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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Monster Parade at Lonisrille.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May AT least
10000 men were in line this morning,
making procession over five miles in
length, After the parade monster
meeting will be held at National park,
where Samuel Gompers, president Of the
Federation of Labor, and other speakers
will address the wageworkers, The car
penters have not yet received an answer
from the bosses, and unless it is forth
coming this afternoon they will strike to-
morrow.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
london.

LONDON, May As the labor process
sion was passing along the Thames EN-
bankment crowd of 500 roughs at
tempted to create tumult. Twenty
five hundred policemen, who lined the
embankment, however. promptly sup
pressed the attempt and thoroughly
eOwed the rough element
The police authorities have announced
that the carrying of torchlights viii be
rigidly suppressed.
The indications now are that the dem
onstration, at least so far as the parade
is concerned, will prove fasco.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
CabIegraIlls.

A general amnesty has been proclaimed
in the Island of Crete
The Italian government will protest in
the strongest manner against the Brazil
ian decree excluding Italian emigrants
from that country.
The expedition under Mr.. Jackson, an
officer of the British East Africa company.
has arrived at Uganda, and concluded
treaties with idiwanga and other chiefs,
placing Uganda exclusively under British
influence.
The London Standard authoritatively
announces that the governments declines
postponing the application of the pro
visions of the land purchase bill, pending
the passage by parliament of local gov
ernment bill
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

BRADFORD, Pa, May "A special to
The Era from Butler. Pa. says Mrs. An.
ma d =. Edwards, aged rs years. was
blown to atoms by the = explosion
of nitro-glgcerine can there. II
seems the woman found the can
in brush pile, and, not knowing the
dangerous compound it contained, took
it home and attempted to convert the
can into something useful for the house
hold when the explosion occurred with
the fatal result.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
DETROIT CARPENTERS.
Fifteen Hundred Out on Demand for
Eight Hours Day.

Eight Hours Day.
DETROIT. Mich. May There are L.
500 union carpenters ON strike to-day.
Three contractors employing about 200
men have agreed to the eight-hour de.
mAnd and thirty cents an hour. but the
other contractors are in for the battle.
There has been no disorder, the carpen-
tiers keeping close to their union halls
and there receiving reports on the stu
alton.
Only few contractors have non
nnionist men at work On one job
twenty-five non union and union car
penters ara reported at work, but it is
said they will 20 ont at noon. AT noon
the district council win decide whether
the strikers wiz make a demonstration
this afternoon by way of a general pa
Tade.
The carpenters are taking precautions
against the importation of non-union
labOrers from Canada. If the strike con-
tinues ten days large number of other
tradesmen dependent upon them will be
laid off, swelling the ranks of the unem-
ployed 20 1880. The indications, how
ever. are that compromise viii be eff
fected before that time.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
A scAFFoLo GIVES WAY.
Ten Men Fall Thirty Feet Mt the Chieag-
Stock Yards.

STOCK Yards.
CHICAGO, May 2.-Ten bricklayers.
employed in putting mp an ice house for
Swift & Company. at the stock yards,
were precipitated thirty feet to the
ground by the collapse of scaffold.
Two of the men, Herman Kaufman and
John Gregor, were fatally hurt. Eight
others were seriously injured OF the
eight Fred. Wolff had a leg broken and
Fred. Usofhy. John Barry. August
Meyer. Frank Roden. August Stiller. T.
J. Carpenter and Charles Sytes Were
badly cut and bruised or injured intern
ally. Contractor Vankirk was severely
censu!e ed by several of those engaged at
work on the building. who claim that
his attention was called to the insecure
condition of the scaffold.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
CONGRESS
one Hundred and Ninth Dmy

