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Ten Thousand Idle Men at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May 1.-The situation here does
not improve. The freight-handlers do not ac-
cept the terms offered by the managers yester-
day, and while some Of the freight houses are
open, the business done is merely formal All
the men ia the iron manufactures went out to-
day, numbering about 500 The cart men en-
gagged in street repairs have all struck. and
practically put an end to work. AS the city is
laying new granite pavements extensively, this
will cause serious trouble. An effort was made
to compel one con tractors men to stop work, but
the police interfered and preserved order. 1t is
estimated that 10000 workmen are now on strike
here. A procession Of strikers. starting from j. A.
afternoon and induced probably five hundred
more workmen in different parts of the city to
join them. subsequently Lane & Bodey
granted the eight-nour plan and 10 per cent.
increase in wages and then I25 men returned.
Other firms are also expected to yield. Two
hundred architectural iron workers IN Newport,
Covington and Cincinnati have gone out for eight
hours work and ten hours pay, and the factories
are all closed. The only roads receiving freight
to-day were the Ohio Il Mississippi which,
granted the demands of the strikers several
days ago, the Little Miami, and the Louisville &
Nashville. None of the roads except the above
terday afternoon. This morning some of the
young freight clerks were pressed into service at
handling freight but they proved dismal fail
ures, and were soon Withdrawn The railroad
strike is seriously checking business, and every
day adds to the embarrassment very graf
flying feature of the strike here ia the almost
perfect order maintained so far.
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Thesis was helpless. and the police told him
they could do nothing more for him. He capitu-
lated. The terms were:
T. Discharge your men. He did so.
II. Hire these He knew none of them but
he agreed to hire them.
ILL., Pay them according to this schedule OF
wages. IL involved an advance OF 40 per cent,
more or less, on what the discharged men had
worked for, and he could get any number to
work for less than he had paid them; bat the un-
fortunate Thesis, being helpless and defenseless
in the city of New York, had nothing for it but
to submit. He agreed to pay the wages
Nv. Now pay every man Of them a months
wages in advance. It reads like page of opera
boufe. but Thiess handed over the money.
" We will now take your check for one thou
sand dollars to defray the expenses of the boy
cott!" And Thiess paid it, like whipped moujik,
or Syrian slave or an Irshman with his land
lords foot onh his throat all in this great city Of
New York, whore liberty abounds and over
flows
Now we submit that this is not Europe, but
America, and that this sort of thing has got to
cease. We want no more Know nothingism but
we are glad to see that the grand jury has
pointed out the fact that this detestable prac-
tice is as foreign in its Use as in its origin and
that it is alien to US as it is repugnant to our
sense Of liberty.
Lit there be no mistake about it Before all
things justice and equality, but conspiracy and
oppression-not for one moment!
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THAT TRADEs-UNIoN CONFERENCE.

