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MORE COEERS QUIT.
Several Additional Works of the
Frick Company Laid Idle.
THE 11IGHT AKD WKONG OF THINGS
Aired Eespectively by Master Workman
Kao and Operators.
LATEST FK01I TI1E SCENE OP TKODBLE
Only Three More Bodies of Workers Joined the Strike
yesterday.
Recruits for the striking cokers were not
numerous yesterday. Master "Workman Eae
upholds the strikers still. Operators con
demn them as haying broken their plighted
iaith. The rival miners' organizations join
hands.
The cokers" strike in the Connellsville
region presented little change yesterday.
The early reports from Connellsville, Soott
dalc'and Uniontown to the operators all
stated that the men at Frick & Co.'s works
were still out, and that while the K. of L.
made considerable efforts to induce the men
at the other works to stop work, they were
not successful.
Master Workman Eae, of National Dis
trict Assembly No. 135, K. of L., Miners
and Mine Laborers, returned yesterday from
the Connellsville region. A Dispatch re
porter met him afterward, and Mr. Eae said:
My investigations among the men in the re
gion corroborated my first impression, that the
men are In the right, and their demands must
Decompiled with. The aTeragc price a man
gets now for digeing and filling coal in the re
, gion amounts to IS cents per ton. less than is
paid an) n here else in the world. Now the men
demand 1 cent per bushel, and they will get it.
This movement has been going on among the
men for a long tim e, and they f olt that the cli
max had to come soou. They hare made prep
arations for it, and arc in financial condition
to tght.
A SinONG rEEDICTIOX.
I feel sure that within tbreo days the entire
Connellsville region wiltyie idle, and remain so
until the operators agree to hold a conference
with the men and establish a scale giving them
fair wages. The price of iron has advanced,
and the general condition of the coke trade
warr-ints better pay for the men.
At the offices of the different operators in
town very little information could be ob
tained. Colonel Schodnmaker remarked
that all their men were at work,
and made no complaint. He said
this strike had been gotten up by the
labor agitators, aud the men were
not in harmony with them. According to
his belief the strike will soon be ended.
The McClurc Company's works are all
running, and not a man was out yesterday.
The J. C. Moore Company reported the
same. One of the gentlemen of this con
cern remarked:
This is the most unjust strike I have ever
heard of, and I must say it is a very severe
blow at organized labor. If the men bad
struck at auy orks except Frick's they might
be justified, because nooody else signed a scale
witu the workers, but Krlck made an agree
ment with Ins men and signed a scale which
insured them higher wages than the other
companies paid, and for men who are getting
the best wanes to strike is something very
peculiar. However, I think the men will soon
cone to their senses, and the strike will not
amount to much. Our men are at work, and
we have not received even the slightest intima
tion that they will not continue.
THE FRICK SCALE.
At the office of the H. C. Frick Coke
Company a reporter obtained a copy of the
scale which had been made with the men on
February 8, last. In this scale the men
were promised from 6Jf to 12 per cent better
wages than any other company then paid.
There was a proviso iu this scale, which
stipulated that the other companies would
adupi the same scale by April 1. Another
rule was that, in case the agreement were to
be discontinued, the party desiring the dis
continuance would have to give a notice of
six days. The scale was signed by a com
mittee oi workers composed of Edward
Itooney, Hugh'Gallagher, Thomas Boyle,
Martin King, George Wylie, Lawrence
Meegan and James Hart, and on the part ot
the Frick Coke Company by Thomas Lynch,
General Superintendent. The Frick people
say the men violated that agreement in
every way. Three more of their works, the
Trotter, the Frick "Works and the Fair
"Works, ot the Southwest Coke Company,
went out yesterday.
THE FE1CK CO.'S SIDE.
A member of the Frick Company stated
the company's side as follows to a reporter
yesterday:
The strike in the coke region, so far as it is
directed against the H. C. Frick Coke Com
pany, deserves censure because it is unjust,
and in direct violation of a contract asked for
aud signed by the men. The last strike was
ended so far as the II. C. Frick Coke Company
was concerned by ths men submitting and
agreeing to a scale of wages which was 12 per
cent of an increase over what was then paid.
The other operators held out and their men
cave up tbe strike and went back to work at
the old wares. This was tbe big strike of 1S87.
Kver since then Mr. I rick has given his men
more steady employment and one-eighth more
wages than any other operator in the region.
Up until April. ib89. at which time Mr.
Frick's men, recognizing the injustice of
his paying the excess of wages as he
bad paid for almost two jears before, agreed
tnat the base price of a scale contract which he
then had should bo the average nnce which
other operators were paying in the region at
that time. At the time ot making this con
tract in April, 1SS3. the selling price of coke was
SI 25. Most of the time since then coke has
sold in the vicinity of $1 per ton, and yet Mr.
Frick has paid the same wages as were agreed
upon when it sold at SI 25, which is as much as
any operator has done and more than most of
tbem have done. The scale contract Mr. Frick
has witli his employes requires that before he
shall close down anv of his works, or tbe men
shall quit work, each shall give the other six
dajs' notice. This compact he has kept, while
the men have cone out without giving any
notice, in direct violation of their agreement,
and abandoned the ovens full of coke to be con
sumed and wasted, in order to injure their em
ployer and to compel him by loss to snbmit to a
demand made in violation of their contract.
NOT EOSEATE AT CONlTELLSYrLLE.
The following special telegram from Con
nellsville last evening gives the situation as
viewed from that standpoint:
The efforts to make the coke strike general
have thus far met with small success. The day
has passed, and the list of idle works has been
increased by tbe addition of only three. As was
expected, the meeting at Trotter last night bad
the effect of changing tbo decision of the men.
They joined the strikers' forces this morning.
