RANK TORY MEASURE That's What the New Education Bill in the House of Com mons PWes to Be. DENIES POPULAR CONTROL A Diplomatic Dispute With Balma ceda's Chilean Government. SYMPATHY FOU HISTORIAN FYFFE Hay Day Harked br Terrible Socialist Eiots in Lyons and Some. GOSSIP OP THE BRITISH CAPITAL tCOrTBIGHT,16Sl, BVTM ICIWYOWClgSOCULTXD LojfDOJ.-. May L The leading proposals of the Government's free education measure are gradually leaking out. They confirm the Liberal expectancy that it will be a Torj-Clencal measure, against which the party trill fight to the death. The. ministers privately assure their supporters " that the bill w;ll tend to strength en the position or denominational schools. The anxiety of English church circles has been set at rest by com munications through the Bishop of London and other clerical 'leaders, that an under standing has beenarrauged with the Govern ment which preserves intact the vested in terests of the church. Similar assurances have also heen given privately to Catholic bishops. This understanding is producing a strong clerico-political combination, against which the Liberals, who are working for the popular control of public money given to schools, will find it hard to contend. Won't Assent to Popular Control. It is now known thatthe Government will not nssent to popular control in any genuine form. The bill will be strictly denomi national, neither rate-payers nor parents having effective representation on the school boards. The whole spirit of the measure is thus antagonistic to Liberal principles, and will lead to a fierce parliamentary contest' and much bitterness throughout the country. In spite of the growing opposition the ministers pro less to believe thu they will carry the bill through the House of Commons within a fortnight after it is introduced. It is prob-ble, however, that the Government (really does not expect to carry the education bill, but desires rather to dissolve on some leading ' proposal which will strengthen them in appealing to the country. The House of Commons Committee on Spirits has presented a report of general world-wide interest The evidence pre sented weakens the accepted theory that new spirits is a flagrant poison compared with old spirits. The Benefit of Mixed Drinks. A number of witnesses concurred in the opinion that new spirits could be taken with as much impunity as old could. Tne committee tended to the opinion that old spirits is the most wholesome, and tli.it public taste, inclining to the use of spirits blending of mait and raw grain whisky. seemed to hit the best dietetic medium. The report refrains from suggesting any inter "erence wilb existing systems of blend ing or bending, except forbidding the blend ing of Hamburg spirits with Jamaica rum. The report does not advise that spirits be kept in bond for a fixed period. The com mittee's deliverances read like a toper's vade niecuci. Captain Ripen, commanding the British warship Magicienne, has been appointed acting consul on the Pungwe river, and has been instructed to act without waitinc for orders from the Foreign Office in the event of lurlber ill-treatment ot l.aclisli subjects. In Trouble 'With Balmaceda. A dispute has arisen between the Balma ceda Government and Great Britain, in volving a point of international law. It seems that two officers, proscribed by Bal maceda, took r fujre in the British Lega tion at Santiago; that Chilean troops promptly surrounded the Legation to cap ture the officers, and that the British Min ister refused to surrender the fugitives and protected against the violation of the rights of residence. The Foreign Office, after con sulting precedents, supports the Minister. Dispatches have been sent to Santiago to warn Balmaceda of Great Britain's decision. Among the unsavory scandals engaging public attention, the position of the his torian, Fyffe. universally awakens sym pathy. Mr. Fyffe is a man of the brightest literjry .md roluical attainment, with a career btfore him likely to lead to the high est honors in the State. The charge against him is supposed to have been made for the purpose ot blackmail. General Sentiment In Fj lie's Favor. The Dean of "Westminster expresses the geueial sentiment in a letter, in which he declares his conviction that all who have bad the greatest opportunities to judge Mr. Fvffe's character and habits cannot for a moment conceive him guilty. The Dean at tributes the attempt to commit suicide to the fact that Mr. Fyffe is of an excitable nervons organ izition, and was unable to face the revolting accusation with the neces sary self-poisess:on. An extraordinary letter from Mr. De Cobin, in which he de'ends himself against the charges against him, after declaring that a local Belfast clique had conspired to ru.n him politically, financially and morally, states that three years ago he ac cidentally met a young man who resided with his nirent in Belfast; that he made n friend of him, and together they took part in religious demonstrations; that, taking sdvantage of the intimacy, the young man Asked Him for a Considerable Loan, which was re'ued; that the man then wrote a letter appealing for help, which was ngqin refused; that the man then wrote a letter vaguely hinting that he would bring some ohjectionable charge against him (De Cobain), if money was not forth coming, and that he (De Cobain), placed these letters in the hands of his brother. Mr. De Cobain proceeds to ex plain how the blackmailer got money from his agent, and how the extortion was re newed. He says that a section of the local magistrates, who were his deadly enemies got hold of the case to make it a weapon to ruin him, but that the police refused to obey them. Mr. De Cobain charges that the law of extradition has been used to hunt him down like a common felon. He refers to rumors that four other persons have made sworn depositions against him, and proceeds to de scribe them as disreputable characters, un worthy of credence. In conclusion, he de clares that he will not be victimized bv his enemies, and appeals lor the ultimate vindi cation of heaven. The nature and tone of Mr.'De Cobain's statement will not prevent his expulsion from the House of Commons. Professor Bryce, in an article on the legal and constitutional aspects nf the New Or leans lynching, concludes that Italy is en titled to redress for injuries lawlessly In flicted on its subjects, whether the treaty grantsit or not The redress, he says, niav be civil, pecuniary compensation or crimi nal punishment of the offender. Mr. Brvce proceed' to apply the difficulty to the United States Constitution, us indicating that the point must be provided for when home rule is granted to Ireland. A private view was given at (he academy to-day. Critics coucur that the 2,200 pic turfs are onlv of av.