The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, November 23, 1892, Image 6

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    GREAT HOMESTEAD STRIKE
1 FINALLY DECLARED Off
Bv the Am.lamted Aiaoclatlon,
sTvent Lsaftltm Up toThl Ultimatum.
History of th Stria.
Tli wnrldftimniu IIiiiiioImiI trik l
tirnftti'Hlty nt tin end. It begun .lime J'.imd
hu been alti'iided with the ti n.ri)iii frit
tun of Mi'timl ftnrfiir. H hn cnt
(brnrple Hlecl 'ttiniti v. limited, nlmiwt
million dollar In securing and curing for a
mltlrient number of iinii-unlnn men In mutt
the lanl. It hu nearly lnixiviT!lir.l the
IVmtigh of llomcxlcail mill hn brought
liundred nf mrlkrrii inl their (nnillii In n
cutiditlnti verging nn stiirviitliin.hut 11 Ik now
txnit ended, ns lenst so fur a Ihe iiici htmlc
mill laborer urn concerned. The scramble
for issll on, which wn iiiiiuguriiliil
'! htiTdny morning hy the Htm nnd Muvx,
ia roiillinii'il without cessation from un
hour before dnvhrcnk Irhliiy mnriiliu:
until 4 o'cb k in tin' nftrrniHin, t p lo thnl
lime about l.ono men, cmmling Ihe :iun . ho
lienilfd 'Hiursihi"' break. Iiuil iiilietl for
work. Not over noil men rcmied cmilov
ment, hul tiny ncrc irtii'il'y Iluiiitinl
Mv Iii'hiioip.
Thi" arctics (thing tlin MiiiiIihI I mini, from
City Turin lime to the couiiiny nllirc, nctc
Interesting a well as ntinc-lii;'. All ilny lmi.r
there wiin constnnt l renin ol nu n I'oinif In
nml finm thi works. It wn nn cttsy mutter
1 1 fill; out tlni'p v. ho lul l secured iniilny-flu-tit.
i'hrir fnrcx noli a binud Muilc. nml
they seemed lo he literally wnlklng on mr.
Those i. ho hud not been so fortuiintc wen
nlso etislly distinguished. They luul loudly
Imped thnl nil they hud to do mix to n. v
iiiidthey won 1I hcieccived with opt n nuns.
The lei-cs ol lhi'-e men were a, sluity. I hit
(Till nud dis.ippolnltiictil stood mil in liold
relief on lln-lr coiiulenniircs; lliev rciillcd
for the lil-t lime that lli-v hml lirld oil loo
lot i.
Homestead business men miike nn scrrrt.
of their pun iiimi ion nt the tin n uthon lime
taken.
mr iirnnMn' rutviui m.
Althntu'li loath In imil.e known In thn
I'lihlic the ilflnils nl Ihcir Hurling Tliurs
il ti y evrniuir, , iiinlg uiniili'd men were
lutiiid yeKierilay ho Milked freely on the
eolife't. A rniuniiitrc ol inceliiiuir mid
laborer were present with Hie ollimiiliiiti
of the men lliev represented, I he Inner
desired to hft i-"h'M"i'd Iroin all nhligiitions,
loremniu out longer. I he mccili'i' vuis
firesidcd over hv X l'ri'i 'cut William
Veihe. of the A tliali'iimati'il An-tot-iatloli.
About .VI Htii'lulif r. of whirl) oraniatioii
were present. A vote a" taken on the re
qill'xt of the merhnliiiMl lienul t llietit, ll htrll
leflitlled in hlil in tavrr of mid Til tiifiniiKf
the merhiiuir heiinr ulloweil to art lor
Ihentfelvi-ft. 'I lie ri'iuuiillet wa iiilorini'il
flint the iromition uai iclei-rrd hark to
tlie nieti; hut that the tii.riiiliDii uou'd
not Like the ii'-iuin-ihillly of !. I :i 1 1 1 1 k Hu;
rike oil. mid would proinie them all the
tiunnriiil aid poiihle it thev would rruitiin
linn. Then followed a vote in deriarini; the
mnke ofl, o hir nx the mef hainen are eoti
eernei, wliirli tesiille.l In i'.'l ma's to U:i
nye".
After i'oiiiileriilile i nlirlinir a "ei rel huh
lot wh taken, whirh ii.Mril 'J totex to Iho c
in Invor ol il'i'larinit the fltrike oil. 'I'hix
1 1 id in l ll :il i f- the rexult. A motion to re
lease Hie men at the l.nw renri'Ville anil
Jteaver I'iiIIk planlx wa lol. Vire I'leii
dent ( niiiey niiiile u rouxluc xpeei li. in the
coitrxe of whirli hi I'vplaiwi'd why ttie
Amiil!tiiuated AxMiriation eould not allow
nyiiipathilii' utrikern In teiiii ii to work and
liandletl the merhiuiU'ul ilepiut
nient williont ulovex. Mr. I'liinev
(.eeUred lliul lli' exinrnie i flhe A ii.iiIk
ninlftj Anxot'ia'ioii dei'i'titleil upon every
perfton entiueoted with tho xtrike ru
iiininiiis firm.
i he meuilierx nf the mnrlinninil depart
nient. xmartinif under whnt ttiev coiixiuer.
rd inifuir treatment at tho handx itf the
Aninliramateit Axoriution mid kiiouiiifr
lull well that the liiium inl rexnuri-ex of that
oivunlutioii hud been exhaiixtod. were not
Ions In milking up their liniiil" ax to how
thev h(.ul I art. 'I humility tt irli I at llo'i lm k
notice were posUxl that theie would he it
niee'iiiK nf tho meehiinirx and d.iy lahorerx
on Kruliiy iiiorniniz tit l'l o i'liH'k.' I.oim be
fore that hour the men brpin to iihuuiiiIiIh
bout the rink. When Ihe ilmirx were open
ed there wax n rush lor xentx, and in live
ininutex the hall wax parked. It did not
Inke long to t down to buxinexx. The
uimmitlee that had waited tioou Ihe Anul
Hinnteil Axweiatioti reporieii.
