Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 24, 1886, Page 1

v e RN 9005 0N 5 FIFTEENTH YEAR. THE WHEELS AGAIN TURNING, End of the Great Lake Shore Switchmen's Strike at Ohicago. THE MEN EFFECT A COMROMISE. ated that the Trouble Ends Without Violence and Blood shed—The Strikers Taken Back afic Resume Crieanc The great strike of the Lake Sh men is atan end. Atameeting of the strik- ers, held in their hall on Wentworth avenue this afternoon, the terms of settlement were agreed upon, and at the secret session the terims were unanimonsly ratified, The meet- e was largely attended, and adjourned with three rousing cheers, County Commissioner present at the ratification meeting, tele- phoned to the sherift s office that the switeh- men would return to work and begin moving traing as soon as the switeh engines could be fired up and got in readiness this afternoon. There is vreat rejoicing among the strikers and their friendi over the amieable adjust ment of the fight. The committee that sue- ceeded in bringing about the sisted of Commissioner MeCarthy, Chi Stahl, President Moroghan, Nelson Morris and Shert Hanchett, The latter, it is said, represented the raiiroad company The basis of a ient, a8 given by the men, isthat the Lake Shore officials had agreed on their partto dispose of the eight non-union switchmen in some manner within the next sisty days by placing them in - some other department or otherwise eaving for them: in any event to take them away from the yards where they are at present working. On the other hand President Newell said this afternoon that the switehmen return to work without any stipulation whatever on his part, and the non-union men resume their places as switchmen, “1 have just reecived a dispateh from Com- mitteeman Stahl, who represents the men on strike,” suid President Newell, at 5:150%clock, “saying that his men had all gone back to work. 'The strike is settled. it elzht men, with whom the trouble was, go back to work with the others, Al the men, unless some of them have committed oyert acts, will be taken back.” “Haveany of the men committed overt actsy”? “Noj none that I know of.™” “Youliave kep! in close communication with the division supevintendent? Does he know of any of the men who have commit- ted any violence?” “No: they do not take exceptions to any of the men.,” “he efght non-union men 2o to work with the others?™” “Yes; that s what the company was ing for.” Several prominent business men interested thewmselve bringing about the settlement. Nelson Morris, the millionaire dressed beef packer, has offered to take all the men over whom the trouble arose, and to guarantee them places for a number of years at the BAIO wiges now received by them, Ile uses the Merchants' Dispateh refrigerator cars, and has been unable since 'the strike was Inavgurated to move a car of meat. For this reason a settlement was very much sought after by him. Several other offers of the same kind were made by other parties who, from one motive or another, have been anxious to have the trouble at an end, The scene at the yards when the men re- sumed work this afternoon was an exciting one, The crowds cheered lustily when the aunouncement that the strike was over was made, and there was a general shaking of hands and rejoicing among the men, When engine 407 was run out a number of the switchmen’s committee were on board. They were lowdly cheered. The erowd was so great that it was slow work getting the cn- gine throngh, Engine No. 465 soon followed, and the third engine 1 come out was 455, Tom Collins was surrounded by crowd, He said: “They have conceded our point. It isbetter that we compromise than to carry this so far that it will lead to a strike on all tie roads, and the laboring people would suf- for. ‘Phe company greed to take away these men inside of sixty days and they may leave in twenty-four hours, There has been 10 blood spilled and we have gained our vghts.” By 3:30 o’elock half a dozen switeh engines were on the tracks, and the cheers of the men and the bells of the engines proclaimed the Lake Shore strike ended for the present, A company of United States troops passed through the wnion depot to-day, having been transferred from one post toanother, Their presence in the eity cansed some litt'e excite: ment among persons who imagined that they ad been brought here to suppress the strikers. The soldiers proved to be a com- pany of thirty regulars, with a cantain and two sergeants, en route from Columbus, Ohio, 1 the western frontier. They left for Council Bluffs over the St. Paul road. A VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS, F Further investization to-night indicates tiat the strikers have virtually ned their point. Chair Stahl, of the strikers' committee, tonight produced a copy of the agreement on the strength of which the men returned to work, and said to a reporter: Il read this to you, I you to get the signature,” Mr. Stabil then read as follows: SCICAGO, April 23.—W. L. StAnL, C mun—Sir: 1f all the switéhmen of t Sliore & Michigan Southern Railway pany in Chieago or Cook county retirn to work at once [ will personally” guarantee that, within sisty days from this date, the eighit objectionuble switehmen will be ‘fui- nished with other employment, and perma- nently removed fron their present positions, “(Signed) By AuTioniry, Stahl said though he was not at liberty to give the nawe of the signer of the agreement, it was genuine and tully sanetioned by Newell, and sworn to. - He said further that all the prosecutions begun against the strik. €18 Were 10 be disimissed, A number of pack: ers at the stock yards and other business men, who are known to have interested themselves in vising the blackade, when seen to-night wore also under the bond of secreey, But enough has been learned to wartant ‘the con- elusion that they brought sutlicient pressure to bear upon the company to induce them to capitulate as above relaréd. The Street Car Strike. Nuw Yous, April 28.