A.1 m ' BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Aradvertlsed everyday la THE D IS PATCH. Consult these adlets. It may mean money 'in your pocket. m ffi$mt BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Are advertised everyday la THE DISPATCHi OoHiHltthese adlets. It may mean mosey in yoar pocket. FORTY SEVENTH TEAR. PITTSBURG TUESDAY. AUGUST 23. 1892-TWELVE PAGE THREE CENTS. $i$mW& SOI SHOOTING . AND STABBING Still Going on Every Day in and Around the Freight Yards at Buffalo. BAYONETS COME IN HANDY' Small Additions to the Forces Striking Switchmen. of The Firemen Not Yet Ordered to Quit Work Need of Guards at the Yards for Some Time Horrors of Incendiar ism Yet Threatened Details of Sol diers Often Necessary to Quell Dis turbances Sargent Won't Order the Firemen Out Until He Is Sure All Hail road Men Will Follow Sweeny and Sarsent In Frequent Conference The Companies Still Claim to Be Moving Freight Satisfactorily. rSrKCIAI, TELIGHAr TO TUX DISPATCH. 1 Buffalo, Aug. 23. 1 a. m. An attack was made on the Twelfth Regiment shortly alter midnight to-night by gangs of strikers and their friends. They sneaked np to within a stone's throw of the camp, hiding under cars and behind car-trucks, and there threw tones and pieces of iron at the soldiers. The soldiers answered the attack with ballets. The shooting was kept up for a long time, and still the stone throwing con tinned. Whether anybody has been killed or hurt it is impossible to ascertain. There is some shooting going on at this hour, most of the shots coming from the direction of the Clinton street crossing of the Nickel Plate road. Cap tain Boylan is there in charge of Company K, of the Twelfth. It has been impossible to get anywhere near the soldiers, and no further details are known. There are tenements near the railroad, and the people are all ont in the street. There is great ex citement Two men who have jnst come in from the direction of the Tifft farm say that shortly after midnight they heard from 30 to 40 shots at the farm, and heard calls of "corporal of the guard." and then more shooting. The Twenty second infantry is statipned at the farm, in command of Colonel Camp. Nothing can be learned of the cause of the shooting, though the stories of the two men that 40 shots were fired are verified by the police and by telephone messages from places near the camp. General Porter, when seen a few minutes ago, said he believed the situation just now to be more critical than at any time since the strike began. STABBING AND SHOOTING More or Less Frequent All Day Conflicts Between Soldiers and Sympathizers With the Strikers of Freqnent Occurrence Men's Clotliinc Jabbed Fall or Iloles by Bayonets or the Militia. rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCn.1 Buffalo, Aug. 22. Two men hare been shot, and no less than 20 more have been stabbed with bayonets in this city since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the shoot ing and the stabbing are still going on. There is not now, nor has there been, any organized riot. These cases are isolated ones. They took place in parts of the city widely separated from each other. The trouble that made them necessary serves well to show the individual lawless ness of the strikers and their friends. It illustrates the necessity of the presence of the troops to protect the lives and the property of the peaceful and law-abiding citizens of the city. If the troops were withdrawn to-morrow there is hardly a doubt that this individual lawlessness would become organized lawlessness, and wonld, perhaps, result in a condition of auairs similar io inai wnicn existed in Homestead before the arrival of the Pennsylvania National Guard. It might be even worse than that A See mine Hankering for Fire. The strikers here seem to have a hanker ing for fire, and, if they should carry out the threats which they freely make now, the horrors of incendiarism might be added to the other crimes. The men belonging to the Thirteenth Begiment have done a good deal of the bayoneting. When Captain E. W. Meyer's company was on guard duty at the Ohio street freight depot of the Central at 3 o'clock this- afternoon a carriage was driven up the street at a rapid pace. The coachman tried to drive over one of the sentries. Captain Slayer called to the man to be careful where he was driving. The coachman threatened to get off Jhis box and lick the Captain. The Captain told him to go about his business and warned him that if he came back he would be arrested. The fellow drove off. In ten minutes he was back again and he had n companion. As soon as the Captain saw them he ordered their ar rest The man whipped up his horses and attempted to run down several of the sol diers. The Driver Ripped Up the Back. The Captain ordered a detail to charge on the coach, and to capture the men. A dozen soldiers rushed forward, and the men tried to drive through the line. Private Sweeney was in advance. He stabbed out with his baronet and ripped the driver up the back. In an instant Sweeney twisted 1 his gun and the driver was pulled off the seat The bayonet held fast in his clothing and he was suspended in midair on its point Sweeney held fast The driver hung squirming and kicking. He shouted, "I surrender, I surrender," and was taken in charge by tuo of the soldiers and was afterward turned over to the police. HiB companion was arrested, and also handed -over to the police. The driver himself, when brought before a justice, was sent to jail for IS days. His companion got off with a fine. There are high piles of scrap iron about some of the freight houses,and the men who commit assaults on the soldiers