-r.ige excellence. Only S out of the 2,200 pictures were purchased. Bismrrck's MajStfty. Beelin, May L Prince Bismarck re ceived, double the number of Totes that Schmelfeldt received, but 2,000 Jess than were cast for his National Liberal predecessor. BLOODY RIOTS .IN FRANCE. LYONS THE 6CEHE OF BATTLE BATTLE WITH HOBS. AFTER The Follce Vanquished Every,, Time, and Appeal to the Military Four Times the Mob Is Charged Upon and "With Great Difficulty Dispersed. Ltons, May L A utynber of very ex citing scenes were witnessed in this city to day. The first disturbance occurred when a big crowd of workmen, followed by large numbers of women and children, attempted to bold a procession. The authorities bad decided to prevent any marching, and as the men refused to disperse when ordered, the police were directed to make an- attack on the ranks of the paraders. Thi men made a desperate resistance to the officers and a general melee followed. , The noise of the conflict attracted a great crowd, and the workmen were soon rein forced by many sympathizing companions. The authorities finding that the police were unable to cope unaided with .'the increased, forced of the workmen, called upon the mili tary for assistance. The horsemen charged down upon the ranks of the excited and de termined workmen, who assailed them with volleys of stoues. The workmen were un able to withstand the combined attack made on tbem bv the cavalry and police, and were finally compelled to retreat sullenly and with defiant shouts. A riamber of ar rests were made, and several of the prison ers were found to be heavily armed. Subsequently the mob marched to the cemetery wiih black and red flags to hold a demonstration over the graves of those who had lost their lives in former riots. A force of cuirassiers were hurried to the cemetery, and again were the war horses ridden down upon tbe people. The mob obstinately re sisted the repeated charges made on them by the cuirassiers, and desperately dis puted every inch of the ground. Showers of stones and other missiles were hurled at the soldiers, several of whom were seriously injured belore tbey at last succeeded in clearing the burying ground of the mob. The riote's had no sooner reached tbe city than they made an attack upon their earlier antagonists the police and so savage was their assault that thev overcame the officer and broke through the cordon which they had established. Again was it found neces sary to call upon the cuirassiers. The crowd were f ireed to beat a retreat Tbe rioters have cut the telephone and telegraph wires and are holding uproarous meetings at their working headquarters. The soldiers were again obliged to charge the crowds, With the same results. A bloody riot has also oc curred at Faurmies. - TWO BATTLES IN ROME. MAY SAY BIOTEBS ATTACK THE ITABY WITH 8T0NES. JQL- The Soldiers Return the Compliment With Lead One Killed on .Each Side and aiany Wounded Deputies Take Fart An the General Fusillade. Rome, May L A meeting of working men took place this atterooon near the Church of San Giovanmo. There were five members of the Chamber of Deputies pres ent An Anarchist speaker violently urged the assembled men to attack the police. The speaker's words so excited his hearers that soon after the mob stoned the troops which were stationed in the neighborhood. The gendarmes, at this point, 'fired upon the rioters, and the cavalry immediately after charged upon those who had not been put to night by tbe gendarmes hre. At tbe same time the infantry soldiers near tbe scene ol the riot were ordered to storm houses from which stones had been thrown. ' A terrible uproa'r followed. When mat ters had calmed down somewhat, it was found that Signor Brailla, a member of the Chamber of Deputies', Signor, Cipriani, a Socialist 'leader, and"25 others ."had ben wounded during the -riot One man was Killed outright by the gendarmes' fire. In addition, a gendarme was stabbed to death by the rioters. During the cavalry charge several troopers were unhorsed and were trampled upon and kicked by their com rade's horses. Signor Cipriani has been arrested. The meeting numbered 5,000. The proceedings weit quiet till the cavalry stationed in the square were ordered to mount, when a panic seized the mceeting. Cipriani mounted the platlorm and shouted: "We must act as if we are not cowards.'' Then a shot was heard,followed by a shower ol stones on tne soldiers heads. Later on another sharp conflict occurred between the soldiers and a mob in Victor Emanuel square. Several persons were in jured and a trooper was killed. Altogether 100 person, wcr arrested to-day. Nine soldiers and five civilians were wouaded. AT OTHZB POINTS IN FTJB0PE. Labor meetings in London were orderly. SoLDiErS dispersed a Socialistic crowd in Marseille. German workingmen held picnics 'outside of the towns. May Dat throngn all Europe was observed more quietly than was expected. Masbid workingmen, inclined to be boister ous, were suppressed by the police. At Florence a mob broke many store win dows, but was dispersed by tbe cavalry. Paris was occupied by the military, who found nottiing to do. A loud explosion In the Rue Berry, doing no damage except breaking windows, was the only occasion ot excitement "ffCLAUGHBEY ACCEPTS. The Major Concludes to Act as Chief of Police of Chicago. ISFECtAI. HXtOUiX TO TH niSrATCH.1 Philadelphia, May L Major F. W. MrClauebrey, late Superintendent of Hunt ingdon Reformatory, has accepted the ap pointment of Superintendent of Police made bv Mayor-elect Washburne, of Chicago, an office paying $7,000 a year aud controlling 1,500 men. Major McCIaughrey was formerly warden of the Joliet State Prison, near Chicago, and never at anv time gave consideration to an offer from Pittsburg with which his name has been connected. The Chicago acceptance takes effect at once. THE POISONED BEHJEGBOOH. A Fost Mortem Held on the Sixth Victim of the Wedding Feast Cincinnati, May 1. A post mortem examination was made this morning on the body of W. B. Snook, of Louisville, the bridegroom, who was the sixth victim of that poisoned wedding feast Tbe report will be made in detail to the Coroner. The result shewed all the lesions and evi dences which accompany death from an irritant poison. Of Course, no opinion con cerning the actual agent can be given until an analysis has been made. NEW HAVEH. DLEXCTOBS. ArenmenU Begun to Quash the Indict, menu Against the Accused. SrSCIal. TXLXOKAM TO TH DISrA.TCB.1 New York, May L Judge Van Brunt heard argument in the Oyer andAerminer to-day on the demurrer put in by tbe New Haven Railroad directors to the car stove indictments. John M. Bowers, for the di rectors " said that the "indictments couldn't stand against the 'defendants, because it had not been shown, nor conld it be shown that t!