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VOL. LXn. NO. 167.
NEW HAVEN CONN., SATURDAY. JULY 14, 1894
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DEBS RECEIVES A SETBACK
TUB JTAXA0B1U WILL IT ATX KOXU-
1X9 Tit DO WITH TUB VKIOX.
Am Address wm Prepared mm Mayor nap
kin presented It to Mm Hallway Man
agon bet They RuM It Buck Wltboot
an Answer It IKK Cesdltlonai Snr-
mda for Hi Union or m Fight and ths
Latter Ha HM Chosen.
Chloago, July 18. The officer and
director of the A. B.'TJ. held a eDeolal
executive meeting at their headquarters
In Uhlloh's ball thla mumtug for the
purpose of making a proportion to the
railway manager! look lug to a oalllng
off of the great strike. They agreed to
order the strike off if the railway man
ager would give the striker their form
er positions except those who have been
convicted of crime. The proposition In
full Is as follows: v
"To the Railway Managers:
The existing troubles growing out of
the Pullman strike having assumed con
tinental proportions and there being no
Indication of relief from the widespread
business demoralization and distress
Incident thereto, the railway employes
through the board of directors of the
A. B. U. respectfully make the follow
ing proposition as the basis 01 settle
ment:
They agree to return to work in a
body at onoe, provided they shall be re
stored to their former positions without
prejudice or except in cases, if any
there he. where they have been con-
vioted of crime. This proposition,
looking to an immediate settlement of
the existing strike on all lines of rail
road. Is Inspired by a purpose to sun-
serve the publio good. The strike,
small and qoinparatively unimportant
in its inception, has extended in every
direction, until It now. Involves or
threatens not only every public inter
est, but the peaue, security ana prof
uerltv of onr common country. The
contest has waged fiercely. It has ex
tended far beyond the limits of inter
ests originally Involved, and has laid
hold of a vast number ol industries in
no wise responsible for the differences
and disagreements that lea to tne
trouble. Faotory, mill, mine and shop
have been silenced. Widespread de
moralization has sway. The interests
of multinlted thousands of the inno
cent people are suffering. The common
welfare U seriously menaced. The pub-
lio peace and tranquility are perilled,
Great apprehension of the future pre
vails, r -. ,
This being true, and the statement
will not be oontroverted, we consider it
. to be our duty Aejiitiaeas an mm men to
make extraordinary,- effort to ehd the;
existing; strike and avert approacmng
calamities whose shadows, are even now
upon us.-If ended i now J the contest,
however serious in- its consequences,
Will not have been in vain. Sacrifices
have been made, but they will have
their compensations. Indeed, if les
aons shall be taught by experience, the
troubles -now so- widely deplored will
prove a blessing of inestimable value in
the months and years to come. The dif
ferences that led up to the present com
plications need not e discussed. At
this supreme juncture every considera
tion of patriotism demands that a rem
edy for existing troubles be found and
applied. The employee propose to do
their part by meeting their employers
half way. Let It be stated they do not
Impose any condition or settlement ex
cept that they be restored to their for
mer positions. They do not ask the
recognition of their organization or of
any organization. -Believing this prop
osition to be .fair, reasonable and just,
It is respectfully submitted with the be
lief that its aoeeptance will result in the
prompt resumption of traffic, the revlv-
al of industry and the restoration of
peace and order.
Respectfully,
B. V. Debs, president; G-. W. Howard,
loe president; S.- Keliher, secretary.
Knowing that the General Managers'
association would not receive a deputa-
tion from the A. ft. U., especially the
officers who have been most active in
the struggle for - supremacy over the
railroads, it was decided to have Mr.
pebs and Mr. Howard go to Mayor Hop
kins with the proposition and ask his
good services in presenting the condi
tion of settlement to the railway man
agers.
Later the proposition was presented
by Mayor Hopkins to Chairman St.
John, of the General Managers asso
. elation. The association was not in ses
sion, but after the Individual members
had been consulted it was returned to
Mayor Hopkins without answer, and
.with the information that no communi
cation whatever from Debs, Howard,
and Keliher could be received or con
sidered by the managers' association.
The refusal of the managers to even
consider the proposition which would
necessitate the dismissal of all men en
gaged to fill the strikers' places and
(would place them again in the power
sf the organization . which had par
alyzed their' lines for days was a de
cided setback to the American Railway
onion. The faHureof their mode of set
tlement, leaves the strike leaders only
Unconditional surrender or a fight to the
Utter , end. , ' , . ,.
