Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1888, Page 1

THE OwmaAHA Dary BEE ey —— S — SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1888, NUMBER 270. DUNDY'S ORDER DISRECARDED Unlon Pacific Engineers and Fire- mon Quit Their Jobs. THEY WENT OUT AT MIDNIGHT. Engines Taken to the Round House and Freight Tramns Left Stand- ing In the Yards—The Strike Elsewhere. Struck on the Union Pacific. Six of the eight crews that man the switch engines that work in the yards of the Union Pacific railway mounted their cabs at the round house last night at 6 o’clock and pulled out for their respective precincts in the yards. The yardmaster, observing the ab- sence of the two additional engines and their engincers and firemen, instituted inquries, and was informed by one crew that the reason they did not fire up was that BHey. had quit and did not wish to work any longer, The re- maining crew answered THAT THEY WERE SICK and were not anxious to work anyway. As the yardmaster had heard this same story from two crews of road enginemen who had deserted their cabs during the day, he began to grow solicitous, and asked the men why they didn’t put on substitutes. To this they replied with some vigor that if the yard- master wanted to hunt up substitutes for. them he had their full permission to do so. The deserting crew of road cungineers were more explicit in their reasons and telegraphed to the master mechanic to find new men for the siiuations vacated. BACK TO THE ROUNDHOUSE The ix -crews of switch engine men that came on duty at 6 o'clock waltzed their locomotives around the yard for an hour or - more, and it was evi- dent from their actions that they .were determined not to work. Sighting a number of 3 cars on the switchés, loaded and pre- paratory for shipment in connection with the Union Pacific traivs, the engineers and fire- men' exhibited their displeasure by facing their engines towards the round house. This was done as promptly as & clear track would permit of,, and Night Yard Master East, noticing the rapid desertion, appealed to them for tho cause of their action. - “Is it because there are 'Q' carsto be made up? If it is £ will take them off,”’ he volunteered, . “No, that's not it,!’ was the ready response _from the engineers and firemen. “We are . tired of working, have all the money we - avant, and need a rest.” 470 EVERY SWITCH ENGINE TIED UP: At midnight a_death like stillness pre- * vailed in the yards, and every switch engine in the employ of the company had its fires drawn and stood . silently in tup round house. With the exception ~ of the restless puffing of a freight engin? attached to a train that stood at the Tenth street crossing waiting for or- ‘ders to depart for the west, there was not a stir visible, This train should have departed .at 7 o'clock, but was detained for some unex- plainable reason. The engineer rested calmly in his cab, amd when approached by a Bes reporter said he couldn’t explain why he wes held out, as .at “the " hour men- tioned he should have been well on his way to Grand [sland, his termi- nal point. He informed the reporter that he had been asked to make up his train when he came on duty, but this he positively re- fused to do, and if he started out at all 1t would be with about half the number of cars he usually draws, as the triin his engine was attached to had béen partly made ‘up when ho reported for duty. Asked if his train contained any “'Q" cars he promptly unswered in the negative, and said he would not turn a wheel if there was one, “What caused the switch engine men to refuse to work any longert” was ssked of him, “They wanted the boys to handle ‘Q" cars, and they wouldn't dg it; that's the reason,” was the response, “But tney dowt give that as thec ause,” put in the news gathever, “Oh, well, that's all right, fools,” was the reply. TALK WITH YAUDMASTER EAST. Yardmaster ast was seen in his office near the Eleventh street viaduct, and'to queries said that no freight had left the city all night. Between the hoursof 7 o'clock at might and 6 o'clock in the morning from eight to fourteen freights depart from tho oty daily, but under the existing circumstances he - didn't anticipate that any would go out on the scheduled time. Switching he described as “completély dead,” and said that no trains had been made up since he had come on duty at 6 o'clock. The transfer engine that brings freights over_ from Council Bluffs to be coupled on to traing made up iv this city had been over carly in the evening, and had assisted in making up a train. The engincer of the transfer engine declined any further service, y that s familiarity with yards wus 80 poor that he did” not con- siderat safe to do it. Mr, East further stated that he could not tell why the men_ refused to work, and upon being asked if he ut- tributed ' it r determination not to handle “Q" aid he could not, adding : x “They to a man told me that was not the cause.” The lads are no STATE OF AFFAIRS ELSEWHERE Only two of the twelve ‘switch en- gines at Council Bluffs were on duty at midnight, and how long these would rem: was @ matter of guess work, They, it was thought, would soon join in the tie up, The two switch engines at South Omaha were also reported tied up. JUDGE DUNDY'S INSUNCTION, The temporury injunction granted by Judge Puudy will come up for hearing this morning n the United States court. What the effects of last mght's action will hy e 15 o were mat- ter of conjecture, The Strike Situation. CuicaGo, March 13, e new contract for fast mail service between Chicago and Council Blufts, which was entered into be- tween the government and the Burlington road several weeks ago, aud which was to have gone into effect to-day, hus been post- pouned for one week in consequence of the troubles on thatroad. Superistendent Nash, of the railway mail service at Waslington, whois now here,says it is intended to establish fast mail from Chicago east, toleave Chicago on the arrival of the Pacitic coast train, and heurs from Chicago and 112 hours from San Fraveiseo. Judge Gresham anuounced he wiil render his decision in the Wabash case to-wmorrow 1o change fv the sitva- headyuarters this worn- The gricvance committees of easter| rosds whiol were B yestorday discussing the freig ues! met again Lhis wo! ’ © d.ehbaru:fouu bifs '“Nnub th dling of Q" fi e lon a8 rds the handling of Q" freight unchanged, It was denied that the W Fl'h engineers had ed dle- B mgton cars. 1t is asserted (Lat the ne of the Burlingtou w Islana 1uto court for vefusing tu va: ht do the striliers, thct the the Kook ¥ odi s contract to forward Burlngton freight across the Rock Island bridge at Davenport. Will Handle Borlington Freight. Criicaco, March 13.