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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-09-19
AGENT, LOANING MONEY.

Section 81. From every person, firm, or
agents or agents for any corporation, firm,
or association, either in this city or out of
it, an annual tax of $40 from each agent.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-09-19

Section So. From each skating rink,
$3.50. SECTIONS 50, 60, 81 and 50 of this
ordinance were stricken out before it
passed-CITY CLERK
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
Chief Arthur Says He will Never Sane
tion Another Strike.

bAOh AuOJ4oE DbTlkG.
CHICAGO, June 5.-The Evening Journal
says:
There is trouble in the ranks OF the Brother
MOOD OF Locomotive Engineers Chief Arthur
is q candidate for re- election, and as such has
been making quiet canvass of the various
lodges OF the brotherhood. Last week a secret
meeting for this purpose was held In this city.
There were upward of 200 members present.
representing lodges in Illinois. Michigan Indi-
ana, Iowa and Wisconsin. and with
their defeat by the 80" momentarily
expected, reduction of wages ON the Santa Fe,
and the recent discharge by the Alton Of large
number of brotherhood men fresh in their
minds, they were not at all satisfied with the
chiefs optimistic speech A member OF the
general grievance committee got the floor,
and, addressing Chief Arthur said: "Your
speech this morning pictured our organization
as impregnable and resistless, and being So IL
had nothing to fear from any misfortune that
might threaten, but that no misfortune did
threaten. Now, sir; IL you believe such state
Of things exists you have been incorrectly in
formed Of affairs. The truth is a reduction
OF wages Is expected to be
made before long on number
pose TO accept because we do not believe it
justified. We, therefore, desire to know
whether, in the event Of a reduction being
ordered despite our opposition, you would
THE CHIEFS REPLY.
Chief Arthur did not like the question, but
there was no help for It. He had to answer
With compressed lips he rose to his feet, looked
at the determined faces before him. and said:
Under no condition of circumstances OF which
| can conceive shall / ever sanction another
strike" A murmur Of surprise, tinged with In
dignation, arose, but ceased as the chief con.
tnued: my reason for this decision is two.l
fold. In the first place, l am opposed TO strikes
on general principles. In the second place, a
strike would be practically suicide; for, owing
to the inexorable laws of supply and demand
and the large number OF unemployed engineers
in the country, it would take but an exceedingly
short time TO fill our places"
But, sir" broke in the questioner, Suppose
q reduction of wages should occur on the
Union Pacific system, where the Brotherhood
is 80 thoroughly equipped as TO obtain the
granting Of everything they ask, would not you
authorize a strike to resist it?'
Without n moments hesitation Chief Arthur
replied: "No, sir, would not / trist-I be-
lieve that no reduction of wages Is TO be made;
but should there be, and the men follow my
advice, they win accept tie reduction. | shall
never sanction another strike"
Chief Arthur stopped and the meeting ad-
journed. Mitterings of discomfort have been
heard ever since. II was known that the chief
had strong dislike to strikes, but that his CON
servatism was 50 extreme as his speech showed
was never dreamed.
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coon NEWS CnNrIRMrn.
WESTERN MARYLAND's NEEDS.
Money and Provisions to Be Supplied
From Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, Nd, June part of the
money, provisions and clothing collected
here are to be sent to the sufferers in the
flooded districts in Western Maryland, who
are sick, homeless and helpless. A Williams
port (Md) man was here to-day and told Of
the destitutiod and suffering caused by the
foods along the line Of the Potomac river
and canal in Western Maryland. While
the loss of life will not excsed twenty.
owing to the warning given the psople, the
destruction Of property was immense.
Scores of houses were swept away, leaving
hundreds Of people shelterless and almost
starving. In Williamsport alone, on Sun
day, thirty homeless and destitute families
were fed, and at Point of Rocks at least
forty families are nearly destitute and suf-
fering. The same is true at Sandy Hook
and other little villages along the Potomac
river, some Of which have been almost an-
initiated. All along the track of the angry
food are pitiable scenes of suffering, and
many families are living shelterless along
the river banks. the people were mostly
laborers working on the canal, and all their
earthly possessions were swept away with
their homes
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BEAVERS BULLION.
The Governor Has Already Received
$125,o66 for the Sufferers

