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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-05

NEW YOIul, May 5.-rhs opening
part of today. trial was devoted T.
unlmp0rtnnt attacks on the testimony
Of Druggist FOsFlmcyur Of Bellevue,
aud Jphu Nuster, who had told Of see.
Ing jackson aud WalUng and Pearl
Bryan together IN Bellevue un Thur.
hny ot Friday before the murder. Tes.
Nmouy followed rtgarding Scott Jack.
rnn's character wbIle In fudiausuolis,
and VIII Woods reputation nt Green.
castle. The former was said 10 be- good
beyond n doubt ami tho latter bad, by
'Our residents oi Gtccnuastlc.
After hearing the testimony OF the
Newport bridge Waterman that only
three vehicles crossed tho bridge be-.
tween anu o o'clock uu the night VI
January 81, and oi Bfaunon 1.-THE bar.
bot, who testified that jackson was
shaved on Friday January 81, Colonel
Crawford asked the court % adjourn
until afternoon, ~ he hal but one
more witness to examine.
The most sensational DEVELOPMENT
IN tho Jackson trial may bo expected
this afternoon. Col. Nelson, for the
prosecution, has been begged ~ job n
sewafI, tho detective, Ter mercy.
Seward Voluntarily offered 10 make a
fuli confession that he procured Tfusty
to come On the stand AZ witness tor
the detonte ana hal invented tho teeth.
nouy lfusty gave.
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HAMMOND INNooENr.
Bat re suffers for the sake Of nj
hFttish Ericnds.

nat re suffers fur the sake of Ills
hFttish fricnds.
New YoRK, May 4.-5amucl Lloh.
tenslardcf, an American who has
iutt returned TO New York from
J0hAnnesburR, sayf. "rhe Johannr..
burg reform commiltse met last Christ
mas DAY at Cecil RhOdes's house to
receive instructions from him for the
movement against the BOrrs. 1 wac
present Rnodef'a instructions were
that the TeiUTmefs shOull march into
Johannesburg under tho British flag,
and when the town was captured q
triumph Of British arms should be-
proclaimed.
"rhe reading Of tho Instructions
was followed by silence Of some
minutes, Then Hammond arose anu
saidi Not for all the wealth this land
contains, not n you were TO make me
the absolute ruler, would / have y
hand In carrying out those insITuo.
lions.
"'I can pull a trigger 10 shoot down
an oppress0T. but l cannot and will
not DO party TO n voluntary intrigue.
ait / am going 10 take up arms
under any flag, IL will he tho ons that
II flying tOdAy over the ocean, under
the banner OF free people, who be.
lioye In revolution as = remedy for
oppression, but who hate with y
KafiiT's hatred, the rape OF free
peoples territory. Gentlemen, you
can count me out"
The roi0fmett, nearly all OF whom
are BTitOns, were thundenltuck.
Alter lie had spoken they realized that
Cecil HhOdeA's OTCer must DO revised.
jameson, however, refused TO DO called
Oh. He Insisted on carrying out his
part OF this original program OF con.
quest. But when no invaded the
rTansvaal, the UtllandeTs, influenced
by Hammond, gave MIN no aid, and
the raid failed miseTRbly.
Rhodes and Jameson being English.
men, are now enjoying the powerful
protection OF the British government
whose agents they were, while Ham
m0nd aud the other Americans are
made to pay the penalty OF the otheTs'
crimes.
a dispatch to the World from Cape
town says John Hays Hammond 10
still very III. His wito sKpsols to DO.
come mother very soon.
The prison fare h very bad.
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THE OUTLOOK FOR CUBA
Will 30 a Mere ClldsF Path From
The Gulf and The Ocean,
AZ GessraI weyIer Cannot crush sas
Rebellion In Less Than
Two Years.

