Capital, Labor and Industrial, Packer colliery No. 4, Shenanhoah, Pa., one of the largest of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company’s colleries, employing over 500 men, started up after an idleness of over four months. The Fulton Boiler Works of Richmond, Ind., employing a large number of hands, ‘has been compelled to shut down entirely, owing to the labor troubles in the East. ‘They are unable to get steet enough to keep their plant in operation. A strike was inaugurated at Philadelphia, Pa., among the lathers and slaters and plas- terers and laborers that will affect nearly all the firms in the suburban wards of the city. he strike is strictly against the employ- ment of non-union men and is not a ques- “tion of wages or hours. About 1000 men are affected in the three organizations. The workmen at the Upper and Lower mills in Lawrenceville (Pittsburg, Pa.) and at the Beaver Falls, Pa.,, mill, both mills ~~ owned and operated by the Carnegie Steel « C0., Limited, have struck because the man: agement refused to enter into conference - or arbitration with thé workmen at Home- © stead, ‘The men in the Eureka. Iron and Steel Works, Detroit, Mich., the largest in the West, struck Wednesday. All the strikers are members of the Pittsburg division of “the Amalgamated Association. Boyd's branch of the Pinkerton agency is employ- ing men to send to the works. The strikers ~ arearmed and trouble is feared. The Findlay Rolling Mill company, of Findlay, O., signed the scale of the Amal- gamated association. This makes 31 signa- "tures received from iron and steel mills out- side of those signed in the sheet mill confer- ence, which was 87, thus making 68 signa- tures in all. The 400 employes of the Eureka Iron and Steel Co., Wyandotte, Mich., have struck. They are members of the Amalgamated Association. No outbreak has yet occur- red, but trouble is feared if the company should attempt {o introduce non-union em- ployes. The leaders of the locked-out workmen at Homestead, Pa., have decided to turn over to the proper authorities all the rifles taken from the Pinkerton men that they can re- cover. 2 «5 ' The employes in the print cloth manufac- tories at Fall River, Mass., have had their wages increased 3% per cent. All the Covington; Ky., rolling mills have signed the scale and 2,000 men are. happy in the prospect of work. The mill men and their employers are under mutual contract 10 abide by the Pittsburg scale. Telegrams received by Maj.-Gen. Scho- field at Washington, D. C., show that the dabor troubles in the Coeur D'Alene (Idaho) mining district are at an end for the present.’ . The rioters have dispersed and the State authorities, aided by federal troops, are in * fail possession of the field. Disasters. Accidents and Fatalities. At Portland, Ore., fire destroyed almost a whole block of buildings. The total loss is estimated at $250,000. Four persons who were injured by the ex- plosion of the boiler of the steamer Mont Blanc on Lake Geneva Saturday, died at the hospital, making the total of the dead 26. - A careful estimate of the total loss by the "fire at'St. John, N. F., shows that the “amount will reach not less than $20,000,000, with an insurance of but $3,000,000. Relief is pouring into the burned city. Thousands of homeless people are sheltered under sheds. ‘While Mrs. Carr, aged 50, and her two lit- fle girls, aged respectively 6 and 4 years, were walking on the tracks ofthe West Shore Railroad, New York City, they were g'ruck by an express train, which instantly Xilled the woman and one of the children, and fatally injured the other. A freight train on the Ontario and West- ern Railroad, near Middletown, N. Y_, struck a wagon containing 10 persons returning from a picnic and killed George Walsh, Castle McCoy and Mr. and Mrs. Frank all of New York. Three others were injured. A cyclone struck the steamer Frankie . Folsom on the Illinois. river near Peoria, Jlls., and the steamer’'s boilers exploded. ~ The river was filled with small craft and the exact loss of life is not known. Following ds alist of those known to have been lost: ‘Mrs. W. G. Wills, Pekin, Illinois; Mrs. Fred Fisher, Pekin, and her daughter, Miss Cora Fisher; John Ahreads, Pekin; Miss Mary Fath, Pekin; Mrs. Henry Druisdecker, Pe- Xin; Rev. J. H. McMien, of Benson, Illinois; ‘unknown body recovered with Initials on ‘bangle, “J. C. M.”’; Miss Lottie Shade, of Shelbyville, Ills, and Mrs. Kate Beebe, of Pekin, and Miss Hepler, of Pekin. Some of the victims were literally cooked to death by ‘the escaping steam. The river is being dragged for more bodies. SH . Legislative, The Congressional (Committee appointed 40 investigate the labor trouble at Home- ‘stead, Pa., is now in session at Pittsburg, Pa, taking testimony both from the mill i owners and the