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FOKTY-FTFTH YEAI. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, ' JULY 12, 1890-
A LETTERFROM LEA.
That Distinguished Independent
Republican Vigorously
Denounces .Both
I
QUAY AND HIS CANDIDATE.
An Appeal for the Purification' of
the Party After the Manner'
Adopted in 1S82.
PATTISOK'S EECOED ALL EIGHT.'
His Election as Governor Would le
Once a Eebuke to tho Bosses
and the Corporations.
at
HAERITI EESIGXS AS STATE CHAIRMAN
Ohio
Democrats Ksminale Ei-Lientcnant Oortraor
John 3. Warwick for Conjress
Against Ilajcr HcKiclej.
KEAELT A HCXDEED BALLOTS WEEE 5ECESSAEY
In a lengthy letter Henry C. lea attacks
Senator Quay and Candidate Delamater.
He advises all good Republicans to rote for
Pattison in the interest of a purification of
the party. A number of business men of
Philadelphia, formerly Republicans, have
declared for the Democratic nominee for
Governor.
iepecxix.texegiias to tite dispatch.'
Philadelphia, July 1L Henry C.
Lea, the distinguished Independent Repub
lican, whose letter criticising the adminis
tration created such a sensation a couple of
months ago, has taken his pen in hand and
indited another. The following is the full
text of the latest document:
To the Republicans of Pennsylvania:
It is not often that any political organization
has such an opportunity of redeeming itself
from a corrupt domination as that which Is
offered to us in the .November elections,
liight years ago, in 1SS2, the thoughtful mem
bers of the Republican party rose against the
bossism of the Cameron clique and taught it a
-wholesome lesson which should have served to
purify our politics for a decade.
A Lesson Too Soon Forgotten.
Unfortunately, the fruits of that struggle
were thrown away by the supineness which al
loyed Mr. Quay, in 1SS1, to obtain a "vindica
tion" by successfully competing for the office
of State Tr j asnrer in spite of the rumors whicv
connected ais name with misappropriation of
the public funds. It was then predicted that
his next step would be to secure the coming
Senatorial vacancy and to. support Sir. Cam
eron as the Republican boss of Pennsylvania,
These predictions have been, unfortunately,
verified and the results are seen in the degra
dation of our political position, which renders
our State an object of pity and contempt
throughout the Union. The bossism of the
Camerons had in it some elements of manll
ness tnatof Mr. Quay is sunk to the lowest
level of "practical politics," based as it Is
solely on the adroit manipulation of patronage
inspired by the meanest selfishness. It repre
sents Dot ono single idea of Republican states
manship and public policy, but only the deter
mination to rule or ruin.
An Allusion to Cambria Coanty.
The selfish ambition of the boss and his
henchman is its sole guiding principle and its
methods, as exhibited in Cambria county, are
those of the sneak thief and footpad when the
distribution of tho spoils falls to effect its
object. As in lSSi, II r. Quay again comes
before you for a vindication."
Then the acensations againt bim were simply
minors, the truth of whirh few had an op
portunity of investigating. Now these rumors
liavo assumed the shape of publio charges,
strengthened by every detail of time, place and
circumstance, and to them have been added
acensations of subsequent malfeasances com
mitted by him of even greater criminality,
similarly weighted with more than abundant
details.
It is not necessary to repeat to yon the
humiliating story of a public life stained with
every variety of political immorality. That
story has been scattered broadcast over the
land by journals of the highest standing,
which have defiantly challenged him to assert
and defend his innocence by suing them for
libel.
Tho Silence of the Senator.
The courts are open to him. and exemplary
damages as well as acquittal before his
countrymen would reward him if he could
successfully face a jury and undergo a cross
examination, bat for more than five months he
has endured these accusations in stolid silence
without taking a step to redeem bis character.
Tho inevitable result is that be is regarded as
acquiescing in the charges and as virtually con
fessing his guilt, and the country at large is
looking to see whether tho once grand State of
Pennsylvania has sunk to so low a pitch of
degradation as contentedly to endure tho
domination of such a man as Mr. Quay, who,
so carefully avoiding courts and juries, has
seemed to imagine that if the Republicans of
Pennsylvania could be cozened into indorsing
at the polls his candidate it would serve him as
a political vindication.
With edifying consistency master and man
are equally in need of vindication, for Candi
date Delamater has been recently publicly ac
cused by Senator Emery of bribery to procure
his election to the State Senate, and of per
jury to secure the seat thus gained. His ac
cuser has challenged him to a snlt for slander,
and he has shrunk from the courts and Junes
like bis boss.
Bolli In Need of n Vindication.
Ho also prefers the apparently 6afer course
of an Indirect vindication at your hands, and
i asks yon to humiliato yourselves by electing to
J the highest office in the State a smirched can-
m,wh.v ....... , ,iMMWU ii uccn lorcea upon
jf you br a smirched boss. It ii a high price that
Tl they expect you to pay for the vindication of
two such individuals, and the Impudenco of
such a demand upon your self-respect can only
bo explained by a kind of political training
Wnhlch has so completely eliminated righteous-
nets from public airairs that Its very existence
lias been forgotten.
Fellow Republicans, a vindication truly is
needed at the coming election, but It ! not the
rlndieation of tainted politicians who dare not
vindicate themselves. You are called upon to
vindicate-your own manhood, to vindicate the
bonotsty of jour own party, to vlndlcato the
honor of your own State. You aro eallod upon
to show that you do not wear the collar of Mr.
tiuays that your votes are not to be bought and
rold by tho manipulation of patronage, and
that you aro not to be driven to tho polls like
cuttle, to mttko good tho bargains of your
bosses.
To Farlrr the Party.
Yd are MUed noon to teach, a Ichob to roar
:
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elf-constituted masters, and to show tho coun
try at largo that tho grand old party may still
bo trusted to manage tho affairs of tho nation.
If Pennsjlvaiua, tho stronghold of Republican
ism, tho typical Republican State, tamely ac
quiesecs in tho debauched domination of Quay
Ism and proclaims that Quay and Delamater
aro Its trusted and honored leaders, what
chance, think you, will tho Republican party
have when It asks tho support of the sober sec
ond thought of the country in 1892T Rebellion
against usurped domination of such leaders is
the truest fidelity to party and the highest duty
oi patriotism.
Fortunately, tho canvass is ono which can be
made to turn exclusively on local issues. On
all general questions you can give practical ex
pression to your convictions by voting for the
Congressional and Legislative candidates who
represent them, and yon can thns emphasize
the rebuke which you administer to the meth
ods and morals of Quaylsm.