At the meeting there las: night a vote resulted
In ISO in favor of coming out, agalnstiio in favor
of remaining at work. On the strength of this
the men refused to go to work this morning.
An official of the II. C Frick Coke Company at
the Davidson works, asked the strikers to meet
him at a store. The men first held a meeting
themselves, at which they decided not to accept
the Invitation, fearing that they wonld be asked
to draw the oens, or would be told that they
conld consider themselves discharged.
Meetings were held in the northern end of
the region to-niebt, to bring the men at the
works in that section, particularly the em
ployes of McClurc Coke Company, into line.
The leaders think they will be successful in
this, and that in the morning the works which
were expected to come out this roornlns, but
did not, with the exception of Frick and South
west No. 1, will join In tbe strike.
Word has reached Knights of Labor head
quarters here that Iticbard -Davis, President of
the National Progressive Union, has joined
with Itobert Watchorn. Secretary of National
Trades Assembly 135, Knights of Labor, and
that the two w ill work together in the interest
of the striking cokers. This settles the ques
tion of jealousy between the two organiza
tions. The men at the Dexter "Works of J. R.
Btanffer fc Co. drew the coke from the ovens
this morning, but no coke was mined.
Ilallnn Strikers Quietly Prld Off:
Captain Irwin, of the Lake Erie Eailroad,
took out the pay car yesterday afternoon,
and the Italian strikers, between Beaver
and Homewood were paid oif. Everything
was reported quiet last night.
Making Brooms at the Pen.
JTheJjroppa industry was put in operation
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at the Itiverside Penitentiary yesterday
morning. Fonr men were given charge.but
the number will be increased if the business
is a success.
THERE HAY BE A STRIKE.
A Dlfflculty nt tbe Oliver & Roberts Wire
Mill IleconMdcrcd.
The men at Oliver & Eoberts'Jrod mill,
on Sonth Ninth street, threaten to strike.
The firm have lately put some new ma
chinery into their works, and tbe men think
(hey ought to have more wages on that
account. A scale was presented tothem
yesterday, and the men held a meeting to
consider'it. It was at first rejected, but a
reconsideration was advised.
THINKS THE! SHODLD GO BACK.
The Evident Opinion of Itobert D. Lay ton on
Contracted Laborer.
Robert D. Layton, of the Executive Com
mittee, K. of L., who was appointed special
examiner in the Jeannette case of alleged
importation of foreign glassworkers, ar
rived in tbe city yesterday. He stated that
he had his report of tbe investigation about
readv, but refused to say what his decision
would be. From his general conversation,
however, it appeared as if he favored a re
turn of the men to the old country.
A GIGANTIC COAL DEAL,
Congressman W. L. Scott Gobbles 6,000
Acres nt S65 no Acre.
Congressman Scott, the Erie coal king,
has closed a deal in coal lands along the
Yough and Mononcahela rivers, amounting
to 6,000 acres. It is said that Mr. Scott en
countered a great deal of difficulty in secur
ing the land, and it has taken him IS years
to get what he wanted. He paid on an av
erage $65 per acre for the land.
THE CRONIN SUSPECTS
Are RnUlntr Any Number of Technical Pleas
to Worry tbe Proaccutlon.
Chicago, August 2. The lawyers who
are defending the Cronin suspects are mak
ing herculean efforts to obtain separate
trials for their clients. The motion for a
change of venue in behalf of Patrick O'Sul
livan was argned before Judge Horton to
day by the State's Attorney and Attorney
David. The State's Attorney maintained
that the petition was not prepared in statu
tory form. Mr. David said the petition
was in the form used in the Criminal Conrt
records, and that tbe Court miist take judi
cial knowledge of the fact that the case
was actually pending before him.
Mr. A. W. Browne, who appeared for
"Woodruff, then startled the States Attorney
and the Court by contending that if a
change of venne be granted to O'Sullivan it
did not apply to the other defendants, but
left them for trial before Judge Horton. He
saidthat his client had neither asked fornor
consented to a change of venue. He bad a
right under the statutes to only one change
of venue, and if against bis 'Will the change
were forced upon him it would debar him
from exercising that right before any other
Judge.
Mr. Longnecker wanted time to answer
these points, and the Judge took the case
under advisement until Monday, when the
States Attorney may argue some more. A
decision upon motions to qiiash the indict
ments of Woodruff, Begjrs, Kunze and
Conghlin wjs also deferred to Monday.
Judge Horton bas received a letter from
Kunze asking him to appoint an attorney
for his defense- He has nottyet done so.
1IE WANTED TO BDILD A THEATER.
A Detroit Man's Scheme Geti Blm Into
Trouble.
fSFICCIAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, August 2. To-day an at
tachment was issued against a young man
calling himself A. H. Wood, who hailed
from Detroit, Wood recently purchased a
lot from Maggie Mitchell on which to build
a theater to cost $400,000. He paid a por
tion of the purchase money on the lot, or-'
dered plans for tbe theater to De drawn, and
persuaded several persons to go into the
scheme with him.
The theater project has now collapsed,
and Wood has been identified as Harry
Hahr, the son-iu-law of Louis Dressier, a
comparatively wealthy-man in Detroit, who
is out S30.0Q0 by the deal. "Wood's creditors
are looking for him.
A BIG BATTLE IMMINENT.
Egyptian Cavalry Already Skirmishing With
tbe Desperate Derrisbes.
Caieo, August 2. Themainbodiesof the
British army and the Dervish army are now
almost within striking distance of each
other. The Dervishes are inarching north
ward, slowly and cautiously
A dispatch from Toski says General Gren
fell to-day reconnoitered the Dervish camp.
The Dervishes charged the Egyptian cavalry
and killed 27 men. Lieutenant Daguila
dislodged the Dervishes at Masasa village,
and killed IS of them. Deserters report
that Wad-el. Jural intends to fight to the
last.