employees. will be submitted to congress at an early ate. Cyrus W. Field, tne ramous promoter of *ghe Atlantic cable project, died at his coun: try home in Arusley Park, N. Y. Mr. Field a associated with many enterprises, among "them being the elevated railroads of New ork City. He accumulated a big fortune, ut owing to a series of misfortunes in yecent years he died comparatively poor. Congressman Gillespie is at work on the "draft ofa bill to be introduced in the next Pe {vannia Legislature, having for its the prohibition of armed forces, than regular soldiers or militia, pa- Their report also apply to armed secret organizations ot ‘any kind. . Crime and Penalties. = At Pittsburgh in a diseussion over the Homestead (Pal) strike, Harry Floyd, a ‘horsedealer, wasShotand mortally wounded by John Bradford, an amalgamated mill man. : William Harley beat Annie Goodwin to death. with a club in Memphis, Tenn., while a crowd watched him, powerless tc interfere. ‘While an excursion boat was coming up the river near Gadsden, Ala., a political row started between two brothers named Dillard and -three other brothers named Green, during which ‘Witt Dillard was fatally stabbed, one of the Greens received a mortal wound- and another brother lost a finger and an eye. ‘Sheriff B. L. Dozenbach, of Clayton, Mo., shot and instantly killed Major 8. 8. Smith, ex-Assessor of that place. The shooting ‘was the result of a political quarrel. Mortuary. Loxpox, July 1L—William ‘Waldorf Astor, the head of the famous Astor family, died here to-day. The death of Kate Castleton, the well- known actress, is reported from Providence, R.L Baron Winmarleigh, aged 90, died in Lon- don. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1868. Miscellaneous. Three prisoners in the county jail at Marshalltown, Ia., sawed their way through the roof. One made good his escape. An- other dangerously slashed with a razor one of his pursuers. Two American lepers—one barely living and the other dead—have been found on a ranch near Boise City, Idaho. Their dwell- ing was alive with vermin. The President has signed the Indian and Postoffice appropriation bills. Political. The Kansas State Prohibition Convention nominated for Governor I. O. Pickring, of Olathe, law partner of ex-Governor St.. John, : ’ The ticket named by the People’s party of Minnesota is as follows: For Governor, Ig- natus Donnelly: Lieutenant Governor, Kit- tle Halvorsen; Secretary of State, H. B. Martin; Treasurer, P. M. Ringdal. Congressional Nominations. H. Clay Snodgrass was renominated for Congress in the Third Tennessee Congres- sional district. The convention indorsed ‘free silver.” Captain B: B. Dovenor, of Wheeling, was nominated by acclamation for Congress by the First district Republicans in Wheeling, W. Va. ] Washington News, The President has signed the Riyer and Harbor and the Pension appropriation bills. Fives A school building was burned at Berk- hamstead, England, and eight children perished. . Sanitary. Thirty-five deaths from influenza occur- ed "at Valparaiso on Wednesday. ‘ Crops. Heavy rains have damaged Tennessee wheat. BEYOND OUR BORDERS, The English e¢lection returns up to Tues- day evening stands: Conservatives, i194; Liberal-Unionists, 27; total anti-Home Rule, 221; Liberals, 163; Labor, 5; anti-Parneliites, 29; Parnellites, 5. A French Captain and ten soldiers were killed in a Chinese ambuscade in Tonquin. Smallpox is epidemic at Victoria, B. C. Cholera has practically depopulated Baku. The yellow fever epidemic is getting bad at Vera Cruz. A torpedo boat named the Rosalis has foundered in a storm off the coast of Uru- guay. All the officers were saved, but the crew of 70 men are missinz and while some of them may have escaped most are sup- posed to have been drowned. The Argen- tine ironclad Almirante Brown and the cruiser Veinticinto, en route to Spain, are missing, and it is believed they are lost. The latest dispatch from St. Gervais says that 125 bodies have been recovered. The number of bodies recovered at St.Ger- vais Les Blainesis 126. Guides ascended up the mountain and discovered that another glacier had collapsed, wrecking several buildings and killing 15 persons. ~ CROP REPORTS NOT SO GOOD. If They Were Better Though, Trade Would Be Worse. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Crop reports promise results not equal to last year's, which would be disastrous, but beyond expectations. With the decrease of only 6 per cent the wheat yield would be far beyond the quantity consumed and ex- ported in any year except the last, and nearly equal to last year’s consumption and exports, The price dropped below 84 cents, but has since been stronger. Western re* ceipts are large—1,600,000 bushels in three days. and exports 771,000 in the same time. Corn acreage shows a decrease of 4.4 per cent. Oats have declined 2 cents, while hog pro- ducts are stronger, pork 35 cents per barrel higher and coffee and oil unchanged ' The cotton report shows a condition only 2 per cent below last year, and on any estimate of acreage the yield, with the surplus still in sight, will more than meet all demands for the year. : At Baltimore exports of cattle are large and manufacturers make favorable reports, the packers especially realizing large profits. the country during the last Window glass is fairly active at Pittsburgh, butthe iron mills generally are closed Some improvements is seen in groceries at Cincinnati, and at Cleveland dry goods, hardware, groceries, clothing and cloaks are active, and trade is fair in other lines. Bus- iness is good for the season at Detroit, with crop prospects favorable. : aol ig quite active, with prices unchang- ed. Business is active in dry goods for the season, Cottons are strong. Money markets are abundantly supplied. Banks have been refusing certiticates to gold exporters, and redemption of notes has drawn coin from the treasury which, nevertheless, holds as much gold as a week ago. The Pasiness failures occurring throughout Ag ay as compared ast week. C 4.3 ing week of last year the 5 W . WAITER GIRLS ALSO STRIKE. The Company is Firing up its Fugnaces. Non Union M3n Expacted Soon. The sight of steam escaping from pipes in three departments of the Homestead (Pa.) Steel works, and smoke issuing from a couple of stacks in another portion of the plant, caused some excitement among the steel workers and was the.only event out- side of the military camps that caused any talk in-the borough Saturda came from the armor-pla light plant. the: pla y work will be resumed first, because in machine and press shops there is th four months’ work on hand: partments were that mucl armor-plate mills when red. dapiies The fires in the open-hearth mills are un- der the lime furnaces, where the ‘‘bottom” of the other furnaees is prepared. It is necessary to keep these warm, the same as blast furnaces, snd this is probably why the fires have been lighted, though it would not seem to be necessary after they had been cold unless the intention is to start the mill soon. : A NOVEL STRIKE. The guardsmen are still on duty through- out the borough, and particularly about the mill, one company being detailed for duty within the famous fence. The men of the provinsional brigade, encamped across the river, will, beginning to-day, take their share of the patrol work. 3 3 Early Friday the Llp at the Carnegie Hotel, near the works, struck against sery- ing any one but the regular boarders. This acfion was due to the excitement about the coming of non-union men. The girls did not want to give aid. sustenance or comfort to anyone who would offer pretection to the new workmen. They sympathize with the locked-out men, as some of them. have. fathers, brothers, lovers or something of the sort among the idle ones. General Snowden and staff were caught in the strike breakfast- less, but they soon had a meal prepared for them by Battery B's cook. . A number of civilians were also forced to seek other quarters and peace now reigns. 2 other -out occur- FRICK WILL NOT BEND. The Mills, Where the Mn Go Out In Sympathy witn the Homestead Men, Will Be Run Non: Union H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburg, Pa., received from his workingmen at the Beaver Falls mills the following telegram, signed by Arthur Thornton, chairman of the committee : e. the Amalgamated Association workmen in the rod mill, wire mill and nail mill at Beaver Falls, have come to the conclusion that we will refuse to work until suchtime as H. C. Frick, chairman of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, is willing to con- fer with the Amalgamated Association in order to settle the Homestead affair. Mr. Frick at once sent the telegram to Joseph Wrigley, the superintendent of the Beaver Falls mills, adding : You will please say to Mr. Thornton, chairman ot the committe, and ask him to so notify the men, that if they, composi the Amalgamated Associa- tion at Beaver Falls mills, and who signed an Agree- ment with us for one year, do not go to work cn Monday next, or when you are ready to start, we will consider their failure to do so a cancellation of the agreement existing between us, and when those works do resume it. will employes, satisfactory to us, who there will have to apply as individuals. You can say that under no circumstances will we confer with the men at Homestead as members of the Amalg mated Association. Tle only mills that have so far decided to quit work are the city mills and the workers at Beaver Falls. The largest works those at Braddock and Duquesne, do not seem be in sympathy with the locked-out men at Homestead, and being