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FORTY SEVENTH YEAR.
MILES OP RUIN
AND HOT ASHES
IH MILWAUKEE
The Cream City Swept by the
.Disfiguring and Death
Dealing Destroyer.
BIG STORE BLOCKS
MELTED LIKE WAX
While the Scenes and Incidents of
the Great Chicago Fire
Were Duplicated.
THE LOSS FIGURED UP
IS NEARLY $8,000,000.
1 he Section Inhabited If the Foor and
Xeedy fcnffers Jlost From the
reronring Element.
Great Hardships Sure to Follow A
Strong Gale Fanned, the Flames
After Devastating Acres the Fire
Leaped the Elver and Cut a Wide
Swath Chicago Quickly Responds to
the Cry for Aid Not a Single House
Now Standing on Eight Streets The
Blaze Seen in the Windy City Re
markable Rapidity of the Awful De
struction After Burning Seven
Hours Fiercely Heroic Workers Check
the Red Terror Heavy Loss of Life
Looked For.
rsrrciAi, TrixcitAsi to tiie dispatch.
Milwaukee, Oct 28. Scores of blocks
of Milwaukee's largest business firms, to
gether with hundreds of frame houses, were
destroyed by fire to-night At this hour
the conflagration is increasing and spread
ing. The fire broke out at 5:30 o'clock in an
oil establishment on East "Water street,
near the river. The flames, driven by the
fearful hurricane which was blowing,
spread with frightful rapidity to the
lake, over half a mile to the east.
It is utterly iniuossible to estimate the
loss with any decree of accuracy. Eren a
ooinplete list of the 015 houses cannot be
obtained, while to these must be added the
stuoi individual losses of hundreds of small
roperty owners whose houses and house
old goods have been destroyed. As it is,
he loss will probably amount to ?6, 000,000
or f 10,000,000.
Hurricane Too Much for the Department.
The tract burned is over half a mile wide
east and west, and a mile north and south,
commencing in the establishment of the
Union Oil Company, at 275 East "Water
street The fire was burning fiercely when
the city department reached the scene.
Owing to the hurricane that was blowing
the men were utterly unable to do any
thing, and for any practical results might
as well have done nothing. In spits of
this the men worked bravely anfl did every
thing in their power, risking their liTes in
the burnirg buildings, and endeavoring by
tearing down blocks in advance of the path
of the fire, to chesk it This was in vain,
and all nizht long the flames continued on
their way.
From the establishment on East Water
- street where the blaze started, the path of
the fire was in the shape of an immense
"V," the connecting point of the two bars
being in the oil establishment while one
line extended directly east to the lake, the
other running to the lake in a southerlv
direction. Through immense factories from
four to seven stories high, which were sup
posed to be fireproof, thj flames spread
with as much case as through the frame cot
tages which they attacked further east
In the Houses of the Poor.
After wiping out the factories and whole
sale establishments, the fire found easy prey
in the scores of blocks filled with frame
houses which extend east of Milwaukee
street From these the flames leaped to
the freight houses of the Milwauke, Lake
Snore and Western. These caught fira on
the extreme southern end, and in a moment
were ablaze their whole length, over two
blocks.
Adjoining" the depots were the freight
yards of the same railroad, as well as of the
Chicago and Northwestern. These yards
were filled "with hundreds of loaded cars, all
of which were quickly consumed- As soon
as it was seen that the yards were in the
path of the flames a score of switch engines
were set to work in an endeavor to get the
loaded cars out of the yard. The men
worked bravely and succeeded in removing
some of the trains, but they could only take
them farther south than the yards, the north
being blocked.
"When the Tire Burst From Control.
Chief Foley kept the fire confined to -one
block on East Water street until 7 o'clock,
when it got away from him, leaped across
the street and began a rapid march toward
Lake Michigan, six blocks away, cutting
down in short order F. Dohmen & Co.,
wholesale drugs; M. Bloch, wholesale
liquor; Bub.& Kipp's seven-story building,
furniture factory; Roundy, Peckham & Co.,
wholesale grocers; Jacob Wellauer & Co.,
wholesale grocers; Johnson Bros.' cracker
factory (American Biscuit Company); Na
tional Distillery Company.
The entire lower part of the Third ward,
inhabited largely by poor Irish families, is
devastated. About 300 cottages there were,
destroyed, and the poor people are wander
ing about the streets, loudly lamenting
their loss. Some plan of relief for them
will no doubt be made, but at this time
people seem to be so stunned that they are
doing nothing.
Alarms are coming in every few minutes
from parts ofthe city widely separated, and
it is thought that firebugs are helping in
the work of destruction. There are no
steamers to combat these fires. " I
TJie elegant residence of L. F. Sedges, aj
member of the Board of Trade, at Ninth
and Cedar, two miles from the fire district,
has been destroyed.
