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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

A good little story has infused into Lon
don Punch something of the old Lemon
flavor. "The squire is represented as ask
ing An undertaken about q horse which the
former had sold to the man Of funerals. Was
he quiet enoughs-that is what the squire
wants to know. "Well, sir" responds the
undertaken, Mould, che did give US little
trouble at first. We put him in one Of the
mourning coaches. you know, and parties
don't like to be shook up in their grief. But
we've put him in the earse now, and we
haven't card any complaints 80 far"
Nor does one hear any complaints from
the occupants Of the graves in our cemete-
ries, whose resting place is too often
pleasure ground, for it is curious TO note how
people who have no pleasure grounds, no
park, no Sunday resorts, flock to the GENE.
teries for Sunday afternoon amusemen,s.
Do the living visitors seek to learn the les.
son these evidences Of mortality teach? That
relatives should 60 there is natural; but it
does seem little curious that the motley
crowd should seek pleasure there!
Nor does one hear any complaint from the
occupants Of the graves there. that, as is too
often the case, their little resting places are
left deserted, to become overgrown with the
foul growth of noxious weeds that the stones
that mark their sleeping place should be al
lowed to fall upon them and press upon their
covering of green while they sleep; that
their silent city, which should be one Of beau
ty, should become neglected wilderness.
One never hears complaints Of these things;
the dead complain not that the duty Of the
living to them is left unfulfled and forgot
ten Is there no obligation on cemetery u.s.
socations to remember it!
The tilt of Ex minister Lowell with Julian
Hawthorne touching the alleged abuse of
confidence by the latter in printing the in.
view had with Lowell, wherein Mr. Lowell
is reported TO have said some very cutting
Things opNiV'y pht
pcrsonages, has called forth from Gen Adam
Badeau some remarks on personalities of the
press. In England, as Gen. Badesu very
we'll knows. publicity, to the smallest de
tails, Of the doings Of notsbles in private life
is quite the expected thing The Queen herself
correets the court calendar and encourages
this publicity. She even wrote for her peo-
ple the story, to minute details, Of her own
life. In America the fashion has
as complete a sway as in the old world.
Ladies send their list Of guests in advance Of
the great Sunday dsilies they describe their
own dresses TO reporters and get angry only
when they are omitted or cut off with word
or line. The tide has clearly set in in
favor of publicity to the doinss of "socie'y
people
But there is limit to personalities. The
friyolties of fashion. of dress. Of the harm.
less recording of the facts that Mrs. Jonos
is going to Europe or that Mrs. Smith is
visiting in Chicago are, now sdays, the le-
,itimste and expected amenities Of every
Law life. But to that spirit Of indecent per-
that attacks in the press man 5
character, that dogs man from personal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20
LABOR NOTES.

The Chicago Butchers Strike Ended.-No
fional Trades Unions ConUention.-le
Conrict Labor Amendment Threat
ened Miners Troubles al Stredtor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

The amendment 10 the constitution pro.
hibiting the letting Of convict labor by
contract in Illinois penitentiarles has been
agreed to by the voters of the state, the
majority in its favor In Cook county having
saved the measure from defeat. The ma
inrty for IL in the whole state was ~, 800,
Outside of Cook county the total vote was
477,339 for the amendment, 2l705I;
against It, 166,G93 The proposition was
short 81 ,613 votes Of majority of all votes
cast Cook county gave S9,5Oi votes for
the amendment out Of total OF G6 1913 a
majority of Al 1872. On Monday the motor
ious Procion Howard of Danyille filed
bill praying that the board Of canvaSsers
be restrained from canvassing the vote and
the governor from declaring the result by
proclamation on the grounds that o. there
is no reference Of any kind in the consti-
tuition TO the subject Of penal labor, 40 thst
the amendment Is not germane to any arti.
Gle of the constitution; and (S) that there
WAS no uniformity In the manner of sub
hitting the question 10 the people. The
attorney general WAS ordered to make re-
ply within three days
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20
Circuit Court.

