ms&mw& i -"J.? OCEAN AND MOUNTAINS Are Tery attractive J nst now. Tho best resort hotel advertisements are published to-day in THE DISPATCH. W' PWrt wiratrf). OCEAN AND MOUNTAINS Are very attraetlrefHStnotr. The bet resort hotel advertisements are published, to-day in THE DISPATCH. L FORTY SEVENTH TEAR SOME CAME OUT, OTHERS 010 NOT, There Is a Division of Opin ion as to theAdYisaML ity of tlio Strike. UEION MILLS STOP WOBK. Beaver Falls Workmen Take a More Conservative Course. The 3,000 Men in the Upper and Lower Mills Walk Out as the Day's Turn Is Finished Everything Is Quiet at the Plant The Company Will Enclose the Works With a High Board Fence Both Sides Have Little to Say The Beaver Falls Employes Will Hold Another Meeting This Morning. The 3,000 men in the Upper and Lower mills oi the Carnegie Steel Company, Lim ited, at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon walked out of the works, with the hope that their striking would aid the locked out steel workers of Homestead. This second act in the Homestead diffi culty was not unlooked for by the majority of the Amalgamated men. Last Tuesday the committee, which waited on the Chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company Limited, to demand that he grant a confer ence to the locked out men of Homestead or the employes of the Lawrenceville and Beaver Falls plants would strike.got a final answer. Tile Company's Final Answer. That answer was that no more conferences would be granted to the Homestead men. Even with such a reply the men had a hope. They thought that by giving the company 48 hours to think over the matter it would consider its course, and rather than let these 3,700 men strike give to the Home stead men the privileges asked for. The company, however, was steadfast in holding the position it had taken. So complete was the shutdown yesterday that a few minutes after the day turn had finished its work not a soul was left in the big plant but a few watchmen. The labor ers, too, lesponded to the request of the Amalgamated men, and the stoppage of the plant for a time at least is complete. Last night the fires were gradually dying, and this morning, for the first time in seven years, the great machinery is silent. Strikers Are Acting Quietly. "When the men left the mill, they left it entirely. Going directly to their homes the workmen changed their clothes and again reappeared on the streets. ' There they gatnered in groups, quietly talking over the big task they had undertaken. -No unusual excitement was noticed, every man seemingly being on his good behavior. During the entire evening none of them went in the neighborhood of the plant. Another notable feature was the few drunken men. A great effort will be made to keep the men within the bounds of the law. They realize that any breaches of jus tice would hurt their cause considerably. The men all think their course is a wise one. They say it is not a matter dictated by the Amalgamated Association, but a movement personally made. The strikers claim they will stay out until the Home stead men are granted another hearing. When this is done the men say they are willing to go back to work. How tho Works Will Bo Protected. The management anticipate no trouble from the strikers, but to insnre better pro tection will put more watchmen in its mills. The gjuards are to be supplied by a local de tective agency. A fence similar to the one enclosing the Homestead plant will be built around the Lawrenceville works. Manager Dillion said yesterday that he bad not made up his mind yet whether he would run the plant with non-union labor. Further than this he would not talk on the position the company is now in. In an swer to the question what effect this strike would have on the signing of the Home stead scale, Mr. Dillion said that would be an after consideration. Amalgamated Officials Non-Commlttal. When asked if he thought the closing down of the Union mills would benefit the Homestead workmen, Treasurer Edward Keii, of the Amalgamated Association, last evening said: "The matter is the talk of the streets, and the opinions upon the subject are varied. Of course, I have my own idea of the matter, but do not care to venti late it We have yet some conferences to hold with manufacturers and anything I might say upon the subject would possibly do the association an injury." President Weihe, Secretary Madden, As sistant President Garland and Assistant Secretary Kilgallon were equally non-committal upon the subject. The strike in the Lawrenceville mills will in time have its effect on the Keystone Bridge Company. This concern is a part of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, and depends on the Lawrenceville mills for ma terial, and if the strike is to last any length of time it must necessarily shutdown ior want of material. Beaver Falls Men Undecided. The Beaver Falls men did not agree upon striking yesterday afternoon, but have de cided to change their course of procedure and view the matter from all sides before taking such a step. It was intended yesterday morning to