IN THE HOMES IN THE HOMES She ptllr Yoh -will And THE DISPATCH by a large majority. It Interests every member or the hoRiehold. Yon will finU THE DISPATCH by a large majority. It iateress every member or the household. FORTY SEVENTH TEAR TURN DOWN 1EJ1B1N. A. Majority of the Homestead " IiLYestigatiiig Committeo Against Mr. Oates. HIS KEPOKT SQUELCHED By a Tliree-to-Two Vote, and the Inquiry Is Now in a Tangle. The Cause of the Dispute a Mystery, as the Committee Did Not Divide on Political Lines The Senate Also Decides to Inquire Into the Matter, With Particular Reference to the Employment of Pinkertons Radical Palmer and Visionary Peffer May Be on the Committee Hugh O'Donnell Recognized at Bethlehem Effects of the Lockout on the Price of Struct ural Material. mtOJI A ETAIT CORRESrOXBEST.I Washkjgtox, Aug. 2, Just what trouble is in the Oates Investigating Com mittee, it is impossible to find out More than a week ago I wrote, upon the word of what I considered the best of authority, that there would be no report this session. "When this proposition was laid before the full Judiciary Committee it was negatived. The sub-committee was desired to call further witnesses, if there were any in sight, and close the investigation and make a report. It was evident then that there was trouble somewhere. Mr. Boatner had ceased to attend the meetings of the sub committee, and Mr. Bay, of New York, sat in his stead. Some radical disagreement had occurred between Mr. Boatner and Judge Oates in regard to the character of the report. Mr. Boatner resumed his place to-day, however, in time to vote that the report prepared by Chairman Oatea should not be presented to the House. "With him voted Mr. Bynum, of Indiana, and Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, making a majority of the lub-committee, Judge Broderick voting with Judge Oates. The Oates Report Brjected. It was a very remarkable proceeding to reject a report prepared by the Chairman, and it waa-more remarkable that neither Boatner nor Bynum, two of the three Dem ocrats of the body, should have voted to sustain their party colleague, Judge OatcS It must have been a radical disagreement which produced such a result. It is hinted' that Judge Oates took the view in his report that upon the evidence brought out it was inadmissible to go into a discussion of the right or wrong of the Pinkerton organization, as it was clearly a matter for the individual States, and not for the United States, to deal with. It is irell known that Judge Oates held this view i-hen Representative "Watson, of Georgia, first offered a resolution to investigate the Pinkerton organization, long before the be ginning of the troubles at Homestead. However, this view of the extraordinary performance of the sub-committee to-day is largely theoretical, as the members are ex tremely reticent, and the whole truth will probably not be known until the matter has been passed upon by the entire Judi ciary Committee. The Senatorial Investtsatlon. No subject before the Senate for some time has occasioned so much earnest dis cussion as the resolution reported yesterday from the Committee on Education and La bor providing for an investigation of the employment of bodies of armed men by pri vate individuals or corporations in connec tion with differences btween workmen and employers. This original resolution was stricken out, and the amendment, consist ing of an entirely new proposition, adopted. The original resolution sought to inquire specially into the employment of "Pinker ton men" or ''Pinkerton detectives," in connection with recent differences between workmen and employers, involving blood shed and loss of life, at Homestead, in the State of Pennsylvania, into the employ ment generally of Pinkerton men for such purposes, the reasons for the creation of the Pinkerton organization, etc As it was found that the Pinkerton was not the only organization of its kind, and as the Pinkertons have been "investi gated" by a House Committee, it was de cided to make the Senate inquiry general as -to the creation and employment of such organizations, not mentioning the Pinker tons nor Homestead. Tlie Scope of the Inquiry. One clause reads that "the investigation thill extend to and embrace the reasons for the creation of such organized bodies of armed men," and it' was this which led Senator Hansbrough to say to me yesterday that the resolution was co broad tkat it would embrace in the investigation the whole question of the rights and relations of employer and employe. Judging from the many short speeches made upon this resolution to-day it is use less to take the trouble to inquire Into the "character and uses" of these bodies of armed men. Every Senator who spoke to the resolution emphatically denounced such organizations and their employment. Of course politics enters into the matter. The Honse has investigated and the Senate must needs make a show of investigation, and the resolution lias a