Connecticut western news., 1891-05-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensed TelegramS Gathered at B
 dom from Various Places.

Condensed Telegrams Gathered at Ra.-
 dom from Various Places.
 Owing to a failure to require the e cused to plead the court martial of Lieu tenant Commander c. A. Bicknell, at tho Brooklyn navy yard, resulted in mistriaA
 Three counties in south New Jersey axs being swept by forest fires. Thousands of acres of pine timber have been destroyed and many families rendered homeless, tha loss being estimated at about a million dollars.
 Dr. Philips Brooks, of Trinity church, Boston, was elected to the bishoprio of Massachusetts by the diocesan convention. York, was the only opposing candidate.
 No extra session at the adjournment oa the New York legislature was called by the governor. This action wasca disap- pointment to the Democrats who allowed their bills to die to prevent the canal in- vestigation.
 John c. Freund, the we'll known musi- cal publisher, was arrested on charge of grand larceny preferred by J. Travis Quigg, the musical writer. MT. Quigg makes another serious charge against MT. Freund.
 Advices from Samoa state that ex-King Tamasese is dead. He had been suffering from Bright's disease of the kidneys fos some time past.
 Father Briody, of Minneapolis, Minn., says that he gave 5000 to New York policeman for safe keeping, who failed to return it at the appointed time and place.
 At New York, John Devine, lineman of the Metropolitan Telephone and Tele- graph company, was pitched from pole at Er~,,r<b oropro and Txuopfv-fiyaf otroot hv contact with live electric light wire and his head crushed on the sidewalk, killing him instantly.
 The coast defense vessel Monterey was successfully launched at San Francisco April 2S The president and Mrs. Harri- son officiated at the ceremonies. Over 10,- 600 people accompanied the president oa her tour of San Francisco's harbor.
 Resolutions for the appointment of six committees to investigate about every thing Republican in the state were passed by the assembly at Albany.
 E A report by way of Buenos Ayres states that the Huascar was sunk by tofpedoos during the recent Chilian battle, and a2ss that President Balmaceda is in constant dread of being poisoned.
 Joseph Schearer shot his mother-in-lAw, Mira. Elizabeth Grundy, and her son John because they had separated him from h1D wife.
 Father Ignatius has written a letter to the Rev. Drs. Morgan Dix, Huntington and De Costa asking them to prefer charges of heresy and blasphemy against the Rev. Dr. Heber Newton. .E.
 The Sayward case, involving the Beh- ring sea dispute, has been postponed to the October term of the supreme court ee tho United States.
 Hamilton Ward, of Allegany county, N. r., has been appointed by Governor Hill to the supreme court bench to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Corlett
 John L. Sullivan has refused to fight Frank Slavin, giving as his reasons the facts that he has retired from the ring and is too busy with theatrical work. Slavin will fight Kilrain June 1d |. J.K. Emmet's St. Bernard dog, Pin Nmmon, has been purchased for 5000 by E. H. Moore, of Melrose. . -.. The Pennsylvania Editorial associatioa has decided to make Atlantic City the o&- jective point of the summer excursion h June. -~
 IN THE EMPIRE STATE. No Trouble and Few Strikes at New York and Brooklyn. NEW YORK, May 2-The labor troubles which were predicted for May in this city amount only to strikes by the House smiths and Framers' unions. The former has called out all it's men, and 8 large majority of the latter are out waiting for 8 settlement of propositions made to em- ployers These two unions include about 5000 men, 8 very small portion of the workmen of New York; still they can, by keeping away from their work, throw 25 900 men out of employment The house smiths want eight hours day at current | wages, and most of the employers cannot see their way to granting .his demand and l making profits on their contracts. All the unions engaged in the building trades the carpenters, bricklayers, bod carriers, etc.-have agreed to stop work if non. union men are employed to take the places of the union housesmiths. Those men have eight hours and good wages; but they are determined to give up work rather than work with non-union men.
 l The day passed off very quietly. The great feature of the afternoon was the parade of the Hebrew unions. The pa raders numbered about 1O, 900.
 The eight hour demonstration culmi mated last night in a big mass meeting al Union square. It was estimated that 12, ,O0( persons were present. The meeting was held under the direction of the Socialistit Labor party and the Central Labor Fedora tion.
 A set of resolutions demanding reduc tion of the present working hours to eight extending sympathy to the striking coal miners, and urging all wage workers tc rally under the banner of the SocialistiG Labor party, was unanimously adopted.
 The Framers Win in Brooklyn.
 BROOKLYN, May 2.-May day passed ofl very quietly. The housesmiths, about 1,5O0 in number, were the only men tt strike. They demand eight hours as { days work and their request will proba
 ply be granted. The Framers' union als< made a demand for eight hours and prac
 tically all the boss framers allowed these
 hours. There was no strike, therefore, il that branch of the building trades. Int
 other branches, bricklayers, bod carriers | etc. merely told their employers that the1