hold a meeting of the three Amalgamated lodges of the Beaver Falls employes, but owing to the non-appearance of Vice Presi dent Shehan, of the Amalgamated Associa tion, and the Advisory Committee of that district, also a committee from Car negie's Twenty-ninth and -Thirty-third street mills and a committee from the Homestead mills, the meeting adjourned until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The men met at 3 o'clock, but the Pittsburg and Homestead people failed again to put in an appearanoe and the meeting was con tinued until 10 o'clock this morning. A ielefiraov-frem .too Pittsburg partles-atateeV that they had missed the train. The men will act very carefully before they decide Lto go out, and it is for that reason that they want to meet the above committees so tnat a clear view of the situation can be gotten. Doubtful of the Kfllcicy. Tho men are extremely close mouthed about what they will do, and there seems to-be a disposition, on the majority of the men to resume work on Monday, which is the time set for the mills to again begin op erations. Said one prominent member of the Amalgamated Association: "We wish to go very carefully in this matter and for that reason have sent for an officer of the association and committees from the Car negie mills The firm has signed our scale as we presented it; we have no grievances, and if we go out it will be for the moral effect it will have on our locked-out breth ren at Homestead. Many of us think the moral effect will amount to but little and will only result in throwing ns out of em ployment However, we are open to con victions, and if we can be convinced that our going out will benefit our brethren at Homestead we will vote to the man in favor of it, and do so cheerfully." Yesterday afternoon the Carnegie Com pany bad the followingnotice inserted in the Beaver papers to remain three days: "The nail mills will resume operations on Mon day, July 18. Carnegie, Phipps & Com pany." Owing to the uncertainty of the actions of the men at the hourit was hauded to the newspapers it looks significant Nothing could be learned at the office of the mills. WILL RETURN THE ARMS. UomrstraJ's Locked-Oat Men Beady to Give Cp lln Winchesters Captnred From the Pinkertons Don't Want to Fight Gnarrit Causes Ko Comment, Hugh O'Donnell, the leader of the men, appeared at a telegraph office in Homestead yesterday, and with hurried steps crossed the open threshold and asked for the sup erintendent That stont and ponderous i V IIHAD Or TITE COLUMIT Or TIIE individual escorted O'Dounell into a corner of the room, where the pair indulged In a whispered conference. A moment later O'Donucll picked np a telegraph blank and hastily wrote a telegram. This dispatch was addressed to W. U. Hensel, Harris burg, Ta. The gist of this important message to the Attorney General of Pennsylvania was: "The citizens of Homestead desire to know the best way and the proper time to deliver to the recognized agents of the State, or the malitia now in camp in Home stead, all the Winchester lifles and other firearms surrendered bythe Pinkerton men in the recent trouble." This telegram was signed by Hugh O'Donnell, who paid the tolls then and there and watched with more than passing interest who started the message on its way to Harrisburg. Mr. O'Donnell was immediately interviewed by a number of newspaper men. He was not over anxious to talk for publication, but npon being pressed he made this brief explanatory statement: "The people of Homestead desire to pre vent, if possible, any future conflict and we have decided to turn over to the proper authorities all the arms and ammunition taken from the Pinkertons. We are law abiding citizens and we intend to demon strate the truth of this assertion to the world at large. That is all I have to say on the subject" When the news of this latest move on the part of the mill men was brought to Gen eral Snowden that dignified commander ex pressed himself as thoroughly pleased, and praised with as much enthusiasm as could reasonably be expected from an officer of his rank the action of the locked-out men. Aside from this diplomatic episode, the day proved dull and common-place to the strikers and their friends. The presence of military guards on the streets created little excitement among the people. At midnight Hugh O'Donnell, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, received an auswer to his telegram, but declined to malie it public. HOMESTEAD RESOLUTIONS. The Paper Carrier's Union Resolves that Councils Should Refuse Carnegie's Gift Pinkerton Detectives and the Iron King's Methods Unanimously Con demned. American Federation of Labor, Paper Carrier's Union Ka 5230, met yesterday afternoon and passed strong condemnatory resolutions against the Carnegie Company and the Pinkerton detectives, as well as memorializing councils to return to Andrew Carnegie his gift 'library The meeting was largely attended owing to the notices sent out calling attention to its object After a lengthy discussion of the Homestead situation a committee, consist