In the senate-The day was spent on the
administrative customs bill until adioarn-
ment at $40 p. m.
In the hOuse-The bill 60 classify
worsted cloths rs WOODEN cloths was
passed The senate dependent pension
bill was then taken up, the Morrilt service
pension bill inserted as a substitute, and
the bill as amended passed, and at $50 p.
IA. the house adjourned.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

of this city are all at work as usual this
morning, having given the bosses until
tomorrow to recognize the eight-hour
day.
The men, with few executions, have
only been working eight !dnrs in this
city for many months past, AL the only
demand they make is that the bosses
officially recognize the eight-hour sys-
tenn. In the event Of refusal, which is
improbable, the men will go ON a strike
Tomorrow.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Turned Natural Gas Too Low.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, May 2.--N. P.
Foulks, engineer at cracker factory
turned down the natural gas as low a.
possible. 1t went out. but continued tC
flow and soon filed the building. When
he returned and attempted to light it an
explosion took place. The plate glass
front was blown to atoms and windows
in all parts of the building were blown
out. Foulk was badly burned about the
face and body and may not recover.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
.yyIsconsin RenuhI,cans.

MADISON, Wis, May AT Repub-
lican conference. attended by the mem
bers of the state committee and about
$50 leaders of the party from all parts of
the state. the Bennett law was discussed.
and the concensus of opinion was that
the party could not afford to make this
particular law an issue, though the sen.
timent in favor of the principle of com
pulsory education was almost unani-
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
To Guard Ap,i,s, FIood.

VIcKsBURG. Miss, May 2.-Deiegates
from all the Riparian districts of Louisi-
ana. Mississippi Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentcky and Missouri. met here Wednes-
day to discuss the question of the future
protection of the Mississippi valley
from inundation and to decide upon
some plan for levee improvement. The
proceedings are expected to have inn
nortanf results
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
THE MORRILL, PENSION BILL.
1t Passes the House and Goes to the Sc,
ate-LiabIe to Pass.

IL RAISES the House ana EOes to the SEN
ate-Liable to Pass.
WASHINGTON. May 2.-The house has
passed the Morrill, pension bill. II pro-
vides for a pension of $S month for
Union soldiers who have reached the
age of 80; also for pension OF
$S a month, regardless of age. for
those who can show disability
equal to the disabilities now voted
under pension regulations at ~.
If they can only show $7 disability
they get no benefit from the bill, until
they reach the age of 90. II need not be
shown that the disability was caused by
service in the war.
The bill now goes to the senate for
concurrence, and if it passes there it will
go to the president, who will probably
sign it, though he is understood not Ia
be enthusiastic for service pension bill.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
In the Hub.

Boston, May 1.-The carpenters EN-
ployed by the members of the Carpen-
ters' Builders association struck here
this morning for an eight-hour labor
day. About 1900 men are out, while
some 1900 remain at work for non -asso-
citation contractors, working eight hours
a day at the same rate per hour as was
paid before the strike began. Every
thing is quiet
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

PIERRE. S. Oak. May AIT mid
night Wednesday night the saloons all
over South Dakota were closed. and now
the liquor drinkers have to get their
fluids from their own cellars. There is
scarcely town in the state where the
prohibition law will not be enforced,
and the saloonists have accepted the sit
JIatiOn.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

resisted their demands, attacking the
bunting and precipitating a riot. The
military were hurried to the scene, but
We're unable to disperse the mob until
they had charged with the bayonet and
wounded many of the rioters. The mill
continues in operation.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
SHORT $500.
Deputy Postmaster at Helena, Ark, "a
Fugitive From Justice.

Fugitive From Justice.
HELENA. Ark, May 2.--W b. Lind
say, deputy postmaster, is $500 short
in his accounts and is fugitive. He had
entire charge of the office. Postmaster
Grant is in the hardware business and
did not look after the details of the office
very closely. Special Inspector Mcclure,
Of 81. Louis, entered the office Tuesday,
and presenting his credentials, asked for
the postmaster. II will call him, said
Lindsay, donning his coat and hat.
Instead Of going TO his chiefs store. he
went TO the river and hired n skiff. and
the last seen of him he was pulling down
stream with might and main. The
shortage WAS discovered two hours later
The entire amount has been stolen in
the last sixty days and covered mp by y
system OF false entries in the money or
der department. Postmaster Grant has
made the deficit good.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
PHILADELPHIA UNION cARPETERs
Demand Twenty-Five Cents an Hour for
Nine Hours "a Day.

