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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAI EXCEPT SUNDAY. BUILDINGS, s, Cor. Vth Street, by Newspaper Company, ANN, Prest. Sheet Star. $1.00 per year; dded. $3.00. Wilce at Washington, D. C., LAID ON THE TABLE Mr. Hoar's Resolution in Regard to the Stanford Estate.. THE TARIFF BILL FURTHER CONSIDERED Mr. Cullom Concludes His Histori- cal Speech. | MATTERS IN THE HOUSE) | Mr. Hoar’s resolution to set at rest the} claim of the United States against the| estate of the late Leland Stanford came| over from yesterday and was laid before the Senate at the opening of the session | today. Mr. Teller suggested that the resolu- tion be modified so as to con‘Ine the in- quiry to be made simply to the advisability g the Stanford estate without touching the validity of the in order not to aifect other claims Mr. 2 any way claim, which the government might have. Hoar agreed to modify the resolution in ac- cordance with this suggestion. As modi- fied the resolution reads as follows: “Re- solved, That the committee on judiciary be directed to inquire and report as soon as 3 her it is expedient that the tory to him. Mr. Teller recounted a conversation he had with Mr. ford shortly before his h, in whi latter expressed his in- tention to tre as rapidly as possible the tlle of that portion of his estate which | he intended to dedicate to that purpose to the Stanford University | The institution was conceived on a mag-! would of the! of the world. He e estate should be re- udicing the and institutions title to t Mr. White's Explanation. White of California made a brief of the nature of the suit) the Uaited States against the Mr. explanation brought by tstate, in order to correct some misappre- hensions that reemed to exist. The suit ‘was instituted against the estate of Mr. Stanford to prevent its distribution before the debt owing to the government from the Central Pacific railroad, of which Mr. Stan- ford was an origiaal stockholder, fell due. There had been no dereliction on the part of the Attorney General. The suit could not have been instituted before Mr. Stan- ford’s death, under the statutes of Cali- fernia, under which the corporation wes o anized. The California statute required where the estate of a deceased exceeded $10,000 all claims against it must be presented, whether due or not, hence it was the duty of the United States, if it expected to press its claim in the future, to present it to Prevent the distribution of the estate, in advance of the maturity of the debt. If there had been eny dereliction on the part ot the law officers of the government it had occurred in, the failure to bring suits Scch as this against the estates of Crocker d Hopkins, both of whom were original kholders, Their heirs now might set up the claim) that the law had not been complied with. | Mr. Eerry (Ark.) opposed the resolu- tion, whieh he theught, if passed, in a measure would commit the Senate to an — that the Stanford estate should ye rele Mr. White declared that ff the resolution Was capable of such an interpretatica he ‘was not prepaved to support it, aot only ®n account of the government claim agalust the Stan but against others. Mr. Alien (Neb.) brought the debate on the resolution abruptly to a close by mov- ing to lay it om the table. The motion was carried, 24-19, as follows: Yeas—Allen, Berry, Blackburn, Coke Daniel, Faulkner, Geor; Harris, Hunton. Jarvis, Jones (Ark.), Kyle, Laurin, Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Wis), Mi phy, Pase ffer, Smith, Turpie, Vest, Wh T e Doiph, Dubois, Frye, Haw- y, Higgins, Hoar, McMillan, Perkins, Piatt, Shoup, ‘Teller, Voorhees, Washburn. Wotai, 19. Mr. Catiom on Tariff History. ‘The tariff bill was then laid before the Senate and Mr. Culiom (Ill) took the floor and delivered a genera! speech on historical phases of the tariff question. He traced the effect of the various tariff policies on the prosperity of the country and the wonderful development of re- sources and industries under republican protection, and, in conclusion, predicted that when the republicans returned to pow- er they would throw the miserable make- Cockrell, Carey, Chandler, Cullom, vis, Dixon, Che Lnening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,906. point to make an explanation In connection with the newspaper reports printed today about an altercation alleged to have taken place between himself and Senator Pett!- grew relative to his fallure to vote for the latter Senator's amendment to wipe out the discrimination in favor of the sugar trust while the sugar schedule was up a few days ago. It was true, he said, that he had not yoted on Mr.Pettigréw’s amend- ment and was not paired. He explained that several gertiemen had been waiting to see him while the votes were being taken on the sugar amend «nents, and he shift of the present bill overboard and re- vise the tariff in th2 line of reasonable pro- tection to Americaa industries and Amer- ‘ean labor. Mr. Cullom finishad at 12 o'clock. Mr. Palbuer Replies. Mr. Palmer (ill) replied to some of the servations of Mr. Cullom, declaring that if the country had other sources of revenue customs duties, as hindrances tc free com- merce, would be an unmitigated curse, “What party did you belong to during the war, when the protective policy was inaug- uated?” asked Mr. Carey (Wyo). “I was a soldier. (Laughter.) I belonged to the party that wore the blue, upheld the Union and the laws,” replied Mr. Palmer. “What party did you belong to when you were elecied governor of Iitnois?” “The republican party.” “The republican party was then a protec- tion party.” “Perhaps so; but though elected as a re- publican, I never lost my contempt for pro- tection.”