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WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY MOENTNT ITOYEMBER 27, 1886,
WHOLE NO. 791.
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With the great "bargains now "be
in offered in eveiE depart
ment in our.jtore.
TOO HIGH:
Is
of
Oh! How Cheap:
The very large increase in our business is
due in a great measure to our thorough
system of low prices. Although our store
room is the largesr in the city, it is al
most constantly crowded, the result of nu
merous and unequaled bargains in all
classes of dry "oods from o-ood to the finest,
Our Dress GoodsDep artment
Has this season experienced a "boom that is even phenomenal in
this Wichita Country and has been surprising even to ourselves.
Wo believe the direct cause of this boom to be, Finest G-oods, Ex
clusive novelties, Largest assortment of new goods, and the lowest
prices possible.
Cloaks and Wraps,
Sales in this department continue so large that we cannot quite
undrstand the direct cause. Even the lowest prices possible cannot
always draw such crowds to a cloak department as we have expe
rienced. However, we have learned through the kindness of our
lady patrons that the rush lo our wrau department is mainly due to
correct styles, exquisite fits, elegance of design and prices that
never fail to please.
IN OUR.
is where the biggest money is savnd by our patrons, and where the
ladies open their eyes widest, when prices are named.
These departments are too extensive to go into details, but we
know you can save at least
20 PER GENT. .
By buying domestics, linens, blankets, etc. of us.
Call and see. You will bo treated with courtesy and our clerks
will not bore you.
"We Are Showing
Pur trimming in large varieties,
"Wool knit goods of all lanes.
Silk and linen Handkerchiefs.
Silk shoulder mitts for evening wear, in black, white, cream, blue
and pink. ... , ,
Hosiery and underwear at prices to suit everybody.
Buttons, notions and small wear in endless variety.
Our goods are the "best and our
prices always the lowest.
MTJNS0N a
MoNAMARA.
Main Street.
Entranced
a phrase entirely out
use in our house.
Is me commonest; phrase in
the language, and momen
tarily used Dy our patrons.
Fairly
isokcepiiig
MoNAMARA.
ISASTER
By the Explosion of Natural Gas
in the Conyghan Coal
Mine
Near Wilkes Barre, Pennsyl
vania, at 6 O'clock Yester
day Morning.
Fifty Persons were Horribly linrned
and a Number of Them nave
Since Died.
I Heartrending Scenes Witnessed at the
Entrance as the Blackened and
'Burned Victims
Were Krought Out and Ilcceived by
Their Wires, Mothers and Chil
drenList of Injured
and Dead.
A illNE horror.
Fatal
Explosion of Gas
Shaft.
Coal
WiLKKaiuunH, Nov. 2(3. The latest ac-
dent in Conyghan ihaft occurred at ten
minutes past 7 this morning while the men
were getting ready to go to work. About
fifty men, miners and laborers, were sitting
at the foot of the shaft, waiting for the in
side boss, when a terrible explosion oc
curred. Only three or four, as far ab can
be ascertained, escaped without injury.
Most of the men were sent to their homes
at once, and as lliey arc scattered far aud
near at long distances from the shaft, no
account of the result of their injuria? can,
at this writing be obtained. It is known,
however, that. everal, possibly twelve or
fifteen, will die; others will be scarred and
maiucd for life.
The disaatcr was caused by Cornelius
Boyle, a mine laborer, who stepped into
a worked out chamber lillad with gas, with
a lighted lamp upau his hut. Boyle will
die. Many nude-- were killed and wounded.
The damage to the inside workings of the
shaft is great.
Fire bosses William Williams and d-
liam Evans are reported fatally burned.
Great excitement prevails in and about
the shaft.
'3 p. in. At this hour it 13 impossible to
tell how badly the men are injured or
burned because it is not known whero they
reside. Several deaths have been reported
but the reports cannot be verified as yet.
Following are the names picucu up oy an
Associated Press representative, ah of
whom have been more or less badly
burned:
William J, Evans, lire boss,
M. Williams, lire boss.
And the following miners and laborers:
James Boyle, Cornelius Boyle, Joseph
Elliott. Thomas O'Brien, Michael O linen,
Patrick McCabe, Charles lv. Kline, Jo.
