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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MfitfNING , JUNE 10 , 189-1. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
MADE THE LAWYERS HURRY
Federal Judges Bring Arguments in Maxi
mum Rate Case to an End ,
POINTS MADE IN YESTERDAY'S ' DEBATE
Volition nf Kach Hide Hovlcwcil by the
Other Juntlco llrmvcr Announces
that n Iecl lon May Io I Ex
pected In Two Unfits.
Owing to pressure of business on Judge
Dundy and the fact that Justice Brewer
had urgent business In the cast , they lim
ited the tlmo of the attorneys for
arguing the maximum freight rate case
In the federal courts yesterday morn-
Ing. This decision of the Judges cut
nhort the arguments on both sides , for Mr.
iWcbntcr expected to consume the entire
day In concluding his arguments , and At
torney General Hastings would have liked
a couple of days In which to present the
IiolntB favorable to the state , while Judge
jWoolworth , attorney for the plaintiff rall-
, ways , could have easily talked a day and
a half In conclusion.
As It was the attorneys had to hastily
concentrate their strongest points , and Mr.
, Wobscr ( began his concluding remarks by
taking up the question of the earnings of
the respective roads , based On valuations
per mlle of the cost of the railways. Ho
eald that on a valuation of $20,000 per mlle
the not earnings of the I ) . & M. were 37.9
and on the Union Pacific 20.7 per cent. Ho
showed where the railway companies had
made large earnings on the .main lines , but
had squandered large sums In impractical
work and the maintenance of branches ,
which absorbed their earnings in a desire
to shut out some rival company. He desig
nated the management of these roads like
that of some improvident merchant who
looked after pennies and missed or squan-
dcrcld the dollars , lie showed that the U.
& M. had to Issue 'dividend stock In order
to absorb Its large earnings and said that
other roads had to pay a heavy rate of
interest on watered stock and that many of
the roads fixed their bonded Indebtedness
as a basing rate for freight rates. Thla
.was designated as an exaction of double
tribute from the people for whoso benefit
these roads were constructed ,
Ho took up the figures given In Dll-
wortli's evidence and showed that In many
Instances the rates made by the Newberry
bill were higher than those made by the
railways , and also that the railways made
Borne rates entirely out of proportion.
Mr. Webster then took up the classifica
tion of freights , by this act of the legisla
ture , which was discussed briefly. He thought
that the enactments of the law should have
been enforced first by the state , and then
let the railroads find out by actual experi
ence whether or not the rates were unjust.
QUESTION OF LEGALITY.
Mr. Webster closed , and Attorney General
Hastings began speaking on the legality of
the acts of the legislature. Ho had prepared
a largo brief , setting out authorities and
decisions favorable to the defense , but owing
to limited time lib handed copies of It to
the Judges for their consideration. He spoke
on the intention of the Newberry enactment
and went on to show that It was in no sense
n persecution upon the railways , nor was It
Unjust to them. Ho discussed the rates put
upon grain shipments. It was claimed that
tula act did not Interfere In any manner
6f form with , the Interstate commerce laws ,
nnd that the federal court had ho jurisdic
tion to entertain tliln action , either over the
parties or the subject matter. ' lid contended
that the following propositions had been
fully substantiated :
, That the schedule of rates as provided In
.House Jloll No. 33 can bo , from the provi
sions , .only just and reasonablerates. .
That the evidence fully sustains : the propo
sition of the rates established by said law
being reasonable.
That by reason of the evidence of the com
plainants and the railroad companies regard
ing the expenditures of their Incomes they
nro estopped from denying the reasonable
ness of the rates in House Roll No. 33 , and
euch being tlm case , ho asked that the bills
of the complainants bo dismissed , the tem
porary Injunction dissolved , and these de
fendants , the State Doard of Transportation
of Nebraska , go hence without delay. He
further maintained that a railroad had no
right to charge one man n certain rate and
another man another rate for hauling the
Bamo class of freight.
Ho contended that under sections G and C
of the Newberry bill , If the railways showed
that these rates were unjust , such rates
could bo raised by the State Board of Trans
portation to a certain percentage , but this
the railways refused to do.
Justice Brewer asked Mr. Hastings If the
state was not overlooking a question likely
to arise In this and all other similar cases ,
to-wlt : If It was not a fact that the statq
bad permitted tha railways to Increase their
bonded Indebtedness in hopes of paying off
their actual Indebtedness ? Mr. Hastings
contended that If this was a fact , thp people
of the state should not now bo burdened
. with the past dishonest acts of others. Ho
then paid attention to the salaries paid a
certain class of railway officials , who draw
enormous sums from the railway companies
annually for little service.
Judge Woolworth took up the argument In
the afternoon and began dlscusMng the ap
proximate cost i > br mlle of the Nebraska
roads. "Ho held that the maximum rates
.would not allow the roads n remunerative
percentage on the amounts Invested.
The Judge then took up the contention
that the Nowborry bill was Illegally changed
without the knowledge of the members by
Interpolations by an Irresponsible third per-
eon. This jsubject was discussed at some
length and then ho filed his answer to the
defendants' attorney. Mr. Woolworlh's re
ply In substance Is :
"Mr. Webster thinks some of our figures
were presented without seeing what they
proved. He says they prove that the roa.ls
made 100 per cent In this state. Let us HOO
what they are. Ho begins by taking the
earnings and cost per ton par mile , and says
these figures show that the companies made
100 per cent. And ho takes the figures given
by Taylor for the Burlington and VanKuran
for the Union Pacific.Vo are agreed then
upon the figures. Taylor cays that the earn
ings per ton per mlle on local frlcghts were ,
In 189' ' , 2,097 cents and that thu cost was
3.37 cents. Deduct this from the earnings
and you have 7 mills left. This Is net
earnings and Is about 33 > per cent
of grosx earnings Instead of 100.
Hero Is an example of the exaggera
tions of Mr. Webster. But the data given
by him lead to na result. You may have
thn earnings per ton per mlle and the cost
per ton per mile , but until you have the
whole tonnugo per mlle you cannot de
termine whether you have any earnings. A
trader may buy a quantity of cotton In bales ,
lie knows what It cost him per bnlu nnd ho
Itnows what he wants to sell It for per bale.
Hut It ho has only ten bales he won't make
enough for his trouble. But If ho has 1.000-
000 bales ho may inako a good thing. Now ,
Mr. Webster did not go beyond the cost nnd
the earnings per ton per mile , so thut ha
reached no practical- result , Let us carry
plio calculation to Its logical result. Table
K > n page 415 , given by Ullworth , gives the
humbcr of tons hauled one mile In this
btato by the Burlington In 1S)2. ! ) U Is
S1OQO,000 tons. Wo have seen that the net
earnings par ton per mile were 7 milts ;
jnultlpltncss ) two ' and ou , have JG-JiiOm )
pel earnings. Reil'iictloiis made by the bill
ire 29.50 per cent of the earnings. The
arnlnga were that year $1.852,030 ami n
.Ittlc over. That gives $54GU15 for reduction
y the bill. Now Interest also comes off.
