ov vast Aen EAN sR A AVA aa History of the Sinks, . ; ei The world-famous Homestead strike is Practically at an end. It begun Juue 29,and bas been attended with the terrorizing fea tures of actual warfare. It has cost the! - Carnegie Steel company, Limited, almost a ~million dollars in securing and caring fora “sufficient number of non-union men to man the plant. It has nearly impoverished the Borough of Homestead and has brought hundreds of strikers and their families to a condition verging on starvation, but it is now about ended, as least so far as the niechanics ~ and laborers are concerned. The scramble Tor positions, which was inaugurated Thursday morning by the Huns and Slavs, ~was continued without cessation from an ‘hour before daybreak Friday morning nntil 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Up to that time about 1,000 men, counting the 300 who headed Thursday's break, had applied for work. Not over 300 men secured employ- ment, but they were principally Hun and 'glav laborers. E The scenes along the Manhall road, from City Farm lane tothe company offices, were interesting as well as amusing. All day Jong ‘there wasa constant stream’f men going to and from the works. [t was'an easy matter to pick out those who had secured employ- ment. Their faces wore a broad smile, and they seemed to be literally walking on air. Those who had not been so fortunate were also easily distinguished. They had foudly hoped that all they had to do was to appiy and they would be received with open arms. ‘The faces of these men were a study. Cha- grin and disappointment stood out in hold relief on their countenances; they realized . for the first time that they had held off too long. ~~ Homestead business men make. no secret of their gratification at the turn affairs have taken. 2 THE MECHANICS ULTIMATUM, Although loath to make known to the public the details of their meeting Thurs-: ay evening, Amalgamated men were ‘found yesterday who talked freely on the: subject. * A committee of mechanics and: laborers were present with the ultimatum of the men they represented. The latter desired to be released from all obligations, toremain out longer.’ ‘Lhe meeting was resided over by cx:Presiient William : eihe. of (he Amalgamated Association, About 500 members of which organization were present. A vote was taken on the re-- quest of the mechanical department, which yesulted in 106 in faver of and 76 against the mechanics being allowed to act for The committee was informed’ that the proposition was referred back to | the men; ‘but that the asscciation: wou'd themselves. not take the responsibility of declaring the girike off; and would promise them all the financial aid possible if ‘they would remain firm. Then followed a Vote in declaring the ° strike off, so far as the mechanics are con- cerned, which resulted in 224 noes to 129 ayes. x ; Yafier considerable wrangling a secret bal- lot was taken, which added 25 votes to those in favor of declaring the strike. off. This cid not change the result. A motiontore. Jease the men at the Lawrenceville and Beaver Falls plants was lost. Vice Presi- dent Carney made a rousing speech, in the course of which he explained why the Amalgamated Association could not allow sympathetic strikers to return to work and ed the mechanical depart- ‘ment without gloves. Mr. Carney declared that the existence of the An.alga- mated Association depended upon every person connected with «the strike re- maiming firm. The members of the mechanical depart- ment, smarting under what they consider- ed unfair treatment at the hands of the Amalgamated Association and knowing full well that the financial resources of that organization had been exhausted. were not Jong in making up their minds as to how they showl 1 act. 1 hursday night at 110’ clock notices were posted that there would be a mee'ing of the mechanics and day laborers on Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Long be- fore that hour the men began to assemble abont the rink. When the doors were open- ed there was a. rush for seats, and in five minutes the hall was packed. - It did not take long to get down to business. The committee tnat had waited upon the Amal- gamated Assnciation.reporied.’ No sooner had the report been read than a dozen men jumped to their feet and mov- ed that they release themselves from all ob- ligations to the Amalgamated Association and apply tor work in a body. The motion pre- vailed, and a standing vote was taken. As one man theassembled strikers arose. It was not necessary for the chairman to an- nounce the resulr. Thisstanding vote, so unanimois and decisive, indicated more for- cibly than anything else what has been ‘urking in the minds of the mechanics and laborers from the day their strike benefits were reduced from $4 to $3 in the case of former and from &3 to $2 in the latter. = Af- ter a few brief addresses the meeting came to an end and the second rush for positions commenced. : The rush continued without a break until 4p. m., when Buperintendent Schwab an- nounced that no more applications would be received that day. The mechanics and la- borers number 2.400. It is estimated thai 1.090 of these men had applied for word, and that about 300, principally laborers, were given employment. Very few me- chanics are needed, and consequently there i= much disappointment on the'part of those who failed to get work. Assistant Superintendent Wood stated to a reporter that the company had no inten- tion of turuing adrift any of its non-union employes. of whom there are about 2,700, in order to make room for old employes. The company gives them the chance of obtaining work. but is not going to disturb . the men who have helped it out. Conse- guently there are about 2.500 men—2.000 machinists and 500 Amalgamated Associa- tion mer—who are still on the outside. Bhonld the mechanics fail to obtain’ em- ployment, they will be placed in a worse ition than ever. as they Lave no means of obtaining financial aid. | THE FINAL ADMISSION THAT THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE IS OVER, 8Y A vorE oF 10L 10 91, THE MILL WAS DE- CLARED OPEY TO AMALGAMATED MEN,—S8UM- MARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EYENTS SINCE THE HOMESTEAD STRIKE BEGAN, The Homestead strike. or. technically aking, 10cKOUt, was brought to an ‘end unday morning at a meeting held in the Homestead rink, which. was presided ‘over by Chairman Richard Hotchkiss and attend- A by Secretary lion, Vice-PresidentCar- ‘ ney and %Areasurer Madden, officers of the Amalgamated Association. The vote that ned the Homestead Steel Works to Amalgamated men stood 101 ayes to 91 noes The meeling was red-hot all the way through and at one time it looked as though Burgess Hollingshead would have’ to: interfere. Charges and counter charzes were the order «of the day. Newspaper men were excluded but it was learned from a reliable source that those in favor of declaring the mill open ' bad the hardest kind of a time to’ carry | * their point, : : ~The question of declaring the mill open s=zav vuane night. The failure of the Chicago promise of $200,000, together with the non-tultillment of other promises. all tame in for consideration by the men. They could not live on promises, and so told their leaders, who, geeing that it would less Lo try to hold the men together longer, 100k steps to place their brethren on an equal outing with the mechanics in the grand rush for work. According to Assistant Superintendent Wood, of the Homestead works, not more than 800 or 960 ofthe total number of old employes will be able to secure work. Be- fore the break of last Thursday there were te't in Homestead about 2,800 of the origi- nal 3,800 men who came ot on the 25th day of June. Of these 2,800 men 2,200 were me- chanics and laborers, and 600 Amalgamated Association men. Up to-date about 1,100 men Lave applied for work, anditis estimated shat not more than 350 men have got it. Saturday's meeting was attended exelu- dvely by the Amalgamated men; strikers not be onging to that organization being: excluded. The meeting was nota large one, not more than 500 persons bein present. Considerable surprise was cause: when the announcement was made that Thomas I. Crawford had sentin his resig- nation as chairman of the Advisory Board 10 accept a position as head roller in the Co- ximbia Iron and Steel Works at Unions sown. The resignation was accep! and Richard Hotchkiss elected to fill the posi- aon. The steel workers were anxions to get down to susiness. A striker arose and moved that ihe lock-out be declared at an end. Discus: Hon of this motion continued without a oreak until 6 p. m.. when adjournment was ken until Sunday morning. : When the adjourned meeting was called to order in the rink Sunday morning there was not more than 300 men present. Those ypposed to bringing the fight to an end struggled hard to stave off a ballot, plead- mg, arguing and predicting the disintegra- don of the Amalgamated Association in the svent of the lockout being declared off. The steel workers, who, as they themselves have said time and again, would rather go naked and starve rather than acknowledge defeat, were in the minority. They knew itsbut still they urged and pleaded with their brothers to stand firm if