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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-19

Chicago, July 1.-THE American
Federation of Labor has issued All
address to the public stating that the
situation has been carefully eId
calmly considered and in the light of
all evidence obtainable, and, in view
of the peculiar complications we are
forced TO the conclusion that the best
interests Of the unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor
demand that they refrain from partic-
ipating in any strike which may be
proposed in connection with the pres
ent troubles. We do not wish it under
stood that we are in any way antag
onistic to the labor organizations now
struggling for justice, but rather that
we deem the present contest has
become surrounded with complications
SO grave in nature that we cannot
consistently advise Il course which
would but add TO the general confu
sion.
The public press, with few excep-
tons, has SO maliciously misrepre
scented matters that in the public
mind the working classes are now ar
rayed in open hostility to federal
authority. This is position we do not
wish to be placed in, nor will we &C.
cupy 1t without protest While We
may not have the power to order a
strike of the working people of the
country, we are fully aware that a
recommendation from conference 10
lay down the tools of labor would
largely influence the members of atfili-
ated organizations and, approaching
the responsibility resting upon us and
the duty we owe TO all, we declare it
10 be the sense OF this conference that
general strike is inexpedient, I'M
wise and contrary TO the best interests
of the working people.
I'VE further recommend that all con-
nected with the American Federation
OF Labor now out on sympathetic
strike should return to work. The
heart of labor everywhere throbs re-
Spouse to the manly purposes and
sturdy struggle OF the A. K. U. in its
heroic endeayors TO redress the wrongs
Of the Pullman employees. BY the
railway strike the people are once
more reminded Of the immense forces
held at the call of corporate capital
for the subjugation of labor. All civil
and military machinery is rallied upon
summons of the corporations. Against
this array Of armed force and brutal
moneyed autocracy would it not be
worse than folly to call men out on
a strike? Better let us organize more
generally, educate and prepare our
selves to protect our interests that we
may 20 to the ballot box and east our
votes to redeem the country from
present political and industrial mis-
rule, take it from the hands of pluto
cratic wreckers and place it in the
hands of the common people
The address also denounces George
NJ. Pullm9n for his persistent refusals
to arbitrate and declares him pub
lie enemy.
The federation voted $1,000 TO aid
Debs in his forthcoming trial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-19
RAILWAY MANAGERS TOO.

Chicago, July 14.-Judge Grosscup
announces that he will give the fed
eral grand jury supplemental instruc-
lions directing an investigation of the
railway managers. The Judge said:
II have something more | desire to
say. 1t is my duty to give you fur
thor instructions. No man is above
not drawn between classes, but be-
tween those who violate the law and
those who do not. The fact that a
man occupies a high position does not
exempt him from Indictment OF trial.
The fact that a man occupies 4 lower
position does not preclude him from
making known his grievances. Your
door ought to be open TO all who may
come with evidence that is tangible
and not based upon mere hearsay. 1t
is stated in the public prints that some
OF our fellow-citiZens believe that the
interference with the mails and inter
state commerce was the result of
conspiracy among men higher In the
railroads thar employees.
IF two e. more men wrongfully
agreed, either for the purpose Of Great
ing public sympathy, or for any other
purpose to have the mails or inter
state commerce stopped, they are
guilty Of conspiracy. Il two or more
men agreed wrongfully among them
selves, for the purpose of creating pub
lie sympathy, to discharge men, in.
tending that their discharge should
stop the passage of the mails or inter
state commerce, they are guilty OF
conspiracy. If two or more men
wrongfully agreed not to employ men
to take the places of men who had
quit work. but allowed the trains to
stand still. in order to create public
sympathy. they would be guilty OF
conspiracy, unless the circumstances
were such that the employment OF new
men would lead to danger e those
men or TO the public interests.
Every man Is entitled 70 bring his
complaint IL he brings 1t with tangi-
Bile evidence. 1t is the duty, as well
rs the pleasure or the district attor-
ney to submit such evidence to You Il
ii IL presented and II Is your duty 10
hear It.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-19
DEBS MAKES OyERTURES.