They chose the latter and' claim the
strike is on as strong as ever, In spite of
what the railway managers say. Tney
elalm to be able to make it still more
effective here, .and declare that to
day's action of. the managers will solid
ify their men who are out, and send
at many who have been undecided.
Boats Newsboys Strike.
Boeton,Jnly 11 For a Uttle whUe to
Wght there was considerable bustle in
Kewspaper Bow caused by a strike of
- six hundred newsboys. The strike was
not exactly out of sympathy with the
Chicago strikers, nor is it believed that
it was in obedience to Mr. Sovereign's
general order. -The miilniil luajon was
that the borAfcad decided to boycott the
Herald and Globe unlaw the managers
of those papers reduced -the mice to
' them from-on and one-quarter cents to
VTAH WILL ME KXttLItLAX.
Admlssloa to Statehood Miuvj.a Oal to
the Senate KepanlU ,C
Washington, 'JuTyl 1J.-A admlt
tanoe of Utah to jtaVtasiist
brought forth yuliit; waUfl jh.Uborto
has been overlooked by the democrats.
Th bill admitting Ct)h passed through
ooogreas so quietly that very little dis
cussion or talk was made over. IU Those
who know the political oondttlons in the
territory say positively that its two
senators will be republican,
If this be true, the demoorats will
have to make gains e)Xewhre to bold
even the narrow msjoityy which they
now enjoy. Should New Mexloo and
Arizona be admitted, the senators fri m
those states would, in all probability
be democrats, but no Steps have yet
been taken by tbe senate to pass these
bills, aud unless some aotiou Is speedily
taken the session will sjhme te an end
with Utah as the only new state In the
union.
HAD AX OSSIFIED UEAKX.
The Mysterious Death of Now Hampshire
Man Explained.
Portsmouth, N. H., July IX An
autopsy upon the body of George O
Carkins, who was found dead In a field
In Newington yesterday and who was
thought to have been murdered, re
ve&led that death was caused by an
ossified heart. Physicians say that the
organ showed one of the most remark
able cases of the kind ever seen. The
valves were so thoroughly . incrusted
that it did not seem possible for them
to have closed. The heart will be pre
served for the New Hampshire Medi
cal society.
Captain "Jack" Adams for Congress.
Boston, July 13. Captain J. G. B.
Adams, commander-in-chief G. A. .JI.
who has been mentioned as a possible
compromise .republloan candidate in
the Seventh congressional district, has
announced that he will not permit his
name to be used in connection with
the contest
Debs' Agent Sent to Jail.
Cincinnati, July 18. Judge Taft of
the United States court of appeals
found Representative Phelan, sent here
by Debs to manage the local strike.
guilty of contempt . In interfering with
me operation or. tne southern railroad,
now in the hands of United States re
ceivers and sentenced him to six months
in jail '
Arrest ef a Ward Man.
New York, July 18. Superintendent
Byrnes announced this-momiug th ar
rest of Samuel J. Campbell, anex-ward
detedtlve, who wss indicted -yesterday
a j me grana jury on eviaence-ol a wine
dealer, who swore to having paid Camp
bell money and who produced a record
of the transaction before the Lexew
oominittee.
Wlman Released on Bail.
New York; July 13. Erastus Wlman
was taken before Judge Andrews at 2
o'clock this afternoon Charles Broad
way Kousse went on his bond and
qualified for J50.000. The bail was ap
proved and Mr. Wlman was released.
CHEAP RAXES XO EUROPE.
One Can Go In the Steerage to London for
' Only Ten Dollars.
New York, July 13.-r-The cut in steer
age rates to points in England made
yesterday by the White Star line was
met to-day by t&e American Line
Steamship, company. Hereafter, until
further notice, they will carry steerage
passengers to the other side for Jin
each, with the privilege of purchasing
a return ticket, prepaid, far 816. This
rate is to the common points, technical
ly speaking, Which are Southampton,
Liverpool, London and Belfast.
An additional $1 wifl be added to this
rate to Dublin and $2 to Bristol. The
fare to Havre, Amsterdam, Bremen or
Rotterdam will be $15, and $2.25 addi
tional to Paris. The continental rate also
holds good for Scandinavian ports.
The Cunard company say they have
done nothing in the way of a cut as
yet
rRBXDE&&ASX HAJXOED.
The Execution Accomplished Without
Any Dramatic Scene.
Chicago, July 13. Eugene Prender-
gast was hanged to the county jail here
to-day for the murder of Mayor Carter
H. HarrlBon last October. The drop
fell at 11:40 a. m. He did not break
down at the last as his keepers had ex
pected. ,
Between t and 7 o'clock this moraine;
he partook heartily of a breakfast, and
about 9 o'clock sent word to the jailer
that he was again hungry, and was
served with a hearty meal. He talked
freely with his spiritual advisers. As
the hour for his execution came nearer
he showed some signsi of . nervousness,
but on the whole was remarkably
calm. " i .
