EEED WANTS TO EUSR
All the Party Legislation Through
Congress and Adjonrn.
SENATOES OPPOSB THE SCHEME.
They
Believe the 't House TTill be
Democratic, and Are Eager"
TO MAKE HAT WHILE TI1E SUN SEISES.
Efptcmbtr Will rrrtably Find Ihe Statesmen Still
in Their Seats.
Speaker Keed thinks that all legislation
should be rushed, and that Congress should
adjonrn about June 1. Many Republican
Senators, however, believe that the session
should be prolonged, and that the party
should make every possible use of the pres
ent majority in both branches. Senator
Hoar names September 1 as a probable date
for stopping the wheels.
rsr2CI.il. TELEGRAM TO TITS SISFATCH.1
"Washington, April 18. Senator Hoar
has expressed the opinion that Congress will
be in session until about the 1st of Septem
ber. Speaker Jieed sees no reason why an
adjournment cannot be had by the 1st of
June. These two opinions represent fairly
the difference between the views of the Sen
ators and the members of the House.
As soon as Speaker Beed had secured the
adoption of the new House rules he started
in to use them for all they were worth in an
attempt to rush through legislation at a
break-neck pace. Being able to count a
quorum whenever he sees fit, the Speaker,
with the aid of the few Republicans who
control matters in the House, is able to
break down all opposition and enact legis
lation at will.
HIS IDEA. OF POPULARITY.
Mr. Eeed is of the opinion that the most
popular thing this Congress can do is to
put through the several measures that have
the indorsement of the party and the peo
ple, adjourn as sosn as possible and go
home. An understanding has been arrived
at between the leaders of the House on this
programme, and an attempt is being made
to carry it out.
A different feeling prevails in the Senate,
'however, and that body will present serious
opposition to the programme of the House.
A group of Senators were discussing the
situation to-day, and one of them spoke of
the evident desire of Speaker Keed and his
colleagues to force an early adjournment.
This Senator, who is one of the few Repub
lican leaders of the body, said that be did not
ngree with Mr. Keed, but thought that the
Republicans bad better stay here and enact
legislation so long as tbey had things all their
own way. The Senator then went on to ex
press the opinion that the next House of Rep
resentatives would surely he Democratic and
that the best thing for the Republicans to do
is to remain here and make hay while the
euu shines.
NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
There are a great many important schemes
of legislation to which the party has repeat
edly given its endorsement, and which would
sever be enacted into laws if the Democrats
would get a majority in both houses. The
Senators for the most part agree
with him, and within the past lew days in
formal conferences have been held at which
the question of final adjournment has been
discussed. The prevailing opinion of the
Republican Senators is that they should
make haste slow ly and enact into laws all
the proposed measures to which they bave
given their allegiance in order to have a
platform ot their own making on which to
go before the country in the coming elec
tions.
The knowledge that this informal de
cision bad been arrived at among the Sen
ators probably has much to do with Sen
ators' prediction that the do days will
have come and gone before the first session
of the Fifty-first Congress is adjourned.
THE SILVER DISPUTE.
No SI em of nn Agreement Yet Between the
Warring Tactions ecrctnry Wln-
dom and the Western Men
Are Eqnnlly Obstlnntc.
"Washington, April 18. The Senate
Republican Silver Committee held a meet
ing this morning, at which Secretary
"Windom was present and expressed his
views. He said the reason for his advocat
ing the redemption in bullion of the certifi
cates issued lor the purchase of bullion was
that it would make the certificates more
valuable. To require their redemp
tion in silver dollars would be, in
bis opinion, to discredit them,
while to require their redemption in gold
com might seriously embarrass the Govern
ment He insisted that there are only two
ways in which the credit of the Government
can be protected in the issue of the large
number of Treasury notes contemplated. One
is by the bullion redemption plan proposed
in his bill, and the other is by authorizing
the sale ot bonds to provide a gold reserve
when it becomes necessary to redeem them.
The latter policy he believed to be wholly
unnecessary and unjustifiable, and hence
there is no other means of protection than
the bullion redemption proposition. He said
lie deemed this feature absolutely essential
in protecting the credit of the country, and
that he would feel it his duty to oppose anv
measure that gave the holder of the certifi
cate the option on the currency in which it
snouia tie redeemed.
Alter the Secretary had given his views
upon the bill and the basis lor them, a dis
cussion rather desultory in its nature took
place upon the subject of the sufficicnev of
the circulation. Secretary Windom had
stated to the committee that the total circu
lation was 1,426,000,000 an average of
521 70 per capita on a basis ot 05,000.000
population. Actually, however, this sum
was subject to distribution bv the several
amounts that are tied up in various ways as
reserves, held for redemption of notes etc
so that the per capita amount of circula
tion was considerably less than S21 70. The
Secretary agreed with the Senators, i;s he
had with the Representatives, that an ad
dition to the circulation was necessarv, but
in the conference to-day no definite sum was
named by any one.
Some of the committee were in favor of
conceding the point insisted on by the Sec
retary that of making the certificate re
deemable in bullion, but to this the silver
men say they will not agree under any cir
cumstances They say that they will not
consent to give the transaction the nature of
a mere barter in merchandise. There is also
a difference of opinion among the commit
teemen upon the proposition to make the
purchase certificates legal tender. The silver
men, who advocate this, say that, based
upon actual purchases of bullion, as they
will be, the certificates would have a greater
value behind them than do the 345,000,000
greenbacks, for the redemption of which
but 100,000.000 in gold U provided.
IHE FIGHT FOK THE FAIR.
Hard Work to Induce lbs Senate to Con
sider tbe Subject at All.
Washington, April 18. To-day, on
motion of Mr. Plumb, the Senate voted to
take up for consideration the Senate bill to
lor'eit certain lands. Mr. Dolph moved to
proceed to executive business.
Mr.jHawley I have given notice two or
three times that I would call up the bill
concerning the International Exposition.
1 am bound to press it, because it is simply
justice to tbe people of Chicago, who are
waiting anxiously to begin work, and not
only justice to them, but to the manufact
urers and others who may contemplate
exhibiting there foreigners as well as
Americans. I am instructed by the com
mittee, and am under constant" pressure to
call it up. I have npplied privately to the
Senator from Kansas (Mr. Plumb), and I
do so now to allow his bill to lie over until
the Senate can consider this exhibition bill.
Alter a short debate Mr. Dolpb's motion
prevailed and the Senate went ir to executive
session. Later, however, on motion of Mr.
Hawley, the Senate took up and agrccd to
consider immediately after the morning
business, on Monday next, the House bill to
provide for celebrating the four hundredth
anniversary of the discovery of America by
Christopher Columbus, by holding an inter
national exhibition of arts, industries, man
ufactures and the product of the soil, mine
and sea, in the city of Chicago.
