W Transient . AflTertisements EeceiTea At tho 33rnnolL Offices of Tbe Drspatcli For to-morrow' issue np to 9 o'clock p. it. For list of branch offices in the various dis tricts gee THIttD PAGE. flte Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOB SALES. ETC., FOR TO-MORROW'S ISSUE May be handed in at tbe main adxertislnr office of THE Dispatch, corner Bmithfleld and Diamond streets, np to midnight. i'v FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. JUNE 21 1890 TWELVE PAGES. THREE CENTS. T-T fti&M&l) A DAY OFjOSPEISL No Tidings Come to Relieve The Awful Anxiety of the Scores of Watchers AT. THE FARM HILL MINE. The Strong Walls of the Mountain Fastness Still Hold Their Terrible Secret. DOUBT IS COKSTAKTLY GROWIHQ, Though Many Maintain the Belief Some of the Imprisoned Men Are let Living. That MISTERIOUS TAPPINGS AEE AUDIBLE Bat a JIIner f Irag Experience Atrncs That They Are Only the Sounds Made It Failing CoaL IHE EESCUKES' HARD TASK MAT IKD TO-DAT The anxious watchers at the Farm Hill mine traited in Tain yesterday for tidings of the entombed men. The dividing vail was sot penetrated. An old miner doubts that the sounds mentioned in previous telegrams were made fay his imprisoned comrades. He says they were metallic, and probably were made by falling coal. CFBOUA. ITATF COBBESPOXBXXT.l .Dunbab, June 20. That stunted, ugly hill back of the village has not yet given up its secret, Like a haunted cavern, its sounds are strange, "and mystery abides within. The 31 men and boys are still locked behind Its wall, and whether living or dead no mor tal knows. The dwarfed mountain has been trans formed into a vast Taj-na-hal to the rela tives or the buried miners. 'What an awful fascination it has for them may be under stood by comparing it with a newly made grave in Allegheny Cemetery. Hoping; Against Hope Xet a mother get the idea that her son in that tomb may haTe been buried ali ve,and no attraction on earth could be more irresisti ble than that which would keep her beside the mound. Xet here is a tomb in which 31 persons were not only buried alive, but even now, after the lapse of five days, may be still living. The perfect abandon with which one fair girl remains day after day in a half reclining posture among the bushes near the pit entrance proclaims the sacrcdness of the very ground itself to her, for does it not hold the form ot her missing lover, too? No single grave in Allegheny Cemetery con tains more than one treasure for the mother; but here, in this great crypt, five fathers are entombed with a son each. That means a double grave for five mothers. , Disturbed by Great Doubr. Hope is again waning. John TJphele, a digger of the morning shift in tbe relief entry, told me as he came up into the open air that he had, with others, heard taps twice to-day. He wonld not be sure that these noises indicated the presence of the lost men in that vicinity. To him the taps had a metallic sound. John Monahan, who came np from the relief entrance at 8 o'clock this evening, said in a broad Irish brogue: "It's a pity, sir, to let these women base hopes on the sounds we have been hearing in tbe Mahon ing mine. I am not an educated man, but I believe I know by 16 years' experience in digging coal underground what these sounds mean. I did hear them now and then, but although we were all quiet they had an ex plainable cause. Only the Soond of Falling Coal. "The coal has been worked out under the entry we are tunneling and the roof has had a fall. I mean by that that the slate, or bits of coal on the ceiling, are not compact, and as we walk over the top of it or work into it with our picks small lumps may Jail off and thus cause the unseen blow that makes the tap. A metallic sound is liable to ensne where slate falls. It is a mistake, 1 think, to accredit the noise to taps made by the entombed men on the wall.-' Fred Kech, pit boss at the Henry Clay mines, at Broad Ford, who has been at work here several days, feels sure the men were alive as late as yesterday, if not to-day, and be bases his beliet on a horrible, but practi cal idea. It is that as starvation pushes the men to desperation they will resort to mule flesh for subsistence. Poulble Supply of Bleat. There were four mules in the mine where the men were working at the time. Mr. Kech says the flesh of four mules would keep the 31 men and boys alive a consider able length of time. Other miners, to whom I referred this Idea, did not revolt lrom it. They say that in the mine the meu have often talked about what they would do in case of emergencies. One man remembers distinctly of such a conversation among some ot these very men who are now im prisoned. They coolly and thoughtfully confessed the possibility, and their entire willingness, of subsisting on the flesh of pit mules if ever driven to it by a fight for life. The first woman to go down nearly 4.000 feet into the Mahoning where the relief corps is working was Miss Marion Gallaher, the bright yonng newspaper writer of Pitts burg. It was risky business, and it was only after much persuasion that she was permitted to descend. She carried a safety lamp, and her visit cheered the men below. Hiss Gallaher is regarded as a heroine all over Payette county to-night. I. E. SlOFIEL. WOBKEBS APPEAE DISCOUBAGED. But Tbey Toll for Lotf, and Are Not Anxlons for Extra Money. trKOM A BTXTT COBBESrOXDETT.I Dunbab, June 2L The night shift re ported out at 1:30 this morning. They were evidently discouraged at tbe length of time j-equired to force the passage. The Dunbar Furnace Company sent a time-keeper among jae jsliel workers last evening with the in- Lf- -nliBBBBia .1. " iliifei tl f t a &SliMiitff&M2M2M.fffci&&&f&Jf2SSffrrt tfjftVtthfti- iifefa&!;r&tirfMM&mSI&fatiltiitiBfl2$ffi:i& iisffleMBBlfiSKai t&aEigf fa afte tention of paying the men wages for this extra work. The men did not give him a very hearty reception. They say they are working now for love of their missing partners not for money. WORKING AT THE WALL PROGRESS OF THE LABORS OF THE RES CUING PARTY. Seventy Feet .Nearer the Men Than on tbe Previous Day Ooe Obstruction Removed nope of Getting Into tbe Farm Hill aline To-Day. FECIAL TELSOBAJl TO THE DISPATCH.! Dunbab, June 20. It is the expectation of most of the miners who are working for the rescue of their imprisoned comrades, that the entry within which tbey are will be reached by morning. The impression still holds that some ot the men are alive, though