Kjrm -V tj.-; ft LIFE OMIEI, Written by O'Connor, Says The Ex-Leader Was an American in Physipe, BUT MORE 125" CILiKACTEK. His Earliest Manhood "Was Marked by Unstained Morality. SEVER READ A POEM OR A NOVEL Instances of the Strange Altercation Which led to His Ruin. QUALITIES AVniCO MADE HIJI LEADEE. London, Oct. 13. Thorns'; PowerO'Con nor's "Life of Charles Stewart Parnell" has just appeared. It bears but few traces of hurried preparation, yet it is a book of 223 pages. All previous biographies of Mr. Parnell accord to Avondale the honor of be ing his place of birth. Mr. O'Connor says he heard Mr. Parnell state that this is in correct. lie was born at Brighton. Among his earliest influences were the stories he heard in his childhood from an old servant of the family, narrating the horrible cruelties the Irish suffered during the rebellion. These made Parnell the man ho became. From his mother, also, were derived traditions thoroughly hostile to the existing relations of Knsland and Ireland. Though intensely Irish in sentiment, Mr. O'Connor always regarded Mr. Parnell in phasique and character in character above all an American. "While he was studying at Cambridge he was more de voted to athletic sports than he was to his studies. It is doubtful whether he ever Jeadapocmor a novel throughout his life not ccn the poems of Thomas Moore, He Crst read Irish history while a prisoner at Ivilluaiuham. a vnmrous toung manhood. In his earlv manhood he was of unstained moral character. He became engaged to a young lady of Rhode Island who jilted him for another. Referring to his first appear ance in Parliament, Mr. O'Connor says that the Irish members then led a life of isolated struegle. The awful loneliness of Parnell must always be borne in mind, when one considers the terrible event that ultimately darkened and destroyed his life and brought Lis untimely end. Isaac Butt then led the partv. In the present moment when passionate friends of 1'arnell denounce his opponents as mur derers, it is well to recall tne tact that J'ar- nell undoubtedly helped to break poor Isaac Butt s heart anu to Hasten nis end. After a resume of the known points in his Parliamentarv career, the writer alludes to the charge made that Parnell misled in timate friends as to the truth in reeard to liis relations witli Mrs. O'Shca. He said Parnell may have said that he came out of the trial with his character untarnished. Certainly he so wrote to one of his most affectionate and faithful friends. "What he probably meant was indicated in a few words he spoke the day after his re-election by his party, in which, "Lifting," as he said, "a corner of the curtain," he denied emphatically that he had betrayed friends-hip, abused hospitality or broken a happy, united home. xtmnn his rrctcNDS against tiim. The effect of Mr. Parnell's subsequent manifesto on the Irish delegates, then in America, is thus described: Every member of the delegation except Timothy Harrington was indignant. Disbe lief, disgust and despair succeeded each other. We rushed out to the first station whence it nas possible to send a cable dis- 1 latch and announced to our colleagues in reland that henceforth we were to bo counted amongst the opponents to Parnell's leadership. It has been represented that we acted on the cable dispatches of others. This Is false and unjust to Parnell. Our Judgment was reaenca on Parnell's own words. Proceeding to comment on the alteration of liis appearance and character after the divorce disclosures, it is remarked that he had been described as having been murdered. The hand that struct him was his own. Strangely enough the idea that he would one day ruin himself was familiar to all his col leagues for manj- years. One instance of his aberration was Ins famous answer to the commission abotit deceiving the House. He lind been then lor a considerable timet looked upon by his fiiendsas so distrait tnat they instinctively anticipated that he would Miy Foincthliur rong in sheer absent mind-edne-s. When he sat don 11 he was quite Mirpiised upon being told that he had com mitted a dieadful blunder. NOT A GOOD ORATOR, A stranger isitiug the House of Commons would tlud it hard to understand why ho produced Mich an effect there. He stumbled constantly. He had a very small vocabulary and by no means a large stock of ideas. He wa also very careless in preparing materials, which work he put off to the last moment. It a- quite common to find him sit Tilbury plowing laboriously through figures of which he had no materv what ever, nt a time -n lien ho ought to have been at the House ready to speak. On such occasions his colleagues went ilitougli untold agonies. At the last moment lie would appear aimed with bnndles of papers badly digested, but the House,, sensi tive as a barometer to his personal charac ter, always felt the full force of this ex traordinary man's strength. When he arose to address it he spoke in low tones, often with inattention to the audience, which made the speech like a soliloquy. Hilton rare occasions there were outbursts of the fleice. devastating passion raging -w ithin. Then his voice changed to a boaiso, ullcn sound and his mouth was almost cruel. His right arm was then held forth in denunciation. Ilmeseen the House quail before such nn outburst of savage, though seemingly cold rage. A GREAT TACTICIAN. In jnot pari 'anientary gifts he was vastly inferior to some of his colleagues, but he was a consummate tactician. By instinct lie seemed to know the right thing to do. I never regarded him as a highly intellectual man. He was e-scntially narrow, and to this narrownessl attribute the final mistake uf his life. "When Mr. McCarthy, before the meeting in the committee room, told him what Mr. Gladstone had slid, his reply was to pooh, pooh the w hole business a a mere non-con-lonnist howl, which would die out if defied. One reason tor his attitude was his latent dl-hKc foi Knglishmen. He never got