Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 March 1896 — Page 2

SKINNING THE BOOKS.

HOW THE POOL-BOOM FRAUDS OF SATURDAY WERE WORKED.

The Bookmakers Thought They Were Stealing: the Honey Ret oa Royal Nettle—Worked From New York.

It will be many a day before pool r*oom men of the United Staltes will recover from the shock they sustained Saturday niglrt when they found that they had been made the victims of the most sttuipend'-ous wire tapping fraud ,hat was ever perpetrated in this country. Rough estimates made yes'i-erd'ay indicated that the pool rv»ms had loSt oetween $250,000 and $500,000 on the rac Ing mare Royal Netitie, whose, name was sent out from the New Orleans nace track as winner oif the six.ii race, in spite of the flact that she ran next to Past, and that the'race was won by a horse numed Plug. The total m'ay be in-creased rr.fa'.errally after the 280 pool rooms that are running in New York City, despite Roasevel't and reform, give out an accounting of their losses, by racing men, for the impression is general in Chicago 'that the fraud was planned in New York and carried through With New York money. r.ocal I'eople Hit Hard.

The toilai losses of five Chicago rooms, according to reports that came from seirii-offlcUal sources yesterday, will aggregate about $27,000. James O'Leary of the stock yards is the heaviest loser of the five his sheets shotting 'iha't he paid out nearly $10,000 on the race. Of that amount he .paid $7,000 in a lump sum to a etiranger, who ted belt him $1,000 at od'dis of 6 to 1 that tihe mare Royal Nettie would win. The rest was •paid to the regu'alr Kab'iit'ues of the room, who, believling that Royal Ne title was a "good thing," played her for arrtoun'ts ranging from $5 to $50. The stranger wanted to bet another $1,000 ait odds o'f 5 to 1 and O'Letarv refused to lay more thlan 4 to 1. Wlhiile they were 'trying to compromise upon a price the telegraph instrument in the room ticket out thiat the hoi'ses were off, an'd then the bet could noil be made. O'Leary is vary glad now th'at the sliranger haggled about tlhe price, for if he had accepted 4 to 1, or even money, or any other figure, he would have succeeded 'in taking jus-'t so much more cash away from the pool room, says the Chi'oago Chronicle. mourning at Powers & O'Brien's

Powers & O'Brien of 170 Madison Btireet loslt nearly $8,000 and that represents less than one-third oif tlhe money t'hey have had to pay out on "good thing's" during the past week. The managers of both rooms remember that the men who cashed the jtoyal Nettle bets had been regular visitors for several d'ays before thef raud was perpe trial ted and recall that t'hey lost amounts aggregating nearly $1,500 by beit'tln'g on what are known as "long shots." My doling th!is they created the imipressiOn th'at they were simply cas iual visitors who did not know enough about horses to be?t their money intelli gently and t'hey were welcomed to the itooms .as rare producers. The po'ol roOm men entertalin anolther idea about them now. Powers & O'Brien's manager, Ed Wagner, thought that there was something susfpiScious about the Royal Netft'ie be?t, be-eauiae when the Stranger collected his money after the official result had been announced he lerft the pool rooim in haste. He had previously waHted until all of the races were run. "Wagner called a tout Who was in the room and instructed him to follow the stranger and find out Where he went. The toult returned' in less than half an hour and reported that he had seen, the fell'ow he "shadowed" get on board a souit'h bound Cottage Grove avenue car. ''And you didn't follow him?" Wagner cried. "Naw," replied the tout, and thus the only chance that the pool room men had to aiscertain who had duped them slipped away. In view of later developments their anger at the tout's carelessness knew no bounds, for they believe that if he had performed his task Intelligently and shadowed the stranger to the hotel or saloon for wfriGh he was "bound the whole (gang of sharks who worked the Chicago rooms could have been rounded up a:n the money that they were paiid on Royal 'Nettie recov*red.

They Are Very Sore.

The pool room men have no doubt that the stranger was hound for a rendezvous where he was to meet his partners who had worked O'Leary's, McWhorter's, at the corner of Thirty-sixth and State streets Perry & Smith's, in Calhoun, place, and Budd & White's, ov$r Chapirv •& Gore's. White lost about $4,500 Perry & Smith, $3,000, and McWhorter, $2,500. They all explained yesterday when they were asked how it happened thai they had been, taken in so easily that they believed they were stealing the money of the men who 'bet on Royal (Nettie. They knew the mare for a(n unreliably jade, that had swung abound the racing circuit as a 2-year-old 'Without earning ^rackets, and therefore tfrey were rather glad than otherwise to have the, strangers, who had already made a refutation for playing long shots that not have a chance, pass their monCy'ii cross th'e boards as wagers upon a horse which they were satisfied could not win.

