1K1HVM! M lIStUini KS going out of the oity fi.r 1 lie slimmer can have their favorite paper lout to tliem without extra charge. IN NOTIFYING US to chanc tho adilrc plcaso give the paper' old as well as lu new destination. EIGHT 1AGES--5G.V .iU31XS. SCUANTON. PA.. FRI1MY MOHNIXG. JULY 13. 'lS94. TWO CEXTS A COrY. HAS A LARGER' BONA HOE CIRCULATION AMI II THAN ANY PAPEO Tl TRIBUNE G SCRANM BUSINESS IE other horning BS SEASOH OF EXALTATION is j i ei Indications Ttat the End cf The Strike Is Not Far ay. THOUSANDS APPLY FOR WORK Eusincss About Chicago Begins to Show Signs of Returning Vitality. I FEW BUTCHERS JOIN THE STRIKE Yet at the Stock Yards All is Lire and Activity Ths Situallsn Improving Daily From PrcscnJ Appearances tho City Has No Further Need of Troops Trains aro Moving With Regularity and Business, Which , Has Deen in a Stnto of Stagnation, Degins to Display Signs of Life. Tho Work of the Grand Jury is Continued and Many Witnesses Ter'ify President Agrees to Ap point an Investigating Committee. CmcAfio, July 1" "T IS the opinion of lmivIuI ami con j tcrviitivo "observers to'ii'lit thnt I ll.e labor troubles.so far as Chicago L hiiJ its vicinity is eoncern J, aro d;-; (il; by inches In this o;.ii)ion tho n tberiti-s at army hi.'iidqu.irters, at t. govr:n:ieiit building mid ut tho j. siict ilt'p ii-tiui!r:t are practically li HtlilllcUS. Unit' tl Stutes Marshal Arnobl, who 1. -a kept his finder upon tlio key of tint s. u iliou from the moment the author i.y of hid ofiice was invoked, said this a.ier::oon to the United Press, us lui is sued orders for tho calling iu of StiO of l deputies: "The strik or revvdt, or vi luiti'Ver it in iy b called, is pruc'.; c lly a thing of tlio p lot. Order pre v ilii everywhere within his jtirisdic t a, and it is my cpiui.ui tu it the t ops might be withdrawn tomorrow i. boat iippr-l-eiision of the pis ability o' further disorder. The crisis run b '"ii passed mid with safety. The sam impression prevailed t: rwugliout the city, liusiness of all k 'ids, and which hns been in a state of p rniysis for over a week, commences show symptoms of returning vitnl i:y. The retail stores were thronge 1 .jMi customers and country buyers bu tt m to Dhow their fae-s at the whole s' lw establishments. Tile tickt sellers li the v.iriaUa depots weri kept busy a J ut the box offices of the theaters, v 'lich have done a beggarly business f rit week or more, advance sales weru actually roported. Everywhere there v T ' indications of tua g-n-r 1 belief U it even if the trouble was not abso lutely over, the word hud been seen. THOUSANDS APPLY FOIi WOHK. The railroad managers were espec ially elated. R"ports from every rjtnr ti - show that mem, by the thousand, I nkers as well as those unemployed, by no fault or nction of their own, were applying for work, and that busi n ss of all kiud.i was being rcsuiu-d hh n vidly as could ba expcted, ti ruler the circumstances. Some of the ri ails that have been moat directly af fected, posted notices in their down tewn ticket flice to the (H-ct that tl y wero prepared to receive freight a,d to forward it with reasonable jjnmplnefs. At the same time tl.oy (i ivf it out that the cuinmi'rcia! com B iinity could not expect normal con 3. ions to be resumed in a day or nven week. At the headquarter of the American P ii'.way uuion. ther wng no falling t f iu the enthusiasm or in the claims o ultinii.te victory that has been mani ft st jii since the boycott was declared, 'i'ne reports received from theoffi c rs cf the various local trade- org4ui t tions placed the number that hud c ne oni in response to the call at 15, (i 0 or 20,000, but at the B.ime tinm no authenticated figures were prodU'N-d to justify the claim. Tlio officers Hi d directors of the union held a btief conference during tho after ni on with W. W. Erwin, who has berni p tained us epecinl counsel, but no defi nite line of policy either in regard to the threatened prosecution of the raii wiy managers or tbt) defend of tho of h its and others arrested under the in dictments found by the federal grand jury, was mapped out. Tho questions ii;olved will be further diseased to D ghl or tomorrow morning. Tliotoit U Hon from the strike standpoint een terod mainly today about tne spicial ir oeting or the executive