Circuit Court.
The case Of the People Lyman Johnson
who was indicted June last for An assault
made by HIM upon George Roberts. was tried
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, States
Attorney MOloney appearing for the people
and Henry Mayo for johnson. The testi
mony rs te the cause of the assault was con-
hicting, but when given to the jury yer.
dict was reached clearing Johnson Of an at
tempt to commit murder and Ending him
guilty Of q simple desire to do bodily harm.
1t is probable that Johnson will either bs
sent to the county Jail or fined.
Judge Dibell with a jury is now interest
ed in the trial Of Patrick Mesgher, u livery
stable keeper in this city, who is before the
Court for assaulting Charles Wolfsberger
some months since with a barrel stsve.
Meagher is defended by Senator Duncan
and Sidney r. Blanchard, while the pro
scouting attorney appears for the state. The
indictment is for murder, and the defenseis
self.defense. The case is attracting consid-
cradle attention.
On Monday the case Of the People, &C..
Batcheldor will be taken up. Bstchedor is
under indictment for shooting John P. Til
den, his father.in law.
The ensuing week witness the close Of
criminal trials and the next jury will take
up civil cases. The Reddick will case win
be the most important trial
Judge Dibell, though presiding each day,
is no, fully recovered from his recent illness,
he is proving very acceptable Judge.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20
The Courts.
Tho Supreme Court.

The judges Of this court fled . batch Of
30 opinions on Saturday last. none Of specisa
interest to this county cave that Of Navy
Arn Jones '. Goa! Run Goa! Co., suit to re.
cover damages fer killing her husband in
the mines. The defence found another wom-
an who claimed to be Jones wife, but the
court refused to allow her testimony to a.
in. Mrs. Mary Ann Jones got verdict,
which this Court reverses. T. F. Bull and
Walter Reeves for Coal Co.
The famous case of Judgs Rilsbw-y '. III,
g. i A. II. r Co., on the trial Of which be
low the Judge WAS awarded Sl7,OO0.0D dam.
ages, was also reversed; and the opinion lie
said TO be such that it forever precludes the
Judge from recovery Of damages. Yet the
Judge is cripple and an invalid, and will
remain so no doubt to the end Of his days.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

A call has been made by the Lohor Trt
b,tne for a convention of all the trades In
In the U. 8. and Canada to meet at Colum.
bus, Ohio, Dec. 9Th, having for It's objects
a. Formation and encouragement Of trades
unions; (9) organization of central labor
unions In every American city; 6! found
ing Of state Assem- blles 10 influence state
legislation In the interests of labor; %
the establishment Of national and interns-
tiOnal trades unions, based upon the strict
recognition of the autonomy of each trade
~ and American federation or alliance of
all trades unions. TO aid and assist each
other TO influence national Legislation In
the interests of working men and to Inilu-
ence public opinion by legal methods in
favor of organized labor; (6) to aid the
labor press and to disseminate labor litera-
ture. Delegates spportioned on basis o,
| 70 about 1000 members; local unions,
having no national union. one delegate
each. The circular Is signed by the officers
Of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters, Anal.
gamated Association, Iron Molders' Union,
Cigar Makers Union, and Minors ASsocia
ton
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

The great strike of the hands In the PACK
Ing house of the Union Stock Yards came
70 an end on Saturday last, when Grand
Masterworkman Powderly of the h. OF L.
ordered the strike of. on the ground that
the Order could not at this time support a
strike in the interest of the eight hour sys
tenn, which was the cause Of the trouble,
the bosses having ordered a return TO the
ten hour system. There was no complaint
on the scores of wages. There are men in
these works who make their ST r day, hun
dreds who make 81 day, while the gener
al average is S2;5. The strike has been
disastrous 20 hundreds OF tho old men,
chiefly those who obtain the lowest wages,
and not able To remain in idleness at the
opening of the winter for probably half the
places of the old men, have been filled by
new men, taken In during the progress Of
the strike. so the strike must be put down
as gigantic failure. 1t cost the men over
1925 900 and brought them no return,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

CO... Plumb's IN joriy is ia 'es: ills year
than it WAS ,wO years 40.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

If we do not chance to forget it,
And our hesdpiece isn't too murky.
Not word will we say, near Thanksgiving
day,
About carrying the war into Turkey"
---Chie12o San
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20

