PITTSBTJRa DISPATCH. TUESDAY, JULY 1892. MONEY MUST BE Or tlie Geological Survey Bu reau Can't Pay Its Long List of Sinecures. MAJOR POWELL'S ANSWER To the Senate's Demand for a State ment About Bis Employes. A TEN-MILLIONAIRE IN A DAY. The McGarrihan Claim Thronjrh Branches of Congress. Both EETALIATIOX SCHEME AGAINST CANADA CSPECIAI. TELEGKAM TO THE DISrATCHl "Washington-, July 18. Major Powell, Director cf the Geological Survey, has com plied with the resolution of the Senate di recting him to furnish that body with a list of the employes of his bureau, with their rate of compensation, and a statement whence appointed. This information fails to show, however, wbat some of the oppo nents of the Geological'Bureau are attempt ing to prove, that it is a hospital for the relatives ot statesmen. The names of em ployes, ,rith a few exceptions, mean noth ing to those not thoroughly acquainted with the owners' relationship to public men. The tact remains, however, that the ap propriations for geological work have for several years been obtained because of the personal interest felt by public men in the disbursement of this money. It is but fair to add that Major Towell is not alone responsible lor such abuses as have existed in the matter of appointments. He explains that as a rule the clerks in the bureau, as well as the skilled laborers and other classes of employes, are appointed through the Civil Service Commission, and that the men temporarily working with the surveyors in the field are appointed by the' men In charge of this work. Scientists onlr are selected by Director Powell. He recommends them to the Secretary of the Interior, and in each case states why they should be employed, and at what compensa tion. Money Must Be Forthcoming. Major Powell apparently feels that if the House acrees to the wiping out of 5210,000 from his appropriation, the country and not he will be the cniet sufferer. In response to the action of the Senate the Major sira plv says he cannot do the work without the money, and thjt if Congress will not vote it tne'work will not be done. Notwithstanding this apparent unconcern, heroic measures are being adopted to have the geological appropriation restored to its original amount, as reported by the Senate committee. The House is not apt to do violence to its ideas of economy by increas ing the amount ot a Senate appropriation, and it looks, theretore, very much as if the Geological Snrvev will be compelled to get along this j ear with a crippled appropria tion. Although the document sent to the Sen ate to-day by Major Powell fails to make clear the lact that the relatives ot public men lme been well taken care of, it does furnish an interesting statement as to the number of employes required for the pur pose of preparing the comparatively few maps that annually emanate from the bureau. Employes ot tbe Geological Surrey. It appears from Major Powell's reply to the Senate resolution that there are em ployed at present in the Geological Survey Bureau, in regular office and field work, about 215 clerks, scientists and assistants, in addition to more than 400 men temporar ily or permanently .engaged in fixed work. The sr.laries of trr?-'st named class of em ployes range all way from 56,000, the compensation ofthe:rector,down to $4,000, which the chief scientists receive, and vo.OOO for their assistance, to 5900, which is the salary of a first-class clerk. The aver age salary of the regular employes averaces something like $1,800, while that of a tem porary man in the field is about 525 a month, the total annual pay roll being in the neighborhood or 5400,000. Of the two officers that have been most severely criticized that of the "Executive Officer,"" with a salary of 53,000 a year, and that of Assistant Topographer, who is a worthless son ot a Democratic Congressman, at 5840. There seems to be no explanation except that the title "Executive Officer" has recently been changed to that of "Editor." Dalies of tlio Official Editor. The duties of this official are said to be chiefly in the nature of editing the opinions of Congressmen as to the necessitv of large appropriations for the support of the Geo logical Survey Bureau. The explanation in the case ot the Congressman's dissipated son is that he was appointed by a previous director of tbe Bureau. No excuse is ot tered for ihe tact that his services are re tained, although he is rarely in fit condi tion to be on duty. It is not likely that the House will re store the geological appropriation to the amount originally fixed by the Senate Com mittee, and Major Powell will be com pelled, tnerefore, to materially cut down his iorce, which will no doubt still further delay the preparation of the maps which. Senators charged in their speeches last week, even now do not appear lor many years after they would be ot value to the public. EATJM FINDS DEFENDERS. A Minority Report In Ills Can Prep-wed by Tarty Friends. Washington, July ia Mr. Lind, of Minnesota, on behalf of the minority of the committee appointed to investigate the ad ministration of the Pension Office, to-day submitted the views of the minority to the House. The report finds nothing lor which tbe Commission can be criticised, unless it be that he appointed his son Appoint ment Clerk ot the Bureau. It agreees with the myjority in their sug gestion in regard" to the exercise by the members of Congress of the so-called "Congressional privileges." The report as serts