The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, May 09, 1894, Image 2

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    'WATERLOO.
:d in jail.
lnl Army to the
a'Aure.
10 o'clock Tucdiy
filnrshnl llrowne formed
Tiollow scptnro nt Camp
(inn, nnd standing lu the
or three cheer for noni. The
"given nml tho commonwenlcr
' little cotton flair of ocmcc with
y had Is'en nrmcd. Then, utter
miiinouvcr, tl commonwenlcr started
show Congress whnt II should do. The
l.llglC WMIIIllnt. Ihn Imilil liliiVcd nn.l )..
Blotch hugpi-r brought furtli doleful sound
worn nis instrument.
Just then tho lender of the Commonweal
arrived In hi pony phneton. With him Wn
Mr. Coxey, anil In her arm she curried
little "Legal Tender Coxey." her Imhe of a
few wk. Cltlr.en Coxey held the rein.
The march for the Capitol ground amis com
menced nt once, chief Marshal Drown
followed Mbm Coxey on "(.'oiirler," a big
White stallion, owned hy Citbnm Coxcv. In
hl hand he enrrled one of hin cotton banner
pf peace, nnd thin he wnved at the iieople
along the route. Thn rnnk nnd (He of the
army followed with the bond nnd bnggave
and commissary wagons piled high with
enmp cqnipngn.
At 11:20 o'clock the profession reached
Florida nvenue, the northern boundary of the
city, unci the Commonweal of Christ wn In
the promised liinil.The procession wn hended
tyasqundof mounted poll.-e, while other
officers rode a ftnnkersnad kept eiithusio
tie negroes and other from 4liM-klriir the pu.
ttge of Coxey' phaoteaL t was the intention
to turn Into the Caplt nl grounds nt the avenue
wbleh swissf up Jo the onthcnt nnd along
the front of the osiihllng. hut that entrance
Wns blocked by another mpind of mounted of.
Ileert, Mid tlione who (headed the procession
keening straight hend. Slrowne followed. He
He had pine alwnit a hloek nnd wn hearing
the new library building when he dlsi-overed
that he wan is-lngied post hi gonl. Halting
the column, be illnioiiiited nml going liaek
to Coxey' fcoton, fwlil: "We euu go no
further."
"Is this the front or the CnpltolV" asked
Coxi-y.
"So." aaM Browne, nml then leaning for
ward be whirred something, while those
nearest eeused their wild cheering for a no
irienl to ere what the next move would lie.
Coxey sprang behis 'feet, pla I his baud a
the shoulder .of hi wife, kissed her. and
jnmiig mot 'Of the vehicle took Ilrowue'
brm.
Together tlmy started to push their wnv to
wards tle:pltol, while u omzv mns of peo
ple, howling. mid yelling nt the tojioftheir
voleo. surged. In every direction. Men were
earrled off tllielr feet by tbowi nwful rnYim
mid the 'ConiuionnvalerH who went oi-tlnir
under unlerx to-etnnd in their pla.tti hud to
iiw their heavy onken etaffn of pi-m-e to nave
tbeiiijtelvee.froai b'bu orush.sl uml trauipJed
upon.
Cosey nnllilliwno llnnllv renehed theelde
wulk. Then -euddenly leiipiiiK on the low
etone purunvt eneloeliiK the Krouml.4 they
broke into tholoee ehriibliery nnd Hturted to
run eroH the 'lawnx. As'thi-y did this.
Imartie eoininaiidH wero Hbouted and twelve
mounted xilieeineit, putting epunt to Uielr
bxrM, duelled nfter them.
t'oxt-y eeimrateil from llrowne nnd tempor
nrily Imt biiiiwlf In the erowd. The oftVem
eloeed in on llrowne. For an iiixtmit there
wn aernili-on hie faee Kliil then hi nhowed
flKht. JlefomlMiould do anvthliix bevond
lunkiiiK an effortito pull one'ollleer vut of
ble eaddlo, ho was wired by three who were
on foot. The mounted officers formed a ipmre
abont hint nnd ho was hastily escorted out of
the KroundH. Christopher 'Coliiinhu.it Jones
undertook to Interfere with the urrest and iiv
whs al"0 loi'keil up.
After Coxay Mt llrowne In the Capitol
.Troundi, he proetwdiNl Immediately to the
Capital titttp of the Kuxt K)rtleo, unit mount
ed to the llrst p bit form, about live F.
Here were HtatliMHil Captain Kelly and other
officer f the police force. They met the
peocrul befont he had time to turn his face to
the (fathered multitude., nnd was politely in
formed that be could make no speech at thai
pl". lfxeyslil llmly:
'"I wteb to enter a pro'test."
"Soalr," II rm ly mid the cuptuln. fcTB
can take no action here of any kind."
"Well, then,.l wish to read a program."
"It caatnot lie read here," suld the olHeet.
Coxey showed no Inclination to yield, and he
Was bustled off the te out Into the middle
of the broad iplarjt lu front of the Capitol.
He made noipliyelcnl resistance, but protested
all tbe while, mill the crowd gathered around
blm and olistnutnil the way somewhat, but
it was not a hustle of resistance, but Deemed
more like curiosity.
The episode then. ulosed for the day, aaf
the alTalrf Coxey lueted not over 10 min
utes. He wan taken by the police to the eile
ol the crowd without any difficulty and en
tered hi earrlnga. ( apt. Kelly suld:
"Where do you ffotliow, Mr. Coxey?"
