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FOETT-iTFTH YEAE.
THE CBISISAT HAND,
Result of the Big Strike Depends
on the Reserve Power of
the K. of L.
LABOR'S GREAT CONFLICT.
Powderly Regards It as the Most
Momentous Struggle in the
LONG LIST OP INDDSTEIAL WARS.
The New lork Central Officials Appear Terj
Determined.
ENGINEERS MAI JOIN THE MOTEMENT
Tbe next 21 hours will probably decide
the (access or failure of the great New York
Central strike. Tbe officials and employes ap
pear equally determined. Powderly regards
it as the greatest labor conflict CTer known
in this country. He says this road was
selected to lead in a movement to disrupt
the Knights of Labor.
TKPE-- TZLEORAJC TO TH DISPATCH. '
New Yobk, August 9. The strike upon
the New York Central Railroad is either
almost at an end or it has just begun. It
depends entirely upon the reserve power
of the Knights of Labor. The indications
late to-nicht were that the trouble would
spread within a few hours, in a more or less
severe form, throughout the Yanderbilt
system.
The managers of the Central road suc
ceeded before dark this evening in getting
their passenger service on the Hudson Biver
Division into almost regular running order.
Then tbe Knights struck another blow. A
strike was ordered in the West Shore
freight yards. In response about forty men
left work in and about the yards at Wee
hawken, and that terminus of the road was
tied up, as far as freight trains were con
cerned. All Alone tbe LI up.
Meantime the strike on the main line of
the Central had spread west to Buffalo, but
it did not involve a very large proportion of
the employes, although all departments
were represented among the strikers. Vice
President "Webb, with the approval of the
Vanderbilts, issued early in the day a
notice to employes, declaring the intention
of the road to fight the strike to the end, and
to fill the places of every man who went out.
This declaration of war brought a threat
from the Kmgbts to tie up not only the
West Shore, but the Lake Shore, the Mich
igan Central, the Canada Sonthern and the
Chicago and Northwestern within 24 hours
unless some concession was made by the
company.
Late to-night a conference between the
Knights and representatives of the locomo
tive engineers employed on the system was
still in progress. The Knights were san
guine that they would succeed in inducing
them to join the strikers. The officers of
the Central do not believe this effort can
possibly succeed.
No Act of Violence.
There has be en no act of violence thus far
in connection wi th the strike. Sir. "Webb
reiterated that no old men who failed
to respond to duty to-day would be taken
back, bnt that could not throw out more
than 400 or 500 so far because only that
number in the passenger service went out.
The first service has been suspended tem
porarily and no call was made to-day for
freight men. Less than 200 strikers tied up
the passenger train service in New York
City, and Mr. Webb said that their places
had all been filled without difficulty.
"The company means to fight it out if it
takes a month," he said, "and I estimate
that the loss for that time wonld not be over
51,000,000 to the company. That wonld be
getting off cheap. We certainly can't
afford to give in at any cost, and the battle
gained is
Worth millions of Dollars.
both to the Central and to all tbe roads in
the country. We don't expect, however; that
any other companies outside our own sys
tems will help us fight the Knights. I know
that a great many will surmise that we have
gone into this too hastily, but I assure you
that I have the full backing of the Messrs.
Vanderbilt and all tbe other interests.
They feel as I do, that we have got to win
at any cost"
President Depew was reached by cable
either yesterday or to-day, and he is now, it
is said on good authority, on the way over
from Europe. It the struggle is pro
longed it likely that tbe Board
of Directors will meet pretty
soon. Superintendent Spohr, of the
Wagner Palace Car Company, who has been
stationed for several years at Chicago, is
well acquainted with the labor organiza
tions on the Lake Shore and Michigan Cen
tral. He was at the depot to-day,
and he had no fear of a tie-up
on those lines, because he said the
Knights were neither strong nor organized
oat there. He said they could not do much
in Chicago. All the troubles that ever hap
pened on those roads were started by
Brotherhood men, mostly switchmen In
Cleveland and Toledo.
Mraterloua Movement.
The mystery affected by the order was
cast around the movements of the knights
all day. The men gathered early in the day
in the varions meeting halls on tbe East
and West Sides, and held long secret meet
ings. Local Assembly 10,569, numbering
nearly 200
men, marched, three deep, to
Wendel's assembly rooms.
At this meeting a committee was ap
pointed to see the officers of the local assem
blies along the West Shore, the Pennsyl
vania, tbe Erie and the Jersey Central Kail
roads, and make arrangements so that the
Knights on these roads wonld not handle
freight shipped by or to the. New York Cen
tral or help the road in anv other way.
While the meeting was in session a com
mittee from a West Shore local was an
nounced and admitted.
4 , The committee is said to have reported
.that tbe men on that road were
filling to tie up at a moment'.
iotiee,' and would help the Knights of
ybrjtatb.cityin everyway, Theaea
said that there was enongh money in the
treasuries of the locals In this city to enable
them to hold out for six weeks.
Some Sweeping Threata.
The committee said that if the trouble was
not settled before sundownSunday the Lake
Shore Bailroad would be tied up In
less than five minutes, and that the Michi
gan Central, the Canada Southern and
Chicago and Northwestern would also be
tied np. This was, in fact, the first official
statement that had been made by Knights,
but as it came from a committee of a local
assembly, the railroad officials were not in
clined to loot: upon it as anthoritative.
As to the number of men out on the
Central Mr. Holland said he did not know,
and would have to write to Philadelphia
if he wanted to find out. Other
members of the order placed the number
all the way from 10,000 to 18,000. The com
pany discredited these figures and said that
there was not more than 1.000 men out all
along the line.
The freight brakemen and conductors and
yardmen and switchmen In the West Shore
yard in Weehawken quit wort: at 7:10 to
night. Tbe officials of the road had been
uncertain all day frhat the men would
do. The day men in the yard left
work as usual at 7 o'clook P. 31., and
when they went away they were questioned
by the yardmaster and some other official.
They all said they had heard nothing of a
strike, and would be back at work at the
usual time.
A Lode Signal Blaat.
