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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.
I TlfiHS COME
ror the Great Labor Demonstra
tions in Favor of an
Eight-Hour Day.
THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO
Thirty Thousand Determined
Expected to Parade the
Streets of the City.
Men
HATOR CREGIER TO TAKE ACTION.
The Processien in Kew Tort In the Hands
of Socialists, Who Claim 20,000
TVill tie in Line.
xVDEKLI TALKS UPOJJ THE TEOUBLE.
-lier of Strikes Are Announced for To-Day, bat
Many More Hire Been Postponed for a
Few Dajr, at Least.
10UISE MICHEL 15 A TEEJfCH TRIS05 CELL
The Chicago carpenters' strike will be
settled by arbitration. Thirty thousand
iiien will parade in that city to-morrow.
Mayor Cregier has issued a proclamation
in behalf of law and order. The Socialists
""are in control of the New York demonstra
tion. Strikes are multiplying all over the
country, though some hare been postponed.
The situation in Europe is critical.
tErXCUI. TgUOTUW TO THE DISPATCH.!
Chicago. April 30. As announced in
The Dispatch this morning the striking
carpenters will return to work next week.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon, in an informal
conference, a proposition to submit the
whole matter of the strike to arbitration was
agreed to. It is expected that the work of
-bitrating the differences will begin on
Friday and continu: for five or six days be
fore a final settlement is reached.
The idea of. arbitration was suggested by
the apparent impossibility of otherwise
coming to an agreement. At 3 o'clock this
;fterooon it was announced that a trium-
'rate, rather than a single umpire had been
;reed upon. Judge Tuler was chosen by
.he carpenters and Judge Driggs by the
boss carpenters, and these two will select a
third Judge.
A Final Settlement In n Week.
The three acting as a final court of de-
-cisna will aear eridence and argument, and
agree upon terms of settlement, which are to
be final. It is expected that a final settle
ment will be reached in less than a week,
and that work will be resumed in the build
ing trades by "Wednesday next.
The situation of affairs at the stock yards
has been grossly exaggerated. It has been
stated that at least 5,000 men would go out
lo-morrow morning; that the packing houses
ere being encircled by impassible walls;
'.at hundreds of special policemen
re being sworn in, and Chief
"arsh would have a large force in readiness
-juell a bloody riot As a matter of fact, it
1 by no means certain that there will be a
.e. Such a movement has been contem-
ited, but the Laborers' Union has not yet
-.veloped sufficient strength to enter into a
inflict with the employers with any pros
pect of success.
Not Strong Enough to Strike
Despite all assertions to the contrary,
members of the unions admit that it does
sot number more than 1,000 men, and that
the leaders are of two minds about striking.
The employers are said to have decided to
let the men strike if they want to. About
I gas fitters and machinists at Armour's
packing house struck this morning for the
uight-hour day. They went to the other
louses and endeavored to get their confreres
iere to join them, but without success.
A numerically small but financially
itrong delegation visited the Mayor this
faorning and was closeted with him a long
-:me. The delegation consisted of Potter
aimer, P. D. Armour and George Swift.
'hen the gentlemen came out from the
-lerview they appeared well pleased, and
id they had obtained w"hat tbey wanted.
'Palmer and Armourdechned to talk. There
is, in all probability, truth in the report
it the delegation saw the Mayor concern-
r tne expected trouble to-morrow.
A Monster Farnde Expected.
It is expected that 30,000 men will be in
line for the parade of organized labor in
favor of the eight-hour mo vement to-morrow.
The procession will start from Bricklayers'
Hall at noon and will march in three grand
..divisions, the first headed by the carpenters,
e eecouu uj uriuijayers, and the third by
(e cigarmakers. The parade will end at
fce lake front where an immense massmeet-
bg will be held.
1 Mayor Cregior to-night lued ar.rnel.-i-
kon referring to the labor troubles and
tailing attention to the sections of the
aunicipal code prohibiting the collection
r crowds tending to a breach of the peace.
He Mayor appeals;to all law-abiding c,tj
was to co-operate in maintaining the good
i-.meof the city by preserving security to
'rson and property.
Chief of Police Marsh, in a rote of in
structions to policemen, orders that under
ao circumstances they take part In any
labor controversy one way or another,
Except to prevent a disturbance or quell one
actually begun.
Socialist nt the metropolis.
A Kew York disnatch savs: Acnrrlinrr
to the authorities at the headquarters of the
Socialistic labor party, there will be an ex
tensive demonstration to-morrow. Arrange
ments have been made for a parade of 20,000
mn, drawing their numbers from S3 difler
ent labor organizations. There will be no
P"!e -of the whole force in a
tody, but each organization irlll
march
from its own hall tu
Union
Square. The approval of this de-
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monstration by the Central Labor Union
ha caused great enthusiasm, and as a con
sequence 30 different organizations have de
clared to-morrow a holiday. Most of the
associations will meet at their halls at 7 A.
M., and then march to the plaza of Union
Square, where speeches will be made.
The following are some of the most' promi
nent organizations which will take part in
the parade: The German painters, German
framers, furniture workers, brewers' associa
tion, bakers' association, waiters associa
tion and, hatters' association.
A general permit has been i&sucd by
Superintendent Murray from police head
quarters to nil associations desirous of
parading. The Superintendent does not
expect any trouble whatever, and he has de
tailed uo more men for protection and escort
than the number customary upon such oc
casions. POWDERLY ON THE PROBLEM.
THE MASTER WORKMAN'S VIEWS
THE EIGHT-HOUR MOVEMENT.
OF
Why a Day's Labor Should Bo Shorter Now
Than la Former Tears Always In Favor
of the Change Now Demanded He
speaks To-Day In Jersey.
Scbaxton, April 30. General Master
Workman Powderly, of the Knights of
Labor, was seen at his home to-day and
asked his views concerning the labor demon
stration in Kew York and elsewhere to
morrow. At first he stated that he had
nothing to say and that all such information
should come from Mr. Gompers, President
of the Federation of Labor, under whose
auspices the demonstration would be held.