-ey individually had anv. thing to do with the operation of the rail road. The road was operated by tbe com pany itself, and not by the directors in dividnally. Mr. Bowers pointed out tba while the first count f the indictment alleged that" the Directors operated the road, it was set forth in the third count that the road , was operated by the company. Affidavits of defendants Charles P. QJark and S. W. Taft were sub mitted in support of the motion to strikeout the fifth and seventh con ots on the ground that no evidence had been submitted to the grand jnry to prove that the defendants in dividually operated the railroad. District Attorney Nicoll asserted that it was a well established rule of practice in this court that no indictment should be set aside on tbe ground set forth by counsel. An adjournment was taken until next Thursday. BLOTTING OUT ALGER. PALMES WILL PBEVESTHIS GETTHTGA CABINET PLACE. The Deadly Enmity Between the Two Cotn lnc; Into Flay Once More General Veazy's Statements "as to Proctor's Suo eessbr Creatine; Much Interest SrXCUL TS-.XGBJIX TO TUX DUIMXart. 3 Washington, Mav L The interview with. Inter-State Commerce Commissioner VeaiT, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, telegraphed from Cincinnati, in which be says that Secretary Proctor will succeed Edmunds in the Sen ate and that Alger will succeed Proctor in the War Department, has created some in terest here. To those persons unacquainted with General Alger's relationship to the President, the statement of General Veazy seems quite plausible. Michigan Repub licans will not place much faith in it, how ever. They know that there is at least one good friend of the President who will use his utmost influence tokeep Alger out of the Cabinet This is ex-Senator Tom-Palmer, President of the World's Fair Commission. In .March. 1889. President Harrison entered the name of Mr. Palmer ou the Cabinet slate for the place of Secretary of Agriculture. Palmer's colleague in the Senate protested and secured the aid of Alger in dividing the Michigan Repub licans against Palmer and effacing his name from the slate. A few weeks atterward Palmer was sent as Minister to Spain. Just before sailing he heard that the President had selected Alger's intimate friend and political manager, Colonel H. M. Duffield, of Detroit, to be Solicitor General. After the appointment 'had been semi officially announced. Palmer lunched at the White Honse one day, and nothing more was beard of Duffield. Alger, is against Palmer, consequently Palmer is against Alger, and as the ex-Senator is very inti mate with the President, he can and un doubtedly will see that Alger doesn't get a place in the family circle that he kept him out of years ago. Moreover, General Alger has repeatedly stated, even quite recently, that be would not accept a Cabinet place or any other Presidental appointment. He is a candidate for the Presidency and nothing less. CABLE LETTERS covering Great Britain and the Continent In to-morrow's 24-Pace DISPATCH. They appear every Sunday. Special cables dally. BOUND TO BE8IG5. An Unorthodox Baptist Minister Resists So licitations to Remain. rSrEClit, TILIGBAJC TO TBI DISPATCH. New York, Mav L The Rev. Dr. Bridgman sent a letter to-night to the Chair man of the committee who tried to get him to reconsider his resignation from the pas torate of the .Madison Avenue. Baptist Ghurch, in which he says: "I wish I could say that the resignation will be re called, but under existing circumstances I can come to no other conclusion than was conveyed in my letter of Wednes day. The same sense of duty that constrained me to accept tbe pastorate of the church compels me to resicn it. andthouirh it be relnctanilv and I with pain, it is in the belief that it will con duce to the ultimate prosperity of the church' , A mlmber oftmVcommittee which waited on him with the object of inducing him to recall his resignation, said to-night that there - had been more opposition to Dr. Bridcman's views among his parishioners than the clergyman supposed. All being personally friendly, he supposed all agreed with him who were not in record to the contrary, whereas a considerable number had considered him rather unorthodox, even before his anti hades sermon was preached. The unanimous vote of confidence in him was a vote of con fidence in the man and not in the minister. EMBEZZLED MANY THOUSAND! The Agent of Several.Carrlase Houses Ar retted in Chicago. Chicago. May L Edward W. Grant, the Western agent of the great carriage manufacturing house of B. Manville & Co., of New Haven, was arrested to-nieht by Deputy United States Marshal Jones at the company's branch office in this city. The charge against Grant, as made by Henry L. Mendel, a member of the firm, is that Grant has stolen from $9,000 to $15,000 from the company in the past two years. The money urant emoezziea, it is believed, he used in speculating on the Board of Trade. Grant was taken completely by surprise when the marshal placed him under arrest and he tainted. "When Grant's arrest was determined upon to-day, tbe examination of hisvuffairs had not been completed, and Mr. Manville is of tbe opinion that tbe company's losses may reach $20,000, if not more. In addition to representing Manville & Co., Grant was the agent for Tbnwkins & Mandeville, harness makers, of Newark, N. J. It is not known how his accounts stand with that firm, but it is believed the company required a monthly settlement with him, ana that be owes them but little. Grant also acted as agent for several smaller Eastern carriage manufacturing companies, but his accounts with them are said to be straight THE GOVERNMENTS LOSS. All Special Taxes on Tobacco Are Sow Re pealed Under the McKlnley Act. Washincton, May 1. Under the pro visionsof tbe McKinley tariff act, beginning to-day, all special taxes imposed upon dealers in leaf tobacco, dealers in manu factured tobacco, manufacturers of tobacco and cigars and upon peddlers of tobacco are repealed. The law, however, requires that these various classes of dealers shall register their names, place of business, etc., with the loctl collector of internal revenue, with the exception of tbe dealers in manufact ured tobacco, who are not required to reg ister. The number of the dealers of the latter class, according to the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for 1890, was 603,088, who paid a. tax of $2 40 each. It is said at the department that the abolition of this special tax of $2 40 will cause a loss to tbe Government of $1,600,000 annually. The new provisions of the law regarding the caution label required to be used by tbe manufacturers of cigars also goes into effect to-day. It eliminates from tbe portion ot tbe label reserved for tbe use of the Government all foreign matter, such as designs, ornaments, etc A HUGE LADLE UPSETS And Three Workmen Are Terribly Bnrned by Molten Metal. SrECIAITXLXaBA-( TO THI DUrxTCH.1 New Yobk, May L A