—~A number of new drivers were assaulted to-night while leaving the company’s stables, but none of them were serfously hurt. The stiikers are confl- dent of success, They say that competent tuen cannot be secured o il their places; hat their pickets during the day prevented a nuwber of acculents which thieatened to re- sult from the incompetency of the drivers, and indueed 800 people not to patronize the line, and that a lage number of laboring or- rizations have resolved to boyeolt the Third Avenuo line, MeCarthy, who was it~ an wise I aon't want Plasterers on SAN ANTONI0, Tox,, Apiil ¥4 terers at work throughout the city yosterday. ¥ demand $3 Or § for ten Liours work per da ke. Lho: plas all e —— STRIKE STATISTICS, Facts and Figures as Reported to the nterior Department, WasmINGTON, April 93.—Advance sheets of the report of Josenh 1. Weeks, expert and special agent of the census burean upon strikes and lockouts oceurring within the calendar year 1585, have been received by the interior department. The record shows, he says, that many strikes and lockouts still growout of the most trivial causes, yetthe tendeney, as stated, is toward less frequent strikes and lockouts, ‘The number of strikes in certain of the prominent trades, as given in the report, is as follows: Tron and steel inaustries, 23: coal mining, 158 tex- tile trades, building trades, transportation, %: printing trades, 33; industries, 27; piano making, 145 boot shoe making Much of the gr glass and ater proportion (2! per cent) of the strikesand lockouts reported upon were caused by differences as (o the rates of wazes. A fofal of 503, or about 46 per cent of those relating to rates of waes, or 62 per cent of all, were for an_advance and 77, or 14 percent of those relating to rates of wages, or 95 per cent of all, were as a veduetion. Strikes growing out of mands for an advance are mueh more formly successful than those against a tion. In conditions of trade that justify an advance, it is much more tothe interest of the employer to give it than to have his work stop. OF 813 strikes, the results of 481, or eent, are ven. Of these, 160, or & were sucecssfily 8 1 per cent, were compromised ; and 2 47 per cent, © unsueeessful. 01 20" strikes i eonneetion with the payient of w of which the re- sults are given, 11, 0r35 per cent, wer cessfiuls 6 were compronmised; and 3 are re- ported as unsuceesstal, - On (he othier hand, cvery strike i connection with the hours of labor, of which the result is given, was un- stccessfil, The report concludes: “As to w it appears that 61,179 employes lost This would be at the rate of 857 entire number of einployes estimat 38 the total Toss of wazes would 36, whieli would have been_recei works run constantly, Of there would be a number of offsets to this. In ease the strikers were suceessful, the additional wages would compensafc poitionof this loss. In other eases, unionism existed in the trades in’ which there were strikes, the men received strike pay or strike benelits: butstrike benclits were, in_most cases, simply refunding money that had been previously paid. Then, in many cases, parties on strikes secured employient i other industries, and hence their actual loss would he what wazes they would have earned at their okl abor, winus what they did ¢ in presumably less profitable emploviment, HAYES MAKES CHARGES, Evidence Collected to Convict way Oflicials of Inciting Ri NEw Bresswick, N.Ju, April 23 —John W. Hayes, member of the general executive board of the Knights of Labor, returned to this city last evening, e says no progress has been made toward a settlement of the difticulties between the strikers of the Gould system and the railroad ofticials. ile says the reports sent out by the railroads that they are handling all the freight they want to every day are untrue. The roads are all blocked up, and what freight is run out goes under the protection of deputy sheriffs and militia, 11 that the unealled for massacre of innocent people by the deputy sheriffs was instigated by the railroad authotities, ‘They knew they could not get the help of the state militia until soife act of violence was committed, They, therefore, got together a gang of roughs, who brought on the trouble, and’ the governor then or- dered the militia_on the scene. e further says that the lawyers employed by the Knights of Labor hive now intheir posses- ion ample evidence to conviet prominent of- 5 of the Louisville & Nashville road for instigating this riot, The Strike Booms Sugar. New York, April he strike of the workmen in the Willinmsburg sugar refiner- ies iins boomed prices, Granulated sugar, quoted at 615 cents on Saturday last, yester- day reached 71 cents. It is said prices are sure to advance still higher. The stock refined sugar on hand amounts to practically nothing. Business has been slack and dealers have been buying suzar in quantities just sufticient to” supply the demand. Now that the country demand has inereased the strike has eaused prices to advance out of proportion to the natural_eauses of trade. taw sugar was quoted