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killing at Pueblo.

PUERTO, Col, July Pueblo is in a
worse condition as an indirect result Of
the American Railway Union strike than
if martial war had been declared. The
city IS overrun with deputy Federal mar
shals. who parade thcstsecss armed to the
teeth, committing all sorts OF ou1rzges
under cover Of their commissions. Being
Federal officers. the local peace officers
are pOWerless q cl.tral them, and there
are SCORES Of instances OF inefiensive citi-
zeDs having been beaten over the heads
with eluhbed revolvers until senseless.
At o'clock last night three deputies
entered a saloon on Union avenue and
demanded beer. This was refused, and
amer cursing the barkeeper, John Leach,
they stepped outside. Leach followed
them to the door to lock it, when one Of
the deputies, II. l.. Taylor, fired his Wins
chester in Leach's face. sending the heavy
ball crashing through his brain. He died
in an hour, and his murderer calmly
walked of to the depot, where his COM
panions refused to allow peace officers
with warrants to enter under penalty Of
shooting. Finally the assassin was ar
rested by a squad of soldiers belonging
to Companies \ and II, Seventeenth
United States Infantry, who have been
quartered here for some days. The situ-
alton looks serious, and little is required
10 precipiiate a bloody conflict between
the citizens and hired thugs.
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Maintaining ministries.

The compilation Of statistics nom 424
leading manufacturing firms Of the State
has just been completed at the Depart
ment Of Internal Affairs.
The figures given show the conditions
existing in 1S9t. a. compared with ls9l.
the number of persons employed. the ag-
gregatc amount OF compensation paid. the
per capita compensation, and the value OF
the product The figures are based upon
the pay rolls, books and bills of sales for
the firms making reports, and are worthy
Of confidence. During the present grelt
depression Secretary Stewart has receiv-
cd many inquiries regarding the degree
fthe depression, and therefore made the
investigation, with the resalt indicated.
Taking the totals from all the reports
received he finds that in lS19 the number
of persons employed was l5l299. the ag-
gregate compensation paid S75.;sf1. 42O. OF
a per capita of Sls5. In 1873 the total
number Of persons employed was I3l, ,Isi.
the aggregate compensation paid Si3-
IA, ,65;, or per capita of S4G4. a decrease
in the employees of 30,l34, or u 2f-25 per
cent, in the aggregate compensation Of
81, 5s5, ,7577. or l6 I7-2j per cent. in the per
capita compensation Of s2I, or Al per cent
The value of the product in 1872 was
san. 30. .697 in ls9s. s24j. ~ 6O9, decrease
of so, ,0S5,07s, or isl per cent.
The most marked decrease in the value
Of product is that Of the wooden indus-
try. The percentage OF decrease in the
per capita compensation OF employees Is
much less than the percentage OF decrease
in the number OF employees or in the ag-
grcgate amDunt Of compensation This
IS dIc largely 10 the fact that when a firm
commences To econOmize in the number
Of cnoloyes il Il usual - drop from the
rolls common laborers first, which results
in keeping up the average per capita
compensation unless there is radical
change in the rate OF compensation.
Naturally there should be expected a
reasonable increase in the number OF en-
pl1yes. the aggresIte compression paid
and the value of product in 1893 over Isl1,
and looked at in this light the great de2res-
sion that now affiiets orr industries. the
degree OF which i indielteI by these
iigares, Is the more apparent and deplor-
ai,le
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The vigilant Defeated.

HUNTERS Quay, July 5.-The regatta Of
the Mud Hook yacht cluh to-day of the
Scotland coast opened amid a scene of ex-
citoment which was soon intensified 10y a
collision between the Valkyrie and the
Satanita, which resulted in the sinking Of
the former yacht and the serious disabling
Of the latter. The crews of both vessels
were rescued.
Then, to still further excite the misses
ashore and the people afoat. the Britannia,
which had the best Of thestart. was over
hauled and passed by the slnry Vigilant,
which held the lead until on the home
stretch, when she was overhauled and
beaten by five seconds by the britannia,
the prince Of Wales yachA The Vigiiant
on the run home 70 the finish at one time
WIS estimated TO have a lead of seven
minutes over the britannia. Tine course
sailed over Is about fifty miles
Owing to the suddenneSs Of the accident
to the Valkyrie, neither Lord Danraven
nor any OF his friends are able to tell how
it occurred. The Satanita cut through the
Valkyrie 70 the cabin, which fiilel long
before the yacht went down. The sunken
yacht now lies in fourteen fathons OF
water on a fishing bank
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Hill and Cleveland.