ing of Thomas Matthews, John Bitter, Rob ert Barbin, Gottleib Bichter and Joseph Boyle, was appointed to draft resolutions, and their report was adopted unanimously. It follows: Whereas, Tho trouble at Itomestead and its disastrous Jesuits caused by an army of Pinkerton thugs under the name of detec tives invading the peabelul borough of Homestead, armed to shoot down peaceful citizens who were standing tor thefr rights, their homes and the means to earn a decent living for tbelr families, has caused a thrill of horror and indignation to pass through the civilized world. Whereas, The primary cause of what lias resulted In bloodshed and loss cf life was In tended to be a friendly contost in which peace and reason was to be tho great factors, and was met by force and bloodshed, this bloodshed and loss of life In our opinion should be placed where it belongs; there fore. Resolved, That Paper Carriers Union 6230 heartily sympathize with our brother work lngmen of Homestead in the calamity that has befallen them, and pledge them our moral, physical and financial support In their resistance. Kesolved, That we believe the time baa arrived w hen the working men a nd all good citlsens should see the folly of receiving publio sop in the shape of monuments to Andrew Carnegie at the expense of his em ployes and of the taxpayers who must sun- poriUieD3iaajiiat-wo:cfaiuj?onicui:eta:i PITTSBURG, FRIDAY. JULY 15. officers ana members of Councils to le call the lecent gilt of a publio librniy to the city of Pittsburg under tho gnle of a benefit to the worklngmon, but wlilch can not, without loss of pride to our city, man hood and self-rospect, be accepted; such Hbraiy would always bo an eyesore to tho working people, and ourprar is that liis gift bo banded back to Mr. Curnegle. Kesolvnd, Tliat copies of this resolution bo submitted to the officers or the Amal gamated Association and to the Mayor or the city, with a request that he have them presented to the City Councils. DYNAMITE CONFISCATED. Fifty Pounds of the ExDlnslve Found a City Farm Station. trnoH a STArF coRREsroKnixT. Homestead, July 14. Provost Marshal Green was given a "tip" this evening that a lot of dynamite had been stored at Cify Farm station. The story came so straight that it was at once investigated. A guard was sent in a hurry to the place named, and sure enough 50 pounds of the terrible explosive were found. It was care fully, almost tenderly, taken away and placed where it wouldn't be quite so handy to the mill. Another dispatch says: A private wan dering about Munhall station this after noon noticed two queer-looking boxes under a seat in the waiting room. He kicked one of them gently, to see whether was anything in it There happened to be half a dozen milk men in the room at the time, and they all ran out The soldier became suspicious and called the provost guard. A dozen soldiers answered to his call, and they opened one of the boxes In a rather reckless fashion. They found 25 pounds of stick dynamite in it They opened the other box with more care, and found 25 pounds of the same ma terial The two boxeB were carried to the Provost Marshal's quarters and there doused with water. EEADT TO GIVE BELIEF. A Mass Meeting of the Men Called for This Morning. At a late hour last night the Advisorv PHILADELPHIA CITY TROOP. Committee issued a call for a mass meeting of the locked-out men to be held at the Opera House this morning. The object of the meeting is to appoint a relief commit tee. The duty or this committee is to be the distribution of all moneys sent to Home stead by out-of-town labor organizations. Every 6hopkeeper in Homestead will-be notified to honor all orders issued by the Belief Committee. They will be repaid out of the general treasury of the Associa tion. LOOKING FOR THE TIDE, Which Is Reported on Its Way to Home stead Vt llh More PlnksrtoDS. Homestead, July 15. 1 a. m. There is a well-defined rumor abroad at this writ ing that a barge of non-union men and Pinkerton guards is now on the way to Homestead. The voyagers, so the story goes, are being towed up the river from Pittsburg by the steamer Tide. Theie is an air of mystery about Camp Black this morning which is suspicious, to say the least A double guard of pickets now surrounds the mill on every side. There are guards stationed 15 paces apart from the Provost marshal's tents, at the in tersection of Eighth avenue and Heisel street, down to the water front Squads of soldiers now stand on almost every street corner, and both railway stations are being closely watched. In tho lower rooms of the headquarters of the mill men, at present occupied by the Postal Telegraph Company, 50 soldiers are quartered to-night The town is strangely quiet, but the silence is ominous. There is no doubt that the leaders of the mill men suspect that something extraordinary is on the carpet As yet none of them have retired, but they are" a unit in refusing to talk for publication. It is absolutely impossible to interview General Snowden, or any member ot his staff, as the guards about headquar ters have