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THREATEN I NG.
THB LABOR CRISIS IN EUROPE
Alarm Inspired By the Proposed. Demon
tration on May Daf.
Tb European Labor Problem Ilea A
turned en Imperious Chape.
Tlie center of interest us regards the j r
Jsjeed labor demonstration on May day hiu
shifted from Paris to Vienna. A . .unto now
Coming in irtrny tat i n !i j.r-i c lintel toml
tioli ofair,irsi thr.-ughoti'. large irtiiii o'
the loosely-conno lei A ust rimi Umpire Ii
the Kcichruth I r. I'lciier, the lesd-r of tin
"mum 1'm r.t i-.ii, tr.e ed a s.ni-ti-T parulle
rV-tWi-i-n things ti.iw Iiiii atinitr and .ht
:nitia! stages f the rrenrii l: ..!utiou. Tlii'
tV l.o tll'-ltS i-X Ig gcr.ltc I tll situation il
the mining and indu-truil d. strict of !!
licinin ami s-ilesta.
At on place in the la'ter pr-.viurc, th
Ceti'er of a c tioii pro 1 King half of tl.i
total output of mil in tin" flu re. tin-re ure
4 V) 'i-tr.kcrs eiii-jiin-d in an open si retell ol
f.'.-Mi Unlike l.y t:,;ek W.....I., !). . e mil
iiif ar.iei pun! in lo'i-e to pillage the siir
fouii'ln country, (r.tijitn; in utile au!
plies, i liteo'teii .if-er bloody i-ni-o'inter"
with the inilif.tr.-. I hi- w h" di-i rid is bo
lt)g tilled Willi tr lops to role t tl.e tulles
and fai tori.-, an I thee have uln a If been
f'..il colli-ioii in ha f a 'loien .Liferent vil
luge. One of tlii- :ijot painful j.liHwu.f th on'.
I Hak i f il -or..-r i- t hnt the rubln-of I 7e. hi;
l'i le. -. Iit pfu, frorii i r:n;iri y who
nr.- le cling it ure -tr. vini' bar ! '.. t irn it in
to an aMiJ'w.sh oru-a lc Mativ mill an!
in ne ow ner-in this l n-.i! ty nr.- .lews, tie
I gg.-t : r-. 1 1 mi l l work at WilkoWit
h. ;ng tie- t .r-. j -rr y ol the I! t - I11I.I-. which
II. like tt.l-v t IllH tl the .1 nh-lilii te
w th t he strikes. ' 'ue ' i.i'i'i .u tow n, which
is utmost wholly i i.li i'ot.-1 l.y .lew, wusdc
Mroyt-I by lire on Thursday, several bun-(i'e-1
.Tew Nh fumilii c ninning in the llclds in
utter dcst.t itloti.
Thr- 'it'll-. ut th p-" iiii'i- there is scar p
Jyat'Wti where, da: ng tl.e a-t f--rtnigir,
Jewish 'h-'p-i hale le t hei.li brok'-n open
and r.'h-d, mid "'i May I'av there threat, i. -to
he n univer-al a til- k made oil the llcli'i-.v
o Illation. This is le t He 'In- nppri-helnle I
,li the teiii'ite ii'id "inl barbarous pr-oiiiccs
of the .Virthweje, In: in h I . ! i V . !: 1
Vienna as well, where a ni it ilaneroir.
fefiiiei.t i v.ihly w irkiiih' inn-t he in t ; -ran,
l.ih.-riiiirainl tinemph.vi d i-1:i.-m ' her
are now ttrike. hiiimih' .o many tr.i l.- there
that the pi-r have al and--II"- 1 the ;it ' -n 1 1
:o kep tnn k of tin in und the wl.o'.e to.vn
le- ln" i iimpli-tely to have l..-t i' !, a I,
Siu.hir eil'i-ro-en. e ii r j --rt d frmu I'eih.
I'raJ '.e Hlid t In r cetiteti of pi.puhitl' :..
Tin- only hupe is that the exi ill un lit will
Luve (.pent it!) vipT l-i fore May I'av
rome, and there is r. itainltf a chance ' I
Ihis i-e;n.; tliu ca-e, hut btill ti jfi-ti-l
It.xicty -i:-ts.
LAUOlt CRISIS I.V AUSTRIA.
A Oi-ncral f-'triko l'robable Industroil
Ci-iitera Auk for Troops.
The workmen of the mines and ir- n
Works of the I "raj." ! Iinlii-tinil fi.mpiii,;.
and of the Austria Alpine Milling ('oinpaiiv
di ni:iri-l ii working day ol' i-iht ho-ir,
threiiteninj.' to trike if the ilemiin I in not
granted. Their niovt-inciit is oniinoii-l-f
(I (fetierul strike throti-.'huut the
Fill ire nnd i iiuses the t-rii veil fears am. .iik'
the authorities. 1 he iiiov.-rviM i-- traced to
forei;-i tiicetm.'s lirt ulh 1 1 :n the tna'ier
triele.s of Vienna. I ' r ..-1 i iind r:. an t :.est
the liiasoiiN ol Vielilill, foiii.Wid ly the lok-i-rs
und turner-. The preent mute of tic .
Ill icti-nieut cnure leiiioii'r:itioiis on
Mny 1. Ttie authorities are iiervo-.i and ti e
("iih tii-t isi-tncil ha-- prepared n pr. clan, a' i--n,
which w ill I e puli'.i-ln-l -h--rtiy, w .ih - view
to ititUicni-iiij; work nn n. 'l i e a it horities ut
K'.n l:io, w here 17,' oo men t l.r.-.i'. ti to ctr.l..-,
a.-k for tro"ps. and other in l i---l:i' center-,
w ht re tin-re are no I'arriv n- tu.-.i:. sitiii: ir
(U'lnunds to the local author-ties, tie lar-iii'
that they w ill he i-owi r!i -s to ii u Main or
tier.
