FITTSBUKG- DISPATCH 8ATURDAY, .JULY 9. 189a IV 1 t Carpenter calls on the ex-Chancellor at his German home. READ THE ACCOUNT IN TO- 'S His Letters from Russia's Famine District come next. OTB.ER FEATURES FOR TO-MORROW ARE: An Island. Tragedy. Experience or Judge Reniey (off Brazil), which Mary Anderson loves to recite. Police of Paris. Ida M. Tarbell tells or the organization and efficiency of the force. Shut in by Disease. Details cf the International Organization of Invalids for Mutaal Benefit. Door-Yards Beautified. Hon Pirtsburgcrs are cultivating shrubs and Hon ers to adorn their homes. Colossal Trusts. Mammoth fortunes tied up in Now York and how they aie managed. In Covent Garden. An American -woman's pen picture of the early-morning scenes in London's mart. Advice to Writers. Howard, Fielding jumps onto W. D. HoweUs in humorous and sarcastic style. In the Black Belt. A Western girl's visit to the negro head quarters in Alabama, with sketches. 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"o higher duty can present itself to the men who make the las and shape the ends of government than that of render ing any service to the interests of the whole people that their individual intelli gence or study of economic questions en ables them to afford. But the converse is not less true, that no meaner use can be made of such unfortunate occurrences as that at Homestead than to seek to turn them to partisan advantage without first inquiring whether political partisanship is in any degree a material factor in produc ing them. Even men who are animated by the. higher purpose of striving solely for such solution of Industrial problems as will be beneficial to the public, without regard to the fortunes of political parties, may err in their judgment or have impracticable ideas, and still from those who differ from them they will get a full hearing and credit for a right spirit in their expression, Not so those who, without remedies to suggest or reason for their utterances, seek first and chiefly to use deplorable oc currences as partisan capital. The differ ence was well illustrated in the tone and terms of the respective speeches of Sen ators Palmer and Voorhees, both Demo crats, on the Homestead affair, reported n yesterday's Dispatch. Senator Palmer pressed views commendatory of radical innervations upon the rights of property and itS" management as defined and sus tained by existing laws. His ideas differ widely from those commonly accepted, and there would be the gravest doubt in many minds as to their practicability. But Senator Palmer's sincerity was un questioned. He had at least in his own mind some rempdy to offer for the state of things which offended his sense of justice. Senator Voorhees, on the other hand, sim ply saw in the Homestead a5air a chance to denounce the Republican party and protection. He never once ventured a suggestion as to how the Democrats or 'rce trade could prevent such conflicts Ter wages and trades organizations. ''he public are keen enough to dijeern 'ifference between a public marAwbo ere in his protests and criticisms, honest suggestion of remedy to Wp Bippicjj. 1 one who merely feigns a passion nurpose .of advanc4P"-ome 7 secondary object That describes Mr. Vooihees' attitude exactly. It describes a good deal of the recent utterances that have been heard iu denunciation of Re publicanism and protectiou from Demo cratic quarters. The truth is patent to any fair-minded person that if deplorable conflicts between labor and capital are to be prevented by auy new plan of legisla tion or rearrangement of rights, the in spiration must spring from minds which have a higher motive than the mere win ning of the public offices. Neither the Republican nor Democratic organ ization is to-day so constituted as to guarantee a prevention of these disputes. 2for would the plat form of either, if carried out, give immu nity from conflicts upon the issue of wages and the rival claims of employers and trade organizations. Under the great est prosperity that protection could bring and much more likely under the depres sion and disturbance which free trade would bring alike whether a Democratic or a Republican administration were in power these antagonisms and unfortu nate ruptures are liable to occur until some specific legislation is found to cure them, or, better yet, the sense of justice J and kindly and generous consideration, one lor anoiner, lanes a aeeper root in men's hearts. "Workingmen know this full well They will not be influenced as much as sup posed by the hasty cry of the demagogues and political partisans wrho wildly charge tne fierce struggle between labor and cap ital at Homestead to the McKinlcy bill and the protection policy. In endeavor ing to maintain the American market for American labor and American products, as against foreign labor and foreign prod ucts, American labor and American cap ital are and constantly have been in the same boat If there is a dispute between the occupants if capital crowds unduly, , or acts ungenerously or unwisely,or if labor on its part makes a mistake in estimating conditions it is a matter to be rectified by the return of a better spirit and the sharp expression of public sentiment against selfishness on the onehand or obstinacy on the other. Btf so long as there is a chance of getting to an agreement neither side will want to scuttle the boat And, to put it in brief, that is just what the abolition of a protective tariff would mean. THE H03IESTEAI SITUATION. Yesterday was marked by quiet at Homestead and the definite abandonment by Sheriff ilcCleary of the posse comita tus plan of intervention. The difficulty is by no means ended,but there is some room to hope that in the period of calm con sideration which has set in, and in the good offices and counsel of non-combatants, a peaceful and p'erhaps satisfac tory solution may yet arise. The longer the events of Wednesday are thought over and the causes vt hich led to them, the more unreasonable it seems that some creditable way should not be found out of the ugly situation which has es tablished itself. The greatest victory that either party could win the only method in fact by which a dark page could be re-illumined would be along the path of- mutual rPK,inn con- m-"" JJr It takes a higher quality of courage to z vnllintnrilv mnlro nftnrpssinns aftnr n fio-ht is started than it does to keep on fighting. There is a great truth below this which if well considered might quickly Jcad to something worthy. THE PEACH CHOP'S PERIL. It is with sincere sorrow that- wo are forced to take notice of a renewal of the familiar work of destroying if. not wiping out that luscious, but precariously culti vated fruit, the Delaware peach. Next to the strawDerry the Delaware peach is the most popular in its appeal to the human palate; yet the attacks upon its production and well-being are so persistent and con stant that they have passedintoa proverb. The present assault on the Delaware peach crop, in form of a report that it