CARAVELS ARE COMING.
THEY ARE EXACT REPRODUCTIONS OF COLUMBUS’ SHIPS.
HREE VESSELS—the exact reproductions of Columbus’ fleet of 1492—have srrived at Havana on their way from Spain to the
World’s Fair. They are the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
The Nina and Pinta are being towed by the United States cruiser Newark and the gunboat Bennington.
The caravels will first proceed to Hampton Roads, the naval review rendezvous. and
They will then be towed to New York to participate in the grand naval review Aptil 27, which promises to be one of the grandest
marine spectacles the world has ever witnessed.
take part in the evolutions there April 17.
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THE NEW STEEL NAVY.
A LIST OF THE SHIPS THAT
BE
Willi Take Part in the Columbian
Parade and the Condition of
the Monsters Now.
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A dispatch from Washington says: The
naval rendezvous in Hampton Roads next
month, and the monster naval parade in
New York barbor which is to follow that
gathering, inaugurating the series of grand
Columbian demonstrations announced for
this year, is attraeting general attention
now-a-days. People are awakening to a
realization that this gathering of represen-
tative warships from the great powers of
the earth is going to demonstrate in a very
practical manner that the United States of
America has at least a navy that she can be
proud of, one that ranks away up toward
the head of the list in point of effectiveness,
both as regards speed and defense. In the
big rendezvous and parade there will be 16
ships of the new steel navy as follows:
THE SHIPS IN DETAIL.
Baltimore, 4,600 tonnage displacement, of
the protected cruiser type.
Chicago, 4,500 tonnage displacement, of
the partially protected cruiser ty pe.
Philacelphia, 4,300 tonnage displacement
partially protected cruiser.
_ Newark, 4.083 tonnage displacement, par-
tially protected cruiser.
Ban Francisco, 4,083 tonnage displace-
ment, partially protected cruiser.
Charleston, 4,040 tonnage displacement,
protected cruiser.
Atlanta, 3,189 tonnage displacement, par-
tially protected crniser.
Bennington, 1,700 tonnage displacement,
a gunboat.
Concord, 1,700 tonnage displacement, a
nboat.
Yorktown, 1,700 tonnage displacement, a
nboat.
Vesuvius, 930 tonnage displacement,a dy-
namite gun vessel.
Cushing, 116 tonnage displacement, tor-
0 boat.
Narkeeta, 192 tonnage displacement, a
Iwana, 192 tonnage displacement, a tug.
‘Wahneta, 162 tonnage displacement, a
ue.
Bancroft, 838 tonnage displacement, prac-
tice ship at the Naval Academy.
In addition to these named there are
three big ships of the steel navy which will
not take part in the parade. being detained
in other portions of the world to defend the
flag which floats so proudly from the mast-
heads and to guard the commercial inter
ests that look to that flag for protection.
They are as follows:
Boston, 3,189 tonnage disp'acement,a par-
tially protected cruiser; hig ho in Honolulu
harbor.
Petrel. 890 tonnage displacement, a gun-
boat, on duty at the Chinese station.
Monterey. 4,138 tonnage displacement. a
barbette turret coast defence ship; on duty
in San Francisco harbor and along the IPa-
cific coast.
The above list of vessels that are to take
part in the parade does not include the
monitors stationed in New York harbor
regularly. While this long string will make |
a brave show, one that every citizen can be
proud of, it will give no adequate idea of
what the new steel navy will be in a few
short months, when the vessels now in pro-
cess of construction, are put in commission.
‘The list of these monsters is as follows:
Indiana, 10.200 tonnage displacement, a |
battle ship; has been launched and is being
completed at Cramp's yards, Philadelphia.
Massachusetts, 10,200 tonnage displace-
ment. a battle ship; to be soon launched at
Cramp's yards, Philadelphia.
Oregon, 10,200 tonnage displacement, a
buttle ship; nearly ready to be launched
from the yards of the Union Iron Works at
San Francisco.
New York, 8150 tonnage displacement,an
armored cruiser; lying at Cramp’s yards,
Philadelphia, and about ready to be place in
commission.