The Governor Has Already Received
$125,o66 for the Sufferers.
HARRISBURG. Pa, June 5.-The follow
ing contributions by check and draft for
the relief of the Pennsylvania sufferers by
the flood, have been received by Gov.
Beaver to date: Citizens of Glenwood
Springs, COL, $515; citizens committee.
New York city, $4,000; Chicago jewelers.
Association, $1,500; citizens of Clay Center,
Kan Kan;' $54i $54ji citizens cit hi71' Of Columbia,
cSmnR cSnn $500 william sasd. AIN LILY Ads"s Msuch
Pueblo, Colo, $50; Montrose pa
board Of trade, 500; New Haven, Conn
chamber of commerce, $1,000; Conrade &
Taylor, Pottstown, Pa, 81 200; citizens of
Providence, r. l., $1,000; citizens of Chilli
cothe, o., 5000; Farmers Fertilizer Com
pany, Syracuse. N. V, $500; citizens of
Knoxville, Tenn, $l,500; relief committee
of Newport, KY, $39S; Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, New York, 0,0O0; Paw
tucket Or. ~ Business Mems Association,
ectady, N. Y, $1,000; San Francisco Re
lief Association, $4,000; Gov. Foraker
Of Ohio, $4,000; Ascension Branch
Sugar Planters Association, Donaldson
vile, La, S400; citizens of Hartford Conn,
S45S; John S. Covington, New York, S25
citizens of Sacramento, Cal, $500; Adams
Express Company, $1,000; Hebrew Benefi-
cial Association of Los Angeles, CAL,
$1,000; New Haven chamber of commerce,
tadditionaD $1,000; citizens of Baltimore,
$4,000; citizens of lion, N. Y, $4OO; citi-
zens of Chester, Pa, $1,000; West Presby-
terian church, New York, 81, 700; citizens
Of Woodbury., N. j., $500; j. Gallinger, TT
EAst Eighty y-second street, New York, S5;
citizens of New Orleans, $3.50: state Of Com
necticut on account, $4,000; citizens of
Plainfield, N. j., 81, 900. Total S125, 800.
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NEED FOR ALL THAT Is GIVEN.
Thousands Out of Work and Abso-
lutely Destitute

lutely Destitute.
JoHNsTowN, PA, June 5, II 80 P. M.-Not-
withstanding the fact that nearly every
prominent part Of the United States is rails
ing funds for the relief of the Conemaugh
sufferers, tho wants of the homeless and
afflicted are far from being alleviated. At
the various relief stations to-day, the crowd
or applicants was continuous from
morning till night and many of the needy
were forced to wait in line before their
turn came and their little portion was al
lotted out to them. Hundreds of thousands
must pour into this stricken valley if posi-
tive suffering and privation Is to be avoided.
Thousands of people are homeless, and in
the devastated homes thousands also lost
their all. Labor and manufacturing OF
nearly all kinds is at standstill in the
valley, and weeks or months must elapse
before the Cambria iron works and other
industrial institutions can possible resume
and give employment to the thousands that
depend upon them for support. Even at
the present time, five days after the world
was first thrilled by the news Of this great
disaster, there are hundreds of hungry
people in Conomaugh valley who have no
certainty of breakfast tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
CRONIN'S KILLING.
A Friend OF the Dead Man Tells Of the
Latser's Fears.