Paulson Han a Perfect Record.
In ex-Governor F&ttison tho Democrats have
given you an unexceptionable candidate, whoso
record shows that the interests of the State
will bo safe in his hands. If in making that
record be earned tho hostility of tho giant
corporations it the influence of tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad and of tho Standard Oil Com
pany are understood to be counted upon by
Mr. Delamater it is only another claim on
your suff rase for Mr. Pattlson- He represents
not only the people against the bosses, but the
people against the corporations, and his defeat
would be the triumph of all that is most
dangerous and deadly to our institutions.
Henry Chaiii.es Lea.
A number or Republican business men
to-day openly declared for Pattison, and it
is possible that an organization of them in
his interest may be formed, "Walter T.
Hazar, President of the Commercial Ex
change, at one time an enthusiastic Repub
lican, said he was going to vote for Paulson.
He had, however, voted for him before.
He did not agree with Republican princi
ples at present, and would vote the Demo
cratic ticket henceforth unless the Republi
can party improved.
Too Much Quay to Snlt Him.
John D. Collins, a provision broker, at
131 North Front street, said he was a Re
publican and would vote for Pattison.
"There is too much Qnay about the nomina
tion to suit me," he said, "and I can't in
dorse him by voting for Delamater. Pat
tison made a 'good Governor, and he is
deserving of the confidence of the people of
this State in the matter of re-election."
J. B. Canby, of Warr & Canby, 26 North
Delaware avenue, ex-President of the Com
mercial Exchange, and a present director,
said he would not vote for Delamater. "It
is rather early to say how I shall vote. I
feel like kicking, but whether 1 shall kick
hard enough to vote for Pattison when the
time comes I don't know". The Republican
nominations have given a great deal of dis
satisfaction down at the Exchange. Repub
licans whom I thought nothing would drive
to voting against the party are open in their
assertions that they will vote for Pattison.
I never saw anything like it."
A Young Republican Bolter.
Finley Acker, wholesale and retail grocer,
at 123 North Eighth street, said: "Yes, I
am going to support Pattison. I have al
ways been a Republican and belonged to
the" Young Republicans, but when the con
vention obeyed the orders ot Senator Quay
and ignored the wishes ot the Republicans
of the State, I resigned from the club, and
announced that I would vote and do all I
can for Pattison. It the convention had
only nominated the tioket indicated by
Quay it would be bad enough, but to eulogize
mm in tne piatiorm wnen ue naa remained
silent concerning the most serious .charges
afT&iting his character was too much for me.
The Republican party is rapidly drifting
toward a centralization of power, and that
power, it looks to me, Is held by one man
Quay."
William Brockie, President of the llari
time Exchange, said he was going to vote
for Pattison. He was a Republican, but
the nominations of the Republican Conven
tion had too much Quayism in them, and
he felt he would be advancing the canse of
good government by voting for Pattison,
HARR1TY RESIGNS,
HE CANNOT ACT AS DEMOCRATIC STATE
CHAIRMAN.
A Meeting of the Committee Called to Select
Bis Successor Larkln a Possibility It
Will Probably be Kerr or Slonachan,
However.
rSFECIAX. TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Philadelphia, July 11. William I
Harrity, Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, to-night sent the following let
ter to his colleagues of the organization, de
clining the honor:
To the Members of the Democratic State Central
Committee 'of Pennsylvania.
Gentlemen I have carefully considered
the matter ot my election as Chairman of the
Democratic Btato Central Committee of Penn
sylvania, and I have decided that I cannot, for
Important business reasons, accept the posi
tion. It is a high honor, and one which I re
luctantly decline, but I find that my duties as
President of the Equitable Trust Company, of
Philadelphia, not to speak of pro
fessional and other business engagements,
will not permit me to give so much
of my time to the campaign as would be re
quired in the efficient discharge of the duties of
the Chairmanship. I regret this the more for
the reason that I believe that our very excel
lent ticket of Pattison. Black and Barclay is
likely to be elected. It ceif ainly will be if we
take advantage of the opportunities offered to
us, and if we prepare without unneces
sary delay for an active, energetic and
BKgrebaivo uimyaifcH. j.i will oe my
campaign. It
as it will be
labor earnestly for the snecess of the ticket
until the close of the campaign, which 1 trust
will result In the triumphant election ot our
candidates. There will be a meeting of the
State Central Committee held in Harrlsburc
on Wednesday. Jnly 16, 1S90, for the election of
a chairman and for tbe transaction of such
oiner Business aa uiaj- uu ucuessaryand proper
Please be present. If you cannot attend be
kind enongh to send a dnly accredited sulJsti.
tute. William F. Habbitt.
When questioned as to who his successor
would be Mr. Harrity replied: "That's a
matter for the State Central Committee.
There is an abundance of good material and
I have no doubt the committee will make a
wise selection. There will be no trouble on
that score, and yon will find that within
ten days the work of close systematic and
efficient organization will be well under
way. In the meantime the Democratic
County Committees are already at work,
and I am informed that the Independent
Republicans are active in their preparations
for the campaign they propose to make
against Delamater."
Among the names of those mentioned in
connection with the Chairmanship are Con
gressman James Kerr, of Clearfield' ex
Postmaster John B. Larkin, of Pittsb'urc
Robert E. Wright, of Allentown; William
Mutchler, James M. nealy, of Pottsvillc
and R. Jones Monaghan, of West Chester'
It is not definitely known whether anyone
has been agreed upon by those who are re
garded M influential with the State Com
mittee, although It is generally believed
that cither Congressman Kerr or R. Jones
Monaghan will be the most favorable to tho
committee.
COKFIDENT OF VI0T0EY,
Delnrantor Tolls the New York Reporters
That Ho Is Huro to Win.
fUrBCJAt, TJELSOnAMTO Till DlSPATOn.1
New Yobk, July 11. Btato Senator
Delamater wai at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel
to-day. Several reporters tried to interview
him about the campaign In Pennsylvania,
but he was unwilling to talk for publication.
AH he oared to lay was that it would be a
pretty lively fight, but that he was confident
pi victory.
Ho Hid Ike Democrat", ajRiu.il! bras.djiaa
a great deal about what they were going to
do, and he supposed they Intended to make
a hard fight.
WARWICK A WINNER.
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS
MAJOR M'KINLEY.
