Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1886-03-25


man is IN Jail in default of $4,000
bond and II is doubtful If he has
friends who can make it.
P. A. SMITH has been appointed
postmaster at Navasota. The
Tablet says that Smith is obnox-
ious TO nine-tenths of the people.
THE strike is extending and
business at Kansas City Is sus-
pended. At Chicago thousands OF
men will be thrown out of employ
ment because of the interruption
of freight traffic.
On Monday morning the chap
lam of the House invoked divine
aid in Riding the land of game
sters, cards, chips, stocks, bucket
shops, boards of trade, etc. The
prayer was ordered printed in the
Congressional Record.
A FARMERS Alliance was in
course of organization at Crockett,
but since the action of the North
Texas alliance in iDdorsing boy
colts, strikes and general cooper
alton with the knights the farmers
will operate under some other
course.
THERE seems to be n disposition
to blame Gov. Ireland for not pre-
serving the peace on tho railroads.
1t has not been made to appear
that the governor has been Off
cially called upon. In the mean
time the civil courts have issued
processes and the sherlffs have
served them.
The executive committee of dis
trlct assembly l0l, Knights OF
Labor, in session at st. Louis, re-
jected the proposition embodied in
Mr.. HoxIe's letter to Governors
Marmaduke and Martin. They are
now taking steps to secure the aid
of St. Louis merchants in further
effort to arbitrate with Mr.. HoXle.
GENERAL THOMAS SWORDS, United
States army died in New York on
Saturday last at an advanced age.
He fought against the Cherokee
Indians in 1880 and was assistant
quartermastor at Fort Leaven-
worth in 1885. During the last
war he was chief quartermaster in
various departments.
Mr.. c. A. Hall, of Marshall, the
man about whom the present
gigantic strike originated was in
terviewed at Marshall by q News
reporter. Mr.. Hall says he Is In
the hands of the executive COM
mlttee of the Knights of Labor
and subject to their order what
ever they decide he will abide by
and do.
A New YORK special to the News
says it is learned semi-officially
that the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe negotiations with the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe are
proceeding favorably. 1t is also
stated that a steamship line be-
tween Galveston and Liverpool is
idcluded in the programme.
THE natural gas wells at Muir
raysvllIe, Pa, near Pittsburgh are
on fire and the condition of offairs
is very dangerous. 1t is estimated
that 5000. 900 cubic feet of gas are
burning and 100000 cubic feet
escaping every hour. The roar of
the gas can be heard five miles
away. Several persons were killed
by the original explosion.
THE Knights of Labor OF Dallas
at q meeting held on Sunday
passed q series of resolutions,
among them resolutions condemn
ing Mr.. H. NJ. Hoxie for refusing
to treat with General Master Work
man Powderly, and eondemning
the views and expressions of the
Dallas Morning News as unfriendly
and aggressive, and stating that 1t
is an unjust attack on an organiza-
ton they know nothing about.
IT is generally believed that the
trade between the two Santa Fe
roads has been made, and that IT
will be big thing for Texas. The
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road
will be extended to o connection
with the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, thus giving Texas an
outlet northward Independent of
the Gould system and also creating
a necessity for q steamship line
from Galveston to Liverpool and
improving tho chances for more
speedily obtaining deep water at
Galveston.
THE Knights of Labor at Austin
passed a series OF resolutions
which the Statesman refused to
publish because their declarations
were not CONSTANT with the pub
lisbed statements. The knights
deny that the order had anything
to do with poisoning water at Fort
Worth, or burning bridges, or
drawing spikes from the railway
track. They also say the associate
press for the Southwest is made up
in the Globe-pemocrat Office in st.
Louis and that the newspaper
named is a monopoly serving other
monopolles,
The st. Louis Republican ex,
pres SEES the opinion that the Mis-
souri, Pacific managers should ar
bItrate with the Knights of Labor.
The Dresent strike is causing great