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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-02

PITTSBURGH, une Ia 10 per cent
cut in wages. affecting all men not un-
der the Amalgamated scale was order
cd at the Jones & L.aughlln iron works
to-day A a result the open hearth
workers and some other employees: IN
ali about 200, refused TO 60 TO work last
night. The firm employs 5000 men
The strike will prOpably cause smut
down Of the entire plant THIS morn
ing the strikers gathered ABOUT tIe
gates OF the mill and gave three cheeIA'
This was evidently a signa, Ior m m
stantiy all the men at Work. e1cept !..-'i,'. ~
tonnage or AmRlgnmated men, tnISM
down their tools and walked out OF the
mill .-,,,.
Thenirbt turn men say they VIII NOT
20 on duty unless the matter lB aa)ust-
Cd. ana this VIII cause general SUE sus-
pension as the tonnage men canh01
work without the laborerS.
The stories OF the number Of men VINO
1tIit work are conflicting. AZ the SCUM
sIde ONCE a superintendent thougnt
about 80 men had quilt work. but tnese
had not crippled the plant. Tne woIA- ilS-
men claim that between 400 and SOO naSe ~
refused 10 work for the reduction. tns
superintendent said he would t4DS y
have the old employees resume. out II
they DO not, new men viii be employee
10 take their places. About z'VVV men
are affected by the cut.
The laborers have been paid 81 . per
day, and these have been cut TO II IN.
The present reduction is signlncaht;;
Inasmuch as the amalgamated steer
ecaIe comes up for consideration tnls
month. The present scale expires JuIy
/ n ZONES & IauEhlins refuse TO sign
the Anlalgamated scale there Is no tell
ing where the trouble will end
W. L. King. OF the firm. was asReo To-
day IL The reduction did not indicate that
the new analgamated scale viii oe re-
jected when II comes up for cf'n1ideTa-
ton and that the flrm win demand Ts- ,
iuction on the present wages. he s4iu'
THAT is the assumption
Mr. King said: I'VE have been hoping
since last fail that We would not be COM
peIIed 10 make a reduction. but prices
have had q downward tendency, and We
put Il of as long as We could hoping
business might improve.
I'VE must either operate our plant a.
these prices or close down THOUSANDS
Of mechanics and taborers apply every
week for work and It will b no trouble
~ ret men. Our orders have largely
been from hand 20 mouth. and II mas
been difficult 10 get orders to keep tne
men N HOFk
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WASHINGTON. June 1.-The month
iy statement OF public debt shows that
the debt less cash in the treasury at the
close Of business on May %. 1897, was
Ssse. ssI. I.O22. decrease for the month Of
81 sea. .OsO. which Is principally accounted
fnr by an Increase OF over S2,0OO,Oo0 In
cash in the treasury. The debt inde-
fsBdeHt OF the cash was Increased dur
iug the month by 3i63.sl5, accounted for
In redemption account.
The debt IL recapitulated as follows:
Interest bearing debt. SSiI,365,O5O;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity. 3i.3iS.5IO: debt bearing no In
terest. Is7s. .Osi. .32I; total. &l,226,5g7. .S6t.
This amount, however, does not In
cludc 1856, ,535,955 In certificates and
treasury notes Offset by an equal
amount OF cash In the treasury.
The cash In the treasury Is classified
as follawsi -
Gold, 3fst707. .5si: silver. ISi9,1si s57::
paper. SII7.ssi $50: bonds, dIsbursing
oficcrs balances. etc, fiS.i29,55s: ties
on,stnnding amounting to {6975s3,0i3,
leaving a net cash balance In the treas
ury OF F230, ,ii3si2.
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Decorated @ per cent ad vRIOrem; un-
decorated e5 per cent
Mr., Jones. OF Arkansas. moved 70 re-
duce these rates 10 IS and - per cent
respectively. Without debate . vote
was taken and tho proposed amend
mentR we've defeated. yeas -, nays ~.
MessrB. McEnery and Cannon voted
with the Republicans In the negative.
and MeSHrA Harris tKan.l and Heiteld
with the Democrats In the affirmative.
In other respects the vote was on party
llnea
During the debate on the pot
ting schedule Mr.. sewell. (Rep.. n. ~,
read q statement showing that many
potteries had failed and a large num-
Der Of pottery workers were out Of
work a. a result Of the present low tar
The committee offered a substitute.
which was agreed 10. on the paragraph
covering tiles, gia8ed or unglaErd. II Is
practically the same IS the house par
Paragraph %. covering articles COM
posed OF earth and minerals substances
was taken up. and the commlttee
amendments 10 the paragraph were
agreed to.
The remaining paragraphs relating 20
glass were agreed to, as reported, eK-
cept the paragraph covering stained or
painted glass windows, which went
over at the request OF Mr. Allison.
The paragraphs relating 10 stone and
slate Were agreed TO as reported.
This brought the senate up 20 sched-
ule c, relating 10 metals and manutae-
lures OF metals and at ; o'clock the
senate held an executive session. and
soon afteFWard adjourned.
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SRlRLE GOES FREE
ne Court FindS that lie was Net Gulity
OEHoldIhE the senate IN COntsmPi.