AGAINST
After Nearly a Hundred Ballots the Conven
tlon Breaks to llio Ex-Llcatoaant Gov
ernor Tho Democrats Thlali They Have
n Ycry Strong- Candidate.
tSFZCIAX. TELIOEAM TO TIES DI8FATCIM
Obrville, July 11. Ex-Lieutenant
Governor J. G. Warwick, of Stark county,
was nominated for Congress on the seventy
fourth ballot at 6 o'clock this evening,
having 120 votes, to Stillwell, 61 ; Monnot,
1; Zimmerman, S; Lewis, 5; Sherrick, 3;
necessary to a choice, 99. After the vote
was announced there was great enthusiasm
and excitement ran high. The convention
was an interesting, as well as a long one,
lasting two days and the most of one night.
The Democrats feel confident that they have
a man nominated that Major 'McKinley
cannot beat. On the call for the seventy
fourth ballot, Stark gave Warwick 79, and
Media gave bim 8 votes within 12 of a
choice. Wayne was last on the call, and
requested a recess for a private caucus,
alter which they gave Warwick 33 votes,
giving him the nomination. Thus ends one
of the most exciting and most important
Congressional district conventions of the
State.
Mr. Warwick was born in Ireland in 1829,
and came to America at the age of 21. Five
years later he embarked in the drygoods
business. He subsequently became inter
ested in coal mining, milling and railroad
building. He js now a director of several
railroad companies and the owner of several
hundred acres of mining and agricultural
land. He never held office but once, when
he was elected Lieutenant Governor with
Hoadly in 1883. Tne resolutions adopted
by the convention say among other things:
We call the attention of soldiers to the fail
ure of Major McKinley to support tho G. A. R.
service pension bill as a piece of treachery to
interests to which be has long professed to be
especially loyal, and now, as ever In the past,
favor liberal dealing with the veterans of the
late war on the basis of meritorious service.
Tariff reform is necessary in order that manu
facturers may be freed from unnecessary taxes
on raw materials, laborers and farmers relieved
from taxation on the necessaries of life, and
consumers disburdened of the incubus of ex
cessive taxes laid only for the production of a
surplus, which becomes the spoil of party para
sites and public plunderers.
A dispatch from Massilon says:Thenaming
of Lieutenant Governor J. G. Warwick for
Congress by the Sixteenth District Conven
tion this evening, converted this city into a
pandemonium. Steam whistles are blow
ing, rockets are ascending and general ju
bilation prevails. The nominee is a popu
lar man in his party, having furnished the
sinew's of war for many years to keep the
organization intact in this locality. Mr.
Warwick was given an ovation lrom 10 to
11 o'clock to-night, speeches being made by
Senator Howells, Judge Toung, Judge A.
Brown, of New Philadelphia, the nominee
and others.
TO DEFEAT TILLMAN.
The Stralshtout Democrats la South Caro
lina Will Take Decisive Action.
rEFSCIAI. TEMtOKAM TO THB DISPATCTtl
Charleston, S. C, July 1L The
straightout- Democrats held their confer
ence to-day. to devise plans to defeat the
agrarian leader, Tillman. It was decided
to demand a primary and every possible
effort will be used to secure the primary. A
series of resolutions. jetting forth the situa
tion in the State, the danger of Tillman's
election and the honesty of the
present administration was adopted.
A committee consisting of one dele
gate from each Congressional district
was appointed to prepare and push a vigor
ous campaign against Farmer Tillman. Ex
Consul John D. Kennedy, of Kirkshaw,
is Chairman of the committee.
The delegates were urged to push the
fight and each appointed a committee of one
to work against Tillman, The course of
the Campaign Committee will depend very
considerably upon the course of the
Executive Committee of the Farmers'
Association, which has Tillmans candidacy
in charge. The meeting adjourned after a
continuous session of about 21 hours. The
result of the conference. The meeting was
very enthusiastic and demonstrative. The
business was transacted harmoniously.
Cold Water la Cambria Coanty.
rSPECIAL TZXXQBAM TO THE DI8PATCTI.I
Johnstown-, July 11 The Prohibi
tionists, under the leadership of the vener
able A. A Barker, have. placed a full ticket
in the field in this county and propose mak
ing a vigorous fight.
CAUSED A SENSATION.
Dlnyor of Ft. Worth Gets a Divorce to Wod
a Telephone Girl.
rSFECIAI. TZXEQBAM TO THB DISrATCn.l
Ft. Worth, Tex., July 11. Mayor W.
S. Pendleton, of this city, is the central
figure in a social sensation that
is the talk of the town. It was
annonnced to-day that on July 5 Mayor
Pendleton was 'married to Miss Addie G.
Cullen, a telephone girl in tbe employ of
the Ft. Worth Exchange. It was sup
posed that Mayor Pendleton already pos
sessed a wife and an interesting family, but
it seemB that he was divorced a few weeks
azo. and immediatelv contracted a secret
marriage with Miss Cullen. A few weeksH
ago Mrs. Pendleton No. 1 had left for the
East with her five ohildren.
The next day Miss Cullen and the Mayor
met in New Orleans by appointment, and
were married by a Justice of the Peace.
Miss Cullen is the handsomest
woman in Ft. Worth, and the love
affair with the Mayor dates back
over a year. As the divorce and
second marriage were both secret the news
given out for the first time to-day was at
first discredited. Mayor Pendelton is one
of the best known men in Texas and num
bers his friends by the legion.
MORE GOLD FOB EUROPE.
To-Day's Steamer Will Carry 82,000.000
to tho Bank ot England.
NewYobk, July 11. Foreign bankers
to-day ordered ?lO0O,O0O more gold for
shipment to Europe, making so far $2,000,
000 in gold bars to go to Liverpool by
to-morrow's steamer. There was consider
able discussion as to the reason of the ship
ments, and nearly everyone had a different
theory to account for the movement
Kidder, Peabody & Co., who ship ?1.000,
000, say that their export is simply an ex
change transaction. Some bankers state
that the gold is intended for the Bank of
England, whose reserve has deorcased to a
low figure, and others state that it will go
ultimately to Buenos Ayres,
THE BANDIT CAPTURED.
Tbe Hero of a Celebrated Express Bobbery
In a Sheriffs Custody.
St. Louis, July 11. Express Messenger
Johnson, of tbe Missouri, Kansas and
Taxes road, and Sheriff Smith, of Peters
count, arrived here from Sodalla
last night. Though it was too dark at
tho time the robbery occurred, to sea tho
faces of tho robber, Johnson is reasonably
satisfied from the conversation which nassud
between him and Turlington in the Jail dur
ing which Turlington made many state
ments identical with tboso made at the time
of tho
o robbery, that he (Turlington) lt
vrantti for robbing the train,
tho
THE FAULT OF LANG.
