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WORK AND WORKERS.

TIE strike of the East St. Louis Railroad
platform men is over, and business has been
resumed.
NINE New York suspcndcr manufacturers
have accclcd 10 the demands OF their striking
employees
MANY of the striking stcvctlorcs in Chicago
have applied for their old places mt the Old
terms. Theystruc,l for % cents per hour an
advance Of five cents
ALL the union brick,ay and lnhurcrs on
the new public library and those employed ny
Norcross Bros, Boston, are on strike because
several non-union men were enSuScu.
THEscepng car portcrs and diningcar men
have decided TO demand an increase i'll wages.
1t is said that people have almost quit lee
ing porters, and that is one reason why lie
men want more wages.
DIFFICULTY with the men caused shut
down of the rod mill of the barb wire work III
Allentown, Pennsylvania. The men wanted
the mill placed under the rules OF the Anal
gamated Federation Of Iron and Steel York
ers. 49,
Alta meeting of officers of all the railroads
in Toledo, Ohio, it was decided to advance the
wages of switchman 10 per cent. The Clncln;
natl, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad granted
the request of its switchmcn at Lima Tor the
same wages PAU dt 1olcuo.
4 TELEGRAM from Lancaster, Penna, says
notice has been posted by the Columbia ana
Susquehanna Rolling Mills and the Columbia
Iron Company Of an advance III puualeFs
wages from $3.50 to 81 ton and other ell
ployes in proportion Nearly 700 men area
icctcd.
TIE striking carpenters in Cincinnati have
agreed to return 10 work for those bosses VINO
were willing 10 give ten hours pay for nlne
hours work after July Is. 0fthe 1870 men
who are now unemployed about lOO0 will be
able to obtain work, and for the benefit oil the
remaining 800 an assessment ofn dollar aWeek
will be levied on each Of the men at work.
EIGHT hundred men employed at the Fish:
back rolling mills of the Pottsville Iron and
Steel Company, in Pottsville, Pa. struck be-
cause the president and general manager re-
fused to sign the wages scale. This scule has
been signed byron workers all over the coun;
Try, and is to the effect that the employers VIII
continue the present rate Of wages until there
is nm advance in the price OF iron, when they
will increase the wages. Twas reported that
arrangements were being made for settle
ment, but il was thought hardly possible that
any adjustment could be reached this week.
TIE scale conference of iron manufacturers
and committee of the ANA ganrated Assocla-
ton of Iron and Steel Workers at Pittsbur2
ended satisfactorily, and the scale of wages,
adopted at the recent Convention was signed
by the masters 1t was the qualifying clauses
to the scale which created a dissatisfaction
on the part of the manufacturers, but these
were either withdrawn or satisfactorily cx.
planned and the scale signed. Work will now
continue for another year without Interrupt
ton at all the mills in the country. ~ few
plants will close down for repairs duriiigJuly
and August, but in September there will bea
general resumption.
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KNIGHTS IN A WRECK.
A Cnr-Lond Of Pythians Buddy Mlxcd Up
One Man Killed.

A Cnr-Loud Of Pythluns Buddy DII1cd Up
One Man Killed.
The most serious wreck that the Illinois
Central has experienced for several years &C.
Cured at Manteno, ILL.,, at S O'Clock a. NJ.
A special excursion tain Of II cars, carry.
ing 600 members of Knights Of rythias and
ladies to the biennial Supreme Lodge ut Mil.
waukec, was derailed at the switch while eli.
tcring the village at speed of 80 miles an
hour. The accident was caused by loop.
switch bolt being shaken out of lis place by
the passage of the train.
The four forward cars kept the main track
and the remainder of the train stood upon til
siding. When the train broke n coach occlI.
pied by the East st. Louis contingent turned
upon its side and the occupants, numbering
81, were hurled with great violence against
the side of tue car. The sudden stoppage oil
the train prevented long list of casualties.
j. H. Crowtler, of Waco, Texas, aged 81
years was standing on the platform Of one OF
the cars and was killed.
The wounded passengers were all in the
East st. Louis car. They are: William J.
Born, Miss Millic Dooley, r. W. League, Capt
W. Ii. San,lusky and Charles Lantz.
Every ear except three was deraile,l, several
Of them being dragged 90 feet away from tho
line. The excursunists were transferred tc
special train about noon aud sent OH to theil
destinations
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BOTH HER FEET CUT OFF.
Curious Accident to vvomnn-Bee
Nearly Kill n Man.

