The Sun (New York) Newspaper, May 28, 1872, Page 2

Vanker Girl, Matinee Fanuly. ‘The Critie. Terms of The ApvERTINIS® marae y Anya niin, per line, « “ecupleds Cule nl Weeaiy, wit For the accommodation of up town residents, adver. Usements for THe SUN will be received at our regular Fates at the up-town advertisement offices bi\4 West Thirty-second street, junction of Broadway and Sixth Avenue, and SOS West Twenty-third street, opposite Grand Opera House, from 8 A.M. to S P.M. ——— oh Masterly Retreat of the Army of Officeholders, ‘The manner in which Gen, GRANT's army of officeholders has rapidly fallen back from one position to another before the steady advance of the Liberals is instruc- tive and amusing. When the Liberal movement first com- menced in Missouri the officeholders com- forted themselves by saying that it was dnly a local affair, and would not extend beyond the boundaries of that State. But the Missouri Liberals in due time called the Cincinnati Convention, and thus gave to their reform prograinme a reach coexten- oo Ske SR thew bebe aber. ou. . ‘The train bands of the White House then affected to believe that the Convention was only summoned for a consultation among Republicans; that it would not presume to nominate candidates for Presi- dent and Vice-President, and, therefore, was a very harinless affair. But the Con- vention did nominate candidates, and can- didates of such character and strength, too, that they have sent confusion and dis- may through the rauks of the Grant Re- publicans. The Swiss guards of the President then said that Dr, Greenery could not stand upon the revenue and tariff planks of the Cincinnati platform, and would not accept the Cincinnati nomination until it had been ratified by the Baltimore Coavention. But he does stand straight up on the plat- form; and without waiting for Baltimore he has accepted the nomination in a letter every line of which glows with living light, and every word of which means that ohe wilt -contitrac-te-stand -threre-wiretier Baltunure eudurses him or not. Frightened well-nigh out of their wits, the supporters of Granr at first tried to vive their drooping spirits by vehemently asserting that Greevey and Brown could not possibly be adopted at Baltimore. But, having partially got over their scare, and taken a steady look at the drift of the current, they begin to adinit that the Bal- timore Convention may avcept them as its candidates, eT a > What next? Driven from all their pre- vious position ANT’S broken columns i have reached their last ditch, Having i abandoned Baltimore, they now insist that there, or thereabouts, or thereafter, or somewhere, or at some time, there will be a bolt, big or litUe, among the Democrats, ; which will uncover the flank of the allies, and prevent the American people froin capturing their own capital under the lead of GreeLey and Brown, We fear that this cay iin retreating army of officehc 3 will never be convinced that the country is weary of their rule until they are startled by the vision of Dr, ¢ LEY, fresh from the banks and braes of Chappaqua, laying off his old white hatand unfolding his inau- gural address on the east portico of the Capitol, while they catch glimpses of Ge Grant, burdened with gifts and surround- ed by Denrs, rolling out of Washington on aswift train, bound for Galena, Does Giant Read his Own Messages? It bas been currently and we suppose correctly reported that President Grant “yr reads books. It would also seem that he nevercan have read the documeuts Which he recently sent to Congress to sul stantiate his that the civil law is inadequate to the suppression of outrages by the Ku-Klux, Tn his message of April 19, the President furnishes corti resolution requesting him to communicate to the House of Representatives all infor- mation in his upon which he acted in « ng the power conferred upon him by the third and fourth sections of U uforcament act in South Carolina, and also such information as he had relat- ing to security of life, person, and pri perty in that and certain other States of the South, These reports contain some curious admissions which it might be well for the President to read, and which, there- fore, we publish for his information. The Unite es Attorney for the Dis- triet of Kentucky writes under date of dum. doctrine L reports iu response toa possession vel : Mai 1872, that all lawless orgauiza- ia tions have been broken up by. the force of ‘a public sentiment at home; that in every } part of the State there has been much fi change of public opinion as to the rights h of the colored people, and the duty of the : people and the law officers to give them se- : curity in person and property. United : Btates Attornoy MvekLeauny of Arkunsus \ writes on Feb, M4, 1872, that Benton county ' is the only county in his district in whieh t disturbances have occurred, and taat the parties engaged in these disturbances ' hot-ly demn were uded young men whose action is con Lby the people generally, > will do all in their power to bring the violators of good order to a speedy trial. The At torney for the Bastern District of the sane Btate writes February 15, 1872, that the life, person, and property of all classes of citizens are as secure in Arkansas in the average of States, The United States At- t torney for Louisiana writes, February 23, ri 872, that disturbances there are not more frequent nor of a different or more ag- gravated cha than before the war i The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas reports thatin the thickly ' settled districts there life and property are fa secure as in New York or elsewhere P Vagrancy, drinking, gambling, and lazi- noss prevail, but are coutined chietly to , the colored element, But on the Meaioan border the people are subject to invasion, robbery, and murder from foreign raiders, in consequence of the negligence of Gov- ernment. It is very evident that the Pres- ident could never have read this report. In the Western District of Texas the United States Attorney reports a steady progress in the enforcement of the laws, and thinks that the fact that Texas is to have no Le- gislature during the present year will be an advantage to the community, as the late one was exceedingly profligate and cor- rupt. In the face of such testimony, furnished by officeholders appointed by the Presi- dont himself, the supporters of the Admin- istration pretend that there is a grand sys- tem of crimi associations pervading most of the Southern State nd including among its leading spirits the most promi- nent political opponents of Grant, who are banded together to control the elec- tions, overnwe the courts, and foment a spirit of rebellion. The only object in thus enlumniating the Southern people is to afford pretexts for the assumption of un- constitutional powers by the President in order to enable him to do what he charges Upou the Ku-Kliux, namely, override the laws and prevent a fair expression of pub- lic opinion at the polls. — Which will They Have t Judge Brack of Pennsylvania, who is one of the ablest men of the Democratic party, does not like Horace Greetey. He complains of “the aggressive and violent temper