f
AFTER YOU HAVE MOVED
LET THE PUBLIC KNOV
WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED.
THE KVr.KY MORNING DISPATCH IS
THE BEST WANT DIRECTORY
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR.
ANARCHY'S RED FUG
To Be Unfurled Throughout the
Coke Country by Herr
Johann Most.
HE COMES WITHOUT A CALL.
Labor Loaders Do Not Want the
Eevolnlionarj Agitator, but
He Is on the Ground.
THE STRIKE SOW SEEMS STRONGER
Operators Ire Somewhat Discouraged by
the Bitter Stubbornness Displayed
by the Cokers.
IIILITAUI .CALLED OUT IT LEITU.
Sfce EbIsUtct IierontKtJ in H&kjug sn Erietfca
Cisses Eome Tcmpcruy Exatcarat,
let Ko Elocdsltd.
BOTH SIDIS EEKOUKCE TEE COEONEE'B VEEDICT
I TBOM A ETAFT CORBrsrOXDEJfT.'!
Scottdale, April 20. Herr Johann
Most will lend his assistance in the coke
troubles, and if he is allowed to get off any
of his fire-e3ting harangues in the region
the bombshell will burst from the hill top
and Taluable property be destroyed by the
torch. To-day he passed through this place
and sent a letter to labor headquarters to the
effect that he will return here to-morrow.
The grizzly old anarchist could make
things hum here if he were allowed to ad
dress the strikers in his characteristic style
of oratorv. There are hundreds of men here
who need but his inflammatory utterances
to start them out with the torch to avenge
their alleged wrongs. Smaller-calihered
men of Johann's ilk are responsible for the
bad work so far done, and it he is allowed
to traTei about here there will surely be work
for the deputies to do, and Winchesters will
come in good play.
Labor Leaders Do Not Want Dim.
An attempt will be made to prevent Most
making a tour of the region. The labor
leaders say they know nothing of his plans,
and will do nothing to help him.. It would
be well for them if they would prevent his
visit, as he could do more damage to their
cause by a half dozeuspeeches to the excited
miners and cokers than could be repaired in
years.
The week opens slightly favorable to the
eoke strikers, though the prospects for the
end of the affair are but little better than
last week. All the operators tilt jubilant
on Saturday, as they had dozens ot men
promise to go to work, but when this room
ing came very lew strikers were ready for
duty. Yesterday the bosses were scouring
the region on the outlook for men, and re
ported to their superintendents that they
had scores of promises, but their men failed
to go to work this morning. There are no
more men at work in the region to-day than
there were a week ago, and perhaps not as
many of the original strikers.
A Lot or roreigners Imported.
A lartre number of Italians have been
brousht in and put to work and there are
a large number of others who have quit
work. At 1'amter 10 Italians were put to
work and there were several other additions.
Two of the old men were not on hand, but
sent word that they were sick.
The Black Hills mine was started with
only six diggers and no ovens were charged
Jroni there to-day. They will begin charg
ing from there to-morrow. Dexter did not
start this morning as was expected. The
report from the H.C.Frick Coke Company's
Schoolhousi Fear Shaft H, Morewood,
Where Strikers Meet Xightly.
office was that while there were more men at
work than on Saturday, there were not as
many as was expected. Ko figure would be
given out. as Manager Lynch has decided
that he don't want it known how well he is
doing.
The same report came from the other com
panies, but the majority of them refuse to
make a statement as to the number of men
working. The labor men are very jubilant
to-day and say that the wind is at last
blowing their way.
Still a Difference In Figures.
They declare that the figures as to the in
crease at the various works are exaggerated
and in some cases there have been heavy
losses. Tbey claim that victory is near at
1 and and that some of the operators are
weakening. However near the truth this
may be, it is true some of the operators are
slightly discouraged at the slow progress
they are making in breaking the back of the
strike.
Manager Lynch, of the Frick Company,
is one of those who don't feel well over the
outlook, or at least he appears that wav.
To-day's happenings may have very little
to do with the end and there may be a big
reaction in favor of the operators at any
time.
Should the strike be declared off to
morrow not more than half the ovens would
be used, as there is not enough demand for
coke. The market is very much depressed
and if all the ovens were put in operation
the bottom would fall out entirely.
A Probable Cause or Trouble.
The importation of Italians will doubtless
cause trouble, as some of the men are pet
tine very warm on the subject. Yesterday
at Summit orer 3,000 men and boys congre
gated about the works. An attempt was
made to talk to the Italians, who were some
tiistance away,, but the superintendent made
igg -s
rk
so much noise by beating an iron coal wagon
with a hammer that they could not make
the men hear. In the crowd was a brass
band, and considerable noise was made, but
there was no damage done.
A crowd of men surrounded the house of
Wm. Allison of "West Overton, who works
at Painter, and made him and his family
very uncomfortable. Allison's wife will
have 19 of them arrested. Among the num
ber against whom informations will be made
are Bev. Hillery Ball, local Methodist
preacher; Frank Christnerol West Overton,
and Thomas Greenwood of Painter.
John Lisko, a Hungarian, made informa
tions against Superintendent John A. Asser
of Leisenring Ko. 1; Wm. Carroll, yard
boss; Isaac Hufiman, stable boss; Henry
Kurtz, chief clerk, and Frank Campbell,
constable, charging them with conspiracy,
assault and battery and shooting with in
tent to kill. They each gave bail in the sum
of $1,000 for their appearance at court.
The Charge Against tho Bosses.
Lisko alleges, he was sent for and went to
the office at Leisenring Ko. 1, where the con
stable confronted him with a warrant on a
charge of conspiracy and intimidation. He
wanted them to take him to his wile, so be
could tell her wnere he was going, but they
relused to do so. He further says that they
assembled and beat him. His wife followed
him to the office and opened a back window,
from Which he escapea. While he was run
ning away he alleges several of those charged
shot at him. Lisko was afterward rearrested
and gave bail iu the sum ot $1,300 for trial
at court in June.