There seems to be a chance for compiled.
ton nj Sreator growing out Of the action
Of the Star Coal Co Last spring MI oper
ators and operatives adopted the scale
adopted at the great meeting at Columbus,
Ohio, which was 20 cents ton to ID ners
At that time what Is known as the Ripley"
field was not In existence. The Star Com
pany has just opened q new shaft there,
and expected to pay hut 70 cents claiming
that AS this coal is more easily mined, the
men can make as much as others at 60c
It means however, Nh attack on the Column
bus scale, (Which the Star company claim
is not binding on them, ~ they were NJ, in
existence at the time Of its adoption for
Sshould zoe only be paid by the Star The
other companies in the Streatof district,
and eventually all over the soft coal re-
gions, would cut from SOC, to 70c. also, On
Tuesday evening the Streator assembly K
Of l.. adopted resolutions protesting against
the strike of the Ripley operators against
the Columbus scale 10 which all western
coal operators are bound by solemn agree.
ment; and under the circumstances very
Justly say, That such example 90 the part
Of the operators favors that which the bus
mess world aud the true Interests OF labor
seeks 10 put lis frown upon viz: strikes
ana the violation Of agreements" ltdoeS
seem great pity that the action Of one
not very important mine should thus en-.
danger the peaceful situation in the coal
fields of the West by this arbitrary proceed.
ure. The local X of l.. assembly opposes
"a strike but should one occur, it would not
be matter Of great wonder, nor would
the operators BE entitled 10 any sympathy
IL they thus violate their solemn agree
ments with their men.
LATER-The Ripley Operators have
agreed TO pay SO u ton until conference
of operators and miners shall settle any OK
istiag differences.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-20
Town Tattle.

The sudden shower comes down no more
And makes pedestrians rush to cover,
No lightnings fash, nor thunders roar,
Because the picnic seasons over.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30
The Pittsburg Coal Deposits.
When the mineral wealth of the cart

When the mineral wealth of the earth
I.s rlhu ID for the future use OF
mankind, Southwestern Pennsylvania
seems to have had its measure heaped
no and running over. Professor j. i.
Ileslev, of the State Geological Survey,
makes a little calculation of the contents
of a single coal bed in that quarter, the
result of which is not only startling, but
also highly gratifying. The Pittsburg
coal field has an uutspread fifty miles IN
length by fifty miles in breadth in the
State. This is not the limit of the held
by any means, IS il extends westward
into Ohio and southwark into west
Virginia, in neither of which States
have its boundaries been accurately
defined.
The PENNSYLVANIA section of this bed
has been well enough defined to allow a
| toIerably accurate estimate of its con-
/ tents. In the northwestern section or
/ this area the workable coal is from two
7 60 three feet IN thickness. t increases
. In thickness from the east to the south,
/ there being six feet Of workable coal at
/ Pittsburg. ten feet up the MOuongahela
and twelve feet on the IOughlOgheny
/ The new oil and gas bOrings IN Wash
/ ington and Greene counties show that
! II maintains the same ratio of thickness
in that direction. Professor Lesley
thinks an average of eight feet for the
entire district a fair one. There are
3. 500 SQUARE miles of Pennsylvania ter
ritory underlaid by the bed. Eight teet
OF coal would furnish S,OOO,OOO tons &c
the square mile, OF 10000, ,OOO,OOO tons
for the entire area. Allowing One-hali
this area to be taken up by ravines anc
valleys. in which the coal has been ero-
sAf loft
tons. Making the liberal allowance Of
fifty per cent. for pillars, bad mining
and waste from all causes, the available
coal from this single district may be SCI
down at 5000, 600, 600 tons.
The significance of these figures Il
heightened by the fact that the entir'
dis 'rict seems to be underlaid by exten'
sive gas reservoirs. just at present TIT
gas is taking the place Of the coal TO
many purposes, leaving the coal to b.
chiefly marketed outside of the terTitor,
in which it is produced. With botl
gas and coal in such unlimited quanti
ties. the natural wealth of this section
seems to be practically boundless. L
has beer for a long time the centre o
the iron, glass and steel industries o
the country. In spite of the opening O
new coal fields in the South and Wes
it must still maintain its supremacy /
; this respect. The gas development c
the last two or three years is leading t
= a largely increased concentration c
) capital and plant in this section. !
, there was nothing but the gas to be de
pended on, this new outlay might
somewhat risky, as no one knows ho'
soon the gas may be exhausted; but wit
y five thousand million tons of coal to ia
back upon, it will not prove seriOU
8 matter if the gas does play out in fe
9 years. Coal will keep furnaces gOini
= and of coal there seems to be PRACTICAL
. no end -PbiJd Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30
Blaine and the Maine ProhibftiOnists.

