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PITTSBURG WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1892-TWELVE PAGES.
THREE CENTd
FURIOUS MOBS
DRIVEN BACK
;, BY POLICEMEN
-.After- Stoning the Troops
Guarding the Bail
roads in Buffalo. "
TEE NEW YOBK CENTBAL
Switchmen Ordered to Quit Wrk
Early This Horning
OTHEES SWELL STRIKERS' BANKS
2nd Xearly All the Beads Were Affected
larljr This Morning-.
Strikers Place Cartridges on Car Tracks
Several Soldiers Severely Wounded
toy Their Explosion 1,200 More Sol.
diers Ordered to the Front Rioters
Stabbed in the Legs by the Militia
Bloodshed Averted by the Free Use
of Clubs Heads Broken and Eyes Put
Out in the Scrimmage Darkness the
Signal for the Gathering: of the Law
less The Railroads Move Trains
When Unionists Hold Meetings How
the Militia Is Distributed Fears of
Further Rioting To-Day A Serious
Situation.
Buffalo, Aug. 17. 2 a. h. The New
Xork Central switchmen have joined the
strike. Three hundred are now out. A
platoon of police has been dispatched to the
"William street crossing, where the strikers
are gathering. Grave fears are entertained
for the safety of prop'erty. The reserve
police from four Westside station houses
have been ordered to the scene. The crowd
of strikers is growing larger and the men
are becoming more boisterous.
Sheriff Beck is unable to muster deputies,
and riot and incendiarism are feared.
Strikers from the Erie and Lackawanna
yards are inciting the men to Indulge In
desperate measures daring the remaining
part of the night. A clash between the
strikers and the police is expected.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
switchmen have also struck The West
Shore will probably go out Inside f12
hoars, and the Lake Shore is expected
to follow. -
RIOTOUS NIGHT SCENE&,
Slobs Stone the Soldier and Are Dispersed
by Policemen' Clubs Bayonets Used
"With Effect by the Militia Two Assaults
by the Striken. f
rSFZCIAl TELIGBAM TO THE DISIM.TCn.1
Buffalo, Aug. 16. Midnight. Riot
ing has broken out on the Lehigh Valley
and Erie roads, and there have been three
conflicts between the mob on one side and
the military and police on the other since
6 o'clock. Besides a number of fights the
lawlessness has spread to such a degree,
both in the numbers of the mob and the ex
tent of space covered, that General P. C.
Doyle has deemed it necessary to
send for military aid to other cities.
The streets in the eastern part of the
city, near the L. V. and E. roads
have been filled all this evening with
crowds of men and boys hurrying to and.
from the center of disturbance, which, for
the present seems to have settled at the
Queen street crossing of the Erie and Le
high Valley roads where the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western trestle crosses
the two railroads and the street.
The spot is just at the city limits where
theL.&K freight yards join and about a
mile and a half from the William street
railway station, where it was thought that
the conflict would occur if it came at all.
The Seventy-fourth Regiment and most of
the Sixty-fifth moved down from the Will
lam street station to the Queen street cross
ing this afternoon when it became evident
that the strikers were massing there.
The Peace Before the Storm.
All the afternoon there were little indica
tions of the tronble that was brewing. The
strikers gathered near the soldiers and
jeered and howled at them. Once, or twice
an exasperated soldier would strike out at
one of his tormenters or threaten him with
his bayonet, and a number of fights were
stopped by the interference of the police or
the National Guard officers.
At the Dingen street crossing, in the
Lehigh Valley yards, Officer Patton, of the
Fourth precinct, saw three strikers acting
in a suspicious manner about 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon. He watched and saw one
of them draw a revolver which he pointed
at one of the non-union men who
was coupling., cars. Patton ran toward
the men, followed by Detective
Kraus of the Lehigh Valley road. In the
strnggle which followed the man who had
pointed the revolver got away. One of the
others wrenched- Policeman Patton's re
volver from him but was soon overpowered.
The men were locked up in police station,
and a charge of rioting preferred. They
are Philip Slater, a brakeman, and James
Hanlan, a switchman, both strikers. J
Fifteen Hnndretl Bloters Grow Salient
Hardly bad the switch lights of the rail
roads been lighted when, as if that Are the
signal, a mob gathered at the Queen street
crossing so suddenly that it seemed almost
to have sprung into being from the gather
ing darkness. Steadily the crowd grew until
as nearly as could be estimated it had
reached about 1,500, comprising all ages and
nationalities. They stood in a black solid
threatening mass under the Delaware and
Lackawanna trestle. Before then! within
the city limits, which is marked by Queen
street were the police under Captain Kilrqy,
of police headquarters.
On the right of the police and outside the
city line, which marks the limit of the mili
tary jurisdiction, the aoldiers,of the Seventy
fourth regiment lav about in the long grass
only the flash of a bayonet here and there
showing their presence. Further up on the
lelt flank of the strikers and on the east
side, of William street part, or the
Sixty-fifth regiment were stationed. Over
head, the soldiers of Company H,
of the Seventy-fourth Regiment, lay
stretched npon the trestle. The overgrow
ing mob was growing reckless in proportion
as its size inoreased. Sullen mntterings
were succeeded by jeers, which in turn
gave way to hoots and curses, all directed
at the soldiers onlr a few yards from the
trestle, in the shadow of whose abutments
the mob lurked.