The fact that the "men who bet the money were round the looal pool rooms days in advance of the time bringing off the coup, combined with the fact that there were others of the gang at •every pool room in 'the country from which they could easily escape readi-* ly in case of quick detection of the fraud by the Western Union officials, shows that the fraud was not only carefully planned, hut that it was 'backed by an Immense sum of money. Barney Zaehamias' pool room out in Harlem was skipped by the platters, and, according to gossip among gamblers yesterday, he did not pay a single bet on Royal Nettle for the simple reason that none of his patrons believed that the erratic mare could win. The only explanation that can be advanced to account for the failure of the gang to include Zacha,rias among their victims is that they Reasoned that it would be difficult to ret away from Harlem, and if the fraud -was discovered promptly they would fall into the hands of the police. As the matter turned out they would have been safe enough in going out to the western suburb, for it was an hour and a half after the race before the Western Union officials flashed the warning to the poc-l room keepers not to pay bfts on Royal Nettie. a9 they believed she had not been placed Jin ithe race. They might as well have waited until today to send out that flash, for when it was received the conspirators had collected their money and were far away.

Origin in Kew York.

Looal gamblers base their belief thait the fraud had its origin in New York upon the circumstance tSrat all race reeuBts are sent to New York and distributed to the pool rooms from tha/t

cslty. Press dispatches sent from smres of points early Saturday nigbt indicated thai the fraud was widespread in. fta effects and that perhfeaw not half a dozen pool rooms of consequence in the United States had escaped without loss. The conspirators even invaded the state of Texas. To have ofo'talped such a coampldte list of poolrooms wotild require an intimate knowledge of the details of the racing department of the We®fern Union, and, as that is in New York, hence the belief that the conspiracy had its origin in the big Atlantic City. Leaving ou't of consideration the results of the, raid, the thing the fleeced pool room men want to know most is how the n'ame of "the mare Royal Nettle was sent out as tihe winner of the race ait ithe cJose of the description, and then confirmed in the official result.

How Results Are Announced. To aippreciate the penUnency of inquiries regarding the phase of the fraud it might be well to explain the manner in which 'the Western Union supplies its pool room pat rows with racing initormaC* tton. In the first place, every mornfinfe the racing bureau sends out the cfiphetr code for the races of the day, Which is delivered to the operators in the pool rooms and the operators aJt the tra'dk where the races /are to be run. The same cipher is never used twice, and as it is supposed to be a profound secret, It is expected to protect the rooms and the company from just such a fraud as t'hat whi'dh was commltfted on Saturday Aflter the names of the horses and jockeys are senlt to the rotoms the odds are Wired ais the races are to be run. The time of go'ing to the po^t is announced, and wihen the field gets away rne names af the three leaders are sent out for the iinformation of pool room lb tit ens. As they pa-ss each quarter pole in the race the names of the three leaders are announced and ^hen cross tlhe wire the name «f the winner and the second and third hordes are flashed over the Wire and oalledout by the operator. The result, however, is 'inofficial and is su'bjedt to change.

After the jockeys have weighed in atthe track and the number of the third horse is hung up the correspondent who represents the pool rooms puts on the wire what is 'known as the official result That is, he writes a message containing th'e names of the winner a^d the second and third horses with the t.me of the race attached and gives it to the operator, who, for the purpose ou preventing wire-tappers frosn finding cut which horse won, uses the company code to designate them. When safeguard was employed to announce (Royal Nettie the official winner on Saturday the suspicions of the pool room men were disarmed until they learned that there was something queer looking about the race and tihat room-keep-ers in every part of the country were flooding, the racing department with messages to ascertain if Royal Nettie had really won.

Mystery About the Code.

How did the conspirators get Saturday's code? That is the question that the room-keepers would like to have answered. If they tapped the wire 'between the race track and the New Orlans office, as has been suggested, they must have been in possession of the code and the key, but the local officials of the company say that it would have been impossible to tap the wire in question. An old-time operator who has worked on race tracks and pool rooms, and who is familiar with the history of every similar coup that has been executed, told a reporter for the Chronicle that Royal Nettie must have been sent from the track as the winner of the "race.

Next to the fraud perpetrated on Saturday the one that was carried through in 1889 was the biggest from which the pool rooms ever suffered. In those days racing reports were sent out over stock wires, and the headquarters of the racing bureau were in a building in Broad street, tNew York. The leaders of the conspiracy rented an office in the building next doer and employed workmen to bore 'holes through the walls, so that they could get access to the wires of t'::e stock system. When they made the connection' complete they selected an old selling plater at Brighton Beach to bet their money on. Then they had their agents visit every pool room in the city of New York and the rooms d£ Boston and outside of Philadelphia, and when the odds against the plater were posted before the race the money was bet. The horse did not get a place in the race, but the telegraph wires announced to the pool rooms that he had won by a nose, and the pool room keepers paid out over $110,000.

