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FORTT-IXFTH YEAR.
Of All Chicago Railways Liable
fc to Result From the Stock
Yards Trouble.
A BIG STRIKE PREDICTED
By Alton's General Manager, Who
Says the Boads Hare Combined
TO FIGHT TO THE BITTER END.
s.' , Sew York Central Knights of Labor Hold
an Enthusiastic Mass Meeting.
VV SPEECHES BI POWDEELI AND ,OTHEES
- A greater railroad Etrite than that on'
theXewTork Central is imminent AH
roads entering Chicago may be tied up if
the striking switchmen at the stockyards
persist in their demands. The railroad
managers held a meeting, "discussed the
situation and decided to make no conces-
rsFECXJLli TXXXQBAX TO TBS DISrATOO.1
Chicago, August 26. A strike that will
tie up all Chicago roads, and perhaps all
the roads in the country, is threatened,
should the striking switchmen at the stock
yards persist in their demands. None of
the roads are disposed to make concessions,
and the men show small disposition to
yield.
There was a rumor on the streets to-day
that the strikers had given in, and had
, asked to be taken back by the Switching
Association, but it proved to be unfounded.
The packing houses are still idle, and likely
to continue so.
CBOWDING THE 2I0UBNEBS.
The stride of the engineers and firemen
had just been settled, when the switchmen
last night decided to quit Mr. Cbappeli,
the General Manager of the Chicago and
Alton, said to-night that there was no dis
position on the part of any of the roads to
yield to the strikers, and that all threats
were useless. He believed a general strike
was imminent This is the way he talked:
"This matter was discussed at a meeting of
general managers last night, after word had
been received that the stock yards' switch
men had struct The general managers of
nearly all the roads were present, and they
were fortified by the presence of many Presi
dents and Vice Presidents. All were au
thorized at a previous consultation to enter
into an agreement to
. TIGHT TO THE END,"
so matter what the results? may lie. And
every man spoke and entered tnto such an
agreement, which is that all Chicago rail
ways will stand together as one individual
to oppose the unjust demands made upon
the Stock Yards Switching Association, or
.upon any of the interested railways.
"It is the first time that the railways ever
united. They will stand firm as a rock,
Tiowever, if it ties up every road in the conn
try indefinitely, and bankrupts all of those
'waging the war. It has come to a question
of the loads being bankrupt by irresponsi
ble employes and the roads decided to fight
right here. I expect every Chicago road
will be tied up. How much further the
war will extend no one can foretell. But
the fullest scope of stagnation has been
canvassed thoroughly and our course is laid
out
WHY THEY COMBINED.
"Our course, as agreed npon, has been
made necessary by the demands and lawless
conduct of the men. They quit work with
out a moment's notice, leaving thousands of
.dollars' worth of freight to perish on the
tracks. They do not meet us first in arbi
tration, but inflict injury that is beyond cal
culation in dollars and cents. There seems
to be no power in the courts to check these
men. To get that power is the reason of the
combine entered into by the railways.
"As to their last unwarranted demand I
will say that it means the advance of pay
of every Bwitehman in the country. The
present wages ot the switchmen is $75 per
month for night foremen of crews; (TO for
night helpers; $70 for day foremen, and $65
lor day helpers. These figures are on a
basis often hours per day for 26 days.
GOOD TVAGES EARNED.
"Over time and Sundays are paid for at
an advance .of over the scale. The men
all earn from $85 to $95 per month. This
scale of wages was given the men in settle
ment of the strike of 1881. It is the stand
ard scale and extends all over the country.
This small clond threatens to develop into
the biggest cyclone the railway interests
have ever known."
The roads have dissolved their Switching
Association, declaring the strikers dis
charged, and say that each road will here
after dp its own switching. The great prob
lem now is: Will the employes of the
various roads consent to do this work, for
merly done by the strikers, or will they de
clare that they are taking the place of
strikers in doing this switching and refuse
to enter the yards? If the latter position be
assumed by the employes of the various
yards, every road entering Chicago may be
tied up before 48 hours, as there is no doubt
to-morrow will see every road attempting to
do its own switching.
SUPPOBT MAY TAIL THEM.
The ground for hope that a general strike
may not be declared is fonnd in the fact
that the switchmen last night struck in an
altogether irregular, and, according to their
by-laws, illegal manner. Theyshonld have
first presented their demand for higher
wages to the association, and, on its rejec
tion, called a meeting of the proper com
mittee of the trainmen's organization to
determine whether a strike should be de
clared or not In the event of a strike be
ing ordered aitenjthii formal proceeding,
they would then be entitled to the assistance
and co-operation of the organized trainmen
of every road entering Chicago.
This formality was not observed, how
ever, and thecompanies are confident that
tfeat reason, if for bo other, the switch
men will find themselves without support
from the railway employes of the various
roads.
THE STRIKERS' PARADE.
DEMONSTRATION OF DISCHARGED CEN
TRAL EMPLOYES.
Aa Address by Powderly a Port of the Pro
gramme He Says tbe Knights Aro
Fighting lor a Great Principle Others
Unite Speeches,
rsrxcui. TXLXOBAU to thb DISPATCH. 1
New Yobk, August 26. There was a
mass meeting of .Knights of .Labor at Union
Square to-night Powderly and other big
Knights were present. The discharged em
ployes of the Central marched to the Square
in a body, preceded by a drum corps.
They bore numerous transparencies with
mottoes like these: "Solid as a Bock;"
"Our Battle is for Principle;" "Never
Give V p the Ship;" "Pmkerton's Hirelings
Un-American," and a lot more of similar
tenor.
Socialist Orator Wakeman stood on the
platform at the upper end of the square, and
talked to the crowd for awhile. Policemen
were present in force, 250 standing opposite
the speaker's stand. Powderly was called
upon, and ou responding was cheered loud
ly. He said:
You may feel disheartened because the Terre
Haute convention did not declare a general
strike. Yonr Executive Board did not expect
that it would. All we expected was to have
their support and they are with us, horse, foot
and artillery. Cheers. Theybelieve,theyknow,
we are right and they have stated their opinion
boldly. They say our battle must go on, and go
on it will. The Central Railroad officers may
talk about goods being delivered, but they don't
tell the truth. There are many merchants in
New York who know differently, and surely
some of these merchants are your friends, or
are In sympathy with you. Have one of these
merchants asked for his goods! The railroad
company must give them to him or have its
charter revoked.