Clnbs Too BInch ror the Mob.
Finally at 8 o'clack Captain Kilroy with
half a dozen men ordered the crowds back.
They refused to move, and threatened to
sweep the police from their path if inter
fered with. The captain ordered clubs
drawn, and by means of their potent per
suasion the mob was driven back, from
the bridge. On William street it made a
stand and was charged by Sergeant Lam
brecht with 15 policemen. Clubs were used
freely and finally the strikers and their
sympathizers broke and fled. Several of
the men carried away broken heads and it
was said that one man, whose name could
not be learned, had his eye put ont by a
blow from a policeman's club.
Philip Day, a butcher on William street,
one of the most obstinate of the mob in re
fusing to move when ordered by the police,
was quite badly hurt and was taken to his
home. But, although broken up fora time,
the strikers and their friends soon drifted
back to their place under the bridge.
This time they meant business. It was
now 9:30, and the deep shadows from the
trestle concealed the strikers, while a bright
bonfire burning near General Derife's
headquarters threwa strong light over the
forms of the soldiers lying in the grass.
Suddenly a large rock thrown by someone
in the shadows fell near a man'belonging to
Company G, of the Seventy-fourth Regi
ment, commanded by Captain Darner. His
company was nearest the strikers. .
Soldiers Assaulted With Stones.
A storm of smaller stones and dirt fol
lowed, and the mob set up a yell. The sol
diers sprang to their feet. Captain Darner
gave the order to fall in. Still the mob
continued the yelling and throwing mis
siles. A drummer beat the long roll Ex
cited by the sound and exasperated by the
attacks of the strikers, Company M's men
started forward, when the door ot the house
where General Derile had his headguarters
was thrown open and Captain of the Police
Kilroy, who had been conferring with the
General, ran out at full speed.
Calling to his men to follow him, he
rushed between the yelling mob and the
now thoroughly exasperated soldiers.
"Keep back, boys, keep backl" he shouted
to the latter. "We can manage this our
selves. For God's sake don't shed the first
blood. Keep back!"
The soldiers paused for a moment, and In
that moment 20 policemen had followed
Captain Kilroy Into the open space between
the mob and the soldiers.
The captain drew his club. "Clubs out,
and charge," he shouted and the 20 police
men with sticks drawn fell upon the strik
ers. The latter retreated until they got to
William street, where thev stopped and
fought vigorously. How ft would have
ended is doubtful, but at that moment a de
tachment of the Sixty-fifth Regiment with
bayonets fixed came down William street at
double quick and attacked the mob on the
left flank. Thev stabbed for the
legs of their opponents and in a very few
seconds the mob was in rapid retreat, many
of them bleeding from bayonet wounds, but
none of them seriously injnred. They were
followed by the police, who used their clubs
vigorously, driving them half a mile, down
William street and on a run. Guards were
then established, and no one was permitted
to go near the tracks who could not give a
satisfactory account of himself.
Strikers In a Savage Mood.
The strikers are in a most savage mood
late to-night, and threats of blowing up the
whole track from the Cheektowaga to Buf
falo are openly made. The general belief is
that the mob will gather strain in greater
force to-morrow night, if not at the Oueen
(Street bridge at some other point
xne worn oi uaplaiD iUlroy and his men
is warmly commended by the military.
Had it not been for his prompt action a
pitched battle would doubtless have taken
place between the soldiers and the mob
with terrible results.
"I want above all things," said Captain
Kilroy last night, "to see this thing settled
without bloodshed. If it ever begins God
oniy snows wnere it win end.
General Doyle received word from Aiden,
N.V., 23 miles from here, that a gang of 40
striking switchmen from here had stopped
two Erie freight trains at that place by pull
ing the coupling pins. On learning this
General Doyle, seeing that his force was in
adequate to cover Buch an extent of ground
as the strikers are now working over, sent
out orders for the balance of his brigade to
report.
More Companies Ordered Oat.
The companies are as follows: First Sep
arate Company, ot Eochester, 70 men; Sec
ond Separate Companv. of Auburn. 90 menr
EighthSeparate Company, of Eochester, 85
men; Thirteenth Separate Companv, of
Jamestown, 100 men; Twenty-fifth Separate
Company, ofTonawanda, 90 men; Twenty,
sixth Separate Company, of Elmira, 80
men; Thirtieth Separate Company, of El
mira, 75 men; Thirty-fourth Separate Com
pany, of Geneva, 65 men; Forty-first Sep
arate Company, of Syracuse, 75 "men; Forty-second
Separate Company, of Niagara
Falls, 75 men; Forty-third Separate Com
pany, of Olean, 90 -men; Forty-filth Separ
ate Company, of Cortlandt, 70 men; Forty
Beventh Separate Company, of Hornells
ville, 70 men; Forty-eighth Separate Com
pany, of Owego, 100 men; Fifth Battery, 75
men, making in all about 1,200 additional
soldiers of the Fourth Brigade, who will be
in this city to-morrow, forming a grand to
tal of nearly 1,800 men.
There is an extra heavv guard of patrol
men on duty at the freight yards to-night
and the new men are working hard, getting
out freight
1:15 a. at Word has jnst been received
that the freight switchmen of the New York
Central road have gone out A detachment
ot police irom station N. 1 have been or
dered to the Central freight yards. ,
WOUNDED BY CARTRIDGES.