The canvass in Maine will open two
weeks from tomorrow at Portland
where Brother BLAINE is announced to
speak. His appearance on the stump
will be a political event of great interest,
and he is sure TO say something that
will command the attention of every
body, even the most thoroughly self
absorbed Mugwump.
1t does not seem to US to be necessary
to assume that because Brother BLAINE
takes an active part in the State canvass
this year he is firing his first gun, as
the phase goes, in the larger campaign
on the national field. The Republican
candidate for Governor is Mr. BLAINE's
faithful lieutenant and irrepressible
I henchman. Mr.. BLAINE is the foremost
( Republican of Maine, and his silence
during the canvass would be surprising
/ indeed.
Very likely Mr.. BLAINE's speech at
Portland will be devoted in a measure
/ TO an attempt to heal the widening
breach between the voters who care
more for the Republican party than they
do for prohibition, and the voters who
care more for prohibition than they do
for the Republican party. 1t is not q
/ little odd that in a state where probi-
bitioD has been the law for between
thirty and forty years, there should still
be a considerable body of citizens who
believe in the need of further agitation.
and that their movements and protests
and demands should be important
enough to give concern to the great
party which has given them all that
they have hitherto obtained.
What are the Maine Prohibitionists
agitating for ? Not for the principle OF
prohibition IN their own State. for il
has been recognized and accepted there
for years, and has had as fair trial a.
it can possibly have under the existing
conditions of human nature. Not foI
an extension of the Maine system t,
other States, for the Maine Prohibition
lists profess TO be dissatisfied with tht
operations of the law al home, as execu
ted under their own eyes aud noses.
Why, then, are the Maine PIohibi.
tionists getting ready for a powerful
effort to defeat Mr.. BLAINE's frient
BODWELL for Governor. and why hav,
they sent for Brother ST. JOHN TO com,
and help them do it ?
Is it because a few OF their leader
happen for persona TeasoCs, to hat
Brother BLAINE worse than they hate
rum ?-N Y. SIN.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30
The Labor Vote.

There is one element that will enter
largely into the calculations of tie po-
Iitical managers Of both parties in this
State in the impending campaign, and
that is the labor vote. at least one
hundred thousand strong, 1t is standing
in aoeyance just now realizing the TACT
that it will constitute most important,
if not controlling, interest in the con-
test soon to be waged, but go far has
given 10 indication as to which side 1t
will incline. Both parties will seek to
secure it, but from its present attitude
IL is certain that it will exact specific
promises instead Of giittering gener-
aIities before deteTmiuining with which
side to cast its lot.
And in this respect the Democracy
will have a marked advantage. The
Democratic party has ever been the
friend of the laboring classes, as its
record will attest; and as they will be
very apt TO weigh well the chances be-
fore coming TO 2 decision, the question
with them will not be who promises
most. hut which party wiz be most
likely 60 keep its pledges after the vlcto-
~ is won. in which view OF The case the
Democratic party. with its record, Oc-
cupies a cOign of vantage that is oOt TO
be gainsayed.
The wOrkingmen will probably mea'
sure the sincereity of the Republican
platform by the Prohibition plank which
! has been already so severely criticised.
! 1t has been shown how absolutely hol-
| low and unmeaning it is. the veriest
/ trick and trap upon its face to deceive
! and catch the unwaTy, and to bridge
over the question they were afraid tc
meet until the Presidential contest OF
/ lightweight has passed into history. a
party which can so readily solve import
/ ant issues by tricks and devices. car
scarcely hope to win public coDidenct
upon any other subject. With the Pro
hibition party in dead earnest and 1T;
ranks filed with conscientious men, who
are cOntending for principle they deem
of first Importance; with the labo
. movement we'll organized and ready t
throw its disciplined force wherever th'
most good is likely to result to them
selves, to say nothing of the independ
ent Republican vote which followed
STEWARDS gallant but hopeless lead
a few years. ago, to crush bOssism, nov
as rampant as ever, it cannot be denied
that the Democratic outlook is full o
promise. Much will depend upon tn
tact and siucereity of the leaders in pre-
senting a candidate and formulating
platform. If they act wisely in bot
there is no telling what the ''stars hav
said - PittsblTq Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30