The jury of physicians atU:10 In
spected the scaffold and appurtenances.
Fifty deputy sheriffs were ranged round
ine siaes oi uie cornaor ana after a
short wait the march to the scaffold
was begun . '. A- .
Sheriff Gilbert and Jailer Morris ap
peared at the right of the" scaffold and
the prisoner walked behind them. He
stood without apparent nervousness as
his arms were being pinioned and seem
ed determined to die game. A white
shroud 'was placed about him and the
jailer placed) the rope around his neck
and tne white eap ever his head. An
'instant later he shot downward. His
heck was apparently broken. He hung
aureuAded by the Jury of physicians
far nine minutes and was then nro-
nouneed dead. The body was then' low
ered, placed in a ooffin and taken to the
outer court tor delivery to his relatives
after the rastomary formalities. ,..',
Frendergast made no audible sound
from the time he left hts oeu He wee-
dissuaded by Sheriff. Gilbert -from his
determination expressed earlier -In the
Jdaj!; to make apeech,
PULLMAN TELLS HIS STORY
OXVr.S KMAtOKS WUt Bit KM.
FlOXtV WAGES WT.ME MKDVCBD.
When a Demand of Uantorattoa was Made
He Showed I lie Company was far lac
More Tbaa U Keeelved (or Contract Work
Why He Did Mot Arbitrate.
New York, July 13. This evening
George M. Pullman Issued tbe follow
ing:
"There Is hardly anything new to be
said as to tbe position of tbe Pullman
oompany, but I have so many indica
tions of the facility with whloh my ex
pressions and those authorised by me
have become distorted and thus mis
leading to the publio and of -an entire
forgetting of my earnest efforts to pre
vent tbe strike, that perhaps It Is well
that I should again make a publie as
suranoe that the deplorable events of
the last few weeks have not been caused
by tbe Pullman company taking an ob
stinate staud in a debatable matter and
refusing to listen to reason. Tbe leaders
of disorder have not hesitated to harassJ
the publio by all means in their power
beoause, as they say, the Pullman com
pany would not submit to arbitration,
and now that disorder seems to be
quelled they are reinf oroed . ha . their
clamor for arbitration by one prominent
newspaper, but so far as I know by
very few if any business men.
"What is the demand ooncealed under
the Innocently-sounding word Arbitra
tion? A little more than a year ago the
car shops at Pullman were In a most
prosperous condition, work was plenty.
wages were high, and the condition of
the employes was indicated by the fact
that the local savings banks had of
savings deposits nearly $700,000, nearly
all of which was the property of the
employes. Our pay rolls for that year
show an average earning of over X00
per annum for every person, man, wo
man or youth, on the roll.
"Then came the great panlo and de
pression of last summer. Many cus
tomers stopped negotiations and can
celled orders, and our working forces
had to be diminished from nearly 6,000
to about 2,000 In Nevember, 1803. The
great business depression, that existed
throughout the country had naturally
resulted in a wage depression and the
only hope of getting orders was by bid
ding for work at prices as low or low.er
than could be made by other shops,
and this, of oourse, necessitated a re
duction in the wages of the employes at
Pullman. This was arranged satisfac
torily as I supposed, and in close 40m-,
petitions, disregarding all capital and
machinery, I secured enough , work to
gradually Increase our force to 4,!
the nunraer on the rolls last April.
"Nine weeks ago the oarshops at Pull-
mon were working with oar-building
contracts enough on hapd to keep them.
going about sixty days ,and with all
business forecasts leading to the belief
that no considerable new orders could
soon be had. The most Important of
the work in hand had been taken by me
in competition at prices which were less
than the actual cost to the company of
delivering the cars, without any reckon
ing for the use of capital and plant
This work was taken to keep the large
force of men employed, .nd to postpone
wiin me nope 01 avoiding tne num
berless embarrassments to all. classes
of people at Pullman and its vicinity of
a closing down of the works, to prevent
which the company considered it a wise
policy to operate the shops temporarily
at a loss.
"In this condition of things cams the
agitation seeking to oreate a labor or
ganisation embracing all railway 'em
ployes and apparently ether Industries.
It is my belief that the controversy ex
cited at Pullman was merely A move in
the greater scheme, these shops being
selected not on account nf discontent in
them, but because of their prominence
in - various ways and because of a
chance of a show of justification for a
simultaneous and ceaseless attack, up
on the railways of the country, for the
use under long contracts by three
fourths of them of the Pullman sleep
ing cars, a branch of the company's
business totally distinct from its manu
facturing of cars for sale. .
