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GOING OUT TO WORK.
ANOTHER LOT OF woRkMEN
TO Leave this Morning for TaylOrstOwn 10
Commence Work on the Kimberly Con.
tract-HOw tho Men will Camp ont.
Fresh Gas and oil Notes of Interest.

A second force Of workmen, numbering
about forty, will leave on the HempGeld
Railroad at 1856 o'clock this morning fol
Tsylorstown, to commence work on the
ditchlnR contract Of Philo Kimberly, fol
the Natural GAS Company Of West Vir.
glnia. A force OF about the same size left
on Thursday in charge Of Jerry Myles,
The second gang, leaving this morning,
will be in charge Of Anthony LaIly, More
men will be needed in a few days, The
work is to begin on Monday, and as fast
as preparations can be completed addi-
tional gangs OF men will be put to work at
other points,
The workmen from this city who have
gone out to the other end Of the line So.
cured very favorable terms from the Bal
limore & Ohio Company through the me-
diation Of w. H. Hesrne, Esq, local
counsel for the West Virginia Company.
Their cooking utensils, tents and camp
squipage generally were taken out in q
freight car, and the men secured passage
At about one.third the ordinary fare.
They will live In tents. The men who go
out to-day, Mr., Lally told an INTELLIaEN.
GER man yesterday, have q kitchen tent, q
sleeping tent, q dining tent aAd another
Iarge tent for sitting room, The men
contributed to common purse and
bought the canvas and other material,
and their wives and daughters and sisters
made the tents for them. They will be
very comfortably fixed.
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rnlFLING wIru PATRIOTS.
t,1lly aud Sarcasm In the House on . nrav,
Boys Appeal for Help,

WARRINGTON, D. O., May 1.-THE bill
which gave rise to the most interesting
discussion in the House to-day was one
paying 500 to +. W. Haldeman. The re.
port states that during the war Haldeman,
then boy f12 years Of age, tried to join
an Ohio regiment, but was refused on &C.
count Of his age and size. He, however,
purchased Uniform and served In the
regiment year, acting as bugler, besides
performing scout duty. He is said to have
performed gallant service.
Mr.. Bsagg, Of Wisconsin, In sarcastic
speech, opposed the bill. He ridlculed
tue idea Of . boy too young to be lnus-
tered in fulfilling scout duty and doing
gallant service.
Mr Johnston, ct Indiana, maintained
that a lad, though he might be Too young
TO be mustered in, could do good service
ii regiment, and instanCed the case oi
Two boys in his regiment who had been
with II al the battle OF Richmond, KY,
aud who had performed their duty gal
lantly. Mr.. Johnston commented 70 the
gentleman from Wisconsin the readingol
the military history Of his country. The
battle OF Richmond had lasted for ten
hours aud for the number Of troops en-.
gaged 1t had been As severe a battle rs had
been fought during the war.
Mr. Bragg-"How many h1en fell 2"
Nj. Johnston--"1 haven't got the fig.
ufeshere. There were thousands Of them
There were about 1000 men engaged on
the Union side, and about 1900 or $4,000
were with Kirby Smith"
Mr.. Bragg-"Was II not q fact that near.
ly all the command 10 which you belong.
ell was captured at RiChmondp
Mr.. jolinston-"A great many were,"
MI. Bragg-"And was not the balance
sent back 70 General WUliord 10 he drill.
ei?' Laughter
Mr. johnSlon-0In that battle We were
subjected to many humiliatlonS, but no
humiliation so great as TO be drilled BY
the gentleman from Kentucky"
MI. Wollord-"rhe General was q brave
man, but / never saw him have bis own
troops under Commandinmy life. [Laugh'
t9r
a vote was then taken on All amend
nent 10 the bill, but a number ot ils OPP
ponenls RETAINED from voting and the
committee being left without q quorum
the House took recess until 1850 p N,
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SPRING DELUGE
In tho WSSt-AIAuy Families Washed out.
Drowning Accidents,

