Evening Gazette

              ' NUMBER 1ISS I Vwklr Btlakllahcd 1890. | PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, DECMEBER 30, 1887. I TWO CE.VTS. f fen Vnu m. week THE BIG STRIKE PENDING. BUSINESS PROSPERITY. 1'IIE LABOR COMMISSIONER THE OPENING GUN UNDESIRABLE EMIGRANTS GEN. JANIEL E. SICKLES "The great question of Interest now is,' Jonks, buitouboiiDg a dreary looking friend, 'Who is to be the next President," ;'No sir,' is the emphatic rejly. "I be hanged if it is. The greet queatiDn now is: How to cure my cold." "That indeed? Why. out a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, of oourse." W sets and Flfnni Showing the Rapid fleeting of the Harlem Democratic Club liosoa President of the York State Civil Service lionr.I. WAITING FOR THE DECISION OF Growth of the New South. HIS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Governor Hill's Felicitous Utterance. SENATOR FALMER EXPLAINS THE New York, Dec. 80.—Governor Hili yeirelay removed Jobu Jay, of this city, und Henry A. Richmond, of Buffalo, from tl e itute civil service boarcl. nrd nppoiuted Glen. D u 11 i e i E. THE CONVENTION. Baltimore, Dec. 80.—The Jfanufactureri) Record publishes to-day its annuil review oS tbo industrial growth of the south for 1887, which, it says, was in many resects thCD molt remarkable year In the history of that section, as more wu accomplished for the progress of the whole south than ever before in the same length of time. Of the fourteen southern states there are only four in which the capital invested in new enterprises was not more than double the amount invested last year. The number of new enterprises organized or established during 1887 wu 8,430, as compared with 1,575. in 1880. The amount of capital, including capital stock of incorporated companies organized during 1887 was $256,298,000, as compared with (129,220,000 in 1886. New York, Dec. 80.—Tlie Harlem Democratic club gave a dinner to 175 lights or the Democracy in the hall of their club house last evening. It is considered the opening gun in the coming presidential canvass. The motto of the club Is "First in Line for '88." The hall was beautifully decorated. Governor Hill was the principal guest. Among the prominent persons present w?re: Ex- Mayor Grace, Charles A. Dana, Congressman Campbell, Judges Truaz, Martine and Van Hoesen, Roswell P. Flower and Senator Vance. The toast, "The President of the United States," was drunk standing and in silence, and a letter of regret from President Cleveland was read. NATURE OF HIS BILL. The Delegates In Session—ltcfuglng to Confer with the Knights—Chairman Strikes and Lockouts Occurring In the United States for the Fast Six Tears. Mot-monism Would Die Out tf Not Fed A Falling Off in the Number During by Foreign Accessions—Intelligent and Industrious Aliens Will Not be Exclude—The Hungarian Method. Sickles, of this 2 i I y, ai d Mr. James Alanuii g. Bud ti Bom Be raping. Lee Discharged—lie Hns an Interview with Superintendent Swelgard, 1887—Why They Lost. Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, III., says Having received so much benflt from Electric Bitters, I feel it my duty to let suffering humaoity know It. Have had a running sore on my leg for eight years: my doctor# told me I would have to have the boas scraped or leg amputated I used, instead, threa bottles of Electric anil seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Slave, and my leg is now sound and well." Electric B.ttars are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica 8alve at 25a per box by. A. B. Woodward. Reading, Pa., Dec. 30.—Before the convention of Knights of Labor. representing all classes of employes of the Reading Railroad company, met here lust ni?ht, Superintendent Cable said: "The strike is over. We are in control Trains are- runniug regularly and without the slightest interruption."Washington, Dec. 80.—The commissioner of labor, Carroll D. Wright, yesterday transmitted bis third annual report to the secretary of th9 interior. This report relates entirely to strikes and lockouts occurring in the United States for the period of six years, beginning Jan. 1, 1881, and ending Dec. 81, 1886. Mr. Wright says that the industrial depressions which have been so frequent in this country since 1877 really establish the period as one of strikes and lockouts. The manufacturing establishment is taken as the Detroit, Dec. 80.—Senator Palmer, who is spending the holiday recess at his home in this city, was asked yesterday to explain the features of the bill introduced by him in the senate just before adjournment, imposing restrictions upon immigration. IDf Albaey, sou o; tlie iate ex-8eere tnry M.nninjr, ai:C managing eililn 3.' Tin- Argus, in their places. "Senators Morrill, Farwell, Reagan and myself, have each introduced a bill in congress," said he, "designed to restrict the evils attending immigration to this country. They are similar in scope, but mine differs from the others in that it includes a provision for the exclusion of Mormon proselytes. A recent writer—I believe in The North American Review—takes the position that Mormjiiii in would completely die out were it not fed by immigration, and I be lieve that he is right It has been found difficult to frame a bill that would exclude all objectionable elements and at the same time be perfectly satisfactorv in other respects; but a bill that will exclude some r ortions of the undesirable Immigrants marks a progressive step. reason was given