Friend OF the Dead Man Tells Of the
Latser's Fears.
CHICAGO, June 5.-The Cronins inquest
was resumed this morning Patrick Nc
Carey, friend of DIR. Cronin, testified as
to what DIR. Cronin had told him in regard
to the investigation of the committee of the
Clan-na-Gael at Buffalo of the charges that
Alexander Sullivan had appropriated funds
OF the Clan to his own use
while member of the execu-
tive board or triangle" McGarrey
said that DIR. Cronin informed him that the
charges were not only of misappropriation
OF funds, but that the ''trianglen had sent
men to their death and to British prisons.
The witness could not remember the exact
amount OF money mentioned by DR.. Cronin,
but 1t approximated $500,000.
HIS VISIT TO TORONTO.
The witness then told of his visit to
Toronto after DIR. Cronin's death, and the
result of his interviews with Re
porter Leng. The latter at first
denied having sent the misleading dis
patches, but subsequently, said that he had
sent statement of the facts to Frank Scan
Ian of this city. DIR. Cronin said to the wit
ness after the Buffalo investigation, that if
he were murdered it would be at Alexander
Sulllvan's instlgation. DR.. Cronin also
said that the life of Dr. McCabe of Philadel-
pkia, who joined with DIR. Cronin in report
ing against Sullivan in the Buffalo investi-
CATION was also in danger, and that an at
tempt had been made to decoy him away.
MGEEHAN's CONDUCT.
Thomas j. Conway was examined. Con-
way is member of the Clan-na-Gael. He
began by testifying as to the conduct Of
Peter McGeehan of Philadelphia. Conway
said McGeehan told him that he came west
under orders from the chairman Of the
executive committee of the Clau-na-Gael
tie saw McGeehan in the company Of Capt.
Lawrence Buckley of the Chicago Clan-na-
Gael Guards, and heard the former say
that DIR. Cronin and DR.. Mccarthy deserved
to die. The witness further stated
chat he was present at the meeting of Camp
No. "a, Clan-Na-Gael when the question OF
resolution regretting the death of Dr. Cronin
was being discussed, John NJ. Moss, who
has store on West Lake street, rose and
said he was against passing resolutions, be-
cause perhaps the executive committes had
sufficient proof to show that DIR. Cronin
was British spy, and the executive COM
mittee had right to remove him.
All of the witnesses were asked IL they
had ever heard of threats against the doc
tors life by Mr.. Sullivan, and each replied
by saying no.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
HARp on TRuoK FARMs.
The Drought and Lack of Transports
ton Ruinous in Their Effects.

The Drought and Lack of Transporta-
ton Ruinous in Their Effects.
CHARLESTON, s. c., June 5.-The rail-
road blockade, owing to the washing away
of the bridges in Pennsylvania, Maryland
and Virginia. has caused loss of many
thousands of dollars to the truck farms in
this vicinity. The potato, bean and berry
crops are just at their harvest, and hum
dreds of carloads of vegetables and fruit
are now lying at the sidings awaiting trans
portation to New York and Boston. No
mails from the north have reached here
since Saturday last and no vegetable trains
have left here since Sunday. The
situation is very distressing. To add to the
distress, the summer crops are perishing for
want Of rain, while the floods have been so
disastrous in the north. the farms
in this vicinity where most of the vegeta-
bles are raised are parched up. A slight
shower on Friday last is all the rain that
has fallen here for over six weeks. In the
city, where the people chiefly depend upon
cisterns for their drinking water, there IS
great suffering.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
REGISTRATION DEDUCTIONS.

The registration of survivors goes on,
but not SO rapidly as yesterday. The total
registration to-day is a trifie over IL, 900. out
OF total estimated population of the torrent
swept district from $4,000 to 10000.
Allowance must be made, Of course, for
large. numbers of survivors who have
sought refuge with friends in other places,
as well as many who failed either
from ignorance or remissness to register.
But the falling off to-day leads the authori-
ties to apprehend that their worst fears
may be yet realized, and that the death roll
will amount well up into $4,000. Visits to
several registration offices to-day and in
quiries among survivors who came in to
register, and a compilation of the replies in
dicate that the proportion of saved and lost
is about equal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
GOTHAMS GENEROSITY.
Nearly $4,000 Taken in at the
Mayors Office Yesterday.

Nearly $4,000 Taken in at the
Mayors Office Yesterday.
NEW YORK, June 5.-Mayor Grant sent
a dispatch to Gov. Beaver to-day, announc-
ing that nearly $4,000 had been taken in
during the day. The subscriptions at the
mayors Office, it is stated, will to-day ag-
gregate at least $13O,000. These are the
amounts contributed already from
various exchanges and commercial
bodies. Stock Exchange $32,.
900; Chamber of Commerce $2S,0O0;
Maritime Exchange, $4,000; Produce Ex-
change, $1,000; Cotton Exchange, S7,4OO:
Consolidated Exchange, 81, 900; Real Estate
Exchange, $780, Metal Exchange, s., ,275;
jewelers. Board of Trade. 81 500; Mercan-
tile Exchange 81, 300. Dispatches from
nearly every city in the United States give
details of an ever-growing fund.
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FEARFUL FATALITY.
The Loss of Life Now Estimated at
$4,000 to $4,000.


