Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 3, 1886, Page 1

THE OMAHA DALY BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING. MAY 3, 1856 m— NUMBER 273, NAILING INDUSTRY'S DOORS. Business Bronght to a Standstill in Chicago by the Eight-Hour Movement. SHOPS AND FACTORIES CLOSED. Freight Handlers of all Railroads Join the Strikers—Mouth Suc- ceeds Muscle—Strikes in Other Cities—A Quiet Sunday. Sunday in Chicago. Ci1caGo, May 2—There was no exeite- ment in the city to-day. The weather was beautiful and the masses seemed to be enjoy- ing the warm sunshine instead of discussing the labor problem. Capltalists and he: large establishments seriously cons the matter, and there were also meeting, many labor organizations, ‘The streets were not neerly so crowded as on § even the soclalist headquarters were nigh deserted. There was no disorder at any of the freight houses or in the lumber districts, But in both trounle is expected to-morrow. The leaders of the Iabor movements expect many strikes to-morrow at additional ing establishments, and these wel excitement, and will perbaps result in a col- lision with the police. Railroad men say they will open the freight houses to-morrow, with the old men if they come, and new men if they must. The general opinion among them is that the road cannot afford to pay the advance demanded by the men, and they will not make any concessions. Any how, it is thought the ‘“‘war” it there is any tomorrow, will be at the Burlington yards, as that compan hins decliraq its. {ntONFIoN Of doibg Its Dust. ness despite the strikers, An unexpected complication in the freight handlers’ strike seems to have come up in_the reported re- of the switchmen of the various roads ndle their cars loaded by “seabs,” 1t is n, however, that such action will er districts trouble is antici- rom the fact that so many of the em- are foreigi d with anarchists’ ideas. Lunibe are_ they will not make the concessions demanded by the men and if they are determined to make mischief there is very lar, diflicult territo be guarded. - The English-speaking laboring element s i unit against disorder, and will use all influence to sce that the respected. “Ihe manufactories that closed day ni down Fri- it to give the men a holiday, will not open again in the morning on account of business, and others have refused the de- mands of their employes and will form com- binations which will fest the staying qual- itiesof the men to their utmost, Ata meeting of Rothehi; ik afternoon a i sed to thel rs this 1 ad- icago, Cin- nati, St. Louis, Kansas City and_Denyer, ing the firm would pay a 10 per cent advance on piece and_day work, and inaugu- rate the eight-hour movement, ishied all the men to return heated debate followed this and a m of the men seemed to favor the accepting of the firm’s offers. But Hangch, president of the Cabinet Makers’ union, and Stathnecht, a professional agitator, violently denounced the idea of accepting any thing. A vote was then taken and the offer’ rejected, Michael Mellone and Johin Reynolds, chairman and secretary of the sty s’ committee, then Drought things to o ciisis by rosizning their oftices and declaring their intention of go- ing back to work. Great confusion ensued and Agitator Stathnecht asked McHone, in an ominous tone, if he knew vhat the result of his step would be. The n replied they did not care what the result would be, and lett the room, followed by the anathemas of the union, which were Inunched at them by Hanseh. The meeting then passed under the control of the agita: tors, and a motion to stand out prevailed. All power was vested in the hands of the union, and the men cut themselves off, on motion, from the privilege of communi: cation with the firm. Somo of the men nevertheless privately adumitted their inten- tion of going fo work to-morrow. e firm has promised rotection to those who return to its employ. A. Andrews met 400 em- ployes Saturday and they will ‘2o to work to- motTow on terms identical with Kothschild's Propositio Th Cuie Jight-Hour Day in Chicago, Go, May L—[Special Telegram,]— The early morning hours of May 1, the day set for the inauguration of the eight-our day among wage-workers in Chicago, were cha ized by a quietness which was a r minderof Sunday. In manufacturing dis tricts the 6 and 7-0’clock whistles were, for the most part, silent. Streets in the centers of industry were noticeable by reason of the absence of the usual hurrving erowds of workingmen, with their lunch baskets and dinner pails in hand, Such streets as Mar- ket, Dearborn, Monroe and others, on which heavy trucks are usually driven, did not con tain half as many teams as usual, Hundreds of factories were idle—some shut down on account of the strikes, others closed for the day to give their employes a holid idea of holding a great parade to-day under the auspices of the trades and labor assem- Dlies was abandoned, much to the disappoint- ment of many, The first startling news of the morning came at 9:30 o'clock, A crowd of men from the lumber yards and planing mills, numbering 3,000 or 4,000 men, got together in the vicinity of Twenty- sccond street and Blue Island avenue, A leader was sclected and a line formed, In the front rank a men carried the red flag, “Ihe body of men then moved dosn in the direction of the McCormick reaper works. After the freight handlers of the Burling- ton road quit work yesterday afternoon, they marched about to the freight depots of the other roads and made specches to the men there employel, advising them to demand cight hours with increased pay, and inyiting them to a meeting to be held this morning at Harrison street bridge. In response to this invitation, between 300 and 400 men gathered there at 8 o'clock and listened to specches made by their fellow-strikers. The first orator urged them to visit all depots, urge the men to strike for fewer lours and more pay, but to be careful not to use violence or create any disturbances. Another speaker sald the Wabash had kept its men at work till mid- night last night loading and unloading freight in violation of the understanding that they would not require work over hours, He advised that they visit the Wabash depot first, and urge the men to strike, and it they did ot do it to pull them out. This was re- celved with eheers, and the