no more rappings have been reported. All preparations have been made to take care of the men if they are brought out alive, and three physicians are on tbe grounds ready for service at a moment's notice. Nothing was to be done all day by out siders but wait at the mouth oi the Mahon ing mine for word lrom the rescuing party, which was hard at work. At the entrance there was not the excitement of last night. The physicians had all left the ground, but were holding themselves in readiness to get to the grounds on a moment's notice. The staff of physicians is a large one, including several from TJniontown and the surround ing towns, as well as the local men here. Crowds of Anxious Watchers. The crowd which gathered early in the morning was composed largely of friends and relatives of the imprisoned men. All I the mines in the region are idle, and a num ber of miners are on hand to help in the work of rescue if needed. They just stand around and patiently wait for developments. The results of last night's work were a great disappointment to the officials of the Dunbar Company. It was thought by them that the men would surely be reached by 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning. "When daylight came and the rescuing party was still 160 feet away the officials were visibly affected. The bright hopes of the morning gave way to despair, and they were ready to hold that the tapping of picks heard in the afternoon was questionable. Nothing was done to delay the work, and the whole force braced up and pushed ahead. The one incident of the day was the collapse of John Jenkins, one of the work ers, from exhaustion. To-night his physi cian, Br. T. P. Walker, thinks he cannot recover. One Hard Task Finished. "When the day shift of the rescuers came out at 8 o'clock this evening they reported that they had strnck a very heavy squeeie of "gob." It was working hard, and they had been making but small headway. Since that time D. A. Myers, one of the gentlemen in charge, came out and drove rapidly to Dunbar. Here he bought muslin and cord, and said it was for bratticing purposes. He also reported that the men inside had passed the "gob," and were making good headway. He thinks the men will be reached by 6 o'clock in the morning About 80 feet advance has been made to day. This pnts the rescuing party 70 feet from the entry containing the men if the surveys are correct Pifteen, feet of this distance is solid coal, forming the line be-J tween the Hill Farm mine and the Mahon ing. This would leave 65 feet of "gob" to go through. Work Btlll to be Done. All experts hold that a solid wall will keep the roof good for from 30 to 60 feet If this is the case here the rescuers will have a comparatively easy time of it for that num ber of feet, and may be able to walk righ' up to the solid wall of coal. In that case it is estimated that it will six hours to drive through the coal into one of the headings of the entry containing the men. If the "gab" in the 30 to 60 feet of space is very hard to work the men should be through to the coal by morning. As the men draw nearer the wall of coal which shuts off their comrades, all efforts are redoubled. The men are working with all most superhuman strength, and as soon as one shift stops work the other is right there to take its place. These have been dreary days here in Dunbar, but every one feels that the suspense is almost over now. THE ENDjS NEAR. A POSSIBILITY OF SPEEDILY LEARNING THE MINERS' FATE. Patbetle Scenes nt tbe Mine Entrance Pa tient Tet Anxious Watchers Still Linger at Midnight A Rumor That Proved Un founded hearing tbe Men. rsriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Dunbab, June 20. A trip to the month of the mine at 12 o'clock to-night showed no special change in the situation. Since 8 o'clock nothing has been heard from the face of, the entry where the men are at work. The telephone has been placed in, bnt the men are too busy to stop and telephone word out. All the physicians are on the ground and are lying around on piles of hay. Darin" the evenin?Vice President Hazzard sent for some muslin, and a rnde shelter tent has been erected. In this some of the phvsicians are to sleep, and Mr. Hazzard and some of the neighboring operators may lie down for awhile. The scene to-night is now more pathetic than it has been yet There are only a few people present, but the quiet determination with which they hang around for any item of news that turns up is more striking than the earlier and noisier demonstrations of grief. The police, the officials, every one wears a look of anxious expectancy. They feel that the end is drawing near and don't know whether to hope or fear. Mr. Hazzard said he knew nothing more than he did four hours before. He scarcely expects the men will be reached to-night, but is on the ground to take the chances. To the newspaper men he says: "I think it would be wise for you to be on the ground. Something may turn ud at anv hour." The enginein the engine house was run ning to-night, the first time since the fatal Monday, which seems months ago to the weary watchers and workers. It created considerable excitement when it was started, and the rumor spread that the break had beed made through, and the big fan was to be put in operation. It was only started, however, to haul up some coal' from the mine to be used in tbe boiler house. The first load of coal was brought up from the mine for four day. It is rumored among the men that there would likely be trouble at 2 o'clock to-morrow morning. At that hour the shift changes, and it is said the men at work now will not go out when the relief shift goes in. The men know they are getting near to the imprisoned men. They want to be on hand when the break through the coal line is :J made. They want to lee and help the men. The mine boss, who goes in at 2 o'clock, will order the men out, and the result remains to be seen. THE HOPEFUL ONES. REASONS GIVEN FOR BELIEVING SOME STILL LIVE. A Few Who Seem to (stand tho Best Cbaneo The Men Likely to Take Every Pre caution Beth Worman tins Not Lost All Hope Yet. If riCIAL TELEOKAJt TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Dunbab, June 20. Walter McCIeary, whose father is in the upper heading of the entry with his little brother, said to-night: "Father and my brother and Dan Smith have the best chances of getting out alive. I know the mine thoroughly, aud know just where my father is. Every man