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y
AFTER YOU HAVE MOVED
LET THE PUBLIC KNOW
WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED.
THE KVEKT MORNING DISPATCH IS
THE BEST WANT DIRECTORY
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR
Blaine Tells Rudini That
Aliens Coming to
America Must
TAKE THEIR CHANCES.
They Get as Good Protection
as Citizens, All the
Treaty Calls For.
M INDEMNITY PBOMISED.
Both the State and Federal Courts
Are Open to Those Who Want
Eedress and Damages.
WEBSTER QUOTED AS AUTHORITY
If the Lonisiana Grand Jury Fails to Tako
Action a Becommendation May
Be Made to Congress.
FOfiEIGXERS SOT A FATOEED CLASS.
Tie Airwer VTfll Htrily Plesss Italy, aid in Araeraee-
nest Fron Emi Is Awtitti TOi
CcLSidtnble Interest.
KO THREAT WiS EVER OFFICIALLY BTCIITED
ITBOll A ETAVT C0EBESP0XDENT.3
"Washington, April 15. Ths answer of
Secretary Blaine to the last note of Premier
Kndini, of Italy, comes as though it were in
response to a threat said to have been made
by the Italian Government, that dire things
would happen ii a reply were not made as
soon as Tuesday, the 11th of April.
It is now believed, as hinted in these
telegrams a day or two ago, that Mr. Blaine
had some time since informed the Marquis
Imperiali, in clmrgeoft.be legation here,
that the replj would be forthcoming by the
date of yesterday or to-day, that Imperiali
cabled this information to Rudini, that
liudini let it out to some of his official as
sociates, and that they started the threat
that the reply which was promised might
3 lo be in response to the asserted" tireaf
of the Government.
No Official Threat Ever Received.
Certainly no official information was ever
received by the United States Government
containing even a hint that if a reply were
not received by a certain date all diplomatio
relations would cease. Certainly, also, Im
periali knew ten days ago that the reply
would be presented to him at about the time
of the departure of the 1'resident on his tour.
The reply was given to the press early this
evening, but its nature came to be known to
a very few of the officials of the administra
tion to-night. Those few adjudge it to be n
plain and incontrovertible statement of the
situation, and they are highly elated at the
unviclding firmness displayed in the most
diplomatic and respectful language.
The position taken by Mr. Blaine is singu
larlv in keeping with that of a certain
official ot the State Department, quoted in
these telegrams some time ago, in which it
was assumed that no feature ol the treaty
be' veen Italy and the United States has
been violated in the Hew Orleans affair, as
the Italian subjects were not discriminated
against, but had exactly the same treatment
that was meted out to citizens of the United
States, and that utterance contained a fore
cast of the view the Government would take
on the question of indemnity.
l'orelcrners Not a Favored Class.
The same official declared against the
proposition to enact a law providing a pen
alty lor the infraction of a treaty, and to
enable the Federal Government to have im
mediate jurisdiction in all cases where a
violation of a treaty was claimed, and he
opposed such action on the ground that it
would make subjects of a foreign power a
favored class, having the advantage before
the Government and the courts over citizens
of the United States. Mr. Blaine also re
fers to this phase of the discussion, and in a
precisely similar manner.
The letter of Mr. Blaine is dated yester
day. Last evening it was nresented to the
Marquis Imperial, and was cabled to Borne
this morning. It will appear in the news
papers ol nil Europe to-morrow morning,
and great curiosity is felt to know whether the
opinion -a ill not be that KuJlni has the best of
the argnnieut, and whether tbat doughty dip
lomat will don his war paint, close the testation
here, and gli e ilinistor Porter his passports.
Certainly Air. Blaine, it he had been bent on
giving no promise of redress whatever, could
hardly have held out less hope than he docs in
tiis letter. The few citizens who have read It
ire, regardless of party, loud in their praise of
the Secretary of State.
Text of the Correspondence.
The following is the text of the correspond
ence as given out by tho State Department to
nizht: 'Rotal Legation or Italt, i
-Washington, April 2.
"Mr fceer, tarr or Stata
"I has.eu to acknowledge the receipt of the
note which Your Excellency did me the honor
to address to me on tho 1st inst,in reply to that
whereby Baron Fava informed you ot bis de
parture on leave. 1 have laid the contents of
Tour Excellences note before the Government
ol tho King, ana His Excellency the President
ot the Council. ills Majesty's Minister of
I oreign Affairs has ust directed mo to address
llic following communication to you:
"The Government or the King of Italy has
asked nothing beyond the prompt institution
of judicial proceedincs through the regular
channels. It would have been absurd to claim
the punishment of the gnilty parties without
the warrant of a regular judgment. The
Italian Government now repeats the same
demand. Not until the Federal Government
shall have explicitly declared that the afore
said proceedings shall be promptly bezun can
the diplomatic incident be considered as closed,
Meanwhile, flls Majesty's Government takes
note of the declaration whereby the Federal
Government recognizes tbat an Indemnity Is I
fl AW.
due to the families of the victims in virtue of
the treaty In force between the two countries.
"I have, therefore, the honor to bring the
foregoing to the knowledge of Your Excel
lency, and avail myself of this occasion to oiler
you, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of
my highest and most respectful consideration.
"Imperiali."
The Reply of Secretary Blaine.
"Department op State, J
"Washington, April 11 S
The Marquis Imperial, Charge d' Affaires, etc.:
"Dear Sir I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of yonr note, dated Thursday,
April 2, 163L It contains a second telegram
from the Marquis di Rudini, a part of which I
here quote: 'The Government of the King of
Italy has asked nothing beyond the prompt in
stitution of Judicial proceedings through the
regular channels. It would have been absurd
to claim the punishment of the guilty parties
'Without the warrant of a regular judgment.
The Italian Government now repeats the same
demand. Not until the Federal Government
shall have explicitly declared that the afore
said proceedings shall be promptly begun can
the diplomatlcincidont be considered as closed.'
"This Government certainly had no desire
whatever to change the meaning ot the Marquis
di Rndmi's telegram of March 21. It was de
livered at the State Department by Baron
Faain person, written in his own hand and
expressed In tho English language. The fol
lowing is the full text of the telegram:
"Rome. March 24. 1S91 Italian Minister,
Washington: Our requests to the Federal
Government are very simple. Some Italian
subjects acqmttod by the American magistrates
have been murdered in prison while under the
immediate protection of-the authorities. Our
right therefore to demand and obtain the pun
ishment of the murderers and an Indemnity
for the victims is unquestionable. I wish to
add that tho public opinion In Italy is justly
impatient, and if provisions were not at once
taken I should find myself In the painful neces
sity of showing openly our -dissatisfaction by
recalling the Ministet of His Majesty from a
country where he is unable to obtain justice.
'Rudcl'
Blaine Calls It a Back-Down.
"These words are precisely those which I
quoted in my former note, and I am directed
by the President to express the satisfaction of
this Government with the very material quali
fication of the demand made by the Marquis
Rudini on behalf of the Italian Government.