A Do7en Cars or Poultry Burned.
It was in the railroad yards that some of
the most pitiful sights were seen. In one
place half a dozen poultry cars stood, filled
with docks and chickens. It was impossible
to move th cars, while the sides, made of
heavy wire string protected with Iron bars,
prevented any humane persons from freeing
the ducks. So there they remained and
were roasted alive, the cries being drowned
by the roar of the flames.
As soon as the destruction of the .railroad
freight yards was assured, the wind, as if
prompted by malice, veered from the west
to the north. Had it remained in the west
the fire would have exhausted itself in the
lake; but with the new impetus it swept to
the south.
In a moment three terrifie explosions
occurred. This was caused by the big
storehouses of the gas works, which blew
up one after another. The explosions alene
represented a loss of ?1,000,000, the plants
having been recently erected at that cost
With the destruction of the gas works half
the city was put in darkness, the greater
part of the Eastside having already been
cut ofl from electric lights by the burning
of the connecting wires.
A Large Loss of Life Probable.
How many lives have been lost is not
known, but from the reports coming in it
would seem that the number will be con
siderable. At 9 o'clock the captain of the
live-saving station reported' that four of
his men had been buried beneath a falling
wall on Broadway as they were going along
the street in the endeavor to lend assist
ance. The scenes in the lurid district rivaled
those in Chicago in the days of the big fire.
Men, women and children crowded the
streets endeavoring to save their property
from the doomed dwellings. Beds and
crockery were thrown pell mell from
the windows and piled up in
the streets. Men rushed frantically
irom store to store in the wholesale district,
appropriating wagons or carts with which to
remove their goods. Citizens from all parts
of the city assisted in the work, and men
dressed in rich clothes and wearing silk
hats would be seen by the scores pushing or
pulling express wagons or huge delivery
trucks loaded down with furniture of all
kinds.
. The Fire Outstripped Him.
The streets south of Wisconsin were filled
with a pushing and scrambling mass of
humanity, nearly everyone being loaded
down with household utenoils. A reporter
whose home was one of those burned, seeing
the direction of the fire,hurried to his house
to remove his sick mother and save what he
could of the furniture. Though he had but
a few blocks to go before he reached the
place the building was on fire, his mother
having been carried out by the neighbors.
At the start it looked -as if the whole
Eastside would go. The flames were burn
ing fiercely in the block south of the new
borne of the Sentinel, and there seemed to be
but little hope of savins: the printing press.
Embers and blazing fragments of paper and
cloth were being carried through the air by
the hicb wind. Finally a force of printers
was stationed on the roof, and, armed with
pails of water, succeeded in saving the
bmldinsr.
The burned district includes the south
portion of the Third ward, and, in a general
way, is bounded on the north by Buffalo
street, on the east, the lake, and on the
south and west by the river.
Many Streets Utterly Wiped Out
On Water street, whe're the fire started,
the blaze extended a little north of Buffalo
street, nearly to Detroit In this block,
however, there were several buildings that
escaped. Tiie streets burned entirely and
on which no houses or buildings
are lelt standing, are Buffalo. Chicaeo,
Menominee, Corcoran avenue, Erie, Polk,
Oregon and Pierce. Besides these, East
Water street is ruined from Detroit south
to the river, and Broadway, Wilwaukee,
Jefferson, Jackson, Tan Buren and Cass
from Buffalo street south.
During the course of the blaze a number
of barns, together with a large livery stable,
were burned. These were filled with horses,
which were liberated by the police and the
crowds of citizens. The horses, lreed from
stables, ran wildly about the streets, and
before they could be caught a number of
persons were run down and injured.
Besides being in almost total darkness,
the city Is seriouslv crippled in many wavs.
The electric car lines to the Southside will
be stopped, as the wires are down. The
telephone company is badly crippled. But
the most general effect is noticed in the lack
of gas. With the destruction of the plant,
darkness and a prospect of no breakfast fall
upon many a household.
Poor People Lose Their AIL
In many instances the people owned
their own cottages, and their contents was
all they had in the world. How they will
get along during the winter is a mystery,
unless relief comes to them irom
outside sources. Milwaukee people
will do all they can, and already
the Germania Society, the leading German
organization of the citv, has come to the re
lief of the citizens. The society is holding
a big fair, and at a special meeting of the
directors this evening it was resolved to de
vote all the receipts to the work of relief;
E. P. Bacon, President of the Chamber
of Commerce, to-night called a meeting of
citizens, to be held to-morrow morning in
the Board of Trade building, to arrange
plans lor raising money and aiding the
poor.
Probably the most efficient relief granted
to-night was by Father Kehoe, of St.
