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TWELVE PAGES
THE POSSE COMITATUS CALX.
The latest phase of the Homestead affair
i the acute issue between the Governor of
the Commonwealth and the Sheriff of the
county. Peace reigns at Homestead, with
the men In possession; the Pinkertons
have gone and the. rash experiment
of bringing mercenary foreigners with
guns in their hands to assert property
rights for the Carnegie or any other com
pany is pretty certain not to be repeated
for a long time to come. This question
reverts immediately to the shape it
presented Tuesday evening, when it was
simply one as to how the Garnegic Com
pany was to obtain the possession and
control of its property rignts in which
the law, when duly invoked, is of course
bound to secure them.
The Governor says, in effect, that it has
to be done, if at all, hy the posse comitatus,
summoned and directed by the Sheriff.
The Sheriff has thrice or oftener told the
Governor of the trial of the posse comita
tus on Tuesday and of its failure, and in
sists that only the State troops will be
equal to the occasion But, to make a
form of further compliance, he has sum
moned several hundred citizens as a new
posse, with whom, if they turn up at nine
o'clock this moraine, he affects to intend
marching to the scene.
This may he a compliance with forms,
but it is practically the merest trifling.
Not only are the citizens who are sum
moned by the Sheriff totally unrepresenta
tive of force sufficient to dislodge or dis
perse any crowds that might be illegally
gathered at Homestead, but, as affairs
stand, they are not under the slightest ob
ligation to undertake such police" duty,
which, if they attempted in this instance,
would be more apt than not to simply
invite further futile bloodshed. Had
Sheriff McCleary summoned the same or
a less number of citizens to go up as a
committee of moral suasion to talk calm
ly and rationally to the Homestead work
ers, and point out that their best interests
would be served by yielding quiet obedi
ence to the mandates of the civil authori
ties, there might be some sense and utility
in it But the idea of a collection of law
yers, editors, politicians and business men
going up with guus m their bands was it
seriously to be conceived that McCleary
meant to arm them? is simply grotesque.
If they did not shoot themselves on the
way, by reason of their unfamil
iarity with weapons, their appearance on
the ground as an armed force to contend
with the thousands of men at Homestead
would inevitably result either in a farce or
a tragedy.
Behind the point of issue between the
Governor and the Sheriff there may
though neither ot them has raised it be a
question as to whether the Sheriff and the
po:se comitatus procedure is the proper
one by which the Carnegie Company
should regain possession of its property.
Whether in the absence of visible riot and
disturbance at the time of the Sheriff's
visit, prior procedure in Court might not
be needed, is a question for lawyers rather
than laymen. But the one thing is sure,
that there is no power at the command of
the Sheriff with which he can contend
physically with the thousands of armed
men at Homestead if they feel disposed to
again resist him.
In a word, the posse comitatus, an old
common law relic, has in out times, and
in circumstances like the present, become
a pure fiction. It arose and existed when
each county had its own military
organization, where every man between
the age of 21 and 45 was obliged to respond
to the county for military duty, and was
compelled to go into training at least for
one day each year. The organization of
the National Guard closed that period; the
State assumed control of the military; an,d
the county in time of need was left no re
source but to call upon the State. The
form and name of the posse comitatus has
survived; but it is a mere shadow whose
ultimate force and vitality reside solely In
the Governor of the Slate.
The Dispatch urges and hopes that
after the terrible and tragic events of
"Wednesday the men at Homestead will see
and avoid the inevitable disastrous results
of persisting in an attitude of resistance
to the law and to the civil authorities, to
which they will commit themselves if they
obstruct any due legal process for the
restoration to the Carnegie Company of
possession of its property. But if any
such obstruction does arise, it is, in the
present state of ttunes. the Governor of
the" State who alone has the power to sup
press iu Any attempt Dy nun to sum
citizens of the county into an armed con
flict with the men at Homestead ranks
little better in point of discretion than the
Carnegie Company's employment of the
Pinkerton mercenaries.
Everyone must sincerely hope that the
men at Homestead will oppose no obstruc
tion to any further process of law. But
if they do it is the Governor who must
deal with the situation. He cannot shove
the unofficial citizens of the county info
armed police duty 'for which they have
neither the inclination nor capacity. He
cannot hide his own responsibility behind
the shadowof the obsolete posse comitatus.
The Commonwealth has the actual power
not the county.
THE PARTY OF INCONSISTENCY.
The Democratic party has long pos
sessed a reputation for inconsistency, but
it is outdoing itself this year in its preach
ing of one set of doctrines aDd its effort
to catch vote by antagonizing them in
practice. It declared what it is pleased to
call its principles in its platform sent
forth to the country by its accredited con
vention at Chicago. It expressed itself
against the free coinage of silver, and its
Senators straightway passed & free silver
bill, which appears likely to be indorsed
by the' majority of its Representa
tives in the House. Again, after
declaring its belief in its own
creed, it seeks to ally itself- with the Peo
ple's party, which subscribes to a docu
ment full of opposition to the Democratic
platform, in such States as- it believes it
can profit by so doing.
Such utter disregard of precept in prac
tice is clear evidence of the unreliability
of the Democratic party, and demon
strates its irresponsibility. It could not
indicate in any more emphatic manner
that the members of its party are for the
most part mere seekers after tho spoils of
office than .workers on behalf of princi
ples. The people should and will refuse
to be hoodwinked by any deceptions so
palpable, and no effort should be spared
.to achieve such a victory for the cause of
protection as will cripple the tree traae
forces for many years to come.
HOME RULE'S CHANCES.
As far as the situation can be judged
from the returns of the British elections
ud to date, It appears that Mr. Glad
stone's chances of success'ure not so great
as, was believed at an earlier stage. When
so ardent a Gladstonian organ as the Daily
JYetM moderates the expressions of its
hopes so that It speaks of "an adequate if
not substantial majority," the outlook for
Home Bule may be regarded as doubtful
indeed. There is every reason to believe
that Mr. Gladstone's political friends sin
cerely thought that their course was
stronger than it turns out
Though there are many Liberal strong
holds to be heard from, the gains so far
have been much smaller than expected.
