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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 13 Jun 1894, p. 2

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1 "TfpN Pfifm SENATE AND SE ILLINOIS. BA1T0N DEAD AGAIN. D THIS TIME IN APPROVED BORDER FASNiqilL ' - • ' i * Craeltv of the Chadron Cowboy BMM-Shurott, the MlMtaWE CM««o ,fmwuw. Fowad at Lwt-OlfUi Milm » Hit tan Cuef1! Army. INI? f < "t >• > - For the S*teenth Tim*. ; ARDMOKE, I. T., Romance: Bill D«l- y"m, the noted outlaw and leader of the Longv.ew bank rob* era. lies dead, pierce 1 throu?h by a Winchester bul­ let. One of his pals visited Ardmore On Friday, and by incautious talk •roused the suspicions of the Deputy Marshals, wh > organized and sur­ rounded the rcbb?rs near a little town named Elk, about twenty mi'os distant, in a hou-e. While the men were taking position Ialton was seen to ec me out, look around, and imme­ diately return. Then, pistol in hand, JM jumped through a window on the north ani started to r n east. Glo^s Bart, cn» of the deputies, was less thai thirty yards from tie hoose- and called on * him to halt Dalton turned arcs*J e«»d tried to take aim whfe rteHsfsgj; Just then the officer shot, P&ltaa fell and ex- fared withosst a word. The house was searched, and orer 1,V letters besides numerous rolls of crisp bank bills, found. The rcerwssei rrotei him to be the 'ead?r of the Loaurview bank "robbers. Ei> wife who is In Ardm re. telegraphed retakes tbat her hus- tatti was dead. : i W. A. SntSKorr, the ex-GrtkfW Sec­ retary aad Treasurer of the Switch* i"» Mutual Aid Association, who iy disappeared from C$U- "*eeks*afo. when on nis tfce dep« to take a train ImL. to attend a ef the association, is "sobe ic^-ap* at the Washington HOB*?. HE is NO: -AGISTFRED ttMr. Sim-rent, m a i>s b?ing used when he was admitted, but h? has been an inisat.? of the city's home for inebriates for several days. He was found in B stop, his mind* imba aiced bydriok, * . jp* Cowboys Rill Warden VMb B«ria^ REPORTS frooa Chadron are silent as to the actual outcome of the cowboy race, but it is known that it resulted in the killing of four cut of nine horses Mid within »n hour nil who hid of the poisonous root were di glck. Physicians were catted Tarrytown, but their efforts were of no avail. THE immense plant of the National Tube Works at McKeesport, Pa., six­ teen miles from Pittsburg, on the Mo- nongahela River, was in the possession of a mob of 6,000 strikers Tuesday, who declared their intention to battle with new workmen and offi­ cers. The city at night was in a state of insurrection, and anarchy was rampant on every street. The bloody scenes of Homestead, on the other side of the river, were enacted and in all probability they will be repeated. The men are just as determined as those who held the Carnegie mills against the invasion of the Pinkertons, and will fight against aay and everything. All efforts on the part of the Mayor and police officials to disperse the strikers resulted in failure. The com­ pany has, apparently, thr )wn all re­ sponsibility on the city officials and sheriff • of Allegheny county. The trouble is the result of a strike that occurred at the mills, May 14, against aJL3$er cjgnt^red ution inwages. . , . <-;*/«•: ~wgfcTBRw» „;4 A PORTLAND, Ore., dispatch says nearly complete returp§;irom sixteen counties out of thirty-two give Lord ! Rep.), for Governor , 19,357; Galloway, (Dem,\ ti,949; Pierce (Pop.), 11,447. Lord's plurality, 7,M i Loras plural­ ity will not fall far below 15,000, the largest plurality ever given m Oregon, WHAT few good apples there are in Chicago are held at S50 a barrel, a | price high beyond all precedent. As there are 400 apples in a barrel; this makes t e price 12$ cents each, one South Water street firm has all the Steele there is in the city and is hold­ ing the precious fruit until it will be practically worth its weight in gold. Pieraafcere have resorted to tin cans instead of wooden barrels as a source of supply, and there are other evi­ dences of'the increasing severity of the apple famine. THE miners of the Peoria (I1M dis- j trict on Wednesday destroyed the good record they had established l'pr them­ selves during the present strike by a crime which ha? startled m AJEW statement of the tlM TrMMtfy I* as follow*! <3old, #148,067,81% silver, «12,1B4,064; pa­ per. $106,081,172; bonds, minor coins, etc., S]6,8S9,320, against which there are demand liabilities aggregating 428,928, making the decrease in the available cash balance for the month $7,243,450. poLITICJ^ "Y""" OlW^t^Repub'icans claim"Ijiif elec­ tion of Lord, their canflf&ate for gov­ ernor, by from 5,000 to 10$fo0 plurality. The Legislature will be cTose. JOSEPH N. CARTER, Republican, was chosen to the Illinois Supreme bench, Monday, from the Fourth Judicial Dis­ trict, by a plurality upward of 4,000. In Oregon, Monday, the Republicans elected their entire ticket, from Gov­ ernor down, with the possible excep­ tion of Superintendent of Schools. The Legislature will be olose und the Popu­ lists may hold the balance of power in the Senate, though the Republicans claim they will have a majority inboth houses. FOREIGN, | . TH® shortage of Mariana Marenco, deposed manager of the Banco Pro­ vincial at Buenos Ay res, is estimated at over $200,010, COL) in currency. " TELE Chinese Emperor has ah effect­ ive method of stopping strikes. He recently promulgated a decree order­ ing the ringleaders to be strangled and the others banished. The strike col­ lapsed. LORD ROSEBERY'S bay colt Ladaa won the greatest running race in the world, the Epsom Derby. It was a grand content and was witnessed by the most enthusiastic crowd of English people that ever looked down upon starters. Ladas won in a canter by a lengtu and a half in 2:-151-5. Six lengths separated the second horse (Matchbox) from the third (Remind­ er. Hornbeam was fourth. A scene of indescribable enthusiasm fol­ lowed Ladas' victory.