FIRES Id FURNACES, Jones & langMins Beach a Satisfactory "Settlement mth Their Men. - THE STEEL SCALE SIGNED. Twenty-Five Hundred Workmen ""V Cheer the Announcement. U- PUDDLERS ALREADY AT TVORK. B. 4 0. Telegraphers Preparing a New Schedule of Wages. , NEWS OP THE GEE1T W0E1D OF LABOE Wage scales for the steel and chain de partments of the Brownstown mills of Jonei & Laughlins were signed yesterday after soon. As a remit of the agreement be tween the firm and the workers the plant will be in operation to-day, and before mid night nearly 2,500 men will return to their old positions. The news that the steel scale had been signed spread rapidly, and a few minutes afterward men were running toward the mill from all directions. These men could hardly beliere that the large gates leading into the works were to be opened and they wera once more privileged to return to their labor. On reaching the gate where the notice was posted the workers exhibited much eager ness to read the proclamation. They gath ered in a mass' around the gate, and a few minutes afterward, as if by a given signal, they burnt forth with a wild hurrah. As announced in The Dispatch of Mon day, the steel workers met-in their lodge room at 'Weber's Hall yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to consider the ..new scale offered by the firm. After much prelimi nary discussion the matter was pnt to vote, and it was decided that the new wage list should be adopted with the exception of a few of the foot-notes. Another Conference With the Firm. The committee representing the steel workers then called upon the firm at the of fice on Carson street. B. P. Jones' and G. M. Laughlins were awaiting the men. The steel committee reported that the scale had been virtually accepted by the men, bnt that the latter wanted a few minor changes in the notes. One of the changes asked for was that in the future when any improve ments were made in the mill which in creased or lessened the working force, the Amalgamated Association be empowered to engage or discharge the employes affected. The steel committee demanded that the clause in the new scale governing this par ticular affair should be entirely stricken out. This the firm refused to grant. When their ultimatum was announced the steel workers' committee said they would have to hold another consultation with the men. When asked why the Amalgamated As sociation desired to engage or discharge the hands, a workman who has been in the em ploy of Jones & Laughlin's for nearly 20 years, replied: "When the firm recently made the repairs in the plant they intro duced new automatic cranes, which wiU do away with from 16 to' 18 mold tenders on each turn. There being three turns every day, this move will affect about 50 men in alL The work of the mold tender is very simple. His wages are about $2 98 for every 100 loot, an.das there is never less than 300 tons turned.out every eight hours it can be easily seen that the tenders make good money. Taking Care ot the Officials. "Some of the mold tenders are officers high up in the Amalgamated Association, and it would not be right if they lost their positions. This is the main reason why the committee demanded that the firm allow the Amalgamated Association to have charge of the engaging of the men so that they could more readily take 'care of the officials who may be discharged under the new regime." . Although the steel committee promised to return in half an hour when they left the office of the firm at noon it was 4:10 o'clock when they returned. Major Laughlins had grown tired of waiting and had gone home. vThe steel committee went to B. P. Jones' office and another discussion ensued. Some 300 or 400 men were gathered outside of the office patiently waiting for the first official intelligence of the progress made in the conference. All of them were arguing on the outcome and many wagered money on the result. Promptly at 4:35 o'clock one of the watch .men appeared at the gate of the mill with a large slate, upon which were written 'some words in chalk. He hnng the sign up on a nail outside ot the mill office. His action was noticed by many and everybody made a mad rush for the place, some shouting: "An agreement has been reached." "The scale. is signed." The committee and firm had at last reached a settlement. The slate bore the head-line: "Wednesday, August 17 all on," and nnder it was written that pud dling furnaces from No. 43 to Ho. 45, from No. 63 to No, 71 and No. 74, in all 23 fur naces, were on, as were also the bloom and scrap furnaces. Beneath this announcement was: "Billet mill will go on night turn." Pnddlers Go to Work This Morning. This means that the puddlers working on the 23 furnaces mentioned would go to work at 8 o'clock this morning. Those employed in the bloom and scrap mills should go to work three hours later while the hands em ployed in the billet department mnst report at 6 o'clock to-night. Two minutes after the slate was posted up the watcbman made his appearance with a slip of paper which he nailed against the fence. The paper con cerned only the steel workers and was as follows. "No. 2 blooming mill will go on at 7 A. M. Wednesday,! August 17, using B furnace. No. 1 blooming mill will go on at 3 P. M. using A furnace." At the same time the steel scale was signed, which affects about 275 men, all members of Excelsior Lodge, the scale for the chain department was agreed upon. In the latter department CO men are employed. The chain scale' remains about the same as last year. In the steel scale the only men affected are those who work on tonnage rates. The straightener, who is a tonnaee man, works under last year's scale. To de- scribe the new scale briefly-it might be said that it is similar to the Sainsworth scale. The items are different, bnt the prices in the segregate are the same. The tonnage men sufler a reduction of 5 per cent Both the firm and the men are satisfied