will not exist, differs from its predecessors in the date of its manifestation. Heretofore we have become accustomed to hear in early spring that Uie Delaware crops have been irretrievably ruined, and in the full ness of the (Summer to receive Delaware's luscious fruit by the carload. "Whether the present attack will be more deadly by coming at short range is yet to be learned; but the sad news is sent abroad by rail road authority that not more than a tenth of the usual shipments will be sent from Delaware to gladden the hearts and water the mouths of the rest of .the country. This is gloomy intelligence, but it is somewhat mitigated by the recollection that there are orchards elsewhere than in Delaware. AVo may still hope for the usual array of that delightful fruit in our markets, even though Delaware is unrep resented in the supply. AX ELECTItlCAX THEOKY. A singular theory has lately been de veloped by an Eastern scientific man, which, though nothing more than theoreti cal as yet, may prove worthy of practical investigation. The student of natural science referred to has not only observed the notable increase in elecrical storms during the past five years, but has taken the trouble to define the territory of their greatest frequency. He finds that within a quadrilateral roughly fixed by the four points, Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati and Baltimore, the atmosphere has changed, being humid and subject to violent electric storms. Outside of it there is plenty of cold and plenty of heat, but either condition is of greater duration, and the storms contain less electricity. From this structure the following theory is produced: Within the territory indi cated an immense number of electrical wires have been strung, either uninsulated or imperfectly insulated, which are con stantly charging the surrounding air with electricity. From this the conclusion is suggested as follows: The effect of this electrical charge is two fold. The first is a chemical one. It de composes molecules of oxj-gen, theieby in ci easing the ratio of the other gases, and during the chemical change the air becomes surcharged with moisture. The second el fect is dynamical. The power of force in the electricity , though small, is sufficient to disturb the higher potential electrical cur ler, ts of the air, the result being that tho balance is dcstioyed and a series of elec trical discharges precipitated. A magazine articie r year or so ago con tained an imaginative sketch of a West ern city which pushed the art of doing cverj thing by electricity to the point where it attracted the entire electrical force of nature and became the connect ing point for the discharges between the skies and the tarth. The result sketched by the imagination was, that the connec tion being imperfect at this point every thing within the circle of electrical influ ence was burned up. If the scientific theoiy referred to is correct, an approach to the same condition produces exactly the opposite result But the question whether the ultimate result of too much artificial electricity will bo to burn up the world, or to give it more humidity than it wishes, must he postponed to the question whether this theory is correct or not It is likely to "be disputed, first, whether the growth of electrical developments has been so peculiarly prominent in the terri tory described as to produce this especial effect; second, whether electrical storms have been most frequent and violent in the regions where telegraphs, electrical lights and electrical railways are most abundant And while these very difficult questions are being worked out there will be a wide liberty of opinion whether after all the utmost-production of electricity possible to human power can disturb the balance of the electrical forces of nature much more than the pumping of water for the use of the human race can affect the hydraulic stores of the rivers, lakes and oceans. The theory has the claim upon popular consideration that it indicates as a remedy the burying of all the cumbrous and un sightly overhead electrical wires. That conclusion would establish a strong reason for its investigation, if the interests con cerned would not produce the usual irre pressible and irreconcilable conflict of ex pert evidence. A DKAWN BATTLE. Without undertaking to exactly foretell the result of the English elections in the counties which present an element of un certainty in the pending issue like the pro verbial back counties in our own elections it begins to be clear that the Liberal ex pectations of a sweeping victory are de stined to disappointment Prior to the elections it was declared by the Liberal authorities that the only question was whether their majority in the House of Commons would be fifty or a hundred. At this stage of the elections the question is whether the Liberal or Conservative Government will gain a precarious control of the House by a majority in either case that can be counted on the fingers. The first reflection that strikes tho Am erican mind in this connection is that the proneness of our own politicians to claim much more than they have good reason to expect finds a parallel on the other side. The idea that sanguine estimates are of value to a party's cause had been sup posed to be indigenous to the somewhat mercurial politics of the United States. It was expected that when the solid and immovable Briton asserted that he would cany the country for Gladstone, he knew whereof he affirmed; and Americans, though conscious that their own politi cians' ante-election estimates are to bo taken with numerous grains of allowance, took their Bntish cousin's claim as an evidence of what was coming. 'With this demonstration that the English politician is a man of like politics to our own, we will learn to accept future predictions wittfmuch more conservatism. Whether the tactical triumph of a slight majority will be gained by the Liberals or Conservatives is still a matter of doubt But one thing seems to be well settled, and that is that neither party will have majority enough to maintain its policy for any extended duration. If the Liberals have not gained the triumph they looked for, the Conservative majority has been whittled down nearly to the point of dis appearance. The hold of either party on power, from present returns, will be so slight that the result must be either short lived cabinets or a compromise policy. But the lines have been too bitterly drawn to permit of compromises. It is to be expect ed, therefore, that after a few attempts to form ministries that can hold a majority, another general election will shortly fol low. The result of such a slate of affairs, while disappointing the hope of immediate home ruleis sure to increase the politic al weight' of independent elements like the Home Rulers or the labor element The Tories have already gone further to catch tho labor vote than the Liberals would do; while the latter have cultivated the Irish vote more freely. With a nar row margin in the