T 24 PAGES. - ' - - - - j FORTY-SIXTH YEAR THE BftWT USED In a Fierce Charge Upon Riot ous French Strikers by the Soldiers. " HAND-TO-HAND CONFLICTS, In "Which the Stubborn Strikers Are Only Dispersed After Being Boughlv Handled. BOULANGER IS CLOSELY WATCHED. He Is Suspected of Having Incited Many of the Outbreaks in Different Farts of France. A BIG HIDE FAEK DEMOXSTEATION. Sixty Tiouitd Workiugmen Will Atsmtle There To- Dty, Affcr a Merita Parser, for u Eight-Hear Dij. IHE ETJUKIS OK THIS EIDE 01 THE WATEB IET CABLE TO THE DISrATCn.1 London, May 2. All reports reaching here from France and Belgium stale that the rioting in the mining districts of both countries continues. Resentment for the sentences of two years' imprisonment im posed on the Anarchist leaders in the riots which took place in Charteville and St. Qoeutin, in France, led to renewed scenes of disorder in those places to-day, while in Seraing and Liege, in Belgium, determined attempts -were made by the striken to pre Tent any of the men who refused to join their ranks from working. 'When the non-strikers attempted to com mence work they were attacked by the strikers, who assailed them with a shower of stones and other missiles. The gendarmes, who had been placed on duty at the mines to protect the men who were willing to work, found that all their efforts to repress the disturbance were useless, and they were finally compelled to inveke the aid of the military. At the Harloz colliery, in St. Nicholas, where the soldiers had been ordered out to pieserve the peace, a rifle fire failed to awe the rioters, although several of them fell wounded. Charged by the Cavalry. The strikers very stubbornly resisted the military and even -withstood a charge made on them with drawn swords and only dis persed the face of a cavalry charge. About SO of the rioters were arrested. Daring the riot at Bekes, in Hungary, a number of enraged peasants made a savage attack on the place, for prohibiting the people from holding May Day dem onstrations. The Magistrate was thrown to the ground and the peasants trampled upon and kicked his prostrate form, inflicting terrible injuries on the unfortunate man. Upon the military coming to the rescue of the imperiled magistrate, a sharp affray took place between them and the desperate peasants. The soldiers charged upon the crowd, and two of the rioters were pierced through the body by bayonets. The rioters were finally forced to retreat, and 20 ot them were cap tured and are now under arrest. The fight ing caused the greatest excitement in Bekes, and affairs assumed such a dangerous shape that the authorities were compelled to de clare the place in a stage of siege. AH the shops have been closed, and the latest re ports say that the people are still wildly ex cited. Sixty Thousand to Parade. London workmen will parade to-morrow and march probably 60,000 strong to Hyde Park, where resolution will be passed in favor of a legal eight-hour day. That move ment has made considerable progress since May, last year. The London Trades Council, in its corporate rapacity, .then refused to have anything to do with it, hut this year the demonstra tion will be held under the Council's direct patronage. Dissensions prevail this year, however, as they did in 1890. The Social ists, failing to obtain control of the arrange ments, have resolved to hold a rival demonstration and meeting in the park, un der the auspices of the special Democratic Federation. It would be interesting to compare the relative strengthi of the moderates and the extremists in such a public affair but the indications to-day are that the Federation, feeling that a comparison would not be flattering to its pride, or corroborative of its pretensions, will decide at the last moment to abandon the separatist scheme. Preparing Tor an Outbreak. Police Commissioner Sir Edward Brad ford does not fear a breach of the peace and the only police visible on Sunday will be those engaged in directing street traffic. But a strong force will be held in -reserve, by order of the Government, which does not trnst the masses as much as its members pre tend to do. Since the death of Charles Bradlaugh, the most uncompromising opponent of Legis lative interference with the hours of adult labor, the workingmen's leaders who shared his opinions and were not afraid to express themselves, perceptibly weakened in tbeir opposition, and the coming year will proba bly witness tbeir conversion, unless the people like Hunter W atts and Louise Michel pu themselves too prominently into the move ment. This well-matched couple were chief speakers at the Anarchist demonstration held in Hyde Park yesterday afternoon. 25ot more than 400 persons were present, but the strength of language amply compen sated for the weakness of numbers. A Wild, Incendiary Speech. Watts wonnd up an incendiary speech by saying: "Success to those who as sassinate assassins. Success to thieves who rob thieve?. Success to those who are in re Tolt agaiust organized forms of theft and murder. Loug li.e to the social revolution." Liaise Jlichel's peroration was also quite au to the Anarchistic "mark and was shrieked out at the top of her voice to the aecompaniatut of wild gesticulation. It; seemed to upset some of the Englishmen 'present, who, although calling themselves Anarchists, are not accustomed to such highly seasoned French fare. Put into cold print here is what she said: C "Strikes were in the air, whether or not they were decreed, whether they preceded or followed May L The strike was imposed on them by the logic of events; a strike of despair, which would not be stopped by the exhanstion ot their resources, since it would be begun without a strike fund and would only end after victory had been achieved. A waiting policy would only entail more wretchedness on them. A Salute for Anarchy. "They had not assembled that afternoon to