that the majority of the committee seemB determined to fasten crime and cor ruption upon the Commissioner, but having utterly failed to do so bv evidence, they, as a last resort, sought to do it by inference. The report, after paving a glowing tribute to the efficiency of the management and business methods and reforms perfected in the Pension Office under Commissioner Itaum. states that while the minority con cur in some of the recommendations of the majority, there were others that they might have consented to in a modified form if the minority had had an opportunity for a comparison of views with the majority before the report found its way into the public press. The report of the minority recommends, in lieu of the resolution adopted by the majority, a substitute to the effect that the record in this case, as re sorted by the committee, shows an efficient and economical administration of the busi ness of the Pension Office by the present Commissioner, and asks that the committee be discharged from further investigation of the subject Mrs. Plamblfot Asking Aid. Washington, July ia When the de ficiency bill was under consideration in the Senate to-day Mr. Perkins asked unanimous consent to have struck from the bill an item of $5,000 for the widow of the late Senator Plumb, of Kansas, and he read a letter from I Mr. Plumb's son stating that the item had been inserted without his. mother's knowl edge, ana against what she believed would be his lather's wishes. No objection being made, the item was struck out. TEN MILLIONS IN A DAY. The McGarrihan Claim at att Through Both branches ot Congresn. TFROM X 6TAIT COltHESFOXDEVT.l "Washington, July 1& When William McGarrihan, of Washington, woke up this morning h$ was hardly worth a dollar, but to-night his wodth it being estimated at something like W0.000.000. The celebrated McGarrihan claim, which has been before Congress for the last 34 years, at last passed the House this afternoon, and now needs only the President's signature to make Mc Garrihan a rich man. He is one of the best known characters in Washington, for he has haunted the Canitol corridors since before the war in an effort to secure recognition for his claim. The bill directs the Court of Claims to examine into an old grant of valuable quicksilver lands in Southern California, but the reference to the Court of Claims i merely formal, and the passaee of the bill is understood to insure McGarrinan of his long delayed rights. The claim has passed one branch or the other ot Congress at least 15 times, but it was never fortunate enough to get the sanction of both branches until to-day. The McGarrihan claim has be come a historical type of the struggle of a private citizen to secure settlement with the Government. Probably the greater part of his claim has been swallowed by agents who advanced money for his sup port. BETALIATIOK AGAINST CANADA. A Flan Prepared to Collect Toll at Two of Till Big Cana's. FFOM A STAFF CORKESrOIfDKXT.3 Washington, July ia A plan of retal iation against Canada for her discrimina tion against American vessels in the use of the $100,000 canal will be submitted to the House within a day or so. For the last week Messrs. Blount, Hitt and Chipman have been studying tbe question, with a view to arriving" at some effective means of retaliation. It has been practically decided to report in favor of fixing a rate of toll to Canadian vessels using the Sault Ste. Marie canal and also the Lake St. Clair ship canal. This will be a very radical move against the Canadians. The plan of tolls at the Sault canal has been considered for some time, but the extension of the plan to the St. Clair flat canal is a new and extreme step. The St Clair canal is the gateway between the lower and the upper lakes, and it will be a serions interruption to Cana dian interests if thev are compelled to con tribute a toll at this point Mr. Chipman said to-day that the tollgate would be fixed at both canals, and that the bill for this purpose would be reported favorably within the next few days. He says the purpose of the committee is to get the subject before Congress at once, so that the retaliation may be taken within the next few weeks. L. Flnksrtonlsm Again Denounced. , Washington, July ia Among the papers laid before the Senate to day by its presiding officer, Mr. Manderson, were the resolutions of District Assembly No. 49, Knights of Labor, Hew York, stating that the recent labor troubles at Homestead are the outcome of the wage system, and de manding that the Pinkerton forces and their employers be treated and dealt with as pirates, and that they be indicted, tried, sentenced and executed as national male factors. Beferred to the Committee on Education and Labor. AiJonromnt of (Impress In a TTeelc. Washington, July ia The Ways and Means Committee of the House this morn ing adopted the resolution providing for a final adjonrnment of Congress on the 25th one week from to-day. The resolution will soon be called up, and in the present temper of the House there is little doubt it will pas. The Senate is equally anxious to bring the session to a close, so that nothing short of an emergency is likely to cause any extension by the Senate of the date fixed in the resolution. SUlUIIrs of the Colored People. Washington, July ia An item of $50, 000 was inserted in the deficiency bill to-day for the collection and publication (in con nection with the World's Colnmbian Ex position) of statistics