over this. His strength was iu his character, not in his intellect, and to bad ends and half-destruction were the same terrible strength ot will and tenacity of purpose devoted that were formerly given to noble and wise ends. Among his followers were many with stubborn will and inflexible resolution, yet all was as clay m the rotter's hands when he chose to exercise the power. His transforma tion of his race from a restless, torn faction into a great, united and absolutely obedient whole, was one or the most remarkable achievements in political leadership in the history of mankind. ' HO COUNTZR-MANIFESTO. Mr. McCarthy Relies Upon the Good Sense of the Irish People. Dnnuy, Oct. 13. Justin McCarthy, in an interview to-day, said that he did not intend to issue a manifesto or reply to the manifesto issued by the Parnellites last night. Mr. McCarthy said that he trusted to the nation's verdict, and practically to the good sense of the Irish to estimate the jigmficsnee of the division which still ex ist ed in (lie Irish Parliamentary party. In conclusion, Mr. McCarthy said that all he and his colleagues cared to remember now was Mr. Parnell's noble endeavor to promote the interests of Ireland. SHIPWRECKS BY THE DOZEN. AIX ENGLAND AND IRET.AND DE VASTATED BY GALES. Premier Salisbury Crosses the Channel In a Hurricane Panics at an English Race Course and an Irish Circus, In which Many Are Injured. London, Oct 13. A great storm to-day flooded the lowlands of "Northern "Wales, causing great damage. The wind was pecu liarly savage at and about Tamworth. It overturned a number.of tents on the race track at Fazeley, a mile or so from Tam worth, while the races were in progress. Many persons who had sought shelter in the tents were severely injured by the flying debris. The storm was specially severe along the English Channel. The Downs is full of vessels which anchored there for shelter. At Hastings heavy seas swept over the promenade, and the damage there and at the other watering places along the eastern coast will be enormous. Premier Salisbury, who arrived from the Continent during the middle of the storm, reports that the passage of the channel from Calais to Dover was decidedly the stormiest he ever experienced. During the night of the storm a Nor wegian bark went ashore atChesilbank.offthe coast of Dorselshire. Hernameconldnotbe learned. There was an exciting scene at the rescue of her crew, which was successfully accomplished by means of the rocket system. A Prench brig was stranded near Falmouth, where the force of the wind shattered her to pieces. A Norwegian vessel loaded with coal became a total wreck off Kearney, Ireland. Several collisions occurred on the Thames and many vessels were driven asbore. The gale demolished Batty's circus which was giving an exhibition at Birr, Ireland. The tent was crowded with vil lage school children. "When the wind struck it a wild panic ensued, which was heightened by the adults shouting: "Cut the canvas"" Many persons, mostly chil dren, were injured by the falling poles. The gale, which had sensibly abated by nightfall, resumed the force of a hurricane at midnight. The area of the storm ex tends over the whole of Ireland and Eng land and the southern portion of Scotland. A NEW DECORATION SCANDAL. A High German Official Is Accused of Trafficking in Titles. Rrnsi.iN, Oct. 13. A case on something of a parallel with the late French decora tion scandal has just been brought to light in this city A pamphlet which recently appeared contained a charge against Herr Manche, the ex-Chief of the Civil Cabinet of Emperor "William I., that he was accepting bribes for his services in return for procuring titles. Soon after the pamphlet- appeared a manufacturer named Thomas sued Herr Manche for mal versation 01 funds. Thomas deposed before the court to his paying Aron Mayer, an associate of Manche's, 5,000 marks to obtain for him the title of Commerziontath (Coun cilor of Commerce). Afterward he person ally confided to Herr Manche 30,000 marks to distribute in various charities. In defenss Herr Manche puts in a gen eral denial of having received any part of the 5,000 marks, and that he had refunded 20,009 marks which he had not paid over to the charities. He had given the remainder to a police captain named Grieff, since de ceased, for the Countess Hacke, also de ceased, a lady in waiting of the Empress Augusta. lie received no voucher, as it was a rather delicate matter. At the close of the trial Herr Manche was sentenced to nine and Aaron Meyer to four months' imprisonment. The astounding de velopments brought out in the trial have created a sensation in Berlin society. RUSSIA'S PIPE OF PEACE. It Ts Offered to the Drelbund by M. tie Giers' Visit to King Humbert. Rome, Oct. 13. M. de Giers, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is now traveling in this country, arrived at Milan yesterday evening in company with his chief assistant, M. deVlangali, and Baron d'TJxkull-Gyllenbandt. Prime Minister Di Budini, together with Signor Chimini, the Minister of Agriculture, arrived at Milan the same evening. -This morning the Italian Premier called on M. de Giers and had a talk with him. M. de Giers and Mar quis Di Rudini will travel together to Monza, nine miles from Rome, where King Humbert is sojourning in the royal palace. The first impression which might natur ally be formed of the visit of the Russian Minister, in viewof recent political happen ings, to the King of Italy, would be that some important negotiations were in pro gress. Such, however, does not seem to be the case. Chancellor von Caprivi, of Ger many; Count Kaluoky, the Austrian Pre mier, and Lord Salisbury are fnlly informed in regard to the conference, which it is un derstood has no special motive other than that attributed to the Czar's desire to show plainly that he is determined to maintain the peace of Europe if it is possible to do so. The Italian statesmen are highly