for no other reason than to show to the world that they had not forgotten the men who were lying in prison awaiting trial. It was of no avaii. The guestion-was put. The vote was a standing ne. was no joyous outburst. There was no ‘demonstration such as that which fo lowed the standing vote of the mechanics, declar- ing themselves independent of the Amal- zam ated Association. Fora few seconds the men sat and stared at each other. Then followed angry denun- siations by some of what had been done. The men left the hall in twos and threes. They seemed loath to leave the building, the very rafters of which have almost quivered with the declarations made a thousand times that victory was theirs if they would only be patient. : AS TO THE MEX EMPLOYED, F \ Asked how many new men had been - tekken inte the works dince the inaugura- tion of the lock-out, Mr. Wood said: At no {ime have there been over 2,600 men in the works since the start was made in July, There were that many at work up to last Thursday. Counting every new man em- ployed since the strike, the total will not go over 3.500. In prosperous times we have emploved as high as 3,800 men, but the nominal number is 3.200. Desertions of non-union men during July and August averaged about 100 per werk. Since that period there have practically been no de- | sertions.’’ ‘ Mr Wood was asked whether the com- pany had lost very heavily by the caucel- ing of contracts. He said: ‘All contracts made within. a month prior tothe strike were made with the provision that there might be trouble We have lost nothing on contracts which were made prior to the strike. but we fa'led to obtain orders which we otherwise would have received.” ALL BUT SIX WILL BE TAKEN BACK. The sympathetic strike at the Carnegie mills at Beaver Falls, Pa., was declared of Sunday afternoon. All the old hands ex- cept the six members of the Advisory Com- mittee of the strikers will be taken back. HISTORY OF THE STRIKE. IT WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LABOR DISTURBANCES IN THE HISTOLY OF THE COUNTRY, The Honiestead strike of lockout will go down as one of the most famotis labor dis- turbances in the history of rhe country. The men were locked out June 25, tive days be- fore the expiration of the old scale, and from that time until July 6 the Carnegie Company made no attempt to get nien into the mill. The Advisory Committee would allow no one to go i exeept clerks. watch- men ang foremen employed by the com- pany. ; On the morning of July 6, the Pinkerton barges tried to :and at the mill and 10 men lost their lives as a result of the battle which followed, besides 40 or 50 were wounded, some of whom were maimed for life. The surrender of the Piukertons, after 12 hours’ fighting, during which bistols, rifles,cannon dynamite and burning oil ‘were used, was followed by the terrible gauntlet-running and barbarous abuse of the captive ones, one of whoin wasdriven insane by it and afterward killed himself. A couple of others also lost their reason after passing through the awful line of mad- dened men and women from the river bank to the opera house. where they were held prisoners until given into the charge of the sheriff late at night and brought to Pitts- burg on a special train. The next important event following this was the ordering out by the Governor,of the entire National Guard of the State, on June 10, two-thirds of which were encamped at Homestead for three weeks, and some regi- ments were there tliree nionths. with an aggregate cost to the State cf $500,000 in round rjumbers. Politicians drought the strike before Con- gress and the House sent a committee 10 yittsourg to mvestigate. ‘They took evidence and made a reportfwhich amounted to practi- cally nothing after all. The Senate Com- mittee is still investigating and will probably do the same as the other hody. In this way the National Government contributed some money as a result of the riot. Democrats seized upon it a<an argument against a pro: tective tariff. and as was noticed recently. used it effectively in the campaign. 