JoHNsTowN Pa, June 5, P. M-Con-
servative me 81, of the opinion that the
number oC people destroyed will reach
from $4,000 to $4,000. This view of it is
based on many fragments of evidence OBJ
tanned from over 100 citizens, carefully
selected from as intelligent men and women
as could be found. They were chosen from
as many occupations as possible, and from
as many social classes. They were asked to
estimate the percentage of loss TO the total
population. to tell how many people of their
acquaintance have disappeared and how the
gatherings of residents on the streets and
IN public places compare with the same in
AorIner times. Their statements of facts
ana estimates were proved as far as could
De, and a calculation shows a list of 12, 900
70 $4,000. 1t must be remembered that a
very large proportion of this loss is made
up OF children. How strikingly frequent is
Lne reference in the death list to MRS.
Jones and six children - "Mrs. Smith and
nVe echildren."
LITTLE CoRPsEs IN DOZENS.
In the morgue little ones lie in dozens,
where adults are in half dozens. There is
ana ana has been much difficulty in recovering
.ne bodies of children. Being lighter and
smaller they have often swept into out of
sne way receSSes that are almost inaccessi-
ole, and are more easily carried away A
very great proportion of the children have
peen swept down the river, and their bodies
urlyen IN under the overhanging banks.
under thickets and in other places where
OLere is only sparse population. and
where the search is not car
rleu on in a careful and
organized manner. AS an illustration of
tnis just above New Florence some frav-
msnLs Of clothing were in full view Of q
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
INSURANCE AGENTS ON DECK.
They Will Have Hard Time Looking
Up Their Dead.

They Will Have Hard Time Looking
Up Their Dead.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 5, II P. M.--One of
the features of the day was the arrival of
large number of life and accident insurance
agents. Fully 100 of them have arrived,
and they are hard at work, looking up vic
tins who were insured in the different com.
panies. Very little information can be
procured vet as there Is really no official
list of the identified dead, and even if there
was, there are zoo many people who cannot
be identified, 50 that there is little or no
hope for an insurance agent getting any
thing like complete list. Another feature
in the arrivals to day is the number of pro-
fessional photographers who have put in an
appearances. On every hillside and at
places among the ruins they can be seen.
CLARA BARTON ON HAND.
Miss Clara Barton Of Washington, D. c.,
head of the Red Cross corps, known ali
over the world, arrived here this morning
and Will at once assume charge Of all the
female relief corps.
All day long corpses were being hurried
below ground. The unidentified bodies
were grouped on high hill west of the
doomed city, where one epitaph
must do for all, and that
word unknown" Here are hundreds
of these graves already and each day will
increase the number. The possibility of
Identification diminishes every hour. Fires
are raging over the tangled graves Of hum
dreds, and partial cremation of many
bodies is inevitable. Others are becoming
so blackened In their contact with the
debris or through putri6cation that
a skeleton would have as much resemblance
to persons in life as they. To-day almost
every stroke Of the.pick in some portions Of
victim, and although the funerals of the
morning relieved the morgues Of their
crush, by night they were as full OF dead as
ever. Every train into Johnstcwn was
loaded with them, the better ones being
generally accompanied by friends Of the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
HAVOC IN HUNTINGDON.
Several Lives Lost and Property
Greatly Damaged.


Greatly Damaged.
PITTsBURG, PA, June 5, 10 p. MA
special just received from Huntingdon,
Pa, says:
Late news from the suburban districts in this
county shows that the destruction to property
by the flood is infinitely greater than was first re-
ported The waters are receding and the ,Juuiata
river is passable in several places Couriers have
arrived bearing news of an unprecedented
flood. From Bedford to Huntingdon. on the
RosStown branch, and at Lewistown on the
Juniata river, the devastation is great Not a
house is left that stood within reach of the
swollen streams. The damage to property
will reach S500,000 while other towns In the
county have suffered correspondingly. At
Mapleton the immense tannery of L. A.
Roberts was damaged to the extent of 1900 600
and the loss TO other property will reach 500 900
more. The Powell furnace sustained a loss of
$4,000 and at that place both railroad bridges
were swept away, leaving railroad communica-
tion with Bedford cut off. The Huntington
and Broad Top railroad sustained but slight
damage.
TRACKS DESTROYED.
For distance of three miles below here, four
miles of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks are
destroyed, with the bridges gone. From here
to the junction Of the Juniata and SusQuehanna
rivers, the sweep of the flood extended, filling
this once beautiful valley with desolaton and
ruin. Growing crops in the lowlands were
destroyed, and in Smiths valley in Blair
county, farming lands, comprising an area
of twelve by two miles, have been stripped of
every vestige of soil. AS far as known 300
houses have been destroyed in thiscounty Re-
lief committees are now engaged seeking assis-
tance for the destitute. Three families com
prising sixteen persons, living on the Rosstown
branch, are missing, and it is feared that they
have been swept away with their homes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
PH1LADELpHIA's GREAT WORK.
She Has Already Made Up $3.50, 900 in
Cash and Sixty Carloads of Goods