In tho WSSt-aIany Families Washed out,
Drowning Accidents.
SPRINGFIELD, No., May Zone Of the
heaviest Taintalls ever known in this sec.
ton took place yesterday afternoon, doing
a vast amount Of damage to property both
in town and the surrounding country.
The rain was preceded by hail, which fell
thick and fast for about fifteen minutes,
many Of the hail stones being from one.
half an inch TO two inches In diameter,
The rain began To fall soon after noon and
continued to pour down in torrents for
nearly three hours, causing oil the creeks
and their branches TO become much swol.
len, tearing away fences and inundating
bottom lands, badly damaging the wheat
and corn. Jordan Creek, which runs di.
rectly through this city, rose higher than
Tor many years, ovetfowing the low land
and driving thirty or forty families from
their homes. Some Of the women and
children were carried out on horseback
and on mems shoulders to higher ground
To escape drowning, the water In places
rising even into the second stories Of the
dwellings.
About half mile OF the Gulf Railway
track within the city limits was com.
pletely submerged, and the grade 80 de.
molished that trains cannot pass. Three
Of the city's wooden bridges were washed
away, besides sections OF sidewalks, and
the Easements Of number Of business
houses were filled with water. Some oil
the smaller dwelling houses were washed
from their foundations, and large
amount Of lumber was swept away. The
total damage in the city caused by the
flood ls estimated at $4,000, and In the
surrounding country at $4,000.
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LONDON, May 7.-The Pal Mall Gazette
to-day sent reporter to the War Office
to ask General Lord Wolseley il he had
declared that II Home Rule were granted
TO Ireland he would resign his command
for the purpose Of leading an army OF
Ulster men to resist the new Irish Gov
ernment, and that one thousand other
British officers would follow his example,
as stated by Mr., William Johnston, Loyal.
lot member Of Parliament for South Bel
fast, in q speech at Dungannon last night.
The reporter was informed that General
Wolseley was not In the office. The news
paper man left word that the Gazette would
wards Il I was Officially denied that @ General @
Wolseley had ever made any such state.
ment as that attributed 10 him by Mr.,
IOhnRtnn
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OHIO SENATE peApLocK.
Astatsment Of the Case and the MAnue
of Procedure,


CoLvMBus, o., May 7,-The situation in
the Senate is simply this: On Thursday o.
last week the Republican and the Demo
cratic members Of the non.partisan com
mittee submitted their reports in the con
tested Senatorial election cases, the Re.
publican report being submitted first
The Republican report closed with q reso'
Iution recommending the seating Of the
iour Republican contestants from Hamil'
ton county. The Democratic report sep
lrated the cases, making four resolutions,
ZACH naming one OF the sitting members,
md declaring him to be entitled To the
ieat. The reports were then postponed
until Wednesday, and made the special
Irder for II O'Clock. Under the resolu.
ion creating the non-partisan committee
Il was provided that the hndings Of the
committee when made should be the spe
,ial order from day to day until disposed OF
On Tuesday afternoon MIR. Van Cleai
moved to correct the Journal OF the SEN
Ite 80 as to show that the report OF tht
Democratic members OF the committee
lad been offered Az a substitute for the
Republican report. After some discussion
It was agreed that the Democratic report
ihould be received as substitute when
he special order was reached on Wednes'
lay, When Wednesday came the Demo
cratic Senators had fled. At l0o'clock on
hat day u recess was taken until II
I'cloCk, the time fixed Tor the contested
ase 10 come up. A call Of the Senatt
,howed but eighteen members, seventeen
Republicans and one Democrat, present
After vain attempt to secure q quorum
IN adjournment was taken until 10 O'Clock
Thursday, at which time had q quorum
II Senators been present the reports Of the
committees would have been the first thing
ior consideration.
A call Of the Senate showed the same
condition OF affairs as on yesterday-seven-
zen Republicans and one Democrat pre-.
,ent. The proceedings to-day differ from
hose OF Wednesday In the issuing oi war
rants for the arrest OF the absentees. The
senate adjourned this afternoon until 10
I'CloCk tomorrow morning, at which time
he reports in the contested elections will
Oe the first business in order, provided q
quorum Of Senators (nineteen) be present
The Senate Is composed oil thirty.seven
members, nineteen constituting qorum,
The Republicans maintain that the four
senators represent one Senatorial dis
.rict, and that their cases must be acted on
together. The presiding officer holds that
seventeen constitute majority Of the
senators entitled to vote on the question
The Democrats claim that the right to
each seat must be voted on separately, and
chat three OF the Senators whose seats are
contested are entitled to vote on the right
Of the fourth Senator to seat.
Senator Z. Dodd, an absent Senator,
.elegraphs Governor Foraker from Detroit
saying they might return II they had any
guarantee that the Senate rules would be
observed by the President. Governor
Foraker replied that he could not speak
IN this point.
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A MATKItspour
In KanSas-A Woman and Her Child
Drowned-Heavy Rains in the state.