"IN THE NINE HOLE."

•Niny" Adams in Jail for Whipping His Child Wife. "Niny" Adams, who was arrested Saturday for assault and battery on his wife, pleaded not guilty when .arraigned in police court yesterday morning. To give the state and defense time to summon witnesses the case was continued until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. After hearing the evidence the mayor found Adams guilty and placed the 'fine at $5 and costs. "Niny" was in the "nine hole" financially and was sent to jail, where he will remain for fifteen days taking his daily exercise on the rock pile.

A short time ago Mrs. Adams brought suit agii.nt "Niny" for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. By tearful appeals and promises Adams induced his wife to abandon the suit and return to him. The case was called for trial in the Circuit Court last Thursday and was dismissed for want of prosecution. The woman says the cage was .no sooner out of court than -her husband resumed his cruejty and their home has been a place of torture ever since. Saturday evening "Niny" came home drunk ,began'beating her fo? some imaginary wrong act and she was forced to flee in search of a policeman for protection. She says she will not live with him when foe is released from jail, but will at once reinstate the divorce proceedings. CVtrs. Adams is not more than 16 years old. IShe married Adams in haste and Is repenting at leisure. Her mother lives in the north part of the city. She is poor, but says she will give the girl a home if she will only leave Adams forever. Tough as he 4s the girl loves "Niny," and has stood by him in the face of cruelty that tew women would endure.

BURNED HIS FATHER.

After Bobbing and Murdering Set Fire to a Factory. Lancaster, Pa., March 16.—The citizens of this town were startled th afternoon by the arrest of William Miller for the murder of his a^ed father. On January 25th the Champion Forge and Blower Works were destroyed "by tflr?, causing a loss of $60,000. At the fine the old watchman. 'Miller's father, cou'd mot be found. Three days later his charred body was found among the debris of the burned (building. Young Mfiler is charged by the detectives with having robbed and murdered his father, firing th-e factory to conceal his crime.

HIS POWERFUL SLEEP

THE DOOR SMASHED AND WINDOW BROKEN, YET HE SLEPT ON.

Drenched With Fire How, Exercised With Trips on llli Back, and Walked For Ten Minutes.

There are seven club men in this town who are willing to wager any amount of money that the soundest sleeper that ever lived occupied room 54, on the third floor of a Broadway hotel, on last Saturday /night. It took these seven men and one other man exactly two hours to rouse this sleeper. They used clubs, fists and .boots on the door turned the fire hose through "the transom on the bed, and finally 'broke down the door, lifted the sleeping man from his couch, and walked- him three times up and down the hallway (before he opened his eyes and meekly inquired if it was time to get up, says the New York Sun.

The seven men .made up a poker party, and.they went to the hotel in question at about 11 o'clock on .Saturday night. The clerk passed them out cards and chip®, and, as he assigned them to room 56, .'he remarked: "Gentlemen, you will please be as quiet as possible, for there is a man in 54 who has got to get up at 6 o'clock, and he was very tired when he went to bed. There is no one in 58, and that is as near to an isolated room as I can give you."

The poker party assured the clerk that they would not make any unnecessary noise, and then they proceeded to their room and the game started. Time ipasses quickly in a poker game so does money, and much of it passed from one side of the table to the other in* this particular game, and there were frequent wails fa-cm the losers, Which were suppressed by the others. "Have some consideration for that man in 64," they would say, and then •the losers would swea under their breaths and remark that it was a bl&rikety-blank games when a man couldn't even get 1 kick for his money. And so the game went on, the players under constant restraint, even the winners being unable to exipress their satisfaction 'by an occasional whoop. The hours slipped rapidly away, and the® the silence of the night was broken toy a knocking. "IBy JoveJ it's 6 o'clock," said one of the players, taking out. his watch. "They're calling that fellow in 54. It's a good thing, too now we can take our gags off."

Knocking: Wouldn't Do.

The knocking at the door of 54 was gettimig louder. 'Evidently the tired •man hadn't heard the summons. Whoever was calling him was getting impatient. He hegan to bang the door in a way that sent the echoes chasing down the hallway. Then he called out: "Bill! B:&1! I say, Still, get up, won't you?"

The poker game had been suspended d-uring the hammering. The players were interested in Bill. Presently there Was another series of smiaShes at tlhe door. lit wfes plain tihat the caller hlad shifted from hands to feet. "BiW, for heaven's sake gelt up!" he yelled, and then he jammed h'ls boot 'into the door a few more times. Still there w&s no answer.

The poker pdayers. looked at one another, and then they begian to laugh. "And that's the man we've been so quiet for," remarked one of thein. "I say, let's make up for it by -going out and helping to rouse him."

