TRIPLE NUMBER FORTY-SIXTH YEAR. NO WEAKENING YET. The Striking Coke Workers Meet After the Funeral of Their Comrades TO RENEW THEIR BATTLE. Very Guarded Language Character izes the Speeches Made bj the Leaders, THE EEAL TEST IS KOW AT HAKD. Operators Confidently Expect the Presence of the Troops to Give Them Plenty of Workers. TWO 1I0EE TICTIHS OF THE SHOOTING. Tttllzg cf JLxxitty it KL He&stxt u to tie Xffett ef tie WitMrawsl cf the HOita. BURIAL Cf THE DIM) 6IEKEE8 TX6TIRDAY rTEOM A 6TAFT COBBEErOXDEjrT.l Scottdale, Pa., April 4. Wise coun sel prevailed in the coke region to-day, and though nearly 10,000 people -visited this place to attend the funeral of the slaugh tered cokers, not even a brawl occurred. Five companies of the Eighteenth Regi ment arrived at an early hour, to be here in case of an emergency, and at 10:30 Generals McClelland and "Wiley and their staffoffi cers arrived. Everything was peaceful all day, however, and only the sentries pacing quietly on their beats on the railroad track give the place a military aspect. There is little doubt that it was the wise counsel of their leaders that kept the restless spirits from raising a disturbance. The Burial of the Victims. It was announced that at 2:30 the funeral party would arrive from ML Pleasant, and at 1 o'clock crowds began to gather at the depot Notwithstanding the snow and cold the crowd continued to increase, and was hourly augmented by arrivals from other places in the region. The special was nearlv an hour late, however, and not half ot the people who attended the funeral at Mt, Pleasant came to this place, so that the at tendance at the burial was not nearly so large as was expected. "When the funeral party left the depot there were about .000 people in line bnt not more than half that number reached " the little St. John's Cemetery, three- j quarters of a mile away. In the procession were several hundred members wearing the badge ot the Knights of Labor, over which were pinned little strips of black crape. The American Hag was flung to the breeze at the head ol the column and was lollowed by the banner of the Knights of Labor. Tne St. Joseph Polish Beneficial Society was also in line. Two bands of music were in the procession, and funeral dirges were played until the crave was reached. Carried By Their Comrades. The seven caskets were carried the entire distance by the pall-bearer. There is but one hearse in the place. The men did not feel inclined to take their old comrades to their laEt resting place in any conveyance, so they stuck bravely to their task, though the road was long and travel laborious. A large undertaker's wagon followed them closely, so that in case any of the men gave out there would be no delay, bnt the pre caution proved unnecessary. It was after 4 o'clock when the cemetery was reached. The seven walnut caskets were aligned be side their common grave. As a means of identification, each casket was numbered and a wooden footstone of a similar number and with the name o f the man was placed at the foot of the grave. As each man's num ber was called his body was lowered into the grave and his little marker put in place. The people stood with uncovered heads while the Catholic service for the dead was said, after which a Polish priest made a brief address. lie made a touching allusion to the tragedy and associated it with theMam motb Mines disaster, the nameless craves of the victims of which were so near at hand. Victims of tho Mammoth Disaster. Two long graves with only numbers to distinguish one man's resting place from another's are situated just below this new one. and there the remains of 89 of the vic tims of that disaster rest. Very little grief was manifested by those present, although the saddened faces ot the men showed tbey felt for their comrades. There were several young men, however, who when they saw their old friend lowered into the grave could not restrain their feelings and sobbed bit terly. From the graveside the men proceeded to the rendezvous appointed for the meetingat which their leaders were announced to ad dress them. This was at the "Big Tree," just beyond Everson station. Here less than a thousand men gathered, as a majority of the cokers were compelled to take a 6 o'clock train or walk to their homes many miles away. District Master "Workman "Wise acted as Chairman of the meeting and after a briet address, in which he counseled strict obe dience to all laws, introduced Vice Presi dent Penna. That gentleman's speech was in a cautious vein. He declared that a con tract won by force would be easily broken by the operators and the men. He says the strikers are willing and anxious for a con ference and that the trouble was not long ago settled was no fault of his. The Remedy Is by the Ballot. William B. "Wilson, D. M. W. of District 2Jo. 3, with headquarters at Punxsutawney, made a most logical address, in which he urged his friends to have a great care in all their movements. "The law was made for us," said he. "and when we find the laws to be unfair, we have the power of the ballot to right them." Mr. "Wilson declared it wrong to call all meetings of strikers mobs. He argued that if half the coke workers in the regions constitute a mob, then half the operators in tho region would likewise con stitute a mob, no matter if there were only half a dozen or so. The leading speaker of the day was Rob ert "Watchorn, who is credited with having more influence with the men than anyone else who has ever aspired to their leader ship. His address was an exceedingly quiet and earnest effort and he was strong in his appeals to keep the law and stand firm. The address follows: Ex-Secretary "Watchorn' s Address. To-day more than 100 representative miners have asked me to come down to address you. I have yet to learn that the miners' cause hero is wrong. When I do I shall not he slow to say so, and no matter what popular opinion may be or what the newspapers may say, I still deem it an honor to bo counted worthy to advise you, especially at your solicitation. The deplorable massacre at Morewood is ex pected to militate against your chances of suc cess in this, your hour of distress. Now. I do not appear before you to advise you to continue jour strike. I do not advise jou to give it up, but I come before jou to say, "Do not in any sense violate the law." I have always advised thus, and now I must repeat it. The men we have to-day committed to earth have suffered a most shameful death. They creshot down by men who were no more ut to carry guns than they are fit to go to heaven. (Voice in the crowd, "They'll nevergetthere.") if public opinion is against