Mr. Powderly said that he would address
a labor meeting in Jersey Citv to-morrow
evenlne, at which time he would air his
ideas concerning this great labor movement.
'Warming up to the subject, later, he said
that his position on this question was too
well known to need explanation. He had
always favored an eight-hour law. The
Knights of Labor had also indorsed it,
adopting a preamble favoring it at the Gen
eral Assembly in 1887.
The Object of Demonstrations.
As he understood it, to-morrow's demon
strations throughout the country were to
convince the public that the labor element
was really in favor of shorter hours for the
toilers. It had been alleged by many that
the eight-hour movement was simply
for effect and that the workmen
did not really favpr it. After the
demonstration of to-morrow it was to be
hoped there would be no untrue charges of
the kind.
"The movement to secure an eight-hour
law is a universal one," said Mr. Powderly,
"and we are all working steadily for it.
Within the last few years about 30 indus
tries employing labor have adopted it, and
still others have adopted the nine-hour
system. In some instances workmen re
ceived but eight hours' compensation, and
in others they got ten hours' pay for eight
hours' woik. Other industries pay their
workmen ten hours' compensation for nine
hours' work. .
"The plan which I recommended to the
General Assembly," continued Mr. Pow
derly, "was to reduce the hours of labor one
half honr each year till an eight-honr sys
tem could be obtained with ten hours' pay.
This has been adopted by the Union Pacific
Itailroad Company and in three years their
men will be working eight hours daily.
IiborNow nlid Formerly.
"I believe that the American Federation
of Labor is concentrating its efforts in favor
of the carpenters just now, and if they suc
ceed it will be a great gain to labor gener
ally. The carpenters are the largest class of
mechanics which have a membership in the
Federation. The cigarmakers are already
working on the eight-honr system, at least
all who were members of the Knights of
Labor are.
"You will see," concluded Mr. Powderly,
"that this eight-hour law is a most righteous
one, when you remember that a man can
perform between the hours of 8 and 12 in the
morning more labor with the implements of
tne present day than two men could perform
in two days of ten hours each with the im
plements used 40 years ago. The genius of
the mechanic provided this labor-saving
machinery, and it is butrightthat he should
share its benefits. However, the solution
of the whole problem will come when the
laborer shares the profits of his toil. As he
will bethen working for himself, he can
labor eight or ten hours, as he may desir."
THE TB0UBLE AT WHEELTffCi.
The Carpenters Strike Followed br
Hod
Carrier's Demonstration.
rKPZCIAL TiLEGRAM TO Till DISPATCH.
Wheeling. April 30. The hod carriers
of this place are determined to be in the
fashion, and have held a meeting to an
nounce that they will demand 25 cents per
hour beginnins: May 1. Heretofore they
have received 2 for a day of nine hours.
A committee has been made up to present
the demands.
The results of the carpenter's strike are
being shown more and more every day. The
contractors who are members of "the Build
er's Exchange, are the busiest men in town.
Some ot them are not able to handle one
half of the work presented to them. Even
these firms are hoping that the trouble will
soon be settled.
THE CARPENTERS WIN
The Nino-Hoar System and an Advance
Granted nt Toronto.
SPECIAL TELECEAM TOTHZ DISPATCH.
TOEOSTO, O., April 30. The Carpenters
Local Union, of this place has agreed to de
mind the nine-hour a day system, and an
advance in wages. The boss builders were
notified of the change, and at once ap
pointed a committee to meet a committee of
the men.
Alter a long talk the joint committee ar
rived at a decision that will give the car
penters nine hours a day after October 1,
1890, and an advance of 15 cents per day for
those receiving $1 70.
HIGHER WAGES DEMANDED.
A Thousand Illinois Miners Strike for 85
Cents a Ton.
Peoria, April 30. About 1,000 coal
miners in the vicinity of Peoria went out on
a strike to-night for 85 cents a ton. They
have been receiving 72 cents per ton.
They also ask that the company's stores
be abolished One hundred Peoria union
carpenters and 300 street laborers will
strike for nine hours to-morrow.
Strnbenvllle Is Qnlct.
ISriclAL TKLEOBAjC TO TH DISPATCH. 1
Stetjbehvjxi,k, April 30. The strike
for eight hours on May 1, will , not disturb
this place. The men in the building trades
are working on a system that was agreed on
sometime ago. The bricklayers work by
the hour, and the carpenters have a nine'1
hour agreement
The Aglmtlon In Portagnl.
Lisbon-, April 30. The workingmen of
this city have been summoned to a mass
meeting on Snnday to demand a working
day of eight hours.
THE DANGER IN FRANCE.
CONFIRMATION OF THE REPORT
DE MORES' PLOT.
OF
lionise Michel Was Arrested Yesterday and
Warrants Hnve Been Issued for Others
Implicated In tbo Conspiracy Cudgels
Foand In Maianls do Mores' Uoate.
PARIS, April 30. La France (Republi
can newspaper) confirms the report that the
Marquis de Mores and other Royalists were
engaged in a plot to put the Duke of Or
leans on the throne of France, and that a
warrant has been issued for the arrest of the
Duke de Luynesjon the charge of being im
plicated in the conspiracy. The Duke, the
paper says, has fled to Luisanne. Louise
Michel was arrested to-day. Other arrests
are contemplated.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says that in an interview Minister
Constans declared that he had uo fear con
cerning May day. The discontented, he
said, wonld exhibit their strength, but so
also would the larger partv of law-abiders,
thus facilitating the task of the Government.
The Minister continued "I haveordered
the arrest of 50 Anarchists in Paris and
elsewhere. Louise Michel was arrested for
incendiary speeches at Roanne. Six hun
dred and fifty cudgels were found in the
house of the Marquis de Mores, with which
it was intended to arm the rioters.
"I shall continue to take precautions until
all danger has passed. Then I shall take
steps to expel from France 4,000 or 5,000
foreigners who endanger public security.
Toleration has become a crime. I intend to
purge the country without delay. It is time
to stop the attempt to start a permanent
conflagration among us, which, if it should
break out, would consume the world."
CARPENTERS ATT. HJLE.
Two Thousand Detroit Men Quit Work,
Demanding Eight Hours.
