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AWJUTIIIGTHE WORD,
Officers of the Executive Board
of the Federation Expected
Here To-Day to
ORDER A GENERAL TIE-UP."
lard Men Threaten to Stop Traffic on
All Railroads Running
Through Pittsburg.
THEIR COMMITTEES ARE IGNORED
By the Officials They Waited Upon, and
Some of Their Demands Are De
clared to he Ridiculous.
MANAGERS STATE THEIR POSITIONS.
Chicago and Indianapolis Carpenters Still Eemaln
Una, and Will'lnslst Upon Compliance
With Their Demands.
THE STEIKE SPIRIT EPEE1DS TO CHOIR BOYS
The managers of the different railroads
centering in the city lave received the de
mands of the yard men, hat refuse to enter
tain them, and virtually igaore the Federa
tion. Several of them stated that they
would listen to complaints from their own
employes, but not from committees whom
they do not know. Members of the Execu
tive Board of the Federation have been
telegraphed for, and are expected here this
morning. As soon as they arrive, it is ex
pected tbat a strike will be ordered.
The Executive Board of the Federated
Order of Railway Employes will arrive in
the city this morning, and it is expected
that a strike will be declared on all of the
roads to-day. The local organization,
through its Grievance Committee, has taken
the constitutional course, it claims, and
has gone as far as it can. The
men have received answers from all of
the railroads. The substance of the replies
is to the effect that the companies will meet
the committees representing their various
employes, but that they will not recognize
,the Federation. The men will not meet the
companies except as members of the Switch
men's Association, and also as members of
the Federation.
The Executive Board Advised.
The Executive Board has been kept con
stantly advised as to the proceedings of the
local Grievance Committee since Monday
and was telegraphed to yesterday to come
to Pittsburg as soon as possible. Vice
Grand Master John Downey, of Chicago,
telegraphed last night that C he was
on his way with the board, which will ar
rive here this morning. As soon as they
- get into the city the result of the last three
c'ays' work will be laid before them, and if
the board decide that a strike shall take
place the roads can be tied up inside of five
hours.
The switchmen held a meeting last night
in Knights of Labor Hall, which lasted
until alter 3 o'clock this morning.
The Proceeding Detailed.
The Press Committee met the reporters at
2 o'clock and gave out the proceedings.
Chairman Hawley said the matter had re
solved itself into one question that of
reccgnizing the Federation. He thought the
majority of the companies would grant all
of the other demands. The companies say
they will not recognize the Federation, and
the men say that they are determined to
Secure recognition. This is their first at
tempt, and if defeated this time, the success
of the Federation would be a question.
The non-union men are getting exceed
ingly anxious for a strike. Several of
them attended last night's meeting
and they said they were ready to go out at
anv time. They say that it is the switch
men's affair, so far as the demands are con
cerned, but the matter of recognition inter
ests all railroad employes, and J'tbey are in
it"
All Treated Courteously.
The committee spoke very courteously in
regard to the manner in w"hich the men bad
been received at the railroad offices. Mr.Kane
presented the grievance to General 3Ian
ager Wood, of the Pennsylvania Company,
but no reterence was made to a strike. Sir.
Wood treated the men very kindly,
but informed them of the po
sition the company wonld take
in the matter. They were particularly com
plimentary in their reference to Slanager
Phiuney,-of the Junction road, who told
them his company would pay all that any of
the others would.
pay, and GcncralSuperintendentHolbrook,
of the Lake Erie, who gave them a littie en
couragement. The men said that Superin
tendent Pitcairn, of the P. R. R., had
endeavored to tret them to threaten a strike
if the demands were not granted, but he
failed to lead them into such a compromising
position.
Another Conference To-Dny.
Sir. Downey will endeavor, if possible, to
bold a conference with the railroad officials
this morning, and, if no satisfactory answer
can be had, it is thought the strike will be
fcrdered immediately.
Should the strike take place, the men
will have the support of the employes at
Walls, Deny, Bolivar and Altoona. And
if it becomes a necessity the roads between
If ew York and Chicago can be tied up.
W. H. Barnes, receiver of the Allegheny
Valley road, arrived in the city last night
from New York, and will confer with the
local officials of the road to-day in regard to
the demand.
A B1e Rock Ahead.
There is one peculiarity about the yard
mens' demands that was developed yester
day. It is this: The railroads positively re
fuse to treat with the committee as -representing
the iederation. The officials are
willing to listen to the requests of their
own men, but they will draw the line on the
brotherhoods, and here is the rock on which
the companies and tho men may split.
General Manager Joseph "Wood, in stating
the position'ot the Pennsylvania Company
yesterday, sounded the keynote of the rail
roads when he said:
A committee of 16 men waited on mo to-day,
and presented a number of demands without
any reasons assigned. On looking over the men
I found about two or tbreo were emDloyes of
our road. The others I didn't know, and of
course can't have anything to do with them,
neither do I wish them to dictate to mo.
Always Ready to Listen.
e are always willing to listen to any petition
or statement of grievances from our employes,
and if their requests are just we will try to
grant them. Three years ago wages were ad
justed on tho Pennsylvania Company's lines.
At that time some of the men made a demand,
and others didn't, but they weVe all treated
alike.
Now the whole affair stands thus: Onr men
have presented to ns no grievances, and we
haTe nothing In common with these commit
tees. Nothing having been offered, thero is
nothing to discuss, nothing to talk, about. I
sent for some of our men to find out what they
did want, but I didn't get much satisfaction.
"Do you anticipate a strike?" was asked.
"1 don't know what they will do. No
body seems to know, I believe. The Penn
sylvania Company will pursue the even
tenor of its way, however."
Confcrrine With the Superintendents.
The committee of men held a conference
with General "Manager "Wood, General
Superintendent C. E. Watts and Superin
tendent A. B. Starr, of the Fort Wayne
road, at the Pennsylvania Company's offices
yesterday afternoon. The committee was
very reticent about what was done.
Frank Hally, acting as spokesman, said:
"We agreed with the officials to give out
nothing. I can't even say whether or no we
have received an answer from any of the
companies. I will say this much, that we
are not alone, and all the men in the federa
tion in other cities are with us."
A short conference of the officials of the
"Pennsylvania lines, including the Alle
gheny Valley road, was held yesterday
morning. The managers talked over the
situation, and decided to take the position
which Manager Wood has already stated.
WHAT OFFICIALS SAY.
RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENTS EX
PRESS THEIR YIEW5.
Mr. OlcCargo Thinks Some of the Demands
siro Not Worth Consideration Pan
handle and B. dfcfO. Officials
Not Worried Pitcairn
Is Serene.