Chicago, July l4.-Mr. Eugene v.
Debs arose early yesterday morning
and called his executive officers to-
gether at Uhlich hall. They held
half an hour and about $3.50 Mr.. Debs
appeared and said: I'm view of the
enormous proportions which this
strike has assumed and the tremen-
dous damage to public and private in
terests, we will today submit q propo-
sition to the general managers asso
citation declaring the strike off on con-
dition that they reinstate our men,"
The proposition referred to was for
mulated last night in conference be.
tween Debs. Sovereign and Gompers,
and IL was agreed that in case the gen.
eral managers refused to meet the
wishes of President Debs, Gompers
should call out the National Fedora.
ton of Labor throughout the country
The proposition has two conditions:
Frst-That arbitration as proposed
by President Cleveland be entered
upon.
Second THAT all the striking EN-
ployes except those who have been
guilty Of criminal misconduct shall
be restored to their positions without
prejudice by the railroad companies.
After Debs had made this startling
statement. he was asked what would
be the effect in case the general man
ayers refused TO reinstate the men.
He said he though the strike was prac-
tically ended and regarded it as a
great triumph for labor After a
pause he added: The Strike will set.
tie back then to the original grievance
between Pullman and his employees.
President Debs left Ulrich's hall TO
call upon the mayor, On his way he
met Sovereign and Howard and they
accompanied him. At the mayors
office they held a conference for about
fifteen minutes. At its conclusion
Mayor Hopkins said: These gentle
men came to me with proposition to
call the strike off if the general man
ayers association VIII agree to take
back all employees who had not been
arrested for any offense against the
law They asked me to 90 with them
to present the proposition. told them
would gladly GO
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-19

from the time he left the cell, having
been dissuaded by the sheriff from car.
rying out his announced intention OF
making a twenty minutes speech on
the gallows. Ten minutes after the
trap fell the body was lowered into
a coffin. The face of the dead was not
badly distorted.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
TERRIBLE WORK BY FLOODS.
Miles and Miles of the Canadian
Pacific Road Washed Out.
Try Associated Press.

Try Associated PreasI
VANCOUVER. b. c., June All the
Canadian Pacific passengers who left for
the East Sunday. or have left since them
returned to this city last night having
foun1 1t impossible to get through the
mountains. There are half a dozen
breaks of serious nature along the
line. and the track cannot probably be
opened for n week.
A more serious interruption than pre-
viously reported is due to a cloudburst
in the vicinity of Lytton. The burst
swept the railroad for nine miles from
the sawmill fats to Lytton. where the
approaches to the Government Suspen-
sion Bridge. on the old Cariboo road.
were carried away. The waters also
swept away the iron bridge at Ashcroft
and the Canadian Pacific Railroad bridge
near Spencer Station The water tore
down the mountain gorge with incredi-
Bile velocity, and sent the river leaping
over it's banks in boiling and seething
current.
This great volume Of water is yet to
be felt in the lower Frazer Valley. which
II will not reach for another day.
Men who returned last night from upper
river points bring sad stories Of death.
devastation and desolaiion.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
MRS. COHEN DISCHARGED.
Her Reward for Testifying Before
the Lcxow Committee.

Justice MARITIME. In Part I. Of the
Court OF General Sessions. this after
noon dismissed the indictment charging
Mrs. Lena Cohen with keeping a disor-
derby house at 37S East Houston street.
ana thereby formed a precedent which
will very materially assist the Lexow
Committee In its effort to ferret out
crime in this city.
Mrs Cohen Is the woman who testified
before the Lexow Committee yester-
day and gave such damaging testimony,
duplicating Capt. Siebert and Ward De-
tcctives Brennan and Farrell. of the
Union Market police station.
The dismissal OF the Indictment and
immunity from punishment. Judge Mar
tine said during his remarks In the pro-
ceeding, was the reward which had
come to the prisoner through her val
liable testimony before the Investigat-
ing Committee. the giving OF which had
put the. State under very great obliga-
ton to her.
The motion u dismiss was made by
LAWYER Jerome. junior counsel to the
t, the cour; nv the investiga tors. He
went knowing that Mrs. Cohen was to be
arraignei Tor trial upon the Indictment
which she gave at the time of her ar
rest on March 81
Mrs Schwartz; or Cohen. had been
seated with her counsel. Lawyer jerome.
when the case was called.
Assistant District-Attorney Vernon
Davis. the prosecutor IN the case was
| ference with Judge MARITIME. In connec-
ton with the case.
Mr.. jerome. in making his motion, said
/ that he, representing the Lexow Com
/ mittee. did moi ask To have the indiCt-
msnt dismissed on the ground that
Mrs Cohen was not guilty, for she had
confessed absolutely that she was guilty
missed. Your Honor" said he, on the
ground Of public, policy. IN that the Prls-
mittee in gathering important evidence
which is likely to proc of inestima BILE
worth to the people Ct large, and the
MIR. Jerome asked that the prisoner be
not allowed TO go on suspended SEN
tence, for he said that such a course
would very likely leave loose a string
which her enemies might pull at their
/ leisure.
Assistant Distrlct-Attorney Davis
arose and said that he would not oppose
should give every possible assistance to
the finding out OF crime. and he there
fore Joined with the Committees coun-
sci In asking that Mrs. Cohen be allowed
Judge MARITIME in discharging the pris-
oner said
rewarded for what she has done for the
community. The dismissal Of this indict-
meat does not, however. mean that the
Court is going to make a wholesale Jail
delivery OF criminals. but In such In.
stances as these the Court feels that II
should be In accord with the Committee
In its work OF ferreting out crime; a.
Cohen. and she left the courtroom.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
FALSE STORY
OF A wreck.
Raymond Excursion Reported
Destroyed in British
Columbia.
new WORKERS IN THE PARTY.
Great Excitement Until 1t Was
Learned that the Train
Was SAFE.
the
Wy DETAINED BY FLOODS.
!
senty-three People on Board
II Bound on a Summer Trip
to Alaska.
DETAINED BY FLOODS.