* Mr. Palmer proceeded to attribute the Btagration and depression in the country to the exhaustion produced by the period of Speculation engendered by the protective | policy. Mr. Cullom disputed this conciu-| sion, pointing to the prosperity of the coun. try for the last thirty years, and attribut- | ing present conditions to the threatened overthrow of the protective policy made in the Chicago platform. While Mr. Cullom | was reading some replies from manufactur- ers on the paralysis of their business result- | ing from the threat of adverse legislation, Mr. Harris (Tenn.) interrupted to ask him} in stentorian tone and with violent gesture | whether he did not think the business in- terests would be best served by disposing | of this bill and inaugurat.ng the new tariff policy rather than in speeches that ought to _be made on the hustings. Several persons in the public gallery cp-} lauded this utterance with such vim that | it was caught up in the galleries opposite, | end it requtred some effort for the chair to! Festore oriler. “If you will move to lay your infernal tariff bill on the table.” replied Mr. Cullom, With some disnlay of temper, “I will agree to @ vote now.’ Under the Five-Minute Ry When Mr. Cullom finished, Mr. Washburh Qfinn.) arose and suggested that debate on this schedule was proceeding slowly, and that for the remainder of the schedule the Ave-minute rule be applied. The democrats @ccepted the proposition graciously, and it was agreed to by janimous consent. Mr. Quay, who objected yesterday, was not present. The consideration of the pending paragraph, 1%, imposing 20 per cent on buckwheat, corn, wheat, corn meal, flour, rye. &c., was then resumed, and Mr. Petti- grew (S.D.) mo a substitute the Me- Kinley spec under which, he said, ”) worth of farm pro- and had been taken away siven to the farmers of i Altercation. 1.) took occasion at this had left the chamber temporarily, in ig- norance of the fact that Mr. Pettigrew's amendment was t> be offered or voted upon. it had not been his habit, he sald, to evade responsibility. He had thought that | his position o: the sugar question had been amply defined ou the fioor curing the de. bate and by his votes. If he had been pres- ent he would have voted for the amen-lment and would so vote when the bill was re- ported to the Serate from the committee of the whole. Before taking his seat, however, Mr. Aldrich announced that as a protec- tionist, he weuld, if opportunity afford: in the cunsideration of the bill, vote for any rate of duty he thought just and reasoaable protection in its character. Mr. Pettigrew’s pendin: then voted down—24 to 33. THE HOUSE. amendment was After the transaction of a smeli amount of routine morning business in the House teday Mr. Izlar (S. C.) secured the passage of a House bill for the registry or enroll- ment of the bark Skudenaes. A bill by Mr. C. W. Stone, which was passed. is to define and establish the units of electrical measure. Mr, Stone explained that heretofore there have been no legally defined units of elec: trical measurements. These units were agreed upon by an international electrical congress, held in Chicago last August, and are as follows: The unit of resistance shall Le the international ohm; cf current, the international ampere; of electro-motive force, the international volt; of ‘quantity, the international coulomb; of capacity, the international farad; of wok, the jou power, the watt; of induction, the Henry (so called in honor of Prof. Henry). Mr, Holman endeavored to have the In- dian appropriation bill taken up, but Mr. Walker (Mass.) rising to a question of privilege called up the resolution introduced yesterday by Mr. Shell, from the commit- tee on ventilation, claiming that the heaith of the members was a question of ivgh privilege. Mr. Holman endeavored to block this move of Mr. Walk- er’s, but by a vote of 101 to 30 the House decided to take up the resolution, which provides for better ventilation of the House. ; TARIFF BILL PROSPECTS The Peculiar Situation When the Confer- ence is Held. It is Belfeved That Certain Ame ments Will Still Continue to Have a Weighty 1 ‘The general belief among Senators of both parties is that the vote on the tari bill will be taken the latter part of next week, or not later than the middle of the week following. After the bill is passed it will be got into conference as quickly as possible. A peculiar feature of the con- ference will be that most, !f not all, the democratic members of the conference com- mittee will be opposed to the Senate amend ments which increase duties. The demo- crats representing the Serate will probably be Voorhees, Harris and Jones, or if Voor- hees should prefer not to serve, Vest would be put after Harris on the committee. All these Senators are known to be in favor of lower duties than they were com- pelled to provide in the bill of their recon- struction, and personally opposed to many of the Senate amendments which they will have to defend. The House conferees on the democratic side, however, selected are bound to be earnestly opposed to the Sen- ate amendments. The situation will thus be presented of two sets of men who agree perfectly as to what ought to be done, fighting among themselves over what shall be done. The Situation in Conference. It will be a very different fight from one the parties to which are divided on princi- ple or even in opinion. The Senate conferees will be in the atti- tude of granting that, in their opinion, the House position as to the chief questions of contention is the better position, but in- sisting that what the Senate has done must be