Columbia, 7.350 tonnage displacement, a
protected cruiser, building at Cramp's yards
Philadelphia.
No. 138 sister ship to the ‘Columbia
game displacement, also building at Cramp’s.
Maine, 6,6{8 tonnage displacement, an
armored cruiser; already launched at the
New York navy yard, butdelayed in wait:
ing for armor.
A eras 6.300 tonnage displacement. a bat-
tle ship; already launched at the Norfolk
navy yard, but delayed in waiting for ar-
A ympia. 5,500 tonnage displacement, a
yrotected gruisen, now: building at the Un-
n Works, San Francisco.
a 3.183 tonnage displacement, a
protected cruiser; already launched and
being completed at the New York Navy
yard, cigh, 3,183 tonnage displacement; a
protected cruiser; already launched ang ye
ing completed at the Norfolk Navy yard. :
Katahdin. ¥,183 tonnage displacement, a
harbor defence ram; already launched and
being completed at Bath, Me,
Detroit and Montgomery, 2,000 tonnage
| displacement each, twin cruisers, ready for
| steam trials at the Columbian Iron Works,
Baltimore.
Marblehead, 2,000 tonnage displacement,
a cruiser; launched and undergoing comp'e-
tion at the City Point Works, Baltimore. |
Machias and Castine, 1.050 tonnage dis-
placement each, twin gunboats, ready tor
steam trials at Bath, Me.
No 2,120 tonnage displacement, a torpede
boat; building at Dubuque, Ia,
In addition to the above there have been
authorized one battleship, now known ase
No. 4, and one armored cruiser like the
New York, now known jas No. 2. Cramp
bas the contract for these. The last session |
of Congress also authorized the construction
of three light draught gunboats of 1,200
tonnage displacemement each, and one sub-
marine torpedo boat.
There has been considerable surprise ex-
ressed that some move has not been made
efore this looking to have one of the ves-
sels of this splendid new steel navy named
after Pittsburg, the representative iron and
steel city of this country. It would most
| assuredly be the proper thing to do, and the
sip bearing the name of that great indus-
trial center fron whence comes material to
make these ships the wonderful creations
of maritime architecture that they are.
ought to be a big one. Cruisers No. 13 and
No. 2 are not vet christened—why should
not one be named Pittsburg?
EASTERN FARMING.
Pennsylvania Farmers Turn to Fruit
Growing and Dairying.
The bulletin issued at Wzahington, D. C.,
by Secretary Morton on ‘‘Distribution and
Consumption of Corn and Wheat contains
the following report from state azents:
Pennsylvania—The mining and manufac-
turing population of this state would con-
sume more wheat than is raised within its
borders, but the large shiz ment of flour from
western mills, sold at reduced prices, neces-
sitate the shipment of » portion of our
wheat to seaboard markets. Farmers are
directing their attention to fruit growing
and dairying as being more remunerative
than wheat growing and less liable to be
influenced by western competition.
Ohio-Farmers commenced feeding earlier
than usual. and the winter being severe, the
requirements for the same number of stock
reduced the supply on hand considerably as
compared with this time last year. Some
localities that usually have considerable sur-
plus to sell now have barely sufficient to de
required feeding. The poorer quality of
the wheat of 1892 induced farmers to retain
that of 1891, and the low prices have aided
considerably in keeping in granaries wheat
that would have been put on the market
had prices been more encouraging. There
| are some few reports of wheat being fed to
| stock becanse of prevailing low prices.
re nat st m—
AN AWFUL RECORD
In the Life Taking and Maimirg Line
Made by the Railroads.
Some interesting statistics from the forth-
coming report of the Pennsylvania Secre-
| tary of Internal Affairs regarding the acci-
| dents that have occurred on the different |
railways of the state have been prepared. !