of the Cincinnati movement, and says that there are many thousands of men in the Democracy who will refuse to be dragooned or bullied into the support of that ticket.” This, we suppose, is aimed at the Democratio friends of Grer.ey, and not at the Liberals, for these last certainly have not tried to dragoon or bully anybody. Like every other utterance from Judge Brack, his declaration pgainst Cincinnati is very interesting and important. We do not doubt that he speaks fora large num- ber of Democrats in Pennsylvania, That State, from what we hear, 1s likely to send a delegation to Baltimore instructed to go for a separate DewidcFatic ticket. “Th other words, between the two candidates the Democrats of Pennsylvania have fixed their choice on Grant; and if they can car- ry with them a sufficient portion of the Democratic party in other States, they may be able to elect him. We are sorry not to find among the Demo- crats opposed to GreELey so much frank- ness as is becoming in political leaders at such acrisis as the present. Why don't they say right out that they like Grant betier than GnErerey, mind strait rete tors him in preference? If they would do this, people in general would respect their can- dor and their courage, and would under stand what they mean better than is now possible. —— Shall Military Rule be Tolerated ? hoy. Surrn of Georgia will be sustained by all friends of the Constitution and Jaws in the determined stand which he has taken against the military despotism which assumes (0 trample upon local self-govert ment the Southern State: A man named Jonn C. Norns having been ar rested and lodged in the county jail of Warrenton, Ga., a body of Federal troops arrived in the town, with the avowed pur- pose of guarding the jail against mob vio- lence. Gov, SmirH thereupon addressed an inquiry to the commander of the troops, asking upon what plea and upon who: respousibility the military assumed to in- terfere with the business of the State au- thorities, The answer was that the troops were sent upon the requisition of United States Marshal Smytu. The Governor then replied as follows: “T cannot longer refrain from requesting, most earnestly, that the troops be no longer contin- ued at Warrenton for the purpose avowed by you not been advised of am ty for the p th for the pro- recthe f NoRRIS. The reasons which inf ced Marshal SMYTH to make requisition for troops tobe sent to Warrenton have not been di closed to me, Tam not aware of the existence of any law authorizing him to make or you to couply with such a requisition, A most sig- nifleant fact, and one which throws light upon this wh suction, is that no steps seem to have been taken to ascertain either the ability or the willingness of the civil authorities to pri tthe personof Nowius, Although L was city, of Atlanta, almost within a stone woof the ¢ of Marshal SMYTH, at the ime the requisition was made and the t were sent, ft seemed to have been considered unnecessary to communicate with me upon the subject, IUis my duty, as Governor of the State, to take care that the laws be enforced, and to ps see to it that not only Nornis, but all other citi+ zens of Georgia haye the protection of the laws, My means for doing this are sufictent without recourse to the military forces of the Govern- ment. rdly necessary for me to add that the ofthe military in this case ig with= nt of law or fact, and can be followed f consequences. Notwithstanding this request by the of the commonwealth, the troops were not withdrawn, and the civil authorities of the State were set at de- fiance. With similar gross violations of the Constitution almost daily occurring in the South, what patsiotic citizen, whether Republican or Democrat, can fail to see the necessity for a change in our rulers ? Cannot the be a united effort to over. throw the military despotism which is en- deavoring to terrorize the people into the revlection of Guant ? —$$——__ The Albany Argus, the central organ of the New York Democracy, !s forthe adoption of the ¢ nati ticket at Baltimore. No doubt the New York delegation will be unanimous in that way. Governor LS Our readers will be relieved to learn that the terrible famine with which Persia has been aMicted is in its last stages, that the crops are magnificent and water abundant. This famine has been attended with horrors unsurpassed in the records of history, or in similar visitations within the memory of man, ‘The grotesque In- difference of the Shah to the sufferings of his bjects made the miserles of the latter more apparent, While the people were clamoring for bread, and devouring each other for want of it, the sovereign went on hunting excursions, rid- ing ahorse which had been presented to bi and attended by anarmy which, of course, h d to be supported from the public stores, When the populace becaine dangerously mutinous, they had thrown to them a baker or two, whom they roasted in the public ovens, while the ih and his Cabinet, to whose negleet and want of foresight the famine was in part attributable, kept theniselves out of harm's way. ‘The United States, durlogthe past three years, bas fortu- nately been visited by no calamity equal to the Persian famine, or an indifference on the part of the military Executive equal to that manifested by the Shah would no doubt have disgusted cly- ization, fEctast ee e A noteworthy insaince of how the laws ‘ ted by the Spanish Cortes are complied with in Cuba occurred recently on a sugar estate near Jaruco, between Hayana and Matanzas, Article XI. of the law approved by the Cortes June 2, 1870, prohibits the fogging of slaves, Like all other Spanish enactments designed t modify the horrors of slavery In Cuba, this law nadead letter, It has, however, been reldom so flagrantly outraged as In the Instance under notice, One PEDKO REGALADO ONTEOA, formerly a machinist, now owner of a sugar ordered two female slaves to be fogged ju bis prosenee. In Cuba when ebastisement of this sort is administered the offenders arg stripped to the hips and laid on their faces on the ground; there they are firmly held by the hands and feet by their fellow slaves, while the rest of the gang is drawn up In file to witness the castigation, ‘The lashes, numbering ordinarily from twenty-five to one hundred, are then ad- ministered. It happened that one of the vic- tims of this brute’s ferocity managed in her agony to pull one of her feet from the grasp of another female who was holding her. ORTEGA, who was standing by with a heavy club in his hand, struck the woman who had released her hold a fearful blow across the loins, and re- peated {t with a second one on the nape of the neck, which killed her instantly, Tho brute ls in jail, but reasons of such a nature have been adduced to the Alealde of Jaruco, one ORDURA, that OvreGa’'s speedy release Is anticipated by his friends, —- Mr. Gennrr Siri asserts that the “anti- slavery battle Is not yet fought out; and for that ronson he will support GRANT for retlec- tion. ‘That slavery has not yet been abolished within the jurisdiction of the Federal Govern- ment fs true, but Grant and his majorityin Congress are responsible for the fact. The in- habitants of the