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SCARCITY OF COKE.
TuE FUEL WANTED AT ANY COST,
But the Syndicate has not n Pound on
Hand-Twa Meetings Of the Strikers
Yesterday -saSlalIstiO RAaatlOlsn
Breaks out in one of Them.

PITTsBuRaH, Feb. 1.-THE restriction in
the production Of coke, the result OF the
great strike, 1t is said, ia causing furnaces
to offer almost any price for the much
wanted article. The supply has been al
most exhausted and iron men are willing
to pay more from the fact that many fur
naces cannot be banked at the present
time without serious loss, Some OF the
furnaces, II banked, would bO ruined, and
could not be pat in blast again in lels
than four months, aud the expense would
be considerable. Mp, Hyndman, Western
agent Of the CopnellsvIlle Coke and Ircu n
Company, OF the coke syndicate, in au in
teryiew, said that he had an unusually
large number Of inquiries for coke. "a
man wrote me to-day for several car loads
Of coke, offering to pay any price wanted
to put on it. have other inquiries for
coke with priCes ranging from 81 80 TO
So % per ton, II is impossible to supply
any Of our customers because We have not
a pound OF coke"
Another member OF the syndicate, hear
ing the statement OF Mr.. Hyndman, ad.
mlttsd that they also had many in
quiries at prices above the 81 20
mark, but said that II was useless
to talk about that as there was no coke to
supply the demand. III the iron men,"
said he, "had signiaed their willingness
to pay more for fuel a month or two ago
We would probably have put the price up,
and all this trouble would have been
avered. Under the present condition o!
affairs 1t will be impossible to resume ope-
rations at a higher rate OF wages than was
paid before the strike. We are willing to
pay more wages, but cannot do so with
coke selling at 81 20"
Sagsi, the Italian, shot at Bradford In
Mondays riot, ia reported dead. Ksige,
the man who shot him, has been permit
ted 10 escape,
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an lilaLnnn l.olter l,lll.

wAsmNaroN, D. o., Feb. 1.-THE
House thia afternoon In Committee OF the
Whole considered the bill iOr the relief Of
FN2 John Porter
The debate was opened by Mr.. Haynes
Of New Hampshire, IN support Of the
bill. The atrongcat prejudice which he
had ever entertained had been ugainAt
Porter, but II had disappeared when he
proceeded to exAnlinu tho CAae. He did
aot share In thv estimate cf Pope enter.
taine1 by many Of pJrtcts friends, but
no believed that II any other Of Pope's
generals had been in Porter'B place and
had tcted as Porter had acted, there
would never have been court martial.
Mr., Steel spoke in opposition to the bill.
Alter further debate without definite &C.
ion tho committee rose and adjourned.
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0ut OF Tho Ffylpg ran luto tho Fire.

Special Dispd'eh 10 Ve IAielllqcnctr.
PARKsmuuRa, W. VA, Feb. LIVE
liam Bowen and Jacob IIertz, who have
just aniskCd sentences In the penitentiary
for robbing tho postofllce at Simpsons
Station in 1852, were taken before Judge
JohnJ. jackson, and sentenced to ninety
days in tho county jail and $3.50 fine.
Four dollars in postage stamps stolen
from the postolllCe was themoney value Of
tho crime for which they pay this penalty.
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MINERAL RIDGE, o., Feb. ll.-For over
two months all the coal miners here have
been on strike, demanding ten cents a
ton advance. Many meetings have been
held 10 effect a settlement, but all have
failed. A week ago the operators and
miners agreed to afbitrate, and appointed
Judge Yeoman, Of Warren, as arbitrator.
Yesterday the arbitrator sent In his de.
Clslon, which give the men tho advance
asked. The miners are all jubilant over
the fact, and oil their mines will at once
20 in with q full complement Of workmen.
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oHAMRERLAIN,s poMERs.
HS Wants Them DslluOd-ThO C,ItIulsm of
the Opposition,

