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0 THIY FOfl&HT ALL DAT" Battle Hetween Carnegie Steel Workers and Pinkertou Men. Many Killed on Both Sides During the Fierce Encounters. Pennsyivania ha3 hai another exparienc j with la'.or riots aai this tinae.as during the fearful scsne? which were witnessed (luring the railroad riots of 1877, blooi has been shed, life jeopardise! and valuable property placed in dinner. T&is tima there was no destruction of property, but the mob was thoroughly well organize!, well discipline! an | had efficient officers at th* head to conduct the operations. The force embracai all the men employed in the extensive plants of the Carnegie Iron and Steel Company at Homestead, some eight miles east of Pittsburg, and a battle which, for bloodthir.?tiness and holiness of execution, has not been excelled in actual warfare was waged from 4 o'clock in the morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and only ceased when the force of Pinkertons brought to the place to protect the property, unconditionally surrendered, leaving their arms in the barges in which they had been transported to the works. The riot was the culmination of the troubles wnich have been brewing at Homestead for the iast month. With the utmost secrecy the Carnejie firm eugaged 300 Pinkerton detectives, brought themlrom Chicago and other Western points, and, after the Sheriff's (.'eputies were driven a way from the Homestead plants, the firm decided to put the Pinkerton men into the works at once to protect the property, as well as the lives of anycf the locked-out men who could be induced to return to work. It was shortly after midnight when word reached Homestead that two barges filled with Piokerton men had left a point on the Obio River, a few miles below Pittsburg, for , Homestead, and that they would attempt to force their way into the mill before morning. The word was carried to Homestead at once, and before 2 o'clock 6Q00 men, women and children lined theriver banks on the lookout for the Pinkertons. The barges were towed by two small steamers, and it was after 4 o'clock when they were sighted below Homestead, They headed for the river gate of the Caruagie mill yard. A thousand strikers w?re there before the gang planks could be thrown ashore. The mill yard fence had been run out into the river to protect just such a landing as was contemplated, but it fell like a paper wall before the rage of the strikers. up to this time there had not besn a sign of life on the barges, but when within fifty feet of the shore the lar^e doors at the end of the boats were thrown open an 1 as many men as could conveniently stand on the little forward decks crowded quickly out. One slance was enou?a to fire the blooi of the most conservative of men,as through the rapidly coming dar light was recognize J the slouch-hatted, blue-coated, heavily armed Pinkerton men.Every one of the Piukertous held in his hands a deadly double-barrelled WinnKocUr rifln (inrl though three score of tha plittering barrels were ievelled directly at the mill men as tbe boat reached the shore, not a man retreated, but rather pressed closer to the shore in order to bj the first to fall if necessary. The din was terrific as the lusty-lunged mill men vented their rage upon the intruders. "Don't come on land or we'll brain you," * they yelled. "Wby don't you work for your living like decent men?" they howled. Not a word answered the Pinkertons, but as the boat touched the shora and a gang plank was thrown out, every Pinkerton man covered as many men as possible w.th his ? Winchester. Rage had now transformed the usual pacific Homestead men into demons. They knew no fear, but even jumped forward to wrest the death-dealing rifles from the hands of their enemies. It will never be known definitely who fired the first snot woich started the slaughter that has made so many homes of mourning. The first gun. however, was fir?d from the Pinkerton barge, and was thought to have been di charged by the Captain of the gang of men, who was afterward killed. The last moment before the slaughter, the crowd was surging downward against six of the leading mill ">?!??'! vonn of/v\ri with t.hftir hacks to the Piukertoas, fairly under the muzzles of toe rifle?, trying to keep the mill men back from what seemed certain death. Clear as a bell, far above the roar of the angry crowd, came the voice of Hugh O'Douneli, as, hatless and coatless, he tried to check the angry men. "In God's name," h9 cried, "'my good fellows, keep back, don't press down and force them to do murder." It was too late, the appeal was drowned by the sharp report of a Winchester from a man in the cow of the boat. The first ball had hardly left the smoking barrel on its mission of death before it was followed by a sheet of flame from a score of rifles in the Pinkerton's bands. William Foy, who gtood at the front with his foot on the gang plank staggered, and fell, his blood gushing out. For a moment the crowd was struck K-tr tho nt-for?L- On] ir thfl UUIUU fc/JT --V ?e roans of several wounded men were heard. The echoes of the rifles had hardly reached the neighboring hills ere the crowd replied. Out from the semi-darkness of the morning flashed a wall of fire. The men on thi bank, too, had arms and were using them. The leader of the Pinkertons clapped his han1 to his breast and fell overboard, sinking beoeath the waters, white several otaer Pinkertons staggered back and were carried inside the boat by their comrades. Instantly the Pinkertons were made to pay for their work. Every man of the first rank were shot down. Two fell into the water and were heard of no more. One other died, but his body was recovered and the others were seriously injured. That was the opening of the battle. The firing from the barges at once became general. Assoon as day brok*, the strikers secured a small brass ten-poander caanoa and planted it within a steel billet embrasure, so as to coiinnaud the barges which were moored at tin bank of the river. At the same time a ?orce ot more than 1000 men took up a position on the opposite side of the river, and also planted a cannon, which they protected with a breast word of railroad ties. The fire from both sides was kept up, the barges having been pierce 1 along the sides. Just before 9 o'clock the can non were trained on the boats, and for several hours an awful bombardment was Kept up. me stout oaKen timbers forming the sides of the boat were splintered, but the heavy steel plates on the inside prevented the balls from penetrating the interior. Many of the strikers, however, were expert marksmen, and they sent shot after shot into the port ho es in the boats', and inflicted terrible injury to the imprisoned men. When it was found that little impression eould be made by the cannon on the