fa wmm M$mft. ROOMS SOONEENTED ROOMS SOON RENTED Don't fall to end la yoar adlef to-day for the SHaday Cent-a Word Columns. Don't fail to send In your adlet to-day for the Saatday Cent-a Word Columns. .THREE CENTd FORTY SEVENTH YEAH PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. JULY 16. 1892-TWELVE PAGES. LIFE IN HOMESTEAD AS IT IS TO-DAY UNDER MILITARY OCCUPATION. ALL ARE READY FOR M REVIEW, Camp Sam Black Awaiting the Coming of Got- ernor Patiison. NOW EXPECTED, The Federal GoYernment Is Powerless to Interfere in Labor Troubles. NOT DEMOCKATIC THTODEB HE'LL BE THERE MONDAY. 3-- m i I LEGISLATION i .. i Homestead Wages Were a Revelation to Free Trade Consjressmen. The Views the Membera of the Inves tigating1 Committee Expressed on Their Return to the Capital Chairman Oates Fears More Trouble, but Has No Doubt as to the Maintenance of Law The Report May Denounce the Plnkertons but Will Hardly Propose Any Practicable Measure Against Them Southern Stalesmen Much Impressed by Their Brief Visit to the Nation's Industrial Center An Echo From Wisconsin. rrnoir a STAFr correspond kxt. Washington; July 15. The Congres sional investigating committee has returned fiom Homestead. The most significant de velopment was the unanimous opinion of the members of the committee except Judge Taylor, who is in Ohio, that the entire Homestead affair is beyond the reach of Federal legislation. The members of the committee are all exceptionally good lawyers and personally hare examined the law and constitution, though as a committee they have not dis cussed the matter. They cannot see any way by which such troubles can be averted in the future. The subject of Owen Scott's bill to pre vent the shipping of companies of Pinter ton mercenaries from one part of the coun try to another was broached to Messrs. Oates, Bynum, Boatner and Broderick. They think the bill is clearly unconstitu tional "o Legislation Likely to Be Snfgpsted. The powers of Congress have some limit, they say, and the limit is overstepped in Eepresentative Scott's bill. It is unlikely that any Federal legislation will be sug gested in the report As far as the possi bility of future Federal legislation amelior ating the condition of workmen is concerned the investigation has been fruitless. All that it has accomplished is to get the facts involved, but on the confession of the com mitteemen themselves nothing looking to an improvement can be based on these facts. The Democratic members of the investi gating committee were doubtless disap pointed in the meager results of the search from a partisan standpoint. While they were entirely fair and willing to do justice to all parties to the conflict they would have secretly rejoicsd had any good Democratic campaign material turned up. This material they did not find. A Matter for the Separate States. Both Messrs. Ottes and Bynnni are of the opinion that the States themselves must legislate to afiect the questions under con sideration. Mr. Bynum thinks a State could enact a compulsory arbitration law, but indorses Mr. W. L. Wilson's view. "Suppose the arbitration board's findings were rejected by the workmen or the "manu facturers," said Mr. Bynum, no law could compel the manufacturers tv pay those wages, nor could the Turkmen be com pelled to accept theci." Colonel Oat'ihe chairman of the com mittee, said: "I think that we got all the tacts of the case and went down to the bot tom of the matter. We examined Mr. Frick and his superintendent and Mr. O'Donncil and a number of the workmen, as you have seen. Mr. Frick is a remarka bly able man, and is a great manager. He has one of the brightest lawyers I have met to adt ise him. The leaders of the workmen are men of intelligence and capacity, and take the workmen as a body they are the best set of workingmen I have ever come across. The contention is not one between ignorance and power. It is a conflict of strong men, the workmen being keen, in telligent and always wide awake. A Surprise for Free Trader. "The man who goes to Homestead with an idea that he is going to find a lot of lagged, half starved and ignorant strikers w ill'have a treat surprise before him. It is a revelation in the way of a community of workmen. They are men of thought and action and of independence. They have their homes, and the skilled workmen earn from 565 to 275 per month. The common laborers get Irom 51 to 1 50 per day. It is not a poverty stricken community, you may imagine. But for this unfortunate disagree ment between the workmen and the em ployers the situation at Homestead would be very good. "Mr. Frick insists that the reduction of wages is made necessary because of the re duction in the price of