The Somerset Herald
KDWARD 8CCXL. Editor .nd Proprietor.
WEDNESDAY.
.APKILT.l'.
If the strikes were il to end to
day, it would take a year at least for
labor to recover it lopsefl.
The President Las signed the bill
granting a pension f $2,000 a year
to the widow of General Hancock.
Om: of the til'ecU of the railroad
ttnke in the Southwest baa been to
raife the price of dressed beef in
Philadelphia fl.SO per hundred
pounds.
Ges. Goijix, Commander of the
Department of. Pennsylvania, haa
issued a general order designating
Saturday, May 20th, as " Memorial
day." the 30th fulliwr on Sunday.
The strikers have caused a coal
famine in St. Louis, many of the
hotels, and people of wealth, as well
as the poor, ore eufferirg for want of
fuel which they are unable to get
delivered. " '
The Inter O'-fan advises all those
who waut tot a glimpse of the
great free trade Democratic Con
gressman Morrison, "to keep an eye
on the little end of the horn," as he
ii nearly ready to crawl out of it
Thk Penney vania railroad compa
ny has changed its passenger rates
between New York, Philadelphia
and l'ittrburc. The rate now is
?lfi.",u between New York and PitU
bnr, and S! from Philadelphia to
Pittfburg.
It is sai l that since he entered
the White House Mr. Cleveland has
gained lorty-two pounds in weight.
If l.e prepresses at this rate, he will
be the " Jumbo" of Presidents in
in .He tha; one sei.se before the ex
T.i.v'.kin ul" his term.
Thk friends nf Congressman Scott,
of Eric, have started a boom for
him as Secretary of the Treasury, in
the event of the death or retirement
of Mr. Manning. So far as we have
bn ill.!', to discern, the movement
is as tt a very feeble one.
It appears to be a hard task to
make llible truths and the Demo
cratic gospel agree, and therefore
Chaplain Milburn has leen request
ed by nieijilKTs of the majority par
ty in Congress to amend the tenor of
his prayers, so that they will be a
little more Democratic,
Is one of the school districts in
Northampton County the citizens
wanted the Directors to put new fur
niture in a school house, and as an
incentive thereto they broke into the
building and smashed the old fur
niture. "They pays their money,
and they takes their choice."
Sknatok CYleom of Illinois has
introduced a bill appropriating half
a million l dollar for a monument
in Washington to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln. It is to be hop
ed that the project will not be allow
ed to linger, as did the erection of
the monument to the memorv of
Wa'iii gton.
Chaikmax Con per is said to have
unofficially anuounced that the Re
publican Statu Committee will be
called ta meet on the Hth of April
for the purpose of nxing the time
and place for holding the Conven
lion. We observe in a number of
our exchanges a good deal of vigor
ous kickingagainst holding theCon
ventioc earlier than July.
All the visions of business and
profit that gladdened the hearts of
manufacturers and operators a brief
period since, have beer, rudely dash
ed to pieces by the strike epidemic
that is running riot throughout the
land. If the remaining nine months
of the year should bring with them
unalloyed prosperity, the losses of
the lat three months cannot be
made good.
A very refreshing story comes from
I.venworth. Ileeently at the Kan
sas State Penitentiary a number of
counterfeiters" mold and tools were
discovered ia the possession of two
convicts who had been making spu
rious c-in, get tii? their material and
" shoving the quear " through the
medium of the prison guards. In
unique enterprise the Misourian is
pushing to the front
TnE House Committee on Invalid
Pensions has agreed to report a bill
pensioning all persons in the service
of the United States during the late
war, who were prisoners of war for
tsiity days or more and who are now
suftoricg from disability as the re
ult jf exosure endured while in
confinement. The pensions to be at
the rate now provided for similar
disabilities. The bill further pro
vides that all pernor. who werepris
osfre of war for ai than sixty
day shall be entitled to tt pr day
for -very day they were in confine
ment It is alleged by the knowing ones
that a dicker is in progress between
.the Democrats and the labor ele
tant for the purpose of agreeing op
ofc a lusion State ticket. Parties
who assume to speak for the labor
Tote douand the privilege of nam
ing the .candidate for Lieutenant
Gotfernor,and either the Secretary of
Internal affairs or Congressman at
Large. They further demand a fu
sion in all doubtful Congressional
districts w-ith a labor man as the fu
sion candidate. The tree is only in
the bud yet, and it will take time
and tender cultivation to make it
.bring forth the longed for fruit
Wait and see.
T,.r i Wotint fnllv of the dav'Dlovment is St. Louis, Kansas City
ia the tttempt to boycott certain
1
newspapers. v nen a iree press um
no longer exist, the Constitution has
become a mere rope of sand. Noth
ing more inconsistent with the fun
damental principles sf a free govern
ment guaranteeing the rights of
man can be inu igined, than the at
tempt to control public or individ
ual sentiment by the boycott
Some of the free-trade journals
are irf?'-:" that the tariff on iron,
ores should be taken off because the
miners of these ore in this country
are under paid. Suppose the tariff
ia taken off, and foreign ores are then
imported duty free: how is that
to Lelpthe American miner? Will
it not be his brother miner who digs
the foreign ores that are now meas
urably excladed by the present du
ty, that will reap the benefit ?
Is the bitterly sarcastic speech
lately made in the Senate by Sena
tor Ingails of Kansas, he sizes up
the mugwumps as follows:
" But there van a third sex if Uiat coul.1
be called a " ei " which ex Lad none re
siiUinf sometimes trum cruel caprice of na
ture, at other ftwu accident or malevolent
design, poRKtssing the rices of both nod the
Tirtuea ol neither, unable either to beget or
to bear poMcusing neither fecundity nor
virility endowed with ihecoiiu-oil-tof men
and the deri?:oii of women doomed to
sterility, isolation and extinction. But thev
have two functions they king falsetto and
they are usually helected as the guardians of
the seraglios of Oriental ilespoui."
The street car strike in Pittsburg
has ended, and the people who for
a week past have been compelled to
trudge lor miles through mud and
rain to and from their places of bus
iness, are again enabled to ride. The
street car is essentially the poor
man's carriage. and it is the humbler'
classes who have suffered the most
inconvenience and hardship from
the strike. Loth parties to the fool
ish broil are claiming that they came
off victorious. It was the public, off
of whom they both live, who were
the sufferers.
