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PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1891.
THREE OENTa
AFTER YOU HAVE MOVED
LET THE PUBLIC KXOW
WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED.
TOE EVERY MORNING DISPATCH IS
THE BEST WANT DIRECTORY
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COFIDEinCLJWMS
Of a Decisive Victory Made by
Both Coke Operators
and Strikers.
WORK RESUMED IN PEACE,
But the JKumber Who Respond to the
Call Is Kot Sufficient to
Handle the Orens.
MOVEMENTS OP THE MILITARY.
A Scrap of Paper and Talk of Dynamite
Cause Every Precaution to Be Taken
ly Those in Command.
DEPUTIES AND EIOTEES GITE BAIL.
A Pretest Kiie Beaut tie Litter Have to Fit Up
$1,000, While the OScers Get 0
With a $300 Ecri
KANAGIS LTKH WRITES A LETTZE TO LAKBINQ
IFEOM A BTAIT CORRESPONDENT.
Mi. Pleasant, April C.
PER ATOES now declare
that the back of the great
strike is practically brok
en, and while a compara
tively small number ol
tv PflFSji men resumed work to-
itj luujc Ul 4.UC1U Will
ollow to-morrow morn
ing. Four of the plants
started up to-day with a small force. They
are the Southwest Coal and Coke Com
pany's works, commonly called the Prick
works, at Morewood; the Sterling and Ade
laide works of the H. C. Prick Company,
and the Cochrane works at Jackson.
Only 48 men were ready to go to work at
Morewood this morning at the call of time
The Officer? Kitchen.
and they were given in charge of the fore
man, who put them to work at charging
ovens and drawing coke. It was expected
at least 100 men would be ready for duty,
but they failed to turn up, and the short
force was sent out to work. Usually work
begins at 2 or 3 o'clock, but this morning
it was daylight before they commenced.
One Sure Sign of Confidence.
That the superintendent is confident of
securing all the men necessary was evidenced
by the fact that over 150 ovens were charged
to-day That number cannot be handled by
the force of men now on duty, but it is
claimed that to-morrow morning more will
follow and accept the sliding scale and with
their little buckets under their arms come
back and ask lor work.
It is argued that aftera day or so has passed
and the men at work are not molested, others
will gladly follow the example. Operators
claim that fear alone has kept scores of men
from going to work, and that the presence
of the military will quiet their fears and
they will resume their duties.
The men who wanted to work to-day were
not molested, and there was no excitement
whatever about the works.
Everything was as peaceful and quiet as
could be asked, and the only notable occur
rence at Morewood was a game of baseball
between nines of Hungarian youths, who
more readilv than their fathers adapt them
selves to American institutions.
Strikers Still Claim a Victory.
Some of the leaders of the strikers who
are here point to to-day's occurrences as a
harbinger ol victory with as much readiness
as do the operators. To the latter's claims
that the workingmen have feared to go to
iorkibey reply with the question: "Whv
A Cold Morning.
don't they go?" That 100 men were ex
pected to resume work and half did so they
consider a very strong arument in favor of
their winning their fight. On the whole,
they say they have occasion to rejoice and
be glad because the operators must see that
the striko is not forced on the men by their
leaders.
To-day rations were issued to the strikers,
and in every direction could be seen mencar-
lying borne sacks of flour and other provisions j
fmm
Scores of them nave been shaky on account of
a want of provisions in the larder, but
tbat given out to-day will add a
little strength of purpose to the mind through
the avenue of the stomach.
It is claimed that there is plenty of money to
be had to carry the strike to a successful isyue,
and the national association is pouring it in
here. Should this strike be lost it would be a
bard blow to labor leaders in their efforts to
win the eight-hour movement. No trouble is
expected to come ol the resumption of opera
tions at the coke works, as the labor leaders
are counseling peace, and the operators say the
strikers are afraid of the militia.
Alarm Caused by a Slip of Paper.
A little slip of paper caused the officers of
the day to double the guards surrounding the
Standard works last night, and two extra com
panies of men were marched to the Eighteenth
Regiment headquarters. During the after
noon Maj. Kay's colored valet, in bis wander
ings in the vicinity of the railroad yards, picked
up a piece of paper, on which was written:
"There aro only two companies on duty at the
Standard; bring oil; we will Are the works."
The note was immediately turned over to the
officers, and Captain Awl, who was in
charge of the outposts, doubled the
number of men. Usually there are
(Km
Relieving the Guard.
four men on duty at the farther shaft, but
last night eighfmen were on duty. Two extra
companies were also there, -and the utmost
caution was used all night. The fears proved
groundless, however, as no strikers appeared.
Robert Ramsey, who lives near the Standard
works, expected trouble last night, and his
watchman asked that when shots were heard in
that vicinity a squad of men bo sent to the
rescue. Captain An 1 agreed on a signal to be
used in case ol trouble, but failed to communi
cate it to the officer in charge of the squad. No
trouble occurred, however. Captain Brockart,
of Company E, of the Eighteenth Regiment,
returned from Pittsburg yesterday, bringing
with him a squad of eight men who had been
left behind. Parker.
LABOR AND THE LAW.
LEADERS PROTEST AGAINST THE POLICY
OF A MAGISTRATE.
Alleged Rioters Held Under S1.000 Ball
"While the Deputies Get Off Wth a
S300 Bond Military See That the War
rants Are Served.
IFItOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1
Mt. Pleasant, April 6. Labor men
here to-day are talking severely of the law
being deficient in its majesty. Men of both
sides of this great internal warfare appeared
before 'Squire McCaleb to-day and entered
bail for court. Three men charged with be
ing parties to the raid made at the South
west Company's works at Morewood last
Monday morning, in which coke oren doors
were battered down and "the coke ruined,
were nut under $1,000 ball each, while eight dep
uties charged with the killing of seven men, ap
peared and gave bail in the sum of 5300 to an
swer in court to the charge or felonious shoot
ing. At noon to-day Captain Coon, of Company I,
Eighteenth Regiment, brought his men to the
armory and prepared to make arrests of strikers
on charges of riot, riotous destruction of proper
ty and carrying concealed weapons. Nineteen
warrants we.'e brought here by Constable
Washbaugh, of Greensburg, this morning, but
he only succeeded in making three arrests.
The men secured" were William Coleman.
Michael McDonough and Alexander Metz, and
they were taken immediately to 'Squire Mc
Caleb's office. They waived examination, and
1,000 was fixed as bail for their appearance.
The first two gave Alexander Gordon and
Michael Callen as sureties, and the latter se
cured the signature of liistousin, I. N.W.Metz.
to his bond. These informations were made
by Morns Ramsty.