0 The civil courts, from the highest 10 the iowest, took a hand in it, and the Grand Jury returned nearly 150 indictments for riot, conspiracy, treason and murder against persons on both sides. It will require a year or two to clear the Criminal Court docket in Allegheny county, if the men ind.cted are tried severally and no faster progress is. made than in the first case which is nowon. Besides the cases directly connected with the riot there has been the trial of Berg- mann, and of the Tenth Regiment officers for tricing Private Iams, who cheered for Bergmann, not to mention the numerous etty suits that grew out of the strike. These 4 cost Allegheny county a large sum al- ready. und the litigation hag only begun. The shooting of H. C. Frick by An- archist Bergmann,the murder of Max New- man. the dynamiting of Mrs, Marron’s boarding house and a thousand other un- lawful acts resulted from the strike. besides a number of fatal and other serious acei- dents to new and inexperienced workmen who tried to operate the mill. Then the sympathetic strike at the Union and Beaver Falls milis were also vroductive of vome aflrays. other: When the result was announced there BEYOND OUR BORDERS, The dispute between England and France arising from an English warship boarding in the waters of Madagascar a slave dhow flying the French flag, has been - seitied. The British have agreed to pay a small in. demnity. +k Sais Joseph Sura, the Berlin man who was charged with atternpting to born his wife to death tha® he michv marry her younger sister, was sentenced to'15 years’ penal servi- ude. A letter just received from Cordoba, Mexi- co, gives a most distressing account of the state of affairs there. Yellow fever has raged with awful violence and carried away almost 1,000 of the people of the town. Most of the inhabitants have fled to the mount airs t escapeo the plague. % The despondent feeling in the tin plate district of Wales has been changed into one of rejoicing since Mr. Cleveland's election. A committee has been appointed to watch the developments of the American tariff, At Hirschfield, Hesse Nassau, 'a Roman Catholic priest nained Thiel, has been ar- rested for having spoken in a derogatory way, in a sermon, of the Emperor's attend- ance at the Luther celebration in Witten- barg. 1 The Department of War bas issued orders forbidding all officers of the Turkish army below the rank of major, to marry: more than one wife. The order states that the pay of lieutenants and captains is insufficient to keep a *‘harem’’ decently. / A Reuter dispatch from Salamanca tells of a wedding party, numbering about two gcore.from the better class of society, who were enjoying the occasion ’at 4 restaurant, when the building collapsed. = Seven were killed and 30 wounded, more, or less, seyerely. A caboose and six ears broke loose from a Mexican National train which was climb- ing a steep grade. The cars flew down so fast that one after another Icft the track until only two crashed into a double-header freight train at the rate of 120 miles an hour. eau~ing a terrible wreck. Several trainmen were dashed to death. CREAM, THE POISONER, HANGED. RR He is Sent to His Grave in a London Jail Yard. Thomas Neill, alias Cream, the tanadiat woman poisoner, was hanged at Newgate prison, London. He displayed wonderful nerve and declared that his last two days on earth were the happiest of his life. Neill wastprobably guilty of more crimes than even Jack the Ripper and they ex- tended over the United States, Canada and England. The first crime in April, 1831, was known as the Lambeth mystery in which Neill poisoned two girls of ill repute in Lambeth by giving them strychnine. The case caused a great sensation, but Neill was not found, Then in October a girl named Matilda Clover died suddenly and the post mortem e¢xamination 7eveaied evidencet of strvehnine. This death re. called the fuct that another girl. Ellen Den- worth, had died under suspicious circum- srances and investigations showed she died of the same poison. At that time he attemyted to blackmail a physician who testified to the poison and he was arrested. then it was found out that he had heen a doctor in Canada, an had poisoned several girls. and thathe had been sent to prison {for malpractice on a wommn in Chicco, Last September he went to Lm lon and was arrested. The evidence against him was so overwhelmiog that the jury fiund him gly in five minntes ee, ———— LATER NEWS WAIFS, At Providence, R. 1., the Manville com. pany notified its employes that their wages would be increased on December 5. The amount of the increase was not stared. About 1,500 are employed in the mill. This action is in line with that announced by the Jarge cotton manufacturers of the State last week. A boiler in the sawmill of John Xirsch, seven miles from Rosebud. Ills., exploded, fatally injuring John Kirsch, Au :ust Vogest and Andrew Frisch. The mill was wrecked. A family of five persons were killed by a cyclone which passed over the southern por- tion of Boone county, Ark. More than a dozen. people were badly injured. A great deal of property was destroyed. AN INSANE MAN’S AWFUL WORY. CART Mata A German "in Chicago Kills Two People and Wounds Two