' Truth above all things.” ___’._._— __._— FB‘IDAY MAY 25(1804. _,._._— lIintered in the Post-Oflice as a Newspaper.[ f / The Coxey Bugaboo Vanishing. If the investigation made by the Century Magazine showing the number of- tramps in the United States to be . about 50,000 was based upon reliable statistics, it is evident that Coxeyism has not become generally epidemic even among tramps, let alone among the workingmen. The highest estimate of the number enrolled in the various divisions of the Coxey army places the .total at less than one-fifth of the tramp population and demonstrates the absurdity of the claim that the Coxey movement repre- sents even in the smallest degree the» workingmen of the country. An insigv nificant fraction of the professional va- grants have ioined it to secure rations while the novelty lasts, and that is the length and breadth and depth and height of Coxeyisni. ..... coo—- One Cause of Fire. In an editorial on the recent destruc- tion of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,'En- gineering News strikes from the shoul- der, and strikes hard,’ at the cheap manner in which many large buildings are constructed. Attention is especial- ly directed to the rapidity with which the flames spread over the great audi- toriuin through the medium of the papier—mache Covering of the walls and ceiling. “it seems well nigh incom- prchensiblc,” says this conservative journal, “ii at a building designed to hold a great public assembly could have been deliberately made such a tinder- box by those entrusted with its design and construction. The pitiful excuse that the papier-mache was cheaper than plaster is the only reason that has thus far been made public for, the use of this material.” In this, as in most other instances, cheapness was far from being economical, but in spite of the lesson taught at such tremendous cost, similar errors will continue to be made so long as mankind is “ pennywise and pound foolish.” ________.+.______. Not Lottery but Fraud. Lovers of horse racing in New York have-been in a great state of mind ever . since they found out that an effort was to nomads to pit-wt pcclselling on race tracks by prosecutions under an dug-lottery law. The New York Her- ald has been especially warm in its de- fense of the bookmakers, and says “ It has always seemed to us absurd to hold that racing, bookmaking, poolselling or betting on a race is a lottery within the prohibition of the constitution.” The Herald is right. Once in a while a race does come ofi‘ that for some rea- son or other tails to be in harmony with the plans of those who profit most by racing, but in the majority of in- stances it seems to be known and un- derstood which horse is going to come out ahead. Of course knowledge as to that fact is confined to the very few, but their being aware of the pregram gives wonderful strength to the Her- ald’s contention that a horse race is.not a lottery, the iieCessary element of un- certiiinty of result, being lacking. Several Live Here. It has often been said by those who have studied the prison system of the United States that unhealthy senti- ment has so wrought things as to make imprisonment a limited variety of pleasure, and this accusatibn is un- doubtedly well-founded in many 1n— stances. Of course, most men prefer personal liberty, and will risk a great deal to secure that been when the right to it has been forfeited, but they are only rarely impelled to escape by dis» comforts other than those which have their origin in mere incarceration. An t'xemplc which shows conclusively the desirability of an American prison as a place of residence comes to the surface in the case of Narcisse Nero. an Ital- ian, who for the past eleven months has been a legitimate inmate of the Idaho penitentiary. Narcisse was a burglar who had been-sentenced for a year. Good behavior shortened his term one month, but when the warden notified him to that effect and request- ed him to depart the gentleman from Italy declined to do any such thing, declared himself to be thoroughly sat- isfied with his home, and assured the officials that it was much more oom- fortable than any place he had ever , struck outside. When the warden in- sisted that Mr. Nero should go, wheth- er he wanted to or not, the Italian said he was not compelled to accept the month’s rebate on his sentence. Gov- ernor McConnell coincided with the prisoner, and the chances are that Mr‘. Nero will remain in the abode of his choice until his full term has expired, after which he will probably commit another crime, so as to return to his pleasant quarters. It is undoubtedly true that there are many such as, this. man in other portions of the country than Idaho; some such are in Nor- walk. They would just as soon be in prison as be at liberty, in fact, many of them exhibit a decided preference for prison. This would not be so if prisons were really what they are supposed to be—places of punishment. l COAL STRLKlltlllLLED. Five Arc Reported Dead and Many - - Seriously “handed. it BATTLE WITHTDEPUTIES. Fight Occurred at Stickle Hollow Mines, and Both Sides Shot to Kill—Three Deputies “rounded, but All the Killed “’ere Strikers. - 'Unroxrown, Pa, May 25.