high-sounding tone in the Interests of those who are most bitter against these armed organizations for pri vate uses. However, a committee will be appointed and npon Its composition will greatly de pend the character of the inquiry. With Kyle or Pefier to represent the indepen dents, or People's party, and with Palmer to represent the radical students of social phenomena, as two of the seven investiga tors, it would be utterly impossible to con fine the inquiry to a mere research into the armed organization referred to. Probable Composition of tbe Committee. . Doubtless Hawley and Palmer and Sher man and Peffer, representing extremes of opinion, will be asked to be members of the committee, and probably Jones, of Nevada, and Hansbrough, of North Dakota, with Morgan to represent the South, may do for the rest. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, is also mentioned because he has been a prac tical printer. Both Hawley and Palmer to-day touched npon the moral question involved, and agreed that workman had a "moral right" to demand the opportunity to labor, but neither Senator could discover any way to gratify this moral right, and especially when it ran up against the legal right of the employer to dismiss whom he please and employ whom he please. It would be highly edifying to hear these two brilliant gentlemen engage in an inquiry such as is made possible by the resolutions. It is doubtful, however, if the investiga tion amounts to much that is beneficial. The campaign is on and nothing can be done during the recess. After tlje elections the sharp incentive to investigate will have be come dulled, and the great problem will very likely have to await a later day for its solution. O'DONNELL'S MOVEMENTS. A Mystery "Which the People or Bethlehem, rav, Cannot Solve Plenty or 'Wild Ramon lie Slay bo Turning; Back Workmen From Homestead, or Orzanl zln: a Strike. Bethlehem, PA.,Aug.2L Hugh O'Don nell, leader of the locked-out Homestead ironworkers, was at the depot here last evening. He was noticed on the' platform and was not generally known to the crowd. Finally, two men met him and the three went to one end of the station, where they soon engaged in an animated conversation. Several trains arrived and departed and' still they continued their talk for a long time. The two men finally left and went to South Bethlehem. It was reported that O'Donnell was in Allentown on Sunday, and rumor gave him several missions. It is generally sup posed that he, with others from-Homestead, are following the agents of the Carnegie's all over the country preventing the men they employ from going into the Home stead mills. They visit small cities usually, instead of great industrial centers, where wages are high. At Catasqui there are a number of millmen on s trite, and it is likely they have been asked to go to work. The wages offered in Homestead are much higher than they struckfor. Another and more startling theory is that they were endeavoring to get the men in the South Bethlehem mills to strike. This would prevent the Government from securing any armor plate for its new cruisers, and bring the strike to a climax should this be done. It would be but carry ing out the threat of the Homestead men to close every steel plant in the United States before they yield to the Carnegie Company. Inquiry among the workmen shows either dense ignorance of what was going on among them or aptitude in deception. ' An other curious coincidence was that De tective Millegan, of the Pinkerton force, one of the witnesses against O'Donnell, and a man who has dogged the leader's steps, also arrived yesterday afternoon. A special telegram from New York says: Hugh O'Donnell, the leader of the Home stead strikers, has been in town for several days. He has been living at the New York home ot John E. Milholl'and, 12 East Thirty-third street. Mr. O'Donnell left town to-day, and Mr. Milholland declined to say anything concerning his visitor. .Mr. Milholland is adjutant general of labor, difficulties for the Republican party. UNDER BOND FOR COURT. Tlie Lone Branch Ciller or rotlce Who As sisted O'Mura In rreRtlng Molllck Beld for Conrt The Proftecntlon Apparently Means to Mali. Trouble. Loxg Branch, Aug. Z Special. Chief ot Police Lay ton, of this place, was arraiged this afternoon before Police Justice Van Doren on the double charges of assault and battery and false imprison ment marie by Edmund Wilson, of Red Bank, and Thomas P. Fay, of Long Branch, who are counsel lor Frank Mollick, the alleged Anarchist who. was arrested last week hy Superintendent of Police O'Mara, of Pittsburg, and who was charged with being accessory before and after the fact of the murderous assault of Berkman. Chief of Police Layton was represented by Henry S. Tcrhune, the corporation counsel of Long Branch, and John W. Slocum, Police Justice of the corporation. Chas. H. Ivins, the prosecutor of the Pleas of Monmouth county, appeared on the part of the State. 