'he mortgage ID $20,000 pr mile , or $2,221-
71.17 In the wholi state , and , reduced to
ocal freight , U $331,000. Add that to $ MO-
45 and you have $ S77S01. Deduct your net
arnlnga , $037,979 , and you have a lost of
239.823.
. "Now take tha Union Pacific. VanKuran
says the earnings on local freight per ton
per mile were 1.98J cents and cost was 1.135
cents. Deduct ono from the other and you
have very nearly 8V4 mills. The table
shows the number of tons hauled ono
mile , 42.070,322. Multiply that by 8',4
mills and you have $365,217'net earnings.
Reductions by the bill are $413,187 ; that Is
more than the earnings by $77,910 , saying
nothing of Interest. So that Mr. Webster's
calculation carried out to the end leads him
Into a loss. Instead of our making 100 per .
cent we lose over BO per cent ,
"Take his calculation again. Ho says the
earnings of the Burlington were $1,853,030
and then he takes Randall's figures for cost ,
$900,000 , forgetting that they are corrected
by him nnd the cost really Is $1,221,71C. The
correct figures spoil the wholesale statement
of 100 per cent profit. But he stops there
and docs not follow out the calculation to
the end. Take the Burlington again : De
duct from $1S5C,03C earnings $1,221,740 cost
and you have 5035,290 , which Is the net
earnings ; that" Is almost exactly what they
were shown to be on the per ton per mile
basis. Deduct reductions by the bill , $546-
000 , and Interest upon $20,000 per mile at G
per cent and you have a loss of $250,000 In
round numbers. The Union Pacific comes
out the same and so do all the other roads.
VALUE OP PROPERTY.
"Now let us see what the testimony shows
the property Is really worth , or what the
property may be reproduced for today. Day
was the engineer of the Rock Island who
built the road from South Omaha to Janscn ,
101 miles , since 1S90. He says that It cost ,
all things takeli Into account , $33,000 or $34-
000 without equipment. . Wo know that the
Burlington road cost $71,000,000 and over In
this state , with 2,200 odd miles of road. That
shows that the road actually cost In money
$34,000 per mile. In addition , you must pro
vide for machine shops nnd machinery , which
arc not Included in House's or Wakeflcld's
testimony , and terminals in large cities ,
which are Just as necessary for local as
through business. If you make n fair allow
ance for the cost of a purely local road In
this state , well built and equipped , such as
the public In this state demand on the lines ,
then $35,000 must be expended In Its con
struction. Furthermore , that Is what the
state board found to be the value of all
these properties In a' thorough and extended
Investigation In 1892. If you take $30,000 ,
which Is the lowest that you can take as the
present value of the railroads in this state ,
and allow 7 per cent Interest upon the In
vestment , and you have under this bill rates
which will not pay upon the value of the
property at 7 per cent nnd operating expenses
by $800,000 , and the same ,1s true on the
Burlington.
"Now one general remark needs to be
made. We claim nothing here for dividends
on stock ; capitalization such as Is described
here docs not enter Into the Investigation.
We throw the stock all aside. We are told
that the Northwestern has made dividends on
Its stock and also on Its preferred stock ;
there Is nothing In the record to show that ,
even If It be true. But the Elkhorn never
made a dividend of n dollar. Operating ex
penses and Interest upon $18,000 a mile have
absorbed all the earnings by a small margin ,
which has been necessary and has been ex
pended in developing the property. The
Burlington , wo are told , has made n divi
dend of G per cent ; very true ; that certainly
Is not too much ; but all that matter Is out
of the case ; wo do not call upon stock at all ,
nnd It makes no difference whether the
amount of outstanding stock is great or lit
tle. Now , take the matter of bonds secured
by mortgages ; the bonds on the Elkhorn and
the Omaha roads are at the rate of $18,000
a mile and no more. The other side admit upon
their own theory that the property la worth
that much and more ; so that In case of those
two companies there is no earthly ground
for contending that the property has been
mortgaged and Is charged with debts over
and above what It is really worth. The
truth la Jt has been bonded for nearly what
"Now It is said that the main line of tha
Burlington yielded 37 per cent. Notice what
that-Is upon ; it is upon the backbone of the
system , to which all of the other lines con
tribute business. Furthermore , | t' ' is upon all
of the business through , interstate and
local ; U Is 191 miles of the "through line
from the. river to Denver , a , distance of over
600 'miles ; It is 190 miles out of a total mile
age of over 2,200 miles. To single that par
ticular road out by Itself and cliilm that Its
earnings are a Just measure of the whole
system is absurd. And to claim that our
local rates are to bo governed by the earn
ings on all business is also absurd. And the
same Is precisely true of the Union Pacific.
WOULD MAKE LOSSES GREATER.
"Now we are to remember that In all this
Investigation the figures upon which the
calculations on both sides have been made
ara up to the mlddlo of 1S93 , and that from
that time to this the loss on the business of
these companies Is 25 per cent. If we may
take our own stand upon the present condi
tions nnd make the figures upon earnings
now being made the disastrous effects of this
bill would be greater. You may make these
figures In any way yon please , upon any
data that this record contains , and the re
sult will prove uniformly the same as those
which wo have worked out.
"Mr. Webster says that the tables at the
end | of the statement to my brief are not In
evidence ; that Is true. Rut either they are
taken from tables furnished by his own sec
retary or from calculations accurately made
and undisputed from the data furnished by
that gentleman.
"Ono word ns to the constitutional validity
of the fifth section so far as its relates to
the action of the supreme court. In the state
against Wheeler in 33 Nebraska the court
distinctly says that Its' functions are purely
judicial ; that they cannot be perverted to an
administrative character. Therefore , in that
case the rourt held that It' could not be ! .con
verted Into a board to determine u contested
election ; no more can It be converted into
a board to determine whether rates are
reasonable or not. Tp what I said In my
opening about the Interference of this bill
with Interstate commerce let me add a , single
word. Under the Interstate commerce law
these companies were compelled to make
'fair a'nd reasonable' rate's , and , havlns done
so and formuKUed tholn In a tariff , pub
lished that tariff and filed It with the com
mission , these companies did precisely what
the law required them to do. They then ,
undertho , act of congress , acquired the vested
, rlghi 'to charge those , rates they were en
titled to without any Interference whatever
by the states. If such lnterf renco wis In
terposed It was usurpation. "
OTHER ARUUMENT.