The strike imitation l-cun at Ui-trau is
p.-endlni; t i I'ru-sia. 'uval-y are e-.iaid.ii,;
the frontier. Ten ' . it h aitati.rv have he -n
Btre-led on l'r u--iaii foil. It is hel.eve-l the
Au-trian and ierman A nar. liia'n an- in I.' n
Oon rai-init ni'-tiey for the notation. At
SI ilhau-eii IT,'") M'inuers mid weaver.' arc
idle, ,-md it total cessation t f w in nil lao
lories -1 t-Ipec'ed.
1-OHKIUN NOl'llS.
The Impi rial palace at t.'ranienl auiii, '0
li. Hi we t of St. lYier.shtir.', has Leen de-l-troyed
hy lire. Seven of the j ahue irvanl
wt re hurin-d to ill I'.fl.
A fad tragedy, resulting from ixtri-me
j i vcrty. ha- hecn cna' tcd in Moscow. 1 he
wid-.w of an army (.tliccr, who wan in dire
wan', hei .mie d.-courut'eil. nn 1 she and her
t.ve daughters ! ked thein-eives in a room
and turned oti the .-:i. Win n found ail tx
were lit ad Iroin sulhn .-ttioii.
Btcnnicm fi Hide,
The l'.rit:-h steamer II . !nl has hcen aur.lt
licar Hartclpoint in collision with the Uri-t.-h
steamer Altyre. I heiap'ain and three
T the crew of the Km lid were drow ned.
The Altyre, which has her 1-own utove, has
arrivisl at Shields. The Kuchd was an irou
Fcrew steamer of l.M'i tons, the ivu owned
ill Aberdeen,
OHIO WAN IB $tOt,000.
The liuckeye State's IJein-ind From Uncle
bum t-oou to ho Argued.
Attorney tieneral Wat- :i is ::i Va-hin'-toii
to arj!ii' a ca-- in the -..preinc court in
Which "llio !- illtere-te 1 to 1 1 : V I 1 1 lit of
llisi.i""'. It is a matter rowing oi t of the
build nir of t he old National road. About
the tune hc w:i- admine I to ti.e fnioii,
ihio paid ln-r f ill share to the cow-rniiiciit
for i'ii:idi:i; the roads to .h-i'i-r-mi ':ty, Mo
It wa- never t':n':slie-l heyoud ,-priiiulield, 111.
Ohio trie' n-iw t-i rci-o-.cr un i-t:niate I -.ni-jpeliilfl
halance due her.
Thrcu Uespi rad e Killed.
A at t-cjiil from 'atlettshunr, Ky., reportl
Hie kiliini! in West Virginia, near I'ikishi
reek, !a-t Friday of Smith Ilai-den, John
ii d.-n and U iili.mi Ihiisden, three broth
ers, noted ili pcradocs-. Charles I'.rewer,
I leputy Shi-'rilV, aii'l posse utten.pted to nr
i -t them and were I'.red upon, a battle
I ndued and the Uespi-radoe-t were killed or
mortally wounded and iiiptureJ.
CAPRIVI'S DEBUT.
Tha Flrnt Ad !re of Biamirck'a Buccal or
in th Oarman Dial.
The I'russiati Itiet wa opened Tuwday by
Chancellor Von Caprivi, In bis ecli ht
aid; "It is nut my intention to mate tin
Kovrrnnient'a progratn, but baring Litberto
beld aloof from politic! life, I now wish to
peak a few words in order to approach you
personally. (Cheers. The Chuticellol
theil referreil to tho important m
Itloti which had bnn held by I'rilitt
Hismari k, and eipreM-ed tho hop
that in the future the Umpire would con
tinue secure. The ed.lice of the state, he
said, was ceineiite I firmly enough M re-lt
wind mi 1 we.iihcr. Moreuvt-r, the tioble
is-r-on.-ility of the yo nu M-Juurcli Iind ill
ready manifested its-lf a', home and ahrna-l.
He utfi rim-.! his undying belief in the fu-t-ire
of l'rnsii nn 1 o' the tiernvin Umpire
rcMhu; on l'rus-ia's sho ilder-'. Iioth coul-l
anticipate the future full of h -.p T;1(. tlm.
1 er.T had Mii-1 that his co ir-e would reiu.ilii
tin1 same. The imt iMMt.oti nf a new- er.i
was therefo-e n-it t-i be exi-'-ti.-l. a;th--i.'li
a luore hannoni rji solidarity Wou! I Lti
tnanifi -st amonx the ineu.hi-r-i of the I' t .
Ill colii-lu-i Mi thet'liii'icellor said he v..iul 1
allow tiie ill lest scope to cr. '. i-i in. aiei would
n l .pt what was ;.i.m1 wh'-rever it was foiin I.
He would '.'o-oH-r.-ite w ith ail persons having
lit heart the interests of l'russia and nlinlni!
to fo-i -r the monarchic feeiiin In frusta
an-l the National feeling throu.''i-at the
Umpire. ' 'h'--rs
f he I aitehlatt fays that ha".re.'!or vori
Caprivi ha forbid h-ti the Ministers or other
ollicial.s t i furnish any c unmunic itlons to
the new pa,r". All the intellit'ence w I, ch
it il deeine-l desir o-M shouM he pill-!n
will up car in the UcicbaiueVer. the .:!...-i.ii
paper.
The srfss-h of the ( h-iii' e;or w as n ci ' vi -1
with ireneral appn ival by the ''haiiiie .-;
Uerr voti He une. a ineniher of tin- lli.'ht
Centre, want tithe Ministerial he:c h at tl.e
ts.ni hisioii of the spe-i-h and Mio-iic hands
with the i.'Ii.iiii ellor. Ilerr ll;'-ki-rt, a Frei-o
untiie k-a l'-r, i-ipres-el sat;-fa ti-in w.'n
the i'eu. -al tenor of th-' -p i . u. and .ii I he
tru-te l that the loivernuii lit w il l I- lu de
a reform in tiiTii'.ion. Il'sur:y, he ilic'a.
ed, woul-l ciintii,;;,. .j .kfi-i. J the lut.sti'.il
tiotiul state system,
I'r. Wiielth-.r-t de a'i'1 that the Center,
i-ts in-i-tel upon the re-et ahl:- htui-nt of
the rvlatioiis bef.veeii Ch ir- h Mi l :..'.
whii h existe I 'n f .j re the K-il' irkauipf. lie
Complained of malathii:tiiatr.iti"ti in ti e
I' ihlic Worhip Depart tilent, aadil--m m !e.
adlicn in-e to a protectioni-t policy in n.i
iiomie matters.