At 7:10 Engineer Heininger, on engine
112, was nearly oppositeto tbe yard master's
office with a train of loaded 'freight cars
which he was switching back toward the
float. Suddenly the engine whistle
gave a long blast. That was the
sicnal for the men to quit. The
switchmen left tbeir switches and the brake
men and conductors jumped off their cars at
once, and twenty of them walked to the
yardmaster's office in a body. Michael
Kane, a conductor, then
General Yard Master J. W. De Groat
was in his office. He had recognized the
signal and was just coming out to see what
effect it had had when Kane met him
at the door. Kane took off his hat, sat
his lantern down on tbe floor and said bash
fully: "Well, we've quit." The yardmaster
called in Engineer Heininger and asked
him whether he had struck.
''I have not," said Heininger.
"Why did you blow the whistle, then?"
asked De Groat
"I didn't blow it," replied the engineer.
"A fellow I didn't know jumped on the
engine and grabbed the whistle rope and
pulled it and then jumped off and went
down the yard."
NO FBEIGHT CABS BEF0BE MONDAY.
Prom 8 o'clock to 9 not a car was moved
in the yard, and then Dispatcher
Williams had a conference with De
Groat, and it was determined to
move at least the cars containing the
perishable freight. One train was got out.
The dispatcher said at 10 o'clock that no
further effort would be made to move freight
cars until Monday. Passenger trains were
not affected by to-night's strike. The 8:30
left on time.
The front yard at Sixty-fifth street was de
serted to-day. Not a soul was working.
Nearly T50 cars of Armour's dressed
Cbicago beef were standing on the
tracks waiting to be taken to the water's
edge and unloaded on the boats. There was
some ice on the tneatTnatit was melting
rapidly, and should it e at all warm to-day
the meat will be unfit to eat in a few hours.
All around the yard were car loads of
perishable freight of all kinds wait
ing to be unloaded or shipped
io tbe West There were over
600 head of cattle in cars in this yard, and
the only persons to look after them at all
were General Freight Dispatcher J. J. L.
Loft us and his assistant, Mr. Mitchell.
A GREAT STRUGGLE.
POWDERLY REGARDS THE CONFLICT AS
DENOTING A CRISIS.
The Central Selected to Lead In a Move
ment to Down the Knights of Labor The
Coatl Ie Well Organized and the Striken
Uopefal of Victory.
ISFECIAL TIXEQRAX TO TBS BISPATCH.I
Wilkesbabbe, Pa., August 9. Gen
eral Master "Workman Powderly, head of
the Knights of Labor, was interviewed. He
said: "Well, the great crisis has come at
last"
"When were Ton informed of the strike?"
"Not until noon to-day that is, officially
speaking. Of course I knew the trouble
was brewing. I knew when Cbauncey De
pew sailed for Europe that the crisis was
near at hand."
"How is it that you were not informed
officiallv of the strike last night when itwa
ordered?"
"There was no occasion for it That is
simply a district matter. The trouble is
between the New York Central and the
Knights of that district I have no more
right to interfere than in the Wilkesbarre
Axle Works' strike. It is purelv a matter
for the loeal district"
"Of course you are conversant of the
trouble with the company and the Knights?"
"I am."
"The strike was not brought to the atten
tion of the Executive Board?"
ALL IN THE OBDEB.
"It was not The papers say the Execu
tive board is in session in Philadelphia
ready to be called on if their presence is de
sired. That is not so. Mr. Holland, of the
Board, is the only member who has gone to
New York."
"Are the strikers well organized?"
"Nearly every man on the New York
Central, from engineer to flagman, is a
Knight"
"Do you know the cause of the present
trouble?"
"I do. In April last the company com
menced to lay off or discharge every man
who took a prominent part in the Knights
of Labor, or any organization
intended for tbe betterment of
workingmen. when asked why they dis
charged the uen the only excuse given was
that the company had nothing for them to
do. Within the past few weeks the com
pany has gone into the matter ol discharges
wholesale, and among tbe number dis
charged was Master Workman E. J. Lee, a
locomotive engineer."
"Why is the Central opposed to the
Knights of Labor?"
"I believe it is an attempt of all the cor
porations to down the order. The 'Cen
tral was selected as the one to mmmnnr
the dirtv work, and it was the most capable
to do it?"
"Do you think the Knights will win?"
. HOPEFUL OF VICTOET.
"I hope so. The companies have the
money and tbe order has only the men.
Whether a strike is the best means to attain
a victory J am not prepared to answer."
"Do you think the strike will precipitate
trouble on other roads?"
"I do not I believe nearly all the other
roads and their employes are at peace." i
"The other roads, it is understood, Jtre
lending assistance to tbe Central, and trans
porting its passengers and baggage?"
"Ot course, xnatis oniy natural, xne
corporations will
help each other, every
time when the woxkingsaan ii to begreund I
"Have you any idea of going to New
York?"
"Not until I am called there, or the mat
ter is taken in hand by the Execntive
Board, should such a thing become neces
sary." Mr. Powderly told a friend in confidence
this afternoon that this would be the
greatest battle tbe Knights of Labor
had ever fonght The order
all over tbe country would be asked for con
tributions to sustain the men on strike.
Some months ago several organizers
attempted to organize the telegraph
operators on the Delaware, Lacka
wana and Western Bailroad. The
organizers were proceeding quietly with
their work, having the sanction of tbe
Division Superintendent of the road, when
all at once orders came from headquarters
in New York to desist, and every operator
was warned to leave the organization or lose
his employment
THE BE0THEEH00D HOT IK II.
An Officer of tbe Order Sore tbe Engineers
Will Not Strike.
Cleveland, August 9. An effort was
made to-night by a reporter to find P. L.
Arthur, Chief of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, but that gentleman had
gone out of town. Mr. Delos Everett, an
officer of the grand division, was seen, and
said that the officers of the order here knew
nothing whatever of the situation in New
York. They had no idea there was going to
be a strike of any sort
"Our men are not involved, and as far as
I know, are not likely to be," said Mr.
Everett "We know nothing about tbe
strike except what the newspapers have told
us. Tbe engineers have made no complaint,
and there is not the least likelihood of them
joining the strikers."