salute a nation, but to salute a nation of labor. They sought not only to uplift the people, bnt to liberate them, and in that work they had a huge army behind them. Let them salute all those who revolt. Let them salute all those who smash the windows of shops, mansions and clubs. Let them salute all those who plunder and even let them salute those who rob. Let them salute revolt all over the world and show those few who lived in luxury and ease while millions and millions of others starved and died, that at least their time had arrived." The long-threatened strike of the London carpenters and joiners commenced this morning, when 3,000 men were called ont from three large firms who have important contracts on hand and have been selected for the first attack. The struggle is likely to be a sharp one, as both employers and men are well organized and corporately wealthy. The trouble commenced six months ago when the Executive Council of the Amal gamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners gave notice to the Master Builders' Associa tion that' unless 'the men's demands for a working week. of 47 hours and wages at the rate of 10 pence per hour were granted they wonld be called ont on a strike at a con venient opportunity. Fifteen Thousand Men Meet. Negotiations have been going on ever tince, but no compromise could be arranged and the strike commenced to-day. The em ployers have been talking of resorting to a general lockout; but as this is the busiest season of the year in . the buildin? trade, the men laugh at the threat. This afternoon, despite a pouring rain, 15,000 workmen met in Hyde Park, and, amid muoh enthusiasm, pledged themselves to Bupport the strike. The speakers declared that the union treasury at this moment contains enough money to pay full wages for several months to evrry man on strike, and the funds will be kept in good shape by a levy upon those in the trade not on strike, and by promised conttibntions by other trade unions. The three months' agreement with the men has not expired yet. but the Shipping Federation has notified its employes that after Sunday they w'H cease to supply then! with food, but will, for the present, continue to lodge them. They were also informed that their situations would be permanent for the next two months. The Soldiers Attacked. Further particulars received in regard to the labor riot at Fourmies, France, say that early last evening a mob composed oT about 1,200 people, carrying sticks and armed with revolvers, surrounded theeendarmerie. The mob attacked the Town Hall, and the gendarmes sent there to protect the building fired their revolvers in the air in order to frighten the rioters, but without effect. The troops, with fixed bayonets, then charged the mob and drove it away from the neighborhood of the Town Hall. The crowd, however, after being driven back ward, retaliated by throwing bricks and pieces of paving stones at the troops, fre quently striking the soldiers. After Jhis proceeding the mob retreated for a while, but subsequently reappeared and made an attack on the gendarmes. A Hand-to-Haud Battle. A fierce conflict took place between the gendarmes and the rioters in a rear of a church, during which a number of the former were placed hors du combat. A regi ment of infantry was then summoned, and an uproarious scene followed, the crowds fighting hand-to-band with police and sol diery. Finally, upon the .rioters persisting in their refusal to retire, the soldiers fired, killing three people outright and wonnding a number of others. The soldiers, acting under their officers' instructions, and in or der to avoid the taking of life, fired low, at the legs of the people, with the result that many limbs of rioters have been amputated as one result of the labor disturbances. After this severe lesson the mob fled, and was comparatively quiet during the night. The troops in Paris remained on duty during the night, and were partly relieved this morning, it being apparent that all danger ot an outbreak was over. A num ber of the Anarchist and Socialist leaders arrested by order of M. Constans on Thurs day night were released to-day, but all are retained in custody against whom there is evidence of having incited to riot, lying Low for Boulanger. The police of Paris are not relaxing their efforts to trace the authorship of the revolu tionary circulars distributed to the troops. It is stated that the Government will en deavor to seenre the conviction and deporta-' tion to New Caledonia of all who may be shown responsible for the attempt to under mine the loyalty of the military. M. Con stans is in receipt of congratulations from all sides on his successful prevention of what threatened to be a serious blow to the Bepublic. Should it be proven that Boulanger has had anything to do with the plots against the public safety, the British Government will be asked to refuse him any longer the privilege of asylum. It is known that on Monday last, and throughout the week, frequent messages passed (between Boulan ler and his leading adherents in Paris. News of further rioting in Belgium has been received here. It is learned that a conflict took place in Mons to-night between the gendarmes and miners, and that the offi cers opened fire upon the rioters, two of whom were seriously wounded. LOND0H ETETKIKG CARPENTERS. Ten Thousand .of Their Fellow Workmen Assemble in Hyde Park. London, May 2. Ten thousand carpen tens and joiners met to-day in Hyde Park in support of the 4,000 of those trades who went out on a strike to-day for 47 hours' work a week and 10 pence per hour. The speakers who addressed the meeting declared that the strikers had pienty of money, and that they did not stand in any fear of "scabs." ' IOWA HIKEBS SIGH C0HTBAC1& They Make No Demand for Eight Hours, and Will Get SI a Ton. Boone, Ia., May 2. The miners of the Boone coal fields to-day