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Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 24, 1893.
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McKinley's Delusion,
One of the laughable incidents con-
nected with the recent elections is the
Republican impression that the result
amounted to a popular verdict on the
tariff question. This absurd belief has
made McKINLEY the hero of the hour
with his followers, who appear to be
convinced that his tariff has been en-
dorsed by the popular expression and
consequently he is away ahead of any
other prospective candidate for the next
Republican presidential nomination.
The supposed vindication of McKin-
LEY's tariff policy bas the disadvan-
tage of coming too soon. It will be
found to haye been too premature to be
of any benefit to him three years
hence. It would have amoucted to
more if it should have come a year or
two later. There are certain contin-
gencies which are pretty sure to ob-
struct the realization of ‘presidential
hopes founded upon his recent alleged
tariff vindication. =A Democratic
tariff will be passed during the coming
session of Congress. In many essen-
tial respects it will be different from
the McKiNLEY enactment. Its promi-
nent characteristic will be the absence of
the mcnopoly features which make the
McKINLEY measure so injurious and
objectionable. It will give the indus-
tries untaxed raw materials to work
with, It will reduce the tariff on man-
ufactured articles to the amount of the
duties removed from raw materials, an
arrangement that will be a gain to the
consumer without a corresponding loss
tothe producer. There will be such a
reduction of excessive duties as will de-
Prive the trusts of their power to
plunder the people. The market for
our manufactures will be enlarged by
their exchange for raw materials free-
ly imported from other countries, thus
providing an outlet for the surplus pro-
ducts of our industries that will pre-
vent the depressions which periodical-
ly result from an overstocked home
market such as the country is now suf-
fering trom in consequence of the over-
stimulation of McKiINLeyIsM without
the relief of a foreign outlet.
This is the kind of tariff that will be
established by the present Democratic
Congress and administration, and it
will have given the country a full test
of its quality by the time the next
presidential election shall occur. As
thereis every reason to believe that it
will have a most beneficial effect upon
the industrial conditions, what sort ota
figure would McKINLEY cut as a candi-
date for the presidency, with his
claims to an election based on his dis-
carded and discredited system ?
. Looking at the matter in this light,
the Democrats, confident of the benef
icent effects of the tariff policy which
their party is about to entorce, can af-
ford tolaugh at the ridiculous construc
tion put on the recent elections by the
Republicans, as vindicating the Mc-
KiNrLey tariff, there being something
peculiarly absurd in the circumstance
that this alleged vindication occurred
in the midst of business distress pre-
vailing while the McKiNLEY tariff was
in full force, and largely attributable
to it.
After a year or two's experience of
the effects of a Democratic tariff, the
country will be in condition to deride
the presidential aspirations of any
high tariff candidate.
--The prospect of an income tax is
not hailed with delight by Republican
beneficiaries who have been fattening at
the public crib for the last quarter of a
century.
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The Appointment Has Been Made.
~ We are authorized to announce to
the Democrats of Centre county that
the Sheriff-elect, Mr. Jounx P. Coxbo,
has already made his appointment of a
Deputy to serve with him during his
continuance in office. The gentleman
whom Mr. Conpo hasselected has been
notified of his appointment so that the
matter is definitely settled. While we
are not at liberty to state the name of
the successful applicant we nevertheless
trust that his appointment wiil prove
thoroughly satisfactory to the Democ-
racy of the county.
I —————
——There is no use in our Republi-
-can friends going into hysterics about
what the Democracy intend to do with
the country. Each individual Demo-
crat has just as much interest in its
preservation and prosperity as has his
Republican neighbor, and its not like-
ly that the party is going to enact leg”
islation that will injure its own adher-
entg, or any body else. Just because
the Republicans say it will,
History Of Income Tax.
First Bill of the Kind Reported in the Extra
Session of 1861.
WasHiNgToN, Nov. 21.—The Ways |
and Means commiitee are asking for a
history of the income tax in the Uaited
States, and treasury officers have been
looking the thing up. It was daring |
the extra session of congress in 1861
that Thaddeus Stevens, chairman of the |
committee of ways and means, reported |
the first income tax bill. Asamended |
and passed, it taxed all incomes over !