conncil of the American Federation of Labor. HOPE OF THE ItADICALS. The radicals were in hopes that Pres ident tiompors and his associates would furor general request to ell the uuions iffiliaUd with tho Federation to lend Ibeir aid to tlio sympathetic strike al ready inaugurated, but the early ex piesulons of the New York labor load n fulled to give them any great en couragement. He waa anxious, be laid, to do whntevor could ba doun ta biiug order out ot what threatened to htcouiu chaoa, but whether this conld b' nccouiplished by a general strike iraong the members of the Fedeeation n is an open quo?tion, and the mem bi rs of the council were equally cou- rvative. Up to a late hour no response had hi mi received to the telegram sent Pi'ldent Cleveland. Everything was quiet throughout lli f lily today cxc-spl at the stock yards, Micro a few hundred striking butchers ktucked nn Incoming tr iln of of cattle Hid by tampering with a switch de milnd tho eugine. Two companies of u.litia were brought to the scene In nick time and the moD was just as julck in scattering. Several heuvy trains wera sent in and out during the day. Of the 5.011 ) butchers in the yards less than 500 went out in oiiipliiincn with the up peal of Grand Master Workmaa Sovereign, the remsiuder continuing at work, The federal grand jury examined a large number of witnesses today con criiing the sayiugs and doings of tho ffllcers and directors of tho Railway u:,iou. Some of those wero liowspapur reporters who wero tiskod to testify con cerning the accuracy of interviews with I'lvsident Djbs and Vice-rreid-dent lloward that hud been printed in their pupr& In ou. case a reporter declined to iifRrm nn interview which he had written ou the ground that it had been mangled by tho blue pencil of tho copy reader, whila two others ro fusod to respond to tho iutorrogatoro s on the ground that statements to tbeia in tlio renertoriul capacity wero privi U'KO i. The correMpond.ints havo been ordered to re-nppoar bjfore the grand jury tomorrow. Many of the questions put to the witnesses today relat 'd to What wis dekiguated a "tr.msoiiable utter lncl,' on the part of Debs and other ollicers of tiie union. Tiiis give rise to the rumor that indictments for treason iniyht be supplemented for thos,i al ready found airainst the ofiiicsrs of the organization. District Attorney IUU christ, however, denied that anything of the kind w;is contemplated. a cosiissia'sEcoiiED. President Will Select Committee to Investigato Labor Troubles Whon the Strike Is Over, WAStnsciTOS, D. C, Ja'y 12 Presi dent Cleveland informed a committe'.i repreent iug organized labor tiiis after uoou that Ue would iu tho iuar future aiipoint a commission coinpos"d of thioe nienibtrs of whom the United States commissioner of labor wiil I " the chnirtu ni, uml-r 'hapti:r 1, L. of the laws of lbij0 to inquire i ,to mid investigate thoroughly the caus.-u lead ing uu to the present l.ibor liisiiu'bauc s of the country. This iiniinniieemeiit was made at the executive rn insiun at 5 o'clock to J, V. li .yes treto ral sec retary of the Knights of Labor; T. 13. McGuire and O. A French. Tluse gentlm"!i called by an tip pointmeut arranged earlior in the dav. They were shown into the president's working room, where they presented their credentials and made formal ap plication to tne president to appoint a t rd of arbitration under the law of 1S lhe presi'ient listened to the labor men as tlioy rresoi.te I tlielr views, and then toid tliem that as a con lition pre-cd-nt to maUingsiiciran appointment, all strikes must be called olf by ornan-iz-d labor an I all violenc.) and mob rule cense. 11-5 informed them that law and order must be restored before he took any steps looking in tho direc tion of ascertaining tun causes that produced tli present condition of affairs. United States troops would bo still retained In the disturbed sections to see that the orders of the United States courts were enforced, interstate trpfiic must be resuinad and pence restored throughout the country. The labor committee was given to understand that this commission would be appointed apart from miy demands made by the Btrikers for arbitration. In fact the commission would have under the law no power to arbitrate, but simply to investigate and report its conclusion do the president and to congress. Private Secretary Thurbor late to night authorized the following state ment in regard to the president's in tended appointment of a commissioner: "Sjnator Kyle introduced to the presi dent, ly appointment, this afternoon a committee representing various labor urgatiiz itions, who applied to him for the appointin.