erown imiedi- ately formed four abreast and started for the Wabash depot on Twelfth street, near Clark. “Phe men are from the Northwestern, Mil- waukee and St. Paul, ¥t Wayne, Alton and Burlington freight houses. The marchers gathered force as they went, idle men and boys falling into line as they moved along, until the party nuwbered wore than 500, by the time the Wabash depot was reached, Here one of the leaders madea speech to the freight handlers who were at work, urging them to strike at onceand join forces with them for shorter hours and wore pay. This theWabash men were easily persuad- ed to do. This action was kreeted with cheers, and the crowd re-inforced by the new stiikers visited in turn the yards of the Easten Llli- nois, Lake Shore, Michigan Ceutral, Rock Island, Louisville, New Albany & Chicago, and St. Paul roads, and were in each case successful in stopping work, In the luwmber distriet_not a plaining will, box factory, or Sard I8 doing any work, An lwportant meeting, at which all these industries will be represented by owners will be held to-night at whicha plan on_action will be agreed on. At the stock yards everything is nioving as usual, On the North side the men in the large soap factory of Kirk & Company struck and joined a procession which is now visiting the other factories. A review of the situation at noon is briefly this: Business in Chicago is at a standstill, nothing is being done at any of the rallways oratany of the large factories in the city and in many cases the manufacturers wisely determined to give their employes a holiday to-day, so that it will really take untii Mon- day to show what places are closed on ac- count of the cight hour movement. CHicAGo, May 1.—[Press,|—Five hundred striking reilrond freight handlers met at Harrison street viaduct, near the Woest Side on passenger depot, at 8 o'clock this morning, Speeches were made by two or three leaders, deciaring it was the duty of freight handlers on all Chicago roads to en- force their demands now for shorter hours while the workingmen in all departments were doing so, and_upon the suggestion of | noticable absence of anything approac some one in_the crowd the men started for | threats of violence. the Wabash yards to urge the men employed — there to stop work, ‘The ¢crowd inereased in New York's Great Demonstration. Mre e "H')M"ml'\i‘l'«lvl 'll‘h;‘yr(,fl!ltuwl( llhc NEw Youk, May L.—Lwelve thous; Yy abash yards and the men there at once be- | po ‘yith banners, flags and transparencies, an quitiing work, causitig o complete cessa- | 1 il O T square this evening and tion of work in those yards. 4 Some fifty mien unloading vessols at the | lifted up their voices in no gentle manner in Itocle Tsland and Ly Shore milrond docks | belalf of theeight-hour movement, ey were on' the river struck for eight hours ang & ViR THoi 111D fabt stopped work, Thie_oflieials in' the Rock | WOTEME men ftom the fact Islands and Lake Shore yards are clearing | Warehousesof thecity ¥ respective trades ood- natured crowd of 600 policenen had little to up all freicht in_exvectation of a strike among the wen there, The frelght house men of the It, Wayne road this morning, | do, The men hurrahed a good deal, in made a demand for eight hours and Will S | e ted themselyes hoarso, in applauding the sentiments expressed by the speakers, and that was all, There seemed to be no end atnoon unless it is conceded. The drivers and_conductors of the Blue to the number of org: ns which came pouring into the s elock, All sort Island avenue lines of the west division ear company demanded a reduction of their trips from seven to six, confining the working day to eleven hours without decrease | of transparen: sion. Some ciga Otliers pore th hoursat 25 cents per hour, which was re- fused, ‘An enthusiastic meeting of striking freight handlers was held last_evening. Excepting the Baltimore & Ohfo, delegatios from every rond entering the city were present, A Mr. Burke, of the Pan Handle, was made temuor- ary chairman, and, amid cheering, declared tirat until the demand for eight hours, With ten hours pay, was conceded not one of ~ the men will go back. Mr. O'Connar, of the St. Paul road, was finally elected 'permanent chafrman, and made a red hot speech to the strikers. ‘The most intense carnestness was shown, especially when Chairman 0'Connor read 'a dispitch from New York stating that President Sykes, of the Northwestern road, had suggested that it would be foolish for the roads to attempt to fight at this junctire and that coneiliation was a_needdd policy. lowed the reading of this disp describable, the men becoming wilily thused, Another noisy time ensued ‘when the chairman announced that twen! men brought here from Milwaukee 1 St. Panl road liad refused togo to work ‘in the strikers’ pinces, After much talking, n committee consisting of nine_delegates from each road, \\‘usu‘ppuinhul to prepare articles of organization for a freight handlers’ union and report ata meeting to-morrow afternoon. Throughout the proceedings there w The company ncceded to the de- s without parleying, Two hundred men are eluployed by tiis company, In South Chicago, where a few ryards and plantng mills are I dmen _and’ the men employ candles will of one large concern stopy been erceted for s) wd will doubtless induce the me izations got to marching around the square, other'vards to stop also, although they were | the speakers elimbed up into the s still ng at 10 o'eloc proceeded to harrangue the erowd, “The men employed in Kirk’s soan factory, | stand near Broadway was given over to Ge: numbering 300, just stopped wor man speakers, and the one near Fourth ave- cession headed by a band of music is vi nue to English. John Mackin, a painter, other factories situated in the Norih side, | said: “We have suffered quietly and peace: Which they will also endeavor to st down, | Tully, but to-iay we resoived to e quiet no tion among the packing [ longér. We desire liberty for labor, shorter this morning has been quiet. ‘The | hou d better pay. e have here in New ing houses are all running about as | York a district attorney who seems to find 1l, though there were three 8 o'clock | delight in arresting laboring men and tles instead of 7 o'clock, this morning. | throwing them into prison. [Hlissed]. Nelson Morris says