hy Governor Hi!' Governor Hill, after expressing confidence in New York state's going Democratic, said: "I need not allude to the many excellent acts of President Cleveland's administration. You know my views only too well; sufUce it to say that bis administration has met the expectations of the country." The governor then closed by wishing success to the club and its efforts in behalf of the Democratic party. in his notice tu (I At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon forty men, all miners, representing tho coal regions where some of the railroad men are still in revolt, arrived to attend the convention. There were but few conciliatory spirits among the miners, and before the convention it looked as if they, with the men from Philadelphia, aided by tho discharged men there and at Port Richmond, would control the body. At 7 o'clock, the hour of the meeting, over 350 delegates were in Excelsior hall, at enth and Chestnut streets. In cotton manufacturing there has been great activity, and seventy-seventy new mills have been projected, miny of them now being constructed, which is the largest number ever reported in one year. Cotton mills are reported as having largely oversold tbeir production, and many old mills are being greatly enlarged to meet the demand for goods. The increising diversification of southern industries is illustrated in the fHCt that Alabama alone has secured during 1887 the location of five large car build.n™ plants, one each at Birmingham, Anniston and Gadsden, and two at Dec iutur. The Anniston works will cost 81,000,000, employ 1,000 men, and will turn out twenty complete cars a day. In the building of rolling mills, pipe works, machine shops and foundries the came activity is lien, while furniture factories, agricultural implement works, fliur mills, gas and electric works, c inning factories, woodworking establishments, etc., are being started all over the south. {entlemen of tlieii reirova'. The: o ?rnor wrote them DANIEL E. SICKLES. Inst June requesting .them to resign, as he desired to reorganize the board. His power of removal is absolute, and he lid not consider it necessary to give any further reason for his request Messrs. Jay and Richmond declined to resign, denying the governor's absolute right of removal, snd desiring to make a test case or force him to give reasons. The matter has rested in this position until the present action. Th« Best the world for Cuti Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Rait Fevor Sores, Tetter, OUpped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and alt Skin Eruptions, t\nd positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents ner box. For sal* by A. B Woodward. Bnoklan's Arnica Salr* New York's Annual Trade Dinner. New York, Deo. 30.—The annual dinner of tbe Board of Trade and Transportation was held last night at Deimonico's. President Ambrose Snow presided, and among the guests were Mayor Hewitt, Bishop Potter, Hon. Augustus Schoonmaker, Hon. Amos J. Cummings, Senator Whitteborne, Hon. R. R. Hitt, of Illinois, 8. B. Elkins, Gen. J. H. Schofleld and Hon. W. H. Robertson. It was expected that Roscoe Conkling and Senator Hawley would be present, but they sent regrets. Mayor Hewitt, in his speech, severely denounced the work of secret organization, as shown in tbe Reading strike, and suiii that unless the present struggle disrupted the order which caused it, the issue of the next election wouM not be tariff, but the maintenance of law and order. The resr of the speeches were on ordinary topics of trade and commercf. A letter complimentary to tbe board read from Secretary Bayard.  When the meeting was called to order the room was cleared of every one but delegates. The convention was presided over by Beruerd J. Sliarkey, of Port Richmond, one of the discharged employes. Mr. Sharkey made an address, in which he expressed the hope that their business would be conducted with nnity and harmony, and in the interest of the army of honest, intelligent workingmen. This sentiment was applauded. Albany, Die. 30.—The reorganized civil service commission met in the civil service rooms in the capital yesterday afternoon, and selected Ma j. Gen. Sickles as president Mr. John B. Riley, of Plattsburgb, was appointed chief examiner. Ur. Riley was twice elected president of the village of Plattsburgh; was for two terms school commissioner of Clinton county, and is the present United States superintendent of Indian schools, having been appointed by President Cleveland in June, 18G0. TJi- Homeliest Man In Pittefem As well as the handsomest, and others are invited to c»ll on J E Fleming and get free a trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lun s, a remedy that fa tel'.ing Entirely upon its merits, and is guaranteed to cure and relieve all t*hroiDio and acute coughs, asthma, Bronchitis and consumption. Price 60c. and $1 "It in not the purpose to exclude or impede the admission of good classes of immigrants, but only such as are unable to get certificates of character entitling them to permits from our consuls abroad. It has been said by some one that the system of consular certificates is insufficient, but if he will read the reports of tlion-D of our representatives stationed ill H unwary and other countries where careful surveillance is needed, he will see that they appreciate the fact that people are sent to this country whom we do not want. In my bill tko modus operandi is left, measurably, to the secretary