$800 3 per cent., unless derived from |
United States bonds, which were taxed |
1% per cent. Incomes of citizens of the |
United States residing abroad were i
taxed 74 per cent. - Owing to the late !
time of its taking effect, tne income tax |
brought into the treasury a small sum
prior to the year 1864, when there was |
collected under the head of income tax |
a little over $15,000,000. By the act of |
March 3, 1865, the income tax law was !
amended so as to increase the 3 per
cent. tax to 5 per cent., and the 5 per
cent. tax off incomes over $10,000 was
charged to a 10 per cent. tax upon the
excess over $5,000 income. The most
of the tax, however, for the year 1865
was collected under the original law,
and brought into the treasury the sum
of $21,000,000 tor the fiscal year 1864
1865. The following year, 1865 1866,
the war having ceased and the country
being in a high state of development
in all its resources, the income tax rose
to a point the highest in the history of
the tax. The returns for the fscal year
‘ended June 30, 1866, showed the total
reveune from the income tax of $60,
547,832.43. This was but little dimin-
ished in the following year, 1866 1867,
when the net revenue from the income
1ax footed up $57,040,640.67.
The income tax was further amended
March 2, 1867, so as to increase the
exemption then standing at $600 (it
having in the meantime been modified
from $800) up to $1,000. At the same
time all discrimination as to taxing
large incomes a higher rate was abol-
ished, and the tax fixed at 5 per cent.
on all incomes in excess of $1,000.
Under this modified tax there was
collected in the year 1868 the large sum
of $32,027,510.78; in 1869, $25,025,
068.78, and in the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1870, $27,115,064.11. On that
day the income tax ceased in the Uni-
ted States.
The entire amount realized from 1t
in ten years was nearly $365,000,000.
It reached about 250,000 persons out of
a population of 40,000,000.
A Thousand Killed.
Terrible Effect of an Earthquake in Asia.
Loxpon, Nov. 21.—A. special to the
Times from Meshed brings further de-
tails of the earthquake that occurred
Friday at Kuchan, in the northern part
of the province of Khorassan. The town
was completely destroved and the loss of
life was immense. Great crevasses were
opened in the earth, through which
water flowed in torrents, causing the
Atrek river to overflow its banks. The
fertile region around about the city was
inundated and the large gardens and ex-
tensive vineyards were swept out of ex-
istence.
The people of Kuchan had no chance
to save anything. The shock was so se
vere that the largest houses in town, in-
cluding the residence of the Governor,
were almost instantly toppled: ever,
crushing hundreds of people to death. T't @
town bad a population of between 20,-
000 and 25,000 persons, and it is thought
at least 1,000 perished. Many persons
were carried away by the flood that
flowed down the valley. Itis not known
what damage was done in the valley,
but it is feared that many of the villages
below Kuchan have been destroyed.
A short time after the distarbance
the entire water supply of the town dis-
appeared.
The people who were not injured fled,
padic stricken to the Ala Dagh Moun-
tains, leaving the injured to care for
themselves as best they could.
The district in which Kuchan is situa-
ted is very populous, and it is feared
that it has suffered from the earthquake
and the flood.
Pension Limit Reached. >
In the Future the List is Expected to Grow
Smaller,
Wasnixeroy, D. C., Nov. 20.—Rep.
resentative O'Neil, of Massachusetts,
hasreturned to Washington and will
call the sub-committees on Appropria-
tions having charge of the pénsion
appropriation, of which he is chairman
together this week. Mr. O'Neil says
that for the first time since the war the
number of pensions granted falls below
the number of applications filed and
that the turning point has been reached.
Last year the total appropriation for
the year ending June 30, 1894, was
over §166,000.000 ; for the fiscal year
ending in 1895 the needs will be about
$4.000.000 less, Mr. O'Neil says there
will be rapid decrease in the number of
claims unacted on.
A Secret Conference,
Pirrssure, Nov. 22.—At a secret
conference this morning between the
Amalgamated association committee and
the iron and steel manufacturers a com-
promise of the difference on the wage
scale was effected. Eight thousand iron
workers who were threatening a strike
will continue at work and the idle sheet
mills will resume operations at once.
