VSBSM W fU BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Are advertised everyday la THE DISPATCH. Consult these atllcts. It may mean money in your pocket. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Are advertise 'everyday in THE DISPATCH. Commit these adlets. It may auaa montj in yoar pocket. me ffltmnm t.fc FORTY SEVENTH TEAR. PrETSBXJRG WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24 1892-TWELVE PAGES. THREE CENTS rvw- BJtfpafrl) . THE SWITCHMEN ' SOON TO WORK, 3f Only One Conclusion of the 4Ial)or leaders JUST KOW ANTICIPATED. jjjp The Buffalo Strike Not Likely to Be l" Indorsed or Upheld. A Short Session looked Forward To Grand Master Switchman Sweeny to Be Allowed to Get Off His Perch Gracefully The Shooting Not All Over by Any Means A Eeg-ular GuerrlllaWarfare Waged Switchmen of Two More Roads Go Out Nearly Normal Handling of Freight by All the Other Companies A Striker Shot by a Picket One of the Leaders of the Strike Arrested for Interfering With a Company's Work. I rfFZCIAI. TELTGBAM TO TIIE PISPATCn.l Buffalo, Aug. 23. Grand Master Iwitchman Sweeny is to be let down easy. Ihat is the meaning of the conference with him which is to be held here by the officials of the other organizations of the railroad men. There is no idea at air that they will sympathize with him and ad vise that the men of their organiza tions shall join forces with the defeated Grand Master Switchman and his srew. They have been called here by Mr. Sweeny simply for the pnrpose of letting him down without a very hard thump. He realized that the fight was lost and that he would have to make some sort of a back down. The present intention of the men who are going to take part in this conference is to GRAND MASTEB SWEESTET. lock themselves up in a room with Mr. Sweeny for about half an hour and there read the riot act to him, A Good Thins to Stop tlio Strike. This report is 'not to be made public. After they have finished the reading they will peacefully tell him that they do not think it is a good thing to keep up the strike any longer. This part is to be made public, and it will enable Mr. Sweeny to go before the people end the men whom he has gotten into trouble and say: "The conference has ad - vised against the continuance of the strike. We can do nothing further. We must de tlare the strike oft" Sweeny's power is waning. He has colled en the switchmen employed at the Erie yards in Hornellsville to come to his aid and stop work. They have refused to do it. He has called on the men of the Central at Rochester to aid him, and they have refused to stop work. He has called on the Michi gan Central, too, it is said, and the men employed on that road ontside of the city of Buffalo have refused to obey Iris order to quit work, and so, too, have the men of the Grand Trunk. Cause of the Call for a Conference. These facts are not generally known. They were given The Dispatch to-night by a man whose word will not be ques tioned. It was after the refusals of these men to obey his orders that he decided there was but one thing left for him to do and that was to call on the other, leaders to make his fall easy. So he sent telegrams to Grand Master Sargent, of the Firemen's Brotherhood, Chief Arthur, of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, Grand Mas ter Wilkinson, of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Trainmen, and Grand Master Clark, of the Conductors' organization. He wired each of these men, so it is said, that the others were here. Grand Master Sargent is the only one who- has arrived here eo far, and unles The Dispatch in formants are greatly deceived, Mr. Sargent has read the riot act to him no less than four times so far. Among other things he has taken the master switchman to task for talking about arbitration at this late day. He has said to him, time and time again, that the time for arbitration is before there has been a'strike, and not when the strike has been lost. Not Enough Reason to Strike. He has told him, also, that the strike was ill-advised; that there was not enough of a grievance, and that in his opinion not enough honorable methods were employed to have the grievances adjusted before the strike was ordered. He talked to him plainly about all these things. Mr. Sargent is a man of few words. He is conscientious, and he believes it is possi ble to adjust almost any grievance without n strike. He has found this out by experi ence. The Firemen's Brotherhood has never, in its 20 years' experience, had a strike. He is also a man of quick judg ment. He came here knowing nothing of the situation. He sent for Mr. Sweeny, and in less than an hour's talc with him he learned enough to satisfy himself that there was not sufficient justification for the strike. Mr. Sweeny has used arguments which he has hoped might induce Mr. Sargent to be ,-iutc. tnt tno Bremen. n&TC One of his arguments has been that the fire men have, been forced to do switchmen's work by the railroad companies, and that on one occasion when the man retnsed he was discharged. How One Man Came to Get Fired. The facts of this case have been looked into and reported to Mr. Sargent. They are as follows: There is a point on the Lehigh Valley road near Buffalo where there Is a switch but no man employed. There has never been a switchman there. It has always been the custom for the fire men of the dinkey engine that puts up on the siding into which that