
miles away, where the same chaotic
wreckage was to be seen. The entire
stem Of the schooner Marinette OF Rs
cine, Wis, was discovered. Al neigh
boring farmhouse was found q bruised
and battarat sailor, with laoeFatad
hands from which the fissh was stripped
and his feet we're badly swollen. He Is
O. W. Anpie, Of Port Huron, sailor on
his fret trip and is the only survivor Of
this vessel. he SAYS: ave loaded al
Oseods- With lumber for George Leoud,
owner Of the lost vessel"
Prospects Of a strike.
PITrsBUR0, Nov. 10 AT conferences of
the Oannellsville coke operatives and
their employers the operators refused
TO grant any Of the demands except the
Que asking for q small advance in wages
20 pay for the Sharpening of tools. This
proposition was rejected by the miners
and the meeting adjourned. Subso-
queatly the miners and ofiisials offered
70 submit the question to arbitration,
but q number Of operators had left for
their homes. Action was postponed until
TO- morrow. Secretary Millaf, Of the
Miners Association, says II the opera
tsEs refuse 90 consent 20 arbitration q
strike of Il, 900 coke workers Is the Gan
neiisvilie region viii be ordered &c onoe.
The MasoaIe Relief
81. LouIs, Nov. I9.-rhe Masonic Re
lief Association Of the United States
and Canada, held its dnal session 10.
day. The reports Of the various CON-
mittees were presented. The moss Inn
portant Of those adopted y as that which
recommended unifoEm system for ths
deposition Of charity. The o. stem re
Quires the same ObseFvanoes sf the
same conditions before hslp shall b
given, thus making the reports Of the
dispensation uniform.
Hnlanesisns Granted.
OMAHA (Neb.), Nov. 19.-In the suit
brought By the Pullman Palace Car
Company against the various counties
IN Nebraska 70 restrain the collection Of
taxes on tts cars. Judge Brewer ia the
united States Circuit Coars, after hear
Ine the argnmoBes today, granted an
injunction, 20 stand until the tinai hear.
ing, restricting she counties from col
lecting the taxes. In like suits bFoneht
by the Pullman Palaos Car Company 70
restrain the oollsati0u Of taxes upon its
ears running Ia Kansas and Iowa, Judge
Brewer granted orders. temporarily re-
stFaining the eolleesion Of taxes and
continuing tha matters for farther az.
Rumert IN Dcoember.
Extensive stFike Threatsaed.
FALL RIyEs Mass.l. Nov. l9.-Is IA
declared that strike. Ia which 2lO0e
cotton operators will take part, viii BE-
insuguFatsd hers within one month.
unless she manafasturers grant al In
crease OF wages. The spinnegs two
weeks ago demanded that VICES be re.
stored 90 the rates paid IN 1855. Their
demands vas % unfsverably rfoefvsd
b. the mill owners. ana tazh disinter-
eefsdness was displayed Ia their pesleet
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