PLEADED FOR HER SON.
A n untune Society Onlclnl Finds n Strnnge
Family Affair In Allecbeny.
Agent Berryman, of the Humane Society,
yesterday investigated a complaint against
a young man named John Davis, of Nun
nery Hill, Allegheny, who was accused of
breaking three of his mother's ribs on
Thursday. Mr. Berryman was somewhat
surprised, on reaching the place, to find that
Mrs. Davis is a white woman with a colored
son, about 30 years ot age, who did the
beating.
Mrs. Davis, who is now 63 years of age,
said that in 1810 she was the wi:e of Frank
Hopkins, a prosperous riverman, who was
drowned, leaving her with a little boy,
John, now a farmer out the Perrysville
road. She sent the child up the Mononga
hela river and set about to earn a living.
She did not succeed as well as desired, and
says that after ten years of heart-sickening
struggle she married Thomas Davis, a
colored man, with whom she still lives.
The one child of this marriage is John,
the son wbo attacked his mother on Thurs
day. The old woman said that her son was
a iittle intoxicated, but that he only pushed
her against a bed. She begged the humaje
agent not to prosecute him, as he is a good
boy and the onlv support of herself and her
husband, now 74 years ot age and unable to
work. Her request will be complied with.
FAIR, FLEETING AND FICKLE.
The DIImIbc Jennie Penman In Lore With
More Tbnn One.
Apropos of the Penman-Gray elopement,
an interview was yesterday obtained with
Mrs. Elsie Normicutt, a cousin and con
fidante of the vanished Jennie Penman. Mrs.
Normicutt has also been the heroine of an
elopement. In 1887 she fled with John
Normicutt to East Liverpool, O.,
and was married. Since then she
has been living on Pius street.
Jennie Penman and young Gray often
met at her house, and she encouraged them
to elope. She says that Jennie was fond of
young Gray, but olten deplored that he was
only 18 years old. Mrs. Kormicutt thiuks
that Jeunie was somewhat fickle in her love
affairs. She was rather fond of a certain
railway employe at the Union depot, who
formerly lived on the Southside, and, ac
cording to Mrs. Kormicutt, it is not im
probable that she mar have eloped with this
man instead of with Gray.
Upon inquiry at the residence of the
Penmans last evening, it was found that
the young lady had not written home or
communicated with her friends. Miss
Ackerman, the prettv friend of Jennie's,
who has been quoted in the rase, said last
night to a Dispatch reporter: "I have
heard nothing lrom Jennie. My sister pre
tended that she bad received a letter, but
ihe was only guying a couple of reporters."
TROTTING OUT A THIRD MAN.
Ex-District Attorney Porter Mentioned
for Congress by Ills Friends.
The Congressional situation in the Alle
gheny district is getting decidedly interest
ing. Mr. Shims friends are hard at work
for him, and the duet has been suddenly
changed into a trio by the appearance of
W. D. Porter, Esq., upon the stage of action.
Mr. Porter js not only tx-Dfs'tfict Attorney
with all the glamor pertaining thereto, but
he is at present Chairman of theBerrablican
County Committee a very useful ap
pendage, both personally and politically.
Mr. Porter's friends are so very assiduous
in their efforts to create a boom that it is
assumed that "Dave" will duly shunt his
dicer into the political ring. He is known
to have entertained a Congressional aspira
tion for some time, and the chance of their
being an open fight lor delegates is thought
to operate to the benefit of any third gentle
man who h on political hustling bent. An
authoritative announcement of bis candidacy
is expected at any time, and Northsid'e
leaders are in high glee at the pleasant
prospects opened up by he mere fact of
three men being actively in the field.
WHERE LAWREXCETILLE WANTS IT.
A Meeting to Decide Wbere tho Carnegie
Library W to be Locnted.
There was another meeting last night of
the citizens of Lawreuceville to adopt the
best means of recommending the most suit
able location for the Carnegie Branch Li
brary. Mr. J. S. Seaman presided and
stated that he belived the former committee
of five should be increased. Upon this sug
gestion the names of William Price, George
W. Irwin and James Scott were added to it.
Instructions were given to the committee
to draw up further resolutions advising the
location of the Lavrenceville library to be
sitnated between the arsenal and the semi
nary and to be on Butler street. A map of
the district is to prepared showing the loca
tion of the schools and mills, and to contain
data with relerence to the number of school
children, niilliuen, general population -and
vacant lots or buildings that could be
utilized for library purposes. A meeting
will be held next Friday to hear the report
of the committee. If it is satisfactory, it
will be forwarded to Mr. Carnegie and a
copy given to the Library Commission.
LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED.
Incidents of n Day In Tiro Cities Condensed
for Heady Reading.
Miss Lathrop, a missionary to India, will
address a meeting to be held Monday after
noon, at 3 o'clock, in the Y. SI. C. A. chapel.
The Woman's Union Missionary Society, which
Miss Latbrop represents, is composed of rep
resentatives of all the churches and does un
denominational work.
JIicuaei. Rock was yesterday committed to
jail for a hearing on Monaar, before Alderman
Moore, on a serious charge, prpterred by
Bergeinan Jordan. Susan Jordan was also
committed for a hearing on a similar charge,
before the same magistrate, made by James
Williams.
Matthew Coleman and his wife Alice
were arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge
of disorderly conduct, and locked up in tbe
Twenty-eighth ward station. They reside near
tbe foot of South Eighth street.
John Solt-ivax. a man of about 30 years,
was committed to jail yesterday for a hearing
on next Tuesday, before Alderman Gripp, on a
serious charge made by Mary Donah, a 14-year-old
girl, ot Boston street.
Ax alarm from box 231 last evening was
caused by a small fire in a trame bouse owned
by Alderman Carlisle, on Neville street. The
fire was extinguished before tbe fire depart
ment arrived. No damage.
A still alarm was sent to Engine Company
No. 4 yesterday afternoon, for a small fire In
the sioreroom of J. P. Stein, at No. 410 Fifth
avenue, which was extinguished with a Bib
cock, stlth slight damage.
Ex-President Campbell, of the Window
Glass Workers' Association, is borne from
Washington. lie says If the tariff bill passes
it will mean an increase of 10 per cent In wages
for tbe workers.
The annexation of Reserve township, as the
Fourteenth ward of Allegheny, will be consid
ered bv a special committee of Councils, Mon
day night.
The Elba Iron Works, Second avenue, were
compelled to close down yesterday, on account
of a breaking of a cogwheel on the main shaft.
The roof of -Mrs. Irwin's bouse. 2S3 Beaver
aTenue, Allegheny, took fire early last evening
from a defective fine. It was easily pnt out.
THE
CltirPLED FOR LIFE.