yon now yon can not redeem yourselves by placing yourselves in opposition to tho law. Resolve from this time out you will not violate the Constitution by avenging this massacre, and I think that if you keep this promise some of those who now blossom as the rose in tho snnlight of public opinion, will find themselves incarcerated be hind Iron bars. Keep Away From "Whisky. If you would win, you must keep sober. "Whisky is a more potent weapon against you than any weapon used at Morewood or else where. To you who have escaped the deadly bullets, I havo one appeal: Do not show a retaliatory spirit; obey the law. A sober, in telligent law-abiding course is tbe only one that will give you the support of 'ho public opinion to win without which yen are unable. I wish you and all the miners success and happiness. Others made brief addresses, but they were all of a similar character. They urged the men to stand faithfully together in this fight, but make it a fight of peace and honor. It is claimed that the next few days will prove the men winners. The operators main tained that the men feared to work, and se cured them protection. If tbey refuse to work under protection of the military, the leaders claim it will prove conclusively that the strikers will stand to the end. "When the meeting adjourned the men dis persed, going quietly to their homes, and thus ended another hopeful day in the coke regions. Bobert "Watchorn, the labor leader, ac cepted an invitation to speak before the Y. M. C. A. this evening. He made an in teresting address and spoke feelingly of the labor troubles and the wrongs of his people in the coke region. Parker. THE END ISN'T NEAR. EVEBY PE0SPZCT FOB A MONTH KOBE CF THE BATHE. Mt. Pleasant People Afraid to Let the Sol diers Go Some Threaten to Leave The Militia Has Authority Only in West moreland County. IFBOX A STAFF COBBESPOiTDEIrT.A Mt. Pleasant, April 4. While the day has been one of comparative quiet in Mt. Pleasant, the people are not in an easy frame of mind as to the outcome of the present trouble. The strike has come to be regarded as a long-continued contest in which the staying power.) of the two sides will he strained to the utmost. On the one hand is the united money power cf two immense corporations; on the other a great army of organize i labor drawing sup port from the, entire central portion of the State, fighting for its own interests and seemingly ready to use all possible means of obtaining the desired end. The effect of a victory for either side will be momentous. The statement that the backbone of the strike has been broken by the arrival of the State troops is by no means correct. The troops have for the time restored order in the coke region, but while the strikers have been frustrated in any attempts to injure tbe property of tbe companies, there still remains the firm determination to gain the point for which the strike was inaugurated. The leaders of the labor organizations are trying to do something which many think impossible, viz., to keep the cokcwjrkers out on a strike and at the same time prevent them from gettinj into mischief. Can Hold Out a Month. The majority of the men now out made good wages and as the cost of living is small, saved some money. They can hold out at least a month yet before starvation forces them to concede to the companies' terms. The latter, reassured by the presence of the militia, will make tbe best of it without granting the mens' demands, and a long continuance of the strike is apparently in evitable. The people of Mt Pleasant realize this fact and are fearful that a week of quietness will result in the withdrawal of the troops while the strike is still on. A very promi nent military man told a Dispatch repre sentative to-day that several citizens of this place had notified him if the troops are taken away before the strike is entirely settled they will close their houses and leave the locality. It is feared that as soon as the soldiers leave, the strikers, now so peaceful, will attempt to burn tbe homes of those who have expressed their sympathy for tbe other side. Only Protects One County. Another matter which troubles the people is the fact that tbe troops were only called out "to protect the lives and property of the citizens ot Westmoreland county, while the works in Fayette conuty over which the strike spreads are without this protection. Within a few hundred feet of the care where the Eighteenth Begiment is stationed runs the dividing line of the two counties. Should an attack be made on any of these works across the line the soldiers could not fire a shot at the rioters. The Mc Clure Coke Company has demonstrated its fears of violence to its works in Fayette county by notifying the Sheriff of their danger. The attention of Adjutant General McClelland will be called to this state ot affairs, and an order from the Governor authorizing the militia to act in both counties is expected soon. F. W. Bell. THE CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Watchorn Promises Some Affidavits Against H. C. Frick. Scottdale, April 4. Secretary Watch orn is indignant over the reported interview with H. C. Frick, in which the latter made certain assertions about the responsibility for the present troubles. Mr. Watchorn says he will have affidavits by Monday to show that H. C. Frick paid for the passage of workmen from Europe to America. He further as serts that many of the men were forced to go into the mines against their will by armed men. WANT TO KEEP THE CABS. The Militia Will Be "Without Shelter If They Are Taken Away. tj-eciai. Telegram to mB DisrATcnv. Harbisburg, April 4. In a message re ceived from General Wiley by Governor Pattison, staling that the Pennsylvania Ballroad Company has asked lor the return of its cars, which were absolutely necessary to transport the troops ftom point to point, the General said tents would be useless, and i - . ... . ,.. i - ,. i a he expressed the hope that the military would be permitted to retain the cars. Com munication was established by the Gov ernor with Colonel O. E. McClellan, Su perintendent of the middle division of the road and a member of the Governor's staff, with supposed satisfactory results. The Governor has received a number of letters from the coke region protesting against the presence of the military. The following dispatches were received by the Governor to-night: Mt. Pleasant, April 4, 8:16 r. Jr. Have Jnst returned from Scottdale. Tho funeral passed off quietly. Disposition of troops samo as at last message. Weather cold disagreeable. John A. Wiley, Brigadier Geheral. Mt. Pleasant, April 4, 8.20 p. m. Havo been at