The Deputl s Put In an Appearance.
Shortly after the strikers' case's were disposed
of. Captain Loar and his little squad of men,
who sent death and desolation into the homes
of tli'i Huns, marched into the 'Squire's office,
where they signed bonds in the sum of 300 to
appear in court on charges of felonious shoot
ing. Morris Ramsey was bondsman for the en
tire party. The informations were made by
jamesjucorjuo anu .xtouerb v euueu, leaaers
in the Labor party. There was no trouble
caused by making the arrests, but there was
just enough excitement to make it interesting.
So attempt was made by the strikers to escape.
The others wanted will doubtless be secured
to-day.
A large crowd congregated In front of the
'Squire's office, but the door was locked against
them. The men were sent out in charge of
officers to secure bondsmen and they then
returned to the office and were released. After
Captain Coon had escorted Alex Metz out in
search of bis surety, and the matter was
settled satisfactorily, he dismissed his man
with a shake of the band, and remarked: "Well,
1 hope you'll win out. my friend."
Metz and his friends. were indignant that they
should be asked to give SI, 000 bail for the de
struction of property, while within the same
hour men charged with killing seven men
Bhould get off with 300 bad. They declare it is
a most woful miscarriage of justice, and char
acterize it as an illustration of the "great
power of monopoly," "I suppose we'll be
hanged far killing the Huns before we are
through with it," facetiously remarked one of
the men. 'Squire McCaleb was asked his opin-
ivu ui iut uuiuunt ox nail, ana gaia:
The Explanation of the Magistrate.
"The amount for the strikers Is nottoo high,
but I only fixed the bail for the deputies ac
cording to the precedent established at Greens
burg. The District Attorney was present when
it was fixed at that amount and I suppose he
was counseled in the matter. I would have put
it much higher, I think, bad I not been given
that precedent to work on.
un tne otner side ol the case plenty of argn
ment is advanced. It is said that the deputies
are merely charged with having overstepped
their authority in the shooting. They cannot
be charged with the direct killing, it is claimed,
because they were acting under instructions.
The only charge that can bo made is that the
action of the party was hasty, although they
were clothed with the authority of the law to
shootand shoot to kill."
The deputies who appeared to-dav were
Captain J. A. Loar. R. G. Hums, J. A. Zundell,
I. S. Davis,Harry V ilson. J. J. Berger and
J. M. Carbaugb. A warrant is out for
Harry Gilbert, but he did not appear. Joseph
Wilson was present but no warrant was on
hand for him. The other militiamen, Edward
Nicbol and Edward Leamen, gave" bail in
Greensburg last week. This arrest has settled
a slight difference in opinion among the mili
tary men as to the working of the raw in re
gard to the arrest of men on duty. Some of
the officers claimed they could not be arrested,
but if their captain saw fit to do so. ho had the
privilege. Others held opposite views. General
Wiley said this evening that for minor offenses
and civil suits, papers could not be served on
men in active duty, but for high criminal of
fenses the civil authorities can make arrests
just as was done to-day.
PROTECTING HIS MOTHER,
An Information Against Young; Ramsey for
Pointing Firearms.
IFROJI A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.!
Mr. Pleasant. April 0. An information
has been made against VVilI Ramsay, son'of
Superintendent Morris Ramsay, ol the More
wood Works, charging him with pointing fire
arms with felonious intent. He will give bail
to morrow morning.
The alleged offense occurred the morning of
the riot, when a striker moved toward his
father's bouse, in which his mother was lying
seriously ill.
TRYING TO GET EVEN.
An Offended Citizen Wants to Have
Militia CaUed Home.
rrEOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.)
the
Mi. Pleasajtt, April 6.?, petition Is nowLprUcttlr cause can be 'assigned f or.tb.0 ijegdjjor.the prosecution in the BUncald case, and O.
In circulation in Mr, Pleasant to have Gover
nor Pattison order in the militia. The strikers
are not behind the idea, but it islbe work of a
very prominent citizen and business man. The
other day ne met a detachment of the
Eighteenth Regiment on the street, and as
there was not room for all on the sidewalk, the
citizen took the street.
He is circulating the petition for satisfaction,
but he is getting it in homeopathic doses.
EES0BX TO DYNAMITE.
Fears That It Will Bo Used by the Strikers
on Soldiers and Property.
IFBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Mr. Pleasant, April 6. Fears aro enter
tained that the strikers will try dynamite as a
means of destroying property and killing the
soldiers now guarding the Morewood works. A
well-known English-speaking labor man made
the declaration to-day that unless something
occurred in their favor very soon, dynamite
would be used to good effect.
A dealer in that explosive said to-day that he
has had a heavy demand for dynamite re
cently, and be did not at first think to stop its
sale, as miners, when at work, are in the habit
of purchasing it.
A LETTER TO LAMBING.
MANAGER LYNCH REPLIES TO THE AP
PEAL FOB PEACE.
A Defense of tho Course Pnrsned by the
Frlck Company Daring the Present Con
testNot a Question of Wages Now, but
of Personal Liberty.
rSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.l
Scoxtdale, April 6. General Manager
Lynch, of the Prick interests, made public
the following letter to-night:
Kev. 41. A. Lambing;,
Dear Sir I have carefully read both of
I your public appeals for a conference between
the coke operators and the leaders of the
workmen with a,' view to bring peace to
the region. Knowing your natural disposition
and love for peace, aside from your calling as a
minister of God, whose mission is peace, I am
not at all surprised that you should raise your
voice at this time, and I think your appeals
call for this public statement. I can truthfully
say in reply that you cannot more deeply de
plore the present condition of affairs and the
loss of life at Morewood than do I myself, the
other officers ot this company and the opera
tors in the region generally; but this
condition is not our seeking or our
making.
For 12 or more years you have had a parish
here surrounded by our coke works, and your
congregation has been largely made up ol em
ployes of this company. You are therefore
necessarily familiar, not alone with my manner
and speech toward our employes: but with
their earnings, their treatment and their homes
as well. I ask you candidly, are these such as
to warrant Messrs. Kae, Watchorn, Wise,
Pennaaud other labor leaders inputting into
my mouth these bloodthirsty statements, or to
warrant the charges of poor pay, poverty and
misery among our employes, as they have made
through the newspapers. Do not our em
ployes and their families come to your church
equally as well, if not better clothed and bear
ing evidence of as much prosperity and happi
ness as any other class ot people in your con
gregation. Steady Work and Good Wages.