There were no evictions at Morewood to
day, because Sheriff Clawson was too busy
to be here and his deputy decided to wait
till to-morrow to put the people out.
Michael Barrett, the labor leader, who is
amorce those to be evicted, said there would
be no trouble, as all were willing to go. j
Brtcfc
He says it is impossible.to secure houses in
town, as the majority of those who have
houses to let are in the power of the oper
ators, and will not rent them to strikers.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jnry.
There was considerable discussion abont
the verdict returned by the Coroner's jury
at ML Pleasant tbis afternoon. As the ver
dict didn't say anything except that the
deputies killed the men there was little to
be said by either side. However, the
strikers claim it ought to have been declarer
murder, and the other side say the deputii
should have been exonerated."
A meeting of strikers was to have been
held at Mt. Pleasant this afternoon after at
tending the funeral of Edward Eargley, but
the meeting did not materialize. Several
hundred men followed the dead coke worker
to his grave, but no attempt was made to
bold a meeting. The programme was ar
ranged witbou. consulting the district ofil
cers and the v decided not to allow it to comeLjtTe is still uoder-.'.bejloctor,3 :arv When
off.'
The labor men here report that the Cam
bria Iron and Steel Company tried to start
Mahoning and Atlas, but no one went to
work. They also claim that there was no
one at Leith, and that there were only one
miner and two cokers at work at Davidson.
They say a number of Swedes were at the
Parish mines, Dunbar, but the strikers con
vinced them that they were not coke work
ers and sent them to Greensburg. At Mor
rell 20 Italians were taken to the mines, but
the strikers got them to like sunshine better.
Pakkee.
FIGHTING THE SHERIFF.
T
WOMEN TTJBN OUT TO OPPOSE EVIC
TIONS BY M'COBMICE.
The Sheriff Orders Oat the Troops, "Which
Scares the Women Jand They Give In
Trainload of Prisoners and Women Slde
Tracked and Lost.
IBrlCIAL TELEOBAM TO Till DISrATCH.I
Uniontown, April 20. The boys of
Company C spent a quiet night at the
armory, and the forenoon passed without in
cident, but they were startled at 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon by an order from Sheriff Mc
Cormick to move at once to Leith. Sheriff
McCormick had gone up at 2 o'clock to
make several evictions, and the order to the
troops meant that there was trouble.
There was great excitement when it was
learned that the company had been ordered
out, and as the line of soldiers swept up the
Southwest Bailroad track, it was followed
by crowds ot excited people.
The Order Countermanded.
Midway up the track a deputy was seen
hnrrying toward them. He handed a note
to Captain Frasher, and, after reading it, the
Captain turned his command and marched
them into an open field, and it was known
to the great relief ot soldiers and spectators
that the emergency had passed. The troops
spent an hour and a half in drilling and re
turned to the armory.
The troubleat Leith arose over the deter
mination of Andy Dnnsko not to be evicted
peaceably and Andy was backed up by all
the Hungarian women in the neighborhood.
The Sheriff had evicted Joseph Hartman,
who offered no resistance, but when he at
tempted to enter Dunsko's honse he was
met by the women, who rushed at him and J
struck at him with their fists and any
weapons that came handy.
One brawny woman aimed a blow at the
Sheriff's head with a hatchet, which barely
missed its mark. The Sheriff was not ac
companied by a single deputy and did not
even have his revolver, so be withdrew,
rushed to the company office, armed him
self and sent a deputy to hurry up the
troops.
The cooler heads crowded around him and
implored him to countermand the order for
the troons, promising their assistance to
evict Dnnsko. The women were thoroughly
frightened at the prospect of the troops and
began to carry the goods out of Dunsko's
bouse themselves. After much persuasion
and good promises the Sheriff notified Cap
tain Frasher that the troops were not needed.
Restrained by the Leaders.
A mob of 200 collected Ji Leith early this
morning, when the men went to work, aid
Sheriff McCormick had been sent for in an
ticipation of trouble. The mob was de
termined to attack the men working in the
yard, and were with great difficulty re
strained by their leaders.
Several evictions will take place at Leith
to-morrow. Deputy Crawford went to
Leisenring Ko. 2 to-day to serve the in
junction "papers on 32 of the strikers en
gaged in the riot there on Saturday morn
ing. Closely in his wake came Constable
Chick to arrest the rioters. Twenty-six of
the latter were arrested and taken on board
the train by the constable, when their wives
and tbe wives of other strikers, to the number
of 40 or 60, poured into the two coaches and
took possession. The women refused to par
fj JPPwttg
their fare and then refused to get off, and
the trainmen, alter making n number of in
effectual efforts to unload them, finally ran
the train on a side track, cut off the coaches,
prisoners and nil, .and came on the engine
to Vance's Mills Junction and reported the
situation to railroad headquarters.
The Train Load Lost.
The engineer broughtthe engine to Union
town with Constable Chick and three of his
prisoners aboard. Kothing has been heard
of the trainload left behind.
Late to-night a telephone message was
sent from Lamont to Leisenring Ko. 2 noti
fying the deputies and company officials
there that 250 strikers had just left Lamont
for Leisenring. Ko men were working at
the latter place to-day. In the south end of
the region everything has been quiet to
day, except at Leith. The water tank at
Kyle has been repaired and work resumed.
COEEECTING AH EBBOB.
Troops Were Not Withdrawn From West
moreland County on Arrangement.
lErECIAL. TELEOIIAM TO THE DISrATOH.l
Uniontown, April 20. Adjutant Gen
eral McClelland wishes to correct the im
pression that has gotten out, to the effect
that the troops were withdrawn from West
moreland county on the strength of an
agreement between the strikers and' the
authorities that there should be
no more lawlessness. Concerning this he
said to-night, "I see that several newspapers
have assumed editorially that the with
drawal of the Tenth and Eighteenth regi
ments was the result of an understanding
that lawlessness should cease. This is alto
gether erroneous, as there was no under
standing directly or remote with anybody.
