Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-02-24
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adelphia Wednesday morning and examined
President Corbin. He said the capital stock
! Of the Reading system was S4OOJJ,OJ0. he
was president OF the Reading railroad, but
| not Of the Reading Coal and Iron company.
/ He admitted that the Reading road was en-
I gagged In interstate commerce, and that the
/ Reading railroad company owned all the
I stock of the Reading Coal ana Iron cOmpa-
ny. He gave the history of the present
strike. He explained that the company was
bound as a common carrier TO accept and
move all freight offered to IL for transpOrta-
ton, and could not keep men IN Its employ
who refused to move such freight In speak
ing Of the strikers who refused to come back
who we're given an opportunity on Deem
I Der Zlths after the knights had ordered them
out Mr.. COrDln sa1d= I'm this way. there
were about COO men laid OF the rolls, and
none Of them shall come back while an
president Of the road" he said he could ill
/ the places Of the striking miners IN ten days
/ n the new men could be protected he pro
nOUnced the stories Of a combination Of the
| coal companies all over the coal country TO
keep up the prices pure romance There
was a board TO furnish statistics Of the out
put each year and estimates FOR the next
year. In answer 10 the question, was there
I not an agreement with the men that no one
should be discharged unless the matter was
submitted to arbitration or their case could
I be heard, AIR. COrbiD said that he believed
that there was some sort OF an agreement to
this effect, but it was never intended to cove
such case as the refusal of the men to han
I
to take as a common carrier, merely because
the maker Of the goods was objectionable 70
l the knights Of Labor. Mr.. COrbIn then pro-
| ceedsd with the strike Of the miners which
followed, and which he claimed was caused
by the sympathy of the latter with the rail-
road employees. The miners, he said, had no
reason nor any disposition to complain and
would not have gone on the strike but for the
/ pressure Of the Knights of Labor upon them
/ from Philadelphia
A Washington dispatch of Wednesday,
says that after a daily session for the last
| two weeks the fisheries commissioners have
completed their labors and signed treaty,
which, 1t Is believed, VIII result IN satlstac-
| tory settlement Sf disputes that have existed
| for almost a century between this govern
ment and Great Britain over the north
Atlantic fisheries. The treaty is signed by
/ all six of the commissioners, and is said to
have their full concurrence. Before the
treaty can take effect it must have the ratih-
cation Of the queen Of Great Britain the
dominion of Canada and the province of
New FOundland, as well as the senate of the
/ United States. Although the treaty viii not
/ at present be made public, it can be stated
/ that il relates exclusively TO the disputes
| concerning the fisheries of the north Allan
| tic coast The treaty does not contemplate
/ the admission of fish into the United States
free of duty.
Seymour, republican, was elected over
| Baum, democratic at the special congress
sional election in the Marquette, Michigan,
district tuesday, by majority of about
| 700.
D. R. Locke, petroleum Y. Nasbyl died
I at his residence IN Toledo, Ohio, of con-
/ sumption and organic troubles, Wednesday
NOR Ing Mr.. Locke Is we'll known as tn .
I author of the celebrated Nasty letters. ana
Is the editor aud proprietor OF the IOleto
Blade. be was an advocate of prohibition
Of the liquor trathc.
About two hundred wooden and Worsted
manufacturers and commission merchants
met IN New York, Tuesday, to complete the
organization begun on December DIST, last
All manufacturers IN the trade east of the
Ohio river were present. The men present
were representatives of S69, 900, 600 of capital
and 25,UOJ sets OF machinery valued at 500
a set. The organization IS TO be known as
''Ih6 WolOen Goods association" and Is to
no monthly meetings. The secretary Is TO
be the active officer of the organization and
viii have his headquarters IN New York.
Speaker Caslisle, Tuesday, revoked his
order, at the urgent request OF various
Representatives, which remOyedlthe telephone
and telegraph from the corridors Of the
house.
A letter was published Tuesday from
General Grant to Admiral Ammeu, in
which he stated that he had been offered
the presid nay of the Panama canal and had
autographed his answer declining, believing
/ that the canal would be a failure and he
did not wish to connect his name with it.
A Kansas City special from Rice Hill.
Mo-, says Keith q Perry's coal mine No.
caught ire at O'Clock "Wednesday night
and Is still burning. 1t IS feared that II VIII
become necessary to flood the mines, IN
which case work will be suspended for two
months.
Forty were killed in an explosion in a coal
mine in Munich, Wednesday,.
The republican editors of Indiana held
meeting in indianapolis, Thursday. There
was a large attendance from all parts Of the
ing the campaign IN favor of protection,
free ballot and a fair count. There was a
strong feeling IN favor Of pushing EL-Ssna-
/ tor Harrison as Indiana's candidate for pres
I ident- Speeches were made by Hon. Rich
ard smith, Senator Harrison, and others.
The appellate court handed down its de-
cision IN the cases of the Chicago "5OJd-
lers." The cases are affirmed. A stay Of
| execution was secured later until March 5th
| for all defendants
The total loss of the great fire in Elmira,
/ New York, Will reach fully $250,O 900. The
I Elmlra Advertiser was one Of the largest
I losers.
Deputy Sheriff Bill Thompson, Of Las
| Animas county, was shot and killed at BOs-
l ton Colorado, Thursday, by Jack White, a
l horse thief whom he was trying to arrest
! Thompson formerly lived in Dodge City,
/ Kansas.
| A fire at Westerly, R L, Friday, destroyed
$4,000.
! Three negroes were killed in e fight at
| Birming ham, Alabama, Friday
R. G. Dun & Co. report no change IN the
/ business situation IN the week ending Feb
| ruary 18th.
A Cincinnati dispatch of Friday says that
General Sheridan's mother gives Somerset
as his birthplace. She says: u heard to-day
that he Is spoken of as a candidate for the
] fIaTfs ND ] tn haa D.
/ again. From the time Phil was 10 years of
age he never had anything but care and
anxiety; and under no circum stances should
he accept, and am satisfied he viii not.
[ His life has been one Of constant labor"
William B. Tescott. the young man who Is
believed to have murdered Amos smell while
burglariZing his house, is the son Of wealthy
father, who has done all that a father could
for son Ar. IescOtt, Sr., Is at the head OF
the j. B. IescOtt manufacturing company
and has been in business in Chicago many
year, and Is highly respected. Young les
! colt would not attend school, and assC ciated
with the worst class or boys When
| he was 10, he ran away from home
and was not heard of for several years
be landed IN the Kentucky penitentlary, q
confirmed thief, and served a term OF two
years for burglary. A month ago ne re-
/ turned and was treated as a prOdlgal, moi
only by his father, but by Mrs Henrietta
/ OWsley and other wealthy friends or the
| family, who hoped to reform HIM. MRS
. / OWsley invited him TO her home and sought
to influence him for good through her sons
! One morning she discovered that her house
had be=n burgaliZed of many small articles
, ] Of jeWeiry and clothing, entrance having
been effected through the rear door. 4
detective found that the articles were stolen
/ by young Iescott. She declined TO prose
! cute
Chicago dispatch of Friday states that
! Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomo
motive Engineers has obtained an increas'
in the pay Of all Locomotive Engineers EN-