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THE LATE STPJKE.
ita Causes Are Looked Into by
the Commission.
L. S. U. Men Testify I)eb Tell II in Story
Reporters Say Ilooillums Committed
the Acts of Violence Capital
lias Its Turn.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY.
" Chicago, Aug. 21. The first witness before
tho labor commissiou at the. opening of the
fourth day's session was Thomas W. Ileath
rote, chairman of the Pu'.lniaa strike commit
tee, who had been recalled. He said that the
Tollman company's statement th:it the com
pany's books might be looked over by the ein
ykves was merely a statement by one of the
clerks. When the employes went to In
vestigate the books they wtre refused. Ho
aid that the Pullman branch of the American
Kail way union was formed durii.? the last of
March and the month of April. Nearly all of
the 4.0UO employes of the company joined the
wnlon. Kath man paid one dollar for the priv
ileges of membership. Of all the employes be
tween 2.500 and 3,000 lived In the houses of the
company.
Hiss Mary Abbott 'Wood, who icW'acc! f'a the
electrical department at Pullman, was the
next witness. She said she was a member of
the American Railway union and was one of
lae Pullman strikers, lier father had died
ome time ago in the company's employ. She
kail to support her mother on tne one dollar a
tj she received from the Pullman company.
6ic lived in one of the Pullman
tiou.ses and paid $17.71 a month. Hiss Wood
skowed the commission a notice of eviction.
OaSed May 3, she had received from the com
pany. She testined that she had paid her rent
to April 30. The company, by mistake, had
credited the rent to her sister. When she
sited for a rectification she was refused. She
bad not yet been evicted.
Frank P. McDonald, a locomotive engineer
on the Chicago Great Western was nest called.
3le said that sometimes he was compiled to
remain on continuous service from sixty to
eTCBiy-two hours without rest. Mr. McL'on
sld went into an extended account of the
trouble on the Chicago and Great Western. It
was caused by a refusal of the company to
restore waves, which had been cut.
Mv. IfclJoaald said he opposed the recent
saxflro tecause he thought the American Kail
way union was not strong er.ouKh to light the
ceacral managers in the hard times when so
cvnj men were out of work. He did not think
the strike would be successful. He voted for
tfcs strike only because he was so instructed
wy bis local union.
"1 am opposed to strikes in general." said
Mr. McDonald, -but wlicn the federal govern
ment will do nothing for us, and wo have no
weapon but the strike, we must use it. If it
were not for strikes the railroad men in this
eoeutry would be working for one-half the pay
taev arc now getting."
AsScd what he knew about the stoppage of
lu'i trains the witness said that the Chicago
& Great Western mail train No. 3 on June 28
hrsi wis -killed" by the management of that
road and its crew was used to take out an ex
cursion train to St. Claire. This mail train
was obstructed by the railway managers and
mat by the strikers or the members of the
American Railway union.
licDonald told how it was impossible for
iim to obtaiu employment after the Burling
ton strike, when he was blacklisted The com
pany's influence was used against him. he said,
even to the extent of protesting to Gov.
Ywaacio. of Missouri, against McDonald's ap
pointment as oil inspector at St. Joseph. Mo.
Miss Jar.e Adams, superintendent of Hull
btarxc and member of the boird of conciliation
of the civic federation, was next called. Shere
ritcxi the efforts of the civic federation to bring
Bool a settlement of the trouble. The em
ployes of the A. R. U. were always willing and,
suutous to arbitrate, but Pullman and his ofU
cfate ivould say to the committee only that
tkey had nothing to arbitrate.
.Arthur M. Wilson and Nettie M. West, em
ployes of the Pullman company, testified as to
tie reduction in wages.
H. w. Pearsca. a real estate agent who cper
at Kensington, Rostland, Southwest
PiHnian. and other localities adjacent to Iu!l-jr-ts.
ssid houses which rented for ?17 in Puli
siaa could be had for? 10 a month in Kensing
ton, la all cases, in his judgment, rents were
artxnet To to 100 per cent, higher in Pullman
' tia in the adjacent towns.
The commission adjourned to 10 o'clock
SSonday. Application has been made the com
mission to hear statements by representatives
Ot unorganized labor. All persons who think
t&ey out give the commission any information
acts the conditions of labor, organized or ua
organized, vill be heard.
President Ltebs Testimony.
Chicago, Aug-. 22. On the fifth day
of the proceedings President Debs told
fc-is story. After relating' the situation
as he found it early in May. Mr. Debs
said he v.-as satisfied that the employes
were justified in striking', and he re
solved to do all in his power, under the
1t and in justice, to help right thtir
wrong's. Mr. Debs then recited the
history of the strike, relating the va
rious attempts to induce Pullman to
submit to arbitration.
ilr. Debs denied that he had sent or
ordered sent any inflammatory tele
rjTams. Explaining- the telegram,
"Save your money and buy a gun," he
said It was written by a clerk named
Benedict to a former employe; at
IJntte, Mont., as a joke and nothing'
whatever to do with the strike.
Mr. Debs severely criticised Gen.
31 lies for calling1 at the offices of the
General Managers' association on the
day he came to Chicago as being vul
parlj out of place, and maintaining that
bis only duty here was to maintain
order and preserve the peace.
