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MYSTERIOUS DYNAMITE CASE,
Ths Master Mechanic Of thO Nickel Plat
Receives an Internal Machine,

Inp 4thsFeF AppIlAnle ~ Hlo NlGkcI fthfe
Receives an Internal Machine.
CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-The police have a
dynamite case 10 unrayel. They are try.
ing to find who sent from the east to
I. s. Heindle, General Master Mechanic
of tho Nickel Plate road, an Internal
MACHINE. The machine Is globe-like
affair, apparently Of plaster Of paris, and
weighs about two pounds; is eight inches
long and five inches in diameter. On
Monday a package wrapped in brown
paper and addressed TO the Master
Mechanic was taken to Mr.. Heindle's
office. 1t had been shipped from a sta.
tion new Buffalo, on the Lake Shore
road. There was nothing about the
package 10 excite suspicion, but when
the wrapper was taken OF, tho machine
was found In the CRnter OF q lot of cotton,
surrounded by folds OF tissue paper.
rhe odor was disagreeable, and Mr.,
Heindle handled 1t very gingGrly. Then
he tookitt the Englewood police station.
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NNr EOIAL no TIlR ENERGENCY.

Tho Pennsylvania Company Cannot supply
tho Demand for Cars In tho Coke
Regions.
Plr1sBpRag Oct. 2a-The glut Of
freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad
has Anally produced q complete par.
alyBiR Of business in the coke regions.
There arc to-day less than 800 cars in the
entire region, where as the daily mini.
mum when traffic is handled with aver
ago expedition 10 1900.
The iroVblv, ip this instance, Is not
due 10 The prevailing car iOmin 0, but Ia
the lack OF motive power sufficient 10
haul cars 10 and from the regions, de-
spite the magnificent equipment q lpoo'
motives possessed w lhgiallt6al cOm'
panY. Never III the history Of railroad
ing has Lhete been such tremendous
amount Oi freight offered Tor shipment
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THE WISCONSIN lIAzIyG.
University Students Frying To Keep out O
the Clutches nf thu tnVy.

unworthy stuUonIN Trying u Keep out Ol
the Clutches 0f tho Law.
MADISON, Wis, Oct, 25,-Inqdlry into
the hSSlng Of young Riley, Of Chippewa
Falls, at The Stats UniyeBity, has been
suspended until Saturday to enable thu
officers TO follow some Of tho boys sum.
moned as witnesses, To their homes In
different parts Of the State, whittier they
have flown Ia anticipation Of being sub,
jeCted 10 an exAmluatiOn In court. A
dozen witnesses hayH been sworn and
examined and hardly more Ia known
now than before tho occurrence. Inter.
cat In tho case shows no dlmlnutlon
and, Ia fact, increases as tho examination
nfOpfp6lha
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SAVANNAH, GAy oCL V6,-The. fire
which broke out in the steamship Harro.
gate at midnight last night, was In the
forward compartment, In which 1,AOO
bales oiCollon were stored. The fFe wal
got under control about 2 o'clock this
morning, Tie ship was hot damaged,
Tho damage 10 tho cotton by Gre and
water iB estimated al $4,000, u ~
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LONDON, Oct. % The explosion on
board the Ounard Line steamer q, pha-
lonia shortly after her departure from
Liverpool for Boston yesterday, has re-
suited more seriously than was at first
expected. Three Of the men who were
injured have died, aud 1t Is believed
that one of the other men who was hurt
will not recover.
NEw YoRE, Oct. 25.-Arrivod, steamer
Brittanic from Liverpool, Belgonland
from Antwerp aud Columbia from liam
burg,
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Tried TO Cheat tho Gallova.

RAsTpS, F4o oOt. aS.-WinIam II.
Bartholomew, convicted Of the murder
Of Aaron W. billiard, was discovered by
tho watCllman last night, attempting Ia
hang himself TO tho door of Ills cell with
n AtowUl. The knotSllpped and lls nolgy
made by tho fall ATTRACTED thd watch
hap's Attention. lie fouhd Ratlh6lo
may !! y! on tho aoor breathing with much
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EXCITEMENT IN IRON,

At Glasgow Pig Advances Two shlllings,
and birmingham Customers nre Unable
to Obtain supple"
BIRMINGHAM, Eng. Oct, gS.-Dis.
patches from Glasgow announcing an
advance at Glasgow Of two shillings in
MiddlesborOugh and Scotch pig iron
created great excitement,
birmingham Exchange consumers,
unable 10 obtain supplies, were almost
in panic. New furnaces cannot be
started IN Midland owing TO lack Of fuel.
Large speculative purchases have been
made.
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MR.. DAyITTS SPEECH,

EIght-Tcnths of the American F,,ud far ,,,.
Irish Cause is from IVorklngmon,
LONDON, Oct 29.-Mr. Michael Dayitt
resumed his address before the Parnell
Commission to-day. He said the land.
lord System in ireland should bp abol-
iShed, and the land be vested in Tho
State. Eighttenths OF the money which
came from America for the support Of
the Irish cause, hO said, came from Irish
workingmen. '''-
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THE OIL MARKET,
The Room Continues at Pltt.bgrgl,- Small
Lots Sold.


