The farmers' union., 1894-02-22
VICTORY FOR LABOR.
TIE UNION WAGE SCALE
ORDER REVOKED.
Judge Caldwell Says the Receivers Took
Advantage Of the Men Boes John Nc
Kane Found luiity-K Red River Ram
page-MInor News Notes.
Caldwell Is Frank.

Caldwell Is Frank.
Attorneys Thurston snd Corwin. who
went to St Louis TO endeavor To secure an
order harmoniz!nE the contradictory opin-
ions Ct Judge Dundy. OF Omaha. and Judge
Hallett. OF Denver. met with a surprise at
the hands Of Circuit Judge Caldwell In
AN informal talk with Judge Caldwell. to
secure date Tor hearing. Mr.. Thurston
gave resume OF the existing state OF af-
fuir> feci'ins what The courts as we'll as
the receivers had done. devotinG himself
more especially to tn. annuiiinZ by the
receivers OF the wage schedule ana their
order placing Il new and reduced one In
effect. together with the order OF Judge
Dundy recognizing tho rropr:ety OF such
action aud the action by Judge Hallett, in
effect contrary to tia. oracr After some
d">ultory tall, Judge Caldwel said to
General hurst n that The recei, ers had
| taken .:vanta-e of the men behind their
backs. Go back to Cmaha aud revoke that
order.~ the Judge said. ~Then will take
your case. Prepare and advertise your
schedule and give the men notice. and
think that siNty days Nigh. not be nn-
| reasonable. l will come to Omaha and
hold the conference with your receivers
| and the repre>e atives OF the labor socie-
(! ties. ana we Y i'll If We cannot agree
upcn a schedule that Mil be just to the
! EN- rloyes. and will be such as the receivers
| can afford to pay"
John y. Mckane. "bosS" of Coney
Island and Grave>end. \. v. who for
, Hehty years has been the absolute ruler
OF those two places. was found guilty by a
| jury In the Court OF Oyer and Terminer in
Efooklyn Thursday morning on an ind!c;-
ment charging him with willfuliy and
! fraudulently holding back the reSistra
tion lists OF Gravesend at the election In
November. The verdict Of the jury is
Popular one: II was received with cheers,
| both in the court 'house and in front OF the
! newspaper Offices Of Brooklyn and New
| York. in which cities the rial OF the Scar
| OF Coney lslandr has teen the sensation
| for three weeks CnGer the law Mckane
can be sent to prison and compelled TO pay
a fine here We, remain i number Of in
| dictments upon which he can be tried. all
| Of them growing out of his autCcratic con-
! duct turing the election Of last fall
| Red River is now out OF its banks
| above and below Fulton. Ark. and thou
| sands of acres OF valuable lands. together
! with fences and houses. will te over
! whc.med. Thousands of head OF stock in
| the bottom and hundreds that have teen
| driven frcm the hill lands to winter in the
cancb kes of the loHlands will be driven
! to nigh points for sa fety. All stock in aud
out OF the bottoms is in an extremely bad
! and emaciated condition this winter and "a
| few hours without food will cause the
| death OF thou-ands The river is now
| crowdin- t"en;y-niEc fee.
! -,'ulnes J. stone. murderer OF The Wrat-
| ten family. Washington. Ind. was hanged
| at midnight at Jcfersonviiic prison.
| --Dairy,nen uf Wise nsin held their
! twenty second annual convention at Nee
! nah
-Georsc H. Eu~say has been arrested
| tor com mrlicity in the f"i>fyinS Gf returns
| on the Michigan salaries amen ment.
| -Oe ing to the compe' 1t on OF Il kcckf,id
| firm. the price OF bread at Marcngo. III,
has been reduced to = cents loaf.
| ALERT Eure. Il school teacher at
| Powers station. Ind. was beaten by tarcc
OF his pup:lS. lie had k"~t them after
school for some ,i,bcha vior and told one
| OF the boys t. sweep the room. The two
| thea attacked Eupe With inkstands and
| rock. He ya> terribly cut and bruised
and was barely saved by passcr,- by from
! len. killed. The boys were arrested.
| Pioneer lawmakers nf Iowa held their
annual reunion ~ Des None~. All have
| been notab in lie States history.
! In the Master Builder~' Convention at
| Boston Mr. Gindeie said arbitration had
| done a"ay Wit. strikes ard iockouts at
| Chicago.
Retail groceri OF Illinois ended their
! convention at Peoria with a banquet
Annie PiXley ,Fuifori's will was fled in
! Philadelphia. Her husband is made sole
| leyatee in case he survived the testatrix.
| - by the breaking OF the levee at Horn
Lake landing. below Memphis. Tenn. 5. 900
| acres OF land have been inundated
| "A small bottle has been picked up on
| the beach OF Gigha. one of the Hebrides
| Islands, containing a piece OF paper on
| which. written with pencil. was the fol-
| lowing: .September ls93 Sinking; MID
| Atlantic. Hnrnhead. Collision iceberg.
| (S.gnen MATE" The steamer Hornhead
| was a British vessel Of 2. .36s tons owned
by the Ulster Steamship Company. limited,
OF Belfast She was commanded by Cant.
Scott She sailed from Baltimore Aug. 10
aud Hampton Roads Aug. 20. for Dublin.
and until Thursday nothin: had been
| heard of her. The Hornhead was built at
| Belfast by Harlan & Wolf in 1884 She
| was :,a1 feet inches long. 81 feet inches
beam. aud 25 feet depth of hold
| Jones, Witter 4 Co.'S wholesale drv
| goods and notions house was DESTROYED bv
fire at Columbus. Ohio. Loss over $780, 900
! on stock, we'll insured. Loss on building.
| $4,000 The cause OF the fire was IN
| known. The building was four stories,
| with basement The firm will resume.
All the houses at mine No g, Mingo mines,
| near Middlesborough. KY. were burned.
| the work OF an incendiary. supposed to be
| from striking miners Loss $1,000, partly
| covered by insurance.
| ALBERT Seaver murdered Miner Winlock
| in drunken quarrel at Scottsville, Ky
| Anarchist manifestoes circulated in
| Paris contai in threats to assassin a te Presi.
dent Carnot
| Charles Williams cow icted OF viola.-
| Inc the Murray nrnhihEfion law .f E.a.~.