pleased with the attitude the Czar has as sumed in this matter, as they consider it certain to strengthen the general peace pol icy of the nations of the Dreibund. CHINA AND ENGLAND IOCS ARMS. Both Are Frightened at Russia's Encroach ments in Central Asia. London, Oct. 13. The Chinese Minister to Germany has arrived at St. Petersburg in consequence of sudden and urgent orders from Pekin regarding the Russian encroach ments upon Pamir, the extensive tableland of Central Asia, called from its altitude the "Roof of the World." The Chinese Gov ernment became alarmed over the advices that the Russians had penetrated far be yond the frontier of this district, and the Minister was instructed to proceed to St. Petersburg and obtain positive assurances with regar a to the intentions of the expe dition. China and England are acting in concert in the matter, owing to the receipt of trust worthy information to the effect that the territory of Afghanistan has also been vio lated. Sir R. B. Morier, the British Am bassador to Russia, and DeStaal, the Rus sian Ambassador to England, are now both in London, and to-day had a long confer ence at the Foreign Office. Negotiations With China Broken Off. London, Oct 13. The Timet has a dis patch from Shanghai which says that the Foreign Ministers of China have broken off negotiations with the Government, and have announced to China that now their own Governments must act EDITORS AND BISHOPS ELECTED.- The Anti-Bowman Faction or the Evangeli cal Church in Session. Philadelphia, Oct 13. The Evangeli cal Association to-day elected general offi cers of the Church for four years. Three Bishops were elected Rev. Rudolph Dubs, 1). D., LL. D., of Chicago; Rev. C. S. Haman, of Reading, and Rev. "W. M. Stan ford, A. M., of Harrisburg. Rev. J. Schneider, of Chicago, was elected agent of the publishing house at Cleveland. The editorship of the Evangelical Mctsenger will be in care of Rev. B. & Moyer, of Lebanon, for the next four years. Rev. J. Kaechele, of Buffalo, was elected Editor of the Ciriklidie MotscJiafUr. For editor of English Sunday School Literature, Rev. W. F. Swcngle, ot York, was the choice. Rev. M. Storm, of Ashton, 111., is to bethe editor of German Sunday School literature. Rev. H. D. Schultz resigned as the Secretary of the Missionary society. An election to" fill flic vacancy will take place to-morrow. THE PrrTSBURGt DISPATCH, "WEDNESDAY AN INDIAN REPUBLIC Was the First in This Country and the Ideal of the Present. PAX-EEPUBLICANS LAST MEETING. A Glowing Eulogy on the ruritans by rdward Everett Hale. TUNG WING'S PLEA FOR TIIE CHIKESE rsrZCIAt TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! PiiIXADELrniA, Oct 13. The second and last day of the Pan-Republican Con gress and Human Freedom League was not a marked success, so far as the number of people in attendance were concerned. The audience at both morning and afternoon session at the Academy of Musio was so small that the great auditorium was aban doned and the green room found amply suf ficient for the accommodation of all who had gathered. "What was lacking in num bers was, however, made up by the enthusi asm of those present and the high quality of the papers read when Dr. Chase was in the chair. The morning meeting at 10 o'clock was opened with prayer by the Rev. George Dana Bardman, D. D. Letters of regret were read from ex-Presidents Hayes and Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland wrote from his home, in New York: I have Just returned to tho city, antt find awaiting mo your letter of the 17th instant, inviting me to preside at a meeting in Phil adelphia on October 11. I am obliged to de clino the invitation thus courteously ten dered, R3 it is impossible for me to leavo home at tho time indicated. AS INDIAN REPUBLIC FIRST. The first speaker, E. P. Powell, of Al bany, N. Y., said that the first republic in this'part of the world was founded bv the Indians who dwelt in the eastern portion of NewYork, and that this was the ideal re public of our own country. He expressed the hope that all monarchies would come to an end and every nation of the world adopt a republican government Secretary McDowell read a stirring poem written by Ella "Wheeler "Wilcox, prophe sying the final world-wide rule of human freedom. Prof. Yung "Wing, who holds from Harvard College the degree of LL. D., the foremost representative "from China in the "Western world, read a powerful paper upon the exclusiveness of the American Government, with special reference to the treatmenfof his race by the legislation ot tne united mates. The Rev. JJavid u Kelley, D. D., of Tennessee, spoke elo quently and learnedly of the Scotch-Americans and their influence in the development of this country. The question of the ad dress to the peoples of the world was recom mitted to the committee in charge. EULOGIZING THE PURITANS. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., of Boston, who had been prevented from at tending the mass meeting last evening, ad dressed the congress, speaking in particular of the Puritans in relation to the idea of human freedom and its realization in their body politic. "In their commonwealth,"he said, "the Puritans did what others talked of afterward. To them we owe the name as well as the fact of independence. The word Puritan was wrongly regarded as a syn onym of precision or the stickler for trifles. It means pure, describes the man who keeps his body under subjection. Charles L and his court ridiculed this, but history has vindicated it "The Puritan in politics cuts a broad swath, regardless of what others may say or think. This is a congress for the same kind of action. It calls upon all the world to co-operate. Our people care little for platforms, whether a man speaks from a stage or carttaiL "What we here sav will be less than what hereafter we do. The tree is judged by its fruits. This congress may do great good by merely lilting diplomacy among