'W3 "3, JT HELP. Coota, Chambermaid, Cnanhmm ti . read THE DISPATCH. The best house servants and active worker can be secured through the Classified Advertisement Columns of THE VISPATCH. FORTY-ITFTH YEAS. APPEAL TOpiSON To Rescue the Federal Elections Bill and Sit Down on Senator Quay. PATRONAGE TO BE CUT OFF From Those Members Who Vote With the Pennsylvania Leader HOAR AND EDMONDS NOW ATWOBE They Claim the Majority of the Eepnfcllc ans are With Them. A BATTLE EAGIKG WITHIN THE EASES Senator Quay called up his now famous resolution yesterday, bat an objection being entered action was postponed. Hoar and Edmunds have apDealed to the President to nse his influence against the scheme. A great deal of pressure is being brought to bear upon the wavering members. It may take the solid Democratic Toto to adopt the resolution. rrBOx jl sTixr coEBKroxraitT.j Washington; August 18. As he an nounced Saturday he would do, Senator Quay called up his resolution to-day pro viding for the end of the debate on the tariff bill August 30, and a vote thereafter as soon as possible and the postponement to the next cession of all legislation except the appropriation, lottery, forestry and other minor bills. "Let it go ever," said Senator Hoar with emphasis, as Senator Quay sat down. "Iiet it go under," exclaimed Senator Edmunds, with added emphasis, and every body laughed at the Senator's little joke. Senators Hoar and Edmunds do not attempt to conceal their spleen that Senator Quay should grasp at the political leadership of the many in the Senate. BEADY TO TVBECK KYEBYTHIKG. They resent his aggressive interference to the extent of being willing to wreck every thing rather than give up a management which they have kept in their hands for long years. The resolution would have been more acceptable if it had come from the Democrats. To have it come from the silent and unobtrusive Quay, and to have him gather to himself half of the majority party of the Senate is insufferable. The lash of party discipline, personal ap peals, threats of the destruction of tariff legislation, and even the assistance of the President have all been employed unceas ingly during the last 48 hours to save to the fossils of the Senate the power to mis manage the party majority so that the Dem ocratic minority may remain, as it has been for months, the dominant portion of the Senate. AN APPEARANCE OP CONFIDENCE. The opposition to Senator Quay's plan appear to have gained new confidence to day. They profess to feel assured that they have a round majority of the Republicans against the resolution, and that if it be adopted it will be by the assistance of the solid Democratic vote, and this, they say, will settle Mr. Quay, as he will then have killed the great party measure of the year to save the tariff bill, and that by Democratic and not by Republican votes. Senator Quay is confident he will have a party majority with him, but of this there can be no certainty, even after counting- noses to-day, for no dependence can be put in promises so long as it is possible at the last moment for the President to play his almost invincible card of declaring that any Senator who votes iu a way to delay the elections bill will have no more patronage henceforth. This is really the vital feature of the sit uation, and it may leave Senator Quay with a much weaker party following than any one would have supposed possible after the caucus of last week. ONE CUBIOUS PEATTJHE. It is curious and suggestive that the ad ministration and the Senators who are now so earnest in pursuit of the elections bill have only discovered the importance of passing the measure within the last week or two. They have dallied along, refusing to report a change of the rules which would hive rendered the passage of the elections bill possible, until it is impossible to pass the bill, and only arouse themselves to Tirtnous fury when Quay attempts to secure the enactment of a little of the legislation before the body by letting that which is impossible go overboard. A fierce battle is expected in the open Senate to-morrow or "Wednesday, but in this everyone may be disappointed. Unless something very provoking is said by one side or the other it is possible the factional dirty linen may not be washed in public, and a vote taken with little speechmaking. Senator Quay will probably make in his terse style a brief explanation ot the reasons for his step. Both Edmunds and Hoar will speak, and those who like fun hope they will stir up the irascible Plumb, who will vote with Quay. If they do there will be entertainment Ligmneb. A TELEPHONE BCAHDAL. The Government Paring 860, White Many Officials Get Tli cm Free. Washington, August 18. In the Sen ate to-day Mr. Morgan offered an amend ment prohibiting any officer of the Govern ment paying more than $30 dollars a year for a telephone instrument in the District of Columbia, and read a paper which had been furnished to him by "a well-informed gentlemen and which was an argument in defence of the proposition. This paper showed that, in the various Government officeb in "Washington, there are 200 tele phone instruments, for which $60 each is paid, making $12,000 a year paid by the Government for the use of instruments that did not cost more than $10 each. - "You are entirely too liberal," Mr. Plumb -Interposed. ''The instruments do sot cost saere than $4 each." Sir. Morgan added that there was scandal arising out of it, and that it was reported on the streets that the Government officials had telephone instruments put In their private bouses free of charge. Mr. Plumb said that he had j ait bees informed by a Sena- tor that it would require a stretch of the imagination to suppose that those instru ments cost $3 each. Two dollars, or $1 60, would be nearer the figure. The amend ment was agreed to. A SILVER CONGRESS, HARRISON MAY SEND AN UNOFFICIAL AQENT ABROAD. His Minion Will bo to Sound Foreign Government on the Subject of a Com plete Kemonellzmlon of the White SIctnl Senator Tellar Opposed to the Plan. IFBOH A BTAVT COBBESFOXBXXT. "Washington, August 18. The pub lished statement that an effort has been made by prominent financiers to induce the Presi dent to send abroad "an unofficial agent" to sound the prlnoipal European Governments and find out what the prospects are for hold a'n international monetary conference, and to what extent these Governments will go in the complete rehabilitation of silver, is of course, not surprising to Congressmen from silver States, but they are divided in opinion as to the practicability of sending