Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1893, Page 1

TIED UP THE ROAD No Freight Trains Being Ran on the Lehigh Valley Line, STRIKE BECOMING UNUSUALLY SERIOUS Those on the Inside Think the Company Will Have to Yield, EXTENT OF THE TROUBLE NOT YET KNOWN All the Crows Not Tested as to Their Loyalty. SOME CHANCE OF SECURING MORE MEN J Beveral Tdle Railroaders in the Vieinity, but Whether They Will ¥ the Strikers Is Nut Known place at Present. Brrreato, Nov. 10.—Passenger trains ar- rived and departed on the Lehigh Valley today as usual, out freight trafic is tied up by the strike. ‘I'he officials are feeling their way carefully, tot knowing exactly how ex- tensively the strike may prove. Here at the western terminus of the northern division, the work of reorganizing sreight crews is proceeding, but probably no freight will muve before tomorrow. For- tuaately no perishable stuff is stalled on the road. With the experience derived from the struggle inaugurated in August of last year, the superintendent and his aides hope to overcome the yard blockade in a few days At 3 o'clock this afternoon a gang of laborers were engaged in bringing down from a store room in the upper floors of the Lehigh Valley station several wagonloads of cots and cooking utensils, which were used in last year's strike. They were being taken out to the East Buffalo car shops for the use of the recruits to the freight crews. The road is ready to hire men to take the places of the strikers. How many men are needed cannot be told exactly. Herein Buf- falo theresre about 600 employes of the Le- high and perhaps one-third of them are out The most of these are trainmen. Situation at Sayr At Sayre the officials admit fully hall of their men are out. They include brakemen and firemen principally, and a few engineers and conductors. In this city the freight con- ductors have not refused to take out trains, because they have not been asked, and there will be no chance to know how many of them will join the strike until they are supplied with full crews and ordered to move trains. No passenger men have so far refused to WOrK. “Qur position is simply this,” said anim- portant functionary of the road, who from prudential reasons asked that his name be not used. **We are proceeding slowly to find out who will work and who will not work. Three or fourstrikersin a crew are sufficient to disgorge it. When we_ uare able, Ly con- solidation or hiring of new men, w put fuil crews on the trains wewill try to move them. Itmay be that the engineers and con- ductors may vefuse to work,as they will have o pretext to lie idle, as now. We want te organize before we start.” “How about the operators?” was asked. “Some are out but enolgh remain to give us a thorough service, Where Violence May Be Expected. The strike on the Northern division is purely sympathetic. The trouble was at the other end of theline. It is there vio- Jence may be mostly expected, if anywhere, but it may be the Buffalo men, once ina strike, will be the most determined. The Lehigh officials claim its men at this end of the division are as orderly and peace- able a set of employes as any railroad of the country can boast. The Northern division extends to the junction at Wilkesbarre. It comprises seve: subdivisions, known as the Buffalo, Auburn, Ithaca, Seneca and Northern branch divisions. All the brakemen (or techuically train- men) on the Northern aivision went out against their will, but in accordawee with the majority vote which ordered the strike because of the grievances in the Eastern division which the Lehigh officials ignored. The grievances of the Lehigh men are of longstanding. Numerous efforts have been made Lo secure a settlement by arbitratio ‘but the officials of the company have inaif- ferently treated all overtures of the em- ployes made by the Railway federation. Mistory of the Trouble. The trouble extends back to the fall of 1892. The men say General Manager Voor- hees then agreed to certain propositions, but they assert he never kept the terms of the sgreement. Last August he promulgated a setof rules governing the employment of men, which contained apparent concessions. It was not long, the men declare, before these rules were broken aud became a mockery. A committee, representing the federated employes, firemen, engineers, trainmen and operators, again sought to obtain redress from General Manager Voorhees. Aunother agreement was obtained, but it was alleged 10 be as worthless as the paper it was writ- tenou. Then the committee went a step furtner aud essayed to lay the matter before President Wilbur. To their surprise, he re- fused to see them. - They went back to Voorhees and he treated them this time as curtly as had ‘Wilbur, It was reported and expected that & strike would occur last spriug and would involve other trunk lines at a tme when the World's fair traflic was at its full height, but the men saw that busy times for the roads meant more money for them and funds with which to back up a struggle have been found in times past o prime necessity. OMcials Were Deceived. ‘The Lehish ofticials, however, doubtless thought that if a strike was not precipitated auring the fair it would not oceur at all and accordingly, when thesgrievance committee, despairing of oblaining an audience with either Wilbur or Voorhees, reduced its appeal to writing and mailed it to President ‘Wilvur on the 14th, that oficial replied in substance that agreements made last sum- mer by the Reading were not binding this fall ou the Lehigh Valley. The brotherhood direcied a vote o be taken on the question of a strike and the verdict was an almost unanimous vote of yeas from the Bastern givision and suficicat afirmatives from the Northern division to make a wajority. The strike, therefore, was ordered for Saturday might, November 15, at 10 p. m. The wembers of the brotherhood who have the foregoing information regarding the strikers' pesitivn were asked if tue Arouble would extend to other roads. “Yes, if they handie Lehigh Valley freight that we have refused to move."” was the reply. 