Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 19, 1888, Page 1

[y n——— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1888, NUMBER 275) THE FAVORITISM OF FIVE. Prosidential Interviews With Re- publicans in That Many States. PREFERENCES OF THE PARTY. Talks With Members in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota on Their Cholce of Candidates. The Voice of the People. Pnivaverenia, March 18.—[Special to the Bre.]—The Times will print to-morrow morning the result of a canvass made during the past ten days among the republican voters of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota. Conservative and observant republicans in every ward and township in allof the states named were consulted and they were asked not their own opinion, but for their estimate of the feeling ameng the republican voters in their respective dis- tricts. Immediately upon the publication of Mr. Blaine's declination, which for the first time made the situation at all eomplicated, theso representative republicans were asked to carefully observe the fecling in their several localities, and on a given day during the past week to report especially for this canvass, This they did to the number of several thou- sand, over eight hundred replies having been received from New York city alone. Every effort was made to get at the feeling of the people, without regard to the politiclans. The canvass was not conducted in the inter- est of anybody, but solely for the purpose of aacertalning the preferences of the people. The questions upon which information was sought were the preferences for the presi- dential nominees; the condition of the party a8 compared with the same time in 1584; whether the labor or the prohibition vote would be likely to change the usual result; and ip Minnesota, whether or not the people favored a high protective tariff, Kach man consulted was asked to drop his own preju- dices and to report the feeling among repub- licans in his own voting precinct exactly as be foundit. Comparatively few wards or townships in any of the five states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota were unheard from. SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS. Beginning in the northwest it is found that Liniosin loads in Minnesots. for. first place, ith Gresham a close second.. Many refuse accept Blaine's declination as final, while others declare his withdrawal has increased the chances in their districts at least 25 per cent. Moderate tariff reform is demanded, but the assertion that the republicans of Minnesota are for a tariff for revenue only is repudiated. Prohibition is making some inroads, but is not greatly feared. Indiana is undeniably for Harrison, Gres- ham hardly being in sight. Labor and tem- nce will not figure prominently as issucs, r? msions for old soldiers, and a fair count of uf] votes cast cithor north o south are loud! ?' called for. Ohlo 1s solid, outwardly at least, for Sena- tor Sherman, with an_inclination noticeable ywerywhere to desert him on the least provo- Bation, #all 20 over either to Blaine or For aker. The latter says he is not a candidate for first or second place, but he has lotg of warm friends throughout the state. Sherman will hayg the solid delegation in the Chicago conven! %“: In Penfisylvania there is no settled con- sensus of preferences. All the republicans in the state were for Blaine, n{)d since withdrawal sentiment has nbt fixed upon ne. Cameron could have some delegetes, t he iusists ho is not a candidate. Those Who mention him are the politicians; the people say nothing about him. The next most, po{ulm men are Lincoln, Hawley, Sherman and Uc{;gw. The state is safely ropublican for anybody. LOOKING T0 NEW YORK. By far the most,_carefully canvassed state was New York. Excepting a fow wards in some of the interior cities and townships in the Catskills and the Adirondacks, which it was impossible to reach, almost every pre- cinct in the state was heard from. There is undeniably a strong sentiment in favor of the nomination of Blaine by lamation, With him out of the way Depew leads, with Blaine a close second, declination or no dec- lination. Hiscock and Sherman are the next favorites, but they are a long way be- hind. Presidential Preferences. As carly as September of last year work was begun upon tbe collection of names and addresses of conservative and observant republicans resident in each voting precinct in New York. These names were obtained through party workers from editors of local newspapers by travel through the state, and from o large personal scquaintance. They were obtained thus early in order that men could be secured not in the interest of any candidate. In most cases they were induced, duriug the past few days, to take speclal pains to learn the real feeling in their locali- ties and roport that feeling as they found it especlally for this canvass, There are in the state of New- York 1,043 wards and townships outside of the cities of New York, Brooklyn, Troy, Albany, Syra- cuse, Rochester and Buffalo. Of these it was impossible to get replies from 162, be- cause many of them are mountain districts and others are on the extreme northern boundary and difiicult to reach 1n the time allowed, But enough city wards outside of New York and Brooklyn were heard from to make the total 1,120, 'These cover practically the entire state. “Their voice on first choice for the presidential nomination stands: 484 Harrison 4483 Conkling, 72{Sheridan, orivke Gresham, A i 'l'heyM):l districts in wh Blaine sentiment leads, are declared to be for him, declination or no declination. They are scattered well over the state, but the counties in which the greater number are found are Schuyler, Cayuga (Auburn), Jef- ferson, ssex, Deluware, Washington. Ulster, Wyoming, Cortland, Queens, Niagara, Suf- ok, Kings (Brooklyn), Iulton, Seneca, ;{Imllwn. Steuben and Westchester, In Livingston, Cayuga, Jefferson, Schuyler and Westchester the sentiment is almost solid for Blaine, although they all say they know Le has declined the use of his name. The Depew strength comes very largely from counties that they say were for Blaine but have substituted Depew. The Lincoln strength comes much in the same way. Depew sections are Albany, Oswego, S harie, Putnam, Orleans, Montgomery, Sche- aectady, Otsego, Orange, Erie, Richmond, Kings, Queens and Sullivan counties. The Sherman strength is widely scattered. Conk- ling finds friends in New York city and Brooklyn, and in Saratoga, Huwmilton, Al- bany, Oueéida and Jefferson counties. 