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• sunns m mm Nearly All the Chicago Pork Packers Qnit Work. Striking Against a Beturn to the Ten-Hoar Day. Bather than submit to a proposed return to the system of ton hours' work with ten hours'pay, 12,000 employes of the various pork packing houses of the Chicago stock yards quit work on the 8th and inaugurated what was expe'cted would.be a long and troublesome strike. A Chicago dispatch gives the following account of the inaugu- ration of the strike: . Since Hay 10 the packing houses have been running onrV eight hours a day, but they paid the men for ten hours' work. The pork packers say they cannot compete with pack- ers in other cities as long as the present sys- tem continues, and for some months they have been threatening to put their men on ten hours once more with- out increase of pay* A few days ago a notii e to that effect was posted in most of the packing houses, the date for the return to the old system being fixed for Monday , next The men at once determined that they would not give up the eight-hour system. This morning those employed at the houses of the Chicago Packing and Provision Company met and talked the thing over. They decided to qnit work. By common consent the men started dows the alley to Armour's packing houses, and for some time there was great confusion, yell- ing and excitement. The men inside did not come out, however, and it was but a few mo- ments until the leaders of the Knights of La- bor took hold of the matter. Without any great trouble the men separated in gangs and paid visits to different houses. There was a general stoppage of work at ev- ery other house, although the progress was gradual. With the exception of Hately Brothers and John Morrells, the workmen remained to clean up everything on hand, and this brought them out in squads of 50 to 100. Hately Brothers were left with 4,000 head of green meats on their hands and Mor- rell& Co. with 13,000 head. As fast as the men completed their work and came trooping from the buildings they were met by two or three men who appeared to pass some order or warning among them, and in every instance the men scattered in all directions to their homes. When all the Houses are running with full force there are 3&000 men employed. At present there are 31,000. Of this number 6,000 are employed in the beef departmerts and the balance in pork packing. As nearly as can be learned the beef men have not boon asked to return to the old system, and it is thought likely that they will not be. It is a question, however, whether the Knights of Labor will not order the beef men to go out in order to strengthen the po- sition of the pork jmckers. Should the strik- ing pork packers attempt to force the beef men to quit work, ttere will be friction enough to make things lively. The Packers' Association has employed 153 Pinkerton men to guard the property of its members, and the officers will go into the houses to-morrow. Pinkerton men are not liked in the neighbor- hood of the Stock Yards, and their presence there will irritate any ill-feeling which may exist Both sides have been get- ting ready to lock horns over this question of the eight-bour plan, and both packers and workmen are determined not to give in. The workmen are talking about a strike of a month, and the packers say it may last all winter. To-night Armour & Co. posted a notice in- forming their men that they would be paid off to-morrow, which Is taken as an indica- tion that the house will remain closed' until some form of a settlement is reached,. NEWSY QLEAMNQS. EACH policeman at Fargo, Dak., carries a gold-headed cane. VIRGINIA raises annually some 1,500,000 bushels of peanuts. THE London suburbs are crowded with un- let houses and shops. THE international yacht races cost the pro- jectors $140,000 this year. THE general election in Great Britainlast year cost £4,083,737—an average of 4s 5d per vote. IT is estimated that 18,000,000 pairs of boots and shoes are annually manufactured in prisons. THE United States Navy Department offars a prize of $15,000 for the best design for a war ship. MORE than $23,000 in fines has been col- lected in New York city for violation of the oleomargarine law. NOVEMBER 37 will be observed as Arbor Savin San Francisco, and the school children will plant 40*000 trees. THE Canadian Pacific Railway is building five miles of snow sheds for the Rooky Mountains at a cost of $1,500,000. FRANK H. CUSHIXG and turee of his Zuni Indians are at work in Boston on a directory and grammar of the Zuni language. THE total packing of hogs in the West since March 1st is estimated to have been 4,445,000 hogs, against 3,820,000 a year ago. THERE is an artesian well 1,000 feet deep in Aberdeen, Neb., that throws out numbers of fish that look like the .ordinary brook min- now. •KTHTSsxro «rsTTTa«\afl-A -STs^r ! APPOJSiMSHTSOfPostinasterebythePrein- $EWS SUMMABY; ni^J^a&SS^i'*£* Tierney, at Salem, N. J.; James Mulligan, at Central Falls, R. I. THE President has pardoned Amnion M. Tenny, J, C. Kemp and J. R. Christofferson. three Bishops of the Mormon Church, who were convicted in Arizona about two years ago of violation of the Edmunds law and sentenced to imprisonment at Detroit, Mich. They were the first persons tried under that law, and the President and the Attorney- General, as well as the judge before whom the cases were heard, are now satisfied that the sentences imposed were illegal and excessive. tSastevu *uu SSTudie States. WAGES of the miners in the Lehigh (Perm.) coal region have been advanced two per cent FOUR more of the Now York \Boodle\ Al- dermen of 1881 charged with, accepting bribes for granting a charter to the Broad- way Horse-car Company are about to be tried. Alderman Jaehne is serving out bis sentence in Sing Sing, and several others of the indicted City Fathers have fled to Cana- da or Europe. Miss KATE TAYLOR, aged 25 years, was literally blown to atoms by an explosion of fulminate of mercury at the Winchester Arms Factory in New Haven. A SHORTAGE of $51,000 in the accounts of Joseph Carter, ex-Town Treasurer of Pitts- field, Massl, was discovered on the 8th. Mr. .Carter was placed under surveillance, and given an opportunity to explain the defi- ciency. HON. AUSTIN F. PIKE, United States Sen- ator from New Hampshire, dropped dead of heart disease a few days ago on his farm at Franklin Falls. Senator Pike was born in 181!!, studied law, had served as President of the New Hampshire State Senate and as Speaker of the State House. of Representa- tives, was a members of the Fifly-third Con- gress, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1883. HON. & S. Cox, United States Minister to Turkey, arrived at his home, New York, a few days since. He wants to go back to Congress. THE Gloucester (Mass.) fishing schooner Seth Stockbridge, with fourteen men on board, has been lost. South and West. FOUR men were instantly killed and a fifth fatally injured by an explosion of giant powder near Deodwood, Dak. LATER reports put the number of dead by the destruction of the Mississippi steamer La Mascotte, near Capo Girardeau, Mo., at twenty-two, with about fifteen persons mis- sing. GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON has been elected Governor of Georgia. There was no opposition to the State ticket headed by General Gordon. COLORADO Democrats have nominated Rev. Myron W. Reed, a Congregational preacher, for Congress. THE motion for a new trial in the case of the eight Anarchists condemned to death at Chicago has been denied. ROBBERS broke into a Catholic Church at Notre Dame, Ind., and stole from the altar two golden crowns of great value—one the votive offering of the ex-Empress Eugenie, the other the devotional gift of Mrs. General Sherman. PRAIRIE fires have done immense damage in Northern Dakota. THE fifty-sixth semi-annual conference of the Mormon Church, held at Coalville, Utah, was attended by 400 delegates. The policy of the priesthood in favor of polygamy wa3 vigorously upheld in a letter from First Presi- dent John Taylor, issued from his hiding place. THE United Labor party have, put a straightout city labor ticket in the field at St. Louis. They have also made three Con- gressional nominations. THREE shocks of earthquake wore felt on the 7th at Somerville, S. C, and a slight shock at Charleston the following morning. NEBRASKA Democrats have nominated a full state ticket headed by James E. North for Governor. WRIGHT WELDEN and Nathan Mosely (both colored) were hanged on the 8th, the former at Edgefield, S. C, for the murder and robbery of a wealthy planter, and the latter at Union Springs, Ala., for assaulting a maiden lady of seventy-five years. A GENUINE tragedy was enacted the other day in a variety theatre at St Louis, an at- tache named Sondmeyer killing his wife in a dressing room and then taking his own life. CHICAGO has been flooded with counter- feits of the new ten-dollar silver certificates, issued a few days before the time fixed to begin circulating the genuine certificates. Even the banks were deceived by the imita- tions. THE two Diliard brothers had a pistol- fight with the two Reed brothers at Mount Pleasant, Texas. James Reed and Johu Dil- iard were killed. NATHAN M. NEELD, managing partner of J, C Ferguson & Co., Chicago pork packers, has fled to Canada after stealing over $500,- 000 by issuing.frnudulentwarehouso receipts. The tlrm was obliged to go into bankruptcy. Neeld had lost mouoy heavily by speculation. THOJrAS J. CLUVEKIUS, the young lawyer convicted at Richmond, Va., of the murder of his cousin, Lillian Madison, having b8on denied a retrial, has been sentenced to be hanged November 10. Washington. MRS. CLEVELAND returned to the