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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
FIRM AS GRANITE.
The Two Parties to the Great
Lockout.
NO WORK AT THE STONE QUARRIEs.

Twenty Thousand Men Locked Out by
the Owners in New England and 5O,-
900 More Ordered to Quit by the Labor
Leaders at New York-ProbabiIity That
Another $4,000 Will be Idle Before
the Trouble Is Settled-The Outlook.
Boston, May 7-One of the greatest
labor troubles that New England has ever
been afflicted with is now in full progress.
1t is in the granite trade. All of the
granite firms have closed their works by
concerted Encouragement, mainly because
the workmen would not consent to have
all agreements between employer and en-
ploye date each year from Jdh. instead
of from May l, as has been the custom.
Think 1t win End in a Week.
A conservative estimate places the nEm-
Der of locked out quarrymen at 10000.
They live mainly in Boston, Quincy,
Monson, Rockport and Milford, Mass;
Concord, n. H.; Hsllowell, Waterville,
Clark's Mills and Portland Me-; Barre,
Vt, and Westerly, r. l. The feeling
among some granite cutters is that tie
present state of affairs will not last longer
than the present week.
There are Great Possibilities.
If the trouble is prolonged it will result
in sympathetic strikes that will make 100
600 men idle. The owners say the works
will be closed until the men come to terms,
as they will neverreopent their quarries until
their plan is adopted This is brief, is
that wages contracts shall date from Jan.
l of each year instead of May as the rule
now is. The union say they make their
contracts on stone about that time and
must know what wages are to rule The
men say this plan would put them
under disadvantage, and that they will
stay out till doomsday.
Says They Are Well Heeled.
The latest recruits to the ranks of the
unemployed workmen are about fifty in
number, comprising the skilled granite
cutters at the Cape Ann Granite COM
pany's works, where some of the finest
finished work in the tountry is turned out.
At the Bay View works yesterday morn
ing little knots of strikers were gathered
near the polishing mill and the company's
Office. They claimed that they were given
a fifteen minute notice of lockout instead
of three months, as agreed upon, 1--WE
are well heeled," said one, land will hang
out as long as we can"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Unique in Lie. a marver IN uearn.

ANGOLA, Ind, May IL Stephen Pow
ers was in life unique character and in
death he is still a marvel While alive he
was the champion whisky drinker of the
state. No amount Of it would intoxicate
him. Finally whisky did not Salty him,
and for years before his death
he brought Fowler's solution of
arsenic by the dozen bottle and drank the
stuff in large quan titles. He lived to a
very old age, and after death was buried on
his farm. A few days ago his family con-
cluded to remove the remains. On open
ing the grave it was found that the body
had never decayed particle and had
literally turned to stone.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
FIFTY THOUSAND AT GOTHAM.
Strikes Ordered Which Involve That Many
Workmen.

New YORK, May 1.-THE lockout of
granite-cutters throughout the New Eng
lank states was declared yesterday morn
ing. At the same time number of strikes
were ordered in sympathy with the stone
cutters, and it is estimated that fully So,
600 men employed in the quarrying and
stone building works are now out. The
immediate effect in this city was to bring
to a standstill all building operations, with
a menace of still more far-reaching effect.
Many other trades will undoubtedly be in
fuenced if the struggle is protracted.
Expect Help From the City.
Commissioner of Public Works Gilroy,
upon whom the men rely in bringing the
employers to terms by insisting that the
paving contracts are now under way shall
be filled, said to reporter that he saw no
way in which to bring about an under
standing between the men and the en-
ployers. He declared he could make no
calculations as to when the work would
be resumed. Pickets of granitecutters
will watch every boat load of stone that is
brought to the city, and in every case
where it comes from quarry the owner
of which is member of the Granite
Manufacturers association workmen will
be warned not to handle the stone
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
News from Other Flood Points.