Killed by a Blast Explosion.
IEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO Till: DISPATCH.
Ciiaeleston, W. Va., August 2. At
the Farland Coal "Works, qear Clarksburg
to-day, a blast exploded whale the men were
tampering down the powder, and Edgar
Matheny and S. V. Matheny, his brother,
were killed, and Thomas Dodd aud "Will
iam Matheny dangerously wounded. Sev
eral other miners were slightly hurt.
Switzerland and Germany Will Agree.
Bekne, Augst 2. An official note says
that Prince Bismarck's reply to the Swiss
cote of July 10 does not exclude the hope of
an amicable settlement of the dispnte be
tween Switzerland and Germany.
IAngelns Paid For.
Pabis, August 2. Mr. Sutton, on behalf
of the American Art Association, has paid
to M. Proust 580,630: francs for Milleto's
picture, "The Angelus," which was bought
at the Secretan sale. '
Parlor Cars on Day Train and Sleeper on
NIebt Trains
On the Pennsylvania Eailroad Company's
excursion to the seashore on Thursday, Au
gust 8, 1889. Tickets good ten days and
$10 for tbe round trip to either Atlantic
City, Cape May, Ocean City or Sea Island
City. Morning train leaves Union station,
Pittsburg, at 8:50 a. M.;evening trains 4:30,
7:15 and 8:10 p. m. Tickets and parlor car
and sleeping car accommod ations can now
be secured at office, 110 Fifth avenue, and
Union station.
Marvin' tbe Best.
Marvin's extra soda crackers and royal
fruit biscuit cannot be beaten. They are
unsurpassed. Get them from your grocer.
Tuwxhssu
Cnlifornla Claret.
Coleman's Flag Brand, G. "W. S. Flag
Brand, Zinfandel Claret, bv the case or
bottle. G. W. Schmidt,
95 and 97 Fifth avenue, city.
Tbe Bent Summer Drink,
As well as the most wholesome beverage for
the warm weather, is Pilsner beer;
Fbatjenheem & VlLSACK.
Telephone 1186.
REAL ESTATE SAVINGSBAKK, XJ9L,
401 Smltbfleld Street, cor.'Fonrth Avenue.
Capital, 8100,000. Surplus-, 545,000.
Deposits of $1 and upward received and
interest allowed at 4 per cent. its
BAR HARBOR "
ing hops are graphically deter
its fashionable follies.
reuy guru ana even
described in an tfuj-
trated letter from Kamera in tomorrow? t Dis
patch. -
A WORD OF WARNING.
The Organs of the Canadian Govern
ment Are Becoming Warlike.
SAYINGS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT.
The "Weakness of the United States on the
Sea the Foint to
BE BELIED ON IN CASE OF TROUBLE.
Oar Coast Cities Conld Easily be Demolished by the
British Kaij.
Canadian papers that are close to the
Dominion Government are becoming ex
cited over the seizure of the Black Diamond
in Behring Sea. They intimate that the
"United States will get into serious troubles
if immediate reparation is not made.
rsrrciAL tzlequah to tux DisrATcrt.l
Ottawa, Ont., August 2. The seizure
of the Black Diamond by the United States
cutter Bush, in the Behring Sea, has stirred
up the Evening Journal to remark edi
torially as follows: "Of late the United
States has shown a bullying confidence in
Its own strength. Its dealings with Hayti,
the Samoan question and Canada, and tbe
tone of its press on international subjects
indicate a belief on the part of our neighbors
to the south that, although they may not be
in the habit of keeping up a very formidable
peace armament, they are able at short
notice to successfully tackle any other na
tion on the face of the earth.
"They are justified in feeling so in regard
to their international safety. The war be
tween the North and the South proved that
the "United States can put several million
soldiers in the field inside of a year, should
it require them. No nation would dare to
attempt a military invasion of the States.
The result would inevitably be the loss of
the entire invading army, were it the largest
ever sent forth in the world.
A CONFIDENT NATION.
"Secure at home, the mass of the Ameri
can people are confident that the foremost
national resources, their surplus revenue of
$100,000,000 a year and comparatively small
national debt, would enable them to soon
whip any country reckless enough to stand
up against uncle cam. uur neighbors ao
not probably generally realize the whole sit
uation. Away from "the sea they are safe;
on the borders of the sea they are at present
at the mercy of any naval superior power.
"It may be that the rapid advance of late
in the science of marine defense might ena
ble them in a year or two after the outbreak
of war to protect to some extent the rem
nant of their coast cities; but not one, nor
two, nor fire years of the moat earnest exer
tion will enable the United States to
strengthen its navy sufficiently to make it a
match for the fleets of Italy, France, Ger
many or Bussia, to say nothing of Great
Britain.
"Britain can build an ironclad in three or
fonr years to supplement its already
gigantic navy. Tbe United States, with its
present appliances requires twice that time
lor the same task.
SOMEWHAT BELLICEBEXT.
The Citizen, the organ of the Government
here, which has hitherto been silent on the
Behrings Sea question to-day says in its
editorial column: "If the present Govern
ment at "Washington wants to bring about
serious complications between the Imperial
Government and the United States it will
not because no effort has been put forth to
produce so undesirable a result. The truth
is that statesmen of the caliber of "Webster
and Clay do not now reach maturitv on the
Southern portion of this continent Peddling
politicians, seekers after notoriety, pro
fessors of brag and duplicity appear to
have monopolized all places of importance
and are now intent upon forcing issues with
this country whose people are rapidly
learning to despise, not fear them.
"The recent shameful act committed
upon a Canadian Vessel in Behring Sea is
indefensible, and has only one redeeming
feature, namely 'that it will bring the
whole question under consideration, and the
"Washington authorities will be ordered to
recoup the owners of the vessel they inter-,
fered with. If this is not done, what is
left of Yankee naval effects will probably
disappear from more seas than Behring."