White House on the 6th after a few days' visit to Buffalo. THE* White House is again besieged daily by a host of visitors. GENERAL JACKSON, United States Minis- ter to Mexico, having been recalled, has re- turned w,jth his wife to Savannah. THE President has appointed General John •M. Corse as Postmaster at Boston, vice Ed- ward S. Tobey suspended. COMMISSIONER SPARKS, of the Land Office, says in his annual report that depredations upon the public timber, unlawful enclo- sures of the public domain and illegal appro- priations of the land are extensively prac- tised. Forelffn. A COLUHK of British troops sent to relieve the surrounded garrison at Myotheit in Bur- man discovered on the march the bodies of several British messengers' who had been crucified. PRINCE MOLISTANI, a member of a well- known Neapolitan family, committed suicide in Paris after seeing his name posted as a de- faulter at his club because of his failure to pay his losses at gambling. THE Queen Regent of Spain has signed a decree freeing the slaves in Cuba from the remainder of their term of servitude. GREAT prairie fires have been raging in Manitoba. Around Mordeu scores of setr tiers have lost all they possessed, including barns and live stock. FRIENDLY natives assaulted and carried Tamai, Osmon Digma's old stronghold in the Soudan. Two hundred rebels were killed and many prisoners were token. SENATORS LAFAYETTE and General Grevy, the French President's brother; will repre^ sent the French Senate at the ceremonies at- tending the unveiling of the Statue of Lib- erty at New York. S. LAWRENCE'S cotton mill and four houses at Chorley, England, have been burned. The loss is $1,000,000. A NEW Cabinet has been formed in Chili. M. DE LESSEES, of Panama Canal fame, will attend the dedication of Bortholdi's Statue of Liberty in New York. TaE Vienna authoritiei are reported to have discovered an Anarchist plot to destroy the city and assassinate Emperor Francis Joseph. The police seized immense quantities of bombs and explosives in different ports of Vienna, and made many arrests. THE Spanish Cabinet has resigned, and a new one formed with Senor Sagasto as Pres- ident of the Council. LATER NEWS. GOVERNOR HILL has pardoned the New York city workiugmen who were seutenced to State's prison about three months ago for boycotting a concert hall proprietor. EX-SENATOR DAVID LEVY YULEE,. of Florida; died a few days ago at a New York hotoL Senator Yulee' was born in the West Indies in 18H, was the first representative of Florida in the United States Senate, and during the civil war took a prominent part on the Confederate side. THE Tammany Hall wing of the New York City Democrats on the llth nominated Con- gressman Abram S. Hewitt for Mayor. BURKE EAIRCHILD, an aged farmer resid- ing near Mineral Point, Wis., while tempor- arily insane fatally shot bis wife and him- self • Tns United States Supreme Court is again in session. The number of cases on the docket is 1,103. The Justices called in a body at the White House to pay their re- spects to the President. „ FATHER GALEOTB, the Spanish priest who murdered the Bishop of Madrid, has been convicted and sentenced to death. BULGARIAN elections have resulted iu a crushing defeat for the Russian party, A qtTARREL between students and negroes at the State University, Chapel Hill, N.C., re- sulted in an attack on the negroes' dwelling, the killing of one student and the wounding of two others. AMERICAN SILK CULTURE. Commissioner dolman's E.*peri» ments with Native Ooooons. At its last session Congress made an appro- priation to enable the Commissioner of Agri- culture to test the most improved machinery for converting silk cocoons into raw silk. 'The Commissioner Is now setting up in one of the department buildings of Washington six Serrell automatic silk reels, which he pro- poses to operate during the coming year. The Commissioner some time ago Issued a circular to cocoon raisers, informing them of his readiness to purchase their products. These cocoons are now beiug received gener- ally in small lots. Some of them are pro- nounced by the expert Italian employed by the Agricultural Dopartmout to oo better than the Europonn overage. Last year we imported, duty free, nearly $20,000,000 worth of reeled silk. If the cocoons which entered into this silk had been produced in this coun- try it would have added $50,000,000 to the income of our farmers, and would have required nearly 13,000 persons to operate the machinery necessary to convert them into raw silk. The department officials hopo for the ultimate success of thoir efforts to demonstrate the practicability of reeling the silk economically in the United States. wwm mm TIE IUHL A British Captain lowers the Stars and Stripes at Halifax. Obedience Compelled on a Detained American Schooner* Particulars of another seizure of an Amer- ican vessel by the British