John's Cathedral, onlv a few blocks from
the burned district Father Kehoe threw
open the doors of the edifice and turned it
ftito a big camp for the homeless. Sending
priests out through the streets, he gathered
in the sufferers until the limits ot the big
building were reached; then he opened the
parocniai scnooi adjoining, and helped hun
dreds to find shelter who would otherwise
have had to spend the night on the streets.
THE CHEA2I CITY 07 THE LAKES.
Something About the Place That Has Suf
fered So Severely.
Milwaukee, "the Cream City of the
Lakes," so called because of the color of
the bricks of which most of its bouses are
built, has a population of About 205,000.
The principal hotels and retail stores are on
East Water street, Wisconsin and Second
avenues, all wide and handsome thorough
tares. The city has a distinctive semi-foreign
appearance. One hears the German lan
guage and sees German signs everywhere.
Germans constitute one-half the population
of Milwaukee. The city is also a rendez
vous for Scandinavian emigrants on their
way .to the West Milwaukee has long
rivaled Chicago as a lake port
BEFUBLICAHS TO THE BESCTJE,
The Central Committee of Chicago Forward
the First Outside Belief.
Chicago, Oct 29. J. B. Clarke, Chair
man of the Central Republican Committee
of this city, sent the following telegram to
Henry C. Payne, a member of the Wiscon
sin committee, at Milwaukee, at midnight
last nignt:
'T mail rnn Araft fnr f KAA -l;nr nf4l..
Jiomeless families of Milwaukee, "Pay same
PITTSBURG,
to the proper party. We will do anything
in our power to help you."
EVIDENCE OF FIRE BUGS
IX THE SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS OF
ALL QUARTERS.
One Elegant Mansion Destroyed The
House of Correction Threatened The
Erratic Course of the Flames Aid
From Other Cities Help From a Reve
nue Cutter. '
Milwaukee, Oct 28. Special To
mate the efforts of the firemen still less use
ful to-night, it seemed that an organized
band of .firebugs must hare attempt
ed to destroy the citv. From
the time of the first alarm the
fire bells were kept ringing constantly.
Alarms came in from all sides. Fortu
nately most of the fires were of little
importance, but the elegant residence
of L. F. Hodges, Ninth and Cedar streets,
was destroyed. A few minutes later an
alarm came in from the House of Cor
rection. The blaze there, however, was
soon extinguished by the fire appliances in
the building.
Owing to the thousands of persons who
"crowded the streets the police were unable
to do effective work. The men on duty
were lost in the immense crowds. As a
precantionary measure the Light Horse
Squadron and the Fourth Battalion were
called out to assist in patrolling the streets.
While the fire was at its fiercest and at
its northern limit the first aid was received
from outside sources. This was in the
shape of two engines, one each from Wau
kesha and Racine. It was 11:30 before the
first four of the nine engines from Chicago
arrived.
So far only two fatalities are known.
One of these was a fireman killed bv a fall
ing wall, and the other a woman suffocated.
Four persons, however, have been taken to
the Emergency Hospital, while still others
are reparted at other hospitals. At mid
night the tire was under control.
The flames sbowed considerable eccen
tricity in their ravages. They would jump
across buildings for about a block, leaving
them untouched, only to return later and
wipe them out in spite of the efforts of the
firemen, who fought gallantly against the
heavy odds.
Captain Davis, of the revenne cutter
Johnson, tendered his crew to Chief Foley,
for use -in fighting the fire. They were
gratefully accepted and relieved the firemen
in places where theyhad become exhaustedby
their hard fight This reserve force came
just in time, and the Johnson's men fought
gallantly and effectively.
NEARLY $6,000,000 LOST.
An Estimate by Insurance Men, Who Say
Half of It Is Covered.
Milwaukee, Oct 2a Leading insur
ance men say that about half of the loss is
covered by. insurance. They estimate the
big losses as follows:
Bubb & KIpp, furniture, $300,000 : J. E. Pat
ton & Co., oils and paints, $250,000; J. P.
Kissinger, wholesale liquors, $75,000; Mil
waukee Mirror Works, $50,000; B. Leiders
dorf, tobacco, $250,000; Gugler Lithograph
Company, $100,003; Bonndy, Beckham & Co.,
wholesale produce, $300,000; II. S. Chertel &
Co., wholesale grocers, $200,000; J. Wellmure
& Co., wholesale groceis, $200,000: Mil
waukee Chair Company, $250,000; Jfort'i
western freight bouses, contents and
cats, $300,000; Milwaukee. Lake SI1010
and "Western freight bouse:,, $50,000;
McLandou Hotel, $25,000; P. Fingers Com-,
pany, confectionery, $25,000: Sauer & Co.,
tlove manufacturers, $10,000; flttv smaller
business house', $500,000: BOO dwellings and
cottages,$500,000; F. P. Bohln & Co., drags,
f lfCvQW; Weisel & Vllter, machinery, $100,000;
Toepier & Sons, machinery, $40,000; Bayley
& Sons, machinery, $50,000; Inbusch -Bros.,
grocers, $250 000; 1 erneker & Bro., confec
tlpnerv, $25,000; Delaware & Quentln, tool
shop, $35 000: MtlbaukeeBag Company, $50,
O0O: A. J. Ililbert & Co., flavoring extract,
$4,000: total, $5,775,000.