terrible accident ,hax just occurred at the Bessemer Steel works. The huge converter upset and tbe molten metal fell on three men. John Berry and Frank Tan Breski were so terri bly burned that they cannot survive the nirhL Berry was fatally bnrned and.was laken J to,ihe hospital, while ChirlesXarvroodhad' both bands bnrned off, PITTSBUEG DISPATCH B0IC0TT0NCAKNEGIE Eastern Workmen Peclare Them selvWin Favor of 'if. IF HAKUFACTURERS WILL JOIN. Demands of New York Huusesmilhs Refused by the Employers. AB0GT F0RTI-F1TB 11U5DRED MEN OUT ntrKcrAi-Ta-'0I,xI to'tjix sisiutcbyi New Yobk, May 1. When the reports of the shop stewards, who had demanded eight hours for tbe housesmiths on Thurs day afternoon, were received at Clarendon Hall to-day it was found that the' demand had been refnsed by all firms except one, Carrere & Haas being the firm. This firm is erecting the Pierce building, corner of Franklin and Hudson streets, and has other big contracts. AH the other firms refused the demand point blank. Not a housesmitb reported lor work to-day. There are 4,600 men wbo work at this trade in this city, Brooklyn and Jersey City.-and all of them, except those who will resume work on tho Pierce building to-morrow, are on a strike. The "inside" men, or those who work in the shops, also struck 'and reported at Clarendon Hall. The Jack-on Architect ural Iron Works employs 400 men, J. B. & J. M. Cornell employ 700, Post & McCord 400 men, and Poulson and Eger 400 men, and ail of these housesmiths are ou strike. The men are perfectly satisfied with the wages, bnt they want to work one honr less a day. ' Six Hundred Go Out In the afternoon the architectural iron worcers, a German union, with 600 mem hers, joined the strikers. This union is composed of housesmiths, who are opposed to the secret methods nf tbe Knights'of Labor. The cast iron workers, a union of 350 men, who are commonly called "chip pers," also ordered a strike. The house smiths passed the following resolutions: Resolved, That we, the men employed in the several orancnes oi tno arcnitecturai iron in dustry. pledge ourselves to co-operate with such employers as are willing to harmonize with our present request to defeat ttio bnprincipled monopolists who are making every effort to get control of the ironwork lor buildings In this city; and Resolved, lhat we pledge ourselves not to handle any iron except such as may be sup plied by employers slj-nifvinc their desire to co-operate with us in maintaining onr prin ciples. This is, on its face, an overture to the mtnuiacturers to grant the eight-hour de mand, in consideration of a boycott on tbe product of their out-of-town competitors. Tbe' manufacturers seem to take an entirely different view of the matter. Tbe Iron Manufacturers' Association held a special meeting at the' office of J. B. & J. M.. Cor nell, 141 Center street, this afternoon, and issued the following statement: Condemning the Strike. "We consider this strike as ill-advised on the part of the men, and it was incited by a small number of discontented workmen. Tbe great majority of tbe employes are en tirely satisfied with the hours and pay now in force, aud are much disgusted with tbe action of their leaders. It may ret alt in the breaking up of the housesmith's union, as the inside men who manufacture the work are not in harmony with the action of the leading outside men who inaugurated thi strike. "The New York housesmiths have been working nine pours for a day's work, five days a week and eight hours Saturdays for the last five years, and receive 25 per cent more wages than thoso paid to the same classofmenn other cities who work ten hoursaday. There, is danger of manufact urers of iron work beine driven out of New York entirely by the action -of the House smiths' Union. We fear the inside men, who number about 3,500 who lose their oc cupation and suffer greatly. Tbe employers -have for,4he-last--five years made constant concessions to their men. and now believe that they have to come to take a firm stand before being compelled to take their manu facturing out of New York." The employers have formed a very pow erful organization among themselves, repre senting all tbe iron men in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and have signed an agreement to stand by each; other, and they are prepared to hold out indefinitely. From very definite information received they know they will have no difficulty in filling the New York housesmiths' places from" other parts of the country, who will gladly take the strikers' places, but they hope "that such a necessity will not arise, as they do not wish to displace men who have been in their employ so lone. Indications are that tbe men will probably return to work in a few days. . The men say that unless the manufact urers give in within seven days over 50.000 men will be idle. The Housesmiths Union has enough money in the treasury to enable the men to strike for a month. After three or four days the other trades employed on buildings will be unable to proceed with their work. Should the manufacturers em ploy non-union men, all the other trades will strike. The big manufacturers will proba bly be able to get enough non-union men to take tbe places of .the "inside" strikers. The "outside" men have promised, however, to keep up tbe strike until the "inside" men win their demands, so that as long as one manufacturer holds out hundreds of build ings may stand idle. HAN SING PHtE AT BOSTON. Men of All Trades StlU at Work, but Some May Strike To-Day. Bostojt, May 1 The expected strikes have so far bung fire in Boston to-day. The cabinetmakers have presented their demand for nine hours, and it is receiving he con sideration of the employers. The men are at work. The boilermakers are also at work. Many of the men are anxious to strike for a nine-hour day, and would have done so to-day but for outside interference. The horseshoers will decide this evening whether to strike or not if their request! for nine hours are rerused. The probabilities are that their demands will be granted. IN THE B0CEY MOUNTAINS. Miners Bavins Piece Work Will Probably Not Make Trouble. ' Denver, May L Beports up to noon from various points in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming indicate that the Etrike will be of but little importance. It is donbtful if a strike of any kind will be carried on, as fully 90 per cent of the coal miners work by the ton, and not by the day, and a reduction of hours conld not do otherwise than rednce the WJgcs, without in any way benefiting the workmen. MILWAUKEE SEEKS FEACZ. Cotton Operatives at Beaver Dam Strike for Ten Instead of Sloven Bonn. Mlt-WAUKEE, May L An'effort is being made to compromise tbe brick and stone masons' strike, and a committee was ap pointed this morning to confer with the bosses. At Beaver Dam 250 operatives in the cotton factories struck for a' reduction from 11 to 10 hours per day. CHICAGO AND 8PBINGFIELD. A Jle Parade In the Former City aad a Miners' Strike Near the Hatter. Chicago, May 1. A perfect day, large crowds and great enthusiasm characterized the labor demonstration for eight hours in Chicago. The Bricklayers' Union, about- 2,000 strong, did "not take part in the parade. that trade having already been accorded the rt. . m..