Lots Sold.
PlTTsRuRan, Oct, 26.-Tho oil market
continues to boom. The feeling at the
Petroleum Exchange has been rather
bullish all morning, the brokers at this
point buying all the way up from the
opening to the close.
The dealings wero all small for the
simple reason thstit 10 Impossible to buy
large quantities, as the market runs up
entirely too fast. Oil City continues 10
buy, and New York was seller all morn.
Ing. 1t looks as though an attempt will
be made To squeeze New York and CON.
pei them TO cover. Bradford indulged
some buying, but not to amountto mpuh.
The opening was 81 OS9, the hig6est
81 0gS, the lowest 81 OSl, and the GoOp
lid 81 0G,
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KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct. 2O.- yesterday
Michael BrodOrlck, a young unmarried
man, who lived at 4rmourdale, was in.
stantly killed at klnpnanIs packing
house by being Cfitshed between the
floor Of a descending elevator aud the
second floor OF the building. The
man Carelebsly put his head over tue
guard and was looking down when the
accident occurred. 10 inquest will bO
held, as tho packing hOutb officials afC
deemed entirely blahlelesB In the matter
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NIcxIcnn Notes.

oiTy OF MEXICO, Oct. 25,-Earthquako Q
shocks were felt over Il lnrge part Of tho
country Wednesday evening, but no
damage or loss OF lite il reported.
Major John +. O'Bripn, General Man
ager Of the National Railway ol Mexico.
hus resigned. He has been offered two
good railroad positions in the United
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DESTITUTE DAKOTIANS.
The Crop Failure In tho Drought.strlckon
Region is Complete,

Region is Complete,
CHICAGO, Oct. 2d.-Capt. J. H. Wallace
prominent citizen Of Faulkton, s. D.
who has been sent out by the commits.
mlssioners of Faulk county, one Of the
worst OF the drought-strlcken sections
Of Dakota, to solicit and receive aid fol
the suffering farmers, ia now in the city.
To reporter he sald, "Eor four wears
past the amount OF rain fall in our coun.
" has been unusually small, and during
the past season scarcely any rain fell
from seed time until harvest. Asa con,
sequence the crop Of the county has
grown lighter, until this year tbs failure
is complete, and the people are In q des
titute conditiep,h
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INSPECTION OF STEAMERS.
The Increase of Tonnage Vessels apd ON.
GERS Licensed.

Tho Increase OF Tonnage Vessels Hpd Otll'
GERS Licensed.
WAsuuNdToS, D. O., Oct. 25,-1nSpOC.
tor General Dumont, Of tbe steamboat
inspecting service, in his report 10 tho
Secretary Of the Treasury Of the opera.
tons Of the serfice during the fiscal
year ended June 30, last, shows that
tonnage was ,40j,3G0, aud Ol ,O22 officers
were llCGpsed, As compared with the
previous years this shows an increase Of
300 In vessels, $4,000 Ia net tonnage and
2,0eI In the number Of officers licensed.
The number Of foreign steam vessels ID.
OpeCtOd was 2O7, Of which more tliSn
half were inspected al the port Of New
York, 80 at Baltimore and % at Boston.
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ST.. Louis, NO., Oct, gS.-Ia The pre-.
llnlpary examination Of D. NJ. Cham,
berS LOT the killing Of Lawyer Frank !,
bowman, resumed al Clayton to-day
Frank Jennings, Col0rgd, and Miss Elld
Mclaughlin tesllHel that bowman
made q motion 10 draw d pistol before
Chambers fred the fatal shot, The OF,
animation 10 progressing slowly.
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JACKSON, MlCHD Oct, 96.-LawyOr Nj.
phOel Eenney, Of this place, who has In
charge tbe OlpIm Of a young lady here to
certain valuable property In Uleyelan1,
Q, 10 In receipt d d letter from F0tl
Worth, Tex, saying alady residing there
las Q claim TO tho property upon which
the Cleveland Court House now stands.
Mr. kenney will Undertake both cases.
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ELECTION CASES