. The strike which we have inaugurated is not
only the strike of tbe people of the State of
New York, bnt of the people of America.
The meeting then listened to a fiery pre
amble followed by resolutions which de
nounced the New York Central officers as
"arbitrary and tyrannical."
The people are advised to take political
action to tbe end ot Government manage
ment of the railroads, and the hiring of
Pinkerton armed men is to be made a State
prison offense by statute. " Several local
speakers followed, and at 10 P. M. the meet
ing broke up.
ASS 10 BE BET5BTATED.
New York Central Strikers Want Thtlr Old
Places Once Hon.
Schenectady, August 26. Nine Dela
ware and Hudson yardmen went oat on
strike here to-day because the Delaware and
Hudson Company was taking New York
Central freight Their places were filled by
new men, and business continues.
The New York Central pay car was here
to-day, and paid all strikers in fall to
August 8, the day of the strike. Tbe car
left the city about 2:45 P. M., and several
of the discharged employes at once made ap
plication for reinstatement
A TOBACCO HOUSE SYNDICATE
To be Composed of Americans and Having
S5.000.000 Capital.
Louisville, August 26. Ex-Congressman
Albert Willis returned here from New
York this morning, where he has
been in the Interest of 'the company
-which is seeking to secure con
trol of the 20 tobacco warehouses of
this city and Cincinnati. He says the
syndicate which he represents is made np of
American capitalists. The stock of the
company is to be $5,000,000. The firms
will all retain their firm names, and the
stock will be owned largely by these firms,
but it will be for sale to any purchaser, so
that a tobacco grower may be a stockholder
in tbe company which sells his crop.
Expert accountants are now on their way
to Louisville and Cincinnati to determine
the value of the property which the com
pany is to purchase. After the examina
tion the capital stock may be placed lower
than $5,000,000 as the stock, is to be folly
paid in.
S0KS OP VETERANS' PARADE.
Large Nnmber of Delegates and Visitors
Assemble In St. Joe.
St. Joseph, Mo.,' August 26. Never
before in tbe history of the Sons of Veterans
have such great efforts been made to secure
the attendance of the rank and file
at the national encampment of the
order. Efforts have proved successful, and
25 States are represented by about 3,500
delegates and visitors. To-day was given
ud to receiving new arrivals and the parade.
"Five thousand men were in line, about 2,500
Sons of Veterans and an equal number of
the G. A R. posts, and various organiza
tions in this city and vicinity. A unique
feature of the parade was the presence of an
organization ot ex-Confederates from Mis
souri which was given a prominent position.
The business ot the Grand Encampment
to-day was of an entirely routine nature.
The Ladies' Aid Society met this afternoon
with 75 delegates present Mrs. Ella L.
Jones, of Altoona, Pa., presiding.
HELD UP BY STAGE BOBBERS.
They Were Iiooktne for Gold) bnt It Was
Mot There.
Dallas, Col., August 26. The stage
running between here and Telluride was
held up yesterday by road agents
near Haskell. Nothing valuable
was secured excepting what was
possibly in the registered mail. There were
but two of the robbers, both young men and
masked. They were armed with revolvers
and a "Winchester rifle. David Wood, pro
prietor of the stage line, has offered a re
ward of $100 for the arrest of either or both
of the robbers.
There is no doubt that their object was to
secure the retorts from the King gold
mine, 11 of which were sent out yesterday
morning, bnt by a different route. There is
a strong suspicion that the robbers had con
federates here. The value of the retort was
over 580,000.
THE FLAG CAME DOWN.
British Gnsboata Compel a Venezuela
Captain to Lower His Colors.
Montbbal, August 26. A private dis
patch received to-day by Mr. Barnet Law
rence, Consul for Venezuela, states
that the British gunboat Beady
from Demarara with Commissioner
McTarck on board, arrived at Barima
at the mouth of tbe Orinoco and ordered the
captain of the Paro, a Venezuelan man-of-war,
to haul down his colors. The captain
submitted to superior force. The Venezuelan
Government has sent a commission to the
spot to investigate.
A dispute has existed for some time be
tween England and Venezuela as to a por
tion of the territory between British Guiana
and the Orinoco river, which is the natural
outlet for the produce of the country.
Crowds of Farmers
CnvmrTT. BT.TTFFS- Anrrn.f 9ft Thn
tenth annual session"1 of the Farmers' Con
gress began here to-day. Tbe Opera House
was crowded. Addresses were made and
Tsnrs"fpjid. after which arriinomnta were
made for a Denver excursion,
ORIGINAL PACKAGE MEN
ONTRIAL FOR SELLING WITHOUT LICENSE
AT WASHINGTON, PA.
Pendergnsl's Case Considered Tbe Judge
Charges That the Laws Befnte the Claim
of tbe Defendant Tbe Decision of the
Jnry Awaited.
SPICIAI, TKLEOKAM TO TBI PISPATCn. .
Washington; A.f August 26. The
original package cases were taken up in
court this morning. First on the docket
appeared the name of 'William J.
Pendergast, agent for P. Gavin, of
Wheeling. The case was called and
its prosecution opened. Mr. Pendergast
was charged with selling liquor without
license, furnishing it to men of known in
temperate habits, and to minors. A sepa
rate indictment was made ont in each case.
Witnesses were called and in substance tes
tified to having purchased liquor in original
packages from the defendant. Testimony
was taken in proof of the charges ot selling
to men of intemperate habits, and to minors,
and the case, of the prosecution was made
ont strongly.
The defense opened by calling the de
fendant whose testimony bore ont in fact
that of tbe prosecution. He admitted hav
ing sold liquor, and said it was as the agent
of P. Gavin, of Wheeling. Constable Will
iam Redman was next called, and testified
that ha. had been engaged for a
short time in pointing out per
sons of intemperate habits, and minors.