000 ‘second choice there isa wide divergence of opinion: 310) Allison. 17 Phelps. | 124| Edmunds | 88| Kvarts. 78| Conkliu, 78| Forake Ty g ‘The Nowing or Wiarer Mo 24| Total AP KT ) Many Grand Army men in Lewis county favor Sheridan; Warner Miller is wanted by Herkimer county, where he lives; Depew is popular in Buftalo, Albany and New York city, where it is claimed by one man that he will'get the solid vote of the laboring classes, particularly those on the railroads; Hiscock stands Wi in Onondags (Syracuse), his home; Allison is liked in Chenango county, ‘while Rockland, Albany, Genesee and Greene are tly relieved by the withdrawal of Bhfl‘ud say the condition of the party in those counties is improved fully 50 per cent by it. The &m-ty in Chemu hgl.v lcmoralized, - It ' 10 county (Elmira) is 1.0 o M i A AT ernor Hill, and it is_cherged by upwards of fifty republicans writing from that district that in the last two campaigns monev has been freely used and that it is expected in the approaching one. It is therefore impossible, they say, to do much against it. The party fences aro down and are likely to remain down, In Albany a great deal of state and federal patronage has been given out by the demo- crats, and it is conceded that Blaine or any other republican could not do 8o well in 1858 a8 was done in 1984, when the democratic plu- rality was 646, The following year Hill in- creased it to 1,077, and last year Grant ran behind Cook 1,968 votes. Yates counly wants a high license cam- paign and Erie county (Bulfalo) fears the labor and prohibition people. A canvass among leading republicans, without reference to ward or precinct, was made in New York city and Broklyn. Only first, choice was asked for and the following is the result: NEW YORK. 3/ Lincoln. 6 Sheridan, . l‘!:'_.’ Harrisol v 41| Total.... I Depew Blaine Sherman, Hiscock, Conklin, Hawley BROOKLYN. 68| Eva 67|Har 52 Miller 81/ Allison, ¥ Morton 21 The nomires. .2 Sheridan, . HL Total,. Phelvs,. | It should be adaed that this canvass was taken at random, except that it was scen in all cases that all’ were republicans. Among them are the representatives of the cities at Albany. THE KEYSTONE STATE. It is anybody's fight in Pennaylvania. The republicans of the state were thor- oughly bound up In the fortunes of Blaine, When he withdrew there was political chaos, out of which there has not yet come any sort of order. Replies were recived from republicans in 1,266 wards and townships of the state, from many members of the legis- lature, from almost every member of the state committee, from all the national con- vention delegates vet selected and from many prominent political observers through- out tho state. All agree in saylog that there s no settled feeling in favor of anybody. There is a warm feeling for both Senator Cameron aud Governor Beaver, but both have said they wero not candidates, and the people take thiem at their word. 'Drovping luine the vote on what may be called the second choice of the state stands thus by wards and townships : Lincoln. 3 206 come from Dauphin county ~almost exclusively; the Gresham from Philadelphia and Pittsburg; the Sher- man from Philadelphia_and_the western counties of the state; the Harrison from Lycoming, Tioga and Bradford, and the Lin- coln from the eastern part, though the Sher- man_and Lincoln preferences are well scat- tered. A favorite ticket is Lincoln and Haw- ley, but if the former would accept_the last place, Hawley and Lincoln would suit as well, if po] i’.‘twr. In Philadelphia both Hawley and Sherman have made friends, the former probably more than the Ohio man. There are loud complaints in_the mining counties of Carbon, Luzerne, Lackawanna and Schuylkill that the tariff issue is played out, and that something new must he tried it the party ig to hold its own; but aside from thesd séetions, all agree that the party was never in better condition or more cager to enter a fight. The republicans of the state pretér Blaine, but they will support with vnt:‘m and money any ticket that is nomin- ated. AMONG TIE BUCKEYES, There is a_remarkable unanimity among Ohio repubticans in favor of Senator Sher- man, and all concede that he will have the solid delegation of the state. Allof the or- ganizations in the eighty-eight counties as- sert this fact. Tho same thing is further proven by the testimony of conservative men in 1o less than 1,184 wards and townships of the state, outside of Cincinnati. - From Ham- ilton county replies from 826 republicans were received covering the entire 167 pre- cinets of the city and nearly every township and voting precinct in the county. All of these are for Sherman. The first choicc of Ohio may, therefore, be said to bo undivided, for of all the replics received, less thap a dozen declare that the voters of their section favor any other than Sherman. Of the 32 who givé their opinion on Hamilton county, forty-two name majorities, and their figures range from 900 to 8,500 republican majority v und county, provided Sherman is vominated. Many say there 15 no second choice, 8o that whiile almost 2,000 republicans residing in every township in the state were consulted, it is possible to give second choice in'but 1,075 of the districts, These . 253/Ingall 241| Hixeoc 215 Sheridan . 108/Porter. . 94 The nominee. i Alltson. 