- The future which Lord Kosebery mapped out for him. elf when at college has been fulfilled. He married the richest girl in England, Mfiss HStinah de llotfiscjtiild; he bccamo Prime Minister 1 : •v* One of ti whib valued at ktlred. Feeling runs high among the citizens of "'the vicinity of Chadron, Mid the firiil result cannot be conject­ ured, but one thing is certain, that a be put to such contests* 5 the entire jemmunity. of ab^ut 300 armed miners at­ tacked Little's mine at Wesley City, a short distance below Peoria on the Tazewell County side of the river, drove out the men. killed an inno­ cent spectator, seve ely wounded several others, burned the mine building, and then blew up the blazing ruins wtih dynamite. It is telieved that several "of the strikers were either killed or fatally wounded, but the strikers carried their men off A mob ' °( England $nd won the_ Defrby with that entered and ruining the other •atato.liartk. traiiedv has been ^r,NEWS^UGGET8. life ••Sfev. i "f/H, , 0f !"*r fcfe. THE President has signed the New York and New Jersey bridge bilL THE Costa Rican Congress has levied an export tax of 4 shillings per quintal on coffee, ALLEN STANTON, aged 87 years, and a eousin of the late Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War under President Lin- eoio, died in St. Louis. Two UNKNOWN men were drowned near Kingston, Ont. They were in the forecastle of the steamer Ocean when she collided with a coal barge and sank. MINNEAPOLIS capitalists have just let contracts for the building of $2,000,- 000 worth of canals and ditches in Ari- BOna. It is thought 400,000 acres can be reclaimed. NEABLY (900,000 has been paid to Cherokee Indians at Tahlequah, L T~ on their land sales. The crowd is lacres^ing, and seve al lively capital­ ist* Ssare started an itine ant broke r- atge rm-inem. Z»WI* C. GBOBGK, who says he is . President of the New York Canning acd Manufacturing Company, of San Diego, Ca'., is under arrest at St. I*oui«. suspected of being a smooth ^^ioinfidence man. :% OVER 20,000,000 feet of logs are lying • loii the beach near Ashland, Wis. This fact was brought out by the suit brought by Brigham & Mussell against a^Hie C. C. Thompson Lumber Company «i a logging contract. -INCENDIARISM and murder are charged against Marshal Boyer and ^William Black, of Urbana, Ohio. It is clmrged that they burned a saloon bduding for the insurance, and that Willidm Sims crushed glass. Simr&ied last September under suspi- olous circumstances, and an autopsy showed the preseaotfdf glass particles . in his stomach. COMMONWEALERS in camp at Cairo, HI., had< a romantic diversion Thurs- <i*y in the way of a marriage in their midst. Tom Sutcliffe, of San Fran- eisco, married Annie Hooten, of Coun- jifliL'Mttiffs. The ce emony was per- formed with a woodpile for an alt ir . and a tatterdemalion as best man. The Wide appropriately fainted just after ,$Jie knot was tied. , KANSAS Republicrn nominations: For Governor, E. N. Morrill; for Lieu­ tenant, Governor, Jame-s A. Troutman; •';FT»r- Associate Justice Supreme Court, "W. A. Johnson; for Secretary of State, W. C. Edwards: for Auditor, George £» Cole; for Treasurer, Otis L. Ather- tOn: for Attorney General, F. B. Dawes; K foir Superintendent Public Instruction, R Stanley; for Congres^man-at-large, B. W. Blue. »* iiOmo Prohibitionists have put the following ticket in the field: Secretary Mark G. MCGSSUD, of Kent} Judge of Supreme Court, J. W. Rose- •o.rough, Elmira; State School Com- lflt!S?oner' Pi*ofeSSW Fi V. Irish, Co- Board of Public % ;* orks. H, T. Earles, Irqnton, V - GEORGE OHTEYER, Chairman of the "'Executive Committee of the California i = ^Anti-Deb^^Atsocftttiom^^erta that ^ reduc'ed the nav- IIAGAAILITY of the haci amrnto and Feath- .•* %'ip 9l*prR^t, least oqe-bali during #ow>-wa*er season.. it "» 4 f . . . At Tarrytown, N. Y., as a result ot ^ J^tiflg >» poisonous vegetable, ^rhich ;< *hey had mistaken for flagrooti five ,/little inmates of the Sisters of Mercy •*.;:"."--':.--.-jHome died in great agony. The dead i ;*/jire: James iorrestal, aged 10 years; " • Sohri Callahan, aged 10 years; Thomas •;gas-.mtwe, «ged 10 years; Augustus aged 12 years; John Donnelly, seven other of the in­ ly ill. The home is Mmsted 1m. Wilson Park, on the hill ^ " There are about culminated in the tragedy has been anticipated for a long time, and the proprietors of the mine charge Sheriff Herman Frederick, of Ta ewell Coun­ ty. with being responsible for it and will endeavor to make Tazewell County pay the damages. " A TELEPHONE message to Indianap­ olis, Ind., J^Iquday night from Shel- burn said tne troops were fired on by strikers under cover of the night. Communication is bai and it could only be learned that four of the strikers were killed in a return volley. Brigadier General McKee sent a call for the second Catling gun, the first being at Cannelburg. Shortly after midnight a special train was secured, and the rest of the Indiana light artil­ lery under command of Capt. Curtis, Speaker of the last House, was started over the