ne conFt Finds that lie was Net Guilty
OGHOIdIhE the senate IN COntsHPi.
WASHINGTON, June LIN the case
Of John f. searles. the sugar trust Wit
ness, Judge Bradley this morning or
dered the jury to bring In a verdict OF
acqulttaI, holding that the questions
asked the witness by the senate COM
mittee were not pertinent, and II so
were not within the Jurisdiction OF the
committee.
The judges opinion was exhaustive.
II had been reduced to writing. He
pointed out hat Mr.. Searles had testi-
fed specifically that no money had
been contributed by the sugar trust TO
the national campaign or for the pur-
pose OF influencing legislation or the ac-
tion OF United States senators. As TO
the local contributions Mr.. Searles had
testified that he did not know how the
contributions had been used, by, whom
or for what purpose. The questions put
60 the defendant were claimed 70 be
pertinent 10 the second and third diyi-
Rions OF the senatorial inquiry, namely,
as to whether the sugar trust had con-
tributed sums to campaign funds with
the purpose OF influencing the election
OF a United States senator, and Wheth-
er any senator had been party to
compact with The sugar trust Ger
tainly, the Judge said. q single investi-
CATION as to whether the sugar trust
had contributed to campaign fund
would be an unWarTanted search In the
private Affairs OF the company and
placed under the power Of the senate.
The senate committe had reported that
no testimony had been produced TO
show that he sugar trust had made any
contributions 10 any national campaign
fund or for the purpose Of affecting leg
Islation. II money had gone Tor the
purpose Of electing members Df state
legislatures who IN time would elect a
United States senator, II was beyond
the power OF the United States senate
10 70 behind the election OF Legislative
members. II this were true as TO stare
matters. how much more true was II OF
local elections. II would be the Wilu-
est conjecture 10 assume that the
money so contributed In any way haa
gone 10 make UP the sugar schedule.
II appeared from the report Of the
conmitte that they were not in posses
sion OF any facts upon which they could
base the most remote hope OF showing
an ultimate connection between the
sugar trusts contributions and the su-
gar schedule Under these circum-
stances II must be held that the Ques-
tions asked were an unwnrranted pry-
ing into the private ahairs Of the COM
pSny and therefore beyond the juris-
dIctjon OF the senate. Judge Bradley
therefore sustained the motion OF the
defense and ordered the jury to return
a verdict OF acquittal. Thetury accord
Inciy rendered verdict OF not guilty
and Mr.. Searles was free.
The cases Of E. ]. Edwards and John
S. Shriver. the newspaper correspond
ents, were postponed until next Mon
day.
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sEEsATIoTAL SESSION
OFths HarrisburE LsEI,Iativo Insasnae,
HvyindIs ComuaIiies.