A Peculiar Accident nt Cunningham's Glass
Fnctory Railroads Keep Up Their
Record The Mishaps of a Day Re
ported Brlrfly.
Edward Cross, an employe of D. O. Cun
ningham's window glass factory, at South
Twenty-first and Jane streets, met with a
painful accident yesterday afternoon that
may make him a cripple for life. Cross'
occupation is what is known as "tending
boy" or gatherer, and at the time of his
mishap had jnst carried some glass rollers
from the factory and was in the act of open
ing one of them. The glass did not crack
readily, and Cross struck the upper side of
the cylinder with the palm of his hand.
The blow, instead of opening the roller,
broke it, allowing his baud to drop into the
hole made by the blow. Cross' hand was
almost severed from his wrist, the muscles
and arteries being cut. His life was endan
gered by the enormous loss of blood before
the assistance of a physician could be
secured.
Some employes of the Pennsylvania Rail
road brought a man who was severely in
jured to the West Penn Hospital last night.
They said that he had been found laying
near a track at Irwin station about 6 o'clock
and apparently had been struck by a train.
His head was terribly cut and he was suf
fering from severe internal injuries.
John Wilson, a puddler employed at the
Keystone mill, had his lace and breast badly
burnt by a flash of natural gas from his fur
nace yesterday morning.
Daniel Frazier, an employe on the WeBt
Penn road, had his leg crushed while
coupling cars at the yards last night.
Mrs. Lizzie Carson, an old lady living on
Gum street, tell down a flight of stairs lead
ing from the porch into the back yard yester
day morning, injuring her back and cutting
an ugly gash on her right cheek.
EITERMEN WELL PLEASED.
Tho Appropriation to Purchase Lock No. 1
Satisfies Tbrm.
The appropriation of $162,000 contained
in the proposed river and harbor bill for the
purchase of Lock No. 1 has caused some ex
citement among those interested in the
Monongahela Navigation Company. Sev
eral of the directors were seen yesterday, but
without exception refused to be quoted in
regard to the matter, fearing that any state
ment at the present time might have a
prejudicial effect.
The rivermea are jubilant, looking upon
the item of appropriation as a favorable ex
pression of the Government's attitude upon
the matter, and regard it as an indication
that the Government will prosecute the
policy ot absorbing tbe entire backwater
system. Captain Dravo, who made a strong
argument in lavor of the acquisition by the
Government of the slackwater system, be
fore the Rivers and Harbors Committee, is
particularly jubilant over the practical
evidence ot the strength of his pica for free
rivers. In some quarters disappointment is
manifested because only one lock is con
sidered, but the general concession is that
the appropriation is a move in tbe right
direction and from the proper starting
point.
A CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
Detective Robinson Tells Terrible Tales
About tbe Birmingham Prison.
Detective Robinson last night returned
from Birmingham, Ala., with George Neipel,
who is wanted here for robbing boarding
houses on Twenty-fifth street He also
brought back with him nearly all of the
stolen property. "The man was actually
glad to see me," said the detective, last night.
"He was locked up in tbe Birmingham
prison, in a little cell, with hardly any ven
tilation and no light. The man was willing
to go anywhere so he could get out of that
place. They had regarded him there as a
dangerous man, and would not allow him
to even come ont of his cell. Tbe place was
crowded with negroes and whites, and the
stench was horrible.
".When I was.leaving, one of the prison
ers 'gave me his name andasked me to notify
the Cincinnati officials wbere he was. He
said he was wanted there for a crime, and he
would rather stand a trial than be kept any
longer in the Birmingham prison."
A STRIKE AT THE KEPDBLIC.
How n New Innovation Secured Six Days'
Work for Five Days' Pay. '
A disagreement between the heaters and
laborers in the plate mill of the Republic
Iron "Works caused a strike yesterday. On
Thursday the heaters put iuto execution a
plan to rednce tbe number of working days
from six to five. The way they proposed to ac
complish this was by increasing the number
and size of the "piles" to a heat. By the
daily increase in.the nnmber of oiles of iron
used" thev proposed to accomplish six days'
work in five.
The laborers who pile the iron and who
work by the day kicked. The innovation
not only added to their work in labor and
hours, but deprived them of their six
days' wages. When the plan was adopted
on Thursday they protested and notified the
heaters that tbey would refuse to work un
less their pay per day was relatively in
creased to compensate for the loss of one
day's wort. They re used to go to work
yesterday, and the plate mill was idle.
PUDDLERS WANT SIX DOLLARS.
It Is Said Tbey Will Recommend an Increase
nt tbe Convention.
The programme for the next convention of
tbe Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers is in the hands of the printer,
and will be mailed next week to the sub
lodges. The programme will contain all
the suggestions received from members of
the organization in regard to the changes
they wish made in the scale.
The most important recommendation comes
from the puddlera, A great many of the
men, it is said, will ask the convention to
change the scale for puddling from So 50 to
?6 per tou. The old tronble of the roughers
and catchers with the rollers will also Jake
up considerable time at the convention.
The bar mill of Oliver Brothers & Phillips,
at Tenth street, on the Southside, has closed
down on account of a lack of orders. The
mill will probably start up next week.
A WATCHMAN CHASED.
East End Policemen Run a Supposed
Des-
pcrndo Over nn Embnnktncnr.
A contractor had employed Joseph Gust
to act as watchman over some new buildings
he was erecting in the East End. Early
yesterday morniug two of "the finest" in
Inspector Whitehouse's district discovered
the man and took him for a suspicious
character. As the officers advanced the
man ran away. The officers gave chase.
Soon the man dropped a revolver, and a
little later his coat. Then he completed
the scene by dropping over a high bank.
The officers gathered him up and cared for
his bruises," while the man explained. He
will be sufficiently recovered in a few days
to play watchman again.
Charles Turbet 9Iny Die.
Charles Tnrbet, of No. 366 Wylie avenue,
who attempted suicide on Thursday night
by shooting himself in the left breasi, was
very Ion last night, and it was thought he
could hardly live until morning.
The Decision Not Given Onr.
The decision In the case of W. F. Cook,
of tbe Xnti-Oleo Association, against W. F.
Scott for violating the sumptuary laws, was
held over by Alderman Gripp, yesterday,
but will probably be given to-day.
A Victim of the New Rale.
Daniel McCIawrey was locked up in the
Twelfth ward station house last night for
conducting a speak-easy on Sixteenth street.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
IING'S GUILT FIXED.
A Terdict of Gnilty Against the Ex
Prefect of the Blind Asylum,
THE JDRY AGREEING IN AN HOUR.
All the Essential Points of Yonng Gains'
Story Uncontradicted.
MOTION FOR A NEW TEIAL REFUSED,
Tbinch Hew Testimony is Adduced and the Sentence
Deferred.