Curious Accident to n Womnn-Bces
Nearly xii n Man.
An accident at the farm of Henry Angle.
miller, near Alercersburg, Pa, by which An
glcmilers daughter, Mrs. George Miller, had
both of her feet cut of, was one of the most
peculiar and distressing that ever occurred
inthat county Anglemiller was just starting
to NOW field of grass, which adjoincd his
house, In making the first cut around the
field he thoughtlessly stopped just alongside
of Il she'd which contained more tEan dozen
skips of bees. The perspiration on the horses
attracted the bees, and they left their hives
and swarmcd OIL the man and the horses, COW
cring them in black masses: AnSleniiller
shouted for help, and his daughter came run
ming out of the house. She threw her dress
over her head to protect herself from the bees,
ran right in front of the machine and stopped
down TO loosen the traces from the mower and
liberatc the horses. As she did so the mad.
,cned horses sprang forward and cut both Of
her feet off exactly at the ankle joint They
ench hung by n small piece of skin, and double
amputa;ion was made by the physicians. She
rallied from the shock, and it is thought she
will recover. She is about thirty years old
and has four children, the youngest only
four months old. Her father is now i'll q
very serious condition from the bee stings'
Ills face and arms were covered with the
stjncs so that they had to be combed out with
fine tooth-comb. The horses will likely die.
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VIND-SVBPT FARGO.
Another Western Town Devastated by
a Hurricane.
Seven Children and Two Unknown
Trnmps Killcd-A Train Blown from

Seven Children and Two Unknown
Trnmps KilIcd-A Train Blown from
the Track-Dnmase to Crops
a dispatch from st. Paul, Mimi, gives the
following account ola cyclone nFargo, N. D.:
:, straight wind from the northwest struck
Fargo at 80 a. NJ. Great damage was done
the city.
Ecctric.l ighttowers were blowndown,whilc
blocks were unrOofcd, IcrXas wigwam, Me-
Gill e. CO. IS warehouse, the Opera House, the
Republican Office, kecny block, the battlement
ON the bank of North Dakota, the Chaplin
block, Exchange Hotel, Continental block and
Manitoba frcight-housc were unrOofed and the
Milwaukee depot blown down.
Dozens of small houses were RACED and
almost every platc-gass window on Front
street and Broadway was broken. The jay
Cooke Hotel and the Grand Pacific, at Moor
head, were unroofed The residence ofthe late
Captain Mccarthy, corner of Fifth and Ninth,
was struck by The storm and demolished.
Seven children were instantly Killed and
Mrs. Mccarthy is not expected to live. Two
unknown tramps sleeping in a box-car were
killed.
No. passenger train on the Northern Pa
i c going west had just pulled out ofthc yards
and had stopped ut the Milwaukee, crossing.
The train was nude up OF three baggage, nine
coaches and slccpcrs, Il party of Chicago and
Northwestern officials i'll private car and
Superintendent McCabe's car.
All of the coachcsand the tendcrwcrc blown
from the track, but no lives were lost. The
lights had been put out, so that there was ITO
fire or steam. Superintendent McCabe and
the conductor, brakcmcn and portcrs acted
very cooly and Gained the frightened pns-
scngcrs, who were sent back 10 the city in
special coaches.
From the surrounding country within u
radius of 80 miles reports of damage to grow
ing crops come in. Many places where whca;
was standing two or three feet high and head
ing ont reports say il is badly lodged, and in
some instances whipped and torn to pieces or
broken Oft, but in the majority Of cases it will
not suffer material injury. Farm houses, barns
and outbuildings inal directions are reported
cvclcd to the ground, and trees along thcrivcr
banks for miles in both directions from this
city are broken off entire or shorn of foias /.
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House s,,,lon,.

10TH DAY.-Thc House continued the con-
sidcrution of the federal election bill. The
amendment offered by Mr.. Lchlback, repnb-
lican, of New Jersey, providing that the chief
supervisor of elections for each judicial dis
trict of the United Suites shall take SUBTRACTION
MS is requisite to secure such supervision i'll
every congressional district as is provided by
the laws of The United states, was rejected
yeas 1872, nays l3S-thc republicans voting in
the negative. Amendments offered by Alcssrs
Lodge and Buckalew were agreed to.
156ru DAY.-In the House, after contest
which lasted all day, the federal election bill
was passed by Il vote Of 155 TO Las, all amend
mcnts from the democratic side having been
voted down.
10TH DAY.-AIr. Lodge, of Massachusetts,
asked for reprint of the Federal Election
bill, as passed, with marginal notes. The re-.
quest was not acccdcd TO-. Mr.. McComas, Of
Maryland, presented the conference report on
the District of Columbia Appropriation bill.
After debate, and pending vote OH the con-
ference report the House. at l.45, adjourned.
15STn DAY.-Allcr disposing of some
routine business, granting dozen leaves of
absence, &c, the House went into committee
of the whole for the consideration Of Senate
bill to forfeit certain lands heretofore granted
for the purpose Of aiding in the construction
of railroads with House substitute therefor.
This occupied the attention Of the House the
remainder of the day, and the committee rose
without coming to any conclusion i'll the
NATTER
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FOUR PEOPLE DROWNED.
Two Mcn Make Heroic Efforts to Saw,
Their Families.