The settlement is a victory for the man-
ufacturers who secured nearly ail they
demanded. The rollers have agreed to
an additional cut of five per cent. in
wages or fifteen per cent. in all, they
having previously accepted ten per cent.
cut. This leaves the wages of the
roughers and catchers, which is only
$2.25 per day. undisturbed. All other
sheet mili emyloyes will be reduced ten
per cent.
The Strike Extending.
Burraro, N.' Y.,, Nov. 21.—The
strike of the Lehigh Valley trainmen
is still on and the situation is hecom-
| and lava,
‘talked of for the Republican nomina-
ing more serious. The strike has ex-
tended to the coal branches in Penn:
gylvania.
{and many anarchist pamphlets were
* seized.
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Torrents of Lava.
Assist Earthquakes to Terrorize the Population
of Atamilla— Fresh Voleano Outlets. i
— |
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 22.—A tamilla |
advices received by the steamship Em- |
press of China to-day are full of earth- |
quake and volcano. The history of]
early October, they say, is written in
streams ot lava. The terrors of the!
dreadful week subsequent to Ostober 5 |
were those of 1871 and last summer in- |
tensified ten fold. |
For the people of Albay and Tabaco, |
the very heavens seemed to be vomiting |
fire and destruction, and the terrified’
inhabitants ran helplessly hither and
thither orcrouched white and trembling
expecting every minute to be over-
whelmed. The first sign of impending
danger (was apparent during the after
noon when subterranean thunder
alarmed the city of Albany.
LAVA AND ASHES IN TORRENTS.
At 7:30 that evening the crater of
Mayon was seen to be in flames, and
lava and ashes poured in torrents from
a new outlet to the north of the old-
one, and not 80 near the summit,
threatening the homes of those who in
fancied security had built upon the
mountain side. Smoke was also seen
issuing from the old crater, and most
alarming subterranean noises were
heard on every hand.
Itseemed as though the very earth
would split in twain. Eruptions
reached their greatest height inclining
in a southwesterly direction and the
torrent of devastation continued to
flow with unabated fury until the 8th.
Over Albay that morning all was the
darkness of night, broken by the great
torchlight ot Mayon, for the cloud of
ashes hid the sky. The accumulation
of lava on the mountain reached and
grew above the limit line of former
years, and, like a terrible serpent,
commenced its descent upon the village
of Banque Rahan beneath,
PEOPLE PETRIFIED BY TERROR.
The inhabitants seemed, for the
most part, petrified by terror as they
watched the great molten mass creep
nearer and nearer. A few of the
braver spirits, moving among them,
exhorted them to flee for their lives
and these were in a great measure
successful in their eftorts, for the
destruction was not rapid. Little
property was saved, however, and the
greater part of the town now lies be-
neath an uneven lake of cooling lava.
The whole surface ot the mountain
by the 11th was buried deeply in ashes
One large stream had
spread to the westward and another
southeast. The sky was obscured by
ashes and smoke, but the eruption was
decreasing in intensity though subter-
ranean thunder was still andible. At
lagt advices on the morning of the
13th, the eruption was practically
over, though there were signs of a
recontinuance,
No statement, even approximately,
could be formed as to fatalities. The
loss of life, however, is now thought to
be upward of 100.
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Jeremiah Rusk is Dead.
The Ex-Secretary Expires at His Wisconsin
Home Yesterday— History of His Career.
Viroqua, Wis. Nov. 21.—Ex-Secre-
tary of Agriculture Rusk died at 8
o'clock this morning,
Jeremiah McClain Rusk was born
in Morgan county, Ohio, June 17,
1830. He divided his time between
farm work and the acquisition of a
common school education till he at
tained his majority, and in 1853 he re-
moved to Wisconsin and engaged in
agriculture in Vernon county, He
entered the national army in 1862,
was commissioned major ofthe Twenty-
fi'th Wisconsin regiment, rose to the
rank of lieutenant colonel, aad served
with General William T. Sherman
from the siege of Vicksburg until the
close of the war. In 1866 he received
the brevet of brigadier general of vol-
unteers for meritorious service at the
battle of Salkehatchie. He was elect
ed bank comptroller of Wisconsin in
1866, which post he held till 1870 ;
was chosen to congress as a Republi:
canin the latter year, served three
terms, and, as chairman of the com-
mittee on pensions, performed impor-
tant services in readjusting the pension
rates. He declined the appointment of
charge d'affaires in Paraguay and Uru-
guay, and that of chief of the bureau
of engraving and printing, which were
offered him by President Garfield.