Detroit, April 30. The die is cast, and
when the carpenters of the city laid aside
saw, hammer and plane at the close of work
to-day, It was to inaugurate a strike to-morrow
for an eight-hour work day, and pay at
the rate of 30 cents an hour. This ultimat
um, which was reached by the carpenters on
Monday night, was formally sealed last
evening by the action of the Builders' Ex
change, w"hich refused the demands of the
carpenters.
Officers of the union say that while all
honorable effort will be made to keep out
side carpenters from taking the places of the
strikers, no violence or other action dis
creditable to the strikers will be counte
nanced. About 2,000 carpenters will go
out It Is not thought there will be a strike
in any other trades here.
NINE HOURS AT ALT00NA.
Changes Made la the System at tho Railroad
Shops.
ItrECIAL TZLEOSAX TO THE DISPATCH.!
ALTOONA, April 30. To-morrow the em
ployes in the large shops or the Pennsyl
vania Railroads in this city will assume
the nine-hour system. The officials of the
company here say that the movement is oc
casioned by the heavy expense this company
has been at in making extensive improve
ments during the past few months. It is
believed that the reduction in time will not
be prolonged.
The brakemen in the Altoona yards have
asked for increase in wages, and additional
18 and 19 cents per day, lor day and night
work respectivelv. Their claims are now in
the hands of Superintendent A. C.Chipley,of
the Altoona division. Farther conference
will be held next week regarding the request
made.
TROUBLE AT PHILADELPHIA.
Carpenters Threaten to Quit Work Unless
Their Demands Are Granted.
Philadelphia, April 30. In conse
quence of the stand taken by the master
carpenters at the meeting last night, when
it was resolved by a majority of the masters
present to refuse to increase the wages of
journeymen from 30 to 35 cents per hour,
for nine hours work, James Dey, of As
sembly No. 8, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners, said to-day that the
brotherhood had issued an official order that
to-morrow the men shall lay down their
tools until their demands are complied with.
The principal builders ot Lancaster have
concluded to accede to the carpenters' de
mands for nine hours and $2 a day. The
employes of those builders who refuse will
strike.
TWO THOUSAND MORE RECRUITS
Added to the Strikers' Army by the Act of
Boston Men.
SPECIAL THJtQBAlI TO THE DI8PATCH.I
Boston, April 30. Fifteen hundred car
penters in Boston and vicinity will strike
to-morrow. Final efforts were made to-day
to induce the master builders to grant
the demand for a reduction in the hours
of labor to eight hours a day, but the
carpenters and buildeis refused to make
any concessions as a bodv. Then the order
to strike was promulgated.
Only those who are now obliged to work
more "than eight hours a day will strike.
They comprise a minority of the carpenters
in Boston.
GLASSWOEKERS' STRIKE.
Dissatisfied Employes of a FIndlay Firm Co
Out In n Body.
RPKCIAI. IXtlOtlAlt TO THr DISPATCH.!
Findlay, April 30. There was a strike
to-day at the flint glass factory of Dalzell
Bros., Gilmore & Leighton, about 75 men in
the factory room going out. They have
been working on the piece plan, and demand
a change in the turn plan, owing to the in
sufficiency of certain apparatus about the
factory delayinc the ware anaV"cutting down
their pay.
Their demand was refused and they left
the factory. It is believed that the firm will
repair the defects and get the men back in a
day or two, but the men will go on no other
terms.
TAILORS' STRIKE SETTLED.
Tbo Yonngstown Journeymen Agree Upon a
Scale of Wages.
ISrECIAI. TBXXORAM TO THE DISPATCn. 1
Youngstown, April 30. A committee
of the merchant tailors met a committee of
the journeymen tailors, who have been on a
strike for three weeks, and effected an
amicable settlement ot the differences to
night They also agreed on the scale of
wages.
Five of the leading merchant tailors
signed the scale this evening.
UNEASINESS IN SPAIN.
The
Governor of Madrid Hns Issued a
s-peclal Proclamation.
Madrid, April 30. Uneasiness prevails
in the provinces, and many families have
left .their homes. The Governor has issued
a proclamation calling the attention of the
populace to the penal code and other laws
regulating meetings.
The Anarchist committee of this city has
invited workingmen to assemble in a local
music hall.
Sons of Kcrolatlon Meet.
Louisville, April 30. The National
Society of the Sons of the American Revo
lution held their second meeting here to
day.' General William BewardWebb, of
Kew YorK, was elected President.
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PITTSBURG,
THURSDAY,
FOECEDTOTHEWALL
The Philadelphia Bank of America
First Suspends and Then
MAKES A COMPLETE ASSIGNMENT.
Complications With Other Concerns Caused
the Disaster.
OYER A D0ZEH BRANCHES IN THE CITI
Tnrouzli Which the Deposits or the Working Classes
Were Secured.
The Bank of America, of Philadelphia,
yesterday suspended operations and later
made a complete assignment. Complica
tions with the American Life Insurance
Company cansed the crash. The bank had
14 branches in the city, and thousands of
depositors of the working classes, who
patronized the savings department.
rSPICIAL TELIOHAM TO THB DIBrATCH.1
Philadelphia, April 30. The complii
cations of the American Life Insurance
Company and kindred corporations resulted
to-day in the suspension of the Bank of
America. Shortly after 12:30 o'clocK sev
eral men carrying in their hands batches of
checks were met'at the door of the central
office of the bank at Fourth and Chestnut
streets by the bank messenger, John Burke,
who said that he had been directed to lock
up the office and give admission to nobody.
A few minutes afterward a strip of fools
cap was pasted on the door. It bore this
announcement: "This bank has suspended
temporarily." The news of the suspension
was broadcast in a very few minutes. Pre
dictions of the impending crash had been
publio property throughout the week. The
collapse was the natural and unavoidable
sequel to the recent difficulties confronting
the American Lile.
A GIGANTIC CONCERN.
The Bank of America has 11 branches.