MONTREAL. June 1.-The officials Of
the Canadian Pacific deny the morning
report Of the loss of the Raymond Whit
comb excursion train through a cloud
burst and washout on the Frazer River.
A telegram just received from Field. B.
c.. states that the party referred to is
stiil there waiting for the road to be
cleared west.
BOSTON. June 1.-The following mes
sage was received in the office Of the
Raymond & whitcomb Company at l0.25.
dated Montreal. June Z. 1902 A. NJ:
Just received advice. Impossible to get your
party through to-day. and 1t will be three or
tour days befors they can be transferred. sug-
ssstion ID made that you had better cancel ae-
eommodaton on Queen and II possible secure on
Topeka D. McNlcoLL.
Passenger Agent Canadian Pacific r. R..
The Raymond agents say they tele-
graphed MIR. McNicoll, asking If the train
was wrecked. and suppose this is the
answer.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
STAMFORD SUIT IN SENATE
Mr.. Hoar Wants to Know n tho
Case Shouldn't Ne Dropped.

tBy Associated Press) 40
WASHINGTON. June IA short de-
bate over the suit brought by the Attor-
ney-General against the Leland Stanford
estate furnished slight diversion In the
Senate to-day. egsFse
At the opening of the session, under the
resolution adopted yesterday for q spe-
cial committee on the existing distress
In the United States. Vice-President Ste
venson announced the appointment OF
the following committee: Mr.. Villas
(Wis) Chairman. and Messrs. Black
burn Ky), Smith IN. J.). GaIlinger IN.
H., and Patton Ciich)
Under the call for resolutions and
memorials, Mr.. Hoar introduced and
asked immediate consideration for .
resolution instructing the Committee ON
Judiciary to inquire into the justice and
equity OF the claim OF the United States
Stanford. of California. and to report
estate growing out OF the debt OF the
Central Pacific Railroad should not be
relinqulshed and set at rest.
| There was an interesting debate, but
owing to the lateness OF the hour no ac-
ton was taken on the resolution. l5IH
When the Tariff bill was laid before the
Senate :he pending paragraph was that
OF placing a duty of 20 per cent. "a
valorem on tuckwheat. corn. cornmeai.
cept where imported from countries inn
posing no duty on like articles from the
United States. when they should be adv
mitted free, f
The evening world., 1894-06-07
WHO WERE IN THE PARTY.
Numbers of New York and Brook
Iyn People Hound for AIn.lSn.