"To our new grounds In Hoiitbenst Wash
ington," taw Industrial lender suld. He guv
tbe army the order ,to nian'h. Tbe police
authorities 4umlKn.turliiitt a auilalile asuort.
Industrial May Dlaband.
There seems small hope that Kelley's army
Will secure transportation out of lies Moines,
and as the greater part of tbe men assert
IKisitively that they will walk no further the
authorities anticipate the breaking up of tbe
army here. .Gov. Jackson is eudavorlug to
secure a train to tbe .Mississippi, but has little
hope of success.
TKOCtPSOST THE EAKOE.
Eiotous Sts'tkhnc Iron Miners Threaten
to Uas xjloslves.
Fifteen hundred miners on strike on the
Mesaba iron range Jdlun., threaten to duetroy
tbe property of Wis mine-owners if they do
not grant the demand for a uniform rate ol
(1.60 a day. The Fiuus, who compose the
Ereat majority of the disorderly element,
ave a large quantity of explosives and
threaten to use It. Company A. Third ltegi.
nieut, of the Kational Uunrd, arrived at
Virginia. Two Uuluth companies will
also go there. Oen. JJeucl, lu uummand ol
the Minnesota militia, has tsteu notltled by
the Governor to send ull the uillltia of the
Btate to the scene if necessary.
A majority of the men employed In thf
Biwabik and Iron Mountain uiiues want to
work, but are prevented by tbe mobs. They
Will work if they can have the protection ol
the Htate. At Virginia the peacable oitlseui
are afraid the frenzied Finns, who are drink
ing alcohol, will start fire that will destroy
the town.
FLAMS 8 IN FACTORY.
Two Persona Killed by a Benains Explo
sion in Hew York
Two persons were burned to death and
three other badly injured iu a beszlueexplo
Ion. and lira at the dyeing establishment of
C. Jolly ft Hons, on East Twelfth street, Mew
York, ' The charred remains of a man aud
wouuun were tukeo out after tbe lire hud
been subdued. They were ideutlllod as
Leopold L'heiieur and Louise Thuman,
.employes. Lmll Maseoa was so badly
burued that bis recovery is doubtful. John
JJ. bunuarruu and Leou Uoudulu wore also
badly burued.
At the time f tbe Are the factory employes
areis all at their work, '1'bey surauiblej
wildly to get down stuirwuy and ttrewtcapes.
Men whose clothing wus iu ilsine ran wildly
ulrtjut the streets uutll cuptured by the police
uieu. who kire the burning garments from
their bodies and took tiieni to a store nearby,
where their wounds were dressed with oil,
'J'hcMi una were uut serivusly Injured.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
lummarised Proceeding of Onr Law
Makers at Waahlnaton
oxtt nt'Nimr.Tn xn TiiimrKSTit v.
Hematk. To-day's si-sslon was nlmrist en
tirely devoted to' speech mnking. for nnd
against the tariff bill. Senators Woh-ott,
ill Colorndoi Aldri-h, of Ithode fslnndt Allen,
N'ebraskn, and Turpin, of indliitui, Inking
Hie lenillng pert.
Ilofss.- No session wns held in the House
(o-Iuv. "
nyn nrsimrn Axn rofnTrrxm paV. "
Skjiate.- The pivsnge of the 81 street,
I'lttsburg. bridge hill by unanimous consent
was the only business (l Importance tmnsact
eil In the upsr House to-ilny,
Horsr..- Hcpnscntattve Tom Johnson
cn-nted a sensation of brief duration in the
house shortly after it assembled by introduc
ing a resolution calling for a congressional
Investigation of the bent lug of cltirens by the
police during the Coxey demonstration nt
theeapltol. He urged It as a question ol
privilege, declnrlng that the offense occurred
on the cnpltol grounds and purported to bo
In defense of members of congress.
At 8.52 the house went Into committee of the
whole to consider appropriation bllls.and Mr.
Catching called up the river and hurl sir ap
propriation bill. Mr. Urosvenoriltep. Ohio)
opposed the pnssnge of a bill carrvlng nenrlv
,000.000 without ome further explanation!
At 6 o'clock the committee rose and the
house adjourned without taking action on the
bllL
ONf. llfMllMKD AND FIFTKF.NTH DAT.
Hr.XATr- More than half of the time In the
Benato today was consumed in the de.lvery
of a portion of the speech which Hcimtor
Quay Is'gan on April 14, in opposition to the
tariff bill. When the tariff bill was taken up
the Hrst amendment fixing thn time for the
bill to go into effect tnffter June M.j svus al
lowed to pns over iittotit sciloa.
HotisR - Not in esloa to-day.
II.Ht Mt'XPUMt AM. SIX TTt STTITAY.
Nknatr For alstut fare and a half hours
to-dny there was nothing to Is- 'heard lu the
Henate chamber save the rending of columns
tiein columns of llgnres col.-teil by Setuitor
Vuiiv, of IVnnsylvanla. nn lllus'iniiiou of
somt propositions in his S)sieh against the
s(tdliig tariff bill. A motion ito procs.l to
exis-inive Uo-hfce wa then agreed to.
Hofsr. - At iai:s o'ebs-k the House went
Into committee sf the whole fertbtt purpose
of considering fhe rtver nml barlsir bill. Mr.