Scottdale all day. Funeral quiet; no trouble of any kind manifested. The presence ot tbe guards and execrable weather has a repressing effect. The guards are in good health, and are showing good soldierly qualities. William McClelland, Adjutant General. TWO MORE VICTIMS, DEATHS RESULTING FB0M WOUNDS BE CEIVED WEDNESDAY. Friends of One of tho Dead Men Canse an Examination to Be Made of His Ke malns They Suspected a Broken Leg Humors of Incendiarism. fFROSI A STAFF COKBESrOXDEXT.l Mt. Pleasant, April 4. Two more names have been added to the list of victims of the Morewood riot of Wednesday morn ing. Paul Golinsty and Joseph Klassman died to-day from injuries received in front of the Frick works. The former lives at Donnelly and was unmarried. The latter lived at Spring Garden and leaved a wife and six children. Both these men were picked up and car ried away by their friends, and were not thought to be dangerously wounded. The majority of their friends claim to have be lieved them getting along all right till they heard of their deaths to-day. It is alleged that an attempt will be made by tbe strikers to burn the building of tbe Scottdale Electric Light Works. The story is that about noon to-day fonr masked men entered the building and asked the engi neer, John McGiffin, if the property was not owned by H. C. Frick. He said no, but the men replied that it would be burned "notwithstanding the blue coats." Bur gess Fretts was informed and sent an officer to the works but the men had disappeared. A great deal of excitement was caused at the depot to-day when the remains of the slaughtered cokers were ready to be sent to Scottdale for burial. Friends of Paul Do hamus claimed that his leg had been broken and would not be satisfied without an ex amination. The coffin was opened and the two physicians who made the first examina tion made a second examination and declared that the tone was all right. This did not satisfy the men and they demanded thatsonietmng else be done. The physicians then cut the flesh from the bone of the leg tbe entire length, which showed that nothing was wrong. Still the man's friends were not satisfied and noticing a bruise on the bone picked at it for several minutes trying to show that the leg was really broken. This operation caused the train to be very late in its de parture for Scottdale. PLEADING FOE PEACE. Father Lambing Out in Another Letter to the Warring Pactions. rrrECiAL teleobam to thi dispatch.: Scoitdale, April 4. Bev. Father M. A. Lambing is lending wonderful aid in the work of restoring order, and to-day issued another letter on the situation. Father Lambing is uhTveHoreda-reapecue Edinburgh SzhFbiti by all classes in the coke region, and has a great influence with the foreign element. Following is the letter he mads public this afternoon: I would only add to my letter of yesterday that the grave charges which both parties in the present trouble have brought against each other in court need not be a bar to a settlement satisfactory to both. Those charges havo not been proved, and even if they were, it would not change the case. The operators and the men must be again as sociated as employers and employed, and their relations must be of a character very differ ent from that conduct leading up to tbo Morewood affair would produce. Though liable to act hastily and from selfish motives the leaders on both sides are of more than or dinary intelligence and profess to be Christians. Saber, second tbonght must then convince them that they can safely and consistently with their self respect and best interests enter upon a reconsideration of the question in dis pute, and find a solution satisfactory to both without compromising the right or reputation of either. The writer is aware he has been ac cused of being a good soul laboring in the in terests of peace. He has been fonnd a good soul by both parties on other occasions, and hu knows they hare too ranch good sense not to see that brute force cannot secure a lasting settlement or one so favorable as a conference can. DON'T LIKE TO BE MISQUOTED. Penna Wants to Sne a Paper Which Made Him Use Severe Language. rSFBCIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Scottdale, April 4. The National Ex ecutive Board will hold its meeting in Pitts burg on Monday. President Kae will surely be in attendance. All the officers now in this region will go to that city Mon day morning. Vice President P. H. Penna will ask the permission of the board to enter suit against a Connellsville paper on a charge of libel. The alleged libel is in an interview pub lished by that paper, in which Penna is quoted as saying "we will win the strike by fair means or foul." "This is only one of the many instances in which we have been wronged by misquo tation," he says, "and it should not be al lowed to pass. I could bring suit on my own account, hut would not have the sanc tion of the board of which I am a member. " A DEMAND FOB CAETBIDGEa One Dealer Sells All the 38-Callber Ones lie Has In Stock. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I Scottdale, April 4. There was a great deal of anxiety in this place to-day on ac count of tbe large gathering of strikers to attend the funeral of tbeir dead comrades. Every precaution was taken by persons in a position to feel unsafe. One dealer declared he had sold more 38 caliber cartridges in the past few days than he had for a year. The reason he did not sell more was because his stock ran out. The Sons of Veterans here have a large number of guns in their hall and a guard wss kept on duty all day to prevent them from being secured by the strikers should there be any trouble. B0ME EXTBAVAGAHT CHABGES. Labor Leaders Allege That the Testimony Is Being Garbled. rSrZCIAI. TELEORAM TO TUB DISPATCn.l Scottdale, April 4. Labor leaders here are intensely indignant at what they term irregularities in the work before the Coroner. They charge the testimony is garbled by the clerk, who only takes down certain points and other ver y important pieces of testimony are either left out entirely or are put in modified form. The Dispatch representative was at the headquarters of the labor leaders in a parlor of UicScottdale House this afternoon when this matter whs under discussion. There were present Messrs. Watchorn, Wil son, Penna, McBride and several others. -Some of the most important points Continued on Seventh Page, PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, ATRHi 5, 1891. A CUEIOUS MEDLEY. Effect of tho Jackson Decision English Marriage Law. on A PBECI0US MESS OP COHFUSIOff. Britishers Can No Longer Laugh at Ameri can Anomalies ON HAEEIA6E AND D1Y0RCE