Superintendent McCargo, of the Alle
gheny Valley road, in discussing the situa
tion said: "This road is in the hands of the
court, and Eeceiver Barnes is responsible to
nobody but the judges. He can act just as
his judgment may dictate under the circum
stances; we have always been willing to listen
to our men. We have always treated them
fairly, and never knew until now that the men
were dissatisfied with their wages. These
wages have been in force for 15 years. On the
committee which waited on Mr. Price there
was only one Alleghany Valley man, and he
has been in our employ about two years. I
don't think he represents our men.
Not Worth Considering.
Some ot the demands made are ridicnlons
and not worth considering. We never dis
charge a man without giving him a fair hear
ing, but we can't consent to consult with a
grievance committee as to what men should bo
discharced or not gj any .tin-?. A rail
road Is like an army discipline must
be maintained. This road is run on tem
perance principles. As a result, within the
past 15 years not a passenger has been killed.
No man will be hired who drinks liqnor, and
any roan on the load who takes to drinking is
removed. But suppose the Grievance Commit
tee should say to me the rule is not a just one.
and plenty of good men are drinkers. But if a
drunken employe should wreck a train and
lives nere lost, I would be held responsible.
Miller Is Serene.
General Superintendent J. F. Miller, of the
Panhandle, who attended the Pennsylvania
conference, was at the Anderson last night.
Mr. Miller repeated in substance what Mana
ger Wood had said. He had read, the demands
and thought some of them were very funny.
Superintendent Patton, of the Baltimore and
Ohio, will return from Baltimore to-day.
Chief Clerk Mcllvalne stated that the
grievances were still in a closed letter
addressed to the Superintendent, and he even
hadn't notified Mr. Patton. The Baltimore and
Ohio people are not worried over the prospect
of a strike. They claim that few of their men
belong to the Federation, and if a strike was
ordered it would not hamper them.
Superintendent Pitcairn was one of the se
renest of men yesterday. He said there was
nothing new in the situation, and, as his men
had made no complaints, he had not notified
the officials at Philadelphia.
A STUBBOBN-FIGHT.
CHICAGO AND INDIANiroi.IS CARPEN
TERS STILI. FlRaE
They Insist Upon Compliance With Their
Demands A Long and Bitter Strag
gle Probable Both Sides Pre
paring for tho Contest.
FEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCn.I
Chicago, Ap.-il 16. The striking car
penters will have a parade to-morrow in or
der to show a part of their strength. Thev
will march to Lake Front Park, where a
meeting will be held. It is expected that 3,000
or 4,000 men will be In the line. The number
conld easily be made 7.000 if it were desired.
But a force of 3.000 or so will be left ou picket
duty to guard the depots and watch the jobs.
The strikers received this morning the follow
ing telegram from the Seamen's Convention at
New "iork:
To tne Carpenters' Council of Chicago:
The organized seamen of the Atlantic coast
and the great lakes, in convention assembled.
do send you our hearty greeting and wishes
for the success ol your movement, and nledo-n
you our moral and financial support in all
your measures. Huon McGregor,
President
The self-appointed task of securing the in.
terventinn of citizens to settle the strike is be
ing pushed forward by Messrs. Darrowand
Favor. Tho idea, which was discussed by the
few gentlemen who are carrying it into execu
tion, will be laid for consideration before a
large committee of 50 or moro prominent citi
zens, who will be invited bv Mr. Favor to meet
Judges Tuley, Altgeld, Mr. Darrow and himself
for tbat purpose within a day or so.
Twenty-five Thousand Idle Men.
At the strikers' headquarters it was esti
mated that 25.000 men connected with the
various building trades were idle as the result
of the carpenters' strike.
The Secretary of State at Springfield to-day
issued a license to the boss Carpenters and
Builders' Association of Chicago to afford mu
tual protection and advancement. This is the
sew organization which is opposed to the mas
ter carpenters.
The rumors that the members of the Build
er's Exchange who are in other lines of work
than carpentering are becoming: djssatisfled
with the pertinacity with which the boss carpen
ters hold to their position does not seem true.
They all appear anxions to support the carpen
ter bosses, and are willing, ir necessary, to shut
down business for a month or two if they
thought by that means they could enable the
carpenter bosses to win the fight.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says the carpen
ters' strike Is on in earnest to-day. Yesterday,
tne inaugurating day, there were reasons for
believing that an agreement wonld be speedily
reached by which the men would return to
work, but to-day employer and employe are
working In directly opposite directions andthe
conditions are fair for a long, bitter fight.
Bonnd to be a Flgbt.
The situation is chanced by the meeting
the contractors held last night, at which
resolutions were passed offering 27 cents
per hour, as standard price, for the best
workmen from now until November 1, next
and nine hours' work, and the same wages until
April 1 with eight hours', work. No attention
whatever was paid by the contractors to tho
jonrnevmen's request that a committee be ap
pointed to confer with the Union's committee.
After signing the agreement the contractors
unanimously decided not to take any further
notice of tho strike and to not hold another
meeting until April 29. The journeymen will
not consider the proposition of the bosses.
They say they will not accept anything less
than the demand ot January 20.
The determination to "fight it out on this
line if it takes all summer" is strong. The men
have been encouraged in their stand by all or
ganized building trades In Indianapolis and
by the National Federation of Labor. Thero
Is already a fund of 10,000 on hand to support
the movement, and it was announced this
morning that the Federation of Trades would
furnish any amount of financial backing need
ed. Tho organized bricklayers of the city are
ready to quit work any time, if it is found that
such a move is necessary to strengthen the car
penters' cause. Unless the bosses show a dis
position to meet the men fairly it is probable
that the bricklayers will go out In a few days.
EIGHT-HOUR AGITATION.
Chicago Packing Honse Men Notify Their
Employers of Their Intention la Strike.
Chicago, April 10. To-night several hun
dred men employed in Denny Bros.' packing
house at the stock yards, sent a commnnication
to the manager of the establishment asking for
their deposit money. The demand amounts to
a notification that the men intend a strike the
first of May,
There is considerable uneasiness in all the
houses in Packingtown over the eight-hour
agitation. Neither the workmen nor the em
ployers are a unit on the matter.
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CH0IE B0IS STRIKE.
They Refnso to Sing TJsder tho Leadership
of a New Choir Master.
Chicago, April 16. Thirty-five of the forty
five choir boys of the Englewood St. Barthol
omew Church, at Stewart avenue, have struck.
They filed out of their rehearsal room at the
church tnis evening In a body, and declared
they would stay out
Tbtir grievance is the appointment by the
vestry of a new choir master In place of
Leader Bradbury, a supporter of the Rev.
Colin C. Tate, whose resignation has just been
accepted by the vestry.
Strikes Settled and Pending.
Journeymen barbers of Dubuque, threaten
to strike against Sunday shaving.
One hundred sheet metal workers at
Nashville are striking for nine hours and an
lucrease of 25 cents a day.