Vandalia via Terre Haute for the scene of the outbreak. ' his bay colt Lad.19, the . el $hg Two Thousand'Gotneas stakes May w, and the winner of the Newmarket stakes May 23. The length of the course is about 1* miles. The Dterby, the greatest Of all horse-races, is for $30,Ot'0, the winner to receive $25,000, the nominator of the winner $2,500, the owner of the second $1,500, and the owner of the third $1,000. The event is for 3-yearrolds, colts to carry 9 stone and fillies 8 stone 9 pounds. Entrance fee is $25. IN OSNBRAX* ' ~~~~ V " THE steamship Texas, 3,000 tons burden, with a general cargo and a deckload of cattle, was wrecked off Trepassey, N. F. She was bound from Montreal for Bristol. CAPT. ADOLPH FRIETSCH, of Mil­ waukee, who proposes to cross the At­ lantic in a ten-ton schooner, has ar­ rived at Buffalo with his little craft, the .Nina. He expects to make the voyage from New York to Stockholm in forty days. Captain Freitsch will attempt the trip without a companion. THE Hamburg-American steamship Normannia held the record for the fastest passage from Southampton by the long, or southern, route nearly twenty-four hours. At 8:46 Friday night the American line steamship Rush dispatches from the Governor j Paris arrived at the bar and took away were sent to seven different military companies to prepare to march at any hour on Tuesday. There was much ex­ citement at the State House and the Governor was up all night. There were eight companies at Elburn, count­ ing the two that came up from Can- nelburg. This would give McKee about *00 men. Opposed to them were nearly 2,001) desperate strikers. A messenger from Shelburn said the strikers fired anvils all afternoon to attract the men from the hills for miles around, but it was not thought any such thing as an attack on the militia was contemplated. if VI SOUTHERN. IN an accident on the Atlanta, G&., traction street car line one motorman waa killed and another mortally woundedL Eight passengers were hurt,*' IN anticipation of trouble in the mining region of Western Maryland the Governor has ordered the Fifth Regimental*) immediately proceed to Cumberland. FRANK BULLARD, a ..negro, was lynched at Jackson, Tenn. He at­ tempted to murder Miss Thomas, a white girl, and her life was saved by Bullard's brother. JOHN STANLEY and Clarence Cox surrendered themselves to Sheriff Fox at Knoxville, Tenn. They are charged with killing Henry Snodderly, 90 years of age, and his wife. JUDGE BARR, in the United States Circuit Court at Owensboro, Ky., de­ cided that the separate coach law is an interference with interstate commerce And is therefore unconstitutional. ADVICES from Tuxpan. Mex., state that a terrific windstorm has passed over the village of Yahualica. about seventy miles in the interior, destroy­ ing a number of store-buildings aad dwellings and killing' ten persons and wounding fifteen others. WASHINGTON,, the Normaunia's prize. The Nor­ mannia made 3,103 miles in 6 days 12 hours and 41 minutes. The Paris made 3,119 miles in 6 days 11 hours and 33 minutes. ! THE clubs of the National and "West­ ern Leagues stand as follows la' the championship race: aj a Per .,v, L. c«at. W, u . l 'tNewYortts.H 12 JM~ St. Jj<rals. ..18 13 .K8& Cincinnati. 11 It JMI Loaiftvitlea 10 14 .63'3'Chioa.aos... 10 15 .MilWMbiU^t'QlO WHSTBBN LEAGUE UAMKS. _ Per W. L. cent. W. Bionx City, a « .7,-j Grd RapldaH Kansas C'v31 l: ^tS'Milwa'keeelO Wmne'p'll a'D) 13 jt'iSiIndlaa'p'lsLS Toledo*.. ...13 14 .»75 Detrolts... 7 Baltimore. :n Pittsbnrn.M Clevelsnde.-.l Pliil&delD'a vl Boston* W Bri>oKiyaa..l'» Per Ii. oent. l<t 1» •A 34 » 97 .486 .364 ,W4 .270 Pet L. cent. 9U .474 15 . .100 33 .901 37 .103 "EASTERN. I Why do not the^e two citizens display l^stubbornhess andltnore common sense 'f--Chicago Record. i ' CAUSE OF THE STEIKE : :---; • *• °^MTon8»^VA" FIM Desire of the United Mine-Workers Of America to Enforce General Instead of Loral or iMstrlct Settlements Frwlpl- tated the Trouble. Powers, ^ I ehUdren la home. The boys SBCRBTAKY CARLISLE says therob- ject of another bo id issue has not been mentioned in the Cabinet and declare* that he has had no'conference wiih the "resident regarding it. REPRESENTATIVB HOUK, of Ten­ nessee, has introduced a bill in Con­ gress to reimburse the soldiers of the rebellion or their heirs for the aver­ age annual difference between gold and the value of the paper currency in which they were paid. A BILL to increase the pensions of Burvlvors and widows of tho Mexican and Indian wars from $3 to $12 a month hasbetn agreed upon by the House Committee on Pensions. Commission­ er Loch re n estimates that the addi­ tional appropriation necessary to meet thiB increase will not exceed $1,300,000 a year. He shows that If 625 surviv­ ors of the Mexican war are borne on the rolls in addition to 1,611 widows, making in all 21,236. The Indian war pensioners number 6,170. THE monthly debt statement shows a net cash balance in the Treasury of $117,854,335, of which 878,693,267 is gold reserve. It also shows that the interest-bearing debt May 31 was $635, 041.840, an increase of only $460. The debt on which interest has ceased since maturity was 11,858,390. a do- of !3,o4Qi The non-Interest R. G. DUN & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: li Is a sign of cheering import that In finished business, represented bjr clearings and railway tonnage, there has been lesa decrease since the strike began than might have been ezpectod. Bat In Inchoate busi­ ness, the orders which start