An Order Issned by tho Superin
tendent Hold to Havo Cansed
THE HILL FARM MINE DISASTEE.
Charge of Criminal Responsibility Made
Against Him in
THE TEEDIOT OF THE COEONEE'S JUKI.
Labor L taders Tf ill at Once Bring Suits Against the
Company.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury investi
gating the Hill Farm mine disaster has
been made public. The jury decides that
the men whose bodies were recovered, Hay
and Shearin, met death in the discharge of
duty, and holds Superintendent Lang crimi
nally responsible for ordering the work that
caused the explosion.
rSFXCIAI. TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
TJniontown, July 11. After withhold
ing the verdict of the Coroner's jury in the
Dunbar disaster for 21 hours it was given to
the public this evening by Coroner Holbert.
The jury holds Superintendent Lang crim
inally responsible. The finding of the jury
is in the nature of a surprise to many. The
following is the full text of the verdict:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Fayette
county, ss.
An inquisition Indented and taken at Dunbar
borough, in the county of Fayette, the 10th day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, before me, James
F. Holbert, Coroner of tbe county aforesaid,
upon the view of the bodies of David Hay and
Daniel Shearin, then and there lying dead,
upon the oaths of W. H. Cottom, Samuel
Moyer, William Trew, William Blacka, Michael
Reagan and John Lowe, good and lawful men
of the county aforesaid, who, being duly sworn
and affirmed to inqnire on the part of the Com
monwealth, when, where and after what man
ner the said David Hay and Daniel Shearin
came to their deaths, do say upon their respect
ive oaths that David Hay and Daniel Shearin
came to their death while in tho discharge of
their duty, David Hay in
TBYINO TO EESCUE HIS BOY
and Daniel Shearin while in the discharge of
his duty as fire boss, iu the Hill Farm mine on
the 16th day of Jane, 1890. being suffocated
with after damp and smoke caused by an
explosion of gas by John Kerwin open
ing a drill hole In an unlawful man
ner under the directions and by order of
Robert Lang, superintendent, and that we be
lieve the said Robert Lang is criminally re
sponsible in cauBinc tbe death of the said David
Hay and Daniel Shearin.
In witness whereof the aforesaid Coroner, as
well as the jurors aforesaid, have to this in
quisition set their bands and seabj on the day
and tbe year and at the place first above
mentioned. J. F. Holbekt, Coroner,
W. H. Cottom, Foreman.
William Tekw,
John Low,
Samuel Moyek,
W. D. Blacka.
Michael .Reaoax.
Mine Inspector Keighley was seen this
evening, and when asked for his opinion on
the Coroner's verdict of the Dunbar disas
ter case, said:
"As I understand tho law it may now be my
place to prosecute Superintendent Lang, and I
feel tnat I should not pass an opinion, on tbe
subject, Bnt it seems to me, from an official
standpoint, that a man should not take orders
from one whom be does not recognize as the
mine boss, and such being the case both parties
are alike guilty. Kerwin and the other men
who obeyed Superintendent Lang's orders,
knowing that be bad no mine boss certificate,
did wrong; they wero not bound to obey his
orders."
JIB. KEIGHLEY COMPLAINS.
Inspector Keighley appears to be consid
erably ruffled at the miners for their actions
at the inquest, and remarked:
"They had things their own way down there,
and ran the Inquest to suit themselves. There
were three miners on the jury. They had their
attorneys and the Knights of Labor offioials.
Yet the latter seemed to think they did not get
justice at tne inquest. I think if anyone had
fair play they bad it. I had no counsel there
and did not address the jury as they were privi
leged. Tbe miners' officials, it seems to me,
have been very Impetuous and ungrateful from
tho start, as everything was done that
could be done and no expense spared
to effect a rescue. There seems
to have been a bitter premdlce
against me by many of tbe miners from the date
of the announcement of my probable appoint
ment as mine inspector for this district, and I
have met it continually. I suppose this oppo
sition comes from the fact that I once owned
some coal mines and for many years was a
superintendent. I think they liavo no just
ground for such projudlce. I have shown no
favors. This will tie borne out by an examina
tion of my reports. It is a difficult matter to
make out a case of this kind in court against
anyone. The laws are so complicated and so
defective. But now Is the time to act, and
if it is my duty to prosecute Lang I will do so
without hesitation.
RETURNING THEIR THANKS.
The Dnnbar Relief Committee Issues a
Card.
rSPECIAt, TELXOBAM TO TOE DISFATOTM
Dunbab, July 1L The Dnnbar Relief
Committee, which has been taking all possi
ble care of the bereaved families, feel very
grateful to the people who have aided them
in their work, and at a meeting to-day the
following resolution was made up and
passed:
We, the members of the Dunbar Relief Dis
tributing Committee, hereby tender thanks in
behalf of the bereaved families, to Mrs. J. M.
Gusky, of Pittsburg, for her timely and
bounteous gift of clothing; to the Montooth
Citizens' Committee for their grateful gift of
8331 06, and to all other persons who have so
generously lent a helping hand to the suffering
poor. The funds at our command were all
distributed last week, and since that time little
nas been received, except the check and cloth
ing mentioned. Much more than this, and in
fact more than we have any knowledge of
now, will ba needed to relieve the
sufferers. We earnestly request all charitable
persons who may be able, to contribute early
and freely to the needs of our poor people. The
most prompt, and tbereforo the most grateful
relief, can be given by sendine contributions
direct to the treasurer of tho Relief Commit
tee. A statement oi an innas ana gooas re
ceived and paid out will be given to the press
immediately alter, our next distribution.
GEORGE H. SWEAfclNGEN,'
Secretary and Treasurer.
Db. J. J. Mullen,
Chairman,
Rev. W. F. Hcnteb,
rev. D.j. malady,
Columbus Shea.
Committee.
A RIGHTEOUS VERDICT
Is tho VVnv the Finding Is Looked Upon by
Dunbar's Residents.
rsrECIAZi TZLBOBAM TO TBS DISFATOIt.!