No Miotier had the tepott been rend than
doren men lumped to their lii't and mov
ed that they lelraxe iheniM'lvi Iroui all oh
li:ationlo ilieAiualimiuute'lAxHneiMinn and
uppiy lor work in u tuniy. 'J'he motion pru-
. vailed, and n xtaiuliiii! vole wax taken. Ax
one inun the aixeuibled Htrikem aroxo. It
wni not neceexiiry tor the i hairmui) to nil
nouuen the rexuli. Tlii8tandin; vote, no
linHiiinioua and deeixlve, Iniliriitrd more for
cibly tliau anytliiim else what hai broil
'irking in the minds of the iiierliiinii s and
iuborerii from Ihe day their strike beuelilx
were redineil from $4 to '( in theeane of
former ami Irani Kl to 1 in the lultvr. Af
ter few lirirt uddrexxea the meeting enme
to n end and the second rttih fur position!
commenced.
The rush continued without break until
I p. m . when Superintendent p'chwab an
oounred that no morenpplicutionx would he
riiei1 thai day. The mechanic nml la
boreni number !i'4ixl. It in estimated that
I.uri of tbrse men had npplieil for word,
and that about .H ill. (.rinri..'illy lalwrers.
wre (riven employment. Very lew me
i tianicn are needed, ami roiisetiuently there
is much dixapimiutmeiit on the part of those
who failed to get woik.
Axaistunt Kiiperintendent Wood stated to
reporter thai the company had no inten
tion of turning adrift any of Ita non-union
employe, of whom there are about 12.701),
in order to make room for old employes.
The company e,ivex them the chance of
obtaining work, hut i not going to disturb
the mm who have heled it out. Conse
quently there nro about ..Vsl men 'J. W0
machinists and 50X1 Amalgamated Asuociu
lion men who ore atill on the outside.
Hhouldthe mechanics fail to obtain em
ployment, they will be placed In worse
jKition than ever, as they have no mentis
of obtaining financial aid.
THE KIXAI, ADMISSION THAT THIS
HOMESTEAD 8TIMKE IS OVER.
T A VOTE or 101 TO HI. THI Mil.!. WAS DK
I'LARKD ofKX TO ANAMIAM xTKD MtX. SIM-
ha(Y or tiik riuM ipw. rvENTS aiM K Tim
MOHMTKAD ITUIKK BKUAN.
The Uonieaiead strike, or. technically
peaking, lockout, was nrougtit in ait end
Kim Jay morning at a meeting held in the
Homestead rink, which was presided over
by Ciiairinun Kichard Ilolchkisa and attend
ed by HecretaryKilgallou.Vice l'reslilontCnr
imt and Treasurer Madden, nlttcera of th
Antalgainated Association. Th vote that
(ipeneid lh Homestead Steel Works to
Amalgamated men stood 101 nye tool noes
The lueatingwas rd-not all the way througb
and at on tim It looked as though Uurgess
Holliugahead would hav to lutcrfer.
lbrg and riuuter charaea war th order
of th day. Newspaper men were excluded
but it was learned from reliable aourc that
tbos iu favor of declaring th mill open
bad th hardest kind of a tiro to carry
i ooen
began In avitntc the mind of Amalgamated
men n sim. n ns it hix ame apparent Hint the
mei hnti i-x Intemled to break away In
hodv. Without Ihe iipnirl of Ihe mechanic
iind laliorers they reaxitied thev might fix
well throw up tlie sponge. Not onlv mnnv
nf the rank nml II In. Inn nenilv all lite lexil
ets looked at Ihe iniitler In Ihix wnv. That
all i in mri n ii I fai tor. money, wn wanting
In enrrv on the light. The failure of Ihe
I hicngo promise of : hi ins), together with
the noli iiilllllineiit id other promise, nil
mine in for cimsideralioti hy the men. They
roiild not live on promises, and so fold Ihelr
leader, w ho. seeing that it would he itseles
to try lo hold the men louether longer, look
tcpsto phir-i their brethren on an eipinl
fiNitlmr with Ihe mis'liaiiim In the grand
rush for work.
An onl'tii' to Assistnnl Hitieriiitetiilenl
Woisl, of thn llomitsieinl works, not more
Ihnn nisi or ok) of the total number of old
einplmes w ill he able to secure work, lie
Ion tin break ol lat Thiirsiinv there were
le't In lloiui-teail lihonl .H Ml iif Ihe origi.
mil :t. si hi men who rami out on the l'.mIi day
it .Inne nt Hiisi ?.noi men i.tfNi were me
'lintiirs aiel laborers, and tl'Ni mnliiiiunted
As-iH liiiiiio men, l p to itale Hhout l.liNimeu
have applied lot ivotk. mid II s estimated
dint not more than :. men have gi t il.
Saliiidav' meeting mi ntletiileil etelii.
Ivelv hv the .MiuilcMinnli'd men, other
'ink' m ii"i be ongiiu! lo that iiretiiiirntloti
Iv iiig ctrltiiiril. The nti'etimr wax not a
laige one. not more llinii .'i'Si itersons being
l'ti'ent. t oiisideialile sin prise wax caused
ivheti the iiiinoiiureiiietil wax mnilr that
I liomiix J. t ran lord hail sent In hi ri-xi-union
nx rliairoinu ol the Advisory Itoanl
in ai rept a position as hi ml toller ill the t 'o-
n in til tt Iron ntnl Slix'l Winkx at t'nloti
own. The resttttintlon wax acrepted nml
Itirharil llotrhkis elerlcd to till the nosl
ion. Ihe steel worker wern
ntivioiii lo eet dowti to
iuiineis. A striker arose and moved that
he lis'k-out he ilertated nl an end. Itlsrit
i i n of this motion 1 1 in i Hi mi I wlihoiil n
iieiik until n p. in . when iidiourtiiiient wn
nl. ni until Suniliiv morning
W'lieti the adjourned mi-eiiug wax railed
'o order In the rink Kiiiulav moi iilng Ihern
.Mix not mote than .'I'm mrii ptexenl. Those
tpposed lo liiii-.iiiii the tii'hl In an end
eruirrleil hind to stave ofl a ballot, plcnd
ini. nri'tittu' Hiid predicting Hie disiuteirni'
ion nl Hie A mn'taiutiteil Assorialiou ill the
vent of the lockout being drrhired ofl The
iti it workers, w ho. as thev llieinsetve Imvii
aid time ami ntiniti. would rat her go naked
iml starve rather than nek now ledire defeat,
nere in the miuoritv. They knew It, hut
Hill Hi' V nr.'i'il nml p'radeil with Ihelr
tirother- to sinnd lit is if tor no other reason
hall In show lothe world that they had not
'orgotien the mrii tvho wen lying in prion
ixvailiuti 1 1 ial. II was ,,r no avnii. 'Ihe
liirsiinn w i imt. Tin vole was a standing
me. W hen the i'ull w as ininoiiiii i d llieio
a nx tin Iovoih oiitliutst. Thru w its no
lelnon-ltalioit siirh nsthnl whirh fn lowed
die slnli'lno! vole of the llirehntlir.s. ileehir
iiur lheuts"lvrs iiiiieix'inleiit of Ihe Aiual-
ll'llllle I A---oriali"ll.