at 5 11-16_cents on April 13: yesterday it was 57 cents. This Shows a Slight advance in cost of the raw material, whicl is not accounted for by the present strike, but will account for some- thing an advanee in the price of retined sugar. ‘The strike has tended very much to surengthen the advance, Sugar Pactories Closed, Huxtew's Pout, Lo L, April 25, —There was no renewal of the trouble at Haveme, er's sugar refinery at Green Point this morn- ing. Work on all branches of the sugar house was susvended, “Ten arrests of strilkers who were engaged in yesterday's riot have heen made. “Threc of thém had been severely elubbed by the police, Sugar Refiners Inc Jersey Crry, April 25, —Matthieson Weicher's sugar refinmg company d to-day an fncrease of 10 per cent ¢s of 1200 men employed b ot May 1, e Wages & an- in by them, to take efl ropean A Big F Strike. binvsses, April The strike inaugu- rated by the watchmakers of Grammont, in East Flanders, is spreading and Is growing fous. Reinforcements of gen d'annes have on summoned. e stiikers barrieaded : Dridizes over the Dender river, and. {rom behina these obstructions made’ an - attack with stones upon gen d'armes. A fight en sued resulting in the rout of tiie rioters and the arrest of a large number of thein, Money for Strikers. Garvesron, April 28,—A special to the News from Marshall says: The local executive committee of the Knights of Labor received 5,000 draft to-day from northern knights which 1o pay off the strikers of sxas Pacific shops at this point, The woney will be distributed to-morrow, A K. of L Assembly Laps New York, Avril 25.—~The following dis- pateh was received in this city today “Ricts, Kas. April 2—Sunflower assem- bly, No. 4,678, Knights of Labor, surrendered its charter to-day,” Strike of fron Works. Gueessnura, Pa., April 2.—~Tho ployes of the National Foundry works at ems id T'ube - Yesterday's Base Ball Game: The games played by the leading base ball clubs of the country yesterday resulted as fol- lows: At Philadelphia ters 2, 4 At New York 1, At Brooklin _ At Clneinnati iiladelplias 10, Rochos- Metropolitans 6, Athletics Brooklyus 9, Cincinnatis Jaltimores 3, 13, Dittsburgs " At Newark—Detroits - A Family Drowned, DEEIANCE, Ohio, April Frederick Hillerman, aged 30, went out in a boat with Lis wife and two elildren to-day, Dhe boat capsized about thirty feet frow the shore, and all oceupants were drownea. - Weather £4 Gurt’ VALGKY.—Fuir weather, pre- i nortliern poggion by ins; uds begoring variablC; slowly rising te Newarks 3, et o o S N | MOST FAVORABLY RECEIVED, Expressions of Opinion From Prominent People on the President's Message. POWDERLY ON THE MEASURE. His ldeas of What the Government Shounld Do -Cleveland Deserted by His Party—National Capital News, The President's Plan Endorsed. WasHiNGToN, April [Spreial Tele- gram, |—There was much comment in con. wressional circles to-day npon the message of President Cleveland received in the senate yesterday afternoon in reference to arbitra tion of labor trouble, Senator Beek says if he could have his way, he would name Allen G. Thurman, Joseph E. MeDonald and Ros- Conkling as labor commissioners, and give them $10,000 4 year. Such a commission would command the respeet of all parties and would settle labor troubles, Senator Van Wyck says the idea of the president is a very good one, and that good s might be attained, Representative Crain, of Texas, & member of the special committee investizating the strike in the southwest expresses the opinion that the south had not read the bill passed the house, “The only differer tween the message and the bill was that it made the commission permanent. e thought the other plan better, as arbitrators ected from localities where troubles exist would be anxious to make settlements whicl would be satisfactory to all parties, while it would be a cold-blooded matter of fact with a commission siuch as the president suggests, I. V. Powderly, general master workman of the Knights of Labor, who has been here several days testifying before the labor in- vestigating committee, said the president’s suggestions were better than those in the bill before congress. “1 want a department of labor,” id Mr. Powderly. “Idon’t believe in doctoring those troubls 1 want to go to the root of the disease, s are but medi- cine. ‘They relieve the patient for a time, but his sickness comes back on him, The matter must be seriously and earefully strained. We need a department of labor to have records on file, to make a careful and constant study of the labor question, and to be ready to act and to recommend action at any time. Arbitzations should be conducted tron this department.” THEY DON'T GO NEAR 11\, Tt is a singular fact that comparatively few democratic representatives or senators now callupon the president, or have any but the most frigid offieial intercourse with him. They shun the white house as if it were a pest house, and the yellow flag was tlying above its roof-top. There is something almost pathetic in the sad loneliness which now surrounds thehead of this nation. Day after day he delves into the ever aceum ing pile of papers before him, surrounded by lis official family only, while the men who but lately made the welkin ring for him, now stand afar off and indulge in the most savage eriticism of his oflicial con- duct and make the air blue with the curses they hurl at him, They neglect their legiti- mate duties and put in the most of the time denouncing him. Before his election they made the solitudes, even, vocal, with