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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY. JULY 14. 1892-TWELVE PAGES.
THREE CENTS.
t&ne masimrfl jwpawrij.
FREE SILVER
IS ft CORPSE,
By a Flank Movement Ex
Speaker Beed Filibusters
It Out of tlie House.-
BP; FOR SEW YOEK'S YOTE.
Dfmocratic Leaders Outclassed by
the Czar of the Last Congress.
How the Pet of tho Sliver States Was
Knocked in the Head An Ineffectual
Rally The Alliance Leaders Declare
the Day's "Work Is Good for Thou
sands of Votes for Them Southern
Votes Changed Because Cleveland Is
the Democratic Candidate Great
Hustling in the House at the Climax.
"FROM A STAFF C0nRKEP0NTEXT.1
"Washington-, July 13. After the main
fact of the annihilation of the free silver
bill in the House, to-day, there stands out
the other important fact that the He
publicans took the opposition bodily out of
the hands of the anti-free coinage Demo
crats. Those very genial and companiona
ble small men, Tracey and Fitch, of Ifew
York, who led the filibustering against the
Bland bill, where not heard of, except when
their names were spoken on roll call.
"To-day we will put the vicious free coin
age idea to sleep forever," said ex-Speaker
. Eced, "and we propose the Republican
party, and not the Democratic, shall have
the glory of manufacturing the corpse and
presiding at the interment"
"When the Bland bill was before the
House the Republicans played second fiddle
to the Democratic minority opposed to the
measure. It was the wonder of everybody
that to astute a leader as Mr. Reed should
permit the credit of the defeat of the bill to
go to Democrats who were anything but
leaders, and who became conspicuous only
by their antagonism to a bill which was
supported by nearly all the great party
leaders, and by the great majority of the
party in the House.
A Bin for New York's Vote.
Things have changed since that day. All
of the party conventions have been held.
Xonc has pronounced unequivocally in
favor of free coinage excepting the People's
party. The cause of free coinage has gone
backward at a killing pace. New York
promises most sympathy tor that party
which is most clearly opposed to free coin
age, and Mr. Reed's course to-day, in lead
ing the fight against the consideration of
the Stewart bill, is a bid for the vote of the
State of 2feir York for.the Republican
party. " J
Never were men more surprised than
were Pitch, Trncey, Harter, Rayner and
others, at the coup of ex-Speaker Reed.
They had expected the Republicans to en
courage, as they did upon the Bland bill,
the tratricid.il battle of Democrat against
Democrat They met last evening at the
rooms ot Mr. Herbert, of Alabama, and
mapped out their plans. If such and such
moves were made by the silver men thev
would meet them with other certain moves.
The person to make each obstructing mo
tion was designated and his name went
down in its proper place.
The Machine Thrown Oat ot Gear.
The whole thing was to move like a ma
chine, and Messrs. Tracsy, Pitch, Harter
and the rest were to sit down panting after
the fray, with a modest blush of victory on
their faces, if not a holy halo about their
brows.
The moment Mr. Catchings, of the Com
mittee on Rules, announced his resolution
to call up the silver bill. Mr. Reed took
the management of the opposition with a
motion to table it. Of course this was not
feasible, as Mr. Catchings had not yielded
the floor, but when, a .few minutes later,
debate was in order, Mr. Reed was out of
courtesy given the first speech for the op
position, and nothing was left after that for
any Democratic anti to do but to be dumb,
for not one of them could have said any
thing but would have seemed stale and
stupid after the brilliant, though mainly
rhetorical speech of Mr. Reed.
The Democrats made a brief, but brave
and brilliant fight Nothing during the
memorable struggle over the Bland bill was
as inspiring as the short speeches of Bland,
of Missouri, Cnlberson, of Texas, and
Pierce, of Tennessee, to-day.
Only -speaks hen lie Says Something.
Judge Culberson is one of the best lawyers
of the United States. His judgment "and
integrity are known and admired through
out the whole country. He is admitted to
be incapable of adopting any idea or policy
for the mere purpose of securing a re
election. He has been offered high office
by President Ifarrison, where the appoint
ment of a D.emocrat was necessary under
the law, ana he refused the place that he
might remain in the House. He rarely
makes a speech (a characteristic of really
great men), but when he does all who are
in his presence listen as they listen to no
other man in the House, with the possible
exception of ex-Speaker Reed.
The speeches were not argumentative.
The time was loo short for that They were
rather those expressions of intellectual and
nervous force which inspire followers to a
last charge, exciting the mind rather than
speaking to the reason. Nothing availed,
however. Members had made up their
minds, and, while they applauded the elo
quent rhetoric of the speakers, the voted as
they had become convinced was best, in
view of the changed conditions since the
Chicago convention.
