San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-04-08
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
DOWN TO DEATH 200 FEET-GREAT
EXCITEMENT IN MASSACHUSETTS
Engineers in Session-An Quiet on the
Missouri Pacific-State Strings
Kansas May Take a Hand
Foreign News Short.

ence IN the CITY, OF lts pTOOhDlt tHeCt
upon an extension of the strike to their
Brotherhood. A prominent member OF
the knights of Labor. when questioned
about the matter said: THAT Is Just
what will be done. MIR. Arthur, to be
sure, is opposed to strikes. but such a
pressure will be brought to bear that he
cannot resist"
Twenty firemen, employed on engines
of the Bridge and Tunnel company.
struck to-day in support of the Knights
of Labor. This, unless others can be
found to fill their positions, will again
stop the transfer of all freight trains
over the bridge.
The executive board of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers are hold
ing meeting in st. Louis to-day, Chief
Arthur being present, and are consider
ing the question whether it will br ad-
visable to strike in support of the
knights of Labor.
A Topeka, Kansas, special says: State
Labor Commissioner Bolton, In an inter-
view to-day, expressed the opinion that
If the Missouri Pacific officials continued
their discOurteous treatment of the Off
GERS of the Knights of Labor, a general
boycott against the Gould system would
be ordered. The Commissioner said
some time ago the western roads, at his
request, gave him the figures regarding
their scale Of wages, from which he
made tabulated statement demonstrate
ing that the Missouri Pacific paid an
average of 3S per cent. less wages than
any other road. The Commissioner also
expressed disbelief in Mr.. Gould's state
ment, that the company had retained in
its employ hundreds of unnecessary
men for fear Of precipitating trouble
with the Knights Of Labor.
Fort WORTH, April THE Gulf Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe directory has made a
proposition to the city of Fort Worth to
extend its line north to the Red river,
and thence to connection, in the In
dian Territory, with road to st. Louis
or Kansas City. The bonus asked is
$50, 600 in cash and right-of-way through
this county. The citizens to-day raised
S12, 800 OF the amount. Fort Worth and
the contiguous country would prefer a
st. Louis connection, but it is under
stood Kansas City is making greater
efforts than st. Louis. As soon as the
right-Of-way can be obtained, a corps of
engineers will be placed in the field. In
side of 30 days work will begin.
The completion of the Fort Worth and
New Orleans to WaXahachie will give
the new road several outlets to the gulf
from this point. The Fort Worth and
New Orleans now has &c miles of steel
rails laid, and will make connection
with the Central by the end of May.
AUSTIN, April THE jury of the Dis
trict court in the case of Mrs. Mollie
Eanes, charged with the murder of her
little son Claudio last December, after
being out all night, returned a erdict
of murder in the second degree and fixed
her penalty at % years in the peniten-
tiary.
The following counties have paid in
terest on loans from the school funds
Hays, Tarrant, Guadalupe, Lampasas
and Ell Paso, aggregating $4,000.
The Attorney General has approved
the bond of Kaufman county for $780,
600. The Board OF Education purchased
S25, coo Of them.
Governor Ireland, if furnished with
suitable names. will appoint two dele
gates from each congressional district,
and four from the State at large, to the
rarmsrs' National Congress to be held
in It. Paul, Mimi, August 18th.
A colored man, Thomas Sims, was
buried alive this morning by the banks
of BartOn's creek, about two miles from
Austin, caving upon him. He was 40
wears old. He leaves large family.
A fire tonight at ll:30 destroyed a
portion of the Water and Gas COmpany's
buildings. Loss about $500.
State Superintendent Baker has Sc
lec.ed the following places for white
summer normal schools: Beaumont,
Marshall, Athens, Greenville, Gilmer,
Atlanta, Columbia, Gonzales, Caldwell,
Flatonia, Bryan, Mexia, Dallas, Gaines
vile, Jacksboro, Hillsboro, Lampasas.
Waco, San Marcos, Stephenville and
Paris, and the following, for celored
normals: Orange, Palestine, Henderson,
BrazOria, Seguin and C0rsicana.
Everything is quiet here. Trains are
running regularly and no further trouble
is anticipated. One company of rangers
were sent to Alvarado to-day on rumors
of trouble there, but later reports show
that the rumors were without founda-
ton.
Initiatory steps have been taken by
the Parker County Farmers Alliance
looking to the nomination and election
Of laboringman's State and county
ticket. Unless some rupture occurs be-
tween the Knights of Labor and the
Farmers Alliances, the affairs Of Texas
stand good chance of falling into the
hands Of those organizations at the
State election next fall.
GREENFIELD, Mass, April IA terri
BILE disaster occurred on the Fitchhurg
railroad tonight, midway between
Bard wells ferry and West Deerfield sta
ton. The east bound passenger train,
due at Greenfield at sos p. m, went over
an embankment 200 feet high. Six
bodies have already been taken out o.
the ruins and 1t Is not known how many
others were killed. The train was the
eastern express, and consisted of a bag
gage car, smoker, sleeping car, mail ca
and two ordinary passenger cars. Tn,
train was in charge of Conductor Foster
with Herbert Littlejohn as engineer
the point where the accident occurred
is the most dangerous on the road. Tn,
train runs on the edge OF an embanK
ment 200 feet above the Deerfield river
The bank is steep and covered with hug,
boulders and masses of rock. When tn,
train arrived at this point the track com
menced to settle under 1t for distanc,
covering its entire length. The coache
broke from their trucks and rolled owe
and over down the precipice. The en-
CINE broke from the tender tearing vi
the track. Two hundred feet below
rolled the Deerfield river, on the yer,
verge of which the cars were thrown
AS soon as they struck they caught fir
from the stoves. The sleeping car wa
an entire wreck. 1t was occupied b.
several passengers, not one Of whom, a