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g^y}LlSllED AUGUST 24,1852.
WHEELING, WEST YA., SATURDAY M-ORNING, MARCH 13,1886.
VOLUME XXXIV.?NUMBER 174.
Jlit MUijfurcr.
22=?ua>T?TVourtfeuti* Streot.
yurr; *u?' * _ ?? j
! ttfflj&i bM*io*lu Nuw Ur"
Lajestenlay, which must have aston
...i'tlie DtfOP'".
1,1 future ol journalism is very uucer
_ tt,ea the twid anil dignided Phlla
K* Ltlj" fc'8" Off the following para
Jph: "JuJgiiig iroiu the groat number
!j unit" it we"'11 ?*<"" t1"' eomebody
ftMi the iron lo bo hot." It is a great
Ij;j, that the preisfi did not break
jiil ?
jm interuting interview with Judge
Ipj B. Itlair, furniebed by our Park
jniirf correspondent, in regard to the
jj^h oi West Virginia, will not only be
muraling reading to those who have a
jiiiiut recollevtion of tboso stirring times,
til fill lw instructive to the generation
iut taa grown ii|> since.
Sr. Lorn hu found gas more expen
. i"? ,t f 1 '?"? l*'r 1.??? 'eet than ol $j 50.
Ti? City C mtroller is now wrestling with
I,(irobleiu, and the yus company laughs
^ iu sWvtf.?A'urwai t.'ily Juumai,
Inel'ity Controller might as Well givr
IP um wrestling masrb, for when the gas
Sin tomes along all ho has to do is (o
pnii on thu button and let the needle
yj arouml. Length of days and nlgbb
ud the number ol oil lamps in your bouse
aio nolblog to do with tne honest gas
alter.
Jin. lloaaiiiw is a nice friend of tin
wrkinifuian. He is quoted as saying thai
ineriran wanes would havo to comu liowi
to Hie European level, anil that it W03use
lm to attempt to keep thein up by a high
ur.tl. If the hearing before the Waye
ill Means Committee Is continued mticl
longer the country will be led to believ)
lint the chairman of that committee iia>
i leiaing to iroo trade. The stranges'
toi in the wimlo matter is that J)emo
cratic workmen will vote for Buch men for
t'jMrusnieu,
SmioK Kknna is said to have made a
pwuipeechon behalf of the President,
lilh ihom he swaps hunting stories and
ii'iwi failles. The singleness of the ttvi
mj'i. and tho unison of tho two heath
uturilly attracted a crowded Iioum, and
the usemlileil multitude were mucl
pieued with Cleveland's argument as re
tied by .Mr. Kenna. Tile West Virginia
Siuloriusile the best he could out of a
W rue, and when the dull thud falls hi
ud the I'reiiilent will console each othe.
by throwing their lines in the lame Hal.
arum sometime this Hummer.
Thi Harpers hare come back at W. f.
Gilbert with the rotort courteous, but
withal it contains somewhat of a sting.
Theysiy, "We havo been Interested li
your statement of the reasons whlcl
prompte-l your gift to the public Instiln
ui you mention. Doubtless, since yoL
decided to expend in the cause of charii}
thi till which you kindly accepted from
u,you could not havo made a more proper
disposition of the money than to tie
Victoria Hospital for Children. And w e
Tinturo to express the hope that if youi
inerciity on this occasion Indicates a
purpose on your part to appropriate syr
traitically to the hospital your revenui
Iron the United States, its fundi will ni t
long be in the needy condition which you
denribe."
Poon Sssatoii Jusssi Ills Infatuation
lor the Detroit maiden who has steeled hei
lurtajjaiiut his ardent suit has mado him
the butt of a great deal of ridicule. lie
hu been reasoned with by friends, but hi
fill not listen to reason?Mr. Jones wouli
not be madly in lovo if he did?and hi
?till continues his mournful march past
the house ol the woman who has obarmec
him. Thecause ol Senator Jones' unfortu
we infatuation Is very plain and shoulo
beiurning to his brother Senators, win
"?not married and of a romantic turn ol
nlad, It is almost a moral certainty tha
lie Senator's freak is due to an lnordi
mate indulgence in the Congruiional
R>ml, That highly sensational worl
bis,nodoubt,so wrought up his mind thai
like the young man's fancy in the Spring
tine, Ids thoughts hive lightly turned U
lore. It Is a sail, sad case, indeed.
Ml A t.l, AUUIUHCB8
'niwt *l the Uiiiin|> <|( Ilia Third l'?rt)
el Fairmont, Y?lt?rd*7,
to lh4 InUUtatnotr.
fiUMusT, W. Vi.| March 12.?Then
*u but a very small attendance upon thi
Prohibition iums meeting held here to
^'r< The meeting was addressed by thi
?drartlaed speakers, Messrs. llopklns anc
I'uikidon. At the alose ol the addrease?
*n organisation wai ejected aud commit'
kMappointed lor active work throughoui
"?county.
It iiu been reliably ascertained tba
l?s that twenty Third parly men parti
cipated in the deliberations, though there
Vers perhaps one hundred and tilty per
Ro? in tba hall during the apoaktng,
"Ml; all ol whom were attracted thltiiei
?nt ol curiosity.
.Captain Frank Hurt was eloctod countj
wurmau, An evening meeting was held
?? which hut soventy five men, women
W children aero present. The audience
*u sildrnsed by tno aame speakers above
??tioned, ami alio by Onairrnan Burl,
*nen. Cerskadou and Hopkins loft to
?Ifhl lor i'arkersbnrg.
VnoMMoa ol llrtllak Trade,
Uwcnisraa, E.ki,, March 18.?The
"?onlian In its commercial article, ?ays:
Tl? market Is inanimate. Dome moderate
fjei have lieen made lor both prompt and
'tare delivery; prices,however, were moat
ttunchanged, Transactions werasmall.
I''is are llat, with a alow demand,
"less are easier. Kpinnera aieanitous
"rlresh husluess; they anticipate lower
notations.
falallj Humid,
Wutusma, I'*., March 12.?The res
nance ol Joseph Uale, near i'lttaton, waa
I? . ''J 11,0 this morning. Hale's
children, one agoil I and the other
were In the liouae alone at the
The youngest child was rescued
'lire, I,ut fatally burned. The other waa
?'Md lo death,
tiiimaioa u.n.i.e,
niaLis, March 12.?l'rlnce Bismarck's
"WW Monopoly bill waa to-day rejected
Jr the Commlttea ol the Reichstag, to
wnom It ?u referred lor consideration.
iwtoU sialnat the adoption ol thi
F"M?r? wu 20 to 1,
THE NEW STATE.
Some New Fact* About the Blrtli
of West Virginia,
The IliUlcultles that Were En
countereil lu Congress
Aim! tliu Opiioaitiou Met with iu
Lincoln's Cabinet.
A Clandestine Entrance into the
White Mouse Oue Night.
The New Year's Girt of Lincoln to
loyal West Virginians.
Interesting Reminiscences ol' a
Famous Fight.