The total number of passengers reported |
killed during the past vear was 42, and the |
number injured 658, being one killed out of |
every 3,337,871 carried, and one injured out
of every 213,055 carried. Of employes, 495 |
were killed and 6,833 injured; of other per- |
| sons 952 were killed, and 1.329 injured, a |
| total of 1,489 killed and 8,820 injured. This |
| is 8 persons killed and 49 injured to every |
| 100 miles of road operated. |
| Looking over the detailed reports of the
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| companies we find that the Buffalo, Roches-
ter and Pittsburg has a total of 12 killed
and 327 injured. The report of the Pennsy-
Ivania Company shows 18 passengers killed
and 374 injured; 148 employes killed and
3.061 injured, other persons killed 254 and
560 injured; a total of 520 killed and 3,995 !
injured. The P., C. C. & St. L. reported for
1891. 108 persons killed and 1,080 injured;
for 1892, 205 kiiled and 1,731 injured,
For the year 1887 on the Pennsylvania
system 282 persons were killed and 2,027 |
injured; in 1888, 208 persons were killed and
1,897 injured; in 1890, 625 persons were kill-
ed and 4,374 injured; in 1891, 492 persons
were killed and 3,528 injured; in 1892, 52¢
ANTHRACITE MINERS KILLED.
One Dead and Four Dying Taken From
the Ruins.
When men came to work Friday morn-
ing at the Oak Hill colliery near Miners-
ville, Pa., the fire boss informed them as
usual that the mine was clear of gas. The
men went to work, and within half an hour
after the whistle blew a terrific explosion
occurred in the east gangway. A miner had
entered an old breast when hislamp ignited
a body of gas which had accumulated. The
names of the dead and injured are: William
Purcell, killed; John Morgan, arm and legs
broken and injured interzally, will die;
David G. Davis, Jr., probably fatally injur-
ed. Patrick Maley, badly burned.
i administered.
! 4 o'clock.
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persons were killed and 3,995 injured. | ior the organization of similar associations
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COL. E. F. SHEPARD DEAD.
A Noted New York Editor Comes to an
Unexpected End. :
Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard, editor of
| the New York ‘‘Mail and Express,” died
suddenly Friday afternoon at his
bome in New York. His death followed
the administratio 1 of ether by his physicians
who were about to make an examination
to ascertain whether the Colonel's suspicion
that he was suffering from stone in the
bladder was correct.
Colonel Shepard had been in good health,
but nearly a month ago he noticed symp-
tions that led him to believe that he was
suffering with stone in the bladder. He let
COL. ELLIOT F. SHEPARD.
it go and did not consult a physician until a
week ago, when he went to Dr. McLane and
told him his suspicions. The doctor con-
firmed them and advised him to at least
submit to an examination, and to undergo
an operation should it be deemed neces:
sary.
Friday morning about 9 o'clock, before the
arrival of the doctor, he complained of
severe pains, and said he thought he would
go to bed. But first he went to the telephone,
called up the office of the Mail and Express
and gave a number of instructions about
the fnture conduct of the newspaper in ca e
anything should happen to him. As nobody
in nis office knew he was ill, these instruct-
ions occasioned considerable wonder, but it
was never the habit of any one in the office
to question anything the Colonel did, and
not even any inquiries were made as to
what might be the matter,
About 1 o’c ock Colonel Shepard said he
was ready for the surgeons, and they, with
the nurses, began for the work of putting
him under ether. He had inhaled the drug
but two or three times when the physicians
detected dangerous symptoms, and stoppe 1
the inhalation. Colonel Sheppard sank
rapidly,and for a time it was feared he could
not be rallied. Powerful restoratives were
At the end of an hour’s work with oxygen
he was restored to consciousness, and he
continued, apparently, to rally until about
Then, without warning, and for
no apparent reason, he began rapidly to
sink. The oxygen treatment was resumed,
but it was of no avail; at 4:20 o'clock he
died. He was unconscious aud his death
was peaceful. The cause of death given by
the physicians was oedema of the lungs.
Evviorr Frrcu SHEPARD was born in
Jamestown,Chautauqua county, N. Y. July
25, 1833. He was educated a% the university
of the city of New York, admitted to the
bar in 1858, and for many years practiced
in New York. In 1861 and 1862 he was
aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Ed-
win D, Morgan and was in commana of the
depot of volunteers at Eimira, N. Y., and
aided in organizing, equipping and for-
warding to the field nearly 50,000 troops.