Attorney Charles Green , for the n. & M. ,
held that the legislature had no right to fix
a maximum rate to the exclusion of all
others. Ho thought that the State Board of
.Transportation . had been given power Id
lower the rates , but It could not raise the
rates to protect , any railway company from
unjust dealings , The executive power hud
been placed in the hands of the Judiciary ,
and vice versa , In this Instance. Ho made
another point to the effect that the law con
flicted with the Intcrstato commerce act and
discriminated against the railways to such
an extent as to bo class legislation.
General Hawley of thu Klkhorn road fol
lowed Mr , Green and explained what effect
the enforcement of the law would have on
railways. Ho cited authorities to substanti
ate him In asserting that the state could not
properly become a party to this rase , as It
lias done. He argued that the law was un
constitutional and conflicted with other laws
which U was to replace , but \\hlch were not
repealed and nro now In full force und ef
fect.
fect.This completed the arguments and Judge
Dundy asked Mr. Webster If U was the In
tention to submit five cases which arc sim
ilar to this ono on the same facts. This- was
agreed -to , and Wouster made a motion tliat
the cnso against the- Rod ; Island bo dis
missed for want of prosecution , which was
uoiiiT. t i- " * * ! - - N " *
Judge Brewer left ( or Boston last night
and eald that ho thought ho would bo able
to hand down a decision within two weeks.
1'retty Well Togccil Out.
GLASGOW , Juno 18. The American
yacht Vigilant was towed to Henderson's
dock , I'urtcck , twenty miles nortbwe.it of
this city today. The Vigilant Is to be
thoroughly overhauled nnd In every way
made ready for the Clyde regatta.
FREE C'ML ' WAS VOTED DOWN
Senator Hill Makes a Spirited Speech on
His Amendment ,
ONLY SEVEN VOTED FOR IT
I'nprr , Coul nnd Ml cellnnooua Schedules
Completed Ycsterduy With the Kx-
ceptlcm < if Hill's Speech There \
U' No Controicrsy.
WASHINGTON , Juno IS. The senate today
after some routine business entered upon the
twelfth week of the tariff debate. The tem
perature was sweltering , the mercury stand
ing SI degrees In the chamber. Some private
bills were passed , and while the senate was
discussing a bill which had been Introduced
by Mr. Peffer and favorably reported by the
committee on agriculture , to pay $2,500 for
an Invention that would utilize electricity or
gaseous vapors as a motor for agricultural
machinery , the tariff bill came up. Mr.
Harris , however , allowed the passage of a
Joint resolution directing the secretary of
war to appoint n commission o engineers
to examine and report upon the cost of
deepening the harbors of Superior and Du-
luth. The tariff bill was laid before the
senate.
At the request of Mr. Platt the two para
graphs , 298 and 2D9 , of the silk schedule
passed over on Saturday were again passed
over today and schedule M "pulp , papers
and books , " was taken up. Mr. Fryo of
fered a protest against the first paragraph
of the schedule , placing a duty of 10 per cent
on mechanically ground wood pulp and chem
ical wood pulp , bleached or unbleached. The
production of wood pulp , said Mr. Frye , was
an enormous Industry , employing 70,000
men , turning out a product valued at $35-
000,000 annually and paying an annual wage
of $23.000,000. Under the operation of the
present duty the cost of paper had greatly
decreased. Wood pulp had decreased In price
from 4'/4 cents per pound to l'/i
cents in the last ten years. . It
was produced In twenty-nine states ,
but principally In Maine and New
York. He appealed to the other side to
make the duty specific Instead of ad valorem
and proposed an amendment to substitute
equivalent specific rates , say $2.50 per tenon
on wood pulp mechanically ground , chemical
wood pulp unbleached $5 per ton , and
bleached $0.60 per ton.
The democratic members of the finance
committee refused to accept the amendment
and It was rejected , 20 to 23.
INCREASE IN PAPER DUTIES.
The rate on sheathing paper and roofIng -
Ing felt was fixed at 10 per cent ; on printIng -
Ing paper , unsized , suitable for books and
newspapers , at 15 per cent ( an Increase from
the house rate on unsized paper from 12 to
15 per cent ) ; on copying paper , filtering
paper , tissue paper , sensitized paper , etc. , 30
per cent ( an increase of G per cent from the
house rate ) ; parchment paper , card board ,
photograph albums , wholly or partly manu
factured , 30 per cent ; lithographic prints ,
27 per cent ; lithographic labels , 45 pdr cent
( house rate 25 per cent ) ; paper envelopes ,
20 per cent ; paper hangings , 20 per cent ;
blank books , 20 per cent ; books , Including
pamphlets and engravings , photographs ,
etchings , 25 per cent ; playing cards , 10
cents per pack and 50 per cent ad volorem ;
manufactures of paper not specially provided
for , 20 per cunt.
This completed the pulp nnd paper sched
ules , and tie ! senate immediately took up
schedule N , sundries. The following rates
were fixed without debate : Hair , penclh
and feather dusters , 30 per cent ; brooms ,
20 per cent ; button forms , 10 per cent ; agate
buttons , 25 per cent ; pearl and shell but
tons , 1 cent per line and 15 per cent ad
valorem ; Ivory buttons , glass , bone "and
horn , 35 per cent ; shoe buttons , 25 per cent.
It was not until coal was reached that op
position developed. The house bill placed
coal on the free list. The finance committee
amendment placed a duty of 40 cents on
bituminous coal and shale , 15 cents on slack
and culm , and 15 per cent ad volorem on
coke.
coke.As
As soon as the clerk had read this para
graph Mr. Hill and Mr. Peffer Jumped to
their feet. The New York senator was
recognized , and he sent to the clerk's desk
an amendment to relegate bituminous coal
and shale to the free list. *
He supported his amendment with n
speech. It was useless for him to enter Into
a lengthy argument. He simply wanted to
call the attention of his democratic colleagues
to the fact that the country expected a dem
ocratic congress In any tariff reform meas
ure to place coal on the free list.
During the course of his remarks Senator
Chandler Interrupted Senator Hill , express
ing the opinion that coal would be on the
free list before the bill became a law , basing
his opinion on the "serene confidence" fet |
by the Nova Scotia syndicate , with which
Mr. Whitney was connected.
Mr. Hill declared he was opposed to cer
tain features of the bill , the socialistic and
popullstlo income tax In particular , but no
one , he declared , had a right to say he was
opposed to the bill and was seeking to com
pass Its defeat. God knows what the bill
will be like when It passes the senate and
comes out of conference , " said ho passion
ately. "God knows how many more ex
tortions and concessions will be wrii'ng from
the unwilling hands of the committee. I re
serve the right to vote for' It or not when I
see what It is as a duality. "
SEVEN FOR FREE COAL.