of state, who, if he finds one system not stringent enorgh. may adopt another. In a word, the bill m desired as an entering wedge for legislation which will be added as the exigencies of the timel may demand. From these circular reports to which I have referred one can learn that men marry in Hungary upon an*express stipulation that they go to America and earn enough money with which to return and support their families. This, it will be readily seen, is everything but conducive to the welfare of this country. It early became evident from the tone of tbe convention that it was in the bunds of the dC legates from the coal region*. (Schuylkill cou.ity alone had over 100 delegates on the floor of the ball After he convention had been in session several hour?, Delegate Lee left the ball temporarily and was immediately surrounded by reporters. He said the convention would surely order a general tie op. Good Results in Every Cask. England and France. Stricken Down by Apoplexy. D A Bradford, wholesale paper dealer o Chattanooga. Tenn, writes that he was serl ously afflicted with a severe cold that settled on his lungs: had tried many remedies without benefit. Being induced to try Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, did so sn4 was entirely cured by use of a few bottles. Since which time he has used it in his family for all Coughs and Colds with best results. This is the experience of thousands whose lives have been saved by this Wonderful Discovery. Trial Bottles free at A, B. Woodward'* Drug Store. Paris, Dec. 30.—Lord Lytton, British ambassador to Paris, presented bis credentials to President Caruot yesterdny. In bis address to the president Lord Lytton expressed his pleasure at being able to return to Prance. He said tbat he was enjoined by Queen Victoria to make every effort in Ilia power to maintain the exist ng good friendship between France and England He said that he congratulated the republic upon her choice of a president, and personally offered his congratulations to M. Carnot The president, replying, said that he greatly valued the friendship of Queen Victoria, and that the strengthening of the ties of friendship between the two countries would be an excellent guarantee of the triumph of the idea of peace and for the progress of liberty. In reference to Lord Lytton's diplomatic mission M. Carnot said that the queen could not have selected an ambassador better qualified for his exalted duties, by reason either of his antecedents or for literary merits. Washington, Dec. 30.—Mrs. Taylor, the wife of Congressman Ezra B. Taylor, of Ohio, was stricken down on Connecticut avenue about noon yesterday with apoplexy. She was removed to Providence hospital, where she died at 8:30 p. m., without regaining consciousness. It was not until after 4 o'clock that her body was identified, Mrs. Taylor was about 55 years of age, and the second wife of Congressman Taylor, whom she married about six weeks ago. unit in all matters, rather than the strike itself. The names of establishment* have not been given, for many apparent reasons, but the localities and the industries to which the establishments belong are all clearly specified. CARROLL D. WRIGHT. Up to this hour no particulars as to the resultof the meeting can be learned, although it has been stall d, upon somewhat vague authority, that Cnairman Lee's action indorsing a renewal of the strike will be sustained.Washington, Djc. 30.—The sensational elopement of Mr. Orassie Bulkley and Miss Hil.yer to Baltimore, where they were married, and the subsequent suit on behalf ol Miss Hillyer's parents to annul the marriage, have filled the local papers bare for the past few days. A new phase was put upon the matter yesterday afternoon by the withdrawal by Miss Hillyer's parents of the suit All the parties to the marriage and the parents of the contracting parties have become reconciled, and all is now happy. The high social position of the parties has given the episode unusual prominence. Everybody is Forgiven. After detailing the methods by which the bureau collected its information (and these show that the greatest care was taken in the investigation) the commissioner states tbat there were for the whole period involved 22,336 establishments in which strike* occurred and 2,182 in which lockouts occurred. The strikes are divided by years, as follows: Iu 1SS1, 2,628; in 1882, 2,105; in 1883, 2,750; in 1884, 2,307; in 1885, 2,284, and in 1886, 9.803. Since Jan. 1, 1887, so far as the bureau has been able to ascertain, there ha* been a great falling off of strike*, as compared with 1880; the number of establishments in which they occurred dropping below 5,000, 3,000 of which occurred in the first half of the year. Philadelphia, Dec. 80.—Just before noon yesterday, John Lee, accompanied by Henry L Beknett, both discharged members of the strikers' executive committee, railed on Superintendent Sweigard at the main office, llr. Sweigard kept tbem wuiting some time, during which Lee announce 1 that Mr. Sweigard bad sent for hiin. Finally, when Mr. Sweigard was ready to see him, lie expressed h.s for a private conference with liiin. Lee, however, wauted Bennett to be present a* a member of the committee. Mr. Sweigard positively refused to see anybody else than Lee, and said he would not recogniie an? committee on this strike. Lee held a short consultation with Bennett, and then entered Mr. Sweigard's room and asked him if he refused to recog:niu the committee. "I will recognize no 'Committee, but I will talk if you wish with you," answered the superintendent This Dclosed the meeting, and he went away threatening to make a bitter fight against .ths company, and predicting that the Readling convention would order a general strike, and that 75,000 men would be ordered to qnit work in the coal regions. Sh rtly After this conference an order was  discharging Mr. L.