He was instrumental in raising the Fifty-
first New York regimen, which was named
for him ‘The Shepard Rifles.” He was the
founder of the New York State Bar Associa-
tion in 1876 which has formed the model
in other States. In March 1838, he purchas-
ed the New York ‘‘Mail and Express.”
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Gypsies Disinfected in Paris,
| A somewhat rare and curious sight
was seen in Paris a few days ago.
| About sixty gypsy caravans were
drawn up in line, and with their oc-
cupants (about 500 in number,) pub-
{ licly disinfected. This measure wis
| taken in consequence of the discovery
of five or.six cases of cholera among
| the gypsies, who had recently arrived
| from Belgium and Prussia. The
| caravans were found to be in a most
flithy condition.
—AT Helena, Mont,, an earthquake
| shock, lasting 30 seconds, was felt ¥riday at
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' 6:15 p. m. No one was hurt.
THE SENATE SPECIAL SESSION
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WHAT (S BEING DONE BY THE HIGH-
ER BRANCH OF CONGRESS IN
SESSION AT WASHINGTON.
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Moxpay—The President to-day sent the
following nominations to the Senate: =
James B. Eustis of Louisiana, 10 be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the United States to France. .
Theodore Runyan of New Jersey. to be
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of the Unifed States to Germany.
John E. Risley of New York, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the United States to Denmark.
Walter G. Jenkins of Wisconsin, to be
United States circuit judge for the Seventh
judicial district. ol :
Walter D. Dabney of Virginia, to be solic-
itor for the department of state. :
Charles B. Stuart of Texas, to be judge of
the United States court for the Indian terri-
tory.
Ernest P. Baldwin of Maryland, to be first
auditor of the treasury.
Thomas Holcomb of Delaware, to be fifth
auditor of the treasury. Z
Wade Hampton of South Carolina, to be
commissioner of railroads. Sl
Among the postinasters was William H.
McCabe, Coshocton, O.
John E. Risley, nominated to be Minister
te Denmark, is a brother-in-law to Senator
Voorhees, and a lawyer of high standing in
New York. Mr, Risley is about 49 years of
age. His appointment is said to bc alto-
gether due to business influence. He is a
man of means. ol
James B. Eustis, who is named as Minis-
ter to France, was Mr. White's predecessor
as a Senator from the State of Louisiana in
the Fifty-first Congress. He is about 59
vears old, is a graduate of the Harvard law
‘chool, and at the beginning of the Rebel-
lion entered the Confederate service as
Judge Advocate on the staff of General
Magruder. He also seryed in the same
capacity with General Joe Johnston, until
the or the war, when he resumed the
law practice at New Orleans. Ie served
two terms in the Senate. :
Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, serv-
ed with distinction and credit in the U, 8.
Senate 13 consecutive vears, finally yieding
that post because of the antagonism of the
Alliance eiement in his native State. He is
almost 75 years old, His record of service
during the Rebellion is that of a brave sol-
dier. Hc relinquished his seat in the Sen:
ate to serve in the field. and attained the
rank of General, and was aiterward Gover-
nor of South Carolina in 1876 and ’77.
Walter G. Jenkins, appointed Judge of the
Seventh Judicial Court, is a native of New
York. He has resided in Wisconsin for the
past 30 years. Si
Theodore Runyan, the new Minister to
Germany, is one the prominent figures of
New Jersey Democracy and a man of pro-
nounced ability. For 10 years he was
Chancellor of the State, and has twice been
its candidate for Governor.
The Senate during the executive session
to-dey disposed of a large amount of work
that had accumulated pending the reorgani-
zation of the committees. All the earlier
nominations from the President and those
sent in to-day, with the exception of here
and there a postmaster, were confirmed
without a word of dissent, the utmost har-
mony prevailing. The nominations of ex-
Senators Eustis and Hampton were con-
firmed without the formality of a reference
to the appropriate committees. Among the
few nominations held over was that of Eai-
tor R. B. Brown, of the Meadville, Pa,
Messenger, to be postmaster at his town.