positively e will notac- | We do not want to stir up strife i cede to the eighthour demand. P. D. Ar- | this city, but we do want our ri mour’s manager shows a_ deci and are bound to have them. The working- tion todo so.” Other pack: men are not to be tur from seeking pear to be inclined to await the their rights by_threats from the grand j mour. In a measure th and 1 tell the oflicers of the pared to resist any un that boycotting shall o on.” [Cheers. | They all have important Jolin Swinton was received with an outburst myst be filled. No disorderly demonstrations | of applause. He said: “The_eight-hour océurred this morning and “there will proba- | movement is closed. We have given satis bly not be any be any before Monday factory reasons for demanding shorter hour ing, should "the mien be flatly Tefsued | which'no newspaper has been able toanswer. the' demand for and efghthour day. | This town is now undera reign of terror by a “The column of railroad strikers and follow- | prostitute judiclary and rotten monopoly. reached the Lake Shore ronds about 11 | They are dragging the citizens, ear drivers, o'clock, and the main body of the men stop- | bakeérs and tailors to prison by the wholesale. ped work, The officials of the Lake Shore | T warn this judiciary that the time will come road are preparing to close all freizht houses, | when their own féet shall pave 7 An important session of lumber manufac: | prison.” The enthusiasm among the turers of _the city was held this morning. | mans, Poles, Swedes and Italians around principal planing mill in the city was | west Stand was gre represented. ‘The situation was fully dis- cussed and they decided to_ stand by each other whatever action they take, and appoint- ed ' committoe £ request. the attendance of representatives from every lumber yard and box factory in the city at a joint meeting, which will'be held at the Shérman house to- night, to determine uvon a_course of action, In the meantime no concessions will be made and pending the meeting all planing mills, box factories and lumber yards have been closed. The men employed by the West Division Street Car company in the extension of their truck for eight hours, The company allowed the men to go, Freight handlers of the \Wabash yards stopped_work and_ joined the procession, icht hours Iabor.” Some clubs lighted flaming torches, rom ic lights. Two stands b kers. When the organ- rgo Tum- ed, the In the Mining Regions. PirTsBURG, May 1L—Nearly every furni- ture factory in this city and Allegheny is closed. The furniture manufacturers de- clined to grant the employes’ demand for a reduction of hours of labor from ten to eight. Over 000 men are dle, The stone cutters of the two cities are also out for nine hours a day, but return to work Monday, the employers generally conceding the demands, 'Tlie new mining seale granted to railroad miners at the recent inte convention of coal operators and miners he at Columbus, Ohio, went into_effect to-day and 5,000 In this district aro working at which proceeded to the tracks and yardsand | an advance. ~The mew s 50 1zoes into induced all men employed in tiie freight | cffect in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and houses to abandon their positions, The new | as far west as Illinois. 4 cruits then j lumn, which next | Y 0uNGsTows, Ohio. May 1.—Coal opera- ited the 1 ¢ Albany & Chi- | tors in the Maloning Valléy refused to grant where they were also suceessful | the miners’ demands for an _advance of ten rts with the freight handlers, | centsa ton. A strike will probably be or- ssion, which nufuber, dered. Nearly 3,000 men aré employed in the ulating around the dif mines represented. There has been no disorder 5o fa = A crowd of some 500 or 400 men Beermakers Strike. in the neighborhood of the Me PHILADELPHIA, May 1.—All the employes s on the southwern outskirts | or Betz & Son’s brewery struck this morning of the city with a red flag at the head of their | & 37" COR% B G * column, “The works are_Idle to-day, the men | #1488 MOHGREIGPPAG o row. LRvinghbeonglyemeliolid ers, numbering between 230 and 500, struck PN g5 ol day at ten hours’ pay being refy gtopped work," At the Now Albany, frolght | PG el ot ivbawho grnted the damands, house, before the men went out, Thomas SIYQTR QXOODL LW und o caman ; N T s B Sl ILWAUKE, May 1o brewing com- & s M ad, mounted | panies iad a conference to-day, and resolved car and addressed the crowd. | to mnake a umted stand against 2,000 e told that he wanted all freigit_ handiers | Suiking brewers, The men tn the Falk brey- to30in the union preparatory to forming an | £y having refused to join tho strikers, the assembly of the Knihts of “Lavor, 115s ro- | lafter announce thav thiey will march 16 that wrks ere greetod with cheering, | After | establishment in a body to-morrow, and this th rowd of strikers marched to Clark | force thé men to quit. If'this plan is carried £ 8 D sron ey formed 1y | into effect, serious trouble is apprehended. line four abreast. crowds turned out e 10 see the sight and cheered the men, They Oarpenters’ Demand, marehed through the strects toward the Mich- wox, May L.—The trades union of car- igan Central freight house, As they pursued Brotherhood of Carpenters and their way the streets becane filled WIthsight- | Joiners of America, and joiners and plumbs seers, but nothing approaching disorder Was | s union, 5000 in all. resoived 10 domand pparent. It took but a few mowments to in- | giunt hours Monday. T ter Bul 4 duco the - Michigan = Central 'moen = o | association, 200 strong, unanimously con- Heached the fralght house thomen commenced | fen'pl fhie dctiah of the workingien, laving to put on their coats. As each addition was | 11 ddiiands cannot be complied with. witl: )-\ninlu o the ruuksInu-|«|-nmfl.»|u~|u Inc(rvuwn i | out disaster o business and the men, bout ten men in the Mi n_ Central e 2 yards refused to join the strikers. About this e TS AR S SO BER SO TORE o | ofticers of the road. A licutenant and Squad > e rpofiiod o i m|mllcvann]lptl'.n'l'dundrh’nrcd the depot | th Mlll“'clfl‘"lt‘l;\u;k»l ‘V'llol struck lh‘r yx, without using violenci were approached by Fdgar, the proprietor of Soveral mass meetings occurred in_the | the works, and requested to return to woi districts of the southwestern portion | and finish up contracts now on hand, after ity during the forenoon, The crowd | which he said theirdemand for an_increase sod vory. langely of ooty | of wages would o considered. e wen hey were add ed by their | complied with the request and returned to Beade |||my|<|~|.