A GREAT DISASTER A Block of Buildings Wrecked by an Explosion. many Persona Were Killed and a Lur£« Number Injured Huiua Caught I'ire—A Frightful Arcldrul ill Phil adelphia. Philadelphia, Aug 1 . 6.—A terrific ex plosion in a block on Locust street last night, completely wreckeil five of the structures and caused the death of from ten to 20 or more persons. Over a score of others were more or less seriously injured. Some of those taken to the hospital will die. It is estimated that at least 35 persons were in the five buildings when the explosion occurred, . The building's were occupied as fol lows: 1010 Locust street, Morris Rosen thal, second hand clothing store, oc cupied by Rosenthal, his wife and five •children. 1012, William Jones' colored restau rant, occupied by Jones and about 13 boarders. 1014, George McClemmy's grocery store, occupied by McClemmy, clerk and servant girl. 101G, Patrick Quiglcy's grocery store, occupied by Quigiey, his wife, three children and his uncle. 1018, Albert Mountain's grocery and meat store, occupied by Mountain, mother, sister and clerk. The explosion occurred at 9:.'0 o'clock. What exploded or what happened is not known, but it is be lieved to have been a barrel of gaso line With the exception of Xo. 1008, the front walls of the buildings were blown out into the street. Almost every building- in a radius of two blocks about tue scene of the explo sion had window panes shattered and were otherwise damaged. Every building on the opposite side of Lo cust street was more or less wrecked, but note of them fell. A terrible cry went up from the ruins the moment the explosion took place. Women and children, occu pants of the wrecked houses, could be seen crawling - from the debris, while the agonizing cries of others were heard in the wreckage. From all the surrounding buildings injured people came running and fell uncon scious in the street. To add to the horror, fire broke out in the debris the moment it settled to the ground and in less than five minutes the great pile was burning fiercely from end to end. A general -tilarm was turned in for fire appa ratus and ambulances, and in the meantime the work of rescue was voluntarily began by those in the neighborhood that were not. injured. Here and there a person was dragged from the ruins before the firemen could reach the victim, several lives being saved by this prompt work. When the firemen reached the scene the flames had made great head way and were igniting the buildings across the street. The fire, however, was soon under control and with the •exception of a small blaze here and there the fire was extinguished in a few minutes. The work of digging away the ruins was then begun in earnest. Xear the edge of the debris several colored men were taken out and sent to the hospital. While the firemen were digging into the debris and hauling away timbers in several sections of the wreckage, cries were heard com ing from the cellar of Mountain's grocery store. Fifty men. with rope and tackle were immediately put to work at that point and pulled away the roofing and flooring, which had fallen into a heap. From the bot tom of the pit were taken a man and a woman. The man was able to speak, but the woman was apparently dead. While the work oi rescue was going on in the exploded block, hospital at tendants and others made a search of all the damaged houses on the oppo site side of the street and alftiost a score of persons were taken to hos pitals from these places. The .leiVerson and Pennsylvania hospitals, which are located nearest to the scene of the explosion, were soon crowded with the injured. The buildings containing the pool rooms, clothing store and the restau rant were three-story brick struc tures, while the oilier three buildings were two and one-half stories. At 1:30 a. m.the * nly known deaths are those at the hospitals, that of an unknown colored woman and a 2- year-old colored child. At the Penn sylvania hospital live of the patients will die. These are two colored wo men, one colored man and two col ored children. They are so badly injured and undergoing such severe (suffering that their names could not ■be obtained. Others at the various hospitals will also die. Among these are Samuel Gale, aged 40 (white) and his daughter Florence Gale, aged 20. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. —Seven dead, three or four probably fatally in jured and more than 00 other per sons hurtNinore or less seriously, is the latest revised record of Monday night's exnlosion in the block of buildings rin Locust street in this city. Philadelphia, Aug. 8. —Another body -was found yesterday in the ruins of Monday night's explosion on Locust ■street, making a total of eight fatali ties as a result of the disaster. The last body found was that of an un known negro. It is believed this is the last of the victims. lCmpress I'ri'dcriek Die*. Berlin, Aug. 0. —Empress Frederick died at ('1:1.") p. in. Monday, at Cron berg. The death of the dowager em press was somewhat sudden. At 4 o'clock her physicians reported nc •change in her condition. Emperor William and the other children were in the sick room when she died. The papers a-sert that the dowager em press long ago adopted her husband's motto, "Learn to sulfer without com plaining." She recently ordered that the public should be excluded from the grounds of Frederichshof, saying: "The world shall not learn what 1 am .suffering."' BURNED AT THE STAKE. Citizen* of un Alabama Town Tortnrt and Hill a Neuro Haplat. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. B.—With agonizing screams aud his eyes bulg ing from his head, John Wesley Pen nington, a negro, was on Wednesday burned at the stake near Enterprise, Ala., before a crowd of 500 enraged citizens of Coffee county. The mob was composed of both whites and blacks, and though the suffering man pleaded for mercy and frantically en deavored to break the chains that tightly bound hiin, not a trace of sympathy was sho\tn on the faces that peered at him through the flames. Pennington had committed a brutal assault upon Mrs. J. C. Davis, wife of one of the most promi nent farmers of Coffee county, and had confessed his guilt. The crime was committed Tuesday Afternoon, while Mrs. Davis was gathering vegetables in her garden. Pennington choked the woman into insensibility, accomplished his inten tion and fled through the woods near by. As soon as she regained her senses, Mrs. Davis crawled to the house and told her husband what had happened. A large posse was quick ly organized with bloodhounds and they chased the negro until early Wednesday morning, when he was captured in a swamp, lie was bound hand and foot and taken to the Davis home for identification. News of the assault on Mrs. Davis had spread for miles around Enter prise and every farmer in the neigh borhood had joined in the pursuit. When the posse arrived with Pen nington at least .100 persoiw Were gathered near the Davis residence. A great shout went up when the pris oner appeared, but at a signal the men withdrew to the woods and quiet ly awaited the result of the meeting of Pennington ami Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis recognized him as her assailant, and the negro broke down and wept. He admitted having com mitted the assault and pleaded for mercy, but he was dragged from the house to the woods where the crowd had gathered. Evidently expecting the confession, several citizens had already driven an iron pipe in - the ground, and as the captors ap proached with Pennington, both whites and blacks were piling brush wood around the stake. The negro saw his doom and with a scream of terror fell in a faint. He was quickly revived and dragged to the stake, while the crowd stood silently by. The frightened man was limp and had to be held up while •the chains were fastened around hi>< neck and body. A match was applied to the pile and with oil to feed upon, the tiny flame burst into a roaring fire. The terrified negro again plead ed for mercy in the most agonizing terms, and prayed to God that those around him might perish. He then called upon God for forgiveness, and as the flames leaped up and encircled his neck, an unearthly shriek was heard and the man's eyes almost bulged out of their sockets. By this time the fire had gained such headway that nothing could be seen except a wriggling motion in the circle of fire. A silence followed and in a few minutes the flames had suf ficiently subsided to show that Pen nington's head had fallen forward and hung limp over the iron chain. Ifis body was quickly consumed and nothing remained but a pile of ashes. THOUSANDS DROWNED. Overllow ol'tlie I'nng-Tae ISlver Causes the Ilea 111 of Many Chinese. Victoria, 15. C., Aug. B.—Great floods Caused by the overflowing of the Yang-Tse have caused the death of many thousands in China. The river has risen 40 feet and for hun dreds of miles the country is a great lake, with only the tops of trees and an occasional roof showing. At Nan kin the town is flooded, some of the houses to their roofs. At Iviu Kiang the native town is flooded and two feet of water stands in the foreign settlements. Lower down the river the destruction was greater and boat men estimate that 20,000 were drowned in the district. {'hong Teh was wiped away by floods and 10,000 people drowned there and many other points have been inundated, involving awful loss of life and great destruction to prop erty. It was feared an embankment built near Wll Chang would break and cause the drowning of hundreds of thousands. Narrowly Kseapcd Imprisonment. Topeka, Kan., Aug. B.