Catching leaked iniiiniiuoiei 'consent Hint the
Nosise s-honld ornithine in se-s-n tiller 5
o'clock for the mrpose -of completing the
consideration or the bill. Tills whs nursed to
nnd the consideration of the bill was continu
ed until shortly lifter II. when the committee
reported the bill to the House, nnd it was
passed. A S"'!"" win taken until H o'clock
tor the consldernton of private pension bills.
ovr. irtrtnnrnn wvn -s'.vfntf.f.nth dav.
km atk. Owing to the fnet that the major
Tmrtlon of the day in the Hennte was to be
held Is'lilml closed doors In theeonslderntlou
of tncecutWe business, Mr. Harris decided to
make nn attempt to take up the tariff hill.
Mr. H iMiton, ( )em.. Virginia) again culled
up the hill to remit the penalties tin the dvna
mite cruiser Vesuvius which he had made
ineffectual efforts to have passed for several
days. Mr. Chn-uller opposed It ns n
"one-sided and losing business for the (lov
ernnieiit." but it wns passed. Then at 11:30
the Hennte proceeibil to the consideration of
exis-utive business.
HofsK. Tin' lower house of congress wns
not In session to-day.
'The Output of Gold.
Disquieting news was received nt the tnns
ury from New York eoneeriilg gfibl exporta
'tlotis. Hates of fori'lgn exchange continue
higher and llrm, and iu consequence large
shipments am looked for. The reports are
that at least ir.l.OOO.nno will be withdrawn for
shipment from New York next Saturday. with
thu probnbilities that this amount will Is
greatly exceeded. Thi'so shipments alone
will reduce the gold reserve to nlsiut tUU,
OlSi.WIO. .(r course the gold withdrawals do
liot diminish our cash resoup'es. On the
contrary, as I'lilttsl Htate aud treasury notes
ure giveu in exchange for the gold, each with
drawal adds so much to the treasury avull
.able unsh balance.
Frank Hatton's Funeral.
The funeral of Frank Hatton, editor of the
Washington Post, occurred nt 2:S0 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The honorary pall
Ix'nrers were: W. 0. tlresham. Henator Alli
son. Teller and Chandler. John W. Carson,
J. . imjiiiou, tteu. ncnoiieiii, t. n. Warner,
Jesse IS. Wilson, Col. W. B. Thompnon, C. U
Mngee, of I'lttsburg) J. A. Greer and Theo
doseisaytts. THE LABOR WORLD.
Viikva, Austria, ha 100,000 Idle.
BooKBiTtnca have thirty-two unions.
fiocTH AraicA is to manufacture cotton.
Minmkapomh, Minn,, hoi a labor temple.
Fbaxoe has twenty-nine labor exotaange.
CmrAoo bricklayers get fifty cents an hour.
lOHDos. Trades Counoil has 300,000 mem-
hers.
1 IiOWDoN pays munlolpal workers union
wages.
Tai.t. Kivib, Mass., hasn't non-union
pinner.
Batti.e Cbeek, Mich,, is to have a labot
temple.
QncKn.AND laborers iny the Japanese
must go.
TTkci.1 Ram basnt a non-union win low
Class worker,
RTBAHBtino (Oermany) bricklayer got
t4.lt a week.
ToaowTo. Canada, 'has a Sisterhood ol
Bookbinders.
Tar. great strike of coal miner wns ex.
eeted to affect 9000 mines anj over a
inarter of a million employes,
Niam.t 1SO.O0O miners In Rtate east of the
HIsalHippi obeyed the order of tbe United
aline Worker to auspend work.
Jrco DcDLrv. of Omaha, Neb., directed
Ihe receivers of the Union Paellla to restore
ihe salaries of the emploje .of 'the road to
their former figures,
Locosorivr. engineer, firemen, enr con
luetors, brakemen, trainmen and other rail
way employe have established .a brother
hood Lyeenm in Boston.
Omb of the big soap fstorles near the
Cortlandt street ferry. New fork, employs a
large number of Hyriana, whe dwell close
dy in that little Oriental coraarf the city.
Hat and sap of verr light and fine wire
lloth are a novelty Juit introdaeed. They
are Intended for railroad employe or other
who wear uulforms. Other are made with
light wire frame and oanvn cover a.
Miss Lisa Rvma, a shop-girl of New
fork City, whs supported her mother and
lamily on 0 a week, was so overjoyed at tbe
falsing of her salary recently to tl.kO a week,
that she became delirious aud died two day
later.
BurrALO (N. T.) grain shoveler wet) a
Itrlke for last year's scale, (4 per 1000 bnaheli
n sulllug vessels, f4.60 for steamers aed
(1.25 for trimming oaual boat. Italian
were tried without suauess. The uulon ha
t1700 in Its treasur'.
Tns unemployed of Indlanapoll, Ind.,
who bad been aupporled at the publlo ex
pease nil winter, and who refused to shovel
inow, break stoues, or do anything else but
draw their rations, are now demanding to
(now why the work, which was promised
litem la the spring, is not forthcoming.
Tbe sweat shop of New York have learned
A new wrinkle In tbe method of atanufsotur
mg cheap goods. They take oa girls "to
stern tbe business," charging then for the
privilege, aad bluding tbns to a term of
lervioe. When their term Is up they are dis
Itarged to make tbelr way tor more isaroers,
our the product of their labor is sold all tb
Mini', lb tuluM (fire profit oa lth
lidtHsV v - V
RIOTOUS MOB IN CLEVELAND
ASSAULT INNOCENT MEN.
Police Were Lenient, But Will Kow
Draw the Line,
Henilcil by two Inbor lcndjsiBSftHio Idle men
TTtit ttVsm--marih'l tirough the streets of
t'lev"liin 1 nnd created consternation through
out their linn of march, Hlreot enr were
stopped nnd stoned, wagons seized nnd thelt
contents thnwn Into the street. A motormnn
was knocked insensible by a stone thrown by
one of the men In the mob. As yet no arrests
have Is'en made.
