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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
ARRESTED FOUR MEN.
One of Them VIII BE Charged With
Murder.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 10, 1894 num-
ber of arrests were made last night Of
persons having been concerned in
the wreck yesterday. They were ar
rested near. the scene by deputy mar
shall, Engineer Mccoy, who was on the
train, saw the men just before the train left
the track and pointed them out to the
officers. They were heavily armed when
arrested.
The whole depot was cleared and the
picket line extended to l street, block
north of the depot. Picket lines this
morning surrounded the depot at
distance of a block in all direc-
tions. There were rumors of dynamite
buried in the depot, and it was to avoid all
danger of an explosion that the depot is
guarded
The men arrested were H E. Bodmer and
William Burt, both prominent members of the
American Railway Union. They were taken
to the railroad yards and stripped to their
underclothing Then guard with fixed
bayonets and loaded rifles was placed over
them. Presently another squad OF cavalry
brought in another prisoner.
This was A. W. Greenlaw, a machinist.
Greenlaw was one of the men who threatened
Marshal Baldwin on the Sd inst, when that
officer was struggling with swarm of strikers
who had rushed on the train and cut off the
Pullman cars that were about to be sent to
San Francisco. The fourth prisoner brought
in was A. P. Warden. who was a delegate
to the National Convention of A. r. U. at
Chicago just before the strike was ordered.
He was the most important prisoner or the
four He was charged with murder in
addition to the charge of obstructlng the
mails and conspiracy that was entered
against the others.
All four prisoners were taken to the County
Jail Justice Neyine fixed the bail cf BndIner,
Burt and Greenlaw at $1,000 each Warden,
however, was not admitted to bail. The
State will charge him with train wrecking,
which is punishable by DEATH
Neither Marshal Baldwin nor Assistant
United States District Attorney Knight
would disclose any details of the testimony
against these men. It is known
that an engineer named Mccoy who
was on the. train, and who escaped
by jumping when the locomotive struck the
loose rail, has identified Bodmer and Burt as
the two mon he saw near the track just be-
fore the locomotive crashed through the
bridge
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
FIGURING AHEAD ON DRINKS.

The whiskey war has proved or benefit to
at least one woman in indianapolis. Her hus-
band is a hard drinker, and has never been
foolish enough to stint himself in order that
his wife might have some little luxuries.
When the price of whiskeY dropped from Is
to 10 cents drink this man, strangely
enough. did not figure it out that
this would allow him to take just half as
many more drinks than formerly, but
he figured that he would save
Just five cents on each drink and this, he
Thought, ought to go to his wife. Figuring
on an average Of four drinks day, he cal
culated that he had saved just S73 for the
year to come by the action of his saloon
man Hehad just this much ahead, accord
ing to his way OF figuring, and he went to
the money lender, mortgaged some personal
property and secured the amount, which he
presented to hisswife that she might take a
trip to her home in Dakota. Indianapolis
,SplfileL
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
BACK NUMBER BUTCHERS
They Walk Out of Union Stock
Yards When Everyone Else
Is Going Back.
SENSIBLE JERSEY CITY KNIGHTS
Local Executive Board Repudi-
ates Soyereign's erder-Ar-
rests in California.

The Executive Board Of District Assem-
diction extends over Hudson and Bergen
Counties, with membership of 4,500, met
last evening in Humboldt Hall to consider
the order of Master Workman Sovereign
ordering general strike. The meeting was
an animated one, and was in session until
after one o'clock this morning. A resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted declaring
that in the opinion of the board it would be
unwise to obey such an order at this time,
and that in the present condition of the
labor market it would be unjust to the men
who hold gsod positions and are content with
their places, to order a sympathy strike.
Nevertheless, resolutions of sympathy with
the Pullman strikers and endorsing the boy
cott were passed as well as resolutions de-
nouncing President Cleveland for issuing his
proclamations and sending troops to Chicago,
and denouncing the authorities for the
arrest of Debs.
These resolutions viii be sent to the local
assemblies to be endorsed by them and after
that has been done they will be sent to the
strikers at Chicago.
A number of laboring men gathered about
the doors of the hall, while the board was in
session, and when they heard that the
hoard had recommended that the order of
Sovereign be disregarded, they received the
announcement with cheers. This action of
the Executive Board settles the strike ques-
tion as far as Jersey City is concerned.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12

