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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
.STFFERTNG FOR MILLIONS.

II any one were 10 propose that all the male
workers OF this great city should be deprived or
employment for an indefinite time, and that the
entire population should thus be left indeii-
nltcly without means Of support, the cruelty
and the resulting horrors of such SITUATION
would be kccnly appreciated by the whole civil
lied world. However praiscworthy the OBJECT
humane persons would seriously question
whether II could be sufficient 10 warrant such
suffering as must be involved. And II this
fearful test were seriously proposed as means
Of determining whether the wages paid to a
few thousand men should be II little higher or
lower. there would surely be the feeling that
reason and humanity In civilized land ought
to be able to devise some other mode OF settle
mcnt, without exposing great multithes OF
innocent and helpless people to suffering.
The strike of btuminous coal miners and
coke workers appears to embrace by this time
nearly 100000 men, and It's effects are felt over
the whole continent. In one department OF In
dustry alone the iron and steel manufacture
and its branches. pbout a third Of the working
canocity n month ago has been driven to idle
ness already for an indefinite period because of
a lack of fuel, and the hands employed therein
numbered at least 100000 four years ago But
In addition many other industries are seriously
INTERRUPTED Glass workers, workers in cotton
and wooen mills, and railroad companies are
seriously affected already, with the prospect
that a great number of establishments will
have to suspend production unless the strikes
are soon settled Thus 1t appears not improb-
able than more than half il million men are
deprived of work and Of livelihood for a time,
and these with the families depending on their
earnings make up population approximately
AS large as that Of New-York.
1t is not easy to determine on which side lies
the responsibility for this widespread loss and
suffering While part Of the miners were re-
ceyng Air wages before the great struggle
began others were I'm great need, their wages
having been reduced during or since the panic
Of last year to the lowest possible point, and
kept there by the intense competition which
has resulted from excess Of production over
the unnaturally diminished demand for coal.
Part of the employers seem to have been dN-
posed to pay the better wages asked, but could
not do so unless other mines directly competing
with them consented to pay similar wages.
In the meeting on Friday, Mt which n large
number Of employers were present or repre-
scented, there appeared sharp division Of feel
Ing; part Of the employers rejecting all plans
Of settlement. These proved to be the majority
But n considerable minority, including opera
tors who are mining for delivery by railroad
companies. although outvoted at the meeting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

power remains just as tyranncal ana just MS
inscrutable as ever. There is not n shadow OF
turning toward liberalism. The knout IS SUI
the sceptrc. The censorship of the press re-
licious bisotry and persecution. exile TO Siberia
"by order OF the Gar" and all the other nor
rors of absoutism still exist, even intensihed
and dcepencd in the present reign as compareu
with the last And still Russia, alone OF all
Europcan Powers works behind an impene-
trable screen. There is no Parliament to which
the Government must report, no free press III
which its doings may be chronicled what Is
being done in the way Of military preparation
Is scarcely TO be dreamed Of by outside Powers
Indeed. this Is one of the salient factors In me
mooted problem Of general disarmament NO
ono could know surely whether Russia was dis
arming or not 1t is a strange spectacle TINS
vast Power reaching out in all directions with
an enterprise almost worthy of the Anglo-Saxon
race and yet keeping itself scaled UP amid idols
of the past. with an ignorant cxclusveness com
parable only with that Of China at its worst.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
BASEBALL IN ENGLAND.

While our National game is this year enjoy
ing at home perhaps Il greater popularity than
ever before, il Is also winning extraordinary
favor abroad. Not only has 1t become perma-
ncnt and conspicuous institution In Canada
Australia and New-Zealand, but In coDserva
tive old England itself 1t has won n forward
Mace among out-of-door sports. a good au
thority records that there are now more base
ball clubs in England than there are cricket
clubs in America. However that may be, there
are between forty and fifty organized mines In
England, united In National Baseball Asso
citation. with q splendid field In the metropolis
known rs the London Baseball Park, In which
three or four games can be played at the same
time. The championship season" opens there
this month"; and instead of simple pennant
there are numerous valuable prizes TO be
strtyen for; n 50-gulnea cup for the champion
ship of England. another Of like value for the
championship OF London; a 25guinea cham
pionship cup; an Sguinea cup for the player
making most runs, and another like prize
for him making most home runs; and various
others.
The rules Of the game In England are mod
eled closely after those Of our own National
League, but, as might have been expected. the
playing is Of a different character. 1t re-
sembles that of the old-time clubs in this
country, the Atlantics and Athletics and Hay
makers" which used to play all the afternoon
and roll up prodigious scores. English knowl-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
RUSSIA'S LIGHT And DARKNESS.