Two Men Mike Heroic Efforts to Save
Their Families.
John Thompsonand Richard Smith lost their
lives in heroic efforts to save their loved ones
from drowning. Twochildreen persisted with
them.
The two families were out rowing in flat
boat on the Youghiogheny River, near Nc
Keesport Pa. With Mr.. Thompson were his
wife. 2-year-old daughter Eliza, and an infant.
Mr.. Smith had with him his wife, their daugh.
ter Priscilla and son Richard lad OILS years.
The entire party were on the boat when sud-
denly one end of the fiat gave way from over
weight In an instant the two families were
laundering in the water and the frail craft
sank out Of sight.
Both men could easily have COTTON to shore,
but they turned their efforts 10 their loves
ones, whom they priced more highly than life
itself, Mrs Thompson chung pluckily TO her
little babe and with the aid OF her husband
reached shore alive. Then Thompson turned
back to save his little daughter. He caught
her in his loving arms, faced shore again and
bravely struggled toward place of safety.
But he was exhausted and the heroic father
sank with his daughter clinging to his neck.
Meanwhile Richard Smith had saved his
wife and had also tried TO rescue his daughter,
but they, too were exhausted and both per.
ished bcfJrc the eyes Of the aflrighted wifeand
mother. Robert, the 1jycar-ou boy, swan
ashore without assistance.
All the bodies were recovered.
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IN A SHEET OF FLAME.
Three Firemen Killed at Coal Dock
Fire in Wisconsin.

Three fremcn met death in the burning of
the 2O00-ton steamer Iron King and u portion
of the Columbus &; Hooking Coal Co.'s dock,
at Ashland. Four others were injured, one
probably fatally. The dead are are: George
Tanton, merchant tuilor and secretary of the
City Fire Department, who leaves a young
wife and two pretty babes; Elias Baucholtz,
leaves a widow and five young childreni Jack
Prothers cannot live lie, too, is married.
Anunknown man jumped down into u sea
of flames and was cremated in sight of five
hundred people who were powcrless to help
him. J. j. Moore may die.
The fire started on the Iron King while dis
charging coal All the boats upper works
and machinery were destroyed.
While half Il dozen fircmen were holding a
stream on the burning boat from place OH
top the coal dock, the flames leapcd from the
dock to an immense mass of blacksmith coal
directly under the tircmen, and terrific cx-
plosion of coal gus followed. The men, blind
cd by the flames, ran through it like sheep,
and jumped all in Il head to the dock forty
feet below. The money loss is about $4,000.
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DIED OF INSECT BITES.
Thomas Young Lies for Five Days Sic
md HELPLESS In n Deserted Camp.

Thomas Young Lies for Five Days Sick
and Helpless In Deserted Camp.
a singular occurrence is reported from PEN
broke, Ont, Thomas Young, aged 49, of Clark
River, who was engaged as cook III one of the
lumber camps above Chaplcau, feeling unwell,
decided to go home. On arriving at Chap
leau he found that the train he wished to take
had not arrived, and thinking u walk ought
to do him good, determined to tryittoth next
station. About half way he became so SICK
that he was obliged to seek refuge alta deserted
camp.
There he lay foriivc days, a prey to the mos
quiiocs and black flies, unable TO summon as
sistance and without anything to eat Finally
he managed to drag himself two miles to the
railroad track where he met station men who
placed him OIL the train for home. ne die9
soon after reaching his destination, so disfgured
by the bites of insects as to be hardly recos-
uiZable
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CANNIBALIsM IN THE SoUDAN.
Men, w omen and Children Put to Death
to Serve as Food.