special instructions to allow no one to pass through the lines. BOYS HATE GBOWN OLDER, But Their Badges Trll Their Skill as So dlers and Marksmen. "Many people think there is a great deal of play soldier in the National Guard," said a militiaman while the dress parade was going on yesterday. "That is a grand consummation of that military spirit we evinced as children when we put on a tin bucket ior a helmet, used the lid ot a clothes boiler for a shield, and with a tin sword in our hand rushed forth to dare, do or die in conflict with a gate post or some other Imaginary foe; but they are greatly mistaken. Those medals worn by nearly everyone of the boys mean something. You can imagine what deadly work they could do with their muskets when you know that every marksman or copper medal worn means that the wearer has at target practice at least made 25 points ont of a possible 50, shooting five times each from 200 and 500-yard range, and the wearer of the sharpshooter or silver medals have made 45 points out of a possi ble 50, shooting at the same ranges. "This would not be so significant if it were not for the fact that the men who do not wear'thera are few and far between, as it is required by the State that at least 35 out of each company shall qualify eaoh year. No; I hardly think they would call it play ing were we ever called into action." SENSATIONAL YOUNGSIOWH ETM0E. Reports That Abbott Is Gathering Non Union Men tor Homestead. ATonDgstown, O., telegram last night stated that W. L. Abbott was there secur ing non-union men to work in the milL The telegram also stated that David Ken nedy, an employe at Homestead, who had been visiting relatives there, was ordered to return to work Monday. Owing to the peaceful condition of affairs here the news is not regarded ss reliable. Mr. Abbott has retired from active work in the company, which also makes DeoDe here fcfeJtaiyrUfesJtwyj. , -W GETTING DOWN TO Camp Sam Black Takes on the Air of a Pleasant Summer Eetreat. COLONEL HAWKINS'MADUP He Makes a -Lively Battle for Tents for Bis Command, And While His Soldiers Are Covered Only by the Blue Canopy of Heaven They Attract the Pretty Glrla and Are Happy in the Condition That Surrounds Them All the Soldiers Turn Out on Dresa Parade, and They Delight a Great Crowd That Gathers to Watch Them Incidents of th& Day at the Enforced Encampment. The citizen soldiers at Camp Sam Black, in and around Homestead, spent yesterday in perfecting arrangements ior what now promises to be an enjoyable encampment The Eighth Regiment on the Home stead side of the river iu close touch to the headquarters of Major General Snowden, are completely under canvas and are down to the routine of camp life, but the Fourth, Tenth and Four teenth Begiments on the opposite side of the river are in the position a soldier wonld have chosen had be been called there for ac tive duty. There are no tents, no ice or no anything that goes to make camp life bear able. The absence of the tents and equipments from this section of the encampment kept it in constant confusion yesterday and Colonel Hawkins, who is in command, made" the hills and dales in his immediate neighbor hood ring. The Tents of the Tenth Are tost When Colonel Hawkins has a grievance he lets everybody know it, and at noon yes terday when he found his men without their full share and allotment of all the comforts of a well regulated camp, he kept his staff on a constant run bearing emphatic and positive messages to the general headquar ters and hurrying to and from the telegraph office with explicit and peremptory orders to the railroad company, who it was claimed had lost the car in which the tents had been shipped. He even kept the signal corps wigwagging the whole afternoon in their effort to spell out like a deaf and dumb conversation the Colonel's indignation. The tents had not yet been located last night, and Colonel Hawkins looked and seemed to feci just as he looked and seemed to feel in the annual encampment at Gettysburg eight years ago, vrhenin response to a rather pointed com-' mand from-'Sthe Governor's orderly, he shouted ont with more emphasis than con sideration, "Tell Beaver to go to thunder. I ,will be on the field with my command promptly on time." The orderly reported to Governor Beaver jnst what Colonel Hawkins bad said. Colonel Hawkins Won the Fight. Of course an investigation followed, and there were threats of a court martial, but Hawkins produced his written order to take the field at a specified time, and Governor Beaver apologized to the gallant Colonel of the Tenth Begiment, and instead of court martialing " him he was applauded for his soldiery conduct in at least obeying orders implicitly. If last night Colonel Hawkins could have found who was responsible for the exposure to which his command was sub jected through the absence of tents, he would no doubt have sent to him a more pointed suggestion than that sent to his Commander in Chief. Colonel Hawkins is jealously careful of his somewhat distressed command. He is confident that every man in the Fourth, Tenth and