« from the employ of the company. He was a machinist, employod in the lepair shop* in this city. Hackettstown's Defaulter in Bermuda. The Rev. Geo- H. Thayer, of Bourbon In4* says: "Both myself and wife owe our livee to Shiloh's Consumption Cure." For sale by J. B. Fleming. Belviderk, N. J., Dec. 30.—William B. Cramer, Hackettstown's defaulter, is supposed to be in Bermuda. It is now ascertained that be bad (3,000 in cash in his pocket when he left belonging to the estate of William Poole, of which he was executor. The total amount of Cramer's liabilities cannot be ascertained, as his books are missing. They nre very heavy, and the local hard ware dealers have suffered greatly. "There is also a claas of immigrants coming to the United States whose wants and aspirations are far below those of American laborers, with whom they come in competition, and whom they compel to accept lower wages or starve. This bill is an important step in the direction of a cure for this evil. "Hackraetack," a lasting and fragrant per fume. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale JDy J E. Fleming. Shiloh's Cure will immediately relieve Croup, Whooping Cor.gh, Bronchitis. For sal* by J. E. Fleming. A Colliery on Fir*. "Existing laws would be sufficient, possibly, if confined to German, Scandinavian, Irish, English and Scotch immigration, but we are now drawing largely from a source of supply bordering upon the slave population of Europe; people who are hardly more homogeneous with ours than the Chinese. The proposition of this bill Is to invest the state department with such powers in regard to minutia or detail in its application at will enable it each year to draw the reins closer, and render Ik more undesirable for these objectionable people to seek a foothold in this country." Munificent Public Bequests. Shenandoah, Fa., Dec. 30.— A firestartod in the third lift of No. 4 mine at Lost Creek, operated by the Lahigh Valley Coal company, yesterday, and burned to the surface, destroying over 1,000 feet of timbered slope, the boiler house and surface pump house, with three pumps, and two powerful hoisting engines used to hoist coal from the lower lifts to the upper ones. The breaker narrowly escaped being burned. The loss will reach about (50,000. The mine has not been worked since September, owing to the strike. When iu operation the mine gives employment to about 600 people. Brennan Charged With Wife Murder. Buffalo, Deo. 30.—The coroner's jury, after investigating the cause of the death of Mrs. Catherine Brennan, who was found lying on her doorstep Christmas day with her head split open, brought In a verdict charging Patrick Brennan, the woman's husband, with causing his wife's death by striking her on the bead with some blunt instrument, causing congestion of the brain. Boston, Dec. 30.—The will of the late William Hilton was filed in the probate office for Suffolk county yesterday afternoon. To his wife, Esther A, and bis 'nughter, Caroline Hilton Fiske, he leave* $800,000 each, and makes the following conditional public bequests: (50,000 to Willioms college, $50,000 to Harvard college, $50,000 to Amherst college, $50,000 to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Misxions, $50,000 to the American Home Missionary society, $25,000 to the American Missionary society of New York, (25,000 to the Boston City Missionary society, (50,000 to the town of Salisbury, (50,000 to the Boston dispensary, (10,000 to the Boston Young Women's Christian association, (10,- 000 to the Home for Little Wanderers, (10,- 000 to the Children's hospital and (10,000 to the Abbott academy, of Andover. Nearly 75 per cent, of the establishment* in which strikes occurred for the six year* named, and nearly 61 .per cent, of those in which lockouts occurred, were in the five state* of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio and Iiliuois, which states contain 49 per cent of all tbe manufacturing establishments of the country, and employ OS per cent, of the capital invested in mechanical industries in the country. H. K. B. STO.RBS. Froui to Death. The total number of em| loyes involved in the whole'number of strikes for tbe whole period was 1,818,024, while the number of employes locket out was 156,543. Of all tbe strikers nearly 86 per c lit. were males, and about 11 per cent females; while of tbost locked out 66 per cent were males, and 81 percent females. Pittsburg, Dec. HO.—Patrick Flynn, a mine laborer, wai frozen to death In a coal shed at Greensburg, Pa. When last Been alive he was intoxicated, and it is supposed that he went into the shed to sleep. A Woman In the Cu«. New York, Dec. 30.—The steamer City of R.ctunond, of the Hartford line, struck a sunken rock in tbe Bast river opposite Ninth street yesterday afternoon, just after starting from her pier for Hartford. She made water rapidly, and was run ashore at Newtown creek, where the thirty passengers, who had been greatly frightened, were taken off safely by tugs. The damage to the vessel is siigbt, a small hole being store in her bottom. The aocident is attributed to unusually low tide. Caused by the heavy wind driving the water out of tbe river. She Struck a Bock. GlovkrsviCLe, N. Y., Dec. 80.