House of Commons for either side, the importance of these ele ments will be much enhanced. On the other hand, the Irish members should not lose sight of the fact that if home rule fails by a narrow margin their own factional disputes must be charged with losing the victory. That lesson should teach them that personal feelings and self-interest must be sunk in all fut ure efforts for advancing the Irish cause. COKEOBOBATIOX IN CRITICISM. Recent editorial comments of The Dis patch on the significance of, Stevenson as a candidate and the exaltation of his name by the organs of spoils moves the shining but spoils-losing New York Sun to in dulge in a column of dissertation on tho subject In pursuit of its mission to shine for the spoilsmen, our yery readable co temporary starts out with an apparent antagonism to The Dispatch's view; but, as it arrives at the goal of declaring that Stevenson's significance is exactly what The DisrATcn had asserted, we can charitably overlook the tone of dissonance in consideration of its agreement as to the fact The critical, not to say inimical, frame of mind is displayed by the Sun in its comment on our reference to the signifi cance of Vice Presidental nominations in 1864 and the present year. In this the Sun discovers an inconsistency as follows: Mr. Pendleton, who was one of thegreatest friends of civil service reform, and the titular author of the civil service act of 18S3, is condemned by our beautiful but bilious cotemporary, and at the same time Mr. Stevenson, one of the greatest Joes of civil service reform, is warned off the premises. In the declaration that this presents a paradox of "deadly opposites" we discern a case of intermittent shortness of mem ory. When Sir. Pendleton ran for Vice President iu 1861 he did not represent civil service reform, for the adequate reason that civil service reform was not an issue. Iu the ardor of 'its mission to secure a maximum of official plunder for the. faithful of Tammlhny, the esteemed Sun forgets that Mr. Pendleton in 1861 represented the policy of opposing the prosecution of the war to maintain the Union. Not until nearly two decades after that did Mr. Pendleton appear as a leader in the work of removing the offices out of politics. In 1S61 his standing as a peaco Democrat was so unmistakable that as a candidate for Vice President he gavo the same character to the Democratic ticket and earned its overwhelming defeat. In like manner The Dispatch asserted the presence of Adlai Stevenson on the Democratic national 'ticket has a controll ing significance. 'Further discussion of our esteemed cotemporary's elevation of its nose at our way of making that state ment is rendered unnecessary by its own assertion with regard to Stevenson as fol lows: "But his greatest significance, and his cliiefest use and beauty on the Demo cratic ticket, are that he represents the unchangeable and irrefragable solid old Democratic doctrine of the spoils." In this, it is clear, the esteemed Sun is in complete unison with The Dispatch as regards the fact As to the opinion, based on the fact, we regretfully note a diver gence. The Sun glories in the signifi cance of Stevenson as a headsman. We do not regard that quality as the highest recommendation for a possible President As to the public -view on the subject there may be a similar difference. Since the sole Democratic national victory in thirty years was obtained after the leading Dem ocrat in the Senate had secured the enact ment of civil service reform and a Demo cratic can'didato pledged to that was nomi nated, we fail to see that the people are in favor of having tho offices administered for the benefit of a party, instead of for the whole nation. The final fact that by the Sun's own statement Mr. Stevenson is an exponent of the political practice of repudiating political promises, and turning platform pledges into a jeer, is also crucial. Politi cians in plenty have been willing to throw party pledges overboard; but Mr. Steven son is the first man who has been nomi nated for Vice President on account of his industry in that practice. A CONSTITUTIOXAI. SUPERSTITION. It is painful to observe that the old superstition about a national bank director being disqualified by the Constitution for Presidental elector is cropping out again thus early in the campaign. The esteemed Philadelphia Times indulges in it to tho effect of asserting that it would be well fpr both parties to have their electoral ticket free from all who hold any official position in auy corporation chartered under the laws of tho general Govern ment No man who takes the trouble to give a common sense construction to the clause of the Constitution in question will find any difficulty in perceiving its meaning. The very grouping of the words: "No Senator or Representative, or person hold ing an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elec tor," shows that it refers to persons elected or appointed as part of the United States Government. The Comptroller of the Currency and the national bank ex aminers are representatives of this class; the officers of the national banks are in an entirely separate class. They neither owe their appointment to the Government nor draw their remuneration from it It is true that a loose construction of the words " under the United States " can make them take in a great many things. National bank directors in their business relations are subject to United States legislation. So in one relation or another is every citizen of the country. There would be just as much cogency in holding that the bookkeeper of a distillery, or the receiving clerk of an importing house, is disqualified by this position as that na tional bank directors are. It is of comparatively slight moment whether national bankers or any other class are selected for the purely per functory position of Presidental elec tors or not But it is not .so important that ordinary judgment shall be used in construing the tolerably clear intention of the Constitution. Some wiseacre should persuade Wilhelm and Bismarck to submit their differences to arbitration, and cease mating a ridiculous spectacle ot one another before the world. Speaker Ckisp's renomination for Con gress by acclamation will hardly be wel come news for Cleveland. But the Demo cratic chances of success are such bare possibilities that a serious difference of opinion between the Speaker of the House and the Democratic nominee for the Presi dency is a matter ot little consequence, and especially so to a party whose individ uals act in opposition to the declarations of its platform. At the present rate of progress, that in vestigation of the Census office may be just about finished when the time arrives for the next numbering of the people. National chairmanships are little sought after this year by men whom either party desires for their campaign leader. And it is significant of the lack of disinter estedness among politicians that so much should be said about the prior claims of pri vate business