——At (lay- brcuk the battle which has-been threztt‘ cncd at the Sticklo Hollowiiiincs of the \Vzishingtou Coal and Coke company, in the fourth pool, for the past three days, occurred, and as a result three strikers are lying dead, and a half dozen are scri- ously wounded. The exact number 01 killed and wounded cannot be ascertained yet, for they were carried off the ground as they were mowed down by the 50 win- clicstcrs of the men guarding the plants. Shortly before midnight 2,000 strikers assembled at the Sticklc Hollow plants, coming from Lucyvillc, Fayette City, Frecport, Allonport and many other points on the Monongahela. river. Some of them were armed, but the majority Were not. They went into camp near the plant, “where they remained until 3 o‘clock, when they adjourned to the public road leading to the works, and over which the work men would have topass to the pit. Here they worked a line of defense to interrupt the workmen and attempt to get them t-t: return home. According to plans, they stopped the first delegation of miners, and after a little pcrsuasidu induced them tr. join the strike. The men turned back, and about the time they were starting back home with their dinner buckets the dop— uties who were on guard and witnesses to the affair were ordered to shoot. They fired three volleys into the mob at a. range of only about 50 yards. The first volley brought forth no response from the strik- ers, who were thought to be well armed, but instead they ran in every direction, leaving the dcad and wounded lying in the public road. The deputies followed with two more volleys, and were shooting when the last striker disappeared. The Killed and Wounded. The report of the affair given by the offi- cials of the company is to the effect that three strikers were picked up dead in the road after the shooting, and about a half dozen wounded onesfwcrc carried aWa-y by their comrades. Some reports say six ,men were killed and 16 wounded. The plant is so far back in the country that the actual facts have not yet beeti received. The company’officia-ls say that the strik- ers served notice on them that they expect— ed to assault the works, and acting on this information the deputies considered this interference with the workmen as the be- ginning of the assaultand for this reason fired on them. .' . Last night was one of 'mortal terror to the citizens of the Stickle mines. The strikers kept .up, the threatening demonstrations, and 'Icv-cn threatened to visit the houses of the wOrkmen and give them their choice toiquit work or meet death in the presence bftheir families. Campfires were built, and scouting par- ties were Sent to keep a. close watch on the plants. The force of deputies was doubled, all the available men in the community being sworn in. In addition, a man drove here at 1:30 this morning for the sheriff to go down and takecliagrc of the men and also to take with him more deputies. The sheriff did not heed the. call and did not go down. Deputy Sheriff Richards had charge of the men, and Sheriff Wilhelm considered him capable of holding the fort. The latest advices from the scene say that the strikers have all gone, and the situation is peaceable today. The work- men have not gone to work, but are Will- ing to do so as soon as the excitement sub- sides. :. Trouble Averted, at: Faircliance. A battle was narrowly averted in Fair- chance last night. Sheriff Wilhelm sent five men to that place. to go on duty as deputies at tho works'of the Fairchancc’ Furnace company. - - It is the custom of:tlie' strikers to ussem-I ble at the station. when a passenger train arrives to see if any new men arrive and to take charge of them us soon as they get off the cars. \Vhen the, deputies got off the train, having no gu s, the strikers thought they were workmen, and surrounding them took them to the camp. They held them prisoners there until the other deputies charged on the camp and put all the strik- ers to flight. The town was greatly excited, and the strikers threatened an attack on the depu- ties, and all citizens were taking sides with the companies. Today the situation at the Hill Farm mine, where the com- pany has been defying the strikers and running full under the gaze of a camp of 300 strikers, is decidedly alarming, and an outbreak is feared at any moment. At; 2 o’clock 500 strikers ‘from the southern end of the region marched to Hill Farm an”. joined the men who have been camped thorn, and are now said to be plan- ning an aimed: on the works. The plants are guarded by 50 deputies, and a. conflict will result disasf :Lzsly. The strikers say they cannot expect to win as long as some plants are allowed to run and are deter- mined to force all the plants to shut down regardless of the loss of life it may occa- sion. Superintendent Kimball of the Hill Farm mine is here getting out an injunc- tion