You quote -In your note another part of the
Marquis Kudini's telegram of April 2 in these
words: 'Meanwhile His Majesty's Government
takes note of the declaration whereby the Fed
eral Government recognizes that an indemnity
is due to the families ot the victims in virtue
of the treaty in force between the two coun
tries.' "If tho Marqms Rudini will carefully exam
ine my note of April 1 be will discover that 1
did not 'recognize that an indemnity is due to
the families of the victims in virtue of the
treaty in force between the two countries.'
What I did say was in answer to Baron Fava's
assertion that the United States Government
refused to take the demand for indemnity into
consideration. I quote my reply: 'The United
States, so far from refusing, has distinctly
recognized the principle of Indemnity to
thos Italian subjects who may have
been wronged by a violation of the rights
secured to them under tho treaty with the
United States concluded February 28, 187L'
"The Marquis Radlmmay bo assured that the
United States would recompense every Italian
subiect who misrht be wronced bv a violation ot
a treaty to which the faith of the United
States is pledged. But this assuranco leaves
unsettled the question whether the treaty has
been violated. Upon this point the President,
with sufficient facts placed before bim.baa taken
full time tor decision.. He now directs that
certain considerations on tho general subject
be submitted to the jndgment ol the Italian
Government. Asapreoedent of creat value
to the case under discussion, the President re
calls the conclnsion maintained by Mr. Web
ster lu 1851, when he was Secretary of State
under President Fillmore. In Augnst of that
year a mob in New Orleans demolished the
building in which the office of the bpani-li
Consul was located, and at the same time at
tacks were made upon coffee bouses and cigar
shops kept by Spanish subjects. American cit
izenj were involved in tho losses, which, in the
aircreerate. were lanre. The sunnosed canse of
Huy nobwti the lntel!Jseo of.thoxeetioir.
wi w yuacp AuiunaaB m iiarsiii sua tuc van
ishment to Spanish mines Of nearly 200 citizens
ot the United States. The victims were all
members of tho abortive Lopez expedition.
A little Dlfflcnlty With Spain.
"In consequence of these depredations of tho
mob upon the property of the Spanish Consul,
as well as against the Spanish subjects, Don
Calderon de la Parca, the Minister of Spain,
demanded indemnification for all the losses,
both official and personal. Mr. Webster ad
mitted that the Spanish Consul was entitled to
indemnity, and assured the Spanish Minister
that if the injured Consul, Mr. Laborde. shall
return to his post, or any other Consul for New
Orleans shall be appointed bv Her Catholic
Majesty's Government, the officers of thia
Government resident in that oity will be in
structed to receive and treat him with respect
and with a National salute to the flag of his
ship, if he shall arrive in a Spanish vessel, as a
demonstration ot respect snch as may signify
to him and to his Government the sense enter
tained by the Government of the United States
of the gross injustice done to his predecessor
by a law less mob, a well as the indignity and
insult offered by it to a foreign State with
which the United States arc, and wish ever to
remain, on terms of the most respectful and
pacific Intercourse.
"But when pressed by the Spanish Minister
to afford indemnity to Spanish subjects injured
bv the mob in common with American citizens
Mr. Webster declined to accede to the demand,
and gave his reasons as follows: 'This Govern
ment supposes tbat the rights of the Spanish
Consul, a public officer residing here under the
protection ot the United States Government,
are quite different from those of the Spanish
subjects who have come into the country to
mingle with our citizens and here to pursue
their private business and objects. The former
may claim special indemnity; the latter are en
titled to snch protection as is afforded our own
citizens. While, therefore, the losses of indi
viduals, private Spanish subjects, are greatly
to be regretted, yet it is understood tbat many
American citizens suffered equal losses from
the same came, and these private individuals,
BubjecU of her Catholic Majesty, coming vol
untarily to reside in the United States, have
certainly no cause lor complaint if they are
protected by the same laws and the same ad
ministration or law as native-born citizens of
this country. They have, in fact, some advan
tages over citizens of the State in which they
happen to be, inasmuch as they are enabled,
until they become cltnens themselves, to pros
ecute lor any injuries done to their persons or
property in the courts ot the United States or
the State courts at their election.'
The Generosity of Congress.
"It is proper, however, to add that two years
after Mr. Webster wrote the foregoing note,
Congress, in recognition of certain magnani
mous conduct on the part of the Queen of
Spain in pardons bestowed upon Americans
who had unjustifiably Invaded the island of
Cuba, enacted a joint resolution, approved by
President Fillmore, March 3, 1853, the last day
of his terra, indemnifying the Spanish Consul
and other Spanish subjects for the losses sus
tained m the New Orleans mob of 185L The
consideration an which this resolntion was
passed were held not to contravene the original
position of Mr. Webster, shared also by Presi
dent Fillmore.
The right to judicial remedy which Mrv,
Webster assured to the Spanish subjects Is
likewise assured to the Italian subjects. The
subject is specially guaranteed in the second
section oi tue inira article ol the Constitution.
And as Mr. Webster points out, the resident
alien has a privilege which Is denied to the
citizen. The widows and children of the citi
zens who lost their lives by mob violence may
sue the leaders and members of the mob only
in tbe court of the State of Louisiana, while
the widows and children ot tbe Italian subjects
who suffered death have tbe right to sue each
member of tbe mob. not onlv in the State
courts, but also before the Federal tribunals
for the district of Louisiana.
"The Government of the United States would
feel justified in resting on the argument and
conclusion of Mr. W ebster it tbe mob of March
11. 1SS1, did not in some of its characteristics
differ from tbe mob of 1851. But it s due to
entire candor, due to thl Government and due
to the Government nf Italy, to point nut cer
tain diffeicnces of which the Government of
the United States is honorably bound to take
notice.
Soino Difference Between the Mobs.
"In the case of fhe mob of 1S5L Mr. Webster
asserts that 'no personal injury was offered to
anyone;' that 'tho police and other legal
authorities did all that was possible to preserve
the peace and arrest tho rioters;' that 'the mob
acted in tbe heat of blood and not in pursuance
of an) predetermined plan or purpose ot In
jury or irnult:' that 'the mob was composed of
irresponsible persons, the names of noiio of
whom are known to the Government of tbe
United States nor. so far as the Government is
informed, to its officers or agents in New Qr-
"As promptly at possible after the lamentable
w
occurrence In New Orleans the President di
rected the Attorney General to canse, through
his denartmenc a foil inntiirv to bo made into
all facts connected therewith and solicited his
opinion whether any criminal proceedings
would lie under the federal laws in the Federal
Courts agnlnst persons charged with tbe killing
of Italian subjects. He has not jet received
an official report. If it be found tbat a prose
cution can be maintained nnder the statntes of
tho United States the cae will be presented to
the next grand jury, according to tbe usual
methods of criminal administration. Bnt if it
snail be found, as seems probable, that criminal
Eroceedings can only be taken in the courts of
ouisiana. the President ran in this direction
do no more than to urge upon the State officers
tbe dutv of promptly bringing tbe offenders to
trial. This was done in bis telegram to the
Governor of Louisiana as early as the 15th of
March.