INV York, May 5.-spocial CORES
pondonce to tho Herald from Havana
under date Of April 30 sAyt:
"li General Weyler succeeds In
quclling the rebellion In the time no
mas sot-two yeat,-and he has made
very little htgdway W TO date, " said u
sugar broker 10 me, &C uba will be- n
mere cinuur path between the Calf u
Mexico and tue ocean. IL will DO laid
TO waste ~ no county ever was be-
fOfc.D
IL has been said that the worR iof
the torch must ond somewhere, but the
fires continue 20 cfackle metfily all
over the island and the end Ia not yet.
An inevitable result OF this form Of
campaign has been the levying Of
hiackmaii by mit.or nhieis. A wealthy
man Informed me yesterday that he
had been tined by the Insurgents Ia
charge OF tue district where his pr0Ier.
~ Ia located, that II would 10 spared
Tor the consideration OF a., 900. AZ tue
buildings cOtt more than $3.50, GOO, the
owner would gladly pay $1,000 u he
knew that no would receive protection.
lie ieat, however, that N no pays
tho rebel uhioer will be Transferred TO
some other section OF tue Island aud
his successor will Immediately apply
tho torch. Something Of thst kind
recently happBneI In MAlanzls pro.
vince, where n building was burned
alter $500 haI beeu paid to protect u.
Another fetult OF the war may be-
the practical determination Of tho
Cuban breed OF horses tlat aTo not un-
like Texas mustaugs Ia appearance,
small, wify and very strong, Hotsss
have always thTivod here and there
WAS an enormous number Of them on
the island when tbs war began. Since
then the slaughter has been enormous.
spaniards anu Insurgents alike Kill nil
those found In this county that they
could not use Themselves, to prevent
them from falling into the hands OF The
enemy. Official reports, VIGOROUSLY
works OF the Imagination, have
described ever since the first day OF The
war inuumeTablo sklTnalshes In which
the Spanish were always victorious
aud tho insurgents were driven away
after hard fighting, usually with dead
and invariably leaving horses, arms
aud ammunition on the field.
10 IA said IN Havana In saroatm that
more insurgents have been killed than
ever have taken part In tue uprising
gnd that q fair estimate OF this horses
captured from them would DO four
millions.
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Elzttcta llIg. .us, one yosr Oh, dled
July /, 1850
At the lime OF her marriage her hua.
band hbi four children. These emil.
drou 'hU c'a'mOt bitterly opposed the
marriage anu when her hlty was born
che snys they cJusuirpI with her hus.
bsui TO NH ~. Asat,fult Of this he
Gays they continually uudfesscd It aud
eNi otcd 10 Co the cold, even going ~
inr NJ TO carry II out into the yard uuf-
ing ihe coldeat weather In February.
Tue death ui her second child VISA
caused, she says, by her husband aud
ftcpuon crushing her agninRA door uu
purpose 60 cause the death VI ,ho infant
before birth.
The story told about the third child,
Elizabeth. 10 the same uH that in 10.
gard TO tho nrst iniant-c9nslant ux.
posture.
The story OF Mrs. Higgins has caused
great excitement among her ircuJs, all
" whom sny huT hush nj treated her
In the kinlust IN tanner. Several people
whom Mra. Higgins said would cor.
rob'fsi her story say they never heard
OF such thinls no she chsrgts Higgins
has an excellent reputation,
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WAEHINGrON, ID. g., May A.
Representative WOOdmRn OF Illinois
introduced resolution today proyId.
log that the House OF Representatives
directly request the President 10 mai
immediate proclamation that oondi-
lion OF war In Cuba 10 recognized, and
that II IL the purpose VI this govern
mont to preserve a position OF neutral.
lty, aud that the UuiIed States will
look with especial uis'ay0r on the ooun-
tenanoe OF any methods Of warfare not
rscOg nized In the rules Of war AS pfac-
ticed by the leading nations Of the civ
iizid world.
In the preamble II IL reoited that the
executive department 0f the govern
ment has not seen NJ TO act on tho nj.
most universal recommendation Of the
people, ~ expressed by both branches
OF Congress, and that "thn situation in
that most unhappy island is becoming
stencil In the nOstTils OF ChTistsn-
dom. The 0utrsges, baTOArities and
horrors peTpetrAtrd by ,he spanish In
Cuba are 80 notorious that civilization
itself stands appalled,.
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CHINA And RUSSIA.
O1lclal Statement Of lhs Relations
Between these Countries.
RUSSIA NEEDS NO ALLIANCE,
Bat She VIII Protect Her Aslatlc
Nelghbor Against All tho
World.