nations to a higtier plane. FRANKLIN FOOLED THEM. "Franklin fooled European Diplomats by telling the truth. And that is the .secret of America's success in diplomacy from the beginning. Congress may change the old theory of consanguinity, whereby poten tates "treat with one another as 'brothers' and 'cousins,' and may make nations deal in their affairs upon grounds of common humanity. The United States is the great est peace society that ever existed. It set tles quarrels among the several States, where European powers would go to war. The Congress should see that a permanent tribunal for the adjustment of international difficulties should be established." Dr. Goode, of the Smithsonian Institute, spoke of a national university as the fulfillment of Washington's bequest in his will, which, with interest fairly computed, would now amount to something like 54,000.000. Governor Hoyt, of "Wyoming, introduced a resolution, which was adopted, providing for the appointment of a com mittee ou the fouding of a national "Uni versity. A stirring address was made by the Swiss Consul, Rudoph Koradi, also by Julius Brown, the Chippewa Indian, who was fol lowed by Alfred II. Love. MR. BOWIE'S DRAMATIC POWER Continues to Attract Largo Andiences to His Faith Cure Meetings. Rev. John Alex. Dowie, who has cre ated a great stir among local believers in faith cure, preached again to a large audi ence at the Liberty Street M. E. Church last evening. The subject of his discourse was: "The Two Chains; Good and Evil." Mr. Dowie illustrated his ser mon with a chart, representing two chains, one painted in letters of gold, symbolical of "Jesus. Salvation, Health, ife and Heaven," and the other-iu black and standing for "Evil, Satan, Sin, Dis ease, Death and Hades." Mr. Dowie charged all the sin and disease of the world to Satan, from the fall of Eve to the pres ent, and suspected the carthof having been the home of Satan and his imps "before liod remodeled it lor the use ot man. He charged women with the sins of the world through the power of Satan in Eden, andafco credited women with the salva tion of mankind, as the mother of the Savior. The sermon was filled with argnments and quotations bearing upon Mr. Dowie's special theme of "healing through faith in Jesus." He-is quite dramatic in his style of oratory, and at times he appears more like an actor than a minister. Notwith standing the views he holds Mr. Dowie is not a man of strong eccentricities. His views are expressed in a plain, earnest and cautious manner, and he talks about the cures that he has witnessed with absolute faith in their causes. To a DISPATCH reporter he said that he was educating the people in his first ser mons and that no attempt would be made to heal the sick by laying on of hands until the last of the week. He believes that absolute faith in the method of cure is the" only essential requisite, and is preparing his followers for the divine healing to take place later on. lie says that he has never profited 1 cent by his "mission work" in this direction. He and Mrs. Dowie have devoted their lives to the work evidently from conscien tious motives. He and Mrs. Dowie have a suite of rooms at the Mouongahela House, where during the day he is constantly en gaged in literary work. A PETROLEUM EXP103I0N. Three Boys Fatally Burned and Their Mother TerrihlyInjnrcd by It. New Brunswick," N. J., Oct 13. Special At Abrani Lupo's place, near Martinsville, bis two young sons were play ing with their, eldest brother, a boy 13 years old, when the latter playfully helda lighted match to a petroleum barrel. An explosion occurred and all three boys were covered with blazing oil. Mrs. Lnpo caught up a shawl, and in extinguishing the flames she was badly burned about her hands aud arms. The oldest boy died on Sunday, and the others are so badly burned that no hopes of their recovery are entertained. JOHN HOEY'S SUCCESSOR. HENRY SANFORD NOW PRESIDENT OF ADAMS' EXPRESS COMPANY. Frederick Eovejoy Also Elected Vice Presi dentNo Talk of Criminal Charges Be ing Brought Against Hoey lioff He and Spooner Made Small Fortunes. New York, Oct 13. Special The dismissal of Mr. John Hoey from his place as President of the Adams Express Com pany, and the subsequent resignation of Clapp Spooner, Vice President of the com pany, were followed to-day by the election of their successors at a meeting of the Board of Directors in their offices. Mr. Hoey attended the meeting, which was a secret one. A big wooden screen was hauled up in front of the doors of the meet ing room to insure extraordinary secrecy. Henry Sanford, the man who made charges of malfeasance-against Mr. Hoey at Monday's meeting, was elected president and Frederick Lovejoy Vice President Director Dinsmore said that Mr. Hoey had attended the meeting and voted, and that there had been no objection to his voting; that he had got up and made a speech of considerable length. "What was said in that speech Mr. Dinsmore did not think was any of the public's business. Besides electing officers to-day the directors ap pointed a committee to examine the books of the company. The directors did not talk about prosecut ing Mr. Hoey criminally, or about suing him for any amount alleged to have been lost throug"h him. Mr. Dinsmore said Mr. Sanford had been connected with the com pany for 45 years, aud was at one time gen eral superintendent He is at present con nected in some way with Jake Sharp's old railroad, the Twenty-third Street Mr. Lovejoy used to be assistant general super intendent of the company, and was after ward Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad division. He resigned in 168G,and became President of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company. He retired from that later. Mr. Sanford's charges against Mr. Hoev and Mr. Spooner were based on the testi mony in the case of Henry Sherburne against Hoey, Spooner and Henry C. Taft, heard before Judge Ingraham last