Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 11

- . =— THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Wi0l Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor, lith Street by The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H. .UFFMANN, Prest. New York Otfice, 49 Potter Building, aes aie ‘fhe Exening Star ‘s served to subscribers in the ‘@it> by carriera, on their own account. af 10 cents week, or 44c. per mouth. ‘opiea at the counter Frecess each. By mall—enywhere in the United tes of Canadi—postage presiid--0 cents per @enth. Saturday quintupt> a Tae per sear; ‘h foret; re {Entered at the Tmt Oiiee at Wasbington. D. C., Part 2. second-cinss mail mattec.) “CS ki mail ubscriptios trust be paid in advarce. Rates of advertising made known on application. : ae - WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. 1896—FOURTEEN PAGES. (Prinfers’ Inf, fhe fittie ecBoot of advertising), saps: IT IS NOW OVER Close of the National American Woman Suffrage Convention. THE WOMANS BIBLE AGAIN fg Made Many Eloquent Women. Interesting Addresses by THE SUBJECTS TREATED The twenty-eighth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage As- sociation is now a thing of the past, for it eame to an end with the final public session at the Church of Our Father last evenin: and the meeting of the executive committee at the Arno morning. ¥ day afternoon the question of the + Woman's Bible cropped up again. The usual resolutions embodying ciples of wo- hout “much corresponding secretary Avery, was lifted from the table, where it wes laid last w thi: ort Mrs. Elizabeth Cady s 3 re- = pudiated, as havi frage movement, made that the connection with the book. The report all along occas deal of feeling of whom were eet for md that if the ,"" it would have its b After considerable ¢ a bad effect on the suf- nd the statement was ion had no official ned a good . some ction end re- e others took arted nds full all the tim pro and ¢ todians of t of questions of int resolution notice of the pr opposition. Interest in the Pre £ New York, of Women In who spoke on “The In the Presidential Election. h she saic The coming year there will be held a Fresidential e' 1. What part will men have in that contest? A mini i for the cousre and then for so much for ¢ al ud tightly boxec s in the er voices will Hing tone Dy organ rai » but many nows the 1 a repubii ing cans are victoriou their fragments s too s of th nm a democra pt the that the repu mocrats Yet, be not the atoms of becom? harmony of is that whichever can win the r women will swe e country from the At- called into n left to of set at we v councils of the natio elves can think of no m isputes but by figh nd in Venezuela, or blood, destroy the flower of ou hood and plunge thousands of women and children into mourning and poverty. Leave International disputes to the women, if the men cannot settle them. Learn a lesson «from the aborigines of this country, for nong the Indians the squaws were always con ted on a question of war. Women are patriotic, but they know the value of human life and the sacredness of home.” ng ma) “The Elevation of Woman Mea! the Elevation of the Race.” She said: “‘Hiteh your wagon to a star,” said En: erson. Your ‘wagon’ is that which car you along, down to bondage or up to li erty, and the women who 2 enfranchisem. have m to the bright, b % Star in the nent—the star “In 18% ted school suffrage to faculties, edi y¥ world. ‘The great human soul, Teach the to m individua ity them from y up to the way, then reflect soul-qualiti symmetry of for: World. Give the moth: fullest lom, because queath to her child that possess.” —* Unconscious Alies. “Our Unconscious Allies" w of a paper by Miss Harriet May Mills, in the course of which she expressed the opin- ion that Hercules was the grandest figure fn mythology because he over all ob- Stacles. “A great reform, like a great hero,” she said, “is helped by opposing “ferces. Those arrayed against woman suf- frage are its unconscious allies. We gain from their opposi ower and a el 10. ts in New York state contributed to the ause by increasing They are help- ing to rid us of the most genuine obstacle we have met—the ind t women. They Rave rendered us much assistance in the way of free advertising. They show that they are beginning to think. That is the p in the development of a suffragist the topic therance of our tation of the question. By this process many ‘antis’ have already been educated into advocates of our cause. ‘The majority of the women now holding Public office In New York state under ap- Pointment are anti-s ffragists. They are performing their official duties so well as to disprove their own theories. Their effi- cienc: nnot fail to convert many to wo- man suffrage. 4 The anti-suffragists are taking part in the very movement they protest against. As agitators and office holders they are wholly out of their old-time sphere. This is a tacit acknowledgment of their debt to the woman suffrage leaders. We believe that their energies will soon be turned in the direction of fuller freedom for ¢their peg Women as Legislators. Annie L. Diggs spoke on “Women as Legislators.” She sald that the dominant note In the movement for woman's enfran- ckisement *#s sradually passed from a de- mand fo: W0m ‘s “rights” to an argu- ment for woman’s “assistence” in legisla- tion. Slowly yet surely the conviction is growing that social order administered through government cannot be steadily or permanently maintaired upon a basis of force and injustice. Coincidently with this growing couviction of the impotency of governments based up- on materiat conditicns there is also a dawn- ing recognition of the fact that woman's distinctive characteristles constitute the necessary factor for the completion of the equation and the preservation of social equilibrium, ‘The woman's nature stands pre-eminent- ly, in the economy of life, for the preserva- tive and protective functions, and the ex- pression of these qualities will be stamped upon her werk as iegislator. In evidence stands the record of women in the legisla- ture ef Ccloracc. Protecticn to womanhood, conservation of ethics in character pitched the key of their purpose ard is an earnest of the equality cf work resultant frem larger opportunity of women as legislators. