Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1894, Page 13

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C., FRIDAY, JULY 138, 1894-TWELVE PAGES ertisin~ known iN HOTEL conmipors. | FORD'S _THEATER DISASTER “The fact that the best eyatem of charity | is the emplovment of the neecy rather than the distribution of relief to those who re- man in idleness, whether enforced or oth- erwise, has been proven conclusively, I be- lieve, during the past winter by the opera- [4s Amendment Wanted to the Sundry tions of the citizens’ enplcyment and relief committee in Pittsburg,” said R. A. Cor- laish of Pittsburg, at the Riggs House this morning. “Yes, I was a member of the commictee, and was pretty familiar with its workings. Over a quarter of a million dol-| lars, or, in round numbers, $253,000, were €xpented under the direction of the com- mittee duriug the winter on the improve- ment of Schenicy and Highland Parks. | Se _ Givil Bill, Senator Manderson Proposes Giving $5,000 Each to the Families Of Those Killed. Senator Manderson has presented to the te an amendment to the sundry civil The wages paid were $1.00 per day, and | bill appropriating $1,000 to pay the heirs over 13,000 n.en were employed during the | of those clerks who were kilied by the fail God other peopie eee genom, nearly, 00.) of the Ford Theacer building. In subinit- were over 27,000 applications received from Ung this amendment and the report from men who desired work, and the system fol-| the select committee on the disaster the ——= —_ ay ey ¢ — ——— Senator said: “There were eighteen per- Was simple, but effective. cach applicants - k condition was investigated to see whether | SONS instantly Killed as the result of that he needed relief and was a resident of the | falling building. Two died wituin a ve city. This latter point prevented the idle | short time, really within a few hours of and unemployed from the outside from com-; the tragedy. Three have since died, sur- ing in. The applications were handed to t! viving their injuries | on the part of any employe who felt wrong- |ed by the rating of his chief. Promotions. The good of the service requires that pro- motion be regarded as, and in fact be, the | official recognition of superior eiticiency, a | valid ceruficate of special merit. Therefore, jenly those enrolied in the “superior” grade should be regarded as entitled to promo- leeos and these in their ranking order. in ordmary promotions to piaces below the “fourth class,” in the “ciussilied service,” only those superior quaiuicauons aitested }by raungs in accordance with the pian j above suggested, should ve required. But in }cases of promotion to vacancies in the “fourth class,’ other and special qualifica- tions may properly be demanued, inasmuch as cierks occupying these positions usually become first assistants tv the cuiels of di- vision, and must otten act in place of such chiets. Lherefore, in addition to the ordi- nary qualifications fitting one for efticient service in lower positions, those appointed to fourth class clerkships should aiso pos sess certain others, which may be denumi- Rated admmistrative, ausong which may be Lamed as most important: | 1, Ability wisely to direct and control the actions uf others. 2. Persona! character, uniting the elements police authorities, and the policemen quirel whether tne applicants were ceserv- for periods ranging | of independence and courtesy. from four to eight months. A great many, . and so repocted. | mearly 100, were injured. The committee pee Aig vane mg ——— = has been as actively at work as it has been an posters from receiving = possible for them to perform iabor during ne cae tee ie een see | the. Inks Sbtackl “macedine, alld’ the ‘Weegee! tion made by the committee now is as to SS a —_ = = eg all who were thus kilied, either instantly, Cie to oer genre weeks, and then be laid! or who died within a iew hours aiter the ployed when the opportunity arose, but | tates the sum of $5,0W, making, as to the when a man was discharged for cause he twenty who will be inciuged in Uhais amend- Was not allowed to get work again. I be- ment, the sum of diuu,vw. At is Wie desire lieve that organized charity in all the great Of the committee that this appropriauon cities should be carried out upon such lines. shall be made upon the sundry civil bill There are hundreds upon hundreds of the 80 that the widows, the children, and those deserving and needy who would starve or next of kin to thuse who have died may even steal before they would beg. I know find what relief comes irom this act of de- that is a broad statement, and the latter, cent Benerosity on the part of the govern- part of it indicates a good deal of innate ment. As to the three cases where fmmorality on the part of humanity, but | victims survived the accident sever the fact still remains that a grea. many | months, the committee will desire further people will commit crime before they will time to make exploration, so as to be satis- beg. while the instances of starvation from fied beyond a peradventure that the deaths motives of pride under such circumstances were caused by this tragedy and not from are too numerous to need mention. Both of other causes. As to tiiose who were in- these classes, however, would eagerly take jured, a very considerable amount of testi- advantage of honorable work by which they | mony has already been taken, but I great- could secure the necessaries of Ife. It is a/ ly fear that the matter cannot be disposed question that should be deeply considered of at the present session of Congress. I by those philanthropic citizens upon whose | think the committee will probably find it Joint efforts communities depend for the | necessary to take testimony during the re- help. applicants, and it was so necessary to give every man @ show, that there were frequent the | 1 | €auitable rating, is a sufficient guarantee of relief of their unfortunate in time of need. it makes no difference whether a relief fund | is the result of popular subscription or of State, municipal, or national appropriation. All persons in need of its help, and who are able to perform manual or other labor,should be accorded an opportunity to give some re- turn for the assistance which they receive. Such a system takes the sharp sting out of charity for those who dislike to receive it | under that name.” | “There is a mighty good lot of beer in that go-cart,” said Charles H. Levy