gather aronnd thcBe and pick up pieces of iron and throw them. John Hickey was near one of these. He was ordered to move on. He went immediately to the heap of iron, and selecting a piece, hurled it at the soldier who bad ordered him away. In a moment there was squad of soldiers bearing down upon him. Hetood his ground and picked up more of the iron and hurled it Prodded by the Foldiery Bayonets. A squad surrounded him and began to prod him gently with their bayonets. He fought back in earnest, and it was necessary for the soldiers to prod him in earnest He finally fell with six wounds. He was carted off to the police station, and the judgo befpre whom he was brought gave him the option of paying a fine of 515 or going to jail for 30 days. At the same time he read the riot act to him, and said that what he said applied to every person who in anyway interfered with any of the soldiers. At one of the camps on the Central two men attempted to pas the sentry, who ordered them to halt One of the men caught hold of the sentry's gun and tried to wrench it away from him. The sentry held on to the gun and called for help. Captain Meyer ran up, and poking his pistol in the man's face, he said to him: "If you don't let go of that gun I will shoot" The man let go, while his companion struck out with his fist and attempted to hit another soldier, who had come up to assist if it were necessary. There was a row in a minute, and a hand-to-hand fight The soldier, during the fight, jabbed his bayonet through the man's cheek. The two men were finally arrested and turned over to the police. A Man Jabbsa Fall of Boles. A patrol for the Thirteenth, in charge of a corporal, was marching to regimental headquarters. Behind them several paces walked Captain Cochran, acting major of the First Brigade. There was an order ly with him. One of the striking switchmen was standing in a doorway, and as the patrol wen't by he cursed and swore at them and called the soldiers vile names. Captain Cochran ordered the man to go into the house or else to shut up. The man rushed into the house and in a moment rushed out again, armed with an ax. He ran at the captain, swinging the ax about his head. The orderly seized him and narrowly escaped a blow on the head as he did. The patrol heard the scuffle which followed, and came back on the double quick. Iu a minute they had jabbed the man full of holes. He was then let go. His ax was confiscated. These are a few sample cases. Two of the other cases of bayoneting werefor stone throwing at the troops. The men stabbed were friends of the strik ers. Two other cases were for attempted throwing of switches on the Lehigh Valley road. The men who were stabbed were caught in the act of throwing the switches. Neither of them was badly hurt, but they will not sit down for some time with any comfort Shooting In the telilsh's VUrdl The first case of shooting occurred -iu the Lehigh Valley yard. A detail of nine men from Camp Black was ordered to go to a point out on the road near the city. They got on board a flatcar. As (he. engine started off with the car a gang of striking switchmen gathered near the track and began hooting and throwing stones. The stones struck the soldiers, and Private Charles Leach, ot Captain Charles Burn's Company of the Twelfth Regiment, raised his gun and fired into the crowd. The bul let passed through the cheek of one of the men. He fell down. His companions picked him up and ran off with him. None of the party was caught There was another shot fired by one of the men of the Twelfth Begiment He saw a man lurking around the Seneca street freight house, lighting matches. It looked as if the fellow intended to set the building on fire. The soldier ordered him to go awav. The fellow would not do so. After giving hrm plenty of warning, the soldier threat ened to shoot The threat had no effect, and the soldier fired. He missed his mark. The man ran off. One Man Shot by a PoIlc?min. The second actual shooting was done by a policeman. It was near the headquarters of the Tenth Begiment. The policeman saw three men acting suspiciously near the railroad building. He " ordered them to go away, but they did not The policeman thought he saw them attempt to set fire to the building, and he ordered them to surrender. They ran off He yelled after them to stop or he would shoot They paid no attention to them, and he drew his revolver and fired after him. The shot struck one of the men in the leg and brought him tO'the earth. All three were arrested thpn. There were the usual number of switches turned to-dav bv the strikers or their friends, and the usual number of attempts were made to wreck trains on the several roads. None of the attempts were successful. Some one threw a switch at the west end of the New York Central depot, causing a collision of two passenger trains. One coach was derailed and nearly over turned, and the platforms of several coaches were smashed. AVhether the switch was thrown witli malicious intent or by acci dent has not been learned. Beyk Think the Strike Is Broken. ShenffBeck does not agree with General Porter, notwithstanding all the lawlessness. that the troops are still required here. In an interview to-day, he said: "I think that so manv troops are not needed, for in my opinion the strike is over. We needed every one of these men when they were ordered here and dur ing all the days and nights of the week fiast But we need them no longer at east, not so many of them. From all that I can see and learn the backbone of the strike is broken." DETBOITEBS BELTJCTANT TO SIBIKE. At PresentTliey Trill Only Keto.se to Handle Trains of Non-Union