rest-raining the strikers from camping on or near the works. The Latest Details. Later—The extent of the daylight bat- tlc at Sticklc Hollow is just becoming known. There has been not so fierce a conflict in the coke region or river district since the inauguration of the strike. In fact, it is the first engagement in which both deputies and strikers were shooting to kill. Later reports have increased the number of killed to five and the wounded to eight, and other victims of the unfortu- nate affair may be found when time can be had for a more thorough investigation of the result. It was/not a one sided affair, as at first reported, but- was a. battle with as many guns on one side as on the other, and with as much firing by the strikers as by the deputies. ' Among the wounded are three deputies, while the killed are all strikers. \Vhen the workmen came to'tlic strikers ‘in the pub- lic roads, they were asked to go home. The workmen werelj'about to comply with the demand, ‘v‘FllelI;_BllO tdeputies rushed into the midst of the men, got possession of the workmen aiid3nijiirclied them to the pit. In this part of ”the performance a deputy sheriff fired a sh‘ot‘whichfopened up the battle. There was volley after volley , ,-.,,’.._ Read the GAZETT” 544.. '1, comrades were fal . 11g: fired. _by each side at close range. The strikers stood their ground while their ‘ one by one, but their ammunition giving; out, and it re- quiring too much time to load the shot- guns and rifles, they were forced to give up the fight and lice to escape the rain of bullets from the winclieiztcrs. It is said the strikers were advancingr ou the line of deputies when the later tired the first shot. A large number of strikers were arrest- ed by the deputies today, who had guns in their possession, and who were equipped with ammunition. i‘hcy are now held prisoners there, and will be brought; to jail here. The arrests occasioned no trou- ble, the strikersgiviug up willingly. Strikers Damage Property. CENTRALIA, Ills, May :2. ———About 500 striking miners from Duquoin and the St. John’s mine arrived in this city today on an Illinois Central freight train and pro- ceeded to the Big Four mine, operated by Pottengcr & Davis, in the northern limits of the city. They demolished considerable of the machinery and filled the shaft with about 15 feet of debris, dump carts and. other loose material about the mine. Ev- ery glass and sash in the buildings was smashed. The total damage to the propcr~ ty is estimated at $2,000. The Big Four mines have for the past three days been running with about 30 men, who yester- day refused to come out at the request of the local committee. The Duquoin strik- ers boarded a freight traiii in that city and forced the engineer, Charles Stewart, to haul them here. Sheriff Helms was notl tied at Salem that the men were coming and a special sent to convey him here, but he did not arrive in time to prevent the dc- struction of property. The striking min- ers held a. meeting and left the city onv foot for Odin, eight miles north of hero, to shut down the mine there. The sheriff swore in about 50 deputies, who were equipped with wiiichcsters from the ar- ory here, and i;ft for Olin on a special train. The miners were well armed with pistols and plenty of ammunition. Cripple Creek Miners “fill Start. DENVER, May 25.-—The owners of the Cripple Creek mines, closed since Feb. 1 on account of the strike, will, it is under- stood, shortly begln operations with non- union miners. A force of 300 deputies is being organized in Denver and Colorado Springs to protect the men who choose to work. .VVinchestcr rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition have been bought in this city for the use of these guards. The strikers have built. fortifications, and there is a probability of bloodshed. The Situation In Buffalo. BUFFALO, May 25.-—-Little change in the soft coal situation is to be reported. At the Coal and Iron Exchange it is said that no attempt will be made to supply the Buffalo market with bituminous coal from West Virginia, because the freight charges are so high that it could not be laid down here under the price of anthracite. No Serious Trouble at Little‘s. EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 25.—The story of a riot and bloodshed at Little’s mines was exaggerated. Miners from VVashingtou went to Little’s to persuade the men to come out, and during the negotiations a slight contest arose, but with no serious results. ‘ Twentyufive Deputies Enlisted. ALTOOKA, Pa. , May 25.—-Twenty-five men have been enlisted here to serve as deputy sherifls at Latrobe, \Vestmoreland county, where an attempt is being made to start the coal mines. The men will be taken to Latrobe at once. « _ -n More “fill Start For \Vasliirigton. DENVER, " May 25.-—The commonweal army organized here to march to \Yash- ington now numbers 000 men, and it is as- serted that as many more are headed for this city from different points in the west. The members of the army Were ordered to report at headquarters at 7 o’clock this evening. Burlington railroad officials, be- lieving that an attempt will be made to capture a train, have appealed to the sher- iff for aid. Ocean Racing. LONDON, May 25.