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* 1 THEY FOUGHT ALL DAY. Battle Between Carnegie Steel "Workers and Pinkerton Men. Many Killed on Both Sides Dur ing the Fierce Encounters. Pennsylvania has ba 1 another experienca with labor riot#, and this tioie,a3 during the fearful scenes which were witnessed during the railroad riots of 1877, blood has been shed, life jeopardized and valuable property placed in danger. This time there was no destruction of property, but the mob was thoroughly well organize - *, well disciplined and had efficient otficers at the head to conduct the operations. The force embraced all the men eraoloyed in the extensive plants of the Carnegie Iron and Steel Company at Homestead, some eight miles east of Pittsburg, and a battle which, for bloodthirstiness and boldness of execu tion, 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 Pinker tons brought to the place to protect the property, unconditionally surrendered, leav ing their arms in the barges in which they had been transported to the works. The riot was the culmination of the troubles which have been brewing at Home stead for the last month. With the utmost secrecy the Carnegie firm engaged 300 Pink erton detectives, brought them Irom Chicago, New York and other points, and, after the Sheriff's deputies were driven away 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 in duced to return to work. It was shortly after midnight when word reached Homestead that two barges filled with Pinkerton men had left a point on the Ohio River, a few miles below Pittsburg, for Homestead, and that they would attempt to force their way into the mill before morn ing. The word was carried to Homestead at once, and before 2 o’clock 6000 men, women and children lined the river 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 Carnagie mill yard. A thousand strikers were 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 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. The stout oaken tim bers forming the sides of the boat were splintered, but the heavv steel plates on the inside prevented the balls from penetrating the interior. Many of the strikers, how ever, were expert marksmen, and they sent shot after shot into the port boles in the boats, and inflicted terrible injury to the imprisoned men. When it was found that little, impression could be made by the canuon on the boats, an effort was male to fire the barges and thus comnel the detectives to leave the ves- selsor suffer the terrible fate of being burned alive. Hose was procured and oil was spouted on the decks and side* of the rssrges. While this was bemg done, barrel after bar- the least, but are more peaceful in their talk, though none the less determined to hold the Carnezie works against all comers. The works are guarded dav and night by a large force, who rest in tents and small huts hastily erected for the purpose, when not on duty. A mass meeting was held, and the men who attended were urged to preserve the peace by their leaders. It is generally understood that Governor Pattison will not interfere, and that unless there is another formidable fight the workmen will not be called unon to face the militia. Sheriff McCleary has failed to raise a sufficient force to attempt to cope with the small army which stand ready to defend its control of the Carnegie plant at any cost. Three of the men killed in the fight were buried next day, and a large crowd followed fBtU \L 7$ ij m .b 4R* r MILL HAVDS AT HOMESTEAD. >-•*- .-r5- Ofcl* ANDREW CARNEGIE. landing as was contemplated, but it fell like a paper wall before the rage of the strikers. Up to this time there had not been a sign of life on the barges, but when within fifty feet of the shore the large doors at the end of the boats were thrown open and as many men as could conveniently stand on the little forward decks crowded quickly out. Through the rapidly coming daylight was recognized the slouch-hatted, blue-coated,heavily armed Pinkerton men.Every one of the Pinkertons held in his hands a deadly double-barrelled Winchester rifle, and though three score of the glittering barrels were levelled directly at the mill men as the boat reached the shore, not a man retreated, but rather pressed closer to the shore in •order to be the first to fall if necessary. The din was terrific as the lusty-lunged mill men vented their *®ge up on the intruders. * .“Doni’t come on land or we’ll brain you,” they jelled. —' - don’t v.u work ^ryour living like decent meo?’ they howleaTT. ^ _ . Not a word answered the Pinkertons, but as the boat touched the shore and a gang plank was thrown out, every Pinkerton man covered as many men as possible with his Winchester. Rage bad now transformed the usual pacific Homestead meu 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 rel of oil was emptied into the river above the mooring place, the object being to allow it to float against tbe boats and then ignite it. This was attempted several times, but the boats did not burn, and then the mob became infuriated and hurled dynamite bombs at tbe vessels. Tbe men also laid a natural gas pipe toward the boats. They wanted to send a strong stream of natural gas that would en velop the boat, and then Tight it with a tor pedo. The second conflict was precipitated when another effort was made bythe Pinkerton men to effect a landing Before the second at tempt was made to land the