Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 8, 1888, Page 1

[[HE OMAHA DAILY BEE SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1888, FATAL LEAPS FROM FLAMES. Men Jump From a Burning Building and Are Dashed to Death. A SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPER FIRE. Bix of the Employes Killed Outright and a Number of Others Mor- tally Injured — List of the Victims, Crushed to Escape Cremation. SrriNGFIELD, Mass,, March 7.—The new office of the Evening Union was burned out this afternoon and the blaze was attended with the most’ sickening horror ever wit- nessed in this eity, six of the employes meet- ng o terrible death, most of them jumping from the fifth story and being crushed into a ‘shapeless mass below. Six others were badly injured. Fire was first discovered in the mailing room, and clouds of smoke were pouring out of the lower story windows be- fore the fifty souls on the upper floor were aware of their danger. The flames shot up * the elevator 1n the rear, cutting off escape by the stairway, and most of the em- ployes who. escaped found their way to the ground by way of the. roof in the rear. The unfortunates who crowded into the editorial rooms met & hor- rible fate. They were cut'oft from escape in the rear, and had to face thehorrible alterna- tive of burning te death or jumping to the sidewalk below . and frightful mutilation, The fire department responded promptly, but it seemed an age before it reached the win- dows on the fifth story. A ladder was put to the tourth storv, and the sight of rescue so near seemed to madden the suffering group at the two windows, who dropped in succes- sion to the sidewalk below. Six fell in this way, some of them forced off, ‘and some madly leaping, and the crowd groaned and turned their heads away as they whirled through the air. The dead are as follows: HEeNRY 1. GouLpiNo; foreman of the Union composing room, burned to deatlr. Miss G. Tiompsoy, proof reader, Mgs. Freverick B, FarLey, editorial de- nrlr:; nt, fell from the window. and was illed. ;: Mg, LAvzoy, of Quebee, jumped and was Killed. 5 W. E. Hovey, of Boston, fell to the side- walk. . 3 Mi.. Browy, compositor. : The injured are: * Thomas Donahue, Timo- thy Dunn, Joseph W. Wiity, G. ¥. Ensworth * and Thomas Donahue, all compositors. Their injuries are likely to prove fatal, It is thought that the fire started among the lumber in a closet on the ground floor. The only dvailable article for quenching the flaines in the office was an eld watering can. There were no force pumps or fire buckets of any sort. Joseph Landford was standing on the sidewalk at the end of the building fur- thest from the ce when Mrs. Farley fell. +#e stood his ground and reached out his arms to catch her. She fell on his neck, throwing him to the ground senseless. Mrs. Farley was killed instantly. Landford was soon restored to consciousness ahd.is not se- riously hurt. 3 ————— FIFTIETH CONGRESS, : Senate, 3 _WASHINGTON, March 7.—The senate to-day resumed consideration of the urgent defi- cienoy bill. The provision inserted by the house requiring the public printer to rigidly enforce the.eight hour law was stricken out— yeas 82, nays 20. ‘ ¥ . "“Mr. Payne offered amendments appropriit- ing $60,000 for the pay of assistant custodians . and janitors of public buildings all over the countay for the current fiscal year. This led: to a general discussion upon the subject of public buildings Plumb_referring “especially to the library building in Washingtgn, about which debate-was had lust week. ' After some animated discussion a’ vote was taken on Payne’s amendment and it was not agreed to—yeus 24, nays 2 3 ; On motion of Pdddock, the pénsion bill went over till to-mo w. Adjolrned. AR, House. WasmiNGTox, March 7.—Thé committee * on Pacific railroads reported favorably the | bill extending the thme for payment of the government debt by subsidized roads com- * prised within - the Union Pacific system: House calendar. A resolution was adopted calling on the pres- ident for correspondence between our govern- ‘ment and the goyernnients of Great Britain and Venczuela in regard to the boundary dis- pute between the two last named nations, . 'The bill was reported from the committee on invalid pensions for pensioning . prisoners of war. Committee of the whole. In consideration of the morning hour the house went into committee of the whole on on public measures, and in discussing the bill for the erection of a public building, at Se- dalia, Mo, at an ultimate cost of $50,000, Bland took occasion to inveigh against protect- ive tariff and against the extravagant system the house had maugurated in passing such measures. ‘The bill was agreed to, reported to the house, and passed. The house again went into committee of the whole und considered - the bill to divide the great Sioux Indian reservation_into sep- arate smalleyr reservations, Sowe discussion arose over the provision granting to the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and Dakota Central railroads the right of way through the resorvation, and on motion of Holman an amendment was adopted providing that un- less tho roads shall be constructed within three years all lands granted for station pur- poses und right of way shall revert to the government. The committee arose, the bill passed and the house adjourned. Army Orde WASHINGTON, March 7.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Captain George M. Downey, Twenty-first infantry, and Captain David H. Kellon, Tenth infantry, are retired from active service, having been found incapn- citated for duty by disability incident to the service. The order directing the transfer of Captain pbell and Captain J. P. Story, Fourth artilery, is revoked, transfers in the Fourth ar- v H to bat rst Licutenants i and Albert Cummins, and cond Lieutenant George I, Landers; from battery I to battery H, First Licutenants L. H. Walker and Frederick 8. Strong, and Second Licutenants Stephen M. Foote and John W. C. Brooks. General order. No. 12, issued March 5 by the adjutant general dire tha inventory be immediately taken at cach military post of all books which may heretofore have b re- ceived from the adjutant gencral, and a re- turn made to the ussistant adjutant general of the department. A similar return is also to be made semi-annually, Ofticors of the in- spector gencral's departinents will, at the an nual inspection of each post, verify the books on hand with the returns, and condemn and destroy such as mdy be found unservicabic, CSecretury Endicott is still in Salem, Mass., bhaving been called to the bed-side of his father, who is dying. The secretary of war is his oldest son, Nebraska and lowa Pensions. ‘WasmiNGToN, March7.