THE SIBIEE SFBEADIHG.
A Sympathetic Movement Expected Monday
on ibe Jersey Centrnl.
Jersey City, N. J., August 9. The
freight handlers on the New Jersey Central
floats say they will not touch any New
York Central freight, and as considerable is
expected to-morrow morning for" the Phila
delphia trains, trouble is feared. The
Knights of Labor employed on the New
Jersey Central held a meeting to-night be
hind closed doors.
The men say a strike is ordered for 9
o'clock Monday morning in support of the
New York fellows. At tbe Pennsylvania
piers everything is quiet, with no rnmors of
a strike.
Ercry Buffalo Striker Discharged.
Buffalo, N. Y., August 9. Division
Superintendent Burrows said in an inter
view to-day that he was discharging every
man that has struck. "We are making up
the pay Toll for them now," he said, "and
not a man will ever get back."
TO OFFSET THE STRIKE.
A Kew York Central Agent llero to Engage
Brakemen.
"E. J. Dougherty, Wilmington, Del.," is
a heavy-set old railroader-looking gentle
man who has opened a temporary employ
ment bureau in the American House. Mr.
Dougherty transacts his business with much
impartiality as to locality, and is prepared
to hire men on the sidewalk, in the
office, or in his room, No. 66. Mr. Dough
erty informed The Dispatch reporter
yesterday afternoon that his mission in
Pittsburg was to engage brakemen to take
the place of the strikers on the New York
Central. He is willing to pay $70 for head
brakemen and $60 for the rank and file. He
was not inquiring for firemen or engineers
.because "so far they had not presented any
grievances." He said that his bdcccss in
hiring men was limited, and that so far he
had secured very tew men. He is remain
ing over to-day and might leave to-morrow
with what men he might get when he gets
them. Mr, Dougherty admitted that agents
were busy in other cities on the same mis
sion,, The local organizations of railroad men are
alive to the situation, and are taking steps
to counteract any arrangements of tbe New
York Central's agent There are no railroad
men out of work in the locality except for
cause, and it is thought that even those will
yield to tbe counsels ot tbeir brothers. Offi
cials of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Asso
ciation and kindred orders called on Master
Workman Evans yesterday to volunteer as
sistance in preventing men from going East
He did not think the agent would be suc
cessful in getting men. He says the com
pany had two weeks' notice oi the strike,
and they at once took measures to scour the
country for men.
A CONGRESSMAN'S LUCK.
REPRESENTATIVE O'DONNELL
HEIR TO $2,500,000.
FALLS
The Windfall Comes Throagh Irish Rein-
tlTes Who Went to Spain, Got Klch nnd
Then Died The tstory Told In a Big
Spanish Letter.
tErZCUL TXLXQBAM TO TUX DISPATCH,!
"Washington, August 9. In the morn
ing mail of Bepresentative James O'Don
nell, of Michigan, there came a letter from
Toledo in Spain. It was an official-like docu
ment and written entirely in Spanish. Bep
resentative Hitt and Delegate Joseph, both
of wbonijare expert Spanish scholars, together
furnished a satisfactory translation. The
letter continued the startling information
that he had been made the legatee of the
will ot a deceased relative in Spain and the
executor of his estate. The amount of
money thus left to him, as near as the
translators could make it out, amounts to
$2,600,000 in American money.
The letter further stated that $7,000 had
been placed to the credit of Mr. O'Donnell
in Paris, and requested him to appear in
Spain at as early a day as possible to take
the necessary legal steps to accept his fort
une. The letter was written by a priest and
was accompanied by tbe official seal of the
Archbishop or Toledo."
Mr. O'Donnell stated to his friends that
he was aware of the existence of relatives in
Spam;
that several members
of
his family left Ireland for
that
country years ago during
the
progress of the wars, and have multiplied
and spread since. Mr. O'Donnell sent his
precions letter to the State Department to
day, and will consult with tbe officials there
as to what steps to take.
ANEBVY LAD.
Chris Bornberger Dlilocates Bis Shoulder,
Bnt Wouldn't Tell Bis Mother.
Cincinnati, August 9. When 10-year-old
Chris, 'Squire Hornbereer's little son,
returned to bis home last evening his arm
was hanging limp and useless by his side,
"What's the matter, Chris?" inquired the
anxious mother.
"Oh, nothing.' ' replied the sturdy lad.
"There is, too." interrupted bis brother;
he fell down and dislocated his shoulder."
Drs. Krirger and Walker were imme
diately summoned. The dislocation was a
very serious one, and Chris hustled off to
bed. Then he told his story. He and a
number ot playmates, among them Musician
Esberger's son, had been skylarking in the
hayloft of the stable In the rear of George
Weitzel's house on Elm above Eourteenth
street. Some men had rudely called to
them and frightened them into jumping.
Little Chris hurt his shoulder, Esberger's
boy fell on a, horse and skinned his face,
while the other snore" fortunate- one escaped
PITTSBUBG, SUNDAY,
LONDON AT HER FEET.
A Chicago Heiress Who is Distancing
All the Rival Belles.
TWO PEERS SUING FOR HER HAND.
An American Dinner Which Bather Star
tled the Natives.
RUSHIHG GOODS ACEOSS THE OCEAN
Before the Adoption of the Iocreued Bates of Daly
by Coijrrets.
Miss Lelter, of Chicago, the reputed heir
ess of millions, has taken London by storm,
and has any number of titles at herdisposal.
Bival belles, even from America, are all
thrown in the shade. English manufactur
ers are hurrying large lots of goods across
the ocean to get ahead of the high tariff of
the McKinley bill.
CBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. 1
London, August 9. Copyright The
close of the London season has been made
moderately lively by the profound interest
taken by a number of young Englishmen of
more rank than wealth in the gifts and
graces of the latest American heiress, Miss
Leiter, of Cbicago, who arrived here about
six weeks ago with her mother, simulta
neously with a report crediting her father
with an annnal income of $1,000,000 and the
daughter with $200,000 in her own right.
This young lady, who is a most quiet and
charming person in herself, has attracted
great attention, and developed an unusual"
amount of spite and ill-nature among her
fair compatriots already established here.