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson of Call- fornia made a few remarks, her subject beng “Motherhood.” Rev. Anna Howard Shaw of Pennsyl- vania spoke on ‘The Bulwark of the Com- monwealth,”” and the closing remarks were made by the president, Miss Susan B, An- thony. SS A LIGHTSHIP WANTED. Congress te Be Asked te Appropriate for One for Use Of Fire Island. One of the results of the recent grounding of the steamer St. Paul off Long Branch will be an applleation to Congress for an appropriation of $89,000 for the construc- tion of a lightship for use off Fire Island. It seems to be the opinion of officers of the lighthouse board and of the hydrographic oifice that the aceldent to the steamship would not have occurred if there had been a Ughtship off Fire Island. tain Wilde of the lighthouse board states that a lightship is imperatively re- quired off Fire Island, and had one been there Saturday morning the St. Paul and Campania could easily have picked her up, and, knowing their exact position, would have rounded Sandy Hook instead of rud- ning on the Jersey shore. This vessel, he ayS, should be placed seven miles off shore, ovided with lenses capable of throwing 3 a log distance in clear weather and inch steam siren, whose notes can be heard fifteen miles. ‘The location of el in deep water would enable the st dranght ships to approach on either side until! she was discovered in fog- y weather by the steam whistle, and, on eir locality, a steamer could’ fm- bear away for Sandy Hook with utmost confidence in the Je Class of Clerks in the Classified Service. The bill introduced by Mr. Tawney of ta In the House last week to pro- neme of Insurance and gradual re- department clerks is under on in the department and garded as a rule. It is pro- by the bill to withhold from the hly pay-ef each clerk’ in the classified 2 per cent of his salary, to be de- ted in the United States treasury to the service retirement fund, to h a way as to provide nt of employes of of retirement is this: On 1, 1900, department employes rvice may be retired at per cent of tM high- ed any time office, subject to the All clerks fifty scheme and after Jul: in the ¢ abled by ad hab- @) all erved abled, ty not cau on their reque: years old, who and physi retire n the departments, m r G) all clerks seventy erved thirty-five, shall elired. ay die while in office or ore igns, the amount resulting from the per cent held from bis salary. = ee LYNCHED THE MURDERER. Summary Treatment of a Negro Who Shot a Fellow Passenger. Alex. Jones, a negro, boarded a passenger train at Keystone,W.Va., Monday night. He was drenk and very boisterous and quarrel- some. Conductor McCullough came through the cars, and, after demanding fare from Jores, advised h io be quiet. The negro became much incensed, and when an at- tempt was made to eject him he pulled two revelvers from a belt and began firing pro- miseuously through the train, which was crowded with passengers. He emptied both rs and attempted to reload, but was overpowered by trainmen. When the smoke had cleared away and the excitement had abated it was discov- ered th H. Strother, postmaster at FE ot through the abdomen. ‘The resulted in almost instant Conductor McCullough was shot in but not seriously injured, and a_colored miner, was shot ight breast and probably wound death. t was incarcerated In the Elkhorn t the arrival of a train by to conv him to Huntington for safe keeping. The train arrived at 2 a.m. and the officers and prisoner boarded it without molestation. Meanwhile a mob had been org: 2d at Welch, fifteen miles west of Keystone, and had marched to Hemphill, a small station, one mile west of Welch. The train was flagged by a danger signal, and the mob, numbering » men, boarded it, and at the point of inchesters forced the officers to release the prisoner. They dragged Jones a short distance to a tree, where he was swung to a limb and his body riddled with bullets, the following note being attached: “Yhis deed was done for the purpose of exareple and warning to negroes. So be- ware."" Some of the most prominent and influen- tial citizens of this section composed the mob. Jones, it is alleged, had killed three men prior to his last offenses. Excitement is at a high pitch. An effort was made by Jones’ friends to rescue him from the angry mob, but proved to be futile. W. H. Strother was one of the best known men in that section and had num: ous friends. He had just succeeded Paul Fletcher, who was killed a short time ago, as postmaster at Elkhorn. ~~. see. Feeling in Venezuela. Minister Andrade received his regular private and newspaper mail from Vene- zuela yesterday. There is apparently no abatement of the strong feeling of satis- faction in Venezuela over the attitude of this government respecting the boundary dispute. The legislatures of the states of Zulia, Bermudez and Miranda have passed resolutions of thanks to President Cleve- land, and promise their support to the gov- ernment of Venezuela in cage of an emer- gency. ‘The following commission has been ap- peinted to collect all information available on the boundary line dispute: R. Seljas, M. A. Saluzzo, J. Viso and L. Villanueva,*pre- sumably for the benefit of the United States Venezuela boundary commission. oe British Parliamentary Election. An election was held yesterday to fill-the vacancy in the British parliament for the south St. Pancras seat, caused by the death of Sir Julian Goldsmid, Wheral