-nt of a committee to investigate the CHlisesof tho late strike and the occasion of the controversy be tween certain railroads which wore "fleeted thereby and their employes, Tn law passed on the first of October, 188, especially authorizes the ap piintmeutof such a commission and dofjni-s fts duties. It provides that the comniimioner of labor shut! be chair man and that two other commissioners shall bo appointed by tho preiideut. It appearing to the president that tl," parties wtr. entitled to sucil a com inbsiou. under the law, he determined to organize it for investigation. Tun crminiissioners to be appoitite.il by him have bjen selected and it will prob ably be a num. tier of days 0-foro the appointments are announced " GEORGE OHRABPAGE. He Eways a Cr. wd Wlih Wild Utter ances at Conpgr Union. New YoitK, July 13 The labor demonstration at Cooper Union tonight was ou of tho most extraordinary out pourings of pooplo ever seen in this oity. It was a meeting which expressed its convictions in tho loudest ways hissing nod hooting tho name of Presi dent Oloveland so vohemently that Henry George, who was speaking, bad to cry "what's the use?" Dmiel Harris, who presided, in a brief speech, introduced Mr. Georgu, who proved tho star spRgtr of the evening. He was mora than usually ve hement in ('enunciations of the use of federal troops to put down the strikers. In the stand tlioy took, he said, Governor Altgold and Governor Waits ware right aud tho action of tho president in sending troops was nn arrouunt .assumption of authority. Hj would rathor see all the railroad property in the country bur.-iod all the rails torti op than to see them preserved by force of amis. The inilliouiares had made their money by rubbery and dobauch cry by tho purchasj of judges nnd legislators -and now they wanted to preserve them by the bayonets. Then Mr. Geort'o entered into a lengthy condemnation of President Cleveland, who he said, from the first had taken the part of the capitalists against the striirs. Every mention of the presi lent'b name was greeted with n storm of hisses. Mr. George further condemned the president for bis appointment of federal ofilcers in the west. "What are yon going to do nbont It?" he siked. "impeach him." shouted cms voice. "Hang him," another Nearly everybody seemo t to have a remedy. Mr. George, however, differed from all tboir suggestions. He said tiie system would have to be funda mentally changed. When Mr. G-orge sat down tho chairman read a telegram, from M iiniiel (lumpers fro'ii Chicago, which united that the voice of labor should bo hoard from New York, advising them to bo calm, and assuring them of final suc eesB. Whetlmr Mr. Gompers meant tho success of tlio strike or the causa of labor tho telcKi'utti did not state. THE NERVE OF I3R. GOKiPERS. lvsquosla the Pi'ildunt of the TJuited Slates to ( ' mi to Chicago. CiiK AUO, July 12 The only action taken at tlio aft rnoon session of the 1-ilxir conference called by President Gouiper of the American Federation of lahor, was the sending of a telegram to President Cleveland earnestly re questing him to como in perso.i or si nd a representativ to intend tho confer once. Tho telegram was as follow; To the l'residei.t of the United States: Tlio uravity ot the industrial situation of the country demand! extraordinary and exceptional action of a conciliatory char acter at tho hiiiids of all limn. Kecogni.ing this fact tli executive council of tne American Federation of Labor, and tlm undcrsigiiril, executive olllceis ot the National and International trader unions ami biolherlioods of railroad orgnniza ions of America, aro lu confer ence in t li is city. We ask yon, m the name of llio working peoplo and the entire citizenship of our country, to load your inlliieiico and give us your nid, i-o tluir, the present industrial cris-is may be brought to an end nlilcoto the advantage of the people ot tho couutry