The trial of Prefect King, of the Philadel
phia Institution for the Blind, ended yes
terday, the jury returninga verdictof guilty.
Steps were taken looking toward a new
trial.
rSriCIALTSLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, April 18. Harry W.
King, the ex-prefect of the Blind Institu
tion, was to-day convicted of the charges of
criminal immorality, which" were preferred
against him by the Inmates of the school,
and was sent to prison to await the sentence
of Judge Hare. To-day's session of the
court was opened by the charge of Judge
Hare to the jury, the arguments having been
finished on Thursday. After outlining the
circumstances in the case, the Judge con
fined his remarks to the power of the jury to
convict King upon the testimouy ot the boy
Gains, who makes the accusation.
The circumstances of the case, he said,
were of an order that there should be enough
in the testimony of the one person wbo
makes the charge to satisfy the jury beyond
a reasonable doubt that there was a crime,
and that the defendant was guilty ot hav
ing committed it.
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.
The jurv, however, should have corrobor
ation for this testimony, continned the
judge, and the only way such charges could
be corroborated was the proving of the cred
ibility of a witness and also ot the circum
stances of the case. In neither of these
points bad Gains' story been contradicted,
except by tbe accused, and it seemed to him
that Gains' story had been corroborated by
the other witnesses. In conclusion, he re
ferred to the testimony given by the de
fendant, and the points raised by his coun
sel, and said that it was for the jury to de
cide whether tbe story of Gains was credible
in the light of the other evidence and the
denial of the defendant.
The jury was out for about an hour. Up
on their return they gave - verdict of guilty,
the decision being unanimous, although one
juryman made a recommendation for mercy.
NEW EVIDENCE ADDUCED.
The lawyers for the defense made a mo
tion for a new trial, but it was refused by
the Judge, as they could present no legal
reasons for another hearing of the case.
The sentence was deferred. Before the
Court dismissed the case a rrumber of the
blind witnesses were given a hearing con
cerning the convicted man's bad .character,
in corroboration of the evidence already
given. In order to counteract the force of
this new evidence, and in order to show rea
sons for a new trial, the counsel of the de
fense asked to be given time to produce wit
nesses to prove the good character of King.
Judge Hare cave the lawyers until next
Friday to produce witnesses.
HE HAD A GIRL IN PIT1SBURG
Rnt the Excuse Won't Keep Jomei Blober
From the Penitentiary.
ISrlCIAL TELXOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH. I
New" York, April 18. James Bieber
pleaded guilty to-day in the General Sessions
to stealing 5150 worth of jewelry from the
trunk ot Eugene Gerlacfa, a fellow lodger,
at 303 East Seventy-third street, on February
26. Bieber fled to Pittsburg, and was
brought back on an requisition warrant.
"Your honor," said Lawyer Berliuger, "my
client is an unfortunate man. When he
stole these articles he was in love with a
girl in Pittsburg and wanted money to go
there and meet her."
"Pshaw," interposed Becorder Smyth,
who is not sentimental, "don't tell me any
thing so nonsensical. We had, substan
tially, the same rubbish told us to-day iu
another case where the defendant, a married
man, said that he received $28 from the
yonng woman he robbed, to buy tickets for
an elopement to Canada.
"He concluded, he said, to spurn the
temptress, and remain with his wife and
child. But he did not return the money.
Instead, he bought an (18 watch for himself
and gave the rest of the money to his family.
Your client will be thoroughly cured ot his
kind of heart disease where I am going to
send him. I sentence you, Bieber, to State
prison for two years and six months.
STILL WAITING A KtPLL
Mr. Carnecie lias Not Yet Answered the
Request for a Canterence.
No reply was received from Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, in regard to the proposed confer
ence between him and tbe Library Com
mittee. When John S. Lambie was seen
yesterday, he said: "Mr. Carnegie did not
leave Washington until this morning, and
therefore could not get the telegram until
late this afternoon. With the immense
business interests he has ic would be im
possible lor him to fix a date for a conference
at once. There will be a conference, how
ever, and beside that Mr. Carnegie's offer
will be acceptsd on some terms. The thing
is too big to lose, and the man who would
be instrumental in shutting the city out
from such a gift would never need to ask
Pittsburg for a favor."
A CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
Me Dies Abroad From the Effects of nn
Altnck of lbs Grip.
Nassau, N. P., April 14. Hon. Eugene
Yl. Wilson, formerly a member of Congress
from Minneapolis, Minn., died in this city,
on the 10th inst., of pneumonia. His re
mains were forwarded to New York to-day,
on the steamer Cienfuegos. '
Mr. Wilson had been suffering from a
severe attack of la grippe and came here
some weeks ago lor the benefit of his health,
but the effects of the disense clung to him
and eventually caused his death. Mrs.
Wilson and two daughters were with him
when he died.
Over the Fort Wnyno Tracks.
The Snrnce street viaduct from Yerner
avenue to Porter street over the Fort Wayne
Railroad tracks is now under construction,
and wiil be completed withont delay. The
viaduct will be built of iron and steel with
masonry supports, and will be G00 feet in
length.
Ilnmmered on tbe II end.
Albert Griffen, of Poplar allev, made an
information be 'ore Alderman Bell yester
day, charging Philip Smith with assault
and battery. It is alleged by GriHcn that
Smith threw a hammer nt him, striking him
on the head and knocking him down.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING.
Some Wbo Travel, Some Who Do Not, and
Others Who Talk.
J. Morton Hall returned yesterday from
Columbus, where he attended the conference
of operators and miners by which a big strike
In Pennsylvania and Ohio was averted. The
miners secured an advance of 5 cents per ton.
Messrs. G. W. Halm and George Mor
ris, of Hartford, Conn., and J. Dunn and E.
Gawthrop, of Boston electric fame, are visiting
in Pittsburg.
, Dr. A. T. Kutledge, of Blairsville, is
paying a friendly visit to l)r. T, P. Conway, of
the Mercy Hospital staff.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19.
ABUSIVE -EPITHETS
Hurl
irled at Each Other by Editor Dona and
Ex'Preslilent Clevelnnd Strong Lan
snace and the Word Liar
Freely Used.
New York, April 18. Editor Dana and
exJPresident Cleveland bave been calling
each other names. Two days ago the Sun
published a dispatch from Washington
which stated that Mr. Cleveland hadlately
been gaining weight at the rate of 25 pounds
a month, and this fresh fat, added to his al
ready enormous proportions, had been
smothering every vital organ in his body.
In pursuance of the advice obtained, tbe
correspondent continued, Mr. Cleveland had
put himself under doctor's treatment, and
added: "It is said that one feature of the
treatment in the ex-President's case will be
daily exercises in a sort of treadmill, or
'mountain climber,' invented by Dr.