'Lawyers WiUon and Fay had subpoenaed a dozen witnesses to prove that Mollick was illegall? arrested and illegally confined bv Chief Layton,' and that the latter aided and abetted Superintendent O'Mara in taking Moilir from the State is defiance of the Constitution of New Jersey. When ar raigned, Chief Layton was verr pale and showed evident sign-5 of nervousness. Law yer Terhune, acting for Chief Layton, pleaded not guilty and then waived an examination. This waiver of his right to an examination was con structively an admission upon the part of the prisoner that the charges made against him were true. Prosecuto.' Ivins and lawyers Wilson and Fay were much surprised at the course taken by Chief Lsyton's counsel. Prosecutor Ivins after a short pause arose and addressed the Court upon the subject of bail. He said he was satisfied that Chief Layton would ap pear when wanted and thero was no'neces sity for placing him under heavy bonds. He suggested to the Court that 5500 would be the proper amoun? In reply to questions from the Justice the prosecutor stated that he was perfectly willing to have Chief Layton give his per sonal recognizance to appear in October be fore the grand jurv to answer whatever In dictment might he brought against him. Justice Van Doren accepted Chiet Layton's personal bond and discharged him from custody. Chief Layton when first arrested only gave bond for $200. A VOICE FBOM HOMESTEAD Beard at a Meeting or Organized Iiibor In St. Louts. Sx. Louis, Aug. 2. At the convention of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators to-day, various official and committee re ports were presented. The Secretary Treasurer reported 261 unions in good stand ing, 63 more than at the last report Wages have been raised and hours reduced in over 200 cities. This evening there was a mass meeting at Central Turner HalL Addresses were made by W. T. Bryson, delegate ' from Homestead, Pa.; Mr. Gompers, President of the American Federationof Labor, and others. ADVANCE ON STRUCTURAL D30H Attributed to the Suspension' of Work In the Carnegie Mills. Buffalo, Aug. 2. The Dispatch cor respondent saw General George S. Fields to-night and asked him how he accounted for the increase of M a ton of structural iron given as the reason for the withdrawal of the bid of the Union Bridge Company on proposed city work. "It if due," said he, "to the suspension PITTSBURG, "WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3. 1892 of the Carnegie mills. Thetother dealers have taken advantage of this as they would of any other opportunity to advance the price. Structural iron has been selling at a low figure, so low that there was little profit in it. It was practically exchanging an old dollar for a new oue. The supply has been cut down by the suspension of Carnegie mills and while the cost of pro duction, has not been increased at all, the other mills have announced an advance of $4 a ton, so as to sell at a profit" "Do you consider the advance a large one?" "It is an advance of two-tenths of a cent a pound. The smallest advance that is ever made is a tenth of a cent and it is not unnsual for the price to go up two-tenths of a cent."- ANARCHISTS TO BE WATCHED. Men Defatted to Make Reports or Their Proceedings and Speeches. NkW Yokk; Aug. 2. Special District Attorney Nicoll said to-day that he had asked Inspector Steers to detail men to at tend the meetings of Anarchists that may be held in this city and report any speeches or proceedings that are in violation of the law. "From what I have heard and read about the meeting held lost night in Military Hall," said Mr. Nicoll, "there Beems to have been nothing in the speeches that can be construed as a violation of the law." HUNTING FOR A LEADER. Repnb'lcans In West Virginia Assemble to dominate a Fall State Ticket Secretary or War-Elkins on tbe Ground to Direct Matters. Huntington, w. Va., Aug. 2. Every train that arrived to-day has brought in crowds of delegates to attend the Republican State Convention which assembles here to morrow to nominate a full State ticket. Great interest attaches to the convention on account of the prominent men who have been spoken of for the nomination, and the strenuous efforts they will make to break the Solid South and lead West Virginia in the Republican ranks this fall. The Democratic State Convention last week was the largest ever held, and this one bids fair to be almost as large and fully as representative. On the last train to-night Secrerary of War Elkins arrived from Washington. There has been a general de sire on the part of Republicans all over the State to have Elkins head the ticket, but it has been nnderstood that he will not give up a Cabinet position to run for Governor. The only reason he could have for doing so would be the hope of fnture reward for carrying the State, as the Republicans think he would snrely do were he to run. He has fully made up his mind not to ran, and will not permit "his name to go before the convention. Judge