of New Orleans in front of the Ebbitt this | morning as an itinerant Italian fruit ven- der pushed a wagon load of nearly rotting bananas down F street. “Banana beer is not very well known in this country, that 1 am aware of, but in the West Ind:es, where it is also a comparatively new bever- age, a good deal of it is now being made. ‘The use of banana juice for exhilarating and intoxicating purposes was probably in- troduced on this continent by sailors who had become acquainted with it in Africa. In that country it is generally known and/ esteemed, especially by the natives c? Ugan- | da. To make banana beer the fruit must be allowed to become as ripe as it can pos- sibly get, even to the point of decay. The bananas are then mixed with finely cut Sass or some similar vegetation to prevent the mass from becoming too pulpy, and is put in a trough with a small quantity of water and mashed up. The juice that runs off is collected and set aside in a cool place for a couple of hours. It is then tit to | “It ts very pleasant to the taste and not at all harmful, but if it is left to ferment for three or four days it becomes very in- toxfeating. and is not unlike the Mexican pulque in’ its effects. If the liquid in its latter state is placed In bottles and secure- ly corked it becomes, after six or seven months, a very creditable imitation of a sparkling wine, but the head it gives you ‘ter copious indulgence in it ts to be com- Pared to the head achieved from a dalii- ance with champagne only as a pumpkin is to be compared with a hickory nut. A friend of mine, who is in the fruit business down in New Orleans, told me all about this banana wine, and I believe he intro- duced some of it at the Crescent Club with Tather disastrous results to certain staid members of that well-known organization.” “Ore thing that has struck me in this country,” said Gustav Petersen of Copen- hagen at the Arlington last night, “is the very slight attention paid by the rural pop- ulation to the subject of dairy farming, and particularly butter making. I came to this country to get an insight into the cus- toms and methods of American farmers. It seemed to me that people who raised such immense crops of everything were worthy of being studied with beneficial re- sults. I must say that I was very much disappointed at what I found. I discovered that the great crops I had read about were due more to the fertility of the soil than to any intelligent system of tilling It, and that the average American farmer devoted very Uttle time to finding out what crops were best fitted to his farm, and how such crops could be the more economically and profit- ably raised. But ir the east what sur- prised me most was the slight attention given to dairying. The land around the Great cities is virtually worked out so far as crop raising is concerned, but still large tracts are given up to corn and wheat / fields, which certainly cannot more than | Pay the expense of harvesting them. With | diture of money and good sense be turned into dairy farms and reap fortunes for their proprietors, because they would be closer to the market, and I hav> found out that neariy all the butter consumed in the large cities of the east is! istances by the railroad. In | butter making is one of the if not the chief industry of the There are dairy schools all over; since their establishrient a butter has become so univer- Sal that no less than 100,000,000 pounds of | butter are export “i brought long Denmark greatest ARRESTS AT SPRING VALLEY. Discovery of Goods Stolen From the Company's Store. The long expected wholesale arrests for | the looting of the Spring Valley, Til, ccal | company store in that city commenced y terday, the sheri making the arrests as- sfsted by a company of militia. Scores of houses were ransacked from cellar to gar- Fett, and any quantity of dress goods, shoes, provisions and groceries were disc: ed | and identified as property stolen irom the! store. In no instance where goods were identified as belonging to the company were | they . bet imsiead the head of the | household was arrested and thrown into the | guard house at the military camp. ‘The policy of the coal company is to hold | the city responsible for the damage sus- | tained from the looting of the store, and | woods are allowed to remain where they are found. Ten arrests were made yesterday, and the prisoners,mostly Lithuanians, were taken to | ison in the evening under a heavy guard. @ arrests will be continued today, and it 19 expected that about thirty or forty more will follow. A picket lve is drawn around the city, and It is impossible for any of the looters to smuggie outside of the city. The miners, while sullen, offered no resistance to the troops while arrests were being made. | Drunk When He Married. Judge Prentiss of the supreme court hard- @1 down his decision in the famons Pratt divorce case at New Haven yesterday. He orders a decree annuiling the marriaze. Charles P. Pratt, the plainti*,is the wealthy Young newspaper man @ho marricd Miss ‘M. Gertrude Hall in New York tn Septem- ber last and deserted her. The decree ws: granted on the ground that Pratt was in- texicated when the marriage was per- formed. | because of the removal of portions of its cess of Congress, and we hope at the next session to dispose of all these cases. The report of the committee sets forth that the Ford Theater building has been owned by the government since 1868, that there have always been a force of clerks of some kind in the building; that on June 9, 18%, there were 400 employes of the government in the building, most of them doing clerical work; that on June 9%, 183, foundation, the building collapsed and the falling floors carried down those who were engaged at their work upon them, killing outright eighteen, the claims of the heirs of whom have been submitted to the com-_ mittee, and wounding a large number, of which wounded two died within a few days of their injuries, and three have since died, it 1s claimed, because of such wounds; that there was no contributory negligence on the part of any of those thus killed or wounded, Those provided for in the appropriation reported are George Q. Allen, George M. Arnold, Samuel P. Barnes, John Bussius, John E. Chapin, Jeremiah Daly, Joseph R. | Fagin, Joseph B. Gage, David C. Jordan, Justus B. Jones, Frederick B. Loftus, Jay H. McFall, Otto F. W. Meder. Howard S. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, Burrows Nel- son, Emanuel G. Shull, Frank M. Williams, Alfred L. Ames and Arthur N. Girault. The cases of death that will require fur- ther inquiry are those of George ©. Ballin- ger, who died January 7, 1804; George W. Roby, who died February 8, 1894, and Charles B. Sayer, who died March 21, 1894. ———+-e CIVIL SERVICE SUGGESTIONS. The Regulation of Promotions, Reduc- tions and Dismissals. To the Editor of The Evening Sta: Remarks regarding the civil service are perhaps at all times appropriate, but may be regarded as pecially so at this time when the annual changes in the several departments of the government incident to the beginning of a new fiscal year are be- ing made, and when the Senate is about to discuss the provisions of the bill, making appropriations for the service at large. The following suggestions are therefore offered as the result of a somewhat protracted ob- servation of the manner, in which the civil service has beea administered by the ex- ecutive departments, with a view to the es- tablishment of a more just and consistent system than now exists, especially in the matter of promotions, reductions and dis- tissais. First. Let all employes of the several bureaus and offices of the department be gropued under three grades, viz: The in- ferior, the medium, the superior, the infer- for grade to include that 25 per cent of the employes whose efficiency record as hereinafter suggested, is lowest, the su- perior grade that 25 per cent, whose effi- ciency record is highest, the médium grade, the remaining 50 per cent. a Second. Let ali dismissals for inefficiency, and all reductions be made from the in- ferior grade, and all promotions from the superior grade. Third. Let the chief of each division be required to keep an efficiency record of all his employes in such manner as will en- able him to give an unbiased and impartial Judgment as to the efficiency and merits of each employe. In estimating efficiency, regard should be Poa 0: Ist. General ability to do the work as- signed. 2d. Manifest interest in the work, im- plying punctuality, industry, devotion to official duty. $d. Rapidity and accuracy of execution. 4th. Character and habits as exhibited in official intercourse. In_ keeping such efficiency record, 100 should be regarded as the standard of per- fection, and the rating of employes should approach this standard in the degree in which their services approach the meas- ure of supreme excellence. A report of the rating of all employes should be made at the close of each quarter to the secretary or the heads of bureaus for their informa- fon, and to be used by the civil service board, or boards, hereinafter sugzestel, in in determining the respective grades of sald employes. eney record ts essential for this will also serve as a prod to are inclined to be re- rent, and as an encourage- lus to those, ambitious of winning a good reputation. Fourth. Let a civil service board be ap- pointed in the office of the secretary and in each of the bureaus of the departments, those emp’ consisting of three ps each, to be des- ignated by secretary and by the heals f the several hureans respectively. Or | better still, let one single board for the ent be established, to consist of the ch’ rk of the depart: ment, shall be chairman, and the ec! hb of its subordinate bureaus, duty of such boards to be: Ist. To compare the ratings of chiefs of division with a view to putting the system throughout the desartment upon a uniform- ly just and equitable bas: 24. To call attention ports on. any ratings ment require explanation, in case of ony unusua ing. to secure from tl making the same therefor. assizn the employes of the lees quarterly to their appropriate srades, as indicated by their average ratings for the past thre> menth: 4. To file quarterly, with the Secretary and the head of each bureau, a list which shal! give the nam i rating of each employe of his office, assigned to the inferior and to the superior grade, from which number dismissals or promotions, as the ce: be. for the next quarter are to be made. The action of the board or boards should result in the elimination of personal and partisan considerations in fixing the ratines of employes of the several divisions, and in the removal of possible grounds for sus- picion of favoritism or partiality. Tt might be well also to allow an appeal to the board » and secure re- hat in their judg- and in particular, h or low rat- chief of division of written statement de. 3%. Quick perception of the character of others, 4. Fertility of resources fitting one suc- cessiully to meet eme encies, and to di cover and apply new and better business methods, Therefore, in ail cases of promotion to the fourth class, or to higher positions, a sup- Piementas rating, invoiving the qualification above noted, should be required. Or each chief of division may be required in his quarterly report to designate any clerk pos- sessing in @ marked degree these adminis- trative abilities, selections for promotion to be made irom those thus designated. No scholastic or other examinations should be required for promotions, except- ing in cases where special, expert, profes- sional or scientific knowledge is essential to | the proper discharge of official duty. A su- perior standing, won by tested service, with ability in all ordinary cases. If. however, it has come to be impossible or hnpracticable for heads of departments and bureaus to discharge personal and par- | Usan motives and political influence in the | matter of promotions and reductions, or if |fair and impartial ratings cannot be se- jcured from chiefs of divisions, and the | board or boards herein suggested, then the Whole matter of promotions and of such tests therefor in the way of examinations or otherwise as are essential to secure Justice in the premise, should be turned over | feat civil service commission, or to some board entirely dis' | partments ly distinct from the de- | Dismissals for Inefficiency. The highest gcod of the public service re- quires the regular annual discharge from | the service, because of incompetency, of a | Small per cent of the employes of each of the executive departments and offices. This discharge should not be left to the mere Voluntary action of the head of the depart- ment, but should be made in obedience to positive statute enactment. Such a law might seem’ to work hardship to a few | clerks, as in the case of those who have | Srown old in the service, and incompetent ; by reason of toe intirmities of axe, but jeven in such cases no injustice could be properly alleged. Whereas in the great majority of cases, employes discharged un- der the provisions of said law would be | those whose irefficiency is the result of | scme positively personal fault. {t is therefore suggested that the follow- | ing be added as a new section to the legis- | lative, executive and judiciat appropriation as or be enacted as a separate statute, viz.: It is hereby made the duty of the head of each executive department, bureau or office of the government to discharge from the public service during each and every fiscal year 5 per centum of all the employes, in- cluding those in the classified service of said department, bureau or office: Provid- |ed, That said discharges shall be made from the number of such employes as are shown by official records to be among the least competent in their respective classes, and shall be based solely on the ground of comparative inefficiency, The result of suck a provision would be the gradual weeding out of incompetents, the introduction of a fresh and more vigor- ous element into the service, a more faith- ful discharge of duty on the part of em- ployes who have been accustomed to de- pend more upon “influence” than upon efficiency for their continuance in office, and therefore a gradual elevation in the tone of the whole service. It would be well also to provide that here- after aCmission to the civil service should be in all ordinary cases to what might be properly designated the “probationary” class, the salary of which should not ex- seed $720, instead of as now to the “copy- ist’ class, of which the salary is $900. No one could justly complain of the salary, as it is fully cqual to, and probably exceed that paid for corresponding service in any private buriness. A reduction of the or- dinary initial salary would doubtless tend to diminish the number of applicants for appointment, and so relleve the pressure upon officials having charge of appoint- ments. The reclassification of the civil service is, however, too large a subject to enter upon here, though its importance would justify careful veip aes ae ee ANACOSTIA. Mrs. J. Frank Campbell, nee Miss Flora Etzler,returned recently from a trip through Delaware and New York city and is residing at her new home, 1019 B street southeast. Mrs. Mary Nicholls of Northwest Wash- ington, who has been visiting Mrs. Archi- bald Etzler at 119 Maple avenuc, returned to her home yesterday. Rev. W. Hirst Reed, a former pastor of Anacostia M. E. Church, but now of Balti- more, is the guest of Mrs. C. H. A. William- son of St. Elizabeth Heights. Mr. C. 0. Bohrer is at Cleveland, repre- senting the Christian Endeavor Society of the Garden Memorial Presbyterian Church. Miss Susie Schroeder, daughter of Prof. August Schroeder ot Washington, is visit- ing slisses Mary and Bessie Weapley. A large number of Anacostians were pres- ent at the lawn fete given by the Water Lily Sociais last evening et Jefferson and Fillmore streets. sae New York State Democratic Club, At the meeting of the New York State Democratic Club last night officers were elected as follows: Representative James W. Covert, president; Samuel H. Wandell of Syracuse, first vice president; B. F. Clay- on of New York, second vice president; W. |B. McDaniel of New York, s Hempler of New York, Me of erties, financial J. A. Heyward of Buffalo, M. M. | Whitney of Courtiand and E. N. Butts of | Poughkeepsie, committee on membership. |r. Whitney was chosen to represent tne club in the Interstate Democratic Associa- | tion celebration of the passage of the cariif b re- cd members of the club. $$ Fuueral of Col. T. A. Washington. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock the fun- eral of the late Col. Thornton A. Washing- |ton was held from the residence of his daughter, Miss Bee Washington, 821 17th street. Rev. Dr. Perry of St. Andrew's | church read the burial services of the Epis- |copal Church, and the interment was ima at Rock Creek cemetery. The services were fayette Lodge, 1, M., of which the deceased an honored member. The pailbearers, Merrill, Thomas P. Mc John M. Mckinne: 4 H. Olcott and G. L, Johnson were selected from the lodge. A delegation of the C federate Veterans’ Association of the D trict attended the funeral, while the Sons of the Revolution were also rej ted, to both of which organizations the deceased formerly belonged. a The anti-anarchist bill was adopted Wed- nesday by the Italian chamber of deputies by a vote of 188 to 16. was Messrs. gan, A. B, Coole. treasurer; Russeil | } | President Debs Off. ‘None to Remain Out Except arbitration, Mr. Gompers seemed to think HIKE OVER Clally Declares It Of fall See MEN 10 RETORN TO WORK Pullman Employes END OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE: WEARS CHICAGO, July 13.—President Debs de-| clared the strike of the American Railway | Union off at 9:30 a.m. today. He immedi-: ately proceeded to headquarters of the Gen- eral Managers’ Association, presumably to | endeavor to arrange for the return of the strikers to work. . President Debs’ action leaves only the original strikers—the employes of the Pull- tan car shops—still out. CHICAGO, July 13.—10:15 a.m.—The gen- | eral managers refused to have any confer- | ence whatever with Debs. | | The decision of the President on the appll- | cation of the Knights of Labor to appoint a | commission of inquiry to investigate the | labor troubles, it was believed, would end the strike, and Mr. Debs’ announcement to- day is understood to be in consequence of that action. TALK WITH GOMPERS. The Commissioner's Action Not Likely to Affect the Pallm: Strike. interview with Mr. Samuel Gcmpers, pres- ident of the American Federation of Labor, shortly after midnight last night, reverting to the cause and effect of the present cri-/ sis, he said: “I doubt whether the action of the committee on arbitration to be ap- pointed by President Cleveland will ma- terially affect the Pullman strike, as it was originally, because I do not see how it has anything to do with the interstate commerce law. My understanding is that the O'Neill law can only be effective when the interstate commerce law is violated.” Mr. Gompers referred to the settlement of the great miners’ strike in England some years ago, when Lord Roseberry ar- bitrated the differences between the mine owners and the strikers. “The conditions,” said he, “were the sami as now exist here. Military force was brought in, and all of this to force a set- tlement, but it could not be done in that way. Lord Rosebery took upon himself to settle it, and dhl. It seems to me if that could be done in Europe it could be done here in America. We must have arbitra- tion laws here.” In furtherance of his idea of the moral force of the government which he terms CHICAGO, July 13.