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“TUKESNINTH YEAR GRANT OR UNCLE HORACE, GRANT'S EFVORT FOR A STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKED, - Col MeClave of P rahicer he Sun, Danvint biter from the Hon, A. K. McClure of P tania, addressed to C Hate, has been hended me, with permission to publish. Although not written for the public, itso clearly and pungently presents the present politle J condition of the country that it should have the widest publicity. COL, M'CLURE TO COL, WOOD, PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 1872, Dean Covonen: [have your favor of the Lith, to the political «itu nis Inquittes ¢ Gri by it. Te hi in this se hipported and betrayed ye in ite way, un raved ta own cun ott I finally it has be most earnest advocates of the Cinciun prigiously supported Ju nd Mr, ment, and Adams as the | ‘The vention struc ) the Adams convulsion, ¢ out the flag of distress to the Ad. tion, and was taken into pe owever, nearly six ths until the election, tid it never yet has made a consistent fight for iny party, polley, or candidate for that peri of ¢ se, it will betray Gras at about fame stave In tho canvass It selec Symour and lair in sas, The Der Kee York are In no sense distra Work!, for they all understar chin, and they are mov With great mily to the support of t sinnatl ac- rai iosoby made it a rule in war to foroge on the enemy, and my recollection fs that he did it fery succesfully, Ho is doing the samo thing ypeace, but he honestly and manfully avows bis purpose, and does not attempt to deceive my vie. He started out to forage on the Ad- hinistration party; made his raid upon the White House; captured what he wanted, and wld the truth about it. Ashe says, he dealt for mmediate delivery, and of course will have it, le Will have few or'no followers, but he don't ure for that, as he did not profess to represent inybody but himself in his dicker with Grant [twas purelygt matter of business, without any Mectation about sentiment or conviction. Mr. Voorhees succeeded mainly in astounding wid molifying hinset. Whether he is knave x fool, Ldo not assume to judge, but he either Fickedly nily took the Administration ead, and got up the first Gr ampaign docu nent. His speech Is now being eclreulated by ihe hundred thousand under the direction of eGrant committees, If his speech does not that he bas been transferred squarely to orm Is most Incapable in the selection of ae express bis purpos rue, under the pressure of Democratic sont + and the i jeers of those who urged Min to das lis pay, he has already atvempoed to Pear i Cae MAL formed from a leader to a di Publier, apeaking ¢ Hout tell m. He simply went woolling and came bi horn Uirick Pomeroy will most naturally supoort rant. Lam ov ever did a de- rent thing In hi sLitutional ous edness can take i ; between Greeley and sed me Your people do injustice to Senator Scott. He bhotabad man, nor ts he a demagogue. He pventh hour laborer in Ropublean n very liber ait fee pelieves all he says abou. your pr He think that every anti-Grant man is a Ku-Klax 1 drar, nad that the cernet bakers are 1 ¢ deouted saints, He believes so because the ear t-baguers have told him so, and sworn, so fore his pre does hot know that ths jame with n had the fay at a trifl ng been guilty of bur sme contracted for which men are not moraily responsible. Morton ndler, and Cameron sclected him f is insopristicated and h will dnd, howe the Hou eo men bers ar nto the a review of t iirow the Kuck lux lions in the So} EUINA NOR va Union ‘of th SMENTT Oppo COT MUTT tone from necessity. Hit was a mere stt between men for place, there m tout it; but the people oppus agree substantially in their conv they will compel ambition to subordinate itself to Grant Wo the public welfare. A few will revolt and fall, is angels and men haye fallen before, but they will be unfelt in th forts to s the ar freat movement of a great people for their dis- tnthralient. We have some Bourbon Dem chats whi doubt whether there ever was at! ood in Nowh’s timegind who had no war, Had they bloody char, tysburg, or belt al battlements on that memorable day hey Would have been liberalized in their vi the dutivsof the present; but as it Is, they be leve in the revoluttoms of ¥tyin slawery, a de dead and be eharit bly forgotten r tion takes note of the fret ixiety for ht De. Baltimore comes from Gra inscrupulous leaders who direct hls Atal Hon. elr efforts to control the by Tonvention are tireless. ‘They are jing t @ cupidity and ambition of every De Y ind Southern conserva'ive they can get with 1 Demoer range of their ay f your people of ea walnst. a" surrender nore. ‘They will be hy to eha tiany traed parrets at the Conve would be well rewarded if they « When they fail, as fa I eneh side of tontracting parties Will ¢ Be patient. and hopeful my dear fricnd th ma Ht fant, We will head fad wectsrertne diene, betrneebatmedins ste f- of our reunited’ cou xs Yours, & ny ALK, MeCuun. Col, W. W, Woon, Virginia, . Tou Reasons Why Horace € the Presidency. 