NEW York, May "a dispatch to
the Herald from ~. Pstsuburg say,!
hpropos Of the visit Of III Hung chang
TO the st. Petersburg, Prince Oak.
toumsky, who Travelled with the Chi.
nese statesman, write; "Tho chi.
nese envoy has delivered papers which
signify eternal friendship between the
two great neighboring states. Russia
has no need Of any alliance. A treaty
with China would ouly be nm annoy.
auos 10 US. RussiA's interest Ia merely
to hold China intact. We shhll not
permit anyone to play the master In
China and we shall not permit any.
one to attack the county. II Russia
protects China, she protects herself"
Coming from the quarter II does and
printed AZ II is iH Official double loaded
type, these statements may be taken a.
entirely aud wholly representing the
truth ABOUT the much debated relations
existing between Russia aud China
nO treaty, but understanding.
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TIE woman QUESTION.
Ihs Debate la tho General CsnfsFe-
snee Of the nsthodisis.

CLEVELAND, o., May 5.--No sooner
had Bishop Andrews called tho gen.
oral Methodist Episcopal conference to
order tLis morning than q. w. Ben.
mott OF Cincinnati, presented TesOlu.
ton pr0yiuing for tbs appointment Of
special committee 10 pass on all com.
municalions from lAymon. This com.
mitleo was 90 consist OF one minister
and ono layman from each district,
After a good deal VI debate, IN which
Rev. DR.. SHIRE, OF Detroit, expressed
regret that any feeling existed between
the clergy ami laity, tho resolution
was Rdopled.s
The woman question was thea pre-
oipltated by President Daniel Stevens
sou VI Union College, Ky, who orlti.
cised the action OF tho bishops In de.
Gliding against women IN 1855. Rev.
q. Nicely led tho fight against the
women. He held tue question had
been Of law purely. lie said II was
true the Bible said mon and women
arc one In Christ but not In general
conference. He held that In the
church the status Of women II differ
eut from that Of msu. Tho question,
no said, Isl constitutional one and no
one il to be admitted unless specifically
mentioned.
The delegates were thoroughly ar
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Il Was Perhaps Joke bat FADED Ia
nsnIh.

CHICAGO, May 5.-whsthet NJ was
alovUu' quarrel or because he was
sick anu desponueni, that Induced
NJ chael Macl eruey TO lenp into the
liver lsst night may never be known,
nut u IL certain that tue thought Of
suiciie came 10 him suddenly and
rpon tho instant he jumped into the
waler and was crowned, while his
companion looked on aud screamed.
.cluefney was employed by the
a uu. AMI Frost Bicycle works and
bad bsen working overtime. Hs com.
planned OF Illness and was toll he
ni;ht lay %. Wide on his way
htme be met Miss Louise Licnt ami
together they walkcI toward home.
AZ Ngf,h avenue bridge Mclnetney
said that life was not worth nving anu
he had a mind 10 jump into the river.
81 daro you to do It," hd Miss
L'chi, with lsugh, thinking her
ifiruu was joking. The next moment
there was splash ami tho young mau
was In the water lie ,Rnk at once
AMI made no cutlery, The girl
screamed, tofe was thrown to Nc
lnufney ~ he rOso 10 tho surface. lie
made no 'fiOu W save himself and
went down Tor tho laBG limr.
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NAV YORK, Moy 5.-rnvalo dis.
palcn from London SAYS Col. North,
the nitrate king, 10 dead.
Although the tealh " Col. North is
believed to have been due to heart fat.
ufe, u 10 stated that shortly before bic
dumiso he ate dozen oysters sent him
from restaurant. The shells VIII be
examined.
a couple Of doctors were summoned
almost Immediately after the colonel
had tainted, but the efforts were use.
lees. There will be n post norton OK.
animation Of the TomainE. Officials VI
the nitrate cempAny were even frluc.
tant TO admit That the colonel wa
dead. HIS death caused great ,xclto.
ment In financial circles and 10 tho
lobby Of the House Of Commons.
Among those Ia the board room when
Col North tainted wAs his con, Cart.
North, In whose arms the money FinR
rzpiroJ.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-05