Cleveland':. Xaiun Chances Sevoral Votes.
Tn the South and "West there was a change
of about ten votes from the former free
coinage men to the side ot the antis. The
change came about, not because they loved
silver less, but because they loved Cleve
land more. They, did not see how they
could, as a matter ot party policy, vote for
free coinage in view ot the timid utterance
of the Chicago platform on the silver ques
tion, and of the nomination of Cleveland,
an outspoken anti-free coinage candidate.
Np matter what may be claimed by them in
regard to objectionable features of the
Stewart bill, the real reason of their change,
and of the deleat of the silver bill to-day, is
that for the moment it ura good partisan
play. .
Strange to Fay, the Alliance men of the
House are more rejoiced than even the
Republicans at the fate of the silver bill.
While they are genuine free coinage ad
vocates, they really hoped that a House of
Representatives with 150 Democratic
majority would defeat tho movement for
free coinage. Mr. "Watson, of Georgia,
said to me this evening that one'result of
to-day's wort would be an addition of
hundreds of thousands of votes to the
People's party in the South and "West.
The masses Would easily understand that
the representatives of the old parties were
playing merely for party success and for
their own re-election, utterlv regardless of
the fate of measures which would be of
indescribable benefit to the "common
classes" of the people. I
HOW SILVER WAS KILLED.
Detail ot the Day in the Honse No Show
for Free Coinage Men From the Start
A Day or Fllibusterlns With Only One
Result In Sl;ht.
"Washington, July 13. There was more
show of activity and a livelier interest in
proceedings in the House this morning
than there has been for three or four
months. Both, sides were ready for the
battle of the dollars, but both were anxious.
The silver men entered the fight without
much hope, while the others were full of
hope and energy. The poll made by Mr.
Reyner and other anti-silver men, just
before the fight began, showed the following
result: Number of members, '332; number
paired or dead, 31; leaving 301. Number
of anti-silver Democrats, 98; number of
anti-silver Republicans, 63; making total
anti-silver votes 161, with a possibility of
but 140 silver votes, according to this cal
culation. In spite of this showing the anti
silver men were afraid something might
happen to upset their calculations.
The attendance in the House was larger
than it has been at any time since tho early
part of the session. Nearly all the
absentees had been brought in bv urgent
dispatches, and up to the last minute the
committee appointed on each side was rust
ling through the House, bracing up mem
bers they feared might be weak, and look
ing about to see that none whose votes were
counted on were absent
Party Prestige, on Top of AIL
The attitude of the Republicans in taking
the lead of the opposition to the measure
was not without its disadvantages from the
standpoint of the Eastern Democrats who
did not like the idea of having some of the
greatest honors of the fight shared in or
perhaps appropriated by Mr. Reed and Mr.
Burrows, in behalf of the Republican party.
This could not be helped, however, as the
Republicans were in a position to dictate
the terms under which they would come to
the front from the first and fight against the
majority of the Democrats.
There was an unusual bustle on the floor,
and Colonel Ike Hill, the Deputy Sergeant
of Arms, who has charge of the pairs and
of securing the attendance of the absentees,
was ubiquitous. He was button-holed
here, there and everywhere; he was plagued
with questions and besought for informa
tion. All during the morning Mr. Tracey, Mr.
Ravutr, Mr. O'Neil (Massachusetts), Mr.
"William. (Massachusetts) and Mr. Herbert
"ere filing here and there througn the
House, looking busy and excited, even after
their vork was about done.
Mr. Reed and Mr. Burrows kept their
eves on thhisrs. and now and then Eave the
I antl-silrer Democrats points to work out .
Recti Relied Upon All the Tim-.
Mr. Tracey, as in the silver fight earlier
in the session, kept close to 3Ir. Reed,
conferring with him earnestly every few
minutes. Mr. Bland, Mr. Pierce, Mr.
Culberson and Mr. Montgomery, and the
rest of the silver men held repeated con
fidences with groups of members through
out the House.
During the morning hoar considerable
routine business was disposed of, and the
deliberation with which the crisis was ap
proached kept those who are vitally inter
ested in silver in a state ot nervous excite
ment and deferred expectancy.
The clock pointed to a minute past 12
o'clock when Mr. Catchings, Speaker Crisp's
lieutenant on the floor, requested from the
Committee on Rules the resolution which
all were expecting to make the silver bill a
special order for the day and the next legis
Iative. The Republicans had determined
on their programme, and ex-Speaker Reed,
as the representative of his party, was on
his feet instantly after the reading of the
motion had been concluded by the clerk.