LAWS nrr duhlaf's cable comfant.i London, April 4. The piaclical effect of the Court of Appeal's decision in the Jackson abduction case, which held that a wife has practically no legal existence apart from her husband, had its first application to other cases illustrated to-day. As the law recently stood, the wife, if cruelly treated, had the right to apply for a separa tion order, and it was generally granted her. To-day at the Button police court a case cf wife-beating came up and tbe wife asked for a judicial separation. The bench re fused to grant it, and at the same time in timated that after the decision in the-Jackson case, separation orders would not be granted, under the argument that the wife could live apart from her husband if she so desires. The applicant then asked for a main tenance for her children, and this was also refused, as this, too, had become a dead letter under the recent decision. The Times to-day in an article summing np the concensus of opinion, as gathered from the numerous letters that have deluged the papers since this Jackson case first claimed public attention, says: The decision In the Jackson suit must be the 1 beginning of a far-extending change. It is the latest oi a series ol decisive enactments wnicu make tbe English marriage law a medley like nothing ever before heard of. What a mass of confrsion and contradictions it con tains? We don't suppose that a wifo leaving her busnand under circumstances akin to those of tbe Jackson case could pledge bis credit, although nice questions might arise, if sbe were ready to return to him. Bat in event of such desertion by tbe husband, the wife may undoubtedly pledge bis credit. Sho may obtain, under the matrimonial causes act, an order for the payment of it hat may be deemed just. The hnsband, too, may. in event of his wife deserting him, obtain a rectification of her set tlement, but he cannot pledge her credit, how ever wealthy she may be. He cannot obtain a divorce merely on the ground of snch deser tion, however Inexcusable or however pro longed. If there be a renewal of the agitation for ex tended facilities for divorce, which would be a misfortune, it will be due, not to the arguments of those who write pamphlets and arti cles entitled "Is Marriage a FailnroT" but to this decision, which has brought into promi nence tbo curious character of our marriage law, its anomalies, inconsistencies and positive injustice. The English have always laughed at the anomalies ot the American law on marriage ana divorce, but how about our own to-dayT AN UNSAVORY EEC0ED. What a Boputed World's Fair Assistant Manager Is Charged With. ET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, April 4. The Scotch news papers state that S. Lee Bapty, an English-Italian Hebrew, now managing the Jamaica Exhibition, has been appointed Assistant Manager oi the Chicago World's Fair. Aside from the impro priety of appointing a foreigner to snch a position, Bapty has an nnsavory record., -He managed "the greatest of all ion: was ar rested at its close for not paying his guaran tee or 500, and is now being sued for it He has a wife and nine children, but he committed bigamy by marrying se cretly a Japanese young woman, 20 years his junior, who was exhibiting at Edin burg. Some years ago Bapty failed in Glasgow for $500. His creditors are still unsatisfied and he has not obtained judicial discharge from his debts. Before Bapty left Edinburgh several judgments were re corded against him for small personal debts. He had to do with the Brussels Exhibition and the Alexandria Palace in London, both of which failed badly. He drew enormously at Edinburgh for personal expenses, pleas ure trips, etc., from the exhibition treasury, one item alone being for 1,300. Bapty also managed the Manchester exhibition, and was summoned for assaulting exhibi tors. FABNELL IS HOPEFUL. He Says Success Will Attend His sS at tho General Flection. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.? LONDON, April 4. Mr. Parnell, who is now in London, is in almost buoyant spirits. The polling at Sligo, be declares, affords clear proof that his canse is progressing and that his propaganda is beginning to tell upon the people, who are daily becoming more acquainted with and better able to appreciate the grave and important issues at stak. He expects each succeding election to sh. w a diminution of the hostile majority, and is confident that the general election, when it comes, will show a com plete revulsion oi popular feeling in his favor. The majority of his parliamentary col leagues, however, are not so sanguine, and it is understood that Parnell himself has ex pressed the belief in private conversation that the utmost he can accomplish at the general election is to win 40 seats. Tbe prospect, therefore, is not a bright one for Ireland. SEVERE SENTENCES Passed Upon Several Irish Prisoners for Boycotting and. Other Offenses. mr DUNLAF'S CABLE COUPANT.l Core, April 4. At the Assizes here Lord Chief Justice O'Brien sentenced John Foley to seven years penal servitude for having explosives in his possession. In Tippera ry, Michael Donley and Michael Lan ders, for posting boycott notices, were sentenced to 18 and 12 months' hard labor respectively; Timothy Moyihan and William Beardon got ten years each for moonlight ing, and John Flin and Edmund Kelleher seven years for the like offense. In passirig sentence the Justice said that Tipperary was in a sad and woefal state, as there prevailed an organized system of in timidation, promoted by cruelty, boycotting and terror of explosives. ANOTHER MASSACRE FEABED. Lieutenant Grant's Force In India Con fronted by a Manrpurls Army. Calcutta, April 4. Information reached here this afternoon that Lieutenant Grant's light force of Indian troops is now confronted by a large force of Manipuris, who, in addition to being well armed with rifles, have several field guns with them. It is feared that Lieutenant Grant's force will be annihilated unless reinforcements which have been sent to bis assistance are hurried forward. LONDON'S SMOKE NUISANCE, A Proposition to Convert Coal Into Fuel Gas as a Bcmedy. TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE C01IPAXT.I LONDON, April 4. Every foggy day lately has been followed by columns of letters from all sorts of people pro posing all sorts of remedies for the 1 smoke nuisance, One, which, is elaborate.' in its mechanism, but which is, nevertheless, favored by many people is that the coal should be converted into fuel gas in the country and conveyed by pipes to London. This, it is claimed, could be supplied at a cheaper rate than the cost of the