Tbey are connected with the office at Fourth
and Chestnut by telephones. Simultaneously
with the closing of the main office notices of
suspension were posted at the doors of the
branches. George F. Work, who was the
leading spirit in the organization of the
Bank of America and the reorganization of
tbo American Life Insurance Company, but
whose namo does not appear ou the list of
officers of either institution, was at the bank
early in the day and in consultation with
President Louis E. Pfeiffer and the other
officers of the bank.
Business at the bank was transacted as
usual during the morning hours. Among
the visitors was Senator MacFarlane. Presi
dent of the American Life, and a large
number of bankers and brokers, most,
whom carried bundles of papers. Not lo
before noon messengers, who had been di:
patched in various directions, brought in
directors of the bauk, who were at once
ushered into the private office of President
Pfeiffer, and the communicating door then
carefully guarded.
A LA.WTEB SUMMONED.
Among them were John C. McKaughton,
Joshua peiffer, Phineas Garrett, James S.
Dnngan and William JR Paddock. These
men were present when it was decided to
close the bank to urther'v business. A
messenger was sent immediately upon the
1;
office of iliPam KC Smith, viJ Vlie .x-quesP,
that tic should comer wiu tn idirectorsat
once as
their legal adviser. .Mr. Smith
hurriedly answered the call, and found a
numberof moneyed men in thebankwhohad
testified their willingness to advance suffi
cient money to pay off immediate creditors.
The directors first asked his advice as to
the propriety of accepting these proffered
loans and announcing a resumption of busi
ness. The lawyer, alter careful inquiry into
the bank's condition, disapproved ot such a
course on the ground that it would only de
lay the crash that must ensue from compli
cations with other concerns. Mr. Smith
emerged from the office after a half hour's
conference, and was at once besieged by
anxious inquiries on the outside.
"Is there any possibility that the bank
will resume business," he was asKed.
TOO MANY COMPLICATIONS.
"If the bank had no other complications
except its own business there might be some
hope of resumption," he said, "but it is so
complicated with other institutions that it
is not advisable to go on."
Acting upon Mr. Smith's advice, a meet
ing of the directors was called at 3 o'clock.
The full list of directors is as follows: Louis
E. Pfeiffer. John C. McNaughton, Joshua
Pfeiffer. Phineas Garrett, E. L. Schaeffer,
A. G. B. Hinkle, C. W. Nichols, James S.
Dungan, William F. Pjddock, Hamilton
Farrell, George S. Patchell, Roger Maynes,
H. C. Webster. There were only three or
four absentees at the meeting, which was
not closed until 4 o'clock. The result was a
unanimous decision in favor of an assign
ment and Mr. Smith was made assignee.
Immediately upon the decision Mr. Smith
visited the Becorder of Deed's office and re
corded the assignment 'bf the entire prop
erty, assets, collaterals and deposit accounts.
This hasty action was deemed necessary in
order to prevent any possible interference by
individual creditors, who, it was feared
wonld execute levies upon their own ac
count. The directors authorized the issue
of the following preamble and resolutions,
drawn up for them by Mr. Smith:
CAUSES OP THE CRASH.
Whereas, the developments of the past few
days have unfortunately produced among
many of the depositors, stockholders and
others having business with the bank, a want
of confidence in the ability of the bank to
properly meet its liabilities, and whereas, un
der tho excitement thereby produced, a large
amount ot money has already been withdrawn,
and to continue payment to others might in
vite great injustice to such depositors as are
making no immediate demands for their
money, therefore, resolved, that the President
and Cashier of the Bank of America be, and
they are hereby, authorized and directed to
execute and deliver to William M. Smith a
general assignment of all the assets and prop
erty of the Bank of America, real, personal
and mixed, whatsoever and wheresoever tho
same may be. said gift to bo in trust for all the
creditors of the Bank of America without dis
tinction or preference of any kind whatsoever.
The company bad a large line ol deposits,
which were well extended, covering the en
tire city and suburban towns, and reaching
well into the State. According to the state
ments furnished by the bank to those who
had dealings with it, the number of de
positors reached nearly 4,000. The number
of saving fund depositors at the beginning
of the year was given as 1797. They re
ceived 34 per cent interest on their de
posits, and as in the case ol ordinary savings
,iund companies they were furnished with
books upon which were entered the amount
and the date of each deposit and which
contained the printed regulations of the
corporation, that no deposits were to be
withdrawn without a two weeks' notice.
WORKING CLASSES CAUGHT.
The business of the savings fund depart
ment was vigorously drummed up and de
posits poured in upon the main office and
the branches. During the past few months
the depositors of this class largely increased
in numbers. Laboring men and servant
girls were the principal depositors, and the
intimations of impenJing trouble that were
so well understood by financial men did not
prove a sufficient warning to tbem.
ane news oi tne suspension or the Dans
spread rapidly along the streets, and men
and women were soon hurrying from all di
rections to the mala office and the numerous
; P' - ' ;, -' - -f u cLi '-ikme " T .""".' .
ITl vW4kAr4.1fc rlsSF I NASTS SKETCHES I
rlhl ofi VI m WW ST I Of Rotables at play, at dinner and at I
-i rWI mr9 M I fl II HI .. ihome will be a unique feature of I
TgJI i.Tl LlilXl MM JShzx. I THE DISPATCH. e next Sun-
fir Tr'Wr F ! S&k, .l datf.Usue. j
MAY ,1, 1890. yylJyf y&lsyXrf (J THBEE
branches. At Fonrth and Chestnut streets
an excited and perplexed crowd besieged the
entrance to the big building. Many of the
men had thrown on their coats, and; rushed
from their work. Others had come from
their homes, and carrie'd in their hands their
books of deposit. The crowd for tho most
part seemed to be bewildered.
The bank's deposits amount to about
$800,000. Commissioner Forster to-day be
gan an investigation of the affairs of the
American Life Insurance Company.
NO PITTSBURG CORRESPONDENT.
Local Bankers Know Nothing of the Defanct
t Philadelphia Institution.
Assistant Cashier Charles E. Speer, of
the First National Bank, this city, was
asked yesterday if the Bank of America had
a correspondent in Pittsburg. He replied
that he did not think it bad. If there were
any persons in Pittsburg representing the
bank, he never heard of them.
