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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-08
INVESTIGATING THE COAL DEAL.
Frederick saywopd Give. Interesting Tee.
timony Before tho srnnte CommIttce.

Frederick Saywopd Gives Interesting Tea
tin,ony Before tho SENATE ComsnIttce.
Gen. McMahon's Senate Committee appoint
ed to investigate tho conl roads combination.
held another session at IL o'clock yesterday
morning at tho Murray Hill Hotel. Senators
Mcmahon. Cantor. and SaNton Of the commit.
tee were present. and D. q. Griffin. Chairman
OF the Democratic state Committee. appeared
as the committees counsel.
Frederick T. Saywood. tho editor OF the Coal
Trade Journal testified that tho net increase
In price OF the wholesale trade in four months
was 25 cents on broken. As cents on egg. 80
cents on stove. and 75 conts on chestnut coal
Mr.. Saywood attributed the advance directly
to the combination. He. explained that
the old stocks OF the retail men which had
been fought Mt the April figures had saved
the consumer from feeling the full force OF the
Increase in the whole price yet. The no.
tail advance had been but 25 cents q ton.
which represented but half OF the wholesale
advance.
Senator Cantor asked II the miners had bon.
Gifted by the rise in the price Of coal Mr..
Saywood said that the Schuykill district was
the only section where the miners were paid
in accordance with the fiyctuuting price Of
to them u difference in their individual wages
OF from % to 81 cents u week.
The committee will hold another meeting al
has asked President Mcleod OF the Reading to
attend that meeting 9nd explain why the
mittce previously Mr.. Mcleod said he did NOT
expect any, rise in coal prices in consequences
OF the Reading reorganization.
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NEW RAILROADS IN BROOKLYN.
Franchises for Two Lines Granted By The
board OF Aldermen.


Franchises for Two Lines Granted ~ tAA
Board OF AIdermen.
At an adjourned meeting OF tho BROOKLYN
Board OF Aldermen last night two valuable
railroad franchises were granted. The nrst
was given to the Union Railway Company to
operate surface railroad either BY horse
power or electricity from Hamilton Ferry
along Hamilton avenue to Union street. and
through Union street to Prospect Park and
thence along Ninth avenue to Greenwood
Cemetery. The resolution granting the
franchise was adopted by vote Of;
IS. to 2. Aldermen Thomas and Hass..
voting in the negative. President Coffsy was
excused from voting when he explained that
he might be called upon to act In q double ca
pacity. meaning perhaps that the resolution
might come ,h , before him as acting Mayor:
are ex-County Clerk Delmar. Robert II. Flynn.
and Lewis lehman. Representatives Of the
Union street railway Company. Of which Gen.
Stewart L. Woodford Is President. notified the
Railroad Committee Of the Board Of Aldermen
last week that the company would pay 500.
The other franchi SO disposed Of was to op.
crate a similar surface road on Fifth avenue,
between Thirty sixth street and the city line.
It was granted to the Coney Island. Fort Ham.
ilton and Brooklyn Company. The vote was
the same as on the first franchise. and Presi-
ident Cotley was again excused from voting.
Each Of these new roads will enter the tor.
plny. 49,
The. Aldermen also made some slight
amendments to the recent changes in some 81
the ward boundaries.
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CHICAGO MEN IN THE FRAY.
Nearly Gee or the rinkertops Were fron
the Windy city.