1t is uaderstood here that the Lehigh will be met with refusals if it requests parallel lices to move its freight from every road except the New York Central. A trip through the Lehigh yards at East Buffalo tonight revealed nothing of a riotous nature. A few trains had been made up, but none were sent out. At the passenger sta- tion it was reported that the train due at 10 o'clock is about two hours late. All passen- ger trains are running slow! The head- quarters of the managers of the strike is at Sayre, Pa., an excellent strategetic position. It was learned tonight that the strike now isonly in its infancy. The five organ- izations, comprising all the men on the road except the switchmen, who are not feder- ated, will strike together, if necessary. 1t is predicted that by tomorrow not a whee!l will be turning between Buffalo and Philadelphia on the Lehigh, It is not thought violence will be com- mitted here, but Sheri Beck was called upon today to swear in deputies to protect the road’s property. The railroad officials are sending telegrams tonight to Galesburg, 11, and various other points, asking for en- gineers, firemen and trainmen to take the places of the strikers. ON THE ROCHESTER DIVISION, Same of the Employes Have Left the Com- pavy, Rocurster, N. Y., Nov. 19.—Two men on the Rochester division of the Lehigh Valley road struck this forenoon on an order from the Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers. ‘hey are operators in Rochiester stations and did not leave their posts last night when the order was sent out. They were on duty at 3 o'clock this moruing, but disappeared later in the forenoon. The station agent was at the key tonight when the Associated press reporter visited the depot. He said the two men constituted the sum total of thestrike on this line. The operators at Rush Junction and Rochester Junction are still working. He also @ tbe train crews are running as usual today. The station master opened a through wire from Buffaio to Sayre. It.was working all right, F. W. Prentice, deputy grand chief of the Order of Railway Ielezraphers of New York state, said tonight: “Every operator. except ten, is out between Sayve and Buf- falo on the Northern division, These ten arc agents who are under bond and cannot g0 out unless they forfeit their bonds. All members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhooa of Railway Trainmen went out at 3:30 b. m. Nothing but Umted States mail can be trans- ported. There are 125 operators on the Northera division. So far the situation strongly favors the strikers. The road has never been so tied up before. We received a telegram from L. N. Coleman, the chair- man of the protective board, saying ‘not a man is on duty on the Ithaca aivision.” We also received one from M. J. Lawler, chatr- man of the Ashburn division, stating, ‘all the men areout.’ Reports from Philadel- phia say no passenger trains have moved south of Sayre since midnight. The men arc quiet and no trouble of any kind is an- ticipated. In my estimation the strike will not last over twenty-four hours. The com- paoy will have to come to terms.” GEEAT INTEREST AT READING. Some Prospects of Findlug Men to R place the Strikers. READING, Pa., Nov. 19.—The Lehigh Val- ley system strike is creating the liveliest in- terest here, where many Philadelphia & Reading railroaders res‘de. Tt was expected some of them would be asked to goto the Lehigh Valley, but up to this evening none of them have left the city under the in- structions of that company, and if any have gone to seek emplovment on the Lehigh Val- ley they did so as indiviauals. The separate positions of Mr. Voorhees on the Philadel- phia & Reading and the Lehigh Valley rail- ways make it possible that some of the for- mer's employes along the main line from Pottsville to Philadelphia may be asked to take the place of the strikers and helpout the Lehigh Valley, but whether they would con- sent to do this has not been decided. The Philadelvhia & Reading embloyes, since the great strike of some years ago, are nenunion, but in spite of this mauy are in sympathy with the union men. On the other hand there is along the Reading main line and pbrauches a number of idle railroad- ers, and it is believed that if these are given assurances of protection they will goon the Lebigh Valley. Several hundred of the idle railroaders, it is believed, could be recruitea, and it is the general opinton that they will largely solve the question as to whether the Lehigh strik- ers will succeed. If the Philadelphia & Reading's idle men refuse to go, then a big poiut will have been gained by the strikers, but as it isa matter of bread and butter with the former they will be likely to take another view of the matter. BECOWMING MORE SERLOUS, Strikers Will Not Permit Passenger Tralns to Kun Alter Today. WiLKESRARKE, Pa., Nov. 19.