"If it shall result that the case, ba prosecuted
only in the State Courts of Louisiana, and tbe
usual judicial investigation and I procedure
under the criminal law is not resorted to, it
will then be the duty of the United States to
consider whether some other form of redress
may be askea. It Is understood that the State
grand jury is now investigating tbe affair, and
while it is possible that tbe jury may fall to
present Indictments, tbe United States cannot
assnme tbat such will be tbe case. Tbe United
States did not by the treaty with Italy become
the Insurer of tbe lives or property of Italian
subjects resident within our territory. No
Government Is able, however high its civili
zation, however vigilant its police supervision,
however Severn its criminal code, and however
prompt and inflexible its criminal administra
tion, to secure its own citizens against violation,
individual malice or sudden popular tumult.
Aliens and Citizen Must Share Alike
"The foreign resident must be content in
such cases to share the same redress tbat is
offered by tbe law to tbe citizen, and has no
just cause of complaint or right to ask tbe in
terposition of his country, if tbe courts are
equally open to him for tbe redress of his in
juries. The treaty in tho first, second, third,
and, notably, in the twenty-third articles, clear
ly limits tho rights guaranteed to the citizens
of the contracting powers in tbe territory of
each to equal treatment, and to free access to
the courts of justice. Foreign residents are
not made a favored class. It is not believed
that Italy would desire a more stringent con
struction of her duty under the treaty. Where
the injury Inflicted upon a foreign resident is
not the act of tbe Government or its officers,
but of an individual or of a mob, it is believed
that no claim for indemnity can justly be made
unless It shall be made to appear that the pub
lic authorities charged with tho peace of the
community have connived at tho unlawful act,
or, having timely i.otice of tbe threatened dan
ger, have been guilty of such gross negligence
in taking the necessary precautions as to
amount to connivance. ,
"If, therefore, it shonld appear tbafsmong
those killed by trie mob at New Orleans there
wore some Italian subjects who were resident
or domiciled In that city, agreeably to our
treaty with Italy and not in violation of our
immigration laws, and who wore abiding in tbe
peace of the United States and obeying tbe
iaws thereof and of the State of Louisiana,
and that the public officers charged with tbe
duty ot protecting life and property in that
city connived at tbe work ol tbe mob, or upon
proper notice of information of tho threatened
dancer failed to take any steps for tbe preser
vation of the public peace, and afterward to
bring the guilty to trial, the President -would,
under snch circumstances, feel that a case was
established that shonld be submitted to the
consideration ot Congress with a view to the
relief of the families of the Italian subjects
who had lost their lives by lawless violence.
"Accept, sir, tbe renewed assurance of my
high consideration. James G. Blaine."
The next move of the Italian Government
will be awaited with great interest, to say the
least. Liqiitneb.
SOUNDS LIKE SARCASM.
America Charged With Lack of Sympathy
With Italy's Patriotic Angnlih.
London, April 15. The A'eics condemns
America's treatment of Italy, and says:
"It mnst be fine sport for Mr. Blaine. The
melancholy business has been characterized
throngbout by an utter want ot sympathy with
Italy's patriotic anguish."
FAKISS EVEN IN HOME.
A Story That Italian Newspapers Are Re
fused Entry in This Country,
London. April 15. The CliionicW Rome
Correspondent says that a number of Italian
newspapers have beeji. Tatnmed with the offi
cial 'New York postat stamp, declaring that
entry into the United States was forbidden.
SHE WANTS REVENGE.
ANNA DICKINSON INTENDS TO PEOCEED
WITH HEB SUIT.
She Hopes That Lawyer Hummel Will
Smite With the Sword of the Lord the
People Who Made Her Suffer Her
Charges Against Snsan.
rsrSCIAt. TKZ.EGBAJC TO TUB DISPATOrt.
New York, April 15. Anna Dickinson
came to town again to-day to prosecute her
plans for bringing retribntlon upon those
who secured her confinement for five weeks
in the Danville, Pa., insane asylum. She
still makes her home voluntarily at Dr.
Seward's private sanitarium at Goshen, and
she will remain there for tbe present.
She spent au hour or two this
afternoon with Abe Hummel, her
lawyer, and while there she described
with characteristic vigor some of the
iniquities which she says have been
heaped upon her. She has apparently re
gained her bodily health, which she says
was much Impaired at tbe time of her com
mitment to the asylum.
She insists that she was dragged from her
home and imprisoned without any shadow
of justification, and she has lost none of
her bitter resentment against her sister,
Susan, for her course in the matter. Miss
Dickinson was asked what motive her sister
could have had In causing her Incarceration.
"I don't know," she Baidj'the trial will de
velop that. I will tell you one thing, however,
and that is, mv sister ha3 been a semi-mad
woman for years."
"What symptoms of insanity has she
shown?"
"Ihe trial will show. I'll prove it then. I
hope Mr. Hummel will smite these people with
tbe sword of the Lord and of Gideon. I suf
fered enough in those five weeks to drive most
any sane woman Insane. Now I want retribu
tion and a reform of tbe system which makes
such outrages possible."
Miss Dickinson will remain for the present at
Goshen, but she expects witbln a fortnight to
tell the story of her wrongs on a public plat
form. "I consider it my duty to let the light
into tbe dreadful place in which I was impris
oned," she declares. "Light must be admitted
to the inside, as one In my position can do it.
No other way will suffice to expose tho horrors
of such a place. Besides, I am sadly in need of
money upon which to live and with which to
punish those who brought this suffering on
me."
Howe t Hummel have sent a demand for
Miss Dickinson's property to her sister. They
have not decided yet what form their proceed
ings against those Mho were instrumental In
imprisoning Miss Dickinson will take.
ANARCHISTS FASS 2ES0LTJTI0NS.
JohnMost's Crowd Denounce the Hanging
of tho Braddock Rioters.
NEW YORK, April 15. Anarchist John Most
was cheered to-night by a mass meeting in
Cooper Union to protest against tbe killing of
Hungarian Btrlkers in Pennsylvania. These
resolutions were adopted:
That the three negroes who are to be hanged
at Baltimore are the victims of tbe cruel slave
holding class, and their only crime was a de
mand for life. We demand therefore their im
mediate relief. We declare, furthermore, that
tho judicial murder about to be perpetrated on
tbe three Hungarians at Pittsburg, is also a
crime similar to the executions of November II,
1SS7.
Resolved, also. That the atrocious crime com
mitted by the wealthy rowdies at New Orleans
on eleven defenceless Italians, was a murder
that calls for aggressiro action.
DEPRESSED BY GBHH GBIP.
The Son of a Prominent Railroad Man
Mysteriously Disappears.
Chicago, April 15. Friday last John K.
Fish, son ot General Solicitor Fish, of the St.
Paul Railway, came downtown with his room
mate and parted Kb him, saying he was going
to see his lather.
Since this time nothing has been seen or
heard of him by any of his friends. He has
been suffering with the grip, and for a few days
before his disappearance was very much depressed.
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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, " 1891.