aud the institution under which wo liv. We therefore a-k you to como to Chi cago. or if the state uf public bmino.ss does not warrant such a course, that you will deputize Home nue as your representative. Signed: Samuel tiompors, President of the American Federation of Labor and the lour vice presidents of the federa tion, Secretary Chris Evans aud Treas urer John il. Leonard und other execu tive ollicois of national and international unions, brotherhoods and associations. WiLL EHFCRCE 11 LAWS. President Cleveland Refusts to Ee Interviewed by Labor Leaders Un til the Strike Is Settled. Washington1, July 12 J. W. Hayes, tho gen-ral secretary of the Knights of Labor,!'. B. MoUuiM and C, A. French, members of tne oxecntiva board, who have been in Washington for tho past throe days in consultation with members of congress and local labor loaders will leave Wash ington tomorrow without accom plishing anything definite. Messrs. Hayes mid French will r-turn to Phila delphia, while Mr. McGutre ha boon called to Chicago by General Master Workman Sovereign. Since bo has been hero Mr. McGuira has bad daily tulks over tho long distance telephone with Mr, Sovereign. McGuira declared bis belief this evening that the strike might last three months longer. "It will cost the railroads a good deal of money before we got through." he addod. "and they certainly will not bd able to make auy dividends for some timii to como." McGniro further said that Senator Gtorgu'a bill, which declnres that whenever a prnposision for arbitration shall bo made by the employes of a railroad company, mid the same shall not be accepted, it thull not be lawful for any United States court or judge to grant any injunction against the said employes, or any of thoiu, or to maks any order requiring or authoriz ing any United Stuios marshal to con trol or iu miy manner iuterfero with the conduct of the emloyes will be con sidered by tho senate judiciary comiuit teo at its nfXt meeting on Monday. Mr. McGuire tiiiuits this bill will be reported to the senate, hut no cue around the senate chamber shares iu his belief. It is understood that a number of attempts were made by these three la bor leaders to obtain an Interview with President Clevtlai d for the purpose ol putting their arbitration views before iiim. but these efforts were entirely inefiactual. The president is deter mined to enforce obedience to law be fore he will iii'iu'go iu auy parleys, MEETING OF ENOEflVOrCRS. Thousands of Young Christiana Swarm tho Strnt of Cluvelund Cleveland. July 12 The Christian Endeavor cotiventioi managers mo filled with enthusiasm tonight over tho unexpected success of the moot ing in point of numbers. Evi dently the p'nple hnvt recovered from their panto over the railway strike nnd are coming on to Cleveland as rapidly as the railroads can earry them. Spe clal aud regular trains have followed each other into the city nil day loaded to ovei (lowing with young people wear ing bo budge of the society. The line boats also brought hundreds from east, nnlwett until the streets were crowded with them. Tlio mim h'l'S now in the city nre variously estimated at from 2",():)0 to HO, 000 At leant 40,000 people at tended the opening meetings this morning, tho tent, hall nnd two churches being crowded. At the even ing session tho annual address of Pres ident Clark was rend at both tent nnd Saengerfest ball. There was great ra-gr-t at the absoncs of the president and his illness, but his words of inspir ation were received with gladness. SOMESTRIKc STATISTICS. Interesting Readlngr for Labor Agitator Fnrni-li'dby Mr BulWs. IlAMURiiUita P.i , July 13 The forthcoming report of Albert S. Holies, chief of the bureau of industrial sta tistics, contains complete statistics of the strikes that occurred in the state during the year. There wero fifty-three strikes, or twico 11 s many us occurred iu 1S03. Thirty -four of these were by tiie coal minors in the bituminous coal regions, 0 among iron and steol workers, 4 among carpet weavers, 2 nmui' cottou weavers, 1 otnOBg ohinawat 0 munnfaaturors' em ployes, i 3ionf; cloakmikt'ts, aud 1 among journeymen plasterers. Noc one of these strikes succeed"! The number engaged in them was 030; tlm number of persons involved was 17,308, and the estimated loss In wages