steel billets, etc. The workmen declare that the reduction is unnecessary, and that the only purpose of it is to put more money into the pockets of the company. A Meeting of Two Great Forces. "Mr. Frick declined to tell the com mittee what it cost per ton to produce the steel billets, r In this contest neither side is acting on impulse. They are deliberate and guided by intelligence, and it is the meeting of two great forces." "How do you think it will end?" "You know how these things end, gener ally. Law and order must be vindicated in the long run, even if there is a conflict be tween the statutes and the equities of the case." "Do yon think there will be further trouble?" "Yes, yes, I do. The workmen know what they are doing, and are acting upon their calm judgment as far as the leadership is concerned, but they are the most deter mined men you ever saw. They do not claim to have the right of law with them, but insist that they are morally right, and will hold to their position. I think the Carnegie people intend to open their works with non-union men. They will do this under the protection of the militia, and will, I suppose, arm their men. This seems to me to be inevitable in view of the senti ment there." Making the Most of an Admission. Mr. Boatner, another Democratic mem ber, thought the acknowledgement by Chairman Frick that he had arranged to have the Pinkerton force brought in before submitting the scale of prices to the men was most important and significant. He regarded the situation as yet serious. Congressman John L. Mitchell to-day re ceived the Pinkerton resolutions adopted by the Federated Trades Council of Mil waukee. Mr. Mitchell had been somewhat perturbed over the fact that at the meeting at which the resolutions were adopted de bate brought out some of opinions that he might have been an employer of Pinkerton detectives. "It is all foolishness, such talk," he said. "What would I want them to protect my farm?" Mr. Mitchell at once dictated a reply acknowledging the receipt of the resolu tions, and, as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a probable candidate for further political favorSj hastened to put himself right. His letter is as follows: A Politician's Idea of rinkertons. WAsnuiGToy, July 15. Charles Dipple, Tsq.. Secretary Federated Trades Council, Milwaukee, His.: Dear Sir Tho copy of the resolutions adopted bv the meeting of the Federated Trades -Council is this moment lecetved. In my opinion the law does not countenance the employment of the so-called Plnkertons. In case of conflict such as the one now on foot at Homestead appeal must be made to the legal nnthorlties or the locality, of .the State, and of the nation if need be. If the authorities constituted bv law are not able to cope with such troubles, our system is fundamentally at fault. Aside from the le,al aspect, it is mistaken tiollcv to Invoke armed assistance of the Pinkerton sort. In the end this will bring disaster to the very interests which It seeks to defend. Personally let me assure you and toe members of the "Federated Trades Council" that my sympathies have always been, and always will be, with the woi kers n t.h hnmblo walks of life with those whose lines are cast In rushed places. I remain, j ours respectfully, JOSS .Lb JUITCHEI.1 p. S- The resolutions ill be referred to the appropriate committee of the House. And so it seems likely that the Pinker tons will be made the scapegoats for the en tire trouble, at least so far as Congress is concerned. CAKPENTEK writes from the Czar's Cap ital for THE DISPATCH to-morrow. THE DALTONS' LATEST JOB. They Secure Between SO.OOO and S75.000 From an Express Car In Oklahoma Ter ritory Detectives and Indian Police Are onnrled and Routed. Gutiieie, O. T., July 15. The H.K.& T. passenger train No. 2, southbound, was held up by a gang of masked robbers at Adair, L T., late last night The robbers secured the contents of the safe of the Pacific Express, between 550,000 and 575,000, and made good their escape. It is almost certain, from information received, the rob bers were the noted Dalton gang. The robbery was not accomplished with out a hard fight, in which Captaio J. J. Kinney, Chief of Detectives of the Mis souri, Kansas and Texas road, L. A. Flora, a member of the Indian police, and two doctors, nassencers on the train and resi dents of Adair, were wounded. None of them are likely to die. When the train was within a few miles of Adair two men crawled over the tender to the engine and ordered the engineer to stop. As the train came to a standstill shots were heard outside. Captain Kinney, Flora and the two doctors rushed from the cars and opened fire on the two men who were