1. Because he is believed to be thorough honest by friend and foe of all creeds and pa 3. Because he has eminent ability a nh J writer, and a larger stock of political know! édge than any other man in Ameri i. Because, while he isthe peer men in the land, he spends his time and thought forthe improvem and uplitting of the poor tnd unfortunate, by teaching Industry, econo: hy, self-help, and temperance 4. Because, in these degenerate days, when posts of honor become the ste tishonesty and defaleation, he bold tuch dishonesty in his « i villainy among his politic readily and earnestly 6, Because, no man, howey tion, however int hatred, da stones t fri nse his prejudice e utter the thought that 1 irevley can be bought, or knowingly be drawn to any unpatriotic or dishonest Job, plot, ot ting 6; Bocause, though he hated slavery and openly And persistently opposed it, he never hated the Nave Tr; and as soon us the war was ende sod (ie cause of It was removed stto reach forth his fraternal h nd to hi 7. Hecwuse the disheartened Southern whites, ond the b Hatin snd timid Southern black can trustingly unite in the support of Horace jreeley, and, forthe test tine in thelr history have one common alin, and this will tend t Gnite their political action forall coming time & Because the bitter porty rit’ existing be tween the Republican Jers and. the be verathe party is su that patriotism t tt rifled « es ina straight between them for fe and power rie Greeley is the man who, for once ey the » 1 South, and cn up b \ H te ‘ how ali D 1 political se \ Wd Hy te “ Pluie ragued ou aud aloe Lue Hall Splister, SS ——————_ v. Mr. Church, the first knew Dr. Gr ago, in Poultney, Vermont 1 young Greeley was an ap- now we are voth getting old. with a few remarks, after vast assemblage nd each person ahook Dr. € han extent thatalady t shilosophor's welst will be 80 tired that he won't be able to do any chopping to-morrow,” ¢ those who greeted the next President Ho is nearly eighty hut possessed of all his fi ie reminded Dr. Greeley that he had by cause of his reform thirty-five years ago, and re ferred to & horse they owned tt ld never be induced te Mr, Hall said that he hoped to Mv enough to vote for Horace Gre Abraham Lincoln, with his homely face, body, and awkward manners, able to accept the genial and br mor of Chappaqua, and tolerate bis ungainly walk and the clumay adjustment of his neck tie, even though his generous heart w with a white coat, and his mighty brain were broad-brimmed TUE FLEETwoov [' °K MEETING, lon W TPR ING OF LABOR. THE ELONT-HOUR MOVEMENT STILE | guy post OFEICE BRICKLAYENS SERKING RE- MORE FORMIDABLE so they will be hearted fare Ten Thousand Spectators “Two Attractive Purses Nettie Morris Burke the Winne: The attendance at Fleetwood Park yes- terday was much largerithan any of tho preced- It 1s estimated that ten thousand por- ‘The management was and James t ver then followed s enwrapped ayIvania to nn Old Cone and Old Unions « Who Don't Support New Societies Organizing Joining in the Demand—New Strikes on Monday—The Employin Banded Togethor for Resistance The cight-hour movement gathcred in- creasing strength yesterday. 9 now in the midst of the struggle gained new | Secretary Richardson told them to present their ground, while the addition of several new asso- jations afforded needed encouragement. ‘Twen- ty thousand men of this city to-day demand the enforcement of the Kight-Hour law. not an excited gang of desperate men, threaten- ing destruction to life and property, but an ear= nest, firm, and peaceable bi ce, and conducting thelr business ina bus!~ The promini yesterday's proceedings was the formation of several new trades unions. THE FURNITURE TRADE CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. cabinet makers, guilders, varnish- ers, and others met ngain yesterday in large numbers in Teutonia Hall, wiene sons were on the ground, Forniture Men perfoct and the trotting exc the beginning nor during the programme was there any unnecessary delay. Among the noted personages present wore Lon Morris, Benjamin A. Wright, Hamilton Brook,Mr. Tobey, and Howen of Boston, Mr, Harker, Mr. Flanagan, Alderman Charlick., Mor- gan L. Mott, Len Reed, Mr. James Lambert, Mr. Parker, ox-Mayor Kalhfleisch, and Goorge W. Superintende cy , Va., May 22.