eulo- gies upon the very line of policy he is now, amid many difficulties and over many obsta- cles, trying to carry out. They huzzahed for “Cleveland and reform,” and almost tattered the tails of their nether garments in their efforts to commend the new reformer to the people. They ot down ontheir knees and did the koto to a knot of disaffected republicans in New York, and swore by the beards of their fathers that Cleveland could do just what he is doing in order to secure their decisive votes, On their prompting he swrote letters giving his personal pledge to the disaffected republicans, and now they curse him and desert him because he will not falsify those pledges. By doing so they are not hurting him materially, but they are demonstrating to the whole country their hypoeracy, their contempt for their own pledges, and th it opinion of the intelligence of the people because the presi- dent l:as proven himself a better man than they are. They have boyeotted him politically, and he is left to bear the burden by himself. The people are watehing this contest closely —more closely than the politicians imagine and it may yet turn out that the stone that was rejeeted by the builders has become the head of the corners, And many democratic senators and representatives who now seem to float upon a full tide of popularity may soon find that they have been left stranded highand dry by a reflect popular opinion, never more to grace the halls of legisiation, Ol things have passed away, and all things lave become new, and the growlers would do well to recognize the fact as s0on as possible, LYMAN'S PENSION BILL. The bill introduced by Representative Lyman, of Towa, on last Monday was not to increase the pension of soldiers who have losta footor ahund to 15 a month, as was reported in these dispatehes, The of pension paid for thisinjury—paid to the time of the passage of the act of 15%5—was $15 a month, with a proportionate amount for pro- portionate injurtes, The act mentioned in- creased the pension for such s24 per month, but made no provi- on for dividing the full rate in case of partial disability. Hence the com- missioner of pensions has held that where wan s rated as entitled to thirteen eighteenths, for instance, he shall b only 8t per month, or thirteen- of the old rating., Representative Lyma Dill is for the purpose of muking the 24 rating divisable =o that in the instance men- tioned the soldier would receive thirteen- ghteenths of $24 instead of a like fraction of §15, 10ss to POSTAL CITANG ames W, Ingalls ias been appointed post- master at Ingallston, s new oftice in Brown county, Neb, Commissions have been issued for the following postmasters: Wilbert ¥ Stockton, Hamburg, Nebv.; Cornelius Van Diest, Pella, Neb.: Isaae B. Carson, Kirk- yille, lowa; Leonard Loff :1holz, Sand Spring, Towa, Postoffice Appropriati WaASHINGTON, April 25, —The senate com mittee on appropriations to-day finished the consideration of the postoflice appropriation bill, and Mr. Plumb will report it Monday. The only important amendments are the fol- lowing: $40,000 added to the appropriation for inereasing special mail facilities to make connection with Cuba; Frye's amendment, in substance, is adopted appropriating $500,000 for the foreign mail service; and last year's provision, that no more than $40,000 snall ve usca 1or the extension of the free delivery service is readopted. Want to Bridge the Ohio. JAcksoN, Miss., April 24.—At a large mass mecting held here to-day resolutions were adopted urging represeutatives in congress | ta suppoit fhe measure now pending asking permissien on behalf of the 1linois Central | systen of railroads to build a bridge over the Qo river at or uear Cairo, "OMAHA, SATUR ORTY NTH CONGRESS, House, Wasmivaros, April 38.—The house met at 11 o'clock in continuation of yesterday's sos- sion, and immediately went into committee of the whole on the riverand harbor appro- priation bill, A few moments before noon the committee rose, the house adjourned, and the session of Friday opened. The president’s message on the labor troubles was re the clerk. Mr. Springer moved its reference to the committee on Tabor, with instructions to the committee to report upon it, by bill or otherwise, on or be- fore May 15, Mr. Batterworth moved to refer the mes- sage to the committe of the whole, Mr. But- terwortl’s motion ¥ ens 77, nays 143 There being thirty minutes debate allowed under the rules, Mr. Butterworth secured the floor. Tn conelusion he said that congress owes to itsell to take up the labor question and consider i fully, and then refer the subject to an appropriate committee. 1f it were referred to & eommittee now he feared that a measure would be reported represent- ing not the needs of the hour, but the politi- cal negessities of the coming eampaign, Mr. Weaver was in favorof a_motion to commit with instrictions, that the message might bo calinly considered. The gentleman from Ohio (Butterworth) said it could only receiye deliberate and ealm discussion in the commitiee of the whole, but_without that ample calmness, which the gentleman him- self had set, he liad not suggested any remedy for the trouble. 1t was easy {o tind” fault. to larp and eriticise. but it required statesman- ship and ealm deliberation to meet the un- derlying eansesof tne prosent labor troubles. Mr. Springer supported his motion, eon- tending that the committee on labor was the proper committee to consider the message. 