STILL VOTING IN THEWILD WEST, Control of the Senate Depends on a Few Yery Uncer tain Legislatures. WATCHED BY POLITICIANS The Wires to Doubtful Points Bur dened With Instructions. An Extra Session Now Regarded as Extremely Probable The Matter Will Be Entirely In Cleveland's Hands, Together With All Other Questions of Party Policy Congress men Arriving at Washington in Eeadlness for Monday's Opening Senator Quay Says That the Story of His Demanding $30,000 From the National Committee Originated in a Joke. ifrom A btjlFf coRnrsrovDisT.l Washington-, Dec. a This evening the city for the first time since adjournment begins to have the unmistakable appear ance ol the presence of Congress. The members have been slow coming in, as there is no advance work to do for most of them except to talk about the chances of an extra session, and as the extra session is in pretty plain view they do not care to come from their home business until the last moment More than ever it becomes certain that an extra session will be called at least for the purpose of organizing committees and put ting them in working shape for a fall ses sion if the rank and file and many of the leaders have anything to say about it. Entirely In Cleveland's Hands. But it also becomes more and more appar ent that the matter will be left to the judg ment of the administration after it is organ ized. At once after the inauguration an extra session of the Senate will be called. The members of the Cabinet will be con firmed and other officials in sympathy with the emotions of the new administration will be appointed. This will reqnire but a few days, and during these days, if the question has not been previously settled, the decision will be made whether a call of an extra session of the entire Congress is necessary. If Cleveland be enabled to decide on his com plete Cabinet weeks previous to his in auguration, as he doubtless will be, the matter of the extra session will have been settled long before the sort of weather of the day of inauguration can be predicted by the Weather Bureau The Majority Want an Extra-Session. If the President and Cabinet be guided) by the weight of opinion of the party as very loudly voiced by the members and hopeful politicians who have gathered in tbe city and who are filling the hotels with all sorts of arguments in favor of .their views to-night they will have an extra ses sion, but it is admitted that Cleveland will probably be a very stubborn President, even more so than he was before, and that no one can tell what he may do until he is sues his formal opinion. The gossip of to-day at the Capitol and in hotel corridors was in great part in regard to the organization of the Senate. As new State Legislatures composed of a mixture of three or four parties come together, and as reports of changes of the result in legis late districts, and of the probabilities of contests come to hand, it seems to throw more and more doubt on the ability of the Democrats to organize the national Senate as they have hitherto hoped to do. No one is able to certainly forecast the results as matters stand now in Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana. Prefer a Democratic Majority. One of the newest features of the sitnation is the growing determination on. the part of the Republican leaders to assist the Demo crats as far as they can to elect their candi dates in the doubtful States rather than to connive directly or indirectly at the success of a People's party man, or woman. They say that as the Democrats had the popular voice overwhelmingly in their favor, they should have control of the whole business. They themselves want none of the responsibi lity for legislation under the circumstance:, and they do not want the little Third party contingent to have any of it They want the fellows to shoulder it whom they will have to whip four years hence if they are to regain control of the administration. Some of the Republican Senators are very outspoken on this question. Sen ator Hale, of Maine, who, to a great extent, bosses the Republican caucus of the Senate, and who arrived to-day, was promptly tackled on the subject and as promptly re plied: Does Not Want the Organization. "I think it would be very foolish on our part to hold the organization. It would be a great disadvantage to us to have the Senate nominally Republican, so that the responsibility would lie with us, while we would be unable to do or to prevent any thing being" done. If we should organize the Senate with the assistance of the Popu lists they would turn and vote against us the first time any important matter was up for consideration. This would put us in a very awkward position. "The Democrats are going to be able to control legislation in the Senate and they should have the whole thing with all the re sponsibility. I tell yon they are not al together comfortable in contemplation of what they bare belore them. 'J.hey were takenly entirely by surprise by the result of the election, and they are not prepared to carry out the promises they made on the tump when they did not expect to be placed in s position to be held account able." Watching the Western legislatures. This question of the Senate organization has for the time being become almost as "burning" as that of the extra session. Every movement of the wild and woolly Western legislatures is beingwatched with an interest amounting to anxiety, and many a word of ad vice will be flashed over the wires from Washington lrom persons who never touched the borders of tbose States which are the scenes of carnage, presuming to do so because -the contests are of vastly more than local import The shrewdest manipulators of the East are already in the thick of the fray by mail . ana teiegrapn, ana me ngni win uuj "" more exciting from the national standpoint until every battle has been fought to a finish. Senator Qaav has arrived and seems to be in much better health than before his last visit to Florida He has learned to accept the results of the elections with some de gree of resignation while