engaged in the transportation of property Or
passengers between two OF more States in
the United States, between Territory and a
State, or within the District of Columbia,
and the employees of said railroad companies,
which differences may hinder, impede, OBJ
struct, interrupt or affect such transports
ton of property or passengers"
The controversy between the Pullman
Company and its employees as to the rate of
wages to be paid for constructing Pullman
cars, is in no sense such a controversy be-
tween an Interstate railroad and its EN-
ployes as falls within the scope of this act.
1t may further be said, too that no case has
ever yet arisen since the enactment of the
O'Neill law, when its provisions have
been taken advantage of. 1t has
fallen a dead letter from the start
for the reason of its inherent impracti-
capability of enforcement and the absence
of authority to compel obedience to any find
ing which the arbitration commission might
render. Mr.. McGuire's reported statement
that She doubted If 1e President ever knew
of the existence of til. .!aw'' is very wide of
the mark. The law is included in tho COM
pilation of labor laws issued by the Com
missioner of Labor in 6S92, and the subject
has been more than once referred to by Pres
ident Cleveland in messages to Congress.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
MORE RIoTENG.
This Time Tt Breai<s our Al Whiting,
Ind.-Subdued By Regulars.

Ind.-Subdued BY Regulars.
WHITING, July 10 Railroad rioting broke
out here yesterday with the arrival of five
deputy nrarshals of the United States from
indianapolis, in charge of ] w. Stewart,
and it was found necessary to hold the law
less element in check last night by y
strong force of State militia and reg
uIars Arrests for inciting to riot
and threatening railroad employees
were made with the aid of the Federal
soldiers Fourteen shots were fired last night
from the bushes alongside the Baltimore and
Ohio and Lake Shore Railroad tracks, in the
direction of the militia. Picket lines were
thrown out over the tracks near the depot
No one was hit and the firing was not return
ed A Lake Shore brakenien was almost
and threats Were made to barn she Standard
Oil plant here, and take the life OF Henry
Beat1bien, the lake Shore local agent
When the Lake sShoTe suburban train,
running between here and Chicago, came in
ut = O'clock yesterday afternoon, J. III
FlankIey, the brakeman was sent to throw
the switch for it and freight train. He
was at the switch when four men came from
a saIoor.across the street and savagely as
saulted. him His face was battered, and
when knocked to the ground he was kicker
and left bleeding on the tracks Chief
Deputy Stewart wired for part
of the militia to come here from
Hammond. A call had been previously sent
by the Lake Shore agent to Chicago for the
regulars to hurry here Captain Conrad,
commanding Company G OF the Fifteenth
Infantry, u. S. A., rushed IA with his men
on q special train, arriving at five O'clock,
and quickly restored order Tho posse of
nlarshals had become excited by the atfray.
and displayed their reYolYers On the streets
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
QUIET IN TOLEDO.
Threats to Injure New Men Trains
Moving.

Moving.
TOLEDO, O.. July 12, l894.-Everything
was quiet in Toledo this morning. Men are
still out on ten roads, although on the Ohio
Central and the Pennsylvania they would go
to work at any time if they were not in fear
of violence at the hands of the strikers.
Strikers are talking good deal and making
threats, but nothing more serlons.
The receipts of live stock up to ten A. NJ.
were Cattle, 5000; hogs, 5000, and sheep,
5000 John Stephinitzke a Pole, was shot
in the arm by a sentry guarding the Grand
Trunk tracks at Halsted street, shortly after
two o'clock. StephinitZke stepped behind a
freight car to light his pipe, when the guard,
who was patrolling the tracks block away,
opened fire with the above result.
They have approached men at work and
threatened to kill them and burn their
houses if they did not strike. Many men in
the city are out because of such threats. No
freight is moving to speak of, but passenger
trains are being run once day both ways
on the majority of the roads. The Wheel
ing and Lake Erie is lying idle The only
train to go out today was the mail train this
morning. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road expects to resume freight
traffic today.
Forty men arrived here this morning to
work on the Wabash They were employed
at the agencies of the General Managers
Association. Many of them are en-
gineers and firemen, and most of them
are Brotherhood men who have been out
of work all winter. The General Mana
gers Association has been careful to hire
union men, and as there were so many laid
off last winter and hard up, they have had
no difficulty in finding plenty. The Wabash
will attempt to resume freight traffic with
the new men and there may be trouble when
they commence.
The officials say freight traffic will be re-
sumed fully on the road tomorrow, and that
trains from the West have arrived all right
today New men have replaced the strikers
on the Pennsylvania and freight and passen-
ger trains are running.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
BEYOND ALL REASON.