officer in charge announced to the crowd of workmen assem bled on the bank that his men were Pinker tons, and that he would land them if he had to mow down everybody in sight. He then ordered his men to advance, and as they advance * from the barge they were met by a shower of lead from the rifles and pistols of the tattered workmen. Tne officers fell back for an instant as if repulsed, but they were promply rallied, and, marching eight abreast, endeavored to get ashore. They were driven back again, however. The steamer Little Bill, which had towed the Pinkerton men to Homestead, was com pelled early in the day to leave the barges on the bank and under the fire of the strikers to convey the wounded Pinkerton men to a place where they could obtain treatment. When this was accomplished, tbe captain of the steamer tried to return and tow the barges into the middle of the river again, but he was not permitted to come near the bank. The cannoneers across the river .fired three cannon balls at the Little Bill. Their aim was bad, and one ball, entering the open hearth department, too* off a man’s bead. One Pinkerton, 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. The men continued using dynamite sticks, throwing them over the piles of coal and iron. Some exploded in the water and did no damage, while others struck the boats and sent pieces flying in the air. At every successful shot the men rent the air with wild cheers. Sharpshooters were stationed at various places, and shot every time a Pinkerton man looked out to see the position of the men. Finally the strikers’ canuon burst and they resorted to dynamite. Great chunks of it were thrown at the boat, the most of which only ^plashed the water. Meanwhile the Piukertons were huddled under deck, dragging in their dead and car ing 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 re lieved, and the leaders of the strikers pleaded witji their followers to allow thq. Pinkertons tp surren ier. The appeal was drowned with shouts of “No!” .“We’ll kill them like dogs!” “They shall have no mercy!” but when, a few minutes later, the white handkerchief appeared on the top of cma of the barges, the firing ceased and the strikers consented to a parley. Then the promise that they should not be harmed seemed to be forgotton. They were driven like sheep between lines of strikers to ^(1 Mil liunri .-«>>> >)« ’linn Ip UlR Jll THE STEEL MILL AT HOMESTEAD. the first sbot which started the slaughter that has made so many homes of mourn ing. The first gun. however, was thought to have been di-ebarged by the Captain of the gang of men, who was afterward killed. The last moment before the slaugh ter. the crowd was surging downward against six of the leading mill workers, who stood with their backs to the Pinkertons, fairly under the muzzles of the rifles, 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'Donnell, as, hatless and coatless, he tried to check the angry men. “In God’s name,” he cried, “my good fel lows, kfep 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 bow 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 hands. William Foy, who stood at the front with his foot on the gang plank staggered, and fell, his blood gushing out. For a moment the crowd was struck dumb by the attack. Only the groans 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 an t were using them. The leader of the Pinkertons clapped his band to his breast and fell overboard, sink ing beneath the waters, while several other Pinkertons staggered back and were carried inside the boat r.y their comrades. Instantly the Pinkertons were made to pay for their work. Every man of the first ran-i were shot down. Two tell into the water and were heard o: no more.* One other died, but his bo iy was recovered and tne others were seriously injured. That was the opening of th? battle. The firing from the barges at once became gen eral. As soon as day broke, the strikers secure 1 a small brass teu-poander cannon and planted it within a steel billet embrasure, so as to command the targes whtca were moored at the bank of the river. At the same time a force ot more than 1000 men took up a position on the opposite side of the river, and also planted a cannon, which thev protected with a breast word of rail road ties. The fire trom Doth sides was kept up, the barges hav.ng been pierced along 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 Pinkertons up and sur rounded the building with an armed guard th e strikers telegraphe i Sheriff McCleary to come to Homestead and take the prison er s to jail. The Sheriff left Pittsburg on the first train. No sooner were the detectives safely in ia il than the two barges were thoroughly searched by the Homestead men, and the guns.cartridges and uniforms were remove i. Barrels of oil were poure 1 upon the two boats and they were burned to the water’s edge at sunset. Up to tio’ciock the following evening eleven deaths had been reported from yesterday’s fight. In the city hospitals were thirty- i three of the wounded. These, of course, j did not include the scores of strikers who | were carried away by their friends at ! Homestead, nor any of the 156 Pinkerton I men who were battered, bruised and mal- j treated, principally bythe women, after they ! had surrendered. Tne Pinkertons say that seven of their men were killed outright and 1 eleven wounded. They believe several dead | men were thrown off the Little Bill into tbe river. The number of Pinkertons placed in the lock-up and rink was •234. At 12 : .j in the morning a special train of ten cars backe 1 quietly into the F., V. and C. depot, at homestead. Sheri:.’ Mc Cleary and W. J. Brennan jumped from the train and Parried to the lock-uo and the rmk where the Pinkerton men were im prisoned. A moment later tne prisoners were marched to the depot, and almost without a word they were hurried into the car waiting them. All th - blinds were palled down and not 2bd people in the p ace knew that their enemies were being taken away. About firtr cit zensof Homestead accompanied the prisoners to Pittsburg. All mzht they dayed in the cars in which they had te*n brought from the scene of batcle. an 1 at II o’ciock a. M. t..ey were secretly removed trom Pittsburg, i’he car doors were locked and tbe cars were gu irde 1 by a dozen Pitts burg policemen. The train conveyed tuem to New York, where they dispersed. An Armed Peace. A dispatch sent from Pittsburg, two days after the battle with the Pinkerton meu.stid: The locked-ou: workmen at the Homestead works have not relaxed their vigilance in their remains to the cemetery, 'The combative spirit oi the n.en under arms was illustrated shortly after midnight by the eagerness with which they gathered in force at all vulnerable points, in response to a false alarm that Pinkertons were ap proaching the town The committee sent to Harrisburg to see Governor Pattison got no further than Pitts burg, returning after a conference with the Sheriff. The latter arrived in Homestead late in the afternoon, and met a committee of citizens. Of tho twenty who had prom ised to meet him, not more than half put in an appearance. Dr. Stadden, a prominent citizen, acted as spokesman for the men. He told the Sheriff that the workmen were willing to put a sufficient number of reputable citizens in the works as a guarantee for their protection against violence if Mr. Frick and other per sons interested would also go there. The Sheriff made no promises and returned to Pittsburg. The highways to and from Homestead,and the banks of the Mouongahela River, are patroled by squads of men. Strangers are stopped and questioned and made to give account of themselves. An unusual feature of the trouble is that the town of Homestead is more quiet and orderly than it is when nothing ot an excit ing nature is in the wind. Taking the advice of their leaders, the men have kept indoors all day. No unusual gatherings are seen, except at the railway station and the crossings at train time. No loud talking is heard on the streets; no rabid utterances are indulged in; all is quiet as a Sunday calm. History of the Trouble. The strike at Homestead is the result of a fight between Andrew Carnegie and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. The Amalgamated Association consists of 60,000 members. The immediate causes of the strike may be summed up as follows; The appointment of H. C. Frick, who is known to be opposed to organized labor, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Steel Associa tion; the declaration of an ultimatum to the Amalgamated Association, and the al leged neglect of Mr. Carnegie to arbitrate. Representatives of the Amalgamated Asso- cittion state that the now scale contemplate 1 such sweeping reductions that the men were not able to sign it. After a long discussion the work men agreed to accept a minimum prico 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 mid night of June 24, and that after that hour there would ba no conferences. Immedi ately after this Mr. Carnegie’s representa tive began to fortify tha works at Home-, stead. The great steel works at Homestead cover 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 mill, the plate mill, the armor plate mill, the open hearth mill, the finishing depart ment, the ten-inch, the twenty-two-inch and the 119-inch mill, and the big plate pressing room. The water for the works comes from the Monongahela River and is sufficient in quan tity to supply a town of 50,000. One hun dred and fifty boilers run the great engines, the pumps and the steam hammers. Natural gas for fuel is furnished by the company's own well. About 4500 men are employed, and the out out is font times as big as from the great Krupp works in Ger many. The Carnegie company has purchased 100 additional acres and will add it to the works next year. It is already fenced in by heavy barbed wire. The steel works are completely surrounded by a stout board fence twelve feet high, built upon a foundation of slag three feet high. The fence is three miles long and is strung along the top with three strands of barbed wire, so connect id with the electric plant that the turning of a switch makes the wires alive with a powerful current of elec tricity. Hyorants are stationed at frequent inter vals, from which great streams of hot or cold water can be poured. Tne fence is lighted with electric lights, while powerful search lights make the approaches as clear as day. Four-inch portholes are bored in the fence. The office is fenced additionally and a railroad track connects it with the Munhall station. A oridze connects the office with a build ing outside the works.. The place has been completely fortified, and preparations have been made to accommodate an army of de fenders. A big camera has been set up to take in stantaneous pictures in case ot riot. On