unionist. The pon pa ae ee oe con- servativi 3 » liberal, 1,375; tically the same as last year. ABipee: ECKINGTON CITIZENS The Association Discusses the Ques- tion of Rapid Transit, WHAT PRESIDENT NEWBOLD SAID Emphatic Resolutions to Be Trans- mitted to Congress. OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED gee A largely attended adjourned meeting of the North Capitol end Eckington Citizens’ Association was held last night at the resi- dence of Wm. H. Henderson, the president of the assoclaticn, and a number of new names were added to the list of member- skip. A. R. Serven, chairman of the committee on railways, reported that that committee had had a very satisfactory interview with the presiden: of the Capital Traction Com- Fany with reference to the extension of the U street line down Florida avenue to North Capitol street, as already authorized by Congress. President Dunlop stated to the committee that he was in favor of an early extension of their line to the point named, that it would take but a few weeks to do the work when once commenced, and that if the association would address him a let- ter stating what they desired, he would very gladly bring the matter to the atten- tion of the beard of directors for their ac- tion. The committee were authorized to prepare such a letter, and also to take the steps necessary toward securing the signa- tures of all the residents and property hold- ers along the line of the proposed extension to a petition requesting such extension at once, Mr. Newbold’s Promises. The chairman further reported that tho committee had had an interview with Pres- ident Newbold of the Eckington and Sol- Giers’ Home Railway Company in regard to the substitution of rapid transit for the horse power now in use on that line. Pres- ident Newbold assured the committee that his company was about to close a contract with a Pittsburg concern to equip the Eck- ington liae with compressed air cars, that these cars would be put on within the next four or five months as an experiment, and If operated successfully would be adopted en all their lines within the city limits. The chairman stated that the committee discussed with Mr. Newbold the question of doing away with transfers at 5th and G streets and running cars through with- out charge between 15th and G streets norchwest end SBrockiand, but while he made no promises in regard to this sug- gestion, he stated that if the committee would address him a communication on the ould reveive very careful con- __The committee also reported the follow- ing resolutions, as embodying the results of their labors, and as being in line with Mr. Newbold’s plars and promises, which syle unanimously adopted by the associa- uo: Resolutions Adopted. Whereas the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company of the District of Columbia has applied to Congress for au- thority to extend the tracks of said com- pany on certain streets, avenues and roads of the city of Washington and District of Columbia: Therefore be it Resolved, Thit it is the sense of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Associa- tion of the District of Columbia, the mem- bers of which represent a large number of the patrons of said line, that any legisla- tion in the direction of granting to said company any additional privileges in the way of extensions or otherwise should con- tain a provision requiring sald company, within a fixed period of time, to wholly dis- pense with the use of horses as a motive power on all the lines of said company, and to substitute therefor such modern electric, cable or other motive power as shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, but the use of overhead appliances should not be author- ized. And wherever any street or avenue occupied by the roadbed of said company has been or shall be extended, opened and paved, the same system of propulsion which shall be adopted as a substitute for horse power should also be required to be used on all of said company’s line on such extended or opened and paved street or avenue, and be substituted for any other system which may be in use thereon. - . Resolved, That pending the change in motive power as herein recommended, the equipment of said company’s lines should be required to be put, kept and maintained in good condition and said company should also be required to at once run cars through without change or transfer between the ter- mini of 15th and G streets northwest and Brookland, on a time schedule to be filed with and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Resoived, That if said company shall fail to change its motive power on all its lines Within the time specified in any law that may be passed requiring such change to be made, sald company should be made to for- feit its corporate franchises or be subject to a fine of $100 a day for each and every day so in default, such fine to be recovered by an information filed in the Pollce Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the Commissioners of said District in the same manner that other fines are imposed and coilected, or by attachment of the rolling stock or other property of said company in the event that no responsible officer of said company can be found within the jurisdic- tion of said Police Court; and any failure ef said company to put, keep and maintain the equipment of its lines in good condition or to run cars through between the points named in the foregoing resolution should subject it to a fine of $25 a day for each and every day of such failure, to be recovered in the same manner as above indicated. Resolved, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia should be charged with the duty of enforcing any law which may be passed respecting the changes here- in_recommended. Resolved, ‘That the secretary of this: as- sociation be and he is hereby instructed