~« and § tho mu\u: STorE: ! resolved itself intoa marching column and précoded by o band of sk and earrying red flags pro led to the MeCormick reaper works wliere some non-union men working | qrad earnenters. eeting, decide I tho yards were frightened away, Fhe | dred carpenters, ata meeting, decided that, procession moved west on Blue Island ave- | beginning to-day, they should go to work at nue to Robert. street where a wass meeting | 80’clock, have one hour for dinner, and quit was held in o vacant fof, 'Llie crowd grew | ath o'clock, thus working eight lours for ¢ a8 it moved alons and grew more | elght hours'pay. The bosses agreed to the terous. The police kept advised of its | proposition, ents, but up to noon no trouble had reported. are marehin Cormick wo A Fair Proposition, 81, Louis, May 1.—Last night several hun- Six Hundred Out in Cincinnuti, CINCINNATI, May L—About five hundred employes at the furniture factories and one hundred employes of Brunswick & Balke, billiard table manufacturers, are out in cou- sequence of the refusal to grant ten hours pay for eight hours work, oceurred. When the column in the lumber yards marched east on Blue Island avenué and Twenty-second street to Lumber street it turned” north, cheering and yelling as it passed each lumber yard, On réaching Nive- reet the procession turned w. and proceeded to the hall on the corne avenue and Elghteenth street. I loons on the line of march displayed red flags from their doors and windows. On arriving at the hall all that could get in crowded to- gether in an atmosphere made stifling by the fumes of tobacco. Speakers addressed the meeting in Bohemian, Polish, German and English. One speaker advocated the burn- ing of every yard the proprietor of which re- fused to concede the demands of the men, ‘The procession dissolved at about 1 o'clock without eausing any damage. Luwwuber own- ers expressed anxiety as to the safety of their property and are setting about to procure or the better rruwrllon of the yards, ocialists are issuing cireulars” for a of public meetings to-morrow. o Ft. Wiwne men stopped work shortly on, 1 obe he demands of eentl A Voluntary Offoring. WASHINGTON, May L—The twelya-hour schedule was voluntarily tendered its drivers and conductors by the Washington & George- town street rallway company to-day, Oity Laborers' Strike, 81, Louzs, May 1.—Two hundred men em- ployed on the water works of East St. Louis struck to-day for eight hours work per aay at ten hours wages. The ety refused the de- mand, The Sugar Fixers. NEw York, May 1.—Tie strike in the Brooklyn sugar refineries continues un- changed, but the strike along the river front of wareliousemen is ended, Even Plumbers Go Out. St. Louss, May 1.—All the plumbers in this eity, 200 in number, quit work this morn- ing, their demand for {he eighi-hour system not'being met. Wages Advanced. calence 1 ching crowd of strikers. The in railway men are still at wor it is understood will continue at work until T y, when the company will return an answer. The boys, with the exception of ongé, in Armour’s tin ), struck this morn- ing for $1.25 per da, > demand was re- fused and the boys then left, Twenty-three of the fifty men employed in Bwitt's slaugh: ter house struck this worning for eight s hours \\urklul llml hluuryl puy.m'l‘hc d“fmmd ‘Pmsuul'nu. May 1L—The coke workers in was refused. Twenty-five Swedes eniployed | the Counellsville region were granted an ad- i u the Wabash} elevator struck for cight | vance in wages to-day, by NEBRASKA'S CROP PROSPECT, Reports From Forty-One Counties Gathered by the Bec's Special Correspondents, A VERY ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. The Late Spring Delays Corn I’Innlhl‘ Somewhat, But Bountcous Re- turns Predicted on all Crops —Western lowa Reports, The Work of the Farmors. Reports of the conaition of the crops and the prospects for harvest have been received from forty-one counties in Nebraska and from & number in western lowa. With but few exceptions the outlook fora prosperous season and boun- teous returns is declared to be magnificent, In spite of the late spring and the recent cold and heavy rains, farmers are well along with their work. Nearly all of the small_grain is reported in avd erowing rapidly. But little cori: has so far been planted, but active prep- arations are bemg made to put it under ground as rapldly as possible. The soil is in good condition. and farmers are jubilant over the excellent prospeets. Twenty counties report a Iarge increase in the acreac of corn, while neatly the same numoer report less wheat put in. A general increase in acreage on all erops, however, is noted. Inonecounty alone is a less acreage of corn reported. From oight counties flax is reported to have been sown extensively, as an experimental crop, to take the place of wheat. Broom corn has also been planted in large quantities in four counties, Taken as o whole, the reports indicate that never has Nebraska had a better and more promisimg. Tier erops than at present. aro the reports in detail from ~ous countie: Specials to The Bee. ADAMS COU May » acreage of n in_Adams county will be some- over last year, The season is s behind, owing to heavy spring rains. Grain ' is _coming up nicely andgrowing rapidly. In the judg- ment of many of the best rers the ac age of corn wi count of the TV, 1 grain is all " commencing to plant The ground s in fine_condition. has decreased i aereage oats inereased 25 per cent; barle flax inereased 10 nt; eorn iner per cent. The outlook is good. 3 COUNTY. Arpiox, Neb., May L—The extreme cold and wet has delayed planting. Wheat is nearly all sown, and oafsare beinig put in the sroundas rapidl as the weather will permit. The ground is in splendid condition. Tl acreage in wheat and oats will be about the saune as st year, wihile there will be o large increase in the acreage of flax. BROWN, COUN LoNG PiNk, Neb., May L—On account ot threo mills in Long Pine and u lively ae for small grain, the farmers have inc S the acr at 60 per cent, oats 40 pe and corn 53 percent. ‘The farmers of Brown county are quite jubilant over the prospes of the wheat crop, as it is now five inches high. Oatsare allup. The potatocrop is expected to be cnormous this ‘year. 1t will probably average 250 bnshels {o the acre, BUFFALO COU Neb, May lL—Farmers are quite behind with their Spring work, thouzh or the past weel weather has been ‘fine and much plowing for corn hasbeen done. The acreage of corn to be planted this year is much larger than any previous year. The acreage of small gram is about the same as last year, but less wheat, The wheat crop is ing unusually fine, ;L TON, Neb., May 1.