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
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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
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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!.
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nhlUIILl I1I1U UIlLOUj
Two Important Clnes In tha
Borden Mnrder Mystery
Eeady to Produce
gPJE IS TBIED,i
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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.
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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. Jspibsm ad,
viees.to November 10 state that Count Oki
has tendered his .resignation to the Em
peror beeaase of a rcaadal aSeotiag the d
ucatioaal Department.
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