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THE PITTSBURG- -DISPATCH, TUESDAY, MAX 6, 1890.
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FA STRIKE IMMINENT.
'Agitation Among the Coke Workers
f? in thA MnnAntrohplfi VjiIIpv.
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.WAGONS DECLARED KOT ILLEGAL
Bj theH. C. Frlck Company, and tlie Miners
Are Thereby Offended.
f'l PBISOSKE'S STKiKE P0R LIBERTY.
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l Ckanbcrsbnrr Lutherans Oljtct to a Certain Minister's
Beniccs.
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TOTHB DISPATCH.
Scottdale, May 5. Affairs in the coke
recion are daily assuming more of the strike
color, and, drawing conclusions from the
conversation of labor leaders, a strike seems
almost certain. The organized men are
clamoring- for a strike or an adjustment of
the vallev diflerences from all over the re-
$J t;ion. It seems that nothing short of a strike
fe will satisfy the cokers if the valley plant is
& cot put in resumption. A convention of
' the cokers will be held shortly to take action
..' on the situation.
A labor leader stated to-night that it
j was only by conservative action on the
part of the leaders that tiie order tor a gen-
eral shut-down was prevented at the last
convention, and should a convention now
Te called the probable outcome would be the
'V declaration ot a strike at all the works.
? This would involve 14,000 men.
A. STRIKE FEOBABLE.
Labor officials were in consultation all
day, and committees were sent to General
'Manager Lynch, but little of importance
was gleaned from them save that no settle
ment was reached, and that a strike would
probably be necessary. The origin of the
xrouDie mat now tnreaiens io culminate in
a strike, is caused by the H. C. Frick Coke
Company giving notice to Ktrfoot and
Parker, of the Knights of Labor, a conple
of weeks since, tbat the wagons of coal at
, the valley mines were not filled according
to the agreement, and unless in the mean-
t time they were filled better the plant would
be closed down indefinitely on May 3. The
plant was closed down, and the labor
- officials intimate that it is a direct violation
, of the agreement, and that the miners em-
' ployed at the valley are willing to make
affidavit that the wagons were properly
filled.
The Master "Workman said to-night:
"The men have placed this matter in my
bands and are willing to abide by my de
cision. All I want is for the men to obtain
justice at the hands of the company. It
will be definitely determined to-morrow
m evening as to a strike."
DIFFERENCES MAY 2fOT BE SETTLED.
T Notices were sent out by the valiey
officials to-day to all locals asking for ac-
tion in the case to-night, and their answers
will be received to-morrow morning. -the
six days' notice will then be served on the
company to adjust the matter or their works
, will be closed down. An immense mass
i meeting of all the works from Broad lord to
valley will be held below Morgan's to-night
r and the matter will be carefully considered.
' Kerlbot, Hane and others will speak.
i Secretary Parker has just returned from
. the Minersdale district, Somerset county.
He addressed a mass meeting at East Salis
t ' bury and at Boynton. A strike of 70 men
, has been inaugurated at one of the mines
P-there tor an advance in wages. Despite the
! threatening talk of the leaders the operators
fear no strike, as they look for an adjnst
V ment of all differences.
OBJECTS TO BEING HTOG.
.Bound to Eflcct Ills Escape and Then Kill
His Jailer.
rSrftCTAI. TELEOltAJITO THE DIsr.ATCH.1
Moorefield, "W. Va., May 5. Streit
Tross, the colored man who has been in jail
for assault for some time past, under sen
tence of death from the 23d inst, has been
giving his jailer some serious trouble lately,
and tears are expressed tbat he will yet es
cape before the day of his taking off arrives.
He has been in a sulky mood for some time,
relnsing food, and seems to be meditating
some scheme for his escape.
A few days aeo it was 1'iscovered that the
chain with which the prisoner was hobbled
bad been nearly cnt in two, and an exami
nation showed that Tross had been sawing
at it with a case knife. A blacksmith was
instructed to rivet the chain on and attach
the end to a ring in the floor. The next day
the lock connecting the ring to the floor was
lound broken into fragments.
Tross often tells his jailer that he will get
out, and that his first act will be to kill the
jailer, but that if he dies on the scaffold his
lriends will take a terrible revenge.
A LITTLE ECCLESIASTICAL BREEZE.
Strong Enough to Kerp a Preacher Oat of
the rulpit.
ISrECIAL TZLECBAK TO THI DISPATCH.!
Chambersburg, May 5. The action of
the official board of the First Lutheran
. Church, in objecting to their pulpit being
occupied yesterday morn ag by Rev. Cyrus
Cort. of Green Castle, W. Va., in attend
ance upon the meetings of the Mercersburg
Classis of the German Reformed Church,
sow in session here, was almost the sole
topic or conversation here to-day. Public
opinion is divided, but the majority seems
to approve of the action of the Lutheran
Church. Before adjourning to-day the
classis passed the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the classis heartily approve
of tbc action of tbe members of this city, who
declined to nil trie pulpit of tne First Lutheran
Church on Sunday evening because of tbe re
fusal of the authorities of said church to allow
the member of this city to officiate, who was
i appointed to fill their pulpit on faunday morn
ing. A Train TVrcckius Experiment.
rEFECI AL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 3
Canton, May 5. An attempt was made
to wreck the southbound train on the Con
notton Valley road, near Middlebranch, a
small town north of this city, on Saturday
sight. Five ties were securely placed on
the tracks at the end of a sharp curve just
above the station. They were discovered
bv the engineer and the train stopped when
but a few leet away. The perpetrators are
unknown.