Ourre*tMJiuiciice 0/ ttu IiUclllqcHcer.
l'AHKWUfUUHu, \V. Va., March 12.?A
very interesting bit of the unwritten his
tory ol "th? war-horn" State ol West Vir
(iuiu was recently detailed to your repre
sentative liy Judge Jacob Beeson Blair,
who has been the United estates Judge in
Wyoming Territory aince March, 1870,
whim he received his appointment at the
hands of President Grant. Judge Blair
stopped in Parkeraburga few days to visit
bin son-in-law, Mr. H, 11. Moss, Cashier of
?lie Parkeraburg National Bank, while on
his way home from Washington, whither
ne hail gone to defend himself against
wine Democratic dtke-seekers, who wore
trying to unseat him for personal reasons,
le was-uu-utranger here. In 18111 he was
icltixeuof this city and in the stirring
?cuneeuud important events of the dark
lays of Rebellion, he played an impor
uut part. At that timo the Jndge was a
.iracticing attorney at the Wood county
bir and a man noted for his intense Union
sin.
On the 23d of May, 1881, the voto was
'aken In the Mate of Virginia on the
irdinanco of secession. The result in the
lounties west of the mountains, and which
iow comprlso West Virginia, was over
whelmingly opposed to tliu ordinance
Subsequent events are common history,
1'lie three Wheeling conventions and the
irganiiiitlon of what is known in history
8 "the restored government of Virginia,
he eloction of State olliclals, etc., followed
n quick succoulon. At that time the late
don. John K. Carlisle, a prominent and
aleuted citizen of Clarksburg, represent
d the Parkeraburg Congressional district,
s it was thon constituted, iu Congress
Under the restored government he and
Hon. Waitman T. Willey were chosen
United States Senators.
JUtlUt 111.aiii's ri.ATroRU.
Judge Blair became a candidate for the
vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr.
Jarlisle, and was elected in 1881. He had
wo planks in his platform and stood bold
y upon tliem during his campaign. The
lrst was the suppression of tlie ltebelllon
is speedily as possible, unil'ht whatever
rcet; and tlie other was the formation of a
lew State out of the counties west of the
uonntains, which had shown their loyalty
iy polling but '1,000 votes for secession out
if a total of nearly 48,000. TheJudgo was
lectnd by a gratifying innj jrlty.
Knowing tint he was thoroughly con
'iirsant with the history of the events
<hich led to the birth of our State, and
visiting to place on record his version of
tiat part of our State history, the reporter
israuaded the reluctant Judge to give the
istails as lie remembers them. It liao
jsen a question open to controversy at va
tons times, as to who played the greatest
?art in getting the bill through Congress
ad in persuading President Lincoln to
ign it. This interview clearly shows that
t was n common work in which many
(ere interested and are entitled to credit,
the story is told In the eaact words of the
ludgo.whoinformed me that the Incidents
ecorded ore ns fresh In his memory as
bough they had happened but yesterday,
jaid the Judge:
"No one man, In my opinion, can claim
adividually the credit of the proud result
if the forinotlou of this State. There were
(illing hands and hearts ou nil sides, and
Dimerous prominent citiiens deserve the
lighest commendation for their devotion
otho causa, anil tliolr assistance iu the
iccomnlishraentoftlie Unal result. Amoug
.txeee l would mention ex-8enator Walt
aan 1'. Willey, of Morgantown; Governor
Irthur I. ltoroman, of Parkersburg; A.
iV. Campbell, at that time editor of the
Wheeling Istiij.io*sckr, the lata William
i. Brown, of Klngwood, at that time Con
iressmau from this State, ei-Governor
(. H. Pierpont, of Fairmont, and many
ithers, whose names I do not now recall,
it will make but littlo difference to any of
hose fortunate to have been ldentided
vitb the movement which rcaultod in the
ilrth of this rising Commonwealth, where
he credit belongs, so long as the State of
Vest Virginia, tor which they labored, is
i grand accomplished fact.
Till tllUT BILL LOIT.
"Wlien I wont to Congress from this
listrlet in 18(11, 1 loft my conitltuonts
dcdged to two tilings i The suppression o(
he liebellion, and tho formation of a now
Itate, if pooslbls. These vital questions I
ode as hobbles. At the first session of
/'ongrenj in which I served the new State
till was presented and lost on the first
/oto. Nothing further ?as done during
ay first term, and soon the session was
tvor nnd the edorts put forth were barren
I results. 1 was again a successful caudi
lata at the next election and my platform
*oa theaamees bsloro.
"When 1 wont to Congress tho second
Ime, 1 took with me petitions signed by
housauda of names asking for the forma
ion of the new Stato. When the bill
jaino up for passage the second time the
nattor had been thoroughly canvassed,
tahuylerOolfai, Thud. Stevens and many
tthers made short speeches in favor of it,
tnd it was passed byamajorilyoffortv votes
just before Congress took Its holiday re.
.'ess, and tu sent to President Lincoln
,o bo approrod and signed. Mr. Lincoln
nnd until mldnlghtuu the 31st of Decern
oer lo sign the bill.
"1 said to Senator Wllley that 1 would
lot leave Washington antii 1 knew the
ate of our bill, to I remained. Senator
Wllley and Congressman Drown went
borne for ? short time and then returned.
During the days that intervenod between
the paasage of the bill and the 2ist of De
cember, 1 talked several (lines lo Mr. Lin
coln nbout the bill, but be failed to say
positively whether or not lie would ap
prove of it, We bad aeveral prominent
Republicans to visit him each day and
talk to him abont the matter, In order to
ascertain what would he the find result,
but In vain. We oould get no Intimatlou
of the President's views on the subject.
In the mesntlme Senator Wllley and 1 vis
ited every member ol tbe Cabinet person
ally, as wo had an ids* that the President
would have a Cabinet i;oninlUtluq before
final action. Senator Wllley obtested to
the course somewhat as he feared It would
appear Indelicate. Out I finally overcome
his scruples and we went lo see the gen
tlemen ol the Cablnst.
"The Hut one we called upon wot Mr.
Stanton, Secretary ol War, we Introduc
ed ourselves and told htm our errand. He
was outspoken in bis opinion that we
should have a new State, and lie advised
us by all means to see each member ol the
Cabinet and ascsrtain his views.
INtBJtVIIW WIT/I SSWAR0.
"Nskt ws called upon Secretary ol Stats
Seward, As ws enured tbe room when
be ut it work at bU dak. ? attendant
brought in the foreign mail 411(1 I*1
before hhn. The mSl was very large,
and thla wM the moat inopportttDa Limu
wecould have attempted an audlonce
with the Secretary, lor there waa then a
ireat deal, ol diplomatic correspondence
baina carried on. the attitude of fcng
jlanS waa very much feared, *'"'9?,???
of thoee lettera might have owendedth#
fata of the Nation. We apoke to M:r.
Seward, however, aud told hiin the object
He replied: 'Gentlemen, it ia a matter
ol the highest moment, and I ?hoiild be
varv slad to talk it over with you, but, as
jr?e, my foreign mail is |uj in. Uta
of tha areateat importance and must be
attended to at once. 1 toll. therefore
| not have time to conault with you at
^?SSd I: 'Mr. Beward, can you tell us
whether or not you aro ou our Bide?