Ilerr Z-'-llit. -.f the Free ( on-i-r-.a-i-.i.
pfii'y. an 1 H- rr 111-lit'-r. the 'i ru.au i. i -
al ! i l.-r, etp-e-sed c- .n:l luin e lu : i.e Mln.r-t-
rial de. 'jiT I' ions.
If F.IO ItT Of M E X ICA.N VOL'.' A OI'S.
Ii pooatupetl H.OC'J Fi it I ow. r 'i'l.ai.
Was Su p-isl d.
Tlii- expC'htiou of the I'hiia lelph a Ac- !
emv of Natural Sciences ha- -ic. ee-h-d it-explo-liii);
sunie very eri'itit-ous .ih a- in r--(fard
to the height i if t in- Me ciiti vole inois
1 roft-ors Anj.'1-lo lle.lp-iu au I Frank C.
I'.aker, of the e edition. h:-ve ju-t ret ..rnci
Inuii an nsi-i-nt of 1'opo. ii!.ipi.-.l. wl.i -h thev
found to be ti'-ariy on f,.i. lower than tlie
liiciikurcmciils of Hiimho'dt.
l'rof. Heilpriu Kays the eipi'il.tion h-ft the
City of Mexico on T ie-day an I stopped al
Ameciimccaowr nil.t. WediicsUay mi r n
iiiftthe party left town wi'h fo r i,i. s aud
carriers and re u he I : he 1 iauiau. as Utm h,
li.lJilfeet above A un -at ue--a aud appr.i
inately U.ooo feet ii'iovi 'Icl ,t;.' of Me'.iro,
iii the a'ternooii. Th ir-day in:..- tin y
continued on hor-clu k i;m;1 7 ,', v. hen
a heli'ht of ah. nit l.'.'i" Ice-. Was ..a,!,. I.
America, or that i -i:it whl' ii i j p.. t I tv
be the highest seen from A me. i.u.cc ,1.' i lei t
above the tim of tl.e i rati .'. wa r'-.i he I at
1 :J 1 ill t lie afli-iii".iii. a-id ri'im.i'e I'.M.
looking southward tn 1'ianti.i I '.- M..-, !
ut a -till ttre.i'cr eicvati 'ii o' (, , a! J
) in
The t .ta! height of the mountain, uialiint;
al low ai ii i-- ! . . r ui i u i' f nine -on-. H.To'
leet above t he si a level, i r appr '..m.i'e'y
M.'i'e.-t less tnaa the c.-i: iu. .r, 1 ,- a. , ( te !
Ilieiis'i-i m.-nts. Thepci.k i-. 'I.e-.-'. a'... i it
.'oo f is-1 lower than that !' tr the
ineas ireiuelits of which w.-r..- n.a It a v.i i-k
A NEW 1IELKUOV8 ORDER.
It Proposes to Abolish All Secret Bocie.
ties und Lawyers.
A new lelifioiis m iety has heen ori-'im
I zed lit Kokoino, I :k , with the Ih-v. lr
1'atkett as leader. It is i alh d the I h: t:an
Coiiriu-'ation und has u t to work to uirry
out practical christinnitv in nil itsiniuordt
tiiiN. The members iileo claim that ttiev w ill
abolish all necessity lor the existence of secret
societies by jtmng money t" the destitute
and looking after all the wants of the indi
vidual members of their own firani.-iitioH.
They propose also to do away with lawyers
hy relerriiis; all disputes nr.-intf between in
dividual members to an arbitration commit,
tee'. The society has fifty members iu this
town and is increa-in rapidly. The new
tlo' triiieseeinsto be meetiiij; w ith much fav..r
in the country, as there ure probably F-O
inc. ubers besides those mentioned, and Con
verts lire steadily comini; into camp. A
branch church bun been s'.urtt-d ut 11 uu
nulls, Jo.
AS UE WISHED.
Bimpla Services Over Mr. Hundull'a Re
main. The funeral ceremonies over the remains
of Hon. Samuel Ihtiidall toi'K place in the
Metropolitan Fieshyterian Church, apitol
Hill, I hursday tiinruin. They were simple,
but solemn and deeply nlN'ctmi
The services Were opened with the hymn,
"head Kindly I.iht," by the Schubert ipiar
tetteof male singers. Frofess,,r Fi-i -hoif
jiesided at the oran. 1'iayer was then ol'cred
hy Chaplain ilburn, after which the pastor
of the church. Kev. Dr. Chester, delivered
the funeral sermon.
The ceremonies were concluded about 11
a. m., wln-n the rocisinn formed and
moved to the IVnnsylwiiva llailn-a I -tatioii,
through the Capitol jtrounds and I'emisylva
nia avenue, which was hntsl with sympa
thetic spectators Arriving ut the depot the
remains were placed aboard a train, which
soon after blurted for Philadelphia, where
the interment took pi nee,
It In reported that Gen. Ilcale, of Call,
foruia, h is sol 1 bis ranch t J an Kuglwh
touijuiuy for t.'.yu i.UUO.
I'INANCTAI
THE WEEKLY REVIEW C-rTBADR
No Serious Monetary Pressure Reported
Anywhere- the Iron Business Show
No Iniprortment , Businoas Fail
urea of a Week.
