River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-11
HISTORY oFqI,is WEIR

The lrlrs-s and conductors II the urv
Dock surface railroad ian New Work city
have struck for reduction 81 hour, va
their work An attemps was made 10y the
police - ran a caI about noon on the 4th. but
thestrikers so blockaded the track with wag-
0ns, coal carts, other cars, etc that though
mere were 600 policemen the attempt
failed Ia the afternoon the police force was
augmented aud a desperate fight waged
with the men. At some points 3 600 men
gathered aud Wild riot ensued, the police
havi- z 20 use theii clubs freely. All kinds
OF barrlcades were built on the tracks aud
merchants closed their stores and put up
their iron shutters while the contest was
IN progress The police finally succeeded
IN running one car over the track but It
took all the afternoon and desperate
fighting 70 DO il
The strike on the Gould system OF South
western roads has become much more seri-
Gus than at first. No efforts are being
made by the Missouri Pacific or Texas
Pacific 10 ran trains and only the mails are
carried. Business is 1l-epst az a stand
still in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. At
st. Louis the bridge employees have struck
and only three yard masters aud superln-
tendent OF transfer are On duty 10 handle
the multitude Of trains running into
the city. Five thousand railroad clerks
have been discharged because there is no
work for them 70 do. There are rumors
that other roads viii be involved in the
trouble
Last June {. X. Mabiey Of Detroit died
from over work. lie had the largest store
in Detroit, carrying clothing, boots aud
shoes. notions etc, and a cham Of similar
stores in half dozen other cities. Detroit
Is now shocked because his wealthy widow
has married Rev ". j. Speirs of that city,
about - years her Junior She has thirteen
children, some of chem old enough to be
wives instead of step daughters. None Of
the children were Informed OF the matter
until after the ceremony.
A general strike has been ordered on the
Gould system Of railroads in the southwest
The trouble grows out Of the discharge Of
G. A. Hall, foreman of the woOdw irkers of
the Texas Pacific car shops a. tarShaE.
tie attended an assembly AZ the Knights OF
Labor ia Feb. and was Siiseut four days.
On his return he was discharged and now
SUu men are on strike demanding his re
installment and ifthe demand is not grant
Cd iorg01 men are likely 10 join the strikers
Gen. A. II. Terry has been appointed
Major General BY the President to fill the
place made vacant by the death OF Gen.
Hancock Gen. Terry has, for over thir
teen years been in command Of the De
most IF the time at st. Paul, but the last
few years at Fort Smelling. His promo
tiOn does not, necessarily give him the com
maud held by the late Gen Hancock. and
il Is thought he may be sent to the Pacific
coast.
Ex Senator ChafTse Of Colorado died at
the residence of his son-iu-law, L. :.
Grant Jr.. near New York on the 9Th. He
returned from Colorado few days pre-
viOus suffering from a kidney trouble
which has afflicted him for several years.
His death was sudden Sud unexpected. He
was vvi3ower and his only child Is the
wife Of L. = Grant Jr. He leaves a million
dollars
senator John F. Miller 81 California. died
in Washington on the s;h. lie had been III
so.ae weeks but was not considered in i'm
mediate danger until the day he died. The
primary cause Of his death WAS u bullet
wound received twenty-tbree years ago
during the war. 10 produced a compiled
tiua Of disorders from which he died.
The president on the l.h, nominated
James c. Mathews of New York, recorder
Of deeds in the District Of Columbia, vice
Fred Douglass resigned by request.
Douglass wrote 10 the president thanking
him for allowing him 10 choose the time
and manner Of retirement from office
An elaborate bin has been prepared for
presentation in congress hy the California
state Y5ticuItUrai commissioner and the
National Vine Growers association, which
imposes severe penalties Tor wrougfuliy
marking packages OF wines exempt from
taxation
The extensive cat meal mills OF Ferl-
iuaud Schumacher OF Akron, Ohio were
burned ON the 9Th involvinga loss of nearly
"a dollar They the lQrrase
cat meal mill, in the country. In view Of
labor troubles he says he viii not rebuild.
l.i our last issue we gave an epitome Of
tie controversy between the President
and the Senate relative 20 appointments
and elsewhere in this issue VIII be found
the message OF the President in fall and
the comments of Senator L imuuds.
N-v York city was the scene Of another
ri1t on the 9Th inst. THIS tine il was the
Twenty third Street line of street cars. It
took between seven and eight hundred 20
icgman To ruit ore car over the track.
The widow OF the late ex-Gov. Seymour
died at 5ie., New York, en- the sth. SEe
had been an invalid for years aud her
husband was attacked with his fatal ill
ness while attending her.
Mrs Hancock has been confined to her
bed with nervous Irastration since the
funeral Of her husband. and il will be
some weeks before she viii thoroughly
gain her strength.
The majority of the Senate committee
viii report bacl the house Fitz John
Porter bill Wit. oat amendment. Senator
Logan viii make . minority report.
The house committee on commerce by a
vote of 8 TO Z has agreed to report the
Reagan interstate commerce bin favor
ably
The wife of Senator Joseph Il; HawIey Of
Connecticut, died of pneumonia in Wash
ington on the 81, after weeks illness.
Mrs Benjamin Harris Brewster, the wife
of ex-Attorney General Brewster, died at
her residence in Philadelphia on the 9th
An explosion Of fire damp on the sth in
mines at Dunbar, Pa. four miles from Con
nellsvilIe, killed twelve men,
strike for higher wages is in progress
a. the StudeJaEer wagon works at South
Bend, Ind.