over the demands for party seivice. If Piatt should be foolish enough to con tinue his attitude of lukewarmness to tho republican nominee, he will suffer more than will Harrison's cause. All kinds of advertisers are recommend ing all sorts of alleged necessities to tho public to add to the comforts of a summer holiday. In view of the amenities of rail road travel and the opportunities afforded by boating and bathing, tho making of a will is a wise preliminary to a tiip to the sea shore. Pittsburg's ball team is still in the middle of it, and made less of a muddle of it yesterday than some times by dcleating Philadelphia's players. The Citizens' Traction Company has been employing a drum corps for some little time past with sledge hammers for drumsticks, and the new instruments are expected to make music in a day or two. TnE free tin plate bill will meet the same fate as tho free silver bill. If it ever reaches tho President it will be so much harmless waste paper. As English campaign is a short matter, but that advantage to parliamentary leaders is more than compensated by the suspense of the piecemeal manner in which the elec tion returns come in. Now that they are suppressing brigand age in Chile, train robberies and lynchings should disappear from these United States. Whex the Fish Commission has suc ceeded in its endeavor to ovolvo a boneless shad, the Agricultural Department will have to turn its attention to stoneless plums and cherries. Stanley should be making arrangements to hide his diminished head in another trip to Africa in the near future. The selection of the men for the Repub lican National Executive Committee clearly indicates the fact that individual ante-nomination differences havo been sunk in post convention solidity. Unfortunately it is the rules and not the members of the House that are suspend ed on suspension days. Chicago is well on its way to a sup pression of tho smoke nuisance, while Pitts burg delays action in tlio hope of now nat ural gas fields or the successful manufacture of gaseous fuel. Allegheny has cause for heart sickness, in that its hopes tor a now postoffice are again deferred. The ordinance creating rules for the parks contains no provisions which restrict the behavior or visitors further than their own sense of right and proper behavior should do. Has the Wrong Bait. Chicago JIall.l Giover Cleveland went fishing on the Fourth of July, as be did one Memorial day when he was President. He will undoubt edly go fishing cm election day whenNovem ber come3 around. But what will he catcht They Felt His Ax. Chicago Mall. General Stevenson never was in the war, but there are about 40,000 expdstmasters in this country who can never be convinced that he is not a fighter. VIEWED FROM A DISTANCE. Tho !herlffs Call for a Posse. HarrlsburgCall. The action of Sheriff McCleary in calling upon citizens or Pittsburg to arm them selves and help quell tho riot at Homestead, dods not meet with the approval of many fair-minded men. Few citizens would feel llko voluntarily loading their guns and going off to shoot down upon command a lot of workingmen contending for what they believed to bo right. It must bo expected that the hundreds of workingmen at Home stead had many sympathizers and as many friends in Pittsburg. The men who wore expected to obey the proclamation of the Sheriff must be themselves big, able-bodied "men, those capable of fighting and carrying a musket, probably In jnost cases, working men themselves, certainly not the capitalist and merchants. How unreasonable then to assume that such men would respond vol untarily to a proclamation even by the Sheriff of the county. The Question Now Paramount. Chicago Newt-Record. Now that the trouble has been precipi tated, the question is bow to end it. Wisdom and humanity dictate the withdrawal of the immediate causes of yesterday's outbreak. The tempest should do permitted to sub side. When calm has succeeded, the su preme authority of the State may be in voked to maintain peace. It is unflortunate that many warm-hearted people look upon the Homestead affair from a purely senti mental point of view. Tliero is a disposi tion, in many respects commondable, to side with the poor and the helpless. But the Homestead' case must be considered apart from the warmer impulses of the heart. Ttie law is all-powerful and must be respected. Bloodshed is horrible in a na tion where the people make the law. It is a comrort toieflect that if the law fails to establish justice and equality the law in its remotest detail can be revised and changed. To this end thoso who dislike the condi tions at Homestead should assiduously ad dress themselves. Sufficient to Shock, the Nation. Detroit News. Tho occurrences at Homestead all day yes day were indeed sufficient to shock the na tion. The shutting down of the Carnegie iron and steel plant as the result of an at tempt to reduce wages, and, falling in that, to substitue new men who would work lor the wages which the population of Homo stead refused to accept; the importation of Pincerton detectives to take care of the pioperty in their own peculiar way; the losentnicnt of the striking employes at such an invasion of their county by men not commissioned by the peace officers of the State and having no authority iu tho premises greater than that which they chose to assume, the battles, the deaths and the final surrender of the invaders, all go to form one of the most startling chapters in the history of labor troubles that has yet come to be written In America. There are sequels and sequels to it. There are morals to be drawn to-day by thoughtlul persons, lessons to be learned and put in practice that no such occurrence may take placo again. f Considerations or Humanity. Indianapolis Journal. J Every consideration of humanity demands that nothing should be spared to prevent a recurrence of this bloody affair, and it is not only to bo hoped, but commanded by the proper authorities, that there be no un reasonable interpositions on either side, by man or sot of men, that may interfere with an honSiable and fair settlement of tho question at issue. If the company can afford to pay the scale asked by the men it should do so without iurthor parleying. If it cannot, it ought to be able to make its in ability plain to its employes and the public. No companyshould be reaulied to pay more in wages than its products bring in the mar ket, and no company should fail to share its piospcrity and good fortune with the men m its employ. To Abolish the 1'inkertons. Chicago Tribune: In Illinois and some other States Pinker tonianism has been abolished by the Repub lican party by law. Plnkerton officers may do as detectives to help run down criminals, counterfeiters and embezzlers, and for pri vate night watchmen so long as their du ties are confined to the protection of prop erty against thieves or the danger of fire, for in no city is the regular police force large enough to give special attention to in dividual property, but with these duties