standing at the side of the express car. As the firing began several men emerged from the dark ness and they also opened fire. A lively fusillade ensued, in which Kinney, Flora and the two doctors were wounded. They were forced to retreat into the cars, their revolvers being empty. The men who had last appeared kept np a lively firing for the purpose of intimi dating'tbe passengers on the train, and with excellent effect, not a soul appearing. The two men at the express car were joined by a third, only one man being left with tne engineer and fireman. TJp to this time the messenger had persisted in his refusal to open the door. One of the gang then shouted that he had placed dynamite nnder the car and would blow it to atoms if the door was not opened, firing, by way of emphasis, several shots into the car, which passed un comfortably near the head of the mes senger. At this the messenger gave in and opened the door. The three men sprang into the car, and while one covered the mes senger with his gun the others turned their attention to the safe. The work of blowing it open was soon accomplished and the con tents quickly extracted. Alter relieving the messenger of his watch, the robbers bound him and dumped him in a corner of the car. Then they leaped to the ground, and, after firing several more shots, disap peared. DEPTH OF JUVENILE SAVAGERY. Two Little Children Cat a Baby to Pieces to See irit Is Fat Inside. Tyxek, Tex., July 15. The most revolt ing crime ever known in this section was committed 16 miles northeast of this city. Three children, named Jackson, one about 3 years, and two boys under 8 years of age, were playing in a grove near the house. The 3-year-old was a very fleshy child, and the boys decided to sec it she was fat inside like hog. With a plow handle they deliberately knocked the baby in the head, as they had no doubt seen their fathers kill bogs. They then secured an old, rusty plowshare and chopped and hacked the child, finally tear ing ofl the legs and arms, and after much hacking and tearing completely disem boweled the child. At last they dragged the body into a clump of bushes and left it. J PEOFIT SHARING, by Xamger Cnacr, of the Bourne Mills, should Interest Pitts unrgjust now. See to-morrow's DISPATCH. V Ik BBfrMV. fis ll J - Axwii f0S y"i e rr t i- n 3r t fsH tlX Hill flf IN STILL ATM Vxlru MXM M B ' The Entire Force Does Not Go S? . C S "U SS M IP Out at the .Upper and 3A . X- '"-C Sl &L s Lower Union Mills. ymf &r -aSSS ' T WATCHMEN ARE ON GUARD Machinery in Operation and Five Hundred Men at Work. MANY RKPENT THEIR ACTION. Meeting of the Workmen at Bearer Falls and Its Kesults. AN UNCERTAIN FEELING PEETAILS At the Upper and Lower Union Mills of the Carnegie Steel Company a high board fence, similar to the one surrounding the Homestead plant, is being erected, and at each corner a sign has been placed stating that no one will be admitted inside of the inclosure except employes. From early morning to 5:45 o'clock last evening the works presented an appearance far different from deserted. The shears, steam saw, crane engine and shifting engines, together with about 500 mechanics and laborers, were at work filling orders and doing odd jobs, while on the outside of the proposed fence there were abont 100 watchmenfpatrolllng their beats with ap parent unconcern and precision. On every available corner stood small knots of st'rikV era looking toward the mills and discussing the situation. From what could be learned, last evening 2,000 workmen representing the skilled labor arc now out on strike. The remain ing 500 will, if they want to or not, stop work in two or three days, because at the end of that time there will be nothing more for them to do. Prepared to Continue Work The action of the skilled labor affects the entire force employed in the two mills. Notwithstanding this state of affairs the officials of the Carnegie Steel Company are not worried. The mechanics and laborers all have orders to report every day and an order was handed to the general engineer yesterday to have every man in his charge on duty to-day. In a conversation with two or three bosses in the upper mills last evening, it was stated that the firm intended to run the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-third street mills at all hazards and in a very short time at that. Said one of these men, who cautioned that his name should not be used: "The Union Mills have always been looked upon by the firm as family works, there having been no trouble and few changes for the past 25 years. Some of the men repent their hasty action deeply, wbilo others state that the only reason they can give for going out on a strike was