At 10 o'clock In the morning the crowd
formed in the public square ns has been their
custom every day for nlmost two weeks.
Nss'ches were made hy several leaders, nml
the men were cautioned to commit no a"ts of
violence. An Anarchist made s-veral vain
efforts to promulgate his doctrines, but wns
forced from the Banker's stnnd by the cool
liended men.
After listening to several addresses the mob
man-lied down Hus-rior street, across the Hu
isTlor street viaduct to IVarl street on tho
Westslde, Heveral flngs and hannerscontnln
Ing vnrlous legends were flaunted In the
breeze.nnd when the crowd reached the west
end of the viadui't a train npproaehed. The
men hooted and leered and wnved their
handkerchiefs nnd banners. Many of the
men gathered bricks and stone from the
streets. They walled for the car.
As It drew near them they hurled thelrmls
sllcs nt It. A brick struck K. J. llutterfleld,
the niotorman on the bead, knocking him
Insensible to the platform of the car A deep
wound was Inllicted on his forehead. There
was the wildest excitement among the pas-senj-ers
o the car, but none of them were in
jured. Iluttcrl'ield was taken nwny In nn nm
buluiice. The crowd appeared satislled with
Its work and pro-eedeil oa its way.
When crossing the viaduct a doaen team
rters mid drivers were stopped. Onewascon
veyiug a barrel of apples. It was taken from
the wugon and the fruit dumped in the street.
The crowd marched across the Central via
duct nnd demolished every window in a mo
tor enr that was passing.
At the corner of I'enrl and Abbey street
Ihey ordered a motormnn to stop his car. Hu
refused to h a A policeman got on the
plat form, rcvnhjer in hand, nnd ordered tho
men to fall back. Mot a man moved. The
H7llccmaa fired into thn air nnd bis shot was
answered 1st a d07.cn others from the crowd.
NoIkmIt was hurt. Tbe men finally nllowed
the ear t prouecd.
At the corner ol Tenrl street nnd Franklin
avenue a motormnn who refused to stop hi
car was hit with a stone, but whs not serious
ly injured. A teamster In Ihe employ of Wm.
Kd wants a- Co. was hit witli a brick, as were
several others, but none were badly hurt.
After parading along otherthorouglifnrcs the
crowd made its way backtothepuhlicsquare.
There (limy listened to more speeches uml
finally dlKsrsod.
At night the Hoclallsts mnp'hed through
the street. Their cheers wnsheiird for blocks.
A drum eorjis heiideil the line. A large de
tachment of police wns held In reserve nt thu
4'eiitJ-nl police station, but no outbreak occur
nii. The police authorities, who have been
lisnient with the mobs which have been creat
ing excitement in this city, will ndopt suiii
nuiry measures to, prevent further scene of
violence.
The Cleveland Grays, the crack military
orgoiiixntioii of the Htate. were ordered to
assemble and Ik Id themselves lu rendineflo to
assist .thejiollce.lf more disorder occurs.
SLATES WAXES WROTH.
The IK. of L. Official Calla a Powdcrl
Story a Lie.
At itho meeting of tho (lenernl Kxoeutlve
Board of the Knlgbtsof Lnlsir, Chicago, thorn
wus much indignation at ex-(lenerul Master
Workmen l'owderly's nttnek on John W.
Hayes, Heerotnry of tbe hoard.
'i he trouble grows out of I'owderly' effort
toward amalgamating all the higlalior organ
izations iu the country. On this subject
I'owderly is credited with having said among
other things: "John W.Hayes, hyctilculHteil
delays, stniids In the way. He Is the enemy
of trudc unionism and the stumbling hloek
In the wuy ol amalgamation. Thank 1hI my
bead no longer wears a crown."
Mr. Jtayea, as well as other meniliers, ma
wited over the attack. "It's a lie," said Mr.
linyne,"'nnd I'owderly, Gomicrs uml all the
alleged lenders at that meeting know It.
I'owderly thanks (tod that be no longer wear
a crown, and I Join him in his expression ol
thnuks. 1 also thank (lod that I am re
Kinslble that he Is not wcurlngucrown iww.
I have letters In my Hisse.sslon that ant scan
dalous and that, were they put in print,
would condemn I'owderly forever. 1 nm Uot
in tbe way of amalgamation mid I hnvedone
my hill duty toward culling this conference,
T hese men knew It when they were denounc
ing us at riillndelpbla. The F.xis"itive com
mittee met and named the seiotcl Tuesday in
June as the date lor the conference aud Kt.
Loui Is the place for holding it,
FAHHlFf hTfUTU RE.