Several Soldiers Injored While Marching to
Guard a Trestle Strikers Placed the
Silastics on the Track How the Militia
Is Watching the Property.
Buffalo, Aug. l& Special The
country between this city and Cheektowago
looked as if it were in the throes of war
when this morning dawned and the sun's
first beams were reflected back from brass
buttons and sharp bayonets carried by the
blue-coated soldiers of the Seventy-fourth
and Sixty-fifth Regiments of the National
Guard. When the early morning K trains
passed along the passengers looked with
astonishment at the sentries that with fixed,
bayonets performed sentry duty along the
Lehigh Valley and Erie roads lor six miles
from the Buffalo station.
There had been almost no trouble on the
previous night, notwithstanding which the
Philadelphia and Reading Company, which'
owns the Lehigh Valley roads, became
alarmed for the safety of their immense coal
trestle one mile from Cheektowaga and also
feared that there would be serious Inter
ference on the port of the striken at Will-
iam street and so asked Sheriff T3eck to
ordcr.out the National Guard as protection
for the threatened property? The order to
march reached the headquarters of the two
regiments at about 6 o'clock last night In
a few minutes hacks containing the officers
of the regiments were scurrying about the
city looking for the men at their homes or
clubs with such success that there reported
from duty this morning 324 men of the
Sixty-fifth Regiment out of a possible 412,
and 277 members of the Seventy-fourth
Regiment out of a possible 395.
Sharpsbooters on the Cowcatchers
The Seventy-fourth Regiment, wjth 250
men in line, left their arsenal at a little
after midnight under command of Colonel
Fox, and marched to the Erie depot, where
they boarded a special train and were taken
to William street, wher.evthey were ordered
for picket duty during the night. On the
cowcatcher of the engine which drew the
train were three sharpshooters with loaded
Winchesters and orders to shoot any person
seen throwing a switch or attempting to
board the train. The train reached William
street without any effort on the part of the
strikers to interfere with it, and the
Seventy-fourth Regiment disembarked only
to find that the first detachment of the
Sixty-fifth, under Colonel Welch, had pre
ceded them.
This detachment had orders to proceed to
the coal'trestle, four miles further on, and,
as there was no train to transport them,
they were compelled to march. Hardly
had the line started forward when half a
dozen' strikers suddenly appeared on the
track in front of them, running along
rapidly in the same direction , that the
soldiers were marching, and occasionally
stooplngjis if to examine tfie tracks.
Soldiers Wounded by Signal Cartridges.
When the soldiers had marched a short
SSH ! lHL.
the track next to them shut off the strikers
from their view. As the train went by
nere was a volley of sharp reports followed
by cries from the ranks, "We are attacked,"
"The strikers have surrounded us," "We've
run inCo an ambush," "I am shot"
Several pfthe men cried out that they
were shot, showing wounds in their legs
and back. Colonel Welch halted the line
and soon restored order. No strikers were
to be seen. Surgeon Crego examined ,the
wounded men and found the wounds were
caused by pieces of tin such as are used in
dynamite signal cartridges. The strikers
had put the cartridges on the track for the
purpose ot injuring and frightening the sol
diers. Sergeant Eller, of Company D, was
wounded in the left leg. Charles Blanch's
head was cut and three others were slightly
wounded, but none of the injuries were
serious, and the men, a(ter(being bandaged
up, continued the march. The trestle
which they were ordered to guard is a very
valuable piece of property. It is one-third
ot a mile long, and covers three tunnels
which contain 27,000 tons of coaL
Fears forca Trestle's Surety.
The trestle is valued at $100,000, and it
was feared that the strikers would attempt
to set it afire. A vantage point for the
strikers is the toll trestle of the' Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which
is within a short distance of the Lehigh
trestle and is connected with it by tracks.
It was feared that the strikers might set
fire to the cars on the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western trestle and send them
rolling down ,like huge fire-balls into the
large tinder box in which the Lehigh road
stores coal. To obviate this danger the
tracks for some distance in front of the en
trance to the Lehleh trestle were blocked
with ties and rocks.
The second detachment of the Sixty-fifth
Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel
Chapin, left Buffalo on a special -train at
4:30 this morning, arriving at the trestle at
6:30. They brought withthem rations for
the camp for one day, which were speedily
divided among the men. There was bread",
coffee and canned corned beef. Arms were
stacked, fires built and very shortly the
rations had decreased by one-third.
The Disposal of the Guard.
Then a short time was given the men for
sleep, the first rest they had had since being
summoned ''for duty. They spread their
overcoats on piles of ties, boards, on the
bare rocks and the trestle, and by the time
the sun had got a'good- start the camp was
asleep.