She Has Already Made Up $3.50, 900 in
Cash and Sixty Carloads of Goods,
PHILADELPHIA. June 5.--The enthu-
sIastic and good natured rivalry existing
between the various collectors Of funds,
clothing, etc., in this city for the Johns
town sufferers has been the means of SWELL
ing the amount of cash subscriptions to
about $550,000, while donations Of food and
other necesSaries are SO numerous that
some difficulty is being experienced in
handling them. Thirty-one carloads in all
have been shipped, and it is thought that
fully as mucn is awaiting shipment. A
portion of the contributions are being sent
to Williamsport and other places on the
west branch Of the Susquenanna.
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party on the river bank. Hundreds of
people passed the place for three days
looking for bodies. but thought it was only
shreds of worthless clothing they were
looking at Finally somebody poked at the
rags with stick and swirl in the current
brought 2-year-old babe to to the surface.
The drift of opinion among intelligent men,
physicians, engineers and RAILROAD men is
that from 1000 to ! 500 of the bodies will
never be found.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
Flour from Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 5.-The citizens
committee to-day voted to send 1900 barrels
OF Hour to the Johnstown sufferers. The
order was divided among all the mills so as
to get the -four as early as possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-06
An Address of Condolence.

DUBLIN, June 5.-The municipal coun.
Gil. at the suggestion of Lord Mayor Sulli-
van. has adopted an address of coincidence
to the sufferers by the Pennsylvania floods.
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were subscribed on the spot for the relief Of
the Johnstown sufferers. The American
bankers all agreed to open subscriptions the
next day at their banking houses. Buffalo
Bill" subscribed tie entire receipts Of one
entertainment to be given under the
auspices of the committee.
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POWDER UNDER A oHURoH.
Dastartly Attempt to Blow UP q
Methodist Congregation.

Methodist Congregation.
CHICAGO, June 5.--A dispatch from
Pomeroy, o.. says: Monday night while
services were being held in the Free Metho-
dist church near this city, an attempt was
made to blow up the building. A lot Of
powder had been placed under the church.
To which a fuse was attached and hqlitod
but it missed fire. Fully half peck OF
blasting powder was taken from under the
building after the attempt was discovered
by tho congregation. At least 100 nerso -
would have been killed had the powder been
in.nitn1 y
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Chicago,s Cash Contributions.

CHICAGO, June Sit is estimated that
Chicago's cash contributions for the Johns
town sufferers to date aggregate about
800 600
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Con. Earlv al winonaatar.

WINCHESTER, VA, June 5.-Gen. Jubal
A. Early arrived here to-day on bis first
visit since the war. Numbers Of old sol
diers and many citazens paid their respects
to tha general.
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WORK AT WASHINGTON.
Hopes That 100000 VIII be Raised
in That City.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The commits.
sioners of the district have postponed all
but the most pressing duties for the work
of collecting and forwarding contributions
to the Pennsylvania sufferers. They got
ready train full Of supplies to-day to re-
deem the promise of the President made to
Gov. Beaver yesterday, ,and will prepare an
other later in the week. Among the supplies
prepared to-day was a quantity of disin-
fectants which Surgeon General Hamilton
purchased. About $40, 900 has been raised
in money here and score of agencies are at
work gathering more. President Harrison
has signed the subscription papers of sixty
collectors by the commissioners. 1t is hoped
that the total value of all the contributions
will aggregate 100000.
THE TRAIN.
A train Of thirteen freight cars loaded
down with provisions and clothiug for the
johnstown sufferers, pulled out of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad station at 1890
o'clock tonight. Ten of the cars came
through from Philadelphia and Baltimore
and three we're filed with supplies furnished
by Washingtonians The train will go
through on passenger time and is expected
to reach Johnstown before O'Clock tc-mor-
row morning.
All sorts of entertainments are being ar
ranged here for the benefit of the sufferers
and considerable money will be raised.
The citizens relief committee to-day vot ed
part of the proceeds of the Willard hall
meeting of yesterday to the purchase of
ham, flour, potatoes, bread and other nee
essaries as it was thought more immediate
relief could be secured il supplies were
purchased here, than if money was sent to
Johnstown and purchases there made.