Row at Morewood Where Evictions Will Occur
Indeed, it would be difficult to imagine with
whom such understanding could be had.
"The tworegimentswere withdrawnon the
belief that their presence was no longer nec
essary, but the continuance on duty of Cap
tain Loar's company at Mt. Pleasant was
considered wise. The call of Sheriff Mc
Cormick for assistance shows that no mis
take -was made. The two boxes of" extra
tmmunition sent by Colonel Hawkins to
Ciptain Frasher arrived this afternoon, and
the boys are now well equipped."
CAPTAIN LOAB'S COMPACT
Was to Have Been Withdrawn To-Day,
But Is Now Ordered to Remain.
rtPECTAI. TELZOBAM TO THE DIEPATcnl
Uniontown, April 20. The flurry at
Leith was the only thing to-day to disturb
Adjutant General McClelland's equanimity,
information reached him that Sheriff Mc
Cormick had called on Company C
for help, he hurried around to the armory
to see the troops march away. He was
much relieved when tho news come back
that McCormick's order had been counter
manded. Previous to this he had reported
to Governor Pattison as follows: "Please
accept the saying that no news is good
news," and he did not see fit to add anything
to this laconic report
On Saturday, before Sheriff McCormick's
call for help had reached the Governor, the
Adjutant General had sent an order from
Harrisburg to Captain Loar to dismiss his
company on Tuesday evening, April 21.
To-night he sent an order to Loar to con
tinue his company on duty. The members
of Company C are in excellent spirits. Two
men are on the sick list.
ASSAULTED A WOBKEB
Several Strikers Jump on John Cope and
Badlx Beat Him.
IFROM A STATT COBBESPONDEXT.
Mt. Pleasant, April 20. John Cope, a
Morewood employe, was assaulted by sev
eral strikers as he was going home from
work. He suffered numerous very severe
bruises. He made information against
John Barrett, charging him with tbe as
sault. Barrett is a son of Michael Barrett, one
of tbe prominent labor leaders.
No Danger at Present.
Several telegrams were received by
Colonel Smith yesterday from Adjutant
General McClelland about the situation in
the coke country. The last one stated that
in the General's opinion no troops were
needed at present.
VERDI MAY FIGHT YET.
.DIPLOMATIC FBD2NDS TRYING TO B0LS
TEB TJP HIS C0UBAGE.
He Was a Barber In New Xork Before lie
Became a Doctor and a Connt A Bare
Possibility That the Challenge May Not
Be Accepted.
ITROM A STATT COBBESFOSDENT.l
Washington, April 20. Dr. Verdi,
the Italian friend and confidnat of Baron
Fava, late Italian Minister to the United
States, who .got himself interviewed and
then went back on tbe interview because
his contemptnous expressions against the
United States broughtbim into disrepute.has
kept himself very quiet and secluded since
tbe publication of tbe open letter to bim by
George H. Harries, the reporter, whose inter
view he contradicted.
There is a rumor abroad to-day, however,
that his diplomatic friends have got the
doctor's courage screwed to tbe point of
talking seriously of sending a challenge to
Harries. Whether the rumor is true cannot
be ascertained, as the doctor is not accessi
ble to correspondents. On tbe other and,
there is a rumor that if the doctor does
present a challenge Harries will refuse to
recognize it, though he Is utterly fearless, a
dead shot and an expert fencer, on account
of the fact that the doctor is not his equal in
social degree.
It seems that although the doctor wears
the insignia of a count and claims to he of
noble family, he was a barber in Kew York
before he became a doctor in Washington.
At least this is an assertion the correspond
ent of The Dispatch received on what
should be excellent authority. Mr. Harries
will hardly refuse to fight on this account,
however, as he is a radical iu belief, and
recognizes no social distinction based on
any except moral grounds.
t
First of the Season.
ISrECIAl. TELEGBAM TO THE PISPATCH.)
Columbus, April 20. Merriok L. Ben
son, aged 20, Trent in swimming this even
ing and was drowned by being seized with
cramps,
PITTSBURG; TUESDAY, APRIL
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR.
The Sionr Indians Were Forced Into
the War of Last Winter.
REVELATIONS OF A MINISTER.
The Bed Hen Cheated by Agents and
Badly Treated in General.
BAD CHARGES AGAINST BUFFALO BILL
rSriCIAL TELXQBAX TO THE DISPATCH. J
Kew York, April 20. The Bev.. Will
iam J. Cleveland, who has had a 17-years
missionary career among the Indians, and
who made a careful investigation into the
recent Sioux outbreak in Dakota, gave a
brief account of his discoveries and experi
ences before the Indian Bigbts Association
at the Broadway Tabernacle this morning.
Mr. Cleveland said that he spent nearly all
the time since January 10 last in going
through the Sioux reservations. He had
&een all their camps, talked with the Indian
leaders in the late war and with Inhabitants
of the border, and as his investigation was
entirely independent and conducted without
bias in any direction, he thought that the
result might be of interest. He continned:
"There was no real outbreak of the In
dians previous to the beginning of the hos
tilities last fall. Nearly all the talk about
the Indian depredations is nonsense. They
1
To-Day.
simply killed and carried away a few cattle
beyond their reservations, and they had to
do'this to save themselves from starvation,
Rednced to Wretchedness.
"The fact is the Indians were reduced to
such a wretched condition by their unjust
treatment by tbeTTnited States Government
that they were intent only on sustaining
life till tbe spring, when they had deter
mined or, at least many of them did to
cut loose from all Government control aud
go away wherever they thought they might
make a living after tbe manner of their
forefathers. The bnbble was pricked in the
fall before it was ready for bursting, and
the Indians were driven to war. General
Miles' army had to contend with a lot of
desperate men."