of the moral, intel lectual and industrial progress of the colored people of the United States since January, 18G3. Road Exhibit at the Full-. , Washington, July ia Mr. Dnrborrow, of Illinois, to-day introduced a bill in the House, appropriating 5100,000 for the con strnction of a building at the World's Fair for the comprehensive exhibit of roads and their construction and maintenance. Nearby Postmasters Confirmed. Washington, July ia Among the confirmations by the Senate, to-day, were those of J. C. Irwin, postmaster at Sunbury, Pa., and Postmasters J. M. Boyer, London, O., and E. R Kirby, Scioto, O. Weather Unrean Stations on a T-ake. Washington, July ia The Senate to day passed the House bill appropriating $15,000 for weather bureau stations on Middle and Thunder Bay Islands, in Lake Huron. WORKING FOR GOOD ROADS. Wheelmen nnd Others TJslnc Their Influ ence VCilh Members of Congress. Washington, July ia Legislation in the interest of good roads received a great impetus to-day. At the hearing before 'the Senate Commit tee on Inter-State Commerce, Colonel Burdett, President of the League of Wheel men, and Messrs. Sheridan and Gerald, of Illinois, and other leaders made addresses inftuorof the national highway commis sion bill. General Bay Stone, of New York, author ot the bill, explained its ftatnres and urged the adoption of the simplified bill which was to-day introduced by Congressman Post, of Illinois. The wheelmen are taking great interest in the matter and are pressing its immediate passage upon tbe members of the Senate and House, especially as it provides for an exhibit at the World's Fair. Colonel Bur dett has called upon all the friends of good roads to use their influence to aid this mat ter and letters and telegrams are pouring in upon the members of both Houses urging action at this session. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, A Plltsbnrsrer In the Cincinnati Workhouse Who Doesn't Belong There. Cincinnati, July 18. Imperial Prose cutor Hertenslein will recommend the par don from the workhouse of John Ford, sentenced Saturday to $200 and six months on a serious charge. It" seems to be a case of mistaken identity. The crime is alleged to have been committed July 8, at which time Ford claims to have been on his way to this city from Pittsburg. " Patrick Galla gher was Ford's roommate on the boat, and testified that' he did not come to town until Saturday. A letter from Eobert Agnew, clerk of the steamer Hudson, was received this morning certifying Ford was a passenger on the Hudson and did not arrive until the after noon of July 9. Judge Hart refuses to grant a new "trial, and an appeal will be made to the Police Commissioners. FAIR ALICE ON TRIAL For the Murder of the Girl Friend With Whom She Was in Lore. THE PLEA OF PRESENT INSANITY, And the Hypothesis Upon Which It Is to Ee Eased and Fought EVIDENCIiOF THE DEFEXDANl'8 FATHER rSPKCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCTI.l Memphis, July ia The trial of Alice Mitchell on the plea of present insanity commenced in the Criminal Court here to day. There are three methods by which a prisoner charged with a capital offense may enter a plea of insantty. One is to enter it at the time of trial, in which case of insan ity at tbe time of the commis sion of the deed was proven, it wonld result in an acquittal of the criminal charge, and a further exam ination as to whether the prisoner was then in a condition to be set at liberty. If, on the other hand, the proof was that the pris oner was insane at the time of trial, he would be sent to an asylum, and if he after ward recovered his sanity he would then be tried for the offense committed. The third plan is to enter an interpolatory plea of present insanity, in which the in sanity of the prisoner when the offense was committed does not enter into the case at all, and affects it only to tbe extent that if shown to be insane at this time, the criminal trial would have to be deferred until the prisoner should recover sanity. This was the plea entered by Alice Mitchell, to the surprise ot most people, since all the shocking details of the crime and the unnatural affection of the prisoner for her victim will be exploited as fully as though she was on trial for the murder. The Interest as K-en as Ever. Interest in the case is as keen as ever and the courtroom was filled this morning. A large number of ladies were present The fair prisoner entered the courtroom Promptly at 8:30 o'clock and took her seat etween her two brothers. Shortly after ward the father and brother of Lillie John son entered, and the trouble tbe murderous deed of Alice has involved both families in seems to have formed a bond of sympathy between them instead of estranging the families. Both shook hands warmly with the defendant and her brothers and took seats beside them. The prisoner was dressed all in black, save for a jaunty white hat surmounted by a patr ot imitation Dutterny wings, sue was heavily veiled until she was called to taee her place at the bar. Then she. walked with a firm, clastic step to the bar table. When she took a seat and removed her veil, a face was revealed plump and pretty, cheeks beaming with health, the eyes bright, the slight figure well rounded, and not a trace of the six months' confinement visible. It was anticipated that much trouble would be experienced in obtaining a jury, but Judge Dubose's rulings so modified the rule of practice that by noon a