There probably has been an actual falling
off in the Home Rule strength to corre
spond in some degree to the difference be
tween estimates and results. Lord Salis
bury's incendiary language and his ap
peal to religious prejudices have doubtless
had effect in some quarters. And a
still greater factor in weakening the
Liberal strength has been the failure of
the Irish leaders to come to terms and
make a show of solidity. It 'how seems
likely that far from having a majority
almbst unwieldy in its bulk, Mr. Glad
stone will be returned to office with very
few votes to spare, if indeed he be not de
feated altogether. In the event of a re
turn to power of the Conservatives, sup
ported by the Liberal Unionists and Par
nellite Irish members, the Home Rule
cause would receive a serious set back and
there would be a danger of troubles in
Ireland.
The majority on either side is likely to
be too small for practical working, and the
life of the still unborn parliament will
therefore be short. Mr. Gladstone's great
age makes any delay in the passage of a
Home Bule measure the more serious, as
his followers have no leader that can com
pare with him in magnetism, mental
power or statesmanship!
A NOVEL EXPEDITION.
Professor R. L. Garner started to
Europe yesterday on his way to Africa
with a complete outfit of phonographs,
telephones and electric appliances in gen
eral in order that he may continue his
study of the simian tongue, which has
hitherto been confined to the opportunities
offered by zoological gardens. His idea
is to spend most of his time in a properly
prepared cage, while he listens to and
records on his phonographs the conversa
tions overheard by telephones concealed
in the surrounding trees. This expedi
tion is an indication of the extremes to
which love of research or possibly love of
fame will carry modern scientists.
The imaginary picture of the professor
shut up in his cage, and two or
three dozen monkeys inspecting him
and doing slack rope performances
on his wires, is not without its
humorous aspect That he will give
the aboriginal simians a good deal to think
about and provide a large fund of amuse
ment for them goes without saying. They
will doubtless hail him as a benefactor for
relieving the drear monotony of their
sylvan ways. He will be to them what a
returned African explorer is to so
ciety a new subject for curi
osity and adulation. He makes uo
announcement of Maxim guns or Win
chester rifles among his paraphernalia,
but he has a contrivance by which he can
shock any inquisitive monkey that seeks
to enter his cage in his absence. Civiliza
tion will no doubt be shocked too, when
his studies have progressed far enough to
translate the swear words to which the
simians give vent on these occasions.
No doubt in a few years' time the
knowledge of the simian tongue will have
reached the stage at which its study will
become a part of all thorough university
courses. In a decade or two there will
possibly be simian students at college and
simian missionaries detailed to study the
blessings of civilization and convert their
fellows thereto. This Is a great enter
prise of Prof. Garner's and one which
opens up innumerable possibilities.
A RECOILING ARGUMENT.
The so-called Unionist party in British
politics bases all its arguments against
Home Rule for Ireland on the erroneous
assumption that such a concession would
be the first step toward an absolute politi
cal separation of the two islands. As a
matter of fact, all the evidence produced
tends to absolutely refute that argument,
and indicates that if Ireland were provided
with a fair system of home rule, its union
with Great Britain would be more genuine
and sincere than ever heretofore.
There has been a remarkable change in
the feeling of the Irish nation toward in
habitants of the larger isle since the cause
of Home Rule achieved prominence in
public opinion and secured a large meas
ure of English support And with the
growth of opinion in England toward the
granting of Ireland's right to look after ite
own affairs, the friendliness of feeling in
creases. Viewed in this aspect, the dis
sentient Liberals have produced an argu
ment which will recoil on their own cause
by culling, the following extract from
George Washington's valedictory address
as a contribution to their campaign docu
ments: "It is of infinite moment that you
properly estimate the immense value of
your national union to your collective and
individual happiness; you should cherish
an immovable attachment for it, and frown,
upon attempts to enfeeble the sacred ties
linking the various parts."
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
The eleventh International Convention
of Young People's Societies of Christian
Endeavor, which opened Its session in New
York yesterday, has an important bearing
oh the social life of this country. The
fact that some thirty thousand delegates
are there assembled indicates the growth
and present extent of -the movement The'
societies are unsectarian In character, and
iney succeed in getting hold 01 tne young
people of the churches In an unprece
dented way. 1 ,
A strong feature is made of social inter-
course, and a great deal is done in this
way by promoting opportunities for whole
some moral associations. There is a
modesty about the name of the movement
which covers an immense power for good.
This vast organization dealing with the
rising generation will have a large in
fluence on the future of the world, and
there is reason to believe that members of
the societies realize the responsibilities
which go with their collective power, and
that the men and women of the world will
be the better for the influence of this convention.
Kicks on the weather are less frequent
now than they were. One can get used to
most things, and the changes have been
slight enough this week to give one a
chance to adapt oneself to the circum
stances. The Democratic party fails to appreciate
the fact It is on trial and that the disregard
of Its platform by its individuals Is working
havoc in a reputation that can ill afford it.
Considekimo that there are four nom
inated Presldental candidates in the field,
with as many different platforms, the state
of trado is wonderfully good.
Just about now the country roads are
assuming their summer aspect ot knee
deep dust, which adds so much to the ease
and comfort of traffic.
Fbee silver's fate in the House is very
much in the balance, and there is no excuse
at all for absenteeism while so serious a
matter is at staie.
Oub ball team still hangs around the mid
dle of the list, hut it is not near enough
to the bottom to bo considered safe yet.
A WITTY CHINAMAN.
He Attempts to Smuggle Opium Into Prison
in Pigs' Heads.
