Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-21
THE WEEK.

The past week has witnessed the utter
collapse of the sympathetic strike on the
railways centering at Chicago to aid the
strikers at Pullman. Ill. 1t also witnessed
the departure of the federal troops from
Chicago. Mayor Hopkins having signified
that order could be preserved by the state
troops and the civil authorities. With the
collapse Of the strike the leading labor Of
ficials were indicted for contempt of court
in ignoring injunctions against interference
with interstate traffic, and President Debs.
rather than be released on bail, went to
Cook county Jail. Quiet has since reigned.
Violence on the part of strikers or their
sympathizers did not entirely cease, and
there were several attempts at train wreck
ing and assaults on trainmen. Troops have
been dispatched westward to restore order
and prevent violence while opening the
Union Pacific railroad. notable suit was
flied at Los Angeles against the Southern
Pacific railroad to dissolve the corporation
known as the Southern Pacific railroad of
Kentucky, which the district attorney
claimed had violated the provisions of the
antitrust act. Many strikers at Pullman
have given up, and it is hoped to resume
operations there during the coming week.
The event OF the week in Congress has
been the disagreement of the House with
the Senate on the tariff bill. AS was ex-
pecte1, the House insisted on the Tree. raw
material feature: of the bill. Representa-
tive Wilson in making the report of the
House conferees read letter from the
President which strongly criticised the &C
t.cn OF democratic Sena tors in abandoning
free raw materials an act Of perfidy and
dishonor in view of the democratic platform
OF 1892. The letter las caused a sensation
and has been criticised by some as an I'M
warrantable interference by the executive
The House by l25 to - in iorsei the P-esi-
dents action in taking means to suppress
the lawleSSneSS incident to the great strike.
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1T to 81. The Senate continued to devote
attention to the appropriation bills. disa-
greement will take place over the Senate s
appropriation of q million dollars 10 extir-
pate the Russian thistle from North Dakota
lands. The sentence OF Mrs. Halliday, con-
denned to- death fo- several raurd ers was
commutel to life Imprisonment in an in
sane asylum. A caisson of the second ar
tillery exploded at Chicago, killing four
n-en ana wounding many more. Slight
earthquake shocks were felt in a number
or places in the south and west. The con-
vention of the Baptists' Young Peoples
Union was held at Toronto. terrific ex
plosion of powder killed eight men in a mine
near Hazleton, Pa. 1t was officially re-
ported that the speed made by the Mime
apolis on her recent trial was 23073 knots,
earning premium of S41 1000.
Foreign.
The British consul at Seoul. Corea was
beaten by japanese soldiers; British blue
Jackets have been landed. The French
chamber of deputies passed the bill aimed
at anarchists and prohibiting incendiary
publications and utterances Denmark was
given satisfaction for the arrest Of Danish
actors in Schleswig. Germany. Cholera is
becoming serious in st. Petersburg. re-
public has been proclaimed in Hawaii and
Sanford B. Dole is president. President
Carnots body has been deposited in the
Pantheon, Paris. Lega who tried to kin
Premier Crispi at Rome, was sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment The American
sloop succeeded in defeating the British
cutter britannia, the latter meeting with
an accident to her rigging when over five
minutes behind Yale athletes were beaten
IN the contests in London with Oxford's
picked men, winning three and half
events to five and a half for oxford.
In the District.
Measures in the Districts interest &C.
cupied considerable attention in the Sem
ate during the past week. The District an
preparation bill passed that body and SO
also did the Metropolitan railroad bill. The
District committee of the Senate directed
a favorable report to be made on the bond
issue OIL, on the basis OF the plan by which
all District expenses are now met Several
members of the so-called Industrial army
were arraigned in the Police Court on the
charge of begging, and after being warned
emphaticaIly by the court that such meth
obs Tor securing food would not be tolera ed
were released. Statements we've published
Oh a movement to secure cooperation be-
tween the Columbian University and the
University Of Chicago. Henry Brickner,
colored was killed by two colored men in
the course of fight.