soft coal, which is commonly nsed. Anthracite is plentiful, but for'some mys terious reason or other, it has never been popular and tbe people do not seem to know anything about its use. That something will have to be done, and done quickly, is the universal opinion, if London is to re main a city in which men can live. YANKEE PORKjN GERMANY. INDICATIONS THAT THE PE0HLBITI0N WILL BE EEPEALED. Threats of Retaliation on Beet Sugar Re tarding, Rather Than Helping, the De sired Act Germans Pleased With American Cattle An Economic War Impossible. COrYBIGHT,18Sl, BY THE NEW YOBK ASSOCIATED FHES3.1 Berlin, April 4. Negotiations have been resumed between William 7alter Phelps, the United States Minister, and Chancellor von Caprivi on the qnestion of the withdrawal of the prohibition against American pork products, and there are more hopeful prospects of an early and suc cessful issue than recent reports have led the public to believe. An important indication of the Gov ernment's intentions is given in to-night's Forth German Gazette. Commenting upon an American dispatch published in the Ber lin paper, to which was added "Ho pig, no beet root sugar," the Gazette says that, con trary to the adverse views expressed in the dispatch, the American Government, in en deavoring by measure of sanity reform to put an end to the German embargo upon American pnrk, has adopted the best and only means to lead to the desired agreement. Press dispatches representing that the Ger man. Government as being in a forced or con strained position are entirely erroneous at tempts to awaken abroad groundless hopes that Germany's action would be influenced by pressure. They might add to the diffi culty of tbe position, but cannot exercise a decisive influence upon the Government's resolution. Thus, the Gazette expresses what every body versed in the progress of the delicate negotiations knows viz, that Chancellor Caprivi awaits a favorable moment to deal with the qnestion of repeating that prohibi tion, but cannot accede to tbe American claims under the apparent influence of threats. Tbe public satisfaction over the admission of American cattle increases as the quality of the imports becomes recognized. The Hamburg official returns for March show that during the month 8,811 American cat tle were imported. If a lot of 296, brought late in February by tbe steamship Amalifi, be added, the five weeks' total promises a rapid expanion of the trade. Official circles reiuse to believe that an economic war is possible between tbe United States and Ger many. Both governments are desirous of establishing and extending the closest com mercial relations. LABOUCHEBES FORECAST. Ho Says Parnell Will Have Only Six M. P.'s, to at Least 70 lor McCarthy. London, April 4. Henry Labouchere, at a private meeting in London of Badical candidates for members of Parliament to day, declared that the outlook was hopeful. Mr. Parnell, he said, had been beaten in two elections and had sneaked out of his challenge to Mr. Healy, in which he pror posed that they should both resign their1 seats in Parliament and come before the people for re-election, in the meanest a'nd most contemptible manner. "Mr. Parnell, said Mr. Labouchere, "will not gain more than six seats in Parliament, giving at least 70 to the Nationalists, who support Mr. Gladstone." Mr. Labouchere was sanguine of the prospects and believed that Ireland had not lost a vote through Parnell. The only danger, he said, was in the counties where the 'squire and the par son drove the laborers to the polls'like sheep. FERDINAND THREATENED WITH DEATH. The Missive Believed to Have Emanated From tho Russian Embassy. Sofia, April 4. Prince Ferdinand and his mother. Princess Clementine, received letters threatening them with death if they do not leave the country. M. Greascoff has also been threatened with assassination if he does not resign his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Evidence has been received which indi cates that these threatening missives emanated from an official who is con nected with the Bussian ambassy in this city. Diplomatic action has been taken in the matter pending, the result of whieh the suspected official is being held as a prisoner at the ambassy. A SEDUCTION 0EDESED In the Wages of Iro Workers In the North of Fngland. TBT DUKLAF'S CABLE COMFAlfT.l LONDON, April 4. Notices were issued to the workmen in the North of Eng land pig iron trade to tbe same effect as those issued to the glass blowers at Cleveland, Yorkshir;, that a red no tion of 12)4 per cent will be made in wages. The iron masters assert that the cost of pro duction is 5 shillings per ton more than the market price of the iron. It is certain that, unless trade improves, many furnaces will be blown out. PARNELL BELYING ON TORIES. His Supporters to Forward Lists of Con servatives and Gladstonians. Dublin, April 4. Mr. Parnell has is sued a circular to his supporters throughout Ireland, requesting them to forward to this city the number of Parnellites, Conserva tives and Gladstonians in each district and the strength of the different parties in the various public boards. This action of Mr. Parnell is taken as evidence ot his intention to rely upon the support of the Conservatives in the coming Parliamentary elections in this county. THE KAISER TO BISMARCK. His Note of Congratulation Was so Forma1 That It Was Not Published. BERLIN, April 4. Prince Bismarck has received a telegram from the Emperor con gratulaing him on the anniversary of his birth. The telegram was so short and formal that it was not published. Count von Waldersee took luncheon at Friedrichsruhc to-day. He left immedi ately afterward, to meet the Emperor at Lubeck. Prince Bismarck's intimate friends blame him for his unyielding atti tude toward tbe Emperor. Foroed Currency for the Argentine. Paris, April 4. Dispatches received in this city from Bnenos Ayres say it is be lieved there that the Government of the Ar gentine Bepublic will be compelled to in troduce forced paper currency in that coun try. Millers Ruled by Moderation. Paris, April 4. The International Miners' Congress has adopted tbe amend-. Continued on Seventh Page,. HIS NERVE WAS GOOD. A Man Who Had Both of His Legs CnttJff in Six Big Slices SURVIVES 05LY TO DIB OP GRIP. He Cat the First Slice Himself, bnt Doctors Took the Others. WONDERFUL. EECORD OF EKDTJEAHCE rSPZCIAI. TELEQBAU TO THE DISFATCH.1 Netv York, April 4. A man who the doctors say possessed greater physical cour age than any one who ever came under their observation was among the victims of the grip who died this week. His name was John Bobollo and his crippled figure has been