signed contracts fixing the price of mining for the next year at $1 a ton. There are about 1,000 miners employed here. No demand for an eight-hour day was made. A CRISIS AT E0ME. Scenes of Turmoil In the Chamber of Deputies Over the Blots. Bome, May 2. In the Chamber of Depu ties to-day, amid noisy interruptions, Signor Nicotera, Minister of the Interior, re counted the events of May" Day, and read telegrams to show that the country was- tranquil.1 The tronbles in Bome, he said, were due to the Anarchist. Lamdi, who had been sent ex pressly from Paris to incite a. disturbance. He did not blame the deputies", con cerned, but he thought it would ,. -. -. . L.Ja. W i I, fi- i n-in'm " - , Tffii r.r'1fi v -s jjLjLfc ' Mfe. AJWfcMsTa , i ftajfrfe-jMalfBg aWWWflffl'ffl-,fijj - --1 - - " a ! mm have been better if they had held aloof and defended the military and police who had erred rather on the side of tolerance. In view of the coming judioial inquiry, he asked members to withdraw their interpellations, otherwise he must move to adjourn to debate for six months. Stgnor Jmbriani provoked a storm of protests by persistfng in the face of Signor Nicotera's denial, that an officer was bru tally attacked at BarzeUL The turmoil caused the President to suspend the sitting and upon it being resumed, decided to ad journ it until to-morrow, when the Govern ment would demand an explicit vote pf con fidence. WHERE P0WDERLY STANDS, TOO BUSY WITH LAND, BAHBOADSAHD CUBBEHCY TO TAIX Evidently Not Taking Mnch Interest in Eight Boors The Relations Between Him and Gompers Very Hot bhot Pat Into Cold Type. Chicago, May 2. T. V. Powderly, General Master Workman K. of L., is in the city. "We have hardly had time to pay attention to the wage qu estion at present,'" he Baid. "The other three questions the land, the railroad and the currency are occupying every officer's time. The eight hour movement will be successful before a great while, because there are so many ma chines being brought upon the market that there will soon bo an overproduction of goods. ' "We will try to do away with the gold standard. The public, so long deluded, is crying, for the gold standard, but when it realizes that there is not $350,000,000 in gold in circulation, and that Rockefeller, Gould and Astor could bny every gold piece in the nation, and thus get a grip on the people that would be difficult to break, they will coincide with us." A dispatch from Nev York says: The United Mine Workers of America have issued a circular, dated at Columbus, Ohio, appealing to "toilers everywhere, organized and unorganized," to send them aid for the coke strikers. The United Mine Workers are composed of two organization's one a K. of L. Trades Assembly and the other an open union. They are of equal strength, and as a single body are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Bumor says that the Executive Board ot the Knights, out of spite against Sam uel Gompers, induced the miner Knights to withdraw from the eight-hour movement, which has always been Mr. Gompers' most cherished scheme. Mr. Powderly,, in the organ of the Knights of Labor, quoted an article in the Sun, which said: The federation is fast reaching the 1,000.000 mark of which the Kniehts once boasted, while the noble order is rushing onward to the 20,000 mark, where the federation started. He charged Mr. Gompers with uttering these (Mr. Gompers did not utter them, it is now understood), and pitched into him to the extent of a column and a quarter. Mr. Gompers has written a reply in which he savs: It is evident that iu his desperation at fast losing hold of even the respect of the wage workers of our country, he is willing not only to misrepresent the truth, but manufacture charges, in order to rent his spleen upon those whom fie cannot control, and for the purpose of bolstering up his and his order's lost prestige. STBEET WOBE STOPPED. Four Hundred Highway Laborers In Da lnth Demand 83 Day. Dttluth, Minn., May 2. Nearly all of the men employed on city contract street work, to the number of about 400, went out to-day. Processions of the men who went ont yesterday were formed at the West End, and at the end of the month visited each place where contract work was being' done and persuaded the men to quit work.- Tbey have now set their demands at $2 per diem. The contractors have agreed to pay $1 75 after Mav 15. They have been paying only $1 50. The employers say that they will resume work Monday, as they state they can get all the men tbey want at $1 75 a day. Mill Owners Defeat the Zanesvllle Strike. SrSCUL TXI.EGBAX TO TUB DISrXTCH. Zanesttlle, May 2. The strike here has been settled, and it is a victory to the mill owners, as it includes nothing except what they said they wonld pay when the men first talked of striking. lumber Shovers Wish to Compromise. Cleveland, May 2. Non-union lumber shovers went to work on the docks this morning under police protection. The strikers are quiet and now ask for a com promise. GEHEBAL STBIKE H0TE& Thrkk more firms are reported to have sur rendered to the New York housesmith strikers. CAEPENTBE3 at Covington, Ky., are striking for 82 60 a day. They are supported by the other trades. It is said the New York Central Railroad will next Thursday cut switch tenders' wages about 87 SO a month. Neaelt 400 granite quarryrhen at Barre. Vt,, are out on strike, the cause being the em ployers' refnsallto show a discrimination be tween union and non-union workmen. If the strike holds on it will throw 2,000 granite cut ters out of employment. The coal shovellers in the New York Cen tral's East Rochester yards have'struck and the engineers and firemen have to coal tbeir own engines. The shovellers say they have been notified their pay is to be reduced from II S3 to SI 25 per day of 12 hours. EX-MIKISTEB TAFI DYTOG. Members of His Family Summoned to His Bedside at San