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FORTY SEVENTH "YEAR
HOMESTEAD'S
BIG STRIKE
DECLARED OFF
After a Hard-Fought Struggle
That Lasted Twenty
Weeks and Cost a
-SCOKE OF LIYES AND
MILLIONS IN MONEY.
Local Amalgamated Lodges Decide,
by a Cioso Vote, to Open the
Carnegie Hills.
ILL THE OLD EMPLOYES
MAY AITLY FOR WORE.
Caion Mills FrisipaJliizsrs Will Meet This
i'ornin? to 1 ecide Upon Their
Fnlnre Course.
Homestead Residents Pleased by the
Settlement of the Great Labor Dispute
Ama'enmated Officials Say the
Local Org-an'zation "Will Be Main
tained Eeaver Palls Kills to Resume
"Wort This Morning A Resume of the
Most Dramatic Contest Ever Waged
Between Capital and Labor Startling
Incidents Discussed by the Whole
World Union Mills Strikers Take
Speedy Action Upon Hearing the
News From Homestead How the
Matter Is Tiowed by Powderly and
Other Men of National Prominence.
The Carnegie mills at Homestead were
fbrxaally declared open by the Amalga
mated Association yesterday, and the great
est strike of modern times was ended. This
strike lasted 20 weeks. It cost, directly and
indirectly, a score of lives and millions of
dollars
Daring the past week there ,ha8 been
many breaks in the ranks of the loeked-out
men. These had become so serious that the
greater part of the men had applied for
their old positions and were anxious and
willing to return to work at once.
Several closed meetings of the Amal
gamated Association lodges had been held
last week, and before adjourning Saturday
night another conference was arranged for
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Thr tuetIou Was Soon Decided.
The men were instructed to come pre
pared to take decisive action. When the
motion was put, whether the strike be con
tinued or the mills be declared open so all
who could get their old positions could
take them without interference from the
association, the question was soon decided.
The mectine nas presided over by Vice
President W. A. Carney. Secretary J. C.
Kilgallon, Assistant Secretary Stephen
Madden and Assistant President P. H. Mc
Evoy, of the National Council, were pres
ent and made short addresses. They did
not urge the men to vote either way, but
let them decide as they thought lest. A
i.umber of the steel workers made speeches,
but the opinions expressed varied. It was
evident that the spirit of determination
was not dead, and if the mills were declared
open, the Amalgamated Association at
Homestead would die soon.
Carried by a Close Tote
The motion to call off the strike and de
clare the mills open was carried. 101 to 04.
This was sufficient and the will of the ma
jority ruled. A few speeches defining the
attitude of the association toward the men
ere made by the officials and the meeting
adjourned sine die. The men hurried to
their homes and little was seen of them
about the town during the afternoon. They
kcjrt the action taken discreetly to them
tehe and the many inquirers as to the re
sult of the meeting were given no definite
answer.
A prominent member of the Amalga
mated Association was found at his home
by a DisrATCK reporter during the after
noon. He had attended the meeting, an'd,
wh le feeling keenly the result of the
strike.took in the situation philosophically.
The grate was piled high with burning
booklets.
No Further Use for Them.
Pointing to them, he said: "I have no
more use for them. They contain the laws
and rules of the Amalgamated Association.
I hardly think the Amalgamated lodges
will be continued, for what benefit is it to
remain iu the union where nothing can be
derived from it? As to what was a potent
factor in our losing the strike, I would say
our own members. Too many of them re
turned to work, and helped
the company get its mills into
working order. Had all stood
out firmly I believe we would have won. I
Eay, therefore, it was not the company, but
our own men that lost the strike. As
everyone is now iree to do as he pleases, I
will make application for my old position
in the morning. I don't know whether it
will be given me, but I will try neverthe
less. Will Keep Up the Organization.
Secretary Kilgallon was seen after the
meeting. In speaking of the action taken
during the forenoon, he said: "The men
have made a brave fight, and the Associa
tion did all it could to assist them. When
it was hopeless to fight longer we
thought it useless to unnecessarily
sacrifice the men and exhaust , the
reserve funds of the Association, but the
men were allowed entire lreedom in the
matter, and we did nothing more than ad
vise what we considered the best course.
Uur efforts will now be directed to getting
all as well located as possible and without
further trouble. As to forfeiting the char
ters ot the Homestead lodges, that is entire
ly in the hands of the men. We have noth
ing to say in the matter, as they return to
work w ith the consent of the association.
and all are now in good standing. Benefits
to all the strikers will be discontinued. The
Amalgamated Association will go ahead
and not let up one dot in the earnest prose
cution ot its work, as this was only one of
the many disputes that arise between capi
tal and labor."
Homestead Again Hopeful of Prosperity.
The more conservative men of Homestead
were not surprised at the action taken yes
terday by the Association. The breaks of
last week left little else to be done. Every
one without exception,, expressed himself
as pleased that the end bad come and that
Homestead could once more settle down to
its nontcd business activity. Affairs of all
kinds in tne town have been paralyzed since
the strike began and the change is heartily
hailed by the business men. ,
Tne workmen seemed to think that all,
nitli the exception of those blacklisted,
would be ultimately given positions, though
they thought many would have to wait some
tim'e. A feeling "of assurance was every
where apparent in Homestead yesterday
and more satisfaction was expressed than on
any day since the stride was inaugurated.
LABOR'S GREAT BATTLE.
Kesnmo of tlio Causes That Led to the
Homestead Strike Thousands of Sym
pathizers Quit Work Sensational Inci
dents That Drought tho Big Borough
Into International Prominence.
The formal declaring off of the Home
stead strike yesterday closed one of the
most dramatic events in labor circles ever
in this country. The contest was brought
on by a demand for a reduction of about
33J4 per cent on certain classes of work in
the Open Hearth Departments Sa 1 and 2,
and in the 119-inch and 32-inch plate mills
at Homestead. The reduction directly con
cerned only a small proportion of the men
employed by the Carnegio Steel Company,
hat the other workmen took up their cause
through sympathy and agreed to standby
them in cas.e of a strike.
The scale underwhlch they were working
expired on June SO. The company wanted
Hie Amalgamated Association, which con
trolled the workmen in the mills, to sign
the scale at the reduction, to run until Janu
ary!. This the association refused to do. The
men threatened to strike should the request
not bo granted before July 1. On June 29
tho company locked out all its men, not
giving them the opportunity to put their
threat Into execution. The wage question
was soon lost signt of, and the contest for
the lecognition of organized labor begun.