the wheels, to result In tonnage and payment weeks or months later, there seems to be an actual decrease, Meanwhile the consequent in­ terruption of traffic and industry increases. The stoppage of iron furnaces Detween the Alleghany Mountains and the Mississippi Klver has become complete, and a great number of concerns manufacturing iron, and others requiring soft coal or coke for fuel, have been forced to stop. Business cannot increase in volume under such cir­ cumstances, and yet payments through all clearing houses for tlid week show a de­ crease of only 20.8 per cent, compared with last yean MARKET BBPOAT8. CHICAGO, uATTLB--Common to Prime,... IUSO 0((O Hons--Shipping Grades 4 €k» @ 5 00 BHEEP--a air to Choice 8 oo @ * to WHEAT--NO. uBed 57 @ K CORN--No. 2 89 « 40 OATS--No. 2 B9 @ 40 liYE--No. 2 *9 # CO BUTTER--Choice Creamery.. «„16 & 17 EGGS--Fresh 10 & »H POTATOES--Per bu .. DO INDIANiPOUl CATTLE-- S h i p p i n g . . . . . . . . . S C O @ • 8 0 Hons--Choice Llntat 4,.. 4 oo & 6 00 SHEKP--Common to Prlsie...t." 100 @ 4 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red •& #15* CORK--No.2 White, '40 @ *1 OATS-NO. a White . 88 & ' M j sr. - CATTLE ,,,f. « o o @ 4 » »foo8. % 00 @ 4 IS WHEAT--Na IJBed sa & »H COBN--Ka 2. .t 87 & 88 Oai&t-NO i 40 A 41 " cfcciNXAifc' 44 # 10 CATTLK t 80 # 4 SO HOOK , .-,. 4 00 ^ 6 00 SHEEP t*.i * oo «*4 60 WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed 63 (A tVH CORN--No. 2 Mixed 42 ® 42H Oato^No. 2 Mixed- 42)4® 48V BYE--No.a to <0 M DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS. KHEEP WHEAT--No. 1 White CoitN--No. a Yellow...., OATS--No. 2 Mixed TOLKDO.I WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBH--No. 2 Yellow.... OATS--N«r."2 Mixed Rrt--No. 2 . . . . . : BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. l White No i Red COBS--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 Mixert 4S # 4»H _ MIUWAUKK*. _ WHBAT--No. 'i Sprlag.....#5 # #4 CORN--No. 3 * 40- ® «0)( OATS--No. 3 White .i....... *1 <3 42 BARLBT--No. 2 63 ® 54 UYK--No.l «... 49 ©» 81 POBK--Mess It "• «12 as KBW YOBK. CATTLE » oo O B oo Hoos » 7# SHEEP... 8 00 im WHEAT--No. a Bed....... ei <9 «t COBN--No. 2., 44 @ 4» OATS--No. a White.............. . 47 «» «• 14 • JM *•' I® I* 04 80 & 8 00 & 4 00 A MonientOM Contest. The great bituminous coal strike has reached the eighth week of its exist­ ence, It is the most momentous con­ test ever fought in this country be­ tween the forces of labor and capital. Fully 175,000 miners are affected, and these are scattered over the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania. West Vir­ ginia, Ohio. Indiana, Tennessee, Ken­ tucky, Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Mis­ souri, Kansas. Colorado, Arkansas, and Indian Territory and New Mexico. The strike has now reached the stage where vast business interests are crip­ pled. * The service of many railroads is paralyzed, the wheels of many mills are motionless: ships tug idly at tfteir ftao&orsj^up»t>lei for of coal to coptinue^thelf voyages, attd in seme cities the supply of water and electric light is shut off. In Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama and Pennsylvania bloodshed has been rife and violence still impends: the militia of five States are in service, and in others are held in readiness to suppress riot and pro­ tect life; fatalities, unfortunately, have been numerous, especially in the coke regions of Pennsylvania, and only a pretext is awaited in ether States to precipitate more violence and blood­ shed. Among the miners and thoze depend­ ent on them there is much suffering, thousands being on the verge of star­ vation. Especially is this so in Ala­ bama where the workers were in no tit condition .to strike and where soup houses at the present time are a neces­ sity. Miserable Condition of the Miners. The cause of the strike which has resulted in such widespread stagnation of business is twofold. The tirst, of course, is the low wage* paid in the bi­ tuminous coal tields. No other class of workers than the bituminous coal min­ ers have been 60 harshly treated, so cruelly imposed upon, so wronged, 6o miserable. As a rule the cost of min­ ing bituminous coal is frrm til to 66 cents a ton, of which the miner re* ceived from 40 to 45 cents. Out of this miserable sum he must pay a helper and he is "docked" for slate and dust, the latter being deducted trom the weight. His loss of wage on the latter account depends on the honesty of his employ­ er, cr rather of his employer's sup^r- intsndent. At the ordinary mine great injustice and wrong are complained of on this account. The miner also usu­ ally rents his cottage, or hut, from the mine-owner, usually a corporation, and the rent is often exorbitant. The com­ pany also sharpens his tools for him at a generous price and sells him his fo<xl, clothes and blasting pawder, charging on the average &> per cent, more than the prices charged at t|xe neighborhood stores kept by private persons. In this way the company fre­ quently receives back or hold < back on the store and rent accounts of its men nearly all the wages that have been earned during the month. Starvation Wage*. The average daily earning of a miner is less than 80 cents, and to add to his burdens and the hardships of his lot his employment is irregular. Scant as the miners' wage has been, serious re­ ductions have been made since the end of last summer. First there was a cut of 5 cents a ton, and then in some mines of 10 cents. What