SanFkancisoo, July 7. The real cause that
prompted Fong Ah Chung, tho Chinese bur
glar, to make three desperate attempts to
end his life at the city prison and county
jail came to light yesterday morning. The
case is hut another illustration ol the ex
tremity to which an opium flend will go
when deprived of the drug. Chung is a vic
tim of the opium habit and believed that $ie
could not live without the drug. His case
also illustrates the fact that the Chinese
watch the newspapers. The story of the
prisoner's three attempts to hang himself
was no sooner published yesterday morning
than an inspector of the Line Ynng Company,
to which Chung belongs, called at the Jail to
see the desperate man. After a short and
earnest conversation the inspector disap
peared. After a brief interval a second
Chinese appeared at the prison door. He
had no desire to enter, but presented three
small pigs' heads to the turnkey and asked
that tho delicacies, for the Chinese so rezard
them, be given to Chung. The officer receiv
ed the pork, examined it and passed it.
Chiet Hadeler and Commissioner Stair ex
amined the package, however, and were not
a little surprised at what they tound. This
cunning Chinese had stuffed the three pigs'
heads with opium. Not only were the
nostrils stuffed full, hut in places the skin
had been cleverly raised and the drug
injeoted underneath. It is needless to say
that the pork did not reach the prisoner.
MUSIC AND 1ITEBATUBE
Help Chantaaquans to Pass the Time Prof
itably and Pleasantly.
Chautauqua, N. Y., July 7. Special. Mr,
X, Y. Flagler gave a most entertaining mus
ical leocure this morning, dlsousslng the life
and, works of the great Haydn. He illus
trated it by some very fine seleotions on the
organ. The oholr sang several of the ohor
uses from the master oratorio, '.'The Crea
tion.". Prof. J. H. Gllmore's lecture on Low
ell, given this alternoon, was one ot the
most entertaining, so far, of his university
extension course on American poets. His
readings fiom Lowell and explanations or
them were especially interesting. At 5
o'clock W. B. Wiokos talked about self du
ties of teachers, an idea propounded by
one Of.his hearers. It was that the leading
sell-duty is to get married Just as soon as
possible. Mr. Wickes thinks they should be
devoted to teaching, but does not say they
cannot also Ue devoted to a good husband.
This evening Cbautauquans were given
quite a musical and literary treat at the
leadings of Miss Lizzie Gleeson. All glee
clnbs are entertaining and the Arion came
up to the standard, giving several new songs
as wou uu Borne oiu lavorites.
A PEACE PE0P0SITI0N.
Uniform 'Wages for All Railroads in the
, Country Recommended.
Chicago, July 7. In its issue of this week,
the Tfo'thwetternSattroader will publish an
article urging all railway companies to
unite in a universal scale of wages for all
classes or employes on all roads. It says:
"So long as present conditions continue,
where each class of employes is represented
by its special organization, and when rail
way companies have schedules of wages in
dependently ot eaoh other, so long there
will be constant cause of com plain J;
by one class as they see higher
wages paid to other classes or
to the same class on other roads.
So long will theie be a perpetual simmering
of discontent. So long will there be contin
ual outbreaks of guerrilla warfare", now on
this, now that way, with infinite loss and
disturbance to both the companies and the
workers: and wo believe that if it were
taken hold of in earnest this conld all be
wiped away. Both alike would profit by the
peace which would result, to the extent of
many times the amonnt of any possible
loss."
PENNSYLVANIA'S 80LDIEBY. "
The Adjutant Gsneral's Report Shows Its
Condition to Be Very Uood.
Habrisbukq, July 7. There will be issued
from the Adjutant General's Department
this week General Order No. 17, containing
the detailed reports of the spring inspec
tions of the National Guard, the purpose
being to get the ratings into the hands of
the companies' commanders before the sum
mer encampments. Tbis has never been
done.
Inspeotor General McKibben recommends
the disbandment ofCorapany B. Third Regi
ment, Companies C and G, Sixth Begiment,
and Company F, Eighteenth Regiment. The
reports all show the guard to be in excel
lent condition and the general average very
high.
NEW JEESEY'S MAD PBIEST.
The Clergymen Who Chased a Worshiper
Oat "of Church, in an Asylum.
Teehtoit, N. J., July 7. Rev. Patrick A.
Treacy, of St. Paul's Catholjo Church, Bur
lington, N. J., has been removed to the Tren
ton Asylum for the Insane. The Bev.
Father has been suffering from mental dis
ease for some time. Should his physicians
decide that his malady will require long con
finement before recovery Is reached, he will
De transierrea to a private institution.
Among the different phases that this dis
ease1 has taken is writing letters on im
aginary schemes to ecclesiastical dlgnataries
Father Treaoy is the priest who recently
chased a parishioner Horn his chui oh during
Sunday service at the point of a pistol.
Can Take Care ot Himself:
Boston Globe.
That foreboding gentleman, Mr. 'JosepH
Chamberlain, foresees all sorts of trouble for
Sir. Gladstone if he comes into office dn the
question Of an Irish tariff. There is no oc
casion for worry. The "grand old man"
will be abundantly able to take care of all
the issues that may claim his thought aud
attention. " ,
Has the Wrong Bait.
Chicago Mail.
Grover Cleveland went fishing on the
Fonrth of July, as he did one Memorial day
when he was President. He will undoubt
edly .go fishing on election day when Novem
ber comes around. But what will he catch?
A Strike at Monongahela City.
Mo jroitOAHELA Citt, July 7. Special. F.
C Hohn arrived here the other day and
hired men to work on street Improvements.
To-day the men became dissatisfied and
struck. Their places' will be. filled tby
Italians, and trouble is expected.
' A College In Look.
Lbwiuttso, Pa., July 7. Bncknell Univer
sity has Just secured another $100,000 by con
tribution from friends. (This money will be
added to the endowment fund, which -now
amounts to over 1400,000. It will be used In
broadening the institution.
AS THE WORLD SEES IT.
The Kesponslolllty Divided.