Havo we not given them as steady employ
ment, and for a good part of tbo time during
your stay hero, higher wages than was paid for
a similar work by others in this regionf Have
we not recognized their unions and committees
in fixing wages and adjusting grievances when
no other firm in the region would countenance
them at all? Have we not, for the sake of
peace i more than once sat dawn quietly and
allowed strangers from Ohio, Indiana and
other points to come to our works
after being banished from other districts,
and characterize the agreement with our
men as "iron clad,"' persuaded them to
break tbeir agreement with us and go on a
-strike, and the very next day, or week, enter
into a similar agreement, lnaeuucann langnage
and terms as tbe "iron clad," with a single ad
dition of the names of these strangers to itT
Again, have) ou not seen us sit quietly by
and permit the agreement, with the signatures
of all these strangers and their titles attached,
violated and repudiated by the men who made
and signed it, andyet we condoned that offense?
When we sought redreBS in the courts we could
not recover, as we found they were not responsi
ble, and their titles were empty and worthless,
and all we could get was a verdict.
When our works closed down on the 7th day
of February last, after vain efforts to effect an
agreement with these guardians of the work
men, we posted a notice stating that "we would
be willing and ready to take up tbe wage ques
tion at any time with the men or their author
ized representatives, and tbe shutdown should
not bo regarded as a strike or lockout, but
merely as a suspension of work pending an ad
justment of wages." Finally, after several
fruitless conferences with these representa
tives, and tbe men were daily applying to our
superintendents and to myself personally for
work, on March S3, between the hours of 2 and
5 o'clock P. M., we posted a sliding scale at a
number of our plants, which gave the highest
wages ever paid in this region, and fixed as the
minimum wages that could be paid during the
ensuing three years, rates which prior to 1890
had been the maximum of this region.
Tho Notice of Resumption.
Accompanying this scale was a notice to em
ployes stating, "This plant will start as soon as
any or all the men are ready to go to work
under this scale. All old employes will be
taken back; no one will be discriminated
against in any way, nor will anyone be required
to join any organization or to leave any organi
zation." On the following morning part of tbe
men at 11 of our plants, aggregating between
400 and 500 men, resumed work, and three more
of the plants started f he next day.
The labor leaders saw, or thought they saw,
their occupation slipping away from them, as
the scale was far more liberal than they ex
pected, and, it was evident, would be accepted
by the men. On Easter Sunday they held
secret .and open meetings -throughout the
region; at tbe latter misrepresented the scale,
characterized it as an "iron clad" and an at
tempt to breakup tbeir organization, and the
result of tbe former was noting and destruc
tion of property at four different plants be
tween 1 and 5 o'clock Monday morning. The
scale was denounced as an "iron clad" because
it did not have the signatures of these leaders
on it.
Bear in mind that this was not the first time
mob law nas Deen invoked to prevent men
from working in this region. It was resorted
to by tne same people who are now at the head
three years ago at McClure's Bessemer and
Stonerville works, Schoonmaker's Alice and
Jimtown works: again, in 1889. at Hecla. n.il.
nmet and United works, and still later at tn
works ot w. J. itamey, and some of the men
who took part in the rioting instigated and
planned the raids at our works last week, have
already served terms in prison for the same
kind of work in the past.
A Question of Personal Liberty Now.
We no longer regard it as a question of
wages, but a question of personal liberty, the
right of property and the potency of tbe law.
As much as I love peace, I will not purchase it
at such a cost as would be entailed by con
ferring with these men and waiving
any ot these rights. The men who
do not liko the scale, or those
who surrender their manhood and the rights
guaranteed to them by the laws of tbe land and
subject themselves to the will of another, need
not work under it. ,
No one will try to force them to work; but tho
men who do want to work, and who do not
acknowledge the right of any one to dictate to
them when tbey shall or shall not work, and
who are anxious to exercise the rights guar
anteed to them by the laws ot tbe State, must
be protected in their rigbts. in their person
and in tbeir property by the State. When the
State acknowledges its Inability to enforce tbe
law. and to secure to its citizens their rights
under the law, it will be time enough to confer
with the leaders. Yours truly.
Thomas Lynch.
. . . . - "
THROUGH THE HEAD.
An Attempt at Suicide by a Young Woman
That Will Prove Fatal.
fFFECIAl. TELEORAH TO TBX D18FATCBT.I .
Columbus, April 6. At Marlon, a few miles
north of 'Columbus, Miss Lizzie Ackerman, a
handsome and entertaining young lady, at
tempted suicide this morning by shooting her
self with a 32-calibre revolver. She was the
adopted danghter ot Henry Ackerman, and
bada home about which were all tne attrac
tions tbat a young girl could ask for.
Tbe bullet entered the skull just above the
left temple and passed cleat through the head.
Physicians y sbe cannot nossiblv live: yet her
death may be a matter of four or five days. No
A SNUB FOR CANADA.
Harrison Refuses to Even Receive the
x Reciprocity Envoys.
THEYHURRY 0DT OF THE COUNTRY
The' Proposed Western Tour Furnishes a
Eatner flimsy Excuse. i!
RUSK HAPPI OYER. THE POKE YICT0RT
FFBOJI A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.!
Washington, March 6. The President
is roundly criticised as being responsible for
the failure of any present conference be
tween the United States and the Canadian
authorities on the subject of reciprocity.
Mr. Harrison's conduct in this matter is, to
say the least, peculiar, and the Canadian
Cabinet officers, Mr. Foster, Minister of
Marine, and Mr. Thompson, Minister of
Justice, and Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian
High Commissioner in London, left ior
home this afternoon feeling as though they
bad been snubbed.
An Arrangement for a Conference.
Sir Charles Tupper came here last Thurs
day to learn whether a conference on the
subject of reciprocity would be agreeable to
tbe authorities of the United States. His
proposition was favorably received Dy Sec
retary Blaine, and a meeting was appointed
for to-day, Sir Charles returning to Ottawa
to insure the attendance with him of Mr.
Foster and Mr. Thompson.
The President was privy to the arrange
ment, and assented to it Messrs. Tupper,
Foster aud Thompson came on post baste
and found the President in a different mood.
He desired to be present at the conferences,
but wonld be prevented by the preparations
necessary for his Southern and Western
tour. Mr. Blaine says he telegraphed the
President's wishes to Ottawa and that the
distinguished Canadians had left for Washing
ton and did not get tbe message. This is,
of course, the fact, but those who are interested
in reciprocity, and Mr. Blaine among them, are
of the opinion that the gentlemen being here,
tbe President should have allowed the confer
ence to go on.