" ?Aa I have juat said, 1 cannot Ul^ the
matter over juat uow,' he replied: It used
SW?n twia in'Congre?, that when
anyone interested in the passage of a bill
?pSprt8dw^%?p^l;o?Tt\rK
ment in ita '?vor. as I.OM ftL#?ya pushed
(or timo. Gentlemen, you see my foreign
mail la waiting, aud 1 have no time now
'""YVe felt Mr. Seward feeling much en
couraged by the roundabout assuranceha
had given us that he favored the bill. We
found Mr. Ohase, Secretary of the Treaa
urv in our (avor, but we received cold
comfort from Welles and Bites, while we
struck aanag when we called toaee Mont
mmery Blair, lie told us that he would
no" 'tamely aubmlt to sit calmly by and
Bee the urand old Commonwealth of \ ir
illnia, Mother of Presidents, thusdumoiu
Lred to gratify the inclinations of a email
nronorUon of her cllUeM, and f great
deal of other heroic stutT I do not now re
member. Senator WiUey, generally the
mnu, ,miet and modest of men, became
justly incensed at the uncalled for vehe
mence of Mr. Ulair'a opposition, and be
entered into a heated argument with him,
itt which, let me assume, my colleague
^After'ou r vlait'I h'adi n fl uenl 1 al Itenub-1
licans s^ the various members ol the
Cabinet daily, and urge upon $3
nBPAHHitv of the new State. 1 also caiieu j
ontho President, but with aa little appar-1
eSt success as before. On this occasion,
he asked me this quwlion:
"'la this bill constitutional?
"'Why, Mr. President, I replied, that
Is no longer a debatable question, Oui
senators and our Kepreseutatives have
been admitted to Congress from the State, |
and tha Kxecutive Department of tlioi
United States has recognised t|?e restored
Government of West Virginia, as tha true
? "YolhlsliB made no reply, but be ap-1
peared as ttiough but half convinced of
the expediency of the desired approval, j
TUB f ABSIDKKT'h ATTITUDK. |
"On Decembor Ul, the laat day in which i
Iho President had to sign tlio bill, 1 re
member coinluKOUtof the National Hotel,
whora 1 boardod, and looking at my I
watch, 1 was surprised to And that it was
four o'clock. Tho thought struck me that (
I miiflt bbo the President at once, or, per
hapa'lt would be too late. I !??*?
tha cars and soon found myself at the
White Homo. The doora ol tho mansion
were closed and locked, and it seenied
impossible to get to see tho President.
The entlro force of attaches were working
for the next morning's New \ ear a recep
tion, and would admit no oue.lwasln
ilnanalr Bo impressed was I with tho im
nortonoe of my min.ion tl.at 1 went to a
window on the left side o the portico,
threw up the sasl), and leaping in found
mvssll in what is used as the gen
eral reception room. I went out
"to the ball, and upstairs, where
I found all the doors opon but no oua in
?li/ht I went to the room used by the i
President as an office, but found it unoc
cupied. i determined to eee Mr. Lincoln
at all hmrds, even if I had.to wait in the
hall until he came to retire for Iho night.
I became excited and walked back and
forth along the great hall in front of the
office door. Finally as I turned in my
walk at tho rear of the hall,1 saw Mr.
Lincoln come up tho e laird walking slowly
In an abstracted manner and entered Ilia
room. I walked at once to the door, and
.aw him sitting by a small table, Mb head
resting in ono hand, while with tho otlior
he hold an opon book, apparently road
ing. I stepped Juat over the threshold
""'?Mr!' President, I would like to ask
you ono question,' and waited for bla re
'P"lle roplled slowly, In a weary manner,
without raising his eyes from tho book.
'I'd rather you would not.
"1 Bald i 'Mr. President, thla is the last
day you have In which to sign the bill for
the admission of tho new State into the
U"'lie looked un aulckly, savlnn: 'Blair.
la that yon?'
"After a lew mora words in regard to
the matter, he continued:
" 'I would like to nee your delegation
this evening at 7 o'olock. I want to talk
to you about aiguing that hill.'
"I returned to the hotel, and immedi
ately informed my colleaimos, Bonator
Willey and Congressman Brown, of our
appointment with the President. Promptly
At 7 o'clock we were on hand. After the
tuual salutations, Mr. Lincoln remarked:
" Tbave asked and received the written
opinions of my Cabinet, aa to.the pro
priety of approving this bill. These f will
read to you, bat as I read them I will not
inform you whose opinions they are.'
OPINIONS or TUB C'ABINKT.
"Aa you may imagine, we wero all very
well informed aa to the poaltlona occupied
by the Cabinet on the subject, and Mr.
Brown told*the President that we could
easily inform him of the authorship of
eaol) opinion, and wo did so. As Mr.
Lincoln read each paper either pro.or con,
one of our delegation would tell him who
wrote it, and we were given to understand
Indirectly that we were correct. There
were tlx of these opinions. William It.
Seward. Secretary of Stale, Salmon P.
Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, and lid
win M. Stanton, Secretary of War, were
strongly in favor of the admission of the
State ol West Virginia) while Oldson
Welles, Secretary of the Navy; Kdward
Hates, Attorney-General,and Montgomery
lllalr, Postmsefer.Oeneral, all strenuously
opposed the measure, Caleb B, Smith,
Secretary of the Interior, ?u at his home
In Indiana, and his opinion was not had.
"Laying aside the documents he had
read, Mr, Lincoln reached with his left
hand and drew out of a drawer la the
little old pine table at which he sat, a
written paper, and looking up with a
qultilcal smile, he said i
" 'Now, .gentlemen, 1 will read you the
odd trick.' ,
"Of courseJwo >11 knew It was his own
opinion, and we listened to it with In
tense interest, for we knew that on the
purport ?f the few words pennsdonthe
paper he held In his. hand, depended the
late ol uur new State project, Alter he
had finished reading It, I thought, and I
think now, that he had said more In the
tame space than any member of the Cabi
net at to the advisability ol admitting
the new State. We were overjoyed by
the fact that he wm on our side, as Indi
cated by what he had read, and I remark
ed to him that I liked "that odd trlok"
better than any of the others
"After talking some Ume longsr on the
matter which had brought us together,
and other toplot of current Interest, we
took oar leave, Before going, howefer, 1
?aid to him i
"'To-morrow, Mr, President, It New
Ymt'i Pay, on wbioh oooaalon I know
you will not receive business callers. It
would afford mo great pleasure to bo able
to send to my constituents, m a New
Y ear's present, the news of the admission
of"the titato of West Virginia into the
Union.'
"'If yon will come up here eatly in the
morning,' Mr. Lincoln replied, 4I will tell
you what I have done with the bill.'
"I could scarcely sleep that night, and
the next morning not later that y o'clock,
I was on hand at the Presidential Man
sion. Through his private secretary, I in
formed Mr. Lincoln that I was there to see
him, and that 1 would not detaiu him a
moment. I was admitted at once to the
President's otiico, and to my astonishment,
11 found Mr. Seward and Mr. titanton
there at that early hour to wish Mr. Lin
I coin the compliments of the season. They
were thnu In the office, i did uot sit
down. After greeting me, Mr. Lincoln
walked at once to the well known stand
ing desk in the room, which was a shabby,
rude sort of an affair, and took the bill
from the pigeon-hole where it rested. He
opened it, and walking to my side, hold it
close to my oyes and said:
TUK NBW HTATK liOJUT,
" 4l)o you see that signature ?'