HEARD NOTHING OP THE SEIZURE.
An Eoellsb Onlclal'a Statement on the
Behring; Sea Selznre.
London, August 2. In the House of
Commons this afternoon, Sir James Fergus
son, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign
Office, said that no authentic information
had as yet reached the Government regard
ing the seizure of British vessels in Behring
Sea by tho United States Government. He
also said that no understanding had been
arrived at in regard to the jurisdiction of
the Behring Sea.
ENTITLED TO A FREE EIDE.
Adjutant General Hastings Tells Who Have
a Right to Transportation.
f SPECIAL TELIOHAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Habbisbubg, August 2. Adjutant Gen
eral Hastings has issued a circular showing
who are entitled to free transportation to
Gettysburg to witness the dedication of the
monuments of the 84 military organizations
which participated in the great battle. The
transportation will allow the holders tbe
privilege of remaining at Gettvsburg not
less than one week and stopping off at any
station en route, Members of the Grand
Army of the Republic entitled to transpor
tation, who so desire, can have their trans
portation cover the period of the annual en
campment, that' is, from September 5 to
September 16.
Soldiers not honorably discharged, or who
were mustered into service subsequent to the
battle, or who are now not residents of Penn
sylvania, are not entitled to transportation.
Trapsportation cannot be furnished for rela
tives or attendants of soldiers not entitled to
transportation.
SHOT BT HIS CHILD'S SIDE.
A Prominent Texas Citizen tbe Victim ofa
SIrsterion III order.
ISFECIAL TZXXOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH.)
GOLDTHWAITE, TEX., August 2. At
Big Valley, ten miles from here, Leroy
Beck, one of the most prominent citizens of
the county, was assassinated in a myste
rious manner. He had been to his brother's
house and was returning with bis
7-year-old daughter beside him on a horse.
"When near the residence of J. M. Robert
son, two miles from home, he was shot four
times in the head. He fell and the little
girl also fell, the horse running away.
The child's screams attracted Robertson,
who found Beck dead, but the child un
harmed. The shooting was done by an un
known man.
Grateful for Small Favor.
London, August2. The Durham min
ers have taken a vote on the question of ac
cepting the 10 per cent advance offered by
the owners. The result was in favor of ac
cepting this advance by a "majority of one.
This decision averts a strike, which would
have proved tbe greatest on record.
An Editor Killed by a Lawyer.
Jackeon, Miss., August 2. A telegram
dated Bosedale, Miss., was received here
this afternoon announcing the killing of
Charles M. .Hull, editor of the Bolivar
county Democrat, by L. A. "Weissinger, a
lawyer, to-day. No particulars,. Hull is
prominently-connected.
EAILROAD BUILDING.
Xotwltbstandlng the Unfavorable Outlook
There la a. Great Deaf of Work Being
Done la the Northwest Table
Showing tbe Number of
Mile Projected.
NewYobk, August 2. The Engineer
ing News of this week will say:
To any one familiar with the status of exist
ing Northwestern railways, as outlined in tbe
opinions of well-informed railway managers,
published in tbe dally papers recently, it may
seem strange that any one at the present time
Is rash enough to invest his money In bnilding
new railway lines In the Noithwest. It is in
this section that the building of competing
lines bas already been overdone, as every one
confesses, and tbe hostile railway legislation,
which is generally considered to be the worst
evil railway investors have to fear, has been
carried on chiefly in Illinois, Wisconsin. Min
nesota, Iowa and Nebraska, all of which States
are included upon our map.
It is true, indeed, that railway construction
In this section baa greatly fallen off; but the
common impression that it has entirely
stopped the following table shows to be wide
of tbe mark:
In nro- T.nMtiw1 Pro-
States..
Track laid, cess of and In pro- Jects
13SS-1SS3. construe- cess of of some
tlon. survey, promise.
189
7
423
202
215
113
"387
S73
43S
1C0
45
K4
874
6S7
1,280
8M
Ki
347
BZ
1,23 L.S3S
4,039
To compare the above with the statin of work
we have the following comparative figures: On
January 28, 18S8. under construction. LS57;
under survey, 5,050: projected. 4,254. On Au
gust 3, 1889, under construction, 833; under
survey, 1,497; projected, 3,479. In 'comparing
these two sets of figures, it should be remem
bered that the mileage "under construction"
Includes lines for whicb eontracts have been
laid and graded lines on which work is now at
a standstill, but is expected to be resumed at an
early date, as well as tbe lines on which actual
construction Is going on at the present time.
Ot the 633 miles in the above total, not more
than 600 miles are being actively pushed to
completion at the present time. Tbe mileage
classed as "under survey" includes a larce
number of lines which bave been more or less
definitely located, and are likely to go on, but
on which engineers are not now at work; while
many surveyed lines on which the prospect for
future work is more indefinite, are classed
under "projected."
A comparison of tbo two tables is of great
interest. Many of the proposed roads which
were then under survey, and were being
actively pushed by their promoters, bave been
put back into the class of "projects:" while
others bave been left out of this table entirely,
there boing not life enough in the enterprise
at present to justify its inclusion in our list.
THE DEAGOJi DTIKG OUT.
A Once Terrible Anlmnl That Seems to
be
Losing Its Grip.
Texas Slflings.l
This is one of the most vicious of mytho
logical animals. Authorities differ as to its
shape and the number of eyes it has, as to
the size and kind of tail, and location and
shape of its mouth, but on all other points,
and that it would be dangerous to encounter
one single-handed, they agree.
The dragon was used by the ancients to
tell stories about to women and children to
keep tbem properly frightened. But since
the necessity for keeping the weaker portion
oi the population in a state of fear and
trembling has passed, the use of the dragon
has died out. As a source of terror to wo
men the mouse takes its place, and is emi
nently successful, and as a groundwork for
masculine lying, the trout aud other fish
meet all demands at present.