Nearly foo OF the finkertons Were IRON
the Windy city.
CHICAGO. July 7-Nesrly 200 Of tho Pinker-
tons who were mixed up In the labor riots at
Homestead wore taken from Chicago The
move was made so quietly that no inkling Of
came out until the men were In the thick OF
the fray Mr. Pinkerton said to-day:
Tho story that ex-Detective Charles Nor
drum Is going East to-day with 100 men. rc-
cruited here, is false. We are not recruiting
mon. and we will not send any more East II
we wanted to recruit men all We would have
to do would be to call upon the hundreds who
have left their names and addresses ut this
ONCE as applicants for work. don't antici-
pate any more trouble at Homestead. 1tnow
Concerning the bloodshed. l have resolved to
keep my mouth shut. know l am on the un-
popular side. and no amount q talking In
newspapers win make bit OF difference one
Superintendent Murray Of the agency said:
There was only ono man killed out OF our
whole force. and that was ]. W. Kline. II Is
absolutely false that nine OF our men were
killed. The fellows whose names appear this
.Wiii You give g the names OF tho Chicago
men who we're in the flght2"'.
No, we will give nothing"
Homestead ?"
THAT / cannot say. This business 10 being
managed by our New York branch"
The local sleeping headquarters for the
Pfnkerton mon are practically deserted and
have been for several days. which leads people
to think that the local service must have been
tingent; II more men are to be used at the
Carnegie works, It Is probable that the Eastern
department will supply the demand.
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jsy .n rS SSOn tss The c ssIss.s = n:
sssSsia, III, o.S SSisS
TO aoWa a s Secluded o place below MissSsan9
City two rpnbosts. OF. in Other. words. two
sSa,s Mhsn they had Psschsd their axe
choreee there were i9aded on them guns. pis-
S @ Ss sse S.ss S.T
ieety isnorant Of the making Of these Boats ats
p the iatnishins q them them. Or q the design q
ns e what VA ,s;. going on in the mind Of the
o, afsirs up here Re teoE the matter s out A q
the hands q the Sheriff into his own hands
o. ~ HemsStssd plant These men knew
no hs" night, hidden 3 the roofs and The iron
sides q their boats these men stole eiend /.
i irss lo cG The men here were snSrant q
It all. In the morning, while, the fog
sy s hsS qS S.r h Soa. as them sR. S%
s sfssd now sSs being nStLas$ q
6 ssr 70 tho F'
woSd .ss sr d11 81 9r
m e,ss Snssthorised BY The doysrSms ont p tie
s the civil ssy asas e
% no n'e .hs %sn who
sropsible for the death OF this brave man who
sts.s songstsnt to take care 2,
They provoked the entire conflict It was
they who began to firc At the men n upon up the
sna sna hSss and h. to
,n did Sss ne
s sSaP me- pares Vas there
s. s %sn and and 5lss tSs nss:
h.$
s o their sFpsSGHf 4 III s.s ssssf
Millions millions upon millions shed tho blood Of men
& snd e to hs s' s. sp s
3 course esoG q him Sc!:s; ~
p eIsSs rhsy ' could not hss s sa. g
msD Fl .s s
by the laboring class Of Pennsylvania as that
HIS ve : s q
to Ss nstSraIly Sasiillsd for that PElse.sSt"
heard nfh from oStslde tSs strains y iaesr si
march. 1t was tho funeral Of Peter, Faris, .
poured from the barRes into the mon on the
bank 10 was unmarried. was 70 years old.
Siavonic settlement outside the town. and at
any other time his death you'd not have raised
E bit OF attention: But now a. the
Of the strikers who were on duty
and those who had not been able to get into
pass. It had fallen behind the other funeral
procession IN one part Of the town. but had
Roman Catholic Church. Here the service was
very short. :, After the customary rites tho
dock. delivered short sermon in Polish. but
did not make any direct reference to the trou;
again and moved up the street toward the
Methodist Episcopal Church. where DR. Mo-
Presently both funeral professions. Joined in
ono. were moving to the cemetery mile away.
At the graves the men stood silent the won en-
cried. and then the two bodies were lowered In
the ground.
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Trial or tho London swIndlers.

LONDON. July THE trial Of Bluhm and his
associates. tho spurious bankers accused OF
swindling many people In various lands by
Offering to lend money without security. and
getting a years advance interest out OF the
applicants. for which no service was ever
rendered. was continued to day. The evidence
given by several of the victims. Germans and
Trenchmen.. showed degree Of Gullibility on
their part that excited laughter from the
audience and sarcf site remarks from the
magistrate. The latter indicated by his COM
ments that people so STUPID and careless were
in a sense responsible for the existence OF
swindlcrs. and were not much to be pitied for
having fallen victims. to such transparent
The case was adjourned for week.
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FIVE BISHOPS SAT- NO.
The Rev. Francis f.. ~hober Not to DO Re.
irs'ated In the Min!stry.


The committee Of five Protestant Episcopal
Bishops whom Bishop Potter requested under
the canonical law to consider the application
OF the Rev. Francis f. Shoher OF Barrytown.
n. Y. for reinstatement In the ministry. have
rendered q unanimous decision against the
application. Early in January. at Mrs. Shober' 8
request. her husband was SUSPENDED hy Bishop
Potter for intcmrerance.. Her mother and
s iihn; ,supForted the. church ,Lsh' &, memo
t" New lork; with, her, four children
and her mother Mr. Shober aftnrwarI
applied to Archdeacon Henry l.. Xiegenfuss
OF Poughkr"p-!e Tor rcinstatemcn Mt and he APP
pointed Il Com mission which took testimony
favorable to Mr.: ShohPr md presented it to
Bishop Potter The rhyscians testimony did
not appear in the report Of this Commission.
but in habeas corrus proceedings which Mr..
shober meantime Instituted in. the Supren. o
Court they testified that he could not possibly
have been suffering from grin as he claimed.
he had deliriim trerens on the occasion Of
his first writing to bishop Potter
Early in June Bishop Potter laid the matter
before the committee OF five Bishops, which
has just reported against Mr.. Shoher. The
depoeel minister has been connected with tie
Poughkeepsie Ne,rs Press as n reporter since
he lett his vito.
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The suns Guide to New York.