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—The following pensions for Nebraskans were issued to-da; Original, juvalid =Frances 5. Gurnea, Pawnee City; Charles Lockwood, Milford. Increase ~Wil- liam Shadle, Valentine; Christophor B Miiler, Gould: Harry F. Mills, Nebraska City; John Barnd, Kearney. Reissue—John H. Whiltshire, Nonpareil. Pensions granted lowans lid—Hiram . Mackey, Cromwell; Smith, Boyden; Joseph Babb, Montezuma Fraucls M. Voyght, Centerville: Peter How aud, Laddsd Increase—Jobn C. Boll Original inva’ Amos P, Columbus Juhction; David C. Wilson, Man- son; William O'Rourke. ermont; Jacob ht, Onkland Mills; Eli Brown, Laporte i Isiah Nation St. Charles; James H. Siven: Leon, Reissue— Eldon J. Harts- horn, Emmettsburg; John H. Beliis, Randa- lia. Reissue and increase—John M. Barnett, Des Moines, Original, widows, etc—Davis father of John H. Warner, Guthrie Cente Mexican survivors—John S, Conger, Oska- loosa; Holden T. Vaughan, Valisca, The International Exposition. WasHixeTox, March 7.—The joint resolu- “tion passed by the house accepting the in- vitation to take part in the international ex- position at Paris in 1850, was reported favor- ably, with amendments from the senate com- mittee on foreign relations. The committee struck from the resolution the provision di- recting the commissioner of agriculture to secure, if possible, as & part of the exposi- tion, competitive inspection of pork products of the United States and Furope. It also eliminated the provision authorizing the com- missioner 1to prepare _ for distribu- tion at the exvosition & statement printed in Fnglish, French and Germah de- scriptive of swine ing in the United States, together with such information as he may possess as to the relative wholesomeness of p ork raised here and in other countries. The appropriation to defray expenges of representation at the exposition is increased from £200,000 to £300,000. The clause author- izing the president to assign one or more of the public vessels to transport to and from France free of cost such artieles .as may be offered for exhibition by the citizens of the United States is stricken out, as is also the provision authorizing the appointment of an honorary commissioter from each of the states, The Mills Tariff Bill. ‘WasniNaroN, March 7.—In the ways and means committee this morning, after ineffec- tual efforts on the partof the republican members to secure & heariug to manufactur- ers and others on the effects of the Mills tar- iff bill, a resolution by Breckenridge allow- ing communications to be filed, but refusing oral hearings, was adopted by & party vote. The republican’ members cxpressed their opposition to it. The com- mittee then' adjourned, subject to call of democratic members was held after adjourn- ment, at which it was resolved to proceed with_constderation of the tariff revenue bill in ‘committee when certain informa- tlon—mainly tables showing the present and prospective tariff r —shall.be received from the printer. Itis understood this wili bo ready it a day or two, and a meeting of the committee will ‘probubly be called for Friday or Saturday. Postal Telegraphy. ‘WasmiNaroN, Maien 7.~The house com- mittee on commerc authorized a favorable report on Raynor's bill for a system of postal telegraphy. The bill appropriates $3,000,000 and places general supervision under a fourth agsistant postmas- ter general. The work of establishing lines will'be done under the direction of the secre- tary of war, The .tariff for twenty-word telegrams is 10 cents, for 500 miles or less; 20 cents for 500 to 1,000 miles; proportienately increased rates for longer distances. Postal money orders by telegraph at existing rates plus telegraph tolls. The report which willac- company the bill usserts that the ser will be self-sustaining, defends the government's right to build and operate telegraph lines, and-states publi tice.donot require the government to: pur- chase the property and franchises of the Westorn Union, % Amencan Pork,. WASHINGTON, March 7.—In response to Semator Cillom’s resolution of inguiry the president to-duy sent to the senate a'letter from the secretary of the prohibition by France of the importa- “tion of American pork. The departinent knotws of no ground to expect that the decree will be reveked at an enrly date. Since Au- gust, 1880, it has been, from time to time, the subject of earnest diplomatic representations and protests to Irauc i The New, Chinese Treaty, Wasn v, March 7.—The sub-éommit- tee of tlie house committee oni farcign. affairs agréed to report a bill to. give effect to_the new Chinese treaty, which will be submitted by the president in fow days, 2asdifon b A Well Deserved Snub, New Yonk, March 7.—[Special Telegram to the' Bee,]—A delegition representing the Ancient Order of Hibernians called upon Mayor Hewitt to ask him to review the par- ade on St. Patrick's day. The spokesmau in referred to the number of demo- c es cast by the Irish and particularly by members of his society. **Now, let.us un- derstand eacn other,” said Mr. ‘Hewitt. “I am'mayor of this city, and you ask me to leave my duties to review your parade, and you speak first of the vote cast. by the Irish and by your society.” Now I may bé a candi- date . for mayor mnext fall, or for president,” ~ he continued, with a facetious' ‘glance around ' the room, “and I may want all the democratic votes I can get. Every one knows that the Ivish vote is strong cnough for any candidate in this city for which it is cast, but for the pur- pose of getting this vote I shall not go down f consenting to review any pa- ish or Dutch or any other na- I shall review no parades except those which 1 am officially requested, as mayor, to review.” The committee retired in great disorder, e~ The Fisheries Negotiations. OTTAWA, Ont., March 7.—Canada's pro- posal for a settlement of the fisheries dispute on a trade basis, and the American answer thercto, was laid before parliament to-day by the consent of the negotiators. The propo- sition from the British plenipotentiaries was to the effect that the fishermen of both coun- tries should have all the privil during the 1ce of the fishe the treaty of a mutual mercial inter adjustment of the tariff by congressional a consider imprac- ticable throu, mof the treaty nuder the pr reumstances. Nor could the Americans admit that such an arrange- ment could be accepted as constituting a suitable basis of negotiatio A Pape Cutcago, March 7.