21| Total. But ho would indeed be a very poor investi- gator of political leanings who would take the situation in Ohio to-day us outlined in the foregoing figures, Keeping strictly to the statements made by the conservative re- publicans who write us it is_safe to sy that were either Blaine or Foraker avowed candi- dates Sherman could ot hold the Ohio dele- gation intact for an hour. Dozens of the Ham- ilton county 326 say that Sherman will have the delegates from that county for a few pro- liminary votes, but_that after that they will goto Bluiue or Foraker on the slightest provocation, and that they will wholly please their constituents inso doing. Sherman’s steady and permanent strength comes from Fairfield county, where he was born, Rich- land county, where he lives, and the central, southern, southwestern and western counties. In Adumb county, inthe southwest, there are, though, many Blaine men, and_the same is true in all the counties naméd, On the other hand Blaine has o stroug following in the east, northeast, north and northwestern counties. Voters in Trumbull, Ashtabula, Mahoning, Jefferson, Columbla, Portage, Stark, Moding, Summit, Geauga, Lke, Sandusky, Ottawa, Wood, Henry, Lucas, (Toledo), Fulton, ' Williams, Doflance and Putnam counties say Blaine would suit them us well a8 would Sherman. The only ob- jection made to Blaine is that of expedicney, In uddition to this there is apparent in gery part of tho stato u strong admiration for Voraker. It amounts in many of the counties, notably in Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Cuyahoga, Lucas, Cler: mont, Plckaway, Coshocton and Highland, Foraker's native county, to the belief that with Bldine out of the field, Governor For- aker is really the man to make an enthusiastic campaign, on which the doubtful states can be carried with a whoop and burrah. Lincoln and Harrisou or Lincoln and Hawley are fre- ly mentioned as satisfactory tickets, provided an Ohio man 18 not chosen aud 3laine will not accept. AMONG THE HOOSIERS. With the exception of Ohio, republican sentiment in Indiena has crystalized more than in any other of the five states can- vassed. There are ninety-two counties in Indiana. Replies were received from the county committee chairmen of all of them, These chairmen say they have canvassed their districts well, "Of them, 56 say Harri- son is the favorite, 20 Sherman ana 10 Gresham. This 18 the view of politicians. Aside from them, obse ropublicaus, unconnected with management, were eonsulted in 1,252 town- ships and wards. In mauy instances replies were received from four and five men in each township, and in every case but one they agreed as to the prevailing feeling in the locality for which they spoke. By town- ships, carefully checked off and verified, the r‘wtnmmm stand : L arriso! b7} Sherman. Greshuaw, Blaine Lincoln.. ... s It should be noted that in Indiana, as fn the other states, a very large proportion vote upon the understanding that Blaine will not the howe of Gov. 1 be a candidate. 'Fhey add, however, in about 40 per cent of the districts that if_Blaine candidate all calculations are off. Particu- larly is this true in the Sherman_and Gres- ham_townships and wards. The Harrison people stand firmer, but say they are of course for any good republican. On second choice there is a great scatter- ing, It is impossible to give second choices by districts, and o they are given by votes, each counting as one regardless of what it represents. This i8 how Indiana republi- cans vote individually when their favorites are out of the way: fherman Gresham Denew. Lincol Rlaine Harrison. Hawley, 862] Allison 21| Foraker 108 Evarts. . 106/ Conkling. 184 Phelps 118 Fairchild 18 The Nominee. Porter 1] Hiscock 18] Total......... The Gresham vote comes from Harrison county, where Judge Gresham was boru, and chiefly'in the southern partof the state, though Floyd county, adjoining Harrison on the east, is very strong for Harrison. Other strong Harrison sections _are Carroll, Mont- omery (Crawfordsville), Vigo (Terre Haute), Banton, Owen, dackssh, Riplsy, Morzan, Monroe (Bloomington) and Marion (Indian apolis) counties, Gresham finds his strong- est concentrated following outside Harrison his home county, in Cass (Logansport) and in St. Joseph (South_Bend) and Vanderberg (Evansville). In South Bend, Elkhart' Evansville, Muncie, Fort Wayne, La’ Porto and Jeffersonville,” Lincoln and Sherman have many friends, Johnson, Randolph and some moro of the counties in the castern part of the state have declared for Harrison, through their county committee, and Har- rison county has done the same for Judge Gresham. MINNESOTA PREFERENCES, The canvass in Minnesota was confined to the fylly organized counties in the southern half of the state, and the single tier of coun- ties that extend to the British line on the western border. Replies were received about the feelings among republicans in 62 wards and townships. Hefore giving the prefer- ences 1t should bo said that they were made with_the idea that Blaine is out of the race. The forty-three who favor him say the people in their locality want Blaine, declination or no declination. Of the staie's fourteen dele- gates in the Chicago convention four years ago, only two voted originally for Blaine, but at the present time almost every township in the counties of Aitkin, Anoka, Chippewa, Carlton, Dakota, Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Morrigon, Mower, Le Steur, Jackson, Isanti Pipestone, Rice, Todd, Sherburne an Winona declare for Blaine for first choice, if he were a candidate, As they believe he' is not, they vote as follows: Lincoln. 401/Conkling....... ... 8 Gresham 211 Fairchild T Sherman 171/0. K. Davis. Allison 103 Gov. Rusk. Blalne. 44| E‘!! Total..,oeus suneee Foraker. Sheridan The sti the leading men for first choice comes from Dodge, Olmstead, Sibley, Freeborn. Pigestons; Cottonwood, Goodhue, Hennepin and Blue Earth counties for Lin- coln; from Big Stone, Dakota, Rice, Mower, Le Sueuer, Otter Tail and Polk for Gresham. Sherman is strong in Duluth and St. Paul. Of course the counties named are not solid for their respective favorites, but a greater number of the precinets in each 8o express their preferences. Townships in all parts of the state, however, favor each of them, showing that their strength is scattered and that the state, as is repeatedly declared by these republicans, is ready to support any good nominee. On second_ choice there is the usual scattering. Not all are able to discover any second choice, but where feeling has so far crystalized it is reported as fol- 152|Foraker . ion given here is based on correspondence with all of the Minnesota members of congress, the entire state com- mittee, the chairmen of the county commit- tees, the presidents and secretaries of nearly all the political clubs in the state and a_ve great number of private citigens residin and conversant with almost all of the w: and_townships in all of the counties that are at all thickly settled. Here are samples of two_letters, both from representative re- s who are high in Minnesota party Is: “We want a revision of the tariff as often as the situation may call for it, but strong protection of the manufacturing ' industries, in order to foster a home market for tho commodities we