Painters at the New England ship yards,
Bath. Me., asked for an advance of 50 cents a
day, but accepted 25 cents.
The miners' strike in Austria is rapidly
spreading. Conflicts have already occurred
between the strikers and troops.
Trade societies of London, England, have
issued a call for a demonstration on May 4 in
support of theetght-honr movement
The cloak makers at Slegel Bros., Chicago,
have gone to w ork, the firm agreeing to pay an
advance of 15 percent, and to recognize the
union.
DEM0CEATS DISAGREE.
A Halt Called Upon Political Legislation In
tho Ohio General Assembly Getting
Ready for the Final Ad
journment. ISFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Columbus, April 6. The majority ia
the Legislature is in great grief over the ap
parent inability to pass any more reorgan
ization bills at the present session. The
more conservative among the Democrats
have been insisting upon an adjourn
ment next Slonday, and to-day they
succeeded in the House, by a strong vote, in
adopting a resolution for tbat date. The Sen
ate has fixed the adjournment for one week
from Slonday, but the earlier date seems in
greater favor. The weakness of the majority
side was developed on partisan measures when
tne Ryan amendment to the Owen Sunday clos
ing, law. camo up. All the Democrats were
present but one. The amendment gives Coun
cil? power to grant permission to open saloons
part of Sunday, as they may choose.
When it was fonnd the sentiment was strong
against the measure Lamping, of Cincinnati,
offered an amendment making the law apply to
Cincinnati tnly, and in support of his position
lie claimed to be a Christian and that he had
been asked by the business and church people
of that city to furnish them relief. A great
deal of amusement was had at his expense and
his amendment was voted down by a strong
majority. The question being on the original
bill amending the law it was defeated by a vote
of 73 against it to 38 for it There were 23
Democrats in the House who would not sup
port the bill.
The bill to reorganize the city government bt
Cleveland tret with a similar fate. There was
a large lobtfy present from tbat city mostly
men who expect positions nnder the bill. The
bill was denounced by the members from tbat
city as being something which the people did
not want. and. among other thing?, it was
claimed that it was a scheme on the part of a,
!nf!? n,n tn trot. - TiHntlnf- orYitfft amnnnti
mg to 40,000. The bill was defeated by a vote
of 43 to So. The House passed tho bill repeal
ing the registration law for all cities, excepting
Cincinnati, Cleveland. Columbus, Dayton, To
ledo, Youngstown and Sandusky. The Senate
will likely pass the bill.
THE ELDERS GAIN A FOINT
And Dr. Benle Loses One, by tho Blalrsvllle
Presbytery's Action.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.'
BRADD0CK,April 16. The time of the Blairs.
ville Presbytery at its meeting at Tnrtle Creek
was mainly taken up in bearing the case of
Rev. D. H. Beale, of Johnstown. During the
flood at Johnstown the reverend gentleman
had charge of the morgues. In this civil posi
tiotPhe was often required to use a little muscle
to prevent the bodies of the dead from being
relieved of their valuables. The elders of the
church claimed that Dr. Beale had done wrong
in several instances, and his congregation took
the matter in hand and in a measure defended
him, and claimed tbat the elders who had done
such a wrong to their pastor should bo made to
retire from their official position in the church.
The case was brought up before a committee
consisting of the Rev. Messrs. Senor, of Alex
andria: Townseniof Beatty's Station; Ralston,
of Duluth, and three of the elders of the
church. By a majority of one vote they de
cided tbat the elders should remain. Dr. Beale
took exception to this action of the committee
and appealed. It will be decided at the next
Synod.
The semi-annual meeting of the Union Pres
bytoryof the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
resumed Its session this morning in the Cum
berland Presbyterian Church, of McKeesport
Twenty-five ministers and elders were present
Tho morning was devoted to general business
and the appointment of committees- Follow
ing this was the reading of the homilies of four
candidates for tho ministry, who are as follows:
J. M.Hiller,'of Wellsboro, Washington county;
James Hamilton, ot McKeesport; R. C. Byers,
of Waynesburg; John Rhodes, of High House.
Pa. All but Mr. Rhodes were passed upon ac
ceptably. The latter was requested to with
draw from the Presbytery.
ST. YINCENT'S CENTEMIAL.
The 100th Anniversary of the Parish Cele
brated Yesterday.
ISPECIAL TELZQRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Latrore, April 16. To-day the Parish of
Bt Vincent's, near here, celebrated the centen
nial anniversary of its organization. Pontifical
high mass was celebrated at 9 A. M. by Bishop
Phelan. 'The centennial sermon was preached
by Rev. Father Morris, S. B.. who eloquently
traced the history of this pioneer parish.
The vault, under which lies the bones of
Father Bowers, founder of the parish, was
decked with flowers and evergreens. St Vin
cent's Monastery, founded in 1846, was the first
Benedictine Monastery in the United States.
Another Attack on Quay.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIBPATCIM
New York, April 18. Tho Evening Post is
after Quay's scalp. To-day it publishes nine
and a quarter columns, ostensibly devoted to
incidents id the life of the jnnior Senator from
Pennsylvania. The great Mugwump journal
alleges that Philadelphia papers dare not pub
lish the full facts, and maintains that enough
attention has not been paid to the WorlcPi at
tack on Quay.
Breaking Gronnd for n Big University.
Tkcumseh. Ala., April 18. Governor Sears,
Bishops Mallatin and Walden, and Drs. Rust,
Harbell, Cranston and Carter will- participate
in the ceremonies attending the breaking of
gronnd for the University of the Southland at
Bluff ton, Ala., on Thursday. April 24. The new
university will cost about fi, 000,000.
PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. APRIL 17, 1890.
THE GATES ARE OPEN.
Powderly Directly Charges That
Officials Make No Fffort to
STOP LABORERS UKDER COMRACT.
The Slavonians flow in Possession of the
Mining Regions.
RADICAL REMEDIES ARE SECESSARY.
Morality and Decency Entirely ticking in the Re
cent Arrirals.
Mr. Powderly testified before the Immi
gration Investigating Committeeyesterday.
He said that the officials made no effort to
stop contract laborers, and that one Com
missioner had himself run in immigrants in
place of strikers. Consular inspection
abroad and detectives on the vessels-might
help matters.
IfirECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. i
New York, April 16. General Master
Workman Terrence V. Powderly, of the
Knights of Labor, with more gray in his
elaborate mustache and less vivacity in his
mein than he had in the palmy days of the
organization, appeared before the sub-committee
of the Congressional Committee on
Immigration to-day at Castle Garden, and
told what he knew about several things re
lating more or less to immigration. He
said, with some hesitation and more reserva
tion, that the order of which he was the head
had about 213,000 members, according to the
last report, in the United States.
Mr. Powderly said be did not know the
number "of Knights in France, Germany,
England, Canada and other countries. Any
immigrant, even immediately after landing,
could become a member of the Knights if a
member in good standing vouched for him.