Disposed OF by tue FedeFal Court ~ 'AF
tinsbuFG-Some Shady Witnesses,
SpeetaI DIpGieh to ne Inlcllignee,
MARTISsBuRa, W, Va, Oct. 25,-Intht
United States Court NJ, V, B. Green wa
found guilty OF aiding illegal voters in
attempting to vote last fall, and was fined
SlOO and costs, 1t is said the principal
witness against Green bought a colored
mau's vote last fall for one pair Of boots
He may yet have cause TO regret biz
eagerness in hunting down fraud. The
other witness boasted some time ago
that he kept eight Republicans from the
polls in 1884. What saints these NOR
tails be-
j. Frazier (colored), who was indicted
for voting Illegally, was found notguilty,
Nelson Page (Colored), indicted for vot-
ing Frazier, was found guilty, District
Attorney George @, StuFgiss is proseCut'
lug these election cases with vigor.
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rnn i.,lralllllnlL Arl Nni YnlnlA

ToRoSTo, ONTp OCT, 25,--ThO Euplrt
tue goyetpmOnl organ, says, Currency
was recently given To o report that III,
Weldon exttadIllon aCt Of tho last session
had been disallowed by the lmperla
authorities. The Empire 10 In a position
10 give this report an emphatic denial.
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THE CHAMPIONS ARE TIE
On the Sixth Of the SCrIcs-Tho Greatest
Game Of tho Season Won by the Giants in
Eleven Innings.

49, tNN Ah@NN w. NNs NNANgH-AH0 hItAtehI
Game Of the Season Won by the Giants Ia
Eleven Innings.
New YoRE, Oct e5,-The greatest
game Of the season was played at the
Polo grounds to-day between the New
York and Brooklyn teams. The Giants
won after scientific battle OF eleven
innings. It was the sixth game of the
worlds series, and the two teams are now
tied, with three victories each, O'Day
and Terry pitched with remarkable skill,
and their support was simply wonderful.
The fielding Of Slattery, 0'Rourke,
Richardson, Ward, Ewing, Collins,
Foutz, Pinckney and Oorkhill surpassed
anything seen this year, Five double
plays were made in the first three and a
half innings, Brooklyn scored a run in
the second on hits by Pinckney, Visner,
Terry aud Corkhill. In the ninth in,
ming, with two men out, Ward hit safely,
stole second and third and scored on
Davis tumble Of Connor's drive. In the
eleventh inning, Slatterly hit safely,
went to second on Ewing's sacrifice and
scored, Score:
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A maud oll 4 AamONn IalAnd.

sYnNEy, N. s, ", oCt 95.-AdviCel
received from Apis, under date Of the
10Th instant, state that a battle u re,
porled 10 have taten place on the island
Of SavaIi, hplWeOn tue forces Of Malpitoi
and Tatnaseses. Three hundred met
were engaged on each side, Several wett
killed and a number wounded, Which
party won the Victory 70 not known,
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THE UElvERSALlS1s,
The Work OF tho Convention iii Session n

The Work Of tho Convention In session nj
Lynn, lIaSh
LYNN, MASS Oct. 2S.-.rhis forenoon
there was praise meeting Of the Uni.
versalistl from 8 to 0, and then the bust.
mess Of the General Convention was ro.
Sumed. A Committee to scnd greeting
To the Unitarian convention at Philadei.
phia was appointed. A committee on
profession Of faith reported, recommend.
log the dropping Of the laBt two articles
aud leaving tho frat three unchanged,
except that article II 10 made 10 read tbai
the Scriptures contain revelation, I"
instead Of "reyeAl,n
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Tho q, Cnnta,.lnn tI,n rlYon

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, Oct. 25.-ThU
confession Of Collom Is now the pivot on
which the great forgery case turns. II
was made evident to-day that about 1t
tkG leEOl battle will rage most warmly
Yesterday afternoon and tlJIO morning
the prosecution established the fact Oi
the confession by four witnesses.
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BUFFALO, N, Y, Oct. 25.-At this
mornings session Of the Christian
Workers, Colonel George L, Clarke de-
livered an address on "Union Mission
Work In Chicago" X. A. BuTnell
spoke on "rhe Southend Gospel Asso-
citation Of Chicago" and ". H. Drearly
on "The Casino Tabernacle, Detroit,
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ST. CArnARlNEs, ONT, Oct, 25.-NErs.
John Carroll, Of this city, sister Of the
late DR.. Cronin, has. telegram from
States Attorney Longenecker urging
her immediate attendance In Chicago rs
very important. Mrs. Carroll left ior
Chicago yesterday afternoon, aCcOmpa-
MED BY her husband.
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Innl llnrln,, Mnn.l,nnA Ii..l i,.nn