CHICAGO, May 17.-At Happyville, Ills,
the Illinois river is four and a half miles
wide and covers 5000 acres of land, half
cultivated. No crops will be raised this
year. At St. Louis the river has reached
its crest. Much of the low land is sub
merged, and hundreds of men are idle.
Business is greatly embarrassed. A large
territory in northern Texas is flooded and
crops ruined The Missouri is falling at
Kansas City, but there are fears of an
other rise, as rain is falling along the up.
per river. William LOTHIAN, a farmer,
was drowned in the Burbois river, in Mis-
souri,, near Washington.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
RAVAGING FLOODS.
Last levee in the American
Bottoms Gone.
FULL MEASURE OF HAvooREAoHED

Twenty Thousand Acres of Farm Lands
Submerged at One Sweep-Dificultie
of the Railways at AIton-Danger of
the Missouri Changing Its Outlet
Rescuing the Deiuge yictims-Many
Idle Workmen-Breaks in Mississippi
Levees and Their Effects.
ALTON, Ill, May 1.-THE floods of the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers accom-
plished the full measure of their power to
harm Sunday night when the last of the
main levees on the peninsula known as the
Missouri point and in the American
bottoms broke and was swept away, sub
merging 10000 acres of farming land The
Influx inc these low lands stopped the rise
of the river for a few hours, but yesterday
morning it was again slowly encroaching
on the banks, with the guage reaching
thirty feet above low-water mark, and
all railroads communication with St.
Louis was abandoned.
Communication Re-established.
Later the Chicago and Alton established
communication with St. Louis via the
Venice ferry and the main line trains were
made up at Venice, and the Jacksonville
trains ran from this city. The Big Four flyer
left for Pana at 1:55 to connect with the
main line trains which ran to that town
via the Vandalia and Illinois Central rail-
ways Fifty carloads of stone and a car
load of empty sacks were taken out YES
terday morning to Venice for filling the
crevasse on the Alton, and trains were
again brought through last evening.
Rescue of the Flood Bound.
Anticipating the worst mass meeting
was called Sunday night by ex-Mayor Nc
Pike and other leading citizens, and relief
committees were appointed to rescue the
people of the flooded districts. Three
steamers were chartered and sent out in
all directions to bring in the tide bound
sufferers from the second stories, on roofs
of their homes, to this city, where they
were cared and provided for by public
funds. A great amount of live stock is
reported drowned, but so far no human
lives are known to have been lost
rtany Men Out of Work.
All the Touring mills have been forced
to suspend, and six of the eight big fac
tories of the Illinois glass works were
shut down yesterday morning, throwing
1920 men out of employment. The crops
destroyed in the flooded districts were
chiefly wheat and early potatoes for the
Chicago market. Just below Portage, in
the big bends, but quarter of a mile in
tervenes between the two rivers, and the
Missouri is within foot of the top of the
dividing ridge. Should it go over this it
would plunge down a seyen-foot grade
into the Mississippi.
Would Change Its Course.
The effect would be to change the course
of the Missouri and bring the mouth six
miles above instead of eight miles below
Alton. Every possible effort is being made
to avert this last catastrophe, which would
change the topography of the country and
render useless the new Chicago, Burling.
ton and Quincy railroad bridge, now in
course of construction across the Missouri
at Bellefontaine bluffs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
THE NUMEROUS MIScREANT.
He Shoots n Girl Who Gave Him tn,
Mitten and Kills Himself.

Mitten and Kills Himself.
CINCINNATI, May Il. - While Hattie
Hagedorn, sslesgirl in Hohnsted Wind
horst's dry goods store on Main street, was
waiting on some customers about noon
yesterday Frank j. GRANGE, salesman in
the same house, walked from the rear of
the store toward Miss Hagedorn, drew two
revolvers and pointing them directly at the
girl pulled the triggers. With a scream
of agony she threw up her hands and ran
toward the door, while a stream of blood
gushed from horrible wound in her side
The Last Shot n Good One,
GRANGE followed her and with an oath
fired two more shots at her Just as she
fell to the floor the murderer placed one of
the weapons to his right ear fired
again. Miss Hagedorn was removed to
her home on Highland avenue. She is
still alive. GRANGE died at the city hos
pital. Miss Hegedorn is a pretty girl
about 20 years Of age with whom GRANGE
was in love, but she tired of his company
and refused to have anything more to do
with him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
THE KEYSTONE COAL "sARoNs."
How They Evade the Contract Labor Law
With Immunity.