their usefulness ends. When they take the place of the Sheriff's deputies, the police force, or tho nnlltdry, tney only make things'Worse. They did in this city at the stockyards and South Chicago, and so at Homestead Steel Mills, and the unfortunate outcome is only too "apparent. While this is true, however, everybody must regret to see tho Pinkerton foicea put in danger ot their lives; and the violence of the strikers toward them after they had displayed a flag of truce and surrendered uncondition ally cannot be justified by any of the usages of civilized warfare. Opinion in the South. Richmond Dispatch. It does not appear th'at the Carnegie works at Homestead have been in any danger. They are fortified with high fences, electric wires, hot-water hojse, etc., and manned by a considerable number of persons who hold official relations to the company and whom the Pinkertons werohiiedto reinforce, but it Is undoubtedly true that access to tho works has been dented by tho old operatives to all persons suspected of going there with intent to take their places. A collision was expected later on when the company at tempted to intioduco "scab" workmen, but was 'not looked for yesterday until the rumor of the coming of the Pinkertons was noised. For the present the strikers, or rather locked-out operatives, are in com plete and triumphant possession of the flold The situation suggests the exaicise on the part of Mr. Carnegie of some of that concili atory and philanthropic spirit which ho has commended in his magazine articles. Arbi tration may lead him out of his difficulty, but it would seem that forco cannot. Tim Sheriff a Subterfuge. Wheeling Intelligencer, Some things appear more clearly now than they did thiough the smoke of Homestead's unhappy flgnt. The managers of the Car negie industries sent notice to the Sheriff of Allegheny county that they would require protection for their property exposed to tho resentment of their late employes. The Sheriff mae a little show of an effort to do his duty, aud got out of tho affair at an early stage. He was scarcely well out before the Pinkerton mercenaries were in, and in ,to the death of some of them. They did not spring out of.the ground in quick obedience to the waving of a magician's wand. Their coming had been carefully arranged. They met in Pittsburg from points a thousand miles apart. They came armed and provis ioned for assault or siege. The Carnegie pooplo had no intention of trusting to the State to protect their property by ordinary lawful methods Thev intended to call on theShoiigsoas to save tholr points under the law in case of damnge to their property and a suit for damages. Their relations with tho Sheriff through the State were make-believe. The Pinkertons were the real present business end of their plan of campaign. Pennsylvania Strong Enough. Harrlstrarg Star-Independent. First of- all, the laws of Pennsylvania must be enforced, tho authority of all officials must be respected by all men, the good order of all localities maintained and pioperty protected from mob violence at all hazards. This the Government owes to the people, and the people must aid the Government in its assurance, but no hired ruffians must bo brought from a distance to do this under any circumstances in tiny part of tho Key stone State. The people of Pennsylvania are strong enough to do these things for thenteelves. Foreseen bnt Not Prevented. New York Evening Post. It doe3 not follow that because things were foreseen at Homestead they could have been prevented. Tho cyclone may be dis cerned at a distance, but cannot be warded off. All that we can do is to take such shel ter as our means and our foreknowledge may supply. It appears that tho coming of "Pinkerton's men" was 'the immediate provocation of the rioting at Homestead. Pinkei ton's men, as we have more than once pointed out, are the outward sign and evidence that the forces of law and order do not begin to work in these cases nnf it a cer tain amount of mischief has been done, arge enough to bring terror upon the whole community. Before public opinion has reached this stage the particular property which is the subject of controversy may be destroyed, so far as it Is desttuctible. No body can be prevented from guarding his own property, either by supplementing the publio force which is bound to guard all property, or by supplying the deficiency of it when it is wholly lacking. A Bit of MedUorallsm. Boston Globe. It was a reallstlo bit of medievalism, no doubt, to transform a great hive of Industry into a frowning fortress, and to summon, as any lordly Baron in the olden time might have done, a band of mercenaries to its de fense. But, in view of all that happened in one memorable day and night at Homestead, in Pennsylvania, was this deliberate revival ofmothods known to the middle ages really worth while? All that has happened at the Carnegie works might easily have been avoided, and that, toff, without the slightest sacrifice of official dignity or oven a single prerogative assumed by the master. The dispute between employers and employed ought, or course, to have been settled long ago, on a basis honorable to both parties to the controversy. But, assuming that dlsa gieement and a ''lock-out" was inevitable, there seems no warrant or excuse whatever for a course of proceeding that stigmatized every workingman In the town as a danger ous outlaw, and that made the whole estab lishment a walled lortiflcatlon, designed to be guarded by a battalion of paid men, armed with rifles. Sought, Not Shunned a Conflict. Chicago Inter-Ocean. The general public cannot be expected to investigate the merits ot the rate of compen sation proposed, $23 per ton. Whether fair or unfair the unseemly baste to close the door on negotiation cannot be too severely condemned. The public generally will bold that Frick sought, rather than shunned, a conflict. No one can foresee tho results of this outbreak. The Sheriff applied to the Governor of the State, who was loth to take a band in the flslit, and Congress proposes to Investigate the matter, whicn was to be expected, as a matter of course. The free trade Democracy hopes to extract comfort from the affair, and it certainly does look as if Carnesie was trying to prove himself a second Burchard, except that he gets In his work at the opening instead of the close of the campaign, a distinction with a very great, diffeienco. The people will And out tho facts in the case, and no harm Is likely to come to the Republican party, provided only these is no attempt to gloss over, ex plain away or pervert the tacts in the case. Igal and Moral Responsibility. Toleao Commercial. It will be difficult to fix the actual or moral responsibility for all that has been done. Already it is a mooted question who began the shooting yesterday morning. But tho PinKcrtons were deputized as sheriffs and have the law on their side, leaving from 3,000 to 5,000 lesidents of Homestead to an swer for murder and being accessories be fore and alter the