islands of Alaska have long been kept in a state of bondage by the Alaska Fur- Seal Company, and when this outrage agatnst humanity was forced on the attention of Gnant's Socretary of the Interior, the latter was seized with grave ethnological doubta as to the origin of the unfortunate Alaskans, and until those doubts can be settled he finds it Impossible to take any step for their rellef. Such a puerile excuse for permitting the in- habitants of @ part of the United States to be held in bondage {s beneath the dignity of a re- spectable administration. The GRaxt men who are warning the Democrats that Dr. GReELRy {Is an abolitionist will find him abolitionist enough to promptly Liberate the serfs of the Alaska fur monopoly. ne An instance of the careless manner in which the collection of the revenue ts conducted is afforded in the case of a seizure of whiskey in Boston, made on the ground that the stamps on the barrels were counterfeits. The whiskey wi taken by two United States detectives, and the house which sold It—a respectable firm {n Louts- ville, Kentucky—was published as being en- waged in defrauding the revenue. When the matter came to be investigated it appeared that the stamps used were genu- ine, but of @ new issue, Although they had been sold, and were in use in Kentucky, the antite OMCfals th MoM’ Kad net Fet aif thelr introduction, and so made a dash at the liquor, which was stamped precisely as the law required, ———— The recent election in Spain {s said to have been the most scandalous one that has ever taken place there, though on previous oc- caso I] manner of fraudulent practices hw been resorted to for the purpose of securing re- sults acceptable to the Government. In several cases where an opposition candidate seemed in danger of being elected ballot-boxes were stuffed, city governments deposed, and editors ‘arid’ wleafdes marched’ Gi to’ prison peit-inell. Small villages were made to bring in moro votes than they had total inhabitants, In Ecija, An- dalusta, the radical candidate was one thousand votes ahead, whereupon a row was started, the military took possession of the polls, and the radical candidate, with some thirty other tn- fluential men of the place, was sent to jail. In many places the opposition voters stayed at home, knowing that their ballots would not be received, and thus by fraud and violence a most unpopular Ministry managed to obtain a majori- ty in the Cortes, ‘The methods employed by the Rpanish Goveriment to defeat Me people acts polls will remind the reader of those so success fully used by the Grant party in Texas and Arkansas. If Gnanr succeeds in inducing the House to confirm the action of the Sevate, eo as to place nearly all the voting precincts in the United States under the charge of Federal Su- pervisors at the Presidential election, we may expect to learn of outrages on the liberties of electors rerpetrated In all parts of the country as shameful as those which have created general disgust and indignation even in Spain, — We find the Paris Journal the follow: ing interesting intelligence relating to the su cess which our travelling Princess has met with in the fashtonable world of Paris: one of the most highly edn ated fuenlity English, piributed un: to. several her return to her of th nN richest er of the the son of 7 york, who ls a manufacturers Aierican Parliament,” Along with this fmportant information the Paris Journal states that Miss GHAaNt’s journey in Europe has no political character, and t) no misunderstanding betwoen France and the United States is likely to arise from any point of etiquette connected with it. ——— Es rmany has decided against denomina- tional control in education, The Education bill which has just passed the North German Parlia~ ment provides that every township of one hun- dred inhabitants shall have a school, to be pro- vided for by the Government, with whom shall rest the appointment of teachers and the provid- ing of apparatus and suitable premises. The selection of teachers shall be governed by education and collegiate training, and persons of al! denominations shall be eligible, provided they take oath not to Inculeate their particular dogmas, The text books shall be the best known on each particular subject, and the highest development in each of the sciences shall he almed at, ‘The daily exercises are to be opened by the recitation of the Lord's Prayer, No clergyman of any denomination will be permit- ted to impart in school Instruction of a religious nature; and any tutor so doing will be eummarl- ly dismissed. —— Our able contemporary, the World, in- quires whether one HARRISON alias Frost fs a thief, Frost attempted to extract a pocket- book out of Mr. Henny H. Butt’s pocket wh the two were standing on a car platform, Doubt 1ay, perhaps, be entertained as to the nature of this attempt; butin the case of JouN RusseLe YOUNG, the notorious sneak news thief, there is no question, He stole fromthe Hon, Horace Greenery while confidentially in his service, and has maligned him ever since. Beyond dispute Youna ts one of the basest and most treacher- ous of thie ‘The accounts relating to the whereabouts of Dr, Livinastone are of late of a rather con- tradictory character, Atarecent meeting of the Royal Geograpnical Society in London, Sir H, Rawstsson remarked that the opinion of the council of the society was favorable to the authenticity of the intelligence recelved by tele- gram announcing the great explorer's safety; but it was believed that if there had been any discovery, it was Dr, Livinastone who bad dis- covered Mr. STANLEY, and not Mr, STANLEY who had discovered and relieved Dr, Livina- sTONR, The reason given for taking this view of the subject was that by the last unts they knew that Mr. SPANLEY was without supplies, and must have undergone much diMeulty in g ting to Ujijl, whereas this place was Dr. Living- srone’s headquarters, Caviare, an important article of com- erce, Is prepared from the roes of large ttsh hiefly the sturgeon, and Is much used as an ap. ticle of food during seasons of fast in Russla, Italy, and other countries, Russia has hitherto almost monopolized its preparation and sale, From Astrakban alone 30,000 barrels have been exported In asinglo year, Some years ago two Germans, living near Lako Erie, observing that tho fishermen of the lake derived but little bene fit from the numerous sturgeon abounding in its waters, made a contract by which th enabled to get an abundant supply of that fish on very moderate terms, ‘Then they put up a shanty on the shore of the luke, and went into the business of preparing caviare, and have been so successful that their product has acquired an extensive celebrity, having been pronounced fully equal to the Russian article, They not only send their caviare to ull parts of the United but have exported large quantities to y werk Europe, THE UPRISING OF LABOR. THE WORKINGMEN MAKING THEM- SELVES HEARD IN THE PARKS, — ae An Afternoon Mass Meeting In the City Malt Park an in Unior ering in Momentum and Power. The eight-hour movement gathered an impetus yesterday which it will be diMeult to check. Not less than ten thousand workingmen voluntarily Joined themselves to the twenty-five thousand already demanding the enforeement of the law which says that eight hours shall be considered a day's labor. Nearly every trades union In the city held a meeting last night, and gave enthustastle sup- port to the movement. Indeed, so farhas the mor for labor reform been carried, that the ganization not demanding it is now the excep- tion, TUR MASS MEETING IN THE CITY MALL PATK. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon a mass meeting was held in the City Hall Park, All the trades were represented, Thero were two tribunes, one on each side of the City Hall entrance, One was for German and the other for English speakers. In front of the tribune for the German speakers were about 80? or 1,000 German workingmen, and about the same num- ber of English-speaking workingmen were in front of the other tribune. Mr. Conrad Meyer anid to the German work- ingmen that the time had come when working. men should have @ share of the prolits of their labor, It would not do any longer to keep the workingman down, [Applause y i Mr. Conrad Kubn said that until now soctety had stood on its head. We want to set it on Its feet again. (Laughter and applause.) ‘The con- dition of the workingman was miserable. Pro visions were dearer than they were during worst times of the war, but wages had not risen in proportion. ‘The workingman has as good a right to live as the manufacturer, and even If the latter be a millionaire, [Enthusiastic plause.) Why not give labor rights wh they give capital? ‘The capitalist claims it as his right to got his work as cheaply as he can, and to sell It at as high arate ashe can. Well, we want to sell our work at as high a rate as we Can. (Ap= plause.) Let the capitalists make ua those con- cessions which we haye asked for, aud which are certa'nly fair, and there will be no war between the two classes, THE RESOLUTIONS, Resolutions were then read : Whereas, The relations of labor and capital have en- tirely changed, in consequence of the great inventions ‘Of this century and i Wheres, A good deal of wor chines which was formerly done by hand; Whereas, In consequence, the quantity of work hag deen dimiatehed, while the Intellectual requirements of the workingman have become less and leas, 80 that he 1s anne Mea ey: A oetem Sty ithe employers Resotrcd, That we are, entirely within the law in Ing for, elgut hours, apd that those who are oppoul are guiliy of a fiagrant Violation of the law. This resolution was adopted with applause. IR VOICE OF THE WORKINGMEN, Frederick Heinrichhausen then sald if the workingmen would walt until the ors would give them eight hot.s, of their they might wait until doomsday, and laughter}. [hare always sald: f the employer reduces the wages, let the work- ingmen reduce the hours of work.” [Applause], J tell yon. ond [thing eyery workingman ought to be convinced of it by this time, if the working- man will not work for himself, snd fight for him= If, nobody else will work or fight for him. [Ap- Platse]. very day the position of the laborer ee a lower one; the man who works ten hours a day steadily, has scarce enough to sup- port his family, but the man that does nothing, ives In Sauss and Brauss (ina round of enjoy- ment). ‘There is cormption everywhere in the Natlonal Administration as well sa in the rola- h re is more suffer- here tions of labor and capital. ing, more want no ever was, If we wanted to work long 1 eat little, we need net have come to America we might have done that in Germany as well. (Laughter). Mr. Engelbert Dorn aatd the capltal of the seocthayser the-wophinemrene sens seumeimemettin!: could withstand thea if they were but united, rplatise,|] (A Mr, Joseph Sauer said: Took at the misery in th The workingman las to be penned in ty He forty families in one he ie petore hiss n hour later many of us could m ity, and we would have time to read » [Applause.) spend the two bours in lager bee loons, Well, we won't spend them where many Of those Who employ ta, and Who have the privle Tege of ind: spend them—in houses of itl. out of the & paper in the ‘mornin repute and eating and drinking. We are now anyhow, contined to the shop like prisoners. All I ask is to have my hoursof confluement re- duced Mr. Siebert sald that the workingmen were chained by the capitalists, Let us break these echaina, let us cast off these shackles, We want to work, we want to be industrious; but, first of all, we want to be freer (Bathuslastic applause.) After other speeches the German workingmen separated, THE ENG FAKING MEETING, ames Connolly, a painter, was elected Chair man, He said the object of the meeting was to give support to the eight-hour movement, to as st those Who Were striving for it, and denounce those opposed to it. ‘The workingmen had been round down by tie ten-hour syacein for years, Laws repealing It had been passed, but they had been disregarded by the national and municipal authorit he only legislator who had been sO Brien. yainter, said the working: ddid not ask for men were not | charity ; they w a. Capital is the oduct of fabor; We Want ore profit from the ital our labor produces, He predicts success for the movement. E. 2. McDermott, a plasterer, read the follow- {ng resolutionss : THE RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That elgh equivalent for the Wage 4 just and for which are bow pald for a day’ inet, That In seeking to tntrodnee elght hours as the standard + {OF A day's Iavor, and peaceall Combining for the purpose of remedying the evils whteh, fhe working Classes more and more from dn we are only carry ing out the priveiple jaid down arath lidependence by the fathers ck the republic olved, Tha ng more than that which the sand art re- quires ; th and legialae leh the law those who by thelr combination and bose this fast and equitable measure, dre not only stemming themselves against the tide of Human progress ; are not ouly scorning the demands of justice Ande juity, but evince by thelr atubborn oppo Hon to our ward for the du of our Jaud and the sulema enuctinents of the Congress nited States, and the Legisiature of the State of New York. ‘These resolutions were unanimously adopted. SPEPCHES BY ALEX, TROUP AND OTHERS. Alexander ‘Troup, editor of the New Haven Union, thought the workingmen should look after the politictans, ‘They were the men who hot only refused assistance, but. interposed o! staclos, ‘The city authorities, alded by the p reas Was Dow with them, and before the ides of November this law would be established through- Out the country. Mr. Harkins, an upholsterer, ers had been deluded with the'ne ing Workmen from other cities, b failed John Ennis, a plasterer, known horse of the’ eight-hour’ move thelr rights might be secured pe they could not .force was justifiable, It was intended to include all classes, from the lowest laborer to the best paid mechanie, They all wanted time to cultivate themselves and to educate their children Peter Duly, a yaruisher, followed in a short address. ‘Theodore Banks, a for the meeting had within hearing of City 1 Lo be be resorted to If p meeting was ar 4 the employ- n of obtain id signally as the war * thought