Continuing'. Mr. Debs desired the com mis
sion to understand that he as president of the
.American Railway union did not and could not
rder strikes which were decided on by the
local unions themselves, am not shirking
jit portion or my responsibility." said he. "I
teartily concurred in the action taken and if I
kd had a voice in the ordering of the strike I
would have ordered It."
"Five days after the strike was declared we
kad the railroads completely beaten and at
or mercy, as we believed "
They were paralyzed. The7
xm to take the places of
were out. Then 1 and my
ficiala were served with a
continued he.
could not get
our men who
associate of-
sweeping In-
jaaction issued by the United States courts
restraining us from performing our functions
as officials of the American Railway union.
Similar injunctions were, issued at all ter
minal points. A few days afterward we were
arrested for alleged contempt of court. We were
Battle to direct the men. and that defeated the
strike.
We protested against the presence of the
federal troops. We did not object to state
troops or the police. If 1 am correct, all the
trouble, except some minor disturbances, took
pL&re after the arrival of tho federal troops,
(lie coming of whom angered and Inflamed tho
aen. The police have reported to me that our
Ben were entirely law-abiding."
"Intimidation." he continued, "is against tho
policy of the American Railway union. Wo
Utii our men that we had the right to quit
MCi it i re our rights absolutely ceased;
other men had the absolute right to take
their places and that any one interfering with
ttertn would be punished by our order and the
ciril law."
At the afternoon session Mr. Debs opened
sis testimony with a denunciation of th unfair
Bess shown by some of the Chicago papers in
tbeir treatment of himself and the strike gen
emUy. Hs said that seme of the papers had
varpute'.y misrepresented the facts until, if
tbere had been a revolution, the press of Chi
BED might properly have been held responsi
ve for it. Said he: "I was persistently mis
jejiresentcd in interviews with tho evident ln
ItiLnii of alienating public sympathy from us
and disorganizing our men by discrediting us."
-Lo you claim." asked Mr. Wright, "that the
soilroius were responsible for tho strike be-
MrInrTenipei
hpl of potatoes for the best looking j AanartPA Tuesday mrning for a
causo they insisted cn hauling Pullman cars?"
"No. sir. The American Railway union was
responsible for it. but under aggravating cir
cumstances. The general managers are united
to reduce wages. The employes are united to
resist such reductions. In case of a reduction
that leads to a stride we think the company is
responsible."
"Of course submission would avert strikes.
That is the plan of the old brotherhoods. If a
general manager wants to make a cut of 10 per
cent, he gives notice of a cut of 20 percent., and
then they meet and compromise. The history
of the organizations shows that their system
tends to inevitable and gradual rcductnon of
wages. My own idta, and it is the iden ut the
American Railway union, is tounify all the rail
road men of the country. A power liko that
prudently managed would avert strikes. Tho
railroad managers would recognize the wisdom
of treating it fair y and meeting it in a con
ciliatory spirit. Hut even if we had su.-h a
unilication the men would not win n striko. All
the forces of the government would bo against
them the moment the strike interfered with,
the convenience of the public."
"I believe strikes ere justifiable, no mutter
what the result, when it is to resist degvwln
tion and enslaving conditions. If it wero not,
the tendency of our civilization, would be con
stantly downward. If railroads andcor.ora
tiotiR generally tieated their c:r.loyes fairly
there would bj no labor organizations. Their
origin in almost every case is traceable di."cct
ly to the tyranny of the employing classes.
"Do you believe in government ownership of
railroads? ' asked Mr. Kernan.
"Yes. sir. 1 believe the government owner
ship of railroads is decidedly better than rail
road ownership of the government."
Tho reply caused much merriment. Then
the witness said compulsory arbitration was a
contradiction of terms. To be effective arbi
tration must be voluntary. In local troubles
state courts might bo established to compel
an adjudication of troubles, but it would be im
possible to enforce an award in a great terri
tory such as the railroads covered. The wit
ness al.so said that he believed a government
license for railroad employes would be a good
thing.
Done by Hoodlums.
Chicago. Aug. 23. Reporters told the story
of the l'ullman-railroad strike Tuesday to the
national strike commissioners. Represeta
tives of most of the Chicago newspapers wero
on tho witness stand during the day They
were practically unanimous in the declaration
that hardly any of the strikers took part in tho
acts of violence or obstruction during the riots.
They testified that most of tho overt acts were
committed by hoodlums who had noconnection
with the railroads. With one or two excep
tions all branded the United States special
deputy marshals as inefficient and a source of
constant irritation to the strikers.
The commission was very particular to in
quire of every reporter who gave testimony
during the morning whether or not his ac
counts, written during the strike, had been
changed or colored before thoy were put into
print. So instance was found where such had
been the case.
Rev. M. H. Wickman. the Swedish minister
at Pullman, told of the reduction of his parish
ioners" wages. He said the Swedish labor
ers at Pullman were made to pay more
rent at Pullman than at Roseland or other
places in the neighborhood.
"They are commanded to live In Pullman, on
pain of dismissal. Even where men own homes
outside of Itillrnan. if work -becomes slack,
these men are the tirst laid off."
Chief Deputy Marshal Donnelly testified that
he had about 4. 00) deputies under hirn during
the strike. He acknowledged that some of his
men were inefficient, but denied that as a
whole they were as worthless a body as repre
sented by the reporters. He did not recognize
any strikers among those whom he saw com
mit violence.