—The following ‘The Mat of Chappnaun, was Mr, George T nayl- W. W. Wood of this The organizations Who's he that comes to marshal us? An honest man, partnership, . he's donned a snow-white hat, i fights to-day. He gazes on hi gazes on hin fo ey for Prost- | Prince Harry Genet, backers and a fire lights up his eye, en and beholds them with a algh. The Later Franklin amiles on us as on thore After, the reception, which was ke} y campaign club. Down all our tn chief but Greeley “And If my standard, Honesty, should fall amidst the a deafening roar: * We'll have no dy, offering no vio- y little delay the horses were on the track for the first trot, for wht ight horses put i Morris was and J. 1. Stu adjourned with th Which made the woods echo Frank Davis, 8 h there were for Horace Gri with their lusty vc ley, accompantod by some friends, will go to his farm at Chappaqua this morning. and return to the ¢ y Ni the favorite 4 against the feld. and won the race in e straight heats without a struggle, nd race was the were six entries, horse Lottery was withdrawg by his of sickness, Jatces H. Burke, Charley Gre ite at the rate o elting contest of a! ant, and nobody in turn sity much everything And knavery and bribery might seem perchance to win, I fly, which strikes the foe this evening. ng and power. It was one And be your battle ery to-day, T Hat of Chappaqua \” url—Tho State Alive ‘ecley aud Brown, The Campaign tn M Supporters of ¢ Correspondence of The Bun. Sr. Louis, May waa won by n hoing the favor= was @ very » the race was The large hall was It was reported that the work- ‘ton had concluded to ask for eight hours, and to meet on the 20th of this m was passed to send there to address that meeting. next resolved to hold a grand open-air meeting in the City Hall Park on Monday afternoon at . in order to demonstrate that the work- men were determined to have their rights, on says that th no more, no lesa; but never rest until thelr just demands were ac- ser 1 witen ‘i i The knaves are coming, well armed to sheats befe The betting was all 1 and the knowing anes were bewildered as the fleiders won heavliy on the resuit. —Missouri promises an unusually lively campaign tis year. Aside from the part the State will take in the election of y and Brown, there will bo a ge Since 1870, when the Grant party was y routed by the united Liberals under the banner Brown, a better class of men have interested themselves in politics, and the coming campaign front the most substan- Hi crush them like a shell, and make th 0, Grant is Whistling on bis serfs circus horse he Purse No, 5, $100. Horses that have never beaten 2:39. $60 to first, $20 tv second Lon Morria, b. m, Nettle Morris. Wim. MeMahon, b. g. Coroner K BG, Murphy, bs gt . Vandorbergy \ brea, kdwit Booth, pik. m. Lottie I And Datler, from his bottle sprung, bet 80 ignominious! and Democrats, and we love #0 well, fast bound tn tron demand their y that it is the nt ase awkwardly trying to hide itself in the | Charie for the right nd scatter them like dust upon re h Col, Charles 8. Spencer, an employer who had wrongfully arrested three members of the organization, be his shop and asked the workmen to join #4 to place in th tial and trusted of our citizens, ‘Thore will undoubtedly be a division of oMces among the Democrats and Liberals, the f rhor and general Siate officers, rts are beating fast, a myriad foes Iie fat, ‘Ten thonsand braves are circling round that wondrous old white hat ; And on they rushed triumphantly where er a glimpse they had 4 ac Pawling, b getting the ¢ Yesterday the workmen whose employers had d toglye them eight hours resumed work, vse Of Kabernack & Decker, billiard man- ufacturers. who refused to sign’ the contract, saying that thelr word was suff d work, Some 5,000 or 6,00) men are on strike, but the leading members expect that the strike will er by the end of next week, eight niin yesterday to give thelr work- mon eight hours, ‘Seyeral hundred committees onfer with the employe in most cases the reports were favorable. J opposition, it was stat ‘Of that orifamme which guided them, the Hat of ugene F. Wiegel, vated, while nvernorahip in favor of the Liberal Senator Ben: ‘There are several leading ones being 5 lings, and Col. Coleman, popular and d ast winter the Legh Republican and ! m ee Upon an apportionment bill, and there- issouri will elect four Congressmen. at ‘They will all be Democrats or Liberals— reo of the former and one of the ratic aspirants are Z. ember of the last of Independence jaunhorst,and Sena. Stilson Huteh- 8 Liberal, will, prob: we've won it gallantly! Carl pierced thetr left; rant has cried for quarter, of all hia guard ‘The Carpet Knights are sorely pressed, and riding for andidates for Governor, tho peaker Wilson, Senator Rol- ‘The former is most vad in the race. House ben) league confident! riainly be 0 Full well they know thelr borrowed plumes they can no th meet pases th ik. g. Glengary., to @ SUN re- from the factories in which The matted ba ditth