IN A FRENCH CO'UKT
The Mackay-Bonynge Social War
is Now Being Carried on.
RATHER SENSATIONAL FEATDRES.
Prince Bismarck Falls of an Election on
the First Ballot.
ACTRESS HART ANDERSON A MOTHER
fBT SUXLAP'S CABLE COMPACT.!
Paris, April 16. It is seldom that tbe
Neuvieme chamber de la police correction
able is honored by such a distinguished au
dience as-ossembled there this afternoon to
witness the trial of Leopold Grabame, the
director, and Blondeau, tbe manager of
Galignanis Messenger npon the charge of
having libeled Mr. John W. Mackay, of
american bonanza fame.
It was the question of this particular
libel that attracted this crowd, but it has
been understood for some time past that, in
this case, an effort would be made, to fasten
on Mr. Bonynge the authorship of the long-talked-of
onslaughts, libels and calumnies
that have so persistently poured on the
heads of Mr. and Mrs. Mackay. The host
of sensation seekers was not disappointed,
for a more interesting afternoon has seldom
been passed in the Palais de Justice.
The case was called at 2:30 o'clock, when
both Grahame and Blondeau took their seats
in chairs provided for them immediately
under the Judge's desk. Grahame appeared
greatly agitated. In cases of this kind the
mode of procedure in France differs widely
from America. Witnesses are seldom
called npon, the acte d'Accnsation being
sustained by sworn facts and affidavits
which the counsel brilliantly expounds and
explains.
Mackay Has a Good Lawyer.
In this case Mr. Mackay bad provided
himself with a counsel in tbe person of Mr.
Leon Clery, one ot the most eloqnent ad
vocates at the French bar.Mr. Clery opened
the case by apologizing for coing so far
back, but he should review Mr. Mackay's
life from the beginning. This he did in a
simple, telling way. He spoke of great
mines that many other men had abandoned, I
but which Mr. Mackay's genlns and enterprise
had turned to profit. He alluded to the man's
gentlo character, immense wealth and great
generosity, merely speaking or his weaitn as
an illustration that, with worldly-advantages
far beyond the average, he still retained his
unaffected simplicity.
Then he alluded to tbe persistent calumny
with which of late years bis life had been
sbadowed, how bis wife bad been pilloried in
newspapers and pamphlets In tbe most insult
ing terms, and how, in fact, his happiness had
beon clouded by hidden enemies who had laid
in wait to do him injury at every turn. Clery
then openly charged Mr. Bonynge with the
authorship of these attacks, and declared that
absolute proof existed in Mr. Mackay's hands,
showing that Mr. Bonynge had persistently
and maliciously pursued Mr. Mackay's every
step.
He alluded to Mr. Bonynge as a groom and c
horse boy, and be said it was while Mackay
was smarting under ihe positive knowledge
tbat Mr. Bonynge had caused to be published
in a New York paper an article assailing Mrs.
Mackay that, on meeting him at the Nevada
Bank, he knocked hl'm down.
The Article That Caused the Row.
The article upon which the recent action Is
brought was a rehash of one that caused tbe
rumpus in San Francisco, with this difference,
that the editor of QaUgnanCt Mttstngtr added
comments which practically acoused Mr.
Mackay of having mercilessly pursued Mr.
Bonynge's daughter, who, as tbe editor said,
was a young girl of 18.
Clery made his first sensation bv thundering
ont that he charged Bonynge with being thtMj.
luairecx cause oi tue pnoiications oi una ar
ticle, as he bad proofs to show that it was done
at the Instance of Bonynge's solicitor, Mr.
Humphreys. He then produced a lengthy affi
davit, signed Clifford Millage, sub-editor of
QaUgnantt JUeuenfftr which, when stripped
of legal verbiage, stated that the
article In question was passed to
the printer's bands contrary to tbe
usage of the paper, by Mr. Grahame without
the knowledge of tbe sub-editor nor we. o the
proof-sheets submitted to him to correct. To
tbe best of belief Mr. Humphrey saw the arti
cle before it was published.
Mr. Millace asked Mr. Grahame next day,
why ho bad done this, and Mr. Grabame
answered, "1 intend to go for Mackay." There
was also read the affidavit of George Hastings,
ot New York, which told ot certain press tran
sactions reflecting upon Mr. Bonynge. Follow
ing this tbe attorney read the affidavit of
Acurtis Bond accompanied by manuscript,
telegrams and letters sent to him by Mr.
Bonynge and all to the sorious detriment of
Mr. Mackay.
The Excuse for Publicatloq.
When tbe affidavits and other criminating
documents had been laid before the Court, the
Judge ordered Grahame to stand up and put
the accused through a rigid examination. Mr.
Grahame was asked whether it was true that
he had been instrumental in publishing the
article, and he admitted that it was. Tbe Judge
then asked him to explain how he came to do
it, and Mr. Grahame said: "Tbe clipping was
handed me as coming from another paper, and
I printed It in bona fide on the positive assur
ance of Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor who was
acting for Mr. Bonynge, that all the assertions
made therein were absolutely true and bad
been verified, and I submitted a proof of tbe
article to Mr. Humphreys before printing it"
"Do you appreciate what you are saying?"
the Judge asked. "I do." Mr. Grahame an
swered, "and I declare that I had no personal
malice against Mr. Mackay In the slightest
degree, and I offered every possible retraction
when I found Mr. Mackay was not satisfied
with my printed apology in the issue ol my
paper of March 18."
No further witnesses wore called and tbe
case rested at tbe conclusion of Mr. Graham's
examination. The defendant had an able law
yer and made the best possible defense against
very serious odds, but the evidence as presented
against Mr. Bongs was regarded as damaging.
Judgment was reserved until Wednesday next,
but the lawyers consider it a foregone con
clusion tbat Mr. Grabame will be found guilty.
Tbe only serious results, of course, will fall
upon Mr. Bonynge, for if Mr. Grahame is con
victed, it will put an end to the long social war.
fare between the Mackays and tbe Bonynges
and put all Us onus upon Mr. Bonynge. This
will mean his social ostracism in England.
HE ALT-VS. PARNELL.
The Former Publicly Renews His Challenge
to His Former Leader.
London, April 15. In the House of Com
mons to-day tbe bill making permanent the
closing of public houses in Ireland on Sundays,
and including In its scope tbe cities of Dublin,
Cork, Belfast, Watorford add Limerick, passed
Its second reading by a vote of 248 to 31 Dar
ing tbe course of tbe debate, which preceded
the vote on the bill, Mr. Parnell protested
against applying tbe measures set forth in it to
the city ot Cork or other Irish cities.
Maurice Healy, one of the members for Cork
City, Mr. Parnell being the other member, at
tbe conclusion of Mr. Parnell's speech, assured
the JIouso that Mr. Parnell did not upon this
or upon other questions represent tbe city of
Cork, adding: "ir he wants to test the truth
of my words, let him keep his promise made to
his constituents and lace me in a contest for re
election." Cheers and laugbter.l
ITALY AND THE DRELBUND.