Heke is a fact that may not only
be a coagulation, but may also act
as a spur to boys who cannot go to
college. The Civil Service Commis
sioners report that out of more
than seven.thousand persons exam
ined by them during the past year,
eighty-six per cent of the successful
applicants were educated in the pub
lic schools. Money cannot compete
with brains, boys! Industry and
native ability will win every time.
The conspicuous successes of the
day are the men from the ranks of
the common schools, not from the
colleges and universities.
It appears to be the general im
pression that the days of Secretary
Manning in the Treasury are num
bered. Should he recover, of which
there are good grounds for hope, he
will require a long rest He has
sacrificed his health to the duties of
his position, and the horde of hun
gry wolves that hung upon his flank
and rear howling for positions, have
brought his stout frame well nigh to
the grave. Even now, when he is
bovering between life and death,
speculation is rife as to who will be
his successor, and bis party friends
are struggling lor the raiment so
soon to fall from his shoulders.
The great railroad strike in the
Southwest is not ret ended, but it
appears to be gradually wearing it
self out, and the murderous attacks
made upon the officers of the law at
oue or more points, is rapidly alien
ating public sympathy from the
cause of the strikers. If all the
strikes now in progress throughout
the country are sustained by the
Knights of Labor, the treasury ot
that society must be about bankrupt
It looks also as if the Knights were
badly divided in their councils, as
notwithstanding the circular of
Grand Marter i'owderly condemn
ing strikes and boycotts, and order
ing the men on the Missouri Pacific
railroad to return to work, the local
officials in the State of Missouri
have ignored his instructions and
refused to use their authority to in
duce the men ta resume their occu
pationa. Moreover, the foolish de
mand made that the railroad au
thorities shall, without questioning,
take back into their employ the men
who have been engaged in the wan
ton destruction of their property and
prevented by armed violence the
runuing of their trains, has the ap
pearance of a last resort of desperate
men who, fe;-lir:g thai they have de
stroyed their chances, aro ttiiling
to avert arbitration by making ouch
unreasonable demands that they
cannot be entertained by the other
side, from a review of the whole
situatiou it i very apparent that,
let this strike end as it may, the
Knights of Labor have ihetpselves
succeeded in dealing their aue a
"
more damaging blow than it po-i
bly could have received from any
other source.
THE COST.
Ciika&ii lafTOceaa.
. - It is estimated that ," 1.000 work
ing people in this United States east
of the Rocky Mountains are out on
strikes. It is safe to ay ihat the
wages are the daily support of iZQ,
000 people, when those dependent
upaa Jhe strikers are taken into con
sideration. Calling the average dai
ly wages earned by these people,'
when employed, ei.5, which is cer
tainly a low estimate, and th.e loss to
the laborers by their enforced .nd
organized idleness is very nearly f 2,
CKX);(.KJ a month. This is an im
mense loos and must produce much
distress and u'ring in many
households.
But this is not alL Tbe wheels of
industry in one important branch
cannot be stopped without impeding
those in others, and it is perhaps
true that in many initances the
wage-workers who are indirectly af
fected by those labor troubles are
greater in number than those who
are the active participants in them.
The number men who desire to
work, and have no prievances against
I .1 e
uieir employers, uirown out Ol em
j and other poinU alon2 the railroads
Reeled by the strike, perhaps
many times greater than the number
counted amonc the strikers. Thus
are the uffurintr homes, not too
abundantly supplied before, multi
plied. Is it any woader that Master
Workman Powderly and Chief Ar
thur deprecate strikes and boycotts
unless absolutely necessary To secure
just treatment at the hands of em
ployers? It is impossible to see
how this great loss to the wage
workers is ever to be regained. Even
if they gain their object ar.d compel
the corporation to accept their terms,
there will be no one to pay the
wages that should have been earned
but were not Everything, it is true,
can not have its value measured ia
money, but great as is the satisfac
tion the Knights of Labor may feel
over a victory, the sufferings in the
pinched homes will have made a
mark that will be remembered in
the future.
That is not all, though the most
pathetic feature of a great strike.
Beyond the laborer's wages there is
great loss to the business of the
country. The extent of this loss is
incalculable. It doubtless will
amount to millions of dollars every
month during which the strike con
tinues. In fact the striking work
men and their employers are but a
small portion of the people who suf
fer by reason of their disagreement
The situation has made the business
men think more serious!- t:.an for
many a day. To have these troubles
comejust when busiuesj was begin
ning to recover from the depression
f four years has startled many men
in all branches of trade and in all
perartments of trade, and they are
asking, hat ol the future?
BTKIKEKM GROWN DKSI'ERATK.
An Attack on a Tralu n Texan lie-
ulxea by s Threat to Shoot.
Fort Woktji, Texas, April 1.
Most of the tinkers here are em-
loves of the Texas and Pacific
road. The road has a full comple
ment of men here, hence the sink-i
ers cannot get back. Yesterday
they began to realize that fact. They
are hungry and desperate. About
noon, as a JreiirLt was making upon
the Missouri Pacific Iload, a mob of
strikers, under the leadership of J.
. liutoher and a man named Co-
man, a Knight of Labor, but not a
striker, surrounded the train. One
of the strikers attempted to mouut
the engine, but was knocked down
with the butt end of a six-shooter in
the hands of a deputy sheriff. The
mob was told to stand back, the of
ficers threatening to shoot the first
striker who approached the train.
The strikers were nnartiied. .
Three freight trains succeeded in
making their ivay to Hodge Saitoh
station, three mile- ncrth ol litre.
Fhev were followed by the tinkers.
In order to save the engints from
being killed the cars were side-tracked
aud the engines were run on to
Denton. The strikers removed all
the coupling-pins from the crs on
the side track and then returned to
the city.
Topkka, Kan., April 1. Governor
Martin received a dispatch to-night
from State Adjutant General Camp
bell at parsons, Kun., saving that
the mob wi8 seemingly in the asc n
dency there and he could not start
the trains without aid. 1 he Gover
nor thereupon authorized the calling
out of the First regiment, State
militia.