in that en try is alive if they ran from the direction of the slope back. They bad enough food to keep alive and plenty of lights. Then two of the men have watches, and that will be a great help it they are alive. I tell you a minute seems like an hour when yon are shut up in this way. There are some very cool-headed men in there, and tbey will take every precaution aud use every best effort to get out. Mother is feeling mighty badly, bnt I'm sure they are coming out alive." Beth Worman was in the mine all day. He came out at 6 o'clock this evening and walked down to his home in the town where he has a sick wife. His faith in the saving of some of the men alive is still strong, but he looked more worn out and dispirited this evening than ever before. "Oh, no," he said, "I have not given up hopes of getting the meu out alive. But it is certainly a lone time since those men saw daylight We have gone about 80 feet to day, but I .am afraid when we strike the cnal we will have more than 16 feet to go. The coal is solt and we ought to get through it in very good time. I don't think the men will be reached to-night If I did I'd have stayed in the mine instead of coming home, though my wife is sick. I still think the men or some of them are alive. They can last nine or ten days, and we ought to" get them long before that time." Much trouble will be experienced in getting the men, and after they are rescued, they will have to be placed in the little buggies used lor carrying out the "gob," and carefully pushed out Then stretchers will be provided and the men carried to their homes as soon as their condition will permit NO DANGER FROM GAS. THE OPINION OF SUPERINTENDENT HAZZARD LABORERS ARE SAFE. IN Sunning a New Line In tbe Hope of Reach ing tbe Prisoners Sooner Tbe Roof Probably Still Firm Hope of Rapid Progress. (SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DIKFATCH.l Dunbab, June 20. Mr. Hazzara, the General Manager of the company, is on the grounds again to-night and will remain till morning. He hopes for the best, but his faith in finding the men alive is weakening. To-night he said: "We are in almost as much ignorance as the outside public Our engineers are in the mine following the work right along. We are not- trying to run tbe opening we are making now, but we are running a diagonal line, the shortest distance across. If the line should miss the heading it will strike in one of tbe rooms on tbe other side. We am sure that we won't miss it much. The opening is being driven with the greatest care, and onr engineers are measuring up all the time. You understand we are now working through abandoned parts of the Mahoning mine, and that is what makes it so hard. "It has been held that the entry in our mine into which the men are driving will be found in the same condition as the Ma honing, but this is not true. None of the pillars have been drawn and the roof is all good. I don't think there is any danger from gas or bad air, and the work of rescue can be carried with a ruih when the men once get in. I hope we can reach them to night Onr best hope is that the 30 to 60 feet on the Mahoning side ot the wall of coal is clear. If it is what a difference it will make!" THE AIR WAS BAD, According to Inspector Kelgbley's Much Discussed Report. rsprcLU. telegram to mi dispatch.: Dunbab, June 20. There is still consid erable talk over the report of Mine Inspector Keiehley. The main points are now known. The report that the man way is bad meant that the walking was rongh and yet the men in the left entry were able to make their escape by way of it when the mine took fire. Through the same manway fbe rescuers worked for an entire day, and when Super intendent Hill was overcome by gas be was carried out There are four grades of air good, not good, bad, very bad. The air was marked not good. If it had been very bad the men themselves would have refused to go in. The drainage would not make the mine un safe. Among the visitors at the mine to-day was the Bev. Dr. Trumbull, of tbe Presby. terian, Philadelphia. He had come out to look up some cases of wondenul escape. CHARGES OF BBD3EEY. One Louisiana Legislator Arrested for Taking tbe Lottery Boodle. rurEClAt. TSXEQKAH TO TOTS DISrATCH.1 Uew Obleans, June 20. The State Legislature devoted all day to the discus sion of the Louisiana lottery proposition to extend the charter of the company 25 years for $1,000,000 a year. The debate was exciting and sen sational. Mr. Prank Koder, a member from New Orleans, was stricken with brain paralysis during the debate aud is in a critical condition. Mr. Shamuck pro nounced the bid of the English apd New York syndicate to give $1,250,000 for a lottery privilege to be a black mailing fake and charged that a leading broker and banker, and one of the wealth iest citizens of New Orleans had threatened the Louisiana Lottery Company that unless it would admit him to its scheme he would introduce a rival lottery bill in tbe Legislature and make the Louisi ana Company pay $1,600,000 lor the privi lege, as every member of the Legislature wished to speak on the subject Soon after tbe Legislature adjourned. Mr. El Stamant, representative from Ascension, was arrested, chireed by the District At torney with having received three bribes from the Louisiana Lottery Company to vote for its bill one of $1,000 in 1888, one or$10.000 June 10,1890, and another of $5,000 on June 20. The information came to the District Attorney only to-day. BEATEB BB00K DOOMED. Tbe People Deserting the Town Because of tbe Treacherous Surface. ntrXCIAI. TELEGRAM to the dispatch, i Hazletok, Pa., Jnne 20. Over 200 acres of ground caved in this afternoon at Beaver Brook. Eight houses were drawn down and wrecked. The cracks extend along the public road for about 100 feet Tbe inhabitants are deserting the town. The colliery is operated by the Bearer Brook Coal Company, NEABJIGTHECLIMAI. About All the Candidates for Gover ' nor Are in Philadelphia. QUAY STICKING TO DELAMATEB. Another Fruitless Conference With Mayor Fltler, Who is DECEIVED AS TO HIS OWN DELEGATION. The Democratic Bilnatlon is Still Very Decidedly Complicated. Senator Delamater is more confident of securing the Republican nomination than ever. Quay yesterday again told Mayor Pi tier that he would not change his policy. Fit ler believes that he can control the en tire Philadelphia delegation for Hastings, but is mistaken. TfFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DHPATCH.l