satisfactorily paid propose to continue at work as long as the will runs. LOOKS LIKE MARTIAL LAW. The Homestead. Pa., High Constable Arrested by the Military and Marched to Headquarters at Point of Bayonet. Homestead people are waiting and watch- ing for something that did not come. Ru- mors and reports from a hundred sources that non-union men were en _ route to the Carnegie mill caused a flutter of ex- citement, but nothing more, for the town is practically under martial law, and: demon- strations of any kind were prevented by the sight of the shining bayonets and the glit- ter of gold lace. But the steel workers are uneasy. Though the filling of the mill with non-union men seems to be inevitable, the locked-out men are not prepared to bow to it, nor will they until their last hope has been shattered. The first arrest of a civilian by the pro- vost guard in Homestead was made Thurs- day night. Amos Stewart, the high consta- ble of the borough, came in conflict with the soldiers and was ordered home. Being an officer of the borough he resented the action of the guard. After some warm words he was ordered to be. arrested, and at bayonet point was ordered to the Provost Marshal's headquarters, where he was detained for an investigation. This evidently means that the borough is under maztial law. BRIDGES BLOWN UP. The Rule of the Military in Idaho Doésn’t Stop the Disorder. WarrAce, Ipano, July 16.—Two railroad bridges near Mullan were blown up last night, and with them several telegraph poles. The strikers also cut down a number of poles, thus shutting off communication by that route for a time. The Gem and Granite mines are all right. The rumor that the Granite mine had been blown up probably started from the report of the ex- plosion when the bridges were desttoyed. The military investment of the sowns is complete. No one is allowed to go out with- out a pass. It is probable that many union miners will be arrested to morrow. G. R. Smith, who was sent to this city by, the Executive Committee of the Wallace Miners’ Union to prevent the importation into that section of nan-union men, said that while the origin of the present trouble could be indirectly traced to a demand for increase of wages, which was unsuccessful last year, the direct cause of trouble was the revolt by the men against a hospital tax of $1 per month levied by the company, which the miners claimed was not. productive of as- sistance to them when needed, The unions built a hospital at Wallace and adopted’ a rule that the $1 per month, instead of being paid to the company, should be paid to the ospital. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company refused to recognize the justice of this rule, and the strike resulted in favor of the miners. Smith ‘claims the reduction in wages then follcwed. The Twelfth Body Recovered. Peoria, ILL, July 16,—The body of Mrs. Kate Beebe was found floating in the river here. She makes the twelfth victim of the ‘ Frankie Folsom disaster and is believed to’ be the last, git Homestead had three sensations Tuesday, none of them, however, being attended by violence. The first was the arrival of two brigades of the State militia. Then came the refusal of Major General George R. Snowden to permit of a public demonstra- tion in reception of the troops. Later in the day not a little interest was aroused by the circumstance that a rather large number of the militiamen became too convivial and an order was issued that fou e to their respective company tails sent out’for that purpo At the top of a hill overlos valley as ever the sun thone 0 Headquarters of the National d sylvania were yesterday establishéd. The work of 6,000 men of soldierly bearing, but who came to Homestead to preserve peace, not to make war, will be directed from that point. The people of Homestead, who de- sire perfect security, are happy, and the few turbulent spirits, that would stir up strife, are overawed. ; | ’ £ ; R ; MOAR PRL . / f ~// J Major General George R. Snowden, in Com- mand of the Entire Guard. A dramatic scene occurred atthe division neadquarters of the military between Major General Snowden and a delegation repre- senting the Amalgamated Association and the citizens of Homestead. It was the first formal meeting of the workmen and those who succeeded them in authority, and its interest was heightened by the absolute re- fusal of General Snowden to recognize the Amalgamated Association or any other Vv. A meeting of leaders of the Amalgamated Association and prominent citizens was held at the headquarters of the workingmen shortly before nogn and a: committee of was appointed to call on General Wiley, of the Second Brigade; and. tender him . the good wishes and co-operation of the Amal- amated Association and the people of omestead and also to request