"I read:
I.... V.X?7/^"***11"^*i*'i-'oL.wV:? ?
".Scarcely tarrying to say good morning
to the Presidont and his two counsellors,
I departed to tell tho good news, i made
the distance from the white House to th*
National hotel in a much shorter time
than i ever accomplished it before 01
since. As I neared the hotel I saw fien-i
iitor NVilley standing on the portico look
ing anxiously up the avenue in the direc
tion of the White House. ? I at once com*
muuicated to him tho joyful intelligence,
aud together we wont to the nearest teje
graph office aud sunt a message to Gover
nor Peirpont, which read substantially as
follows:
F, H, Pkirpont,
Governor of West Virginia,
Wheeling, W, Va.
, "The President has approved the nevs
?State bill. I saw his signature with inv
own eyea. Let all the people rejoice.
' 'That was the happiest N 0 w Y oar's I evei
spent in my life, and we behaved more
like young boys 011 a holiday, than with
the dignity which became the Kdpresont
atives of a brand new fitate."
Huch is tho unwritten history of event*
intimately connected with the birth oj
"the adopted child of the Republic," a^
narrated by one who, with others stood
as godfather to the uew born Ktate. 0
those who took such au active part in tht ?
light for State independence some an
dead and others are still honored citfcssu*
of our fcJtater This reminiscence will bo 01
interest to those who were ou tho scene,
and will be read with interest by tho young
West Virginians who have grown up sinct
tho occurrence of the events narrated.
UA.LLOWS Mt* ?it 1?V C'liJfiATJCD
Of twu Victims, wiiu Attempt to Coiutuli
Suicide*
New Orliamh, March 12.?Ever sinct
tho decision of the l'ardon Board not to
interfere in tho cue ol Ford and Murphy,
the report hag been freely circulated thai
the men would nevor be hanged, and the
apparent uncertainty of the sentence be
ing carried into etTect did much to in
create the excitement that hag exlatei
since Captain Murphy was murdered. At.
unoaay feeling wan manifeeted in all <iuar
tots laat nlghc, and tliie morning the ex
citeineut became intense when It wa
made known that the prisoners had at
tempted to poleon themselves.
Ac 7 ;30 0 clock this morning, when tht
keepers went to arouse the condemnei
men. It wag found impossible to waki
them up. J'hysicians wero summoned a<
once, aud after an examination they con
eluded that the prisonera had taken bella
donna. Edbrtg wero at once made to re
suicltate the men, and at 11:30 Murpbt
had rallied a little, but Furd was still un
conscious.
At 12:41) o'clock Sheriff Butler, accom
panied by aoveral subordinate officials
proceeded to tho ceil of tho condemned!
where the bodlea of toe doomed men laj
still, apparently lifeless, under the physi
clan's care. The men were carefulh
lifted from their recumbent positions an.
uorne In tho aims of tho agitated deputies
to tho scaffold. Amid profound silenc.
tho ghastly bodies wero carfied up tin
steps to tue plank of the horrible plat
form aud held in orect positions. While
tho fatal nooses wero drawn over and
around their necks no sign of life was ob
served in either man. When the last sad
rites had been performed and when the
trap was sprung by an unseen hand and
the bodies wero launched Into eternity,
a hush iell upon the little group oi un
willing spectators. The trap wag sprung
at 12:61 r. u. r
X.T.NC1IISU ,v CHILD.
A llor Assailant uf a eumli Carolina Woman
Hanged by a aioh.
OIURUBTOM, S. 0., March 12,-intelli
gence hag just beeu recelvod oi a mogt
dagtardly assault and probable murder in
the upper part of Hampton connty. Mrs
Gideon Sauls, a widow living at Ennlss
Gross itoads, had in her employ a negro
boy about 13 years old, aud a negro
woman. Her grown son was away from
homo on Monday and she was left alone
in the house. About daybreak tho boy
entered Mrs. Sauls' room, apparently to
make up tho fire. Slio asked him what
ho wanted, and he stated tbat it wag day
light and he had ctfino to awake her. Hue
waa Immediately after knocked senseless
with an axe.
The boy then ransacked the house, tak
log everything valuable, audited. Dur
ing the day Mrs Sauls recovered her
senses sufllclently to got to a window and
call a paager-by. An alarm was given,
and people came from all directions. The
unfortunate lady presented a horrible ap
pearance, her face Lining terrlblo cut and
intahed. t)ho told who had douo the
deed, Apogee Immediately started out
to nndtbeinuideror,who was soon captur
ed with the property stolen, He con
fessed, saying that henad.been Instigated
bv the negro woman, who, heclafrned,
had the money. Eicitement ran high,
and the youthful criminal was removed to
iildgeland lor safsty. Yesterday a crowd
of cltitens went to iildgeltnd and took the
boy and hung him to a gatepost until be
waa dead,
...
Natural Um Hud* Bale,
FiTTtBURoH, March 12.?A patent for
the aafediatrlbutlon of natural gaa through
out the various mains haa Juat beep
granted, Itcovors the. process ol mixing
air with gaa in auch proportions that while
the danger of exploaion la taken away all
the heating qualities still remain, the heat
unite being consumed In a perfect com
bustion, The patent la expected to revol
utionise the use ol natnral gas.
tialton Ul?gar|?i
Ooi.umbi's, March 111.?Daniel J. Dallon,
Clerk ol the Hamilton County Court,purged
himsell ol oontempt this altemoon by de
livering to the ilume ol ltepreeentativea
the returns Irons I'reolhct A, Fourteenth
ward ol Cincinnati, and ?m brdereil dis
charged Iron the custody of the Hsrgeant
at-Arma,
Rapprtiathn CbttiH*.
BAcnAMiNto, Cm , March 19.?The plat
form preaentad to the Antl-Ohlneie con
vention demands that the Government ol
the United Rtatea take Immediate etepa to
prosecuteabsolutely thisUblnese invasion,
and appeals to the people all over the
country to lopprtN the Uhlnew,
MR. KENNA'S SPEECH.
OltKATKST KFFOltT OF HIS LIFK.
Tha Wilt Virginia Senator Praaanta Iba Ad.
mlulatraUoft'a Viawa on Ilia Oontaat Ba
iwaau tha HiBala and tha Ghlaf
KxaauUva? A Brilliant Effort.
SfKciul pisjiatdi lo tin IiUtlligenar.
Wasuikutok, 0. 0., March, 12.?Not
withstanding the inclement weather the
Senate naileries were crowded to-day with
people to hear Mr. Kenna deliver his
speech in reply to Mr. Edmunds on the
relation of the Senate to the President.
Among tiie audience were Beveral ladies
from the White House and a number of
members of tho Diplomatique corps. A
dozen West Virginians occupied conspic
uous places, and on the floor of the cham
ber were Representatives Qoff, Snyder and
Wilson, A large number of other mem
tiers of the House were also on the floor, and
nearly every Senator was in his seat. Mr.