of the South before our speai orter, now com use steam power, on the Outed: ded last night to invite se: Adress the meeting in And troops of Presidential kin are fleeing throu Meeting next 1 Monday con ainent speakers to Ferman and TUR EMPLOYING FURNITURE MEN RESOL’ HESIST THE STRIKES One hundred furniture stat 46 Elizabeth str upled the chal as Secretary. lowing resolution had J. Mitchell of Lafa Legisiature, J, Nat. C. Clilboru tor Brockmeyer of St. Louis. Ce hief of the Bt. Louls and would make iberals will push Chas, P. Louis attorney, f inent free-trad Colfax Hes low with Robeson, Den Butte The trusty blade of Horace in their hearts has found a ina, editor-in also been mentioned lar candidat od Van Sice, judges. angry grizaly—Fi Whilst victory {s perching on the Hat of Chappa cks his wounded paw, The Search for Ki manufacturers and Haul of Coin off Elizabethpor lizabethport fortune hunters their work with redoubled activity siuc skid etsnenammnatimaenneemeeettinmte lar have been fortunate tn finding sever at the spot off the old have been profitably empl Only one piece of gold has thes far ber light, Its original value Is unknown, since itis worn and battered so that the inscriptions are legible. It te About three-quarters of an inch in diameter, and has a protruding stem on the edge. figure S are visible on the oby. of Roinan letters, of which The coln weighs ren-Another of the chanc almor acted Sow satellites and Jeste too who {formed this rotten That district is now atonal thi Sabenhis iin AES aad iceable division in th Tt is almost unan tz, ‘The Grant party has an organization in th id have held their State € officeholders. Democratic paper in the Stat nifleant exception, b AL laliy ne, his, the discovery tie number of hours uf a ers, weep today, for you have lust any arrangement to abri of Missourt, Ho, children of unny South ! dry up your trembling To this wer J since Wednesday last appended the names of nin ading firms in t ng Last night waa to taki nto the «trike, lutions and recommendations were mimittes of twelve Who had been ap cks are free from bondage, whilst Greeley's Onal action The following res one direction as | fhe bells are raging merrily « peal which sounds so ide Jorses the Cit m, and the State will be » ‘seventy-five thousand ; 5 tn man ere out the False, good lack, and ringing 1m | food fur fr epsrerbscriign ae rity for Gre Resotvet, That thy orse bears a numbe legible are Pand 1, Jur currency,'whleh varies with a foreign monareh's eley Was nominated, a nd Brown club was organized in this ral have sprung up. had agrand ratification meeting, » State Isallve with honest support- the only, one ten hours per day, this committer that the present ¢ esuch AR Hot to Warrant A general advan and therefor generally conceded. Dixon Brothers have recety thelr colns than thelr real valt to New York and sold a numt the real value of th y, and since then much more for * rags shall turn to gold, an emblem of erday they ean demand made verelore, Fenit sas heretofore to each Iudividual rt MeCloud of the question of wa, ns for $3, and the manufacturer. Hesolved, That the reasona watch actuated the Com. t ail Nghtly reat, 2 hands commande a pre me of Pope Pius I, D Aout the size of a d dollar bears the word " Hi row and Belgian colt ‘What makes the di fact thot the spot where the treasure is foun vit formed the dry shore. part of whose booty tf + ce holds the wheel, the Man of Ct tina silver Pappy MeFappes. inly Using Soft Solder Merson Davine adence of The Sun May 20.—Ther fathering her number of Philadelphians Loyal Le scue, dined with Mr. Jefferson Davis, of manufacturing tn, sly high; higher th many where else, aud demands of our Work houre from ten to eighth tion would be diminished twenty perc 180 of ancient Ovation to Old Honcsty—How be was Res Our Later Pranklio Mnkes a Speech Joy of the Ladies, ee returned fr yesterday morning, and was busily en- the Astor House from 1 Among the esitent carbine treskrw ilof Macon, Ga., Giles 8, Brisbin, N. Y., John A, Sheldon of Glen's was a little evenings ago, Among the La ‘and such an advan uf trade to other localit it wae tn the Ci and be an injury ‘ act tvs colv to the supnorttion i farge portion of hs enormous ulne werd, buried on thore, And. jende provabiiity to he be) nterialned by theloy at sre buried beueath the wat Honest Old Hor low, outside parts nanage our Dust uers are warm Among then was Mr. D. y. Childs, and Mr, felt for Mr. Davis. ible! bara Amounts of coin we sands of the notice to their eir places ob oF gaged at his Urot. Martom. Jacrere_ tn Jersey CU e printed in En Grand Jary's Present About four weeks ago the body of a woman hed room of a tenes Jersey City, where #he had died st mortem examination which ndergast, the county physician, was The