The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-07-19
MISCELLANEOUS.

PRENDERGAsT, the assassin of Carter Harrison, the mayor of Chicago, was hanged on the 18th. There was no scene on the gallows and he faced death calmly.
 MARTIAL law has been proclaimed in Sacramento, Cal. Several men were shot down by soldiers. No trains were running out of the city on the 18th. At Oakland the yards on the mole were under the protection of force of 1000 United States marines, militiamen and deputies.
 THE Rock Island bridge, a mile south of Enid, Ok, was blown up with dyna- mite and freight train demolished on the 18th. A brakeman and a tramp were injured. The outrage was sup posed to have been done by men con cerned in the fight with the railroad about townsites.
 CLEARING house returns for the prin- cipal cities of the United States for the week ended July l3 showed an average decrease as compared with the corre- spending week of last year of IF; in New York the decrease was 19.O; out side, 2.7.
 PRESIDENT DEBs, of the A. R. U., sub mitted proposition to the railway managers to end the strike, the condi- tion being that the men should be re- stored to their former positions. The recognition of their organization was not asked for. The proposition was inspired for the purpose of subserving the public good, so it was stated. The proposition was returned by the board of managers to the mayor of Chicago, who had presented it, without any an- swer.
 GEORGE NJ. PULLMAN made a long statement on the 18th giving his req sons for refusing to arbitrate.
 TIE conference of the American Fed eration of Labor has decided against general strike. The petition of Presi- dent Debs, of the A. R. U., was indorsed and S1 ,OOO voted for defense fund for his trial. A long address was issued to the public giving the reasons why a general walkout should not be ordered.
 FAILURES for the week ended July 13 (Bradstreet's reporD were 229 in the United States, against 164 last year; in Canada 34, against 80 last year.
 BRADsTREETs review of trade for the week ended the 18th, said that for the greater portion of the week general wholesale business at Chicago and at centers within the tributary territory was paralyzed by the strike. The east ern cities also felt the effects of the tie-up, commercial travellers being com pelled to leave the road. All western centers report railway transportation restored, but it will be some time be- fore the restoration of conditions be- fore the strike can be attained.
 THE attention of the post office de- partment has been called to the Hon. duras Lottery Co.,, which has been ad- vertising in large number of papers throughout the country that it's presi- dent retains the presidency of a manu- featuring concern in Mississippi and that "all proposals for supplies and machinery as well as business commu- nications" should be sent to the com pany's new address. All newspapers containing these advertisements are being barred from the use of the mails. A long line of rulings of the department has held that these constitute adver- tisements of lottery concerns and ac- cordingly the papers are not only liable to be thrown out of the mails but to prosecution under the lottery laws.
 TIE General Managers association has decided to discontinue its informa- tion bureau, declaring that the rail- road strike troubles are now practically over.
 TIE Federation of Labor executive committee convened on the 18th at Chicago with large number of official representatives of labor unions present. Particular attention was paid to the Pullman strike and reports were heard from the various local organizations which have already decided to strike. President Debs, of the A. R. U., gave q review of the present stri Ike. Nothing ] nad been settled on at adjournment.