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