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THEMAMMOTH HORROR
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lieve There Are
MORE YET IN THE SHAFT.
riteous Scenes of Grief as the Vic
tims Were Identified by
Widows and Friends.
BOKIAL OF 79 IX OKK BIG TRENCH.
That Knrnber Were Solemnly Laid Iway
to Rest Together in the Catholic
Cemetery at Scottdale.
TUE PBEPARATIOXS FOEinn IXQUEST.
& Jaiy Eii Beta Secured asi the InTnUgihon W21
Be Ccxdrettd ia the Host EeuehiBg
Msaaer Totsible.
HOME STATEMENTS TEOM THOSE INTERX5TED
AMMOTH. Jan. 2S.
Mammoth raincXo. 1
has yielded up the
bodies of 107 victims
" of the explosion and
J afterdamp and 79
have been returned to
the earth in the little
cemetery at Scottdale.
The work of the rescu-
ers was continued with
unflagging energy
from within a few minutes after the explos
ion occurred on Tuesday morning until
noon to-day. TbenSuperiutendentKeighley
came out or the mlue and said:
"We can find no more bodies. I think
we have sot all of them out, with perhaps
the exception of one or two who may be
buried under the piles of debris piled to
gether by the force of the explosion. It will
taVe several days to clear this away. I am
coins home to sleep for a tew bours."
An Inspection or the Aline.
During tbe day the mine was inspected by
MiLe Inspectors William Jenkins, of the
The Coffins Heady for Shipment
Second district, Davis, of the Pittsburg dis
trict, and Black, of the Fourth district, and
ex-Inspectors August Steinert, Captain
Schoonmaker and General Manager Lynch.
They arrived at the conclusion that the dan
cer was over and that within a week or 10
days work would be resumed in the mine.
Mine Inspector Jenkins, within whose
jurisdiction this mine comes, was asked for
a statement tiiis evening in retard to the
accident. He said, although with some re
luctance: "We have carried out 107 dead
THE BUILDIKGS
men, and we can see no more bodies in the
mine, still there may be some there yet,
buried under piles of coal and earth caused
by the explosion. I only know of one mine
explosion which equalled this in its fatal
results, and that was at Avondale in 18G9,
when 109 men were killed. The mine is all
right, and as soon as all the after damp is
forced out through the slope of No. 2, we
can start work to repair whatever damage
may have been done. I could not give an
explanation of all the
Cause leading Up to the Explosion
until after tbe official investigation into the
accident is made. The investigation is re
quired by the State mining laws and will be
thorough. Tbe immediate cause of the acci
dent was discovered this afternoon in No. 3
flat In one place where the pillars have
been removed we found a small quantity of
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the ga. The quantity of the gas o small
that it does not account satisfactorily for the
fearful intensity of the explosion, except
upon the theory that the air was full of fine,
dry coal dust, which rapidly ignited and
doubled, perhaps trebled, the force of the
concussion.
"Still we find that very few of the miners
were burned, showing that the majority were
suffocated by the afterdamp. This mine
has been always considered a very safe one,
and exceptionally free from gas. Still,
wherever there are or have been coal mines,
there is always more or less danger of an ac
cident. I
Can't Say That Was an Unavoidable,
accident. "We have not got that far. How
ever, every usual precaution seems to have
been taken. The fire boss had made his re
port a few hours before tne accident that the
workings were in good order and safe."
There is some talk among the men around
the pit that there are anywhere from 10 to 40
bodies yet in the pit but as the names of the
Hungarian miners are unknown in so many
cases it has been impossible to determine
the truth of these statements.
After Superintendent Keighley decided
that no more bodies could be recovered, ac
tion was at once taken to put the mine into
shape for work again. Men below were re
lieved by gangs who had rested and the
latter bore picks, shovels and other tools for
clearing away the galleries and making the
necessary repairs. The mighty fan was still
kept running at highest speed and late yes
terday afternoon the result became ap
pearent. MAMMOTH
-
s
Out of the sloping entrance to the No. 2
mine, half way on the other side of the hill
but connected by underground working
with No. 1, could be seen a thin streak of
dark vapor emerging. Soon it began to
come faster until at a late hour to-night it
was pouring ont in big volumes.
There is no question but that, as stated in
yesterday's dispatches, the ordinary naked
lamps and not the safety ones were used by
the miners in the Mammoth. The officials
explain this by stating that the pit was be
lieved to be entirely free from gas.
Jenks.
IN ONE LONG TRENCH
BODIES OF THBEE-FOUBTHS OF THE VIC
TIMS WEBE LAID AWAY.
Terrible Scenes of Grler at the Alorgne and
in the Cemetery Preparations for the
Coroner's Inquest The Recognition of a
Husband A Scarcity of Hearses.
FBOSt A BTATT CORBESrONDEXT.3
Mammoth, Jan. 28. General Manager
Lynch, who has been constantly on the move
since the accident occurred, at noon began
the preparations for perhaps the largest
iuueral which ever occurred in the State of
Pennsylvania. Seventy-nine of the victims
had been recognized as belonging to the
Catholic Church, and Father Lambing, of
Scottdale, and Father Symigiel. the Hun
garian clergyman, arranged the details of
tne luneral. Father Lambing telephoned to
Scottdale and ordered graves prepared for 80
bodies. This necessitated the digging of a
trench 6 feet deep, 7 feet wide and 250 feet
lone As fast as the bodies were brought ont
USED AS A MOSQUE.
of the pit they were carried in stretchers across
a temporary bridge, thrown over the railroad
track, to the temporary morgue.