I'iii ft Irw srcomli the men sat mid stnred
it cai li o'lirr. I hen lolloped inu'i v ilenuii.
hilions bv siiiite ol w lint had I n dune
Hu men lell tin hall In twos ami threes.
I hey siemed loath lo h ave the building, tlie
vrrv ralleis of whirh have nluiosl quivered
w iili the drr la rations tnadr a I In mini id liiurx
'bat vh lory waxtheiisil they would only
be atient.
. III 111 l: VI I MI'tnVHI.
Akci how iitauv new men had been
h'.ken into the works siim the ihiitiirnrii
i urn ft I lie lock out. Mr. Wood said: 'Aim)
linn have Ihcic lncn over L'.iiisi mefi ill thn
works sinre thestaii wax niiiile to .Inly.
I here were that iiuiiiy at work lit to la-t
riiurs'lnv. t 'limiting every new man em
plnvcil -lie r the strike, Ihe total will tiol gn
over ;(.. "shi. In tiro-H'rous times we have
emiilove l a' high :n M.xisi men. hut tin
iiomiunl iiumhcr is .'l.'jno. I'l-erllona of
lion union men during .Inly ami Auru-I
uern:!ed ahoiit ihi per wc k. Since that
p-riod there have piaclii ally lieen no ile
seriion." Mr Wood was asked w hether Ihe cnin
pniiv had lost ery heavilv by the cnucel
ing of contracts. He said' "All coutttirts
liitnle within a monlli prior lo thn strike
wriii mane with Hie provision that there
might be trouble Wn have lost nothing
on contr irts w hirh were maih' prior to the
strike, but wela led In obtain orders which
wentherw i.e would have received."
III. HIT XI X Wll.l. Ilt-TIKKN MAI It.
The sympathetic strike til the Carnegie
mills ai lener I'nlls. I'n . was declared otT
Mllldav altrriiO'in. All the old hands ex
cept the six members of the Advisory Com
mittee of the sitikcis will be taken buck.
H!Si)l;Y tl'l TIKHTItlKK.
IT Wll.l. "O iOW A ON K III" HI K MOST fMIOIS
I. Alton titbit i:iim i:s i K lltHIOItY
ol 'til i: coi'Miiv.
flic Homestead strike of lockout will go
down as one of the most fatuous labor dis
ttirli.'inces in the history of ihe country. Tho
men were locked out June 'i. live ilavs lie
lore I lis cVfilatioil ol Ihe old aralii, and
I mm that nun mil il .Inly tl the Carnegie.
Company made noiiilempl to get men into
Ihe null The Advisory Committee, would
allow no one to go I i except clerk, watch
men and liirrinen employed by thu coin
pa nv.
On the morning nf .Inly tl, the l'inkerton
binges tried to .and at the mill and lo men
lost their lives as a result of the battle which
followed, besides (o or .Ml weio wounded,
some of whom were maimed lor life. The
surrender ol Ihe I'ii.kerlolis, alter 12 hours'
lighting, during which pistols, nlles. cannon
dvmimile mid burning oil wern used, wax
followed by the terrible gaunilet runniiig
uuil harbarotis ubuse ol' thu cupt.ve ones,
one of w lioiu wax driven Inxaue by it
und afterward killed himself.
A couple of ol hut also lost their reason
alter p.i-sllig itiruiigii tlie hwiiii line ot limn.
deiicd men nml women from the river bank
to the opera hon-e. wliete they wei held
prisoner.-until given into ihe i-burgoof the
Hlierill late at night iind brought lo 1'iltv
burg on a special train.
The next iiuporlsiil event following this
was Hie ordering out hy the (iovernor.of the
enllte Nntlniiuliiuard of the Slate, on June
10, two third-nf which were encamped nt
Honest ad lor three weeks, and some regi
ment were, there three months, with an
aggicL'ute cost to the State (.!' .Vj0,ni'i) iu
ruiiiid iiiuniicrs.
I'oliticians brought the strike before Con
gress and the House sent a committee te
I ittsourg to mvextignte. Tlwy took eyidonce
uuil tnndea report'whicli amounted loprunti
cally nothing after nil. The Senate Com
mlttoe I still investigating and will probably
do the same as the other laxly. In this way
111 Nutional (iovernment contributed some
money a a result of the riot. Democrats
eixed upon it inn argument ugaiuat a pro
tective tariff, and ax was noticed recently,
used it effectively in thecimpaign.
The civil courts, from the highest to the
lowest, took a hand in it, und th Grand
Jury returned nary l.V) indictments for
riol, conspiracy, tieason and murder against
persons on hot'li sides. It will rcipiire a year
or two to clear the Criminal Court docket in
Allegheny county. If the men Indicted are
tried severally and mi faster progress is
nude than iu the first case w hicli is now on.
Ilesidos the case d'rectiy connected with
Ihe riot there has been the trial of Herg
mann, and of the Tenth liegiment. olUcers
lor tricing rrtvaie lams, who cneeren uu
Bergmann, not to mention Ihe numerous
petty suns Hint grew out of the si l ike. 1 bene
nave cost Allegheny county a large sum al
ready and th litigation has only begun.