the river trout is an armed steel launej. WRECK OF THE CHICAGO. The Bij; Imnan Liner Battered to Pieces. The Inman steamship City of Chicago, which went on the rocks near Kinsale Head, Ireland, a few nights since, has been broken up by the waves and is a total wreck. The cargo is washing out of the hold an 1 the coast is strewn with boxes, packages of bacon and other commodities. The sea was running heavily and there was no hope of saving any o; the cargo, as tugs could not venture near the place. The stern portion of the C.ty of Chicago, after breaking off from t ;e forepart, stranded on the adjacent roc'i?. When the mainmast fell the crash could be heard on the c.iffs, aul the coastguards and others wno happened to be about hast ened to the scene just in time to witness the final catastrophe as the great ship with much creaking and snapping broke in halves and the waves surged over the reinnauts of the vessel. HAD*RATHER DROWN, Six Workmen Accidentally Forced to Alalce the Choice. While a number of workmen were en gaged in repairing the woolen bridge which crosses the River Ebro at Tortosi, Spain, a fire which was used for melting pitch com municated to the woodwork and set the structure on fire. The pitch also caught fire ana six of the workmen were enveloped in the flames. They jumped into tbe river and before assistance could reachtaem two were drowned. The others were rescued in a terribly burned condition. The ” Bishop’s palace and the Custom House, both of which were locate i uear the bridg-*. were set on tire. The bridge was completely destroyed. THE PEOPLE’S PARTY. Proceed in srs of the National Convention at Omaha. General Weaver, of Iowa, Nomi nated 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 of gathering the vast convention hall was crowded with visitors, but the delegates were late in getting to the place of meeting. By 1L o’clock the part of the hall allotted to deleeates was fairly well filled, 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 Na tional Convention of the People’s party wa* 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 George P. Bemis, Mayor of the city of Omaha.” After Mayor Bemis had 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 ap pearance and at the conclusion of his speech Chairman Taubeneck announced the list of temporary officers selected by the National Committee and those officers were chosen by acclamation. C. H. Ellington, of Georgia, was intro duced as Temporary Chairman, and at once made his speech of acceptance.; The Chairman’s reference to the deceased President of the great farmer’s organization was received with cheers and when a picture of President Polk was handed to him by Chairman Wilson, of the North Carolina delegation, and hoisted into view the vast convention with one accord arose and showed their reverence for the desd leader. At the conclusion of the Chairman’s speech Mrs. Todd, of Michigan, stepped to the front of the platform to present Chairman Elling ton with a gavel which, she explained, was carved by the wife of Ben Terrill from a niece of the tree planted by Washington at Mount Vernon. Chairman Ellington repliel, and the roll of States was called to report their mem bers of the Committee on Credentials, and at 1:23 the convention adjourned until three o’clock. At the opening of the afternoon session messages of congratulation were read from various party leaders. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, was then introduced and spoke. Alter Donnelly’s speech the Alabama boy orator, J. C. Man ning,and Alexander Campbell, of La Salle, 111., addressed the meeting. A resolution was adopted to the effect that when the convention at the close of the after noon session adjourn it be to meet again at 2:30 Sunday afternoon to participate in the memorial services for the late 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 then 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 6:10 till 8 o’clock Monday morning. At the opening of the convention on Mon day morning the Chairman of the Creden tials Committee reported that there were no contested seats, and then the Committee on Permanent Organization submitted the fol lowing 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 Vice- Chairmen, each State being represented. The report was unanimously adopted. Chairman Loucks, on being presented, re ceived an enthusiastic welcome. He is a one-!egged ve^rau, and while speaking sup ported hims^ffan his crutch. When he had finished, a re«?ss until 2 P.M. was taken. Af ter recess the cpnvention.af ter a long debate, passed a resolution to adjourn until 8 p. m. At the evening session a resolution was introduced of sympathy with the Knights of Labor in their fignt against the Rochester clothing men,upon which Ignatius Donnelly spok§ §mong others. The resolution was adopted, -x A resolution declaring against the pres ence of public officers, naming Senators, Congressmen, members of Legislatures, at conventions was reported from the Resolu tions Committee, and passed without discus sion. Then came the roll call of States for the presentation of candidates for President. General James B. Weaver, of Iowa; Sena tor Kyle, of South Dakota; General Field, of Virginia; Ignatius Donnelly, of Minne sota; and Mann Page, of Virginia, were nom inated. Then the voting began and General Weaver was nominated on the first ballot. Weaver had 995 votes; Kyle, 275; Norton, 