with the terms of settlement. Another Firm in Una. With the signature of the Ewald Iron Company, of Louisville, Ky., which -was forwarded yesterday, the Amalgamated As sociation now has 94 signers to the new iron scale. These do not include the Pitts burg manufacturers. The Ewald Company has ten puddling-furnaces, a bar and guide mill and a knobbling furnace. They em ploy S00 men. Iron Company Stockholders Meet. . The annual meeting of the stockholders cf the Pittsburg Forge and Iron Company was held yesterday at its office on Tenth street and Spring alley. The meeting lasted only a short time, and no change was made in the company's policy. The following Board of Directors was elected for the ensu ing year: President and Treasurer, Calvin WeJls; Secretary, J. K Biohardsonj W. W. Speer, James Yerner, B. H. Bubie, O. M. Edwards and Murray A. Verner. TEE TELIGBaPH CONKBEHCE. The Members Transact Soma Important Business at Yesterday's Meeting. The Baltimore and Ohio telegraph operators-who are meeting in this city to formu late a new wage schedule transacted some important business yesterday. They held an executive session during the morning and appointed committees on Organization, Transportation, finance, Ways and Means, etc. Nothing can be learned regarding the basis of the new schedule, but it is generally understood that the rate which will be agreed upon will be a minimum of (50 per month and pay for extra work. Before the schedule is finally adopted it will have to be presented to the grand officers of the Order of Bailway Telegraphers for approval. Telegraph operators all over the country are greatly interested in the re sult of the convention. The new wage list, it is said, will have a vital effect, upon the incomes of nearly 5,000 telegraph 'operators, of whom probably one-third are women. OBJECTIONS OF W0BKHE5. They Will Not Handle Any ot the Carne gie Company's' Product. To-day a number of individual scales governing the wages of the Amalgamated men in the different steel works wiU be ready for the signatures of the local manu facturers. The dispute at Printer & Sons' mill over the alleged attempt to intro duce Carnegie billets into the mill is still causing trouble. There is also some differ ences existing over the reduction in the price paid for cotton ties. Lindsay & McCutcheon are at present working iron altogether for cotton ties in order to avoid a conflict with their men, aU of whom object to using the Carnegie product. THE VALLEY C0NFEBENCE. The AVaje Committee Iieave lor Tonnes town This Morning. President Weihe and President-elect Garland, together with the other members of the Conference Committee ot the Amal gamated Association, will leave for Youngs town at 9 o'clock this morning over the Lake Brie Railroad. They hold their con ference with the Shenango and Mahoning Valley manufacturers at 2 o'clock this afternoon. An effort will be made to settle the iron scale. The printing of the new iron scale and the consideration of some of the special rates in the jobbing scale will not be taken up officially until President Weihe returns. QUAY IS NOT HIMSELF. He Drops Unexpectedly Into Philadelphia, Where Be Has Nothing Much to Say On His Way to the Seashore to Regain His Health. Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Special Entirely unheralded and attended by his son, Representative Richard Quay, United States Senator Quay slipped into town early this morning and quietly registered at the Continental Hotel. That the Senator's coming was unexpected was evidenced by the fact that none of his Philadelphia lien tenants were on hand to do him reverence, and father and son were enabled to eat breakfast in peace and start out for a walk before the presence in the city of the Beaver statesman became known. He was soon recognized, however, and word was passed along the line, with the resnlt that when he got bactc to the botel quite a num ber of choice spirits had gathered, ready and anxious to receive orders. Senator Quay's first visit was to.the Cus tom House where he hoped to see Collector Cooper. The latter was out, however, and missed an opportunity for a chat with the Junior Senator, who walked from the Cus tom Honse around to the office of the Trac tion'Company where he stopped for a few minutes to transact some private business. Then be returned to his hotel where some few of the faithful were awaiting him. Very few were admitted to a conference with Mr. Quay and those who did see him did not extract mnch consolation from what he said. It fact he said very little to anybody and seemed to be anxious to avoid touching on politics. Senator Quav seemed particularly de sirous to avoid being interviewed. He de clared that he knew of nothing new in the situation, that he was tired and not par ticularly well, and wanted to get to the sea shore for a good rest Abont 4 o'clock he entered a hack and was driven to the Jerry on his way to Brigantine Beach, where he expects to spend a week or more. It was evi dent from his exceedingly nervous manner that Senator Quay is far from being in good health. It was stated that he had recently been considerably troubled with vertigo, which explained his nervousness. He said that a rest would put him in good shape, and that he proposed to have it Efforts were made to get him to talk about State and National politics, but he declined to answer any questions. To his trusted lieutenants he gave a few instruc tions t'ouching ;omn of the legislative fights, but even to them ie was unusually reserved, and "the old man is not himself by any means" was all that could be gotten opt of the men who were honored by an interview with him. WHITER TBAVEL TO EGYPT. mmm One of the North German Steamships Will Make the Trip In January. New Yoke, Aug. 16. Special To ac commodate the American winter travel to Egypt, the Nile and Palestine, the North German Lloyd Steamship Company has de cided to dispatch one