the Opposition.
LONDON, Feb, ll,-Ms. Chamberlain,
President Of the Local Government Board
has requested the law officers OF lhe Grown
to give him an opinion defining the sx.
tent ot the Boards spowera In inauguratlng
public works at tho expense Of the tax.
payers, tOrthe purpose Of relieving distress
by giving employment to artisans and
laborers. He says that he Is prepared TO
ask Parliament for grants for this pnrpo'e
u he IS protected by an official opinion
that ills within hisproyinCe and discretion
70 DO 90. Without being thus fortified he
declines to assume any responsibilities
that are not sanctioned by tho usage and
preuedents oi his office.
The friends OF tho administration
warmly approve this act Of prudence OH
the part OF Mr.. Chamberlain. His oDpo.
nents, including many Wing land owners,
say that he Is afraid to take definite action,
for the relief OF anybody except the ten.
ants or tilers Of land. Mr.. Chamberlain
Is G plutoCrat Of commerce and manu-
tacture, but he Is not q land owner. His
critics believe that this explains his ag-
gressiye policy on ali agrarIan questions.
II the land Of England, Scotland and Ire
land were 70 be given outright to the
poor y would not allaCt his pocket; bat to
establish the principle that taxpayers
generally, including the owners Cf per.
sonal, as we'll as real estate, have duties
toward the poor, might be prejudiClal tn
his interests as q large manufacturer and
employer Of skilled labor. This Is said 10
ba the real ground for tho suspicion with
which Mr.. Chamberlain Is regarded by
Lord Harrington, the Duke Of Argyll and
Others who have been his colleagues in
former Cabinets, but are not now in &C.
cord with the Government.
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lua correspondence between the Nail
Manufacturers Association and ths Nail.
cis Association Is encouraging in this, thai
/! points to further conference. The
manufacturers Give notice that they have
now conference committee and are will
iugto meet with the nailers on Monday
next. ltis understood that the meeting
wllltake place. lhcse facts indicate that
neither side considers the case closed, and
tbat an adjustment honorable to both
sides may now bo reached. Whatever
Ob,.acles are in the way ought to be over
come by candid and kind interchange O.
,i,ut,
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AloRRIsoN,s nlLL
Proposing TAritr Rsduolipa-WOOI Growers
Alarmed,

NEw YoRE, Feb. ll.-A Washington
special to the Post says; The tariff bill Of
Mr., Morrison will be about fifteen
printed pages in length Of the ordinary
bill sizs, This is shert tariff bill. 1t Is
nearly completed, except as to some
minor details.
Mr.. Columbus Delano, OF Ohio, who rep.
Tesents the Association oi Western Wool
Growers, has become convinced that the
bill will propose reduction in the rate on
wool, and In anticipation OF this he ex-
poets to call convention OF the wool
growers TO meet here, to use their iDtlu-
ence with Congress to prevent the adop.
lion Of such Recommendation. But there
ia good reason to believe Mr.. Morrison
will propose no reduction in the rates
upon carpet woods, as these come into
composition with no wool grown in this
country, II IL probable there will be no
opposition To this proposition, which will
be welcomed by the carpet manufacturer
OF Philadelphia and Lowell.
A Very bitter contest is expected over
the tree list. 1t now appears that Lumber
and salt, and some OF ths metallic ores
will be put on II. 1t Is expected that a
large vote will be east ior free lumber
from the agricultural States, aud the West.
eEn cattlsgrowers and packers will be
earnestly In favor Of iree salt.
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GAlltpoms, o.. Feb. ll,-Thtps section
hands with u truck loaded with rock were
crossing trertlc yesterday, when an extra
iIIeilsht train on the Hooking Valley 4
ioledO Road came upon them. They
cropped on the side Of the treGlle and held
~, on Nllll their hands The train demolished
mo ttGrs, scattering tho rock aud broke
,ue 4l Ioli Of two Of the men, who foil Iotty-
uve ,. iee' aud received fatal injuries. ThelE
Mullen. "'"h u.s." N'NS
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CONTRASTING A Will,
a Singular question of Law Asked tho su.
prenO Court.

A Singular question Of Law Asked the su.
prenlO Court.
CHICAGO, Feb. 11.-A bill for partition
involving o singular question OF law was
fled yesterday in the Supreme Court by
William II. Talbot, OF Boston, Mass,
against tho heirs Of the late Mrs. CIarissa
B. Wilson, asking for portion Of Mrs.
Wilson's estate. The bill sets out that
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Wilson, while liy.
ing by themselves in Winnetoka,. Ill, were
murdered on the night Of February l2,
1884, and were tho snGceedlng day found
dead In their house. That there Is no evi.
denCe In existence proving OF tending to
prove that the husband survived his wife,
She left a will giving the bulk OF her prop.
erty TO her husband, but as there is ilot6.
ing 10 show he survived her, 90 as TO take
under the will, IL is claimed the bequest
lapsed and the estate devised to her'hus.
band descended 10 her heirs. Her
husband beQueRthed his estate TO sew.
efal nepheWs, nieCes and descend.
ants. Talbot ia Mrs. Wilson's nephew.
The property involved consists OF real
estate 10 Illinois and Dighton, Mass. Testi.
mony will be taken attempting 10 show
which Of the two murdered people was
Hrst dispatched by the assassin,
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MONTREAL, Feb. 1l.--A dispatch from
EinonIon says: AT the police barracks
lIste and at For! Saskatchewan tho men
Ne still in state Of inSlbordinalion aud
We doing much as they please. AT the
lMter place recently some Of them came In
thl after loCking the commanding officer
W hls room, continued their debauCh, In
Which they damaged the kitchen furni.
l99te' The citizens await with consider
HOe interest the outcome Of the affair.
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nRIanAM YoUN0,. sOnnME.