The immigration of laborers to this country,
particularly to the coal and coke region of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Powderly said, had in
creased much in recent vears.
THET CONQUER ALL.
The German, Scotch, Irish, Welsh and
English miners were being driven from
Pennsylvania by the Slavonians, and not,
as generally supposed, by the Hungarians.
The Hun was an entirely different creature.
He not long ago seen 40 Welshmen, who were
citizens of the United States, leaving Scranton
to go back to Wales. The Slavonian immi
grants drove away the Welsh, who found that
they were unable to make a decsnt living in
America.
Just after the departure of the Welshmen
Mr. Powderly had seen 42 Slavonian Immigrants
at the Hoboken ferry bound for Scranton.
There were virtually 42 slaves to take tho
places of 42 free men driven out of the coal re
gion. The Slavonians were not known as the Amer
ican miners were known by their bosses as
Jack, Tom, Bill and Harry. They were known
only by the numbers with which they'were
labeled. They did not live like American
miners, but roosted like chickens. In a room
40x20 feet, 100 Slavonians slept in bunks ex
tending from the floor to the Celling. Tho at
mosphere was Stirling, and the morality of the
men of a very low older.
MAY DEOP FROM THE SKIE3.
In 1882, Mr. Powderly said, when these im
ported laborers came into Maryland to take
,the places of American miners, the Americans
laid: "These people can never take our place,',
bnt they did. They belonged to a different or
der of men. They lived on little, and made
their shoes by cutting them from the trees of
the forest I -cannot tell how these laborers
get In. I do not know whether or not they are
landed at Castle Garden. They may drop from
the skies.
In answer to inquiries from the investigators
Mr. Powderly said that very few Germans and
Irish now camo to the Pennsylvania mining re
gion. There were, beside the Slavs, some Rus
sians, Italians and Poles. The Italians were, as
a rule, unprogressive. The Poles made good
citizens. Tho worst class of immigrants came
or were brought to the mining region. The
men who supplanted tho Welsh, English,
Scotch, Irish and American miners were very
economical in everything. One woman did the
cooking for a house containing 30 or 40 men,
and the result was that the morality of that
woman was not very high.
"We are sending missionaries to Africa,"
said Mr. Powderly, "and importing heathen by
thousands."
Q. What are the wages of these men?
A From CO cents to a dollar. I have yet to
meet tho man who receives more than a dol
lar. THE DIFFERENCE IN WAGES.
Q. How much did the old miners receive?
A. From SI SO to $2 10.
Mr. Powderly believed in more radical meas
ures to keep the undesirable immigrant out
Congressman Owen read an item from a news
paper saying that 150 Swedish immigrants
would arrive at New York to-morrow, and go
up to Vermont and take possession of ana cul
tivate abandoned farms there. Mr. Powderly
said this was merely a scheme to fool the immi
grants. Nobody can be a farmer in the United
States without money. I
Mr. Powderly said he had been Informed by
a fellow Knight that a lot of immigrants had
been sent from Castle Garden during the
Second avenue strike to work in the car stables.
He understood that Commissioner Starr, who
was a director of the Second avenue railroad,
had sent the immigrants to the stables.
"I believe," said Mr. Powderly, "that the
authorities not only made no attempt, but op
posed the enforcement of the law. The labor
agents are no good. Their superiors have no
sympathy whatever with tho man who works,
except just before election."
CONSULAR. INSPECTION NEEDED.
Mr. Powderly thought the plan of consular
inspection in Europe was a good one, and also
tho idea of having detectives come over from
the other side as immigrants and find ont all
about the steerage passengers. Hundreds of
men were lauded in Canada, and brought over
the border to take the places of American
workmen. They were, Mr. Powderly thought,
engaged abroad. We should either have in
spectors on the border or annex Canada.
commissioner otarrcame into tne room at
the conclusion of Mr. Powderly's testimony,
and was requested to tell something about the
immigrants he had Bent up to the Second Ave
nue Railroad stables. He said he was Vice
President of the Second avenne road then, and
did send about 15 immigrants from Castle Gar
den to feed and water the horses at the stables.
The immigrants were paid 82 a day. He said the
strikers had abandoned the horses, and he sent
the immigrants up as an act of kindness to suf
fering animals.
NO CASE AGAINST THE DOCTOR.
Mr. Qnnckenbos Charges Agnlnst Rot. Dr.
Rylance Not Sustained.
tEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.
New York. April 16. Bishop Potter's com
mittee of three clergymen and two laymen,
who have had before them for eight months
Lawyer Quackenbos' charges against the
Rev. Dr. Rylance, ot St. Mark's; met to-day
in the see house of the diocese in Lafayette
place in secret session. Tne result was a fail
ure on the part of Mr. Quackenbos to substan
tiate his charges. There were present Arch
deacon Mackay Smith, the Rev. Arthur Brooks,
the Rev. Dr. Shackelford and Secretary Brun
ton, of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission,
and Lawyer Bache McEvens Whitlock.
It was a preliminary hearing and if there bad
been sufficient ground to hold an ecclesiastical
court Rector Rylance would have to stand his
trial. Mr. Quackenbos confessed after the
bearing was over tbat he had been unable to
give sufficient proof to warrant pressing the
case against Dr. Rylance. Mr. Quackenbos
said he had washed his bands of the whole
matter.
A DESCENDANT OF BONAPARTE
Follow His Murderous Example Upon a
-Somewhat Rednced Scale.
Moktreal, Que.. April 18. Albert L. Leo
pold Bonaparte, claiming to be a descendant of'
the great Corsican, and balling from Philadel
phia, registered at the Western House a few
days ago. Last night, without provocation, he
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THEY CAFT AGEEE.
'The Miners and Operators Committees Fail
to Reach n Satisfactory Conclusion
on the Wage Scale Will bo
Discussed To-Day.
Columbus, April 16. At the joint con
vention of miners ana operators this morn
ing the Scale Committee reported they were
unable to agree. A new committee was ap
pointed with Watchorn and Rea, of the United
Miners, and Jones, President of the Ohio asso
ciation, as members. The miners are asking
an advance of about 20 per cent and
a reduction in hours of labor, bnt
have practically abandoned the latter.
The Miners and Operators' Joint Canvention
continued in session till late this evening.
Chairman Rea,of the Special Scale Committee,
reported they had agreed to recommend the
basing scale adopted last year, Ohio and Penn
sylvania being the only States entitled to vote.
The report was accepted. The basing scale is
60 centsfor the Hocking Valley and 69 cents
for the Pittsburg district
The question of prices was referred to the
special committee on basing scale, In con
junction with the original scale committee.
After several hours' consultation, the commit
tee reported they were unable to agree on
prices, and the subject matter was placed in
the bands of tbe convention and an adjourn
ment taken till to-morrow mormng.