Here were SO men engaged in stripping and
washing tbe bodies, embalming them and dress
ing them in neat black shrouds, after whicb
they were placed in casket to await identifica
tion. When a corpse was identified tbe name
was inscribed on the lid of tbe rough-box, the
casket was nailed down and it was tabbed with
the name of tbe place of interment Long
Before daylight this moraine the larce
lot in the rear of the morene was filled rl
with coffins, and the later arrivals had to be
carried out to the side of the road near the
house.
Any Number of FItcons Scenes.
There were some sad scenes to be witnessed
here to-day. A middle-aged, pleasant-faced
woman leaned over the casket wbleh contained
the body ot ber husband, Peter Schynke. "Oh'
my Peter, my Peter," she moaned a tbe clasped
her hands and o owed ber head. She Jealously
guarded tbe remains ot ber loved one. 'When
anyone approached to raise the lid of the cask
f Ije iWtaOB
for the purpose ot identification, she would
Eush them aside and cry. "No. no; that is my
usband, my Peter." She stood there for two
hours in the drizzling rain until General
Manager Lynch came up, when he immediately
ordered the body removed to the little home,
back on the hill, where the woman conld be
with her sorrow.
Andrew Sihoniski's bod; lay in a casket at
the roadside lor a Ions time before it was
identified. The skin bad peeled off the face,
leaving a blood-red travesty on the human
countenance Uis wife finally came to the line
if coffins, which were opened one by one for
her inspection. She bad a week-old baby in her
arms and to her skirts clung two tiny toddlers,
who were bewildered by the crowd and the
s trance scene. The sobbing woman closely
cnrnttnUad tha caf inrl anmattmaa dltfin-nrflrl
J face of each corpse, bnt passed alone
the line until she reached the casket in whicn
was the awfully mutilated corpse. Andrew
Bchoniski was well-known and generally liked
by his companions; be was a gay young fellow
of 25 years. Not one of them had recognized
the body, however, nntil the eyo of love proved
truer than that of friendship. No sooner wis
A Scarcity of Hearses.
SHAFT SO. 1 THE SCEXK OP SHE CATA,yrgQI!.'tE-,rJ,,nT.
tbe face exposed than the woman eave a shriek
ana Degan sobbing- bitterly. Other women
pressed around ber to give her consolation, but
she heeded them not. She pushed them aside,
and, pressing her babe to ber breast, sped
rapidly across tbe steep hill to Mammoth sta
tion, nearly a mile away.
The Last Tribute of Love.
In an incredibly short time she returned,
carrying with her a Bible, a little prayer book
and a rosary. Tbe casket was reopened, and
with tbe gentlest of tonches the woman placed
the sacred volumes between the xold, still
hands, and placed the rosary on bis breast.
Then. bending low over the coffin, until her face
almost touched tbe raw and blood-red face, she
softly crooned a weird. Slavic melody, broken
every few moments by fits i passionate sobbing.
Her friends at last persuaded ber to leave tbe
corpse and return to her borne.
When tbe funeral train passed Mammoth
station later in the day, bearing among others
the body of Andrew Schoniskt, tbe grief
stricken widow, with her little. ones, and sur
rounded by several score of sympathetic
friends, was there to bid her husband a last I are
well. She could not go to Scottdale, as ber
A Rescuer With a Safely Lamp.
child as too young to leave behind, and she
was denied the somber satisfaction of watch
ing the remains committed to the grave. As
the train stood at the station tor a few mo
ments the woman repeated tbe rnde melody
she had sung earlier in tbe day. and it was
taken up by the women standing near, all of
whom were weeping. When the train passed
away, Mrs. Bchoniski fell unconscious to the
gronnd. She was borne to her homo by strong
and willing hands, where she received the
ministrations ot her sympathetic friends and
neighbors.
Mrs. Bchoniski was not alone in placing In
tbe coffin of her lored one the emblems of re
ligious belief. Not an identified Hungarian
was buried to-day without these tokens of that
affection Which is stronger than death.
Preparing for the Inquest.
When the bodies had all been prepared for
burial Coroner J. B. Wakefield, of Jeannette,
empaneled a jury, consisting of Dr. H. J. Loml
son, Oreensburg; B. P. Byers, Greensburg; B.
F. Btnmpp, Jeannette; Levi Kline, Greensburg;
Hiram Snevly, Acme, and M. L. Fansold, Ly
cippus. Tbe bodies were viewed, and after a
brief consultation witn the jury the Coroner
continued the inquest until 10 A. IT. Thursday.
February a The inquest will be held in tbe
Arbitration Room or the Westmoreland Coun
ty Court House at Greensburg.
A train of three baggage cars and four pas
senger cars was brought up to tbe pit mouth,
and tbe work began of loading up the bodies
intended for interment at Scottdale. The
caskets had to be brougbt from tbe morene,
100 yards away, and although six teams and SO
men were pressed Into service, it took an hour
to perform this work. There were 7y bodies all
told.
Just as tbe train was about to start Mrs.
Frank Krunak came in search of ber hus
band's remains. His body bad not been Identi
fied, but she knew it was among the ghastly
freight. General Manager Lvncb put her on
board tbe train and promised ber that when
she reached Scottdale she should be given an
opportunity to see ber husband's remains.
When the train arrived at Scottdale the first
casket opened proved to contain tbe body of,
.HjuuajE. xaQwomansgnei wuwinuiatiuu
Continued on tiixlh Jvge.J
PITTSBURG, THURSDAY,
READY m RELIEF,
Local Labor Leaders Issue Ap
peals for Voluntary Con
tributions, for
THE DISTRESSED LIVING.
K. D. Layton Acts Very Promptly in
Behalf of Common Humanity.
NO APPEAL SHOULD BE NECESSARY.
Knights of Labor Officially Galled Upon
for Funds.
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO ASKED TO ACT
f
Workmen in all parts of the two cities
yesterday forgot their respective vocations
for the time being, and turned their atten
tion to the families of their ill-fated co
laborers at the Mammoth mine.