Has attained International Fame.
Through this strike Homestead has at
tained an international name and has been a
potent factor In national events during the
past four mouths. It lias been tho rallying
point of all lahoi nnions in the country.
The town and Homestead mills were thor
oughly policed by the strikers from the be
ginning of the lockout and strangers had to
give a good account of themselves to remain
in the boiough limits. The company ap
pealed to the Sheriff lor protection. The
locked-or.t men advised Sheriff McCIeary
not to take po-session of the works, and
when a squad of deputies was sent to pro
tect the company's property they were or
dered out of the town.
Things went along in this way until the
morning of July 6, when tho company tried
to import two barge loads, or abo'ut SOD
1'inkcrton detectives into the mill as
nntchmen. The locked-out men rallied to
prevent their landing, and the memorable
riot of Homestead took place. The event
as heralded from one end of the country
to the other and the strike at once took on a
national aspect. Congress took up the mat
ter and bent a committee to make a special
inve&tliration of the case. In this riot nearlv
a dozen men were killed or fatally injured,
and tho number of wounded will never be
known. Governor Pattison was asked to
order out tho National Guard. He hesitated
to do so until on July 10 when, on the recom
mendation or Adjutant General Greenland
and a letter from Sheriff UcCleary, the
whole Pcnnsylt anla division was ordered"
undor arms.
Troops Take Charge of Homestead.
Within 1 hours tho Second and Third
Brigades wore encamped at Homestead,
while the First was held at lit. Gretna,
ready to move at a moment's notice. Wltn
the introduction of the State troops quiet
ms again restored to the town.
In order to induce tho company to Ttccept
the terms of the locked-out men, the men at
the other Carnegie mills were persuaded to
go into a "sympathy strike." By doing this
the men hoped to cripple the company.
On July U the men at the Upper
and Lower Union and Beaver
tails mills camo out. Attempts were
made to start up the Homestead mills non
union, but with little success. The leaders
in the strike weie arrested onJulvlSfbr
murder and riot. The troops atMt-Gietna
were sent home on the lollowlngaay, but
all the soldiers at Homestead lemained on
dnty. The efforts of the locked-out men to
organize an Amalgamated Association lodge
at Duquesne, among the locked-out men,
were successful, and on July 22 the men at
this plant came out In smrjathv with the
.Homestead locked-out men. The efforts of
tho Amalgamated Association to get the
men at the Edgar Thomson works at Brad
dock out were futile.
Taking New Men to the 3II1I.
Tho company meanwhile was directing
all its energies to the securing of non-union
men to take the place of the old workers in
the mills. On July 19 the steamer Tide, that
had played so tragic a part in tho riot of
July 6, took her first load of 17 non-union
men into the mills. This steamer continued
to make two and sometimes throe trios
daily to and from the mills and the Pitts
burg wharf. The number of non-union men
cairiedinto the plant by this means is esti
mated at 5,000, besides all the necessary pro
visions for keeping them in the mill in
closure. as few men went into the town.
Tho attempt of Anarchist Bergman to ns
sassinate Ciialrman Frlck. of the Cnrnegie
Steel Company, on July 23 in his office, on
Fifth avenue, was so bold that it caused in
tense excitement. His arrest and the sub
sequent search for Anarchists In the city
was tho sensation in police circles for some
time. The lams incident directlv crew onl
ot this, and this trial was so noteworthy that
ii auracieu gt3uerui,ubiGULiuii. i ueu tnings
had quieted down, tho Third Brigade was
relieved Horn duty and ordered homo on
July 26. From this the troop in the Second
Brigade were gradually reduced, the Fif
teenth and Sixteenth being the last regi
ments to leave the place. The latter regi
ment was on duty 95 days, the longest con
tinuous service done by any Suite troops
since the Rebellion. During the campaign
typhoid fever caused a number of deaths. ,
The Beginning of the End.
The work of introducing non-union men
into the mills continued with varying suc
cess in running the plant. The desertion of
skilled steel workers from the ranks of the
Amalgamated Association gave the com
pany encouragement and enabled them to
do better work.
Chirges of treason were meanwhile pre
f cried against the men who had partici
pated in the strike and taken the most
active part in its progress. Little change
was noticed in the ranks of the strik
ers until after election, when the spirit
of uneasiness became apparent. The men
stood firm until last week, when
after a loug conierence of 10 hours at the
Amalgamated Association headquarters
last Monday, a mass meeting of the strikers
was called last Wednesday in the rink at
Homestead. Meetings were held dally until
Friday, when, the first considerable break
occurred, the laborers and mechanics ap
plying tor their old positions. The Amalga
mated Association held out until yesterday,
when It lollowed suit, thus ending one of
tho greatest labor battles on lecord. The
amount lost In wages Is estimated at $1600,
000: for State troops $500,000; the company's
loss is enormous, out cannot bo estimated,
while tne expenses ot the trials now going
on will be considerable.
WILL MEET TO-DAY.
The Lawrenceville Strikers Call a Meeting
on Hearing Tliat the Homestead Strike
Was Off Many of Them Have Gone
Away So That Only a Few Kemain.
When the news reached Lawrenceville
last evening that the Homestead strike was
declared off, the leaders of the strikers at
the Union Mills at once issued a call for a
meeting; It will be held this morning at
10.30 o'clock. It is the general belter that
after the meeting the Lawrenceville men
will apply to Manager Dillon for work.
On June SO the Carnegie Steel Company
signed tho scale or the Amalgamated As
sociation for their Thirty-third street mill,
and on the day following the scalo was
signed for the Twenty-ninth street works.
At this time the Homestead strike was on
and a serious outbreak was threatened.
In order to bring about an amicable settle
ment between the belligerents the mill
workers in tne Twenty-ninth and Thirty
third streets works called a meeting on July
10. At this gathering a committee of five
was appointed to wait upon H. C. Frlck, of
the Carnegie Steel Company, with a view of
bringing about a settlement of the Home
stead tronble. Mr. Frick refused to receive
this committee. On July 12 another meet
ing was called at which the committee re
ported the non-success of their expedition.
It was then decided to appoint another com
mittee to visit Manager Dillon to give the
manager 48 hours to induce Mr. Frick to
open negotiations with tue Homestead men.