Mr. Cleveland then told of the many
breaches of the agreement with the Indian's
of which, be said, the Government had been
guilty in the last quarter ot a. century. Hr
save one instance "which is novel and sftvols
strongly of political methods familiar to
tnis city. "The Government," he said,
"agreed to furnish a certain amount of beet
to the Indians. At first three pounds a day
was allowed, but later it was cut down to a
pound and this is the way the agreement
was carried out last year. In the fall cattle
were bought which weighed on an average
1,130 pounds. On this basis the whole herd
was charged to the Indians.
Big Shrinkage In Cattle.
"The cattle were to be delivered by the con
tractors in January, by which time the un
initiated expectedthat tbe weight would be
increased, and the Indians would profit cor
respondingly. But a remarkable thing oc
curred. When tbe weighing took place in
January it was found that the cattle
weighed only from 700 to 000 pounds. How
there could be such an astonishing falling
off can be told only by tbe agents and the
contractors.
"But the thing that aggravated the In
dians was that, notwithstanding the falling
off, they were credited with the 1,130 pounds
for each animal. Thus they were cheated
out of hundreds of thousands of pounds of
beef. The general cause of the war was the
the failure of Congress to act on the report
of the Indian Commissioners. More trouble
may occur if Congress does not act."
He said that" the Indians who were taken
to Europe shonld be immediatelv recalled.
When Buffalo Bill went to Standing Bock
to- arrest Sitting Bull, he said, he was not
in a fit condition to do.so in fact, he was
intoxicated. Mr. Cleveland was of the
opinion that Buffalo Bill only wanted to
get Sitting Bull for his show.
TOUB OP GOMPERS.
He Speaks About thn Remarkable Trip He
Has Made.
rSFKCIAI. TELEQBAH TO THE PISPATCH.1
Kew Yobe, April 20. Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federation ot
Labor, returned to-day from a two-months'
speech-making and organizing tour all over
the land. His faith in the solidity and
strength of the federation is greater than
ever, and he believes tbat the noble order of
Knights of Labor is no longer in it He
said: "In one way my trip has been the most
remarkable of its kind ever undertaken.
Crowds assembled to bear what I had to say
about our organization. The energy dis
played in" the work of organising open
unions was wonderfnl, and the enthusiasm
over the eight-hour movement was un
bounded. I found that we had
strong friends in every center of in
dustry. In Sau Francisco I addressed
a meeting of 14,000 men. I found that the
laboring men in the West are more closely
united and in greater harmony than thev
are here. From all that I saw I am coil
vinced - tbat the American Federation of
Labor represents the true feeling of work
ingmen throughout tbe country."
In Denver the Legislature suspended
business and gave Mr. Gompers the privi
lege of the floor. The miners of Denver
presented him with a gold badge, the metal
in which.had been mined by men working
eigbt hours, and jeweled and lettered by
jewelers' working the same length of time.
CREGIEB GIVES IT TJP,
He Asks the Canvassing Board to Declare
That Washburne Is Chicago's Mayor.
Chicago, April 20. When the official
canvassing board met this morning to declare
the result, of the late Mayoralty election,
Mayor Crecier, Democrat, through his at
torney, withdrew all objections to the can
vass as completed last week, and asked that
Hempsteaa Washburne, Bepublican, be de
clared Mayor-elect.
SUNDAY BASEBALL.
A Bill to Permit It in the Four Principal
Ohio Cities.
ISrEClAL TELEOBAK TO TBI DISPATCH.1
COLUMBUS, April 0. The resignation
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21 1891 TWELVE
of Senator Morrison was presented to the
Senate to-day and .accepted. The only mat
ter of importance considered was a bill in
troduced by Mr. O'Dowd, of Cincinnati,
which amends section 70,320 Bevised
Statutes, prohibiting amusements of any
kind on Sunday, by providing that base
ball by professional or amateur clnbs in
properly inclosed grounds may be per
mitted by ordinance in Cincinnati, Cleve
land, Toledo and Columbus.
A number of members on both sides of
the House have expressed a willingness to
support the bill, -and O'Dowd says it will
be passed.
EIGHT TO BE HANGED,
BUT THKEE WKEE PARDONED AND ALL
THE BEST ESCAPED.
The Crowd Which Assembled to Witness a
"Wholesale Execution in Indian Territory
Disappointed But "Very Little Hope of
a Recapture,
rSPEClAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Eufatjla, L T., April 20. Those who
gathered at Weewake Court House, 68 miles
west of here, this morning to witness the
execution of seven negro murderers and one
negro thief were disappointed. Three of
the condemned, Prince Hawkins, Lake
Andy and Jeff Brown, were pardoned by the
chief on Friday last. Yesterday all the
others, by the aid of their friends, escaped
from their irnards. a few shots beinc ex
changed by light horsemen and friends of
the condemned.
The Dispatch correspondent with repre
sentatives of other journals, left the scene at
7 o'clock this morning, at which time there
was no'prospect of a recapture as the men
were being well taken care of by their
friends and the water courses are mnch
swelled by recent rains. .Those who escaped-'
wereiioss JSiiey. Jferry Jobuson, (Judge
Barnett, Catsar James, murderers,
and Donglass Brown, in for lar
ceny. Under the laws of the
Creek nation tbe penalty for the first offense
of stealing is 50 lashes, second offense 100
and the third is death. Douglass Brown
has been convicted for the third time. All
of them were convicted and sentenced to
death about three weeks ago, since which
time they have been chained and guarded
by light horsemen, there being no jails in
this nation.
Bight horsemen had been summoned from
Deep Fork and Tulsatown to assist in tbe
execution, but did not arrive until 'after tbe
escape, which was effected when there were
but two guards present. Tbe murders these
men committed were of the most brutal
character, and occurred in October, 1889.