For centuries the dragon has been losing
its grip on the public until now it is seldom
seen except on the label of patent medicines,
where it is depicted lying on its back fatally
twisted,, while a man dressed in a tin hel
met of the Plumed Knight pattern, and
riding a bucking mustang, is just about to
plunge a campaign spear through its vitals.
Years ago an Englishman by the name of
St. George is reported to have been mixed
up in an affair with a dragon, in which the
dragon was trounced, and ever since St.
George has been used as a patron by En
gland, and made almost as big a man as the
Prince of "Wales. St. George might be
able to knock the warts off the dragon but
he has never yet been able to get hold of the
tail feathers of that strong and beautiful
bird which is no myth the American
Eagle. Ah, nol
POETEI TEAT BEEEDS DISEASE.
Germs Lie Hidden Among; the Leaves
of
Dlany a Dook.
"I sometimes am almost led to believe
that the intellectual benefit derived from a
public library is outweighed by the physical
detriment," were the words that tell from
the lips of a distinguished physician a day
or two ago, as he rather gingerly handled a
greasy-looking volume that ornamented the
mantel piece of a patient's sick chamber.
"Not only is a bookworm's absorption
often injurious to his health, but it is a well
authenticated fact that disease rnay be writ
ten between the lines ot books, be they
fiction, poetry or theology. The average
patron of a circulating library is a person
not overscrupulous as to the care of a bor
rowed volume. He will allow filth to ac
cumulate rapidly within and without, and,
if a member of the household be stricken
with measles or scarlatina, or even diph
theria or smallpox, like as not the book will
find its way into the presence or the lap of
the invalid, to be transferred thence a little
later to the shelves of the library, and then
to the hands of some unsuspecting reader.
"The leaves of the book easily absorb the
germs of disease that float in the atmos
phere. Microscopes have brought to light
the fact that bacilli sometimes oversprinkle
a pace with the frequency of periods and
commas. The handling of such a book
might be fatal to the reader. It is not
actually known that many illnesses result
from such causes, but there is always the
danger.
A Shilling Hen.
Vouth's Companion.:
"Have you any shilling hens?" asked
Kit, on her first visit to the farm. The far
mer shook his head.
"Yes, yes, there's one!" she cried, point
ing to the chicken yard.
"But that's a guinea hen," said the
farmer.
"Oh, I knewit was some kind of English
money hen!" cried Kit.
A Goad Deal Cat Up.
Philadelphia Press.
That Nebraska man 'who threw himself
squarely upon a whirling buzz saw because
he was jilted by the girl who had promised
to marry him was undeniably badly cut up
both before and after his rash proceeding.
PITTSBURG AND LAKE ERIE It." R.
Sseclnl Excursions.
Cleveland and return, August S $ 3 00
Detroit and return, August 8. 6 00
Mackinac and return, August 8 10 00
Conneaut Lake and return, August 14
andlS 3 35
Lake Chautauqua every Tuesday and
Saturday 5 00
ruwssu
ALLEGHENY VALLEY U. K.
Tuesday, August C
To Thousand Islands, Alexandria Ba;
ana return, i-'.
Toronto, Canada, and return, 58.
Niagara Falls and return, $7.
Lake Chautauqua and return, $5.
Tickets good for 16 davs returning.
Passengers for Thousand Islands, Alex
andria isay ana xoronto can stop at JNiapara
"Falls and Lake Chautauqua on the return
. ,
xram or Jtuastiate coacbes and Pullman
parlor buffet cars leave "Union statltn at
8:45 a. 21., Eastern standard time. I D
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I.allV HIIIIIUU in umaon,metrtieeom-
lit"' u)iAUj pluhmenu and le work
iney undertone ana perform form tftif subject
of an illustrated article in to-morriftOia-
CATCH,
Illinois 273 14
Wisconsin.. 163 5
Manitoba ... 92 52
Minnesota.. 2S3 18
Dakota US ....
Nebraska ... J" 35
Iowa 37 ....
Total 1,159 la
THE DYING MANAGER
Horace B. Phillips, of the Pittsburg
league Baseball Club, Now
AN INMATE OF A PRIVATE ASYLUM
His
Family Physician Agrees With Dr.
Wolford's Diagnosis.
THE TEODBLB IS ACUTE PAEESIS.
rresidtnt Klralck Pays a Touching Tribute to His
Friend's Wortb.
Manager Phillips, of the Pittsburg Base
ball Club, was last night placed in an asy
lum for the insane at Philadelphia. His
family physician from Pittsburg examined
him, and decided, with Dr. Wolford, that
nothing else could he done for him.
tSritCIAI, TILEGBAM TO TUB CISrATCR.1
Philadelphia, August 2. Manager
Horace B. Phillips, of jthe Pittsburg Base
ball Club, was to-night removed to the
Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane,
popularly known as Kirkbride's. Dr. J. W.
Poster, of Pittsburg, arrived in this city
at 0 o'clock this evening to
attend a consultation in the case of Mr.
Phillips. After registering at the Girard
House, Dr. Foster notified Dr. Wolford, the
attending physician, of his arrival, and an
examination of the mental state of the mana
ger was immediately made.
"When Dr. Foster entered the room he was
recognized by Mr. Phillips, who seemed
greatly delighted at seeinghis family physi
cian, and so expressed himself in the most
coherent language he has used since his
attack. After passing a few pleasantries,
his power of correlation began to drift
away. He talked of baying baseball
leagues and theaters, of selling railroads
and of building palaces in a rapid, discon
nected talk. When he was questioned by
either doctor he would momentarily
PAUSE IN HIS BABBLE.
He had lost all power of concentration of
thou eh t.