With Impunity.
CHICAGO, May 17.-Immigrant Inspector
). c. Osborne, of New York, is in the city
on business He has finished an investi-
cation among the coal fields of Pennsyl-
vania regarding the alien labor employed
at the mines and says that but per cent.
of the miners are citizens The balance
are Poles, Italians, Slavs and Hungarians.
"The mine owners. he said yesterday, scan
get all the foreign labolers they want
without violating the alien contract labor
law. Whenever a mine owner desires
more men he goes to his agent or broker
and tells him to secure gang of miners.
just Send for Their Friends.
The agent goes among the foreign
miners and secures from them the names
of any of their friends across the water
who are DESTROYS of coming to America.
Steamship tickets costing $3.50 each are
given the miners and they are told to send
them to their friends. Thus are the for
eigners brought over without any trouble
and without violating the law. The
miners are supposed to get good wages,
but by a system of fines and charges the
amount actually received is very small"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Stockholders Don't Get on Wen.

DUBLIN, May 1.-THE stockholders in
the Dublin Freeman and National Press
met in this city yesterday to discuss the
arrangements for combining the two pa
pers. The meeting was attended by
angry scenes. The solicitor for The Free
man said that he held q proxy for Arch
bishop Walsh. John Dillon, who was
present, protested against the mention of
the name of Archbishop Walsh in the
matter as portending yelled threat for
the purpose of intimidating shareholders
into submission to a certain policy.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
won THE BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
Judge Morrow Runs OF with the Great
Turf Prize.


NEW YORK, May 11.-Thirty thousand
persons attended the opening of the Graves
end course yesterday TO see the rich Brook
Ign handicap race, and the betting was
lively ali over the grounds. The horses
looked fi5 to run for mans life, and the
starters were: Longstreet, Russell, Judge
Morrow, Pessara, Raceland, Fairview,
Clarendon, Banquet, Port Chester, Mad
stone, Kilgmaker, and George W. Long
street led at the start, and after him came
Fairview
Fairview Takes the Lead.
Passing the grand stand Fairview led
by five lengths, and at the half mile he
was ten lengths in front and his hackers
were jublant, while Judge Morrow was
away beh nd. Fairview died at the mile
and Russell took the lead Pessara second.
Morrow then began to move up, and was
second al the beginning of the stretch,
Russell s5ill leading. In the final six
tenth Russell gave it up and Morrow
took the lead. But just here Pessara
came on ike bullet and Tapped Morrow.
From here on it was terrific, and it was an
even chance which would win. But just
before the wire was reached Morrow got
his head in front and won. Pessara sec
ond, Russell third and Longstreet, the ia
vorite, absolutely last. Time of race, 2:0S&.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Old Anne lea at the Fair.

LONDON, May II THE Old American ex-
hibition opened in Manchester on Friday
is attracting a good deal of attention. A
syndicate has secured the right of the re,
production of this show at the World Is
fair in Chicago in 1898. Itreproduces with
all the architectural exactness possible
portions of three American cities-a street
of St. Augustine, Fla, as it appeared in
1892; square in tie Boston of 1852, and q
representation of New York as that city
existed in 1892
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Married on Liberty statue.
Captain w. p. Egan Missing.

who came here from Cleveland to act as
agent of the Vessel Owners association in
fighting the Seamen's union, has been
missing for six days and his friends have
given up all hope of ever seeing him alive.
The police have been unable to find any
trace of the missing man and believe he
has been murdered. He was a man of reg
ular habits and not one who could have
been intimidated into deserving his post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Afraid of an Operation.

NEW YORK, May 17.-There is no doubt
that the body of woman found in the
Hudson river at Riverdale yesterday
morning is that of the missing Mrs George
Peckinpaugh, of Mount Vernon, Ind, who
on April - mysteriously disappeared from
boarding house in East Twenty-fifth
street, where she and her husband were
staying during visit to this city. She
had come to this city for surgical opera
tion, and it is believed committed suicide
for dread of the ordeal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
winners at st. Louis and Louisville.

ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Winners at yester-
days races were: Rookery, q mile, 1:194;
Merge, AZ furlongs, LOOK; Aloha, u mile,
1:19A; Notus, 1 mile, 1:50; Patrick, ~
furlongs, 1:4O11; Ethel Grey, mile, 1:47A.
LOUISVILLE, May Races at Churchill
Downs yesterday: Palmetto, mile, 1:41;
Goodwood, Is mile, 1:o6; Miss Dixie, II
miles, 2:1414; Borealis, X mile. 1:S2; Ida
Pickwick, mile 90 ards, LAT; Vashti. "
mile, 1;S2.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Real Estate Boom at Chicapo.