Novel manner OF Settling en- Land to Secure
Prc.emption Claim.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 1.-THE excitement
over the reputed statements OF II. s.
Dement,, the new Surveyor General, has
died out, Great frauds in land entries
we're undenisbly perpotrRted in ttfs-6arly
days Of the Land Office, and these have
lately been fully reported by g special
agent, VINO spent all last hummer and fall
In looking uU such frauds.
Brigham Young, President Of the Nor.
mon Church, was the chief man in such
work, lie had a iourroom house, built
on runners. Hauling 1t to the center OF a
section Of land, each one Of the four
quarters would have q room on It's corner.
Four men would sleep there one night,
each occupying separate room, and the
next day they would make presumption
filings at the Land Office, while four other
men would perform a similar act the next
day and night, and SO on till most OF the
beautiful Cache Valley was thus entered.
Soon atterwGrd tho men appeared at the
Land Office, proved upon their pre-emp-
tions, paid over 81 25 per acre which had
been handed TO them in crowd by some
one at their back, and then they would
deed the land to Brigham Young. A
correspondent has seen tho allidavltB Of
men who acted for Brigham Young In
these fraudulent entries, for which ser.
vice they were paid eight bushels Of
wheat. Reports on and proofs OF these
frauds are on file in the department Of the
Secretary Of the Interior at Washington.
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Tnls from the New Orleans Times. Demo-
aol lis rather pathetic; "TherO is illtoracy
in the South, the relic OF slavery, war and
bad government, but it is being destroyed
as rapidly as the financial condition Of the
South will allow" Tho South inherited
dead weight Of ignorance suddenly
elevated to citizenship .and the ballot
Tie acinhCritance was largely i,a own fault,
ba! the country condoned the fault and
tdelaw encouraged 1t. Now the country
cannot afford, to have this state Of affair
continue, aud IL can afford to aid to put
tue pen and the primer into the hand ei
every child under ita protection.
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rhs educational Blll.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-1n the Senate
to-day Mr. Blair's Educational bill was
brought up for consideration.
The bill, Mr.. Morgan said, was q bill to
create Offices and elaborate the machinery
Of tho Government. 1t was bill to tax
the honest, hRrd.woiking man iu order 10
educate the children Of the drunken, loaf.
ing Vsgabond who would not work ior his
family II from 0O,0OO, 900 people in the
United States werO to be deducted dead.
heads, dGad.bents and non.produCers there
would be about twenty million people who
would have to pay tile taxes to carry out
the provisions Of this lawr~ThO Senate
then went iuto executive session.
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Ohio River RailrUnd subscription,

Special DbPdich 10 TIC InltIligcncer.
PAREHR.nuRG, W, Va, Feb. 1.-THE
vote on tue $4,000 subacTipaon to the
proposed extension OF the Ohio River
road, in Parkeuburg, Lubbock and Harris
districts, passed of quietly yesterday and
an unexpectedly large vote was polled,
In Parkersburg district, which pays $l4,.
800 OF the $40 900, the proposition carried
by vote Of 1858 for to 127 against.
In Lubbock and Harris, frotn which tho OF.
ilcial returns have not been received, the
proposition Is badly in the minority.
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rnE claARMAN ms, sTnlKn