In answer to further inquiries Mr. Donnelly
said the 3.000 or -4.000 deputies selected by the
railroad companies were not in charge of
anybody from tho marshal's office: they
-ported to no one unless to the detective
service of the railroad companies, and the
government had no direction of their move
ments or actions. No certificates of
character were required. Witness did not
know whether these deputies were used to
operate trains or not. He was recalled after
he had left the s:and to tell whether any pains
had been used to discover whether these depu
ties were citizens of the United States or not.
He said they had had one man who was not a
citizen. That was in the marshal s ottlce. He
dii not know whether the men selected by the
company were citizens or not
Uen. Miles contradicts the statement made
by Presitl-iit Debs, of the American Railway
union. bi..u.-re the strike commission that he
visited the oilice of the general managers dur
ing the strike and consulted with the railway
facials.
Capital Ha It Say.
Chicago, Aug. 51. The hearing of evidence
from the employers' side of the case was begun
at the Wednesday morning session. Krank W.
T. Cilovcr. a real estate dealer, was the ffrst
witness. He declared he knew nothing about
the causes of the strike, but he said that rents
in Kensington had not been reduced. He said
he was getting the same rents for his houses
there as he did several years ago. This was a
direct contradiction to the strikers' claims
thut rents in Kensington had been reduced
while rents in Pullman had been kept at the
same figure. Mr. (Hover said ho thought that
those houses at Pullman which rent for from f 1
to t-i a month w ere cheaper than his houses at
Kensington which he rented for li
Mr. Glover knew something of the condition
of wages at l'ullmau because some forty men
who were paying him for houses on the install
ment plan had come to him at various times
and told him that owing to reduction of wii-es
or scarcity of work they could not pay as muon
as they had agn ed to pay.
l'eul I'., liennes, a news and stationery
dealer in 1'ulim.iu, who had worked for six
years in the Pullman shops, was the next wit
ness. Mr. Hermes in one part of his testimony
made the remark that there was a good deal of
drinking done by some of the Pullman em
ployes and it was the cue for a lengthy examin
ation made by Cunimi-miouer Kernan. He asked
if drunkenness prevailed to any considerable
extent among the strikers. The witness said
thi-t on pay days the brewery wagons of Ken
sington are kept running through l'ullmau
from morning until night. lie had eea
drunken employes of tho company on the
streets. Witness was of tho opinion that a
great many of the employes would not bo in
such poor circumstances if they had not
waited their money by buying liquor.
L. H. Johnson, a hardware dealer at Pull
man, was questioned very closely by one of
the commissioners concerning his leu.se. Ho
stated that his is the only hardware store in
Pullman, but says he has no agreement with
tho l'ullmau company by which competition in
his line of business is kept out. He has a
written lease of his storo building, but there is
a clause In it by which the company can oust
him on ten days' notice.
Two reporters for Chicago evening papers
followed Johnson and corroborated the testi
mony given Tuesday as to the character of the
men engaged in acts of violence.
Axel Lundgren, &n employe of the Pullman
company for the last thirteen years, was tho
first lo take the witness chair Wednesday after
noon. He said in all his years of service for
the company he had had no complaint to make
as to wagess or treatment. lie had advised
against the strike, although he was a member
of the union, and had gone back to work when
the opportunity offered, surrendering his mem
bership in the union and signing a contract to
keep out of it. "We drew large wages for the
first seven or eight years," ho said, "and did
well. We all mr.de good wages. A year ago in
June I was making K.'J5 a day. We used to
make as much as j4 on piece work, but they
cut us down until now no one can make more
than $J.i'.r, even if he works very hard. I pay
i'J.CO rent for a four-room flat, and have my
wife and mother to care for. Friends in tho
city teli me that the rent is not unreasonable,
considering the accommodations."
"Dili tho strikers ever threaten you. Mr.
Lund ?roa?" asko l Commissioner Kernaa.
"Well, some men met my mother the other
day after I had pone back to work and told
her they would kill me. She is an old lady
and diiin't remember who made the throats.
When 1 went back to work I gave up my card
in the American Railway union end made a
contract not to have anything more to do
with it."
Fire Marshal John Fitzgerald appeared next
with a record book and a copy of reporta made
and children 0maba at 8:00 p. m.
to Chief Swenie. The marshal said that his dis
trict included the territory south of Thirty
ninth, north of Fifth-tifth street, and from State
street west to the limits, including the stock
yards and all the railway systems involved in,
the striko at tho stock yards. He said that ha
had kept a record of the fires and the railway
property destroyed by tire within his territory
during the strike and reported it to Chief
Swenie. At Commissioner Kernan's reques
he submitted his reports to the chief from
July 5 to July 9 inclusive, which he said cov
ered all the important fires in railroad prop
erty. The report showed a total loss of ltiJ
cars, 6 depots. 8 towers and 6 switch shanties.
I attended pretty nearly all of these fires
myself." explained the marshal. "The only
lires we saw kindled were by boys, tho oldest
of them not more than la yeurs of age. I have
a pretty wide acquaintance with railroad men
and did not se any of them interfering with
the handling of tires or mingling with tho
crowds. On one occasion some switchmen I
knew helped our men to run a lead to a fire in
cars. The crowds never interfered with us or
our apparatus."