Men. Detroit, Aucr. 22. The Switchmen's Association of this city has thoroughly dis cussed the Buffalo strike situation. The members find that there is nothing for them to do at present excepting to refuse to handle trains that might be sent out to carry men employed to take the places of those on strike. It is practically admitted by the switch men that as soon as a strike on their part may prove beneficial to their brethren in the East they will not hesitate to quit work; but all the men who have been seen voice the hope that such an emergency may not arise, as they are treated well here and have no grievance at present Blockade Italslnc at Wllkesbarre. Wilkesdaere," Aug. 22. To-day the Wyoming division of the Lehigh Valley road handled 215 freight cars of live stock, and 200 or more of empty coal cars. This alternoon the company delivered 164 cars of freight and 120 empty stock and re frigerator cars to the Northern 'division. The officials here tay that' in two or three days the bloekade will, on the Wyoming division, including Coxtown, be raised. TWO DAYS YET, TO WAIT. That Time Must Elapse Before a General Strike Can Be Declared Sweeny and Sargent In Frequent Conference Other leaders Expected to Join Them Soon. Buffalo, Aug. 22. Thursday ' will be the earliest possible moment to any deBnlte results from the conference between the leaders of organized railroad labor can be expected. It is not likely that the delibera tions will commence until that morning. An Associated Press correspondent found Grand Master Sargent, Mr. Sw'eeny, State Commissioner of Arbitration Donovan, and several railroad emploves encaged in a social chat in Mr. Sargent's room in the Broezel House this evening. "What have vou heard concerning the arrival ot the other conlereesY was asked. "Grand Master 8. E. Wilkinson, Train men's Brotherhood, will arrive here to morrow," replied Mr. Sargent "E. E, Clark, Grand Master of the conductors' or ganization, who lives at Cedar Bapide, la., will not be here until Wednesday. P. N. Arthur, of the Engineers' Brotherhood, has not vet been heard from." Doesn't nave to Meet Them. "Mr. Sargent, will you meet the local branch of your brotherhood, previous to your going into the conference?" the cor respondent inquired. "No, sir." replied the Grand Master, emphatically. "I have no occasion to meet them." Soon after his arrival to-day Mr. Sargent met Mr. Sweeny in conference, after which an Associated Press correspondent met the firemen's chief. "You have met Mr. Sweeny?" was asked. "I have," said Mr. Sargent "And you gave to him your ultimatum, in effect thai yon will not call out the fire men except they are joined by the other labor organizations allied in railwny work?" 'That is the situation, and I told Mr. Sweeny exactly that What I mean to ay," "added Mr. Sargent, "is that there is no use of sending out our men in detach ments to be gobbled up. If the strike now in effect here is ot the importance to render necessary the combined action of labor or ganizations, the firemen's order is ready to do its part; but I never will consent to the calling out of the firemen alone." Sargent's Mission Not Conolnded. g "Having reached this conclusion your self, and having stated it as an ultimatum to Mr. Sweeny, is not your mission here concluded?" "No sir, not concluded. Mr. Sweenr has invited me here to a conference with him self and the executive officers of railway labor unions. I understand Mr. Wilkinson will be hero to-morrow, and the others, I should judge, will follow within a day after. Mr. Sweeny will then place before these officers the situation with which he is here surrounded, and a determination will be jointly reached as to whether organized railway labor shall make this an occasion for united effort. Until this decision is reached, my mission here is not ended." Grand Master Sweeny, of the Switchmen, was asked to-day: "Have you seen Mr. Sargent?" "I have," said he. "Have you decided what will be done?" "I have seen him, but I have nothing to say about it," was all he would say. ' TELEGRAPHERS ABB TICKLES. Delighted Became Their Cause Has Been . Thken Up to Be Pressed. Elmiija.'N. Y., Aug.22. rSorfoZ. The conference of members of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood, in Buffalo yesterday was the direct outgrowth of trouble among the operators in this city. Within a month five Brotherhood operators in Elmira have been discharged by order of Manager Halsted. They were all old employes, and claim they were released because of their membership in the Brotherhood and the part a number of men here were taking to form a local branch of the union, ail now belonging to the Buffalo lodge. Some months ago Mana ger Halsted requested them to withdraw trom the Brotherhood and many did so, bnt of late have rejoined. The men say the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western started to make a determined move before the order got any stronger. The local men are jubilant that their cases have been taken up by the supreme order, and say that unless the conference to bo held at Scranton with Mr. Halsted to-morrow is entirely satisfactory, there will cer tainly be a strike of telegraphers all along the line from Scranton to Buffalo. SOLDIERS TO STAY AWHILE. No One Can Tell Just How Long the Mllllla Mnst Remain. Buffalo, Aug. 22. No troops will be withdrawn until times shall have made im probable any further attacks upon the new switchmen. General Porter was asked to day about ordering troops to Niagara Falls. "I shall-not send them unless the situation grows more serious," he answered. "It is not necessary now. I shall begin to relieve the troops as the