1; Page. J The nomination was made unanimous. Nominations for Vice-President were next in order. General Field, of Virginia, and Ben Terrell, of Texas, were the candidates, and Field was nominated on the first ballot, the vote standing: Fieid, 733; Terrell, 554. Field made a brief address, and General Weaver was brought from his hotel to the platform, where he grasped the hani of his colleagues, while the delegates cheered for “our next President.” The convention then adjourned sine die. The Platform Adopted. The preamble of tho platform adopted de clares that the convention met in the midst of a Nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the Legislatures, the Congress ana touches |even the ermine of the Bench. The people are demoralized; most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent the universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely subsi dized or muzzled; public opinion silenced; business protracted; our homes covered with mortgages; labor impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of the cap italists, and the fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few. Silver has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power of gold 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 enterprise and enslave industry. We declare, therefore: First—That the union of the Labor forces of the United States, this day consummated, shall be permanent and perpetual; may its spirit enter into all hearts, to the salvation of the Republic and the uplifting of mankind. Second—Wealth belongs to him who cre ates it, and every dollar taken from indus try, without au equivalent, is robbery. We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will either own tho people or the people must own the rail roads; andshouli the Government enter up on the work of owning and managing any or all railroads, we should favor an amend meat to the Constitution by waich all per sons engaged in the Government service shall be placed under a Civil Service regula tion of tne most rigid character, so as ^to prevent the increase of the power of tho Na tional administration by the use ot such ad ditional Government employes. We demand a National currency, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the (reueral Government oniy, a lull legal tender for all debts, public and private, au 1 that with out tbe use of banning corporations, a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution, direct to the peo•»:•-*. at a tax _noc to cxgaed .wo per cent, per annum, to ne proviaed as set forth ia the Sub-Treasury plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obliga tions tor public improvements. We demand the free and unlimited coin age of silver and gold at the present legal ratio o: sixteen to one. We demand that tne amount of the circu lating mediate, oe speedily increased to uot less than $50 per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the moneys of the coun try should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we he- man 1 that ali National and State revenues shall be limited tot;e necessary expenses, ecar.omieaily and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings banks ba established by th? Goveruggent for_the safe deposit of the earnings oi Hie people and to fccilitate exchange. Transportation being a means of ex change and a public necessity, the Govern ment should own and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the post- office system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, sbonld be owned and operated by the Government in the interest of the people. The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people and should not be monopolized for specu lative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in ex cess of their actual needs and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the Government and held for actual settlers only. SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, Other questions have been pre seated for our consideration, we hereby sub mit the followinz, not as a part of th« platform of the People’s Partv, but as reso lutions expressive of the sentiment of thii convention. 1. Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections, and pledg* ourselves to secure it to every legal votei 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 ap plied to tbe reduction of the burden of taxa tion now resting upon the domestic indus tries of this country. 3. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors. 4. Resolved, That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the present system, which opens our ports to the pauper aud criminal classes of the world,and crowds out our wage earner?; and we de nounce the present ineffective Jaws against contract labor, and demand the further re striction of undesirable emigration. 5. Resolved. That we cordially sympatbizs with the efforts of organized workingmen to shorten the hours of labor, and demand a rigid eufoicjuient of tbe existing eight hour law on Government work and ask that a penalty clause be added to the said law. 6. Resolved, That we regard the mainten ance of a large standing army of mercen aries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we demand its abolition, 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 tho favorable consideration of the people and to the reform press the legislative system known as the Initiative and Referendum. 