In KanSas-A Woman and Her Child
prownsd-Heavy Rains in the State.
KANSAS Cry, NO., May 1.-THE Jour.
mails EmpOrla, Kss., special says: A water
spout passed down Jacobs Creek, four.
teen miles southwest Of here, yesterday.
B. B. Jacobs, farmer, saw the storm com.
Ing and gathered his wife, two young
children and his brother Charles Into a
wagon and started to flee, but they were
overtaken by the torrent, which swept
away the vehicle and It's occupants. Mrs.
Jacobs and the younger child were drown
cd, while Mr.. Jacobs nearly perished In
endeavoring TO save them. His brother
saved himself and the other child.
At Usage City, Kas., the heaviest rain
and hail storm ever known in that part oil
the State took place yesterday. ItbeHan
about II A. N. and continued for thirty
minutes. The ground was covered with
hail stones, which in many places were
piled several inches deep. Eighty per.
cent Of all exposed window glass on the
north side Of houses were broken. The
storm came from the northeast, and did
not extend more than west OF the Santa
Fe Railway at that point. The rain fell
In great torrents, and the country Ia
flooded. The damage done to fruit and
growing crops has been very large.
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NEVADA, Mo-, May l7.-The damage TO
streets, buildings and culverts here by the
storm yesterday will reach $4,000. The
Missouri Pacific track was washed out In
several places between here and Fort
Scott, which will interrupt trains for
twsnly.iour .hours. Crops are setlously
damaged.
A terrible hailBtorm prevailed on the
line Of the Atchlson, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
Railroad, near Florence yesterday after.
noon, Fiity.four panes Of glass were bro.
ken on the California express on that
road, including all but Q solitary window
on The north side Of the train. The hall
stones were immense, some neasuring
four inches In diameter, LaCCording 70 the
report Of q train man. The storm lasted
an hour and quarter. A heavy rainfall
succeeded, the rain flooding The county
for miles.
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THE DU @ 5llLL LOOSE.
rho InammAtorS AuGronlst Sheet Agall
Make ita Appearance.


Cho Illammatory AuarOnlst Sheet Again
Make its Appearance.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE Arbeiicr Zcitung
made it's appearance again this morning,
though in very rcduced form. The old
paper was large, prosperous.looking folio
sheet, while to.day's issue Is a ten-by'
iwelve hand.bill. The leading article to.
lay 10 addressed to the workingmun Of
Chicago, and after relating the difficulties
they hal in publishing the paper, owing
o the arrest OF all the printers and edi.
,ors, the article says: "ThesO twenty-five
printers we're arrested on the ridiculous
,harge Of murder-people who did
aothing but their work and for
which they we're paid. Bail was refused for
hem, On all sides there was o system.
4tic attempt to make the temperance of
the paper impossible. You see,
then, wotkingmen, that the ruling class
understands better than you the value Of
labor organ. We will show
YOU that although the reCklessness oisome
may temporarily confuse, II Cannot dis
tupt our workingmen's party, We there
lore appeal to you, workingmen. You
will soc that WorkinGmen's movement
without an organ Is impossible. I" Z"
we shall continue the fight for freedom
and right, that this paper has always con.
,iuctod. Forward, and unheSi.
tatlngly forward, in spite Of all Chicanery
i the ruling classes. Again, workingmen: !:
DO your duty; We will do ours."
In another part Of the paper Is an Rrti.
Gle which indirectly charges that the
dynamite which the police found In their
building was brought there by the officers
themseiyes. 1t says; after the police
had arreated the editors they carefully
searched tho building but found nothing
A short time after they reappeared aud
arrested all connected with the paper, and
behold, thoy also found dynamite. They
are also said TO have found revolver and
an Old file. Indeed dreadful. And this
ind Ia sald 10 prove that the printers are
mufdefeTs.n The writer then goes on to
say that tie whole thing is a conspiracy
to suppress the paper forever. In a con;
spicuuus part Of The hand bill is printed
tbg comments Of the New York HOlkt
Zsjlitng OH the arrest ot SChenCk and Braun'
anhWain in that city. 4
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already under way or soon to bs let, will
require l0,OOO,OOO brick.