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 26.--toel barlow
Moofhead, q well known iron manuiac.
tureEand capitalist Of this city, died this
morning, aged II. lie yas for Year, q
q railroad and canal builder and at tho
time Of bis death was llio largest holder
q theatook oi the Monongahela NNvlga'
ton Company, Of Pittsburgh. HOlGaVe9
2 VILE, three daughters aud son, and
his estate Ia estimated at about 50, ,OO0,OOO
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LAWRENCE, MASS, Oct g5,--Ioscpli
s, Donney, aged 69, for thirty years a
resident Of this city and a we'll known
inventor, Rhpt himself through the
heart this morning. He took 0 pistol,
oStGnslbiy 10 clean II, but tho wound Il
such as 10 preclude tho theory Of Rcci'
dent. He was a prominent Mason and
DNI EnlInte
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Instantly Killed,

Special Dilpltch 10 The IRtelGgHeeF.
ToRoNTo, ONO, Oct. 25.-An unknown
man fell of the bridge at Jeddo, one
mile from here, tonight. He fell thirty
feet and was instantly killed. He was
apparently about S5 years old,
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Mule Driver DIsGgured.

Special DiSpdsck 10 The LHletItgeFeeT.
FAIRMoNT, W. Va, Oct ga mule
driver named Dlviny had bis face badly
dlsAgured by coming in contact with the
heels OF the animal In the Central mines
to-day. Fortunately his eyes were not
injured,
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LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct, % Lieutenant
Malvern Hill Rarnum, Of the Third regi.
meht United States Cavalry, was mar.
tiOd at New Albany lAst evening In MIss
Martha SCribnef Maglnnes, daughter OF
Colonel and Mrs. Il. A. MaginneB,
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sAH o6Irs WI, 0tGgS.- -rho boiler
ei 4lhscS6i6s engine bstlt al the tStw
oi a Mh Adlsnop to-day, killing Y,
pugan and ]. Pulleelon aud Berlously
Injured Mcclellan and a younger
brother oi Dugan,
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Spttl1l DltDdlcA 70 ne INltVlprUtcT,
wASnSoroN, Oct 26.- Pensions hayO
been granted to West ylrRlnianS as fol:
lows; Original lnyalllvJofdan Smith,
dcQeaSCdj Alya Eeely. lncrease-,,-Samgsl
y, Bennett, Hoiasue-Willlam II. JolllH,
John q. Slutlgr. Original yIdOWs-JuliA
A., widow Of Jordan Smith,
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Special DispGieh 10 ne IRteIltgtResr,
PARKERsBuRa, W. VA, Oct. 25,-Wll'
Iiam Oronin was sentenced to the peui-
tentiary for two years to-day, at St.
Marys, by Judge Boreman, for killing
Frank McMullen at Horse Neck on the
Fourth OF July,
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puhplgO, Oct 2S,-Not a freight wheel
turned on tue Chicago 4 Great Western
Railway this morning, the strike pi the
swllChmOn being still on, The strike ID
tbo oulgiowlh Of IN alleged arbitrary
dismissal pi a sWilChman last Thursday. !.
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Well Known Man Dead,

Special DtpQlcA 70 Tie InleIlOenctr,
FAIRMoNT, w. Va, Oct. 25.-Jackson
Smith, well known citizen, died very
suddenly at his home, near Smithyllle,
Mon0ngaliR county.
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rIIo spI,let M t,alltorn,n.

SAN FRAScISoo. GALA. oct. g5.--iko
Weir, the belfast spider, who has been
matched by the California Athletic Club
" Aaht BILLY Murphy, tho Australian
ieather.weight champion, arrived here
late last night on the overland train,
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A FRIGlITFrL WRECK.