It O 1iiii .V Co.'s weekly review ( f trade
says: A ti'iemi of extraordinary f-oulation
has in. Grain sork products, cotton,
oil mid rti-ar hate a Ivan d, the latter In
spite of the proposal to remove the
entire duty, nnd pprace lunilitr also, in spite
of the raj idly mcreasiiitf Interruption of
build tiL' by stnk' s. The jfetieral average of
prices for coiiiiuo i.'ies has udviiuve-J .s of
1 j '-r tent in a ween and 1.7 per cent in
tnree wceli-. stocks have al-o been stronger,
u-id rep r-.s of trad", which are inllumced
ra'her by pricis at which !oibIs are sold
than l y the o une ,jf b-isu.e-s tran.'ucted,
are iiinforiiii.y di. s rful. At the same time
tli'-re i c .iitiniicil eideii e of nn actual
ii.irc.ise ovr hist year in the volume of bus
iness trai,-iii -c I.
WTii at was Matted upward l y rt I cits of
itj-ry in wiii'i - wl.-.-it States. A; New York
the mi i him i-o n 1 ,-l.'Ci,(i 0 busheis, prub
kl ly the laiiri -t week s trni.sactioiis on rec
or I. Com lias iidvani ed "in sympathy " 1
it-tits nnd oat- Ii m.:. Oil has u (vnnced -Ii
cents witle .t known is.ta-i"ii. i'ork has
r.sen j" r b.ir.-i. There is iiot a ct.rres
p. Ml. ii($ iui rovement iu the industrial con
o.tii ii Wool has I ei ti llrni'-r at I. .-ton
without Diuiii'e .ti prii e. and very duli and
iiui live at New York and I'h.lii'lelphiu.
In li e dry eoo..g market no improvt luenl
i-nen. Cotton manufii' t-.ire il " i.o thrive
tlie I c;ter for the icivaiee in the material,
" tiif- !- hanp-d in pri e and print
cloths only .; .1 ecu's f..r i l I lie bo it and
hi t .nd i try is cltarly tiir.v.iii', and leath
er and hi'les n: Loth lirn t r and in more tic
t.ve di :i. and. F it ti e i -ht hour Urines
iu n.iiiiy i t.e have a rcidy arret. I nil
b lildi: - op. rat.' ii-. and uie t- pei ted to ex
lend, tu that the market for flit's ,s a rc.i.ly
at!e' icl iinf.ivo-alily. olid al-o the iletiuind
('r vtru t-iral iron. Tl.e i.-.n Ic-ini s shows
no i u roMUin-n'. In t'-el rails lar- i.r h-ri
ure cui!;n. nnd it is thought tl.t-v can be
laced
I. Far iron ii d;.l. und tie-
d.
s .li'-taii-lally all tl.e repo"s foru other
i -itiei -ive an i-t.co..rii,:;ii record tf the
S'.i.'.e Of business.
It .s ,-,. lady iiotewortuy that there Is no
er:o is iu in tary r. -- ire any wl.t re Money
i - j i a-t and ea-y ut H'-H'.n. ea.er at i'hiia
tji 't;.!i:ii. ui. I htendy with plentiful su plii-a
at I. cai'ii, st. l."i..w, M.w..;.kte and
-inahn. cievt l .nd iind li.tr..,t only report
. :..' - ire i '. i-ene-s. I.xport.i f products in
March appear to have mi rca-.-d full;- ,'i per
ci--.' i iv. r last year, nnd pr.bahly cx'tedul
import- I y -.ts ,imi, hut th is far iu Apr.I
i .xj.or-s have fallen about iti per cent In-low
lii-t yi ar s at N- w- York, while imports hov
hii lie rea'e of l-'J per cent.
GRF.AT FIR BIS I.V JAPAN.
Eleven Hundred Houses Destroyed - Dis
i. -tc-rs at Sea.
Steame-s iirrivin.t from okol.oir.n
brought news to April 1.
More disastrous I res have m cjirred in .hi-
in. i oi Mali h J '. i house-- wa re burned
at Aotiu.r,;. i h'-tiny alter i-er ."si bu.idinjrs
were destroyid i,t Noshito. and over uu at
'Finnro. The lutti i ll re ra.'C'i six ho irs.
I he Ainc-i'-iin s,,p i , eiii"li. from New
York, loiide I wi'h u.io.i eases l.eri seiie,
la - ' u ti.e t' i k at krii.T-iui, .iiii an. Shis
W.i- I lo-.Mi I'-hi '
1 'inul a wi nt t" hi
l t i .a . :.. .ci;
a'lc r t:t-.tr:.
111 V i t I"- -r e.i.
I he ' lllier I .
Mi:
h - i. The s'i ii iii cr
:i" -tan. -. I. ,t i .. .id not
to t. w a r !!. If tl.e
i.e l'o-; . :i-k-o ai.il Ms-el
III ' ir'irs! y, A ru
lo-t in tt.t .'.'o::u
e d'ow neii.
I r ' .:.'! ;. I
i. I .f.t I u i i -
I'ope I.eo XIII. Talks.
The Home ci rri spi nli nt of tne New Yi rk
Ih i a iMuis M-cun-vl an iind: i.ee w ith 1- pe
I.e.; XIII , iluiilie whi. h the Ih ly F.if r
told in an extended interv.ew li.s ..e h.r
Ameiii a. bis in; i.s of m,-. ,i.
subjects ni.d ' s . i. tent ol.- to:
rela-vitij; the d stress i f tne hn or
World. I he stor es ,. the Pope's wei.ki.es.
are pr-.:n ..ii i d ab-ur-i by tl.e i or-i-pon.i-ent.
His vol..-is ,iid to le iltar and u
wiivermj; an-l h.s he.iltli ig Hood.
lie stri - iiijly favors t he d "ii'inaineiit of II -.
r pe and at.-t trotu.-ly con-iemus .x,sj.
em i' of most staii-hn arm '.
"So Ii.ii a- li un pe is hlled w-th f"! 1,
the I 'ope say. " so Imie will all this, lin -r
be w it iid: aw u I'r- in ! I.e -o.i and t p. or
w .11 he overo .rdei.e.i with taM-v , ;
the sy-t.sjii I h'-ar.tues of II ;r. 1 1 a t . n
I .vcii-lhiu the popm ition.