Talk as we may, and truly, about the be-
nighted barbarism that largely prevails In that
strange land there can be no manner OF doubt
that Russia is making great progress in some
important directions. The TransSiberian Rail-
road, for example, Is being pushed with the
utmost energy and within short time trains
will be running from the Neva to the Japan
Sea- through one of the richest undeveloped
countries on the globe. The TransCaspian
Railroad has long been an accomplished fact,
and it Ia now to be joined with the Central
Russian system, so as to give unbrOken passage
from ST. Petersburg to Samarkand, and per-
haps TO Kashgar Kuldja, or Lake Balkash.
And now another line has been decided upon,
to connect the capital and the Baltic Sea with
the Arctic Ocean. Captain Wiggns's success
full voyages from England to Siberia. rounding
North Cape and passing through Kara Strait,
have opened the worlds eyes to the possibilities
Of commerce in those regions, and Russia is
not to be caught, mapping SO within three
years we shall see railroad In operation be
tween ST. Petersburg and Archangel, and lines
of Russian ships between the latter port and the
Gulf OF Obi Then Russia has gained conces-
sion for constructing and controlling highway
from Enzel to Teheran and is concluding i'm
portant commercial treaties with both Persia
and Turkey; and is building a feet Of steel
merchant steamers, convertible into naval
auxiliares. comparable in all respects with the
best Atlantic liners.
And yet, such is the mixture OF European
enterprise and Asiatic reaction that this vast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
PERSONAL.

Joseph Chimney has been the postmaster at Brs
to Anne Arundel County. Nd, ever since the Ad.
mnistraton OF President Polk. by whom he WA
appointed
Gerhard Gade the American Consul at Cha
tIana, Norway. who was appointed In 1869 by Gen.
eral Grant, Is the Oldest consul in the service with
the exception OF Consul Sprague. at Gibraltar h
will celebrate his jubilee on June o.
Erek Jorgensen, who was associated with Cap.
tain Krag In the invention OF the Krag -Jorgensen
magazine gun, which has been adopted by the
United States Government is now in this coun-
try According to The Springfield Republican" he
Is a portly well-posed man. with dark eyes and
full gray beard. He is a genius in gun-makins,
haling the perfumes from his briar pipe. He occu.
pies the position in the Norway armory OF besse-
has recently been created Knight Of St Olaf the
only decoration In the gift OF Norway; Mr.. Jor.
Companions for twenty. years. The former says
that the invention of the gun was the result Of
years OF sare coanries We're rst tSorouebss
tested, but found 10 be inferior TO the Krag.
boom when It was adopted by the Danish Army
about five years ago
The most prominent citizen OF Martin. Texas 70
Augustus Bonaparte Caesar Dundreary Emerson
Ferdinand Grant Hannibal Isaiah Jackson Knox
Ieondas Meredith Nicholas Oscar Tate Ring
The Rev. DR.. John Hall, pastor emeritus OF the
First Presbyterian Church, Trenton. ~ j.. who
has Just died was one OF the greatest scholars and
theoogians in the Presbyterian Church. In add
ton to what ne wrote for the American Sunday.
school Union nine of his works appear on the cata-
logue of the Presbyterian Board OF Publication.
Besides these he is the author OF History Of the
Presbyterian Church in Trenton" For accuracy
and thoroughness this book Is unequalled BY any
similar monograph IN this state.
Dr. Horace Jayne. the Dean OF the University
OF Pennsylvania, has resigned that office. He has
done a great deal for the Biological School Of the
university. and is very popular with the studenta
The Boston Transcript says: Mr.. Herbert II. D
Pelrce who has just received from President Cleve-
land the appointment Of Secretary Of Legation at St
Petersburg. is the youngest son Of the late Pro-
fessor Benjamin Peirce His efforts to raise the
standard OF Interior decoration THIS city some
years ago will be remembered In ar-oving circles
TO Mr. Peirces credit He has been In business IN
New-York for the last five years. but at the time
OF his appointment just about to return 10
Massachusetts. which ne has always regarded as
his home He Is a OF cultivation, high char.
acter and polished and agreeable MANNERS, life.
long Democrat and deeply interested In political
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