PhUadelphia Public Ledger. ,
"While the responsibility for yesterday's
dreadful tragedy rests so heavily upon the
Sheriff, neither the Carnegie Steel Company
nor the workmen can wash their' hands in
lnnocency of it. The measures of the
offenses of either of them can be determined
only after it has been fully ascertained, but
it is clearly discernible, even now, thai;
there was precipitate, unconsidered, arbi
trary action.orerunning reason, patience
and forebearance. The contention between
the company and Its employes was one with
regard to wages, which is one of the simplest
and most easily settled by lair, intelligent
men of any that is likely to divide employers
and employed. It was , the resort to this
obnoxious force, the Pinkerton detectives,
which precipitated the riot and bloodshed.
These men, however useful they may be
esteemed for any purpose, constitute an
aotual military force, armed with a destruc
tive wearjon of warfare, which is nowhere
recognized by the Federal or State Consti
tution. "
The River a Public Highway.
New York Press.
The ohosen oflloers of the people, whether
governor, sbei iff or constable, are the per
sons to look to for the eutoroement of law.
No private person or corporation has the
light to provoke or Initiate manslaughter,
with the reservation that every person has
the right to defend his premises, on the
premises, against- unlawful intrusion, and
the right, if escape cannot be safely had, to
take life in defense of life. If the men who"
shot down woiklngmen on the banks of the
Monongahela had been on private premises
at the time they did the shooting, and the
shooting had been done in defending such
premises against destructive attack, thoir
acts, however cruel, monstrous andinhuman
would probably have been Justifiable in law.
But they were on a public highway, the
Monongahela' river, and if tneir landing
were opposed they had no lawful right to
kill in order to lorce their way. A oitizen
has no right even to use ordinary violence
in order to enforce passage on a public high
way. His resource. If wrongfully ob
structed, is in an appeal to officers of the
law.
A Most Deplorable Event.
Cincinnati Commercial Quette.
It was, npt exoepting the Anarchist demon
stration in Haymarket, Chicago, some years
ago, the most horrible, hideous and deplor
able event in the industrial history of this
country. Full details are narrated in othev
columns, and it is not necessary here to
specify the outrages committed. To one
proposition of thisiamontableaffairin Penn
sylvania we think there will be common as
sent, and that is that the Carnegie people
committed a great error in summoning an
armed body of the Pinkerton police, unau
thorized by State or National law to act in a
military capacity. The brutal treatment of
the poor fellows composing Jhe guard when
they had surrendered will Tje everywhere;
denounced we oDserve tnat our statesmen
in Washington took a lively interest in the
affair. Well they might.
One Wrong Does Not Justify Another.
Philadelphia Record.
The reported action of the Carnegie Steel
Company in calling to the aid of the authori
ties armed detectives, in its own pay and
employment, was both Imprudent and rep
rehensible. These mercenaries are regarded
with great disfavor by nearly all right
thinking men. Their presence as participa
tors In a dispute about wages was sure to
aggravate the disturbance; how sure the
bloody sequel has shown. It is the business
of the peace officers of Allegheny county to
protect the Homestead property. If tbev
fail, it is the duty of the State to see that then
laws are ooeyea. ah tnis tne t,arnegie steei
Company fully understood. But, on the
other hand, an army of Pinkertons does not
justify rioting and bloodshed.
A Question Raised.
New Tork World.
The immediate cause of yesterday's battle
was the attempt of the mill owners to land a
force of Pinkerton men at their works.
Whether the Pinkerton men fired first upon
the workmen, as is reported in- the dis
patches, or whether the workmen began the
filing, will probably neyer be known with
certainty. But in either case the attempt
to land these armed men led directly to the
conflict. Tho lacts, therefore, raise the
whole question of Pinkertonism anew. Is
it right that a private detective agency shall
maintain a standing army, a thing forbidden
even to the several States of the Union? Is
It well that a body of armed mercenaries
shall beheld thus at the' service of whomso
ever has money with which to hire themt
The reply usually made is that tlie.owners
of threatened property haye a right to hire
men to deiend it. But'where the defense is
likely to involve actual war, as in this case
it was certain to do, there may be doubt of
thejustice of that reply. There is no doubt
of its Injustice in any case in which private
force is employed before the necessity arises
and used before the orderly, legal resources
of deiense are exhausted. '
Law-Breaking Cannot Be Justified.
Buffalo Courier.
Of course law-breaking cannot be J nstified;
but in the light of the experience of the past
tho action of the Carnegie Company in hir
ing the Pinkerton Hessians to aid them in
carrying on their contest against their em
ployes was an inexcusable blunder. The
company mnst have known'that the resort
to this hated agency would influence the
workingmen to acts of hostility, and would
in all probability bring on alamentaDle con
flict. Moreover, if the workingmen have
not a just understanding of their rights in
this case in the matter of wages, the- Carne
gie Company is largely lesponsible.
Who Fired tne First Shot?
New YorkTnbune.J
Lives have been lost on both sides, and
families desolated, in a struggle at the
Homestead woiks whloh would have been
prevented by wiser and Just or action on
both sides. Dispatches so flatly conflict
that it cannot be determined whether the
first shot was flred by the watchmen at
tempting to land at the works or by the
strikers who thionged the shore. But the
responsibility must lie further back. Why
were armea men Drought to tne snot, una
why were armed multitudes assembled to
resist their landing? In seeking where the
blame must lie it must bo remembered that
labor has rights, and employers also have
lights, which the public must with strict
justice respect and defend.
n Attempt to Crush the Union.
St. Louis Post Dispatch,
The war. begun in Pennsylvania between
organized employers and organized work
ingmen with such a bloody defeat of the
Pinkertons in the first battle is likely to
develop into gigantic proportions. The
strongest labor union in the country is
pitted against the richest and most shrewdly
managed capital nnion. The woiklngmen
are fighting against a wanton exercise of
absolute power. The employers, taking ad
vantage of an overstocked labor market,
avail themselves of the opportunity offered
to crush the uinns, and destroy forever the
power of the working people to resist coer
cion. 'h
t Worse Than Reckless.
New York Herald.