boats, an effort was ma ie to tire the barges ana thus compel tlie detectives to leave the vessels or suffer the terrible fate of being burned alive. Hose was procured and oil was spouted on the dec'rfs and sides of the barges. "While this was being done, barrel after barrel of oil was emptied into the river above the mooring place, the object being to allow it to float against the boats and then ignite it. Tbis was attempted several times, but the boats did not burn, and then the mob became infuriated and hurled dynamite bombs at the vessels. The men also laid a natural e:as pipe toward the boats. They wanted to send a strong stream of natural gas that would envelop the boat, and then light it with a tor peao. Tae second conflict wis preeioitatei when another efforts* made by the Pinkerton men to eff;ct a lar.ding. Before the secon 1 at tsrnpc was made to land the officer in charge announced to the crowd of workmen ns<em* blei on the bank that his men were Pinkertons, and that he would laud them it he had to mow down everybody in sight. He then ordered his men to advance, and as they advance ! from the bar^e they were met by a shower of lead from the rifles and pistols of the tattered workmen. The officers fe 1 back for an instant as if repulsed, but they were promply rallie 1, and, marching light abreast, endeavored to get ashore. The7 were driven back asrain. however. The steamer Little Bill, which hpd towed the Pinkerton men to Homestead, was compelled early in the day to leave the barges on the bank and under the fire of the strikers to convey the woundeJ Pinkerton man to a place where they could obtain treatment. When this was accomplishe i, the ciptaia of tae steamer triei to raturn and tow the barges ' into the middle of tbe river again, but he was not permittel to come near the bank. The cannoneers across the river fir ad three cannon balls at the Little Bill. Their aim was bad, and one ball, entering the open hearth department, took off a man's head. The number Willed was now ten, and eleven wounded. The strikers asserted that besides the captain and lieutenant, four Other men were shot and fell from the barge. One Pinkerfcon, becoming desperate, jumped off the rear and tried to swim. He was drowned. The pilot of the Little Bill was killed. The boat was driven off and proceeded down the river. Tne men continmd U3ing dynamite sticks, throwing thetn over the piles of coal an i iron. Some exploded in the wa ter and 5./1 nr. rinmaerA whilo nt.hnrs struck I the boats and sent pieces flying in the air. At every successful shot th* m?n r^nt the air with wild che3rs. Sharpshooter.? werj stationed at various place5, and shot evary time a Pinkerfcon man looked out. to see the position of tie men. Finally the strikers' canuon burst and the resortelto dynamite. Great chunks of it were thrown at the boat, the most of which only splashed the water. Meanwhile the Pinkertons were huddle 1 under deck, dragging in their dead and caring for their wounded, waiting for what seemed their certain doom, as all overtures of surrender had been refused. Finally it was evident to everybody that they would soon die if they were not relieved, and the leaders of the strikers pleaded with their followers to allow the Pinkertons to surrender. The appeal was drowned with shouts of "No!" "No!" "We'll kill them like dog9!" "i'hey snau nave no mercy:" Dut wqbd, a > few minutes later, the white handkerchief appeared on the top of one of the barges, the firing ceased and the strikers consented to a parley. The Finkerton men as soon as they found it wa? ?afa to talk, offered to surrender if the leaders guaranteed them protection. The promise was given, and 26S men marched off the boat and gave up their arms. Then the promise that they should' not be harmed seemed to oe lorgotton. They were 1 driven like sheep between lines of strikers to the Opera House. All the way they were beaten first with fists and then with clubs, and every conceivable weapon. Every man was sore and covered with blood before he found shelter. Having locked the Pinkertomup and surrounded the building with an armed guard the strikers telegraphed Sheriff McCleary to come to Homestead and take the prisoners to jail. The Sheriff left Pittsburg on the first train. No sooner were the detectives safely in Jail than the two barges were thoroughly seirched by the Homestead men, and it is sail that the guns, carriages and uniforms were removal. Tnis may ot may not be true. Barrels of oil ware poure I upon the two boats and they were burned to the water's edge at sunset. A complete list of the killed and wounded was not obtainable, bat as far as could be ascertained, eleven workmen and nine detectives were killed, and eighteen workmen and twenty-one detectives injured in the battle. In addition to this, at least 100 detectives were seriously injured by the strikers on the way to the jail. Tne imprisoned Pinkertons say that seven of their men were killed outright and eleven wmmded. Tnev believe several dead men were thrown off the Little Bill into the river. The number of Pinkertons placed in the lock-up and rink was 234. Governor Pattison went to the scene of conflict, and it was expected that he would order out a military force to preserve order. At 12% next morning a special train of ten cars backed quietly into the P., V. and C. depot, at Homestead. Sheriff McCleary and W. J. Brennan jumped from the train and hurried to the lock-up and the rink where the Pinkerton mea were imprisoned. A moment later the prisoners were marched to the depot, and almost without a word they were hurried into the car waiting them. All the blinds were pulled down and not 200 people in the place knew that their enemies were being taken away. About fifty citizens of Homestead accompanied the prisoners to Pittsburg History of the Trouble. TVi? etriliA Homestead is the result of a fight between Andrew Carnegie and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steei Workers. The Amalgamated Association consists of 60,003 members. The immediate causes of the strike may be summed up a3 follows- The appointment of H. C. Frick, who is known to be opposed to organizad labor, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Steal Association; the declaration of an ultimatum to the Amalgamated Association, and the alleged neglect of Mr. Carnegie to arbitrate. Representatives of the Amalgamated Associttion state that the new scale contemplate i such sweeping reductions that the men were not able to sign it. After a long discussion the workmen agreed to accept a minimum price for steel billets of $24 a ton. Mr. Frick, however, would not go beyond $23. This made a difference of $1 per ton. An ultimatum was then made by Mr. Frick that the new wage scale be signed by midnight of June 24, and that after that hour there