spring, in which it was alleged that the plaintiff and defendants had agreed to buy a large inter est in three New England express companies and sell it at a large advance in price to the Adams Express Company, dividing the pro fits, and that the Adams Express Company did pay ?850,000 for the property, the pro fits being so large that Mr. Hoey's share of them was $179,000 and Mr. Spooner's $172, 000. Sherburne sned for a share. TABC0TT, THE MTJBDEBEB, DEAD. A Baltimore Woman Alleges Her Hushand Killed Millionaire Snell. Baltimore, Oct. 13. A woman of un sound mind was conveyed to Bay View Asylum to-day from her residence in this city. She is the widow of the late Albert K. Ordway, a clothing cutter from Chicago, who committed suicide in March last Mrs. Ordway claimed that her late husband was the companion of William Tascott, the sup posed murderer of Millionaire Snell. From her and her aged mother was learned the following story to-day: Mrs. Ordway had beed living in Chicago since 1870. Her husband died a few years ago. She remained in Chicago and accepted a po sition in a store. She continued in a happy state until she married Albert K. Ordway in 1881. Her husband was in business as a clothing cutter. He took to drink and began to as sociate with direputable people. Things grew worse, and no money was coming into the household, when one night Albert stood before the mirror with a mask on his face and firmly declared that he was going to have some money from old man Snell that very night or kill him. He left the house in a hurry. That night he did not return, but the next morning he returned to the house without any shoes and with a bloody handkerchief. "When questioned by her "he said he had loaned his shoes to Tascott, who had been injured by being shot, and was lying in the rear of a saloon. She declared that Tascott is dead. She says she knows he was strangled to death and his body made away with by his pals. THE FIRE BECpHD. At Canton yesterday morning Are de stroyed the works of the Champion Stone ware Company. Loss, $10,000. At Ashland, Ky yesterday, the Clinton Fire Brick "Works, the largeft in tho State, were totally destroyed. Loss fully covered by insurance. The explosion of a whisky barrel in Hoev eler's storage house, Twelfth and Pike streets, caused a small flro yesterday morn ing. The loss was about $203. At West Cleveland yesterday fire de stroyed the Merchants' OU Works, entailing a loss of $20,000, on which there was an insur ance of $12,500. The Acme Greas6 Works were also damaaed to the extent of $20,000; insurance, $10,000. At North Braddoek last night, David Elliott's barn was burned to the giound. It was filled with hay and farming implements of all kinds. Elliott's son was In the mow with a lantern, and it overturned, setting fire to the hay. Loss, $2,600. Felsob Nadaha, a large and flourishing village of Transylvania, has been completely destroyed, and the inhabitants have prac tically lost "all they possessed. The utmost distress prevails. Relief is being sent to the sufferers Iroin adjacent towns. A spark from a locomotive on the Panhan dle Railroad ignited the roof of the Castle Shannon incline station yesterday after noon. An alarm of flie was turned in from station 124 and the blaze was extinguished before any great damage resulted. Falling Off Customs Receipts. Washington, Oct. 13. The receipts from customs at New York during the first ten days of October were ?2, 884, 550, a de crease of $4,588,380 as compared with the receipts during the corresponding period of last year. READ our "ad" on second page about fine furs. Jos, Horne & Co. 's Penn Avenue Stores. A Good Suggestion. If you have valuables keep them where they will be safe. The safe deposit vaults of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank, 60 Fourth avenue", ofter you security, strong vaults, perfect ventilation, good light, spa cious coupon rooms, separate apartments for women. Boxes rented at 5 and up ward. MWF Trunks Filled With Silver. Some more new orfes just opened, and rich, new patterns in silver also. We have on hand now, Louis XIV., Trianon, Louis XV., Colonian, Louis XTV., Chippendale, Engraved Lily, Marie Antoinette, Engraved Rose, Versailles. St Cloud, Trianon-pierced, Rococo, Aud many more all ready and the trunks on hand to estimate and fill for ,you while you wait Price anywhere from $20 to ?500. This is always the family present, and it ex emplifies good sense in giving. Be sure to call at Hardy & Hayes, Jewelers, 529 Smithficld street .Three doors from City Hall.- OCTOBER . 14 1891 ON FRIENDLY TERMS. A Tlan for Employers and Employes to Come Together and DISCUSS VITAL'LAfiOR PROBLEMS. President Rao Suggests Terms Upon Which the Miners Might Settle. MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS A movement is likely to be put on foot during the winter months by -which a closer relationship can be created between workingmen and their employers. The methods as ' suggested by the promotors by which this condition of affairs is to be secured by holding at stated intervals, public meetings, at which both employers and employes shall be pres ent; the speakers to be chosen from the rank and file, and no paid orators with theoretical arguments to bo allowed to speak. It is argued that in this way a feel ing of friendliness and harmony would be insured, together with the benefit of an ad vancement of practical ideas and plans for the peaceful solution of local necessities. If the scheme is carried through it maybe that the public meetings will be arranged, independent of any organization, or they may be held in connection with stated meet ings of the Central Trades Council, and among the topics to be discussed will be the question of wages aud hours, the benefit of organization, both for capital and labor; the apprenticeship question and the different modes of settling disputes. THE IMPORTANCE OjF IIARMONY. The plan suggested has been on foot