After an examination lasting nearly half
an hour both doctors came out of the room
and a consultation was held in the
hall. In the discussion which
followed Dr. Foster stated that he fully
agreed with Dr. Wolford that Manager
Phillips was in the acute stages of paresis,
'and that it was the result of overwork. At
the close of the talk Dr. Foster said:
"I cautioned him personally, last spring,
noMo manage the hall team this year. He
.'was in a very poor physical condition, and
I was almo'st positively certain that the
work naturally attendant upon the manage
ment of a club would have a fatal
result. He told me be did not see how he
i could give it up. In tact he admitted that
he did not like to relinquish his connection
with the club, as it gave him
A GBEAT SEAL OF PLEASURE
'in handling it, and had quite a liberal pe
cuniary compensation attached. I found
that I could not dissuade him from
taking the management of the club,
so I left him. "While I have
fully expected that Mr. Phillips
must suffer from his overwork, yet the sud
denness and the acuteness of his attack is a
creat surprise to me. It is the most nro-
'nounced case of wipe-out I have ever bad
occasion to tall in contact with. He
has completely lost all power of concentra
tion, only at rare intervals. He is in the
acute stage of paresis. I consider his re
covery entirely improbable. He has no
constitution to fall back upon, whatever."
A short time after the consultation, Mana
ger Phillips, accompanied by his wife,
brother, the nurse, and Dr. Foster, was
conveyed in a carriage to Kirkbride's
Insane Hospital in "West Philadelphia.
The doctors had determined that
this would be (he wisest course to pursue.
They did not return until nearly midnight,
after having left the unfortunate man be
hind, he making no objection to the ar
rangement. THOUGHT WELL OP H0EACE.
President KlmlckSajr a Few Feeling Words
About Ibe Sick Mnnngcr.
President Nimick received two private
dispatches from Philadelphia last evening
regarding the condition of Manager Phil
lips. One was from Mrs. Phillips. She
said that Horace was asking for Mr.
Nimick every minute. The other was from
Mr. Carmack, the proprietor of the Girard
Hotel. It was an answer to one sent by
Mr. Nimick, asking definitely what Mr.
Phillips' condition was. Mr. Carmack re
plied that the illness was fatal.
During a conversation with the writer"
last evening regarding Mr. Phillips' sad
affliction, President Nimick was visibly af
fected. He said: "I fear the worst and I
don't think we'll see poor Horace well
again. I don't think that a loss in my
family could have a greater effect on me
than the thought of losing that good and
kindly gentleman. His good qualities were
numerous, and nobody knew him better
than I did. Should he never come among
us again, depend upon it he'll be missed. It
will be difficult to fill his place. I'm
sure those who have lately said unkind and
unreasonable things about him publicly
will now regret it. I never knew a man
who took ungenerous statements publicly
made about himself more to heart than
Horace. They had a great effect on his
mind, and goodness knows, a few people
have hurled lots of unkind and unreasona
ble statements at him recently."
In talking about the affairs of the club,
Mr. Nimick said, that for the present Mr.
Scandrctt will manage the team. No other
arrangements will be made until further on.
"When the club leaves home either Hanlon
or Dunlap may take charge.
A VALUABLE EELIC.
A Silver Vessel That Was a Present From
President Lincoln.
Hon. John "W. Lovett, of Anderson, Tnd.,
has in his possession a valuable souvenir of
Lincoln's administration; in the shape of
one of the, three, pieces composing a water
set used by the President during that time.
It is a solid silver goblet, rather odd size,
very plainly engraved with the word "Lin
coln' across the front
This piece was given to ex-Governor Will
Cumback on account of his intimate rela
tions With the lamented President, with the
understanding that it was not to go out of
the family, and by Mr. Cumback given yes
terday to Mr. Lovett, his son-in-law. The
relicis highly prized by the latter gentle
man, and he is attracting considerable at
tention from friends and admirers of the
great war President.
' The G. A. R. Encampment Fight.
Chicago, August 2. The Inter Ocean
will to-morrow say in its veteran column
that the action of the eight Department
Commanders in boycotting the G. A. B.
Convention was unwarranted. The article
is a lengthy one, and the language used is
rather radical.
The Italian Parliament Prorogued.
P.OME, August 2. Great surprise was
caused to-day by the sudden prorogation of
Parliament. No reason for the prorogation
is assigoed, but it is surmised to he prclim
ary to "dissolution and a general election.
Harper's Case Postponed for Awhile.
Washington, August 2. The case of
E. L. Harper, of the Fidelity Bank, of
Cincinnati, will be considered by the Presi
dent on his return from Bar Harbor.
SmtTW Til"D1? has her usual budget
QUIKLdI VXVkh of matters interfil
ing to women in to-morrow Dupaxcb.
WITH A LAVISH HAND.
Tbo l'ubilo Fonda of Warren County, O.,
Were Scattered to tbe Wind Tbe
Investigating Committee Makes
a Report Showing tbe Ex
tent of tbe Steals.
L-eb anon, O., AugstS. The committee
investigating the offices of the Auditor and
Treasurer of Warren connty made a second
partial report to-day. It covered the period
of Coleman's incumbency as Treasurer from
September, 1887, to the present time, and
was very lengthy and elaborate. The court
house was crowded with many anxions tax
payers, and the utmost silence prevailed
during the 40 minutes occupied in its read
ing by Chairman John E. Smith. The
amount of fraudulent warrants drawn by
the Auditor and paid or marked paid by
the Treasurer aggregate 56311 09.
This does not include school funds to the
amount of $1,161 72 drawn from adjoining
counties by the Auditor and appropriated
to himself. The committee reported that
within a period of less than two years the
Treasurer paid to the Auditor on account of
his salary, allowance and fees the sum of
$17,772 42, which was $10,463 37 more than
he was legally entitled to draw. Many of
the fraudulent warrants purported to be for
supplies for the county, when in fact no
such supplies were received. One warrant
was in the name of Eobert Clarke & Co. for
$72 for nine sets of the revised statutes.