A FBIEND AT COUBT.
She owes her introduction into English
society chiefly to Sir Charles Hall, who, it
will be remembered, was the British dele
gate to the marine conference held in Wash
ington last spring. As the foreign members
of 'that conference were treated with great
neglect by the Government the English rep
resentative, then plain Mr. Hall, was pro
portionately grateful to those Americans in
private life who treated him with politeness
and hospitality.
Prominent among these were Mrs. Lelter
in Washington and Mrs. Edward Cooper in
New York. On the advice of Mrs." Cooper,
Mrs. Lelter and her daughter, instead ot
spending the bummer in Newport, decided
later in the season to go to England. They
reached London just before "the Prince of
Wales' last garden party at Marlborough
House, and Sir Charles Hall, who is not
only a clever lawyer and one of the most
agreeable men in London, but a particular
friend of the heir to the throne, immediately
called upon the Chicago lady and secured
them tbe lofty honor of an invitation to the
garden party.
This put them in the movement of things
with the rumor of the immense wealth of
the young lady and her fatherrnade them
really the feature of the closing weeks of
the season.
ONLY ONE EXCEPTION.
They have attended all the smart balls of
the last fortnight, with the exception of that
of the Duchess of Buccleugh, to which, as
a cynical Englishman remarked, no He
brews or Americans were invited. Miss
Leiter was, however, the center of interest
at he ball.given by jars. Marshal; itoberiij
at the Spencer Honse in spite of tbe circui-
'etances that an English beauty was heard to
observe that it would have been a really
beautiful ball' if Mrs. Roberts had not
spoiled it by inviting her own friends.
What the eventual fate of Miss Leiter
may be, cannot yet be foretold. She has,
however, been already given away in polite
society to the heirs of two peerages. As she
is at present, after spending a week at Wil
ton House, the magnificent Wiltshire seat
of the noble family of Herbert, represented
now in America by Michael Herbert, of the
British legation, brother of Lord Pembroke,
on her way to the Ihe of Wight in that no
ble person's yacht, the crisis of her destinv
may be at hand.
ANOTHEB AMERICAN FEATTJEE.
A dinner given by an American to an
American here this week is the talk of Lon
don. Desiring to give a friend a send off on
his departure for New York, this American
or the first part hired the entire Continental
hotel from 6 o'clock Wednesday evening
until 12 o'clock Thursday noon, and
obtained a special permit from the police to
keep the establishment open all night The
host was a well-known young New York
business man. The guest of the evening
was a still younger New Yorker," who has
recently made a fortune over here, while the
others included an ex-Senator of the
United States, a judge of the Supreme Conrt
ef New York, and many prominent citizens
of New York and London.
The dinner, which was the best the hotel
was capable ot, lasted from 9 o'cloek in the
evening until one in the morning. At this
hour a company of ladies from the leading
burlesque theaters were introduced, and
dancing began. Meanwhile the dinner
table was cleared and tbe snpper table was
set, and at 4 o'clock all sat down to supper.
At 6 o'clock it was broad daylight, and a
score or so of the guests were standing on
the balcony of the hotel throwing the flower
pots at passing cabs.
. JPST A UTILE LIVELY.
The manager who occasionally appeared
to request a higher degree of silence was as
oiten run out of the room by his collar and
that part of his trousers that afforded the
best grip, and two policemen whom he in
troduced on the dancing floor suffered a
similar fate, and lost their helmets. At 6
o'clock champagne was still flowing and the
guests were throwing their glasses out of the
window as fast es they were emptied.
At 7 the band was" fighting with itself,
and fragments of musical instruments were
scattered about the floor. At 8 o'clock
those of the guests who had not gone to bed
at the hotel, where their host had placed all
tne rooms at tneir aisposai, lelt in hansoms,
and the residents of that neighborhood
went to sleep.
MBS. JAMES BEOWjN" POTTER'S twatti
Is Reported to be Telling Sensational Tales
Oot of School.
rBT BUKLAF'S CABLS COMPAItT.
London, August 9. There is a little
qniet, underhand gossip and enjoyment
caused by tbe indiscreet secrets told by Miss
Sadie, who at one time was maid in ordinary
and mistress of the robes of Mrs. James
Brown Potter, and incidentally at other
tlmess dressed everybody of importance in
the female line who starred at Palmer's
Theater, well, this maiden has been giv
ing away some interesting stories about Mrs.
Potter, in which the name of Kyrle Bellew,
tbe title of the Prince of Wales and tbe per
sonality of a few dozen other celebrities is
very much mixed up.
Sadie says nothing aloud, but has a sug
gestive way of saying a great deal sub rosa.
She Is now maid to Miss Bosa Coghlan,
and is giving her talents to that lady in the
purchase of dresses and other confections.
Machine Gone to Civilize Africa.
IBT CABLB TO Tin DISPATCU.l
London, August 9. Major Wissman
announces that he will return to Africa in
October. Meanwhile he is buying machine
guns and other civilizing agents., and run
ning a race i-withlStMiIey. 'in building a
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AUGUST 10, 1890.
FRANCE GETS rSLICE.
AN IMPORTANT AFRICAN TREATY JUST
CONCLUDED.
Salisbury Concedes Several Points Io tbe
Diplomat Across .the Channel The
Effort to Keep Amarlcnn Cattle Oat of
England Other Foreign Complications.
for CABLE TO TBE DISPATCH.
London, August 9. The French are de
riving a considerable amonnt of satisfaction
from tbe fact that the'Anglo-French agree
ment respecting Africa, from which they de
rive many advantages, was signed while the
German Emperor was Queen Victoria's
guest The Paris journalists are quite sat
isfied that the sinister designs against
Prance when the Kaiser went to England
have been frustrated by M. Bitot's brilliant
diplomacy, and in their tlreams they see tbe
imperial German tearing his hair and hear
him grinding his teetb at the snub admin
istered to him. The text of the treaty will
not be made public until next week. The
available information shows that England
has not only recognized a French protecto
Tate over Madagascar, but has also surren
dered to France all routes by which com
merce passes or will pass from the north of
Africa to Central Soudan, the Congo, the
great lakes and the Zambesi.
