The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-07-13

PHILLIP CROSBY, grand commander of
the Scottish Rite Of the southern juris-
diction, died suddenly at Washington
on the 9th.
MISCELLANEOUS.
No serious conflict occurred at Chi
cago on the 9th. Efforts to arbitrate
the Pullman strike failed, the vice
president of the Pullman company re-
fusiRg to receive committee for any
such purpose. Knights OF Labor in
Chicago decided rs walk out if Pull
man refused to settle the differences
with his employees. Chicago was full
of troops and 1000 more federal sol
diers were expected on the 10th. Four
assemblies of iron molders, numbering
$500 men, have struck, and the Lake
Seamen's Benevolent association, with
5000 members, and the Cigar-makers
union, 1000 strong, have voted to strike
out of sympathy with the Pullman
boycott.
MOB OF men and women forced
miners to stop work at McAleste1, I. 7.
TnE two yachts, the Vjg!iant and the
Britannia, had q third race in Scotland
On the eth and the Britannia won
again by II minutes, seconds.
II. S. PINGREE, mayor of Detroit, has
telegraphed to the mayors of fifty
cities asking them to join him in re-
questing George NJ. Pullman to settle
the strike by arbitration.
Two steamers eall;ded in Russian
waters and one sank. 1t was believed
at least sixty people were drowned.
TnE e
Austria and Hungary, have received no.
tice fsofn Rome that the physical con-
dition of the pope was alarming, ard
the cardinals have been warned to be
in readiness to assemble at the vatican
at a moments notice.
TaE Hotel Whiting, one of the larg-
est hotels on the Lake Geneva, Wis,
shore was burned. The house was full
of guests, who barely escaped with
their lives, and lost nearly all their
personal effects. The hotel is total
loss. 1t was VALUED at S40,Ooo
MRS. MICHAEL GLENNAN and Miss
Clara James were killed and an I'M
known man mortaily wounded at West
vile, HI, recently by volley fred
over the heads of crowd of rioting
AAAAAhSi y Wy q CO1h pdAhS lul1lGld.
The drum Sheds at the mouth Of
mine No. 2 of the Ashland Coal & Iron
Railroad Co. at Grant, KY, were burn
ed by strikers from Carter county, ew-
ing to announcement by the ecthpany
that all men occupying their property
and not complying with their terms
would be evicted.
SCoTTDALE, Pa, was the scene of the
widest excitement on the night Of the
9th. Aregular pitched battle was fought
between the negro coke wurkers and
the town authorities and one negro was
fatally shot. The streets were filled
with bowling and angry crowd.
In Chicago ON the 9th strikers were
on the rampage. They burnt cars,
broke switches and obstrueted tracks.
Numerous collisions occurred between
the authorities and the mobs. Six dead
and an indefinite number of injured is
the record of casualties. The Pan
handle yards for eight blocks were
mass of Fire. Ten tracks and 1000 to
1000 cars will be total loss. At other
points around Chicago cars and freight
were burnt up. The state troops were
ordered out and the situation was grave.
BRADsTREETs review of trade for the
week ended July said there was a
sharp restriction of general trade and
industrial production owing to the
railway troubles. All cereals, except
wheat, had shown a decided advance
in price. Pork and lard were up sharp
ly. Cattle, hogs and sheep were higher
at far western markets where receipts
were limited. At Boston there was q
speculative spurt in wool
Gov. ALTGELD, of Illinois, sent a
telegram to President Cleveland call
ing upon him to remove the federal
troops from Illinois and the president
sent reply stating that the troops
were sent in strict accord with the
laws of the United States and that
there was no intention to interfere
with the local authorities to preserve
the peace.
The railroad strike has been carried
east to Cleveland, O., tying up all the
connections of the seaboard trunk
lines with the promise that it will soon
reach the trunk lines themselves AID
get to Buffalo, N. Y, and tie up all the
| railroads there and thus extend from,
ocean to ocean.
PREPARATIONS were being made on
the 9th for active hostilities in Ceur
d'Alene, Ida. Miners were notifying
all unfriendly to them to leave at once
on penalty of death. Gov. Mcconnell
has ordered the state militia to get
ready to move at once.
In California the strikers had every-
thing their own way on the 5th. At
Chicago there was rioting all day, al
though no lives were lost. tho soldiers
being held in little fear on account of
their small numbers. Scores of freight
| cars were overturned and the tracks
obstructed, In other parts of the
country the strike is spreading.
The Pullman boycott will be extend
ed to every road entering Kansas City,
the local A. R. U. having called on
every railroad man to quit work on the
9th.
CLEARING house returns for the prin-
cipal cities of the United States for the
| week ended July showed an aver
age decrease as compared with the cor
responding week of last year of 10. 2; in
New York the decrease was 2I.9; out
| side, 1874.
FAILURES for the week ended July q
were lSs N the United States, against
s.siaa. year; IL c;annaads 50, against 20
last Year.