this means may be judged from the fact that in the Pocahontas region of West Virginia the men were receiving only 37 cents a ton in 1890. Assuming thai the aver­ age pay was 45 cents a ton, the last cut brought it down to 36 cents. This means earnings of about 70 cents a day, which, with irregular employ- mant, ' dockage," and the inordinate >rices charged by the company stores jrought the miners' wages to the star­ vation point. While this cut in wages was in effect in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, cen­ tral and southern Illinois and parts of Kentucky and Tennessee reductions in other fields were threatened so as to make wages correspond. Another Cause of the Strike. The second cause of the strike was the desire of the United Mine Workers of America to enfore general instead of local or district settlement*. A general settlement would mean pro­ tection to the miners, to the opera­ tors and the public during the time covered by the settlement. Local or district- settlements were a sourej of considerable annoyance and less to both operators and miners, for, while some operators and miners were bjund by agreement, others were not BO bound, and thus a guerrilla warfare was waged on the trade. This is well il­ lustrated in the operations of the last few years. In 1886, under tho old ar­ rangement, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, part of Weit Virginia and Northern Illinois were recognized as a com] etition district, and this f eld was covered by a settlement at the time. < The next year the Northern Illinois operators withdrew from the interstate convention, assigning as a reason for their action their ina­ bility to pay the price agreed upon by the operators and miners jointly In the interstate conference, because of the low prices prevailing in Cantral and Southern Illinois, which were not a part of the convention and were not bound in its agreements. In 1889 the Indiana operators withdrew from the interstate movement, assigning as a reason their inability to maintain prices because of the low prices pre­ vailing in Illinois. That practically ended the interstate arrangement. In 1SS0 ud 1681 Ohio end Fennsylveni* were together, but tn 18% they separa­ ted. The present aim of the miners is, thus, to enforce an increase i>f wages and to effect a general agreement among all the operators who csmrete ill the same markets. The object is one that necessarily commends itself and ore, too, wh.ch the bulk of the operators regard as just and desirable. But there are operators who refuse to bind themselves and these have been the cause of the failure of tho conven­ tion held in Cleveland between the miners and the well-dispoied opera- tow. The present condition of affairs in some ot the mining regions is critical in the extreme. Armed deputies and armed miners are confronting one another, and With the memories of past scenes of blocdshed between them, but little is wanting to precipitate other battles, more bloody and fatal than any which have preceded the n. Suffering and want have made the miners des­ perate, and unless the difficulty is set­ tled within a short time both sfdes will perhaps have grave reasons for regret. The summary of the press dispatches which we have given Jrom week to week, furn;sh a fairly complete view of the eituath n. ; r. i;:';';-, MOBS IJf fONTROJ* ThaM«Att of Hen Break Into th¥ ^e- Keesport, Pa., Tabe Works Plant. Never has McKeesport, Pa., wit­ nessed such scenes of defiance of law and the inability of the authorities to cope with the law-breakers to the ex­ tent of repres-ing lawlessness as were enacted Tuesday and Tuesday night. At midnight the strikers were practi­ cally in command of the situation. A dispatch says: The trouble grows out of the strike at the National Tube Works and the strikers have since nightfall outwitted the police, broken into the millyards, and are making systematic tours of the wcrks and their surroundings, of which they Aow have full control. The plant resumed in two departments Tuesday and about twenty-five man went to work. The news quickly spread and by noon a mob of nearly 10;00o had assembled at the gates awaiting the appearance of the workmen. Most of the men remained inside, but a few attempted to go to their homes and were caught by the mob and terribly beaten. They were finally rescued, however, by the police and taken back into the inclcsure. The mob then dispersed in i art, but toward evening reassembled, and by ti o'clock probably 5,00Cr men were massed in front of the entrance on Fourth ave­ nue and it was said fully three-fourths of the number were foreigners. They were disappointed. At 6 o'clock the day turn did not come out and the night turn did not go in. There was a great load of provisions taken into the mill by the company. The mob surged around the entrance until 7 o'clock in the evening, when a rush was made and they broke into the yards. The men inside were panic- stricken, and it was every man for him­ self. Hundreds of the mob were equip­ ped with clubs or weapons of some de­ scription, and they began a wild chase and pursuit of the workmen inside. Several welders* took to the river and made their escape t3 Mifflin township, pursued by crowds of strikers, and finally were chased off into the dark­ ness toward Duquesne. The strikers were in complete possession of the place. They ranged over the grounds, and finally routed ten hidden work­ men. The pcor fellows made a dash for freedom, but were cut off and sur­ rounded. With no compunction the mob set upon these men in swarms and beat them shockingly. In the crush to get at the prostrate men one fellow was badly stabbed. It was the Homo- stead fight over again, with variations. UNDER THE MUZZLES OF SIFLB8. Miners at Clerk's station Stop » Train While 1he Soldiers Look On. Washington,. Ind.