Frp'irs 10 questions asked ers,'y day hp NO
guests and citizens Of tie american metropolis
Suggestions 10 si9hisesrs and practical Ulru-nd-
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OBITUhRT

Col. James Burt, a brother q ex-Naval On
Ger Of the Port SilRs W. Burt. died OF heart dis
ease latc Wednesday night al his home at 253
West Forty NTH street. His wife. when she
went to bed. left him seated in chair reading
a newspaper. as was his custom before re-
firing. When she awoke at 4 A. NJ. yesterday
he was not by her side. and she got up to look
for him. She found him dead in the chair.
Col. Bu:t got his title from having been a
%eR Rsn Of Gov ToRtos ft Hf was ,SsI
proprietors Of The Albany A,gIs. His grand
Der OF the Assembly and senate Tor twenty
one years; and was Presidential elector in
1870 and 1870 Col. BnTt was Graduatsd from
Assistant Commizsary General Of the State in
1sGt and A.slstan, Appraiser aG ct this port in
dutiable va lues Of imported sugar He also
represented the Havemeyer, interest in tho
Wall street. he had an Office Col. Burt was
one Of the founders OF the Church OF st. Mary
the VIRGIN. and q the Church Club, and was
Eugene O'suliyan, n prominent coffee mer-
home home "a Madison avenue Mr.. 0'SuiIiva an
the " firm S y Hagsns "t G ao SaS Wa
street. and made ii large fortune IN the rice
and spice business during the war. Mr.. ,O'Sul-
there contracted a cold which ran into lnou-
monia. He leaves a widow and five children.
He was an intimate friend OF Archbishop Cor
rigRn. The funeral will be at st. Patrick's
Cathedral on Saturday morning. Tho inter-
ment will he In Calvary Cemetery.
Mrs Sarah McGlnchey died in South Franz
iDGham. Mass. recently. aged 80. Mrs Nc
Glinchey was a lineal descendant Of Michael
Gerry. a noted Irish General in command OF a
division called "Gerry's Own" She was first
cousin Of Gov. Gerry Of Pennsylvania. and sis.
ter sn,dnr High Gerry, PlobRssGtrh CINCINNATI
died at the advanced age OF III
years. She was related to the Gillespie branch
Of the James g. Blaine family. She was the
greatgrandmother Of twenty-four living chill
dren.
Special service to the Berkshire iils via New York
Central iAilem division. Fridays aud saturdays New
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LIST OF WoUaDED PINxERToNs
Hardy . Maa Who Went to Homestead
Escaped UnscatheA.

PITTsBURoH. July Gas complete o list as
can DO obtained Of the names and injuries Of
the Pinkerton men who were hurt is as follows:
Thomas CallAb. Chicago. forennger and thumb OF
right hand split and badly bruised Albert Thomas Now
York. head bruised Thomas Aaily Jersey City. head
and nose cut and bruised Peter Prash. Paulsbury.
NJ kicked In tho back and badly cut back Of right
ear: Bunsman Gill Chicago. head hurt; Morton Brad
bury. Boston. struck on head; Joseph McDermott
bhadslphiA dubbed on head: Michael Connor Phila-
eslphia. bad cut on head: J. hcCumsey. Chicago.
struck and cut head and in mouth: John Orr.
New York. struck on head: Henry Mullen. Brooklyn
shoulder badly bruised; William Dillon. New York
struck on head; Louis Anderson. Chicaso badly
n.sa CIV ssl .y. and head
np badly cut; Frank Webb New York; William aitsT
@ = M e'tS1 sss: sand .aa
Weed chessa struck In the face and h.ad; Nor.
Johnson i 0 S.s: ssa st Ysre
ess FISCHER rev ssSn. d E.
sHts hs IShH ses ,.
:h9s n on ,h rsS boy isss place: with and
ass1s. s:rn. s.a NV DSss
rh1s Phi .ask e Ea.s Gcsss
Knee .soad:r both Ssaha:
S 'ss r. fsSsS
RR.fs' Ss.; ss sss.ssi
G.np chlr.so bruised Joseph Nay cse.so shos IN
s * sif N. as aSri.
Chicago right arm shot and 1ngsr OF right hand shot
on; A, u: Howard. Chicago. bruised: John Brown Chi
mouth John Nsnning kstl.nd Ina shoulder ss
GGhSago: Patrick Fleming Philadsiphs bruised;
William Hodges Chicago. rKht shoulder hurt and iefi
S eRSs. s,. sysi DGrI. New Y0s. George
!S.Sss Ps.s s isl fi .9s y:
New 9o BADLY bruised .ne .s.Issa John N.hs
Philadelphia mouth badly cut; Pred Dol.n Chi.
t R.gn;; face and mouth cut and bruised; j. n.
r f.fo sSSt In M .hoailsr re,6 Soand Peter Good
oiss Rsimei. Phiiadelphia cnt hand: Fred Marsh
sn,oaso bead nazed with hn!ir: W H. joint soii hi
eAao ankle put out Of join: J,me. H. Pugh Brooklyn
f fss s1 S and st. arm hurt Gsbhsid New yoft
D. ia w. 0rsnory PhiisdephiA nose broken aud head
sssala SIs..a: 2su,s assas. z Ssi:sss f sas.
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SHxR1FF M,C1kARY HE1PLRsA
Ne Iafsras the Governor that He Can
Raise Forces.