Encowraa-ing Prospects Ahead Despite AO
the Pessimistic Event of the Pact '
Week
B. ft. Dun A Co.' "Weekly Review of
Trado." Jiew York, say: It is now as It hit
Iwen for ainurly a year the amazement of In
telligent -observer that the Tutted Ktats suf
fers so little from jewerse which other Innds
share bat which fall mure heavily here than
anywhere -east. U'he past week has seen
eveut which would suffice to cause or to ex
plain marto disaster: Htrike of nearly all bi
tuminous roul miners and coke workers with
numerous riots; aitirjke of many thousand
nien lu -other -employments; stoppage
ol many manufacturing works lu con
sequence: arrest ol truffle on several
great railroads liy lawless proceedings,
and (he niaroih of eeveral thousand dis
contented WW .toward the Natiouul Capitol
lu the hopeof mMitrolliug legislation. The
lowcet prieessMw known for wheat, aod ul
most the loaest rirint ever known for com
modules as a vrlinle. exports of fS.'KHl.uOO
gold, aud tle full of the Treasury gold re
serve Is'low Utet'iOO.UM.IIMI limit, are slcuill
cunt of wldixpreud difficulty. Yel the volume
of busiiicsN is but tll.il per cent, less than a
year age ami in some directions signs of iiu
iirovenieuts ajqssar evea now, and the sub
lime faith of the opJe lu their future Is
shown tn the general belief thut the strikes
uml disorders will quickly diKupK-nr,
The most eueouroglug sign is the marked
deereuse In llabilitbw of ilrum falling, which
were only 1.44N.44 for the last week of
April, and for four week, 4H.722.70s.of which
XJM.rU were of manufacturing uml
vt.tit I.HH7 of trading concerns. The amount
of liabilities at the Houth was 'J.H19.419
against w8.lll.033 iu Eastern, and fi.ti'Xi.i!,!
lu Western Htutes. 'J he fill lures this work
huve beeu 233 lu tbe United Htutes against
2111 last year, aud 33 in Canada against 27
lost ycur.
MAT SAT IN EUROPE.
Tara Were No Serious Disturbance at
Any of tbe Capitals.
Dispatches received at Loudon from the
different espltalsof Europe show that May
lay passed without any serious disturbances.
Alt wus quiet at Berlin and Vieuua.altbough
meetings of workmen aud others were dis
persed by the police in both these cities. A
large meeting was held at Marseilles, but no
serious dlsturbuuoe took place. At Humnie,
Belgium, there was some rioting, but order
was soon restored by the noliue.
May Day passed off quietly in Paris aud
throughout France generally. No 11 uy lay
disorders occurred lu Koine or iu any other
parts of Italy. Orderly meet) tigs were held
Iu the other leading ivwui vu the CuutiutU.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What is Trans.Vrrtna- the World Over.
Important Event Drier. y Told.
WASIIlXOTn Brw.
Mr. Cnlharlne lHx Boles, a sister of the
late flov. John A. I)lx nnd widow of the late
John Holes, Judge Advocate General of the
Navy, died nt Washington.
--
rnmrs aso FrxAi.Ttr.s.
P. M. Weakley, n wealthy citlr.cn of Wood
lawn, Montgomery county, Tcnn., was mur
dered Monday night. Husplcion rest on his
son-in-law. Willinm Kvnns,
"Iledily" Wilson, a notorious bnrglnr was
lynchi-d nt the city hall steps in Missouri
Valley, Mo., Monday, for killing City Mar
shal Whitney on Hntnrday.
MtSor.I.I.AKOlT.
The committee appointed hythe Prcslivler
inn (lenernl Assembly of MM, to "tnke Into
consideration the whole subject of the rela
tion of the assembly to theological seminar
ies," I In session tn Cleveland,
Ex-Vh-e President Levi P. Morton hns died
with the Court of Claim at Albany ademnnd
for 5,J0O for 19 Guernsey cows, killed by
the order of the Htate Board of Health under
the tuberculosis law.
Thirty tracks of the Lake Rhore nnd Mich
igan Routhern rnllroad nt the Hlxty-thlrd nnd
Ktnte street crossing In Chicago, were torn up
by city lalmrers, guarded by 200 policemen.
In an elTortto enforce the ordinance to com
pel the railroad to ekvole their track lu
the city limit.
roMKin.
A bomb charged with picric acid wa ex
ploded at Liverne, Italy, Monday evenlng.No
one was hurt and only slight damage was
done.
The Prussian authorities have discovered
the names of mnny of the potters In the Vas
arhely district who have been threatening to
release prisoners, end have nutde a uumls-r
of arrests.
A thousand r makers went on a strike
nt Hanime, East Flanders, lieenuse rioter be
gan throwing stone, smashing windows,etc.,
nml the police charged tsj-ou the mob and
dispersed H.
Hlx Englishmen who went Into e cave near
Rourmeh, Au-trln. became Imprisoned by tbe
waters rising, nml It Is feared were lost.
All the housi of the French missionaries
at H a n have tieen burned down and the
mls.U.narie personally maltreated aud lm
irisone I.
A supiawil bomb was found nt the en
truu.'co the re Tutlugolllce, Spring Oardeus,
I nndon. A partly-'inrned fuse was attached
to It.
Aliombwa found on the window sill of
the pnlace of Prince Hohenloho, nt the
Prague. It wso arranged that it touched by
anyone passing it would have exploded.
CONFERENCE CALLED.
A National Convention of Operator and
Miners to Meet in Cleveland.
IS 'gotntlons were commenced In I'lttsburg
Friday which practically Insure the settle
ment of the great national miners' strike. A
conference of Pittsburg and Ohio oporntors
was held In the oftlce of Frauds I,. Itobltis.
National President John Mdlrtdo, of tho
United Mine Workers, who had come to Pitts
burg, was culled into consultation uml a call
was Issued for a national convention of oper
ators and miner at Clevelaud.O., on May 15.
The call wa signed by telegraph on ls"half of
thn oiierators .of Indiana and Illionois,
'1 here Is thus certain to lie a representative
gathering of the-employer of at least tour
Htate. If the wrtor cau then agree upon
a hmI of settlement which will be just to all
the competitive Holds the greatest dlltlciilty
in the wuy to the resumption of work by
IMfiOO men will have lieen removed.