Could Have Given Them a Hearing.
It is not the President's inteution to start .on
bis tour for ten days. No, official work presses
him now, and be could without inconvenience,
have given the necessary timo to tbo confer
ences which are of vastly more Importance than
bis swing aronnd the circle for pleasure and to
pave the way for bis renomlnatlon. It is tbe
general verdict here that it is one of the most
ungracious acts of which any high official of tho
administration has been guilty.
The Canadians are too much in earnest, how
ever, to permit one such snubbing to interfere
with tbeir scheme for reciprocity, and tbey will
return whenever tbey are informed that "His
Excellency," tho President, will condescend to
meet them. Messrs. Foster and Thompson re
turned to Canada this afternoon. Sir Charles
Tupper will take the first steamer for London,
there to await cablegram telling him that Mr.
Harrison is ready to see him. LIQhtner.
MUST STAY IN PRISON.
The
Claim of'n Convict Overruled by the
Supremo Court. .
Washington, April 6. The Supreme Court
to-day, iu ,an opinion by Justice Har
lan, affirmed the judgment of the Su
preme Court of Wisconsin in tbe .case
of 'Patrick Manning!-, verses iKJeorgnWeelti,
Warden of the State Prison. Manning was
convicted in the court of tbe district ot Ash
land, Wis., ot manslaughter. Ho contende'd
that bis conviction was without due process of
law, basing it on the ground tbat under tbe
State law the Governor bad no authority to
appoint the Judge who tried him, and that he
was tried and convicted by an unlawful court.
The United States Supreme Court says that
the highest State tribunal held that the Ash
land court bad always existed and was a court
de jnre, regardless of whether or not tbe Gov
ernor bad the right of appointment of the
Judge. Tbe court is bound by tbat judgment
and there being a court de jure and judge de
facto it holds that there is no ground on which
to order Manning's discharge.
APPLICATIONS REJECTED.
Tho Co-Operative Colony Barred Ont of the
Scqnloa Park.
Washington, April 6. Secretary Noble to
day rendered a decision rejecting applications
to perfect about 43 entries under the timber
and stone acts, made by members of tbe
Keweah Co-operative Colony of California,
now within the Sequioa National Park
reservation, created by tbe acts of Congress
approved September 25 and October 1. 1890.
Tbe Secretary holds that these applications to
purchase under the timber and stone acts "are
cot entries of the lands, and tbe parties mak
ing the same acquire no vested tight thereby,
hence it was competent for Congress to reserve
this land, which it did by the acts creating the
reservations.
In other words, when proof was submitted
and payment tendered these lands were not in
a condition or were not of a class that
might be sold. The applications are therefore
denied.
NOT ORDERED THERE.
The Charleston Will Not Be Ready for Sea
for Ten Days.
Washington, April 0. It is stated at tho
uavy yard that the cruiser Charleston, which a
news dispatch reports as being under
orders from the State Department to
proceed to Honolulu, will not bo ready
for sea for at least ten dajs or a
fortnight. Tbe Stato Department has not and
cannot order a naval vessel from one point to
another. It may request the Navy Depart
ment to make such an order, but in this case it
has not made a request,
Tho original intention of the Navy Depart
ment was to send tbe Charleston back to Hon
olulu when sho arrived at San Francisco. But
meantime the Chilean war seemed to indicate
the necessity of another United States naval
vessel being sent to Chile, In addition to tbe
Baltimore, which arrived at Tolcohuano to sail
for Chile.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
To Be Made In the Regulations for Trans
porting Canadian Goods.
Washington, April 6. The Secretary of
the Treasury has decided on a nnmber of im
portant changes in the regulations governing
the transportation of bonded goods in Cana
dian cars over United States territory, but will
not make them public for several days yet.
It was announced at the department to-day,
however, that the Secretary has decided that
domestic goods taken from ports in tbe United
States by the Canadian Pacific Railroad to
Revelstoke, B. C, may be transferred from the
cars at that point under the supervision of a
customs officer to American vessels for trans
portation down tbe Columbia river to Little
Falls, Wash., and there reload ou cars of the
Canadian PaciBo road.
NEW COINAGE DESIGNS
To Be Provided' for the Leading Silver
Pieces In Use.
WASHlNGTON.Aprll 6. Director of the Mint
Leech, having been asked to-day whetherhe
intended to take any action uuder the recent
act of Congress, providing for new designs
of our coins,said: "Yes, I intend to take imme
diate action. I have, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, prepared a circular
letter to artist, which is now in the hands of the
printer, asking tbem to submit designs for both
the obverse and reverse of the standard silver
dollar, and separate designs for the obverse or
face of the half dollar, quarter dollar and
dime. Tbe reverse of the subsidiary silver
coins will not be changed.
"Tbe Imotto, 'In God We Trust,' will be pre
served on tbe coins."
Again Postponed.
Washington April 6.-Assi.tant District
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Maurice Smith opened for the defense, but be
fore he had concluded his address the court
was obliged to adjourn until to-morrow, on ac
count of the illness of one of the jurors.
AMERICAN PORK FREE.
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT LIFTS
ITS EMBARGO FROM THE HOG.
Secretary Rusk Says .That It Was Ono of the
Things He Had Determined to Accomp
lishGuarantees That Woro Furnished
tho-Borlln Anthorlties.
'Washington, April 6. A dispatch
received from Berlin to-day says that it is
announced that tho German Government
has definitely resolved to withdraw the
embargo placed upon American pork. It is
added,however,that the official notices of the
withdrawal will probably be delayed for some
time, in view of certain negotiations which aro
still going on between tbe German Govern
ment and the Government of the United
States, through the intermediary of the United
States Minister there, the Hon. William Walter
Phelps.
The dispatch was shown to Secretary Rusk,
and he said he had received no official notifi.
cation. He added:
"The removal of this embargo qn American
pork products in Germany was one of tho first
things which I determined to accomplish, if
possible, on assuming my present office. "The
result of negotiations showed me that, to ob
tain adequate concessions from the German
Government, it would be necessary for us to
provide for a microscopical examination of all
pork destined for their trade. Two days after
the law of March S, lb91, was passed, I caused
Its provisions to be communicated to the Ger
man Government through the Department of
State and our Minister in Berlin, accompanied
by the declaration tbat this Department was
prepared to carry thom out in such a manner
as to afford to the Government of Germany
the most thorough and satisfactory guarantee
of tbe immunity of all exports of American
pork to that country from tiichinae and any
diseases artectlng tne wbolesomeness of meat.