The victims were Bobert Beed and Wiley
Wilo, who at the time were acting as light
horsemen. The Indians are much dissatis
fied with the turn of. affairs, and more
trouble will yet grow out of it.
LAMAB'S RELIGION.
He Tells What It Is in a Sunday Address to
Tonng Men..
rspxciAi. telbo'ba it, to the dispatch.
Washington, April 20. Justice Lamar,
of the Supreme Couft, appeared in anew
role yesterday as a lecturer before the Sun
day afternoon class of the Young Men's
Christian Association. The announcement
that he was to speak attracted a large crowd
to the lecture room, drawn there, as much
from curiosity to see the ex-Senator,
who appears so seldom in public,
as to learn his religioUs belief, a subject
upon which he' rarely talks, even to his
most intimate friends. To many persons in
yesterday's andienco the changed appear
ance of the eminent Southern statesman
was a shook. He has aged "very rapidly the
east' few Tears-and is now a'thin.. bIoodv
should wed. man, with Sth1eaj-oheefcep'
long, thin, gray hair, claw-like bands and
a general air ot teebleness. M(s talk to tbe
young men yesterday was a most interest
ing one, delivered in a most solemn and
impressive manner, almost suggestive of
divine inspiration.
Justice Lamar dtrelt upon three occasions
in his life when he listened to religious ad
dresses, which bad made a deep and lasting
impression upon his mind. He had a hesi
tancy about speaking of his personal experi
ences, but he always desired to show his
colors, and he would simply add tbat he be
lieved there was a God, who was infinitely
great and merciful, and be believed in His
holiness, justice and goodness. The Justice
closed his address by reading a portion of a
chapter of St. Paul.
CANADA TO EA1SE THE TAX,
But Will Not Keep the Chinese Oat of the
United States. ,
rSPECTAI- TELIOSASI TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Ottawa, April 20. The Governor Gen
eral to-day received a memorial from the
British Columbian Legislature asking that
the Chinese restriction tax be increased from
500 to S100. As regards the application of
the United States Government to the
authorities here to take steps to prevent the
departure of Chinese from Canada across
the border, the Minister of Customsstated
to-day tbat the Dominion Government was
powerless .to do anything in the matter, as
when a Chinaman had once paid bis poll
tax of ISO the Canadian autborities could in
no way interfere with his movements.
It has been stated that the Dominion
Government would take steps to prevent the
United States Chinese restriction act being
violated as far as Canada being made the
ohannel through which tbey smuggled
themselves across the border, but this is not
tbe case. It is not within the power of the
Canadian Government to prevent the Chi
nese population leaving the country.
HABD TO GET AT.
Much Difficulty in rinding Oot the Nation
ality of tho Slain Italians.
Washington, April 20. The Depart
ment of Justice is in receipt of a letter from
District Attorney William Grant at Kew
Orleans, who was requested by it to ascer
tain tbe nationality of the Italians
who were killed there last month;
tbe circumstances under which they
came to this country, etc. The District At
torney says be- has"encountered much more
difficulty at getting some of the particulars
in tbe case than be had anticipated, which
has resulted in delaying bis report.
These particulars refer to the nationality
of the men. He has made a request to the
department for certain information in con
nection with tbe matter.
ANOTHEB SUBVIVOB OP BOONE.
The Only Remaining Descendant of the
Famous ICentuckian Arrested.
Des Moines, April 20. George S. Boone,
the sole remaining lineal descendant of
Daniel Boone, was arrested by the United
States authorities and brought to this city
for trial to-day. He is charged with pen
sion frauds. , Boone served in the Confeder
ate army, while his father was a Union
soldier. Tbe father is dead, and the son
has, it is alleged, for some time been draw
ing the pension allowed to the former. .
Boone has been living in a cave on the
Des Moines river, about 40 miles below this
city. '
Prepared for Repair Work.
Washington, April 20. Under author
ity conferred by Congress, the Secretary of
the Navy is making arrangements to open
the Boston navy yards for constructive and
repair work. The docking of the cruiser
Newark at League Island was tbe first
work done that has been at Philadelphia on
a naval yassel nadir Government auspices,.
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SOME FINE FIGURING
The Apportionment Measnre3 at Last
' Ready for Presentation.
PATTISON SURE TO USE THE VETO.
Political Jealonsy Hay PreTent a World's
Fair Commission.
SEANOR EEPL1EST0 AN ONSLAUGHT
raOMASTAJT COEEESPOMDKMT.l
Haeeisbueg, April-20. The apportion
ment bills are all about ready for presenta
tion. The Senatorial and legislative bills
are framedjf and will be introduced to
morrow. The Senatorial bill makes fewer
changes in existing districts than any bill
yet proposed. Allegheny county is given
an additional Senator, the- districts being
tbe same as in the Meek bill, wbich was
given in Trn Dispatch last week.
The western districts remain as at present,
with the exception of the Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth1. Clinton county is taken from
the former, leaving Clearfield and Center to
comprise the? district, aud is added to Mc-
Kean and Potter t? make up the Twenty-
fifth, from which Tioga is taken. Tioga is
added to Lycoming.
The Proposed Political Complexion.
Under this bill the Senate will, after the
election i 011892, stand as at present, 31 Be
publicansflo 19 Democrats, but after 1891,
if the Republicans retrain the districts lost
in 1890. the parties will stand Si to 16.
fy-The legislative apportionment bill ar
ranges the Allegheny county districts as
given inf The Dispatch of Friday. In
the western counties Cambria, Clearfield
aud Jefferson each gain a member, and
Clarion, Crawford, Huntingdon, Lawrence,
Mercer and Somerset each lose one. West
moreland county is left with four Repre
sentatives, but having over 100,000 popula
tion;'' must be divided into legislative dis
tricts. The First district is composed of the town
ships of Perry, St. Clair, Fairfield, Llgo
nler, Cook, Donegal, Mt. Pleasant, North
east and South Huntingdon. Bostraver and
,BewickIey, together with Latrobe borough
ana other boroughs iu those townships. Jt
is given two members, and has about 1,000
Bepublican majority. The rest of the
county is made into another district, with
two members, and is strongly Democratic.
