Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-28
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.
 A Woman Sprfnkles Herself Wit
 Sulphurtc Acid Instead of HoI - Water.
 PITTsBURG, July 27.-Mrs John Prill, ( South Twenty eighth street, made mistak \ yesterday which may cost her her eyesigh and disfgure her face for life. She becam greatly frightened when the terrible storr , which passed over this section broke, an, she ran up to her bed chamber for vase O holy water with which to sprinkle herself, il
 the hope that in that way she might wart
 off impending danger. In the excitement O
 the moment and the semi-dar kness of th
 room she missed the bottle in which the wa
 ter was kept and seized one filled with sul
 phuric acid. Mrs. Prill was nervou,
 and she was not sparing with the
 terrible fluid, but dashed it in he,
 face and over her head in considerable quan.
 tity. The first intimation she had of her
 mistake was the terrible pain which the acid
 had inflicted. She cried out almost instantly | in her anguish and the neighbors hearing the
 crles ran 1n. They found the lady lying on l the floor almost crazed with pain. Great I red blotches, the work of the acid, were aI-
 ready appearing on her face and neck. It ! was some time before the situation was un- derstood, but when it was everything possi- ble was done to stop the work of the acid. l The physicians who attended Mrs. Pril say l that she will in ali probability lose her eye I sight and that her face may be disfgured The acid had eaten into the flesh before it's course was stayed.
 More Trouble for Parson Downs BOSTON, July 27.-The expulsion by Par
 son Downs of sixty-seven members of Bow
 doin Square church has caused great irrita-
 tion. Deacon Storey, one of the expelled | consulted eminen counsel to-day, and, it is | said, will at once sue the parson for criminal l libel. MT. Downs seems cheerful as ever. I He is to be tried at the next term of the l court on the charge of bastardy preferred by Alice Watson.
 I THE TRIAL OF THE ANARCHISTS. Reporters and Detectives Weaving a Chain of Guilt.
 CHICAGO, July 27.-Immediately after the opening of court in the anarchist trial this
 morning lady in white handed hand
 some bouquet to each one of the defendants.
 Whiting Allen, Charles R. Tuthill and Ed
 ward Bowen, all of them reporters for the
 Times, and Detective Edward Cosgrove and
 Officer Timothy McKeogh were examined this morning. Their evidence related al- most exclusively to the night of May 4, the incendiary utterances of the speakers at the Haymarket, and the throwing of the bomb | It did not differ materially from that given by many preceding witnesses.
 Henry B. Heinman, reporter, and Louis Haas, detective, testified that they saw Schnaub belt on the wagon from which Spies l and Fielden spoke. M. M. Thompson, | clerk, testified that he heard Spies, Schwab | and Schnaubelt talk about assaulting the po- lice. He identified picture of Schnaubelt. l Cross -examineda he said that the men did | not speak in German. A long series of | questions intended to confuse the witness did | not succeed in impairing his testimony. l This finished the days proceedings. KNIGHTS OF LABOR LOCKED OUT. A Manufacturer Who Feels Driven
 To Shut Down Before Suffering Dic-
 tatIon.
 BOSTON, July 27.-The labor troubles at the great pork-packing establishment of John P. Squire & Sons, at Cambridge, reached climax last night when Mr. Squires discharg- ed every one of his 750 employees. Several weeks ago the workmen asked for an increase of about 30 per cent. in their wages. This NIT. Squire declined to grant on the ground that at the present time the business would not warrant any increase what ever. The Knights of Labor took the mat ter in hand, but MT. Squire refused in any way to recognize the erganiz ation or its right to interfere between him and his employees 1 For the past week or two MT. Squire has only been doing 8 small business, and has been endeavoring to find out whether his employees a sufficient number of them | to keep the works in operation would stand by him in the event of strike be- ing ordered by the Knights of Labor. In regard to the discharges he said: ''My busi- ness is one in which no chances can be talk en. A strike by my employees right in the perhaps $500, 900 or $4OO,O0O I could not ;hink of allowing my business to continue with the doubts and uncertainties hang ng over it, so I have been doing ny best to receive assurance from my men hat they would not try to leave me in a urch. found a man who has been with me years, and who is Knight of ] Labor, and I asked him if he would ascer- ain for me whether my men were thinking seriously of going out on a strike. This was two weeks after I had re- used to have anything to do with parties outside my employees them elves. This man, after attending meeting # the employees, told me that the men had l 10 serious thought of striking and I might lave no serious fear on that score, but when
 asked him whether if the Knights or lered them out they would obey, he said le thought they would not strike any hr1t hn Ha | i've me no positive answer on that last point, l md on further inquiry I found that there vas no assurance whatever that a strike | night not be inaugurated at any moment. I l ould not keep my business up under these | conditions. In order to save ourselves and put 'ur business on something like 8 firm footing, | ve determined to take an aggressive step urselves." The leaders of the Knights say i hat they regard the situation as serious ne. Instead of assuming an aggressive ( ttitude they are compelled to act on he defensive and the sole and direct ssue is the existence of the Knights of labor assembly to which 600 or 700 of t quire's men are attached. It will be looked f pon as a test case through the country, hey believe, and accordingly they will ring to bear every power and influence l c 7ithin their reach to maintain their position. S
 The Progressive Union Must Go. NEW YORK, July 27.-There will be gen. ral lockout of all progressive cigarmakers n this city refusing to obey the command of District Assembly 49 to leave the union. To ay a committee from the Knights; acting with the consent of the firm announced to the L mployes of Levy Brothers that all persons 7orking for that firm not intending to re- c nain members of the Knights of Labor must 1 eek employment elsewhere. There are ten ther shops in New York employing about ] hree thousand hands which will in all prob I bility follow the example of Levy Brothers. l
 Ease Ball Yesterday. Ix Washington-New Works 8, Washingtons 1. Philadelphia-Athetics 6, Lousvi1les 3. New York-MetropoIitanS g. PittSburgS 1. |