ably, but if nt painter, sald a rood place peen selected, for it was » thivves wl upled the d forcible means shoulk aceable me failed volution agalnst capital a 1 nt H monopoly; Mt becan in this metropolis. and would extend throughout the nation and the world, ‘The workingmen’s movement was not fora reduction of hours alone, but was inithae tory to the declaration that the workingmen must govern the country. Three cheers were then given for John Ennis, and the workingmen separated, - The Mass Meeting in Union Sqanare, A mass meeting of laborers from the Public Works and Parks convened in Union juare last night, under a call from Messrs, Wil- son, Farrell, McCue, Reynolds, and Fitzgerald, a committee of arrangements, It was presided over by James O'Rieeley, and its object was to protest against the reduction in pay that some of the men have lately been subjected to. The employees on public works formerly received $2.00 a day, and those on the parks $2, but now they are all paid alike, $2aday. ‘The demand is made for $2.00 In both departinents, The meeting Was addressed by the Chairman and by Mewrs. BJ. Shield, publisher of the Union. DK. Lyddy and Rranols Purcell, Rey sentatives in Albany, who worked agalnst Til whieh proposed to give the Common © cf authority to reg " Hon labor ator O'Dr teen In be on ruily denounced, and Sen- highly applauded for his sery= ‘The men do » strike, chosing to make thelr nces Known through such meetings, and rely on the welght of public opin fon to force the suthoMties into submission to their demands. What Me bord for ts reasonable fee Serie’ have adopted a sensible way ——- Other Labor Meetings. The furniture and building trades met in ‘Teutonla Hall at Oo'clock yesterday morning, to the number of about 600, Mr. Robert Sehlieder took the chair, and Mr, Louls Pring acted as secretary, Mr. Schlieder” congratulated. the Workmen upon the success of their efforts at labor reform. All, he said, that was necessary wag perseverance,’ and the’ end Ul this great e would gee the eight-hour. established. (Applause) © Tue Bumly ‘A committes that. had been gent to Witliarnye burgh reported that the condition. of affairs there was wholly satisfactory. Four shops had already consented to eight hours, Two d gates who just returned from Boston rep that the men there were all highly elated with the partial success of the movement in New York, and that they were all ready to strike. A report was submitted that four si had consented this morning to elght hours: Evers, in East Twenty-seventh street; Rothermet & Wineke, Seventy-eleith street and ‘Third ave- nue: Hecker, in Howard streot, and Scheig & Co. In First street. This evening three deto- gates will go to Hoston Mr. Adolph, Guetz, ‘onrad Meyer, and Conrad Hecker, They are to speak in the Boston Right-Hour Convention on Wednesday, and to work for the success of the cause In Boston general! A few of the cabinet makers and others ben still at work, committees were sent out to asl t to lay’ down their toolt and to join the strike. One man was very near being arrested while asking others to Join. The employer called an officer and told him that this man wanted to take his workmen out of the shop by force. The officer investigated the charge, however, an found it untrue, Several speectios were deiivered in relation to the encouraging news from Providence, Pitts- burgh, and Boston. It was next reported that all the workmen th the photograph shops had struck. Mr. Kuhn, President of the Clgar- mokers' Union, said he had Just arrived from innatl. In the West the condition of the ‘kingmen was a far better one. The coms plaint that the val labor is being depreciated on account of the Importation of cheap goods from the West was unfounded, but he thought »ndition of the workingmen of the West would bea better one if cheap goods were not coming nso large quantity from this olty. He said capital could do nothing without labor, and if they would stand up for thelr rghta like inen, victory could not fail them, [Applause.] THE GERMAN UPMOLSTERERS. The upholsterers met in Teutonia Hall yester- day, and sent out committees to every shop where even one man is yet at work, so that no one should exclude himself from the strike. The following named shops, the largest in. have already Kent Marcotte, Se rs Lee, i" Haxter, “Rohnenkamp, Hutching, Aferfor & Knote, Ebbinghousen, Hardy, Fruhauf, George Mueller, Fischer & In East Brooklyn, Palmer & Co. Froehlich, and Salomon & Son, There are about 0 or 1,000 upholaterers in this city and Brooklyn, and over 600 have already re- sumed work. The sofa and lounge upholaterers, with headquarters at 182 Elric reet, lietened to (Me Pepeteret sy rnrer a chee a marrage ares. mr mers encouraged In learning that Schultz & Flegger- heim of Jersey City, Wolf & Son, Houston street, Prodnard, Twenty-sixth street, large emploversy and several smaller firms had “ knocked under.” The close of t nfidently looked for before the THE PATTERN MAKERS ENCOURAGED. Tho Pattern Makers’ Eight-hour League, on strike, was in session all of yesterday. There about two hundred men engaged in the raging reports from shops A committee re had persuaded the men from t Side, and Hudson River Works to join the League. [Applause.) Amember told the had given his men t he city Kemy of the week. eeting that Mr. Cornell s, and the WEUvIAy “aAcKAIWMAQU ston with ousing cheers, ‘The following was read by the chairman of a committee: Orrick AncnrTreTURAL In New Yous, Ma ‘On and after this date the hours of work for Makers in this establishment will commence ats in the morning, leaving off work at 5 o'clock in the af: fernoon, making eight houre @ day's work, at presen rate of Wages, HAKLEs HeWwits, Superiniendent, This announcement called forth the most ex- travagant demonstrations of applause. Thi works employ upward of fifty Mr. De mater, a heavy employer, wi das having said Lis shop would ne o grant th y intelligent Hk as skilled workmen. D. . ‘The pattern dy of men, andr THE NOUSE-SMITHS TO STRIKE ON MONDAY. Patrick Sharkley presided over a rousing meet~ Ing of the House-smiths’ Union in the Seventh 1uo Geruiinia Assembly Rooms last evening, olin d. Dalton was made Secretary. ‘The organization, numbering 7 has been preparing for a demonstration to secure eight hours for many months, and has finally struck the blow. it was un imously voted thatou and after Monday next no member should work over eight hours a day. Two hundred men joined the ynatthis meeting. The men say they id out six mont Tne They were ssed by Mossrs, Griffin of the Stair Makers’ Union and Ennis of the Plasterers’, Committees will to-day inform theiremployers of this action, THE NLUE STONE CUTTERS. ‘The blue stone cutters occupied Demilt Inst ovening, Patrick Kerwin presiding. organization numbering & have be! member by promise no. to work after Monday next until the elght-hour system Is granted them, ‘The meeting was an enthusiastic one, THE ROOFERS PREPARING. ‘The tin and slate roofers and cornice makers Tall met at Twenty-third street and Third avenue and they heve long been preparing forthe action tuken, James Timmens, the chairman, said that the time had at length arrived when the eight- hour reform could easily be obtained, and to consider how best to enforce it was the nies ofthe meeting. The motion to inform employ- ers that no momber of the association would work more than eight hours a day after Monday next was carried amid great enthusiasm, Ove hundred men joined the Union last evening, in creasing the membership to Law, They meet ‘again on Wednesday evening. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL STRIKE, Thomas McKnight presided at a meeting of marble cutters, on strike, at 7 Third avenue, lastevening. ‘The men began the mover ight hours and existing pay y morning, and before night only employers remained who had not yle their demands, Cheer after cheer kreeted each announcement of another shop gained, and a better natured set of men never were in ase: bly. The membership of 4) was greatly aug mented before adjournment to nine o'clock this morning was voted, The marble polishers also struck yesterday foming, and at a meeting at af Third avenue last night, it was reported that twelve shops, the principal ones in the city, had granted their de- mands for elght hours. ‘Committees will con- tinue visiting places where marble polishers are employed to-day, with headquarters as above, Two hundred and fifty men are engaged in the strike, of whom Mr, M, McGowen is president, THY REFRIGERATOR MAKERS, Tho refrigerator makers met at 2 ant Forty- first str evening and diss priety of astrike for eight hours. Ing adjournment wa ‘THE STRIKERS AT THE ¢ The mor Joined tn th afternoon a Cal yards brEentea, nent stone cutters ond carvers have eight hour movement. Yesterday mber of th mployed at other no already struck, visited 'y and prevailed on those e: ed in the there to join in the gre THR QUARRYMEN 1 The quarrymens’ society hb avenue last evening, Initiated 10 m and voted to begin @ strike for eight hours Monday, June J, THE CAR BUILDERS TO STRIKE, At a meeting of the car builders, at 615 Third it was reported men hy been dischar nh several shops for atte {ng the previous meeting, spies having been sent by employers to single out the leaders in t eleht-hour movement, A committee of one from each shop was appointed to watch the 8 After hearing reports, the men decided to strike for eight hours, The Wheelwright’s and Blacksmith’s Union, an anization with a embership of 4,004), dee cided last evening todemand eighthours,which, it refused, would cause an linme Two hundred names were enrolled, eting of clothing cutters In the New mbly Rooms, First #t d ) STRIKE, assembled at 870 ony a ate stike ° rk Asse listening onsult with em= the eight-hour spe ployers In r ard to granting ovement! HE JOURNEYMEN BAKERS’ GRIEVANCES, A Journeyman baker writes to ‘Tie SUN that his “fellow craftamen are required to work sixteen hours # day five days of the week ad twenty-four hours on the sixth Moreo) those who board with their emplove: t 1 the sof thelr employers intelation to the the majority of the trade) eapric table, and oftent! palate, ‘Ther derground. room ranges from 10 Ing rooms are t s thelr food is unfit again, they are where 85 dey ften fi for the employed ip un. tho thermometer ees, and their sleep. y, and never well ven. tilated, ‘The journeyman calls upon the Health Hoard to examine the underground bakeries tn the city, and enforce the laws in relation to ven tilation. He also asks bis felluw worklt j tounite forareduction of the bakers’ propos. terous hours of labor, - The Labor Movementia i ookly Tast night the workingmen er din the building and cabinet making Wade of Lrooblyny embracing cabinet makers, woud carvers, Up: bolsterers, varnishers, polishers, machinists, wilders, Wood tumenms Go, Wea held a mes meeting wt 200 Court weet, Brooklyn, The Central Committee of the Eiulit-hour League of Now York wore present. Mr. Merman Filker presided. Addresses were delivered in German and Bnglish, and a committee was appointed to wait on the employer: SUCCESS OF THE WILLIAMSBURGH PAINTERS, Yesterday the painters of Williamsburgh Ina body visited the ditterent shops where the Eight- Hour law is not recognized, and debated the question with the employers. Some concluded to give in. Those who will not will be without men, who, if unable to procure work elsewhere, will be Supported by the sootety. To Mr. George ‘Treochard Is due ina great measure the success which has attended their effort: FIRE BELLS ba TSR FOR WORKINOMEN. The Hrooklyn Aldermen passed @ resolution yosterday aftern rdering the fire bella in the city to be ru ib Boel A and five tits This was. request of ttee from the Work Assembly, representing 10,00) workingmen Brooklyn, who ask for the enforcement of th Bightchotis law in the public purpose of telling the people of the beginnin and end of their daily labor, raised ‘The Labor Movement tn Jersey City Yesterday afternoon at Mercer and Putnam streets, Jersey City, adisturbance arose between & body of strikers and some men who had been set to work In their places, The men had been employed at work on a building In that neigh. borhood up to Saturday night, but yesterday morning they refused to go to work untons they should have their day's work limited to eight hours. Another gang was put to work fn their place. At 1 o'clock the strikers attacked the others in a body, hurling stones, clubs, and other missiles. Father Corrigan came upon tho gcene and endeavored to quell the disturbance, but his efforts were of no aval, Sergt, McKea appeared, however, with a squad of police and the rioters fled. ‘Three men are sald to have been seriously Inju,ed. A TRIUMPH IN JERSEY CITY. ‘The masons and bricklayers of Jersey City having notified thelr employers that close of last week they would work onl hours aday, the employers yesterday acce to the demand, and the men continued work, Other workinginen are following the example, —— The Labor Movemont in Boston. A strike of horseshoers for increased wares was partially begun in Boston yesterday. Sev- tral ‘of the largest. employers) including. the Metropolitan horse railroad, at once agreed to the advance. a eight tin at 5 PM, — THE LABOR QUESTION IN ENGLAND, peste ieibsoh Another War About the Nine-Hours Move= ment—More Strikes—Unionism Amouy the Dressmakers. Correspondence of The Sun, Lonvon, May 16,—Long before the Nine- Hours League was established or the Newcastle and Gateshead engineers thought of striking for it, the London carpenters and joiners were busy at work to prepare for another struggle for the nine-hours working day, Want of prepara- Alon.end being too confident of, success had led, to disaster in 165%, and it was necessary, before another serious attempt was made, to guard against all possible contingencles. To com- mence with, there were two rival unions and a very considerable number of non-untonists to be brought together to agree to some common plan of action, Without the non-unionists it Was useless to try, and they could not be enlist~ ad by oficial ‘action o} h holding shop meetings, which by d xre’ into shop delegates’ meetings, and out of these ame a Nine-Hours Committe whose sole function was to bring the nine-Nours agitation to a head. After upward of two years’ hard Work