A Train Derallcd by flendlSli Wrcckers.
Three Trainln0n Burned to Death.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct 25.-North
bound train No. %, on the Lake Erie
and Western Railroad, was wrecked at
Kokomo at 4 o'clock this morning. The
engine struck IN obstruction at the
switch on the ontSkirtVoi tho town aud
with'tigLt'or ten cars was thrown from
tho track. Twelve oil tanks exploded
in quick succession, setting fire TO the
box cars attached. Two cars Of mer-
Chandise aud four OF coal were con.
sumed. Engineer Mehl, lreman Ed
ward Rpruet and head brakeman John
seilmlH We're thrown beneath tho of
CarS and burned 10 q crisp. The aCoi.
dent was the work ot wteCkers, thia be-
Ing The third attempt made In that vicln'
Ivy within the last Two months. The
train employees killed lived at Peru, Ind
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DR.. Egbert replied TINT Is true.p
"Ihat Is the Gods truth, Is IL"

DR.. Egbert was Of the opinion that
death had occurred through excessive
logs Of blood, but there was ITO certainty
OF 1t, he said. Dr. Charles +, Perkins,
who, at the request oil Dr.. Egbert, assist
ed at the post morteln, testified that In
bis opinion, death did not result from
blQ9d'lettipg, buttrom conclusion OF the
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A'YIilaEe EsdycLE,,,

wATERrovS, N. Y, OFT, g6.-MuCh OI
he business portion Of Fort t,sydep
Lewis county was destroyed by llTt
early this morning,
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LONDON, Oct. % MIR. Charles Brad.
laugh, who is suffering from congestion
Of thu lungs, passed bad night, and his
condition this morning is less favorable i,
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rOltlnNAtpr Appointed

ETtcidl Dhpaieh 10 M W9tNgtacef'
WAsulSuTON, u, o., Oct, 2S,-FAnk
II, Cain has been appointed postmaster
q gislO, RllchIO County, WI Va5 Vice
I, II, jackson, IOBIgppd,
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TWO out when tho Winning run wAI scored,
BSoSckiiySnat BS kiiSat.",,'. .".',:". ! 9 ! 9 Ii

pIVoA'yh ''''''''"' ! U y U 0 o.
Earned runs Brooklyn, l; New York, /. Two
base hlts-EWinS, Whitney, Plnckney. Stolen
69ses-C Collins, .; Corkhlll, Ward, ., Connor, J;
RlchaTdSon. Double plays collins and Pinck'
Hey; Colllns FOutz aud PlnCknVy, Ewing aud
COnnoE, Ward and COnnor, Richardson and
Gnnnor, Fist base on bRlls-O' Day, 4; Terry, i,
llit by pitched ball-BurnS, Struck QUITO Day,
q Terry. I, Wild pltChes-TCrry, .. Time, 4
hours UmplreS-GGliney aud Lynch.
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A yysnnl an Ihn NiII,rnuI,.n a ~ V.,,

MAsog CIR, X, Oct. pa Jig
wreck Is reported on tho Milwaukee &
ST. Paul road between Clear Lake and
Alsona, but no particulars are yet oh.
LninAbln.,
The Washington critic., 1889-06-06
A WISE LABOR LEADER.

There is at the head of one labor
organization in this country man
whose course is in striking contrast to
that Of the ordinary agitator. This
man IN Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. His con-
servative course has made the Brother
hood the most powerful and most re-
spected Of all labor unions. Some er-
Yors il has committed, but they have
been in the face of his advice. not be-
cause Of It. lie may or may not be re
elected to his position, but If he Is not
II will be the beginning of the end of
the Brotherhood's exceptional career.
At a recent meeting in Chicago OF, a
Iarge number of members of the organ
ization, Chief Arthur being present, he
was asked II in the event of n certain
reduction Of wages he would order a
strike, his answer was bold one. He
said:
Under no condition of circumstances of
which can conceive shall ] ever sanction
another strike. My reasons are twofold In
the first place, ] am opposed to strikes on
general principles. In the second place. TO
strike would be practically suicide, for owing
30 the inexorable laws of supply and demand,
and the large amount OF unemployed en-
slneers in the country, II would take hat an
exceedingly short space of time 70 I'LL our
laces.'
but, SIR broke in tho questioner, "sup
pose reduction of wages should occur on
the Union Pacific system, where the Brother
hood Is so thoroughly equipped as to obtain
the granting of everything they ask would
notyou authorize strike TO resist III"
without moments hesitation, the Chiei
replied; mo, sir; would not. | trust, be-
lieye, that no reduction of wages IL to be
made; hut shoul there be, and the men fol-
low my advice. they will accept the reduc
tioD. ! shall never sanction another strike.
Murmurs of discomfort were heard.
but Chief Arthur did not retract his
words OF course his attitude will moi
please such members as hold TO the
theory that might is right or that nc
corporation has a right to reduce ex.
penses. He may be defeated, but, a'
already said, If he be, the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers will have
committed a blunder. 1t is the isolated
and dignifed attitude of the order-at
least up TO the time of It's ill-advised
strike ON the "Q"-which has won for Il
general public respect and confdenc,
and made railroad managers fearful o.
mtagonizing 1t. When II becomes
reckless II will become weak