—Receiver MeNulta had a conference to-day with a_committee of Wabash engineers, after which he sent a tel- egram to Judge Gresham that the Wabash is moving all freight offered by o going to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. Th engineers, he says, have agroed to obey his orders in {he transaction of business with the Burlington road. Perfecting Thelr Organization. Kaxsas Crry, Mo., Mareh 13.—[Special Tol- egram to the Bes.]-—The strikers are so perfecting their organization that a strike on any or all the western roads can be ordered at a moment's notice. Bach of the grievance committees which have been in session here for several days has the power to call out the men, but it was decided that a more power- ful body would be better able to conduct affairs, and at a union meeting of the griev- ance committees a central organization was perfected, This body is composed of repre- sentatives of every road running into Kansas City. It will have full power to act in all matters concerning the Burlington strike, and the extension of the strike to other roads. The executive committee of the union com- mittee was in secret session this morning, selecting sub-committees to watch the various roads, and to attend to other details of the strike. A joint meeting of the grievance committees of the Missouri Pacific and the Rock Island was held in the Union Depot hotel this morning. The meeting was ad- dressed by Assistant General Ereight Agent Wentz, of tire Rock Island, and Division Su rcrmlcmh‘nl. Dalby, of the Missouri Pacifio. 3oth of these gentlémen, and also Mr. Hana- han, of the firemen's brotherhood, urged that as the Rock Island had favored the brotherhood in - many ways the committee give 1its consent. The Missouri - Pacific committee then went into secret session and on adjournment announced that they could not give their con- sent to their men handling cars made up by “scabs.” Mr. P. M. Stevens, who has been in charge of the strike ‘here, left for Chicago to-night. Encouragement For the Strikers. LixcoLy, Neb., March 18.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bep,]—Anxious anticipation characterized the only feature of the strike to-day. The brotherhood is sanguine that the end is at hand, and a rumor. gained currency this @fternoon that the strike was to end to- mght. The tide of public opinion is setting in strongly for-the men, and they are confi- dentand happy. The board of. transporta- tion has decided to answer the petitions from m‘x‘ns City, Wymore, Red Cloud and other points asking officiul investigation concernin the qualifications of those now employed, an entered upon the work to-day, Secretiries Ager and Munger going to Wymore to take testimony at that point. A traveling man cited to-day a point in evidence of the distrust of present engineers. He said the accident insurance companies had instructed their agents not to write ac- cident policies to persons traveling on' the Burlington lines. The expressious made by Qovernor Thayer, which are in line with the statements made by Governor Larrabee, of Towa, and Governor Martin,. of Kansas, in regard to the strike, meet with almost uni- versal commendation, The sentiment. is un- mistakable that if the road proposes to con- tinue in its course of refusing to arbitrate, a rigid investigation should be made by the state board of trausportation, A New Line of Action: CnicAGo, March 18.—A meeting attended by representativesof the grievance committee from each road leadiug east from Chicago was held at McCoy’s hotel. Extreme secrecy marked the proceedings, and after the ses- sion the thirty or forty men present refused to answer any inquiries swhatever. Chief Arthur's headquarters . at the Grand Pacific were totally - deserted all evering, and were left unlighted. Tho belief ~was expressed by a group of ralway officials to-night that the brother- hood has adopted a new line of action against which legal proceedings will not avail. . The idea is that that the ‘grievance committecs will ostensibly asscnt to the requests of con- necting lines that “Q" frolght will be handled. . When the test comes, however, the engincers, one after another, will abso- lutely decline to touch a “Q” car. “This in- dividual passive resistance has been applied to a notable extent on the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, and rrup}\ed out to-day on othier lines also Wwith a frequency that was sug- gestive, No Action Taken, ‘Wasmixaron, March 18.—The White reso- lution proyiding for congressional inquiry into the strike on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, was again discussed with- out findl result to-day by the house commit- tee on commnerce. Sprung Axles. LENOX, Ta., March 13.—[Special Telegram to tho 3 ngine No. 250 on night ex- press No, 61, sprung its axles. - The coaches were left in the yard three hours waiting for an engino from ‘Creston. The axle was heated yesterday by an inexperienced engi- neer. ; Omaha Knights Resolve. OwAnA, Neb., March 11.—At a meeting of the joint assemblies K. of L., of Omaha, the following resolutions were adopted: Whercas, There is now a strike in pro- gress on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway system on the part of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers and Tocomo- tive Firemen for equal pay for équal service and to do'away with the class systein and its injustices therefore be it Resolved, That we extend to the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engincers and Brother- nood of Locomotive firemen our sympathy in their struggle for justice and hope - they will come out victorious. Resolved, That we look upon all men who take their places as traitors to the cause of labor and workingmen Resolved, That a copy of these resolu- tious be forwarded to the Hrotherhood of Tocomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Tocomotive Firemen and the daily papers of Omaba, Strikers' Friends at Sidney, SipNEY, Tn;, March 13.