J BOSTON, June THE Raymond ex-
cursion party. which left here on May
rs, on the trip to Alaska, through the
Canadian Rockies and along the line of
he Northern Pacific Railroad, through
Montreal. Winnipeg. Banff. Hot Springs.
Slacters. Puget Sound, Seattle. Tacoma
anu Fortlanu. was in charge OF Henry {.
Lyon, of TINS city, and was made up OF
twsnty-shrse peJp.e. as fo.ows
N A'Ais. ~. II. >4I.A-,DA-Ln. Newark.
n. ,.
A..ss T. HEALY. Brooklyn.
SvrlN Law AMI III-@ ION, New
haven, Conn.
MAO. y. Y. ROWLAND. boston.
n.is. t1oADi-Li -. ANIs. New
mas. L..,ID IL. JUDSON. Brooklyn.
4. RI. A.. LIAA.> t.hu airs. LiAiAN.
biovniyi.
.,Aus..S +. NICHOLS. Haverhill.
Mas
\ pl.wELL Nj. PALMER. brooklyn.
- Ar iu "a. ". fALMrlI,, Brooklyn.
LOW ELL. NJ. FALsER. Jr.. Brook
>. r. PEARL and Mrs. PEARL Bos-
eIiss BLANCHE A. PEARL, Boston.
Mrs Z. h. pEDDlE. Westfield, n. J.
J. L. REESE. New York City.
Mrs. GARoLlNE TALcoTT. New
Haven. Conn.
Al M WHITE. Brooklyn, n. Y.
Mss r. f. WHITE, Brooklyn.
Miss II. II. WHITE. Brooklyn.
The Boston manager of the Raymond
& Whucomb Excursion Company re-
ce!yed the frst news OF the wreck from
a REPORT OF the Associated Press He
states that the train left Montreal
on May "a. using two special Canadian
Pacific sleeping-cars.
1t hal been detained at Banfr and
Field. and the following despatch con-
cernlng II was received last night:
FIELD. u. c.. June 6. 1SsL-stiil here. supt.
Kerr. Of the Winnipeg Railroad advises us that
wsiranrot get through to catch steamer Queen.
suEgestA tERt we take reservation on steamer
City. Of TopeLa. which sails June u.
HENRY C. LYON.
The excursion company doubts the re-
port of the wreck.
J. X. Pearl. OF this city. who with his
wife and daughter was member OF
the excursion party. Is a well-known
shoe manufacturer. His office Is on
Summer street and his residence at Isl
West Newton street.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
CAPT. PRICE TO BE TRIED.
Charged with Failing 10 Discover
PnrIxs's Alleged Gambling Game.

Capt James X. Price. of the West
Thirty-seventh street police station. Is
In hot water again.
Supt. Byrnes to-day preferred a charge
against him at Police Headquarters for
neglecting to shut up an alleged gam
bling house.
1t all came about through the exposure
made by 1.-THE Evening World last
Saturday to the effect hat a fu.l-nedged
gambling house was being conducted in
Alderman Charles Parkss residential
house, 345 West Thirty-first street. and
that the indications were that the Alder
man EN- himself , was Its proprietor Tha pvs,,nr
Worlds" story. as also did Police Com
missioner Sheehan. in whose district
the Thirteenth Assemb'y--the alleged
den was, and there was great commo-
ton at Police Headquarters. followed
by an Investigation.
As result Supt. Byrnes to-day sum
moned newspaper reporter who was
Upon this evidence and other facts,
which have not been made public.
the Superintendent preferred charges
fore him.
The complaint states that Capt. Price
failed to discover, a gambling house In
unbecoming n police officer.
Capt Price has emphstieally denied
that he had knowledge of the existence
OF such q resort.
The Commissioners this afternoon ap-
proved OF the charge, and at to-mor-
rows session the Board will fix the day
for the trial.
The Captain was fined five days pay
several months ago for failure to repress
another disorderly house in his precinct
1t was rumored around Police Head
quarters this morning that Capt. Price
would resign from the force. He ar
o'clock, but when questioned concern
ing the truth OF the report he said:
II don't care to say anything at pres
ent. think It best for my interests to
say nothing"
The evening world., 1894-06-07

sionists left the Grand Central Depot
May S on the Montreal Express. which
left at $50 A. NJ. At Montreal the Boston
train. and proceeded by that route.
N I'M, people IN the party were all
trip through Alaska. They were to have
Joined at Victoria party Of about Ave
hundred people. who left the Eastern
,ha t,,s. about tw9 months ago and went
me Boston office received word this
morning that the excursion party. hav-
Ing missed the steamer Queen. would sail
on the City Of Topeka.
The report of the wreck caused great
excitement and worry among the friends
OF the excursionlsts In this city and
Brooklyn. 1t was at first stated that not
Most Of the men In the party are well
known locally. and II the story of their
tate had been true there would have
a oeeh am, married effect In many business
A. NJ; White is the father Of City Works
Commissioner Alfred T. White, OF Brook
business man Of New York. He is head
81 the firm OF A. NJ. White & Co.. 100
Water street
Lowell NJ. Palmer Is one of the best
President Of the Palmer Cooperage Com
rnny. which has charge of all the work
for the Havemeyer & Elder sugar refn-
Jacob r. Reese, an importer OF dry
| goods, at II Lispenard street, believes
| that the J. l.. Reese mentioned in the
despatches. Is his brother. Rev. DR.. j.
Rev. DR.. Reese was fifty-eight years
old. single. and up to two years ago
was the rector Of st. Pauls Episcopal
on account Of ill-health, he resigned
his pastorate, and since that time has
been travelling with, the hope OF re
gaining his lost health. Last Winter he
| was stopping at the Park Avenue Ho-
tel New York., dividing his time be-
tween there and Yonkers. where ]. II.
Reese resides with his family.
MIR. Reese said that his brother hat
Intended to make tour through the
| central part of Alaska not only for the
benefit of his health but for the reason
perhaps, that he might locate there
Mr.. Reese was much excited and dis
tressed by, the news Of the. wreck.
IN the above despatch, lives at lsE
State street, Brooklyn: At that address
this morning Mrs. Judson said that heI
husband had left the party at, Winni.
peg last week an had returned home.
e. H. r. Lyman and wife live a
@2ushter is the wife q a, BrGoEyT az.
toned above. Mrs. r. Healey was g
trained nurse. who travelled as Mrs
Lyman's companion.
A. NJ. white and his two daughters
place overlooking the East River.
In the White and Lyman party ther,
were also a lady and her daughter from
| Westfield. n. J.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
NEWS THAT WASN'T NEWS.
THE Evening World" Knew How
Not to- Print nm Extra"