Orders were received at 10 o'clock from
General Derile, commanding the forces,
who bad established his headquarters at
William street, to the effect that two com
panies should' bee left ,to guard the
trestle, and the remainder of the Sixty
filth Regiment should join the Seventv
fourth at William street Companies D
and F, numbering 85 men, in charge of
Captain Babcock and Lieutenant Howland
were detailed as guards -to the trestle. The
remainer of the regiment was taken in two
undersized freight cars, no passenger cars
being available to William street
Shortly after their arrival, two cars'
bringing sixty non-union workmen from
Philadelphia arrived and were taken to the
front yard where accommodations have been 1
prepared lor them, 'ihey will begin work
to-night The Seventy-fourth Regiment,
which at first was stationed directly down
the winds from a soap boiling factory and
the crematory succumbed to the atmos
phere early in the afternoon and rstTeated
a few hundred yards .down the track. The
Sixty-fifth is stationed near hem. A
strong picket guard will be sustained
through to-night
Car Moved on tbe Qnlet.
While the strikers were in session at
GamiU's Hall, late this afternoon, the Erie
and Lackawanna improved their oppor
tunity and moved several cars of perishable
property, perhaps 80 cjrs in all. Two
trains on the Erie and one on the Lacka
wanna left for the East When the strik
ers learned of it they were indignant, and
for a time it looked as if there would be
bloodshed. They gathered in a body in
front of a squad of soldiers at Cheetowaga,
and one burly striker tried to force his way
through, and the sentry lowered the point
of his bayonet to repel him. The man
seized the bayonet, and attempted to wrest
it from the soldier. At this moment it
seemed as though a collision between the
mob and the troops was inevitable.
Captain Darner at once marched to the
spot and shouted: "Let go that bayonet or
tare tne consequences.
"I was only trying to pass through," ex
claimed the baffled ruffian,' as he fell back
In the crowd.
Shortly after Captain Kilroy, who was'at
brigade headquarters, arrived on the spot
with a squad of men and dispersed the
crowd. "If there be any fighting," said
Captain Darner, "it will be right here when
an attempt ft made to move tne trains. If
the trains pass this point in safety they are
out of danger."
The switchmen complain that the State
guardsmen and the policemen are perform
ing the duties of switchmen to help the
railroads out of their troubles.
Fear for the New Tork Central.
Third Vice-President "H. W. Webb, of
the New Tork Central Road, is In the city
to-day, called here by tbe gravity of the
situation and the possibility of the great
four-track road being affected. He has
been in close consultation with the attor
neys of the road and its officials while ac
knowledging the serious nature of the
strike are confident that with proper mili
tary protection all will come out right
Mr. Webb said: "The strike -has not ex
tended to our rpad and we are not aware
that any of our men are anxious to join in
the strike. -The only danger that we have
felt is that our men might be driven from
their posts by the strikers on the other
roads and so forced from their posts. I
hare consulted with our superintendents
and foremen and that is the only way, in
their opinion, in which the strike is likely
to affect our road. I think that the switch
men would have been driven from their
posts last night had it not been for the call
ing out of the military.
Th Soldiers Belled on for Protection.
"There will doubtless be a resumption of
the attempt to-night and the military will
have to be relied upon for protection. All
we ask is for protection from violence and
we shall have no trouble. Our men are all
right and the only trouble will come from
their being forced by the mob or strikers
from their dutv. I am pleased to hear" that
the National Guard at other points is in
readiness to be thrown into Buffalo. Even
if not brought here, the mere fact that tbe
militia is held ready for the purposewill
have a quieting effect on the rioters."
it is currently reported mat tne uentrai
switchmen will join in tbe strike to-night
The Central men are said to be opposed to
handling Erie" and Lehigh Valley freight
Geo. W. Bartlett, genital superintendent
of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Railway was seen to-night .
"Yes," said he, "I hare conferred with
the strikers. I said to them that owing to
the fact that five roads were paying what
they demanded, we would give them what
they asked. I tell them that as long as
five roads were paying what they asked
we'd accede to their demands, I said to
them that it was only because the other
roads were paying 23 and 25 cents that I
did. There is no question of hours in
volved in our case,', continued Mr. Bart
lett, "if they work-a million hours they
get their pay for it Peace has been de
clared by the yardmen and the Buffalo,
Rochester add Pittsburg.
MAY EXTEND WESTWARD.
Switchmen on Lines Leading to Chicago
Likely to Be Ordered Oat.
Chicago, Aug. 16. It was rumored late
last night that all the switchmen on the
F!rI lino 4n nMfftfl vliiith ia fli, s11
Chicago and Atlantic, had -been ordered on
a strike. A reporter who called at the
Dearborn street depot was told that those
switchmen only worked as far into Chicago
as Fifty-first street On calling there the
switchmen said:
, "The Erie road proper extends westward
only to Marion, Ohio. This is an auxil
iary to the system. We are wait
ing to hear the word 'from Grand
Master Sweeney. He is now in
Buffalo. As soon as he speaks
we quit and so do all the switchmen on the
lines running into Chicago. The strike may
not reach Chicago for a week yet, but un
less the demands of the striters'in the East
are granted all the great railway lines will
be tied up within ten days."
The statement of Grand Master Wilkin
son of the Order of Trainmen, that the
trainmen would assist the switchmen if the
strike was announced, is regarded as
significant, and especially because of the
fact that the trainmen and switchmen have
been mortal enemies ever since the fignt on
the Northwestern road. Wilkinson is to
leave this morning for Buffalo.
ASSUMES A WARLIKE TONE.
Adjutant General Porter Betlcsqt Regard
ing the Movements of the Guard.