A Parsons special says that fifteen
hundred people gathered this morn
ing to witness what was expected to
be the last attempt to start trains be
fore resorting to military assistance.
A wrecking train was made up first
to clear the track of a wreck, caused
by the strikers and it was allowed to
start U hen a ireight had Oeen
made up, however, the strikers
promptly seized the engine and kill
ed it. No further movement was
made.
Bog ol Butter.
Washington, April 1. The hear
ing of repreeutatives of the dairy
industry in regard to the manufac
ture of imitation butter was contin
ued by the House committee on Ag
riculture to-day. Mr. Forrest lv
Morland, of Ogdcnsburg, New York,
Secretary and Courisel of the Ameri
can Agricultural Hairy Association,
was the hrst speaker. 113 gave
facts and figures relative to the de
pression in the dairy industry caus
ed by the manufacture and sale of
oleomarcaiine and other imitations
of butter. There were in round
numbers, be said, lG.OOO.OJO head of
dairy cows in the country, worth
$G0O,0vt(),rm Had it not "been for
oleomarearine there would now be
2"f.000,000, worth ei,OG0,cw,uno.
If the Scott bill to tax such imita
tions of butter did not become a law
he predicted that there would not be
10,O0O,X dairy cows in the United
States three years hence, and those
cows be said would be valuable for
their beef and net their qualities as
butter producers. Fifty millions of
consumer- were- interested in pro
curing good butter; i.OOO.OOO pro
ducer? were interested in the contin
uance of the ind jtry, and besides
thee there were 750.KX' employes
interested in dairying. All these
class-s were directly interested in
the pending legifelation.
Trains Cparrtea by Troops
Paksovs, Kan., April 3. Eight
companie of the First Regiment of
Kansas militia arrived in tbe city
hi!t night and took charge cf the
Missouri Pacific vards, and this
morning the Kansas National
:. . i i
uoarca commenced making up
trains, the engines being guarded on
each side by tbe Jtayonets ot the
soldiers. The linkers hav8 made
no disturbance and seem to accept
the situation as inevitable. Freight
trains are being rapidly sent out un
der guard of the aiiiilia, There has
been no rflort to rnigt tka soldiers.
The company paid off 208 of the
strikers to-day and 93 were notified
that their services were no longer
needed, anu it is now a matter of
doubt if the remainder will go back
to work. It is impossible to say
how long the troops will be needed
here, but everything goes ,Lo show
that they will not leave within a
week. It is anticipated that the
;;hops will open again on Monday. '
A Valfiaple Diamond Found.
Charleston', S, C i.br.1 1. The
Edcefield Advertiser, receiv&d herei
to-day. has a letter from Llhenqge,
in Edgefield County, of date March i carpenie- business in this city and I Washington, April 2. Dr. Ham
25, which says that V. G. Mitchell, is regarded as an ptit-and-ont com i ilton was questioned as to Secretary
a citizen-ol --Bajesburg, recently j munist His arrest is only a matter Manning's condition as he was leav
found a queer stone in his lot that J of time. As to the number 'of men ' ing the Secretary's house this morn
he thought was Eome kind of & yal-1 engaged in the attack on the train, ing : " fie continues U improve,"
uable gem. He sent it to chemists reports are conflicting. Some place 'remarked the doctor, "and is very
and the state geologist in Columbus, 1 the number at JO, others at 25. Citi- j muoh better. We are greatly en-
who pronounced it a diamond of
UDUsual size and brilliancy. They
estimate that in its present rough
6tate it is worth at least eiOO.OOO.
.STRIKERS IN AMBUSH.
FireUpen Train Cuardsat Ft. Worth j
-A Regular "attie ensues nna
Many are Wounded.
Ft. Wokth, Tex., April 3. The;
suggestive quiet that marked the
passage of the freight trains through
the city to-day as they left the yards
was not without its ttquel. When
one train left the depot it was under
protection of a posse of police. The
train proceeded to the crossing of
the Ft Worth and New Orleans
road, when it stopped as usual.
What followed is reported by a rail
road einployee.who was on the train
Lie says when the train stopped it
was noticed several men were con
gregated in front of the train. The
posse commander approached them
and asked- why they impended the
progress of the train, to which they
replied that they had nothing to do
with it ; that they were not armed
and had no intention of interfering
with tne road. As the offlctrs re
turned to tbe train they noticed sev
eral men sitting or lying in the grass
a few yards from the track. The en
tire posse advanced to the men un
til thev had reached the ditch along
side the track, when they cominan-j
ded a throwing up of hands. The
command was obeyed, out as the
hands came up they brought Win
chester rifles, which belched forth a
deadly tire. The posse returned the
fire; it is said.with fatal effect There
was one hundred shots fired. After
the first fire the posse advauced and
continued the fire. 'The ambushers
retreated behind some piles of ties,
which proved a roost excellent breast
work, and from which they poured
out a murderous fire. From this
position they were finally dislodged
and driven beyond range of the pos
se's piftols. f he casualties among
the posse were found to be three;
Policeman Tulford, shot through
both thighs ; Officer Dick Townsend
wounded in one thigh ; Officer Chas.
Sneed, shot through the heart and
jaw. lhe casualties among me
ambushers is only a matter ot con
jecture, though there seems to ne
good grounds lor saying that three
or more of them were wounded, prob
ably fatally. The same authority says
there were halt a dozen or more
hordes visible from the train that
was ambushed, which it is believed
belonged to the ambushing party.
The posse carried the) wounded men
aboard the train.
STREETS KILLED WITH AUMEI) MEN.
The first shot, the Knights of La
bor say, was fired by the officers.
but reports do not bear tins state
ment out. Tom u llson, who was
on the engine and within a few feet
of Dick lownsend, says the First
shot came from the strikers. Two
companies of citizens were organized
and armed with mchester rules
by Sheriff Maddox this afternoon to
suppress any further demonstration
The company will not attempt to
move trams before Monday. Gov
ernor Ireland was petitioned to caii
ont the militia and Mate KatiKfrs.