Dunbab, July 11. Tho long looked-for
and long hoped-for verdiot of the Coroner's
jury on the Dunbar disaster, was very
favorably recolved here to-day, when it was
known that the blame had been placed on
the company, or rather on its representative,
Superintendent Lang. That there was
some one man to blame, all the old miners
have all along contended, bat that this man
would be singled out by the jury was
scarcely hoped for. Though tbo verdict is
only given as to tho canse of death of tho
two men who wero rcoovcred. there is no
doubt it rules as well over the men who
have not been, and probably novor will be
found. As a result there is talk here of
suits being instituted at once, and If they
are entered tber will not onlv bo in behu
ii
of the families of tho men found, but of
tho men still behind the wall of fire.
"ho Knights of Labor have taken com.
I ci
iicio cnargo or tho fOl hero ever aiaeo tne
TWELVE
disaster, and there is a disposition now to
have that organization take the load in any
suit that may bo instituted. Superintend
cnt Lang himself is very indignant over
tho finding, and says it is very unjust to
himself and to the company.
BUTTS TO BE rNSTnUTED AT ONCE.
The Knlghta of Labor Will FInco tho Mat
tcrin tho Ilnnda of Their Attorney.
rSFKCIAL TELEQEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Scottdale, July 11. The verdiot of the
jury in the case of the victims of the Dun
bar disaster, was well received here iu
labor circles here to-day. Mike Reagan,
one of the jurors was here and disclosed the
verdict, which charges criminal negligence
.against Superintendent Robert Lang, of the
Dnnbar Furnace Company. The fact of in
dicting Lang accomplishes the first desire of
the Knights of Labor, and suits will rap
idly follow. Miners are streaming in from
all over the coke regions, and are all anx
ious to hear the verdict.
Master Workman Kerfoot said to-day that
be would go to TJniontown to-morrow in
in order to receive advice from his counsel
as to the entering of suits. "The verdict
was what I expected, and 1 have reason to
feel elated. Lang is charged with criminal
negligence, but the company is responsible.
You can look for rich developments now."
Peter Wise, a member of the Knights of-
Liaoor Investigating uommittee, saia: xt
serves Lang right. It is a decisive victory
for us, as we gained everything."
Secretary Parker said:" "We will enter
suits at once, as we have ascertained why
those other 31 miners were killed."
R. Byrne, who conducted the examination
of the witnesses for the Knights of Labor,
said: "The jury did their duty. The ver
dict satisfies me, and I am certain it will
satisfy all those who heard the testimony.
The mining laws need revision, and until
this can be accomplished those that are now
in existence should be rigidly enlorced. I
oeiieve both criminal and civil suits will be
instituted.
Iranff Soys It's Splto Work.
rSFECIAZ. TEIEQKJLM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
TJnionto-wn, July 11. Superintendent
Lang is very indignant over the verdict,
and says it is the result of spite work.
Coroner Holbert expressed surprise at the
verdict, and although he would give no
opinion on the matter, said that it was not
what he had expected it to be.
THIEVES FALLING OUT.
Ono of tho Boodle Aldermen to bo Defendant
In u Civil Suit.
lEFECLU. TTLIOEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1
New Yoke, July 1L The latest nov
elty in the boodle business is a threat by In
former Michael Duffy to sue John Keenan
for $40,000 of the Broadway Railway boodle
alleged to have been entrusted to Keenan
for Duffy, and sinfully withheld from Duffy.
Duffy has been in a state of mind ever since
Keenan came home rich and happy. First
he was going to furnish theDistnct Attor
ney with evidence that would enable that
officer to convict Keenan out of hand.
There were conferences between Duffv and
the District Attorney's office, the result of
which may be inferred from the fact that the
indictments aeainst Keenan were forthwith
dismissed.
Now Dufiy threatens the civil suit. He
has sworn to affidavits which are now in the
hands of his counsel, Henry Seldner, in
which he declares that Keenan was ap
pointed distributor of a fund of $750,000, of
which $50,000 was to go to each of 15 mem
bers of'the 1881 Board of Aldermen. Mr.
Duffy declares that he received only 510,000
of his share, and it is the other 5-10,000 that
he wants Mr. Keenan to turn over to him.
He declares that he has repeatedly asked
for it, but never got it. The affidavit says
nothing about bribery, but describes the
money in Keenan's hands as a trust fund.
WANTED A BRASS BAND.
Tho Dying Wish of a Woman Who Opposed
Fnncral Sermons.
rSPECUL TZLEGBAM TO TBB DISFATCn.1
Indianapolis, July 11. Mrs. Ernst
Prentice died Wednesday. Her last request
was that there should be no fnneral sermon
or ceremony. All that she desired was
a brass band. She died of consump
tion, perfectly sane. To-day she was
buried. The body of the dead woman
was laid out in a neat coffin in the front
room of the house, with mourners gathered
about. A full brass band was stationed in
the yard. After the coffin had been closed
and lifted in the hands of the pall-bearers
the band sent forth the sweet strains of
"Nearer, My God, to Thee."
The pall-bearers moved softly from the
house and out to the hearse, the last note of
the sacred old air dying away as the coffin
was pushed inside the hearse. Then the
band took up its position in front of the
hearse, the procession was formed, and, to
the music of a doleful dirge it moved away
toward the cemetery. At the doors of the
vault a solemn piece of sacred music was
played as the coffin was removed from the
hearse and deposited in the vault. There
was no prayer, no remarks by a pastor, only
the music of the brass band.
THE LATEST FISH ST0BY.
A Skate Nearly Flvo Feet Lone Captured at
Coney Island.
rSFSCTAZ. TBUaBAM TO TITE DISPATCH.!
NewYobk, July 11. A monster skate
is on exhibition at one of the West End re
sorts on Coney Island. It is 4 feet 7 inches
wide and 3'feet 1 inch in height It weighs
150 pounds. It was captured in the Coney
Island surf by Lawrence Bommer, a hinge
manufacturer of Bromly. Mr. Bommer, al
though more than 70 years old, is still as
lively as some young men, and when he saw
the monster in the surf in front of his
Brunswick cottage, at the West End, he
seized a heavy piece of wood and plunged
in, clothes and all, to capture it His at
tention had first been directed to it by his
fine water spaniel, Jack. v
Mr. Bommer had to walk out almost to
his waist in the water before he reached the
fish. He pounded it with the piece of wood
vigorously, and Jack tore at it wickedly.
Several men went to Mr. Bommer's assist
ance, and when the life had been pounded
oat of the skate a rope was fastened to it,
and it was dragged ashore. It has been an
object of much interest to the West End
visitors, and, to prolong the exhibition, a
stream of ice water is being poured over it.
A COMPLICATED LEGAL TANGLE.
Tbo Status of the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany Btlll la Doubt.
rSriCUI. TZLEQBAK TO TBE DISPATCH.!