Emma spoke two and a ball hours, receiv
ing the closest attention throughout. It
being generally understood that the Sen
ator was to voice the sentiments of the
Administration and that bis speech was
carefully planned after consultation with
ihe President aud members of the Cabi
net more than ordinary interest was taken,
mil Ihe gentlemen of the press were un
usually alert tocatch the main points.
In the course of his remarks, Mr.
Kenna created two or three decidod sen
sations. Once by reading a letter written
Oy Senator Hbermau while Secretary of
-lie Treasury, refusing to send to the
Senate papers in the case of the suapen
lion of Collector Arthur by President
tlayes, and again when he read extracts
irom the second volume of Blaine a book,
mverely criticising KJuiuuds' course with
reference to the tenure of ottice act.
Justice reiiuires your correspondent to
iiy that Mr. Kenna's speech was an able
iilort. Ho did not disappoint his friends,
mil the Republican's acknowledge that,
irom his standpoint, the argument could
?carcely have been improved upon. Tne
leading dailies of the country will
lay to-morrow in effect that it was a "great
speech."
lius argument was certainly Bhrewdly
conceived and well delivered.
With great skill the real issue Involved
hi the dobato was avoided, or covered up
ly an apparently logical discussion of the
President's Civil Service Policy in general,
aid an arraignment of the alleged motives
if the ittepubllcan Senators in springing
he present issue.
Mr. Kenna seemed to carry out a pre
irranged plan to pave tho way for a cy
jione to follow the pending discussion,
#hlch will sweep all Republicans from
olllco. Some politicians contend that it
?a* intended mainly for the eyes of the
President, as showing him bow he can
maki (lie much desired sweep without
lining inconsistent with his civil service
professions.
ihe Senator spoke "o!T hand" and In
i clear, ringing voice, and as an oratorical
ilibrt his Bpeech was meritorious. It will
io doubt read well when printed In cold
ypo aud stripped of the embellishments
tccompanying a verbal rendering.
General Logan is expected to reply to
llr. Kenna on Monday.
8KSAT0KKk,>aa'II speech.
ila Hil<? up tha QaiUrleabj yuoilnj from
lll?ln?'a Uook.
Wasuisutoh, March 12.?In tho Senate
o-day the Chair placed before tint body
the resolutions reported from the Judici
ary Committee on the relations between
the President anil the Senate as to the
right of the Senate to have papers and in
firmatlon relating to suspension from
oltlce.
Mr, Kenna, of West Virginia, took the
(1 jor ill opposition to the resolution. He
contended that the Senate was not en
titled to call for and to receive such docu
mints and papers as come within the defl
ation of public and official napors as laid
lownhy tho Senator from Vermont, and
<aid: II a paper were addressed to the
I'residont pro tempore in his olliclal
opacity, that fact alone, according to the
Senator from Vermont, made ltau official
paper to which every department official
of tho great government was entitled. It
might come from a Potawattomlo Indian
ilgned in his native dialect involving a
remote contingency of the scalping of the
officers and members of the Senate, and
yet according to the definition it was an
official paper.
Tho Senator from Vermont had pro
ceeded to demonstrate, assuming his
theory to be correct, that the Senate had
a right to go into every department of the
jovornment, totbe White House, Treasury,
War and Suite departments, whether act
ing iu executive or open session, ransack
ing the archives of theso various depart
ments and wringing from them papers
coming within the definition he had read,
and yet a very mockery of this situation
jeemed by some providential interposition
to exhibit itself witblu a moment after he
had concludod.
TUB EXECUTIVE IEMIOK.
No sooner had the honorable Senator
taken hit seat than, as Is customary in the
Senate, some Senator moved that the Ben
ate proceed to tho consideration o( execu
tive business, and the hells which were
arranged for the convenience of members
if the Henate began to tingle throughout
the Capitol. A body of gentlemen com
posing a part otthe co-ordinate branch of
the Government having listened to the
argument which undertook to say that
*lf mankind should hare no secret
from the Henate, was admonish
ed by that ringing of the bolls
that tho time had come when the Senate
would put on its robes of royal purple.
t''lvo thousand brave men and (air women
were expelled from the galleries. The
r yes of the American press were closed,
l'tie doors rattled and sentinels took their
poita and as a fitting testimony at the
conclusion of the speech of the Senator
Irom Vermont the 8en?te was resolved Into
Its ancient secrecy, and as the files march
ed out and the officers assumed their posts
as guards of the sacrod privileges of the
Benato and denied everywhere else, the
thought came, how abundantly practices
may engraft themselves upon the human
compoeltiotr, and how little reflection, per
haps, members of the Senate had given to
the fact that for a hundred years or moro
the body bad been the star chamber of the
American Republic,
Why, tho Senator from Vermont would
deny privacy or confidence to every piper
In every department of the Government.
uoino ox acrroimoNi.
Suppose some vile man should aildress
the 1'resldlng officer of the Senate, or
should have done so tome weeks ago, a
letter In which lie stated that the Presi
dent pro tern was behind the times, that
the Senator from Vermont was moving In
advance In this matter, that thers was a
popular Issue among the people promising
to retain a large number of Kepublloans
In responsible and lucrative positions
should say "Don't allow lilm to make the
advance i look to the approaching National
convention In 1888; look to your lamrela;
take the floor yourself.
'?Out ths question Is not up."
"Take the floor youraelf."
"But the 8enator from Vermont hu not
yet prepared his report,"
"Take the floor yonnelf. This Issue
must be met."
"Bat thin is nothing pending In ths
Senate on which to take the door unleu
it beon the ailver resolution of the Senatoi
from Louisiana,"
"Take it notwithstanding."
Suppose some rile man, and he would
be vile to write such a letter, should have
addressed a communication of that char
acter to tbe President pro tempore in h's
official capacity, that paper according to
the definition would be a paper of which
the Senate and House of Representatives
would be entitled to. Suppose someother
vile man should have addressed a letter
to the presiding officer of the body in
which he delcareil that the Presi
dent of the I'nited States in
hia Civil Service communication had de
clared that the Senate which took the
iniation in forming and maturing the
Issue with the Executive, which should
have the practical effect of enabling the
ltepublicau majority on the tloor of the
Senate to stind betwetn those who. hold
office, having got it under former admiuls
trations, and those who aspire to hold
office under the present administration
would advance himself with that vast
army of 'political implements,' that letter
too would be an official paper under
the detiultioii laid down by the Senator
from Vermont.
QUOTATIONS mo.M 111.AINU.
Mr. Kenna continuing said: The issue,
after all, was whether a Democratic ad
ministration should appropriately perforin
its functions In the face of a negative ob
structive majority on tbe other side of this
chamber. [Applause in the galleries,
which drew from the occupant of the
Chair, Mr. Blackburn, the itdiuouitlon that
evidences of approval or disapproval were
not allowed.]
Mr. Kenna then discussed tbe question
of aonnd civil service in connection with
Mr. Cleveland'spubllcutterances, compar
ing these utterances with the declarations
of the early utterances of ourgoverament,
particularly Jefferson, and dndlug, ho
said, Mr. Cieveland'sdcclaratlons in no way
disparaged by the comparison. He theu
took up Mr. IJlalne's now book, 'Twenty
Years of Congress." and read a number of
spicy extracts from it on the tenure of
office act. Tbe writer of that work, Mr.