—In the course of =| that the strike must be carried on for some time yet, as he said: “There must be contending forces in order to have an arbitration. “The President must appoint his committee and they must come here. They have f1.ll power to act. They will have to closely ex- amine this whole*matter and then report to the President and to Congress, and then action will be taken by that body. If the strike is stopped at any time the commit- tee will have nothing to report.” ne VICTORY FOR THE KNIGHTS. The Commission’s Action Not Likely dent’s Action. CHICAGO, July 13.—While the other 1a- bor leaders were in conference last night Mr, Sovereign was enjoying a cigar alone in his room at the Sherman House. When questioned about the new turn of affairs, he exclaimed: “This is a great victory for the Knights of Labor. No one! thought of it until the knights suggested it, and it will settle the strike. It is as good as won now. I cannot tell who the arbitrators will be, but this is certain that Carroll D. Wright will be one of them, as the O'Neill law provides that the commis- sioner of labor shall be ex-officio member of any committee appointed under its pro- visions. hides | pleased at the result of their interview with TWO CENTS. merely to investigate and to declare a find- ing, and the parties may or may not abide by that finding. I believe that this com- mittee can compel Pullman to show his books, and the result will be that the public will be given all the facts in the contro- versy between him and the employes. It will make no difference whether Mr. Pull- man wishes to arbitrate or not, or whether he thirks he has nothing to arbitrate. The committee will have all the powers neces- sary to bring out all the facts, and the pub- lic can then draw its own conclusions. “I regard this as a great victory for the Knights of Labor.” INVESTIGATION The President to Appoint a Comp vittee on the Strike, A Delegation of Labor Lenders Made Happy by the Promise of Mr. Cleveland. President Cleveland has decided to have @ thorough investigation of the great labor strike, and so informed a committee of the Knights of Labor who called upon him by arrangement yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, The committee consisted of J. W. Hayes, general secretary of the Knights of Labor; Thomas B. McGuire and C.A.French of the executive board K. of L., J. G. Schon- farber of the Knights of Labor Journal. Senator Kyle of South Dakota accompanied the delegation and presented them individu- ally to the President. The committee made formal application to the President for the appointment of a board of investigation, under the O'Neill law of 1888. The Presi- dent informed them that a commission would be appointed to investigate the causes and condition of the labor troubles and re- port its conclusions to the President and Congress. The following is an official statement of the conference»: “Senator Kyle introduced to the President by appointment a committee representing various’ labor organizations, who applied to | him fur the appointment of a commission to investigate the causes of the late strike | and the occasion of the controversy between | certain railroads which were affected there- | by and their employes. The law passed on | the Ist of October, 1888, especially author- izes the appointment of such a commission, and defines its duties. It provides that the commissioner of labor shall be chairman, end that two other commissioners shall be | appointed by the President. It appearing to the President that the parties were en- titled to such a commission under the law, he determined to organize it for the pur- pose of investigation. The commissioners | to be appointed by him have not been se- | lected, and it will probably be a number of) Gays before the appointments are an- nounced. Leadern Pleased. The labor committee were very much the President. Their views on the subject are expressed by General Secretary J. W. Hayes as follows: “The President seemed pleased to receive us, and immediately opened the subject by referring to the law which the parties in- teresied desired to see enforced. An hour was spent in discussing the various provi- sions of the act which authorized the Presi- dent on his own motion to appoint two ar- bitrators, together with the United States labor commissioner, Carroll D. Wright, to act as a commission of arbitration, and in- vestigate and decide what should be done by either party to settle the controversy. The commission has ail the powers neces- sary to administer oaths, subpoena wit- | nesses, ete. The President finally decided to appoint the commission, and at once so informed us, at the same time stating that he would name the arbitrators either to- day or Saturday. “We expect to secure much more from this arbitration than the final settlement of the present difficulty in Chicago. While it is in itself a great victory for labor organi- zations, and everything that the American Railway Union has fought for, it gives offi- celal recognition to the justice of their de- further, for, in the calmer moments of the future, when the defects of the present ar- bitration law have been made apparent by actval trial, prompt steps will be taken to amend the same.” Mr. Hayes also said that he was strongly opposed to the investigation of the Pullman boycott proposed by the House committee on interstate commerce. Of all the inves- tigations, he said, that had been conducted by congressional cgmmittees, not one of This decision shall at once be made pub- lic, shall be recorded upon proper books of record, to be kept in the office of tne com- missioner of labor, shall cause a copy thereof to be filed with the secretary of the state cr territcry, or states or territories, in | which the controversy exists. Sec. 9.