The suggestion met With the approval of everybody and the seVen players filed out in the Wall, minus

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vests. "What's aill th'is Wo'omSng row?" •called one of them to the man in front at 54. "Gentlemen, you must excuse me, but Biill must get up right a,Way. I ^Sarw him to bed at 6 o'clock last night in •good sh3ipe and We must get a 7 o'clock train. He must get up," and the man 'began at the door again. "Maybe he's dead," suggested one,of the men. "Oih, no, tihat is impossible," said the stranger. "I have been looking over the Itnansom and he'© asleep all rfight." "IM1 bet I'll rouse h'im," sa'id one of the dard -players, and he walked up to the door and kicked tit in a way that shook itlhe floor. "Tib,at',ll wake him," he sadd pr'oudly.

But ilt didn't. I?t woke u/p others along the corridlor, however, and they began ito call ou't for information as to the reason for 'the racket. "It's all right," yelled one O'f the po'ker party. "You aJl go to sleep. There's a man hereth&t muslt be roused and we're going bo rouse hSm if we have to tear down the bu'iilding."

Heroic Measures.

Then the whole crowd set at, the door. They kicked and punched it, and those who had canes went jfiid go't them, and used them on the door. The glass in the transom w'as smashed and, although it fell wTth a craslh, the sleeper never turned a ha'ir. Th'en one of the men climbed up to the transom, wlitlh a handful of poker chips, and began hurling them at 'the man. The b'i/ts of ivory struck him about the f!ace and head and some sltruick 'him squarely on the nose, bu't he never qu'ivered in Wis sleeip. Then the fire hose was turned on hlitoi, but ft had no effect. Yells of "Bill!! Bill!" failed to ellicit any response and then a proposition to breiak down the door, get Bill and tie him in a knot and roll hfim down stkirs came to all of the seven. Th'is was hailed with delighlt, BLU's friend acqulieisictlng in everything but the last part of the scheme. A seriete of kicks in the region of the look E/peedtfly otpened the door and then the ooirapany filed in. There was Bill, the beid clathlln/g tucked up arouud h'is neck, poker chips in his ears and ail around him, and a chiJd like expression of repose on his face. '•I'll wake that fellow up or die in the attempt!" roared a 'burly poker player, and, seizing the sleeper by the arm, he hauled him out of bed an dragged him on his 'back around the room several times, ending the circuits with a series of shakes which made ©ill's teeth rattle. Then he let Bill fall in a corner. (But the man simply curled up, drew a long breath and settled into a pieaoeful slumber again. Through it all 'he never opened his eyes. There was a pause. 'Tfl wake him yet," said the burly man. "Out into the hall with him!" yelled, one, and out into the hall Bill was run. A man grabbed each arm, and the rest pushed. Up and down they went, the sleeper hanging like a wet ra!g in their grasp. On the third lap, after a_ tenminute struggle, he began to straighten up a little. "Keep it up, boys!*' yelled the burly one. "We'll have him around in a-min-ute."

He was right. The man gave one or two convulsive, shakes., and then straightened up. "Is it time to get up?" he asked meekly. "Don't stop to talk," said his friend.

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"You've missed that 7 o'alocktrain, and you've got only twenty minutes to dress and catch the 8:30. Help£medre?s him, gentlemen."

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The crowd made a xnsfe at the man. He struggled, but it tcias useless. He was half carried, half dragged into his room, his clothes werentltrown on him in about five minutes, an# tl»en he was escorted to the stairs. His friend took him the rest of the w^Ly)cand the last the card players saw "of the two was from the window of th€iV own room. The two rushed aorosi Broadway and started up town on the ^rfh.

Then the card playefs resumed their game, satisfied that they .'had assisted in rousing a hard a sleeper as ever occupied a room in a New Yorit hotel.

OFF FOR HAVANA.

Heaylly Armed Men, Loaded With Ammunition, Leave Cincinnati.

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An armed party of men, giving their destination as .Havana, created a considerable amount of excitement yesterday as they ho'ard-ed a Big Four train at the Central (Station, says the Commer'cial Gazette.

They took a large amount of baggage, and, apparently, provisions enough for a several days' siege.

The rumor was that it was a ntimber of Cuban sympathizers from the First regiment, but this could not be definitely settled.

The men were mysterious in their actions, ibut cheerful "beyond a degree to •be expected from persons embar'klng on a military expedition.

Before the train started some one recognized the party and secured a number of their names with a View of placing the 31st in the bands of Colonel Deitsch should there be any legal trouble under the constitution which forbid® the £filistinjj? of soldiers on a neutral •territory to take part in a war betweeh two '6'thei1 nations. 7,

The'task of identifying the party was difficult,-and many of them are as yet unknown,. Among those recognized were'C4s)?er V. Hopple, George Murphy, •Little. M:ifce IHeister, judge Ellis B.' Gregg, Charles EJ. M'lller, Harry Howe, 'Lieutenant Mark Langdop and Joseph Renner.