catching tarpon in the waters of Indian river. Quay Says He Was Joking. He treats with much amusement the story that he received 530,000 from the Republican National Committee, and mere ly answers that it is not worth the while to deny such a romance. A friend of the Sen ator tells the correspondent of THE Dis patch that the story undoubtedly origi nated from a jocnlar 'remark of the Sena tor while he was in New York, and which was that he thought he and Clarkson were creditors of the National Committee to the extent of about $30,000, referring doubtless to auras they spent in the social phases of political work which are unavoidable with treat party officials conducting a campaign ut for which they can never reimburse themselves from the party purse. BLAND IS PESSIMISTIC. He Doesn't Believe the Monetary Confer ence Will Amount to Anything. WASHmOTOS, Dec. a EepresenUtive Bland, of Missouri, Chairman of the House Coinage Committee, and the champion of free coinage of silver, was asked to-day what he thought would be the effect of the failure of the international monetery con ference to agree on anything. He replied: "I don't see that it would have any effect one way or the other. I never regarded it as amounting to anything more than a makeshift to tide over election, and perhaps help a movement to demonetize silver. I always regarded it as having those objects in view more than anv real expectation of doing good to silver. I don't think the public think much of it" "Do ynu expect anything from the con ference?" "I do not; and (decisively) I never have." "Suppose the conference should fail and that a proposition should then be made to repeal the Sherman law, what then?" "That will be proposed anyway, I pre sume. I am in favor of repealing it if we can't get something better. I don't like the Sherman law, myself. At the same time, it was proposed, as stated on the floor of the House and in my report, that it would not increase the value of silver or tend to promote its restoration as money; it wonM be a failure in that respect Yet you might say It is a connecting link between total demonetization end something better. Hence I think it would be bad polioy to re peal it unless we can do something else at the same time. Our bill and the Stewart bill repealed tbe Sherman law, but substi tuted tree coinage." IMMIGRATION STATISTICS. A Suspension of the Influx Probable Daring the World's Fair. Washington; Dec. 3. The annual re port of W. D. Owen, Superintendent of Immigration, showsthat 579,663 immigrants arrived in this country during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. There were retur&d 2,801 who came in violation of law. Of this number 1,763 were contract laborers. The law adopted March 3, 1891, the report says, has exercised a wholesome and deterrent effect upon immigration, and especially upon the undesirable classes. The character of tbe immigrants arriving the past year was greatly auperiocto- that -of many previous years. Surgeon General Wyman'or the Marine Hospital Service, -in his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury will reoom mend, so it is said, as a measure of safety to the country during the progress of the World's Columbian Exposition, that imml gration be suspended for at least one year from January 1 next This is based on the prediction of sanitary experts that cholera is almost certain to reappear in European countries next spring. It is regarded as almost certain that tbe Secretary of the Treasury will indorse the proposition a a part of his general plan for the establish ment of a quarantine service. CLEVELAND AS A TAE1FF-MAKEE. Mr. Bri ckenridge Favors a Bill Framed by the Next President Washington, Dec. a Representative W. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, is in favor somewhat of a departure from custom in the matter of the preparation of the Democratic tariff" revision bilL He thinks it should be done under direction of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Breckenridge says that the people have confidence in Mr. Cleveland, and he thinks that Mr. Cleveland should, with the assistance ot his Cabinet and officials, prepare a tariff bill to be submit ted to Congress in lieu of a mere message in recommendation. This bill, he says, could be considered in the Committee on Ways and Means, and such amendments as were agreed on could be adopted in the House and Senate and a great deal of time and trouble be saved. Mr. Breckenridge said he was opposed to an extra session earlier than next autumn, and was apparently not favorable to an ex tra session at all HOW THE HOUSE WILL STAND. The Latest Figures Give the Democrats a Plurality of Jnst 89. Washington, Dec. a A roll of members-elect to the Fifty-third Congress is be ing compiled in the office of the clerk of the House. The work has been done with care, but until Mr. Kerr, who is ont of the city, returns and approves of it, the roll will not be published. Tbe unofficial list shows 217 Democrats, 128 Republicans, 8 Populists, two districts in Rhode Island, in which elections have yet to be held, and the Fifth district of Michigan, at present represented by Mr. Belknap, left blank for the reason that it is regarded as still in doubt Harrison's Message P roofs Revised. Washington, Dec a The President .spent his entire time to-day in his private office revising the proof slips of his annual message to Congress. The members of his Cabinet conferred with him during the day regarding the topics considered in'the mes sage, and accompanying documents will be transmitted to both Houses of Congress next Tuesday. A MIDHIGHT ALAEM. Inhabitants of a Village Over a Burning Mine Aroused and Take Flight Hazleton, Dee. a The people of Honeybrook village, over the Honeybrook mines, which have been on fire for some days, spent last night in terror. Just be fore midnight the burning mine closed in completely, shutting off access to the slope. The fire now has full sway, and will in time completely destroy mines No. 1 and 5. The earth caved in over nearly 500 yards square, carrying with it a number of houses, the big Honeybrook store and the postoffice and bank about two ieet At 2 o'clock this morning a party of men aroused the occupants of the houses. In about 20 minutes the streets were filled with people who remained out of doors un til daylight Cracks in the earth two feet wide are seen. One sick woman was oar Vied out in her bed. The earth over the abandoned breasts sank in some instances IS or 20 feet ARTQN'S BIG PULL Exploits 'Of a Financial Ad- Tenturer the Talk of a Disgusted Nation. WITH PAPEES IN HIS BOX Incriminating Deputies and Officers, He Defies Justice. FRANCE'S CABINET D' AUTOPSIE Etill a Problem, the Second vTould-Ee Premier Giving Dp the Job. LATEST FROM THE PAKAHA INQUIRY CBT CABLE TO TEX DISPATCH. 