situation warrants. This if a kind of guerrilla warfare, and a large force is necessary to protect the property. They will be relieved by degrees, as things quiet down." "How about the troops reported to be under arms in New York and Brooklyn?" was next asked. "Before I came up here a circular was sent out to the commanding officers of the regiments not ordered to Buffalo. It was distinctly said that the men were not to re main under arms and they would receive orders to that effect if it was necessary. Possibly they have had a drill.or something of the kind. I can't see where such rumors arise. I am satisfied the men here have more than they can do. With that end iu view I have sent out officers to-day to look over the situation and we shall try to lighten the work. No definite plan has been formed as yet" THREATS OF NON-UNIONISM Made by Beading Officials, to Keep AH of Their Men In Line. Philadelphia, Au- 22. Beading Bailroad officials consider that the strike on the Lehigh Valley is at end. They say that trains are moving freely, and that they apprehend no trouble from firemen and en gineers. They do not expect the strike to extend to the Jersey Central. There are at least four employment bureaus in this city engaging men for the Beading, Erie and New York Central roads. They have ob tained nearly all the firemen, switchmen and yardmen they require, "Should the strike embrace firemen and engineers," said a representative of the Beading to-day, "and should it extend to the Jersey Central, there can be bnt one re sult, and that is to make both the Lehigh Valley and the Jersey Central non-union roads." FIOWEB BACK HI ALBANY.' The Governor Emphatic In His Declara tions as to the Troops. Albany, Aug. 22. Governor Flower re turned from Watertown this afternoon, sooner than he expected, for the reason that the telegraph communication there is not as goodjis at Albany. The office there always closes before midnight The Governor said that the withdrawing ofallorofany of the State militia from Buffalo he would leave to the discretion' of 'Adjutant General Porter, while he is there. He said emphatically, however, that the troops would not be withdrawn until life and property were free from molestation. MORE MEN QUIT WORK. Nearly One Hundred Added Yesterday to the Banks of the Strikers. Buffalo, Aug. 22. Late this afternoon, in the progress of its work the New York Central shunted in upon the tracks of the Western New York and Pennsylvania 43 cars of freight The switchmen ot the lat ter road were informed that they must handle these cars or quit, and the men quit the service, thus adding about CO men to the striking switchmen's ranks. The men are understood to have no grievance of their own, but went out because the union demands that none of its men yet at work shall handle freight from roads having new forces of switchmen. Thirty car handlers employed on the Lehigh trestle on the water front stopped work this afternoon, and told the yard- master they would nnt resume until the grievance of the switchmen was settled. The men were not dissatisfied with their con dition. There are renewed intimations that the switchmen of the Grand Trnnk.may add themselves to the number of idle men in their trade. Itallroiid Claim the Victory at Say re. ELSIIKA. N..Z., Aug. 22. Tho switch men's strike a't Sayre and Waverly is practically a victory for the railroad com pany. The blockade is broken and freight is being handled without opposition. The strikers do not admit defeat and are in clined to think there will be yet trouble in this, region. The Binghamton militia are still at Waverly. AN EXPERIMENT FAILS. . One of the Baron Illrscli Sort of Colonies Can't Be Blade Seir--up:ortlnc-A Strike ghr.wlnsr tip FomoottliB Methods Em ployed Tronblo Kxpected. May's Landing, N. J., Aug. 22. (Special For several days past there has been trouble at Zion, a Henrew settlement near Malaga, between the colony of He brews that are employed in a cloth factory there and the management of the factory. The trouble arose on account of a row be tween the foreman of tho factory and some of the employes. The employes went out on strike in a body. The owners of the factory refused to dis charge the foreman, and the strike cul minated in a small riot this morning. The Hebrews attempted to take possession of the factory, and soon got into a fight among themselves which lasted several hours. Aid was sent from Newfield and other adjoining towns, out tner were unable to cope with the mob, and "Sheriff Packer was notified and arrived to-night with a large party, and after a sharp contest succeeded in arresting four of the ringleaders of the mob. The Hebrews claim they have not re ceived any monev for a long time, and are about starred. It is believed that this is true, and that in a half-starved 'condition they became desperate, and it is thought there will be more trouble to-night or to morrow. A number of them are in hiding in the woods to-night Sheriff Packer swore in a large number of citizens as depu ties, and every effort will be made to pro tect the factory and other property. IB0H HALL OFFICERS mil So (o Indianapolis to Testify In Their ' Own Bella f. BjniBEtrir&,7 ;&utr. 2a It" is -announced that several officers ot the Iron Hall, who were involved in Chief Justice Somerby's disclosure relative to the invest ments of the order's funds, will go to In dianapolis to be heard in their own behalf. Supreme Prelate Dubois, editor ot the PrMcm Solved, Jctt at noon to-day. Cashier Haves and Assignee Stockwell, of the Mutual Bank, and H. G. Williams, Treasurer of the Iron Hall Building Com pany, are preparing to' go to-morrow. As signee