To send a hired band of private detectives
at night armed with the deadliest rifles,
charged with bullets for the hearts of Ameri
can workmen, was worse than reckless. It
was lawless, criminal. It was to invite a
bloody encounter, to meet lawlessness with
lawlessness, to array a moo against a mob.
Done by men clothed with no insignia of
official authority this was simply murder on
a large soale and the culprits should be dealt
with accordingly. Any such outrage in the
future should be expressly prohibited as a
crime well calculated to lead to violence and
carnage. Now that the outbreak has
occurred but one duty confronts tbe public
authorities. Peace must be maintained aud
order preserved.
The Duty of Pattison.
Philadelphia Press.
Unless the rioters themselves change their
purpose and disposition shown yesterday, it
is going to take the full authority or the
State to restore order in Homestead, and it
is needed immediately. Governor Pattison
will be highly culpable if, in waiting for the
local authorities to exhaust their power;,
he gives the rioters, excited by blood air op
portunity to sate their passions in acts of
vlolenoe and destruction without any oppo
sition and in entire security. A very grave
responsibility therefore rests with Governor
Pattison in this emergency. '
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Right and Policy.
New York limes.
,The company had an, undoubted right to
employ whatever number of watchmen it
deemed necessary for the protection of its
works, and to obtain them wherever it saw
fit. Nevertheless, the employment of "Pink
erton men'
was, in tne circumstances. iiifottk ao ha. Clevelind.
move sure to lead to violence and blood
shed, and for that reason was certainly am
wise. The strikers put themselves in the
wrong in attempting to interfere with the
company's property and workmen, in reslst
lnr the Sheriff and driving off the deputies,
and in trying -to, prevent the landing at
Homestead of the guards brought there for
the protection' of the steel works. But It
was quite plain that they would do all this,
and it was bad nolicv to irlvo them the
opportunity to do just what many of them
really wanted to do.
Carnegio Determined.
Philadelphia (Inq.ulrer.
Mr. Carnegie has apparently made up his
mind that he wjrj. pot employ organized
labor.rThe locked-out men are organized
into a trades union... They believe that he
intends to fill their places with non-unionists.
They t stationed sentries around the
works and refused to allow men to approach
mum. ao long as no attempt was maoe on
the part of the officials of the works to
break this blockade all was peace. But the
moment the deputy sheriffs appeared on
the scene they n ere escorted to the river,
placed on a boat and returned to Pittsburg.
This was the first overt act. It was followed
by the battles with the Pinkerton men, and
a most alarming state of affairs is the result.
A Blander or a Crime.
Cleveland Leader.)
A serious blunder, if not a crime against
the highest interests of mankind, was com
mitted when an attempt was made to force
an entranoe into the mlllyard of
the Carnegie Steel Company, at Home
stead, Pa., with a mere handful of
Pinkerton men. As a matter of ab
stract principle these so called detectives,
being the employes or tbe company, had a
light to go Into Its mills, and nobody could
lawfully prevent them from doing so. This
fact, however, does not excuse the criminal
blunder of using Pinkerton men as agents
to enforce the law under circumstances
which made it evident to the dullest minds
that only a strong force of State troous could
do the work properly and effect a restora
tion of the normal and legal status, without
much bloodshed and destruction of prop
erty Experience has shown the wicked
folly of employing guards furnished by pri
vate agencies to break down unlawful oppo
sition to the resumption of work in large
industrial establishments closed by strikes
or lockouts.
Order Sure to Be Restored.
Philadelphia Times.
That order will eventually be restored
and law assert Itself over lawlessness does
not admit of doubt; but the situation at the
present time is most grave. There will be
no more bloodshed as long as no attempt is
made tc legain possession of the works, but
the strikers have destroyed confidence in
their peaceful professions and the Sheriff of
Alleshenv has not shown much ability to
cope with tho difficulties before him.
Every Citizen Concerned.
Chicago Mall.
Every citizen o this country is concerned
in the deplorable condition of affairs at
Homestead. Mob law and violence always
are regrettable and are rarely excusable,
but the situation at Homestead is unlike
many scenes of domestic strife which from
time to time have disturbed the American
labor world. Homestead has in it a lesson
not only for the voter, but also lor the polit
ical economist. Law and order will triumph
at Homestead and violence and rioting will
be suppressed, but with the calm to follow
will come a duty wbloh cries out most elo
quently in its enforced silence.
To Shoot on Slight Provocation.
Harrisburg Patriot.
;It has become the usual thing whenever
tbere is a strike at any mill of any conse
quence to employ Pinkerton detectives to
guard tbe works. These detectives do more
they in nearly every strike in which their
services are employed shoot down, upon the
slightest provocation, the men who are
guilty of the crime of refusing to acceptra
reduction of wages, and if there is no rea
sonable provocation ready to be seized upon
thev sometimes make one for the emerorencv.
The many lawless aots of the Pinkerton de
tectives have made them cordially hated by
every workingman In the country. Their
presence at the seen., of a labor mffmnder-
standing has about the same effect upon the
strikers as a red rag has upon a bull, and
there is" many an old grndge against them
that may yet be wiped out without counting
the cost. Notwithstanding this known fact,
once again these detectives have been em
ployed by many persons supposed $o be 11--
legaiiy to ao tne same woric tnat a snenn
and bis deputies should perform. The labor
problem cannot be solved by bloodshed, but
if it must be so decided the Pinkertons can
be spared more easily than the workingmen.
Nevertheless it is hoped that the bloody
acts of yesterday will never he repeated.
COSMOPOLITAN 0DLMNGS.
Mr. Alfbed de Eothschild has been
appointed a trustee of the British National
Gallery.
The ex-Empress Carlotta, of Mexico, is
62. Her health has been very unsatisfactory
of late, and she has had one or two seri
ous fits.
Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, is seri
ously ill with malarial fever, and his physi
cians and f 1 lends are greatly alarmed at his
condition and express fear that he cannot
recover.