—The tieup of the trafe is complete. Since 10 o'clock last night not a single freight or coal train has passed over the Wyoming division of the road. The strikers are not interfering with the runping of mail trains, but they object to the company attaching passenger cars to such tratus. They say after mudeight to- night this must cease. This evening when the Philadelphia flyer pulled in sne was not allowed w depart on her western trip umtil the passenger cars were detached. The strikers, who are members of the vari- ous brotherhoods, held a joint meeting in this city this afternoon. Committees were appointed to guard railroad property. The strikers fear their enemies may dawage property, which would give fhe company an cxcuse for calling upon the millitia. Said oue of the strikers, “If we can keep the militia out we will win.” OThe depots are crowded with thousands of people who are anxiously awailing new ae- velopmeuts. Trainmen employed on the Delaware & Hudson and the Central Rail- road of New Jersey attended the joint meet- 10g of the brotherbood men. It is said they pledged themselves not to hanale any Le- high freight. The stoppage of coal trafiic will throw 1.000 miners out of wors. Claims of the Company. Puiaverrnia, Nov. 19 —Reports received by the general grievance commitiee of the lwebigh Valley company indicate the strike is far more serious than the railroad oficials re willing toadmit, Vice Frasiflent Voorhees says only two telegraph operators, scverai firemen aud two eoginecrs have gone out, so far as bis information goes. He says Cnief Wilkins of the erievance committee lied whea he asserted that certain clauses of the egreement were omitted from the bulletins CONTINUED ON SECOND FAGE. ARMS WILL NOI BE USED Phass of the Hawaiian Situation that Had Been Lost Sight Of GOOD EFFECT OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT Disposition to Restore the Ex-Queen Not 8o Strong Now as Before the People Had So Vigorously Expressed Thelr Displeasure. Wasnivgroy, Nov. 10.—The State depart- ment is less disposed now than ever to take the public into its confidence on the Hawaiian question. In coasidering the news by the Australia it should be understood that much that has been published during the past two weeks has beens pure conjecture and sur- mise. The part that is indubitable fact is that those in the confidence of the adminis- tration have felt and expressed the utmost assurance that the Australia would bring news that ex-Queen Lilivokalani had alveady been restored to the throne. Asseitions as to Minister Willis' instruc- tions have been almost wholly inferences from this and from the expressions in Sec- retary Gresham's published letter. The in- formation as to these instructions sent by the Associated press ten days azo was re- ceived from what was believed to be thor- oughly -trustworthy authority. This was that Minister Willis was to seek to induce the provisional government to give way to the restoration of the ex-queen. but was to employ no force, waiting for further instruc- tions if he found it necessary. Several Tireories Advanced. It is possible that Minister Willi¢ has be- come convinced to his entire satisfaction without having laid the matter before Presi- dent Dole that the provisional government cannot be displaced without force, and so has aetermined to await further instruc- tions. 1t seems certain, at all events, that President Dole had uo suspicion when the Australia sailed that it was the purpose of Minister Willis to restore the ex-queen. It is not possible that Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister here, could have given him warning, for Secretary Gresham's let- ter astounded and disconcerted him when it was published, and left no opportunity for him to warn his government. It has been the chief fear of the friends of the brovi- swonal government in this country that in its ignorance of public sentiment here and the first shock of the threatened action by the United States, it would yieid its authority. 1t is true, however, that for some time past the provisional government has abandoned all hope of a favorable action by the present administration toward annexation and has been considering means to put itselfona permanent footing. Perhaps the Judgment Was Hasty. It may be that the public and the press have come to a wrong conclusion as to the extent of Minister Willis* instructions, They have supposed that Secrctary Gresham's letter aeclaring what he thought ought to be done and President Cleveland's declaration that he agreed with the secre- tary's opinions, meant that they had de- termined to proceed with what tney de- clared ought to be done. Some people believe that the publication must have been intended as an appeal to public opinion for information as to the course to pursue. By the regular steamers the first news of Secretary Gresham's letter would reacn Honolulu by the steamer which left Van- couver on Thursday or on the one that left San Franciseo Friday. But on last Sunday or Monday a chartered steamer left San Francisco® for Honolulu, having on board newspaper men, and, doubtiess, also some communication from Minisier Thurston to his government. This chartered steamer should arrive at row. This would be after the next steamer to arrive at San Francisco had sailed from Houolulu on Thursday of last week. Governed by Public Sentiment. 1t is considered that the chances of action by Minister Willis to restore the queen will be much lessened after the news of the r ception accorded Secretary Gresham's letter in this country is read in the islands, A promivent democratic senator, a mem- ber of the foreizn relations committee, who declined to permit the use of his name, said tonight: “It seems very clear to me that Mr. Willis has encountered a state of affairs he had not been led to expect, and which his insjructions did not cover. He found, evi- dently, when he reached the islands that the provisional government was disposed to withstand all overtures for the restoration of the queen and was far better prepared thau had been supposed to resist any pres- sure to place her uvon the throne. 