FIRST TO SIGN THE IN SCALE Tyler Iron Works of Wash- i " ington Agree to the De mands of the Men. A HAMOXIOUS MEETING. Carnegie, Phipps & Co. Said to Preparing for a Strike. It Is Claimed They Have Refused to Accept Orders for th6 Early Deliv ery of Iron and Have Canoeled Large Contracts The Homestead . Scale Discussed by the Manufactur ers and Workmen Without a Con clusion Being Reached The Amal gamated Association to Meet the Wire Bod Men and Iron and Steel Manufacturers To -Day President Weihe May Reconsider His Resigna tion. The first firm to sign the new "Westera scale of prices for 1892-93, which was re cently adopted by the Amalgamated Asso ciation, is the Tyler Pipe Tube Company, of Washington, Pa. This is a clean cut victory lor the Association, and the members-are naturally proud of their achieve ment, predicting that this was only the lorcrunner of other firms agreeing to the scale. Negotiations have been in progress some time between the Association and Mr. Tyler, but it was only yesterday that she Confer ence Committee of the Association met a committee of the men from the works at the Monongahela House, there being pres ent io Mr. Tyler and his general manager. Firt Vice President "V. A. Carney, of the first district, and Assistant President M. M. Garland represented the Amalgamated, wliile there were present from the works George L. Kiel, Patrick H. Mynahan and Henrv Kuntz. The conference lasted jnst one hour and 30 minutes. Spent IJours Considering the Scalp. After the preliminary business had been transacted, the new "Western scale of prices for lSyJ-93, which was recently adopted by the Amalgamated Association, was pre sented tor consideration. This important paper was carefully analyzed from begin ning to end by the committee representing the tube works, and, when Mr. Tyler was assured that every item contained in the document was perfectly fair and correct, he causht up a pen, hastily dipped it into an ink well and wrote his signature at the bot tom of one ot the new scales. Thus, with a few strokes of the pen, Mr. Tyler not only became the first signer of the new Amalgamated Association's scale, but acreed to pay Ihe rates and wages asked by the Association for their men. Good News for the Men. The intelligence that Mr. Tyler had signed the scale was brought to the dele gates of the convention on Forbes street by Assistant President M. M. G 'and, and tne great pleasure his announcement gave the men was a sufficient reward in itself for the labor he had performed. subsequently speaking of the matter Mr. Garland taid: "The meeting was one of the most harmonious that I ever attended. There were no demands lor reductions nor did the committee from tne tube works think the prices as arranged were anything more than fair. The matter was settled in less than two hours and in signing the scale Mr. Tyler gives employment ior another year to nearly 300 men. PREPARING FOR A STRIKE. Carnegie, I'liipp & Co. Said to nave Re fused to Accept Orders for the Early Delivery of Iron and Have Canceled I-arg Contracts. That great preparations are being made by the Carnegie Steel Company at Home stead in anticipation of a strike was proven last evening when it was asserted by several local iron dealers that Carneeie, Phipps & Co. had not only refused to lake any more orders for the early delivery of any iron and steel, but had also canceled other large orders which they received previous to the present trouble from firms in the East and West In addition to this it is stated that plat forms are being built in the skylights of the various mills of the Carnegie Steel Com pany at Homestead, and powerful electric arc lights put into position in diflerent parts of the yaid surrounding the plant. General Manager H. a Frick was seen at his home last night and, when asked if the Carnegie Steel Company had refused to accept any more orders, said: I do not care to be interviewed upon the subject." He subsequently admitted, hoeer, that there was considerable truth in the report AVmle hopes are entertained of a satis factory understanding, the workmen, as well as the n.anufacturers, continue active prep arations in case a mutual disagreement should result The workmen are more secret in their movements, but the report that they are saung money and taking other steps to protect their famine's .in case of trouble has been confirmed. IHE HOMESTEAD SCALE A Fotilc Conference Between the Men and the Manufacturers. At no time in the history of the Amalga mated Association did the members oi this organization await a decision with more auxiety than they evinced yesterday. The point at issue was the Homestead scale, of which there exists two versions one pre sented by the manufacturers and the other bv the Amalgamated Association. To learn just exactly how each one viewed the situation and whether one or the other was willing to make any concessions, a confer ence was called to take place yesterdav morning at 10 o'clock in the citv office o'f Carnegie, Phipps A., Co. The la'te ot 5,000 steel workers was in the hands of the men lorming the conference. Six delegates from the Amalgamated Association were present to uphold the interests of the workmen, while the leading officials of the Carnegie Steel Company represented the manu facturers. The workmen's committee went into the meeting with an almost unanimous protest from the Homestead employes against the acceptance of Manager Potter's scale. The conference lasted from 10 o'clock until 2 without an agreement being reached, and a recess was taken for lunch. When the committees reassembled the members re mained in session until 4, when they finally adjourned without accomplishing anything. . During the meeting botn committees made concessions. The manufacturers, who had placed the minimum figures for steel billets at 522, were willing to add, $1 more, while J THE LONG NIGHT BEFORE. . I It i k fWWMEWI ill ,jS n ip'wiix ,,31. - I CLEVELAND Hello, Whitney; it's How are they coming ? WHITNEY Swift. the Amalgamated Association, whose price is quoted at $25, were willing to come down to $24. There is no doubt but that a settle ment could have been effected upon this point, but the main question at issue and the one most hotly contested was the time set for the expiration of the scale. For sei eral years past the scale has expired on the night ot June 30, and the Amalga mated Association will not change the date, while the