The celebration Of Independence Day
by the Tammany Soeis;y Of New York
was marked by speeches by senator
Walsh and Congressman Cummings,
while letters OF regret were read from
President Cleveland and Senator Hill.
In his letter Mr.. Hill speaksof the indus
trial depression, and shows his disgust
with the administration in these words: I:
" Political uneasiness, distrust of pri-
vate and official rectitHde, public scandal
with OF without some foundation, tickle
ness Of popular opinion and the sugges-
tions Of false or foolish remedies are
always incident TO such crisis. II is a
time for level heads and genuine courage.
The country demands the exhibition Of
true craftsmanship At this hour on the
part Of those administering the govern
ment; il demands their adhesion 10 we'll
established constitutional principles; it
demands their maintenance cf an honest
and vigorous but patriotic partisanship.
not in Efforts 10 build mp personal or po-
Iitical factions by the distribution Of OIL
cial patronage for the sake of Furnishing
adversaries and rewarding sycophants,
but by the broad and liberal policy of
strengthening party organizations every
where and encouraging devotion 70 cor
reel principles Of government; il demands
the adoption of a definite fiscal policy to
prevent the government from longer
drifting toward the rocks of financial
4 T.
icy which extends the American sympa-
thies 10 free republics rather than to
mOnarchiesr
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WHAT have the railway workers of
the country 10 do with Mr. Pullman,
or his workmen? They are builders of
ears, and he does not own or operate a
single mile Of railroad, and vet they
are asked, and some Of them have been
foolish enough TO strike against and at
tempt TO cripple the roads on which
they work, and against whom or their
management they have not a single
complaint. They may think that Pull
MN has not treated his workmen fair
~, but Is that any reason why they
should treat their employers unfairly
and strive to injure their business?
Carry this thing Of a sympathetic
strike" to lis legitimate and inevitable
result. If they can be called upon TO
strike because one man does not treat
his workmen fairly, then they may be
called upon monthly, weekly, daily, to
strike because some skinfiint or rascal
~ employer attempts 10 defraud his
men of fair and honestly earned wages.
Thus a railroad worker, perfectly con-
tent with his earnings and with his
treatment by the corporation for whom
he works, may he kept on a continuous
strike. No man i justified in inflic;-
ing a wrong upon himself or his house
hold by attempting To right the wrongs
Of his neighbor. If he or his are in
jured then let him strike with all his
strength, and the God Of Justice De
with him.
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ONE hundred years ago this govern
ment had an experience very similar 10
the Present situation. Ia 1874 one
Genet, Ike Debs Of the present day,
stirred up the people Of Western Penn
sylvania and others to strike against a
tax imposed by the general government
on whisky. Then, as now, demag0gnes
went throughout the land den0uncing
the government and wailing over the
wrongs Of the Peopie Mobs in Pits
burg and other places took the law in
to their own hands, defied and mai
treated the government officials and
attempted to resist the national author
tiles George Washington was then in
his second term. He al once made a
requisition on the governors Of Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia for
1900 troops, which under the lead Of
Light Horse Harry Lee" were sent
into the disaffeeted district and the in
surgents at once disbanded and the an-
thOrity of the government was restored.
This uprising and attempt to defy the
national authorities is known and has
gone down in history as the whisky
Rebellion"
A similar state Of affairs. though
from a different cause, now exists at
Chicago and other western points.
Governor Altgeld and other sympa-
thizers with anarchy are denouneing
President Cleveland for sending Ma
tional roops.intd the State Of Illinois.
and demanding their withdrawal. but
with the aeiiOn of Washington as a
precedent, Mr.. Cleveland rightfulIv
and resolutely proposes TO employ if
necessary all the military force Of the
United States TO pat down sedition and
rebsiiion, and in this he viii be sus-
tanned by all patriotic and law-abiding
citizens Of the country.
Washington attributed the trouble In
l794 10 secret clubs afterward known
ss "Jaeobin Clubs, - whose real object
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subject. but need nat he. The issue i a.
clear a. the sun al noonday. The courts
are the agencies of justice, and their de
c-ees shall MOI be tranpled upon The
f,ossofiiee Is an institution OF the nation,
and its agencies shall not be blocked The
Federal courts viii he obeyed and the
mails viii be carried If to this end it be
necessary 10 put an armed man on every
square foot Of Chicago.
We have said nothing about the merits
Of the dispute out Of which this issue has
arisen. Mr.. Pullman may not have dealt
fairly with his people; he may have been
a. cruel TO them a President Deiis says
But that is all beside the point which Is
engaging the thought Of the country now.
II i overshad0wed completely by the Is
sue a. to whether or not this Federal
government Of ours shall continue 10 ex-
ercise the authority essential 10 its exist
enoe. We think il will, and we think
woe 70 the man OF 81 Of men. in or out OF
gubernatoriai chairs who presume TO say
that il shall not.
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engine and the other half in the rear and
preparations we're made 10 move the
train. The crowd was now nearly 2o.o
strong and realizing the flct that rein
fsoroement were necessary. detail was
sent 10 the telegraph Office with instruc-
tons 70 wire to Chicago for more troops.
shortly before O'Clock atrain OF empty
ears WAS started from the yards the way
being cleared by the soldiers. The mob
eontented itself with jeering and invoca-
tions. Temporary quiet was secured
while sheriff Fredericks read telegram
which had just been received from Gov
ernor Matthews, conveying advices that
a large force Of state troops would reaeh
Hammond tonight with instructions not
only 10 maintain law and order at all haz-
yards, but to co-oparate with the federal
troops. The dispatch had it that the
whole force of the stste would be sent 10
the scene if necessary.
The mob listened to the reading Of the
dispatch in silence. but when the sheriff
had concluded it sent up such yell ofde-
fiance as might be expected 70 eminate
only from an army OF redskins ON the
plains.
\ company Of regulars was ordered TO
the state line but had hardly passed be-
fore the mob assembled at the State street
crossing. when rope was thrown around
a Pullman car standing ON the side track
a few yards north, with the evident inten-
ton of throwing it over on the main track
and preventing the further passage Of the
train. There were regulars on the engine
regulars on the roof and regulars at the
car windows, all OF them waiting for just
such condition as was now imminent.
An officer on the locomotive gave the
word and toward west and east volley
was poured from engine. roofs snd win
dows. Some Of the bullets went over
head, many more plOughed the ground, a
few took effect. Without waiting for fnrth-
er orders the regulars made for solid earth
and with bayoneis fixed made a dash for
the mob on both sides of the track This
maneaver, however, was hardly neces-
sary. Obscurel by the smoke, the mob
had taken 10 its heels like frightened
geese
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Death Shock in Bed.