edge OF and taste for baseball, being only three
wears old. is still In rudimentary state. Such
n game as that in this city on Monday, when
Boston won by to 0, would be little apprecl-
atcd there; while n "slogging' game, in which
the ficlders were kept busy chasing the ball
and the base-rlInners in making the circuit OF
the diamond would rouse wild enthusiasm
This years record, therefore, will probably
abound with scores of 20 to 30, and the like
But as knowledge Of the game increases, scien-
tific work in the box will be more appreciated,
and before long we may expect to see the
pitcher as much the hero Of the field there as
he is here. 1t is, at any rate, notable tribute
TO the game that in so short time 1t should
have won so important place in the world OF
sports in England
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

declared their determination to attend con
ference with representatives OF the miners ~
Cleveland in the hope that some reasonaoie
basis Of settlement could be reached. Whether
tbe blame belongs to either side or to poth'
tbora "a clearly blame somewhere when popu-
Iot,on largely exceeding one million ana proo
oblv reaching two millions In number Is leIt
for weeks without the means OF support. III
agreement is prevented by the REFUSAL OF only
q norton of the operators, the natural pre-
sumntion Is that the greater share OF response
bil,tv must lie with them. But while the puphc
NAV not rs vet be sufficiently Informed to place
tho blame where II belongs 1t Is ut least clear
tbo+ co costly and wasteful mode OF settilng
difficulties ought to be avoided In civlllzed
country Such contests as this, affecting vast
pumhcrs of persons who have no part In the
struggle except TO suffer from 1t. should not De
nossiblo until arbitration and all other peace
ohio meons Of adjustment have been exhausted
The States have accomplished practically
nothing ns vet. through the numerous efforts
which have been made to provide Impartial
tr,hrno,s for the adjustment Of labor disputes.
Probably It will be admitted that the present
Congress has shown itself conspicuously UNIT
70 deoI with a problem so difficult and delicate.
The fact cannot be ignored that, whatever the
immediate cause of dispute may be, the origin
or primary cause was the prostration OF In
dustries through attempted change OF National
policy. But the people ought not to rest con-
tent until they have Congress competent 10
proyide fair and just methods Of determining
questions Mt issue between employers and en-
Moved. SO that the widespread suffering which
now results from prolonged struggles may IN
most cases be avoided.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

Ardent Tammany men insist that It will be
difficult to find anybody to take the Office Of
Sheriff hereafter since the risks will be too great
now that the prospect Of enormous fees has been
cut off. Considering how the political tide q
setting this year. 1t is not strange that pess,.
mistic views Of things In general prevail in
Fourteenth-st precincts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
SUNDAY, MAY 13. 1894.
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rrorefen-The Governments supporters IN 'he
.yo,,sa ~ Commons will consult next week with
The Ministry regarding the ,party's future course
sovsral Welsh members may desert --- Inc
~,o,,orrneut troops were defeated with heavy
Lose nv insurgents in sRio Grande do Sui. -
THE conservatives will probably negotiate an en-
tonic with the National liberals In the Prusslah
Iandtag on the Chambers Of Agriculture meas
IRE - The Irish National League OF Great
Rr,tain opened it's .annualSconvention in Liver
pool.
congress.-Bosh branches in session. -
Senate. Two amendments to the chenhcaI
schedule of the Tariff bill were adopted. GO
House: The neutrality-suspicious. Dill was COLI
sdered
Dorestic-Coxey's army evacuated Camp
Tyranny in Washington and went into camp a'
RIadensburg. Nd THE captured Coxey army
in Kansas was removed from Topeka TO LeaVeh-
worth the United States military post. -
General Robert p Dechert died in Philadelphia.
- The interscholasthc tennis games were held
At Harvard. - The General Term sustained
the decision Of Judge Forbes Of Ithaca, in COM
hitting TAYLOR, the Cornell student to Jail for
rsfusing TO answer questions about the chlorine
case. - Yale scored SO points to Harvards
"a In the track athletic meeting on Yale Field.
80 The University of Pennsylvania baseball
team defeated Yale at Philadelphia.
city and Suburban.--The Columbus statue In
Central Park was unveiled. - The Northern
Pacific hearing was continued - the Rev'
Sylvester Malone gave his views on the latest
phase of the McGlynn controversy. - The
Vice-President and Mrs. Stevenson gave recep-
ton to the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion. - The New-York baseball team defeated
the Washington nine to 2, winning the series
in three straight games. - The Manhattan
Trust Company and Amos T. French have been
sued for 100000 by plaintiffs who charge fraud.
= Corporation Counsel Mcdonald. OF Brook
lyn in an opinion. declared that the city au-
thorties should not interfere with pool-selling on
the racetracks - Stocks quiet. lbut strong, at
small advances. Chicago Gas exceptionally
gained per cent but generally final changes
were small fractions.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Fair all
day; warmer. Temperature yesterday: Highest,
70 degrees lowest, 80; average 62as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