Goff, of the new Circuit Court of Appeals, whose election was contested by Fleming, the present Governor, in 1888, was next turned upon to lead the party to success. Goff does not want to give up a good thing for a less important one and will refuse to run. Internal Revenue Collector John W. Mason was next called upon, but he, too, refused to let his name be used. The public sentiment seems to be centering now on State Senator Thomas E. Davis, of Taylor county, for Governor. The office of Governor seems to absorb the interest aud it is impossible now to predict who' will be the nominees for the other offices. There are half a dozen less prominent aspirants for the nomination for Governor, but it the tide once turns toward Davis, as it seems to have done, their com bined strehcth will notb enough to turn it. Elkins is holding' an inlormal reception to night. NO TELEGRAMS TO MARS. Praf. Holder), of Mr. Hamilton, Deprecates Shim Excitement Over tbe Planet. San- .Francisco, Aug. 2. Owing to the wide interest in the posssble results ot the present observations ot the planet Mars by the experts at the Lick Observatory, Prof. Edward S. Holden, in charge of the obser vations at Mt Hamilton, to-day telegraphed as follows to the Associated Press: There is absolutely nothing to be said about our Mais observations from nurlit to night, or about our observations 4for the whole year, until the work has been gone over with care and a map made of our to suits, which will take until October next, at least. If there is anything to say I will tele graph you, of course. All, or nearly all, of the present excitement over Mars is meiely exaggeiationand sham excitement, utteily useless to the people in eeneral, as it is harmful to true science. Exagaeintedand iznorant expectations will not do realized: such as relate to communication with the inhabitants of a planet, whloli we are not absolutely certain is fit to be inhabited, let alone actually populated, for example. BABONEbS AND SALESMAN. They Met In a Boarding Honse and Married In St. Lonli. St. Louis, Aug. 2. Special The Baroness Emma de .Hodiamont de Nean, of Paris, was married here to-day to Charles J. Reed, a salesman In a piano store. The Baroness' parents are dead and she has no relatives living. Her father lived in St Louis some years ago and owned considera ble property here, the suburban town of De Hodiamont being named for her. Re turning to Prance he died there, leaving all his property in St Louis and Prance to his daughter. The St. Louis property is worth between 165.000 and $75,000. , The value ot the es tate in France is not known. The young Barones preferred to live at St. Louis and came here atter her father's death, boarding with Mrs. C W. Stoltz on fine street. Two months ago Reed came here from Chi cago to accept a position as a piano sales man. He secured a room at Mrs. Stoltz's house and there met Miss de Nean. GOVERNOR JONES, OF ALABAMA. That 1 How He Will Be Called Tt hen His Mrjorltyls Counted. BnsMiNonAM,Ai,A.,Aug. 2. Special. Complete and Incomplete returns from 49 out of 66 counties in the State indicate a majority ranging between 15,000 and 20,000 for Governor Jones and the regular Demo cratic State ticket Returns show 'that Kolb polled a much heavier vote than was at first supposed. A large part of the county precincts went solid for him. Kolb's lieutenants conceae Jones' election by 10,000. The Legislature is very close. This result is said to be due to a scheme of the Clobites to capture the Legislature and by some means unseat Jones. The black belt section, where so many negroes reside, went overwhelmingly for Jones. FIGHTING LIQUOR LEGISLATION. Catholic Total Abstinence May Come Oat Even far Prohibition. IiTDIAITAPOLIS, Aug. 2. The twenty second annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America began Its session In this city to-day. The matters of great importance before the convention are the adoption of beneficiary features and the. discussion of the expedienoy of openly fighting all liquor legislation, and perhaps oommitting the union to a prohibition sentiment Bishop Colter, of the diocese of Winona, Minn., wu selected as presiding officer. SIX CODLEY FIENDS Terrorize an Entire Connty and Levy Tribnte on the Inhabitants. NO REGAKD FOR AGE OR SEX Hinders Them From Perpetrating Crimes of All Degrees. THEY DEFY THE SHERIFF'S POSSES And Boldly Attack Boj Berry Pickers on the Mountain Sides. PLANS UNDER WAT FOR THEIR CAPTURE CTKOM A BTAVFCORRESrONDMIT. TJnioxtowk, Pa., Aug. 2. Reckless Frank Cooley and his fellow outlaws are still at large, and judging from present ap pearances there is no immediate danger of their being captured. Despite the fact that $1,000 in good American money and the everlasting gratitude of the entire county of Payette awaits the man or men who en gineer the capture of the band of ruffians, no one appears to be overanxions to under take the task. In a word, Mr. Cooley and .his companions in crime