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HOMESTEAD CASES.
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Full and complete reports easb. day
in THE DISPATCH of the trial of the
Homestead men, commencing
WITH TO-DAY'S ISSUE.
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AIR
WARNIIG
TO
SPOILSMEN
that ex-Governor "William M. Stone, of
lows, now Assistant Commissioner of the
Gensral Land Office, will be appointed Com-
missioner, tics Thomas H. Carter, re
signed.
GleTcland Says His Party Will
Pail at Every Point if
the Offices Only
AEE EVER KEPT IN MIND.
BETS CAN NOW BE PAID
He Acknowledges Gratitudo for the
Hard Work of Friends.
For All That, HetDeclares There Is
Much Else to Bo Thought or Than a
Division of the Spoils Contempt and
Disgrace Would Be Invited and Mer
ited, He Says, if That Were His
Party's Chief Concern Harrison's
Official Plurality in Pennsylvania Is
63,747 What the Populists Would Do
With the Railways Mrs. Lease Might
Be Induced to Accept a United States
Sonatorship Poorman Has a Show
for Congress.
tBPECIAL TZLEGnASI TO THE DISPATCH,!
New York, Nov. 18. The Democratio
statesmen here to-day discussed the dinner
given to Sir. Cleveland by Henry "Villard
nt Sherry's last night. It had been whis
pered all along that Mr. Villard would
either like to be Secretary of the Interior
or Minister to Berlin. It was ascertained,
though, that Mr. Villard has not yet in
formed Mr. Cleveland of the desires at
tributed to him.
Once again it was authoritatively stated
that Mr. Cleveland had no present inten
tion of calling an extraordinary session of
Congress, and that he has not considered n
tingle name for bis Cabinet and will not
consider names for some time to come.
The significant speech which Mr. Cleve
land made at the Villard dinner last even
ing was only this afternoon made public It
canted a deal of talk to-day. This is what
Mr. Cleveland said.
Cleveland Minces None of His Words.
Mr. Villard and Gentlemen:
1 find it impossible to rid myself at this
moment of the conflicting emotions which
stir within me. Iseo lieie assembled good
and stanch filends who have labored in
cessantly and devotedly for tho success
which has crowned Democratic effort in tho
canvass Just closod, and I cannot lorget
how greatly these efforts have been charac
terized by personal attachment and friend
Ellin for the candidato selected to carry the
Democratic banner. This awakens a sense
of gratitude w hich is a great pleasure for
me to thankfully acknowledge. I confess,
too, that I hai o fully shared in the partisan
satisfaction w hich our great victory is cal
culated to arouse in every heart so thor
oughly Democratio as mine. It is seldom
i en to oay man to contemplate such a
campaign, so masterful, arranged inTrla be
half by such good friends, followed by such
a. stupendous and complete triumph.
Somber Thoughts Will Intrude.
I should not, perhaps, introduca anything
somber on this occasion, but I know you
will forgiv e me w hen I say that every feel
ing of Jubilation and even my sense of g-at-ltudc
is so tempered as to be almost entirely
obscured by the realization, nearly painful.
of the responsibility I have assumed in the
sight of the Amciicati peop'c ily love of
country, my attacumont to the pilnciples of
tiue Democracy, my appreciation of the
obligation 1 hae entered into with tho best
and most confiding pcoplo in the world, and
a consciousness of my own weakness and
imperfections, all conspire to fill my mind
with sober and oppressing reflections.
When I consider all that we have to do as
a party charged with the control of the
Government I feel that our campaign, in
stead of being concluded, is but Just begun.
What shall our performance be of the con
tract we have made with our countrymen,
and how well shall we Justify
the trust they have Imposed in ust
If we seo nothing in our vlctory
but a licenso to revel in paitisan spoils
we shall fail at every point. If we merely
proress to enter upon our work, and if we
make apparent endeavor to do it a cover
for beeking partisan advantage, we shall
invite contempt and disgrace. If we attempt
to discharge our duty to the pcoplo without
complete party harmony In patriotic action,
we shall demonstrate our incompetency.
Tho Lights of Hope and Safety
I thank God that far above all doubts and
misgivings, and away beyond all difflcul
ties, wo may constantly see the lights of
hope and safety. Tho light we seo is the
illumination from the principles of true,
honest and pure Democracy showing the
wny in all times of danger and leading us to
the fulfillment of political duty ana the '
redemption or all our pledres. This
light is kindled in the love of Justice
and in devotion to tho people's rights.
It is bright in a constant patriotls-n and in
a nation's promise Let us not be misled to
our undoing by other lights of false Democ
racy which may be kindled In broken faith,
and which, shining in hypocricy, will, if
followed, lure ns to the rocus of failure and
disgrace. If we see stern labor ahead or us,
and if difficulties loom up on our horizon,
let us remember that in thickest weather
the mariner w atches most anxiously for his
true light.