produce. Wedo not want the free trade and consgquent poverty of our neighbors in Canada. We do not want the national debt paid off too quickly; we g it funded by 24 per cent fifty or one hundre year bonds, thus giving our national banks a 8olid basis.” We want the surplus expanded in improving our waterways, especially the great lake system; establishing a permanent fund for such improvement,instead of giving it in piecemeal and necessarily hampering the plans for such work. We want a navy constructed that our nation may not be ashamed of, and harbor protection at New York, San Francisco and other important seaports. We want railroads constructed into Mexico and South America, aided by government loans. We want a broad-gau western man for president, who will grasy these important questions and handle them intelligently. ““There was a great deal of dissatisfaction, especially in the Fifth congressional district, over the nomination for governor last year, and thousands of republicans remained away from the polls, but the disaffection was purely local and personal, Whoever the re- publican nominee for president is, Minnesota may be counted as absolutely sure to give him from from twenty-five to thirty thousand majority.” Condition of the Party. The following question was asked and an- swered in every instance: What is the condition of the party as com- pared with this time four years ago? From a few republicans in Minnesota, who fear the prohibition movement and the tarifr; about a dozen in Schuylkill, Carbon, Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. in Pennsylvania, who fear the effects of the recent strike and the labor troubles; and perhaps a score in Suratoga, Otsego, Monroe and Queens coun- ties in New York, where the prohibition movement is reported stronger, and_in New York City and Brooklyn, where the. labor moyement is a more or less uncertain quan- tity, the replies are unfavorable. In a very few cases the report is tha the party is n 4% least no worse condition than four years ago. “The overwhelming testimony is on the sido of a marked _improvement. The statements are to the effect that where, in 1584, personal ambitions were pushed to the front and this and that hobby seeking to be aired at the ex- pense of the party, to-day the one thought is to regain lost powet. IReplies by the hun- dreds say that republicans in the district spoken for are ready to support anyone whose record as a man and a republican is clean. Local feuds have been buried, In Minnesota it is said by many that Blaine's withdrawal has improved the party's chances 25 per cent. The same report comes from Kings and Queens counties in New York, though the latter declare they ure ready to work might and main for any who can win, Pennsylvania republi have long been united, and Ohio and Indiana say they were nover in better shape. In every county in all of the five states evidences are forthcoming that the party is already as wide awake, eight months before the election, as it generally is in June, five months before election. Another feature is the willi\gness to send unpledged delegations to Chicago. Repub- licaus suy they followed the lead of one man four years ago, aud while they still gdmire that leader they are for the party now and are willing that combined judgment of the party representatives shall say whom they shall support. This is_especially noticeable in Pennsylvania, New York and Minnesota. In Ohio and Indiana favorite sons claim stronger loyaly, though not to the extent of seeking pledged delegations, unless these sons themselves insist upon them, LABOK AND FROMIBITION. The following question was asked concern- ing the labor and prohibition movewents: [Continued on Secand Page] WHEELS - AGAIN ~ WHIRLI G.] Engineers Ordered Baok to Work on the Santa Fe. CHIEF ARTHUR ADVISED IT. An All-Day Conference of Union Pa- cific Officials ana Employes A New Rumor Afloat About the Burlington Strike, Santa Fe Men Go Back. A8 City, Mo., March 18, —Tho Santa Fe strike is over. The following official no- tice was issued at 6 o’clock this evening: Kaxsas Crry, March 18.—To Engineers and Firemen on the Santa Fo System: I am advised by our grand chief to request of you that you return to your respective positions at once; further, that I will repair to Chicago and adjust all m\-undenmxnynu.x. L Co 'y Chairman of the General Grievance Com- mittee, Chairman Conroe returned from Topeka this morning where he had been in confer- ence yesterday with Governor Martin and Santa Fe ofticials. He at once called the meeting of the committee here. Conre quietly boarded the Rock Island express for Chicago at 4:30 this afternoon and was fifty miles out of the ety by the time his notico was promulgated. The ex-strikers here as- sert that the company has agreed not to handle Burlington freight. Applying For Orders. KAaxsas C17y, Mo., March 18,.—Trains were moved to-day with some regularity. The California and New Mexico train to leave at 10:10 a. m. and the Denver and Utah express due to leave at 11:15 were consolidated and left at 11:80. No. 710f the Southern Kansas left at 12:14 a. m,, thirty-five minutes late. The Colorado express due at 6 a. m. arrived at 0:45. The east-bound California and north-bound Texas express, due to arrive at 4:80 and 6:15 p. m. respectively, were ro- ported abandoned. Trains on the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf road all went out on time this morning with no indications of trouble. The depot presented a deserted appearance all day as there was little interest taken in the move- ments of trains and the general feeling was that the strike was over, As one of the men mounted his engine to take out a train, an old engineer standing in a group near by turned to his companions and said: “Well boys, fall in. The last man to back will be the ong who gets left. a matter of time ngw."’ His_prediction s verified when at 6 o'clock Chairman Conroe's notice was issued. The men took the matter philosophicallv and this evening nearly all of them present in the city were applying to Assistant Superin- t(:xxdunt Spoor for orders, transportation, ete. [ Itis only Ordered Back to Denver. Drxver, Colo., March 18.—The striling engineersjto-night received orders to return to work and will take trains out as usual to- morrow. Advices from other points are to the same effect. Chief ur Pleased. CHICAGO, March| 18.