Officers Crim and Mcpermott were dispatched to follow the train as soon as Mayor Caldweill learned of the expedition, but they were not down in time, and the. train carrying the armed force was near the Southern.. Bridge when they, nothing daunted, Tan out the main line after it, and succeeded Ln catching up with it just beyond the Riverside Town Hall.

Promptly disguising themselves as police officers, they went .through the train, and 'by a meet superb human effort discovered 'that 'the destination of the party was Havana', III., instead-- of Cuba, and that their most murderous designs were not upOtt the Spanish army, buit against the red-headed duck and guilllhle catfish.

Ed Bo-gen was to have been one of •the delegation, but as he was unable to pass the physical examination by drinking half a pint of canned Ohio river water he was left 'behind.

THAT MYSTERIOUS FIGHT.

Now Believed the Kelleys Were Assaulted by Colored Tonghs. Investigation has led the detectives to the coinclusion the assault on Rofoerit Kelley early Sunday morning was committed by two negroes, Gus Guthrie and Fired Skjo'tt, both weld known toughs atooult town. As faats abe being dlis•dtosed, the story oif the Kelley brothers, to the effect that itihey had no trouble among themselves, ape'ars more plausible. They were seen qularreling With Guthrie and Scfo'tJt and ,lit has since been learned that when Gutheirie left a cerifain satoon We put a pop bottle in Wis pocket. Two men who saw the fight at •a distance say two colored men were engaged in it. They say tihey notified Cap'tla'ln Hyland and PatroHman Hofland and, although the officers hurried to the scene, tihe negroes were gone when they arriived. The men gtave the officers a deteetriipbiion of the negroes and the descrfiptsion t'aaiied with the appearance of Guitherie and Scot't. This infonma'tiion, wilth some convincing evidence tihe detedt,'ives have secured, resulted in the arrest o'f the two suspects yesterdlay morning. They were taken before M'ayor Rioss, who remiandted theim to jail, in, default of bond. The band of Gultherfie, who is alleged to have,used tihe boltitle, was pHaced at $300, whille Scott's wias only $100. iNei'ther mian wtas able to oive bond and both wiSl remain in jail until next Friday, whlen they wdll Wave a preliminary hearing. Whether convicted or ntot, Gu'tlhe-rie. Wlill be forced 'to serve a term in jail. He was fined some time ago and was released on his •promise to pay. He flailed to redeem h'ig promise and, ntKw thtat he is again in custody, the mayor, will order hliim delt'aiined untlil the fine is settled. Rofbert Keiaey, the mtan who was assaulted, is yet unahle to leave his room and there are fears of sei'ious results from his injtfr^v'

BLOWN UP BY GUNPOWDER.

The British Steamer Matadi—Passengers and Sailors Missing. -London, March 16.—TheBritish steamer, Matadi, which sailed from Slerre Leone on February '5th, has been totally destroyed at Boma by an explosion of gunpowder. Some oif her passengers and crew were saved, but many are missing.

The whole forepart of the Matadi was blown into the air and forty persons were killed, including a missionary named Hawk, and his wife.

Ht has now been learned that the explosion on the British steamer Matadi occurred at Boma, on 'the Congo river, only about fifty miles frocn its mouth, on March 7th.

Twenty-1two of the Matadi's crew, two passengers and sixteen native laborers were killed. Sixteenx of the crew escaped without serious injury. The Matadi had on 'board ten tons of gun powder, a quantity which sufficiently accounts if or the disastrous effects of the explosion. The mails and the specie which were on board were saved. The victims of the accident-were asleep at the time of the disaster:.

COULD NOT BE DOCKED.

The Battleship Indiana Mnst Walt for a High Tide. Washington, March 16.—A telegram received at the navy department today flrom Port Hoyail, IS. C., announced that the battleship Indiana could not go into the dry dock there this morning, owing to lack of sufficient water over the entrance. Th® vesesl will wait until an east wind brings into tKe^harboir a tide large enough to make It possible to enter the dock.

The Indiana was ilbt harmed by touching the bottom JaSt Friday. It appears that she was at anchor at the time near the dock, and as the tide fell ofl^he swun'g airound at her anchor and toRhed the mud bottom slightly. Captain Evans took alarm 'at once, and'ran •the ship seven m-iles further down the harbor toward the sea,where he dropped anchor in thirty feet of water.

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Officials Discover They Are Htmbcn of th« Order—President Deba Declares Krerythins la Serene.