In 1882 he was chosen governor of
Wisconsin, and was elected for three
successive terms. During the threat-
ened Milwaukee riots in May, 1886, be
did good service by his prompt action
in ordering the militia to fire on ‘the
dangerous mob where they attempted
to destroy life and property,
General Rusk was favorably spoken
of for the Republican nomination for
president in 1888, and, when Harrison
was forming his cabinet, he made Gen-
eral Rusk commissioner of agriculture,
and congress soon afterward raising
the post to that ot a cabinet position,
he then became secretary of agricul:
ture, a position he filled with great
credit to himself, and acceptably to all
parties.
In 1892 General Rusk was again
tion for president or vice president.
General Rusk was a man of rugged
honesty, brave and brainy, a typical
Western American, and every inch a
man,
A Policeman Has Small-Pox.
GREENSBURG, Pa., Nov. 22.—A. case
of small-pox has developed at Jeannette.
Policeman Thomas, discharged from the
Homepathic hospital, Pittsburg, a few
days ago was stricken with the disease
last evening. His house has been quar-
antined. He says that there were sev-
oral cases of small pox in the hospital
when he left.
Anarchists Arrested.
Miran, November 17.—Thirty-five
anarchists were arrested here to day
Powderly on Top.
The Grand Master Victorious Over His Enemies
—The Test of Strength Made.—The Powderly
and Anti-Powderly Factions Come Together
at the Knights of Labor Convention and Mr.
Powderly Wins the Day.—Secretary Haye’
Knocked Out. .
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 22.
—The anticipated test of strength be
tween the Powderly and Anti Powder
ly factions in the general assembly of
the Knights of Labor materalized at
this afternoon’s session and as was ex-
pected Mr Powderly came out on top
being re elected general master work-
man by a vote of 26 to 20. This, it is
claimed, foreshadows the defeat of Pow-
derly’s enemy Secretary - Treasurer
Hayes, an election for whose office will
be held to-morrow. Itis not certain,
however, that Hayes will be a. candi-
date for re election. After the adoption
ot the finance committee's report exon
erating Powderly, A. W. Wright and
Devlin, a resolution was adopted declar-
ing the general office vacant. Then
came the election of Powderly. Con-
gressman Davis. Powderly, T. B.
"McGuire and J. R. Sovereign, of Towa,
were placed in nomination. McGuire
and Davis immediately withdrew.
Sovereign, who was not present, was
nominated by the Hayes people, and his
popularity was shown by the close
brush he gave Powderly, he poll-
ing nineteen votes and McGuire one.
The Powderly people claim that Sover-
eign is a close friend of Powderly, and
that he would not have allowed the use
of his name had he been present.
Powderly’s victory gives him the
privilege of naming eight candidates,
tour of whom are to be elected members
of the general executive board. It is
certain that he will press the re election
of A. W. Wright, Devlin and Davis of
the present board. There is a possibili-
ty of T. B. McGuire being the fourth
man. p
If Hayes does not run for secretary-
treasurer it is expected their candidate
will be J. G. Schonfarber, of Baltimore.
Ciarles Martin, of Tiffin, Ohio, will
probably be the Powderly candidate.
There will be no opposition to the re-
election of General Worthy Foreman
Cavanaugh.
The Mills Start Up.
There: Was Greal kejoicing at Youngstown
Monday—Most of the Plants Which Did No
Work Wl Commence in a Few Days—Sharon
Puddlers Accept the $4.75 Rate.
Several of the iron mills at Youngs-
town etarted up Monday causing great
rejoicing at that place. Others will re-
sumed during the week,
The 10-inch, 8-inch and bar mill at
the Haselton mills went on and were
Monday putting in muck rolls for the
puddle mill to commence business this
morning. The Union Iron and Steel
Company put on part of its finishing
wills and other mills will go on later
this week. George P. Wick, of the
Union [ron aad Steel Company, said :
“We will start the mill at Girard as
quickly as enough orders come in to
justify it. The mill at Warren will
probably not be lighted until after the
holidays, as they make railroad spe-
cialties for which at present there is no
demand. The men employed there
were notified some time ago to look for
other jobs, as the mill would probably
not be lighted for some time. We
have been running at Pomeroy. and
expect now to make extensive im-
provements to the plant.”
