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FORTY-ITFTH YEAR.
NO ANSWERING TAPS,
The Tireless Workers at Farm
Hill Signal in Vain ttf
Their Fellows.
UNCERTAIN AS TO DISTANCE
Bnt the Guiding Minds Feel Sure
That Only a Few More Feet
Remains to be Cat.
AFEESH EXPLOSION HAT OCCUR
And tjie Anxious Miners at the Fit
Month May he Called Upon to
:- Ee&cne the Bescners.
DAMAGE SUITS ALEEADI TALKED OF.
jTW'Iilwr Ornnuatloiis Stxi Beady to BaeiLfcal
Steps When the Responsibility Is
tVi Once Established.
,60TS THAT AEE LIKE EEKEHISE 15 THE GLOOM
Yesterday the -workers at the Farm Hill
Mine stopped their work and signaled. No
answer came through the walls of black.
Still there is hope. Considerable uncer
tainty as to directions is cropping out.
Damage suits will be filed if the company
is responsible for bad ventilation.
tmox A ETArr cohbespohdikt.
Dunbab, June 21. "For men must
work and women weep, though the harbor
bar be moaning." As a write, I am pain
fully reminded of the above lines from
Kingsley's beautiful poem of the "Three
Fishers." The men who go down in shifts
and the miners entombed alive, meet a hor
rible fate, but the awful suspense of the
fisherman's wife during a storm is the same
agony that the women are enduring here to
day. The miners have not jet been rescued,
dead or alive.
"If ire don't reach them on this shift,"
said Peter "Wise, encouragingly, this even
ing, "we hope to meet with them to-morrow
morning. The prospects are more favorable
than ever. The solid coal has been struck,
and it only remains to be cnt through."
A Hundred Feet at 8 O'clock.
From the men who came out at 8 o'clock
it was learned that about 100 feet of coal re
mains to be cut before the ill-fated Farm
Hill mice is reached -and where the men, if
alive, are snpposed to be. Bo many conflict
ing rumors are afloat about sounds
that have been heard from the en
tombed men that the majority of
people do not believe that any signs were
ever given. The miners who work at the
face insist that no signals of the buried men
were heard by the .rescuing party, though
Inspector Evans ssys that too many reliable
conservative miners claim to have beard
the sounds to make him discredit the report.
If the men are not smothered or crushed un
der heavy falls, it is not unreasonable to
suppose that they are still living.
The same old scenes were enacted about
the pit mouth of the Mahoning mine. The
beautiful girl waiting longingly for a
glimps of her imprisoned lover still kept up
her faithful vigiL Another man sat beside
her on the seat under the bushes and talked
with her while she tried to eat her simple
lunch. Three anxious mothers with their
little flocks playing at their feet leaned
against the dividing fence and eagerly list
ened for any word of hope. The same crowd
occupied their places on the high bank of
dirt overlooking the mine, where they
watched the pit-mouth and waited to spread
the joyful news as soon as rescue was made.
Idle persons, attracted by enriosity, pressed
as close to the police lines as they dared.
Plenty f Bran Men.
Inside the lines all was bustle and
activity. Miners were getting ready to
enter the pit on another shift. As they
entered the mouth they were given a safety
lamp. There was no lack of men. As their
names were called out they stepped up and
were ready to go to work. Young
Bigley, a brother of tvo of the im
prisoned men, insisted on going down.
Peter "Wise advised bim not to go, and
finally Inspector Evans said to him: ".Now,
my boy, I lost a wife and four children in
the Johnstown flood. I know what it is to
feel the loss of a friend, and I remember
that other people could do more in the work
of rescue than I could. Don't go. Go back
borne," and then young Bigley turned away
saddened and willing to wait results.
The general feeling to-night is that the
men will soon be rescued. Some thoaght
that by 2 o'clock they would be reached and
it wouldn't be later than 10 o'clock in the
morning. This afternoon the men were
catting through at the rate of five feet an
hour and up to 2 o'clock had removed 39
feet One old room was struck and that
was so mnch gained. The rescuing party
hope to strike others and everyone will aid
them.
Not Snre of tbe Direction.
Every now and then the horrible thought
flashes across the minds of the men, "What
if we should not be on right track?" It is
barely possible they are following the
course of the coal. The mine is well sup
plied with maps, and the inspectors and
tbe most intelligent miners feel snre
they are pursuing the proper direc
tion. Ralph Yardiy, one of the men
working at the face who came
out 8 o'clock this evening said: ".We can't
tell how soon we will reach the men. We
are making good progress and that is all
that can be said at present. I don't think
4they will be rescued before to-morrow if
then."
On the shift last night S6 men went down.
This is 16 more than worked before in one
,ang. Everybody Jeels coufideot that some
thing will turn op before many hours elapse.
'ThVpeonle are becoming very nervous. "I
t'op" said Inspector Evans, "that we ret
"tiUm to-night, for if we do we can properly 1
care for them. It will be simply impossible
to keep back the crowd to-morrow."
Another Explosion Possible.
Some of the men are afraid that when
they cut through there may be another ex
plosion, and the rescuing party may be de
stroyed. "These men are taking their lives
in their hands," remarked a miner. "They
can't tell what minute we may have to turn
in to rescue the Tescuers," and yet these
brave fellows grit their teeth and go to
work 4,000 feet under the earth with a
strong determination to reach their buried
brethren.
A tent has been erected for the doctors
and to meet all emergencies, nearby to the
eating house where meals are served by the
company to the men.
Alexander Bomesburg, another face
miner, made the following statement: "I
feel sure the men will be rescued not later
than 1 o'clock to-morrow. Are they alive?
I don't know. The trapper boy,
John Devanney, is dead. I saw
his body last Monday on the
slope. I recognized him but found I could
not get him out without pulling his head
off. Th'e party concluded when we were
sure he was dead to press on farther and see
if we couldn't get out some of the living.
When we came back the current of air had
changed and it was impossible to get at
young Devanny. The chances are that his
body has been burned by this time on the
slope. We never heard any sounds from
imprisoned men and I don't believe any
body else did."
No Answer Received.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon the shift made
three taps and scratched the coal with picks,
which is the miners' universal signal of
distress It was kept up for 10 minutes, but
no answer was received. This incident dis
couraged tbe men very much, and those who
were'nearly exhausted from hard work, con
cluded that their imprisoned fellows must
be dead.