In New York City Ended-The Terms Of
tho Agreement.
NEw YoRE, Feb. 1.-THE strike Of the
clgarmakers was virtually ended to-day
and tomorrow the men will assemble at
their various headquarters and proceed to
work. The equalization Of the price list
is slgned by a committee OF three Of
Central Labor Union, BY seven oithe
Progressive Union No. and five Of the
manufacturers. 1t was agreed that the
hours OF labor until the first OF May shall
be nine hours per day, and after that
eight hours per day at the discretion Of
the majority Of hands. Only union men
arc to be employed after May, the Pro.
gressive Union agreeing to furnish oil the
hands required TO carry on the business.
The manufacturers agree to re.employ
all Of their hands who were locked out
during January provided they return
within twenty.iour hours. After work Is
resumed, instead Of wholesale discharges
In dull times the bosses are to reduce the
working hours. The agreement covers
fourteen factories.
The 1nternationals Will 90 to work In
all factories save three, Mccoy & Co.,
Levy Bros, and Brown 4 Earl. The In
ternationals claim that on the standard
cigar A inches, there lie now q reduction
in the factory Of Brown & Earl OF 50
Csnts, Lsvy Bros Of so cents, and Mccoy
& Co., OF rs cents per 1000.
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AKnlrhla nl ilahnt Ylnlnt,,

EAST ST.. Louis, It'll, Feb. 1.-THE
Ioulsville 4 Nashville boys were made
happy last night on receipt Of q telegram
BY the Executive Committee Of the
Knights Of Labor, saying that the request
made by that organization 10 the railroad
company had been complied with, II has
been the custom VI allow but O ioTemAn
and one helper iof eaehswitCh engine and
The night men claim that they frequently
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THE rELEplIoNn scANpA1.
ChO EepIlOS Of the secretary of tho Iutsrlol
and Attorney General,

ChO EeplloB OF the Secretary OF tho Interior
and Attorney General.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. ll.-Repre.
tentative Gibson, Of West Virginia, Chair
man Of the House Committee on Expen.
iiturs in the Department Of Justice, has
received replies from tue Secretary Of the
Interior and the Attorney General 10 the
INC resolution Of tho committee asklng
what money had DGeu expended by their
departments in the Pau.EltC.riC aud Dell
tl=phcng Css!s ThU reply Of tho Sec.
tetAfy li the Interior says S3j for the
prlpriuV. e., WAS tho Ony money ex.
pended in his department.
Lh6 Attorney ueBerai pays no money
1as been expended IL his department, but
hat COuosel hlyO been retained for the
prosecution OF the Governmon.s Bnit. No
ntney has yet been paid these counsel.
Their names haya already been maize pub.
lie. 'rhs resolution under which the
csIunittee Is acting 0imply directs 1t to
lnd out whit moneys have been expend.
cd by thu Government in tho telephone
;ass. The replies will b1 laid before the
committee, snd Mr.. Gibson Gays he ex.
ptCls to bs able TO report to the House on
Monday the report Of the Oommittee oil
fnyaatiyatiun
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rhSnL.. nhssh.

CLSrOS, Mo, Fob. ll,-Another Of
Cheeks swindles has just. been divulged
illustrating the simplicity d his torgeries.
He made 4 loan In 1884 10 Fred Il. Bufge
for $500. Burgs subsequently paid him
1000 on this and Cheek entered Il on the
record, but In the bond given 10 John
Hurd, Of Bridgeport, Conn, 10 secure the
loan, Cheek deity turned the "2 into s."
and nov Bufge is in for the additional
5000 which he had paid Cheek on the loan.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., Feb. 1.-THE presi.
dent desired to attend the funeral Of Gen.
sral Hancock but fluids that It will be i'm.
possible for him to do so SO. The Cabinet
will be represented by Secretary Bayard,
who will act as apall.bearer, Secretary
Endcott and probably one or two Others.
Secretary Whitney will not be able to at
tend, but will detail number Of officers
10 represent the NAVY.
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YOUNGSTOWN, o., Feb. 1.-THE coke
strike has seriously crippled the freight
traffic over the various railroads. On the
New York, Pennsylvania 4 Ohio road
seven cars have been laid of. Freight iB
reduced one.third. The Pittsbu gh 4
Western loses hall oi lie local traffic,
though no crews have yet been disCharg.
ed. The Lake Shore reports falling off Of
one.lith, while the ABhtAbula { Pitts.
burgh loses one.quarter. II ig estimated
that all the furnaces will he closed inside
Of two weeks, II the strike does not Ceass
beiofe then,
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A LIVELY CONTEST
For Circuit Court ClSrksh,p Ia Tucker
COuuty-P -PaFtiOulars Of tho Case,
Correspondence Of ne Igielig6geT.

