meri LB ad mt pm : Capital. Labor and Industrial, ~The Vandalia (Ind.) Railroad has made a mew scale for telegraph operators. The minimum has been fixed at $45 per month and all salaries have been advanced about ‘$10 per month, making the average about - The coal miners who have been out ona strike for the past eight weeks at Boggs Run, Wellsburg, Moundsville and Elm “Grove, W. Va., asking 50 cents a ton for the run of the mines, are beginning to weaken. Theranks are being broken by ‘gome of their number returning to work at the operators’ prices. The plumbers of Memphis, Tenn., went on a strike, Two years ago they struck for shorter hours, and after a long fight suc- ceeded in effecting a compromise. This time they have one grievance, and if they succeed the foreman will be a man of ele- gant leisure. The plumbers demand that the foreman do no work, inter- fere in no way with the tools, but merely superintend affairs, The Excelsior Furnace at Ishpeming, Mich., has gone out of blast, throwing out “of employment 75 men. This is the last of the five Marquette county furnaces to close n account of depression in the iron trade. ~ STRIKERS’ WIVES STARVING.—In the mail that reached the Baltimore (Md.) Mayor's office the other morning was a letter from “the wives of the striking coat-makers, who have now been out of employment for six weeks. The communication states that they are starving and suffering from neg- . lect. The mayor is asked to send home the walking delegate from Brooklyn, named Reichers, who is charged by the women with the cause of their trouble. The mayor ~~ yeplied that he could do nothing in the mat- ‘der. Two hundred miners of the Pocock mine, . mear Massillon, O., have gone on strike ¢ against the checkweighman employed by the company. Five hundred hod carriers and as many brick-layers are on a strike at Anderson, Ind., and work on 500 houses has ceased. The strike is caused by a difference between the carriers and brick-layers as to whether work shall begin at 6:30 or 5 o'clock A. nm. Must Leave Lapor Uxioxs.—There is considerable excitement among railroad employes at Wilkesbarre, Pa., over the order of President McLeod, to the effect that all employes of the Lehigh Valley and Central railroad of New Jersey must sever conections with all labor unions. There is considerable talk of striking. Disasters. Accidents and Fatalities. Two Italian girls, aged 5and 7, were run .overand killed by a Philadelphia cable car. ~ The parents and their friends tried to lynch ‘ the gripman. Three girls at New Brunswick, N. J, gmused themselves by rocking a boat. Lizzie Burgundy and Sadie White never gof out of the water alive. ¥ A wild steer broke loose in St. Louis streets and gored a woman to death. Five persons were killed and 18 injured by a train leaving the rails on a bridge between Beziers and Cessenon, France. Prof. William Daniel, 80 years of age, was accidently burned to death while taking a sweat bath at his home in Milwaukee. The blanket covering him caught fire from a lamp. _ Three powder mills at Gainesville, Tex., blew up after a stroke of lightning. Houses a mile away were ruined, thousands of win- dows were smashed, a number of cattle were killed, and many persons were injured, but m0 human lives were lost. Damage, $15,000. In Madison county, Georgia, a woman named Nelson went to a spring, carrying her baby, and while there hearing screams from the three children left at the house, dropped the child and hastened back, only to find two of her children dead, and the other dy- ing, from the bite of a rattlesnake, which they had disturbed under the house. Upon returning to the spring she found the baby - had crawled into the water and been drowned. Crops. Chili has ratified the arbitration agreement with the United States. Good harvests are promised all ' Canada. 1 llinois corn has been slightly injured by «the drought. It bas been raining hard over the agricul- * tural district of Texas for many days past. _ Although not specially needed, it will prob- ADIYy Deip tne jare corn, stimulate cotton, re- * plenish streams and do good in assuring a Jarger section crop of hay than the first. This will long he remembered as a phenom- ' enal year for crops in Texas. The New England hop crop is in a criti- “eal condition and the supply of the old is about exhausted. Two weeks more of favorable weather will place Dakota grain crops beyond danger of early frosts. The wool industry in Northwestern Penn- “sylvania is growing. One Mercer firm has . purchased 400,000 pounds of wool this sea- son. Russian winter cropsin all the provinces except 16 are in satisfactory condition. The ; ‘condition of the summer crop is