On the failure of Mr. Frlck to comply with
Mr. Dillon's request, the workmen were to
goont on a, sympathetic strike. Mr. Frlck
refused even to consider the proposition of
the men through Mr. Dillon. Accordingly
on July 14, the men of the upper mill, mini-
uering aoout i,tuu, ana tne nanus in tne
lower works, numbering nearly 1,000,
stopped work and declared a strike. Since
the strike is as inaugurated less than IS men
employed in tho finishing departments at
the two mills have returned to work.
At the present time, out of the 2,4 UU lJivr
renceville men who originally went out on
a strike, only one-half of the number are
still around. It is the opinion of the leaders
that most or these will return to work now
that the strike has been declared off. but tho
question that agitates them is will Mana
ger Dillon take them back.
HOW KNIGHTS LOOK AT IT.
Labor Leaders Express Their Opinions on
the Homestead Strike Would Like to
Have Seen the Men Win Seasons
Given for the Failure to Win.
A telegram from St. Louis last night said:
A copy of the dispatch from Homestead an
nouncing that the strike had been officially
declared off was shown to the leading men
in the .Knights of Labor.
General Master Workman Powderly had
not heard of the action of the Amalgamated
Association. After reading the bulletin he
shrugged bis shoulders and simply said:
"Well?"
"What have you to say regarding it,"
asked the reporter.
"Oh, nothing. I was not expecting such
news, but do not care to make any state
ment. I suppose the Amalgamated officials
know what they are doing. I would, of
course," he added, "have preferred to see
the workmen win."
Member or the Executive Board and Congressman-elect
from Kansas John Davis
said: "I regret that the workmen did not
win, hut I think it is better to have the ac
tion come now than later. It teaches the
workingmen this lesson: They can't fight
money and go hungry; they can't whip Car
negie's millions while their stomachs aro
empty. Evils of this kind must be met
at the ballot box. They must defeat the
agents of the corporations when they are
running for office. Some years ago our
Kansas farmers thought thev conld get
along by borrowing money at 6 or 7 per cent,
bnt they have learned differently. They
have also learned that, while experience is a
sad teacher, it is an effective one. I think
the Amalgamated Association did all they
conld under the circumstances.''
Messrs. A. W. Wright and John Devlin
tqok practically the same view of the mat
tor as did Mr. Davis, saying they were sorry
the workmen did not win, but that it was
better to give in now than later.
Mr. Dempsey, of Pittsburg, one of the
leading Knights of Pennsylvania, was mad
and plainly showed it, "Those men could
have won if they had only held out a little
longer." said ho. "I don't like the sur-
l ender a bit. The Amalgamated Associa
tion is all right; it has done its best. But if
it bad not been for the men at the head of
the Federation of Labor the Homestead
workmen would have won. This strike has
been run by that renegade Samuel Gompers,
who is President or the Federation,
and his followers. They could not
conduct anything. I have nothing
against thoFederatioh, but5he-Jmen at tho
head of it aro renegade fools. The Knights
or Labor of Pittsburg have done more foi tho
Homestead people than the whole Federa
tion, outside of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, and were still assisting them. But it is
through Gompers that the strike has been
deolaied off, and it Is bis fault that the men
did not win. And, because of his interfer
ence, a majority of the men will hot get back
In the mills. I don't like it a bit, and am free
to say so."
BETTER TIMES WILL FOLLOW.
The Mills at Beaver Falls to Kesumc To
Day With the Old Men.
Tho resumption of work at the Beaver
Falls mills of the Carnegie Company to-day
ends one of the sympathetic branches of the
strike growing ont of Homestead. The men
there had maintained a bold front throngh
the great struggle.andonly gave in at the last
moment and while there was a chance to get
back their old positions. The situation at this
place diffeied irom the other Carnegie plants
in that no effort was made to start tho mills.
When It was decided last week to begin
operations, and the old employes were of
fered their positions, they were released by
the association when the struggle was about
over, so that last Saturday they made ap
plication lor their former places. They
manifested little disposition to return so
long as tne Homestead strike was on, but
when one went the others followed in quick
succession. The company has signined a
willingness U take' back the old men, ex
cept six, who wero blacklisted for their ac
tivity in the strike.
The citizens or Beaver Falls are greatly
elated over the resumption or work in the
mills, as the town has been doing little busi
ness since the strike was declared. They
think that an era of prosperity will follow
the present dull spell, as tlm Carnegie Com
pany have stated that the plant at that place
would be enlarged soon.
SAVED BY THE SHEEP.
How the Life of a Schoolgirl, Lost In a
Storm, Was Preserved.
Boise, Ia., Ifov. 20. A heavy snowstorm
prevailed in Southern Idaho during the last
few days. Monday morning 2 elite Logan, the
0-year-old daughter of James Logan, of Hill
side, taking a well-filled lunch basket
in her hand and accompanied by a little ter
rier, started across the divide for school. A
short time after the girl's departure snow
commenced to tall heavily, and as she had
not at noon reached her destination it was
known that she was lost.
An active search was instituted and day
and night parties of white men and Indians
wandered over the snow-clad hills hoping to
uau a iruco ui lun missing cmia.
Her dog was found Wednesday frozen
stiff. At midnight yesterday the lit
tle wanderer was found alive and
well, bnt terribly weak, in one of Wilson &
Palmer's old stock sheds, with no compan
ions save a dozen fleecy sheep, among which
she had snuggled, and thus escaped death
by freezing. She said she lost her way
Monday and had been attracted to the cattle
shed by the bleats or sheep.
A THEATEB PAHIC.
Tho Old Cry of Fire Causes a Stampede in
a Cincinnati House.
CraciHNATi, O., Nov. 20. A panic occurred
to-night at 8:30 in the gallery of Ope Robin
son's Opera House.' A lamp exploded or
was overturned in the ticket seller's office
and set fire to lithographs. The blaze
was quickly extinguished, but some
one raised the cry of "Fire," and about 800
people from the gallery made u mad rush to
escape. Two colored men weie hurt in the
crush, but not fatally. The audience in
other parts of the bouse was kept quiet, and
performance went on smoothly.
THE PANAMA TRIALS
Will Probably Begin on Thursday of This
Week In Paris.
Paths, Nov. 20. It Is reported that tho
Panama Canal prosecution will be com
menced Thursday. The formal opening of
the trial of the accused directors is being
hurried in order to anticipate tho passage
or the law dealing with grand officers of the
Legion of Honor.