Dr. John Mi-Dean, who came next, said h
was a physician and surgeon, nud since
he hud been in the employ of the Pullman com
paty. It was bis duty to look siter injured
employes and visitors. When an employe was
injured it vsis his duty to attend him without
expense to the patient. In case he deemed
hospital treatment necessary the company
bore the expenses. Commissioner Keruaa
asked us lo the case referred to ia
the testimony of Rev. Mr. Wickham.
The doctor said the man had been
brought into his ofilco with a piece of steel in
his wrist. The steel was taken out and the
wound treated as it required. The man had
come in the next day and seemed to be getting
along well, but the day following had failed to
appear. On the third day ho had gone to see
tho patient and was told that another doctor
had been employed. That ended his profes
sional connection with the case. There were
no pieces of bone to be left in the wouud as
had been charged.
Dr. Mcr.can asserted that the troubles at
Pullman were in a measure due to the use of
liquor by the employes. In 4.doocascs of injury
the witness had never seen the company re
fuse to pay all the expenses connected there
with, oesides drug store bills amounting to
$1,700 annually.
.Mr. St. John on the Stand.
Chicago. Aug "Jj. On Thursday General
Manager John A. St. John, of the Rock Island
railroad company, added his testimony. He
presented a detailed statement of the history
of the trouble on his road, and denied the ex
istence of a blacklist so far as that road is con
cerned. Mr. St. John refused to allow the
commission to publicly examine or make part
of its records the contract between the Ruck
Island and Pullman companies; he answered,
however, all questions put concerning the con
tract. Witness said the company was obliged
to use the Pullman cars. He said employes
were engaged in the strike, the others going
out through intimidation: seventy-four had
been reinstated: all had been taken back ex
cept those against whom there were charges.
He said the exact cost of the strike had not
yet been ascertained, but thought it would
reach isooiO or Jl.(K)o.0c0.
At the opening of the afternoon session Mr.
St. John ugain testified. At the morning ses
sion he said he thought the employes of thj
company who acted as deputy marshals were
taken off the pay rolls and were to be paid by
the government. At the afternoon session,
however, he corrected this and said the com
pany's own men, its clerks and others who
were sworn in, were pai l by the Rock Island.
He said he had been chairman of the assocl
ation since lS-yi. It was organized in April,
lssii, with H. H. Stone, of the Burlington, as
chairman. K. T. JefTery served from ls.S'S to
lS'jj. It was inactive from lss9 to ls-J,
when it was reorganized, and witness
became chairman. In form the associa
tion is voluntary, is not a corporation and has
for its object, according to its constitution,
"the consideration of problems of manage
ment on the roads terminal ia Chicago." There
are twenty-four in all.
He said that the purpose to put into erTect
schedules of wages w as one of the most remote
objects of the association.
"This schedule of wages we have compiled
seems to have been misunderstood. It is a tab
ulation of railroad wages all over the country.
It was impossible to have anything like equal
ity of wages for the same class of service with
out some such tabulation. It had nothing to
do with r.n intended reduction of v.ige; and
was not followed by" reductions. Two or three
southern lines found they were paving wages
considerably in excess of wages paid by their
competitors and naturally reduced them to an
equality.
"I do not say that there will not be a reduc
tion of wages and a revision of the schedules.
The Rock Island, so far. has made its econo
mies in the reduction of force and the shorten
ing of working hours. I fear very much, how
ever.that unless a change comes in the situation
something w ill have to tie done. I speak of the
company's financial affairs with the greatest
reluctance in public, but its earnings have
suffered a decrease of fHW.OiO in three months,
and some method will h tve to be devised o
changing that result. Some of the companies
have had their earnings decrease at the rate
of 5.-oo.im) a month."
Coming back to association affairs. Mr. St.
John agreed with Mr. Kernan that the organi
zation of the association made the mutual
defense feature an inevitable incident of
the organization. The association had
been called together in emergency ses
sion on June Si, and published the res
olutions declaring their intention to
stand by one another as against the boycott.
Mr. St. John, in answer to a question, said the
story that tien. Miles had called at association
headquarters was positively absurd. Mr. St.
John said the association did not give Mr. Pull
man any assistance or assurance of help.
In answer to a question r.s to its idci con
cerning the remedy for strikes, he said that it
seemed to him that the government control of
railroads involved possibilities that might
prove dangerous to the government itself. Ar
bitration, it seemed to him. could not prove ef
fective hi all cases, for. if applied to wages.it
would uaturaliy bo found very diRlcult to en
force its decisions; nor could it hardly prove
effective if it was objectionable to the em
ploye. To many minus, he said, tho law of
supply and demand must i-tiil govern.
The questions took another turn and Mr. St.
John toid .abont the reception of Debs" com
munication offering to abandon tne strike, de
livered by Mayor liop'.tius in person, lie said
the matter was considered by representatives
of six of the principal lines entering Chicago,
and they agreed that they could hold no deal
ings with Debs and Howard and so returned
the couiuiuniiion to the mayor.
Doing i:sked why an association such as tho
one ho represented should refuse to treat with
one of employes such as the American Railw ay
union, he said the union did not represent a
it claimed the employes of the roads. An
other reason might be that the association did
not think there was room for such an organi
zation. "Wo never question." he concluded,
"a man as to whether he belongs to any union
or not so long as he is competent."
Fatal Mine Disaster.
Dcbaxgo, Tex.. An,'. 25. A mining
disaster is reported from the Lainireuo
district, southwest of this city. A
cave-in occurred in one of the mines,
burying1 ten miners. Six of the men
were rescued alive, but the others
were dead when found. The superin
tendent of the mine was arrested.