Duffv, Chrh Thirty, MattMcConuell. John
Cannon, Alucrt Ancax, Henry Milton,
Peter Miller, Win. Griihth, Patrick
Sweeney, Jas. Davis, George and I red
Marley ," brothers.
Those fatally iinurcd arc- John Wil
liams, Richard Coulter, James Davis and
Michael Clinton.
David McDonald, inside fireman, was
caught m tne auer-uamp aim was over
come: he was taken out as soon as possible
and revived on reaching the upper air. IIU
injuries are alight.
The mules were scvcrcl- burned and
many of them will be bhot to relieve thorn
froni their suffcrinsrs.
J): 10 p. in. Thos. O'Brien and Cornelius
Boyle died from the effects of their injuries
at 3 p. in. Two miners whose mines are
unknown aie missing, and it is believed
that they were blown into a pump contain
ing thirty feet of water and were drowned.
'The explosion was the most serious thai
has occurred in the anthracite coai fields
this year. It is now definitely known that
forty-two men are severely burned and
others slightly injured: twelve of the men
will die ot their injuries. The scene at the
colliery while the injured men were being
taken from the shatt was terrible.
A crowd of several hundred persons had
gathered at the mouth of the shaft, among
them the wives, mother, and daughters of
the injured men. As they were taken out
of the pit they were brought to the engine
house, and the women made desperate
efforts to gain entrance. Their entreaties
aud frantic demonstrations of grief were
heart lending, but they were sternly kept
outside the building while the black and
scorched victims of the disaster were wrap
ped in blankets soaked in oil. The floor of
the engine house was covered with writhing
human forms so disfigured by the lire as to
be unrecognizable.
As fast as possible they were taken to
theho-pital or to their homes, and so rap
idly was the work done that by 9 o'clock
even one had been taken out and carried
awa. The recovery of the following :s
believed to be hopeless.
Hugh Sweeney, aged '21, iaborer. un
married. Edward Kerns, aged 29, laborer, unmar
ried Richard Coulter, aged 26, miner, wife
and family.
Candy Cannon, aged :il, miner, wife and
large family.
Thos. O'Brien, aged. 00. miner, wife and
large family.
Cornelius Boyle, aged 3S, miner, wife
aud family, reported dead.
.John Caunon, aged 40, miner, wife and
famiiy.
Christopher Bruudage, aged 30, Inborer.
unmarried.
Michael O'Brien, aged 30, laborer, un
married. Daniel Ferry, aged 82. miner, wife and
large family.
Jiio. Daughcrty. aged 8!, laborer, un
married, Dennis McCabe, agod 40. miner, un
married. Summary of Lake Disasters
Chicago, Nov.
og During the last j
the lakes, underwriters
sb5nninT s-fjsiin tin the
- iri 57 ; - . 7 . , .
have suHered severely and the toss 01
hnmnn 15f hfis Iwn n-rwst. So far thirty-'
i three ve-els have been driven ashore or
I foundered, with more or less los-. The ,
Or JCSS JOs. 111V ,
av. Belle Wallsey. !
ler, Lucerne, Fior- j
schooners S. J. Conwav,
! South Haven. Pnthlind
I Ida. licit n. Menomiue. Marietta.Dickinson 1
aud Emerald, and the fine propeller Kobert
I Wallace are a total loss, and represent a.
I money value of nearly 300.000 in vessel j
property. What the" value of cargoes were I
1 cannot "be aciuilly computed, "l-ut will 1
probably double that amount. In all, lor- j
tv-one sailors lost their lives bv thy wreck
i- J
ing of vessels.
A
CAPITAL BUDGET.
POSTAL RECIPROCITY.
Wr.sniXGTOX, .Nov. 2G. The English
postoffice department in London having
decided that the United States postal cards
addressed ny a laoel machine cannot be de
livered in that country, the postmaster
general win request tne British postal au
thonties to reconsider their decision. The
postal treat' provides that nothing shall be
attached to postal Girds except a postage
Btamp.