Rndlni Desires Italy to Be Neutral Be
tween France and Germany.
PARIS, April 15. The Marquis dl Rudini has
forbidden tbe Government organs to refer to
the question of tbe renewal of tbe
Dreibund. It is stated that ho desires that the
treaty of alliance be modified so as to enable
Italy to remain neutral in the event of war be
tween France and Germany.
The Miuister.of War has summoned a confer
ence of tbe commanders of all military railway
centers in Italy to discuss general mobilization
plans.
SHE OWES 878,915.
Grace Hawthorne, the American Actress,
Declared a Bankrupt,
BT SUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.I
London. April 15. In the bankruptcy de
partment of the High Court of Justice, this
morning, a summary order was Issued by tbe
receiver in the affairs of Miss Graeo Haw
thorne. the American actress.
As Miss Hawthorne's liabilities aro 15,783
(nearly 78,915), with no available asset", she
makes no proposal and has been adjudged a
bankrupt.
BISMARCKNOTELECTED.
A SECOND BALLOT WILL PB0BABLY BE
NECESSARY.
The Socialistic Candidate Gives Him a Close
Shave and May Come Oat Ahead Re
turns Show the Ex-Chancellor Slightly
Behind Two Minor Candidates.
Beelik, April 15. The polling at Gees
temunde to-day for a member of the Bcichs
tag has been active throughout the 71 dis
tricts forming that constituency. A large
number of votes has been cast. The result
will not be known before to-morrow evening
at tbe earliest. The Socialistic members of the
Freisinnige party'are hopeful tbat Bismarck
will not be returned without a second ballot.
Returns from 40 districts give the following
figures: Bismarck, 3,223: Schmalfield, Social
ist, 8,204; Adolff, Freistnninge, 1.630; Plate,
Guelph, 1,890. It is probable that a supple
mentary ballot will be necessary between Bis
marck and Schmalfield.
THE MANLPTJRIS WAR
A Large Part of the British Army Advanc
ing on the Insurgents.
Calcutta, April 15. More serious fighting
is looked forward to in the near f uturo be
tween tbe British troops and the insurgent
Manipuris. Profiting by the delay of the Brit
ish troops in advancing to the front, the Mani
puris are erectisjfc stone stookades, digging
rifle-pits, and in other ways preparing to give
tbe British a warm reception. Several British
regiments are on their way to the front.
General Urabam was last reported as advanc
ing via Tamu. General Collett was also re
Sorted as advancing from NIgriting, on tbe
rahmapautra. The sending to tbe front of
such a force of British troops shows how serious
tbe situation is, and tbat the British authori
ties recognlzo the fact tbat a crushing blow
must be struck against the Manipuris in order
to restore lost prestige to British arms.
ANOTHER VACANCY
In tho Long List of Tory Seats to Be Con
tested Before Long.
rnr burlap's cable coupant.i
London, April 15. Mr. Edward Greene, the
Tory member of Parliament for Stowmar-
ket, Suffolk. 12 miles from Ipswich, died this
morning, thus adding to the long list of Con
servative seats that will be contested in the
near future.
It Is thought quite probable that the Liber
als will be able to capture the constituency.
THEY WON'T EXHIBIT.
Austrian Furniture Makers Very Sore Over
the McKlnley Law.
1BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.I
Vienna, April 15. Ihe society that repre
sents tho makers of artistic fnrnlture and
picture frames here has decided not to ex
hibit at the Columbian Fair at Chicazo unless
the Austrian government gives Its official sup
port to the enterprise and succeeds in obtaining
from the American Governmeut certain ameli
orations in the working of tbe McKmley law.
Live Figs to Be Admitted.
fBT TUHLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.
Berlin, April 15. The Jforddeuticher
Ztitung announces that live pigs from the
United States will be admitted into Germany
after examination by a commission of in
spection at the port of entry. This is said to
be a prelude to the admission of American salt
pork.
Mary Anderson Navarro a Mother,
3 . "JS MA - VvAAtan. UUKj jur.l -"!.
iflHnoa, Apru IQ.P mspatcn just recolved
from Bournemouth states that Mary Anderson
Navarro gave birth to a baby, sex not stated
on Monday night at tbe Metropole Hotel, West
Cllffe, Bournemouth, where she has been stay
ing for several weeks.
Tapper inTEngland.
nil DUNLAF'S CAkLE COUPANT.I
Liverpool, April 15. Sir Charles Tupper,
the High Commissioner for Canada In Lon
don, landed from the Tentouio to-day, and at
once proceeded to the metropolis. He de
clared tbat he had really nothing to say.
Emperor William Angry.
Berlin, April 15. The Emperor has ordered
that a list of the officers who took part in the
military races on Sunday be presented to him.
He is very indignant over the matter.
A Cabinet Crisis in Portugal.
Lisbon, April 15. The entire Cabinet has re
signed. Tbe King will announce action to
row. TJNDEB OHIO LAW.
Mrs. J. G. Blaine, Jr., May Bring Suit For
Divorce in Columbus.
rSPECIAL TSLIOBAK TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Columbus, April 15. Mrs. James G. Blaine,
Jr., is bere,consultlng ber attorneys on tbe point
whether she has lost her residence In Ohio,
and if not she will bring ber suit lor divorce in
this county, on the ground of abandonment.
The three years absence and failure to sup
port required under tho Ohio law will have
expired next September.
If the attorneys decide the suit cannot be
brought here, Mrs. Blaine will proceed to the
We9t as she originally intended.
WANTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
A Peculiar Farmers' Alllanco Letter Sent
to Lieutenant Govornor Jones.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Yore, April 15. Lieutenant Governor
'Jones found a htghly Interesting letter in his
mall one morning last month from the "Office
of L. L. Polk, President National Farmers'
Alliance and Industrial Union, 511 Ninth street,
N. W., Washington, March 8, 1691."
It was marked "private and personal." In it
tho writer proceeds to state the nature and
aims of the "Independent Order of American
Citlzeps," and closes as follows: "We propose
to enter your State and organize it, II you
aesire our aia, you win assist us in a nnancial
way. Our literature will be spread all over
your State. If you desire our aid. write mo at
once. If you do not desire our support, per
haps some others will. A failure to hear from
you will be considered inimical to us, and we
will act accordingly. Yonrs,
D. H. RlTTENHOUSE,
Secretary I. O. A. C.,'701 Massachusetts ave
nue, N. E.
( Inclosed in this remarkable epistle was Rit
tenhouse's card. Below his name wasprinted,
"Secretary to President L. U. Polk." Through
the latter line had been faintly drawn an almost
invisible line with a pen. The letter was writ
ton upon the official paper of tbe President, of
the Alliance, and Rlttenbonse clearly meant to
convey tbe improssiou tbat he was tbe Secre
tary and representative of tbat gentleman.
ENDING HIS B0EB0W.
A Father Kills Himself Near the Grave of
DJj Daughter.
SPECIAL TELEOBAK TO THE DISPATCH.!