switch opens, to. jump off his engine and turn the switch. The first day of the strike the fireman on GRAND MASTER F. B. SAEGENT. one of the engines would not turn it. The engineer ordered him to get down, as was usual. The fireman said he would not ."I'd sooner loses my job and never work on the engine again than I would turn that switch," he said. One of the officials was standing near and be discharged the man on the spot Grand Master Sargent told Mr. Sweeny, so one of Mr. Sweeny's friends says, that was certainly not a grievance worthy of the attention of the Brotherhood, He expressed the further opinion that the officials of the road did right in discharging the man. Chief Arthur, of the Engineer's Brother hood, will not come in response to Mr. Sweeny's summons. This fact was learned to-day from aman very close to Mr. Sweeny. A Loophole of Escape for Sweeny. It makes assurance doubly sure that tne conference will not advise the continuance of the strike. At the same time it provides the men of the other organizations a loop hole from which they may escape the accusa tion that they are the cause of the failure of the strike. They have repeatedly declared that they would not permit their men to go into any fight unless the men of all the organizations went in. With Chief Arthnr not here, ' of course the engineers cannot have any representative, and the other chiefs may say that the absence of the representative of the greatest of brother hoods indicates that the engineers will not join the strike if the other organizations do, and that therefore the strike should be de clared off The jiame then would all fall on the shoulders of the chief of the engineers. He will not shirk it He did not two years ago in the Central strike. Grand Masters Wilkinson and Clark will arrive in the morning. The conference will, in all probability, be held in the morning, within a very few hours after their arrival, and, unless there comes a mighty chance in the situation, in half an hour from the time it is called Mr. Sweeny will officially declare the strike off , Soma Men to Be Given Work vlcaln, The'swltchraen who can will go back to their old places. There are very ' few of these, for a.11 the tailroads have more men now than they know what to do with. It is possible that some of the Lackawanna men will get their places, and that a very few of the Western New York and Pennsylvania men who went out yesterday will find va cant places. Some of the other companies have a few inexperienced or incompetent men in their new forces. Thty may be dis charged and the old men who have not been objectionably active may get their places. The man who furnished some of these facts made a further statement of interest He said that the Lackawanna strike this evening was ordered 'by Mr. Sweeny, 'to enable that gentleman to further justify his expected act in declaring the strike off He will say "It is no use to keep up the struggle if the other railroad men will not help us. The strike on the -Lackawanna and the Western New York and Pennsyl vanit shows that the matter is getting be yond any control, and in the interest of the men themselves, and the public generally, it is my duty to call it off." A SEASON OF WAITING. Two More Roads Have Strikes The Lacka wanna Loies Its Switchmen Once More State Board of Arhltratora to Begin Its Investigation To-Day. Buffalo, Aug. 23. The day has wlU nessed the making of a little history. This is a season of waiting. The State Board of Arbitrators have, to be sure, announced that it would to-morrow institute a hearing into the circumstances and causes of quit ting work by the switchmen. No lively in terest Is evidenced in the inquiry, though the evidence may be of greater inter est, than is anticipated. If the strikers are examined touching the burning of cars and other attacks on the property of the companies for whom they worked, here will undoubtedly "be presented by the com panies evidence which shall disprove claims made in behalf of the former switchmen that they have not been guilty of violence or outrage. The companies have such evi dence, bnt whether they will present it or not at this juncture is a matter of some doubt One.hundred and forty switchmen struck to-day in the yards of the Lackawanna and the Buffalo, " Rochester and Pittsburg. Thus within two weeks past, switchmen have struck in all the yards centered here. The men who went out have been replaced' by others who are now doing the work in all the yards, so that there is now actually no tie up in any Buffalo yards except one, where 10 men struck yesterday, and the two where the men struck to-day. The Lackawanna was temporarily crippled, though she is said to have near at hand recruits enough to man her switches. Indeed, the road whose men -went out yesterday to-day re sumed two crews. The Lehigh and Erie here equaled yester day's traffic, and the Central and West Shore, with new business, exceeded their movements yesterday. Tne Lake Shore handled its bnsiness, and the Nickel Plate was nearly normal. A man who was formerly a Lehigh switchman late this afternoon was one of four men who were throwing stones at the picket lines of the Twenty-second regiment at the Lehigh tracks of the Lake Shore. The men were fired upon, and the one re ferred to fell, dangerously shot Scattering shots are made by pickets in various yards to-night, but there was re ported no organized assault by strikers nor