—[Special to the :k:]--At o meeting of Sidney Local Assem- Diy No. 8311, Knights of Labor, the following résolutions were unanimously adopted Resolved, That we extend to the brother- hoods of engincers and firemen of the Chi- cago, Burlington & Quincy system our sym- pathy and what aid is in our power to give, in this their hour of trouble, in their struggle for justice and right, and we hope that they miay succeed in their ' fight with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and B, & M. Resolved; That we censure and hold in scorn any and all men who may voluntarily or otherwise take the places of the striking engincers and firemen on the Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy systewn us traitors to the iuterest of labor, Resolved, That we will stand firm to the principles that are inculeated in the different trades unions and labor crgenizations, and & fair and equitable share of ived, Phat 2 eapy of these resolutions be sent 10 the engincers' and firemen's brotkerbuods, to the Omaha Hew, and our COULLY papers. CoMyITTEE, e oy A Prematuve Explostol | Burcrrstowy, Pa., March 18--A prema- ture expiosion of & large charge of dynamite in a4 vallioad cut near here luis afternoon buriod 1blity workinen bencath @ mass of . An lu‘}h was fustantly killed, twe i fatally fnjured, and ‘most of Lhe others more oF lgvs bruised. Endurslug the Silp Cunal Bill, Doy, Minn, Maren 12 -The Niagara falls ship ganal bill uow Lafore congress wis *usly indorsed by the Duluth eity last eveuing und strong rosolutions warded to-duy (5 senators snd rep- rescaigtives et Waskingloa, BURIED DEEP IN THE DRIFTS All Business Practically Suspended Along the Atlantic Coast. MANY PERISH IN THE STREETS. A Prominent New York TImporter Found Frozen—Brakemen Blown From Traine, Wires Broken, Railroads Blocked. How Tt is in New York. Nrew York, March 13.—There has been only a partial resumption of traffic in- this city. The elevated railroad trains are run- ning only at intervals, but they are wholly inadequate for the requirements, Most busi- ness men who have come down this morning were forced to walk. Sleighs and carriages were in great demand. The wind is still blowing furiously and the snow is badly drifting, being piled in many places six and eight feet high, Several persons, it is reported, perished in the city last night. Communication with Washington and all points south of New Yorkis still entirely cut off. No surface cars are running, . The snow is frozen 80 hard that the plows cannot be used and - .gangs of men with shovels and picks are endeavoring to clear the road. Bast river was frozen hard this, morning and many Brooklynites walked across it to the New York side. Many trains are stalled between stations on the Hudson River and Harlem roads, The officials said yesterday that forty trains were snowed in. Efforts to break through the snow drifts completely failes Not a train reached the depot during the Most of the roads report a similar condition of affairs. Passengers suffer great discomfort. The ferryboats areonly run at long intervals, All eastern wires are down. Communication from Philadelphia last night by long distance telephone, said the storm was the greatest in over thirty years, No trains running, many being snow bound near the city. The Chicago limited express on the Pennsylvania road was snowed in seventoen miles from the city. Business issuspended and all wires down. Most people who Enm to business yesterdy were unable to get home last night. Hotol accommodations were strained to their ut- most. Stores and’ offices were converted into slecping apartments for the benefit of employes, The majority of the: theaters closed last night. A milk famine is threat ened 1f the blockade is not soon cleared. Twenty families were forced to flee for their lives this morning by the burning of a tenement house on West Forty-Third street. Last night was the worst ever experienced along the banks of the Hudson and along the Westchester shore of the sound. The mer- cury at 2 this morning at Dobb's ferry on the Hudson and Port Chester on: the sound, marked zero, A gale swept over it with fearful velocity.' Railroad trafic on Long island is (!lllil'(!lj’ blocked. Thousands of men are at work digging- out the tracks as the snow plows canuot be used. . George D. Barrymore, a. well known im- Porter and dealer in hops, was found frozen stiff in a snow bank on Seyenth avenue. He started for his oftice yesterday and it is sup- posed he became exhausted and dropped by the way unnoticed. The body of Annie Halpin . Fisher, aged about thirty, was found.last night frozen stiff in a hallway on West Thirty-Ninth street. She once stood well in'society, but had fallen low on account of bad habits, The storm on Staten island was very severe and connection with New York has been cut off since yesterday morning. es- sels in the bay had a hard:time, but no wrecks are reported. ‘This afternoon things assumed a slightly better .aspect, but a majority of business houses are either closed or practicatly so. Not a surface railroad company made any at- tempt to run cars, The elevated railway trains ran with irregularity duving the after- noon, and with a few sleighs were the. only meaus of conveyance. Broadway and ‘other zreat north and south . thoroughfures are well nigh impassablo with the mountains of snow shoveled from the sidewalks. A majority of the side streets are quagmires of soft snow from one to three feet deep. At 8 o'clock this evening the snow is still falling. No milk has been received in this or ghboring cities of Brooklyn and Jersey v for thirty-six hours, or, if received, can- not be distributed on account of the impass: ble condition of the streets. No butchers, milkmen, grocers or other carts are Visible. o ave delivered by hand, men floundering painfully thraugh the drifts, Coal, even, is being carried in a thousand places by the bag, basket and bucketful, and in_the poor quarters on the east side, the price is nearly doubled. A number of restau- rants were compelled to close their doors, being unable to get either fuel ox provision: Hotels are compelled to get;most of their fresh meats and vegetables carried by hand, and some are arranging for relays of men to brivg coal from the docks in‘bags. It is @ laborious process for horses to pull a cart with half a ton of coal. Hackmen asked from $30 to $0 for a comparatively short drive, and gangs of boys and men.have been making their own terms for relieving hous holders- imprisoned behind snow drifts, = It was impossible to get a New York. paper to- day, throughout large portions of Braokiyn and Jersey Cit The public schools are practically closed, Reports are received that five pilot boats are ashore and full of 'water at Sandy Hook, and three at Bay Ridge, together with a number of schooners and fishing smachks in Horseshoe, all driven ashore in last mght's gale. Fifteen pilot boats ure now at sea ang pilots ashore fear for their safety, * MipNiGur—The situation at this hour is less promising than during the afternoon Tye snow is falling heavily again, The rail- roads. haye made no perceptible progre: toward & resumption of travel, Many - f boats on the Hudson and East rivers ceased running, being unable to~ get coal for. the furnaccs, Urica, N, Y., March 18 —The storm has abated, but the extraordinary fall of snow completely blocks travel, The fast mail and fast Atlantic express due in New York carly this morning are at the depot, where the passengers are playimg cards and otherwise ‘lilnuuing themselyy No trains arrived to- ay. Jensey Crry, N, J., March 13.