President Dehs of the American Rail way Union yesterday received two let ters from HttWburg Saying there was likely to be tirouible in the offices there, as the Western Union officials Bad dis covered the comjpany's operators had joined the A. R. U. Mr.'Debs .was in formed that notice had been given the men to Withdnarw from the union or from the emjpJoy of the "Western Union Telegataph Co. The situaffloa In Pittsburg is exipTa'ined in Gie following frOim •the Dtepiaitteih: "A gigantic move. Inaugurated by the American Raiiway Union, has received its first oheck in Pittsburg. The A. R. U. has been at work for months secret ly organizing the teegra|ph operators of •the whole country ittOo branches of the order. The work has been Carried on under the guise of forming beneficial oinjanlz&tibns. "Within the past few d'ays the Western Unton official's, through a leak in the Pdtitdburg branch, obtained information as to Whatt was going on and prompt measunes have been- taken to put a stop to it. It Is the firstt attamlpt of any importance to oirgtanize the telegr'aph operators since the memorable strike of 1893. To pre vent a repetition of these troublous times the telegraph companies are mov lhg qutokly and taking no chaftces. "The news thait they had been be trayed cfitd not reach the operators until yedterdiay. It came when the men in the- Western Union office in Pititsburg we"r susked in turn by Superintendent J. D. Flynh iff theV were memberts of the order. The men were forced to ad milt they were and received a strong in 'tteia't'ion thait they had better get ou't .of it* at once. "The orgtanizaltton was the result of a aanetfully prepared plan on the part o'f Eugene V. De)b3, who headed the great railroad strike, and other leaders of the American Railway Union. Their purpose, it is stated, Is to organize anid get control of every branch of business that could pbstelbly be of assistance in the event oif a strike, or any sort of caipitial and labor struggle on a huge soale. "Of all 'the occirpa/tions, that of the telegraph operator is one of the most valuable for the purposes of the A. U. In the event of a Wholesale strike their services Would be beyond measure. They de&l with every branch of business, the railroads, etic., and as distance on their paint would shut off all domlmuntaation that the A. R. U. did not sanicltilon. Even the movement of troops and quick intercourse between the sitaJte or national authorities could be intenfered with, or at least thefir •plans become known to the A. R. U.

Secrecy Observed.

"To put the scheme in operation) organizers iwere hent out from the headquarterly in Chicago. Men in, all the large cities were taken into their confidence and used 'to pave the way. The purpose was to first get the operators An the larger cities thoroughly organized into branches of the A. R. U. Then they would take in- the smaller towns, and eventually have all the operators of" the country welded into a solid and powerful 'body, subject the dictation of the American Railway Union. Secrecy 'was one of the main things to 'be observed. {Local men who were well acquainted with the men of their locality were selected in each city. They could thus better avoid men whom, it was thought, could not be •trusted. To further conceal the real object, the local branches were to be organized ostensibly as beneficial associations. "Care and caution -were observed, yet the work progressed rapidly. In the "Western cities of greatest success has •been achieved. Most of them have organizations well advanced, and In some ithey aire complete. Hn the Eastern cities, however, the task has 'been harder. The 'branches are scattering amd the operators have been slower to take to it. In addition, a commencement was hot made as soon as in the "West. "Active operations were started in (Pittsburg over two months ago. John McCloskiey, a .well known telegraph operator, but who !bas root followed 'that calling for some time, was .selected as the organizer for the Pittsburg district. He has been har'd at work and met with great success. "The local 'branch, to pull the wool over the eyes of any one who might 'become suspicious, was talked of among the me.n as a beneficial association. This was In a measure true, as the A. R. U. has some beneficial features.. The work of organizing iwas carried on in a Onall on Grant street, or near there. Its exact "whereabouts was kept secret. "Within a short ime nearly 150 looal operators .were made full-fledged

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of the A. R. U. They comprised nearly afl the operators in the "Western Union office, the (Postal Telegraph Co. a~* many others in offices and mercantile establishments. The branch, in feet, included on its membership roll, all of the experienced operators, wuh a exceptions, the heads of the local affairs. Matters were going ons wimmingly until some one proved a traitor. Who he was the operators don know, -but ne was

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"J. X). iFlynn, the local superintendent of the "Western Union, received the tip. As quick as the telegram could -bring them, General Superintendent Tinker of New York, controlling the Eastern division of the Western Union, and. General Superintendent Clowry of Chicago, of the Western division, came to

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burg. Long consultations were -held, with Superintendent Flynn. The operators saw the head officialsi here and thought something was up, but did not know it so closely concerned them. They found it out yesterday. Superintendent 'FJyn« went around among the ffimesx and asked eaoa one of them if he was a member of -the oteaniaatlonthot had been 'farmed. (From bis meaner, tie way ha questioned them and th« ones he spok« to first, th* owe® knew tihey (had been give® away. Otoey ftdjxritted thei* membership eod reoeived the plalA statement that they had better gelt out df it. "The way the advice was given indicated plainly that they were reoeivtag their choice of leaving the organization or a dismissal. Many of the men said they would leave the order. Whether they will do so remains to be seen. Superintendent Flynn, it was learned, had a Hst of the names of-the Western Union men 4n the organization. He was well (posted on what moverqe-hts had been made and had plenty of informa­

that undoubtedly came from a anember of the Pittsburg branch. 'Steps are to be (taken to other cities toward breaking up the branches.