The case was argned for the defense by
John S. Robb, of Pittsburg, and by District
Attorney Parker for the prosecution. Mr.
Kobb was assisted by his son and Judge
Pettermau, of Pittsburg. The judge's
charge to tne jury was a concise review of
the evidence, and instructions to them as to
the points bearing on tbe case. His charge
was as follows:
The defendant being lndloted under the
Brooks law for selling, furnishing liquor to
men of Intemperate habits and to miners, and
having by his testimony admitted the sales,
such as sworn to by the Commonwealth, rested
his defense npon the ground that his principal
was a citizen of another State. We have on the
one hand the provision in the' United States
Constitution, the right to regulate commerce
between the States, and,-on the other hand, tbe
session to the States, the right to make police
regulations, and it in the apparent conflict the
Court most consider. The right of a citizen of
another State to import ana sell in the or
iginal package is conceded, but the Common
wealth claims that in this case the defendant
has not shown the bona fide exericise of this
richt by tbe citizen of another State. The
Commonwealth claims that the following cir
cumstances refute the claim of the defendant
and bear npon the good faith of his claim;
First Upon his own oath, and be does not
bring his principal to prove his right Second
The liquors were furnished in small, bottles,
and not in the way usually known to commerce.
Third The1 indiscriminate manner in which the
Sales were made.
All this bears upon tbe question of the de
fendant's good faith whether this wan a mere
trick or the bona fide acent. The question of
the agency Is for you, and these are matters
for you to consider.
The case of Joseph Sweihart, agent for the
Bridgeport Liquor Company, was next
called. Mr. Sweihart was charged simply
with selling without license. Testimony
was introduced to show that liquor had been
bought there, though there was no at
tempt to show that he had no license.
Several witnesses were called lor tbe de
fense, who testified that he had sold liqnor
only in original packages. The arguments
were based upon what constitntes an origin
al package, testimony .having been intro
duced that the sealed bottles had been
shipped in boxes, .and that the boxes were
broken. The (fudge's charge was the same
as the one delivered in the case of Pende
gast At a latethbnr no decision had been
rendered.
TESTED OK THE OCEAN,
Lively Itnn Hade by tbe Mew Craiscr San
Francisco
Santa Babbaba, August 26. The new
cruiser San Francisco, which left San
Prancisco harbor at 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon to have an official trial in Santa
Barbara channel, arrived off Santa Barbara
at 11 o'clock this morning, having made the
run of nearly 300 miles in abont 22 hours, at
an average rate speed ot a fraction over 13
knots an honr. The run was made without
a slip of machinery, and when the cruiser
came to anchor there was no indication that
she could not have continued tbe run in
definitely. The San Francisco will lie at anchor here
this afternoon and to-night, daring which
time her machinery will be thoroughly
cleaned and every preparation made for the
official trial which will occur to-morrow
morning.
A CANDIDATE'S ACCOUNTS SHOBT.
The Prohibition Aspirant for the Governor
ship of Alabama In Trouble.
rSrZCIAL TELEGEAM TO THE D1SPATCH.1
Chattanooga, Tenn.. August 26. A
profound sensation has been caused through
out Northern Alabama by the report of the
Jackson connty grand jury this morning,
charging that L. C Conlson.present County
Clerk and Prohibition candidate for Govern
or, is $5,000 short in his accounts. Jackson
is the.second richest county in the State.
Coulson belonged to one ot the oldest and
best of Alabama families and he was mak
ing a fine canvass and would have polled an
immense vote.
TBUCE TO EXPIRE TO-DAY.
An Effort Being Made to Induce General
Ezeta to Sign a Protocol.
City op Mexico, August 26. The
Guatemalan Minister here says that General
Ezeta having refused to ratify the peace
protocol signed by Dr. Galinde, July
18, Guatemala ordered her forces to again
advance on Salvador, but that the diplo
matic corps requested four days' more trace
to try to induce General Ezeta to sign the
protocol.
The truce expires to-morrow. Several
members of the diplomatic corps have gone
to Salvador.
B0YC0TXEES BICKKRTTTO.
Brlckmakers Are Already Charging- Each
Other With Violating; the Agreement.
NeWBUBG, N. Y., August 26 There is
dissension among the brickmakers who
have pledged themselves to boycott the New
York market H. C. Hose, who makes 40,
000,000 bricks annually, is charged with
violating the agreement Bose says he
signed with the proviso that he should fill
existing contracts. This he is doing, and he
says others are.
MAKING HONEY PLENTIFUL.
Secretary Windom Will Continue tho Par
chase of Silver for Cash. l
"Washington, August 26. Secretary
Windom says that as he desires to release at
present from the Treasury all he can he will
continue to buy silver, if the offers are reas
onable, without regard to the quota propor
tion lor the month.
First Francs of the Season.
SAN PbAncisco, August 26. The, first
carload of California prunes of the season
was shipped to Chicago to-day from Santa
Bosa, by C. W. Pike, -of this city. The
first carload of California dried grapes of
tbe, season's caring was dispatched this
aitern oon.
D D 1 7 C C for amatetcr wrtltrt are offered by
rnlLCO TUB DIBPATCH during the
Sxvotiiion Meaxon. Bee announcement on
tow In page cthit utue.
HE SAYS IT IS A 60.
Significant-Speech on the Tariff Bill
by Major McKinley at
HIS KOHIHATION. FOE ,C0HGKESS.
Ux-President Cleveland and the Democratic
Party Scored.
PAEMEKS AEE DISAPPOINTED IN OHIO.
,
Politicians Banning Up Their Fences Thronrhont the
Country.