HWln4lo N91lulAAANNs
HARRISBURG, Pa. June 1.-The
Joint legislative committee, appointed
to investigate the $4,000 insurance scam
dal held asensationaI session this after
noon.
Haley Fiske, vice president Of the Me-
tropolltan Insurance Company. stated
that Frank H. Leonard, OF the CleaFheld
Coal Company, who said he represented
one or two Pennsylvania state senators.
called on the secretary of the MetFopoi-
tan company in New York and laid be-
fore him q plan whereby the bill could
John French. OF oil City. district agent
for the Metropolitan company. told OF
visit he paid TO Senator Short, OF su-
gar Grove, Warren county. In reference
10 the bill. and he said:
Il have no sympathy for you people.
! had the bill recommilted. thinking you
people would takethe cue.
He said: You want to get after Judge
Durham and Senator Andrews. An
drews Is In that business and ne ooes
not make any bones about II. As for
myself. / have plenty. You know the
county members are square and honest
and they would not do anything OF that
sort. StIl that Is not saying that I
can't be touched"
senator shortt took the stand With
much feeling he said that French 3
statement was an absolute. vicious and
malicious lle." and turning 60 French,
ne said Rerceiy: And you know II
You pa-took Of my hospitality and then
Manufactured such a low-lived Ne
Another hearing will be held Nonday'
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cALHoUN'S HIsIIoN.
EIp.eisd to Arrive snndsy Report viii
b HaFhal.

Be N0fbals
WASHINGTON. June 1.-whIle no
offlclal communication. either letter or
report, has come to Washington Us ye;
from Mr.. Calhoun. the special counsel
sent by the President TO Cuba In con-
nectlon with the Ruiz case, private ad-
vices received here frpm him Indicate
that he expects to leave Havana for
washington next Thursday or Friday
He will 20 directly to New York by
steamer Instead OF coming back from
Tampa by rail A. he went, and II Is ex-
pected that he will reach This city about
next Sunday.
IL is said at the department that no
ofiicial report upon Cuba Is to be expect
cd from Afr. Calhoun; that all he Will
have TO submit officially will bear upon
the Ruiz case. which was the subtec! OF
his official appointment, and that any
thing he will have to communicate re-
specfing the general conditions In Cuba.
ss effected by the war. will be in the
shape OF n verbal report 20 the President.
As for the Ruiz case. II Is now clear that
there will be two reports. but In the alb
Eence of an exact knowledge as 10 the
points OF disagreement, II Ia not possible
for the officlAls at the state department
10 predict the next step TO be taken In
the matter, although Il is certain that u
will not be allowed TO rest on the record
40 far taken.
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ErRArsHP oYERpuk
The valencia frOn New York 70 caba
ThouEht to HSvs Been Wroslsa.

Ths valencia frOn New York 70 Gaia
ThouEht to HuVs Been WFoelEstl.
NEW YORK. June Tho journal
SAYS: A cablesram from Havana re-
ceived last night announced that The
Ward line officials in that port believe
that the steamship Valencia has been
wrecked.
for Nassau and south side Cuban ports.
She was In command OF Captain Skil-
inCs and had q crew Of forty-hve au told
All that could be learned iast night was
there were less than five cabin paseen-
Eers on board. The valencia reached
Nassau in safety.
ORicers on Ehe Santiago say that the
Valencia left Nassau at 2 a m. Of Nay
Is for Guantanamo and she then had
only one cabin passenger. The others
had dlsembarked at Nassau.
The run TO Guantanamo fully occupied
forty hours. and a Gtop OF twelve hours
Is made at that port. After leaving there
Valencia was expected TO touch at San-
tiaeo, then proceed to ManIanlllo and
finally 20 CienfuegoS, which Is the most
eastern point in her voyage along the
south coast. Allowing for running time
and the usual stops, the Vaientia, II al
went we'll. should have entered the Tor
tuous passage leading into Nan1anlllu
Bay last Saturday afternoon.
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NASHVILLE. Tenn. June 1.-The
National Travellers Protective Assceia-
tlon me. In the hall OF the house OF repre-
sentatiycs to-day. The attendance Is
the largest In the history OF the orEani-
Eation. The proceedings were opened
with prayer by Rev. AlonEo NJ. Monk
national chaplain. after which addresses
Of welcome were delivered by Mayor Nc.
Carthy, Major a. w. Willis, secretary OF
tho chamber OF commerce. and W. X.
Johnson, president OF the Tennessee dl-
vision.
No business was transacted by the as
sociatlon. the FIRST business session be-
ing held Tomorrow morning.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-02
TEE MATCH A DRAW.
Chsss Tournament BY Cable BstwSsn
Congressman aud Members Of the Brit
Ia RnrlInn.rnI