The biggest draft was made on the school
funds, the amount of $17,668 33 having
been drawn in the names of the varions
treasurers of the school funds of the county.
All funds were drawn on indiscriminately
with a lavish hand. Bonds issued by the
commissioners to the amount of $15,000 were
intrusted to the treasurer and auditor for
negotiation.. They were sold but no account
of the money received appears on the books
of the treasurer. Coleman was rearrested
this afternoon ou two more additional
charges of embezzlement on warrants sworn
out by Prosecuting Attorney Albert Ander
son and arraigned before Justice Blackburn.
He gave bond in the sum of $26,200, which
is the amount of the alleged embezzlement,
and had his hearing set for next Monday.
The commissioners declared the Auditor's
office vacant to-day and appointed Ellsworth
Benham to fill the place until the election
in November. Benham is a prominent
young man and Chairman of the Bepubli
can Executive Committee of Warren county.
EHE WANTS HEE BEVENGE.
A Plucky Widow Pursuing a Olan Who Mnr
rled Secretary Noble's Klece.
rsrxciAi. TZLXORAX TO the nisrATcn.t
Chicago, August 2. Sarah H. Dodge,
the New York widow who is after Harry L.
Whaley's scalp, was in Judge Altgeld's
court, trf-day. Whaley is charged with hav
ing obtained money under false pretense,
and it was to be released from that charge
that he applied for a writ of habeas corpus
in the Superior Court. He denied that he
ever made any false pretensions, but the
plucky widow took the stand to-day and
made a clean breast of tbe whole story to the
court, and the Judge continued the case un
til Monday. Mrs. Dodge claims to have
some 30 letters received from Whaley, on
which she relies to win her case. She an
nounced to-day that they were ensraged to
be married, and that Whaley would never
have obtained the money from her had she
not some day expected to become his wife.
Since Whaley arrived in Chicago, last
fall, he has maxried a niece of Secretary
Noble and granddaughter of the deceased
Governor Noble, of Indiana. The young
lady is well-known in Englewood social cir
cles, and clings devotedly to hir husband.
Both are about 30 years old, while the
widow appears to be about 42 at least. The
widow says Whaley got $1,000 from her.
She keeps a boardinghouseat229 One Hund
red and Twenty-sixth street.
MEECI HOSPITAL FULL.
Typhoid Fever Cases Are Crowding the
Wards of the Institution.
The officials at Mercy Hospital reported
yesterday that their wards are overcrowded
with typhoid fever cases, of which they now
have 32. One was received yesterday and
three the day before. For the last two weeks
an average of two per day has been received.
They come from Allegheny, Sonthside, East
x.na, ana me cm part ot tue city.
An Ex-Clergyman's Trouble.
Henry Paddberg, the alleged Catholic
priest who created considerable excitement
sometime ago by professing to embrace
"Protestantism, and later was picked up in
Allegheny as a common "drunk," yester
day pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing
two watches in the house of Eliza Schauz,
where he boarded at one time.
Summer Kight Concert.
The first snmmer night concert in Alio,
gheny Parks this year was given last even
ing by the Duquesne Greys Band, by the
kindness of Marrager O'Brien, of the Casino
Museum. About 5,000 people testified their
appreciation by close attention to the pro
gramme, which embraced selections from
popular authors. .
Queer Transactions Await Explanation.
John Lane, charged with the forgery of
a cneck, upon which he secured mony from
Anthony Tillman, of Federal street, was
arrested in Allegheny last evening, and
will tell Mayor Pearson all abont it to-day.
Byron McKelvey will also explain a little
matter of securing $10 from Drnggist Smart
upon an alleged worthless check.
A Wedding, and Almost a Divorce.
A man named Joseph Tetco went to an
Italian wedding on Wright's alley. He
had not returned yesterday, when bis wife
went for him. He then, she alleges, brutally
assaulted her, and she bad him arrested
and Alderman Flach committed him to jaiL
For Western Fenn-
sylvania, showers, clear
ing during the day;
slighthj warmer, west
erly winds. For West
Virginia, showers; sta
tionary temperature ;
southwesterly winds.
PrrTSBtnto, August 2, 1839.
The United States Signal Service officer la
tins city furnishes the following:
Time.
Tlier.
3 her.
8.-0Oi.f.
12:00 M..
1:00 F. ..
5:00 r.M..
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!82
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Maximum temp....
Minimum temp.....
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78
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14
mo
5:00 P. 11.,
s.-oor. ii..
Precipitation.
..78
Blverat Sr. X.. 4.5 feet, a rise of 0.3 foot la 24
hours.
River telegrams.
ISriCIAl. TILXOSAHS TO TUX DISrATCH.1
MOBOAirrowrr River 4 feet 8 Inches and
falliac. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 85 at 4
P.M.
Bnowssvixxjt Biter 7 feet 2 Inches and
falling. Weather clear. Thermometer 78 at
7r.iL
WAXRsir River 5-10 of one foot and falling.
Weather clear and warm.
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land.
England and France, U described in an
illustrated artMejn to-morrov't.DuexTcm
ttMoAM)! the weather.
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CORPORATION FIGHT.
The Business Interests of Washing
ton Are Making a Protest
AGAINST STRINGENT STATUTES.
Railroads and Banks tbe Targets for Hadi
cal Legislation.
POLITICS PLAIIKQ AN ACTITE PAET.
The Basis of BeDrrsentatlon the Issss In Montana
and North Dakota.
The proposition to insert some measures
restricting the powers of corporations in
the new Washington constitution has stirred
up a bitter contest. In two of the other
conventions political considerations are
making matters lively.