'Major McKinley was nominated yester
day as the Eepublicaa candidate for Con
gress from the Sixteenth Ohio district
Great enthusiasm prevailed at the convent
tion. The Major's speech was a masterly
effort. He stated that the House bill would'
positively be passed.
i
israelii. TELXOBAJt TO TUB DtSFATCS.1
Massillon, August 26. Major Mc
Klnley to-day became the Republican can.
didate for Congress in the new Sixteenth
district, composed of Stark, Wayne, Holmes
and Medina counties. The Republican
authority which conferred the honor was a
mass meeting of the party in the district
Delegations accompanied by brass bands
came from each of the counties. The con
vention was called to order in the Opera
House at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Con
gressman Smyser introduced. Judge Men
son, of Medina, who made the speech
nominating McKinley. He reserved Mc
Kinley 's name to the last, and as it was pro
nounced, tbe cheers and shouts that arose
fairly shook the house. When the vote was
called, for by Smyser the walls quivered
with one mighty "aye" that went up and
the crowd cheered and cheered again. Major
McKinley then followed with his speech of
acceptance, which was a masterly effort.
Speaking of the tariff he said:
EEMAEK8 ON IBS HOUSE BILL.
Another purpose we declared in Chicago,
another pledge we made to the people, to re
vise tbe tariff on tbe line of protection. How?
.Let me draw tbe matter: By such revision as
will tend to check Imports of snch articles as
are produced By onr people, the production of
which gives employment to onr labor, and le
lease from import dnty those articles of for
eign production (except luxuries) the like of
which cannot be produced at borne. No one
questions but that the House has kept that
pledce in every respect in the bill
which it sent to the Senate of tbe
United Btates. It has lowered duties when
they were in the interest of tbe people, and It
has had the courage to raise them when to do
so was to inaugurate or promote great indus
tries and enlarge tbe field of employment for
American men and women If any doubtfever
existed that, the Honse tariff bill wasspieco
ot American legislation for tbe benefit of, the
American people, and in the line of the coun
try's largest prosperity, thatdonbt must nave
long since been removed by the manifesta
tions of opposition- which have come from
the leading and competing nations ot the
world.
POBEION BIVALS.
MWe said in our Dlatf orm of 18S8: "We are un
compromisingly in favor of the American sys
tem of protection. We protest against Its de
struction as presented by President Cleveland
and his party. They serve the interest of
Europe. We will support tbe interests of
America.' We have given legislative Sanction
to this declaration In the bill which bat passed
tbe Hense with a fidelity ot purpose which even
onr enemies will not question.
The public meetings which nave"been latld In
England, and the exhibitions of temper which
have been witnessed in some of its great manu
facturing centers, and in tbe parliamentary
bodies;of other nations protesting against onr
proposed tarifl bill, must have convinced tho
most ignorant or incrednlous that our foreign
rivals regard the bill not in the Interest ef
Europe, but in the interests of America. They
see nothing in it but a diminution of their
American trade and a corresponding gain to
onr own producers. Ot coarse, it does not
please other nations; it was not framed after
that fashion. The Mills bill did.
SAYS IT 'WILI. PASS.
"PresidentCIeveland's free trade message re
ceived only condemnation and bitter denun
ciation. That is tbe precise difference. It was
not made to please other nations; it was framed
for the people of the United-States as a fence
to their industries, as a security to their inter
ests and investments, as a protection to the
labor of their hands, and as a safeguard to the
happy homes of American workmen. If it shall
be enacted into law, I venture the prediction,
which will be fully verified and which thought
ful men everywhere will confirm,
when I declare that it will bring to
this conntrya prosperity unparalleled in tne
history of the world. And let me assure you
tbe bill will become a law. A Republican Sen
ate will pass it and a Republican President
will put upon ft his seal of approval as soon as
it shall reach him, and another great pledge of
the Republican party will have been kept and
fulfilled.
DEOOKED "WOEE OP AGENTS.
The Congress has passed a law that is
known as tlie "customs administrative bill," a
part of the great tariff system of the country
hlch protects the honest importer' in the
Onited States against tho unscrupulous, which
protects our own producers and citizens from
the under valuations which have been too com
mon, and which it is hoDed will take tbe great
business of importing into this coun
try out of bands of the dis
honest men and place it where It once
was in the hands of honest merchants. It
looks also to tbe protection of the revenues of
the country, for it is a notorious fact that for
25 years past by a system of consignments and
under valuations and the establishment of
agencies on this side, we have not collected
within 25 or 60 per cent of the true valuation of
the merchandise imported."
Upon the conclusion of the Major's speech
tbe following telegram to the Chairman of
tbe convention from'Blaine, at Bar Harbor,
was read:
I trust your convention to-day will nominate
Major McKinley for Congress. Ho has been
tried and true for 20 years. On many occa
sions he has belped the Republicans of Maine,
and they want to acknowledge tbeir obligation
and help him by their interest, their sympathy,
and their friendship.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing Mc
Kinley, the McKinley bill, the Federal elec
tion bill. President Harrison's administra
tion, and Congressman Smyser's record.
WORKING IN SECRET.
Independent Republicans Conceal Tbeir In
tention of Meeting at Altoona.
tSPKCULL TSLXQBAX TO THB DISPATCH.;
Philadelphia, August 26. The Inde
pendent "Republicans who are opposed to
the election of Hon. George W. Delamater,
the Republican Gubernatorial candidate,
will bold a meeting to-morrow at Altoona.
The place and time for a couple of weeks
have been kept n profound secret
A sort of mystery has surrounded ihe
movements of those who are credited with
being interested in the affair, the
admitted desire of the origin
ators being that the Republican
managers should not know the names of
those who are to oppose Senator Delamater
until after the meeting. It has also been
partol tbe programme to keep secret the
time and place for the gathering. It was
said that it was deemed best to have it
somewhere in the interior of tbe State and
not in the city of Philadelphia or Pitts
burg, as it was feared tbe parties interested
would be interfered with in their plans.
Those who received invitations to attend the
conference were obligated to say nothing as
to the meeting, so that publicity would be
avoided.
Nomtsated by Acclamation.
rsrxcux. TiutoBAU to .tub distatcb.1
LanbdatjE, PA, August 26. Ihe
enth District Republican Congressional
Convention assembled in Music Hall, Lans
'dale, this morning at 11 o'clock andnomi
nated by acclamation, Irving P. Wanger,
"ex-District Attorney of Montgomery county,
for Congress. Delamater was present and
made a speech to a big gathering.