The case will probably be called Thursday
next, and will be immediately adjourned to
enable the counsel to study the ponderous
waiGimeni, wuica aus j,wv louo pages.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY,
JLB00MF0BHARRmr
Aided by Friends of the Chair
man in New York City
Who- Think Him
ENTITLED TO EECOGNITION.
He May Not Want a Cabinet Port
. folio and Its Small Pay.
TO RESIGN OR HOLD ON TO OFFICE,
That's the Question Now Agitating Many
federal Officials.
EEID HAS A NEW KEAS0N FOE DEFEAT
IFTECUI. Tlt-ICOIIAJI TO TU1C DISPATCIT.l
New YOBK, Nov. 20. It was announced
this evening tjjat it is Mr. Cleveland's in
tention to leave town either to-morrow or
Wednesday for a short holiday. Should he
carry.out his present programme it is his
desire that neither newspaper cor
respondents nor political friends break" in
upon his vacation. He has been pestered'
lately by reporters who want 10 know what
he bad for breakfast.
The news that the Pennsylvania Demo
crats are to urge William Frank Harrity
for a place in Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet was
received with satisfaction to-day by the
friends Mr. Harrity made in New York
City. They recalled that early in the year
Mr. Harrity started the Cleveland boom in
the Empire State, and that he is entitled
to recognition, not only for that fact, but
for his valuable services as National Chair
man during the campaign. Mr. Harrity is
now Secretary of State lor Pennsylvania,
and he is an officer of several banking in
stitutions in that State. He is not a rich
man, and his friends say it is a question
whether he could afiord to accept a Cabinet
office, a place worth $8,000 a year.
A Debt of S7.000 to Bet Met.
There were a good many Republicans in
town to-day left-overs from the .recent
deluge. Deacon Hackett did not observe
Sunday much, in his efforts to straighten
out the accounts at Kepublican State head
quarters. In all, the deacon is forced to face
about $7,000 in debts. Several eminent Be
publicans have had a discussion as to how
these will be met, and it is said that some of
the lucky ones will be paid in full, while
with others all sorts of compromises will
have to be made. Tho deacon has been in
Uttca since election day, sick in bed.
Ex-Collector J. Sloat Fassett is in town.
Certain Bepublicans believe that he should
receive the complimentary nomination of
the Bepublicans at Albany for Frank Hls
cock's place in tho" United States Senate.
Very few except those on the inside are
aware how nearly young Fassett came to
being made one of the Big Four at the Ke
publican convention in Albany, called for
the purpose of electing delegates at large
to the Minneapolis Convention. On that
memorable alternoon, when Naval Officer
Theodore B. Willis and his little coterie of
Brooklynltes arrived in the City ot Hills
and opened headquarters In tho Kenmoro lor
tne purpose oi ngnting xnomas L., natt, tne
anti-Harrison men were at first very much
tickled. They felt that they could beat Mr.
Willis without raising a hand, but when the
harmony of the convention was threatened
by Mr. Willis Senator Hlscock was ditectod
by the powers to visit Mr. Willis and comb
him down. , k .
How Hlscock' Was Brought to Time. .
Senator Hlscock did not wish to undertake
the task, and he would not until he was
flatly told that unless ho did so Mr. Fassett
would be sent to Minneapolis as a delegate
at large in his place. Even after that it was
all that Mr. Piatt, ox-Senator Warner Miller
and their followers could do Irom prevent
ing Mr. Fassett's nomination in tho conven
tion. Strangely enough the Bepublicans are
doing more talk about Federal patronago
than most of the victorious Democrats.
Now that President Harrison has appointed
John H. Gear, of Burlington, la.. Assistant
Secretary of the Troasury in place of Lor
enzo Crouse, resigned, ex-Senator George B.
Sloan, of Oswego, would like te fill tne other
vacancy in the Treasury Department caused
bv the letirement of Mr. Nettleton. Mr.
Sloan was deleated for the Congressional
nomination in his distiict, and Oswego did
not sbotf up very well on election day. The
drop in General Harrison's vote was 1,550
from the vote he received four years ago.
Some of the Bepublicans do not believe that
Mr. Sloan Is entitled, in view of this fact, to
the appointment.
Another feature of the 'patronage talk by
the Bepublicans is the objection in certain
quarters raised to the attitude of Collector
Hendricks, Surveyor Lyon, Naval Officer
Willis and Appraiser Cooper, who are quite
ready to accommodate the Democratic op
position with their resignations as soon as
Mr. Cleveland is ready to fill their places
with Democrats.
All Advised to Hold On to Office.
The-nrgumcnt was advanced to-day that
these men should hold on" to their places
until they are removed by Mr. Cleveland.
In fact, it was said that none of the high
Kepublican Federal officials should resign,
but that they should wait to be removed.
In other words, the Bepublican opposition
wish to put President Cleveland on record,
and see what he will do.
The commissions of these four high Fod
eral officials are for four years, and the com
mission of Mr. Hendricks dates from Janu
ary 1 Iasr, Tho commissions of Mr. Lyon,
Mi. Cooper and Mr. Willis date from Janu
ary 1, 1890. All were appointed by the Presi
dent between sessions and weie confirmed
at the first ensuing meeting of the Unitod
States Senate. Tho Bepublicans eagerly
point out that the commission of Mr. Hen
dricks entitled him to serve until January
L 1&95, and that the commissions of the
other thieo gentlemen entitle them tore
main in office until January 1, 1S91.
It is known that very eminent Democrats
were very much displeased when Collector
Daniel Magono nut his resignation at the
service of President Harrison. Indeed, Sir.
Cleveland, who hail just leit the White
House, made it known tluough Senator
Charles P. McClelland, then the Collector's
special deputy, tbnt no Democrat should re
sign, but that all should wait to be removed.
Mr. Magone did not teel like accepting the
suggestion, knowing that President Harrison
wautea nis piace ior a uepuDiican.
It can bo said authoritatively now that
Mr. Hendricks. Mr. Lyon, Mr. Cooper and
Mr. wiuis leei just as Air. .magone aid at tue
time. They are perfectly aware that the
Democrats want their places, and Collector
Hendricks said last night that he couldn't
with self-respect do anything but endeavor
to accommodate the. opposition fairly and
sauarely. The Collector added tnat it had
been his intontion all along, even in the
event of the re-eleotion of General Harrison,
to resign as Collector on March 4 next.