—The Chronicle says: “If the tale told by the passengers of the steamer Majestic of the race between the Majestic and Paris be true, it is high time that an international agreement be made to stop such races. “’0 can scarcely believe the . statement that the American captain deliberately crossed the bows of the Mai jestic and compelled her to slow down, and we hope the story is capable of explana- tibn.” ‘ ~ A Robinson (111.9.) uSensation." ROBINSON, Ills, May 25.—-This place is stirred by a. sensation over the discovery that there has been a detective here for the past month attempting to unearth $40,000 in gold said to have been left by the late Dr. David Wilson, who died several months 0. Several warrants have been served f the purpose of searching the house of relations for the lost amount. A Flint Company Presented. WESTMINSTER, Md., May 25.——The grand jury brought in a presentment today against the Patapsco Flint Mill company, doing business at Hood’s Mill, Carroll county, for maintaining a nuisance. It is alleged that 10 men have died from the ef- fects of dust inhaled during the process of pulverizing the flint. Skeletons Unearthed. GLENS FALLS, N. Y., May 25.—About 40 skeletons of white 'men and Indians have been unearthed by workmen building a new road at Caldwell, near Fort William Henry. The ruins appeared to be a bury— ing ground used after the French and In- diaii war in 1757. More skeletons are be- ing dug up. Secretary Herbert Feted. TACOMA, May BEL—Secretary of the Navy [Herbert and party have arrived here. He was banquctcd by the busines men in the Commercial club. Today the party was shown about the city and taken across the bay to'thc Tacoma dry dock. The sec- retary leaves tomorrow night for Wash- ingtori. Damage by Snow In Spain. MADRID, May 25.-—Unusua11y cold gales have prevailed throughOut Spain. At Soria, Burgos and Avila on Tuesday there were heavy snowstorms, which caused damage to the crops and interfered with the working of the telegraph and railway lines. Six Votesullgalnst the Duke. LONDON, May 25.———Iu the senate of Cam- bridge university today the proposal to confer-ran honorary degree upon the Duke of York was challenged. But on the mo-. tion being put to a vote it was carried by 137 (cos. , New Yorkers Buy Mining Property. CBIPPLE CREEK. 0010., May 25.—A halt interest in the famous Caledonia mine has been sold to Willard \Vard, S. S. Dickson and Dr. Ward of New York city. Beadfithe Giza-m. bags; l. - WEE K’L Y - NOE-Rtw A53. K" - G A Z E 'r T E. ~ A Continual World's Fair. The very large section of the World’s Fair which was temporarily loaned to Chicago by the national government is again in Washington. The museum is filled .to overflowing, the beautiful and artistic models of the war ships again delight the visitors to the Navy De- partment, the fishes have been trans- ferred to their watery homes in the Fish Commission Building—in short, all the historical, ingenius. and instruc- tive displays which aided in making the World’s Fair, a liberal education are once more permanentlv located here. ' Nor is the similarity of Washington to the marvelous White City confined to mere exhibits. The public buildings, fromthe attractive War. State, and Navy Department Building at\ the up- per end of Pennsylvania avenue to the noble Capitol at the other end, present a succession of magnifient stone struc- tures, surrounded for the most part by miniature forests or elaborately decor- ated grounds. The observant and knowledge-seeking tourist can wander to and from and in and out of these buildings at will, always learning and always being entertained. Just now, especially, in its spring attire, W'ashing- ton'is more beautiful than any other cit-y in the country, and rivals the tem- porary creation which attracted mil- lions of people to the shores of Lake Michigan last. summer. 'ihc capital of the United States is, in reality, a continual world’s fair. Never has this fact been realized more forcibly than just now, when so large a proportion of the Chicago Exposition has returned to its legitimate and per- manent home. It’s a Sign of Danger, when pimples, blotches and eruptions appear on the skin, no matter how slight. It warns you that your blood isn’t Heed the warning while pure. there is yet time; clear up your sys- tem and purify the blood by taking Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discov- ery. It rouses every organ into natural action, purifies and enriches the blood and through it cleanses and invigorates the whole system. It attacks all scrofulous, skin and scalp diseases in the right way —by purifying the blood. . The diseases that it cures come from a. torpid liver, or from impure blood. For everything of this nature, it is the only guaranteed remedy. In Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Biliousness; all Bronchial, Throat, and Lung Afiections, even Consumption (or Lung-scrofula) in its earlier stages—if it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money back. THE MAKERS of Dr. Sage’s Ca- tarrh Remedy will pay you $500 if they can’t give you a complete and permanent cure. 6000 Mill BA’hBLCOD. the Weak Paint mainline Medicine 'Ilieory. ~. -...