fact. Every man in the mob every woman, too, for that matter Is liable to prosecution in the courts on the above charge. So much for the actual re sponsibility. The moral responsibility is a much mote delicate matter. Some of the men concerned in the riots were worthless, ignorant and Dasely disposed. Some of them were merely carried away by the excite ment. There can be no question about the right of the Carnegie Company to carry on its business as it see3 fit. The men bad a clear right to refuse to work for the wages offered. But having refused the wages pro posed they had no legal or moral right to in terfere with anyone who was willing to take the wages refused by them. Of course, hun dreds of these men own homes in Home stead and going elsewhere to seek employ ment means loss to them. That gave them no risbt to Interfere with any other oltizen and they are clearly blamable in that much. Carnegie "Will Ultimately Win. St. Lonls Republic . The Carnegie Steel Company Limited, de liberately and probably Intentionally pro voked a breach of the peace by sending the armed Pinkerton's to Homestead. Accord ing to their own published statement they had appealed to the Sheriff of Allegheny county for protection, and he was acting upon their appeal. Beyond doubt, had the Sheriff found himself unable to protect tbem in their legal rights with the posse at his command, he would have sought such other aid as is provided for in emergencies by the laws of Pennsvlvania. Without wait ing for him to act in the regular and lawful way, the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, sought to steal a march on their employes by sending down a body of private mercen aries to take possession of the work at night and from behind the stockade of Fort Frick overawe their discharged working men by a display of armed force. Ulti mately, of course, Carnegie will win. He has the law on his side, end behind the law is the resistless power ot the State. If the Homestead workingmen do not surrender and accept his terms they must give place to strangers imported for the purpose who are willing to take what they can get. The Governor and Sheriff. Baltimore American. The fearful responsibility for the loss of life and the mutilation of many persons, as well as the spirit of lawlessness engendered, which will be potential for many a day in the industrial centers of 'Western Pennsyl vania, must rest primarily upon the Sheriff of Allegheny county, and ultimately upon the Governor of the State. Both were aware of the, preparations on each side for a pro tracted struggle. The details were pub lished in the newspapers of the countrv with great particularity for days beforehand, and both the Sheriff and tho Governor were asked to interpose, with a view to settling the dispute. The Governor betook himself to a watering place, where he could follow the course of events at long lange, and the Sheriff went to Homestead with a ridicu lously inadequate force td quiet the warring tactions. Too Late for Argument. Washington Post. But it seems too late, now, to argue as to the Insufficiency of the cause. Tho ghastly result is before us. The overt act has been committed, and the curtain has been raised upon the drama. The owners of the Home stead mills demand the protection of the local, or failing them, or tho State authori ties in securing access to and egress from the mills. They demand, in fact, the lifting of the embargo upon commerce and society which has been laid by the striking work men. They insist that Homestead shall be lestoredto the position of other American towns, and that they, as owners of the mills at that point, shall be sustained in the en joyment and administration of their prop erty. We donotseehow the authorities can refuse to respond to these demands unless they propose to connive at anarchv, nor is there much room for hope, if the workmen adhere to their present attitude, that a solu tion will be reached save at an appalling cost of human life. Altogether, it is one of the most serious' controversies ever precip itated in America, the end of which no man may now forecast. Can Take Care ot Hlmseir. Boston Globe. That' foreboding gentleman, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, foresees all sorts of tronble for , Mr. Gladstone if he comes into office on the question of an Irish tariff. There Is no oc casion for worry. The "grand old man" will bo abundantly able to take care of all the issues that may claim his thought and attention. THEY rOTJHD THE TOBPEDO., It Was Lost During a Test and Cansed the Finder Some Alarm. New York, July 8. E. M. BH3S & Co. have a torpedo station at the foot of Sixty-sixth street, South Brooklyn. They conducted several experiments last Tuesday afternoon, during which a fish-shaped self-acting tor pedo about ten feet in length got adrift. A search for it was made, but no traco of it could be found. It was not charged, and its loss caused very littlo anxiety. Since then, however. Bliss & Co. have kept a close watch for the missing torpedo, but until yesterday morning they heard nothing of it. One of the infantry men stationed at Libel ty Island, while walking along the parapets yesterday morning, saw something floating near the shoio that looked llko a monster fish. He hurried to the barracks and summoned his companions. They all rushed to tho beach and pulled tho object ashore. When the men discovered that it was f torpedo they rushed away in alarm. No onto was willing to go near it until Liouienafit Beckerc arrived. He critically examined the toroedo, saw the trade-mark of Bliss Go., and at once concluded that it had been lost during some experimental tests. He gave instructions for its safe removal out of harm's way. Lieutenant Beckert came to this city and notified Bliss & Co. that their property had been found and they recovered it lawr. How About Tortoise and Hal Detroit Free Press. Cleveland was nominated at "4B0 in the morning and Harrison never cot there until 4 in the afternoon. It is araon-fltba tradi tions of all parties and countsfcs that-the' early bird gobble th the worm. A LOOK AEODND. A rather sharp coincidence fell to the lot ota prominent Pittsburger, recently. As he was standing at a corner waiting for a car, a neatly dressed.qulet little lady banded him a folded half sheet which had on it a picture of a grand stand and a race track and the words,"At the Races." She stepped forward after giving him the paper and seemed dazed to find herself almost under the front of a swlftlymovlng car. She stood motionless and speechless until tho man she hadjustlefsprang forward and lifted her out of the way, undo ubtedly saving her life. Then he noticed that he still held tho paper in his hand and he turned it over. It was a skill fully arranged tract and the first sentence which met his eye in large type was, "Prepare to meet thy God." One man can do a great deal for a com munity if he will but try. For instance, there is a gentleman in this city who years , ago began interesting Eastern capitalists