Diego, Cincinnati, May 2. The family of Charles P. Taft, this city, received brief news to-night of the dying condition of Judge Alphons'o Taft in San Diego, Cal. It is feared that his son, William H. Taft, the Solicitor General, will not arrive before the supreme moment. The family of Charles P. Taft have been trying to find means of reaching him by wire, but have not suc ceeded. Judge Taft suffered so severely from pneumonia while in St. Petersburg as United States Minister that he never fully recovered. A complication of ailments fol lowed, and recently he went to Chile, where he spent some time trying to recuperate his health. It was on his return thtft he stopped at San Diego, where, -for a time, his health appeared to improve. He was intending to return to Cincinnati when summer weatner set in. This news of a change for the worse was against what his family and friends here had reason to expect, since the last ad vices from him by mail encouraged hope, CIETELAHD DECLABED. IN DEFAULT. He Falls to Appear In a Snit Involving the Folsom Estate. Omaha, May 2. In the District Court to-day ex-President Grover Cleveland was called in the suit of the Folsom heirs, of which Mrs. Cleveland is one, for the par tition ot the estate. The bailiff announced that Mr. Cleveland could not fee found, and he was declared in default. Called All Imagination. The old talk of the Duquesne and Pitts burg Traction Companies combining has been revived and is as caohaticallv i)d Mr au concerned- pBpwtrjg PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, MAY g, 189L PITTSBURG'S CLAIMS For Naval Recognition in the flaming of the New Crnisere. THE BEQUEST PLACED ON FILE, In Accordance With the Frojeet Init'.njd crt I by The Dispatch. T, A HINT TO ALLE8HEKX C0DNTI LADIES ITEOlf A 6TAJT COEMfirONDElrT.J Washington, May 2. The request of citizens of Pittsburg, in accordance with the project initiated by The Dispatch, that one of the new cruisers be christened the Pittsburg, has been received at tie Navy Department and placed on file with scores of other petitions of a similar charac ter. These will not be taken up for some time, but when they are, Pittsburg can rest assured that the claims for recognition of a city, which plays so important a part in the production of cruisers and war vessels will not he ignored. All sorts of requests for all sorts of names and in the voluminous file of papers relating to the christening of the new vessels. The Governors of each and every Stafeof the Union have joined in a petition to' have one of the large cruisers named the "Lexing ton." This was probably worked up by the people of Lexington, Ky., as the requests have a common type-written form and sug gest a systematic effort An association of leading ladies of Baltimore has been formed to accomplish the naming of one of tha vessels in memory of the battle of North Point, and this suggests that it might be a graceful and influential act on the part of the ladies of Allegheny county to arrange for a monster petition, signed only by ladies, to the Secretary of the Navy, requesting that a cruiser be named the "Pittsburg" without the "h" of course, as a commission of the Interior Departmenthas decided that in to far as the census is concerned, Pitts burg shall be sensibly spelt without an "h." There is plenty of ohance for Pittsburg in this matter. The only really influential requests are the two before mentioned. Doubtless the request for the name of "Lex ington" will at least be complied with, and if so one of the largest crnisers will be selected, possibly either No. 12 or No. 13, each of which is of the capacity of about 7,350 tons. Cruiser No. 6, 5,500 tons; cruisers Nos. 8, 10 and 11, of about 2,000 tons each; gunboats Nos. 5 and 6, ot about 1,500 tons each, and the practice vessel of 850 tons are all in course of construction or in contemplation and all unnamed. Hitherto, in naming vessels, the tendency has been to revive names of historical war ships, but this is probably more because of a lack of other suggestive' names than for any other reason. There is really nothing in the way of Pittsburg's securing a name sake in the navy, except the indifference of the citizens, for, as it is needless to say, the importance of Pittsburg's contributions to the navy is well recognized at the depart ment. BEWABDd OF MEBIT. Officers and Enlisted Men of the Army Honored in General Orders. Washington, May 3. The Major Gen eral commanding has published in orders to the army the names of the following officers and enlisted men, who," during the year 1883, distinguished themselves by "specially- meritorious acts or conduct in service:" Major Henry Carroll, First Cavalry (then Captain, Ninth Cavalry)for firmness and prudence in oonducting operations result ing in clearing the Indian Territory of a large, well appointed and organized band of intrnders without collision. Captain Emmet Crawford, Third Cavalry, (since died of wounds in action); Captain (then Second Lieutenant) James O. McKay, Third Cav--alry, and First Lieutenant (then Second Lieutenant) Charles B. Gatewood, Sixth Cavalry, for courage, ability and devotion to dnty in a laborious march, followed by the surprise of a camp of hostile Apaches, under Chato and Bonito, the defeat of the Indians, the destruction of their camp, the rescue of five captives and the recovery of a large amount ot stolen property; this near the headwaters of the Bavispe river in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Sonora, Mexico. First Sergeant Joachim O. Jorgensen, Sergeant E. Dwight Chapman and Saddler Jacob Frank, Troop K, Fourth Cavalry (all now out of service) for cool and determined conrage in carrying out of a burning build ing at Ft. Wingate, N. M., burning boxes of cartridges and some powder standing near. BEAGAH'S BES1GJJATI0K. Official Correspondence Between Him and Vice President Morton. "Washington, May