are entirely masters of the situation. They go and corns when the please. They plunder the homes, fields and hen houses of the Payette farmer. They hold-up and rob old men and assault weak women. They do all these things and then with a humor which is exasperating, to say the least, they make their escape. Armed with the very latest and best prod ucts of the modern makes, and an exhaus tive knowledge of the mountains, the mem bers of the Cooley gang defy the law-fearing citizens of the county and laugh at the authorities. They Defy the M-Jesty or the Law. Again and again they have insulted the majesty of the law. Saturday night they walked into the houso of farmer William Smith, who lives three miles north of Smithfield, this county, and after binding that luckless gentleman with stout ropes, and frightening tbe women of the household into hysterics, searched the house from cel lar to roof. An hour later they walked away with $1,600 worth of plunder, the bulk of which was in cash and then they travel led by mountain roads known only to them selves to the village of Dunbar, 30 miles away. There they staid until Monday morning. Late in the afternoon of that day they re appeared on the edge of the mountain for est overlooking Fairchancs village. As luck would have it, they stumbled across a group of barefooted urchins who were gathering blackberries. Mr. Cooley is no respecter of age or sex, and, being hungry, robbed the lads of the berries and divided the booty with his comrades. No Respect' (or Age or Sex. ,Thi morning the gang reappeared on the mountain side and captured two boys who by hard work had" "picked six quarts of blackberries. The pails of fruit were taken and the frightened boys were ordered to run home. In short, the gang is ready at all times to commit any species of crime from willful murder to petty larceny. As -yet no murder has been directly traced to them, but when that is said, all is said, for Cooley's men have assaulted women, slaugh tered cattle, burned barns and done a thou sand and one things of a lawless character. The death of Jack Cooley, Frank's younger brother, seems to have inspired the gang to renewed activity, and for the last six days they have been carrying things with a high hand, and the oddest part of it all is th apparent inability of the county authorities to cope with the outlaws. George A. McCormick is the sheriff of the county, and a very good sheriff he is, but although he has done his best to disrupt or capture the gang during the last two years, his work has counted for nothing. Tosses Organized In Tain. Countless posses have been armed and organized during the last six months. An even dozen times have the outraged citizens surrounded the gang, aud yet strange to re late each time the outlaws managed to pass through the human girdle and escape to their mountain retreats Things have now como to such a pass that the people of the county have resolved to capture the outlaws, cost what it will. In a day or two a posse of over 300 men will be organized. These men will be armed with Winchester rifles and clothed with the proper authority. They will surround the mountain and search every foot of brush. It this final attempt to capture Cooley and his men proves fruitless it is more than likely Governor Pattison will be invited to take a hand in the game. Only Half a Dczen In the Gang. The unique feature of the uffair is that the Cooley gang now consists of but half a dozen men. They are Frank Cooley, the acknowl edged head and front ot the organization; John Ramsey, Brint Prev, Sam Yeager, who has just been released from the work house, and two men who are strangers in the region and who, it is said, hail from the far West. To .sum it all up these six men rule Fayette county with a rod of Iron. They are armed to the teeth and are in a desperate frame of mind. It cornered, it is dollars to dimes that they will make a desperate fight From the present outlook a deal of blood will be shed before Cooley's men surrender and are lodged in jail. A BLAFPER FflOH PITTSBURG. no Amuses Himself in Cincinnati Until Captured by the Police.. CiNcrxiTATT, O., Aug. 2. Special Tuesday morning a fine looking fellow, well dressed, stood at George and Central avenue, and every person that came along was treated to a light slap in the face. Men, women and children were treated alike. He appeared to have been drinking, and when Sergeant Primrose came along his uniform had no terrors tor the slappcr, who stepped up to-the officer and without a word made an attempt to slaja him. Prim was too quick for the man, however, and before he could hit him the fellow found himself resting on the hard sidewalk, the result.of a well delivered right-hander. The officer then placed the man under ar rest, but he refused to go and prepared to fight the sergeant They went at it rough and tumble, attracting a big crowd. Officers Donnelly and Ferber were attracted to tbe scene. The man fought like a demon and