They Will Get Their Ice Water.
rSFF.ClAL TELEGEAil TO TBI DISPATCH.
FlXDLAY, May 5. Owing to the refusal
of Manager "VVestpark, of the windowglass
factory, to furnish ice water for the work
men, the entire force walked out of the fac
tory this morning. It was learned this
evening, however, that the matter had been
settled by the Board of Directors promising
to accede to the demand, and the men will
resume to-morrow.
w Twenty Thousand Dollar for an Arm.
.SrECIAI. TM..EQBAM TO THI DISFATCH.1
LlvA, May 5. John Shea, who lost an
arm byVbeing run over by a switch engine
while acving as yardmaster, has entered suit
against the Lake Erie and "Western Bail
road Company lor S20.000 damages. The
step on the engine broke off, throwing him
under the wheels. He claims criminal
carelessness in allowing the insecure step to
remain.
.
The County Will Help Him Out.
J SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI8FATCH.1
Beaver Falls, Slay 5. A lot of dogs
got into the flocfc of sheep of Farmer Irwin,
. of Big Beaver township, this county, last
i Saturday and killed 241. Only four sheep
v out or tne noct were leu aiive. Jar. xrww s
l Jos will be fully $800.
AH ALLEGED BIGAMIST.
Now There I a Diopnie Over His Life In
surance. rtFECIAI. TILEGItAX TO TIM DISPATCH. I
Newark, O., May B. A most important
case involving a legal question of the ut
most importance to secret beneficial so
cieties all over the country was revived
here to-day by the pretence in the city of
J. H. Zarecara, a young attorney -of Nash
ville, Tenn., for the purpose of
taking depositions. The question in
volved is as to the rightful party
to receive ?2,000 insurance from the
Supreme Lodire of the Knights of Honor.
The circumstances of the case are about as
follows: Several years ago a man by the
name ot James Sweet, leu nis wile and chil
dren in this city and want South. "While
away, it is claimed, he married another
woman in Memphis, Tenn., under the name
of Smith, and alo joined Lodge No. l'JG
under the same name. He passed the usual
examination, and Mas found by a committee
to be a man of character, although it did
not appear that a very searching investiga
tion was made. On the lstot October, 1888,
he was killed.
It was then discovered he had a wife and
family living here, but the wife had about
the same time been granted a divorce lor
willful absence. Sweet, however, was mar
ried before the divorce was granted, and was,
therefore, a bigamist. The question now is
whether the monev which was made payable
by the terms of the benefit certificate to Mrs.
Sweet, alias Smith No. 2, cr to the children.
The money is ready to be paid, and a contest
for it is being made, but the organization re
fuses to pay until the courts say which is
entitled to it, and for that purpose deposi
tions of persons who knew Sweet are being
taken. All organizations will look for the
decision with interest.
THE CALLAHAK CONSPIRACY.
It Will Receive Aticntion by the Grand Jury
I
Next Week.
rSriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.I
Scottdale, May B. The Callaghan con
spiracy case, which has been unheard of for
some time, will come uo before the grand
jury in the "Westmoreland courts to-morrow
week. Callaghan will likely have his wit
nesses subpoenaed this week. Peter "Wise,
one of the defendants, is now General
Organizer of the United Mine "Workers,
and at present is in Illinois. Powderly has
written here that he hasn't tbe least doubt
of winning the case and throwing the costs
on Callaghan.
Hon. John R. Byrne, the other defendant,
is not bothering himself about it, but has
entered politics, as he to-day announced
himself as a candidate for Assembly in
Fayette county on the Republican ticket.
POLITICS IN ARMSTRONG BOILING.
An OfCcIal Count Necessary to Reach lbs
Rc.nli.
rFFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE PISPATCB.1
Kittauning, May S. There is still con
siderable doubt in regard to the result of
the Republican primaries held on Saturday
last in this county. The return
judges do not meet until to-morrow,
and the unofficial returns are
coming in very slowly. Heiner is undoubt
edly the choice of the county forConsressby
a safe majority. Whitworth will be one of
the Delegates to the State Convention and
Henderson probably the other.
For Recorder and Register Slaymaker is
in the lead and will likely be the nominee.
Cochrane, McKee and Mast are ahead in
the Legislative race, but the official vote
will be necessary to decide these and the
other offices.
WAITING FOR ITS SALE.