5. Resolved. That we favor a constitu tional provision limititing the office of Pres ident and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people. O. Reso.ved, That we oppose any subsidy or National aid to any private corporation for any purpose. WORLD’S FAIR NOTES. ATTACKED BY A CRAZY MAN Judge Clute, ot Albany, N. Y., Has a Lively Tussle in HU Office. Elward McDonald, a raiddle-agei labor er, who is supposed to be insane, entered County Judge Ciute’s office at Albany, N. Y., and demanded that he sign a $3000 not^-. The Judge refused and attempted to leav the office. McDoual l struct the Judge an i tried to draw a revolver when the Judge grappled with him. and for a few minute? there was a lively tussle around the office. The Judge, still holding oa to tne in furiated man. managed to touch an electric outton and tue office boy in an adjoining room respondei. The boy grabbed McDonald by the legs an i he was lAcke l against the wall, all the while making a vigorous fight. Finally the boy got the revolver out of- McDonald’s pocket. The Ju Ige continued to hold nim and the boy secured a policeman. McDonald was taken to Police Headq uarters and comraitte I to jail. He has been a defendant in a divorce suit and has been hanging around Juige Clute's office for-some ttme. Tha note whica ae wi-hed signed was made payable to any one. rvoBEF.TL,. WARNER has sailed from New YorK lor Afr.ca with a phonograph to study the language of tbe monkeys. He took introductions to chiefs of various tribes spoken into the phonograph by Btan- ley, Du Chaiilu and other explorers. extensive ex- Russia will make a very hibit at the World’s Fair. The mineral exhibit at the World’s Fair promises to be incomparably finer than any ever before made either in this country or abroad. Kentucky will make at the World’s Fair an exhibit of tobacco in all its forms from the seed up to the matured and manufac tured leaf. Great Britain, France, Germany, and in fact many other foreign Nations, are asking, and almost insisting, that more space be granted for their exhibits at tbe World’s Fair. An exact fac simile of the San Louis Roy Mission, perhaps the finest and most cele brated of all the famed old mission ruins in Southern California, will be seen at tho World’s Fair. It is reported that King Alexander, of Servia, has decided to visit the World’s Fair next year. He is sixteen years old and son of tho much-talkod-of ex-King Milan and ex-Quoen Natalie. A Buffalo (N. Y.) man proposes to furnish the World’s Fair with an attraction in the shapo of a collection of snakes. Ho claims to be able to show as many as 20JO different varieties A group of Caribs from the Lesser An tilles, descendants of the cannibal race dis covered by Columbus on his second voyage, will be at the World’s Fair, engaged in mak ing baskets and in other native industries. More than one thousand men are now a work on the mammoth Manufacturers' building for the World’s Fair. The total number of workmen at Jackson Park now exceeds 7000. it will probably be increased to 10,000 ormore. An agent of the Turkish Government is on his way to Chicago to superintend the con struction of the Ottoman pavilion and a Turkish village for the World’s Fair. A.c- companying him are native masons who will build the pavilion. The Swiss National Council has appro priated $24,000 for an exhibit at the World’s Fair o* the Swiss watch-making industry. It also approved subsidies for exhibits of other industries, incluiing female work in the manufacturing line. One of the novel exhibits in Machinery T-Taii at the World’s Fair will be a model paper-mill. It will be in active operation and will show alt the .processes of paper making from the pulp to the finished card, which will be ia the form of a World’s Fair souvenir. The Kentucky building at the World’s Fair will be a typical representation of a Southern colonial mansion, one of the dis tinctive features of which is great pillared porches or verandas. Exclusive of these porches the building will measure about seventy-five by ninety feet. The American Ostrich Company has sent to Chicago for exhibition at the World’s Fair thirty birds from its ostrich farm at Fall Brook, San Diego County, California. The ostriches have been sent on thus early in order that they may become thoroughly acclimated by the time the Fair opens and appear at their best. The Washington World’s Fair Commis sion has arranged to make a very complete fish exhibit. It will include all kinds of deep sea and inland species of fish, oysters, clams, crabs, lobsters and other crustaceaus, turtles, frogs, snakes and other reptiles, specimens of acquatic mammals such as sea otter, seals, fishes, beavers, muskrats, etc.; fish-eating birds and their nests aud eggs, and fishing boats and apparatus. The Jelly palace, which the women of California will prepare for the World’s Fair exhibit, will be sixteen by twenty feet and twenty-five feet high, with two open doors approached by three marble steps. The frame work will be of wire. On this will ba firmly placed several tiiousan i jelly glasses —cups, globes, prisms, etc.