jury was secured, and the case was at once proceeded with. Miss Mitchell's Father on the Stand. George Mitchell, the aged father of the defendant, was the first witness called bv the defense. In giving his testi mony he was moved to tears more than once, but his daughter showed no emotion whatever, watching the proceedings with the air of the most unconcerned spectator present Her fath er's testimony consisted of a history of the girl's life, showing the peculiarities of her childhood and maturer years, with some reference to her mother's insanity at vari ous periods. This testimony is all repeated in tbe hypothetical case, a synopsis of which follows. The only new thing which developed in Mr. Mitchell's testimony was as to the find ing of the razor with which the deed was done. Alice always said she did not know what became of it, and the scene ot the tragedy was searched in vain by the police. Its whereabouts developed for the first time since the tragedy when Mr. .Mitchell testi fied that it was found in the buggy after Alice's mad drive home. The hypothetical case was not produced in evidence to-day, but The Dispatch correspondent was enabled to obtain a copy of it It is really a life of Alice Mitchell from a child of 5 years up to the present time, including all" the details of her strange infatuation for Freda Ward, the murder, and her demeanor in jail since the tragedy. In addition, are the facts of her mother's insanity at various periods, usually before and after childbirth, and the insanity of three of her maternal relatives. A Hott Remarkable Document. It is perhaps the most remarkable docu ment ever submitted in evidence, and is worthy the pen of a mentally diseased French novelist Beginning with Alice as a 5-year-old child, it sets forth that she had an aversion to the toys of girl children, and, eschewing dolls, she spent her time in a swing, "skinning the cat," hanging by her arms and legs, and was expert at climbing. She delighted in marbles and tops, and was a member of a child's baseball nine. From 10 to 12 years she learned to shoot with a rifle. She rode horses and mules bareback, fed and curried her father's horses, and rivaled her brothers in all manly exercises. Sewing, needlework, crocheting, her mother strove in vain to teach her. She would not learn them, nor tnusie, drawing or any feminine accomplishments. As womanhood approached, although she had associated all her life with boys in prefer ence to girls, she took no pleasure in the society ot young men. She entertained no beaux and was often rude, always indifferent to them. Then Freda Ward appeared on the scene, a girl totally the opposite of Alice fem inine in taste, gentle of demeanor, tender and affectionate. They loved each other, not as girls, but as those of different sexes. When the Ward family moved to Gold dust, Tenn., Alice was grently distressed, but they corresponded, and some time later Alice visited her beloved Freda, when they were often seen embracing and clasped in each other's arms. , Attempted Sntclde With Laudanum. Later Freda returned this visit, and during her stay at the Mitchell house, in December, 1890, Alice entertained the idea ot taking her own life or that of-Freda. She bought a bottle of laudanum with that view, and considered the plan of adminis tering it to Freda while she slept, but Freda was suspicious and remained awake all night The next day Freda started home, Alice accompanying her to the boat There" she locked herselt and Freda in a stateroom, and swallowed the laudanum. She was very ill from the effects ior several days. The ex cuse she gave for this attempt at suicide was that Freda lovtd Harry Bilger and Ashley Roselle. and she meant to end her troubles and leave Freda free to marry whom she chose. The correspondence which followed this visit snowed all tbe warmth of lovers, and in three different letters she asked Freda to marry her. Freda answered each time, promising to do so, and then Alice wrote threatening to kill her if she broke her promise. In June 1891, Alice visited Freda, taking with her an engagement ring purchased with $15 she had saved up. Freda accepted the engagement ring as such. On this visit they were often seen in each other's em braces, and the married sister of Freda, Mrs. Volkenar, remarked that they were disgusting in their demonstrations of lore for each other. Charged Tf lth Deception. Later on Alice learned that Ashley Bo selle, before referred, to, was paying -court .to Freda, who had given him one of her photographs. She remonstrated warmly with Freda, charging her with deception and infidelity. "Freda acknowledged she had done wrong, swore unshaken fidelity and promised never to offend again. Then follows the plan of elopement, the details of murder, and the demeanor of Alice in jail, all of which has been treated of in these dispatches. In addition it says that Alice speaks of Freda as lovingly as ever; that she passionately kisses all the pictures and cuts of her she can Jay her hands and hunts the news papers for them. She is anxious that the Attorney General shall ask her more ques tions than he did Lillie Johnson on the ap plication for bail, and hones more people will attend her trial than did Miss John son's. . Such is the hypothetical case, and on it are predicated the questions to Dr. Bilot, of Paris, Dr. Hammond, of Washington, Dr. Comstock, of St Louis, and othernoted experts, and granted the hypothesis to be correct All of