READING, Pa, July Ga remarkable
freak Of lightning was witnessed here
this morning. when Mrs. Jacob Bogs was
killed while IN bed with her husband and
infant son, although the latter two were
uniniured. 1t Is believed that fright
caused her death.
All the residents Of Binganan street
We're startled during the storm by a ter
rife peal Of thunder. The Bogs family.
residing al No. 73f, were aroused from
sleep. One window in the bed chamber
was wide open, and the other closed.
When the binding flash of lightning
came, Mrs. Bogs partly arose and said
THAT struck somewhere" and sank
unconscious upon the pillow. \ ply
sician was summoned, bat the woman
died in few minutes. Dr. Knaaer ex-
amined the body and expressed the be-
lief that she had not been struck. but
had died Of fright. No mark was found
upon the remains.
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wsId's Fair Ruilaings Burned.

CHICAGO, July 5.-What is left OF the
golden statue OF the rnpu bile nsar the east
ern end Of the couYt OF honor. the central
point Of interest for several thousands Of
visitors 10 the expOsion last summer
looks out upon a waste Of ruins and ashes.
The six large structures which formed
the boundaries of the court of honor per
ished by incendiarisIn early this evening.
The buildings destroyed were the term
inal station. administration, manuEact-
ures, electricity and mine buildings. ma
chinery hall and the agricultural build
ing. The art gallery. which has been re-
christened the Field Columbian Muse
un," and the government building were
saved. together with the minor buildings
south Of machinery hall and the agricul-
ture buildings.
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Paralyzed By a Clothes Line.

