1ft THERE IS A REASON. The smull advertisements in The Dispatch's "Rooms to let" column increased over 200 per cent in April. They are read and lib erally answered. Onecenta word. THERE IS A REASON. . The small advertisements in The Dispatch's "Rooms to let" column increased over 200 per cent in April. They are read and lib erally answered. One cent a word. W wm$bm& FORTY SEVENTH TEAR. PITTSBURG. "WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 1892-TWELYE PAGES. THREE CENTS. mmtm JOHN SHERMAN THE CALL Those Anti-Harrison Bosses Look to Ohio to Fnrnish Them a Candidate TO DUMP AMBITIOUS BEN. Inside Facts About That Conference at Cameron's Residence. Encouraging Reports Received Prom All Over the Country The Secretary of State Can Have What He Wants-All the Proposed Candidates Considered Beed Thought to Be Unavailable An Agent Sent to See Foraker Figures on the Delegates Elected Blaine Says Lincoln Has No Show. lErKCIAT, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. "Washington, Slay 10. The Republic an organs that are at present engaged in the ungrateful task of belittling the im portance of the political conference which took place in this city last Saturday even ing, find it necessary to make downright misstatements of facts in order to counter act the effect of what took place. Some of these organs, moreover, go so far as to state that nothing like a conference took place, and that the talk between Messrs. Piatt and Quay was entirely in formal and not arranged for in advance. These reports only serve to make plain the ignorance of those who circulated them. The fact is that the conference was of the most formal prearranged character, and that it was called for the one particular purpose of mapping out a programme by which the budding ambition of President Harrison could be nipped. Benny's Chances Are Slim. The Republican managers who compared notes at this meeting and who received re ports from friends in various parts of the Umited States who are working in harmony with them and made suggestions for the continuance ot the work against Harrison, were highly gratified and indeed somewhat surprised at the headway they are making, and one of them says to-day that he is not overstating the case when he says that Har rison is already a beaten man. The reports of the Saturday night confer ence sent to the newspapers that print the news and which are not the organs of the President or any other aspiring candidate, were inaccurate only in one respect, and that is in locating the meeting place of the anti-Harrison Republicans at the house of Senator Quay. The fact is that Senator Cameron had the honor of entertaining the "conspirators," as they have since been called by the Harrison organs, and the gentlemen were at his aris tocratic old Lafayette place residence, next door to the house of Mr. Blaine, not by acci dent, but in response to written invitations signed by Senator Cameron to meet Mr. Piatt All the Big Men Represented. Senator "Washburn was invited as the representative of Mr. Blaine, Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan, as the representa tive of General Alger, Senator "Wolcott as the representative of any candidate who can beat Harrison, no matter what his name may be, and a member of the House sup posed to be friendly to the Presidental aspirations of T. B. Reed. Senator Stockbridge, who is a candidate lor re-election and therefore not dabbling too much in politics just now, begged to be excused on the ground of a prior engage ment. Senators "Washburn and "Wolcott were out ot town, and the member of the House did not get his invitation in time, so that Senators Cameron and Quay and Mr. Piatt were the only "conspirators" present. They were in earnest, however, in their desire to bring about the defeat of Mr. Har rison at any cost, and before separating they agreed that their task was not so diffi cult as it might at first blush appear to be. At the outset it was conceded that Mr. Blaine is the man the country wants and the one who could be nominated by accla mation if he would be content to sit still and let things take their own natural course. Still Hoping Tor Elaine. Mr. Piatt expressed his entire friendli ness to Mr. Blaine, and as for the Pennsyl vania Senators, it was not necessary ior them to say that the Keystone Stale would, if desired, be for the man from Maine as loyally as it always had been in the past Of "course, however, it will not do for Blaine to be a candidate at this time, and, indeed, the statement was made in the con ference on the authoritv of a close personal and political friend of Mr. Blaine that be tween now and the meeting ot the Minne apolis Convention a letter will be penned by him supplemental to the one which he wrote to Mr. Clarkson in the winter and which will make it absolutely useless for the Republicans to nominate him or for his friends to attempt to make a candidate of him. In view of this statement it was agreed after a long discussion of the merits of many possible candidates that Sherman was the man who at present seems to be the strong est and most available. With New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio to start with he would make a most formidable candidate. How Ohio's Honest John Stands. The former States it is said, he could have for the asking in case his candidacy should promise the strength necessarv to nominate lam, and the only question was about Ohio. After the matter was fully talked er it was decided to send an agent to Ohio, not to have Foraker promise to nominate Sherman in the convention as has been stated, but to see whether he and his friends will airree to give Sherman honest and loyal support Mr. PJatt, who was particularly friendly to Sherman at the