Albany, Aug. 16. Special Adjutant
General Porter was here all day to-day
and in communication with the Na
ional Guard officers in command at
Buffalo. To-night he a declined to say
whether he had dictated the order which
directs all tbe commands in the Fourth
Brigade to hold themselves in readiness to
move upon Buffalo. "It any orders have
been issued," he said, "you will not get
them from me, nor will I say whether I
know anything about them.". H-
'Has the -commander of" 'the Fourth
Brigade power to -order 'put his command
without orders from you?" queried the
reporter. .
"I do not know," was General Porter's
reply.
From the number of telegrams received
and sent bv General Porter it is evident
that he is fully cognizant ot the mobilizing
of the Fourth Brigade, and is in constant
communication with his subordinates at the
seat of war. The warlike aspect of the
affairs ha, however, led him to assume a
military reticence concerning his intentions.
STRIKERS IN POSSESSION.
No, Effort Made at Waverly and Sayre to
Move Freight Train.
Elmiba, N. Y., Aug. 16. The situation
at Waverly and Sayre to-day is very quiet,
no effort being made by the company to
move any trains except passenger and milk
trains, with which the strikers do not inter
fere. Sheriff Powell was not on the scene
to-day and the strikers had everything their
own way.
fome think that the Sheriff hasabandoned
idea of raising a posse in Bradford
county, as nearly everyone sympathizes
with the strikers and has gone to Harris
burg to see about ordering out the military.
Superintendent Stephenson says the affair
is in the hands of the county authorities
who will organize a force to cope with the
strikers. General union meetings were held
by the different organizations last night and
this morning and while no definite action
was taken, the situation is such that a straw
would cause a general strike among the
various unions.
LOCAL LINES NOT AFFECTED.
Tho Switchmen's Strike Interfering With
the Wabash.
So far the switchmen's strike at Buffalo
has not affected the shipments of the local
railroads. W. L. Bowlus, of Cleveland,
the commercial agent of the Wabash, was
in the city yesterday. He said his com
pany operated a freight line in connec
tion with the Lehigh Valley road
and in addition the Wabash runs a series of
freight boats between Buffalo and Toledo.
He hadn't received any reports, but he sup
posed the strike was interfering with their
traffic on the Lehigh Valley. He was
afraid that tbe trouble would hinder the
lake shipments.
The Lake Erie people said tbey had not
been notified of any difficulty on their -receiving
lines, and the companv continues to
ship freight and passengers. It was denied
by Allegheny Valley and Lake Erie officials
that excursionists would not go to Niagara
Falls for fear they couldn't get through
Buffalo.
1 RECRUITS FOR THS LEHIGH.
Another Carload of Non-Union Men For
warded for Distribution.
Reading, Aug. 16. This evening and
afternoon another ' load of non-union
men who were .recruited at points
above Reading were sent to Philadelphia
bound for places along the Lehigh Valley
where trouble exists.
They are mostly all old railroaders, for
merly employes of the company. Since
Sunday it is stated that several hundred
men have been enlisted along the main line
and branohes for the Lehigh Valley.
BO STRIKE AT HAZLET05.
A Postponed Payment of Wages Started the
Bumor of Trouble.
Hazletoit, Aug 16. The report of the
nfiner's strike here is incorrect Humboldt
mine shut down last Wednesday. The com
pany should have paid July wages yester
day, but postponed the payment until the
17th, when July and August wages will be
paid at once.
Some few Hungarians, misunderstanding
the situation, came to town and laid their"
claims before a Justice. There is do law
lessness and no danger of any.
SPREADING
But tne News .of Its Advance
Is Being . Suppressed
Oyer iii Europe.
IT BEACHES GEBMANY,
And Its Advent in Anstria Also
Causes Alarm. .
MEDICAL MSN GIVE WARNING
And Urge the Enforcement of Strict Fani
tary Safeguards.
OYER 4,000 DEATHS DAILY IN BUSSIA
fflT CABLI TO THX M8PATCH.
Berlin-, Aug. 16. Considerable alarm
has been created by a report in the Bocrstn
Courier of to-day stating that oholera is rav
aging the districts of Eastern Prussia,
Posen and Silesia, but' that official state
ments concerning the epidemio are sup
pressed by the authorities." The officials of
the Health Board admit that the death rate
in these provinces has greatly increased,
but comment that the contagious epidemic
is "rnhr" and not cholera. As the infected
districts are densely populated and are
directly bordering on the Prussian pro
vinces where the cholera epidemio is at its
height, natural alarm is felt here. An
inquiry was demanded in the Common
Council to-day and an official investigation
promised.
Warnings From Health Authorities.
In reference to the grave rumors concern
ing the appearance of cholera in eastern
Germany, the municipal Health Board has
issued a circular advocating stringent sani
tary measures to check the spread of the
disease. The people are warned not to in
dulge in unripe fruits or vegetables, and
special receipts for easy and thorough disin
fections are published.
Several of the highest medical authorities
in published interviews again assert that the
most imminent danger of the spread of the
cholera bacillus lies in its possible transpor
tation in textile fabrics, no process of dis
infection except fumigation being thorough
enough to entirely destroy the dangerous
germs. As fumigation is a rather costly
process and one which needs exhaustive
preparations, the assurances of dealers in
rags, baggings, etc., that they submit these
articles to fumigation cannot be relied upon,
and it is considered advisable to suppress
their transportation entirely.