1 Paeis, Dec. a Copyright The mud of corruption in which the Government and the press of France are being dragged has grown deeper and blacker this week. No body can yet say what the disgusted nation which is -watching the sorry spectacle will do. The charges of wholesale bribery in con nection with the Panama enterprise, have at length something tangible to rest upon, and most people now believe that the worst features ot the current accusations wUl be proved politically. The sitnation is not encouraging, and guesses upon the outcome are not worth making. Nobody presumes to forecast the "Cabinet d'Autopsie," for as such the new ministry, owing to the is sue which gave it birth, will be known. M. Perier, who was summoned yesterday by President Carnot to form a Cabinet after M, Brisson bad abandoned the undertaking, has, also, given up the task, finding it im possible to get the men he wanted to accept the portfolios offered to them. Trying to Hold Back the Evidence. The Panama scandal itself receives much greater attention than the political compli cations which have grown out of it It is a matter of some surprise that any revela tions at all have been made before this ex tra judicial body, the committee of 33 of the Chamber. The judiciary and public prose cutor have prevented the disclosure of the principal part of their evidence, but the fact that much has already appeared leads to the impression that many sensational facts are in reserve. The most interesting figure that has ap peared in the investigation is Arton. the banker, so-called. If half that is told of him be true he will take a prominent place among the adventurers of the age. The following sketch of his recent history, Erinted to-day, shows that for several years e had a commission of 10 per cent on all dynamite sold in Prance, and in this man ner he received annually from the Panama Company J24.000. The Wily Banker Gets Into Trouble. In June the directors of the dynamite company accused Arton of speculating ex tnsirnrin the name of theASodeus de .Dynamite -Ihiiaaae4r admitted ttffstho' bad done so. ne stated tuat ne intenuea to repay the company, and asked for three months' grace. The directors replied that a general meeting of tbe shareholders, was at hand and explanations-'would then be come necessary. At the utmost they could only allow 24 noun. Arton said it would be impossible to meet obligations in that limited time. He was then told that law proceedings would be commenced against him. All this took place in the afternoon. Arton then went off to amuse himself, ac cording to his custom. Next morning he telegraphed for news to an official ot the sooiety. He was told that tbe snmmons had been issued. He then went to Yoisins, and lunched with two friends. He told them that he had a pistol and wanted to know how to kill himself! The friends told him not to think of such a thing, especially as he had so many people in his power. The Adventurer Works His Poll. On their advice he left Paris and took private lodgings in London, first securing some means, $30,000 in cash. He gave one of his friends a thick packet on which were words enjoining tbat it should be burned in case of Alton's death or of his disappear ance for two months. In July Arton wrote from London for the envelope, and also asked his friend to get Baron de Beinach to use his influence in order that leeal investi gations against the fugitive might not be carried to excess. Arton also wrote to a friend, telling him that he himself had asked Beinach by letter to calm the zeal of M. Goran, of the Detective Department, who was on his track in London. Meanwhile one of his friends had visited Beinach, and was told to see Arton regard ing the incriminating Panama documents. TJie friend, carrying the big envelope,' went to London and found Arton. The envelope, when opened, contained letters, notebooks and an address and a list ef the deputies. The friend, having conferred with the fugi tive, then went back to Baron Beinache's. Soon afterward Arton was.Ieft in peace by the police. A Personal Transformation. Since then, the story goes on to say, Arton is a new man. He has changed not only bis name, but his personal appearance. Before the final transformation scene was effected, the financier paid a flying visit to Paris t see his lawyer. Latterly hi was in Cologne, but is now in a city where he is endeavoring to rebuild his fallen fortunes. M. Clement, Commissary of Police, de livered to the Panama Canal Committee the 26 checks tbat M. Thierrees had handed to Baron Beinach, and which the latter had deposited in the Bank of Prance in the name of a firm of coulissiers. These checks, which represented 3,391,975 francs, were exchanged with Baron Beinach by M. Thierrees for a single check drawn upon the Bank of France by the Panama , Canal Company. The police seized these checks tnis morning in accordance with tbe sug gestion made to the committee yesterday by M. .Beaupaire, the Public Prosecutor. The checks were found at M. Tbierree's office. They spent the day in examining them. The committee decided not to divulge the ames of the payees, but the members of the committee were authorized to declare that no member of the Chamber of Depu ties was among them. Each check bore only one signature and indorsement The committee