that they were compelled to it. From the sentiments of many of these employes who have grown old in the servioe, I will be willing to wager $100 to (50 that at least a few will be at their posts Monday next" The majority of the men, however, de clare they will not return nnder any cir cumstances until a settlement is effected at Homestead. One of the rollers said: "We may have acted hastily in going out upon a strike, but now that the, firm has refused to recognize our committee we will make no advances to the firm In effecting a settle ment. We can afford to stop work for a little while. We will not be harmed by the result, whatever it may be, because there are a few, if any, who can fill the vacated positions." Rumor of a Second Committee. What the above speaker meant when he said the firm had refused to recognize the workmen's committee is not known. The committee of fiTe who waited on Manager Frick on Monday last were received, but their demands were not acceeded to. It is rumored that a second committee from the mills waited upon the firm yesterday to make arrangements for the men to return to work; but this is denied by Secretary Lovejoy. In answer to several qnestions yesterday Manager Scott said the shut-down would cause a scarcity of material at the Keystone, SchifBer and Pittsburg bridge works. "The Union Mills furnish considerable of their product to these works,"ie continued, "and the strike may bother them some." Secretary Lovejoy, when questioned was very reticent He said: "We do not know how matters stand at the Union Mills.. We have not been notified officially of the strike. We will take back any or all of the men." t "Will yon take them back as an associa tion or as individuals?" was the query. Secretary Lovejoy hesitated, then said: "Well, that we cannot say." This afternoon the skilled labor employed in the two mills will hold a meeting, at which some important action will be taken. Beaver Falls Millmen Meet. i The meetine of the men emnloved In ink Carnegie mills at Beaver Falls' yesterday afternoon was not a secret session. It was attended by nearly all the local workmen, union and non-union committees from Home stead and Lawrenceville, Burgess McLnckie and two officers from the Beaver Falls Trades Councils. Nothing official was done.' thonirh several speeches were mad by McLucklo and F l J' 7Ht C'TY TRooP 0r Dticu N? jfjlf -fflWf " other leaders. It was stated that the pur pose of the gathering, was to give the men an opportunity to meet the visiting com mittees and get their advice and encourage ment The men are very quiet and do not go near the mills, though they may be seen gathered in knots and discussing the situa tion. The Carnegie watchmen are in full possession. Another meeting of the lodges is called for this afternoon. The men pre sented their ultimatum to Superintendent Bigley yesterday, and he said he would send it to the proper authorities. Although those attending the meeting; upon bei"g interviewed refused to talk, yet it hns been learned that the men are not in full sympathy with tho action taken, and considerable dissatisfaction is expressed, The merchants and other business men here. .while deeply in sympathy with the locked- out men at Homestead, depreciate the ac tion of the lodges of this place. They think the action will onlv resnlt in trrent infurv .to the town and to the mill men themselves, wnue it will do the Homestead men very Jlttleoodif anv j- f no I'ront to tne Firm. The products of the mills here be ing rod, wire and wire nails exclu sively, the manufacture of- them can in no way affect the other mills of the Car negie Company. It is stated that the mills here have neverbeen the'source of much in come to the firm, and the shutting down will have very little effect in a financial sense whatever. The above comes from good authority. Yesterday .morning notices signed Patrick B. Dillon, manager, were posted up in the mills stating that they would resume opera tions in all departments Monday, July 18. It is rumored that in case the men do not re turn to work next Monday the mills will re sume work with non-union men. The resolutions adopted at the executive meeting in the morning were as follows: Resolved, Thatwe.thomombersof Enerpry, No. Ill, Horning Star, No. 120 andDirigo, No. 123. lodges of the Amalgamated Association of Ii on and Steel Workers, in Joint session agree to present to the Carnegie Company, Limited, the same ultimatum as that pre sented by the Twenty-ninth and Thirty third street mills of Pittsbnnr. viz: That we refuse to work until Mr. Frick is willing to open negotiations with the Amalgamated Association regarding the settlement of the Homestead trouble. FOE