Ol'Il COAST DEFENCE.
In his annual report to the secretary of
war unbuild ucuui iuaue, cuiei 01 en
rincers, says that durimr the oast year on
erations at seacoast and lake frontier de
fences have been restricted to those neces
sary fer the preservation and repair of ex
isting works. The subject of the defen
sive system of the country, so far as re
gards the ports at which fortifications or
other defences are most required is sum
ciently treated in the elaborate report made
to comrress by the iortilication board
showing the utterly defenceless condition
of our seacoasts and lake frontier.
Gen. Duane expresses the belief that the
failure of congress to make appropriations
for this all important work has mainly
arisen from the difficulty in determining
tne best method ot procuring armor plate,
He says the preparation of sites, the con
struction of masonryfoundation, the build
ing of mortar batteries and work equally
necessary ot that procuring armor will de
mand much, and it is earnestly recom
mended that funds be at once appropriated
for the placing of turrets aud casements
for rilled batteries for twelve-ineh rifled
mortars and for submarine mines, all of
which can be accomplished before armor
plate will be required. The estimates sub
mitted aggregating $1,043,000, are based
on the present defensive system of our sea
co:ist. The amount estimated as necessary
for the preservation of repair of fortifica
tions being required to prevent such mod
ern batteries as we now have from going to
rum and to maintain old works, many of
which can now be considered as relics of a
historic past.
Attention is called to the estimates for
torpedoes for tiie preeent, it is said, our
principal reliance for harbor defense in
ease of war must rest upon fixed mines and
11 is verv necessary inai mere should be a
full supply of thee on hand at the principal
sea ports of the nation. Owing to the fail
ure of congress to make appropriations
either lor formications or torpedoes for the
present hscal year, it has become necessary
not only to suspend torpedo experiments,
but also to a great extent the practical in
struction of the engineer corps in the de
tails of this service. lliCie details have
been in prosecution for some vcarj and a
system of fixed mines has been developed
and gradually improved until it bids fair
before lomr, if funds are available, to reach
the highest point of excellence.
touching the work of nverand harbor
improvements the report says: The funds
witii wmch these works were prosecuted
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1830,
were, owing to the failure of congress to
make appropriations, derived mainly from
in h balances as remained on hand from
the appropriation made for the vear ItiSi,
aud in many instances these Hieing sullie-
ient ouly to provide for the care of public
property appertaining to the works. The
estimates 01 tne engineer ouicers in cnarge
of the works haw baen revised in the
offices and amended wnere it was deemed
advisable, having regard to the most eco
nomical administration of the works, and
keeping in view the average of the "rants
by congress for eacli week during the past
year.
NO DODO IN" r.
Secretary Whitney has issued an order
for the discharge of all the employes- in the
civn csiauiisnmems 01 tne war and naw
3'ard with the exception of a foreman and a
clerk for each department of the vard. The
The order says. Wien the secretary issued
his oiders turning over the yawl to tin
ordnance bureau and directing the dis
charge of employes in the department
iboh'-hed by the order, advautaire was
taken of the provision for keeping enough
force to pack up the goods of the diffe-ent
branches to ictain the civil establishments
in the various departments. The work of
packing up will be done hereafter by em
ploying laborers, thesecretary not believ
ing in retaining clerks, watchmen ami
messengers for laborer's work. A dozen
employes under the bureau of yards ;uul
docks and about thirty under the steam en
gineering bureau will" be included in the
discharges, as well as employes under other
bureaus which have been abolished. -
HeeiVs Pilferings.
Boston. Nov. 20. It has been discover
ed that Win. Peed, late treasurer of the
South Boston Ilorae llailroad, who is now
under arrest for the embezzlement of $100,
000. also added forgery to his crime, the
signatures of President Hcarsey to ceitain
certificates being pronounced forgeries by
that gentleman. Hitherto it had "been be
lieved that mo.t of the stock overissued by
Keed was issued during the late President.