A fine bust of the late Daniel Lothrop,
publisher, of Boston, executed by Samuel
Eitson, has been cast in bronze, and is now
on exhibition at the Hub. It is regarded as
an excellent likeness.
Big Clous, son of the famous Sioux
chief, Red Cloud, has been a student at the
Hampton Institute in Virginia, but having
become a hopeless consumptive, he has
been sent homo to his old reservation.
Mrs. P. B. Coate, a young bride from
Memphis, Tenn., recently accomplished the
feat of climbing to the very top of Mount
Vesuvius and looking down into the crater.
She Is the second American woman to at
tempt tbis hazardous undertaking success
fully. The Senate is a great place for chums.
Beck and Allison were such a pair, as were
Don Cameron and Butler, Vest and Plumb.
Edmunds and lhurman. Another notable
case of Congressional Damon and Pythias Is
that of Tom Reed andBourke Cockran in the
House.
The Eev. Henry A, Adams, the young
rector of tbe Church of the Redeemer, in
New York, enjoys the opportunity of occa
sionally going to tbe theatre, and is an enthusiastic-admirer
of. the actor's art, and
the stage as a proper diverslontfor en
joyment.
General George S. Batcreller,
United States Minister at Lisbon, is to be
thanked for the return of the famous gun,
"Long Tom," to this Government. The re
turn was effected by General Batcheller
through his personal intimacy with the King
of Portugal.
WAR AGAINST SMOKE.
Sixty Suits to Be Brought in Chicago for Its
Prevention. "
Chicago, July 7. Sixty suits against vio
lators of the smoke ordinance will be
brought next week by Secretary Phelps, of
the Society for the Prevention of Smoke.
For awhile after the formation of the soci
ety the smoke nuisance was mitigated.
Since the opening of the Masonic Temple,
tbe Gieat Northern Hotel, the Ashland
building and several other sky-scrapers the
nuisance has grown until now it is said to
be worse than ever. The officers of the so
ciety have spent a good deal of time labor
ing with the proprietors of smoky chimneys
and have urged the use of various devices.
In some instances an Improvement has
been effected. In the majority of cases,
however, a deaf ear has been turned to all
expostulations, and- these are the cases in
which sdlts will becntered.
When the society began .operations the
officials conferred with the railroad man
agers with a view to doing away with the
smoky engines. Some changes were prom
ised, but so far few have been effected. The
society has given the companies until Sep
tember 1 to reform. After that wholesale
prosecutions will be entered. '
Yesterday was a clear day with a light
southeasterly wind blowing. Little of the
smoke was earried away and the extent of
the nuisance was therefore more leadily
seen. Fiom Polk street to the river and
from the lnka to the river is indicated on the
society's smoke map as the center of the
evil. Four-fifths or the time within this dis
trict the smoke hoverinz about the tops of
high buildings issodeme that one cannot
see objects four blocks away.
Three Times and Oat.
Philadelphia Press. X
Weaver has been beaten for President
FASHION DECREES
That Flowers Most Not Adorn Dead Friends
Epitaphs and Funeral Decorations
Hie to a Lund Not Found on the Map
Pat Paragraphs.
Flower men are iu a predicament some
Mrhat siuce tho death blow has been ad
ministered to "funeral work." It Is no
longer good form to smoother all that is left
of our dear ones In roses and lilies and
carnations, the correct thing being never to
exceed a small spray Or a tiny handful of
the blosoms best loved in life by tbe one,
now cold in death. Cushions, volumes gates
ajar, doves broken "columns, "Best in
Peace." "Our Father." "Onr Mother,"
"Darling," "Gone Before," and tbe
other ' numerous peurile sentimentali
ties into which "we crystalized onr
gilefhave gone to the "bourne whence no
traveler ever returns." xney ana me
epitaphs of the faithful spouse, loving
mother and true friend are now enjoying a
superannuated retirement, reserved for a
past useiuiness, while their foibles and
frailties of taste are but gently dealt with
by the generous touoh of extenuation. In
the meantime the florist is waiting and'
thinking.
Me. "William Johnston, of Main
street, who has been traveling in Europe for
the past three months, is expected to land
to-day in New York. His youngest daugh
ter, Mrs. Charles B. Seaman, who remained
with her mother during herfather's absence
abroad, is taking up her own lares and pen
ntes auain, and expects to go to her own
home on Forty-third street tbis week.
The continued illness of Mrs. Paul
Zimmerman has caused the date of the Mid
summer concert at the Kenmawrto be de
ferred again, this time to the 16th. The
postponement not being generally known
beyond the circles of the hotel, a good many
people suffered keen disappointment last
night by finding after alighting from the
cars that the grounds were entirely de
serted, and no sight or sign of a concert.- It
was a perfect night and could the concert
have been given undoubtedly success would
have waited upon it open handed.
Social Chatter.
Mb. J. Haevet Wattles has arrived in
town from a short European sojourn.
Mb. aud Mrs. E. D. Smith and their family
are en route this morning for Atlantic City.
At the Home tor the Aced. in Allegheny.
steps are being taken in preparation for a
law n rete.
To-iught the members of Shadyside Pres
byterian Church have a special song service
in commemoration of 25 years' ecclesiastical
existence.
THE organist of Trinitv rihnreh and not
Mr. Charles a Mellor will preside at the or
gan on the occasion next Monday evening of
Miss Kowand's marriage.
The Misses Jessie and Genevieve Emerson
leave to-night for Atlantic City, where they
will spend a few days prior to an extended
summer sojourn at Kenka Lake.
Albeadt the date of the chrysanthenum
show Is on the tapis, and November 15 to 19
inclusive decided as the time." Tbe place
will be as heretofore, tho Aui Itorium.
The Misses Georgie and Jennie McKown,
of Coraopolis, Pa., left yesterday afternoon
for Indian river, Mich., to spend July and
August at the Argonaut Club grounds, Burt
Lake, Mich.
The coming social season will bo late,
necessarily short, and, as a logical sequence,
not particularly brilliant, nor important.
This is the dire portent made bv thoughtful
society women.