such an agent for the purpose mentioned. Senators Sherman, of Ohio, and Jones, of Nevada, are very positively in favor of this method. Senator Jones stated to-day that he be lieved it would be better to send an individ ual agent, as proposed, than' to attempt to indnce foreign Governments to join in another international conference relating to silver. His opinion is that an individual could really accomplish more than a com mission could accomplish. Senator Teller; on the other hand, states that this "un official agent" idea has been found imprac ticable and ineffectual., Manton Marble and Edwin Atkinson were both at different times sent abroad on missions of this sort. and really accomplished no practical re sults; and although the same may be said about the legally authorized conferences of 1873 and 1881, still those legally constituted commissions paved the way for a better un derstanding between those nations and our own than had ever before been brought abont. How it seems appropriate to have a con ference of all Governments interested in the complete remonetization of silver, and Mr. Teller has no fear that the President will take the advice of those who are urging him to send "an unofficial agent" It is prob able the President will await the sugges tion of Congress in this matter. Mr. Teller says that as soon as a fair opportunity oc curs after the tariff bill shall have been dis posed of, he intends to urge the adoption by Congress of the joint resolution intro duced by him a few weeks ago, and which is now before the Committee on Finance, proposing an international conference on the silver question, and he anticipates its adoption before the close of this session. ENL0E WAS ABSENT, AND A HUNDRED PRIVATE PENSION BILLS WERE PASSED. The Tennessee Obstructionist Was Obllced to Go Home and Left a Poor Substitute Perkins, of Kansas, Proves Himself a Reining- Speaker. special txxxobam to thx dispatch. i "Washington, August 18. The repub licans in the House who have been pre vented during nearly the entire session by the obstructive tactics of Congressman En loe from putting through any private pen sion bills have taken deep revenge. Under tne rules of the House Friday evening of each week, from 8 cntil 1020, is devoted to the consideration of private pension bills favorably reported. ITor many months the farce of meeting every Friday night and accomplishing nothing'has been enacted, as Mr. Enloe was always present to demand a quorum, which is generally wanting when nothing more important than the subject of pensions for private soldiers is before the House. This farce has been enacted all during the session, with the result that the calendar is piled high with unconsidered private bills. Mr. EnloeJbund it necessary to go to Ten nessee last week, and delegated Mr. McRae, of Arkansas, to take his place as obstruc tionist Mr. McBae did not act his part very well, for, with the assistance of Repre sentative Perkins as Temporary Speaker, the Republicans rushed through about an even 100 bills, and would have remained until midnight and passed another 100 had they not betn compelled by the rules to adjourn. Tom Reed is very lively Vith the gavel, but never dur ing bis meteoric career as Sneaker has he dared to rush things as Mr. Perkins did Friday night. The Kansas man ignored all forms and enstoms, paid no attention whatever to the rules of elocution, put the question and announced the result all in one breath, and dropped the gavel so quickly after each announcement that the clerks could scarcely read the titles of the bills fast enough to keep up with him. He never cracked a smile during the whole performance until he adjourned the House under compulsion. Then he winked at the chairman ot the Pensions Committee and descended from the throne. Saturday morning the Renublicanssent a little tele gram to Mr. Enloe down in Jackson, Tenn., telling him what they had done, and warn ing him that if he does not get back by next Friday night they will send another batch over to the Senate. CAST TUX THE COMMITTEE. Why the Investigation of Pen-Ion Commis sioner Room Does Not Commence. "Washington, August 1& it appears that Speaker Seed is having considerable difficulty in securing a full committee to carry out the order of the House for an in vestigation into the charges made against the Commissioner of Pensions, Green B. Raum. There was no trouble in securing Republican members and one Democrat, Mr. Goodnight, of Kentucky, was induced to serve. But it seems that the second Democrat necessary to complete the commit tee cannot be found. Representative Cooper, of Indiana, the author of the resolutions upon which the in vestigation wasordered, has repeatedly urged upon the Speaker to fill the vacancy caused by the successive resignation of his fellow Democrats, Martin, of Indiana; Yoder, of Ohio: and Mr. Parret, of Indiana; but the Speaker does not think proper to -appoint Mr. Cooper, who brought the charges against the Commissioner, to a place where he would be expected to sit in judgment The Appropriation Throngh the Benate. FROM A STXTT COBRESPOXDEXT.l "Washington, August 18. The Senate attached as an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill, which was rushed through to-day, a clause appropriating $110,000 for heatng apparatus, elevators and approaches for the Federal Court House and Postoffice at Pittsburg. THEY ABE ETHX PEEK. No Trace Yet Fonnd of the Men Who Bobbed the BHtsonrl Pacific. Sx. Louis, August 18. There Is nothing of importance new in the train robbery which occurred near Otterville. Superin tendent Puller, of the Pacific express, reit erates a statement he made last night that $7,400 in cash was secured. Conductor Al Marsh stated to-day that several! money packages were taken, but he said nothing as to the amount The pursuit of the, robbers is progressing, and Mr. Puller states that his company U wing every end eaten theta. savor to I i ffo PtPtttJj W0RLD'SFAIR STORM. DIRECTORS DO NOT AGREE ON MANY DISPUTED POINTB. Feara That tbe Site Question Will Not bo Settled Champions of Different Spots Important Blatters to bo Decided Upon Speculators Protest. Chicago, August 18. The result of to morrow night's meeting of the "World's Fair directors is looked forward to with more than ordinary interest The meeting is ex pected to be the most important yet held, and will probably be a stormy one. The directory is by no means a unit on any of the questions to be decided, and some of the members go so far as to say they believe the meeting will adjourn be fore settling the