Mr. Chaplin, the Minister of Agriculture,
has appointed a committee of experts with
himself as President, to inquire into the
live cattle trade between the united States
and England. The committee will hold a
meeting on Monday, at which Samuel
Plimsoll, to whom its appointment is due,
will give evidence. Mr. Plimsoll says he
will be satisfied with nothing short of the
total prohibition of the traffic, but it is not
probable that the committee will do more
than recommend regulations decided to
minimize the sufferings of the animals. Mr.
Chaplin thinks this could be arranged in
friendly concert with the United States
authorities.
It is well known that he would prefer to
stop the importation of cattle or to cripple
it by heavy duties, but the influential section
of farpers who make much money by fatten
ing American'and Canadian store cattle are
opposed to prohibition, and publie opin
ion wonld not tolerate such a step. The
strenuous efforts of the Agricultural De
partment to stamp out pleuro-pneumonia
seems as Jar from complete success as ever.
In one county alone (Cumberland) diseased
cattle valued at $40,000 have been slaugh
tered this year,
STARVATION IN IBELAND.
The Government Slow In Glrlng Belief to
the Blighted Districts.
BT CABLE TO THE DIsrATCIM
London, August 9. The potato disease
continues its ravages in Ireland, but the
Government has not yet shaken off its
lethargy, and many people must starve un
less they can help themselves or obtain
assistance from the outside. A meeting
was held to-day of the Poor Law Guardians
of Clonakilty Union, which embraces a
very extensive area, most of which has been
devastated by the disease. The Board of
Guardians includes among its members
Protestant and Catholic, landlord and
tenant,butthe opinion as to tbe gravity of the
crisis was absolutely unanimous, and a reso
lution was passed calling upon the Govern
ment to take steps to avert the threatened
famine.
It is fortunate for Ireland that the next
session of Parliament will commence in
November, for with the knowledge that
Liberal and Nationalist members will de
mand an early account of tbeir action, and
an explanation of their shortcomings, the
officers of Dublin Castle may be stirred up to
some show of energy.
ONE HTJNDBED THOUSAND IDLE.
Tbe Strikers In Wales Will Probably
be
Victorious o the End.
rBT CABLS TO TBE DISPATCH.!
London, August 9. The great combined
strike and lockout in South Wales is not
yet in full swing, but already nearly 100,000
dock laborers, railway men and colliers are
idle. The men's demands are moderate, the
chief being that a day's labor shall consist
of 10 hours, each day to stand by itself. The
employers object to make the day the unit,
and want to base wages upon a month of 240
hours, so that ii a man doesn't work those
number of hours per month, he shall not be
paid overtime.
By the latter arrangement the men may
work 160 hours the first fortnight and 80
hours tbe last week of the month, but should
they be idle during the third week, which
could easily be arranged in many instances,
they would receive no overtime rate for any
of the 240 hours worked. It does not seem
probable that the struggle will last long,
because the men are well organized and the
employers, especially the deck companies,
find it almost impossible to obtain or retain
the services of outsiders.
A DECLARATION OF WAS.
English Society Snobs Aro Becoming
Alarmed at tho American Invasion.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
London, August 9. One of the echoes of
the past season is the fear that has been ex
pressed at the great invasion or Americans
into fashionable society. It is stated that
next year there will be a determined effort
to keep out the nouveaux riches and the
Americans, who are classed together by the
snobbish journals of society. One of these
says:
This weeK it bas been decided m very high
circles that in future Americans shall be care
fully excluded from exclusive circles unless
they have been properly introduced by the
Minister. The declaration ot war was made
by tbe Duchess ot Bnccleugh this season, when
she did not invite to her ball or garden party
any retired financiers or more showy Amer
icans. A COSTLY LTJXUBY.
Taxpayer Provide Another Handsome
Stipend forn Scion ofKoyalty,
IBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.1
London, August 9. Tbe appointment
of the Duke of Connaught to be commander-in-chief
of the Portsmouth military district
is a job as soandalous as his brother, Duke
of Edinburgh's elevation to the chief naval
command at Davenport The post is worth
nearly 3,000 a year, and has important
duties attached to it, for the adequate per
formance of which the Duke has not had
sufficient experience.
It is estimated that since they came of age
Edinburgh has cost the- British taxpayers
500,000 sterling and Connaught about
300,000.
A BUSHING BUSINESS HOW.
Englishmen All Trying to Get Ahead of tbe
McKinley TarlfrBHI.
JBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, August 9. The Board "of Trade
returns issued to-day show that the rush for
the United States market in anticipation of
the McKinley tariff continues, the exports
to America for July being 45.634, against
28,637.
The Argentine troubles caused a consid
erable falling off in the exports to that coun
try, except for railway materials.
Spread of Smallpox In Egypt.
'BT DCNLAF'S CABLB COMPAST.l
London, August 9. Owing to the
alarming spread of Smallpox in Cairo the
War Office has just issued 'instructions for
a further larcrerednntlan In tn mi nt -
Annntlnn'tn TC(.i " '
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A HALT NOW CALLED
Upon the Minority's Policy of
struction in tbe Senate.
Ob-
RESOLUTIONS FOE A GAG KULE
Introduced by Mr. Hoar and the Fight Will
Begin on Monday,
EEED LOCKS THE DOOES OP THE HOUSE,
Thereby Drawing Forth a Fierce attack From Enloe,
of Tennessee.
Senator Hoar yesterday introduced the
Bepublican caucus resolution providing for
the previous question in tbe upper branch
of Congress. It will come up for debate
Monday. Bepresentative Enloe, of Tennes
see, was kept in the House against bis will,
and made a fierce onslaught upon Speaker
Beed in consequence.
IFEOM A STAIT COBBXSrOHDXHT.l
Washington, August 9. Assurance
was given to-day of some Bepublican move
ment to obstruct Democratic obstruction in
the Senate by the report of a resolution pro
viding a way for cutting off debate. The
fact that the resolution was introduced at
all, and especially the fact that it was in
troduced by Senator Hoar, gives promise of
action. The resolution is one adopted in
caucus some days ago, but it was introduced
without any formal instrnctions and re
ferred to tbe Committee on Bules.