—Farmers of this section have made butlittle progress owing to the backward season. The soil is mellow and in splendid working order. e acreage of wheat will be somewhat below the average on acount of the low figures for I year's farmers will try flax perl Ihe opened in earnest, and’ farmers ar over the prospect for o bountiful har BURT COUNTY Nocorn ha ) increased acre. small grain is_in on corn. Whe: 1esd 20 KEARNEY, happy L. OAR: planted yet. ] o planted. But litt account of thelate spring. 'Th reason that more corn is to be planted. armers are busy plowing. Wiheat looks well, but many think it i wing too rapidl count of 80 1 0 Farmer little late in getting their corn in, Many ble corn 1o husk this spring before plowing. been B DAvID Crry, Neb., A The seeding of wheat, oats and barléy in'this county is com- pleted. A very smail acreage has been sown, owing tothe backward spring and low prices received for last years crop. An increased acreage of flax_is expected, while the corn crop will_nearly double the acreage of last season. But liftle_corn will be planted be- fore the middle of May, considerable spring plowing remaining to bé done, ‘The present condition of the ground is fayorable to an abundant yield of all kinds of grain and yegetables.” Tiye, sown last fall, is” looking finely. RisiNG Crry, Neb., May 1. splendidshupe, There tsa large incr the acreage of flax hereabouts,” Broom corn and potatoes will also take the place of much small grain, Corn planting has commenced, and the acreage is much larger than befor CASS COUNTY, May wheat acreage this spring smail. The barley acreage is the same as the past five years. Wheat and barley are all sown and now plowing for corn.” It is very wetand cold. The cheap- ness ot wheat this spring is the cause of not being the usual amount of acres sown, CLAY COUNTY EpaAan, Neb., May 1. pllent progres this vicinity, 1y for pl “The ground weather is The sol Avoca, Neb, ers are making spring work in ground i Ty all d planting has begun. ent condition an propitious. The iner ll grain will not e year's by more than 10 per cent, Corn, how- ever, will exceed last year's planting by at 20 per cent, A great deal of atfention i beihig paid o fruit cultire this spring, and thousands of fruit trees have been planted within a short radius of Edgar, Ariery, Neb, May mall grain is all sown and nearly all up. The acreage this year will be about 40 to 5 per cent in excess of last year, Farmers are preparing ground for corin. Some have already planted. All will gef their corn in in good time. The ground is in splendid condition and’ every- thing looks favorable for a bountiful harvest, in spite of the late spring. COLFAX COUNTY. SCHUYLER, Neb., May L—Farmers here- about are nearly dope seeding, with the ex- ception of flax. Nov 80 much wheat was sown here as in former years, There will probably be more flax rafsed here “this year than any previous year. Ground is in ex- cellent condition for working, excepting in very low places. ~ Corn bids fair to become king here, as the people take more kindly to Slock Talsing wad T feoding: than 1n former years, Neb., May 1 1 grains areall in, 'The acreage is about the same as last year. There is considerable increase in the corn acreage, On the whole there will be several thousapds more ncres of all_crops than last year, mall Kf“‘“ looking well and good crop anticipate DAKOTA COUNTY. PENDER, Neb., May 1.—Crops_look splen- didly—that " {s, small grain, There is one- half more sown than |asl}'mr. The ground is in good condition. Farniers are busily pn‘uunmfi ground for corn, of which there will be immense quantites planted. The amount of flax sows: is about 20,000 acres, and about the same of wheat, and oats in pro- portion, DAkorA Crry, Neb, May 1—The con- finued rain has wade spring work somewhat backward. ‘The ground in the bluffs isin good condition, but on the bottom it is teo web, ‘Fhere is an increased acicage of swall frnhl over the entire county. There will also be an increase of acrease in corn, much new breaking done Iast season and this. DAWES COUNTY; CHADRON, Neb., May L—The farmers in this vicinity m'(‘lphlnflmz an immense amount of corn, and the weather has thus far been very favorable. Small grain has mostly been sown. The increased acreage of grain ov e last year is 1,000 per contor more. Wheat and corn are doing splendidly, and are_ sev- eral inches in height. Farmers expect a large crop of everything, and the present indica- tions point toward a successtul year for the farming fraternity. DIXON COUNTY PoxcA, Neb, May 1—Farmers in this county (Dixon) have all done secdihg. The ground prior to the rain storms of the 2 and 25th ult, was in exeallent condition, I these storms, which were fceorpaniec unusual cold, will retard preparations for planting corn and affec r less the rowth of oats and g There isquite an inc all grains sown this year over that ot last ason. This is considered a backward pring, and the weather for the past three, l|R?’-‘- which has been wet and very o quite a snow falling on the nizht of the —will make it more so. Still, the farmers of Dixon county are full of hope and expect the soil will, a8”it always has done, give them Targe crops for their Il or i DODGE COUNTY, Freyont, Neb, May L—Although the spring lias been b , crops are quite well advanced, All the small grain is in and ali ontage 1s up and looking well The ground is in excellent condition, and is now being prepared corn planting. Acreage of smali grain is less than last year, while the acreage of corn is much larger. On the whole the average is larger, JG1,AS COUNTY. May 1.