site question. Some of the directors favor Jackson Park; others the Lake Front; the North and Wst sides have their champions, while there are a few who apparently do not know what they want Long and emphatic discussions are therefore looked for, and the gathering may not break up until some time Wednesday morning. The documents that are to receive atten tion are Engineer Ortingstall's report on the Lake Front site, Mr. Olmsted's elabo rate views about the ground about Jackson Park, an offer of land from the "West Park Commissioners, and the reply from the South Park Commissioners in reference to the conditions on which the directory will be permitted to have the use of part of "Washington Park, the Midway plaisance, and other property near the two parks. The latter communication was received from the Park Commissioners to-day, but, like all other documents in the possession of the officials, its contents were not presented to the public. The excuse advanced was that, as it is addressed to the directory, it could not be given to the press until the meeting to-morrow night A large sized protest from speculators who have purchased options on Jackson Park property or land adjacent is also looked for. at tbe meeting. Ever since the contents of Mr. Olmsted's report were made known, the speculators have had a horde of engineers on the ground, who now say they intend to show the directors that the landscape engi neer does not know what he Is talking about, and that Jackson Park is the best place on earth to hold the Exposition. METHODS OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING To be Considered at a Meeting Opening To Dav at Cape May. rSFSCLM. TELEOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! , Cape Mat, August 18. The twelfth semi-annual convention of the National Electric Light Association begins its ses sion, which will be continued throughout the week, at the Stockton to-morrow morn ing. About 300 delegates have so far ar rived, and will represent the different incor porations in the association. There is a general belief that it will be the most im portant convention ever held by the associa tion. The object is to discuss the different discoveries made in electrical appliances and lighting and the mode in which cheap ness may be reached in supplying light and power. The various committees have been in session most of, the day preparing their reports for presentation to the convention. As yet there is nothing of consequence shaped for action. The Executive Committee have arranged their plan for the proceedings to-morrow, at which time some very important papers will be read. Most of the day was given to settling upon places for meetings, and in establishing bureaus of the various electrical journals throughout the country. The Committee on National Insurance Rules, which have had under discussion all day. -the subjects of whether the putting of eleo- trio wires in buildings should advance rates of insurance, etc., have not definitely settled upon their report Among others attending the convention are Morris "W. Mead, H. L. Angloch, J. S. Breitenban and A. Conner, of Pittsburg. CARRIED INTO CAMP. Bishop Esher Intends to Make It Lively for Bishop Dnbbs. rBrilCIAl. TELEGRAM TO TBS DISPATCH.! Reading, August 18. The war of Bishops, which rent asunder the Christian Evangelical Association of the United States, is to be carried into the campmeet ings of the denomination this season. The animosities engendered in the various ecclesiastical and civil trials of the past year between Bishops Esher and Bowman, with their adherents, on one side, and Bishop Dnbbs, with his adherents, on the other, are to be revived inEasternPennsylvania in Ufe next few days. Two weeks ago a series of campmeetings in the woods began in this part of the State under the auspices of the Eastern Conference. Beginning this week other similar campmeetings will be opened in the Milford circuit It is announced 'that Bishop Esher in tends coming East to attempt to preside at the campmeetings yet to be held within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Conference. At none of the meetings heretofore conducted did the warlike Bishop appear, but those who know him best and have reason to re member his fighting qualities declare that it would be characteristic of him to attempt to invade the Dubbs strongholds here in Pennsylvania and undertake to manage the meetings in his own interest; A FEMALE CENTAUR. A 15-Yenr-0d Girl Steals Horsos and In dnlges la Wild Rides. rSrECIAI. TSLIPBAM TO TUB blSPATCIM Sxeacuse, August 18. Port Byron, a little village in Cayuga county, has a 15-year-old female horse thief. Amelia Sears is her name. She stole a horse and carriage belonging to Mr. Paddock, a day or two ago, drove to "Weedsport, some miles away, and then she gave all the young ports a ride. She was arrested. "When quite young Amelia was taken from an orphan asylum by E. H. Hunting, of Cato.with whom she remained nine years. She was fond of horses and was permitted to be much about the farm barn assisting the men in the care of the stock. She could ride the wildest colt bare-backed and could handle a team as skillfully as any expert horseman. On one occasion Amelia stole from the house and bridling a fleet horse went to Weedsport. She occupied the side walks as much as she did the roads and de fied any attempt to capture.her by present ing an old pistol which she had stolen. She will be sent to the State Industrial School at Rochester. x WAR IS INEVITABLE. Ferocious Flgbilna Declared tbe Order Now In Central America. Cut of Mexico, (via galveston,) August 18. A dispatch from Managua says that Costa Rica and Nicaragua have con firmed the paot with Salvador. It is reported in Chiapas that the Guatemalan troops on tbe frontier of Salvador have mutinied, wanting their pay. Senor Dieguez, the Guatemalan Minister, says that war is now inevitable, and that this will be a week of battles. The Guate malan forces number 30,000, all in good condition, and they count on the support of Honduras. Senor Pou, the Salvadoran representative, says that this week will be an exciting one, and that tbe fighting will be ferocious. Tbe Salvadoran army, he says, numbers over 20,000 people, who are elated over their recent victories, and' will surely enter the' capital of .Guatemala. Nicaragua, Costa Rico, and Salvador do not fear Honduras and Guatemala united, their army being on short pay and pre visions, while SalVador his an abundance for all. PITTSBURG, TUESDAY. A HERCULEAN TASK i Dalton, tbe Aqnatic American, SwimB From Franco to Folkestone, A DISTANCE OF SIXTY MILES. Bis Fearful Battle With the Waves Lasts Nearly 24 Hours, When HE PALIS EXHAUSTED OH THE BHOBE. A Sake quits tbe Theatrical Business After losing a Fortune. Dalton, the American swimmer, has swum from France across the English Channel, a distance of 60 miles. He was 23 hours and 28 minutes in the water. The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, fearing bank ruptcy, has retired from the theatrical busi ness. THE BRITISH ISLES. Dnlton'a Remarkable Feat Tho Swimming of the English Channel Successfully Ac complished Nearly Hi Boars la tho Water. mr DCNLAP'S CABLE COMPART. 