The Plague Hat Entered Anstria.
Persistent rumors of the spread of cholera
in Silesia and Galizia, near the Russian
frontier, had a slightly demoralizing effect
on the affairs of the Vienna Bourse to-day.
No official communication of the appear
ance of tbe epidemic has been made there,
but it is the general opinion that the epi
demic has crossed the Russian border and
the news concerning it is withheld. ProC
Drasche to-day publishes a three-column ar
ticle in the Neut FreU Presse, under his
name, where he severely scores the Govern
ment authorities for withholding news about
the epidemio and lulling the population
nndir the Impression that there is no danger
of contagion.
Professor Drasche states that the epidemic
was never more violent and dangerous than
just now, and that statistics show that the
month of September is always tbe mo3t
dangerous for Continental Europe. He
urges the Secretary of the Interior, Count
Taafe, who is at the present time with the
Emperor in Ischl, preparing to celebrate
his Majesty's birthday, to at once adopt the
most stringent sanitary measures.
It is reported that three cholera cases
have occurred at Stettin, and five in Pilla,
a town of East Prussia-
Over 4,000 Deaths Dally In Bnss'ft.
An Associated Press cable from St
Petersburg sayst The total number of new
cases of cholera reported in Russia yester
day was 7,600. The total number of deaths
from the epidemic was 3,900. These fig
ures represent all the returns received, but
two-thirds of the towns attacked have no
telegraphic communication with the chief
town of the provinces in which they are
situated, which towns make daily reports
to St Petersburg. It will thus be seen
that the returns are very incomplete, and
that to procure daily reports of the exact
number of new cases and deaths is impos
sible. Tbe known figures, however, , show that
the disease is causing havoc in many dis
tricts. This is particularly the. case in dis
tricts affected by tbe famine. Here the
peasants, physically impoverished by the
scarcity ot food, when attacked by disease
have no strength to combat it and die with
scarcely a struggle.
Mobs Demolishing Hoipltnls.
, The cholera is abating at Nijni Novgorod,
Astrakhan and in tbe Trans-Caspian terri
tory, but the number of deaths continues
excessive in the Caucusus. the Don prov
inces, Saratoff, Samara, Simbirsk and Oren
berg. A mob attacked the floating hospital at
Starobelsk, in the Government of Kharkoff,
and completely demolished it The doctors
were assaulted and would probably have
been killed had it not been for the interven
tion of the troops, who were summoned to
restore order. The soldiers soon suppressed
the rioting and arrested the leaders of the
rioters,
A London cable says the greatest excite
ment was caused here to-day through a dis
covery made bv the health authorities in
examining a shipment of rags that was
being landed. The examiners found many
bundles of the rags came from districts in
fected by cholera and they were ordered to
be bnrned at once. The vessel bringing the
cargo sailed from a, German port, but the
infected articles were the gathering of a
wide territory.
A POPTJtAB APPOIHTMEHT.
Canadians Pleased to Hear That the Karl
or .Aberdeen Is the Governor Genera'.
Montbeal, Aug. id Special Special
cable advices received here from England
state that the Earl of Aberdeenis to suc
ceed Lord Stanley, of Preston, as Governor
General of Canada. The annointment wonld
be an extremely popular one, as the Earl is
wen Known in uanaoa and higniy esteemed.
His popularity among the Irish people
of the Dominion is very great, and during a
visit here last year Ife was given a warm
welcome by the Irish citizens. He spent
several months in tbe country, living near
Hamilton, Ontario, and rumor then stated
that he wonld be the next Governor Gen
eral. Lady Abderdeen is also very popu
lar, and took a deep Interest in philan
thropic affairs. Lord Aberdeen has large
interests In Canada and owns considerable
.property in the Northwest.
300 ARE HOMELESS.
Fire Wipes Ont the Largrr Part of a Delaware-Maryland
Ylllsge-One Life Lost
and a Pecuniary Loss of Over 873,000
No Water.
Delmab, Del,, Aug. 16. Fully three
fourths of this little village was flame-swept
to-day, and to-night 300 people are home
less and robbed of all their earthly posses
sions. Added to these misfortunes! one
person was burned to death, but the body
was so badly charred that its identification
seems to be imposMble.
The fire started about 11:30 o'clock in a
little room back of thfostoffice on Main
street, which runs npr r ad, south. A
strong northeast wiuf A- 3i" flames,
which spread rapidIy"Vj:'fraylicked
up about 50 dwellings andv, 'Of 'J r?sa.t
The citizens at first organized tv AfX
ade, but their efforts to stay tii, Wo?$t
progress were futile, and a message itKf&i SiTSBURG
to Salisbury, Md., for fire apparatus. s v jr
special tram brought the Salisbury firemen
with their engine and hose carrhlge, but
they were confronted with no water supply
worth speaking of, and could do 'but little
if any good with the two streams at their
disposal I
The fire burned itself out, and everyone
was powerless to prevenjr'or even stay the
devastation. The Joss is -estimated at $75,
000, but may go above (jhese figures. Del
mar, as its name implies, lies both in Dela
ware and Maryland", one-third of the vil
lage being in the latter State. The popula
tion of the place-is 500.
M'LDCKIE'S DARK STORY.
He Tells Bostonlans of a Terrible State or
'i AffTairs In the Hills.