Chsss Tournament BY Cable Bstw'sn
Congressman aud Members OF the Brit
ish PArliamFnt.
WASHINGTON June i.-Three
games in the international chess match
remained to be completed to-day. They
were table No. :. shafro,h vs.. Parneii;
No. 4. Piowman vs.. Atherley Jones, and
No. s. Wilson Va. Handy. There were
many expressions Uf opinion that the
Americans probably would win two Of
the three, the least promising game be-
ing table No. ?, where Mr. Shafroih
started handicapped with the necessity
of making six moves in thirteen min
utes. It had been decided 20 play a con.
nultauon game after the match was nm
lshed The English players were Messrg.
Pfunkett, Wilson and Shaw. the latter
being n reserve and not playing In a
match game The American players
chosen were MesSrs. Pearson, Bodlue
and PioEman.
In the FIRST game to-day the Offer Of
Wilson CBritlsh) to draw was accepted
by Handy (Amcrican).
Parneil resigned 20 Shafroth on board
at the fitty-ninth move, This makes
the match a draw. two games being won
on each aide and one draw.
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TERRIBLE RACE war
In ArIanSas-AIruaAy rhroo Deaths IIavs
HssuItSd.


ATKINS. Ark, June IA terrible
race war Is IN progress in Lee town
ahlp, five miles south Of Atkins, in
which two or three men have already
been killed or fatally wounded. and
the community is in a state Of great
excitement with 4 more serious out
break liable 10 occur at any moment.
The killed or fatally injured 70 lar a.
can at present be aseertained are:
WIN Gaylord. eoloFed. whipped to
death by a mob OF whites.
Jesse Nlekels. terribly cut with
knives by negroes: viii probably die.
White man, name unknown, fatally
shot by gang OF negroes.
Reason Edge. white. shot by deputy
constable extent OF injuries not known.
Constable c. =. Edge. badly cut
The trouble began Sunday night,
when a gang Of three or four negroes
attacked two white men, Jesse Sickels
and J. r. Hodges. with knives and pll-
tolls. A terrible fight took place. In
which young Nickels was cut by the
negroes. NlckelS attempted 10 cut one
OF the negroes, and the white men de-
Tended themselves with felce rails.
The negroes then began firing and as
one Of the white men had been shot.
the negroes fed.
Warrants had been issued for the
negroes on Monday, but they declared
that they would not be arrested. Reaa-
on Edge. white. Joined IN with the
negroes to help them resist arrest. and
when officers went to the scene, Reason
Edgge attacked Constable Eddgs with
a knife and inflicted dangerous inJur-
les. George Edgge, n deputy consta-
bIe. succeeded in arresting Reason
Edge after he shot him IN the arm.
Last night. one OF the negroes. VIII
tam GAYLORD. who had participated In
the riots, was taken from his home oy
a mob, supposed 10 be composed OF
white men, and after being stripped.
was tied TO q post and beaten into ID
ssnsibIlitY. He was stlll alive, but un-
,.,,..,tr,,I - Iagt arFnuUfn
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PITTSBURGH. June 1.-The Com
nerclaI Gazette VIII say fo-morroT'
The furnaeemen throughout the Shen-
ango and Mahonlng Valleys contemplate
a general strike abou; July l for In
creased wages. The men have no or
ranizat!on as yet. but are insisting on
having organizers from the Knights OF
Labor sent among them,
The plan for the strike, which VIII IN
clude 10000 men, iS 10 walt until the
weather gets at summer heat, when Il
win be impossible FOR new men TO DO thls
class OF work and It iS believed the fur
mace operators will capituiste.
The present wages OF the furnaceEIien
vary from 81 80 TO $2 per day.
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REroRlILD PREsBYTERIANS
ne synod spends ths nay oon'idsrinE
the National REfOrm Report.