THOUSANDS Of Irish Nationalist,
with bands and banners, assembled at
the railway station at Waterford, Ire
land. on Monday last to welcome Mr..
Eilieu, OF New York, the bearer of
portrait and personal relics of General
Thomas Francis MeagheT. The unveil-
ing of the portrait will take place next
Sunday, when Mr.. Power, member of
Parliament for Waterford city, will de-
liver an grafton. Waterford is the
birthplace of the gifted and eloquent
Meagher. one OF that remarkable band
of young Irish patriots who started the
unsuccessful uprising in favor of Irish
liberty in 184S. He was tried for treason
and convicted, but before sentence of
| death was passed upon him he delivered
/ a speech to the Count in defence of the
/ cause for which he supposed he was
about to suffer, which is the most brill
. liant that ever fell from the lips of so
/ young ? man, even surprising Robert
/ Emmet's memorable address before
Lord NOrbury pronounced a similar
sentence upon him fOrty-fve years be-
fore. Meagher, however, was not execu-
ted, The British Government being
then more mercifuI than in 1903 when
Emmet suffered death for the cause he
had espoused, was ashamed of incurring
the odium that would attach to the ex-
ecutiOn of so young a man whose sur
passing eloquence in the very shadow of
death had thrilled the whole civilized
world. He was banished to Australia
from which he made his escape in 1852.
landed in California and went from there
to New York When the rebellion broke
out in 1861 he fought at Bull Run as
Colonel of New York Irish regiment
and continued lighting until the wal
was over. Tie was then appointed Sec
retary Of Montana Territory and a few
months after while coming down thu
Missouri river from Fort Benton TO st
Louis on steamboat, fell overheard il
the darkness of the night and no trac,
of him was ever found. When his Dor
, trait is unveiled at Waterford day afte
tomorrow, the older residents of tha
ancient city who knew him at the outse
OF his brief, brave and unfortunate ca
e reer, will feel a conscious pride as the
3 gaze upon the features of the most elo
= queut man Of the young Ireland
party Of 1S4S, and q defender of tn
: integrity o. the American Union in th
? Great Rebellion of 1861.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30

THE editor of the Johnstown Tribune
don't like the daily howl sent up by the
Philadelphia Press over President Cleve-
lands removal Of Republican Postmas-
ters and the substitution of competept
Democratic successors. What be now
says to the sneaEing hypocrite who con
trolls the Press is not new with him. an
aflertbought, for he said precisely the
same thing when his commission as
Postmaster at JohGstown had ten
months or year 90 run. Respecting
The childish wailings of the Press over
The removal Of Republicans from office
The philosopher of the Tribune says
The Philadelphia Press is wasting its
space IN showing how many Democrats
the President has put into Office and how
many Republicans he has turned out
The moro pronounced Democrats ho
gives the offices, the more deserving he
is Of credit. If that was not what he
was elected for. the buIk of the Demo-
e-H,ic rar,v was greatly mistaken when
r1 n.. " vi1 '0sa nothing
srE rl . ergl.lrans
.... ... .al as bee can.
..-.t and Chez nar..
rrUe EEgil.a=
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-07-30

Mr.. GLADSTONE and his Cabinet
ministers resigned their offices early last
week. The designations were of course
promptly accepted by the Queen who
never liked Gladstone, although he is
immeasuTably the greatest man in Eng
land, simply because lie is Literal aud
not Tory. Lord Salisbury, whom
Gladstone succeeded seven months ago.
was sent for some days later and having
bowed himself into the august presence
OF royalty and having kissed the Queens
hand, was appointed Prime Minister and
directed to form a Cabinet. He has been
engaged for several days doing so, but
owing 20 the conflicting interests of the
Tories and their allies. the Union Liber
ais, he has encountered many difficulties
When the Cabinet Is formed, however
the question that will be asked is-hov
long will Salisbury's administration
last I?