a The following correspondence was made public to-day: Palestine, Tex., April 21 Hon. Levi P.Morton, Vice .President, Washington. "MlT Deab Bib Having agreed to accept a place on the Railroad Commission of Texas.and having tendered my resignation to the Govern or of the State of Texas of the, position of a Senator in the Congress of the United States, to take effect on the 10th of June next, it be comes my dnty to advise you of the fact of my resignation. From a sense of duty to the State and people of Texas, I with regret terminate my connection with the Senate, to accept a position of less dignity and of less emoluments. And I leave the Senate with the sincerest wishes for the welfare and happiness of your self and each Senator, for my relations have been very pleasant with all. Very trnly and respectfully. John H. Bkaqan. Washington, April SO. Mt Deab Senator I have the honor to ac knowledge the reeeiDt of your communication of the 24tb, in which you inform me that you have tendered your resignation as a Senator in the Congress of the United States. It will be a source of personal regret to me, as I am confident It will be to every member of the Senate, to learn that yon have decided to ter minate official connection with that body. Yon will, I am assured, carry with yon on your retirement from the Senate chamber the per sonal good wishes of every individnal member, that many yean of health, usefulness and hap piness may remain in store for you. With the assurances of my high regard and personal esteem, I have the honor to be, very faithfully yours, Levi P. Mobton. A BITTEB ATTACK On the Chinese Secretary of Legntlon Will Lead to a Libel Salt. lrnOM A 8TAT COnr-ESFOHDENT.t Washington, May 2. One of the most momentous libel suits ever brought against an American newspaper will be instituted against the Philadelphia Timet, as soon as the necessary legal papers can be drafted, if the English-speaking Secretary of the Chi nese Legation does not change his mind. The Time this morning contained a story, purporting to be a special tclegranrfrom this city, which is a most sensational attack on Mr. Ho, the gentleman referred to. He is accused of having "sold into slaverv a whole family of his countrymen and for this crime is now unable to return to his native land." The article continues by accusing Mr. Ho of acting as a spy for certain British inter ests on Americans desiring concessions in China. Finally the story declares that Mr. Ho "has been discharged from his position at the Legation." A clipping of the story was shown to Mr. Ho this afternoon. Jle'hsd not read more than half of the article when he burst into tears and said: "This is an infamous lie. JThere is not osejrord oftrutlj ja it, I waJ never guilty of selling human flesh. I am not discredited by my Government, and J. have not been dismissed and will not be. That article was inspired by the promoters of the Mitkiewicz-Barker concession." TREASURY FINANCES. A STATEMEHT OF THE COTJUTBYS A8SETS AND LIABILITIES. ' The Amount of Coin and Notes Held by the Treasurer of the United States Out standing Drafts and Checks and the Interest Now Due. ( Washington, May 2. The following statement, prepared at the Treasury Depart ment by Mr. Whelpley, the Assistant Treasurer of the United States, shows the percentage .of assets the Treasury holds against demand liabilities, exclusive of the amount known as "trust funds," for which the full amount is held: Assets and liabilities of the United Slates Treasury on April 30, 1891, including the liabilities, 5346,681,016. United States notes ootsanding: Assets, zald coin ..., 220.773.634 05 316,002,079 00 21,686.10 00 20.568.405 81 058. 093 63 6a.SS0.415 49 .Standard dollars, account 1878, Standard dollars, act 1S90. fractional silver . Minor Bullion, cold Bllver. act 1878 4S6.&2 43 Silver, act 1890 22,112.943 74 Trade dollar bars 5,011,137 70 Currency, U. S. notes 14,498.821 61 Treasury notes of 1890 ... 4,710,946 00 National bank notes 4 055.750 90 bilver certificates 3,309.417 00 Gold certificates , 27,309,200 00 Funds held by the United States Depositories 29.519,449 44 Total ....: 751,160,081 28 Liabilities Trust funds eold certificates S166.199.999 00 I Bllver certificates 316,24857 CO wdruucaies aepoaib account United States notes 14.000.000 00 ("Treasury notes, act of July, 1890.. 41,731,200 00 Total 8533,174,056 00 Current liabilities National Bank 5 per cent rcdern- tion fund 5699.383 01 Disbursing offlcersbalances, etc. 34.797,061 16 Postofflce funds 4.926,615 53 Outstanding drafts and checks... 5,928,867 39 Matured debt and interest. 1,804,733 50 Interest due and unpaid 892,891 67 United States notes 346.681,016 00 Total 8100.780,002 26 Excess of assets over trnst funds, equal to 63.15 per cent of cur rent liabilities , S212.986.025 28 Total 8751,160,031 28 TYPE-SETTIBG. MACHINES. A Contest Between Applicants for Priority of Invention. rSrZCIAL TZLEPBAU TO THE DUPATCH.1 Washington, May 2. The Examiner of Interferences of the Patent Office has been for two days listening to an interesting argu ment, which was closed this afternoon. The case is that of Jacob Bupertus, OtmarMer genthaler and Jacob Shuckers, each of whom claims priority of invention for a jus tifying device for type-setting machines. The controversy is between the applicants, who have each applied for a patent for a spe cific form of wedge mechanism for effecting tho justification ot a line of type dies in a machine for producing type matrices. The only feature in controversy between the parties to the present interference case is the specific form of the' spacing or justify ing device, consisting ot oppositely tapered wedges, connected by a sliding joint, and so arranged that one of them is locked fast while its companion is passing through the llh's-ti effect justification, MONTJMEHT FOB COLUMBUS. Proposal to Erect It at the Place Where