Schweninger."
The next day a World reporter interviewed
Mr. Cleveland regarding the Sun's story.
The ex-President said:
I have not seen the article yon refer to, and
If It appears nowhere else but in the Sun there
14 not the least chance of my seeing it. Of
coarse, the entire thing is a lie, without the
least pretext to excuse it, I judge from what
you say that the venerable editor of the Sun
supposes that he has at last hit upon a subject
which can be used to annoy me. In this be is
mistaken. Ho must be his own juage of social
decencies and proprieties. I am not sure that
he should at his time of life and in bis appar
ently peculiar mental condition be molested in
bis amusement.
Mr. Cleveland stated, according to the
World reporter, that the "senile liar and
thief, Dana," had dragged his wife's name
into these attacks, and this he regretted
more than anything else.
To-day the "Sun editorially repeats a por
tion of Mr. Cleveland's statements, and
comments thereon as follows:
Tbe Stuffed Prophet of William street, in a
rage of wounded vanity, is thus reported:
"There is only one thing," Mr. Cleveland re
sumed, and a tender expression lit up his face,
"that I care anything about in these attacks:
They are not confined to myself. It seems that
the senile Dana does not confine his warfare to
men. Women are not free from bis dastardly
assaults. Mrs. Cleveland has not escaped. It
is bad enough tor Dana to print his lying state
ments regarding raj self; but it is infinitely
more cowardly ana dastardly for him to in
clude, as he has done, my wife In his attacks.
Nothing could be more contemptible or so far
removed from all instincts of manhood."'
To no habitual reader of the Sun, Mr. Dana
continues, is It necessary to say that this is a
cowardly lie. It is not less a lie because it is
uttered by a man who has been President of
tbe United States. It is not less cowardly be
cause it proceeds from a husband whose in
feriority in social, moral and intellectual quali
ties is recognized by all who know tho admir
able woninn linked to htm by the name tbey
bear in common.
Passing over tho blackguard epitbets in
which the half-drunken Deputy Sheriff reap
pears, and find-, his only possible retort, we
come to this more serious matter. To provoke
sympathy for himself, ilr. Cleveland deliber
ately drags tbe name of his wife into an inter
view intended for publication, charging the
Sun with an offense which, if tbe charge is
true, ought to render this newspaper odious to
every gentleman on Manhattan Island, to every
honorable man who respects womanhood. The
charge is false, and Mr. Cleveland Knew it was
false when he uttered it.
"There is but one answer that wo care to
make. We invite Mr. Cleveland to point to a line
or a word that ever appeared in the Sun con
cerning the good woman whoso name he thus
degrades which justifies, directly or indirectly,
the statement contained iu the paragraph
quoted above. If he cannot do that and he
cannot we invite tbe attention of the com
munity to tbe portrait of a selfish poltroon, an
unw orthy h usband, about whose conduct in this
affair nothing can be said by any person of
sensitive perceptions that will not leave on
tbe coarse and swollen face peeping from be
hind the edge of his wife's garments a red
mark like the sting of a whip lasb."
K0 CONSOLIDATION YET.
The Union of Presbyterian Churches Post
poned Another Convention In October
Next Proceedings of the Delegate Meet
Ing Resolutions of Progress Adopted.
At the morning session of the convention
of the Keformed and United Presbyterian
Churches yesterday, Bev. J. H. Leiper, of
Philadelphia, read a paper on the historical
branch of the subject and the unity of the
churches represented in the convention.
Dr. J. P. Lytle spoke on the doctrinal and
and practical part ot the subject. Bev. J.
S. T. Milligan, of Kansas, said it was a
wonderful Providence that these churches
had for so long keen kept so near tog ether.
Dr. McAllister, while admitting that these
three churches ought to be one, thought the
convention should keep in view the fact
that it is to seek the organic unity of tbe
whole Evangelical Church. Kev. E. M.
Milligan, of the Reformed Presbyterian
Synod, said his church would not be faith
ful if she refused to unite with other
chnrches which differ no more from them
than they differ among themselves.
At the afternoon session the first resolu
tion was to the effect that the present condi
tion of the church and society demands the
followers of Christ to draw closer together
and to manifest their oneness in Him by a
deeper sympathy with each other and a
more earnest co-operation in His service.
The resolution was adopted without discus
sion. At the evening session Bev. Dr. W. H.
French and Bev. Dr. E. J. George, made
addresses on the subject: "The Outpouring
of the Spirit as an Endowment Necessary
to the Ends we Seek." Bev. Dr. McAllis
ter reported resolutions to the effect that con
solidation can only be obtained by organic
union. He recommended to the supreme
judicatories of the respective churches", that
they co-operate more fully in all Christian
work, thus paving the way for the union so
earnestly desired, and ultimately secur
ing the organization of all our churches.
He also recommended that a com
mittee be appointed to urge the
duty of scriptural union before tbe
supreme courts ot the several branches
of the church represented. The following
committee w.is appointea to arrange lor an
other convention in October next: Bev. E.
G. Littell. J. J. Stewart, Bev. John Allred,
J. W. Houston, Bev. J. C. K. Milligan and
Henry O'Neil.
Dr. J. P. Lytle said there is a secret Sa
tanic empire in the land. He had heard
that many ministers in the other churches
are Freemasons. "Are we going to pledge
ourselves," he exclaimed, "that we're to go
to meet them on any terms acceptable to
them?"
BOTH EOBBEK AND BIGAMIST.
Tho Rapid Career cf a Maryland Man Gets
Illm Into Trouble Frequently.
ISrEClAl. TKLECRAM TO THE DIRPATCH.l
BALTlMOKE,;April 18. George P. Har
graves was brought here to-night from Elk
ton, Mil., by Detective Hogau, and will to
morrow called to answer a charge of bigamy.
Hargraves, who is a very smooth and plau
sible talker, married about ten years ago a
pretty Cecil county girl who was consider
ablyabove him socially. Nothing occurred
to disturb her domestic felicity until about
two years afterward, when Hargraves was
arrested and convicted of robbing the post
office at Northeast, Md., and was sentenced
to imprisonment in the Albany Peniten
tiary. His villainy nearly broke his young wife's
heart, and she returned to her father's
home. When Hargraves was released he
came to this city, where he met Miss Katie
Archer, and after a short couttship married
her. He lives with bcr some time, but soon
tired of her and returned to Elkton, sought
out his first wile and effected a reconcilia
tion. Only recently wile No. 2 learned of
Hargraves' perfidy, and after locating him
secured his arrest. Both young women are
very handsome.
Sending to Franco for Pointers.
. San Jose, April 18. The Costa Kiean
Government has dispatched a special repre
sentative to attend the coming telegraphic
conference to be held in Paris, on May IS,
for the purpose of ascertaining the best
means to improve the telegraph service of
Costa Rica.