to. transmit to the chairman of the respective committees on the District of Columbia of the Senate and House of Representatives a certified copy of these resolutions; and that the said committees before taking final action upon any bills relating to changes in cr amendments to the charter of the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home Raliway Com- pany should grant a hearing to the repre- sentatives of the North Capitol and Ecking- ten Citizens’ Association; and, alse, that a certified copy of these resolutions be sent to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. A Bill Prepared. A bill was also prepared by the commit- tee and adopted by the association, em- bedying the suggestions contained in the resolutions which the committee were au- thorized to have introduced in both houses of Congress. A report was also made by President Henderson from the committee on street lights, giving the results of their efforts to secure the lighting of Eckington, aud a series of resolutions were adopted ungni- mously by the association on this subject for transmission to Congress, pointing out the urgent necessity for a provision in the appropriation bill for the lighting of this suburb. The following additional committees were announced by the president and -confirmed: On sewers and water—Dr. Mark. W. Moore, Granville Lewis, Dr. J. D. Bradfield, James B. Smith, B, B, Fox. On parks and parking—§. M. Harmon, L. L. Johnson, Edwin Williamson, T, A. Mayes, A. C. Avery. On mail facilities—A. O. Tingley, J. F. Pesiing, J. E. Hammond, W. 8. Browning, Stelzel. On fire*and police protection—H. E. Wil- liams, L. B. Nixon, Ed. Spies, D. H. W. Howell, N. Humphrey. es BURNED TO DEATH A Young Woman Loses Her ife Filling @ Gasoline Stowe, Brave Act of Ex-Comgressman Le Fevre and Others, Whe Used Their Coats to Quench the Flames. One more fatality is to be charged to the gasolie stove. 3 As ex-Congressman Ben Le Fevre, tall, pertly and imposing, was walking down 9th street yesterday, there rushed out of a stairway at No. 425 a young girl all ablaze and shrieking for help. The gallant Cin- cinnatian whirled about, took off his beaver overcoat and wrapped it about the poor girl, at the same time trying to beat out the angry flames with his hands. Other men came to his ald, and two more coats were wrapped about the still blazing form. One man seized a blanket from a horse standing at the curb, and threw that over her. = By this time an alarm of fire had brought the engines and a large crowd of specta- tors. It was found that the hospital patrol wagon was what was needed instead of the fire engines. There was no fire. The young woman was Miss Phronie Fletcher, who lived with Mrs. Anna Wil- son as a companion in a flat at 425 9th street. Going out in the kitchen to prepare dmner, the young woman had-tried to fill the reservoir of a gasoline stove without extinguishing the jets. The vapor of the fivid ignited and set fire to her clothes. Her efforts to put out the flames failed. She ran into the sitting room, calling upon Mrs. Wilson to save hef. Mrs, Wilson sprang up and pushed the girl into a cane- seat rocking chair and then ran to the bed room for a blanket to put about her. The girl, unable to bear the awful pain, got up and followed Mrs. Wilson, who tried to throw the blanket around her. In her ter- ror the suffering girl struggled and pre- vented her friend from helping her. Bits of the burned clothing fell to the floor. It began to look as if the house would be set afire. This further alarmed Mrs. Wilson, whose husband is an invalid unable to leave his chair. At length the girl brok: down into the sireet, with every step. Soon after Col. Le Fevre and the others had put out the flames the first precinct patrol wagon came up, and the blistered and blackened form of the girl was put in it and taken to the Emergeney Hospital. For a time it was reported that Mrs. V son was also badly burned, and the Emer- gency patrol wagon was sent for to take her to the hospital. Although Mrs. Wilson was burned in her struggle wMh Miss Fletcher, she was not seriously hurt, and remained to care for her husband. At the hospital Miss Fletcher was placed under opiates to relieve her from the pain. Her sister, Mrs. Crane, was sent for and spent the night with her. The young wi man told Mrs. Crane she would rather 4: than live disfigured, as she must be. Yet it was found that her face had escaped the flames. Her body, however, was fearfully burned. Dr. Peratter, who ad charge of the case, said at once there was but a single chance in a thousand for her re- covery. She died at 10:45 o'clock this morn- ing. It was a wonder, the doctor said, that she lived as long as she did. Ivery part of her body except the face, scalp 2nd bust were burned. The legs and abdomen were beyond ali possibility of healing. The shock alone was enough to cause death, Miss Fletcher's home {s at Granite Springs, Spottsylvania county, Va. Mrs. Wilson spoke of the young woman in the highest terms. She was a pretty girl, she sald, faithful, genuine and dutiful. To Mrs. Wilson and her friends the unmounceme:t of Miss Fletcher’s death was a painful shock. The remains will be taken to Vir- ginia for burial. ——— FORFEITED HIS RIGHT. ‘ay and dashed eking for help shi Couldn’t Sue the Railway Company for Injuries Received Its Service. Judge Ricks of the United States district court at Cleveland, Ohio, has rendered a decision which is of interest to every rail- road man. Harry O. Shaven sued the Pennsylvania company for $25,000 for personal injuries received as a brakeman. He was a member of the Voluntary Relief Association of the Pennsylvania company and’ received bene- fits from it. Membership involves the waiv- ing of the right to hold the railroad com- pany liable for any injury for which bene- fit fs recelved. Shaven's attorneys tried to show that this is illegal. Judge