For They Think Tlmt it Will Then Start
Up Acain.
rSPXCIAL TELEOKAM TO TUX DISPATCH.1
Steitbexville, May 5. The sale of the
Spaulding iron mill property has been or
dered by the court to take place on Monday,
June 9, at public auction. The action was
agreed to at a conference of the attorneys of
both sides of tbe suit, asking for a sale.
The propert7 will be sold by John McFee
ley, receiver, payment to be made direct to
T. A. Hammond, cashier of the National
Exchange Bank, of this city, who is trustee
ior the bondholders.
The people of Brilliant are much inter
ested in this sale, as they expect the mill to
start up soon alter the sale and relieve the
hard times in the town.
STRUCK BT A "WINDLASS.
Elder Fntteo Receive! a Blow Which Re
sult In Dentb.
rErECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
"Wellsbdrg, W. Va., May 5. Intelli
gence just received from California reports
an accident by which Elder Pattee, formerly
pastor of the Disciples Church of this place,
lost his life. It seems that he was holding a
rapidly revolving windlass, when it slipped
from his grasp and struck him ablow on tbe
head, which resulted in his death.
Rev. Pattee was well-known and highly
respected in this place, and the news of his
untimely taking off was received with gen
eral sorrow. He was a graduate of Bethanv
College, and leaves a widow, who was
formerly Miss Goudy, of this place.
A DEPUTY MARSHAL'S MTKTATiT:.
Tired of the Enforcement of Law He Tries
Competition.
rSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Charleston, "W. Va., May S. In the
United States Court to-day Deputy United
States Marshal "Workman was arraigned on
an indictment charging him with selling
illicit liquor, and being convicted was sen
tenced to pay a fine of $100 and be im
prisoned for 30 days.
"Workman has been very active in arrest
ing moonshiners, and seems to have been
actuated by a desire to cut off competition
rather than to enforce the law.
Wheelinc- Mont Do Without lAght.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
"Wheeling, May 5. It begins to loot
as if the scheme talked of so assiduously for
two years past to light the streets with elec
tricity has fallen through. This fact is
charged to the influence of members of
Council. Six months ago a sub-committee
was appointed to look into the thing, but
at each meeting called only one or two mem
bers have responded. It is openly charged
now that the committee will not meet at all.
An Elopement at Blalrsvllle.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.-.
Blairsville, May 5. James "Walker,
a drug clerk nntil recently employed by M.
G. Miller, druggist, and Minnie Alter,
daughter of J. O. Alter, a well-to-do tinner,
of this place, eloped this afternoon. It is
supposed they have gone to New Jersey.
Friends are trving to intercept them and
bring the runaway girl home. Both parties
are well known about town.
He Didn't Steal the Earth.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Massillon, May B. Suit for $5,000
damages was brought to-day by Henry B.
Sibila against Z. T. Shoemaker, a leading
real estate dealer, for defamation of charac
ter. The principal libelous language al
leged to have been used is that Shoemaker
had charged Sibila with having stolen earth
from one of his lots.
He Couldn't Get Away.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Canton, May 5. An unknown man, who
was insane and in charge of friends, jumped
from an east-bound Fort "Wayne train this
morning at this point and was recaptured
only alter a long and hot chase; The man's
name could not be learned, but it was said
that he was being taken to relatives in
Piltsburg.
THE TROUBLE AT YOTTNGSTOWN
Will Probably be Adjuited Satisfactorily to
All Parties.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Youngstown, May 5. It is now prob
able that the differences existing between
the carpenters and the contractors and plan
ing mill operators will be adjusted
within 24 hours, by the signing
of the scale presented by the
Carpenters' Union. Two planing mill
owners, Frederick Hoffman and George
Dingledy, this afternoon sent word to the
headquarters of the union that they were
ready to accept the agreement and sign the
scale.
Officers of theunion stated to-nightttiat
they had reason to believe everything
would be settled by to-morrow, and that the
members would resume work at an advance
in wages, nine hours to constitute a day's
work.
"WASHINGTON CARPENTERS STRIKE.
The Bosses Are Tryinc to Employ Non-Union
Men.
SPECIAL TELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Washington, May 5. The carpenters
went out on a strike to-day and were iol
lowed by the painters and tinners. Their
chief grievance is the failure of the con
tractors' association to comply with
the demand for the employment of none
but union men. The painters almost all
received their demands and returned to
work, but tbe tinners and carpenters have
not been heeded and stand firm.
The contractors are endeavoring to fill the
places of the union men and feel confident
of success. Little excitement has been
caused by the strike, although the streets
have been well tramped by the 200 or more
idle men.
THE BEAVER COUNTY STRIKE.
No Return to Work Unlll the Advance la
Grnnted.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1
Beaver Falls, May B. The coal min
ers of this place and vicinity, who have
been on a strike for several days past for an
advance of 2 cents per car of ten bushels,
held a big meeting to-day and unanimously
agreed not to return to work until the ad
vance was granted. All tbe bauks in this
vicinity are shut down.
The striking polishers at the shovel
works of H. M. Myers & Co. have made an
amicable settlement and returned to work.