a familiar sight for the past year or so on the west side of town. One year ago Bobollo was a man in rngged health, almost a giant in strength. He was employed as a block-cutter in a wr U paper factory. More than three years aeo a bit of brass filing became lodged in .some way in the big toe of his right foot. In flammation set in, but Bobollo would havo nothing to do with doctors. Blood poison, in u mild form, supervened, and Bobollo made up his mind that the toe would have to come off. He performed the operation himself without flinching. Wasn't a Snccessfnl Surgeon. . There was some mortification in the mem- . ber, so that the nerves were probably par tially dulled to pain. At all events Bobollo got a toe off somehow, and liga- turea it so as to control the hemorrhage. lew weeks later Bobollo was obliged contess himself a poor surceon. The in flammation from his wound spread, and gangrene set in. Then he applied to the snrgeons at Boosevelt Hospital for treat ment. They found it necessary to take off tne entire foot immediately. Even that did not avail, and a few weeks later another amputation was made above the knee. He was discharged, apparently cured, and he made for himself, while con valescent, an ingenious artifical leg of steel, with a rubber foot attached. It was said to be lighter and more serviceable than the ordinary cork or wooden lee. The Other Leg Comes OK ' But the poison in Bobollo's system had apparently not been exterminated, for three months after his discharge from the hospital gangrenous symptoms appeared in the left foot, and he was compelled again to go to the operating table. This time the surgeons took off the left lea; at about the same point where the other had been amputated. Before he had recovered from that operation the fatal blood poisoning reappeared in the stump of the right leg. Then the surgeons were about ready to give him up, for he had a heart affection, which in his weak condition, rendered it impossi ble to administer anaesthetics without cer tainty of death. It was therefore decided not to operate. When the situation was explained to Bobollo he insisted that the operation should take place without anesthetics. He did not care for the pain, he said, and the surgeons might go ahead as fast as they pleased. He was so determined in the matter that' the doctors decided to try it. They took off the right leg at the bin joint, and Bobollo not only bore it without fainting or shrinking, but he Grimly Watched the Surgeons at work, and even attempted to assist them in-some details. The .doctors said it .was the most woilderlul exhibition of endurance they had ever witnessed. Even this was not the -end of the poor fellow's suf ferings. No sooner had he par tially recovered from tbe last awful experience in the surgeon's hands than the same condition of things presented itself in the left let:. That also was taken off at the hip joint in the same way. Bobollo lived through it. His wonderful pluck never deserted him for an instant. He got well, and nearly two years ago he was discharged cured. He retained his health until attacked by the grip about two weeks ago, and the dis ease finally conquered him. He had a comfortable little property of his own, and he earned a partial living by selling trinkets. His physical sufferings never conquered his good spirits, for he was always the soul of good nature. He never tired of cracking his favorite joke when asked how he was doing in business or otherwise his reply always was, "Oh, I can't kick." SOUNDING THE KEYNOTE. The Farmers' Alliance Mean to Control Things at All Hazards. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE" DISPATCn.l Charleston, S. C, April 4. W. J. Tolbert, the State Lecturer of the Alliance, sounded the keynote of the campaign of 1892 at Orangeburg, where he made several speeches and granted an interview to the re porters. Among other things, Tolbert said: "The Alliance indorsed the Si. Lonis aad Ooala platform, and does not propose to support any man who is opposed to the demands of those conventions. There is said to be a movement on foot, in which tha labor or ganizations of the United States are inter ested, to have a convention in February, 1892. It is a people's move. The old poli tical hacks of both parties may expect to stand aside and let the grand procession, headed by tbe people,pass in. The Alliance in this State isin line with thissentiment. We demand a change in the monetary system of the country, and if we can't get it one way we'll get it'in another." The Alliance is a simon-pure political organization. The Alliance wants to bring about a peaceful and quiet revolution, but if it cannot come by peaceable methods it must come by some other methods. It may be regarded as almost certain that South Carolina will not be in tbe Democratic col umn if there is a third party candidate in the field. BOOTH DOESN'T GIVE UP. A Speech last Night That rilled His Audi ence With Hope. rSFECIAL TSLEQItAM TO THE SISFATCB.1 New Yor.K, April 4. When Edwin Booth, at the close of the performance in the Brooklyn Academy of Music this afternoon, came before the curtain in response to ap plause that would not be silenced until he had spoken, he said: "I hope that this is not the last time that I shall appear before you. Next season I shall pay some atten tion to my health, and I think that I shall return to'you strengthened." It undoubtedly was bis lastappcarance for tbe season, and recent events have caused very general belief in a rumor that be was to retire from the stage forever. The re mark therefore was received with especial applause. It was noticeable to-day that Booth on the stage was a uniqne figure. He seemed lonelier, sadder, more shnt up in himself than ever before. THE DELAMAB BONE SOLD. It Brought Its Owner From Nothing to a Two Times Millionaire. FPECIAL TXLEOBAH TO TUB DHrATCH.1 Boise City, Idaho, April 4. The sale of the ereat Delamar mine in Owyhee countv to a company of English capitalists was completed to-day by deposit at BoiseJ City National Bank of 95,000 to the credit of J. L. Delamar. Captain Delamar came here several years ago without means and is now reported worth 2,000,000. His mine is pronounced wonderful. MR. MACQUEARY'S FUTURE. HE HAS ENOUGH CALLS TO LECTURE TO KEEP HIM BUSY. Not the Slightest Idea of Retracting His Beliefs Ready to Preach for Any De nominationWhat He May Do Ahont His Sentence. CniCAGO, April 4. The Eey. Howard MacQueary, of Canton, O., who was tried by the Episcopal Church for heresy and suspended from exercising the ministerial functions, explained the status of the case in an interview to-day. "As you know," said he, "I was tried by a board of five for denying the Virgin birth and the physical resurrection of Christ. The board was a majority of one against me, and fixed the penalty at six months' suspension. After that time I am to be restored upon condition that I will not teach or publish my opinions on the point in question. On the 18th Bishop Leonard pronounced sen tence in accordance with the decision of the trial board, bnt in doing so made a grievous mistake. He increased the penalty by say ing that I shonld not be reinstated unless I should retract my opinions. He afterward wrote me that he did this unintentionally. Before receiving his letter I resigned, sim ply to show to them that I would not re tract. When tbe mistake was corrected I withdrew my resignation. That is how the Npatter stands at the present time. Ny "Will you comply with the terms of the 'enience ""CThat is a nnestion T hnvit not vpl dp. 