these authorities agree that the subject is insane and liable to be afflicted with homicidal mania. Dr. Callender, President of the insane asylum of Knox ville,"who also made a personal examina tion of the subject, shares this opinion. With such authority, MissMitohell's fate largely depends on the ability of the Attor ney General to upset the correctness of the hypothesis. The consensus of public opinion now is that the prisoner is insane and was when the deed was committed. The jury is composed of some of the fore most men in the city, the venire from which it was chosen having been selected by agree ment ot counsel on both sides. IN TBE HANDS OF A MOB. i A Negro Murderer Narrowly Escapes lynching In South Carolina Delivered Over to the Sheriff for Safe Keeping by taw-Abiding Cltli'ns.' Columbia., S. C, July ia Spartanburg was thrown into a wild state of excitement yesterday. All day long parties of mill op eratives had been searching for Andy Jef fords, a negro, who killed William Atkins, a white operative, early Wednesday morn ing. Jeffords is a bad negro and has been in the penitentiary for house-breaking. At kins was a carder at the Spartan mills and leaves a family. It was ascertained yester day that Jeffords had been found in a swamp. In a few minutes the pface was scoured by a crowd of infuriated men and after a few moments' search ?he negro was found and captured. He was brought out to the street and in less time than it takes to tell it was secured by a mob of 200 or 300. They were armed with shotguns, pistols, knives and razors and were clamorous in their cries to "Lynch hiinl" "Hang him!" and "Kill him." The negro was led to a tree, a chain was placed around his neck and a man went up the tree to make it fast In the meantime the enraged factory peo pleJieat the negro with stones and cut him on the neck with knives. He was badlv hurt and the mob seemed like wild beasts in their eagerness to kill him. They were just about to hang him up when Andrew Moore, Dr. Evans David "Thomas, S. H. and S. N. Evans and several other gentle men rushed in and begged the mob to spare him. Alter much difficulty during which it seemed as if several would be killed, the leaders of the mob were prevailed upon to let the law take its course. The rope was removed from the negro's neck and followed by a howling mob he was taken to the jail and delivered to the Sheriff. On the way there he was many times struck with stones and otherwise ill used. An effort was made just as the man was taken into the jail, to shoot him, but this was promptly put down by the Sheriff and his aides. The mob remained for some time about the jail cursing and flourishing their weapons and then dispersed. It means death to any one who tries to take the ne gro from the jail. PEN PRISONERS PLOT To Kvade the Balance of Long Terms In the Ohio Penitentiary One or Them Commits Sntclde, But the Other For get Bis Compact. Columbus, O., July 18. Special Two prisoners at the penitentiary, Frank Bow land and James Doyle, five-year men from Ottawa county for burglary and larceny, agreed Friday while at their bath to com mit suicide. They had been partners in crime for a long time, and served a three years' term each at Saginaw, Mich. Rowland kept his word and sui cided last night, leaving a confession in which there is a great deal of interest, for the reason that he implicates others in crimes with which he has been connected and furnishes the information that a num ber ot men who are now serving time for these crimes are innocent The warden re fuses to give out the confession until the statements have been investigated. Doyle, his partner, who was to have com mitted suicide at the same time, went crazy while at work in one of the shops to-day, and it was with trouble that he was handled. He professes to believe that Bow land was executed and that officers are after him for the same purpose. He insists that he is guilty of no other crime than that for which he is serving, and is anxious to know whether Rowland im plicated him in any other crimes. He states that when they were released from the Michigan prison be wanted Uowland to go to Canada with him, but tbe latter refused because there was a reward of$2,500 for him offered by the Canadian authorities. It is expected if Rowland's confession proves true that several men will be re leased from different penitentiaries. Bow land, in his information, confesses to being at one time associated with Bhnkey Morgan who was executed at the Ohio prison. Dovle.when captured and overpowered to day, had in his pocket a leather strap, with which he intended to commit suicide. Bowland assigned as a reason for taking his life that he Killed a man while perpetrating a burglary, and for the reason that a large number of men are serving time for crimes committed by him and Doyle. Brldgewater Gas Company's New Offices, Rochester, Pa., July 18. Speaal The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bridgewater Gas Company was held here this afternoon. The following officers were chosen: Henry W. Hartman, of Ellwood; W. L. Standish, Henrv Hice, F. L. Steph enson, A. H. Childsj O. P. Scaife, Merritt Greene and Martin Metzgsr, Directors. The board will meet in Pittsburg Wednes day to elect other officers. Congressman Kellly Renominated. POTTSVII.I.E, July 18. The Democrats of the Thirteenth Congressional district have renominated Hon. James B. Reilly for Congress. An Appsal for Mercy. It you have