Late this afternoon Manager Haxzard
telegraphed to Samuel Dickson, one of the
owners of the mine who lives in Philadel
phia, that the progress of the work was so
discouraging that he had abandoned
all hope of reaching the men
alive, and then he added that there
would be no immediate loss to the property.
This fact only shows that the owners are
looking after pecuniary features, though it
mnst be said they are doing what they can
to prosecute the work of rescue.
A little incident that shows the pulse of
the people occurred this afternoon. A tem
perance meeting was to have been
held in the Methodist Church to
morrow evening. The orator for the
occasion wished to announce that it
was postponed. With his Prince Albert
closely buttoned he mounted the platform
in front oi a store and beckoned to the peo
ple to draw nearer. The crowd took him
for a patent medicine fakir and a miner
boldly announced they
Didn't Want Any Nonsense,
in the town at this time. The orator, how
ever, soon explained, and the meeting was
postponed for a week. The preachers in
the various churches to-morrow are expected
to make some allusions to the disaster, and
it is whispered that some of them will rake
the company for carelessness.' The tired
reporters will have to crawl out of their
couches pretty early -to-raorrow, but then
they only get about lour hours sleep per day
anyhow.
So far but one case of exhaustion has oc
curred. John Jenkins, while working at
the face yesterday morning fainted away
from exhaustion, and was carried from
the mine. He had worked several
turns and had refused to be relieved.
Dr. J. P. Walker, who attended him,
thought he would die, but to-day he is
rallying somewhat and will live. Many of
the men are in the same danger as Jenkins,
as they are unwilling to quit work and are
wearing themselves out.
Mrs. John Hays, whose husband is in the
mine, has been presented with the house she
occupies by Captain J. M. Hustead, man
ager of the store of the fnrnace company.
Hays had purchased the prop
erty from Hustead, and was paving
for it out of his monthly
wages. At his death there was considerable
balance due, bnt the captain generously
overlooked this snm. This and many other
kindnesses showed the bereaved lamilies
goes to lighten their great sorrow. Mrs.
Hayes' health is seriously impaired. Grave
doubts have been expressed as to whether
she will ever fully recover ber reason.
Talk About Sails.
It is stated that suits for damage will be
entered against the Dunbar Furnace Com
pany if it is proven the explosion was caused
bv lack of ventilation. Inspector Keighley,
in bis report of May 19, said the
ventilation in the mine was very
bad. Vice President Turner, of the
United Mine Workers, was at the Hill
Farm mine to-day making, investigations
and trying to ascertain the trne cause of the
calamity. Peter Wise, another official of
the United Mine Worker, is also'at Dunbar
making investigations and assisting
in tbe search for the imprisoned
miners. The great interest manifested by the
Knights of Labor and other like organiza
tions In the fate of the Dunbar miners is due
to the fact that every miner is a member of
tbe order in excellent standing.
If it is proven that the mines were not in
fit condition prior to the explosion, the or
ganization will defray the expense of suits
for the widows against the owners.
Tho Midnight Situation.
At 12 o'clock to-night a miner came out
from the face of the mine. They have now
been working in solid coal lor some time,
and it is squeezing and bumping
to such an extent that the rescuing
party think they will cut through
in a few hours. They believe that the en
tombed miners are not more than 150 feet
away from where the opening will be made.
It is' believed a few hours will have to be
consumed in removing "gob" and (alien
slate from the other side, and to get the air
in circulation
All arrangements have been made to send
four men through the opening and to keep
three men at it The othtrs will be arranged
along the cut. Those at the pit mouth are
in a leverish state. They are carrying out
their blankets and getting in readiness, as if
they expected to reach the men at once.
lSBAEL.
C0BBI2J WILL EESIGK.
A. A. ATflieod. Will boon bo President of tbe
Rending Railroad.
IgnCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE PISPATCH.1
Philadelphia. June 21 a t.k
Keim, to-night, confirmed the report that
Anstin Corbin would resign an Tr..;,l,,f nf
the Beading Bailroad Company In favor of
A. A. McLeod, the first Vice President
Mr. Keim is a director oi the road and
President of the Beading Coal and Iron
Company. Mr. Corbin is now in Europe
bnt it is understood that his formal realgna,
tion was received to-day by the Board o
Directors, and contains a strong suggestion
of Mr. McLeod as his choice of a successor.
It is probable that a special meeting of
the board will be called lor the early part ot
tbe week to take action on the resignation.
Mr. Keim said late to-night that he knew of
Mr. Corbin s intention to resign, and that
the President told him oi it just before sail
ing for Europe two weeks Ago. Mr. Corbin
tfaea said: "X am going to resign the Presi
dency of the Beading." - 1
RACING ON THE RIVER,
A RETURN TO THE PALMY STEAMBOAT
DAYS OF YORE.
Spirited Opposition Between Rival Linen
Runnlna Between Cincinnati and Louis
ville A Tight Toll Down the Stream and
Bock A stain,
SPECIAL TELiORAM TO THB DISPATCH.
Cincinnati, June 21. A week ago the
new sidewheel steamer New South began
raising a merry war in the Old North by
leaving here at 9 A. M.,reschingLouisyilIe,
150 miles south, at 5 p. II., making but one
stop, and returning reaching here at 6 A. M.
on following morning, and all for $2, includ
ing meals and berth. This morning the
United States Mail Line people placed the
stately and swilt Fleetwood, the finest boat
In the' upper Ohio, in the same trade. Sev
eral thousand people saw the boats off. The
Fleetwood swung out at 8:50, holding in
close and scraping the New South's side.
The latter backed out just ten minutes later.
Then began the fiercest race the Ohio has
known lor a quarter of a century. Both
boats were held in for several miles until
the coal harbors were passed, the New Sonth
gaining slowly. At Aurora, Ind., the
Fleetwood was 1 minute and 55 seconds
ahead.
At Bising Sun the one minute was lost
At Vevay, Ind., the New Sonth was five
minutes behind. At Patriot, Ind., the New
South overtook and started to pass tbe
Fleetwood, when the latter ran her nose
into the New South's bow, and swinging
in, held her fast for 40 miles. The two big
racers ran this way at their utmost speed o
Madison, Ind., the only landing advertised
to be made.