Holding Back tho Congressional BHL
The Congressional bill is also ready, but
will not be introduced until the Republican
steering committee has considered it fully.
It may be regarded as the measure upon
which the Republicans of both Houses will
be asked to stand firm. It adds one district
to Philadelphia and one to Allegheny
county. In the latter case that portion of
Allegheny county now added to Washing
ton, Fayette and Greene, is now taken
away, which would make the latter district
very close, if not certainly Democratic. All
the other districts in the State remain as at
present.
The judicial apportionment -bill has not
yet been perfected, and its details are not
given out. It is not thought that it.will
differ very materially from that presented
in the Senate by Mr. Williamson. In view
of the fact that hafdly anyone believes that
the Governor will sign these bills when
passed, with the possible exception of the
legislative and judicial bills, the bother
about them seems rather absurd, but the
Legislature mutt at least go through the mo-
ThatttieKepubUoansConJdDo .,
A Congressional apportionment bill has
also been prepared for the purpose of show
ing what tbe Republican party can do if it
cared to gerrymander the State as some
others ha ve been. It gives the Republicans
25 of the 30 districts, ind is "fearfully and
wonderfully made." The Western and Cen
tral districts are arranged as follows:
Nineteenth, Clearfield. Center, Mifflin, Union
and Snyder; Twentieth, Bedford, Fukon.Hunt
ingdon, Juniata. Perry and Franklin; Twenty
first, Indiana, Cambria And Blair; Twenty-second,
McKean, Potter, Elk, Cameron, Clarion
and Jefferson: Twenty-third, Erie, Warren, Ve
nango ana Forest; Twenty-fourth, Crawford,
Mercer and Lawrence; Twenty-nftb, Beaver
and Washington; Twenty-sixtb." Armstrong:
Westmoreland and part ol Allegheny: Twenty
seventh, Greene and Fayette: Twenth-eightb,
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth, Allegheny county.
Quite a number of the more stalwart Re
publicans favor the passage of a bill of this
kind, arguing that for Bepnblicans not to
take advantage nf their opportunities is fool
ish, when Democratic legislatures have
gerrymandered every State where they have
had tbe power. Hen by Hall.
WORLD'S FATE BILL
Pattison Slay Veto It on Account of Certain
Objections to It.
rntOM A STATT COBBESFONDKirr.l
Habbisbubg, April 20. Governor
Pattison has magnified his objection to the
World's Fair, bill, even as amended, by in
cluding himself and Lieutenant Governor
Watres in tbe commission. It is under
stood that his objections are based upon
Section 6 of Articles of the Constitution,
which says) "Ko Senator or Bepresentative
shall, during the time for which he shall
have been elected, be appointed to any civil
office under this Commonwealth." When
the bill goes back to the Senate, that body
will refuse to concur in the House amend
ments and it will go to a conference com
mittee, where it will be amended, so as to
provide for 9 commissioners instead of 13,
two to be appointed by the President pro
tern, three by the Speaker and four by the
Governor.
As the President pro tern and the Speaker
will appoint Bepnblicans, this will give
that party a majority on the commission,
which is jnst what Republicans want and
what His Excellency doesn't want, but it is
probable that no further concessions will be
made by tbe Legislature. It is argued that
the State is largely Bepublican; that the
Legislature is Republican, and that to place
iu the hands of an accidental Democratic
Governor the power to have the State rep
resented at Chicago by a Democratic com
mission would be to do that which tbe
majority of tbe people would not sanction.
Tbat seems to be the feeling at present and'
upon the Governor's" acceptance or rejec
tion of the amended bill will depend tbe
State's representation at Chicago.
TAGGABT REVENUE BILL.
A largo Number of Protests Against It "Will
Be Heard To-Day.
IFEOM A STATT COBBISrOXPEXT.l
Habbisbubg, April 20. The Senate
Finance Committee will take np the Tag
gart revenue bill to-morrow, when ex-Senator
Louis W. Hall, of Harrisburg, will ap
pear in opposition to the measure on behalf
of the Pittsburg manufacturers. A com
mittee from the Philadelphia Board of
Trade will-appear against the bill the same
day. On Wednesday the Manufacturers'
Club, of Philadelphia, will present their
objections, a will representatives of the
Single Tax Association, while Giles D.
Price, of Brie, will take up the cudgels ' in
defense of this much abased measure. Mr.
Taggart said to-night tbat he thought the
bill would pass the Senate, but would
doubtless be considerably amended. If
eviscerating and'amending are synonymous
terms, Mr. Taggart'a propheoy will come
true.
It is very generally the opinion now that
the bill will be defeated,, and that the hill
prepared by Treasurer Boyer, changing the
method of taxing the capital stock of cor
porations and increasing the rate froin 3
mills to 4, will be passed in its stead, in
creasing the rate 2 or even 4 mills more.
AN ATTACK ON SEAN0R
VIGOBOUSLY UTTPT.TTm TO BY THAT GEN
TLEMAN IN THE HOUSE.
He Says That He Has Stood Honestly by His
Antl-DI .crimination Resolution Both,
Sides Responsible for Dilatory Tactics
Another Attempt On Friday.
1EKOM A STATT COBB3F0:nX3T.1
Habbisbubg, April 20. Mr. Seanor, of
Indiana, rose to a question of privilege to
night and brought the anti-discrimination
resolution to tbe front for a time. He had
read from the clerk's desk an extract from a
Philadelphia paper, charging bim with
double dealing in the matter, and attributed
to his neglect and indifference the failure to
obtain a vote upon his resolution to place
the anti-discrimination bill on the calendar.