manufacturers demand that the scale expire on January 1. While the meeting- was still in progress the Amalgamated committee requested the manufacturers to withdraw temporarily while the committee discussed some unex pected point that had been introduced. TO MEET THE WIRE MEN. Little Difficulty Expected by the Amalga mated in Settling the Scale fnr the Com Inc Tear The Iron and Steel Manu facturers Are Also to lie Seen. At 10 o'clock this morning the confer ence committee of the Amalgamated Asso ciation will meet the wire rod manufactur ers in the Ferguson block. It is expected that there will be no great difficulty in ar ranging the scale. . In the afternoon at 2 o'clock the same committee will again meet the Pittsburg iron and steel manufacturers. Hopes are also entertained that the differences existing be tween these two bodies will be amicably settled and the scale signed for at least an other year. The convention of. the Amalgamated As sociation, alter meeting yesterday morning in the hall on Forbes street, almost imme diately adjourned for the purpose of allow ing the several committees to attend to their woik. At 2 o'clock the dele gates again filed into the hall. The afternoon session was taken np with preliminary matters, the only new business being the report of the Com mittee on Constitution. This body has been at work ever since the first meeting ol the convention. Before the close of the convention of the Amalgamated Association the officers for the ensuine vear are to be elected. As rofntnZT" the resignation has been banded in, but it is probable that he will be asked to reconsider his action and serve for another year at least There has been a strong pressure brought to bear upon him during the past week, and a petition requesting Mr. Weihe to continue at the bead of the organization for another term or two is now being circulated. It is expected that every delegate will sign the appeal. While the big President has re frained from making any further state ment, the opinion is that he will reconsider bis previous action. The Master Ilorseshoers' Tonr. The master horseshoers have made prepa rations for a five days' jaunt to Cleveland, and will leave-Pittsburg on July 23. .The Committee of Arrangements consists of Thomas J. McCosker, J. J. Vetter, Henry Baker. EmmetteSimpson, Clem Gill, Clif ford Grounds and Thomas Taylor, from whom tickets for the exenrsion can be procured. Wages of Iron 'Workers Considerable space is devoted by the American Manufacturer to the wages, past and present, ot the iron workers. It states that for some years past, although the selling price of iron has decreased, there has been no reduction hi the waires of the workmpn no matter how great the fall in the price of iron. BIDDLES, IHE BASE BREAKERS. The English Bobbers Want a Pittsburg Manager to Produce Their Play. George ami Austin Biddle, the men who nearly a score of years ago attained world wide fame by robbing the Bank of England of $1,000,000, are in America. They have ap proached aPittsburg theatrical manager to go out with them next season and produce a plav written by George Biddle. It is called "Forging His Own Chains," and is to be a realistic reproduction of the lives of, these two famous criminals. The gentleman to whom they made the proposition is Edward McDowell, who last season was Lillian Kennedy's manager. George Biddle called on him in Chicago a short time ago. He exhibited George Bid die's card, which gave his place of resi dence as Hartlord, Conn. Mr. McDowell said they seemed to have plenty of money and were "then on their way to the coast George Biddle was released some years ago, but Austin Biddle's time did not expire until last winter. Mr. McDowell savs they are both bright, well educated men, and ex pect that their names as the men who robbed the Bank of England w ill carry the show. A CLEAN CAMPAIGN. The Conflict to Be Devoid or Mud Hinging and -carllau Talk. State Treasurer John W. Morrison left on the fast mail last night for Harrisburg after spending a few days in the city on business, and predicted the coming campaign w ould be clean-cut,devoid of mud slinging and un questionably would result in Republican victory. "The lives of the leaders are so well known to the American people," he con tinued, "and their petty foibles and trans gressions of a personal nature have been so long drawn out and talked and written of so much, that there is little, if anyfhing left to sav. President Harrison's term in the "W hite Honse has been accompanied with such astute and diplomatic actions that peo ple are heartily in accord with him, and will undoubtedly give him a telling support at the next election." Preparing to March for Graver. Tha Thirtieth Ward Cleveland and Ste- venson Marching Club was organized last night in Alderman King's office, Carson street The club will adopt uniforms and will take part in all Democratic demon' trationa during the campaign. The officers I w je ajs .r- afSKs aey awful hot, and I can't are: President, Timothy O'Brien; Secre tary, A. J. McMullen; Treasurer, D. Scott A NEW STATION AT T0ESEN3. The People or Dallas Threatened With Great Inconvenience. The people of Dallas station, on the Penn sylvania Railroad, were up in arms yester day over a report that the company had de cided to do away with their station and combine it with Torrens in a new station to be built at the point where Fifth avenue goes under the railroad. They are feeling very indignant at the railroad company any how, and the report was the straw that broke the camel's back. The company has steadily slighted them in the arrangement of the schedule until now there are not nearly as many trains as there were 18 months ago, and this in spite of the fact that the section has almost doubled in popu lation. Besides, the trains are not arranged conveniently. AH winter theater parties had to take a train an hour earlier than necessary or else arrive at the places of amusement late. The young people who attended High School had to take a train much earlier than necessary, as a former train which brought them to the city in good time was discontinued. , At the company's offices it was stated that it had not been finally decided to do away with Dallas station, although that move was under consideration. A new sta tion is to be built at Torrens, but the Dallas matter is still open. The people feel that the rapid growth ot population justifies the