1e opposed the motion to refer it to the com- mittee of the whole because it would be bur- fed there. Mr. Springer’s motion was then d o, "I'he hotise then went into committee of the Hateh in the ehair, on the private cal- , af its evening session, passed sixty pension bills and adjourned. Committee Work, WASHINGTON, April 28.—The house com- mittee on labor to-day leard Representative Regan in opposition to the education bill, After a session of two hours the conmitte adjourned without action. The commitice on'edueation did not obiain a quorum until a few moments before the meeting of the Touse, and then adjourned til- the third Fri- day in May. The labor investizating com- ) b, S sitting in ashington, and it was arranged that the members shonld leave this city for St. Louis Mouday morning. GOD AND THE GOVERN National Reforme of Chu and State. CLEVELAND, Apr At the closing ses- sion of the Ohio state and national conven- tion of the National Reform ociation at Wooster, Olio, resolutions were adopted holding that the state is a moral agent; that itis the duty of the state to acknowledge its accountability to God, and to recoznize Christ as the supreme ruler of nations, and the moral precepts of the bible as the found- ation of all law: that the generalization of government is practically impossible in country; that the cultivation of the morals of the people, thereby securing justice to all, is the highest work of the stat that conform- ity by church and state to the same religious principles is no union of church and e; that the Dbible should be given its proper place in the public school, t the divineorigin of christianity has been established, and that it should no Tonger be considered ason trial. The resolu- tions coneluded with the assertion that the rights of man are properly understood and maintained only where the responsibility to God is decply felt, ENT. Urge the Unity - A CHURCH WRECKED, Madrid Miscreants Begin the Explosives. Mabrip, April A1 attempt was made this morning to destroy the chureh of San Luis in this eity. An explosive was placed in the side of oneof the enormous hollow candles which stand_on cither side of the altar. Tie explosion, instead of taking place while the churel was erowded, as was probably intended, ocenrred hefore the people began to rive, The edifice was badly wrecked, Two sextons, who were in the building, were badly burned. The outrage has produced profound and wide citement and indignation in the No trace to the identity of the persons engaged in the conspiracy has yet been found, A Town Council Bounced. ViEsya, April 25.—The municival couneil of Stry,by imperial order, has been dissolved, upon the charge of enlpable oflicial negh- wce in having failed to provide the town with fire engines, Use of Cholera Innoculation, Manrin, April 25,—The Spanish Sanitary council has authorized the practice of inoc- ulation discovered by Dr. Ferran in the eventof a recurence of cholera in Spain, . A MINISTERIAL PARALYZE A Baptist Dominic Piotures th of An Editor Who Chal- lenged Him., Riciyoxn, Vi, April 25—[Speeial Tele- gram.)—The temperance question is being lotly discused in Virginia, and local option is being subwitted to the voters, A few days ago Itev. I. B. Hawthorne, a Bavtist minis- ter of Georgia, at a temperance meeting in Richmond, said that some anti-prohibition friends were quoting Seriptare in support. of their conrse: that even the State newspaper of Richmond quoted Seripture against him, and he half playfully said that the devil quoted Scripture and did it when he stood with the immaculate Christ on the pinnacle ot the temple. He added: “What Christ said to him [ would say to the Richmond State and its supporters, *Get theo behind me, Sutan,’ These remaris were considered by Richard Beirne, editor of the State, as insults to him- self and stall, and he at once wrote a let Hawthorne intimating that his cloth al sayed hiw from a duel or other punishment, Last night at a temperance meeting Haw- thorne replied to the letter by saying, * am a minister of Jesus Christ; I am not a man to settle a difficulty with pistols. I am very sorry that anybody wants to fight me. I lave bid a great many different emoli- tions in my life, but if I lave had any such emoliton as fear b wortal man I have not been conscious of it. Moreover, I will say this: There is not salt enough in the Atlantic ocean to save the man who puts his hands on e, It would take a magnifying glass that would magnify one hundred thousand times to see what is left of him. I think, wy friends, we had better not fight.” This sally created a tre- mendous uproar and applause from the dominie's adherents, What action Beirne will take is unknown, but the result is anx- o usly looked for by sensation lovers. - Business Falures, New Yok, April 25—Total number of business failures during the last seven days ;lnunghuunlw United States and Canada, 04, Fate s Death of Judge Whitely. WiLsixG1oy, April 25.—Judge Whitely, associate jul.e of the superior court, died this morning of hemoraage of the stowach, after a lingering illness. - A Murderer Hauged. MOBGANSFIELD, Ky., April Robert Fowker was hanged liere at - 1055 a u., for ke wwider ol Miss Luinett, DAY, EVENING., APRIL 24, 1856, MOST MARVELOUS OF THE AGE Such is Dec'ared to Have Been Gladstone's Speech for Home Rale. THE GREAT EFFORT REVIEWED. | Pavnell's Endorsement of the Scheme " and the Blots Which He Would cmove — Healy's Grand and Mastorly Address. Home Rute for Ireland. (The Bec's London Partiamentary Letter, Loxbox, April 10,.