The shooting of H. C. Trick by An
archist Bergiiiaun.lh murder of Max New
man, th dynamiting of Mr. Marron'i
boarding house and a thousand other un
lawful acts resulted from th strike, besides
t number of fatal and other serious acci
dents to new and inexperienced workmen
who tried to operate th mill Theu th
ivmpatnetic strike at th Union and Beaver
Kails mill were alio woduoiivo of om
Bray. , j
1 he ileaver r'lills (Pa 1 xirike was rtecUre
nil on hr dny Inst alier the bew fiom
llomeslenil ieirdlng the action ol tho Ine-chniili-
and laborers wn received. 'I he
l.awieuceville, ( I'ltlsburg, I'M. I strike will
lull now hv rensoti ol ii belli n sympxlhetlr
one, nml the cause being removed by th
ml ion ol the men they irled lo help.
It Fit! Ml OIK IIOHOKIM.
I he dispute between Knglnml and I'rnme
nrlslng from nil ringlish warship lion nil tig
ill the wntrtsof Milihignsiar a slave dhow
flying the Kronen Hag. bus been miIIIihI.
T he lltilish have agreed lo pay n small In
ili innity.
Joseph Sum, the llerllit man who ws
rharged with attempting to burn hi wile
In drat Ii llui he michi marry her younger
slslei, wax xeiiti iireil lo l"i years' penal servl-
iiile.
A teller jul ren lved Iroiu Coriloba, Mexi
co, give n most distressing neeouut nf Hie
slate of iiflalrx there, ellow fever ha
rngrd with nwlul violenre and cniricd nwiiy
lilmost I.iski ol Hie people of the town. Mont
nf the inhabitant have Hi d In ihe mount.
nirst iscapeo the plague.
'I hi'ilespotideiil leeling In Ihe tin plate
dlstrlrl of Wales luix been rhaiiged into one
of ieolrliig since Mr. I 'levrlnmi s elerllon.
A ri'lulnll're has been npolulrd to wiitrh
the ilevelopinciilx of the Aiiieilciin Imill.
At llirsi hlield, llrssn Nns-nu.n llomnii
Cntholle priest miiui'd Thlel, Iuih l.reu nr
'esliil for having spoken In n ilerogntory
way, in nseimou, of I he Kmperor ntlend
mire at the l.uther lelehratlou in Willen
berg. 'I he lii parlnient of War hits Issued order
fm bidding nil olllctrx of the Turkish army
below Hie riiuk of miior, to marry mure
than one w ife. The older stales Hull Hie pay
of lleiiteiiaiil and rnptalii is iiisutllrient In
keep n "harem" dceently.
A liculcr dispatch from Si In iiimik it tills
tif il wedding pally, litiiulieiiiig about two
score from the better class nf "in let y, w ho
were enjoying Ihe oix-nsinn nl ii rexlntirant,
when Ihe hnilding collapx.-d. Seven were
killed ami Ml woiiiuhsl, mote or less,
severely.
A cnbisixe und six ears broke loose from
n Mexican National train which wn climb
ing n steep grade. 'I he cars Mew down u
fust thai one after another I'M Hie track
until only I wn cni'lii d into a double header
Ireight train at Ihe rati of lll miles nn
hour, call ing a tirilhle wreck. Seveiul
trainmen were dashed loitealli.
CREAM, TIM! rotSONKIt. HANOF.D
XS -- -
Me la Bent lo Hi (inive in u London
Jail Yard.
riiotiuix S'eill, nll.H Cream, Ihe I autidiaii
wonuiii poisoner, wax hunged nt Newgate
prison, l.ohdou, Ile displayed woii'lerlul
nerve mid derlared thai his last I wn days on
eaitli were thn luiipii)-t of his lite.
Neill Was probably uilly of tnuie crime
Ihaii even .link the Hipper mi l they ex
li uilr.l over the I'lti'id Slaiei, I iiiiii'Iji and
Kliglaml. Thn Urn rhino iu April, Is II,
was known in the Lninbeih invsiery in
whirh N'eill o. -one I twogirlsof ill lepula
Iu I.iiiii ln't Ii by giving them strychnine.
The ci mixed it great sensation, but Neill
was not Iniml, Then Iu iietoher u girl
linmiil Mnlihla clover died Midilenlv ami
Hill pi st llloltl III I Xlllllilialtnli ti vi m nl
evidene.it ol sirichiiiue. 'I'M i death re
called the fad that iiiiiit In r girl. Illleu lh ti
wnrtb, hud died iimler suspicious eueuni
iniiees and iuw' -tigat ions v.howeil sin died
of the same t on At that lime he
ntlempted in lilie knuiil a plivsieinn who
lestilied tu the poisnti ami he was arrcsti'd.
H il was loimil nut llial he hud been a
iliirtor In t'liinida. an I had pol-oiii'd several
girls nml Hint h had been, sent lo pri-on
for maltuneiirv on a waii 'li in l lurn'o.
I. at Seiiti uiber be went to I, ui Ion ami was
iirie-ied. 'I In rvn'enre ngai:i-t him wax so
ovei wheltul u that tim j'tiy I, und him
U'Ul'y Hi liv' in'ii'iii's
.
LATEKNEWS WAIFS.
At Providence, H. I., tho Manvltle coin,
puny notilicd it employes that their wnges
would he increased on December . The
amount of tho increase was not stated.
About I, 'ski are employed in tho mill. This
in tlnu Ik in line with that nniiouuceil hy
the large cotton inuniifaeiurur of tho Statu
lust week.
A boiler in Ihe sawmill of John Kirsch,
even miles from 1,'osrlnnl. Ills., exploded,
fatally injuring John Kitsch, Au list Vogest
and Andrew Kitsch. The mill wan wrecked.
A family of live person were killed hy n
cyclone which passed over the soul hern por
tion of lloono county, Ark. .More than u
dor.ru people were badly Injured. A great
deul of proierty was destroyed.
AN INSANE MAN'S AWFUL W0FK.