Men's medium weight underwear, at
James H. Aiken & Co.'s, 100 Fifth ave.
1890.
SALTS . SHANGHAIED.
Twenty-four American Sailors Car
ried Off lo Hayti to
FIGHT FOE HIPPOLITE'S CAUSE.
Placed on Board a Han of War and
jected to the Enemy's Fire.
Bnb-
FRUiTLESS APPEAL TO THE CONSUL.
Salts far Uextj Djmajes to be Entered Against tbe
Haytien Government.
Twenty-four sailors have returned from
Hayti and declare they were lured by false
promises from New York aud forced to serve
on Hippolyte's men of war. They will sue
the Haytieu Government and the shipping
agent for damages.
New Yoke, April 18. To shanghai sail
ors is a State prison offense. Yet the crime
is frequently committed with impunity, be
cause the evidence of it is shipped away in
the persons of the victims. A most remark
able instance has just been discovered. No
less than 25 unfortunate seamen, many of
them native-born Americans or naturalized
citizens, were kidnaped from this port a
year ago and shipped to Cape Haytien,
Hayti, not to serfe on board of American
coastiug steamers, as they had been told, but
to man pirate ships flying the Haytian flag.
William D. Hogg, an old salt, tells the
following story: "It was in April, 1889,
when I was boarding at No. 1 Peck slip.
I had just returned from a voyage across the
Western Ocean, and, sailorlike, hadn't
bothered my head abont newspapers or
politics. I had been at my boarding house
just four days when on the evening of April
8, Benjamin Jenks, the shipping master,
came to the house and asked me if I wanted
a good chance on board of a trading vessel.
I was told by my boarding master that
there was
A GOOD CHANCE TO SERVE.
In the West Indies on American ships, at
$50 a month, and Mr. Jenks engaged me for
the service as I supposed. He told me there
was a number of small trading steamers at
Cape Haytien which belonged to the Clydes
and which were under the American nag.
These steamers, said Mr. Jenks, ran be
tween Cape Haytien and the smaller West
India islands, where they gathered cargo
tor the large Clyde steamers touching at
Cape Haytien. He also told me that a Cap
tain Compton was in charge of these Amer
ican coasting steamers, and that we would
have to report to him.
"I asked Mr. Jenks whether we should
have to go before a United States Commis
sioner to sign articles before sailiug from
this port. He said that this was not neces
sary at all, as we were to be passengers on
board of the steamship G. W. Clyde, o! the
Clyde line of steamers, and that as our vov
age proper would not commence until affer
our arrival in Cape Haytien we would sign
over again before the United States Consul
at that port. That pacified me, and I then
signed this agreement.
HE HEARS ABOUT WAR.
"On the trip" to Cape Haytien, Captain
Kelly, of the Clyde, told us one evening
that we should probably have to serve on
board of men-of-war when we got down
there, but I paid no attention to it, thinking
he was merely in fun I had never heard
abont there being any war in Hayti.
"When we got to Cape Havtien I saw no
vessels flying the American flag except two
United States warships the ' Galena and
the Ossipee. There were two flying the
Haytien flag the Carondelet and the
Jacmel and Captain Kelly told us those
were the vessels we were to go on. The men,
with one exception, declared that they
would not go on these vessels. One man,
who said he had been a gunner in the Amer
ican navy, setiarated himself from the rest
of us, went and had a private talk with
Captain Compton, and came back and told
us he had agreed to serve as guuner for 230
a month.
"At the request of the other men I acted
as spokesman, and told Captain Compton,
who had come aboard the Clyde, we had
not come down there to serve under the
Hayttan dig, or any other than the Stars
and" Stripes. He said he would have us sent
ashore until the Clyde came back. Then
those who did not want to serve on the gun
boats would be sent back to New York, and
those who were willing to stay would sign
articles before the Haytian Minister.
A BAD PREDICAMENT.
"With that understanding we all went
ashore except the gunner, as Captain Kelly
said he could not keep us aboard thi vessel
any longer. We were put in an old, dilapi
dated, unused storehouse, and our luggage
was put in another building. Three davs
afterward it was put on board of the Jacmel
at night, without our knowledge or consent.
I then went to Mr. Gautier, the American
Consul, who told mehe could do nothing for
us, as we had left the Clyde; that the best
thing for us to do was to go aboard the gun
boat until the Clyde returned, when he
would send all back to New York who did
not wish to sign to serve under the Havtian
flag. With that assurance we all went on
board. '
"Two days afterward the Jacmel got up
steam and went to sea, where we encoun
tered the Dessalines, one ol Legitime's gun
boats. Some 20 or more shots were fired at
us, while we had but one gun that we could
serve. This was toward evening, aud a
breeze springing up we hoisted all sail. The
captain ordered on all the steam possible,
aud darkness coming on we got out of range
and out of sight, else we would surely have
been captured or sunk. Daring this en
gagement Captain Compton ordered n to
serve the gun. He also ordered some of us
below to help raise all steam possible. The
men at first refused to obey, but finally,
rather than be caught, we gave all the as
sistance we could in getting up steam and
hoisting sail to get out of the way.
REDUCED TO SORE STRAITS.
"When we got back to Cape Haytien we
wanted to go ashore to see the Consul, but
Captain Compton wonld not permit it, say
ing that he would send the Consul to see us.
When we complained oi want oi accommo
dation he sent 12 of us, myself among tbe
number, on board the Carondelet. We were
obliged to lie on deck on the Jacmel, with
no protection, not even an awning. It
rained every day. Our bedding was water
soaked. AVe had no chance to dry it, and
finally we threw it overboard that is, our
m.ittresses, pillows, quilts and some oi our
blankets. On the Carondelet we occupied
bunks below, but were little better off there
than on the deck, whicH leaked so badly we
were completely drenched. I used to cover
myself with my oilskin coat, making with it
a drain between my legs to carry off tbe
water.
Getting desperate we uesd some very
threatening language and finally Captain
Kellogg, with many oaths, told us to go
"ashore. We took a boat, rowed ashore, and
went straight to tbe consulate. Captain
Compton followed us from the Jacmel. He
reached the consulate directly after we did.
He was greatly excited.
"The Consul told us that he couldn't do
anything lor us as we had pldced ourselves
under the Haytian flag. The next day five
more came ashore from the Jacmel, making
17 iu all. We were then left for eight days
on the streets with no money, and were
obliged to sell our clothing, rings and little
trinkets to get something to eat. We slept
at night by a pile ot logwood on the wharf,
and tarantulas crawling all around and over
us. After three or four days of this misery
tiro of the men from the Jacmel gave up
and went back on board.
HELPED BY THE BRITISH CONSUL.