—Home rule for Treland is now the issue definitely laid vefore the parliament of Great Britain by the great speech of Mr. Gladstone on the evening be- fore last, when he moved for leave to bring in abill to amend the future government of Ireland. The substance at speech will inall likelihood have appeared printed in your eolumns long before this lotter reaches you and the result of the division which may probably be taken on it on Monday next, the 12th of April, will also be published by you, I make bold with an assertion now no following events can ever upset, I think, when I say that Gladstone has killed the act of union in this great speech of his on Thurs- day last. A very natural query is WIHAT WAS THE SPEECH LIKF and it is not easy to answer it. First as the simplest way of estimating it as a physical and rhetor performance by a man of 7 years of age and fifty-four of public life it will stand out in history as the most marvelous of our present age. For three hours and twenty-five minutes the old man enchained his audience oblivious of time while he unfolded to them the grad- ual process of political development which ade some seheme such as his necessary, or clse the alternative of a coercion ot Ireland such as has never yet been attempted even in that country, He traced the history of the Irish parliament, and showed for it m- tinued existence of 500 years, and exhibited the evil effeets of the suspension for the past eighty-six years of that existence. 1l spoke of the undiminished desire, of the eraving of the Irish people for self-zovernment, not- withstanding any attempt on the part of the English parliament, e said that the Irish people did not want laws that came to them in a forcign warb, and woald never be satis- fied until they had control of their domestice legislation, 1E SCHEME ITSELF isone of wonderful ingenuity. It gives to Ireland whatever the Trish members and the Irish people readily acknowledge as a sub- stantial measure of home rule, while it safe- guards impes unity and sceures the strongest guarantees for the protection of the minority in Ireland. Indeed, one of the greatest objec- tions to the seheme is that it goes a little too rin the latter direction, and if it be slow in its developing effects on Lreland the failure must rather be attributed to the too heavy £ put on the machinery by these preeau- tions than to any full speed ahead disposition ot the popular representatives of Ireland, ME. PARNELL'S OPINION on it was listened to with intense, silent in- terest by the whole house. and when his speech elicited the mmpulsive applause of his eighty-five follow that applause was heartily chorused by the radicals and 1ib opposite. One of the finest passages in his speech was that in which he praised the courage of Gladstone for facing this question at his present age, and in the face of the desertion of ministers from his cabinet, *He saw,” said Mr. Parnell, *“the officers who should have stood by his side leaving him one by one, and drawing their swords upon him.” Mr, Parnell did not deny there were in the scheme blots which it would be the effort of himself and his party to eface in committecs, e particulary instanced four features the measure as it was about to be proposed. The arrangement for the pay of the police from Irish revenue and the continnanes of imperial control of them, The colicetion of Tvish customs by mperial authority, The disproportion on the basis of wealth of the part Ireland would have to contribute to the imperial exchequer and the probability o deadlock frequently oceurring in the domestic legistation of Ireland owing o the anomalous powers by which one-third of its senate could hinder the legislative designs of the other two-thirds. But he said these were matters on which the Irish members would present their views to the committee when the bill got there, and he thouzht it better, subjeet to these views, to take the first opportunity of giving the hearty und cordial assent of the Lrish people to the measure whole so far as it was foreshadowed them in the speech of the premie first note of warning of ATTACK FROM THE REAR on the ministry was sounded by George Otto Trevelyan, He went insiduously to work to tr and expose the defects of scheme of the prime minister availing of his knowledge of cabinet seerets to effect this purpose and even going so far as to attempt a eriterion in advance of the mooted govern- ment seheme for the purehase of land in Lre- land. The speaker called him to order and reminded bim that it was not_competent for Wi to discuss on the motiol before the housa the details of a measure for which leave had not been asked to introduce a bill, Reluet- antly he resizned a formal obedienee, but he nanaged to get out enough for his purpose, which evidently was to knit up the two sehemes for the prejudiced condemnation of the English taxpayers who, of course, will not be wishing to lend £120,000,000 for tne purel of fvish = landlords, He had a wonderful passion for the continuance of the crimes act and coer- cion in Ireland, and talked ot Earl Spencer's courage and firmness and raked up the attacks Irish members had wade on hin But to this portion of his specch A STINGING RETORT wag made in the forementioned speech of Mr, Parnell, who admitted that *“the Irish members attacked Lord Spencer’s adminis- tration, that they had nothing to withdraw of they then said. Butif the Irish people owingto their hatred ot his poliey, ¢ adunre Lord Spencer, at least the could, for everyone is impelled to admire the pluck of a man who fights his corner. Lord