Show SERIOUS the complexion of strikes in the east THE 00 the labor troubles in europe Soc rotary illness special to tho thomas E taylor arrested SALT LAKE CITY march 24 this morning thomas E taylor business manager of the deseret news was arrested on the usual charge he waived examination before alie corn missioner mis and his case was investigated by tho grand jury this afternoon bv western atad press to the HERALD THE COMMITTEE inquiring into the affairs of the WU telegraph co washington march 23 the finouse committee on and Pot roads conducting the telegraph teley raph investigation today to day began its inquiry concerning attempts of the telegraph company to coerce alic newspapers in the wet ern states into making exclusive contracts etc E C ayers appeared in the kansas city times and the kansas city journal and submitted a statement by J mann secretary and business manager of the journal to with a letter from morrison manford proprietor tor of the times and several that biad passed between the latter and the western union manager relative to the news contracts of the times manns statement was read to alic committee ast 1st principal parts are substantially as follows through a course of years the newspapers of kansas city have been at the mercy of the western union telegraph company with the consolidation of that company and the american union and mutual union companies some nac years since the extreme measures characteristic oatlie western union have increased their form of contract had contained a clause of clauses binding the papers to use alic western union lines and no others penalty anatlie andt lie provisions were designed to bind alic party of the second part unalterably to use the western union the press of kansas city either had to succumb for want of adequate facil o 0 1 AV tx s Itis believed with good reason by alie writer that not a single rate agreement had been made by an paper with company in live years except and that in every one of the contracts the publisher signed away hi right to fair competition spies in were employed to follow my messages to learn tho sources from which the matter got to us there were clauses in sundry oilier contracts by which we were held provided all others failed the delivery of even our regular press aport was threatened to be withheld by the western union if failed to rive the western union all our special business this deop the foundation of our telegraphic bervice eer vice wo had violated repugnant contracts only after long and woark efforts to alist obtain a measure of relief at the hands ot the western union company we were threatened that unless we signed these contracts we would be placed on a burlier scale of special rates which would be iLat ruin us notwithstanding the prohibitory clauses in tho contract of course we ei eneil for we dared not risk our business no open contracts were ever allowed to be made and wo always were confronted with tho ironclad iron clad fixtures compelling us to boycott all other lines the writer then refers to the chance in the special arrange mants of ins paper which necessitated a largely increased telegraphic service application to which end ww made to the union company by which the matter was delayed endangering dan gering the interests of the paper when the company finally responded lo 10 the application it was at a higher rate than alio contract then in burce specified and that date alic rato on all our special were advanced 50 per cent we cannot legally clatin eliat have not violated these contracts but the occasion demands that we carry on an increased amount of belc i graphic matter as is the custom and we expect to aa better rates than for general service but in ever case the petern Ve tern union have biad the service first to them at preferred rates and then they had always stood on the letter of the band 1 it is manifest that remedy Is required to restrain the rapacity of these consolidated corporations and that the protecting power of the boyi eminent must edep in and perform the telegraphic service of the country just as it doea the mall service mr kyera said that the a af pf the city newspapers was simply to inform mhd cimmuto of their exiting relations with the telegraph company and if t thought the matter of importance alie would conio a washing ion to verily statements lie requested that thac papers he returned as they would bo used in a law suit to ho instituted the western union company mr of new york su of he pree ment of the western union company replied briefly to the statement read by ayers ho bald that thu western union had two special rates one open to every newspaper anu me other per cent lower to papers that signed agreements to send all their newe over the western union wires both of tho city papers had signed that agreement and both had broken it the western anion had oa 01 notified that the contract would be abrogated 1 if they persisted n bred kio the bend ing their news over other lines the papers had signed an agreement to pet the advantage of reduced rates the western union does not collect news and is entirely distinct and disconnected with the associated press or associated press it was simply a transmitter of news in cases of unusual occurrence such the deatle of tho president the company pent bulletins as a public service without pay in general elections the western union managers were allowed to collect returns in places where there w y regular press agent A in st louis Ks alisch 24 tho missouri pacific inide two attempts this morning to end out freight trains over rodd but failed the firby train succeeded without en countering any interference in running to a point about one mile from the union depot where n number of strikers boarded the cars and set alie breaks the engine was killed and the train was brought back to the city by a switch engine second attempt was then biado dostart to start this time under the protection of the city marshal the sheriff and a num berof policemen the train succeeded in getting as far the city limits but short there the strikers took control of it and brought it back to the yard there was sid erable excitement during the attempts to move these trains but no serious disturbances occurred all the missouri pacific engines here except two are now disabled loins march 24 A freight train of fifteen cars was made up this mornine and started over the missouri pacific bracks in the direction of street arriving at that point a crowd called upon the engineer and fireman lo 10 leave their posts which they did tho mob hero soon became so dense that it was deemed adv isab e to clear the yards and tho police were summoned and soon a force of about commanded by the chief of police and all captains arrived at at the scene the crowd was then ordered to disperse immediately and upon their refusing to do so alie police madea charge upon them hoping to drive them away ansing their clubs tho latter alternative however became necessary during the struggle which ensued several of tho strikers were badly beaten by the police some of whom were in turn badly bruised from the rocks by alie mob after a brief fight alio crowd dispersed and was