DENVER, July 12. 1s94.-The Federal
Grand Jury met last evening Judge Hal
lett, after calling their attention to the A
R. U. strike and instructing them as to their
duties in this matter. said:-''I think the
principle upon which this strike has
been carried out is beyond all rea-
son. 1t is remarkable that the
wisest statesmen could have predicted these
conditions hundred years ago 1t cannot
be said because these unions have noble
purpose they have right to override the
laws of this country and put to efnconveni
ence the whole country"
The jury will investigate the cases where
strikers are interfering with the operation
of roads in the hands of receivers at Trini-
dad and Pueblo
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
SAILED 10000 MILES.

NEW York, July II, 1894. The steamer
Port Phillip Captain Gray completed long
voyage of over 10000 miles this morning
when she came into port. She started from
Glasgow on August last and went to Free
mantle, West Australia, and Sydney, New
South Wales; thence up to Fiji Islands;
thence to Japan and China ports, loading
with spices and tea for this country Willis
at the wharf at Singapore, on May IL, q
sudden tornado struck part Of the town, and
the roof Of the warehouse on the wharf was
torn off and sheets of galvanized iron stored
there came sailing through the air. One
sheet struck the main topsail of the Port
Phillip, and cut it off just above the hounds
as clean as if with a saw. The curious part
of the circumstances to the nautical mind
was that the barometer did not move the
slightest trife either before or after the
snIall
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
JOHN BULLS COMMENTS.
Some Nonsense and Much Severe
Truth Erom LondOn's Press.
l1.IIa 4

Some Nonsense and Much Severe
Truth From London's Press.
By Gable to the United Press.
The Pail Mall Gazette, in an article under
the caption "Debsomania," says the men
comprising the American Railway Union
must be cursing the hour when they en-
trusted their liberties into the hands of
Debs. Concerning the strike itself
the Gazette says the fact that
the decision TO order a general strike was
postponed may be accepted as proof that
there is no serious intention OF striking.
The riots in Chicago and other places has
proved that the States are too loosely knit
together for good government The future
policy of the States ought to be toward cen
tralization rather than decentralization.
The st. James Gazette, in an article on
the American disorders, says the strike is
izziing out as suddenly as it was precipi
tated. The matter has now reached the
stage of personal self restraint and sense of
humor asserting themselves against Alneri-
can recklessness and total absence of DIS
eipline in all public affairs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
RAID TO RESCUE A WIFE

Patrolman Lynch of the Third precinct,
on complaint of Charles Lynch of No II
Manhattan avenue, raided last night the
house at Lake street and Beacon avenue,
kept by Lizzie Mason. Charles Lynch told
the officer that his wife was in the house
caronsing and drinking, and he wanted to
get her home, but could not on account Of
the Mason woman refusing to let him in.
When the officer entered the house he
found several men and women acting in
disgraceful manner and much under the in
fuence of liquor. He arrested the pro-
prietress, Lizzie Mason. Mrs. Kate Lynch
and Matthew Dorm.
This morning Judge Douglass held Lizzie
in $500 bail to await the action of the Grand
Jury, and fined the others So each
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
COFFEY TAKES THE LEAD.

Five new contestants appear in the list of
letter carriers who are entered in THE
NEWS popularity contest for prize of 800,
which is to be used for vacation outing.
One of the new contestants, Daniel s. Cof-
fey. takes the lead with total vote of SO.
John B. Boyd, who also comes into the con-
test today, takes second ptace, with "a votes
to his credit. Coffey's friends are hus5ling
and will make every endeavor to pile up a
big vote for him. Ccffey is one of the most
popular carriers in the city, and he has
scores of friends who are gathering votes for
him. Another carrier who promises to take
a leading part in the contest is John T. Muir
ray, the popular Secretary of the Frank FL.
Kimmerly Association. The members of the
association are booming him. Hoboken has
not yet entered any of its carriers in the
rao
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
GIVING TT UP.
Chicago Trainmen Recognize the
Day Is Lost-Rutcfers Walk Out.