Demand Twenty-Five Cents an Hour for
Nine Hours Day.
PHILADELPHIA, May In accordance
with the action taken last night by the
union carpenters of Philadelphia, at a
meeting held in Naval Post hall, under
the auspices Of Local Union No. 8, of
TIE United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and JOiners, about LOCO carpenters
struck work this morning
"The Brother of Carpenters and Join
ers of America are ON top in this fight,
and there is only one thing for us to
1o-stick together and await the re-
suit
That was the way in which Secretary
Charles Thompson delivered himself this
morning at the meeting of the strikers
in Naval Post hall, in which over 900
journeymen carpenters took part All
were enthusiastically in favor of the
strike for higher wages which began this
morning at o'clock.
The carpenters demand thirty-five
cents an honr for nine hours work per
day. The present rate is thirty cents.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
No strike In Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May mo strike in Gin
cinnati! This news carries joy to the
hearts of boss carpenters of this city,
who were on the qui vive this morning
The recent meetings of the building
trades and the trouble i'll other cities
combined to greatly alarm the bosses.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

CINCINNATI. May 2.-Hercules Carrel,
aged ~. died at his home, 81 Main
street Columbia, at . a. m. Tuesday
In lS47 he organized the Cincinnati Dry
Dock company, of which he was presi-
dent Mt the time of his death.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Jews Alarmed.

There is a well grounded fear among
Jews. especially in Austria, that during
the labor excitement previous to and on
Nav Day. advantage would be taken of
the opportunity to loot their property,
but so far few outrages of this kind have
been reported. There does not appear
TO be any prospect of the improvement
of their position in that country or many
Others. and next 10 the labor question
the Hebrew problem will be the one that
will agitate Europe.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
CALF INSTEAD OF KEMMLER.
Warden Durston Demonstrates That Flee
tricity is Instant Death.

HrlcltN ~ thAtaht AseHtHs
AUBURN. N. ". May 2.--In an inter
view with Warden Durston Wednesday,
he detailed the preparations he had made
for the execution of Kemmler before the
writ had been served upon him. Tues
day morning. at $50. the belt was put
ON the dynamo and the engine run sew
eral minutes TO see if the bearings pull
leys, etc, We're in proper order.
The machinery was found to be in per-
feet condition, and il was decided TO put
the belt on again at $50 and keep the
steam up all night. The story that he
had ever intended to go on with the exc
cution Tuesday morning was utterly
without foundation. His invitations to
witnesses did not ask them to report until
G30 Tuesday evening,
He had made up his mind to have the
execution occur between that hour and
$3.50 Wednesday morning if the final test
proved successful This test was exc
cuted at half-past 3, after the writ
had been served, for his own satisfaC-
tion. Ten of the invited witnesses were
present. A six weeks old calf weighing
100 pounds was the subject. 1t was laid
on the floor Of the chamber of death
with its legs tied
The electrodes We're placed at the
head and base of the spine and the dyna-
mo started When the volt meter regis-
tered 900 the fatal switch was thrown
into position. and the calf surrendered
its leg with but one perceptible tremor
Of one leg. Death was as instantaneous
as by lightning stroke.
DR.. Fell was presen$ but considered it
useless to experiment with his resusci-
tating apparatus.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Nothine At PIttshurc.

PTTTsBURG, Pa, May There will be
no labor demonstrations in Pittsburg
to-day. The builders are agitated, how
ever, over the events which may follow
within few days.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
MAY DAY IN EUROPE.
How the Threatened Strikes Abroad
MRterialized.