OITUlrwA, lows, May 5.-ltetnrns to
the Utiicu of Secretary Walsh Of tho
Democratic state central committee
snow that twenty.thrto county con-
yenlions have been held In Iowa.
These counties had n Representation 0i
24i In the NarshpllloW convention
last year snd will have voting
STRENGTH VI 2O5 vt the comirg conveu.
ton a. Dubuque, In 1895 nj Mauhail-
town 100 votes were east for Tree silver
nni 1870 Tor gold. They Will cast nj
Dubuque, 10 the delegates obey the in.
sifuciiOnH u thnir county conventions,
l4i Tor free silver aud % i0t gold. At
Mafshallluwn the same twpnty,thtte
counties gave 90 ~ ny against free
coinage. a. At Dubuque they viii cast n
silver majority Of 81. These counties IN
1895 constituted % per cent Of the total
voting strength Of the MAnhElltoWn
convention. 10 1886 they constitute n
per cent OF the totali number Of dele.
gates NJ Dubuque, 10 the came coun-
Ties ~ MnTshal.town IS PER cent Of
tholr vote was catt for SILVER and o. per
cent for golu.
Al Dubuque they will cast 90 por
cent Tor silver 81 Tor gold. Thi, shows
conclunivrly that the state viii be- Tor
Tree silver, as the counties yut 10 hold
conventions ate the uuquostlonui siiy-
Of counties.
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For Reciprocity.

Pan ADELrHIA, May "a great
tour VI more thAn u score Of leading
business men Of the United states has
been arranged with tho object Ut
carrying out the features Of James g..
Blaint's reciprocity ideas. They will
tpend several months In South Amer.
lea, the purpose being TO promote
trade with the various nations there.
This gigantic business project has
been brought about by the national al.
ISOLATION OF manufacturers OF the
United states whose headquarters are
Ia Philadelphia and OF winch Theo-
dore b. 5eAToy OF this city Ia president.
Every large city in the country will
be represented. Chicago, Philadelphia,
New York ami Boston will each nave
several OF their most prominent bust.
ness men In tho party.
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MmwAUkEE, May 6.-Ths federal
trades council has not, As reported,
a sympathy strike, Resolutions prom
ising moral and financial SUPPORT were
adopted. A committee was appointed
10 protect ~ the council agHinst the
oiliclousness Of the police In helping
TO run cars anu collecting fares. This
morning three Cur lines were tied much
more closely than III the lAme hour
yesterday. The electrical workers In
the employ OF the railway struck this
morning. Tho company officials man
aged to keep the plant In operation.
Not a man returned To work At noon,
the hour fixed by the street car cons
pany when oil employees were 20 report
for uuiy or he unchanged. Women
present NJ headquarters, with children
In their arms, leeTeu the men running
tho cars.
A car was stoned by strikers on Red
street this afternoon, passenger uud pu.
licemon receiving n JuricS, SloBssand
other distractions are beng placed on
tue tracks Ia tue suburbs,
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LONDON, May 6.-MTs. Langiry'p
action against the Union Bank OF Lon
dOn TO recover 100000, the value OF
iewelfy deposited with the bank for
safe keeping, which was delivered to
an unknown person upon forged
order, was TO have been heard today 10
tue Queens b6noh division Of the high
couTt VI justice. Tho court was crowd,
ed. Mrs. Langtry had a short con.
.uliaiion with her lawyers, and Sir
Edward Clarke, q. q. Tor tho solicitor
general, announced that judgment by
aggeement had been granted defend.
ants without costs, defendants paying
Mrs. Langtfy clio, 900 ana the jewels,
II recovered, u remain her property; II
covered beyond the value Of I25, 900,
ghs excess goes ~ the bank, ~ tue OK.
tsut VI 10000.
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WAsHiNorOE, May 5.-The Senate
considered tho river and harbor bill to.
day up to . o'clock, when the Pefier
bond yestigatlon resolution came up.
The senate reiuaiatod the under cOn.
tract system i.t Sabine Pass, r,xas,
improvement, anu also the contract
system flr a channel between Beau.
fort, $. g. anu savannah, tho latter
tOtBi being reduced 10 sO57, $50.
When the Senate met today Call
(Fla.) Introduced "a resolution request.
Ing n protest against tho execution Of
American ciliElne taken on board the
schooner Competitor by the Spanish
sun boat sud 10 demand OF Spain that
tho prls ners should not be subject 10
cruel treatment, Cali asked immeil-
ste adoption. Tue resolution on "A
vlve vOCe vote was about 10 be- adopted
with faint response from tho senators
being present. WoloHtt (C1L) quickly
inlorpOsed, pointing out mat this was
n sururising course, directing protest
ana demand on spain without any
consideration. Gail insisted that the
case was urgent, reports being current
that the prisoners were 10 bs
executed. II Great Britain were
inyolod, there would be no hesitation
Ia protesting. Woloolt answered that
" the facts were ne Call stated, IL was
tho duty VI tho President TO protest,
AMI u was peculiar 10 request the
President to do hia duty. lie OBJ.
leoled TO action being taken aud the
resolution went over,
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a sister Demands Protection Tor n
nrsther Now In cuba.