—filled witn jelly of many shades of color, arranged in artistic and beautiful designs. The interier will be brilliantly illuminated by electricity. The cost of the frame work and glasses alone is estimated at $2700. ST. JOHN’S DEVASTATED. The Centre of New Foundland’s Capita Swept by Flames. All the Principal Buildings in the City Laid in Ashes. A dispatch from St. John’s, New Found- land, says: A southwest gale was blowing over the city during the afternoon when a fire broke out in a building on Long’s Hill, The city of St. John’s is built on the side of a steep hill. The harbor runs east and west, and the heart of the citv is comprised in the section from the Allan Line wharf in the east to the dry dock at the head of the harbor in the west, a distance of a mile and a baR. The principal business houses ara along this stretch. The residences and public buildings extend up and back over the brow of the mountain for nearly a mile. Long’s Hill runs southwest from the English Cathe dral up the mountain side to Le Marchmont road, upon which the Catholic Cathedral is built. The same street leads to the harbor, and the whole distance is through the heart of the city. The houses at the top of this hill are of wood, very old and an easy prey to a fire. The water at such an altitude was naturally defective, and notwithstanding the tre mendous exertions of the firemen,the flames were carried down towards the city with appalling rapidity. The high wind, carrying live embers in every direction, ignited a score of confla- erations at once, so that within half an hour from the first outbreak the Fire Depart ment and people were utterly helpless, and the centre of the city was abandoned to its fate. The first large building to become a prey to the fiery flames was the new Methodist College and boar ding hall recently erected at a cost of $40,000, and the educational headquarters of Methodism in the colony. From here the flames leaped to the mag nificent Masonic Temple, erected at a cost of $50,000. and a portion of which was used as the general Protestant Academy. Sweeping down the hill, the flames next licked up the Gower Street Methodist Brick Church, the oldest and largest in the city. Then, across the street to the superb cathedral of the English Church, 120 feet in length and fifty-six feet broad. This was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, and was con- jeded to be tbe finest piece of Gothic archi tecture on the Continent. Next the Orange Hall and the Palace of Bishop Jones were consumea. Continuing its swath, the next victim of its prey was the Supreme Court House, on Duckworth street; the Police Headquarters, the magnifi cent Athemeum Building, containing the Government officas, law offices. Government Savings Bank, a large public hall and read ing-room. Proceeding along Duckworth street, the Union Bank building, the Commercial Bank, the fine brick and stone Presbyterian Church, and the Telegram newspaper office were quickly destroye 1. Then the flames took complete possession of the great business establishments and fish warehouses on Water street, soon extending to tho wharves, from which the shipping had to haul out into the harbor for safety. But long before this, and while the fire was rushing with irresistable fury toward the water front, it was also spreading easterly from its original starting point, and before the people were aware of it the majestic pile of freestone, with its twin towers, the Cath olic Cathedral, was ablaze. Two-thirds of the population of St. John’s are Catholic and worshiped in this vast structure. It was one of the largest and most magnificent places of worship in the New World, and was built of cut limestone and Irish granite. There was little hope of saving the con vent and the College of St. Bona venture. At 8 o’clock the operators were driven from the telegraph andcibleoffices by the flames, which soon claimed those buildings. At that hour over 500 buildings had been destroyed, including all the principal struc tures in the city.ani the flames were spread ing in all directions, being carried with great velocity east and south. It was feared that the Governor’s palace, the Parliament Buildings aud Colonial offices would be also swept away. PROMINENT PEOPLE. John G. Whittier is said to be color blind. Harrison, Cleveland, Reid and Steven son are all Presbyterians. Signor Giolitti, the new Premier of Italy, is one of the tallest men in Rome. Jules Verne is now writing his seventy- fourth novel. He turns out two books a year. The Dominion House of Commons has voted $10,000 for a monument to Sir John Macdonald. President Harrison is said to be a great walker, and seldom patronizes the street cars in Washington. Senator Gray, of Delaware, has invaded the prim precincts of the United States Senate Chamber in a pair of russet shoes. Lipton, the London tea and provision merchant, paid the other day in a single check to Her Majesty’s customs the sum of nearly $77,000. Thomas Hart is the dearest living rela tive of Shakespeare. He is a resident of Australia, and is eighth in descent from Shakespeare’s sister, Joan. George Gould didn’t go to college, in stead, he went into his father’s office at the age of sixteen, and at twenty-eight he is now a six-millionaire in his own right. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, has shaved off a beard which be has worn for nineteen years. It is said his daughter did net recognize him after the metamorphosis. President Tuttle, of Wabash College, has retired from service after holding office thirty years. He has been on duty all of that time except two mouths, a record not easily paralleled. Alexander Henry, inventor of the c 1- ebrate i Martini-Henry rifle, used exclusive ly in the British army, is a Scotchman by birth, and recently celebrated his seventy- fourth birthday. The most interesting person present at the last meeting of Black Hawk war survivors at Freeport, 111., was Mrs. William Lew- horn, of Lena, 111. She was in the fort at Apple River at the time of Black Hawk s murderous attack, and dealt out powder ani shot to the defending soldiers. Galushv A. Grow, who wa« Speaker of the House of Reoreseatatives from 1563 to 1865, was a guest at a Chicago hotel recent ly. He is sixty-nine years old. Wnen first elected to Congress Mr. Grow was only tiventv-six years of age and had the distinc tion of being tho youngest member of the House. DEATH IN FLAMES. Mrs. Broderick and Her Three Chil dren Suffocated. Mrs. Annie Broderick and her three chil dren were suffocated in a fire, which wa« caused by the explosion of a lamp at No. 67 East liSth street, New York City. The fire was discovered at 3:4J o’clock, but before tbe engines could reach the house the flame* bad gained such headway that it was impos sible to rescue the inmates. The dead cub- dren are: Marv, five years; Richard, teen month?, and John, nine months. Broderick was a widow, a liar working and good looking £oman. The house in which she and the children ..i el !■> a little squatter's shantv. with a floor raeas- urin ' 12x10 feet, and a low ceiling. There is a little attic overhead. It was uied as a sleeping place. There was only room for one bed there, an 1 into that little family creot every nigat by the rick ety ladder that led to the attic. Chicago's new water tunnel is completed. It is tignt leet in diameter, thirty feet br- low the surface of the Jake and begins to take watir four miles cut. It cost over a million dollars, and will supply one hundred and thirty million gallons per day to the city, thus bring ng Chicago’s daily water bupp.y up to three bunarei million gallons. i ee present wneat crop in icansas pirom- ises to exceed any ever known. Farmers are cfferinz *2 to $3 a day with board for heip. Padgett WILL PAY THEFREIGHT j SAY! DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU Can buy any article of FURNITURE, Cooking Stoves, Carpets, Mattings, Window Shades and Lace Curtains, Cor nice Poles, BABY CARRIAGES, Clocks, Mirrors, Pic- [tures, Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Chamber Sets, Mattresses, Comforts, Blankets and a thousand and one articles needed in a house delivered • at your depot at the same price that you buy them in Au- |gusta? I CARRY EVERYTHING You need, and can quote you prices that will sat isfy you that I am giving a dollar value for every dollar paid. Special Offer No. I. To- introduce my business in every neighborhood in the quickest possible manner, I will ship you one Bedroom Suite complete, consisting of One Bed stead, full size and high head. One Bureau with glass. One Wash Stand, One Centre Table, Four Cane Beat Chairs, One Rocker to match, well worth $20; but to introduce my goods in your neighborhood at once I will deliver tbe above suite at your railroad depot, all charges paid, FOE ONLY $16.50, When the cash comes with the order. BESIDES this Suite, I have a great many other Suites in Walnut, Oak, Poplar, and all the popular woods, running in price from the cheapest up to hundreds of dollars for a Suite. Special Bargain No. 2 Is our elegant Parlor Suite, seven pieces, walnut frames, upholstered in E lush in popular colors, crimson, olive, lue, old gold, either in banded or in combination colors. This suite is sold for $40.00. I bought a large number of them at a bankrupt sale in Chicago, hence I will deliver this fine Plush Suite, all charges paid by me, to your nearest railroad depot, for $33.00. Be sides these suites 1 have a great many other suites in all the latest shapes and siyles, and can guarantee to please you. Bargain No. 3 Is a Walnut Spring Seat Lounge, re duced from $9 to $7. All freight paid. Special Bargain No. 4 Is an elegant No. 7 Cooking Stove, trimmed up complete for $11.50, ail charges paid to your depot; or a 5- hole range with trimmings for $15. Besides these I have the largest stock of Cooking Stoves in the city, includ- imr the gauze door stoves aud ranges, aud the CHARTER OAK STOVES with {latent wire gauze doors. I am | delivering these stoves everywhere, all freight charges paid, at the price of an ordinary stove, while they are ‘iu- superior to any other stoves made. T ull particulars by mail. . . .. i 10J rolls of Matting, 40 yards to the roll, $5.50 per roll. 100) Cornice Pollj 25 cents each; 100 W indow Shadi 3x7 feet, on spring roller and frignt at 373^ cents each. You must pd your own freight on Cornice Polil Window Shades and Clocks. Now, see here, I cannot quote yl everything 1 have got in a store con taining 22,600 feet of floor room, be sides its annexes and factory in another part of the town. f5f“I shall be pleased to send you anything above mentioned, or will send my catalogue free if you will say you saw this advertisement in The AIKEN Recorder, published at Aikeu, S. C. R*“No goods sent C. O. D., or on consignment. I refer you to the editor and publisher of this paper, or to any banking concern in Augusta, or to the Southern Express Co., all whom know me personally. Yours, etc.; L. F. PADGETT, DYER BUILDING, 305 Brosid Stay AUGUSTA, GA., Proprietor Padgett’s Furniture, Stove and Carpet Stores. Factory, Harrison St.