The first thing they set about was to find
out what could be done toward establishing
ivp-Trvj -rjr
f. local relief fund. A gentleman called on
It. D. Layton, at tbe Custom House, who
had charge of the fund for the Dunbar
miners' families, and requested hint to take
up the matter in behalf of the people at
Youngwood. Mr. Layton quickly gave his
consent, but before proceeding further
wired Master Workman Peter Wise, of
the Scottdale district, to inquire if
such a move would meet with
his approval. The reply came from Mr.
Wise: "Start fund at once. Assistance is
sorely .needed." No more time was lost, but
immediately the following appeal was pre
pared: An Appeal for Immediate Aid.
"Pittsbuho, Jan. 28.
To t-e 1'ubllc:
"The duty of every citizen toward the fami
lies thrown suddenly into destitution by the
horrible catastrophe at the Mammoth mines Is
plain. At the request of Master Workman
Wise I will take charge of and promptly for
ward any contribution that may be made in be
half of the hundred or more fami
lies who have been aeprived of their
bread-winning heads. The circumstances are
such that no appeal should be necessary to se
cure a bountlfnl contribution. The men living
at Mammoth mines have not had steady work
for some months. It is not natural to suppose
their families had much, if any, money laid by
for sucb an hour as this. Twenty-five thousand
dollars will not more than provide temporarily
for the actual needs of the people. It is to be
boped the citizens will turn aside from theoriz
ing on the causes which led to tbe explosion,
and render such assistance as may be in their
power to give. This duty we owe to common
humanity.
"Contributions may be sent in my name to
the United States Custom Office, Chamber of
Commerce building, Wood and Diamond
streets, Pittsburg, Pa. E. D. Layton."
In speaking to a lUsrATCH reporter, yester
day afternoon, in regard to this -matter. Mr.
Layton said: "Of course, I will send this appeal
personally to some of the principal business
men and banking institutions, but I hope that
no one will waitfor-a notice before making a
contribution. Money is sorely needed at once,
and no one who can give anything should lost)
anytime in banding in their contributions.
Tbe people of Pittsburg did very well when the
Dunbar explosion occurred, and 1 hope the
same can be said ot them with respeot to the
present fatality,"
Local Labor Organizations at Work.
The labor organizations took up the -matter
promptly. Master Workman Brans, ot D. A.
3, K. of.Ii,, issued the following circular:
'HEADftUABTERS OP D. A. S. K, OT L.. J
"101 Fifth Avenue,
PirrsBUKO. Pa., Jan, 23L
"To All Local Assemblies Attached to this Dis
trict: "Brothers Another disaster basfallennpora
our brothers in tbo coal regions. In an instant,
for the want of an adequate law- for tbe pro
tection of those who are compelled to toil in
the bowels of the earth to earn a livelihood tor
their helpless wives and children, more than
100 souls have been hurled Into eternity. What
is your duty now? You neeo" not ask. These
widows and orphaned children must be pro
vided for and your duty -Is to give every cent
possible for that purpose.
"Not since the gTeat Johnstown flood has tbe
necessity been 'so great. Come forward and
show your charity for your fellow workmen.
Do not hesitate for an instant, but go to jwork
all once; collect by subscriptions and draw on
your treasuries. Send to
"Joseph L. Evans. .
"M. W. j3. A 3. IC'of !.''
Mr. Evans said last evening'thatbd expected
to raise a handsome sum. and as fast as con
tributions are receired ho will turn tbe money
over to Mr. Layton.
The Move to Co Blade General.
Other organizations are expected to take up
the matter to-day. The United Mine Workers
hold a conrentinn to-day, and a donation will
be made by tnem. President Gompers is ex
pected to call upon the organizations affiliated
with tbe Federation to make contributions.
In connection with this Mr. Evans took up
another feature bearing on the .subject, by ad
dressing the following self-explanatory letter
to Senator Neeb. at Harrisbure
Headquarters D. a. 3. K. of L.,
M01 FTH AVENUE,
"PrrrsBURO, Pam Jan. 28, 1S9L
"Hon. John M. Ueeb:
"Deab Sin You bae doubtless beard of
the last hotror at Frick's Mammoth inin
eight miles from Youngwood. I refer to this
now because there is before the Legislature a
bill, introduced.. by Representative Ferrell,of
.Clarion county, the intent of which is to
secure greatezsafety to the lives of those em
ployed at the occupation ot coal mining. 1
"I ask you, ln'tbs name ot tbe brjaWrtloa I
JANUARY 29, 1891.
represent, to do all in your power for the fur
therance and final passage of that bill. If it is
not perfect, see that it is made so. Think or it!
Over 100 men sacrificed for tbe want of a proper
law properly enforced. ThlnkJtaf the widows
and orphans. This Legislature must enact a
thorough law.
'See M. A. Butler, James A. Wright and Mr.
McCaffrey., of the K. cf L. Legislative Commit
tee, and see the entire Allegheny county dele
gation. I send letter to-day to Mr. Wright. Re
spectfully, J. L. EVANS."
One of the Lessons It Teaches.
On this subject Mr. Evans said: "While 1
am heartily sorry that this disaster occurred, it
serves as tbe most powerful argument that
could be produced in favor of tbe Ferrell bill,
and the Representatives in tlio Legislature
Should profit by its results. I understand the
Mammoth mine was noted 'for its entire free
dom from fire damp. But because a mine has
never had fire damp in it, is no arcument that
it never win have. 1 believe it is the duty of
the Legislature to pass a bill that will be com
plete in every particular, no matter what it
costs the operators."