it took the combined efforts of the three to place him in the wagon. At Central sta tion he registered as James Porter, a drummer who travels out of Pittsburg. He refused to tell for whom he was traveling and fought the officers until tbe key was tnrned in his cell Then ha grew sullen and would notanswer any .questions. - TWELVE PAGES. ,ii JDDGE COBB'S-TIPPLE. He Says It Was Beef Tea With a Sip or Two of Whisky on the Side. THE CHARGE OP INTOXICATION Not Sustained bj the Evidence Given Be fore the Committee. WATSON'S ALLEGATIONS PALL THROUGH rSFECIAI. TZLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Washington, D. G, Aug. 2. Bepre sentative Tom Watson's charge that this is a drunken" Congress has not been substan tiated by the investigation practically closed to-day, and the only result of the in quiry is the ascertainment of the fact that it is easy to make charges but very hard to prove them. Every person who had an opportunity to observe the habits and conduct of Congress men past and. present knows- that they are no worse or no better than " other men, but it is also a fact beyond dispute tbat mem bers of the present Congress have been drunk occasionally in the House and out of it. No oue will gainsay this, but when a member is put on the stand to state nnder oath whether a certain man was or was not drunk at a certain time, the witness at once becomes cautions in his remarks and is unable to give any djrect evidence. This has been the case in the present in vestigation. Member after member testi fied that Judge Cobb was not drunk to their knowledge on the day he delivered bis speech in the Noyes-Rockwell case, and yet there were scores of them who, on the day the speech was made, circulated the report that the Judge was in a state of maudlin intoxication. It is not unlikely that some ot the witnesses were among this number. Unfortunate for tho Target of Ahnie. It was most unfortunate fon Judge Cobb that he should have been made the target for the entire volley of abuse resulting from Watson's indiscreet attack, and yet the verv reason why Judge Cobb was the vic tim'is that the majority of Congress and nine-tenths of the public at large believed that he was intoxicated when he delivered his speech. Judge Cobb is an able, honor able, kindly and temperate man, but his own testimony to-day does not relieve him from the suspicion of having been indis creet when making hi speech. If he was intoxicated that day it was not owing to his general habits, for he is not in temperate, but to an unfortunate indulgence due to excitement Even had the Judge been convicted by the investigation, as he most certainly has not been, Watson's charges of drunkenness would not have been sustained. The more discreet and shrewd Democrats in the House feel humil iated at the absurdity of the course of the investigation and the character of the testi mony submitted, and will hope to see Wat son censured for his scurrilous attack, and the whole subject forgotten as soon as pos sible. Judge Cobb Talk in Ills Own Defense. Mr. Cobb took the stand In his own de fense to-day before the committee investi gating the WaUon charges. For several days before he made the speech in question, Mr. Cobb said, he was engaged in laborious work gathering material and preparing his argument. His throat troubled him, and he had before beginning his remarks re quested an employe of the House to bring him a cup of beet tea. "Surelybeetteais a mild and non-intoxicating liquid." said Mr. Cobb; "and it was a irequent tbing.f or membera to retresh themselves with it during a speech." He had called for beef tea because it was warm and soothing to the throat From time to time he had his cup sent back and replen ished in order to exchange the cold tea for hot tea and from that circumstance he thought all the trouble had grown. It was not true, he said, as had been asserted by Mr. Watson, that he had said to a page "bring we some more whisky." "The point is this," said Mr. Cobb, "no one could have heard me ask a page to bring me some whiskv, for I never said it." Whether whisky was brought by a pnee and placed on his desk for the beef tea he did not know. He was too much engaged at the time in his argument to notice whe placed it on his desk. Whether a page or a "friend," whom he had requested to get him some stimulant, "had brought It he was not prepared to say. He Sipped the Whisky Unconsciously. Mr. Cobb acknowledged that some whisky was brought him during tlie course of the evening and placed on his desk. It had been brought by a friend and he' had used it onlv to relieve his throat- If it affected him In -voice or manner, he was not con kclous of it. He was as. sober then as he was now. It was true that he had dranfc a little beer during the '"ay. . Mr. Watson at this point Interrupted the Sroeeedlngs by asking Judge Cobb how he jaicated tbat tbe beverage was out and ABOUT TIME TO SILENCE HIM. that he wished the cup replenished, to which the answer