As the., boats rounded in the Fleetwood
was signaled. There was no business for
her and she ran ahead, while the New South
landed in for 50 passengers.
The New South then started after the
Fleetwood like a grayhound and landed in
Louisville only five minutes behind.
Thousands cheered both vessels at Louis
ville, and both shores of the riverwere lined
with spectators the whole way down. At
5:30 the boats started back, and are now
racing up stream like the night wind. JJon
fires are blazing at every landing. The New
Sonth telegraphs she will arrive at 6 A. H.
The Fleetwood people say her nose will
smell the fog here half an hour sooner.
Scores of old river men are at the landing to
remain all night, tell yarns and see the
rivals in.
At midnicht information was received
that the Fleetwood bad again run into the
New South, and disabled her so as she had
to pat ashore, unable to proceed.
REVOLUTION InIvJEXICO.
A PREMONITORY UPRISING IN THE STATE
OF GUANAJUANTO.
Almost Certain That President DInz Will
Proclnim Himself Dictntor Within a
Year A GenernI Feeling of Uneasiness
Tyranny Over Ihe Press.
Citt of Mexico, June 21. Information
is given of an uprising in the State of Guan
ajuanto, which is believed to be the begin
ning of a general revolutionary movement
of which there hav been repeated warnings
for some time past.. As the telegraphs are
under Goverinent control and censorship it
is impossible to get details by wire, and
some days must elapse before facts can be
obtained. There are signs of uneasiness in
Government circles and tbe general feeling
is that a crisis is imminent
The tyranny of the Government is daily
becoming heavier and it is almost certain
that within a year Diaz will proclaim bim-J
self Dictator. Only revolution can prevent
such a disaster to the Bepublic. This may
come quickly if the movement in Guana
jaunto shows the strength expected. If it is
pat down successfully by the Government
then the day of general resistance will be
postponed.
Business is dull, and a reaction has set in
against tbe buoyancy created by credit
The latter is exhausted, and the inevitable
is at hand. This state of things increases
the restlessness. There is no freedom of the
Eress. Not only are publishers and editors
eld responsible, but even the printers who
set up an article reflecting on the condition
ot affairs may be sent to prison. Therefore,
one need not look to Mexican papers for in
formation. Guanajnanto is a sparsely settled country,
and is rich in mines.
EVERYBODY SATISFIED.
A Wlfo Captures Ber Eloping Husbnnd
and Tben Forgives Him.
rSFICTAt. TELEPBAM TO TUB DISPATCIt.l
New Yoek, June 2L John Tyfe and
Mary Simpson, of the village ol Castlebougb,
County Tyrone, Ireland, were engaged to
be married 20 years ago when John enlisted
in an English regiment and went to fight
the Afghans. He afterward went to Africa
and it was years before he returned to Ire
land and married Mary. They came to this
country and settled in Baltimore. Tyfe ob
tained work in a sucar refinery and later
became assistant engineer in the Hotel
Lafayette. There he met Annie Malloy, a
pretty waitress, and eloped with her. They
came to this city last week.
Tyfe wrote to friends in Baltimore to send
his 6-year-old son to him. His wile was in
formed, and came on here and had her hus
band arrested. In the Tombs Police Court
to-day, Mrs. Tyfe's violent indignation was
soothed in a moment by John's assurance
that be loved ber still and wanted to be for
given. Annie Malloy said she did not
mind. Mrs. Tyfe did not hesitate to forgive,
and Justice Gorman dismissed the com
plaint on John's promise that he would be a
faithful husband.
FALSIFIED TEE BANK'S STATEMENT.
E. II. Ton Hoeaeo Found Guilty of Perjury
on One Count.
Toledo, June 21. The United States
District Court, Judge Bix presiding, has
been for several days engaged in tbe trial of
E. H.Van Hoesen, late cashier of the Toledo
National Bank, on a charge of perjury, the
alleged offense being the making oath in
the official statements of the bank state
ment, to figures be knew to be false. The
case was really one of embezzlement,
Van Hoesen having since 1884 been
engaged in systematically robbing
the bank and covering up his
peculations by falsification of his accounts.
His assistant cashier, John McKee, pleaded
guilty at the last term of court to a charge
of ialsitving tbe books in connection-with
the embezzlement, and is now serving a
five-year term in tbe Ohio Penitentiary.
The total amount of Van Hoesen's pecula
tions was $72,500. Van Hoesen was indict
ed for embezzlement on 20 counts and for
perjury on three counts. The latter cause
was tried first, as being 'easier to test the
merits ol the- legal case against Van
Hoesen.
The jury was out nearly six hours and
then returned ''a verdict ot guilty on the
first count and not guilty on the other two.
A motion for a new trial was at once made,
which will be argued on June 30.
A CITY TKkTtKtrkT. WASTED.
Jacksonville Offers a Reword for Mayor
McQould's Assailant.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 21. The
City Council to-day offered a reward ol 5100
for the capture of City Marshal Wicgins,
who recently assaulted Mayor McQuaid,
this sum to be paid upon delivery of Wig
gins into the custody ol the Sheriff of Duval
county. . - -l.
Mayor McQuaid continues in'a. very weak
conditio irith hut slight improvement
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, JUNE 22. 1890.
A CHARGE OF EKAUD
Boldly Made by the Pattlson Adher
ents in Lycoming County.
ALL INSTRUCTED FOE WALLACE
Bv a Secret Ballot of Which tha Opposition
Knew Nothing.
THE CLANS M0TING ON THE CAPITAL
Eesnlts of Teslerdays Primary Contests Held
Thronchont tbe State.
The Lycoming Democratic convention
was nearly tbe scene'Vt a riot yesterday.
The delegates were instructed for Wallace
on a secret ballot, in which only politicians
ot that persuasion voted. The Pattison peo
ple raised a row, but were unable to change
the result
KPECIAI. TELIGRAU TO THB DISPATCH.!
Williamspobt, June 21. The Demo
cratic Standing Committee of Lycoming
county met this afternoon in the Court
House, and held a lively convention for del
egates to the State Convention. On the first
ballot Hon. E. P. Allen, Hon. W. W.
Hart, H. R. Mehling, W. C. Gilmore,-W.