Tbe streets are full of armed men
and every precaution is being taken
to prevent further trouble. It is be
lieved that if tc-night is tided over
there will be no further danger of
n o') violence, as troops will be here
to- morrow.
MILITIA ENKOUTE.
Midnight News has just
been
received thai Adjutant General King
and two companies of the State
Hangers are on their way here on a
special train.
anothee account.
This morning a body of armed
j pedal deputy sheriffs boarded a
Missouri Pacific caboose and ran up
to Hodge, where a train of 10 cars
had been made up for the south end
of the road. No opKsiiiou was
made by the strikers to the engine
leiving this city. At 1 o'clock, when
the train reached the yard on its
way south, nothing was done to
preveut its leaving. On each car of
coal was an armed special deputy
sheriff and the engine was crowded
with armed men. Passing by the
Union depot they continued south
ward until tbe junction of the Ft
Worth and Now Orleans railroad,
two miles from the city, was reach
ed. There it was discovered that
tbe switch had been turned. The
train stopped ahd several officers
w.eut forward to where several men
were standing on the track. They
were asked what they were doing.
The men replied that they had no
hostile intention, and us tbe officers
started back to lliz trajn they dis
covered a numberot meu;n ambush
on the side of the road. Ths com
mand to throw up hands was given
by the officers, and the hands came
up and V incheter rifles came with
them. A perfect fusilade was pour
ed into the officers, which was re
turnedaby those on the train. Not
less than 100 shots were fired. The
strikers that is what some of the
attacking party were retreated to a
lot of piles and continued for a
while to fire on the train, and then
ran to the bottoms and disappeared
in the woods. Daring the fight
Richard Townsend, a special deputy
sheriff was shot in the back as he
stood on ;he engine, the ball pas?
ing through hii left lng, and com
ing out on bis left side, Charles
Sneed, another deputy was shot
near the ear, the bull coming out on
the opposite side ol his head near
his mouth.
BOTH MEN" WILL DIE.
Police Officer John Fulford was
shot in both thighs, one of the balls
ranging upward into his body. His
wounds are dangerous. Jim Dart
wright is claimed Jo have received
two bullets through hii haf but eJ
caped unharmed. The wounded
men were put in the caboose of the
train and brought back to the city.
Fulford, after having his wounds
dressed, wa3 taken to his home and
the two other men to the Missouri
Pacic hospitaL About one o'clock
this aftrnQon one of the strikers j
who was in the aUaeJtir. party, was I
brought to tne citv shot through the
tnigu. n name is xom W . " e
.V": V"V ""VI "".
me sirrse organ, ne was weak
and constantly called for watef- He
was taken to bis home, near Polk
j. ; V . ' .
trouble occurred, that three strikers
fell beneath the fire of the officers,
but so far none but N ace has been
found. A lady who Jives near the
snot where tbe &sht took rdace. rec-
ogiiev., ?c o. iua men wuo uuu
tnfn tha ntrA-nntiAm an4 tnwm flint
he carried a Winchester in each
, hand
He has been eneaeed in the
zees to tbe number of 100 armed .
themselyes and proceeded to the de-.
pot, determined that trains shall run
at all hazzards if the railroad com-'
u jarua, m tne sogtnern poruon lh, p vef favorable
of the city. It is stated by parties il djana; JllfnoM, .UissouVi and
who were on the tram wheD th!u; .' j 71 j
! pany desires them to. The city is
1 wiM wrii h xritmpnt-
Tfae Knichtl, 0f Labor have very
rrJinr the fiVht and
j do not take any of the blame to
themselves.
DE SOTA SHOPS AGAIN DESERTED.
DeSoto, Mo., April 3. Several
men who had gone to work in the
shops were waited on by a commit
tee of strikers last nieht, and to-day
not a hammtr was raised. Many of
the men are not financially able to
stand this enforced idleness.but will
bold out a while longer to have
peaceable settlement A purse was
started yesterday by a Knight of
Labor for the men discharged oy
Mrs. Guffy for not obeying her in
protecting Yard Master Ladd from
the mob on Saturday last. The
Knights wilLmake the purse as large
as the one Mrs. Guffy received from
the railroad men, no matter what
the sum is. Trains are running
without molestation.but it is thought
that the men who handle the coal at
the chute will have to be guarded in
order to set their work done. The
pay car has just arrived, and the
men are being paid on in iuu ami
discharged, with a pass out of town.
Iiltnminoaa Miner Out.
Pittkburgh, April 1. Twenty-
five hundred miners on the Haiti
more and Ohio Railroad and the
Pittsburgh, McKeef port and Yough-
logheny Uailroad went on a strike
to-day for the 2?-cent rate for all
coal, no matter where shipped. This
is au advance of one fourth ot a cent
over tbe rate paid along those two
roads for the past year. 1 hree mines
have given in, and out of all the
mines along the two roads but 300
were at work to-day. John lilythe's
miners, at Gu fly's Station, were
among the first to go on strike. The
pit boss was notihed early in the
morning and replied that they would
pay the rate if the other operator
did.
The Alpsville mines, operated by
Thomas Hackett, did not stop work
mUil 3 o'clock in the af'ernoon, in
order to give him a chance to grant
the advance. He supplied ail the
Baltimore and Ohio trains with coal
and it was in order not to incon
venience the railroad that the miners
worked until that hour. IJoth Liy the
and Ilackett allowed their men to
strike, but met them later on and
granted the advance. The Osceolo
Coal Company was the only one
along the two roads to grant the two
and three-quarters cents and all
their miners continued work. The
break is expected to bring the other
operators into line. The men are
conducting the strike themselves
without the aid of President Costella.
Heller I'ajr Tor the Smaller l'tiat
iii a era
Washington, April 2. There is a
determined eflort being made to
pusdi through a bill increasing th
compensation of postmasters at the
smaller offices. A deb gation repre
senting the postmasters of the coun
tiy is here for the purpese of irgii g
the bill in question, which amends
the present Jaw by including third
cla.-?s postmasters in the benefits of
fered the second-class, and provid
ing that the department shall defray
office expenses. It also mnktg a
change in the law providing for tht
issuing of money orders, making a
more equitable division between the
department mri the postmasters.