that the mil- itary receive the workmen of the town in a body headed by brass bands. General Wiley wasnamed because it was thought General Snowden was not on the ground. The members of the committee appointed went immediately to the headquarters of the Second Brigade, but upon tendering the offer, General Wiley directed them to G eral Snowden, wh J ie sehool -andshe cl b g and Captain Kuhn, an ex-militia officer, act- ing as spokesman, told the General that the delegation represented the citizens of Home- stead and the Amalgamated Association, who wished to assure the state autkority of their desire to co-operate with it in maintaine ing order. General Snowden curtly interrupted Cap- tain Kuhn to say that he did not recognize the Amalgamated Association or any other authority except that of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Sheriff of Alleghen county. The people of Homestead, he said, could best co-operate with the State troops by behaving themselves. Captain Kuhn went on tc tender all assistance 1n the power of the citizens and the Amalgamated As- sociation, but the General again cut him short with the remark that he could not ac- cept any such tenders. J Hugh O'Donnell stepped forward at this point and said that in the name of the peo- ple of Homestead and the Amalgamated As- sociation, the delegation wishes to submit to the legal authority of the State after having refused to submit to the illegal authority (meaning the Pinkertons.) ‘‘The gentleman behind you is the one to whom you should submit,” said General Snowden. indicating Sheriff McCleary. ‘We always have submitted to his author- ity," said Mx. O'Donnell.” * “I beg your pardon,’ said the General, ‘‘but you did not do so at the mill.”’ “I leave it to the Sheriff if we have not submitted,” said Mr. O'Donnell. “No, you did not," was Sheriff McCleary’s revly. “You didn’t allow my deputies to take charge of the works.” : This rather nonplussed the delegation,and for'a minute there was silence. Then Mr. O'Donnell went on to say that the tenders of co-operation grew out of a mass meeting of workingmen and citizens of Homestead and were made in their name, and not in that of the Amalgamated Association. General Snowden said he recognized no citizens but those of Allegheny county. ‘“Then, as citizens of Allegheny county,” said Mr. O'Donnell, ‘‘we come here to see you. . “Then I'm glad to see you, gentlemen,” was the General’sreply. - “I am glad that our position here is welcomed by the citi- zens of Allegheny county.” This gave Mr. O'Donnell his opportunity to say that the men of the town wished to form in a body with four brass bands and ass in review before the troops, but General nowden refused to consider the proposi- tion. He did not want a reception, he said, He was there to carry out the command of the State of Pennsylvania, and not to have any formality, “If I were in my personal capacity,” he said, “it would be very fiafter- but I ant net.” some moments of emparrassed silence, the delegation withdrew in anything but a good humor. F 4 = 5 X Thesittiation was truly dramatic. Gen- eral'Snowden refusing at first to even accept the self-introduction of the leaders, Sheriff McCleary refusing to introduce: them, their assumed humility, and the final dignified declaration of the Major General of the division that he was master of the sitnation, formed a pictiire of the supremacy worthy to set opposite the blood last Wednesday in a comparati oh The League Record. _ The follpivingtable shows the standing of the various base ball clubs: : : Apt 'ost-. Per "Lost. poned. ‘Gent. Brooklyn... 0 SL New YOrk.u...ss J 1 Baltimore... 04 Boston. .s. sa. 1 0. St. Louis: «ale Philadelphia... . Cleveland Cincinnati Louisville. . hingtoh Pittsburgh. Ohinean ... - | PROVISIONS OF THE NEW SYST 4 ly revolutionizes the manner in which | voters, in 1 of them at this time seems pertinent. + these innovations relate to the following citizens and Amalgamated Association men ing, ) Fhis concluded the interview. and after | THAT DEMAND ATTENTION. Some of the Important Changes Which It Inuagurates — How Nominations May Be Invalidated—A Review of the Law. : In the discussions relative to the Baker ballot law, the attention of the voters has been principally directed towards the change wrought in the method by which the indi- vidual voter registers his will at the ballot box, and the fact that the new law complete- eir aggregate capacity as mem- ical organizations, conduet and hé preliminar ters necessary arty on pears tq have : ap] e gene 7 pigs t dea great me sure gverlook He a rtance . of thése'changes i hat a brief review > pol WHAT THESE CHANGES ARE. An examination of the law shows that matters: First—The method of certifying pomina- t'ons to the proper officers charged by the law with