It also asserted tbat the Bepublican party
was responsible and would beheld accounta
ble. Mr. Seanor said that-" bject of this
attack was to place bim Bepublican
members of the House in 1 It was un
just, unprincipled and unt,S
He had never been absen r, the f evo
lution could have beencalle -? But once
since it was offered had he b, o pportu
nity to call it up, and then st O of its
supporters were sick it was v.t to at
tempt it. He had used all hon, & leans
to get it up, even asking the ia ? t to
recognize him first for that purf. in ' on
last Friday the Speaker had tol he
would only recognize gentlemen in ri. er
tbelr resolutions had been presen A d
there were several ahead of his. -
It was charged that the bill migut'have
been in better hands. This meant it would
have been in better bands had 'he Demo
cratic side of the House had it. They might
have been .better, but not bonester hands.
The bill had jnst as good friends among
Republicans as among Democrats. If dila
tory tactics had been resorted to on the Re
publican side to prevent a vote, they had
been ably seconded by Democrats. Neither
side could claim all the credit, nor should
receive all the'blame.
Mr. Seanor will try again on Friday, and
claims tbat he has more than the necessary
number of votes pledged to him, but at this
late day it is hard 'to see how the bill could
be passed now, even it placed on the calen
dar. DEFEAT DECIDED ON
For the Baker BUI at the Conference With
Quay iq'phllaclelphla.
rrnoii a sTxnf'coHREsroirDJSfT.i
Habbisbubg, April 20. Senator Crouse,
Chairman of the Senate Election Commit
tee, said to-pigbt that a meeting would be
held this week to consider the Baker ballot
reform bill, but that the date was not yet
iixed. It is given out here to-night that the
defeat of this bill was decided on at
the conferences held in Philadelphia
last week. between leading Bepnblicans
in both Houses, and Senator Quay. In that
event the Bobinson bill to provide for the
calling of a constitutional convention will
be put through. This bill has been sub
mitted to ex-Attorney General Wayne
MaoVeagh, who, while strong for ballot re
form, is said not to favor tbe Baker bill,
and he is of the opinion that the dual prop
ositions, the calling of a convention and the
election of delegates, are constitutional and
both can be voted upon at the same time.
He holds, however, that the Legislature
should pass a bill calling a convention for
the specifio purpose of removing the ballot
numbering clause from the Constitution,
Vitnputast;ng,ttje people, to-aeclde, and
should provide also lor the election of
provide
dele
gates this fall.
OFF03ED TO HAY 8.
Final Adjournment May Be Pnt OCT as Late
as May 31.
IFBOM A STATT COBBSSrOXBBXZ!.
Habbisbubg, April 20. It now looks as
though final adjournment might be put off
as late as May 21. The Philadelahia mem
bers are beginning to manifest opposition to
an early adjournment. Mr. Brooks said to
night that he would certainly oppose an ad
journment on May 8, as it would be impos
sible to get through the necessary work by
that date. The 21st would suit best, but a
compromise might be made on the 15th.
Mr. Biter, who' reported the resolution to
adjourn May 8 from the Committee on
Bules, said that he was not now in iavor of
it, and would not call it up unless directed
to do so by the committee.
He did not think it would be wise to fix
any date for final adjournment until after
the ballot reform bill, revenue bill aud the
apportionment bill were disposed of, or at
least so far advanced that the way to their
final disposition could be clearly seen.
THE BOAD BILL'S FATE.
Its Friends Say a Reaction Has Set In Favor
able to It.
rrBOM X STATT COBBESPONDEST.J
Habbisbubg, April 20. If the road bill
is reached tbis week it will be postponed
until Tuesday, April 28. when it will come
up on final passage. This postponement
will be made at the request of quite a num
ber of members who desire further informa
tion as to their constituents wishes on the
bill. Its friends still maintain that a re
action in its favor is steadily going on.
When it was up on second reading, Mr.
Wherry attacked it savagely. To-day a
petition was received, signed by a large
number of Cumberland county's leading
citizens, including every county official,
asking for the passage of the bilL Tbis
from Mr. Wherry's own county is very
gratifying to the menus 01 the measure.
Prior to the bill's coming up again, its
friends will bold a conlerence and endeavor
to frame a section fixing some sort of a
standard for road making, to take the place
ot Section 7, which fixed the original
standard, bnt which was stricken out on
second reading.
BEADING THE BILLS.
All on the Calendar Disposed of for the First
Time In This Way.
JTECTAI. TltEOBAlt TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Habbisbubg, April 20. Owing to small
attendance, tbe business of the Senate to
nic! t was almost entirely confined to read
ing bills the first time, all of which on tbe
calendar were disposed of.
A resolution was introduced by Green, of
Berks, which was soon after favorably re
ported, to supply charters for business
where charters have been lost or misplaced,
and validating acta done under them.
GETTING DOWN TO W0BK
The Soldiers' Orphan School Investigating
Committee Meet To-Day.
tTBOlt X STATT COBBESrONDEHT.I
Habbisbubg, April 20. The Soldiers'
Orphan School Investigating Committee
will meet to-morrow and arrange for begin
ning its work. The delays thus far have
arisen front the accident to Senator Grady
and Chairman Baker's attention to his ballot
bill.
It is now expected that the committee
willgo
o to work, in earnest.
ledt' Successor.
rsrrciAi. teleokak to tub dispatch, i
Habbisbubg, April 20. Arthur H.
Davis was sworn in as a member of the
Continued on Seventh Page,
IF YOU HAVE REAL ESTATE
"TO SEIX, OK "WANT TO BUT,
ADVERTISE in The DISPATCH
IT IS CLOSELY HEAD BY
ALL WHO SEEK INVESTMENTS.
THREE OENTa
AFTER THfJ RIGHTS,
Public Meeting of Colored Peo
ple lo Protest Against
Discrimination,
ALLEY-WAY TENEMENTS
Denounced as Unfit Dwelling Places
for Ministers.