RICHMOND, May 17.-John n. Look, of
this city, bought a lot in Chicago suburbs
twenty years ago for $50. He neglected to
record the deed and afterwards lost it.
John Richey found and kept the deed, but
when he died recently his son discovered
and forwarded the paper to Mr.. Look.
The latter has since received 5000 for the
lot
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Notice to the Newspapers

WASHINGTON, May 17.-Hon. Calvin S.
Brice, chairman of the national Demo
cratic committee, issued the following
card last night: managing editors of
daily newspapers, who have not already
forwarded applications for seats for the
representatives of their respective news
papers at the Chicago convention, are re-
quested to make application at once to F.
e. A. Haoiy, chairman of the press com
mittee, PES gallery, house of representa-
tives, Washington
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Deatl, or a Noted BurpIar.

NEW YORK, May 17.-Michael Kerrigan,
alias Johnny Dobbs, alias James Rogers,
a notorious bank burglar and all around
crook, died of consumption in Bellevue
hospital Sunday. He had been found sick
and destitute in the streets. Kerrigan
was 81 years old and was born in England.
Kerrigan was implicated in nearly every
big bank burglary that occurred in this
country during the five years prior to 1884.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Death of an Indiana Judre.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 17.-Judge Living
yers in the state and twice upon the circuit
bench of this county, died suddenly yes
terday of strangulationo of the smaller in
testines He was.a native of Indiana, 81
years old, and had a good war record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Rreal, at Sow N1ndison. ms.

NEW MADISON, May 1.-THE Madison
levee has broken, and all that protects
this place from being flooded is the en-
bankment of the Chicago and Alton rail-
way. The water is within two feet of the
top of the embankment, and if it should
give way Madison will be flooded and
great damage done. The levees to the
northwest are in danger of breaking.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Michael paritt suing for L,pe,.

DUBLIN, May 1.-THE suit of Michael
Davitt against the Irish Independent has
come on for trial in Dublin. Davitt
claims e1,ooO damages for an article in
the Independent which imputed dishon-
esty to him in the management of the
Labour World, paper in the interest of
labor and of Irish home rule which Da-
witt for some time conducted an (which
proved a financial failure.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Jaw Gould Mt Pueblo,

PUEBLO, Colo, May 7.-Jay Gould came
up from Las Vegas Saturday afternoon in
his special train and remained in Pueblo
over Sunday. He was accompanied by his
family physician, DR.. Mum, and his chill
dren, who have been with him in his So
journ in FL Paso, Tex. He is looking in
better health than when last here.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Am the BODIES Recovered.

BOSTON, May lin the channels near
City Point the bodies Of the drowned
school students have been recovered.
Eight students and an instructor, named
Nordberg, belonging to the school, were
drowned some time ago by thei- boat up
setting
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Notice 70 HousehoIders.

All householders are hereby notified
that they must provide proper recepta-
cles for their slops and garbage, easy OF
access for the garbage collectors. In
fractions Of the ordinance prohibiting
their deposit in the streets and alleys will
be rigidly prosecuted.
G. L. EYsTER, Com. of Health.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Democratic Reform in Baden.

BERLIN, May IA reform bill on the
lines of Democratic suffrage, and also
establishing labor committee for every
state factory and railway, has been intro
duced in the Baden diet at the instance of
the grand duke of Baden, and is receiving
the almost unanimous support of all par
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Fighting the sunday Paper.

PITTsBURG, May 17.-Agent Mcclure, of
the Law and Order league, yesterday
opened his batteries in dead earnest
against the Sunday newspapers. Infor-
nations have been made against, and
warrants issued for the arrest of the pro-
prietors of the Leader, Dispatch and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
They Stand hY Erenzel.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 1.-THE directory
Of the street railway company met here
to elect directors and officers. An attempt
was made to defeat President Frenzel, but
it failed and he was reelected.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
1ne I5ese ban RECORD.

