Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-17
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. PATCHING UP 4 TRUCE. Brotherhood And 70" Chiefs
 In Conference. PARNELL is CALLED DOWN While Talking Sharply In
 The House. WOOL PUT ON THE FREE LIST. Labor Men Come Out For
 Harrison.
WOOL PUT ON THE FREE LIST.
THE SCAR ON sm1Ta's FACE

Which Appeared as He Sat i'm she SsueaIer,s Box-Brofherh@od Chiefs in Conference With Rai1road Officials CHICAGO, July 16.-Alexander Smith, the Aurora Brotherhood fireman who turned in- former, was called in the dynamiters' trial to-day He was interrupted at the very out
 set by Lawyer David for the defense moving that all evidence concerning Informer Bowles
 be stricken out on the ground that he was not now under investigation. David also
 asked to have the testimony. of Informer Kelly and Witness Lloyd nullifed because they mentioned none of the defendants bat BoWles
 and the evidence was therefore incompetent.
 District Attorney Ewing contended that it would be shown that the dynamite was pur-
 chased and delivered by some at least of the
 defendants The court let it stand and Smith was taken off the box and J. J. Kelly, Chair- man Hoge's clerk, was recalled to admit that
 his name was Charles Cordell. Witness
 claimed the name was taken by him purely in
 fun in a filtration he had with two women in
 Chicago in 1881. Considerable badgering by
 the lawyers for the Brotherhood followed.
 Informsr Smith was then started again, when Lawyer Donahue for the prisoner interrupted
 him with an instruction that he need not ans swer if he would criminate himself thereby and that he need not testify unless he so de- sired. The court confirmed these instructions and then Smith proceeded, unhesitatinglY confirming the outline of the case outlined the first day of the trial by District Attorney Ewing for the prosecution. Smith was re- tired ot the beginning of the afternoon ses- sion after having been subjected to cross examination of great length by defendants counsel. They failed of their purpose to get him to contradict himself, but did establish the fact that he knew nothing about the dy- namits found on the train when Rroderick, Bowles and Wilson were arrested.
 Close attention was paid Smiths statement
 when MT. David began to lead up to the ques- tion of Smiths sanity. Smith bears scar about four inches long on the left side of his head The examination developed that the scar was caused by his being caught between two cars, that he was unconscious for g long time, and was unable to do anything for eight months, and that his head had been bothering him considerably ever since. At the afternoon session Smith was recalled and testified that he had not yesterday or any other time told his brother that he was an innocent man. He also denied that he had received money from the prosecution or any one else to testify in the case Then, by re- quest of MT. Ewing, who was tired out, the trial was postponed until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
 A conference was held this afternoon at the office of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road at which the road was represent ed by President Perkins, Vice President Beas- ley, General Manager Stone, Wirt Dexter and J. w. Blaithe. The other side was repre- sentsd by Chief Arthur of the brotherhood, Chief Sargent of the fremen and Alex. Sul- Iivan, their counsel. The arrival of Messrs. Arthur and Sargent had been kept well guarded secret and neither registered at 8 ho- tel until after the conference. Hoge and aYc a the brotherhood at once assured the railroad men that they had no sympathy with dyna- miters ner laTlessness in any form. The 1n- teryiew was courteous throughout. All agreed that it would be well if the strike could be ended.
 Touching the meeting MT. Hoge said to- night: Propositions were submitted by both sides to the oontro- versy looking toward a settlement of the strike. What thesespropositions were am not at liberty to state. They have not
 taken a tangible form and will not until an- other conference is held, which will be in a few days" Mir. Hoge showed the reporter
 telegram sent from Davenport, Ia., to W. F.
 Gould and which read as follows:
 towing to certain events the men at this point decide that we adopt extreme measures"
 This is only one out of many telegrams of
 similar nature, said he, which have reached here to-day. This one is addressed to Chair man Gould of the Rock Island committee and it shows which way the wind is blowing. He went on to say that 8 general meeting of the chairmen of the grievance committees of nearly every line running out of Chicago would be held this week. There would be thirty of these chairman and they will repre- sent the brotherhood on their respective sys- terns.
 "what will be the object of the meetings" "Action will be taken to resent the whole sale arrests and prosecutions which have oc- cured in Chicago during the past ten days"
 ''What does the writer of the despatch mean when he speaks of extreme meas uresP "That remains to be seen. It may mean @ strike on the reads represented or it may mean & boycott on the 'Q.' which would eventually terminate in 8 strike. The meet ! ing will decide that"
 t'Do you think there will be @ stIike?"
 ''Wsll, the men on the Grand Trunk, the Rock Island and the Northwestern are very sore over these arrests, and they will cer- | tainly speak in no uncertain tones when the time comes. They do dot believe in dyna- | mite, neither do they believe in prosecutions" In later interview MT. Hoge is said to have stated that satisfactory arrangements had been made by which the "Q" is not to be subjected to any further molestation growing out of the strike, which was to be declared off, and the road would in turn cease its prosecution of those arrested for \ complicity in the dynamite charges.