SENATOR WATSON'S SUCCESSOR.
Bon. C W. Stone Mentioned for tbe Place
1 by Leading Politicians.,
rsPEClU. TBIEOEAM TO THB DISrATCO.1
Hew Castle, August 26. Who will
succeed Senator Watson is the all absorb
ing question among politicians, and so far
as your correspondent has been able to
learn, there is bnt one man upon whom all
factions seem to be able to unite, and that is
the Hon. C. W. Stone, the present Secre
tary of the Commonwealth. There seems
to be a shortage of timber ot
the right kind in the Republican
party. Lewis Emery has turned
to tbe Democrats, and is not mentioned as a
successor to the late Senator here, while
Mr. J. W. Lee is as silent as the grave as to
where he stands, and has repeatedly refused
to be interviewed. Still, tbe fact that he is
a bosom friend of Emery, and, as many
think, assisted that geutieman in preparing
his broadside to be fired at Delamater, has
caused many ofhis political friends to look
upon his position with distrust, and make
it exceedingly doubtful as to whether he
could carry it even if nominated. Mr.
Stone, on the contrary, is very popular
throughout the oil country.
It is not believed that there will be an
election for the successor to Mr. Watson
until the general election in November,
owing to the shortness of the time and the
expenses attending an election. In the
Democratic camp there is considerable
hustling for a candidate for Congress, and it
is probable that Hon. A, A. Plummer will
be the nominee. He is a popular man, and
his friends believe that if he is nominated,
and tbe Republicans get into a squabble
oyer a candidate, he could easily be elected.
TEE STABS ARE NOT THERE.
Dries nnd Campbell Slay Away From the
Ohio Democratic Convention.
ISFBCIAI. TXLXQBAU TO THB DISFATCH.1
Spbinqfield, O., August 26. Much
disappointment is felt by the farmers who
came to attend the Democratic State Con
vention here at tbe absence of Governor
Campbell and Senator-elect Brice.
The district meetings were held to-night
and the various committees selected. John
H. Thomas, who was defeated for the Senate
by Brice, is on the committee in the Eight
eenth district The McConnell faction of
Jefferson county held a meeting by them
selves and appropriated all tbe committees.
The delegates from tbe other counties of the
district held a meeting later and selected
the old central committeemen. Mr.Dierdik
filled the other places and they were recog
nized. The Committee on Permanent Organi
zation has selected L.T. Neal, of Chillicothe,
for Permanent Chairman. The Committee on
Resolutions is in session late to-night, and
will report on national issues and condemn
tbe McKinley and election bills.
The probable ticket will be Cromley, of
Pickaway, for Secretary of State,' Okey,
of Columous, for Supreme Judge, and
Keifer, ot Miama, for Board of Public
Works.
AN ACTIVE CANVASS
In tbe State This Fall Is Expected by Cnn-
dldate Pnttlson.
r sriexu. telegram to the dispatch.
WES' Chesteb, August 26. Ex-Governor
Pattison came here this evening and
was tbe guest of Alfred Sbarpless, an Inde
pendent Republican. iA reception was held
in the parlors of Mr- Sharpless' home, where
a number of representative men from all
parties and factions paid their respects to
the next Governor, as they were pleased to
put 1L.
The ex-Governor held an informal con
versation with his callers, during which he
expressed his belief that the canvass wonld
be a -very active one alter the middle of
September, until whidh time he did not ex
pect to enter the fray to any great extent
WEST VIRGINIA NOMINATIONS.
The Democrats Knme Candidates for Con
gress In Two Districts.
Wheeling. August 26. The Third Con
gressional district Democratic convention
to-day ;renominated John D. Alderson for
Congress. Ex-Governor E. W. Wilson was
a candidate,and withdrew in favor of Aider
son. '
In the fourth district the Democrats nom
inated James A. Capehart, of Jackfon
county, after a hot contest Judge Jack
son, who was unseated by tbe present Con
gress, was a candidate, and bitterly fought
Capehart The Camden Democrats also op
posed him. Capehart is a farmer.
MORROW HAS HAD ENOUGH.
He Declines to Accept n Renomlnatlon for
Congressional Honors.
Washington, August 26. Representa
tive Morrow of California said to-day that
his determination announced a year ago not
to accept another nomination for Congress
was final. He appreciated very highly tbe
honor done him by a fourth nomination yes
terday, but in justice to himself and his fam
ily he finds that he must give personal at
tention to bis private affairs.
CAN'T AFFORD THE HIGH 1TVTNG.
Cnlifornlnn Declines tbe Nomination for
Congress for Several llensons.
San Fbancisco, August 26. W. W.
Moriow declines the nomination for Con
gress from tbe Fourth district. He gives as
a reason that he cannot afford to live in
Washington, and his income from his pro
fession has suffered, as most of bis time has
been devoted to Congressional duties.
Fuller Boomed for the Pre sldency.
ISFECIAI. TELEOBA.H TO THE DISPATCH, t
Denvek, August 26. Democrats in
Western Colorado have just adopted a series
of resolutions indorsing Chief Justice Fuller
for the Presidency in 1892.
Mark Dnnnell Renominated.
Austin, Minn., August 26. The Re
publicans of the First Minnesota Con
gressional district to-day on the first ballot
renominated Congressman DannelJ.
CONFERENCE REPORT ACCEPTED.
Tho Sundry Civil Appropriation BUI Gets
Throngb tbe Senate.
Washington, August 26. The Senate
to-day adopted the conference report on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. San
ders criticized the paragraph which reserves
from entry all reservoir sites heretofore
made or hereafter to be made.
Messrs. Reagan and Teller had a tilt, in
which the latter declared that the former was
in favor ot delivering over the interests of
the miners of Montana into the hands of the
American Lead Trust
Mr. Reagan said he had been charged by
the Senator from Colorado with defending
the American Lead Trust, If that Senator
meant to be understood that he (Mr. Reagan)
had knowingly any connection with a trust
or defended a trust, snch a statement could
only come from an untruthful and malig
nant heart
FVETPVDnnV oin vote on Popular
titni DUU I Jbpfei durina ihe Exvo-
! mitfivn rfjMk.a Dait nnnnliMseiMi am 17li(f Is
Bw-Jjiage o fo-tfou'i D18SATGU,
Ten Thousand Boughs Make a Eaid
Upon a Meeting of Socialists.