any concerted movement by troops upon those who hang along the picket lines. LEHIGH FSEIGHT BOTJJJD THBOTJGH. It Will Be Received by the Beading Boad Without Restriction. Shenandoah, Pa., Aug. 23. Phila delphia and Beading agents, throughout the coal regions, have received orders to accept any and all kind of freight to points north and west of Sayre without re striction. As this is a centralizing point for Lehigh freight in this county, traffic has been greatly .'delayed and great inconvenience experienced in trade circles hereabouts. ONE OF THE STRIKERS SHOT. Pickets Fired at Four Men, One of Them Falling With Two Bnlleta Through Him A Non-Union Man Badly Injured by Fonr Strikers. BrjyFALO, Aug. 23. Three attacks were made by strikers on the pickets and non union switchmen this afternoon. An attack made on the picket lines of the Twenty second Beglment, of New York, stationed at the TifFt farm, by strikers, will probably result fatally to one of .their number, Thomas J. Manahar, of No. 18 Tennessee street About 5 o'clock this afternoon Manahar, !n company with Thomas O'Laughlin, Bernard Dunn, PatricK Madigan and Will iam Cotter, began throwing stones at John M. McGucken and Charles Gable, non union men, who were working in the Tiffl farmyard. Lieutenant Charles E. Austin and Sergeant William Conrow, of Company C, ordered the stone throwers to disperse. They refused to do so. and were fired upon by order of Lieutenant Austin. Manahar was struct: by two bullets. One took effect on the left elbow, while the other passed through the abdomen to the right of the kidneys, xne injured man was taken to the emergency hospital. His con dition is extremely critical. The Coroner has been notified to be in readiness to take the man's ante mortem statement Bhould signs of failure occur. O'Laughlin, Dunn, Madigan and Cotter were arrested by the police of the Seventh precinct, charged with rioting. The private who did the shooting was also detained 'by the police. The officer of the company to which the detained private belonged pro tested against the arrest of his subordinate and demanded his release. At the same time he informed General Doyle of the arrest, and General Doyle ordered a com pany and a batallion, if needed, to set the soldier at liberty. The soldier was after ward released. Allen L. Bichardson, a non-union switch man, was thrown from the top of a box car in the Erie yards by strikers about 6 o'clock this evening and badly injured. Thomas Gable, a non-union man, while working in the Lehigh yards at East Buf falo, was set upon by four strikers and bad ly injured. Two of the strikers jumped on his stomach while their companions held the victim down. The injured men are at the emergency hospital. No arrests havi been made in the latter cases. A LEADER ARRESTED. Armed to the Teeth Tfhen the Folios Searched Dim. Buffalo, Aug.23. Joseph Heimerle is Recording Secretary and Treasurer of Buf falo Lodge, No. 39, Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association. He is one of the leaders of the switchmen. When Grand Master Sweeny and Master Moriarlty are engaged in other affairs Heimerle takes charge and directs the men. The Lehigh -Valley Bail road officials sent word to Superintendent Morgenstern that Heimerle was interfering with their passenger trains. They were ad vised to swear out a warrant charging him with assanlting non-union switchmen. This they did. The police were ordered to look for Heimerle. Detectives located him and he was arrested. He was taken to Superin tendent Morgenstern "s office. Heimerle was asked it he had been as saulting anybody. tHe replied that ha had not. SuperlntendentMorgensiern told De-. tectives Jordan and Cannon to search him, and they found a 38-caliber revolver in his pocket "Oh, yes, you are a nice lot of fel lows," said Superintendent Morgenstern to Heimerle. "You are conducting a peacea ble campaign, are'nt you? You favor the withdrawal of the troops, yet go around armed to the teeth." And the head of the Police Department took seven big bullets out of Heimerle's gun and carefully put them in his desk. Heimerle furnished bail and was released. ENGINEERS WON'T STRIKE. Chief Arthur Declares Positively Ills Men Will Not Go Oat. Cleveland, Aug. 23. Special Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, will not go to Buffalo. He so stated to-night He is expecting a summons from Greensboro, N. C. The engineers on the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Bailroad, a new road, have presented a schedule of wages that is causing some trouble and he will go on to adjust matters. He telecraphed this fact when requested to go to Buffalo and cannot see why his statements have been miscon strued. Mr. Arthur does not think there is the slightest chance of the engineers striking at Buffalo or on any of the roads. "There are no grievances," said he. "While we sym pathize with the strikers, we have our oon tracflPwith the railroads, and as long as the officials live up to them you mav be certain that we wilL That is all there is to it" BEBIOTJS ASPECT AT EOCHESTER. A Strike of the Central Hudson Switchmen There Expected This Morning. EOCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 23. Special Last night a union switchman from Buffialo, bearing credentials signed by Grand Master Sweeny, visited the Central Hudson yard at East Bochester,and tried to get 33 switch men employed there to strike. A switch