"In the early part of May a commit
tee of the employes demanded a restor
ation of the wages ef a year ago. I
explained to this committee minutely
and laboriously the facts, showing that
the company was already paying them
more than It was receiving for their
contract work and-1 offered them, for
complete assurance and to end all ques
tion an inspection of our books -nd
contracts in hand. This and the be
ginning at Pullman'of a proposed care
ful investigation of a number of shop
complaints seemed to end all trouble,
but a few days later under the excite
ment of their recruiting into a new or
ganization, the workmen eloped the
shops by abandoning their work,- thus
themselves doing what I was strenu
ously trying to prevent being done by
the depression of the car-bulldlhg busi
ness and the employes who have' quit
their work have deprived themselves
and their comrades of earnings of more
than 1300.000 up to this time. The de
mand made before qulttbuc work was
that the wages should be restored' to
the scale of last year or In effect thai;
the actual out-going money losses then
being dally Incurred by the company In,
car-building should be deliberately in
creased to an Amount equalling About
one-fourth of the. wages! ef , the em
ployes. ' ' .;
It must be-clear to; everyone that
no prudent employer' could submit to
arbitration the question Whether he
should commit suoh a piece of business
folly. Arbitration a ways implies ac
quiescence in the decision of the arbi
trator, whether favorable or adverse.
How could I, as president of the Pull
man company, consent to agree thai If
any body &t men not 1 concerned wltH
the intereAts.ot,qie jenemMfty-. share
holders, sheuld as arbltmfnrsrior any
reasons seeming good to them so decree.
jl would, ppjn jtfec shops, emplg
men At wages greater than their work
could be sold for and continue this
ruinous policy Indefinitely, or be au
ouaed of a breach of faith? Who will
deny that such a question Is plainly
net A subject tor arbitration? Is It
not then unreasonabis Hint the com
pany should be asksd lo arbitrate,
whether or not It should suttmlt such
question to arbitration? Removing the
original and fundamental question one
stage does not "help the mat'er; the
question would still remain: Can I. as
a business man, knowing the tru.H of
the facts which I have stated, bind my
self that I will In any contingency op-n
and operate tbe Pullmuii Cur com
pany's shops at whatever loss. It It
should happen to be the oilnton ( f
some third party that I should do no.
The answer seems to be plain.
"The public should not pe-mlt the real
question which has been before it lo be
obeonred. That question wts ns to the
IKjsalblllty of the. ere' 'mu ami tluta
tlm rf a dictatorship wlit'th would
mae All the Industries 01' the 1'nlted
States nd the dally co.n'-irt of Ihe
millions d'l-ei-dent upon thorn hostages
to.-1, r.inllng of any fa irtstt? vchlir.
-;f sueh a dlotatoi. An tubml-jaion 10
him would have been a long step In
iiiet -iirecflon and in' the Int-Tfst if
evrry In v -abiding cltlsen ins nt lit be
considered for a moment
"A few words are pertinent as to some
Industriously spread1 charges against
the oompany. One of these charges Is
that vents are exorbitant and It Is Im
plied that the Pullman employes have
no choice but to submit The answer is
simple, The Average of rentals at Pull
man is at the rate of 13 per room per
month, and the renting of houses at
Pullman ha no relation 10 the work in
the shops. Employes ' may, and very
many do, own or rent their houses out
side of the town; and the buildings and
business places In the town are rented
to employes or to others in competition
with neighboring properties. In short,
the renting business .of the Pullman
company is governed by tbe same con
ditions which govern any other large
owners of real estate, except that tbe
oompany itself does, dlreotly some
things which in Chicago are assumed
by the city. If, therefore, it Is not ad
mitted that the- rents of any landlord
are to be fixed y arbitration and that
those -of the Adjoining towns Qf Ken
sington And Roseiand should also be so
fixed. It oan hardily be asked that the
Pullman company, alonj?' should aban
don tne ordinary rules which govern
persona 1st that relation.
''As tt charges for wAter.tite company
until lately had a oosfraot with the vil
lage of Hyde Park wider' Which it paid
four bents per thousand gallons and
pumped the water itself! , The gross
amount paid the village par month for
the water consumed bjMhe'-tenants was
almost exactly the gross sum paid by
the tenants therefor. Sines thev inclu
sion e HydePark and PullniAnln the
city ef Chicago the company pays the
city Abewtaseyen cents per thousand
geltonav And aot having increased the
Charge to the tenants, Is payingjfor the
water oonsamed by, t,hm about 500 per
montn more man is cnargeo to Jnem.