CLEVELAND VISITED, TOO.
Two Fires Involve a Loss of 8350,000 and
Loss of Life Many Persons Injured by
an Explosion Teachout's Great Sash
Factory Burned.
Cleveland, Oct 2a Two fires which
occurred to-day within an hour in the heart
of the city caused a property loss of at
least $250,000, the loss of one life and the
serious injury of half a dozen persons.
Shortly before 11 o'clock an alarm called
the department to the works of the Cleve
land Window Glass Company. The fire
was qnickly extinguished, and a search of
the upper floor was made. At the head ot
the stairway Michael Sullivan and Kittie
Nolan were found insensible. They had
been suffocated by the smoke together. Miss
Nolan died an hour later. Sullivan will
recover. The loss by fire to the window
lass company was SI, 000, but the damage
y water is estimated at 15,000; fully in
sured. Before this fire bad been extinguished
another alarm called the department to the
big sash and blind factory ot A. Teachout&
Co., fronting on Michigan street and ex
tending back to Canal street The fire
started in the warehouse, -and before the
firemen reached the scene the flames had
spread to two other buildings connected
with the warehouse by bridges, and the fire
was beyond control.
Soon after the firemen began work an ex
plosion occurred in the paint room which
blew the Michigan street front of the build
ing across the street Colonel C C. Dewstoe
was thrown backward by the explosion, and
Harvey C. Beeson, of Detroit, was blown
clear across the street and badly hurt Fire
man Charles Weiler was badly injured in
ternally, Fireman John J. Kelly was badly
cut, and Fireman Michael Maloney received
severe bruises in the side and chest After
the explosion the fire spread to the four
story brick block of M. Miltberger & Son,
dealers in hides, adjoining, which was
partly destroyed. L. C. Beardsley's Tin
Can Works and Wood Bros.' Tile Works
were also damaged. The loss if A. Teach
out & Co. is total and will reach $200,000;
insurance about 5100,000; Miltberger & Son,
loss, $20,000; insurance, $15,000; Wood
Bros., loss, $8,000; insurance, $7,000; L. C.
Beardsley, loss, $500; insured. "
THE WORLD'S FAIR AFIRE. '
Chicago In Danger of a Great Conflagration
Everything as Dry as Tinder Machln
. ery Hall Damaged A -Hurricane Blow
ing AH Over the Northwest,
Chicago, Oct 2a The first fire of note
in Jackson Park since the World's Fair
buildings were begun started to-night in
the main dome of the large Machinery HalL
It was caused by live coals fr6m a tinner's
furnace which had been left upon the roof.
The heavy wind prevailing blew the coals
from the furnace to the roof, and the blaze
was started.
Several Manns were turned in, and finally
a city alarm brought out half of the depart
ment The fire burned for over an hour,
bnt because of the small amount of wood
work on the building the damage was not as
great as it might have been tinder other cir
cumstances. Owing to the height of the
building the pressure was not sufficient to
reach the flames, and it was not until the
City Department reached the soene that the
flames were subdued.
Thewind had been blowing great guns
all day, and it was increasing every min
ute, which caused great apprehension that
ling buildings, bat by hard work of the fire-.
the fire would be communicated to adjoin-
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2$.
men the blaze was confined, to. the roof of
Machinery Hall.
A score'or more of fires started in differ
ent parts of the citv. Should a fire get' any
headway, there is no telling where' it would
stop, as the hurricane now blowing would
probably render the work of the firemen in
effectual. Telegraphic advices from many
points in the North and Northwest indicate
that a regular gale is blowing, the wind in
some places reaching the velocity of 60
miles an hour.
"Fifty-nine miles an hour and still blow
ing" was the record marked down by Chief
Signal Officer! Frankenfield to-night at the
local weather bureau. "This is the
hardest blow -of the year," he said.
"It's all rieht . for this side of the
lake, but there must have been lively
times on the other side," he added. Fire
alarms are coming in so rapidly that the
firemen have not had a moment's 'rest since
5 o'clock. The fires so far have only been
incipient however, not-exceeding $3,000.
SEEN FROM CHICAGO.
The Reflection From Milwaukee a Grand
Spectacle From the Auditorium.