man named McDonough employed in the East Eochester yards, piloted Sweeny's emmissary around. This morning McDono ugh was dicharged by the yardmaster. He was skulking around the yard at midnight to-night The talk among the men at midnight to night is the most serious that has been heard since the beginning of the trouble at Buffalo. Pour different switchmen, seen separately, said that they were going out at 4 o'clock in the morning. G0XPEB3 EXPEESSE8 BAII6FACTI0H. He Thinks That Carnegie Will Be Forced to Submit to the Strikers. Chicago, Aug. 21 President Samnel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, is in this city for the purpose of in quiring into the condition of affairs and to devise means by which the organization may be strengthened. He expressed him self as being highly gratified withthe con dition of organized labor here, as elsewhere, and claims that never before have the Federated trades unions been more pros perous than they are now. As to the trouble at Homestead, Mr. Gompers is confident that Carnegie will be forced to submit to the strikers demands. He admits that the battle will be a pro longed and bitter one, but has no fears that the strikers will ultimately triumph. BO EHCOUBAGBHHfT FOE SWEENY In the Way Bis Fellow Conferees Are Talk ing; at a Distance, Chicago, Aug. 2a E. E. Clark, of Cedar Bapids, Grand Master of the Order of Bailroad Conductors, was here to-day on his way to Buffalo In response to the re quest of Grand Master Sweeny to take part In the proposed conference of the chleff of various organiza tion!. In an interview ho said that as far as lie tnew the conditions were right and added: ' "Bnt what may develop after J. have arrived on the scene I cannot predict TJnleis our men have grievances to settle we will not go out, as we do not care to express any sympathy in that way: i no nothinof Bthe trouble pt what press. T .think the demands of the men on the . Lebigh Valley for the wages Said by other roads in that vicinity are just, ut the most deplorable thing in the affair is that acts of violence were resorted to by some one at the 'Start This has probably bftpn thn greatest cause for tirolonffincr the strike, as otherwise it would probably haveV At this point Grand Master a E. Wil kinson, of the Order of Bailroad Trainmen, who came in this morning from Gatesbnrg, I1L, also en route to Buffalo on a mission simitar to that of Mr. Clark, made his ap pearance. Further than saying he was re sponding to a summons from Grand Master Sweeny ne declined to talk. Both Messrs. Clark and Wilkinson left for Buffalo at 8 o'clock this afternoon. EXCURSION STEAMER MISSING. The Bay Queen With Nine Honored on Board Cannot Be Located. New Haves', Coifir., Aug. 24. The steamer Bay Queen, which left this city yesterday morning for Coney Island with 900 New Britain excursionists on board, has not arrived up to 1:45 A. jr. She cannot be located at either Bridgeport, Stamford or Norwalk. DA FONSECA IS DEAD. Demise at Rio de Janeiro of Brazil's Ex Prciident Sadden Rise of a Wonderful Man A Character That Will Stand Ont on the Fas' of History. Bio de Janeeio, Aug. 23. Manoel Deo dora Da Fonseca is dead. He came of a family of Brazilian solders. His father, Maoel Nendes Da Fonseca, held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His brother, Baron de Alagoas, died a Field Marshal and Adjutant General of the army. Another brother, Herman, was a Marshal, and a third was also in the service. Still another brother was a surgeon in the navy. Fonseca wa3 born in 1824, in the province of Alagoas. In 1845 be entered the army, and two months later he was sent to the military school. He saw his first service as a second lieutenant of artillery, and took an active part in the civil wars of Porahyba and Pernambuo in 184B. When he took part in the siege of Montevideo he had been brevetted a Major. Fonseca was wounded in Paraguay, and In 1868 h received a commission. His pro motion after that was rapid. In 1874 ie was a Brigadier General, ten years later he was made a Field Marshal. Fonseca was in command of the military department of Bio Grande Do Sul in 1885, and at the same time became Vice President of the province. Before the revolution which deposed Dom Pedro, Fonseca was asked to head the revolution against the Emperor in 1889. He did so, and succeeded, and was made chief of the Provisional Government There was trouble ahead in the new order of affairs. The national credit was threat ened. Fonseca found himself in conflict with the Chambers. On November 5, 1891, it was reported that Fonseca had become a dictator. He had 'disobeyed Congress, and martial law had been proclaimed. Several States re belled and demanded Fonseca's resignation. The officers of the navy sided with Fonseca's opponents, and . vhyit& on Jlcvember' , 1891, it became a choice between the civil war or Fonseca's resignation, Fonseca re signed. His successor, Floriauo Pexollo, was a Conservative fh'polltics. A PLAGUE OF BLACK FLIES. Xankee Merchants Obliged to Give Up Bus iness on Account of the Pest. MlLFORD, MASS., Aug. 2i Sptdal Milford has a plague of black flies which rivals the famous plague of Egypt For a number of ; days past the lower part of the town has been infested by a peculiar species of an insect of the nature of a fly, only not so large. On Pond street people have been forcedto vacate their houses. Mr Owen Keefe,' proprietor of a candy and fruit store at the corner of Pond and Bailroad streets, gave up business to-day and was forced to acknowledge the superior power of the pest This morning the floors, coun ter and everything in the room were com pletely covered with the insects. Not alone is it on account of their num bers that trouble arises from them, but on account of their sting as well. A number of the Main street stores are suffering to a great extent, while housewives all ovev the town are wondering where they came from and how thev can get rid of them.