body and entrails id Left without b Davis sipped” givers, with Mr. Roch moved the resolutions and recom- mendations be taken up singly. Mr. Kilian wanted to know wh tleman was pres Roberts of Char his ploreing gray one of these gentlemen and was found ina dr ment in Morgan atre in ebild-birth, was begun by Dr. F continued by Dr, Paul thrown tuto the coffin , and it ie alleged that bout the Moor of au ol: soured out all th Acting the deep and ther any gen- bad signed thelr obli- ation and was now working \nder the eiftht. understood Mr, Baxter had of his soul in d earnest sympathy felt for the So f ee's surrender Uy Mr. Davis still sipped his champagne g twenty minutes ra, he aastired them nd indeed, and d that as far as Allison of Milwau- MeLanahan of Salem, Va., H H. Swords of Philip Tuggle o au of Luzerne », Wis, We C. Wooadsmall Farms, and the var system, and was silent longer to the Le that a friend in need Was a fri st take It for grant heanl hts house were port Old Honesty. disappeared like a flock of b Mr. Baxter said he had made no concessions. He was running bis shep ten hours, work was done by machinery, and his were not sufficient. tc nployed more tt sure that we have the keep the hand-workinen All but those 5 o'clock H He was accompanied by Partridge, and Dr, Greeley was dreased ina full dress of black, wore a white o nd carried in his hand a whit Roberts, whom her Corobar Burns sent a communication to one of the n eight hours, yal Leaguers then shocking manner in 1 been conducted was ws dno paper presented to bim by bis Woodford, Mu The Great Li and Around A joint committee of the Libe t in the Astor House ‘al Ratifiention Meeting tn ooper Lustitate, stn ‘The resolutions and recommendations were the Constitution as it was, By-ond-by they will Teport which was vat, a Wisite fia waddle ‘of the New York papers, but no Published tn ‘seve Arrest followed, Avout ten diye ago Dr. Pendrgast presented his ¢ ieeting adjournes to organize a Board of THE MARULE WORKERS, A very large meeting of the marble cutters of 1 Jersey City was held wi Third avenue, last night, neffevted by the ecretaries, the m the chair fter taising mvasures ans and Democrats m fternoon to perfect arrat 1 mass meeting, train he met ste at Yonkers ‘ganization had t rinan and two ing was stated fr: rin h) lucted ; that they are mad eclally In cases of poor and orbed In conversstion At Tarrytown the sped Inte a carrtal ) and was driven to the Wren and other dead-hiouse crvotsd for There Was much speaking, all the eight-hour met y ANHOUNCIAg Chal they will Forests Set sand Acres by discharged laborers fr {Jefferson Rallroad set fire to thy xtended over five was called for, This developed the wis to the Front. the sentiment an m the Smithtown st entirely in favor of the re and the flames Poivdetne te Shak. 01) vibrat who have been silent beret willing to ¢ PR ete ater ies 4 nomi nat paloadsbe tend ber, after this week the rs will Work but and will strike If necessary to A thundering aye earried it thours aday, swept by Mr. Greeley on ver aaa th inst ho nays. eley is Pit for fore tue Cony * could travel, and ujua, Wheret The south has faith nin another 4 Honesty's ented In Hunter's Point y > that unfor riff Bill Report INGTON, May nding Mr, Stuart iMuminated of the Lorrent th y will not sten fore its resi written, and in marble may be re ed as in dine with the str Marble Cutt night for the p His lotter ts athniated at from Afty-two to Ofty-nhx 1 treaty Is diapos give rise fo mic lips and bated the coming hat it portend. Ing about what breath as the They know w American br brightening. THE PATIERN TO STRIKE ON MONDAY attern makers held a rousing meeting at Twenty-sixth street Dow, on bet way for the sto put coal Up to It; Make toboc tT There te but li ong those p Joy's Letter, suclation, and. | ‘A permanen were elected M-various shops Were heard, e the sentiment ot yet Subjnuated, Numbers of Carlists con- vernment troops The Carlinte Mapnip, May tinue to surrender to the Of the dinaffect ppeared witht are very active various directic for eight hours. then effected, and strikes at poses Wasiinaron, May ter of avceptance has produced a s crats in the those from the Western States who w bitter when he was first m to think faye toning of thi Bas him, ands Miss Lamson, Mr. Humphries, pwever, fresh bands hay Though sunall they and have cut the telegrs ng his politieat foes bitter hiv onposi- or deep his Kight-Hour anization will decided that the or Monday, and ¢ pointed to wait Upon employers and them of this inthe movement of taking him up Mr. and Mrs, Wilkinson, the Mintstertal situation Cablaet Mmalat y w that Voorhees has g onyand If | jon, are muah hearly ceased thelr open opposition to Gr gation is claimed s © home for the of the Father Mathew ‘T, evilist them nd over @ nundr has wow request a Assembly Rooms, LW Land Seventh avenue, ‘ters and pataters a} Serrano to wi Dr, Greeley talked With glected several ¢ who were in the crowd ast 8 o'clock rfetter Drowned in Trytog Co Escape. Mansachins SPRINGFIELD, or Girevloy, May 2.