Before Mr. Catchines could say a word after
the reading of the resolution, Mr. Reed in
terjected a motion to lay the resolution on
the table, but the Speaker would not recog
nize the gentleman from Maine, ruling that
Catchings had the floor and could not be
taken lrom it "When the gentleman from
Maine got the floor he could make his mo
tion. Keed Rnled Ont by the speaker.
Mr. Reed insisted on his right to make a.
motion in advance of one from Mr. Catch
ings, who was in control of the resolution,
and disclosed the purpose of his motion. It
was to kill the resolution, and with it the
silver bill in the quickest time possible.
Speaker Crisp ruled against Mr. Reed.
He did not combat Mr. Reed's general
proposition to his ruling, but based his de
cision on the ground that Mr. Reed could
not make any motion while he did not have
the floor, and he could not obtain the floor
when the gentleman could be taken off the
floor could be produced.
Mr. Catchings was accordinelv recognized.
and yielded the floor to Chairman Bland, of
the Coinage Committee, for 15 minutes. Mr.
Bland was accordingly recognized. In ac
cordance with the programme of the silver
men he offered an amendment to the resolu
tion, having for its object the opening of a
pathway for the amendment of the Stewart
bill, to meet alleged legal defects in it and
also to apply the clotnre rule to the bill.
Mr. Bjrtine, of Nevada, the leadiug free
silver Republican, spoke in the same strain
as Mr. island.
Mr. Clark, of Alabama, then unnlri. nn
the other side, declaring he was still earn
estly in favor of free coinage, but recog
nized the inexpediency of trying to pass a
bill now which could not by auv possibility
become a law.
Flops From the Free Coinage Bide.
Mr. Patterson, of Tennessee, was the next
Democrat who has heretofore been classed
as a iree coinage man, but who to-day came
out against the Stewart bilL Mr. Patter
son kaid he would cast no vote that would
bring forward another issue. He would
march under the banner that "public office
is a public trust."
Mr. Catchings, of Mississippi, was anxious
that the ReDublican side stinnlrl -. a
hand in the debate, and he now yielded 15
minutes to Mr. Peed. Mr. Peed said that his
mind was occupied by the picture of the
Democratic party as a minority in the last
Congress. He remembered how fiery they
they were then for free coinage. He re
membered how many Democrats said how
earnest and vigorous they were for free
coinage, and lor a moment it actually
seemed as if they had struck a level which
might possibly be called a level of principle.
Laughter. But Mr. Patterson had cleared
it all up and explained the real principle of
the party, only he hacl embellished the
principle in order to make a quotation.
That gentleman said that the great principle
-was "public office," and added that it was
a "public trust" declaring thereby a princi
ple of making a quotation as well.
Mr. Reed uas lollowed by Abner Taylor,
of Hlinois, who spoke against the silver bill
as a measure providing for debasement of
the'enrreney.
Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, then followed
for the free coinage men in a frank speech
wntcn attracted close attention.
Final Speeches on Each Side.
Mr. Cnlberson, of Texas, maintained that
-the Democratic party, by declaring in its
platform that it was in favor of bi-met-allism,
had favored free coinage of silver.
The Democratic party, he said, stood for the
m6ney of the Constitution.
" Mr. Bland closed the debate, and then
Mr. Catchings moved the previous question
on the resolution.
On motion of Mr. Tracey the yeas and
nays were ordered and the vote resulted in
the defeat of the free coinage men, tho
previous question being ordered by a vote
ot jw yeas against l-a nays.
31 r. Catchings was again recognized and
moved the adoption of the resolution. This
time the silver men voted "yea," as the
defeat ot Catchings' motion meant the death
of free coinage for this session. The silver
men were less than ten votes stronger on
the direct proposition, and the resolution
reported by the Committee on Rules was
defeated by a vote of 136 yeas against 154
nays, the majority against consideration of1
the Stewart silver bill being 18.
This vote is the death of silver legislation
at this session. The Stewart bill remains
at the foot of the long roll of bills sleeping
the sleep ot death on the overburdened
calendar.
During the roll call there was a great deal
of excitement, and the leaders ot the two
forces were kept busy mustering their men.
"When the result was announced the anti
silver men breathed a sigh of relief. After
a hard fight the victory was theirs.
The Tote That Did the Business.
The question then recurred on the adop
tion of the resolution reported from the
Committee on Rules, and it was rejected
yeas 130, nays 154, as follows:
Yeas The Sneaker, Abbott. Alexander,
Arnold, Babbitt, Bailey, B.iker, Bankhead,
Bartine, llecraau, Blanchard, Bland, Blount,
Bowers, Bowman, Branch, Bretz. Brook,
shire, Brown, Biyan, Buohanan (Virginia),
Bullock, Bunn, Butler, Byrnes, Caminetti,
Cupehart, Catchings, Cate. Cheatham, Clark
(Wyoming), Clover, Cobb, Cooper, Cowles,
Cox (Tennossee), Crain (Texas), Crawford,
Culberson, Davis, Dixon, Dearmond, Docfc
ery, Donovan, Dunjmn. Edmunds, EM,
Enloe, Epes, Everett, Fithian, Forney, Fyan,
Gantz. Goodnight, Gorman, Grady, Halvor
son, Hai-o, Harries, Hitch. Heard, Hemp
hill, Hendorson (North Carolina).