My belief is that though we have not yet re
ceived anv official notification of tbe removal
of the embargo on American pork, we can look
for some such course on the part of the Ger
man Government ere long,"
NO TREASURY CHANGE.
The President Will Wait Until Huston Re
covers From Bis BIness.
Washington, April 6. It is stated on the
best authority that there is no immediate pros
pect of a change In the office of United States
Treasurer, and that the President will certainly
take no action whatever until Mr. Huston r
covers from bis present illness.
There is no truth in the, report that arrange
ments are being made for a count of tbe cash
and securities in tbe Treasury, in anticipation
of a change in the office.
THE WOMEN WORSTED,
NEW YORK CONFERENCE VOTES AGAINST
THEIR ADMISSION.
The Last or the Three Days' Battle One or
Great Excitement The Ballot Stood 60
For to 183 Against the Women's Ad
mission, SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCH.!
New Yobk, April 8. To-day was the
stormiest of the three days' debate in the New
York Conference in the First Methodist
Episcopal Church in Yonkcrs oyer the ques
tion whether to women who ask shall be ac
corded tbe right to represent their sisters
annually in General Conference or Elec
toral Conferences. Speeches were limited
to ten minutes ior each speaker, and there
was not a minister amo'ng the 00 who, if
he bad had a chance, would have ceased
Bp'eaK'ing.'fbr half a day on the subject. The II
(Jourerence baa set tne time tor taking a
Tote at 11:30 A. M., and as the hour ap
proached the excitement increased, and
speakers were interrupted with expressions
of approval or disapproval from the highly
wrought brethren. '
During the discussion, the rear of the
church and the gallery had been crowded
with women, most of them with gray hair,
who craned their heads not to lose a word
tbe speakers uttered. When tbe vote was'
taken the brethren fished pencils and bits
of paper out of their pockets to
keep tally while the Secretary, tbe
Rev. C. E. Millard, from his elevated
seat beside the Bishop, proceeded to call the
roll and record the ayes and, noes. It was
whispered among tbe ministers before tbe
count was half completed that the women's
champions were worsted in the fight. At the
close of the roll call there was o demonstra
tion by victors or vanquished.
Secretary Millard bad been directed by the
Conference not to announce the result of the
ballot until to-morrow, butthe bretbreu agreed
among themselves that the result of the ballot
was ou ior tne admission or women and 183
against. Several ballots of absent members
will be permitted to be recorded before the re
sult of tbe voting is announced to-morrow.
Tbe advocates of admitting women declare
that tbeir vote will in this way be raised to 61
or 65.
In the course of the debate to-day a good
many queer and interesting tbings were said
about woman and her place in civilization, iu
the church, and in-society. The Rev. George
H. Smith, of North Sing Sing, demanded what
his opponents meant by saying tbat the Scrip
tures are opposed to women taking a prominent
part in church government. He was astonished
to hoar learned brethren say tbat St. Paul
would continue to write epistles now such as ho
wrote nearly 2,000 years ago if he had lived
until now,
"What would St Paul have been learning in
all these years with all his enthusiasm for
Christianity If he did cot see bow women have
been emancipated?" the speaker said. "Would
be now send back a slave to his master? Would
Christ have made wino at a modern wedding if
He bad lived until to-day? So far as my own
wedding is concerned He would not have made
any great amount of wine, no matter how.
sweet the wine might be. because there would
bo few who would drink it."
CLEARED TEE WARDEN.
The Report Ready on the Management of
the Ohio Penitentiary.
ISFECIAL TELEGRAWTO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus. April 6. The joint legislative
committee investigating the management of
the Ohio Penitentiary has completed its re
port and will submit the same to-morrow. It
criticises the Board of Managers for certain
unbusinesslike transactions and dwells consid
erably on tbB system of procuring pardons.
The warden is let down with admonitions, but 1
Secretary McClain, ot tbo Board of Managers,
is held directly responsible for tbe circulation
of tbe stories concerning the warden and tbe
matron, unsupported by a shadow of evidence."
A strange tuing in connection witn tne nnaing
against McClain is tbat he bad been a life-long
friend of the warden.
A bill has been Introduced in the Legislature
changing the amount of timo to bo deducted
from the sentence Of convicts in the Peniten
tiary for good behavior. It amends the law eo
that the longer-torm prisoners make a gain and
tbe short-term lose a small per cent, A one
year inmate receives five days off from each of
the 12 months of bis sentence, if ho conducts
himself in the proper way; a two-year man
gets seven dajs; three-years, nine days: four
years, 10 days; five years, . 11 days; six years, 12
days.
1
'. THEY MAY FIGHT.
A Duel Likely to Follow the Scoring of
a Female Witness.
SPECIAt TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.l
Atlanta, April 6. There is a new sensation
in tbe McKco case. Mr. Dietz. the husband of
Mrs. Juliana Dietz, the main witness against
Mrs. McKee, has demanded a public apology in.
open court from Colonel George Fry, one of the
counsel .for Mrs. McKee. Colonel Fry scored
Mrs. Dietz severely on Saturday evening in his
argument for the defense. He went so far as to
compare her actions ana demeanor on the wit
ness stand to tbe behavior of a ballet dancer.
Mr. Dietz wrote a note to Colonel Fry this
morning, setting forth bis demand for an
apology. The excitement is great. A reporter
interviewed Mr. Dietz at ibe Court House, and
he said that if tbe Cbluiiel does not apologize as
demanded he Will have to answer for It. Dietz
and Colonel Fry havo not met. Both aro con-
sld.rTdnghting'm TwobeTurorVIne
until Wednesday,
o.,o a,CK) ua jnB ujjh nM Deea continued
FOR BALLOT REFORM.
Chauncey Black Now Conducting a
Crusade at the Capital.
WEAK POINT IN THE BAKER BILL.
Minority Representation in the Constitu
tional Convention.
THE STREET BILLS DP IN THE SENATE
"FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Hakbisbubg, April 6. Ex-Lieutenant
Governor Chauncey F. Black was here to
day looking up the prospects for a consti
tutional convention, a project which be re
gards as particularly his own. He was
outspoken in his opposition to that clause of
tbe Baker ballot relorm bill requiring the
pasting over of tbe number which must be
marked on each ballot, holding -tbat this
makes the measure clearly unconstitutional.
The other features of the bill, such as pro
vide forindependent nominations, an official
ballot and opportunity to vote free from in
terference, Mr. Black regards as excellent,
but claims that the pasting clause is the
Trojan horse which will lead to the over
throw of the whole measure when it comes
before the courts. There are three points in
which Governor Black holds the Constitu
tion juust be amended before an absolutely
secret ballot and pure elections can be se
cured. These are the removal of the ballot
numbering clause and the provision per
mitting an elector to write his name on bis
ballot and tbe establishment of personal regis
tration. This done, the Baker bill would give
tbe State the best election law in the Union.