A Man Who Uses Plain Language When He
Talks of the Knights of Labor.
CLEVELAND, o.. May 4.-John s. Kirchner, of
Philadelphia, fourth vice-presideut OF the
International Cigar-makers' Union, was in Cleve-
land, to-day. consulting with P J. Mcclure
about the coming trades union conference at
Philadelphia Said he: THE real object of the
meeting is to restrain the Knights Of Labor
from the wholesale slaughter of trades
unions. The Knights have been on the high
house of late. and the trades unions have taken
no definite stand. The Knights represent sys-
tenn of methods pursued by the Anarchists and
Socialists, namely. chaotic mixture of
different elements, possessing no stability or
permanence. By their policy of noise and cheap
notoriety they seek to dwarf the real movement
into insignifcance. The trades-unions, although
not favored so much of late by public attention
and the press as the Knights Of Labor,
have, nevertheless, by their discipline and ex-
perence accomplished far greater results. In
order TO set at rest all conflicting i'm
pressons which have gone abroad concerning
this conference, it is proper to say that no half
way policy will be the result The trades unions
will most emphatically insist upon having their
autonomy secured. Upon this there can be no
mistake, no matter what will be the consequence
of such decision"
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increase Of 25 per cent. demanded In the wages
paid last year, and states why the lumber trade
of Chicago cannot meet their wishes 1t goes
on to show how the volume of lumber business
in Chicago has steadily declined since 1881, and
that during that period the annual production
of lumber at points that supply this market has,
in the aggregate, steadily increased, and yards
are operated at producing points at a large re-
duction of expense compared to Chicago, and
the result has been large shipments to consum-
ers direct from saw-mills by railway.
The wages paid by Chicago lumber dealers
and planning mill owners, 1t says, are
larger for the same grade of men than is
paid by any other Chicago industry. The ma
jority of the men are wholly unskilled and even
knowledge of the English language is not re-
quired, but 81 per day has been paid men newly
arrived with chance of earning promotion and
higher wages: contrasted with this, 81 to ST. so is
paid similar men at saw mills, yards. and $l.25
for the grade of men that command 81. 70 per day
in Chicago The report continues: I'm the face
OF all these reasons demand is now made by the
class of men who are as intimately connected
with this branch Of commerce as the lumber
merchants themselves, for an increase In wages
that competing and rival markets do not pay
The lumber laborers of Chicago cannot afford to
allow the experiments and changes proposed In
your demands to endanger the future of the lum-
Der business of this port which gives employ
ment to more than ten thousand men. besides
indirectly to fifteen thousand more, and is the
chief support of more than eight thousand fam
Aifccr W mum arc dHu udiiy uiSUufoco
for labor. Looking backward twenty years. the
lumber dealers of Chicago find no cause for com
plant, and SO vast a business, which involves
the support of so many kindred industries, can
not long be conducted contrary to business
methods The strikers listened to the reading
of the document, and, in reply, reiterated their
demands. The lumber dealers said they would
give them ample time for consideration, and
hoped they would return to work on the old basis,
but if they did not, their places would be filled
The strikers retired, not very well pleased with
the result of their mission. On leaving the
building of the Lumber Exchange, one of them
John Schmidt, became very much excited, and
declared that they would go to work on their
terms or burn the yards. A policeman was
promptly called, and Schmidt is under arrest.
The secretary of the Exchange will appear
against him in the morning.
The Fort Wayne switch tenders have refused
to turn switches for Burlington cars which have
been loaded with freight by non-union men.
The Burlington switchmen are still on duty, but
as the Burlington uses the Fort Wayne tracks
for considerable distance, it is blockading the
business Of the roads seriously.
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The Catholic church and the knights.

New YORK, May "A special from Montreal
says: Francis A. Quin, a member of the bar
here, and legal adviser of the local Knights of
Labor, has been instructed by the executive
committee of that body to wait upon Monsignor
Fabre, bishop of the diocese. and inform him
that any amendments he may consider necessary
in their constitution will be made. The Bishop
has fixed early date for the conference, but it
is known in clerical circles that he has not the
power to make any changes now that Cardinal
Tascherau has pronounced on the subject The
Grand Vicar Marshal of the Bishops palace here
is authority for the statement that at the con-
sistory to be held in Rome in June, the Pope
will issue bill absolutely condemning and ex
communicating all the Knights of Labor The
Grand Vicar is one Of the best-informed men in
the province on what is going on in Rome and,
as he is an intimate friend of the Cardinal,
great weight Is given to his utterances The eff
feet of the Cardinals mandament, together with
the utterance of Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto,
is being already felt here, and many leading
movers among the French lodges have signifed
their intention of leaving the order. The
French Canadian priests and bishops are OPP
posed to the order, but the Irish priests, while
they do not uphold it openly. are evidently well
disposed towards it.
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Labor Notes.