Others. Herman Siegler. a German, whe shows every indication of insanity, shot and killed his wife’s father and mother, Henry and Caroline Siles, with whom Siegler and his family lived at 723 North Paulina street, Chicago. Mrs. Siegler escaped to neighbors with her three children, then returned and (was shot' in the neck by her husband and seriously wounded. Policeman Simonson arrived and was also shot and slightly wounded by Siegler. Simonson then shot him in the side. Biegler did his shooting with a shot gun, which he relcaded severas times. The family had had no quarrel. Biegler suddenly entered the parlor and be gan shooting. CONVICTS RISE IN MUTINY. ea Outbreak ip a Spanish Prison Results in Awful Slaughter. A Renter dispatch from Tarragona, capi- tal of the province of the same name in Spain,states that a mutiny broke out among the convicts in the orison at that place The convicts obtained virtual control of the prison, and the troops of the garrison were called to bring them under subjection. As the conviets persisted in refusing to surren-: der the troops fired upon them, killing nine and wounding 16. The others were then driven bnck to their cells. —Tnre Chinese empire and dependencies, Mongolia, Manchooria, Chinese Turkestan, Kokanor and Thibet, occupy an area of at least 5,000,000 square miles, or about one- third of Asia. The population is estimated at from 360,000,000 to 450,000.000. —A CHUTE measuring three-quarters of a mile in length, in the logging camp at Clay- ton, Ore., is described as the longest in the world. ~ ie sava and Talks on Strikes and Immi- gration, et The sixteenth general assembly of the Knights of Labor at St. Louis completed its preliminary work at Tuesday's sessions, and on Wednesday entered upon the important business of the session. General Master Workman Powderly delivered his annual address, which occupied more than an bour. Thereportsof Secretary and Treas urer Hays and the general executive board were also heard. © os \ General Master Workman Powderly in his annual address congratulated the assembly upon the present condition of the order, re- viewed its many periods of Jrospority and depression, and sa.d that although since its existence the membership of the order had ebbed and flowed. yet it was to-day on the increase, and all through the = exciting times incident to the presidental election had steadily grown in membership and in- tivence. At no time. however, hadthe ruembership exceeded 600,000 in good stand- ing. “He "deprecated the fact that theten- dency of capital was to consolidate and cen- tralize, that of organized labor was to'divide into individual unions, The result was di- vision of strength, isolation and final death. The crying need of the hour was an organiz- ation, - in which every interest might be cared for, aud in which all night meet on common ground. 7 § After speaking at length on the question of ballot reform, and on the initiative and referendum scheme, and urging that the General Assembly take specific action on both questions, Mr."Powderly ptoceeded to dwell in detail on the matter of immi- gration. There should be a ‘fixed term of years, 10 would be enough, during which no immigrant should be permitted to land, with a view to remaining, unless he could prove that he had sufficient meshs to sus- tain himself and those depending upon him, for one year. Unworthy motives might be attributed to him because of these sentiments. but they were honestly enter- tained, and no reflections would induce him to change his mind, for he foresaw great danger, not alone to lubor, but to the whole country. if the immigration question was not heroically handled in the near future. Regarding strikes and lockouts, Mr. Pow- derly said that, during the last six months, the people of this land had witnessed such attempts at making the power of aggregated wealth supreme; as was never dreamed of before. Whether it was at Corer d’ Alene.at Homestead, at Buffalo or in Tennessee, the Jnstinet which guided the rapacious nand was the same. The underground wires which directed these attacks all ran to the same center from all these pluces. The or: ganization of labor will, if it has sense, take up these questions for consideration. The campaign which has just closed, wit nessed an interesting, if nota very intelli gent discussion of the tariff, but “there is more of a revenue illegally, drawn from the pockets of merchants, manufacturers ‘and workmen, in one month of the year by the railroads and telegraphs than we pay in tar- iffs in a year. ‘ These, and all questions con- nected with them, must oceupy the attention of the industrial organization