Who in our party charged with any re
sponsibility to the people has not pledged his
devotion to the principles of true Democ
racy; and who among ns has made pledges
with Intent to deceiver I hs.ve faith in the
manliness and truthfulness of the Demo
ciatic party. My belief in our principle:
and my faith in our party constituto my
trust that wo shall answer the expectations
of our countrymen and shall raise high alolt
the standard or true Democracy to fix the
gaze, for many years to come, of a proaper
oti", a happy and contented people.
The National Democratic headquarters,
No. 139 Fifth avenue, broke camp to-day.
Hereafter letters for the officers of the
committee should be sent to their personal
address.
On the Official Vote in Pennsylvania, for It
Ia Here Announced.
Hahkisbueg, Nov. 18. Special The
official returns of the vote in all the coun
ties of the State for Presidental Electors,
Justice of Supreme Court, Congressmen at
Large and other State offices have been re
ceived and computed. President Harrison
polled 516,011 votes to President-elect
Cleveland's 452.2G4 and General Bidwell's
25,123; Harrison's plurality, 63,747.
General "Weaver polled 8,714 votes,
and the Socialist Labor electors 898
votes. General Daniel H. Hastings
received one vote for elector iu Bucks
county, Charles Glass one in Lawrence
county, and George W. Childs and Charles
Heber Clark one each in Montgomery
county. Judge John Dean received 510,292
votes for Justice of the Supreme Court;
Justice Hcydriek, 446,001; Amos Briggs,
Prohibitionist, 22,302; B, B. McCombs,
People's party, 7,031; N. L. Criest, Social
ist Labor, 540; Dean's plurality, C4,29h
General "William Lilly received the high
est number of votes cast for Congressman at
Large, 512,537, Major Alexander McDowell
polled 511,433; George A. Allen, 448,714,
T. P. Merritt, 447,456; Simeon B. Chase,
Prohibitionist, 23,667; James T. McCrory,
Prohibitionist, 22,930; a P. Chase. People's
partv, 7,466; G. W. Dawson, 7,313; J. Mah
lon Barnes, Socialist Labor, 674; Thomas
Gundy, People's party, 635.
WHAT POPULISTS WILL DO.
They Expect to Run the Railways of Kansas
to Suit Themselves.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. 18. Governor
elect Lewelling to-day gave the first au
thoritative statement of the policy that he
and his fellow Populist officers will follow
in the management of the State's affairs
during their incumbency. Nothing, he
said, would be done to impair the credit of
the Statei None of the wild schemes which
their opponents had credited to the Popu
lists would be put into effect The only
radical legislation would be that in rela
tion to the railroads. In the first place,
the present Republican Board of Railway
iionimissioners would be displaced tor a
Populist board, and a bill would be passed
investing it with the full authority to fix
rates and with power to enforce them.
The People's party, Mr. Lewelling added,
wanted to see the rates in Kansas conform
to rates in Missouri, Illinois and other
"Western States. A maximum rate bill
would probably be passed. Tho Railway
Commission would also probably be made
elective instead of appointive, so that the
people could have the right to name its
members.
POORMAN HAS A SHOW.
May
Irregularities at Polls Near Bellaire
Knock Out Pearson.
Bellaike, Q., Nov. 18. Special
There is a political mess in connection with
the late election in this county which will
probably change the announced result in
this Congressional district, electing C L.
Poorman to Congress with a plurality of
188 over A. J. Pearson. The precinct in
question gives a Democratic majority of,
224 aud it may be thrown out.
It js claimed that the judges were not
sworn, that the ejection was held in a
kitchen and that whisky was dispensed in
the room, -all of which considerations or
either of them is enough to invalidate the
election.
MRS. LEASE'S PLATFORM.
Not Exactly a Candidate for Senator, hut
She Never Lost a Fight.
Wichita, Has., Nov. ia Mrs. Mary
E. Lease said this afternoon: "I have
never announced myself for the United
States Senate, but if any fight is made upon
me on the ground of sex, and if it is claimed
that I am constitutionally ineligible, I will
most certainly enter the race and make a
test case of it.
"Heretofore, I have always won in every
contest I have entered, and I have opinions
from some of the best jurists ia the countrv
that no legal objection exists to prevent the
election ot a woman to the United States
Senate."
M'KINLEY SPEAKS AGAIN,
Repeating His Statement That the Causo
Can Afford to Walt.
Youngstown, O., Nov. ia Special
At the annual meeting of the Garfield Club
here to-night, Governor McKinley paid an
eloquent tribute to the memory of James
A. Garfield. His only reference to the
late political campain was in his closing
sentence, as follows:
The cause may have to wait. It may be
temporarily retarded, but in the end the
peoplo will not seo it perish, fur it is our
country' cause, and it reprcscntsthe high
est destiny of tho citizens and the greatest
prospciity of the Republic.