—Small grains are a good deal better than last ye The acre- age is about the same 'lie conditidn of the ground is zood. except a little moist from the Tecent rain, Planting is some three or four days behind lastyear, Grass is in the best of condition FIL FamsonT, Ne! busy getting crops in. ground will be used. S the largest acreage. rood condit sountiful crop. EX| MORE COUNTY. riners are all Considerable new pring corn will have The ground is in very Everytling indicates a ‘ariers are nearly grain, The ground ow, but hias been v e of small gr of the lateness of the Some corn is in_ the fields unpic while large quantities badly damaged having been e\m.‘.-& to the open air in gr piles. Much corn will be planted this season. FEANKLIN COUNTY RIVERTO . May L—Spring opened very late V' is peing pushed 1 :leu Smill grain is all in, Corn s being rapid planted. An increased acreage 15 shown in all crops. “Sinall grain_ never looked better. “The outlook for horticultural products ~are encourazing, Farmers are hopeful and URNAS COUNTY. Sinall grain is per cent over oxtensively planted e of from 25 to 30 put 1 with an ound is in ex- farmers belieye a 1in proportion than attle passed the winter per cellent_condition larger crop will be atany other time. well. and GAGE COUNTY BrATricr, Neb, May 1.—Farmers are very busy, béing a Tittle behind_ with spring planting on account of rain. Small g i up and looking well. y plowing for corn. Thera is a large increase in the acreage of corn, Not much whea sown. Corn is king in Gage county on ac count of S0 many stock farniers. Wy MGRE, Neb., May L.—About the average acreage of winter wheat and the erop is in fair condition. A slight increase In the mnount of spring wheat. That sown in 'y is thin on the gronnd. Lal in good condition, been sown than in any p there will be an increase in the aer corn_planted this year in_southern county of fully one-third. Very little cor has béen planted us yot, owing to he late. ess of the season and cold wet condition of the ground. Weather changeable. HALL COUNTY GRAND [SLAND, Neb., May' 1.-~The ac age in wheat in this section will be lighte last year, owing to the late spring and t condition of the zround. There will be in the acreage of oats over last a_slight increase in other_small “Ihiere will be a laree increase in the Woon Rivi, complet No Iner grain. Planting has not. begun will be a large inerease in corn acieage. spring is late, but everything 1s looking well 50 far, THOLT COUNTY. O'NeiLy, N y L—The reports from all parts of this county are t 1 the small grain is planted, and in most cases up, and that there never was a better prospect for an abundant hary Plowing for corn is now the order of the A large aumber of our farmers have their corn already planted. The condition. “Ticre is an onnd is in a fine per cent of fiicreaso 1n nerengo small grain and 50 per cent of corn over last year. Our agricultural merchants repor Jarge demand for all kinds of machin "Thé potato crop will be immense. KEITH COUNT OGALALLA, Neb., May L—The ground is in_splendid condition and the majority of farmers have their oats in.aThey are at present busily engaged in plowing for corn. Some are ready for planting it now. As many are new comers, the crop may be later than’ generally, but the indications go to show that there will be & large ac planted this year In t CORE1GHTON, N ‘armers have not planted any corn yet. Small grain is all in and looks well. 'The ground is i good auting as soon as the weather Ve linve in this county an in- » of both corn and small grain from per cent over last year, and 40 1584, The outlook ‘is good for 11 present crop and 1 neouraged. Creaso The spring has been , and butlittle work the nting of crops has been done yet. In most lities farmoers are just beginning to put their corn land in shi for plowing, The indications are that the acreage will be about the same as Iast year, as the seeson’s work is too far behind to ad- wit of much increase, LINCOLN COUNTY. NorTH PLATTE, Neb,, M, n small grains is ut The il be an increase in all crops, Small nsare up and looking well, The nl‘uspwlfl?m' uers are the best that they have ever been in the history of the county, MADISON COU Bunxert, Neb., May 1 nearly all in the grouud In excellent condi- tion.” Fully 80 per cent more grain las been put fn thau lust year. Avout tlie same_acre- age will be planfed to corn as last year, also some flax will be put in upon new land. Many of our older settlers are seeding tim- othy'and blue grass for pastuies, Goneral outlook very promising, NORFOLK , May 1,—Farmers tn Madi- son county have completéd their small graln ling. ‘Thereis a slight decrease in the creage of wheat, estimated at 1 per cent, There will be an increased acreage of corn of probably 2 per cent, and the work of prepara- ion is noW in progress where it is possible, The ground is generally in iine condition, though some of the valley lands are a little too wet yet for working. There is very little added 10 the tillable acrés by new breaking, MERBICK COUNTY, OpNTRAL C17Y, Neb., May L—Neatly all the swall grain about hére is in, Tho last two weeks have been splendid for seeding, and farmers have improved it well, ‘The ground is in fine condition and the recent light rain will make it in better shape. The acieage is somewhat increased over last year, NANCE COUNTY, FuLLERTON, Neb, May i—Farmers in Nance county 'are making good Leadway. Oats are nearly allsown. Wheat is up aid Tookiug fine. "No corn has been planted vet. The acreage under cultivation is increased fully 20 per cent over last year. A large awount will also be done the coming season. NEMAHA COUNTY. AUBURN, l}:;:b‘.dMuy |l—|£ut Jittla corn platinng has been done, perhays about 1 per cont «K‘whllmmhcu:}- Most of the swall TY, mall grain is much corn planted here yet, but what corn pianted we think will have to be replant The cold recent rain of and tardiness the season will surely rot the corn. ground has been in good condition previous ) to the late storm. ‘There is an increa work is back, owing to bad w nd late | acreage of small grain, especially barley, " spring. ‘Ihe ground is very wot. Some few | ~ MoperE, lowa, May L—There is very little acres of corn e alrendy been planted, but planting done. The ground is In bad Shape, not enough to enumerate. Corn planting | because thero has been so much rain within will not be through with until the first week | the last