Fourteenth Begiments is a born soldier, and it now seems that. he will not be entirely happy until he has secured for each man a separate tent, a box of ice and a feather bed. His men, however, are not suffering much from their inconvenient surroundings, Their parade ground extends up almost to Swissvale, where a little army of pretty girls watch with glowing satisfaction the mystifying maneuvers of the blue coats. This pleasure is not enjoyed by the boys on the hillside across the river, who have more tents, more ice aud better beds, but not nearly so much real satisfaction aud not a bit better mess. Both Home Regiments Are Happy. The Fourteenth Begiment is entirely con tent, and prefer the shade of their encampment, the smiles of their pretty visitors and their generous commissery to the warlike appearance of their fellews across the river, while Colonel Smith, of the Eighteenth Begiment, says his com mand have already been sufficiently sun burned to relieve them of the necessity of going to the seashore this summer. ) No sickness was reported at camp Sam Black yesterday. The rolls of the com panies are being corrected, and it was said that 5,000 men are on duty. The rolls will be made perfect to-day. Batteries B and C, and all the regiments on the Homestead side of the river, were out on dress parade last night. The Four teenth, Fourth and Tenth Begiments spent the evening on the drill ground. Every man, woman and child in Homestead turned out to witness tne parades. The motley crowd gathered at the base of the big Car negie's bill, pressed- closer to the barbed wired fences, and gazing over the waste of emerald turf impatiently waited the coming of the troops. They had not long to wait Homestead Treated to a Dress Parade. The martial sounds grew louder, and as they increased in strength aad volume a lonely trooper monnted on a black horse appeared on the crest of the tent-covered slope. He looked down on the assembled populace, and for a moment sat motionless on his horse, as if entranced by what he saw. Then he turned his head and shouted an order to those behind. - There was a brief delay, and then this trooper urged his steed down the precipitous road, and a few wise men below told their compan ions thas the column was moving. And then the hearts ot the spectators beat faster and their pulse quickened. They saw the men of the Third Brigade moving down npon them. First they saw a squad of drummer boys, and then behind a stream of trained humanity decked in garments of bine and armed with guns and swords. It was indeed a moving spectacle of the pomp and vanities of the science of modern war fare. Tlje mischievous sun god shot shafts of golden light on the acres of gleaming bayonets, and, with a .flood of ill-timed radiance, blinded the eyes of the advancing host But never fora moment did it waver. iCjurtftidM5lz.Jllelijyii. Ji9 ROUTINE 3892-TWELVE PAGES myriad tents and tethered horses of the cavalrymen, and across the multifold banks and miniature ravines, it moved with meas ured step, until the drummers arrived within a hundred feet of the provost mar shal's camp. A Scene of Martial Splendor. There the men halted, and resting on their arms awaited the coming of their comrades. The men of the Ninth Begi ment are a big-boned, deep-chested lot, aud as they stood in the center of the field with their guns "at order" the curious specta tors applauded them to the echo. But then a strange and beautiful scene was unfolded. On either side of the great hill appeared the other trooDS ot the brigade. They marched in two divisions, the one to the left headed by the Eighth Begiment, and that of the right flank led by the Twelfth Bogiment Soon the uneven field was blue with uniforms and gay with the fluttering flags and pennants. Thev lined up these gentle men of the Third Brigade, with the Ninth Begiment guarding the left flank and the Twelfth Begiment drawn up at the extreme right of the line. Between these two com- mands were the Eighth aud Thirteenth Begi ments. Captain J. Frank Supplee, a prominent citizen of Baltimore and a very big man in the Maryland militia, being a captain in the Maryland Greys, the crack regiment of the State, watched the maneuvers of the brigade with a critical eye. Tho ironoml fnrtfintion was that of a close column of masses, the companies being close columns on the nrst division ngunu front This intricate movement ot the 1,800 men in line was very prettily done ..Jt.nlnin aTDitllir 15 minutes. This is record-beating time considering the uneven ground, wnen tne coiunm waa jciciijr lined and each regiment had In turn gone i..Ai.ni. tio manual nf arms, the brigade s big band intoned the "sound off," after wnica me comunsswuiiu vu....... ..