Thev require a postmaster to give a
bond of trom 82,000 to S5.IXI0, and
the commissions allowed do not run
higher than from fifty cents to $2
The postmasters say it takes about
one-third of their time to atteud to
that class of business. The bill
also provides that fourth-class post
masters shall pet one hundred per
centum of the first f 100 cancellation
instead of the ?50 cancellation, as at
present. '
Tenting Coinpulkorjr lukuranue.
Za.nesville, O., March 30. A pe
tition has been filed in the Common
Pleas Court by James A. Williams
against the Baltimore and Ohio Itnil
road Company, praying for the re
covery of 815G that was retained out
of his wages as assessments for the
insurance fund during his employ
ment with the company. The peti
tion sets fortrj that the present sys
tem of compulsory insurance among
the employes was first enforced by
the company in April, 1830, and
each month thereafter, until Decem
ber, 1885. at which time he left the
ervice, he was compelled to relin
quish i'l Mo toward the insurance
fund. The money thus retained
the petitioner claims was wrongful
ly withheld. "The case is creating
considerably interest in railroad cir
cles, particularly among the lialti
more and Ohio employes, and it
will test the validity of the compul
sory insurance among employes as
inaugurated by this company some
five years ago.
This Was in West Virginia.
Ellexhobo, W, Va., March 31.
Shogg Cunningham, a soldier of the
war of 1812, and a man with a rec
ord ot villainies ae long as Ins ex
ceptionally lengthy life, died here
Monday. Several times during bis
hst illness Cunningham apparently
died, lying whites snd stifi" ior hours
and then reviving. Ua reviving for
the l ist time he whjspered tq his
attendant that he had been in the
othf r world, but could not rest until
he bad mads a confession of his
crimes. Tbis done he becaqi un
conscious and soon expired. The
day before his death his daughter,
while passing along the road, met
Key. Andrew Wick and McClellan
Richards. The latter and the girl
at once' fciwame infatuated with
each other, and Richards galloping
to town lor a lirense and returning,
the couple were married on the
highway.
bcTcatcea llsadre Beportaoa Wacat
Toledo, April 3 During the past
i receiyed seventeen hundred reports.
covering every important wheat
I ;- ni, t;i;., ni:,,
. ' r .Trr ; i
Michigan, Kansaa and 'Missouri
rri . . '
jney jay tn,e present prospects oj
KV"'- n"!"
poor in Kansas, AH show an im
portant improvement since the re
cent rains. The prospect averages
even better than two years ago. The
; area sown is larger than the amount
barvfeilf d on last crop.
, Mr. Manning continue 10 Imorove.
i -
couraged. ' From other sources it
was learned f.hat the Secretary
spent an unusually comfortable
night and is very much refreshed.
THE SOUTHERN DELUGE.
GREAT LOSS Cr LIFE AUD PEDPE2TY.
A Family Swap Airaj ia Thsir
in 2?in8 Lives Lost The
Flood ia MisrEsaicts. '
Nashville, Tens., March SI.
Special dispatches to the Union say
that terrible floods are raging in
East Tennessee, and over one hun
dred houses in Knoxville are suu
merged, something never known be
fore. The railrood traffic is block
aded aud several serious washouts
have occurred on the East Tennessee,
Virginia, and Georgia, and Knox
ville and Ohio roads.
In Alabama trains have ceased ail
attempts to move on the Louisville
and Nashville road, which is badly
washed in several places. The Queen
and Crescent and the Georgia Pa
cific are also badly damaged and
traffic interrupted. Even if the rain
should cease to-day, it wiil be sever
al days before trains can run regu
larly on Southern roads. Consid
erable damage has been done at
Birmingham and other Alabama
towns, but it is impossible even to
estimate the im. Indications point
to the most disastrous flood for ma
ny years.
At 1 uscaloosa, Ala., there is alarm
for the safety of the negro inhabi
tants of Northport on tne opposite
side of the river, who are taking to
ihe tops of their cabins. Relief par
lies with skiffs aro trying to rescue
them. Trains on the Alabama
(Jreat Southern have stopped run
ning ou account of washouU and
insecure bridges.
A TOWN HALF UNDER WALEIt.
Charleston, V. Va., April 1.
Heavy rains the last three days
raised the Kanawha and Elk rivers
to thirty-nine feet and still rising.
A few railroad trains are running
but matters look glocxny, as at leaj-t
one-half of the city is under water
aud many dwellings occupied !y
poor people' are submerged. The
Western Union wires are under wa
ter from here to Point Pleasant, a
distance of sixty miles. New rivr
is reported falling at Hinton at the
rate of four inches an hour, but the
Kanawha is rising here at the rate
of five inches per hour.
THE FLOOD AT MACON.
Macon, Ga., April 1. The river
at this point is higher th.wi ever he
fore. Fifty houses are inundated
on the east bank. At ix o'clock
last night three men, in a batrau.
went out on the river to nscue
some women from an inundated
house. The bateau was unset, o;ie
man was saved, one was lost, aid the
third saved himself by cliruhirg up
a tree in the stream, where he still
remains. Effirts to rescue hun ure
being made but fruitlessly so far,
lit cau:-e of the frail boats and ewilt
currents.
Montgomery, Ala., April 2. A
special to the -bcrWiVcr states that
the Warrior, Coosa, and Talla
poosa rivers tire fulling. Thousands
of horses, mules, cuttle and beg
have been swept away. Corn, cot
ton-seed and provisions in reach of
the flood were destroyed, and plant
ers in the overflowed region will
have difficulty in etarting. The re
lief boat brought in a large number
of people who had been in peril ard
without food for three days. 0;i a
farm employing State convicts the
water flooded the quarters. The j
President of the Board of Inspect-!
ors went with boat- to the imperil;- j
ed place and got them off in safety.
So far the reports of drowning i.i
the various portion? of the Statj foot
up nine persons, all colored but one.
Four of these were a woman and
three children in a cabin on the Ca
haba river, it floating off with them
in the night.
Railroad communication is intact
to New Orleans via Mobile, and with
New York and the east via Macon.