OIL CASES DECIDED.
THE SCUM OP THE EARTH
IS THE EPITHET APPLIED TO PINKER
TONS BVA COMPATRIOT.
Ho Says Other Detective Agencies Are No
Better, Not Even Hlmself-He Says Evi
dence Is Often Manufactured now tho
H. C. Trick Strike Was pcalt With Tho
Homestead Guards Not Sworn In as
Deputies, Says One Witness.
CniCAGO, Nov. 1& In the Pinkerton
investigation to-day Senators Peffer and
Gallinger questioned Captain P. Foley, a
Chicago Pinkerton official. The Captain
was asked whether the Pinkerton agency
had a stock of arms. He replied that they
had 400 rifles and 2,000 revolvers, but the
men had strict orders not to use arms ex
cept to defend themselves.
In reply to questions put by Senator
Peffer, Captain Foley described the theory
of evictions in mining camps. Evictions
were not made without legal processes, but
the Sheriff of the county was unable to
serve the papers without assistance from
the Pinkerton men, because those who
were not in sympathy with the tenants
were afraid to serve the papers, and those
who were in sympathy with them would
not Referring to the H. C. Friok
Coke Company trouble of several months
ago, witness was asked whether the men
went to Pennsylvania under arms. He
replied that they did not take arms, but
that they were armed at Pittsburg with
Winchesters sent in advance from Chicago.
He said that Mr. Pinkerton's orders were
that they should be armed with clubs only,
and Mr. Foley confessed that he disobeyed
orders in causing the men to take Win
chesters. But he did so to save life and to
prevent disorder. He said that miners and
iron men were only in terror of force.
In the atternoon Robert Bruce, of Chi
cago, declared that Pinkerton men were
usually the scum of the earth, and that one
of Pinkerton 'slpresent superintendents is an
ex-convict The men of other agencies, ho
declared, were no better than Pinkertons,
as a rule.
"I would not believe a detective under
oath," he declared.
"Does that apply to yourself?" asked
Senator Peffer.
"Well, yes; I will apply that to myself,"
said Bruce.
He closed by declaring that in strikes de
tectives were often induced to mannfacture
evidence, as their employers would imagine
that they were doing nothing if thev failed
to report progress of some sort The in
quiry will be resumed to-morrow.
John W. Halloway. a Pinkerton man who
had been through all the Homestead trouble,
gave a minute account of the fight on the
barges. The Chicago men. he said, were
not uniformed or armed until they boarded
the barges, and, so far as he knew were not
sworn in as deputy shentts. This was in
direct contradiction of the testimony given
before.
HOUNDED
By
MAFlfi
he fears that he will be murdered before ha
gets away.
He says that Francisco Mortorello, the
bandit in Italy, has ofp-u made the , as
sertion that he would h . farzio's death
New York Italian Forced
to Seek the Protection
of Police Against
some dav.
made the
The man
confession
X
-Srino. who
SWfrfeuUn.
gave information before fii 'Of ' f'tTn'f
m m
H0MEST6AD Cil
JIafift vas organized all over (Ki0
Rtnfp ft in flint satr trift hrnthft. i
dead wife is a Judce in Italv. GinditS "&'.. '
THE BANDED ASSASSINS.
His
Wife Poisoned by Agents, His
Youns? Son Stilettoed, and
HIMSELF MARKED FOR MURDEB.
lie Was (lie Fon of a Nobleman Who Had
Contracted Their Hatred.
on tu?
murder
armed himself, and is constantly
lookout for the men who want to
him.
Detective Formosa told him the police
would do everything in their power to pro
tect him. The case is being investigated.
.JNtr-'Vni
ir,'
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I
1
of T. J, Comiors, a Flo
PLOTTING FOR A I UR0PEAN FORTUNE
STILL NON-PARTISAN.
Tho Temperance Women In Session at
Cleveland Stick to Their Principles.
Cleveland, Nov. 2a At the conven
tion of the Non-Partisan W. C. T. U. to
day an effort was made for an in
dorsement of the Keely drink
cure. In lieu of this the convention
passed resolutions of God-speed to any
remedial agency having the same end in
view. Francis Murphy addressed the meet
ing. Among the important resolutions
adopted by a rising vote were the follow
ing: Now, as in the past, we are doubly com
mitted to the principles of total abstinence
and prohibition, and the march of events
hue increases our conviction that to do our
best work and to securer tho best results the
political work of our society must be non
partisan. Many suggestions of a change of the name
of the organization were offered, but it was
decided to let well enough alone.
IT SPOILED THE WATER.