for some days, its purpose being to bring about more harmonious relations between the em ployers and employes, and particularly to avoid such strained relations as existed dur ing the recent building trades strike. The gentleman who is engineering the scheme wishes his name withheld for the present But he is a carpenter, and in speaking about it yesterday, he said: 'The importance, as affecting the inter ests of builders generally, of establishing some means of bringing contractors and workmen into harmonious contact with each other for the consideration of subjects touching their common welfare, cannot be over estimated. By these means the first and most important stumbling block in the path of more perfect understanding of the duties devolving upon each is re moved. Questions that liave previously been avoided can be brought up for discus sion, and only by considering these duties are they recognized and established. "The greatest drawback to the welfare of the building trades that exists to-day is lack of comprehension of proper rights and legitimate action, and so long as the em ployers and workmen remain apart, juBtso long will the present condition of affairs continue to exist Each interest when con sidered separately, without the presence and influence of the other, naturally pro duces one-sided and imperfect con clusions. Mutual understanding between two parties to any discussion or condition must be arrived L at r,efir! a qUi' S htllTZ iustment can understandings cannot be obtained unless both parties participate in the adjustment, and no adjustment is secured until each party agrees to do its share. MEANS TO PREVENT STRIKES. "Some means should be provided in every branch for bringing about a full recognition of the rights and duties incumbent upon both employers and workmen, and above all to avoid "any such difficulties as we have had this year. Em ployers and employes will do a world of good if they can bring themselves together on an equal plane and agree to submit all their differences next year to arbitration." J. B. Rae, National President of the United Mine Workers of America, was told of the movement last night. "It is a splen did idea," said he. "I should like to see that tried, because I have thought for a long time that something like that would help the two sides to arrive at conclusions more amicably, and without such fatal delays. I say fatal, because the longer a settlement is delayed the more disastrous it is to both employer and employes. A plan, such as is suggested, would be an educational fea ture in which all parties would be brought to a better understanding of each others interests." One or two others were spoken to, and all united in pronouncing the plan an ex cellent one. It is argued that the meet ings could be held in the winter season when the building trades are in a measure resting, and more time could be found to attend them. MINERS MIGHT GIVE ONE POINT. President Ttae Suggests Arbitration for a Portion of Their Scale. The miners' strike remains unsettled. President Rae threw a new light on the dif ficulty last night, and one that may lead to a speedy settlement of the 'difficulty. "I am extremely anxious," said he, "to see this settled. It really should never have oc curred, but the operators are to blame for it, and they know It. Now, about CO per cent of the very people who are charging us with bad faith were themselves the first to violate the agreement, and some of those who did go back on it openlv avowed be fore us that they never intended to pay the scale. "But, however, I believe I am free to make this kind of a suggestion: That if the operators will grant the advance asked for on all coal mined for the home market, and leave the balance of the question to a board of arbitrators, the miners will sub mit But it must be a properly constituted board. One composed equally of interested parties cannot arbitrate anything. There is no arbitration with such a commission. But I firmly believe that if the operators were to make such overtures they would be ac cepted." Bloney for a Builders' Exchange. Tim committee having in charge the pre liminary arrangements for the erection of the proposed building for the local Builders' Exchange is getting down to work. Yes terday George E. Brittonj who acted as special agent for the contractors during the recent strike, was commissioned by the committee to collect subscriptions from the members of the exchange, and as soon as a sufficient sum is subscribed to warrant fur ther actfou plans and specifications will be prepared. It is thought now that the fall work is drawing to a close that the members will give the matter more attention aud something definite wilj be accomplished be fore long. Carnegie Bnys Gas Lands. The Carnegie Gas Company has bought the extensive gas interests of the Morris Oil and Gas Company at the head of Ruff's cfeek, Greene county. It would require five figures to express the price paid. The deal includes the famous Ross gas well. There will be additional wells put down, and the territory developed. Closed by Carnegie. The Keystone Iron Works at Riverview, Kas., the largest establishment of the kind in that neighborhood, were closed at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, under attach ment for 506,000, filed by Carnegie, Phipps & Co. The sheriff took possession at once. Spreading in Canada. President Weihe, of the Amalgamated Association, was in Montreal, Canada, yes terday, looking after the interests of the organization there. A new lodge was insti tuted there a few days ago, making the third lodge in Canada, The one just organ ized is composed entirely of French-speaking workmen, and Is known as La National No. 3. One of the other lodges is also located in Montreal, and the third in Ham ilton. The two older lodges have been in existence for years, lint have not been rep resented in the National Lodge since the Philadelphia convention, in 