—That in each cose the commission- ers who may be selected as provided shall, before entering upen their duties, be sworn to the faithful discharge thereof. The commissioner of labor shall be chair- man ex-officio of the commission and may appoint one or more clerks or stenographers | at a rate not exceeding $6 per day each, and — expenses incurred shall be reim- ursed. Sec, 10. The commissioner of labor shall, as socn as possible after the passage of | this act, establish such rules of procedure as shall be approved by the President; but WASHINGTON PEOPLE. Notes of Some Who Are Staying at Asbury Park. Correspondence of The Evening Star. ASHURY PARK, N. J., July 10, 1894. Never has any season opened more wee pictously for Asbury Park than that of the summer of 1894 Many of the large hotels | are filled already, if not crowded, and sttil |they come! The New York and Long Branch Railroad Con.pany has increased the number of persenger trains to anc from Asbury Park, ucconling to the new time table of July 1, and since that time the People from the heated inland towns have been pouring into the Park and Grove at a the commission shall permit each party to |'#t¢ which has made it necessary for the a controversy to appear in person or by |Tailroads to run many of the trains im counsel, and to examine or cross-examine | double sections, while the baggage masters witnesses. a we . All its proceedings shall be transacted in a ee nave eee ae ae re public, except when in consultation for the | ™E! purpose of deciding upon the evidence and | No more forcible reminder of whe fact that arguments laid before it. | the summer season is here in all ite glory The chairman of the commission is hereby | cun be given than the sights which may be authorized to administer oaths to witnesses Witnessed every Saturday evening in the in all investigations conducted by the com-_ba!l rooms of the fashionable hostelries. mission, and such witnesses shall be sub- | List Saturday-evezing the bail room es poenaed in the same manner fitness: were more than usually brilliant. Mfand- are subpoenaed to appea> before United some costumes were seen in profusion, while States courts and commissioners, and they shall each receive the same fees as wit-/| nesses attending befor. United States com- sioners; Provided, That said temporary board of | commissioners shall have power to limit | the number of witnesses tn each case where | fees shall be paid by the United States. Sec. 11. All fees, expenses and comp2sa- ticn of this commission shall be paid as hereinbefore provided in section 5 of this | act. (This section referred to provided that | each member of a board of arbitration or a/ commission shall be paid $10 a day for the) time actually employed. Witnesses are to be the same fees as witnesses before United States commissicners.) <= ED ‘ DEBS IS PLEASED. He Expresses Gratification at the President's ‘Actio: On being shown the telegram announcing President Cleveland's purpose to appoint an arbitration commission, Mr. Debs said / at Chicago last night: “We are very much gratified over the action of the committee today and at the act of President Cleve- land in appointing a board of arbitration. We have no doubt that the board will be, composed of men of character and ability, and that they will be able to locate | the right or wrong involved in the existing controversy, by virtue of which a satisfac- tory settlement will be reached. “It is to be hoped that the board will be promptly appointed and organized; that its work will be prosecuted vigorously to the; end of a speedy settlement of the existing conflict. We are of course for arbitration and have been from the very beginning, 14 had this principle been recognized, this | strike would have been avoided.” The following telegram was sent to Presi- dent Cleveland yesterday afternoon by Mr. Gompers and the other leaders in confer- ence: “The gravity of the industrial situation of the country demands extraordinary and | ex: action of a conciliatory char-| acter at the hands of all men. Recogniz- ing the fact, the executive council of the American Federation of Labor and the un-/ dersigned executive officers of national and/ international trades unions and brother- hoods of railway organizations of America are in conference in this city. We ask you in the name of the working people and the entire citizenship of our coumtry to use| your influence and give us your aid so that, the present industrial crisis may be brought | to an end alike to the advantage of the | people of our country and the institutions under which we live. We, therefore, ask you to come to Chicago and meet this con- ference, or, if the state of public business , does not warrant such a course, that you will deputize some one as your representa- tive Last night Mr. Debs appeared before the conference by invitation and made a speech | reviewing his action in the strike und ask-| ing for whatever assistance the federation could give. At the conclusion of Mr. Debs’ speech, | Mr. Gompers took the floor and spoke at | some length. He counseled moderation, end while avowing the most profound sym- rathy for the Pullman employes, as weil as for the American Railway Union, he for a wise and peaceful solution of the diffi- cul@, a solution which would restore busi- ness activity and yet protect the right of organized labor. Henry George Strongly Denounces the Course of the President. The labor demonstrations held last night | in Ccoper Union at New York, to express | sympathy with the strikers in Chicago and} the west, was an extraordinary outpouring of people. The hall was crowded to excess, end three thousand people surrounded the building unable to gain admittance. The meeting was a vehement one in the manner it expressed its convictions, The them had ever resulted in any benefit to labor organizations. They had always help- ed to defcat the objects of the strike which they investigated, and never did any one any good. The arbitration commission to be appointed by President Cleveland would, in his opinion, be much more effective and satisfactory in every way. That commission would recommend to the Presid-nt what should be done, and in that way labor may hope to get proper recogni- tion and some benefit. The proposed con. gressional investigation would, in his judj ment, amount to rothing. Mr. Hayes also said that he would at once request all Knights of Labor organizations to hereafter hold their annual conventions or lines of roads not using Pullman cars, The Enabling Act. The act under which the President will appoint the commission was passed October 1, 1888 It is a long