- AN ATTEMPTED TEALS WBT2CK. Hzavy Timbers Tied to the Track Hear a Bride Below Keaflinc. Eeadiijg, Pa., Aug. 23. A dastardly attempt was made to wreck the express on the Pennsylvania Bailroad which was due in this city from Philadelphia at 8:30 last night After it had crossed one of .the large iron bridges two miles below Beading, going 40 miles an hour, the engineer sawtan obstruction ahead, but was unable to stop the train, which dashed into four heavy timbers lashed across the track. Three were 1G feet long and one man could hardly carry one of them. The rear wheels of the locomotive jumped the rails, and it was nearly 11 o'clock before the train reached Beading. The lives of over 100 passengers were imperiled. They were badly shaken up. BAGS WITH DISEASE GEBHS. Toronto People Assert That They Are Mot Burned but Sold to Jnnk Stores. - Toronto, Out., Aug. 2a It is asserted that the rags brought to the city crematory to be destroyed, and the covering of mat tresses from the beds of diphtheria, scarlet and typhoid fever patients are not destroyed, bnt are collected by the employes at the crematory. It is said that they are sold to the junk stores for about $6 per load, and the money divided among the workmen. It is even alleged that tHe money thus secured is al lowed to be retained as payment for the overtime the men occasionally work. GLADSTONE MAY QUIT. A Humor That He Will Betlre From Office in the Spring. London, Aug. 24. The Chronicle says: IThere is a strange rumor afloat that Mr. Gladstone will retire from office in the spring; also that a Harcourt party and a Bosebery-Spencer party already exists a Lords party versus a Commons party." SAWMILLS STILL IDLE. t They Will Not Start Work on the Ten Hour Bails. Eatt CiiAIee, Wis., Aug. 2a No saw mills are running yet, and the attitude of four companies is positive. They will not rnn at all the rest of the season if they have to start up on the ten-hour basis. It is barely possible one company may yield. - several nunared .men nave been naid off and a hundred or more have left I mpn huTfl hn I L t07n probeMjr for work oa fwmi, J CHOLERA SPREADING At an Alarming Kate in En- rope, Hamburg Haying Hundreds of Cases. SOME DOFT LIVE AN HOUR After They Are Seized by the Dreaded Scourge From Asia. WASHINGTON OFFICIALS WARNED And Steps Taken to Prevent Cholera Patients landing Bert. FOREIGN YESBELS TO BE INSPICTED Hamburg, Aug. 2a The ambulances of this city are insufficient in number to meet the demands made upon them through the outbreak of cholera. Yesterday 70 ordinary carriages were utilized for the conveyance of cholera patients. Thirty-five persons have died of cholera. Some of these died within an hour after being stricken with the disease, and all the others died within six hours. NewAaper reports differ widely regard ing the number of cases of cholera in this city. The Nachrichtcn says that so far there have been 300 cases and 120, deaths, 65 deaths occurring to-day. The Correspondent states, that there were 120 cases of cholera here yesterday. Many deaths from the disease were reported. At Berlin the Imperial Board of Health has appointed Dr. Kirch and Dr. Bahts to confer with the authorities of Hamburg in regard to the cholera and to arrange meas ures to combat the disease. The cholera is chiefly prevalent in the Alts tad t or old portion of the city, comparatively few cases occurring in the Neustadt, or new portion. Every precaution possible is being taken by the authorities to localize the disease. Patients as soon as reported are quickly taken by a special conveyance to the hos pital cholera words. People living in the streets through which the conveyances pass shut the doors and windows of their houses until they think the danger of con tagion is past The dead are taken to the pnblic mortua ries, and the houses in which patients are found are carefully disinfected, Begula tions and instructions for the people are publicly placarded throughout the city. Several deaths have occurred atAltona. A thunder siorm passed over the city to night, making the weather cooler. The London Datty News' Vienna corres pondent says: It is reported from Con stantinople that there have been several new cases of cholera and a number of deaths daily during the past week in tne Lazaretto there, although Mecca pilgrims have shown clean bills of health up to the present Two fresh cases of choleraic- disease and eme'deatlfe'Iutve been vs?rF"Dat .Rouen, France. t "ijoticialljJ si&QMcrf:thJ there is hoi a single case of Asiatio cholera in Belgium, all of the suspicious cases so far reported being merely cases of cholera nostras. WARNED AT WASHINGTON Of the Kaxac'c of Cholera In Europe Prompt Permission Given the Persian Minister to Collect Funds for the Suf ferers From the Bread Scourge. Washington, Aug. 2a The Depart ment of State is in receipt of official reports of the alarming spread of cholera from Asia