Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-16
FAIR NEWS.
Uncle Sam May Not BE Asked
for That $4,000, 900 Loan.
The Fair People Have a Scheme
of Their Own.

Alleged That the American Federation
of Labor Has Grievance Against the
Management Which, If Not Settled,
May Result in Boycott Against the
Exposition-No "wild West" Shows.
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-President Harri-
sons special message on the subject of
an appropriation in aid of the worlds
fair will probably be sent to congress
after the members return from Chicago.
Saturday al 5ernoon members of the
national board of control, now in session,
sent a report to the president on the sub
ject of the appropriation. The board
informed President Harrison that since
the date of its last report the Chicago
directors had decided that they would
not ask congress to loan them Sc, 900, 900.
At conference Saturday, President
Baker brought up the question of the
government appropriation. He asked
the board of control to join the di-
rectors in irving to get $5,000,000 from
congress. He was in favor of an omni-
bus BILL and indicated that the Chicago
board ought to have $4000,000 of the
money and the national commission
81 100000 Mr.. Bakers plan was not
indorsed by members of the board of
control, who have a plan of their own
by which they expect to get $4,oO0,000
for the national commission.
The Federation May Boycott.
A dispatch from Pit.sburg says:
The American Federation of Labor
claims to have a grievance against the
worlds fair management, and If it be
not settled that organization may boy
colt the exhibition. Vice President
William A. Carney, of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers,
returned yesterday from New York, and
said the executive council of the fed
Grafton had knowledge of discrimina-
tions by the worlds fair management
against labor unions. President Kliver,
of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, al
leges that no man can get work on tho
grounds unless he is employed by the
agent of the construction department.
A representative of any labor union
can not get pass admitting him to any
part of the building. Ii he gets in he is
at once elected by the police. He also
alleges that the eight-hour law is being
violated and that union man can not
get employment as building inspector,
gatelxeeper or watchman. The council
instructed President Gompers to write
to the chief of the department of con-
struction to abate the evils complained
of, and in the event of the refusal to do
SO, he is empowered to call on all work
ingmen's organizations affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor to
consider the advisability of withdraw
ing their patronage from the coming
worlds fair.
No "Wild West" Show at the Fair.
Chief Putnam, of the department of
enothology, and Commissioner Morgan,
of the Indian bureau at Washington, have
decided to lend no countenance to
wild west show, business in connection
with the Indian exhibit at the worlds
fair. Professor Putnam said Saturday
that the prime object of wild west" ,x-
hibitions is to make money by display
of the savage and repulsive features of
Indian life. None of this, he said, will
appear in the Indian exhibit. W. F.
Cody buffalo Bill is trying to secure
site near the worlds fair for his wild
west" show, but is dicmayed by the fab
ulous prices asked by real estate men
for land.