outset ot the talk, ex pressed his unalterable opposition to Har rison, and when Senator Hiscock's state ment that he should vote for the Presi dent's renomination was quoted to him, Mr. Piatt remarked that Hiscock's support amounted to very little at anv rate, and that perhaps it would be well for the New York Senator to go a little slow at present, in view of the tact that he has a pretty large fight on hand to secure his re-election. A suggestion was made at the conference in the interest of the candidacy of Mr. Reed. Why Reed Is Unavailable. It was reported that Reed himself is strongly convinced that he has a good chance and that it he were promised the support of New York at the outset he could HAS secure such a large portion of New England delegates as to make him a most formidable candidate. Mr. Piatt, while expressing his treat admiration for Mr. Reed, stated that e did not think he would develop sufficient strength in view of the peculiar condition of things in Maine and lor other causes to warrant the Republicans in putting him up as the proper man to beat Harrison. The Pennsylvania Senators agreed in this view of the case, and while they were per sonally as friendly to Mr. Reed as Mr. Piatt was they did not think it wise to take up such a conspicuous friend and advocate of the force bill as the ex-Speaker. The claims of General Alger were also consid ered, but the Michigan man was talked of chiefly as an ally in the cause of defeating Harrison. It was generally conceded that Alger is not in the race, although it was admitted that his name will be presented to the convention and that he will have a respectable number of supporters. Working With Renewed Vigor. The net result of the meeting was the determination that as all reports from the South and elsewhere show that a much larger number of anti-Harrison delegates are being elected than there was any reason to hope for a month ago the work of pre paring to defeat the President at Minne apolis should be pushed forward with re newed vigoi. At present the name of Sherman is the one about which the anti-Harrison forces will rally, and while it is conceded that he is the strongest candidate now in sight, the contingency of Blaine's final decision is to be kept constantly in mind. In other words, if Blaine does not himself make it impossible he will be nominated. If he does, then the anti-Harrison managers at Minneapolis will throw all the votes they can control in aid of the movement to put the name of John Sherman, of Ohio, at the ' head ot the ticket. FIGURING ON HARRISON. TO hat the Returns from, the Benublican Conventions Indicate 314 Instructed for niui If ow the Cat Will Jump Is Still a a Wide-Open Question, Washington, May 10. Special "With the election ot delegates in Montana yesterday to the Republican National Con vention ends the list of State conventions for that purpose. There are two Territories, Arizona and Oklahoma, which have as yet not selected delegates, but they will doso this week. It is understood that the influence of Secretary of War Elkins in Arizona will probably lead to Harrison instructions, while Oklahoma will likely not instruct, but will commend the administration. As was stated yesterday morning, Montana did not respond to the appeals of Russell Har rison for instructions, but named an unin structed delegation whose silver views are in pronounced contrast with those of the President This leaves but four delegates unchosen, two each from the Territories named above. Although the work of choosing delegates is practically over, it is utterly impossible to tell how the convention stands from any action taken thus far at the State elections. For instance, take those States where the State conventions instructed the delegates at large tor Harrison, in many ot them the district delegates are not Harrison men and ill not vote for him under any circum stances. This is notably so in Missouri, where six distinct conventions voted down instructions and onlv five were instructed in addition to those at large, giving Har rison only 14 sure out of 31. There are sev eral anti-Harrison district delegates in the other instructed States like Illinois, but giving to the President all the votes from such States it foots up like this; Arkansas 16 Alabama .22 Florida. 8 Illinois 48 Indiana SO Kentucky .. 26 Marjland 16 Mississippi IS; Missonrl.... St Nebraska 16 South Carolina 18 South Dakota.. 8 Tennessee 2t Texas 30 Total ZU In reality this total should be about 298 not more. ' The States and Territories which did not give binding instrnctions figure thus: California JS Colorado ., 8 Connecticut. ...... 12 North Dakota 6 Ohio 45 Oregon S Pennsylvania 61 Rhode Island 8 Vermont 8 Virginia ..... 24 Washington 8 West Virginia 12 Wisconsin 24 Wyoming 6 New Mexico 2 Utah 2 District Columbia. 2 Montana 6 Total 5S0 Delaware 6 Georgia 26 Idaho 6 Iowa.... 26 Kansas. 20 Louisiana. 16 Maine 12 Massachusetts 30 MIchigin 23 Minnesota 18 Nevada 6 New Hampshire.... 8 Xe Jersey 20 New York 73 North Carolina .... 22 ItEOAPITULATIOS. Instructed , 314 Not instructed 580 Not elected 4 Total S93 Those who have been figuring for Harri son at Washington have claimed 20 votes from Pennsylvania for him. It is well known here he cannot count on more than six, and they are subject to future delivery. BLAINE AGAINST BOB. W ny Lincoln Does Not Stand Mnch of a Show nt Minneapolis The Plumed Knight Won't Have It Harrison's Name May Not Be Presented. Washington, May 10. Special A cool, level-headed Republican Senator who has not figured much either for or against Harrison made two startling statements to day. They are all the more worthy of con sideration because the man who made them is in a position to hear the inside talk of both the Harrison and anti-Harrison camps. "What is there in the Lincoln talk?" was asked him. 