1 London, August 18. The great attempt of tbe American swimmer, Dalton, in swimming across the English channel, re sulted in his snecess last night when he arrived at Folkestone, after traversing a distance of 60 miles and being in the water 23 hours and 28 minutes continuously. The beach was thronged with people await ing his landing, and there was a small fleet of crafts sailing about on the lookout for him. There was great enthusiasm in the crowd on shore and afloat, and a murmur of genuine sympathy went up when Dalton finally staggered up the sand and fell fainting a few feet from tbe water's edge. He was exhausted. There was new interest given this swim, as Dalton reversed the old order of doing things and started from Cape Grisnezon, the French shore, instead of starting from some point on the English side. He was accom panied by the lifeboat Ocean King, with Captain Dun and several seamen. Dalton's first intention was to start from England, but a number of his friends advised him so strongly to do otherwise that he finally con sisted. his task doubly hard. His course was greatly increased by the force of the current, which carried him far out of his way, and more than doubled his distance, and the strength of the current weakened him very much. Dalton had waited some days for the boisterous weather to abate, and it being calm yesterday he took advantage of it and made the trip thus under perfect climatic conditions". He crossed over to France in a lifeboat, and in the early evening started on his great task. There was considerable doubt felt by the public generally as to his success, but he personally had every con fidence in himself, declaring that he would swim on his back entirely, which he did, and relied upon leg propulsion for his head way. Thus he secured occasional opportuni ties for rest more frequently than any other mode of swimming would permit. He was in the pink of perfection when the swim began, having been in training for some weeks. He did not anticipate being able to complete his task in less than 22 hours, so it was not expeoted that the lifeboat would be sighted from the shore until midday. PEEPAEED FOB "EMEKOENCIE3. The lifeboat is 30 feet long and is fur nished with side lights, as well as the usual working lights. Besides the captain and the crew she carried a man to assist and at tend on Dalton. She was furnished with a supply of provisions for their use, as well as specially prepared and easily digested food for tbe swimmer and restoratives in case of necessity. The Ocean King was accom panied by a small boat, which, rowing be tween her 'and the swimmer, served to keep . Dalton in communication with those on board. About three miles off Hythe, Dalton began to exhibit symptoms of fatigue and weakness, but after taking some stimulants he struck out with renewed vigor. As he approached Folkestone he became very much exhausted, but still struggled on very pluckily, jesting at intervals of three minutes, and finally landed amid tremendous cheering. Every attention was paid to him when he fainted, and he was taken to the hotel, where every thing was done for him. The feat is re garded as more wonderful than that of the ill-fated Captain "Webb, who was the first to really swim across the channel. A SINGULAR SUIT AT DUBLIN. Dublin A sensational suit is now ending in the Irish courts of justice, which, it is confidently expected, will eclipse the Dunlo case in interest and sen sationalism. The petitioner is a foreign nobleman, whose wife, a beautiful and ac complished lady, is alleged to have been abducted some time ago, and whose where abouts have not up to now been discovered, in spite of the fact that every means have been taken to trace her hiding place. AUSTRO-HUNGAR-. An Inperlal Conference on tbe Betrothal of a Prince The Prince of Walea to Visit Vienna. Vienna The object of the visit which King Charles of Roumania and his adopted heir are paying to the Austrian Emperor at Ischl is in connection with the betrothal of the Crown Prince and the Austrian Arch duchess. The Prince is 25 years of age, and the Roumanians have been anxiously asking that a suitable consort should be found for him. ALBEBT ED'WABD EXPECTED. Vienna His Royal Highness, the Prinoe of "Wales, is expected to arrive here early next month. During a part of his fortnight's stay he will be theguest of Count TassilioFestetics. RUSSIA. A Carious Legend That Obtained Credence la tbe Czar's Dominions St. Joseph's Shoes. St. Petebsbueo, August 18. Accord ing to a legend, which has found acceptance throughout the length and breadth of Rus sia, when St. Joseph returned from the flight into Egypt he found that his shoes were greatly in need of repair, and having, 'through some mysterious and miraculous means, become acquainted with the excel lence of the leather work done in Russia, he senithem to Kief in order to have them mended, and there they remained. It is now reported that the Archbishop proposes to resole these shoes and expose them to the1 veneration ot the faithful. AUGUST 19, 1890. GERMANY. Tbe Dnko of Snxe-aieiningen Quite the Tho atrlcnl Business A Million Marks Lost la tbe Enterprise. . Beelin It is announced that the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen has been forced to dis solve the celebrated theatrical company which bears his name, and whioh for many years has been recognized as one of the greatest dramatio forces iu the country. The reason for this step is that he feared the further cost or its support will make him bankrupt. The Duke, who contracted a morganatic marriage with Fraulein Franz, au actress, in 1873, has dropped a million marks in the management of the company, losing money from the time of its starting. It depended for its monetary success on its drawing powers in outside and foreign cities, derived from the prestige which it acquired at home. Lately, however, the Baxe-Meiningers have been unable to draw paying audiences in any of the outside cities, and the Duke has been compelled to mortgage his private resources in order to please his wife, who acted as business manager of the organization, and who was anxions that the enterprise should not be abandoned because of the influence it exerted on dramatic art throughout Germany. HOTES BY THE CABLE. News In Condensed Form of Affairs Trans piring; in tbe Old World. The potato blight In Ireland is stlU extend ing. " A special committee is to be formed to de velop the foreign trade of Russia. Owing) to tne presence of cholera at Red Sea ports vessels from there are forbidden en trance to Oibralter. Steamers havo arrived at Radujevatzon the Ion er Danube with 2,500,000 cartridges and 8,700 rifles for tbe Servian army. The coffin containing the remains of Car dinal Newman was yesterday placed on a catafalque in front of tbe altar in the oratory at Edgbaston. " Henbt M.