CHICAGO, May 17-Following are the
scores made by League clubs at base ball
yesterday: At Pittsburg-Chicago3, Pitts
burg l. at Washington 5, Bal
timore e; Second game) Washington 5,
Baltimore 4; at Cleveland-Louisviile /,
Cleveland 8; at st. Louis-Cincinnati 5,
st. Louis 4; at Extraordinarily 4, Bos-
ton IL; at New York-Philadelphia 3, New
York 4; Second game) Philadelphia 6,
New York z.
Western: At MISUNDERSTANDING 6, Mil
waukee 5; at olumbus-Minneapolis 4,
Columbus 8; at Toledo-St. Paul 2, Tole-
do 3; Second game) ST. Paul 4, Toledo g.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
AWFUL CYCLONE IN TEXAS.
A Town Swept Away and Fifteen Persona
Lose Their Lives.

Lose Their Lives.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, May 17.-Tenkey val
ley, in Green county, has been swept from
one end to the other, and not a building
left standing. Five people were killed in
stantly, ten are dying from their injuries
and many more are badly hurt Hardly
person in the valley escaped. News is
hard to obtain, but wagon load of collins
were sent out last night by the courier
who brought the news
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Would Change Its Course.
BEEAKS IN THE lEVEES.
Two Crevasses on the neutrality-suspicious.
Flood News.

Flood News.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Bonnett Car
rett levee, thirty miles above this city,
broke at 3 o'clock yesterday morning
Every effort was made to close the break,
but it was found impossible, and the break
rapidly widened until it was 500 feet wide
1t will food lake Ponchartrain and the
rear of this city, drown out the truck
farms and destroy the oyster beds in Mis-
sissippi sound, and cut off traffic on the
Mississippi Valley railroad and possibly
the IllinQis Central.
Another Levee Gives Way.
A break occurred in the Gypsy levee
early yesterday morning and last evening
it was $50 feet wide and twelve deep. The
water is pouring through at a fearful rate.
The tracks of the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas road are submerged for miles.
Several large plantations will be badly
damaged. Rivermen say the break could
not have occurred anywhere with less
damage,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17

Lanes Family Medicine moves the
bowels each day. Most people need to
u e it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-17
Mrs. Potter Palmer to Be Presented.

LONDON, May 17.-Another drawing
room will be held tomorrow at which Mrs.
Lincoln, wife of the American minister,
will present Mrs. Grub, the wife of Gen
eral Burd Grubb, American minister at
Madrid; Mrs Potter Palmer, president of
the board of lady managers of the Column
bian exposition; Mrs. Warner Miller, wife
of ex-senator Miller, of New York: Miss
Wheeler; Miss Sands, daughter of the late
Mahlon Sands; Mrs. Richard Mccall
Elliott, Mrs. William B. Kipp and Miss
Van Buren,.
Married on Liberty Statue.
New YORK. May IA wedding took
place at the top of the statue of Liberty
on Bedloes island Saturday. The contract
ing parties were Private Detective Charles
W. Gardner, the man who went with Rev.
DR. Parkhurst into the slums and dives,
and Miss Florence A. Collins. of New
York. Only few persons were present at
the ceremony which was performed by the
Rev. DR.. Clafin, Presbyterian minister.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-10-04
EXPORTS GROWING SMALLER.

1t would take Il magniiying glass of
the greatest possible dimensions TO
perceive the benefits of the Mckinley
bill TO the agricultural Glasses. Ii waS
stated that if the Mckinley bill be-
came 4 law the exports would increase
to a very satisfactory degree. and
would bring many an extra dollar into
the pockets of the Woodworking farm
er. Statistics do not show this 10 he
the cr,e.
In the months of July and August
the total exports OF breadsiuii> fell off
from S45, 232, sol, the value sent
abroad in those months in 1891, to
s33,304,110.
There were exported from this coun-
try in these two months in 1891 | ,2S4,-
$40 pounds of oatmeal, and in 1892
only 6s4, 1871 pounds.
III" exports OF rye fell on from
LOS, 39) bushels to $40, 29l, and Of
wheat from 30,91S, 724 to 2l,06S, 1876
bushels.
Moreover, the farmer received q
lower price for his products. In 1891
he obtained ) - cents for oatmeal
and Il 1892 , ID cents. His rye
brought SO cents Il bushel in 1891 and
~ cents in 1892. Wheat fell off from
S1.0J to So cents.
The blessings of the Mckinley act
seem to go backward so tar as the
farmer is concerned, nor are there
corresponding benefits in any other
direction. 1t is fraud and a snare.