of Its large express steamers, the Ems, on January 3 from New York for Alexandria, Egypt, touching at Gibraltar Naples and Palermo, returning via Naple s and Gibraltar to New York. Opportunity will be thus given to the large number of Americans who annually visit Egypt for the purpose of passing the winter months in that sub-tropical climate, or who desire to visit Palestine to reach these Eastern countries in the most direct and easiest way, crossing the Atlantio on southern latitudes and avoiding the rough and wintrv vovaire on the North Attanttn and long, laborious railroad rides from the northern ports of Europe to the Mediter ranean. CONSUL H'CBEAEY'5 MISCONDUCT. Be Refutes the Charges to the Secretary of State "In a Written Statement. Washington, Aug. 16. Secretary J. W. Poster has returned from Deer Park and r,t"V "" " "; "' " ""' JM'ed States Consul McCreary was among wb- at Ua Ot.f. Tl.-.tM&..& .!! . his earliest callers and submitted a written statement in refutation of charges of official misconduct recently preferred against him. The Secretary refuses fo make publio the statement or to give any information on the subject. POLICE ZSC0BX 70S PABIEHGEIS. Officers Sent Ont to Sleet Incoming; Trains on the Xake Shore Road. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 17. Police escort had been sent oat to bring in Lake Shore train due here at 1:10 a. m. Captains Be gan and Dugan will go out on the engine with men to turn switches and afford pro tection to passengers. Switch tenders in the Central passenger yarui auu tram noose are included In the strike. This means that not a man In tha rw.v. 7ZiZZ .. . -i """ ."o stone expects to return to Hawarden Satur Central employ as a switchman is at work. day. Tie council at Osborne House for the !the new ministry. Gladstone's Cabinet Complete as He Announced It to the Queen. EAEL EOSEBERRY TAKES OFFICE. A Continuous, Hearty Oration to the Kew Premier on Bis Keturn. THE EOHANCE OP AN ENGLISH DUKE London, August 16. The new Govern ment is composed as follows: Mb. Gladstone, Lord Privy Seal and First Lord pftha Treasury. Earl Eosebert, Foreign Secretary. Baroh niRSOHEix, Lord Chancellor. ' Sib William Veknos Harcoukt, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Herbert H. Aisquttb, Home Seoretarv. The Eight Hojf. Hurt H. Fowhr, Presi dent of the Looal Government Board. The Right Hon. li. Campbell-Bahneemait, Secretary or State for War. Eari, Sfehcer, First Lord or the Admir alty. The Eioht Hox JohxIIorlet, Chief Secre tary for Ireland. The Eight Ho, a, J. Muxdella, President of the Board of Trade. Sib Charles Bussell, Attorney General. Joh Biobt Solicitor General. The Eight Hoir. Samuel Walker, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Mr. MacDermott, Attorney General for. Ireland. " The Eight Hos. Edward P. C. Majori banks, Patronage Secretary to the Treasury. Alexahder Asher, Solicitor General for Scotland. The'Biqht How. J. B. Baxtour, Lord Advo cate of Scotland. The Earl or Kimbirlt, Secretary of State for India and Vice President or the Council. The Marquis ot Kifok, Secretary of State for the Colonies. 6ir GeorqeO. Trevelaw, Secretary forScot land. Arsold Morlet, Postmaster General. Arthur Herbert Dyke Acxahd, Vice Pres ident or the Council of Education. Baboj Houqhton, Viceroy of Ireland, with out a seat in the Cabinet. One Bis Surprise In the iist. The announcement of the appointment of Baron Houghton to the position of Viceroy of Ireland was So incrediole that the repre sentative of the Associated Press made in quiries about it, when he lound that the appointment had been made as announced. Robert Offiey Ashburton Milnes,the second Baron Houghton, was born January 12, 1858, and is therefore not yet 35 years of age. He married in 1878 Sybel, daughter of Sir Frederick Graham and granddaughter of the Duke of Somerset His wife died in 1887, leaving three daughters. Baron Houghton has been-a lord in waiting of the Queen. His father, the first Baron, who died in 1885, was Monckton Milnes, the poet-politician. Mr. Gladstone yesterday visited the Queen at Osborne House, to lay before her the names of those who will comprise the Cabinet. He left Osborne House on his way back to London at 0:30 this morning. As he drove to East Cowes, where the royal yacht Alberta was awaiting to convey him across the Solent, the road ws lined with people who had gathered to bid him fare well. He was greeted with cheers along the route. A rain was falling, but this in no way dampened the enthusiasm of the crowd. A Bough Trip Across the Sea. Twenty minntes after leaving Osborne House Mr. Gladstone was on .board the Alberts, the lines were cast off and she was steaming across the Solent A choppy sea was running and the yacht pitched quite heavily, making the passage one of discom fort Mr. Gladstone wag conveyed to South ampton, where he took the 11:20 train for Waterloo station, London. He is enjoying excellent health and shows no sign that his trip caused mm any fatigue. The enthusiasm manifested at Waterloo station and at various points along the route of Mr. Gladstone's journey was repeated npon his return to-day. Everywhere, par- i ucuuriy ut Duubuaxupi.ua sau me Waterloo station, he was surrounded by a good natured crowd, who heartily' cheered him and greeted him with cries of "Bravo, William," "Drop it into them, old man." The composition of the new Government Is arcanse of intense disappointment among Radicals. Not a single man, except John Morley, prominently identified with the Radicals has been appointed a Cabinet Minister, and among the ex-Cabinet posts few members of the new set have any but the remotest chance of getting a place. The old set are masters of the situation. Eep resentatives of the old Whig families and Liberal mediocrities having aristocratic connections and never associated with ex treme views, have been Mr. Gladstone's ex clusive choice. Even'Mr. Stansfield, who