CHICAGO, July u, 1S94.-The engineers
and firemen have begun to regard their
strike as lost. Many Rock Island employees,
conductors, engineers and fremen, who
realized what was approaching, feigned
sickness and got leave of absence. They
werecafied IN by the company and told they
must show their hands, and if too sick to
work must become deputy marshals. These
nlarshals expect to go to work when called.
Wabash engineers have gone back in num-
bers, and the Monor engineers are expected
to follow today or tomorrow
The switching department of the Stock
Yards Company resumed work today on a
small scale. The department has not
handled any packing house product for the
reason that the work was done by machines
leased for the time to the packers, and the
engineers and firemen were employees of the
company or packing house. Brotherhood
engineers have told Superintendent Fitz
gerald that they will return to work.
BUTCHERS GO OUT.
At the Union Stock Yards oil the butchers,
to the number of 600 employed by Arm9ur,
Swift and Morris, quit work this morning in
accordance with the general strike ordered
by General Master Workman Sovereign of
the K. of L. Several non-union men were
put to work in the killing depart
ment and soon crowd of nearly
500 men and boys gathered in the
streets and threatened the workers with vio-
lence when a call was sent to Camp Dexter
for military protection. Lieutenant Haley.
the commanding officer, sent Company of
the Second Regiment to disperse the crowd
and guard the packing house. Nearly all
the roads brought in cattle trains this morn
ing.
CONFERENCE OF DESPAIR.
The Briggs House was the centre of labor
interests today President Samuel Gompers
of the American Federation Of Labor and a
large number of the leaders of various
branches of that order are here to discuss
tie adyisability Of declaring general
strike throughout the country at this time.
Officers of the American Federation of
Labor now present are:-Samnel Gompers,
President; c. L. Drummond, Second Vice
President; William BretteI, Third Vice Pres
ident Chris Evans. Secretary, and John b.
Lennon, Treasurer. Officers of other unions
already here are Patrick McBryde of Colum-
bus, o., Secretary of the United Mine
Workers of America; George Horn
of ST. Louis, Secretary of the
Bakers International Union; George
Bechtal and Ernest 1urzenknaaba of st.
Louis, Secretary of the National Brewers
Union; u. w Mckenny OF Chicago, Presi-
dent of the Painters and Decorators of
America: Thos l. Kidd. Secretary of the
National Wood Workers Union; T. j.
Elderkin of Chicago. Secretary National
s,eaInan's Union. and Geo. w. Perkins, Sec
retary of the international CigarInakers'
T.,f<x
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
ONEILL ARBITRATION LAW.
why Hts Provisions DO Not Apply to
the Present CosstroverSy.

Z
WASHINGTON, July II, 1894. The enact
ment known as the '.ONeill Arbitration
Law" of 1888. is statute which has never
been put into operation, for the simple reason
that its preliminary requirement is practi-
cally impossible of fulfllment, being equiyal-
ent TO 'belling the cat.p The Labor agibators
who quote this as giving the President power
to appoint arbitrators to settle pending diff
culties entirely ignore the controlling pro
vision of the first section of the act which
reads as folloWs:--
If upon the written proposition of either
party to the controversy to submit their
differences to arbitration. the other party
shall accept the proposition. Then, and in
that event, and in that event only, the pro-
visions of the law are to go into effect.
Another point which has been ignored is
that the law is restricted to cases where
differences or controversies arise between
railroad or other transportation companies
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12