The Barnesyille and the Bsllaire Eater.
prise window glass works will continue
operations until July l.
The BeIlAire blast furnace has been torn
down, and the work Of rebuilding and en-.
larging 1t will be begun in few days.
Secretary Wise says the Benwood Iron
Company has not decided to remove its
blast furnace from Martins Ferry to BEN
wood,
There is a rumor about that next week
will be the last week for the Bellalre nail
works to run until repairs are made. No
positive information can be had.
Gordon, Strobel & Laurkau, Of Pitts
burRh, have just closed q contract with
the Ohio Iron Company, Of HanesVille, for
an open hearth steel plant with their type
Of furnace, The plant will be erected at
once,
Mr., Henry O. Meyer, OF this city, has
succeeded James Y, Patterson as clerk at
the Benwood blast furnace, Martins Fer
ry, Mr., Patterson having retired TO enter
upon his duties as Postmaster Of Martins
Ferry.
The Bslleyille (IIl.) Nail Mill Company
intend 10 erect q steel plant at Bslleville
this summer. The firm, 1t Is understood,
will put up one Of the most approved
Bessemer plants. The Belleyille nail mill
Is one Of the largest west Of the Ohio river
and has been running nearly all the time
that the others In the Western Nail Asso-
,Iation have been idle,
"There is now such great increase in
,he demand for Connellsyille coke since
he great majority OF the furnaces have
leen In blast that they cannot get all they |
want" said q coke operator. Zone cause |
8 that furnaces which formerly used
cheaper grades Of coke are using more
yonnellGyllle coke than they did before
This fact Ia caused by, their producing |
more Bessemer pig than formerly and lii. |
le mill iron. There you have q clear in |
licatlon OF the increased manufacture
4 steel and the deCadenCe Of the iron |
rade,n
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PIpTsBuRaH LABOR SITUATION.
class Workers strikO-Ths Eight Hour
Movement Generally Successful,


Movement Generally Successful,
PTTTsBURaH, Pa, May 7.-Ths teasera
md mixers in twenty South Side factories
Who recently demanded a 10 per cent ad.
vance in the wages put on their coats at 10
o'clock this morning and walked out, the
increase not having been granted. The
'actorles are still in operation In other
tepmtments and general shut down is
lot anticipated. Between 200 and 800
men are engaged in the strike.
The building trades strikes for shorter
lours promises to result favorably 10 the
men. -Four furniture factories started up
O-day at the strikers terms and all OF the
lthers are expected TO follow within the
le1t twenty-fOur hours.
The stone masons report a similar CON
lition OF affairs, Fully two.thirds Of the
contractors have signed the scale and the
men have received work,
There Is no change In the situation oil
The carpenters or stone cutters strike. The
threatened strike Of engineers and fire.
men Of the Pittsburgh 4 Western and
Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Toledo railroad
will not take place. The complaint orig
mated with men on what is known as the
New Castle run, who were not granted an
Increase Of wages at the time the wages oI
crews on the other runs were advanced,
This morning committee Of engineers
ialled upon Superintendent Johnston and
lotied him that there would be no strlkt
Is the pay was satisfactory.
Work was suspended in nearly every
department. OF Byers' rolling mill to-day,
about 800 oi the employees having struck
tor an advance OF from 10 to 10 percent. A
settlement Is expected tomorrow.
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The Nail City Oil Company has a bad
Job Of fishing for tools in its well in the
Washington aeld.
At the Gordon No. a set Of tools was
let down the hole by the burning Of the
cable to which they were attached.
The derrick OF the Wheeling Oil Com.
pany, on the Washington Fair Grounds,
will be completed, the officers OF the com.
pany here say, by next Monday, and the
work Of drilling will commence at once.
A six hundred barrel tank at the Thayer
No. 9 was nearly completed yesterday
morning when 1t was discovered that one
Of the slaves was in wrong and 1t was
necessary to pull 1t down and rebuild.
Grading has also been accomplished for
an 500 barrel tank, which will be erected
at once.
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THIRD AVENUE MEN ANGRY.
rhe Strikers Dsuounce the 30. Called Agre
tnank and vnta M lnrrandar