HOMESTEAD, W0BKBBS. They Wilt Be Given a Limited Time to Betnrn to Work. When asked if the firm contemplated any new movement in the Homestead matter, Secretary Lovejoy last evening said: "We have said all we intend to upon this subject for the present, and if there are any new developments everyone directly inter ested will know in good time." This is all that the official of the Carnegie Steel Com pany would say in reference to the matter but.notwitfastanding his reticence, itis stated on good authority that a part of Secretary Lovejoy's time yesterday afternoon was de voted to getting up a new notice fur the benefit of the Homestead workers. It is said that the notice, which is to be printed and placarded in prominent places in Homestead, invited such ot the old employes to return to work as desired inside of a limited time and after this period expired the men would not be taken back under any circumstances. Incidental to this it is stated that a large party of colored laborers who hail from Alabama, are in 'the city to taee some of the positions vacated by the locked-out workmen at Homestead. DAHOMEY and France's war on it In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. HUNDREDS TO STARVE. The Floods In the Tomblgbee River Cans Ing Widespread Distress. Cincinnati, July 15. ZSptctdW There is no longer doubt here that the lives of hundreds are in jeopardy from starvation in Sumter and Marengo counties, Ala., owing to the great and increasing floods in the Tnmbigbee river. Private dispatches from known and relia ble parties were received here to-Jay asking for aid. They say thousands have lost their all, and hundreds are absolutely without food. All live stock has perished and crops are ruined. - Scores of people have been urowned, and little children are dying in warms. T0UNG BAPTISTS AT DETE0I1 They Fleet Officers and Discnw Sanday Opening of the World's Fair. Detboit, July 15, At the National Baptist Young People's Union Convention-to-day, alter some discussion, an amend ment to the constitntion was adopted, pro- .IJt.. Ilial Yta TinnrA nf M.nniuH -hall consist of the officers of the union and one additional member fpr each State, Province, Territory and country represented in the annual meeting, iure uum omce wr three years," A very pretty ceremony was the salutation of flags. The reports of the nJ'HQ pnlj-rpSyv TT States and other divisions showed much N JJuljJT (rTTj I "7 prozress for the year. V Nr k 5 Officers were elected as follows: Presi- Nr1"- ' l r dent, John H. Chapman, Chicago; "Vice 27 Vz Presidents, first, Kev. J.P. Cranfill, D. D., S - kJg' V7 S ,- Texas; second, Thomas Urquhart, Canada: " ak-Sv ' -VH ft'-''5 third, Frank Harvey Field, New York; p S" Mj-X V-7 Recording Secretary. Be v. Robert F. Y. Wi -K T ' jW5C,SiV" rtMwta. Pierce, Mt. Holly, N. J.; Treasurer, J. O. J fW , jTvlllffrA .fNlIM Staples, Chicago. Sunday olosing of the fSAMv. J4l A IFi V'Ui WJMm gates of the World's Fair was discussed at r ttffl"TlAi$l vSaNV M. Mb 'J Eft A3'MBf the evening session. ' P MlMl llx ffMMWi, JaUft-lHm J1) II Ml sr ImmSSi 'Wsri STUBBORN RAILROADERS. They Still Befo.se to Yield Information on Steel Batca to the Inter-state Commis sion The Blatter Laid Before Judge Gresham Coal Bates Chicago, July 15. The three members of the Intcr-State Commission who have been endeavoring since Wednesday to in duce some stubborn railroad freight man agers and agents to give them information, will leave Chicago to-morrow night for Omaha. Chairman Veazeygrew desperate this morning, and instead of resuming his fruitless probing of witnesses, he and his two colleagues adjourned to District Attor ney Milchrist's office and prepared a peti tion to Judge Gresham, asking the Court to decide whether Vice President Sterling, of the Illinois Steel Company, must answer the questions put to him regarding the own ership of the stock of the small switching roads his company was alleged to possess. Judge Gresham was seen and he agreed to hear the petition in the afternoon. When the attorneys for Mr. Sterling learned of the move, they held a consulta tion and requested that they be given until 3 o'clock to consider the petition. This was granted. In the afternoon the attor ney for the Steel Company asked the Com mission to postpone tne hearing of the petition before Judge Gresham, in order that they might have time to prepare them selves. This was agreed to, and Judge Gresham named September 6 as the date lor the hearing. William Borner, General Western Freight Agent of the Pennsylvania Com pany, was the last witness examined to-day. He prided himself that his road never cut rates. He did not believe there is discrim ination in rates on coal shipped from Pitts burg to Western points. B0EUP IS BACK 'AGAIN. The Officer Charged With TJnsoldlerly Con duct Reaches Home Once Again. Washington, JulylS. Sjxcfej-.