in local improvements of real estate and In mortgages. In the course of 20 years he has brought here $10 000,000 of New York capital from two great financial Institutions alone. This money has been used for the advance ment of individual projects, Out It has proven for the general welfare of the city. If some of the other merchants, manufactur ers and financiers wonld give a little more attention to booming the city it would pay them and others as well. The ladies say that there is a feverish propensity to buy much to wear this season. The dressmakers and drygoods stores are busy and trade of this sort 13 reportod to be remarkably brisk. There is a general belief that the long-drawn-out wrangle over the appointment of Georgo Miller to the Revenue Collectorship will be settled on Tuesday next in the Sen ate. The editorials in some of the "Western papers on the Homestead affair read as if they had been written with a Roman candle, What has bscoms of Harrison and Cleveland; There is a man who prowls about the streets with a decorated sickle under his arm and a general air of being muddled, llis sickle is wrapped in gay rags and about the point are fastened scraps of gandy rib bons, a small toy rooster and a cigar stump. At times the man talks reasonably and at others he Is incoherent and vituperative. He seems to be attracted in some dazed way to the Court House, where he appears fre quently and In a great hurry to get nowhere in particular. Then there is the ragged man, with a plan of city lots on hi3 face and neck, who stalks about from, morning to night, muttering as he smokes a short clay pipe. He has a mat of gray, curly hair, and for many months every day. he leaned against a post across thestreet from the Da quesne Club and watched the members com ing and going. The3eare but poor substi tutes for John McKee absent. The stereotyper is apt to get a cast in his eye. It was said on the streets last night that Bon Butler would be employed as counsel hy the Homestead Amalgamated leaders. It is doubtful if the General Is strong enongh to come here to take hold of things with his old-time vim. W alter. SMOKELESS FOWliEB TOUND. A CaUTornian Has at Last Invented the Much-Coveted Product. Philadelphia, July 8. What the older European Monarchies have struggled for in vain, 'what the German scientist has been unable to render practicable, what Russia has spent 45,000,000 roubles for and given up as a had job, appears to have been accom plished by Americans, and the long-looked tor smokeless gunpowder iu its perfected state Is now a matter of fact. This information was given by Charles J. Bandmann, of San FrancIco. Mr. Band mann arrived at the Continental Hotel yes terday, en route for Washington, where he Proposes laying the results of his dbcoverv cforo the Ordnance Department. Indi vidual members of the department have made unofficial experiments with the pow der, and havo advised the inventor to place it before the department, and it is at their suggestion that be is on his present jour ney. "The results obtained," said Mr. Band mann, "warrant tho claim that none of the foreign powders can equal it in tho perfect ness of the work. All the powders so far manufactured or invented have some very serious delect that militates against them. All the so-called smokeless powders give off smoke they call it vapor, but it is smoke. This is because thoy all have a nitro-glvcer-ine base, and it is well known to scientists that it is impossible to eradicate entirely the flash and smoke of that product." "All our tests," he continued, "have been made with rifles, our idea being that after making it perfect for the highest class of work it could easily be adopted to ordnance or shot gun uses. We have fired as high as 100 shots in succession, and the barrels have remained as olean at the end as when we began. It is also far more powerful than the finest black powder. A charge of IS grains of our powder will carry with greater celerity and further than 70 grains of any other. It is also impervious to water or dampness." IXTEEMTIMATi INNINGS. Mrs. Harrison rested well last night, and seems in good spirits and improving to day. Secretary Foster is the only man in the nation's diplomatic history who has held three first-class missions. PARIS has a new sensation in the Princess Salabou, a small savage brought from Cen tral Africa hy Lieutenant Mizon. Postmaster General "Wanamaker, accompanied by several members of his family, sailed for Europe yesterday on the steamship Augusta Victoria. The Marquis de Mores has won a suit against his father, the Due de Vallombrosa, who had agreed at the time of the son's mar riage to pay hi3 debts and who proposed to reimburse himself out of the Marquis' allow ance. M. Gustave Simon, author of the "Woman of the Twentieth Century" is a son of the Academist Jules Simon. The younger Simon is preparing a huge work on hygiene and promises to become quite as celebrated as his father. Gustave F. Geuener, who has been a tutorin German and literature at Yale, has been appointed a professor. He is a New Haven boy, is not yet 30 years of age, and thus is one of the youngest men who has ever received this honor. Lord Tennyson, who has returned in excellent health to the Isle of Wight, after his enjoyablo cruise in Colonel Crozier's yacht across the channel, leaves Farringford House, Freshwater, for Aldworth, near Haselmere, next week. According to the Poet Laureate's usual custom, he will stay at Backdown for the summer months. TRUXON Beale, American Minister to Persia, who Is no w home on leave of absence, has secured for tho State Departmcet several plaster casts of the cuneiform in scriptions at 1'ersopolis, and it is expected they will leach 'the United States before similar ones are received in England, al though British scientists have been eagerly seeking them. Honors are coming fast to the little Crown Prince of Germany. The Queen Be gent of the Netherlands, who recently vlslced Berlin, has conferred the Order of the Lion upon him. As he has become a lieutenant in tlio army, the other crowned heads of Europe will soon follow the exam ple of the Queen Regent and place their coveted decorations upon the young man's breast. A Good Campaign Card. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Let the houso pass that free silver hill at once. The President has his pencil sharp ened to veto it, and thus a grand boom will be given to the Republican ticket. It la All Wrong. Boston Herald. 