MRterialized.
BERLIN, May 1.--9:30 A. M.-Small and
scattered groups of workingmen are
already appearing in the streets, quietly
proceeding to the various places of rem
devious, preparatory to falling into line
in the procession. Quiet prevails in all
quarters of the city.
NOoN-Order prevails throughout the
city, and the streets are as quiet as
though no strikes We're occurring. The
great Loewe factory opened up this
morning with but fifteen absentees. and
only five of the employees Of Frister &
Rossman's sewing machine factory re-
manned away from their posts. Large
numbers of people are indulging in ex-
cursions to Grunewald and other places
of interest in the vicinity of the city.
A workman who had hoisted the red
flag on telegraph pole has been ar
rested.
A great many of the minor manufac-
turers have voluntarily granted their
employees holiday.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
I.ua,lr KIN. a t,hInamap

SALT LAKE, May AT an insane
asylum at Provo, Alma Pratt, lunat1c,
secured razor and rushing TO the dim
ing room, drew it across the throat
Of Chinaman. killing him.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Want shorter Hours.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, May 1.-Over $50
sash. door and blind makers struck this
morning. The men ask for nine hours a
day with ten hours pay.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

PARIS, May kilograms from Mar.
seilles, Bordeaux, Nancy, Roubaix and
Lille are to TIE effect that upto the pres
ent moment no disturbances of any kind
have taken place.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

VALENCIA, May 1.-The strikes in this
city are extending, all trades hurrying
to join i'll the eight-hour movement.
While no trouble has yet occurred, it
has peen deemed advisable to close the
theaters.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Parade of Thirty Thousand.

CHARLERoI, May Thirty thousand
workingmen are marching through the
streets of Charleroi ON their way to at
tend monster meeting, The vast but
orderly throng keeps time as it marches
to its own singing Of THE Marseillaise. "
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
I4iege.

LIEGE, May Three thousand min
ers to-day marched in procession to the
town hall where they formally present
ed petition calling for the establish
ment of the eight-hour day.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Mr. CI.reiand Admitted.

WAsHISGToN, May 2.--In the supreme
court of the United States, on motion of
ex-Attorney General Garland, ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland was admitted TO prac-
tice.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Generally Peaceful.

The latest advices from the principal
cities of Germany represent peace and
good order as very generally preserved.
The various industrial occupations are
being followed as usual at Munster
Wiesbaden, Strasburg, Nuremburg,
Stettin, Dortmund, Neurkirchen, Span
dau and Zurekau. At Leipsig and
Male, the bulk of the workmen are at
work.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Riot at Pesth.

PEsTH. MAY Ia crowd of working
men to-day collected in front Of the roll
ing mill. the proprietoTs of which had
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
SHOT eY HIS WIFE.
Tragic End of q Notorious Memphis Grim
inal in Court Room.

inal in Court Room,
MEMPHIS, May "A sensational
shooting occurred in the police court, re-
sulting in the death of Jake Ackerman,
well known thief, highwayman and
trainrobber.
Ackerman was arrested Monday night,
on charge of wife-beating When the
case was called in the police court, the
prisoner and his wife were standing side
by side. Ackerman spoke to her and at
the same time handed her written re-
quest for some clean clothes. The
woman bent her head for an instant to
hear what he had to say, and then, with
out warning, drew revolver from be-
meath her cloak, and presenting it with
in a few inches of Ackerman's abdomen,
pulled the trigger.
Before any one could realize what had
happened she fired two more, shots at
Ackerman, who had fallen TO the floor
and was writing in agony. An hour
later he was dead.
Alderman was notorious crook. He
he'd had served terms in the penitentiar-
les of Mississippi, Louisiana, Kansas
and Nebraska. The burglaries, robber-
les and confidence games he is accredited
with are innumerable. AT the time Of
his killing he was wanted at Omaha for
the robbery of Morgan's silk store
Mrs. Ackerman. whose maiden name
was Lizzie Broderick comes of respec-
table family of Camden, Mo She has
been for years..an inmate of various bagn-
ois throughout the country. but always
stanch friend of her husband, notwith-
standing his cruel treatment of her.
She killed him, she says, because she
was afraid he would murder her if he
got ont
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