—The Tenth Dis- ynvention at Ch Innati Conve enthusiasin, smith of this Greeley walked out ndered to Mra do B Cornell for be ing the first to concede bo the men. another notorious counterfeiter of Fort Wayuy this afternoon discovered by two United States detec: tives near Wellaville, Olio, drew a revolver wh of the omecers, ae nan through t) jumped tn and was drowh the bank bis'coat, which contained $1.10 twenties, legal tenders, 7! le waa tlie troduced to the assemblage by Mr ster to-day her for his st fayor of the eight-hour ui ANOTHER SIIKE ORGANIZED Last evening the y Lapiks, GENTLEMEN, AND FRIENDS npy that Fam You know from fred a’ball thr and recognize them as countrymen and PT og th Grevley men, were elected dele to the Baltimore Convention, T recognize ye ‘other man fed to the hills vis advisable for their trade in revard making a deniar f{tabor, instead years alter Pacttied 4 ¥ sylyanin Democrats, A Silk Factory Burned, Francies Klahre's moulding and silk factory in lock yesterday W and Siished matertal Ast Packer of Pa,, is decided that ratte party should indorse the Clinein= threw open the 4 A large quantity of 1 be triumphantly have an honest theurance of #1 had spoken the country quiet will once more prevail” ‘The same letter rats in Dauy be on Which burning debris, Due Wa rescued with rward and ¢ Ports were then mad Judge Brodhead, ex wie ay money oul eravy City Ri win Virwinia, holder, and Wi the city, except Board of Works of ived with apple A mnotion ws shop instruct their forenan Various eniplaye Iycaterdey 10. the made that th Internationa! Rowing Match, vin the Old E of June as the day fe aRreed upon t and io BM boat ordered by the a Gracette wuye the nN etyld which les Avaud (hy Londoners (uv diteronce the Tarrytown Mili eouke ateome longth, apeea ® Lire y clans Vauaer la Wonor of Moueat Vid Lorace, tary Acude? bing, Ag ussuctation | aged Gm met ab 15 Bowery last ey was formed, officers elected, and committees appointed to canvass tho city and learn the sen- tment of the craft relative to striking for eight hours, They meet again Monday night. DRESS IN WASHINGTON. Wasntnaton, May 24.—A committeo of work- ingmen from the New York Post Office building, onaisting of Messrs, Arthuc MeLaughlin and John C. Graham, of the Grand Union of the United Ord American Bricklayers, walted on the proper authorities this morning In rela- tion to extra pay for the extra two hours work since the Kight-hour law went into effect. They were accompanied by Senator Wilson. Act claim and it ahi uid have consideration as soot as possible, He also told them thatthe men discharged for aympathy with the eight-hour movement would be reinstated. THE COACH PAINTERS PREPARING, Five hundred coach painters organized Coach Painters’ Eight-Hour Leaguo,” in Mill tary Hail last evening. John Donaldson presid- ed. Permanent officers were elected, and eom- mittees appointed to visit the shops of tho city. and urge th ation of every member of the raft. ting was enthusiastic, and the disposition to strike for elght hours apparent, Another meeting will be held Thursday HRELWRIGHTS AND BLACKSMITHS READY. ‘The wheelwrights and blacksmiths made good progross last evening at 1% Bowery toward 0 kanizing a general strike for eight hours, An Rasoclation was formed, with dd; Barrett, Prest- dent, and preparations for ‘active operations were made, ‘The President. said the object. of the Union was the enforcement of the’ Bight- Hour law, and ifthe men would heartily unite the victory would be an easy one. ‘There will he four thousand men engaged in this movement. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY. ‘The Brown Stone Cutters’ Soclety, 500) atrong, met last evening at Second avenue and Twent third street. As they were the first to su in the eight-hour movement, their object wai not to declare a strike, but to pass resolutions of sympathy and assurances of support to other organizations now struggling with employers. A STRIKE AT AN END, The plumbers’ strike is declared atan end, all employers having granted the regular wages for eight hours’ labor. AStrike inthe Mauch Chunk Mining Re A General Suspension Feared. Maven Cnusk, Pa, May 24.