Mr. Speer did not care to be interviewed
on the qnestion, but said he did not think
the failure would affect Pittsburg in the
least. Other bankers seen said about the
same thing.
CANDIDATES COMPROMISE.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION CALLED
FOR JULY 2.
Tho Friends of Wallaco Desired an Earlier
Date Philadelphia Solid for Paulson
Black Will be Satisfied With the Ticket
as It Was In 1SS2.
ISFECIAt. TELZQEAil TO THE DISPATCn. I
Haeeisbijeg, April 30. Every one of
the nine divisions in the State were repre
sented at the meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee in this city to-day. A
strong feeling was manifested in remarks in
favor of holding the State convention
in advance of the Bepublicans, and
thus showing the dominant party
that the Democrats proposed to wage an
aggressive warfare. Great stress was laid
on the importance of putting a platform be
fore the people, advocating ballot and other
reforms, and nominating a candidate for
Governor before the meeting of the Bepub
lican convention. The men who held these
views favored the 18th of June and num
bered five, and, but for the fact that one of
the members of the committee bad quasi
instructions to support a date two weeks
later, they would have won a victory.
This date was particularly distasteful to
C. P. Donnelly and Mr. Clendennln, of
Lawrence, who, in the interest of their favor
ite candidate, ex-Governor Pattisou, com
mitted themselves to the 13th of August
This date received only their votes. The ad
vocates of the earliest time proposed, failing
to secure their object, concentrated their
votes on the 2d of July, which was finally
adopted as the date by a unanimous vote.
Nothing was said concerning the several
Democratic candidates for Governor, but
the men who favored June 18 as the time
for the meeting of the convention were un
derstood by the supporters of Pattison to be
working in the interest of Senator Wallace.
Donnelly, of Philadelphia, said his city
would be solid for Pattison, and that the
formidable support he would get from
Philadelphia would result in his nomina
tion. Clqndpnniu reported the Democracy
of Lawren.ce county to be for the ex-Governor,
and the ticket elected with him in
1882. Other members of the committee who
could be induced to say anything on the
gubernatorial situation remarked that the
sentiments of their constituents had not suf
ficiently crystallized to justify a prediction
as to the choice of a majority lor Governor.
A long prevailing impression has been that
Cbauncey F. Black was strongly opposed to
th nomination of Pattison, but it is author
itatively stated that he is willing to run as
Mi n--&r Lientast Pawnor.
AN IHbTAHTANEOUS DEATH.
EXPERIMENT THAT WAS TO PRECEDE
KEMMLER'S EXECUTION.
Warden Dnrston Describes Bis Prepara
tions for the Killing By Electricity The
machinery Was In Perfect Condition
and It Killed a Cnlf As By a Light
nine Stroke.
AunuBN, N. Y., April 30. In an inter
view Warden Durston this morning de
tailed the preparations he had made for the
execution of Kemmler before the writ had
been served upon him. Tuesday morning
at 6:30 o'clock the belt was put on the
dynamo and the engine run several minutes
to see if the bearings, pulleys, etc, were in
proper order. The machinery was found to
be in perfect condition, and it was decided
to put the belt on again at C:30 and keep
the steam up all night.
The story that he had any intention to go
on with the execution Tuesday morning was
utterly without foundation. His invitations
to witnesses did not ask them to report until
9:30 Tuesday evening, and had made up his
mind to have the execution occur between
that hour and 6:30 Wednesday morning, if
the final test proved successful. This test
was made at 5:30 alter the writ had been
served, for his own satisfaction. ,
Ten of the invited witnesses were present.
A six weeks old calf, weighing 1G0 pounds,
was the subject. It was laid on the floor of
the chamber of death with its legs tied. The
electrodes were placed at the head and base
of the spine and the dynamo started. When
the volt meter registered 1,000 the fatal
switch was thrown into position and the
calf surrendered its life with but a percepti
ble tremor of one leg. Death was as in
stantaneous as by a lightning stroke.
The scientists who were bidden to witness
the event and all but half dozen newspaper
correspondents departed on the evening
trains.
HILTON TURNS AT LAST.
Lie Secures Indictments Tor Criminal Libel
Asalnst His Accnsers.
New Toek, April 30. The grand jury
this afternoon handed in indictments
against Joseph Pulitzer, John A. Cockerel!,
Julius Chambers and James F. Graham, of
the New York IForW, for criminal libel of
ex-Judge Hilton. Delancey Nicoll, coun
sel for the World, informed Messrs. Graham
and Chambers of the finding of the grand
jury and both went to the District Attor
ney's office and lurnished the required bail,
51,000 each. Mr. Pulitzer is in Europe and
Colonel Cockerell is out of town on a two
weeks' vacation. The letter of Hilton, on
which the indictment is based, contains the
followinc:
Tho bise motive of these articles Is quite ap
parent to anyone who knows anything of so
called "journalism," practiced by this paper.
Had these articles been confined to libelling I
should have treated them with contemptuous
silence, but when they malign the memory of
my dear friend and benefactor, whose name
was a synonym for high character, perfect in
tegrity and unquestioned personal purity, as
well as matchless sagacity and business success.
I owe it to his memory that such such shame
less traducers beside whom robbers of his
grave were gentlemen of refinement and char
actershould be punished.
CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.
McKeesport Has Two Citizens Willing to
Accept the Honor.
ISFECIAI. TSLSOHAK TO TUX DISFATCB.t
McBIeespoet, April 30. Among those
mentioned for Congressional honors is J, W,
Bailie, the wealthy attorney of this place.
Mr. Bailie is residing temporarily at Devon,
near Philadelphia. His intimate friends
state that he can be prevailed upon to be
come a candidate. W. O. Cronnemeyer, the
ueuerai Manager ot toe united (States Tin
Plate Company, is also favorably men
tioned. Captain W. E. Thompson says he is not a
candidate for Legislative honors.
PEM0NSIN P.
After a Hot Fight the House Passed
the Morrill Bill, Giving
AN INCREASE OP FORTY MILLIONS
To the Union Soldiers Who Are More Than
60 Tears of Age.
EEED'S HEW EULES HOW TO BE TESTED.