Chicago, Oct 2a The reflection on the
skies caused by the burning city 85 miles
away to the north was distinctly visible
from the Auditorium tower. In the north
west an ominous red glare lit up the heav
ens, .rising and falling as the flames leaped
upward or temporarily died away.
Great red clonds hung over that city and
were borne by the winds far out over the
stormy lake. For several hours the weird
sight was witnessed by those who had
ascended the tower, and many were the ex
pressions of sympathy.
FIREMEN EXHAUSTED.
Milwaukee Sends an Appeal for Another
Contingent of the Chicago Force.
Chicago, Oct. 2a At 11:30 Fire Mar
shall Swence received a telegram from
Mayor P. J. Somers, of Milwaukee, saying
that the men of his fire department were
exhausted and that he must have more
help. He asked for five more engines.
Fire Marshal Swence did not act at once,
but waited to hear from Fire Marshal
Musham, who went to Milwaukee on the
train at 9:30.
BKECKENBIDGE IN JEB3EY.
The SUver-Tongned Kentucklan Talks to an
Audience of College Boys.
Princeton, N. J., Oct 2a Hon. Will
iam C P. Breckenrldge, of Kentucky, this
evening addressed a large meeting
of college men and their friends
in the gymnasium, under the .aus
pices of the Cleveland Club. In
his opening, remarks Mr. Breckenridge
spoke of the satisfaction he took in address
ing a college audience. "College men," he
said, "are the 'coming generation of poli
ticians, and therefore, greater accuracy of
expression will be demanded of me."
He gave the Republicans credit for being
so sincere in their beliefs, bat said he was
unalterably opposed to the opinions
held by them. The success
of the Democratic party was
Necessary for the reforms so sadly needed in
the administration of the Government The
suspicion in any country that the ballot could
be purchased in such a manner as to keep a
party constantly in power was the immedi
ate call for the overthrow of that party. The
adoption of the Australian ballot was a
confession of the lack of confidence the
American voter felt in himself. The
protective tariff was the means ot keeping
in ease those who had the power of levying
it, while the laborer, by the sweat of whose
brow it was maintained, lived a life of un
requited toil.
A BICE LEGAL POINT
That May Be Studied "With Interest by All
Contemplating Divorce.
Trenton; N. J., Oct 2a Two points of
some general interest were decided by Vice
Chancellor Byrd to-day in the dual divorce
proceedings between ek-Mayor Wm. Rice, '
of this city, and his wife. One point was
whether the Trenton Postmaster should re
veal his office records to show if Mrs. Rice
ever hired a letter box. The Vice Chancel
lor says to refuse to give this information.
The other point refers to copies of letters
from a woman named Sarah Bailev which
Mrs. Rice found in her husband's desk some
years ago. A peace was subsequently
patched up between husband and wife,
and Mrs. Rice consented to have the letters
destroyed.
Since the present litigation was began,
however, it turns out that Mrs, Rice made
copies of the letters before the originals
were destroyed. The ex-Mayor's counsel
claim that the copies could net be admitted
as evidence now, but the Vice Chancellor
decides this point in favor of Mrs. Rice.
HEIES IN A BOX.
A Small Scrap of Paper Makes a Big Dlflbr
. ence to Some People.
Philadelphia, Oct 2a A small scrap
of paper discovered in an, old safe -was
offered in probate to-day ds a legal bequest
of Andrew Sproule, an aged grocer of
this city, who died in April, 1891,
leaving a fortune of 5100,000. No will
could be found at the time, and letters of
administration weie issued to a sister of
Mr. Sproule., Ten heirs shared in- the
estate, and four-fifths of these consented to
the probation of the scrap, which transfers
property worth $5,000. The paper reads:
"Philadelphia, Jan. ,.7, 18S9. Trans
ferred to Chandler H. Wainright 530 shares
of Philadelphia and Comegis Cattle stock,
the interest to be paid in the event of ray'
death toReheccaH. Xiippincott and heirs, to
have power to change security at anytime
for her benefit, and at her death the prin
cipal to go to my niece, Jennie K. Busbv.
ANDREW SPHOULE.
The power of attorney on .the back of the
certificate of the Philadelphia and Com
egie Cattle stock was on a blank and bears
the signature ot Mr. Sproule.
FROM A LIVING TOMB.
A Miner Released After Hours of Hard
Work From a 3x5 Feet Cavity.
Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 2a After hav
ing been imprisoned 26 hours by a fall of
coal at Indian Ridge colliery,of the Phila
delphia and Reading Company, Stiney
Klemovich, a Polish miner, was released
from his perilous position at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. This rescue has been carried on
since the accident occurred at 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. The man was con
fined, as it were, in a living tomb. He was
forced by the falling coal into an almost re
cumbent position in a cavity 3 feet high by
5 feet.long.