authorities are given in the following dispatch of the Uth from Halifax, Nova Scotia: By far the most serious event in interna- tional affairs since the abrogation of the Washington Treaty occurred at Shelburne to- day when Capfc Quigley hauled down the United States nag from the American vessel Marion Grimes. At midnight, Thursday, the Gloucester schooner fan into the entrance of Shelburne harbor to escape the fury of a heavy southeast gale. She anchored eight miles from the Custom-house. The storm moderating at daylight, Captain Lan- dry hove anchor and was about to proceed on his voyage when be was boarded by an armed guard from the cruiser Terror and, subsequently, seized for not report- ing at Customs. Captain Landry'* protests that the Custom-house was eight miles distant, that it bad been closed eight hours before he anchored and would not be open fof four hours after he sailed, and that he had had no communica- tion with the shore, were of no avail, and a fine of $400 was imposed by tuo Ottawa au- thorities. Consul-Generol Phelan wired the Minister of Customs the trivial nature of the alleged offense* and asked for a reduction of the fine. This was refused. But pending the instructions of the Gloucester owners re- garding the payment of the fine the Marion Grimes was allowed to ride at anchor under the bows of the cruiser, instead of being docked and placed iu charge of armed guards, as is Capt. Quigley's habit with captured American vessels. , This morniug Quigley observed the Ameri- can flag flying from the mainmast of the Grimes, upon which bad been placed the Queen's broad arrow. Quigley was aston- ished at the Yankee skipper's audacity, and immediately sent to inquire if he had been released from the Customs authorities On receiving a negative reply he ordered the American skipper to haul down the American flag, as its display was a-gross im- propriety when the vessel was; in the custody of British officials for a breach of British law. Captain Landry accordingly hauled down his flag. The American skipper went ashore, conversed with his friends, saw the degrada- tion to which he had been subjected, and im- mediately returned to his vessel, and was again in the act of hoisting the stars and stripes when the Canadian tar once more hailed him, and learnin<r that the vessel had not yet been released by the Customs Depaf t- iaeht pre-empo, forbade him hoisting his flag. Landry replied that he had a perfeot right to fly his American flag over an American vessel and that Quigley nor no other man could prevaat him, and he therefore hauled the Stars and Stripes to the masthead. This greatly enraged Quigley, who im- mediately boarded the Grimes with an armed guard and vigorously remonstrated with the American skipper upon the foolish- ness of his proceedings, which would probably result in the loss of his vessel and bring about international un- pleasantness. Quigley then lowered the Stars and Stripes from the mastboad,unrove the flag halyards of the schooner and came ashore, and the Marion Grimes was subse- quently brought to a wharf and placed in charge of a guard. Captain Landry is reticent about this ac- tion, but Consul-General Phelan became very indignant when the telegraphic reports reached him this afternoon, and regards it as the most high-handed outrage yet perpe- t:ated. Ho immediately telegraphed the facta to Secretary Bayard. PARDONELVBY MISTAKE. Svanish Rebels Owe Their Idves to an Official Blunder. The true story of the pardoning of the Spanish insurgent leaders has just leaked out, says a London dispatch. At a meeting of the Cabinet iu Madrid it was resolved that the death sentence of the court martial should be confirmed. An under sec- retary to whom Premier ' Sagasta whispered the decision misunderstood the hurried remark, and going out announced to the crowd which bad assembled to await the verdict that the prisoners'had been par- doned. The newspaper men rushed oft! and telegraphed the news to all parts of the country. Senor Sagnsta, as soon as he learned of the mistake of the Under Secretary, despaired of stopping %e telegrams, but sent a correction to all the\ newspapers. The press, however, did not believe in the correction, thinking that the Cabinet wished to keep the pardon secret until after the convening of\ the Queen's Council.and published the pardon as authen- tic The Secretary's blunder has saved the insurgents' lives. At a Spanish Cabinet Council Queen Christina signed a deoree commuting the sentences of the condemned insurgents. Tbey are the military officers who took port in the recent uprising at Madrid. IT costs nearly 5200,000 every year to move the Viceroy of India and his government from Calcutta to Simla during the hot sea- son and back again when the cool weather sets in. Lord Dufferin has just sent in a bill of this amount, and the native's pro- test.