'At first there was a great deal, and for a time it really looked as though he would be the man on whom the field would concen trate. Later developments, however, put a quietus to the whole thing." "What developed?" "Blaine!" "Do you mean that Blaine is a candi date?" "No. I mean that he will see to it that Lincoln is not one. I am not at liberty to tell you more than this: "When Blaine and Lincoln were both in Garfield's Cabinet Lincoln did soniethincr which Blaine will never forget nor forgive, and his friends nil! see to it that none of the Blaine strength goes in that direction." "Where will it go?" "I have no idea; nobody has anv clear idea. I can only sav that I am willing to bet one to two that Harrison's name is not presented to the convention." A FAT WOMAN'S GAIN. Her Weight Increased ICO Pounds In Two Weeks, Ending in Death. Baltimore, May 10. Special Mary E. McComas, a colored woman, whose" avoirdupois had increased in a remarkable way since her admission to the City Hospi tal two weeks ago, died to-day. She then weighed 250 pounds, but soon commenced to grow abnormally fat In two weeks she gained 160 pounds, and weighed 400 pounds when she died. The heart of the average person is as large as their doubled fist and weighs ten ounces. Hers was as large as a man's hat and weighed 26 ounces. Her entire body was covered with a layer of fat five inches thick. It took a dozen men to put her body into the big two-horse wagon the city undertaker brought to the hospital to con vey the remains to the morgue. She died from a peculiar form of dropsy. A HYPNOTIST'S CRIME Breaks Up a Happy Home and Wrecks a Young Girl's Life. MISS CHRISTIE JACKSON ABDUCTED From Her Sharon Springs Home and Com polled to Rob Her Father. ALMOST CRAZED BT HER. GREAT GRIEF rSFKCIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. Chicago, May 10. Two weeks ago Hon. D. A. Jackson, ot Sharon Springs, N. Y., a Republican politician, accompanied his wife to the wedding of a friend, and then took the train with the bridal party to Al bany to attend the Republican convention as a delegate. When Mrs. Jackson returned home she found that her daughter Christie, who is only 15 years old, had disappeared. Her wraps and hat were gone, and there was plenty of proof to show that she had eloped either with Louis Marcott, of Brooklyn, who had been visiting in the town, or George Hoffman, the son of a carpenter at Sharon Springs, or with both of them. Neither'ot the young men could associate with Miss Jackson with the consent of her family. It is now known that she had secretly as sociated with Marcott for some time, and agreed to take enough money from her pa rents to carry out his plans. Hoffman agreed to accompany the couple on the promise that he should re ceive a certain amount of the stolen money. It is believed that he had made arrangements to take with him Teresa Smith, the daughter of the leading clergy man of the town, but she refused to go at the last moment Stole a Horse and Bu;gy. Under cover of darkness and with the money in his pocket. Marcott accompanied by Christie and Hoffman, drove to a neigh boring town in a carriage which the former had stolen from the barn of Mr. Jackson. Here they took a tram for Syracuse, and later arrived in Detroit While in this city a dispute arose between the young men as to who should have possession of the girl. Mar cott was-the victor iu this fight, but Hoff man, it is said, took nearly all that remained of the money and fled to New York. When Miss Jackson was first missed it was believed that she had merely consented to an elopement and immediate marriage. Then came the stories of the wonderful hyp notic influence which Marcott exer cised over the girl. The distracted father caused the entire State to be searched, but his influence kept the dis grace of his family from the general public. During the past two weeks he spent a large sum in the search, the fruitless character of which almost killed both parents. Hoffman Gave Their Plans Away. Hoffman was arrested, however, and this led to the discovery of the fact that Marcott and Miss Jackson were on their way to Chicago, where they expected to stay at the Palmer "House under the name of Carpenter. Sheriff F. Black, of Binghamton, a friend ot the Jackson family, was at once authorized to come to this city. He registered at the .Palmer House a's Clarence Jones, of New York, and with the aid of Chicago detectives, the hotel office was not for a mo ment left unguarded. On Monday Mar cott entered the office and asked for mail addressed to James Carpenter. He was promptly arrested. He confessed that he was livintr with Miss Jackson at the Central Hotel on Clark street He ap peared indifferent as to his fate and readily accompanied the policemen to the hotel. The girl's shame was pitiful when faced with a full sense of her wrong. Both were taken back to the Palmer House, were registered under assumed names, and locked in adjoining rooms. To Save the Family Name. Carrying to the extreme his desire to keep the story from publicity and shield as long as possible the good name of the Jacksons-, Sheriff Black himself, for a second time, assumed an alias and registered as Scott Horton, of Maiden, Mass., giving up the room he had occupied as Clarence Jones. This afternoon he received a telegram authorizing his re turn with the girl and the prisoner. He left for the East at 5 o'clock. ' Miss Jackson spent the day weeping in her room at the Palmer Hoine. She be came so hysterical late in the day that the hotel physician was summoned to attend her. She threatened to leap from the win dow, but she was constantly watched. She was led weeping