agreed to, anyhow, since nothing better can be had. This argument of necessity will be a hard one for the House conferees to contend against, especially when pressed upon them by men who are quite as radical as are they themselves as tariff reformers. A good many democrats in the House are arguing that the Senate must yield in the struggle, because the Senate conferees will be men personally inclined to do so. The personal inclination of the Senate conferees does not count for much under the circum- stances. If they could act upon their own convictions and desires they would have done so in the first place, and as conferees they will be placed in about the same posi- tion they were as members of the Senate committee, where they have to take what they can get or else get nothing. ‘They will probably have but one answer to the arguments of their associates from the House as to the vital issues, and that is that they would like to have things dif- ferent as much as the House would, but that it is either take this or let the bill fail. ‘The Important Amendments. There are a number of rates put into the bill by the Senate with the idea that they will have to be yielded, and there are stil! others that the Senate will be compelled to yield in order to make any progress to- ward a settlement between the two houses. It ts not believed, however, any of those amendments which were necessary in order to hold democratic votes for the bill in the Senate can be yielded, however much the Senate conferees might be disposed to do so. It ts believed that these amendments will be*as weighty in influencing the fate of the bill after it has been sent to confer- ence as they are in getting it through the Senate originally. ~ en ‘The Cause of the Delay. Reports received by Gen. Schofield indi- cate that the troops sent into the Choctaw nation country in Indian Territory are de- laying in enforcing their orders for the re- moval of the white men who were respon- sible for the recent troubles at the mines because of the difficulty of securing Proper identification of the men who can be legally ejected as intruders. There are nearly a thousand miners affected by this Investiga- tion. + e+ —__ Castoms Service Inspection. Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the Treas- ury Department will leave Washington next Tuesday on a tour of inspection of the customs service of the far west. Certain branches of this service, it is sald, have long been in need of attention, and the as- | sistant secretary will undertake to correct some of the evils that now hamper the service for want of more frequent and thorough inspection. He expects to return to Washington early in July. ae er His Sentence Commuted. George A. Kidwell was convicted in the District of Columbia of promoting policy, and was sentenced February 14, 1894, to ten months’ imprisonment in the Washing- ton jail Tae President today commuted his sentence to four months’ actual {m- prisonment, “upon the ground that the pris- oner’s health is so impaired that longer im- it is Mkely to endanger his life.” WASHINGTON, D. C THE SUGAR TRUST Witnesses Before the Investigating Committee Today. MR. TERRELL TELLS OF HIS WORK Admits He Came Here at Mr. Havemeyer's Request. ——_—_o MR. ROESSLE’S EVIDENCE The committee investigating the sugar trust resumed its session today. H. L. ‘Terrell, who represented the refiners here while the tariff bill was under considera- ; Non in committee, was the first witness. that he had been in the habit of spending his winters in Washington for pleasure, and that he had no especial business here |last spring. He said he was a friend of Mr. Havemeyer's, and had naturally been here, He said also that he and Senator Brice were intimate friends. When asked about the truth of the report, written by Mr. Edwards, of the conference at the Arling- ‘ton Hotel, which had been overheard by | Wire Rope Manufacturer Gaston, he sald that he had spent an evening in his room at the hotel with the gentlemen whose ‘names were given by Edwards, namely, Senators Brice and Smith and Messrs. H. |O. Havemeyer and Henry B. Reed. He sald it was also true that they had dis- cussed the sugar schedule and had referred to the probability of tariff legislation in the | interest of sugar, but he denied that the | | conversation had been of the character |Tepresented by Mr, Edwards, or that there had been any reference to the enhancement of the value of sugar stock for the purpose | of Influencing legislation. He was unable jto recall the date of the conference. | Terrell also said he was present at Senator | Camden's rooms opposite the Arlington wi | Mr. Terrell admitted freely that he had come to Washington last March at emeyer' juest, Mr. and he also stated Hi that he was in the habit of speculating in | tocks, and that he had bought 20,000 shares of sugar stock last spring, and had | | sold them again, but he did not remember | what the gain or loss had been upon them. He said he knew of no purchase of sugar stock made by United States Senators. | He was before the committee for one hour and a half. Mr. Roeasie a Witne Mr. T. E. Roessile, proprietor of the Arlington Hotel, was the next witness who responded to the summons of the com- mittee, He was examined especially con- cerning the reports of occurrences at his the headquarters of the sugar trust in Washington while the tariff bill was in tu hands of the Senate committee on finance. He testified that Mr. Terrell hal occu- pied rooms 84 and 35 from March 2 to Mareh 21, and that Mr. H. O. Havemeyer, otei from the 2d to the 10th of that inonth, ceeupying rocms 232 end 233, He stated, however, that he knew nothing of the visits of Senxtors