HORRIBLE CRIME OP A PARMER.
Preparing to Eeceiva the Czar of All the
Enssias ia Eerlin.
PEINCEBS TICTOBU'S E0IAL DOWET.
Eealy's Method fir BelieTlng Famine-Stricken
Ireland.
A Socialist meeting id Berlin was broken
up by a mob of toughs, and a fierce battle
was waged until the police quelled it with
sabers. A jealous farmer kills his wife and
then snicides. The Czar is expected in
Berlin, and preparations are being made to
receive him.
BT DtTNLAP'S CABLI COUPAHT.l
Beemn, August 26. An exciting inci
dent that bordered very closely on a riot oc
curred here last night A large number of
Socialists held a meeting in the Friedrich
sheim brewery and the grounds about it on
Monday. The usual speeches were being
made and the enthusiasm kept the crowd
intact until very late. Dnring this time a
mob had been gathering outside the gates
and frequently interrupted the Socialist pro
ceedings by loudly asking admittance. This
was refused, and the gradual growth of the
outside crowd was not noticed until the streets
in the immediate vicinity were impassable,
and it was estimated that 10,000 roughs
were gathered. "When they reached these
proportions they made a concentrated and
vicious attack npon the Socialists, broke
down the fences and invaded the park.
They were met, however, by the Socialists,
and a desperate fight followed, clubs, sticks
and pistols being freely used. So deter
mined was each side that nothing but the
arrival of a body of mounted police pre
vented the riot from becoming a serious
affair.
When the police rode into the mass of
fighters they were received with a shower of
stones. The police replied by splitting the
heads of a tew with their swords, and finally
put the disturbers to flight.
The Anarchists at the meeting explained
the entente by saying that the mob was in
cited to its attack by blatant agitators of tbe
radical branch of the Anarchists not in sym
pathy with thetr methods. t
HARD ON LANDLORDS.
Henlr Sara the Stnrvlns Irishman Who Pars
Kent Is an Assassin.
Br Associated Press.
Dublin, August 26. At a meeting of
the National League here to-day Mr. Timo
thy SI. Healy, referring to the potato blight,
said that nothing stood between the people
and starvation during the coming winter.
The Government was represented as being
most anxious to provide employ
ment through the building of new
railways, but how could the railway act
recently passed be held to prove the Gov
ernment's intention to meet tbe coming
famine. Besotted stnpidtty marked the
whole conduct of the executive. " It mizbi
not be legal for tenants to withhold their
land rents dnring the period of distress, bnt
the man who should pay his rent and leave
his family to starve would he little better
than an assassin.
Was Ireland, he asked, to be placed again
in tbe position of a mendicant before Eu
rope and America? If it should be found
necessary -to appeal to America and Aus
tralia, no part of the assistance thus ob
tained onght to go to any m&n who had paid
rent during tbe last twelvemonth. Let tbe
landlords support the rent-payers. The
farmers ought to give an earnest of tbeir
intention to grapple with the impending
distress by paying contributions to the cen
tral fund.
ALL FOR LOVE.
A Jealous Farmer Kills His Wife and
Then Himself.
rBT TrtWLAP'S CABLE COMPART. J
Hamburg, August 26. A farmer named
Heinrich Bruns, who lived in the village of
Westerwich, having canse to suspect his
wire, called her and their children to the
cellar of their house, barred tbe door, ac
cused her of unfaithfulness and declared
that she most die for her crime.
Then he made her kneel down and pray for
forgiveness of her -sins, and after that re
peat the prayer tor the dying. This done,
he bound her to a wooden bench, and with
an old cavalry saber he hacked her head off.
Then, with great coolness, drew a revolver
from his pocket and blew out his brains.
Tbe screams of tbe children attracted the
attention of the neighbors, who broke open
Ihe door and found the little ones bespat
tered with their mother's blood, and, the
eldest girl lying in a dead faint across her
body.
ALL FOR THB OZAR.
Making Preparations to Receive Him Right
Rovally In Berlin.
fBT DCJfIAr's"CABLI COH7AXT.1
Bebiin, August 26. Although the Rus
sian press has thought well to deny the in
tended visit of the Czar and the Czarina to
this city, the fact that they will come here
is generally believed and is strengthened by
the elaborate improvements bow being made
in the building occupied by the Russian
Embassy, located on TJnterder Linden.
The building is having a large extension
added to it, the stable is being made much
more commodious, the rooms are receiving
entirely new farnitnre and decorations, and
all on a scale that woud be warranted only
by a visit from royalty. '
THE GRIP AGAIN.
It I Breaking Ont In England and on the
Continent.
BT CTOTtAP'S CABtn COMFAKT.I
London, Augnst 26. The inflnenza,
which has lingered in the city through the
summer, the result of the several weeks of
Tret weather, is again becoming very preva
lent, and is causing a great deal of anxiety
lest it be the forerunner of another epi
demic. Reports from the Continent announce that
a similar outbreak has occurred in Vienna,
in Austria and in Hungary; the only differ
ence being that this is accompanied by
symptoms of cholera and diarrhea instead of
those of affections of the longs.
LIPPE'B LUOK.
He Will Recelvr a Mice Dowry With HI
Wife Prlneess Victoria.
Tbt pnirtAP's cabu coMPAirr.
Bkeltn, August 26. The Princes- Vie
toria, sister of thy Emperor, who his but
recently recovered from her love for Prince
Ferdinand, and who is shortly to be wedded
to Prince Lippe, has just been endowed by
the Government with a douceur of 50,000
cash and an annuity of 5,000 for life.
LAW OF NATIONS
Being Revised In Liverpool, England, by a
Conference Association.