Bostok, Aug. 16. Burgess McLuckie,
of Homestead, who, with Hugh O'Donnell,
is seeking aid in this vicinity for the Home
stead strikers, says the present condition of
affairs at tbe mills is frightful There have
been, he says, three riots inside of the
works which the militia have been called
upon to suppress. He says:
Tbe company Is rnnninz speak-easles for
the purpose of furnishing the non-union
men with beer. Nothing like this wns per
mitted when tbe union men were employed.
Tbese places have borne legitimate fruit,
and as a consequence fights have not heon
infrequent.
Accidents have been numerous. Onlv a
few days ago a man was sawed up by tbe big
steel saw toaC is used for cutting armor
plate. When the men go down to the river
to bathe they are accompanied by Iron and
Coal police wbo stand guard over them In
order to prevent any of tnem from deserting
the works. Tbe Carnegie Steel and Iron
Works used to be one of tbe Dest
disciplined concerns in the country. To-day
there is no such thing as discipline known.
For some reason the riots, accidents and
Other Incidents do not appear in the news
papers. Men are continually leaving tbe
mills whenever tney can. The companv is
not increasing Its force, and yet we are told
in the reDorts published in the East that
Carnegie and Friok have won, and that our
backbone Is broken.
TO RIVAL THE B. & 0.
A Proposed Donlevard and Electric Koad
From Washington to Baltimore.
Baltimore, Aug. 16. Special A
broad boulevard from Baltimore to Wash
ington, with a fast electric railroad run
ning beside it all the way, is
the splendid highway proposed by the
Baltimore and Washington Turnpike and
Tramway Company. There are four, gent
tlemen "in Baltimore prominently inter
ested in this project, which has its powers
in a bill which passed the Legislature last
winter. The charter of the company is a
very liberal one.
The boulevard is to be 60 feet wide and 40
feet more can be added to provide for a
double track electric railroad if need be.
First the railroad will be built and it has
the right to haul material for building the
boulevard widening and building bridges,
etc. This right can be extended to make
tbe line a freight carrying as well as a pas
senger carrying railroad. It is estimated
that the cost ot building both of the boule
vard and the railroad will not exceed $15,000
per mile. This line can be completed within
a year, and will prove a formidable rival to
the Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and
Potomac railroads.
ROBBERS IN A NEW ROLE.
They Behead Their "Victim, bnt Are Them
selves Speedily Lynched.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 16. Three high
waymen held up and beheaded a man near
Ellensburg, Wash., to-day. Vigilantes
pursued the highwaymen. After capturing
them they hanged them to a tree.
Another man who happened along saw
the robbery unknown to the murderers.
He went to the nearest camp and told the
terrible story. In a short time a large posse
was organized and on tbe trail of the rob
bers. Finally they succeeded in overtaking
them. The man who witnessed the affair
wa taken along and readily Identified all
three. Tbey were strung up to trees with
out ceremony.
CUT OFF THE BEEF SIJMLT.
Wllkesbarre People Have Had to Live on
Olher Bleats This Week.
Wilkesbaeee, Aug. 16. Special
The railroad switchmen's strike at Buffalo
is affecting Wilkesbarre in the "way of cut
ting off in a measure the supply of Western
beef. The Wilkesbarre dealers have had
none this week and will not till Thursday
when shipments will be received over the
D.. L. & W. B. R.
If the strike should continue a great while
or extend to other roads it is possible that
the supply here will be very short by and
by, but at present no serious inconvenience
is experienced. The retail dealers say of
the scarcity of beef, if they can t get it they
can't sell it and that is all there is to it, and
the people will have to eat something else
for awhile.
PLAYING LABOR'S FRIEND.
J. Hler Hardle Conttlbute a Hundred
Pounds to the Homestead Workmen.
BT CABLE TO THX DISPATCH.)
Londok, Aug. 16, J. Kier Hardie,
Labor Member of the South Division of
Westham, has sent to the Homestead strik
ers 100, the amount contributed toward
his election expenses by Andrew Carnegie.
Mr. Hardie has made himself ridiculous
sincejhis election by clownish attempts to
play the part of an independent, unpolished
laboring man, and has been accused of ex
posing the labor interests to adverse criti
cism to suit the purpose of Mr. Carnegie.
SOWN IN GOOD GROUND.
The Boston Visit of O'DonneH and BIc
Luckie Tlelds Die; Frnlt
BoSTOir,. Aug. 16. At a meeting last
evening of representatives of Knights of
Labor, Central Labor and the Building
Trades CounciLa committee was appointed
and instructed to visit every labor organi
zation in Massachusetts and solicit funds
lor the Homestead men.
Tbe organization have agreed to raise
(20,000 for the strikers.
A, T. Bannon for the Senate.
COUDEKSFORT, Aug. 16. A. F. Bannon
was nominated for State Senator by the
Republicans -of the Twenty-fifth District
k to-mnt,
TROOPS CALLED OUT
The Militia Act at Home
stead Yesterday in Quell
ing Disturbances.
LOpKED-OUT MEN DEFIANT.
They Faced the Soldiers' loaded
unns ana snowea iignu
OFFICERS CHASED.