. - -
A German 'in Chicago IT. lis Two People '
and Woiindo Two Others.
Herman Slegler. n Oertuan, who chows
every indication of insanity, i-lmt and killed
bis wife's father and mother, Henry and
Caroline Kilcs, with whom Siegler and his
family lived at Ti'i North I'uulinn street,
Chicago. Mrs. Kicglur ecud lo neighbors
will) her three children, then teturnrd und
was shot in the neck hy her husband and
seriously wounded. Policeman Slnionson
arrivtd and wus ulso shot and slightly
wounded by Hicglcr. Slnionson then shot
him ir. the side. Hiegler did his shooting
with a shot gun, which ho relcadcd seven.;
times. The family had had no quarrel.
Biegler suddenly entered the parlor and b
gaii shooting.
CONVICTS RISK IN MUTINY.
Outbreak lo aBpinish Prison Besult
in Awful Slaughter.
A Neuter disputed from Tarragona, capi
tal of tho province of th same nam in
Spain, states that a mutiny brok out Imong
tho convict In the prison at llial place
Th convicts obtained virtuul conttol bf th
prison, and th troops of the garrison were
culled to bring them under subjection. As
the convict persisted iu refusing to surren
der the troops tired upon them, killing nine
and wounding 10. Th other were theu
driven bnck to their cell.
Tint Chinese empire and dependencies,
Mongolia, Monchooria, Chinese Turkestan,
Kokanor and Thibet, occupy an area of at
least 5.000,000 square miles, or about one
third of Asia. To population I estimated
tt from 300.000.0UO to 4A0.000.0O0.
A chvtc measuring tunw-iHiatUn of
mil in length,. in th logging camp at Clay
ton, Or., it described as th longtst in tho
world. )
THE K OF L CONVENTION.
PO WEEKLY'S REPORT.
He Review tli Condition of th Order
and Talk on Strike and Imrnl
at ration.
Th sixteenth general assembly 'if lh
knights of l.nboriit HI. Louis completed II
pri'limlnniy work nt Tudiiy sessions, and
uu Wednesday entered upon Hi Imporlniit
business of the session, tletieriil Master
Wink mint Powderly ilellveied hi niiiiunl
sildress, which occupied mine than nn
hour. 'I Ii repoilx of Hecrelnry andTren
irer Hays and the general executive board
wete also brunt.
Ili tieral Mti-b r Workman Powderly In hlx
nn linn I addres I'ungr.itiiliite'l tin n"mhly
upon the preienl roiiililinn of Hie order, re
viewed ils tunny 'H-rimls of iiro-perity nml
lepre-slini. tind sii d Hull all hough siiiee Its
existence the luembeisblp of the older had
I'libed ami llowed. yet tl wns to-day oil Hie
Iiieiea-e, nud nil ' lliroutfh the exriliug
times iurlilent to Ihe presideiital eleiiiou
binl sieiiillly grown ill membeixhlp nml In
lliielirii. At ho time, however, Iind the
mi'inhershlp exceeded minissi in noi.il slnnd
lug. Ile ilepreeiled the fuel Hint Iheleii
ib'ticy of i'aniiil wax l-i eonoliale ami ecu.
'rali.e, that of oriani.ed labor wn In divide
into individual tiiiions. '1 he result wns di
vision nl strength, Isolation and lliial dealh,
I hei iyiiig in'!' I of Ihe hour wns no ori'iuiiz
itiiui. In whirh every inti re it luighl bn
in red for, and in which all might meet on
-ouimoti ground.
Alter i nking nl leticlh oil Hie fpieslioii
nl ballot relorui, nml on Ihe inillaiivs
Hiid teleremliim sebeine, nud ureiiig llial
the Ib-lieral Assemh.y lake speeilic iielion
oil both ipiesliolis, .r. 'Powderly p'oreislld
to ihii'll iii ilrtinl on the imilier of imtiii
ratioii. There should be a lixed letm of
veins, In would be I'lniugh. during which
no i ii : ii i it-1 u it t shoubl be periuilled lo hind,
w itli n view in remaining, miles he could
plnve thai he had sutlirieiit mexiix to xtix
lain bitn-elf nml Iho-e drM-mling upon
htm, lor one year. I nworlhy motives
mlchl be iitiriluiled to him bis a'use of th. se
"entimeiits. bin lliev were hoiiestlv enter-Ixiin-d,
ii l I no relbrlioiix would linlure
him to chiinge hi mind, lor he foresaw
great danger, not alone to labor, but to Hie
w hole rniiiitry. if thu iiniiiiirnilliiii ipn'Oion
was not heroictilly hainlled Iu the near
f mure.
Ilegnrdintf strike nnd luckoiilx, Mr. I'mv
tterly said Hint, ditriiut the ln-l six moiithx,
the ieoile of Ibis hunt hml willicxri sin h
allempix at tiiaking tin power of arc regaled
weiilHi xitiiteme, as w n never dr'-iiliird of
ttefotii. Whether il was at Colter d'Aleue at
llouirstend.nl lluflalo or III Teiiiiex-ee, Ihe
tniliiicl u hu h guide. I the riipaciuiis hand
wax Hie mine The undcri'i-nuiid wire
whirh ilirected Ihe-e nltni ks all run In Ihe
aiue inner lioin nil these plmes. Ihe or
gnii'ratioii ol In In ir will. If il has en-e, lake
up these (questions for ronslderatioii.
I he campaign w lib h hnx Just close t wit.
Iiesse I an inletesling, il not very Intelli
gent ilUin-sinn i-l the tinir. hul there is
more of ii reveiiue illegally, drawn from the
pis ketx of merchahtx, maiiulnciuier and
workmen, in one month of the year by Ihe
railroads ami le egruplis than we pay in tar
Hlx in ti year. 'i'be-e. and nil iiii'lions enn
liertd with them, must occupy the iiiieiiiinu
of the industrial orgaiiiatiiiii' of Hie future,
and Ihe strike of the liiliirn mii-l ben strike
for Hie rule of the people, I hey could di
t ry poliiii ns they pleased, but. Iliry must
be puliiii iaiix, nr be slaves of poiitlrinnx.