in a manner which excited and en-
ragged the people, especially The foreign ele-
lnent. A gang Of hoodlums followed the
deputies through the town, carrying pistols
in their hands, ready to shed blood ON provo
cation. The timely arrival Of the troops
averted fatal riot. -Four men were taken
prisoners to Chicago by the Federal troops.
At 4:30 the Indiana militia, from Ham
mond, arrived here on electric cars. When
the State troops arrived the army men
Withdrew to Chicago Major Feaser of the
militia gave orders to his men to kill any
man seen shooting or destroying any prop
ertv. At nine o'clock a special train ar
rived from Chicago bringing Captain Nc
Cullop and 55 soldiers of Company +, Ninth
Infantry, u S. A., stationed at Sackett's
Harbor, n Y. Some remained on their
train at the scene of the trouble, ready for
any emergency, while Others did guard duty
with the militia
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
ALARMING AT GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, Tex, July 10, 1894-The sit
uation at Galveston is running high. The
Mayor has called out the Galveston Artillery
company and has stationed them at the
yards of the Gulf, Colorado aud Santa Fe
Railroad, where the strikers make their bead
quarters, except when trains are made up
and are standing at the depot
ready to go out when the
strikers ceDtralize there and make life a
burden TO the fireman who attempts to go
out with the engine. The Mayor has sworn
in 200 citizens as special policemen. and has
them all on duty every time train on the
Santa Fe is ready to go out. The Sheriff
has special posse composed of $50 business
men, who accompany all trains out.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
A SHARP ON ROCKS DEAD.

UTICA, NY, July II, 1894. George H.
Williams, Professor of Inorganic Geology of
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore died
at the home of his father, Robert S. Will
iams in this city this morning Prof. Will
Jams was thirty-eight years.of age. The caus.
of his death was typhoid fever. He was the
author of several valuable pamphlets upon
geological researches. and text book ON the
same subject He was one of the judges OF
the exhibit Of precious stones at the Worlds
Fair last year, and was a recognized author
ity upon miscroscopical geology
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
SPELLING REFORM CLUB.

WrLLIAMsrowN, Mass, July II, 1894
The annual meeting of the Spelling Reform
Club was held at Williams College today, in
Hopkins Hall. Prof c. A. Marsh of Lafay-
ette College, President of the association,
presiding. About twenty-five members
were present Little business save routine
was transacted 1t is expected the club will
Association at Philadelphia during the
Christmas recess The club is made up of
many of americas most noted educators,
and is at present in most flourishing con
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
a PoPuLAR NOVELIaT.

Mrs Alexander, the welI-known novelist,
who is really Mrs Alexander Hector is a
nearly seventy. a tall, stately,
sorbed in her clover children She is an
who married Scotchman, and
who has lived in Eagland, France aud Ger
many in order to iucate her children well.
Two of her daughters possess marked liter
ary ability, while the third is clever artist.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
DR.. BURTsBLL's FUTURE
Bu Ccble to tlle rritsd rresx.

ROME, July 12, 1894-Rev. DR.. Burtser Of
Rondout, n. Y, will leave for home on July
II. His prolonged stay here has been due to
the Pope's request that he remain. Father
Burtsell viii receive the PapaI benediction
which he viii convey TO the Catholic parishes
of Rondout and his relatives and friends.
Rev. Father Connolly, Secretary TO Arch
bishop Corrigan of New York, reiteIates the
the statement that since his arrival in Rona
he has not been asked single question in FSb
gard to the economic views OK himself cR
any other person, nor has he been asked to
sign a statement of any kind
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
FOR AssAULTING A CHILD.

Michael Carmeski was tried in the Court
of Special Sessions this morning for attempt
ed assault on eleven year-old Lena Goduski.
in Weehawken on Jane ID Carnlesd was a
boarder ia the Goduski home and the girl
slept in the same room with him. She al
legged that the assault was committed early
on Sunday morning, June IA, while her
mother was out The defendant denied the
charge, but the court found him guilty in a
minor degree
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-12
GIRL OVERCOME BY SMOKE.

BROOKLYN, NY, July IL, 1s94.-The
four-story frame tenement house at No. 4O4
Fourth avenue was partly burned at two
O'Clock this morning. Eight families, num-
bering thirty seven persons, lived in the
house, and with the help Of fremen all
escaped but Maggie Burke, twenty-five
years old, who was overcome by smoke and
fell in the hallway. She was not missed un-
I'll after the fire had been put out, when she
was found unconscious in the building and
was removed to seney Hospital, where the
doctors say she cannot recover