in the last Gladstone Cabinet represented democratic opinion, has been shelved. Sir. Bryce Is a Possibility. Report says that Mr. Bryce may yet come in as Pint Commissioner of Works, with a seat in the Cabinet, but this is only likely to happen if Mr. Gladstone finds the storm of Radical indignation so overpowering as to compel the appointment of Mr. Bryce. The official list, when scanned to-night at the National Liberal Club, awoke vehement protests. The bulk of the members of strong Radical tendencies turned from the announcement with expressions of scorn and anger. Was it for this undiluted list of old men associated with traditions of Whiggery, with sonJe new recruits from the territorial and aristocratic class, that Rad icals had given their money and their time? This was the general .question, and the re sponsive prediction followed that such a' Government could not last three months alter Parliament resumed business. Apart from Radical opinion, the Cabinet is really composed of eminently reputable men. Mr. Gladstone has preferred col lecting , around him tried colleagues accustomed to subordination and certain not to deviate into stranKe ways. His three new Cabinet Ministers, Messrs. Asquith, Arnold Morley and AcTand, are sonnd Liberals. Mr. Asquith alone is slightly tainted with radicalism, but he has a legal mind with such a strong bias toward high office as makes him malleable on.principles. Arnold Morley is in every thing Gladstonian. Mr. Auland has potent old Whig family connections and is heir to large estates. Labonchere May Lead a Schism. Probably Mr. Gladstone will try to strengthen his position by offering minor posts to Mr. Stuart, the Radical leader of the London County Council; Mr. Hunter, now me leader oi scotch xtadicals; Mr. Penn and others, S8aw Lefevre is likely to get the Ministry of Agriculture: but nothing Mr. Gladstone can offer will pre vent the Radical leaders, immediately upon the reassembling of Parliament from show ing resentment at their exclusion from office. Fortunate Ministerialists explain to night that the name of Labouchere was on the list which Mr. Gladstone presented to the Queen, but that Her Majesty being irreconcilable, Mr. Gladstone was forced to erase the name. Mr. Labouchere's friends refuse to credit Ibis statement, and point to the omission of other Radicals as proving the hollowness of the excuse. The open truth is that Mr, Gladstone detests Mr. Labouchere, and the latter heartily re ciprocates. Nothing in Mr. Labouchere's political life is likely to cause him so much' rejoicing as leading a schism destroying the Gladstone Government He will have ample opportunity for this in the coming' session, when the irate Radicals refuse to gratify Mr. Gladstone's passiqn for home rule before everything. , Mr. Gladstone found time to-day to at tend the wedding of Lady Mary Lerison Gower. daughter of his deceased friend and Lcolleague, Lord Granville. Mr. Gladstone win give her cousin, Mr. Levison-Gower, jn. at., an unaer-secretaryanip. Mr. Glad transfer of heads of office will be held Than- 'Notwithstanding Mr. Gladstone is likely to have the field all to himself, he has Jo day issued an address to the electors of Midlothian, formally soliciting the re election rendered necessary by his assump tion of office. GH0LEB& PATIEN1S KILLED. A Frlghtfnl Wind-Storm Visits the Afflicted City of Mtjnl Novgorod. St. Peteksbtjeo, Aug. 16. The horrors of a frightful storm havebeen added to the misery and suffering caused by the cholera atNijni Novgorod. The cholera hospital was full of patients, many of them in a dying condition. As they heard the roar of the hurricane some of them died from fright The terrible noise of the approach ing storm was soon followed by the storm itself, which crushed in a Targe part of the cholera hospital like an egg shell, hurling the beds and wooden walls into a mass of ruin. From the debris came the shrieks and groans of the vjctims, a number of whom died while the work of rescue was going on. Other buildings were also crushed, and the tents of the traders who had remained notwithstanding the cholera were scattered, with their contents, in all directions. The wretched people of Novgorod have bad all the oourage driven out of them by this latest visitation, and many of the super stitious declared that the Almighty had de termined to destroy the' city on account of the wickedness of the people. DEVONSHIRE'S ROMANCE. TThytherfoble Couple Never Wedded Till j Old Ap Overtook Them Both. London, Aug. 16. The Star, commenting upon the marriage of the Duke of Devon shire and the Dowager Duchess of Manches ter, says: The Duke of Devonshire has married his old love, who Is now aged 60 years. The story of their early separation Is a romanoe,-They were fondly attached While both Were young, bnt the habitul Indolence of Lord Harttng ton prevented a declaration. The lady tried to Infuse energy into blm by listening; to the attentions of the late Duke of itanohester. This had a contrary effect npon Lord Bart lngton than she intended, sue finally be came the wife of the Duke or Manchester. Lord Hartington's long bachelor life was attributed to the tact that the Duchess of Manchester, arter her inarriaste, had a powerful Influence over him. He consulted her before he took a single Important politi cal step. Their relations were so well known that the society papers began to speculate npon their marriage immediately after the death or the Duke or Manchester. The diffi culty was that the Duke or Devonshire, who wsb stronglv opposed to widows remariylnu, and Lord Har ting ton J who has strong views or filial duty, delayed' tho union during the lifetime or his father. THE M00EISH SULTAN'S BLUFF. Trying to Frighten the Rebellion's Tribe to Submission to the Law. Tangier, Aug. 18. A Moorish deputa tion was sent last night to urge the rebel tribesmen to surrender Hamam, the leader of the insurgents, aliue or