a sister Demands Protection Ter n
Braiher Now In cuba.
NEW York, May 5.-The Herald
this morning say:
Mrs. Emrlla Ca1RnOvh de wills.
verde, sister Of PEDRO Cathnoyh, tho
American citizen whose servants were
tnpi nosf San Miguel DO Cuba after
the spanish column had raided the
fesidenco, was seen at her home In
this city last night She " ntaIy
UIosiratrd with anxiety for her
btolhuPa safety, aud has sent tho
following Telegram to President ClOvt-
lane!
"My brother, Pedro Casanova and
family are American ciuzsuf. My
nephew, Julio Nidal, II a native born
American. They have bseu tramplol
upon, their house. sacked, their srty.
ants shot and their lives threatened by
bpauian troops In SRu Miguel. A. an
American citizen 4 demand protection
By the United 5taier Tor their lives aud
property"
10 reporter she saiu.
al read with hoTtor aud indignation
the account Of the hast Outrage petpe.
trAtsd by the spanish troops IN Ban
Miguel. Tonight letter camo from
my hifler Ia HavAua whloh tclls me Of
all tho awful details and confirms the
report IN every particular. Ny
brother, although born In Guns, bo.
came 1n American citizen 10 1860, and
hiss made his hOme "a New York city
since. Owning large estates at Sau
Miguel, ho quite naturally spent the
winter months Ia Cubs where hecluld
lock alter his intrTosia ON the island.
lie served many y0ufB Ia tue seventh
regiment, company q, OF the n. Y. n
a., receiving an honorable discharge.
Being AN American citizen Ia the true
sense Of the word, ho did not want 10
take any part in the present Struggle
IN Cuba tut remained there later than
usual THIS spring hppiug 10 save his
property from destruction, lie was
known 20 every one as AN American
anu was respected 10 such by tho In
turgsutS. Word was brought mo by
nm Nicer Of the Ward line steamer
whlcl uus Just arrived that General
Wtylrr had ordered my brother aud
his family 10 leave tho island. II this
10 true he will probably leave fof New
York by the next steamer
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Af.ss sIsmarl,. E.tats.