1 have private advices of the best character that President Dole has a well equipped force of 400 or 500 men, who willstand by the present government 1o the utmost limit. Had to Change His Plans, “Now, I think the iuference is justified that when Minister Willis found this well equipped and determined force, and when he discovered that the following of the intelli- gent peopre of the 1sland was favorable to the present government, he weakened in his determination to reseat the queen upon her throne. If, indeed, the Dole administration displayed a determination to mamtain its position by force of arms, there was nophing for Mr. Willis to do but eh; nis plans and ask for further instructions. To have persisted in landing the marines for the purpose of forcing a change of gov- ernment would have been an act of war, pure and simple, and Do sane man can believe that President Cleveland ever coutemplated any such move as that. Isee that some of the newspapers have put this construct upon what they consider the president’s in- structions, but it must be borue in mind that these instructions have unever been made public.” The same senator expressed the view that the islands ought to be sunexed to the United States, apd said that the goverament could be made simple and easy by constitut- ing them a part of California. ALIRED HAKTWELL'S VIEW. Ex-Attorney Gemeral of Hawall Talks on The Situatiol Sax Fraxcisco, Nov. 19.—General Alfred S. Hartwell, formerly attorpey general of Hawaii, in an iuterview published in the Chrouicle says: “The fact deserves special notice tbat the citizens of Honolulu estab- lished the now existing government of Hawaii in order to conserve life and prop- erty. Anarchy was rife abroad. Tbe ex- queen had no hereditary, uo reserved rights. She became “qualified” as a queen only on taking her oath of office to support the writ- ten constitution of 1883, by virtue of which she succeeded Kalakaua. When she an- nounced on that fateful Saturday, January 14, last, her intention o subvert tue funda- mentallaw of the land to govern by royal proclumation, which she was pleased to call & constitution and which was meant to dis- fraochise the whites, her winisters barely escaped with their lives from the palace on refusing Lo assent 1o her mad proposition. ~If the royalisis feared thut Captain Wilts' torce would be used toassist iu the preyention of blocd:hed, and theretore skillfully caus.d the ex-queen’s abdication to be expressed us forse, oF LEA® It weys & fomporary purreador ce, a ary sui Gntil the Uaited States gorernieat shouid Honolulu today or tomor- | make known its own views on the subject, the provisional governmemt was not a party to such conditions. nordid the United States government agree to Aot @s umpire between her and the provisional gevernment. 1f such agreement had, however, been made it was a judicial farce to take ewparte statements and conceal from the Hawalian government's minister or its represcatative in Washing- ton positions intended to bo claimed by the United States. That the Washington ad- ministration, on hearing all facts, will re- frain from inciting mob violence in Honolulu cannct be doubted.” DLOUNT'S REPORT, Sammary of the Document as Published by the New York Herald. Yok, No¥. 20.—The Herald this morning prints what purports to be a large portion of the report of Commissioner Blount. Tt sums up as follows: “Commissioner Blount's report will show that Minister Stevens landed the troops from the Boston long before there any excuse for their presence that he declined to remove them when requested to do so by the government, and was informed that the authorities were willing and fullv able to preserve order and to protect American in- terests; that theso troeps were stati across the street from the government building, in which Minister Stevens knew the revoiutionists were about to read their clamation. and that the revolutioms’ mittee relied upon the NEW was valid on Hawaiian soil; ned pro- com- erican troops to protect them in this act of rebellion: that Minister Stevens recognized the provisional government according to arrangement before.t a preconceived government went into power, and that tae millitary power was surrendered, as the queen surrendered, only throuzh awe of tne superior force of the United States, DIRECT FROM E10. Minlster O and Dr. Macat Peixoto and Tell of His Troubl 1Copyrishted 1893 by Jamss Gordon Nennstt. Moxtevipeo, Urugnay (via Galveston, Tex.), Nov. 10.—[By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tue Bee.)— Minister Ossis and Dr. Louis Murat of Brazil, the latter ex-editor of the Cidade of o de Janeiro, who had to take refuge on Mello's flagship, the Aquidaban, in order to escape an order for his imprisonment, issued by President Peixoto, and who arrived here insafety, as I cabled you yosterday. gave your correspondent today much interesting information about the state of affairs in the beleaguered capital. Minister Ossis says Mello has ten men-of-war, twenty armed merchant vessels, several tocpedo boats, and 6,000 men, but they reckon among these the cruiser Libertad aud some other vessels which still remain neuteal, as well the ironclad Keachuelo and the cruiser Benja min Constant, which sre-supposed to be now on their way over from Europe. They also count upon several erufsers and torpedo boats now on theirway to Rio from differ- ent points, where thay have been recently purchased. Minister Ossis says, the rebals declare- that twenty-seven naval officers on the Reachuelo and Benjamin Constant, together with 900 members of the crews, are firm sup- porters of Mello’s causa. The possession of the island of Santa Catharina has been re- garded ‘rom the start, be says, as most im- portant. Accustomed to Cannonading. The bombardment of Rio caused great alarm at first and a suspeusion of business, but now the capitdl has s2emingly become used to the situation, Dr. Ossis declares, and the banks and theaters and other places of amusement continue to be frequented as 1 