to the rooms cf these gentle- men, as he never made tt a business to keep track of visits to the rooms of gnesta at the hotel. He was asked as to @ state- ment made by a previous witness that he (Roessie) had said that he was sending Senators up a back rooms of these gentle In em- phatic terms that no rhat- ever in the statement. gaid thit he krew that Messrs. end Terr=ll know their business at the hotel. E. an of the brokerage firm of Moore & Schley of New York will be be- fore the committee this afternoon. —_——_——_ e+ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. A New Surveyor for the Baltimore Custom House. ‘The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—Buchanan Schley of Maryland to be surveyor of customs in the district of Baltimore, Md. Postmasters—William K. Spiller, Bridge- port, Ala.; Wm. F. Hutton, Holstein, Iowa; Samuel J. Tetley, Farmington, Mo.; John H. Tower, Sutton, Neb.; Henry Schacider, West Hoboken, N. J.; Wm. H. Morgan, Northumberland, Pa.; Tyler G. Kent, Wytheville, Va. War—Ruter W. Springer of Illinois to be post chaplain; Maj. John 8. Billings, sur- geon, to be lieutenant colonel and deputy surgeon general; Capt. Geo. H. Toraey, as- sistant surgecn, to be major and surgeon; Second Lieut. N. F. McClure, fourth caval- ry, to be first lieutenant; First Lieut. John J. Crittenden, twenty-second infantry, to be @ captain; First Lieut. Wm. eighteenth infantry, to be a ond Lieut. Wm. Weigel, eleveath infantry, to be first lteutenant; Second Lieut. John C. Gregg, sixteenth infantry, to be a first Heutenant. —————-2-_____ MR. BRECKINRIDGE’S POSITION. He “Voluntarily” Rel Charge of the De! It 1s about settled now that Mr. W. C. P. Breckingidge of Kentucky will not take charge of the general deficiency bill in the House. That bill will probably be In charge of Mr. Sayers, chairman of the committee. It has been known for some time that there was a strong sentiment in the House and in the committee against the Kentucky member's managing the bill on the floor, on account of the unpleasant notoriety which he has recently acquired. The situation caused a great deal of embarrassment, as Mr. Breckinridge ‘ays acted upon the assumption that as a matter of course he would have charge of the bill, and [t was a very delicate matter to speak to him about. Finally, it is understood, the matter has been settled by the request being made of him formally to relinquish the control of the bill. It is said that he will “volun- tarily” surrender the management of the bill, upon the grounds that his canvass is taking up so much of his time. The statement that Mr. Breckinridge im- properly drew salary for the time he was absent from Congress is incorrect. In his certiticate he deducted the pay for those days he was absent after the enforcement of the law was ordered. — WILL NOT GO Now. But the President May Spend the Fourth at Gray Gables. The published report from Gray Gables, Mass., that the President would be there is contradicted at the White House. The President {s not able to leave the city at present. If practicable, he will leave here the end of the month, and spend a few days, including the Fourth of July, with his family at their summer home. He will not take up his permanent residence there for the. summer, however, until after Con- gress adjourns. ——_——_—__-2+______ Acts Approved. The President today attached his signa- ture to the act to authorize the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company to con- struct and maintain a bridge across the Hudson river between New York city and the state of New Jersey, and the act is now the law of the land, The provisions of the bill are entirely free from the objectionable | features of the original bill, vetoed by the | President. | The President has also approved the act providing for a bridge over the Mononga- hela river at Homestead, Pa., and the act Mich., for cemetery purposes. Mr, Terrell stated in reply to questions | \thrown into his company while he was | Mr. | hen Senator Jones met Mr. Havemeyer. | hotel, indicating that it had been made| resident of the trust, had been at the | were interested in ‘sugat, but he did nor): granting certain lands to Inwood township, | .. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, JUDGE JENKINS’ CASE Report of the Minority of the Investigat- ing Committee, Issuc Strongly Taken With the Atti- tude of the Majority and the Rec- ommendaticns for Legisla Representative Wm. A. Stone of Penn- lvania today submitted a minority report on the recent investigation by a subcom- mittee of the House judiciary committee of the decision of Judge Jenkins, in relation to the strike on the Great Northern ratlroad. The report is signed by Representatives Stone, Ray of New York, and Power of Vermont, It appeared by the testimony taken by the subcommittee that the employes understood the injunctions to prevent them from leav- ing the service of the railroad In any man- ner without the consent of the receivers. A motion was made before Judge Jenkins to | modify the term of his orders, and in an opinion he disclaims any intention to pre- vent any of the employes from quitting the | service of the company dn a peaceable, de- | cent or reasonable way, saying: “None will | dispute the general proposition of the right of every one to choose his employer and to | determine the times and condition of serv- ice or his right to abandon such service peaceably and decently.” | The majority of the committee reported ; at some length, taking issue with Judge ‘Jenkins solely upon the law of the case, | and holding that he committed grave legal | errors and was guilty of an abuse of legal | process, and submitted a