For \ Circuit Court ClSrkship Ia Tucker
COuuty-PartiOulaV of the Case,
Correspondence Ot ne Eg'eaigGeT,
ST, GEORGE, W, Va, Feb, Sat two
O'Clock this afternoon the famous contest
case opened in the County Court. 1t is
the case between John j. Adams and
George A, Mayer for the circuit clerk.
ship olths county, Adams was elected
by fourteen majority. Mayer contested
the election on the grounds that illegal
voting had been done. In Janusry, lSS5,
the County Court tried the Gao, in the
absence and without the knowledge Of
Adams, who was on visit TO the New Or.
leans Exposition. The result was that a
general riot was almost sprung, aud was
prevented 0nly by the Sheritf's summoa.
Ing posse and taking charge Of 4he Court
House, That Conrtgaye Mayer the office,
but AdansTefused to. .vaOALe Il (haying been
summoned home by telegrRph.)
An appeal was taken 10 the Circuit
Court, and thence to the Supreme Court,
where the proceedings OF the County
Court were declared irregular and illegal,
and the case was sent back 10 the Con ty
Court tor new trial. which is just what
Is now In progress.
The case has excited an interest, not
only in this, but in adjoining counties.
Here the lines ol faction are deeply drawn,
and feeling OF uniriendliuess-a almost
aninNosity-exists between Mayors and
Adams friends.
More than 400 witnesses have been sum.
moned, and tho town has been astlr all
day. The court met this afternoon and
tho case was Called and all 10 now in
shape to proceed tomorrow. One OF the
commissioners, Dr.. Harper, a confined to
his bed with pneumonia, which ia mis-.
fortune to the court as he is the leader
and the worker.
Some OF the people look for trouble be.
lore the case Is over, rs II Is regarded i'm.
possible to control the populacs, in Cage OF
the defeat Of either party,
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WASHINGTON, D. o. Feb, 1.-THE
President gave state dinner tonight in
honor OF the Supreme Couit Of the United
States and the members Of the Senate and
House Judiciary Committees. The Elk.
ecutiye Mansion was handsomely lllumin.
ated and artibtlCally arranged for the oCca-
sion. The chief decoration Of the dinner
table wis large pair Of floral scales,
which was surrounded with other floral
pieces Of various designs. The Marine
band, stationed In the main vestibuls, dis.
CoufBed excellent music during the dinner.
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Special Dispatch 10 The IHleliOaeT,
PARERRsDuRu, W. VAn Feb, 1.-THE
Circuit Court grand jury is grinding away
uteadlly and the trausgressors are being
indicted one by one. The numerous poker
rooms, which have been doing an excel,
lent business for some months, are receiy.
ing the attention Of the law. The sweep
is not yet Rs general as that ci 1855. when
tho city directory was used in making in
diCtmentI for indulgence In the seductive
game Of poker. Tho liquor men are bsing
heavily caught, some Of them having as
many as sixteen indictments.
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eRuMws san CONDITION.


HlS BGRlth Huinsd DuFlhg President Gar.
Hsld's siCkus's-A Bill For His Relief
WASuINGroN, Feb. Ex-senator Sher.
man hss presenated in the Senate n bill to
Iuthor1s the Secretary Of the Treasury to
pay TO William Orump, well known as ex-
steward Of the White House during the
administration Of President Arthure 50 900
tOr the injuries sustained 10 his health
turing the long sickness Of General Gar.
deld. It's well known that Crump, prior
70 the time he 80 faithfully nuraed the late
President, was a man in the best OF health,
out the strain he then endured rendered
him an invalid and made 1t necessary for
MIN to travel and seek the best OF
medical ady.ca in the hope oil the
restoration Of his strength, but it has all
been to little purpose. With the bill Sen.
ltor sherman presented letters from all Ol
Ihe corps Ofsurgeons who attended Presi.
lent Garfield in his last illness, testifyinR
10 his fRithfulness and their own belief
hat the stewards health was severely in.
jured by what hO did 10 alleviate the
,uIlerlngs OF the President at the time.
Tho sum OF 5000 will not renumerate
Crump for what hG has suffered, or for the
expense he has Rlrea iy been to in trying
o recover, but his friends are hopeful that
the claim being u moderate one the bill
sill receive speedy and favorable cOnsid.
sration.
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lLllrllis,I h1 tI,s lLllrlnrd.

l&AvrSWoarn, KAN, Feb. 12.-tIon.
lohn Harrison, Of this city, has received a
letter from clergyman in Dodge City,
who stated that during the recent severe
weather there had been great destruction
d liyO stock in Ills vicinity. The writer
ssaes that within radius Of 100 miles Of
Dodge City 100000 head Of cattle have
0een irC1sn to death, and that 100 human
beings are known TO have persisted and
more than 100 have been missing since
lhe beginning Of the storm.