wai, that so far as he (Mn Cobb) remembered, he had said to a iriend tbat he wanted a little whisky or some little stimulant. He hardly thought, though, that his remark was loud enough to be heard any distance. Anyone who said he had asked a page to get him whisky was mistaken. When tbe whisky was put before him he had sipped it two or three times; and when he concluded his remarks he took another sip; but he was not made drunk by it, nor did his state ap proach intoxication. After a sharp colloquy between Mr. Boat ner and Mr. Watson, during which the lat ter, though expressing his admiration for Mr. Cobb, reiterated tbe statement that he believed he was intoxicated on the occasion mentioned, the Committee adjourned. REMEMBER RUSSELL SAGE -Is tho Warning of a Dynamite Black mailer to Ills New York Victims He Is Captnred in the Brooalyii PostofiQce HI Written Excnsr. New Yoke, Aug. a Albert Delauerns, a Swiss who claims to have hailed last from Chicago, is locked up at police headquarters in this city, charged with attempting to blackmail New York firms on the threat of blowing them up with dynamite. Since July 22, when the man sent a threatening letter to General Manager K. M. Hyde, of Tiffany & Co., the police have searched for him. . A few days ago a representative of the banking house of Baring, Wasoner & Co., Wall street, called at police headquarters with a letter from the same person. 'This letter asked for 520 with which to go west "If youVefuse," he writes, "I will come to your office or to the private residence of someofvouand blow you up with dyna mite. Remember what happened to Bus sell Sac;e. You majr not be so lucky as he has been. I know it is wrong, but misery and hunger don't listen to reason." He was arrested Sunday night In the Brooklyn postoiSce and brought to New York. He claims Geneva as his native place. Five years ago he came to this coun try and worked in Chicago as a machinist in shops of the Chicago and New York Bail road Company. Three weeks ago he came her: and had been here since, living in cheap lodging houses. BLAINE WILL TAKE THE STUMP. He Will Commence In the State of Maine in Two Weeks. Augusta, Me., Aug. 2. The campaign in Maine will be opened by the Bepub licaus the 17th instant, and Chairman Man ley is busy arranging for the meetings to be held in every section and corner of the State. Ex-Secretary Blaine will take the stump. Mr. Manley left for Bar Harbor this after noon to arrange when he will speak. H. C FEICK'S C0HDITI0IJ. Ho Spends the Day In His Library and Wants tn Vinlt Ills Ofllce. The condition of H. C. Frick yesterday was decidedly gratifying to his friends. He was in his library during the day, and several times he insisted that he should be allowed to visit his office to-day. His physi cian prevailed on ,him to remain at home for a few days longer. CInrltson Will Be K'-Klrcte.l. New York, Aug. 2. W. W. Tracy, President of the Berublican League of Illi nois, who has been in this city making ar rangements with the National Committee for speakers to attend the Illinois League Convention, August IS next, says that In his opinion General J. S. Clarkson will be re-elected President of the National Re publican League by acclamation at the an nual convention to be held in Buffalo Sep tember 1 next. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. Topic ' Page. Oatrt' Homestead Report Squelched 1 Hot After tbe Cooley Uanc... I Cobb's Congressional Cold Tea. 1 A Boiler as a New Oatheier 1 Event" of a Quiet Day at Homestead - S More Abont the X.aramle Cattle Crash.. .. 2 A Borough After the Gambler 3 Editorial, Social and ailscellaneons 4 A Parallel to the lams Case C The Homestead InqueetBesumed.- O The Consresslonal Deadlock Contlnnes... 7 Prospects ot the Anti-Option BUI.. 7 Details of the Lat Electrocution 7 The Ways of Sommtr Thieve. 7 Bas-ball, Knclng and Other Sports 8 Blver Sttts and Weather Forecast 8 lhoNrwiof Europe byOable.. O Frncsedlnc Against the Iron Hall- O midctt Insurance Investigations 9 Some Facta Abont Sea Serpent 10 Mew Pipe Line and Field New ...10 Financial, Commercial and Heal XUtat..ll McKlnley Talk Protection In the West. .13 An Original Story of .G..G, B, Sims ,...13 THREE CENTS. WENT TO WORK TO SECURE HEWS, A Beaver Falls Roller Ac cepts a Position in the Union Mills. HE TELLS WHAT nE SAW. Asserts That No Good Mercantile Iron or Steel Is Being Made. Boss Boiler Schmidt Says He Spent Six Hours In the Works and Most of Hla Time Was Taken Up in Saving the Lives of His Assistants Heater Will iams Says That Not a Pound of Iron Was Produced Yesterday A Rumor That Railroad Men May Refuse to Handle Carnegie Freight Superin tendent Dillon Says the Trouble Is Ended. From early morning until noon yesterday the Upper Union Mills presented a busy scene. Dense volumes of smoke could be seen curling from tbe lofty stacks and the roar of the machinery could be heaad for quite a distance. At the general offices all the clerks were busily engaged