Mr. Squire , on behalf of the Washington
coal Interests , thought It was unfair to ad
mit' Canadian coal at 40 per cent when Can
ada charges GO per cetlt on coal Imports.
Mr. Perkins explained that he should refrain
from voting' on this paragraph because he
had a personal Interest In coal mines on the
Pacific coast. A vote was taken on Mr.
Hill's amendment at 3:30 : and It was lost 7
to Cl , Messrs. Kyle , Allen , Peffer , populists ;
Hill and Irby , democrats , and Hansbrough
and Washburn , republicans , voted In favor
of the motion.
The finance committee's amendment plac
ing a. duty of 40 per cent on bituminous coal
and shale and 'If ? cents un coal or culm that
will pass through a half Inch screen was
then agreed to.
Mr. Vest proposed a series of Increases of
the duties on gloves which were agreed to
without objection. The miscellaneous sched
ule was completed without obstruction and
at 615 ; the senate adjourned.
iHKcuiuiTin AT WASHINGTON ,
Uhlrtifjo I'ollco Say Ho Is n Crnnk Who
Will llrur Watching- .
WASHINGTON , June 18. Every police ,
secret service and treasury official here re
gards as a pure fabrication the story pub
lished In the Post today that a grove an-
archlat conspiracy had been unearthed.
'Honoro Jackson affects indignation that his
name should have been used In connection
with the story. Jackson's landlady Is Indig
nant that she * should have been brought into
the fiction by having the street and number of
her housa given and she does not scruple to
hay that Jackson wrote the article himself.
DeMattcrs , upon whose statement the article
Is supposed to be based , Is regarded by Chief
Hazcn of the secret tervlcc and by the police
detectives as utterly untrustworthy.
CHICAGO , June IS. "Jackson Is a crank
of the first water and therefore * will bear
watching , " said Chief of Police Drennan to
day , referring tg tha Jndlan halfbrewl wno
Is the alleged leader of an alleged anarchist
plot to blow up the capitol , the Treasury ,
War amT NavV blfldlngs at Washington.
"Last summer Jackson was affiliated with
men known to be of an anarchist ) leaning In
tills city. It will bo remembered there waste
to be a world's congress of anarchists In this
city during the World's fair and that though
there were no public meetings there was a
secret session In Jackson's otllce , The police
found no occasion for Interfering with the
meeting and nothing was done. "
Caili In the Treoiury.
WASHINGTON , Juno 18. Cash balance In
the treasury today wh's 115,284,710 , of which
$68,484,446 was gold Yesprvo. Advices from
New York state that $1,500,000 In gold was
engaged today for cijtort tomorrow , of
Which $1,000,000 was taken from the sub-
treasury. This laaves the amount of the
gold reserve $67,484,146.
WISTIKN : INTKUKMTS IN WASHINGTON.
New I'oitpniconVuHtcd by South Ditkntn
People Coiisrewlonnt I'crsoimlH.
WASHINGTON , June 18. ( Special Tele
gram to The Hoe. ) Citizens of Campbell
county , South Dakota , ask that a new post-
office be established In that county. They
petition that the new office be named Van-
derbllt and that J.-J'rall be made postmaster.
Congressman Perkins this morning called
up and secured the. passage of the bill grantIng -
Ing right of way through the Omaha and
Wlnncbago Indian reservation to the East
ern Nebraska & Gulf railway.
Representative IJryan and family left for
Lincoln this evening. Mr. Bryan will attend
the convention of the silver democrats to
be held at Omaha June 21.
Representative Mercer and wife arrived
In Washington yesterday afternoon from
their wedding trip. , Mr. Mercer called at the
Postofilce department today and succeeded
In getting an assurance that additional let
ter carriers for Omaha Will be allowed. The
business has Increased In size so rapidly that
an additional force" la made necessary. A
special Inspector has been detailed to In
vestigate the matter for the purpose of as
certaining Just how many extra carriers are
needed.
William Macklntyro of Watcrtown , S. D. ,
will be u candidate for congress on the re
publican ticket , probably to succeed Mr.
Plckler. Congressman PIckler says he Is
confident that bothho and Congressman Lu
cas will be renomlnated. Uurlelgh Milton of
Redfield , S. D. , will leave for his homo on
Thursday night. Ho says that he has
reached the conclusion that he Is not a
candidate for congress. He has resigned his
position as private. secretary to Congress
man Lucas and Deri Shannon of Huron , son
of the editor of the Huronlte , has been ap
pointed to succeed hfm.
The comptroller pi the currency has ap
proved the selection of the Globe National
bank nnd Union National bank of Chicago
as reserve agents for the Omaha National
bank of Omaha. - " " "
Patents have been Issued as follows :
Robert Sterling , Hartlngton , Neb. , mechani
cal movement. To lowans John Jllek , Mon-
tlcello , sawing machine ; Eldrldgo H. Noble
and J. W. Ward. Postvllle , mop wringer ;
Walter D. Thatcher ; Oskaloosa , ice cream
freezer.
Representative Halfoy o"f Texas Appointed to
I'resldi ! Over thu House.
WASHINGTON,4June 18. A leltcr from
the speaker was read In the house announc
ing that on account of sickness he would be
unable to attend the session of the house
today , and appointing Mr. bailey of Texas
speaker pro tern.
The deficiency 1)111 ) jvns reported by Mr.
Drecklnrldge of Kentucky. Mr. Saycrs of
Texas will have qbfttrol 'of ' the bill on the
floar of the house' . The .fleficlency bill car
ries an appropriation- ' $4.890.593.
The commercial travelers' bill , to permit
the Issue J5y railroads oT. joint , Interchange
able 5,0.00-mlle tlcketfe , , w'as passed today.
The'senato bill grartting right of way to
the Eastern Iebra la ' & Gulf raljway. through
the Omaha and'WIqnfenhgbndan \ reservation
In the state of NcbMsKa joras passed.
The anti-option UH' was then launched
upon its congressional Toyage. Mr. Hatch
opened the debate .with a speeetrin favor of
the bill. ' " /.i- / '
When Mr. Hatch's > , iie expired Mr * War
ner of New York , delivered a vigorous 'speech
against t8 ] | , measur * . M > . Bryan of Ne
braska. , considered this n bill to prevent
gambling , ln farm products , and It was un
just to his constituents ( who-were , " mainly
faVmers ) ( hat the , other mon' should have
the right to affect the prtco of their product
If they had taken the risk of rain and
drouth and grasshoppers and cinch bugs.