To-dat if the weather god gets out from
the night side of his conch a garden party
will be given by the Ladles' Association of
the Southaide Hospital in the old Knox
house in Enoxvllle.
Mbs.GeobokV.Mii.likek, with Miss Milliken
and the other small members of the family,
are sojourning in the country beyond
Brownsville for the summer as the guest of
Mrs. MiUlken's father.
People with the Cincinnati by boat bees
In their bonnets should not hesitate, as the
trip will soon be a lost one. The dry weather
will render the making of tbe passage iin-
possiuie later man tne middle of August.
George A. Lashell, Esq., with ten com-
$ anions, left yesterday for Indian river,
llch.,'in advance of tbe main partv of the
Argonaut Club, which will leave on August
9 for a three weeks' sojourn. They will go
into camp and await the arrival of the
club.
Beaveb Falls and New Brighton boast of
a lot of extiemely pretty and smartly
frocked girls, who ride bicycles aud play
tennis ith all the vervre of the city islri,
and look Just as fashionable and chic as
though bred under the very eaves of, the
metropolis.
The managers of the Newsboys' Home
held their final meeting yesterday, and wijl
not be In session again until September;
Mrs. Christopher L. A'agee was appointed a
member of tbe Building Commission, taking
tne piace 01 jur. &. a. smitn, ana witn Air.
Keen an and Mr. Kerr forming a Committee
of Three.
The Hammond family, of Bellevne, are
Sermanently established in their town
ome on South ftegley avenue, above Mr.
Charles Donnelly's residence, at the corner
of Fifth avenne. The Bellevue residence
has been disposed of to Dr. Wylie, who is
adapting it for the purposes of a private
sanitarium, its beautiful situation and sur
roundings making it a most desirable spot
for such an undertaking.
Fob the week of the Fourth, which doubt
less they preferred to take in a milder man
ner than after the fashion of Scbenley Park,
Eilwood captured tbe following Pittsburg
ers: Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Earl, Miss Helen
Earl, Miss E. N. McKee, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Alexander Harvey, Mr. Addison M. Irwin,
Miss Lizzie Dickson, Mr. and Mis. T. H.
Dickson, Miss Minnie Seidle, Miss Martha
Holloway, Miss Thompson, Mrs. C. H. Mc
Kee. Mr. and Mrs. Giles chaperoned a party
of 15 young people.
STARTING FOE AFBICA.
Sir. Garner Leaves to Stndy the Monkeys
in the Dark Continent
New York, July 7. The man who speaks
the language of tbe monkeys starts for
Europe to-morrow and within two months
will probably be on the western coast of
Africa ready to undertake his Journey Into
the abode of the large gorillas and chimpan
zees. This man is Robert D. Garner. Mr. Garner
has never been in Africa, all his former
work in studying monkey languagos having
been done with such monkeys as are either
imprisoned in public menageries or else are
owned by private collectors. He has dem
onstrated that each tribe or species of
monkeys has Its peculiar language. Ot the
small monkeys Mr. Garner regards the
brown Capuchins as the most intelligent.
Mr. Garner is now able to converse with a
brown Capuchin. But tbe time has come
when Mr. Garner thinks he ought to carry
out his scientific investigation on a larger
scale.
He has chosen for his base of operation a
portion of that vast continent of Africa,
never visited by a white man. ne will go
direct from London to Cape Lepez. a trading
station in the French Kongo district, about
400 miles north of tho mouth of the Kongo
river. 1 Two hundred miles back in tbe
country there is said to dwell a species of
ape that builds huts out of dead wood and
tne bark of trees. With these he will try to
talk.
Mr. Garner's two chief aims lire to learn
the language of tbe apes in that region and
to converse witn tncin 11 pcsiuie, ana men
by studying the speech of tbe natives to see
if there is any similarity or connection be
tween the language of the apes and that of
the natives.
NO TEETH FOE 25-YEAES.
A Lady at Ninety-Eight Secures a New
Dental Outfit.
Columhus, July 7. A case of remarkable
age, vitality and attendant promise of good
health for many days to come, developed in
this city In tho past few days. A lady, 98
years of age, in the enjoyment of good
health, came to the dental rooms of Robin
son & Lentz and had a full set of upper and
lower teeth made. Her name is Mary Ann
Phister, and she reached the advanced age
named Mav 29. -Mrs Phister came to tbis
country with tier husband, John U. Phister,
from Canton Berne, Switzerland, in 1829, and
located on a farm a short distance southwest
of Etna, this State. She at present lives at
the same place with friends, her husband
having died about 20 years ago. Mrs. Phister
is now visiting her grandson, Samuel
Phister, on Galloway avenue, this city. She
is to all appearances as well preserved as
many persons 30 years younger.
When getting her teeth she entered into
the spirit of the occasion with her friends
In joking about how she would look with
teeth after being without them for 25 years.
The idea did not enter her mind but she
could learn to master them with ease.
Iilke the Spartans or Old,
Baltimore American.!
Tbe English estimate of the Captain Bornp
affair seems to be that tbe sin of it was In
(being caught. That is about .the size of it
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CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS.
There are 250,000 words in the English
language.
The largest pyramid In Egypt b 145 g
yards high. " JL
Europe at present is passing through a, $r
cold period. "
The canal system of New York is now
a century old. '
In Japan for every 100 men there are
only 97.92 women.
In the first three weeks in June Mon
tana had five stages held up.
Since 1876 the two-thirds rule has gov
erned Democratic conventions.
Fully 800 persons were killed in the
PunJanb last year by snake bites. "j
There are nearly 2,000,000 more men
than women in the United States.
There is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men.
The railways of the world are worth
quite a lot of money .6,000,000,000.
The only kind of Iruit which appears
not to flourish in California is the apple.
The gambling iables at Monte Carlo last
year netted their proprietors over $5,000,000.
A Maine woman conducts a large
foundry and engine works at Dunkirk,
While there-are now 1,000,000 Hebrews '
in the United States, theie are over 5,000,000
In Russia.