- ii . . . -BL.ayiEi?"2 .-. nviv-j nv.v pvM.iM. .tnMif .JJJttOTSiVJlBitlSH r ' SATURDAY, with bands and banners and floats, on 'which their respective handicrafts were be ing exemplified, they marched away, about 10,000 strong. r , All tbe coal miners in the Springfield sub-district, about 1,500 in nnmber, are idle, and President N. J. Goings, of the State Union of Miners, says they will re main so until the result is known of a con ference, which will be held in Chicago some day next week. The operators here to-day posted notices that herealter they will pay but 50 cents a ton over an inch and a quar ter screen. This is 17K cents less than tbe price now paid. With the exception of Iowa, where the miners in nearly all coal fields In the Stato have quit work, advices from numerous Northwestern mining and industrial districts indicate that there was no concerted movement on the part of work men for eight hours. ONE VICTORY WON. ST. LOUIS CABPENTEBS RECEIVE THE 8TJE2ENDEB OF BOSSES. A Stubborn Miners' Strike at Du Qnoln.DL All Peaceful at Kansas City and Topeka Workmen In' the Latter City Enjoy a Holiday. St. Louis, May 1. The carpenters and joiners nave once more scored 'a victory against their employers. Two years ago they fought for 35 cents an hour and an eight-hour day and won. To-day tbey asked 40 cents an hour and got it. All the carpenters in the city were yesterday noti fied to report at headquarters at 10 A. M. to-day, under penalty of a heavy fine for non-appearance, with a conscqnenco that the hall was crowded to overflowing when the meetine'was called to order. Thev got down to work at quce, and the first thing done was the reading of replies to their de wands from the bosses. Of the bosses who received the demand seven have granted the advance, ten have refused and the remainder have not yet been he.ird from. The men were ordered to re port for duty to those bosses who have" con ceded the demands, while the otheis have been instructed to remain out till the ad vance is granted. As to the trades last night reported to be affected, nothing has yet developed, but indications are that no walkout will occur. Dispatches from Du Quoin, III., say the most stubbornly contested coal miners' strike ever had in that district was in augurated this morning The contest is to in force the law as to eight hours for a day's work and pay every Saturday. The men say tbey will stay out until the law is up held and their demands granted. The oper ators say the law is unjust, and will fight it to the United States Supreme Court In accordance with orders from the operators of the 14 mines there', all miners and mine laborers have cleaned up their various places and taken out all their tools. These mines have served notice that they will lie idle until the 1st of November, and' from to diybnt one mine, the Egyptian, will be running in the district. This mine is a new one, pays its men weekly, works the eight hour day and is having all work done by contract Fully 1,500 men will be directly interested in this strike, which, with their families, sn ells the total nnmber affected to 3,500 souls. A grand May Day picmo'aud'Labor Day demonstration is being held in Locnst Grove and the Citv Park. Several noted labor speakers of Illinois are present. All miners below are also ordered out, which will make this strike the most stupendous in the State. A dispatch from Kansas City says: In this citv there is nothing to indicate that this is Labor Day. 'There is no celebration of any kind among the working classes. At Topeka the day is being observed by the working classes generally as a holiday. A great deal of uneasiness s felt by the 1,300 employes at the Santa Fe shops over an order announced to them yesterday, through their foreman, that until lurther notice they would be provided with wort; during alter nate weeks only. No strikes or disturbances of any kind have been reported among the coal miners of,the. Sage and other coal districts of Kansas. " IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. No Funds for a Strike, and All the miners Are at Work as XTsnat. WlLfcESBABBE, May L There is great interest manitested among the laborers of this region regarding the result of the fight for eight hours and higher "wages by their fellow-workmen through the bituminous re gions of this State and Ohio, while there seems to be no disposition among the men about the anthracite collieries for any im mediate demand for higher wages, less hours or even a strike. Labor leaders aver that this is simply because the men are not prepared for jny such departure. At Huntingdon the 'proposed general strike of the Pennsylvania bituminous miners, which was annouueed for to-day, has been indefinitely declared off. Tbe Huntingdon, Bedford and Cambria county miners were dependent on the action ol the Clearfield region men, and the latter decided that not enough money vas in the treasury to Justi y a strike. The men are thoroughly organized. Miners are still working in tbe collieries of Plymouth, Nan ticoke, Glen Lvon, Mt. Carmet, Pittston, Carbondaleand other Eastern Pennsylvania points are all at work, as usual. IOWAKINEBSSTBIEE. The Mine Workers There Take an Entirely Unexpected Action. Des Moines, Ia., May 1. Contrary to expectations, the Executive Board of the United Mine Workers of tbe Iowa district to-day ordered all its members to qnlt work for the establishment of the eight-hour work day, to remain out till further notice. All the miners in this vicinitv are idle to day, and it is thought 800 or 900 will stav out under tbe above order. About 10,000 miners are affected in tbe State. All Lovely at Philadelphia. Phii.asei.fkia, May L The relation between capital and labor in this city is one of peace and mutual good understanding. No Strike at Baltimore. Baltimoee, May L There is neither strike nor suggestion of strike apparent THBOUGHOUr THE COUNTBY. Jiinees out at Nelsonvllle, O. No miners' strike at Belleville, HI. Louisville workmen heldamonster parade. Ahthbacite miners are working, as usual. Mi-'EKfl around Ashland, Fa., are all at work. Only one mine working in the Hocking Val ley. DULUTH plumbers are striking for eight hours. No strike is probable In the Arkansas coal mines. Foun hundred lumbermen at Williamsburg, Ky., are on a strike. One thousand coal miners at What Cheer, la., are out for eight hours. At Chattanooga, carpenters, painters and boiler makers are on a strike. No excitement Theee thousand .Booster miners are out be cause tbeir wage scale bas not yet been slimed. Block and bituminous miners at Brazil, Inrt.. are striking, bnt not particularly for the eight-hour day. All the mlnera in Lucas District, No. 9, Ohio, are out Men at New .Lexington and Uore, in. tbe same district, are still working. One hundred stone cutters near New Haven quit work. The received J8 SO a day and de manded ft. The demand of the quarrymen lor an increase was granted. ' Miners in Southeastern Iowa have 'laid down their tools until ordered back to work by tbesnprcme officer pf their union. Merely a. suspeusion of work not a strike they say. AT tbe Bpring Valley. 