A deputation from the workingnen of
Paris called at the chamber of deputies,
where it presented petition urging the
inauguration of the eight-hour day.
The route to the chamber was occu-
pied by vast crowds which blocked the
thoroughfare so seriously that cavalry
escort was assigned to the duty of
quietly clearing passage for the depu-
tatiOn
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Affects i ,OOO,VVO meil

Strikes are occurring with almost phe-
nomenal rapidity in the provinces of the
empire. and it is estimated that 1000
OOO'men have already struck or threat
ened to do so.
Three German Socialists charged with
being in this city for the purpose Of in
citing the workmen to violence have
been arrested,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Paris.

PARIS, May 1.-9:30 A. M.-The boul-.
evard and suburban sections as well as
the central portion of the city, appear
in the normal aspect.
Business proceeds as usual, the only
shops closed being those of dealers in fire
arms and other warlile munitions.
Among the first of the army of the
discontinued to inaugurate strike Were
the stokers and other employees of the
gas companies, who went out early this
morning
The Socialist deputies, Feroul, Baudin
and Lachize, of the chamber of deputies,
are still busily engaged in perfecting
their final arrangements for the work
inn1nnn's Administration
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
IN NEW YORK CITY.

hut Few strikes - Monster Parade and
SpesHbmaking.
NEW YORK May IA number of
trades unions will make to-day half
holiday, there will be some few strikes,
and in the evening the monster parade
will take place, ending with an immense
mass meeting at Union square, held
under the auspices of the Central Labor
union and Socialistic labor party.
Nearly every trade will be represented
in the procession. and the number of
men who will he i'll line is variously esti-
mated at from $1,000 to 10000. The
parade will start az 7 o'clock. The
route to be marched over will be short
one, and will end at Union Square.
Speeches will he made from three stands
in the square, and will be in the En-
glish, German and Hebrew languages.
The Carpenters.
The carpenters strike will not begin
until Monday, when work will be stop
ped in all shops where the cight-hOur de-
mand is not granted. AS many of the
largest contractors have already grant
ed all that is asked of them, the strike is
not expected to be large one. The
carpenters will meet on Saturday night
at Webster hall, receive reports from
every shop in the city and listen to some
speeches
Other Building Trades.
The plasterers, bricklayers, stomema-
sons and roofers have al made arrange
ments for the season and there will be
DO houble II their ranks.
Union Framers.
The union trainers of this city will
strike to-day in the few shops that have
not already granted the demand for
eight hours n day at fifty cents an hour.
At meeting of trainers union last
night it was announced that fifty-fve of
the sixty-seven employers in the city had
granted the demands of the union. The
number of strikers will therefore be very
| small. The locksmiths. silk ribbon
weayers. and probably one or two small
organizations may go out on strike to-
day The carpenters of Brooklyn, num-
| bering 5i5 men will strike on Monday.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

MILWAUKEE, Wis. May There will
be no labor demonstration whatever in
Milwaukee to-day. The 1900 carpenters
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Not Likely to Succeed,

As to a Dutch request of other nations
to combine against the protectionist
policy of the United States, although u
strong party i'll England and Fldnce
might be i'll favor of such course, M.
Spuller, the French minister of foreign
affairs, says there is not much probabil-
ity of the nations agreeing upon details
and that the fear of combination upon
the other side of the Atlantic might act
as deterring influence
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02
Over 1000 Arrests in Paris.

Several attempts made by the work
inglnen to hold meetings have been
frustrated by the intervention of the
troops. During the day 1000 persons
have been arrested by the police. An
attempt made by the striking gas work
ers to loot a gunshop caused a slight
disturbance, which was promptly sup
pressed
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-02

LISBON May IA group Of work
ingmen visited the tomb of the Socialist
Fontana and placed awreath thereon.
Spain.
MADRID, May Reports from the
provinces Indicate that good order ex-
lists everywhere.