was $1,81)5,423. THEY Will NOW E D NEW JOBS County Cjntrollcrsliip Law Is Declared Un constitutional by tlio Supreme Court. JUSTICE MITCHELL'S The Act Pronounced Invalid Because It Achieves Things in Its Body That Are Not Clearly Specified In Its Title Tho Sentence Passed Upon Ex-Banker Rockfcllow by the Lu zerne Court Is Affirmed by the Higher Tribunal. Philadelphia, July 12. USTICE MITCHELL iu the su preme court today rendered an nil important decision in the cases of the commonwealth x. rcl. Attorney General vs. Samneis et 11I., appellniits from the common pleas court of Schuylkill county. The opin ion iu full follows: The net of July 8, 1S!, P. L. i'.W, while it does not iu express terms abolish tint 11I lice of county auditors in counties having 111010 than loL'.di I) inhabitants, does so iu ifl 'Ct, transferring their duties and pow ers to a county controller. Tills is the manifest intent of the net, as gathered from all its provisions, and as especially indicated in section I which dir- tts the olcctioii of a controller "in place of a county auditor," and section 15 which exprcs.dy directs how the duties thereto fore devolved on the county auditors shall thereafter bo performed. Such moreover, even without an express legislative intent, would be tho result of the net. Tho powers, iiuthority and jurisdiction of an ollicenro the essence of tlio ollice it?olf,and are inseparable 1 loin it. To take them n way totally is to destrnv the oliiee. Com. V. S. (Ininlile, 3 Pa. old; lieiU vs. Sutoiilter, V.'S Pa. 1. Tho titloof tho net under consideration is, "an act creating the office of county controller-in count ins of this common wealth containing 15ll,t0l) inhabitants and over, prescribing his duties." In this Micro is no indication ut the purpaio and effect of the act t ) nbolMl the ollice of county auditors. So fur as apucars in the title, lhe act is merely cumulative, in providing an additional county officer, it is true that, the consti tution m eiiuuieiating county officer, art. M, Section 1, puts the two oliicos together in the disjunctive, "auditors or controll ers," nnd ti.at those who lire familiar with the duties of controllers, as existing 111 Philadelphia and Allegheny, would know that, they are mainly the same as those of auditors in other canities, and, therefore, that the creation of the r-flic? of controller was lik- ly to interfere with, if not to abol ish, tlinother. but this is not the notice which the constitution requires the title of the act. to give of its cubjoct. Tiie ob ject of that requirement is that legis. lators, and otiiers interested, shall receive direct notice in immediate connection with the act itself, of its sub ject, so that they may know or bo put unon injury as to its provisions and : heir effect. Suggestions or inferences which may bo drawn from kuowledgo dehors tho language used, aro uot enough. The con stitution requires that tho notice shall bo oonii.iuod in the title itself, lu re, Kond 111 Plicnixville, K'fl Ph., 44: Ridgo Av. K. li. Co. vs. Philmlelphiu. U'4 Pa ,"21!l; Phil ailelphia vs. Kidge Av. K. W. Co., 14'J Pa., 4;;i. As this defect in tho title is decisive of the unconstitutionality of tho entire act, it is not necessary to discus-, tlio other ob jections raised to it. Judgment reversed. ItOCKAKELLOW's SENTUNCK AFFIltJtliD. Judge Fell bntiiled down tho opinion of tho court in the case of thetvin nionweallii vs. F, V. Hockafellow, in which the judgment of the quarter sessions of LuzTiio county in sentenc ing tlio defendant to two years for embezzlement is 1 flirmed. Iu disposing of tLe caso Jndgo Fell said: The only exceptions that required notice rolato to the snllii iency of tho indictment, which was drawn under the act of Jiav p., J'J, The net provides that any banker who shall receive money from a depositor with the knowledge that ho (the banker) is at tho tiuio insolvent, shall be guilty of embezzlement. Tho indictment charges that the defendant, being a bunker, ami knowing that ho was insolvent, received money from a depositor. T110 averment in the indictment follows the lauguagi) of the act, and is iu substantial compliance with the rules nf criminal pleading. Tho offence clearly unit distinctly defined is the Irnuiiulent rociptof the money of adopoHitor. The