According to the statement of both the
Ostrator' and miners' official, the wage
question woe not discussed tn asty of the dis
cussions. It wa felt -that the grout object to
Is? attained was co-opcratlon is the part of
tbe operator. The colli Issued, a the result
of two or throe meetings of operators and
Joint meetings with the oflieinls, is as follow:
I'lTTsitcno, Pa,, Slay 4, 1ND4.
To thf OfMrator ami Mi net tf the Uilmnut-
out Coat VWnsotfw 1'itiM Statrm
iKNTi.tMK-A nieeting will be held in
Cleveland, Ohio, ou Tuesday, May 15, at 2
p. m., to takemch notion a mny lie deemed
wise to bring nlsiut nn adjustment of the dif
ference that exist betwecu Uk operators and
miner lu the various mutes.
All operators and sriluer are luvltisl to
altiind the lueotiu.
J-OWK McllHlllK.
President V. M.W.A.
rsrVIOK MrflllYIIK,
Hce. U. M. W. A.
W. H. Hou'Ojin, (III.)
J. Smith Tai.lt. ilnd.)
1. H. Mobton, (Ohio.)
F. L. liouiiixs. (Pa.)
Ustrutor.
TEN TIMESA BIGAMIST,
Death of a Wisconsin Man Who Led An
Extraordinary Career.
A notorious cniwr has Just lieen closed by
tbe death of Duvid 11. June near Uurr Oak,
La Crosse county. Wis. He wus "wunted" lu
several different purls of the State for big
amy aud several other pl"ci of crookedness.
At the age of 18 he fled from home to escntie
the consequent; of some minor misdeeds,
and two year later was sent to the reform
school for lorgery. Wheu 21 he murried uud
settled down to carpculory, but he was soon
in trouble with other women uud was obliged
again to flee to avoid arrest. In 1H75 hu
found hi way to Trempealeau county, Wis.,
went to work at bis trude. and was also an
Advent preacher of con-thlentble ability, nnd
wus soou married to a Miss Hurdle, of tiules
vllle, under the uuine of lloueeteel. Hi
mreer ended there In ubout lx mouths, sh n
he found the Sheriff was alter him for leav
ing another wife in Winona, oue ut Fountain
City, one at Sheboygan uud two or three in
Illinois.
He disappeared, and nothing was heard of
lilin for 14 years, wheu hu wus caktured with
a baud of counterfeiters lu Colorado, but
made bis es-us, aud afterward passed
through the various stuges of burglar, high
wuymuu, train robijer uud ordinary trump,
and mauuged to avoid ai rest. He wa on hi
revisit to tialcsvllle in disguise when he died
of pneumonia. He wa murried at least ten
times, and each time under a uew uuine.
M'BHIDE TO THE MINEBS.
Soon, Be Say, No Coal Will Be Left and
yiotory Will Com.
The second coal strike bulletin issued by
President II. 'Bride, at Columbus. O., says
there are not over 24,000 mluers at work in
the bitumluoua ooai Held, and from nearly
every local aud general market thu cry for
soul 1 beard. It will uot be long uutll there
will be uo coal left, aud a complete victory
Ttiil be guiued.
LATER NEWS NOTES.
Thorn. V.. Henedlet, of New York, hn
H.ei'b confirmed a public printer.
K"nker peel, of the English house of
Tmnions, Is to retire nnd bemndea vis
count. At the State miners' convention lie d In
Ottumwn, In., a majority voted to quit
work.
The war department ha abandoned the
effort to form Indiana Into separate military
0Ti panics.
The steamer Persian Monarch Is ngroiind
off Kastport, nenr New York, nnd It Is doubt
ful whether ho can bo floated even nt high
tide.
IHsensrd Vtnh hecp crossing the State
line of California, tlov. Walte said he
would call out the military to prevent the
Invasion.
Pi lish societies of Chicago. B.000 tr.cn In
procession, celebrated the lOflih anniversary
of Kosciusko's declaration to defend the
lll ertlis of Poland.
At Zledllt. ltohemln, nn encounter be
tween troo nnd workmen resulted In the
killing of one workmen nnd the Injury ol
others on both side.
President Oomper and Secretary Duncan
of the National Federation of I.alsir, are at
Washington working nglust the Chines
treaty.
Wm. Prnn Nixon, for mnny years editor of
the Chicago Inter Ocenn, has purchased H.
H. Kohlsnat's interest In the paper for ttOO,
000. An Infernal machine wa placed In the
house of Dr. Itenson, of Lelge, llelgiuin, by
some unknown miscreant, and exploded,
frightfully mangling the doctor and less ser
iously Injuring hi young wife und a friend,
OsenrKlrkland and his son liennis. planters
of OTark, Alo., quarreled Wednesday night,
the son cutting hi father seriously mid the
latter finally killing hi son with a revolver.
lite body of Mrs. Wooster.of Ornuge.Mn.,
was found In the river at this place uud she
Is thought to have committed sul'.'idu while
vniornrily Insane.
Aquiline Filler committed suicide In the
(lermini Catholic Cemct ry, adjoining Vassal
College, Poiighkctqisle, N. Y'., byllrlng a bul
let through bis brain at the side of his sweet
heart's grave, which the lulsirers councted
with the cemetery were lining up, and around
which a little groupof inoiirncrsstlll lingered,
A building was blown down nt Park llidge,
I1L, Thursday, during a storm, killiu r II.
Sehmet! :opf nnd Albert Koppler.