On reaching the main part of the mine he
was so delirious with joy- at his escape that
he kissed and hugged his deliverers. He
was given stimulants and in half an .hour
was able to walk to his home. During his
imprisonment he directed with his voice
the movements of his rescuers.
LOCAL political points which have been
forgotten In the Presldental excitement In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Eight Deaths From Foul Gas.
Chicago, Oct 2a The eighth death
within the week from the Mutual Fuel
Company's water gas occurred to-day. The
latest victim was a dyer named Hubert
Parker, aged 27, who was found dead in bed
At his boaniinthousea Wabaju jTsauv
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HE IS REVISING THE PROOFS OF ADLAI'S LETTER.
STRIKERS STAND OUT.
Beaver Falls -Workmen Decide to
Stay With the Homesteaders
TILL THE LIST GUN IS FIEED.
They Roundly renounce the Business Men's
Interference.
CAENEOIE'S THREAT CALLED A BLUFF
Cf rECIiX TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Beavee Falls, Oct 2a The meeting
of workingmen held here to-night under the
auspices of the Amalgamated Association
was very largely attended. Visitors were
here from Pittsburg and the manufacturing
towns in the river-valleys, while all the
places in this viciniiy were represented.
There has been much apprehension pro
fessed among certain elements here that the
meeting would be a turbulent one, and even
some of the more .conservative workingmen
feared that the radicals might make them
selves too conspicuous, to the possible dis
credit of the oecasion. But they were
agreeably disappointed.
The meeting was as big a one as the most
enthusiatic striker could have desired, but
it was orderly and in earnest J. P.
Sheehan presided. tThe speakers were Jl
W. Brown, George Casner and Ike Broom,
of Beaver Falls, and President-elect Gar
land, Richard Nichols and J. P. Sheehan,
of Pittsburg.
President Sheehan deprecated the action
of the public meeting ot citizens at the
Opera ,House on Wednesday night He
said they had no right to assume t dictate
to or attempt to hoodwink the working
men. He explained the aims of the
Amalgamated Association, and dwelt on
the benefits accruing to its members from
association and unity of purpose and ac
tion. Snap Judgment Roundly Denounced.
J. W. Brown, also of the Amalgamated
Association, decried the meeting of Wednes
day night, and declared that the working
men were given no chance at that meeting.
He said that the resolutions that were
given out as embodying the sense of that
meeting were not adopted'by it in any trua
sense of the term. This was in reference to
the tact, already stated, that there was no
call for the negative vote on the resolutions
favoring an ending of the strike, which
Chairman Wallace subsequently explained
was due to his alleged discovery that the
strikers had packed the Opera House with
men who were largely non-resident', and
therefore not entitled to a vote as citizens
of Beaver Falls.
Mr. Brown told why the men had come
out, and eulogized the association. Re
ferring to the tory that the company con
templated removing their mills from Beaver
Falls. Mr. Brown said: "That is a rank
chestnut It is an idle threat that the com
pany makes on every occasion of this kind,
at all times and places." He asked why
the business men of Beaver Falls didn't
petition;the management of other idle mills
here to resume operations, and denounced
the action of the citizens' committee in
interfering in the contest now being waged
for the rights of organized labor.-
Mr. Garland also condemned the Citizens'
Committee for inteifering in the fight, and
advised the people not to enter Into any
argument with the Carnegie Company as to
what would or would not be done in event
of an attempt to ignore the workingmen
and resume work in the mills with son
union labor.
Kesolv cd to Fight to the Last.
The speech made by Mr. Casner was
chiefly a review of the meeting on Wednes
day night, and a denunciation of the al
leged unfair and arbitrary methods adopted
by those who organized it. Richard Nichols,
who said he has worked for the Carnegie
Company for years, scored the big corpora
tion and Mr. Carnegie individually. His
remarks developed much enthusiasm". After
he had finished the following resolutions
were offered:
Resolved, That we, the members of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers, at a joint meeting ot three lodges,
do approve these res lutions:
Resolved, That as we nre out in defense of
organized labor and lully understanding our
position, we, as Amalgamated mn, strenu
ously object to the Interference of persons
not connected with us and who uie an
tagonistic to the Interests of organized
labor.
Kesolved, That wo are nowas"flrm In our
determination to fight for our principles as
we were tbe first day of the light. i
Besolvea, That we, as Amalgamated men,
111 inly tefuse to co back to work main
unless we so back In a " boily. nnd unless the
Carnegie Company recognizes the Amal
gamated Association in the ncttletneut of
the Homestead strike.
These resolutions were adopted by unani
mous vote, amid much apparent enthusiasm.
Then the request was made that some ot
the citizens present, who might feel so dis
posed, should discuss the matter. No one
responded to the invitation for a talk.