Holman, Hooker (Missisippi), Johnson
(Indiana), Johnston (South Carolina)
Jones, Kendall, Kilgoro, Kern, Kyle, Lane,
Lanham, Lawson (Virginia), Lawson (Geor
gia), Layton, Lester (Virginia), Lester (Geor
gia), Lewis, Livingston, Lonir, Mallorv, Mau-
sur, martin, jucureary. jucneignan, Jioitl
!in, McRae, Montgomery, Mooie, Moses,
O'Ferrall, O'Neill (Missouri), Otis, Owens,
Parrett, Fatton, Paynter, Pearson, Pendle
ton, Pierce. Post, Price, Robertson (Louis
iana), Sayers, Seerley, Shell, Shlvely, Simp
son, Snodgrass, Stewart (Texas), Stone
,(Kentucky), Sweet. Tarsnoy, Terry, Till
man. Townsend, Tncker, Turner, Tnrpin,
Warwick, Washington Watson, Weadook,
Wheeler (Alabama), White. Whiting, Wil
liams (Noith Carolina), Williams (Illinois),
Wilson (Missouii), Winn, Wiso, Youmans
136.
Stronger Than the Free Coinage Men.
Nays Amorman, Andrews, Atkinson,
Barwig, Balden, Beltzboover, Bentley,
Bergen, Bingham, Brawley, Breckinridge
(Arkansas), Breckinridge (Kentucky),
Briokner, Brosius, Brunner, Buchanan (Now
Jersey), Bunting, Burrows, Busey, Bush
iieli, Cable, Cadmus, Caldwell, Camphcll,
Caruth, Castlo, Causey, Chapin, Chipman,
Clancy, Clarke (Alabama), Cobb (Missouri),
Coburn, Cockran, Cogswell, Compton,
Coolidge, Coombs, Covert, Cox (New York),
Crosby, Cummtn?8, Curtis, Cnttimr, Dalzell,
Daniel!, Deforest, Dickerson, DIn;Iev. Doan,
Dollivor, Dunphy, Durboirow, English,
Enochs, Fellows, Fitch, Flick, Forman,
Fowler, Fnnston, Geissenhainer, Gellisple.
Greenlcaf, Grout, Hall, Hallowell, Hamilton,
Harner, Harter, Hayes (Iowa), Hayes (Ohio),
Henderson (Iowa), Henderson (Illinois),
Herbert, Uitt noar, Hooker (New
York)., Ilonkios.-dlltuolsk Houk fOhiol.
Tlouk Tennessee), ttnir Hull. John
son, (North Dakota); Ketcliam, Kribus,
Lagan, Lapham, Little, Locfewood. Lodze,
Loud, Xynch, MoAleer, McClellan, Mc
Donald, McGann, McKlnney, Meyer, Miller,
Mltcr-cll, Mutchler, O'Neill, (Massachusetts);
O'Neill, (Pennsylvania); Outhwaite, Page,
(Uhode Island); Page,' (Maryland); Patter-
(Tcnnessee); Payne, Feikins, Powers,
Qnackenbnsh, Baine, Kandall, Rav, Rayner,
Keed, Heilly. Heyburn, Rife, Robinson'
(Pennsylvania); Rusk, Russell, Scott, Scull,
Shonk. Smith, Snow, Sperry, Stephenson,
SteVens, Steward, (Illinois; Stone, Charles
W.. Stone, William A, Storer, Stout, Stump,
Taylor, (Illinois); Tavlor, (Tennessee); Tay-
iur, u. .u., j.iuuur. vanuurn, waaswortu.
Walker, Warner, Waujih. Wheeler, (Michi
gan); Wike, Willcox, Williams, (Massachu
setts); Wilson, (Washington); Wilson,
(West Virginia); Wolverton. Wiight 154.
Pairs and Other Peculiarities.
The following pairs were announced:
Hopkins; of Pennsylvania, with Broderick;
E. B. Taylor with Oates; Elliott with
Allen; Sanford with Geary; Bacon with
Rockwell; Belknap with Norton; Craig, of
Pennsylvania, with Boatner; AVeaver with
Richardson; Magner'with Meredith; Patti
son, of Ohio, with Stockdale; Pickler with
Morse; Alderson with O'Donnell; McKaig
with Peel; "Wilson, of Kentucky, with
Bynum; Boutelle with Hermann.