I hey might evndii their ri-'iniihiliiii-s ns
t'ltim'iis, but Ibev are piling high Hie n inth
w h ch loilow s negieel of duly. It: a word,
Ihey in i ist be law makers or law breaker.
Kvery devilish iiislriiinriilnliiv which now
aidx in impressing the opl had lis Heed
lime ami luirvisl in thu ballot box, mid
Ihey would die, for mil ol care nud nour
ishment, did not Hie plain people do llieir
duty in guarding Hint institution.
In emu-lulling his address, Mr. Powderly
said that Ihe order should lunkenti elloit to
get elnser to Ihe other industrial ussneialion
ami rei minuend llial herentter Ihe tienenil
Aswmhly should meet nl Ihe mill" plare
and limn chosen by thn I'ariuerx' Alliance,
lie also favored Ihe adoption of a S'K nil or
beni'licial fealiiie nf Hie order, lie reconi
meinleil a ilisoliition of the Allinm-n with
Ihe Miners' Progressive A -six union, on
the ground that the hitter had not. lived up
lo it pledges, and that, nx u mailer of fact,
thn Knights bad sufleied greatly by th
Alliance.
The Milient feature of Hip iiiei.rn wer
received with prolonged applause, from the
ilcleitales and ibeiiiileinut subjects treiit'd
tif wi re referred to special committees for
Bp' roprinle nclioii.
.'ir. Powderly was followed by lieneral
isecreliiry-Tieasiiier Hnys. who rend his re
port for the year.
At the time of the last (ienernl Assembly
there wax u bulnnci on hand nf H,.'IU. The
receipts I nun nil source, during the year,
had umoiinied io.'il.;i-'iii, or u total ol iii.iU
'J'he exieiidilures leachod it total of x.!i.7!t,
xolhni only sMi."i rrniniliril in the itea-iuv.
Iu reporting upon the rondiiions of It'.e
Jleiielit Insurance AssiH'iatioti. Mr. Hayes
expre-sed Ins regret Hint the exhibit was
not as luvoriible in Ihos Hint bad prerednl
it. roispciisioiia, lapse and deaths bad
more I hmi decimated 'he ranks, with the
result that to-day the insurance brunch is
limited to but a few localities.
The report of the tien nil Kxecutive
Hoard reviews the Itix hester, N. Y.. cloth
ing boycott, and cotideiiin a a travesty on
Justice the roiiviriion of Master Workman
1 1 ugln-s for roiis piracy. A brief liisto. v of
tho dispute of ihe older with the World's
Kair mui.agemi'iit is given nml term- of the
settlement are outlined. '',a lesults of this
contest i esiei iai:y grutifyiiig.iocuring jus
tice to the workiiigiii.m, obtaining a valu
able recognition of oigxoized labor. and tlem
onsiratuig the etticiency of such an organ
ization as the Kmghl of Labor iu dealing
with mutters of National scope and imjMjr
loins, The proposition to establish a uniformed
rank i again made, this tim emanating
from the (southwest. The hoard merely re
port the proposed amendment without rec
ommendation. The reort were well received, nnd gen
eral satisfaction was expressed at th good
bowing mud therein.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
roca rxori.r kili ko ami 1A wni xuxo at a
HKU1S HAT1C CEI.KnRVTIO4.
Willie the Democrats of Mountain View,
Ark., were holding on election celebration
In the schoolhouse two keg of powder ex
ploded. The scooolhous was wrecked and
four persona were killed. They were a
young man and a girl named Grahum. Ber
ry Snerrod and an unknown man. fifteen
others wer injured, soma, it is reported,
fatally, but their names could not be learn
ed, To add to the horror of the illusion
tiro brok out among lb ruins, anil some
of Hi dead were burued almost beyond re
cognition. Two Children Burned To Death.
At Hiawatha, Kan, two of Farmst
Beetle's children found a match and set flr
to a stack of straw. Their clothing, caught
nd they wra burotd to death btfor any
on knr li
A wtix ago John Hill, (tract oar con
ductor on the Broadway Una, ' Nw York,
r.l 1 i..!. . a a noo r k .. . i-k.. i. -
' -' I evil IS w,wu, UUI WM J ,1 1 Ul UW Wl
In Nw OrUuna, pultnt and pnnilv
(((Mill lU'HINEHH rllKVAIlJI.
rmi'r in f"iii i i'snst r tm nt tmunn a a
HI I E A lid HI isk l.i HisIMm
rvti.t krs.
Hpecinl leli-grnni to ItmthhwV from
liiimernii trade center throughout Ihe I id
led Hlnte iiml Cnnniln show the following
xtnte of trade:
Thn week's lealurnx Iu leading line of gen
rrnl Irsde nt Hie I nt include emit I nurd aiv
live itemauil for culloii giasl nt llo-toti,
Providence ami I'n 1 1 lllver, witli ndvanris
In price In several liiitnm es from '.') to t
Kr cent. Wage lirive lieen, or nr lo he nd
viini'cl in cotton mills at olulx iinmeit, n
well ax nl New Bedford nnd Lowell, nnd
taw rottnii liux tecnveied L'i lent per
pound.
'I lieie i n more i lioerlul lone lo nearly nil
tclegrnphit! reiortx from Southern cit'iex.
New 1 irleitii repotl cotton I cent higher,
iitiir nrllve nml rln iu free movement,
with nn iipwitrd Ii ndeiii'V in price. Now
thnl the strike tins ended. lower temperature
nlone in tienled In g'f'itly nlitnuinlu ilitttri
bulioti. I boni comlitioiis, to some extent,
t baiiieterie Atlnnlii, tllrmilighiiiu. ' buries
Ion and Itielimotid, where the volume of
huxiiic-s bus lin ri-a-eil nud inllc lions hnvf
iinproved. Like ri'tsirls lonie from Nash
ville nud from Memphis, w hile Baltimore,
nblrh does a large I raile with the Ninth,
ends word that, while the season run
sii in pi on o stiiiies bus been small, nil nil
Iirovcl lni'iuesx for spring Irade'syxpeiied.
Iiisiness rol li t, oik i,ie g iierallv In r.