The nail mill and factory of the
Atlantic Iron Works at Sharon re-
sumed operations yesterday, giving
employment to a large number of idle
men, :
A telegram from Sharon says that a
meeting of the Amalgamated puddlers
of the Sharon mills was held Sunday
night in their rooms and the $4 75 rate
made by the manufacturers and the
Amalgamated Association at Youngs-
town was discussed. The puddlers
thought it a hard dose to take, but
submitted to the reduction and went to
work Monday.
Cochran Found Gatity.
Convicted of the Charge of Stealing From the
Philadelphia Mint, Where He Was Em-
ployed.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.—Ex-Chief
“Weigher Henry S. Cochran, for tweaty-
two years an employe of the Philadel-
phia mint, was tried and found guilty
to-day before Judge Butler, in the Uni-
ted States circuit court, of larceny and
embezzlement in the taking of $130,000
worth of gold bars from a vault in the
mint. The discovery was made when
$16,000,000 in gold bars was reweighed
on Sept. 14 last, and suspicion was at-
tracted to Cochran by his unexplainable
anxiety. He subsequenty made a con-
fession and partial restitution. These
facts were presented by council for the
government, who attempted to offset the
claim that Cochran was insane by pre-
senting the statement of three physicians
who examined him and reported that he
was in his right mind.
There was no.defense presented by
Cochran’s council, but a number of wit-
nesses were heard, including Superinten-
dent of the Mint Bosbyshell, H. M.
Cebb, chief clerk of the mint, and Chief
Drummond, of the secret service, so that
the facts might be placed on record to
Judge Butler in imposing a penalty.
The jury rendered a verdict of guilty
without leaving the box. Sentence was
deferred.
Will Require $15,000,000.
New York, November 17.—The re-
port on the examination of Stephen
Little of the books of the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad and coal and iron
company is made up to September 30.
It will be the basis for the plan for the
financial re-adjustment of the compa-
nies which will be formulated and car-
ried out by the Reading general mort-
gage bondholders and income mortgage
bondholders’ committees acting in con-
junction. It is estimated that it will
be necessary to raise $15,000,000
which will be done by an assessment
on the income bonds and the stock.
For the'money paid some kind of a se-
curity is to be given, probably third in-
come bonds, which may be issued in
any amount for value,
A Num'ler of Democrats May Not Sup-
port the New Tariff Bill.
Measure is Near Completion. It Wiil Be Sub
mitted to the Full Committee by Chairman
Wilson Next Monday—The Democratic Mem-
bers Are Now Working Upon the Bill Day
and Night—A Tax Will Be Placed on Sugar
and the Bounty Will Be Repealed.
WasHINGTON, Nov. 22.—The tariff
bill now nearly completed by Chairman
Wilson and his Democratic associates
on the ways and means committee
may not command the united support
of the Democrats in congress.
This is a matter that is giving some
of the leaders of that party a good deal
of uneasiness just now, and as the time
approaches for the bill to be made
public a good many disquieting rumors
reach their ears of a combination
among Democratic menibers to force a
compromise in case the bill does not
give satisfactory proiection to the
articles in which their several constit-
uencies are interested.
Talks with a number of Democratic
representatives in regard to the matter
show that while hone of them cares to
be quoted in criticism of a bill that has
not yet been made public, and of
which they only know the meagre
details that have leaked through the
closed doers of the ways and means
committee room, it is safe to say that
it the bill is reported in the shape it is
generally understood to have assumed
the opposition to it will not be confined
to Republicans,
Several quiet consultations have been
held among Democrats who are not
members of the committee, but are
interested in the protection of various
articles, and it is alleged that in certain
contingencies there will be concerted
action on the part of Democratic mem-
bers that will compel a modification of
the measure.