—Robert Burns, late manager for the Wheeler & Wilson Machine company, has absconded. The amount of his defalcation is not as yet known. It is reported that there is a woman in the case, who up to recently was also in the employ of the company. All holiday goods left over will Austin, Tex., Dec. 80.—Henry Wise, a farmer, was found frozen to death ten mile? from tbis city. This is the first death by freezing which ever occurred in this section. be sold until During the day Mr. Corbin Bent a long order to A. A. licLeod, general manager at Philadelphia. This order was in the Bbape of a aort of ultimatum. It reads to t he effect that all those who have stood by the Reading road will be protected and paid the highest tQarket wages, with reasonable hours of work, lien who Join the strike will never, under any circumstances, be employed again. The totals show that of the strikes occurring in the 22,1135 establishments during the period covered by the investigation, those in 10,407 succeeded, and those in 3,0C4 met with partial success, while in 8,910 establishin is the strikes were failures. Railway's Police Burned Out. The Clouds Disappearing* December 31st. Rah Wat, Dec. 30.—Fire here yesterday morning destroyed police headquarters, the court room and tbe engine house of Protection Hose company No. 3. Mrs. Wilson, who lives next door, heard cries for help from the cells under the station house, from which smoke and flames were pouriDg. (She gave the alarm at once, but it was with the utmost difficulty that Ave tramps and one prisoner in the building were rescued. Three firemen were injured by slipping off the ice coated ladders. The loss to the city is $4,000. The hose company lose $500 on furniture. The effects of tbe girl who was found murdered here in March last were in the building, but were saved. Suing for the Loss of Her Iftisband. Cologne, Dec. 80.—The Gazette publishes a dispatch from Berlin which olaims to have reliable news from Vienna to the effect that the European situation may be expected to become more tranquil very soon, owing to mutual explanations by Russia and Austria, which are either intended or already partly given. Rochester, N. Y.t D.-o. 80.—Mrs. Lee, wife of John L«e, one of the victims of the naphtha explosions, haa instructed J. & Q. Van Voorbis, attorneys, to institute an action for (5,000 damages against the Vacuum Oil company. Muny difficulties were found in ascertaining the exact loss of employes, but the information secured shows that the loss to them for the six years was $51,816,100, while the loss to employes through lookouts for tbe same period was $8,132,717; or a total wage loss to employes through strikes and lockouts for tbe six years covered of $59,948,882, Three million three hundred and twenty-five thousand and fifty-seven dollars were expended ia assistance to strikers, so far as ascertainable. Pottstillb, Pa., Dec. 30.— The sensation of the day here was a rumor of the arrest of Chairman John L Lee, and a report that he had been spirited away by an officer during tbe night. The chief of the Reading railroad detectives did make a call on Lee at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, and after a brief conference they separated, and at 3 o'clock met at ith« Philadelphia and Reading railroad station again and left for Philadelphia. When ithe rumor became bruited about it was explained by those whom Lee left in charge of ihis headquarters that Mr. Sweigard had Be t .a special messenger to invite him to a contference. When the news came later that Mr. tiwelgard bad turned his bnck on Lee the arrest story was renewed, and the charge against him was said to have been threatening to interfere with the United States mails by stopping the mail trains. Assembly No. 7,088, which has been continuously iu session since Tuesday morning, endeavored to learn the truth by telegraph, but mi unable to do so. at 15 per cent, reduction from Brutality on the High Seas. London, Dec. 30.—Capt Paynter and Second Mate Fischer, of the British bark Bin bleton, have bepn charged at Sunderland with the grossest cruelty toward the crew oi the vessel. During the voyage of the vessel from San Francisco to Sunderland three of the crew jumped overboard to escape cruel treatment, another succumbed to his injuries, and a fifth was landed in au almost dyicg condition. Paynter and Fischer were both remanded. Oladstono Visits President Carnot. marked prices. Paris, Dec. 30.—Mr. Gladstone, who waa received by President Carnot yesterday, lef i Paris last evening. He will go directly to Florence. He has written to Sir W illiam Vernon Harcourt that he will return to Vondon for the opening of parliament. For Baturday, in New Jersey, eastern New York, eastern Pennsylvania and in New England, continued cold, fair to partly cloudy weather, with fresh westerly winds, becoming variable, and followed by warmer, cloudy conditions,and possiblv mow at night Weather Indications. 