-Stanley says that France. En gland and Germany ought to co-operate in the civilization of Africa. He says their interests will not conflict for GO years. Spain and Portugal have conclnded negotia tions regarding Mellela. Tho Emperor of Morocco agrees to have the Spanish flag saluted and the offenders punished. Ejtpbbob William has specially invited Baron Beck, tho Austrian Chief of Staff, in ad dition to Count Kalnosky, to accompany Emperor Francis Joseph to tbe German army maneuvers in Silesia. The Czar and Emperor William attended divine services In camp at Narva, and after ward in tho Church Parada. Later they visited the Town Hall and received addresses. In the evening a banquet was given in honor of the visitors. WINDIHG TIP THE SUGAR TRUST. A New Agreement That Gives Two Com ponies Complete Control. New Yobk, August 16. Another step was taken to-day in reorganizing the Sugar Trust. The Central Trust Company, which has been waiting for the preliminary agree ment under which to receive deposits of cer tificates, is now in possession of that docu ment and to-day announced that it was ready to exchange its engraved certificates of deposits in exchange lor certificates of the Sugar Trust. By the agreement full power is given to the Reorganization Com mittee to wind up the Trust and reorganize it according to law. The agreement will be effective when annroved bv a maioritv of .the certificate holders and the committee is V .4 .,1 .: . j- posited. Tbe Central Trust Company will receive all dividends in Sugar Trust certificates de posited and pay them over to the holders of engraved certificates. The committee agrees to draw up a detailed plan of reor ganization as soon as possible. A majority vote of the committee shall decide on all matters unless the action is disapproved by Kidder, Peabody & Co. or the Central Trust Company. This provision practically gives the Central Trust Company and Kid der, Peabody & Co. full control ot the reor ganization. IMPORTING BERRY PICKERS. An Italian Farmer Has Trouble With ibo Contraet Labor Law. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! New Yobk, August 18. Antonio Pa pelli, a prosperous berry farmer of Ham mondtown, N. J., may get himself into trouble because of a talk he had to-day with Chief Contract Labor Inspector Milholland at the Barge Office. Papelli has lived 20 years iu New Jersey and accumu lated about $50,000 with the as sistance of his countrymen, whose fare he pays from Italy to Hammondtown. He came to the Barge Office to get 23 im migrants to help him gather berries on his farm. He said he had provided them with the money for their passage and they would pay it back with 6 per cent interest and get a little besides to start life with by working on his farm in the berry season. Papelli unsuspectingly admitted that he had brought several hundred laborers to HamzRondtowu within the last eight or ten years. He declares that he had no idea that he was violating any law, and that he doesn't want to violate any. The'immi grants were detained pending further inves tigation of the case. . NO DIVORCE FOR ADONIS. Henry E.Dlxey Denies That Ills Wife Has Entered Salt Against Him. I SPECIAL TELEQBAM TO TBI DISFATCH.1 Kansas Cut, August 18. Henry E. Dixey and his company, composed of 60 members, passed through here this morning. Mr. Dixey said to a Dispatch reporter that he had just wired his lawyer in New York to give the papers a strong denial of the filing of the divorce suit against him as well as the charges. "If there was such a suit filed it was against some other Dixey with whom I have wife and I have had several little tantrums, which are likely to occur in the best of families, but these disputes were of no im portance and have always been amicably settled between us. There is no foundation whatever for the report, and it has caused me no end of trouble since it appeared in print." SEVEN UVES SACRIFICED. Union Pacific Train Plunges Through a Broken Bridge. , Tbinidad, Col., August 18. A tele gram was received at noon from Barela, 12 miles south of this city, saying that a wreck had occurred and asking for surgeons. A special train was made up at' once, and all the surgeons that could be obtained left for the scene of the accident The wrecked traip left this city early this morning to re pair a bridge that had been washed out just below Barela, on tbe Union Pacific. It is not known jus? how the accident oc curred, but it supnosed tbe engineer failed to stop the train in time and was ditched. Seven persons were killed and 14 wounded. Further particulars cannot be obtained un til the return of the special. SoIoei Sleet In tbe Hoosler State. Indianapolis, August 18. The Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science is to meet in this city to-morrow. Already some delegates have arrived, and Prof. John H. Brashen, of Allegheny, the great mannfaetnrer of teleicoou and other opucai instruments, is expected. i W$&m AN ORDER TO STRIKE To De Issued To-Day to All Employes of the Vanderbilt Eoads. THE ULTIMATUM OF THE KNIGHTS. Powderly's Overtures for Arbitration Ee fnsed by the Central. WEBB EEADI TO FIGHT TO THE END. Affairs at Albany and Bnffilo Beach a Host Critical Stage. The New York Central Railroad refuses to submit the grievances of the strikers to arbitration. An order for a general strike on all Vanderbilt lines will be issued by the Executive Board of the K. of L. to-day, it is expected. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DIE FAT CHI New Yobk, August 18. Mr. Powderly to-day submitted to Vice President "Webb what is in effect the ultimatum of the K. of L. a proposition to submit to arbitration tbe differences between tbe New York Central and tbe strikers. Mr. "Webb replied that- the men whose discharge was complained of had not been dismissed because they were Knights of Labor, and that there was nothing to arbitrate. The big Knights gave the impression, after Mr. "Webb's answer had been received to-night, that a general railroad strike would be ordered to-morrow. The voluminous correspondence between Mr. Powderly and Mr. Webb, made public tbis evening, contains much that is spicy and interesting. Mr. Powderly wrote: powdeblt's view op the case. If I am correctly informed old and faithful employes of the New York Central and Hud son Rrf er Railroad have been summarily dis missed from the service of the company be cause they were members of and active in the Knights of Labor. It is represented to me that Tip to the time of their discharge they were faithful to the interests of the company and that not one mark of discredit stands against the industrial record of any of those who were discharged prior to Aagust 8, 1890. The whole question hinges upon the dis- cnarge ot iiniglits of .Labor Decauso they are such. If it can be shown that these men were working injury to their employers, right- minaea men win say mat tney were treated as they deserved. If they deserved dismissal from the service of the company none of us will ask for their reinstatement. If, however, they were displaced because of their connection with tbe Knights gf Labor, it shonld be knnwn.lor, if it Is to be tho policy of tbe New York Central and Hudson River Railroad that no Knights of Labor are to be employed, then aSstatement to that effect will clear up all doubts and there can bo no future misunderstandings. There will be nothing then to arbitrate so long as you hold to that opinion. BIGHTS THAT ABE INVOLVED. The interests of the public, tbo interests of tbe owners of the company you represent, o.nd the rights of men to organize for self-protection are all involved in this contest. Here is an organization the aim of which is to work for educational and legislative advantages, called upon to defend its members who, up to the time of their dis missal, had worked only In edncatlonal and legislative direction. Barely we have a right to question why tbey were discharged. To this communication from Mr. Pow derly Vice President "Webb replied, as fol lows: No ono of the persons discharged from this companr prior to August 8. and referaed to in your communication, was discharged because he was a member of yonr ordar. The Imme diate superiors of each of said persons reported to the division superintendent, ortho superin tendent of motive power, in each case.Eoodand sufficient cause for the discharge of snch per sons, and I am Informed that the division su perintendent, or the superintendent of motive power, investigated each case prior to the dis charge, and the facts of snch discharge having been reported to the management of tbe com pany tbey were further investigated and the action of tbe division superintendent, or the superintendent of motive power, folly ap proved. NO ABBITBATION POSSIBLE. The management of this company do not deem it consistent with its continuance and prosperity inbusines3 and with tbe discbarge ot the duties it owes to tbo people, to submit the propriety of its action in the discharge of any of its employes to arbitration. Mr. Powderly was in consultation at Buffalo to-day with the heads of all the unions of railroad employes, except tbe engineers, and tbe Knights say they expect the co-operation of these organizations in the campaign which it is proposed to in augurate. The big Knights who have been keeping so ominously quiet for three days began to stir them selves to-day. At 11:30 o'clock this morning A. "W. "Wright, who arrived to-day from Toronto, and J. J. Holland, of the General Executive Board, appeared at the office of Vice President "Webb, at the Grand Central station, and announced that they were the bearers of a communication ad dressed to Mr. "Wibb by Grand Master Workman Terrence V. Powderlv. Messrs. "Wright and Holland told Mr. Webb that any time during tbe day would be early enough for a reply. Mr. Webb said, how ever, that he would return au answer at once. Then Messrs. Holland" and Wright went back to the St Cloud. THE LEADEBS' CONPEBENCE. It developed shortly afterward that Mr. Powderly had secretly left the city Sunday night, with General 'Secretary Hayes, and was holding a conference in Buffalo with the heads of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the Brotherhood of Rail road' Conductors, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and of the Switch men's Mutual Aid Association. Messrs. Holland and Wright said that Mr. Pow derly went to Buffalo in response to re quests from the different chieftains for a conference. But dispatches from Buffalo stated that tbe different chieftains declared that they came there in response to tele grams from Mr. Powderly. Webb said to a Dispatch reporter to night,after giving out tbe letters: "I don't know' that I can add much to what I have written. We are in this fight to stay. We will not arbitrate. We will fight. Some of our men have been discharged for cause, and we will neither take them back nor submit to arbitration our yeasons for dis charging them. They were not discharged because tbey were Knights of Labor. That we have stated again and again. We feel that we have the support of all right minded men in our course." A STBIKE ON ALL LINES. Mr. Powderly was in consultation at Buffalo to-day with the heads of all. the unions of railroad employes, except the1 en gineers. The result of their deliberations was not publicly announced, but two mem bers of the conference are authority for the statement that a general strike will be J ordered to-day on all the roads in whioh tbe Vanderbilts bold a controlling interest. These lines are the New York Central, West Shore, the Lake Shore, tbe Mcnlgan Cen tral, the Canada Southern, the Chicago and Northwestern. A dispatch from Buffalo says: The head of the Brotherhood of Firemen, con stituting the , Executive Committee of the Supreme Council of the Fed eration of Railway Brotherhoods went East at 10:30. They will lay the matter before Vice-President Webb to-morrow morning. One of two things will result: Either Webb will uphold Divison Superin tent Burrows' ruling in the case of the dis charged switchmen, or be will arbitrate with the committee. If the latter all well and good; if the former, word will be returned to Buffalo and John Devlin will