M0EE CIVIL SESVICE EXTENSION.
i "" ""
lir. Rooserelt Wants the. Rules to Cover
I District of Colombia Employes.
Washington, Nov. 18. Commissioner
pJoseytlt, of the Civil Service Commis
sin, Jiai recommended that the civil
strvioi laws be extended over the em.
vloyes of the District of Columbia.
btls proposed to take into the classified
tfrvice and make amenable to civil service
rfculations the clerks in the eniplov ot the
1 istrict government, together with the
tt achers in the publio schools. It is also
d sired to extend civil service regulations
a far as may be practicable to the police
hi d fire departments.
Carter's Successor Already Selected,
Washington, Nor. 18. It is announced
The Inter-State Commerce Commission
Rules Against the Independent Folk.
Washington, Nov. ia The Inter-State
Commerce Commission to-day, in an opin
ion by Commissioner McDill, announced its
decision of the three cases of the Independ
ent Refiners' Association, ofTitusville and
Oil City, Pa., against the Western New
York and Pennsylvania Bailroad Company
and others. The main points decided are
that it is the duly of the carrier to equip
its road with the means of transportation.
Where oil is transported by the carrier
both in barrels aud tank cars', and the use
of the tank cars is not open to shippers im
partially, but is practically limited to one
class ot shippers, the charge of the barrel
package in barrel shipments in the absence
of a corresponding charge on tank ship
ments between like points is a discrimina
tion against the former in favor of the latter
for which no legal jurisdiction has been
shown in these cases.
The oil rates from Oil City and Titusville
to New York and Boston points exclusive
of the charge for the barrel package in
barrel shipments are not shown to be un
reasonable. An agreement for the pooling
of traffic betwein a carrier by rail subject
to the act to regulate commerce and a
carrier by pipe lines does not fall within
the description of contracts prohibited by
section 5 of that act
The Body of a Man Who Had Mysteriously
Disappeared Found in a Well.
Rochester, Pa., Nov. ia Special
On the Tennis farm, Brady's run, yester
day the dead, body of Isaac Kennedy, who
disappeared suddenly from the neighbor
hood about ten months ago, was found.
For some time past the water in the well
used by tho Tennis family has been pol
luted and finally it became so bad that
members of the family were made sick by
drinking it.
This led to an investigation, and yester
day Kennedy's dead body was found in the
well. It was so decomposed that the feat
ures were unrecognizable, but the remains
were identified by means of a ring on one ot
the fingers. Two men are under suspicion
of having guilty knowledge ot the manner
of Kennedy's supposed murder, but no
steps were taken to bring them to account,
because of the lack of proof.
GLADSTONE'S CLOSE CALL.
KNIGHTS FOR PEACE.
Members of the Order and or tho Federa
tion Need Not Choose Between Them.
St. Louis, Nov. 18. The consideration
of the report of the Committee on Laws at
the K. of L. convention is consuming more
time than it was generally supposed. The
report presents many important changes to
the constitution. Almost every amendment
suggested by the comm.ittee has been made.
A proposition was made to instruct all
Knights now connected with the Federa
tion of Labor to withdraw therefrom.
Some pretty strong speeches were made in
support ot this proposition, the general
sentiment being that a policy of concilia
tion had been tried long enough. The feel
ing that there was no cause for difference
between the rank and file of the two or
ganizations prevailed, and the proposition
vas voted down by a vote ot 82 to GO.
Almost Trampled Under Foot by a Team
of Omnibus Horses.
London, 18. Mr. Gladstone seems to be
unfortunate in meeting with accidents, but
he is equally as fortunate in escaping in
jury. As he was crossing Piccadilly last
evening, he stepped directly under the
heads ot a team ot horses attached to an om
nibus that was swinging around a corner.
The. driver pulled the horses back upon
their haunches. Mr. Gladstone was walk
ing rapidly, and to this is due the fact that
he escaped injury. The horses or the pole
struck him a slight blow on the shoulder.
He staggered a short distance, then re
covered himself and escaped to the pave
ment uninjured.
A NEW PARKHURST.
Evl-
He Does a little Slumming and Gets
dence for a Grand Jury.
BAXTraiOBE, Nov. ia Special Rev,
Dr. H. M. Wharton, of he Brantley Bap
tist Church, was" so impressed with the
sensation created by Dr. Parkhurst, of New
York, that he determined to acauire similar
notoriety in 'his city. With the assistance
of two reporters he succeeded fn locating
several swell dens and as many saloons that
sold liquor after the hour set bv law. He
also did a little slumming, and related some
things he saw to bis congregation.
The result is that the grand jury has in
dicted the places enumerated and summoned
the preacher, one of his class leaders and
the two reporters as witnesses.
BIO DAMAGES AWARDED
Against Park Bros. & Co. jj the Circuit
Court In New Tork City.