TUB REDSKINS CORNEUED.
Eerious Trouldo With Iudiuna at tha
Cheyenne Reservation.
A ritnni r :r-n; Cheyenne on the lit serva
tioii, iim'io-..-u..s tha a bind of Indians aru
on the warpath an I itre c'.viiiir tho agent at
liiut pla- e considerable d.;H u'.ty.
Chief j;l Foot, with a band of about 40
others, refused either to take up land
or to va-atu f.r settleri. The n,reut
reij'iested him to d i one or the othir, und
Hit; Foot comnieiiced M make trouble.
Troops were sent for to Fort Meade. Two
companies of infantry and three of cavalry
were sent to the scene, and have succeeded
iu cniiierinir the lu lians, and ure awaiting
order us to their d;sp. isitiou.
It is probable that the whole band will be
removed from the Reservation, ilitf Fo -t
refuses o capitulate, uud serious trouble is
upprehi nded.
BLOWN A HUNU.tED FEET.
Three Men Killed by tho Premature Ex
plosion of u Blast.
A premature blast at speed's cement mill,
near Sellershert'. eight mile - north of Jeller
Bouville. killed three men
1. C. Livingston, Samuel T Chappel and
Thomas James were hurled into the air
with greut force, and when they alighted,
fully lou feet Iron the L-ene of
the explosion, their bodies were an unrecog
nizable muss of Ih-h and bones, James was
Foreman oftheKanir. and was superintend
ing the blasting They were marrie I aud
leave lure families In ttruighteued circum
stances. It appears the blast had heen pn-pared but
for some reason failed to go ol)'. After wait
ing w hat was thought to be sufficient time,
the men returned to the scene, when the
Llast exuloded.
TIIE MINING SCALE.
CONCESSIONS ON BOTH BIDES.
Ohio ksd Pennsylvania Miners and Oper.
tcrsOorr.e to Ttrma.
Die rri'-e for niinimr for the cowinij
year have hen f'.xetl und tl.e interstate agree
ment revived by the miners and mine oper
ators of Ohio und Pennsylvania. This Is the
result of a de ided change in the eentimrnU
of both th miners and ojierator1 attending
the jtiitit lonvention at Columbus, O. Con
fessions were lmide on both
sides. Tbroue'j a Committee on
Conference the t!lf!eren-e b"twe-n the
miners ti I or era'.-rs was r- luced to a mats
t'-rof 1 cent . the ultimatum of the orntors
being To ecu's for the Hoiking Yullev nnd
T!t cents f,,r the P .ttsiiurg distri' t, while the
Iniiierr demanded 71 nnd s cents r.sptsctive
ly for the tw.i lii-tric's. .Uter a hecret de
liberation the in tiers n niedel tlie price fix
ed by the o erators utid the stale won agreed
to by the joint tonvi-ntioti amid wild en
tlr.;siam, 'I he sea e is lo cents lower than
the t ric-iiial j r. p.-ed by the miners and an
advulH e of Ti cen' om the prices paid ill the
Ht t-kiiu di-trti t the pas year and an nd
Vance of); tents over the rice paid in the
I'itt-buri.-h di-tri'!,
h i,ow si...n p-i i.able that corresponding
r:ce will I e fixed In Indiana, Illinois and
We-. ircuiiiu. The t era'ors i f those
States mu-t iio.v ii).Tts- to prins satisfactory
to tiie miner- or s .bin t-i a strike, in which
tin y v ,11 have to I'.el.t in t only tl.e miners
of ' d. o and f'i mi.; Iv.inla. but the operators
as well us the ii. : nets of th...r own States,
I he inliirr' of I.liii-ns and Imiiai.ii are con-lid-
lit that the opt rat' rs u( tln.se States will
tiow g,' t, .hi a'j.l.f n e. It is mil the
operators i f tin tw. i Sta't while i,.,t will
i:n. meet with the i .-rat. r of (ihin and
Penn-ylviiiii.-i, are ready o confer with
the.r ow n linners.
In it w ol tlii-f.e t a joint cotivi ii'lon of
tn nt perators and mini r- will prohai.ly In;
I.' 1-1 at indlaniipolis Apr.. atid a rouvcii
t i liolthe lilin. ,s i.p..r14t.,r, (.t St. I.o.iis
A'.l ."d 'I he inila -s of these two Mates
hi .j rove- i the m ale ad" ted for (hio and
! enns;, -,aii;j, In lievitig that t I.e ir in tion
ivoiii.l be aip'ovi.l .y their constituents.
Ihe nival...- m r..cs of mining will not
materially al'. -t tl.e I. l:e al trade, which
has already t peu-d n-d will continue
;hroj,-h ti e i-on f i.av j-.-.t : n. The buy
-rs f coal in tin- Noith-M--'. will simply
biivetojny nn re ..r . A prominent
cpi-ntor a..l tl.e i. l-.iin e m ,-l.t poss.hly
'larnwthe n,a:ke' f, r 'I; und 1 enii-vl.
Inn -a coal in ihe 'hi a,;., n.a'ket.
JJI.Oi'DSHLU IT. KENTUCKY.
A I.ir.-e Battle Bit ween Outlaw and
Stnto Troops.
A .le:
llar'en 1 o
roup-, i
t .li nnd 'i
f. f u-re I '.'7 milps east nf
t House. Ky.. up iii the I'liek
between n ii'.a:l of the State
st.ng f I1 piiv..tes. I.ie'.lt. M;i
! I'li'lia-i. and uh c.t lJ outlaws
w no w en foriilicd in a i old l-arn.
Five of tlie n. libers were wounded. It is
not i-own bow many utlaws were kil'ed,
us tliey Mill have pises,i,n ,f the barn.
Co-l'i ral Flat. ton wa- n-t.t arer rtinforc
iiie t s, and knows .-it ll'tle ah.nit the all'air,
iy I.e left immed.ately after the tiring began.