There was no difference between the action
of the burglar who went to a man's home
and robbed him of bis , go'ods and the action
of the men who , on the stock exchange ,
drove down the , price bf another man's pro
duct and thus deprived him of so much to
which ho was Justly 'entitled. At 5:03 : the
house adjourned.
WESTEIljN TENSIONS.
Votcrnns of the .into 'Wnr ' Remembered by
tlio General Government. .
WASHINGTON , , June'lS.-tSpeclal to The
Bee. ) Pensions granted , Issue of Juno 0 ,
were' Nebraska : Original Arthur L.
Shucler , Lincoln , ' Lancaster ; William M.
Kelly , Rule , Richardson. Reissue Thomas
B. Larkins , Bar'tiott ? Wheeler. Original
widows , etc. Ha'rinqh Waddle , Omaha ,
Douglas. ,
Iowa : Original Eugene M. Post , Cedar
Rapids , Linn ; Samuel Kinder , Sabula ,
Jackson. Renewal-fCharles W. I'olley ,
Wilton Junction , .Muscatlne. Renewal and
Increase Uenjamln O" Stanley , Rossvllle ,
Allamakee. Increase Marlon Pease , Colfax ,
Jnsper ; Robert J. I'rny , Lnporie City ,
Black Hawk. Original widows , etc. Mnry
Ann Dougherty , Ottumwn , Wnpello ; Mary
M. Rigby , Mecnanlcsvllle , Cedar.
South Dakota : ' Original Norman J.
Pryor , Troy , Grant. Reissue Abraham W.
Johnson. Groton. IJrown ; Levl Spurllng ,
East Pierre , Hughes Original widows ,
etc. Nellie B. C. Monroe , Sioux Falls ,
Mlnnehaha , ,
Mpntana : Reissue Ira 8. Llvermore ,
Cameron , Madison.
Colorado : Original George Loner , Fort
Logan , Arapahoe. _
Olnny I'tifc on u Bui ) .
WASHINGTON' , June 18. Attorney Gen
eral Olney said to < laythe're was no truth In
the published statement that he had de
cided to enter suit forjjl71,000,000 against the
Pacific bonded railroads , but had employed
Attorney Russel for tjie purpose of handling
the suits. ; _
Seimtor Gormun Hue-It In Wellington.
WASHINGTON , Juiie 18. Senator Gorman
has returned to Washington and was In the
senate today for the first tlmc ln two weeks.
Ho has not yet entirely ' recovered his
health. '
Slout 1'iilla hi Itemembered.
WASHINOTQ , Juntas ; In the deficiency
bill the appropriation's jfor completing public
buildings under way ar § ; El Paso. Tex. ,
$7,000 ; Port Townsend , $11.000 ; Sacramento ,
Cal. , $10.000 ! ' Bkrnx i > als. ! ST. D. ( $15,000.
Seveml of the Lruvpuivorth Crowd INcupo
Whrn They.JIuir of TThelr Conviction.
LEAVENWORTH , Kan. , June 18-The
Jury returned n , verdlee finding Sanders'
Commonweal army. , eu'ltty ' , na ehnrge'd in
the Information' . ' When the news of the
verldct was conveyed' i6 tlm camp of the
Commonwealeiji on the military reserva
tion , quite a comm'oHon was raised. The
prisoners became exalted , and a rush for
liberty was made. The deputy marshals
took after two men , tiring on them , hitting
and bringing .down one' man , who after
wards crawlexfr uwuy In thu bruuh. During
the conf union 'nearly forty of the convicted
Wcnlers made peed their escape. Company
F , Sixth cavalry , wns called from Fort
Leavcnworth , and the remaining prisoners
surrounded and brought back to Leaven-
worth for safe'kcenlui ? until sentenced to
morrow , Tlieponvlct il incn.wcre divided
Into squads ami Bent .to Topeka , Lawrence ,
Kansas ) City and Atbhison to serve what
sentence la given at the Jails In those
places. . - ga fe tf - , - tJ
Mo\emenU of Seagoing Vessels Juno , 17.
At New York Arrived Lochmaree , from
Rotterdam : Jt'rlesland , from Antnwerp ;
Taurlc , from Liverpool ; Bcheldum. from
Amsterdam.
At Glasgo * Arrived Furnesln , from
New York.
At Movllle Arrived Sardinian , from
Montreal.
At Liverpool Arrived Scythla , from Bos
ton ; Cutlo , from New Yok.
At Glasgow Arrlvcd--Assyrian , from
Montreal ,
At Southampton Arrived Elbe , from
New York.
At Ban Francisco , Junu ] 8-lrparteJ
Coltma , for Panama ,
CYCLONE IN SIOUX COUNTY
Terrible in Its Severity , but Comparatively
Small in Scops.
MUCH FARM PROPERTY DESTROYED
Man nnd llorao lllown Through the Itoof
of a Shed nnd I.nnded Two Hundred
1'cet Axrny Without Injury
to lUthcr.
HARRISON , Neb. , Juno IS. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) The north part of Sioux
county was visited yesterday by a cyclone ,
which was terrible In Its severity but com
paratively small In Its scope of territory.
H was about twenty rods wide and five
miles In length. Everything in Its path was
swept from the earth. A log fourteen feet
In length and fifteen Inches In diameter was
picked up and carried n distance of sixty
rods. The barns , sheds , wagons and Im
plements of D. W. Woody were completely
demolished , and ten rods of a wire fence
was swept clear. Hufus Woody and his
horse , In n shed , were picked up and car
ried through the open roof and landed again
about 200 feet away. Neither received any
serious damage , although Woody's face was
considerably bruised by the flying sand and
gravel and his clothes torn from him. No
other reports of damage have yet come In.
KA1N AND HAIL.
Stones of Itegultitlon Slzo I'ull lit
Kxeter.
EXETER , Neb. , June 18. ( Special to The
Bee. ) This section of the country waa vis
ited by a tremendous rain and hall storm
this morning about 3 a. m. , and. lasted
nearly an hour. Many hailstones the size of
hen eggs were picked up. The most of them
were flat and round and about the size and
shape of quarter and half dollars. A number
of window glasses were broken. Gardens
were pounded Into the earth and small fruits
were nearly all stripped off the trees and
bushes. There has not been as much water
on the ground for two years as there Is this
morning. Another nice shower fell about
7:30 : a. m. Such of the farmers as have
come In from the country report that their
crops were not damaged to any great extent.
GORDON , Neb. , June 18. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) A fine rain fell here
last night. This rain , on top of that last
week , Insures about three-fourths of a crop
of small grain , as It brought the wheat out
wonderfully. The prospect for n corn crop
Is better than It has been here for five years.