New York, April 15. Joseph Zuckerman,
aged 0, shot and killed himself to-day near tbe
grave of his daughter, which was just Inside
tbe Kings county line. In tho Salem Fields
Cemetery at Cypress Hill. His daughter, Mrs.
Rose Blum, her husband and a niece bad been
interred in the plot, Mrs. Blum's death oc
curred a short time ago, and after the funeral
Zuckerman's visits to the cemeterv became
frequent. The death of bis daughter preyed
on bis mind.
Mr. Zuckerman was SS years old. He was
born in Berlichingen, Buabia. When the Con
solidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange was
organized he became a member, and opened an
office at 20 Broad street. He dealtin no particu
lar line ot stocks, but did a miscellaneous busi
ness. Wisconsin Direct Tax Rofundlng Accepted
Madison, Win, April 15-The House to-day
passed by a strictly party vote the bill accept
ing the direct tax from the Government, the
Arayuwuutiu TWUUfi BgauiOb lip
TOO MUCH WHIPPING
And Too Little Substantial Food
at the Morganza Re
form School.
RESULTS OF AN INQUIRY.
Tho Punishment in Many Cases
' Declared to Have Been Brutal.
NEARLY A HUNDRED LASHES GIVES
A Radical Difference Found Between Theory
and Practice.
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS
IFEOH A STAPP COnnESPONDEXT.l
Harijisbueo, April 15. The report of
Ellwood O. Wagenhnrt, an agent detailed
by the joint commission to investigate the
charities and corrections of the State, to in
spect the Morganza, shows a bad condition
of affsirs in that institution.
Mr. Wagenhurt says that in buildings,
equipment and location the Morganza leaves
little to be desired. The schoolrooms are
as well equipped as the best in the State.
The bedrooms are well aired, lighted and
heated, but some are excessively crowded.
The beds are clean and the clothing changed
weekly.
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uncomfortable, the BO or 60 boys in ouq
division bathing In a tank containing abou
two feet of water, the water being un
changed. The clothing appears sufficient,
bnt tbe inspector objects to the boys being
compelled to work out of doors in summer
without shoes. The dining rooms are bare
and unattractive.
Objection, to the BUI of Fare.
The breakfasts and suppers consist of tea,
bread and molasses, butter being served in
stead of molasses three times a week. Meat
is served at dinner four times a week, sonp
on the other three. Vegetables from the
garden are served in season. Boys com
plained of the quality of the food and the
.unclean way in which it was prepared. The
Industrial Department is admirable, brush
making, tailoring and shoemaking being
the principal occupations.
The Inspector complains that boys of 10
or 11 years, engaged in brnsb making, were
compelled to finish their tasks with hands
and fingers absolutely raw. The work done
in the farm gave excellent opportunity to
learn every branch of farming.
Mr. Wagenhun emphatically protests
against the extreme disciplinary methods
used. Whippings are inflicted which can
only be characterized as brutal. The first
information was received from convicts in
the Western Penitentiary, who had first
been at Morganza. Convict Sweeny, No.
8817 had been in Morganza from 1885 to
1837, He asserted that jcruel whippings for
sli get offenses were inflicted with
Long Straps Soaked In Oil
and supplied with rubber ends. Sweeny
said the penitentiary was "heaven compared
with Morganza." A female prisoner who
had been cent to the penitentiary for at
tempting to burn Morganzs, said she had
done it from sheer desperation. She had
been badly fed and treated, and would do the
same thing1 over again were she taken back.
Investigation at Morganza bore ample testi
mony to the cruelty. A frail boy of 10 years
showed black and blue welts on his sides and
abdomen. In several places tbe skin bad been
completely taken off in narrow cuts two inches
long. Ithad been done with a leather strap,
tbe blood following the blows. His offense had
been talking in the dormitory. Williams, aged
16, showed great ridges cut on his back and
sides, from which the blood had been drawn.
He had frequently been whipped until heconld
hardly stand up.
Steele, said to be half silly, had been whipped
until tbe blood came;"all cut to pieces," tbe
boys said, and then sent to his home at Roches
ter, Beaver connty. Samuel C. Beattv, of Fay.
ette county, had been given 85 stripes for noise
in the dormitory, the skin being cut throngh
until he bled. The scars remained. He bad
not been able to work for four weeks.
This whipping was inflicted by one Ford.
Nearly a Hundred Strokes Given.
Smathers bad received 96 strokes, the blood
soaking through his shirt. Although several
weeks had passed tbe marks were plainly
visible. One boy was found in a cell where he
had been placed for running away. He was
crying bitterly, and told Superintendent Quay
that he was "as weak as a dog." He claimed
tbat he was hungry, having been in the cell
from Monday until Wednesday, receiving for
food one slice of bread a day. Before being put
in the cell he bad been whipped, and exhibited
tbo welts on his body. Mr. Quay said tbat
prior to his running away he had been one of
tbe most trusty boys in the school.
Superintendent Quay stated that in caseot
continued Infractions of the rnles the boys were
locked up several days on bread and water, re
maining in tbo cells night and day. On ex
treme cases corporal punishment is resorted to.
Mr. Quay saying: "'When we thrash them, we
thrash4hem so that they won't want another
right away."
Theoretically no boy may be whipped with
out specific orders from tbe superintendent,
bnt the boys claim that the whipping is done
first and tbe report made out afterward and
tbe action ratified. The lash used is four feet
long, an inch wide at thev end, winding ronnd
the hand and tapering to a point, It is made
of raw hide. When boys aro let out to persons
on parole, while it is provided for that the boy
fulfill bis part of the obligation, there is no one
to see that the employer does his. Tbe objec
tion to the food supplies is based upon long
hours of physical and mental labor and an im
proper amount of nourishing food.
Whero Fanlt Is Pound.
Tbe reports conclude by raying tbat in equip
ments and regulations for cultivating Industry,
facilities for learning, etc., there Is little to be
desired, but in tbe fostering and cultivation of
those minor elements which go to build up real
upright character, the institutions seem to be
at fault. Love, kindness, tenderness,- are
words not in the Morganza vocabulary. All is
rigidity and force. The basis of reform is
force. It is too much like a cast iron mold,
into which every boy Is forced and made to fit.
Snperintendent Quiy seems to Enow little of
the boys individually. AU that is left to tbe
subordinate officers, who, In many instance,
aro not the men one would liko to see tho bead
of a family. The only respect the boys havo
for the officers is inspired by fear, not affection.
The institution has all the ontward parapher
nalia of reform, but In tbe agent's opinion, not
the true spirit.
With regaTB to the girjs' department, tbe re
port states that no trades are taught the girls
whereby they could earn a living after leaving
tbe institution. Nearly all are put to work In
the brusbsbop. They appear to bate their
h ork, and there was not a straight back among
those employed there, all being round
shouldered from tbe work. Two girls, Naomi
Chappelle and Cora Geiger, showed the in
spector black and blue stripes from having
been beaten with a rattan. The dinner, on ttm
day of the visit, consisted of watery so'op,
faifiiwSitiiiiiliii'iiiii.
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ALL ABOARD FOR 1892.
boiled potatoes, raw leeks, bread and butter.