will keep their names secret un til the payees are heard in explanation. Domiciliary visits will be made at the resi dence of each of the payees in order to verify their identity. A Constitutional Question Involved. The Associated Press says: The present crisis is not merely political, bnt it is one in which a great, constitutional question is at stake. The Panama Canal Investigating Committee has shown a disposition to over step constitutional rights. Its demand that the documents to be used in the judicial prosecution be handed over to it, is regarded as a direct attack upon the most conserva tive and inviolable institution of the judi cial power. M. de Beaurepaire's refusal to crive'them up is approved by all who have not lost their heads over the Panama Canal affair. Had M. Brisson, as head of the Commit tee of Investigation, been successful in forming a Cabinet, his success wonld. have been interpreted as an acceptance by the deputies of the committee's illegal policy, J tbe result oi wnicn n wouiu nave uaeu im possible to foresee. M. Brisson's openly avowed intention of displacing M. de Freycinet and M. Bur deau, in the face of popular opposition, also greatly contributed to his failure, which was hailed with general satisfaction. Borgeois Summoned to Try Bis Hand. M. Casimir Perier's failure to form a Cab inet was due to his inability to obtain tbe support of the advanced Republicans, which was necessary, as be aimed to form a Minis try of the best men of all parties; and, further, to tbe insuperable difficulty of finding a suitable man to take the portfolio of the Minister oi Justice. His proposed Cabinet, it was circulated this morning, was comprised of men possessing public confi dence, severallrom M. Loubet i Ministry, whom M. Brisson had ignored. The news of Mr. Perier's failure was re ceived with general regret Even his op ponents admitted his integrity, while the Conservatives had promised to support his administration, his policy on economic questions being identical with theirs and favoring the Melin tariff. When M. Casimir Perier's withdrawal became known, the opinion was general tbat M. de Freycinet would be asked to form a dissolution Ministry, which it was expected would be the) present Cabinet re modelled, with M. CoAstans in tbe Home Office and MM. Loubet and Bicard omitted. President Carnot, however, at 7 o'clock to night, sent lor M. Bourgeois and asked him to make an effort to form a Ministry. M. Bourgeois' decision has not yet been' an nounced. If he refuses to task or fails in the attempt MM. do Freycinet and Tirard are the next favorites. THE SPREE'S ESCAPE. Only Water-Tight Compartments Pre vented the Iioss of the Bis Atlantic Liner With All Her Passengers General Howard and Evangelist Moody Aboard. QtjEENSTOWir, Deo. a The overdue steamship Spree arrived in port to-day in tow of another vessel. A North German Lloyd's steamship will sail from Bremen to day to take off the Spree's passengers and convey them to New York. The -Spree's main shaft broke down No vember 20. Part of the machinery went through her bottom under the second cabin, which immediately filled with water. The passengers thought the vessel was going to the bottom and rushed on deck. . For a time a panic prevailed, and the officers were helpless to calm the people. The water could be heard rushing through the hole in tbe bottom, and in a short time the ves sel began to settle. Ths passengers ran hither and thither in the wildest confusion, but when they saw the vessel was not im mediately going to the bottom, the counsels of the officers and the more cool-headed among their own number prevailed. As soon as tbe acoident occurred the boat's crews were piped to their stations and everything was plaoed in readiness for the abandonment of the vessel, should such a course be deemed necessary. The stew ards busied themselves in getting pro visions to the boats. It was shortly seen, however, that- the water-tight bulkheads were answering their purpose. The Spree was then about 1,000 miles from Queenstown. The Lake Huron towed "her the entire distance back. Tbe Spree leaked so badly that it was impossible for the pumps to gain on the water, which is still 30 feet deep in'the after compartment The Spree has on board 283 passengers, among whom are uenerai ,u. u. Howard. TX a A, and"DwjfehtL. MoeyV theevan-jlhyajtlmidatton, coercion and force, to rgliVioir-fespaifeengeY-was 0'ficira!PtfAteainearnninB,-Kfeir places. frightened mac ne leapea overDoara' nna was; drowned. SAGACITY OF All ELEPHAHT. It Utilizes a Couple or Halfpence 4b Work a Penny Slot Macbirfe. CBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH. IVondon, Dec. 3. The penny-in-tue-ilot machine has been adapted "to the nse of elephants at the Manchester Zoo. When a visitor gives ah elephant a penny the animal drops it in the slot and gets a biscuit It is novuso to try and deceive tbe animals. Halfpennies thofe despised coins are always flung in the face of the giver. The other day a visitor gave the baby ele phant a number ot half pennies in succes sion, which were all thrown back. The animal was then given two half pennies at the same time. The creature's demeanor changed. For more than five minutes he held the two coins in his trunk, rubbing them together and seemingly pondering deeply. At last he dropped the two half pence in the box together, with the result that the combined weight gave him the de sired biscuit, at which he gamboled about in a manner which exhibited extravagant delight , WILLIAM ASI0B AND CI1VEDEH. A Really Beautiful Country Seat Leased by the Wealtny American. 