—Thirty of the paper mill owners, members of the Western Paper Manufacturers’ association, held a meeting here to-day to act upon the proposition of H. E. Mead, of Dayton, O., to buy the entire annual product of all the mills, with the view of 1 ng produetion sud profits. “The-proposition was abandoned and another scheme adovted to lessen the production by wclose combination or trust, controlled by directory which will have power to shut down any or all the mills for a certain time. ahe exj of the combination to be met by assessments and the behests of the directors «d by flues from the general nmittee was appointed to prepare It is expected the plan will the meibers. atified' by all 1s James Foss, was arrested here to-day ud will be taken t Llinois o answer to the arge of forgery, It is alleged that Fox married Miss Eeuton in Durand, 1L, five yeas azo and soon ufter fled, leaving notes, claimed to be forgeries, for 85,000, He came 10 Ualifo A, A sin arriving here has married auother woman. It is thought the charge of bigamy will also -be made agaiust him, A Bald Knobber on Trial. Louis, March 1. he trial of Dave r, chief: of the Bald-Kuobbers, was re- sed ut Qzark, Mo., yesterday. the -cliairman. A conference of* by wvote of 7 to 6, has- opinion, good faith and jus’: of state giving the history | O'Donohue, BID HIS WIFE GOOD-BYE. . A Prominent. St. Jeseph Doctor Takes Morphine and Is Dying. 81, Josern, Mo,, March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the B Dr. J. A. Gore, for years a prominent physician of this city, has been given up by the doctors, and is expected to die within a few hours from the effects of a ' dose of morphine taken with suicidal intént at a late hour last ninght. Late yesterday afternoon he wrote his wife a letter telling her that he intended to suicide, and that he would never see her again. He remained at his oftice last night, and the fact that he ‘had taken the morphine. was not discovered until this afternoon. No reason can. be as- signed for thedeed. Dr. Gore was sixty-four years of age, and had alarge practice here. He was well known throughout Northwest Missouri. An Electric Rallway for St. Joe. Sr. Josepi, Mo., March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A. Steinacher, superin- tendent of the Union street railway company, returned from New York last . nigint, where he closed a contract with the Sprague motor company for building an electric road from New HIm park in north St. Joseph to the market square, The road. will be built by May 15. It will be necessary to build a new track the entire distance and the iron has been ordered from ‘Georgetown, Pa., and is now on the way. The main conductor will be a wire of silicon bronze instead of the cop- per wire formerly used, A Cable Railway, Too. St. Josepn, Mo., March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee,]—A contract has been.let for the building of the Watt park cable rail- way, five miles long, in this city, and the work is to be finished in_scveR months, at a cost of 785,000, 'R. B. Convis, of New York city, is the contractor. sl The Chicago Boodlers. Cnicaco, March 7.—The appellate court this morning granted Ed. McConald, the con- victed “boodler,” another stay of - proceed- ings until March 19 on the ground that the supreme court could nov take action on his | appeal before that time, 3 e state's attorney this morning made a motion before Judge Shepard that the motion for a new trial in the case of W. J. McGari- gle, the fugitive “bopdier,” be overruled and an order to.that effect will be entered during the day. When McGarigle fled to Canada this motion was pending and the result of to-day’s action is that he may be sentenced at once if he returnsto this country, ——————— - Arranging for Finish Fiauta, Durvrn, Minn., March 7.—[Speci Tele- gram to the Bee.]—T. W. Curtis isarranging two finish fights with small gloves, one _with J. Donner and the other with Black Frank. Both fights are for £00 a side in private. A match is being arranged between Glea- son and Myers for a purse of 81,000 this sum to be given equally by Jim Murnane, Donald- son and Cardiff. The fight will take place with skin: gloves somewhere on the St. Paul & Duluth line and will bé tG o finish. E— Forninst Anti-Poperty. * NEW Youk, March 7.—[Special Telegram’ to the Bee.]—The Catholic club met at the club house on4Vest Twenty-seventh street last night and expelléd Lylvester L..Malone because he. presided several days ago ata meeting of the Anti-Poverty' society, at the academy of music,'at. which' Dr. McGlynn lectured. Among the members of the club are Judge Morgan, ‘J. O'Brieh, Joseph i ex-Mayor ' Grace,. Henry. L. Hohnet, John D). Crimmins, Eugene . Kelley and other well known. citizens. Mr. Malone is a graduate of St. Zayier's. college aud Columbia law school and practices_law in this city, 3 el Cattle:Thieves Arrested. . . . RAPID.CitY, Dak., March 7.—| Speeiad Tel- egram - to tho Ber’)—Yesterday. warrants ivere sworn out at Buffalo Gap for the arrest of six men, H. P,, C. W. and S. F. Oliver and Fred Clark and Ringo Triplett, who live in Custer county, seven miles north of Hot Springs, on the charge of cattle stealing. It is charged that the accused -have for a long time been killing beef cattle belonging to the Theidley ‘cattle eompany, the Anglo-Amer- ican cattlo company and the Zeibel -cattle company. David H. Clark, of this city, mau- ager of the Sheidley. cattle company, caused the arrests. The evidence against them is said to be strong. . et ring's New Territorial Officers. h 7.—[Special Tele- —The following” nomina- tion were made to-day by Governor Moon- light: L. D. Ricketts; ferritorial geologist; $Louis Miller, fish commussioner; H. C. Beckwith, William Crawford and Charies Stone, insane commissioners; C. G. Epperson, mine in- spector; Gibson Clark, attorncy general. Epperson and Clark were rojected by the council. The others were,confirmed. — Arvrested for Seduction, Siovx Ciry, Ia., March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the MBEE.]