ace is not to bo nulli fied beet-.uso this is called embezzlement, and by a construction which reads into the provisions the definition of that of fence. The won! is not well chosen but tlm Intention is clear. The ciso was care fully tried and properly tubuiittod. The judgment Is continued. Rockaf-.dlow Will P Taksn to the Peni tentiary N xt Wok. Wilkes Hahiie, Ta., July 12 Ex flanker F. V. Kocksiellow, who was convicted some time ago of embezzle meut, was committed to prison for the second time this aft- moon. At tho January session of the criminal court ho whs sentenced by Judgi Lynch to two yenrs and two months in tho East ern penitentiary. His counB.d took nn appeal to tho snprems court later on. Tod iy the court handed down a do cldon sustaining the lower court. Tho county detective went to the ex banker's home and notified him to pre pare to be re committed. The parting between the agi-d banker aud bis fam ily was a very effective one. He will be taken to the penitentiary some time next week. TRAMP'S COWARDLY DEED. Viciously Assaults a Defanooleia Woman at Chiatnr. CiiKSTitit, Ph., July 13 A brntnl as sault that will probably resnlt in tiie death of Mrs. Annio Drivers, was com mitted by a supposed tramp this after noon at her home, Third and Ileanty streets. Mrs. Deavera, who Ib a widow 55 years of age, was nlouo in tl:n house and went upstairs. A rough looking fellow met her at the top of the stairs and demanded money, at tho same 1 1 1110 throwing a cloth over her head and twisting it tightly urouud her throat. With his disengaged hand he struck the woman over the head with a hoavy china toilet piece, kuockiug her fljnseleul to the fl tnr, where ho pressed bis knees upoa her breast and gagged and bound her. Neighbors found Mrs. Deaverswitb n broltcn jaw, her head cut in several places and otherwise injured. Her i' bailees of recovery nn doubtful. The fellow escijied, but tho polica and a crowd ot excited citizens are soarcbiug for him. M. CKITTFHUEN -CCUSED. Serious Crimes Laid at the Door of Con sul to Mexico. Washington, July 12 Clmrtes pre ferred against Mr. Crittenden, tho Unitod States consul iu the city of Mexico, by Captain William Elgar, of Texas, a former employe of too con sulate gomral, ara uuler invostiga lion by Secretary Gresham. the charges aro goner illy that Mr. Critt"ndu ap propriated to his own use the money and effects of Americans who havo died iu Mexico uud in a specific case Captain E lgar Rays that consul general divided with him the estate of 11 dead American. Elgar admits, according to informa tion obtained ut tho state department, that ho received tho Watch ot tho de ceased, and says Lo is williug to return it because he bolioves Crittenden is a dishonest man. it is learned ut the department that Mr, Crittenden was responsible for tno dismissal of Cap tain E !gai from tho consular service. The investigation has not reacliod the poiut of ri fero l.ie to Minister Gray. prekdergast hang. All Effoits to Eava thu Murdorer cf Car ter Harrl&in Ilovo Falltd. CmcAfio, July 13. Prendorgast must dio on the gallows tomorrow. The last loophole of CHCipo from capital punish ment was closed today for tho murder of Carter II. Harrison, Oct 2 j last. A more protracted uud shrewder effort to save a murderer from death has never been made by lawyers for a clioat in the history of American jurisprudence. At 4 20 o'clock this ufternooii the at torneys for the state and pri loner ap peared in Judge Grosscuu's court, be informed thorn that he had decided to overrule tl' motion for au appeal to tho Igniter1 jlates supreme court, which carried w Ai it a retusal to issue an or der for a bUy of execution, This in the last Btraw which will brimk Preuder gust's neck, us Governor Altgeld had in tho morning telegraphed to the attor neys for the defense refusing their ap plication for a reprievo Promlergast was removed in the morning from his cell in murderer's row, which he him occupied since his incarceration, to a small room back of the jailer's ollice, where he will remain until ho walks out to his dath tomor row morning. Two bailiffs, known as the death watch, were nut to watch every movement of ths condemned man. Tho only visitor whom he re ceived with auy djgree of grace was his brother, who stayed an hour. When