Though tbe expression is heard on all
sides that the Republicans will not have
tbe nerve to press tbe resolution it is as cer
tain as anything not accomplished, and it
will be reported and adopted, no matter
bow greatly some Senators may be opposed
to the destruction of an old custom which
was based upon a supposed honor and dig
nity ot Senators.
TIME TO ABOLISH IT.
The most honorable and dignified of them
are now forced to admit that as the quali
ties on which the enstom rested are not to be
found in a large minority of tbe Senators,
the time has come for the abolition of tbe
custom itself. Every one here recognizes
that legislation which is demanded by the
countryat large, and other legislation which
is thonght needful by the greatest leaders of
the party in power, must fall in one grand
heap of unpicturesqne ruins if something be
not done very speedily to close tbe prolific
months of the gentlemen whose first party
duty is to talk the tariff bill to death.
For several days the Democrats have made
their speeches, brief though numerons, de
pending on multiplying them, with some
showot reason, by proposing endless amend
ments. But Senator Vance to-day got in so
long a speech on the one topic of cotton ties,
but stepping aside to criticise and ridicule
tbe bill generally, that the Republicans
caught
A FRESH MIGHT
and more than one Senator declared this
afternoon with emphasis, to The Dispatch
correspondent, that something mnst be done
at once to stop the farce, and that if there
were Republican Senators, who for dema
gogio reasons, wonld act with the Demo
crats, it were best to learn that fact without
delay. It is therefore believed there will be
a speedy movement that will probably shake
up the dry bones ot the Senate.
The following is the full text of Senator
Hoar's resolution:
Resolved. That the rules of the Senate be
amended by adding the following: When any
bill or resolution shall have been under con
sideration fur a reasonable time It shall be in
order for any Senator to demand that debate
thereon be closed. If such demand be sec
onded by a majority of the Senators present,
tbe question shall forthwith he taken thereon
without further debate, ana the pending meas
ure shall take precedence of all other business
whatever. If the Senate shall
DECIDE TO CLOSE DEBATE
tbe question shall bo put upon the amending
amendments, upon amendments of which no
tice shall be given, and upon the measure in
its successive stages, according to the rules of
the Senate but without further debate, except
that every Senator who may desire shall be
permitted to speak upon tbe measure not more
than once and not exceeding SO minutes.
After such demand shall have been made by
any Senator no other motion shII be In order
until the same shall have been voted upon ty
tbe Senate, unless the same shall fall to be
seconded.
Afterthe Senate shall have decided to close
debate, no motion shall be in order but a mo
tion to adjourn or to take a recess, when such
motions shall be seconded by a majority of the
Senate When either of snch motions shall
have been lost, or shall have failed of a second.
It shall not be in order to renew the same until
one or more Senators shall have spoken on tbe
pending measure or one vote on the same inter
vened. LlQHTNEB.
AN ELECTION 0OTBBEAX FEARED
At the Next Contest of Ballots Among the
Cherokee Indians.
WASHiNGTON.August 9. The Secretary
of the Interior has received a telegram from
Mr. Bennett, Indian Agent at Muscogee,
L T,, saying that the Chickasaw situation is
serious and that there is great danger of an
outbreak on the 12th inst, the day
of the election, on account of the
disfranchisement of squaw men. In
a communication to tbe President
the Secretary to-day exDresses the
opinion that there is do great probability of
an outbreak to snch an extent as to require
the interference.of troops, yet as a precau
tion he recommends that the Secretary of
War have troops at Ft Gibson, in complete
readiness to respond to any order that may
be necessary to suppress a riot at the elec
tion. In reply to Agent Bennett's telegram the
Secretary directs that no request for the
assistance of troops be made unless riots of
a dangerous character actually occurs. The
Government will not display a foroe of
troops unless actually necessary.
CAHEBOK AGAINST IT.
Tbe Senior Senator Talks About tbe Fed
ernl Election BUI,
Washington, August 9. Senator Cam
eron bas openly declared against the Fed
eral eleciion bill. In conversation to-day
he said: "I shall vote against the Federal
eleciion bill, whatever form it may assume.
I am opposed to it in principle and in its
details.
"The South," he continued, "is now re
suming a quietconditiou. Northern capital
has been flowing into the South in great
quantities, manufacturing establishments
have been created and are now in full
operation, and a community of commer
cial interests ia fast obliterating sec
tional lines and will result in the not
far distant futnre, in forming one homo
geneous mass of people, whether living in
the North, Sontb, East or West Tbe
election law would disturb this desirable
condition and produce ill feeling between
the North and bouth. I am, therefore, op
posed to the passage of this bill, and shall
assert my independence, as a Senator to vote
against the measure."
A DISPATCH FE0M ffiZNEB
Which the Department of Btnto Sofases te
Give to tbe Public.
Washington, August 9. Tho Depart
ment of State has received a dispatch dated
La Libertad, Salvador, frem Mr. Mizner,
United States Minister to Guatemala. Mr.
Mizner had reached La Libertad by means
of the United States steamer Thetis, which
had been at San Jose, Guatamala, for about
a week.
The department declined to make public
the contents of the telegram or the instruc
tions communicated by it in reply thereto.
LOCKEDJHE DOORS,
LATEST DEMOCRATIC CHARGE AGAINST
SPEAKER. REED.
Eoloe, of Tenqece, Rises to a Question
of Personal Privilege Tbe Doorkeeper.
Acting Voder Order, Refused to Per
tntt nira to lieavo tbe Baaae.