—Chief Arthur was asked to-night what he thought of the decis- ion of the Santa Fejmen to return to work. *I am glad they went back,” he said. *“I ad- vised them to go back because I did not think there was sufficient cause forastrike. I communicated with Mr. Conroe, chairman of the grievance committee, and asked him to request the men to return to work and then come to Chicago to settle the matter with Mr, Smith.” Grand Master Sargent said the men on the Santa Fe went back at 6 o’clock. He had no information as to the causes of the strike or what had induced the men to go back beyond the fact that they had a conference with the ofticials of the road at Kansas City or Topeka and that an agreement was there wade that the railroad would not require the men to haul any Burlington freight and they went back on the strength of that agreement. In reference to the cause of the strike he said: I believe, in fact I know for a cer- tainity, that Vice PJcsmcut Smith hag noth- ing to do with it and that the officers of the road did not mean to handld any “Q" freight. But sometimes some petty ofticial il do something that will involve a whole road in trouble,” As to the reports of trouble on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago & North- western and Chicago & Alton, Mr. Sargent said there was not the shightest danger of any difficulty, as those roads had managers who would live up to their promises and re- main neutral. President Smith and the Mails. CuicAGo, March, 18.—When the attention of Vice-President Smith, of the Atchison road, was called to the statements of Post- master General Dickinson by a reporter to- day, he said: ““We made no demand on the government for increased compensation in this matter. We could not, under the present circum- stances, entertain a proposition from the gov- ernment even if one were made to run guch exclusive trains in consideration of such in- creased compensation for the reason that to do 80 would be simply to encourage the en- gineers in their disloyalty to the company. We assume that our obligation to move mails for the benefit of the public is no greater thad our obligation to move passengers along the line of railroad, I think Postmaster Gen- eral Dickinson will admit the justce of our position when he has had time to think over the matter, as he certainly must know it is absolutely essential that employes should be loyal to their employers’ interests, and that it” would be suicidal to attempt to op- erate either a government or a railroad under any other conditions, and therefore, that we could not afford to ‘employ and pay men for such service who were in open re- bellion agamst the company." You will insist, then, that no mail trains shall move over your road unless they are part of the regular traius or contain passen- gers and express?’”’ “That is just exactly the position, You cannot put it in words that will be too strong. We propose to protect ourselves in this mat- ter, and we will not allow any one or any influence to subordinate our rights.” Satisfied the Government. CHICAGO, Mareh 18.—The threatened clash between the postoffice department and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe compuny was averted by an amicableagreement early to-day before the strike was declared off by the brotherhood, T. E. Nash, general superin- tendent of the railway mail service, said this evening, in explanation of the matter, that Vice President Smith had directed his men 10 see that the mails were moved promptly over the company’s lines and that whenever they found it impossible to get engineers to move passengers and freight, but who were willing to hapl the mails, that trains be orderea out with, the mails only. While it was believea that the co.npany would be able 1o run most of their pasenger trains as ordi- y it was understcud that if the trains e run for mails only, but one train u day cach way would be expected. This h monized the entire dificulty between the postofiice department and” the Atchison management, and. it 18 believed that should there be strikes on other lines the same policy as that adopted bygSwmith will be followed, A Long Secret Conference. “Gentlemen; I am going to my dinner,” said Acting General Manager Kimball, of the Union Pacific, at 2 o'clock yesterday after- noon as hearose from a chiair in his private ofice where since 10 o'clock in the morning Le bad been in couswltation with a delegation of engincers, General Superintendent Dickinson was also. present, and although Mr. Kimball withdrew at the hour mentioned the conference still continued. At 5 o'clock the party was yet in session, but as no under- standing had been reached, it was agreed to adjourn for supper and convene again at 7 o'elock, As the six men who had been closeted to- gother all day made their appearance on the street they were immediately approached by a Ber reporter and interrogatories a8 to the outcome of the conference were put to each man. All, however, utterly refused to talk, simply saying that’ nothing had as yet boen done, ‘The conference, as was stated in Sunday’s Bee, was held for the purpose of discussing Judge Dundy’s order and ascertaining from the officials whether they intended to insist on the men handling Burlington freight. This was the }brln('lm\l subject discussed, but a number of other minor grievances were also presented by the men. At 7 o'clock the grievance committee again went to the g’llinn Pacific neadquar- ters, where they were met by Messrs. Kimball and ickinson. The latter's office was lighted up and the conference was again resumed with closed doors, It lasted until about 10 o'clock, but the result was un- obtainable. . TImmediately after its adjournment the rrlev-n('o committee went to the Cozzens house, where they were given a room, and a consultation was held. ~Although visited by a Ber reporter several times during the night, the gentlemen composing the commit- tee said they had as yet reached no conclu- sion, and at 2 o’clock this morning they were still in secret session, In other respects there were no new devel- opments in the railroad situation in Omaha yesterday. Trains on the B. & M. were run- ning about as during the past two weeks—ir- regularly and considerably behind time. “Q." Stockholders Alarmed. LixcoLy, Neb., March 18.