''The company has made efforts to
dissociate Itself from the supplying of
water to tenants, but the city at Chi
cago $as as yet failed to apply the ordi
nary frontage rates to the houses and
Jhops la Pullman.although it is done in
the adjacent towns. , Strenuous efforts
have been -made to create a prejudice
against the Pullman company. oy the
oharges that its stock is heavily water
ed- ,
"The Pullman company was organ
ized twenty-seven years ago with a
oapltal of $1,000,000, of which two-thirds
represented the appraised value, of Its
cars, then held by three owner, and
one-third represented the appraised
value of its franchise and existing, con
tracts. The company has grown until
the sleeping oar service covers 125,000
miles of railway, or about three-fourths
of the railway system of the country.
and that Increase of services has neces
sitated an increase of its capital front
time to time until it is now $30,000,000.
Every share of this Increase has been
offeredJto stockholders and sold to them
or to others in the ordinary course of
business at not less than par in oash.
so that for every share of the increase
the. company has received 3100 in cash.
There are over 4,000 stockholders of the
company, of whom more than one-half
are women and trustees of estates, and
the average holding of. each stockholder
Is now -eighty-six shares, one-fifth jot
them holding less than six shares each.
Fire in Fsrmlnston.
Farmlngton, July 13. There was con-
siderable excitement hf the old town
this. .Afternoon. James Southaglll set fire
to some brush he had been raking
up back of the cemetery, when the
wind was blowing at the rate of forty
miles An beur right toward the house
on tne village street everything, was
al dry as tinder, and before he 'could
prevent it the woods on the river bank
were In a blaze and beyond his eontrol.
The' Church bell was rung and all the
men- tn - the village rushed down and
fought fire for two hours. The fire en
gine was ioon pumping water from the
rlvr. ; wetting down everything in- the
path of the fire, and after burning over
a quarter of a mile was got under con
trol In twenty minutes more-the old;
mill would have been reached and de
stroyed, undoubtedly spreading the
flames Among the houses on the main
street; ; the wind was so violent, and
no telling what would have been the re
sult. A fire in a village like Farming
ton, .with poor facilities to fight, will
bring out every able bodied man in the
hplaee. Every occupation Is deserted at
oncet - Farmers in the field 1 a mile or
two away, with all hands, start for
home at once. Stores are locked. Join
er' anil blacksmith shops are deserted.
AH rish to give a helping hand, and
they know how to work, too. ; ,
Pension Bill asaasma To.
1 Washington, July;; 18, The oonfer-
en report onthe pension. Ajjproprta
tlo'n bill has been agreed to. f Am nnallv
ore PAssed by Um house '3
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
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tTRlKMMFIltK OK TMM KKOVLAXM
AJIM)9MT A rOLLSrUf MKT VAX.
Whan the Report ef the Troops' K I flee
Rang Ont Two Most Dropped Deed Ma
rines Hasten to the Scene with Itxed
Rayoneta and Charge the Mob.
Sacramento, July 18. Hbortly before
11 o'clock to-day Division Superiuteud
eut Wright ordered a switching engiue
and fiat our to clear the track along
Front street contiguous to the bead
quarters of the strikers. Captalu Rob
erts and Lieutenant Skerrett of Battery
L, witb a number of men, went along
on the flat ear. When tbe train reached
the freight shed of the railroad near I
street a crowd gathered and was or
dered to disperse by Captain Roberts.
The men Jeered at tbe troops and Rob
erts ordered bis men to charge bayo
nets. Just then several shots were fired
either from the crowd or from the roof
of the freight sheds occupied by A num
ber of men. The regulars.four of whose
comrades were killed In the train wreck
Wednesday, returned theVlre with great
seat As the reports of their rifles rang
out the crowd fell ack and two men
dropped to the ground. Tbe First
United States Marine corps under Cap
tain Berryman hastensd on a double
quick for the scene and charged the
crowd with bayonets fixed, causing
them to quickly disperse.
The victims - of the shooting were
taken to the hospital, where they gave
the names of Frank Buckley and
James Stewart. Stewart, who was un
til recently a sailor on the United
States steamer Alliance, was shot In
the back, the bullet tearing through
the abdomen, inflicting a fatal wound.
Buckley, who Is a machinist, was shot
through the right arm and shoulder
and will probably recover. Both men
say they are not strikers and do not be
long to any union.
The news of the shooting threw the
city Into great excitement and the
streets in the vicinity rapidly filled
with people who, however, were dis
persed by the troops.