Che Strikers Denounco the BO.Chlled Agree.
ment and Vote No Surrender.
New York, May 7.-Only few Of the
Third avenue strikers heard that q settle
nent Of the strike had been agreed TO-
The whole body apparently were furious
when they read in the morning papers
The terms Of agreement which three Of the
Executive Board Of District Assembly 70,
Knights OF Labor had signed. Not man
went back to work. They rushed over to
the headquarteBin Eighty seventh streetto
lind Chairman 0'Donnell and Committee.
men Downing and Hughes, the signers,
and demand an explanation. Everybody
had q crumpled newspaper in his hand
BY eight o'clock an excited crowd was
ammed in the meeting room and packed
in the street below. They said bad words
about the bargain. They called 1t imam.
GUS and were full Of bitterness and sus.
piCion and declared that the strikers
should not 90 back to work.
District Master Workman James F.
Graham, one Of the committee who did
not sign the agreement, made a speech to
the men, and they appointed committee,
headed by Daniel Bracken, to find y Don.
nell and bring him to the hall, with his
official copy Of the agreement. The com.
mittee were gone a long time, visiting,
among other places, the Offices OF the
Third Avenue Railroad Company, also
Mr.. LauterbaCh's law office. The meet.
ing could not wait and began to discuss
the agreement as ltappeared in the news.
papers. Master Workman Higgins, OF
the local assembly, which Is made up
OF the Third Avenue men found that he
needed fresh air and he put on his hat and
started for the sidewalk. A hoarse shout
in the rear Of the great mass Of angry
workmen asked him II he was going to
close the meeting. He replied that he was
tired and disgusted and that Assistant
Master Workman William Boyle would
take the chair. Said Higgins to report.
er: "This is an Internal business and
scarcely know what 10 think oft. Sup.
pose our committeeman thought they
were doing the best thing under the cir.
cumstances, but don't know how It will
end. Just now 1t would not be pleasant
for 0'Donnel around here. We have been
led into great many holes, but this Is
the worst OF them all. We may get out. I"
They we're having furious time In the
hall when Higgins went back. At last a
committee OF thirty was appointed to draft
resolutions dlssolving the agreement and
declaring that the strike must 20 on, The
meeting adjourned until o'clock. Then
the men voted mo surrender"
nIVatIl Huhk IL mt with rnfnnanv fniiI
the snow flies. We can stand II nearly as
long as the company cam" said Master
Workman Higgins.
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Two Chlldren Drowned.

FoRr scoTr, KAs., May 7.-During the
heavy rain storm here yesterday after.
noon, Lambs Ice dam broke, and the i'm.
mense body OF water, uniting with the
already,swollen Buck run, rushed down
the valley. The house occupied by Sarah
Brown, . widow, was struck by the tor.
rent and swept about 100 yards down the
dam, where 1t lodged among the trees.
Mfs. Brown and four children were In II
at the time. The water rose rapidly
around II 10 the depth Of several feet.
The mother held her little Bix.months.old
infant In her arms above the water, leav.
Ing her older children TO care for them.
selves She suddenly noticed that her
hve-year.old boy was drowning, and In al.
tempting TO Bave him the infant slipped
from her arms and was drowned before
aid could reach It. The remainder Of the
family were rescued. The damage in the
city and vicinity resulting from The food
will amount 10 several thousand dollars.
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PHILADELPHIA, May 1.-THE second
trial Of the suit Of Marion Davis against
the Philadelphia Iron and Steel: Company
to recoser damages for personal injuries
resulted yesterday in a verdict in favor OIL
the plaintiff for $4,000. Davis was struck
on the forehead by an iron clamp which
dew OF from rapidly.reyolying ay.wheel
His skull was broken, and II was found
necessary 10 remove several pieces. He
has since been subject To epileptic Hts.
Upon former trial the Jury rendered q
verdict for $4,000, which the Supreme
Court Het aside,
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Calumot Iron works.

CHICAGO, May 7.-Thero was no dis.
turbance at Cummings, the location Of the
large works at the Calumet Iron and Steel
Works, this morning, but 1t is feared that
trouble will occur. This fear Is based on
the reports that the Calumet Iron and
Steel Company arc going to bring mum.
Der OF new men TO the mills. The strikers
,ay they are determined the new men
shall not 60 to work. Dave Scott, the eta.
tlon agent, was driven out Of town last
night by q mob OF the strikers. The com.
pany filed a bill, and the leading striker
have been epjoined by the Circuit Court
10 keep away from the Company's works.