M. Wright and W. J. Stewart were elected
delegates, and instructed for Wallace
for Governor. Wallace had 40 votes
for instructions, and Pattison only 3.
This announcement brought Mr. Edwards,
of the Third ward, to his ieet He declared
that the Chairman, when the balloting be
gan, said it was for theelection of delegates,
and that not a word was said aboutdnstruc
tions, the impression being that tbe voting
for instructions would be done after the dele
gates were elected.
Mr. Edwards made a violent speech, de
nouncing what he termed the underhand
methods employed with the delegates, who,
he declared, were given slips of paper bear
ing Wallace's name and told to vote them,
whereas the Pattison men, in the absence of
any utterance from the chair to tbe effect
that the vote would be on instructions as
well as for delegates, did not vote instruc
tions. Mr. Edwards was called to order,
but paid nn attention to the Cbairman,declar
mg that the voting had been done unfairly,
and the Pattison men outwitted by a con
temptible trick. Sheriff Marshall was
called in and took hold ot Mr. Edwards.
Order was restored, and Mr. Hart in a vig
orous speech defended the Chair, and said
tbe delegates who voted for Wallace knew
what they were doing. Mr. Edwards
moved to reconsider the vote so lar as in
structions were concerned. J. S. Crauner,
of South Williamsport, 'seconded the
motion, which was pnt and voted down.
Mr. Edwards presented the following reso
lution, which was adopted.
Resolved, That it is tbe sense of this meeting
that U rover Cleveland, tbe man of tbe people.
Is entitled to our warmest commendation and
the united support of every true Democrat for
bis manly and fearless advocacy of the princi
ples of true Democracy.
There was an impression early in the
week that the workingmen of Williamsport
and the farmers ot Lycoming county were
sufficiently interested in Bobert E. Pattison
to warrant the expectation that out of 59
election districts he would receive more
than three votes. This impression seems to
have been premature.
M0NTQ0MEHY FOB PATTISON..
Tbe Primaries Remit Largely In Favor of
tbe Ex-Governor.
SPECIAL TELIOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Nobbistown, June 2L The Demo
cratic delegate elections in this borough this
evening resulted decidedly to the advantage
of ex-Governor Pattison. .There were con
tests in nearly al1 of the ten wards, and in
the Second three sets of delegates were voted
for. In the First ward, where resides Hiram
P. Beerer, a Wallace candidate for State
delegate, the local delegates were conceded.
In the Fifth ward several candidates lor
State delegate reside, and the delegates
elected are said to be for Wallace. In tbe
Sixth ward Samuel Mooney, a Wallace
man, was elected, but the delegates were
positively instructed for Pattison. As near
as can now be ascertained, the 22 delegates
from this borough will stand in Tuesday's
convention about as follows: Pattison, 15;
Wallace, 7.
The delegates elected are as follows: First
ward, Charles O'Neill, Michael Murray;
Second ward, George Mathner, Benjamin
Beilly; Third ward, Charles Powers, Jesse
B. Davis, Beinhart Moeschlin; Fourth
ward, John Froufield, E. L. P. Beifsnyder;
Filth ward, John Cassidv, John Troy, John
O'Neil; Sixth ward, John Fry, "Samuel
Mooney, Jr.; Seventh ward, Frank Boop,
George Neiman; Eighth ward, Wm. Bick
ins, Andrew Hart; Ninth ward, George W.
Bush, Joseph Grady; Tenth ward, John
Beard,' Jr., Theodore Gratz. No reports
can be obtained from the country districts,
which, however, are said to lean toward
Pattison.
THE GRANGERS OUT TS T0RCE.
Pattison Delegates Elected In Clarion by a
Practically Unanimous Yote.
IgrZCIAL TELEOBAM TO.THE DI8PATCII.1
Claeion, June 21. The Democratic pri
maries held in Clarion county to-day were
intensely exciting, and the results at mid
night are still so much in doubt that it is
impossible to make estimates. From the
expected results and the surprises it is reas
onably certain that George F. Cribbs has
carried the county over W. W. Greenland
tor Congress. In 18 average districts Kribbs
has 1,185 to Greenland's 463 of the vote that
will be counted in the convention. Senator
J. H. Wilson has also probably carried tbe
county over Hon. A. M. Neely for Senate.
The Legislature is muddled, the possibility
being that Dr. H. N. Hessis is safe, and the
chances for the other member between
Kribbs, Brinker and Smiley in the order
named. The great contest was on Prothono
tary, and William A. Sipler almost cer
tainly carries the county over ex-Sherifl L
M. Shannon.
Pattison delegates have been elected by
an almost unnanimous vote, and the con
vention will instruct for the ex-Governor on
Monday with a grand hurrah, as thegranger
element has been out in force to-day.
No Definite Rrsutt In Somerset.
ISrXCIAL TELEOKAJf TO THX DISFATCO.1
Somerset, June 21. The largest vote
that was ever cast at the Democratic
primaries was cast to-day. Beturns are too
incomplete to give figures. The main fight
will come at the County Convention which
meets on the 23d, which has poer to elect
State delegates, Congressional and Sena
torial conferees, and a complete county
ticket.
A Llcbt Tots In McKenn.
tSPZCIAI. TXLXOBAV TO TBS DtSrATCB.
Bbadfobd. June 21. A very lieht vote
was polled at the Democratic primaries this
evening. Pattison carries practically
everything in this city. No returns have
been received from the rural districts.
For CommUsIoners nnd Congressman.
KiTTANNlNO, Jpne 2L Meager returns
from Democratic primaries would seem to
indicate the nomination of Donaldson and
Ttilsten lof Commissioners.. Hon. IV,D,"
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A PICTURE OF HASTINGS
THE ONtY SIGN OF THE CONVENTION AT
HARRISBURG.
A Great Crowd Expected to Arrive Yerf
Shortly, However Chairman Andrew
Not Tet Upon tbe Ground A lack of
Accommodations.
'SPECIAL TELEORAK TO THB DI8PATCB.1
Habbisbubg, June 21. There is noth
ing to indicate the meeting of the Eepubli
can State Convention but the arrival of a
lew delegates on the lookout for accommo
dations, and the display about tbe hotels of
a good picture of General Hastings on a
small card, which contains the announce
ment of tbe General's candidacy for Gover
nor, and sets forth that he is a
"patriotic youth, an ardent teacher,
a skilled attorney, a polished orator,
an able militia man, a faithful
public servant and the hero of Johnstown."