YORK , Neb. , June 18. ( Special to The
Dee. ) A copious rain fell hero early this
morning refreshing vcgltatlon and making
farmers feel confident of a good corn crop.
The rains of the past two weeks have
brightened the prospects very much. The
oats and wheat , which were supposed to have
been beyond recoveryfwlll make part of crop.
LAWRENCE , Neb. , June IS. ( Special to
The Bee. ) This section was twice visited
last week by beautiful rains , which though
too late for small grain gave goud promise
of bis corn , hay nnd potato craps.
SURPRISE , Neb. . June 18. ( Special to
The Bee. ) There was a heavy shower this
morning , lasting about-three-hours.-'Crops-
are picking-up finely. ,
DUNCAN , June 18. ( Special to'The BBO. )
The dry , hot 5YPi tiei.r ! which has prevailed
the last ten days was broken by a heavy
rain this morning. While it is too late to
do wheat and oats any good It will make
corn , hay and beets a sure crop.
FALLS CITY , Neb. , Juno 18. ( Special to
The Bee. ) A bountiful rain commenced here
this morning and has continued all day.
The prospects for corn are now great and
the farmers say that the yield this year will
bo greater than ever before.
STERLING , Neb. , June IS. ( Special to
The Bee. ) Rains are coming thick and fast
now. The Nemaha has risen quite rapidly
and much damage was done to the mill dam ,
causing suspension of work at the mill.
Cherries turned out to be an abundant crop
in this locality and are on market at the
present time. -
GREELEY CENTER , Neb. , June 18.
( Special Telegram to The Bee. ) A heavy
rain of an hour's duration fell here this
morning and the ground Is now thoroughly
soaked and Grceley county will have an Im
mense corn crop.
BEEMER. Neb. , Juno 18. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) A good , soaking rain
this morning has Improved conditions and
crops generally are looking well.
PLATTE CENTER , Neb. , Juno 18. ( Spe
cial Telegram to The Bee. ) The rain came
down in torrents this morning for three
hours and will bend the corn crop and garden
vegetables skyward. It will bo too late for
the small grain , which will not be more than
one-fourth of a crop. Farmers nnd merchants
are jubilant.
BROKEN BOW , Nob. , June 18. ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) This locality was
favored with another good rain last night.
Many think since the recent rains that much
of their wheat will make half a crop , Corn
never looked better this time of the year In
Custer county. The potato crop and millet
bid fair for a good yield.
MONROE , Neb. , Juno 18. ( Special to The
Dee. ) The drouth was broken In this vicin
ity by a nlco rain this morning , which will
help corn and potatoes greatly. Corn Is a
good stand , well advanced and clean. Winter
wheat will make about CO per cent of a crop ,
oats , barley and rye not over 40 per cent ,
while hay Is almost a failure.
HUBBELL. Neb. , June 18. ( Special to
The Bee. ) Fully one Inch of rain , with
considerable hall , visited this locality this
morning. The prospects ore for a good corn
crop. ,
MISSOURI ItlVKK UISINd.
Doing Much Diinmuu ' the Vicinity oft
N < -t > runUii City.
NEBRASKA CITY , Juno IS. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) The river has been rising
rapidly during the past twenty-four hours
and this morning overflowed the dyke at the
head of the Island above the opposite city.
The dyke was constructed several years ago
to throw the channel on the west side of
the Island , and should the dyke give way
the B. & M. bride here would bo left span
ning a creek. Several cornfields on the Iowa
bottom ) are submerged.
Three thousand feet of the B. & M. track
below Peru Is below water , practically blockIng -
Ing the road between this city and Beatrice.
Trains run from this city to Brownvlllo , but
so far no arrangements for transfer have
been made.
SIOUX CITY , Juno 18. ( Special Telegram
to Thn Bee. ) The Missouri river Is rising
at the rate of two feet every twenty-four
hours , with reports of heavy rises above the
city. The water Is now higher than since
1SS1 , when dl-astrous floods occurred along
the river. The water was pouring over the
Nebraska banks Into Crystal Jake today , and
hundreds of acres of bottom lands above and
below the city are Inundated. The banks
here are too high to permit an overflow , but
the stage of water hern Is such that when It
reaches Omaha It may result In some dnm-
age. Snow water from the mountains U the
occasion of the rUc.
llouics Struck by Lightning.
DEEMER , Neb. , Juno 18. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) Lightning struck the
house occupied by II , Warden this morning ,
setting It on fire. Mr. and Mrs. Wardell
were rendered Insensible , but In a short time
fully recovered.
FAIRBURY , Neb , , Juno 18. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) The residence of J. 8.
McCoy wan struck by lightning today during
a severe thunder storm. The building wan
badly damaged and Mrs. McCoy and a young
child were stunned , but have recovered from
the shock.
FALLS CITY. Neb. , June 18. ( Special to
The Bee. ) During a hard win nrm this
morning lightning struck the small brick
school building In the north part of town ,
damaging It to the extent of $50 ,
Cloml ilumt Nnir W Ichltil.
WICHITA , Knn. , Juno IS. A cloudburst
occurred In the southern purl of this county
thin afternoon that was terrific , but owing
to the wires being all down no details can
be secured .from there. It Is related thut
Bovcrnl feet of water was on the xtreets
of Mulvnne nt ono time. The big Arknn *
sna bridge at Derby wits swept uwny by
the atiddcn rush of water. The supposi
tion la thut alarming' damage 1ms been
done.
Not Thoningly SnlMledlth the Drift of
the I'urt.v Un I.eu\e tha Hiieo.
NEW"- YORK , Juno 18. Judge Albion
W. Tourgeo , who has been the leading
candidate for the republican nomina
tion In the Thirty-fourth congres
sional district In this state , has with *
drawn from the field. Ho has written an
open letter addressed to the republicans of
Now York state In which he presents In de
tail the reasons for his action. He says
the republican party In this stole seems to
him to bo drifting away from Its solid prin
ciples of "free speech , free soil , free men. "
Judge Tourgee says In conclusion : "I have
an abiding faith In the American people nnd
the voters of the republican party. I have
no mo& > doubt of their Inclination and ability
than I have of their ultimate determination
to overthrow oppression and establish justice
for all. I recognize the fact , however , that
such determination must , In both cases , re
sult from Individual conviction of the need
and efficiency of Individual action. Such con
viction can only arise from such dlbcusslon
and Illustration as shall bring the matter
home to the attention of every voter. "
lK3IOt.lfiIIKn .1 KTHKKT CM/f.