'f-f vs"ea- As the court which tried me vi. -- - i- ----- . ',. '0 'iwcesan one, its jurisdiction does not 'Or V yf the State of Ohio. Should I te ot Ohio. Should I :mands I might preach )f the State, and would co, - t n . 10 eir demands T miirht nrpanh what -v.. -.. ... . .r "Vide of the State, and would be stopp. v wtrr,-k VrtJinther trial and pnnvin. vc, V'lother trial and convic- tion. ShoBy ( ff 't, however, I shall only stoop to f'k It would be a recog ;;if&. f It nition of th&pov the board but not of their right. won id recognize their powers only to prottst against their supposed right." "What willytra do in the meantime." "I am going tb accept work in any church where it may beSpffered, irrespective of de nomination. If I should become satis factorily settled before the end ot the six months it is a question whether I shall ever re-enter the Episcopal ministry. One thing is certain, I shall not go back to the State of Ohio. I have had enough of that," Mr. MacQueary 'will go to New York from here and address the Nineteenth Cen tury Club on tne 14tb. His subject will be "The Beligiou3 Problem." He has enough requests to lecture in various parts of the country to keep him busy for some months should he accept. PRETTY GOOD EARNINGS. The National Cordage Company Will Make Over S2.000.000 This Year. rSFECIAL TXLEOBAX TO TOE DISPATCH.! New York, April 4. It is trustworthily reported that the net earnings of the Na tional Cordage Company for the half year ending April 30, partly estimated, were nearly 51,100,000. Of that amount S200.000 will be paid to the preferred stock holders, being two quarterly divi dends at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, and a like amount has been set aside to pay tbe next two quarterly divi dends on that stock, leaving nearly $700,000 applicable to the common stock. Tbe divi dend on the common stock declared yester day will require 5400,000, leaving a surplus of 5300,000 tor the six months. It is esti mated by friends of tbe company that its net earnings the last half of the fiscal year will be eqnal to that of tbe first half, in which case the profits of the year will foot up 52,100.000. The amount required to be paid upon the preferred stock per annum is 5400,000, leav ing 51,700,000 applicable to the common stock. These figures have suggested the probability of an inorease in the dividend upon the stock to 10 or 12 per cent per annum. To pay the higher rate 51,200,000 would be required, and tbe company could, after paying that amount, carry forward about $500,000 surplus for the year. ANOTHER BOGUS BARON. He Marries a Wealthy Widow and Makes a Big Splurge. rSFECIAL TELIORAM TO THE DLSFATCHV1 Springfield, O., April 4. Tbe town of Delaware, this State, is excited over a falsa German Baron, who said his name was Eirk Beckley. He captivated Mrs. Ella Smith, the pretty and wealthy widow of John Hazleton Smith, and they were married recently. He said that he was an heir to vast estates in Germany. He and his bride arrived in Delaware two weeks ago to await the arrival of his fortune from Germany. He negotiated for the purchase of an interest in the Dela ware paper mills and was arranging to bny several larms. His plan was to exhibit tel egrams purporting to come from relatives in the Fatherland, and announcing big financial deals. His wife early this week secured a con fession that he was a fraud. He ran away and has not been seen since. THE DISPATCH DIEZCT0BY. Contents of the Issue Classified lor the Header's Convenience. The Issue of TnE Dispatch to-day consists of 20 paces, made up In three parts. The news of the day, local, telegraphic and cable will be fonnd in tbe first nine pages. Class nans will be found In the second part, and the special features are as follows: PARTH. Page 9, Financial Crisis in Italy. Pittsburg Divorces. Tho Chilean Kebellion Faxjoe B. Waud Long Life. bismabix, Gladstone, etal Page 10. Smith's Sad Story Howaed Fielddto Author of Jayne Kyre Edgar L.. Wakeviax Some bhort Interviews Cuables T. ilUBBAT Page U. Electric News. Beat Estate Notices. The Want Column. To Let Column. i"or Sale Column. PagelA. Tha Social World. The Grand Army. Art and Artists. School Room Gossip. Page 13. Secret Societies. Late News in Brief. Markets by Wire. Local Trade News. PageU. Theatrical News. Amusement Notes. Page 15. Review or Sports ritlxGLE Page IS. Tired of a Crown Wilkib Business Cards. FABT 1IX Page IT. Child of a Chief. v Stevfxsov Harrison's Trip FbaXKU. Oakfester 'Fens or Two Women Bessie Bramble The Witch of Frague F. ilAKlOJi Cbawfobd Page 13. Bkeletonsand Gore Bill Nth Conviction of yin Rev. George Hodoe3 Photos in Colors Rese Bacue Page 19. The Cosmic Bean Frajjk K. Stocktox Tne Magic llubv Faysie Seelne la the Dark J. H. WEBB fnzzle Department E-K. Ciiaoboubx Page to. The Game ot Lawn Tennis Mrs. SHERWOOD RlchThougb l'or MissGbuupt. Jr An Art of Beauty SHIRLEY DABS Fads la Flowers HELEV Whasbubcox JTVE CENTS. J WILL TR! THE CURL Representative Citizens, After a Spirited Meeting and a Hot Debate, APPROVE A CURATIVE ACT To Eeimbnrse the City for Street Im provements Already Made. CONTEACTOES HAVE TO BE PAID. Taking the Election of Chiefs Oat of Citj Councils. MEETING ADJOTJRXED UNTIL HOXDAI Common Council Chamber was crowded! yesterday afternoon as it has seldom or neve been before, and the gathering was largely composed of the heaviest taxpayers of both; cities. Every available inch of standing and sitting room was occupied and the am dience overflowed into the reception room and corridors. The speeches were pointed and sometimes caustic, and the applause was frequent and spirited. At 2 o'clock ex-Bepresentative Alfred F, Mariana moved that Mayor Gourleypre side. The latter assumed the chair audi stated that the meeting had been called for' the consideration by representative citizenai of the need for curative legislation toi provide for the 52,000,000 for which the city' is new liable, and also to consider legisla' tion regulating future street improvements.'