would be no conferences. Immediately after this Mr. Carnegie's representatives began to fortify the works at Homestead. The great steel works at Homestead covor 110 acres. Twelve big buildings and a score of smaller shops and sheds occupy much of the space. Among these are the converting mill, where Bessemer steel is made, the beam ~..n nioto mill t.h? armor Dlate mill. the open heartn nil', the finishing department. tbe ten-incb, the twenty-two-inch an the 119-inch mill, and the big plate pressina room. The water for the works comes from the Monongahels River and is sufficient in quantity to supply a town of 50,000. On? hundred and fifty boilers run the great engine?, the pumps and the steam hammers. Natural gas for fuel is furnished by tha company's own well. About 4500 men are employed, and the outout is lout time.' as big as from the great Krupp works in Germany. The Carnegie company has purchased 101 . Additional acres and will add it to the woK;<i next year. It is already fenced in by heavy barbed wire. The steel works are completely ?urroun le 1 by a stout board fenC9 twelva feet nigh, built upon a foundation of slag tnree te?i high. The fence is tnree miles lon^ an 1 is strung along tne top with three strands oi barbed wire, so connected with tne electric plant that the turning of a switch makes tne wires alive with a powerful current ot electricity. Hydrants are stationed at frequent intervals, from which great streams of hot or cold water can tie poured, mo renc* is lighted with electric lights, while powerful search lights mike the approaches as ciear as day. Four-inch portholes are borj-i in the fence. The office is fenced additional.)* and a railroad track connects it witii ths Munhall station. A bridge connects the ofHca with a bu I !ing outside tne works. The plica has bejn completely fortified, and preparations have t?eeu made to accommodate au araiy o<: defenders. A big camera has been set up to take instantaneous pictures in case of riot. On the river front is an armed steel launca. ? INCREASE IN WEALTH, We Are Already $152,000,000 iiichcr Than We Were Last Year, The Bureau of Statistics of the United States Treasury Department has issued a statement showing that exports of domestic merchandise for May last aggregated in value $68,592,766: for the same month last year, ?06,784,034. For the eleven months ended May 31 last the exports were valued at 3952,557,802; for tua corresnondin^ period last year taey aggregated 5816,211,591. Ininorts of merchandise for the month of May last aggregated $08,694,133; for the ? - 1 - <97 f OAS ttOQ 5>a:ne psriou inst vom, ? i, ?u.u, x-U4 eleveu months en:led Mav 31 last the imports aggregate! $755,332,385; for the same period Jast year, $771,453,971. The exports of gold and silver coin and bullion in May last aggregated in value $5,72^,917; for the same month last year, 531,^93.502. Imports of gold and silver coin and bullion for May last were valued at $2,054,<93; for the same month last year, $1,353,934. Immigration for the month of May last aggregated 92,242; for the same montu last year, 85,941. For eleven months ended May 31 last 546,200 immigrants arrived at United States ports, aad for the same period last year, 4S7.179. . V KILLED BY~A STORM. ~ A Fierce Cyclone Plays Haroc in Several States. Lives Lost and Buildings Wrecked in South New Jersey. A terrific wind and rain storm passed over lower New Jersey, doing immense it?m?Knnd raiiaintr Irws r?f lifn Th? thran story residence of Robert Hamilton in .Gloucester was blown down, and Mr. Hamilton and his family were buried in the ruins. Hamilton was instantly killed, and his two daughters, aged ten and nineteen years respectively, were seriously, perhaps fatally, injured. After tbey were extricated from the mass of broken timber they were taken to the hospital, where tbe physicians found that the elder girl's limb was broken so badly that amputation was necessary. She wa3 also injured internally, and it was feared she would not be able"to survive the shock of the amputation. The storm swept down Froguhagen's pavilion. Patrick Highland, of Philadelphia, who was in the pavilion. was instantly killed by being buried under the heavy beams of the structure. The toboggan slide, the carousal and Haggertv's pavilion were torn to pieces. Several people were injured. James and Edward Reidington, brothers, tin rooter a, who were working on the roof of a new home at Haddonfield, were blown from the building and seriously injured. They were taken to the hospital. A big window in the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception was blown in. Holbert & Thornbeck's mill was unroofed and badly damaged. The building of the Camden Water Works was unroofed. In Camden, N. J., houses were unroofed, fences blown down, and the grain and hay in the fields were mowed down as if by "a reaper. Trees were uprooted and carried away. People had to flee for their lives to escape being hit by the falling debris from buildings. tv,? etnrm did great damage in Moores town, N. J., and vicinity. Several buildings were badly damaged. Two workmen were injured and a man was killed at Palmyra. Farmers in the vicinity of Burlington, N. J., suffered severely from the storm. Apple orchards and growing crops suffered the most. The orchards of Samuel H. Creeley were almost entirely stripped of leaves and fruit. Large limbs were torn off and many of the trees uprooted. A corn field, not far from the orchard, was almost entirely cleared, the stalks being cut off close to the ground. Several large trees on the lawn in front of Walter Davis's house were blown down atad ' his barn and out building wrecked. In Atlantic City, N. J_, the streets were flooded and the electric cars were blocked. The Hotel Edison was struck by lightning and the terror of the villagers and summer residents wa3 added to by the clanging of the fire bells. The hotel was badly damaged and the fire had secured considerable headway before the department arrived. The flames were soon gotten under controL John Meyer's fine cottage on the Penrose tract, the structure of Pain & Sons' exhibition of Sardaaapalus, the pavilion on the ocean pier and the toboggan shoot at the Sea View excursion grounds were blown down. Great damage by wind and lightning was reported in the adjacent country. The yachts in the harbor suffered severely, many of them being blown from their anchorage and beached. Several smaller ones were capsized. DuriDg the storm Jiebtnrag scrucx me house of James Lolly at West Ocean Grove, N. J., shattering It badly. Mrs. Lolly was struck by a falling brick from the chimney as she rushed out into the yard. The back of her head and neck was so badly cut that her recovery was thought doubtful. The Berwick Inn, at Avon-by-the-Sea, was struck by lightning and severely damaged by the