Rjv. Father Carry, of tho Holy Name cathedral, called, Prendorgast said he could coma in, but he watito.l it uudertood he did not send for hi 111. The priest talked and prayed with tho felon for au hour aud left him in better humor and spirits. Prendergast'd aged mother was iu tenrs when sho called to leave bouio clothing for her son and later entered the chamber with a shudder to take the last lenv. Tiie carpenter erected the gallows tonight at a late hour and the test of tho rope was satisfactory to the jailer and sheriff. Preudnrgast received the news that titer was nothing more to look fcr wardto, but death and spiritual conso lation with almost indifference, nnd relapsod into his usual silent mood, except to reiternlo that he had not committed murder with malice afore thought, and would dio au innocent man. DEFECTIVE ARMOR PLATE. Tho Carneeis Haiveyizid Curved Steel Is Easily Perforated. Washington, D C. July 12. Naval ordinance ollicers today fired two 12 inch prej ictiles at tho Carnegie 17 inch tiarveyized curved steel plate, typical of !507 tons of urinor, constituting one of tho barbettes protecting the 13 inch battery of the battleship Oregon. The plate weighed 16,(100 pounds, behaved under fire in a romarkable way, resist ing the first shot, wnic.li had a velocity of 1,410 feet per second and utterly failing to stop the second shot, which went entirely through ami pierced the UO inches of oak plunking. The first shot penetrated thirteen inches an 1 rebounded twenty-five feet without breaking up to any considera ble extent, Tlio second shot, a Wheeler-Sterling projectilo, had a muzzle velocity of 1,813 feet, mid when lc w is recovered from tiie sand bank it was scarcely injured. The pl.U was not cracked, Kxcept slight radical brealm at the points struck by tho shells. It behaved in all respects us if it had not been bnrveyiz id at ull. The entira lot or nrmor will bo rojeotnd by the gov ernment unless Bnls qnont tests give very much better results. REBELLED, AGAiNST ARTHUR. Twenty-Eight KoKinnnrs K.'fuia to Qr Outwl'h Non-TJnton Crbws. ' CoLUMiiun, O., Jnlv 12 Twenty-ei.:lit engineers on the Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo havo rebelled npaiiist Chief Arthur's orders and re fuse to go out with non-union crows. Two trains left the Hocking Vulley yards this forenoon one the regular freight to Athens and the other la ppecial train manned by twenty-five polio to break the coal blockade nt Nelsonville. PENNSYLVANIA PARAGRAPHS. The State fair at lleadvillo will take place Sept. it to 8 instead of 24 to L'tf, as previously announced. Premiums to the value of S'HUM) aro offered. John 11. Tucker, nged CO, a woll-known tailor of Johnstown, committed suicide by drowning in tho tswarntarii creek near his homo yesterday. An execution for n small amount was served upon him and ho was to liavo been sold out tomorrow. This it is supposed led to the act. Albeit Wondloy, the murdorer of Mrs. LUiclmuiri, his sweethenrt, was found guilty of murder ia tlio first degree at Pittsburg yesterday. .The jury had been out since Tuesday evening, The 011ly.de f ense in the case was drunkenness. Wood ley is woll connected in Brooklyn aud Washington, D. C. Tho huckleberry crop of the Pocono mountains will bo one uf tho largest ever harvested. Skippers coniinenco packing iu a few days nnd by the latter part of the mouth will ship nearly 8,u.)l) quarts por day, and later on 10.000 quarts. The pro duct, notwithstanding tho damage by forest fires, may reach 6,000 bushels. PROGRESS IDE IS THE SENATE Business Rusfcd Through Without the Usual Extended Dsbutas. THE STAR CUMBER C3f!FEREfJCE Republican Senators Are Excluded from Tariff Conferences Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Presented. The House Makes Its Cost Record, Passing an Even Dozen Important Measures Post Office Appropria tion Bill Awaits President's Signa ture. Washington, July 13. THE progress made by tho senate today in the msttor of the an nual appropriation bids was on a par with that inaugurated by it at the beginning of the present week, bills which in previous con gresses have provokud long de bates and occupied the time of tho senate for days nnd weeks have glided through during the few days, meeting hurdly an impedi ment. And if the