with their books, and the messenger boys were kept on the run carrying news between the mills and the office as to the progress madejoy the new men. Like the day before, the police still stood guard in the vicinity, presum ably to prevent any outbreak. Many of the mill workers are divided into squads of twos and threes and do their part toward keeping order. The entire de tective force with the exception of one man is also stationed in the neighborhood of the mill. In the afternoon, however, the- busy scene changed to one of more than ordinary quietude and the locked-out workmen are more jubilant than ever. Heir Men Brought to the Milt On Sunday the Carnegie firm shipped a lot of men from East Liverpool, O., to work in the Union mills. All of the men claimed to have had experience in the manufacture of iron and steel. They were hired as skilled mechanics and were promised good wages, oa the conditions that they would take the places o the locked-out men in Pittsburg. All of them consented, and yes terday morning they were lauded in the Union mills, having been taken there by a special train on the Allegheny Valley Bail road. The men were hurriedly landed and hustled into the mill before any of the nnion men were aware ot their presence. At 7 o'clock aH the furnaces were started and the new men were assigned to their re spective positions. But little work was done during the morning hours. The men proved to be skilled werkmen and handled the machinery as though they were thoroughly experienced hands. Tbe mill operators were greatly pleased with the work of the men, but they were doomed to disappointment. Hentrrs and Boilers Walked Awar. Promptly at the noon hour all of the heaters and rollers deserted their places and strode quietly out of the works. All of them proved to be union men and had been sent here from Beaver Falls. The object of the men was to gain admission into the mill and to learn the exact state of affairs. Boss Boiler Schmidt was approached by a Dispatch reporter as he was leaving the works. Said he: "I am a union man and have always been one. Lost week a man came down through Beaver county and was in search of men to come to Pittsburg to act as watchmen. He also wanted a lot of iron workers, whom he said would take the place of the locked-out men at the Upper Union Mills. Good wages were promised and we were assured police protection. "At the suggestion of several of our union men I consented to enlist Jly object was not to go to work, but simply to learn the state of affairs In the mill. I was in the mill just six hours, and that was enough for me. I assisted in drawing two heats. The usual number of men required is two, but T had six to assist me, and it was all that I could do to keep the men from being killed. They are no more use in a mill than I would be in a pulpit. Bscapfd by Jumping the Fenre. "One man narrowly escaped with his life'twice inside of five minutes, and when he realized his dangerous position he es caped from the mill by jumping over the back fence. No. sir, I did not come here to stay. My work is in Beaver Falls and I simply came here to ascertain if the mills were working. I have thoroughly satisfied myself and shall return home at once. The watchman did refuse to allow me to pass out of the works, but I came ont just the same." Heater Williams, of Beaver Falls, cor. roborated the stury of Boiler Schmidt re garding the work done in the mill. He said that not a pound of iron was produced all dayyesterday. The men were simply en gaged in working over a lot of old material which had been left when the shut-down occurred. He said that there were about 60 men inside the mill who were to assist the heaters and rollers, but that they were ut terly useless. Mission Work Amooj Ballroad Mn. Another serious obstacle has arisen which may matenallv affect the situation of affairs at the Union Mills. The Amalgamated As sociation, It is reported, have appealed to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Bailway Conductors, alking them not to haul anv of the output of the Carnegie plants. It is also reported that the Switchmen's Union will, refuse to han dle any of the cars containing the products ofthemillaslongas they are operated by non-union men. Several of the switchmen on the Allegheny Valley Ballroad were seen, but they knew nothing of the rumor. They said, however, that all that was neces sary was for them to receive an order from the grand lodge, and thev would handle no cars containing the products of the mllL "We have been expecting an order of this kind some time," said a switchman, "but as nothing has been shipped since the shut down, no order has been given." superintendent Dillon Is Satisfied. Superintendent Dillon was very affable yesterday, and in reply to a question as to what the outlook was, he said: "There is no doubt that Jhe trouble is at an end, so far & jtetJtt BCTy3ggiKS EB3SSWS5Ja SSKSI
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