5 and 10 cent Counters The employers' losses through strikes for the six years amounted to $30,732,058, aud through lockouts to $3,482,201, being a total loss to employers in establisuments where strikes and lockouts have occurred of $34,* 104,014. An examination of the sumipary tables by industries for both strikes and lockouts discloses the fact that the chief burden under strikes was borne by 13 industries, vie: boots aud shoes, 352 establishments; brickmaking, 478; building trades, tt,000; clothing, 1,728; cooperage, 484; food preparations, 1,419; furniture, 491; lumber, 395; metals and metallic goods, 1,585; mining, 2,060; stone, 408; tobacco, 2,959; tranfe portntion, 1.478: or a total number of establishments in these industries of 19,957, being about 9t(, per cent, of the whole number of establishments subjected to strikes. An Overdue Steamer. A Burlesque Actress' Fate. Queenstown, Dec. 30.—The steamship, Lord Uough, which left Philadelphia for Liverpool ou Dec. 16, has not yet arrived here. Intense excitement is felt about her. THE BULLETIN OF COMMERCE. Si. Louis, Dec. SJ.—The horrible fate of an ex-burlesque actress is given in a special from St. Francis, Ark. It appears that William Herri if, a wealthy painter, became jealous of his young wife and William Matthewson, and forbade Matthewson to corns to tbe house. Matthewson, however, drove to tbe house and asked Mrs. Herrig to go driving with him, which she intended doing, when Herrig came out with a shot gun and shot Matthewson dead. He then turned his weapon on his wife and k illed her on the threshold of the home. He set tire to tbe premises and rode away. Mrs. Herrig was lormerly a member of tbe Pauline Murkham burlesque company. New York Money and Produce Market Are overflowing with bargains. Suits to Recover Assessments. New York, Dec. 89.—Money closed at 8 per c?nt. the lowest rate. The highest rate was a. Exchange closed steady; posted rates, 4. *814$ actual rates, 4 8*% $4.83 for sixty days an«l for demand. Governments closed steady: currency (s, 119 bid; 4s, coup, bid; do.. .08 bid. Quotations. Norristown, Pa., Dec. 30.—Suits have been instituted against seventy persons to recover an assessment levied by the New Bra Life association for amounts ranging from $20 to $250. The defendant's affairs are in the bands of a receiver, and the members refuse on that accouut to pay their assessments, which, it is said, were levied to cover death losses before the receivership. The bearing in the cases will take place next Tuesday.  Wilson Again Escapes. Paris, Dec. 30.— The inquiry into the new decoration scandal shows that M Wilsou is not legally involved. Four ugenta will I* tried for complicity in the affair. IS South Main St, W1LKES-BARRE, Pa. Pacific railroad bonds closed as follows: Union firsts. 1 Mufti 17; Union land grants, 103ft 10 D: Union sinking funds, 118(^11C; Centrals, 114C& An Irish Leader's Dangerous Illness. 58 North Main St., PITTSTON, Pa. Kkw York, Dec. 38.—A delegation from the Reading strikers, consisting of seven i men, with Sharkey for chairman, were in ithi* city on Wednesday Digbt and yesterday in consultation with tbe officers of District Assembly No. 49 of the Knights of Ltbor. The delegates asked Timothy Putmam, who bad taken part in settling the -great strike last whiter, to cr-operute with ithe executive board of the strikers in Heading in carrying on or settling the strike, and itbey (aid that if be took charge of uffairs •they would place everything in his hands. They were very anxious to make tbe present strike a succ ss, and they would carry out his instructions. London, Dec. 80.—Mr. Sexton's illness is now pronouuced dangerous. Hjs fever rune very bigb, and his friends are exceedingly anxious about his recovery. 117. The op*nfng prices were generally to per cent, higher for all the stocks, and, notwithstiud ing extreme dullness prices ma le further frac ional gains by o'clock. Reading was still tb feature of spo •illation, and furnished about C. per cent, of tl»e wiiole business of the inornin The strike news appeared to have but little eflec onthepric-of the stock The Vauderbiits wer xceptionahy strong and higher. There wa more activity in ttte market after I o'clock, an pric 8 steadily hardened to the close. A more favorable view was taken of the strike situatioi on t.ie Reading railroad, and that stoek closed £D p r cent hight r thaa th* final prices of v ester day. The advance in the general list tor the daj rang, d from % to 8 « per cent., and was led by 0., U.. C. & I., Manitoba, Noriolk and Western. St. Paul and Lackawanna. And JERMYN, Pa. All - forms . of • chapped, - rough, - ted, pimply . skin - made • soft - and - clear. 1 he Irish Kent Reductions. In lockouts five trades bore 80 per cent, of the whole burdeu. They were as follows: Boots and shoes, 155 establishm uts; building trades, 531; clothing, 773; metals and metallic goods, 70, and tobucco, 226, or a total of 1,701. London, Dec. 30.—The Tory newspapers are at sixes and sevens over the Irish rent reductions. There is no unanimity among iheiu about the matter. Some gingjerly condemn the movement, and others bint that the government should and will recompense the landlords for the loss they will sustain. They will all fall in line in a few days, however, and we shall be treated to eulogies on the magnanimity of tbe government. Mr. Manning's Successor in Business. CURES LIPS, HANDS. CUTS, D BURNS. PIMPLES, PILES, ETC, The Glass Workers Again, New York, Dec. 30.—It is said that Conrad L. Jordan will be tbe successor of Mr. Manning as president of tbe Western National bank.  Boston, Dec. SO.