into the train. The prisoner was securely manacled. He said but little and that was confined to a denunciation of Hoffman, whom he charged with stealing the money at Detroit He is 20 vears old. WANTS MAN OR MONEY. A Boston Girl Looking for Her Lover, Who Fled to nttshnrsr. Binghamton, May 10. Special Pretty Grace Pierce, of Boston, is looking for her lover, William Moran. The latter is 22 years old, good looking and dresses well. He formerly was employed at the Langham Hotel, Boston, as clerk, where he met Miss Pierce. m The latter fell desper ately in love with him and the; two became engaged, but Moran had no money. Mis Pierce purchased a wedding ring and lent her lover $200 to go in business with. He went to Utica and manufactured illuminated signs. The concern failed and Moran came to Binghamton, where he secured a situa tion as clerk in the Cramlall Hotel. He wrote Miss Pierce that he could not afford to marry, which brought the ladv and her mother to this citv. Moran immediate ly fled and is now believed to be in Pitts burg. The ladies are still here. Miss Pierce says she is willing to give up Moran if she can get the money back. Miss Pierce is employed as a bookkeeper. HOI A TBUST YET. Bat the Wall Paper People Are Trvlngto Get Together, Nevertheless. New York, May 10. The current ru mors concerning the formation of a so called Wall Paper Trust, alleged to have been already formed, are denied by several large manufacturers of wall paper, who were seento-day by a reporter. All denied that anv formal agreement had yet been entered into, but alleged the necessity for some united action among the manufacturers of wall paper. Further they said there had been much discussion on the subject, and it is not improbable that some agreement will soon be entered into. A SOCIETY WOMAN IN TK0UBLE. Indicted for Perjury at the Instance of a Former Servant Haverhill, Mass., May 10. Special Mrs. Gertrude Helen Swazey Wilsou, a well-known society woman, has been in dicted for perjury. The case is an interest ing one. Last winter Mrs. Wilson had her colored coachman, William Broadhax, twice arrested for larceny. The first time Judge Carter, of the Police Court, ordered him discharged, but the second time he held him for the Superior Court He was tried at Lawrence in March, and after a sensational .trial acquitted. He swore vengeance against Mrs. Wilson, and has at last been successful in procuring an Indictment against her of perjury. Mrs. "Wilson's life has been one ot sensa tion and adventure. She is still a young woman and lives with her parents on Essex street One of her fads has been horseflesh, and to indulge her passion for fancy riding she had a circus ring constructed upon her father's lawn. She is well known in Boston and other places. FORTY COFFINS ORDERED, And Ten More May Be Needed to Encase the Corpses or Ylctims of a Mine Horro A Mysterious Explosion In a Northern Pacific Slope. Roslyn, Wash., May 10. This after noon a terrible gas explosion occurred in the slope of Mine No. 2, of the Northern Pacific Coal Company, at this point, in which the loss of life has exceeded that of any other disaster ever chronicled in the Northwest The exact nature of the ex plosion, or the circumstances that led to it, will probably never be known, since it is believed every miner who was at work in the slope at the time has perished.' It is not definitely known how many men were in the vicinity of the disaster, but it is believed that between 45 and 60 were on the three levels affected by the explosion. A large relief force is at work, and at this time two bodies have been recovered. These men were working nearest the open ing, and at some distance from the point where it is supposed the explosion occurred. Most of the men were 1,500 and 2,000 feet farther in the slope, and in the immediate vicinity of the accident There is no doubt, either in the minds of the miners or of the company'? officials, that every man was instantly killed. The Roslyn mine is one of the largest in the State supplying, Western divisions of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific Rail ways with coal, with a capacity of 20,000 tons a day. The explosion occurred just as two gangs were shifting at 1:30 o'clock. The cause of it was not known. Two boys in tne tunnel escaped, but they are the only ones from either gang so far recovered. Reports so far received indicate thai the explosion has closed up the shaft; that the mine is on fire, and that it is impossible to recover the bodies. The company will for ward 40 coffins from here by midnight train. A sad feature of the disaster is the large proportion of victims who have large fami lies, and as they have not had over two days' work a week the past year, many of them are in straightened circumstances. BRIGGS WINS AGAIN. Lane Seminary, at Cincinnati, in the Hands or Men "Who Favor Jdls Ideas It Will Be Tried With Union A Storm ot Op position. Cincinnati, May 10. Stxctal The climax iu the troubles of Lane Seminary has been reached and the famous institu tions of the Presbyterians has been practi cally captured by the Briggs people. Old Lane is on the way Jo join hands with Union Seminary, of New York, in promul gating the doctrine of the errancy of the Scriptures. - The General Assembly ot the Presby terian Church, about to convene at Port land, will be called um to take up the case of Lane Seminary along with that of Union. It is conGdeajtly expected that the commg-"assembly will be the most exciting neia since tne cnurcn was re united in America. From time to time, during the past 12 months, the newspapers have recorded the gradually increasing troubles of Lane Theological Seminary. Finally Prof. Smith raised the flag of theological secession by publishing a pamphlet in which he plainly indicated his belief that there were inaccuracies in the Scripture due to transcription in early days, etc. A storm ot opposition was aroused. He was besought by friends to withdraw his pamphlet He maintained an ominous silence, thereby giving out the conclusive idea that he intended to stand by his guns. Ever since a struggle has been in progress. The Board of Directors has within a few days taken such action as virtually gave the Smith faction control. The resignation of Trustees McDonald, Broad well and Neff places the Briggs people in control. The Herald and Pi esbyter to-morrow will confirm this sensational news, adding that Presby terians do not believe with Smith. FIVE BAD CENSUS TAKERS. All Charged With Perjury and Forgery While Pursuing Their Calling. Philadelphia, May 10. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of four more industrial census enumerators on the charge of perjury and forgery and making false re turns in connection with the industrial cen sus in this city, and they will be served to morrow. One enumerator named Hurton is-already under (1,000 bail to answer the above charges. HAT GOODWIN'S DIVOECE. The Property Terms Which Accompany the Court's Decree of Separation. New York, May 10. Judge Truax, of the Supreme Court, has signed the judg ment and decree of separation in the suit for limited divorce brought by Nella R. Goodwin against Nat C Goodwin, the actor, ior abandonment. It has been agreed between them that he shall nav her 15.000 in lieu of alimonv and one-halt the pioceeds from the sale of furni ture in a house on West End avenue, in ad dition to his paying her attorney's tees. She surrenders her right to dower in the house. AH ODD FELLOW NOVICE HAD. A Fall From the Goat Breaks His Leg Thrice, So He Asks Damages. Chicago, May 10. John Geiger to-day sned Court Valley Forge No,, 169, L O. O. F., for 525,000 damages, claiming that while being initiated the officers of the lodge com- Eelled him to jump into a supposed lake of re to show'his courage. He says that instead of getting a plunge in the lake he was landed on the floor and broke his leg in three places. DOWN ON NEW ENGLAND GRANITE. Philadelphia Pavers Will Strike If Its Use Is Decreed by Contractors. PHILADELPHIA, May 10. Tlfe Pavers' Association of this city held a meeting to night and decided to support the stand made by the pavers in other cities against the use of New England granite in street paving. Resolutions were adopted that if the street contractors insist upon using New England granite then the members of the association will strike. The Hibernians In Session. New York, May 10. The National Convention of the Ancient Order of Hiber nians met here to-day. The Committee on Credentials received credentials from dele gates from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, South and North Da kota, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, California and Colorado. ' LABOR CASTS ITS DIE And Will -Have It Out Wilh the Cam bria C&'forOnce and for All. THE RULE AGAINST THE UNIONS To Be Fought Tooth and Toe Nail by the Trainmen's Brotherhoods. WHI THE BEGULATION WAS ADOPTED ' tSPECIAI, TILEORAK TO THE DISrATCH. Johnstown, May 10. What is likely to develop into a big strike had its incip iency here to-day, when five trainmen were discharged by the Cambria Iron Company simply because they were members of laV nrifanNatinns Tho ""'rrr-?a nnmnnnv H comnletelv crnshed out labor orranizatiL0'lfii - In nt its wwlro otM fnr bIt iroarQ lioo ahtnlnta- . .. ... ... ..- .- , -.,,......- ly refused to employ a man who belonged to any of them. The difficulty to-day occurred when a committee of five trainmen employed in the yards asked for a raise of wages for the members of their organization. When this request was made they were promptly asked by General Manager Price if they held al legiance to their organization, and when they avowed that they did they were promptly discharged without explanation. The Manager Had to Obey the Rules. General Manager Charles H. Price, in re ferring to the committee's visit, said they spoke as representatives of a trainmens' union. He could not get around the rules of the company and recognize the com mittee. Furthermore, the avowal of the men that they are" members of a trades organization, was fatal to their positions in the service of the company, it being well known that Rule 8 prohibits membership in all combinations for controlling wages. They necessarily, upon such avowal, ceased to be employes of the company. Had the men presented their claim on its merits as employes of the Cambria Iron Company, he said, it wouldhave been given respectful attention, but when they pre sented themselves as representatives of labor unions, they at once closed the door to all negotiations. Uhe committee claims to. represent a large nroportion of the company's trainmen, who number about 150. They belong to the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, whose Grand Chief is E. E. Clark, with head quarters at Cedar Rapids, la., the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, with S. E. Wilkinson, ot Galesburg, 111., as Grand Master, and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, with F. P. Sargeant, of Terre Haute, Ind., as Grand Officer. Chiefs of the Brofhernoods Coming. Their officials were promptly notified by wire ot the trouble, and one ot them, repre senting the conductors, will arrive to-night, while the others are expected to-morrow. In the meantime, the men here, are very determined and say the organization will, without doubt, approve of their action. If the Cambria Company refuses to yield, a prolonged struggle will begin. They say their request was only for a raise, asking