1883. MUBN'T TALK TOO MUCH. The President of the Typothette Gives local Employers Some Advice. A. H. Pugh, President of the United Typotheta: of America, came into the city yesterday and held a long conference with the employers here in regard to the strike. He complimented them on the manner in which the strike had been conducted, but cautioned them against too frequent public statements that might humiliate the men who are out for what they think is right Mr. Pugh returned to Cincinnati last night to prepare for the fifth annual meeting of the United Typotheta: of America, which opens there on Monday. The resident com mittee has collected several thousands dollars for the entertainment of the dele gates. There will be representatives present from 71 cities, numbering about 250 in all. Mr. Pugh says the arrangements are very complete and such that will insure those who attend the Convention not only a profitable but enjoyable visit. The head quarters will be at tlie Burnet House. The programme includes the following ses sions: Meeting of the Executive Commit- Ltee Monday morning at 11 o'clock; regnlar convention opens at Scottish .Kite tiatnearai Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, and con tinues uptil Thursday. On Tuesday even ing the delegates, and invited guests, will be tendered a reception at Mr. Pugh's house, on the Madison pike. On Wednes afternoon a drive will be taken to the Zoo where a German lunch will be served. On Thursday evening a visit will be made to the United States Trint ting Company and in the evening there will be a banquet Friday's programme in cludes a trip to the blue grass country, stopping at Lexington, the home of Henry Clay, and to High Bridge, over the Ken tucky river. The delegates who have been elected to represent the Pittsburg branch of the Ty pothetae are Joseph Eichbaum, H. P. Pears, of W. G. Johnston & Co.; Theodore Sproul, of Meyers, Shinkle & Co.; John I. Shaw, of Shaw Bros.; H. J. Mtirdock, of Murdock, Kerr & Co., William G. Foster, of Stevenson & Foster, Percy F. Smith. The only feature in the printers' strike yesterday was the signing of the scale by W. J. Golden & Co., of Third avenue. The men claim this is quite a victory, as the firm employs three pressmen aud a corre spondingly large number of printers. One of the chief reasons given by the men for the firm giving in is that Golden & Co. print the Saker and Confectioner, a local trade paper, and they were compelled to get it out. BIG REDUCTIONS ASKED FOB. Carnegie, Fhlpps & Co. Intimate the Char acter of the Mew Scale. Superintendent Schwab has been in con ference with a committee from the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in regard to the new sliding scale of wages which the firm pro poses shall go into effect the first of the year. The conference was held in the gen- nvrtl aAi AAA A 1 A CfSlA I A 9tt A. f VTV1 Wntllfl 1 1 T A, t adopt was presented to the men. Their scale, LwevePr, is not official, as the men were asked to prepare one, wnen tne two will be compared, and if possible an agree ment arrived at The men say they will have their converting department scale ready in about two weeks. The scale as presented to the men by the firm would make some very heavy cuts, cutting some of them as high' as 60 cents to the ton, while the per cent of reduction pro posed will run all the way from 13 to 60 per cent This reduction will not affect the laborers, and will only be made on the tonnage men, which, among the 4,000 men employed at the mills, will make an all around reduction of about 10 per cent It is not thought, however, the reduction finally will be so great as the above. As soon as the firm has arranged the scale with the converting mill employes it will com mence on the rail mill, and then other de partments, preferring to take each depart ment separately. All the mold settlers. mold swingers and pull arounds in the con verting departments are to be done away with and new machinery put in to do the work. EXHIBITS OP CABS AND MACHINERY To Make Up a Part of the Street Railway Manufacturers' Convention. A week from to-day, not to-day, as has been sometimes announced, the largest con vention ot street railway manufacturers ever held in the country will begin a three days' session in this city. It will be more than a convention; it will be an exposition of the street railway industry. It will be attended by the leading street railway men in this country. The exhibits of cars, ap paratus and machinery in motion will be greater and finer than at any previous meet ing. The number of exhibitors who have secured space in the exhibition is very large, and the exhibitions will be unusually interesting. Among the people who will have exhibits are all of the car manufactur ers and dealers in street railway supplies, etc., which are now numbered by the thon sand. During the meetings of the association the publishers of Street Railway Neai, of New Yore, will issue a daily paper from their headquarters in I1-" Monongahela House. In this daily will be published a list of all persons present. n..es of interest regarding the exhibition, and a report of all papers, eta, read at the meetings. All available space in the hotels has been taken for ex hibits, etc, and Lewis D. Coffrain, the sec retary of the local committee, is pushing the arrangements for the convention to a rapid completion. LOOKING FOR BETTER TIMES. A Steel It all Man Who Fully Expects Trade to Pick Up. William A. Sproull, of the Cambria Iron Company, was at the Duquesne yesterday. The steel rail trade, he says, is at present dull, the season for deliveries having closed. Prices were maintained at about $30, but in dividual mills did not consider themselves as tied to the figure. The Steel Rail Asso ciation was practically inoperative as re gards the regulation of prices, and makers felt at liberty to contract on the best terms they could obtaiu. The railroads have not been asnetive