There is no communication gouth
by the Louisville and Nashville, or
to Atlanta or ?elma by the Western
Railroad. Tbe officers hope to set
through by making transfers to-day
or to-marrow. The water is two feet
deep at the Union depot and from
there to the Alabama river bridge of
the south and north road, an almost
continuous sheet of water. Trains
from Mobile and Macon arrive and
depart uf points half a iiiiie or more
from the depot.
A special from Opelika says that
Johnson Bridges, engineer ot the
construction train which went down
on the Tallapoosa river, died after
his leg was amputated. Six hands
on the same train had already died
or been drowned. Selma has no
connection with the outside world
by rail.
The flood throughout the Stole is
unprecedented, reaching here six
feet auove the highest mark ever
known. The ice factory, gas works,
water works, electric light works,
iron foundries, railroad shops and
brick yards all have several feet of
water in them. In most of them the
damage will be confined to machin
ery. The only illumination in th;
city is by candles and oil. Viewed
off the dome of the Capitol, the
highest point in the city, in a lake of
water to the north and west fully
ten miles square.
J00 FAMILIES FLOODED OKT; AT CHAT
TANOOGA. ChattaJp'ooqa, TenD., April 2.
The river here is 51 feet deep and
rising two inches per hour, Seven
hundred families have been driven
from their homes in low places of
the city. No trains can move before
next week.
Mooiiiiltincra Arretted.
Shauon, April L The Revenue
Collector at Erie was recently noti
fied that a gang of moonshiners
were conducting a distillery in this
town within a hundred yards of the
Court House. Last night two depu
ties who had been watchina the
( pliice arrested two of the men. The
still was conducted in a cave in the
side of the hill. Tbe smoke was
carried off by means of stove pipe
laid along the eround for a consid
erable distance. The cap and pipe
were all concealed by debris, brush
and vegetatjon. The authorities
will not give any names for publica
tion until all the arrests have been
made. The two men already cap
tured will be taken to Pittsburg to
morrow. Key West's Disastrous Fire.
Key West, March 31. The loss
by the fire is estimated at $1,500,000.
Four thousand persons are thrown
out of employment. There areonly
provirions enough in the city to last
about one week. The villages of
Fort Myers and Punta Rassa have
eent $573 in aid of the sufferers. The
board of Trade has appointed a com
mittee to take charge of ail subscrip
tions for the sufferers.
EAUFIAfflS' GRAND DEPOT;
FIFTH AVE2TUS A"D SSHTEFELD STREET, PITTSBURG, PA.
THE LARGEST AjflEffOAN OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT.
CLOTEIlIGj SHOES,!
13 Stores in one J $i,5QQ,003 invested. ( 400 Employees!
i
tfttttJJD THIS K
I ; CQTJ-FQST. W
I .-a - it -- nm?miwM
3 f - ;' 2 - 3 s
4 fT c - 9 o H 1
Wu will skxd Gratis to
f'-.r l:iuff fully I!iuMrs;'1 NVw F.MUY
I Dht.r yMt :.. tut our svMvni f ir rcivm :nl
i .ififsb. '1 ui5 ti'KiU ia aiuKMt iu-ii.iiHru-tl.io i
CAUTION! CAUTION! DON'T BE MISLED
7; - fi:!!t(lnl.-nt lu.ti-r wlio represent themst-Ivis a our coiKtrn. We have r0 Ennch Stoivs nnrn here. Our nly ! ,., i,f
l..!-iih-NS : our M:mm nil Now BuiMifis.'. known a
KAUFM ANNS' GRAND DEPOT,
:-h Ave. and Smithfield StHsT'cVPITTSBUEaPA.
i'oihom-U Liy Colored Stocking
I'KTEiwni'iKi," X. J., April 1. A
curious case of death from blood
poisoning caused by wearing color
ed stockinas occurred at thin place
ta-day. Two wet-k ago the young
est ciild of Jacob Kiper walked a
distance of two miles with her par
enL. w-.-ariiv ne-.v kIioc-s and red
aioikii!.j. Tin shoes were titr'nt
ami LTeatly irritated her feet. Hie
. n:). Allied tu her parents while cn
the road, but when they arrived at
their destination and the shoes were
taken off she paid that her feet hurt
h- r uo longer and i.othing more was
tliiitiuht of it. Three diva after
ward her feet began to swell, and
t'lrec days Jatir both legs were
s-l!en to twice their natural sizj
and tier mind became affected. A
physician was calhd in, hut in pit2
of h11 hirf skill phe continued to grow
worse until to-day, when she wad at
tacked with ppasrus, which contin
ued at intervids of from five to ten
nii;iut;8 until she died in great
a 'on v.
An Adventars Wnb a t'aiamouiit.
Ukadi.ng, March .'51. Ciiristian
(irimes, an aged citizen who resides
at the fiot of the Blue Mountain, in
Albany township, called at the
County Commissioners' office thU
morning with the tips of the eajy of
a wildcat or catamount which he
had killed, together with several
minks and three or four foxes. He
made claim for the reward otfered
for the destruction of thee animals.
Mr. Grimes gave a thrilling account
of his adventure with the catamount,
lie said that just before dusk he saw
a 6tranpe animal prowling around
his chicken coop&. At first he took
it to be a dog, but as it uot nearer he
saw it was a catamount. The old
man went into the house and got
his gun. The wild cat sivr him just
as he rsised the weapon and took
aim, and with a fearful ecream he
took a living leap toward Mr.
CJrimes. He fired, and the cata
mount feJl dead in it3 tracks. Mr.
tirimes thinks he saved his life by
killing the animal.
A Brutal Crime Quickly Aenel.
San Fka.ncisco, April 2. A doub
le murder, followed by tho lynching
of two men, is reported from South
ern California. Wednesday pk-fcu
ing Peter Ilermine, aSwits, and his
son, armed with rifle?, approached
the premises of Eugene Walker,
in Arroyo Grande Valley, .San Luis
Obispo countv, and without a
word opened fire on Walker, who
with his wife and child wart in tbe
garden. Walker, fell cltaiL Mrs.
Walker though shot through the
arm and breast, picked up h-r child
and r.m to a neighbors whtre she
died.