Crosby's administration, and that fraud
was made possible by Mr. Crosby's habit
of signing certificates in blank. It is now
stated, however, that a large proportion of
the certificates outstanding and which are
mostly held by brokers as collateral fnr
margins on tock. liear President Ilearsey's
signature. Mr. Hcar-ey states for all cer
tificates signed by himself he has a dupli
cate chock whu-h will enable him to iden
tify every certificate he issued.
It is believed there are about 400 shares
of overissues outstanding. The directors
have not yet derided whether or not they
will prosecute Heed for forgery, but they
will probably hold a meeting w ithin a
week, when a course of action will be
mapped out. It i- learned that the stock
of tlie Mexican Telephone company, of
which Peed was also treasurer, has been
overissued to the amount of .90,U0. Al
though the par value of the stock i- $30
per share it is now quoted at .$130 and the
loss bv the overissue would probably fall
little short of $130,000.
To offset this. howcTer. a director states
that the company L indebted to Keed for
money advanced ami that the actual los-s to
the company will not exceed '1,50U or
2,000. Reed is known to have made
false reports to the directors of tlie condi
lion of the railroad company, increasing its J
assets and reducing its liabilities, and the
amount of his embezzlement thereby was
enlarged several thousand dollars. "Noth-1
ing can be learned as to the exact amount
of his pilfering, and no statement can be 1
ra-iJe until the expert completes the j.ara-
'nation of the company's affairs.
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ElDoraoo. Kan.. Nov. 20. The con-'
trart for building the Fu Smith. ElDorwlo'
wi Northwestern road was let in New i
"" .MiiuiwcBuau ivKUJ a it'i in ACW
orfc by President Thompson 0:1 Tuesday, ;
and work will begin very xn. The con- i
struct!.! vrill commence at EIDorado and
progress both way v
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Carry xhc News.
New York. Nov. 2S. Work npon a s
new line of railway between New York I
am! hkfcton will in all probability I begun
within : monlii. The rand will lyj known i
as the New York, Danbury fc Boston.
THE MOTHil PARTI
Revised Under the Name of the
Progressive Democratic
Party.
Henry George, its Founder, Pre
scribes an Obligation for
Membership.
McNeill Formally Nominated by the
New Organization for Mayor of
the City of Boston.
Intense Excitement in Oklahoma Over
the Alleged Discovery of Gold
in Paying Quantities.
Bradstreet's Bulletin Reports Busi
ness Generally Not so Satisfac
tory as for the Previous
Week.
Modern Nothlngism.
New Yohk, Nov. 2G. Henry George,
of the Progressive Democratic party, is re
quiring everyone that joins the party in
Boston and New Haven to make the fol
lowing pledge, the same formula to be used
in all cities where the party effects organi
zation: Al'.TICLE X1II OBLIGATION.
Section 1. Every person admitted as a
member of this organization shall be intro
duced to the president and requested to
raise his right hand while repeating this.
"I (giving name) have read or have heard
iead, and do approve of the declaration of
principles upon which this Progressive
Democratic party, a political organization,
has been founded. 1 pledge my word of
honor that while a member of the party in
any assembly, district or any part of the
United States to abide by the decision of a
majority; that I will do faithful work on
any committee to which 1 may be appoint
ed; that I promise if possible on election
day to devote at least four hours to the
duty of maiming the polls; that I will use
all legitimate means to secure votes for our
own candidates; that I will report to the
committee on organization any evidence of
treachery that may appear in our ranks;
that my "personal conduct will be such as to
add dignity to the political party which 1
this night join. I will attend all meetings
of this organization unless prevented by
sickness or other causes over which I have
no control.
All these things I pledge myself to do in
belief that by the successful establishment
of the principles represented by our party
will come to the elevation of all who labor",
and the downfall of all corrupt political
parties who between them now rule this
country.
McNeill for 3iayor.
Boston, Nov. 20. A mass convention
of Knights of Labor aud trades-union men
tonight nominated George E. McNeill for
mayor.