New Obleans, July 11. The adjourn
ment of the Legislature has left tho lottery
matter in a very complicated legal tangle.
The Governor claims that the amend
ment never passed tho Legisla
ture properly, as it did not receivo
a two-thirds vote over his veto. The
lottery company claims that it was properly
passed, as the veto was null and void and of
no effect. Tie case will, ot course, have to
bo decided U? tho courts, but Juit how to
ct it before them is the question. Tho
tato Constitution provides that a constitu
tional amendment, which tho lottery bill is,
mutt bo promulgated by tho Secretary of
"'ate tbTCe montns before the election.
This would brinjf its promulgation In
January, 1802, a year and a half from to
day. Tho lawyers havo us yet been unable
to scs how the caio can bo brought up boforo
f,nc.mi although tho parties Interested want
i u , " at onco, as tho campaign is likely
to begin anew. It is not seen how the caso
"a ko higher than tho Btato Bupromo
onrt,
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PAGES.
AN INQUIRY ORDERED
Beaver County May Bolt the Nomi
nation of Major McDowell.
CALL FOE A COMMITTEE- MEETING
For Jnly 19 to be Issned by Chairman A.
P. Marshall To-Day.
THE POLITICIANS AKE VJKEI EETICE5T
As to the Precise Aetlcn Which Will lie Talen Upon
the Date KaraeiL
Chairman Marshall, of tbe Beaver County
Republican Committee, will to-day call a
meeting of that organization for Saturday,
July 19. The charges of corruption in the
Congressional Convention will be consid
ered, and the committee may refuse to ratify
the nomination.
IFKOlt A STAVP COBRESFONDENT. 1
New Brighton, July 1L Chairman
Marshall will to-morrow issue a call for the
meeting of the Connty Committee on Satur
day, July 19, to take action on the Congres
sional nomination scandal, an intimation of
which was first given exclusively in The
DisrATcn two days ago. The question
that will then be submitted to the committee
is this: "Can Beaver county under the cir
cumstances ratify the nomination?"
The talk of the alleged corruption is wide
spread in the galaxy of towns near the
mouth of the Beaver. A rather extended
canvass was made of Beaver, Bridgewater,
Rochester and New Brighton to-day, bnt
most of the politicians encountered were ret
icent, and "S-h-h-h" was all that could be
gotten out of them.
NOT TALKING TEEY LOUD.
Republican County Committeeman James
Davidson was quite limited in his utter
ances, and tbe most that he would say was
that he didn't know of any steps to be taken
looking toward an investigation, but in con
clusion he said: "See the Chairman of the
County Committee, A, P. Marshall, Esq."
Harry Brown, a Bridgewater grocer, and
a member of the County Committee, said he
knew nothing of the matter, except what he
saw in the papers. Mr. Brown then grew
abstracted in the work of weighing coffee to
a customer and didn't talk any more.
Mr. McCoy, Marshall's law partner, said
he didn't know much about the case, but he
admitted that from what he had heard some
people say there might be more than smoke.
one peeson not woeeied.
Captain George Speyer, of Rochester, said:
"I am not worried about it. We had a
Congressman of our own and we nev,er got
anything. There was an appropriation of
$5,000 for our harbor and had it been prop
erly expended here it would have been of
immense benefit to this place, but it was
spent in Beaver."
A. Mulheim, an ex-member of the Connty
Committee, said he didn't like the aspect of
the matter. It seemed to have opened the
the gate to the entrance of fraud, and the
end was difficult to conjecture.
Michael Weyand, editor of the 'Beaver
Times, is said to have ''his pockets stuffed
with political dynamite, with intent to ex
plode it at the proper time, but he was not
at home.
Joseph Coleuqf,Ne"y Brighton said: "I
am personally tr'icadtf" tovtard Townsond,
but I think his chickens have come home to
roost"
the investigation oedeeed.
Chairman Marshall was found at last,
but was inclined to be the reverse of com
municative. Dr. S. H. McConnell, after
some persuasion, finally acknowledged that
there would be a conference this evening,
at which himself and Marshall would be
present. He also said: "The Washington
correspondent of The Dispatch, by some
means, succeeded in getting this thing very
near straight." ,
After the conference this evening, Chair
man Marshall, as above stated, issned a call
for a meeting of the committee on Jnly 19.
Exactly what action will be taken at that
time no one seems to know, but something
of a radical nature is confidently expected
by those on the inside. Douthitt.
A MANIAC SON'S DEED.
He Bents His Fntlier to Death and Tries to
Kill His Mother.
Nashua, N. H., July 11. A frightful
tragedy took place at West Wilton
this morning. The scene of the crime
was a small farmhouse five miles
from Wilton village, occupied by Warren
Holt, his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bohanon
and'Edwin Holt a son of Warren. The
elder Holt was sick last night and confined
to his bed. Edwin, who is 40 years of age,
got up early and called for his mother,
who was in an adjoining room. She came
to his room, when he commenced a
brutal assault upon her, crushing her face
with blows of terrific force. Her screams
brought her' sister, Mrs. Bohanon, and thus
the mother's life was saved. She hid her
self and her sister ran from the
cottage for help. The sight of
the blood from tbe mother's wound
seems to have aroused a devilish frenzy in
the son, who rushed to his father, tore the
sick man from his bed and dragged him to
the fireplace, where he caught him by the
throat and dashed him against the brioks,
pounding his head to a jelly.
The infuriated insane man, after knock
ing his father's brains out, was overpowered
by the neighbors after a terrible strugele.
To-night he was taeen to an asyium.
A BOY OF 16 HANGED.
He Was Convicted of tbe Cold-Blooded
Dl order of His Stepmother.
1BFECIAL TBLEOEJLK TO THB DISFATCH.1
Columbia, S. O., July 11. Armstead
Jones, colored, aged 16, was hanged in
Orangebnrg to-day. He was one the
youngest persons ever hang'ed in this State.
He was hanged for the cold-blooded and de
liberate assassination of his stepmother last
February. Armstead and his younger
brother Josing, a 13-year-old boy, quar
reled with their stepmother about somo
trivial matter, and decided to get their
father's wife out of the way.
Armstead procured an old gun, which
was heavily loaded, and on one evening
just before they expected their stepmother
to go to the spring for water they secreted
themselves in the vicinity behind some
bushes. When Mrs. Jones made her ap
pearance Armstead took deadly aim anu
fired. Ho met his fate stolidly, and ap
peared to have no fear of death.