Spencer did that, but did the right honorable gentleman for the border burghs do tl same? No he ran away and left Lord Spen- cer to fight alone, Would he now, if there were & return tor the polic he suggests, reaccept the position of chief stary for [reland? Or if not, what dear friend would Le re mend for that post? A GREATER CASTIGATION STILL, and perhaps the severest ever inflicted on a statesman of his rank, was that by Mr. Healy on Joseph Chamberlain, the ex-presi- dent of the loeal ernment board, aund for- merly president of the board of trade in the same administration. ‘This oceurred on the second night of the debate. Mr. Chamber- lain having moved the adjournnient on the of for The “the ase previous night at halt past twelve, was in | possession, wud hie rose awmidst the plaudits of his old enemies and new found friends, the tories, to criticise the scheme of the pre- mier and to explain his reasons for quitting the cabinet. He had all his letters to Mr. iladstone filed and at hand, and the replies of the prime minister, but he did not make much of them. He, too, tried to get into the land question discussion in advance, and being barred by the speaker, Wwrig- gled like Trevelyan through with what he had to say on it all the same. 'The Irish members gave him mostly a silent hearing, except when they wanted to emphasise the tory applause le was getting. But when Healy rose to speak from the Irish benches in reply, the eheer that grected him was full of contidence i the ability of the speech he would make, and that confidence was not be- trayed, Chawberlain’s pet scheme by of alternative, which was drawn from him by the Irish members, was a plan of IMPENIAL FEDERATION, and this ishow he wonld go about it: 1le would introduce a measure for the stoppase of evictions for six months, This receive not tory applause. But he would advance £4000,000 of state money to Irish land lords lest they may suffer any hardships in the meantime. e would then institute a commission, composed of members from all parts of the house, to devise a scheme of pur- iase, and then he would also go in tor the imperial federation of all the colonies, and Ireland’s tuin would doubtless come in - the ripe fullness of time. Mr, Healy pointed out that federalization presupposed the exist- ence of legislatures, and he said he as an Irishman would not say one word against it when the time for it came. But when would that time for it come? Were the people of Ireland to wait till the people of Canada, of Australia, of Tasmania, of Newfoundland, and even of Nova Zembla all agreed that federaiization was the best poliey? Meantime the colonies had domestie legislatures; they governed themscives, and they could afford 10 wait. Then he enticised the sensitiveness of the right honorable gentleman about the purse of the British taxpayer when it was a question of lending moncey to Irish tenants, liberal proposals to obviate any i convenienee to Irish landiords. He continued to eriticise, as it were in_parallel columns, the schemes of Chamberlain and Trevelyan, and he was sure the Marquis of 1 I when he rose would have anotherand a dif- ferent one, Mr, Goschen a dificrent one still, and the tory leaders would have one as widely differing from one another as they would from all those proposed. “Yet,” said Mr. Healy, “they are going to reject the me; sure brought forward by the greatest s man of the age, and which is accented by fiv sixths of the representatives of the Irish peo- ple. If they succeed, whata lovely cabinet they will make. It certainly will require a strong scheme of fmpe feders tion to keep them together. Old Gladstone listened with intense visible delight to Iealy’s specen, and he afterwards expressed the opinion that it was one of the ablest debating speeches he had ever heard if it were not too bitter. Al the same the old man relished its bitterest hits with un- mistakable satisfaction. THE PROBABLE RESULT of the debate may be an undeeided first read- ing or an unusual division for the rejection of the measure before it s printed Yet that will not end the matter even if adstone were defeated on it. If he ap- peals to the country he will probably secure a majority, and if not, a combination mini; try, or sort of dry well cabinet, will be formed that cannot hold together for any time. We are wurgent beeaus country’s case requires immediate tention. But if we are forced wait, nothing wjlk be lost by waiting. The American sympathy s cheering. Tt ias been cabled in’ words and money. The tone of your trans-Atlantic press_is splendid and the cable of §G60,000 from New Orle: last night shows the confidence of our race it your midst. EpwArp HARRINGTON. -~ ROCK ISLAND EXTENSIONS, Seven Hundred Miles of Road Pro- Jected in Kansas and Nebrask New Yonrk,April 25—[Special Telegram | The Times announces that the projected ex- tension of the Chicago, Rock Island & I ficvoad is to beeome a fact forthwith, the contract having been signed in Wall street yesterday by which Kuhn, Loeh & Co. sub- seribe for 810,000,000 in new bonds to be fs- sued by the company, — Seven hunared miles of new road are projected, the ereater part to be known as the Kansas and Nebraska di- visions, There is said to bea great deal in the proposition that does not bode much good for the Rock Island’s competitors, - THE CEDAR BLOCK RING. Omaha Contractors Bidding On Chi- ments, Crieaco, April ¢ pecial Telegram.)