Stockwell hasnrmnsred for a subpoena for Cashier Hayes so that he may be called as a witness before Jndge Taylor and show where the real responsibility for the order's transaction with the Mutual Company lies. The trio confidently assert that assessments will be made to make good the impairment A foreign attachment was to-day issued from the Court of Common Pleas of this city by Charles Bosenberg against the Or-, der of the Iron Hall, with bail at $2,000, to recover an indebtedness of 51,000. The Philadelphia Saving Fund, Western Saving Fund, Mutual Banking Surety and Trust Company and A. E. Stockwell, as signeee of the latter institution, all of this city, are named as garnishees. The as signee's work was not completed at the Mutual Bank to-day, as expected, and it will be several days 'before the. books and papers will be ready for the appraisers ap pointed by the courts. WHEEL C0MPAHY AFFAIRS Being Wound Up at Dayton by the Forma Tranfr of Properly. Dayton, Aug. 22. A deed was filed to day from Noble C Butler, Special Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of the United States for the division of Indiana, etc., to Deloss W. Minshsll, of Terre Haute, Ind., transferring to him for Si, 039, 092 the properties of the American Wheel Company, of which ho (Butler) is receiver. The properties are located at Miamisburg, O.; Fort Wayne, Marion, nnd Terre Haute, Ind.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Ottawa and San dusky, O. A second deed transfers the Miamisburg plant from Delois W. Minshall and wife to the Standard Wheel Company, of Illinois, for 81 and "other good and valuable considerations." The deeds appear to be settling up the affairs of the American Wheel Company, which has been in the hands of a receiver." A VICI0B IN TWO DUELS. A Connie of Artist Successively Shot Down by a German Army Officer. Berlin, Aug. 22. Lieutenant Hoborn had trouble early last week with Herr Treuholz, a sculptor, and Herr Pertz, a painter. The differences were caused by the officer's slighting remarks concerning the members of a club in Breslau to which Pertz and Truholz belonged, and were ag gravated by the Lieutenant's reflections upon women ot the artist's acquaintance. Hoborn brought matters to a head by insulting both men in public. They chal lenged him, and both duels were fought with pistols Thursday. In the first duel Truholz was severely "and perhaps morlally. wounuea; in me second, .rertz ttas shot dead. Hoborn is under military arrest PUGS IN PBISON. The Man Who Dearly Killed tho Terrible Swede in Jail In San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 22 Max Fen ner, tho "Terrible Swede," who was nearly killed by Soldier Allen in a prize fight in the Phoenix Clnb, was slightly better to-day, bnt his condition is still precarious. Allen has been arrested, also Joe Acton, Frank Allen, Frank Kelley and two others connected with the Phoenix Club. They are held to await the result of Fenner's in juries. Baron Paul and Explorers Killed. London, Aug. 2a A dispatch from Zanzibar says it is reported on good author ity that Baron Paul and four leading mem bers of the German punitive expedition have been murdered at Kilimanjaro. A MYSTERY DEEPENS, The Man Who Claims to Know the Borden and Wool folk Murderer IS HIDING HIS IDENTITY. The Same Sort of Weapon Was Used in Both Crimes. WOOLFOLK'S GUILT DOUBTED And lie Protested His Innocence in the Shadow of reath. SOME STRANGE PACTS DISCLOSED The anonymons correspondent of Tub Disfatcb, who claims to know the mur derer ot the Bordens and Woolfolks, still conceals his identity. The only clew to follow up was contained in the following portion of his letter: "This man and one or two of his friends were in the South about four years ago, and wnile they were in Georgia, near Macon, they had a little tronble with a farmer. So they went to his house one night and killed all of them but his son,and he got away. So they took some of his clothes and threw them, with -blood on them, into the welL The clothes were fonnd, and as they could not find any other clew to work on, the son was arrested, tried and hanged." He also stated that the murderer invariably carries a small ax, and with it has disposed of numerous victims. The Dispatch confirmed a portion of the statement. namely, that the clothing of the alleged murderer of theWoolfolk family of Georgia was found in a well, and that the evidence which convicted him was circumstantial. An Ax Used to Kill Hie IVoIfolk". In order to obtain more light, the Macon correspondent of The Dispatch was in structed to look up the records in the Wolfolk case, ascertain the character of weapon used, what portion of the murderer's clothing was found in the well, and whether during or since the trial any donbts existed as to the circumstantial evidence which convicted young "Woolfolk. Last night the following was received: Macox, Ga., Aug. 23. ToTnEDisrATCH. Pittsburg. On tho morning of August 6, 1837, a negro boy broniht the news to Macon of a horrible massacre of nine members of the Woolfolk family committed near Macon on the night of August S. The weapon used was a small axe, and the family was round scattered around tno rooms frightfully butchered and the house red with blood. Suspicion' pointed to Tom Woolfolk, the son, about S3 years of age. He was one of three surviving heirs, and the motive assigned was his desire to secure the prop erty. Tom's bloody tracks were found In the house, and Ills bloody underclothes wero discovered In a welt Blood was aeon nudor Tom's linger nails. Ho said he tried to arouse the murdered pooplo when he fonnd them, thus accounting for tho tracks und tho