HORSES NOT LIKED AS NEIGHBORS,
Ona Preacher Says His Eace Is Treated
Better in the South.
SCATHING AEEAIGXHEXT OF AFFAIRS
The Non-Denominational Colored Min
isters' Council of Human Bights, of Pitts
burg, Allegheny and surroundings, spoke
very emphatically at its weakly meeting in
the Wylie Avenue Church yesterday. Bev.
Dr. C. Asbury presided. After prayer by
Bev. Mr. 'Gibbons, Bev. Dr. Asbury said,
iu opening', that the meeting was the United
Ministerial Council of Pittsburg and Alle
gheny, called specially to consider a question
ofimportance to tbe people of the African
face. He said there was nothing sectarian
about the council. Bev. Dr. Laws
then read the report- of the committee
appointed at Monday's meeting. Beva. E.S.
Laws, D. D., C. Asbury, D. D., G. W.
Clinton, C. G. Sampson and J. W.Watson.
They reported the following:
Protesting Against Discrimination.
Whereas, The indiscriminate provisions
of the Constitution of the Untied
States and of the Constitution of the State of
Pennsylvania prohibit, on the basis of Ameri
can citizenship, such cruel distinctions as are
practiced by real estate brokers and other busi
ness men of Pittsburg and Allegheny between
the races of citizens, so destructlye of life, lib
erty and the nnrsnlt of happiness; and
Whereas, Tbis undue and inhuman distinc
tion is both inimical and destructive to the
Afro-American citizenship, alona on account
of their race, color and previous condition of
servitude, in open violation of the Constitu
tions named; and
Whereas, These distinctions are practiced
aad shown mostly in instances of residence
houses in which to live, and business houses in
which to work; and
Whereas. The long-established custom of tho
native residents of the Afro-American race in
tho Northern States, lias been to cowardly
submit to tbe brutal impositions of evil-disposed
white people who, through total Ignor
ance of the equal status of Afro-American
manhood in common with other races of man
kind, have dared to restrict the privileges and
Immunities of Southern colored laborers who
were persuaded to come here by immigrant
agents, and deny to them their civil right of
renting tenement bouses as residences, and the
equal right to employment for which they were
brought here; and
Whereas, Through tbis unjust treatment
in denials to inhabit comfortable resi
dences, great lmpalnnoat of health throngs
Inconvenience and disadvantages has come
among us, and tna crowllns of tbe many
, colored workmen into a singlerinlllhas thrown
men- ont of employment and reduced, others
to smaller wages than paid to white men;
therefore, belt
Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Non
Denominational Colored Ministers' Council of
Human Rights, that the whole system of
Northern treatment of the colored citizens is
pretentions, and ought to be reformed.
Sore on the Way They're Treated.
On a motion to adopt tbe report Dr. Laws'
said it was a fact that it was especially griey
ous to be forced to set forth this grievance.
The speaker said his rights were as sacred as
those of the Mayor of the city, not only be
cause the United Stales and the State guar
anteed it, but the constitution of heaven did
also. But instead of getting equal rights
he was "forced to live in an alley and listen
at night to the stamping of horses in stables
next door. In the South a colored man bas
some rights, but here he is forced to associ
ate with people who pave the way to Hades.
Colored men here are not only treated n
justlv, but brutally, as tbey were forced to
associate with horses. They now want to
bring colored people here to break a strike
in the coke regions, and when itis broken the
negro can take one-third ot what a whiis
man is paid."
The speaker then drew a parallel between
the colored people and the foreigners from
Europe. He said he had been 62 years in
this country, and hadn't as much right as
the ignorant foreigner who bad only been
here a few months. White Americans are
keen to advance their own interests, but
they are all for self, and especially do they
discriminate against black skins. The
North is much behind the South in this re
spect. .There is not the feeling there against
tbe eolored people that is fonnd in Pitts,
burg.
No Mother Country to Protect Them.
The Italian can depredate as much as he
pleases, said tbe speaker, and be protected
by bis nation, bat colored people, who have
always lived here and have helped to make
the country, have no rights. The speaker
proposed that the whites shonld do him
justice.
Bev. John Writ moved that further dis
cussion be postponed until another occasion,
and after remarks by Secretary C. G. Samp
son the motion carried. "
Bev. Mr. Sampson next read a papeT en
titled "Tbe Hypocritical American Idea of
Christianity." He said they had quantity,
but not quality. Much is given ostenta
tiously, but tbe highways and bv-ways are
neglected. Tbe speaker rapped Bev. Mr.
McCormick, of the Central Presbyterian
Church. Such will not lift a finger to ease
a colored man's burden; such blame colored
people for immorality, when they are just
as they made them. White preachers for 250
years preached from the text: "Servants,
obey your masters," etc., knowing tbat
chastity was a by-word among whites
when applied to colored women, thou
sands of whom died rather than
literally obey their masters. As to
the ministerial portion of tbe colored race,
Mr. Sampson said it compared favorably
with white clergymen. Mr. Sampson said
newspaper records would bear him out.
The paper was a scathing arraignment of
thecolor line, of the white ministry, white
churches and white business people gen
erally, who, by their treatment of the negro
and their hypocrisy, etc., are making more
infidels in this country than all otter causes
combined. Colored people are neither
rioters nor Anarchists, unless filled w'tn the
white man's whisky.
"Views of Another Preacher.
Dr. Laws said his idea of religion was not
included in the American practice thereof.
God's plan is that every one shall be re
warded according to his works, but the
American idea is to get as much out of the.
laborer as possible for as little money ai
possible.
Prof. J. C. Taylor was rather disposed to
look on' the bright side, and thought there
was a possible future for bis race.
Dr. Asbury thought it strange that there
should be any occasion to discuss thesa
questions, bnt occasion existed, neyerthe- -r
leu. The speaker didn't care, fox sooixL
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