Jnlioh Coleman was hanged nt Jefferson
rity, Mo., for the murder of Frnuk M-t -klii,
a foremnu in the s'ult- ntlnry.
tlov. Flower hns signed Asscmblymnn
Sheffield's bill abolishing all fees of the New
York county sheriff uml fixing hi :ilnry at
20.000.
A convention of the grain growers of Min
nesota, hu lsen called for in Minneapolis
during the State Populist convention, to do
awny with the middlemen.
RAILROAD STRIKE OVER.
Compromise Made With The Great North
ern Men
The strike of the Ureat Northern railroad,
which Involved its 5,000 employe on It 3,700
miles of line and which bos suspended traffic,
both freight nnd passenger, for two weeks. Is
over. Thl was accomplished by adjudica
tion of the claim of the employes and the
road, the court being a joint committee of the
representative ktudlug business organiza
tion. The result of the committee' conference I
that the strikers gain nineteen-twentieth of
the points made. President Hill conceded
the wages of the engineers, llremeu, conduct
ors, brakemen, Iwller makers, trackmen, sec
tion men and blacksmiths, fhe reduction In
the cases of these men was 10 r ceut. The
wage of car Inspectors, cur repairers, oilers,
operators, etc., were also practically restor
ed. The following official telegram was sent
out by President llel and Vh-e Presldeut
Howard of the American Hallway I'ulon:
"To the strikers ot the (Ireat Northern: A
aetllemeut has been reached. Iteport for
duly at ou w."
Big- for Bead Settlers.
The decision ot the Interior Department
regarding nu Important corner lu (luthrle,
Oklu., is that C, N. liarncs, ex-llegister of the
IjuiiI oftlce, cannot hold lots, because he wus
a Ooverinneut official. 1'bls bars all Federal
officials from securing titles to lot or laud,
and gives to actual settlers overU ,000.000
worth of property iu the leading towns of(jk
IttUoaia claimed by Uuverumeut ulllciuls.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Oold has been discovered near Lebanon,
Ind.
Tbi Pennsylvania peach crop Is not dam
mged. BxAixrox has become epidemic at Chi
cago. Tbb rainfall In Arkansas has been uouiu
aliy heavy.
Miwsohbi farmers are plowing up millions
of the seven-year locust.
Fbaxcb I to have an Arbor Day in Imita
tion of the United State.
raise Bishabck does not see signs of war
In tbe European situation,
Feabs of a fluaooiul and commercial crisis
In Argentine have (ubslded.
Eusori ha been having a drought, which
onuses tbe farmers much uueaiiuiisa.
Pais Haves, Washington, ha been mad
a coaling Hatton for the Boring Hea patrol,
A bot of but fourteen year baa been pat
In stripes at the Northern ludlaua prisou ut
Michigan City.
Pbixcb Cbbistiax unveiled a tablet In
Westminster Abbey, Loudon, to the memory
of Jennie Lind.
Goviaxoa Nobtbibk, of Georgia, Is ad
vancing a movement to encourage iuiuilgro
tlou to that Bute.
Gold coutinues to aecumulute In tbe Bank
ot England. The stringency iu the London
mouey market bss vanished.
Tub prevalence of diphtheria in Wareham,
Ma., hu uroed tbe closing of the public
schools for an indetlnlte perio-L
Faou 25,00 to 40,000 bead of range cat
tle are annually graved aud futteued upou
alfalfa pastures ot the Salt Itiver Valley lu
Arlsoua.
As tbe result of the Anarahlst aoare, the
business ot the leading Par Jinn restaurants
has, it is said, dwindled at tbe very least fifty
per cent.
Tbi World's Fair building are to be eons
sited into train ibeda and depots along tb
liu of the Chicago, Burllugtou and Quiucy
Boilroad.
Tbi Navy Department at Washington la
ot the opinion that oaunou (hot alons will
let the eftloacjr ot the alleged detective
BTiuor B lute. ....
ATOM. LEADS IN A RIOT,
FIVE MEN SERIOUSLY HURT,
Anl Two rf Thrse Probably rstally.
The Cos Rerlona of Pennsylvania
Its Scene of Trouble.
Alrvtfl o'clock Knttirdny morn'n? n rtot
oceurici! n! the painter plniit, Scottdule, I'n.,
ot the Mef'liirn Coke Com pun v. in which
Iiepi.ty Sheriff Hnnford White anil llookkeeper
F.nv ii II. Koddy were badly hentt n mid two
or three of the rioters were wounded, j hero
were u fw men working In tie coke yard
whiui the Hungnrlin nnd PiutM living in
the "omf tiny houses dis'ideil to drive trom
work. Ihe plr.nt had only started nt 8
o'eli, -k and had not half a Complement of
men.
Shortlv befori tl o'clock about fO women
living at tbe 1'nltiter plant, marched to the L
coke yards nrnied with clubs ami coke forks. '
piq ulutlon of the plant. When tlo v leached
the little hrhlcc. al out 10 vatds' lr m Ihe
ovens, tbi y were n.et I y Suuford White and
K. IS. Iloddy. who commanded them to halt,
'liny iiressed on, and th woman In the lead
hit hlle on the bend with a hntc'r.ct, and he
ois-ned lint on the crowd. Not enough
deputies were present, nnd the ntiL-ry mob
closed In on White and ltoddy and brutally
bent them.
Alter W lilte hnd been knocked down, a big
Hungarian was alsmt to bit him with an ax,
when .lame Tarr knocked the striker down.