TottnEstown is Bound to Shine.
rtPRCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Youngstown, May 6. The stockhold
ers of the Youngstown Electric Light Com
pany have perfected au organization, elect
ing John Smith, President; Thomas E.
Davey, Vice President; Bailes M. Camp
bell, Secretary, and B. P. Holmes, Treas
urer. They expect to have au incandescent
plant in operation iu GO days.
TrI-Slate News Notes.
Edward Rodebaugh was shot in the face
on Saturday night at Canonsburg, and severely
but not dangerously wounded.
A man who gave the name of William Keen
was caught in the act of picking a woman's
pocket in church on Sunday it Eiston, Fa.
Silver ore that assays $05 a ton has been
found In Wirt county, W. Va., to utilize which
smelting works will be erected at once.
Rejie Slater fell from a train at Washing
ton, Pa., on Sunday night, had both legs cnt
off and died therefrom in a few hours after
ward. Andrew McBride, of New Castle, who was
reported killed in a railroad wreck in Idaho,
has been found to be alive and well at Seattle,
Wash.
Thomas Hardino, of Crow's run, near
Freedom, was pretty badly bruised and shaken
up by jumping from a train at the latter place
on Sunday.
The body of an unknown woman was found
floating In the river near Smith's Ferry on Sun
day. She was buried, after an inqnest, without
Identification.
A skeleton has been fonnd in the ruins of
a house that was burned a few days ago atFoint
Pleasant, . Va., tbat nobody seems to own,
since no one is missing.
A nor named Fred Miller, of Conway, Pa.,
attempted to commit suicide by hanging on
Saturday, hut was discovered and cut down in
time to disappoint him.
Deputt United States Marshal Work
man, of Wyoming county, W. Va., was sen
tenced to 30 days' imprisonment by Judge Jack
son, of tbe United btates Court, yesterday, for
unlawfully retailing whisky.
A tirb at Everson on Sunday destroyed a
dwelling house occupied by Mrs. M. Wimmer
and badly damaged an adjoining house. Loss
51,200, with small insurance. It is thought the
fire was of incendiary origin.
A SUIT in ejectment has been brought against
David Boyle and all others who have secured
titles to any part of the Boyle plan of lots on
College Hill, Beaver Falls, by Cutnbertson 4
Dougberty, attorneys, representing Henry
Boyle.
John Donnelly, a farmer of near Baden.
Beaver county, fell Into bad company at
Rochester and got robbei. His companions
were strangers to him. Several parties have
been held, charged with complicity in the
affair.
THURHAN'S OPINION OF BECK.
Says He Never Had a Quarrel Nor an
Enemy.
Columbus, May 5. Judge Allen G.
Thurman had the following to say of the
late Senator Beck to-day:
I knew Senator Beck very well, and enter
tained a very high opinion of him. He entered
the House of Representatives in 1869, the same
year that I went to tbe United States Senate,
and eight years later became a Senator from
Kentucky. He was an extremely hard-working,
industrious man, and a man, I think, of very
sonnd judgment. He was undoubtedly one of
the leaders in the Democratic side, especially
on all matters connected with finance. 'He was
a tariff reformer, almost a free trader, a man
of decided ability, frank and outspoken in all
his views. In private life he was amiable and
much esteemed by everybody who knew him In
Congress. I never knew bim while I was in the
Senate to have aqnarrel wltb anybody and
don't think he had a personal enemy in the
Senate.
SAYLES IN HIDING.
The Ex'AIdermnn Conld Not be Found In
Nrw York Last Nlaht.
Kew York, May 5. It was reported
here late this afternoon that Henry L.
Sayles, ex-Alderman of the notorious boodle
gang of 1881, who fled to Canada and for
feited $20,000 bail, bad returned to this city.
His brother, Sol Sayles, called at the Dis
trict Attorney's office to arrange for bail,
and then in company with Detective Ser
geant Thomas Kirnan started out to find
Henry and have him surrender himself.
Henry could not be found up to a late
hour to-night, and it was supposed that he
was airaid that bail could not be fixed to
night and rather than spend a night in
jail he had gone in hiding until to-morrow.
Theological Students Brine Examined.
The students of the Western Theological
Seminary were examined yesterday by Rev.
W. H. Gill, of Philadelphia, and" Rev.
George P. Donehoo, of Mt Pleasant The
two gentlemen compose the committee ap
pointed by the Synod of Pennsylvania to
visit the seminary and report on the work
being done at the annual commencement.
The examination will continue to-day.
Women'c Exchange Election.
At the annual election of officers of the
"Women's" Industrial Exchange yesterday,,
the old board was re-elected with the ex
ception of Mrs. John G. Holmes, the First
Vice President. She had resigned during
the year, and Mrs! "William R. Thompson
was elected to the position.
THE DkY IS COMING.
It Will be One of Eight Hours, Ac
cording to Dr. Gladden's View.
HIS COUNSEL TO W0RKIKG11EN.
At Present Ask Only for Nine flonra and a
Half Holiday Saturday.