United States Marshal Baldwin rode
through the lower portion of the city
with thirty cavalrymen late this af
ternoon and proclaimed martial law.
He ordered all people to disperse and
return Jo' their homes. ' V
The Conferees afWork en the Tariff Bill-
Tax on Whiskey.
Washington, July 13. The oonferees
on the tariff bill have practically decid
ed upon the. rate to be fixed on wrapper
tobacco and it will be the figure now
named in the houBe bill., . .
There Is also a strong probability
that the senate will make further large
concessions in the woolen and cotton
schedules.
The senate conferees In their fight
for a duty on coal and Iron have about
decided to adopt the house provision.
The same Is true of the cotton schedule
only In a lesstr degree.
The discussion of the whiskey sched
ule during the afternoon session of the
conference developed the fact that an
agreement will be made on the basis
of a one dollar tax on the product and
the probable extension of the bonded
period Of eight years. The senate has
receded frotn its rate on china, both
plain and decorated.
PKESIDEXt IS AVlfOTEJ).
He Wants It Understood That He Will Ap-
. point No Arbitration Board.
Washington, July 18. The president
has been somewhat Annoyed to-day by
the persistent attempts in some quar
ters to make it appear that he had ap
pointed an arbitration board at the re
quest of labor leaders. Nothing is fur
ther from the truth, the commission
whiob be has Agreed to appoint event
ually under the law having no power
beyond iaa 01 making a general inves
tigation of the -strike on the roads
which led to his proclamation.
The investigation committee when
organized cannot enter at all into the
differences between the Pullman oom
pany and its employes. It will confine
its work . exclusively, to the American
Railway union and the Railway General
Managers' association. The president
told several, statesmen to-day that no
arbitration was contemplated In his
assurance to the committee that oalled
upon him.
HTOJf ht iTRAIQBI HEATS.
Interesting Races on the Grand Circuit at
Saginaw.'
Saginaw, Mich;, July18. The pro
gram at the grand cironit meeting at
Union park to-day comprised but three
races, xne. iour-year-oia trot for the
2:21 class and the two-year-old pace for
the 2:25 ohiss were (Molded in straight
heats, the winner tn; each entirely out
classing the opposing field. Rose Leaf
won the former race as she liked, while
in the pace for two-year-olds Directly
had simply A ' ' ' '
The 2:18 pacing race - brought out a
good oontest, tbe :. finishes in first and
third heats being the best of the meet
ing. In the first Beat four horses were
lined across the track at the finish,
separated only by- heads and in the
third heat Russell B. won only by a
Knights of Si. Patrick adW Pay,
At a meeting. of( tk Knights ef St.
Patrick held last evening In the abeenoe
of both Presidenl.Neely and Vice Presi
dent Callahan, Jldward McOewan r-
sided.; The; mobevs(net te discuss ar
rangements top lAo'.aaV- .The matter
waavleft in .the.nsm.ds of the same com-
mitte4MbAfChrsrtrrterty 1
AX IMmoVXMXMX KOUOXO.
Railroad IraOtc Is A warned and These Are
. Lees Idle Men,
New York, July li BrAdstreet's to
morrow will say:
i During the greater portion of the
week general wholesale trade at Chi
cago and tributary territory baa been
practically paralysed by the railway
strike. Large eastern cities felt the
effect of the tie-up in restriction re
ceipts of live stock, meat and pro
duce, while western manufacturers and
merchants suffered loss through ina
bility to secure supplies and raw mate
rials from the east The Industrial sit
uation has now greatly improved. The
failure of the Railway union boycott
appears complete. Railroad trafllo Is
generally rtsumed, and the number of
Idle men has been greatly reduced. In
other lines the situation is also Im
proved. The eoke strike is conceded a
failure, and the operatives are return
ing to work. The settlement of the pot
ters' strike at Trenton after lasting
six months, means the reemployment
of thousands.
Numbers of small strikes are repot t d.
Iron, steel, lumber, shoes, wool and
cotton manufacturing industries at
larger eastern and western centers
have made practically no shipments
and commercial travelers throughout
the central western states generally
have been compelled to leave the road.
The low ebb of trade Is rsfleated in $V7S,
000,000 of bank clearings for the week,
Z per cent, more than reported in the
previous week. Owing to the shrink
age of bank clearings totals In July last
year the week's total shows a de
crease compared with last year of
only 12 per cent Oslde from Influ
ences already referred to the feature ef
the week at Boston as at other east
ern centers has been higher prices for
grain and provisions, although more
ease is now reported. Buffalo reports
increased live stock shipments from
Indiana which would have gone to Chi
cago and Baltimore,' a" smaller trade
from the west and fewer orders than
expected from the south. A fair vol
ume of business in shoes is reported
from Philadelphia- and praotlcaly ro
noteworthy movement at Pitteburg.