storm. The bolt crashed through the kitchen, breaking crockery and stunning the cook. A. H. Robinson, an Asbury Park plumber, who was working in a room next to the kitchen, was rendered unconscious. The cottage of C. C. Halsey, of New York, was also struck and the inmates stunned. The damage done by the storm at Spring Lake was considerable. The residence of G. A. Rumsey, of Philadelphia, was struck by lightnings and the building and furniture damaged. The wind carried the Melrose, a large boarding house, off its foundations. The colored Methodist Church was nearly demolished by the force of the wind. A terrific thunder and lightning storm, accompanied by torrents of rain and heavy wind, passed over Philadelphia. Penn. John Jenkins and George Soley, John Clymer and Patrick Furlong, who were working in a brick yard at Twenty-fifth and Cumberland streets, took refuse beneath a shed. Suddenly a blinding sheet of flame seemed to envelope Jenkins, and a strong sulphurous odor filled the air. Jenkins stood perfectly rigid for a moment and then fell back on the floor dead. The others were stunned, but all three have nearly recovered. | ' ' rtrl Atrai* Prtf.ftt. I A severe eiecincai hiam m </.u . ille, Penn. In the northwestern part of Schuylkill County it was accompanied by large hail and great damage was done to fruit trees, grain and vegetables. At Llewellyn, Penn., lightning struck the houses of Lewis Zimmerman and William Bush and badly shattered them. Over forty persons were shocked in that little hamlet and several of them were rendered unconscious. Henry C. DillmaD, Isaac Morgan and Harry Evans received serious injuries. The storm was one of the worst ever experienced in that section. t A very heavy rainstorm, accompanied by wind, thunder and lightninz, struck Baltimore, Md. Many roofs were -lifted and pedestrians were thrown to the ground. A thunder, lightning and wind storm, accompanied by tremendous hailstones and heavy rain, struck Winsted, Conn. It blew down trees, broke telegraph wires, washed out the highways aud damaged crops. It was feared that the hail had ruinei the tobacco crop. In Torrington, Coon., a cyclone with immense hailstones did $6'J,000 damage. Houses belonging to William Clinton, .T \ Palmar and Joseoh Delov were blown down, and barns, chimneys aud tress were : blown over. Four children of Joseph Deloy, j in his house, were injured. Great damage is reported Irom villages near Torringtonto trees and crops. Ira Havner's barn, wagon-house and shed, at Brunswick (Jenire, N. J., were destroyel by fire, the barn having been struck by lightning. The Delaware and Hu Ison freignthouse, ut Moors J unction, N. Y. wss alio struck by lightning and destroyed by tire. CHANGES IS CIRCULATION. An Increase For the Fiscal Year ot , $103,005,783. The United States Treasury Department's itatement of changes in the circulation during last month and the fiscal year just closed shows a net decrease during June of J1S, 936,891; but ror the twelve montns eaaea June 3) an increase of $103,005.7S3. Oi tne various kinds of money in circulation there was a decrease during June of $1D, 0.39,870 in gold cartiftcates, $6,G3S,462 in United States notes $3, U JO, 033 in currency certificates, $409,352 in silver certificate?, $349,816 subsidiary silver. $297,441 In standard silver dollars, $143,917 in gold coin and $12!,008 in National bauk notes. On the other hand there was an increase of $10,982,985 in silver Treasury notes. The total circulation of the country on July 1, the beginning of tha new fiscal year, is placed at $1,603,073,333, against $1,5'W,067,555 on July 1, 1891, a net increase during the last fiscal year of $l0i,0i)5,7S3. During Juue there was a net decrease of $11,014,707 in money and bullion held in the Treasury. There was a decrease of $12,832,259 in gold coin, $6,662,939 in silver Treasury notes, $3,117,127 in gold bullion and $234,783 in subsidiary silver; while the store ot' standard siiver dollars increased $720.8 Iti; United States notes. $0,633,4132; National bank notes, $305,51$, and silver bullion, $4,167,575. accordance with an arrangement mads bv the lata Georgo W. Nesmith,of Franklin, N. H., the exact spot on which stood the house in which Daniel Webster was born has beoD marked by a huge boulder. By the side of this has been erected n staff fifty feet high. from which on pleasant days a flag of large size will float. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Many employes at the Philadelphia (Peon.) Mint were discharged because the appropriation is exhausted. Mrs. Chester Bullis, of Steven's Mills, in 1 roy, vc, was snot inruu^u mo ucuu and instantly killed by the accidental discbarge of a gun in the hands of her twelve* year-old son. The extensive operations in iron and steel formerly conducted at and around Pittsburg, Penn., under fifteen firms' names, will hareafter be conducted by the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited. The capital will be $25,000,000, and the consolidated concern will employ 40,000 men. Seven more ballot box stuffers were sent to the State Prison by Judge Llppincott in Jersey City, N. J. Yale's crew defeated Harvard's on the Thames, at New London, Conn.; the wearers of the blue covered the four-mile course in twenty minutes and forty-eight seconds, while the crimsons crossed the line just fifty-four seconds later. Yale freshmen beat Columbia and Harvard freshmen. A balloon which ascended from Boston (Mas?.) Common, in the presence of a great crowd, collapsed when over the harbor; two of its three occupants lost their lives. The cities of Quincy, Mass., and Paterson, N. J., celebrated their centennials. Throughout the Eastern and Middle States tiie Fourth of Julv was widely celebrated with sports, fireworks and more sedate methods; Tammany had her usual orations in New York City, and the people of Rye, N. Y., heard speeches from Alurat Halstead and Whitelaw Reid. The Fourth was celebrated as usual at Roseland Park, Woodstock, Conn.; addresses were delivered by Secretary Tracy, Senator Frye, Attorney-Seneral Miller and other well known men. Hotel Keeper Slatzr and Mrs. Kellert were drowned in Esopus Lake, N. Y. They were boating, with Mra. Wheatley and Mrs. Kellert's infant child, when the women got frightened at a dog and upset the craft. John De Leer, aged sixty, was shot and killeJbyhis nephew, Martin De Leer, in Great Barrinzton, Mass., in a quarrel over money. Governor Abbett ancT twenty-five Congressmen reviewed a parade in honor of the Centennial of Patsrsou, N. J. The amount of Defaulter Dann'i shortage in the National Savings Bank at Buffalo, N. Y., is $426,636. Mrs. Polixskt was picking raspberries on a mountain near Mill Creek, Penn., when a rattlesnake attacked her. She grabbed the reptile by the neclt and smashed its head with & stone, but not