1ET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, Dec. 3. There is a good deal of "surprise over William Astor's leasing of the Duke of Westminster's estate at Clive den for the winter. Cliveden is a beautiful country seat np the Thames, about 23 miles from London. It has been used only as a ?lace for summer entertainment by the )uke, and nobody has thought of it as a winter residence. Mr. Astorhimselt says nothing about his plana , A few weeks ago the Associated Press sent to America an unfounded report that Mr. Astor was insane. In answer to in quiries at that time the Astor family denied the rumor, but at the same time announced that never again would they answer any in quiry or make any communication to repre sentatives oi the press. THEIR WAG0H CAPSIZED. A California Family Fleeing From a Flood Nearly Wiped Out Pleasanton, CAL., Dec. 3. A family named Nickelson was drowned while trying to ford Arroyo creek. The heavy rains of the past week have caused the creeks in this vicinity to overflow their banks. When Arroyo ereek began rising Nickelson decided to remove his family, consisting of wife and three children, his sister-in-law and hired fnao, from their dwelling io Caledona, a small island in the creek, to the mainland. The swiftcurrent of the creek overturned the wagon, throw ing the occupants into the water. Mrs. Nickelson and little daughter were swept awav and drowned. Tbe father en deavored to save one of his sons, but was himself overcome, perishing-with the latter. The hired man, by a desperate effort, suc ceeded in drawing the remaining son and Mrs. Nickelson's sister to the land. A searching party has recovered the bodies of Nickelson and the 11-year-old son, but those of Mrs. Nickelson and-daughter have not been found. A DE3PEBATB HOMESTEAD SO.1t Tires of Ufa in Cincinnati and Tries to Drown Herself. Cincinnati, Dec. 3. SpuAaL About noon to-day a poorly but neatly clad- girl was noticed wandering about the Ohio river at the foot of Bace street Suddenly she walked out on a barge and sprang headlong 'into the river. Meredith Stanley, the bridge jumper, saw her leap and went after her in a skiff, and got her just in time. She was taken to a barge sbaaty and resuscitated. "She gave -ber same as vAJlee Can; of JHosae- stead. Pa., ana Mia wie na ne inesaj,. THE PINKERTONS T And How They Came to Send 300 Men With Arms to the Carnegie Iklills. A LONGr OPEN' STATEMENT, In Which Boh Gives1 the Allegheny Sheriff the Worst of It. Ho Declares His Men Wouldn't Have Been Bent to Pittsburg if They Weren't to Have Been Deputized toy Sheriff McCleary The 3uns Shipped to the Union Supply Company Judge Parson's Charge Incorporated as Part of the Statement Why the Carnegie Company Anticipated Vio lence The Workmen Thought They Were Opposing the Landing of Non Unlonists Powderly Unmercifully Handled by the Detective Agency. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PISFATCB.l New Yoke, Dec. a When B. A. Pink erton was a witness before the United States, Senate Committee that was investigating the labor troubles of last summer at Home stead he raid he would prefer, instead of an open statement, to submit to them a writ ten statemen t of the relationship of the Pinkertons to that affair. That statement was submitted to-day. It begins with a review of the history of the trouble. Irf says: The company's officials knew from past experience what the whole community knows, tbat in case they failed- to agree or accede to the terms of their workmen and tbe dictation of the Amalgamated Associa tion there would be a sudden and concerted cessation of.work at a given signal, and at tempts made to prevent other labor from Ailing tbe va'cant places. If tbe plant shut down until the strikers saw fit to return to work or to permit others to nil their places, great and irreparable injury would result, Involving the temporary abandonment to, competitors of a trade and business whioh had taken millions of Investment and years of labor to establish. On the other hand tbe works could bo operated without loss or cessation by the employment of non-union labor, of whioh there was an abundant sup ply, and wbo.would certainly be attracted to Homestead by the exceptionally high wages paid by the Carnegie Company. Why Opposition Was Anticipated. It was reasonable for the company to ex- pect trouble with Its employes In case of a failure to agree upon a scale of wages" and 4ijnticipate attempts on the part of the Indeed, in.viewfdfaimflar strikes during- thtr last 80 years, it wouia seem almost puerile to argue that tbe employers enonid have relied upon the offors and pretensions of the mem bers of tbe so-called Advisory Committee, and should have waited until their new workmen were attacked and assaulted and their property pillaged and destroyed before apprehending danger thereto or em ploying watchmen to protect them or call ing upon the legal authorities for the en forcement of the law. While tbe negotiations were pending with the Amalgamated Association, which in case or disagreement would inevitably re sult in a strike similar to that of 1ES9, the Carnegie Company applied to Plnkerton's National Detective Agency to ascertain if the agency could supply, in case of necessi ty, 300 watchmen. Tbe reputation and re sponsibility of the asency guaranteed to the company the character and conduct of the men to be sent Much Blame raid on the Sheriff. Before final arrangements were made or tho watchmen bad started from NeV York or Chicago, tbe Carnegie Company applied for protection to the high Sheriff, of Alle gheny county. He conceded, as we1 under stood, tbat he would be practically power less to bandlefsucli a large strike and to protect tbe lives of non-nnlon employes if any attempt should be made to send any such workmen to Homestead. In or about Pittsburg or Homestead no adequate force could have been obtained. a he Sheriff then knew tbat the company proposed to employ watolimen at its own expense to protect in propear, and agreed to swear in these watchmen as deputies If that became necessary. Hie agency refused to send anywatob men wltbout tbe knowledge and approval of tbe local authorities, and they were sent upon the distinct understanding that tbe men should be fully deputized. There can be no dispute as to these facts. As soou asjue strike was declared, before any Pinkerton men bad been sent from Chicago or New York, the so-called Ad visory Committee of tbe strikers took possession ofHomestead and placed pickets, guards and sentinels