Ho Landed In America. Washington, May 2. Colonel F. F. Hilder, an American capitalist residing in Honduras, has proposed to the Department of State that a subscription list be opened at Chicago during the World's Fair to raise money to erect a monument on the spot where Columbus first stood on the con tinent of America. This was at what is now known as Point Castilla, near Truxillo, Honduras. MAY0E EASE'S 0EDEB, Columbus' New Executive Issues an Edict Against Variety Shows. runciAi, TELEOEAM TO the DisrATCTt.1 Columbus, May 2. Mayor Karb, the new Democratic head of the city govern ment, has issued an order for the closing of all variety show ho'uses in the city where 'drinks are sold. The order was -somewhat in the nature ot a bomb in the camp where theBe places have grown to large numbers, but as it was to take effect at once, it was thought there would be considerable opposi tion on the part of the proprietors. . Only one arrest, however, was made to-night, the other places remaining closed. The object is to close the places where women are admitted and drinks sold. The prevailing opinion is that the order was not issued in good faith, as the gamblers have opened up several taro rooms since the election of Karb, and it is understood that everything in this line will go open. The Phillips law, which was enacted this week, is also claiming attention. It pro vides against the sale of any character of liquor in disreputable houses. It is under stood the proprietresses of Columbus held a consultation to-day, at which they con cluded to test the constitutionality of the law. It is claimed this character of legisla tion is a legal recognition of the existenceof such places, andthey will demand rights as the ordinary saloonist after having paid the tax and license. GOOD W0BDS FOB PABNELL. Ben Bntler Praises the Irish Leader in the 'Most Eulogistic 'Terms. ISPECIAL TELEOr.AM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Boston, May 2. General Butler, in de clining to preside at a meeting in Musio Hall to-morrow night, called to welcome the Irish envoys to Boston, had this to say about the Irish cause: "The liberty-loving people of America should and will, I doubt not, do everything in their power to aid their cause. I must leave it to the people in Ireland and their representatives to determine on the manner and details of their movements. We are not the army in those movements, bnt we should be the legal commissaries of that army, and no true friend of Ireland can fail to recognize the ability, persistency and integrity of purpose with which Mr. Charles Stewart Parnell has brought the Irish peo ple to be a power in the Parliament of Great Britain." SEVEN CONSUMPTIVES CUBED. Koch's Lymph and Colorado Climate Effect the Besult. Denveb, May 2. Dr. Joseph Meur this afternoon discharged from the Koch Hos pital the following patients, who have been pronounced permanently cured of consump tion: Philip Johnson, Nathan Pollock, Bdward Lynch, John Small, John MtiCoy, Ed Bergman and Frank Vadebronceur. They have been pronounced entirely cured bv a committee of five physicians. This is the first cure made in the West, and perhaps the largest number sinoe the use of the lymph in America, and serves ta hmr that, with the aid of Colorado climate, it is success, w$mm Wf1 1 Wl- 'res') P I 0 UB OWN COLOSSUS OF BHODES. ARRESTED 0SCEM0BK Ex-Senator Delamater's Statement to the Creditors' Committee CAUSES TROUBLE AT MEADVILLE. An Official Eeport of tbs Situation to Be Made To-Morroir. EFF0ET TO GET THE BANKERS IN JAIL IBPXCIAIi TELEOBAM TO TBS DI3PATC3.1 Meadville, May 2. The proposition of Delamater'& Co., to settle with their un secured creditors on a SO-cent basis, ha fallen through. The terms of the proposi tion were that it should be unanimously ac cepted by May 1, and a meeting of the cred itors was held last evening, at which it was shown th'at only about (22,000 of the money remained unsigned for. The committee proposed to assume the responsibility for that amount, and demanded of Delamater & Co. that they consider the proposition ac cepted, and proceed to fulfill their part of the contract. Ex-Senator G. W. Delamater withheld his reply until to-day, when he stated to the committee that the terms of the proposition had not been complied with, and that the friends who had proposed to assist him in making the first payment of 10 per cent would not consent to have the time for securing the balance of the signatures of the creditors extended. -The creditors' Execu tive Committee are preparing a statement which will be made public Monday. A Statement From the Committee. The committee consists of Messrs. W B. Porter, Charles Fahr, Thomas Boddy and Charles Nelth. It is understood that the failnre to comply with the agreement was not unexpected to the members. Mr. Fahr expressed himself' very forcibly this after noon. "The whole thing is gone," he said, "and the work of the committee, which has been laborious, has been in vain. The com mittee will make a statement, and may pub lish it Monday." This afternoon John Kelling, a contractor and builder, who had 200 in the bank when the assignment was announced on December 5, 1890, made information against George Wallace, George B., Victor M. and T. A. Delamater, members of the late firm of bankers. The charge was embezzlement, and at 7:30 this evening the first three of the defendants appeared before Alderman L. H. Lauderbaugb, waived a hearing and furnished bail in the sum of 300 each for their appearance at the Court of Quarter Sessions. T. A. Delamater is in Chicago. It is rumored that an attempt will be made by repeated arrests to exhaust the bail and finally get the ex-Senator and the other members of the firm in jail. The Feeling Is Intense. , The feeling against the Delamaters here is more intense than it was on the morning of December 5, 1890, when the assignment was