New York, Nov. ia The case of Rob
ert Q. Bushnell against Park Brothers &
Ca.X'm., ot Pittsburg, Pa., for breach of
contract, has been on trial in the United
States Circuit Court before Judge Townsend
and a jury since October 27. A verdict was
rendered this evening awarding to the plain
tiff damages amounting to 80,523, including
interest
A Youngstovrn Underwriter Cut in Twain.
Youngstown, Nov, ia Special B.
Frank Cook, a leading insurance writer,
was instantly killed to-night at the Market
street crossing of the Erie Railroad. The
guard-gates were down for a passing train
when Cook started across and was struck by
the nilot of another train, hurling him un
der, the tracks of the first car, cutting the
body-in two.
New Yor.K, Nov. 1& When Antonio
Flaccomio was mysteriously murdered in
lront of the Cooper Union a few years ago,
Superintendent Byrnes, then Inspector,
made the discovery that a foreign secret as
sassinating society known as the "Mafia"
had agents in this city and country, and
that the order was flourishing in several of
the cities of the United States. The assas
sination of Flaccomio was laid at the door
of the Mafia, but the members of that order
are so secretly banded together that the
murderers have never been arrested or
brought to justice. Several arrests were
made, but the arrested parties had to be
let go.
It was Inspector Byrnes who first learned
that the Mafia existed here. Now it is
known that branches of the secret order are
very strong in New York, Boston, Provi
dence, Chicago, St Louis and other cities.
It is also known by the authorities that the
Mafia was responsible for a number of
mysterious murders that have been com
mitted in this country in recent years.
A Marked Man Seoks Protection.
A marked victim of the Mafia has asked
for protection at the police headquarters
from the agents of the order, who are
sworn to kill him. The man is Marzio
Gindice, an intelligent Italian. He has
told the story of how he is being hounded
and the threats and warnings he has re
ceived to Detectives Formosa and Aloncee.
The former is one of Inspector McLaugh
lin s Italian detectives.
Gindice asserts that bis wife, who died a
year and a half ago, was poisoned by agents
of the Mafia, robbed and her body stolen
from the grave where he bad the remains
interred and buried elsewhere so that he
could not find it His wife left property in
Italy, he says, and in order to gain posses
sion of this the Mafia is seeking his life and
that of his 11-year-old son. This ia not
the only reason he gives, however, for the
Mafia wanting to murder him.
The story told to Detective Formosa be
gins 30 years ago, when he was a small boy
in Italy. His father, he said, is an Italian
"nobleman. In 1860 a murder was committed
in the parish where his parents lived. His
father was a wealthy man, against whom
the lower aud criminal classes cad. a great
hatred.
Enmity Descends From Father to Son.
To cover up the real mnrde't his father
vrai arrested and thrown iuto prison, wliere
he was kept for three years, notwithstand
ing that he was innocent ot the crima At
the end ot three years he was let go upon
his paying a large sum of money. Several
Italians who were identified with the Mafia
bore a grudge against the elder Gindice,
which has been transferred to the son. Marzio
came to this country in 1867. He studied
pharmacy for three years, but gave up his
studies and never graduated. He went into
business here, making balloons and selling
flowers. He traveled all over the country.
attending fairs, where he sold the articles
he manufactured.
He says that he has been hounded now
for several years and threatened with
death. He has gone from one place to
another to escape assassination. Since the
death of his wife, the agents sworn to kill
him have been on his track more persist
ently than ever. Francisco Mortorello, a
bandit who is now in Italy, sent three men
here to kill him, he says, a few years ago.
The men, he says.are AugUBtrio Mortorello,
Francisco's brother, Rigo Gindice, Mar
zio's own stepbrother, and a third man
whose name he does not know. Augustrio
Mortorello, he says, is at the head of the
Brooklyn branch of the Mafia.
His Wife Poisoned to Death.
Marzio formerly lived in Brooklyn. It
was there that his wife died last year. She
had been sick 15 days. The Mafia, he said,
tried to palm off one of their members as a
doctor, but he discovered the fraud. Shortly
before his wife died, an Italian priest came
to the house and ordered everyone out of
the room. The priest sent him out for
medicine. While he was gone he alleges
that the priest induced the dying woman to
give him 500, which he said he would send
to her brother, Antonio Buoue, who is a
soldier in the Italian army.
Wheu his wife died her body turned a
reddish hue, but the attending physician
gave a certificate of death from pneumonia.
She was buried in the Holy Cross Ceme
tery in Brooklyn. Later, he says, the
body was taken from the crave without his
knowledge and removed to another part of
the cemetery, where he has never been able
to find it. He says that his enemies had
the body exhumed.