they began to assume a formidable. atth- tude, so formidable that Ure iiaster Oullders | took'the alarm and convened @ vonference to meetin the first week of January last, for the purpose of common defence azainst aguressions ofthe agitators, In view of the Newcastle y tory It would have been folly to stand exactly on things as they were, yet the object of the nference was Fesistance to the demands ¢ pected. After a little consultation the happy Mean was dis: 1; it was to fix th time at fifty jours a week. This c sion was repudiated by the men, beca' would not am; ore than about h hour's reductic and that was hardly worth the trouble they had taken. ‘The mas builders, on the other hand, pledged and bow theueclves not to swerve from Ubeir ultimatum toh SDA OME AWE ean eo THE WORKERS’ DEMAND was nine hours a day for five days in the week and six hours on Saturdays, making fifty-one hours a week, and arise of wages from 8d. to tid. an hour, A code of working rales to insure the proper observance of the compact was to be agreed to by a committee consisting of equal numbers of masters and workmen, ‘These demands were embodied in @ respectful memorial to the masters. The masons seut a similar memoral at the same time, but the ter builders unceremoniously refused to tain either, and dec weive deput to argue the que Arrived at this stage the shop delegates were called together, and it was resolved to hold a mass meeting of the building trades in St. James's Hall to sanction A STRIKE ON JUNE 1. To make the meeting ast as possible, some of the rs of Parllanient were solicited to ir, but th were all overwhelmed with pre vious enga ments. They don't td Gal i the chair ata political workingmen’s meetin occasionally, to vent their own ‘otchets 0 radicalism against the aristocracy; but to pre- side over a trade meeting is quite another i ter. A strike is quite as obnoxious to the |e cal M, P. as to the tory duke, and a lessening of labor more #0, because It is m1 sand the radical M nd’ he knows it fr stand no humbu be to devour Egy th d digest any amount of hum bugging and cajolery any other question Failing to get an M.P. ine-Hours Com- mittee next applied to A Comtist Lawyer whose outspoken advocacy of the cause of fabor has gained him quite a reputation, but even he could not see his way. May be that ifthe proper par- ties had applied to either Members of Parliae ment or Comtists, the prayer might have been granted, but the Nine-Hours Committee, like the Central Committee of Paris, consists of obscure individuals, some too young to nown to the general public, some too ade selves forwa They are men nd untiring but the * gift ofthe hold their own fn se conversation, of their argumen! ould alike puzal philosopher o a Philadelphia lawy y Ley, and a learned to refut Hit they are not given to speech-making, an¢ therefore they are unknown to fame, They have, until now, contented themselves with doing the drudgery of the labor movement, and let others reap the harvest of glory. When everybody re~ fused to take the clair at thelr meeting they fell back upon the old, notorious, and celebrated athelst, debater, and soclalist, Lloyd Jones. He opted, but h dency deprived the mee wg of the publicly for which alone it Was, held. ith a Member of P entin the chatr the ers would have t rbliged to give the speech of the chairman at least, and with afew of the old political and trades unions nags to move the resolutions as much space might have been found for the Inaugural meeting of the Lon- don Building Trades Nine-Hourg strike, as for the description of the Incidents of her Majesty's Journey from Windsor to Scotland. As itis, the ke nora puble ts nly informed that Lloyd Jones presided over the meeting, that the hall was densely crowded, and that It was unanimously resolved that the workiuen shall leave work th all the shops the proprietors of which shall not have come to terms on June 1, and that the com- mittee shall be supported. The committee did not jutend to arrogate all the glory of the move- ment to Itself, and had already put: down the names of the ‘leaders whose reputation dates from the lock-out of 1859, to do the talking part In St. James's Hall, but the shop delegates ob Jected. ‘They were’ not going to identify them- Selves with George Potter, George Howell, Rob- ert Applegarth, and William Cremer; they had doue good service in their day, but’ now that they had become secretaries of clureh disestab- lishment societles, peace societies, agents of all manners of middle-class dodges to humbug the work-people, they ought no longer to be put for- ward as the Champtons of labor in a war the capitalists. The committee who alng of the « hour hot galnsay what their constituents told them, and the result is that {E OLD LEADERS ARE RENOUNCED, 1 in sm There was an ine ting it up, and another party that endeavored to smother the movement with Kindness codperated. ‘To get an audience they appealed to the town untonists, Who suspected it to be aswindle at the outset, and between the three nothing was arrived at, ‘The original pro Moters, among whom was @ Canadian agent wanted to raise the wind to send laborers to Canada, but on the second day of the Confer ence his coworker, who had pulled all the w was accused of belng ascuttler of ships, and he had to resivn, ‘The Kind party wanted to. se the quarrel of the rural laborers by arbitrat that Is to say ' were t me kers on the other side wh nd tal them out of the The wuionlst party was wolug todo both the other parties by selZ ing hold of the movement, aut Curnime the others Gut. Tt carried its resJbutions on the fir day, and agreed to a Histol names, the of Which Were to be appointed as a committed to carry them out; butit had reckoned without Its bost. ‘The other parties found there was te much of the trades union t ag element the list, Which would not do Aborers it htlen aM. B.'s were then te the committee, and Justa egentlomen met, and found that they were not willing to do anything, ex cept perhaps paying @ few pounds to keep the concern moving. and then they added the very bulldogs who had been rejected to the commit tee, made then an executive, and. threw upon them the burden of drawing up a plan of meter to ald the agricultural laborers, and ort t the whole committes In a month, dogs, however, could not sue it, Tie bull They wok the treatment they had received at the Conference as an insult, and would not take to the task assigned to them afters ward. When the gentlemen discovered. thaty several resigned thelr places and the bulldogs persist in staying away. ‘They want to make t Jaborer a thorough untonist, and th can only be done by dissuading the lab Present from strikes. ‘They seen danger in one raging strikes by subscriptte without @ thorough organization, because they are afraid that if an advance in Wages was galned wit such organtzation the laborers would at on fall back Into their former state of isolat and demoralization. SMAKERS' UNTON has b under the direction of Mise Fil yut a stop lo overwork in tho West End establishments, Neither the Pace tory nor the Workshops act has alte gition, ‘They still work fourteen and sixteen ursaday. Now and