unsatisfac- «gory in 19 provinces. ; Matrimonial, ; po At Trenton, N. J.., Vice Chancellor Bird filed a decision ordering a decree of alimony |. nthe suit for support and maintenance brought by Mrs. Annie B. Shinn against her husband, Howard Shinn, a railroad baggage master, whose home is in Bordentown. The decision involved the question as to the kind of a house a husband is bound to provide for his wife. The Vice Chancellor decided thata husband must furnish a housein keeping with his circumstances and con- . ditions and. over which the wife shall be permitted to. preside. A boarding house over over which another presides, the decision stated, is not such a home. A building called a house, the opinion continued, does not fulfil all the conditions necessary in providing a home, and Shinn’s course was shallow mockery. Iron Hall in Hands of Receiver. At Indianapolis Judge Taylor, of the Superior Court, appointed James F. Failey, a prominent capitalist of that city, receiver tor the Order of Iron Hall. His bond was fixed at $1,000,000. Somerdy is reported to have left the city. He declined to tell where he was going when he started from his hotel by carriage. He drove to a suburban station and probably went north. Baker went with him. The office and effects of the order have been looted as far as possi- ble, but thousands of dollars were saved by the court's order prohibiting further remoy- als. Suits against the order have been en- tered in other cities, and at Baltimore, Md., receivers were appointed by the court. Crime and Penalties. A fight occurred near Kennedy, Tex., be tween John Pace and Ambrose Collins, in which Collins was instantly killed. Another fight occurred near Komes City between Felix Burris and Sam Henton and Burris was shot through the bowels and will die. Henton was instantly killed. J. F. Rives, an ex-Juage of White county, Ark., and a popular politician, shot himself to death at Searcy, Ark. He had been drink- ing heavily lately. At Dallas, Texas, Joe Hayes, a well-known negro politician, shot and killed Rev. Pey- ton Hooker, also colored, and head cook a the St. George hotel. ] Fires At Chenoa, Ill.. several business houses were burned, including the store of Jacob Balbach. His loss is $20,000; insured. Total loss from $30,000 to $40,000. The Northern Michigan Lumber Com- pany’s factory as Fanderage, Mich.. burned down. Loss, $15,000, with little insurance: One hundred workmen are thrown out of employmeut. The South City markets were destroyed by fire at Dublin. The loss is £100,000. Personal. Advices received at the White House from Loon Lake state that Mrs. Harrison: ‘is steadily improving. Her recovery is gradual but each day shows some gratifying change. Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, is able to attend to his duties again, and will at once take up the matter of the mining riots, the trial of the prisoners coming up ina few days. Miscellaneous, John Hitz, of Mexico, Mo., drowned him- self because he regretted having sold his farm. Near Fairburry, Ill.,, Andrew Miller and Charles Mote fought on a straw stack, Miller fell off and brock his neck. Mote surren- dered. : Political. General Weaver, after visiting at his for- mer home for a few hours; started South. He will speak in Missouri, Arkansas, Texas Mississippi, Alabama, the Oarolinas and Virginia. He will return to Iowa early in October, and devote the balance of his time to the Northwestern States. He is in good health and is very sanguine. Religious. Two hundred San Francisco business houses closed Friday on account of a relig- ious revival. BEYOND OUR BORDERS, Severe weather in the south of Ireland has caused great damage to the crops. The hay crop has been destroyed and the potato blight has appeared. The potato crop had promised to be the best in years. The terrible heat now prevalent in Ger: many has dried up grapes in Rhenish, Aus- trian and Baden vineyards. A Russian ukase has been issued annull- ing the prohibition against the exportation from Russia of rye, rye meal and 2all kinds of bran. Several Welsh fin plate manufacturers closed their works. Sixty works are now closed and 10,000 hands are idle. Many sailed Saturday to find employment in America. At St. Petersburg, Rnssia, Dr. Obermuel- ler, body physician of the Czar, died at the aze of 55. Itissaid he died of Asiatic cholera. Two Serious Railroad Wrecks. Near Elbow Lake, Minn., two crowded passenger cars on train No. 65 of the Soo road went through a trestle. Four men were killed outright and about 30 others in- jured. Thedead are: Gust Bergquist, of Hoffman, Minn., James Lannia, of By- prass, Minn,, Edward Smith, of Dunbar, Wis., and Michael