announced. The gentlemen composing the committee have labored hard and earnestly and naturally feel chagrined and disap pointed by reason of the turn of affairs. There are many sad hearts in Meadville to night and not a few persons are on the verge of despair. A very sad case, only one of many, was developed to-day. Mrs. John Ellis, formerly a favor ite teacher in the public schools of this city, died this morning. She antt her hus band ' had something like abont $1,100 in the bank, and it is alleged the woman worried over the loss to such an ex tent that it aggravated her disease beyond the control of her physicians. All classes feel the effects of the disaster, and the star of hope which shone for a time, has, it seems, gone out forever. The state ment of the committee, which is confidently expected Monday, is awaited with great anxiety. A HAIB-LDTTIHO EXPEBLEHCE. Three Mysterious Bnfflans Give a Doctor the Scare of His Life. irrECIAI. TELEOBAK TO TH SISrATCSM Spbingfieij), O., May 2. Dr. Stevens, of South Lebanon, one of the most promi nent physicians in this section of the conn try, had a hair-lifting experience about mid night last night. He was awakened by the continued ringing of his bell, and going to the door found three strangers, masked and otherwise made unrecognizable, waiting for -Admittance, Iheir Dronipt display of ie - volvers and hasty demand gave him no time for reflecting. One of the men was badly cut in the abdomen, andthey wanted him to dress the wound. He was repeatedly warned to keep quiet, at the peril of his life, and not to arouse anybody. He completed the operation and received his pay for his work. As he bade them good night one turned and said: "If you tell this before 10 o'clock Friday we will return and burn you out" Another of the gang, with a volley of oaths, ejaculated: "He knows us and will tell; we'll finish him now." The villain made a desperate plunge at Stevens, striking lor his heart with a murderous looking knife. The doctor Saved his life by throwing up his hands. His fingers, however, were almost cut off and a dangerous slash was made across bis breast. The three then fled. The doctor has no idea who the men were. STOLE SILK BY WHOLESALE. The Bobber of Chicago Btoro Is Captured . In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, May 2. Two Cincinnati detectives to-day captured John Hall, a col ored man, who confessed that he was the burglar that robbed the Bee Hive store'on State street, near Adams street, Chicago, of a lot of silks. He was rooming on West Third street. Fifty yards of silk were found in hi; room. It was also learned that yesterday he pawned 100 yards of silk and numerous watches in several pawn shops in this city. He is held for Chicago officers. SEJfATOB SBICE'S TAXES. Auditor Crites Slay Be Arraigned for Fall ins to Eeturn Them. I BPICIAI. TKLZOUAM TO THH DIBrATOH. 1 Columbus, May 2. Judge Avery, of Cincinnati, the attorney for Morganthaler, the tax 'inquisitor, to-day filed in the-Supreme Court, a motion to arraign Auditor Crites, of Allen county, on the charge of having failed to place all of Senator Brice's unreturned property on the tax duplicate. THE DISPATCH DLBECTOBY. Contents of the Issue Classified for the Header's Convenience. The Issue of Thk Dispatch to-day consists ot 24 pages, in three parts. The news of the world, yesterday and last night, will be found in the first nine pages. Class news occupies a portion of the second part. The special fea tures are as follows: PABT1I. ,Page 9. The News of Europe. The British Navy. Early Oil Operations . The Coke Strike. Fag 10. Boles for Exercise BIB Moeill Mackenzie. Jsckthe-Blpper Ontdone Wilkte. Old Johnnie Appleseed GroRGr U. Uabx. The Efiects of Cocoa. PagttL Court News. The Want Column. Page 13. Society Doings. EdncatlonalNews. Page 13. Secret Societies. Local Trade News. Gossip of the Guard. Page U. Theatrical News. For Sale Column. To Let Column. The Grand Army, liaslnejs Cards. Seal Estate llovem ents. Markets by Wire. Late News In Brief. A Bride's Ghost. Amusement Notices, Page 15. Review or Sports Pbixclx The May Festival Uzssie Bbaublb The New Orleans Lynchlnjs. Page IS. Love and Bevenge ALTBio C. tOTD Improving Country "loads. FART III. Van It TT. Five Fine Old Men Frank fe. Cabfxxtxb Business Notices. Page IS. , Making Dynamite ......L. E. Btothi, From Sklddaw's Top E. L. TTakesuN Dining Car Stock.. BlLLNTB Page 13. The Blue Fortret-Me-Not PASSU Puzzle Department ....E. K. Chadbobx The Tipsy Bobolink LiiLrs N. Houston Wealth In Orchards U. S. Waltebs The Barnyard Favorite J. II. Webb Page 30. Blavatsky Is Dying F. T. S. Wllllug to Marry Howard FntorKO A Vale of Paradise Fannie B. Wabd Science Gossip. ) Page 11. Tombs of the Great ... J..LD. Pittsburg's Plants A. a ZlxotBB The Mafia la Sicily. Pagttl. , . In the south Sea Bobzbt Louis Stevenson Letters of Inquiry Bxv. Geobge Hopoes A Fair Exchange Bess Bac&e Business Cards, Page S3, The Witch orPragne F. IIAHION Cba-wtoito Charm of Broadway Chabi.es T. MDBBAY Basinets Cards. Page U. The Afternoon Tea Mes. Join; Sherwood FlKhtlns; the Flesh.. ..Celia Loo ait JLA.t - araj&uUaa The Strawberry Season EiliCb Sibina' gitttimi flasnyJLyhicfa) tha ssrjjwten $ r ; t 24 PAGES. ITVE CENTa FIGHTING IT FIRMLY, Reports of the Executive Board Proceedings, Received Yesterday, CAUSE SOME COMMOTION, The Philadelphia Officials Do Iiot Sustain tbe Strike. LOCAL LEADERS WILL WALK AL0SE They Claim Subsequent Authority From Headaaartera, and ALL THE ASSISTANCE TflEI CIQDIEB The oft-discussed question of the legality of the carpenters' strike was revived yester day by the receipt here of the proceedings of the General Executive Board iu regard to the appeal of Local Union 230. 