blood on his hands. Innocence Protested on the Scaffold. Tony Woolfolk deniod emphatically all knowledge of the clothes in the well, and said he Had not worn them in some time. Tom tried to get the negro to so In the house with htm after the murder, but the negro refused. The prosecution set ont that his purpose was to kill the negro and fasten the crime on Mm. The case was in court here three years, with a change of venne and several now trials. Hon. John Rutherford, one of the ablest lawyers in Georgia, defended Tom to the end, and died from overwork In tho case. He always, even until his death, stoutly protested Tom's Innocence. "I was with Tom often during his three years' Im prisonment," he once said, "and constantly during the forty-eight hours prior to his death on the gallows. Ho declared his in nocence to roe while on the gallows." Opin ion here has always been divided. The Dispatch presents the above facts for what they are worth. The strange coin cidence of the reception of a telegram re calling the Woolfolk tragedy prior to the receipt of the anonymous letter, and nothing in that telegram to indicate the weapon used, the disposition of the bloodv clothes or the circumstantial evidence, fs surely ground enough for investigation. A Clew to the "Writer. The probabilities are that the anonymous correspondent of The Dispatch will be located. Night Clerk Will Bishop, of the Monongahela House, said last night he thinks the writer was a man who came into the hotel' at 4:30 o'clock Sunday morn ing and acted in a suspicious manner. "The man impressed me with the belief that he was trying to appear drunk" con tinued Bishop. "He came in and asked for a blank bank check. As I went to get it he stealthily took a half dozen sheets of writinsr paper and some envelopes and hurriedly put them in his pocKeu When I returned to the desk he began a conversa tion with me, forcing the talk considerably. ' He said he had just arrived" from New York and was stop ping at the Central Hotel. He then talked on things in general, saying he had not been in Pittsburg for ten years, and when formerly came invariably stopped at the Monongahela. I noticed his writing and can partially identify the writing to . The Dispatch as his, although not positively, as I could not get a close inspection of the check while he was writing it He lurched heavilv against the desk several times, but I thought he was assuming intoxication. He was nicely dressed in a black vest, cutaway coat, derby or straw hat, and trousers a shade lighter than his coat He wore a mustache nnd seemed betwceh3o and 40.years of age. He was of slender build and stood about five feet ten inches in height" The night clerk at the Central Hotel failed to recognize the description a? that of any one who arrived Sunday moraine Detective Bobinson yesterday continued the hunt for the) writer of tne mysterious letter; but without success. The boy in the writing room at the Monongahela House could give no clue, as there were quite a number of gnests of the house in the room during Sunday and he could not remember anv particular one of them. ( Superintendent O'Mara is skeptical as to the authenticity of the letter, but, like Detective Bobinson, savs there is a possi bility of its being all the writer claims. Unless some new cine turns up it,is not likely that the local officials will give the matter any further attention for the present Lizzie Borden's Case Postponed. A special from Fall Blver says: The court room where Judge Blaisdell'presides was crowded when the examination of Liz zie Borden came up. Only witnesses and reporters were admitted. At 2:50 o'clock District Attorney Knowlton said that cer tain evidence not fully prepared necessi tated his asking an adjournment until Thursday,, August 25. .There was no 'objection from Miss Borden's L counsel, and Judge Blaisdell postponed the examination until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Lizzie Borden reached here from Taunton jail at 10:45 o'clock. Marshal Hilliard and a State detective were with her. A big crowd had gathered about the depot People were there in carriages to get a glimpse of the prisoner. She was hurried into a carriage and driven io police headquarters, where sbe was placed in Matron Busiell's charge. $ Her imprisonment has had no visible effect on hert Her face was pale is before, but there werejin traces of nervousness or fear. "If thert please," said the Dis trict AttorafJitfiV'Hparta ofthis case re quire the iisJr?-0 virions things found In theYj. JtnJhJh person of the accused- Vfl; J '-"n of these thincfl hv exnarts K0 "V 'of same a npiinrr hafnTf!sHr. JPSp-fL B&vrVi.r'nation can be concluded. We krs 'Jty - ?9febe- SJ HbbbMhiKI gin this hearing nntil Jwe UJfr, :iase complete. The things,! refer tJvow in the possession of experts, who havHot yet been able to complete their examinations and prepare their report sufficiently to be called as witnesses." The prosecution be lieves to-night piX it has an invulnerable case against Lizzie Borden. LAST0F A'TRAIN ROBBER. lie Rsfnsrs to Hands Up and Is Shot Dead .by a Pursuing Posse Ills Pal Caught and Is to Be Tried f-r a Murder Com mitted Some Time Abo. Franklinton, La., Aug. 22. A poise consisting of Detectives Jackson, CL O. Summers, of the Southern Express Com pany, aud Messrs. Dave Martin, John Jackson, Aberdeen, and Monroe McElvera left here early yesterday morning. They bad received authentic information that Eugene Bunch, the train robber, and Hop good, his pal, were making for the Pearl river swamp. It was 1 o'clock when the posse left here on horseback, heavily armed. Tbey traveled all night, and at daylight