California rrutt In London.
London, Aits'. 24. A consignment of
California fruit which was brought
here from New Yorlc by the steamship
Paris was in f.plendid condition on its
arrival in England. Owing to the cool
weather now prevailing' it is consid
ered doubtful whether the fruit will
bring good prices.
MshUuug strikes a Monument.
Fkkehoi.d, X. J.. Aug. 23. Light
ning struck the statue of liberty sur
mounting the battle - of - Monmouth
monument, erected in 1SS4. The cost
was S-i0,000. The statue was damaged
and is in danger of failing.
ftTRPShN & ROOT. I
FATE OF MINERS.
Thirty-Seven of Them Perish in
an Oregon Shaft.
rire Followed by a Deadly Kxplosior
Four Killed lo m Colorado Mine
and Two tn a Colliery in
Pennsylvania.
NEARLY TWO SCORE SLAIN.
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 25. Thirty
Beven miners of mixed nationalities
were killed Friday afternoon by an
explosion in the Oregon Improvement
company's coal mine at Franklin,
King count3", 34 miles southeast of
Seattle. The miners were trying to
save the mines from destruction by
lire when the explosion occurred.
Franklin is a coal mining town on
the west slope of the Cascade moun
tains, and the usual heartrending
scenes were enacted about the en
trance of the mines when a list of the
kille-d and missing miners was made
out. This is the mining district into
which colored eastern miners were
brought two years ago, resulting in a
running fight with the strikers and
several deaths. Negro and Swede
miners predominate among those
killed. Most of them have families.
At 12: -J 5 a. in. a fire was announced
by some of the drivers on the sixth
north level, and notice was given to
the men inside, who were working in
different places, some in the breast
about the level and others along the
gjngway. as soon as it was known
there was a fire.
Many of the men in the gaTigwa5"s,
suspecting what was coining, rushed
back to notify the miners further in
that a fire was burning, while others
rushed out and reached the main shaft.
It is certain that all the men in the
breast reached the gangway in safety.
In all about seventy men were at
work in the sixth level north, and of
that numlier about forty lingered
at breast 02, where the fire originated,
ami mailt1 an attempt to put out tho
fire. The breast was burning fiercely,
and before the miners knew it the lire
had communicated to breasts 0J and
6t and smoke began to issue from
breast 01 in that immediate vicinity.
Several of those who lingered at the
burning breast 02 took warning and
lied, but all who remained were over
come and asphyxiated.
It is evident all the men had time to
get out, for those who worked in the
further breast reached the shaft in
safetj", while those who were nearest
the shaft and consequently more re- !
moved from danger, perished. They
evident' believed they were in perfect
safety from the fire, but while they !
lingered the smoke oozed out from tiie
outside place further south and the
bodies were all found south of breast
02. They were all found within a '
space of 500 feet. j
Several of those caught were not in- .
stantly killed and a desperate attempt '
was at oiiee made by their comrades to
rescue them from the ilair.es. The en- ,
tire mining commuiiit" of Franklin
aided to flood slope 02, in which the 1
bodie's of the miners lay. When the ;
bodies of the dead miners were reached
many were found to be in line, as if
simultaneously overcome by stilling
smoke. Some had been smothered and '
were not cut or even bruised. All were ,
dead before assistance readied thetia.
When the superintendent found it i
necessary to call for volunteers to go i
into the mine there was great excite- '
ment. The first man to volunteer was.
tleorge Smalley, a negro, who, with :
two others, was lowered down the i
1,100-foot slope to the sixtti level.
There he met men from the sixth level '.
south, who were doing all they could ,
to rescue men from the north end of the '
level. Other rescuers went clown from i
the surface and Smalley, C. C. Todd, j
John Adams and John Morgan found
the body of the first man in the gang- ;
way about 1,000 feet in from the slope. !
The body proved to be that of j
John Anderson and was pulled
to the top of the slope. The
arrival f Anderson's body on the ;
surface was the first intimation to the '
men, women and children there that j
anyone had met death.
At ; o'clock the last of the thirty- '
seven bodies was recovered and then :
the people began to quiet down. Many
of them were completely prostrated
with their violent grief and devoted
their time" to methodically caring for ;
the dead. The origin of the fire in j
breast 02 is supposed to be due to spun- ;
taneous combustion caused by refuse J
and screening ia the bottom of the ;
breast slacking and catching fire. j
Ashland. la., Aug. 25. Two men j
were killed and eleven injured by an !
explosion of gas in the Gilberton col
liery near this place Friday afternoon.
Those dead are William ISirmingham
and Frank McCormick. The explosion,
which occurred shortly after noon,
was primarily caused by a fall of coal,
which became dislodged by the mining
operations. This released an immense
volume of gas and at the same time
forced it along the gangways to a
distance of more than 1,000 3-ards,
stillinir and choking the miners as it
swept along. Finally it reached a
gang of miners who were working
with naked lamps, and instantly ig
nited. An explosion, which shook thei
earth and was heard by the people in
their homes above, followed. Flames
and smoke burst from the mouth of
the pit, and inside and out there were
scenes of frantic terror. Kescuing
parties were organized and the men
were brought to the surface as rapidly
as possible.
Of tho two thousand girl students in
tho London Guildhall school of music
about three hundred are studying
music.