BLOOMFIELD. y. J., July 6.-While Ed
ward Muller, OF Newark. was visiting his
uncle, Joseph Muller. al Brooklyn. last
his unele's chickens He jumped from
the piazza with the intention Of chasing
the dog away. Il was dusk. and ne failed
10 notice wire clothes line stretched
across the yard.
The line was just high enough 70 catch
him under the chin. The wire acted like
bow-string. and the recoil threw Muller
10 the ground with great violence. He
was seized with commissions, and ply
sician found that his lefl side was para
lyzed.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-07-11

THE trade and dieker tariff passed
the Senate on Tuesday Of last week by
a vote Of 80 10 81 The Democrats have
forly-four votes in the Senate and the
Republicans thirty-six. Mr.. Hill, of
New York, voted no, a. did Peffer and
Stewart, classed a. POpuliSts. Alien
and Kyle, the other Populist Senators,
voted with the Democrats.
The bill bears bat slight resemblance
to the Wilson bin a. il passed the
House, and if half the majority that
voted for the Wilson bill in that body
are true u their convictions there i
going to be a struggle between the two
Houses before ala agreement il arrived
at Somebody l. bound 10 be fooled;
either the Senators who were purchased
by concessions 10 their immediate in
ferests viii again be sold out, or the
fire-eating free traders in the HOUSE
will have 20 dine of an immense dish
OF crow.
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Mr.. PULLMAN and . couple hundred
Of his workmen disagreed as 10 the
amount OF wages the latter were 10 be
paid and they quit work. Mr. Debs,
ssPresident Of the Railway Union, "
stepped in and attempted 10 coerce
Pullman into complying with the de
mands of MS workmen by declaring
sboycott' against his cars, and to en-
force il he and his followers at once al
tempted 70 stop the running II all
trains throughout the country, regard
les Of the stoppage Of the mails
OF the disruption Of all business inter
ests in the country. the consequent los
Of many millions OF money and the
deriving Of thousands Of wOrkmen Of
employment. The mails being stopped
and commerce between the states being
of,strueted, it became the duty Of the
government 10 interfere. The United
states courts were appealed 10, and az
once iajunctions were issued restrain-
ing Debs and all Others from further
interference Like his prototype ( Nc
Kane. Of New York }, Debs announced
that within his jurisdiction 'injunc-
tions don't go" and then President
Cleveland had either 20 see the govern
ment defied or 10 call out troops 10
maintain it, authority. The latter al
Tentative was Of course adopted, and
the followers Of Det,s, now become a
howling. murderous mob, burned prop
erty Of the value Of millions, assaulted
the troops and bloOdshed followed.
Was there ever "A more insane effort To
right a real or imaginary personal
wrong attempted? Because one citizen
Of the United States could not agree
with his employees as 70 the amount Of
their wages The whole business Of the
country l. halted, ruin brought upon
it, industries, idleness enforced upon
many thousand wage earners, the
courts and the government defied, their
agents and defenders mobbed and fired
upon, anarchy, seditiOn and insurrec-
ton rampant, and all this because one
crack-brained fool at the head Of Ia
Dor organization desired 10 measure the
strength Of the organization unfortu-
nately controlled by him against that
Of the State and National governments.
This Is not a strike nor a boycott; it i
an instruction, instigated and control
led by anarchists and seized upon by
the bs.ser and criminal element OF sOci-
ETY. as a cover for arson, pillage and
murder. Il must and viii be put down
by the power of the government and
the leaders sternly and severely pun
ished. Either this, or the government
viii be subverted and all law over
rhro7yu
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TO STRIKE
EVERYW HERE
Trade Unions to Be Ordered Dat All Over
the Country.

CHICAGO. July AT the meeting of
representatives, ofnearly Ieetrsades unions
and labor assemblies, which was IN se7i-
sion from o'clock sunday night to go
this morning, it WAS decided thlt unless
the railroad strike was settled by 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon every trade
union in the country represented IN the
meeting would be called out \ COM
miitee of seven was appointed % meet
the mayor and the City Council Com
mittee Of Arbitration, and the joint confer
enee made proposition Of compromise
TO the Pullman company to-day. which
the latter absolutely rejected, 50 that now
there seems 10 be no alternative 10 gen
eraI strike throughout the country Of all
workingmen who will obey the order
from Chicago.
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Chief Arthar's Position.