—Sheriff Jarvis and a deputy frown Bremer county start home to- night having in chargea young man by the name of Balentine who is accused of seduc- tion. Balentine's father is one of the weal- thiest farmers in Bremer county. It has been known that he was in this locality since last September but the sheriff was unable to luy hands on Lim till to-day, ————— Gives General Satisfaction. Rarip City, Dak., March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The news of the passage by the house of the bill opening to settlement the Sioux Indian reservation was received here with general satisfaction. No great demonstration has yet been made, Every- body is more than pleased and feels that a great step for this section has been taken, e Nebraska Laxper, Wyo., March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Ncbraska enterprise is still to the frontin Wyoming. C. N. Jones, of Alma, Harlan county, Neb., will probably build a roller process flour mill at Lander ulloy bonus offered. A mill of Yifty pacity in operation ni duys from beginning of erection will receive 4 bouus of §,000 in wheat and cash. — D Placer Mi Laxoer, Wyo., h gramto the Bee]—The Sweetwater placer company will organize m a few days with headquarters at Lander. The company is lo- cated and will develop this year gold placer wining along the upper Swedtwater for nine wiles, [Special Tele- L A New Pipe Line. Liva, O., March 7.—The Standard oil com- pany has commenced the preliminary work for the building of an immense pipeline from this city to Chicago, a distanc miles, for ‘the purpose of sporting oil: both crude and refined. —_— Slack Work. Prrrssene, March 7.—Three hundred work men at the railroad shops of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad company in this city were discharged to-day on account of luck of work. Sl Postal Changes. WasiixeToy, March 3, [ Spegial Telegram to the Bk |~The nameof the postofiice at Pozen, Howard couuty, was changed to-day to Farwell, ' Junes A Thomas was to-day appointed postmaster at Webster, Keokuk counity, fowa, vice Isaac Sender, resigned. Reduced the Price of Coal. Nuw Yowk, Macrh 7.—Six great coal com- panies to-day decided to make a reduction of 50 cents per ton in coal and new schedules bave been made upon that sqalg, ited PREPARED FOR A PARALYZER All Brotherhood Men Given the Op- tion to Btrike. THE CRISIS WILL: COME TO-DAY. Many Roads Will Probably Be Affected ~Mr. Kimball, S8ays the Union Pacific Must Handle Bur- lington Cars. Support of the Entire Brotherhood. CHicaco, March 7.—The full support of the entire Brotherhood of Locomotive Engincers and Firemen has been pledged to their mem- bYers on any and all roads throughout ' the United States who deem it necessary to strike and formally decide to do so-in order to uphold their brethren on the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy. This information was obtained this evening on the best of author- ity, and was verified through another source. It can also be stated upon authority that general meetings of the local grievance com- mittees of various roads held.to-day were in each case convened for the pugpose of dise cussing the advisability of a strike on that particular road, and if such a radical step was not considered essential the object was to decide what measures in lieu .thereof should be adopted: The sanction of the gen- eral exccutive of the brotherhood thus given 1n advance to men who strike on any road was secretly obtained at the conference of the general grievance commiftee of the brotherhood held here Mon- day. It no longer rests with Chiefs Arthur and Sargent to say that the men on any road, should they strike, will be backed up by the brotherhood as a whole. The men on any single railroad system, or half a dozen sys- tems, have it now absolutely in their power, not only to say whether they shall strike, but also when they shall strike,-with the whole might of the brotherhood behind them.. That the men are not disposed to use with undue. haste the weapons in their grasp may be partly inferred from the fact that although soveral meetings were held to-day, each clothed.with complete authority to declare a strik~ affecting 6 vast stretch of territory, no such declaration hid been made up to' this evening. At least two meetings of ‘the kind mentioned are known. to’ have been held in’ this city to-day.. Others are said to bave been convened at Rock Island, Omaha and Kansas City. ' One meeting in Chicago was composed of delegates from every brotherhood lodge having members in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern railway. . About thirty delegates were pres- ent. The meeting was held in McCoy’s hotel. Little is known of the proceedings beyond a rumor that the delegates manifested extreme reluctance to strike except as a last resort. Both the Northwestern and St. Paul men will be again in session to-morrow. A prominent railroad official said this’even- ing that he understood the grievance *com- mittees of several roads will each formulate an appeal to the genmeral manager of the compauy by which they are employed, asking for the intervention of the general managers of the various roads as-a body to. help the Burlington - strike to a scttlement. It is rumored to-night that a meeting of the ‘gen- eral manngers entering the city will be held here to-morrow or next day to discuss the sit- | uation. Marvin Hughitt, president of the Chicago & Northwestern company, is cred- with being the leading ° spirit in the movement to bring about an intervention by -the' general managers of outside roads. A krowledge of this fact is hinted to be one of the causes.of the reluct- ance_of the Chicago & Northwestern griev- ance committee to-day o adopt a ‘hostile policy. A Among the many, rumors flylng about to- night which could not be hunted down to a verification or denial was one that the strikers had’ telegraphed to the inter-state commerce ‘commission asking that body to take official cognizance of the strike, and'that dispatches had been senttoGovernor Oglesb, requesting him to formall the attention of the Illinois state railroad .commission, L Must Handle Burlington Oars. Thomas L. Kimball, assistant vice presi- dent of the Union Pacific railroad, yesterday evening issued a letter to the employes of the road in regard to that road’s relation to the Burlington strike, full, together with citations of the law and telegrams of Charles Francis Adams, the president, and T\ J. Potter, the vice presi- dent: .o Employes of the Union Pacific Railway Company: ~Whatever may have been the linbility of this compas respect to -the at common law in receipt of freight from connectin, lines, its resent attitude is fixed and established under the provisions of the act of congress, approved February 4, 1857, and commonly known as the inter-state commerce law. Section 8 of that article is as follows: “That it shall be un'awful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular erson, company, firm, corporation or local- ty, or any particular description of traffic in any respect whatsoever, or -to subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation or locality, or any particular description of traffic, o1 any undue or unreasonoble preju- dice or disadvantage in any respect whatso- ever. Under this section this company has no dis- cretion, It is absolutely bound to treat all counecting lines alike, to receive all freight tendered to it by them. and to transportit over its own lines, without discrimination, in the ordinary and usual manner. A refusal on the part of this company to obey the act of congress by accepting freight tendered to it by the Burlington system would subject it: 1, to a forfeiture of its charter in case the government saw fit to prosecute it for the 2, to a criminal action against the cor- ion, orany of its oficers, participating aiding, = assisting, or acquiescing in such action; to a swt for damages from the Burlington road; and fourth, to a suit for damages by every in- dwvidual shipper of any class or specics of freight shipped over the Burlington to a point either upon or beyond our line. From this situation there 1s absolutely no escape, This company cannot refuse to obey this law, cither for purposes of its own commercial advantage, or out of any desire to aid any particutar body of men in & contest between them and the Burlington management. The duty of the company is so clear, the conse- quences of its failure to obey the law so serious, that it does not seem as if any person or organization could ask it so to do. 1f, therefore, it is demanded of this com- pany that it shall vielate and defy the law of the United States, that its officers shall so act a8 to become eriminals subject to prose- cution and punishment, that it shall incur a forfeiture of its charter and submit itself to ruinous litigation, it must unhesitatingly de- cline o to do. Its position is one of strict neutrality, Should the Burlington company asl it to discharge all brotherhood engineers, and not to permit its engines 1o be run by them, it would be an unwarrantable interference = with the management of this company, and would be ptly declined. Upon the same ground, and for reasons which leave the company no alternative, it is impossible for it to comply with any request which may be made of it on-the part of the brotherhood, that compels it to disobey the law of the laud. If, for the purpose of punishing a road against which it complains, the brotherhood finds it necessary to paralyze the operations of a system against which it has no griev- ance, by submitting to it the alternative of either defving the statutes of the United States or being left withont any engineers to operate its line, it must submit of course to the inevitable; but in so. submitting it sug- gests to its employes that no organization can retain the sympatby of the American people which demands from an unoffending railway company & violation of existing law, and which proposes as the, only slternative the absolute destruction of its prosperity. We | subwit in the utmost spirit of (ricudship that | | necting ling Appended is the letter in- such action must necessarily arouse the hos- tility of the whole general public. While this company hopes and believes that its locomo- tive engineers and firemen, who admit that it has treated them with fairness, justice and consideration, will not in a great degree in- jure it financially because it feels com- pell u} obey the law, yet in view of the fact that such a ssibility has been nuqkoswd, we feel it our duty to advise our employes fully of the whole measure of responsibility which they assume under the law if they shall combine in a refusal fo do that which the congress of the United States deglares that every employe of a railroad company must do. We call theirfore attention to section 10 of the inter-state commerce act, which reads as follows: - “‘That any common carrier subject to ‘the provisions of this act, or, whenever such oommon carrier is a corporation, any director or ofticer thereof, or any receiver, trustee, lt\ue\:i agent, or person acting for, or em- ployed by such corporation, who, alone or ‘Wwith any other corporation, company, person, or party. shall willfully do or cause to be done or shall willfully suffer or permit to be done any act, matter or thing in this act pro- hibited or declared to be unlawful, or who shall'aid or abet therein, or shall willfully omit or fail to do any act, matter or thing so directed or required by this act to be done, ot to be so done, or shall aid or abet any such omission or failure, or shall be guilty of any infraction of this act or shall aid or abet theréin, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and shall upon conviction thereof in any district court of .the United States within the jurisdiction of which such offense was committed, be subject to a_fine of. not. to exceed five thousand dollars for each of- fense.” Under this section there can be no cdoubt that ever officer and employe of & railway corporation from the highest to the lowest who refuses to -receive freight from a con- ‘who aids or abets any other per- s0n in 8o refusing, or who suffers or permits any_ such refusal, commits a crime agamst the United States and is subject to arrest, conviction and punishment therfor as above set forth, - 3 3 There can be no. escape from the full measure . of résponsibility and liability under this section of the law of congress. While this company might not be disposed, as against any of its employes, to commehce a criminal prosecution, yet such prosecution might be begun either by the officers of the United States or by any shipper, consignee, officer or agent, of the line whose freight they refused to receive and handle. Our duty to our employes is not fully per- formed unless we call their attention to another statute of the United States, under which a prosecution conld certainly be com- ménced and’ successfully carried through: Section 5440 of the revised statutes of the United States is as follows: “If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offence against the United States or to' defraud the United States in any man- ner, or for gny purpose, and oune or more of such parties do any act 'to effect the object of the conspiracy, all thé-parties to such con- spiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not less ihan $1,000 and not more than $10,000, and to imprisonment not more than two years.” Under this section and the decisions of the courts of the United States any two or more persons who agree, combine or confederate together to violate any law of the United States, may be prosecuted,and upon con- viction must be punished by both fine and im- prisonment. It has been suggested, and we are informed, advised by coungel for the | brotherhocd that an engineer or employe of a railway company could escape the penalty imposed under section 10 of the inter state commerce act, by unconditionally leaving the service of the'company, and thereby ceasing 10 be an employe against whom the language of thie section is directed, Even if that posi- tion is correct the refusal on the part of em- ployes of the Union Pacific railway company to receive freight from the Burlngton eould only be successfully maintained by the whole Tocomotive force of the road leaving its. em- | ploy. 