Iticks over- ruled a motion whien had that proposition as its basis. ——_—_——-+ee__ _ __ Post Graduate School of Medicine. The Senate bill to incorporate the Post- Graduate School of Medicine in the District of Columbia, which has passed the House, provides as follows: That Henry L. E. Johnson, Edmund LL. Tompkins, J. Foster Scott, Willlam W. Johnston, Samuel C. Busey, Charles W. Richardson, James Kerr, Middleton F. Cuthbert, Edward M. Parker, G. Wythe Cook, G. Byrd Harrison, Samuel S. Adams, George N. Acker, W. Holland Wilmer, Henry D. Fry, J. Ford Thompson and Thomas E, McArdle, their associates and successors, physicians, be, and they are hereby, made a corporation by the name of Post Graduate School of Medicine of the Djstrict of Columbia, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in this act. Section: 2. That the sald corporation may hold real and personal estate to the amount of $200,000. Section 3. That the said Post Graduate School of Medicine is herehy empowered, from time to time, to make such by-laws, rules and fegulations as they may find nec- essary, and do and perform such other things as y be requisite for curryipg this act into effect, and which may not be repugnant to the Constitutidn and laws of the United States. i Section 4. That the said -Post Graduate School of Medicine of the District of Co- lumbia is hereby endowed! with all the rights, privileges and imm#nities that ap- pertain to other medical schools of the Dis- trict of Columbia. g Section 5. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of:this act are hereby repealed. Mr. Odell explained the purposes of the bill, saying that it has for {ts object the incorporation of the Post Graduate School of Medicine, to enable graduates of medizal colleges and those studying: medicine to at- tain a higher degree of proficiency. It has the approval of the District Commission- ers, and is in line with the more advanced ideas prevaliing in larger cities. It has no power to grant diplomas. The bill has been considered by the District committee and meets with their unanimous approval. ——____+-e~ Report on Armentan: Qutrages. Blue books have been issued in London containing all the official: dispatches re- lating to Armenia and the reports of the consular delegates attached tp the Sassoun comntission. These state that the reports of outrages on the Armenians have been much exaggerated, + f ———_+e+___ Quict in Nicasagua. ‘The government of Nicaeggua has re-es- tablished the normal intermal;cenditions of the country, and the polit qrisis which -has been ‘a for some time past is now pronounced tobe over. IN LABOR CIRCLES Business Transacted at the Federa- tion of Labor Meeting. FREE LIBRARY BILL 1S INDORSED Will Settle the Brewers’ Boycott Themselves. ——— THE HANBACH BUILDING ———— The Federation of Labor transacted a large amount of important business at its meeting last night. There were delegates from forty-two organizations present, and President McHugh occupied the chair. Mr. E. M. Blake, chairman of the legis- lative committee, reported that the subcom- mittee of the congressional committee to whom had been referred the petition for the establishment of a free public library, has made a favorable report on the subject. Mr. Blake also read a communication which he had received from Representative Babcock, who had been asked to take charge of the bill prepared by the legislative com- mittee of the Federation, and indorsed by the latter, in reference to having all work done for the District government performed by days’ labor. The letter from Mr. Bab- cock is as follows: “Your favor of the 2ist, inclosing bill for introduction, received. I would be very glad to favor you, as you request, but I find that I will have to oppose the passage of this bill, and think it would be better for you to have some one introduce it who would favor it. I am not prepared to take a posi- tion that the District of Columbia, or the general government, shall not let any con- tract for public buildings or improvements. ‘I believe such legislation would be against sound public policy, and the in- terests of all concerned. Yours very truly, “J. W. BABCOCK.” The communication was placed on file. A communication from Scott Wike, act- ing secretary of the treasury, in reply to a letter from Secretary Arthur Keep of the Federation relative to the better protection ot the workmen at the new post office build- ing, the substance of which has already been published in The Star, was read and placed on file. . A communication received from the retail oil dealers, asking representation in the Federation, was referred to the committce on propaganda. Mr. orge O. Cook reported that he was present at a meeting of the House District committee, Tuesday, when a proposition was made to close up all the wells in the District, and that he had asked the mem- bers, instead of agreeing to that, to ap- propriate money to have the wells dug deeper, which, he thought, would remedy the faults found with them. Mail Bag Repuir Shop. A resolution of sympathy for the women employed in the mail equipment shop in this city was adopted, as was also another resolution indorsing Senator Kyle's resolu- ticn proposing an investigation of the charges made in some quarters against the management of the shop, and the legislative committee was instructed to prepare a pe- tition to Congress*asking that body to pro- hibit by law the purchase of any more mail sacks made by convict labor. ‘The preamble and resolutions in reference to the mail equipment shop, which, after thorcugh discussion, were indorsed without a dissenting voice, are as follows: Whereas, It is the object of the Federa- tion of Labor to use its endeavor to ameliorate the condition of the toiling messes who earn their daily bread from the oft-grudging hands of capital, and Whereas, It is openly charged by a re- Mable and