Senator Delamater's friends have not yet
begun the pictorial business, but they are
expected to exhibit his attractive physiog
nomy, and proclaim his public virtues on
paper in time to give all the delegates an
opportunity to feast on them. The support
ers of Secretary Stone and Major Montooth
are not so numerous as those of Hastings
and Delamater, but they will see that their
favorites are as well advertised as the other
candidates for Governor.
Chairman Andrews was expected here to
day to attend to some of the preliminaries of
tbe convention and look after Delamater's
chances, but he failed to appear, because his
presence was entirely unnecessary in view
of the fact that there was no material here
to work on. The convention promises to be
notable in the number of people it will at
tract to this city and tbe hot contest that
will likely be waged by the several candi
dates for Governor. The attendance is ex
pected to exceed that drawn by any conven
tion since the nomination of Hoyt for Gov
ernor. Delegates from distant points will begin
arriving for business to-morrow, and on
Monday night and Tuesday political clubs
from Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Bellefonte,
Lancaster, Meadville, Wilkesbarre, York,
Huntingdon and Beading will make their
appearance. The hotels will be unable to
accommodate the people who will be here
next Tuesday and Wednesday, and parties
willing to furnish lodgings are requested to
send cards, giving the number of persons
they can accommodate, to the headquarters
of Chairman Andrews, at the Lochiel
Hotel.
FARMERS IN POLITICS.
A Big; Convention Held al Mercer but No
Definite Action Token.
18PECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TBB DISPATCH. 1
Mebceb, June 21. Tbe Farmers and
Laborers' Convention met here to-day and
was largely attended. The speaker an
nounced, Walter B. Pierce, of New York,
failed to appear, and home talent took
charge. The. Committee on Organization
passed a resolution that only such as be
lieved tbey had grievances, and that nothing
but political legislation wonld remove them,
should have a voice in the convention.
This caused a division, but politics
prevailed. Besolutions were adopted
proposing the taxation of all property;
abolishing of tbe offices of Poor Director,
Jury Commisssoner and County School Su
perintendent, and fixing another meeting
for the 1st Monday of September to nomi
nate a county ticket. The List met with
much opposition, but was finally adopted.
Friends of the Farmers' National Leaeue
here made themselves heard, and it was de
cided to holtflhe next meeting under their
rules, which means no tickets. The meet
ing was a failure as a political move, and
unless an organization be effected In vthe fut
ure looking to the interest of tbe farmer in
other directions, and not to vent the spite
of defeated candidates of old parties, but
little good to him can possibly result from
this day's work.
PRIMARIES LN BLAIR.
Tbe Probnble Winners for Positions on tbe
Republican County Ticket.
ISPECIAL TSXEQBAX TO TBB DISPATCB.1
Altoona, June 21. The Republican
primary election was held in this city to
night The vote polled was very light The
indications are that A. P. McDonald, of
this city, and Dr. Strayer, of Roaring
Spring, will be nominated for the Assembly.
The vote on County Commissioner is some
what complicated, owing to the large num
ber erf candidates for this office.
Jacob Cowan, of Altoona, and Trevan
Buck, of Logan township, will in all proba
bility receive the nomination. John A.
Crawford, of Sinking Valley, will be re
nominated for Poor Director.
OUTHWAITE'S EASY VICTORY.
Tbe Columbus Congressman Started on His
Way Back to Washington.
SPECIAL TELXQBAU TO TBE DISPATCB.1
Columbus, June 21. Congressman J,
H. Oulhwaite, at the Democratic primaries
this evening, at which he was a candidate
for renomination, made a clean sweep of the
delegates in this and Madison counties.
There are more than enough delegates in
this county alone to nominate. Outbwaile's
opponent, J. C. L. Pugb, did not develop
strength as expected be would.
He was de'eated by Outhwaite two years
ago and some Democrats claim that Outh
waite is instrumental in keeping him on the
track for nomination because of his proverb
ial weakness.
TURNERS IN CONVENTION.
Four Hundred From all Parts of tho Country
Meet In New York.
rsrECIAL TELXORAKTO TUX DISPATCH. 1
New Yobk, June 21. Four hundred
Turners from all parts of the United States
assembled in tbe big ball of the Central Turn
Verein this evening to open the 14th con
vention ot the North American Turners'
Union. S. D. Sewards, first speaker of this
turn district, welcomed the delegates to New
York. Leicester Holme echoed Mr. Sewards
welcome on behalf of the mayor. The pres
ent convention of Turners surpasses in im
portance any of the previous meetings of
tbe kind. The principal subject of discus
sion will be the proposition that the 40,000
Turners of the United States shall amalga
mate with the Amateur Athletic Union.
The question will be considered on Mon
day. Many delegates are opposed, for senti
mental reasons, to any such union. Others
advocate it on tbe ground that the intro
duction of the systematic turner train
ing into the Amateur Athletic Union would
be ol inestimable value to the rising genera
tion of amateur athletes.
B00ZE, TAR AND FEATHERS
All Mixed Up Together In n Kansas Original
Package Agitation.
Kansas Citt, Mo., June 21, Ihe
Kansas Chautauqua Assembly has been in
session at Ottaw?, Kan., for the past two or
three days. -No sooner had it got in good
running order before a Kansas City liquor
dealer opened an original package saloon.
This incensed tbe temperance people .of
Ottawa to such a degree that they to-night
met and formed a defense league.
A fund of $3,000 was subscribed to pay
the league's expenses, and a resolution was
passed unanimously providing that a com
mittee should capture each original packaee
dealer, tar nd feather bim and ship him
back to Missouri labelled "An original
package from Kansas for Missouri."
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FALLING TO PIECES.
The Power of tho Tories Will Very
Soon be a Thins of the Past.
A CLOSE YOTE IN THE COMMONS.
Gladstone is Attacking the Enemy With the
Visor of Youth.
SULTAN OP TURKEY'S HEAD IN DANGEli.
A BlMdy Clril War Frobible la tha Balkan Etates at
Any lime. .
The episode in which the Salisbury Gov
ernment came within four voles'of defeat is
but the beginning of the end. The Tory
allies are breaking away in every direction.