The Case In Which the Quorum' Point Will be Sent to
the Scpreme Conrt
The Morrill pension bill passed the
House yesterday by an overwhelming ma
jority. The measure provided for an in
creased expenditure of 140,000,000 a year.
Ex-Speaker Carlisle entered a protest
against the methods employed in rushing
the bill through.
Washington, April 30. Soon after the
session of the House of Bepresentatives
opened to-day McKinley, of Ohio, from the
Committee on Bules, reported a provision
providing for the immediate consideration
of the Senate dependent pension bill, to
which the Morrill pension bill might be
ordered aa a substitute,, the previous ques
tion to be considered as ordered at 4 o'clock.
Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, protested
against the adoption of resolutions of this
character, which took away from the com
mittee of the whole the right to consider
money bills and forced the House to a vote
upon them after a brief debate. It was
estimated that the Morrill bill involved an
expenditure of $10,000,000, and the Senate
bill an expenditnre of 37,000,000. One of
these bills it was proposed to pass after three
hours' debate. It was not fair to the mem
bers of the House it was not fair to the
taxpayers of the country.
Carlisle's figubes.
Pension estimates were never liberal
enoughj and he undertook to say that the
expenditure under the Senate bill would
amount to $45,000,000,000 and under the
House bill to 50,000,000. There was no
reason that they should not be considered
under the rules of the House. What was
the reason for this proceeding? Was it
because gentlemen feared discussion? He
imagined not, for if they were meritorious
bills, the more discussion there was the
moretheir merit would appear.
Was it because they feared the amend
ments which gentlemen supposed the
soldiers of the country desired? He
imagined that this was the real cause.
While he would not vote for either bill, he
saw no reason why they should not be con
sidered the usual way. The Oklahoma bill
had been taken out of the committee of tho
whole with the previous question ordered
upon it. The same had been true ot tiie
great Court bill. If this was not a confes
sion that the new code of rules had
failed to facilitate the business of the
House, he did not understand its meaning.
Applause ou Democratic side.
A CONTINUAL fight.
from this time on he would protest-
against tuis system ana insist upon tne
Tights of members of both sides to have the
opportunity for discussion and amendment
which every just code of rales must secure
to them.
Mr. Henderson You are very libeial
when you are out of power. We took care
rf the soldiers wuen you hid the majority;
we intend to take care of them now.
Mr. Carlisle The gentlemen on the other
side were very extravagant when they were
in the minority; they are very parsimonious
now.
Mr. McKinley argued that the resolution
was justified under the present code of
rules, not oiily this but it was justified by
the precedents set by the House over which
the gentlema'h from Kentucky (Mr Carlisle)
presided. Tho Bepublicans wanted to do
the publio business of the country. Talk
about considering measures. The Democrats
considered and did nothing, the Bepubli
cans considered and did something. What
the country wanted was results and not
speeches. Applause on Bepublican side.
HOEBIXIi advocates his bill.
The resolution was adopted, and Mr.
Morrill, of Kansas, took the floor in ex
planation and support of his bill. This act
of justice, he said, had been too long post
poned. If the Government were to grant a
service pension, it should grant it without
delay. The total number of persons put
upon the pension roll under the provisions
of the bill were estimated at 440,000, at an
annual cost of $39,629,000. The object of
the bill was to render aid to every soldier
over 62 years of age, to every disabled vol
unteer without regard to age, and widows
of deceased soldiers who needed
assistance. Although the Government
had not been niggardly to the old
soldiers it had not been extravagant. He
charged the Bepublicans with not being true
to their promises to the soldier. For five
months Congress had been in session, and
the House had considered no pension legis
lation, save a few minor bills. Now the
majority came forward with a so-called ser
vice pension bill, which might better be en
titled a "bill providing pensions to soldiers
after they are dead, and their Widows, pro
viding they become paupers before they
die." If he could not get the per diem bill,
he would vote for the pending measure; but
he would vote under protest.
Mr. Tarsney, of Missouri, opposed the bill
because it made no discrimination between
the soldier who served three months and the
soldier who served three years; oecause it
made no distinction between disability aris
ing from service in the army and disability
resulting from the vicious conduct of the
person to whom the pension was granted.
THE BUCKEYE IDEA.
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, said that this bill,
added to the prisoner-of-war bill, when it
was passed, would add 450,000 names to the
pension rolls, and would make that roll
950,000. The total expenditure for pensions
would reach 5160,000,000 per annum. This
gross sum amounted to nearl r 43 per cent of
the gross income of the Government. It
did not do all he wished, but it resulted in
a munificent generosity such as the world
had never before witnessed, and exceeding
that of all the civilized nations combined.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, was opposed to
the bill because it was not based ou a just
principle to the soldiers. It granted the
same pension to a man who served 90 days,
when the war was looked upon as a picnic
party, as to a man who fought for four
years. This bill was not asked for by the
soldiers o f the country. If the question had
not gone into the Bepublican caucus there
would have been a large majority of the
House in favor of a per diem pension bill.
Mr. Sayers, of Texas, opposed the both
bills in the interest of the taxpayers of the.
country and predicted that if the measure
became a law our pension expenditure lor
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, would
reach ?20O,000,000.
PUSHING IT HEOUGH.
On motion of Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, an
amendment (agreed to in caucus) was
adopted to the Morrill bill, reducing the age
limitation from 62 to 60 years ot age. The
Morrill bill wasgreed to as a substitute for
the Senate bill Yeas, 183; nays, 71. The
Senate bill amended by the substitute was
then passed Yeas, 179; nays', 70. Loud
applause.
The bill authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior to place on the pension roll any
officer or enlisted man of 60 years of age or
over, or who shall hereafter reach that age,
who served 90 days or more in the army,
EENTY.
navy or marine corps of the United States
during the Wat of the Bebellion, and shsU
have received an honorable discharge there
from; said pension to commence from the
date of the application therefor, and to con
tinue during the term of the life
of said officer or enlisted
man at the rate of 53 a
month. All persons who served 90 days or
more in the military br naval service of the
"United States during the late War of the
Bebellion, and who have been honorably
discharged therefrom, and who areTsow or
may hereafter be suffering from mental or
physical disability equivalent to the grade
now established in the pension office for the
rating ol 8 per month, upon dne proof of
the act, according to such rules and regula
tions as the Secretary of the Interior may
provide, shall be placed upon the list of in
valid pensioners of the United States at the
rate of $8 per month.