Mr. Black strongly deprecates the pass
age ot a bill calling a convention without pro
viding for minority representation, as is now
said to be tbe plan decided upon by the Re
publican leaders, and believes that even if a
convention were called nnder such a plan its
members could not be relied upon to perform
tneir dnties in a non-partisan spirit. The oeoplo
regard the framing of a constitution as amatter
outside tbe pale of politics, and would not
elect men who could be used for partisan pur
poses. Henry Hall.
A ROAD LAW PETITION
That Beseeches the State Solons to Pass a
Common Sense Measure.
FROXA STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Harrisburg, April 61 A good deal of the
opposition which is being worked up against
the road bill is based upon tho fact that the bills
sent ont through the State were copies of the
measure as originally framed by tbe Road Com
mission. As the bill now stands it has been
materially amended, and most of the obnoxious
provisions stricken out. It is now proposed to
have'several thousand copies of tbe amended
bill printed and circulated through the coun
try, so that the people may find what it really
provides for.
To-night Senator Robinson, of Delaware, pre
sented a singular petition in the Senate, pray
ing for "the passage of a common sense road
law." It sets forth that "generations of men
may appear and disappear as the grass, and the
multitudes that throng this 'world to-day will
disappear as footsteps on tbe shore, but roads,
road laws and road taxes, with all their faults,
will endure forever and ever." It also declares
tbat "If the townships want to pave tbeir roads
with macadam, Inickel plate or 18-carat gold,
let them do it," bnt beseecbes the Legislature
not to adjourn, without passing a law which
people can understand and which will lead to
better roads. This rather singular petition
was a printed one, and largely signed.
PITTSBURG STREET BILLS,
The Question or Payment of Damages Talrezt
Away-From Coujjc11b. "
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Harrisbubg, April 8. The Pittsburg street
bills were called up this evening by Senator
Flinn and numerons amendments made, all of
which, with one exception, were to change the
phraseology and make clearer certain sections
which seemed somewhat obscure. The excep
tion mentioned was made in Section 3 of Bill
No. 32, the proposed general law for street im
provements. It was made at tbe request of the
Representatives of some of the larger bor
oughs. In its original form it provided that
the Council may determine whether assessment
for damages shall be made on the corporation
or "on tho property benefited.
As amended it reads as follows: "The pay
ment of damages sustained by tbe making of
the improvements or by tbe vacation of any
pnblic highway shall bo made in whole or in
part by tbe corporation, or in whole or in part
by assessments on the property benefited by
such 'improvements, as tbe said viewers may
determine aud tbe courts approve."
This amendment takes tbe question of pay
ment oi uamages out ot iue nanus ox tne
Councils and places it with the viewers and the
court.
NO INTENTIONAL DELAY
For Any Purpose in the Introduction
of
Apportionment Bills.
1FBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
HarbisburQ, April 6. Chairman Hayes, of
the Legislative Apportionment Committee,
said to-night tbat there had been no intentional
delay in the introduction of the Legislative ap
portionment bills fdr tbe purpose ot prevent
ing their passage, embarrassing Governor Pat
tison, or for any other purpose whatever. The
delay arises solely from tbe fact that the State
Printer bad not furnished the necessary maps,
which had been ordered two months ago. The
cities of Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Alle
gheny, and several of the counties would havo
to be divided into districts, and in order to Co
this it was necessary to have townships maps of
the counties, with their population, and the
population of the city wards.
The committee was anxions to do its work,
and if the maps were not f nrmshed soon, it
would try to formulate a bill without them.
SHUTTING OFF BILLS.
The Senate Decides to Prohibit' tho Supply
After April 10.
(FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Harrisbubg, April C General Gobin to
night offered a resolution that no bills be intro
duced in the Senate after Friday, April 10. In
support of his resolution, Mr. Gobin said that
that date was 12 days later than tbe time fixed
for shutting off hills in the session ot 1889.
The resolution was amended to permit the
introdnction of apportionment bills, and then
adopted.
SOME MUST SUFFER.
Not Enough Money for Penitentiaries and
State Charities.
1FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Habeisburo, April 6. Chairman Fruit, of
the Appropriations Committee, says he can't
figure out more than 13,000,000 for peniten
tiaries and State charities for the next two
years. As the State Board of Charities has
recommended appropriations of nearly 85,000,-
OW, some or tuese institutions must iaii iar
short of their expectations, although they may
still get all they really heod.
POLLUTION OF STREAMS.
An Amendment by Nceb to Benefit the Pub
lic Institutions.
fFROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Harrisbubg, April 6. Senator Smith's bill
to prevent the pollution of streams Irom which
municipalities get tbeir water supply was to
night amended, at the suggestion of Senator
Neeb, so as to apply to Ktreams from which
public institutions draw their supply.-
Mr. Neeb argues that institutions.snch as tbe
Morganza. which do not get tbeir water from
city supplies, should also be protected.
UNDERTAKERS' BILL.
A Long Discussion Takes Place In the
' House Over the Measure.
I .1Pr"IAl.TELEGUAI TO TUt DIRPATCIT.
HARitiSBURG.Aprilfl. Nearly tho entire ses
sion of the House was devoted to the consider
ation of the bill providing for the appointment
by the Governor of a Btate Board of Under
takers, consisting of fire persons, req,uiriDg un. Iho
dertakers to be .examined, registered and
licensed.
A vital section, imposing a penalty for fall'
ure to register and become licensed, was defeated.
SEVERAL MORE BILLS.
A Number of New Ones Introduced In the
Senate and House.
-SPECIAL TELZOBAU TO THE DIRPATCU.1
Harrisbubg, April 6. The following bills
were Introduced in the Senate:
By Meek. Centre, authorizing tho nse of the
money raised by a gas, kerosene oil and water
tax for the purpose of illuminating boroughs
with electric light.
By Bines, Luzerne, authorizing soldiers to
bring suit against any county, borough or town
ship for bounty money.
By Penrose, Philadelphia, to authorize
foreign corporations to erect buildings for the
manufacture of dye stuffs.
By Osborne, Philadelphia, to repeal the act
against horse racing so far as tbe same pro
vides for the forfeiture of horses nsad in racing.
In the House bills were introduced a3 fol
lows: By Stewart, Allegheny, making an appro
priation to pay the expense of the committee
to investigate tbe charges made against the
mine examiners.