A demand for leaf tobacco Is reported
from Louisville, but at Chicago and St.
Louis manufacturers and' Jobbors e
port the volume of trade still far below
that usual at this period of mldsum:u(r
dep-esslcn. Kansas City was serious
ly affected by the railway strike but
foofs are being freely shipped now.
Omaha was apparently affected, but at
Milwaukee restricted traffic was severe
ly felt. Dulutlt reports several lum
ber deals, requiring low prices to dose
them. , All. southern cities tpy .buainets
Is veiy dull. Georgia markets report
turpentine has advanced in price and
New Orleans that sugar Is not In spe
cial demand" and that little Is doing.
Exceptionally favorable trade pros-
peats are reported from Texas.' The
world's stock of wheat has declined
during the past fourteen weeks about
6,000,000 bushels more than In the like
portion of last year, which Is signifi
cant in view of the Insistence that do
'mestic supplies are Exhausted. Ex
ports of wheat, flour included, both
coasts, United States and Canada, this
week, equal 2,377,000 bushels, compared
with 4,134,000 bushels in the second
week of July last. : GroBS earnings
of 117 railroads for June show An ever
age decrease as compared 'with June,
1893, of 22 per cent. The figures re
flect the coal strike. The decrease of
gross earnings In May was 17 per cent.
For the six months ending June 20 the
average decrease in gross Is 18 per cent.
There are 229 business failures In the
United States reported . this week
against 398 in the second week of July
last year.
An examination of staple prices com
pared with the middle- of 1891 following
the Baring embarrassment indicates
that flour has deolined 40 rer cent,
wheat 45 per cent., and corn 31 per cent,
while oats are 80 per cent, higher than
3 years ago. Pork and . lard are re
spectively 18 and 12 per cent higher
than 3 years ago, while changes in
prices of butter and cheese and less
significant. No such radical movement
is exhibited in prices for 'print cloths,
sugar, coffee, cotton, refined petroleum
and anthracite coal, but raw wool has
dropped 37 per cent., pig iron, Bessemer
and anthracite 25 per . cent, billets , 27
per cent and bituminous coal 30 per
cent. . ... .
xoronto reports trade quiet The
price of export cattle is higher. Fall
orders for dry geods at Montreal have
improved somewhat, but other stanle
unes are aun. General trade At Hali
fax is very quiet
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( OX TBI BALL yXBLB, ,
At Cincinnati -
Boston.... 1 I I I 0 I I 8-22
Cincinnati 200020012-7
Hits Boston 29. Cincinnati la Krrnm
Boston 2, Cincinnati 5. Batteries Staley and
Ryan; Parrott, Tannehlll and Murphy.
At St. Louis ,t
Baltimore 2800 '0 005 010
St. Louis 8 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 x 11
Hits Baltimore 8. St. Louis 12. Errors
Baltimore'8, St. Louis . Batteries Hawke.
MoMahon and Clarke: Breitenstoln and
Twlneham. ; . .
At Pittsburg
New fork. i't i 0 0 o 0 04
Pittsburg 4 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0-10
Hits New York 8. Pittsburi 8. Errors-
New Tork . Pittsburg 3. Batteries Wester
velt and Farrek Enret and Jlaok.
At Cleveland , . . ,
Philadelphia 8800090128
Cleveland.. 14 0 5 4 110 s-ls
Rita PblladelDhla 20. Cleveland 14. Snore
Philadelphia 5, Cleveland 1, Batteries-Caltt-han
and Buckley; Young and O'Connor.
Funeral of General Frye.
Philadelphia, July 18. General J. B.
Frye, who died at his Newport resl-
denoe en Wednesday, was burled to-day
in the family lot In St. James the Less
churoh yard. The offers of military or
ganisations to set as escort Were de
olined In deference to the wish ol Mrs.
Fry e,whe' desired a quiet funeral. ' Only
about a deeen persons! relatives Md I
Meadfjt .wero present, . v r- L
BADGE BANNER TO CHICAGO
AW AMD ED BY 1HH vnHltVXAM MX
DM ATOM VOXVMUflAVXi,'
It Was for the Most Work Done In She
Interest of flood Cltlsonahtp- More Than
Forty Thousand KnAvosws la Clere
laod Diplomas Awarded.