resolution for ‘adoption by the House and also recom- | mended a Statute prohibiting the enforce- | ment of specific performance of labor con- | tracts by legal process. Ratlroads and Labor. The minority of the committee state that les they do not represent the governing power of the Hcuse, they do not feel called upon to indulge in any affirmative propo- | sition in relation to the subject matter of the repori. The labor question in its rela- tion with railroads, they say, is one full of complication, because of the public interest ; Which intervenes. In ordinary cases be- tween employers and employed the public have only a remote interest, but nere they have a direct one. No: only free pas- sage from place to place is prevented, but supplies are cut off and business paralyzed. | On the one hand, it ts for nobody's interest to cripple the railroad owners, for injury | | to them, when made gystematic and gen- eral, would be death to all improvements and a hindrance to other railrcad buildin, On the other hand, men are entitled to fair wage in the settlement of the amount | of which they must have a reasonable com- | Lined voice. It must still further be said that some method of adjustment must be had which will secure public traffic and the business of all the people from being inter- rupted by the dispute of those immediately interested ‘The minority takes issue with the atti- | tude of the majority and {tts recommenda- tious by stuting that if Judge Jenkins was honest and had given his honest opinion horestly it would seem as if the correction should come from another source, and that the law should be settled by the proper tribunal pricr to legislation. It may be | that no legislation is required, and the ap- pellate ccurt will afford all the relief the country needs. Pointing the Proper Way. If, on the other hand, Judge Jenkins has been unduly swayed in the exercise of his functions by improper influences, or hus stated law so badly that it is plain that he has violated his evident duty as a holder of the scales of justice, as an arbiter be- tween rival interests, then he should be impeached. Yo. propose th a judge who, as the majcrity declare, had no “corrupt intent” and “who sincerely belleves” in his conclu- stons sh: without impeachment, be cen- sured by the legislative branch of the go ernment, is to confound all distinctions be- tween the legislative and the judicial pewers and create a side tribunal of ap- peal, where justice would be for sale to the suitor who could poll the largest vote. LANDS AT GETTYSBURG. New Proceedings Will Be Instituted by the Government, The Attorney General has instructed United States Attorney Ingham of Pennsyl- vania to institute new condemnation pro- ceedings at once to acquire lands at Gettys- burg to preserve the battlefield, in accord- ance with the joint resolution recently adopted by Congress to meet the difficulties pointed out by Judge Dallas in his recent decision in the case. The resolution of Con- gress authorized the Secretary of War “to acquire by purchase (or by condemnation) | Aregeg to the act of August 1, 1888, such lands or interests in lands upon or in the vicinity of said battlefield as, in the judg- ment of the Secretary of War, may be nec- essary for the complete execution of the act of March 3, 18%; provided, that no obliga: tion or Hability upon the part of the gov- ernment shall be incurred under this reso- lution, nor any expenditure made except out of the appropriations already made and to be made during the present session of this Congress.” Mr. Ingham is already engaged in pre- paring a petition for the condemnation of the lands wanted, amended to conform with the resolution, and it will be filed in the United States circuit court. within a few days. ——_—__-+e—_-____ VESSELS AT BLUEFIELDS, The Marblehead and the Atlanta to Be Stationed There. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today from Capt. Watson of the San Francisco, saying that that vessel sailed from Colon today for Blueflelds. His silence in regard to the political situation is accepted at the Navy Department as evidence that there has been no material change since his last report, announcing the restoration of Clarence, the chief of the Mosquito country, It Js assumed that the erutser New York will start for New York | immediately on the arrival of the San Fran- cisco at Bluefields. The cruiser Marblehead Jeft Newport last night for Bluefields to relieve the San Francisco, and the Auanta will follow in her wake in a few days, as it has been de>med necessary to keep two. vessels in that vicinity for the present. The Atlanta jis in need of slight repairs and will go to the Norfolk navy yard for that purpose. ‘These will not take more than five days’ time. None of the officers of the ship has applied to be relieved in consequence of her prospective service near the Isthmus, and the report that an effort is being made to detain the ship in the navy yard is regarded by their friends as an uncalled-tor slander. ——+ ©. — RIALS SENTENCED. INDU! One Hundred and Eighty-Five to Be Confined Sixty Days. Gen. Schofield is informed that the 185 so-called ‘industrials’ who stole a Northern | Pacific train in Idaho have been convicted in the United States court at Boise City and have been each sentenced to sixty day imprisonment. A temporary structure wa: built near Huntington in the western part of the state for their confinement. The federal troops who captured them and who have assisted in guarding them ever since ‘will assist in escorting them to the place selected for their imprisonment. ee He Will Be Promoted. Naval Cadet John H. Russell, son of Rear Admire] Russell, who was recently reported by the medical board at the Noval Academy as physically disqualified, has, on re-examination by the medical beard at the Navy Department, been parsed and pro- nounced “fit for service.” He wilt be pro- moted with his class, in which he geined several numbers at his examination. 