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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
TRAIEMEE STRIKE.
Traffic on the Illinois Central Rati-
why Entirely blocked.

why Entirely blOcked.
CHICAGO, June 2s.-The strike OF freight
conductors, svitohmen and brakemen on
the Illinois Central railroad has become
serious one and threatens to blockade ia
entire business. Tue suburban trsinmen
struck this morning after the early trains
had come Ia and there are now ] 800 men
Idle and the business OF the road is para
lyzsd.
The bone of contention IN the strike is
undoubtedly z. G. Russell, superintendent
OF the northern lines OF the Illinois & Wis.
consin railroad. He came to Chicago q
year ago and ever since bis accession 70 the
ONCE II Is said the men under him have
been dissatisfied.
The immediate cause was the resignation
OF Trainmaster Berry and his assistant,
Irwin Z. Pushie. A rumoT vent the round
Of the fTeiQht yard yesterday that 1t was
the Intention of superintendent Russell 10
dismiss Berry and Kushie. AS the train
master and his assistant knew OF no reason
for their dismissal they took the bull by the
horns and went 10 the superintendent to
learn the truth Of the rumor.
Berrie and Pushie then and there handed
IN their designations. Az the news spread
like wild fire through the yards groups OF
excited men gathered together and decided
the stop WORK until their grievances were
settled.
Last night the matter was laid before the
switchmen, who struck 1T once and at sub
sequelt meeting at which the suburban
service men were represented demand
for the removal OF Superintendent Russell
and the reinstatement OF Berry and Prshle
was formulated. This WAS presented this
morning, and, as II was not compiled with
the suburban men Joined the strikers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

Delaware stood up nobly for honest
money when the Senate went wild
on the free silver ewindle, last week.
Senator Gray, true to the uncompro.
missing policy of maintaining the integrity
OF the standard OF value so ably ard
faithfully upheld BY his honored prede.
cesgor, voted against the bill. senator
Higgins would have done likewise had
he not been paired with Senator Petit
grew. II is not often that .he GAZETTE
has an opportunity to commend Ar.
Higgins public acts, but when he stands
up for the principle that a coined dollar
should be worth intrinsioaliy 100 cents,
or when he maintains by his vote that the
liberty 20 ooin two million 75-cent Tin
God we trust" silver tokens per month
and stamp them dollars Is going far
enough in the direction OF debasing our
currency, we oheerfully accord him I'm
stinted praise for doing that much
/ to uphold the credit OF his State
strangest of all is that this free
silver craze, which has 30 suddenly
wrecked the conservatism OF the Senate,
has placed Speaker Reed and President
| Harrison in position to be Of real ser
Woe TO their country. II the autocratio
Reed can hold his grip, the free silver
amendment will not get through the
House; while, II he should fail, President
Harrison stands ready and willing, il the
utteranCss Of the aggressive silver
| sgitstors are to be credited, TO do What
Preaident Cleveland would do wero be
now in the White House--kill the reckless
legislation with veto. Apart from the
tinanciul quackory Of cheapening the
standard dollar, why should this whole
country become tail TO the silver king
kitel Why should We furnish them with q
government market for all thor products
any more than we should direct she gov
err f4ent to purchase, 1T as per cen
above ia market value, all TIL
wheat, all the iron or all the cotton no
aueed in tbs United 9tates2 We pro
sumo thGt some 9ueh idea as this is a
the bottom VI Lat weeks endoTsemeu
Of tue Senate Silver bill by the ken
county farmers institute, coupled 1t ma
b. With fancy, inchoate and uno3n
toaRel, that q cheaper dollar will DO
more plentiful dol,4r which oan be usot
advantsgeously to liquidate the mort
gageH tina; orr national ''protectiyO
policy has plaatored 50 plentifully upol
the f..lns ali over Tho country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
CURRENT LIrERIrURE.