for 81 60 instead of SI 30 a day, which they now receive, and which is lower than brake men are paid anywhere. No one who knows anything about the policy of the Cambria Company believes for a moment that it will make any concessions, and it the officials of these labor organiza tions try to enforce their principles here a prolonged strike'is inevitable. While noth ing cuii uu ucuuueiy buiieu uuui uiese om cials arrive, the struggle, if it takes place, will involve much more than the workmen in the mills here. The railway trainmen are acknowledged to be the most perfect organized body of men in the country, and it' terms cannot be made with the Cambria Company, then a general order will be is sued, under which all trainmen will refuse to handle the products of the Cambria mills. What Gave Birth to the Poiicy. The Cambria mills are the only large works in the country in which organized labor Is completely shut out. This policy is the outgrowth of the labor troubles here in 1873, when there was a prolonged strike, but which ultimately ended in the abandon ment of their principles by the laboring men, who were taken back to work upon their promise of giving up their allegiance to labor organizations. In 1877 this prom ise was supplemented by an absolute rule, demanding each workman to drop all con nection ith labor organizations. During 1884 and 1885, however, the Knights of Labor got a foothold here, and in a short time developed remarkable growth. Ed T. Nellis, a young mechanic, now a Representative in the Legislature from this county, was Master Workman of D. A. L 9080, with 1,000 members. In 1886 Peter Wise and other labor leaders made speeches here, when one morning the Knights were thunderstruck bv the an nouncement of the company's officials that Rule 8 would be rigidly enforced, and every man asked to sign an ironclad contract to dissolve all connection with the Knights or at once quit the company s employ. The Cambria's Victory Complete. An effort was made to fight, but the struggle was short, and within several months every semblance of an organization was broken up. A few of the leaders sought work elsewhere, but as a majority of the men owned their own homes or were bound here by other ties, they gave in, and the victory ot the Cambria Company was complete. From that day to this no attempt has been made by the workmen to orgauize. So great, has been the influence exercised by the Cambria people that even in the build ing trades and other lines, very few belong to any organization. The policy inaugurated by General Manager Chapin has been strict ly followed by Manager Fulton, who suc ceeded him, and subsequently by Mr. Price who followed. The organization of the trainmen, who are the cause of the present trouble, is of recent date, although many of them belonged to the organization before they came here, but are keeping it quiet SHERMAN FOR FREE SUGAR. Such a BUI to Be Taken Up In the Home Very Soon. Washington, May 10. Free iron ore and free refined sugars are the two propo sitions fthich are now beginning to enter into the calculations of a number of the Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee as measures which should be reported to the House and passed at this session as part of the tariff policy of the majority in the House. The matter at pres ent is in the stage of discussion, and no con clusion has been reached by the majority of the Ways and Means Committee. With reference to the free refined sugar bill, it is said that assurances are wanted from the Senate before action is taken by the com mittee. N The Democrats on the committee have heard that Senator Sherman has declared that he will favor a free refined sugar bill, and it is proposed to see several Republican Senators and ascertain their views. CAMPAIGN LITESA1TJEE To Be PornUhed by the benate to Refute House Tariff Talks. Washington, May 10. The Senate Financial Committee to-day reported a reso lution providing for the printing of 25,000 copies of the Morrell report on the effect of United States tariff on Canadian trade. This United States tariff on Canadian trade. This report is the first of several similar produc- I tions which will be issued by the committee in answer to the tariff" debate in the House and they are expected to figure in the ap proaching campaign. The tariff bills sent over from house and now before the Committee were referred to by General McPberson who suggested that they be reported to Senate, and took advan tage of the opportunity to hold up the Sugar Trust as an example of iniquity arisingfrom the operation of the tariff laws. No action was taken on the suggestion. COMPULSORY EDUCATION Declared Constitutional by the Ohio So. prima Court A Test Case Was Made J by a Toledo School Teachers Must Re port to the 'School Boards. Columbus, O., May 10. Special The most interesting and important cases coming before the Supreme Court of Ohio for a long time was decided by that tribunal to- -day. It was the case of Rev. Dr Quigley, Sgj'-'o. against the Ohio law on compul- I -'"I'fj -"'Vftf"'tton laW nf rMn ,-'JJCrl Tri iy - -.Ul -v w. w.v compels at.yfg; j L en 8 and 14 years of age to attend tLF It subjects all schools, public, private and parochial, to the control of the school boards in requiring reports of name, age, sex, residence, of all pupils and attendance at school. The Toledo School Board demanded such reports from Dr. Quigley as to his parochial schools at St Francis De Sales Church. He did not make the reports and in consequence was indicted, arrested, tried, and fined for such violation ot the Ohio compulsory education law. The first trial of the case was had In May, 1891, in the Common Pleas Court at Toledo, and ever since has been attracting attention