The numerous errors that have come {fo
light in the enrollment of the great appro-
priation bills at the last session. formed the
subject for nearly an hour of the time that
the Senate was in session to-day. More
than 40 errors we e stated by Mr. Hale. to
have been discovered in the Naval Appro-
priation bill alone. Various resolutions as
to clerks of committees changes of rules,
etc., were offered, but not acted on, and the
Senate adjourned till ‘Wednesday nexi.
WepxesnaAY—In the Senate today Mr. Mc-
Pherson, of New Jersey, 1eported back
from the Committee on Finance the resolu-
tions offered by him last Monday, directing
the Commissioner on labor to inake a re-
port at tke opening of the Fifty -Second Con-
gress as to the cost of produc ion of iron
and steel manulactures and of textile fabrics
amended so as to empower also the Finance
Committee to make further investigation
into the same matters with power to send
tor persons and papers.
The President to-day sent the following
nominations to the senate:
John S. Seymour of Connecticut, to be
commissioner of patents.
Silas. W, Lamoreaux of Wisconsin. to be
commissioner of the general land office.
William H. Sims of Mississippi, to be
{irst assistant secretary of the interior.
Edward A. Bowers of Washington, to be
assistant commissioner of the general land
otfice.
Henry C. Bell, to be second deputy com-
missioner of pensions.
Horace H. lLurton of Tennessee, to be
United States circuit judge for the Sixth
judicial district.
Max Judd of Missouri, to be consul gen-
eral of the United States at Vienna.
John J. Carter of Louisiana, to be collec:
tor of internal revenue for the district of
Louisiana.
Jorx S. SEyMouRis a lawyer by profes-
sion, about 45 years old. Two years ago he
as elected State Senator, which was his
first public service.
Ex.-Lievr. GoveErxor S1us, of Mississippi,
was not a candidate for ap-
pointment as First Assistant Sec-
retarv of the Interior, and accept
ed it only at the rersonal solicitation of
Hoke Smith. He has repeatedlv been urged
to accept the nomination for Governor of
Mississippi, but has always refused. Hes
a man of fortune, with a splendid business
record. Hoke Smith regards himself as ex-
tremely fortunate in securing Mr. Sim's
consent to serve. Sims was in the Conted-
erate army and lost a leg.
Epwarl* A. Bowers was appointed by
Secretary Lamar during Mr, Cleveland's
former administration as Inspector of the
Public Land Service. On his resignation in
1889 he was made secretary of the American
Forestry Association and is said to have
been instrumental in securing the reserva-
tion of over 10,000,000 acres of the public
timber lands as permanent forest reserva-
tions.
H. C. BeuL is at presenta law clerk in
the Pension Bureau, and he has received
this promotion in recognition of his long
and efficient service.
S. W. LavMoreux is a warm personal
friend of Senator Vilas, and received the
unqualified endorsement of tbat gentleman
tor the place to which he has been appoint-
ed. Mr. Lamoreux is a native of New York,
but went to Wisconsin before the war. He
has served his S. ate as Senator and District
Attorney, but for the last 14 years has been
a county judge. :
TuurspaAY—The entire time of the session,
which was short, was occupied with a dis-
cussion of the resolution introduced yester-
day, which declares that ‘‘the provision of
the appropriation act providing 10r tne ap-
pointment of three senators and three
representatives of the Fifty-third congress,
by the presiding officers of the two houses
in the Fifty-second congress, as such com-
mission is in derogation of the constitution-
al rights, privileges and prerogatives of each
house, is otherwise violative of the Consti-
tution and is absolutely null and void.” The
resolution was finally ‘ordered printed and
Jaid on the table to be latter referred to the
committee on priyileges and elections, and
the senate proceeded to executive business.
After spending about three quarters of an
hour in executive session the senate ad-
journed until Monday, .