BT DOTTLAP'S CABUC COMPASTJ
Litebj?ool, August 26. To-day the
Conference Association, whose object is the
ratification and reform of the Law of
Nations, opened its session at the town hall.
Tbe chief subject for consideration will be
the propriety of revising what are known
as the York and Antwerp rule. The
subject is one of great importance to all in
terested in shipping.
The question of international arbitration
will also be discussed, on which David
Dudley Pield, of New York, will read a
paper. Tbe conference will debate the
qnestions of territorial waters and fishing
rights.
THE NOBLE DEAD.
Unveiling a Memorial to the English Sold
Iers Who Died at Waterloo.
IBT IOTII.JJ?'S CABI.K COMPAKT.
Bbtjssixs, August 26. Field Marshal
H. R. H., the Duke of Cambridge, the
Commander-in-Chief of the British Army,
to-day unveiled the stately memorial erect
in the rural cemeterv. three miles bevC-i.
.ug -uuuniiic tmu: ii. iirii.ri.. uver lv
remains of tbe soldiers slain in the battle
Waterloo.
The ceremony was of the simplest charac
ter and the religious part consisted of the
funeral service of the Church of England.
There was no display of flags and'no music
The King' of the Belgians was represented
by a general officer.
THE BASSO'S BOOT&
Invention of an Opera Mnger to Aid Dlonn-
tnln Climbers.
TBT SUNLAP'S CABLE COHPABT.
London, August 26. Signor Ahramoff,
the primo basso of the Carl Rosa Opera
Company, who made a great success about
four years ago in America, has patented an
invention for the ascent and descent of steep
inclines. It consists of a pair of boots so
made that the support for the feet remains
horizontal, even, when the sole may be in
clined at an angle of SO degrees, and a row
of strong spikes prevent) the wearer irom
slipping.
Several experiments haye been, made in
mountaineering with the invention, and all
have proved successful.
IRELAND MAY STARVE.
An Official Report on tbe Potato Crop Pre
sents a Gloomy Plctnre.
BT DUSLAP'S CABLE COMrAHT.J
DUBLIN. August 26. The Irish Land
Commissioners hare just issued their report
on the condition of tbe potato crop all
through Ireland. It confirms the statements
of the newspapers thatthe blight is nni versa.
In Donegal there is only half a crop. In
West Cork the yield h far below the average.
In the poorer districts of Mayo the crop is a
total failure.
The continued wet weather increases the
gloom of the picture, and the situation
threatens to repeat the horrors of 1848.
ENGLISH JUSTICE.
A Blan Who la Admittedly Not Gnlliy Is
Panlsbed Anyway.
BT DOTTLAP'S CABLI COJTPANT.
Liverpool, August 26. In the case of
Neil Clyde, the Quartermaster of the City of
New York, who is charged in the Police
Court here with stealing tbe
jewels of Miss Eastlake, the actress,
the prosecuting solicitor admitted that Mr.
Clyde was not guilty of the theft, bnt
argued tbat as the valuables had been
found on his person he should at least be
fined.
The Court accepted this view of the case,
and the prisoner was accordingly mulcted
in a fine.
HIS HEAD TORN OFF.
An English Murderer Horribly Mangled by
the Hangman's Kope.
fBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPACT.
BnoONOBAM, August 26. A dreadful
scene occurred in the jail this morning when
Frederick Davis, who was sentenced to
death for the murder of his wife, was exe
cuted. His head was half torn off and the
windpipe and carotid artery were severed
and blood spurted all over the scaffold.
The hangman explained that this unusual
occurrence was the result of the fact that
Davis was a man with a long neck, the con
sequence of which was that the man was
given a six-foot drop.
HEADING IT OFF.
Trying to Stop the Progress of Asiatic
Cholera In fellesla.
BT DUHLAT'S CABLJC COVPAItT.
Beblin, August 26. Advices from
Silesia say that the authorities have recog
nized cholera symptoms in the case of two
patients who have jnst died. Immediate
precautions were taken to confine the disease
to these persons, the bodies were buried at
night, the clothes burned, and tbe relatives
of the deceased who were in contact with
them haye been isolated.
CABLE CLICKS.
Short Items of Interest Flashed Prom
Across the Ocean.
IBT DUHLAr'S CABLZ COXFANT.I
QtJEENSTOWN. August 26. The steamship
Teutonic of the White Star Line, arrived this
afternoon at 6:16, after a passage of 6 days
2 hours and 45 minutes, being 2 hours and 30
minntes later than the City of New York. Her
daily runs were 457, 438. 431, 168, 458, 410 and 100,
Terrific Tornado In Italy.
By Associated Press.!
Rome, Augnst 2o The city of Perugia and
the surrounding country have been visited by a
tornado. Tbe wind blew with terrific force. Four
churches in the city were blown down and
many bouses were wrecked. A large nnmber
of persons were injured.
English Iron Experts Coming.
London, August 20. It is decided that 300
members of the Iron and Steel Institute shall
leave London shortly to attend the meetings of
the iron and steel industry in New York in
September.
Smallpox In Pernnmbnco.
Taius. Angust 26 At a meeting: ot the
Hygienic Committee to-day Or. Fronst read a
telegram from Ferambuco, Stating tbat there
are 4.000 cases of smallpox ia that province,
and that there is an average of 20 deaths daily.
Dlssatltflrd Worklngmen.
London, August 28. There is much dissatis
faction among the dockers at Southampton
and a great strike is imminent. The srlking
miners in Belgium now number 18,000.
Ismail racha bald to be Poisoned.
Pabis, August iB. A rumor H current here
that Ismail Pacha, ex-Khedir ot Egypt has
been poisoned la Constantinople,
A TTnno'nrl.in'a nrrvnr UVvina. TTrnm
B . ....., uovi. .- M
a Mob s Rope al Dufjuesne.
PLDCET FIGHT BY A CONSTABLE
Who
Brought His Prisoner to the Jail,
More Dead Than Alive.
AS AEH ALMOST CDT 0FP BI THE HU5.
Whom a frenzied Slob Beat asd Kiexed laseasi&ls
for Vuvz a Knife.