111., district by com mon consent all the miners stopped work. I Neither tbe miners nor operators have proposed la basis Of setttAifiAnt for thu nnmfnivvu. t - A GLUQiy OUTLOOK c v - Stares tho Determined Coke Eegion Strikers io the FacA H0BDES OF IMPORTED ITALIANS Filling tbe Former Homes of the trlcUd Workinsmen, Who STILL KEEP UP TUE BITTER STRUGGLE rSFXCIAt TSLEOKiU .TO THE DISPATCH-, 1 Mt. Pi-sabant, fay 1. -The.firit evic tions at the Standard mines of the H. C. Frick Coke Company took place this after noon when tbe goods of 12 families were set out on tbe'road by Sheriff Clawson and his deputies, who are' becoming experts in-this unpleasant dnty. Tbe Sheriff believes in jnnning no risk of a riot, and has Company TsFin close support Everything passed off quietly, except when one Hun's stove was slightly damaged through an accident the owner got very angry, but his passions quickly subsided when the. cold steel of the; SherifTs bracelets encircled bis wrists. He was released upon promise of good behavior. At Morewood to-day there were 183 men at work, and 150 ovens blazing to-night Tbe Southwest Company's shipment of coke to day was ten 22-ton cars. More men continue to arrive in the region to take the places of the strikers. At 6 o'clock this evening a carload of 60 Italians' landed at Butte station, on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Kiilroad, to go to work at Leisenring No. 2 in the morning, and at 7 o'clock another carload arrived at Adelaide, on the Pemiekey road,. with fami lies. As soon as arriving they were con veyed to the honses vacated by evicted fami lies to-day, and tbe men will be put to work in tbe mornfhp. Three carloads more are 'expected in the region to-night 1 ''Eviction Alio In Fayette County. This was a great' day .for eviction, also, in Fayette conntv. Sheriff McCormick and posse were at Adelaide this morning and evicted ten families; while Depnty Georee Miller evicted ten at Leisenring No." 2. Seventeen are on the list for Leith to-mor row, two at Brownfield and 70 at Broadford and Leisenring No. 1. Men are pouring into the region, and the companies claim they must have houses. Several more ovens were fired at Suramh to-day, making the plant almost nil with the force now at work. All the 142 ovens will be in blast by Monday morning. jThe McClnre people fired 17 more ovens at their Painter phnt to-day, making 173 ovens now in blast Ten new men wertadded to the working force there to-dav, seven of them, it is claimed, from the ranks of the old men. Tbe labor leaders are jubilant to-day. They claim to have positive information that there was a large break in the men working at Jamestown. Messengers came to the office and insisted that more than half of tbe 280 men quit soon after going to work this morning. A mass meeting was called for 4 o'clock, to be held in close proximity to the works, and couriers were sent, ahead toindnce the 'men to attend the meeting. McBride, Disraen, McGuirend McGIoy, four of the most active and energetic lead ers, were dispatched to the meeting to do the talking.- They will do eyerythine pos sible but violate tbe law to keep the men out Such a break as this" means a great setback to the operators in their fieht for victory. Inquiry was made at the office of the company as to the troth of the report, but no-defiuite information conld be gained. It was admitted a few men did not return to work yesterday on account of he usual drinking after payday, but that the plant would make its usual shipment of coke to day, about 40 cars. Strikers' Missionary Meetings. Meetings are being held at Adelaide and Fairchance to-nieht for tbe purpose of in ducing tbe men at Adelaide and Kvle lo come odt The-labor people claim to " have promises from the men at both plants to at tend. A large canvas tent, 40x100 fee', was ordered to-day and is expected here to-mor row, to snelter the people evicted at Standard. It will be supported in tbe cen ter by a 40-Ioot pole, and will have a large American flag floating over it day and night. Secretary Parker S4ys the strike must be won if tbey have to purchase 1,000 such tents, and in the event of such an American flag will float over every one. WilliajnHay telegraphed from Houtz dale :o-d.y tbat he would return on Monday nun i,wu, me uonanon oi tne Uheck Weichm.iu Association of that place. The indications now an- that money will come in more raprdiy than of late. With suf ficient.help tbe labor leaders claim they can win an easy victory yet Considerable money was received yesterday by the locals in good standing from the defense fund. .The national officers say tbe fund is growing dally. The Situation Yesterday. As tbe situation is to-day, the operators have somewhat scattered the ranks of the men by their importations, and others have gone back to work, bnt the labor leaders are inducing many of the imported men to either leave the region or join with them. Of the men who dropped their tools on Feb ruarv 9, abont 700 have gone b:ck to work, and the remainder of the men now working are Italians and others brongbt into the region. The strike is now nearly 12 weeks old, and both sides seem as firm in their stand as ever. Labor officials are looking keenly to their interests in keeping men ont, yet every time an eviction is made there is a family of foreigners on hand ready to-enter the honse. There is one prominent labor leader in Pittsburg reading the riot act to the Italian emigrant agents there, while other points are being watched. The Military Will Remain, ST sridiLTBiKoiuiiTO Tnx niRPATcn.: HaerisbtJEO, May L' Adjutant Gen eral McC'elland returned from the coke regions to-day with tbe conviction that the trouble is over, and as a precaution tbe two military companies, which have been doing active service for several weeks, will be kept nnder arms until all indications of an outbreak shall have disappeared. T WENT r-FOTJK PAGES to-morrow. Get a copy or the bit DISPATCH. A Week's Beading. STAKDABD SILTB O0LLAES Can Only Be Fnrnished Iow In Redemption for Silver Certificates. WA8HINOTOH-, May 1. Tbe first of the steps contemplated by Secretary Foster for getting