The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-10-04
TELEGRAPHIC.
Specials to The AstOrian.

ed at police headquarters to-day.
Last evening at the time set for the
regular meeting of the city council
only four members of that body pre-
sented themselves in the council
chamber, namely: Gerdes, Scoggin,
Costendyke and Forbes. This did
not constitute a quorum, and the
quartette adjourned. There are
many rumors afoat respecting the
cause of the non-appearance of the
five other members. It seems that
there is a split in the council upon the
matter OF street railway franchises.
The cable company and Jeffreys COM
pany ask for right of way on Alder
street. There are two corporations
contending for right of way on Sixth
street. AS members of the council
have been unable to agree as to which
companies should be favored by them,
they concluded not to meet until the
majority harmonized upon that point.
ROUGH ON THE CATTLEMEN.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 3.-The
United States consul general at Lon
don, Hon. j. G. New, in a recent dis
patch to the state department, calls
attention to the peculiar hardship
suffered by the American cattlemen
during the great strike in London.
SIN connection with the strike" he
states, ''there is one feature which
deserves special mention. 1t has
been the custom for many years for
large consignments of cattle TO be
shipped in the care of men who are
paid a small sum upon reaching this
port, and are given a pass emitting
them to a return passage on the same
vessel, which generally starts upon
its return in a week. This pass can
be exchanged for its cash equivalent,
abont e3, the expense of steerage
passage to New York. As the strike
prevents the unloading or re-
loading of these vessels they
can not return at the time
specified, and in consequence these
cattlemen are left here, destitute and
unprovided for, unless they sell their
passes to provide means of living, and
if they do this they have no means of
returning to their homes. They are
under no obligations, moral or legal,
to assist in the unloading of vessels,
and an attempt on their part to do
this is attended with danger of serious
personal violence at the hands of the
strikers. During the past week there
have been fully 100 of these cattle
men at the Office asking that l either
provide them means of living or COM
pei the steamship companies to do it.
My inability to do either has caused
considerable trouble and complaint.
Mr.. Thos. II. Sherman, the consul OF
the United States at Liverpool, COM
plains that he has been. subjected to
much trouble ON the same account.
Some of these cattlemen, l think, are
the men who displayed American
flags in the professions of the strikers"
SECRETARY WINDOWS REGULATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Secretary
Window has issued the following reg
ulations to cover the transit of Chi
nese laborers through the United
States:
First Chinese laborer claim
ing to be in transit through the terri
tory of the United States, in the
course of a journey from and to other
countries, shall be required to pro-
duce to the collector of customs at the
first port of arrival a through ticket
across the whole territory of the
United States intended to be trav-
ersed, and such other proof as he may
be able to adduce to satisfy the col
lector of the fact that a bona fide
transit only is intended, and such
ticket and other evidence must be so
stamped or marked and dated by the
custom officer as to prevent their use
the second time.
Second-Descriptive lists of all such
Chinese laborers will be prepared in
duplicate, showing the name, age, oc-
cupation, last place of residence,
height, complexion, color of eyes and
physical marks. These certificates
must be signed by the collector at the
port of arrival.
Third-The collector shall be sat
isfied of the correctness of the descrip-
tive list before affixing his signature
and seal.
Fourth-One of the copies will be
retained on file at the office of the
collector of customs at the port of
arrival and one will be forworded by
mail to the collector at the port of
exit.
Fifth-The collector of customs at
the first port of arrival shall take a
bond in a penal sum of not less than
$500 dollars for each Chinese laborer,
conditioned for his transit and actual
departure from the United States
within a reasonable time not exceed
ing twenty days from the date of ar
rival at such port. The bond may be
given either by the transportation
company issuing the through ticket
or by some responsible person on be-
half OF the laborer and will be can
celled on receipt, from the collector
of customs at the port of exit, of a
certificate showing that the person
specified in the descriptive list trans
mitted to such port has actually de-
parted from there and stating the
name of the vessel and the date of de
parture.
Previous regulations on this subject
are rescinded.
A Sound Legal ODiniou.