__..__... w... M We are told that three fourths of our dis- eases is in our blood; that 9. 00d purgative three or four times a year will ’ee us in good health. Is this so or isn’t It? It may be all right for strong fatpeople.people whose blood is too rich. For thin people Itcertainiy is not good. _ Dyspeptics. consumptives, pale. thin anaamic people suffer from poor blood. a scar- city of red corpuscles. No urqative or so- called blood medicme can he p them. "The blood is the lifez” yes. but what makes the blood? Food. Good food is all that is neede l to make poor blood rich. Paskola the rich Dre-digested starch food, is Often recommended by physicmns for this very purpose. _ . ' There is no d'fficultyjn understanding why it is that a small quantity of l’askola Wlll do so much good. 1‘. 13 made out of man’s most important food, starch. '_In order to help the weak stomach, It Is pro-digested. , Any good pure tasty starch food Will do you as much good as Paskola if you can digest it. If you can’t, nothing Will do .you good. ex- cept Paskula, for it 15 already diggsted. . Paskola is not a blood medicine. It Is a. food that enriches the blood. It also helps the digestionbf other food. It makes thin.pa1e, poor; blooded people so fat and healthy that their friends can hard- ly recoznize them. . Mr. James G. Collin, of Syracuse. N. Y.,says:_ “ ‘Paskola’ is indeed a food and. a royal one too. I have already game-:1 Six and one-half pounds. , , , Write for descriptive pamphlets to. THE PBE-DIGESTED FOOD 00.. 30 Reade Street. New York. G. A. Gregory & 00.. 38 Wall street. Norwalk. Conn. List ofBatcnts. List of Patents issued from the U . S. Patent Oflice, May 22nd. 1894. for the State .of Connecticut.furnished us from the office of EARLE & SEYMOUR. Solicitors of Patents. 868 Chapel street, New Haven. Conn. G. E. Adams. New Britain. clinch back for suspender buckles; J. Blake. New Haven. electrical contact mechanism; J. H. 0 use and Tarcev. Meriden, assicznors to Aeolian organ and Music 00., New York. _mu319a1 1n- strumeuts; D, M. Church. Willimantic. as- signor two-thirds to E. B. Foss. Bay City. Mich. Railwav swrtch' E, E. Clapssen, assign- or to A. H. alker. fiartford. making paper H. B.Cox.Hartford.transmitting sound; E. G. Fowler and G. A. Downs. Forestvtlle. camp for lamp burners; H. S. Hart.New Brit- lll. drive chain; W. Mason, assxgnor to Win- c tricsl primer; S. T. Newman. Danbury.-_- at packing ring: E. G. Parkhurst Hartfordmght for ordinance; A. D. Flint, liartford. turret thread machine; J. Roche. assignor to Eagle Lock 00., Terryville master key lock; J. Swan. Seymour. screw driver. DESIGNS. J .C.Miller. assignors to Matthews & Williard Mtg. 00., Waterbury. slab for table tons. two patents; I. E. Palmer. Middletown. hammock eight patents. heater repeating arms 00.. New Haven. elec- ' w. B. HALL ll COMPANY, Bridgeport. Conn. RUNNING TWO BIG STORES. DRY Goon. At 4ll~Main Street; store formerly occupied by Copeland Brothers. CA PETS 440 Main Street. IGrcat Bargains This Month in Carpets and D ‘aperies. We have the Copeland ‘Brotbers stock of Carpets on sale at our 449 Main street store, and 1176 people are buying freely. W e ofler, as long as they last, Copeland’s stock of Carpets, Rugs, Oz'l Cloths, Lace C urz‘dz'ns, C hem’lle Portz'eres, Sash C ur- tains, Silks, Shades and Mattings at prices much below the mar ket value.~ sz’s stock must be closed out within the next month as we shall give up this store, which we lured temporarily to sell this stock, our own store being too small to accostmodate the goods. Don’t miss this chance ! SPECIAL-«We’ll prepay express charges to any pain! in Fair/field County upon purchases of $10.00. W. E. menu a so, BRIDGEPOR 7, CONN. m D.M.H AD COMPANY. BRIDGEPORT. CONN. stow/”2's YOUR stream Closing Out . 'ESprinsy Jackets ]' lot Tan and Brown J ackets, Former price $9.00 to $12.00. Your choice for $3.00.. 110t Navy and, Black Jackets. Former price $10.00 to $12.00. Your choice for $5.00. Vicuna Cloth Black Jackets. With large revers, trimmed with moire, full sleeves, reduced from $10.00 to $61.50. Plain Blk. Clay Diagonal Jackets, Full sleeves and large revers, $18.00 reduced from $12.50. Black Diagonal Jackets, Moire trimmed revers and cuffs, $10.00 former price $15.00. Chevmt J ackets, . ' ‘ ' ‘ Half tight fitting, $6.00, marked down from $10.00. Speciallot Black and Colored Jackets, _ Going at $1.25. Black and Colored Capes, at greatly reduced prices to close. Ladies’ wrappers from 69c to $2.59.. An elegant line of lawn and percale wrap- pers, Children’s white suits, from $1.25 to $1.00. The D. Mills—ail En
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