APPLAUDED IN HIS OWN CHURCH
Columbus, O., May 6. The sermon de
livered by Dr. "Washington Gladden, of the
First Congregational Church, yesterday on
"May Day Labor Demonstration and Its
Lessons," is exciting unusual comment.
Dr. Gladden's reputation as a writer on
social problems renders his words on the sub
ject which he had chosen, of notable inter
est, and many strangers were present to hear
him speak. During his sermon, the preacher
was frequently interrupted by applause.
Columbus, Dr. Gladden observed, took
no part in the Labor Day demonstration; not
because Colnmbns workingmen do not en
tertain views bimilar to those urged by the
workingmen ot other cities, where strikes
are frequent and imminent, bnt because, he
believes, Columbus citizens are more pros
perous, more fortunate and the relations
with their employers are more pleasant. He
could recall in his seven and a half years
residence here but two small strikes,
both of which were pleasantly adjnsted,
the street railway employes and
the boxmakers. This condition is not the
result, he thinks, of a lack of intelligence,
but the Columbus workingmen are better
off and their employers more conservative.
The air is full of noises of labor troubles,
and the city that hears only through the
newspapers is fortunate. There is no diffi
culty that cannot be settled within reason,
and no trouble was ever settled right with
out reason. Neither side can afford to set
tle by torce. Labor and capital are part
ners, and no arrangement can be perma
nently maintained without the support of
both.
THE DEMANDS REASONABLE.
Dr. Gladden congratulated labor, that the
demands of the workingmen on Labor Day
were moderate and reasonable. In the Old
"World and in some places in the Ne na
tionalism was declared to be the aim and
object, and this, he held, the laboring men
have a right to work for by peaceable meth
ods; it must be considered and discussed,
and many philanthropic people and others
not laboring men are seriously thinking
about it. A great deal can be said in its
favor. The horrible misgovernment of the
cities, the encroachments of capital and
other ills are preparing many minds for a
radical change. Men of intelligence and
wealth haven't time, and politics falls into
the hands of those who make a business of
politics. What wonder that thoughtful
men are casting about for relief.
Speaking for himself, Dr. Gladden did
not think nationalism the remedy, but there
should be thorough and free discussion, and
the workingmen have as much right to have
this inscribed upon their banners as we to
have inscribed protection, high license or
tariff reform. Nationalistic sentiment was,
however, rather the exception last Thursday,
and the demands of the workingmen didn't
reach this. What they desire most is the
reduction of the hours of labor to eight, and
this was urged with so much reason that it
is evident the workingmen are learning to
be moderate.
LESS HOURS DON'T REDUCE PRODUCT.
Dr. Gladden does not believe in the argu
ment that if the hours of labor are reduced
production is reduced and wages conse
quently decrease, for the obvious reason that
it can be figured that a man could work 21
hours when production would stop alto
gether. He would produce less in 24 hours
than in ten because of the inevitable ex
haustion of mental force.
There has been of late years a steady re
duction in working honrs, until in England
the average working day is nine and a half
hours. Tbe population has increased 30 per
cent, and production has increased 300 per
cent ten times faster than the productive
power. The average increase of wages is
?2 15 a week, though the hours are reduced
from 72 to 57. England is much more ad
vanced, however, than Prance or Ger
many. It was insisted by some that prices must
rise if the hours ot labor were reduced and
wages increased, but tbe statistics show that
the prices in all manufactured goods have
fallen an average ot24 per cent. This means
that the workingman works fewer hours and
gets more money, but he gets 21 per cent
more for his money than when he worked
more hours and got less pay. The number
of persons who can read and write has in
creased 33 per cent faster than the increase
in population. In 1850 1 in 57 of the
population of England was unable to read
and write; ft 1885 there was only 1 in 9; in
in 1850 1 in. 18 was a pauper; in 1885 there
was but 1 in 46. The decrease in the use of
intoxicants has been only 14 cents a head
for the upper classes, who drink wine and
high priced beverages, but the beer drinkers
have consumed on an average 1 12 less per
head. There is no country in the world
where the hours of labor are so short, and
no country where the morals and intelli
gence grade higher.
IMPROVEMENT IN ENGLAND.
This is not saying that it is better than
our country, but it is history that the im
provement has been wonderful. Short
hours have not done all this, but they have
done much. The reduction of hours and
increase in wages were fought by many,
among them John Bright. Another argu
ment was that it must affect disastrously the
commercial interests of Great Britain,' but
now nobody believes this, for the reverse has
been proven. In this country production
has increased with marvelous rapidity.
Wages have not increased so rapidly as in
England, for the reason that here they
started at a much higher point. A legisla
tive act reduced the hours of labor in the
factories of Massachusetts in 18G9 to 10
hours and the result was soon felt in all the
adjoining States.
It would not be right to argue for a re
daction. Dr. Gladden held, it it crippled
production and enhanced prices. We are
bound to maintain unimpaired the condi
tions of material welfare. There is no
room to doubt that a reduction from ten to
five hours would be injnrious, crippling
production, but how do we know tbat it
would not beunwise to reduce from ten to
eight hours? One argument against the re
duction is that as a class the workingman
might abuse the two hours more of leisure.