Illinois Wants a Portfolio. ,
One of the callers "yesterday at the homo
or Grover Cleveland was Carter H. Harri
son, ex-Mayor of Chicago. A rumor came
from' Chicago that that city would insist
upon supplying Mr. Cleveland with
a Postmaster General. The choice
of Illinois generally, it was repre
sented, had lallen upon John E.
Walsh, President of the Chicago National
Bank. Ex-Minister to Brussels Lambert
Tree, Erskine M. Phelps, Chief Justice Ful
ler and ex-Congressman William K. Mor
rison are said" to have agreed that Walh
ought to be recognized in some way for his
services. National Committeeman Cable,
however, did something 'toward placing
Illinois in tho Democratic column, and his
chances seem good. Mr. Harrison says he is
not asking anything ot the Cleveland ad-
"ministration.
Mr. Cleveland had another distinguished
visitor. Congressman Daniel L. Lockwood,
of Buffalo. Mr. Cleveland would like to go
to Baltimore to-moriow to participate in
tho jollification of the Maryland Democraoy,
but hts engagements here will prevent. Mrs.
Cleveland, accompanied by Mrs. William C.
Whitney ana Miss Whitney, wero the most
aistinguished people in the audienoe at
Herrman's Theater yesteraay afternoon.
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ii pesrowry jjrai.u iciuaiusu. an cour-eiM,
NOVEMBER 21,
more With Mr. fllnvAlnnrt tidnv. Mrs.
. Cleveland had a number of callers in the
auemoon. The Clevelands spent the even
ing at home. A f6W personal friends
dropped in, but departed at an early hour.
REID HAS A REASON
For His Defeat He Solemnly Declares It
Was Due to the Growth of Socialism
Time Wasted in Whining Over Spilt
Milk, After AIL ,
vNew Yokk, Nov. 19. The Trilune will
say to-morrow:
Tho politician who attempts to explain
defoat is crying ovor spilt milk. The news
paper which tells "how it was done" is
"whining." The writer of a political obitu
ary has hardly an enviable task. A defeated
party is supposed to accept with philosophi
cal resignation the rejection of pet policies,
and with the calmness of the fatalist, who
tells himself that It "was to have been.'
Tho reasons given for the result
of the recent election are as numer
ous as thore are differences in
the minds of the two parties. To him who
iooks neneath the surface there is ample
evidence that the defeat of the Bepublican
party is not mainly duo to tho "unpopu
larity" of its candidate, nor to the love the
people are said to bear to Mr. Cleveland;
not to the McKinley bill, nor to any "desire
on the part of the people lor free trade:" not
becauso free silver is or is not wanted; not
througn the "superb generalship" of the
Democratio National Committee was a vic
tory gained, nor was the battle lost through
tho "lamentable incompetence" of the Be
publican leaders.
The chief cause or Bepublican defoat and
Democratio victory is tne modern tendency
toward socialism. This statement w rin
mearls Implies that the socialists propa-
buuuc uus mou a uriQ uuiu upon tne citi
zens of the United States, or that its tenets
have but to be sowed in American soil to
bear an abundant harvest. They have not
tne slightest desire to overturn existing)
ht'ruiuuicuu Alio ravings oi tno Anarcnists
they repudiate altogether. But since 1873,
on Black Friday, political and social condi
tions in the United States have been those of
unquiet and discontent among certain
thousands. The Uieenback party then had
its origin.
It Is within the last decade, however, that
social discontent has manifested itseir more
markedly in the formation or political par
ties, all of which, according to the leaders of
them, were destined to glorious futures when
the Democratio and Bepublican parties
should be wiped out of existence. This un
settled state or affairs showed itself in the
formation of the Greenback partv.the Labor
narty, the Socialistic party, the Farmers' Al
liance, and, finally, the People's party.
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
Kev. Tom Dixon Thanks. God That Tam
many Didn't Elect Cleveland.
New Yoke, Nov. 20. Before the regular
sermon to-day, Kev. Thomas Dixon,
Jr., reviewed tho result or the
Presidental election. Among other
things he said: "The man who thinks
that Mr. Cleveland's election is a partisan
triumph is easily consoled. He was nomi
nated without tho aid or his, party in New
York; he was elected without the aid or his
party in New York; he has transferred the
national contest from the sewers or -New
York City to the broad fields or the nation.
"For this national deliverance we may
all devoutly thank God. Tammany has
triumphed again In the city, but the rule or
Tammany in the nation will from this day
grow beautifully less. New York is no longer
tne pivotal state or the Union, and on this.
--- - -w m VUUH.M.U.W.QU. A. TIU3 ttu
avalanche entirely too much or a good
thing lor the future of Tammany Hall, and
for this promise we sing 'Glory to God! "
TOM WATSON DISAPPOINTED.
He Takes His Defeat Very Hard and Will
Contest the Election.
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 2a The Third party
men take Tom Watson's overwhelming de
feat very hard. At a mass meeting of the
Third party of the Tenth district at Thomp.
son, McDuffie county, Watson's home, yes
terday, a popular subscription fund was
Started to raise $5,000 to contest the election
of Blic;T43'Congres9.
It is said that this money, when collected,
will be used to recoup Watson's broken for
tune, as he expended all the money at his
disposal in tho campaign. Specific charges
are not stated, the indictment by the Third
partyltes being a general one of traud. Wat
son's lawyer friends had previously filed no
tice or contest with the. Governor.
Harrity Expects an Offer.
PniLADEVaiA, Nov. 20. From a close
friend of Mr. Harrity it was learned this
evening that the story that Mr. Cleveland
had offered Mr. Harrity a Cabinet portfolio
during the National Democratic Chairman's
visit to the President-elect on Wednesday is
erroneous. According to Mr. Harrity's
friena no such offer was made by Mr. Cleve
land, but he says It is more than probable
that Mr. Harrity will be tendered a seat in
ms cauinet uy Air. (jieveiana.
Cleveland's Alabama Plurality G2,S99.
MosTooMEiir, Ala., Nov. 20. Election re
turns were counted last night. Cleveland
received 138.123 votes. Weaver 85,128, Harri
son 83,871, Bidwell 239. Cleveland has a
plurality over Weaver of 52,599, and a major
ity over all of U 369. The delegation to Con
gress is solidly Democratic. ,
In the Field for Public Printer.
Philadelphia, Nov. 20. Philadelphia
Typographical Union No. 2 tills afternoon
indorsed George Chance'its President, for
the position of Public Printer under the
Cleveland administration.