1t is to be noted that Congressman Breckin.
ridge took good care not to confess his sins Ia
the Church and ask for forgiveness until he had
been found out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

athletes are taking advantage of the fine
weather, and the suburban roads yesterday
were alive with young men indulging in health
full outdoor sports and accommodating muscle
stamina and good health, which will stand
them in good stead later In life. Bicycling
promises TO be particularly popular this year
everywhere Many race meets have been ar
ranged and large crowds will witness the con-
tests Champion Zmmermans absence will
not hurt the sport a particle.
CORPORATION Counsel Mcdonald, Of Brooklyn,
yesterday gave an opinion which is Of great
interest to racing men, The recent decision Of
the Common Pleas Court that the Ives Pool law
was unconstitutional threw racing men almost
into panic, as 1t was feared by them that at
tempts might be made to prevent betting at
the tracks BroOklyn's Corporation Counsel,
however advises Mayor Schieren that it is not
legally the duty Of the local authorities TO pre-
vent the registering Of wagers and poolselling
at the tracks. This means that there will be
betting usual.
The Giants are now playing in good form
and have been winning a handsome percentage
OF their games The Brooklyn team Is not do
ing so we'll 1t has been unfortunate in more
ways than one and better record may be
expected from now on Ward and his men are
playing a steady, even game at the Polo
Grounds and this sort of work is sure 10
bring its reward. The Giants have always
been particularly unfortunate In their games
away from home. The present team should
fear no rival on any grounds, and If it does
not make good record this year the cleverest
critics in the country will be greatly mistaken.
The rush Of summer travel eastward has al
ready begun, and the floating palaces which
sailed from this port yesterday carried the
largest lists of passengers since the close Of
the season last year. The two big ocean flyers
which arrived also had large lists, and many
well-known New-York people either began or
ended trips over the great ocean ferry yester-
day. There are lots of people, however, who
will be compelled to remain in the great city
through the summer, and TO those who know
the infinite possibilities of New-York in the
way of amusement and recreation and dog-day
enjoyment, the Empire City is not such bad
summer resort, after ALL One can get almost as
.far from the madding crowd" In the city as
though he were at the other end Of Brooklyn.
Although there is strong feeling in this
country against the importation Of contract
laborers." there will probably be no objection
to the incoming OF party brought hither yes
terday by the United States Government IT.
self There are sixteen Of them, and hey are
Laplanders, from Northern Norway, and bound
for Alaska. In appearance they are strikingiy
picturesque and outlandish-not in an offensive
sense-and their errand is not less strange TO
the average American, for they are to breed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