measure, but the sec- tions which bear directly upon this point are contained in sections 6 to 11, inclusive. They are as follows: Section 6. That the President may select two commissioners, of whom one at least shall be a resident of the state or terri- tery in which the controversy arises, who, together with the commissioner of labor, shall constitute a temporary commission for the purpose of examining the causes of the controversy, the conditions accom- panying and the best means of adjusting it; the result of which examination shall be immediately reported to the President and Congress, and on the rendering of such report the services of the two commission- ers shall cease, The services of the commission to be or- dered at the time by the President and con- stituted as herein provided, may be tendered by the President for the purpose of set- tling a controversy such as contemplated, described in the first section of the act as “differences or controversies between rail- road and other transportation companies engaged in the transportation of property or passengers between two or more states of the United States; between a territory end state, within the territories of the United States, or within the District of Columbia, and the employes of said railroad compa- nies, which differences or controversies may The other two members are named by the President and the only restriction is that one of the men shall be appointed from the state in which the trouble exists. | had a long conversation over the long dis tance telephone with Mr. Hayes, after th: President gave his decision in the matter and the whole scope and significance of th: law were explained to me. “As I understand it, the committee ha all the powers of a congressional investi gating committee. It may summon wit nesses and compel them to testify of th: matter in dispute, even to the extent producing the books of the company. “In this way al phases of the controvers; will be brought out. It is true that the committee has no power to enforce its find ing in the matter, but that is true of any arbitration. The arbitrators have the power! und make a written hinder, impede, obstruct, interrupt or af- fect such transportation of property or pas- sengers,” either upon his own motion or upon the application of an executive of a state. Sec. 7. That the commissioners provided in the preceding section shall be entitled to receive $10 each per day for each day's ser- vice rendered, and the expenses absolutely incurred in the performance of their du. ties; ard the expenses of the commissioner of labor, acting as one of the commission, shall also be reimbursed to him. Such compensation and expenses shall be paid by the treasurer of the United States, on proper vouchers, certified to by the com missioner of labor, and approved by the seeretary of the Interior. Sec. S. That upon the direction of the President as hereinbefore provided, the commission shall visit the locality of the vendirg dispute, and shall have all the powers and authority given in section 2 t board of arbitration, and shall make care. al inquiry into the cause thereof, hear a! ersons interested therein who may come vefore it, advise the respective parties what f£ anything, ought to be done or submitte: so by either or both to adjust such dispute, thereof. name of President Cleveland was received with such a storm of hisses and hootings that Henry George, who was speaking, had to cry, “What's the use?” Daniei Harris presided and introduced Henry George, who was the star speaker of the evening. The apostle of single tax was unusually bitter. He said Gov. Alt- geld and Gov. Stone were right in the stand they took, and the action of the President in sending out the troops was an arrogant, assumption of authority. Mr. George said he would rather see all the railway prop- erty of the country burned up, all the rails torn up, than to see them preserved by force of arms. The millionaires made their money by robbery and debauchery—by the purchase of judges and legislators, and now they anted to preserve them by the bayonets and the arms of the federal troops, and for that purpose the rights of states were be- ing encroached upon by the federal author- ities. Mr. George then entered Into a long con- demnation of President Cleveland and em- ployment of federal troops in the west. Every mention of the President's name was received with hisses, and Mr. George ask- ea: “What are you going to do about it?” Rev. Thomas J. Ducey, pastor of St. Leo's Catholic Church, said the criminal in this) case was not President Debs, but President | Pullman. The trouble arose out of the} arrogant attitude of the latter, who said there was nothing to arbitrate. } The resolutions adopted commended the decisive action of the American Railway Union in demanding arbitration. No sym- pathy was expressed with Violence, but the| resolutions demanded the removal of con- ditions provocative of violence. dei Peroni A Scholarship ta the Catholic Univer- ity. The Catholic University has received a bequest from Miss Winifred Martin, for- merly of California, now of Baltimore, for a scholarship in perpetuity for the Baltimore archdiocese. This makes the fourth schoi- arship that has been established at this uni- versity for the Laitimore archdiocese. i Gettysburg Panorama Sold. The panorama of the battle of Gettysburg, which is on exhibition at the corner of 15th street and Ohio avenue, has been sold at auction to Mr. Alphonse V. Benoit for the sum of $775. The sale was made on a suit brought by Mr. Benoit April 21, Is8u2, against the Union Square Panorama Com- pany of New York, to collect notes for $Suv. It is understood that ur. Benoit will con- tinue the panorama in the present under the lease of the old L eanrcentigeagag | teenage ‘The Monocle Craze. The monocle has appeared in the shops of New York, and the ultra-fashionables of that city ure adopting these little fastidious affairs, It has a short handle and a gold r silver rim. Many of the fashionable wo- men who have decided to gaze at the world hrough a monocie are displaying great riginality in the frame which they select ‘or the little round glass. A young woma. n bereavement screws into her left eye : nonocle framed in a narrow rim of black namel, and if she uses one with a handle his will also be in black. A favorite mono- cle has a silver handle and rim, inisid with turquoise. diamonds sparkled beneath the folds of lace, lending