driven from the yards another engine was then procured which after being coupled to the abandoned freiche train drew it from tho scene of the riot under a guard of mcevo interference having been met with ST louis march 24 dispatch from kirkwood 12 miles west bays the freight train passed that point ST louis march 24 just after the freight train had got away carrying a largo portion of the police force a mab numbering about 1000 men mado a rush for the machine shops of the missouri pacific to take possession of them the courage of tho majority of them failed and only about forty proceeded beyond halfway and they soon abandoned the idea and dispersed anarchist have a whole city at their mercy BRUSSELS march strike began by miners at liege a fortnight ago is extending rapidly all over tho region and it has now practically to make universal de mand by the mine s of the country for an increate of wages accompanied by a decrease in hours of labor this labor at liege is under tho control of anarchists and abo city is at their mercy in many instances a mob of anarchists have stopped people in the streets and demanding money threatening threat ning violence if it not given them they have also broken windows in a great number of houses and A called ho catechism of alie people is being industriously circulated it neachea the doctrine of the general distribution of wealth and urges the use of force to accomplish it practices important hallway decision washington ati tho secretary of the interior has endorsed a decision in the case of the atlantic pacific in lie eliat it has no lesal claim to latfy along the line of road from san buenaventura on the pacific ocean in california to san francisco and corns missioner ncr general of the laud olace to restore the to the public do the fact that tha line has been mort and raised on its credit is the secretary adds a misfortune to the in that they took a mortgage to which enort hagere had no ideal right toe dc cheun re elorea to the public 2451 00 acre there will no co alard 23 corbin Lor bin of the union karllo haard of employees was interviewed this afternoon the rumor that all alic union lacil lc train and switchmen would strike to morrow corbin stated eliat alio rumor was false in the greatest lian nony between alk of the rad and alio employee of eacy department and no nisida nor h any lucli action thought of by the laborers on of the union Cpin pany motes t ex justice ward died hero tilia morning seu detary h fa voni bly booth SAS march 21 general newton hooth in chief of the salvation benger on the marao Mar wo bruni australia yesterday t U s air secretary manning mithat washington march 23 rumors leave been afloat all the afternoon of the serious illness of secretary man niep they prow out of tho facts that alie secretary had been taken home from the treasury in his carriage and was carried from his office to the carriage beine unable to walk upon inquiry at the Secre residence it was stated that he had simply ant with a painful accident while returning to his office from a meeting of the cabinet he had walked over from the white house and without waiting for the elevator to take him to hi room on tho second floor walked up two flights of stairs on reaching the upper landing his foot suddenly turned under him severely wrenching hie ankle he limped into his room without calling for assistance shortly afterwards dr hamilton of the marine hospital happening to be in the building on bu sineas attended to the injured limb and the secretary was then taken home in his carriage when he reached home dr lincoln alie Secretary 8 family physician was summoned to attend him at midnight dr had just left the Secre bedside eaid that manning was holding his own and had slightly improved since bis last visit the Secre mind was still clear and he did pot anticipate eliat there would be a chance for the worse during the night he had rallied from the vertigo and prostration and was resting comfortably the Secre illness dr lincoln says was caused by prostration from overwork he has been working very hard and biad a great many things on hs mind lately and the result was this prostration in of the hopeful view of the case taken by dr loncoln some of the friends of the secretary arc exceedingly anxious and consider his condition quite serious dr lincoln who attended secretary manning at his home gaye the following statement to an associated press re the secretary wa seized with vertigo on his return to his office from the cabinet meeting he had been working allday without taking any nourishment and was feeling deiy weak he walked bip two flights of stairs and on reaching the top was attacked with vertigo and partly fell and partly sat down his sudden illness alarmed bis friends and he was taken home his mind was perfectly cear and he had the free use of all his limbs and gave a clear account of everything that burred two or three hours after his attack lie had improved very much washington barcli 24 dr hamilton made a statement this afternoon in regard ta the condition of secretary manning from it appears he has symptoms of apoplexy and is not regarded as out of danger telephone trouble COLUMBUS march 23 district attorney kumler of cincinnati this pcr pm elal to test the validity of the bell telephone patents the defendants named in the petition being the american telephone company a corporation under the laws of massachusetts alio central union company under alie laws of illinois erie telephone and telegraph company under the laws of massachusetts central district and printing telegraph company under tho laws land telephone company the city and suburban telegraph company union telegraph company and buck eye lione company under the laws of ohio and alexander graham bell the attorneys for the government tho solicitor general goode district attorney kumler alien G thurman grosvenor P lowry bC handler and chas Wh ethman of special counsel the process was issued directing the appearance pe arance by may 11 and requiring that an answer be oled on or before june ast 1st the petition with accompanying exhibits makes about seven ty live pages of pamphlet printed matter the points made public in alie press some days ago from a copy obtained one of the attorneys staled that the abstract contains the substance of all the allegations made taylor ataylor leave been retained as local counsel by the defendants it is understood that the first question to bo considered in connection with the case of jurisdiction french in madagascar Madaga icar LONDON march 23 the african mail steamer which arrived at plymouth today to day brings news of desperate fighting between the french and hovas in about the end of february the llovia under general willoughby attacked french troops routed them with heavy loss and pursued them to lamartine the french kiouses and stores in lamartine shelled by the and destroyed the then upturned to the capital their loss was email A few days later gen sherrington surprised Saka lovas preceded by frenchmen and tareo machine tans the were routed 40 being billed and many wounded thia the first a french run diiro n madagascar and has created a great sensation |