before the snake had put his fangs in her arm several times. She died five hours after being bitten. Snath and West. The Kansas Republican State Convention at Topeka nominated A. W. Smith for Governor on the fifth ballot. R. Moore was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor on the third ballot. In the central and northern parts of Kansas, it is said, at least 20,009 farm hands are needed. The wheat crop this year will probably exceed that of any previous year in the history of the State. The corn crop will also exceed any former yield. Governor Hogg, of Texas, was officially notified by Lazelle County officials that people would perish there of starvation unless provisions D9 sent immediately. The most severe storm in years yujsei over Northwestern Ohio. The tornado did the greatest amount of damage east of Lima, houses being blown down at Harrod, Foraker, Alger aniotner points. me town of Carey was almo3t destroyed by a tornado. No lives were lost, but the damage to property will reach >30,000 or $40,000. The Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, delivered the Fourth of July oration at Peoria, 111., and was greeted by thousands of citizens. Wilson if. Tyler, one of the wealthiest bankers in Vincennes, Ind., committed suicide a few days ago. Rufus Johnson, Laura Lewis and Ida Swanson, all of St. Paul, Minn., were drowned while boating; on Spring Lake, Blinnatonka. Joseph, Zicnaria and Henry Martin, thr^e brothers, aged twenty-five, seventeen and thirteen, were drowned in Kings River ear Huron, Cal., while bathing. The Arapahoe Indians are doing the ghost dance on their reservation in the Indian Territory to the great alarm of the white settlers near by. Washington. L. A. Dent, who was Secretary Blaine's private secretary, has been appointed to ict in that capacity for the present Secretary of State Ex-Secretart Blaine has sent the President a cordial acknowledgement of the receipt of his telegram of sympathy and condolence at the death of his son, Emmons Blaine. The President spent a quiet; and uneventful Fourth of July. Keturning from the Celebration at the monument to the Executive Mansion about 11 o'clock, he occupied his time until the luncheon hour by looking over his mail and going through some officitu papers. In the afternoon h2 took a drive with Mrs. Harrison out into the country, away from the noise and din of the city. Harold M. Sewall, of Miine, ConsulI (General at Samoa, has tendered his resignation and it has been accepted by the President. * A telegram was received at the Treasury Department from Special Agent Williams 1 at rort Townsend, Washington, canflrming the news of the capture by the revenua cutter Corwin of the British supply steamer Coquillan in Alaskan waters. Captain S. G-. Mills, Fifth Artillery, United States Army, has been appointed Commandant of Cadets at the West Point Military Academy, to succeed LieutenantColonel Hawkins, relieved. TV. J. Campbell, of Chicago, has declined to serve as Chairman of the Republican National Committee, beinjj unable to arrange his business affairs. The President has signe.i me agricultural Appropriation bill and approved the bill appropriating $:> ),OK) for tho erection of a statue of General VV. T. Sherman in Washington. General J. C. Kelton, retired, has bean appointed Governor of the boldiers' Home in Washington. Foreign. The Inman Line steamer City of Chicago ran .into a c.iff on the southwest coast of Ireland. The passengers and mails wer# saved. Cholera continues to alvausa in TransCaspian, Russia. Many deaths aro reported. The number of cases of cholera in the outskirts of Paris is increasing; quarantine has been established against the plague. The first returns from contested district? in the English elections showed many Lineral pains ani indications that the Home Rulers would win. Henrt M. Stanley, the explorer, has been defeated as a candidate for the British Parliament for North Lambeth in the Liberal-Unionist interest. The notorious murderer known as Matthias Hadelthas been guillotined at Valance, France. Five recruits who were on tbeir way to Minister, Germany, to report for dutr, began skylarking while crossing the River VVerre, and their boat capsizing tney were all drowned. The three men who cauSed the Birkenberg mine fire in Bohemia, by which 300 lost their lives, have been sentenced?Kirz, who threw the burning wick, to three y*ars; Kaboie to two y?ars, and Havalka, who confessed, to eighteen months. Andrew Carnegie, the American ironmaster, has received the freedom of the City of Aberdeen, Scotland, in recognition of hia crift of ijAQD to tha Abarrlwn lihrarw. As a result of the recent flood in the Mississippi region the railroads centering in East rft. Louis, 111., have decided to increase at least two feet the height of their tracks for a distance of two miles which is beyond the height reached by the water* Immense damage has been done In the County of Essex, England, by the pea weevil. In many cases whole fields of peas have been destroyed and have had to be plowed in and oats sown in their place. ?L --- - - ' THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. Proceedings ot the National Convention at Omaha. General Weaver, of Iowa, Nominated for the Presidency. The National Convention of the People's party met at 10 o'clock A. M. in the Coliseum at Omaha, Neb. Long before the hour ot OT>fViarin>? va?h rvmvantioa hall was ft0**-"* ? crowded with visitors, but the delegates were late in getting to the place of meeting. | By 11 o'clock the part of the hall allotted to delegates was fairly well fllle-1, most of the 1776 delegates being present, but in much confusion. The convention was called to order shortly after 11. Chairman Taubeneck, of the National Commission, announced that the first National Convention of the People's partv was now convened in regular session. Prayer was offered by Rev. Benjamin Diffenbacher, a well known Alliance man. "The next thing in order," said Chairman Taubeneck, "will be an address of welcome by Geor^o P. Bemis, Mayor of the city of Omaha." After Mayor Bemis hai spoken, three cheers were given for him. Then Mr. Taubeneck said: "Ladies and gentlemen of the convention, I desire to introduce to you the hero of the Alliance movement from its earliest days, Ben Terrill." Prolonged cheers greeted Mr. Terrill's apS;arance and at the conclusion of his speech hairman Taubeneck announced the list of temporary officers selected by the National Committee anl those officers were chosen by acclamation. C. H. Ellington, of Georgia, wa3 introduced as Temporary Chairman, and at ones made his speech of acceptance. The Chairman's reference to the deems* 1 President of the great farmer's organization was received with cheers and when a p;c.ure of President Polk was handed to him by Chairman Wilson, or tbe JNorcn uaronua delegation, and hoisted into view the vase convention with oneaccordaroseandshowei their reverence for the dead leader. At the conclusion of the Chairman's speech Mrs. Todd, of Michigan, stepped to the front of the platiorm to present Chairman Ellington with a gavel which, she explained, was carved by the wife of Ben Terrill from a piece of the tree planted by Washington at Mount Vernon. Chairman Ellington repliel, and the roll of States was called to report their members of the Committee on Credentials, and at 1:33 the convention adjourned until three o'clock. At the opening of the afternoon session messages of congratulation were real from various party leaders. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, was then introduced and spoke. Alter l>onne!ly\< speech the Alabama boy orator, J. C. Manning,and Alexander Cainpoal!, or Lu Salle, 111., addressed the meeting. A resolution was adopted to the effect that when the convention at the close of the afternoon session adjourn it be to meet again at 2:30 Sunday afternoon to participate in the memorial services for the iate Colonel L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, and the late Rev. Gilbert Delameter, of Cincinnati, and that the doors be thrown open to the general public. The Committee on Resolutions was theh announced. Cyclone Davis made a speech. The Committee on Credentials reported no contest. The Committee on Rules reported. Honore J. Jaxon, of Chicago, spoke. The convention adjourned at 6:30 till 8 o'clock Monday morning. At the opening of the convention on Monday morning the Chairman of the Credentials Committee reported that there were no contested saats, and then the Committee on Permanent Organization submitted the following report: For Permanent Chairman, H. L. Loucks,South Dakota; for Permanent Secretary, J. W. Hayes, New Jersey. Following this was also a long list of ViceChairmen, each State being represented. The report was unanimously adopted. Chairman Louck?, on being presented, received an enthusiastic welcome. He is a one-legged veteran, and while speaking supported himself on his crutch. VVhen he had finished, a reces3 until 2 p.m. was taken. After recess the convention.after a long debate, passed a resolution to adjourn until 8 p. St. At the evening session a resolution was introduced of svmpathy with the Kaight3 of Labor in their flgnt against the Rochester clothing men, upon which Ignatius Donnelly spoke among "others. The resolution was adopted. A resolution declaring against the presence of public officers, naming Senators, Congressmen, members of Legislatures, at conventions was reported from the Resolutions Committee, and passed without discussion. Then came the roll call of States for the presentation of candidates for President. General James B. Weaver, of Iowa; Senator Kyle, of South Dakota; General Field, of Virginia; Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota; and Mann Page,of Virginia, were nominated. Then the voting began and General Weaver was nominated on the flrst ballot. Weaver had 995 votes; Kyle, 275; Norton, 1^age? h. , The nomination was made unanimous. Nominations tor Vice-President were next in order. General Field, of Virginia, and Ben Terrell, of Texas, were the candidates, and Field was nominated on the flrst ballot, the vote standing: Field, 733$ Terrell, 554. Field made a brief address, and General Weaver was brought from his hotel to the platform, where h9 grasped the hand of his colleagues, while the delegates cheered for "our next President." The convention Chan adjourned sine die. The Platform Adopted. The preamble of the platform adopted declares that the convention met in the midst of a Nation brought to the verge of mora], political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the Legislatures, tbe Congress ana touches "even the ermine of the Bench. The people are demoralized; most of the States hav<j been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent the universal intimidation or Sribery. The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business protracted* our homes covered with mortgages; labor impoverished, and tha land concentrating in the ban is of the capitalists, and the fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few. Silver has been demonetized to I nr\r\ tn r.ViA nurfthasinz nower of gulJ by de creasing the value of all forms of property, as well as human labor, and the supply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurpers, bankrupt eatsrprise and enslavu industry. We declare, therefore: First?That the union of the Labor forces of the United Stites, this day consummated shall be permanent and perpetual; may its spirit enter into all hearts, to the salvatiou of the Republic and the uplifting of mankind. Second?Wealth belongs to him who creates it, and every dollar taken from industry, without an equivalent, is robbery. We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or the people must own the railroads; and should the Government enter upon the work of owning and managing any or all railroads, we should favor an amend ment to the Constitution by wuich all persons engaged in the Government service shall be placed under a Civil Service regulation of tne most rigid character, sd as to prevent the increase of the power of the National administration by the us? of such additional Government employes. We demand a National currency, safe, soun l and flexible, issued by the General Government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations, a jus1:, equitable and efficient means of distribution, direct to the people, at a tax not to exceed two per cent, per annum, to be provided as set forth in the Sub-Treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. vVe demand the free and unlimite i coin ago of silver ana goia at mo picacm, w0~ ratio of sixteen to one. We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily increased to not less tUan $50 per capita. We demand a graduated incomo tax. We believe that the moneys of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and henca we demand that all National and State revenues shall be limited to cie necessary expenses, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the Government for the safe ? deposit of the earnings of the peopli an J to fecilitate exchange. Transportation being a mevis of exchange and a public necessity, tha Government should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the postoffice system, being a necessity lor the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the Government in the interest of the people. The fana, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land .u?u u. aii uan BUUUIU UC Ul yuiuiwu, AU 10UU3 uv/rr UW'4 by railroads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only.. SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLTTTIOJfS. Whereas, Other questions have been presented for our consideration, we hereby submit the folio win?, not as a part of the platform of the People's Party, but as resolutions expressive of the sentiment of this convention. 1. Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections, and pledge ourselves to secure it to every legal voter without Federal intervention through the adoption of the States of the unperverted Australian or secret ballot system. 2. Resolved, That the revenue derived from a graduated income tax should be applied to the reduction of the burden of taxation now resting upon the domestic industries of this country. 3. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors. L Resolved, That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the present system, which op?ns our ports to the pauper and criminal classes of the world, and crowds out our wage earners; and we denounce the present ineffective laws against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable emigration. 5. Resolved. That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organized workingmea to shorten the hours of labor, .and demand a rigid enfoi cjruent of the existing eight hour law on Government work and ask that a penalty clausj be added to the said law. 6. Resolved, That we regard the maintenance of a large standing army of mercenaries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we demand its abolition x and we condemn the recent in* vasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Federal officials. 7. Resoived, That we commend to the favorable consideration of the people and to the reform press the legislative system known as the Initiative and Referendum. 8. Resolved, That we favor a constitutional provision liraititing the office of President and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people. 9. Resoived, That we oppose any suosidy or National aid to any private corporation for anv DurDOse. THE NATIONAL GAME. Anson is playing a poor first for Chicago. The Baltimorea have yet to win their first game from Brooklyn. ?tHANLON is back in the field for Baltimore, but is not yet quite his old self. JUUiiiiA^Of umucj, uigaswu auu are the leading winning pitchers. Welch, lata of the New Yorks, ia pitching winning ball for the Troy Club. Since Decoration Day the attendance has materially diminished in every Eastern city. Gleasoic is still pitching winning ball for Bt. Louis, and is easily the star of that team. Ward and Corcoran, of Brooklyn, make double plays with wonderful precision and quickness. The year of a Presidential election Is usually an oft one for baseball. It is the case this year. Richardson's work at short for Washington ,has been simply phenomenal. He leads tne country. Four opponents hare outbatted Boston in their series, viz., Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati anl tic. Louis. Many of the high salaried star3 will be asked to accede to a reduction in their sala* ries under the new order of things. The Bostons recently changed from the time honored red stockings to blue. No wnnHw rhev struck a streak of bad luck. It bos been suggested that if the professional baseball managers would set their men to playing lacrosse in the spring there would be less bellows-mending in running the bases. Clarksoit, Nichols, Lowe, Qainn, Stivetts and Tucker, of the Boston team, have consented to accept reduction of salary. Kelly was granted further time to say what he would do. At Washington, Richardson accomplished a very pretty triple play. He caught a line hit, ran and toucned second base, and then threw to first to cut off the runner who was trying to return back to that point. At Cleveland, during a practice game of baseball, John Carey, while at bat, was struck in the neck by a swiftly pitched bail from one Sells. He fell to the ground and died in a few minutes. Carey was twentyone years of age and a peddler by occupation. There has been lots of talk that the double championship season is not popular, but there is no such complaint from the company of tail*ender3. To them the second season is but the opening of the gates to the promised land from which they have been barred on account of hard luca, bad umpires and sick players. record or the i.eagde clubs. ?rr Per Clubs. Won. l/ost. ct. Clubs. Won. Lost. ct. Boston 49 20 .710 Washing'n3-2 38 .457 Brooklyn...45 .652 New YorkSO 38 .441 Fhilad'lp'a.44 25 .63$ Jhicago...'28 16 .438 <" oa *k> a* T.rt?ic os i i i.19. ^luuuuaw.fi ~?7 ,V?/. SJV. JUWUIU. -WW *, , Cleveland ..3<5 30 .545 Louisvllle.!j8 43 .394 Pittsburg..35 36 .493 Baltimore. 17 5J .254 THE LABOY WORLD, T'je women compositors of Boston, Mass., have been organized. India\apoli3, InJ.. has eight carpenters' anions with about 1400 members. Russia is rich in coal and Iron, and its mines for the want o' labor remain undeveloped. The extreme heat is having a fatal effect on Hungarians working at tb~ Pennsylvania coke ovens. About 600 Japanese miners recently left Koba for Mexico, where they will be employed in copper mines. Nixe years ago there were only eleven State labor bureaus in this country, and now there are twenty-eight. There were more strikes and demands for higher wage* in May among the silk workers than in the entire year of 1891. Delegates from fourteen labor organizations in Boston, Mass., recently formed a new Amalgamated Building Trades Council. The telegraph opsrators in Spain have struck, ani communication with the provincss is suspended. The wires are Deing worked by the military. El?ctricians report a more urgent demand for appliances than ever before known, and all of the well satisfied works are crowded with contracts. The co-operative factory establishei by the Cigar-Makers' Union of Hamburg, Germany, employed about 1<5Q people last year, and the surplus was $2472,10. Atlantic City (N. J.) waiters are proposing to establish a graded tip system ranging from a ten-cent tip at a two-dollar hotel to fifty cants at a swell house. It is stated that the average wages paid machinists in shipyards is about $10; only very few men m New York shipyards*have ever received more than $13 per week. At Pittsburg, Penn., the demand for finished iron is good, th? prospect of wage difficulties stimulating, the workers demanding last year's scale and the manufacturers a reduction. The guards, or brakemen, on English railways receive, on commencing, eighty-seven cents per day, and alter a time get a dollar. The drivers, or engineers, get $1.12, and get up to $1.23. Glasgow, Scotland, has an industrial home where women who have come out of prison get a home provided for them and ?i a** o..o omnlnvftl in laundrv work. Iwucro UUOJT t*4 V ? ^ w for which tli9j receive payment. BB ~LAT?fl Prksidett and