Bradstrcct's Bulletin"
New Yokic. Nov. 20. Special tele
grams to Bradstrect record rather less ac
tivity in the movement of general merchan
dise, although at Chicago there has been
an increasing volume of sale, particularly
of drygoods, and in a lesi noteworthy de
gree at St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee
and Burlinton. The aggregate of sales in
staple line has been curtailed, of course,
by the intervening holiday. The restricted
trading has been more conspicuous at east
ern center-, owing to the decline in the
number of mail orders leceived, and to the
notable absence of interior merchants
This is reported from St. LouN, Cincin
nati, Philadelphia. New lork and Boston.
At New Orleans nhn general trade while
fairly satisfactory is below late expecta
tions. Country meichants tributary to
that ni.iikel aie not reported to be gener
ally as prompt in payment ;is desired, and
refiners unable lo get satisfactory prices for
sugar are storing their product at Kansas
City. There is a fairly active morementol
general merchandise, but the total volume
is less than that of a fortnight ago. The
interior domestic money markets as a rule
are not quue as firm as hist week, at Chi
cago there is a demand for funds for man
ufacturing and commercial enterprises, but
a larger demand for grain and other specu
lative ventures At Cincinnati funds are
(lowing back from the country, and at Mil
waukee they continue to go westward, but
111 diminished volume.
The total volume of Iwnk clearing at
thirtv-two cities for the current week i
$1,005,072, 10b', again-t $1, 103,183,207 last
week and $l,033,$3..or.! in the fourth
wc-k of November 1833. The decline
compared with last week is but sixty per
cent, of that called for by the loss of an
entire day's transactions, thereby pointing
to a proportionate increase in the amount
transferred.
The speculation in whem, petroleum
and railway shares continued at Uic full.
w hile exports and imports of produce and
manufactures remain of large proportion
1 he . ew ) ork stock market excited
and strong, and under the stimulation of
thf1 iettlcmcnt of the express wur, the pros
pect of peace between the Baltimore and
Ohio ami the Pennsylvania, "with antin-
iMtcd dividends on tlif we-teru Yunderbilt
lines, sperulation tends toward the trunk
line stocks, though there s still much at
tention iiu to the lancv and southern
stocks. The transactions of the week
(five day?) were 2,305,170 share against
2.02.J.92.) shares in the week enuin
November 19.
Bonds were strong and advanced with
sales for the week to the amount of $12.
714.400. against $1,111,300 last week and
12,147,30 the proceeding wck. Foods
at New York sre stetdv ia spite of effort
to manipulate for higher rates. Forea
exchange is slightly firmer st casters cen
tres. The movement of dry goods itaa been
disappointing, prices iii most Haes re sus
tained and tlie outlook for heyy-weight
woaieus continues bright. Prints. How
ever, have declined l-Sc from 3 l-3c for
6-4s- After a month sf extreme Unaaem
stocks have increased of late.
Kaw wool b quiet, but iea'is 1 1 ftror
buyer, as conct-asions have Lceo made to j
manufacturers wanting large (iocs. 1 isere
is rather less confidence as 10 higher prices.
Pis iron continues very Srm with no
change in prices. Steel rails are more act-,
ive and more profitable to makers than has
generally been made public, sad price are
$1 higher at 33 to 36 per too. i
The s.pecial tobacco crop reports indicate '
that the Western leaf crop will aggravate i
about 233.0U0 hogsheads, against SoCOOO
hogsheads in ISsj. '
speculative bre&cistoff trade are realizing
more fully the Joug claimed streagtn of the j
statistical KBitionof wheat, bo: tlms far J
in spite of that fact, and continued hear' j
exports, the price of the cereal dcos not ad- j
vance much. I
Weather Beport
Wasutxgtok, D. C, Not. 27, 1 a. m.
The following are the indications for Mis
souri: Fair weather, slightly warmer,
winds generally southerly.
For Kansas and Nebraska: Gcnerally
fair weather, nearly stationary temperature,
variable winds generally southerly.
Patronizing Pratt.
Special Dispatch to tie Dally Ea;!e.
Pratt, Kan., Nov. 26. The Rock
railroad submitted propositions to Ilayncs
ville, Logan, Richland and Banner town
ships asking $16,000 in each township,
elections will be held in Richland and
Banner December 50th, and Logan and
Ilayncsville Docember 27th. This grand
road will have no trouble in securing aid
through this county.