he la front the West on ' t time to take charge of the strike to-morrow and will order out all the men belonging to the brotherhoods'. Tbe strike of the Steam Railroad Protective Union, of New En gland, federated with Lee's D. A. 216, K. of L., may follow. ADDITIOKAL PINKERTOH GTABDS. ' Tbe Force at Albnnr Increased to COO Men and More R!Ctr Distributed. ALBANT, August 18. The Pinkerton force at West Albany was increased to COO men to-day, and an . additioal number of rifles distributed among them. The strikers held a Secret meeting in the rink to-night, but before doing so the Executive Board of D. A. 246, posted tbe following bulletin: We have jnst learned from reliable sources that Robert Pinkerton has detailed a, squad of his cut-throats to mingle among our men. You will be on your guard and give all suspicious characters a very wide berth. Another bulletin says that ata meeting of 104 engineers and firemen on the Mohawk division, at East Albany, it was unani mously resolved to stand by the Knights and to do all in their power to persuade those working on the engines with them to come out. It is reported that the men who attended the meeting in East Albany were mostly all firemen who are already on a strke, having refused to go to work from its beginning, and that they have already ex hausted all available arguments to get" tb remainder of the men out. X ! (O TALKING OF FRANCHISE. 3INAL plans rlT THE MISSISSIpY f OMGINAL PLANS GIVEN THE M1SSISS1P1, CONVENTION. Some Novel Propositions to Give tbe Whites Supremacy Schemes for Additional Votes Larceny, I.Iaaor or Lottery Slay Destroy SnflVaffe. Jackson, August 18. The sixth day of the convention opened with a seeming determination to get down to business. Judge Cbrisman, of Lincoln, offered a sub stitute to that section of the Constitution re lating to suffrage, providing as follows: Males of sonnd mind, over tbe age of 21 years and citizens of tbe United States by birth or naturalization, who have never been convicted of any crime made a felony by tbe laws of this State, and who have resided in the State two years and in the county one year, provided tbey or their wives own, in fee simple, a homestead, or one or the other of them is possessed of unincumbered property, real or personal, of tbe valne of ?20O, listed for taxes and not delinquent for taxation. It shall be competent for tho Leg islature to make petit larceny, sell ing liquor without a license or buying or setting lottery tickets in tbis State a failure of tbe right to exercise the elective franchise. No soldier, sailor or marine shall have the right to vote because stationed here. Before any per son is allowed to register he shall make oath: "I have read and comprehend tho article of the Constitution of tbis State which prescribes tbe qualification of voters; I am not debarred by tbe tests it prescribes, but entitled to the same, so help me God." No person shall be eligible to any office ot profit or trust who is not a qualified elector. Mr. Kennedy, of Clay, moved an amend ment to make residence in the State three years and in tbe county two years, with a poll tax of $2. Mr. Mayers, of Lafayette, submitted an ordinance to abolish the con vict leasing system after January 15, 1891, or sooner, if practicable, and on his motion a committee of seven was appointed to con sider all propositions relating to the peni tentiary. A plan of suffrage was sub mitted fiy Mr. De Ellard, of Noxubee, reap portioning so as to give the balance of power to the white counties; also providing for election by the Legislature of State offi cers and the appointment by the Governor of county and district officers. , Mr. Campbell, of Washington, submitted two plans of suffrage, one providing for an additional vote to every owner of real prop ertv to the value of S1.000. and another giv ing an additional vote to all who are related! Wlium lue hiiiru uegtec w tuc uhuci, uiiiio or female, of property to the value of $250. Mr. McLaurin, of Hinds, filed a resolution prohibiting alien ownership of land. SEIZED AH AMERICAN VESSEL. A Fishing Schooner Held by the Caaadlans for Treaty Violation. rSPECIAI. TELIQUAII TO THE DISPATCH. Halifax, N. S., August 18. The Gloucester fishing schooner Willie Irving has been seized at Sonris, Prince Edward Island, for alleged viola tion of the fisheries treaty. A week ago the crew refused . to put to sea in tbe vessel on the ground that it was unseaworthy, and demanded to be sent home to Gloucester by the United States Consul. A survey declared the ship sea worthy, and Consul George went down from Charlottetown to en deavor to influence the crew,, but without success. The men positively re fused to again sail in the Irving and she was unable to ship. The new crew remained on board the vessel and disposed of a num ber of articles including rubber and oilskin goods, to citizens of the town. This con stitutes a violation of tbe treaty. Having lain in port 12 days, Captain Seely was ordered to put to sea by Collector Foley. Not having done so, and in con sequence of the sale of thegoods by members of the crew, Collector Foley seized the vessel and holds her awaiting instructions from Ottawa. FIGHTING A BOYCOTT. New Tork Brick Manufacturers Threaten to Withhold Shipments. tSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS DISFATCH.1 New Yobk, August 18. The committee of 16 brick manufacturers, in whose hands the association bas placed the management of the proposed boycott ot the New York market, met in the Aster House to-day in secret session: In the afternoon tbey sub mitted, the following report to a meeting of the whole association, which was held at the same placer Inasmuch as the manufacturers of over 80 per cent of tbe brick manufactured for tbe supply of the New York market have agreed to withhold shipments to points where the boycott existi, we should recommend that no brick be snipped to any oi tnese points alter Friday, August 22, until tbe boycott Is removed, wo also recommend that parties having contracts in writing should submit the same to tbis com .rclttee. we would also suggest that the boy cotted firms continue to ship their bricks to New Vorfc. This report was adopted and signed by tbe manufacturers, who say that they make 80 per cent of the brick sold in this market. The secretary said that 10 per cent more would sign as soon as tbey had filled several contracts which demanded prompt fulfill ment. Thousand! of Timber A cres. rSFXCIAI. TXLZGBAK TO TBI DISPATCH. I Pabkeesbubg, August 18. In the Fed eral Court to-day Judge Dickson granted an