18 94-TWELVE PAGES. STRUGGLE IMMINENT, Fruitless Efforts to Move Coal Trains | in Ohio. DEPUTIES DEFIED BY THE STRIKERS All Quiet Among the Maryland Miners. —ie ee SKIRMISHING IN COLORADO CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 8.—Dispatches received from points along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio, Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and Wheeling and Lake Erie railroads in southeastern Ohio indicate that a struggle between the striking miners on one side and United States deputy marshals and state militia on the other will occur when attempts are made to move the block- aded coal trains, A force of marshals is at Bridgeport and between one and two thousand state mili- amen are scattered over Guernsy, Bel- mont and Muskingum counties, The deputy marshals visited the various | Places on the lines of the Cleveland, Lo- rain and Wheeling road, where trains were blockaded yesterday, and read to the strik- ers the injunction issued by Judge Taft of the United States court in Cincinnati. ‘This was preliminary to the attempt to move the trains by force if the men offer any resistance to the court's order. MARTIN'S FERRY, Ohio, June 8.—Early this mocning an unsuccessful effort was made to run two coal trains on the Cleve- land, Lorain and Wheeling railroad after a week's tie-up. Ties were placed on the track, dynamite | was used and a revolver fired and knives were exhibited. Four deputy marshals and two reporters were on the train. The lives of these, together with those of the train- men, were threatened if the train was not | run back, and this was done. The mob, including women, increased from fifty to 400 in ten minutes. The bridge at Whisky run was burned and troops have been or- dered to the field. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 8.—Sheriff Scott of Belmont county ‘telegraphed Gov. Mc- Kinley today that the miners at Wheeling creek this morning burned a bridge on the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling railroad, and that about 500 men were in the mob, and were still threatening lives and prop- erty. The governor wired Adjutant General Howe, now in Guernsey county with troops, to send some of the military in his com- mand to Belmont county. ‘The governor also wired Gen. Howe that if more troops were needed he would call out the fifth regiment, at Cleveland, The sixteenth regiment, at Toledo, has been ordered to rendezvous at Columbus to walt further orders. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, June &— Company M of the seventeenth infantry aid not get beyond Canal Dover last night, but was ordered back to the armory. The car containing <he soldiers was fired into and a railroad trestle fired, but train hands put out the flames. The citizens are indig- hant at the treatment of the guardsmen, and further trouble is feared if the com- pany tries to leave again, NEWCOMERSTOWN, Ohio, June 8&— | Company M started on the Cleveland and | Marietta rain from Canal Dover at 9:30 for the scene of the miners’ troubles, aided | deputy sheriffs. A large crowd was at depot, but no resistauce was offered. Seren tet ae large number of strikers ay ut the train inj passed without trouble. Ss ee MURDEROU SLAVS. Attempts to Wreck Coal and Coke Trains. UNIONTOWN, Pa., June &—Two at- tempts have been made by strikers within twenty-four hours to wreck coal and coke trains. Yesterday afternoon a Slay threw & switch open at Oliver, and before the train could be stopped the engine and three cars were deraiied. The Slay was arrested. About midnight a frog hooked tightly over a rail was discovered near Evans sta- tion, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. A little further north iron and ties were found piled across the rails, and near the Stewart Iron Company's works a switch was broken open and wedged apart by wood and stones. The discovery was made just in time to prevent the wrecking of a long coal train, on which were a number of men, ‘ While the companies have been fearing such work, these were the first_attempts | to destroy coal and coke trains, The strik- | ers have made numerous threats, and the | officials of the roads are very much alarm- | ed over the situation. The strikers seem to | be determined to stop the shipment of coal and coke from the regions. McKEESPORT, Pa., June 8.—The city has assumed its normal condition. The crowds have all dispersed, ard quiet prevails. It is safe to say that nothing but an attempt | to run the tube works with new men or the introduction of deputies would cause an outbreak with strikers. Strikers say they are sorry for the part they took in the riot- ous proceedings, and are hopeful of an early settlement. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 8—A_ telephone message to Sheriff Richards from Chief Deputy Rice, who ts in charge of the dep- utes in Manown, reports everything quiet up to 10 o'clock, WORRYING THE PICKETS. Making Life Miserable for the Indiana Soldiers. SULLIVAN, Ind., June 8.