Philadelphia, June 20. Senator Quay had another conference with Mayor Fitler to-day, but with the same result as that held on the preceding day. Mayor Fitler still insists that General Hastings should receive the nomination, while Senator Quay stands by his declared policy. To day's conference was held in the Mayor's office at the public buildingsand lasted about three-quarters of an hour. During the talk Mayor Fitler was very outspoken regard ing tbe Philadelphia delegation, and in sisted that it wonld vote for General Hastings, while Senator Quay argued that the delegates as elected should exercise their judgment without Senatorial or other interference. SILENT AS USUAL. Upon Senator Quay's return to the Conti nental Hotel he was asked: "What is tbe situation now regarding the Bepublican nomination for Governor?" "It remains the same," he replied, "and I cannot give you any additional informa tion. I have repeatedly announced my policy, and I intend standing by that." The anti-Delamater lorces have for the past month been engaged in a systematic effort to scare Quay, and to drive him into declaring for the nomination of some one of the Bepublican candidates other than Dela mater. Parties throughout tbe State have been requested to write letters to Quay say ing that Delamater, if nominated, cannot be elected. For some time Quay was very much worried, apd was tempted to declare that a new man should be chosen, but tbe strong indorsement given to Senator Dela mater's candidacy by the independent Re publicans and business men of this city dis pelled all such thoughts from Senator Quay's mind. delamateb's fbiends pleased. Senator Quay's refusal to join the Fitler procession has pleased the Delamater forces, because they are confident that their favorite will receive tbe nomination. Onlv by the most aggressive work on the part of the National Chairman could Uelamater's nom ination be prevented. The impression has gone forth that Mavor Fitler can control nearly all of the Philadel phia delegates to the Bepublican State Con vention, bnt the truth is the men who have had. themselves elected are, as a rule, men who could have been chosen despite (he open hostility -c lbs local administration.' The truth is that Mayor Fitler has de ceived himself. He has not been deceived, and the local leaders in charge of the delega tion know full well that in spite of their desire to give Hastings as many votes as possible, they will not be able to keen the delegates from voting for Delamater's nomi nation. ANXIOUS TO PLEASE HIM. Messrs. Martin and Porter are both anxious to please the-Mayor, but the dele gates who understand the" situation, claim ing that the Crawford county Senator is a winner, will vote for his nomination on the first ballot of tbe convention. The leaders of the city delegation will go to Harrisburg on Monday, the remainder of the delegation following on Tuesday, on which night a caucus will be held in one of the committee rooms of the Senate. The names of the members of the State Committee from the several districts will be handed in, as well as those who are to serve on the various committees, but no action will be taken re garding the nomination. Senator Quay, accompanied by his son Bichard, left ior home on the 4:32 train tn. day. Prior to his leaving the Continental Hotel he was called upon by a number of Bepublican politicians, including Charles A. Porter, David Martin, Collector of the Port Cooper, C. Wesley Thomas, Special Deputy Collector Ellery P. Ingham, of ocuuyiK.ui county, uoies Penrose, Magis trate Thomas W. Sonth, Bepresentatives Taggart, Shoemaker and Bean, of Mont gomery county. PLENTY OF CANDIDATES THERE. Senator Delamater, who has all along been confident of securing the Bepublican nomination for Governor, is still at the Lafavette Hotel, where General Hastings and Secretary Stone, the other candidates, are also stopping. Ex-Senator Wallace left forCleveland to-day. Before taking the train he expressed the ntmost confidence in his securing the Democratic nomination for Governor, and intimated that the nomina tion will be made on tbe first ballot of the convention. The Wallace forces say that of the 29 dele gates instructed for; Pattison a number of them are among his warmest friends and supporters. The Pattison lorces will gather at the Westminster Hotel at Scranton, while the Wallace forces will muster at the Wyoming. A CWTTEST IK MONTGOMEBY. The Wallace and Pattison People Deter mined to Have the Delegates. lEFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCH.I Nobbistown, June 20. Montgomery county Democrats are pulling the wires for the election of State delegates by the county convention, which meet in this place next Tuesday. There are two factions in the county, one desiring tbe election of Pattison delegates and the other determined to have Wallace men-sent from this countv to the State Convention. Tbe Wallace men assert that the Pattison suDporters, under the marshalihip ot County Chairman Quill man and members of the County Committee, nave "setup delegates in certain districts. The Wallace faction say they are watching these actions and are not afraid to fight, if forced to. They say, however, that they do not want an open fight in the convention next Tnesday, out they will resixt the giving ot instructions to the delegates elected to vote for Pattison. William A. Wallace, It is asserted, has been furnished with a list of his supporters in the county, and also a list of men who are working to secure the nomination of ex Governor Pattison. A tremendous influence is brought to bear to turn the workers from one chieftain to another. William M. Singerly and ex-Postmaster Harrity of Philadelphia, are said to be both getting in their work. One Hundred Ballots Without Result. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TII DISPATCH.' New Castle, June 20. After taking 100 ballots without coming to any decision the Congressional delegates convention ad journed at 1020 this evening to meet in New Castle on Julyl, at 750 p. M, ir A CURIOUS CAMPAIGN. CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR STUMPING TOGETHER. ARE The Farmers' Alliance Are Taking an Active Part In tbe Politics of Georgia Possibly the Long-Expected Break tn the Solid Sonlb. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Atlanta, June 20. The gubernatorial campaign was opened in this State to-day by a joint discussion in Gwynette county, at which Colonel Thomas Hardeman and Mr. W. J. Northen were present The campaign presents the singular spec tacle of being conducted by the Farmers' Alliance, that body through its officers directing the Democratic Executive Committee what to do, and the latter complying with an alacrity truly an gelic By a trade two weeks ago the Alli ance leaders parceled out the offices of the State among themselves. This drew Colonel Hardeman into the field, who announced himself as a candidate for tbe Democratic nomination untrammeled by side issues. He appointed this day, in Lawrencevilie, ior me opening or bis campaign ana in vited Northen to be present Three thou--sand people met the candidates and a dis cussion in the ante-bellum style ensued. Colonel Hardeman charged that tbe purpose of the Alliance was to break up the Dem ocratic party, and thus prepare the way for negro rute. He reminded his hearers of what negro rule was in 1868-70. ' Northen replied by saying that Hardeman's only stock in trade was the feeling of the people on the prejudices of 20 years ago. and fighting for the men who held public office as a profession. A cross-firing of words ensued, in which much quickness of fupartee was displayed. The candidates are now to stump the State together until August 7, the date of the State Convention. ACTIVE HT ABMSTBOJIG. The Democrats Will Nominate n County Ticket and Instruct for Pattison. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Kittannino, June 20. To-morrow the Democratic primary election in this county takes place. The chief contest is for the office of commissioner, for which eight can didates are in the field. Only two names are presented for the Legislature J. E. Carna han and F. B. McVay and they, of course, will be nominees. For Prothonotary and Begister and Becordder, the convention will have to select can didates, as none are announced. Delegates to the State Convention are not chosen the same as the other candidates', "but are selected by the Executive Committee, which has been called to meet on Monday next,the same day as that on which the return dele gates assemble. Some of the candidates for State delegates have been electioneering on the limited material at their command with a zeal equal to that displayed by those struggling for tbe commissione'rship. Six would-be delegates have declared themselves in the field, most of whom have voiced a personal pre erence for Pattison for Governor. Of late there has been a noticeable leaning of the rank and file toward the ex-Governor, and should the committee be governed by what now seems to be the desire of the majority, it will either choose delegates favorable to" Pattison or instruct those selected to work in his favor. The Democratic primaries in this county have frequently been allowed to go by delault, but the prospects for to-morrow indicate that there will be a very fair vote polled. ABGTJMEHTS FOB WALLACE. One of His Adherents Tells Why Ho Should be Nominated. rSPEClAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Habrisbubq, June 20. Ex-Auditor General Temple, who is a delegate from Greene county to the Democratic State Con vention, said here to-day that his county was for Wallace for Governor because her Democrats favor straight Democracy, and want a statesman to fill the executive chair, and because they believe that Wallace has a positive strength, both as an organizer and as a representative of the conservative busi ness interest of the State, which would add greatly to the Democratic, poll in Novem ber. The talk that' Pattison would receive a large number of Bepublican votes, he said, came from Bepublicans who are attempting to lorce vuay to arop ueiamater. Alter tbe convention there would be very little of that sort of thing left. Wallace's strength would be solid and lasting. He spoke of the distinguished suc cess of the ex-Senator in the United States Senate, in which he was recognized a leader by Thurman, Bayard aud Beck. It would not do to turn down such a man in order that some personal preference might be sub served. In the opinion of the ex-Auditor General formed after a tour over a large portion of the State Wallace would be nomi nated. DID KOT SUIT ME. C00PEB. Tbe Collector Deposes nn Editor and Takes Charge of His Organ. Chesteb, June 20. The Bobinson Cooper contest in this county assumed a new phase by Collector Cooper taking edi torial charge of his Chester organ, the Daily News. For some time tbe Newt has been edited by Joseph Add. Thomson, the pub lisher being William A. Bowan. Mr. Thomson's editorials have been too mild to suit the Collector in his recent efforts to "down Jack Bobinson," and last night the sanctum ot the News was the scene of a lively war of words over an editorial written Dy Mr. Cooper, and which Editor Thomson refused to publish and be responsible for. Mr. Cooper was impera tive, and as be is the largest owner in the paper Mr. Thomson had to give way and the result is his name is to-day taken from the News mast-head and a double-leaded edi torial from the Collector's pen appears, signed "The Publisher." Mr. Cooper's action in assuming control of his paper is construed to be a confession that the Bobinson tide has been setting so forcibly in this city as to require some daily onset, as the Chester Times has been ham mering the Cooper-Johnsou ring so hard. MAY JUMP TO PATTISOIT. New Phase In the Democratic Situation In Dauphla Coudty. Habbisbubo, June 20. Postmaster Meyers will be the next Chairman of the Democratic State Committee in the event of Wallace's nomination for Governor, but otherwise he would not accept the place. He is an out-and-out Wallace man, and has been dealing the Pattison people some heavy blows in his Patriot. He was suc cessful in obtaining a truce with the faction headed by Mayor Fritchey long enough to capture a solid delegation from this county for Wallace, but there are rumors now that the delegation is liable to jump to Pattison. It isnot probable that the entire delega tion will flop, but there may be a serious de fection. Mayor Fritchey does not care much for Wallace, and he is not particularly smitten with Pattison, but local require ments may cause a change of front on his part in favor of the Philadelphia candidate. The situation was serene a week ago for the Wallace people, but at this time there is an uncomfortable uncertainty hedging it about. Posinl Telegraph BUI Postponed. Washington. June- 