of the future, and the strike of the future must be a strike for the rule of the people. They. could de- cry polities as thev pleased; but they must be politicians, or be slaves of politicians. They might evade their responsibilities as citizens, but they are piling high the wrath wh ch follows neglect of duty. In a word, they must be law makers or law breakers, Every devilish instrumentality which now aids in oppressing the people had its ‘seed- time and harvest in the ballot box, and they would die, for want of care and. nour- ishment, did not the plain people do their [duty in guarding thatinstitution. In concluding his address, Mr, Powderly said that the order should make an effort to get closer to the other industrial associations and recommend that hereatter the General Assembly should meet at the same plice and time chosen by the Farmers’ Alliance. He also favored the adoption of a social or beneficiul feature of the order. He recom- mended a disolution of the Alliance with the Miners’s Progressive Association, on the ground that the latter had not lived up to its pledges, and that, as a matter of fact, the Knights had suffered greatly by the Alliance. ¥ The salient features of the message were received with prolonged applause from the delegates and the different subjects treated of were referred to special committees for ap;.ropriate action. Mr. Powderly was followed by General Secretary-Ireasurer Hays. who read his re- port for the year. At the time of the last General Assembly there was.a balancs on hand of $6,263, ‘The receipts irom all sources, during the year, had amounted to $54,350, or atotal of $60.614 The expenditiires reached a total of £59.794, 80 that only $865 remained 11 the treasury. In reporting upon the conditions of the Benelit Insurance Association, Mr. Hayes expressed his regret that. the exhibit was not as favorable as thos: that had preceded it. Suspensions, lapses and deaths had more thau decimated the ranks, with the result that to-day the insurance branch is limited to but a few localities. The report of the Gen ral Executive Board reviews the Rochester, N. Y., cloth. ing boycott, and condemns as a travesty on Justice the conviction of Master Workman {ughes for conspiracy. A brief histo.v of the dispute of the order with the World's Fair management is given and terms of the settlement are outlined. The results of this contest is especially gratifying securing jus- tice to the workingmaun, obtaining a valu: able recognition of organized lubor,and dem- onstrating the efficiency of such an organ- ization as the Knights of Labor in dealing Sith matters of National scope and « impor ance. . The proposition to establish a uniformed rank is again made, this time emanating from the Southwest. The board merely re- ports the proposed amendment without rec ommendations. The reports were well received, and gen: eral satisfuction was expressed at the £004 showing made therein. Sah ge TEL A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, align ; FOUR PEOPLE KILLED AND 15 WOUNDED AT A ; DEMOCRATIC CELEBRATION. While the Democrats of Mountain View, Ark., were holding an election celebration in the schoolhouse two kegs of powder ex- ploded. The scooolhouse was wrecked and four persons were killed. They werea young man and a girl named Graham, Ber- + ry Snerrod and an unknown man. Fifteen others were injured, some, it is reported, fatally, but their names could not be Jearn- ed. To, add to the horror of the situation fire broke outtamong the ruins, and some of the dead were burned almost beyond re cognition. Two Children Burned To Death. At Hiawatba, Kan, two of Farme: Beetle'e children found a match and set fire toa stack of straw, . Their clothing caught and they were burned to death before any. one knew it. . ‘—A WEEK ago John: Hill, a street car con ductor on the Broadway line, New York, fell beir to $5,000. Thursday night he was in New Orle.ns, penitent and penniless, fo _raw cotton and they examined him. state of trade: to The week's features in leading lines of gen eral trade at the rast include continued ac- tive demand for cotton goods at Boston, Providence and Fall River; with advances in prices in several'instances from 2} to § per cent.” Wages have been, or are to be ad: vanced in cotton mills at points named, as well as at New Bedford and Lowell, and’ bas recovered 2% cents per pound. Te a2 Ls ; There is a more cheerful tone to nearly ali telegraphic reports from Southern cities, New Orleans reports cotton 1 cent higher, sugar active and rice in n e with an upward tendency to prices, Now that the strike has ended, lower temperature alone is needed