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Information received by thebrotherhood to-day feom eastern headquar- ters reports a new phase in the strike situa- tion. The information is that New York stockholders in the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy have authorized their attorneys to have a receiver appointed for the road on the ground that the present managers are trying to depreciate the stock so that it can be bought up at less than the actual value by the heavy stockholders. The information further asserts that there is a conspiracy on the }ym of the management against the small stockholders The delay in mails over the Burlington has been more noticeable than usual the past three days at this point and W. A. Campbell, an assistant inspector in the government mail service, has arrived in the city to inves- tigate the delays in mails and place the re- sponsibility where it belongs. The small army of special police here, when they went on duty to-night, were cau- tioned to watch the switches, as trouble was feared. This is a new move to make the specials believe that they are a necessity, He Oouldn't Work the ‘‘Squirt."” Ravexya, Neb, March 18.—(Special to the Bee.]—The strikers remain firm here. They have daily indications that the Bur- lington will be unable to do its business with the engineers which have been engaged to fill their places. More than eight crippled engines have been laid up for repairs here since the strike began. The other day one of the new men started east with a freight train, byt when about two miles out the en- g:’ne stopped and he was obliged fo aban- hens:%d asked what the trouble was “This hdftit a bit like the engine I run on tho farm. Icouldn’t work that gol darned squirt thiat puts the water into the biler.” Threatened Strike on the O. & M. VINCENNES, ind., March 18.—At a consoli- dated meeting of Ohio & Mississippi engin- cers and firemen to-day it was decided that enginoers b ordared yot to handlo Chicago, Burlington & Quiney frejght, and should the company demand compliance the Ohio & Mississippi would be tied up. Sympathy of Nebraska Knights. BeaTrice, Neb., March 18.—([Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Peerless assembly 10,104, Knights of Labor of this city, desires to be placed on record in the following words and by a unanimous vote: Whereas, The locomotive engineers and firemen of the great Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rajlroad system havé gone out on a striko bocause of that companyls refusal to hay wages proportional with the wages paid By other great paralolied lings; and Whereas, The general management of the Chicago, Burhngton & Quincy railroad com- pany is noted for its parsmoniousness to all its employes, paying them less wages than other great railroad systems in the same ter- ritory and with less ability to pay; therefore be it Resolved, By Peerless Knights of Labor of Beatrice, Neb., that our warmest sympathics are bereby extended to the striking brotherhoods of locomotive engi- neers and firemen in their struggles for what i8 80 justly and clearly their rights, and we pray God to sustain “them and crown them with speedy victory if its accomplishment shail even require a strike upon every rail- road in the United States. Resolved, That we bitterly denounce and condemn those newspapory that have es- poused the cause of monopoly against labor in this struggle, FreMoNT, Neb., March 18.—[Special to the Bee.]—At the last meeting of the Knights of Labor of Fremont, Asscmbly No, 4357, the following resolutions were adopted : ‘Whereas, The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad in its efforts to crush organ- ized labor has imported into the state of Ne- braska large numbers of armed men known as Pinkerton detectives, which is an insult to the state of Nebrasku and also contrary to our laws; therefore be it Resolved, That the brotherhoods of loco- motive engineers and firemen in their fight with the Chicag gton & Quincy rail- way system, have our entire sympathy and our earnest wish is that they may succeed in their strugg ht and justice. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Omaha Bee and Omuha Truth, aud also a copy to Chief Engmeer P, M. Arthur, Rep Croun, Neb, March 17,-I(Snms. pondence of thullzr:.{wlcmd Cloud Faithful assembly Knights of Labor adovted tbe fol- lowing resolutions at its last meeting : Resolved, That wo extend to the brother- hoods of engineers and firemen of the Chi- eago, Burlington & Quincy system our sym- pathy and what aid i3 in_our power to give, 1n this their hour of trouble, in their struggle for justice and right, and we hope that they may succeed in their fight with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and B. & M. Resolved, That we censure and hold in scorn any and all men who may voluntari or otherwise take the places ot the striking engineers and firemen on the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy system as traitors to the interest of labor, Resolved, That we will stand. firm to the principies that are inculcated in the different trades unions and labor organizations, and that we demand a fair and equituble share of our production, Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the engineers' and firemens’ brotherhoods, to the Omaha Bee, and our county papers, CoMMITTER, assembly 10104, A Shipper's Views. Owmama, March 15.—To the Editor of the Ber: Asthe commercial community is very much annoyed and inconvenienced at the seri- ous affect to traffic caused by the strike of the engineers of the “Q,” and which the disposi- tion of the press aud people has been to take neutral or impartial grounds on the disputed questions, still it does seem as though suf- ficient has been learned of the merits of the case to cause the press and people to get down from the dignified position of neutrality and discuss the situation upon the merits of both clalmants. - The strike is not a matter that effects the Burlington & Quincy raroad und their engineers only. It is a difficulty that seriously threatens the entire country, Lot us for a moment look at some of the points at issuc and see if some conclusions cannot be drawn that will place the responsibility in its proper place, 1st. Engineers and firemen demand an increase of wages, 2d. Claim that 90 per cent of competing roads are pay- ing higher wages than the “Q." 8d. They are willing to abide by the decision of an arbitration. To all this the company replics: 1st. Weo cannot afford to increase your wages, 2nd. We have nothing to arbitrate. 