BA1TIM0BE NOW KICKING.
Tho Census Returns lor That City Sent la
Too Early.
tsrr.ctAt. TELaanAM to ran disfatcdt.
Baltimoke, July 11. Baltimore wants
a recount. All tho papers aro kicking over
the returns of the census enumerators, and
claim that tbo city has at least aOO.OOO in
habitants. Tbo local Supsrintendent of
Censns was among the first to get in his ro
turns. which showed a population of 433,
000. Boston at tho same tlrao returned only
417,000 and St. Louis 430,000.
There whs general rejoicing at tho time.
Slnco then, however, Iioston has pushed up
and passed Baltimore, now leading by
4,000, whllo St. Louis succeeded in adding
enough names to secure a majority oi 10.000,
This puts Baltimore seventh Instead ol fifth.
Henco tho kick,
CAME UNDER CONTRACT.
CIQARMAKERS WHO WILL BE RETURNED
TO BELGIUM.
A Philadelphia Cigar Dealer Who Has Boea
Iraportlos Contract Labor The Men Ad
mit They Were Engaged to Work in
the United States.
Philadelphia, July 1L Special In
spector Stratton detained ten men John
Hiratx, Arnold Stockman, H. Bovar, Gio
vanni Sellers, F. Decantur, A. A. Oilman,
JohnBroffaus, Lewis Cadut, Andrew Wehns
and Giovanni Berlins, who arrived by tbe
steamer Belgenland from Antwerp, on the
charge that that they were being brought to
this country in violation of the contract
labor law. Money, it is said, was sent
to bring the men, who are cigarmakers,
to this country, and who were to be paid
$1 50 per week with board. Inspector
Stratton, in his report to the customs au
thorities, states that he examined the pas
sengers who arrived by the steamship Bel
genland yesterday and found tbe above
named, who informed him, by interpreter,
that they came to tbe United States at the
request of M. Van Becht, who resides at
No. 532 Redmond street, who sent them 750
francs to pay their passage.
They are cigarmakers, and claim that
Van Recht is to furnish them employment
at $1 per week and lodgings, they to pay
back the passage money in installments.
The Inspector also stated that several of the
passengers informed him that Mr. Stuyk, of
No. 603 Marriott street, sent them 500 francs,
and was to employ them as cigarmakers un
der the same terms.
Mr. Van Recht, Stratton says, admitted
that he had written to a friend in Antwerp
to furnish the passage money and he would
repay it This morning Van Recht said his
statement of last evening was not trne, but
that the Cisarmakers' Union of Belgium
had paid the men's passage. Stratton told
him he would have to detain the men
and report the case to the col
lector. Then Van Recht offered 510
to let the men land and
repeated the offer in the presence of Chief
Inspector Johnson. It is said that this is
the second lot of cigarmakers that Van
Recht has brought to this country, the first
lot of six arriving some weeks ago.
The Collector, after conversation with
Deputy Collector Ingham, who had investi
gated tbe case, decided that the men should
not land and should be returned to Ant
werp. One of the men, whose name could
not be ascertained, has escaped.
HIS GREAT GRIEF,
SERIOUS CONDITION OF WHITELY, ONCE
REAPER KING.
Almost Crazed bv Repented Deaths In tbe
Family and Financial Losses Peculiar
Scenes at the Fnneral of His Dangbter
Yesterday.
ISPBCIAL TZIZGBAM TO TBS DISFATCH.1
Spbingfield, O., July 11. William N.
Whitely, once the "Reaper King," formerly
owning the great East Street Shops, being
exceeded in size only by Krupp Gun Works
at Eissen, Germany, is a broken down man,
crazed by grief, and showing signs of in
sanity. His great financial loss and grief
have made him almost a maniac Mis3
Helen, his only daughter, was buried to
day' from the family mansion
on East High street. The burial was
a peculiar one, and only immediate
relatives were present The pronounced
eccentricity of Mr. Whitely manifested it
self even in his supreme .grief. He de
clined to permit an undertaker to come into
the house nntil an hour before the funeral.
The coffin was sn oblong black box manu
factured at the shop of Amos Whitely, a
brother of the bereaved father, it was
black throughout with black handles
and black rivets. No embalming
process was permitted to be applied
to the body, and it was interred
within 30 hours after the girl died. No
crape was allowed upon the door, and tbe
pallbearers were members of the family.
The casket was lined with flowers furnished
by the dead girl's friends. Mr. Whitely is
visibly affected by his great grief. Miss
Helen was his onlv daughter and she was
one of the most accomplished young ladies
in Springfield. She was especially noted
as a linguist and devoted her time almost
entirely to study.
Miss Whitely died of an intestinal diffi
culty which carried off two of her aunts.
She was ill but two days. Mr. Whitely's
mother and brother, who died compara
tively recently, were buried with
the same plainness that charac
terized to-day's funeral. Mr. Whitely's
appearance won the profound sympathy of
all. Mr. Whitely ordered one of his shop
delivery wagons to be used as a hearse, but
a real hearse was secured at the last moment
by other relatives.
FBEEEBS AN OLD PD?E.
AFoar-Year-OId Smoker Who Astonishes
tho Peoplo ot Trenton.
rSFBCLU. TZXEORAX TO THE DISPATCH.
Teenton, N. J., July 11. The most re
markable small boy in Trenton is Winfield
Doran, who is fonr years old and can smoke
six strong cigars a day. It is not uncom
mon to see this precocions young
ster going through the streets with
his mother puffing on a strong pipe.
He began smoking when he- was 7 months
old. He acquired the habit through daily
aisociation with the men of the household,
who are all smokers. They would take him
on their knees and allow him to take the
pipe in his mouth and take a few puffs.
He gradually acquired a liking for the
weed, and demanded his turn at tbe pipe
during the nursing hours. His father states
that he purchased new clav pipes for him.
but they were not strong enough, and he
preferred an old strong one.
A MOTHER NOT YET FOURTEEN.
Probably tho Youngest Wife ia tbo State of
New Jcrsoy.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TcTtBE DISPATCH. 1
Atlantic Highlands, July 11. Mrs.
Israel Smith, of Chapel Hill, is the young
est mother in Monmouth City, and perhaps
in the State of New Jersey. She is
not yet 14 years of age, and has been
married nearly a year. Her father is Mon
roe Bills. Mrs. Smith became a mother a
dav or two aeo. when a baby was born to
her. Her hnsband is only 17 years old, but
he looks more like an overgrown boy of 12
years than he does a married man.