-rAt dusk this evening freight No. 9.', consisting ot cars loaded with coal, was held up at Clark's Station under the very muzzles of the rifles of two companies of militia and a Gatling gun, and the miners re­ fused to allow the train to proceed. The troops could do nothing, because no official was present to give them au­ thority. The miners knew this and were very obstinate. Deputy Sheriff Ray Hill was dispatched to the scene. Terre Haute, Ind.--The strikers at Shelburn have burned five cars of coal captured from the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad freight train and also burned the cars. The militia came up to the burning cars on their march to Alum Cave. The troops completely surrounded the mining town of Alum Cave this afternoon, but found it practically deserted. Many arrests of, leaders were made. A detachment of the troops is guard­ ing the bridges to-night, as there are fears that they may be fired by the strikers. • ctat ohsbge. to plaoe all sngarson the fee* list the Democratic line was drawn, Mr, BQ1 voting in favor of it and Mr. Irby being paired the same way. But the Re­ publicans were unable to hold tSMtt own forces intact, Messrs. Manderoon and Perkins ̂ voting against tike amendment and Mr. Quay being paired against it, while Mr. Sherman, wno was present, did not voter at all. Only one of the Populists, Mr. Peffer, voted for free sugar. Messrs. Kyle and Allen in the final issue joined with the majority against it. If all the Republicans, with the three Populists and the two disaffected Democrats, had joined hands sugar, raw and refined, would have gone on the free list. On all the other amendrcets offered by the Republicans the majority against t)iem ranged from three to ten. A Washington correspondent says that the adoption of the sugar schedule practically insures the passage of the bill at an early date, although it is in­ timated that the Republicans will make a final stand on this schedule when the bill is reported and considered in the Senate. As adopted, the eohedule imposes a duty of 4t> per cent, ad valorem on all sugars raw and refined, with a differ­ ential of one-eighth of a cent a pound on sugars above 16 Dutch standard and an additional one-tenth of a cent against sugars imported from coun­ tries paying an export bounty. It con­ tinues the Hawaiian treaty admitting sugars from the Sandwich islands free o: duty, and places a duty of 2 cents a gallon on molasses testing above 40 de­ grees by the polariscope. The schedule goes into effect Jan. 1, 1895, and the bounty is continued up to that date. Compromise Amendment Passed. Mr. Jones offered the "compromise" amendment fixing the duty on raw and rofined sugar at 40 per cent, ad valo­ rem, with a differential c f one-eighth of 1 cent on sugars a])ove> 16 Djitch standard and ah additional one-tenth on fcugars imported from countries giv­ ing an expert bounty, continuing the Hawaiian treaty in force and imposing a duty of 2 cents a gallon on molasses. Zt was carried, 35--27, THe vote in de* tail was as follows: Allen, Blackburn, Blanohaxd, Butler, Caffery, Camden, CockreLL Coke, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gordon, TBA& Gray, Harris, Hunton, Jones (Art), Kyle, Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Pnuli, ^ v Quay, • vv . .y Ransom, Boaoh, Smith, ,' . xurpie, --t Vest, Vilas, Mitchell (Wls.),V oorhee%' Aldrioh, Allison, Cameron, Carey, Chandler, Cuilom. Davie, ~ Dolph, Dubois. Walsh, White-apt-.' i- • Manderson, Mitchell (Ore.), Peffer, Bower, , > Shoup, * Teller, Washburn--97. Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, NATS. Frye, Gall lager. Hale, Hawley, fiSf"' Hoar, Lodge, McMillan, Pairs--Bate for. with Proctor against! Barry for, with Wilson against; Brlc® for, with Wolcott aguinst; Call (or. with Mor­ rill against; Daniel for, with Squire against; Gorman for, with Jones, of Neva­ da; McPherson for, with Irby; Jarvis for, with Bherman; McLaurin for, with Dixon; Palmer for, with Hansbrough. Stewart was absent and not paired. Perkins was present, but is not record­ ed a J either voting or paired. The Jones amendments inert asing the duty on sugar candy from 20 to 35 per cent., and making the duty on saccharine 2j per cent., were agreed to. This com­ pleted the sugar schedule and the Sen­ ate went into executive session. • • • - CT'B--;11; MOVING ON BULL Armed Deputies Advance on the Cripple Creek Strikers. Every hour adds to the gravity of the situation at Cripple Creek, and, a dispatch ea^s, a terrible conflict is .im­ pending. Unier Sheriff Mullins and County Commissioner Boynton are in charge of the army of 1,20J deputies camped within sight of Bull Hill. Mullins declares it is their intention to storm Bull Hill regaidless of conse­ quences. Commieioner Boynton is even maie emphatic. He declares that Gov. Waite nor any other man had no right to arbitrate out \>f the law. There were men on Bull Hill guilty of grave crimes for whose arrest tney had warrants. These men would be arrested at all hazards. He allowed that in doing this many lives would be placed in jeopardy. Nevertheless, the county had gone to great expense Jn massing a great force to