"rhe Emln Pasha Relief Expedition" by
Henry N. Stanley. the FIRST article in
SCniEsER's MAGAZINE for June. will attract
gtea attention and make the book he is
writing eagerly looked for. The quotations
from this article are already familiar to
many. The sutfsrings OF these men onght
to benefit humanity In many ways. 1.-THE
City House" IL by Russell sturgis aud gives
many valuable hints to those building,
while the illustrations show pleasant old
and new fashioned houses IN some Of the
northern and eastern cities. "Barbizon
and Jean" by Francis Millet, will make all
sad to ind the unremitting toll among
people OF no interest to him and without
appreciation OF his work, continued to sur
round him, and his pecuniary burdens
were not lightened. "The Rights OF the
Citizen as Uanr Of Publlc Oonveyances, /"
Is a clear statement OF that subject.
Amateur Track and Field Athletics" tells
OF the beginning and growth OF interest In
that subject and the difference between tue
sports. The poetry is In rather different
vein, and the fiction OF usual interest.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The Farmers Institute Of Kent county
has reiterated the need OF and demand
for ballot reform. 1--WE earnestly and
imperatiyely demand, reads their reso-
luton, OF the legislature the passage of
secret ballot law, known commonly as
tho Australian syBtem, or something
equally ofllciens." The farmers made
this demand two years ago, but tho Re
publican membors Of the Hougs, with the
single exception Of Mr. Clark sat down
on tho request and inoontinently kicked
out the Graham bill. They wouldn't
have been in contfo, OF the House had it
not baen Tor the puscnaaable voters OF
Sugsx aud fair ballot was the very
thing they aid not want, With this fresh
in memory the farmera OF Kent will know
how 30 vote next fail.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The oldest inhGbttaat whom the oonsua
onumerators have found in Philadelphia
Ia Mrs. CSthanGe Sharp, OF No. 1926
Fleetwood avenue, who was born on
February 9Th, i771, IN two.atory s.ous
building that stood ut what Ia now the
corner OF Eighth and Cherry streets
Her grandfather, Richard Bonger, who
lived TO be oeutenHrian, owned farm
on the site now occupied By the Baldwin
Locomotive Works and aoid milk aud
vegetables to the Continental army. Mrs.
Sharpe hearing IL slightly defective, but
her sight il still comparatively gond AMI
her memory cGoelleut. Sha has vivid
recollection Of GGnerL Washington ~
President and OF The great excitement
oroasioned by the dusl b0twoeu Alexander
Hamilton and Aaron burr, while her
long life goes bRck to the darkest days o;
the Revolutionary war Rnd to the thee
wuea Philadelphin contained only $4,000
inhabitan,g. 5he hos been Al yeara o
widow and has faUr generations OF de
soendauts around her, her surviving
daughter, Mrs, Mary IL, Smith, being n
years old,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The news tast Judge Payntsr had Buo.
oumbod 1t lust 70 thp diEeaae which cpuld
only Terminate fatally brought 10 the
many warm friends Of him who has gone
q iouling t4et thcis ..ss WAa 10 him 10
lease from longer and hopsles3 suffering.
/, hiss been only too painfully apparent
fur waehs past that his life WORK WAS
lona sud tnut tho Gnh WDieh might,Gomo
AT any time, could not long be deferred.
lie Will be- remsm Der5d with kindly az
fiction BY al Who knew his gooa quail
ty OF mind aGd hahrt. Al poIiii.
,Iau, lawyer ana Iurist he served
his Stat with honor and ability,
aud it il but Just meod uf
praise 70 bear iolumony IN this honr, TO
tie nouplrieuar1 md oonsciantiousnssa
with which, whom he became alto rney
general aud Throughout his inoum
b1nDy Of TINT tFast and his isler
oCeaJnny Of IA seat on tho benon,
ha auperdiun!ed party feeling and sank
the pohticisa 10 the impartial agent and
administratUf OF publ!1 justice. perEapl
/ judge paYu.ef's greatest work, aud one
! rhat will endure, was mis- compilation
wien Secretary OF state, Of tho REVISED
Code OF 1874 compilation which i,
amid To bs absolutely without an error
ana uniyaraeIiy acknowledged TO be o.
tho highest ysluo As sLAndasd legal pro
duc'ion.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

SIT was therefore unfortunate, "-said
M. Blsine IN his communication TO the
senhse yesterday week, 'thst the Argen-
tine delegates, shortly after their arrival
Ia Warrington In search Of reciprocal
trade, should have read in the daily
press that propositions were pending in
our Congress 10 impose heavy duty
upon Argentine hides. which had for
manyJears been upon the free list, and
10 increase the duty on Argentine WOOL"
It will be remembered that, about the
same time, some good protectionlsts
among our morocco manufacturers re-
garded it also as unfortunate that Con-
gress should be considering proposition
to tax goat skins. "Why, that's our raw
material" they exclaimed; I'VE are free
traders when it comes to goat skins."
And down they rushed to Washington to
expatiaie upon the absolute necessity to
them Of free raw material. They got it.
The leather men of the country, some
equally good PROFESSIONALS among them
too, kicked 30 hard that Armour J. Co.'s
bid for taxed hides fell through
and back they went on the free
list. The carpet manufacturers Of
Philadelphia fought for free wool; but
thoy live in stronghold OF Republi-
ceuism held to be impregnable, and they
fought in vain. OF course they have IS
good right to free raw material as the
morocco and leather men, and Mr..
Blaine sees it, in making their argument
and that of the wool growing nations Of
South America his own when he says !:
N was most strongly urged by the dele
gatea who had carefully studied this sub
ject thai the frea admission OF coarse
woods from these countries could not
prove injurioua to the wool growers OF
the United States, because the greater
profit derived by them from the higher
grades discouragea II it does not act
ually prohibit their productions. On the
contrary they maintained that the free
importation Of the coarse wool would re-
suit in large reduction in the cost OF
the cheaper grades OF carp'ts, and enable
the manufacturers OF the United States
to secure an enormous import trade in
these fabrica.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