expectation of a new station, rather than its discontinuance. New residences are going up all through the territory tributa ry to the Pennsylvania railroad at .Dallas, and the claim is made that the population will be doubled in another year, especially since Hamilton avenue is to be improved next month. FBESENTED WITH 80TTVEKISS. A Pleasant Evening ot Music and Song at Post 3 Ball. Post 3, GvA.R., last evening gave a pretty entertainment at its hall, 78 Fourth NTpnnn anrl nfcpntrl tlio momKava nP f the "DrummerorSpy of Shiloh" niiu uauusuiue buuvenirs. jLue nan was tastefully decorated, and programme of unusual excellence was given. Its prettiest feature was Miss Alice Kober, who gave two songs "Mary Green" and "Little Bed Umbrella." She .gave several skirt dances that completely captivated the audience. Her motion was poetry itself. Miss Luln Belle Orcutt also contributed several bril liant solos. Miss Carrie Terront had several numbers. Comrade D. Aahworth made the presenta tion speeches in giving the souvenirs, each of which was marked as being from Post 3. They were as follows: Lulu B. Orcutt, silver inkstand; Alice Kober, gold chain and charm; Miss D. Boesser, gold pin; Misses Cardell, Morgan, McClaren, Pryor, Kleinhouse, M. Brown, Hickey, Pratt, Ochsenhart, McDonald, Baumback, gold rings; Miss Dormeniete and Miss Emma Atkinson, opera glasses. A handsome gold ring was given to each of the gentlemen. WAIL OF THE WOUNDED. Accidents Reported Testerday In the Two Cities and Vicinity. The big mills of Pittsburg yesterday were the scene of one death and maimed a number of people. The railroads also had a victim. This is the list: Leslie John Blair Leslie was almost In stantly killed by a heavy piece of Iron tall ins on his head in Anderson, De Puy A Ca's works, Chartiers, yesterday morning. Leslie was 19 years old, and lived at 13 Woods Bun. Bucher Charles Bucher attempted to jump from a moving coal train near Walker's Mills yesterday morning. He fell under the wheels and had one arm cut off. KoTHKHsrcKB John 'Bothensfuer yester day had his leg broken by a billet of steel tailing on him at Oliver's Tenth street mill. Grimes Charles Grimes, aged 9 years, was "bitten on the right leg by a ferocious dog In front of his home on Clark street vesterday afternoon. The dog was shot by Officer Lud wig. Coklet George Conley, a puddler nt the Keystone Iron Mill, had his face badly burnt 3 esceroay uy a uasu oi not iron irom a nail of iuuck iron he was takinir to the saueez- era. lie street -was taken to his home on Bates AFGHANISTAN'S BLOODY WAS. Nearly 1,500 Men Are Slaughtered In Bat tles W 1th the Rebels. Simla, June 23. Advices received here from Afghanistan show that the rebellion among the Urgahaghan Hasaras against the Ameer is assuming formidable proportions. Of the 5.000 regular troops and the 5,000 irregulars sent against the rebels, 250 of the regulars and 1,200 of the irregulars have been killed in the various engagements that have been fought The Ameer's soldiers have become dispirited and many of them are deserting. THAT NEW YORK CLAIMANT. A Portion of Father Molllnger's Estate Claimed by a Gotham Paper Hanger. The New York claimant to Father Mol linger's estate has turned out to be a poor paper hanger named John De Vree Hoff man, living at No. 609 East One Hundred and Forty-third street His counsel is ex Judge J. C. J. Langbain, an eminent Gotham jurist Hoffman claims to be the son of the dead priest's father's sister, and therefore entitled to portion of the estate as a blood relative. AFRAID HE IS CRAZY. An Ex-Police Officer Chanced With Surety of the Peace by Bis Wife. Mrs. Eliza McDowell, of No. 6377 Penn avenue, made an information before Alder man Means last night charging her hus band, Bobert J. McDowell, an ex-police of ficer, with surety of the peace. Mrs. Mc Dowell alleges her husband became de mented yesterday and chased the family out ot the house with a hatohet in his fund. He also threatened to shoot Mrs, MoDowell last evening. stand it mnch longer. iTHEMmTSBtrBQ'DISPATGBfmtFATrUI CHICAGO AS SHE IS. A Graphic Description of One of the . Windy City's June Days. t WEATHER THAT CODLD BEAT NOAH The Guilder of the Ark Would Have Been Knocked Out if He Had ATTEMPTED HIS WOBKIH THE BIG CITI rFPEClAL TELKORAK TO THE DISPATCIT.l Chicago, June 23. As a Southern dele gate walked out ot the cold-storage Wig wam, this afternoon, into the inky black ness of Michigan avenue, he said to a big policeman: "For Gawd's sake, tell me, are we in Chicago or in Hades?" His uncertainty is not surprising, for dur ing the past week Chicago har been an un canny, nnearthly, rain-deluged, cloud-darkened, thunder-pounded, lightning-stricken, dirty, sodden, slimy, sickly, frightful con glomeration of massive buildings and ex cited, woe-begone, hopeless citizens. Banks ot dense fog cork up every smoky grimed street with their helpless, smoky grimed inhabitants. From morning until night, no less than three times daily, abso lute deluges fall upon the panic-stricken people, bolts of supernaturally vivid light ning zigzag through the sky, demolish monument', World's Fair buildings and 21-story business blocks, human beings and animals, without regard to time, place or condition. This is in no sense exaggeration or at tempted humor. It is solid fact, although the haples3 citizens knocked down by the lightning bolts are far beyond the con dition of being able to prove it Plttsburgers Can't Understand I. No Pittsburger can at all conceive what The Dispatch here attempts to portray. Injustice it is to be hoped that no otherkind of man can conceive it The Chicago peo ple themselves say that even they, living in this womb of the elements, never conceived of such disturbances as now whack down upon them every few hours. It rained here solidly 27 days in Mar. It has rained even more steadily all of June. Noah never could have built his arfc if he had lived here, for his workmen would have been washed away in the attempt But Noali was not in it anyway, for there is no record that he grew athletic like these Chicago people in dodging thunderbolts. They are so practiced that they think noth ing now of slipping between the jagged bolts that rain upon them, and even the lady visitors to the convention are getting so case-hardened against the most violent disturbances of nature that the lily-like daughter of one of the chiefs ot Democracy told The Dispatch vesterday that she