nny regard for your physical welfare, have mercy on your bowels, ceao deluging them with drenching purgatives nnd relax them without pain with Hostet- kter's stomach Bltters. Subdue with It, too. malarial nnd kidney complaints, kidney and rheumatic ailments, dyspepsia and nervous ness. Saved a Woman's X.lte. Mr. J. E. Thoroughgood, writing from Georgetown, DeL, tays: "Two teaspoonsful of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Bemedy saved the life of Mrs. Jane Thomas, of this place." He also states that several other very bad cases of bowel com plaint there have'been cured by this remedy. For sale by druggists. Tuwlhsu TitE charm o r twain y is beautiful balr. with PinricRlllTiTu Iliifiu Secure It HlNDERCOBNS, tbe best cure' for corns, IS cents. Mrs. Wiifaxow's Soothing Syrup for chil dren teething; cures wind colic, diar rhoea. 25 ccet,. Axgostuba Bitters, the celebrated ap petizer, is used all over the world. NOT EASIET PLEASED. Delegates to the Glass Workers' Con vention Fail to Agree. MANY RESOLUTIONS DEFEATED. An Appropriation of $500 Fent to tbe Homestead "Workmen. MORE MONET WILL BE GIVEN IF NEEDED. Of the many resolutions that were offered at tbe sixth annual convention of the .American Window Glass Workers' Associa tion the only one that found favor in the sight of all its delegates was a measure setting aside $500 of the funds of the organ ization to aid the locked-out iron and steel workmen at Homestead. This resolution was offered early in the afternoon and was carried by a unanimons vote. The money will be sent to President William Weihe immediately, together with a statement that if more money is needed he will be at lib erty to call upon the glass workers. During the morning session there, was a resolution banded in asking that a rule be adopted by which cutters wonld hereafter be paid on a percentage system, the new scale to be graduated according to the various grades and sizes. This resolution was lost After an exciting debate the motion to decrease the maximum monthly production of each man from 192 single boxes to 182 and from 120 double to 112 was also de feated. The project to strike out the 12x18 inch bracket in the first part of the wage list was lost, as was the motion to tbe effect that hereafter poor glass should be worked by cylinder. All of these three measures, if adopted, would have increased the wages of tbe glass workers very materially. An effort to fix the salary of the boss blower at $25 per month in addition to his earnings also failed. Under the present regime the boss blowers' extras are $1 50 a month per pot, making in the aggregate from $12 50 to $15. The first resolution that passed muster was one extending thanks to James Chambers and others for the kindness they exhibited in entertaining the delegates to the Glass Workers' Con vention at Kensington on Saturday last In the afternoon session about the only resolutions discussed outside.of the Home stead appropriation were two projects, one of which advocated the introduction of an insurance feature into the association and the other requested that the organization adopt a system by which death benefits would be paid. Both of these were de feated. Before adjourning the delegates asked that a committee be appointed to look into and define a universal list for setting ont lights or sheets, under the present rule while some manufacturers set out only six lights 28x40 inches to the 100 feet other manufacturers provide seven and some eight From this system everyone con cerned, the manufacturer, workman and consumer, all labor at a disadvantage, aud the committee has orders to decide upon some fixed rule. The report of this body will be made to-day. APPEALS FOB ASSISTANCE Two Circulars Asking for Contributions for the Locked-Oat Workmen. The appeal recently received by the Cen tral Labor Union of New York, calling for contributions of money to aid the locked out workmen at Homestead, was genuine. President Weihe, of the Amalgamated As sociation, last evening said: "When the circular- asking for financial assistance was issued by the sub-lodges tbe official vf these lodges, through some oversight, failed to notify me of their action until to-day. Last night, when I learned of the New York cir cular, I thought that an imposition was be ing practiced, both upon the community at large and the Amalgamated Association, and therefore I made haste to pronounce the EaDer not Kenuine. The appeal is issued on ehalf of the men at Homestead who are not members of the Amalgamated, but who have kindly given us their help in the pres ent trouble. "The association members are receiving their usual allowance from the funds of the organization. I am exceedingly sorry that I made the statement denying the genuine ness of the circular, but I did it tor the best, and under the circumstances I could do nothing else. The appeal for aid is al ready receiving replies and not only the labor organizations but private citizens are not slow in doing everything in their power." Besides the appeal now being circulated in New York another paper of similar character is going the rounds among local trades assemblies. TROUBLE IN CAMP. Journeymen Tinners May Go Ont on a Strike at Any Time. There is considerable trouble between the journeymen tinners and their employers, and the former may go out on a strike now at any time. Pleasant relations have ex isted for two years past, but there are break ers ahead. The difficulty