tbe subsidiary coin now In the Treas ury into circulation was taken to-day, when tbe following notice.signed by United States Treasurer Nebeker, was prepared at tbe Treasury Department and. will be sent to banks and bankers tbroughont the United States: ' Tbe coinage of tile standard silver dollars authorized by the act of February 28, 1878, liar kne been discontinued by the act of JolyK 1880, the Treasurer Haas if inconvenient to furnish them otherwise than In redemption'of silver certificates or Treasury notes, but will forward sliver halt dollars, quarter dollars or dimes to anv address.free of cost for transnnr. l-tation by express in sums of fc.'OO or more, or by regisiereu man iu jncK ox .u, in exchange for any other kind of money deposited In tbe Ireasnry or any sub-Treasury or depository bank. Remittances for this purpose will be re ceived by-the Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers, in the form of drafts on any bank or banker In Washington. New"York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore. Cincinnati, Chicago, St Louis, Dew Orleans or Ban Francisco. : 1 'QUEEN LILIUOKALAHl'B SEHTIirEITTS. Why tho United States Phould Not Reject the Commercial Treaty. Bait Francisco. Tlay 1. News from Honolulu' Quotes Queen1 Liliuokalani as statin- that in the' event oY the rejection' of ::T -" V ""---" -. jeHrS W Hia:-JHf-ff WW jsW-eUJUkJ- and the United -States, commerce between the two countries would greatly 'diminish and eventually pass out of American con trol. . ' . Queen. Liliuokalani, intimated that Min ister Carter would '.resign his post at Wasb iugtou, owing to tbe fact that his sympathy was with tbe Americans, not with the islands. Speaking of Congressional action on the surveys for a cable between San Francisco and 'Honolulu, the Queen said the cable would be of Inestimable benefit to the islands.. A, SENSATIONAL CASE. John Hoey, or the Adams Express Com pany, a Defendant for 87,500. rarxciAt. TILXOIUX TO tux oisrATc&i New Yoafc, May 1. John "Hoey, the President of the "Adams Express Com pany,( is defendant in a very im portant suit 'pending before' Judge Ingrabam, in the 'Supreme Court Clapp Spooner, tbe Vice President of the company, and Edwin A. Taft are av sociated with him as defendants. Tba snit 'is brongbt by Henry F Sherburne, now resident in Paris, and is an-outcome of the transactions, whereby the Adams Company secured a controlling interest in the stock of the New York and Boston Dis patch Company the Kipley Express Com pany and the Union Express Company. The amount involved In the suit is $87,600, -with interest Sherburne, together with the defendants mentioned, made up the-syndicate that sold the stock to the Adams people, and Sher burneclaims that $67,600 hssbeen held outof his share of tbe sale. It is expected that Judg(rlnraham will hand down a decision on this case f ery shortly after the final briefs are filed. ' HE TALKS TO THE MONKEYS. A Queer little Man and His Strange Accomplishment Jdew.xork Ueeorder.l , -- One of the keepers in the monkey honse in the park has been very much attracted of late by the regular appearance of a little, short, thick-set man with iron gray hairand long .whiskers, who makes daily visits to the monkey house and stands for hours chat tering to the beasts, and he bas come to the conclusion that the man is a Darwinian, a philosophic linguist who has discovered the monkey language and who is making him self fluent in it by conversing with tbem. "One thing is certain," said the keeper, "the monkeys know him, for they always come to the frc-nt ot the cage when he ap pears and chirp and chatter and smile as if 'he were telling them fnnnv stories. It seems ridiculous, don't it? B'nt he is the only visitor who can get their attention. Maybe he hypnotizes them." The noises he makes are exactly like tbeir chattering and seem to be done with the lips closed and teeth lightly shut, and his eyes seem to sparkle as the monkeys chatter back. Sometimes when they answer him he almost bursts with laughter, and when he leaves the railing they all bid him goodby with much feeling. SIK MORELL MACKENZIE contributes an article on physical training for THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. He gives rnles for ex ercise at different aces. A paper for every body. Best special features. SALTING SOWN THE BATS, A Woman ot Bohemia Who Has Great Suc cess In Getting Rid of Rodents. Bt LonliGlobe-Oemocrt. The pied Piper of Hamlin has a rival in driving out rats who can add a few things to tbe cleverness of that celebrated, myth. and incidentally give a pointer or two to- American honsewives. This individual is a woman, credited "wjth being a witch by her neighbors, in a-little obsenre town, with an uiiironounceablepamer in Bohemia. She has discovered that the deadliest poison, to rats and'mice is salt, the. cheapest commod ity of the household, and. what- is'more. she has demonstrated its efficacy by practical tests. The town wberehe lives is near the great salt mines, and she had no trouble in getting' all the salt she wanted. Her honse was overrun with rats just as those of her neigh bors were. This good woman finally cleared be bouse of tbe pests by sprinkling salt all over it, and when she had rid ber own house she rendered the same service in the honses of her neighbors. -She used salt, just plain salt,.in very liberal quantities. I have seen it tried a nnmber'of times since then and never knew it to fail. If yotr are skep tical, jnst try it and you will be convinced. HEW JESEY F0EEST FIEES. They Continue to Burn With Almost Un diminished Fury. MlLtVlLlE, N. J., May L Two forest fires are still burning in this vicinity. One in tbe Bear swamp the greatest of the two and the 'other in the direction of Beaver dam. The latter was thought to be nnder control last night, but broke ont afresh this morning and is sweeping in a northerly direction. Tbe people in the vicinity are anxionsly looking for rain as the only means to ex tinguish it. Walter Chance, the stage driver from the station to tbe village of Di viding Creek, was driving his stage through the woods when, be was almost com pletely surrounded by the flames. The road was obscured by smoke and the flames bad scorched bis stage before he reached a clearing and escaped. The Bosen hayn fire took a Iresh start this morning and swept across the Maurice river, coming within three miles of this city. , Big gangs of men were sent out and succeeded in turn ing tbe course of the fire. Blair in Washington. WASHlHGTOi, May -L Ex-Senator Blair arrived here this evening and will have an interview with.Secretury Blaine to morrow. He declined to talk. The Pennsylvania Dividend Declared. . Philadelphia, May 1. The Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bailroad met to-day and declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent THE FLEE EECOED. At Lopez, Pa.. Higins' kindling wood ware honse burned; Ls, $25,000. Near Greentburg yesterday morning tbs Hempfleid Coat Company's shops burned. Ori gin unknown. Loss, $1,500: fulfy Insured. At Massillon a- supposed Incendiary fire Thursday ,nlcht destroyed, a portion ot tbe plant or the Edna Piano and 'Organ Company. Loss 31,000, covered by insu ranee. A alarm of fire was sent in from box 118 at 10.50 last nlilit, caused by a fire In a carpenter siiop. owned by Reillr & Norrls. in the West End. The loss will amount to abont $100. AtNbw "forkone ot the Chambermaids em ployed in theBochestrr Hotel, a smalt hostelry on Bleeker street, was suffocated during afire yesterday morning. The woman was still alive when rescned from ber room. on tbe top floor, but tbe moment she was .removed to the open air she died. Tbe damage will not exceed S1O.0Q0. At Jobnstown fire broke out In tbe tobacco store of A H. K'nney at midnight and has bnrned tbat bnllding and two adjoining stores. At 1220 it was still raging. The steeple of tbe First Baptist Church was then on fire, and It looked as if this edifice wonld also burn. Tba fire Companies on the grpund were unable to reach tne top of tbe church, wnere tba flames are tbe fiercest At Bojtonthe Codman, bnildlng, adjoining tne Americas noutc, uaroeu iounaij mio nigbt Loss about $70,000. The guests of tbe American Houso were frightened, and many fled, but tbe bu'ldlnte was not banned. Several firemen .were made'uncooscious by smoke, and one Was injured by a tall. Auong tbe tenants of tbe bnllding burntd were: Goodwin A Co, druBelst: the Bedding Electrical Company, the Brunswick-Balke-Uollender Billiard Com pany, Carrath Co, sflkekars -Mterlal:-&.S. MQultpa, picture dealer, and a nnmber of Saudi ' umt PENSIOxNS DEMMDEDT For FamiUes of Hallway Hail Clerki Killed in Ser?ice. TBE LATE TERRIBLE DISASTERS On Bsllrotds Have Called Public Atleatlot ' , to Tnis 8nbjict. s a., " C05GBESS WILL BE PETITIONED TO ACT itbok x tTxrr coBBxsroxpx-rr.t WASH1SOT02-, May L One thing which tbe Postoffice Department will certainly urge on Congress next winter will be the pensioning of the families of employes who lose their Uvea in the railway mail service. This is all the talk at tbe department now, and public sentiment has been excited to such a pitch by the recent loss of life as to make the demand for snch action general. Assistant Postmaster General Bell, who has supervision of tbe railway mail service, is heartily in favor of the pension scheme, and will recommend it in his next report to tbe Postmaster" General, who will in turn transmit it to Congress. Speaking of tbe matter to-day, Mr. Bell said: "The terrible accident on tbe Laks Shore road, followed by tbe recent one on tbe Metropolitan branch, in which dis asters seven postal clerks met deatb, has- . been a great shock to me. I take a per sonal interest in my men, and everyone of them has a warm corner in my heart Finest In the Servlce "The clerks killed on the Cake Shore were tbe finest in the service. It ! neces sary that they should be, in order to handle a run that is practically from New York to Sau Francisco. Tbey met death in the dis charge ot tbeir duties, bravely as s Soldier on tbe field of battle, and ye't. there fs no help for 'their afflicted families 'unless-'tho dead men belonged to the benefit association, which is.arent tax on the members. In the past two weeks the association bas bad eight assessments'fo par, an expense which a fam ily man cannot afjord. ? "Bead the reports of this office. Year after, year recommendttions have been made re questing Congress to provide for this most de serving class of employes in the Govern-' ment service. Bills have been presented, placed on the calendar, and that is the last heard of them. Members hare many in terests to look alter, and in the hurry to, , pusji measures benefiting tbeir constituents' they unwittingly lose sight of this matter. Last session I went to both House and Sen ate committees with a carefully framed bill. Becozmzing that the public 'is strongly op posed to anything approaching' a civil ser vice pension list, this bill called only for the payment of a year's salary to the beir or heirs ol a postal clerk killed by accident while in the discharge of his duties, miking the maximum sum 71,000. Urgent Call for Belief; "I said to the committees: 'Gentlemen, if there is any clause in this bill objection able, name it and I will eliminate the ob jection. If you doubt the advisability of the measure, proof unquestioned will be iurnished, showing its necessity.' If Con gress were in session now, with tbe fate of these brave boys- fresh in the public mind, that bill would be passed without delay or hesitation. My next report will call for re lief in the strongest possible fashion, and the question at issue will be presented in a way that will make opposition impossible." The only parallel to the cause of the postal clerks is in tbe life-saving service, and in this when a member of tne crew loses his life, his family, if he has one, receives a cer tain portion oi the sal-try which wonld hava been earned during the year following death, bnt the process of adjusting these claims ia very slow, aud often a special appropriation by Congress must be awaited. To be jnst; Congress should provide an ample fund, from which all such claims should be promptly paid as soon as they are properly audited. Light-tee. BtJEIED ET A CHASM. Frightful Explosion of Gas at a Fire That Resulted Fatally. Gheesville, O.. May L About 8:30 this evening an alarm of fire called the de partment to the stable of Mrs. Creer. While the firemen were working,' a tremendous explosion suddenly occurred1. Upon investigation a terrible spectacle was presented. Where a fire engine and many people had stood, a gaping chasm was presented. Natural eas had collected in a fire cistern and ignited from the engine. TJie force of the explosion raised the heayr engine eight feet in the air and then dropped it into the hole. The front ot F. C. Kuth's grocery was blown ont. The wnnnded are: Trnman Southern, fa tally injured; Engineer Boyer, Charles Hagis aud 'Ihomas O'Brien, badly hurt Many others were struck by flving debris. One,' boy is yet unaccounted for, and it is feared" that he is in the bottom of the "well under the engine. Work is coing on' to raise ,the engine and ascertain if anyone' is under it UmltlDE the Seal Catch. Washutgtoh, May L It is learned at the department that Secretary Foster has fixed the maximum amount of seals which the Commercial Company will be allowed to take during tbe coming season at 60,000. " CABLE LETTERS covering Great Britain' and the Continent In to-morrow's 24-Page DISPATCH. They appear every Sunday. Special cables dally. 7 . A SAVIOR OF HER SEX. 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