During the executive session a number of
nominations were confirmed. including
those of Theodore Runyon, of New Jersey,
' to be Minister of the United States to Ger
many; Walter D. Dabney, of Virginia, to be
Solicitor for the Department of State; Ed-
ward B. Whitney. of New York, to be As-
sistant Attorney General; James G. Jenk-
ins, of Wisconsin, to be United States Cir-
cuit Judge for the seventh judicial district;
Robt. B. Brown to be postmaster at Mead-
ville, Pa.
RULES OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
The Legal Inquiry Into the Ann Arbor
Strike.
2 dispatch from Toledo, O., says: The
non-union men are running the Ann
Arbor road in good shape. The hearing of
the Lake shore engineers and fireman who
refused to handle Ann Arbor freight, was
continued in the United States Circuit cour
to-day. The testimony of the various oi-
ficials showed that the order of Judge
Ricks was not shown to the men until after
they had said they would not handle the
Ann Arbor cars.
The officials intended that the order
should be the Jast resort, after persuasion
had failed. The testimony brings out the
fact. however, that the men, before they
said they would not handle the cars, had
said: **We quit the service of the company.”
Tha engineers’ attorney saw in this a good
point, and dwelt upon it in his cross-exami-
nation. It wasdeveloped, however, that the
order was posted on the bulletin board . in
time, and that a rule required al emp.oyes
to consult them be ore going out.
The principal witness of the day was J W.
Watson, of the Lake Shore Grievance Com-
mittee. It was he who sent the dispatch to
General Superintendent Canliffy, of the Lake
Shore, reading, "We ask you in the interest
of peace and harmony not to ask Lake Shore
engineers to handle Ann Arbor freight;
and later on he sent a dispatch to Canliff,
stating that the strike could not be settled
honorably, and the laws of the Brotherhood
would be enforced. '
He was asked in accordance with what
rule of the Brotherhood he sent such a no-
tice, .
‘The rule that allowed every man to do
as he pleased as an individual,’ said Mr.
Watson. The attorney laughingly stated
that it was a strange thing for a body to en-
act laws to allow men to do as they pleased.
Mr. Watson was asked to produce the rule.
He did not have it. He was requested to
repeat it from memory. He could not re-
member it, not even the substance.
Finally.after beiug hard pressed, he stated
that the rule he had in mind was to the
effect that Brotherhood men must not han-
dle the freight of any road on which the
Brotherbood men are out on a strike.
“By what authority did you send certain
telegrams to the Lake Shore officials relat-
ing to the action the men would take?”
“By the authority vested in me by the
action of the engineers.’
Asked what was his first information con
cerning the trouble, Mr. Watson said he had
known nothing about it until he received a
telegram fron: Mr. Arthur, which was in
substance as follows: *‘There is a legal
strike on the Ann Arbor. Notify all men
to be governed accordingly.”
Mr. Watson went on to say that he notifi-
ed as many of the men as possible. Asked
how the boycott was declared off, he said by
an order signed by Chief Arthur statiag
that in consequence of negotiations between
Railroad Commissioner Kirkby and Mana-
ger Arhley, certain rules of the Brother-
ood would not be enforced.
The obligation referred to in the rule, the
attornevs wanted to know abcut, is not
taken under oath. Witness was unable to
give the substance of the obligation. Con-
tinuing, he said that the members of the
B:otherhood were not guilty of violating
the rules of the order in refusing to quit
work,
Leonard Clark, a Lake Shore engineer,and
one of the only two employes of that com-
pany who are members of the Brotherhood,
was first nlaced on the stand for the defence.
The counsel of the complainant hoped to
worm out of Clark an admission that he
had resigned his position on the Lake Shore
immediately on learning that he would be
obliged to handle six cars of freight from
| the Ann Arbor. Clark endeavored to avoid
a direct admission of his resignation under
these circumstances, but eventually stated
that such had been the case.
Quite a dramatic scene ensued when Clark
in reply to a question from Mr. Potter as to
why he refused to handle Ann Arbor
fre:ght, said: “I'm pretty near my grave
now and f don't want to go through the rest
of my life a scab.”