20. The House Postoffice Committee, at the meeting to-day, decided tO DOStDOna Until nevt Tlwnlr the proposition for a postal telegraph. d""liJs1 llWlff llifesliffiln fii -&- w-lJii i'r ''iii.lVinHfiiis ttfffnfr&fiiifcffil V " '"I - - 'J ' REFUSED A MILLION. Mr. Leland Offered the Enormous Bribe of One Million Dollars BY THE LAKE FRONT EIKGSTEES. A Steal on Foot in Chicago Which Wonld Bring a Blush to the LEADERS OF THE OLD TWEED EING. A World's Fair location Scheme Causes a Sensation in the Windy City. The dispute over the ownershipof the lake front at Chicago, which is desired by tbe World's Fair Committee as a location for the Exposition, is developing a bitter fight Mr. Leland openly charges tbe Illinois Central and the City Council with being interested in a $1,000,000 bribe. Chicago, Jnne 20. The ownership of the Lake Front Park, 1,000 feet wide and extending from Bandolph street to Park row, nearly a mile in length between Mich igan avenue and the lake shore, has long been in dispute. Tne riparian right is the bone of contention, and claim is laid to itby the State of Illinois, the city of Chicago and the Illinois Central Bailroad Company. Mr. Leland, as the owner of property abutting on this park, has been fighting all encroachments upon it, and has declared his intention to fight the location of the World's Fair thereon, negotiations to which' end have been in progress between tbe directors and the Illinois Central Company. befused a bbibe. Mr. Leland is quoted as saying: "A bribe of- $1,000,000 was once offered me to cease my warfare in behalf of the preserva tion of the Lake Front Park, and yet there are those who believe that I am fighting a phantom, and who ridicule the idea ot there being a steal on foot" "A steal I" he echoed, his eyes flashing. "A steall Why, sir, there has been a steal on foot be side which the aggregated operations of the notoiions Tweed ring pale into insignifi cance. It was one year ago that the bribe was offered me. If the steal were of such gigantic proportions, then, before the propo sition to extend the park 1,000 feet into the lake was made, of what size do you think it is now? It is over $200,000, 000. Who is back of the steal? Is it the Illinois Central Bailroad, or the City Coun cil? I do not know. Perhaps it is one. Perhaps it is the other. Perhaps it is both, A stretch of the imagination may enable one to believe that it is neither; but as such a steal could not be accomplished without the consent of the City Council, and, as the Illinois Central Bailroad is commercially more greatly interested in the disposition of the property than anyone else, the belief that neither is interested can be but of short life. I will fight any addition being made to it, or any bnildings being pnt up on it, so long as I have a dollar of my own and any credit, unless the property be turned over to the South Park Commissioners and their right to it con firmed by the Council, the Legislature and by Congress, with the understanding that the property shall be used exclusively for park purposes forever. Ifought hard to get the Fair here; but hard as I fought, it was nothing to what I will fight to prevent the gobbling up of the Lake Front Park by the Illinois Central Bailroad. What, foreign ers own our Breathing place ? I guess not I was offered a miliion to keep my hands off, but I will spend a million and borrow more to keep foreign poachers, or any poachers for that matter, off. FIGHTING THE ILLINOIS CENTBAL. "The Illinois Central mnst not be al lowed to steal the Lake Front Its stock holders want it no doubt and will spend millions to get it; for every million in that direction means, if the park will be se cured to them, $10,000,000 in return. The valne of tbe property cannot at present be estimated. One hnndred millions would freely be paid for the Lake Front Park as it stands now, the riparian rights included, but when 1,000 feet more shall have been added to its width and the whole bnilt upon, it would be increased in value not 100 per cent but many hundred per cent And with such a rich feast in store for those who secure it, is it to be wondered at that corrupt public officials are willing to sell their trusts to have a seat at the table? "This Stuyvesant Fish, the President of the Illinois Central, is a shrewd man, a capable man of affairs, and in his hands the stockholders of the Illinois Central feel that their interests are safe. He was a World's Fair director and resigned. Why? .Because of business." Mr. Leland is then quoted in detail as to his effort to maintain the Lake Front free from buildings, including the Inter-State Industrial Exposition, and tbe opposition which he has met from successive city gov ernments, intimating that there were mone tary influence back of their opposition. HO'W" THE BBIBE WAS OFFEBED. Beturning to the offer of the $1,000,000 bribe to himself, Mr. Leland than told how a well-known citizen came to him a year ago and talked about tbe value of tbe Lake Front from a commercial point of view and continued: "Well, when he had finished, he asked me if I didn't agree with him, and I acknowl eged I believed his calculations were not overdrawn. Then he turned suddenly to me, sat down and said: "Leland, do you want to make $1,000,000. "Ot course 1 do, it A can make it honor ably," I replied. "Well, Leland, you can do so easily. If you will simply bother yourself no more about the Lake Front Park, but remain pas sive to whatever is aone, j. can let you in on the deal so that you will get $1,000,000." "Thunderstruck at the magnitude of 'the plot and maddened that anyone who knewme should think me bribable, I sprung up and ordered the man to go back to the gang that sent bim to me and tell the members that for $1,000,000 they could not buy a hair of my head; that I had children and I had no desire that when they had grown they should have me, their father, pointed out to them as the man who, for $1,000,000, bad sold the city's lungs. The man left and did not return." "What is his name?" "That I may not tell," said Mr. Leland, somewhat excitedly, as he related the story. "I may not tell, because I promised the man that unless I was obliged to do so I should not reveal his name. But tli e fact is exactly as I have related. And because of it I have no hesitancy in saying that a steal was and undoubtedly is on foot." "Do you think tbe Illinois Central is back of the steal now." THE BAILBOAD'S INTEBEST. "I have no positive knowledge of such a fact Bnt the spectacle of that corporation, which has never been noted for its generos ity, or even liberality-the spectacle of it, T say, ofier.ng to tarnish? the means to fill in the Lake Front one thousand feet into the lake is, I think, worthy of some careful con sideration. 