Washington, August 9. In the House
to-day Mr. Enloe, rising to a question of
privilege, said that pending the call of the
HoPJ-was present in his seat He had
the s'oj.oirfr"'J-House without his
ha OGAUiln " JpJnT-pitol. In
JO
cassiut F- i iJIr ,T- : -
PJ(lJCdzvJ. "?" told
iUiu - V at He re-
him that he coQiu
plied that he would pasr out The
doorkeeper said that he could not do so,
and that he had orders from the Speaker to
that effect He (Mr. Enloe) had said that
he would pass, and the doorkeeper there
upon caught him by the arm and attempted
to arrest him. He -offered a resolution to
bring the doorkeeper to the bar oi the House
for contempt of the Honse and for a breach
of the privileges of a member. Mr. Enloe
contended that the Speaker had no
authority to issne an order to tbe subordi
nates of 'the House to interfere with the per
sonal rights and privileges which belonged
to a member of that body. The issuance of
such an order was no more than it would be
if the Speaker Bhould order the gentleman
from Arkansas (Mr. Rogers) to be executed
under the recent Kemmler process in New
.York.
A Bepublican That wonld be a good
thing.
Mr. Enloe said the doorkeeper did not do
him any personal violence. If he had he
would have dealt with him as he would
have dealt with the man who issued the
order. Derisive laughter on the Bepubli
can side.J
Tbe Speaker, in ruling upon the question,
said that the rights and privileges ot all the
members of the House in the discharge of
tbeir functions were sacred, and that the
House could undertake no higher duty than
the conservation of these rights and privi
leges intact. The Chair thought that this
was a question which ought to be
passed upon by the House. The rules
of the House made provision for the ob
taining and retention of a quorum. In
order to accomplish that tbe rules of the
House required that whenever a call was
ordered the doors shonld be closed. Such
closing of the doors, in the opinion of the
Chair, prevented any member from leaving
the chamber. But that was the opinion
of the Chair as an individual mem
ber. The Speaker had issued no order
in regard to the matter, but in
response to'a question of the doorkeeper or
one of his assistants, as to the meaning of
the rule, the Speaker had stated that to be
his opinion ana the doorkeeper had acted
upon it, always snbject oi course, to the de
cision of the House. As this resolution
raised a question which must be disposed of
by tbe House, the Chair ruled it to be ad
missable. The resolution was referred to the Judici
ary Committee.
POPULATION OF STATES.
Ohio Is Terr Likely to Drop From Third to
Fourth Pine.
rSPICIAL TELEOBAM TO THIS BISPATCn.1
Washington, August 9. In the matter
of population by States it is expected that
there will be some changes from the returns
of the tenth census. Ohio was then the.
third State in size, judged by that standard.
This time, owing principally to the enor
mous increase in the population of Chicago,
amounting to nearly 600,000 in 10 years,
Illinois will take Ohio's place, with New
Toik first and Pennsylvania a close second.
Both the States of Nebraska and Min
nesota show very decided gains, estimated
from the postal card returns at pretty nearly
600,000 people. Colorado, which had nearly
200,000 people in 1880, now has about double
that number, while Washington, which, as
a Territory in 1880, had only 76,000 inhabit
ants, has blossomed as a State with over
360,000 people within her borders, her popu
lation baying more than quadrupled within
the decade.
Indiana's population is said to be 2,226,
822; Nebraska's, 1.042,212; Iowa's, 1,468,330;
Montana's, 128,167; South Dakota, 336,962,
and North Dakota's, 181,600. The work of
taking tbe recount of St. Paul and Minne
apolis will be commenced on Monday. The
following special agents for the collection of
statistics on manufactures have been ap
pointed by Superintendent Porter: Will
iam S. "Wells, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., and
George H. Troutman, at Hazelton, Pa.
LOST IN A BALLOON.
A PECULIAR SUIT IN THE RHODE ISLAND
COURTS.
An Opera Singer Auxlons to Obtain Control
ol Her Husband's Estate He Went Up
With an Aeronaut and Has Never Been
Beard of Since.
leriCIAL TSLIQBA3C TO TBI DISPATCH. 1
Pbotidence, B. L, August 9. The
last scene in Mme. Lillian Nordica's mar
ital experience will be in a courtroom. She
sues for letters of administration on her hus
band's property and incidentally demands
a residue of the estate from G. L. Gower,
her husband's brother, which she claims, he
has wrongfully taken. Tbe story of the
diva's marriage to young F. A. Gower, the
ex-newspaper man and millionaire, in
Paris bas been repeatedly told,
also their extravagance of liv
ing, which soon dissolved his fortune,
and the bride's desertion of her husband as
soon as she discovered be was ruined. In a
short time she instituted a suit for divorce
in Boston. The grounds were infidelity and
criminal acts. She demanded alimony.
based from estimates on her recent scale of
living. It was enormous. Gower in the
meantime had become Interested in balloon
ing and had placed his affairs in the hands
of a brother here in Providence, G. L.
Gower. He gave his brother an absolute
power of attorney.
Fred went to Pari;, and the last ever
heard of him was in a balloon In an aero
nautic flight from Paris to London. His
brother went abroad, but singularly enough
could not find a trace of bis money or valu
ables. The widow waa close on his heels,
but was equally unsuccessful. G. L. Gower
returned to this country and went to Wash
ington Territory to live. 'He invested over
510,000 in Tacoma real estate, and this prop
erty, which is now worth 8100,000, is the
bone of contention.
Mrs. F. A. power, the tuneful widow. In
sists that the money came from her late hus
band's funds, and rightfully belongs to her.
She has retained Gaston and Whitney of
Boston, to push her claim, who will doubt
less accept Oscar Lapham, of this city, as
referee in the taking of testi
mony. I,hera is one question of
fact and one question of law to be deter
mined. Is she a widow? Nobody knows.
Her husband has never been heard from
after starting on the balloon trip. Also,
can she claim letters of administration be
fore the exmration of the seven years that
mnst elapse after a person's disappearance,
before a testamentary letter can be granted.
Tbe case will be a fine battle over the con
flict of laws.
Oladdened br WhUky.
St. Louis, August 9. Mrs. Joseph Si
mons is lying at the City Hospital in a dy
ing condition, supposedly caused by wounds
inflicted by her husband while maddened
by wbiiky. .Simons is ia jail,
CENTa 1
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A BIG WILL COflTESf
Began for tho. Estate of Imentoi
John H. Irwin, Who left His
ENTIRE FORTUUE TO HIS FIANCEE
Already Married Twice He Was Ahont ttf
Wed a Xoang- GirL
A PBOTEST ENTERED BI HIS FATHEB
Wio Is Cat Off With a Bare Support by Els Son's lui
Testament
A will of the late John H. Irwin, tha
wealthy inventor, which gives his fortune of?