Crockett, of Ironwood, Mich. The passengers were principaily harvest hands on their way to the Dakota harvest fields. At Washington. Mo., two freight trains on the Missouri Pacific road collided owing to a confounding of orders by the train dis- atcher. John Siebold, fireman of the east- ound train, was buried under his engine and instantly killed. Engineer Condon, Brakeman Wm. Roper and James W. Good- win of Atlanta, Ga., were seriously injured. Fifty-six cars were wrecked and piled in a heap 30 feet high. The company’s loss is $50.000. The train dispatcher is said to have disappeared. ONLY 41 MINERS SURVIVE. LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE ENTOMBED IN THE PARK SLIP MINE ESCAPE DEATH. A London dispatch states that 43 of the men imprisoned by the explosion in the Park Slip mine at Aberkentig were fcund to be alive. Thirty-five of them have been taken out. The other eight were too weak to be moved and are still below. Of these two have since died. For the remaining 100 there is no hope. * The League Record. The following table shows the standing of the various base ball clubs: Post- Per Lost. poned. Cent. Cleveland........ Philadelphia... Boston ....«.. Brooklyn.... 194. 180. e000 00 2.504 18....18, sie eQii. ne 2.500 asian Ain radBeisiealiiaany, 412 Chicazo.. FH TEs nian 38s aan a 18...:500 0.00.0. 000.0. 542 Ashington. sees 12.00.26, 00eendieceen 816 THE HOMESTEAD SITUATION, ABOUT 2,200 MEN AT WORK. The Troops to Remain. Cost to The State This Far $200,000. A SOLDIER KILLED BY HIS FRIEND. The forty-tfourth day of the existence of Camp Black at Hontestead was fated to be the one in which the first accident of any kind among the troops was to occur, and as a result the deepest gloom has settled upon the encampment. Thursday morning while iying asleep in his tent, Jeremiah Benning- hoff, of Company K. Sixteenth Regiment, was accidently shot by Private Ford Smith, of the same compauy, and died an hour later. © Benninghoff had betn on duty Tues- day night, and was resting in his tent, which adjoined that of Smith. The latter, with a friend, was in his own tent getting instruc- tions how to handle a revolver. While thus engaged the revolver was accidently dis- charged. The ball passed through the can- vas of both tents and struck Benninghoff in the left breast, Ring a slanting course and penetrating the left lung and the kidneys. enninghoff staggered out of his tent hold- ing his hand to his breast. He cried: “I've been shot,”” and managed to return to his tent. He was removed to the hospital tent. The wounded militiaman realized this fact as fully asthe attending surgeons and tears stood in his eyes as he lay waiting for his last moments upon earth. When hespoke hedid so in a calm voice. He said: “It's hard to die. Tell my mother that my dy- ing request was that she should forgive me for going contrary to her wishes in joining the militia.” These were the last words the young soldier spoke. He died, just one hour after being shot. Benninghoff and Smith come from Greenville, and have always been bosom friends. Smith's grief was heartrending when he learned the result of his accidental shot: Smith was fully exonerated, and no restraint was placed upon him. Durin the afternoon his demeanor became suc as to create the belief that he contemplated doing himself harm, and a close watch was was kept upon his movements. General Wylie no sooner heard of the shooting than he issued an order that all privates be divested of revolvers.: The cap- tains of the various companies carried out the order at once. In speaking of the sad affair, General Wylie said he could never see the reason why a man should carry a gun and a revolver, and yesterday's fatality set- tled the matter in his mind. He spoke very regretfully of the shooting, and was greatly grieved that the first accident had been of a fatal character. SOLDIERS WANT TO STAY. The Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments, through their officers, asked to be kept at Homestead as long as there is any evidence of trouble, According to Co Eons the request will likely be granted. The boys have been here ever since the strike begun and say they would like to stay until the trouble is adjusted. The militiamen think that if Homestead had remained under martial law the disorder that accompained the removal of Nicholis Rattigan’s house- hold goods would not have occurred. HOMESTEAD MEN ATTACKED. The bitter feeling existing against persons who are directly or indirectly connected with the Carnegie works at Homestead man- ifested itself the other day in a very pro- nou.ced manner. During the afternoon Captain Windsor, of Company I, Sixteenth