Gold Discovered in Oklahoma.
Chicago. Nov. 26. A special to the
Times from Little Rock, Ark., says. A
private letter from Oklahoma, L T.,5ays:
The excitement following the report of the
discovery of gold in that country is increas
ing. A party of prospectors has been out
for some weeks 'prospecting along the
streams of the interior and are well pleased
with the outlook. About three hundred
claims have been staked off. Samuel
Robinson, an experienced California miner,
reports having found gold on his claim in
paying quantities. Several miners have
claims and from the indications expect to
realize largely. The weather is very cold
and work is progressing slowly, his ex
pected the country will be overrun with
prospectors within the next iv weeks, des
pite the efforts of the United States troops
to keep them out
Transforming a llailroad.
SnuALiA. Mo . Nov. 2G Orders have
been issued on the Sedalia it AVarsaw nar
row guage to use no more narrow guage
ties, but do all repairing with broad guage
tie-. "When the road was built some six
years ago all the bridges and most of the
cuts were made broad guage with a view
of widening the road whenever it should
be deemed that the tariff would justify it.
The road soon passed into the hands of
the Gould system, and has ever since been
under the control of the M., K. fc T. man
agement.
It is now positively stated that the road
is tp be made a standard guage to connect
with the Memphis aud southwest portions
of the system. This is being done for two
reasons; first, because their business has in
creased beyond the present capacity of the
road, and second, in order to counteract
the effect of the construction of the St
Louis and Colorado rotd upon the Missouri
Pacific traffic and furnish a shorter through
route, south and north competing line,
than any yet constructed. It is said work
will besrm at once.
Enrouto to the Grave.
Chicago, Nov. 26 The remains of the
late II. M. Hoxic. first vice president of
the Missouri Pacific railway, arrived in
Chicago last night at 7.30 in a special car
over the Lake Shore. At 10:150 the special
car containing the remains was attached to
a special train of coachea, which departed
for DesMoinc.i immedintcly in advance of
the night express.
DnaMoiNKS, la., Nov. 26 The funeral
of the late II. M. IIoie occurred here to
day. A special train of six cars on the
Rock Island road brought the body and
the funeral party from Chicago, reaching
here about noon. In the party were repre
sentatives of all leading railroads entering
Chicago. A special train of .several Pull
man coaches arrived from St Louis about
the same time, bringing the leading offi
cials of the Missouri Pacific and some forty
of the leading business men af St. Louis,
headed hy Ex Governor Stanuard.
The funeral exercises were held at St.
Paul's Episcopal church and were con
ducted by Rev. Van Antwerp. At the
grave the services were simple and beauti-
tul. Mr. Iloxie's reniniim were buried at
the side of bis only child, little Sewitni,
who died in 1S1.
Murdered and Burned.
Lorisvn.LE, Ky., Soy. 28. A Times
pjx.rinl Hnys. A report reached Williain
hurg, Ky., that the Poe family, thought to
have been destroped by fire in Knox coun
ty a month ago, were really murdered by a
neichlmr and his concubine whom ile
IVm-s Oii'htMl Mirsjiilv. Th? innllirr nail
five children and two visiting voung lad'eu
Tv,.r fm.tv! h.rrufl in tu. !.. nf titr fl...
stroved hut. Tlie story of the murder a
told by the illegitimate son of the emeu-
bine, aged ten yc?.r. whom the reputwl
father had threatened aud made mad. ia a
follow? The boy says the man cut from
ear to enr the throat of each of the eight
ljerons while they slept . thai bis mother
then clrsgged Ue lxdie to the middle of
the room and set th"in aflre. 'Hwy alao
fired the lionsc, took some bed clothes and
other artioles and departed.
On the hoys statement, arrest and in
vestigation followed and the Poe article
were found in the cellar of the suspected
party'? house. They refused to he inter
viewed and are now in BarbourvjlJ.; fU!
awaiting examination.
Pleuro in Chicago.