In 'nil till and Snuthwstern market
reneral trade, on Ihe wbnle. has Improve l
in pari, due In cooler weiiber mid a Ivanrex
in prires lor w heat and i-otton. As iudiraleil
bv I'eiiu-ylviiiilii nn I S iutliern ndviee,
there i also a lull In Hie ihnniihd lor pig
Itou at Ciuciiimiti, tiuisviile, Ht. Louis,
Li'iif tohnrio is active, hut wool Isilu I, A I.
the rity la-l niiine I, --ale of dry goo l-, rut
lerv. bats, gloves, bat'livarn and shoes bir.-ii
hi-en very :itistacto-v, while the leather
'.lade is -aid to be diuunrali.i"!.
In the Northwest. Chii ago teporls n i Ic-rk-il
movemeiit of illy gisnts, rlolhitig. shoes
Slid heavv lianlware, yet mi iiveraife sea
ion's business, par lion purrs are -hude-l
'here, hut further reilm tiovx in storks off
pig Iron und higher piires nie pn-di- n-d for
be Ititute. Wool Is slow nnd en-ier tu ft I
Inert inns. Colder wcilher hit- helpc! lima
hn keep lift its I'Xreptiotiully l;envy sbi'
uieni of -tuple, lumber, rubber g'Hs,
clot btnt' ami stioex. Live rattle tire oil In
ts'hts. Lumber is very netiveut iiiiltitb,
W'ltb pi ire- linn, ami HI. Paul report that
the deimtutl for winter giKids has iinproved
geiiertil trade. The pnni of wheat has lie
cliiitsl n little this week. On repotts of in-:rea-e
of siioplv in Auitmlin and Inriinniul
cberkeil ilebveties by Alneiiraii fallni't.
I lie -I'M'.i'l of the belief Hull I I'.'.il I llioli lew
er bushels wen proilurisl in the Cioled
flutes Ihix venr Ihini last must tend lo stiniu-
bite pru-ex later. 'I bix week dot tic sea
potts, both isinxlx, exported il.lll t.li si bush
els of wbenl (Hour iiicludnl i, iii'iunsi :i,:,..
Mm bu-lils hot week, and .'. .! (..' I l.ii-li
iu Hie like week Ins: veir. Itidian corn,
list, is lit mi-r, oil ilcrliiiuu tivnilnhle sup
plies, -iimli nop e-timates nttd lull average
export.
'iheie have been -w biiiurxs finlures re
sirled this week; lll-t week there wen l-.-t
and in the wcck one year ago, :'.'H.
I.AIIDII LLA liKI'H HUCK A V A PPLA f,.
rntt rs i ii. i. i n t 'pax to si i rotir tiik noMr-
HI M'SI IIIKt IIS ITU 1111 II! I A I: M M.S.
A telegram from New York s(,ys: 'id
Hirer of the American Kederiillon of La
bor, this A m ilgnmnled Assi intinn of Iron
utulHlii'l Workers of America nml the Ad.
vi-ory Hoard of Hoiiieitead's liK:kd oof
men, issued an adlrexi loth Ainciran
iithlc which el forth the silu ilion lit
Homestead from the sinkers' standi 'Mil.
Jhe nddre- contain the following rifipeal:
It ha lieen i'eeib-d tiv Ihe representative
of lh" men, the olllcinlx of the A inn Igamiit
ed AxsiK iation of Iron and Steel Worker of
America and Hie Kxecutive Council of lb
American Kederalioti of Labor to designate
Tuesday, lirecmber I'! . Ify, ns Homestead
(lav, and call iiioti Hie wage workers, nx
well a liberty loving cilireu or our conn
trv. to make n contribution of u portion
of their earnllii." of Hint ilnv ti aid our
struggling brother of Ifomestend In Hieir
pnsienl contest to defend thctusclvex before
tlie court.
In mnkint; Hiix iipal we t'le Ign to yoii
Hint everv doll ir cnntrihi!"d will bo d"
voted to Ihe best In! -rest of Hie men nnd
not one cent used fur any other piirpow
than above stated.
'I heir casi must tax ' brouglit befo n th
highest tribunal of our con: try if nece-sarv
JIEA VV KNOW OCT WEST.
A TOH4 W III It K MH K OtT Tlir. Willi., HIT
iivm wiNtnt wm:r.
A furious snow stirm prevailed in Kiui'ii.
and Missouri, 'J liiirisl.iy and Kridny. Tlie
principal dumago was to the telegraph
compaiii.a. The storm big.in with a hay
rain which ttirneil into a wet heavv snow.
It covered the w ires Jwith u heavy burden
and then it began to freeze, hoon a heavy
wind spiDiig up, and iiureaxing lo a yale
carried down ovirbiirdeiieiljwirc-s us if they
had been thread, taking the pole with
them. All communication by im ea-t
and west of Kansas City was cut off. 'I he
snow varied from one to live iin hes in
different part of tlie Suites. The heavy
tall of snow bus smed Ihe w inter wheat.
dispatches from various points in Iowa
tell of a heavy snow storm in that Hlate,
Hie Hakes fulling to a depth of almost six
inches, htreet cur Iraftic is greatly imped
ml and telegraph wire are down.
Awful 81auabtr of S ale.
fieorge It. Tingle, nf West Virginia, ngent
of the North American Comrnerciul Com
pany, has returned to Washington, I). ('.,
from the islands of Ht. George nml .t. Paul.
He says his company killed only Ihe num
ber of seals allowed by Iu w.T.ouO. Mr.Tingl
declured that during Ihe season poachers
killed and secured Uo.UOO sals, and destroy
ed 400,000 more that they did not secure.
NEW JERSEY'S OFFICIAL VOTE.
Th official returns hav teen received by
lh New Jersey Secretary of hdaie from all
th counties, and lb work of verifying and
compiling llliem is now being don. They
show the plurality of th Democratic Presi
dential electors to be ll,8ri. and Judg
Werts' plurality over Kean. the Republican
candidal for (Jownor. to be a. Too.
Two Children Barad to Death.
