| Show BY TELEGRAPH pin WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE A M ERIC A 31 chattanooga 26 A special to the times from manchester coffee county t tennessee t gives the details of a bloody tragedy enacted there shortly af after ter midnight this morning in which united states deputy marshal webb purdon pardon and a manchester named clark were killed and three other moon shiners fatally wounded about ten days ago purdon pardon accompanied deputy marshal hughes on a raid among the illicit distilleries of grundy county tennessee and captured and destroyed several stills between 12 and I 1 this morning fifteen moon shiners rode into manchester determined to have purdons Pur dons life seven broke into his house and the balance surrounded it purdon met them as they entered with a revolver and a terrible battle ensued two moon shiners fell to the floor mor batly wounded and the gang retreated but they had succeeded in mortally wounding purdon disabled as he was he seized a double barrelled shot gun and fired into the retreating gang and two more fell mortally wounded purdon then fell dead beside the body of one of his victims the gang carried off their wounded companions A large posse is now in pursuit of them ST louis 26 A from benton missouri to the post dispatch states that rev kev benjamin deering of st louis has been been for some days past holding a series of temperance revival meetings which have been wonderfully successful last night some one as yet unknown placed in a pitcher of water which tho the revivalist had placed upon the desk from which he was speaking a large quantity of croton oil several e v r al persons drank of the water before the service began bean and became deathly sick but not knowing the cause of their illness failed to warn deering not to drink from the pitcher the latter during his discourse drank a glass of water and was immediately taken sick all who tasted the water are today to day in a pre carious condition two saloon keep ers have been arrested on suspicion and it is thought they poisoned the water in order to end the services which were having such a depressing effect upon their business NEW YORK 26 inquiry among the leading real estate men shows that the feats rents for all classes of properly for living purposes have been reduced from 10 to 2 25 per cent strikes and labor tro troubles in the building trade are preventing the commencement of many new buildings lt it is thought this will cause an increase in the rates next season the effect of the labor troubles upon the building trade in this city can hardly be estimated it is declared that building in this city will be practically suspended this summer on this account the same story comes from boston in regard to the effect of the labor agitation upon the building trade A special to the sun says A struggle of the most serious parts is about to begin e in this vicinity over the eight hour movement the hope of the central trades and labor unions of a ready acquiescence by the large population of employed emp loyes in the experiment proves groundless in accordance with the P plans lans madea year ago the demand made for the eight hours was to loe be enforced may 1st ast in view of the disturbed condition of labor it was recently determined to limit the demand to the building trades the central trades and labor unions recently recently made maae public many replies receive received from employers in answer to questions sent out this has resul resulted tei in an address published today to day signed by employers in the building trades the address declared there is nothing in the present outlook to warrant any such sul h change and that any attempt to arbitrarily enforce it will simply result in the retirement of capital from business enterprises which is now occurring cur ring the conclusions are summed a up in the following recommendations re the hours of labor the rate of wages and the time of payment to remain as at present but on saturday eight hours be accepted as a days labor it is probable that the explores will decline to yield any point in their demands and that they will resort to a strike the painters and decorators so voted yesterday shamokin Sha pa 26 the miners and laborers amalgamated association paraded paraded and held a mass meeting toay day thirty five hundred men were in line it is generally believed that the men will ask for eight hours work with the same pay the new order of things will begin may arbitration is also looked upon with favor chicago 16 it at is reported that the workmen in one of the largest brick yards in the city quit work this afternoon owing to the refusal to accede to their demand that eight hours shall constitute a days work it is expected that the movement will become general in the city st louis 26 the contractors and builders here to the number of recently organized to take some definite action upon the eight hour agitation said this morning that the builders generally had agreed to 10 consider eight hours a days work ard and pay the em aloyes thirty cents per hour i 1 new york 26 the strike of the sugar house employees at williamsburg and green point still continues and the situation is unchanged A large jarge force of police is kept at the re flauries fineries fin fla eries to prevent any breach of the peace or