Men, Women and Children Put to Death
to Serve us Food.
Advces havereachcd Carlo that the famine,
which has for some time past prevailed in the
Soudan, is increasing rapidly. Thousands Of
natives are without food of any kind, and the
reported number of deaths from starvation is
appalling. With the reports Of this state Of
affairs comes horrible stories Of cannibalism:
which is also said to he OH the increase. Ii
was reported not long ago that the dead were
being eaten by the furnished survivors, but the
latest adviccs represent matters as still worse.
tits now asserted that large numbers of men,
women and children are deliberately put TO
death thut they may serve us food for their
frcnzied companions. Relief has been ex.
tended to these unhappy people, as far as pos.
sible but it docs not nearly meet their neces-
Ia
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AN AERONAUTS FATAL FALL.
His Balloon Takes Fire In Mid-Air-.


His Balloon Takes Fire In Mid-Air-A
Terrible Spectacle.
Prof. Samuel Black, an aeronaut, met with
horrible death at Bcardtown, III. When at
Il height of four hundred feet in his ascent he
signalled that he was about to descend, but
something seemed TO have gone wrong with
his parachute. A few minutes later thin
parachute. which in a few seconds burst into
q flame, scvcring the parachute from the bal
loon. and the aeronaut was seen falling through
the air at frightful speed. Half an hour
later his body was found mangled about two
miles from the scene of the ascent. 1t is sup
posed the parachute caught fire from sparks
from mill near by,
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A CoUNTERFEITER CONFESSES
The Bogus Coin Hr Passed in Maryland
and West Virginia..

William Seybert, United States prisone''
who was sentenced in the federal court al
Wheeling W. Va, TO three years conlinc-
mcnt in the penitentiary for raising silver
certificates and doing other crooked work OF
that nature, is an accomplished rascal and is
well ont of the way After being sentenced
he confessed that he had passed large amounts
of bogus money and raised bills in Washing
ton, Green, Fayette and adjoining counties i'll
Western Pennsylvania as well asin the towns
along the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West
Virginia and Maryland. The court directed
that after the expiration of his sentence he be
taken to Pennsylvania for further trial.
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VICTIMS OF THE CANNON.
A Confederate and Union Veteran Badly
Injured.

A Confederate and Union Veteran Badly
Injured.
Adrian Boche, q Frcnchman of Petersburg,
Va, and q member of the r. E. Lee battery,
was firing an old cannon when it exploded,
knocking him down and burning him badly
about the hands and face.
AUBURN, N.Y.-By the premature discharge
of an overheated cannon. Thomas Ditton, a
veteran of Cowan's battery and member Of
Seward Post, &. A. r., lost his rightarm above
the elbow and hts left hand. He was also
burned seriously in the face and lost the sight
Of both eyes. Hcwill probably die. The ram
rod which was in the cannon at the time, was
blown distance of fifty rods along State
street and was shattered against telephone
pole. The street was filled with people, but
luckily no one was injured.
I1-I..
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Mns. HOBBS, of Albany, \. Y, was annoyed
by English sparrGws ana a soaned ba non' Tbey
ate it and relished it apparently. 1t did not
xiii them, but every one of them turned snow
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MES. RIDER HAGGARD at the last draw.
;ra ~ .11, attracted much attention. by her
hnsnt;f,l dress of gray and white satin, trim
med with butterflies Of gold. huge butterfly
f fern the front of the bodice. Her petticoa.
was gold brocade.
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COUNTESS MARIA Won kESsKY, of Bohe.
mia, one day last Winter, OIL her estate OF
Chlamce. shot 13S harcs,
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LIST OF PRE- ~ M S.

DHISION ll-4ORSE DEPARTMENT.
BIT 7h uCn"e, Juiy Of td Tro
FIRST DAY-TuEsDAy. AUGUST 26th, 1890
Fi best Pins half mile heat premium
Class
SECOND DAY-WEDSEDAY, AUGUST 9th, 1890
rca1 odl Premium Exhibited
re>t2 old olorFi st Premium Exhibited A. NJ
ISIS! 5r 3d. th $500
2Sth, 1890.
Best n Exhibited II A. NJ
mile
ls,
Ruunn Hacetc lin $rd 50
FOURTH DAY-FRDAY, AUGUST 29tl, 1890.
Free Tor ST rcm
Pacing Isl Premium
Attracting o m 4 p NJ
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JAMES WHlrcoMB RILEY found the must
cal metre of his Hendrick S ode in Browning's
"Lost Leader"
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n. n F. Fair each M 81 30
Premiums heretofore will be received on en-
ain and enforce the good order which ciarac-
Adair, R. R. Hutchinson, JT Bull, W.T.. Mason
j. Z. MAPP, Secretary.
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IT'S PRosPERINo GREATLY.
The Laborcrs Union Attaining u wonder
ful Growth.