Thirteen more New York boycotters were ar
rested yesterday. The Third-avenue road ran
it's regular complement of cars yesterday and
last night
whose 125 cutters struck on Monday, have agreed
to the prics-lst presented by the knights of La
Dor, and the men returned to work yesterday.
A number of employers in Pittsbure and AL
legheny have conceded the short-hour demands
of their men. The strikers believe that most of
the men will be at work by the end of the
week.
yielded to the demands of the their employees,
capitulated yesterday afternoon, signing the
union schedule. About 1900 men are idle In
Detroit
The striking silk weavers at Union Hill, N. j.,
were joined to-day by the employees Of Erskiner's
mill, which increases the number of strikers to
1900. Every mill in that section Of the country
is now closed, except that of Simon e. Co., who
conceded the demands of the strikers
The demand for eight hours as days work
has been conceded by eight New York varnish
firms, the principal marble shops, eight piano
manufacturers, and ali except six cabiner-mak-
ing shops The carriage and wagon makers and
the furriers' strikes are still unsettled.
! The strike at the Mechanics foundry, at Ev-
ansville. ended yesterday by the proprietors
agreeing to the demands of the men, which were
eight hours work and an increase of 10 per cent
IN wages rIILy men were In tno IocK-out Inere
is no change in the paning-u,ill trouble, and
men and bosses are both steadfast
All the furniture manufacturing houses in
Baltimore, with one exception, shut down to- day.
They demand eight hours, and the manufacture
ers refuse to comply with their request. claiming
that they cannot supply their trade with reduced
working hours. They are, however, willing TO
pay for ten-hours' work. even at slight increase
of wages. Five or six hundred hands are affected
by the strike.
The striking furriers of New York held meet
ing yesterday and refused the employers demand
to treat with the shop delegates. holding that
the employers must meet with the union direct
They claim eight shops have given in, an in
crease of four over yesterday. The piano makers
claim that twenty three shops have acceded to
the demand for eight hours. leaving thirty shops
still holding out of which Steinway & Co.,
Decker & Son. Weber & Co. and Decker Bros
are the principal firms.
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An Adjustment Possible.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. May 4.-There is pros
pect now that the labor troubles here will be
amicably settled. Berkey s. Gay Co.'s men
returned to work this morning, and will
work until Saturday whom they expect
that the company will answer their demand for
raise in wages. If the company do not re-
spond then, the men declare they will walk
out Thirty-fva girls in the employ of
the Grand Rapids Felt-boot Company struck
this morning They want eight hours and an
increase of wages The employees of the Oriel
Cabinet Company are still out, the company re-
fusing to grant an increase of wages. and insist
ing that the business does not warrant an in
crease at present.
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The Situation at Boston.

BOSTON, May About 1000 tailors here are
on strike. Their employers have organized
the Boston Clothing Manufacturers Association.
The strikers assert that the association has been
trying to get a rule adopted to prevent
strikes by proposals of arbitration, intending
to prolong negotiations until the dull season sets
in, and then shut down altogether Seven small
shops had already locked out their help. and it
is said that by Friday the general lockout
would have been completed had not the men
forestalled it To-day nine more firms of master
painters signed the agreement presented by the
1900 striking painttms
The situation here as to the strike of the car
penters. painters, plumbers aud masons, is
practically unchanged. Both sides are appar-
emily firm
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
who Is Mr.. Bartholduss

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journsk
There is not now, nor has there been any such
person as Theodore Bartholdus" living in
Montezuma. The contents OF the postal pub
lished in to-day's Journal bear the ear-marks of
one residing here of infamous notoriety, and
who considers himself an adept at such coward
~ productions. WILLIAM WOOSTER
MoNTEzUMA May 4
1T is by no means improbable that the author
of the postal, which was possmarked Monte
yuma, is sneak and coward 1t is very likely
he may be the same man who, some time SINCE
so grossly ibeled Mr. Wooster by means Of a
forged letter to the Journal But, whether
there be Mr.. Bartholdus or not. the Journal is
glad Of the opportunity to say that it does not
desire to please any scoundrel who holds the
sentiments to which the name Bartholdus was
.signed.-ED. JoURNALl
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The Successor of the Boycott. .