competent authority that there exists in that branch of the Post Office De- partment known as the “mail bag repair department” a determined and apparently unscrupulous effort to crush its employes, and especially the female portion, into a state of abject servitude, under a system of work that renders it impossible for even the best operator to earn sufficient for the barest necessities of life, and Whereas, It is also charged that the sup- ply of mail bags is procured by contract hee Tee ee me anwese labor, and that 3 are made A conv! thererane y such convict labor, Be it resolved, ‘That the Federati Labor of the District of Columbia nereny testifies to its sympathies with the unfor- tunate employes of said department, and hereby gives its hearty indorseme: resolution introduced in the Senate Ly Sean and urges toe ate Ly Sena- sage, Kyle, its y ee of this Fed- eration be and hereby is directed to menor jalize Congress to that effect, and to ur; thorough Investigation of both the charges maiadministration and the 2 of conviet labor. a aie The delegates from the Cigar Makers’ Union and Gambrinus Assembly presented thelr credentials and were seated. e status of affairs between the brew and their locked-out-men was tefergel Ge and the sentiment seemed to be that a set tlement of the difficulty can reasonably be expected during the present weel. No Additions Desired. A joint-committee of the Bricklayers’ Union and the Building Trades Council per- gonally waited on the Federation of Labor with the request that the committee of the Federation having in charge the settlement of the brewery lockout unite with them in settlement of the difficulty, debated their request, and the secretary Was instructed to make the following reply: ‘Resolved, That the secretary be instruct- ed to reply to the request of the Bricklayers* Union and the Building Trades Council that the committee of the two central bodies are sufficient and competent to effect a setile- ment of the dispute between the master brewers and Gambrinus Assembly, and that the appointment of committees from other bodies at this time would be inadvisable. That it is the judgment of the Federation of Labor that a rigid enforcement of the boy- cott by the Bricklayers’ Union and sister unions will speedily force the settlement of the grievances satisfactorily to all unions interested, and that their earnest co-opera- tion to this end is requested.” This action was taken because the com- mittees of the central bodies were men of experience and competency’ and were fully able to bring about a satisfactory settle- ment if the master brewers decided to treat with them. ~ It was decided that the District Assembly and the Federation alone had the right, un- der the rules governing trade matters in the District, to-treat with the brewers, as the grievance was brought to the two bodies on complaint of Gambrinus Assembly, and that in the terms of settlement the interests of that assembly should be paramount to the interests of other bodies involved, and that the Bricklayers’ Union and the Building Trades Council could best aid the two bodies in a settlement by an active and persistent boycott of all saloon keepers handling the products of the local brewers. This action on the part of the Federation was not, as some declare, out of slight or discourtesy to the Building Trades Council, or not that they did not wish to recognize that body, for the trades council had in the early part of the evening been recognized as a representative trades body in incor- porating them in a contract adopted by the Federation. The trouble with the. brewers is near a settlement, and if the matter is allowed to rest with the committees legitimately in charge, the settlement will be satisfactory to all parties. . There can ba no settlement brought about by committees appointed by a The Federation other organizations or by self-constituted committees, and it will only involve the brewers in fresh difficulties to attempt to treat with any parties not recognized by the Federation of Labor and District As- sembly No. 66. Bricklayers’ Union, ‘The executive committee of the Bricklay- ers’ Union decided at a meeting held last evening at the headquarters of the union, cerner of 7th and L streets northwest, that the brick work on the ten unfinished houses at the corner of E and 2d streets southeast, to which reference has hereto- fore been made in The Star, cannot be fin- ished by union men. until’ the men who were employed cn the job at the time of its abandonment by Charles H. Hanbach, the general contractor, a few weeks ago, are paid in full, while Mr. Charles H. Ruth, who is the centractor for the brick work, has decided that as the union has taken the course as above stated, and will not allow union men to work for him on the heuses, he shall complete them with non- union labor. The meeting of the executive committee was called to consider a request made by Mr. Ruth, in a lengthy communication to the Bricklayers’ Union, which was received at its meeting Friday evening last, in which Mr. Ruth stated the circumstances surrounding the uncompleted houses and the necessity for their early completion, also asking that pending the settlement of the claims of the men against Hanbach he (Mr. Ruth) be given. the opportunity to re- employ the men who were on the work at the time of its abandonment by Hanbach. Mr. Ruth appeared before the committee and urged that he be allowed to employ urion men to finish the work, and tried to show that as there would be about $60) to be received for wages before the houses will be ready for transferring to the car- penters it would be better for union brick- layers and laborers to get the amount than to have 4c go to men who are not connected with organized labor. Mr. Ruth explained that he had always been a friend to or- genized labor, and that if he employed outsiders