Tbe inspector does not regard the food as at all
sufficient for growing girls who have to work as
do those detained at Morganza.
Tho girls' department is in poor condition,
and the laundry, in which 27 girls work, is pro
nounced unsafe. The matron and superin
tendent of the laundry are gentle and kind; the
girls are genuinely attached to them. The
matron receives 32 per month and the super
lntendenronly S20. Henrt Hall.
DENIED THE CHABOE OF CRUELTY.
Joseph Alhree, a Member of the Board, Says
Morganza Is Well Managed.
Mr. Joseph Albree, a member of the Board of
Management, was seen at his residence at a late
hour last night, and Informed of tho tenor of the
report. He said ho knew nothing of the matters
mentioned excepting what be saw In tbe news-
-tftrs- Hn fiaffl tin had hnnn nnwell for ftnmA
9v"d bad not been able to pay much atten-
ffio hnsiness of the Institution; he had
'J rn 'or several weeks.
te
) A general coargcaoi crneuy
mau 'Or,- -. queried.
"Thej "'0y ? c Albree returned.
"As far as x -, & 3f- institution has been
properly manal M P don't believe there
has been any maltiv, ent of the inmates as
you say is charged in .be special agent's re
port.' Mr. Albree begged to be excused from
any further conversation, as he had retired and
did not feel well enough to take any risks by
remaining In tbe ball.
An attempt to talk with Mr. Wilson McCand
less, another of tbe board, proved abortive.
The household Aad retired, and a prolonged
jerking of the tintinnabulatory apparatus in
the wall was unsuccessful in arousing any of
tbe Inmates.
The residence of Thomas Wightman.another
member of the board, was visited with tbe
same result.
HORRIBLE BRUTALITY.
EASTERN PENTTENTIABY CHABGES
PABTXY BTJSTAINED, TOO.
Specific Accusations Now Mado Against
Warden Cassidy and the Keepers A
Report Has Also Been Made by Wagen
hurt In This Cae.
Philadelphia, April 15. Charges of
the practice of horrible brntality have been
preferred, with specific detail, against
Warden Cassidy and the keepers of tbe
Eastern Penitentiary. Bev. James Y. Ash
ton, who was for years the chaplain and
moral instructor in the institution, has made
the aUegatlons in a long statement, which he
-has submitted to the Roy burn Investigation
Committee of the Legislature.
The charges are an amplication of what Mr.
Ashton has previously said about tbo conduct
of tbe keepers, and they are to an extent cor
roborated by a report submitted by Edward O.
Wagenhnrt, who was employed by tho com
mittee to gather Information.
A CASE OF HERESY.
The Preshytery of Washington, Pa., Pre
fers Charges Against a Minister.
arrtCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PISPATCH.I
Wheeling. April 15. The Presbytery of
Washington, Pa., met at Burgettstown yester
day morning and adjourned to-day. David
Skilling was ordained a minister, and will
hereafter conduct Evangelistic work at Har
risburr. The overture on tbe method of changing the
confession of faith and form of government
wis adopted. Tbe first clause in tbe overturn
on deaconesses was rejected, and the second
clause, authorizing snch congregations as de
sire deaconesses to have tbera, was adopted.
The other three overtures were answered in
the affirmative. Regarding tbe Dr. Briggs'
case. Rev. James I. Brownson, of Wahlngton,
Pa., introduced a preamble ana resolutions,
which, after a long discussion, was adopted by
a nearly unanimous vote. Tho resolutions
reads:
"Resolved, That tho Presbytery'or Washing
ton hereby respectfully requests tbe General
Assembly, at its approaching meeting in De
troit, to institute such inquiry into the case as
tbe mutual obligations of ail parties and the in
terests of the Church at largo may demand."
The preamble charged Rer. Dr. Briggs with
having boldly advanced and advocated views in
outline of his scheme of instruction which, if
not in direct conflict with the standards of
Church, are at least calculated to create deep
concern throughout the Church, because of
their tendency to undermine the foundations
of our system of doctrine, and to unsettle and
distract the minds of candidates for the min
istry. CAKT GO BEHIND THE EETTJBN8.
Friends of Dr. Briggs Say the Presbytery
W1U Surely Acquit Him.
-HrXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS PISrATOTt.1
New York. April 15. The friends of Prof.
Briggs are by no means dismayed by tbe Pitts
burg Presbytery following the lead of that of
Philadelphia in asking for bis ecclesiastical
head on a theological charge. Whatever action
the cominc General Assembly might have felt
itself called on to take, is anticipated by
the appointment of last Monday's com
mittee of investigation by tbe New York
Presbytery. If tbat committee finds
tbe professor guiltless of heresy, as
It doubtless will, the General Assembly can't
very well go behind tbe returns. Each Presby
tery is judge of the orthodoxy of its ministers,
and all tbe General Assembly apparently can
do in tbe matter is to refuse to confirm bis ap
pointment to tbe chair of Biblical Theology in
the Union Theological Seminary, in connection
with which tbe address which has caused all
the fuss was delivered. It is even disputed
tbat it can do tbat. on tbe grouna that the ap
pointment was really bnt a transfer from one
professorship to another.
Tho only trouble with the Commission
formulating charges against Prof. Briggs ap-
Earently is tbat its ministerial members would
e subject to prosecution for disturbing tbo
peace of tbe churches if tbe charges were not
sustained. This at any rate would be the case
it an individual minister had so charged him,
and this fact is probably wbat prevented his
arraignment long since.
VETERAN REPUBLICANS MEET.
Thoy Adopt a Resolution That the Party
Should Eipouso Prohibition.
Boston, April li-yTlio reunion of veteran
Republicans was held in Treinont Temple to
day. Tbe occasion commemorates tbe twenty
sixth anniversary of tho death of Abraham
Lincoln and the thirty-seventh anniversary oi
the formation and naming of the Republican
party. The occasion is a reunion of anti
slavery sympathizers from 1813 to 166a.
Stephen M. Allen, President ot tbe conven
tion of 1854. presided. Among the Speakers
were ex-Governor Boatwell. George Harris, ex
Minister C. A. Phelps, Congressman Morse,
the veteran actor, James Bnrruugbs. Julia
Ward Houeakd Alice Stone Black ell. The
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the Imperative necessity of
the Immediate future of the Republican party
is united action on the part of its members for
the complete overthrow of the trafflo in In
toxicating uquors in sou nnte ana nation
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OPERATOBS ALAEMED
By the Report Tiiat All tbe Militia
Will Soon Be Withdrawn.
FRESH TROUBLE THEN EXPECTED.
More Men Kow at Work, bnt tha Strikers
Are KeceiYing- Aid.
THE 0DTC0ME DEFENDS UPON M0XEI
fPEOJI A STAJT COlinzSPONDXNT.l
Mt. Pleasant, April 15. The officers
of the Southwest Coal and. Coke Company
are very much alarmed at the report that
the tooops are to be removed from tbe field
Saturday or Monday. To-day the Messrs.
Bamsay visited headquarters and inter
viewed Colonel Hawkins on the subject.