Chief Arthur, of the Motherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, in speaking Of
the boycott strike said in an interview
in Columbus that the movement was des-
tined 10 fiiil. 1T is." said he. "a ques-
ton Of but a short time. The railway
men who are participating in this boy
cott have no grievances against their en-
ployors. They are trying 10 force their
employers to violate a contract with Pull
man, because IT j. said Pullman does not
treat his employees we'll The Engineers
Brotherhood cannot take part in such an
unwise movement. informed Mr.. Dets
at the outset that We could give him no
assistance. Engineers are employed to
draw trains, not 90 build ears"
DEBs AND MS CRISIS.
President Dchs, of the 4. II. T., has Is
sued an address 70 the public, the pur-
pose of which" he says, SIS to acquaint
the people with the facts in the ease"
After reviewing history Of the strike
Of railroad employees to enforce demand
by Pullman shop workmen, he says:
I'm closing let me repeat that we stand
ready To do our part toward aver;ing the
impending crisis. All we ask i fair play
for the men who have chosen Us II repre-
sent them. Ifthe corporations refuse 70
yield and stubbornly maintain that there
is nothing 10 arbitrate' the responsible
ity for what may ensue, viii beupOn their
heads and they cannot escape its pen
alfie.-
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Crossing the Atlantic

Usually involves sea sickness. When the
waves play pitch and toss with you,
strong indeed must he the stomach that
can stand it without revolving. Tourists,
commercial travellers. yachtsmen, marin
ers. all testify that Hochstetter's Stomach
Biiiers II the best remedy FOR the nausea
experienced in rough weather on the wa
ter. Nervous and weak travellers by land
often suffer from something akin 70 this,
and find in the biiicrs its surest remedy.
No disorder Of the stomache. liver or bow
els Is 20 obstinate that il may not he over
come By this prompt and thorough RENE
dy. Equally efiieacious l. il for ehills
and fever. kidney and rheumatic trouble
and NERVOUSNESS. Emigrants to the from
tier should provide themselves with this
fiRs naedisiRal safeguard against the ef-
focts and vis,issitgdes Of climate, hardship,
exposure and fatigue.
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Convicted of Election Murder.

Troy, y. ", July 4.-tsuilty OF first de
gree murder in killing Robert Ross al the
polls in November, WAS the verdict found
against Bat Shea about l o'clock this
morning. As the verdict was announced
by the foreman, Shca's face grew pale.
His hands twitehed, and for the first time
throughout this long trial he weakened
With the cannon ho0mins for the
Fourth Of Jnly. the defendant was led
trembling away TO the Jail.
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was the overthrow Of the government,
and the troubles Of to-day are in our
Judgment the offspring Of secret soeie-
ties dominated largely by foreign-oorn
who seek the same result
aimed al by the Jseobin Clubs Of l7s'4.
But, as was said by the murdered Gar
field in a critical period when mob law
was apparently triumphant, ''God rules
and the Government still lives"
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BUDAPEST. July Nearly 2O0 lives
were lost by the eapsizing Ofa ferry boat
ON the River Theiss. near Nyireghyazl.
Hungary, to-day. The boat was being
drawn across the river By means of a
chain.
The chain parted, and its swapping
caused panic on board the boat, in the
midst Of which the vessel eapsized from
being overweighted on one side.
All the occupants of the boat were
thrown into the river Only about dozen
are known to have been saved.
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Iris sheer nonsense 10 call the exist
ing troubles now convulsing the coun-
Try a boycott II i an instruction
against the Government Of the United
States. and the issue i whether Presi-
dent Debs or President Cleveland Is to
control the government is the question
al stake.
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IT takes but a short memory 10 recall
how the Democrats groaned and moan
"a over the dangerous surplus in the
National Treasury few brief years
since Now they are bowling over the
deficit in the Treasury. and Of course
blame Republican officials for both ex-
tremes. These Democratic brethren Of
ours are a hard lot to please.
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There is a fund Of 800 in the Chester
County. Pa, Bank which nobody owns
and which the Court has been trying 10
give away for years. The cash was real
lied from the sale OF a colored church
which was built before the war with
contributions made by their white friends.
Twelve years ago the church was sold. as
it was no longer used, and then came up
the question. whose is the money? II
Is possible the County Hospital may get