week. The acreage of small grain 18 of June, and about the same acreage as was | less than usual. Crops on low lands w planted last year. There is considerable old | undoubtedly be light. —Tihe principal erop corn cribbed in tins connty, held for better | in this scetion is corn, There will be mo; than 13 cents per busael, than an average amount of potatoes plant PUELPS COUNTY. {his season, Tiagt vear's corn is mostly in the Hovorear, Neb., May 1--Farmers aro | hands of the raiser. getting crops in in exeellent condition. The NEOLA, lown, May 1--More small grain were later tlan usual owing to the Iate | has been planted in this vieinity this yesr spring, but the ground is in such fine order | than ever before, and it is growing nicely that only good results are expected. The | and gives promist of an abundant crops acreage of small grain and other crops is in- | Corn has not yet been planted. The ground eroased one-fourth over last year, and a great [ is in better condition than for the past seve deal of new land Is being broken. The flax | eral years. The outlook now is favorable and broom corn ctops are recelving attention | for an abundant crop of all kinds of grain greater than usug withan increased supply of small grain. - BEN BUTLER'S OP grain is in, but the acreage is less, All things are late on account of the recent many and heavy rainfalls. 1f rain continues for a few days, farmers Nreunasga Ciry, PLAINVIE all sown, w last year. The increase of acreage for corn is about one-third over last vear. ~ Planting will begin in a few days as most of the ground is fitted. POLK COUNTY, StroMsBURG, Neb., May 1.—The farmers of Polk county are busy plowing for corn, The small grain is mostly in the ground, about an avernge acreaze having been sown, The rains of the last few days have alded materially in putting the ground in an excel- Tont_condition: The proparations for n eor the most extensive ever made in this county, Vegetation is much in advance of what “it was this time last r, ana had it not been for the cold winds of the last three days all small fruits would have been in full bloom. In short our farmers are well sati: fled with the prospects for an abundant harvest, NION, ifths ovi The Boss Workingman on Strikes and Boycotts. NEW Yonrk, May L—[Special Telogram.]— When asked yesterday by a Tribune reporter what he thoughit of the strikes, Gen. B, F. Butlersaid: “I do not see even the begin- ning of the end. The rovolt of the masses,of course. is always a dangerous thifig. The courts are being dragged into the present controversy, but actions of courts must be temporary, because if the organization of Iabor extends much further, the organization sion of the jury-box. That is to say, members would get tobe jurors, and convictions would be impossible. tion of the judiciary of the couns va and subject to the same cons trol. It was a mistake for Judge Pardee to attempt to deal with théTexas Pacifio strike as contempt of court, because the rallroad happened to be in the hands of areceiver, * and to punish men as if for contempt. In o i 8 DI os large | the first place, the strikers never had an idea and evorything in this dine promiscs latge | % 1™ fds of interforing in: any: SARPY COUNTY way with the court or its ofiicials, Boyeot- _SerrvarieL, Neb., May ting is utterly unjustifiable and should not T CouR S be adopted by tho laboring men especially i i because it is the weapon of capital used by tal from time beyond memory. That i8 i ay, whoever in fhe world’s history lm: s AL stood forth asan advocate of the right of nd spring wheat looks well soar, also | 3o whether in the forum as a politician Neb., May 1.—Only two fields | in legislative hallsasa statesman, ine yet Planted in this vieinity. | asalawyerorin the press as a Journali g gl le}j}‘(}}"; iix'«‘n"f.‘{(}'l'fil':-.?\‘.’L‘l'\i' always been boycotted by capitalistssl ) "The acreage, of corn and oats will be Jargely | COLINE is a coniession of weaknesgyBot an in excess of last year. Barley and rye about | exhibition of strength and it can’t be Hfopped the same as last Season. Sarpy county far, too soom. It is a twoedged sword more dal ers are tastdrifting into the stock b s gerous in the hands of unskillful wielde: and in consequence much land is being set | themselves than to othe - NTAL NTY. mall grain is The RICHARDSON COU FarLs Crry, Neb., May 1 all planted. _About the usual acreage. condition of the ground is good. Corn- planting is fairly under way. ‘The acreage will be somewhat larget than last season. Seeding has been retarded somewhat by the spring rains, A large fruit erop is_expected, Farmers in behind with 1 field to rain will be also a | ea nit tie | to of corn Ground, hi SHERIDAN COUNTY, A MONUM RUSHVILLE, Neb. —Kxcellent pro- I has been made by far and the amount_of acreag find other crops will reach at nt over last year. Thess fig- but will ‘bear inspection, onditionand_the work of ontinued with inabated had trouble in securing grain as they want, Our coun- ll which will FOOL, The Vaporings of Jeff Davis and Dem= b J -4 tor oul ocra rath, The Sun’ Sherman said to-day that he of the newsnapers the speechies of Jelf Davish and the descriptions of the demonstration in the south over him,and putting them whese} they would be handy for use in the n campaign, As for Davis, sald Sherman, he'§ is & monumental fool, a vaingand disap- pointed old man, posing as a Martyr, grieva | ing over his failure and appealing for sym= pathy. What he says is of no Mu:hr > consequence, but the significant ligsdn the manner in which his words are n ceived by the people. Demoeratic congress men are swearing at Davis and his man; There have been a number of. telogram remonstrance sent Gen, Gordon, and he'h been begged to suppress Davis, or at him off on some other toples than gho s been discussing, puttin zeal. « F as much ty will make a showing this surprise you. IAYER COUNT Heproy, Neb., May 1—The farmers of this county have, as yef, not finished sowing small graip, The acreage, moreover, wi not exceed two-thirds thatof last year, The prospects, notwithstanding the lateness of the season, for a good crop, both of small grain and corn, is good, as the ground is generally in good condition, Many of our farmers will resort to the “lister” as’ a means to make progress in planting corn. WASHINGTON BrA1i, Neb, M through Sowing which th is an increased a last ye: ground is in splendid condition are endeavoring to secure best Corn ground is being prepared for the crop. There will be an increase over last year in acreage of all crop: WEBSTER COU Rep Croun, Ne y are nearly all sow eage will be considerably in excess ast ye I'he ground is in splendid condition for working, notwithstanding the recent heavy rains, But few farmers have comnenced planting corn | te as yet. Large quantities of blue giass seed 1s being sown. v, May L—The fol recapitulation of the debt state to-day: Interestbearing debty pr interest, §1,230,645,459; debt onwhich 2 has ceased since maturity, pringipal snd J st, §6,003,040; debt bearing ing. int ; total debt, |n‘i|\«-l[1. a i debt, i il 84,057,547 Deky 3 debt, less en Small grains Yo cou Yok, Neb., May 1.