The money which his wife gave to the
priest was never sent to her brother. Gin
dice says he knew nothing of the money
affair until a few months ago, when he re
ceived a letter from friends in Italy telling
him of The confession made by Luiga
Gautrino, an Italian who was living in
Brooklyn at the time of his wife's death
and went baek to Italy where he died.
Revelations of a Death-Bed Confession.
Before be died he confessed that GIndice's
wife had been poisoned by agents of the
Mafia, in order to get her money and prop
erty in Italy. He gave the name ot the
priest who got the money, and confessed
that it was not sent to the dead woman's
brother. He also confessed that the same
persons who caused the death of Mrs, Gin
dice were sworn to kill her husband.
Gindice told Detective Formosa that he
went to see the Italian priest, who, he said,
was connected with a chureh in Brooklyn.
He accused him of keeping the money.
The priest, he said, threatened to have him
killed it he said anything about the matter.
lie has been warned a number ot times
since that he would be killed if lie did cot
keep quiet.
Two years ago, previous to his wife's
death, while he was walking along Court
street, Brooklyn, he was shot at. About a
year ago his 11-year-old son Michael was
slashed across the face by some unknown
parties, and by some means poison was in
jected into the wound. The lad recovered,
however. Ie has the scar on his I nee. Gin
dice says his letters are intercepted, and he
is being hounded night and day.
Would Hound Him Across the Ocean.
About three months ago, lie says, he
made up his mind to go to Italy to gc't pos
session of his wife's property. His enemies
got word ot it, and they tried to get him tp
go iu company with a young man who,
Gindice says, lie has since learned was one
pf the Mafia, and who was to murde him at
the best opportunity, umaice is trving to
CATHOLIC EDUCATION.
An Authoritative Statement of the Action of
tho Archbishops' Conference on the
Subject rnrochlal Schools to Bo. En
larged Home and Sunday Training.
New York, Nov. ia The Conference of
Archbishops n as ooncluded to-night. The
question that has engaged the attention of
the Archbishops to the largest extent is
that of parochial schools. Not until to-day
was any real progress made, and the follow
ing report indicates a compromise upon the
question. The matter, as given out by the
private secretary of Archbishop Corrigan,
is entitled, "Report on Parochial Schools,"
and is as follows:
At a meeting of the Archbishops of the
United States held at thtt residence of tho
Most Rev. Archbishop of New York, on tho
IGth of November, 1S92, to consider tho best
means to provide for tho religious educa
tion of eucn children as do not at present
attend the parochial schools or Catholic
school of any kind, tho assembled prelates
unanimously agreed on tho following reso
lutions: First To promote the erection of Catho
lic schools that there may be accommoda
tion in them for more, and, if possible, lor
all our Catholic children, accoiding to the
dcorees of tho Third Plenary Council of
Baltimore and the docisions of tho iloly
See.
Second That a9 to children who at pres
ent do not attend Catholic schools, wo di
rect, in addition, that provision bo made for
them by Sunday schools, and also by in
structions on some other dav or davs of tho
week, and by urging parents to teach their
children the Chiistian doctrine in their
homes. These Sunday and week day schools
should be under the direct supervision of
the clergy, aided bv intelligent lay teach
ers, and, when possible, by members of re
ligious teaching orders.
No other decision upon matters discussed
by the conference will at present be com
municated to the press by the prelate.
MUCH TROUBLE IN SELECTING THE JURY.
District Attorney Burleigh Defines the Kinds of
Murder and Riot
CAPTAIN COOPER'S STORY OF THE BLOODY FIGHT,
Dr. McKennan and Superintendent Cowan, of the West Penn Hospital,
Identify the Victim and Testify to His Death He Was Shot in the
Right Arm Above the Elbow, the Bullet Severing an Artery Loss of
Blood, Shock and Exhaustion Responsible for His Untimely Death
Dr. McKennan Said the Wound Was Not Necessarily Fatal Many of
the Men Called as Jurors Sympathized- With the Homesteaders The
Panel Exhausted Before a Jury Was Selected Mr. Brennen Wanted
the Indictment Quashed Because of Irregularities in Folding the Names
of Jurors in the Wheel.
A HITCH IN THE POOL
Caused by the Letting or the Cat Out of the
Bag Too Soon.
New York, Nov. ia The agreement of
the Presidents of the Trunk lines to estab
lish a pool for the division of all westbound
freight traffic between New York and Chi
cago, was to have been followed by similar
action governing eastbound business. For
this purpose there was called a joint meet
ing of the Trunk Line Presidents and the
Managers of the Central Traffic Association.
