They declare the league is unalterably op
posed to the further Issue of interest-bearing
bondii; that before casting their votes for
congressmen the members of the league will
require assurances of adherence to the free
coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, and a
pledge that If a bill providing for such coin
age is parsed by Congress and vetoed by the
President, they will work and vote to pass
the bill over the President’s veto: that if the
election of President Is thrown Into the
House they will vote only for the person In
favor of free coinage; denounce the present
system of national banks as the monumental
monopoly of the nineteenth century; recom
mends the enactment of a system of currency
that will ensure a per capita circulation of
M) to be made up by the free coinage of sli
ver and gold at 16 to 1. and the Issue of the
treasury notes; assert the discontinuance of
the issuance of the silver money and the re
pletion of the treasury by bond Issues is bur
densome on the masses; declare that It Is the
duly of the ttcrctary of the treasury to coin
the bullion now In the treasury, and to pay
interest on the public debt with sliver, and
demand the Issue of $150,000,000 of non-intcr
c-t bearing notes of small denominations.
Coke Strikers Killed.
Another terrible fight took place between
coke strikers and deputies near Uniontown
Pennsylvania, on the 24th. Four strikers
were killed and double that number badly
wounded, some of them mortally.
Shortly before midnight 2,000 strikers as
sembled at the Stickle Hollow plants, coming
from Lucyvllle, Fayette, Freeport, Allenport
and many other points on the Monongahela
river. Some of them were armed, but the
majority were not.