used to be so afraid of lightning that she had spent a fraction of her life between feather mattresses, but now she cared no more for the forked missiles of Vulcan than if they were so many peanuts. All Days Alike This Week. Every day that the convention has been in session this awful state of things has con tinued. Two days before the great gather ing of Democrats assembled here one of these unheard-of and infernal upheavals of nature lifted the roof from the vast ware house aud carried it into the lake, where it was taken up Dy a wninwind and disap peared forever. The substitute provided served to shut out the sky from the eyes of delegates, but as a protection from the crazy elements it was an unmitigated and absurb failure. Morning, noon and night during the days that the convention was assembled the thunders roared above and drowned the voices of the Cleveland mob, the lightning played about the heads of the presiding offi cers and the delegates, and the rain came down upon them as though they were sitting in the open air. But so used had these peo ple become to a state of things unheard of before that they sat in their seats with tha calmness of despair, wondering what would happen next, and firm- in the conviction that there could be nothing' worse in store for them. The climax of this horrible carnival was reached to-day while the convention was in session choosing a tail to the Cleveland ticket. While the Hon. John Evergreen Lamb, of Indiana, was for the thousandth time nailing the banner to the mast, dark ness suddenly came upon the vast assem blage. A Symphony of Sickly Green. The faces of the 20,000 spectators in the great hall became merged into one sym phony of sicklv, jaundiced green. Boars of thunder that almost froze one's blood bombarded the sky and shook the buildings down to the wobbling blanket of clay on which all Chicago buildings are founded. The noise of this battle in the clouds was so overpowering and so nughty that the roaring, applauding, shouting multitude be neath thejleaking roof would have been but childish 'prattle compared with it But that the multitude had been baptized three times daily in this frightful carnage, it would have been awe-stricken in the crush of its own wild stampede for safety. As it was, its carelessness aud its experience of the past week taught it to know that this awful roarand rumoie.oazzie and din were but the childish prattle of the natural light artillery of the air, the only part of the surrounding earth that is not incorporated in Chicago. But if the thunder was appalling the lightning was magnificent Through the few open doors of the cold storage box in which the thousands of sweating Democrats had been confined, in ihe blackness ot storm and over their heads could be had an occa sional glimpse of the horizon. First it was green; in a moment it became black, and then, quicker than the eye could follow it, it was lighted up by sheets of flame, and the electric bolts came with such startling swiftness that danger was gone before it was realized. All Glad They Were Alive. Each flash tore its way along the rafters of the building, to disappear again through the chinks of the sieve-like roof, and was followed by a crash of rock-ribbed thunder undreamed of in the wildest imagination and unheard of before in the remotest cor ner ot the entire wprldi The unhappy peo ple beneath ihi Sorcalled roof that stood between them and the hades above consid ered themseTveSifdrttmate that the thunder did not freeze 1md awe their hearts into stone and the lightning did not strike them dead where they .sat They escaped ob livion, it is true, only to find themselves floating and struggling in the vortex of a second deluge. Scripture says that Noah was furnished with an ark in which to escape from the floods that fell upon the wicked world, but the lightning-stiffened, storm-petrified spec tators in this noating cyciorama had no es cape. There never was such rain as this in all the world. It was as if the once clear waters of the vast inland sea that washed the borders of the great city were lifted up by an unseen power and dropped in one vast mass upon the heads of the unfortu nate people. But there they sat, statue like in their immovability, shielding them selves from baptism of fire, cloud and water as if they were receiving only that which they deserved, and which they ex pect when visiting the roaring hades of the West Worse Horrors Tet to Come. But there were worse horrors yet to come. When, lor one brief moment, the torrents seemed to be checked by the thousands of umbrellas, which, like black toad-stools fretted the arena, there swept into the hall what seemed a supernatural incense" of yellovr choking vapor. It was nothing but the sulphur-laden lightning-saturated atmosphere of Chicago which the inhabi tants daily breathe, from, which they derive their power to hustle through existence. Those who escaped from the building saw a phantasmal scene without The huge towering stacks of office buildings were iWT!irtB1Q t?3y rwTi hazy and vague. The wearing railway trains upon the lake front were spectral The clouds that fed the storm now restd on the pavements. The air, the waters, the skies, were all one color, and that an indescribable yellowish green. The clouds and the lake were one blended sheet of impenetrable gloom. The steamboats tied to theii piers remained immovable. They could not be seen, but through the thiok green gloom came the shrieks of thousands of foghorns, helplessly appealing to the flotilla not to mo ve"for fear of havoc. In the neighborhood of these panic stricken travelers oi the deep could be heard the long trains of cars blindly groping their way out into the, remote suburbs of the prairies, freighted down with human beings going they knew not where and they cared npt where. Through the strychnine-colored air occasionally women were seen rushing with fright, so dazed that their natural in stinct left them, and they cared not for the jinseemly disorder of their drapery by which they sought to escape being 'swept away in the rain. Disastrous Crash of Two CaDs. Up and down the broad space that in ordinary times and under natural circum stances is called a street, fled the panic stricken cab drivers, bent and huddled on their seats, shivering before the pitiless blasts of liquid and ot lightning. In front of the Leland House two of these rushing caos came together as bullets