NEW YoRR, May 5,-Iohn, Edward,
Joseph, Alwinder add Robert Stewart,
Allen Handlon, Jane Armour, El.ZI
Murray, sarah Jeffrey ana Margaret
Jsnison, who say they are second
cousins Oi Alex 4. Stewart, who diei
Oh April 10, 1876, have brought suit IN
the supreme court 20 obtain u share Ut
his estate. They say they are entitled
TO one halt OF all the real estate.
The pi0psTty affected ~ tue Stewart
mansion NJ Thirty.iOurih street anu
Fifth avenue, this Broadway snd
Chambers street property, the Park
avenue hotel, the "Oli London street"
property, the Granu Union hotel, sara
tegh. Garden CITY property and about
thirty other pieces OF land In this city
and 10 Utica.
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TuCsoN, Atiz., May DC. Edward
Eggluston, sou Of the Chicago multi.
milli0uaire, aud Mu. g.. H.. Turner.
who ulopud from PhmliI two weeks
ago anu were married here have teen
held 10 answer before the federal grand
Jury, the former Tor adultery anu tho
latter for blgamy. B1th are In lAil
awaiting fclioi from Eggloaton'f
iather Mrs. Turner deserted her Two.
ytat.old babe Hl Phmnix and II was
found there by iis father who had come
from Los Angeles. His indignation
NJ her cruelty drove him 10 begin
prosecution. Egglcslon had been a
resident Of PtmuiK Tor two years. His
reckieis expenditures for wines earned
hun the name Of "Cnampagns
Charlie.D
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Tue viii left everything 10 Mrs. Stut.
son without resetve. On top Of THE
comes the fllcial announcement that
the holy 1l Mrs. 5tetson will be taken
~ New York aud buried IA the lot Of
her family tn Evergreen cemetery IN.
siead Ut being bufioI beside the body
u hof husband la Mount Auburn,
Cambridge. Whether or not Mrs.
> cta1n, whose heirs arc her mother
ana three sisters, loft will " not
known.
Mt. Adams, IN speaking Of the mat.
ter, said it was the most extraordinary
combination " circumstaucea he ever
encountered.
Fifst, John Steison, shtuwd mnnagor
and man OF business dies suddenly,
leaving AN estate reaching In value &c..
OUOiVOO. MI. PAttee, who drew his viii,
In thvtcup0u taken 90 suddenly III tuBt
hu IL unable 10 throw any light upon
the tiiuatl0n, and ns his malady still
continues " has teen impossible 10 oh
tain q conference with him. He lapaus
into periods Of uncOnsoiouantss.
Then Mrs. John Stelson, a cOmpara.
lively young woman, dies also, alter
having been unconscious much VI tue
time since her husbands death, and
viii no. DO buried beside him.
"Moro TematkAksbln still" said Mf.
Adams, "is the manner In which tho
values o. great property have been
whitfield down AMI dissipaled IN 20
many dlteclions.n
Mt. Palito IL SIN a very sick man at
his homo OF Pneumonia and II In i'm.
poetitly 10 get any informntian from
ulm. Mr.. Adams, since closing the
savoy, has not decided about the Park
theaiur, also owned by the estate, but
Ne II i making money and has con-
trsois 10 fll Il Will probably be- allowed
TO continue business by thu present All
minlstrAIgr.
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LEFT AT. TIYm and Lesass.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 5.-Theo-
dore A. 1ruham, formerly member
OF the firm VI Young, Smith, Field &
Co., disappeared On IhuTsdsy and bis
hnanoes AFRO badly tangled, Graham
had charge OF the financial affairs Of
tho 1tm, with which no had been
connected twenty-five years.
Shortly before his dibappoafanos
Graham toldt Field he had l0st large
sums Of money In stock speculation.
0raham's LOSSES ara vatl9usly esIlmAt.
cd at from 1920, 900 10 $500, coo.
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Tnn Annms Espres. sIrlhs.

NEw Yoms, May 5,-Whether or
not there vail be general strike
among the employees " the Adams
Express company 10 follow tho inltia.
live strike Uy lorters In the Forty.
ninth street freight depot, will rest Ell.
lirely In the hands Of l., q. Weir.
president Of the company. 70 Mr..
Weir will be handed today petition
lnd list Of grievance, bearing the
signatures Of every man employed In
he EOrly.ninth street depot The