—Six heavy engines were from the Pennsylvania railroad depot this morning to clear the snow from the tracks. They managed to get halt a mile from the depot when they encounte Ireavy bank and one engine was thrown from the track into the street. ' Thomas Wheelan, an extra fircman, and John Mullins, yard. master, were seriously injure N. J., March 'he city is cut railroad, telegraph or telephone communication with all points by the bliz- zard, and but for the ferry boats, which still makic irregular trips, it would be completely isoluted. The water supply is practically eéxhausted, and there is grave fear of ‘a con- flagration, which would sweep through ‘the city, Arsaxy, N. Y., March 1. still raging. 18 equal never in this vielnity. he storm is has been see The streets are. completel biockaded. Only twenty-four-out of the 160 members of the legislature are present and it will vr(-tmblf' be Thursday before the ses- sion will be called. ‘No trains are running. Sanarcaa, N. Y., March 18.--Forty inches of suow bas fallen here. The wind is blow- mg from al! poiute of the compass. Gy, N. Y., March 18.—It has been snow- ing heré forty hours and the ground is cov- ered to w depth of four feet. Axsterban, N. ¥., March 18-—The snow is nearly five fect deep and in some placts the drifts are twelve to fifteen feet hizh. ’l‘hell 0w is still falling and the wind blow- iug har N. Y., March 18.—No truins are movinyg fu auy direction, All trains from the west are held here with no prospect of moving before to-merrow. The hotels are crowded with belated travelers. SanaToos, March 18 —Railroad travel in | this section is entirely suspended, not a wheel { moved on avy of the roads for twenty-four | Bows, Four feet four inckes of suew Lay | fallen and the storm is still raging. For seven hours the snow hins been falling, with no indications of 18 mnr Erizanern, N, J., March 13.—This city has been isolated for t#o days withont telegraphic communication to point. Trains on the railroad are snowbot One man has been found in a snow drift frozen to death. Sev- eral persons are missing. A Wild Night On the Road. Prrrovre, Pa, March 18.—[Special Tele- gram to the Brx.|—For years there has not been such absolute dearth of telegraphic com- munication with the east as yestorday and Jast night. The storm of Sunday night rolled down the mountaing and through the Juniata valley, scattering fences, breaking telegraph poles and wires, upsetting small buildings and causing great loss in many ways. It was a bad night for Pennsylvania railroad men. Many freight trains were compelled to take to sidings and wait until morning. A short distance east of here a brakeman was blown from the top of a car, but was not injured severely. Trainmen pronounce it the worst storm ever known on the road. One of them who arrived last night on a passenger train said: *'Between Philadelphin and Downingtown the wind al- most blew the cars from the track. The air was piercing cold and it was almost impossi- Dlo to stand in the stornt, Telegraph poles, troes, fenoes, everything, was blown across the frack and the train made little headway. One of the poles blew down s the train was moving slowly along and knocked the smoke- stack from the engine. The engine then ran into a network of wires, which wrapped themselves avound it and we had to stop a long time to get them undone. We suffered terribly and wero almost frozen." Business on the Pennsylvania railroad between this city and__ Philadelphia is completely paralyzed. No = trains have come in ' from the east. sinco last night. Everything is blocked with gnow. All freight trains are snowbound and there are no prospects of getting them out for -at, least twenty-four hours. At some places snow has drifted ashigh as five feet and there are miles of freight trains waiting to get through. - Never before in the ‘history of railroads has there been such blockade. The cold weather is_very severe on freight brakemen as most of them are snow-bound several miles from a station or habitation. Passengers on the trains. also suffer, as the thermometer in most places is ‘below . No mails have arrived from the east since 6 oclock last evening. * Telegraphic communi- cation is still almost entirely cut oft and all messages are taken subject to delay. There 18 1o trouble west and the trains are arriving and departing on time, PrivAperpiia, March 18.—There has been but little improvement to-day. The stagna- tion of business caused by the storm contin- ues. The street car companies have gener- ally resumed business with four herse teams. The steam railroad systems, however, are stil} in paralyzed condition and very little effort is being made to run_trains over any of the roads centering here; Attention ‘is being mainly given to attempts to clear the * track. The severe storm still rages, so far asdrift- ing of snow is congerned, and the herculean offorts of the railway officials so far have been fruitless in getting ' the various lines into successful operation. The wind hos continued to blow all day, and thousands of laborer who have been digging at the moun- tains of snow and ice on - the various lines leading into this city hiwe had a -dishearton- ing task. Thelogs'to the commercial inter- ests of Philadelphia cannot be estimated in dollars .and cents, and the time which will be required to put the railroad and . tele- graphic traflic in its normal condition cannot even be estimated. Railroad traffic ‘for the present is almost entitely suspended. wrecks have been reported to-day on the various roads, byt a number occurred yester- day. Fortunately nome of them were at- tended with fatal results, although soveral train hands recefved painful injuries, One party of twenty-eight railroad men .and pass- engers has been stuck in a big drift at’ Dud- ley on the Amboy ° division Ain New Jersey, sincé yesterday. morning, and Tearing they were suffering for food on thetrain one of the traindispatchers organ- i a relief party. Taking a big four horse sleigh with visions, they endeavored to foree their hrotgh“the country roads, but their success has not yet been learned. ‘The Dlockading. of railroads, both in this state and New Jersey, has cut short the pply of milk and produce, and the- former article cannot be' purchased except in very small quantities in this city Reports by a specidl messenger from Wil- mington, Del,, say word has been received from Lewes by railroad wire that a number of vessels and tugs have been sunk at the Delaware breakwater and twenty-fiv lost. Two bodies have already been ered, and it is believed the loss of life the coust will be' terrible. Still Raging iu Washington, Wasnixaroy, March 13.