The murderers were captured aiid
jailtd. 5j.-cu after midnight ma-ke I
men took the prisoners out and
hanged them to a ra;!road bridge
near by where they were found yes
terday morning. A dispute wad the
cause of the crime.
Tries to throw a Girl Into a Well
Lebanon, April 2. Justice Veig
breH,of Jackson township, lat even
ing sent a young man named Fred
erick Frush to jail for attempting to
kill Lizzie Koot, a mis3 of 15 sum
mer j. For some unknown cauae
Fruch became enraped at the girl
and seizing her made nn effort 'to
pitch her headlong down a well,
he succeeded in tearing Ioe from
his clutches, only, however, to be
pursaed and dragged a second time
to the ed;;e of theVell. Mws Root
mean wuile screamed for assistance.
Several other girls came to her res
cue, and after a rough and tumble
struggle released her.
Fall of u Gigantic Itock.
Eastox, April 1. At 1 o'clock
this morning a rock, as large as tbe
heaviest locomotive on the Lehigh
V alley lViuroaU, leii on the railroad
at IV nn IlaveD, near whero a train
had (topped at a tank to take water.
Its weight is estimated at 8.0(X) tons,
and blasting will have to be contin
ued at leaet two days to remove it.
A temporary track was Constructed
around it, and trains commc-nctd
running at 10 o'clock. The passen
ger train due here at 9 arrived at 1
o'clock this afternoon. The rock
has been hanging from the side of
the mountain for the last twenty
years, and was always considered
safe, bnt.the heavy rain of last night
was too much for its fastening.
jHATSj l?UHHISHIITGSj 1 TBUHKS,
P.-v K cnt.iinin? nit af.nut thf nw styles of th" season, tnstroctimr y m h.-.w torn !(-r - u -r i...,,:.
rpr.i r':.ir'- an! arij.iaiiitni-; you "with mir enarniou fst:iMihm nt irvi m:r tin ih.l-. n i
ery ii,,v n.M. It costs you not him; hut wiil saTe you many a Uotlnr. !' sun- ami write im.- ir.
3 H
HE
1
u '
V
tr f'f A-Vi -i'-il pr-:l that" it rcuir. t ut litUeelTn witti Hit i
7 H-Vjt A ''" : 'I'1' w'" tii iiuist ftltwnt ca in nuvrk. !
TIip
tiihliTsi
H! We
It:n;v. Uur ornun are souiii uftcr hy lUc lwM u:;-! m ;-i:iiivaif. utusu Litis
trKvcry Organ l-'xilly WuiTiniled Cor I'lve Year... n
THE CTTT.Y ORG-AW KVLl AWABDED A
GRAND GOLD MEDAL SY THE TRI-STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION,
THE ONLY OROAN FOK WHICH A.
JRAND GOLD MEDAL WAS AWARDED BY THE NEW ENGLAND FAIR.
l'h Highest Arnr1x at nit JVr urhrrc hbitrtl.
gOARDMAN&gRAYpiATJOS
.3EtS3 TIIHJ DUST.
SIX BSAUKFTJL STYLES,
UPRIGHT, CABINET-GRAND AND SQUARE.
Hi oiIy Piano pvor AwardrU a fiiiAM) ;.!.! MKDAu by the Tri-SUU: F:i:i
AH-'Utttuu ihe prtwti u.s low as uuy Qr-i il:i uiiujh.
Thene Icntrainenti are hmllel xt:'.U!ive)r fr this n untT hr the arxIPTMjrnfil Perfr who.
tlilok vt puiveaMutf either n 4rvn wr PlAwill 0 well tu'tirttf eiamin tiie? iiisiiuni'DJ
Many m- TTUf t ir -m rtminfnt citiens of ihe County. wh bave these iTrnimenta in u- will tw
(rives it :lesirM. 1 iu'e Orieaat can be seen at Kneppcr fcru . Iniumnce t'thrt, Svoi'-rsf t, Wnie
IE. IE. WELCH, lG-EIsTT,
jan27.oin.eow. FEIEDENS, I'A.
J.
1R
)mU .
t. .a
?--N id. I
mmmm wholesale notion
f I rIf i4 Millinery House,
F 1 ii 'V' -V--rf'J Vv"e carr- jn the anove lines the h-t-t i.'.i tV '-iv
v r v; ' .'. ' '-r V,,.;. fi . We siiarartee oar pruw t Co Hl ri .
9!!!' ' ';' i-': f:T a tstuti-cue au kmir- ues.-rii.i..m of r
SHERIFF'S SALE.
IY virtue f writ of Liv. Fa. i?ucl ..lit of the
'ourc ol Common Pleas 01 Somewt 'ounty,
P . nml to me 'llreote-1. ihei will oe eap mi to
pul.U. gale at tlie C.rt Hou.-fe, in tiie liorougb ot'
Sjotnt-rt, toi
SATl'nDAY, APHIL 17, 1SCA
at 1 t.'e1r.ic v, h.. all the rUht. title, lut. rvat ar-1
claim l tlisU'tU Auiuria. io mi 1 U f. 1
l'wiHic trMt r pico ot unJ nduitn in Smiirr't
Towrship. S-iiiir-t wanry, Kt., lj.iijiiit law's
l Kninntin Krio 'Iine. .l Ki ttti.n Hcnuimjcor, J
coh Maust, ant Jen-iuiuh Sliauiis rmt;4iiiUiif tit-tt-n
acrws. Mr or 1--h, with a storv aol a hail
I.- x Houe, 1 stult'.e anil vitier utbail-Uiiji
tZiTetia eretieti.
Tken in exwall-m at tho iuit of VaUnilne
Huy, J. H. I'hl ami iiush Auiaan, f .r Qic ol"
John H. Vhl.
NtiTICK All peTwmnparchaslDn at theave
lale will jjleaue lake noti -t that a prt ot tne pur
chaH m ne y tu e niAv knuwn at th tiiu f
salo will te iruirM a fn 9 the priijicny i
kn:l -t down, tTiierwtM it will be aar;im ftxpi;ne.l
tuiMle at the rt.-k of tne tirtt pur ttaer. Tbe
rainae ot tin- purclia?e wwj ini.nt be pulti on cr
bei.m Th-drsUj of ibe first week uf the May
Term at i'tmrt, Ihe time flxwU by the durt ftr mv
curinti tho a 'knnwleinriient oi;c'-i, an i no deeil
will le aKaowlwlntHi until the purchase muner is
paid la lull.