Gladstone and bis friends are more confi
dent The cession of Heligoland may lead
to serious foreign complications.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.l
London, June 21. Copyright. Po
litical meteorologists have this week had to
chronicle a series of violent storms, and
the men who do the forecast business at
Westminster prophesy tempests of cyclonic
violence at an early date. Lord Salisbury
and his colleagues find themselves at the
end of tbe week weather-beaten, bewildered
and gasping for breath. Some of them
have sustained serious damage to their, po
litical persons, and tbe ship ol state has be
come so battered that wise men donbt
whether it will be worth repairing.
The vessel has almost ceased to answer
the helm. The boilers fail to generate the
necessary quantity of steam and the ma
chinery creaks and groans for- want of oil
which the engineers are at their wits' end to
supply. We are also in a state of political
topsy-tnrveydom.
ANT NUMBER OP KICKEBS.
The Tory Standard has been abusing Sec
retary Matthews for mismanaging tbe Home
Department and demoralizing the police
force. The Tory Evening Newt is daily
howling for the resignation of Postmaster
General Baikes because of his tyranny in
goading the postmen and telegraphers to
mutiny. The Tory St. James GazelU'
fiercely denounces Lord Salisbury for dis
membering the empire by ceding Heligoland
to Germany, and, lastly, the Liberal Union
ist Daily Chronicle, whose gratiiyiug prog
ress toward borne rule has been duly noted
here from time to time, vehemently assails
the home and foreign policy of the Gov
ernment The Chronicle is even brntal in its
strictnres,remindmg the Tory placement that
they owe their salaries to the support of
Liberal Unionists, whose cause they are be
traving. Gladstone has been in the thick of
the political storm all week. He has re
mained in the House of Commons late into
the night cheering his men and hurling de
fiance at the troubled Tories with juvenile
enjoyment He recorded his vote in the
great division Thursday evening when the
Government saved their publican endow
ment bill by a startling majority of 4, and
bis sonorous voice was heard distinct amid
the frantic cheers with which tbe Liberals
hailed the announcement of the Govern
ment's narrow escape.
HIS YOUTH BENEVED.
Mr. Smith, misnamed tbe leader of the
House, is already aged, and exhausted by
tbe iray. Goscnrn gets more bilious and
irritablft every day. Balfour bites bis nails
night after night and is becoming physically
more attenuated than the Government ma
jorities. But in this same atmosphere, so
enervating to the Tories, the Liberal leaders
thrive vigorously. It has become common
place to speak of Gladstone's marvelous
virility, but nevertheless it never fails to
strike "one as marvelous. Smith is nearly 30
years Gladstone's junior, but he looks an
older man.
The Grand Old Man was more than 40
years old and a famous statesman when Bal
jour was born. But the long lapse ot time
fiuds tbe old man's face the fuller and rosier,
his step tbe lighter and brisker, bis spirits
tbe higher and his energy the more super
abundant Attempts have been .made by Tory news
papers who see nothing disgrace ul in such
deiense to attribute Thursday night's col
lapse to the fact that a large number of
their men preferred enjoying themselves at
the Ascot races to per orming their legisla
tive duties at Westminster. This is to some
extent true, but the Government kuew a
critical division was to be taken that even
ing, and issued an urgent five-lined whip to
its supporters to be in their places early in
the day.
PLENIT WHO DODGED.
Bnt, including Unionists, no fewer than
140 ahsented themselves, and this in itself
peaks volumes for the lack of discipline
which sooner or later proves as disastrous in
politics as in war. Were the Government
at all hopeful of an appeal to the country
Parliament would bave been dissolved long
ago. Every day the ministry is becoming
more discredited and less anxious fora gen
eral election.
The only alternative is the free use of the
cloture or gag, in order to force the chief
bills through Parliament The Speaker is
not unwilling to assist the Government in
this matter, but luckily he does not occupy
the chair in committee, and Mr. Courtney,
chairman of the committee, although a Lib
eral Unionist, is a fair minded man, who isVaji tno newg of the day.
not likely to allow hinuelt to be used as a
ministerial tool.
The Liberal leaders are not likely to take
any active part in opposing the Anglo-German
agreement, as tbey consider it on the
whole a fairly equitable settlement of a
difficult dispute, and they think anvhow
that tbey have already enough sticks in
band wherewith to thrash the Government
The Radicals will denounce and oppose it,
however, and curiously enough, will proba
by receive tbe support of some Tories and
Unionists whose imperialist instincts have
been outraged by the cession of tiny Heligo
land. THE DAT HAS NOT COME.
But the ministry will not fall upon this
question. The most important effect of the
cession will be upon England's ioreign re
lations. France and Bussi regard it as
setting a seal to the adhesion of England to
the triple alliance. It will immensely in
crease the difficulty ot settling the New
foundland fishery dispnte, and it may bring
about the tall of the French ministry, which
is at present under a cloud lor codsenting to
the British scheme for the conversion ol the
Egyptian debt. The question of treaty
right has already arisen in regard to Zanzi
bar in the Chamber ol Deputies. This af
ternoon M. Francois Deloncle, amidj the
sympathetic cheers of the majority of
depnties, asked the Government whether
the Zanzibar treaty ol 1862 did not give
France the right to interfere.
Daring the last lew days more has been
written about tbe three-quarters of a square
mile of rock and sand called Heligoland
tban in all its previous history. Among
the interesting particulars unearthed is one
that there is not a single lawyer on the
island. There is a very small prison there,
but it rarely has any inmate, partly because
crime is almost unknown and partly because
the people object to the expenses of board
ing prisoners.
Cholera on lbs Decrease.
Madbid, June 21. The cholera epidemio
at Puebla De Bngat contlnnes to decrease.
At'Fenollet there are five cases of the dis
ease, and one death is reported.
THE SULTAN IN BANGER.
Mohammedan Fanatics Getting Beady to
Assassinate tbe Turkish Ruler.
BT CABLE TO TBB DISPATCH.!
f London, June 21. The Sultan of Tur
key's extravagance in entertaining royal
visitors and the reckless manner in which of
late he has scattered money and jewels
among his favorites, male and female, have
at lengthevoked a protest, not from the
wretche(f",ials and soldiers whose pay has
been c - SJ' withheld to defray the
cost ll G, 1tjes of the Moham-
'0t
Jo
into sacss anrj-,. j -
M
He Bosphorus.