—All the Spring Mountain Coal Co,’s miners n Jeanavilie stopped work yesterday on account of the discharge by the company the Union t feeling exist neither the company nor the m point. The company Nas las Sperators which preci ployment at other m force ® general nh, as such & COUR jhe umpire on the long suspension of 1871 was ‘ ———— ss GREAT FIRE ON THE WEST SIDE. —— Marvin's Safe and Doench & Co.'s Furniture Manufactories Burned—Lows $100,000— Arrest on Suspicion of fucendiarinm, At 8:30 last night Sergeant Mullins dis- covered fire in the basement of the five-story brick building 162 and 164 West Twenty-seventh street. Hoe instantly gave the alarm, but the flames had wugde such rapid progress before the fromen a nat !t was mr) ™ weary to sound asecoud and subsequently a third alarm. ‘The basement and first. and second floors were cupied by Doench & Co. as a cabinet manufa Their loss on stock and machinery 1s estl- 1 at $30,000, Marvin & Co.'s safe manuface tory was on the third and fourth floors. Their ‘Thetr ows was $4004 ‘The bullding and that adjoining on the east. were owned by E. C, Rob- ingon, Whose loss Is estimated at No, 106 was occupied as an up and residence by William Mol. mates his loss at $2.06 As the beams su he floors burned away the immense sal fourth floor fell through to the basement. In thelr fall they struck the boiler, causing anexplosion. ‘The ex caping steam penetrated th ises in Seventh avenue and Twenty-sixth street, but luckily in- Jured no on The reserves under Captains Caffray, and Saunders did good service in kesping back the immense concourse of spectators, Mr. Robinson, the owner of the buildings, oc- cupied 158 and i) as a chair manufactory. "His loss on stock and machinery is estimated from $6,000 to 88,000, Tt was impossible*to ascerty in the amount of insurance. ‘This is the fourth time that this factory has been burned within two years, Fire Marshal MeSpeddon has caused the ar of George Dinger, one of the firm of Doench & Co. on suspicion of setting fire to the building. OME ree BEN eH ime? 2 twenty minutes before the fire was disc: fs ———— eB THE NATION'S HUMILIATION, pb faba. An All-Night Session of the Sena te feared that sion throngr th lation of ment of j thie wetti d rs rtaker's shop ne, Who estl- Bnrden, on the Supplemental Treaty—Indicntions that it Cannot Pass Without Amendment, WasHineTon, May 24.—Th nate at midnight {s still at work on the treaty, having spent nine hours on it to-day ina dry and unin- teresting debate. If the conduct of those Sen- ators who are not doing the talking may be taken as a criterion,enough has been developed to show that the article now before the Sen: which was the joint production of the 8 Foreign Committec and Secretary Fish, cannot pass. ;Acknowlezing this fact, the commnittoc ave decided toaccept such aniendments as are ded to conciliate the opposition to it. The opposition Is mainly on the mode of get= Ung at the withdrawal and the phraseology of the valedictory which the President is to de- liver on his ease as orlginalty prepared, and for a long white contended for, but which John Bull bas put his foot on, In short, the treaty is to be saved at tho price of the dishonor of the State Depart t. and the material interests of the country protected at the expense of the na tonal pride, while the President gets a quiet vote of constire for getting up the tinb ; t was intended to have forced a vote on it to ht, but there is not now a quorum in the hamber, and Senators are quietly drop ping out and geing home. They will probably hold outa few hours and then take a reces 1 6 tive dea hy DOW, doubt of Its passing fn an amended t with substance enough to gratify Granville, he Senate adjourned Jock P.M. with out baying come to a conclusion, Lt will re- sume consideration of the subject to-morrow, - —— de Republicnine Band Sails tor th Loited stat Pants, May %.—The band of the Garde Ree pubitcatue, which fs to anaist at the World's Jubilee tn Moston, sailed to-day ou the steamship St, Laurent from hhuvre for New York ae A Calumny with a Terrible Termination, BAOOKLYN, May I8—A few days since it was announced that Mra, Emily Harold, fe the Postinaster at Greenville, East Tennessee, bi committed suicide by shooting he throuah the head With @ revolver, A letter Just received bya resiueit Greenville, now ih Brookiyn attendiag the. Meth Genoral” Conference, conveys the utelll that) Mrs. Harrold “had been ecduced by esident Johnaon, aid that discovery aud expostr led her to the conumlssion of the rash act, Great indi hatly aibat fine Greeny e best citiauin d among the citizens ent, aiid many of 1s of the Ftreet NASHVILLE, May The statement published inthe In polis Journal, that Mrs, Kinlly Harold wife of the Postmaster In Greenville, Kast Tenness Had becn seduced by ex-I’resident Johnson, wad that iheovery and exposure ied her to vomiait aulclin hy prough the heal with wpistil, ts. piv Mra, Marcld was the wite of hwh Johnbone ANd AN exeinplary Chetatian, unfounded report of her sediaction aruN 6 ina uioment of trip rary hi y — A Tor to inthe West, CHICAGO, May 24.