Ne Inf0rAs the Governor that He Cam
Raise Forccs.
HARHsBuRo. July IA telegram from Sheriff
MoCleary to Gov. Pattison late this afternoon
says:
Last night went to Homestead accom-
panied By officials Of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation and succeeded in bringing away the
guards sent BY river who had surrendered to
the rioters. Tho arms Of the guards. who
numbered about 800. are all in the possession
Of the rioters. To-day all Is quiet: the works
are In possession Of large force OF the strikers.
Any attempt to dispossss them on the part ofthe
civil authorities will be met with resistance.
Last evening issued general summons to
the citizens to attend q meeting this morning
at 8 o clock to aid in restoring order. and also
issued q large number OF notices to individ.
They have been notified to appear tomorrow
additional notices to individuals SUNNI oning
them sI to appear at the same time. The notices
WI % am satisfied from present indications
Bile force. and the force thus gathered without
As soon as any eoHt Is made ss to taEe
possession OF the property another outbreak
Dispatches received earlier to-day by tho
Governor indicate that troops will not DO
needed. and that the citizens can preserve
.Adit. Gen. Greenland left this afternoon for
homestead to confer with Sheriff AicCleary,
and he will keep Gov. Psttison fully informed
Of the situation. The Governor said to SUN
representative tonight:
al have Just received q telegram from tho
Burgess OF Homestead. imploring me not to
send troops there. and tomorrow, accompa-
hero to assure me that everything Is quiet and
peaceable. haye not received any information
to secure a sufficient number Of deputies to go
to the Homestead works; The Sheriff has
not done anything like his duty. and he can
stead until am convinced that every possible
effort Of the civil authorities has been unsuc-
oessful. hope to hear satisfactory results OF
the visit OF Adjt.-Gen. Greenland. who has
zone TO- Homestead to straighten out the
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CdPRIvI AND BISMARCK.
The Chancellor Said tho Princes State
nents Were OF No Value.

"e"t" sVere OF "" v"'"es
BERLIN. July 1.-THE Rcichsanzeioe- pub
fishes q note sent by Chancellor Caprivi on
May % to tho diplomatic representatives Of
Germany and Prussia abroad. The note says
that the statements Of Prince Bismarck in the
newspapers are OF no value.
The Reichsdnze'ger also publishes telegram
to Prince Henry Of Reuss. the German Am
hassador in Vienna. and dated in June. In
bassador that the rumors Of an approche-
ment between Prince bismarck and tho kaisor
IRE false. and that. even II such an approche-
ment occurred Prime. Bismarck would not
Influence affairs The telegram also snid that
the Kaiser had nothing to say In relation to
tho Am bas sador was requested to commune
cate the tenor Of the telegram to Count Kali
noky, Premier of the Austro- Hungarian en-
pire. This telegram Is considered to explain
why the Emperor Francis Joseph declined to
grant Bismarck an audience.
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LONDON. July 7.-Cholera continues to spread
in Transcaucasia. 1t has been decided not to
postpone the Mini Novgorod Fair. Officials
have been sent there and to Moscow to con-
suit mentors OF the Exchange COMMITTEES
about the distinction of goods and other pre-
cautionary measures.
Half the population Of Astrachan. the Rus
sian province adjoining the Caspian. resisted
tho taking Of sanitary measures. Crowds
filled the streets. making demonstrations
against official interference. asserting that
the epidemic had disappeared on previous oc.
casions without taking special measures
They regarded the plague as visitation Of
providence.
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CARNEGIE MEN IN CHICAG0.
They Ask That the Trades Cease Han ding
Carnegie Iron and Steel.