By Elwood, Westmoreland, providing for the.
taxation of land and tbe property thereon,
independent of each other: also enabling the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to pay to
sehool districts in certain cases their proper
share of the State appropriation to common
schools.
SALE OF CIGARETTES.
The Bill Regulating It Passed Finally by
the Senate.
rSPICIAI. TELEORAM TO THE DISFATCH.1
HABP.ISBUItQ. April 6. In the Senate bills
were casse'd finally as follows:
Prohibiting tbe arrest of conductors or drivers
on street railway cars before they have
reached the end of their route; for
cruelty to animals; to prohibit tbe depositing of
public moneys with certain unincorporated
banks and bankers by county, city, borougb,
township and school treasurers and delinquent
tax collectors; to restrain and regulate tbe
sale of cigarettes so as to compel dealers to
procure a- license; to prevent the sala and gift
to minor' 'ler 16 years and to impose a pen
alty for . 5syles and to give to parents and
cuardiaT Jy " at law. -
ifihSf ,, Jo - LAW.
A Bill to Exempt aJ,, vroui the
Actof 18v? f
rSPFCTAL TELEGRAM TO TUB ' .TCH.J
HABRISBURO, April 6. In the Senate to
night a House bill was passed finally authoriz
ing companies to consolidate or divide shares
of stock.
Mr. Crawford, of "Venango, introduced a bill
constrningtbe act of 1820, against horse racing,
not to apply to horses used in trotting.rnnning.
pacing or speeding races given by regularly
organized trotting associations.
MUCH MIXED IN OHIO.
RESULTS OF THE LOCAL ELECTIONS IN
THE BUCKEYE STATE.
Cleveland Is Republican, Columbus Demo
cratic and Cincinnati Close Blake Wins
at Canton Burnett a Victor at Spring
field Other Points.
rBPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIBFATCH.l
Columbus, April 6. The city election
passed off quietly. Not more than half the
vote was polled. With returns from half of
the precincts at 11 P. M., tbe indications are
Karb, Democrat, for Mayor, will bo elected by
from 1,000 to 1,200 majority. The Republican
majority in the city last fall was about 500. The
entire Democratic ticket will probably be
elected. Tbe Republicans attribute tbeir.de--fsat
to the lukewarmness of tbe church ele
ment, and their failure to vote.
A dispatch from Cincinnati says: The result
nt to-day's election 13 both, a Democratic -and
"Republican victory. 'JtbelatfT-r get the fruits
of tbe fight, and tbo Campbell wing of the
Democracy is indorsed, fur the men on tbe
Democratic ticket who represented the Camp
bell side came nearest Deicg elected, laiel.
Democratic, for Mayor, who is particularly for
Campbell, was defeated, as It now appears, by
less than 100 majority.
At Cleveland, William U. Rose. Republican
candidate for Mayor, was elected by a majority
of about 3,000. The entire Republican ticket,
with the exception of tbe candidate for City
Treasurer, was also elected. The successful
candidate for Treasurer was Major VV. W.
Armstrong, ex-postmaster. His opponent, M.
G. Watterson, tbe. Republican nominee, is a
banker and has beld numerous offices. The
voters of tbe municipality evidently thought
be had enough. Moreover he was unpopular
with workingmen.
At Canton Mayor Blake. Democrat, was re
elected by 63 majority. Zanesville went Re
publican. Burnett, Democrat, again swept the
Republican stronghold of Springfield. In
Northwestern Ohio tbe Democrats carried tho
cities ot Flndlay, Napoleon, Defiance, Wapo
koneta. Upper Sandusky, while Republicans
were successful in Toledo, Fostorla. Bowling
Green, .North Baltimore, Blurlton. The ofucers
voted for were Mayor, Conncilmeo and mem
bers of tbe Board of Education in each, of the
several cities of Northwestern Ohio, and the
result gives tbe Democrats control of tbe
principal cities of Northern Ohio.
The Republicans were also successful at
Youngstown and East Liverpool.
THE ELECTION IN MICHIGAN.
Democrats Elect the Supreme Justice on
the Lightest Vote Ever Cast.
Detroit. April 6. Michigan' to-day voted
for a Justice of the Supreme Court, and two
Regents of the State University. City and
town elections were held generally throughout
tne State.
The vote was the smallest ever known. Re
turns are meager, but Indications are tbat
Judge Champlln, Democrat, will be returned
to the Supreme Conrt by 2.000 to 6,000. the
latter figure about half tbe Democratic
plurality last fall. This (Wayne) county
eiecteu two uouuty Auuitors ana eigne mem
bers of tbe Board of Education. Tbe Demo
crats carried the county by about 3,000
majority.
GRIP IN NEW YORK.
It Is Laying Low a Large Number of Victims
in Tbat City.
rSFEClAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISP ATCB.1
New Yobk, April 6L Ninety-four names are
now enrolled at police headquarters on the
record of deaths caused partly by grip. Eleven
such deaths were reported tcf-day. Seven
of those who died were women.
Dr. Nagle, the Deputy Registrar of
Vital Statistics, said to-day that he
has noticed during the past three or four days
that the malady is attacking women instead of
men. Five of the 11 cases reported to-day were
complicated by some lorm ot pneumonia ana
four b) bronchitis. One hundred and forty-two
deaths from all causes were reported. Two
hundred and sixty-three policemen were re
ported unfit for dnty to-day. and it has been
found necessary to double up the posts in all
parts of the city.
Tne grip is laying siege to the headquarters
ot the Department of the Atlantic, on Govern
or's Island. Among its victims are Mrs. O. O.
Howard, tbe wife of tbe commanding general;
the wife of General Tompkms,Colonel Hughes,
and a number of soldiers of tbe garrison.
Captain Joseph Bartlett, of tbe supply steamer
Chester A. Arthur, and Mate George Howell,
are also down with tbe malady.
MARRIED THREE WOMEN.'
Arrested While Slaking Preparations to
Wed the Fourth Time.
Sioux Falls, S. D, April ft Prof. Albert
E. Foster, of tbis city, was to-day arrested on
the charge of bigamy. Fdster is what Is known
as a high flyer, and dunng his residence here
was counted as one of the "Four Hundred."
His case as developed before Justice Stlckney
to-day is a marvel. In Hamilton. Canada, he
married a young woman by tho name of Carrie
Wmdom. Two years alterwards be married a
young woman lu Pern, Ind., who Is known as
Florence, and is No. 2. Two years afterward,
in 1889, hs appeared in Newport. Ky., where he
gained -entrance in the best circles and mar
ried tbe danghter of Cephas Knight, a promi
nent and wealthy merchant.