—The fierce wind storm which strick Washington last day night, has continued uninterrupted since that time and shows no signs of abatement. The day has been cloudless, but the force and iciness of the wind kept indoors all ex- cept those who were compelied to brave it. ‘The work done yesterday in the way of re- pairing telegraph - wires leading to the city and clearing the obstructions from the rail- road tracks was, to alarge extent, undone by the wind of last night’ and to-day. - A forco. of linemen between Philadelphia and Washington removed from ' the . railroad tracks 700 telegraph poles. The cut-off be- tween this city and New York scems . to be hopeless for the present at least, and there appears 1o be no chance. of re-cstablishing communications 8o long as the weather con- tinues so severe, Telegraph. men state that the wreek of the lines is-the worst they have cver known:. ‘The railroad situation is prac. tically unchanged since yesterday. Three frains arrived to-night from Phila- delphia, after a long and hard trip. No trains have arrived from New York since the onewhich came in yesterday. At the signal flce it is suid the present storm is un- cdented since the origin of the signal The temperature to-day -is lower fore known at this season of the i 20 L The Storm in Ontario, OT1TAWA, Ont., March 13.—No business was done today on account of the snow storm, The west boung Toronto express, which ‘left last night 18 stuck between here and The weathier is boisterous and Telegraph Wires Laid Fow. CnicAco, March 18—The wires of the Western Union telegraph company, which were completely dempoljshed between Chi- cago and eastern points by yesterday’s storm, are still in very bad $hape. - Local officials have, as yet, no means' of knowing the ex- tent of the troubles. ' There js but one duplex wire to New York that can be used, while Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia are completely eut off from direct commnpnication with thé west. The storm, it is _reported, has sybsided this morning, The meagre reporis of the signal service of- fice indic. ' that the storm was very violent along the north Aslantie coast, sweeping over the states of New York, Penusylvania and Ohio. Very cold weather is reported at many points. At Albany the mercury last night marked 42 ghove zcro, and at’ New York City 10 above. At Albany and Pitts. burg the snow fall is veported to be very heavy. There is no juterraplion of telegraph lines either south or wesh. e — Stolen Horses Kecovered. Laxpes, Wyo., March 13.—[Special Tele- grain to the Be.|—Last July forty-six heud of horses belonging to the private herd of J. K. Moore, post trader on the Fort Washakie, Shoshone rnd Arapahoe reservations, were stolen by & tin-horn gambler named Haynes nod a range crook called **Arapahoe Charlie.” Sheriff Sparhawl, of this (Fremont) county, has just recovercd thirty-eight heaa near Valentine, Neb. The trail of the thieves was lost. Mauy of the stolen horses were im- ported from Missouri und Kentucky. . ‘Total value of the bucel, §7,000 No. SHERMAN'S SILVER RECORD. Beck Makes It the Object of a Caustio Attack. THE DEMONETIZATION MEASURE. The Kentucky Senator Charges That It Was Smuggled Through Con- gress Without Proper Conside eration—Sherman's Reply. Senate. Wasnixaroy, March 13.—Among the bills reported and placed on the calendar was one granting an increase of pension to Mrs, Gen- eral Ward Burnett. Mr. Hale called up the resolution . offered by him December 12, for the appointment of a special committee to examine into the pres- ent condition of the civil service in ail branches of the government. Mr. Cockrell offered an amendm. at to extend the inquiry to instances of the pernicious, partisan ac- tivity of republican ofticials since the execu- tive order of President Hayes of June, 1877, particularly in the presidential elections of 1580 and 1884. After some debate the amend- ment was defeated and the original resolu- tion was. adopted. The senate then proceeded to the consider- ation of Beck’s bill to provide for the retire- | ment of United States legal tender and national bank notes of small denominations and -the issue of eoin certificates in lieu of gold certificates, and Mr. Beck addressed the senate in advocacy of it. = He referred to what he had said in his'speech on the pension bill as to Sherman’s responsibility for the silver demonetization measure. In support of his statement that that measure had been carried through congress secretly, he quoted from a speech made in the house by Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, the chairman who had had charge of the bill, "to the effect that the bill was passed without any allusion in the debate to the question of the abandon- ment of the standard silver dollar law, and that he (Kelly) did not know anything of it for. eighteen months afterwards. He also quoted from speeches in the senate by various senators at different times declaiming against the bill. If there was any faith to be put in human testimony neither the senate, congress’ nor the people knq'\‘v that silver coin was being struck down when the act of 1873 was passed. He denounced as untrue the pre- tense that silver was demonetized because it was more valuable than gold, but declared it was becausd capitalists_and bond owners saw that gold was becomitig more and more valuable every day. From the beginhing of the war until now. ‘the moneyed men of the country aud their ad- vocates and supporters in congress and else- where had sought, first, to make' .money out of the country’s distress, and then, at all haz- ards and by all méans foul and_fair, unlaw- fully to’ make themselves rich at the expense of -the great masses of the people. The demonctization of silver was but one step in that line. The net in the re- vised statutes was another step in the same direction. After that the next thing was to strike down the greenback—1in resumption act —to destroy it altogether, and to leave the national banks omnipotent over the land. And all this time the senator from Ohio had been chairman of finance, . 