Dr. Gladden did not speak from personal
knowledge, but from report, that as a class
miners did not know how to use their
leisure, and there are other classes of whom
this is true. It cannot be argued that the
reduction wonld be advantageous to all.
LIBERTY A CURSE TO" MANY.
Liberty is a curse to many. The reduc
tion would result in injury and self-degradation
to the few, but not to the majority.
Those who oppose the proposition forget
that in many industries the workers are idle
three months in the year. Statistics show
that in Massachusetts one-third of the wage
workers are out ot employment one-third of
the time. The cause of this is the great im
provement in machinery; the markets are
glutted. The leisure is concentrated into
one or two waiting spells, and it is far more
dangerous than that to which the eight-hour
opposers object. Long idleness leads to
financial embarrassment, and besides, Satan
always finds some mischief for idle hands to
do. "it would be a moral gain to distribute
this leisure over the yoar.
Dr. Gladden believes that the eight-hour
day is coming, but that it would be unwise
for the wageworkers to extort it. It would
be wiser, in his opinion, to ask for a nine
hour day and a Saturday half holiday, to
give the men a chance for daylight sports,
so that on Sunday they would feel like
worship. The;; want more time with their
children. "God bless them for wanting it,
and God help them to get it"
There was applanse from every .part of
the room when Dr. Gladden concluded his
earnest plea for fewer hours and better ad
vantages. A MOVABLE DAK WANTED.
Allegheny Committees Crnnt Uncle Sam
What He Doesn't Ask.
The Committees on Streets, and Sewers
and Wharves and Landings, of Allegheny,
met last night to take action on the resolu
tion granting to the United States Govern
ment a strip of ground for an abutment for
the Herr's Island dam. United States Dis
trict Attorney Lyon was present. He said
that the object in asking Councils to give or
sell the ground to the Government was to
avoid the delay consequent upon legal pro
ceedings, which would be considerable
if there was an appeal from the decision of
tne lioard of Viewers.
A short discussion ensued, the sentiment
expressed being unfavorable to granting the
ground to the Government. Mr. Lyon
stated that in case the city gave the Govern
ment the privilege of putting an abutment
there, they coula still control that portion of
the wharf for other purposes, railway fran
chises, etc.; but if tbe Government con
demned it, then the city would have noth
ing to say and the Government would have
absolute control.
Mr. Muehlbruenner moved that the reso
lution be amended to grant the land to the
Government for $1, providing the Govern
ment would erect a movable dam. The ob
ject was to prevent any possible flooding of
tne city aoove tbe dam by having wickets to
let the water through, as at the Davis Island
dam.
Mr. Lyon said the Government conld not
accept the proposition. Notwithstanding
this the committee passed the resolution as
amended, and the meeting adjourned.
A GHtL HIT BY A TBATN.
A Mystery Cleared Up, and Three Painful
Accidents for Yesterday.
Mary Hunsky, a little girl about 5 years
of age, was crossing the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad tracks at the Copper Works sta
tion about 5 o'clock last evening when the
McKeesport accommodation going east
struck her, knocking her to the side of the
track, a distance of 20 feet. She was seri
ously hurt. Her right leg was fractured in
two places. She was removed to the Homeo
pathic Hospital.
William Fisher, employed as hostler by
A. W. Woods, of Forbes street and Meyran
avenue, had his right leg broken vesterdav
morning bv a horse kicking him while he
was grooming iu ne was removeu iu iuo
Mercy Hospital.
The mystery surrounding a case in the
Twelfth ward was cleared yesterday.
Patrick Hunt, an employe at Carnegie's
Twenty-ninth street mill, became uncon
scious on Thursday last, and it was sup
posed that he bad been drinking to excess.
Dr. J. A. McCready was attending the man.
Yesterday he regained consciousness, and
stated that he had fallen down stairs, suffer
ing thereby a concussion of the brain. He
will recover.
John Roberts fell from a scaffold at Oliver
& Roberts' mill yesterday. One leg was
broken and other injuries sustained. He was
removed to his home.
BUYING EASTERN BEAL ESTATE.
Grover Cleveland Purchases Building Lots
Near Historic Plymouth.
rSPBCIAI. TKLEOBAM TO TUB PISFATCO.!
Plymouth, Mass., May 5. Two deeds,
to which considerable interest attaches, were
this afternoon recorded at the Plymonth
County Kegistry of Deeds. They convey
two building lots on the Barstow Bluff, in
this township, from William H. Brine, of
Boston, to Grover Cleveland, and one lot
from Hannah S. Brine to the same gentle
man. Tbe lots are numbered 157, 158 and 159.
The property is situated near the Barstow
House, a summer hotel about eight miles
south of Plymouth village, and commands
a magnificent ocean view. On a clear day
the tip end of Cape Cod can be clearly
seen trom the spot. The Barstor Bluff was
the scene of Howell's novel, "Dr. Breen's
Practice," and has acquired some little
fame from this fact. It lies not far from the
route surveyed for the Plymouth and
Bournedale Railroad, and this circumstance
has lately given quite a boom to land in this
vicinity.