Griswold, Haugen, Newberry, Lind,
Springer, Stahlnecker and V. A. Taylor
were absent, unpaired. Lind, however," en
tered the House during the roll call, but
after his name had been called. He stated
that had his name been called he would have
voted in the affirmative.
An analysis ot the vote shows that the
affirmative vote was cast bv 118 Democrats
(including the Speaker), 10 Alliance men
and,8 Republicans. The Republicans were
Bowers, Cheatham, Clark, of Wyoming;
Johnson, of Indiana; Jolley, Post, Sweet
and Townsend. The negative vote was cast
by 94 Democrats and 60 Republicans.
The House then proceeded to the consid
eration of private pension bills. Fifty
seven were passed and the House ad
journed. NOT MUCH SURPRISED.
r Oliver men nero aoi counting on a
Victory They Fear the Country Will
Regret That They Didn't Win Their
" Fight.
"Washington-, July 13. Although feel
ing very much dissatisfied over the result of
the vote on the silver bill in the House, the
free coinage men accept their defeat philo
sophically, with the consciousness that they
made a strong fight, and in the belief that
they have done their full duty. Now that
the bill has been practically shelved the
free silver men are not slow to admit that
they believed the bill to be in a critical
condition before the vote was taken, and
are not therefore surprised at the result.
It was the general opinion of the members
of the Honse this afternoon that all pros
pects of silver legislation during the
present session of Congress had vanished.
The anti-free silver Democrats were
esneciallr hannv and n1pafwl nt (h. A.nn
Messrs. Tracey, of New York, and Will
iams,of Massachusetts, who took such a
prominent part in the campaign against the
bill, were the recipients of numerous con
gratulations. The anti-silver men say the
vote came within two ot that cxpecte'd by
them, a better poll, they thought, than had
ever been made before on an Issue where
the lines were so closely drawn as they
were in the present instance.
Blamed to the Force BUI lune.
"When asked for his views as to the result
of the contest on the Democratic partv, Mr.
Bland, of Missouri, the acknowledged free
silver champion in the House, said: "I
have one reply to make. Evr since IJiave
been in Congress we have had the same
trouble as now in dealing with all of these
publio questions. The Democratic party
has always .been threatened with urtlnii.
,alism, a force bill and military rule in the
uuui ii mey voiea against certain measures
which the money powers are fighting. The
Republican party continually forces as an
CoTttinued on Jftnth Page.
EVERY WHEEL
MAY BE SILENT,
Strikes Now Threatened at
Lawrencerille and Beaver
Falls Mills.
A CONFEBENOE'DEMANDED,
Cnt the Men Expect an Adverse
Answer From the Carnegies.
Upper and Lower Union Mills Ex
pected to Go Out This Evening
Beaver Falls Men Say The yWill Refuse
to Start on Monday Attempt Made
to Bring Out Braddock and Duquesne
Men Unless the Firm Gives In Offi
cials of tho Firm Say They Are Not
Alarmed and Will be Able to Find
Men. .
In all probability the Carnegie Steel Com-
I pany's plants at Beaver Falls will not start
next Monday as was intended, Dut tnc fuv
men will strike in the hope
of aiding their Homestead breth
ren. This has not been officially
decided, but when all sides of the case are
summed up no one ctn see how it will be
otherwise. The Beaver Falls men, with
the Upper and Lower Union mills, of L-aw-renceville,
have demanded that by 4 o'clock
this afternoon the Carnegie Company must
agree to enter into conference with the
A Mounted PicfaA
Homestead men. If this demand is not
acceded to the men In the three plants will
come out. I
This io the one subject of conversation in
Beaver Falls at present Not only those,
who wonld direcjlw win or lose by the out
come are jliscussingflihe matter, but the
business men, toUafe looking for. the Car-,
negie Company's decision to-day through
serious eyes.
Beaver Falls Bnsinpss Men "Worried.
They know its plants are the principal
support of the town, and to have them
stopped means great financial loss. As it is
now the file and glass works are lying idle,
and these and Carnegie's works are the
largest in the town.
Yesterday afternoon a Dispatch reporter
called at the company's office in Beaver
Falls. One of the officials of the company,
who refused to have his name used, said:
"The Beaver Falls plant consists of three
departments rod mill, wire mill and steel
mill. In these there are.700 men employed.
Of that number all but about SO are mem
bers of the Amalgamated Association. The
other 50 are not organized, and are scattered
through the departments as laborers.