'And the World's Fair Direc tors, in dealing with the Illinois Central, should exercise the greatest care lest they fall into a trap; for a trap, I truly believe, is being set for them. This sudden generosity on the part of tbe Illinois Central gives it a very suspicious look. The stock of that corporation is held principally in Holland and England, and what do stockholders in those countries care for our World's Fair? Moreover, what should nmmnttliT1MnnI fVntral t favnr hnlHinir the fair on the Lake Front, when by hold-1 ing it in Jackson Park its receipts from pas senger traffic would be quadrupled? Where, indeed, unless it has designs on the Lake Front The idea of the directors of the fair calling on the Illinois Central and es pecially going down to New York to do it is wrong. THE DIBECTOBS' PBEFEBENCE. The dieectorsof ihe World's Fair for mally declared a preference for the lake front site this afternoon. There was only one dissenting vote. A resolution was then adopted instructing the Committee on Giounds to enter into nego tiations with tbe city of Chicago, the Illi nois Central Bailroad and all other interest ed parties to secure an area on the lake front of not less than 250 acres, to be bound ed on the north by Monroe street The directors are to hold another meeting June 23, which is just prior to the gathering of the National Commissioners. IN THE TORNADO'S TRACK. SEVERE STORMS PASS OVER WESTERN ILLINOIS, CAUSING LOSS OF LIFE. Houses Wrecked nnd Barns Demolished A Scboolbouse Blown to Atoms Hail Storm la Minnesota Ruins the Crops The Storm General Throughout the Northwest. Cobnell, III., June 20. A tornado passed west of here this afternoon in a path 80 rods wide and about four miles in length. Everything in its path was either totally wrecked or badly damaged. Four people were probably fatally injured and several others slightly hurt The storm struck the house of S. Plymire, tearing it to pieces and terribly injuring Mr. Plymire. The resi dences of William Vincamp and J. M. Bradley were unroofed, out buildings destroyed, and Vincamp and Bradley slightly hurt The bonse and barn of William Sutclifie were badly damaged, but the families escaped with a few1 bruises. The moit extensive wreck was at W. D. Connor's. His house, barn and other outbuildings were complete ly demolished, and Mr. Connor and wife re ceived fatal injuries. The schoolhouse, a short distance east, was blown to pieces, not a timber being left standing. Fortunately the school was not in session at the time. A son of Mr. Morrison was badly hurt by flying debris. C. C. Leonard's bouse and outbuildings were badly damaged, one of his boys being probably fatally injured and three others slightly hurt A VILLAGE DESTROYED. A Town Rained, Four Persons Killed and Eighteen Injored. Ddcon, III., June 20. A terrible cy clone passed through the southern part of this county this evening. It passed through the village of Sub lette, tearing down all of tbe prominent buildings and killing four per sons and wounding several others. A strip of farm houses southeast of the village was also desolated and many persons hurt. A school house, in Brooklyn township, containing 24 children, was entirely wrecked, and 18 children injured. HEAVY BAHTFALL Iff MnmESOTA. Farms Washed of Everything Movable by the Morm. St. Chables, Minn., June 20. The great hail storm Wednesday extended over five miles southeast, varying from on'-balf to two miles in width, doing great damage .to all kinds of crops. This storm was im mediately followed by the heaviest rainfall in ten years, registering 2.16 inches in 18 minutes. Many farms that were already stripped by bail were washed of everything movable, incluaing fences and bridges. Estimate of damage is $75,000. HAD A CYCLONE CELLAB. A Farmer In North Dakota Hides la the Cellar and Saves His Life.' Lasioube, N. Dak., June 20. A tre mendous rain fell between this place and Fargo yesterday. Fields were flooded. A tew days ago a hurricane demolished two farm houses in the northeastern part of this county, and also a granarvon a third farm. No one was seriously hurt Mr; McCann was from home. Peter Nelson was found safely in the cellar. SILVERMANAGAIN AT IT. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE BUSINESS FLOURISHING ONCE MORE. A Carload of Beer Received at Leechborg and Nearly Alt Disposed Of The Re quest of the Junior Mechanics Not to Sell at Apollo Granted. rSFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THX DISPATCH.1 Leechbubg, June 20. The "original package" business opened up again in lull glory. A car containing 65 barrels of beer in quarters and eighths came in this after noon. Mr. Silverman and P. J. Linnon, of this place, have gone into partnership and the business is to be carried on in the room now occupied by Linnon as a cigar store and bitters factory. At 7 o'clock this even ing ten barrels had been sold and taken away. The 62 quarters in the cargo did not last an hour. On account of the picnic at Apollo to morrow, the Jnnior Order of American Mechanics of this place, sent to Mr. Silver man a request not to sell any beer there. Mr. Silverman gave his word to them he would not do so. As a resnlt the train this evening was loaded with kegs for that place from the city, to supply private orders. The building In which the sales are con ducted belongs to Mr. Fred Grobheiser, and the Committee of Twenty have shown him the law in regard to renting houses for such purposes. So far as can be learned no con certed action is being taken against the parties now selling. At tbe rate sales are now being made the car will last but a short time. "The boys" are very much exercised for fear there will be no drink on hand on tbe Fourth of July. COMMITTED THE CELESTIAL. The Chinaman Who Abdacted a 15-Year-Old Girl Held. New Yobk, June 20. John Wah Lee Mon, the ugly Chinaman who was arrested Sunday on arrival from Providence by the steamer with a 15-year-old girl and charged with abduction, was to-day up before the Police Magistrate at the Jefferson Market Police Court He had at first given the name of Sam Lee. The girl "had called her self Annie Lawrence and