Tombstone epitaph., 1892-07-17
BY WIRE.

hittI uilNibs out tue iugltiNS nun union men, the strikers followed them and shot them down like deer. Among those shot down was Foreman Mona ghan, Of the Gem mine, who was coming out with his family. His family was spared, but Monaghan was run into the bushes and shot through the breast. He was picked up this morning and taken back io the mines. It is thought he will die It is report ed that twelve bodies have already been discovered in Fourth of July canyon. The non-union men had been entirely disarmed and were at the mercy of the pursuers,
 boat that came down the lake to- day and picked up twenty more of the fugi'iyes who had taken to the river and brush. They tell tales of irightful cruelty. Some of them were beaten by revolvers, and many were robbed of all their valusbles and money.
 PITrsBURG-The employees of Car negie upper and lower union mills in this city struck at noon. The gas was turned off in all the furnaces. By 3 o'clock this afternoon the men in all the departments will be out and mills shut down. The men struck because the company refused to confer again with the Homestead men. The strikers number 30O0.
 LoSDoN-The Times, in referring to the defeat of the silver bill by congress, says: "The unexpected resuscitation of the silver question is probably due to the necessity of protesting in behalf of the silver interest against the atti- tude and straddle adopted by both the Minneapolis and Chicago conventions. HELENA, Mont.-At the second days session of the National Mining Con- gress, permanent organization was effected by the election of Francis c. Newlands, Of Nevada, az president. On taking his seat, Newlands made a strong silver speech, urging the min ing states to put the interests of silver before party interests, formulating a plan how party organization could be preserved in each mining state, and the people sill he able to use their power to advance the free coinage of silver. This could be done by an agreement that the electoral votes of the mining states should be cast for TO person as president who would not agree to permit any silver at passed by congress to become a law.
 | PARIs-The work Q. searching for l the bodies of those who lost their lives in the terrible disaster at St. Gervaise. Les Baines, yeste rday morn ing when the Benaisssire of glacier broke loose from the side of Mont Blanc and sept down the ravine in | which St. Gervsise is situated, vas continued to-day. The bodies Oi ] those already recovered are torn and | mangled most horribly. In many cases heads were torn from bodies i while in others arms and legs had ! been cut of by huge masses of ice that had passed over them Some bodies were found that had been crushed out of all semblance of hu- manity. The St. GervaIse officials are doing everything in their power to ! facilitate the work of rescue. 0f 57 employees in the baths only were 1 saved alive, and ' of these were severely injured. At Hamlet Biones- sey, which was swept out of existence by the sliding glacier, 300 persons were killed.
 SAN DIEGo-The Eliza Edwards, the British steam schooner which was suspected of smuggling, although clearing Monday for Panama, was dis. covered to-day anchored in the stream along the shore below this city. Her movements. as well as the conflicting stories regarding her destination, have been very suspicious. and the customs officers are still watching her closely