are some times said to do over a battlefield, and both turnedupside down in a wreck. All idea of direction and distance was lost The gutters were obliterated, and what was once known as roadways were rushing torrents of mud, water and filth,' trackless and unending. Down this Btink ing stream floated the debris of a wrecked city and a panic-stricken multitude. Chil dren lost their nlbthers, men were torn from their companions, every hallway was choked with frightened people. Umbrellas turned inside out before the gale, scurried along in the flood. Dogs, cats and rats ter rified into helplessness, mingled their dying hours with the noise of the rushing blast. Only one man or object in all Chicago re mained impassive and continued to hustle. He was a convention ticket peddler, and said to the demented people who fled past him: "What is the matter with every body? This is nothing but an ordinary Chicago squall. Stop and let me sell my last ticket The convention it. still in ses sion, and we have reduced the price from $15 to 50 cents. For God's sake take it " He was perfectly right 'Though this plain, calm record of to-day's storm will read. to those who were not hefe like an account of something gruesome and ab normal, such is not the fact. It was but the recurrence of a tri-daily episode it is the history of a June day in Chicago. THEY CAMPED IN THE ALLEY. vIcted.Tenants Ont l'enn Avenue Living In the Street A curious scene has been witnessed by the residents of Mulberry alley, between Thirty-first and Thirty-second streets, for the past two days. It was a family consist ing of an aged father and mother and three grovn-up daughters camping in the center of the alley with no protection from rain or storm and nothing to eat save what was given to them. The name of the man is David Williams. He formerly worked in the Black Diamond Steel Works, but ot late has been doing nothing, his age telling on him. Suit was brought against him before Alderman Warner for nun-payment of rent, and Monday evening Constable Kramer from Alderman Warner's office placed his things in the street. The old man did not seem to have energy enough to do any thing for himself and remained where he had been placed. Yesterday forenoon Officer Brady Thomp son notified him that if he did not get out be would be arrested as a vagrant This seemed to arouse him irom his lethargy and last evening a one-horse wagon removed all his goods to a deserted house on Jones ave nue, where he will take up his abode. The Department of Charities will be notified of their condition. HABRIS0N A SUEE WINNEB. Governor Murphy, of Arizona, Talks of Re publican Snccess. Governor N. O. Murphy, of Arizona Territory, who electrified the Minneapolis Convention with a stirring Harrisonian speech, passed through on the limited last night en route from an Eastern trip to his home in Fhamix, Ariz. He declared, with enthusiasm, that the President would be re-elected, and would have little or no trouble in defeating the Democratic nom inee. "President Harrison has the good will of the people at large," he continued, "and cannot fail to be elected. Atizona has no electoral vote, but I am. speaking of the country at large, and cannot see where the Earty is liable to fail. The factional fight etween Cleveland and Tammany insures New York to us, and, &i everyone knows, that means half the battle. Whitelaw Beid is very strong, and what the Presi dent fails to win, if such a thing is possi ble, that eminent journalist and clever diplomat will draw into line. I am san guine of success, and am pelfectly free in so'expressing myself." PBEDICIS DEM0CEATIC DEFEAT. Tames F. Wltherew Alludestothe Superior Political Atnbutes or Republicanism. "Cleveland's nomination means Republi can success," said James P. "Witherow at the Monongahela House, just after return ing from Cincinnati. "The Republican party has every advantage over the other party. They have the brains, the machinery, the money and the people, and if they are unable to succeed with all of these attri butes it is high time a change of some kind should be made. There is little doubt in my mind but what Harrison and Beed can carry New York, thauks to the superior organization of the party over the Demo crats, and with New York in line the other States will quickly fall in line and the Re publican party will again administer the affairs ot the nation. Cleveland may be strong in some parts, but he has not the advantage of having the great political leaders at his back, as President Harrison .will have." Another Heath Cnuiedby Heat. Michael Fritz, 42 years old, who resides at Bankin station and who is employed at the Braddocks' Wire Works, died yi-sterdny afternoon from the effects of the heat Fritz was overcome by the heat while at work, and although evervthing possible was done for him he expired a few hours later. On hearing the particulars, Coroner McDoneil deemed an inquest unnecessary. . A Fancr 1'rioe for n Saloon. Samuel Bing's New Economy Cip, on Sixth street, is closed while a tr.inslcr ot license is being made. Mr. B;ng co'iid not be seen last night, but it was stated (he place was being sold to Mr. Biggert for $15,000. Mr. Biggert formerly had a saloon at Fourth avenue and Ferry street 8:50 P. M. SATURDAYS Is the latest moment at which small advertisements will be received at ttia ALLE6HENY BRANCH OFFICE For Insertion in ths SUNDAY DISPATCH. On week days tha office will remain open until V r. m. as usual. w ADDED TO THE LIST. Professor C. B, Wood, Principal the Pittsburg High School, of SURPRISED BY A QUEER FORGERY He Officially Notifies the Central Eoard of Education. JUGGLING IViril NAME? OP GRADUATES Prof. C B. Wood, Principal of the Pitts burg High School, notified Secretary Reis far, of the Central Board of Education, last night that his (Wood's) name had been forged to a communication to The Pitts buro Dispatch. Last Wednesday an envelope having a special delivery stamp was received at this office. It contained a printed pro gramme of the class day exercises of the class of '92 of the Central High School. On the back of the programme we're the names of the class. Below the list of printed names was this indorsement, writ ten in black ink in a firm, business-like hand: Below Is a complete list of the graduating class or the Pittsburjr Central High School for publication. Commencement at Opera House, June 3. Accept no other than this