A Hungarian named Frank Bodak was)
nearly lynched by a .mob yesterday at
Duquesne for almost severing John Thomp
son's hand Irom his arm with a knife. The
trouble was caused bv a fight over a keg of
liquor that a party of Huns was trying to
get away with on Mr. Thompson's place.
Prank Bodak, a Hungarian living at
Duquesne, is in jail, suffering from injuries
received yesterday at the hands of a mob
that wanted to hang him, and one of its
number procured a rope to do the derrick
t.witb, when the man was rescued by a
stable and some more sober-minded
ns of tbe place. Another man lies at
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i 'K. uiut3 witn nil iptl nnnn fTTii r wir
Kk
, Tat the wrist to the bone, the latter
Q that holds the baud to the arm.
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y-a - j j
morning:
,a number of his countrymen as-
lormed a "syndicate." 'A'ho
Wbifirr tiVn f inmhin.tiAn li
y vi 8 formed, and the people in
ll their issues for the par-
pose of V a original package of beer
or whisk - After securing the package and
breaking it, the combiners adjourned to the
rear yard of John Thompson's place of busi
ness and began to consume the contents of
the package. ,
The men got pretty noisy, as the 60-day
stuff warranted to give one visions of a3ft
day sentence to the workhouse gratis with,
each bottle began to get in its work. Mr.
Thompson was annoyed and ordered the
men to leave the place. They relused to do
so and resisted Thompson's efforts to force
them out.
SLASHED ON THE WBIST.
Bodak, who was abont the noisiest of the)
crowd, pulled out a big knife and, with an
oatb, jumped on Thompson. He made
a slash at Thompson's breast, and to
ward off the blow, the latter threw up his
arm. The knife descended and caught
Thompson on the wrist. The sharp blade
entered the flesh and cut clear into the bone,
severing tbe tendons and smaller bones, and.
causing the blood to spurt out in large
quantities. Thompson was felled to the
ground by a blow from one of the Hun
garians, and his son, who ran ont to assist
him, was also knocked down and beaten.
Bodak then jumped over tbe fence, and
with his companions ran down to the Alle
gheny Bessemer steel works, where they
were employed. From there Bodak went to
his boarding bouse and secreted himself la
a bed, where he was found later and polled
oat.
Constable Wisser, of Duquesne, heard of
therow and set out to arrest Bodak. He
ioand the Hungarian in bed at the Iatter's
boarding house, and hauled: him out.
Bodak was all covered up and hidden from
sight between mattresses. Tbe constable
took him before Justice Gwinn for a hear
ing, while Thompson was taken to a physi
cian to have his wounds dressed. When
near the office of the Justice, several of
Thompson's friends came up and attempted
to take the prisoner from the constable.
They threatened to beat Bodak, but the
constable implored them, in the name of the)
law, not to do the prisoner any violence.
The constable might as well have told the
river to stop flowing, as his words only ag
gravated the mob, and they were deter
mined to "do him." Several oi them
jumped on the Hnngarian and beat and
kicked him about the head and body.
INSISTED ON A LTNCHINO.
While the man was lying on the ground,
and the constable was trying to rescue him,
one man, a stalwart fellow, over 6 feet tall,
yelled, "Lynch the 'Hun!'" "String him
up!" "He killed Thompson!" etc, etc
Hot since the days of the strike, over a
year ago, was the excitement so great, and
the people worked up to such a frenzy. Two
of the men grabbed Bodak and tried to drag
him away, for the purpose of taking him to
the outskirts ot tbe town and lynching him.
The constable and several citizens, who the
latter had called to assist him, fongbt for
the prisoner and prevented the mob from
dragging him away. After the fight was
over, a man was seen running toward .
the prisoner with a rope. The "
latter is an ordinary clothes line,
about 25 or 30 feet in length, but
as soon as the man saw the prisoner still ia '
tbe hands of the constable, he threw the
rope away.
Bodak was taken before Justice Gwinn
and given a bearing. He was in a pitiable
condition. His head, face and body were
bruised and swollen from the blows, and be
was covered with blood. It was feared that
he has been injured internally, by kicks he
received. He was committed to jail by the
Justice for trial.
WESTERN EMBEZZLER CAPTURED.
He Used Other People's Thocsands la Hist
Own, Business.
Philadelphia, August 26. Emil V.
Koester was arrested in this city to-day
charged with embezzling $7,000 from a
number of societiesin Minneapolis, Minn.,
of which he was Treasurer. At a hearing
this afternoon the prisoner acknowledged
being an embezzlerr.but claimed the amount. d
taken was only $2,000. He bad used thai J
money in his own business with the hope ok J
Tv-nmrintr it hnt finillnw himplf nnnhli. in iv
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do this, decided to ran away. He went to
Europe, but returned to this country about
two weeks ago, and came to Philadelphia to
live. The Chie! of Detectives telegraphed
to Minneapolis that Koester had been ar
rested, and at a hearing this afternoon, tbe
prisoner was held to await a requisition .
from the Minnesota authorities.
nrxo as oPEir switch
A B. & O. Train Dashes, Wrecking
a Car
and Killing an Engineer.
Baltimobe, August 26. The Chicago
express on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
ran into an open switch near Point of Rocks.
about 5 o clock this evening. The engine
and postal car were wrecked, and the engi
neer, David Ziler, was killed. The firemaa
was injured.
No passengers were hurt. By 7 o'clock
the road was clear and trains were rannlng
regularly.
KOBE IAHD TOR SETTLERS.
A BUI to Open tbe Fort Mnglsnlse Military '
Reservation la Montana.
Washington, August 26. Senate q
Power to-day introduced a bill to provide
for the disposal of the Port Maginaiss Mili
tary Reservation in Montana under the;
homestead and mining laws.
Six hundred and forty acres are to 'be
nlsil tlm Rrtras trt rtA o1xtar1 A as 4n ash
ItsnAA all rfiik Tiniirl! rtrttt anrl mtiMvamoai. 1
on the reservation, tobeUMdfor eduwtad
ana other purposes,
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