What Mr. Debs Says.

r^nt Debs, while admitting all the faots in the above" are true, said the operators hfad nothing to fear. "I advised thean what course to pursue in •the ma'tlter," he sa'id. "We have a perfect organisation of telegraphers in Pittsburg. "We are also thoroughly organized in a dozen other large cities. It has been done secretly but none the leas perfectly. No, we are nolt organizing to paralyze the commercial interests of the country, bult are Simply getting our forces 'together, as we are In other branches of the railroad service. The fact that telegraph operators are shamefully underpaid cannot be denied. It is the desire of the American Railway Union to eventually bring about a better condition of affaire among the telegraphers. "It is rather peculiar the officials of the telegraph and railroad companies do not Object to their openaltors befingIng to the O. R. T. There can be but one solution—they have no fear of the O. R. T., while they know the A. R. U. is a powerful organization. The men at Pititsburg are provided for. They kntaw what -to do in the presen't difficulty and there need be no fear of trouble of any kind."

AMUSEMENTS.

People who reoall the charm of Frank Mayo's 'T*avy Crockett" will no doubt •bo pleased to know that they are to see that really exoellent actor in another typical American .part the coming season. (He himself has dramatized Mark Twain's story of life in a lower Mississippi river town, a Missouri village hefore the war. "Pudd'nhead Wilson," which wiill be presented 'by Frank Mayo at the opera house next Saturday •night, iran six weeks at the Herald Square Theater, in New York, and is one of the greatest successes among thie Broadway productions of years past. iMr. IMayo's wonk in the title role of ''Pudd'nhea'd Wilson" takes rank with Joseph Jefferson's characterizations. •IPudd'nhead Wilson" is said to be quaintly humorous and pathetically sweet, quietly carrying sweeping strength ithat culminates in a whirlwind of action, lines, situations and climaxes in 'the closing scenes. Nor is the public, so 'it -is said, likely to suffer an attack of "that tired feeling" by-becoming acquainted with Sheriff Blake, Judge York Driscoll, iRow^na, 'Roxy, Aunt (Faitsy and (the score

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Through 'having on certain information there as In Pittsburg, they have as yet made no move of any moment. How successful they will be 4s a matter for the future. The men have advanced so far that it will be a struggle before they give up, if they do it at all.

The Postal Telegraph Co. has as yet made no move to the matter. Heretofore the men have understood that the company has had no objection to them organizing, but what they will dO now is a conjecture. The organization that Is now going on principally includes the commercial operators. They are to have a separate -division of their own after they are once established and will elect their own head officers and act in conjunction with the other divisions. The railway operators, who are already well organized, aye in the division with other ailxoad men, constituting the A. R. U. proper. Life, and disability insurance and other beneficial features are to form a part of their system. "The last great movement on the part of the telegraph operators was in 1883. They were the members of the K. of L. They had been hastily gathered together and were not in the best condition for a sir-ike. One day the words "Grant is dead" flashed over the wires of the country. Every one of the faithful on hearing this signal, dropped his pen, deserted his key and walked out. Business was paralyzed. Companies were days and weeks behind in their business. Special trains were put on the railroads to carry telegrams. But In the end the men lost. They fell back into line and pounded the keys as of yore Now comes the first greaf move nce •then for an organization, and the men say it has come to stay. The end is net yet."

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fashioned Missouri' folks that Mark Twain Introduces from 'Dawson's Landing. At least the play has met with the most flattering receptions during extended runs in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Brooklyn and Boston. Sale of seajts will begin at Buntin's drug store tomorrow (Wednesday) morning.

Next 'Week, beginning iMonday, every night and Saturday matineee, Miss Ida VanCortlanid and company will be the attraction at the opera house, presenting a repertoire of plays at popular prices.

Important to Americans seeking Eng. tish capital for new enterprises. A list containing the names and addresses ho have placed over £100,000,000 in foreign investments within the last six years, and over £17,000,000 for the seven months of 1895. Price £5 or 525, payable by postal order to the London and Universal Bureau of Investors, 20 Cheapside, London, E. C. Subscribers will be entitled, by arrangement with the directors to receive either personal or letters of introduction to any of these promoters.