MURDERED WHLLE MILKING.
A Bradford Woman's Slayer Hangs Her to
Make It Seem a Suicide.
Bradford, Noy20. Special. Mrs. Lu
cette Grossmier, of Farmers' Valley, this
county, was murdered last night. During
tho evening she went to a stable to milk the
cows. After a long time, as she did not re
turn, an investigation was made. Just in
side the stable door, swinging from a cross
beam at the end of a rope, her dead body
was discovered. The rope was clumsily tied
about her neck and her feet were resting on
tho floor. Her face was covered with blood,
and there wei e other evidences that she met
death by some means in addition to hang
ing. Physicians found that her nose had been
crushed bv a blowfrom some blunt weapon,
and, besides other bruises on her hena and
face, it was fonnd that her clothing had
been nearly torn off. Prints of fingers were
'found on Y.er neok. The indications are that
she was banged in an effort to give an ap
pearance ot suicide. The murdered woman
was 60 years old and a widow. She owned
two large farms and had a handsome bank
account. The only enemy she is said to
have is her own son, with whom she had
trouble over property matters. In legal
contests the sou was unsuccessful at every
point.
CHARLEY REED DEAD.
Collier's Clever Partner In "Hoss and Hoss"
Answers the Last CalL
Boston, Nov. 20. Charley Reed, tho actor,
died to-night of heart disease at the United
States Hotel in this city. He opened in
"Hoss and Hoss" at the Hollls Street Theater
Monday night, bnc he was only able to ap
pear two nights.
IMr. Reed was very popular with Pitts,
burg theater-goer;. He appeared in his
farce comedy at the Duquesne last spring,
and was induced to appear at the house a
few weeks later. During the last, engage
ment here he was married to a member of
the company.
THE LATIN UNION GONE.
It Is Said Italy WU1 Secede When the
Monetary Conference Meets.
Viehha, Nov. 21. At' the first meeting of
the International Monetary Conforeuco tho
Italian delegates will give notice or the se
cession oritaly from the Latin Union.
Tho Monetary Conference 'will probably
sit until January, with a short holiday at
Christmas. The delegates to the conference
will be entertained at a banquet some time
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STEICTLY IN IT.
A MANIACS SUMMONS' not biela's comet.
To Leave the Earth Prompts Him to
First Slay His Mother-in-Law.
THEN HE GETS RATHER CONFDSED
And Kills Iler Aged Husband and Teppers
His Wife With Shot.
ALMOST LYNCHED BT CMJRCn-GOERS
Chicago, Nov. 19. The annals of Chi
cago record no more horrible crime than
that which brought death into a home this
morninc By the acts of a young man a
double murder was committed, two people
were wounded and the murderer narrowly
escaped violence at the hands of 1,000
citizens.
Herman Siegler, a German, living with
his wife and three children at the home of
his wife's parents, Henry and Carolina
Siles, shot his father-in-law and mother-in-law,
instantly killing each. His next vic
tim was his wife, but she was only slightly
wounded. Before the police were able to
disarm and arrest Siegler a number ot shots
were exchanged, and ne was wounded in
the right side by a bullet from a police
man's revolver. He was removed to the
county hospital.
Siegler occupied the lower floor of the
hause, while his wife's parents lived on the
floor above. It was in the front "part and
the. hallway downstairs that the shooting,
occurred. At 8 o'clock this morning Sieg
ler told his wife he intended going hunting.
He went to the house of his brother Will
iam, where he borrowed a shotgun. He re
turned at once to hls'own house.
His Mother-in-Law the First Victim.
He soon brought tho gun -into the parlor,
where the children were. His wife was in
the rear part of the house, and the first inti
mation of any disturbance was when Sieg
ler's littlelson began to scream. Mrs. Siles
hurried down, and as she entered the room
Siegler aimed the gun at her. She rushed
up to her son-in-law and, throwing her aims
about his nerk, tried to face the gun from
him. Then, pointing the gun against her
breast, he filed. She sank to the floortlcad.
Mrs. Siegler, hearing the shot, ran into the
house of Mrs. Fredericka Ueyden, calling
for assistance. As she passed through the
hallway she took her children with her.
Leaving the children in Mrs. Heyuen's care.
Mrs. Siegler hastened back to her home, and
as she entered tho front door another shot
was fired by her husband. It is supposed
that it was intended for Mrs. Siles, but soiie
of the shot struck Mrs. Siegler. One entered
her right ear, two found lodgment in her
left arm and one in her breast. None of these
wounds will result fatallv.
These shots aroused Mr. Siles and he de
scended Into the hallway. As Siegler fired,
Siles raised his right arm to shield his race.
It received the full charge. The fiosh was
torn from tho bone and a number of shot
entered his right side. It is believed that
Siegler then aischarged the other barrel of
his gun in his father-in-law's face, for por
tions of his neck and right cheek were torn
away.
Almost Lynched by Church-Goers.
The shooting occurred while, a large con
congregation was leaving a church cioso by,
and soon between 1,200 and 1,500 people were
surrounding the bouse. Tho murderer
stood a short siege by the police during
which several shots were fired. When Sieg
ler stealthily emerged from the house, he
was promptly seized and disarmed by ono
of the officers.
On the way to the patrol box threats pt
violence wore heard on every hand, and the
police saw a number or revolvers drawn by
citizens. Siegler was struck repeatedly In
passing through the crowd. At the police
station be made his statement. It was biief,
Incoherent and Indicative or insanity:
"As I was told by our Lord up above to go
and get a gun, 1 did it. I was bom to save
this country. The Lord said to me: To-day
is the day or judgment and you've got to be
there.' My mother-in-law is a witch. Shu
said to me: 'You've got to die,' and I said:
'I will not go where you want to send me.'
1 shot her In the hall. The old man camo
downstairs, and I was confused. I filed at
the old man and shot him. I ;lien went out
on the steps and the patrol wagons came np.
Then I was confused altogether. I have
been sick and have bad trouble."
Siegler's wound did not seem to pain him,
hut it bled profusely, and it was thought
best to send him to the county hospital,
where the docto-s, after a brief examina
tion, announced that the wound not prove
fatal. Mrs. Siegler, the wife, said:
"There was nothing to indicate that theie
was anything wrong with the mind oi my
husband." Late to-night Siegler talked
again of the shooting. "I only did what the
spirits told me, and when I get out of here
there is going to he another groat big
fight."