The spectators applauded this loudly,
while Judge Ricks vainly endeavored to re-
store order.
The rule referred to, and which Chief Ar-
thur filed with the court, as he was ordered
to do, is as follows. &
“That hereafter when an issue has been
sustained by the Grand Chief and. carried
into effect by the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, it shall be recogniz-
ed as a violation of obligation for a mem-
ber of the Brotherhood of Loco-
motive Engineers Association, who
may be employed on a railroad running in
connection with or adjacent to said road, to
bandle the.property belonging to said rail-
road or system in any way that may bene-
fit said company in which the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers is at issue, until
the grievance or issue of whatever nature
or kind has been amicably settled.”
ARTHUR ISSUES AN ADDRESS.
The Chief of the Brotherhood of Engi-
neers onthe Ann Arbor Strike.
Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers, has issued an official
statement regarding the position the Broth-
erhood occupiesin the Ann Arbor strike.
He states that he finds it very hard to make
the public understand that he does not or-
der any stoppage of work, and could not if
he wante ito. “The men themselves vote
npon it and if a majority decide to stop
work, of course it is done. In all cases
where the engineers and firemen have a
contract with railroad companies we
have no trouble and find it much the best
way to do.
“In the last case eyery honorable effort
was made to adjust the difficulty, but with-
out success, and here it is said that the men
stopped work without giving notice, which
is not true, as I myself addressed a letter to
General Manager Ashley, informing him
that his engineersand firemen had deter-
mined to leave his service, giving him am-
ple time to decide whether to grant the re-
quests or not. If there had been a head to
the Ann Arbor road that believed in living
and letting live we would not have had
trouble; but so long as this grinding process
is carried out by the railroads, just so long
will there be trouble with the companies.”
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FIRE AND EXPLOSION.
The Fearful Experience of the People of
Litchfield, .IT11s.
Fire was discovered at 3:30 o'clock ‘Tues-
day morning in the Kohler flouring mill at
Litchfield, 1lls., and in less than 20 minutes
the blaze was beyond control. About this
time there was a terrific explosion of flour
dust, and the immense structure was blown
to fragments. John Cowle, a mllwright,
whose home is at Waterloo, N. Y., was kill-
ed and many others were severely wound-
ed. -
The explosion wrecked nearly every busi-
ness place in the village. The damage to
the mill alone will amount tc $1,000,000, and
other property was damaged, over $150,000.
The shock was felt in the adjoining villages
of Clyde, Butler, Gillespie and Hillsboro.
In many of these places the conclusion was
80 great that plate glass windows were bro-
ken. The fire is supposed to have been
started by a spark from a passing locomo-
tive. The insurance on the mill is $350,-
000.
LATER NEWS WALFS, -
FOREIGN. .
Twelve persons have been killed in a
scleanic aisturbance in Columbia, during
which the ¢ ruz Loma mountain ridge sank
and the Sotara, a volcano, dircharged heav-
ily.
An agreement bas keen reached by which
the great cotton strike at Manchester, Eng-
land, is ended. The compromise effected
between the 5 per cent. reduction in wages
insisted upon by the masters and the 2} per
cent. reduction the operatives were willing
to accept is that the operatives shall ace pt
a reduction of 7 pence in the pound. Be-
tween 14,000,000 and 15,000,000 spindles
have been standing idle for nearly six
months as a result of this strike. *
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JUDICIAL.
At Macon, Ga., United States District
Judge Speer granted an order on the super-
intendent of the Central railroad to appear
and answer for refusing to treat with his
engineers and telegraphers on a question of
renewal of contract. The superintendent
had declined to recognize any organization
among his men. :
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FIRES,
At Denver, Col., the warehouse of the
Summit Fuel and Feed Company was de-
stroyed by fire. Two firemen were killed,
Frank Mahony and Frederick Pierpont,
They were caught inan alley by a falling
wall. Loss, $25,000. »
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DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
By a premature explosion in the Ulay
mine, Lake City, Col., Jack McCarthy and
Peter Sauce were both instantly killed. The
bodies were terribly mangled.