same shall be main tained, thuro is no reason why the last of the great appropriations should not be cleared off the senate calendar with the close of this wuwlc or early next week. No less than live of them were passed before the adjournment on Wednesday aud tire now in the hands of conference committees. These were the naval, pensions, military academy aud diplomatic and eonsular, and one ths post office bill has gone to the president. Today the army and the fortifications hilts were passed and progress mado on the river and harbor bill. Those stiil on the calendar are the District of Co lumbia, Indiau, legislative, sundry civil, agricultural aud general d-fl-ciduoy. 6TA11 CHAMBER CONFERENCES. The unusual, if not unprecedented cirenmstAnees of having the confer ences on the tariff bill, confitied.so far, to the Democratic mutiugers of the two houses, excluding the Republican conferaes. was called to the attention of the senate in a resolutiou off ired by Mr. llulo.of Muine.directing the chair man of the senate conference, Mr. Voorhees,to inform the senate whether full and free conference is being beld. Ttie resolution went over, under tho rule, and will come up in the morning hoar tomorrow. An amendment to ths sundry civil r.propriatiou bill was presented by Mr. Henderson, of Nebraska, aud re ferred to the committee ou appropria tions to pay to the families of the twenty clerks who lost their lives through the falling of the Ford's thea ter buiidiug 5,000 each. The select committee 011 that subject will not, Mr. Mandorson says, be able to decide at the present session what compensa tion should be paid to those who were injured or to the families of the tsree persons who died some months after the accident. RECORD OF TIIE nOUSE. The house made its best record, ex cept upon th passage of private pen sion bills, today, whon It passed an even dozan bills of general character and agreed to satiate amendments to two others. These latter were the tnoro important, however, being tho bill to provide for tho admitsion of Utah into the union, and the pott of fice appropriation bill for the year end ing Juno 30, 1893. They now go to the president tor his signature, nd if be acts promptly tho post ofdeo bill will be the first to become a law. Eleven of tho twelve bills were re ported from the committees ou foreign affairs which was given today's ses sion after tiie morning hour for their consideration. Most of them were to nutliorizj naval officers to receive dec orations and medals presented by for eign governments iu recognition of various services, others were directing tho secretary of of Btate to accept for the United States tne ploturs, "Love mid Life," from G. F. Watts, roval academician, and to distribute the Vir giuius UWUL'd. TWO SERIOUS fvlINi ACCIDENTS. Driver Boy J Im I.n Iistantly Crushed to Usaih at Twin Bhnf. Sjiceinl to the Scrunton Trihune. Pitts ion, Ph., July 12. Two serious mining ncclm-ul, one of which bad a fatal result, occured hero today. John Le", aged 1(1. drivr boy in the Twin shaft of the Newton Coal company was killed just at quitting time this -vening ly being crused between cars. Leo's body was takou to tbo family residence, on Lambert Btrcet The second nccldout befell Michael Cnrnisli, a ltusnir.n, aged 33, ut the Pho-nix colliery. It, too, was the re sn'tof a t-queez between cars, Car nisli, when examined at the hospital, was found to have sustained serious but not necessarily fatal injuries about bis ribs and chest. ACT OF A JJALOUS ARTIST. Shatters Ills Swontheart's Jaw and Thn Commits Butdil. New Havkn, Conn., July 13, Frank Dime, aged 31, a painter, this moruing attempted to murder his sweetheart. Miss Georgia Allen, during a fit of jealous rage, and then shot himself iu tho temple. Tbo wonld-bo murderer's bullet passed through Miss Allen's jaw, knocking out several teeth. The wound is not snpposod to be fatal. Dame when found was unconscious and died shortly after 11 o'clock with out regaining consciousness. Miss Al len's jaw is shattered aud there are fears of blood poisoning. 1 WEATHER FORECAST CLEAR J Washington. July 12. Forecast ' fur Friday: For Eastern JeniMjirnnio, fair; continunt warm southwest winds; warmer in Notifi em New Jersey. 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