— Several Omaha contractors are in this city | for the purpose of bidding on street im- provements, They say Chicago men came to their town and tried to take the work away from them and they come liere Lo help break up the Cedar block rving. The competition for ing sticets this year promises to be lively and it is not improba- ble that the work will cost less than the average price paid lst yesr, —— The Powers PAts, April 2% —De Freyeinet announced during the cabinet meeting yesterday that the government was participating in the en- deavors of the powers to wrge Greeee to keep the peace, 1t is understood Franee will join the other powers in the issue of an ultimatum insisting upon Greeee abundoning her war like preparations, put wil to join then in any naval demonstiation intended to coercn Greece, tos- inst Gre refuse GATHERED FROM TWO STATES All the Happenings of a Day in Nebraska and Towa, ‘ A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. A Leading Business Man at Blair Sups posed to Have Suicided—A Greens back Convention Called — Sciool Children Strike A Prominent Man Disappoars, Brat, Neb, April 25.—(Special)—=E. €, Pierce, for many years coroner of this coun- tve and the leading furniture dealer of this city, left home on last Tuesday evening., tell- ing his wife that he was going to Omaha to attend an embalmer’s convention. Nothing haviag been heard from him since, his wifo beeame uneasy and to-day had his safe searched, in which was found a letter to his wife and children, bidding thema last fare- well, saying he could not live longer and could not die in Blair, He has been acting very strangely lately, and it is gencrally sup- posed that hie has committed suicide. He has an estimable family, and a good business. Oflicers are seatehing for him, Greenback Convention Called. CeEpAnr RAring, lowa, April 23.—The leading anti-fusion greenbackers in- session here to-day, issued a call for a state convens tion of straight greenbackers of lowa to be held at Cedar Rapids May 6, of the present “The purpose of the convention is to nominate a state ticket for the coming elee- tion. The eall denounces the policy of fusion stiuetive to the eflicacy of the green- party; declares that the present ad- ration has brought no relief to the peo- ple of the country from the depression in husiness and oppression of labor: and ealls upon grecnbackers to stand by their vrincis les and oppose fusion, co-operation or al- iunce with other political parties, Iowa Railroad Improvement. Dis MoINks, Ia., April 23.—[Special Tele- gran. | —Messts. Gillotte & Woodman, of New. Lampshire, heavy stockholders in_ the Des Moines, Osceola & Southern railroad, are in the eity arranging for brondening the guage i extending the road to Kansas City. They represent tour-ifths of the capital stock of the road, andarefavorably disposed to the ehanges proposed, and will so report to the eastern bondholders Contraband Beer Capture Du:s Moiis, lowa, April 25.—(Special Tel- egram. |—The first test casa under the Clark prolubitory law occurred to-day. J. G. Har- an_ expressman, was arrested this e for delivering in his wagon two cases of beer without having the county an- ditor's certificate us required by the new law. The beer was declared contraband and Is now in a justice’s oflice waiting a final dis- position of the case, Lincoln School Children Strmike. LiNcory, Neb., April 25.—[Special Tele® gram.]—The scholars of the seventh grade of the high sehool made & quict and unopposed strike to-day. The length of the sehool day has been increased fifteen minutes, and when the usual time for closing came one of the scholars gave the usual signal for rising and passing out and they were obeyed to tho Iast scholar., A Straight A Peculiar Accident, DunrQUE, lowa, April 23,—|Speeial Tele- gram.]—A singularaceident oceurred to-day at the National Iron and Brass works, A young n, named 11 Meyer, was endeavoring to drive ared-hot chisel into a piece of wood for a handle, when the burning iron slipped ind entered his breast nearly three inches, nilicting a probably fatal wound, The Fate of a Fool Alderman, Cepanr Rarins, I, April 23.—Alderman W. 'I'. Brown, while under the influence of whisky L night, attempted to cowhide I, W. Faulkes, of the Evening Gazette. Faulkes id his head open with a cane and made his ace un familiar, and was declared an easy winner. Brown will be espelled from the council, Railroad Building in Towa, Northwestern ONAWA, low gram.] The right of wr neer corps of the Clicago & Northwestern company are here at work on the extension of the Maple River branch from Mapleton to They say the road will be built immediately. This gives the Northwestern the shortest line between Chicago and Sioux City. Tele- t and engl- The Mystery Solved. Moixes, Towa,” April 2 ram. |—Perey Cross, the T-year-old boy who mysteriously disappeared last Saturd was found floating in- the river seven miles below this eity this forenoon. Itis now sups posed he fell in the river here while fishing. Court in Burt County, OAKLAND, Neb, April 25.—[Special.]— “The district court for Burt county las been in session since Monday and a number of cases have been disposed of. Judge Wakeley the bene and hias yet considerable s 10 come boforg him, including three criminal cases, The most important suit of the term 15 that of Shortel v, Young, which ct for next week, It involyes the title 1o 160 neres of valuable land, and its progross will be watched with great interest. A stron £ but unsuccesstul attempt has been made by one of Oaklnd’s attorneys to seeure the disbarment of J. 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