Secretary II he were ever cornered by an IN.
vestigating committee and threatened with ~.
tower and the axe for feeding British war horn.
on Yankee provender.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

and train reindeer. This Is n vivid reminder or
the vast extent and range of Uncle Sans
dominons-that there is territory where the
hardy reindeer will prove of service to man,
and perhaps materially assist in developing the
resources of the country. The reindeer were
brought from Siberia across Behring Sea. The
men who are to care for them have come from
near the North Cape across the Atlantic thus
the two have travelled nearly around the globe,
to meet in our Arctic province.
New-YOrk has reason for satisfaction that at
last she has what. to her shame as the cmef
city Of the American continent, she long lacked,
n creditable statue Of Columbus The presen-
taton TO the city by the Italian residents OF
the monument at Eighth-ave. and Fiftynnth-
ST. was followed Yesterday by the unwilling on
the Mall In Central Park of the Sunol statue
Of the discoverer which Is similar 10 inc
famous work by the same sculptor In the frado
at Madrid The site chosen is one OF the finest
in the Park and testfes to the high apprecia-
ton of the gift by our city. The statue itself
does credit to the location and, with the Shakes
peare and Indian Hunter near by, will form an
exceedingly effective group. The ceremonies
Yesterday afternoon were Of an unusually in
terestng character; for in addition to the parts
taken by the VicePresident, Bishop Potter
Mr.. Depew and Others there were addresses
by the representatives OF Italy and Spain, the
two nations most closely associated in our
minds with Columbus; and n poem by Mrs
Julia Ward Howe whose singing for freedom
has been no less effective than others hghting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

Mavor scheren has taken the right tack In
saving that no more cobblestone paVeflehts
should be put down In Brooklyn. The presence
~ cobblestones In the world can be easily
accounted for but II Is hard to believe that in
the economy OF nature they were ever designed
10 be used In paving the streets or civilized
city 1t might, with reason. be contended that
n cobblestone pavement marks an advance on
a street made OF common earth and filled with
mudholes and pitfalls for the unwary but II
would be hazardous TO go beyond that point
Mr. Schleren IL undoubtedly right In saying tnat
such pavements. while perhaps the cheapest In
tho beginning. are the dearest In the long run.
on account Of the cost OF keeping them In repair;
and. besides the additional cost In wear and
tear on horses and vehicles driven over them
must no prodigious The rule which he proposes
for future work-asphalt pavements for resi-
dence streets and granite blocks for business
thoroughfares with heavy traffio-s, at least
for the present, good one for Brooklyn and
for other cities
Greater New-York Is a possibility Greater
Brooklyn is an actually. And now Greater Bos-
ton looms on the horizon. Next!
Coney Island will not be sbe to recognize Itself
now that 1t has passed within the jurisdiction
OF Brooklyn. The sea change which 1t is under
going may not result in anything rich and
strange. but 1t will surely result in something
decent and law-abiding.
Mr. Campbell Zimmerman, British Secretary or
War. denies that 500 tons Of compressed fodder
were experimentally ordered Of late for the
horses OF the British Army; but 1t is fact that
It was so ordered and has been delivered and is
In actual use. and that the experiment may have
commercial and agricultural results OF the ut
most Importance Europe lost almost all her
hay crop last year. and had to kill her domestic
cattle by the hundred thousand for want Of any
thing to feed them with Hay cannot be ex-
ported in bulk to meet any such emergency; but
mingled with other food substances and COM
pressed into small bulk II could be shipped any
where as easily grain or -four. The result OF
the experimental shipment to England for army
use will be looked for with interest; and why
Sir Campbell should have denied the fact Is not
very plain. 1t really ordered by Arm OF
contractors who supply the army with that sort
OF material not actually by the War Depart
ment ITSELF which 10 q rat hole Of escape for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

Mr. Sheehan lately announced that ne "oulo
not be a candidate for Lieutenant-doVerhor
again. and now he denies that he Will seek a
nomination to Congress. There seems 10 De
nothing left for him to do but to follow croker
examnle and retire When he remembers how
Erie County got away from him last fall ne can
,ard,,, holm thinking that IT is better to retire
than TO be retired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

II can be announced officially that paseoa'i
team composed exclusively OF American INDIANS
Will soon be travelling about the country giV'ns
exhibitions OF the great National game. Inc
umpire's troubles are many but II INDIANS sct
irto the game whet Is the poor umpire 10 w.
Just imagine a game VI bosetall between "io"n
Indians and Patsy Bolivar Teoeaus Cie'e'a"u
hoWers