—It is rumored-here that a general strike will be inaugurated Monday in the flint glass manufactories iy tbe Etstern association. Works in Brooklyn, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Mnsgacbn»etu aud Pennsylvania will be affected by the movement. The chief cause of complaint is said to be a rule recently adopted by the association claiming tbe right for each manufactory to employ such men as it should see flt. As every glassmaker is a member of tbe Americun Flint Glass Workers' union the rule is obnoxious to them, and it is said tiiey will resist it. Some 700 or 800 will be affected by the strike. Fur the two classes of disturbances, strike* and lockouts, the trades that have been named affected 82,43k establishments, or about 90 per cent. of the whole number involved.Rondout, N. Y., Deo. 80.—The ice on the Hudson at this point is so thick that people walked across to-day from Saugerties to TivolL  Crossing on the Ice. Chairman Sharkey denounced Mr. Corbin and said that hi* treachery was driving the men almost to frensy. The men were prepared to do anything to win this strike, and would make a liitter fight. Sharkey tbea gave bis version of the occurrences of the lost few days. The strikers' executive board, he said, waited on Superintendent Sweigard late on Uonday evening, and he told the .members that the men could go back to -work, their grievances would be investigated, and all would b« settled quietly and satisfactorily to both sides. While the board was deliberating upon the .proposul somebody telegraphed along ths Jine that the strike had been settled, and that ithe men should go back to work. When the .members of the board heard of this they . hastened to countermand the order, but ths telegraph operators refuted to send tbo dispatches over the wiies. Mr. Sharkey believes that the wires are in the hands of the railri-ad company, and that it sends out false •aewiC Mr. ¥utnam had not yet made up hi. mind yesterday whether he would inter - J.-re with this strike. Among the long list of strikes there ware several which presented unusu.il difficulties in the way of tabular statement, and for these—namely, the telegraphers' strike of 1»«8 and the strikes on the southwesiern or Gould system of railways in 18S.V-30, all having a national influence—specific explanations are givC n. Urging the Sale of Union Goods. CONDENSED NEWS. Philadelphia. Dec. 30.—The Journal o( Un.icd Labor, the official organ of tht Knights of Labor, in to-day's issue, con taius a sp.-cial notice signed by the general executive board, which the secretaries ol locals are instructed to read to their respective assemblies. It has an important bearing on the knit goods trade, and in effect orders a boycott on all such goods as do not bear the label of the order. A. B. Burleson, of Jewett City, a prominent manufacturer of eastern Connecticut, died yesterday, aged 70 years. General Markets. PRAISED . BY ■ ALU GET THE GENUINE. BUY, TRY, JUDGE, aj cti. at Druggists, or mallad ori rscsipt of stamp*. BOP FTT.T, CO., NEW LONDON, CONN. Muld bv Eveiy DnisBist in Pll'nsa. Nrw York, Dec. ViO.—FLOUR—Clos d steady and without decided change; winter wheat extra, $3 it) 0»£D. 1U; Minnesota do., $3. lua.5.10; city mill extra, Cj»4.77 Ohio extra,  Southern fiour closed quiet and unchanged; com mou to choice extra, $3.10($ft. iO. The pope has conferred the Grand Cross of Pius IX upon all special envoys. Killed His Baby With His Fist. The facts given by the bureau regarding the strikes occurring prior to 1881, and also those relative to legislation and the decisions of courts concerning unions, combinations, conspiracies and boycotts constitute an exceedingly valuable portion of the report From present indications the Democratic national convention will be held in New York. For Bent. Philadelphia, Dec. BO.—John North, 43 years of age, returned to bis home on South Twenty-fifth street, uuder the influence of liquor. Soon after entering the house he picked a quurrel with his wife, who was ursing their S-inonths-old child. He be am.1 so enraged that he rushed upon her and aimed a powerful blow at her face, but a» she turned to avoid it the blow fell upon h ' b»ad of the child, crushiag its skull and causing almost instant death. The horrible act sooered the man and he became frantic with grief, and offered no resistance when the police arrested him. Mrs. North was al o taken into custody. WHEAT—Options were dull and featureless, with a declining tendency, closing fractionally lower than last night's prices. Spot Iocs closed ste-idy and unchanged, Spot sales of No. 1 red state at Vltfrtfto,; No. :4 do., U8?4c.; ungraded red, b7«oD92c.; No. * red winter, 88«,Mc.; No. 8 red winter. Dec.. do., Jan., 91HQ9196C.; do. Feb., vi% (^U2D4C. Two stores one saloon, one hall, several dwellings, on Pouth Main street. Two dwellings with all mo tern improvements, each with nine roome on'William street, near Maia, one house near L & 9. depot, Pitlstoa township. Apply at P. Bohaa's fiMf. The New York board of estimate and apportionment appropriated $33,800,000 for the support of the various inunioippj depart ments for 1888. Washington, Dec. 80.—Grave fears are expressed by the friends of Senator Joe Blackburn regarding the condition of that gentlemen's health. It is reported that the Kentucky senator is suffering from canoer of the stomach. His Illness is knowc only to a few of "bis intimate friends, who have thus far preserved a studied silence in regard to it, at the earnest solicitation of the distinguished sufferer. Senator Blackburn a Sufferer. Election Notice London, Dec. 80.