-. Cap tain Henry D. Borup, of the United States Army, who was stationed in Prance on special ordnance duty, has returned to this country to make an explanation of the charges made against him by the French Government, which resulted in his recall. He is said to have left New York to-day for Washington and was due here this evening. Inquiry at all the leading hotels and the Army and Navy Club failed to reveal his whereabouts. Secretary Elkins, when interviewed by a Dispatch reporterof the subject on Captain IJorup's recall, said: "I did not know he was in Washington. I have not seen him. but I suppose he will report at the War Department to-mornw. It is alleged that he was guilty of conduct which gave offense to the French Government, and he has been ordered to return home and give an account ot himself. I suppose he would hesitate to discuss the subject in the newspapers until after he has made his statement to the Ad jutant General, to whom he is directed to report" A B00U FOB BBIOAHTIKE BEACH, Congressmen Baying Fine Properties There and Faying Fancy Flgnres. rrnoM a staff connEsros'DEMT.i Washington, July 15. Beal estate values at Brigantine Beach, N. J., are likely to undergo a considerable increase, if the proposed location of a Congressional colonyat that point occurs. To-day Eepre sentative J. L. Mitchell, of Wisconsin, the millionaire and railway magnate, purchased Bepresentative Harmer's cottage and grounds there. The grounds contain a sta ble and boat house, and extend from the ocean to the bay. Mr. Harmer is said to have received a fancy figure for the estab lishment, which has frequently called forth enthusiastic commendations because of its beauty. Mr. Mitchell intends to move his family to Brigantine Beach upon the adjournment of Congress. A number of Representatives' are contemplating the purchase of grounds and the erection of cottages at this resort Mr. Mitchell will be recalled as Grover Cleveland's personal choice for the Demo cratic Vice Presidental candidacy. IiABOBln England Infinitely worse oft than In America. Bead Henry Tackle' leltoV Id THE DISPATCH to-morrow. SSiP?7tJ BMW IT Ill k "" .A .sr- "-JJ- .FAIK CAMP VSTOKS BRIDGES BLOWN UP. The Rule of the Military in Idaho Doesn't Stop the Disorder. NEW RUMORS FROM OLD MISSION. Corpses With Intestines Cut Ont Are Tonnd Hanging to Trees. THE UNION'S SIDE OF IRE QUAEREI, Wamjice, Idaho, July 15. Two rail road bridges near Mullan were blown up last night, and with them several telegraph poles. The strikers also cut down a num ber of poles, thus shutting off communica tion by that route for a time. The Gem and Granite mines are all right. Tho rumor that the Granite mine had been blown up probably started from the report of the ex plosion when the bridges were destroyed. The military investment of the towns is complete. No one is allowed to go out without a pass. It is probable that many union miners will be arrested to-morrow. . AIlsorts of stories -are still being told about the reported massacre at Old Mission. A reporter from Spokane who arrived here last night, says he came through the Fourth of July canon and saw two men with their intestines cut out, hanging to a tree. He says he thinks several others were, hanged in another ravine. Reliable infor mation is difficult to obtain. The Provost Marshal here has sent orders to railroad officials to sell no tickets to and transport no passengers through Shoshone county to-dav. A special train has just been ordered by Superintendent Cleiuet, of the Hunker Hill and Sullivan mines, irom Tekoa to Wardner, for the purpose, it is thought, of taking non-union men back into the mines. The men have been at Tekoa since leaving Wardner. A dispatch from San Francisco says: J. J. Hammond, President of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Company, is now here." He said the directors of the conip my had not yet decided what course to take re garding the future working of the mines. The company had gone to great expense in erecting the mill and makingotlieriinprovc ments. and the shut-down is much to their disadvantage. ' G. E. Smith, who was sent tn thin cilv by the Executive Committee of the Wallace Miners' Union to prevent the imporiation into that section of non-union men, tr.'ul that while the origin of the present trouble could be indirectly traced to a demand for increase of wages, which uas unsuccsshil last year, the direct cause of trouble na- tiie revolt by the men against .t hospital tax of "?1 per month levieil b.