8d. They do not dispute the charge made by the engineers and firemen that they are paying less wages than competing roads. The lmfinn. looking at the situation, think that the demands of the engineers and firemen possess tho element of fairness, to say the leaat, and believe the company should show a will: ingness to compromise or arbitrate the dis- pute. The company is causing publications of the earnings and expenses of the road, showing a large falling off of the earnings in January and February to justify this refusal to increase the pay of their employes. These statements no aoubt are true, and March will show a still greater shrinkage of their earn- ings and increase of expenses, but are not theso facts a reason why & compromise should be reached soon, for is it not a fact that the strike is the principle cause for this great loss{ The road without doubt has sus- tained more actual loss of property by de- stroyed engines and cars than the advance of wages nsked for would amount to for a num- ber of years, not to speak of the loss sus- tained in the company’s business. The truth of the ' matter is it looks very much asif General Manager Stone lacks good business judgment and fs attempting to make a Tom Potter reputation, and is lacking Tom Potter’'s brains, and the general public as well as the stockholders of the Burlington & Quiney railroad begin to think it is high time to call a halt bofore the eatire country is involved by a general suspension of busl- ness trying to support one or two high rail- road officials who over-estimate their impor- tance- A SHIPPER, —— THE CLEARANCE RECORD. The Financial Transactions of the Past Week. BostoN, Mass., March 18.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—The following table compiled from dispatches to the Post from the managers of the leading clearing-houses of the United States, shows the gross ex- changes for the week ended March 17, 1888, with the rate per cent of increase or de- crease as compared with the amounts for the corresponding wecl last year: CITIES, CLEARINGS New York. Boston, Chicago, Philade St. Louis.... San Franci Baltimore. Cineinnati’, New Orlean; Pittsburg. . Kansas City, Louisville, Providence. Milwaukee . St. Paul Detroit. T2, E02,220) 64,404 362 EEZEE Indianapolis. Galveston, gesEE=stiece Worces! Low: Byracuso... Grand- Rapiai *Duluth..., *Topeki Total. Outside *Not included in totals, - ;{"3 e RAILROAD MEN FOR CHINA. A Mysterious Advertisement Posted Up in Pittsburg, Prrrsnure, Pa., March 18.—|Special Tele gram to the Bee.]—Quite a furor has been created among railroad employes in Pittsburg over an advertisement published recently in an eastern paper for 2,500 railroad men to go to China. A man calling himself John Johnson writes from Denver to a rail- road man here saying thé company will pay their expenses to China and give the engi- neers $250 and firemen and brakemen $125 per month. One of the Panhandle employocs who has taken an interest in the matter smd to-day: ‘“All the single men on the Panhan- dle road have been talking about the matter for several days,and if the company is all right they can procure several hundred men on our line alone.” The railroad is said to be owned by Americans. Several railroad officials were spoken to about the matter and one of them said: “I heard of the advertisement, but I think it a bogus scheme. If they really wanted men and would pay them that price, they coula get all they wanted in the far west without coming here. 1 know there is some talk among railroad men here about going and I suppose some of them would be foolish enough to do 80, Johnson is expected here in a few days to complete arrangements for forwarding the first batch of recruits, He will then yisit Chicago for a similar purpose. Many cool headed persons thiuk it is a huge swindling sche L The Crop Outlaok. WasHINGTON, March 18.—The signal sery- ice weekly weather and crop bulletin says: The backwardness of the season has been general throughout the country, but an im- provement in crop conditions is generally reported throughout the states of the Missis- sippi valley. The killing frosts of the 18th and 14th are reported as having injured fruit in the northern portion of the gulf states, Missouri and Tennessce, although the weather continues in the southern states fa- voruble for small grains, except oats, which have beeu somewhat injured by freezing weather. Alternate freezing and thawing doubtless proved more or less injurious to the winter wheat in the states east of the Mississispl. vortion of Germany has been visited by a y severe snow storm, There is 80 much ice that communication with Sweden has been suspended fo and with Denmark for ten days. Disastrous floods are reported throughout Hungary. Thirty villages have been ruined, and the town of Szathmar-Nemeth partly destroyed. The towns of lsckes and Csaba are menaced, and the inhabitants are struggling for their lives against the overflow of the river Koros. Many houses have fallen, ——— e Won By Ten Seconds. SaN Fraxcisco, March 18.—The three mile sculling race to-day between Peterson of this city and O'Connor, of Canada, was won by the latter, Time—20 minutes, 23 seconds; Peterson 10 seconas later, e K. of P, Lodge Organized. Hovryoke, Colo., March 17.—[Correspond- ence of the Bee.]—A very strong Knights of Pythias lodge has been organized here by L. Smith, G. C., of the Denver district, as- sisted by large delegations from_Sterling, Julesbury, é‘olo., and Lincoln, Neb. The lodge starts under the most favorable auspices—all the furniture and fixtures hav- ing been paid for and leaving $50 i ghe treasury, A HOWL AGAINST HEWITT, Now York State Grand Army Men Justly Indignant, VENOM TOWARD THE VETERANS, The Democratic Mayor of the Groaf Metropolis Opposes All Moas- ures For the Benefit of Union Soldiers. Angry at Abram. New Yonk, March 18.