Whether or not Mr. Cleveland ever vis
ited the place or if he intends to build there
are things no one hereabouts knows; but it
is certain that the ex-President, while so
journing at Manon last summer, made many
trips through the surrounding country, and
he may have seen the Barstow Bluff and ad
mired the fine location.
STBICEEN DOWN WHITF. CUBBING.
Strangely Sensational Episode In a Cincin
nati Conrt Room.
SPECIAL TELKQEAH TO THE DISPATCH. I
Cincinnati, May 5. A most sensa
tional scene occurred in the criminal court
room of Superior court to-day. Joseph
Morris, 60 years old, was on trial for at
tempted assault. He had vehemently pro
tested innocence, but the jury found him
guilty, and Judge Shroder, without leaving
the bench sentenced him to 15 years in the
penitentiary. As the Court pronounced tbe
sentence, Morris sprang to his feet and
banging both his clenched fists
down on the Judge's desk, cursed him with
vehement rage. Such a flow of language
was perhaps never heard in the room before.
With upraised hands he prayed heaven to
rot the bones of Jndge and jury, and that
they might die in sight of hades.
Judge, bailiffs and jurors sat dazed at the
awful imprecations. Morris half turned
and began to curse the audience, when sud
denly his face turned black, he gasped,
clutched at his throat, and with a lunge fell
unconscious at tbe Judge's feet. He was
removed, and to-night is in a precarious,
dangerous condition. All who witnessed
the scene say it was painfully impressive.
An Ohio Editor Missing.
W. R. Johnson, editor of the Salem, O.,
Republican-Era, is missing. He came to
Pittsburg last Wednesday, and has not been
seen since Friday. His wife has telegraphed
to the police regarding his whereabouts and
is coming on to help in the search. Mr.
Johnson is 30 years old, of medium height
and build, and light complexioned.
A British Schooner Wrecked.
New York, May 5. The steamship Hel
vetia, of the National Line, which arrived
from Liverpool to-day, collided with and
totally wrecked the British schooner Bram
hall. The crew of the Bramball were all
taken off and landed here. The disaster oc
curred off Tompkinsville, S. I.
Cnblo Travel far a Month.
The Pittsburg Traction Company received
the second new "hook on" car from their
Philadelphia shops yesterday morning. It
will be run over the road to-morrow, at
tached to a new grip car. The average
daily passenger travel over the road for the
past month, ending April 31, was 20,896.
An Old Lady's Sudden Death.
James Hopkins, of Acorn street, Twenty
third ward, went home to dinner yesterday
and found his wife, 80 years old, lying dead
in an outhouse. The Coroner will investi
gate the case to-day. Mrs. Hopkins' death
is attributed to natural causes.
Smnll Price for a Unllroud.
Columbus, May 5. The Columbus and
Maysville Railroad was sold to-day at auc
tion, on a suit brought by the Central Trust
Company, New York, to secure payment of
$200,000" in bonds. The property was se
cured by trustees of the bondholders for
550,000,
THE WEATHER.
For Western Pennsylva
nia: Rain, Northwesterly
Winds, Slightly Cooler,
Fair Wednesday.
For West Virginia: Cooler, North
erly Winds, Fair, Preceded in West
Virginia and Northeastern Ohio by
Eain, Fair Wednesday.
Pittshurg, May 6. 1890.
The United States Signal Service officer In
this city furnishes the following:
Time. Ther. I
Ther.
....63
....70
Thpr.
. 77
8.0OA. ...
li:00 M...
naximam vziuy
Minimum temp..
Mprin tpinn
60
68
I:0OP. M
2:0OP. M. 71
5:00 P. M
fi.ftlp. M CO
Range 17
Rainfall
RlTerat5:20P. M., 6.8 reet, a rise of 0.5 feet In
24 bours.
THE COAL ALL OUT.
The Blse Finds an Empty Harbor Excur
sion Business Good.
Keports from points up the Allegheny yester
day Indicated a rise. At 6 a. M. the river at
Pittsburg showed 6 feet 7K inches. At 4 P. K.
it bad risen IK Inches, and boatmen predicted
that there will be a good boating stage this
morning. All the loaded barges and boats left
last week, so there is little in the harbor to
send out. The market for coal below is said to
be well stocked just at present, and the boat
men are not anxious tbat tbe rise should be
taken advantage of. Several firms may send
out some coal the last of the week. If the boat
ing stage is good.
Rivers Above and Below.
BitoWNSVTLLE-Bivcr 6 feet 1 Inch and ta
tlonarv. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 6S at 7
r. i.
Z Wahkes-River 5 5-10 feet and rising. Weather
warm and showery.
Moroantown River 5 reet 6 Inches and sta
tionary. Weather cloudy. Thermometer 68 at 4
St.' Louis-River 15 reet 6 Inches and stationary.