WORKING GIRLS IN CONTENTION.
Papers Read Treating of the Dlftorent Ele
ments In Women's Clabs.
New York, April 18. Tbe Association of
Working Girls' Societies were In session again
to-day with some 500 delegates present The
first paper read was by Miss Florence B.
Lockwood, and the theme was "The
Literary Element in Clnb Life."
Miss Lockwood urged the ' adoption of
a plan to encourage study of literature In
women's clubs. Two papers on "The Social
Element in Club Life," prepared by the Second
street club, of this citv, were read by Miss Mary
Sprol and Miss Goulde. MissClaraPotterread
a paper on the penny provident scheme of the
Charity Organization Society. Miss Shepherd.of
the Bennett Street Club, of Boston, and Mrs.
H. Ollesheimer, of this city, read papers upon
the provident and benefit schemes adopted by
various organizations. Miss S. D. Gardner
read a paper, "How to Make the Resolve Clubs
Lend a Hand," and other inside societies more
effective.
The first paper read at the afternoon session
was contributed bv the Cambridge Club, of
(Boston, and was generally discussed by the
members. The subject which evoked the most
Discussion, nowever, was enimeu -wnat ao
working girls owe to each other?'. Two papers
touching upon this were read. Tho first was by
Miss Clare De Graffen RIed, of Washington,
and the second by Mrs. L. W. Bates, of Brook
lyn. Both strongly advocated co-operation
among Individuals as well as among societies.
Mrs. Eliza S. Turner, of Philadelphia, read the
last paper of the day. Itwas entitled "Toward
What Are We Tending?" She thought all the
societies were tending toward centralization.
APfER THE CHICAGO GAS TRUST.
The Schnbert Heirs Assert That It Is an
Illegal monopoly.
Chicago, April 16. Judge Collins to-day
took up the demurrer of the Chicago Gas Trust
to the bill filed by the executors of the estate
of the late Henry Schubert, of New York. The
suit was begun two years ago, before tbe Gas
Trust issued Its bonds for 7,500,000. It-was
claimed the trust was an illegal body and likely
to be wound up at any time, and the executors
stood In great danger of losing the Schubert
investment in the trust's securities;
A W. Green, who appeared for the trust,
to-day said that Mr. Schubert made the
contract, not the executors, and that
Schnbert died without expressing a
desire to Set aside his exchange of gas com
pany stock for the trust's securities. Mr.
Green said it was an unheard of thing tbat ex
ecutors .'should come into conrt with such a
proposition. He said the suit did not amount
to anything anyway, because it sought to en
join amlssue of bonds When the bonds had al
ready been floated.
Attorney Moses, for the Schnbert heirs, said
the restraining of the issue of bonds was but
tho smallest part of the suit. It sought to
break up a monopoly, and it was just as perti
nent, though it was brought two years ago, as
though It had been brought yesterday. It
prayed for a receiver to take charge of the
stock of Henry Schubert, and for an injunction
to prevent the Gas Trust from taking posses
sion ot tbe stock of the gas light and coke
company. The hearing will be continued to
morrow. STEALING GLASS LETTERS
In Order to Increase the Demand for His
Product.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCS.l
New York, April 16. Police Captain Brogan
and all of the policemen of the Mercer street
squad have been iu hot water for two or
three months over the doings of some
mysterious miscreants who have night
after night disfigured merchants' show
windows and stolen enameled glass
letters from the signs on them. About ten
days ago a woman and two boys were arrested
with about 600 of the letters in their possession.
Tbey said they were employed to collect them
by some manufacturers of letters. The theft3
continued. There were so many of them on
the Broadway post tbat Patrolman Daniel
Sullivan, who has the post at night, was fined
three days' pay for not catching the culprits.
He has been wide awake ever since. To-night
at 7 o'clock he saw some one working away in
a suspicious manner in front of the Albo
Carbon Light Company's office in 76 Broad
way. He pounced down upon him and
caught him rapidly prying off let
ters with a palette knife, after, softening
tbe gum with turpentine. He had all the let
ters off of one windowand about half off of the
other. He had altogether about 125 letters in
his possession. The prisoner said he was
August Willnck, a manufacturer ot glass,
enamelled and gilt letters, of 152 Ludlow street
HAVE AGREED TO SLPARATE..
Mrs. Helen Dnnvrny Ward Prefers the Stage
to'a Husband.
rSPZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCTLt
NEW York, April 16. John M. Ward, the
famous baseball player, who has been living
quietly at the Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn,
during the past three weeks, has agreed
to a separation from his wife, Mrs.
Helen Dauvray Ward, and Mrs. Ward
is now preparing for a trip to the
West It could not be ascertained to-day
whether or not the separation papers
had been signed as yet, bnt the friends
of both parties give it as their
opinion that the signatures have
been attached, and that Mrs. Ward had
chosen tbe alternative that her husband gave
her some time ago, to either give np all idea of
returning to the stage or to separate.
Mrs. Ward has positively signified her inten
tion of returning to the stage, and to-day Mrs.
"Tim" Keefe, her sister, said that preparations
were being rapidly completed for the former
star's appearance.
CREMATED IN A KILN.
Human Bonks Discovered In a Coke Oven
Lead to Suspicion of Murder.
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Scottdale, April 16. The inhabitants of the
little mining town of Morgan, about four miles
from here, are in a foment to-day over what
they think to be a murder. A young man
named Sheehan has been missing since Mon
day. Abarty of ypnng men celebrated their
pay day in Sheehan's shanty last Saturday
evening by getting intoxicated The social
gathering culminated in a row, in which several
of tbe participants were badly nsed up. bheehaa
has been raissingever since, and yesterday when
one of the coke ovens was drawn bits of
bones, glass and clothing were discovered. Mis
has been productive of the report tbat Shee
han's body had been thrown into tbe coke oven
and cremated.
A doctor who has made an examination of tho
bone dust says that it Is from a human. Some
think the missing man Is in Pittsburg, but
others as firmly cling to the idea that he was
murdered. The affair will be fully investigated.
Slates United la Marriage.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCir.1
Braddock, April 18. Miss Lavina A. Saw
hill, of this place, and Mr. Richard Btout, of
Connellsville, both mutes, ere joined in mar
riage this evening at the residence of the
bride's brother, C. S. SawbilL in North Brad
dock. The Rev. S. J. Shaw officiated, and
Miss Sarah A. Woodsido, of Pittsburg interpreted..
NOT ETO TEE DEAD
Can How-Find a Resting Place in
theTalley of the Mississippi.
GREAT SUFFERIHG IN ARKANSAS.
Steamers Go Tfirensh Flooded Forests to
Rescue Negroes.
SMALL TOWNS UTTERLY DEPOPULATED.