-'tiie company, which the miners claimed was not . productive of assistance to them when needed. The unions built iv hospital at Wallace and adopted a rule that' the $1 per month, instead ot being paid to the company, should be paid to the hos pital. The Bunker Hill ami Sulliv.in Com pany relused to recognize the j ustlce of t hl rule, and the strike resultzd in favor o( the miners. Smith claims the reduc:iou m wages then followed. BOBBIE BTJBSS' DESCENDANT Only Tbreo Now Living, One of Them Sick and Penniless In Chicago. Chicago, July 15. TIie only child of the gTeatgrandson qf the Scotch poot, Bobert. Burns, was buried here to-day by r J charity, while the father, Bobert Burns Hutchinson, lay in a hospital, expected to die any moment The father, an insurance clerk, was waylaid by footpads Borne weeks ago, and besides losing practically all the money he had in the world, was made help less by a fracture of the skull. He has been graduallv sinking, and is unaware of the death ot his babe. The only surviving descendants of the poet are the dying man and his mother and aunt both the latter living in feeble old age in London. Mrs. T. Lovedale, a Scotchwom an who has been helping the Hutchinson family in their misfortune, charges that the Scottish societies of Chicago, though en gaged in projects to build a monument here to Burns, have allowed his descendants to suffer from neglect. She expresses thehope that now the patient wife, who it is de clared has for weeks divided her watching between husband and child, may have the attention the child might have had. A SIGNIFICANT J0DENET. General Stevenson on His Wny to Join Cleveland In New York. Detroit, July 15. General A. E. Ste venson and his party on their way to New York were met at Ann Arbor by a crowd of distinguished Michigan Democrats who acted as their escort to Detroit Hon. Dan iel J. Campau, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, headed the party, and was accompanied by State Commit teemen C. H. Bennett, It L. Newn- hauer, T. F. Carroll, C C Casterlin, George P. Hummer and Secretary T. H. Hosford. Editor William L Quinby. 'of the Detroit Ft ee ZVe, Mayor George D. Jackson, of Bay City, and various other .prominent Democrats also accompanied the committee. O. W. Buggies, General Pass enger Agent of the Michigan Central Bail- way, toot charge ot tne various reception committees and showed them the same courtesies which tended to lighten the jour ney for General Stevenson and party. There was quite a crowd assembled at De troit, but owing to the lateness of the hour no speech making was indulged in. At Chicago General Stevenson was given a brief reception by the Iroquois Club, just previous to his departure, and Hon. Aulai T. Ewing, President of this leading Democratic clubot the West, accompanied General Stevenson to the East on behalf of the organization. CULT1TBE AT CHAUTAUQUA Girls DIscnss Topics Inclining to Del Sarte and His methods. Chautauqua, Jnly 15. Special. The Girls' Club discussed dress reform, this morning, furnishing ideas enough for a score ot Mary Walkers. "Is Breathing a Lost Art," was the momenteous question which took the lead in the discussion, and it requires a man several short seconds to find the connection, but one of the young ladies came to the rescue by the assertion that "small waists are a waste of breath." The majority of Chautauqua girls are desciples of Del Sarte, so the discussion struct hard on only a very few. The balance of the programme was a con tinuation ot the week's list of University Extension lectures. This evening Colonel Parker gave his second lecture on the Civil war, with some excellent illustrations. The New York editors in session at Buffalo vis ited this headquarters of literature to-day and enjoyed themselves immensely. They took dinner at the Athenxum, and this afternoon entertained each other by making speeches in the hotel parlor. Judge Tourgee talked about the press, saying he cared nothing for the press, but respects the man who wields the pen. Others made interest ing addresses. A Sensational Poisoning Story That Is Exploded. All the Hawkers and Fakirs Have Been Driven Out of the Place and the Quar termaster Will Supply Whatever Deli cacies the Soldier Boys Will Enjoy From This Time On Remarkably Good Health Among; the Soldiers and a Plausible Cause Assigned The Boys Kept Busy Drilling and' Parad ing Captain Little, of the Eighteenth, Wounds Himself With His Own Sword A Bishop Addre33es the Workers Preparing to Start tho Big Mills This Morning. Govenlor Pattison telegraphed yesterday that he would in all probability be at Camp. Sam Black on Monday morning. In con templation of the Governor's coming the citizen-soldiers