The movement, inS. &,, &tn -rmidable
that the Sultan, insteauj Acu-VT' ibis in
sulted dignity, caused anvjqr J to be
conveyed to the discontenteaNt Jias and
Sottas to the effect that although he de
tested extravagance and hated Christian
foreigners as mnch as they did, he was com
pelled to spend the money from motives of
state policy.
A soft answer did not turn away wrath.
The Sottas and Ulemas vehemently retorted
that it was the cursed modern policy of con
ciliating foreigners that bad caused the suf
ferings of the faithful masses and bade fair
to ruin tbe country. Tben these old time
fanatics resorted to" the modern method of
holding a meeting and passing resolutions
calling for the re-establishment of the an
cient regime, which is the Turkish euphem
ism for assassinating the reigning Sultan.
Abdul Hamid is not yet CO.years old, and
does not want to die, so he has placed triple
guards all over his palace, and has insti
tuted an inquiry into a supposed plot. Sev
eral civil and military functionaries, who as
likely as not may be perfectly innocent,
have been arrested, and will suffervicar
iously for the Ulemas and, Sottas, if the
latter cannot be reached.
LONBON'S CHIEF BROWN.
Tbe New Head of tbe Pollen la a One-Armed
Tiger Slayer.
IDT CABLE TO TBB DISPATCH.l
London, June 2L The resignation of
Monro and appointment of an Anglo-Indian
official in his place has f reatly increased
the agitation in the ranks of the Metropoli
tan police, but despite the desperate efforts
df artful Socialists, the men who only a few
weeks ago were loudest in denouncing
police tyranny, tbe policemen are
acting prudently and there is no
reason to apprehend a mutiny. Sir
Edward Bradford, who succeeds
Monro, is almost an unknown man. It is
said that he showed great administrative
skill when engaged in India, where he
earned the reputation of bein? one of the
most skilled tiger slayers in the East On
one occasion a tiger almost slew Bradford.
The beast succeeded in springing upon him
unawares and bringing him down.
Sir Edward lay still while tbe tiger
gnawed his arm, fearing that if he moved
his head it would be taken in the beast's
jaws. Before the tiger had quite finished
the arm the tiger was shot, but Sir Edward
was armless. He accompanied Prince
Albert Victor recently through India, and
his appointment to t e "police commissioner
ship is probably due to royal influence.
GREAT BAY FOR RADICALS.
Salisbury Administration Denounced
The
From a Dozen Platforms nt Once.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, June 21. Another great open
air demonstration against the liquor endow
ment bill washeld this afternoon in Victoria
Park, East London. It was composed of
members of the Liberal and Radical Associa
tions and temperance bodies located in the
East End, and was an enthusiastic one,
though not so strong numerically as the
Hyde Park meeting.
Sixty thousand men and women marched
in procession, and as many more were in the
park when they arrived. Resolutions de
nouncing tbe Government were put and
carried simultaneously from ten platforms,
and altogether, it was a great day for the
Badical East Ender.
TROUBLE LN THE BALKANS.
A Prospect of CItII War In Servla nnd BuU
garia Any Time.
CBT CABLE TO THB DISPATCB.1
London, June 21. The situation in
Servia has not improved. The radical Gov
ernment, having failed to induce Austria to
permit tbe importation of Servian swine,
has pluckily but nnwisely commenced re
taliatory measures against Austrian goods.
Ex-King Milan, fearing radical designs
against his dynasty, is quietly enlisting ad
herents, and the probability of civil war is
by no means remote.
Bulgaria is sending notes to tbe great
powers demanding the recognition of Prince
Ferdinand in language peculiarly irritating
to the Czar, and altogether trouble seems
near in the BalkanB.
Big Lumber Mills Burned.
MlLICA, Minn., June 21. At a lata
hour last night night the Mille Lacs Lum
bering Company's Mills here was burned.
The mill cost $100,000 and Is a total loss.the
company having no insurance.
TTTR DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents oi tbe Issue Classified for tbe
Benders' ConTanlenee.
The issue of The Dispatch to-day consists
,of20 pages In three parts. The first contains
Ans outer parts are
made up as follows:
PART II.
Paae 9.
Gay Water Nrmphi L E. Stotiel
Economy in Paris ELI Piekish
Lady Money Makers Miss Ordndt. Jb.
In the Dark Ds. PHILIP WOOL?
Page 10.
Virginia Sketches WILMEIt WrLLLvOTON.
Pyramids of Snow HesbYT. Fikck.
Names in England 15BEKAN.
Page a.
An Old Newspaper Bessie Bramble.
The Want Column. For Sale Column.
To Let Column. Beat Estate.
Page 13.
Seashore Sketches.
Goulp of the Mllltla.
Page 13.
Tbe Grand Army.
Markets by Telegraph
Mldinmtner Society.
.Business Cards.
Secret Societies.
Local Trade New i.
Page 11.
Sport on the Ocean Pkinole
AShlpboard Shark Charles T. Mubbat
Mistakes la Dress ..JAJtES G. Pusdx
Business Note's.
Page lb.
Out In the World A Symposium
Art at Scalp Level Palettb
How Liquor Flows TtLLSK. G. CABPISteh
Gossip of Gotham CLAHa BELLE
Page IS.
The Mystic Sbrlne Btavt Wsiteb
ETery Day Science Staff Warns.
Allegheny Court News.
PART III.
Page IT. v
Nastln tbe Senate .TVILLI3 B. Hawxixs
Beats the Tarpon William ChcrcmIll
Uncle Tom's Cabin ULiVB LOGAN
The Ace of Clnbs. Pactcx Jossr Lcbouibskz
Page 13.
In the Sick Boom
Pretty Sheepskins
A Double Cottage.
Page 13.
Old Man of the Forest.
Bevelatlon a Fact
City of tbe Saltan
Tbe Fireside Sphinx....
Page so.
Woman's World.......
Beauty Bewildered... ,.
Boose Decorations .....
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B. W. SIIOPPELL
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ITVE CENTS.
EEADT FOR BATTLE,
Presiderit Gornpers Insists That Mn
Powderly is Another.