determining their validity, and, in tarn, certifying them to the other officers whose duty it is to. prepare and issue the official ballots to be used at all elections. Second—The manner of testing and deter- mining their validity. the somewhat extra- ordinary powers conferred. upon those who" are authorized to decide all questions aris- ing, and the apparently irremediable com- plications'which may result from an adverse decision. . Third—The difficulties which may beset these officers, owing to the peculiar pro- visions of the law, in the prompt aud proper preparing of the lists of candidates and certifying them to the subordinate officials, who must prepare and distribute the official ballotsg : oh THE POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED. In this discussion attention is only called to those nominations Jequired to be certified to the Secretary of the Commonwealth by political organizations recognized by the law as political parties, the proceedings in the case of nominations made by nomination papers for these offices being the same, while in the case of county, municipal, bor- ough and township officers they are practi- cally the same, the differences being inthe officers to whom they are certified and who shall determine their validity. and in the number of days prior to the dav of election within which thew. must be filed. i Section 2 of the Baker law reads, in part, as follows: : : Any convention of delegates, or primary meeting of electors, or caucus held under the rules of a political party, or any boade authorized to certify nominations repre- senting apolitical party, which, at the elec- tion next preceding, polled at least three per centum of the largest entire ‘vote for any of- fice cast in the State, or in the electorial dis- lrict or division thereof. for which such pri- mary meeting, caucus, convention or board desires to make or certify nominations, may nominate one candidate for each office which is'to be filled in the State. or in said : district or division, at the next ensuing elec- stion, by causinga Serifisate of 1omination / lo beldrawn up and filed as hereinafter pro- POLITICAL PARTIES ARE NOW RECOGNIZED. The striking featuté of ;this’ clause, and which works a radical change, is that, for pradtically the firs) time in our history, the alection law recognizes political parties. Heretofore the policy of the State has been | Ao recognize the unit; the individualacting spantanepusly through the instrumentality | of the ballot, the theory bemg being thata ‘majoritv of these: political unitsy-orindivid= nal yoters i ponta =n onrr ; 1 theca ' tion has been the result, not of spontaneous, but concerted action ofiimdividual voters. -| But the election law cretofore only recognized the individual, = | Wow it not only Techgnizes the party, but prescribes the indispensabletrequisition fer that recognitioni— that it shall have, at the lection next preceding, polled at least three per centum of the largest entire ¥ote for any office cast in the State’’—and alse lay down the methods by which the preliminary steps necessary for. concerted action at the polls shall be taken. a This action also makes another radical departure from previous policy. It practi- :ally incorporates the rules of the Several political parties into the jurisdiction of the State, All nominations made and filed for 2 place on the official ballot by certificates of nomination must be made and certified by zonventions, primary meetings, caucuses or boards ‘‘held under the rules of a political pasty If not so made, or if made in vio- ation of these rules, thev may, as will be shown hereafter,be declared invalid by those officials having proper cognizance thereof. WHAT CERTIFICATES MUSE SET FORTH. These certificates of nomination, and this year they include Presidential electors, Con- gressmen, State officers, Judges, State Se- nators and Assemblymen, shall set forth specifically ‘the party or policy which such zandidate represents; the name of each can- “Jidate nominated thereon. his profession, business, or occupation, if any, and his place of residence, with street and number thereon, if any; and the office for which such candidate is nominated,” and sball be signed by the presiding officer and the se- eretary or secretaries of the body making or certifying the nomination, who shall add thereto their place of residence, and shall be sworn or affirmed to by them before an officer qualified to administer oaths, to be true and correct to the best of their know- ledge and belief. They shall then be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth at least 56 days before the day of election. These are the specific requirements of the law as to the form, certification and filing cf certificates of nomination, and the im- portance of a strict