to Europe. Some days since the Vice Con sul General at Teheran, Persia, reported that deaths daily leached the large number of 400 persons. He states that COO cases had been treated by the American Mission Hos pital, and made a strong appeal for funds from the United States. The Government, having no funds for such purpose, has made this appeal public, and the following corre spondsnee on the subject between the Sec retary of State and Watson B. Sperry, the newly appointed Minister to Persia, is pub lished for the information of the people of the United States: WiLMiHUTorr, Del., Aug. 20. To the Honorable John TV. Foster, Secretsry of State. WisMngton, D. C: Sir If you think it proper I might be able to secure a little fund of money in this city for the use of the American Mission Hos pital In Teheran, through the agency of the Morning Newt. If you consent to this of course I do not mean that I am to state pub licly that I am actios under your authority I should like copies or the dispatches from the American representative In Teheran. With great respect, your most obedient servant, Watsos E. Spiret. Prompt Permission G adly Granted. W ASHiwaToif, Aug. 23. Watson It. Snerrv, Esq., United States Minister to Persia: Dub Sib I am'in receipt of your letter of the 20th Instant, In which you inclose a copy of the piess notice Issued from this depart ment, conveying an appeal to the citizens or the United States from the American Mis sion Hospital at Teheran for funds to meet the extraordinary expenses necessitated by the rage of cholera in that district. I note with pleasme your request for per mission to solicit, through the columns of yonr newspaper, tho Jorntnj Newt, funds lor the purpose indicated. It Is a most prompt and commendable response to the urgent necessities ot those afflicted people, indicative of the geneial philanthropic spirit of the American people and their dis position to aid the distressed. x coruiaiiy grunt yuu luDijguuiHiuuii quested; and in doing so, express the hope that you will not confine your appeal to the people of your own city. It would accom plish great good if you would make your appeal to all our people. This 1 presume you can, through your relations to the press of the country, readily accomplish by the medium of other papers as well as your own. I inclose you oopies of the dispatches from our Vice Consul General at Teheran on the subject, as requested by you. . . John W. FosTrn. Alnrmlng Information From Europe. Following the report from Teheran comes information of a most alarming charaoter from Europe. United States Consul John son, at Hamburg, reports that he Is advised officially by the Government health officer of that city of the presence of Asiatic cholera there, and he has accordingly re fused to issue bills of health to departing vessels. Consul Williams, at Havre, reports an epidemio of Asiatio cholera at that place, with many deaths, and advises Inspection ot the La Touraine. These facts have been promptly com municated to the health officers of Staten Island, and every precaution will be taken by them in the matter, especially in view of the fact that the epidemic has now reached two of the most important ports in Europe with which the United States has idrect and rapid communication. -. -. ..-. - Although no real I fear- that the cholera wiU twa the shorcg of tho TTnltcd Suttaj.' is expressed by the authorities of the Treas ury Department, they are taking all pre cautions deemed necessary to prevent its in troduction. Circulars have heretofore been issued to customs officers directing the dis infection of bagsagefrorn cholera-infected Ass,V7it secretary Spaulding was in con- Austin, Acting BaWtfav)L the KLWhZ Marine Hospital Durr. ,- further precautionary steps. lw .& . W, '. Ja -V at the ports of New York ahi ''Ot, JWte been ad' vised formally o &9hoIeraat vreTv; oo the im- at thbrVorts. Mr. Hamburg and ' Havre, migration otneers at thol Spauldingisalfo in communication with the. adoption of some system of disinfection of the Daggageif immigrants before embark ing for the United States. HUNDREDS DIE DAILY In One of the Notoriously Unhealthy Ports on the Caspian Sea. Tehehan, Aug. 2i A dispatch from Beshd, in the Province of Ghilan, states that every day hundreds of persons are dying there from cholera, Beshd is a very unhealthy place and sanitary methods are unknown. It lies 16 miles from Enzellee, its port on the Caspian Sea, and is the cen ter of the importing trade of the Province in which it is located. ' Most all the im ports are from Bussia. The population of the town Is about 20,000. A new disease is ravaging Enzellee. It causes purulent swellings on the body and face, and the mortality resulting from it is very heavy. The same disease is causing mvny deaths at Ardabeel, a town of 12,000 inhabitants on the Kara-Soo river. Both towns have been isolated.' WAIL FROM THE WIVES Of StTlktng Garment Makers at Baltimore They Want a Wa'kinc Delegate Called Off, So They Won't Have to Starve Ap peal to the Mnyor. Baltimore, Aug. 2a Special Two months ago the garment makers went on a strike, and since then repeated efiorts have been made to effect a settlement An agreement was finally reached which suited all concerned, when the Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor disagreed and the agreement was canceled. Since then a walking delegate named Belchers, hailing from Brooklyn, who is called the