"We all suffered greatlyjfrom exposure;
many of the men had chills and fever.
Two went to the hospital upou our arrival
here. I bave myself, been nearly disabled
by rheumatism, something I bave never been
tronbled with'before.
"The Clyde arrived at Cape Haytien on
her return trip May 13. We had no money
to pay for being put aboard, and certainly
would have found great difficultyin reach
ing the Clyde had not the English Consul
sent us on board in one of his lighters. We
were then brought back to New York."
The seamen who returned from Capo
Haytien to this port with Hogg, who have
corroborated the statement made by their
shipmate under oath, are William" King,
William Sanderson, Olife Johnson, John
Hoffman, Charles Nnrdstram, John Chris
tiansen, William West, Dennis Leonard
and William Baker. All, with the excep
tion of Hogg, are now away on ships.
TO FILL HIS SHOES.
Any Nnmber of Patriot Want Randall's
Sent In the Honse Stnte Senator
OIcAleer Seems to be a Little
In the Lend.
rSPECIAL TELIGKAM TO THB DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, April 18. The question
of the selection of a candidate to succeed the
late Congressman Samuel J. Bandall is up
permost in the minds of the Democrats of
the Third Congressional district. Already
several aspirants for the honor have been an
nounced. The name of S. Davis Page, of
the Fifth ward, was to-day added to those of
Senator McAIeer, James M. Beck, John M.
Campbell, Adam Conway, John E. F3Uice,
Matthew Dittman, John H. Fow and Will
iam F. Behterling. Few of the local lead
ers of prominence bave as yet expressed a
preference for any of the candidates named.
Governor Beaver has not yet issued a writ
to have tbe vacancy filled and little will be
done by those having control of the party
machinery until notice for the election
shall have been publicly given. Some
friends ot the respective candidates, how
ever,bave been at work and there is a
likelihood of a strong contest for the nomina
tion. "I am in favor ot the nomination of Sen
ator McAIeer to fill the vacancy caused by
Mr. Baudall's death," said Select Council
man Monroe to-day. "I regard him as the
most available candidate. His record in
the Senate ot the State and his other public
acts are the best guarantee of his capability.
His nomination, in my judgment, would be
a wise act on the part of the Democrats of
the district, and I shall earnestly work in
favor of it.
"I favor the nomination of Senator Mc
AIeer," said Martin Killacky, of the Sixth
ward to-night. "He is in line for promo
tion, and I think that the nomination
should be tendered him. While I have op
posed him in the past when he was a candi
date for public honors I am ready now to do
my little to assist him because of my belief
that he would properly represent the dis
trict." Select Councilman William McMulIen,
when spoken to to-night upon the subject,
said: "I have not given the matter any consid
eration for the reason that I think it too soon
to say anything on tbe subject. lam going to
Washington for a few days and will be home
some time next week when I may be in a
position to say what I will do in the mat
ter." BBBWERSMUST PAY.
Tbe Court Decides That the Legislature
Can Classify Manufactnrlnz Companies
The T-.xailon Act of 18S5 Is
Therefore Still In Force.
rSRCUt. T2LIGRA31 TO IHI DISPATCrf.l
Habrisbup.o, April 18. Several weeks
ago a dozen of the brewing companies in
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other places in
the State, representing a capital of nearly
5,000,000, filed appeals from the settlements
against them for tax on capital stock on the
ground that they were entitled to exemption
the same as other mannfacturing corpor
ations, under the Constitution. Among the
complaining companies was the Germania
Brewing Company, of Philadelphia, which
Judge McPherson, in an opinion handed
down to-day, holds to be taxable on its
capital Block.
The argument of the defendant was that
by the act of 1885 all manufacturing com
panies are put intoone class and relieved from
taxation, and therefore that the proviso im
mediately following, which excepts from
this exemption companies which manufact
ure liquor or gas, was void for want of
uniformity. "But," says the Court, "the
conclusion does not follow. The Constitu
tion declares that taxes must be uniform on
a given class, and therei'ore, if the class em
braces all manufacturing companies, the
conclusion would rather be that the ex
emption would fall instead of the exception,
and this would leave the defendant with all
other manufacturing companies, jnst where
it was put by the act of 1879.
"But, we'believe, although not without
considerable hesitation, that both the ex
emption and the exception thereto (act 1885)
are sustainable as a proper exercise ot the
legislative power to, classify subjects of tax
ation. Manufacturing corporations are
themselves of diverse kinds depending on
their respective business and we can see no
reason, and have heard ot none, why the
Legislature may not, if it please, pnt into
one class and tax it, tbe company which man
ufactures liquor and gas, while it leaves all
other manutjcturing companies untaxed."
SCIIOILKILL IN A TAXGLE.
Two DcIeEntesrWbo Absolutely Refuse to
.Support penator Delnmnter.
SPECIAL TELZBItAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Pottsville, April 18. The Schuylkill
delegates to the Bepublican State Conven
tion held another meeting to-day, and after
an hour's wrangle adjourned without taking
any action. The row began when Delegate
Edwards announced that the meeting bad
been called to indorse the State ticket.
Price, of Ashland, kicked like a steer on
both Delamaterand Passmore,and K.intner,
of the Third district, joined in the kick.
Ex-Congressmau Brumm then got angry
and lectured all hands, finally leaving the
room in a rage. The other delegates talked
over the matter awhile, but cold arrive at
no understanding, aud arijonrned in a bad
temper. Two of the delegates say they
will not vote for Delamatcr.
LEGISLATOR AUKESTED
Charged With Perjury and Conspiracy In
Connection with Pension Frsuds.
Indianapolis, April 18. At Shelby
ville to-day Lee F. Wilson, Representative
in the Legislature, with his father were ar
rested on indictments from the United
States Court here charged with pension
frauds.
It is charged that by fraudulent means
they have recurcd the anulment of mar
riages entered into by soldiers' widows, and
then having them reinstated on the pension
rolis. Iu connection with these cases Ed
Majors was arrested for perjury and Charles
J. Fastlapen for conspiracy. All gave bail.
A COAL FAilIXE IN AUSTRIA.
The Miners' Strike Is threading- and Serlons
Results arc Feared.
Vienna, April 18. The strike has ex
tended to all the industrial centers in East
Silesia. Sixty persons who were arrested
at Fittkowitz attacktd and wounded two
seutries during the night.
The strikers are without leader;, and ne
gotiations with them are impossible. Coal
is becoming scarce and there are fears of a
famine.
Unlicensed Insurance A sent Arrested.
Bridqewatee, Mass., April 18. W.
S. Church was arrested to-day for procuring
insurance without a license from the Insur
ance Commlssior.er. "He claims to repre
sent the People's Mntual Live Stock So
ciety of Chicago and has done quite a busi
ness in this and neighboring towns. His
case will be heard in court to-morrow.
