Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-18
A Petition as to the Pinkertons Filed
in the Senate.
TO BE TREATED As PIRATES,
A Labor Assembly Thinks That the
Proper Course.
HOUSE SUSPENSION DAY
Members Seek to Put Through
Special Measures.
THE SENATE,

Among the papers laid before the Senate by
Its presiding officer (Mr. Manderson) were the
resolutions Of District Assembly, No. ~, K Of
L., New York, stating that the recent labor
troubles at Homestead are the outcome of the
wage system and demanding that the Pinkerton
forces and their employers be treated and dealt
with as pirates and that they be indicted, tried,
sentenced and executed as national malefactors.
referred to committee ON education and labor
A conference was ordered on the fertilization
Dill, and Messrs. German, Stewart and Allison
were appointed conferees on the part of the
Senati.
THE SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.
Senate bill making Saturday legal half hoii-
day in the District Of Columbia. where banks
and bankers so elect, was reported by Mr..
Faulkner. who moved its passage.
MIR. White opposed the bill on account of its
uncertainty. II Congress wanted to give a half
holiday on Saturday il should do so, but the
matter should not be left VARYING and fiuctu-
ating. The law should apply to all banks or
none.
Mr. Hill defended the bill araipst Mr.. Whites
criticisms, but-Mr. Hale obiecting to further
debste-the bill ives placed on the calendar.
equestrian statue to Maj Gen John Stark in the
city OF Manchester, n. H., was reported and
placed on the calendar.
Wi' Sou gave hotice OF MS lntentlon 10 ao-
dress the Senate tomorrow on Mr.. Voorhees,
resolution in reference to tribunal for arbitra-
ton of labor troubles,
Mr.. PETER desired to call up the resolution
for select committee on the Homestead
troubles, but gave way for the deficiency bill
THE FRENCH sPoLIATIoN CLAIMS.
Mr.. Mitchell, from the committee on claims,
reported resolution declaring that in the
Judgment Of that committee all the French
spoliation claims reported from the Court OF
Claims should be investigated by and reported
from that committee; that many such
claims included In the deficiency bill had
not been SO considered and reported, but
that. under the circumstances, the committee
was willing that they should be considered by
the Senate. except as to all claims presented
by insurance companies or their assignees and
that all such claims be rereferred to the COM
mittee on claims The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Morgan introduced (by request) bill as
to Geographic communication between America
and Asia by cable across the Pacific ocean.
Referred to committee on foreign relations.
The consideration Of the deficiency bill was
then, at pm, resumed, and the pages con-
tanning items of the French spoliation claims,
which had been reserved on Saturday were
read, and the amendment as a whole was
agreed to.
The exclusion of the item for insurance COM
panies reduced the aggregate for French spolia-
ton claims from $685. 479 to ss75.247.
Mr.. Villas stated that a good share of the
claims appearing in the names of individual
were, In fact, insurance claims.
Mr.. Hale said that if Mr. Villas would call his
attention to any such items he would move to
strike them out
Mr.. Villas indicated some such items and said
that the claims had been transferred, by assign
ment or otherwise, or had been made through
insurance brokers.