H.C. Frlck was seen In the afternoon. He
did not Know about the local relief fund,
but seemed well pleased that the labor organ
izations were taking the initiatory step in that
direction. "This is the worst accident we bave
ever had. We bave bad many disastrous ex
plosions before, bnt the loss was always con
fined to the property. This time it is a loss of
life without any loss of property, whicb makes
it all the more dreadful. I think the rescuing
parties will be able to find everybody in tbe
mine, bnt I have no hopes of any being alive."
Mr. Frick said 116 coffins had been ordered,
and ba took that as indicating tbe number of
men that were at work when the explosion oc
curred. GOING TO INVESTIGATE.
A LEGISLATIVE COHMIITEE TO PH0CEED
TO MT. PLEASANT.
There Was Some Opposition In the Senate,
bnt the Resolution Went Through. The
Trip Is Not to Be Merely an Ordinary
Junketing Affair.
CVROU A STAVP COBRKSrOXPBXT.l
Haebishubg, Jan. 28. A large part of
the time of both House and Senate was
taken up this morning in considering a reso
lution for the appointment of a committee of
the Legislature to go to Mt. Pleasant and
investigate the mine disaster there with a
view to find where the present mine laws are
defective. An attempt in the House to re
fer the resolution to tbe standing Committee
on Mines and Mining, because there is a
movement on foot there to revise the mining
Taws, failed. The motion to refer was vigor
ously opposed by Mr. Jones, of Pittsburg,
among others, who made the point that it
needed some horrible disaster liko that at ML
Pleasant to stir a legislative body up and com
pel It to give the workingmen some laws of
safety against the looseness of capitalists. He
denounced tbe scbeme to send the bill to a
standing committee because tho matter would
never be heard of again.
In the Senate tbe bill met with opposition
from Senators Gobm and others, Gobin de
clared it was time to draw tbe line on junket
ing expeditions at tbe expense of tbe State.
He favored a measure to have the Secretary of
Internal Affairs appoint two experts to investi
gate the shortcomings of mining laws. This
legislative committee, he contended, would
know nothing about the technicalities of min
ing nor of the actual dangers encountered by
miners. Senator Hines, of Berks-Luzerne, ap
pealed to the humane instincts of the Senate.
He said this was no time to raise tho cry of
junketing, when there was suffering at Mt.
Pleasant. He got back at Gobin by Intimating
that might have been bis pleasant experience
on roving commissions in times cone by, but
the proposed errand of mercy to Mt. Pleasant
was not a leisurely excursion of a revenue com
mission. An amendment, proposed by Gobin, for a
mining engineer to be detailed to go to Mt.
Pleasant instead ot tbe ioint legislative com
mittee was defeated, and tbe Senate passed tho
House resolution,
Named to-morrow.
The committee will bo
Dr. Jones,' of 1'Ittsburff, Introduces astrin
gent Bill at Harrlsburc.
rSPZCIAL TELEGIUM TO TUB DISPATCH.
Harkisburo. Jan. S3. Tbe mine disaster
near Mt. Pleasant will baye some good results,
if tbe numerous schemes for revision bf laws
amount to anything. Dr. Jones, of Pjttsbnrg,
to-day presented a bill in the IlouseC making
employers liable for the loss of their employes'
lives, or injury to them in any way, It provides
that "all pei sons having control or direction of
the services of persons employed about shafts,
slopes drifts or ways, sualt. not hereafter bo
considered a co-employe of tbe person injured
or killed."
Mr. Jones said this is practically the law of
Kentucky. Ohio and Illinois, and several other
btates. The great trouble now is tbat the
terms "owner." "operator," "superintendent,"
and similar designations are used without tho
court or counsel having any definite knowledge
as to what the term implies, and the meaning
applied to tbe respective terms differ according
to the interpretation put upon them by differ
ent persons under different circumstances, and
tbe miners claim that these interpretations are,
as a general rule, against them.
EXCITEMENT AT GBEEXSBUBO.
Many of tho Residents Had Relatives
Working In the Mine.
traOM A S.TAIT COBiatSPONPENT.l
Greensburo, Jan. 28. The sole topic of
conversation in this hustling little city is tho
Mammoth mine disaster. No other subject is
considered for a moment. Mammoth is 13 miles
from Greensburg. and is really a suburb of the
citv, many of tbe residents here having relatives
working In tbe mines, or doing business with
tho miners, many of whom come here to pur
chase goods. Few people here could believe
that over 100 lives had been sacrificed, and an
eager crowd waited at the depot to get The
Dispatch In order to obtain authentic news of
tbe disaster.
The supply was not equal to the demand, and
While tbe purchaser of tbo paper would be
readins )t, bait a. dozen others would be peer
ing over his shoulders. Hundreds of Greens
burgers visited tbe scene of tho horror to-day.
THE HEWS AT DuUBAB,
Tho Calamity of' the Hill Farm Mine Is
VIvtdJy Recalled.
rSFICXlI. TSLEGBAK TO TBS DISPATCH. 1
DUNfiA-K, Jan. 2S. On receipt of tbe news of
tbe explosion at Mammoth the town was thrown
into a state of fear, and many people having
friends there started at once for the scene of
tbe disaster. The telegraph offices here have
been besieged ever since the first news.
Coming, as it does, after the occurrence of
tbe calamity here less than a year ago, the dis
aster brings np vividly tbe events which hap
pened here from, a similar explosion, and the
people express their willingness to aid tbe be
reaved, and there are many offers ot money
aud food for their use. Many ot tbe works
bere will be idle, owing to the fact tbat the
men wisb to attend tbe funerals of their friends
and relatives. .
AHEBICAN BEEF FOB BEITAIK.
A Returned Cattle Man Thinks Prospects
Are Growing Brighter.
St. Louis. Jan. 28. 8. B. Martin, of Texas,
-alarge owner of cattle in tbat State and
JKansas, arrived in this city today from En
gland. Mr. Martin has for years been exten
sively engaged in shipping stock to Eastern and
.foreign markets.
