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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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