Forts Nictheroy as and Santa Cruz have caused the explosion of three magazines of ammunition belonging to th? reb: President Peixoto, Dr. Ossis declares, is determined todefend lis administration to the utmost extremity. Minister Ossis’ suc- cessor in offie is likely to be Senor Prudente de Morales. Os: that this struggle is really one between the navy and the army, and that the latter will uphold Peixoto to the bitter end. The custom house in Rio produced last month 10,000 contos of reis, He amuses me, and he thinks that in the end the vic- tory will remain with Peixoto. Dr. Murat declares that the Aquidaban is reserving her ammunition and strength for a struggle with the vessels Peixoto is pro- curing in New York. He confirms the re port of the active part taken in the cannonading in Rio harbor by Fort Villegaignon and denies vehemently the reported leaning of Melio toward a restoration of the monarchy. He believes the ships, Javary and Tamandere, will surely declare for Mello's side and says that the populous suburb of Nictheroy been almost totally ruined by the insurgents’ shells. In Rio it was reported when he left there that General Tabaves, with 2,500 men, had reached Barra del Pirahay. The report of the capture of Fort Lage is without founda- tion, he declares, but he says the insurgents have received funds recently for the pur- chase of more ammun s sa Honduras Eager for War, L Copyrighted 1873 by Jam s Gordon Bennett.) La Lisestap, Honduras (via Galveston, Tex.), No:, 19.—(By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special to Tae Be Honduras, before agreeing to the appoint- | mant of the minister ffom Salvador for arbi- tration with Nicaragua, awaits the reply of the other states t0its request to ‘ntervene aragua. The sentiment in the Hoaduras cabinet is still strong *for war against Nicaragua, Earthquake Report Denled. (Copyrigite 1 1893 by James Gordn Bennett.] VaLraxaiso, Chili (via Galveston, Tex.), Nov. 19.—(By Mexican Cable to the New York Herald—Special %o Tue Bee.]—There is no truth in the reporss recently published of an earthquake iu Chili. It has been ofticially .decided to postpone the Santiago mineral exhibition until Sep- tember 1. ———— St. Joseph Counterleiters grrested. Sr. Joseru, Nov. 19,—For several weeks coauterfeiters have flooled this city witn excellent couaterfeip half-dollars and dollars. The'work was 80 good thst several of the banks accepted the counterfeits. Last night the government officers raided a house where they captured & complete outfit und over 200 in eounserfeit dollars. Charles and Anuie May, hie wife, were arrested to- day and four other mgmbers of the gang will probably be captured tonizht. Goenn Steamers, Sovember 19, At Liverpool—Arsived—Lacania, from New York; Philadelphia from Boston. At Scilly—Passed—La Gascogue, New York for, gufle. At the La —Passed —Trave, from New York for Bremen. YAlklandan~Aniv|d—lmrkA. from New ork. At New York—Arrived—La Champague, from Harve. Movement from MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2) 1893, SEVERE STORM IN ENGLAND Eighty Lives Lost Along the Coast of the United Kingdom. MANY VESSELS SENT TO THE BOTTOM Desperate Efforts of the Cost ( to Save aardsmen List ot Wrecks Reported at Present— Oth Drowning Seamen s Probably Lost. Lospoy, Nov. 19.—Up to Sunday morning eighty lives are known to have lost durine the gale which has swept over the British coast for forty-eizht hours past, and in addition, the crews of ral still missing. It is generally agreed the weather which has just visited coast of Englund, Scotland and Ireland the most severe in many years. Dispatches received from Banff that the secastol for thirty is strewn with wreckage of vessels. The schooner Ploneer Hull was washed ashore Friday nizht. was carried over the rocks and cast on the sand. Her crew was saved in its own boat. At Grangemouth the barkentine Betty was driven on the rocks, but the crew was saved. An unknowa steamer was next wrecked on the headland and soon sank Wreckage inscribed ‘‘Grangemouth' has been washed ashore, and it is also reported that several fishing boats have been lost off the same spot. In Lough Foyle two wrecks are reported, the A. C. Beans, from New Brunswick, which stranded at Melin Head, and the Donegal whichlost her captain and seven of hercrew. The Swedish seamen who were shipped on the A. C. Beans were saved. Railroids Much Damaged. The bark Lancefield is reported ashore near Moville. Owing to the severity of the weather the railroads and telegraph lines in he north of Ireland are virtually stripped. The vesscis have been lost near Leith, Some idea of the force of the gale can be gathered from the fact that two heavy rail- road emgines were blown off the track near Iverness, blocking all traffic north. The wreckage trains have not ince been heard from, 5o that it is expected that the work has been impeded by a fall of snow. The three yachts and two coasting vessels arc reported ashore near Greenock. Only four of the twelve members of the crew of the steamer Cintra which was wrecked near St. Ives, Cornwall, escaped. (he coast guard has been on the alert night and day all along the beach since Fri- day evening, and many exciting rescues by means of the rocket are reported. During the rescues the coast guardsmen brought ashore the seamen of the Vulture and Bessie and the four saved from the Cintra. Her Anchors Parted. Late Saturday evening the steamer Rose- dale entered the harbor of St. Ives, but after letting go her ‘anchors both chains were carried away and she drifted toward the rocks. The coast guardsmen manned their lifeboat and were preparing to go to the rescuc when the Rosedale stranded on the rocks, and they with difficulty managed lt;a rescue the crow by meaus of the rocket