The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
WASHINGTON NOTES.
INDIAN NEWS.

INDIAN NEWS.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-The war depart
ment has received kilograms from the
commanding officer at San Carlos, Ariz,
as follows:
cat the request of the acting Indian
agent yesterday, l sent Captain Lee, of
the Tenth cavalry. with his troops and
some scouts up the San Carlos to arrest
three Indians reported entrenched in the
rocks and resisting. Captain Lee, upon
arrival, found they had fed The com
mand followed several trails, upon one of
whi,h they we're found. The scouts ex-
changed shots with small party
said to belong to Cassady's band. The
scouts think they killed one Indian,
About or 6 ?. IN. some scouts and
herders, driving $50 agency cattle to a
grass camp, were attacked by a party of
indians, fifteen miles below here. The
sc ,uts and herders fled and what became
of the cattle is unknown. Captain Lee
was at the grazing camp last night. 1 am
expecting to hear from him hourly; will
do all can to quiet the Indians, but
there may be serious trouble. The bands
are those of Cassidy and Chiliehuana. 1t
is thought if the Indians leave the reser-
walton they will go north and west. The
line to Apache has been down for several
days."
BLAIR's BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-The bill intro
duced by Senator Blair to-day, at the re-
uest of the federation of labor, to amend
the law prohibiting importation of
foreigners under contract makes a
number of minor changes in the phra-
seology of the law, as we'll as one or two
changes of somewhat important charac-
ter. The first section, which made it un-
lawful to assist "the importation of
foreigners" into this country under agree
ment or contract to perform labor, is
amended by making the paragraph read:
"The importation of any alien or foreign
laborer, mechanic, artist, or artisan, under
agreement to perform labor"
Another amendment does away with the
provisions authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to enter into contract with state
commissions to take charge of the execu-
ton of the provisions of the act, within
the boundaries of their respective states,
and designates the collectors of
customs at the various ports of the United
States as persons upon whom shall de-
volve the duties heretofore authorized to
be intrusted to state commissioners.
THE TRUSTS.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-The house com
mittee on manufactures to-day sub
mitted a port concerning the trusts in
vestigation, which was ordered printed.
The committee in taking testimony pro-
ceeded upon the following plan of inves-
tigation to enquire:
Flrst-With relation to the trusts and
combinations in lines of business which
are connected with or use articles in
which there exists competition in our
markets between domestic products and
foreign products imported dutiable under
our tariff laws.
Second-With relation to such comb
nations, dealing in articles which are not
imported into this country, or are not sub
iect to import duties.
Third--With relation to such combina-
tions dealing in articles which are subject
to taxation under the internal revenue
laws of the United States.
The committee particularly directed its
inquiry into the methods and extent OF
the business done or controlled by the
SINGER trust and standard oil trusts. In
submitting this testimony the committee
outlines the Plan of organization of the
two trusss, which has heretofore been
printed a nuz.ber of times.
Tie committee classes its report by
saying:
aTbis form of combination was OBJ