Monroe Bills, Mrs. Smith's father, was
opposed to his daughter getting married so
young, and did all he could to prevent tbe
marriage. Mrs. Bills, on the other hand,
favored the match, and accompanied the
young conple to the clergyman's where they
married,
UBS. MOWATrSGOOD F0BTUNE.
Bhollas Secured tho Mexican Eslato Be
queathed by Her Brothor,
rSrCIAL TILZQHA1ITO TUB DISPATCTM
NEwnunon, N. Y., Jnly 11. Lawyer
John M. Gardner, counsel for Mary E.
Mowattin her suits against her brothers
and sisters and their relatives to recover the
half-million eitato her brother willed her
when bo died, told a Dispatch reporter
to-night an interesting story concerning
tho result of the legal fight that has been
made. Ho said that his client has wrested
from tbe several defendants the Mexican
property valued at 9400,000, which nets her
an income of $3,000 per month.
He has also recovered Judgment to tho
amount ot 1120,000 unlawfully obtained
jrom ner,
Transient AUvertlsemenis,
WANTS, TO ITET3. FOB 8ALES, ETC., POR
TO-MORROW ISSUE
Mar be handed In. at tho tnaln adrertlslns
office of THE UlSPATrn. corner Smlthfleld
and Diamond streets, up to midnight.
THREE CENTS.-
PENNED IJI FIRE,
Thirty-five Men Face Death in
Horrible Form on a Burn
ing Steamer.
AT LEAST 12 ARE DEAD.
And Tery Few, if Any, ot the Others
Escape Sorious Injury.
EXPLOSION IN THE VESSEL'S HOLD
Sets Quantities of Oil Aflame and Prevents
Eescua Till Too Late.
AWFUL SCENE AT A CHICAGO DOCK
An explosion on a lake steamer at Chi
cago last night caused the loss of at least a
dozen lives and the serious injnry of a score
or more others. The vessel took fira and
smoke and flames prevented a rescue. Tho
killed and injured, were stevedores and
sailors.
Chicago, July 11 A frightful expIo
sion occurred to-night on the steamer Tioga,
one of the largest vessels on the great lakes.
Thirty-eight people were aboard the steamer
at the time. When the work of resouing the
survivors, which commenced almost in
stantly, was well under way only two per
sons could be found who eseaped unhurt To
make matters worse fire broke out on the
wrecked vessel and huge volumes of flams
and smoke impeded the searchers for the
dead and dying. The bursting of the steam
er's boilers was reported to be the cause of -the
catastrophe.
It was in the Chicago river at the foot of
Washington street that the explosion oc
curred. This locality 13 in the heart of the
business section of Chicago, and the terrific
shock of the explosion brought people run
ning in terror out of the tall buildings
blocks away.
the victims all laboeehs.
Most of the victims were Chicagoans,
stevedores, who were unloading the vessel.
Only three of the Tioga's crew were reported
on the list The fire proved a stubborn one,
and made it impossible at the time to verify
the report that the boilers had exploded. A
report was current that the explosion was
due to another cause the accidental light
ing of a large quantity of combustibles in
the narrow confines of the Tioga's deep hold.
In the hold near the steamer's stern was
where the fire held sway. Through the
bursts of fire could be seen a great jagged
cleft in the Tioga's decks and cabin, and
aloft on tho tall smoke stacks- dangled a
hnge framework of timber, fantastically
swaying backward and forward, telling of
the terrific force of the explosion which sent
it ther6 from 30 feet below.
THE CAPTAIN'S STOEY.
While the fire was still in progress a re
porter met the captain of the ill-fated steam
er on the forward deck. The officer con
sented to stop long enongh in his task of
straightening out the confusion prevailing
to give a statement of what he knew of the
wreck. Said he:
"My name is Captain A. A, Phelps. I
arrived here last evening from Buf
falo in command of the Tioga, and
we were unloading at this dock when
the explosion took place this evening. X
was in the freight shed on the dock when I
heard a terrific noise, and running out saw
the north quarter of the vessel enveloped in
the steam. All the crew of 25 were either
aboard at the time or were on the dock in
the freight honse. I found after a careful
search that all but three were accounted for
and safe. These three, all from Buffalo,
were: Second Engineer George Hang, Look
out C. Levalley, Deck-hand William Cuth
bnrt AT LEAST A DOZEN LOST.
"Besides the three missing who belonged
to the crew, there must have been from 13
to 15 other men killed, ana probably half a
dozen additional wounded. These were
laborers in the hold, who were doing the
unloading. Eight colored men are posi
tively stated to have been below, and six or
seven others were at the hatches aiding their
fellow stevedores lower down. The explo
sion occurred in the hold, not in the ma
chinery or boilers, as near as I could ascer
tain, and was probably in some combustible
freight stored there."
The captain was -at this moment called
away to the wrecked portion of the vessel,
which seemed gradually settling in the
river. Occasionally a wounded man was
being hauled out of the debris, as the flames
permitted the police and firemen to olose in
toward the literal black hole in which the
bodies of the unfortunate stevedores still
lay.
THE MEN IN THE HOLD.
The unfortunates were a gang in charge
of John Neile, a white man. Among those
supposed to be in the hold were Neile him
self, Osborn Polk, Henry Alexander, John
Lewis, Thomas Lewis and Alexander
Smith.
Great crowds of people gathered on the
nighboring bridges, docks and vessels and
watched the tragic scenes being enaeted on
tho Tioga. The immense iron hull, painted
a forbidding black, stretched 300 feet or
more along the pier, and a swarm of police,
firemen and reporters were clambering over
her on all sides. Eye-witnesses of the ex
plosion were bnsy telling new-eomers the
gory particulars. It appeared that the ex
plosion occurred jnst after a porter named
William Palmer had gone below with
lighted lamps. He had scarcely reached the
decks again when
THB TEAEFCX SHOCK CAME.
It was said that 200 barrels of oil were
among tbe cargo, and that tbeso had become
ignited. Others insisted that tbe explosion
must have been duo to a lack of water in
tbe boilers, and that the second engineer
who was known to be missing, was tho man
whose dnty it wonld bo to start the pony
pumps in such an emergency. This, it u
declared, wonld have prodnood jnst suoh an
explosion, wreoking only one oompartaeat
of tbo vessel. There was much congratula
tion on an exenrslon steamer cloio by, on
the faot that the Tioga was purely a freight .
carrier, and that no passengers whatever
were aboard.
Up to, 10i30 p. M. nine dead bodies. bad
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