3 After criticising several of Mr. Sherman’s reports and suggostions while secretary of the treasury, Mr. Beck said: *“That is o of the reasons -why.I said that while thé sen tor from COhio might be-president of tho United States, his conduct 1 relation to the act of 1878, and his great financial abilities— exercised as they always have been in the interest of the money power—will not be a record of which he will be proud when he comes before the people.”” The bill which he {Bock) had Introduced broposst to-18emo coin certificates instead of gold andsilver corti- ficates. The was the first great step for the country to take, Referring to the efforts of the national banks to prevent the coinage of silver, he spoke of . these banks as a failure, as no longer of any account, as going down every day. = As to Exward Atkinson’s report on_the silver question he spoke of him as_doubtless an-able and ‘re- spectable man, but a doctrinuire, Mr. Hoar reminded Mr. Becle that the present administration had sent Atkinson to Burope, Mr. Beck—I know, and that is what T com- plain'of. O, bless you, there are good men democratic party-as well us in the re- publican party.” In conclusion he said he would call up his vill for action at an early day when ke would see whether the senate agreed with him_in thinking his bill a step'iu the right dircction. Mr. Sherman said he would ey t the ‘senate committee on which the senator felt justified in lugging into the controversy.” The senator's answer to-day to what he (Sherman) had said when he last spoke on the subject was lame and impotent to the last degree. How had he answered it? By going to the record and seelng whether the demonetization laws were put through in a secret way? Not at all, but by quoting speeches made on the stump or in the senate, and grossly misapplying them. He (Sh ai) was now able from the original senate records, to show that the bill in question had been openly discussed, fully considerced and submitted to public opinion in 'y form, inside of congress and outside. It was not a bill of his devising. He had never seen it until it had been sent to him as chairman of the finance committee by the secretary of the treasury. It'did not be- come a law for three years ‘afterwards, and in the meantime it had been printed ' three times and been debated over und over again, ‘fhe house had insisted on reducing ti weight of the silver dollar to 854 grains, or just the exact equivalent of two half dollars, thus making the sil dollar practically @ minor or subsidiary eoin. So thatin the original bill the old silver -dollar had’ been dropped, and in jts place a minor or subsidi- substituted. From that time ill the passage of ‘the law of 1573, that provision had stood inthe law, and been printed over and over again in both houses. And yet members of congress had been quoted as saying. they did not know what was in the bill. It was in deference to the wishes of the Pacific coast that the sen- ate had substituted for the subsidiary coin proposed by the house, thie trade dollar, ~ He new the original proposition of the house was to conyert the silver dollar into minor coin, and he did not believe in that. Hut there was one thing he did vot see. He did not see into the future. ‘He did nor foresee that the silyer dollar, which was then ata premium of 3 per cent over the gold dollar would, within fifteen years, be worth only 70 cents, If anybody had told him so he would have tnought him crazy. So. that all there was about . it was that congress had not fore. seen the change in the value of the siver dollar, As to the payment of interest on United States bonds in coin, " which Mr.. Beck found so much fault with, he thanked God that that had been legisiated for. If it had not been what would have be- cowe of the national creditt Without that strong avchor of coiun interest United States bonds would have disappeared like confeder- ate bonds—into thin unknown and un- sung.” Asto the senator's tulk about re- sumiption, who did not feel, he asked, that that great work of courage-not only of con- gress, but of the departments and of the peo- ple—was one of the proudest triumphs of the nation. He thought the time might come when all the'silver product of the country might be represented by coin certificates; but then it would have to be bought at its market value. Congress and the Liop were powerful in many things, but they wéve not powerful enougli to create values. Ad- journed. House. WAsHIXGTON, March 18.—Among the bills reported from committees was the omnibus bill for the admission into the union of Da- kota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico, by Mr. Springer of Illinois, and it was re ferred to the committee of the whole. Bills were reported and seut to the com- mittee of the whole for the erection of public buildings at Galesburg, Ill, and Daven- port, The committee on public buildings and unds reported the bill appropriating 0,000 for the purchase of a site in Chicago and providing for the erection thereon at an ultimate cost of €240,000 of a building to be used a8 an_appraiser’s warchouse, Commit- tee of the whole, The bill providing that the first session of the Fifty-first congress begin March 4, 1889, was reported adversely The Grosvenor resolution directing the military committeo to enquire whether any unofficial matter had boen incorporated in the rebellion records was reported back and adopted. e remainder of the day was consumed in the consideration of th bill nllotting lands in severalty to the United, Peoria and Miami Iedians, which finally passed, and the house adjourned. Fairchild on the Sherman Bill, Wasnixaroy, March 18, —Secrotary Fair- child to-day sent a letter to the senate finance committee in regard to the Sherman bill for ivestment of funds for the redemption of national bank notes. He says the bill directs the secretary of tho trgasury to invest 80 per cent of the funds held by the treasurer for the redemption of the notes of national banks which have reduced their circulation, by the purchase in open market of United States interest bearing bonds. The bill is mandatory and would require the inyestment to be made immediately upon its passage. The secretary is further directed