Wilmington shows aup web With .
OF 60, 900; gala Of Al per
cent In ten years. In tn years more We
ought to have 100, 600 people, The
Baltimore a Philadelphia railroad, asa
new and important fsotor In our west
ward growth, will help rs to get them.
Before 1900 We shall probably build up
Kentmsrs, the Highlands, and that neigh
borhood pretty solidly thr ought to hising
Sun; we shall consolidate Brandywine
Village with Eastisks Park; We shall
dsvelope SilYerbrook till 1t will hardly
know itself push Piokelsyi,le towards
Edge Moor, stretch eouth vii
mington out to the Delaware river,
and be reaching southveatward to
scoop in Elsmere. II Mr.. Blaine's
dream Of continental reciprocity should
materialize early enough, the ohristiana
may by that time be lined with docks and
whArveB and Bouth American steamers be
plying direct, taking out oaIgoes from
Wilmington Of locomotives, cars, car
wheels, dynamos, cotton and wooden
goods, guupowder, matches paper,
canned fruits and vegetables, morocco,
carriages, yulcanized fbre and kart0yert
spscial.ies, and many other things, and
bringing back cargoes of coffee, sugar,
hides, wool and other staples OF con-
sumption and raw materials for our man
utacturers. Surely there can be no trsa-
son in talking Of this possible revival Of
commerce, since so staunch Republican
Rs Secretary Blaine has blazed the way.
The following figures exhibit the
growth OF Wilmington during the pssi
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The postal clerks are Rnziously waiting
for their eight hour bill 10 BECOME Inv.
They hope for Gaal aud favorable action
this week or naxt. The measure has
strong support, fron the press aud from
buaineas rleu. Other government en-
pIoyes work only oight hours. This
Eiakes longer hours for tue postal clerks
seem like unjust discrimination Baqides
the work they do ia one that AJAX ~ extra
demands on hand, brain nnd eye. fney
shou.d be vigilant, accurate, de't, alert
in fact, picked men. In most cities they
work 10 or II hours per day, including
alternate Sundays, and have no holidays.
Newspaper men know now eIsotinB such
duty grows aud, II they were running
Congress, would soon zee that the postal
olOrks had az good show M the clerks
! In other government departments.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
WIN Enrorcs the,ordlnauce.

As is usually the case when the Fourth
of July draws near, people are getting
rather reckless about discharging fire
works and tire-cracksrs. This IS against
the ordinance aud Mayor Harrington de-
sires it to bs distinctly Understood that
he proposes to enforce the ordinance
strictly and all who indulge il this for
hidden pastime before IL O'Clock on tue
night OF July Sd will be arrested and
punished. During the Fourth, fire.
works and explosives, with the exception
of guns, pistols and oannons can be in.
dulged in by people to the extent of their
degireB
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
STILL IN rHsIR PRISON.
had News From tho Depths of she
Dunbar Iitnes-EaOpe ct saving the