to greatly stimulate distri: bution. Those conditions, to some extent, characterize Atlanta, Birmingham, Charles. ton and Richmond, where the volume of business has increased and collections have improved. Like reports come from Nash. vilie and from Memphis, while Baltimore, which does a large trade. with the South. sends word that, while the season's con- sumption of staples has been small, an im- roved business for spring trade is expected. Pen col'ections are generally fa r. : In Central and: Southwestern markets general trade, on the whole, has improved in part, due tu cooler weather and advances in prices for wheat and cotton. As indicated by Pennsylvania and Southern advices, there is also a lull in the demand for pig iron at Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis. Leaf tobacco is active, but wool isdu l.. At the city last named, sales of dry goods, cut- | lery, hats, gloves, hardware and shoes have been very satisfactory, while the leather trade is raid to be demoraliz In the North west, Chicago reports a check: ad movement of dry goods, clothing, shoes and heavy hardware, yet an average sea- son’s business. Bar iron prices are shaded there. but further reductions in stocks of pig iron. and higher prices are predicted for the future. Wool is slow and easjer in ai] directions. Colder weather has helped Oma: ha keep up its exceptionally heavy ship. ments of staples, lumber, rubber goods, clothing and shoes. Live cattle are off 10 cents. Lumber is very active at Duluth, with prices firm, and St. Paul reports that the demand for winter goods has improved general trade. The price of wheat has de- clined a little this week, on reports of in- crease of supply int Australia and India and checked deliveries by American farmers. The spread of the belief that 112,000,000 fe w- er bushels were produced inthe United States this year than last must tend to stimu- late prices later. This week domestic sea ports, both coasts, exported 3.943,690 bush- els of wheat (flour included), against 3,845. 500 bushels last week, and 5,383,690 bush: in the like week lass year. Indian corn, too, is firmer, on declining available sup- plies, small crop estimates and full average exports. There have been 203 business failures re: ported this week; last week there were 188 and in the week one vearago, 303. ————r ET UABOR LEADERS ISSUE AN APPEAL. CITIZENS CALLED UPON TO SUPPORT THE HOME- STEAD STRIKERS WITH THEIR EARNINGS,’ A telegram from New York says: The officers of the American Federation of La- bor, the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers of America and the Ad- visory Board of Homestead’s locked-out men, issued an addres: tothe American * public which sets forth the situation: at Homestead from the strikers’ standpoint. The address contains the following appeal: It has been Jécided by the representatives of the men. the officials'of the Amalgamat- ed Association of Iron and Steel Workers of America and the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor to designate Tuesday, December 13, 1892, as Homestead day, and call upon the wage workers, as well as liberty lovine citizens of our eoun- try. to make ‘a contribution of a portion of theirearning: ofthat dav. ta aid our struggling brothers of Homestead in their present contest to defend themselves before the courts. In making this appeal we pledge to you that every dollar contributed will be ‘de voted to the best int-rest of the men and not one cent used for any other purpose than above stated. : Their cases must be brought before the highest tribunal of our couxztry if necessary. ee HEAVY SNOW OUT WEST. A STORM WHICH KNOCKS OUT THE WIRES, BUT SAVES WINTER WHEAT, A furious snow storm’prevailed in Kansas and Missouri, Thursday and Friday. The principal damage was to the telegraph companies. The storm began with a heavy rain which turfied intoa wet heavy snow. It covered the wires Jwith a heavy burden and then it began to freeze.. Soon a héavy wind sprang up, and increasing to a gale carried down overburdenediwires as if they had been thread, taking the poles with them. All communication by wire east and west of Kansas City was cut off. The snow varied from one to five inches in different parts of the States. The heayy fall of snow has saved the winter wheat; Dispatches from various points in lowa tell of a heavy snow storm in that State, the flakes falling to a depth’ of almost six inches. - Street car traffic is greatly imped- ed aad telegraph wires are down. Awful Slaughter of S-als. George R. Tingle, of West Virginia, agent ofthe North American * Commercial 'Com- pany, has returned to Washington, D. (. from