to sell in open market so many of said bonds as in his judgment shall be necessary and to re- deem bank notes as they are presented for redemption whenever the uninvested portion of suid fund falls below 20 per cent of the whole, Tho bill further declares that its purpose is to maintain in the treasury for such redemption not less than 20 per cent and not more than 80 per cent of the money deposited. The secrotary discusses the questions raised by the bill and says: After mature consideration it does mnot seem to be well thus forcibly and suddenly 10 expend the circulating medium when the expansion inevitably must be followed in a short time, and perhaps suddenly, by almost equal contraction. This would, in the sccre- tary’s judgment, promote a speculation not. healthful to business. . On the whole it would appear better that the time when this con- traction takes place should be determined by the voluntdry action of banks, as fs now tho case, The fncreased circulation authorized by this bill would probably not exceed §19,- 000,000 There would not be a great profit in the circulation at the present price of bonds, even if thisadditional circulation were authiofized, and any attempt by = banks to purchase many bonds would soon_advance their prico beyond the pomt where the circu- lation could be profitably issued upon them. This certainly would be the case if the forced overnmental purchase required by the ear- ier provisions of this bill was simultaneous with the bank purchase. However, the 10 per. contum increase would be to that extent of benefit to the banks and. not harmful to the public, except as it might compel the government ta pay more for bonds, the' pur- chase of which is directed by this 'bill, than otherwise would be the case. If the average annual decrease in national bank _eirculation should continue to equal that of the past flve years, the whole circulation will be retired by the end of the fiscal year 1834, It is not possible, however, that this rate bf decrease should continue unléss the government pur- chases drive the price of bonds so _high that it would bo to'the interest of banks to sell and retire from the national system. Even if circulation should continue in the past ratio of retirement tiiere is no reason to fear that its place would not bosupplied by other forms of circulating media &8 rapidly 4s in the past.’ - The scorefary says that in his judgment the purchase of ‘bonds with the surplus revenue is the only immediate relief from the evils caused by tho aceumulation in the treas- ury, but this relief would be only temporary. Th repeal of the laws which levy excessive taxation and cause the accumulation of a harmful surplus is tho only adequate romedy. Towa and Nebraska Patents. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18,—[Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Patents were to-day issued to the following inventors: Williain Dippert Des Molues, Ia., assignor by mesno ass ments of one-half to the Des Moines saddlery, hardware and manufacturing company, buckle and: hame tug attachment; Charles H. and G. W. Elljott, - Rockford, Ia., sheaf carrier; Augustin S: Haines, . Nashville, Ia., a system of irrigation;. George D. Hicl: assfgnor of one-ha BV 'k City, Ia., interest calculating device; Jacob A. Mattern, Colfax, Ia., loon . W. Mc- Neill, Oskaloosa, * Ia., cable railw K. Purinton, Dallas Center, In., boile: liam M. Reed, Shelton, Neb., car coupling; Frank Strub and W. Nendel, LeMars, la., hay loader; Frank Thone, Oskaloosa, la., incandescent lamp socket. The Indian Appropriation Bill, WASHINGTON, March 13.—The house com- mittee on Indian affairs nas completed the annual Indian appropriation bill. It appro- priates $5,192,253, being $206 444 less than the estimates, Secretary Vilas, in his lettor of acknowledgement of a copy of the bill, says the subject shall have his personal atten- tion-as suggested, and that the orders will be transmitted by the most . expeditious means whioh will protect the interests of the In- dians if they be in jeopardy. The committee has sent a subpoena to Agent G is on leave of absence at Hot Sp egory, who 25, Ark. Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WasiINGTON, Mareh 13, —[Special Tolegram to. the Bee]—The following. pensions for Nebraskans were granted to-day: Original invalid—William: H. ' Hoblet, John Barrett, Blue Hill; J. A ceased) North Platte, (ends, November 80, 1882); L. . Mason, Stc Inei Lo L. Smith, Sllver Cr widows, orphans, Moses Martin, Pensions for OregonPrescott, Smisher, Clarence port: Martin Sutter, Maurice; Levi Summer- lot, Duureath; John A. Hayes, Increase—1. M. Scott, Glenwood; : Johnson, Perry: J. Y. Rickey, Indianola; J. v. Tulils, Woodburn; David Clr Durham; J, M. Dunn, Muscatine 3 Oelwein; Charles 5. Wavorly; W. S. Neal, Original, widows, _orphans, widow of J. H. Hill, Calamus mother of William Bales, Marengo. 4C0. Towans: Original invalid— Mason City; Williim H. Jacob Jacobson, Daven- Army Orders. WasHINGTON, March 13.~[Special Tele- gram to the Bee. | —Captain Gordon Winslow, Kighth infantry, is ordered to the examina- tion by the army retiring board at Fort Leay- enworth, Kun, Licutenaut Colonel John §. Holand, Twenty-first infantry is granted six months extention of leave. Colonel John R, Brooks, Third infantry, has been ordered from Fort Shaw, Mont., to ‘Helena, Mont., to inspect the accounts of the disbursing officers there and Captain Theo- dore F. korbes Fifth infautry, has becn ordered to inspect the accounts of Captain John Pittmau, ordinance department at the Fort Abrakium, Lincoln depot, Dak. e X The Dead Emperor. By, March 13.—~The back portion of the cathedral has been converted into a slop- ing platform, 1t is covered with black serge and is intended for the reception of floral of- feriugs of the public. On the other side of the altar stand laurel trees. and lofty exotics imbedded in a mass of flowers m full bloom, including camelias, and thousands of snow blossoms. Pala brauches of colossal dimen- nlanz nceal the granite coltiuns, con tinuol stream of people passed over the bridge which has been erected in the cathe- dral and which affords a view of the cata. falque. No person is allowed to stop, Prince William stood for an hour superintending the arrangements aod giving tinal orders. —Bynthia E., widow of* |or lords last night. Lord . Salisbury while avowing & belicf that there nre. strong % | economical * argun 7 trade, : | said that for political reas: STRANGE AND SENSATIONAL. A Woman's Revelations to the Chicago Police. HOTEL THIEVES DISCOVERED. An Organized Ring of Robbors Uns earthed and Wagon Loads of Booty Recovered—The Informer's Remarkable History. A Romantic Career. Cmicaco, March 13.