Michael Bitti, an Italian fruit dealer, and
wife locked thtir two children, aged 2 yiars
and 8 month respectively, in th hous at
Chicago. During their absence th elder
child amused himself by pulling coals from
th stove. Tb hous wss set on fir and
both children were burned to death. Their
mother is nearly craied by grief.
Akono th passengers on th La B mi
gogue, which reached Nw York lat Sun
day night, was a man who said h was Louis
Mark, a Jweller of Washington Territory.
H xcil4d tb suspicions of th inspector,
and they xaiuind hi in. H was found to
I V m
r - '
i a barn holdinal fold Hwlsa --
Watleg flea-Ticking.
A rurlntit ronf rlvance to prvfn
the fluff of tlnwn pillow xntTHMnH
the tlrklnu rritiipa from Kfijfluti'l. It
CfinalnU In aliitply wailiiff the Inside
of the tick lifftite they are filled
with the down, Must of the mr.rtti
fnrtiirrn of rhenp down pillow full
tint only to tt a ftrin, got id (ita!lty of
ticking, hut iilitliute a muslin
whirh I BltoKcthiTtoo goft atitl nhcttf
for thn fnirpfixn,
They fin Ihix for tliospcrlnitxrcasi-'b
tliMttlielr pillow n ipeiir thin more
ilcllciiie In nl met ute, ittul are t'ctmo
itietitly morn aiitiililt, It I ioxII,Ib
t-ti iniike up clilt r down In thin light
muslin, a It. holds Ingot her hy It
nature. Mini doi hot, ahed off Mirt I
rlc tltitt fliint iiiioiit In ttie nlr.. If
tim Inxltlo of the iniislin cnsn lie thor
.'iiigitly riilitictl with wnv., It would
Miff en It 1 r xorip. extent, Imt It, In
iitld tu rciocilv nil ttnttlilr caused l y
the lii'Oti iislnii of I lie fritl hers. Mtn
ply I urn tin tick wrong; aide out
tvnril licfoie llll.ti; tticm, war tn n
ii(iMof licfswax slightly noil rub It
li stralglil lines full ,wiiik citcli ottn-r
ivcr tho tick. When Mm eiitlrn Htir
fite' l-t Wiixt'd, fill It u ml mow iid tlie
Ir.
i nlebliii lllnls.
At l'iiiinliii.'ltiti, Mo., the other flny,
;t i-iit 'iiitii:c( one of it (lock of mar
tin which hail their nest, In u lit Do
Itniixi .rovlii': liy llio owner oftlio
fcllii", uuil wii'i ipiikiiiu off with the
Miinlv ninrsi'l. Altrncti'd hy the
ill(iis rrlex of the lilrd. It iiiiites
:':ilili) to IN rcsviir, tillgltteil ng,n
litixs.v'x hack and Miked, scratrhed
and Hcrcanii'd :vi Ititltnislv that, she
wa Hnoii glad to drop hi r prey nnrl
i-c.ifii! Iiidon:. Then tlin purple
niiii tins held a (!, t, rejolriiuf, tiolmly
i iuil l.rr.n (hit ti e sal vu Hon of tltftif
mute. . .. ,
A womas Mvr o fully realise hfl
lb peinletirii upon a mnn nx when ah
undertake to sharpen a load pencil.
I 'nr I I'nUiV lli-i.
'k?'75
L'fitt
Mr. iMrhl M. Jordan
of K.ilmesloii, N, V,
Colotlcg.g, Kltliicill ((.'(, IfftlfllfJBS
A i:omylrlr ( nrr hu lltHllt'.H AM USA.
I- till 1. 1. 4.
This is from Mr. K. AI. Jordan, a re
tired fanner, nml onu of tho most ro
speclcd cititui of Ot-n 'O (,,, X. Y.
Koiirtss'i enrs H-gr, Hixd nn uttsrk of th
Kr, m l. snd have sl u e In tr .ulileil with ins
Liver and Kidneys
grs'lnwllv gro itig wnr-e. 'Mires yriir nrro 1
gut itois'ii -o bm- ttiMt i could aoarcely
walk. I I'siked more like n rnrimi that n nv
lea is-iiig. I tiHil no nuiM't Hi mill for A weeks I
ate nothing but gruel, i m b.ujiy
rtusrlnli'd hiiii timl in, mr.iH color thftn aj
marblej status. Inm-I t-ar-HpsriiiH. wm,
rei i, inn, , -linen h:ii f thought Iwniiiil l ry iu
Hefi.re f bnil rililst,el thri llrst tsttlle I liol ir-l
timl I irit b tier. siitt"i-eii ies, tin Inflam
mation of the) bladder hsd s.n,i.i. .r
llierol.r ts-esii lo return to my lH'-e. Mini J
began to feel hungry. A Our I ut taken
!l Isn l ins I eolil ear anvlTong withant hiirtin
ine. I have now fully rerovereil, tbnnks to
Hood's Sarnaparilla
I feel well and am well. All who kmm
Uit: UIHI I.W1 lllHHj iiiiihi wrll. II. M. Joniol.-S
IIoaiI' fills ars Ihe lrtal Nflsr tlnnr I'llls, a
1st illsisiinm, cur beuilact auil Ulll'iuftiuis.
m U4
IU
Wi if'Tvi-pM. '.naMnus, anil fsinn wliltli auim I
... i.....tu ,..liir , I, a It-,.,, mull till r II r,IT.
Uni KHl'tis Sun enme full"!! I Hrllllatit, OVtor. '
lets Onralii. stiil Hi risismtiar navs lur Iso lia
ur fiais pai-UM lt tt vrrr purrha-K
"German
Syrup
99
My acquaintance with Boschee'M
German Syrup was made about four
teen years ago. I contracted a cold
which resulted in a hoarseness nnd
cough which disabled me from fill-in-
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. I received quick
and permanent help. I never hesi
tate to tell my experience. Rev. W.
H. Haggerty, Martinsville, N.J.
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This Trj ' ir If on tk !
WATERPROOF COAT
In tho WcrM I
A. J. 1 0V."r. BOSTON. MA3.
am
ri cassBisia csss
m UtkL IStOS 1BI El
M-hai( la laal. Wot far ifla
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