The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-25
NEWS BY WIRE.
And Calling for the Passage of the Mills
Bill.

III,
PHILADELPHIA Pa, September 16--The res
ignation of Secretary Charles III. Litchman, OF
the knights of Labor was considered at the last
meeting of local assembly No. 1856 and the
following condemnatory resolution adopted:
Whereas, Charles II. Litchman, ex-general secre-
tary of our order has gone forth in the political
field talking politics in preference to labor organi
cations;
Resolved That local assembly No. 1855 in session
condemn Charles H Litchman for misrepresentipg
the political views OF the laborers present. and tor
endeavo ring to use the order for political and fnan
cial consideration
Said local assembly also passed these resolu-
ton relative to the Mills bill:
Whereas, as to the workers, we have for years fel
that the evil effects of the tariff tax on raw materials
of our industries in lessening opportunities for
work and reducing our wages.
Whereas, the present tariff laws impose heavier
tax upon raw materials and partly finished products
than upon finished commodities, thus being directly
in the interest foreign manufacturers and whereas
the Mills bill reyerses this obvious discrimination
against American labor by grading duties upward
in accordance with the amount of labor required
to make the commodities; therefore,
Resolved, That all members of local assembly
No. 1885, discarding all parties and considerations,
do protest against the continuance of the present
unequal and unjust system of tariff schedules, and
demand the passage of the Mills bill as measure
calculated to bring prosperity, steady work and
better wages to every textile worker in country
Mr. Grady Invited to Receive the Confederate
Monument at Stanton.
RICHMOND Va, September Especial. i
Mr.. Henry w. Grady, of Atlanta, has been in
vited by the committee at Staunton to receive
the confederate monument to be dedicated
there on October 9th, to the confederates
from other states that are buried at Staunton.
Governor Fitzhugh Lee will tender the
statue as representing the soldiers, and Mr..
Grady has been invited to receive it in behalf
of the younger element in the south. Elabo-
rate preparations will be made and an enor-
nous crowd is expected Mr.. Grady has not
yet replied tie the committees invitation.
Incendiary Fires In Spokane Falls-A Vigil
lance Committee Formed.
SPOKANE FALLS, W. T., September 19-In-
cendiary fires Sunday and early yesterday
morning have created intense excitement, and
vigilance committee was formed last even
ing and 500 reward offered for the capture OF
any guilty person. All disreputable charac-
ters were warned to leave town under pain
OF hanging. On Sunday two fires were started
in buildings where no stoves were used. Early
Monday morning a big clearinghouse was
fred, and persons escaped with great diff
Guilty. One man was evidently burned to
DEATH as no trace of him could be
found. Soon afterwards four other fires were
started in different parts of the town. lncen-
diary fires yesterday were serious. The con-
fagration in Pierce's clothing house was well
under way when discovered but hard work
saved much of the stock. Before the fremen
had left the building another alarm was rung
in, the fire being this time in a cottage hotel
on Main street. Here also the fire was well I'M
der way when discovered, and the boarders had
barely time to escape with their lives. The
fire spread to the Nevada house, and to the
livery stable both of which we're destroyed.
Last night the streets were patroled by armed
men. The saloons and gambling houses have
been closed, and no one except guards are al
lowed on the streets after 10 o'clock. The
loss by yesterdays fire was $4,000.