Authentic Reports of the Exact Situation at a Hnndred
Points.
The suffering caused by the flood in
Arkansas is greater than in any other sec
tion. The people cannot move about or
even bury their dead. The colored population-is,
the molt exposed and experiences the
worst destitution.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HISPATCH.1
Arkansas City, April 16. Of the
three States effected by the present high
water Arkansas suffered tbe most and has
been heard from the least. The merchants
in her river counties have for weeks been
conducting business on scaffolds. The peo
ple Have had no churches in which to
.worship and no cemeteries in which to bury
their dead.
They have paid their social and business
visits in cypress log dugouts, have lived
continuously on the saltiest of salt meat,
and baked their bread by fires kindled on a
pile of water-soaked logs; and through
it all have exhibited a pluck and
cheerfulness entirely at variance with
their surroundings. Scores of white
people and planters' families have been.re
duced to straits never before dreamed of.
For the most part their homes have been
saved to them, for they were constructed
with a care not found ic the erection of
negro cabins, set up on four cypress blocks
three feet above the ground.
COLORED PEOPLE SUFMIBINO.
On the Mississippi side, four miles above
here, where the sudden rush of waters
through the levee breaks at Catfish and
Offuts, near Huntingdon, swept away their
homes, tho condition of the colored people is
certainly deplorable. It is almost beyond de
scription. But tbe destitution and destruction
here occur only at intervals, while on the
Arkansas side it is almost continuous to He
lena, 150 miles further north.
As the boat pulled down tbe Mississippi shore
from Catfish, colonies of colored people were
discovered every few miles squatted on the top
of the State levee, in picturesqne wretchedness.
Their beds and bedding and a few household
trifles were piled around, with the chickens and
children roosting on top. all waiting for trans
portation to safer ground.
On last Sunday night word was conveyed to
Captain F. C. Tollinger, the government engi
neer in charge of the work of the Mississippi
River Commission, with headquarters at Ark
City, tbat several colored families had taken
refuge on the top of the levee above Hunt
ingdon and tbat the dyke was crumbling rapidly.
THE WOBK. OP RESCUE.
The steamboat R. A. Speed.of Memphis, Cap
tain Van Marsh, was immediately ordered, with
a barge, to rescue these people and convey
them to a place of safety. To reach the levee
at this point It was necessary to get- through
the cottonwood timber which grew on the bank.
Tbe barge was lashed in front of tbe steam
boat and the electric search light of tbe Speed
turned toward the dark timber line to discover
an available place for a passage.
What seemed to be a weak point was fonnd
and turnlngonafullhead of steam, the boat
made a dash for it There was a crashing and
irendlngof trees, and the Speed came to a full
stop with the deck ot the barge loaded down
with a mass of saplings and greenery.
Tbe vessel withdrew and made another
plunge into, the forest and again came
to a dead stop, trembling from prow to rudder.
Two more drives were made before the belt of
timber was broken through, and tbe barge ran
against the crumbling levee, where the fright
ened negroes and their worldly posses
sions were taken aboard and taken to Ark
port the nearest dry land on the Arkansas
river. Leaving Arkansas City in tbe morning
the Millo. which is the name of The Dispatch
boat, after' a tortuous passage across the
submerged country to tbe north. Anally reached
the little village of Watson. It consists of two
dozen houses tbe homes of white residents
three stores and the usnal environment of ne
gro cabins.
IT DECREASED POPULATION.
The result of tbe present inundation has
been to depopulato the place. Previous to the
first of last March the population of Watson
and the surrounding country, within a
radius of five miles, was about 500,
white and colored. It is not one-fourth of
that number now. In the town itself only
three white families remain, cooped up on
false floors and the upper part3 ot their dwell
ings. Chicot Ctty, Ark., and Utah Landing, seven
miles above Arkansas City, are two points that
have suffered in common. Chicot is a small
place of about 25 houses. They are, with one
or two exceptions, half under-water. The
condition 'of tbe people in Mississippi, as a
general thing is infinitely better than those In
Arkansas, where the situation, aggravated by
the overflows from tbe St Francis, White and
Arkansas rivers, is about as deplorable as can
be imagined.
X0THLNG BUT YANKEE GORE
Will Satisfy an English Captain for an Al
leged Ininlt to His Flag.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l'
WASHiuaTOir, April 10. Captain Dug
more, of Her Majesty's service, retired,
is a very mad Englishman. Down in Flor
ida he was induced to invest in some town
lots, which proved to be mainly sand and
scenery. Tbe agent who sold the lots took
from Dugmore some securities which, he says,
were worthless. Then both got mad. Then
the agent got ont a writ and bad a Sheriff
seize the yacht Rosalind, in which Captain
Dugmore, wilh his son and female relations,
bad sailed around tbe world. Captain Dug
more thirsted for gore when be learned this.
He engaged lawyers, and they agreed with him
tbat nothing but war would wipe out the Insult
to the British flag. ,
Proceedings were at once begun to replevin
the yacht, which the Captain asserted was "not
his property, bnt tbat ot his wife. The British
Consul at New Orleans was communicated with,
and replied promptly that if the facts were fur
nished him, he would lay them before tbe
British Minister.' as tbe action of the Sheriff
was undoubtedly an Infringement upon the
rights of Captain Dugmore. The necessary
affidavits were forwarded to the Consnl, who,
after having indorsed his opinion thereupon,
sent them to Washington to the British Min
ister. In the meantime Captain Dugmore had
again secured possession of his yacht
PARNELL'S ADYICE ASKED
Aa to the Propriety of Holding n Convention
of tbe Irish Nntlonal Lengue.
St. Louis, April 16. At to-day's meeting of
the Executive Committee of the Irish National
League the propriety of holding a national con
vention this year was considered. After the
matter bad been discussed at length, It was
unanimously agreed to postpone further delib
eration on the subject nntil Mr. Parnell bad
been consulted. Accordingly the secretary
was instructed to send a cablegram to Mr. Par
nell asking his advice in the matter. A reply
is expected to-morrow. The night session was
devoted to addresses.
. A PLUCKY JUSTICE
Holds a Lynching Party at Bar While Ihe
Prisoner Is Removed to Jail.
St. Lotus. April 16. Mansfield King, who
was arrested here a few days ago on the charge
of horse stealing in St Louis county, was
taken before Justice Sappington, at Franklin,
to-day for a hearing.
A crowd collected with the avowed intention
of Ivnching the prisoner. Jnstice Saoolnzton
held tbe mob at bay with a revolver in each
hand while the prisoner was spirited away by
Constable Moro. Mansfield was taken to Clay
ton and lodge d In Jail there.
A TERRIBLE CHAEGE.
A Prominent Woman Arraigned for Poison
ing Her Son Tho Alleged Motive
to Secure $28,000 on an In- ,
snrance Policy.
'SPECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Mount Holly, N". ' J., April 16. The
grand jury of Burlington county found an
indictment to-day against Mrs. Carrie F.
Vandegnft, one of the most prominent
women of Burlington, and a leading
member of the Broad street Metho
dist Church. 'The charge is that she
attempted to kill her son, Frank C. Norman,
by means of repeated doses of croton oil, ad
ministered in his food at intervals since the
first of April.
The charge was first made by the family
physician. Dr. Walter E. Hall, who was called
upon to attend the patient, who is 23 years old,
and found him nearly in a state of collapse.
The oil, as it is now explained,' had
kept up a constant irritation of the In
testines. This Irritation resisted the treat
ment of the physicians, and as thepatient con.
tinued to grow worse hourly Dr: Hall called to
his aid Dr. Grant and Dr. Pngb. both of whom
said tbe patient was suffering from the effects
of croton oil. This coincided precisely with
tho diagnosis made by Dr. Hall. The adminis
tration of the oil was traced to the mother by
circumstantial evidence.
For a time no one was able to assign a motive
for the deed, but one was discovered to-day
among the records of mortgages in the Re
corder's office at Mt Holly. There was found
a mortgage given by Mrs. Vandegrift to
the United Security Life Insurance and Trust
Company, of Pennsylvania, for about 828,000, on
all her real estate in Burlington. It was what
is known as an insurance mortgage. The
policy was Issued in the name of Frank C.
Norman, and it is in the form o f a 20-year endow
ment In the event of Norman's death the
mortgage would be cancelled and the property
turned over to Mrs. Vandegrift free of all
incumbrance. ,
It is alleged tbat, prior to her marriage to
Joseph Vandegrift in 1877, the woman served
several terms of imprisonment In Moyamenslng
prison, Philadelphia, on charges of larceny.
Norman is resting easier to-night He is in
charge of a nurse who keeps a strict wateh of
bis food. ( i
KING ON THE STAND.
Tho Prefect of the Blind Asylum Talks In Bis
Own Defense.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, April 18. Harry W. King,
late Prefect ot the Pennsylvania Institute for
the Instruction of the Bllnd.waa put on trial toj
day before Judge Hare. After a jury had been
secured District Attorney Graham, in
an impressive speech, opened the case
for tbe Commonwealth. He explained
the nature of the charge contained
in tbe indictment, and said that the bill was
found under an act of Assembly which the
Legislature had found necessary to pass to
cover just such offenses. The first witness
called was Joseph W. Gain, who is totally
blind. He sworo that ho was 18 years old and
had been In the institute for seven years. King
had always said that he thought a great deal of
the witness and often invited him to his home,
where he would remain over night, occupying
the same bed with King.
The accused man, when called in his own de
fense, walked briskly to the witness stand, and
his testimony was given in a clear, firm tone.
He claimed that the charges were tbe result of
spite work. The defendant was still on the
stand when tbe court adjourned. Tne trial will
be resumed to-morrow morning.
CLOSE OF THE CELEBRATION.
Tbe Loyal Legion Concludes Its Exercises at
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 16. The companions
of the various commandenes of the military
order of the Loyal Legion gathered this morn
ing at the Union League, then proceeded in a
body to the City Hall to pay their respects to
Mayor Fitler. At the Mayor's private office,
General Merrill announced the names and pre
sented his companions. Secretary of the In
terior Noble was accorded an ovation. It was
an entirely informal- reception and when the
last companions bad been presented. Mayor
Fitler. in a brief speech, welcomed all heartily
to tbe city. The companions next inspected
the Masonic Temple.
To-night the Loyal Legion celebration closed
with a reception at the Academy of Fine Arts.
The affair took tbe shape of an ovation to ex
President Hayes, and for three hours a solid
stream of people poured through the noors of
the Academy and paid their respects to the
guests of the evening. Numbers ot the visitors
left the city late to-nightand by to-morrow will
have returned to their homes. General Hayes,
with his daughter and two sons, will leave for
Fremont to-morrow morning.
NOT QUITE THROUGH.
There Will Bo Ono More Session of the
Pan-American Conference.
Washington, April 16. The final adjourn
ment of the Pan-American conference was not
reached to-day. A great part of the session
was taken np by a discussion of tbe revised
report of the Committee on Arbitration, which
had been recommitted to have the concordance
of the English and Spanish texts made com
plete. After this had been concluded the
question arose as to the effect of the signing of
the report by the delegates.
Some of them were of tbe opinion that thoir
,signatures to the document would commit
their government to the terms of a treaty pro
posed. It was finally arranged to have the sig
natures come before tbe treaty and in that
shape it was left The conference adjourned
until to-morrow, after voting to postpone the
trip to Mount Vernon until the conference
shall have adjourned sine die.
DOTS AND DASHES.
The Cream of the 'News Skimmed and Con
densed for Ready Reading.
Yesterday 2,415 immigrants landed at New
York.
The Missouri Pacific has cut rates to $8 be
tween Pueblo and Kansas City.
New York hosiery importers will protest
againsfthe McKinley tariff hilL
THE valuable contents of a mail ponch were
stolen from a Santa Fe train by an unknown
thief.
A SAWMXLZi owned by KrnppBros., in Cook
township, near Greensburg, was burned. Loss
15,000.
Abner Yates, founder of Yates Center,
Kan., has assigned. Liabilities. J42.000; assets,
J60.0OO.
Gore Hotel, Chicaeo, for sale by receiver.
Claims on it amount to 612,443 and partnership
insolvent
General Salcedo has been sentenced to
two monthB' imprisonment at Madrid for
seditious writings.
John G. Mitchell's bond as Pension Agent
for Ohio entered at Philadelphia. R. B. Haves,
R. H. Flatt sureties.
Kansas Crrr is making elaborate prepara
tions for tbe National Drill and Encampment
to be held June 2 to 7.
Last night the third unsuccessful attempt
within two weeks to wreck a Lake Shore train
was made at Andover. O.
A great pile ot lumber at MUford, Me., be
longing to N. S. Gould and others, was burned
yesterday. Loss, JIOO.OOO.
B. T. Barnum killed his father-in-law, W.
Ball, at Slatersvllle. 1'a. Ontcome of trouble
In highly respectable families.
The assignment of D. Gardner & Co., dry
goods merchants at .Ottawa, Ontario, with lia
bilities of $80,000, is announced.
Three Polish miners were rnn down by a
freight train at Huntingdon, Pa., yesterday.
Two were killed and the other fatally injured.
"Commodore" Louis Schwartz, who Is
said to have Introduced lager beer into this
country, died at Elizabeth, N. J., yesterday,
aged 80.
Theophilus Walker, whose wealth is
placed at S3, 000, 000. died suddenly of heart dis
ease yesterday at Waltbam. Mass. His only
relatives are two nieces.