The Laborcrs Union Attaining u wonder
ful Growth.
BY the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, June 2.-The number of appli-
cations for membership 10 the Butte
Working Mems Union is SO great that il is
found impossible TO act upon them ut reg
ular meetings of the Union. For this
reason the financial secretary will he at
Miners Union hall tomorrow evening and
every evening after that for the remain
der of the week tn receive applications
for membership. Sunday evening ll5
new members were added and more than
that many applicants were turned away,
as il would nave taken all night to admit
them.
An agreement has been arrived at be-
wccn the Union and contractors of the
city by which the latter will employ union
men only. As a protective measure TO its
members the Union will issue certificates
of membership which the contractors
have agreed To recognize and honor when
giving out employment. BY this mean
the union expects to MAKE IL impossible
for any hut union men To secure work and
Inns sustain the object of its organization
in maintaining wages.
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relief as In your wisdom you may grant and NAV
lie lust and pr0tcr and the ordaining Of such or
finances rs may bring relief Ia your petitioners
fiom the evils complained of.
Your petitioners aver aud complain that the
holisrs On block twenty-three t23l and many
houses on block went four CsN are houses Of III
fame and deDs of prostitution and Vice. The in
hahitanis thereof crowd on the sidewalk on
First street west III Main dressed In dishabillc
and wander around the communicating streets
M all hours Of the night to the scandal Of the
go0I citizens IL the city and To the disturbance
of the quiet and order Of the nrighbOrhood.
Your petitioners would respectfully call your
attention to the fart that the adjoining y oIerty
Ia this vile spot In our city Is fast being built with
business houses and tile better class Of resi-
dences ami would 81 continue To he Tut FOR this
grave nuisance against decency and morals. The
progress ~ our city In that direction IL retarded
and We would therefore pray that such steps be-
taken 10y yonr honorable body that III. nuisance
lie removed 81 that the building of our city IN
thsl direction he not stayed. and We viii ever
l,I.lN
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PLENTY OF


\ Great Day or Reckoning in In. Police
Court YESTERDAY.
An entertaining matinee was given to a
fall house at the police court yesterday.
Judge Fitzgerald was the star. and he was
supported 10y the grist nf offenders who
had been rounded up since Saturday.
John lrydcn, arrested for carry
ing concealed weapons, pleaded
guilty. and paid $40 and costs.
doln Rodgers pleaded guilty tu having
carried a revolver concealed nn his per-
son aud paid $40 nd costs.
William Draper, "A gentleman uf color,
pleaded guilty To- the same oilcusr and
was committed in default of $40 and
costs.
William Doughurty contributed SIu and
costs for having committed an assault on
Theo. Ehrct.
Mike Ward. who drove over
u sold cr of the Salvation
army sunday night, pleaded guilty
To the charge Of fast driving and
was compelled Ia dig up SlUand COSTS.
John Holt, his companion. was dismissed
as u" witness appeared against him.
William tell stood trial to the charge of
using abusiv" language towards his wife
ana had several witnesses Ia testify Ia his
favor. Tho evidence nddiccd disclosed
ia" fact that Bell had undoubtedly an
piled snuir vulgar and insulting rpithrts
towards his wife and hr was accordingly
hn"d. In default 81 - aud costs hc will
llilgtislt IN iall several days.
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A CONTEMPLATE ACT.
An american shows Ills MsssDDcs- by
Cutting ou - Shinanan's Cae.

An american shows Ills by
Cutting oT - Chinanan'. Ca..
Gricr Tomlinson was turned over To-
Officer White last night. on the arrival IF
the q O'Clock train, by T.. Batto,L. who ar
rested him for cutting oil a C~hinaman's
u g The act IA done nn The train he
tween Stuart aud this city aud the
unfortunate Monaghan surrow.,l
deeply over his i~rrcpIrablc loss. The
chinamau, who has the appearance
e being quite old, presents "A
sorry spectacle without the customary ap-
pcndage. IL will te many u long day he
fore he can raise another crop of hair
sufficient 10 compose "A pig tail" Tom
binson will he arraiencd for trial this
morning. TIL" scene caused much excite
ment in the train. the passengers all feed
ing sympathy for the thinaman and
when he arrived In town last night and
Joined his friends. all Chinatown was
filled with sorrow and indignation.