on the different streets and roads and at the works. The Advisory Committee virtually declared martial law, and took possession and control of tho property of tbe company. It was then, and then only, tbat the final orders were given to sent watchmen from Chicago andNew York. Judge Paxson Quoted In Extenao. The statement quotes the charge ot Chief Justice Paxson to the grand jury of Pitts burg in support of these assertions, and continues: i . The acts referred to by Judge Paxson were done before tbere was any public sug- ?estion or mention of tbe employment of inkerton watobmen, and tbe conspiracy which tbe Advisory Committee and strikers entered upon was for the avowed purpose of preventing workmen from entering the employ of the Carnegie Company and labor ing lor the exceptionally high prices offered by the company. The strikers had no grievance or wrong to redress, no danger or peril to anticipate or guard against except the advent at Homestead of other workmen seeking employment for the support of themselves and their families and tbo high pay which the strikers bad refused and spurned. Yet It Is urged tbat tbe Carnegie1 Company should have submitted to tbe Ad visory Committee and have accepted tbe protection and guard of tbe strikers them selves. There was only one vital principle at stake in tbe contest, between tbe Amalga mated Association and the company named whether the latter should bo allowed to employ non-union men. Alleged Characters of the Men. Tho men -we sent were carefully selected. More tHan two-thirds were well known to us and our superintendents, for they were either in our employ a the time or had pre viously been employed by us iu similar work. Our men were sent at nlglic by barge in or der to prevent a breach of the peace. It was hoped and expected that they would land upon the private property or tbe company without the knowledge of the strikers. Had it been known tbat tbe strikers would fire on the barges the men in charge would have refused to start from Pittsburg, and no at tempt would have been made to go to Home stead unless under the orders and command of the Sneriff and fitter our men had been duly deputized. The arms were sent from Chicago to the Union Supply Company, at Pittsburg. It was oar desire and understanding tbat the boxes should be placed Inside the works of tha enmnanv. and there distributed toour iea if necessary, after they had been sworn HOMES ,- r "is: "'- ' jrlkrs'7 ' ' 'p ' ' $ TEE BIGGEST HOLIDAY in as deputies. They were not shipped to Homestead before the arrival of the watch men because the strikers had possession at the place and would have prevented the de livery of the arms andprouably confiscated tbem if sent by rait Tbe arm were sent on tne barges at the property. Had the arms been sent by rail, as orlglually intended, our men would have been absolutely de fenseless on the barges. The Instructions as to Arms. Our instructions were that our men should not be armed unless they were first sworn in as deputies by tbe Bheriff of Allegheny county, and tbe men would not have been sent under any consideration unless the Sheriff had distinctly promised to deputize them. In nearly every strike our men have only carried arms after having been depu tized by tbe legal authorities. The Sheriff sent his deputy. Colonel Gray, to accompany our men. It wi9 distinctly promised that npon the first sign of trouble they would be sworn in. Berore the barges reached the works at Homestead flriifg commenced from the shore. Hlnde, a capa ble and responsible man, who had been in our employ for ten years, was in charge of tbe watolimen. As Boon ns the firing began he applied to Gray to swear tbom in, but Gray refused, saying that lfwonld be lime enough when they got to the works. As soon as the barges passed the bend in tbe river and approached the bank of the private property of the Carnegie Company Gray again was appealed to for the purpose of having tbe men duly deputized. He re peated tbat it wonld be time .enough after 'ourmeirlaWBdi''""" .. , More Blame on the .Local Offlcsrs- It was not until after Gray had boeu thus twice requested to comply with tho Sheriff's promise thas any arm were distributed. Twelve rifles were handed to somaof our most reliable men. An attempt was. then made to place on tbebank a gangplank from one of the barges. The strikers at once re newed their attaok by firing upon the barges. At this fire six of our men were in jured, Inoludlng Hinde, who was bit by two rifle balls, and Kline, who was killed. Prior to this not a single shot had been fired from the barges. The attack, was made not because the strikers were suddenly excited or exasper ated at the presence of ourmen, but because they believed the barges contained non union laborers. The labor leaders are constantly attack ing the charaoter of tbe men employed by our agency. We know of no complaints on the part of our employers as to the integrity, sobriety and behavior of our watchmen en gaged in strikes. None of our watchmen have, s6 far as we know, ever been con victed of a crime. Mr. Powderly, who is at the head or the Knights of Labor, charged tbat we employ men of bad character, al though he admitted that none of our men have ever been convicted ot a crime. His testimony berore the Judiolary committee or the House of Representatives would have resulted In his conviction for perjury if given in a court of Justice, and its falsity would have been easily showp had he been cross-examined by any one familiar with the fcts. A few examples will show this. A Defense of the Pinkertons. Mr. Powderly stated that an alien, Adolph Polletschek, was engage by our agent, "who made no inquiry as to who or what be was." When employed by ns Polletschek spoke English fluently and said he was a citizen of the United States, said tbat he was a member of a prominent Democratic organization In tbe city or Xew York, and that he resided there for 13 years. It wsb fnrtber charged that our men wantonly and recklessly fired upon bystanders, and in support of this assertion Mr. Powderly