Then Ike Brown took the floor and pro
ceeded to do up the Burgess, the Citizens'
Committee and the business men, in a
highly-colored and sarcastic address. There
was much cheering and more laughter.
Then the meetinor remembered that some
thing mere migEt be done in the way of
resolutions, and thereupon proceeded to
pass one formally deuouncine the meeting
of cozens last Wednesday night. After
some desultory discussion of unimportaut
matters the meeting adjourned.
THE wars .in Uganda were fomented by
the missionaries. Head the story la THE
AtlSt&lVU to-morrow.
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A LETTER HARD TO WRITE.
General Stevenson's Note ot Acceptance
Again Delayed He Says He Is Too Busy
on the Stump Rumor Has It That
. Grover Doesn't Like His Stylo of a
Missive.
New Yoek-, Oct. 2a Special. Ip re
gard to his letter of acceptance General
Stevenson said to-day that it was not yet
ready and would not be sent to the commit
tee for several days. He is too busy mak
ing speeches, he says, having addressed 58
large audiences so far,
In this connection the most inter
esting rumor of the campaign was in
circulation to the effect that Mr.
Cleveland and General Stevenson
cannot agree upon certain matters in the
letter that has been submitted to Mr. Cleve
land. On just what points the gentlemen
disagree is not mentioned and cannot be as
certained, but it is said that General Stev
enson is firm and does not seem disposed to
yield his opinions to those of Mr. Cleve
land. In support of the rumor the fact of Gen
eral Stevenson spent several hours with
Mr. Cleveland on both the. morning after
his arrival and yesterday is cited. The fact
that it was announced on the day
of General Stevenson's arrival that
his letter would probably be
sent to the committee the next day, and
that it has not yet teen sent, and that Gen
eral Stevenson refuses to discuss it further
than to say that it will not be ready for
several days, seems to lend color to the ru
mor of the disagreement between the candi
dates. At the National Democratic headquarters
the rumor of the delay in General Steven
son's letter being caused by a disagreement
with Mr. Cleveland was emphatically
denied.
At Republican national headquarters to
day business was entirely suspended, out of
respect to the memory of Mrs. Harrison.
The doors were closed at 10 o'clock, and
what few members of the committee were
present only remained a few moments and
the number of visitors was extremely small,
as notice had been issued in advance that
no business would be transacted during the
day.
INCREASED REGISTRATION.
New York Voters Getting Beady to Make Use
of Their Suffrage.
New York, Oct 28. SpeJfaZ. The
registration in this city to-day was 69,779,
compared with 64,749 the third day in 1891,
and 66,100 the third day in 1888. The total
for the three days is 272,163, against 214,917
last year and 253,571 in 188&
The increase in registration between
Presidental years since 1876 has averaged a
little more than 16 per cent every four
years. To be up to the mark, then, with
1888, the three days' registration this year
should be 253,591, with 16 per cent added,
or 294,163.
In Brooklyn 35,350 additional names were
enrolled. This makes a total for three
days of 165,434. The total for the three
days in 1891 was 139,272, in 1890 115,806,
and in 1888 156,194.
DOING AWAY WITH CLUBS.
After Election New York Policemen Must
Depend on Whstles.
New York, Oct 28. The Police Board
at its meeting to-day approved of Superin
tendent Byrnes' plan to prevent clubbing
by passing the following resolution:
On and after November 15.the use of the
day ana night baton, as provided for by rule
97, will be abolishoil except In cases of dis
order, riot or other emergency. The super
intendent may in his discretion order the
force to requiro tbe use of the locust baton
temporarily, nnd that tbe day baton shall
only be used hereafter for dress parades
and drilling purposes.
Whistles will be used by policemen when
they want assistance, and the police are al
lowed to carry in their pockets a 14-inch
grenadilla club for self-protection.
BISMAECK AND THE BACILLL
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The Prince Once Had a Handkerchief Full
of Them Sent to Him.
Beblis-, Oct 2a Editor Zukunft has
had a long interview with Prince Bismarck,
referring mostly to political matters. Prince
Bismarck excused himself for not sending a
letter of sympathy to Hamburg, on the
ground that hen as now merely a private
citizen, lie was not atraid ot cholera, he
said; having attended many patients suffer
ing with that disease.
The-Prince said he once received a fine
lace handkerchief that had been sent to
,him from Nice, and that Prof. Koch found
in me nanuitercniei many oacilll. xnat is
one way, he added, of getting rid of one's
enemies.
A HORROR AT LIMA.
NItro-Glycerlne Lets Go, Killing Three
Men and Injuring Others.
Lima, Oct 3a A nitro-glycerine factory,
two miles south of Lima, exploded with a
terrific report at 11 o'clock this morning.
The report was heard for 20 miles, and the
force of the concussion shook buildings and
caused the wind&vs to rattle in all parts of
the city.