"I have just returned from a trip to England
ind Scotland," he said, "where I went to see
.what the prospects of the meat business were.
I found that everywhere tbe prejudice tbat
formerly existed Against American beef bad
practically disappeared, Our inspectiou
laws have restored confidence, and tbe manner
In which they have been administered proves to
tbe English tbat tbe chances of diseased beef
beine shippen are so small as to be utterly in
significant. The English cattle growers are the
only class who opposed the introduction of
American cattle. Butchers who were at first
opposed to "us bave now come to our side and
are anxious to have our beef."
GOOD FOE THE KICKEL PLATE,
The Railroad Directors Declare tho First
'Dividend In Its History.
New YojtK, Jan. 28. The directors of the
York, Chicago and St. Louts, generally known
as tbe Nickel Plate to-day'declared a dividend
of per cent on the first preferred stock.
7 bis is the first dividend ever declared by the
WPW
SILENCEJI SILVER
Preserved Until Cameron Was
Elected in Order to
Get His Vote.
SOME STARTLING EVIDENCE
Volunteered by Witnesses Before the
Committee of Inquiry.
A DELEGATION FROM HAREISBURG
Hunts for tbe Senior Senator,- but He Is
Taking a Vacation.
TOE IKDIGJfATIOX OS THE INCREASE
trnOM A STAIT COBKISPONPINT.l
Washington, Jan. 28. Had not Sen
ator Stewart risen and explained the mooted
question of Senator Stanford's position ou
tbe closure rule the Senate would not to-day
have discovered any memory of the scenes
of the first two days of this week, which
will pass into history as the most remark
able passages ia Senatorial annals. Not
withstanding this silence in public discus
sion the one question of the hour appears to
be not the merits of the elections bill, but
the methods by which the closure rule, t
mainstay of the elections bill, was deie;
by P.epublican votes, the vote ot Se:
fffj",
Cameron, of course, coming in for the c
share of gossip.
The agitation of this subject in Pennsyl
vania, and especially at Harrisburg, was
illustrated in a substantial way by a flying
visit to this city this morning of Representa
tive K. It. Quay, tbe son of the Senator, and
State Senator Thompson, and a private tele
gram from Harrisbnre hinted that they
were here to confer witfi Senators Quay and
Cameron in regard to the introduction of a
resolution in the Pennsylvania Legislature
instrncting Senator Cameron to support the
elections bill, and to head off the proposed
resolution demanding Cameron's resigna
tion. Seeking Comfort at Old Point.
Senator Cameron was not in the city. He
bad quietlv sailed last evening on one ot
the Potomac steamers for Old Point Com
fort, for a brief respite from the excitement
and annovance to which he has been sub
jected during the last few days. It is stated
that he ordered that no mail and especially
no newspapers should be sent him.
The mission, therefore, of Messrs. Quay
and Thompson was fruitless, in so far as
theirlearning the wishes of Senator Cam
eron was concerned, and they returned to
Harnsburg within two or three hours of
their arrival,and after a breakfast with Senator
Quav, with no decision except to wait further
developments. No resolution can be intro
duced before Friday In the Legislature. It is
believed here tbat tbe excitement will bave so
far subsided by that tune as to make any action
unnecessary.
If, however. It should be found necessary
to introduce a resolution, either in caucus or
elsewhere, instructing Cameron to support the
electior.8 bill,aud such a resolution should pass,
the situation In the Senate might be changed
surtd-jmy and tn a virauy important way. in
gaTis; snmrtic from his dfuatatthe hands of
the-Alliance, is expected to return a stalwart of
tbe stalwarts, if Cameron should be ordered
to support tbe elections bill, he would. It is as
sumed, be compelled to bow to the command of
the power tbat elected him.
MlshfRring Up the Bill Again.
His vote, with that of ' Ingalls, and tbat of
Saunders, who was paired with Ingalls in the
vote of Monday on the closure rule", would give
a clear majority for taking up either tbe closure
rule or tbo elections bill for a further consider
ation. But should this happen, its taking up
will be with a determination to put it through
by tbe exercise of tbe inethoas in vogue in tbe
House. Tbaf would be to ignore tbe rules en
tirely, pay no heed to any Democrat clamoring
tor recognition, call tbe roll and announce the
vote despite all contusion and obstruction.
It is exceedingly doubtful if tbis could be ac
complished, and unless it Is fully decided on,
no attempt, even with a certain majority in its
favor, will be made to take up tbe elections bill
or closure rule, unless it be understood tbat
the move is made merely to put Senators
squarely on the record in tbe elections bill. At
present all eyes are turned toward Pennsyl
vania to see the outcome of the excitement
there, and a secondary and yet profound in
terest is manifested in Ingalls, to know what
phenomenon will appear in tbe skies when he
returns.
The most remarkable day of tbe existence ot
tbe Silver Fool Investigating Committee has
just closed. Tbe revelations of Representative
Dockery, of Missouri, are tbe talk of the hour,
on everybody's lips in hotel and clnb and pri
vate mansion. Mr. Dockery comes from a dis
trict which should repudiate bim for the part
he has played in this astonishing affair.
Shrewd, hut Hardly Consistent.
He believes tbat bis constituents will think
be played a shrewd game which succeeded In
catching for tbe Democrats the vote ot a Re
publican United States Senator, and those who
know bis constituency indorse bis views on tho
matter. Mr. Dockery frankly stated to the
committee, in effect, that by an explicit under
standing between him. Senator Vest and Mr.