1ham publication is made in tbe Carpenter, tbs official organ ot the Brotherhood. Tha claim now made by the opponents of tha eight-hour movement 'is that tbe proceed ings in this district are entirely uncon stitutional; that the strike was declared without the sanction of the General Ex ecutive Board of theBrotberhood; that there) are no legal working rules in existence under which a strike may be sustained; and that .any carpenter who wishes can resume work to-morrow without in any way oppos ing the constitution bis order or violating his obligation's to it. It was slated last night that General Secretary F.J. McGnira was coming here very shortly under instruc tions from the General Executive Board to "inquire into things." This is taken by the conservatives to mean that, in the event of his being received with the hostility which threatens him, a serious rupture in the ranks of the brotherhood may he the result Surprise TJver the Action Tafeen. The carpenters of both cities were mnch surprised yesterday by the information from Philadelphia regarding their course of action in striking. It was conveyed in the official proceedings of the General Executive Board at its last session, which exteneded from the 13th to the 18th of April. The paper reached the city yesterday morn ing by Adams Express, and was delivered in the forenoon to the various local unions. A Brotherhood carpenter said last night that tho following was the first intimation that the men had of the decision of the General Executive Board respecting the legality of the strike: TIVTH DAT'S SESSION APIIII, 17. Appeal of Union -230. Pittsburg vs D. O.of Pittsburg and vicinity, was considered, and tbe numerous documents in evidence were care fully read. G. E. B. decide that at the time'tha vote was taken in the locals on the trade rules of the D. C, the O. B. were working under the Detroit conatltutlon,and it required a two-thirds vote to adopt trade rules. From evidence sub mitted it appears a two-thirds vote was not ob tained in this case. Therefore tho appeal of Union 230 is sustained. Tbe G. E. B. would recommend the O. C. to at once order a new voto ot the local unions on these trade rules, that harmony and good feeling may prevail, as there was evidently a misunderstanding of the law on this subject. The G. & is instructed ta proceed to Pittsburg and adjust all controver sies arising. Application to D. C. of Pittsburg for sane tion to strike Is referred back to the D. C. for statement of new vote when taken. a3 tho schedule of answers sent does not conform to section 130 of the constitntion, sat having a two-thirds vote. Didn't Get the Necessary Tote. It will be remembered that the appeal of Local Union 230 now stated to be sus tained was taken against the construction; placed upon the constitution by the Dis trict Council, and on the grounds: that the vote on the new working rules, cast in last November, did not have the necessary and constitu tional tiro-thirds majority provided by tho constitution as amended at the Detroit con vention, and under which the vote was taken. Tbe result of the November voting lacked 67 of being a two-thirds majority of the total nnmber cast, thus defeating tha new working rule., which called for an eight-hour day and an increase in wages. Tho District Council, which is composed mainly of eight-hour men, is credited with seeking to show that the vote had taken place in ac cordance with the Chicago constitntion, which provides for a simple majority, but the opponents of the eight-hour movement hold, and iu their stand tbey are sustained by the Philadelphia officials, that the pro vision of that constitution did not come into force until subsequent to the time at which the votes had been taken. Failing to bring about a general senti ment in favor of a strike, the District Council is said to have ordered a new vota to be taken on a constitutionally provided measure of sustaining or not sustaining a strike. The result of this vote was that tho measure was defeated by 2 to 1. How the Tote Was Taken. The ballotin g was secret, but it is said thai Local Union 211, Allegheny, said to be tho strongest eight-hcur local in the district, voted by a show of hands, and L. U. 142 did not vote at all. It'is now said that after the voting had been decided, the council changed its purport around so as to make it apply to an application for strike benefits. Twenty-seven delegates are stated to have been sent to the District Council under instructions to vote against the eigbt-"honr movement. Of this number only 13 stood by the wishes of their constituents and voted against it, while the other 14 joined hands with the 44 who favored the eight-hour strike. It is now charged that the District Coun cil took on itself, to order a strike for the new working rules entirely on its own re sponsibility; against the sentiment of tho majority of tbe cratt, and in violation of a clanse in the constitution which provides that the working rules mast be approved by the General Executive Board. This body has not only disapproved the action of the District Council, but has also ordered the Council to have another vote taken; this it has failed to do. The issue of the Carpenter of this month is itself significant of the way in which the- Pitts burg strike is regarded by the editors of tho official organ of the Brotherhood. Pitts burg is still in the list of tire nine-honr cities, and though in tbe column of "Trada Movements" mention is made of the attl. tude of the unions in nearby towns, there is no reference to Pittsburg, though the trade movement here is of as much import as that at Homestead. Much Talk Abont the Matter. There was much discussion last night con cerniog the news from Philadelphia. Tha inquiry was general as to why the attitude of the General Execntive Board was not made known earlier, and the District Coun cil was freely charged with withholding tha information in the hope, of carrying 'the ' strike unaided. Another matter abont -J J.ik . )
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