the National Reborn Report
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, June 1.-The
synod OF the Reformed Presbyterian
church re-convened this morning at .
o'clock. The report on national reform
was again taken up and Or. AcAllisteT
given the floor but he said that he haa
no reason to prolong the discussion, DI1
hoped the report would be adopted.
MANY Vigorous speeches were made in
favor OF national reform, and some cor
rection TO the plan OF work offered.
REV. ] S. Duncan moved the previous
ouestion OF appropriation Of 5000 10
national reform This was carried
nnaIrnously. DR.. McAllister then read
tbe financial report Of the national re-
form association, which was adopted
In the afternoon the conference COM
mission appointed Monday afternoon
for the purpose Of attempting q settle
ment OF DR.. David McAllisteTs heresy
case, made their report. Dr' W. n
wallace, a. chairman OF the eommis-
SIon. stated that after considering the
case In the most careful manner ana ,l
getting At details as fGF as posSlS1le SI
they mad resolved TO request Dr. NC
IIIister 10 cease the publication In the
.'Christiar Statesman" OF articles In the
line Of those referred to IN the charge,
and that II was this accommodation
thSf they presented to the synod.
T3efore a, vote was cast upon the Rdop-
,Ion OF the report. DR.. 7. P. Stevenson
and Rev. John Hunter. each made q
briee prayer, asking guidance in this
Sreat question which has caused 80
T,nch discussIon before the synod. Dr.
WcAIIster made few remarks. IN
which he stated that RA their resolu-
tIon was presented 10 the synod 1t was
an Injunction 20 him TO cease the pup.
iIcafIon OF the Christian Statesman.
He further said that he demanded that
this case be tried, and told the SYNOD IN
all frankness that II must be tried'
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PITTSBURGH. June 1-President
simon Burns. of the window Glass
WORKERS Association. forwarded to Sem
ator Quay the IarEes, petition ever sent
out b. that organization. Il urEes the
senate to restore the duties on window
gIaEs 10 the rates fived by the Dingiey
biil and passed in the house. Every
ygindow glass worker in the country has
signed the petition, and Il also contains
the names OF many men VINO are not
members, but who are dependent upon
the glass factories for employment.
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THE TARTYH ELL
snn Making PrOGrsss-IouSs chlnH
Ralaa AdoPtad.