Oi.ympta, W. T., August 2. Petition
from all over the Territory, from Boards of
Trade, City Councils and mass meetings of
citizens are reaching here in opposition to
two sections in the article on corporations.
The first one requires corporations doing
business in the State to have books here
with complete record of transfers of stock
and business transactions open to inspection.
This section was defeated in committee of
the whole this afternoon by a large vote.
The other objectionable section provides
for an elective board of railroad commis
sioners who shall bave absolute control ot
all transportation, regulating rates, etc.
This section is now under debate with every
indication that it will be beaten also.
COEPOBATI02T TKOVISIOSS.
Sections were adopted to-day making;
stockholders liable for unpaid stock, and
declaring that corporations can sue and ba
sued; that they can only increase stock un
der a general law, and can only issue bonds
when the value ot bonds has been paid in
cash, labor or property. Foreign corpora
tions must do business on the same basis as
home companies. Section 11 forbids alien
ation of franchises so as to relieve liabili.
ties of lessor or grantor. The State is for
bidden to loan its credit or own any corpora
tion stock.
Section 14, on hanking, is said to be an
exact counterpart of United States laws on
the national banks. It is made a crime for
banks to receive money alter they are in
solvent. Eailroad companies are oblitred
to exchange passengers and freight. No
discrimination in long and short haul is al
lowed in that transportation charges to a,
given station shall exceed the amount;
charged for a longer haul, in the same di
rection. ,
In the North Dakota Convention at Bis
marck the principal fight of the day was
over the proposition to give every unorgan
ized county a representative in the Legisla,
tare. This was opposed by the Bed Biver?
Valley counties and all of the eastern por-i
tion ot the Territory, as giving the sparsely
set tied western portion of the Territory more
power in the Legislature than it is entitled
to.
THEY WASTED A 8HOW.
In reply to this argument the members
from the West claim that, inasmuch as tho
Bed Biver Valley will have absolute con
trol of the Senate, the western counties
should be given representation. The West
ern men were defeated and the convention
decided upon having the members of the
House of Bepresentatives elected at large
from the Senatorial districts. Williams, of
Burleigh, introduced a resolution that the
homestead and exemption laws of the Terri
tory shall never be repealed by the State,
but it was jumped on bv nearly every dele
gate, and was defeated by an almost unani
mous vote. '
The Committee on Public Institutions i
still struggling to reach a report, but there
is little prospect ot success for several days.
The convention has declined to accept tbe
invitation of West Superior to attend tbe
Waterways Convention because the conV
vention is behind with its work ana it will
be at least ten days before a final adjourn-
ment will be reached. The Senate Commit
tee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid
Lands is expected to arrive here Monday,
when the convention will confer with the
Senators on the question of artesian wells
and irrigation in North Dakota.
TALKING TABIFP ALEEADT.
In the Montana Convention this morning
a memorial was presented asking the Treas
ury Department for a speedy decision on
the Mexican lead question. It was referred
to the Committee on Mining. The commit
tee of the whole recommended the bill on
miscellaneous subjects for adoption.
Marshall introduced a resolution that
school lands lving adjoining to town sites
should be sold onlv in small tracts, giving
poor people a chance to obtain homes and
protect their titles against land sharks. It
was referred to the Committee on Pnblie
Lands and Exemptions. The section was
passed prohibiting Legislatures, members of
the judiciary and the Boards of Equaliza
tion lrom accenting passes from railroads
under the penalty of forfeiture of office and
emoluments.
At the afternoon session the convention in
committee of tbe whole considered the bill
of legislative departments. By it half of
the Senators are to serve one year and the
other half three years. A ballot mnst de
cide who shall serve long and short terms.
The House is to be composed of 65 members,
the Senate of 16. All bills passed by the
Legislature are to contain hut one subject,
to be clearly defined by titles. The bill was
numerously amended.
A LITTLE POLITICS.
The arjportionment of the State into Sen-,
atorial districts, one for each county, called
out a heated debate. Accusations of party
divisions were frequent. The Republican'
members made desperate efiorts to have an
adjournment before a vote was put. Their
motion was lost and a recess called for. The
Democrats wanted a yea and nay vote. lb
was done to "feel" the opposing members
on the subject. The intention was to do
some strong lobbying against the Demo
cratic efforts establishing representation in
the Senate according to population. The
motion for a recess lost on a tie vote. The
convention adjonrned without taking a vote.
At Sioux Falls the South Dakota Con
vention began its labors at 9 o'clock this
morning, and has continued in session all'
day. The consideration of the report ot the
Schedule Committee was resumed. Tho
schedule, as reported, provides for the elec
tion of State officers in October next, whose
terms of office will not expire until January,
1892. County officers are to be elected In
November, 1890, and every two years therejr
after.
ELECTIONS BATHER FBEQTJENT.
By this arrangement South Dakota will
have a general election every year. Steps
were taken in the committee to avoid this,
but it was decided that the convention hail
no power to elect State officers in October
next, whose terms of office should expire
before the term prescribed in the Constitu
tion. When the section covering this point
was reached an amendment was ottered
making the terms of State officers expire in
1891, thereby providing a term of about 11
months, and remedying the evil oi annual
elections by making the election of State
and court officers coincident.
A debate was precipitated which lasted,
the entire forenoon and resulted in the de
feat of the amendment by a tie vote. The
question of the power of the convention
under the omnibus bill again arose. Tho
point in dispute was as to whether the elec
tion in October is to be under the Constitu
tion or simply an election provided by the
enabling act until after the State is ad
mitted. The motion was reconsidered and that,
question is still open. The greater psrt of
the afternoon session was occupied by Sen-
tnr
Stewart, of Nevada, and Ueagan, or
Texas, in Catherine information on the
question of irrigation from delegtea reside
ing ia different parts of the State.
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