MR3. Gatbot "Is your husband's
yacht a centerboard?" Mrs. Boozo
leigh "No, a sideboard." Town Top
ics. By the eleventh census Maine, Ver
mont, North Carolina, Iowa and Ari
zona had each one Japanese resident.
The goose should have good pasture.
The cow does not need grass more than
the. goose docs.
THE NEW TARIFF RATES.
Redactions Made by the Senate Hill as
Compared with the McKlnley Act.
The following is a statement of the
average ad valorem rates of duty of
the McKinley law and senate bill,
with the percentage of reduction made
by the senate bill on the under-mentioned
articles:
l'er rm t.
Mch'inlrv. Sfnaft. Jitrlurlion.
Camphor, refined Vixo
Sumac, extraet of. .. 3.24
F.psorn salts SM.St
C astor oil loo. 35
Coil liver oil zi.(x
Opium prepared for
smoking K.9.65
18.03
10.
25. 52
4'i.fc7
U).
M fA
11.37
17.ft
21 W
:w.5;
25. OI
71 24
t i 75
2V ' 0
10. Hi
:t 24
25.
7o.r.i
20.00
lO.IKI
1C OO
'.it 0)
f2.'3
ixi 1
2S.43
35.
13 to 48
5rt.l'7
33.46
M.2S
30.19
EO.oO
ax:w
lCW
PS.tW
14
2S.57
ft).
50.
50.
50.
50.
Chromium colors. .. . H.M
Ochre
Sienna
Umber
Spirits varnishes...
All other varnishes
Whitiiig.dry
l'..
25 so
Ci.l (
35. 00
14..4S
O round in oil (putty ) l .
White lead
Nitrate of jxitush t'l.:
lJii'iirboiu.to of soii'i. '0.17
ltichromate of soda. f0.
Strvehuia or stryea-
nine KS.TH
Sulphur, sublimed.. Lx.'xi
Sumach, ground 19. l
China, painted, etc.. W.w
Pinin f" 00
Uott !os, empt v 7i 17
Filled 71. 4K
Demijohns, empty... 'Si .'Jl
M 11 11 u f a c t u r e s of
glass CO.
C Under glass, pol
ished, uvsilvered... 0 toCi
1'li.te glass, unde
livered, cast. e'.c... '.stol74
Flateglnss.tiuted.ctc 4'J to 4
2.1. 00
4.I.5-:
41 .07
-15 45
25.
25.
25.
41.67
25 to 38
SStoC22
37 to 43
10 to 31
25 to 33
l'late g!;e s. cast, sil
veie.l. above 24x20. 4J.3J 31.28 3J C7
Cylinder and crown
glass, silvered....- 11 6i 27.79 n 07
Spectacle lenses CO 35 41.07
Stained cr painted
window glass 45 35 22 22
Kooling Male 25 20 20
Iron ore 42 77 22.77 40. 07
iron in pigs, etc '5 to 41 15 to21 4o 47
Scrap iron 47.83 2H.47 40. is
Serapstf el 43. 25 f-i 4'.41
l!;.r iron 25 to 53 l to 32 in to 40
liar of rolled iron el 07 44 'Ji 27.25
lioiler or ether p. ate
honor steel 51 25 63.70
K;ils or steel 5d.24 33 W 24.47
Sheets of Iron or
Kteel common or
black 25 to 70 20 t.) 55 21 to 30
Tin plates 7t 41 42. 32 40 !)."
'1 in. manufactures o! 5" to .. 35 to.. 3d to SO
S teel ingots, etc '- to 50 20 to 40 "o to :S
Wire rents 34 to . . 22 to U7 33 to
Cast iron essels. etc. 20 to W li to ti 23 to 33
Malleable iron cast
ings 31 tof3 16 toS7 33 to 31
Uoliowware 35 to 33 l3 to 55 33 to 34
Chains 47 to 2S 30 30 to 55
Firearms 41 to SO 30 27 to 62
Nails 23 to 46 25 to 30 3 to 40
lliiuway tlshplates. . . 72 to IS 20 C5 to 30
l.aud. back and oili
er sa.v 40 25 37 to 50
Screws 47toIlt 33 to C7 26
Whf'.is N to 72 41 to eO 50
Plates, rolled, bra
zil rs. copper 35 CO 42 to S8
Coldlcf 4itoS7 30 :3 to 14
Silver leaf 77 to 7-1 30 il to 43
Lead sueets 36 to 65 is to 33 50
Nlcliel 23 to 77 14 to 20 40
(ioldpi-us 30 25 10 to 177
l'e nti old ers and
parts of 30 25 16 to f
i'llis 30 25 16 to 07
Zinc in stei ts VJ.13 11.59 5u
I a a u l a c t u res of
metal 45 S3 22.22
Shocas and boxes... 30 20 J.3 33
Cuslisund barrels... 30 20 33 33
t locks of wood 35 25 2M.57
liice. cleaned Ill to 85 M to "50 25
Mice, uncleaued 04 to l.t 41 lotH 20
Honey 44 to S3 22 to 42 49 to 69
Ori-nges. lemons and
liu.es 12 to 31 12 to 32
Comiils, sweetmeats,
etc . 35 3;) 14 to 29
Nuts, nrt shelled
(almonds)
. . . 51 to 34 30 to 80 40 to 01
Nuts, shelled (al
monds ) 4? to 42 2S to 2S 33 to 33
Fill erts. not shelled. 52tolo 35to32 33 to .Ti
1'eanuis. unsheiied. . 72 to Mi 20 to .. 72 to K5
lux tract of meat 17 to W 15 to .. lo to t-7
spirits, d.sulieii Id to 367 05 to 64 2S to .