Last December be came to Sioux Falls and
has been doing all he can to work up a case so
that h could havo wife No. i. His arrest was
caused by the father of No. 3. and that out
raged gentleman announce; bis intention of
placing the often married professor behind the
bars. A requisition has been applied for and
will be taken to Newport, Ky.a for .trial.
E
Proposed Legislation Not AlttK
gether Satisfactory to
Citizens,
REPAIRING THE CHARTER.
Majority itTlnterest or Number (9
Secure Street ImprovementSt
WILL NOT ISSUE CERTIFICATES.
Raisins Honey on 4-Per-Cent Bonds to Pay
the Contractors.
TRIBUTES TO THE MAYOR'S II0NESTI
Street legislation for the future, the method
of raising funds for the work already fin
ished or uuder way, the composition of tha
Department or Awards and the control of
the Carnegie Library were the subjects dis
cussed from many standpoints at the ad
journed meeting of citizens beld in Common
Council chamber yesterday afternoon. They
were brought up by the report of the com
mittee appointed on Saturday.
The attendance was not quite so large yes
terday as on Saturday, but was quite as rep
resentative, and tbe fountains of fervid elo
quence gushed forth jus( a9 freely.
Tbe result of the meeting was that a com
mittee was appointed to go to Harrisburg
and explain to the legislators tbe demands
and needs of second-class citic3 in the matter
of new legislation.
Mayor Gourley called the meeting to
order shortly after 2 o'clock and requested
D. B. Oliver, Chairman of. the Committee
on Legislation, to make his report. Mr.
Oliver complied, and the report of the com
mittee on each bill was considered sep
arately. Acting on the Committee's Report.
Mr. Oliver reported that bill No. 32;
known as the general street act, covering
every municipality in the State, had been,
approved as read on Saturday, with the ex
ception of an amendment providing tbat the
location of improvements shall be specified
iu the'ordinance authorizing the improve
ment, D. D. Brnce This amendment is to over
come the present practice where tbe Chief
of the Department of Public Works walks
upon a private property and designates tha
location of a sewer, for instance. The
property owner has no voice in the matter,
and often wonders if he has any rights at
all.
M. A, Woodward I approve the bill,
generally as amended. Still I object to the
distinction between rural and city property,
and to the assessment of the whole cost of
the work upon one property it that prop
erty is benefited to the full cost of the work,
while other property, which, also shtfes. in.
the-WMat?jsii9$rt.i?.. r&ry-pg'
Mr. Bruce I havs.ffnijrTf-iaisVher
60-foot street has been run through one
man's property and alongside that of
another. The Board of Viewers would say that
both men were equally benefited and assess
them alike, giving no credit to the first man
for tbe 50-foot strip of land, perhaps 1,000
feet long, that he had given up.
J. H. White I think Mr. Woodward's
amendment is equitable.
Willing to Pay for Benefits Only.
A resident of Bellefonte street Perhaps
we could not do better than fall back upon
the old road law. I believe that damages
should be borne by general taxation, and property-holders
merely assessed for the actual
benefits they receive.
J. F. Hudson I would like to know if im
provements are made on petition of a majority
In interest or number.
Mr. Oliver On the petition of either.
The bill as amended by the committee and
Mr. Woodward was adopted by the meeting.
Mr. Oliver reported bni 266, relating to ran.
nicipal Hens, giving them a continuous exist-
ence, without the necessity of reviving them
every nve years, as is tne case at present with
all classes of liens. Thecommitteehadamend
ed the act by providing that property holders
may ask tbe court at any time to compel tbo
city to pursue its lien in order to test the valid
ity of the claim.
Mr. White I think tbe city should be com
pelled to revive its liens every five years, as in
tbe case of other liens. It is a hardship to com
pel tbe purchasers of property to go back for
years through obscure documents. Neither
should this act apply to Penn avenue liens. In
those cases tbe Supreme Court said the liens
could not ba collected, bnt refnsed to order
them stricken off because, it said, tbe com
plainants' hands were not wholly clean in this
matter. This act would give these people an
opportunity to have tbe liens stneken-
The bill was unanimously adopted as amend
ed by tbe committee.
Working on the Local Street Act.
Bill 263. tbe street act for second-class cities,
had been amended by adding the provision tbat
all assessments for street improvements are to
be made in conformity with the general law.
Mr. Woodward I offer as a resolution that
all legislation for street improvements shall
contain the provision that it shall only be mads
upon the petition of the majority of persons or
property interested, and that an appeal to
court and trial by jury shall be granted to per
sons displeased witn their assessments for bene
fits. The general street bill does not contain
these provisions. Uuder the present system a
man cannot appeal to court against his assess
ment for benefits, no matter how large the sura
involved. That is reserved for tbe question of
damages. Tbe objection has been made that
this amendment would increase litigation, but X
don't think tbat objection" can be sustained.
Bnt few people go to court with street improve
ment cases, and, anyway, every man tas tha
rlirh: to a hearing in conrt before a jury.
J. W.'Brcen I would like to amend tha bill
by making the petition for street Improvements
bear tbe signatures of a majority id cumber
"and" interest, in place of a majority in num
ber "or" interest
Nicholas Voeghtly 1 think tbat property
holders should have the right to decide on tha
character of tbe pavement used. On many
streets we have block stone where cobble
stones would do as well. I offer as an amend
ment that a majority of tbe property holders
shall have tbe right to determine the character
of tne material used.
, Might Block Street Improvements.
Mr. Oliver, referring to Mr. Breen's amend
mentI think the Interest of the majority
would be best conserved by allowing the gen
eral street act to read "a majority in interest or
number." otherwise it would ba very difficult
to get improvements otherwise.
Mayor Gourley To consider this matter wa
will have to reconsider the general street act.
James M.Bailey Well, let It go now, and I'll
move to reconsider the general street act after
we piss upon tbe local street act.
Bill 268, as amended by the committee and
Messrs. Woodward and Voeghtly, was then ap
proved. Mr. Bailey Now I move tbat we reconsider
the general street act. , .
This was agreed to by very close vote.
Mr. Bailey Now I amend the act by chang
ing "or" to "and," and making it read "a ma
jority in interest and number."
D. English Tbis will put a stop to further,
street Improvements. We will find It impossible
to reconcile interest and number. One man
can stop an improvement.
J. H. SlcKelvey The point is well taken.
Tha public is tully protected by the act as it
stands.
I Reuben Miller There are men in thelEas)
End whose property fronts on a pared thy.
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