Kenna said, came wlthiu a thousand votes
of being the object of this "warfare" on
the Executive power, for, of course, the
war would have come all the same.
The galleries relished the extracts,
though hardly more so than the Senators,
the occupants of both tbe floor and gal
leries Indulging in considerable laughter
over Mr. Blaine's caustic comments on
the statesmanship involved In the pas
sage and the attempted repeal of
the tenure of office act. Ho asserted
that ths Senator from Vermont was
perfectly consistent: for he was working
for his political friends like a Turk in 1807,
and like a beaver In 1KUU, and that was the
whole spirit and law and meaning and fact
of the controversy of to-day. l.ut the coun
try [understand that the party which had
majorities lu both Houses I in IB07
had handicapped Andrew Johnson by
a law which afterwards they bad repeal
ed, yet proposed to substitute now in the
absence of a majority in the other branch
by the performance of a committee of the
Senate, a majority on the ltepublicau
side, and a ltepublicau caucus.
TUX I'MUIDSNT'b UACKUONK,
In conclusion Mr. Kenna said: "When
President Cleveland assumed the function
of the office of Chief Executive of this
Government I don't believe there was a
citizen in this land who had any reason
whatever to doubt that he came to tbe
discharge of his duties of that high
office determined so far aa*lu him
lay to devote a conservative anil
patriotic application to the discharge of
tils duties. 1 believe that I speak within
bounds when I say that this whole coun
try knew that the one great idea of service
to his country, In an acceptable manner,
Id the high capacity in which It has select
ed him for that high service, was
his only aspiration. I would fall
to express my own candid "con
viction now If 1 did not say that look
ing back from tbe long line of his prede
cessors In that high office and confronting
as he may tbe Issues presented here, hii
will not be llrst in surrendering its high
prerogative. The Senate may continue,
as his message indicates, to ply him and his
various subordinate departments with bar
rasslng and embarrassing Issues. It may
defeat every nomination that stands before
it for consideration. It may assert in any
measure arbitrary or othorwlso every pre
rogative granted or not granted in the
constitution, but I mistake that man if ho
does not stand firmly to Ills post, main
tain bis sworn duty under the constitution
of bis country, maintain every preroga
tive of his high office and transmit it un
lmpared to his successor.
Tnrnen Organising.
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 12.?A mooting
ol Pittsburgh and Allegheny turuera, the
moat akllled workmen in rolling mills,
foundries and machine shops, will be held
in this city to-morrow evening to perfect
an organization, prior to connecting them
aelvea with the Amalgamated Anaoclatlon
of Iron and Steel Workers. When the
organisation ia completed the work will be
continued all over the country. It is pre
dicted that before the next annual scale la
Eresented to the manufacturera the moni
ershlp of the Amalgamated Association
will be increased by luily 3,000 roll turners.
MBW8IN IIKlgr.
The Dime Savings Hank ol New Bruns
wick, N. J., has closed its doors, and la said
to be short $80,000.
Cleveland Btreet railway companies have
advanced conductors' and driven' pay to
$1 76 per day of twelve hours,
The memoirs of Pope Loo X 111. will be
brought out in this country in the spring
of 1887, and are expected to conalat of two
volumes.
Five hundred convicts ol the Michigan
State prison listened to the "Mikado"
opera?not as a measure of punlahment,
however,
The appropriation for the last session of
the Democratic legislature of Ohio
amounted to over $000,000 more than th'
appropriations for any preceding year
since 1874.
Friends ol Dr. J. P. Newman expect
his appointment as Chaplain of the U, H.
Senate, to succeed Kev. Mr. Dunston, who
has sent In Ills resignation to accept a call
to a church in another city.
Ohio Kill probably expend $35,000 In
erecting memorial tablets on the battle
field of Gettysburg to mark the places
where fourteen lluckeye, regiments and
five artillery batteries fought.
The American and Wells, Fargo A Co.
Express Companies have organised a
cheap eyatem lor the transmission of
money, whloh Is said to be an improve
ment of the Government's postal order
system,
Near Warren, 0., two rivals for a young
lady's hand met In an open Hold at mid
night to light a duel. Seven shota were
fired in the darkness, without effect,
when the deullata fell io with their flits,
and settled the question in three rounds.
There Is a rumor that the Democratio
State Senators, of Ohio,'alarmed at the way
the Cincinnati investigation has shown up,
are concocting a scheme to stop the pro
ceedings of ihe committee In a way to
throw lha responsibility on the Republi
cans.
Two Congressmen positively assert that
Commodore Traxton did canse the re
moval ol an honorable inscription from
the dry-dock engine, at the Norfolk Navy
and, and that he made wholesale remov
alaol Union soldiers and sailors, and re
placed them wltb ex-Conlederatea, In
flagrant violation ol law.
TARIFF AUITATIOy,
Iron Worksrs Halore ihs Ways %ud Msans
Commits**.
Wasbinuton, D. 0., March 12.?The
House Committee on Ways and Means
gave a heating to-day to representatives of
the Amalgamated Association o 1 Iron
und Steel Workers. Mr. Weihe, of Pitts
burgh, President of the Association, said
that the agitation of the reduction on the
iron and steel schedule had created great
alarm among the workers in the taateriais
throughout the country. If the Iron anil
Bteel which was imported during the past
year had been made in this couurry there
would not have been so many idle hanilu
around , the mills, and a reduction lu the
rate of duty would |only increase the
number. For this reason the Amalgamated
Association, which represented between
70,000 and U0,000 men, desired to enter Its
proteat against the proposed legislation.
William Martin, cf Pittsburgh, read a
protest prepared by a committee of the
Association, in which the Association
says that it is unalterably opposed to any
revision of the tarill' except in tiie direc
tion of higher duties.
Mr. Stewart, who had bad thirty years
experience as an iron worker, gave it as
his opinion that a general reduction of
wages invariably followed a general re
duction of tariff duties. Mr. Stewart, re
ferring to a remark made by Mr. Urecken
ridge, of Kentucky, relative to the condi
tion of China under the policy of shutting
llself out from foreign intercourse, said
that when the American workman came
down to the Chinese policy and carried
everything on their heads the wages
would could down to the same rate as
Chinese wages. The American workman
had genius, the Chinaman had nut.
Mr. Breckenridge Inquired In regard to
the general condition of labor in this
country, and whether it was In good rela
tions with the employers. Mr. Stewart
replied that the relations wero not satis
factory, and that was the cause of the
organisation of so many luborassociatious.
The workingmen recognized that the laws
of the United States wero not made in the
interest of labor but of capital. They
were going to give Congress a chance to
help them. If this was done a movement
would be Bet on foot which wonld enable
them to help themselves through the bal
lot box,
Mr. Breckenridge inquried whether
there were not other causeB of complaint
among workmen than had grown out of
the reduction of the tariff.
Mr. Stewart replied thatthe reduction of
the tariff was the sole originator oi the
whole movement of labor associations*.
