Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-26

sands of people were obliged to got to business in the best way they could. Meetings were held between midnight and five o'clock at the headquarters ol the union and hundreds of employees demanded that the strike go into effect st oDce as originally decided by the council. There was an excit- ing scene when it was announced that tte strike would be postponed. Leaders of many divisions threatened to leave Work without the stand ing council. Divisions have been tied up at lesst temporarily. The Lrst action against the com paDy occur red In Charleston aud Everett when the Maiden motOrmen and conductors re- fused 10 take cars out before daylight. Nocsrs were run from Maiden and Med tOrI stables and citizens wao were obl ged to 50 i0Io the city either walk ed or got Into over crowded passenger trains. A report received from Everett in the forenoon says 2OO West Ead rail- road eDylOye es als ldle In that city.
 Al 10 o'ciock the cars were otf all tue streets In Boston except those on Wssh Ington street lines anu South B0stOn al Vision. The men of other linss stopped work on beiOR told the situation. The executive committee of the Pioneer Fe- derstlon Labor UnIoD, the csutrsl orgaDIzstlOn of employees had c meeting this morolng at which toe action of the supreme council after midnight poet poniDg the elrIke was criticized. Prssi- dent Young of the union issued 8 re- quest fer all smplO, es both ID and out of the cit, to remain at work until noon when be said work op every line would be stopped. The police have reserves st each station but accord irg to reports from sll sections of the city everytnirg is quiet. 1t Is under stood confereL ce between the Usion Executive Committee and West Eod Company ~ill endeavor to come 10 come under tsndlng but this will De difficult The Uoiou officials say eleven mail cars which run over different lines will not De involved. The Western Street rail- way operates lines throughout the city proper, South Boston. Dorchester, Essi t5oston. BrIdQeton, Oambridgs portiocs of Newton, Maiden, Everett, Medford and the entire Roxbury end of Charles town districts.
 KANSAS CIry. Mo-. Dec. 24-It was 3:l5 thIs morning before the Chicago and Alton tram, robbed at Blue Cnt, Lear Independence, last night, was got together after having been cut in two by obbers and trip to St. Louis resumed Marshall Kesbler wbo started ID pursuit of the robbers with deputies last night hes not yet returned. Messenger Fryer could give DO estimate of the loss. He describes the two robbers ss quite tall
 pd smoothly shsven About 9 years of age. The third msn-the ope that attempted to blow open the ssfs-was about 35 years old and had c small moustache. The robbers left imme- distely after concluding that it would be useless to break into the through safe. Fryer remained in the car alone two hours after they left. Had the robbers succeeded ID opening the through safe they would more than likely have made good haul.
 At uocn word was received from Cut, that a man believed to be one of the robbers had been held there. A special, bearing officers, was started from Independence to make arrests.
 MAscoUTAB, H., Dec. 24-20Q, 900 coal miners at St. Clair and Msdsra struck for biyner wsges.
 CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 24-Freeh ar rests have been made of memb bers of the Young Turkish party bringing the to- tai Dum Der of prisoners to 400. The per sons arrested were tortured to compel them to divulgs the names of their asso- ciates.
 ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. A-Many liyee have been lost oy the cepsIzing ot fer. y boat in the river Doieper in the pro vince of Ekaterhoslsff.
 Los ANGELES, Dec. 24-John A. Hoop CT. of San Francisco, appeared be!orr the harbor com mission thls morning and read paper signed by many ship-own CTS of the oosst to the effsct that Santa Monica wac bad place to unlo.d lum- Der and that vast amount of money would be needed to make it good place for lum Der in tsrests u hile San Pedro wac advantageous for the purpose Capt. Polhhsmus, pilot at San Pedro, :. said that the plaoa was much more land ocked and better place tor a harbor
 D account of that oondl'ion. Catalinr Island makes a wind break. Csptsi3s Welsh and Johnson said practically the ,ama. The Pasadena board of trade -ent representative to favor San Pedro This completed the york for the dsy.