EEADY FOR BATTLE.
Continued from first Page.
of Labor has voiced the will of an intelligent
organized constituency, and until tbe eight
hour day is gained no other question will
divide or distract its attention from the main
issue. Samuei. Gompebs.
President American Federation of Labor.
FEARS OP TROUBLE.
Asthe first of May approaches the in
dustrial situation tends to become more and
more tronbled. That this uneasiness is not
local is amply shown by the nnmber and
character of the disturbances reported. la
Europe, as in the United States, there is
discernible a general tendency on the part
of industrial employes to secure a re
adjustmeut of conditions and hours of labor
and of compensation therefor. In this
country tbe bnilding trades undoubtedly
monopolize attention otring to the move
ment for an eight hour day, to be put in.
force May 1. Already the movement has
taken actual shape at Chicago, Indianapolis
and o'ther smaller centers.
Cfe'cago thns far is apparently the center
of the greatest disturbance. So far this
month (17 days) there have been 76 strikes
reported to Bradstreel's, involving 21,542
strikersand 19,000 rendered idle in conse
quence, whereas last year the total number
lor the entire month was 61, and the num
ber of men involved was 12,193. Sinca
January 1 the total number ol strikes re
ported to this journal is 253, involving
59,321 men on strike, whereas last year,
from January 1 to May 1, there were only
221 strikes, and 48.924 men on strike.
THE 0KDER GROWING.
General Secretary Hnyes Reports Great
Accessions to the Ranks of the
K. of I Xew Life ia tbe
Orcnnizatlon.
rSPZCIAI. TXLEOBAJI TO THE DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, April 18. The growth
of the Knights of Labor is attracting gen
eral attention throughout the country.
Since the Atlanta convention in November
there has been a continual organization of
new local assemblies, and a general re
organization of old ones, which, at soma
time or other, had left the ranks. In speak
ing of the affairs of the order and of the
work accomplished, General Secretary John.
W. Hayes said this evening:
The work that the Knight3 of Labor has
been doing for the past few months has been
ot greater benefit to the laboring classes
than anything that has been accomplished
at any time for the past five years. We are
organizing new assemblies, and reorgan
izing old ones as rapidly as possible. Not
too fast, though. We are not organizing so
fast as to gather into our ranks the turbu
lent and unsatisfactory element that entered
onr order during tbe rush of 1886, and who
wrought such damage to the organization.
After our Indianapolis assembly our offi
cers, in accordance with instructions re
ceived, prepared a ballot reform measure for
the different States, and up to date the
measure has been adopted bv the Legisla
tures of all States. When first introduced
the politicians cried it down, and even re
fused to consider it, but the strong agitation
which has been made in the different local
assemblies in the whole country has forced
them to take it up, and in the instances
above referred to, adopt it, and it will not bo
long before we will have ballot reform ia'
some shape or form throughout the countrv.
"Now, then, as an instance of the rapid
organizations, I will state one case. At tha
Atlanta convention the miners were entitled
to seven delegates, one to every 3,000, and,
if we were to hold a convention to-day, they
would be represented by 11 delegates, and
again, at the present rate of growth, they
will be entitled to 15 delegates at our Gen
eral Assembly in Denver next November."
IT MxlY peter out.
Chlcaao Boss Cnrpenters Think tbe Strike)
May bo Settled Two Conferences
Held nnd the Results
Discussed.
ninciAr. tiliokam to tub dispatch.!
Chicago, April 18. Save a conference
of strikers and the bosses' association held
this noon no new developments have sinca
yesterday occurred in the carpenters strike.
Tbe conference was for the purpose of
determining whether the strength of this
branch association is sufficient to warrant
the strikers in coming to an agreement with
the members. The committee of the bosses
stated that they had 216 men in the associa
tion nnd that they could give employment
to 3,000 men. All the demands of the
union, save the question of wages
and a few minor details the bosses
agreed to. In the matter of wages,
they declared 3o cents instead of 40 cents tbe
proper price, but this they said they were
perfectly willing to arbitrate ou.
The committee of the strikers demanded
a guarantee that the new association would
give employment to 3,000 men, and also
that the association would abide by the de
cision of its committee. The meeting then
adjourned, the carpenters to discuss tha
proposition of declaring the strike
off when but half the men can secure
employment; the bosses to meet to-morrow
night to consider the question of guarantee.
Should both questions be satisfactorily
settled, a joint meeting will be held on Sun
day, at which the strike,jso far as the new as
sociation is concerned, willbe declared off.
Among the old bosses no increase of senti
ment iu iavor of arbitration is perceptible.
The only thing to be said is that many of
the bosses are working with such men as
they can obtain, and that they are securing;
more every day," remarked Secretarv John
to-day. "I I the strike is let alone and not
so much attention paid to it, it will peter
out of its own accord."
EEHMLEK QDITE PENITENT.
Ho Will Reform Tniirely If Governor 11 III
Will Pardon Illm.
ruFZCTAI. TZLZGBAU TO THE DISPATCH.:
Altbuex,( April 18. Bev. O. A. Hough
ton visited Kemmler to-day and gave him
his usual lesson in things pertaining to re
ligion. Mr. Houghton said to The Dis
patch correspondent to-night: "I had an in
teresting talk with thedoomedman thisafter
noon. Among other questions I asked this:
'Kemmler, if you were liberated, would you
go back to your old associates?' He
replied: 'I don't want anv more
of them or anything to do with
them.' After a moment Kemmler
continued with much emphasis: "I had
rather go to that chair than live as I have
been living. That's a gre.it deal to sav, but
I mean it. That's right. If Governor Hill
should pardon me, nnd I must, to get my
pardon, consent to live among those old
associates, I would rather die.' "
Tbe reverend gentleman was asked if
Kemmler still, with this change of heart,
held resentment toward Hospital Keeper
Miller. Mr. Honghton said he prefeired
not to answer, but alterward expressed the,
opinion that Kemmler and Miller would
not make first-rate bed fellows.
The I'oKtnl Cnrd are Snved.
ISriCIAL TELKOEASl TO THI DISPATCH.!
Birmingham, Conn., April 1& It ia
expected at this writing that the troubles ot
Al Djggett are settled, temporarily at least.
To-Day Byron Andrews and John C Cole
man, of New York, said to be capitalists
who ate backing Daggett, and George E.
Lemon, of Washington, another capitalist,
have been in conference with William,
Wilkinson. The stock which was held
yesterday has been released.
Snlln Striped Crepo de Cheno Parasols.
In White, Cream and Light Bine.
Jos. HORNE.& CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores.
Laces and Drapery Nets Many new and
handsome effects have been added'to the as
sortment this week. Htjgus & Hacks.
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