said she was an orphan. Investigation showed her name was Lizzie Scott, and that her parents lived at No. 4 Tallman street, Providence. Her abductor was found to have an American wife at No. 1 Mott street, this city. The girl saysshe came here to visit John's wile. She told the story of her ruin. The Court reserved its decision and committed the Celestial in $1,600 bail. Itallnn Imratgrants Bound for Pittsburg. New Yobbt, Jnne 20. Six Italian and 20 Hungarian immigrants were detained at tbe barge office to-day on suspicion that tbey are contract laborers. Ihe Italians were going i Pittsburg. DOATIOFWAR . Vf Powdeh igns Ihe Officers of thBt!on, Who HeVe AT ONCE LIARS AND CURS. The Knights of Lahor Will Ko Longer Submit to Any Insult. IMMEKSE CROWD AT THE MEETING Gompers Declines to Meet the Master Workman in Debate. SOME TEEI ISTEEESTlKti MI3SITE3 Master Workman Powderly was the only speaker at the Cooper Union meetiag last night In vigorous Saxon he accused the officers of the American Federation of d liberate falsehood. In the future the Knights of Labor would wage bitter war upon them. Powderly's sentiments were heartily cheered. tSPECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISrATCH.3 New Yobk, June 20. The discussion of the issue between tbe Knights of Labor and tbe American Federation of Labor, at Cooper Union to-nizbt, proved to be a one sided affair, Mr. Powderly being the only one to do the talking. It was an interesting discussion for all that, because the K. of L. leader used the occasion to issue a hot declaration of war against the officers of the Federation, whom he denounced in unmeas ured terms. It was expected until to-day that Presi dent Gompers, of the Federation, would be present to enter into debate with Powderly, but Mr. Gompers became convinced that he was being trapped into a single-handed combat with all the Knights of Labor leaders, and he insisted on knowing the terns of the engagement. So he made in quiries of tbe Master Workman. INTEBESTING CORRESPONDENCE. Mr Powderly wrote to Mr. Gompers to day that his previous letter was not a challenge to Mr. Gompers to meet him in debate, but that Mr. Gompers would be welcome to meet him, and him alone, on the platform to discuss the charges brought by the Federation against the Knights, they two to divide equally the entire time allotted to that subject, and tbe other busi ness to proceed afterward. Mr. Gompers sat down and wrote back a letter insisting that Mr. Powderly's letter was a challenge, and that Mr. Powderly ex pected either that Mr. Gompers would not accept it, or that he would be entrappad -into a packed meeting. He declines to.be put into a prologue and to die in the first scene, while Powderly and the rest oi his characters continue the tragedy or farce. He winds up by saying: SOME STBONG LANGUAGE. Mr. Powderly, all throngh your letter yon hem and haw and bedje. You palpably betray the weakness of your position, and will stand before the general public as a pettifoger. You remind me that I was once a member of jour order. I want to call your attention to tbe fact that so were many hundreds of thousands of others who learned tbe doable-dealing meth ods of you and your confreres. I desire to add that any accusations ever made by me against any persons have either been substantiated or am willlne at any time to substantiate them, and now, within tbree hours of your proposed meeting, I stand ready to meet you under the conditions named in my letter of yesterday. There was a great crush at Cooper Union before the doors were opened at 7:40 o'clock. The hall was filled in five minutes, and then tbe doors were closed by the police. George Warner, who presided, stated that the object of the meeting was to make reply to the accusations which had been made by the officers of the American Federation of Labor. Alexander Wright, a member of the Executive Board, said that in Mr. Gompers' absence, the discussion of the pending differences would be left entirely to Mr. Powderly. NO MISDEEDS TO AN 8 WEB FOB. Mr. Powderly said they were not there to answer for any misdeeds. "We are not here," he said, "simply and solely to enter in detail into the causes that led to the present misunderstanding, not between the American Federation of Labor and us, but between the officers of the Federation and us. With the rank and file of the trades unions of the world we have no quarrel and will have no quarrel. With those who throw stumbling blocks in the way of the general cause of labor we have a quarrel, and it will go on from to-day until labor wins or is vanquished. For an honest foe I have respect, but for those who seek a quarrel only to hide their own defects, I have only contempt and such has been the course of some in this movement" Mr. Powderly then read Mr. Gompers' last letter, which he said was handed him just before the meeting opened. He had re ferred the letter to such members of the Executive Board as were with him, and they had decided, that inasmuch as Gompers re fused the proposition to divide the time with him, nothing was left but to close further communication with him. Mr. Powderly then entered upon a detailed review first of the history of the action of the Knights of Labor with regard to the eight-hour movement EIGHT TO THE POINT. "The officers of the American Federation of Labor have wilfully and deliberately lied," he said, "when they have said that I opposed the eight-hour movement of 1880. I issued that circular because I am not in favor of making foolish effort. Tbe ques tion is how to reach it We believe in prac tical effort The Knights of Labor never took part in that movement of 1886. The organization which did start it crawled under the barn, and, when the fight was over it pulled its name under the barn after it, and it has never come out since." Mr. Powderly then ridiculed the officers of the Federation for having fixed May 1, 1890, as the date for making the fight for eight hours, and then when failure became inevitable having coolly declared that they merely meant that agitation, with that end in view, should begin on that date. Then the speaker took up tbe list of trades and membership, aggregating some 640,000, given iu the lait report of the Federation, and analyzed it Organization after organ ization given in tbe list, he declared, had no connection whatever with the Federation. Continued on Bcvcnih -Page.
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