Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-09-28
THE EASY.


THE EAST.
Daniel Mullane, aged II, was killed
at New York City on the goth by an
electric shock. The boy had placed
his bands on an iron railing charged
with electricity, and he received the
full force of the electric current
Several hundred Hebrew hatters of
Newark, N. j., struck on the Goth be-
cause the employers refused to advance
their wages.
On the Goth, acting upon the instruc-
tions of tho Clothing Trades council,
the garment makers of Boston, Mass,
TO the number of 1000, struck work,
and it is expected that $500 operatives
will be idle in few days.
On the night of the Goth Nine.
Fursch7Madi, the noted opera singer,
died at Warrenville, N. j., of cancer Of
the stomach, aged A years.
John Tarr, proprietor of the Central
hotel at North Buffalo, Pa, while
squirrel hunting on the 21st was prob
ably fatally shot by his companion, w.
d. Sloan. Tarr wore brown hat.
Sloan mistoolS it for fox and sent a
load Of shot into Tarrs head and neck.
II. B. Martin, of indianapolis, mem
Der of the executive board of the
Knights of Labor, was indicted by the
Lackawanna county grand jury at
Scranton, Pa, on the 2lst on charge
of libel preferred by ex-General Master
Workman Powderly.
Four hundred and fifty employees OF
Alex Crow, the Philadelphia carpet
manufacturer, have gone on strike
against 90 per cent. reduction OF
wages.
During the week ended September 81
business failures in the United States
numbered 219, against 321 last year,
and in Canada 4S, against 40 last year
On the cotton exchange at New York
City on the 21st, cotton touched the
lowest price reached since before the
war; the quotation being 6.24 cents pei
pound. The crop this year is estimated
at $500, 600 bales,
At Scranton, Pa, on the gath T. V
Powderly, the noted ex-labor leader
was admitted to the bar. lie will opcr
o law office in New York City ant
locate there.
While lying at her dock in Brooklyn
N Y, on the 23d, the iron steamship
Glenesslyn and her cargo of 5000
&c oil l.,
fire.
After running only four days pc
week for the past ten months, the mill
of the Columbian Manufacturing Com
pany at Greenville, N. H., started up OF
full time on the gath. They furnisl
the principal industry of the town.
Work was resumed on the gath Il
the Bessemer steel works at Troy, N
Y, a part of the Troy Steel and Iro
Company's plant which went into tn
hands of receiver some time ago. BE
tween 400 and 500 men were given en-
ploym ent.
At Philadelphia on the 9th the frs
of the big international cricket matche
ended in favor of the Englishmer
Lord Hawkes. team rolled up total c
422 runs for their two innings play
while the Philadelphians secured onl
800, thus losing the game by 1872 runs
The jury at Buffalo, N. Y, in tn
case of Mai. Bowen Moore, pensio
claims agent, indicted for collecting i
legal fees, found the defendant guilt
on all five points of the indictment.
Five laborers were buried under
mass of earth almost us compact 9
stone while making an excavation fC
the foundation of a retaining wall jus
below the Germantown avenue eros
ing of the Reading railroad at Phil;
delphia on the oath. One of the me
was killed and the others were seriou
! ly injured.
On the gath James H. Lindsay,
member of the firm of Lindsay & NJ
Cutcheon, iron manufacturers, died ;
his home in Allegheny, Pa. He ha
been in the iron business since 1SG
and was one of the wealthiest men
the Pittsburg manufacturing distric
Francis s. Brown, one of the a
signees of the Order of Tonti, stat,
that the assets of the organizatic
amount to 81, $50. At meeting
the creditors and members at Philade
phia on the Goth, Mr.. Bro wn announce
that the balance on hand for distrib
tion among the creditors and membe
is $500, 907.
Judge Barker, of Boston, Mass, {
the 2lst denied the application of A
torney General Knowlton for prelin
+, nary iniunctions to restrain the Amer
, can Sugar refining Company, known
the sugar trust" from doing busine
in that state until it shall file a stat
!. ment OF its financial standing.
o Eight clothing contractors at Bosto
, Mass, ON the gath signed the agre
q ment submitted by the striking gs
ment workers and 500 strikers return
to work.
At Fall River, Mass, the sixth we
of idleness opened on the Gath witho
any promise of an early resumption
work. The manufacturers seem mo
united than ever in their determ:r