general secretary, has been posing as a go between, and thus far has prevented the men from returning to work. Their fami lies are in a had way, as will be seen by the following rjathetic letter, which exolains itself, received by Mayor Latrobe: Baltimore, Ang. 23. To Mayor T. C. Latrobe: Dxab Sir The writers of this letter are about 200 women. Our husbands are all strikers of coatmakers. We have small chil dren, and we are all starving. The grocers and butchers will not trust us any more, and If it beeps on longer you will find us all starved to death. It is almost nine -weeks that this strike has been going on, and in the winter we hardly have work. Each one of us talks the matter over with our husbands, and they say that General Secretary Belchers came to Baltimore from New York and took the law In bis own hands, and will not have them work. Our husbands can get a glass of beer for 5 cents and can go around with that all day. but we cannot do that. When our husbands come home wo scold them, no that they get discouraged and walk out. We have pawned our things, we owe rent for two or three months. Please, dear sir, take pity on us and look into the matter. See what can be done to Mr. Beloners. We think you are the only one that can help us. Very respect fully. Wives or St&ikxb3. Tbe.Maypr was touched with the appeal and extended his sincerest sympathy to the writers, but he is powerless to act NEW TIN-PLATE PACT0RY To Be Started Tip the First; or September In Brook'yn, I. T. New Yoek, Aug. 23. Sptcial Inside of ten days a big tin-plate factory will be put in operation in Brooklyn. This is the first of Its kind that has been built in the vicinity of New York, and the projectors expect that it will turn out fully 3,000 boxes a week.. For several years the firm of Somers Brothers, composed of Daniel, M. J. L. and G. A. Somers, and their cousin, "W. H. Atkinson, have conducted a tin-box factory at Beid avenue and Third street, Brooklyn. This firm is one of the largest of its kind in the world, and in the manufacture of tin boxes uses about 60,000 boxes of tin every year. In the past all ot this has been imported, and it made quite an item to the firm. Some time ago they decided it would be a great saving if they could make their own tin plate. "Work on the plant was commenced at once, and now everything is almost ready for the opening. Mr. J. L. Somers, In speaking of the new enterprise to-day, said he was satisfied it would be a success. "We are now experi menting in the furnaces," said Mr. Somers, "before we start up. Although we expect to begin operations by September 1, it may be three months longer before we get under headway; that is belore we work 24 hour a day." BONDSMEN MUST PAT UP. Luzerne County Commissioners Propose to Blake Them Come to Time. "WrLKESBABRE, Aug. 2X The Record will announce to-morrow that an attempt is to be made by the Luzerne County Commis sioners to recover from bondsmen who, dur ing the last three years, have gone bail for insolvent debtors on whom court costs have been imposed. In each case, and there are hundreds of them, the costs have been sad dled on the county. In some way the bondsmen have never been called on to settle and the county has lost thousands of dollars. The bondsmen include lawyers, county officers and sub stantial citizens generally. If they pay Luzerene county will be a big gainer. The scheme of tho commissioners is being worked secretly, as County Solicitor Moore, when he began the investigation, found that some of the interested parties were ab stracting the bonds from the Court House files, in order to prevent their being used in vMpnri. TTe now has all the necessary papers and will to-morrow notify all bonds men to pay. BILL HEARTILY HISSED At a Meeting of the County Democracy's General Committee. NewYobk, Aug. 23. The general com mittee of the County Democracy met to night The hall was crowded and the meet ing sensational tbroughont Chairman Charles A. Jackson said the worst foes the Democratic party had were within the organization known as Tammany Hall. Every memtion of Hill's name was roundly hissed. . AN INFIDEL FALLS DEAD While Bitterly Blaspbmlne; His Maker During a Thunderstorm. DKNVEB, Aug. 23. Special Last night, during a thunderstorm, Gotlieb Meyers, an infidel, stood on a street corner, with several friends, commenting upon the electric currents. Looking skyward, he exclaimed: "There i no God. This fear is all folly." Hardly hail he uttered the last word when a bolt of lightning struck upon his head, and a few moments later his dead, body was earned home, TROOPS CULLED OUT Four Companies Attend Little Family Moving at Homestead and a SCATTER ANGEY CROWDS. Women Conspicuous in the Gather ing That Threatened to Riot. EHI5ENT LAWYERS ARE COMING Thej "Will Assist in Defending the Ac cused at Homestead. THE ADJUTANT GENERAL TALKS Citizen Nick Battigan's attempt to move his furniture and personal belongings from his house in Homestead village into one of the houses of the Carnegie company almost precipitated a riot yesterday. Indeed, had it not been for the prompt arrival and energetic action of the military, there is no doubt that blood would have been shed and a deal of property destroyed. About 11 o'clock yesterday morning two big furniture wagons stood in front of Mr. Battigan's house on Heisel street The front door was opened and an Amalgamated man who chanced to pass saw a couple of