- -.. front and reported. A Record-Breaking Movement Then General Gobin, commanding the brfeade.subjected the tolumn-to the brigade drill. The movements were wonderfully well executed and when the last command had been obeyed and the parade had been dismissed, Supplee, the Maryland expert, gravely affirmed that it was, considering the rough ground, the greatest dress parade he had ever witnessed. The shades of eventide were fast gather ing, and the men of Battery B were prepar ing to fire the sunset gun, when the troops marched back to their tents. General Snowden and a party of ladies viewed the narade and drill from his headquarters on Lookout Mount, and alter it Was air over warmly congratulated General Gobin. Old militai-y.msn who witnessed the spectacle declared that the first brigade parade in the history of Camp Sam Black was a thing of beauty. HONE CAN BEAT THEM. Tho Twelfth Begiment Demands Consider ationThe Signaling System. "One would be led to suppose from read ing the Pittsburg papers that the Four teenth and Eighteenth Begiments are the only regiments up here worth taking note of," said Captain McCliutock, of the Twelfth Begiment of Lock Haven. "Now take our regiment, for instance, I suppose we have the best organization in the'State. Every one of our men have qualified them selves as marksmen, even to the Chaplain. Our armory is acknowledged by all to be one of the finest in the country, fully equipped with a rifle range and all the conveniences that could be desired. We have 12 miles of telegraph wire connecting 12 offices, which is sustained by the members of the regiment at a cost ot 51,200 a year. Some may tie us, but none can beat" Captain McClintock is the only "United States signal officer In the State Guards. He had charge ot the signaling yesterday. He sent some 40 messages during the day to the Provision Brigade headquarters across the river. In the service the Morse telegraph code is used, but this could be easily read by the enemy, so each message is followed by a figure, which is the key, known to no one but the highest officers. Quite an amount of interest was shown in the signaling. TIBED OF THEIH OLD GUNS Battery B Is Ashamed of Their Munitions of War. The condition of the gun carriages of Bat tery B, excepting the Gattling guns, is a cause of constant grieving among the boys. They take you up and point out the rusty boltfe dropping out of the rotten wood with tears in their eyes, and show you the broken castings, saying, with tremulous voice, "To think that this is the very cream of what we have." It is surprising that the amunition boxes do not drop from the wheels or vice versa. It seems to be a contest as to which will rot the faster. The gattling guns are the only pieces that are in order but with these manipulated by Battery B's boys no man's life would be safe within 500 yards. THE NEW TACTICS They Confuse Some of the Boys, Wlillo the Old Code Confuses Others. The new code of tactics has been intro duced in camp for the first time at Camp Black. The dress parade yesterday was held by both the old and new codes. Some of the recently recruited men have never been drilled in the old tactics, so when the order came for "support arms" there was quite a division ot opinion as to .what this meant. Some of the men carried "Porte arms" which was the nearest approach to the order given that they knew, there being no 'support arms" in "the new code. U'hey quickly , discovered their error, however, and their contusion was hardly noticeable. A SUGGESTIVE ADVERTISEMENT. Two Hundred Watchmen Wanted for Some ' Place Out of New York State. A day or so ago an advertisement ap peared in a New York paper for 200 able bodied men to go out of the State and act iu case of need as private watchmen. Officials ot the Carnegie Company dis claim all knowledge of the advertisement, and declare in positive language that the watchmen are not wanted lor the Home stead mills. Bobert A. Pinkerton has de nied all knowledge of thejiublication and CAKBTING A MILTTIAMAK OVEr.COlIE BY TIIE HEAT. thinks tho chances arc the advertisement was published byjsouie one desirious of in citing trouble. A FREE COINAGE WAKE Being Heid by the Friends of the Fad Mr. Bland Tredlcts Cleveland's Election, But Hints at the Loss or the Houip. " Irroir a staff correspond Eirr.l 'Wasjtgton, July 14. The echoes of the d' Olhe silver bill are more orninf Va defeat itself. Awhile the free coi IPOn, vg"Snt valiantly, at no time SG)t- O hope of success. They simply "f?j0 iPer l!P and labored to make thc5 tyj. -nt for all it was worth. i" i'' To-day all is confusion ijt p Democratic ranks. Accusation and crimination are the order of the time. Mr. Bland, while as serting his unalloyed fealty to the Demo cratic party, informs the Democratic oppo nents of free silver that they have com mitted party suicide. The dethroned king of the free silver movement was not visible last evening after the humiliating defeat of the Stewart bill under the leadership of the high-tariff, anti-free coinage Bepublicans. but to-day he bad taken heart of grace and was ready to predict the disastrous results of vesterday's work. "Free coinage is dead," said Mr. Bland, "unless some unexpected force comes to the front to resurrect it If Cleveland be elected next November no attempt will be made to introduce or press a free coinage bill. On the other hand, if Harrison be elected, the Democrats who to-day