in all legal and ecclesiastical circles, not only in America, but also to a large extent in Europe. Dr. Quigley's counsel argued that the Ohio law was unconstitutional, and unwarrantedly interferes with rights' of parents and rights ot conscience; that the natural law gives the parent the right to educate the child, and that the Constitution of Ohio guarantees all rights recognized as natural law rights. The Common Pleas Court rendered a de cision, claiming that the compulsory edu cation law of Ohio did not abridge the right of the parents to educate their children, nor interfere with the control or manage ment of private schools. Appeal was made to the Supreme Court, which to-day af firmed the decision ot the lower courts. NAILING THE WHISKY TRUST. A Second Indictment Against the Officers, to Cover Possible Defects. BOSTON, May 10. A second indictment against the defendants in the Whisky Trust case was reported this afternoon by the United States Grand Jury. This indict ment is intended to cover whatever defect might have existed in the first, which was prepared in a hasty manner. Several im portant features have been introduced into it, many of which were suggested by the motion to quash the first indictment filed by the counsel for the defendants. The second indictment contains four counts. The first count states, among other things, that in February, 1890, the defend ants entered into a combination in restraint of trade and commerce in the United States, and continued the combination after the passage of the anti-trust law. One of the main features is the charge that the whisky people manufactured their goods in another State and transported them here for illegal purposes. In the second count it is charged that the defendants attempted to monopo lize trade among the various States, and In stances are cited. The third count charges that the defendants' acts in giving rebate vouchers were in restraint of trade, and the fourth count sets out a rebate voucher, ac cepted by Kelly and Durkee, as an example of their illegal actions. DISTILLERIES NOT FOR SALE. The English Syndicate Will Not Control Over One-Third the Output New York, May 10. Special A member of the firm of Paris, Alden & Co., of 35 Broadway, distillers, said to-day that he didn't think Mr. Nathan Hofheimer. of this city, would secure control for an En glish syndicate of all the Bourbon distiller ies in Kentucky. "No doubt there are a good many distil leries in Kentucky for sale," he said, "but I think that the larger ones prefer to re main a3 tbey are. Mr. Hofheimer called upon us two weeks ago and asked us wheth er we would sell. He said that he had been making up a syndicate of Englishmen who would like to invest some capital in dis tilleries. I told him that we would not take $2,000,000 for the Alden-Bradley dis tillery, at Louisville, and that we had re fused an offer of ?3 000,000 for the Old Crow and Hermitage distilleries." The annual output of the Kentucky dis tilleries is perhaps 30,000,000 gallons. Mr. Hofheimer's combination will do well if it gets control of 10,000,000 gallons. A TRUST HIT HARD. The Sugar Combine Scared by Threats of New Orleans Merchants. New Orleans, May 10. Special. Del egates from the Sugar Exchange Board of Trade and Wholesale Grocers' Association, of this city, have held a meeting to take action against the discrimination in prices the American Sugar Refining Company or Sugar Trust of New York is making against local dealers. After adopting resolutions delaring that the action of the trust was severely injuring the wholesale trade here, they declared that unless it changed its policy and gave the merchants and grocers ot New Orleans the same protection given those of New York, the commercial traders would appeal to the Legislature lor redress. This was tele graphed to New York, and it was learned dnring the evening that the telegram had the effect of inducing the trust to equally adjust its rates on sugar. Diphtheria Among Students. Tbenton, May 10. The Lawrenceville schools have been closed on account of diph theria among the students. Several ot them and the wife of one of the professors are ill with the disease. It is thought to have come from the breakage of a sewerage outlet caused bv the falling walls of one of the dormitories, which was burned recently. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. Topic Fage. Secrets of That Conference 1 Hypnotism Wrecks a Home 1 Labor's Fight at the Cambria Works.... 1 Agent McClure on the Rack 1 DIzmont Has n Probable Murder 2 Prodding Up Pittsburg S Editorial Comment arid Miscellaneous.- 4 UoYv Chicago Consumes Smoke 4 A Plan to Promote Art a E. W. C. Hiefer's Side of a Story O Vfanamaker Spoils a Sensation 7 Lively Work at Omaha 7 The Pope and the School Question 7 A Baseball qaabble 8 Last Report on the Johnstown Flood.. 8 Watterson Talks Politics O The Business World's Budget O First Day's Work of the Foresters O Congress Growing Interestlng............lO Lima Oil Prices Go' Up 10 Real Estate and Commercial Markets.. 