NOW
Labor organizations are hitting upon another
scheme to supplement the boycott in helping
them along. Tradesmen who have been coerced
into refusing patronage to boycotted firms are
now to be ordered to fall into line as subjects to
another form of tyranny. Labor Week at
This Store is siga that very soon became
familiar. Merchants, liquor sellers, theater man.
agers-everybody susceptible--are to be ordered
into line to pay this style of tribute tine hand
ing over of profits on their own business for some
given time to treasures Of organized labor"
Whether or not the project will have success
full issue is possibly doubtful, though the history
of the effects of the boycott on easily terrorized
tradesmer does not offer much encouragement
to people who care for manliness and independ-
ence. know of one New England town whore
this vicious scheme is already operative, and
am assured it is bound to spread
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Strikers, Demands Refused.

DETROIT, Mich. May 4.-The employees Of the
Michigan car shops did not return to work this
morning. few desired to do so, but feared
violence. The strikers assembled in an open lot
and listened to couple of speeches, after which
a committee was appointed to ask their employ.
ers for ten hours pay for nine hours work. and
Is per cent advance An adverse answer was
given by Superintendent McGregor, and the men
quietly dispersed TO their homes, after deciding
a mass-meering this afternoon. They say
they will not use any violent means to gain their
ends. The other strikes show no change to-day
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Facts that Will Interest the Strikers-915O,-
600 q Day Lost by Them.

Facts that VIII Interest the StrikerS-@l5O,-
900 a Day Lost by Them.
New York Mail and Express.
Short -sightedness is a failing common to a
large part of humanity and it would seem as if
the many bodies of men now on strike through
out the country were more greatly afflicted with
this trouble than the average run of mortals.
This observation is based on statistics which a
reporter has been gathering the past day or two
as to the total number of men on strike in the
United States and the direct losses they sustain
by so doing In this occupation the reporter
happened to ask striking street-car driver if he
realized that on the day the last general street.
car tie-up took place the fact that TO- coo men be-
ing out of work the entire day meant $40, 900 in
actual money taken out of the pockets of the
men. His reply was: 1--WE don't care; we can
stand it." Yet that same day examples of suffer
ing deprivation and fear on the part of wives
and children of strikers became known to the
public and were of such nature as to arouse
strong feelings Of pity for the sufferers and con-
demnatien of the action which had made them
such. Reports of strikes coming to public notice
one after another, and perhaps at the in terval
of one, two or three days, naturally fail to arouse
the thought that would result were they an
nounced at once together But taken in sum-
mary, the effect is most startling. From talks
had with Mr.. John Swinton, representative of
Bradstreets Mercantile Agency, Mr.. George
Blair and others, who have furnished whatever
information was at their command, the follow
ing tables and estimates on this subject have
been prepared. ALI are from the most reliable
sources attainable.
The first tabuated statement prepared was at
the middle Of last month. AT that time, aside
from the Pacific coast and other strikes the total
number of strikers In the United States was ST.
&c. a greater number than has been known be-
fore in the history of the country. This was di-
vided as follows:
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CONSPIRACY AND OPPRESSION.

A Sample of the Liberty We Should Have IN
der Government by Organized Labor.
New York Sun.
We will aid cheerfuly in any fair fight on the
part of labor agai INST oppression and injustice.
but we don't like foreign weapons or the men
who WELD them. When the boycott 10 converted
into an implement of black-mail and intolerable
extortion, we believe that the law cannot deal
with it too swiftly or too sternly; and we COM
mend the grand jury for the straightforward,
prompt and manly course that it has pursued
The case of Thesis is an example. His place
was boycotted, and he found his business van
jshed. He sought police protection. and when
arrests were made. an ignorant and worthless
magistrate refused 70 entertain shs charges.
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A Number of New Strikes at st. Louis-About
Three Thousand Men Now Idle.