Cottoncioin.tujt over
ino threads, not
biiacncd 3".I9 25 05 37.39
Ditto bleached 38.00 26.53 31.27
Ditto tlved. colored,
etc W 80 30 54 25.13
Exceeding loo thred's
not bleached 42.39 32.39 23 59
Bleached 43 27 35 is. 83
Dyed, etc 43 M 38 81 11.40
Cables, cordage and
twine 16 to 31 10 to 20 40 to 07
liairgiug for cotton. . 3 52 Free loo
Woolen yarns 273.06 30 f-9.23
Shawls, wooicn, not
above 4ic per lb.... 150.30 35 76.71
Kntt fabrics not
above 4uc per lb.. . 136 30 74.27
Iilaiikets 80 to 104 35 C to 7!
Hats of wool SO to 114 35 72.00
Fl mnels. not over
5.V. per pound 85 to 101 25 to 35 06 to 71
Siii:.pirt;aily manu
factured 00 to 50 30 66 to 71
Silk webbings, gor-
iugs.etc 50 45 10
Siil; buttons 00 45 10
Siiii dress goods 50 45 10
Silk ril.boas 50 55 10
All other silk 0 4,i 10
Writ iug.Uraw iu :nd
other paper :.5 20 20
L'olis and other toys. 35 25 28.57
Kmery 25. U 20.15 20
l-'irecra- kers 147. 32 50. ffl.06
Coal, bituminous 22.72 12.12 43. Lo
.-lack or culm of
coal IS. 68 14.31 50.
Coke -0 15 25
Ma-tthes 33.93 20 41. 06
Haircloth, known as
crinoline cloth.... 27.U9 20.C9 26.
15:.irccitii. known as
hair seating 23.22 15.43 3.23
I.eaLher.bt;Hi o: elt-
in ; and sole 10 10 ....
Leather, calfskins,
ji.--.Miueu 30 20 33.33 ....
Leather, not special
ly pro .tied lor 10 10 ....
Roots and shoes 25 20 20
Manui'actures of In
tl.; rubber 30 25 14.29
Umbrellas covered
with silk or i.ipac-a 55
Hurrstoi:e. liianui t tl 15 ,
Ctv.i'.ixisiuoii metal, - ''
cepper 6 to 49
Plates of copper, not
rolled, etc U toKl
Cider lStt.5i
Hiuding tw ine 0.47
2n
i- ree
1.!9
loo
Free 100
Free
I- rt e
r ree
Free
Free
Free
100
10J
100
li HI
Ine
100
laiiitiii,',-s ia oil or
water colors.
5
lo
Statuary . .
Hatters' plu-h lo
RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
It ISeeotues a 1-avv Without tho l'r;.ieiit'
Signature.
Washington. Aug. 20. The river and
harbor bill, carrying Sll,47t.l!0. be
came a law at midnight Saturday night
without President Cleveland's signa
ture, the legal limit of tea da3s, hav
ing expired within which he ould
siirn or veto it. It is the third time
since Mr. Cleveland's two terms that a
river and harbor bill has become a law
without his approval, the only other
bill of this kind submitted to him hav
ing been vetoed. Fears were expressed
up to a late hour Saturday that
the present bill would be vetoed,
is Mr. Cleveland made it known
to the river and harbor managers
several months ago that he did not want
the total of the bill to exceed S10.000.
000. Aside from the amount carried
by the bill the sundry civil
appropriation bill also carries SS.400,
000 for river and harbor contracts,
making a total for this class of work
of 519,873.150. This is about 1,000.000
less than the amount given for rier
and harbor work for the first session
of the last congress. An important
feature of the new bill is that it au
thorizes no new contracts.
Shockingly Maiieled by a Train.
Mexico, Mo., Aug. 23. Jake Morris,
aired 17 years, fell from a freight train.
His head was severed from the body
and he was also cut in two at the ab-cluuia.
SUFFERING AT PULLMAN.
Gov. Altgeld InBpocts tho "Model
City."
Appeal of Iestitnte Community A Tour
Amonir Tlioso in DSstrcs I'ullmun
I'rijeil to Help Former Employes
Altgeld Issues a I'roclamation.
ASKINO FOR AID.
Srr.ixr.FiKi.n, 111., Aug. 21. The fol
lowing letter has been received by
Gov. Altgeld:
"Kexsixoton. I1L. Aug. CO. To liis Kxcel
lency the Governor of Illinois: v.'e. the pet, pie
of Pullman, who. by the greed and optires ,ion
of (JeorKC M. Pullman have been brought
to a condition where starvation stares
us in the face, do hereby appeal to you for
aid in this, our hour of need. We have
been refused employment and have no
tieans of leaving this vicinity and our families
ore starving. Our places have been tilled with
workmen !r;m all over the Uniteu states,
brought here by the Puilni:.!i company. and the
Surplus were turned away to wall; the si reels
ind starve. Also there arc over I.OM families
here in dest it ut ion. and their condition is p!ti:'nl.