This list is first-class In every respect and every man or Arm's name that appears therein may be depended upon." For placing the following it will be found Invaluable—bonds or shares of industrial, commercial and financial concerns, mortgages loans, sale of lands, patents or mines. ©fr Edward C. Ross,

Hon. Walter C. Pepys, Capt. Arthur Stiffe,

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DOINGS OF THE HOUSE

SUSPENSION DAT BK8CLT8 IN SEVERAL BILLS BEING PASSED.

Oklahoma Homestead Bill Amended and Passed Without Division—Supreme Court Bill Defeated.

Washington, March 16.—This was suspension day to the house and several bills were passed., The.most.ifj^portant was the OklahomaJiomestead biil.whiolj relieves homesteaders In Oklahoma oi the payment of the purchase price ct their homesteads.

Being the third Monday of the mor.ta this was suspencion day according to the rules of the house and a number of •bills were passed, among which was one granting the C., B. & Q„ company, as lessee of the Atchison & Nebraska, railway, right of way through the Saa and Fox Indian reservation.

Unanimous consent was granted at the request of Chairman Hitt, of the committee on foreign affairs, to tale up the resolutions censuring Ambassador Bayard for his speech at Boston, England, and at Edingburgh, on Wednesday at 1:30 p. m.

A resolution was adopted directing the secretary of war to submit p!ar.s and estimates for the improvement 4E1 Fairport Harbor, Ohio.

The rules were then suspended for the immediate consideration of the Oklahoma homestead bill.

The bill provided that all actual and bona fide settlers in the public lands iaa Oklahomia shkyuld acquire patent after five years' residence upon the payment of the customary fees without the'payment of the price .per acre required by existing laws. The secretary of the interior reported against the bill and stated that the loss to the United Stat&S would exceed $15,000,000. (Mr. Culberson of Texas offered the following amendment, which was accepted: 'That the public land laws of the United States are hereby suspended until further legislation by congress in so far as they may effect the territory hitherto known as Greer county, Texas."

This amendment was the outcome of the decision of the Supreme Court today that Greer county, Texas, belonged to the public domain and therefore to .Oklahoma and not to Texas, and its design was to prevent squatters from rushing Into that county and entering lands under regular land laws to the injury of bona fide residents who had purchased their lands on the supposition that they belonged to the state of Texas until congress should have an opportunity to consider legislation to meet the unexpected condition resulting from 'th 3 decision.

The bill was passed without division. A bill prescribing punishment for mutilating coins and for altering and passing mutilated or lightened coins was passed.

A bill to withdraw from the United States Supreme Court jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital and conferring jurisdiction of Circuit Courts of Appeals was defeated.

At 4:15 the house adjourned.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

Report Requested by Congress From the Commission. Washington, (March 16.—The vice president today laid before the senate a reply of the interstate commerce commission to a resolution of tihe -body asking information concerning the customs, rules, regulations and agreements and charges of certain railroad companies. First, the commission reports there is .no agreement,,or regulation in writing other than the regularly established tariffs rate sheets between the railroad companies whose lines extend to or through Missouri river points as to what rates shall be maintained to and from such points. Companies carrying 'from points east thereof use 'the Missouri river as a basing line end maintain the same rate to all Missouri points. The rates tfrom Chicago and, points east of the Missouri river to points west in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado are made, as a rifle, by combination of the rates east and west of the river that is, toy adding to the rat* east of the river, the local rate between' the river and the point of destination] west. To this .rule of constructing rate# to points west of the river there are,] however, exceptional. In proportion to distances the rates and charges are higher west than east of the Missouri! river. In answer to an inquiry pro-j pounded by the resolution the commis-. sion submits a statement of facts ia^j connection! "with advances and re3uctlons Ori grain, and flour from Kansas, and southwestern points to points InN Texas in October last, and the subse-, quent restoration of those rates on January 20th. The resru'lt of the restoration^ •was to considerably .increase the rate# on flour and grain from parts of the grain producing region of Kansas, Missouri Indian, Territory and Oklahoma as compared with the rates reduced, and in force after October 3, J895.. Whether the rates advanced on January 20th are reasonable or not and in violation of the Interstate commerce daw is Involved in several proceeding® ipeadiing before the commission. The commission is of the opinion that there is additional legislation required to better protect the public interests, Any evils resulting from the use of the Missouri river as abasing line will be remedied by amending the law so a? to provide for a thorough, -routing ana through billing from the point of ship« ment to the point of destination al throught rates.

Three Xew Dry liocks."

Washington, March

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dry dodks to -be built at Algiers La,, Mare Island, Cal., and Portsmouth, will .be provided for in the naval appropriation bill, In accordance with a vote taken by the house committee today.

The cost of the Algiers dock Js ggted to $800,000, -the two othens Tomorrow -the committee wilj +he question of the i»c ease of

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