The u-oops have the I urn surrounded, und
it will be i ui pi ss.hle for tiio-e on the uiside
to make their est ap . Ihe only two roads
wh.'h run fr-.u' tie ii.ee o! lotion are
i: .iiriied i y p' ,; ;- who are intruc!ed to
ihlow i n one to p.,s. ti ward town, us it was
tlii.u.'bt I est (,, s., i.p the news of the i "ti
ll. 1 1 !r ui ' he ei p in tli- vicinity until
alt. ; !,. ;a- r. n.' nt; hud feuched the
ue e.
J In iirtic-ila's. -lire
a- hill iw -; I 'apt,
i iu :iiiiii !. i . i :bei-r.
hi ily i.; law it s mi n.
I .it I. ii.ui te i lor viirli
it!', us can be learned
iailher. wlio is the
was ii. formed that a
S'li.e of whom had
i. I t')-!l'S, Were fort--
lei
re!':
He
go
t 'he '.). e ii t-ntioiud locality. and hud
d to f.'ri i.di r ;,, the evil author. ties,
as ..-he I u .si! lietn 1 1 l" Ins in en p
l w i! I. siiii.e i ! the c: v.! ol!'..-i-rs for the
p.i p)-e of arre-t.i.t' t hem. and lie ut tint
sent !'. privates in i narge of I.ieut. Milton,
st-rg. l'ullian und 1 orporal Manloli. They
r-.i. hi d the place. e ecting to tlnd the nu n
they nt re p..r-ulng ;n a pt.va'e house. about
its- yard' le yoi-.u thj; barn from whtch they
we:e t.ti d upon.
'1 lie a' tad: wan m t li i keil for at that
poii.t i.nd ' aiiie so i.nej. p'-ctedly that it tit
iiiorali'd th sol L'-r- for a nn iin ntortwo,
b .'. : hey s-i n :u!! i u. surrounded the bam
ui.ii btean llrit.g u.'dI' fr. m every ilirei t:oi,
w i t :, .t was ti ,ht l ist to cease u' tiou and
hold the fott unt l the rrint .ri.miei.ts ur
r.ved w .tli mole ammunition.
I'. i Li l.ev-d tout a si-veie liglit will taKe
place us oon a- the u ld.tionu'. tr. ops reach
the place, for the outiuw ure fortified, well
ariiitii with W.hihistcr rillt-. and swear
tiist they w ill id s .rrende". and the aol
niers ure detenu; lied, and want revenge fof
tiii.se w ho have been shot lb WUI !t is im-
.r s ; i ,lt-1 -' hear unvthmg lurther at this
writing, and it will he impossible to i'ci fur
ther i iiMicnlars ut present.
KILLED BY CIO A HE PTE SMOKINO.
Kocctine Ho Haturatea u Boy's Body That
His Heart Cur-not Work,
r-'amui-l Kimball, a sixteen year-old lueiu
her of the choir of St. Mary's church, Brook
'yn, dlel on Friday lust ut St. John's hospital
'ruin w hat u peun d to be cigarette jsilsoii.
I he boy was u constant i-:iioker, and when
aroujht to the hospital frmu bis home wus
rillering I rom u dropsical condition of the
egs and weak condition i f the heart. The
Is tors t-ald that his sy,t,-iu had been i
horoughly impregnated with nicotine that
:he beait Was unable to erfonu iU luuc--una.
NOTHING LEFT OP Til EM.
Turn Men Ann Minted bv Nitro-CJl vcerine
i.i .i . -.. .i.. .
n. wa'ill loil'ie I will un i n (.ii v.i iiiw
hells, use I in bliootint; oil uud gas wells,
exploded near Cygnet, Ohio, with terrdic
force.
Two men who were on the wagon
were blown hundreds of yards, und
nothing left of them hut a few shreds of
their cl "thing. The horses were terribly
mangled, and both killed, and the wagon
reduced to kindling wood,
The report was distinctly heard a distance
of 10 milwi, aud in the immediate vicinity
window wera broken aud chiiuuey overthrown.
THE WAGES OF RAILROADERS
The Statistics Gathered by Labor Com
miss j tier Wright. (
Labor Commissionet Wright hat made bi
fifth annual report Tbe single (uhject
treated is railroad lolwsf. Tha report ihows
tliat on June 30, 1 -Ml. the whole number of
railroad corporations iu the Potted Ptate
was approximately 17is, and the initesge of
these roads, appnitlniately, 1 J0,40 miles.
The number of employe on all f tha rail
road of the country on tbut data wa (&',
1'I2. . s
For the pnrposra of the commissioner'!
Investigation the railroads of th country
were divided into seven geographical groups
in which the general Condition of labor
l were of a like character as follows: The New
Hiiglund group, the Middle Atlantic gnmis
the Centra! Soutn Atlantic and Gulf group,
the Central Northern grimp, the South west
ern group, Northwotern gr nip aud the
Pacific group. Sixty railroads were selected,
representing all part of the country and all
conditions if railroad labor.
The number of employe eotine.-ted with
these ti r-,iids in these several groups then
were found to be IMl.'.'Mi employes, Fpon
investigating the subject of the relations of
employes and corporations as tobd roads, by
w hich the real railroad businesK of the coun
try is s-rf.iriued. it was found that roads
Inaiiit iin beneficiary institutions, and a few
pay hospital expenses while men injured in
the servite are being treated. A very few
pay taxes f. r the support of state and county
institutions Three or f .ur contribute to re
l'ef funds and several furnih club
huusis f .r certain classes of employes.
S'ix Compaii-e. a"ert thut they pension their
superanuiited employes and aNo their r
inaiiently liisahied Jsi-ople. A few give su
pt ranuated emp!oys 1'ght work .r allow
half time pay; while a Miiuhcr make settle
ments upon the pi-ii.iitiently disabled.
Two huii'lred and sixty-six companies re
tain in their service permanently disabled
employes, tic-number of sin h on the rolls
ut the cli-e of the year lsss being 31 .1. A
very large number of roads uNo provide
s.iin system of technical educational schools
for their i n ployes and in some ca-es for
their families.