-A few days ago the police were notified that a dotective was wantéd at & house on the north eide Cffcas went there and in a miserable tenoment found a woman of apparently refined and cultured nature, who told them a strange story. She ox- plained that there - existed an organization amongst certain hotel employes which made a business of system.atically robbing hotels and their ghests. She gave the name of a man with whom she was living, Frank Emmett, us one of the gang. The police fouud him to be a trusted watch- man at the Sherman house. He and the othce employes of that hotel have been arrested, aud steps ave being takon to huntdown the thieves in other large lotels here, who inelude both male and female help. . Siyeral wagon loads of woods have been recovered from various places, including all classes of hotel linen, table wire, gucsts olothing, ete. The woman who gave the fivst information to the police gave her uanie as Mrs, Jumes W. Murry, and tells a romantic story of her life. Her maiden name she claims was Kerns, and she was the dauhgter of a one time_lord mayor of Dublin. She was _edus cated in the finést manner abroad, and her mother and several sistors are living now in England. She was married in 1360 to James W. Murray, then a wealthy shoe dealer in Limerick. In the second year of their marriage they came to Philas delphia, whero he is now a member of o large: manufacturing firm. They did not get alom well together and sho left him, aftor whio he procured a divorco on the erounds of desertion. During a long period of {lluess in New York she was befriended by Emmett, who was her only friend and since her re: covery has been living with him. -~ She would have married him but for the fact that, as & @ catholic, she is still the wife of Murny. Pride prevented her from making her un- fortunate condition known to her relatives, o NOT GUILTY, Verdict of the Jury in the Witter Poisoning Case. DexvER, - Colo,, March 13.—[Special Telo- gram to the Brr.)—The ‘Witter poisoning: trial terminated to-day. The closing hours of this celebrated case were. replete with ox- citing incidents, The court room the entired / day contained no léss than 700. peoples ‘When Hon. Thomas Patterson arose to make the final-appeal for his fair client hundreds of .eyes were riveted upon him and every ear was strained to'catch his words. He never made a grander appedl, and ‘as he tenderly alluded to the suffer- ings endured. 'by' 'the ‘patient, loving wife, tears .ran from. tho e eyes . of many ladies, while others sobbed aloud. A number “of the jurors, too, wept unrestrainedly. At 4 o'clock the jury re- tired. During tho sucveeding five hours scatcely one. of the vast audience stirred. from the court room, Precisoly at 9:80 Mrs, Witter, attended by her aged parents .and, Younger. brot her, entered the court room. She was so terribly agitated that she reached a seat by her attorney only with the assist- ance of friends, When scated hor condition was pitiful. Her suspense, however, was ‘brief, as the jury almost immediately ap- peared, when the fareman in distinet tones announced, “We find the prisoner - not guilty.” He was interrupted by a scene never before witnessed in any Colorado court of justice, or perhaps anywhere. In- stantly a mighty shout arpse, hands werq. excitedly clapped, - men. whistled, whily the ladics embraced and eried in each other's arms. Mrs. Witter yielded to a wild impulso of grief. When court adjourned hundreds crowded around the fair widow and enthu- siastically embraced her. For .a time the demonstractions were 8o violent that it iwas feared she .would be suffocated. Ladies shook hands with all the jurors with a_fer- vent, “God bless you,” On the way to’ hor go Mrs, Witter was followed by madly cited throngs who endeavored to- release her horses and pull her coupe to her home, One orank called for 500 women to escort The verdict, while an- eived-with satisfac. > is little love left for . Witter's family in Denver, AL ORI Major Hewitt's Klag Sentimenta, Nrw Yonk, Maroh 13.—[Special to the Bee:]—The New York .aldermen to-day un- animously accepted the invitation to partict- pate in the St. Patrick’s day “colebration. A resolution was adopted asking the mayor tor put the American flag at half ‘mast on the city hall on the day of tho German emperor's funeral, and also that the Irish flag be dise. played March 17, The mayor, who has veto power, sajd: ‘I sco no objection to raising tho American flag, and am willmg to order itup on almost any conceivable pres tent, but I am unalterably apposed to hav- Ingany forcigu fiugs displaycd on the cityr hall.” ght citizens of Brooklyn have sent @ memorial to Mayor Chapin asking hiw to prohibit the decoration of the city hall Maveh 17, The date for the veto, howover, if cons templated, has expired in Brooklyn. s ade and Protection. L.oNDON, March 18.—The oxisting agricul tural depression was discussed in the house ¥ree he wis unuble 10 accopt protection as & remedy for existing evils, The Fire Record, Manigrta, O., March 18.—A fire. this oz ing destroyed the Register buiilding and wey= cral stores, causing a liability of $60,L00. The: fire is supposed to kuve been of incendiary origin, ALnaxy, N. Y., March 18 —~Telephono re- ports say & fire is raging 6t Stamford, Conn, The Westarn Union teld destroyed. Owing to W particulars are lacking, Prrgsuong, March 13,1t i night that the village of Harrisy) is burning. No further information received. Covunuus, O., March 18,—The. main build- ing of the Buckoye buggy company burned tonight. The losses aggregate $150,000; ine surance $100,000, raph office there is ire trouble furthes reported tos le, W. Va., Light to fresh southeusts erly winds, warn fair weather. For Towa: Light to fresh casteriy winds, warmer, falr weather, For eastern and southwestern Dakotas Light rain or snow, followed by colder, fair weatlier, light to fresh variable winds, - Players Bigned. Kaxsas Crry, Mo, Maich 13, Telegram to the Bee, | —The American Asses clation club today signed McTawmany, lefs: flelder with the Brookiyus last yewr, snd Donahu politans. ~-[Epectal’ @ catcher, formerly of the Metsge This completes the tewm. e Directors Elccted. 1. Lovis, March 13.—The stockbolders of the Wabash & Western road elected direcs tors to-day. ‘The annual report shows 4 of $450,517 during the v:rmm‘“':.“ Jrestul Inanagement. 1 | U i