ascertained that Bunch and Hopgood were not far away, waiting for some friends to bring them food and money to continue their flight After a frugal meal the posse mounted their horses and proceeded cautlouslv. When the party traveled about a mile the horses were picketed and the party resumed their march slowly In single file. After wading through the swamp for about half a mile they came upon Bunch and Hopgood. The outlaws saw the posse at the same time. To Detective Jackson's summons, "hands up," Hopgood obeyed. Not so with Buucn. His answer was a snot Then the entire posse fired, and the notorious outlaw tell bleeding to the ground. He fired two more shots and then rolled over dead. None of the posse were hit Hopgood, who stood near by during the firing, was secured and his arms bound. When the horses were reached the body was placed on one of the animals and the party started toward Franklinton. By dark they were in the town. The body of Bunch was fully identified. When Hopgood was spoken to on the sub ject, he said it was Bunch who had been traveling under the name of Captain Gricc Hopgood will be taken to Marion county, Mississippi, to stand trial for the murder of a man named Terrol that occurred some time ago. THE PAIGE PAPER FORGED. Millionaire Huntington Sends a Positive Affidavit to That Effect. Cleveland, Aug. 23. There is now no doubt 'that the $500,000 of suspected paper recently issued by Paige, Carey & Co., of New York, is fraudulent John Hunting ton, the Cleveland millionaire who has been having a hand-to-hand fight with death in Europe for many months post, has sent bis sworn statement to Cleveland, declaring the use of his name upon the notes in in dorsement to be forgeries. His statement is a deposition in the cose begun on a note for $2,000 by the Cardington Bank of Card ington, O., and was taken in Dresden, Ger many, before United States Consul Alpack Palmer by Henry Eanney, of this city, Mr. Huntington's attorney. Mr. Huntington states emphatically that he has not indorsed any paper for Paige, Carey & Co. since 1880, with the exception of three sets of notes issued to take up others which he bad previously put his name to. These renewal notes were all sent to H. C Ellison and E. B. Perkins, of this city, and not to Paige, Carey & Co. Mr. Huntington Is still in the private hos pital of Dr. Koltz, in Dresden, and he has so far approached recovery that he Intends to sail lor America in November. Mr. Huntington's Cleveland representatives be lieve that David B. Paige is in Brazil. DICKINSON K0T DEPOSED. On tho Contrary, lie I to Bs One of Chair man Harrily's Chief Helpers. New York, Aug. 22. There was con siderable irritation expressed at the reports sent out in regard to Chairman Don M. Dickinson, of the Democratic National Campaign Committee, who has been laid up for a few days at Bay Bidge. Mr. Dickinson was back at his post this morning, and it was denied that he had been shorn of his responsibility and sent to Chicago to get him ont of the way. On the contrary, It is now said that Mr. Dickinson will not have charge of the Chicago headquarters, but will deputize someone else to go there. This plan has but recently been adopted. Mr. Dickinson will, it is said, remain here with Mr. Harrity. There was a meeting of Southern Demo crats residing in New York, this evening, at No. 1 East Twenty-seventh street, for the purpose of forming a Cleveland and Stevenson Club. PSESIDENT BOBEET3 STICKS. Rumors That lie Is to lie Retired Are Most Pmphalloil'7 Denied. Philadelphia, August 22. ISpeciaL Frank Thomson, First Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Bailroad, in answer to in quiries, stated to-day that the published re ports of a probable change in the presidency of the Pennsylvania Bailroad were without the slightest foundation, and that President Roberts had gone to Europe for complete and needed rest after thirteen years of in cessant work and continuous responsibility in his present position at the head of the companr. Mr. Thomson further stated that he had reason to know that the important foreign shareholders were satisfied with the presont management of the Pennsylvania Bailroad. CONNEATJT HABB0B IHF0VK ZHT. A Now Light Keeded to Replace One That Has Iteen Taken In. "Washington, Aug. 22. Special An improvement that will be asked for at the next session of Congress is a light for the harbor at Conneaut, O., which harbor it being resurrected and rehabilitated by ex Congressman Sam Dick, of Meadville, in the interests of his railroad, the Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie. The harbor, which is really a very fine one in fact, one of the best on the coast of Lake Erie has been little used for some years, and the former light had to be taken in out of the wet, as it were, to keep it from being washed away. It will be used as a land light, and a new one for the pier will be demanded. I'ellesr'nt Still rrrsldenf. Buenos Ayhes, Aug. 22, Dr. Pelle grini has withdrawn his resignation of the Argentine Presidency. BEATEN MCOTT A Homestead Butcher, Icoana Milk Man Will Yearly Lose $10,000. AD0LPH DOEER'S BAD LTJCK Because He Did Not Obey the Ad yisory Board's Order. IT PUTS AN END TO HIS BUSINESS He Has to Close Ilia chop and Stop Milk and Meat Wagons. eh LEGAL PROCEEDINGS MAT BE STAETED The first prominent boycott of the locked-out steel workers of Homestead ha done its fatal work and Adolph Doerr, the town's principal butcher, will virtually have to close his doors. losing yearly in the various branches of his business a cool $10,000. Last night the gentleman was seen at his business place, on Sixth avenue. This is the story he tells