AN ORGANIZED BAND OF SCABS,
That is What' the Leader of the Fedora
tion Calls the Enights.
TflE JIA8TEE WOECilAX A CHAELATA5.
Etidentlj There Will be no Effort to Heal the
Breach la Labor Circles.
Gnmpers answers Powderly's charges of
falsehood and treachery in kind. He says
that the Knights of Labor is a scab organi
zation, and the Master Workman a charla
tan who is an incubus to labor. He is ready
to prove these accusations at any time and
place,
SPECIAL TELZGEAM TO THZ DISPATCH!
New Yobk. June 21. Samuel Gornpers,
the American Federation of Labor's Presi
dent, who, with his organization, was sd
severely scored by Terrence T. Powderly,
the head of the Knights of Labor, at ths
Cooper Union mass meeting last evening
was in a very belligerent mood when sees
by a reporter to-day. He was ready to
make a return for some ot Powderly's de
nunciations. He said, among other things: "Before X
begin to show up the rascality of that
double-faced leader of the Knights of Labor
let me clinch him on a lie. In his letter
to-day to me, he said I had the advantage
of him because I had time to prepare my
self. At a meeting held in Harlem last
Sunday, Mr. Powderly commissioned
Thomas B. Maguire to explain tha, reasons
of his absence. Mr. Magnire explained to
the audience that tbe reason for Mr. Pow
derly's absenc3 was that he was preparing
for the meeting at Cooper Union and an at
tack on the American Federation of Labor,
JUST A PEW CBABGES.
"Thus far I have abstained from mention
ing particular instances in which the
Knights of Labor have been antagonistic to
trade unions, but now the time has come for
me to make a few charges against thai mis
erable organization. Mr. Powderly, in bis
false statements last nigbt dwelt on general
ities. But I mean to specify in my charges.
"When the members of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Workers went
on strike at Mingo Junction, Pa., in 1887,
Bailey, of the Geneial Executive Board of
.the Knights ot Labor, endeavored to enter
into an agreement with tbe employers- to
furnish scabs to take tbe places ol the union
men. He advertised for scabs all over the
country, but our unions finally won the
strike in spite oi tbe Knights of Labor.
"During the cigar makers' lockout in this
city tbe same year, tbe Knights ot Labor
organized the scab cigar makers into a
local assembly and then put them to work
in the place ol union men. A delegation of
employers appeared before tbe Kuizbts of
Labor and used these words: 'If you. do
not give us the label of your order we will
have to surrender to the International
Cigar Maker's Union and bend our knees
to its officers.
A NtTMBEB OP JXSTANCES. (
"The Knights of Labor did give tbe bosses
the label and furnished scabs at a rate of
13 per cent lower than the scale of the Inter
national Union. At Brilliant, O., in 1888,
the Amalgamated Association oi Iron and
Steel Workers struck against a reduction of
wages. Tbe Knights of Labor put scabs to
work in union men's places. One local as
sembly which had some compunction about
the matter discharged two of its members
from the local union for scabbing. They
appealed to General Master Workman:
Powderly, who reversed the action of tha
local union and reinstated the two scabs.
"During tbe brewery lockout in this city,
in most instances, tbe breweries were de
clared union ones by tbe Kuigbts of Labor.
When I met Mr. Powderly in Philadelphia
not long ago I protested against tbe issu
ance by the Knights oi Labor of a charter to
a scab musicians' organization in Pittsburg.
Mr. Powderly assured me that no charter
had been issned to them. He subsequently
adiuittea that a charter had been granted
and the scab mnsicians in Pitlsbnrg have
now a charter issued by the Knights of La
bor. In a conflict between the Troy Times
and the International Typographical
Union, Bailey, of the General Executive
Board of the Knights of Labor, denounced
the attitude of the strikers as outrageous and
improper, and offered to make tbe office &
Knights of Labor office. i
rOBCED TO BACK DOWN. ;
"A similar case was that of a pap'
Jacksonville, Fla., in which rat pi
were organized into a local assembly i
Kniirbts ot Labor. The Knights wete
compelled to back down iu that inst.
when the labor press ot the country thre
eued to expose tbe dastardly action of t.
order."
Mr. Gornpers gave similar instances to
these, and continued: "I do not want to
bandy epithets with Powderly. I bave with
held horrible evidence against him, but I
will now prove to the world his treachery to
the labor movement I charge tbe officers of
the Knights ol Labor with being cheap and
servile labor agents, and they bave made tha
Knights of Labor the same to the general
labor movement that the Printers' Protective
Fraternity is to the International Typo
graphical Union. They are an organized
band of scabs. Mr. Powderly insinuates
that I am a cur and a coward. If be be
lieved that why did he make it impossible
for me to meet him last night, or why doe
he not meet me in the future. I will say
through The Dispatch that I will meet
him off or on the platform anywhere, at any
place or at any time that will satisfy bis
overweening conceit, and I will stamp him,
once for all, as a charlatan and as incubus
on the labor movement.
"No matter how important my business
may be, I will drop it to meet Powderly. He ,
played a piece of clever trickery to entrap
me into the meeting last night"
Another Attack at Philadelphia.
rSPICIAL TILIOKAM TO TBB DISFATOH.1
Philadelphia, June 21. At a meet
ing of cigar makers for organization to-night
at St George's Hall, Samuel Gornpers,
President of the American Federation of
Labor, made a speech in which he bitterly
attacked Mr. Powderly, General Master
Workman ot tbe Knights of Labor.
GOLHfJ WELL EQUltUUi).
The English Steamer Acadia to Look After
Canadian Fishery Interests.
Halifax. N. S., Jnne 21. For the past
week Captain Gordon and the crew of the
steamer Acadia hare been hard at work
putting tbe vessel in readiness to proceed
for sea to look after tbe Canadian fishery in
terests. The Acadia has been supplied
with two kegs of powder and 20 shot, in ad
dition to a number of firearms. Charles
Billington has been selected as gunner for
tbe season. Tbe Acadia will go to Canso
and thence to Georgetown. Sue will re
main at the latter port for a few days and
win then cruise aDout tne rrince .Edward
Island and Nova Scotia coasts, keeping a
sharp lookout for American fishermen. ,
Tha other vessels of the fleet the steamer,
Stanley and the two schooners, will be ready!
for sea in a day or two.
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