MISS DAVIS AFFIANCED
1 he Duughtcr of the Confederacy to Wed
u Northern Man.
The engagement of M.ss Winnie Davis,
the " Daughter of the Ciife ieracy." to Mr.
Alfred Wl kln-.n of syra- -:se. X. Y is the
one b. I.-of coiier-at.i n iu Svraciise, X.
Y.. -y.
The pr. - eclive l.-.sb-ilal ofMi-s Winnie
I 'av;s is i n b's lii-.ther side il grandson of
the :-. s ui.. -.e .. May. the great Abolition-!,
w ho w.,s a', i in t'uie p is',,r of the
May Memorial churi h ut Syracuse. He was
lissi ia'i'd w ith llinersoti. Lowell, Iaillgfel
low aii'i hirrison iti the great abolitionist
movement
Some !"..: yca-s a -n Miss Davis came
North to vis't thes, :, ,,f her father's old
friend. Dr. Tin. mas llm. ry, of Jhe drygooils
hrni ol D. Mci artiiy A t ... It was on this
visit that s',,. me, her fate," but she was
most ,-aref ,1 to cou.-eal the fact from her
father, for it wouhl almost have killed him
to know that his iniugnter would one day
wed the giand-ou i f one i f his most bitter
foes. It was her ili-: i.it m t his old Aboli
tionist stronghold, and she was cniise.-iei.t!y
iinvloiis to inee; the s, ;y ,,f Syracuse at
one of the recep-.i i,. g.veu in her honor. It
will hi r-nienib red that she re'-ci veil a old
reiep'ioii In one or two hou-es here, and this
treatment of the "Daughter of the Confe !cr
u v" i. said to have brought her and Mr.
tVi'.k:!i-on in very close relations. He re
u nted the coolne si. ow n her. and gallant
ly championed her ca .s... Tlie fnei-dshi,,
thus eiigeiid-ri-d between tlc-m blossomed
into love iu due time. M Jlavis later mi
went to l-lnroi' with a con-in, and is -till
there. Jus; w hen the luurriuge will be cel
ebrated is not kii' W ii in Syracuse, hut it is
unde.-st to l .e s-tthd that it will take
place
Mits.
ti.e fain. ly hoineste.id at lleauvuir,
SKCRETAHY KUoK'S HEMEDY.
An Address to Furm rs on the Depression
in Agriculture.
Secretary Kusk is about to issue an ad
dress to the farmers o1' lue country explain
ing how the depression m agriculture can be
r tnt-die l.
He uttriiuites the n-sent Mate of affairs iu
art to i urelessiies- In culture, and says
that in th days a farmer must leas well
t ruined an I careful in business as the store
keeper, uud his eipial in intell gence und
general e (.n ation.
The Secreta'-y u i thinks that the funnel
does not study ihe market reports as careful
ly us he should, und ri commends that h
avail himself of the inf. rm.it ion supplied
I ny tne .igricunura. i 'cpar nient . llelhinkt
! that farmers . h". ;!! not a -uulre inoie laud
than they cm p'oiitahiv cu'tiva'e.
After touching upon lraupoit.i;ioii.
Mortgages, the mi. Mb man, giiiu.ihng in
farm products, und coiuoinat ions to con
trol the market, the Seentiiry luako a
lung argument infavorofhightTdutitsi.il
farm products He giv--.- tables to show that
our import of agricultural products amount
to Xt 7:i,T;s. the greater part of w hich.
probably k';VJ,w.,mt, might be, with proper
eiicourugen nt. produced on our ow n s il.
He thinks that the problem can he solved by
the imposition of high rates of duty on ugri
cultural products.
ALL BUILDING TRADES OUT.
25,000 Men Idle as the Result of the Car.
pentcra' Btriko.
The embargo placed by the etriking car-
I't-ntets ot' building
operations in
I t'hieugo continues effective.
Thu olli
not on-
I ' ial veto on labor extend
v to all of their own craft, but now ems
t braces nearly all tradei employed iu archi
tectural work. At the close of work last
evening the great majority of tha bricklay
ers, plasters, kit hern, painters an 1 plumbers
were lu;d utr indefinitely. There was no
more work for them to do. All lines of
work hud reached tliestoppiiig place beyond
which they co ild not gu without the assist
ance of the carpenters. At the strikers'
headipiarters it wus est i muted tbut li',0 Kj
men connected with the various building
tru its were idle uu the result of the carpen
ters' strike.
B0MK A'fD ronriON J0TTlire8t
Th Pith ftf Many Implant M.
AU Paru of th World.
The doctor! are going to put Mr r
fapd on a thread mill to red,, hi 'a,V.rT
tissue, which has been Increasing at the
of 25 pound a month, somebody savs
Ilerr Furth, of the Chamlier of ( 'ornrre
lin published a report decl.irlnn ti)at y.'rr'
trade Is on the verge of ruin as a rt7,'",
liiotectlon. The report i corroborate
experts. 'J
Henry fjeorge is hating cordial w,'c
iu Atistrutta, He bus been entertaine'i
gfund bnuipiet atfsi.lney, and hi, e. ,-e,'',
the land ucsthiu huve been atlet.iiej
crowde.1 audiences, '
Thu lower bouse of the Ohio I.egi,:a.
pass-d the Australian Hallot bill. Tlie n
ure originated iu the House aud g., t'',',
Senate. '
The Musr.nic committeo of the deJieati, n
of the (iurlield memorial extend a ..",'
tion to all Miuoiilo bodies to articlpii "
the ceremonies on May .1 1 nrxt. un
Count of the crowd that will pr.ihaby l C"
Btteii'liiiice it will be Imposiihle f,r tilf
c.-il orguiiiations to entertain the vi-.in.f,'
News from' the Hague shuwj tIa, ,,
K-ng of Holland is iu a condition wl.h ., .
lead to his death at any moment, t '. .'
preparation ha been mule in ant; . 'j g
of his majesty's demise.
The iissigiimeiit of i. tla'dn-r ,v. ''., .
goods iiie-chnnts nt Ottawa, Ontar... 4 -.