DUNBAR, PA, June D.-The rescung party,
encouraged by yesterdays indications that inc
eniomhed miners were awe workoa heIo,-
cally all night, only 70 be met by another set
back to-daS. Scattered throughout the mines
Of this section and lying in the very midst oil
the seams o. coal arc great masses oil stone
containing a large percentage Of iron tre.
These rocks are go hard that tile toughest
drill only can penetrate them, and that with
diffcJliy. II was Ouu of these rocks that inc
party q rescuers struck late this afternoon.
ihey ia dug through an eight-fo0t seam OF
coal earlier ~ the nfteFnoOn-a iobot TWO houfs
and when they had finished this they en-
cOuntersd mass Of hard rock
The tedious task OF drilling through II ms
commenced. Eysty foot Of the way has TO be
very carefully brReed' as 1t is feared tho roof
may fall and crush the men who are at work.
Tile shift OF men who came out OF the mine AZ
o'clock Tonight reported this fact. Inspector
Evans said the matter was very serious and
would greatly delay work. lie says further
hat with this unior seen obstacle II Is not
llkely the men can be reached before next
sunday. The workers at the face can stll hear
at Intervals mysterious tappiugs Many e.
lieyc mat II j. the entombed men endeavoring
10 encourage the rnsCuers, while some douht
the IA n ARE alive and give other reasons, one
FGs'lIer Affirming that Tho tapptngs are noth-
ing more than The echoes Of their own foot
steps.
On the contrary. John Uphole, another res
cucr. u urmly cOnyn ed that the sounds come
from the imprisoned men. He thinks they
have n prrti.inr metallic ring such as the
stroke Of d pick against u stone. lie says II
the men are alive they are not in utter DARK
ness Us many suppose Each man had a
safety lamp. llc links some Of the men are
| dcua Ia tie slDpe while others are IA the
| chamber tow II which the rrscuers ere work
| Ing. II Il carefully estimated by Inspector
! Evans that the rescuers must yet travel
through 20 teot ~ rock and then 40 feet Of coal
| Harry Hazard, tho representative Of the
| Dunbar Furnace Company. however, says thai
| 1871 feet must sill ho Travelled. He coniesscE
mat Nc work i being done iareely hy guess
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The following appointments were made
Tuesday night to fill vacancies caused by
the retirement of old members from
Troop b, N. G. D.: FIRST Sergeant,
Thomas II. Rile; QlarteImsster-seTgeR
James A. Bowers; Oommisqary sergeant,
Il. ]. Henry, Jr.; Seigeants, D. q.
Sparks, Jr., II. @. EieUann, George II.
Carpenter, Lonis Ellison, W. II. Norton
and z. A. Ryon; Corporals, W. w. New.
ton, b. Frank Handy, Paul HeRh. e.
Du B. Reeves, Fred. Ross, j. O. Gem
and d. Vance Thomas. The coior.ser-
geant and trumpeters are the same as
before. There Is general dissatisfaction
among the members because of the above
aDpointmentB,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

GARDEN Axp FoREsr places itseh once
more 10 a position which is extremely ap-
preciatsd by thoughtful citizens all over
the country when It ssys: "rhs Rssump'
ton that only lumbermen can have praoi-
cal ideas on forestry subjects has been ou'.
grown, and writer's for the leading lumber
journals recognize the community OF Ia
terests whieh Is involved in nationality and
civilization. and which binds all the people
OF our country together" This Journals
valiant fight sRains. the wholesale and
reckless destruction Of American forests
deserves recognition.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

II the Hartford, Conn, CourdEt isre-
lisbly informed, q project Of incalcula-
BILE possibilities is nov being engineered
in that city. This AZ announced, ia
nothing less than the discovery Of .
process for the practical conversion Of
heat energy directly into electrical energy
without the aid OF boiler, engine or
dynamo discovery Of such magni.
tuds, which II al represented will reYo.
iutionize the whole system of electric
power aud lighting and render cleo
trieity incompasably the cheapest fJrcs
available for general use the world has
over known, will DO received with ex-
trehe caution and must be subjected to
exciting and prottacted teAts before
Il can hope Tor acceptance
but, according to tho L'ouraat,
these are oApits!ists in Hartford
With faith enough in the reality and
prac.icability Of the discovery to have
already put W 81, 600, 900 worth Of stock
for It's development. The fortunate
gsniua WHO LAS hit upon the method Of
converting heat into electricity ''as
simply" says The CO0raat, '.as water 10.
changed to steam" is rather indefinitely
introduced Al Mir. II. b. Cox, OF Maine,
"a young man only rs years of age We
are told that, before coming to Hartford,
Mr.. Cox had a furnace a. home by which
he ran many electric lights, aud that ex-
periments aud private exhibitions Of his
invention have bssn conducted on small
scale at Hartford. The company which
hos been formed to exploit the dis.
covery is ottioersd by msmboys OF
tue Pratt az ORdy Company, OF
Hartford; the Sl,e0O,0J1 OF capital
stock has oil besn taken, and the
officers of the company say they will be
ready Ia few weeks to give public ex-
hibitions." The apparatus used for cou-
yerting heat into electricity, we are told,
is 80 simple that the company does not
dignity it by the name OF machine, and
we arc further told that by Mr.. Oox's
method jet Of gas can be used to run
dental machine, sewing machine, or
anything requiring no more power than
these. But d sksp:ioAl world will wait
to see wnAt may be done bsrors asserting
to the claim that the dream OF every cleo
ENTHUSIASTICALLY possible but hith.
erto deemed almost impossible of realiza.
tion-hss become practical reality.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