Not to Print nm Extra"
There are times when It is as i'm
portant to know how not to get out an
extra edition of a live newspaper as to
know how to do 1t. This morning was
one o those times. The Evening
World" Is first of all a newspaper"
and it had at least as carly as any
other paper in New York City the al
legged news ct terrible accident to an
There were prominent New York and
Brooklyn people on that train, The
report SAID not one had escaped alive
news, indeed. In every line that could
be gotten irto type concerning the
event.
to be established, and the despatch was
far from convincing to the keen news.
paper sense. It would be ,,a no w itfihs
thing to print the list ,r OF names ana earsH 10
the friends of those people In starting
headlines the declaration that all who
We're named below had persisted: Then
The excursion party numbered only
twenty-three, besides the manager and
train crew. at the start.
howevcr. 1.-The Evening World" had
business on hand and attended to IT
promptly. Emergencies do not find this
office lagging Inquiries by wire a nmt In n
every direction. Material for COM
prehensive local story Of the members
OF the excursion party was in the office
and in type within what would have
seemed an incredibly short time to an
outsider. The list Of names given else
where wi. give an idea Of Of. the ,hert Inn :,
took TO get it together The telegraph
end was al~o carefully looked after and
| everything was on hand for COM
pIetE extra edition-everything. that is.
| but confirmation of the news.
That confirmation never came. And
" The Evening World" never printed
| news over which 1t was better pleased
| than that the excursion party was safe
and sound and the report Of the acct
dent all untrue.
At least two local contemporaries
rushed into print with their Forty
Dead" and one of them: giving the full
list OF names. presented a cruel black
line re.-ding: EVERY Soul on the Train
| Perishes." The naper that carried that
heart-breaking line was first on the
street" -, he Evening World Is more
than content to leave It all the honor
| appartaining to the accomplishment OF
that first appearance.
The evening world., 1894-06-07
LOCAL NEWS OF THE PARTY.
New York and Brooklyn Contingent
Started May 20.

Frank Whitcomb, New York repre-
sentative OF Raymond & Whitcomb. at
81 East Fourteenth street. had not heard
OF the accident when seen by an EVEN
ing World" reporter at s.l5 o'clock this
morning.
He at once telephoned to the Boston
once. and was informed that no authen-
tito news had been received there.
II was stated there. however. that the
agent OF the excursion train. Henry c.
Lyon. had sent a despatch from Field,
=. G.. dated yesterday, In which he said
the train had been 80 badly delayed by
make Victoria In time 10 sail for Alaska
BY the steamship Queen. OF the Pacific
Coast eteamehip Company.
Tia New York and Brooklyn excur-
The evening world., 1894-06-07
NEW RAPID TRANSIT BOARD.
The Members VIII Meet and Fore
maIIy Organise To-Morrow.

The new Rapid Transit Commissioners
were called to meet for organisation this
afternoon at the Chamber Of Commercss
Messrs. A. f. Orr. Seth Low. w. II.
Steinway and John Clahin were the only
ones to put In an appearance.
President Orr communicated with
Mayor Giroy by telephone and requested
him to call a meeting Of the Commission
at the Mayors Office tomorrow at
o'clock. -.
MIR. Orr then stated to the press rep
resentatives that the object OF to-day'0
meeting was not to organize. but for an
Informal talk behind closed doors AZ
to-morrow's meeting an orsahizhuon
would be formed.
Mayor Gilroy was seen later py ~
evening World reporter and stateq
10 his absence He had been requeste0
TO call a meeting and he had complied.