then an employeress it [iulled ap and fod a fow shillings wm cautions hut that is no tise. Mr. Bruce can't afford tq have the workshops Insp without that there iano help. The Daty News thinks that Miss Faithful might baye found greater obfects of pity than the West End dress makers, hut Mise Faithful thinks that with @ little stiering up her cleats will require no pit ed thelr pos ted regularly, and but will belp themselves. i. a A BOLD RUPFIAN WHO DEFIES THE POLICE, ure of Officer Tully's Apsnilant-& int On Sunday night, Feb, 25, Fdward K er committed a breach of the peace which ate tracted the attention of Officer Rernard Tully, While the oficer was making an Investigation, Wm. J. O'Nrien came to Keeler’s assistance, and hit Tully in the forehead with a stone, fractur ing his skull, Afterward Keeler wrested Tully’ club from his grasp, and with it beat him ovey the head until he became insensible. “ Later in the evening the wounded and bleed« ing officer made his way to the Fifty-ninth street police station, and Capt. Gunner sent « posse of officers, including the late OMicer Lame recht, to arrest Tully's assailants. While on their errand the officers were ate tacked, and in the Mght which ensued Lame brecht received injuries from which he afters ward died. Officer Tully remained eighteen days in th hospital, wavering between life and death, an Keeler ded arres He was known to be @ Le peatonl character, and his capture gave th authorities much concern, On ‘Th OMicer Thomas Levins found him on a street oar, and, with the assistance of OMcer | attempted to capture him, Keeler made furious resistance. He was fnally overpowere: and taken to the Nineteenth Precinct pollc station, Tn the General Bersions rosterday tho prisoner seine, indicted with William J. O'Brien for th ‘assault upon Officer Tully, was art trial. The facts narrated were detailed by sevee ral Witnesses. Capt. Gunner of the Nineteently Peony mentee Reb me rerenenn ob ppene Aebens > tm tabi chy bad, after the pris: r’s arrest, asked him why he had assaulted Oficer Tully. In response ned fom Keeler said he would do it again if he had the chance, and that he did pot allow any polices man to lay hands on him. The trial will be cone cluded to-da; A scatanceliiomeintan AMUSEMENTS. —-—. Wallnck’s. The week opened last evening at Wale lack’s with a double programme, Robertson'd “Home” and Sheridan's “Critic” being pere formed, and forming an admirable dramatia antithesta, the one being as full of sentiment a ‘tbe of her at bono. q Robertson's play is certainly a comedy of unt sual attractivencss—a good story well told. The cast Was much the same as that with which Mt hag before been heard at this theatre, the fenula characters being, however, in different hands. Mra. Fanny Foster assumed the part of Dora Thorwihaugh, leaving it only to be regretted thas One who did so, weil had wo little to dos ‘The * Critic,” with tts vivacity and wit, came rather late in'the evening after the three-acb comedy, but held the audience amused with its point and drotiery as few other plays could have done, Mr. Mathows, it should not be fors gotten, takes his farewell benellt on Saturday of this week. a How Grant Beat Sayles J. Bowen, pion Curreipeinkence ap tite Chtenys Pete, pmi-political society is excited over rumor that Sayles J. Howen, late Mayor o! Washington, has written a letter to disabiisa some friend's mind as to the ex ts regards ing the purchase of the Grant Sherman, These facts are about aa follows Dan itterfleld set t rk to buy a he Gen. Sherman, aud raised €75,00. He sald to Gen: Grant: * How much fa your h orth 2"? “Tt cost about $40,000, rant. “Ob! you might’ as well make ‘somethings That house 1s worth 0. in my judgment, We'll buy it Here, ft appears, for Sherman was tak ferred to his superior. Before this, Howen had bought the house of Gen. Grant, and pald $1.0 down to bind the or Sherman. and pay you that ood of the m collected 1 out of the pile and transe bargain. When the new bid came along, Grane gave hin back the £1000, without Interest, and said he would rather not sell. “Very well, said Bowen. “If you need the house to tive fa 1 T won't insist upon my bargal tude to sell, eral, Tw me in, and to let fand When Bowen he house for $65,100, he rushed up to the se cial mansion and said, * How ts this? L dem the difference between the price you w from me and the price you have taken, hot business treatment!” ant said that it was embarrassin: thet he was not responsible forthe slim. and ine titnated that Bow Ihinselt with the District of ¢ r Us pretty much all promised, but not yet quiue surrendered, Bowen then and there tore up the whol Iship excepted whitch was t Ja-law, and now his grievance is. i kept, and that efforts have been made toe promise with bin for second-rate foreign ape pointinents. Fe ERE to with terson Saloon Keeper. About 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Joha Deets, went into Benjamin Plerman's saloon, 470 Main strect, Paterson, and called fora glass of beer, whict hedrank, While Herman was e A with anotiiea costomer, Deets attempted to go out without pu: A Deadly Pierman sald he 1 6 shop w tet tig for the Out to Intercept Deets un Onn Ascutfle cusued, and Deets fell heavily ta the pavement senseless. Seeing that he did not stir, the bystanders gathered around aud found to their ase foulshiieut that Deets was dead, hie neck having been Broken by the fall, Plerman deiivercd himself to the Poller, Me saysthe man tripped wad fe se thiontl Who Withcescd the assault may be kuvcked the tag down : % The Programme for Decoration Days The procession will start from Union squara down Br While crossing the alway to South Ferry at preetacly 90 A, My river the aalute of minute guns il commence at procession Previous to starting from Union aquare the committed will decorate the statues of Lincoln and Washington) and while on the march down Broadway a commilied will decorate the grave of Pil Kearney, In Trinity orehyard, a at duty T unite with asion (in Kast Ne F placs ek Divi by the Diviaion of ast New York, aud tery vernor’s Island, and continue until thd hes Cyproas Hills Cemetery, nto the cen The graves of the entire 4000 will be embellished her fore the arrivalof the processiva, each With a snail Bag, AB was done [WO JEATA RKO. The exercises on the ground will consist of solemn { Haintiton baad, invocation by Chaps music by the F Tain Sanduel B, Willis, Vetrr Sing Hunt diction, The programme ts short In order to allow those par tcipatiog in theae exercises also to li i ’ evening In the Academy of Musi 4 Witt Talmage wil) deliver ana vit Newman an oration. ‘The toboken sing Win, H. Pope, Goverior's island Wi DIL Up le evening's entertaly Hollman will prenid A Roosevelt Street Tragedy. Roger Letts was stabbed ina free tight Roosevelt street after i tons / Jeremiah Evans of 19 Oak t ’ ward, and Evans was tod f y y the prisoner was arralgued before Judge f » i ot ptisll Turns " Det hay iii wleo bee emits Leatinony, Hut ¢ € Killings ME, Howe fie murder lov d I Uted that 4 aud home duck wo t i, Jude Tngrabai wil give t y slo Murkibg Trotting in Prospect Part Tostay The 4 et Park Fair G * PY ( fl 1 ! le