With considerable trouble White nml Hodilv
were rescued from their assailants uml taken -
to the store hull. ling. Later White was sent. I
to the Connellsvllli Hospital. Dr. ftogers,
n ie. nii-iei--ii iiini, nn t.niie ims uoi one
chani-e In a hundred to recover, ltoddy wa
not so much hurt.
Just how many of the strikers were Injured.
It Is dinicult to say as the friend of the Injur
ed 'ople took them away to their homes.
One nccoMit placed the number ot wounded'
nt 10, but thl Is clearlv Imnrobable. as onlv
While did nny ilrlng, ltoddy refusing te
shoot. Three are known to be (wounded tor
certain, two Olwnom were arrested. and thesr
nmv be nil. I
Dei.iitv H ierlfTs Illchnrds and Allen nrrlve.ll
shortly alter the riot, aud with n force ot
nlsiut 40 deputies, at once commenced the
Work of arresting the leaders of the mob.
Sixty-tbreo were arrested, among whom were
a down or women, one of whom hud been
shot through the ankle. One of the men nr
rested was shot In the back under the should
er blade, the bullet lodging under the breast
bone, he was also shot through the richt
arm. The prisoner were taken to jail to
Liuomowu.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
F.xoLAXD ha organized her first baseball
team.
Farbrll Is the tallest man on tbe Ken
York team.
Tnr. cry all along the line Is, anything tc
beat Boston.
Hodthkb practice trip will be In vogue
Again next spring.
Latraw has been appointed (lull captain
of the Cincinnati.
Mn.i.r.B will play third base and captain
Ihe St. Lout Browns, i
Tbfrr are twenty-live player on tbe pay
roll ui me rtosuington nun.
Tbe New York Club Intend to carry seven
teen meu inrougnout ttie season.
Jr.xKuns. Kelts and McGraw are playlna i
pueuouieuni uau lor lue isaitimores.
Tbb Chicago Club ha returned to the net
of the old aud famou white Mocking.
F.DMunn Clarkmce Steoha, the poet and
broker, Is an eutbuiiostio baseball crank.
Boston ha the three ihortest outfielder
In the League In McCarthy, Duffy an 1 Bin
non. ,'
Tbat great American query, "Whatsri
score" has gins on duty tor the season ol
IHVi.
Tbb mascot crane that WM so prevalent It
baseball a few years back has die I out ttv
tirely.
Tbere are four players among fie Chica
go who ineiMure six leet one iuuh in height
aud two who are lx feet tall
It Is a noteworthy fact that every man oc.
the Baltimore team began hi baseball ca
reer either as a pitcher or a cue her.
Mdbfht, the New York player, will make
hi mark In the League, He has slowed up
strongly in batting, fielding aud base run
ning. Ex-PEmr.xT Jons; B. Dat, ot the New
fork Club, think that thl will bt :he mod
aucceful year for baaebull in tb history o)
the game,
Tbb Dickinson College baseball team hat
two Indian pitchers, aud the Htrrisburg
Bueball Clubalopoeien In liau twirlei
uame l Mockay,
Boitox' Infield I well high perfect. Th
four meu play almoat a oue, tbe best
tea-n work reultlug. Tbey all sj to
at the right place all the time.
McPhke, of the Cincinnati, an ITonr
lane, of tho Baltimore, are the oulv ul
In tbe big League who played With th
American Auoolutlon in it Inaugural year.
Tbb Baltimore' right field fence bis been
moved in about thirty feet, and the crank Id
the Monumental City are already Hearing oo
the number ot home run Duu Broutueri
will make tbi year.
Tbe old battery of B'nnett nn 1 nulbonrn?
ho been singularly unfortunate this year.
Benuett lost both leg and Radhonrne bad
nn eye destroyed by a charge of (hot.
Manager Frank Belee, of tbe Bjton, ho
already begun to make preparation - for a
grand testimonial for the benefit ot Bennett
to tuke place during mid-summer.
Annus C, Anson ha been the mnrvel ol
the baseball profession. No other mm wb
ever played ball can point to twvuty-tnrei
year of successlul life as a player on tbebali
field. Auson has done with the game as I
player, tbat I sure, and while lu a great
emergency he may jump In for a day or to
(till be will uot be out lor a playiug record
ol any sort. A a matter of fact, it I s
physical Impossibility for Anion to coutlnui
pluylug. He is thirty pouuu over his play
lug weight at Dreseut.
Bow They Stand. 4
The following table shows the standing of'
the different clubs composing the National
Base Ball League t , ,
Club. W. L.Pet.
Cleveland . .9 818
Boston ... 0 4 CM
Baltimore .94 tWJ
Pittsburg ..84 (ili7
Philadelphia H u 571
St. Louis. ..OS .00
Club.
New York,
W. L. Pot.
Cincinnati . 4 6
Brooklyn . 5 M
Louisville. 4 7
Washington 3 11
Chicago . . t b
' BEYOND THE STATE'S FOWEB.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Ras-f
versed In an Interstate Commerce
Case.
"to Htate can levy a tax on iutey
nointuenw lu auy lorm, was me g si oik,
oislou annouueed by Justice Brewer, ii
l ulled states supreme court. J. .
uau wus ageut for a Chicago firm solof
lu Tltusville, l'u.. orders tor plcturti
picture frutuea. An ordinance of thut
reoulred such solicitor to pay a license.
fulling to do this Breauun wus lined
theeitv court, aud on anneal the Suinl
Court of peuusylvauinuffiruiedthe judgiaenti
lu the opinlou of tbe court, rendered to-duyA
J ustiiss Brewer stated that the judgment o thu
Supreme Court ol 1'cuusylvnuia must ho ra
versed.
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