Claude Bonit, white, student of Eastman
College, Pougbkeepsie, jostled by colored man
named Watson on the street Colored man
severely wounded by Bonit's knife and Bonit
jailed.
Mr. Gladstone, in writing of international
copyright, says: "When the barbarism of pro
tection ceases to oppress tbe country we may
hope that the present plan will take a form
worthy ot so great a nation."
The New York Postjas again been sued for
libel in publishing biographies or Tammany
leaders. Bernard F. Martin, Deputy Commis
sioner of Public Works, objects to being called
a partner of the notorious Red Leary,
THREE CENTS
SM TO BE FREE,
v "W
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J
With-V-inty of Two Cents a
Pounncourage Home
'ction.
A TRIO OF TARIFF REPORTS
Presented to the Honse by the Ways
and Means Committee.
POSITION OF THE DEMOCRACY.
The Opposition Confined to an Attack on ths
Majority Bill.
ONE REPUBLICAN KICKER SPEAKS OUT
The Bepublican tariff bill has been pre
sented to Congress. An important change
was. made at the last moment, by which
sugar comes in free of duty, and receives a
bounty. The report of the majority explains
and defends the bill, while the Democrats
attack the measure as a whole and in detail.
ISFECIaI. trlecbam to TRE DISPATCH.1
Washington, April 1G. The tariff re
port of the Ways and Means Committee has
at last been placed before Congress, or
rather, three reports have been-so presented.
Chairman McKinley handed in the im
portant document the Bepublican's or
majority report ex-Speaker Carlisle voiced
the views of the Democratic minority, and
McKenna, a California Bepublican, made a
little report on his own account, in which he
attacked some ot the conclusions reached by
his party associates.
The most important change in tbe bill,
made at the very last moment, is the provi
sion placing sugar upon the free list and
giving a bounty of two cents a pound to
home producers for 15 years. Hides are
continued on the free list, the vigorous pro
tests of the New England contingent hav
ing secured that concession. Wool remains
as at first proposed, and tbe other provisions
of the bill are substantially as originally
published in Tns Dispatch.
THE FEATURES OP INTEREST.
The new and interesting features are found
in the arguments presented in the various
documents. The majority report begins
with a statement of tbe financial situation;
estimates that tbe surplus at the end of the
present fiscal year will be 592,000,000, and,
deducting the sum reqmred to make pay-
i. ments on the sinking fund, the net surplus
of receipts over expenditures will be (43,
678,883. The estimated surplns of the next fiscal
yeir will be S43,5G9,522, which, with the
amount of cash now on hand and available
(reaching 590,000,000) will justify a reduc
tion of the revenue in the sum contemplated
by the bill reported, $00,936,936, and prob
ably more from customs, and say 510,327,878
from internal revenue, or a total of 571,264,
414. The majority report says:
HARD TO TELL WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
The exact effect upon the revenues of tho
Government by the proposed bill is difficult of
ascertainment That there will be a substan
tial reduction, as we will show, admits of no
doubt It-is not believed that the increase ot
duties on wools and upon glassware will have
the effect of increasing the revenues. That
would, of coarse, follow if tbe importations
of tho last fiscal yearwero hereafter to be
maintained, which, however, is altogether Im
probable. Tbe result will be tbat Importations
will bo decreased, and therefore the amount of
revenue collected from these sources will bo
diminished.
In every case of increased duty, except that
imposed UDon tin plate (which does not go into
effect until July 1. 1S91), and upon cotton
fabrics, the effect will be to reduce, rather than
enlarge the revenues, because importations
will fall off. It wa3 the aim of tbe committee
to fix the duties upon that class of manufact
ured goods and farm products which can be
supplied at home, so as to discourage the nsa
of like foreign goods and products, and secure
to our own people and our producers thehomo
market, believing that competition among our
selves will seenre reasonable prices to the con
sumer in the future as it has invariably done
In tbe past
THE PROTECTIVE PRINCIPLE.
Wo seek by the increased duties recom
mended not only to maintain, but to enlarge
onr own manufacturing plants, and check those
supplies from abroad which can be profitably
produced at borne. The general policy of the
bill is to foster and promote American produc
tion and diversification of American industry.
AVe have not been so much concerned about
the prices of the articles we consume as we
have been to encourage a system of home pro
duction that shall give fair remuneration to
domestic producers and fair wages to Ameri
can workmen, and by increased production and
home competition insure fair prices to con
sumers. In tbe case of wool the report cites figures as
an evidence of the alarming decline in pro
duction, and says that an advance of duties
has been recommended which it i believed
will afford ample protection to wool growing
farmers. While the Senate will fix the dnty on
third class wool at 4 cents.the committee places
it at 3 upon tbe belief that with the re
strictions, definitions and classifications, and .
the addition ot port charges, recommended by
the bill, the difference will be fully com
pensated. The committee believes that tha
United States should produce all of the wool
consumed, and that with adequate defensive
legislation it will do so.
The annual consumption is 600.000,000 pounds.
and, with tbe protection afforded by the bill,
the farmers of the United States will, at an
early day, be able to supply this demand by tbe
addition of 100 per cent, or nearly 100.0u0.000
sheep, to the present number. The report
gives tne increase oi mo amy on wool and tne
construction given to the worsted clause of tho
existing law as a reason for increasing the
duties on woolen goods to protect manufac
turers. It says: "The necessity of this increase
is apparent in view of the fact already stated,
that during the last fiscal year there were im
ports of manufactures of wool of the foreign
value of Eo2,6S1.4S2. as shown by the under
valued invoices and the real value In our mar
ket of nearly 00,000,000 fully one-fourth of our
entire consumption equivalent to'an import bf
at least 100,000,000 pounds of wool in the form of
manufactured goods."
JUST A LITTLE INCREASE.
Existing law gives, it Is said, a protection of
85 to 45 per cent "the bill gives a range of 30 to
50 per cent The Mills bill gave a uniform rate
of 40 per cent more than was required on low
grades and less than wis needed for fine goods.
The advance in these fine grades will, it is be
lieved, diminish importations and thereby re
duce instead of increase the revenues and
transfer to tbe country the manufacture" ot
from J15.000.000 to $20,000,000 of woolen goods
now made abroad. The average rate of tbe
woolen goods schedule proposed, including the.
specific duty on the wool used and the manu
facturers' duty, is 91.78 per cent The average
rate at present is 67.15 per cent, but if tbe
worsted decision had been made at tbe begin
ning of tbe year it would have been increased
10 per cent, and 15 per cent more would have
been added If worsted yarns had paid the duty
of wooleu yarns at tbe same price, so that if
these manifest errors in constructions of law
had been earlier corrected tbe average last
year would have been nearly SO per cent
Of the metal schedules the report says tbat
no reduction can be made in pig iron or ore
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