SherKl n OH1
fllll.-e. 1
2i,l-s3. j
JOHX WIXTKRS.
Sherltf.
March
FlKhllas Krl.era lae.1Iokil Xsuwl
d F.lleeia iknmti.
St. Lou, Mn, April 3. A pptc
ial to the I'o.t-Di.-'jmlrh gays that the
citizens are arming on all'eide. A
fight is now going on between strik
ers and fifty mounted police. The
strikers are well armed with Win
chesters. Everything is in an ex
tremely feverish condition.
'I'M w M. i(.ther tri.tf.ifripafih
special from Fort Worth say : Sev
eral hundred merchants and citi
iens are now marching down Main
street, all armed with Winchester ri
Seven are r.ow ded and a
tin ruber are wounded. Gun stores
are eloped and nt:der cuard.
The Heavy Snow-Fall.
CmcAiio. April 1. Dispatchss
from Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin
announce a heavy fall of snow dur
ing the la.'t foity-eight hours, the
(torm at many points being the pe
venst one of the season. . The fall of
snow ranging from four to fifteen
inches in various places. It fell soil
and heavy.
1ETAILAS!
WHOLESilF
any address
BEST M THE
- WORLD
T!i nMly ortrrin mfult; in whit.'h i snrrosfiiLv t ;
I he following vHintiHl ijti!iiki of ton:
r. -ieprh. bnllmn-v. m:u syiupHtht'tiir ticlfM-.v.
Tm' HMH.-.1 txtia---i:eir Ix'autifiU note eff.'cts
Ti only fop :nti..ii jvct mviutril that can n- t :
(U-Hrmnifrtt ny u4..
tmlr oiati lUJHiH with belloirs enimciiy
- H iti .T;tir in .ilr :i 'ji-it-. f sH .it as i.w :iti.
vntl. .Hti't ru;i ;il;ti:i tttf hte.t nnler of . r. .-
D. BERKD & CO,
P17 LIBERTY STiSSET
UXI PITTSBURGH, PA.
THE LEADING
PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO ORDERS
PUBLIC SALE.
OF
YiaWB Real Estate.
li" VIRif-K.f an Or ler ii-af m trf!h"r
I IphanV Cnnrto, Somtr't fwimty. t'.. tthe
ua;i-iiicnel .lir'tiil, 1 will xye to i.r !y
lie uuutv -n thepremldf , on
SATURDAY, APJilL 17, 1
At I o'ikr. ., the Mlowltur i' "I R?'
Koate, lute Ihe esiAte of Ailaia 1 it:. t
wit:
A eertnln tract of lnl pltnate In Mlli'Tl v
Sotner?! t.'., P.. eoolalnlni; 147 tw m -
I"!, I)"i:.tnn Ln.Nof All-rt Will. J.. .i S
lor, s illn Vowler, Eli File. Henry l.u -.j". si
mn Youn. A!rliani Harrone aD.l ulurrf, har
iH thereoa errctei a two-story U
DWELLING HOUSE,
I."K Bro. and other oatt.iil.linit" nn.
huiutre.1 t-re . leami nail in a rea..n l ! i-.a!" -1
raltivall'Hl. Iwlanoe t.mher iaml. mail -uJf
ehiinl. 8o. water, twj tul:e from -h-il n
chun-h.
TEBMS.
12 a.h on omlirmation of ni. n I I iHT
ofde. to tbe art-iiaer. one-tliml a!t-r tlie i-vs-mentor
Iphu an l exiener-e to remain t leo "! "
the remie t i fieenre the wiitow'i cl'.w r. c in
terest tolieiai.t tohcracnnalij. ami ai ntrW
the rtn.?t..(l tuia to the heir anil I--"1 repre"n
tile ol A inu r'ltt. deM. Balance in t" "
annaal pantent? In.m ennttrjualiim M lea
lKrcvnt ot the purrhaje m. nej tl M l"n
the ur.p-rty Is kn?t-kel .lown; tielerr--! ..i.-m-n:
t te iiecurrii tj jn.luent iK-n-l on (fi
Ht.NKY HI r.
maUl. A'lmiaUtrator auJ lru-'ee.
jyiGAL NOTICE.
io Itdtii Hyatt, (wi-iow)ot Connil.iile. 1T
ette t:o., Pa.; Thei.:a Hatt. !ewari.
moielard t.v, P : Alira Hyatt, ;owl-.ii.
K.vmtn ('., P.: Eleanora. lineraarnc ! "
James Monntiiin an.i Jc.w Hjatt, Jr., i t-m,
EayetU; t,'o., Ia.
You ar hen hy n..tiflel that In purraare-e of
writ of ..iruib n hmed out ol the urohan'
ol Simeret To.. Ta.. ami to me lire-tel. I ul
hold an inquest on the real etaie ol Jee Hvatt,
ittjc'il. lit .ate in the Tillage Ol lrat"to. Son
wt :.. Ha., en Thura lay the iih Jay "i Ar";
A. P. lwj, when and where you may atte&i U J""
think pr.tier.
Slh-rlH lli-e, JOHX WINTERS.
March Si, leetk. hetill.
JJXECUTORS' NOTICE.
Eatate ol Bol-ert Sllhaoith. ilee'J. late of AJJi
Twp.. S.m;ret tjo.. I'a.
LetUts tertamentary n the ahe etate n.ir
inic been -inte.1 to the un.lentiirae. hy tbe pr.'p
er authority. Klce l hereby !n to all perW
liHleuted to taiil eetateto make liomciiaie pay
ment, an-l th.le harln( elaioia auain't the ani
wiU pn-tent them auly auibntii-at.l ft etti
went on Tharnlay, April J. !. to the ir
unl Eiecuton, a tne late residue 01
U.eel. .jeremUH SILBAVOM,
Z. X. SHJiAtUH,
jLaecaturi.