If the bill should not be satisfactory
—and present indications are it will
not be—to the growers of Connecticut
add Pennsylvania leaf tobacco, to the
coal interests of West Virginia and
Western Maryland, to the coal and
iron ore interests of Alabama and
Georgia, and to the sugar and rice
growers of Louisiana, it is easy to see
that a very effective protest might be
made by a combination of Democratic
representatives from these sections.
A southern Democrat poiuted out
yesterday afternoon that the proposed
bill would possibly affect a large num-
ber of interests in southern states and
it might, consequently, be found more
difficult to hold the southern men in
linein its support than it had been
when former tariff measures were
under consideration which did not
affect them so vitally.
Talks with several members of the
committee on ways and means yester-
day about the possibility of Democratic
opposition to their bill fourd they
realized there was considerable ground
for apprehension.
Mr. McMillin, of Tennessee, stated
the opposition would net amount to
much, however, and seemed to think
it would all end in talk.
Mr. Tarsney, of Missouri, said he
would not be surprised to. find some
Democratic opposition. “There are,”
said he, “some senators, some repre-
senatives and some newspaper editors,
who call themselves Democrats, and
think they are Democrats, but who
are really protectionists Republicans,
aud the soouer we smoke them out
and drive them over into the party
where they belong the better it will be
for the Democracy.” ;
“Will this tariff bill smoke them
out ?”’ was asked.
“I don’t kunow,” he replied. “I
don’t know how much smoke they can
stand.”
A reporter was assured by several
members that so far as the committee
itself was concerned it was a perfectly
harmonious, in spite of all reports to
the contrary.
Chairman Wilson said the Demo-
cratic members of the committee
would have the tariff bill completed
and ready to submit to the full com:
mittee on Monday next. The
Democratic members are at work night
and day. Meetings in the daytime
are held in their committee rooms at
the capitol, and night meetings in the
room of the assistant treasurer, in the
treasury department, which has been
turned over to them by Secretary
Carlisle. ~~
It is their intention to make the ‘bill
public soon after submitting it to a
full committee, though there may be
some delay, owing to the fact that
some of the Democratic committee
mea, who are interested in the protec-
tion of certain articles, may insist upon
having a separate vote on those articles
by the full committec.
Sugar isone of the articles on which
there was said to be friction in the
committee, This report is denied,
though it 18 not definitely stated what
the duty on sugar will be. The only
thing that seems to be definitely decid-
ed is that the bounty is doomed, and
there will be some duty on sugar of all
grades. The duty on refined sugars
will depend largely on what is done
with raw sugars and various rates for
the raw articles have been proposed.
It is understood the committee con-
sidered three rates—one cent, three-
quarters of acent and half a centa
pound. The rate on refined sugars
will be somewhat higher than on the
raw articles—either a quarter or a
half cent higher—and will give the
refiners the advautage of that excess.
Rejoicing at Gallitzin .
HorLipaysBurG, Pa., November 17,
—There is great rejoicing at Gallitzin,
Cambria country, to-day, owing to the
resumption of operations in the large
coal and coke works of Taylor & Me:
Coy. On July lst a proposed 10 per
cent reduction in wages caused a strike
among the miners. Since that time
there has been much privation and suf-
fering in the town. The 600 men em-
ployed finally submitted to the terms
of the management.
A General Strike On the Lehigh Val-
ley.
Because the officials of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad would not hear a com-
mittee of employees, who had greivances
to be adjusted, all the roads operated by
that company are effectually tied.
Passenger and freight trains alike are
without men to run them and work is
at a standstill on the entire system.
General Superintendent Wilbur of
the Lehigh Valley claims that he has
enough men to man his trains but indi-
cations point to the conclusion that he
will have to make some concessions to
the Brotherhood of railroad trainmen
before operating again.
At Buffalo, N. Y. The committee
appointed by the federation to give
news to the press said that all they had
to report was that the blockade was:
firmer Wednesday than ever before.
Not one man had paid any attention to
President Wilbur's notice to return to
work, except. Conductor France, who
went back Tuesday. Never has a road’s
freight and passenger service been as
effectually tied up as is that of the
Lehigh at present. Four passenger
trains have been stalled and annulled
since Tuesday morning and nothing has
since moved eastward beyond Manches-
ter. The only stretch of track that can
be at all operated is the east bound track
from Buffalo to Manchester.