dead. If the rebels refuse to surrender their leader the deputation will notify them that the Sul tan's troops will set fire to their villages and crops and exterminate those who rebel against his authority. ' it is not believed that the deputation will succeed in either procuring Hamam or in frightening the An gheras. While the Prench Minister to Morocco and his secretary were riding along the beach yesterday they were insulted and threatened by three Moorish soldiers, who fled upon the approach of other Europeans. The Minister has made a complaint to the Commissioner, of Foreign Affairs. Four Anghera Sheikhs have taken refuge in a Moslem sanctuary outside oi this city, and they have offered, in behalf of the Ah gheras, submission to the Sultan if amnesty is accorded to the rebel tribesmen. EUSSIAH8 AND AFGHANS FIGHT. China Has Not Given Up Her Territory In ths Pamirs to the Czar. Simla, Aug: 16. The rumor current in Gilgit that China had ceded to Bussia her possessions in the Pamir country is denied here. The only occasion for such a report is said to be the fact that China has with drawn her outposts from the debatable ter ritory eastward ot the Aksu river. Further details have been received hereof the fighting on the Alichnr Pamir between Eussian and Afghan troops. The Afghans met near Aktash the Russian expeditionary force under 'Command of Colonel Yanoff. An altercation ensued, and during the quar rel the leader of the Afghans drew his re volverand shot a Eussian officer. The Eussian immediately attacked the Afghans, and in the fighting that followed seven of the Afghans were killed. No report has been received of the Eussian loss. Subse quently the Afghans retired to Faizabad. A LABOE EIOT IN FBAHCE. Torkmen JWreclc a Mine and Compel the Manager to Beslen. Pap.is, Aug. 16. A dispatch from Car maux, in the Department of Tarn; South western France, says that abody of coal miners became indignant at the mine officers because of the dismissal of one of their number, who isa non-unionist They made an attack upon the manager and wrecked the mine. They also compelled the mana ger to write a letter of resignation. The sitnation was very threatening and it was thought the trduble would spread. The mine officials have appealed to the author ities for protection,and asked for troops and gendarmes. Ireland's Tlcerov Takes His Leave. V Dublin, Aug. 16 The Earl of Zetland, the retiring Viceroy of Ireland, held a fare well reception in Dublin Castle to-day, after which he left the city. The streets from the castle to the station were lined with troops. The Earl was on horsebaok and was accompanied by General Sir Garnet Wolseley, commander of the troops in Ire land. The Viceroy was warmly cheered. Times Have Changed In England. London, Aue. 16. The ceremony of in vesting with the pallium the most Rev. William Vaughan, who succeeded the late Cardinal Manning as Archbishop of "West minster, took place in the Brompton Ora tory to-day. The Standard says the time was when it would have been impossible for a special delegate of.the Pope to venture into Eng land openlv to invest an Archbishop. ' ' French Imperialists 8U1I Kicklnr. v Paeis, Aug. 16. To-day was the anni versary of the Napoleonic fete day and the occasion was celebrated by a grand banquet. Those present adopted a resolution declar ing that the Imperialists" at the elections would vote only for candidates who de manded the election of the President by a plebisite. Strangled by Her Insane Son. Cablsbad, Aug. 16; Mrs. Alice Croker, a wealthy Chicago woman, who arrived here Sunday, was discovered dead In her bed this morning. She had been strangled in her sleep by her insane -son, aged 23, who accompanied his mother here. The mur derer has been sent to the insane asylum at Dobrezin. ATongh Charge Against a Clergyman. London, Aug. 16. At Brentford to day Eev. Eobert Baynes, aged 68 years, was committed for trial on the charge of assaulting two little girls. He was ad mitted to bait " farltlan Cabmen Ont Again. Paeis, Aug. 16. Four thousand cab drivers went on strike to-day. No disorders have been reported. i .7 ASHORE IN' EAPIDS. Thrilling Experience of Four Hun dred American Tourists. PERILS OF MB ST. LAWRENCE. Tli Steamer Columbian Ban Aground to Pave Certain Wrect THE STEEEING GEAR TYOUEDK'I TVOEE SPXCIAI, TILIOB AM TO THI DISPATCW.1 Montreal, Aug. 16. The passengers of the Eichelien and Ontario Navigation Company's new steamer Columbian which ran aground in the Cedar Eapids. yesterday afternoon reached the city this afternoon and relate a thrilling story of their expe rience. The Colnmbian which "was on her way from Kingston to Montreal had about 200 American) tourists on board. Every thing went well until-the steamer struck Cedar Eapids. When about half through the rapids, the chains connecting with the steam steering gear suddenly broke. As quick as lightning the pilot, Quellette, who L is one of the oldest pilots of the line, con nected the hand steering gear, but, to his consternation, this also broke. The boat was darting down the rapids at the rate of between 15 and 20 miles an hour. Death to all on board seemed imminent, when, realizing the situation, Ouellette or dered all steam on. This was done in order to prevent the Columbian drifting help lessly down the rapids, where, without steering gear to keep the steamer nnder control, she would soon have gone broad side to the current and rolled over. Under the impetus of the forceful screw the Colum bian made with the rapidity of a railroad train straight toward a little island in the rapids, Crane Island. rushed Ashore on Crane Island. Not a passenger on board knew what had occurred, none realized how close; they were to eternity.' Indeed most of them thought it was down in the programme to take them so close to the island that just before reaching the island the steersman would, with a deft turn of the wheel, sheer the boat off and she would continue on her way down the boiling rapids. Suddenly a crunching sound was heard as the keel of the steamer grated along the rocks. The Columbian had gone ashore in the center of the dangerous Cedar Eapids, As soon as this fact became known there was general alarm on board, but no panic occurred. Perhaps the easiness with which the Columbian struck had something to do with this. There was no sudden shock. The steamer was simply forced upon the shelv ing though rocky bottom. She did not run rignt up ont of the 'water, but the hnll was several feet out No hole appeared to be knocked in her, for as far as could be seen no water entered the boat! Fortunate it was for the passengers that the Columbian had struck so hard. The terrific current running like a mill sluice caught the stern of the Columbian, swinging her round broadside to the island.