list. Prof. C. B. Wood, Principal of High School. The list of names were published in yes terday's Dispatch. When Prof. Wood read the names of his successful pupils he announced that it was incorrect, and that his signature to the indorsement was a forgery. little Lists That Don't Agree. The official and the false lists are ap pended. A careful reading will reveal the differences in the two lists. Official list: Bobert Dickev Alrich. Lilian Virginia Alter, Katharine Orr Anshutz, Lulu Grace Askiu, Olive Beach, U'illlam Loan Benitz, Bessie Rosina Bown, Charles Elmer Bown, Nona Mar guerite Chessrown, Mary Emma Coffin, Mary Emma Colvln, Pier Dannals, Austin Cleis Frank, Inez May Griffith, Hermann Ludwhf Grote, James Wallace Hamilton, Elizabeth May Hutchison, Stella Katberlne Johnson, William Castellar HcClure, Alice Kezia Neiley, Stanley Chester Reese, Har riet Baldridge Rtggst Cora Scblnneller, Emma Louisa Shrimplln, Bhoda Scars Sill, John Hays Smith, Emma Hayes Walker, Benjamin Charles Welnhaus, Alfred William Young. The manipulated list Bobert D. Alrich, Lilian V. Alter, Katharine O. Anshutz, Lulu G. Askin, Olive A. Beach, William E. Benitz, Bessie B. Bown, Charles E. Bown, Elizabeth U. Brown. Nona M. Cliessrnwn. Marv E. Coffin, Alary E. Colvln, Pier Dannals, Carrie I. Dolan, Austin C. Frank, Inez JL Griffith, Herman L. Grote, James W. Hamilton, Elizabeth M. Hutch ison, Stella K. Johnson; William C. McCluic, Alice K. Negiey, Clifford B. Parker: Stanley C Beese, Harriet B. Biggs, CoraSchlnneller, Emma L. Schrimplin; KhoUn S. Sill, J. Hays Smith, Euiina H. Walker, Bertha Wallace, Benjamin C. Welnhaus, Alfred W. Young. According to Prof. Wood and the assist ant masters of the school, the object of this rather daring forgery was the desire on the part of some person or persons to assist the lew members of the class of '92 who failed to pass the final examinations, and as a natural sequence received no diplomas at the graduating exercises that night. Miss Dolan Is Naturally Indignant It seems that there were three members of the class who failed to pass their exami nations. Miss Carrie L Dolan, Elizabeth U. Brown and Clifford B. Parker. xesteruay atternoon a DISPATCH re porter called at Miss Dolan's home, No. 95 Center avenue, and showed her the forged indorsement Miss Dolan could not identify the handwriting. She said: "There is certainly a mvstery. I can't imagine who the author of this note, can be. I hardly think that any friend of the class would be guilty of such a trick, as it reflects on the entire class. As for myself, I failed in my exami nations and will hae to spend another year at the school. I got along nicely with all my papers, but unfortunately slipped up on my Latin paper, and my genero.1 average was exactly two-tenths ofl percent below the required percentage." The other two students whose names were, inserted in the manipulated list could not be seen last night, but friends stated that they were as indignant as Miss Dolan at the liberty taken with their names. Prof! Wood will spend his vacation abroad, and he expects to sail on Saturday. He is, however, determined to investigate the case, and promises to make it interest ing ior the author of the forgery. MILLIONS FOR A BEAUTY. A Chit of 10 Claims a Colossal Brquest From a Deceased Trover of CO Spending Money Lavishly Which She Obtained From Him. Worcester, Mass., June 23. QpeciaL A strange story is told of a transfer of $7,000,000 worth of property to his intended 16-year-old wife by an aged lover of 60 years. The story is told by the young lady herself, and she furnishes proof in the shape of cash which she says she has already re- cieved as the first installment The young lady's name is Gertrude Bliss. She says that William Hertwell, to whom she was engaged, was an Englishman and a gentleman of leisure. Miss Bliss first met Mr. Hertwell in New York while he was traveling for pleasure. She was stopping in New York with a friend at the time, but will give no circumstances of the meeting. She claims to have known him ior several months. Later he went to New Haven and lived there for several weeks, but she never saw him after the meeting in New York. He never called on herin Warren or Worcester, and left for Europe shortly alter his visit to New Haven, returning from Lotfuon a short time ago and going to New Haven. He has a house in London. Mr. Hertwell had told her that she was to be his heir, and that he had $7,000,000. She says she is to receive $1,000 a year (and has already drawn $5,000). After Mr. Hertwell died His body was taken to England for interment He was about 60 years old, and died in a hotel at New 'Haven. Miss Bliss says a messenger came here to notify lier of Hertwell's death. Both she and her mother stick to the story of the bequest or $7,000,000. Persons ihingin the neighborhood say that Miss Blics ca-rius about large sums ot money, and a liver) man has been asked regarding the stabling ot a pair of horses which she "ay- 1ip intends to buy. Miss Bliss"'father, who has been dead 11 yenr. used to work at the Knowles steam pump works in Warren. Miss Bliss is a granddaughter of the late Sulii aa Conee, who was agent for many jears at the Boston and Albany sta tion in Warren. It is whispered that the few thousands which the recent sale ot some property brought is the money which she is now using. She was only a child and very &elf-aserlive. She says she will not go to school any more. Slie has left the' Warren High School and will enjoy her property. PIEECED FOB HONOR'S SAKE. Fiery Frenchmen Fight a Sanguinary Dnel , , . With Swords. Paris, June 23. A duel was fought to day between the Marquis De Mares and Captain Mayer, in which the latter was seriously wounded. , The Huelgrew outof the anti-Semite cam paip.i that has been carried on in the Libre Parole, the ' Anarchist paper, of which Ed ward .Drumont is the editor. The weapons used in the due were swords. Captain Mayer died this evening from the wounds he received in the duel with the i Marquis De Mores. THOUSANDS STARVING. Tha Famine In Two of the MexUan States Still a Grim Reality Victims Groveling in Manure to FIek Out and Eat the Grains of Corn Relief From the United States.' Ddkanoo, Mex., June 23. Special Recent reports from the City oi Mexico stating that the drought in the northern part of the Bepnblic had been broken by bountiful rains, is Incorrect, so iar as the States of Durango and Coahuila are con cerned. With the