Oates, tbe Democratic member of the Silver
Pool Committee, the exposure In regard to Sen
ator Cameron's silver speculatldn was delayed
until the Senator was re-elected, that be might
be more surely encouraged and induced to vote
against tbo elections bill and primarily tbe
closure rule, on which tbe elections bill de
pended. ...-.,.
" Tbe frank statement ot Mr. Dockery. with
tbe interesting opinion that he did not think a
revelation prior to tbe day of election wonld
have improved Cameron's chances to succeed
himself, caused a great sensation in the
crowded room where the investigation is held.
Mr. Dockery for the moment seemed to glory
in the revelation of a trick by which he was
convinced Senator Cameron's vote was cap
tured for the Democrats.
Tbe revelations in the committee have stirred
the Pennsylvania Representatives to new
denunciation of Cameron. They appear to be
convinced, though they do not give their au
thority, that Cameron was the originator of
the
Scheme to Conceal His Speculations
until after his election; that he worked tho
committee, through Senator Vest. Representa
tive Dockery and Committeeman Oates, and
prevented all reference to his silver deals until
after bis election. It is the opinion tbat Messrs.
Vest, Dockery and Oates are placed in no more
enviable position than Cameron in tho affair,
and these eminent Democrats come in for a
deal of inconsistent blame from members of
tbeir party, who bave scarcely dona shouting
tbelr applause for the vote of Lameron.
Tbe revelations of the correspondents. Boyn
ton, Stevens and Dunnel, In regard to a conver
sation overheard between Dlngley and Payne,
Republican members of tho committee. In
which tho latter stated they would have avoided
the evidence of Vest had they known it would
hno invnivnd Cameron: tbe suggestion of ad
ditional names of silver speculators by another
correspondent, anu mo niuiji piuumui; u me
committee by these correspondents ou the wit
ness stand, made the day an exceedingly lively
one in the committee room aad gave promise
of yet more sensational developments.
Ligiitneh.
A PAIB OF DANGEROUS CE00KS.
The Perpetrators of Many Clever Robberies
Nabbed In New York.
New York, Jan. 28. Two dangerous crooks
were arrested Monday by Inspector Byrnes,
with costly burglars' tools In their possession.
They were clever Billy Maber, alias Enoch
Houghton, and Dave Cummings, alias Comic.
Dave was discharged at the Old Bailey. London,
October 13. on a ticket of leave. He has been
under surveillance ever since he landed five
weeks ago. He has a big record as a Missis
sippi rivet thief of 20 years ago. He ba served
ttm in virions states. In New Orleans, with
pals' Camming! robbed a Canal street Jewelry'
tore py steatia ok a uuimay 9iv hvhmi w
with flOO.OOO worth of property. They did a
J65.C0O job in New Orleans and a 125,000 diamond
robbery in St Louis.
Then the housoot Jennie Jenks, of Chicago,
was robbed of J7,000. In Quincy, from the First
National Bank they took SI0O.00O In bonds,
tSO.OOO in cash and S330.0UO in railroad securities.
The gang got away with 540,000 of property
from tbe Falls City Bank at Louisville. They
were arrested on suspicion.
CHANGED ITS MIND.
THE OHIO SENATE PASSES A5S THEK
KILLS A KEASUSE.
It Made the Giving of Railroad Passes a
Crime Stringent BUI Against Foreign
Bnlldlng and Loan Associations A Law
to Help Offlce-Holders.
tErZCtAI. TZLZOBA1C TO T2H ClSrATCBl
CoLtrsiBtrs, Jan. 28. Senate proceed
ings to-day were unique. In the morning
that body passed a bill, and in the after
noon reconsidered and killed it The
measure was Senator Corcoran's bill, mak
ing it a criminal offence for any railroad
company to give State or county officials
passes. When it came up for consideration
Senator Carpenter made a strong speech
against the bill, denouncing it as buncombe
and of no interest to the people. The bill
was amended by allowing tbe bribe-giver or
taker to testify against each other about
criminating himself aud making it a crime for
any officer or member to accept a pass.
in tnis lorm tbe out was passeu. ai me
afternoon session, the members became ashamed
of their efforts at reform. Tbe bill was re
turned from the House and indefinitely post
poned. Senator Corcoran Immediately intro
duced another bribery bill, very similar to tbe
original one. Tne new bill provides tbt either
the giver or taker of bribes shall be exempt
from prosecution if the other squeals. The
oblect is to seenre testimony in bribery cases.
Senator Morrison's bill requiring foreign
"luildlng and loan associations to give 880,000
"'oTirvan do business In Ohio, passed tbe
.'Vjt -Z, Jo 'ifrom 5100,000 to $60.000. and
rOr. rv4n sucn snape inanuo
associfc WOrf. 0kierest on them.
Honeotv- "l if id to put themselves
on record asrowV- p- A, any bill to prevent
trusts, etc., and thwp ira. no negative votes
against Oren's bill. Treril members hinted
tbat they thought tbe law could not effect the
purpose for which it wasintended. Mr. Oren's
bill seeks to prevent trusts, etc. that limit pro
duction and Increase the price ot products to
consumers. The bill exempts all agricultural
societies. It provides tbat only trusts found
cmlty ot this misdemeanor shall pay a fine of
20 per cent of its capital stock and tbo individ
uals mav be imprisoned one year in a county
jail, or fined JoM or both. The bill was passed.
The Morrison Senate bill, authorizing the or
ganization of companies to facilitate the giving
of bonds by persons holding positions of trust,
was passed by tbe House, with certain amend
ments. An amendment of Mr. Wiggins', of
Ross, prohibits the companies from becoming
sureties for treasurers, executors or assignees.
The bill now recognizes the leplity of such
companies. No company organized under tbe
act shall be authorized or permitted to go upon
tbe bond of an execntor, administrator or as
signee, nor upon the bond of a County Treas
urer. Before commencing business such com
panies shall deposit with the Superintendent of
Insurance $200,000 in bonds. The vote upon the
measure was 60 ayes to 20 nays, and the bill is a
law.