'This is .Aomething entirely different from and beyond the.ordinnr{ action of a strike; for a body of men in the employ of a corporation to strike mieans that they tem- porarily refrain from the performance of duty. Tolegveits service in the manner. suggested {s to sever all conneetion with the corporation and to place themselves in the at- titude of mere outsiders, having no possible claim of consideration from.the corporation or its ofticers; and being no mare entitled to re-employment than any .otber competent men whose services can” be secured. But, supposing that the penalty of section 10 may be escaped by the employes of a_corporation severing their connection with it, yet it is perfectly cleat that in taking such. concerted action for the purpose of preventing a_com- pliance with the law of the United States, which requires a compavy.to receive and- ac cept freight of all counectivg lines alike, the, are clearly guilty of a conspiracy under ‘sec tion 5440 as above quoted, and subject to pros- ceution, and punishment in the courts of the United States therefor. ‘We therefore submit that the locomotive engineers of this company have no gricvance of any kind against it; that our relations with them are of the most friendly possible character; that we feel our interests are in a great measure identical; that we have recognized the hitherto. con- servative and reputable character of the or- ganization to which they generally belong; and we believe, as we know its members in our employ to be fair-minded, law-abiding citizens, that they cannot advisedly enter upon any course of action which will compel this company either to violatethe law of the land or.upon its refusal o to do to bring upon it great losses, if not irretrievable. dis- aster, and which will at the same time sub- ject every man joining or engaged in the ex- ecution of such a scheme to criminal prose- cution and punishment under the laws of the United States. The position of the Union Pacific in this matter is clearly and unequivocally stated in the following dispatches from the highest of- ficial authority of the corporation : —T. L. Kimball, Omaha Neb.: ved your telecram stating Arthur’s orders to our enr in regard to interchange trafiic w ar- lington. _ The Union Pacific is operated under a United States charter, and the pro- visions of the inter-state commerce act are clear and specific. We cannot lay ourselves open to the penalties of the act and the possibility of a forfeiture of our charter by refusing to interchange business with all connecting lines in the usual w: Point this out to our men, and show them that it would be no more illegal for them to call upon us to burn the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight house or murder its officials than to make the present demand. Our posi- tion is one of meutrality. If the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney, because it is engaged in a contest with the brotherhood, were to call on us, and under penalty of the loss of their traffic, to dismiss e brotherhood en- gineer in our service, the proposition would be denounced by the brotherhood as a high- handed outrage, condemned by public opin- ion, and at once rejected by us. Yet Arthur demands exactly the - converse of this when he calls on us violate the ‘law by refusing to inter- change traffic with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and so to compel us to take sides with the brotherhood against @ connecting line. Our men capnot be so unreasonable as to take this position if the cas irly put before them. They will recognize that the sauce for the Burlington goose must be the sauce for the brotherhood gander. Be in this matter very considerate to the men, but absolutely firui. CiiakLES FRANCIS AT dent. farch 5—T. L. Kimball, Omalia, Neb law does not aliow us to refuse to handle passenger and freight traffic in our usual manner as @_common carrier. You are on the ground and should be gov- erned by the above. T. J. Porte, e President. When the United States government as- sumed, on April 5 last, direct and active controf of inter-state trafiic, a radical change was effected in the relation 'of carriers and their employes to such trafiic, and new duties and liabilitics were imposed 1t is solely for the information and protec- tion of our employes in respect to this change WasniNGro of situation that the foregoing is respectfully submitted, TuoMas L. KiMsaLL, Assistant to Vice President, What the Men Say: Two hundred, firemen and engine mwainly those from the Union Pacific railroad, met at the ball on the unorthwest corner -of | Douglas and Fourteenth streets last . uight. These quarters are the recular mecting pla of the brotherhood of Union Pacific firemen, and last night was one of their nights for the transaction of business, Under the existing circumstances connected with the strike of the Burlington men, they however, varied their rights and admitted the engineers and firemen of tho latter rond 80 that a free discussion could be indulged in. Several representative engineers and tiremen from the Burlington were present, and the meeting was considered & union one of and firemen under the pledge that love feast” all around. The circularletter of Assistant Vice Presi- dent Kimball, of the Union Pacific railroad, was read and was laid to one side. 1t excited but little discussion, and was treated with very little concern. The main topic of discussion was the pres- ent status os the strike; and to a fnum it was resolved to stand firm by the strikers, ‘ad the |lrln(‘|nllll of the brotherhood. After the meeting dissolved the fire went into sccret session, and _transi business pertaining to their order, Lf the the