"We signed the scale last Friday and
hope to have pur mills running next Mon
day. They have been stopped making re
pairs. I have seen in the newspapers that
Jieieilte From Brigade Headquarter.
the men here are thinking of striking to aid
the locked-out men at Homestead.
Can Operate the Mill Anyway.
"W have received no communication
from them yet and are going right ahead
with the intention of starting the works
Monday. I have had no word from tho
company's Pittsburg office about the pro
posed strike. Of course if the men strike
the tcale is broken. As far as we are con
cerned here the report has not caused us
any anxiety. If the men want to quit I
guess the mill can be run anyway."
The other side of the story is told by Mr.
Thorton, a member of the Amalgamated
committee from Beaver Falls, which at
tended Tuesday's meeting in Lawrence
ville. "We are now waiting on the com
pany's answer," said he. "At the meeting
held in Lawrence" ville Tuesday it was giveu
48 hours to grant a conference to the
locked-out men at Homestead or have
the men in this and the Law
renceville mills strike. The time
expires at 4 o'clock to-day. What that
answer will be is not hard to anticipate.
The course of the Chairman of the company
as lar as conferences are concerned has been
mapped out by him.
An Adverse Answer Expected.
"He has repeatedly said he would grant
no more' conferences to the locked-out men
t V i
m
at Homestead. The fact though that three
more of his mills will shut down may
some effect on him.
"To-day at 10 o'clock th three lo A. . -
Beaver .Falls-will hold a meetinc? ,-
situation will be discussed and a coulv.
mapped out If the company refuses to
grant another conference, then a mass
meeting of the worklngmen of Beaver
......iu ucarci uuuiibv iii ue iiciu. j.o jt
will be to-morrow it it is held. It will be7
o uig meeting as tbere arc ou ainerent
labor organizations in the county. "
MAs regnrds our course in calling a strike,
I would say: "We cannot conscientiously
go ahead and work for a company that is
fighting union labor. If they lose, defeat
would certainly come to us so'pner or later.
This strike must come some time if the
Homestead mills were 'to be operated by
non-union labor.
May Operate trie Deserted Mills.
"Two years ago, when P. R. Dillon took
the management of this plant a 10, a 12 "and
an 18-inch mill were in operation at Beaver
Falls. Owing to a disagreement between
Division Headquarters.
him and the men over a matter of wages
the three mills were shut down
and have not been run since.
The machinery in the 12-inch mill has been
moved to the company's Twenty-ninth street
works, Pittsburg. The other two mills
stand just as they were deserted two years
ago. It is now the opinion here that if the
Homestead plant is started, non-union bil
lets from there will be sent to Beaver Falls
to be worked in these mills. Of course, we
would not work them and there would be a
strike."
"If vou strike and the company tries to
make its Beaver Falls plant non-union, will
it be opposed so bitterly as at Homestead?"
was asked.
"We will certainly stand up for our
rights," he answered. " "Vhat measures we
will resort to I do not care to state. "We
realize that if we go into the fixht it is the
one great event of our union's life, and to
lose is lasting defeat.
Claim They Can't Find Vorkmn-
'If we go into this fight and are whipped
it will be in reality a losing victory to the
comnany. The Beaver Falls plant does a
work that every man cannot do. It takes
years to learn our business. Several yeats
ago, when the Braddock mills were made
non-union, the company thought it would
run them with all sorts of men. The result
of this is that even to the present time the
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plant is not a paying investment. This
will be the same way at Beaver Falls it the
works are made non-union."
The Beaver Falls Amalgamated lodges
have also adopted the following explanatory
resolutions:
WnEREAS, The contest at Homestead for
the past few days has spread consternation
and alarm Jiot only throughout our own na
tion, but throughout the whole world, and
If such violent outbreaks continue, lie who
studies the social condition of our country
sees capital becoming more dictatorial,
tyrannical and opnressive.
Resolved, That the only alternative for the
laboring man is to contend for his rights.
Where he is to fight his battle on his own
ground he must he qualified to light mental
and moral battles as well as physical.
Resolved, That we. Energy No. Ill, Morn
ing Star 120, and Dh Igo 123 send gieetingd to
our Drotners in iioinesce.iu, ana mat we
pledge ourselves to stand by them In their
unequal struggle for right and justice.
Lnwrencevllle Men Threaten to Strike.
It is expected that this afternoon at 0
o'clock the Upper and Lower Union Mills
ot the Carnegie tsteei uompany win close
down indefinitely. A movement of this
character has been expected for several
days, but no definite action was taken
until Tuesday afternoon. At a meeting of
the workmen it was said a unanimous de
cision was made to strike. The object of
the employes is to aid the locked-out
Homestead workers.