TURNED TO STONE.
HEW TOBEEK'S C0BPSE EXHUMED
AND 70UND PEIBIFIED.
The Effects of Burial In Limestone Soil The
Features as Natural as Life, but Appear
as If They Were Hewn From the Solid
Rock.
New Yobk, 3an. 28. The petrified body
of Andrew Beck, once a well-known resi
dent of Brooklyn, was interred in Cypress
Hills Cemetery a few days agoJteside the
grave of his wife. Beck's bodyv which had
turned to stone, was exhumed from a grave
yard at Kemble, Pike county. Pa., where
it was buried in the summer of 1884.
Many persons who knew Mr. Beck in life
and who saw the petrified body said a
sculptor could not have hewn the lace more
lifelike than it was fonnd to be when the
casket was opened.
Beck for more than 25 years kept a little
tavern near the rear entrance to Cypress
Hills Cemetery and tbo road leading to Long
Island towns. He retired from business eigbt
years ago and with bis wife went to the Penn
sylvania village, where he died a year later.
The sons, who had succeeded their father in
the business, had the body interred in the
graveyard in the Tillage where he died. The
widow returned to Brooklyn to live with her
children, and last March she died and was
buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery.
Jobn Beck, the eldest son, decided to have
his father's remains disinterred and brougbt
.to Brooklyn for burial beside his mother. The
body was shipped to Brooklyn, and reached tbe
Cypress Hills Cemetery a few days ago and was
temporarily put in the receiving vault. Tho
casket was opened, and it was found tbat the
body was petrified.
When the lid of the casket was unscrewed
tbe people wbo gathered about it were sur
prised to find, instead of a skeleton, tbe full
form ot the dead man. The color of the skin
was a dark brown, and tbere was a damp de
posit on the face. When this was brushed
away with a cloth the features were found to
be almost white and as bard as a flint. The
face was strikingly natural.
Superintendent Butt, of tbe cemetery, ex
amined the body and said: "Perhaps the
change was caused by the peculiar nature of
the soil where tbe body was first interred. This
is the most likely cause, but it is possible tbat
it was caused by medicines taken when be was
ill or by unusual chemical action within the
body which generated certain gase."
The casket weighed between 500 and 600
pounds ana it took five men to move it. Tbe
body was buried In a kind ot limestone deposit
in the Pennsylvania Cemetery. Tbe most
plausible explanation for the unusual action
lollowing- death is tbat the filtration of water
through tbe calcareous soil and thence into tbe
coffin, carrying with it tbe carbonate of lime,
must have commenced immediately on the
body being placed in the grave.
MBS. JEFFERSON DAVIS ILL.
Confined foHer Room Wltn a Serious Case
of Heart Trouble.
rsrrciAt. teleosax to tm pisfatcs.1
New York, Jan. 28. Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
wbo is living with ber daughter at tbe New
York Hotel, has been seriously ill. Heart
trouble was tbe specific cause, and she has been
confined to ber room. Her daughter is assist
ing in finishing the lire of her father, which
Mrs. Davis is writing.
Miss Davis said to-night tbat her mother is
rapidly recovering from her illness.
A COMPANY SUES ITS AGENT.
He Def rands the Corporation Oat of a
Snug Sum of Money.
Chicago, Jan. 23. The Consolidated Coal
Company, of St. Louis, to-day sued its agent,
Stephen W. Gilman. for 830,000.
Oilman Is charged with extensive frauds in
connection with sales to Overman & Co., tbe
Chicago, St. Paul and Kansas City Railroad
and the Wisconsin Central Company.
HOBTALLt WOUNDED BY A NEOB0.
A Mississippi Town Marshal Is" Shot Through
the Body.
Leland, Miss., Jan. 28. At 1 o'clock this
morning, as Town Marshal Ward was return
ing borne, be was fired, upon by an unknown
negro, tbe ball passing through his body.
After firing the shot the negro retreated.
Ward fired two shots at him without effect.
The Marshal cannot recover.
WILL TBY IT AGAIN.
The Chicago Gas Trust Is Reorganized Un
der a New Name.
SPKINQrtBI.D, Ili., Jan. 28, A license of
Incorporation was issued to-day to the Chicago
Construction Company, capital J1500,0ee.
The company, it la understood, to intended to
take the place of tbe noted bat illegal Chicago
(ia Trust.
SPECIAL TO LET LISTS
Appear TO-DAY In
THE IISIA.TCII'S
CLASSIFIHD COLUMNS.
THREE OENTasf
CLASH OFJMfflfi,
Magnate Bonynge Feels the
Weight of Bonanza King
Mackas Right, and
GOES DOWN IN A HEAP.
A Bough and Tumble Fight Follows
in the Nevada Bank.
MILLIONAIRES CLAW EACH OTHER
la a Wild, Passionate Scramble on the
Floor for Blood.
OLD SOCIAL E0WS AT THE BOTTOJT
fSFXCIAX. TXLZOSAU TO TUB HISrATCS.1
San Peancisco, Jan. 28. Money
clashed in the Nevada Bank this morning.
Millions came together in sanguinary con
flict, and the clerks had their first view of a
private fight since Jim Corbett left the in
stitution. One of the heroes of the occasion
was John W. Mackay, the bonanza king,
and tne other was C. W. Bonynge, who was
formerly Mackay's broker here, but who ac
quired wealth and set up an establishment
in Paris.
Bonynge was closeted with President
Eelman in the latter's private office at the
west end of the bank. Both were engrossed
witb business topics,the uppermost of which
were the Nevada Bank's affairs and tho new
cable opposition to the Bennett-Mackay
line that Bonynge is supposed to be pro
moting. The knob of the door turned and
Mackay entered. Bonynge's back was
toward the entrance, and he did not see
Mackay until tbe Silver King had recog
nized him.