exception of one light shower about two months ago, there has been absolutely no rain here for the past four and a half years. The farmers have given up all hopes oi raising a crop this season, and thousands of acres of rich land, npon which splendid crops of corn and cotton were formerly raised, are now, barren of all vegetation, and the whole States of Durango and Coa huila, except two or three small oases, are a veritable desert. The general Government has begun to 'realize the extreme gravity of the situation, and lias removed all duties from corn and beans, enabling the poor classes who have any money to purchase food supplies at comparatively low prices. Even the Maguey Plant Is Blasted. There are several thousand destitute farmers and laborers throughout this State, however, who are not within the reach of this proffered aid, and their suffering is in tense. Even the hardy maguey plant, which usually thrives in time of drought, is beginning to feel the effect ot the intense summer heat and total lack of moisture, and is being literally burnt up. In the remote districts the people hare for the past years been living on the juice of this plant, a cool and strengthening drink. There are 2,000 men and several hundred teams empldyed in the construction of the Mexican International Railroad to this city from Torreon; Following the construction camps are no less than '5,000 half-starved Mexicans, who make pitiful and constant appeal to the laborers for something to eat .Each night the horses and mnles are corraled, and when the animals are taken out in the morning their places are immediately filled bv a hungry, wild and fighting horde of half-clad men, women and children, who grovel in the manure and eat the grains ofcorn they find in the filth and oflaL Whenever one animal dies, or is accidentally killed, as is often the case, they fall upon its body like vultures and eat the meat raw. Destitution and Measures to Relieve It. These pictures of suffering are not over drawn, but on the contrary, there are daily sights too disgusting to be published. In the city of Le Bedo, which was a few years ago the great industrial and manufacturing center of the State of Coahuila, being located in the midst of what was once the most productive cotton raising country in the world, there is untold suffering among the people. The city government has taken the matter in hand, and large funds have been sub scribed by the wealthier citizens, which are to be expended in the establishing of free lunch rooms for the poorer classes. About 800,000 bushels ot corn have been shipped to Torreon and this city bv the State Government from the United States during the past six months. This corn is sold at cost price to the needy, and has lessened the suffering to a great extent It is estimated that 1,000,000 more bushels will be required to keep the people until next season, provided a crop is then secured. The Governor of Toluco has contracted for the importation of 160, OQO bushels of corn from the United States to relieve the suffer ings caused by the corn crop failure in that section and the consequent increase in price. Cases of death from starvation are reported here daily. SLEW HIS BENEFACTRESS. A Catholic Hospital Sister Receives a Mortal Stab From an "Italian Fatlent She Is Young, Beautiful and Good The Murderer's Strange Explanation. Beading, June 23. Special St. Jos eph's Hospital, a Catholic institution of prominence in this city, was the scene of a horrible murder this afternoon. At about 5 o'clock the inmates and attaches of the hospital on the ground floor were startled by a shrill scream of "murder." Looking toward the 'kitchen they saw an Italian stabbing a black-robed sister who had just descended from one of the upper wards. He had stabbed her three times, when the peo ple rushed in, overpowered him and held him prisoner until the police came. The wounded, bleeding sister was carried to her room. She was Sister Hildeberta, a beautiful young girl of 20, with dark eyes and hair. She has been in St Joseph's Hospital but a short time. The assassin was an Italian named Pedro Buecherri, who has lived in Beading some time, following the occupation of shoemaker. Four months ago he sustained severe injuries in a fire and was admitted to the hospital. For the past four weeks Sister Hilde berta was in his ward. Night and day sho waited on the Italian with kindness. This afternoon she passevd through the ward, as was her custom, and served each of the patients with a glass ot milk. The Italian was served with the rest and behaved as well as usual. Sister Hildeberta then left the ward and went down toward the kitchen. The Italian followed, but no one in the ward had the slightest suspicion of his object. ' He had borrowed a large pocket knife during the afternoon from Scott, the animal keeper, who was torn by a tiger in one of the cages of the Forepaugh show when it paraded here some weeks ago. When asked why he had attacked the Sister, he replied to the Police. Sergeant: "Mexican girl no like Italian." The doctor in charge of the sister to-night says she cannot live. PEINCE BISMARCK CONGRATULATED. Students Greet Him at the Station, and the Czar Sends His Compliments. VlESNA, June 23. Prince Bismarck and party left this city to-day. The Prince was in excellent health. The party was accom panied by the Hoyos family. No speeches were made at the station, but there were re peated shouts of "hoch! hoch!" and "auf wiedersehen!" At the station at St Poelten a deputation of students presented Prince Bismarck with a bouquet. The Prince thanked the students from the carriage, adding that he himself was .once a happy student This was received with loud cheer ing, and as the train departed the Prince shouted. "I'll return soonl" The Neve Freie Presse, of this city, states! that the Czar has telegraphed to Uount von SchoualofF, the" Russian Ambassador at Ber lin, who was one ot the guests at Count Herbert Bismarck's wedding, to tender His Majesty's congratulations to ' Prince Bis marck and Count Herbert upon the latter's marriage. FIRST OF THE FL0PPERS. A Prominent Michigan Democrat Dons a ' Harrison B.Ic and Talks Boldly. Grand Eapids, Mich., June' 23. Speaal. J. W. Rosenthal, member of the Democratic Congressional Committee, chief adviser of Governor Winans in the distri bution of Western Michigan State patron age, and an influential Democrat generally, donned a Harrison