iu ex tensions and improvements during the past season an had been expected. For the future there was talk of new roads being built, but so far they had not materialized. The pros pects for next year Mr. Sproull regards as good. The prosperity of the iron trade de pended altogether on the fulfillment of the promie of a bountiful harvest. It was al ways found that when the crops were large and the railroads busy that the iron trade was stimulated. Under contrary conditions the reverse was the case. Jfo Fears for the Atlanta. Washington, Oct. 13. No fears for the Atlanta, which went to rescue the Despatch, are felt here. It is believed she is near the wreck, but hidden by fog. THE PEOPLE'S STORE riFTH AVENUE. See Onr Window for Hints of the Great Values in Carpets. Moquette carpets at 7Sc. Tapestry Brussels at 50c. Best Moquettes at $1 25. Campbell & Dick. Pompadour Stripes, for Curtains, Bed canopies and furniture coverings; the latest novelties. See them in our curtain and upholstering department. Jos. Horne & Co., C09-621 Penn avenue. r. BLOWN OUT TO 'SEA; That Is Thonglit to Dave Been tho Fate of Four Yachtsmen, MISSING SINCE SUNDAY MORNEJG. The Men Sailed Away Then and Hare Not Been Heard From Since. THE EECENT BIG STOEM! CAUGHT THE3I rSPECIAL TELEOK3I TO THE DISFATCH.1 New Yomt, Oct. 13. Tho sloop yacht Geraldine, with four well-known yachtsmen of South Brooklyn on board, went out from, Gravesend Bay on Sunday morning and have not been heard from since. Those on board were Edward Denton, Albert Turner, of the yacht Lone Star; A. Gage, of the yacht Phcenix, and Joseph Thompson, of the catboat Bessie R. It was their inten tion to go off Rockaway Shoal in the hope of getting a shot at some ducks or to troll for bluefish. When the gale of Sunday afternoon broke they were outside as far as is known. Their families fear they were blown out to sea, in which case their chances would not be at all good, unless they were picked up . by some larger craft. The Geraldine was a Pavonia Yacht Club boat, but for the past two seasons she has been lying almost all the time in Gowanus Bay, or Gravesend Bay. She is 30 feet long over all and a fairly seaworthy boat in ordinary heavy weather. Nothing h.13 been heard from the missing men by the family of any of them, though heretofore they invariably have sent word home when weather-bound. They expected to return on Sunday evening. All the missing men are residents of South Brooklyn, and are well-known by yachts men along the Brooklyn water front HE FORESTALLED DEATH. Prof. Carroll, Dying "With Consumption, Blows Out His Brains. New Yot.k, Oct. 13. Special Prof. John W. H. Carroll shot himself in the head at hi home this moming. Mr. Car roll's health had been failing for four years. A year ago he knew that he had consumption. On Monday he " asked of the physician to tell him his exact condition. The physician said he might not live a month. This convinced the invalid that his case was hopeless and he was very despondent This morning at about 11 o'clock he retired to his bedroom and killed himself. He leaves a widow in good circumstances. Prof. Carroll was born in Albany in 1837. He received the degree of LL. D. and be came a Unitarian minister. He had a taste for archaeological research, however, and this led him to go to Europe and the far East, where he passed several years in travel and in collecting rare bronzes, manu scripts and other curios. A NTPPED REVOLUTION. Some Farther Details of tho Sunday's Street Battle In Montevideo. Montevideo, Oct 13. The revolution ists who on Sunday evening attempted to create a serious disturbance here have failed in their designs. The rioters were members of a revolutionary club who expected to bo able to suborn the artillery corps of the garrison and to take possession of the city. The conspirators fired upon the loyal troops, and expected at this signal that the artillery would join forces with them. In this they were disappointed. The artillery men remained true to their colors and the conspiracy failed. The leaders of the revo lutionary movement are now confined in prison, and it is expected that they will be summarily dealt with. In the exchange of volleys which took place between the revo lutionists and the loyal troops Bix men were killed and seven wounded. Fifty-two persons, including the ringleaders of the conspiracy, are held in custody. The up rising has been effectually quieted, and to day quiet prevails throughout Uruguay. MEXICANS DISLIKE THEIR TARIFF. Slannfactnrers Are Rushing in Their Sup plies From the United States. San Antonio, Tex., Oct 13. The new Mexican tariff law, which goes into effect November 1, is meeting with strong opposi tion in many part3 of the Republic At San Luis Potosi a protest signed by the principal merchants of the city has been forwarded to Congress, now in session, ask ing that the act be repealed. Similar peti tions are being prepared at Monterey, Chihuahua, and other cities. During the past week 20 carloads of to bacco have been shipped through this city to Monterey manufacturers. The great rush of other goods which will be affected by the tariff into Mexico from the United States still continues. Never broken i Kabo. The "bones" in the Kabo corset are made of it warranted for a year, too. j It's a corset you can wear a few weeks, and then get your money backif it doesn't suit. But it's pretty sure to suit else it wouldn't be sold so. We have the Kabo High Bust Cor sets at $i, and the Kabo Sateen at 1.25. Also, a full line of Ball's Ladies and Misses' Corsets, Dr. War ner's, Thomson's glove-fitting, Mme. Foy's, the Common Sense, Her Maj esty's, P. D. and C. P. Corsets, the Sonnette 75c French Corset and 60 other styles, including Waists, Ab dominal and Nursing . Corsets, at LOWEST PRICES. R0SENBAUM&C0. 510-518 MARKET ST. ocll 92-uwr P M JOHr. JOHN H R0NEY-SOUCITDR OF WTENTS I2J -5 - AVE PITTSaURG
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