Carnegie Iron and Steel.
CHICAGO. July IA committee from the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association. tile
locked out employees at the Homestead mills.
headed by Thomas A. Campbell. has arrived
In this city. The committee will hold con-
ference with the trades as to whether they
will handle tho output Of the Carnegie mills II
the non-union men are put to work. The COM
mittee asks that all steel and iron now in the
work mono OF their product be handled by un-
ion mon.
No definite answer was given, but 1t was
promised that the matter would be at once
taken under consideration.
It is believed that in a few days tho various
trades will cease handling steel and iron from
the Carnegie works. which will mean a tie-up
in many OF the large steel ribbed office build
ings in course OF erection here
similar mmfttee has been sent to other
large cities. with the same purpose in view.
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A BATH. ship Sinks . Passenger boat.

PARIS. July 1.-THE French battle ship Hoche
has collded with the steamer Marshal Can
robert, which plies between Bona. Algeria. and
Marsellles. Tho Marshal Canrobert was
loaded with passengers. including some
French soldiers The Hoche. which is q bat
tie ship of between 5000 and 10000 tons and
can make from fourteen to sixteen knots per
rammng the vessel with tremendous force.
The Marshal Canrol ert was SO badly damaged
that she foundered soon after The officers
and crew of the Hoche gave prompt assistance
TO those on the Marshal CanTohert. and nearly
all the passengers were safely transferred, In
the confusion attending he wreck two soldiers
and three children were drowned. Eighty-flye
passengers and the crew were saved. The
Hochs was not seriously injured.
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A Talk with Cnrn.s,e.. Nephew.

CHICAGO. July TT. NJ. Carnegie, a nephew
OF Andrew Carnegie. has been In Chicago for
the last few days. He said he was
convinced that the steol works COM
pany would stand by their original posi-
ton. In his opinion tho lockout would termi.
nate in the compAny's favor. He maintained
that violence on the, part 81 the employees
would only result in their ultimate defeat. Re-
the company. he said that 1t had only been
done ms a protective. and not as an aggressive.
measure.
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A Carnegie Agent Seeking Help In Scranton.

SCRANTON. July IAN agent Of tho Carnegie
Company. acting upon instructions from Man
ager Potter. arrived here to-day and began at
once an active canvass among tho thousands
OF steel workers here for men to go to Home
bers Of the Amalgamated Association. are
affiliated with other labor organizations. and
NO announcement has been given the agent
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crisis. II the present strained relations be-
tween the corporations and their employees.
between wealth owners and wealth producers.
continue much longer they will ripen into
frightful diaaster. The Pinkertons are an
armed body OF cruel me rcenaries and menace
to the peace OF society and the lives 81 the
close upon the heels OF corporate tyranny.
They must be suppressed. and the terrible
economic conditions which have spawned this
cruel army OF thugs upon tho country must he
changed at once OF tho republic must give
way to corporate despotism."
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MILITARY MEN CONFER.
saiA to Have Met Under Secret Orders nrou
the Governor.

PrrTsBuRaH. July T. Notwithstanding the
denials Of tho National Guard officers. It is
absolutely certain that conference Of officers
was held ct tho Duauesne Club before noon
to-day. Those present deny all knowledge OF
any orders calling them together. and say that
they do not have any idea Gov Pattison will
need to call out tho troops However. It Is
pretty certain the conference to-day was only
the result Of orders issued BY the Governor to
each Of the brigade commanders to get every
mands. 90 that. II the necessity arises. he may
call out every able bodied militiaman In tho
State.
It Is stated that tho officers who met here
spent most Of the time in getting reports from
each department. SO that dependence may
be made on the numbe OF men available and
tho condition Of the comm issariat
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Tn. Pre.,ac.t Asked for the News.

CoEYMANs. N. Y. July 7.-When the train
bearing President Harrison and party. en-
route for the Adirondack. stopped at Kingston
last night telegram was sent to the manager
Of the United Press. at New York. requesting
that a summary of the situation at Homestead
be telegraphed to the President, who was
anxious to know the result OF the days con;
when the train arrived here des patch giving
the latest news was handed to the President,
who read it with much apparent interest and
expressed his thanks for the information.