Regiment, doing duty opposite Homestead, sent his cook across the river on an errand. ‘When the cook reached Homestead he was set upon and brutally beaten. His head was cut open in several places, and he was oth- erwise badly used up. This affair had not ceased to be talked about before another was repo: ted. Edward Smith, weighman in the 33-inch mill. lives at Braddock. He had been in the habit of visiting his home every other evening.. As he was boarding a train at Braddock, he was accosted by four men, pulled from the car step and beatenin a terrible manner. His assailants escaped. Smith could hard- ly walk, but managed to reach the steamer Little Bill, which was lying near Braddock, and was taken to Homestead. Some time will elapse before he can resume work. A number of non-union men were leav- ing the mill when a boy about 18 years of age setup a vigorous ‘‘bahing.” The youth kept it up until a couple of deputy sheriffs came a'ong and took bim in cbarge. He was escorted to military headquarters, and it 1s safe to say no boy was ever more thor- oughly frightened. He was kept under guard a short time, after which he was given some wholesome advice and ns An hour or two later 1hree non-union men passed through the gate near Munhall sta- tion. No sooner had they reached the street than they were halted by several union men. One of the non-unionists, a strap- ping big fellow, denied anybody’s right to interfere with him and emphasized lis ob- down one of the strigers, whereupon the companions of the latter took to their heels, while the non-union men proceeded to their boarding house without further mo- lestation. STRIKERS RETURNING TO WORK. Four locked-out men presented them- selves at Superintendent Potter’s office, and asked to be given employment. Two of the men were given their old positions. EMIGRATING WORKMEN. The emigration of Homestead workmen continues unabated. [Large nvmbers of the men leave on every train bound for other points where they have procured positions. Monday ended the second month of the lock-out at the Carnegie Steel Works at Homestead, and it finds thecompany claim- ing that the strike has been broken beyond the shadow of a doubt, and the old employ- es asserting with confidence that the end is not yet, and that victory will eventually perch upon their banner. The company claims to have sufficient non-union men to operate its plant successfully, and in proof of the assertion point to the amount of material being turned out, and the accepta- bility of its guality. On the other hand, the strikers contend that satisfactory work is not being done by the new men, and that a quantity of armor plate for Government cruisers has been rejected. The strikers al- so claim that their ranks are still intact, though the company asserts that it has re instated a number of old employes wha asked for work. On the heels of the claims of each side comes the story that 300 of the locked-out men have obtained employment in the new steel works at New Castle, and are making preparations to leave Home- stead. Just how much truth there is in these stories time will develope. In the meantime the State troops and the deputy sheriffs will hold the fort, with no immedi- ate prospect of their withdrawal. TWO SHOTS FIRED. Saturday did not pass without contribut- ing to the almost daily accounts of assaults upon non-union men. A large number of the latter came to Pattsburg Saturday even- ing and returned on the 10:50 train on the Baltimore & Ohio road. The men left the train at City Farm station. No sooner had they reached the platform than two shots were fired at them from the rear car of the train. There were about 50 persons standing on the Pladorm at the time, but no one was hurt. Deputy McElhaney and a number of goldiers wereon duty at that place, but could not ascertain who fired the shots. The deputy asked a brakeman to stop the train in case any more shots were fired. The brakeman told the deputy to go to hades. The matter was reported to Colonel Gray, who informed Superiutendent Pitter of the affair. The lutter will lay the matter before the Baltimore and Ohio officials. William Welsh, a non-union laborer in the 23-inch mill, visited Pitrsburg Saturday night, returning on the la‘e train. He got off at Munhall station, where he was made prisoner by three men, presumably strikers and escorted into the dark recesses of Mun- hall hollow. Here he was assaulted by three men and beaten and kicked into in- sensibility, He was left lying where he fell, and was not discovered until 7 o'clock yesterday morning, when some persons saw jections to such interference by knocking the prostrated form of Welsh, his head and face