Show fill 111IOIt THOUIHJS Sial r the South istro it Sheik lIMsl > lirc IliTIilllllcs Ulll to Out ST Louis April 3Olt is I gen lIllly expected ex-pected hero that Iho offer made bj tho Citizens Citi-zens Commitleo to time General ExecutIve Board of the Knights of Labor to attempt to secure time reinstatement of strikers upon the railway will bo accepted and that limo strike will bo declared off in It few daR The General Hoard met in executive session yesterday nnd in tho afternoon were in communication with the Citizens Committee Commit-tee Their willingness to end tho strike provided nssurnnco could bo lion Hint the agreement ofM between the railroad and its employes would bo observed was ex Srcssod by both the General Board nnd lbs J oint Incentive Committee Time proposition proposi-tion mnde by tine Citizens was discussed until nn early hour this morning and nu answer to it will bo returned today CABINET MAKLOS AND CAHrnXTEHs 8TUIKL PiTTSiiumi April 301 general strike of cabinet mnkors for nn ndvnnco of tvveuly for I cent 111 w ages nnd n reduction of wotk mg hours from ten to eight hours has been ordered for tomorrow bj the Allegheny County Union which embraces uOO in nnm ber III I two cities Iho manufacturers lire nninimous < iu their refusal to grant the increase in-crease aud prefer to close their factories Time caineuters ofo Allegheny county will strike on Monday i for nine hours as n dnya work mid len per cent ndvnnco in wages At the meeting last night It was announced lhat tho master carpenters had rejected the offer and it WaS decided to call out the carpenters car-penters iu tho county on MonJaj HV B HUNDRED OUT IN CHICAGO Cmcioo April 30110 hundred workman work-man of Clark Brothers furnIture manufactory manufac-tory stopped work this morning on receiving receiv-ing the refusal of the Onto to pay the old wages for eight hours work A general demand will bo rondo on tine largo meat packing > houses employing thirty to forty thousand people this afternoon for eight hours As one of tho largest houses has already acceded tho demand it is thought the others will follow THOUDLE FEARED IN CHICAGO The freight handlers of tho Chicago A Vlton road made a demand for the eight hour rule this morning Iho men are at work at all tho roads waiting for replies Orders will bo issued to hold all tko reseno police la the stations tomorrow eon precautionary precau-tionary measure I THIS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE IN bLSSION ST Louts April 3O1he Congressional Labor Investigation Committee today began i th III 5 gl gan an executive session which lasted the greater part of the morning Immediately iII i clfo upon ndjourning Chairman I Curtin handed n list of names of tIne most prominent men in St Louis to Sergennt nt nrms Combs nnd requested him to secure their attendance nt the meeting to bo hold this afternoon when the Inking of testimony begins |