ne. The tremendous damage thot has bren done at West Hartiepool by the storm will cause great loss and consequent suffering to the miners of that locality. From places where there is no telegraphic communication come reports of the saverity of the gale, which has been accompanied by a heavy storm. Several fatalities and numerous cases of injury are reported at Waterford,Carrickfergus, Belfast, Newry and Skibbereen. Hundreds of fishing boats are missing, and numerous wrecks are reported in addition. The harbors are filled with weatherbound vessels. Al but One Perished. Yesterduy the steamer Hampshire was driven ashore in St. been sev boats are that the say miles three of She —one of the Hampshire's crew were drowned, only one man managing to reach the shore alive. The Hampshire belonged in Glasgow. She left Liverpool Thursday last and was going to Cardiff for coal. h was the furyof the gale she encountered that the st me almost unmanageable from the outset and boats e torn from the stanchions to which a spare crankhead was fastened, looséning the latter and caus- ing it to penetrate the s side. The posi- tion of the Hampshire wassoon most c; g ana Captain Weir decided to 1t Ives bay. When eatering the steamer began to sink. This was at m., and the sole survivor of her crew, Mate Swanson. and four others got boat which was immediately swept from the ship's side, and as the boat was driven aw: from from the steamer the ef mate says he saw her settling down by the stern and pounding near Guernard's Head. The chief mate adds that when he last saw the Hamp- shi here was a boat alongside of her and some of the crew were making their way into it in the hope of escaping, but it is be- lieved that they were all drowned. Terrible Battie for Life, After a fearful night of exposure to wind and wave in the opan boat, during which the chief mate and his four companions were nearly swamped over 100 times, they began to land at about 5 a. m. and considered themselves fortunate in having escaped However, just as the seamen were in easy reach of land, a more than usuaily neay. sea struck the boat, capsizing it and throwing tae five occupants into ' the raging sen. Then followid a terrible battle for life during which, one after another, four of the five struggling men were sucked down and drowned, ouly Chief Mate Swanson having strength enough to swim ashore, The gui at St. Ives have rescued forty seamen and officers. Owing to the severity of the storm the maii boats runu between Dover and Calais have been led to suspend their trips. Maoy 15 have sought shelter, badly damaged, under the lee of the high jutting cliffs of the channel and at least two vessels are inown to have perished on the Goodwin sands. Assistance Cawe Teo Late, The Deal lifeboat went to the assistance of the crew of one of these vessels, but the life boatmen were compelled to return with- out having beer endangered Se en as both vesgse peared before the lifeboats could get along side of them. The steamship Lucania from New York to Liverpool, was unable to land ner passcngers at the latier port until today. sels reported siranded between Cleetnoris on Suturday . pieces during the night. 5o fearful was the sea that the lifeboat was unable to leave the harbor, though its crew made severai at- tempts to do so and lost its coxswuin. Sevesal steamers aud a4 number of sailing vessels are reported iu distress off Spur head at the entrance of Humber river, York- shire. nto a imsby and dashed to Spectators Were Help e The Wilson line steamship Buffalo is re- ported at Grimsby, being unable to procesd on account of the furious wind and sea. The schooner Wicklasses has been wrecked near Yarmouth ana five of the crew were drowned while the boat lay on a iedge of rocks pounding to pieces io fuil view of thousands of spectators. It was Lupossible to launch the lifeboat on account of the tre- mendous sea dashing upon ithe coasis, and I the schooner was too far out to be reached by a rocket line. Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the large Yarmouth herring fioet, as well i as for a number of Secotch fishing boats which had just started for home when the | gale burst over the coast and which bhave Bot becn heard from since. The Kes: life- boat rescued the crews of Lhree schooners yesterday and today and saved twelve wes Of the ves- | "SINGLE COPY FIVE © from drowning, putting to sea in the face of a olinding snow storm. The reports from the Tyne say much damage has boen done to snipping there and that scveral small boats have been sunk. Two tourist steamers on Lake Windemere foundered during the gale, but no lives are reported to have been lost by these acci dents. The streets of Schariborough, the well known watering place, are filled with debris. Seventeen fishing smacks had not roturned up to Jast night and the greatest anxiety is felt for their safety Gallant Work of the Coast Guard, About ing stot board borough down wit | near Fill th amer. 1ard stat hase, The steamer. which was the Rose of Aber- deen, went ashore near Shreeton cliff, where tguardss anuged to fire a rocket er_her, a rew hauling the breeches Buoy tackle on they were rescued Just as the steamer seemed on the point of breaking up. The coast guardsmen had hardly got the men belonging to the Rose ashore through the boiling surf wh at about 1 o'clock ‘n the morning. wegian three-masted vessel driven ash 1c began to bou on the rocks, the sea making a clean sweep over herand wushing the crew overboard one after another, only the mate being saved Several Fishermen Lost. The fishin, at Vine during the gale cap- sized off S agh and was lost to sight, while thousands of people saw the crew struagling in the waves and sink after being completely exhausted. Two soldiers attempted to cross