ANTI-TRUST ACT 0. K.-
Senator Edmunds Says It Is Constitutional
and Can Reach Pools.
Chicago, Npv. 20. The Inter Ocean to-morrow
will publish au important interview
with ex-Senator Geo. E. Edmunds, In which
he declares his belief in the constitutionality
or the Sherman anti-Trust act and strongly
advocates its rigid enforcement. He em
phatically declares it was the intontion or
the framers or the bill to reach all railroad
ool and traffic agreements where they le
iteato the fixing of a rate and provided a
penalty lor cutting.
He says the amendment offered to specific
ally refer to railroads was voted down be
cause It was included in tho other sections
and was unnecessary. 4n view of the fact
that in the case brought by the Government
against the trans-Missouri under the Sher
man act before Judge-Biver, of Cheyenne,
the lallroads quoted profusely from tho
CtmorejjumaJ Record to show the intent or
congress. Tliis statement or ex-Senator
Edmunds will be of considerable impor-
Jtance,
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IT WON'T COME WITHIN MILL
IONS OF MILES OF US.
Prof. Boss Makes New Discoveries, Which
WIU Ease the Popular Mind, bnt Give
the Astronomer Benewed Interest in
Holmes' Heavenly Visitor Its Orbit.
Albany, Nov. 20. Calculations made at
tire Dudley Observatory by Prof. Lewis
Boss indicate clearly that the Holmes
comet is not identical with the comet of
Biela, and that it will not come near the
earth.
A week ago the comet had almost exactly
the position which Biela's comet would
have had if it had been seen coming on its
accustomed track. The Holmes comet also
appeared to be movingacro9s the face of the
sky in nearly the same directiou that Biela's
comet would have moved had it returned to
view this time: but with the lapse or time,
throngh exact observations, the motion of
the Holmes comet appears to be Inconsistent
with the idea that it is identical with Biela's.
The difference, of motion Is not groat, but it
is enough.
Prof. Boss states that, on account of the
very slow annarent motion of thn mmot It
is impossible to obtain very exact mathe-i
maticai results irom tne observations thu3
far made. The slightest deviation in the
accuracy of the observations changes the
computed position of the comet in space by
enormous Intervals. Weeks must elapse be
fore the thoroughly reliable results can be
obtained.
Pi or. Boss has computed the orbit or the
Holmes comit, first on the supposition that
It moves in a parabolic path, and secondly
on the assumption that its orbit is elliptical.
On the first supposition, tho distance or the
comet comes o"nt greater thin 100,000,000 of
miles; on the seconn, the distance appears
to be about 150,000,000. While these figures
are liable to be very greatly modified here
after, there appears to b" everv probabil
ity that this'comet is very far beyond the
orbit of Biela. It .also appears
almost certain that the distance or the
Holmes comef from the earth is increasing,
rather, than diminishing. Whv it was not
discovered weeks or months ago is a mys
tery, for it should have ben brighter in
Octobor than it now is. The ascertained
facts in regard to this comet will cause a
collapse of public interest in the matter,
but to astronomers it will continue to be of
great interest, since it presents problems of
much Interest; both from the mathematical
and physical point of view.
THE ROSA LEE, RURNED.
Total Loss of a Biver Steamboat With Four
Passengers' Lives.
Memphis, Nov. 20. Special. The steamer
Rosa Leo was burned at the wharf this
morning at 6 o'clock. The boat got In from
Ashport at 6-30 o'clock and tho officers were
leaving her wlion the cry of fire was raised.
The officer of the watch ran through tho
cabin and awakened tho passengers, and ail
above the deck got out in sarety. Chief
Engineer Bailey attempted a similar duty
below tho decks, and 30 passengers camo
ashore. A number of laboring men had got
on the boat at Ashport and were soon in a
beastly state ot intoxication. It Is thought
that four of these men were burned to death,
as the engineer was not able to rouse them.
The stern of the boat swung around, and
it was thought tor a few moments that the
vessel would break away and drift against
other vessels in the harbor, but a current of
wind drove her shoreward. The boat was
consumed, all but the bull, in 30 mlnntes.
It Is thought that the fire was caused ny
one of the laborers from Ashport dropping
luiibbu nuiuu iud uuuun. Mne !OS9 IS
$70,000. This afternoon search was mado for
traces of the four men thought to be lost in
the fire, but none were found.
A PREACHER C0WHIDED.
Ho Kisses
Pretty Girl Who Wouldn't Be
So Insulted.
Milax, TE3T3-., Nov. 20. Special. Key.
Parker Eeynolds, a traveling preacher, who
has been holding revivals throughout coun
try communities and who has .made qnite a
reputation as an evangelist, began a revival
at'Mount Nebo last week. Ho stopped with
the family of Albert .Brown. Mr. Brown
possesses a beautiful daughter, IT years of
age, who attracted the parson.
To-oay the father and mother went driv
ing, leaving the daughter alone with the
preacher. The festive old sinner, having an
eye ior tne beantifnl, drew the young lady
down In his lap and kissed her. The angry
girl procured a horsewhip and cowhided
tho scoundrel to her hoards content, and
when exhausted, kicked him from the door,
where he has been seen no more.
THAT CABMATJX BOMB,
A Paris Newspaper Says Its Maker Is on a
Ship Bound for America.
Pams, Nov. 20. The newspaper Jour states
that the bomb which was recently fonnd at
the offices of the Carmaux Company and
afterward exploded with such disastrous
results at the police station, was made by
the Anarchist Louvet, a friend of Franools.
Louvet, the Jour says, sailed oh a trans
atlantic steamer with a young women a few
days after the explosion. The police are
credited with knowing the identity of the
vessel and with having cabled to all ports
at which it touches, requesting the arrest
of Louvet. The police deny the truth of
tuo Jour's story.
Fivo Men Buried in a Sand Bank.
Zaszsville, Nov.20. The 50-foot sand bank
of Townsend & Co., at Taylorsville, caved in
this afternoon, burying five men. Richard
Foarl was taken out dead, and Lonis Green,,
William Jewet, Calvin Vexloe and Gllly
Shepard were Injured.
The Czarewitch to Be Premier.
Berlin, Nov. 20. It is reported that the
Grand Duke Michael will resign the offlco of
President or the Council or the Empire, and
will be succeeded by the Czarewitch.
A Chicago Lawyer Ends nis Life.