Weather cloudy and cool.
Boatmen's Calendar.
Trnt Scotia left Cincinnati yesterday for this
port.
The Elizabeth will figure as an excursion boat
from this on.
Tbe Andes arrived last night from Cincinnati
and will return to-day.
TiieS. L. Wood has passed Carlo on her way
up wltb a tow of empties.
Tbe Lizzie Bay arrived from Charleston yester
day and clears port again to-morrow.
Miss Carrie Jobnsox is a passenger on tbe
Scotia, now en route from Cincinnati.
The raclflc Is In from Cincinnati with a tow of
empties. She may be sent out the last of tbe week
with coal.
Captain James A. Henoebsott returned yes
terday by rail from Cincinnati, where he has been
looking; after tbe company's interests. He says
be found everything In good shape generally
along tbe river.
An old boatman said yesterday tbat he believed
the day would yet come when the river passenger
business would be as It was In former times. He
believes tbat If last boats were put on, Jtnat a good
trade could be worked up.
A pleasure party of ten persons arrived In the
city Saturday on tbe Kevstone State from Cincin
nati. They started on the return trip at 4 p. M.
yesterday. Among the number1 were II. C At
wood. H. 31. Atwood. Mrs. Irwin. Mrs. Xeyt,
Mrs. Richards, Miss Richards, Miss Bloner.
ABRANOEMENTSare being made for an excur
sion party of twenty-Svo persons who Intend
visiting Cincinnati during the May festival. Tbe
party will leave next Friday on the Scotia. Tbe
festival opens Mty 20 and closes May 24. Theodore
Thomas is tbe big card. The chorus will consist
of 500 voices.
0TJB JAVA COFFEE.
A Blight Threatens to Compel Us to Drink
Our Last Cnp Soon.
Chicago Herald.l
"Do you know," said Blackall, the coffee
man, "that within a few years you will
drink tbe last cup ot Java coffee ? The
public does not generally know that the
coffee plantations in Ceylon have been
stricken with a blight the last three four
years, which has been progressing through
the East, extending through the
islands of Java, Sumatra and others, to
the extent that it threatens the total extinc
tion of coffee culture, especially in Java.
The estimated crop in Java last year was
190,000 piculs. A picul weighs 133 pounds.
Five years ago this crop yielded 1,200.000
piculs, so you can imagine that if no mate
rial changefor the better sets in it will be
but a short' time when the world will find
'Java' coffee but a reminiscence,
"We get the other best coffees from the
Hist India Islands and Arabia, and, of
course, in them we shall find to a certain
extent a substitute for the Java. There are
also some very fine coffees grown throughout
Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador, Costa
Rico, Bogota, Maracaibo, Porto Bico and
Venezuela. The bulk of the entire coffee
product, however, comes from Brazil, which
has a peculiarity of its own. These coffees
are harsh and rank, as compared with the
milder kinds."
EVEH AT THE EIGHTH.
McKeesport and Canton Play a Close and
Exciting Game.
nsPXClAI. TKLKOBAM TO THE PISPATCH.I
McKeesport, May 6. McKeesport and Can.
ton played another great game here to-aay, and
after eight innings of very hard and exciting
play the gamo was called on account of
rain. Milbee and Williams both pitched good
ball and the crowd was greatly excited. Shonpe
batted hard for tbe home cluo.
U'KEESr'ET.B B P A fc CANTON. B B P A E
Lancer, m. .. 0
Leamon, 1 .. 0
Shoupc 2.... 0
Miller, s 0
Voss, 1. I
Jahns, 3 0
Hote. c 1
Provlns. r .. 0
Milbee, p.... 0
8 0
'1 0
3 t
2 2
Darrah, 2.... 0 0
Carr. 1 0 2
Collins, c... 0 1
Uine, 1 1 0
Dallas, :.... 1 1
Fern, s 0 1
Dillon, m... 0 1
Ashcn'b'b, r 0 0
Williams, p. 0 0
Totals .
2 4 24 8 4 Totals 2 S 24 11 1
McKeesport 0 00100102
Canton 0 00000202
SUMMARY Earned runs-MrKeesport, 1; Can
ton, 1. Two-base bits Lancer, 1; Sboupe, 2;
Dallas, I. Hit by pitcher Milbee, I. Rases on
balls Williams, 2: Milbee. I. Struck out-By
Milbee. 8: by Wlulams, 5. Double plays-Wlll-lam
s. Cline and Dallas. Passed balls-Collins, 3.
Wild pitches Williams, L Stolen bases-Carr, 2;
fern, 1. Time of game 1:30. Umpire England,
Gono After Bis Man.
Detective Carrigaa, of the Southside
police force, left for East Liverpool last
night to try and locate J. H. Grable, ex
manager of the Southtide Enterprise,
charged with using lands, without explana
tion, to the amount of several hundred dol
lars tbat had been advanced by Miss Asia
L- Higgs.
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judicious use of mercury, exposure in mias
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used instead of the worthless compounds that
are sold in this country."
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