compliance with every . provision becomes very apparent when, as a further perusal of the statute shows, the slightest informality or failure to so comply might result in the nominations being de- lared invalid. HOW OBJECTIONS ‘ARE TO BE MADE. ‘ Objections to certificates. of nomination, of which there are two classes, must be ! only madein writing within 30 days afterthe last day for their filing with the Secretary ibed. 3 The questions to be determined by th tribunals will, to a “large extent, be-#i arising from disputes relative to party ru ‘When the number of parties now. or that may be formed, is remembered, the various rules relating to State, | gressional, judicial, senatorial and legis] nominations are considerea, the alm finite variety of disputes that may ari be plainly apparent. And while it i reasonable to suppose that the courts si inclined to construe these rules ibe not easy to see, in view of the fact that th decisions are final, and not subject to by the Supreme Court how any t construction can be had or uniform established. The law seems alo fal Shut 3 provides, Jo hethod of 0 notifying the Secreta of . thé Ci wealth of rs 1 hearing. : : COMPLICATIONS WHICH MAY ARISE. As objections of either class need ni filed until 20 days after the last day for : the certificates, and as Section 9 req: & Secretary of the Commonwealth to transm at least 10 days before the day of ; ‘to the Connt, of each county; Ee a politics represented by all candidates whose nomination certificates have been filed with: him,’ there are thus only 17 days in which: the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Aus ditor General and Attorney General, the Dauphin’ county -court ‘and the several county courts shall hear and determine all contensions which may arise. There are 67 counties in the State, and the certificates « nomination this year embrace Pres ¢ Electors, State nominees; 28 Congr: 25 State Senators, and 204 Assemblymen for the two leading parties, and in addition suche nominations as may be made by Prohibitio; and Peoples’ parties. 3 There is yet another provision of the which might still further complicate me ters. Section 7 proyides that any candida may withdraw by filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 15 days previ i the election, a request in writing, prop signed and aknowledged. Consequently ‘duplicate lists’ to be transmitted «fo County Commissioners cannot be closed un- til this limit has expired, which practi= lly leaves buy five days for their prepara- ion. z 13 AN OBSCURE PROVISION OF THE LA Confusion ‘may alse arise und further provisions of Section 9, direct Secretary of the Commonwealth to mit, atleast 10 days before the day tion, to the Commissioners and § ‘*duplicate official lists stating the nim and residences of and parties policie represented by all candidates whose nomina- tion certificates or papers have been file with him, and have not been found and de- clared to be invalid, and to have: pest Voted for at each voting place in each such county, respectively, substantially in. the form i the ballots to be used therein.” This pre ion seems somewhat obscure. In man the counties no oné list of candidates “voted for at each voting place” in county. Notably is this the case in PHil delphia and Allegheny counties. The voters: of Allegheny county take part this {alli the election of three Congressmen, Senators and 16 Assemblymen, the ter, being chosen from eight district es er the Secretary of the howe "must lransmit lists properly covering all these sub-divisions, or he must send a mere list of all. the candidates; ard leave. ‘ti cir diyrin lion to the Coulity Commiss OBES: | that provision of Section 13, which say that they ‘shall ascertain the offices: to: bi filled and shall be responsible for the aceu- rate printing .of the ballots in accordance. with this act.” ’ Ed Thezc ate some: of the features of the Baker law which demand the careful atten lion of the voters, and especially those. who are charged by their respective parties with the very responsible duty of attending tos those preliminary proceedings pertaining fo the nomination and certification of can: didates in order that their names may be: oroperly and legally placed upon the offiei ballot. While it 1s probable that many of ‘he complications pointed out as possible ander the provisions of the law may nol arise, yet prudance would indicate that its every requirement be observed.