It is stated on good authority that there
are 600 Amalgamated men in the various
departments where skilled labor is em
ployed in the Edgar Thomson works. There
are three lodges in Braddock. There is
some rumors that similar action will be
taken there. Meetings have been held to
discuss the Homestead situation, and some
very emDbatic addresses were made on the
rights of iron and steel workers.
The Duquesne workmen are said to have
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gone so far as to state they are ready to
come out at any moment if necessary and
will support the locked out Homestead
workers.
Only Ask for a Conference.
Ex-CnnnMlrmin "Rnhprt "Warren, of the
Fifteenth ward, a leading spirit in the new j
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Jc
I movement, when questioned last evening,
J said: "We have given the Carnegie Steel
MJompajfy our ultimatum and will stand by
vVThere is nothing more for us io do but
QoSn work to-morrow. The night turn
'Of- if "0 on at all, and the day turn will
or S o'clock that is if the
An ImprovUed Tent.
tead men another conference or meet them
and try to fix up the differences. "We only
ask the company to meet the Homestead
men halfway.
"As is well known everyone was sur
prised when it was announced that the
Carnegie Company had signed the scale in
the three mills. One explanation I can
give for this is that the firm fully realized
that they could not defeat the uhole Amal
gamated Association at the same time so
they conclnded to do it by inches."
Very Little Opposition to the Move.
At 9 o'clock this morning there will be
another meeting of the employes. The
leaders in the movement are well pleased
over the hearty co-operation of the men in
all departments, there being hardly any op
position. The leaders declare there never
was a strike in their experience where there
was so little opposition.
Secretary Lovejoy, of the Carnegie Steel
Company, was seen yesterday and asked
what action the company would take in the
matter. He said: "We will consider the
matter when the men go out and not be
fore." A meeting of "the Board of Directors of
the Carnegie Company was called yesterday
afternoon to take action in 'regard to the
proposed strike in the three mills, but
what decision had been reached could not
be learned.
KiThe workmen are all confident that while
the Amalgamated Association did not order
the strike they will confirm their action
and aid them in every way.
Sympathy From the K. of I
At ft meeting of representatives of Dis
trict No. 3 of the Knights of Labor, held
last evening, resolutions were adopted,
copies of which will be sent to Mayor
Gourley and the officials of the Amalga
mated Association at Homestead. The reso
lutions extended sympathy to the locked
out workmen and opposed the action of the
firm. ,
Besides the. above,,'the following resolu
tions'were adoDted:
Wheheas, Andrew Carnegie has adopted
arbitrary and-nncalled for methods in re
ducing wagesin order to build monuments,
by which his name may become famous;
theiefore, belt
Resolved, That we call on th officers of
Pittsourc and Councils to recall the accept
ance of the lecent ulf t of a publio library to
the worklngmen of this city.
Resolved, That we declare that the honest
worklngmen of Pittsburg cannot, without
loss of manhood and self respect, accept a
gift that has been purchased in the blood
of our lellow workmen.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be handed to Hon. If. L Gourley to be pre
sented to Councils, and a copy be sent to
officers of Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers.
During the meeting each and every local
delegate was enjoined to report back to the
local assembly which he represented and
urge the members to see the Councilman in
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their respective wards and ask these Coun
cilmen to use their influence in having the
gift ot Andrew Carnegie returned. Before
the close of the meeting a committee of five
uas appointed to see Mayor Gourley at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon and present him
with a copy of the above resolutions.
SHERIFF W1XI. ASSUME CHAEGE.
Unwarranted Arrests JLead to a Change of
Government at Homestead.
A conference was held last night between
Major General Snowden, and the officers of
his staff concerning the arbitrary arrest of
strangers yesterday by special policemen of
tho borough, and it was decided to institute
measures looking to an abolition of the
police force, and the assumption of com
plete nutbority by Sheriff McCIeary, with
the military forces as his deputies.
It is understood that Sheriff McCIeary
considers the local government temporarily
suspended since he took charge, and it is
probable that orders will be issued this
morning, announcing this to the people. It
is also probable that the headquarters of the
Advisory Committee will be placed in
charge of the Sheriff.
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Dstalls of the Regiments Collecting Eqnlp
ajje for the Encampment.
The local stations were dotted with blue
uniforms yesterday. Details from the
Fifth, Tenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Eighteenth Begiments of the
Second Brigade were on their way to their
respective armories to moss the field furni
ture of their kitchens. The local details
were in charge of commissioned officers,
and the country regiments had detailed
sergeants. Captain Henry Schmidt com
manded, the details from 'the Fourteenth
Begiment, and Lieutenant Benicker had in
charge the men from the Eighteenth In
fantry. Stoves, dishes and cooks will go to
the front at 7 o'clock this morning, and to
all intent3 and purposes the annual en
camnment will commence.