Thev declare that shonld the militia be re
moved trouble is sure to follow. It is
thought that the present calm is sure to be
followed by an uprising of tbe strikers to
wreak vengeance for the killing of their
comrades.
The officers of the militia now in charge
here are of the opinion that they will
be ordered home in a very lew days, inas
much as the National Guard was never or
ganized for police duty, and the present
work seems to be mainly in that line. If
tbay do go away before the men return to
work there is good reason to believe that
they wilf have an opportunity to return.
More Breaks in the Ranks.
There was another slight increase to-day
in the number of men at work in the Con
nellsville coke region. From present ap
pearances one would judge that the strikers
are slowly weakening, though they may hold
out a week or two yet. Then there is a
possibility of a reaction in their favor if
they can secure the money now being'looked
for, and considerable was received to-day.
In this fight the coke workers are more
thoroughly organized than ever before, and
tbey are practically working under one
head. Every day reports of tbe condition ot
tbe strike are sent to all tbe companies' officers.
There is a report tbat some of the operators are
ready to break off and put their men back to
work, but apparently everything is solid,
though some of them are paying the old scalo
of prices.
At Painter to-day there are seven more men
at work than yesterday, thongh several men,
quit. This brines tbe total up to 93 men. in.
eluding tho bosses. Manager Brennan had In.
tended to start up another plant to-morrow, but
he decided to give all bis attention to those now
in operation and aUow men at his other works
who want to go to work again to take places at
Painter or Coalbrook.
Have Promised to Go to Workr
About 0 men have promised to go to work at
Painter to-morrow. It is said tbat one of the
labor leaders went to the office of the McClure
Company last evening and offered to furnish 75
men if they were allowed to take their old jobs
again. Mr. Brennan says tbat men wbo wens
to work for him will be allowed to keep their
jobs wben the strike ends. Heretofore these
men have been crowded out in the round up,'
and for that reason many have refused to go to
work for fear it would happen again.
At the company's store at Painter, a board-,
lug house has been fitted up, and allthemea
who so desire are allowed to stay there. Yef
terday 6(1 men bad dinner there, and a numbs?
sleep on mattresses on tho floor. AU the men
in the company's houses at Painter, wbo have
refused to go to work, were served with evlo--tlon
notices to-day. There were 80 of them,
served.
Early this morning a small crowd of boysj
and. men gathered a short distance from tbe
works at Painter, and with tbe aid of a few
drums, etc., made considerable noise. Several
shots were fired, but no damage was done. It
Is not known where theycamo from, but they
were unable to induce any of the Painter men
to join them.
A Little Joggling With Figures.
At Morewood to-day there were 105 men re
ported at work, though one of tbe bosses told
a friend confidentially that the real number
was S3, Including 20 bosses. He said there
were 23 in the pit and 40 In the yard. Anight
shift began to-night. Four Italians went to
work there. At the Fnck company's office in
Scottdale it was reported tbat 125 men were
working at Leisenring No. 2. This figure i
said to be exclusive of the bosses.
An attempt will probably be made to-morrow
morning to start up Leisenring No. L and a
great many of the old employes have promises
to go back to work at once. The officers ex
pect to start with at least 100 men. The Friclc
company reported an iocrease in their force
at all the works now in operation.
The labor people claim tbat they are still in
tbe ring and as money is coming in a little more
rapidly they aro prepared to put up a better
battle than tbey havo for the past few days.
Toe secretary of the local assembly in Mt.
Pleasant said this evening tbat be had received
200 to be distributed among his 101 members.
He says he is to receive that amount every day
as long as it is necessary to bold the men up.
Sore to Prolong the Strike.
With the assistance of this money the strike
can be prolonged very considerably and if the
cash keeps pouring in the men can certainly
win. It Is only a question of their being able
to keep their men well fed. Bat it will require
considerable money for tbat purpose, lu tbe
majority of strikes in this region the men have
come out victorious. There has been only one
strike longer than this one and that lasted only
11 weeks. The operators say tbey don't believe
tbe men will outlast that one, but the leaders
say tbey can stick a month or more yet.
Sheriff Ciawson was in town to-day to secure
several ottbe deputies who were in the firing
squad at Morewood to go to Green.burc to
morrow to testify before the Coroner's jury.
Only three of the meu are expected to go. A.
number of tbe friends of tbe dead men are
prepared to go to Greensburg and listen to the
testimony before the Coroner. They will re
turn and report to their friends here.
There was a meeting of abont 400 strikers at
Bessemer to-day to bear local( leaders talk on
the issues. The men were all enthusiastic, and
declaro that they are ready to stick it out for
some time to come. Resolutions were adopted
Indorsing tbe strike and the leaders.
Pabkeh.
EVICTING THE STRIKERS.
Deputies Meet With Resistance, but the
Sheriff Has No Trouble.
ISPECIAL TELEOBAJC TO TBE PISPATCS.1
TJniOntown, Pa., April 15. Sheriff McCor
mick Is bead over ears in tbe eviction business.
To-day the Sheriff and his deputies put out
three families at Leisenring No. 2. There was
no disturbance. At Morgan's station, how
ever, the work of eviction is not proceeding so
smoothly. The Sheriff received from there to
night the following telegram from one of bis
deputies:
"Cannot gam possession ot the houses with
out great trouble and danger. What shall I
dot"
The Sheriff telegraphed back to delay pro
ceedings until be came down in the morning;
Tbe Sheriff went up to Lelth to-night with sev
eral deputies to evict a number of families
there. He anticipates no trouble. To-morrow
will be a lively day. Evictions will take place
at a number of points. Wben the Sheriff Is
present It seems tbat the victims of tbe evic
tions submit quietly, but they rebel fiercely
against tho deputies. To-day was set for the
hearing in tbo cases of tbe Jlmtown rioter.
who are charged by aunt. V ilson Kosser with
conspiracy, riot and assault and bat
tery. The accused men, 27 in number, accom
panied by Messrs. Parker and Eager, of tbe
Executive Board, were here ready for a hear
ing, but their attorney, K- A. Hopwood,advised
them to waive a hearing and enter ball for
court, and asked tbat 100 ball be accepted for
each man. To this Messrs. Boyd and Umbel,
attorneys for the Frick Company, agreed.
John Lashka, the riotous Russian at Leisen
ring No. 2, who was tbe hero uf a daring escape
from the officers two weeks ago. wa arrested
here on the street to-day and lodged in jaiL
MONEY FOB STRIKERS.
James McBnde Returns From Columbus
With a Large Sum.
rSFECIAL TZLXGUAII TO TUE PIS PATCH. 1
Columbus, April 15. James McBrldo, of
the ConnellsTillo coke region, was here to-day
in consultation with tbe officers of the United
Mine Workers. He returned home to-night,
taking with him a large amount of money for
the support of the strikers. He said wben he
left the coke regions be felt somewhat dl.
couraged, but returned home with a more hope
ful view of the situation.
He beUeved if the strikers remained first
until after tho crisis ot May! the? would, wju
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