The Central Traffic and Trunk Line associa
tions work in harmony, the former regulat
ing in a measure all eastbound rates origin
ating west of Pittsburg and Buffalo and the
Trunk lines controlling westbound traffic
1 There was a hitch, however, in the pro
gramme. The Trunk Line Presidents cal
culated that the plan for a pool would re
main secret for some time to come possibly
imtil the proposed amendments to the inter
State commerce act were effected. The
publication of the details of the new pool
for westbound traffic brought things to a
temporary standstill, and the result istbat
no agreement has been signed creating. an
eastbound pool. It is thought this does not
mean that one will cot be formed, but it
will be postponed until they see now the
westbound pool is received and how it
operates. It has been decided to restore
and maintain eastbound rates, as has been
done with reference to the westbound rates.
BLAINE ILL AGAIN.
The Ex-Secretary Recovering From an At
tack to Which Ho Is Subject.
Washington. Nov. 18. Ex-Secretary
Blaine is confined to the house with a cold
contracted Tuesday last, but his condition
is now very much improved, and it is ex
pected tbat he will be entirely restored to
health in a few days. Mr. Blaine's well
known timidity about his health caused
him to take to his bed at the first indica
tion of trouble, but the members ot his
family have never felt any alarm at his
condition.
The cold was accompanied by the usual
fever, and it was, therefore, deemed best,
as a matter of extreme precaution, to sum
mon Dr. Frank Hyatt, Mr. Blaine's reg
ular physician. Under his treatment the
fever was reduced and the distinguished in
valid is recovering. Mr. Blaine is subject
to indispositions of this character, and the
present attack is attributed to the recent
sudden changes in the weather.
While neither the members of Mr.
Blaine's family nor he himself regard his
condition with alarm, there are others who
do not look upon his present attack so
lightly and view it with apprehension.
The announcement that the first of the
Homestead murder cases would come up in
the Criminal Court yesterday filled the
corridor leading to the court with a big and
a decidedly mixed crowd before the doors
opened at 9:30. Of course Homestead sym
pathizers predominated in the assembly
outside the railing, but in the seats inside
this barrier attorneys.Pinkerton detectives,
mill men, clerks and others who will ap
pear later in the witness box were all
jumbled up together.
For instance, the wife and mother of the
prisoner, Sylvester Critchlow, sat in the
front row, and a few seats behind them,
partially concealed during a large part of
the morning behind a newspaper, was
Captain Cooper, of the Pinkerton New York
force, who, on the memorable morning in
July, had charge of the barges.
Pinkerton Detectives in Court.
Captain Cooper, who is a sandy-complex-ioned
man of determined appearance and
athletic build, quietly read his paper,
glanced at the iurors as they showed their
faces for admission to the box, and twirled
his big yellow mustache as if absolutely un
mindful of the fact that a'warrant was is
sued for his arrest on a charge of murder
'long ago. A bhnch ot half a dozen stout
fellows wlio sit near-Captain Cooper tten
identified as Pinkertons. As far as outward
appearance went there was not much dif
ference between, the .detectives and their
assistant, H. L. Goehring, D. F. Patterson,
E. Y. Breck and John S. Robb, with Messrs.
Knox and Reed in reserve. Mr. Burleigh
bored the holes in the jury timber, but all
his associates' beads gathered into a focus
around him every time a subject for chal
lenge was trotted out The trial began
with Judges Kennedy and McClung on the
bench, but the latter iru not present in the
afternoon. Judge Kennedy will hear the
case.
, The morning session was along one, run-
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Bitirlct Attorney BitAcigh.R,P'reuntlng
Commonwealth.
Sylvester Critchlow, on Trig' for 2!urder.
BLAINE'S NAME FORGED
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By a Clerk in the Eastern Division of
Pension Office.
Washington, Nov. ia A neatly
dressed man called at the banking house of
Dubois & Co., in this city, yesterday and
presented a note for $100 made payable to
Hon. James G. Blaine, and bearing the
forged indorsement of that statesman. Tho
note was signed "D. S. Carraway, Pension
office."
He was placed under arrest, aud then he
frankly admitted that he had forged the
name of James G. Blaine to the note. He
told the officers his name was Davis S. Car
raway; tbat he was married, and that he
was a clerk in the Eastern Division ot the
Pension Office.
HEAHLY HAGGLED HIS HEAD OFF,
A Soldiers' Homo Inmate's Horrible At
tempt at Self-Bntchery.
Erie. Nov. 18. Special George Ken
nedy, an inmate of the Erie Soldiers' and
Sailors' Home, made a horrible attempt at
self-butchery to-day, puncturing his stom
ach a dozen times with a sharp knife, and
tiien haggling his bead nearly off with a
razor.
Mutilated ai he is, he is still alive, al
though hisMeatu is only a question of houi".
Kennedy, was a veteran ot Uoninany G,
Thirteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, au'd has
a wile living in ilarrisDurg.
sworn foes, the Homestead ironworkers
standing' six and seven deep behind the
railing.