Tbe ticket office at the Washington
street depot has been closed and no at-
tempt is being made to carry passengers.
over the road. The yards full of stalled
freight trains and thirteen yard engines
at work are kept busy marshalling the
stalled freight as it is delivered to the
Lehigh from other roads.
A break will have to be made one
way or the other before long, and the
men are hourly expecting an overture
from the officials. The report that.
many men had reported for duty at
Manchester this afternoon is emphati-
cally denied by Committeeman King,
of the Buffalo strikers, At the com-
pany’s office on Scott street it was given
out to-night that 125 men, comprising
three engineers, fifteen conductors and
twenty-seven firemen, were sent east to
take the strikers’ place at Sayer.
It was also given out that 400 or 500
experienced men were on their way from
Chicago and that 100 applications were
received Wednesday. The bulk of the
new men who have arrived {rom the
west are from the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy road. :
The Lehigh official, true to their pro-
mise, sent a train of merchandise east
Wednesday afternoon. It was train No.
548 and was started at 2 o’clock. It went
through Oneektowaga, fifteen miles east.
of Buffalo, all right and was still going
when last heard from.
Very few strikers have responded to
President Wilbur's circular anywhere,
Four freight crews applied for duty at
Manchester at noon Wednesday. J. G.
Wilson, grand chief and member of .the
executive committee of the Firemen’s
union visited the strikers meeting at
Klocke’s hall to-night and spoke en-
couraging words. The first sign o
violence in the strike occurred Wednes-
day afternoun and it was on the part of
a discharged switchman and not a striker.
Patrick Fleming, a switchman who was
discharged from the Lehigh valley seven
months ago, boarded a switch engine at:
East Buffalo this afternoon and ordered
the craw to quit work or suffer the con-
sequences. He was locked up before
doing any harm.
At Hazelton the effects of the strike
locally were scarcely more observable
Thursday than the day before. No more
men struck.” Ail passenger trains con-
tinued moving and are hampered mostly
‘in making up at the division terminal
and by green firemen. Mails arrive and
depart very irregularly. Few freight
cars arrived Thursday. Three coal
trains passed here east bound.
The strike has thrown ten thousand
miners out of work because of the inab-
(lity to handle coal and get cars. The
rumor that the militia ‘had been ordered
out is untrue as the strikers have thus
far been very peaceable and seem to be
anxious to ‘gee back to work. :
Decided Against the State.
HARRISBURG, Nov. 22.—Judge Sim-
onton to-day handed down a decision in
the tax case against the Sharon Coal
company, an action for alleged capital
stock tax owed by the company. This
is one of the cases in which the state of-
ficers arbitrarily increased the valuation
of the stock, basing the increase on the
net earnings. The court holds that net
earnings which have not been paid out
.in dividends nor carried into a surplus
or sinking fund cannot be used as the
test of the minimum value of the stock,
and it sets aside the valuation made by
the state officers and affirms the valua-
tion munde by the company’s officers.
Informed of the Day of Doom.
CARLISLE, Pa.. Nov. 22.—Charle
Salyards, who will pay the penalty o
death for the murder of Policeman Mar-
tin, of this city, was informed by Sheriff’
Strock to-day of the action of Gov-
ernor Pattison in fixing the day for his
execution. “Itcan come none to soon,’”
was the remark Salyards made after the
sheriff had told him what he knew of
the matter. No one but his counsel and
ministers will be allowed to see him.
Fatal Fire at Beaver, Pa.
Beaver Pa., Nov. 21.—The Merrill
House ia this city was destroyed by
fire early this morning, and six work-
ing men perished in the flames, The
dead are John Kelley, Barney Wilkes,
Robert Stanley, J. J. Wrenn, James
Hulmes and an unknown man. The
house was a frame structure, there was
no water with which to fight the
flames.
Rockafellow on Trial.
WiILKESBARRE, Nov. 22.— Shortly
after the opening of the criminal court
to-day Judge Lynch appeared on the
bench and announced that the motion
tojquash thelthirteen indictments against
ex-Banker Rockafellow for embezzle-
ment was denied. The case was then
taken up for trial. It will take several
days to hear this witness alone.
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