- It she had not been hard aground the current would have carried her off the island and swept her helplessly down the rapids. Passengers Anxious to Get Ashore. When the passengers discovered that they had actually ran ashore, great anxiety was expressed to reach the land, as it was feared the steamer might be carried down by the current at any moment A rope bridge to the island was first suggested, but finally a temporary bridge was made by the cutting down of two trees. Hawsers were thrown out to the shore and the Columbian was safe in her dangerous position. About one-half the passengers went ashore by the bridge. There were three islands to be crossed before they could reach the mainland. It was very difficult making their way through the thick brush of the islands. In some places the nettles were orert a man's head, but through it all the passengers cheerfully plodded. Between two, of the islands parties of boatmen belonging to the place transferred them: The trip between the islands was an experience that few of the passengers will ever forget Unused to the furious current the sight of the tearing waters frightened many of them. Those of the passengers who desired to reach the Cedars, where they were kindly received, secured comfortable lodgings in the cottages of the ... lln. w fin. itavtir Hpnna tf l n nff.anll some camped out and some slept on board the Columbian. The Eichelien & Ontario Navigation Company sent up the steamer Bohemian to bring down the passengers, and she returned this afternoon. The majority- of the passengers were American tourists on their way to visit Montreal and Quebec. . ' Stories of the Passengers. Mr. Cavin, one of the passengers, told the following story: "We had all been reading graphic descriptions of how, in shooting the rapids, the boat would seem to be going ashore as on an island, and then by skillful steering would veer into the channel. And as we noticed the steamer bearing directly npon the island npon which we were, wrecked, it seemed as though the printed descriptions were per fectly true, but in an instaut the sound of the bottom crunching upon the rocks, the sight of the bowsprit in among the treetops on the shore and the sudden stoppage of the vessel at once produced a general alarm among the passengers. "Fortunately it was only momentarily, as the nearness of the shore had a reassuring effect Before the excitement had subsided a French Canadian, a perfect giant in build, and a companion, standing on the shore, were waiting to catch the line thrown from the steamer and bend hawsers' around the trees on the island, and make a rope bridse upon which the gangways were thrown out. The crew immediately ran for the shore with their axes and cut a passage through the forest to the shore, where small boats could reach and carry us off in safety. They then felled two large pine trees about 80 feet in length, which were stripped of their branches and thrown across the stream from the shore to the steamer, upon which a permanent bridge was erected. Struggles In Small Boats. ,J'If our experience ended there, nothing but praise could be said of those who cauie thronging to the island in their small boats, shooting the turbulent waters with inimita ble skill But it became necessary for ns to cross two Channels qf about a half mile in width before we could reach the mainland and traverse the islands. These men then divided into two detachments. One took us to one and then landed us, and the other took us to the mainland, notwithstanding that the officers of the boat had assured the boatmen that their every charge would be settled by the company. "Both of theses-detachments took us to the most dangerous places and then, when out of reach of authority, demanded com pensation at the rate of $1 per head. Both refused to land us nntil we paid and threat ened even personal violence. On one occa sion there was a boat load of tbirtv people struggling in the stream, and these men jumped from their boats into the swift cur rent flowing up to their waists and holding the boat demanded that each passenger pay fl before they would be put ashore." The Columbian, which was anew steamer, and only commenced running a few weeks ago,was Duut m .New lore, ana cost over f200,000. She went from New York to Newfoundland with relief for the fire vic tims, and then came on to Montreal and started on the upper St. Lawrence route. It is feared that she will be a total loss, as it will be extremely difficult to get her off the rooks a the island, owing to the dif&V culty ot working in the swift current Tugs with wrecking apparatus have been sent to the scene, and efforts will at once be made to float her. APolnt for Clcarmalclng Strikers.. Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Mapge, Wie ner & Co., cigar manufacturers of this olty, to-day abandoned their application for an injunction to restrain their striking union employes from Interfering with their business. HE .FEARED INSANITY. Suicide of a Psntltt Who Preferred Heath to Losing HI Mind-He Cnt His Throat sod Stood Before a Looking Glass While Doing So Pathetic Xarewell to His Wife;. SPECIAL TILIQRA1I TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Aug. 16. J. Albert Kim ball, fe dentist with an, extensive practice, committed suicide to-day by cutting his throat with a razor at his office. Mental disturbance due to nervous prostration was manifestly the cause of his act, for a mes sage to his wife, which he wrote before be killed himself, set forth his belief that he was becoming insane. From the position in which his body was found on the floor of the little room adjoining the main office, it is evident that the suicide had stood before a mirror in order to see what he was doing. A bottle, of chloroform, was found with the razor on the floor beside the body. After drawing the razor across his throat so as to sever both the jugular vein and carotid artery, as well as lay open the windpipe, Dr. Kimball fell across a basin into which his life blood flowed, and thence to the floor. The first person to see the body was Henry Holt, a young lad employed by Dr. Kimball, who arrived at the dentist's office about 8:30. After opening the windows of the reception roap and doing some dusting, he pulled aside the portiere to go into the operating room and put that in order. The corpse of his employer barred his progress, and he ran for help screaming as he ran. Dr. Blakeslee, Dr. Kimball's associate, who was in the house, hurried to the rooms, and two physicians were summoned, but Kim ball was dead. Mrs. Kimball, on hearing the office boy's screams, had run to where her husband lay dead, and her frantio lamentions were au dible as the physicians examined the dead body. Mrs. Kimball had arrived from Cox sack with her three children on Monday evening, in compliance with a request from her husband that she sbonld come home. He met her at the station, and acted as usual that evening and when he arose yesterday morning. The written message to her, in which lie revealed the cause of his end, was as follows: Forgive me, my darling wife and friends. I must choose botweon death and a lunatic asylum. I prefer doath. Please forgive me. I do this as much for yonr sake as for mine. With oceans of love, farwell. Albert. Beneath this, in an unsteady hand, was this prayer: "God be pitiful to my children." This explanation of the suicide was writ ten on letter heads of the publication, Ths Dentist tiimsgf, of which Dr. Kimball was editor and proprietor. Dr. Kimball was born at Kimball's Hill, near Lancaster. N. H., in 1843. He was successful at his pro fession and had made a considerable for tune. ' TOOK ROUGE ON RATS. A Uollldaysburc Man TakPl Poison TTIth ont Any Particular Reason His Wife Takes His Money and Goes Home A Physician Falls Him Through.' Blair Brown, of Hollidaysburg, made an ineffectual attempt at suicide in this city yesterday. Boush on rats was the route selected, but Mr. Brown fell by the way side. A protracted spree is thought to have been the cause of the attempt Brown is the son of a well-to-do family at Hollidaysburg and has a wife and chil dren of his own. On Monday morning he came to the city and spent the day running around among acquaintances and having a good time. Yesterday morning his wife came down after him, bringing with her the baby, a child of nine month. Brown's father had sent him a check for ?50 with which to make some purchases. The check was received and Brown had expended con siderable of it before his wife arrived. When she reached the citv at noon she met her husband on Smithfield street and he took the child, inviting her to take din ner. They went to a restaurant on Wvlie avenne and ordered a dinner. Soon after they sat down Brown jumped up and ex claimed: "Mary, I'm going to do as I said!" At the same time he drew a package from his pocket and walked into the rear yard. Mrs. Brown called after him not to be foolish, and finally called a waiter to follow him. When the waiter reached the yard Brown was standing eating greedily from a full box of rough on rats. The waiter sprang forward and struck the box from bis hand, receiving a blow from Brown's fist for his pains. Officer Smith was called in at this junc ture, and arrested Brown just as he was en deavoring to recover the box of poison. The Datrol wagon was summoned, and Brown was taken to Central station. The poison and the whisky he bad taken soon rendered him unconscious. Dr. Moyer ascertained the amount of poison taken, and admin istered an antidote. Mrs. Brown was given the $18 found on Brown's person when arrested, and she took the next train for home, leaving him locked up on a charge of drunkenness. When seen at the station lait night the prisoner had recovered from his stupor. His clothing was covered with the poison, but he declared he had taken none of it, though admitting he had been carrying it aronnd with him for several days. That be bad any reason to suicide he positively de nied, saying his relations with his wife were of the most affectionate charater, and he was deeply concerned abont her absence. Brown expects another remittance from his father to-day to pay his fine. CAPTAOT MUBDOCH'S FUNEEAL, General Wiley Conducts an Impreislve Mil itary Unrlal Service at the Grave. The funeral services at the grave of Cap tain Jos. Murdoch, at Wellsville, O., yes terday were very impressive. Brigadier General Wiley accompanied by Colonel Cur tin, Major Logan, Colonel McKibben, Major Patterson and Captain Penney, with a detail of 16 men in charge of a lieutenant from the Fifteenth Regiment and eight sergeants from the Sixteenth Begiment to act as pall bearers, were conveyed from the camp at Homestead to Davis Island Dam by the steamer Little Bill. From there they went by train to Sewickley where they were joined by the family of the de ceased and immediately departed for Wellsville, O., the place of interment At Wellsville a number of carriages were in waiting which conveyed the party to the