destruction of property some of the strikers have already gone to other kinds ot of work st louis 26 forty five boys employed as helpers by the great western glass glaas company struck for higher wages today to day throwing out 75 men dependent in performing their duties upon the services of the boys the latter have no grievances against their employers aud it Is supposed they have simply got to strike two hundred striking employees of the missouri car and foundry company hel held a meeting yesterday to hear the re repert ort of their committee appointed e the day ay before to call upon president mcmillan c illan and persuade him to concede to their demands that the company cease furnishing repair material to the missouri pacific company the committee stated the they had called calle upon mcmillan but com could obtain no assurance from him that their demands would be complied with the meeting then adopted resolutions setting forth their reasons for striking and that they would not return to work wor until their demands were conceded all the strikers however not present and those absent not being bound by the action of the meeting returned to their old places at work this morning several new men also applied for places and there are at work about men in all president mcmillan says that the management of tile the company will take back all old employed emp loyes who apply for work today to day and will employ all efficient new men who desire to enter the companes comp compa anys nyls service he says the works will oe ne in full operation by the end of the week new york 26 eighty five muscular looking men passengers on the steamer Cir cassia arrived today to day at castle garden and were detained by the superintendent perin on the ground that they were going to work on scab jobs they are said to be under contract as masons stonecutters and blacksmiths to work on the new state capitol at austin texas the charges were made by the central labor union in this city the men denied being under any contract it is intended to communicate muni cate with the district attorney of this city and ana austin texas to have suit brought against the austin contractor for a violation of the contract lator lanor bill before the grand jury adjourned today they returned ir indictments found upon affidavits madi made by the third avenue railroad officials it charges several persons per ons with conspiracy and while the names of the panics could not be ascertained it is generally believed it is against the committee of the empire protective association whose names were affixed to the order for the general tie lie up of the surface roads in this city last week bench warrants were presumably drawn up by the recorder Ee corder and they will likely be executed within a few hours the strike on the third avenue surface railroad still continues unchanged sixty cars are running today ay this afternoon one of the strikers placed stones in the groove of the companas Comp anys cable branch on a steep decline and the loss of life was prevented only by the caution that was exercised in the operation of the cars the man whose name is miller was arrested several arrests of drivers on other lines have been made today to day for malicious interference with drivers of atthe the third avenue road the fact that indictments against some sixty leading strikers have been found caused excitement among the latter tonight to night the strikers will begin running stages on third avenue tomor to mor row from harlem to the city hall the executive board ot the strikers will be arrested it is believed at an early hour tomorrow to morrow morning washington 27 the senate committee on P public bublic lands decided unanimously to report adversely upon the nomination nomi aaion of dement to be surveyor general of utah otan pittsburgh PITTSBURG 27 oliver and phillips south tenth street rolling mill kill closed down this morning because of the strike of about workmen who claim that when the advance in wages was made recently they were not included they want an increase of 10 to 15 per cent NEW YORK 27 lazard freres have ordered in gold bars for export this week and black co also ST louis 27 thirty five more of the employed emp loyes of the missouri car and foundry co who struck last week because the management of that company refused to cease supplying material to the missouri pacific returned to work this morning about two thirds of the entire number of men necessary to carry 0 on a the full fall business of the establishment are now at work NEW YORK 27 inspector byrnes men arrested thirty boycotters boy cotters this morning for interfering with the business ot cavanagh sanford co manufacturing clothiers clo thiers at 23 west street the warrants on which the boycotters boy cotters were arrested were issued by recorder smyth indianapolis 28 about 8 last evening a violent thunder and rain storm struck the city during its progress ro gress the switch board in the western western union telegraph office was fired by a bolt of electricity an alarm was promptly sent in but before the fire could be extinguished the board was completely destroyed seriously crippling telegraph facilities the loss is stated to oe 2500 messages are now being received and transmitted from the railway telegraph office it will be several days before the