Cleveland, July 13. The number of
Emleavorers In the city this morning
was even larger than yesterday. Sev
eral thousand belated delegates arrived
during the night and early morning
hours, so that when the second day's
sessions began In the hall, tents anal
churches the Attendance lacked very
little of the 40,000 originally counted on.
Pop nearly an hour after all the Endea
vorers who could be accommodated had!
pressed their way Into Baengerfeat hall
they kept singing songs. Tbe session!
of Friday morning was opened by the
announcement of the committees ap
pointed by Chairman Dickinson.
Rev. R. V. Hunter conducted ad
"open parliament," after which John
G. Wooley of Chicago delivered an ad
dress on "Christian Endeavor versus
the Saloon." The morning session wag
closed with an address on "Christian
Citizenship" by Rev. Smith D. Baker,
D. D., of Boston. At the tent meeting
the badge banner for the most work
done In the interests of good citizenship
was presented to Chicago, and forty di
plomas were given to as many societies
In different parts of the country. Ed
win B. Wheelock then conducted an
"open parliament" on this line of work.
A school of practical method In Chris
tian Endeavor work was conducted la
the afternoon.
At the evening sessions in both hall
and tent a resolution was unanimously;
adopted expressing regret at the ab
sence of President Clark and Invoking
divine blessings upon him.
The committee of '94 was introduced,
to the convention and presented with m
handsome banner by the united ejociety,
for faithful service. The treasurer an
nounced that all legitimate expensesof
the convention had been met and a bal
ance of 11,000 would be turned over to
the united society to assist in paying
the expense of speakers, etc.
FULL KEfORT WASTED.
Senator Hale Wants to Hear From ths
Tariff Bill Conferees.
Washington, July 18. The resolution
offered yesterday by Mr. Hale, rep.,
Maine, directing the chairman of the
senate conferees on the tariff bill to re
port whv a full arid free conference had
not yet been held, was laid before tha
senate.
Mr.' Hale stated why he offered the
resolution. It was intended, he said, to
call the attention of the senate and tha
country to the present status of tariff
legislation. It was not intended as A
disrespectful reminder to the confer
ence. .
The senate had passed the tariff bill
on the third of July, ten days ago, and
had appointed conferees, and the house
had appointed its conferees a week ago.
In the. case of the McKlnley tariff actai
meeting of the full conference oommlt
tee had been called within two hours,
and he was Informed, by the veteran)
senator of Ohio (Mr. Sherman) that
never in his experience had there failed
to be a prompt meeting of the confer
ence committee on suoh bills.
Mr. Hale was replied to by Mr. W)or
hees, dera., Indiana, chairman of the
senate conferees, who disclaimed any;
idea of discourtesy toward the' repub
Mean conferees, and explained that he
had thought it would facilitate action;
to have the matter first arranged by the
democratic conferees, after which, ha
said, the advice of the republican oon
ferees would be asked and listened tej
respectfully.
The three republican conferees, flnns
tors Sherman of Ohio, Allison of Iowsj
And Aldrlch of Rhode Island, took pari
in the (Hacusslon. claiming that the
course pursued In the matter was with
out precedent. Finally, by common con
sent, the resolution went to the ealetve
dar.
Balloon Ascension Postponed.
Fully 6,000 people assembled at Savig
Rock yesterday to witness the balloost
ascension. They were doomed to dlsap
pointment,however,as the desired event
did not. take place, owing to the fact
the base ball grounds could not be se
cured to Inflate the balloon in. The ball
players had agreed to give up th
grounds at 4 o'clock, but failed to do so.
and the wind being somewhat unfavor
able, it was decided to postpone the as
cension until 4:30 this afternoon.
Are Always Kicking.
A New Haven motorman SAys:
have developed a queer habit When
ever we stand still off a oar or In hast
our right leg kicks at Intervals, and
for no purpose whatever. We all hove $
tapping kick, and will always have K
as long as there are footballs on the caf
platforms. You see that we have It
strike the bell at all the crossings. Jl
new man becomes as lame with hlttlnsj
the footbell the first day as a fellosA
learning to ride a bicycle. But, unllkt
the bicycle, we develop only one lesv
can't keep my foot still twenty sasV
onds at a stretch."
St John's Oethollo Club Excursion.
The annual exourslon of the St Jon
Catholic club will go to New Tork anal
up tbe Hudson river on Wednesday,
July 18, on. the steamer ContlnentAi,
leaving Belle dock at 8 a. m., and re-
1 turning leaves Thirtyflrat street at I sw
m., reaching New Haven at 10 p. m.
StatesqOms may - 'be haS att the club
Sunday from 2 to 4 p. an. It promisee
to be one of the largest parties ot tha
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