Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-05-18

disposal to enforce the quarantine. The
board will present the case To tho gov
ernor.
The whole force of the National Tube
works at Mckeesport, Pa, are on a
strike. The movement has been organ
izing for some weeks past and the strike
was inaugurated at noon Monday. The
strike Is made for restoration Of the 20
per cent reduction made in wages last
February. All the men in the tube works
proper are now out, 1890.
A fight took place at North Yakima,
Wash, between marshals and indust-
rails. Deputy Marshals Chidester and
Jollick of Tacoma were shot, the first
named in the leg and the latter fatally
through the abdomen. Twenty shots
were fired I'm the melee Savage, Weaver
and McAdee. all Seattle citizens, received
flesh wounds from revolver shots.
Business houses and residences in In
danapols were unroofed by violent
storm. child was killed by flying
debris. Great havoc was caused in the
manufacturing district and the beauty OF
the principal residence streets was ruin
ed. The storm split before reaching the
center OF the city and rose in the air,
which alone saved the city from great
catastrophe.
The situation on the Great Northern
Railroad is nquestiOnably again serious,
as the men are manifesting disposition
TO consent To no discharges of those con-
nected with the late strike. They reas-
sert emphatcally that their understand
ing Of the recent settlement was that all
ohnnl1 No taI In tho nnsi finns
formerly occupied, and they say positive
ly there will be further trouble II this is
not done.
Arrests continue TO be made at st.
Petersburg, Russia, as the result of the
discovery by the police of the organiza-
ton known as the Friends of Political
Liberty. one hundred persons, a ma
jOrity of whom were students were ar
rested on the charge Of being either mem
bers Of the organization or indirectly in
terested in its work. 1t is certain that
many of the prisoners will be transported
TO Siberia.
Gen. Harrison left New York for In
dianapolis Monday afternoon. During
his stay at New York he has met nearly
every republican leader Of note in the
east, and is presumed 20 have formed
pretty accurate idea Of his chances for
nomination in 1896 That he is a candi-
date none OF his intimate friends deny.
Gen. Harrlson's friends say he is conf
dent of hearty support from New Workers
who supported him in 1892.
Almost the entire force Of men en-
ployed in the Pullman shops at Pullman,
H., went out on a strike Friday. The
~ ipaief bnfpra
returning TO work are the restoration OF
the wage scale of 1898; time and one half
for overtime, and no discrimination
against any Of those who have taken a
prominent part in the strike. The posi-
ton OF the company is that no increase
in wages is possible under the present
conditions.
A party, including competent biologists
and mining engineers, began systematic
search for gold in the State OF Guerrero,
Mexico, some months ago. The party
has returned and a mine will soon be-
officially assigned TO them. Reports
given out conidentially among the bank
ers indicate an important gold discovery,
equaling the gold fields of South Africa.
The chief OF the party declares that full
~ a thousand mines could be located in
the new fields.
The Great Northern trouble, which
threatened TO lead To another strike all
along the line, was settled late Monday
night without the Intervention Of the
Executive committee of the American
Railway Union. The arbitrators de-
cided that the men under arrest shall be
kept at work until proved guilty of de-
stroying property OF the company; and
that no new men shall be employed by
the company so long as there are old en-
ployes TO take the places.
Great trouble has resulted since the
officials Of the Northern Pacific have in
sisted upon the United States deputy
marshals preventing the Coxeyites from
riding on trains. The industrials are
ugly and the citizens along the railroad
are alarmed. Gen. Jumbo Cantwell re-
ports 200 Of his men starving, and 300
commonwealers have been arrested or
cited TO appear for contempt of the
courts injunction restraining them from
interfering with the company's property.
Saltwater, Mimi, was visited by a
cloudburst Wednesday. Houses were
washed from their foundations and car
ried bodily into ST. Croix lake. Streets
were ruined and To the horrors of the
storm were added those Of huge volume
Of water rushing upon the city from a
broken mill dam. One life was lost; rail-
roads are SO badly damaged that trains
cannot run for days; incalculable less to
private property has resulted, the total
damage footing up nearly or quite ST.
600, 900.
Judge Knowles in the United States
District Court at Helena, Mont, Mon
day, disposed of the $50 Coxeyites who
stole a Northern Pacific train in Butte
early the morning OF April "a. Hogan,
the man in command Of the army was
sentenced TO six months in the county
JAIL the engineer and fireman who ran
the train and the forty Captains and
Lieutenants were given thirty days each
in the county jail. The other 300 were
released upon pledging their words not to
engage in any more such proceedings.
Fire seems To be the Nemesis OF Rev.
T. Dewitt Talmage and the members Of
his congregation. Their beautiful new
tabernacle at Brooklyn, was destroyed
by fire Sunday afternoon. The Regent