Three persons are known to have been
kiUed'and two badly injured. In addition,
two seamen are missing, and it is probable
their bodies are in the wreck. The killed
are Andy Schnte, who recently came from
Bradford, Pa. : Benjamin Dowling, a team
ster; Henry Schafnell, watchman.
AN EXPERT in tin, Just back from the
Black Hills, says there Is a world's supply
there. Bead his report la THIS DISPATCH
1 to-morrow I
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THREE CENTS
PRIVATE IMS
TELLSJIS STORY,
HeDescribes-in.CourtIIis Sen
sations "While Hanging
Up by the Thnmbs.
DIDN'T LIKE ME. EEICK
But That Was Not His Season, for
Commending the Assassin.
Thought at First His Punishment Wa
Nothing but a Joke The Private
Narrates His Drumming' Out of Camp
The Clothes Given Him Were Not a
Good Fit Got Into a Freight Car and
Put on Another Suit The Witness
Subjected to a Severe Cross-Examination
What th9 Defense Expects to
Prove The Court Decides That It
Has Jurisdiction.
"On the afternoon of July 23 last," said
Private lams, yesterday, as he described
the events which caused him to bring suit
against Colonel Streator, Colonel Hawkins
and Dr. Grimm, "I was lying near Colonel
Streator's tent, in the camp of the Pro
visional Brigade, at Swissvale. I was
stretched out on a gum blanket, reading a
book, when Sergeant Russell came out ot
Colonel Streato"s tent and said: 'Frick'g
been shot I thought he was guying, and
told him so. Russell repeated that Frick
had been shot, and 1 said: 'Hurrah for the
man who done it!'
"Colonel Streator came out and asked
who had said this, but I didn't tell him
Frank . P.
Iam, One of the
Prosecution.
Covn el for (h
then. I went to my tent and stayed there
till a rain shower was over having fun with
some other men." Then an officer told us to
fall in, and when we had gotten in line on
the company street Colonel Streator came
up and directed the man who had made a
treasonable utterance in his hearing to
come forward.
lams Admitted Using the Phrase.
"I stepped two paces to the front and ad
mitted that I had used the phrase com
plained of. Colonel Streator asked me
what reason I had. I replied that I had
none;Ididn't like Frick.but thatwasn'tmy
reason. Colonel Streator then made a speech
charging me with treason and sending ma
to the guardhouse. A sergeant from Com
panv I searched me, and after about an
honr and a half took me to a fly tent close
to the guardhouse. There I found three
doctors, the regimental surgeons, Drs. Neff,
TJllum and Grimm, awaiting mes. There
were several privates, among them Frank
Jacobs, of my company, present, and Cor
poral Nye and Sergeant Ludwig.
"A coup'le of pieces of rope were pro
duced, and Sergeant Ludwig tried to tie a
knot about one of my thumbs, but he was
so nervous he couldn't do it.and Dr. Grimm
took the rope away from him and
kisotted it over both my thumbs. I
thought it was all a joke or
a bluff they were giving me. I laughed
with the men, and when there was some
difficulty in putting the rope over the ridge
pole I reached up and threw it over my
self. The Sensation of Being Strung Up.
"Dr. Grimm pulled the rope taut till
I was standing oa the tips of my toes.
After straining awhile thus I got the least
bit of the ball of my foot also on the
ground; that was after I had been hanging
by my thumbs for half an hour. When I
was first tied up I got a chew 'of tobacco
from one of the officers standing by. As
T enntinned hanging I got sick; the
muscles in my neck and arms pained me,
my eyes felt as it tney wouiu pop
out and
Senator . E. Bobbins, of the Counsel for (f
Defense.
I ached all over, especially in the head.
The doctors felt my pulse and listened to
my heart every now and then. Colonel
Streator passed the front of the tent while
I was hanged up. T heard one ofth
doctors sav something, what it was X
couldn't ca'tch, to Colonel Streator, who re
plied: 'When enough, cut him down.'
"I do .not remember clearly being cut
down: it was all blurred to me, till I found
myself laid on a rubber blanket with some
one oflering me ammonia. It was about
dusk. They gave me some whisky later
and covered: me up with blankets and over-,
coats for I felt very cold and I had a bad
headache.
Drummed Oat of Camp.
'1 lay in the guardhouse all night, and
after breakfast next morning I had my
head shaved in the presence ot tbe Captain
of Company B and several others. Then I
was told to hand over my uniform, and they
gave me tome overalls and a straw hat.
The pants were 40 inches around and 33
inches Inner nnd the iacket was verv short.
so that mv legs and arms stuck out a -good
piece. It was a 5-cent hat
"Dr-ssedln thi costume, the guard took
me before the two regiments dxawa no us
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