is occasioned by proposed radical changes on the part of the master tinners iu the wage scale. At a recent conference, at which both the employers and their workmen were repre sented by a joint committee, those members looking after tbe journeymen's interests failed to enter into any contract The rea son for this is that in case the journeymen strike the workmen will not be accused of violating an agreement LIKE A FAMILY GATHEBIKG. Piltabarg Manufacturers and the Wage Committee on the Best of Terms. Another conference was held yesterday afternoon between the Pittsburg manufac turers and the Wage Committee of the Amalgamated Association. The meeting convened at 2:30 o'clock and adjourned at 0:45. The entire time was confined to the discussion of the several departments of the new Amalgamated scale, but nothing of a definite character was decided upon. From appearances, however, something will be done soon. The two committees are on the best of terms, 'and the conference is more like a family gathering than a contest of ital importance." VBY NEAB A SETTLEMENT. The Tonngstoxrn Iron Workers' Mill Send a Committee to Plttabnrg. A secret meeting of rollers, roll turners and heaters from all parts of the Youngs town iron district has been held. It was learned from an authentic source lost even ing that a committee was appointed to visit Pittsburg and attend the conference with the manufacturers: also that everything had been satisfactorily adjusted with the exception of a slight disagreement between the guide mill rollers and the manufactur ers. It was given 'out that a mass meetiug of Iron workers would be called during the week to take' action regarding the Home stead matter. PEBSTJADED TO BETUEK. Boss Melters and Their Assistants Working In Perfect Harmony. At the West End steel mill of Singer, Niraick & Co. the difficulty between the boss melters and their 60 assistants has been amicably settled and the entire crew are working in perfect harmony. The trouble was due to the firm's action in reducing the tonnage'rates of the boss melters, and the latter in turn reduced the wages of their assistants. The workmen struck, but were yesterday persuaded to return to work. BKADD0CZ WIBEW0BE3 CLOSED. The Trouble Due to the Scarcity of Steel Billets. Five hundred men representing the em ployes of the Braddock Wirework's at Ban kin are at present out of work. The trou ble is occasioned by tbe firm being unable to obtain steel billets. Accordingly the management on Saturday evening decided to shut down the works for a period of three weeks, and in the meantime make their annual repairs. Eight new nail ma chines will be added to the nail mill, and the force will be increased by 40 new men. Delaying tbe Iron Redaction. ; The Pittsburg committee of freight agents met in the Erie office yesterday to dispose of some routine business. Nothing has been done with the reduction of iron rates to the West The managers interested were to have met last week, but owing to the absence of President Newell, of the Lake Erie, who is in Europe, the meeting was postponed. Mr."Newell will be gone six weeks, and railroad men think the plan is to delay action until the time for a reduction is past READY FOR PEACE OR WAR. Twenty Thousand Honnds of Ammunition Issued to the Militia at Gretna Wait ing for Orders to Move West or Stay In the Present Camp. Lebanon, Pa., July 18. The flag at brigade headquarters this morning was hoisted in a stiff, cool breeze from the west, which bore the message of a comfortable day to the awakening soldiers. Ge'neral Dechert, in answer to a question as to what the order of the day would be, said: "This, sir, is a working day; fun or picnicking is no special feature of this camp. We ordered 20,000 rounds of ammunition, and they ar rived this morning. We propose to .have as much skirmish drill as possible, and hereafter the men will do some actual firing instead of snapping their triggers, so that when the occasion presents itself for actual service the bovs may be fullv prepared." "When do you expect to march?" was asked. "Yon know fully as much as I do. I am subject to the orders of my superiors; when ever they come they, will be promptly obeyed. .They may be issued at,, any moment, and for such an emergenev we are keeping ourselves in readiness. We have things so arranged that if we should be ordered to move to any place in the west ern part of the State we could reach the point within at least eight hours. Nobodv knows what will happen. Captain Stafford, in command of Battery A, on Saturday night received some ammunition and guns in case it should become necessary to use them." From Captain Stafford the information was received that two new Phccnix guns had arrived to replace several old parrot guns, which were of too long range. "These," said he, "willbe used in the event of a call to Homestead." The latest rumor, which this morning was going the ronnds, was to the effect that the troops would be called upon to move Thursday, and the Third Brigade would take their place at Mt. Gretna. "Of course this is not to bo credited as the truth," said Captain Stafford. "There are as many different rumors up here as there are hours in thedav." DIED FSOM A FBIEHD'3 BIIE. The Peacemaker in a Dranlcm FIsht Gets the Worst of It, of Conrse. New York, July 18. Special The man who is believed to be responsible for the death of George Coe, the driver who died in Bellevue Hospital on Sunday from blood