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.
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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.
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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.
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