The prisoner himself, Sylvester Critch
low, is a strapping fellow, with a florid
face, in which the most imposing feature is
a long silky mustache, a reddish yellow in
color. His eyes are small and dark, and his
profile clean-out and regular. It is a pleas
ant, manly face, the prisoner's, and he looks
what he said yesterday morning he was, an
American of English descent
Well' Dressed, Cheerful and Calm
Nothing in his attire distinguished him
from the swarm of lawyers about him; he
was plainly dressed in a dark suit, some
kind ol society or club pin in his tie being
the only bit of jewelry about him. He
appeared to be perfectly calm and cheerful,
and deeply interested in the choice of the
jury which was to try him. He talked
most to Messrs. William Brennen, John F.
Cox and William Reardon, the three of his
counsel who sat nearest to him.
The Hon. Thos. M. Marshall examined
most of the jurors for the defense, Major
E. A. Montooth, with a big white chrysan
themum in his buttonhole, taking a hand
now and then. The two lawyers from the
rTf"-
cing an hour and a half over the usual
limit, noon, and ettij minute of it was
given up to the selection of the 12 good
men and true who are to find out whether
Sylvester Critchlow is responsible for the
death of T. J. Connors during theHomestead
riot on July G last
Critchlow Pleads Not Guilty.
After Critchlow had plead "Not Guilty"
in a firm, clear voice to the indictment, Mr.
Brennen for the defense made a motion to
quash the indictment on the ground of a
technical illegality in the drawing of the.
jurors composing the panel. Judge Ken
nedy promptly overruled the motion, and
the tedious process of filling the Jury box
began.
Twelve names were called, and 12 very re
spectable samples of humanity were turned
down before the first juror satisfaetory to
both sides bobbed up in the shape of a solemn-looking
citizen with an Uncle Sam
chin-tuft, Peter Roth, bv name, a stone
mason, from the Thirteenth ward, Alle
gheny. He is the foreman of the jury. Be-
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nuts that he is married to Margaret
Mather. Hu kuvs tliev will Ifv here and
j get enough money to get back to Italy, but j'tliat she will quit the stage.
Disease Stricken Christy Pork.
McKEESroRT, NJov. ia Special. The
spead of typhoid fever, scarlet fever and
diphtheria is assuming alarming propor
tions at Christy Park. In one family there
are two cases of malignant typhoid and two
cases of scarlet fever. In 'another house
there are three cases of diphtheria. The
people ascribe the trouble to the use of the
"Yough" water, but the physicians insist
that the river water has nothing to do nith
it.
Ho Js Married to Margaret
TerreHaute, Ind., No 1& Special
In a letter to a lriei.d here Gus Pabst ad-
Jiidge Kewdy Ovemfing a Motion.
setting sun, Messrs. W. M. Erwin and
Edwin Argo, occupied a sort of Western
Reserve in the rear of the counsel table,
taking no part in the morning's proceed
ings in which the local talent, having a
personal knowledge of the jury panel,
naturally were best fitted to decide who
was and who was not desirable in the box.
The counsel for the defense could asert
with more practical truth than the little
gjrl in the poem; "We are Seven."
A Big Battery of Attornejg.
There were nearly as many legal lights
on the other side of the counsel table.
The Commonwealth's legal battery included
District Attorney Clarence Burleigh, his
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William J. JJrennen, the leader of the Defcnsa.
fore the other 11 joined Mr. Roth the full
panel of CO men had been exhausted. Of
these GO, 31 were stood aside for a second
inspection, 14 were challenged for cause,
and 11 peremptorily. The only ones who
escaped were a half dozen absentees or so,
some of whom achieved salvation by a
doctor's certificate, though attachments
were issued for three who tailed to answer
when their names were called, viz.: George
B. Hill, the broker, Ellis M. Eodgers and
William Wall.
Sifting Out the Jurors.
The sifting process revealed a good many
rank partisans in the panel; men who said
with a ton or two of emphasis that they had
formed and expressed opinions which no
law or evidence they might hear in court
could change. Judge Kennedy sustained
the Commonwealth's challenge without fur
ther inquiry in many of these cases, so
plainly did sympathy for the prisoner appear
through these jurors' answers. A few the
Court examined with a hope of getting the
juror to admit tbat his views might change
as the trial went along.
J. G. Smith, a Southside glassblower,
was one of the challenged who said in a
distressingly determined tone that he had
an unchangeable opinion. Henry A. Reif
escaped on account of conscientious scru
ples against capital punishment John
Dunn, described on the jury list as an "old
gent" of the Seventeenth ward, Pittsburg,
didn't nunee matters at alL "My heart
wouldn't allow me to try this case," he
said, with a big shake of his grizzled gray
head, "I couldn't render a verdict; I never
could." Mr. Burleigh got rid of him in a
hurry.
- N. "W. Dale, well known as "Nick"