1 The trouble with the People's party seems to be that it has nominated the wrontf man on the wrong platform. Otherwise this aggregation is doing as well as could be expected. C0RI0US CONDENSATIONS; An express engine consumes tea gallons ' of water per mile. Constantinople is the most drunkea city in tho world. The coffee palaces of Melbourne are tha finest in the world. American factories produce 33,000 watches every week. The new fourth-class at "West Point will contain 206 members. Every square mile of the sea contains 120,000,000 fish of various kinds. The cost of a one-man sea-diving ap paratus for a depth of 200 feet is 1573. A Hebrew soap manufactory has re cently been established near Jerusalem. Some of the African tribes pull their fingers till the jolnt3 crack as a form of salu tation. Pupils in the schools of Japan are taken out rabbit hunting one day in every autumn. The only Arabic newspaper published in America is the Kawbab American, printed in New York City. At Qnito, the only city in the world on the line of the equator, the sun sets andrisei at 6 o'clock the year round. The smallest newspaper in the world is El Telegram, published in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is four iuches square. In all England there are only se school boards which do not provide for ligious instruction by the teacher. The smallest known insect, the etera tomas punamil, a parasite of the Ichneuman, i3 about one-nineteenth of an inch in length. Lately there were 81 child candidates for admission to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, London, of whom 23 were elected. A ton of steel made up into hair springs when in watches is worth more than 12 times the value of the same weight in pure gold. Sweden ranks first in the number of women graduates in medicine, philology and jurisprudence iu proportion to her popula tion. The celebrated "Emperor's Goblet," in tho possession of the municipality of O-nabruck, has been sold to Baron Roths child, of Franklort, for 50,000. The largest schooner in the last pub lished Government list i3 the Golden Age, 1.763 tons, bnilt at Abbott's Bridge, O., in '1SSJ, and hailing from Sandusky. A London street preacher, recently ar rested, proved to be the pal of pickpockets. -lie drew a crowd and prayed while his ac complices preyed upon the crowd. An Ohio inventor has patented a collar in which the end buttonholes aro placed in tabs of thinner material, thereby avoiding the troble ot buttoning a stiff band. A converted Chinaman who promised to allow rice for a while to any mother who would spare a child who would otherwise be destroyed, had at one time as many as S00 pensioners. The concession granted by the Danish Government for working the free port ot Copenhagen is for SO years, tho Government, however, reserving the right of taking it at the end of 25 years. The rose crop3 in Bulgaria and France have been so severely damaged by hoar frosts and cold rains that there is scarcely enough to supply the demands of the po made manufacturers. The latest architectural novelty in Chi cago is a book-shaped block, 12 stories high, to be known as tbo Mercantile Register. "This book will have steel bindings with terra-cotta trimmings." A new combination washer and nut lock for railroad use has recently proye d itself very useful. The nut can he released and tightened up with the greatest ease, an d tha washer can be rinsed frequently. An Indianapolis man ha3 invented a process for "'aging" violins. He claims thsw in two weeks' time he can impart to any or dinary violin all the fullness and richness of tone possessed by a Stradivarius. The new Boston directory for 1892, which has just been issued, containes 203 352 names. The nnmbprof new names added this year is 40,405. bnt this is partially ott-octby the 30,993 names which have been erased. A number of fine-pearls,. some of them of considerable value, were found recently in mussel shells on the shoals in White river, near Seymour, Ind. One man real ized $75 from his find in a few weeks. A curious way of attracting charity has been devised in Vienna by the opening of a sham battle of Custozza, in which the Austrian troops, commanded by Archduka AlDrecht, defeated the Italians in ISCi. Berio, a European bicyclist, owns the lightest bicycle in the world. The tires weigh 2 pounds 8 ounces. Tho rear wheel is 23 inches. .The machine is geared to 63 inches. The ra: trap pedals weigh only 13 ounces. The precentage of poor to the general nebrew population of Loudon is 23, and rather moro than half the "poor" receive recurrent charitable relief, the proportion of those thus relieved to the general Hebrew population being 12.C per cent. On one of the islands off the coast of Maine lives a man, now 50 years old, who was born there, andias never been off tha island. He has accumulated a fortune in the grocery business and is content to livo and die on the few seagirt acres. After the Saline county (Kan.), cyclone a Saline grocer missed a washing machine which was standing on the pavement just before the storm. It was picked up tha other day on the open prairie several miles from Salina in a perfect state of preserva tion. A couple of months ago a Philadelphia woman bought a rustic table made of tho boughs of some trees from which the bark had not been removed. About two weeks ago the tablo began to throw out greea sprouts, and now the whole table is in full bloom. A watch for the blind is among thi newest inventions. A small peg is set in th middle of each figure. When the hour ban reaches a given hour the peg for that hoo drops. The sightless owner, when ho wan' to know the time, finds which peg is dow and then counts back to twelve. A coppersmith at the Bath, 31c., In Works has hammered a miniature teakett from a small copper cent. Tho small tc kettle has a swinging handle and moral cover and nozzle. Just as any teakettle b and water can be boiled in it. Robert Dm er, the maker, was eight hours on the Job. FEKT POINTERS FKOM PUCK, "Sir. Henpeck I see that Gladstone the English women have fallen out oyer horn' and woman's rights. Mrs. Henpeck (grlmly)-WeU. how can the any true home rule without woman's rights? Hiram Daly Mrs. 1L E. Grant im. all her servants. Biddies KIp-Doesn't that infringe the law? Hiram Daly I don't know. She probably I they should come In free, as raw materials. He was a very intelligent bird, And learned in an Instant each word th heard; Eat when on this parrot the children pranks. The remarks that he made were reported la - Weary Baggies (suddenly stoop Ooo! Lookeetherel Slgasays: "Helpwa Le' 's run t Dusty Bhode3 You hain't go no businei Jnst yon pick tip that sign an' carry it alo I'll roller behind an' pass 'round th' hat. Yes; Nellie was a beauty; Sprnce gum and tnttl fruttl, I'd often heard her say, for her hid charms not any: But, when she dropped that penn She gave herself away. Stokes A New York m3n went Brooklyn n day last week and has n't I to And his way back since. Maltby What part of Brooklyn did he g Stokes Greenwood. If I had 60,000,000, what would I Do with that great and most entrant I'd take that boodle straight dovrntowt To get with it some 60, 103,000 more. Stranger Gimme a drink of $4 w Bar tender There jou are, sir. Stranger (smacking his lips) By Geor good I How much? Bar tender Four dollars. "How is your wife getting on?" "She's improving slowly. She Is no tw to attend to her household duties yet, hat she was out shopping," . I . ' V ' V&&M .-i- efrfeA rtS! ! Ae -, i. '- j. '-y
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