The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Savannah, Ga, March ll.-Base ball;
Louisville, Il; Savannah, z.
Key West, Fla, March ll.-Jay
Gould and family were on board the
Yacht ATLANTA, which arrived here
yesterday.
Stowe, Mass, March 1l.-John p.
Hildreth, Town Treasurer during the
ten years ending last March, is miss
ing, leaving, it is said, $4,000 def
cheney in his account.
Little Rock, Ark, March ll.-A
| freight tain on the Iron Mountain
road, sent south to-day, was side
tracked at Hope, and the engine dis
abled, by the Knights OF Labor.
Cleveland, o., March IA COM
promise has been effected between the
nailers and operators of the Falcon
Nail Works at Niles, o., and fifteen of
the forty-four machines resumed to-
day.
Atlanta, Ga, March 1.-THE Dis
trict Executive Committee OF the
| Knights of Labor, after full investi-
cation of the boycott against the At
lanta Constitution, has declared the boy
colt off.
| AIbaHny, y. Y, March l1.-An ex-
plosion OF gas in sewage vault lust
outside of the capital building this
morning shook the great pile, and led
to the supposition that dynamite had
been at work. The shock was very
heavy.
| Saratoga, n. Y, March 1.-THE cot
ton mills at Victory were shut down
this afternoon, owing to strike OF the
operatives. The mills employ about
500 hands, and they all went out. Tbe
men refused an advance OF 10 per cent.
in their present wages
Chicago, H., March H. The Switch
mems Union met at their h ii, on
Halsted street, last evening. 1t was
) said that none Of the switchmen con-
nected with any road in Chicago had
any cause for dissatisfaction, and the
Chicago union would not participate
in any strike now in progress.
New Haven, Conn, March IL
About l25 meulders and fifty laboreys
in Sargent & Co.'s foundry struck this
. morning. They are not dissatisfied
with wages but are compelled to quit
! by order of an organization of which
? they are members. They were given
! an increase of wages within a short
), time.
I Cleveland, Ohio, March 1l.-Several
3 days ago the Brooklyn Street Railway
:, line advanced the wages of drivers to
8 81 10 per day, and made twelve hours
8 a days work. To day the East Cleve-
/, land Company, operating three lines,
! advanced conductors wages from
I. 81 60 to 81 70, and drivers wages from
l. 81 30 to 81 70.
9 Key West, Fla, March II. - District
= Attorney Bethel, who has been ordered
s from Tampa to attend to the case OF
r the steamer City of Mexico, is expected
VI to arrive Saturday. The Marshal has
IS placed Il shipkeeper aboard the
n steamer, but Prizemaster Elliott re-
n fuses to allow Gen. Delgadio and party
= to see counsel or to permit any one to
q go on board.
u Charleston, w. Va, March 11.-This
y morning the Washington Conference
Q of the Methodist Episcopal Church
y convened in this city in its twenty
V third annual gathering. Bishop Ninde
!. of Topeka, Kas., presided. After elect.
K ing +. w. Peck of Baltimore, general
J. secretary; w. P. Ryder statistical sec
/ rotary, and T. A. White conference re
o porter, the assembly adjourned unit
10 tomorrow.
- Chicago, ILL.,, March 1.-THE matter
2 of settling the difficulties between the
y Knights of Labor and number Of
y Chicago boot and shoe manufacturers
u which'was begun several days ago, is
ID still in progress. The indications al
V the present time are that by this
r. evening satisfactory arrangements
r will have been made with all tie firms
It against whom the boycott was insti'
t. tuted some weeks ago.