added brilliancy to the enchan effects. Prominent among the devotees ‘Terpsichore were noted a goodly number of Washingtonians, among them Miss Jessie McBride, Miss Laura J. Philip, Henry A. Wise, B. F. Gittings, Dr. Wm. T. Harris and wife and Mrs. Rene Bache. For the past week, threee rational con- ventions have taken complete possession of this popular resort. First came the Na- tional Editorial Association, then the na- Uonal good roads convention, and today the National Educational Association went into session here. N. Carroll Downs and wife are pleasantly iccated at the Hotel Albatross. Mrs. Rene Bache is one of the popular la- dies, who is enjoying life at the Lodove. Miss Frances 8. Brown and Miss Annie N, Frederick of Baltimore are sojourning at tne Surf House. B. Benman and wife are enjoying Summer seaside pleasures at the fashionable Hote! Columbia. A. Z. Hartmen, Mrs. Sue M. Hartmen, Rev. George W. Cooper and wife, Mrs. H. B. Dosh, E. 8. Heath and wife and Davie make up a jolly party of Balti- moreans who are summering at the Car- roliton. William ané K. B. Denman are among the recent arrivals at Sunset Hall. Dr. Wiliiam T. Harris, commissioner of education, is with his wife enjoying a brief vacation at the Ocean Hotel. Miss Jessie McBrite is a pretty and enter- taining young lacy enjoying summer sea- side pleasures at the Columbia. Miss Mac- Bride was the belle of the ball at the open- ing hop last Saturday evening. Rev. a. W. Pitzer, D.D., is enjcying @ season of rest at the Curlew. H. C. North and wife are welcome guests at the Coleman House. Mrs. J. A. Shear and two daughters have taken rooms for the summer at the Vic- toria. Among the recent arrivals from Washing- ton at the Hotel La Pierre are H. O. Cui- ler,’ M. G. Heap, Mrs. W. W. Danenhower and Mrs. J. H. Schenck. Gen. Roy Stone, head of the bureau of road inquiry, spent last week in Asbury Park, atiending the session of the national g00d roads conference. Mrs. Clara R. Morton is recruiting at the Ocean Hotel. Mrs. Jenness Miller, =he well knewn sdvo- cate of dress reform, registered last week at the Plazs Hotel. Miss E. P. Wright is a prominent factor in the society life of the Kenmore, E. D. Easton and family are stopping et the Albatross. M. L. Sothron 's a gvest at the Carrollton, 1. 8. Fallon, wife and daygenter of Balti- more are enjoying the cool oon breezes at he Atalanta. Homry A. Wise of Baltimore is a promi- nent arrival at the Ocean Hotel. B. F. Gittings, cashier for the Adams Bx- press Company, ie sojourning at the Brune wick. | Col, and Mrs. I. Edwards Clork are at the Victoria for a brief sojourn. Miss Laura J. Phillips is one of the guests of the Victoria. —~ THOMAS STEVENS AND THE Yoo, The Bicyclist Promises Some Startling Revelations About Miractes. Thomas Stevens, the bicyclist, who has made several remarkable trips about the world on his wheel, has just returned from a long visit to India. He went to India, he says, to study the mysteries of eastern | magic, and claims to have made discoveries which will startle che world, occult and otherwise. ‘What these discoveries are, Mr. Stevens asserts, he means to keep closely to him- self for the time beirg, as he is going on the lecture platform next fall, when he hopes to draw large audiences to listen to his revelations. Mr. Stevens says that in some manne, which he will explain with his other mys- teries in Cue ‘me, he managed to gaim the confidence of a Yogi, or Indian magie worker, who Was more than 100 years old. This venerable sage good-naturediy intro- duced Mr. Stevens into the workings of certain forces of nature by means of which the Yogi made plants to grow to their full | height from the seed in less than ten min- | utes, giving to Mr. Stevens the frult thereof to eat, much to the bicyclist’s amazement. Not content with this, the Yogi caused the pleat, which had sprung from an earth- enware vessel, to float gently into the alr and poise itself m the sunlight out in the jurgle over the bead c? a depressed Jooking smali boy without clothing, all of which much more in the same line M>. Stevens has carefully preserved for the eyes of the wesiern unbelievers by means of instan- taneous photcgraphs, which catch the Yogi squarcly in she act of performing these various wonders. What has always been a mystery to the world, Mr. Stevens said to a repo-ter for the New York Times, was made as plain as day to him, thanks to the Yogi's disclosures, and when he lectures in the fall, the >icyclist promises to make it plain to the rest of the world. He freely admits that he himself can't do the things he saw the Yogi do, but he kaows all about how they are done, he hopes to find individuals in this section of the world whose spiritual nature is 50 strong thai once they know how the magie is to be worked they can perform such mir- acles as are spoken of in the Bible without ditficulty. Oldest Free Mason. The oldest Free Mason in the United States, Adna Adams Treat, was born in Hartford, Conu; April 8, 1797. In 1828 he became a member of Apollo Lodge of Troy, N. ¥., and he is still a member of that or- ganization. In 1825 he married Miss Jane Rellzy of Troy, who died October 28, 1800, For a number of years Mr. Treat bas lived in Denver, Col., with his daughter, the wife of Dr. Burnham of that city. He is the cidest churchman in the west. In early life this aged Mason was en- gaged in the pic’ Hartford. in 1830 he removed to Syracuse and engaged in the grain trade. Subsequently he re- sided in Ohio and indiaha, going westward with the population of the period. He was eighty years of age when he begaa the writing of poems of an anniversary and de- scriptive character. His description of the Rocky mountains and the poem written on the ninety-siath anniversary of his birth have been pubiished. soo Republicans rae Oa: The Stevens wing, or negro faction of the republican party, in Alabama, held a state convention at Birmingham yesterday, at which nearly every county in the state was represented. Wm. J. Stevens, colored, was re-elected chairman, and the decision reach- ed not to put out a state republican ticket in view of the fact that the Mosely wing of the republicans, comprising the White ele- ment, of which rep an local office hold- ers are leaders, indorsed the Kolbite-popu- list state ticket, and are working hard for its election The Stevens faction, which Ss very bil toward the Mosely element, indorsed Oates the democratic ticket.