— grain s all sown, and corn pianting will comn 1s 5001 as the ground is warm enough. The ground is in_ood condition to work and farmers are vapidly closing up their early spring work. A small acreage of small 1 will be put in as compared with tormer years, about mee of debt during the month, in the treasury availuble £0r public debt, 52025 ury sho 402,40 duct] talcash i treas- 1 by Ui tréisuiens goneral accounty 710, Western lowa Reports, Atraxtic, lowa, May 1—Acreage of small grain in ( s county a little less than usual, on account of backward- ness of season, Work of plowing for eorn well advanced. No planting yet. Ground in v good condition, small grain looking well. * Fruit budding abundantly. Ci TON, ion county, lowa, M Nogwheat to speak of grown here. ' Wi tle was sown looks well. bout on acreaze of ground sown to oats was got in before the snow which fell in April and Is well nced; covering the ground. The other hall just being finished but is coming up well, Grass was it to be turned on April 10, Caitle and all kinds of life stock wenton irass in good condition. About one-fourth ground plowed for corn.” Ground' too wet during April butweatherbeing warm, v tion of all kind is we!l st has hindered market ONAWA, Towa, May 1 amount of small grain is in and doing well, "Tlie weather has delayed farmers in plowing reorn. However there wero a few pieces vlanted Tnst week, With good weather this coming week farm work will be rushed. The lister 15 in_demand for corn this_year. Missounr - VALLEY, lowa, May ‘1— Farmers in this vieinity have planted yet, but nearly all have their ground in readiness, and are simply waiting for the weather to settle, The eondition of the ground in the hills is very good, but on the bottoms it is very poor in i85 owing to re- ted drownings which ad for sever: 1 5 the ) be estinn grain is v Newspaper Improvement. Cu1cAGo, May 2,—The Evening Journal, which heretofore has been a five-cent four page paper, will take a new departure next Monday,when its form will be changed to elght pages and its price be reduced to two, cents a copy or ten centsa week in Chicago and three cents a copy or $6 a year outside of Chicago. "The new form will be somewhat laxger than the old paper and will bop Inted on mew porfeeting pressos. Tho dournal celebrated’its forty-third anniversary a tew days ago, — Weather for Nebraska, i For the State of Nebraska—Fair weather and slightly warmer, el i A method of preserving eggs which 18 highly recommended s fo uso common soap boxes, using pine ashes us o paoks ing. First place u layer of ashes on the bottom of the box, and nexta layer of ezes, the eggs not ' touching each other, Eill in the spaces with ashes, and repeat of ashes and eggs until the box is full. Place the box in'a cool place. and turn it over three times a week, 8 from hens not in company of cocks | keep twice as long as those ti fertilized. “Oh tmy h ful cry. you. et e 1d1” No need of this miths ! You have St. Jacobs Oil to heal d, and th fne, Therehas not been nearly a o of all s “The color of Tuscan straw is very povular this scason, Medicine That extreme tired feeling which i3 so dis-| Everybody needs and should take a good tressing aud often 5o unaccountable in the | spring medicine, for two reasons : spring months, is entively overcome by Hood's | 1st, The body Is now more suseeptible to Sarsaparilla, which tones the whole body, | benefitfrom medicine than at any othier scason, purifies the blood, cures serofula and all ‘The impurities which have accumulated humors, cures dyspepsia, creates an appetite, | in the blood should be expelled, and the syse rouses the torpld liver, braces up the nerves, | tem glven tone and strength, before the prose and clears the mind, We solleita comparison | trating effects of warm weather are felt, of Hood's Sarsaparilla with any other blood | Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best spring medie purifier in the market for purity, ecouowy, | cive. A single trial will convince you of its strength, and wmedicinal merit. superiority, Take it before it is too late, Tired all the Time The Best Spring Mediolne “I had no appetite or strength, and felt | *T take Hood's Sarsaparilla for a spring tired all the time, I attributed my condition | medicine, and I find it just the thing. Ittones 10 scrofulous humor. I had tried several | up my system and makes me feel ke a diff kinds of medicine without benefit. But as | ent man. My wife takes it for dyspepsi s0on &8 1 Liad taken half a bottlo of Hood's | she derives great beneft from it. She says it Sarsaparilla, my appetilo was restored, and |is the best medicino she ever took.” ¥, G my stomach felt better. I have uow taken | TunNes, Hook & Ladder No. 1, Boston, Mass, nearly threo bottles, and I never wassowell” | Last spring I was troubled with bolls, Mus. Jessie F. DoLvranr, Pascoag, R. L | eaused by my blood being out of order, Two Mis. C. W. Marriott, Lowell, Mass., was | bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla cured mo. ¥ completely eured of sick headachie, which she | can recommend it to all troubled with aflees had 16 years, by Hood's Sarsaparilla, | thons of the blood” J. Scuocu, Peorla, Til Hood’s Sarsaparilla 80l by all drugglsts. §1; six for §5. Frepared | Sold by all drugglsts. #1; six for §5. Prepared by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothiccasivs, Lowell, Mass, | by C; L HOOD & GO, Apothecaries, Lowell, Massy : 100 Doses One Doliar | 100 Doses One Dollar