CniCAQO. Nov. 20. John Irvine Veeder, a
well-known lawyer of this city, committed
snicide to-day by shooting, N.o cause for
wo aeiiou 13 uiunu.
AND
UTS TEUCE WITH VOLLMAE.
A Personal Triumph for the Tonng
Emperor and' His Policy.
August Bebel'a Impromptu Speech and
Its Effect Bismarck: and His Cooked
Dispatch That Precipitated the Franco-Prussian
War State Socialism as
Yet an Impossibility, According to Its
Adherents Troubles of Schoolmaster
Recruits Tholr Lieutenants Berate
Them Terribly and Call Them All
Sorts of Names Dogs Trained for
War Service in Germany.
CBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.l
Berlin, Nov. 20. Copyright. Tha
Social Democratic Congress has been a
disappointment to all the party's enemies
and to many of its friends. Its proceed
ings have been conducted with moderation
and skill, and have not been marred by the
unseemly scenes of former annual meetings.
To the Social Democrats themselves this
event came as a surprise. Up to the last
moment the men of brains in the party
feared an open conflict between Liebknecht,
the North German leader, and Vollmar, the
idol of the Bavarian contingent. Only the
Bavarian and Badcnese leaders knew that
the differences of the two men had been
adjusted temporarily.
The extremists and physical force advo
cates in the party are chagrined by having
been brought tamely under the same
standard with a J oral German like Voll
mar, and they are likely to stir up trouble
f about it after returning to their constitu
ents. The Conservatives, National Liberals
and even the Independents (Freisinnige)
are reduced to the extremity of merely
poking fun at the Social Democrats.
Liehknecht Denounced as a Traitor.
The editors of the organs of these partiei
try to make out that Liebknecht is a traitoi
to his socialistic principles because, when
the salaries or the VarwacrC s editors were
under discussion, he claimed for his mental
labor in writing leaders, etc., higher wages
than the compositors and other manual
laborers in the office received.
Some strange reports are to bo heard to
day in political qnarter3 as to the reasons of
Liebknecht and Vollmar for clasping hands
over the wide chasm between them and
their principles. These reports may be
taken for what they are worth. They credit
the Social Democratic leaders with having
accurate information that they are about to
he placed under the ban once mote by the
Imperial Government.
The Emperor is said to have wearied of
playing at state socialism In the hope of
winning over to loyalty his Social Demo
cratic subjects, and he Is represented as bit
terly resenting the ingratitude shown by the
Socialist leaders, a3. evidenced by the ever
recurring prosecutions of Socialist editors
lorlese majoste. t
Bismarck Not Tet a Dead Issue.
While ridiculing the idea that the Em
peror may recall Bismarck to introduce
another era or repression, the Socialist lead
ers feel in their hearts that such a turn of .
affairs is not impossible, despite the ap
parently widening breach between the
throne and the ex-Chancellor. It traced to
their proper source, these reports, however,
would piobably be found to emanate from
the neighborhood of Varzin.
The fact, plain to all, U tnat the modera
tion of the present Congress is distinctly a
personal triumph of the Emperor and nis
policy. The attitude of the Government
toward Liebknecht, Bebel & Co. has been
such that the latter could not beat.tbe big
drum without making themselves ridicu
lous. Hence the absence or lurid speeches,
and covert treason, such as distinguished
the congress held under the shadow or the
Bismarck regime.
The most interesting incident of the dis
cussion on the resolution on state socialism
In the congress, yesterday, was August
Bebel's speech. The effort was entirely im
promptu, as Bebel learnod only a few min
utes before rising that the North Germans
would oppose the resolution on the ground
that it was not worded with sufficient force
and plainness.
An Absurd View of Rescripts.
The imperial rescripts of February I, ISM,
he said, were supposed by many to herald
tho advent of the socialistic state. This
view of them was absurd. They were, in
fact, a very commonplace statement of old
truisms, and were not even novel as Gov
ernment proposals. When Bismarck, ini
166-', began his fight against the Liberal'
bourgeoisie of Prussia, ho had thought it
possible to buy the support or the working
men with measures which nowadays would
bo included under the head or state social
ism. Bismarck tried to inaugurate the execu-
tion or his plan with the purchase of the
socialistic leaders. He offered to Karl Marx,
said Bebel, the editorship of the Prussian
Offlci'il Gazelie and to Wllhelm Liebknecht
the editorship or the borth German Gazette.
at the same time making promises ot social
and political reforms for the benefit or the
masses. The socialistic leaders took Bis
marck's offers and promises at their true
value, as they still refuse to-day to sell their
birthright for a mes of pottage.
"Socialism has made great progress since
then," continued Bebel. "The so-called
state socialists are to-day more numerous
than ever betore, and are to be found In tho
ranks or every party. Yet I venture to say
that Ktatn socialism ha3 never existed and
can never exist, becauso it is fatuity and
nonsense.
Stato Socialism Not Now Possible.
"It is the easiest thing in the world for
monarchs and their statesmen to promise
state socialism, but in society as organized
to-day it is impossible for them to translate
their words into deeds. Tho Social Democ
racy alone is able for deeds, because it alone
recognizes the necessity of first transform
ing or revolutionizing society. In this sense
the Social Democracy is revolutionary. The
Social Democrata must obtain possession of
the machinery of Government, and after
achieving this they will bo able first to re
generate the State and then society. At
such a time state socialism will mean some
thing, but not before." . . .. ,, ,
Bismarck's open acknowledgment that he
"doctored" the fatal Ems dispatch which
precipitated the Franco-i'rnssian War has
brought lorth a cloud of surmises as to his
object In thus revealing the most delicate
state secrets. The Coelnisch YolkszeUung, a.
clerical dailv, offered three days ago the
most probable explanation. It said: "Sev
eral recent pamphlets have questioned
Prince Bismarck's skill as a diplomatist,
and have urged that circumstances and not
Bismarck brought about the union of tho
German States. The pamphleteers have said
that the French declaration or war made
against Bismarck's will, or at least without
his interference, was alone tne nammer
that forged tho
German .empire. xuo
rfiv.kHnna as r rhn
i-.ins uispaica snow
now that Bismarck directed events, and not
events him. Bismarck has confessed that
he 'cooked the dispatc". uavms ucuumo
convinced that the right moment tor the
war had arrived."
Troubles of Schoolmaster Becrults.
Numerons complaints are published In,
I Berlin and provincial newspaper concern
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