poisoning, the result of being bitten in the hand, has been found by tbe Forty seventh street police. His name is John Murphy, and he lives at 506 West Fifty fifth street. He and the dead man were friends, which tact, inconsistently enough, was the cause of the biting. That is, it was because of the friendship between them that Coe tried to plav the part or peacemaker in a drnnken fight in which Murphy was engaged, whereupon Murphy turned on him. The fight occurred in a grocery store at Eleventh avenue and Fifty-second street about three weeks ago. Murphy was very drunk at the time. Coe had the wound dressed at the hospital, and thought no more about it until Tuesday, when his hand began to pain him and' he went to Bellevue for treatment Gangrene' had al ready set in and was soon followed by blood poisoning and death. Coe, who was a very reserved man, did not tell how he came by his injury until it was too late to take his ante-mortem statement Murphv was committed to the Tombs without baif, to-day, by Coroner Shea, to await the result of an inquest to be held Thursdav. He says he does not remember biting Coe, and consequently does not believe that he did so. THE CROHIH CASE CBOFS UP. Tha Vatican at Borne to Be Asked to Take a Hand in tho Matter. Chicago, July ia A meeting of the Cronin committee was held last night for the purpose of considering certain new evidence which is said to have recently turned up in connection with alleged un tried perpetrators of the Cronin murder, and deciding what cours'e should be taken regarding it. It was finally decided that before taking any decisive steps in the the'matter the opinion of one of the ablest lawyers in the country should be taken on the whole case. V 4 Assurances of solid financial' 'support were received from the east in case of another struggle. A letter was drafted to Manager Kirby, of the American college in Borne, who is a cousin ot the murdered man, asking his co-operation in counteracting certain influences in this citv which it was said were powerful agents "in closing1 the mouths of those who could reveal tbe whole plot He will be asked to lay the case be fore Cardinal Ledochowsky with, a view to direct action by the Vatican . as the only effective remedy. B GENUINE " ! WMI'SENUINe' ' 1 fSt HUm ' H II DURHAM HH DURHAM I IpM Hf SKOK1NG7XA0CD fijfj SMS TOBACCO. JE3a jSlggWJlpMSO Bra rreucSSlaca Slj tjMamSuta ISSbI (IrJiJSSSSStt flip BULL NXV-Arf?vi DURHAM M All around the world, from East to West Pipe Smokers think Bull Durham best. How good it is, a'trid will show, And makeyou, smoke and praise it too. Get the Genuine. & ' Made only by ILACKWELL'S DURHAM TOIACCO CO., DURHAM, N.C. JEWELZBS TO CONSOLIDATE. State and National Organizations or Retail ers Will Unite. There are five associations of retail jewel, ers in the United States, the national and the State societies of Ohio, Illinois, Mis souri and Alabama. A committee of three from each organization will meet in the St, Charles Hotel to-day to discuss a proposi tion of consolidation. The national organ ization willAe represented by Arthur L. Goodman, President, of Philadelphia; O. a Stillman, New Brunswick; S. E. Bowen, Bridgewater; a a Levy, Philadelphia; and A. Collier, Plainfield. Herman Mauch, President, and W. F. Kemper, Secretary, will look after the Missouri association. The Ohio men are H. H. Mithoefer, Presi dent, and Louis Hummel, Cincinnati; Ed ward Lohmever, Newport, Ky.. and Mr. Gould, of Chicago. The Alabama delegates are expected this morning. A preliminary meeting of those in the town was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of getting acquainted with each other. The movement to consolidate the associations has been going on'for two vears, and the indications are that the national will take in the others. President Good man said the object of the organization was mntual protection of their business. One aim is to see that the manfacturers do not get the best of the retailers. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Stctmer. Where From. Destination. State ofCallfornl.Glasgow New York. British Queen London Baltimore. Arizona New York Qjeenatown. VaesIana NewYorK Antwerp. Galilee New York Hull. Elbe New York Southampton. TBEQUESTIONOFTHEDAY. cn '-JTTTXTTTTTrV 1 ROSE TO MM. This is what he said: Ladies and Fellow-Citizens: Some of the exhibitions of 'American enterprise stagger vie I don't know what to make of them. If yoit want to share my astonishment, utilize your first spare minute by calling upon the well-known clothiers, JACKSONS. You will hardly believe it possible, but it's facts lam telling you. They are offering the grandest line of fine Trousers at $2.25, ' $2.75 and $3 I ever saw in my life, and I'm no spring chicken. That's getti7ig things dozvn pretty fine, isri t it? A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. If yaic know what side your bread is hit ter ed on, and I never knew an American audience that didn't, you'll go as quick as your legs will let yo7i and see their stock. 954 and 956 LIBERTY ST. Jy 17-51 Trssn lets you it) to the secret how to tell the best lock made the world-famous "YALEW Other locks resemble the "YALE" (as the college student's head was like his Presi dent's), on the outside, but perfect secu rity lies only behind the word " YALE," which is stamped on every genuine key. Sold wherever locks sell. iMOKING TOBACCO CM AN '1 s iiesitl M 1111!
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