The maintenance of the Sultan's harem
costs Turkey 30,000,000 gold roubles yearly or
115,000,000.
If the streets of London were put end to
end they would reach from that city to St,
Petersburg.
The tallest lighthouse tower is 189 feet
from its base to the center of the lantern, at
Cape Hatteras.
In Australia they recently erected a
fence or wire netting 500 miles long to keep
the rabbits out.
A 'Squire in Aberdeen, O., is dying
who is said to have united more than 4,000
eloping couples'.
The total gifts to Tale during the past
year have been $600,000whiie Harvard re- 1
ceived but $500,000.
A man down in-Georgia ha3 built a I
number of bouses which are occupied by 1
widows free of rent.
The Presbyterians are about to estab
lish a college in Salt Lake City, and have
purchased a site of 100 acres.
There are 34 Methodist, 60 Congrega
tlonalistand about 25 Unitarian candidates
for the English Parliament.
New York City on June 17 consumed
76,9S9,H6 gallons of water, the largest amount
ever used in a single day in the city.
A Boston writer has figured up that
heaven contains 1,800,000.000 souls, against a
population in hades or 175000,000,000.
The British ship Berean, which recently
rounded Cape Horn, experienced the phe
nomenon of a heavy cloud of dust at sea.
In England there are 30,000 miles of
telegraph lines. The number of messages
received in London last year was 6,000,000.
There are said to be 8,000 children in
Chicago who are debarred from attending
school on account of insufficient clothing.
A thimble is really etymologically con
sidered only a "thumb boil," the original
thimbles having been worn on the thumb.
The Indian exhibit at the "World's Fair
will include representatives of every tribe
from the extreme North to Terra del Fuego.
The well that prompted Samuel "Wood
worth to write. "The Old Oaken Bucket," is
still kept in good condition at Scituate,
Mass.
One million three hundred thousand ; "
pounds worth of pickles and sauces are ex-'
ported from England to other countri"
yearly.
The Chinese razor has the shape
isosceles triangle. It is made of rude
and many of them are pounded up
worn out horsesjioes.
The State of New York has fina'
into tbe business of a landlord. It
camp sites of five acres each in-tbe
dacks for from S25 to $150 a year. j ,
A. list a musical eompo3'
-women from 1675 to 1S85 includes , -10U3 -operas,
53 comic operas and two oratorve V" "
besides a few cantatas, ballads, etc ,'
M.- Kechayett-Mattzoff, theOinssian i
Czar's chamberlain, who Is cue of the '
wealthiest men In his country, has ordered a
piano from Paris which is to cost $9,500.
One of the flourishing industries in
Cairo, Egypt, is the manufacture of paint
from mummies. The mummies are ground
to powder and the powder is mixed with oil.
Recent improvements in photographic
plates have been so great as to make it pos
sible to take accurate photographs of a rifle
ball traveling at the rate of 3,000 feet a sec- I
ond.
The fine salmon that used to tempt the
angler in New England streams have about
entirely disappeared, and there are but two
or three rivers In Maine where any may still
be found. ,
The annual salary of the President of
the United States was $25,000 up to 1873, when .
It was doubled, taking effect on March 1 of
that year, at tbe beginning of brant's sec-
ond term.
On July 21, 1832, Hiram Lukens en
tered the Doylesborow Intelligencer office as
an apprentice, and he ha set type in the
same office during the 66 years that have
passed since then.
A cynical observer of human nature
says that a woman will give 25 cents for a
50-cent article that she doesn't want, and a
man will give 50 cents for a 25-cent article
that be does want.
In the ancient cathedral of Aix-la-Cha-pelle
(Alchen), Germany, there is a crown of
wonderfnl historic interest which has been
S reserved there for more than 1,000 years.
ear Its place or custody is a tomb which is
also worthy a visit. "Carlo Magno" reads
the inscription.
The postal telegraph system of Great
Britain and Ireland is now the most gigantio
and complete organization for the transmis
sion of messages in the world. The ataff
numbers 3,453; tb'e annual amount expended
in salaries and wages is $322,960, and tne total
number of telegrams passing through the
Office per annum, 32,537,779.
MISCELLANEOUS MERRIMENT.
Bnmpkin I tell you when Smythers is "j
wounduphe can make a flrst-class political speech.
. Teazel Maybe he can. but he seems to be built ,
on the Waierbnry plan. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Jonson "What ridiculously high pneli .J
are given on this bill of fare. ,
Thomson Yes. It would be better named if they, j
called it a biU of unfair. .Voo Tork Herald.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?" .
"1 am going a milking, sir, "she said;
"May I go with you, my pretty maid?"
"Yes; yoacan work the pump," the said.
Wathinjton Star.
"I don't think my. hair would stand on 3a
end If I were to see a ghost," remarked Miss Elder,
after several tales had been related.
"Of course not," replied MlssFlypp. "False
hair Is never affected that way." Detroit Fret -V
Pma, s
He called her miss,
And she called him mister;
They continued this
TiU one night he kissed her.
Then their bashfalness
They perceived was folly;
Now he calls her Bess
And she calls him Cholly.
Sexo Tork Frets.
"How do you like yonr new flannel
shirts, Wiggins?"
"Oh, they're great! Had 'em washed a couple
of Umes and now I'm keeping them to wear for
wristbands in the winter. "Chicago Xews Jtecord.
Don't wonder if the poker sharp
Who monkeys with the deck
Should sometimes overreach the mart.
And get it in the seek.
Hew tork Evening Sun.
Boy at the Door Want some strawber
ries, mum?
Lady of the House I would like tome berries,
but those don't look very clean.
Boy-Ob. yes, they be; I picked them myself.
BottonCowner.
Tommy Said you could lick me with one
hand tied beilnd you, didn't you? Le' see jou
dolti
Jimmy Y-ja, 1 guess I dld-S7'0T"lliar"
got one hand tied behind me Just now.'
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