are hustling about to make a good'showing, and in their ambition to shine conspicuously when they are called for grand review they seem to have forgotten the purpose for which they were called to Homestead, and are now devoting them selves to appearing just as peace time sol diers should. The parade grounds, by no means the best in the world, have been smoothed off, and were in constant use yesterday. The City and Sheridan Troop drilled early in the day. The battalion drill followed, tho sev eral regiments paraded, and the whole day's work was concluded by the Second Brigade appearing in dress parade jnst when the sun W33 resting its huge disc on the Monongahcla and throwing rare colored shadows over the parade ground. The Second Brigade in this encampment is composed of 2,709 officers and men, and nearly all of them.were out to be looked at last night They form a handsome com mand, and tbev well deserved the liberal applause accorcTjd them by the crowd of spectators who hatched their evolutions. Brigadier General tViley In Command. Brigadier General Wiley was in com mand. He is Indeed a skillful soldier and his deep bass voice rang out clear and dis- tioctJr-every"prrt-iUiL'(ilJ,"ie Third Brigade Band supplied ths.., the magnificent exhibition. General is decidedly friendly in that way. L moved his quarters up next door to thot General Wiley, and they are now loaning each other everything but money. The official reports to General Gobin yesterday showed 2,577 men and officers in camp. General Wiley's reports showed 2,709 men and officers. Battery B reported 78 men, Battery C C2 men and each of the two troops 100 men, making a total of 5,627 men and officers outside of Major General Snowden, his staff and signal corpi. All of these soldiers are encamped on the Homestead side of the river, save the Fourth, Tenth and Fourteenth Begiments, known as the provis ional brigad ;, in command of Colonel Hawk ins, of the Tenth, which is located on the shjdy and commanding eminence just across the river. In this brigade there are 1,441 men and officers, and yesterday for the first time since the camp was opened they were entirely happy. They secured their tents yesterday morning, and Quartermaster Bob bins, who is just as good a soldier as he was a Senator when he represented Westmore land county at Harrisburg, has provided all the supplies that go to make camp life en joyable. A Senator for a Caterer. The Senator is somewhat of a caterer when it comes to providing snbstantials. He had great difficulty in getting supplies at first, but they are coming rather easy for him now, and his command is entirely con tent and happy. A sensational story was circulated In and out of camp yesterday to the effect that' several soldiers had been mysteriously poisoned yesterday morning. The sory had absolutely no foundation, in fact, early yesterday morning several members of B Company, Ninth Begiment, visited a hawkers stand near the camp. They ate freely ot watermellon and drank liberally of the circus lemonade.. As a result they were confined to their tents all day. The surgeon administered paregoric and other soothing medicines and the patients re ported for duty last night They had been poisoned to be sure, but there was no malice about the affair and suicide conld not have been the verdict had any of them died. The poisoning story and the sensation it created had a striking effect in camp, how ever, and a general order was issued, re quiring that the camp be cleared of alt hawkers and fakirs. Additional guard was detailed tor the purpose, and in the fnturo the soldiers will enjoy only such refresh ments and delicacies as are provided by their regimental quartermasters. riairkors Fay the PenRlty. The story of the poisoning may have been malicious, it may have been intended as a suggestion, but in any event the hawkers must bear the burden of the sus picion, and they must, as punishment, sac rifice their business at Camp Sam Black. Aside irom the Ninth Begiment men, who suffered internal pains, there is little or no sickness in the camp. Dr. Wiley, Surgeon of the Eighteenth Begiment, said yesterday that his men were remarkably free from sickness. Dr. Foster, of the "Fourteenth Begiment, has not found it necessary to open his medicine case yet Last night he directed the erec tion of a hospital tent, and made full arrangements to care for any sick in his command. Captain Tim and Lieutenant Irwin, of "F Company, assisted the doctor in building the hospital' and when they finished the job they were'' weary enough to be the first patient It , 1a i --. .---, tiSC-WLf 44. ts&$iS$FjttdLU , JxKZ Wftc
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