ICIght riiH enier Injured anil Three of
Them I.lUelv to Dlo
PATERSON , N. J. , Juno IS. The Dcck-
erstown express on the Now York , Susquehanna -
hanna & Western railroad , going at a rate
of thirty-five miles an hour , ran Into and de
molished an electric street car at the River
street crossing today. There were eight
passengers , a motorman and conductor on
the electric car. Three of the passengers
were , it Is believed , fatally nnd five seriously
hurt. The police say that the gates of the
railroad crossing were up. A switch filled
with box cars obstructed the view of the
track on which the express train was ap
proaching. Among those injured are :
JOSHUA O'BRIEN , Internal Injurlej.
MATILDA CLAXTON , school teacher , In
jured about the head , but not seriously.
LAURA BERCHERNOUGH , school
teacher , slightly Injured about head and
body.
ELLEN CULLEN , an elderly woman , In
ternal Injuries ; token to her home.
FREIDA WELLER , school teacher , In
jured about the head and body.
Junction Will lie KfTcctod with the Northern
I'lielllc December 1.
SHERIDAN , Wyo.June 18. ( Special to
The Bee. ) The track has been laid on the
Burlington extension to the town of Pass ,
twenty-five miles from Sheridan. Sixty
subcontractors , who employ 2,000 men. arc
engaged on the work. Kllpntrlck. llros. ,
the contractors , believe that-the lost pplke
nt the Junction with the Northern Pacific
U Hillings. Mont. , will be driven by De-
qember 1.
Horn Jlusln r.coplo Organize. '
BUFFALO. Wyo. , Juno 18. ( Special to
The 'Dee. ) A mass mooting of the residents
of the Ulg Horn basin was held at Alamo
last week to i > crfect un organization to
forward the cause of county division. The
following petition to Governor Osborne Is
now beiiiK circulated :
"Sir : The undersigned petitioners re
spectfully represent that they are property
taxpayers , residing within the limits of
Big1 Horn county ; that they desire the
same organized for nil purposes of nelf-
Bovernment ; that they hereby petition for
the appointment of W. U. Tickett , H. L.
Perkins nnd W. S. Collins , residing within
snld county , to act ns commissioners In
organizing snld county or Big Horn. "
It Is understood that the residents of Fre
mont county will endeavor to bring an In
junction to prevent the detachment of any
of the territory from that county , claiming
that the county does not own the requisite
amount of property. .The meeting author
ized the president to appoint a committee
to conduct the defense in the event of an
Injunction being brought against the peti
tioners.
MAHKIKl ) IX OMAHA.
Frank A. Kurtz Mntcci u I.ust Kxplnmitlon
Itoforo Kxreutlon.
CHICAGO , June 18. ( Speelal Tolcgrnm to
The Hee. ) Frank A. Kurtz , under sentence
of death for the killing of his wife , has
written the following letter to n local
paper :
CHICAGO , 111. , Juno Ifi , 1891. To the Ed
itor : 1 wish you would please correct your
statement in Saturday's paper as to calling
my wife Mrs. Klla Moran. We have no
proof to show that she. Was married to this
man , Mr. Moran , and It cannot b < S proved
that she waa the lawful wife of him , but I
wish to state that I wns married to her In
Omaha , Juno 2 , 1889. If I got it new trial
I Intt-nd to prove that she was married to
me. Furthermore , I wnnt to deny what my
stepchild said that I bent nnd choked her ,
I deny that up and down. I cun prove this
by witnesses. I nm no brute like that , but
I have slapped her sometimes when she
sassed or would not mind , for which I don't
think thu public would blame mo , ns a
stepfather , for I wanted her to do right
nnd grow up thut wny. I thought , nnd I
thlnlt ns much of her us If she were my
own child , If It had not been for me her
mother would have had her ruin herself
on the streets.
The rest of the letter Is an account of
nlleKfd dolncs of the stepdaughter nnd her
mother.whlch savs that they kept certain
company which Kurtz didn't like.
EXOXKllATKH Till ! t'O.l/1'.t.Vr.
Verdict of the Coroner In the Case of thn
Kntomhed Miners.
LEAD CITY , S. D. , Juno 18.-SpPcial (
Telegram to The Bee. ) The body of Wil
liam H. Chubb , the last of the three 111
futeO miners entombed nt tbo Ajnx No. 1
mine on Wednesday lust , was recovered
yesterday nioinliiK. death resulting from
suffocation. The coroner's jury returned n
verdict thut Leo , llartell and Chubb came
to their death by the caving of a tunnel ,
nnd exonciated the company from all
blame , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
South Dukotn Klrcmen.
SIOUX FALLS , S. D. . June 18. ( Special
to The Bee. ) On Wednesday nml Thursday
of this week there will be held In thin nlty
the eleventh annual convention of the
South Dukota Fliomen's association. This
association tins given up the Ideu of n
tournament this year , and will bpcnd n
couple of days In talking over mutters
relative to the work of firemen. Tli" ju'o-
( rrum for the convention la na follows :
Wednesday Iteceptlon of visitors ; meeting
of board of control ; meotltiK of statu asso
ciation , Thursday locution of ti/llcers / ;
minimi pnradc ; annual Inspection of the
Sioux Fulls lire department ; evening , meetIng -
Ing of board of control ; Inspection ball.
1'lfth Iowa Oiitulry ,
A mooting of the late Filth Iowa cavalry
will bo held at the Murray hotel Wednesday ,
Juno 20 , at 0:30 : a. in. , stiarp. Per order
committee.
WK.ITHKU rOItKO.IAT ,
Generally Fair nnd Warmer In Kastmn
Nebnisku Tilmdny ,
WASHINGTON , June IS.-Th-s Indications
for Tuesday are :
For Nebraska Generally fair ! probably
slightly warmer In the eastern portion ;
southeast winds.
For Iowa Fair ; warmer ; southeasterly
winds ,
For Kansas Fair warmer west winds.
For Botitti Dakota Generally fair ; proba
bly cooler In western portion : winds be
coming northwest.
For Missouri Fair ; warmer , exctpt Bin-
tlonury temperature. In the vldnlt ) of Bt.
Louis , cast winds.
TO CORNER THE COAL MARKET
Shrewd Sclorao of Operators to Take Ad'
vnntngo of the Public Misfojtuuo.
BRIBING THE MINERS TO STAY ON STRIKE
Ton Thouvind Offered ultli n I'lroniso of
J'li'iity Moro Operator * Threaten to
I'roKocutu thu Hrlhor * for Con-
iplrney Thu 1'liiu Detailed.