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N-
A Hob of Angry Men, Women and Cail
dren FoIIott Them, Hi
THE MILITARY COMES TO THEIE BELIEF
"Homestead still sleeps on its arms,"
said Colonel Gray yesterday. "Things
that in time of peace would go unnoticed
to-day cause crowds to gather in the twink
ling of an eye. It is also noticeable that
there is a growing enmity toward the Na
tional Guard by the locked-out men and in
the opinion of many the latter will never be
happy until they have locked horns with
the soldier boys."
Yesterday the military had to act twice in
quelling disturbances. Early in the morn
ing Constable Gingher went up to the mill
and arrested Frank Tracey, one of the
laborers. He was charged with the larceny
ot a horse and buggy. Four men working
in the mill were needed as witnesses, and'
Gingher brought them along, ls they
came down the street there were but few
people out, it being only 9 o'clock, so
the trip to Alderman Oeffaer's was made
without incident Some few people were
attracted to the hearing. The Alderman
held Tracey in 51,000 bail for court The
man could not get anyone to go his security
and was taken to jail.
Non-Union Men Hon the Ganntlet.
The people in the office were very joyous
over the 'Squire's ruling, and gave vent to
their happiness in cheers. This, of course,
attracted a good many people.
Constable Gingher realized that he had a
contract to get the four men who had acted
as witnesses back to the works. He called
on the most prominent of the locked-out
men present, asking them to see that the
witnesses would not suffer from the hands
of the other men. Tbey promised him that
they would try to keep the peace. The
constable then took the prisoner and turned
the witnesses over to a couple of deputy
sheriffs. The latter group started up Eighth
avenue toward MunhalL
As they left tbe Alderman's office in the
rear the crowd commenced to gather. From
25 men at the start it increased to 300 or 400
men and women by the time the Amalga
mated headquarters were reached.
As this procession, similar to the one on.
Eighth avenue on July 6, moved toward
the Carnegie works, the crowd became
angered. The four non-union men were
called vile names. Stones and clubs were
displayed, and when nearly at the city farm
fence the mob commenced closing in on the
defenseless men.
All this time Major Crawford was watch
ing proceedings irom the camp. He had a
company in line ready -to march. He saw
the chance for life slipping away from the
four non-union men and gave the order to
advance. On a double-quick his men
came down onto Eighth avenne
with fixed bayonets. The company
was drawn up across the street and the
loaded guns were fixed at half-cock. Even
in the face of tbe militia the strikers
faltered but little. Some one ot tbeir,num
ber called to his comrades to come on and
capture the "scabs." This command was
very nearly obeyed, for when a moment
later Major'Crawford ordered the crowd to
disperse it paid, no attention to his com
mand. At this moment a company from the Six
teenth came sweeping down the hill. Every
man had his bayonet fixed and his finger
was on the trigger of his gun. Still the
mob stood. The company was thrown in
company front across the avenue. Hardly
had its line been organized until Colonel
Gray came in from the rear with a squad of
deputies.
A Policeman Dispersed the Mob.
Major Crawford turned to his men and
was forming the command to charge when
Officer Gessuer and two or three of his men
from tbe Homestead police department
came hurriedly on the scene. He ordered
the street cleared. His words seemed to
have a new effect Instantly the men
dropped the stones and let the non-union
men go unmolested.
The men were very much worked up over
the interference by the militia and they
talked about it all day.
The provost guard was kept in readiness
for a call all day. It did not come, but
there was a time in the afternoon when it
was near it About 4 o'clock Constables
Price and Brislin arrived in Homestead,
and were down in the vicinity of City Farm
station looking for a man for whom they
had a warrant He was not a Homesteader,
and his arrest had no connection with the
recent troubles. The constables came down
the tracks of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston road, and stopped within a
square of the City Farm station. The con
stables saw their man, and started after
him. Soon a crowd of 100 men and women
gathered around them, armed with stones
and clubs. The constables started down
toward the station in pursuit of the man
they wanted, and the crowd followed. The
fellow turned down City Farm lane and es
caped. The officers started after him, but
the crowd stopped them.
A Handful or Soldiers Do Quick Work.
Tbe squadof the guard stationed at that
point came 'to the constable's assistance.
There were only three or four of tbe
soldier bovs, but when they fixed their bay
onets and came charging down the hill,
pulling cartridges from their belts, the
crowd retreated. From the provost guards'
quarters on the hill tbe engagement was
being watched through field glasses. The
guard was drawn up in line, ready to rush
down the hill, but its services were not
needed.
The train that arrives shortly after mid
night brought in several non-union men
Monday night On the same train were
several of the locked-out steel workers.
Both parties alighted at Munhall station.
The new men started for the millyard
entrance. Tbe strikers made a rush for
them. The deputy tried to interfere, but
got the worst of the deal He called on
the militia, and a sergeant and a squad of
men came down. They started to escort
the non-unionists to the mill gate. The
crowd followed. The Sergeant halted his
men, and in a loud voice gave the com
mand, "Load." Hardly had the words
passed his lips when a pattering of foot
steps was heard in the rear.- The strikers
had beat a retreat when they saw he meant
business.
The Carneele Company Will Start a Store.
There was.nothing out of the ordinary
transpired at tbe works yesterday. The
mills were working along as they have been
for several days A few new men were
brought in. The new Bessemer converting
mill was put on double turn last night
XManager Potter says every department U