cemeterv. At the grave the minister read the services and the sergeants deposited ths remains in the grave. The 16 men on com mand of the lieutenant formed into line and fired three volleys over the grave. Staff Bugler Sergeant Franklin then stood off 60 paces and sounded the taps. The command was eiren for attention and the squad marched offthe field. The officers accom panied the1 family back to Sewickley, from where they returned to Pittsburg by rail, and back to Homestead by boat J Mew state Federation Officers, Chestek, Aug. 16. The State Federation of Labor at to-day's session elected officers as follows: President, E. E. Grnmold, Lancaster; First Vice President, 0. M. Seitzenger, Beading; Second Vice President, J. J. Gallagher, Philadelphia; Third Vice President, George F. Kirk, Chester; Secre tary and Treasurer. James S. Johnson. The next meeting will be held in Altoona on the third Monday in August, 1893. Bonsh on Itals In the Coffee. Media, Aug. Its. Elijah Gilbert, a col ored man, with his entire family, were made sick with coffee which they drank to-night Investigation proved that "rough on rats" had been placed in the pot A member of Gilbert s family is suspected, and will be arrested to-morrow. THE MINERS CHECKED1 In Their Assault Upon Oliver Springs Bnt Will Tr j Once More. TROOPS HUBRY TO THE RESCUE. Eloters Cnt the Wirej and Elow Ip Eail-' roads With Djnamite. TDlf SITUATION IS PAR AS KOW KS0WK Chattakoooa, Aug. 16. The troubles over the employment of convicts at the coal mines under the lease system in this State are coming fast, culminating in a pitched battle at Oliver Springs mines this morning. The controversy between free tainers and the State authorities commenced a year ago at Bricevilie, when the miners arose en masse and liberated the convicts, burning the stockade and hurling defiance at the, State authorities. The militia was called out and quelled the disorder, and a detach ment of troops conducted the convicts back to Bricevilie, and has been guarding them ever since. The Legislature was called in extra ses sion to remedy the trouble, but failed to do so. The miners were very restive, and fre quent rumors were afloat of probable ont breaks. The garrison at Coal Creek was strengthened and a detachment of 30 State Guards placed in charge of the convict stockade at Oliver Springs. The Troubles Since Saturday. On Saturday there was an outbreak at Tracy City mines, where 350 convicts were at work. The guards made no resistance; the convicts were put on a train and sent to Nashville, and the stockades were burned. On Monday the same thing occurred at In man, where about 400 more convicts rere sent away and the stockades destroyed. Tha miners met no resistance, but 20 men are now under indictment for rioting. The only other remaining convict camps are at Bricevilie and Oliver Springs. The troops at the former place kept the miners at bay, so all eyes turned to Oliver Springs. Early this morning about 600 free miners were observed by Head Warden Farris ap proaching the stockade. As they marchad in a solid body the leader was heard to ex claim: "Close up. boys, and let's take 'em; them." The Warden shouted back: ,"Come and get us if you can." Then the miners opened a hot fnsiiade from two sides. The firing continued for some time, the miners advancing all the the time. The euards, entrenchrd behind the stockade, responded with a galling fire, and soon two or three of the miners were seen to fall and one guard was wounded. Miners Determined on Another Attaclc The miners hoisted a flag of truce and asked permission to carry of their wounded. This was granted, and three wounded men were removed. The miners sullenly with drew to cover and prepared for a second at tack. The news of the skirmish was flashed all over the State, the first official confirma tion being a dispatch from the Adjutant General to Colonel Cator Woolford, direct ing him to order out the Third Begiment of the Tennessee National Guard and report with all available men at once at Oliver Springs. The riot alarm was sounded at the Court House, and soon mounted officers were seen in all parts of '.he city. Much delay was experienced, owing to the indisposition of the militia to obey the call to arms; bnt at 10:20 Companies A and B, with about 50 men, left for the front via Enoxville. This afternoon a band of a hundred miners, armed with Winchesters, took possession of a train on the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad at Coal Creek en route for Clinton, where they hoped to be able to in tercept reinforcements, but they were too late.' The Use of Dynamite Besorted to. The miners are dynamiting, in a dozen places,the Knoxville and Oliver and Knox ville and Waldens Ridge Bailroad intend ing to wreck any train carrying -militia. To-night the through mail trains conld not go forward, and it is believed the United States authorities will interfere. Miners in and around Coal Creek have de cided to aid in a second attempt to release all convicts at Oliver Springs and thereby secure help enough to defeat the Stats troops and release the convicts, at Coal Cree, bnt up to last accounts no tronble was reported. The crowning outrage of the miners was perpetrated to-night in the capture of a passenger train which passed Coal Creek about dark. Fizhty-two miners, all heavily armed, boarded it, placed pistols at the head of the conductor and fireman and made them carry them back to Clinton, where the coaches were detached and the passengers left terrorized. Tha miners then hitched on two coal cars and forced the engineer to take them to Oliver Springs. They refnsed to pay fare and sim ply had their own way by outlawry. At 11 P. it, telezraphic communication was reopened with Oliver Springs hj areV orter, who tapped the wire and it using a ox relay. The Phillies Sign Catcher Dame. Louisville, Aug. 1& 5prf. 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