It also provides for a pension to the widow
of any soldier when she shall arrive at the
age of -60 years, or when she shall be with
out other means of support than her daily
labor.
THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.
MAKING AN EFFORT TO SECURE A UNI
FORM SYSTEM.
Congressman Kcjbnrn Unable to Meet With
the LeclsIotlTo Commlltee Visiting; the
Washington Homes to Secure Informa
tionPlans for tbe Fntarr.
TOOK A STATT COBKXSFOXDXXT.l
Washington, April 30. Congressman
Keyburn, of Philadelphia, was to-day unable
to meet with the remainder of the special
committee of the Pennsylvania Legislature
to investigate the management of charitable
and penal institutions, with a view to the
formulating of a law providing for similar
methods of management and account
keeping in all the institutions of Penn
sylvania having support from the State.
The other members of the committee spent
the day at the Soldiers' Home and looked
into the details of its management, and
have nothing but admiration to express in
regard to that institution. They possessed
themselves of all information in regard to
discipline, production, expenditure, methods
of purchasing, housing and distributing
food materials, in fact, every item of in
terest recognized in the records of the insti
tution. .
The committee expect to visit St. Eliza
beth Insane Asylum to-morrow, and tbe re
form school before they leave tbe city. Sen
ator Graham said this evening that the com
mittee had already a great mass of informa
tion at the office of the committee in Phila
delphia, which Dr. Walk, the capable sec
retary, is putting in order for report to the
Legislature. Before the next meeting of that
body all that is good, bad and indifferent in
the management of the class of institutions
in qnestion will have been collected from
various parts of the country and compiled
in the report, the intention being to frame a
law for the general and harmonious manage
ment of these institutions, in the interests of
reform, economy and good order, and that
the State which contributes somuch to their
support may have a more Intimate knowl
edge of methods and expenditures.
Hitherto, says Senator Graham, the State
has poured its money out and each institu
tion has spent it as it pleased, sometimes
judiciously and sometimes otherwise, and
he felt sure they would secure the enactment
of a law which wonld wholly remedy this
loose way of doing business. It was the
intention of the committee to proceed South
fro i here, but as the weather has tnrned
very warm, they may abandon this intention
for the present.
HEED'S BULE3 TO BE TESTES.
The Worsted-Goods Men Will Go to tho
Unltcil Statesrarrriiie Conrt.
I FROM A STAT" COKBISPOXDEIT.!
Washinoton. April 30. Again, as
frequently before, it is asserted that a test
case is to be made of the constitutionality
of the counting of quorum, as practiced by
Speaker Beed before and since the adoption
of the new rules of the House. The bill
for the classification of worsted as woolen
cloths was passed to-day by a vote of 130
yeas, none voting in the negative. This
was 35 short of a quorum, and Speaker Beed
proceeded to count a sufficient number of
Democrats to makeup the deficiency. It ia
said that the worsted men, who claim they
will be injured by the law, will, if the bill
becomes a law, refuse to pay the duty, take
the matter to the Supreme Court and secure
an absolute declaration on the constiution
ality of the Beed method of counting a
quorum.
It is also said in this connection that Mr.
Beed and other Bepublican leaders invite a
test case, as, though they are good lawyers
themselves, they did not take so radical a
step without consulting some of the greatest
constitutional lawyers of the country. It is
even whispered that they had a tip from the
Supreme bench that such a proceeding was
entirely constitutional, and tho words of
Senator Sherman yesterday, in which he
urged tbe adoption by the Senate of the
Beed method ot counting a quorum, is ac
cepted as further proof that the Bepublican
leaders are absolutely certain they are on
safe ground.
A PECULIAR PARAGRAPH.
One Washington Sheet With a Fanny Idea of
Pennsylvania Politics.
imOM X STAFF COBKXSFOXDEXT.J
Washington, April 30. The Star has
the following remarkable paragraph this
evening:
It is not thought that there is any foundation
for tbo statement telegraphed from Pittsburg
that James S. McKeas, the postmaster of that
city, is to succeed First Assistant Postmaster
General Clarkson. Mr. McKein has proved to
be an efficient postmaster, and he is regarded
as the right man in the right place. It is said
that tbe interests of the administration wonld
be advanced by his remaining where be is. A
prominent Pennsylranian said to-day that if
any one was to be selected for tbe western part
of the State that Chris Magee wonld be more
likely to be chosen than Sir. McKean. It may
be stated in this connection that there are those
intimately acquainted with Mr. Clarkson who
still assert that tbe Colonel will remain in his
present office to tbe end of the administration.
MORE TARIFF KICKERS.
The Molasses Boilers and tbe Clgnr Men
Present Their Views.
Washington, April 30. About a dozen
representatives ot the molasses boilers of the
United States were heard to-day by the
Ways and Means Committee in favor of the
allowance of a bounty of 1 cent per pound
on sugar made in this country from imported
molasses. They asserted that the present
narrow margin of protection would be wiped
out if sugar is placed ou the iree list unless
a bounty replaces the duty in their case, as
is proposed for the benefit of the sugar
growers.
A delegation of cigar manufacturers from
Pennsvlvania also addressed the committee
throug'h T. J. Dunn, its Chairman, in op
position to the proposition to increase the
duty on tobacco.
REALLY A SHORT STOP.
Final and Decided Separation of John
Ward and His Wile.
New Yoek, April 30. Judge Ditten
hoefer, counsel for Mrs. Helen Dauvray
Ward, stated this afternoon that his client
and her husband, John M. Ward, the great
shortstop, had, . in the presence of their
counsel, to-day signed articles of separation
on terms satisfactory to each and a spirit of
friendliness to each other.
Judge Dittenhoefer stated that this was a
final separation.