to do the work on the houses in avestton, they alone would be the losers, as they could not stop the work by an in- junction—the courts here having decided that the only way a claim for wages could be collected was by a suit at law. It was also explained that unless the bondsman for Hanbach shall voluntarily pay the men their overdue wages, a settie- ment with the bondsman is not likely to be reached through the courts before next June at the earliest, and that more likely it will be six or seven months before the men are paid what is now due them. Men Insist on Back Wages. Several of the men who were employed by Hanbach were present, and they urged strongly that the houses should continue to be kept on the “unfair” or boycotted list until all interested shall receive their money for wages. They were, they said, willing to concede that Mr. Ruth has ai- ways been an employer of union labor, but they did not think that the union ought to union the allow the houses to be finished b:; men unless they were c amounts due them. It was al: Mr. Brooke Kason, the owner of houses, has on eral occasions since back’s disappearance stated to men who have called upon him in reference to their wages that he is ready to pay the indew: edness whenever the bondsman for Han- bach shail sign an order authorizing him to do so. After considering the question in all its details the executive committee decided that under the terms of the constit of the Bricklayers’ Union they could not consent to union bricklayers completing the work. Pending the discussion It was developed that the real general contractor fer the construction of the houses was not Charles H. Hanbach, but a brother of his, Mr. Barney Hanbach, who since the departure ef the former has relinquished the con- tract, which has been let by Mr. Kason to Mr. Boyle, and the latter has contracted for the brickwork with Mr. Ruth. After the adjournment of the meeting the members of the committee stated to Mr. Ruth and a Star reporter that thé: hoped there would yet be an amicable set- tlement of the affair, and that the houses would not be finished by non-union men, but Mr. Ruth replied that he feared that it was now too late for an arrangement of that sort to be made, and that he will be compelled to employ non-union hands for the rest of the job. Mr. Ruth further said that he especially regretted to be compelled to adopt tnis course as he has a large force of union men at work for him in various parts of the city. ——— NO G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Railronds Refuse Rates and General Walker Makes the Decision. A meeting of the Western Passenger As- sociation was held yesterday at Chicago for the purpose of considering the requests for an extension of time on the tickets to the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at St. Paul and rates below those already granted for the meet- ing of the Knights of Pythias at Minne- apolis. Both requests were denied. Commander Walker of the Grand Army is under instructions from the executive commitiee to give up the idea of holding the encampment at St. Paul unless the de- sired concession can be obtained. ‘The refusal of the roads to grant the ex- tension was on account of the demoraliza- tion which they claimed would result to their business If they issued the tickets with an extended return lim! Commander-in-Chief I. N.” Walker said, after he had been informed that the Wes ern Passenger Association would not grant the asked for extension on the tickets: “Well, that simply lets St. Paul out of it. Trat is all there is to it. ‘The entire mat- ter will now be reopened and another cii selected for the encampment.” When informed that the other roads of the Joint Traffic Association had declared that they would not grant terms more favoravle than those already made by th western lines, Commander Walker replie, “Then there will be no national encamp- ment this year. We must have thirty day: tickets or we will not have any encamp- ment.” oo ——___— The Armeninn Resolution. The concurrent resolution requesting the President to communicate to the govern- ments of Europe parties to the treaty of Berlin the wish of Congress that thi powers should intervene to protect Christians in Turkey the has reached the Ex- ecutive Mansion, for the consideration of the President. While this resolution does not require the approval of the President, it may be that he will deliberate some time before acceding to the request, in view of the importance of the subject, and the pos- sibly far-reaching results of acceding to the request of Congress. A Bridge in San Domingo. The Secretary of State has sent a tele- gram to the United States consul at Sar:to Domingo instructing him to request the cancellation of a decree by the Dominican government involving the seizure of a bridge over the Ozama river at Santo Do- mingo, built by Mr. Nat. McKay, a citizen of the ited States, under a twenty years’ exclusive concession. The bridge was built three years ago at an expense of $30,(K0, and was recently damaged by a scow ri ning into it. Mr. McKay has been held responsible for the injury to the scow®in the sum of $3,000, and has protested against the judgment inasmuch as the bridge was the principal sufferer by the collision, which, moreover, he claims was due entire- ly to the mismanagement of the scow. —+° Work of Chinese Forgers. Latest advices from China tell of the ut- tering by Chinese forgers on the Island of Java cf $3,000,000 of Java banknotes. In order to get the notes accepted, forged no- tary acceptances were placed on them. Many prominent Chinese merchanis have been placed under arrest. | FUTURE DEADLOCK | Elements That May Enter Into the Republican Convention. MANY CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD Uncertain Strength of the Fol lowing of the Leaders. WHAT MR. DEPEW MAY DO ——— What are the prospects