the islands of St. George and St. Paul. He says his company killed only the num- ber of seals allowed by law,7,500. Mr.Tingle declared that during the season poachers killed and secured 69,000 seals, and destroy- ed 400,000 more that they did not secure. ee Qi NEW JERSEY’S OFFICIAL VOTE. ‘The official returns have been received by the New Jersey Secretary of State from all the counties, and the work of verifying and compiling {them is now being done. They show the plurality of the Democratic Presi- dential electors to be 14,865. and Judge Werts" plurality over Kean, the Republican candidate for Governor. to be 6.709. ei: . Two Children Barne¢d to Death. Michael Bitti, an Italian fruit dealer, and wife locked their two children, aged 2 years and 6 months respectively, in the house at Chicago. During their absénce the elder child amused himself by pulling coals from the stove. both children were burned to death. Their mother is nearly crazed by grief. The house was set on fire and —ANONG the passengers on the La Bow. gogue, which reached New York late Sun- day night, was 2a man who said he was Louis Marke, a jeweller of Washington Territory, He excited the suspicions of the inspectors, He was found to wear a harness holding 68 gold Swiss watch- es valued at $13,000, free movement, / ers © Neap not only to use a firm, ticking, but substitute a which is altogether too soft a for the purpose. : They do this for thes; that their pillows appear delicate in structure, and: quently more salabl $ side of the muslin cas oughly ‘rubbed with wax; i stiffen it to some extent, bi said to remedy all troubl the protrusion of the fea ply turn the ticks wrong side out- ward before filling them, wi piece of beeswax slightly ub it in straight lines following each other over the tick. When the entire sur- and sew up th face is waxed, Bll it tick. ; Catehing Birds, i At Farmington; Me., the other day, a cat captured one of a flock of mar tins which had their nest. in a little honse provided by the owner of the feline, and was waking off with the tainty morsel. Attracted by the ‘piteous cries of the bird, its mates came to its rescue, alighted upon and screamed so furiously tha was soon glad to drop her pre escape indoors. © Then the pu pussy’s back and pecked, scratched martins held a great rejoicing, noisily ‘ chatter.ng over-the salvation of mate. . A woMaR never so fully realizes her dependence upon 'a man as when she pencil. — undertakes to sharpen a lead Carl Pretzels Weekly. ARN ACTIN BN 77 A : -\ Mr. David M. Jordan of Edmeston, N. Y. Colorless, Emaciated, Helpless 4 Complete Cure by HOOD’S SARSA- ; PARILL A. hy This is from Mr. D. M. Jord tired farmer, and one of the spected citizens of Otsezo Co, 4 “Fourteen years ago I had an attack of the gravel, and have since been troubled with my Liver and Kidneys gradually growing worse. Three years agi got down x0 low that | could scarcely walk. Ilooked more like a co; ing being. Ihad no appetite and for 5 weeks? ate nothing { ; emaciated and had marble Statue. recommended and I ry Before I had finished the first bottle | noticed that I felt better, sufiered less, the § 3 mation of the bladder had the col r began tn return to my began to feel hungry. After 8 bottles 1 cold eat anyt me. 1 have now fully recovered, thanks.to Hood’s Sarsaparilla Ifeel well and am well. All who know Ie marvel to see me 50 well.” D.M. JORDAN: no more color than 5 Hood's Pills are th iis, a8 aoe & are the best af nner Fills; a8 estion, cure headacke and bilio BY NOT Be UECENED and Paints which stain thie hands, injure the iron, and bu Rising Sun Stove Jess, Durable. and the consuner pays for no lin or glass packige with every pure 66 German ‘99 Syrup” th Boschee’s My acquaintance wi German Syrup was made about four- teen years ago. I contracted a cold ‘which resulted in a hoarseness and cough which disabled me from fill- ing my pulpit for a number of Sab- baths. After trying a physician, without obtaining relief I saw the advertisement of your remedy and obtained a bottle. ~ Ireceived quick and permanent help, I never hesi- tate to tell my experience. Rev. W. H. Haggerty, Martinsville, N J. e This Trade Mark {8 on the best WATERPROGF COAY Tpnraieg in ike World oh VR TOWIR, BOSTON, MASS. 1 Comping Cona > | e Rochester (Stove Pipe me-half the fuel. Write for First order from each neigh ) and securrs an agen ie wholesale rat > > ROCUGSTER, RADIATOR CO. Rochester, N.Y 01 that a liv. but gruel. 1 was badly Hood's Sarsaparilla wai thought I would tryit. ken. ing without hurting burn off. 3 fos Polish is Brilliant, Odor- | 7
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