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—~The Grand Army men are aroused. When the Saxton bill was intro- duced in tho legislature on February 18, which provides that veteran soldiers an sailors holding office in this state cannot ba removed, save on charges duly made andl tried and shall hold office during good bes havior, irrespective of politics, Mayor Hewitf was quoted as saying that the bill might by good enough for country towns, but it would not work in New York. This remark greatly offendedithe G. A. R. veterans. Secretary E. J. Atkinson, of the memorial committee, said in regard to it tos day: “The veterans who fought for the state in their youth are nowold and depends ent on their wages for support.. It would be o great injustice to deprive them of sucl places as they now hold as long as thoy are competent to fill them. The Grand Army men number about fifty thousand in this state, and they are men of all kinds of polite cal views. There was a time when th Grand Army was looked upon as a tail to w republican kite, but that time has 4 The later accesslons to its ranks have all beem democrats. They are really a non-partisam body and ask for the previlege named in thig bill on the ground of their past services to the state and natjon.” A committee of G. A. R. veterans waited on the mayor yesterday on behalf of the memorial committee of the G. A. R. to ine duce the mayor to sign a petition endorsing the Saxton bill. Mayor Hewett flatly res fused to do anything of the kind and told th committee that in his opinion the passage o such a bill was not for the best interests of the citizens of New York. The committga went away crestfallen and made their re~ ports to their respective posts. Mayor Hewett told the committee that hia course was not at all antagonistic th Grand Army, but as mayor of New York h was bound to look after the best interests of her citizens. It mattered little to him whaf society or organization it was, he should pui sue the same course, and, 80 long as he was mayor, would do what he considered for the good of the city. He also told the committed that if the Grand Army, the Knights of Sty Patrick or any other organizations Bhfllllg continue in their present course he woul break his resolution not to run for mayo again, but would be a candidate next fall an find out at the ballot box whether or not the Grand Army_or other socicties owned the city of New York. THE B. & M. IN WYOMING. Outline of the Route Which This Year's Extension Will Take. Fort McK1NxEY, Wyo., March 18.—[Specs ial Telegram to the BEr.]—Information tha is believed to be thoroughly reliable h been received here concerning the location of the B. & M. railroad in Wyoning. The will run from Crawford, Neb., to Creek, and from there to Circle B rlncg thence to the Cheyenne river and thenos P4 the hills. It will then pass through Red cang yon to Custer City and from there to Harney, Hill City, Tigerville, Hayward and Roclkers ville. From thence it will run to Sun Danicef Powder river and Clear Fork, to Buffalo, Wyo.. which will be its terminus for th present year. Towns will be built at Cros ing, Hat Creek, Cheyenne river, Red canyon, Powder river and Clear Forlk crossing. Th country through which the road will run is very rich one in both agricultural and mins' eral resources. Sult, silver, copper, tin, gypsum, mica, marble, coal and_hone gto; lave already been found along the proposd route. Thé immense beds of coal recentl discovered on the Powder river and Cle Fork will be tapped and_opened up by thi road. It is believed the road will reac Buffalo by December 1, 1888, from the - pre ent indications. New Mineral Discovery in Wyomings Fort McK1xNEY, Wyo., March .«._yf,',e'c‘fi Telegram to the Be.]—Another discoyery o! rich mineral has been made in the vieinity o Buffalo. The ore submitted has been assaye by Mr. John McVicker, of Salt Lake Cityy and the following is his report: Lot No. 1 copper, .72 per cent silver, soventy-on ounce per ton; gold, $2.11 cents; total valuey $87.28 per ton, Lot 2, copper, 5 per_cent_st ver, 67.80 ouuces per ton; total value, $79,1 per'ton. Lot 3, copper,'4 per cent silver, 52.49 ounces per ton, trace of gold; tof per ton, 61, 'These new miges are iocnv::’ not_over fifteen miles from the town o] Buffalo, but the discoverers refuse td d close tho exact location, Abundant ore from them, however, are_exhibited, and t above reports of the assay are exact coples Mr. McVicker's certificates of assay, ma by him from these ores, as duly signed an authenticated. —— Fort McKinney's Waterworks Burnedy Four McKiNNey, Wyo.,, Muarch 18,4 [Special Telegram to the Brk.]—Fire oos curred here yesterday afternoon, completel, destroying the engine, engine house “3 waterworks, The fire originated under the boiler in some way while the ehgincer was at dinner and before discovered the whole off the inside of the building was in flames) Every effort to extinguish it proved unavaile ing and it burned to the ground. Fortune ately the water tank was full of water at thi timé and the supply from this source wil lust soveral days. A new engine and boilel was received at the post sometime ago and will be put in at onc -~ MISS MOLLIE GARFIELD, Her Mother Formally Announces Heg Engagement to J. Stanley Brown, New York, March 1§—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Much attention socially has been paid to Mrs, and Miss Garfield since their arvival here. A recent publicatiof represented that Mrs, Garfleld went to B rope to get her daughter out of the country’ in order to be better able to break off the marriage that she contemplated. The stor; was that J, Staoley Brown, General Gam field’s private secretary, had won Miss Mollid Garfield’s heart and was anxious to make her his wife forthwith, to Mrs, Garfield' intence dissatisfaction. “Now,” said Mrs, Garfield to an intimate_friend, *that gossip: have presumed to put Mr. Brown in a fals@ position, I deem it my duty to have the youn, folks announce their engagement formally af once, Instead of opposing the suit of Mry Brown I have welcomed it. I know ho manly ho is and how worthy of every confls dence. 1 could not trust my daughter's fol tunes to any other that couldmake me happie Tam deeply sorry that my trip has been made a pretext for inflicting émbarrassment u';;on him, The only fault that I can find with hin 18 that he didn't promptly deny the offe sive tale, as he had every suthority to do 80, Holyoke Will Incorporate, Hovvoke, Colo, March 18.—[Special ti the Bee]—A mass-meeting of the citizeng has decided to incorporate the town at oncey The proposed town includes four sections, A committee was appointed to prepare & plag and secure the requisite thirty petitionerss In thirty-five days we will be under munie oipal government. The town's inn-blm;, s reported by the comuwittee, is 700, g