Kimball letter was considered, it is only known to themselves, as members seen re- fused to answer questio: The grievance committeé chairman sent té Chjcago to confer with Chiefs Arthur and Sargent bhad not returned up to last night, and stories set afloat that a meeting was called to hear from them were unauthorized. They,-are not expected back for some days, so a BEE reporter learned {from a gentleman in authority. Previous to the meeting s Ber reporter spoke with Union Pacific engineers.: They had not seen the Kimball letter, and being told its import, one replied : “Well, the road can't compel us to stay on our engines, If we feel inclined not to pull Burlington cars we can walk out, and that's what we'll do. The brotherhood is loyal, and don’t let it be forgotten.” . A FREIGHT TO THE WEST. The only new feature in the Burlington strike yesterday was that a freight train was sent to the west last night, the tirst one since tho strike. ' It was a long one, and from the fact that it was capably manned gave cre ence to a rumor that an old engineer had re- turned to duty. This was promptly and effectively denied. At the passenger depot, the old remark, ‘‘nothing new,” ‘was heard. Train 3 to the west, ‘the Kansas .City. train and the eastern trains were run out last night nearly pn time. The Situation in Chicago, © Cni¢AGo, March’ 7.—Chiefs Arthur and Sargent were seen ‘gt noon and _ told of the strike on the Burlington & Northern and rumor of one coming on the Milwaukee & St. Paul. Both professed to know nothing what- éver of the matter. “I have not had the slightest intimation of such a thing,” said Arthur. . “If the men on these roads are striking, they are acting on their own re- sponsibility." B % Chief Arthur stated unreservedly to the Associated Press representative about noon to-day that, to use Arthur's exact words, there wys “‘serious danger” that the strile of engineer. and firemen would now spread widely. ‘It is impossible to appease our men,’ he said, “when they know the railrond com- pantes all over the ¢ountry are’givihg aid to the Burlington. We are continually in re- ceipt of telegrams showing that the compan- ies are rendering this assistance and it is not in my power or the power of any other man to usé restraint unless such things are stopped.” Arthur showed theé following as a sample of the communications with which he is deluded : Avnora, 11, March 7.—P. M. Arthur, Grand Chief, Chicago: E. Reynolds; engin: cer, says ho was in the employ of tha New York: Central and was forced to come here and run or consider himsetf discharged. In- vestigate. T. A. BAURIESON, Another communication was picied up from a pile by Arthur and handed over with a request thatthe identity -of the sender should not be disclosed. The meskage was from Jackson, Mich., and said in part: *‘On Saturday, March 3, the following was sent to alf agents of the M igan Central road: ‘All engineers wishing to g0 to Chicago to work for the Ch! , Burlington & Quincy, send free.’ ” This message was sent under the character, “No..28,"" which is used by no one byt the general superintendent or acting general superintendent, . “Now,” said Chief" Arthur, “when you now that men have information Jike that and more is coming constantly, you can un- derstand the danger that this strike will spread. It is. not to be expected that they will submit to such proceedings, but will put a stop to them effectually.” i Alarming reports that another gen meeting of delegations of engineers and fir men of a Mmajo of the railroads centering in Chicago was: to have been held here this afternoon and that a decision as to the promulgation’ of an order for a general strike were in circulation until late this afternoon. The reports went into details and gave the place of meeting. as McCoy’s hotel. The rimors proved wholly unfounded. The only basis for the reports was the fact that the grievance committee of lodge of engineers and firemen on the “hicago & Northwestern railroad convened at McCoy’s hotel. Instead of 100 or more delegates, there is not to exoceed thirty, and all were employes of the Chicago & North- western road. Strike on the Gulf Incvitable. Kaxsas City, March 7.—Indications to- night are that a strike on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf system is inevitable. The Burlington road notified all roads entering here of its readiness to resume all business as usual, and followed the announcement by pushing twenty-five freight cars] from the Hannibal division into the Gulf yards. The Gulf roud has announced its willingness to handle the freight, and unless it reconsiders its determination the men will surely go out. About five hundred men are employed on the system as engineers and firemen. Assistant neral Superintendent Fish, of the Bur- lington, declares- ho has received assurances from nearly all roads will accept Burlington freight. In of these facts, the men declare as soon as any of the roads attempt to haul Burlington freight the engineers will strike, It is accordingly thought a crisis has been reached and that to-morrow will bring forth startling developments, It is the genes alk among the men here that the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacifie, and possibly the Union Pacific, will be drawn into the strike in a few days, n at Lincoln. LaxcoLy, Neb, March 7.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—The day has been event- ful in railroad matters regarding tho strike, The fact that the Union Pacific would not take freight from the Burlington in cav lots has been known for some time and trafic on the Burlington remains entirely local. A number of the new Reading men have de- parted homeward. By far the larger numbe: of new men who have been employed b are not Reading men but strays from all points, except those who are promoted brake- men and conductors. The brother- hood remains contentedly awaiting future developments. To-night they have engaged Red Ribbon halland are holding a meeting which is being addressed by J. J. Harrahan, of Chicago, vice grand master of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Firemen, No signs of discouragement prevade the ranks of the brotherhood here and the dispatches that they receive from other points are all ex- pressive of confidence that a successful out- come is assured q Information 1 different points of the state brings intelligenc: of the. hardships that the rolling stock is meeting with at the hands of the' inexperienced engiueers, that the company are using. This is what the brotherhood has predicted from the start. The- labor organizations in the city continue to express their syn pathy and sup- po; Thecigar makers’ union, numbering 143, has passed the following resolutions: Whereas, There is a strife between the brotherhoods of engineers and . firemen and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad for the ri { ining the prin- [Continued: on Secund? Pugel, —_— NUMBER 2:34; LYING AT DEATH'S - DOOR, The Aged Emperor of Gofimy . Again Stricken Down. n BATTLING TO PROLONG LIF& All'Hope Abandoned During the Day, But at Night More Favorable Symptoms Give Promise of Recovery. King William's Condition Precarious [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett,] Beruiy, March §.