! The Mayor read letters from M. A. Wood ward, John B. Jackson and W. J. Howard' stating their inability to be present, Mr. Mariand started the ball rolling by offering the following resolution, which he? said would give the meeting something to discuss: Wants It Decided by the People. Whereas, There is at this time pendlnj be fore the General Assembly of this Stale several bills that seek to enact laws that will legalize) deeds done and acts committed by the muni cipality or Pittsburr, in contempt of thalaV and Constitution of tbe State; and Whereas, Retroactive legislation, If not unf constitutional, is of donbtf nl propriety, danger ous alike to the property and the rights of tho) citizens; and Whereas, Ono of tha said curative bills pro poses to legalize tho expenditure of nearly" 1000,000 for the purchase and improve ment of land for park purposes, appropriated within the past 15 months and in defiance of the) act of Assembly, which explicitly says that no payments shall be mado nor contracts finally concluded until tbe same be approved by tbe votes of the people at a special election held for that purpose. Now, therefore, be it Resolved. That the lion. H. I. Gourley, tha Mayor of the city of Pittsburg, be and be is hereby respectfully requested to communicate with Councils and ask them to ordar a special election, to bo held at an early date, and in no cordance with the provisions of an act of As sembly approved the IStb day of May, 1871, and so determine whether or not it is the desire of "tbe citizens at this time to spend money for the purchase of land for park purposes. And, be it further Resolved, That our Senators and Represen tatives be respectfully requested to ask tha Legislature to take no fuither action on what are known as tbe enrativo bills until the result of said special election is made known to them City Attorney Jiloreland Explains. The resolutions were read and His Honof asked for remarks. D. D. Bruce suggested that the legislation under discussion be ex plained, and City Attorney Moreland as cended the rostrum and said: Air. President and Fellow-Citizens: On the 5th of January the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided tho Engle-Belnhauerapi peals and struck down the Board of Viewers' which had existed. In name, at least, since 1S57, thus wiping out the machinery which enabled this city to collect the assessments for streeS improvements. As this decision was a trenchant one, it was then deemed best to test the street acts of 18S7 and 1SS9 and tbe charter act; to de termine if we had any so-called local legislation For this purpose four suits were insrltnteiLona of them a petition to court for the appointment of a Board of Viewers, on tbe premises that if the acts of lSb7 and 1SS9 were annulled we might fall back on tbe law of 1SW. Tbe Supreme Court declared the acts of 1687 and 1SS9 unconstitutional, thus leaving the city without any street legislation, but sustaining tbo charter act. Six bills were) then prepared to remedv, if possible, the dira results of the Supreme Court decisions, one ot these giving the city the power to collect as scssments for street improvements already mads or in progress. Only One Avenuo of Escape. Major Moreland here read portions of tha decision wiping ont the acts of 1887 and 1839 and putting the entire cost of the work upon the city, and pointing out that tbe only ave nue of escape from the dilemma was through the Legislature. He also read the Supreme) Court's suggestions on future street legislaj ture, and returning to the curative act, saidt Tbe first section of this act provides that in tho case of grading, paving ana sewering com pleted or in progress under th laws declared, unconstitutional the city is to ask the court f of tbe appointment of a board of viewers to assess the damages and benefits for such improve ments. The act provides fo- trial by jury and appeal to tbe Suoreme Court, The second curative act is substantially the same except that it applies to tho opening, widening and. straightening of streets. These acts are based uDon the eaultable rhrbtof the city to collect the cost of improvements from tbe beneficial nes. Ihis legislation stands upon what seem 3 to be impregnable ground. Where the Legist lature authorizes any action and such law i3 afterward found to be defective the Legislature! miv remedy snch defect. We are to-day In tbe same position Chester was. In 1874 the cities of the State wera di vided into three classes and tbe Supreme Court sustained that division. Later on, under the) acts of 1378 and 1887, the cities were uinuea into seven classes, and Chester proceeded to mako improvements under tnese acts, la Ayre:' appeal, from Chester, the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh class cities were knookod.ont, but tbe curative legislation which then became a necessity was sustained by the Supreme) Court. Cnratlvo and Retroactive Legislation; Cnrative legislation should not be con' founded with ex post facto law which applies only to crimes and misdemeanors. Tbe object of tbe proposed act is to collect from persons' benefited by improvements tbeir share ol the) cost. The new general street act. providing for f ntnre improvements, covers all the cities of the State, from first to third clas'. We also have an act of the same import relating solely to cities of tbo second class. All second-class legislation having heeu wiped oof, we are now in position to ask for new legislation as a sec onu-class city. It is merely an experiment to determine it second-class or local legislation) fails, and if it does we .can fall back on the general act. Another act relates to municipal liens. Secj tion 7. article IIL of tbe Constitution Is opposed to liens affecting a class. To meot and over come this objection we have prepared a general lien act, based largely on tbe old Mechanics' lien act of 1837. Under this act city liens need sot be revived at the end of every five years, but remain as fixed liens on the property, unaffected by sales ior judicial acts. ThN is to protect tbe publio Iroin the lapsing of Hens or the possible lailure -or the Sheriff to see that when property 14'. sold tha lien is satisfied. It is easier foracitl,. van win. nnA Iiflii or mortice than it 14 v for the city to keep an eye ou the affairs of it . A
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