I. un 11. ties ol ( i ii o, is untio-.incc.i.
Tho-.' -oli.i miners were run d .,-,v:; iv
fr ight train at Hunt-ngdon, l'u. -i,.,,,.,
kli e-i aud the other fatally injure 1.
Jl.e ll -v. Tbeoihire Cuyb r, on n---.
from the pi. rate, was pre-etn..l n - . a
pur-t . f t vi. u n by his itroi-klyn par -,.
ir--t 1 .'' f ir each y-ar he had served
I he I.i 1 uhiii an tarilf hill has bi.-, ....
ienied to C( iigres. All important tim. -9
a us made lit the last Inonient, by -M ;
ug.-.r i-jii.es in free of duty, and j,.., ,..Vls a
bo'-i y.
Tl.e valuable contents of a inm', j ; n
w.Te stolen from u Santa Fe train by
kii .w u ti.a f.
A sawmill ijwiie i hy Krtipp l!rij..in i ' . x
town-hip, near (Jreensburg, l'a .was b ,'ta J.
J.OSS il ', '.
Aimer Yates, founder of Yates ('enuf
Kan., has assigned. Liabilities. l. y
sets, f " 0..SJ.
KEYSTONE 8TATK CULLIXGS.
Mccle. of a very inn'-'gnat. yp.- .r
Jt-niic .it I'-.u v- itaw iiey.
lit v J '-. lav .. r, p i-.. ,r of ; ;.e I'- .. .. .
in i ii ir h a- o tda'e. has :. i ,
le-ignat oii and it has bu n a. . pie ;
Mi-r Mamie Kelley, of tsUn- ., ,
lit'.i-mi t ng to cr. .. u,e r.uli i.i I at that ; . i,
Wasst.-i.ik by a train and mti.ui-1-, . J
sihly. fatally ii j ir -d.
llev. M. M. Sweeney of the I.atr.i.. M K.
church, was found wandering hum:,! ,
inouutuins. at a -p .t I I mile. lr..ui I .- ... . ,
while Mill.riug lioiu tenip .iary ,i.-.i: y
luu-ed by overwork.
'I he 'Iwelling of.lamcs I-iini-iiy, a' M .1 .'i
town, togi tlier with nio't of its . nn M
destroyed by lire. The lire origin.!-..;
II defective title. Loss. fl.O IO. pari. ! . .;.
Hired
'1 he -!n rl I' of West nn irclati l c ci - v I. .a
posted a iiotii e that all the pr..j r'y .! r:
West iin reliitiil A; Fayette t l.-s l i,in n:,
be M.ld on April L at the - nit of ih-.-r I j ,
contractors, The company hold-lei.--' a
jver l.li ioacres ill and uroiind Snt-..iiili),
llev. M. A. Lambing on Sunday clir cni'
d the Newton tiiadruplcts ut s-f.x
Tliey are doing well.
'Ihe license court of Washington i .. ii.'y
bus refuse! all retail applications, e.m-'.-.i ; i
the I'.rooks law as a prohibit jry enactii.tnt.
The probably fatal stabbing of several nut rj
w as the result of a Sunday riot among Hun
gariausat the Tarr coke works, mar s-'i .ti
dale.
A (lefts-live Hue on .Sunday night en ."-l
the destruction, by lire. t,f ,loia!i 1". j t r
house, Cook town-hip, Westmoreland ("'.a
ty; lo-s, ti.-, o.
Mrs, Mury Miller, colored, of Wa-lili.g'.' n.
died lust week. She owned the ground la
w hich the famous lliingh de well was ii.-...
ed, giving her uu income of t.im d uly.
Samuel Harkiuu, of lira I I n k. u carp -titer.
Wa- iit'.rally torn to pieiei by tin--!.
ilig enjiii". while walking ulmig the t-a -
ubove tne upper en 1 of the .M..11. in.g.ill
l-'iirnace, MeleiiMrt.
The I'l-iuoi-ratic s'ta-e e-ie-utivec i'ii:- !'
will meet at. Harrishurg, April '". 1 1 M
the lime of holding tin- state I'oi.vi!.'.. :
The llcpubliean convi ntioti will In-I.e. !:.
hit le.-part of June, and tlie I emo .-ratlc . -
veiitiou later.
At Carmen, a few miles below llr -v
villi-, the I'oitlaud Cii upuiiy hat o -i--lilt-Hi
el the i on-tru linn of a radr-n !
is to run down the Clarion to spring . f '
a distinice of about thirl t-i nai i;
road will open to market iii'.oo i.o" fell ,!
timber und nearly :!.i o it c.rils of tn-' -'r'
From Curiueu the rmi I w ill be ext. -ti 1-1 ?
Laurel run to tap thu iuimen-e h ! l!
timber tliat ure still in that se-ti"" cf '-:
county.
The farmers of llrie and Crawl' rl c un
ties, irresiective of party, t i the iiinui'-'
IS", huve signed a call f ir county t
lions of fariu -rs. to consider legi-latlM-illations
as well us u cingre iotml (' :-:"'
ill the llsie-Crawford district. Tlieln'i'"''
of Montgomery, Itucks, Chester nn! l', J'
ware, uttho e.isteru end of the "tatf.
moving in the same line, have made I r
limiiiary organialioii in tne I'.cir ("'' rt
uud propose to hold a conveuti -in l -Nv " '
town next month.
Terrorized by Dundits.
A re'gn of terror prevails iu S'iint:"r'
uba owing to tho during raids of two t"J"
'es of bandits who have heen ravaifintf l-
coiiutrv. The outlaws recentlv eli.''H 0
aconliict with the guurds, and three if"
latter were killed. I he authorities tbereu4
mi decided to tuko severe measures fe' IW
limn ui. .n M.r .1... i,i..iiiu un.l i nn ins ar i"
inirsiiinir them. It is stated that til1 f"' I
he bandits is so great that :.uu froiu
.iltil frmn their e'ltutes uud gone to tw
'or safety.
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