CnitAoo, Nov. 36, The Ure stock com
mission received wonl yeerdar that some
cattle at Bidgelami were effectI with some
trouble and to which pleuro-pneumonia ex
isting in Chicago bad l"eo traced by the
Teterinanaa. The vctTinarian wa or
dereti 10 examiae the caitle and put soch m
bail symptom of pleuro pneumonia hi
quarantine. A metnb;r of the comtnisirfoc
i- auihorhr for the statement that there are
nearly two thousand Iiead of cattle scat
tered' ott the city in small herds which
will have to be slaughtered by the state, m
addition to nearly three tiwasaad head un
der quarantine at distillery shod. The ap
proximate rahte of the entire hat wfi prob
ably feach ?15f.090.
Will Not Flinch.
LineoLX, Neb., Nov. 95. Preside
John Fitzgerald of the Irish National
league of America has today received the
folk) wing irapor&nt cable from the Hon.
Timothy Harrington, member c parlia
ment and secretary of the ksgw ia Ire
land.
Dcbuk. Not. .
John FtesaerakL UmttHm. ?.
The giTermnent So pro-renting John
DilloQ, M. P.. and procfeiaaiag Um public
meeting admits its inability to g&rera Ire
land without coercion. "Ve wfn not diach.
jsigned Ti-VOTKr UxxxiJwTO
Tie Act of an Iaeeadlary.
Ckkago. I1L. Nor. 26 Darinc the fev
vesUgatioa thi? morning into the can of
vescrdav tire fa the Continental Hot,
'inspector Sharp discovered uauamAaUrt
evidence of inceodiarkm at the hotel. At
tlie bHl of the hatchway leading into the
garret above the fourth floor a pile of bd
ticks ftuffed with sfcariaei, torn opn in
several piece and daabstf dth cootmoa
htm. wax foead. The hactwiferr w& evi-
deatly Kared awar before he had time t
coap'le: tlie work of firing 'Jtc haee,
THE TIE INWARDNESS
Of the Recent Strike of the
Chicago Packing House
Employes
Developing the Fact that
"Was the Result of a
Scheme
it
To Exbancc the Personal Advanta;
of an Ambitious, Designing Pot
House Politician.
Bnttler, Master Workman of the liocal
Assembly, Ordered tho Strike
Without Authority,
And Arbitrarily Continued it for Days
Agalust the Men's Wishes aud
in Defiance of Powder-
ly'd Orders.
COMING TO TILK SURFACE.
Chapter of lualdo History of
Lato Strike In Chicago.
the
Chicago, Nov. 26 The inside history
of the recent .strike at the packing house
at the stock yards, when twenty thousand
men were thrown out of employment, was
printed here this morniug. When the
packers decided to return to the ten hour
working day on October 14. the workmen,
supposing they would be backed by the
Knights of Labor, rebelled aud all went
out except the beef butcher-, who had a
contract w ith the firm of Armour, Swift
and Morris requiring four days notice be
fore opening hostilities. Iy disagreement
the beef butchers of Armour & Co. were
ordered out on the following Thursday by
District Master Workman Uutler, who de
libcrately broke the existing contract.
Thos. Barry also arrived upon the scene
He stated to n newspaper reporter that he
had been instructed by Pow derly to settle
the difficulty, aud to members of the K of
L. said that'hc had simply been sent to in
ve-tigatq. AV the Same time Butler had
made hh debutn the town of Lake m a
Labor candida'tejor Fheriff of ( 00k county.
Butler had been notifed by Master Work
man Gaunt of the batchers assembly, of
the'custing agreement, but he ignored it
The butcher at Armour A. CV.v were loth
:o obey Butler's orders, but the presence of
Barry "who was a member of the gcticrat
executive committee of the order renssun-d
them to a certain degree. The cxecutiu;
board of the local assembly, however, con
eluded to get Powderly's view-? ami Mit
the following telegram.