Ports- down hiil. near Portsmouth. yesterc were found dead 1n the snow to Hollyhead coast guardsmen, at grea' succeeded in rescuing twenty- n men from five vessels which have been stranded there toda The Vine, which capsized off Scarborough! had a crew of eight men on board, all of whom were drowned. The gale continues today and reports tonight say there are no signs of its abating. It is said four vessels were stranded off Hollyhead and that two of these were after- ward floated. The others are expected to be complete wrecks. In addition six vessels have been seen showing sigus of distress and twoof the latter have been already foundered The steamer wrecked off BanfT is believed to be the Moray. as much wreckage from a stcamer bearing that name branded or painted upon it has been washed ashore. The trawler Dauntiess has been wrecked at Downeay, near Hurse, Caithneiss, Scot- land, and seven of her crew of eight drownea. Several other trawlers have been driven ashore near the same spot and are expected to become total wrecks. Later Reports Swell the Death List. Midnight—The midnight reports make the total number of deaths from drowning dur- ing the gale 134, and this is without reckon- ing the crews of several vessels which have been seen to founder off the coust, and the total fatalities; irrespactive of the numerous crews of missing fishing flects, is estimated at quite 200 according to most conservative estimates. The packet boat Killarney from Milford arrived av Cork today and_ reports that when fifteen miles out on Friday morning she sighted the disabled Nationals Line steamer Helvetia, showing signals of dis- tress. The Killarney stood by the Helvetia for five hours, but was unable, owing to the tremeadous sea. to take her in tow and was obliged to teawe-her to her fate. Dispatches from Calais say that a territic galo has been blowing there, and that tele- graphic communication is interrupted. It is added that twenty-two fishing boats have already been driven ashore and that fifteen tishermen had been drowned. Reports received fromall parts of the north of France say the most severe weather has prevailed along that coast, and that there have been many wrecks near Havre. Telegraphic communication throughout England is interrupted. Loss of Lite in France, The Standard says: “It 1s reported that hundreds of lives have been lost in the storm in the northern part of France Many bodies have been cast ashore in ik eastern part of Franc 10 o'clock last night amid the driv a large steamer was seen runn with a tar barrel blazing ¢ al of di ) Sear n he ga s A8 os. > rocket apparatus, but when ight miles from Scarborough. lost f the wever, notitied t ast t Fiiley which then took up Armie was 1to pleces MONKESS DO TALK. Prof. Garner Comes Back from Africa Thoronzhly Impressed in This Belief. {Copyrighted 1891 by James Gordon Bennatt.l Loxpoy, Nov. 19 York Herald Cable—Special to Tne BEE.]—1 saw Prof. Robert L. Garner tonight. He arrived here after a residence of nearly six months in cages in monkeyland--that is to say in the heart of Africa, where he went in order to study the simian . to which he be- lieves he has His face is bronzed and he is slightly grayer, but otherwise he is unchanged. He said: 1 touched only the edge of the field of in- vestigation, but I have accomplished what T hoped to in the time and with the means at my disposal. 1 was prevented from doing all that T had intended. My phonograph never reached me, and my camera would not work. My photographs were, thercfore, failures. Despite these drawbacks I am satisfied that apes have a language. The natives are all right. Monkeys converse, They usea language which is invariable and constant. By this I mean monkeys use articulate sounds which have been handed down to them from thelr forefather Many of their sounds I am able to imitate, but of course T have not yet obtained s complete knowledge the language. “My Investigations, which were most preg- nant with results, were made during the time 1 occupied my cage in the forest. Then 1 was unattended, save by a_slav boy and by my pet chimpanzee, Moses, who died on the coast. neg About Gorillas, 1was enabled there to stndy the habits of the kulaklambas, asort of chimpanzee, and of Gorillas and I found much about them which goes to upset pet scientific theories about sgorillas. Niuety per cent of the varns told me about their methods of attack, life ete., are pure creations of the immagina- tion. I kept a young gorilla iu captivity and closely observed the species. Tney are not o intellizent nor so close to the human races as the chimpanzees, but they talk to each other, as do also the latter, though the natives say that the chimpanzees do not talk witha gorilla mouth. Thus the two species do pot understand each other." “Was your expedition attended with dau- ger?” Tasked the professor. ““There was as little dang | pected,” he replied. **While I was cazed in the forest I received visits from leopards and wild cats, but I never used my revolver* a pare of the country never before visited by a white man. 1 had no trouble with the natives, despite the stories told by the traders and missionaries, 1 found that tact and American ‘savoir faire can earry 3 man any where. Prof. Garoer will possibly go to America, but he intends 1o return to Africa and pur- sue his researches i u.onkey language. He has brought back with bim two Kulukam- vas who are relatives of the late lamented ehimpanzee Moses. r as could be ex- Wh Mouarchista Won. MapRib, ). —The municipal elections here nhave resulted in the return of nineteen wonarchists aad nine republicans. The gov- | erument has alse been successful iuthe | provinces, guard immediately started | —— ENTS, iIN DIAZ'S DOMINION Rebellioa in Chihuahna is Assuming Proe portions of Unexpected Importancs, MORE FIGHTING IN THE MOUNTAINS Insurgents Uadsr Lop:z aad Pacheso Stande ing Off tha Ninth Cavalry, PALOMAS AND CONCEPCION BOTH LOOTED Goverament Stores and Private Property Plundered by the Revolutionists, NEUTRALITY LAWS ARE DALY IGNORED Agents of the Upri ug Busy in Bordeg Towus Enlisting Men to Swell the Raoks of the Rebel Army. LCopyrighted 1393 by James Gordon Bennett.] CIUpAD Jranez, Mex., (via Galveston, Nov. 19.