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Show ALL TRANQCIX. IN MADRID. Madrid, Miey 1. Tranquility prevails throughout the provinces, file strikes in Valencia, however, are spreading. Tho employes In all the. trades there are joining the movement ror eight hours a day. Tho theatres in Valencia will be closed tonight, 15,001 CARrENTETiS OUT. Boston, May 1. The strike or carpenters for eight hours a day was Inaugurated tblsmorniug. Eighteen thousand men are out. It is estimated esti-mated that 2000 have- been granted eight hours a day by one hundred firms -not members of the matter builders' association. GRANITE CUTTERS' STUCK. Westerly, II. I., May 1. All the granite cullers struck this morning. TllE RCWALO BAKERS. Bdkfalo, May I. There Is no strike hero thun far. Theunlou bakers held a meeting at tioon to consider con-sider whetheror not to strike for ten hours a day. MASSACHUSETTS CARPENTERS. Haverhill, Mass., May I. The master carpenters have all signed an agreement granting nfuo hours at theoldj-ay. FOR EIGHT AND TEN. Xasiiville, Tenn., May I. AH the carpenter, loth union and nou union, are on strike for eight hours' work nnd ten hours pay. IN NEW YORK. Xew Vorjc, May 1. Up to 10 o'clock this morning there were rew, If any, signs of Hie inauguration of the eight-hour movement in tliit city. At the labor headquarters all I quiet. At all down town building- wherd tho carpenters obeyed all the men are working. They ap-Imand ap-Imand to be waiting fur instructions from the executivu committee concerning con-cerning the action next Monday, when tbe carpenters Inaugurate the struggle. Interest centers In the inrade and demonstration at Union Square this evening. Itisexjiccted that 1S.O0O men will etigago in the former meeting, under the control of the socialists. Xew York, May 1. The impending im-pending strike among tbo members or the franiers.' unlou has been avoided. Tho boses announced this morning Hint they would ajree to tho terms of the men, that eight hours should constitute a day's work. The men are all at work and there is general rejoicing. A LONDON HOI! COWED. London, May 1. Five hundred dhorJerly men gathered on the Thames cmbnukmcut this morning. On making n demonstration 2,.VW police were on hand, however, and the mob was cowed. Some of the disorderly element say they will hold a torchlight procession tonight, but tho jolico will rigidly suppress any procession of that kind. There Is every indication that tbe proposed demonstration will prove a fiasco. IN CHICAGO. Chic too, May 1. It now at-Iicars at-Iicars eviuunt that the number of strikes hero will not bo nearly so numerous as was anticipated. antici-pated. Bcprescntatlvcs of tbe federation fed-eration of labor have been busy among discontented workmen during dur-ing the past week, doing their best to allay tiie strike and with apparently appar-ently god sue ess. They bate becu asking all the trades to lay aside tbelr grievances till tho cannte.s iret tlitir ilrmir,! nil over the country. It looks now as It there will be only a rew sjioradlc strikes hero nnd there, and that none or the city's great industries will be tied up. to many arc out to take part in tho parade or witness it that It Is impossible to accurately state the number who will refuse to go to wi ik tomorrow. Up to noon not the slightest trouble w as reported report-ed from any quarter and tbe police do not aLtlcipatcany. A PiDCESSION AT lUtUSSiX?. Brussels, May l. a procession, uuinlieriog 3U00 miners, formed In the Liege today and marched to the tottri-hall, where a .ltIon wnspre-icnted wnspre-icnted to the authorities, asking fbr the establishment of tight hours as autrklnguay. THE MEN OP LISdON. LfUlON, May!. May-day is being be-ing otscrved with extreme quietness quiet-ness by the worklngmen In this city. A group of worklngmen n ho were taking a holiday proceeded to the cemetery, in which the remains of the socialist, Foutana. are Interred, Inter-red, nnd placed a wrutlh upon his tomb. A manifcto lias beeu issued by the worklngmcti declaring in favor of eight hutlrs as a legal day's work and It haj received n large number of signatures. A Nblp lllarkrt Bj- ICr. Montreal, May L Tho Beaver Hue steamer Ijalc Xtfigon withe largo number of emigrants arrived yesterday from Liverpool. On April Kth the ship encountered a field pack of Ice off Cai iy, and for six days, without a chance or cscai, was at the mercy or the Ice, In which she became slightly jammed. Finally the ico began to sbove under Uie ship, rjhebegauto careeuand was in danger of capsizing. cap-sizing. A tonic ensued among the emigrants, but at the critical moment mo-ment the Jam ccaed and the sUamer was once more hi the t at-r. She got ulpivi again on April hid and was got out by another steamer. CooErt lonal Llretlon Hill. Wasuinoton. May I. Bcpre-sciitallve Bcpre-sciitallve Kwart yesterday Introduced Intro-duced lu the House, "by request," a Congressional election bill. It rrovides that Congresslonnl elections elec-tions shall be held In (he manner prescribed 1u the uody ot tho bill, and that the direction of tbe State Legislature presidential electors jUiay U cho-cu at the same election. District courts are required to appoint ap-point registrars of election In each district. Hacli lallot is to be enclosed In an cuve!oj marked with a number to correspond with the mimbcronthcpoll lht,aud delivered to one of the loard of loll holders, who shall deposit it in the box. At the conclusion of the election the j!l list 1 to be delivered to the clerk of the district court, nnd the ballot counted preserved in the original envelo by the board of poll hoUcrs. During the registration registra-tion the registrar aud Joll LoMem shall give the j ollcu power to arrest, without warrants, offenders or d'. orderly persons. The boundaries of tie congressional districts are to remain re-main as tl.cy were on the first Tuesday Tues-day In Xovember, 1SSS, notwithstanding notwith-standing any subsequent net of the State legislature. The Hope. Concord, X. H., May I. James Paluierwas hanged today for the murder of X. T. Whltehouso in May, 1SS9. |