Has the. executive board f DUtrht "7
power to'repudiatc an ngrcement madi by
the executive board of local nembly 1 W
mid in the clause which reads. "Oiw day
shall be considered sullicicut time for (all
ing a meeting of both parties of the firt
ami second parts, and no definite actum
shall be taken inside of three days afb r
such meeting " Have they power to tall
out men governed by till- schedule without
complying with this cJnme, who hic work
ing eight hours a day.
fo this Powderly ouelwafM no din
reply, but did send answer to Barry wh
asked the executive board of th locnl a
scmbly tlif following day rrgnrdlmr the
existence of an agreement with the pvk
ers. Unrry invMiitoucd thu matter .t -1
found that Matter, Workman 11 r
had miMle a inisWUe. Hurry .
the butcbem to return
work, bat the dnmsg had bcro .
Butler made ersafre xvplU- liodj . l
in reality looking after the interests of th
18,")00 men who lutd been idrared hit-, a
strike.
In the meantime the njkkerawers uwk
in cxteiuttfe preparations for a liii?
figld.
Hev. P ,l. MannssJtii pastor of M
Ann's church, telcjtraphtd I ng Uu!b M
of nII the facts to Pumtier'y 1 taring tbit
uiik-M the men wens ordcnl t., return
work, incalculable Injury and mfcwry hi.-.M
re-Mili Barry was IninwxIUulj telejrmplil
' " order lb mn to return to i
I did HOt do SO until the lOllOWUJjr
W WOTK, " Ik-
und;v
Among the viob-nt amnrarnu to tbls r- r
was JJHUflr, who mm isnmr iw w nn.-r
wuiJMi ntm: jiiwi inumii .. .....
thousand vote at tlie approaching eW ti j
Before leaving Barnr dircatrd Sutler and
the executive board of the disffrt nf ili
power to create another trik , i' 'itutint
a committee to av- harp- ' r
effecting the workmen. But! r, jtt, i 11
claimed! otw he wm makiar '. 'wing ' -,
new politically. aucroedM in kaTing t
committee overthrown, and a cMalH f
twenty five, with Litnelf aa rbalrman ".
pointed, contrary ' sb- rmtfcuiioa of xh
itnbrbu of Lalr
Caitle batch r m returning to work had
sue-mled in hariti wage ralaod fr
$54 to $33 per w- .. reeW to work ?.
loara a far On '. day before Uat '
lion ftereral dnink
the workmen a "
them to quit wr;.
Thla panic hwi U
uk-d ruaaed nov h
' fa"';' nd ord' f i
They d'ri v
n iArf(.,
all of 'l
plinn
rii
Ob the fon.whu
strike Toted for B
nt AnncHtr n o
the ekrtion !
r. Th- ia
Thr,!.j5i
1
Workn
h
I J'
tested ad he an ! w'
were expelled fv: le .
appearerl ru tbf - n with
j Tv r
JT It
rowdwlv. wh' yr ipr
M tat t
days.
'hirh caaaed the rratfcsg of
strike
Out In tli Cold.
Vrrnmrutt, 2or iQ.The monvmfi
ers employed at Dehsvea's immitj m t . -
AUegheny City toahdM. and after a -kM
tfil nddaigni dtciisd tonfikr to
morrow morning for the adimnee v?
dnaaded sererai weeks ago. Ahostt i
men are emplored hy the wrav The nv'
meat may pread U och-T Umadxit. and a
general strike n result The easpi;. r
positively refu-r to grant the di'tawnili
Cloiwl Jiidt tho Home
St. JK-t. Noe. 3 The Gct WeM rn
Ohms Co oaKhargrd ail thefe ww and
closed their work. Mr. Conn, the r
tarr and tmeavtr of the eoMsMrr. -they
wc;e obliged lo takethiacnoit
-vtfuemce el drnkiog bahats of m4 of '
men, mtdering then to uacdkibk tiat -.
works coold not he fRsrste4 m a jw j '
manner The nam dmoaare the '-
ost a degherat fUHWi and srt it.'
the real can was the empioymetst of ;
pnartioe to do awn's wwfe. aunt had w
a m been discharad th -mM ha-
teen a strike is the factory m a few hour
Swapped Tram,
Onvcxoo. Nor. 56. Deft r moss, 'he
kfl ieMer of the Chieaeo efcsh. nm re
leal by President SfeMa witif. wl
it oacc fgTJsi with m lJub5r am.