WIIOLKSALK UUtlULAUIUH
And Attempted Uiirglarlss and Other Thiols |
at Mania's Furry,
Mr*. M. J. Hotels lorluusly 111.
The whooping cough U eptdumlo among the
children.
Itussell Wood has conieuled In be a candidate
for cuuncll lioin the Kltsl ward.
Martin Ziuu UIJainH died o( consumption at
hla reaidence oa youth Third ureal hut evening.
ltov. Mr. Walker, oi ihe PresbyterIan Church, will
deliver a aeriuou to young people on Sabbath
evenings! 7:su.
The water works question la aim an open ta?ne
notwithstanding the tint Installment on tne bond*
inis been ordered paid,
Kdwsrd Keller received a letter yesterday an
nouncing the serious illucii of hi, wife In fhrla
dolphin lie left on the unt train lor that place.
Mm Sarah A. Urar, who liu boon leaching
drawliig an 1 paluPug in the New Concord, Ouio
College, cam a home yesterday for a ihort vacation.
Jam-a M. llodjun, a nertlistit of Wellnburg, w?
in town yesterday. Mr. ttodgere la an o d Belmont
county resident uud siwsya teels at home whea he
tieada Ita .oil,
A oltisens' convention will be held noit Friday
evening, tjpntli nomination a candidate tor tti
Mayors.ty, In place of Daniel W. Clark, who died
auddeu.y ytalenlay morning.
The Pittsburgh Natural Us. Company has aaktd
Council to convene ueit Monday nUiit to pass
UJOU the comeauv'a application fir the right of
way through the streets for its plpei.
Daniel W. Clark. a well-known and most rested
ed citizen, died very auddoaly about It o'clock jc
lerday morning, ot apoplcsy. lie complained oa
Th<irelay evunltig of a pain in his head; which 1 ? <
creased untilearly Krldsy tnornlne. l)r. Williams
waa called In. but ho expired in a abort time aft r
he resnhed hit bedside. Jlr. Clsrk wai horn and
had Heed all hla life lu thia place, sul puraued the
occupation ol s ihoamaker, aud had the cotill letiio
aud respeo-.ufall who know him. Although psysi
caily unsblo to outer the army he wai Intensely
patriotic aud the toidlera from hero had no better
friend than Danny Clark. Mr. Clark waa, on Wed
nesday, nominated lor asyoron IheCltlsens'tlcaet. ,
aud won Id probably have been endorsed by the ite
liuhllcnu Convention, lie wss M yeara of ago, slid
leaves a wife and a lame family ol children. The
fuoeral will tike place 00 Sunday afternoon. In
terment lu Walnut Urate Cemetery.
Thieves contijino. to ply their vocation horo.
Yesterday morning, st an early hour, the stores ot
Messrs. K. C. lloyd, a shoe merchant, r haries W.
Rwarts, a hatter, and W.?. llolildsy 4 Co., senerai
dealers in merchsndlae, were tried by burglars,
but uo secern to either waa gained. At the Ural
two establishments named the Imralsrs1 means to
gain entrance were an augur and bits, aud possibly
they would have succeeded hsd not tlto doors been
Interlined with sheet Iron. Felling in this sUetept
they wended Ihelr wsy to llnllidsy * Co.'s store,
where they were frightened by the appearance of
Dr. Harvey, whoso olllce Is almost adjacent to the
building in which la located llolildsy it Co.'s store,
and at onco decamped. Shortly alter the attempti
to gain admiulon to the stores montl'incd, thu resi
dence of John Armstrong was broken into aud a
varlctr of goodisbslraoted, consisting ol proTislona,
etc. Hero sn eulrsnoe wss gained by hunting
open the cellar door, aud once within Ihey helped
themselves. Hmitey'a, lleston's snd McCsriy's
shot* were also broken Into, irom which plscoi the
tools used wsre taken.
HKLLAlltK.
llepnbllaan Prtmarlaa this Evening?Minor
Local Naws Note*.
A child of Honry Kberllng died Tburiday night.
The colored people hold a dramatic fostlval at
City Hall tonight and to morrow n ght,
The Second ward polli will bo below the B. A O
tracks this spring, at tho C'roxler corner.
James U. Parrah and John McOraw are tho mem
bora of the Hchool Board whote terms are about to
vxpir*.
Mri. J, M. Crlawell and threo children hive
left Jonhoir farm In Weisot county, W.Va,. wiitre
tooy will remain until fall.
Tin expenses of lupportlng tho poor In thin
towuihlp are only twtct'ilrda of those of Mead town
ship, a much less populous one.*
Marshal Burke took Mom Davli to tho county
Jalitoierve out hla due and a*ntenue for being
drunk and dliordcrly aud resisting OUlcer Fallon.
The grooen havo agreed upon 8 o'clock p u h*
tho hour for closing their itores, beginning next
Monday. Friday aud Saturday evenings will bo
excepted.
Mr. Matt Gordon, formerly Cleveland A Pitts
burgh ticket agent here, was in town, ve?terday.
He 11 now Baltimore A Ohio commercial operator
atZancsvllle.
'1 hn Republicans will hold tbelr primaries tbla
evening. Thev can elect a majority of the louui 11
easllvIf they nomluate good men. Capi. Brown
aud M. h. Fo?noti bave each selected a set of dele
gates lu his Interest for Mayor.
Mr. Jo? Morris, son of Hon. J. It. Morris, of
\\w Wield, h ii been app jluted express uieaseng- r
un the B., L. A C. road In place of carl Judklus,
resigned. CarlJudktns received an appointment
i)l exnrun mesienger on Urn Ohio Central raliroad.
wliha run from Bucyrui, Ohio, to Coming, l'ery
county, Ohio, at a lalaiv of 100 per month. An im
portant trust for a boy 18 years of age.
Bridgeport*
John Watklni, Jr., left for Flqua, lud., yeiterday.
The new machinery In Smith's mill works like a
charm.
Thjinas Cowan, a truttet'of C'oleraln; township,
was down yesterday.
Mr J,0. Bites and wife, after an exteided villi,
returned to Baltimore ywterday.
W 11 Smith, a coal miner, wai hurt at,K. Lyle's
coal works late Jhntsday evening,
J. 0. W^klns, of ihlf town, will ihortly leive for
Richmond wnere ho has lecured a iltuatlon.
John Sldibottom, Superintendent, and Joseph
Bsliey, a Director ol tho Infirmary, were lutown
yeiterday.
Twooftheold contractors of theC., t<. A W. road.
Mrsirs. A. N. Wlnspearo aud Jacob Mlauiey, wero
in town yesterday.
Some of the maitiitM ol tho Cleveland, Lorain
A Wheeling road came down In a ipecial ear from
Cleveland, yesterday.
Ootlelb Hell was torlouily hurt Thursday after
noon by being atruok upon the head by aplecc
from a bursting steam pipe.
Menri. ?? M. Pollock, William Btrohman and
Ja^k Wolf.ttlll wriihU It Hinlth'i flouring miu.
will make a visit home today. All tbtee reside ai
I'arietsburg.
aitnefi
- there
church u?-morrow mo;nliit will lie, ??Quean a
or ('ailed to tha Kingdom7' In theevenlng
will be the ipeciai servl1-a ol I'ralia which wi
n minced lor I tit Babbatji.