about the workings of the illegal boycott: "Two or three weeks ago I was approached by some of the strikers anfJ they hinted that if I sold meat to the 'black sheep' they would do me harm. I told them that I was in business to sell to who ever had the money to buy. If a black sheep' wanted to be one of my cus tomers, he was always welcome. I also told them that I was trying to get the con tract to supply the company with meat for the men in the mill. tVanted to Run His Business. "After this talk I saw nothing more of them for a week. One day Mrs. Smith, the wife of a gentleman working in the mill, came into my store and I sold her the me'at she wanted. She had been dealing with me for several years. As the lady passed out I noticed two men on the outside. They were watching closely what had been going on in the shop. I recog nized them as two members of the Advisory Board. Later I was waited upon and told that I must quit selling to the men who worked in the mill. They also told me that I would have to stop sup plying the Carnegie Hotel, Superintendent Potter, Mr. Corry and others, or see the Advisory Board and get a permit to sell to these people. I have been supplying the hotel ever since it started and I am going to continue to do so as long as they will take my meat This I told them. I also told them that I could not recognize in the Advisorr Board any authority that should dictate how my business was to be managed. The idea of my getting a per mit from it was ridiculous and an outrage on American liberty. He Ilu to Close Up a Bntncli Shop. "Of course this did not please the locked out men, and a systematic boycott was com menced. The men were constantly circu lating among my customers and telling them not to patronize me. Xya know the citizens of Homestead are principally steel workers, and thev stick together. "The result of these combined efforts to .ruin me were successful. My business fell off until my receipts dwindled down to nearly nothing. I ran a branch shop on Dixon" street and did a good business The efforts of the strikers were also turned toward this place, and to-day I was compelled to close the place. It means a big loss to me. I am also running a meat wagon. To-day when my man came in with the wagon he said he had met with little success and considerable abuse. He was told by the strikers that if the wagon came aronnd to their homes again it wonld be stoned. I intend to stop the wagon. A Remunerative ien Business Lost. "I am also in the ice business. Each day I sell a carload or 20 tons of ice. My cus tomers are principally saloonkeepers. I also supply the Carnegie Hotel, several of the officials, the mill, and have been fur nishing the State troops with ice. Lost Mondar a saloonist who pretended to be 'very friendly came to me. lie told me I wonld have to stop selling to tne Car negie people or he and his brothers in the business wonld quit doing business with me. I promptly told him that I would keep on supplying the Carnegie people as long as they wanted my ice. J.nis morn ing the saloonkeepers told me that they would no longer take my ice. This knocks me out in another line of business. I cannot get less than a car load of ice. To-day I had to annul my contract with the militia, and now I am out ot the Ice busi ness. "I run a milk wagon. I notice the trad is falling off. In fact, it hardly paid ex penses to-day. The strikers are treating my milk business the same as they did the meat and ice. All I can do now is to fur nish milk to the mill. On the milk and the ice business I will lose 3,000 a year. My meat market wonld have earned me at the lowest $6,000 from September until Jan uary, lam now going into the mill and run a meat market I hope to get hold of all the' non-union trade. I will keep my Sixth avenue shop open if I do not take in a cent a day. May Try to Revolt o Their Licenses. "lam thinking of evening up with the men for the nnancialioss they have brought upon me. I may go into court against the saloon keepers and see if I cannot have their li censes revoked. On this point I have not made up my mind." Mr. Doerr is a very Industrious man and has been successful in business. He is also possessed with unusual grit and will make someone suffer for his loss. The locked out men made no moves yes terday and the day developed nothing new. The soldiers are to receive 10 days' pay m soon as the pay rolls are made out. A DIYISIOir IN THE PAMTLY. .Ex-Senator Davis Doesn't toot at Treat Virginia a Secretary Elkins Does. BEDPOED, Pa., Aug. 22. SpeciaL Kx United States Senator Davis, of West Vir ginla, who, with his family and Hiss Eliza beth Elkini, a daughter of Secretary Stephea B. Elklns, have been stopping at the springs for the put several days, was seen to-day by The Dispatch correspondent and asked as to the political outlook in "West Vir ginia. He said that both parties have placed unusually strong tickets in the field lor the State offices and the fight when rightly opened up, will be the liveliest im the history of the State. He said that the Stste has alwavs been Democratie and he believed that ft would continue to be so and that Cleveland would carry the State by a larger majority than before, notwith standing that his son-in-law, Secretary Elkins, had predicted otherwise. "When asked about the political outlook in general, Mr. Davis said it was too soon to make any predictions or express any opinions, as the campaign was not rightly opened. At this Senator Davis stepped into his carriage and was driven to the sta tion, where he took his private car for Deer Park, tfeiti jiii'il 4U Jt'jr'r-,i
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