bVll MnHlmG EfNGFSl@-H9Nb~
Ratss Adopted.
WASHINGTON. d. C., June 1.-The
senatc made good progrcSs on the tariff
bill to-day. advancing to the important
metal schedule. During the day the
paragraphs covering marble and stone.
china, glass. brick and tiles were COM
pleted with q few minor exceptions.
MesSrS. Vest and Jones, on behalf OF
the minority OF the finance committee,
proposed numerous amendments, Whtch
were defeated by majorities OF eight TO
fourteen.
Tho votes were on party lines In the
main. although MessTs. Rawitng and
White Democrats, voted with the Re
publlcans 10 Increase the rate on onyx
and Mr.. McEnery. Democrat, voted with
the Republicans against MF. Jones
proposition for reduction OF the rates
m china.
As sequel to the recent sensational
speech Of Mr.. TIIlmhn. Mr.. Smith. OF
New Jersey, rose to a question Of per-
'onAl privilege while the tnriR debate
was proceeding and made a brief but
pointed denial OF all speculation IN sugar
stock. either recently or at any time
when sugar was the subject OF lcEiHla-
lion. Mr.. TIlman was amonE those
who heard the denial. but he made no
ointment on II. Senator McLnurln. OF
South Carolina, was sworn In early In
the day, raising the membership of the
senate to 50.
The tarln bill was taken up lmme-
din,cly after the disposition Of the regu-
Tar business Mr.. Aldrlch Withdrew the
proposed committee amendments 10
paragraph 20. china, etc. leaving the
.ates as reported b. the house, viz;
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WASHINGTON. d. C.. June THE
senate to-day confirmed the following
nominations:
William Haywood. Of the District
OF Columbia, TO be secretary Of the le-
CATION and consul general Of the United
States AZ Honolulu. Hawaii. William
Vaughan, Of Alabama, TO be United
States attorney northern district OF
Alabama: $, r, Stahl. Of Arkansas. to
be United states marshal western dis
trict Of AFkansRE
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voN EAusOH,s TRIAL
A witness Gives Damaging Tssttnoay
Aaalnat the PrIaoner.

A witness Gives Damaging Tesunony
Against the Prisoner.
BERLIN. June 1.-The trial OF Herr
Won Tausch. the FORMER chief Of
the political police. was continued
this morning. The prisoner is charged
with perjury. high treason and
forgery. Herr aamman. a eoun-
sellor Of legation, testified to the
discovery that NoTmann- Schumann' an
Implicated newspaper man, who esea ped
from Berlin last year in time TO avoid
arrest and prosecution with Baron Won
Luctzow, was the nuthsr OF dangerous
articles in the Paris and Brussels news
papers concerning the health OF En-
peror William OF Germany, and the
financial affairs of General Count Won
Caprivi the former chancellor. Herr
Hamman said Won Tausch should have
revealed these facts years before. and
he must have known the publication OF
the articles was against the state.
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owENsBoRo. KY, June Hon.
John C. Colson. Republican nominee for
county Judge OF Bell county, brother OF
Congressman d. C. Colson, Eleventh
Kentucky district. was shot and Killed
by John Dugan. saloonkeeper, about y
O'Clock tonight DuEan fled, but was
captured after a skirmish.
Excitement runs high and In all PROB
ability Dugan will stretch hemp before
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TIILHAE CALLED DowK.
Senator sniuh. Of XSVE jersey, DsaIss IIls
CharEs.

WASHINGTON. June i.-senatOr
Smith. of New Jersey. made a brief per-
sonal statement in the senate this aftsr-
noon in reply 60 the Newspaper charge
repeated in the senate by Senator TIL
man that ne (smith) had Speculated In
sugar stock. He SAID: 'Mr. President.
during my absence from the senate tae
other day. i ascertain from the record
that In q very remarkable dellverdnce
by the senator from South CaroiinA tAlr.
TIllman) he became sponsor for news
paper clipping In which my name was
mentioned in connection with the sched-
ule In the pending tariR bill.
''It Il only necessaFy for me to say thai
the statement in the Newspaper clipping
ln question Is absolutely and unquall-
fiediy untrue. / have not. during this
session OF Congress, bought or nold di-
rPctly q single share OF sugar stock. nor
At any time prior to thlA When any iegis-
latlon Affecting the value Of sugar or
sugar stock was pending"
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Acandidat. for Precedent,

WASHINGTON. June Marcus Pol
laSky, osChicago, who IL candidate for
prrsIdent OF the National League OF Re
publican clubs Is In Washington. and
with Senator Hanna to-day called upon
President Mckinley. There are quite n
number Of other candidates for the place
md the CONTEXT Is very spirited. The
meeting Is to be held az Detroit.