of a deadlock im the republican national convention? ‘ais is an interesting question | of the attitude of the friends of G ause Har risor. toward the presidential romination te The name of the Indiana leader is ne be pressed upon the convention unle: Geadlock occurs. This announcement Is ¢ cepted as semi-official; but what is the ful measure of the assurance conveyed? Arc the Harrison men to remain inactive, or b¢ without especial zeal in the fight up to the ascertainment of the convention's inability to choose from among the other ca dates? Or will they so distribute them- selves and meneuver as to help bring about the very condition of affairs from which théy will expect such benefit for their fa- vorite? Lively Competition Likely. Competition is no more the life of trade than it is the life of a convention. The St. Louis convention will emphasize the truth of this. There will be candidates and candidates before that bedy, and one boom will differ from another boom in glery and importance.’ Mr. Reed, it would now appear, has a damgerous rival in the east in the person of Mr. Morton—dangerous to the extent that the eastern vote, w h otherwise would prebably go solidly at the outset for the . ‘will be divided to his disadvan Y Meat much to m hot to be able to command his New York strength on the first ballot. Mr. M Kinley is likewise, and probably to an extcni,menzced by the aggressive candids of Mr. Allison, Had the lowa Senator rée- mained passive in the race much of his first-choice strength would have gone to the Ohio candidate. Here, then, are divi- sions which, were there not other make the pathway of the two leading didates difficult enough to tread, and make jock much more than a bare gestion. There Are Others. But there are others. The Morton people hive been hoping for support in New Jer- se but it is understood that Senator Sewell will keep his state out of the Mor- ten column, even if he has to become a candidate himself. In the northwest Sena- tor Davis is subdividing the Allison divi- sien of the M y ter In the far west ex-S become a dvantage of Kinley, In the south Senator vard, and may time much more strength th West Virginia alone will give him. The action ef Iino’ uncertain. The name of Robert Lincein or Senator Cullom may yet be brought forward, and that would operate against Mr. in Pennsyl- the vote of able brow. of betweenity. He admires both M end Mr. McKinley, and would be su with cither as the candidate, but what his heart is strongly set on accomplishing is the keeping of Harrison sentiment in the delegation down to as smail a proportion as pessible. Aud in order to do this he may in the end ask for the delegation’s support for himself. Elements of 2 Deadlock. Are there not the elements of a deadlock, if skillfully mixed tegether, in the number of these candidacies alone? The first few ballots will show the convention’s vole divided among half a dozen men, and this will mean peril to the leaders unless a successful combination can be speedily ef- fected in behalf of one or the other. If the Morton men w York, and the Quay men in Penns: find themselves nted as in a state ry unable to go promptiy to Mr. Reed's sup- port, the Speak portunity will pass, and if Mr, McKinley cannot command the Allison, the Davis and the Manderson forces his opportunit pass. The fail- ure of the two leader produce the necc man, and the would, of course, for a compromise ay of the Harrison men will be to 2 n bringing both of them to that fate. Then, with the Elkins and the Sewell votes for a starter, the Harrison men can begin to do business on their own count, and ask for the nomination of their favorite as the tried man upon whom all sections can safely unite. Mr. Depew Opportunity, A situation like ta by a ringing speech. Harrison men in s an emergency call? Chauncey M. Depew? Mr. Depew will go to the convention a Morton man. E=t with Mr. Mor! eaten, Mr. Depew would be liberty after a few ballots to announce is Would best be served Upon whom could the hi Harrison men re likewise "t survive long i will the brilliant from Peekskill brace himself for the effort of his life, and set the pegs for futur the matter of conv adh rede ry of S sador pring and to be » between them would be Both are good places, alllowed to choo: mpliment in itself. ——e-—___ N FEAR OF TURKEY, She is Now Scid to Be Arming te Stop a Macedonian Rising. The Turkish government has taken $60,- #00 from the officials’ pension fuad with to meet ut nt state requirements. Mauser rifles are to be given to the troops AS SOON as po ie. It is believed this step is due to the fe movement in M that an insurrectionary cedonia is impending, so Democratic Convention Committee. In pursuance of a resolution authorizing the appointment of a subcommittee of the democratic national committee, which will re of the arrangements of the democratic national convention, Chairman William F. Harrity has appointed the fol- lowing members of the national committes to constitute this committee: W.F.Harri chairman, Pennsylvania; $. P. Sheerin, retary, Indiana; A. P. Gorman, Mary ; Ben. T. Cable, Mlinois; Edward C. Wail, Wisconsin: John G. Prather, Missouri, and Thomas H. Sherley, Kentucky. It is ex- pected that a meeting of the subcommit- tee will be held in Chicago at an early date. ———. +04 —-__ Dr. Kempster Wins. Dr. Walter Kempster of Milwaukee, who was deposed from the head of the health department at the time of the smallpox epidemic, and who was reinstated by the courts, after a long legal fight, has taken charge of the office. It was expected that there would be some resistance to his rein- Statement, but no friction occurred. The city 3s liable for Dr. Kempster’s salary dur- ing the time of his retirement. ——__+e+ Mrs. Betsy Moody, mother of Evangelist Moody, died, 4fter a week's illness, at her home, Last Northfield, Mass., Monday, aged ninety years,