CHICAGO , Juno IS. A spccla'l to tha
Times from Cincinnati says n glgnntlc con'
splracy to corner the coal market by bribing
striking coal miners has been developed
here.Largo holders of coal In Chicago
sent an agent to this city to engineer the
scheme nnd he offered n representative of the
miners $10,000 to stay out until October.
June 9 Mayor Montgomery of Montgomery
City , W. Va. , received the following tele
gram : "Keep the miners out at all hazards
unless they get price. Will furnish $10,000
In provisions and meet you In Cincinnati at
any time. "
Mayor Montgomery arranged to meet the
Chicago agent here. With Montgomery came
Mayor William Sharp of the Forest Hill
mines , Captain Enoch Couch of Charleston
and several Kanawha valley miners. He-
fore leaving for home Montgomery tele
graphed ahead to the minors stating that ha
would lay the Chicago proposition before
them that night. Thn plan Is for the Hock
ing valley miners to stay out nlso. Opera-
ton * threaten prosecution to the full extant
of the law for conspiracy. Dcfore leaving
Montgomery said : "There Is no limit to
the amount of money Chicago people arc will
ing to spend. Their representatives tendered
me a certified check for $10,000. He said
there would be plenty more money for the
miners and ho would have given mo $100,000
for myself If I had agreed to engineer the
thing through. "
Operators of Chesapeake & Ohio and New
River coal fields are affected. * The names of
the speculators are unknown here.
N NOT i'iitFicTii : : ) .
rnrtorlcs Itchiiiiiliig on the Supposition that
theMrlho U All O\rr.
PITTSI3URG , Juno IS. The expected set
tlement of the strike and the return to work
today of 15,000 of the 20,000 miners In tills
district has given an Impetus to all Ulnds
of business , and the situation Is more hope
ful than at any tlmc for many months.
Among the large plants In this city which'
resumed today after a long Idleness were the
Carbon Iron & Steel company's works , Oli
ver's Twenty-sixth btreet works , Seeg &
Co.'s works , Shoonborger & Howe nnd Drown
& Co. The latter has been shut down tot
two years and started up In full , giving em
ployment to 500 men. The Black Diamond
Scel { works will also begin operations this
week , and the Edgar Thompson Steel works
will start again us soon as a sufficient supply
of coke Is received. At McKcesport eycry i
thing Is quiet , but It Is thought the tube
works will start up soon , as many of the
strikers have expressed a wllllngtiosgito TOJ
turn "wncriBVer "tho" firmx was . ready to reJ
isumc : < " ' . , , ,1-IT- * *
"At Scottdulo the Scottd'alo Jron & Steele
company's plant resumed In full , after an
Idleness of several weeks.
A YVoll informed authority in the coal busi
ness estimates that the coal strike In thlsf
district has cost the miners In wages $1,800-
000 , taking It for granted that the normal
output of the region had been maintained. '
In proportion to the general output this dis
trict mined about one-sixth of the coal due
In' the area affected by the strike. With a
reasonable proportion between the prices
paid In this nnd other districts the loss In
wages alone , says the same authority , would
bo over $10,000,000. Estimating the gain of
the miners by the settlement of the strike
to bo 10 cents n ton over former prices It
will take them about one and a half years
to make up by Increase of earnings for the
tlmo they have lost.
MARTIN'S FERRY , O. . Juno 18. The
miners at the Laughlin Nail works , Gaylord ,
Long Run , liellulro , and other mines re
turned to work today and a general break-Up
Is expected. The Wheeling Crook miners are
still out. Several factories are preparing
to resume In view of a prospective fuel sup
ply.
Contrary to expectations , however , thdriJ
was no general resumption of mining opera -
tlons in the Plttsburg district today , * al
though at most of the railroad mines and
at many of the rlvar mines the diggers have'
taken their tools to the pits and are making
preparations to start. Therp , pro many
mlr.or disputes to bo settled j\l it will bo
Several days before the colllurjes are all
running. Along tho-Wheeling division of
the Baltimore & Ohio and in the West Newton - "
ton districts the miners were- nearly 'nil at
work , but In the Montour. Wostmgrelarid
and thick vain districts the diggers were out ,
the operators refusing to pay b'ut 162 cents
per ton JnKtead of no cents as agreed at
Columbus. In the river district th'e men"
nro still out In the Second and fourth
pool.The
The operators object to signing a .yearly
agreement and the minors will not go back"
until this is done. At Mnnown work has-
not been resumed , but will bo fchortly. The
deputies are still on duty.
UNION ( lAIMMl HUl'I'OKT.
Mnro and .11 ore Mlnrrx I'utor the Aceept-
iinen of til" ( 'ompromUo.
COLUMBUS , O. , Juno 18. Letters and
telegrams today to the national headquarters
of the United Mint ) Workers of America
give unmistakable evidence that thn senti
ment In favor of sustaining the national
officers Is growing rapidly. It Is bolloved
at headquarters that at least two-thirds of
the Ohio miners resumed work this moriiltVKV
although no Information had been received
on which to baeo an estimate of the exact
number. President Mcltrldo Is of the
opinion that all except tlio. u In the MaBsllltm
field will resume operations prior to the
close of the present week.
On tire Columbus & Shnwncctown ronil
the small mlncR are walling to Boa what
the proposed Adnms convention Wednesday
will do. The Double ; X mine at Shawnco
Is cleaning up today nnd cxpeclH to rcRumo
work thlH afternoon or tomonow.
The Columbus , Hocking Valley & Toledo
railroad will mnvo today 300 CUIH of coal.
All the mlncB In the valley nrn In operation
except New StialUvllle. The works at
New Str.iltHvllla are largo , but flm mines In
operation arc larger thun the mines In
Nolsonvlllo , where the bis meeting \\an
hold Saturday night at which Pmldcnt
.McHrldo spoke. H will bo two or three
days before Dm railroad company moves
Us usual largo toiinngu.
oiuo STitiunts AICI : OIIDUIIATI : .
Men Say They Will Stuy Out for Moro 1'iiy
nnd J'lglit If NcroHHiiry.
CLEVELAND , Juno 18. Reports received
from points along tha Cleveland , Lorralno &
Wheeling road this morning ntiow that work
wan resumed at only twnnty mines along the
entire road , Tlicio mines were at Ruck Hill ,
In the Masslllon district not a man wont to
work , the miners having decided In mass
meeting not to uhldo by the Columbus agree'
mont , They will hold out for a 16 cant
differential over the rate paid In the Hocking
district. The mllltla contlnuci ) to guard all
bridges and trestles along the Cleveland ,
Lorraine & Wheeling.
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today tlipy slated that us long as the differ
ential was withheld not u pick would bo
rained , and tlif.t If scabs were ctioson In
their strad there would ha tha biggest riot
In the history ut the country , and that tli