cited theiniury to John McCarthy. August 16, 1830, during tbe New Yoik Central strike. McCarthy, the Pinkertons soy, was en gaged for two or three days before he wbr shot in throwing stones at brakemen on passing trains at a place where it was neces sary fofthe brakemen to have control of their trains to keep them from running awav down a heavy grade to a drawbridge across the Hudson. Qbitructions were also placed on the track. The statement (hen deals with a number of charges made by Powderly, in which the Pinkerton men were accused of unlawful acts, such as inducing men to pat obitrac tions on tbe tracks during the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy strike, putting dynamite on tbe tracks of tbe Denver and P.io Grande road, putting an explosive in a. mold at the Chicago stove works, and pour ing acid on a hoisting rope during the granite workers strike in thir city. Another Mode of Reasoning. The answer to these is that members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers confessed to the crime of placing dynamite on the tracks of tbe Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road and turned State's evi dence, and It was on their iestimony that their companions were 'convicted; that none of the Pmkertou men were employed dur ing the Denver and Bio Grande strike, nor during tbe granite workers' strike in New York, and that it was a striker and a mem ber ot the Stove Workers' Union who put the explosive in the mold, and that he was arrested and pleaded guilty to the crime. Mr. Pinkerton then continues: In the Fennsvlvauia coke strike the shoot ing was done by th.regular deputies o the Sheriff, several day berore our men ar rived. In tue matter of the James brother', in Missouri, to wblcn Senator Vest has also referred, it may bo stated tbat tbo worn in injured was the mother of the James brothers, and the boy killed was tholr step brother. These James brothers were no torious outlaws and tnurderero, and tor ?-eara committed murder and lubberywlth mpunity. It cannot be reasonably doubted that if labor organizations or thelrleaders honestly condemned outrage and force, they could readily disolpllne and control their awn members, anu we should no longer witness the scenes tbat attend nearly ull strikes and that are such a disgrace to labor in this country. Beaver Falls Government Building. BkAVEKjB'ai.I.s, Dec. 3. IhpectaL The .Harmony Society, of Eeonomy, ,hs re-J ' ir if PRIZE J.V TBE STATE. ceivedacheckfor $11,000 from the United States Government in payment for the ground lor the new Government building for this city. The Government architect is now preparing the plans for the structure. The contract "will be let by the latterpart of this month. GLASS WORKS TIED UP. The Men In a Monde Establishment Tired of Their Tank. Mtjncie, Ind., Dec. & Specud, The big window glass works of Maring, Hart& Co. are closed down and nearly 300 em ployes are idle. A few weeks since the greafcoqtinuous tank just built in the fac tory at a cost of 5100,000 was started. The system is to a certain extent a new one, nnd some trouble has been experienced, causing the workers to lose big- money be cause Oi poor glass. Last mgnt it was agreed among the blowers to tie up the fac-- tory and present a new scale or wages to be paid until the tank worked as it should. Th e guarantee wanted is the same as that at tho Jeannette, Pa., factory. Mr. Hart made the men the following .Lnffer nt it was reacted: Lowest. $120- 96: double, 5168; second double, isrc; largest, 9210. xnese ngures are lor ana uuuu ,v nr In-nr wrrlri 1i liars' work, and 5It. Hart says a working day is about 6 hours. The above ngures ne oners to guarantee, and if the men can make more than that it is their pri vilege. Mr. Hart is President of the Window Glass Manufact urers' Association and one of the best posted glass manufacturers in the country. A BIG PATENT TEST. The Bight of TJgbtlng and Propelling Motor Cars With One Current to Be Tried. TolSdo, O., Dec a Suits were brought here to-day against the Toledo Consolidated Bailway. It is claimed that the patents for thq running and the lighting of ears with the same current of electricity, and the lighting of streets and houses along the line from the current which propels the cars, have beerf infringed upon. This is to be a test suit If the plaintiffs are successful, over 600 street railroads in the United States, alleged by Mr. Bidwell as having infringed upon his father's patent rights, will come in for their share of the trouble. FATTIS0H A PALL-BEABEB At the Funeral at Wilkesbarre of the Late Ex-Governor Hoyt Wn.KESBABBE,Dec. 3. The funeral of the late ex-Governor Henry M. Hoyt was held here this afternoon in the Pirst Pres byterian Church. The remains lay in state during the morning. The face of the dead appeared as natural as in life and but little wasted. The remains were accompanied to the cemetery by a guard of honor of tbe G. A.B. At the church the services were the sim ple ritual of burial, conducted by Bev. Dr. Hodee. Governor Pattison arrived at neon and acted as one of the pall-bearers, THE DISPATCH DIRECTOR!. m.. I.m. nf1Sr TlTHVHTR tA-dAV Cffllfflqtll A.U17 3w v. s of St pages made up in three parts. The con tents OI tne seconu auu tuiru pnere ro iuuj tabulated: Page 9. Brxciiii C4Bli. Tins Wrmx Bar COMLHQ OT COMXTS. A TEST Or iNTXBXST Page 10. ptrtT.T. APVXBTISX1CE2VTS. CXJUSmZD. Page, 11. DSMIXD FOB IMMIGEATIOX EXSTKICTIOX. Page 13. Sorxos or goencrr. The Music Wobld Page 13. YotraOwxMiLLnrXB...... Era A. Schsbert GOSSIT FOBTIIIli-ArB.......-..aiargrei a. neicu Cjlsx ot the Bid Boom.... lOllce Serena Page 14. A PaDtmvB Stot. Page 15. ABrrrxwor SFObts. John S. Prlngle NO roETtrax NXEDJCD. Page 17. A YUTXEX LAUBXATI. ED1TOB BOTH KlT.T.Tn. Page 18. ' TOT POOB or Bxblct ...Frank O. Carpenter Mit li EMiBasxcr Howard rielaing SouaGBArxs, Uatbe. Page 19. FoBTtnrES von Ploba Hubert Greusel m ths IfiLX 0V Maw ....Edgar L. Wakeman Oslt ma Bxaisirmo. notxs jlsd Quxsrxs. Page 80. CLAIMS TO THBOVIS Ex-Dlplomit n. mEMn Prcikt TarrlA CArelell AXEWBLOCKSiaXAL, A KACI OV GIAKTS. page Si. TotateicalNews. Axcsxxxar Cards. . Page 22. f -. LADT VESXia'S FLIGHT........ The Dneheu Tories or ini Times .W. G. Kauffman Page 23. wmirnT BXPOBTS. ,TM OIL PlILDg. B. A. E. OOLTOX. , . Page 24. AlAAtJfB Ail AJUnTUH J. UATPUCTAUnnDCQe nhlUIILl I1I1U UIlLOUj Two Important Clnes In tha Borden Mnrder Mystery Eeady to Produce gPJE IS TBIED,i VJrtr A Couple ofg? J Links Thought. to Bave Been Found. THE BLOODY D2ESS BUBNED UP. Fart of tbe Garment, Ihough, tbe District' Attorney Has. THE TRIAL TO BE HELD HEXT M03TH rsrrctAL telegram to thx dispatch. "Kat.t. Eivxb, Mass., Dec. 3. Despite the fact that the indictment against Lizzie A. Borden leads one to believe that the grand jury does not know or did not see the instrument which caused the deaths of Mr and Mrs. Borden, it is believed here that the blade of an ax was shown to the jnrors, and that the Government will Insist that this was the weapon used. An officer of this city was assigned early in the hlstosy of the Borden case to look up the weapon, as it was generally believed tbat tbe one exhibited at the preliminary trial was not the fatal instrument. After several dars of diligent work his labor was rewarded by the discovery of an old-style hatchet with rounded corners and a square head. It was not of the claw-hammer brand. It had been robbed of its handle by being thrust into the fire, and only the charred stub remained in the eye of the blade. One Season for the Indictment. This valuable find was carried by the offi cer to District Attorney Hnowlton and was produced in the grand jury room, and the officer who found it told his story. The jury was, it is alleged, convinced to a man tbat it was the weapon which did the deed. The fact that tbe indictments do not al lege that the murder was committed with this particular hatchet is easily explained. It was not found until some weeks after the murders, and neither was it discovered in the Borden home. Mr. Knowlton knew this, and in drawing the indictments he was content to make no specific claim about the hatchet, as the defense might discover that this would be a vulnerable point, and make an attempt to set up an alibi for the hatchet. Evidence Considered Very Strong;. The District Attorney is satisfied that ths evidence will convince a jury that the hatchet is the identical weapon used. It is also alleged upon good authority that valu able evidence was submitted to the effect that the State bad In its possession part of a burned garment a dress which la held to be the one which the perpetrator of the crime wore to protect j herself from blood. Tha State will at tempt to show that tbis dress was bought ' in New Bedford, and worn at tbe time of 4 the,mnrile- and burned in the kitchen fire Immediately after Miv Bordan was kill. Thli in tha thearr advanced bv-3nff2rfei-- ' livan. The date ot the trial is a matter of specu lation, as is also the place where it will be held. The general impression is that it will take place in January, though this will be settled when the Attorney General con sults with the Chief Justice of the Superior Court as to tbe time when three judges will be at liberty to try the case. n a - 1 A SEA CAPTAIN A MURDERER. One of His PltUburc Belatlves Said to B . a Preacher and Another an Author. Sak Diego, Dec 3. SpedaL Captain John Smith, oi the sloop Louis, is under arrest here for the murder oi young George Neale, one of his crew. Tbe only other member of the crew was Christopher Bil berry, also a mere lad. Bilberry says they started on a guano gather ing cruise for the Southern coast. The boys gave the skipper much trouble, as they soon tired of his domineering ways; but there was no violence till two nights ago, when Bilberry was aroused by a scuffle and neard Neale calling to the Captain from the water not to shoot. Silberry says he saw the Captain raise his rifle and shoot, and then all was still. When asked what he was shooting the Captain said birds. Silberry said nothing, but when he could get ashore he told the Jiolice. When he was arrested Smith calm y admitted he had thrown Keale overboard because the boy "wanted to run the sloop," and it "made him mad." The lad's mother became frantic with grief over his murder, and the people were so stirred np over the outrage that there is talk of lynching Smith, Captain Smith's relative live at Pittsburg. His father is a Presbyterian preacher there, and Mrs. E. .Cfebbarat, of the same place, is the murderer's sister. His uncle is Josiah Copley, of Pittsburg, author of "The Gathering in Buelab." Smith is &t years old and a bachelor. GLASS HEN LOCK HORNS. An Effort-Being Made to TJnlonlzo a BIl Factory at XlUvllle, X. 3. MjiLVTLXE, N. J., Dec. 3. From infor mation that was made publio to-day, it is evident that the United Green Glass Work ers' Association of the United States and Canada intend to lock horns with the non union glass manufacturers of South Jersey, and, if possible, unionize the factories. President Arlington arrived in Brldgetoa yesterday from Massillon and had a secret conference with a large number of non union glass blowers. The majority of the men present are employed at the Cumber land Glass Works. These men said they are willing to come into the union and could induce many of their fellow workmen to do so. They started out to do missionary work to-day, and it is said nearly 100 men have consented to come under the union rules. President Arlington held another secret conference in Brldgetoa to-night Mr. Clark, of the Cumberland Glass Works, when asked about the matter to-dar, said his company have no objections whatever to all their men joining the union if they so desire, but intend hiring whom they please, discharge men when they think they should and take in as many appren tices as they want. "No matter how many of our men join, the union, our factory will not become a union house." JAPAN HAS A BOODLE 8CAHDA1. It Is la the Educational Department and EJks Caused a Resignation. Sax PsANCiaco, Dec. 3. 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