The friends of the M. R. church tailored) have
purchased a lot In Klrkwood.on which they will
erect a building lo-morrow services will be held
as fo lows: In tha morning In the 'Llttie Jim"
school house by Her. Meaars Wright and Black.
intheaftamepn.Rev. Mr -ec eet.of tne Wail ? nd
1 church, will hold a meeting In tlie Kirk wood B?p
list church. In the evening Prof Jones and Rev.
ucirae liolllnier, of Wheeling, will hold a tawi
I lag fa tha Kirk wood Msthodlit church,
FIRST TRAIN OUT
OP ST. l.OUtb KINCK XIIIt 8XUIKV,
No Particular Chang! la Ul? Situation- Moth
btd?i D?Urmlu?d to Fight It Ont? Arbi
tration ItuptiMlbla-Goal Minora' Con
tMt?Til* Wait Virginia Minna.
St. Louis, March 12.?'The situation lg
uot niatersally changud from that oi last
night, except that the striking Kuighu
have ollered |uo opposition to the ute by
the St. Louis & Sail Francisco Company of
the Missouri Pacific tracks, ami the block
ade ol that company'! freiitht baa been
raised and their trains are now running as.
usual. The reply ol Colonel Moxie to the
communication of Martin Irons is anx
iously awaitod by all concerned, as upon
it depends the speedy terminatoin ol the
prolongation ol the strike.
The state ol atlairs at the Union Depot
indicates that the management ol the Mli
aouri Pacific road intends to renew their
efforts to move freight. Nothing definite
ly can be learned as to when the attempt
will he made, but the new men recently
employed hy the company have been
summoned to the depot, as has also a de
tnchmeut of police to protect life and
property lu the event of thestrikers offer
ing violent resistance. Numbsrsof strikers
are gathered around the depot, but they
appear calm and there Is no excitement
in that vicinity. It is supposed they will
pursue tho same course in thoir attempt
to prevent the resumption of freight tamo
as that pursued yesterday, vis: Uy per
suading tho engineers and firemen to
leave their post;.
At neon theoUiclal of the Union Pacific
railway yards succeeded In making up a
freight train this morning without encoun
tering any serious opposition from tho
strikers, and at 11:4o o'clock it left Eigh
teenth street for the Mouth.
Tho freight train wbicu left here about
10 o'clock this morning made up at Four
teenth street. Five policemen were on
the engine and Beverul others on the
train at Swing avenue the engineer
left his engine in response to
calls from the crowd and a short
distance further on the fireman abandoned
Uis post. At tho company's'shops Super
intendent Kerrigan procured the servicea
of another engineer and the train started
igaln. At Compton avenue a fireman was
Itoistad up and the train proceeded on its
way to Kansas City.
PromlM ut m lul.iu the Clouds.;
Chicago, lux., March 12.?The Jnltr
Octan't St. lionls, Mo., special says:
Autbentlo Information was received to
night that secret negotiations were
begun yostorday for a settlement
iif the strike. Communication be
tween the Missouri' Pacific officials
and Knights of Labor Executive Com
mittee at Sjdalia, was established yester
day through State Labor Commissioner
Koclnisky, and to-morrow there will prob
ably be at least a slight rift in the clouds.
What lUumtvr llrowu Hafi.
Dau.au, Tax., March 12. ? Receiver
Brown, ol the Texas & Pacific ralway, has
gent the following supplemental telegram
to Mr. Powderly:
Dallas, Tkx,, March 11.
I omitted to say, In my dispatch this
morning, that the United States Circuit
Court for the Eastern Districtof Louisiana,
under orders ol which wo bold our ap
pointments ss Receivers, is open and en
tirely accessible any day to any employe
lor imaginary grievances since the Receiv
are were appointed. The court will hear
and entertain with impartialltyanycbarges
made by the parties preferring their griev
ances.
[Signed] John C. Brown, Receiver.
The news arrived late lust night that
three strikers had been arrested at Big
Springs by virtue of warrants issued by
the United States Court, The men are
charged with interference with the prop
erty in the hands of the court.
D?t?ruiiue<l Mans
Marshall, T?x., March 12.?Neither
the railway company nor the strikers
seem inclined to yiold a point and the con
dition of affairs remains unchanged. The
Knights of Labor say that the language of
Uovornor Brown on most points iB very
evasive. Inasmuch as he says nothing
about the time that expired between the
telegrams sent him by them, in trying to
settle the differences, and the time of
Btriking, Tho outlook is gloomy unless a
settlement Is readied.
Sparta, Tki., March 12.?The section
hands on both sections struck Wednesday
evening. They demand $1 60 per day.
The hands on ail tho sections west of here
on the Texas & Pacific as far as Jutland
have struck,
Impolftlblo to Arbitral*.
St. Louis, March 12.?Tlio Olobt-Dem
oral, referring to the railroad atrlke, lays,
editorially: "there haa not been a sin
gle point In the contest thus far at which
a legitimate Issne between capital and
labor could have been presented for arbi
tration. The strike la based npon a de
mand totally unknown to the history of
arbitration, and totally Impossible aa a
thing to arbitrate. The commerce ol this
whole section was suddenly and sum
msrily paralyzed, and whon the real suf
ferers from this paralysis Inquired aa to
the cause, they were referrod to a district
committee, somewhere In Texas."
Knlereri tlis trituration*
Pirrsnomm, I'a., March 12.?Aa a re
sult of the meeting of the miners at Huter's
Station, Fa., to-day, the dingers along tho
Baltimore & Ohio and Pittsburgh, Mc
Keesport A Youghlogheny railroad) will
enter the federation of miners, and when
tho epring trade opens a demand will be
made for an advance of a half cent per
bushel for all coal shipped West over those
roads.
' lathe Uroitri Tup lUgloni*
PittsiiUHoit, March 12.?A Huntingdon,
Pa., special says: Fresh excitement was
created In tho Broad Top bituminous
region to-day by the strike of 2fi0 miners
of the Hare, l'arnell'ft Hons colliery at
Sharp's run. The diggers at the Roberta
dale mine still refuse to listen
to any proposed terms of adjust
ment and are exercising' a strict
vigilance over the Whoop's run miners,
who are disposed to. reeume work at the
old wsgea. Tha Kobertadale miners have
received notice that If the strike continues
much longer they will he ejected from the
houses and local labor suiistltuted, Ilia
strikers are growing more vlndlollve every
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Knnairha Hlmti ami on a Mrlko.
Charleston, W. Va., March 12.?Re
ports now itelng published throughout the
United Slates that the miners of the Ka
nawha Valley ol thla State have resumed
work at the 2 cent rate are absolutely false,
The atrlke will lie fought to the bitter end,
The JMarmet Mining Company miners
are receiving assistance from otber miners
at work In the Valley anj will not yield.
Initio 1'iadinuut District.
Pittsbubiiii, Pa? Maroh 12.?A Pied
mont, W. V a., special says: The George's
Greek miners are still out for the advance.
The West Virginia Central A Pittsburgh
Railway Company's miners at Elk Oar
I den and In the upper Potomao region art
I working as uioal, ?t the old rates,