5300,000 to his betrothed, has been filed for
probate. His father and other relatives
will contest the document
SriCIAL TXLEORAM TO THS DISPATCH.
Media, Pa., August 9. There is to be a
big contest in the courts over the will ot
John H. Irwin, a man of remarkable talent
as an inventor and scientist, who dropped
dead in his boat in the Adirondacks a few
days ago, where he hid gone in quest of
health.
Mr. Irwin was a successful man both at
an originator of the means of exerting physJ
ical forces and as a reaper of pecuniary re
sults from his originalities. His fortune if
rated at (300,000.
Mr. Irwin resided at Faraday Park, nil -handsome
seat of 150 acres at Morton, on tha
old Westchester Bailroad, and here ha had
an elegantly appointed mansion.
A 2IABSTING MAN.
He had been married twice, bis second
wire dying but a year or two ago, and thera
had been picked ont for him as third bride,
by the gossips of the neighborhood, hia
cousin, Lillian Warren, oi Springfield, III.,
who had been a visitor at his hospitable)
mansion on more than one occasion. She is
a pronounced blonde, with golden tresses,
lithe, slim form, a pretty and intellectual
face, and is scarcely ont of ber teens.
Still there was a murmur of surprise
when Miss Warren's counsel offered for"
probata the will of the deceased inventor.
It was written by himself on a scrap of
paper, and it gave to Lillian Warren, hia
affianced as he termed her in the document,
all his great estate, both real and personal,
stipulating only that she see that his aged
father had all that be desired to maintain
him, and that a nephew and two nieces of
his second wife, Bebecca J. Elder, be given
22,000 each on attaining their majority and
that they be eared for up to that time.
A FEW CONDITIONS.
David H. Irwin, of Springfield, Tils., and
George, Lucy and Ethel Turner are tha,
legatees under this provision of the will and
Miss Warren is to take the estate only with
the understanding that it is to be carried
out
It is singularly true, too, that the will
now filed waa mailed to Miss Warren by
Mr. Irwin some time ago, that he has ap
pointed no executor, nor is there a witness
to his signature. Promptly after the docu
ment went into the Begister's hands a caveat
was filed by the counsel of the father pro
testing against probate.
THE DISPATCH DrBECTOBT.
Content' of the Issue Clnsilfled for the
Reader's Convenience.
The Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists
of the usual 20 pages, aivided into three parts,
Tbe first contains the news of the day, and the
other two are made up as follows:
PART II.
Paat I-
A Pasteur at Home Ii. . StOjtsi.
Purifying Politics HOWABD FlELDCTO
Btanley at Oxford Eiv. CM. CoBUmf
Stand Fast, Cralg-Boyston William ULAcS
Page 10.
Skeletons of Society Miss Gecxdt. Jb
A Glance Backward Jamxs C. Puzsy
Pagt XI.
Our Story Tellers. Beat Estate Notices
The Want Column. For Sale Column, .
To Let Column.
Page H. .
The Summer Besorts. Dramatic Stmt
Business Cards.
Page 13.
"Wooinjc tbe Dollar William E. S. FalzS
Local Trade News. Markets byelegrspb,
itlrer News. Business Cuds
Page il.
Doings of Society. The GrsndArmy
Secret Societies. The National Guard
Among the Arttiti.
Page IS.
The Beat El Dorado FaxstsB.. "WARO
An Old Chophonse Chaklxs T. Mubbat
Fly Time Philosophy Tnx CoraraT PABSOif
Smell That Kill SHIXXXT DABS
Page 1$.
The Boston Beunlon GlNiRAL K. A. ALOES)
Mr. and Mrs. Beemls..GBACx MacGowax CcoxX
"very Day Science. Amusement Hotloti
Part III.
Page IT.
Hot Places to "Work W. O.KxuTxxmt
England and the Tariff Johx U. PnntOLB
The City of Denver J AMIS Nxwrox BaskxtT
Gossip of Gotham Clasa Bills
Page IS.
Sport in England Feetglb
Talk About Men Fbaxk G. CABrKHTsa
Modern Recreation BESSIE Bsaxbls
Nuts to Crack K. B. Chadboub
Page IS.
The Wonderful Penny. PAT8I3
The Healing Power KIT. GlOEGE HODGI3
The Country Club M. C. w.
.Food for the Sick. Ellicx Sicbuxa
Page 30.
Scarlet at Saratoga. Mxo
Teaching the Girls., A Symposium
Tads for the Home -... C. B. CLtTTOSd
Baby's Tint Dresses P.K. B. WAD
THE BELT, SLIPPED.
Superintendent Bnrnea Telia Why KamaM'
ler Was Not Killed Immediately. -Eochestek,
N. T., August 9. In an in
terview this afternoon Superintendent
'Barnes revealed some secrets of. the dynamo
in the Auburn prison: "When Kemmler
was killed," he said,'the belt used was a new"
one and had not been .stretched. Tha
lacing of the belt caused the dynamo to re
volve irregularly, and when the current was
turned1 on to kill the resistance of Kemmler
and the chair was such that it caused tha
belt to slip and it came near running off tha
pulley.
It was three-quarters off the pulley and
only that a man held a board against ft tbe
belt would have come off and
there would have been an awful
scene. There should have been a re
sistance board to run the current through
until It was to be turned on to Kemmler
and charged from the resistance box by tb.4
same move that turned it on to him, -
WILL NEVER LEAVE IT.
Congressman Bntterworth Will Slick Close
to Polities.
Cincinnati, O., August 9. Congress
man Benjamin Butterwortfa, the Secretary I
of the Chicago World's .hair Uommlssfoaj I
reached this citv this morning.
He said, that although he was devoting V
tne greater portion oi m uuiw uiauutm
as a member ot the World's Fair Comssis
sion, he would never consider himself, oats
of politics. It is not known how lesg hfi
wm reaaia ia tns cuj.
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