—Last night at the military camp was one of tumult. | Numerous assaults with stones were made, upon the picket lines. and as a result the ery, “Corporal of the guard,” rang through the camp often, and was usually followed by firing in the direction the stones came. So far as known, however, no damage was done, though there was fear that the miners might, with the stones, as they threatened, hurl dynamite at the soldiers. An effort was made to burn the trestle | work of the Evansville and Terre Haute / road near here, but the incendiaries were driven away by the guards. ‘This entire section is now roughly guarded and covered by scouts, therefore there fs littie fear of an outbreak, and coal shipments will continue to be made. A special session of the grand jury con- yened here today to take care of the law breuers. SKIRMISHING IN COLORADO, The Death List of This Morning’s Fight Not Over Two. CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., June 8—An in- Jury to one thumb of a miner was the only | damage done in the skirmish yesterday | between miners and deputies, which wa: brought on by a movement of a couple of hunered deputies toward Bull Hill, in order to capture several of their horses, ahaa | had strayed. | Authentic information from the scene of | this morning’s skirmish states that the | death list will not exceed two or three, fa | reports of a night engagement are abso- lutely false. Everything has been quiet. IN WEST VIRGINIA. = Fight Last WHEELING, W. Va., June &—The al- leged battle between soldiers and miners at Mineral Siding, when several deaths were reported, is untrue. KENOVA, W. Va., June 8—The situation | open the door and “TWO CENTS. here today {8 without indication of danger. At no point on the local Mne was any at-| tempt at attack made last night and there is a gradual feeling of security settling over the entire community. ‘The day guard will be materifily de- creased for the present, though the night force will remain the same, Call for a Conference. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June & a conference has ben addresy coal operators ef the Jellico district by the -Wiking miners cf that district. The con- ference will be held at 30 o'clock tomorrow. This district has been closed since Aprti 21, ani cperators say that it will take some tne to vettle existing differences. It was reyerted that the Bird Eye n.iners, which are located in the Jellico region, had re- turned to work. This is untrue. Two men ere at work, driving entries, and unless this is stopped trouble may result at Coal Nearly all of the mires are run- ning, though some of them orly have half forces, and outsiilers are trying to get them to join the strike again. pabeabes <1 ELLIOT STOOD HIS GROUND. Unsuccessful Attempt to Drive Him From His Home. SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., June S—A scandal was for some time connected with the life of Albon Elliot, who lived at a lonely spot near Owe's Head, and the young | men of the country thereabouts determined that he should leave. He was served with a notice, but instead of leaving prepared for an expected attack. About midnight a large mob attacked the house with stones, clubs and rifies, Elliott threw open his door and fired out in the darkness. Two of the mob were slightly wounded and a third fatally. The latter is Wallace Lester. He was missed by his comrades in the dark and not found until morning. Elliot and others have been landed in jail. ——__— HANGED AT STAUNTON, The Murderer of Lottie Rowe Gets His Deserts. STAUNTON, Va., June 8.—Lawrence Spil- ler, convicted of the outrage and murder of Lottie Rowe on April 28th, in the suburbs of Staunton, was hanged this morning. Spiller was a blacksmith and a man of tremendous strength. He had been at a dance, at which the girl was it Spiller was under the influence of liquor when the dance broke up. The girl him in going home, and he assaulted her. The crime caused intense excitement and Spiller’s apprehension, conviction and death followed speedily. SHOT KEMP TO DEATH Lynching of s Oclored Murderer in His Ocll. ‘The Jail at Princess Anne, Md., Eater- ed Early This Morning by a Masked Mob. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. PRINCESS ANNE, M1, June 8—Isaac Kemp, the colored man who gave Edward Carver a terrible flash with a razor after he had nearly been be..ten to death, was shot to death in his cell about 2 o'clock this morning, by @ mob of about seventy-five men, Yesterday morning twelve colored men, them Kemp, were brought to jail ‘the murder of Edward Carver Charies Miller's liquor store, on Wednesday night. Kemp, being the leader, was confined In a separate cell and chained to the floor. About I o'clock last night Jailer Dryden was awakened by some one calling his name. He went to the SS = The proof of fhe pudBing is in f6: eafing. Pesterdap’s Sfar contained 39 cofurns of advertisements, made up of 764 separate announce: ments, Bese advertisers SoucGt pubficity—nof merefp space. —>——_—_EEx#*=*"===5 ANOTHER PLAN | Mr. Truesdell Dissents From the Views of His Colleagues. THE RAILWAY PROBLEM DISTOSRED Objections to the Employment of a Surface Motor. AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED Commissioner Truesdell today submitted ® minority report upon the Metropolitan railroad bill, recently referred to the Com- missioners for report, and submitted by two of them to Congress Wednesday. Col. Truesdell’s report is an exhaustive document on the subject of railroads in the District of Columbia. He differs from his colleagues in only two particulars—that regarding the use of the trolley in the sub- urbs, and that in the statement that the Surface motor is more promising than the electrical conduit, His position on these Subjects is exactly the reverse of his col- leagues’. He adds an important amendment to the bill, providing for the establishment of a department of railways under the Commis- sioners, with a chief at a salary of $5,000 per annum, and one assistant at $1,800 per anaum, to be paid from the ofa tax levied on the gross