—Last evening a terrific tore nado passed over several countics on the Mississippi er, io the central portion of Eastern lowa snd Western Mino! The wiud appears to have moved Airection,. Accounts from Dex Mott ud Adam county, | eounty Hols, states Lat every i swept wivay ! fences seattered, 1 pol 1, and many barag and Haro. far ae Heard thers w an of tructiow OL property wos Very —_ Attompted Assoymination ofa Di cod Wit CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 24 ' pieiy Mra Carry Robinton Bier Wine Robinson, railroad fare stepped from tie str ' Upart Kye ans \ vh r vir wit ' ot saiiaut Was eityeare. tw rated t trom ea weonm agus X ¥ a A $10,000 Breach of Promine Verdict, 1 VIDESCE, Bob. May %&.-In a brea Mf prowuse cans tei here Cosy, dull Wallutt, 3 Vered a VeCGiGh Of S16 AV eg aibel LUyuae Grace PRICE TWO CENTS. 1) METROPOLIS, AND THERE BY THE SUN'S REPORTERS, LIE IN TH DASHES U RRE A Peat Ship's Arrival th onthe ¥ ‘The bark Athena arrived at this port on the 14th inst, from Bremen, after one of the most terrible voyages known April 4 with merc them Polish emigrant acaman fell sick, the malady proving t Capt. Christopher took every spread of the dise: Captain was provided with a medicin possessed no medical knowledge, and as his duticn as skipper would leave but little time for the practice of dicine, very "tle Twenty-seven for years. ‘Thi gors, many of Two days after leaving port @ be amall-pox. no physician, chost, but as he ine days afterward an ‘Caplaiu's prec auth Aboitt the same time inched Randy iu properly quarantined tn the lower On their arrival here the; were told that If the ted soap among them, Dut was inf ning It carefully, deliberately od on the shi, quality, and they were supplied la ‘A number of the p testimoulal, Uhankin he bodies of five Geri el whieh arrived at day, were #ent to the Morgue ‘led of diarrivta, ate tt, beliey ve Capt. Christopher @ kindness to them. in ehildren, who died on am may that (he y inferior provisions to tus coumury, Coroner Keenan will ‘The Street Sweepers Clamoring f A Charae on the Comptrotte Farly yesterday morning the men employed tn sweeping the streets, under the contract of Mr. 8. M. Brown, assembled to the numbor of about fifteen hum New Court House, to ask the Comp: pay, which they say iselght weeks La arrears, They had, however, made the same demand of Mr, Brown, but had been a bo money for the yect Was understood wore summoned, anda formidable body of dred outside troller for the! ‘Ag soon as thelr ¢ nade a rush at the door of to force thelr way to the joor was defended by sever i thelr clubs Vigoroualy aud ke en at bay watll the arrival of reinforcements. TI sweepers were then driven back. haine as John Too od, War taken to the City the'Court House, Intendin; Comptroller's office, policemen, Who Wi reviously beek At half past 4 ¢ ould be paid wu They peaceably retired, nor Promised for Killing @ ward Keeler, who split open the head of at Fifty-ninth street police te aera ELA LO dhe Dulles Central ft Oficer Tully of th Sasa ater ow ~ r Capt. Gunner sald that Ke uperiutendent saié take in not killing him would kill the officers. juuers would have given them a badge ol Baile between a Railroad Company anda ch Soctety. esterday Mr. Oliver Charlick caused an ine Junction to be eorved on the Baptist Church members of Flushing, restraining them fro at Jagger and Jackso! about half th Wstandé ou the Main atrect, Newtown and Flushing Bait moving their chureP has beew move distance from the lick propones to extend ( road weruss the Jot which Was pul Will be coupelied to pay fob The Twenty-Third imeut's New Agststant Dr. Fuller Walker, of Brooklyn, has been ap: ut Surgeon, with the rank of c Walker 1 @ valiai tor of the Mul, Wheu off duty wears The Mysteries of the Rivers. Yesterday afternoon the body of adrowned man was found floating off Ward's Island, Ie wax forty yeare old, with black b nd moustache, lack cloth pantaloons, shoes. Witt Ful Pin Inscribed with th Tiken to the Morgu: T s of an unknown man were found off Gov. ir and heavy black whts He was dressed | letters O. DH. 8. The body wal in heigit, au too much ‘decompor Mary Aun Mahony ra avenue and Thirty The hody wae rs away from Mine Ityan of Tenth t, where ao © leaped Into the rh AUS o'clock yesverduy was fouud in the river at the Thirticth street, Misa Kyau escaped nnd. fourth strect Breaking Up a Broadway Gambling Dor, Garretison, of 11 West Forty-eighth les Muodey and Samuel Briggs, al Lay be med= cor vet Tragedy, We Was Kivked Somebody's t A young girl, Wat Danghte Hf, was found by the ewan taken t Mt typlold fey wud but fourteen y wo Furious Bulls ina Crowded Street, down Grand Wiliausburgh, A'mairaculously © j i 4 ‘ i Yesterday afternvor A Raid on the Bish rors Mother ' TOG Ides EB)etIU ple Ub tayidl) subd