—John L Sullivan has Smith to a fight for £1,000 a side, the affair to come off a fortnight after Sullivan's match with Mischeil has been fought. bUi ivHii bus posted £500 as a fC rfeit. This challenge is ihe result of Kilram's refusal to give Sullivan odds in a fignt for the championship belt. Smith Las sent an answer to buiiivan's challenge, in.wbich he says that he will be ready to tight the latter after his match with Mitchell has come off for any money Sullivan likem. Sullivan's Challenge to Smith. Destructive galas played havoo with shipping at ports on the coast of Maine and at Halifax, N. S. CORN—Options were only moderately active, while prices were irregular, and closed }£CftV4c. lower. Spot lots closed steady at unchanged prices. Spot sales of No. 2 mixed at ti#)£c.: un graded do., OOt&tiSc.; No. £ mixed, Jan., t2}£c. bid; do., Feb., bid. The stockholders of the Miners* Parings Bank, of Httston, will m et at their banslng house o* Tuesday, January 10th, 1888, between two and three o'clock p. in., for the purpose of choosiag nine directors to serve for the ensuing year C. M HILEMAN, Cashier. Pittston, Ps., Dec. 23, l8«7. Augustus Dickson, who was shot by hit insane son, Addison, in Maldei, Mass.. on Wednesday night, will probably recover. Addison was released from an insane asylum in California a few weeks agu, and returned home apparently cured. OATS—Options were dull, but closed steady at unchanged prices. Spot lots closed firm, and higher. Spot sales of No. 1 white state at 40i(4lc.; No. * da, No. 2 white Jan., 4lJ$o.; do, Feb, 4 9{C&4i%c. # Election Notice. Killed bjr a Coal Train. The annual mee'iufr of the stockholder* of the People', Ravin Cs Bank, of Plttaton, Fa., for tba election or directors, will be held at their banking houaeon Tuesday. January loth, 1881, from two o three o'clock, p. in. J. L. POLEN, Caahler. dtttd Brower Held for Murder*' ' KlNOETON, Pa., Dec. 80.— Benjamin Hartman, a carpenter, 'employed at the new tVoodweod breaker, while on his way tc work yesterday, was struck by a Delaware, Lackawanua and Western coal train, near this place, and knocked seventy feet, sustaining injuries from whioh he died. He was a mirried man, and resided in SUick- Patrick Munay, of Kingston, N. Y., bos sued John White for $5,000. A month ago Munay's wife fell down stairs while drunk and was killed. The bereaved husband claims White sold the woman the drink whioh caused her death. KYE-Quiet; state, 64(2iUSc PORK—Dull: mesa, $15.50® 16 for one-year.old. Et.iZABKTH, N. J., Dec, 80.—Work was re•sained on the Reading docks yesterday. The .steoraer* D. H. Martin and Thomns Hunt arrived with 175 men of all nationalities, many *4 the.11 being experienced coal hundlers. Ti»y were immediately put to work under ■the protection of Pinkerton men. Sheriff Olasley has promised Superintendent Wallace tbrt he will nee that uo violence is dona. No one is allowed on the docks, and the dis-char-.ed nnp:oyes keep aloof. Deputy Sheriff Dx.'U is in charge of the ipecials who are detailed to protect the company's New York, Dec. S.T.—The coroner's Jury at Fre.-port, L. I., yesterday rendered a verdict that the wouuds from which Mrs. Urower is d i'ing were inflicted by her busiiiud, Louis F. Brower, aiued and abetted by Mary Jane Lewis, hi*-paramour. The accus d were held to await the i.etion of the grand jury. Mrs. Brower, vho was assaulted two weeks ago while sleeping, and whose skull was cru-bed iu by some blunt weapon, is in a terrible conditio!. Mortification set in some time ago. The loclors say Her survival for such a long period makes her case one of the most remarkable in medical saaala, I.ARD- Closed steady; cash, $8.05; Jan., 17.98 d 8; Feb., $8.oj38.o?. FlrrsBUKG, Dec. 80.—D. C. Ripley, the well kin/wn flint gia s manufacturer, denies that the manufacture!* contemplate starting up their factories with non-union men. He siiyilbut very few orders for glassware were coming in, and be did not anticipate any woitli mentioning for some time in the future. Tne winter trud i lias been supplied, aud jobbers are not calling fot any additional stock. In NO Hurrj to Start Up. Burglars entered the poetelHce at Asbeville, N. C., unlocked the safe and stole $800. BUTTER—Dull, but steady; state, 17®«o.; western. 15C&33c. election Notice. • CHEESE—Steady; state, 10H»ISe.; western, Htt'ditto- The annaal meeting of the stockholders of the First National Hank of Pittaton. for thfc election or directors, will be held at their banWn r bovea on Tuesday, January 10th, 1888 between thehoura of 1C and It o'claek, a. m. wid&d W. L. WATSON, Cashier. shinny. John White, after drinking in John Conway's saloon at Richmond, Ky., Wednesday night, shot Conway fatally because be declined to take a foreign coin in pay. EGGS— 1'irm and fairly active; near by. Wo. western, 23 C{,X5c. Sunday Closing Decided Unconstitutional. SUGAR—Haw firmly held, buyers holding off. Bell nod, quiet; cut loaf and crushed, 7 Ma ; cubes, TJic.: pondered, 7}fiQ7Me.; granulated, confection »rs' A, ; coffee, A standard, ttHQ 0.&UC.; CO lee off A, #to«Hc.; white extra C, extra a ; C, OHc.; yellow. Kane a. i City, Mo., Dec. 30.—Reeordei Davenport has declared that the ordinance requiring Sunday closing of saloons is unconstitutional. The temperance ptopl* will appeal to the supreme oourt. The 2-year-old child of Mrs. George Robbins, of Decatur, III., had its clothing set on Or* from some burning paper with which it was playing, and waa burned to death. For Hale A heavy bobsled, nearly new alsoa teamster's o al s' huta and II doth » agon ever, f Dr sale at a barraln. Apply to Mn. Robert Patterson, Mate St., Upper PltMaMa. Mdlw