—[New York Heral Cablo—Special to the Ber.]—For seve hours to-day all hope of preserving the fuisor's life was given up. Hoe was g0 veale s to scem almost lifeless. Ho was racked by pain, and when the pain - was eased by ins Jections of morphine, then his mind ramble incoherently through the maze of state cares and intense anxiety regarding his son, Bisy marck spent hours in the palace awaiting hig master's death.”” Prince William, justres turned this morning from San Remo, went af once to the palace and spent the day theres Toward evening s favorable clmngeé too] place so that the emperor was ablo’to spes a few connected words, eat a little food an show signs of slecpiness, To-night, it & quiet slecp ' comes, @3 is said no 10 have come to him, then his lifo . may b& sa If riot, then the worst may occlir at ny moment. Even if he sleeps well to-tiighf —and the fact that the chief physiclan an Prince have now left the pajace scem to indj- cate this hope—even then the valser's exs - treme and unprecedented weakness will leays his health a matter of the' greatost anxloty forthe next wéek. His' usual symptoms, * bladder and kidnes pains, are unusually sge vere, aggravated by the anxicty of the pas§ month. These pains foroe the use of mor- phine, which always wus bad for the kawe: and how seems 80 poisonous for him that th physiciaus seem forced reluctantly to choose between allowing him to die of exhaustioty from the pains or risk killing him by cxhause tion from morphine. - 2O h The kaiserine is 80 greatly overcome. as ta need the constant: attendance of a physician ‘The duchicss of Baden, his daughter, who i herself seriously ill, 15 now hasteniniz by spe- cial train to her father's bed. It I8 also ru- mored that the crown prince was asked to return at once. 8 There 8 hope, but it is hope. sadly mixed with fear, All day crowds of ‘ambassadors, generals and distinguished men called ab the palace to learn persoually the best, or, was feared, the worst It is characteristic of Germany that the kaiser's illness was known' at all the foreign capitals four hours before tho general mass of Berliners or even the -best informéd Ber- lin speculators suspected that he was ill, The “latest news ‘shows that the kaiser's wonderful constitution s likely to overcomd this latest illness, us he has lus former ate tacks, i $ [Press]—Tho doctors were anxious on account of the emperor's rapidly declining strength, Last night the emperor had @ serious fainting fit, tho sécond during hix present illness. Late this evening he asked for food and, partaking of it, felt relranhot 1t is stated that in additic . to kidpey nffcctiol the empeior I8 also su'lering from intense pain due to inflammation of the pirts affec by the rupture which he suffered somo u';;} ago., At midnight there has been no change for the worse. 2 O The News in London. (Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.] LoxpoN, March 8, b a. m.—[New Yorlg Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.|—The press interest in the crown prirce has give way to interest in the kaiser. Every mornd ing paper blossoms ' into heavy headlines ubout him and death in semi-obituary leaders, with specwations about events® follawing -a royal- deccase. On Inquiry at'midnight af the German embassy in Lone don it was stated that up to that hounw the serious condition of the emperor had nat been officially communicated to tha embass sies abroad. Count Hatz-feldt remained af, * the embassy awaiting news of the emperor's health. The queen and the Prince of Wales have telegraphed to Herlin for the latest | formation, and Count Herbert Bismarck o a private telegram left hastily for Germany' via Flushing. The crown princess of Swes den has been telegraphed for from Berlin, e Iinmediate Reforms Necessary. Loxpox, March 7.—Lord Charles Beres ford, presiding at a mecting to-day in connecs tion with the mercantile marine, said it would be utterly impossible for the navy ig its present condition to defend the merchand service in time of war. The existing ade miralty system, he declared, was completely rotten, He hobed he would be able to cons vince parliament of the necessity for immes diate reforms, e The Porte's Note. . Loxvox, March 7.—The Turkish ambassge dor to-day presented Lord Salisbury a copy of the note sent by the porte to to the Bul- garian government. The ambassador had long interview with the prime minister, i from Constantinople says the Buls svernuient has not yet replied 1o the porte’s note, P et L A Trade Mark Bill. VIENNA, March 7.—The new trade mark bill has been presented to the reichstath, If prohibits the use of the national arms ag trade mark, and inflicts a penaliy of month’s inprisonment for infringémeént of the trade mi - - Opessa, March 7.—The Black sca steam) ship company has been given orders 1o ime mediately fit out steamers of the line for war purposes. e Will Build this Season Stovx Ciry, Ta, March 7.—[Special Toles gram to the Bee. | —1t is authentically ledrhed to-day that the Chicago, Milwaukeo & Paul company is preparing to build this s son a lme of railroad from Spence county, Towa, to Sioux City. short line from § g m Sazborn 10 Spen engineers are exploring for the most practy able route thither, —————— Government Control of Mines, PritAbELEHIA. March 7.—General Masters workman Powderly, in anarticle in the Jours nal of United Labor, advances the proposly tion that the coal fields stould be taken from those *“who now abuse the power which the possession of these treasures bring,” and opened by the United Statés government ff the benefit of the whole people, Return of Mrs. Garfleld. NEW Youk, March 7.—North Ger Lloyd steamer Trave, having on board M Garfield and dauenter, arrived. this morain Nebraska ather, For Nebraska and Iow: Light to westerly, winds, warmer, fair wnuni‘ lowed by light rain or suow, "