switchboard switch board can be completely replaced ORLEANS 27 dispatch from vicksburg miss tu to the times demo deino crat the government piling in the chute opposite Mayers mayersville Maye raville ville which had a rack of driftwood resting against it feet long wide and fro from in ten to fifteen feet deep gave way on friday evening and went crashing down the chute tearing out the snags and other obstructions when last seen it was drifting intact past lake providence this will leave a clean channel into mayersville Mayers ville lor the first time since 1871 the water has commenced to cut out a deep channel around the island which is rapidly caving into the river rapid caving of the banks Is also reported at wilderness landing and shiloh A special from greenville miss says the levee on the mississippi side is reported broken about five miles south of friars point Yest yesterday erda morning the gap was 50 feet wide and five feet deep and the water was pouring through with a tremendous torce force A special from helena ark says the river rose 1 feet from 1 0 clock yesterday to 1 today to day making the water one inch higher than ever before known at 6 pm the water was four inches above the high water mark of 0 1882 and rising one half an inch an hour seven miles south of helena the water only lacked one inch of running over the levee at noon today to day the river from that point down a few miles has been above the high water mark of 1882 since saturday tile the levees are getting gettin 0 soaked and large crevices are expected to open at any moment the prospects are exceedingly gloomy for arkansas aid louisiana and by no means bright for mississippi the prediction is made that the water will continue to rise until the last ilist CALABASAS arizona 27 thirty indians raided near here yesterday and killed one mexican and wounded another A posse of citizens started in par pursuit sait but when a mile from town were attacked and driven back san francisco 27 97 A tucson arizona dispatch says the citizen this evening publishes the following telegram from W B groseclose agent of wells fargo co at nogales about forty apaches passed up the santa cruz v valley alley this morning early killing several mexicans and americans they passed Cala bassas about 7 this morning in answer to a callior call for help forty v volunteers iun well armed left here at 8 on a special train for Ca calabash calabasas Cala labasa basas scouting parties were organ zed and the hostiles ho stiles were discovered in camp amp about two miles north of cala basas A second train of volunteers left at ten and word was i shortly fe received that the hostiles ho stiles were being corralled and would be held for the arrival of the troops at noon a detachment of the tenth cavalry canair under captain lebo passed here for ze the seen scene of action A company of cavalry also passed crittenden about 11 headed for calabasas Cala basas A third train has left here with supplies there has been intense excitement in town all day and business is practically suspended guaymas Gua mexico 27 A telegram received here today to day announces the reappearance of the apaches under geronimo near calabasas Cala basas arizona tent ten persons dersons are reported killed on the ranches near the latter place dispatches to governor torres state that av over thirty persons were killed on the ranches near casita the troops will go forward by rail tomorrow to ta morrow NEW YORK 27 the chamber of commerce held a special meeting this afternoon to take action on the fabor tabor question in its relation to strikes A large number of business men were in attendance resolutions were presented declaring that the minor differences between employers and employed emp loyes should be settled by mutual consent with the intervention tion of 0 third parties and that important im octant differences affecting the public interest or conveniences ought to be settled by arbitration that ques eions as to the rates of wages hours of labor and the kind of service to be rendered are proper subjects of arbitration that the chamber fully recognizes the right of all classes of citizens to unite in trade or labor associations and to use all moral and legal means in furthering their interests that any employed leaving his bis business and going 1 on a strike vacates his bis place ab absolutely so I 1 ute that any man resorting to violence to prevent another man working should be visited with the full penalty of the law and that every association which endeavors by intimidation to abridge the li bertyl of choice or of action of those who are not its members deserves thel severest censure of every american citizen these resolutions were discussed at great length nearly all those present making strong speeches in favor of their adoption A resolution presented by gustav schwab calling upon the citizens ot of america to support the guardians of the law in maintaining peace and order was added to the list of resolutions presented the entire list of resolutions was then adopted by the board with much enthusiasm springfield mo 27 george graham the wife murderer was hanged banged by a mob at this morning he made no entreaties for mercy but went to his death stoically band and died apparently without a struggle 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