St. John's Law Partner for Governor.
TOrrKA, July 13. The State Prohibition
Convention to-dav nnminntArl tnr Hnvomni.
L O. Pickring, of Olathe, law partner of J
ex-Governor St. John, I
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C "VCVfe110' reconsider the proposi
otN. 9&L tem yesterday. "We did
"not mik. q- jusual demand. All we
ask is thar rnpany will give the Home-
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COMMITTEE
The McKinley Bill Dragged
Into the Homestead
Investigation.
NO PARTISANSHIP, THOUGH
Mass of Testimony Already Col
lected in the Two Days.
Hugh O'DonneU Tells the Story of tha
Battle in a Straightforward Manner
President Weihe Explains the "Work
man's Side of the Scale Question
William Roberts Claims the Winter
Termination of the Wage Contract Is
to Starve the Men Into Submission
Ex-Sheriff Gray Gives His Experience
on tho Little BUI An Exciting Night.
From 9 o'clock in the morning until 2
and from 4 until 0:30 in the afternoon
these were the hours put in yesterday by
the Congressional Investigating Committee
in its second day's work. Enough testi
mony, has been collected already about the
unfortunate Homestead affair to fill a vol
ume, and the committee has not finished.
The end will no doubt be reached to-day.
Chairman Oates is sustaining his reputa
tion as a worker. The Southern Colonel
has a remarkable amount of energy, and he
accomplishes more in a day with his left
CbnflreMnujn Boatner, of Zouisiana, the JUbsl
Inquisitive Member of the Committee.
arm than most men do with both hands.
He conducts the examination of witnesses
himself, and after he has covered the ground
he appeals to his fellow members to ask
what questions they may desire.
Judge Taylor looks after the Itepublican
side of the Honse, but he has a very able
colleague in Judge Broderick, of Kansas.
Made a Very Good Impression.
The committee has made an exceedingly
favorable impression on the capitalists and
workmen involved. The ability of its mem
bers is conceded by everybody,
and their integrity and earnest
ness are unquestioned. Three of the
members of the committee, Messrs. Oates,
Broderick and Taylor, have been judges,
and Bynum and Boatner are lawyers of con
siderable ability. Both sides are congratu
lating themselves that men of judicial
training have been selected to do the work.
Nothing of a political character is allowed
to creep into the investigation, but a tilt on
the tariff occurs occasionally and it is
almost unavoidable. Burges3 McLuckie in
bis testimony yesterday dragged in the Mc
Kinley bill, and it resulted in a lively
cross-examination by Judge Taylor.
A Minority Keport Threatened.
Boatner, who is aggressive and irre
pressible, always upholds the Democratic
side of the issue. Chairman Oates joined
him for a 'moment in the afternoon, but the
discussion was soon stopped. Judge Tay
lor hinted that he might make a minority
report and Colonel Oates replied that it was
his privilege. Jndge Broderick so far
has steered dear of the tariff question. He
is more interested in getting the views of
witnesses about compulsory arbitration.
This is his solution for labor difficulties. In
the main, however, both Republicans and
Democrats alike are outspoken against the
Pinkerton system of supplying armed
guards, and if a national en
actment will stop the employment
of these detectives, the committee will cer
tainly make such a recommendation in its
report- For that matter the committee is
willing to report any plan suggested that
will prevent labor outbreaks in the
future.
Congressmen Boatner seems to be strongly
on the side of the workmen. He asks some
very sharp and direct questions. He is a
great believer in enforcement of law by the
legally appointed officers, and he says he
can't understand why the Sheriff ot Alle
gheny county was unable to maintain order.
His questions point in the direction of
fixing the responsibility of the Homestead
riot-
The TVItnesse Who Testified.
Among the witnesses who testified yester
day were Chairman H. C. Frick, Hugh
O'Donnell, William Weihe, Sheriff Mc
CIeary and his deputy McCluley, Burgess
McLuckie, William Roberts and ex-Sheriff
Gray.
Mr. Frick and his attorneys, Messrs.
Knox and Reed, were present all day. The
Chairman of the firm listened attentively to
the statements of the workmen. Attorney
Petty was there to see that Sheriff Mc
CIeary got through all right, and W. J.
Brennen, the lawyer for the Amalgamated
Association, watched the proceedings in
tently. He sat apart from the labor side,
evidently satisfied that his people
could take care ot themselves, as
they did very nicely. Nobody was
pressed against the wall, and the
aim of the committee is to get a plain state
ment of facts from everybody, and any sug
gestion of a remedy for labor troubles is
noted and appreciated.
The crowd of visitors was larger than on
the day before. William Reardon was
noticed among the people in the afternoon.
He said he was there only as a spectator.
The fact that the investigation is hldin
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