CENTS
APPEAL TO THE CODE.
A Georgi. ir Cowhides a Legisla-
torVI s Now Seeking
EETENGE 0 'FIELD OP E0N0B.
The Challenge LVsi but a Free-for-AU
Siioot xp oectetL
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A HEETIKG OP , A UNT CIT1ZEK8
Calls Tpoa the Angry Statesman to EIjn aid Laxe
the Town.
Editor Harper, of Elberton. Ga., cow
hided Legislator Davis because of an alleged
insult to a lady. Davis now demands satis
faction upon the dueling ground. Harper
will not fight a duel, but an aflray ia prob
able. ISPICtAL TXLZGBAX TO THS DtSPATCa.1
Augusta, Ga., April 30. There is blood
ou the moon in Georgia, and it will tafee
gore to obliterate the stain on the escutcheon
of a Georgia legislator. Elberton, Gx, has
been startled by the sensational cowhiding
or Hon. Phil W. Davis, a member of the
Lower House of the State Legislature, by
Editor J. L.Harper,of the Elberton Weekly.
Mr. Harper took Mr. Davis by surprise and
soundly administered the thrashing on a
publio square of the town in the presence of
several witnesses. The cause of the cow
hiding has been kept quiet, but it is
understood that Mr. Harper was angered to
that high degree which made his temper un
controllable when he ascertained that Mr.
Davis had insulted one of the lady members
of his family.
EEQUESTED HIM TO BESIGN.
The people of Elberton indorsed Edward
Harper's action, for the citizens held an in
dignation meeting and requested Mr. Davis
to resign his seat in tbe Legislature and
also to leave Elberton within six hours
after he received the notification. The ad
monition was not received by Mr. Davis,
however, for he left Elberton before any of
tbe Citizens' Committee could find him.
Mr. Davis, seeking safety, fled to Ogle
thorpe, where he has relatives. He re
mained there, where his wonnds were cared
for and until every sign of the split lash
had disappeared. Mr. Davis remained
quiet in the meantime, refusing to say what
he would do in the matter, only remarking
that he would be heard from later, and
would make a statement giving his side of
the case.
Mr. Davis, however, has never made a
public statement, but he has been carefully
considering the most effectual manner to re
sent tbe insnlt heaped upon him. The peo
ple of Elberton were somewhat suprised to
day upon seeing Mr. Davis on the streets
after he had been ordered to leave never to
return.
A CHALT.ENGE TO A DUEL. J
His visit, though, was to seek satisfaction,
which he now peremptorily demands. He
feels the disgrace of being cowbided keenly
and he is determined to have redress at
sacrifice of his life. This morning he sent
a challenge to Edward Harper to meet him
on a field of honor to be agreed upon by the
friends of both parties, where the matter
could be finally settled by the ending of the
life of one or the other.
Edward Haroer reused the challenge, de
clining to meet Davis on the dueling
"round. His reaqoa for denying Mr. Davis
J thatigdress has not yet been made public,
The pe(
people of Elberton are deeplv appre
hensive that the worstvis yet to come, and
nothing but a fatal meeting will be the re
sult. The friends of both parties are trying to
stop any "killing that is likely to occur, but
tbey dread the mee.ing of tbe twq men on
the streets, tor it is believed it will be a free
shooting to the end. Mr. Davis refused to
resign his seat in the Legislature and has
returned to Elberton with the sanguine de
termination to wipe out the blot on hia
escutcheon.
ANOTHER BUCKEYE SCATTDAL.
Tbo Office of tho State Insurance Commit
sloner Is to be Investigated.
rSPECIAL TELEGRA1I TO Till DISPATCH.
COLUMnus, April 30. State Insurance
Commissioner Kemp expected to tender his
resignation to-day to enter other business,
but sensational rumors gained currency at
an early hour that charges had been pre
ferred against him with Governor Campbell,
to the effect that he had extorted money
from insurance companies outside the State
for the usual examinations under the law.
It is claimed that the companies which have
made complaint are located in the large
Eastern cities. The Governor states no
charges have been filed, but he is investiga
ting the rumors.
The trouble seems to be the outgrowth of
a difference between the Commissioner ant
two of his clerks, who, it is stated, have per- '
sisted in examining companies until the
Commissioner would not extend further au
thority. The custom ot the office has made
it possible for the Commissioner to secure
large tees, amounting to hundreds of dol
lars, for conducting an ordinary examina
tion. JOHN WHOTAKER BEAD.
A Prominent Railroad 3Ina Expires
find.
denly In Kerr York.
IPPICTAI.TII,ICRAM TO THI DISPATCII. 1 ,
New Yoek, April 30. John Whittaker,
Assistant General Freight Superintendent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with head
quarters at Philadelphia, died suddenly
about 8 o'clock this evening at the Windsor
Hotel. Mr. Whittaker, with his wife, ar
rived at the hotel just before 5 o'clock this
afternoon, and shortly after went in to din
ner. When he finished he complained to Mrz.
Whittaker of severe pains in his abdomen.
He retired to his room, where he grew rap
idly worse. Dr. Anderson was sent for, but
Mr. Whittaker was dead before he reached
the hotel.
COHDEMN THE WKHTLEX BILL.
A Meeting of New York Merchants and Im
purlers Protest Against It.
New Yoek, April 30., Two hundred
and fifty leading merchants ancf Importers
met at the Metropolitan Hotel this after
noon, to protest against the passage of the
McKinley tariff bill. James M. Constable,
of Arnold, Constable & Co., presided, and
explained the object of the meeting. Mr.
Taylor, of Lord & Taylor's drygoods house
said that in almost every instance tbe Mc
Kinley bill raised the duty. Several others
protested against tbs bill on the same
ground.
A resolution was adopted condemning the
bill and delegating the Chairman to go to
Washington to put the matter before Con
gress BEVOLUaTOH IN PABAGTAY.
Meager Details or Another South Ameri
can Uprising.
Buenos Ayres, April 30. A revolution
has broken out in Paraguay. Several per
sons have been killed and many wounded.
Telegraphic communication is interrupted .
and the details that have beea received are '
meager.
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