injunction against S. W. Colston and 36 others restraining them from cutting timber on 100,000 acres in Logan county The suit is brought by New York and Philadelphia capitalists, and the property is worthfnearly $1,000,000. Workmen Granted Shorter Boars. Millvii.1.1:, N. J"., August 18. The glass packers of the country recently per fected a national organization, and their first demand upon the manufacturers waso reduce the hours of labor to nine each day. The glass makers in this city to-day granted the demand and hired their packers for the next blast. " Tbe Democratic Majority. Montgomery, Ala., August 18. Official erection returns from 60 of the 66 counties have been received. Jones (Demotrat) has 130,073, and Long (Rern' licm) 40,324. The other counties will lu creaw the Democratic majority to 95,000! tj AMTC in the line of Home Help If Mil 1 O are prompUu supplied through the Classified Adv-rlisement Columns of THE DISPATCH. Sum mer resvrters returning home should remember this. THREE CENT& QUIETLY WED II. The Pennsylvania Company Gobbles the Beaver Valley Marginal Railroad. ALL RIVALS SHUT OUT.- One Side of the Beaver River Closed Against the Lake Erie. A SMALL BUT IJIP0RTAKT FEEDER. Eochester, Brighton and Beaver Falls Lin9 to be an Into the Mills. IT WAS AN OLD EC0X0MITB PE0PEETI The Marginal Railroad, a belt line coa- ecting the various manufactories in the aver Valley.it is just learned, has been '$ Mr. Henry Hartman to the Penn- lia Comnanv. for tbe "PprinsvlvaniB. jl - - -,-. v "a d Company. As a means of excludV roaas from the territory, the 8" tP "v valuable one for the Pennsyl van r ?vnv. y The ,jnsylvania Railroad Company, through the Pennsylvania Company, has made another gobble. This time it is in the Beaver Valley, and forever precludes tbe possibility of another railroad com pany getting into that manufacturing sec tion. The valley i3 now occupied by tha Pennsylvania Company's lines and tha Lake Erie, but in less than two years tha latter company will be shut out from ths manufactories on one side of the river. This will throw the bulk of the tonnage to the Pennsylvania Company. The gobble is the purchase of the Marginal Railroad, owned by H. W. Hartman, ths well-known manufacturer and capitalist of Beaver Falls. The deal was made several weeks ago, presumably before the departure of Mr. Hartman for Europe. The road is a belt line, connecting the Pennsylvania Company and Pittsburg and Lake Eria Company's tracks with ail tbe mills in, Beaver Falls. It is only a few miles long, but tbe size of the property is nothing com pared to the privileges it covers. It was built by the Economltes about 11 years ago, when the society could get anything it wanted in the Beaver Valley. 3IOBE OF ITS HISTORT. .About a year or two later the road was leased to Carnegie, Fhipps & Co.; and sinca then has been Operated by that firm. About a year ago it was sold by tbe Economltes to Mr. Hartman, who, in turn, has now sold it to the Pennsylvania Company. It was in tended as a part of the Rochester, Beaver Falls and Western road, of which Mr. Hart man is also President. It is presumed that the latter road has also been sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad, but nothing definite is known, as yet, regarding this deal. Little work has been done so far except securing Tif!ito fit vrnv tr -.0. "-Ji , Both the Pennsylvania Company and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie looked with alarm upon tbe new road in connection with tha Marginal, as it would have reached every factory iu the Beaver Valley, including the Rochester Tumbler Company's plant. An, extension of the Marginal road has been constructed down through the town of Beaver Falls to connect with all the factories on the river. HThe deal has not been finally closed, but it will be in a few days. A record of the transaction has been .placed on file in the Beaver county courts, and it is expected that everything will be fixed up by the end of the week. It is probable that the road will be turned over to the Rochester, Beaver Falls and Western Road in a short time. The latter road runs from Rochester to New Brighton, then crosses the Beaver river at the lower end of New Brighton. It connects with the southern terminus of th Marginal road and gives the latter a tract into all the shipping plants. ANOTHEB BBANCH BUILDING. A road is also being built from Ellwood, the new town on the Connoquennessing, to a point one mile east of Rock Point. At Ell wood it connects with the Pittsburg, Youngstown and Ashtabula road, one of tbe Pennsylvania lines. Cars can ba run from there to Beaver Falls, over the Pennsylvania tracks, and a bridgs is being constructed across the Beaver river, where connections are made with the Lake Erie road. In addition to this network, another road, the Ellwood Short Line, is to be built across tbe country from one- point on the Pittsburg and Western to another, cutting off four miles of heavy grade. This short line has been leased to the Pittsburg and Western Company. Mr. Hartman is also President of-the Beaver and Ellwood and the Elwood Short Line Companies. It is believed that the Pennsylvania Company has made favorable connections with tbe former, asut will be au important feeder 1'ro'm the mills to be located in the new town. Mr. Hartman will not be home for several weeks yet, but the information comes frogs. Beaver county, where the sale has been re corded. The price paid by the Pennsylvania Company for the Marginal road alone was about ?75,000. 15 THE HAND3 OP A MOB. Italian Scissors Grinder Shoots a Man. and is Almost Lynched. Delaw"abe, O., August 18. Martin. Fleenan, of Prospect, O., while sitting on platform of a railroad depot here, waiting lor the evening train, to go home, was shot in the face by an Italian scissors grinder." Th ahrtntinc- Vita rtnnn wfthnnt tlm Ia.4 provocation. With great difficulty the Italian was cap tured, and only by the beroio efforts of the officers was Judge Lynch prevented from satisfying theenragedmob'sdesire. Fleenan is in the hospital, with little hopes of re-' covery, while the Italian is safely locked up. A GOOD INDIAN GONE. A Chief Who Saved Mnoy Lives and Exer clsed a Good Influence Bmmabck, N. D., August 18. George; Faribaule, Chief of the Indian police at tha Standing Rock Agency is dead. He was the Camel Boone of Minnesota, and a man of great influence among the Indians, being; himself a quarter breed. He saved the lives f many white rust, dur u the Indian, -troubles. J i vi 3
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