What's the matter with Postmaster
Stewart and who places that common
estimate upon his capacity for the office
which thu Netos kindly trusts will be ex-
ceeded by his reputation as postmaster
His practical experience an clerk under
Postmaster Pyle ought to render him
litter for the position than eny of his in
experienced competitors, even though
his recent party service may have been
very uncomfortable" Are We to be
told that mans fitness for office il to
be gagged solely by what be has done for
the party2 We Lad expected better
things than this from an expounder OF
the ethics of the party Of grand moral
ideas. Besides, have not Postmaster
Rtewart's shortcomings as party worker
been more than oil 5et by the inaefatig-
able exertionB Of Marshal MshafFy? 30
don't kick, ueighoor. II wont do any
good and Senator Higgins could not
reasonably be expected to please every
body.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

Probably some OF the wss,orD Repub.
loans who did no mucl eariior in tho
scasion 20 invest Speaker Reed with auto.
cratic power, are now kicking themselves
tiOue the speaker has demonstrated that
no can hang up free silver bill with
jus. On much ease as he can uoun, q
quoruu for stealing the seat OF some
Democratic member. "lt's a poor rule
(or ret OF rules that wont work both
ways" bs the fat monHy men are finding
Ou,. Wouldn't tho present be timely
occasion for MIR. Bland or some of his
colleagues to point with pride to "a Reed
not shaken In the wind 2"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

Among the legislation now pending be-
fore Congress and which is receiving
ia vorable mention from the New York
ana Philadelphia pre8s, ars bills making
eight hours day labor for all postal
clorkB aud providing Tor an annual yaoa-
ton Of ii,tacn days to these employees Of
the postal service. Both bills have re-
osiyed favorable recommendations from
the respective committees of the House
and Eenate which have them in charge,
and there seems to be nothing in the
way, except the customary delay in got
ting measures up for vote, TO prevent
their enactment in lime to 60 into effect
during the current season
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
yoioxs Fkor THE TOMB.

sounds of the Pick Toll the kn-
tombod Miners are stiii Alive
Many Hours' work Yet
DuEBAR, Pa, June 20.-The Imprisoned
miners In tho Hill Farm nine are
still alive. At o'clock last even
ing thu rescuing party was over.
loyed TO hear tho sounds OF the pick at
work upon the vast pile OF slate and debris
which stande between the 50 mea and their
liberty. The gladstone sounds gave the
tired deliverers renewed energy aud en-.
thusissm and the men went to WORK with
renewed vigor. A corps OF physicians and
several Catholic priests with core OF
nurses have been AT the mine all night
ready to admin ster to the miners as soon
as they are released. There 10 great re.
joicing In this hsmlet and thousands OF
people are fiocking TO the mine.
The relief parties ARE hard OF work. Tbis
morning there are 1870 ieet Of slate and coal
to go through before the miners can be
reached.
Il is thought this will take TIL or 10
o'clock to. might. No more tappings have
been heard from the inside sinoa last oven
ing.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The origin OF the expression at is all o.
K" is thus told: An Ignorant official an
dorssd each account that he audited and
found oorre9t-0. K,--meantng to intimate
that the bill was all correct. or az he pro-
nounced and spelt It, OH Krect. Whatever
the origin, the expression is used In a
variety OF connections, rs for instance,
when Robson told Tompklns that his wiiss
health had been o. X. ever since she used
q few bottles u DR.. Pierce'a Favor1te Pre-
scflption. II is the gre cure Tor all the
painful and distressing ailments and weak
nesses peculiar to women. 1t IL the only
guaranteed cure for these ailments, sold by
druggists. Money paid for 1t Will be
promptly returned II 1t don't give satistac'
tion, See guarantee printed on the bottle.
wrapper,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

The current number OF the ART IsrER-
CHANGE continues in detail Its extremely
valuable "Hints tor Prospec i've Entertain
ments and Decorators" An evening we'd
ding which took place few days ago ia
New York City, at which 100 relatives and
intimate friends were present, Tbs latest
social function 10 the costume dinner, an
entertainment which gives opportunity for
the most picturesque effects. In the
strictly art department Of the magazine is
found a set of oolored designs for china
decoration, with complete directions for