11 county and District Court Boutlne 12 a, New Mercantile Mart 12 I county and District Court Routine 12 HIT ft HARSH CHORD, Major Brown Brings Ont Some Very Interesting Facts Abont McClnre m THE PEBJUEY TEIAL Character Witnesses Confess That the L. & 0. Agent Had Been CONVICTED FOR A BREACH OF LAW Defense Protests Against the Admission of the Testimony, BUT TIIE COURT SATS IT MUST GO The McClnre perjury trial is proving a star attraction for the county building these days, and if the audience is not as enthusi astic and a3 liberal with their applause as are the audiences at the more poetic thea ters downtown, it is no reason tbey are the less interested. Climaxes of sterling character, grotesque comedian, heavy villains, injured heroes, radiant females, stern old men, frivolous youths, the crowding populace and the dignified stage managers in the grim per sonages of court bailiffs abound in pro fusion, confusion and effusion. Yesterday the curtain rolled up about 9:30 o'clock, while the rain beat against the clear, broad panes of window glass, and the incandescent burners flickered occasionally as some in teresting development was made by some of the leading actors. The posing of the van- uos characters wa3 so singularly natural that it might procure for them histrionic situations behind the lowly but dazzling footlights. The Star or the Cast. The star of the company, Robert McClnre, bore much the same aspect that he did dur ing the first act of the drama, which began Monday noon, only he a3 different That is, there were certain things that were not noticable Monday. His necktie, consisting of a stingy little black bow, hung awry and troubled his broad ex panse of a dull yellow shirt bosom. His long, square-cut coat hung baggy and wrinkled from his rounded shoulders, and his trousers modestly concealed the uppers of his tired-looking shoes. That erratic foot of his, which amused the gallery denizens the first day to such a saerilegious:extent, was given the same weird opportunities to distinguish itself, and set the nerves of one of the leading man's support wildly agog, and nearly caused that eminent young actor incipient paresis. The play dragged at first, as all such plays usually do, and the lines of the leading men were neither thrilling nor enthusing to the various members of the pushing popu lace, who, incidental to acting as a source of annoyance to the stiff, staid bailiffs, paid some little attention to what was being said and done. Gradually the action became livelier and the lines so bright and rapidly spoken that the long enduring al though unconventional male stenographer waxed damp about the forehead and pale about his finely chiseled lips, as the press agent would say. Dora Talked to the Point. The first actress summoned from the green room was Dora Wimer, the demure little servant girl at Sharp's. She was a bright and willing talker, and answered the questions in an exceedinglv sprightly man ner, although she was seized with stage frieht at one interesting moment, as the se vere cross-examination of Attorney Patter son for McClure somewhat unbalanced her. Dora said she sold no papers at all upon the mo:nins of Sunday, February 28, al though a man made an attempt to purchase one. "Can you describe that mant" asked llalor Brown. "Yes sir," returned the maid and then she cast a peculiar little glance at McClure and after bltim; Iier lip a little she resumed: "He was a man with a gondola-like hat of antique manulacture, an overcoat of the shabby genteel order, and a beard of tha craagv, serusgv kind." 'Did you refuse to sell him a paper?" "I did, and told him we sold no papers on Sundays." "What did he do?" "I directed him to an nowsboy on the op posito side of the street and he started fa that direction." "What were you doing at tho time the man approached you?" "I xrat sweeping the sidewalk." "Did the man enter tho store?" "He did not." "Can yon identify Mr. McClure a3 the man who tried to purchase tho paper!" Wasn't Quite Sara or McClure. Mr. McClure gathered himself together and stood up and after carefully looking at him Dora replied that she could not The defense then tookthe witness in melo dramatic style and began to hurl the queries at her with startling rapidity. "Did anr paper leave the store after vou had swept the walks?" asked Attorney Pat terson. "Tes, sir," returned Dora, "several papere werejiiven to a newsbov and ho paid for them the following morning." "Why did you refuse to sell a paper to the man who called?" "We never sell anvthlng on Sunday." "How Is it yon remember such a good description of the man?" "I heard everal L. and O. spies were about and I suspected him of being ono of them." Then Attorney Patterson brought in a lit tle sarcasm bv askine if that was the true reason she refused to sell, but Dora said no, in a tone of anything but bland summery sweetness. Mrs. James M Sharp, the wife of the newsdealer, was the next witness. She cor roborated Dora and said Mr. Sharp was not in the store after they left the breakfast table. Her husband drove away a few minutes before 9 o'clock, and the witness said she then went up stairs. No Papers Sold That Day. Witness also said: "There was not a sin gle newspaper sold by us on that morning and I did not hear anyone ask or apply for a paper in the storeroom on that morning. I did not get back to our store until very late that night from Braddock, where I went about noon, and Mr. Sharp did not re turn till the next day. From where we were sitting at the table we could see any one In the store, but the persons would have to be in the door two or three steps. We could not have been seen unless the person was in the storeroom. It would have been impossible for anyone to see us from the store doorwav." William M. Thompson followed Mrs. Sharp and declared he saw Agent McClure take the oath in the magistrate's office and then testify that be had been about Sharp's store at 720 o'clock aud purchased a paper from Sharp. Attorney JohnB-Brown and Union News Company Agent Burt corroborated Thomp son regarding the scene in Alderman Rohe's office. Then the ship of state rested, and Colonel Moore opened the case for the defense and called Agent McClure, who shines resplen dent while upon the stand, and he declared himself in most approved style. The star language was choice and well cut McClure Takes the Stand. He said he was a detective who had beta t
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