—[New York Herald Tele Special 0 Tue Bes.|—There is no t here from reports from Paloe mas and Concepcion of further engage- ments between' the troops under Santa Ana Pierre Lopez and Necario Pacheco and. those of the government under command of the colonal of the Ninth cavalry. The country in which the revolutionists or bandits are operating is dificalt of access, just such a country as the Indiau feels at home in when enfilading white troops as they march through passes in the mountains. Snow has lately failen and the weather 1s bitterly cold. On the highlands the snow is two feet deep and retards the rapid movement of troops. None of the many rumors of later attacks on ialand towns can bo verified. Government Evidently Alarmed. Tex.) gram Wi Around military quarters everything is on awar footing. Couriers are arriving and departing. brief and hurrisd councils are held, and while professing to scout the idea of the present trouble savoring of revo- lution, it is plainly manifest that the govern- ment is greasly alarmed. This city, in which is a swell filled custom house, is well guarded by infantry. Three more troops of cavalry and two of infantry were today seat weste ward. Lopez has now 800 men with his de- tachment, and with the advantage of position can stand off a foree five times larger. Palomas has been completely looted and the custom house funds and ame munition were captured. At Concepeion the revolutionists secured considerable booty and arms, besides adding fifty or more men to their number. Two of the rebel leaders were in this city and El Paso all lust week. They secured 3 number of re cruits, who crossed last night from Texas, and will try to intercept tue federal troops now enroute. Consul Zagas continues to furnish names of suspects in the Texas border towns which his government wants arrested for violation of the neutrahty laws. Give Them a Short Shrift. President Diaz has ordered that all insur- rectionists captured be shot like dogs, those being quietly arrested in dead of night and taken out from town and shot to death “while trying to escape.” In every town and hamlet on both sides of the river are secret agents of the revolutionists who are organizing recruits and initiating them into a secret order which binds them under pen- alty of death not to divulge anything. The government also has spies in Texas as well as Mexico, and they are not overscrupulous in whom they mark for arrest and assassie nation. There is but one thing iPfavor of the federal troops. They have full control of the railrouds and telegraph. The rebels are in possession of the hignways and travel is suspended. It is now thought that the rev- olutionists will join their forces, lead the federal troops into a trap and massacre them as Sitting Bull did Custer, CALLS THEM BANDITTL General Reyes Expresses a Forcible Opinion MONTEREY, veston, Tex.), ov. 19.—[New York Herald Telegram— Special to Tz Bee.]—I called upon Gen- eral Barnado Reyes and askea him what he thovght of the present revolt in Chihuahua, Beyes is in command of the troops in north- ern Mexico and governor of the state of Nueva Leon. T do not regard the present trouble asa revolution in any sense of the word,” said he. “Itis but the work of banditti, who are raiding towns for plunder, as is evident in the manner they looted the towns of ILas Palmas and Casa Grande. We are giving the matter our earnest attention, and expect to nave the bandits captured or driven over to the other side in a very few days. We propose placing enough troops in the ficld to at once crush these fiends out, and no quarter will be shown them. We do not rocognize them as revolutionists, but as bandits, and will sg treat them. Originates In Texas. “Itis true they are recruiting all along the border on both sides of the river. We will send troops from the interior to the fleld, as we may at any time expect an up- rising at many of the crossing places on the Rio Grande. Most of this devilment is con- cocted on the Texas side of the river by an ele. ment which has been driven from Mexico and sooner or later the American government will have togive these neutrality laws most earnest consideration. Mexico would not permit Americans to come over to this side and organize against the United States.” ‘The general refused to give any inform tion as to the tenor of dispatches he has re- ceived during the last twenty-four hours bug it 1s certain that they are causing increased uneasiness. EL PASO INTEKRESTED, Operations Across tho Border Exelting the Texas Populace, EL Paso, Nov. 19.—Siwce the marthing of company B, Twenty-thira infantry, last night there has been much interest in move- ments connected with the Mexican border troubles, and any number of stories are afloat today as to things that had happened to call out the troops and as to whal nas bappened since. The story this evening is that a body of between twenty-five and tifuy armed Mexicans from the neighborhood of Las Cruces, N. M., crossed the lLine into Mexico last night about tea miles above El Paso. There is alsoa story that there has beeu a skirmish of some kind below town, but peitner story can be verified It is a fact that a company of the Juares garrison wasordered out about 2 o'clock last might and burried off oward the mountains, butl when inquiries were made over e