vindicate ihe law, and this is not the time for hesitation. This declaration is called out by the fact that Governor Waite has instruct­ ed General Brooks to use the troops to prevent wholesale arrests of strikers. He says that Sheriff Bowers may pass through the lines to serve papers, but can not take a posse with him. The situation is extremely critical. ONASIbUft • strikers Make Demunstnition In tirter- Tlile--'Troops Called. Springfield, III -- The situation in Williamson County with rioting coal miners was such that Gov. Aitgeld wired Col. Kel y M. Smith, commander of the Fourth infantry at Greenup, to at once f-end companies C of Carbon- dale, Dof Belleville, and M of Marion to Carterville and report for duty to Sheriff Dowell. Ordnance and sup­ plies from here were sent by special train for Ca-terviilo. The order for placing troops was done in response to telegrams from bheriff Dowell, who wired that regular trains were being fired into: that great danger was immi­ nent, and that nothing but the State troops would stop bloodshed. KLKIN FARMEF, 1149 Park avenge, New York City, retired from business, has dropped $l-?,000 to two clever swin­ dlers, "Dudley & Spaukiing,"on mining stock bunco scheme. The police of New York and Chicago are at work on the ease. THE DUBTIQ Jb & Wisconsin Bridge Company was < rganized at Dubuque, Iowa. The object is to construct a high bridge from ' Wteooauji shore. r\>f Brisk Skirmish at Shelburn. A special from Shelburn, Ind., says: "About 1 o clock this moaning several drunken men approached the picket line around the ninety militiamen sta­ tioned at Farmersburg and taunted the guards. One man attempted to pass Through the line ar.d was brought to a halt. The intruder hurled a brick at the guard and the latter opened fire. This was the signal for a general fu­ sillade of stones and firing by the ?guards. Forty or fifty shots were fired n quick succession. Colonel Ebel, of Terre Haute, in command of the three companies, called to arms all his men, but they were unable to run down the attacking party, not one feeing found. Tne firing caused great excitement. A general alarm was sounded, and Companies D of Washington, A of In­ dianapolis, and tho Second Regiment of Independence, under CoL Rose, were ordered to Farme I sburg on the double* quick.- • • ; • " THE St. Louis carpenters have won their strike. SIXTKEN new cases of small-pox were reported in New York in two days. DR. HENRY VAN AERNUM, pension commissioner under Gen. Grant, died at Franklinviile, N. Y. * THE remains of Ferdinand Loucks, a laborer, were found near Adrian, Mich. He had apparently been murdered. THE Brooks Locomotive Works of Dunkirk, N. Y., will make sixty loco­ motives for a Brazilian railway. MARS AN & BROSSEAU, hay shippers at Montreal, have suspended. Their liabilities will amount to over $100,000. MiiS. WILLIAM HALL was probably fatally injured at Akron, O., by a bolt of lightning. Her house was burned to the ground. GIUSEPPE DE FELICE, a member of the Italian Parliament, was sentenced to eighteen years' solitary confinement for having incited disturbances in Sicily. SADIE MEANS, a telephone operator, was expelled from the Presbyterian Church for working Sunday. The i Southern General Assembly has m t'Af"I, " . /..J v" V >, y/*'. /-I •# £,-»* •' . »,t. .t&£..r, ^.. *%?.... . I 'jC . I Ov Xattooal Law-Makers and WW They Are Dotaff for the Oood ot the Co--toy-- Various Measures Propoee*. MaMMedb- aMt Astert Up«*b Doings of CoogMMb ^rsM&utloD providing foir the pajrmea# ef tfceeipenaas of the bribery wd other lBTeetiffating committees out of the con- tlacent fund was adopted by the Senate Monday. A« 10:*0 the tariff Mil was taken up. the sugar schedule then pend - fag. The galleries of the House were- turasnally well filled, and on the floor was a goodly array of oc­ cupied desks daring tbe early part of the day. As the afternoon -wore on the at­ tendance thlttued out. and when the ad­ journment came there were not a half-hun- dred members on the floor. Two Senate bridge bills were passed, one to authorize 'the construction of a bridge across the Delaware River by the hwuflmh and New Jersey Railroad Ootapaay, aad the other extending the time for the construc­ tion ot a bridge across the 0» lumet River. The Bra winy State bank tax bill was dis­ cussed by Representatives Dalzell and Rayner for the o- position and by Repre­ sentatives Cobb and Oates in favor of It, and then the House agreed to a Senate joint resolution appropriating $10,000 to defray the expenses of the sugar Investi­ gating committee. Compromise amendments to the sugar schedule in the tariff bill were all adopted in the Senate Tuesday, insuring its pass­ age at an early data While in executive session the Senate, for the second time within three days, confirmed the nomina­ tion of Jerry Donahue to he postmaster at Decatur, 11L He was first con­ firmed on the 2d ̂ lnst., but at the instance ot Senator Cullom the matter was reopened, and, after some discussion of the merits ot the case be­ tween Senators Cullom and Palmer, the Senate decided to stand by its former ac­ tion and reconfirmed Mr. Donohna In the House a resolution was adopted to vote on the Brawley bill after the call ot the committees. Mr. Cox offered his' amendment providing for the total uncon­ ditional repeal of the tax on State ban lea Mr. Bryan said he w« uld propose a bill which would provide a ..irger circulation of paper money under the exclusive con­ trol ^f the Federal Government , • llefore entering upon tlie discussion of the tariff Wednesday the Senate pasted seven bills, one of them being a House bill and the others Senate bills. Mr. Black­ burn reported favorably a resolution from the committee on rules for the appoint­ ment of a special committee of five Sen-, ators on the existing public distress, tO> whom should be referred the petitions of Morrison I. Swift and others bearing upon this subject It was adopted without di­ vision. The Cox amendment for the total repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on State- banks was defeated in the House by 108 to 170l A viva voce vote on the Brawley bill was then taken and the bill defeated. Ma Turner, of Georgia, addressed the House In favor of repeal, and brief speeches, in opposition to the bill were m*de by Representative MeJkeljohn of Ne­ braska, Blncham of Pennsylvania, Rob­ inson of Pennsylvania, Cockran of New York, Hicks of Pennsylvania, and Quigg of New York. The House went into com­ mittee of the whole U consider the Indlau J appropriation bill, and a filibuster was siarted as a result of Mr. Holnian's request f: that the first reading of the bill be f dispensed with. Hay. of New York, ob- ; jectlng. A motion to adjourn was adopted, 104 to 08, and at 3:23 the House ad journed. The action of the Attorney General in claiming |15,000,OC0 from the estate of the late Leland Stanford occupied the atten­ tion of the Senate until the tariff bill was taken up. on Thursday. Mr. Hopkins' bill ^ for a new public building at Elgin. Ill, was reported to the House. The original bill carried an appropriation of $100,000, butthe , Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds cut down the amftunt to $75,000. With this amendment the measure was favorably re­ ported and was placed upon the calendar. The House Commitiee on Railways and Canals acreed to report the com­ promise bill drawn by Representative Byan. of New York, for the survey of a ship canal route from the Ohio River to Lake Erie The bill places the matter in the hands of a board of engineers to be appointed by the becreiary of War, who are to select the most practicable route and for which work $20,000 Is to he appro­ priated, Ihe Senate did nothing of Importance : grid ay. The tariff and the Stanford claim were tlie only matters discussed. The day's proceedings in the House were en­ livened by Mr. Walker's complaint, of the poor ventilation of the House and the in­ capacity of the architect of the Capitol, and by Mr. Weadock's replv to the attack of Mr. Linton on the Catholic church. The business transacted in the morning hour was lS the passage of a bill for the registry or en- " rollment of the bark Skudenaes and of a bill to define the present units of electrical measurements. The conference report On the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railway . brldae bill was adopted, and a resolution authorizing the Mary land State courts to occupy for five years the old United States courthouse in Baltimore was agreed ta At 4:60 o'clock the House took a recess until 8. The evening session was devoted to pension hilt - * ̂ JOHN BURNS. / The mcst conspicuous man among ^ the newer members of the Labor party in the British House of Commons is John Burns, write* Justin McCarthy, M. P. He hss about him the charm of a strong, self-reliant manhood--he is aDove all things a man. You can see this in his dark, soft, gleaming eyes. They are eyes which invite confidence. John Burns ia a working engineer who has led a toiler's life, afloat and ashore and under various conditions. He has worked along those mysterious African rivers which are associated in the minds of most of us with the explor- ings of Stanley and of Emin Pasha. He has worked in London sheds and yards. He is a fine and powerful speaker, and can control a vast meet­ ing of workingmen with irresistible force. He is a great democratic in­ fluence, and political parties and social organizations can hardly reckon with­ out him. He seldom speaks in the House of Commons, but when he does speak he speaks well and goes straight to the point. He never speaks but on some subject which he thoroughly un­ derstands and about which he has something important and direct to say. He has a fine and even thrilling voice, and one always feels that some day when his time comes and his own ques­ tion is uppermost he will make a great, speech. ^Scientific Orop*. IN Corea umbrellas are of oiled pam­ per, have no handles and are simply worn over the hat. THE eyeball of an owl is immovably fixed in its socket, hence the look of wisdom that that bird always appears to have. In the horse an eye in which white predominates indicates a vicious nature. AN important invention has been made in the adaptation of magnetic electricity to the prevention oi the slipping of car wheels. The use of it is said to increase the hauling powe»* of an engine many per cent. THE most recent calculations made by Michelson give the velocity of light as 136,310 miles per second. AN efficient method of controlling the electric light current of hotel rooms has been devised, the mechan­ ism being attached to the bolt on the door, the opening or shutting of the door turning on or shutting OfT the currents. A RECENT appSieation of electricity for power purposes is in the form of a machine for cutting ice. The appa­ ratus travels across a ft ossen surfaoe of a lake, and circular cutters, driven /Ik.lib 'J . Ut; ! S'l •••

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