San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-16
WHAT THE WIRES SAY.
THE COMBAT THICKENS - THE CY-
CLONE WAS DEADLY.
The Relief Calls Sounded-Grover Going
to Get Committee of Inves-
tigation Appointed-Forger Ar
rested-Striker Released.

! extent of the labor troubles in the West
Messrs. Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Grain,
of Texas; Southwaite, of los va; Stewart,
OF Vermont; Parker, of New York, and
Buchanan, of New Jersey
The House Committee on Ways and
Means to-day decided, by vote of 8 to
| l, to report favorably resolution recon-
mehding the abrogation of the Hawaiian
| treaty.
A bill was reported to-day from the
| House Committee on Foreign Affairs
providing for an International confer
ence. 1t authorizes the President to in
vite governments of Mexico and Central
and South America to join the United
| States In a conference, to be held in
Washington, for the purpose of discuss
ing and recommending some plan of ar
bitratiOn for the settlement of the dis
agreements and disputes that may here
after arise between them, and of consid
ering questions relating to Improvement
of business intercourse between them.
Twenty thousand dollars is appropriated
to pay the reasonable expenses of the
conference.
ST. LOUIS, April 1.-Two rails were
removed last night from the tracks of
the Cairo Short Line Railroad, near
Belleville, by some one as yet unknown.
Road Master White, on tour of inspec-
ton this morning, discovered the fact
and the rails were replaced before the
passenger train. due at that place at $3.50
a. M, had arrived, and so a serious acct
dent was avoided.
The cases against j. j. McGarry,
lid "a Of Knfn -
Labor, and the others arrested on q
charge of trespassing upon the premises
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, were
dismissed to-day, the evidence against
the prisoners not being sufficient to con-
Wet.
Martin Irons, Chairman of the Joint
Executive Committee, arrived from the
south day. He said that, from a
strikers standpoint, the situation of af-
fairs along the lines are very encourage
ing.
A dispatch from Pacific, Mo-, states
that the Missouri Pacific shop whistle
blew this morning for the first time IN
five weeks. twenty-five men ale at
work in the shops and yards, among
them few of those who struck.
PALESTINE, Tex, April l5.-All the
strikers who have resumed work in the
shops here have been expelled from the
Knights of Labor order, and. being en-
gagged in the business of labOring to sup
port themselves and family, are there
fore denominated as ''scabs.'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April u. - Gov.
Oglesby refused to dav to issue requi-
sition for the deputies who took refuge
in St. Louis after the killing of several
persons on the Illinois side of the river.
The papers presented upon which TO
make the requisition were declared in
formal, because issued on a verdict of
the Coroner's jury, instead of an indict-
ment or complaint before Justice of the
Peace.
Ell PAsO, Tex, April l5.-Charles NJ.
Fasker, of Philadelphia, was arrested on
information from the Governor of Penn
sylvania, charging him with forging the
name of his uncle, who is Philadelphia
millionaire, to checks to the amount of
$50, 900.
A citizen of Sonora, just arrived, re-
ports that Geronimo has commenced his
depradations anew in that State, near
the town of Batiste.
AURORA, Texas, April IA cyclone
of great velocity and destructiveness
passed through the southeastern por-
ton of this, Wise county, last night,
about 10 O'Clock. The storm moved in
northeasterly direction, sweeping
everything before it. Thus far over
dozen persons are known to have been
injured, two seriously. The residence
of j. II. Green. two miles south of the
village of Rheme, was picked up and
hurled long distance. Green and wife,
with his two daughters, were all badly
bruised and injured with flying sticks.
Their residence was scattered over the
prairie for many miles. The residences
OF ID. X. Becker and Charles Swanson
were both demolished. Becker, with
his wife and three children, narrowly es-
capped death. The two former were in
jured while travelling. A man named
V. f. Pace, spending the night with
Becker, was seriously injured while es-
Gaping. The large residence Of John
w. Beard was next sweptaway. Beard,
his wife and five children were carried
81 feet with the house, but none were
fatally injured. The house was after
wards literally demolished. The resi-
dences of w. w. RawsOn, John Thur
man and others shared the same fate.
Much live stock was killed The loss on
farm property is very great. The full
extent Of the damage Is not yet known.
The path of the cyclone was winding,
in some places narrowing down to a few
hundred yards. Not a fence or tree was
left standing for many miles along the
track. The nearest point of the cyclone
frem Aurora is about four miles south
east. Parties are out following the path
to sucoOr the injured.
FORT SMITH, Ark, April l5.-Deputy
Marshal William Erwin was killed in
the ChOctaw nation Tuesday evening.
He had arrested and was returning to
this city with Felix Griffin, noted out
law, charged with highway robbery and
horse stealing, when he was set upon by
two men, who released the captive and
shot and instantly killed Erwin.
MILWAUKEE, April 10. The largest
strike ever known in Milwaukee has been
inaugurated by the Shop Tailors' Union.
Over 1000 operatives are effected, al
though large majority of these have no
interest in the strike, and in fact are OPP
posed to it. The strike is to secure the
adoption Of a new scale of prices. There
is no likelihood of any compromise, and
both sides will settle down to a stubborn
test Of which is the stronger.
Big LAKE, Mimi, April l5.-Drs. Hig-
bic and Dalister, of Minneapolis, just
from St. Cloud, said new bodies were
being recovered hourly from the debris
and being brought in from the country
in the track Of the tornado Twelve in