Mrs. Harrisojt Washington by special train on their to Loon Lake in the Catskills, where mBMH Harrison will pass the summer. flMflHH Jones, the colored man who murdei^^BGHN Mrs. Tierney, was taken from the jail HHflH Weston, W. Vs., and hanged by a mob. The Democratic State Convention of ?as met at Topeka, and nominated a State ticket. The platform approves nomination of Cleveland and Stevenson, endorses the declarations of the Chica^RHHQj Convention. It alas declares prohibition be a failure. THzSergeant-at ^rmsof the House ninety-seven telegrams to absent membe^H^HH urging their speedy return to Washingt^HHH in connection with the consideration of Free Coinage bill. The news from Homestead, Penn., caus^^HHH a great deal of ez:it3ment at Washingtoflj^MH Rnllotina war? sflnfc hv f.hfl "Western. Unl^^HH^^H Telegraph Company over the private w^Hjj^^M to the President. The Secretary of wflHBER and several other members of his CabinH^^Hj were with the President when thenewacsu^^MHlj of open hostilities. The Western Uni^H^D| Telegraph Company also sent bulletins the Cabinet officers at the various depar^^^^H ments. ' flFTY-SECOND CONGEESsHB In the Senate. IHH 123d Da7.?Th9 Senate orders! a conference on the Naval bill Mr. Fr^^^HH introduced a bill providing that Collecto^^^^H of Customs, instead of receiving from Government a fee of $1 each for each tiflcate of title to vessels, shall collect th^BB^B amount from the person to whom the tiflcate is issued?a joint resolution wj^K^HR passed continuing all appropriations July 15. 10J.TW Di v ?Tha Shoroflph Fr/w Silver was passed by a vota of twenty-nine twenty-five. HBH 12.5th Day.?Farther disagreement wi^^^BB the House provision for the 6. A. R. campment was ordered Mr. Manderafl^flfll introduced a bill to create a National higtH way commission, to consist of two Senatoi^HHflG five Representatives, the Secretaries of TTa^Bfl^H Agriculture and Interior; the Postmaste^HBS General, the Attorney-General and an aat^HjEflj ciate member Irom each State and Terr^BjHH tory. Q9SH 126rH Day.?a bill increasing the pa^HHH sionsof thos9 who lost a lima, was pass^H H The Sundry Civil Appropriation was reported. , In the Honse. BaH 144th Day.?Mr. Cumrnings's bfll ^EHfl equalize the pay of letter carriers was furol H ably reported Disagreeing conference rHfl ports on the Naval and other appropriatio^BBB Dills were received??A joint resolntio^^^Hfl continuing the extraordinary appropriatiot^^^H| until July 15th was passed. 145th Day.?The conference report on Agricultural Appropriation bill was agreeH to*??The measure allowing thirty daj^HBH leave of absence to employes in the fiure?^H|jfl of Engraving aud'Printing was passe<^^^Bfl After four hours' debate the bills limitin^J^^H the hours of. daily service of the labor?^HMB| and mechanics employed upon the publ^HB^B works of the United States and the Distrk^H^H of Columbia was also passed At o'clock the Home took a recess until HHHfl o'clock when pension bills were considerec^^QB 146th Day.?The entire day's session occupied witn the discussion of nnmerot^HHH conterenc9 reports. Q^HI 147th Dat.?The day was consumed ifl H filibusterinz agajnst the reference of the ver bill to the Coinage Committee. IBM 14sth Day.?Mr. Caminetti introducedH H resolution authorizing the appointment b^QH the Speaker of a committee of five*membe^HBB to investigate and report on the causes of tt^H^H strike at Homestead (Penn.) mills and conditions producing the same?There further filibustering against the Silver bill. REVOLUTION IN HONDURASBB The Whole North Coast in the Hand^B^B of the insurgents. H The steamer Joseph Oteri, Jr., which wt^HBHj seized by the Honduranian insurgents tin ieflMfl Colonel Nuila, has just arrived at the quaiHD^B antine station New Orleans, In. She ports that the north coast is completely i^^^H thehaDds of the revolutionists, and tt^MR| merchants and people generally being sympathy witn the revolution businsss progressing as usua1. Her oSc3r3 confirr^^HH the reported capture of Truxillo and thHK^B Commandate, General Munoz. Secret&rj^ESM Partillo and several others wera killed. of the attacking party was also killed. BH An attempt was also made to tak9 Raat&i^HMH -' i'A woo frrnfrated. with the loss of tb^^HB ship's boats. The vassal r aturneJ to Truxill<^H^| whence she procsaied to Celba with trno{^|^H And Colonef NuiJa still on board. steamer was then release J. The revolution is led by the best men the republic. Forced taxes levied by eral Munoz on the principal merchants hav^BJH been returned by Colonel Nuila, which ha^HIM had the effect of increasing his popularit^^Hj with the people. SB^K| SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. The Peter Staart Goes to Pieces oiJH^M Nova scotian liocks. |9H| The ship Peter Stuart, Captain Hughes^^^H (rom St, John, for Liverpool, ueai-.aaea,^^^H struck on the rocks, off Chebogue Poiat^HHg Nova Scotia, and went to pieces The crew with the captain's wife and chik^^^H attempted to escape in boats, an i on a raft^^Hfl One of the boats capsized, and the occupant^^HS were drowned incluiing Mrs. Hughes the boy. The raft broke up and only thre^HHN of its burden war a rescued. The captain^^^H aud eleven sailors out of cwenty-aight aouls^HKS all told, were saved. nr ? r-JTlT-v A TXT A V H\T C! TflTTT^B^M BLI?lZILU H YV H jl vii AlterTen Shots Green and Bell WerH^H Dead and Grissom Wounded. In an affray in a barroom At C.arendoraHfflj Texas, three men Tvere killoi. Two named Green and Bell, notorious desperi^H^B does, met in the barroom about 9 o'dociflBB| and, without wasting words, proceeded settle an old grudge. They opened fire sig^^^H ultaneously. Five shots were excbangad^HSfl and when the smoke cleared away both were found dead on the door. JDeputy'JiflHfll a pec tor Benjamin Grissom, of Texas, who was in the saloon at the tim^^^H was wounded by one of the shots and die^^^H at midnight. CURIOUS FACTS. Maine hunters killed 350 bears las^HB n Women were employed in printin^^H| offices as long ago, it is said, as 1520. The diniDg cars on our railways eanfll^H uore than the sleeping cars and the bag^HB gage cars. A liquor dealer in Kentucky has beci^^^B ioed 8100 on each oae of 1577 cases oHH illegal selling. HM The Chinese, Japanese, Malays, Sianij^^H esc. New Zealander? and North Ameri^^^J can Indians arc all but beardless. Sfij For 200 years before the establishment^^^B of a Republic, no son of a French mon'^DB arch had succeeded his father to th^Hffl throne. HH Cyrus Thomas claims to hare discov^HH ered the key which will unlock the mys^^^fl tery of the Maya ccdices and, probably^^H| of the Central American inscriptions. HHj Through a pneumatic tube seven hun-fl|EB dred miles in length letters are whirler^^9[ between Paris and Berlin in tbirty-fiv^HH minutes?at the speed of twenty mile^^^B a minute.