broad-shouldered draymen trying to bring a heavy piece of furniture out of the house. At this juncture a woman walked up the street The Amalgamated man bowed to the woman and in a sarcastic voice said: "I see Nick Battigan is moving. It's a fine morning for a black sheep to get out of a white town and herd with fellows of his own kidney." A Woman to the Front. "So the cur is moving, is he?" exclaimed, the woman. "Well, I'll tell the neighbors to come out and bid him goodby." The Amalgamated man laughed and walked on. The woman, however, made good her word, and devoted the next 30 minutes to telling that "Nick Battigan was moving into the yard." The alarm spread like wildfire and in a Tnarvelously short time a crowd of mors than a thousand people had gathered in front of the Battigan house. It was a loud voiced, ill-natured crowd, and one that ap peared to want trouble and plenty of it The women of the throng outnumbered the men two to one. In point of fact, they im plored their male companions to jump in and break everything in and about the Bat tigan domicile. For a time the outlook for a serious out break was roseate. The women were doing; all in their power to Incite a riot, and it looked as though their efiorts would suc ceed. Theu It was that a solemn-faoed deputy sheriff sauntered up. He stood on the edge of the fast growing throng, and in a loud voice exclaimed: "You must dis perse. You have no right to block no this street and interfere with these people." . Xangbed at the Officer. The only answer to this speech was a mocking laugh and a vehement request to keep his hands offi A dozen more depu ties had arrived by this time, but after sizing up the crowd they wisely decided that it would be folly for them to attempt to disperse the crowd. Colonel Gray, who had charge of the deputies, sent a messen ger to Colonel Mechllng, the provost marshal Then the soldiers took n hand in the proceedings. In exactly six min ntes after Colonel Gray's man had arrived in camp Company H. of the Sixteenth Eeg iment, and Company K, of the Fifteenth Begiment, were marching down the sloping side of Mt Carnegie. The bayonets of tho soldiers were fixed, and Major Crawford, the officer in command, did not hesitate to say that he intended to disperse the crowd, cost what it would. The troops marched down Eighth avenue and turned into Hei3el street on the double quick. The crowd in front of Battigan's house saw the lines of advancing blue coats, but it never flinched. Meantime another detachment of troops, consisting of Com pany D of the Fifteenth and Company F of the JWteenm, leil lamp xiuck. ami mareu- ing down Eighth avenue, a few squares, crossed over to the railroad tracks and moved up in the rear of the crowd. As a result of this clever flank movement tho crowd found itself almost surrounded by a double line of soldiers. SJowly and sullenly the men and the women of the town broke ground, and sit uated belore the lines of gleaming bayonet', many women and a few of the men stood in their tracks until the points of the bay onets pressed gently against their bodies. Then with muttered oaths and groans they retreated down the street A Forced Qnlet. When the soldiers had cleared the streets the task of moving the furniture and load ing it on the trucks was quickly accom plished. When everything had been re moved from the house Mr. Battigan and the furniture vans loaded with his belongings started up Heisel street in the direction of the works. The lines of soldiers held the crowd back, and though the very air was thick with hisses and oaths, there was no attempt at violence, and the strange pro i(nn made its wav up Eisrhth avenue and through the main gate of the works with out being molested. .... General Wiley stood at the head of Heisel street while the furniture was being loaded into the wagons, and witnessed the movement of his troops. When it was all over he sought out Colonel Mechling and complimented him on the clever way in which the crowd had been dispersed. But two arrests were made by the troops. The first was a red-faced, coatless man who was in the crowd, and persisted in yelling all manner of unpleasant comments on the ap pearance and actions of the troops; the other was a man in a slonch hat, who threw stone at the house. Both men were taken to the guardhouse. Their cases will be dis posed of to-day. Quiet and Uneventful. Aside from the exciting episode of the Battigan moving Homestead pat in s very quiet and uneventful day. The members ot the Advisory board indignantly denied that they had declared aboycott on Butcher Adolph Doerr. Vice Chairman Crawford said: "There is absolutely no truth in the statement, and no one knows it better than Mr. Doerr himself. Of course wo can't make people patronize his shop, but we can and do deny that the Advisory Board have declared a boycott or are ia any way responsi ble for his loss of trade." K..,.. Butcher Doerr said he had established ft butcher shop in tho mill yard and that ho expected to build up a prosperous trade) among the men employed there. Superintendent Potter was too busy yes terday to talk to reporters, but according to Assistant Superintendent Woods things are running smoothly in the plant Tne 28-inch blooming mill wai started up yes terday moraine and the company expect to have the 33-inch beam mill running before the end of the week. If their hopes tra
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