Three Thousand Men Now Idle.
ST. Louis, May 1T was thought the eight
hour agitation in this city had expended itself
on the first three days of the month, but devel-
opments to-day show that it is not yet on the
wane Thirty employees of the Ramlose Shoe
Company struck this morning for ten hours pay
for eight hours work. About two hundred men
and boys in the employ of the st. Louis Cooper
age Company demanded eight hours' work and
no reduction in pay. and being refused. walked
out of the shops. One hundred men working
for the Southern white lead works demanded
reduction Of hours and the continuation of the
old rate of wages. This being refused, the men
struck. The sixty coaI-heavers in the employ Of
the st. Louis Gas-Eght Company have struck,
being refused ten hours pay for eight hours
work. 1t is estimated that about 5000 men al
together idle in this city, their demands upon
their employers for the .adopsi/ aof the eight
hour system having been refused
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Barbara Fritohie and the Flag.


To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
In reading some old papers l CHANGED to notice
ia the Journal of March 16. 1886, in which it is
stated in speech by Gen. Joe johnson that the
reference in Whittiers poem in which the poet
portrays the character of old Barbara Fritchie
is utterly false" was born and raised in Vir-
ginia, near Winchester, and at the opening of the
late unpleasantness entered the service of the
Confederacy in Gen. Stonewall Jackson's regi-
ment was still member of the regiment, and
was with it at the time it entered the town of
Frederick, and distinctly remember that that
part of the army in which my regiment was
serving, halted. and the word was soon heralded
along the line as to the cause of the halt can
not now recall the exact words used by General
jackson, but in substance they were
the same as Whittier used in his poem. The
command was soon on the move again,
and in passing her house the old flag unfolded
itself in the breeze, and seemed to defy the
power of the whole Corfederacy. And the sol
diery, although in open rebellion against the
principles of which it was emblematic, bowed
their heads with silent reverence, before the
aged defender, thus rejecting the character and
obeying the command of our brave and humane
commander. Jackson. JAMES s. SEWER.
LEBANON, May 4.
The residents of Lebanon, whose names are
hereunto annexed, hereby say that James Sewer
has been a resident of this city since January,
1877. and that he is honest and upright, and
respected citizen, and is in every particular one
to be relied upon in any statement he has, or
may make.
d. H. OLIVE, A. O. MILLER
JOHN L. PIERCE, FELIX SHUMMATE.
GEORGE w. SMITH, f. T. LANE
s. s.. HEATH
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A Corner in Pepperm int.
New York Mail and Express.

new 1OfK MalI anu EXpfe55
There Is corner in peppermint. The price
has advanced Is per cent. with every prospect
of further rises, and druggists and saloon keep
ers view the situation with alarm. The corner
phia firm, in the interest of Hiram g. Hotch-
kiss, of Wayne county, New York who is known
as the peppermint king of the world. The mint
acreage of the country is about 1000 acres, and
a fair years crop is worth about $780, 600. Last
year, however, was a bad season. and the total
crop did not exceed $13O, 900 In value.
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Brewers, Meeting Postponed.

New YORK. May 4-The annual convention of
the United States Brewers Association, which
was to have been held in San Francisco on the
10Th instant, has been postponed on account of
the existing labor troubles The board of
trustees will meet in ST. Louis on the day men
toned to decide whether it shall be held at q
later date or postponed until next year.
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Philadelphia Record.
The will of the late Mrs Elizabeth Shee, Of
West. Chester, among other things. directs the
executor, p g. Carey, of Phoenixville. to invest
$1,000 in good securities, and to devote the in
come arising therefrom to the maintenance and
care of the decedents family dog. At his de-.
mise the lucky canine Is to be wrapped in q
sheet inclosed in box, aud decently and care
old. and shows no signs of infrmity. At his
death the estate in which he has q life interest
reverts to St Peters p. E. Church, Of Charles
town township.
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business was overdone, and was not remunera-
tive. In such cases the strikers are simply nc-
cepting idleness and starvation to tide employers
over elutted market Every enterprise of pro-
ductive industry in this city would be glad to
accept one fourth the profit on its products they
received fifteen years ago, and many Of them
would have little difference in profit betweeu
running or closing their establishments