receipts of dividend- Paying roads. His report, which ts address- ed to Senator Harris, chairman of the Sem- ate District committee, is as follows: Text of His Report. The report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia upon BH. R. 6171, to from my own, and so contrary to the gen- erally accepted theories by re- cent railway experience, that I must ask permission to submit to your honorable committee a minority report. I dissent from the proposed route, which would remove the this compeny from the either of fi be z . George- door and was met by two men, who told him they had a prisoner whoin they wished to place in jail. Not seeing any one else and not suspecting anything, he went to his room, put on his clothes and returned to the outer door of the jail with a lamp. As soon as he opened the door a number of men rushed in, throwing the lamp to the floor and pinioning him at the same Ume, telling him they wanted Kemp, and de- manded him to give up the keys. This he refused to do, and remonstrated with the crowd to desist from their purpose. In the meantime Sheriff Sterling and a young man by the name of Gibbons,voth of whom were sleeping in the jail, were aroused and rush- ed in the hall. These gentlemen were immediately pin- joned. The mob, after a few minutes, not finding the keys, secured an oak beam, using It as a@ battering ram, with which they gained an entrance to the corridor of thi ey asked cells, and also di that Kemp be pointed out to them, threatening to kill every prisoner in the jail until they had ac- complished their ¥ After a few minutes they found Kemp end shot at him three times through the grating of tne door, They then proceeded down stairs to the jailer’s private room, and afver a Ul search found the keys, and with a upstairs, threw riddled the murderer's body with bullets, about fifty shots being The mob then wanted to take the body, but after some argument they consented to leave it. They then filed down the stairs, and, bidding Jailer Dryden good-night, with a hurrah left the jail. None of the other prisoners in jail committed for the same crime were troubled by the mob, their only purpose being the death of Kemp. The mob consisted of about eighty-five men, most of tend to displace the present overhead trol- leys, which are not sat suburban streets. One ers is of the opinion leys and conduits were positively a satisfactory surface promptly produced. In fact, surface motor seems to be available, Say the least, is very promising.” 1 do not believe, after a considerable ex- perience with one form of surface (the storage battery), that that kind, or, deed, any other kind of surface motor will displace the overhead trolley, nor do I be- eve that the consular report to by the Commissioners justifies the opinion that the gas*motor scems to be # a substitute for existing systems country. There can be no couraging any company that do so in experimenting with other form of surface motor, giving the Metropolitan company to use surfage motors, insets Hel i have gone far to convince me that greater or less extent all forme of surface motors are subject to the same drawbacks however whom were masked, carrying guns, pistols and rifles. None were identified by the peo- ple present in the jail. isaac Kemp was a black, burly negro, about twenty-th: years of age and very Tmuscular, with extremely vicious coun- tenance, who was here picking strawberries for Mr. Frank Barnes at the time he com- mitted the murder. There is a great deal of excitement and crowds have visited the jail. —— MANY COXEYITES DROWNED. Their Boat Upset n: ‘Twenty-Five Are Missing. BRIGHTON, Col., June 8.—Twenty-five of the Coxeyites, who set sail from Denver, are missing, as a result of the upsetting of their boat. It is thought that about twenty are drowned. -_-— AGAIN AT GRAY GABLES. Arrival of Mrs. Cleveland and the Children. BUZZARD’'S BAY, June 8—Commodore Benedict's steam yacht Oneida, with Mrs. Cleveland, Ruth, Esther and the nurse, and Mr. and Mrs, Benedict, with Miss Benedict aboard, beige no Sng morning. The went immedia’ t Gabi The ip trom Greenwich wan a plesaeet: uneventful one, the weather being beautitul. Tae Topeka Convention Adjourned. TOPEKA, Kan., June §~The republican state convention adjourned sine die this morning at 1 o’clock,after nominating Prof. E. 81 of La fe - tendent of public’ instruction “and ie W, Blue for Congressman-at-large. —_—.—— Lending the Land to the Idle. DETROIT, Mich., June 8.—Mayor Pingree | has advanced a scheme to supply the thou- sands of idle men in Detroit with vegetables for the winter. He has called on every lot and acreage owner in the city who has a | foot of idle land to turn it in for the use of | the poor until the crop year closes. He esti- Teates that there are not less latter being relieved of Weight requires less power draws its energy only wire or a cable from a the lack of under drainage is very destructh maintain. Some PY al 5 E The Overhead Trolley. The overhead trolley thus far, standing the prejudice existing in the minds of many people aguinst it, has, to a great extent, supplanted every other system where its use is permitted, and is today the cheapest, the most satisfactory ani gener ally popular system in use in this country. It gives the most rapid transit under the safest conditions, affords the means of iil isfactory on suburban streets.” may be assumed, without argument, that the overhead trolley, whatever may be said against its use in cities, is now and will continue to be for many years the satisfactory system for suburban and that the electrical conduit oF ground trolley is the most desirable

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