Mackay's Two Right-Handen.
Mackay halted a moment and then struck
Bonynge a right-hander that knocked him
against the wall. When Bonynge rose,
Mackay gave him another blow, that again,
sent him off his feet. The fallen man's first
grip was ou the lapel of Mackay's coat,
and he tugged on it with such energy that
Mackay came down on top of him. Neither
wasted breatb, but expended every ounce of
energy at command In battering the other.
It was not a scientific sot-to. If it had been
tbe battle wonld probably have all gone
Mackay's way, for he still preserves much "f
the agility of his early days, when he was
able to whip half the miners over
whom he presided as superintendent.
In tho wild tussle on tbe floor of
the Nevada Bank, tbe battle ground, which
does not afford as much freedom of action as
tbe regulation 24-foot riog. Bonynge's superior
height, react: and nnlk told In bis favor, and
very nearly evened up the telling count made)
by Mackay's first right-handers.
A Rough and Tumble Fight.
All over the private office the two millionaires
rolled, biting, kicking; hair pulling. Every
thing went, and if the fracas hatt continued
many minutes longer serious, if not fatal, in
juries would undoubtedly have resulted. They
were finally separated and drove away la
hacks. There were many reports of tie cause of the?
encounter, bat tho real truth is that the troubla
was owing to a social quarrel in London.
Bonynge is an Englishman, who was formerly
Mackay' broker. He made a fortune on Com
stock and married an American woman, who
had been divorced. When he went back to
London he wanted to sblne in society. All ar
rangements were made for the presentation of
Mrs. Bonynge at court, when suddenly an
article appeared In a leading London newspaper
asking how It was a divorced woman, simply be
cause she was wealthy, could be presented to
tbe Queen.
Thn bombshell burst in the Bonynge camp
and knocked outall the social aspirations. The
minnte knowledge shown by the writer of tho
newspaper article led Bonynge tovattribnte its
authorship to Mackay. He knew Mackay and
knew all his affairs in California.
Swearing Vengeance on Mackay.
Bonynge became an enemy of Mackay, and,
even went so far in a little time as to threaten'
to start a cable company to injure Mackay's
business. At the same time tbe London press
began to pay more attention to Mackay's affairs'
than was warranted.
All sorts of queer stories were told about hist
early lite In the mines, and wblle they were re
garded as good jokes by all who knew Corn
stock from one end to the other, they wero
taken seriously by the British public. which be
lieve that alt Calif ornians are in the habit of
putting their feet on tbe dining room tables and
picking their teeth with sharp bowie knives.
These things did not bother Mackay at all,
bnt when attacks began to be made on bis wife
he grew wroth. He swore a mighty oath he
would thump Bonynge when he met him.
Adding Insult to Injury.
Tbis resolution was increased when Bonyngs
reached New York id January last and bad an
interview published in Truth In tbe course of
wbicb he said of a certain attack upon Mackay
in a London paper: "It was surely not a lioel."
When Mackay beard about It bis anger In
creased, and when he met Bonynge in the pri
vate office of the bank ot which be is third
owner, his wrath boiled over.
Everyone agrees tbat tbe end Is not yet.
Mackay appeared on Pine street to-day looking;
as tresn as a daisy and with no marks on bis
face. He gave this account of tbe scrap and its
causes:
lt happened in this way: Long ago I sus
pected that Bonynge was tbe instigator of cer
tain vile attacks upon Mrs. Mackay, which ap
peared in certain newspapers in New York and
London. Having proof tbat this was true, I de
termined to punish bim tbe first time I met
him.
Mackay's Story or the ngnt. '
"When I entered the President's room in the)
Nevada Bank,I saw Bonynge sitting at the desk.
As I entered, Bonynge turned and saw me. Ha
bad a malignant look and made.a threatening
movement. I struck out with my right arm
and hit him in the left eye. Thenlbitbim
again, and called upon him to put up his flsta
and fight like a man. But instead of fighting,
be fell and clasped me around the knees like a
coward.
"His blood poured all over my trousers and
upon the floor. The clerks rushed m and re
moved him. The sound thrashing be received
be well deserved, for circulating those stories
about Mrs. Mackay. I am not so baddy wl'tt
my fists as I used to be 20 years ago upon Con.
stock's, bnt I bave a little fight left In me yety
and I will allow no. man to malign me of
mine."
Bonynge is in retirement, nursing a black eye)
and badly bruised face. He is as silent as at?
oyster in regard to the fight.
A NOTE OF WASHING.
The Nebraska Farmers' Alliance Fear tef
Admit Workingmen.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 28. The Farmers' All
Ilance convention resumed its session this
morning and began on the revision of the con -stitutton.
An amendment proposed, making
all laboring men eligible to membership, pro
voked a heated debate, during the course o
wbicb President Powers said tbat sneb an
amendment would break up the organization.
He said:
"We want to carry tbe next election, and It
we extend the qualifications beyond farmers,
tbe cities will take advantage of this point.
New York city conld send $1,000,000 to Omaha,
to pay Initiation fees. In a few months design
ing politicians would hire enough men to Join,
the order so that Nebraska would be In the)
bands ot the ring. Tbe same would be true in
other States. It wonld result In the capture ot
the National Alliance, body and soul. This
movement started among farmers, and should
be kept there." The amendment was tabled
by a large vote.
A Flttshurger Remembered.
Washington, Jan. 23. Among tbe nominal
tiosstent to the Senate to-day by the Presl.
dent was that of George K. Anderson, of Pitts?
burg; to be Register of the Land Office at Fok
som, New Mexico.
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