aban doned the financial colors of their party will return to the fold and vote ior a free silver bill at some time dnring the short session." I suggested that the logical and proper thing to do in this contingency was for the free silver Democrats to do all they could to bring about the election of Harrison. "Oh, of course we can't do that," said Mr. Bland. "We must fight this thing ont within party lines. We must elect Cleve land, and then teach the Democrats that the small and effete East. cannot rule the South and West We w ill assume, what seems to be the inevitable, that Cleveland will be elected. In that case there will be no effort to force upon Congress at the short session a free silver bilk There will come a reaction which will transform the political complex ion of the House. The People's party, which comes too late on the scene to make itself felt this year, will have a great repre sentation and possibly the balanoe of power. Then will come another great fight for free silver. X. x B00DLERS IN A TRAP. An Oil Company In Toledo Seems to Havo Their City Council Foul Hidden Stenog raphers Bear Their Negotiations for Receiving Big Bribes. Toledo, July 14. The special Grsnd Jury convened two days ago, reported at 5 o'clock this evening indictments for solicit ing bribes against seven- members cf the city council as follows: B. O. Manchester, George Dorer, John Dally, Frank C Tanner, B. P. Swain, Charles Neuendorf and William J. Gill. Of these, four are Democrats and three Be publicans. Manchester was formerly Chair man of the Bepublican City Committee. The offense of soliciting bribes is put by the Ohio statutes in the same category as bribery, and the penalty is not to exceed 5500 fine nor to exceed five years at hard labor in the penitentiary,or both. Five of the accused have been arrested and given $1,000 bond for their appearance at this hour 10 p. m. The other two are known to be in the city, but have not yet been plnced under arrest. The evidence which procured these indictments was obtained from the Pluto Oil Company, which desired permission to pipe certain streets to furnish crude oil for fuel to manu facturers. The combine, which embraces ten Councilmen, demanded 500 each, they agreeing to put the necessary ordinance through or refund the money. The Pluto managers determined to trap the boodlers, so they prepared a trap door in their private office under a desk. A screen of mosquito bar wes placed in front of the desk, so that the four men could conceal themselves under the floor, put their head up under the desk and sec and hear the speakers. All that happened at the conference was re corded in shorthand. KU KLUX TO TOE FRONT. The Tlllmanltes Stirring Things Cp Lively In South Carolina. Columbia, S. CL, July 14. Special The bitterness of the Democratic factional fight in South Carolina Is becoming intensi fied as the campaign progresses. The Till manites, led by Governor Tillman, are be coming more intolerant every day toward the conservatives, who are supporting ex Governor Sheppard for Governor. In Union county the Tillmnnites have revived the ICu Kiux Klati, with all its terrors, and are warning leading conservatives in country precincts to leave the county under pain of death. Night before last a band of six masked men went to the home of Eichard Harris, a poor, inoffensive white man, who has been active of late in his work for tho conservative cause. When he opened the door the gang seized him, dragged him about a quarter of a mile, stripped and blindfolded him, tied him to a tree and gave him 60 lashes over the bare back with a heavy wagon whip. They left him tied to the tree, bleeding and in a semi unconscious condition. 'Hours afterward, neighbors, hearing his cries, came to his rescue. Several other conservatives in the same neighborhood have been warned to leate at once, or suffer fearful consequences. Mean time, in his campaign speeches, Gqvernor Tillman continues to array labor against capital and class against class, and wherever his adherents are in the majority they re fuse to give the conservative campaign speakers a hearing. The primary election will be held August 30, so the campaign is not half over yet Wheeling Republicans Nominate. WrfBELlNG, July 14. Captain B B. Dovener, of Wheeling, was nominated by acclamation for Congress by the First dis trict Bepublicans in this city to-day. This is the district at present represented by John O. Pendleton, Democrat. The dis trict is close, and since 1S82 has gone four times Bepublican and once Democratic, the latter time in 1890. THREE CENTa PNKERTON MEN BE By the Congressional Commit tee Sent to PittsDiirg to Investigate THE HOMESTEAD TBOUBLE. The Matter Considered Too Serious for a Minority Eeport. Chairman Frick Again Called Upon to Testify as to the Effect of the Pro posed Scale He Declines to Talk About the Cost of Producing Finished Iron and Steel or to Give Figures on the Proflte of the Finn The Workers' Side Heard Story of tho Battle With the Pinkertons Told Again Departure or the Committee for Washington Expressions