badge this morning when he read of Cleveland's nomination, aud declared emphatically that he will work against Cleveland. He has numerous sym pathizers among Democrats all over the State.' Cleveland's nomination and the platform adopted make a combination with the Peo ple's Party impossible in Michigan, aud the Democrats will not come within many thousand votes of carrying the State. RUNNING ODFOFIC Downtown Business Hen Clamoring for Additional Power TO OPERATE ELECTEIC FASS. Heavier Voltaire Xext Tear Will ffecessitat" J'ew Machines. THC IIEaT CREATES A BIG DEMAND There have been a nnmber of complainti recently irom firms downtown who desired to put in direct current motors to operate electric fans in their buildings because the Allegheny County Light Company would not iurnish the power. A call was made at the company's office yesterday to ascertain the cause of refusal. Secretary MacGonigle said: "Our inability to supply power to more patrons is less) tantalizing to them than to us. Our Virgin alley plant is too small, we have no room for increasing it, and we cannot move to our new works ou Twelfth street for several months to come. We cannot now furnish a power current to another cus tomer, and some of our own offices are compelled to do without Any office which has a light current, however, can use ths small, alternating current fan without any trouble, the fan using no more current than an incandescent light. Anyhow the power current we will furnish when we get to our new works will be increased from 110 to 500 volts. This will require motors specially adapted to that force, and the motors now being used with 110-volt cur- n rent will have to be replaced with new one. So it is really as well ior our pa trons we cannot supply the power they want, as it would be an extra expense to them for new machines next year." A Luxury That Is Becoming General. Three or four years ago the mechanical fan was a luxury that could only be afforded I by hotel', saloons or restaurants doing a broad gauge business. Some were operated by steam power, others by electric motor, . but it is only recently that the electric alternating current which is used for do mestic lighting was adapted to operating fans. The motor fans, those which swing long arms over head and which are gener ally used in restaurants, barrooms and large offices, require a direct current and a special wire to supply the power, but the alternating current fan can be attached to the fixture in any house where incandescent lights are used and without any preparation except pulling off the light bulb and putting on the fan racket The current does the rest. Nearly every large office building, bar room, restaurant and hotel in this city has adopted the alternating current fan during the summer season, and the hot weather of the past two or three weeks has caused an unprecedented demand for them. Keeping: Manufactur-ri on the Jump. One manufacturing company alone has sold upward of a thousand this season and they can't supply the demand. The elec tric supply houses downtown report large business also in this line. Orders from large offices come in for half-dozens and dozens ot the fans, one being placed in each room. The breeze created is surprisingly refreshing, and on a hot night a fan placed in a bedroom makes slumber possible where it otherVise would be out of the question. Their use in the sick room has been grow ing greatly within a few weeks, and many are sold for that purpose. A customer told one downtown dealer the other day that one of these little fans had undoubtedly saved the life of a sick member of his family last week by its coolinsr, refreshing breeze. Another good point about these little machines is that the fan can be taken otl and power furnished to run a sewing machine. FAIB TBADE IN EHGLAHD. A Proposition to Tax American Grain and to Admit Canada's Free. London1, June 23. The Empire Trade League held a conference to-day. The Bight Hon. James Lawther, who represent? the Isle of Thanet division of Kent in the Honse of Commons, presided. He said that Lord Salisbury sympathized with the de sire of the league that preferential rates be established, but he wanted the con stituencies educated before undertaking to legislate on the matter. Mr. Lawther said that in his Hastings speech Lord Salisbury had shown that he no longer ignored the essential elements of the commercial situa tion in Great Britain. Though Lord Salisbury did not precisely indorse the fair trade principles the League advocated, he said in his Hastings speech enough to show that he did not entertain the narrow prejudices with which the sub ject was too frequently surrounded in min isterial utterances. Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian High Commissioner to England, urged that the Government should place a duty of 5 shillinzs per quarter on American grain and that Canadian wheat should be ad mitted free. The agents general of the Australian colonies, New Zealand and the Cage of Good "Hope, spoke in favor of the establishment of preferential duties. THE SPORT 07 EXTERMINATION. Europeans Beaten at Their Own Gams by the Wily Moshls of Africi. Berlin, June 23. Official advices re ceived here irom Dar-es-Salaam, on the East coast of Africa, confirm the reports of the disaster that befel the German foroe under the command of Baron von Bulow in the Moshl territory near Kilima-Njaro. Baron von Bnlow, Lieutenant Wolfram and 20 of the Soudanese soldiers attached to the expedition were killed. The non-commissioned officers, Wnlzer and Wittstock, hold Kilima-Njaro with 61 men. A detachment of 180 men has been sent to their relief from Dar-es-Salaam. It is said that Baron von Bulaw recently ordered all the English missionaries to leave the Moshi territory in East Africa, ai he intended to attack and, if necessary, ex terminate the Moshi tribe. The attempt to enforce this policy resulted disastrously to the German force? for the Moshis have practically exterminated the whites. Cholera Spreading Beyond Persia. London, June 23. The cholera epidemic in Persia is spreading to the provinces bor dering on the Caspian sea. Several cases of cholera have also occurred at Baku, on the Russian shore of the Caspian. A boil hurts, but it helps. It shows you plainly- what you need. It wouldn't ba there, if your blood were pure and your system in the right condition. 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