We have exhaust, . 1 :il the '..leans at our com
mand to feed theiu iinii we now n.al:e this appeal
to you as a last resource. Tru-i:i.g t!:at Uod
wiU inJluetice you and that yon v. ill give this
your prompt attention, we leinair. yours ia
distress, the starving cite,is of Pullman.
''i. n. Pt.i.r.xs,
I.. J. Ni.u r.i.1,,
'The - in Kookk."
The (iovprnor Inspects the iiy.
Chicago, Aug. 22. Gov. Altgeld went
to Pullman a little in doubt as to
the trutii of the relief committees'
statement that 1,000 families in
the model town were literally starv
ing in their homes. He tiidn't think
that such a condition could possibly
exist in Chicago. After he had .-pent an
hour or two in 1'ultoii street among the
tenement blocks and in the shanty
districts of the brickyards, and found
every man, woman and child in des
perate straits for want of fuel, food
and clothing, he was satisfied that the
time for immediate relief had come.
"There is no doubt," he said, '"about
the absolute distress and want in l'ull
maj. Kelief has got to come from
6ome source, and come soon.'
The governor made his tour of in
spection at the head of an army of
curious women and children who
thronged around him eager to at
tact his attention. Seanti-- clad
mothers with their babes in their
arms edged their way through
the crowd and begged that they
might be allowed to pour out their
stories of suffering. Disheartened
strikers, who had seated themselves
with their families only a few hours
before and e-oustimed the last morsel
of food in the house, told their needs
with trembling lips and tears in their
eyes.
The (iovrrnor'i Proclamation.
Chicago. Aug. 2:. Just before re
turning to Springneld Tuesday night
Gov. Altgeld issued a proclamation to
the people of Illinois, asking1 thera
to send contributions to relieve
the starving strikers at l'ullmau.
He also addressed a letter to
the county commissioners, calling
; their attention to the suffering in Pull
man and urging them to furnish im
: mediate assistance.
The appeal to the people was not
; made until the governor hud satisfied
i himself that tiie Pullman company
' would do nothing to relieve the dis
; tress. The governor engaged, during
the day, in a spirited correspondence
with Mr. Pullman, but could get no
promise that ollieers of the company
would help starving tenants.
I "As you refuse to do anything to re
lieve the suffering in this case.'" the
governor wrote to Mr. Pullman, in
: closing the correspondence, "I am
compelled to appeal to the humanity
! of the people of Illinois to do so."
i The Appeal.
'To tho People of the State of Illinois and
Especially Those of the t ity of Chicago:
There is great tiistress growing out of the want
i tf food in and around ti.e town of Pullman.
i More than l.'tD families, or in the ueighbor
hood of C.liO people, are utterly desti
tute c early four-fifths of them are women
and children. The men have endeavored
I to get work, but were unable to do
: so. 1 have made a personal examination of
; the case and learn from the oSleers of the
j Pullman company that prior to the strike they
; had 3.-60 names on tho p.iy-roll: yesterday
they had 2.220 people at work, but over tinO of
' these iere new men, so that they have only
about I .too of their old employes at work.
i leaving about l.Cto that have not been taken
: back. Several hundred of these have
lelt. but the remainder are unable to go
away and have nothing to eat. 1 find that
immediately alter tiio beginning of the f-trike
a relief association was torined to provide for
; the needy, and the books of this association
show that 2.4' 3 applications were made by the
i Pullman employed, mostly heads of families.
. to this association for aid in f-ii t. nearly all
of the employes except the iuw hunureds who
' left have been supported by charity for nearly
: three months.
! "As a rule tney are a sujerior class of labor
ing people, industrious, capable and steady,
end some of them have worked for the Pull
man company for more than ten years. Those
who have been given work can get food, but
are still in such an impoverished condition
that they cannot help their neighbors if
: they would. The relief society is un
able to get more supp.ies. Cn last Sat
urday it gave to each family two pounds
of oatmeal and two pounds of corumeal. and
having nothing left it susicnled operations,
leaving the people in an absolutely helpici-s
contlitiou. The county commissioners of Cook
county, as overseers ot the poor, have retiuefed
some assistance, but owing to a limited appro
priation they can furnish relief but for u short
time.
We cannot now stop to inquire the cause of
this distress. The good people of this state
cannot all; vv women and children by the hun
dred to perish of hueger. 1 therefore call upoa
all humane and charicbly-disposed citizens to
contribute what they can toward giving relief
to these people. I am satisfied that any con
tribution sent to the Pullman relief committee
at Kensington. 111., will bo judiciously dis
tributed. 1 tind their treasurer has given bond
to properly account for all moneys received.
'Aug. 21. John P. AltoEI.d. Governor."
FATAL WRECK ON THE VABASH.
Four Men Killed and Ilight Other Se
verely Injured.
St. Loci. Aug. 22 About midnight
freight train No. 'J. on the Yabash
railroad, struck a horse 2 miles west
of Jouesbuxg resulting in the ditching
of the locomotive and nineteen cars
and the killiug of Engineer C. Felton,
of Moberly, Mo, and three tramps
named Birch Miller, William Andler
and J. Thompson.
I'uint Factory Iturned.
Er.iE. Pa., Aug. 24. The paint facto
ry of Howe, McClure & Co. and the
warehouse of Watson's paper mill Sn
this city were destro3-ed by fire, ia
Tolving a loss of (60,000.
TCO'M'S CURE
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