From the Members. The Congressional Committee finished the investigation of the Homestead riot yesterday afternoon, and last evening tha members returned to Washington. Tho examination of witnesses was non-partisan, except when the tariff was introduced, and the aim of both Democrats and Bepublicans was to get at the facts. At the conclusion Chairman Oates said he thought the investigation would result in a great deal of good. The committee is a unit against the Pinkerton system, and a bill will, no doubt, be Introduced against this and similar organizations as now formed. Their methods are strongly condemned. Both sides were given plenty of opportunity to explain the wage dispute, and the men and the firm replied to each other. The story of the battle from the landing of the I'inkerton.3 at Bellevne to the sur render was recited by a number of wit nesses. The committee has secured an abundance of evidence. No Minority IJeport to Be Made. Colonel Oates for the Democrats and Judge Taylor ior the Bepublicans said that no minority report would be made. The matter is too serious for division, and the committee was agreed that something must be done to prevent labor outbreaks. Judge Taylor left early in the day. After his departure in the examination of Chair man H. C. Frick, the tariff was once more dragged in. The committee does not re gard the protective system as a political issue in this case. Bynum, who bas been a member of the Ways and Means Committee, asked particularly about the operation of the tariff and its effect on wages from a Democratic standpoint He claimed that during the years of 1880 and 1881, when the iron business was most prosperous in 'the-hisjory of the country, that the importa tions were the heaviest Judge Broderlck remarked' that he was not as well posted on the tariff as Mr. Bynum, and he was sorry his colleague, Judge Taylor, had left How ever, he learned from Chairman Frick that in the years referred to the demand for Iron on account of the activity in railroad build ing was very heavy and the prices in Amer ica were high. Reduction In thn Market Prlcp. Mr. Frick stated that in recent years in spite of a tariff which is prohibitory, the production had increased and prices had dropped. This was satisfactory to Judge Broderlck. When asked at the close of the investigation if the Bepublicans would make a minority report on the tariffend of the examination, Judge Broderick said he didn't see the necessity. He thought Mr. Frick in his replies had answered Mr. By num. He said the position of both parties was well known on the tariff issue, and it is a minor consideration compared with the problem of preventing bloodshed In labor disputes. Judge Broderick slated that the members would be very busy for the balance of the term, but a report would be made on the Homestead affair before Congress ad journed. The report on the Pinkerton system will bo held for further investi gation to be made by the committee during vacation. Summiug up the work done here, the Judge said it was pretty certain that the Pinkerton svstem of arming guards would be stopped bv law. The only remedy he could see for present evils in the labor world was com pulsory arbitration. He realized that such a law would not be perfect, but it ought to be tried. No barm could be done. Betievps In lh taw's Supremacy. He stated further that the law compels people to do a great many things that they don't like to. The Judge believes in the supremacy of the law at all times. Judge Broderick doubted if it was within the province of the committee to ask ques tions about the tariff in the investigation. He was not sure that the amendment in structing the committee to probe labor troubles in reference o the tariff had passed the House. A number of resolutions had been offered, and in the excitement of the debate he was under the impression that the amendment had not been adopted. Chairman Oates was not sure, either, and said he would have to look up the record. However, the tariff was aired a little, and no damage was done. Colonel Oates rather favors arbitration with the others. He is not sure that the law could be enforced, but he believes It would have a good effect as It wonld take the dispute out of the hands of tho contend" ing parties. He advocates the radical re strictron of Immigration, and he wonld liko to see the naturalization laws changed. To Sscure Good Citlznns. Instead of having an alien file prelira inary papers, he would have him at the ex piration of a five years' residence in th country appear in court and show that he has behaved himself and is worthy of citi zenship. To make sure that he is a proper person, Colonel Oates would have the Dis trict Attorney deny all his allegations, and then make the applicant prove on a trial that he is fit to become a citizen. . Burgess McLuckie said the oommittse was fair, and the workmen are very well satisfied, so is the company. When the in- . vestigatlon was resumed yesterday morn ing the Mtne little band of Amal- MY BUM
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