covered with blood,r and notified Colonel Gray, who had the man removed to the mill hospital, where he now liesin a precarious condition. An antagonistic spirit exists between the militia and the deputies at Homestead, and it has made itself apparent on several occa- sions. Three Pinkerton detectives started on a still hunt for Winchester rifles Saturday, but they failed to locate any of the guns. The search will be continued this week, and some lively times are expected. - THE TROOPS TO REMAIN. THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE HAS THUS FAR COST THE STATE $200,000. Adjutant General W. W. Greenland vis ited Camp Black at Homestead Saturday. He said He troops would not be withdrawn until the condition of affairs at that place justified such a move. When General Wiley thinks the time has come when the soldiers can safély be withdrawn he will communi- cate with the Adjutant General, and to- gether they will decide the matter. The troops will therefore remain at Homestead indefinitely. Thus farit has cost the State $200,000 for the use of its citizen soldiers at Homestead. Adjutant General Greenland does not think the grand total will exceed $300,000, his original estimate. He inspect- ed the camp ond sdid that he had never be- fore seen such cleanliness and good order in any encampment. NEW MEN FOR THE MILL. Sixty-five new men were received at the works Saturday, according to Superinten- dent Potter. ‘T'he new beam mill was start- ed up on single turn, and the blooming mill will be started at once. Everything is run- ning along smoothly, and Superintendent Potter hopes to have every department run- ning on double-turn by the middle of next week. There are about 2,200 men at work now, and the only addition to this number will be 25 or 30 laborers. It was thought that there “were enough laborers already employed. but Superintendent Potter says the out-put has increased to such an extent that stoc< has commenced to pile up in the vard, and more laborers are required to aid mm shipping. QUIET A™ COAL CREEK. Convict Miners Returned. 90 Miners Arrestad. QUIET PREVAILS AT COAL CREEK. The latest news from Coal Creek is that quiet prevails. Supplies and clothing are being rushed forward irom this city to the soldiers, as their stav is indefinite, and es- pecially since the indications are that the convicts will be returned .to the mines in a few days. General Carnes, in the ex- amination of the dispatches inthe telegraph office at Coal Creek, has found many dispatches of an incriminating nature and throwing much light upon the con: spiracy. Assistant Commissioner of Labor Alle- man left for Nashville, it is understood in obedience to a request from General Carnes that he was ‘“‘wanted.” Alleman says he will be able to show in any court that he has had no part in inciting the riot and attacks. The GOVERNOR BUCHANAN. The Fourth Regiment of Volunteers was organized at Nashville, Colonel Baxter Smith commanding, and will ask to be sworn in at once, subject to the call of the Governor. No further trouble is feared be- fore Labor Day. September 5, or unless the troops are removed from the valley. A special to the Memphis Commercial from Coal Creek says a mountaineer arriv- ed there bringing information of the dis covery of a hospital in the mountains, a few miles from Coal Creek, which the miners have improvised in a cave. He says he saw 21 dead bodies there and a large number of wounded. THE CONVICT MINERS RETURNED. The 600 convicts recently sent back to Nashville from liver Springs, Tracy City and Inman by rioters, were formally ordered returned to these branch prisons. They will be pro tected by numerous guards. A sgnad of soldiers from Coal Creek, un: der command of Lieutenant Patterson, sud- denly appeared at Oliver Springs, Tenn., and began making arrests. They returned with ninety prisoners to Coal Creek, haying succeeded in arresting every man they wanted. In and around Oliver Springs the insurrection is a thing of the past. Peace prevails and the majority of the miners claim they were diiven into insur- rection by miners who came to Coal Creek and overawed them. A MINERS’ UPRISING IN GEORGIA. The Tennessee Miners Threaten an Ind vasiopr of Georgia—The Adjutant Gen: eral Orders Soldiers to the Front. A messenger from Whiteside, Tenn., says that it is rumored that miners from White- side will attack the Coal City, Georgia, stockade. Georgia's Adjutant-General has ordered troops to be in readiness to move to the front. The invasion of Georgia by Tennessee miners will provoke a serious row. Georgia can put 4,050 men in the field on short notice, being the best Southern State with respect to militia. Sup-