—HENRY HALL, in Pittsburg Times. : a "of ih bo ASKED TO RETURN TO WORK. Che Homestead (Pa.) Men Receiye mal Notics to Take Their Old Places. HS Saturday was a quiet day in Homestead for soldiers and civilians alike. .. The mest important event among the mill men ie : a mass meeting at Duquesne in the after oon. The expected notices to rebusn to. work were received by the men by mail. They read as follows: i : THE CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, LTD. Ron HOMESTEAD, PA, July 13, 1892, § DrAR SiR—Repairs will be resumed on Monday. morning, July 1¥, 1892. We invite you to- return to: your old position, work to commence at tug 1 Li - the. Respectfully, J. A. POTTER, General Office. This notice was supplemented in» the af. ternoon by the posting of the following eir- cular on walls and fences: EER Notice:—Individual applications for employment: at the Homestead Steal Works will be verve y the General Superintendent, either by letter person, until 6 p. m., Thursday, July 21, 1893. Te our desire to retain in our service all of our old em-= ployes whose past record is satisfactory and whos did not take part in the attempts which have been made to interfere with. our rights to. manage our: business. Such of our old employes as do not fhe tine above named willbe consid red | no desire to 1 For= by in, is. . ave unfilled positions, for which they are suftable, is notice the: last given to. employes of the works, and after non-compliance with tunis, places wil be filled with non-union men.. Carnegie Stéel Co., Lim., + 5 2 : JH, C. FRICK, Chairman. 2 To these notices the men paid slight: A large mass meeting of the mechani and laborers of the Homestead mill was held Sunday morning at Homestead to take action regording the invitation of the com- pany-for them to resume their: positiofs-in. - the mill. of the Commonwealth. The first class are ‘‘objections as to form or apparent conform- ity or non-conformity to law.” be considered by the Secretary of the Com- { monwealth,” conjointly with the Auditor : ' General and Attorney General, and shall be | | decided finally by majority of these offi- cers.” From this it dppears that on ‘any failure to comply with any requirements of : the law relative to the form of these certifi- i cates two of these three officers may declare | the nominatiou invalid, and’ from this de- | | cision theres no appeal. Nor is thereany ! provision for amendment, so that the error : may be rectified. Neither is there oppor- : tunity for new nominations, for. the certifi- cate of nomination must be filed at least 56 . days before the day of election, except when a candidate dies or withdraws. Thus the mere failure to give ‘‘the business, profes- | gion or occupation’ of any candidate or! ‘his place of residence, with the street and i number thereon,” or the place of residence of the presiding officer or secretary of the body nominating him, might, at the discre- tion of two State officers, invalidate in whole or in part the nominations of either or both of the leading parties, and deprive their can- ~didates of a place upon the official ballot. It is true that the voters should ‘‘inSert” their names upon the blank space required : to be provided on the ballot, either by writ- | ing them, or, nnder the recent. decision of the Supreme Court, by the use of stickers, - but when a half million voters had to do | this‘trouble must necessarily follow. DISPUTES OVER PARTY RULES. = The second class of objections, which, in 1 ' These must 4 and reported a set of resolutions, and w. ! partment an + works of Homestead, in meeting assembled; do offer: There were several addresses made, andi everybody was allowed a free ex rossi Of opiniongkt fag bfengrs ored oa ‘publish== ed in‘some of the newspapers that when'th gates opened Monday morning under mili tary protection a large number of the work-. men who are not members of the Amalga- mated Association would go to work. The: sense of this meeting, however, was decided- ly to the contrary. A committee drafted a rising vote was called every man sto n his feet. It was a unanimous vote in favor: of remaining out. The following is a copy of the resolutions : EL ; ‘Whereas, We, the employes of the mechanical de-- d day laborers of the Carnegie steel the following as our views in regard to the labor: troubles existing at present: ’ 3 Resolved, That we are in Sympathy with the Amal- gamated Association with them to the end, d, That we consider it an injustice to the: borers and sn in- ) guard, us we beiive that in this land of the free all men should be free. b Tver ‘A copy of these resolutions was forwarded: to the Ady Lo ttee dnd another given. to the press. After the passageof the "reso-- lutions a committee of twenty was appoint- ed to take a copy to Superintent otter and. inform him that they would not come back: to work until thetrouble had been satisfac-- torily settled. WHEAT IN STOCK DECREASES, The ‘ ‘Northwestern Miller,” Minneapolis, Minn., reports the stock in private eleva 841,076,000 bushels, a decrease for the Week of 23,000 bushels, CT and pledge ourselves to stand
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