At Chicago, W. F. Weed, owner of both
the ‘Northwestern Druggist’’ and the Chi-
cago ‘Graphic’ was instantly killed by a
falling brick. He was pas-ing the Phoenix
building, in which extensive alterations are
being made by the Western Uni n Tele-
graph Company, when a brick was dropped
from the tenth story by a workman.
The 7-year-old daughter of John Maher,
of Long Branch, N, J., while taking a keitle
{rom a stove set fire to her dress. She was
burned to death.
ing 10 extinguish the flames, was seriously
burned about the arms and body.
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WASHINGTON. ’
One result of efforts to increase trade,
with the countries of South and Central
America seems to be the increase in the ex-
portation of American farm implements. Fig-
ures for the Argentine Republic show an
increase from $327,000 to $1,351,000 during
the year.
The treasury department officials are
much gratified at the healthy showing of
the free gold balance. Saturday this balance
amounted to over $7,000,000 and is slowly
increasing.
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CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The New York City clotbing cutters in 500
shops, numbering 700, were locked out and
a bitter fight will take place. :
ARC
LFGISLATIVE, 3
Representative Sikorsti introduced a bill
in the Minnesota house prohibiting China-
men hereafter “from wearing their shirts
outside of their pants,” and requiring them
to ‘dress the same as other citizens.” A
violation of the act is to be punished by a
fine of from $1 to $10, and by forfeiture of -
the pig tail. The bill was referred to the
committee on health and sanitation
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The material damage done by last week's
cyclone at Memphis, Tenn., amounts to
$2,000,000. In all 18 neople were kilied, most
of them colored.
Recorder Smythe of New York, has im-
posed fines aggregating about $20.000 on
talesmen summoned for examination in the
» Buchanan murder case, who failed to an”
swer the summons when called to be ques-
tioned concerning their qualifications as
jurors.
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GOING TO WORK.
The Long Strike of the Miners at Last
Declared Off.
A dispatch from Monongahela City, Pa.,
states that the miner's strike of 1892-3 is at
an end finally and decisively.It really termi-
nated last Thursday after the convention at
Monongahela City, when a few of the self-
appointed leaders, after several hours’ hard
work,induced the delegates to stand out un-
til the following day for the 3i-cent rate.
The facts regarding that convention are
that the majority of the delegates were for
declaring the strike off then and there. They
were induced not to do so by the leaders re-
ferred toon a promise by them that if a
committee was appointed to wait upon the
operators and ask for arbitration the opera-
tors would jump at the chance. .
In the belief that this was true the dele-
gates agreed to stand out. Next afternoon
they were quickly undeceived as to the sen-
timents of the operators and the strike
was broken,
In nearly all the Western Pennsylvania
mines work has been resumed, and a ma-
jority of the strikers have returned.
SUFFERING AND DESTITUTION.
Some of the most pathetic tales have been
told since the break began on Friday about
the sacrifices the men have made and the
sufferings imposed on their wives and chil-
dren, who have suffered equally with the
men in this long and bitter struggle. Some
of the miners’ families in the fourth pool
have tasted no meat for months, and in the
bitterest cold weather their children have
been housed in because they were not shod
to go out in the snow. The diggers who
have been so hard pushed for food and
clothing deny the reports given tothe public
about Compissanos having been established
where all the needy ones could at |
cate food. Sig mo
The captains of river boats say th
more destitution among the a ay, ei
they ever saw before this strike. It is said
lives have been lost through insufficient
food and exposure without proper clothin
a physician practicing among the Miners
near Elizabeth, Pa., saying that inanition
would account for the deaths of most of the
young children who have been buried from
the striking miners’ homes this winter,
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A NOTABLE GIFF FROM SPAIN.
The Santa Maria to be Presented to the
United States,
TheGovernment of Spain, through the State
department at Washington, has officially
tendered to the United States as a gift, the
reproduced flagship of Columbus, the Santa
Maria, now somewhere in the Guif of Mex-
ico en route to this country to participate in
the naval review, and form a part of the
Spanish exhibit at Chicago.
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