—Thomas Ad erhold reached his home here yester day direct from the Transvaal, where for IS months he ministered to the sick and wounded Boers as a lied Cross surgeon. Mr. Aderhold says the Boers are as far from defeat now, apparently, as a year ago, and that they are confident of winning. His return is due to being captured by the Mritish and being sent from the country. The English were very bit ter at tnose aiding the Boers, and only by persistent efforts of the American consul was Mr. Aderhold permitted to escape a term at St. Helena. A Desperate Klglit nitb NejrnM. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 8. —After a •hand-to-hand struggle with the police Tuesday night a negro, giving the name of Mike Washington, was cap tured. His brother, George Wash ington, was killed. Second Lieut. Dunn was mortally wounded and First Lieut. MeManus injured in the dght. Cloudl>ur«t <'au«ci« Two Death*. Salt Lake, Aug. 8. —Cloudbursts and heavy rains in various parts of Utah Tuesday night caused the loss of two lives and resulted in considerable damage to railroad and other proper ty. At Winter Quarters, where the mines of the Pleasant Valley Coal (,'O. are located, a flood caused by a cloud burst swept away the home of Matt Korbillo. Korbillo, his wife and child were swept away by the torrent, the father and child being drowned, while the mother was rescued only with great difficulty. She was terribly bruised and received injuries that [ may prove fatal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1901. IOWA REPUBLICANS. They Nonnuate A. 11. Cummin* aa Their 4'andldate lor (Governor. Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 8. —The ticket: Governor—A. K. Cummins, of Dc 3 Moines. Lieutenant Governor- —John Ilerri ott, of Stuart. Judge of the Supreme Court—S. M. Weaver, of lowa Falls. Railroad Commissioner—E. C. Hrown, of Sheldon. Superintendent of Public Instruction ■ —R. ('. Barrett, of Osage. With the above ticket the republi cans of lowa will go into the next state campaign. Cummins swept the board. He and his followers took everything that they went for, and from the first rap of the gavel to putting out the lights, there was no time when they did not have the situation well in hand. They had a hard fight before the commit tee on credentials, in the effort to save the delegations of Jackson and Carroll counties, and came from the commit tee room beaten men. They expected to have six out of 11 mem bers of the committee, but the vote in the committee went against them in both cases by a vote of five to six. This defeat was of no consequence, however, as they had the strength on the floor of the convention to seat their men whenever the question came up. They won their fight on the first ballot taken in the conven tion and from that time to the finish there never was the slightest doubt of the ultimate result. A WORLD-WIDE COMBINE. Window <>la«* .Tlanul'act u rer* are Said to Plan a <;i£aiillc IndiiHtrlal TriiMt. Pittsburg, Aug. 8. —The Times says: Another vast industrial combination, one of the greatest that has ever been planned, is evidently under way and two prominent Pittsburgers arc tak ing the leading part in the consum mation of the project that has for its object the placing in the power of one corporation the control of the world's supply of window glass. The proposed combination is to take in all of the window glass manu facturers of the world, and if effected the business will be conducted from Pittsburg, as the nucleus of the or ganization is the American Window Glass Co., of this city. This company practically controls the window glass business of the United States and the only factories in Europe that amount to anything are in Belgium. A combination of these, judging from the information from Brussels, is now under way as one of the men is accreditted with being one of Pittsburg's leading financiers, one who has participated successfully in previous deals of a like nature, it is safe to assume that the present one will be consummated. The Pittsburgers who are conduct ing the negotiations are President James A. Chambers and Vice Presi dent M. C. MeMullin, of the American Window Class Co. They left this city for Europe about ten days ago. A COLORADO JUDGE. Ill* Decl*lou that Allen* Cannot Sue lor Damage* I* Said to Violate Our Treaty with Italy. Denver, Col., Aug. B.—lnternational complications have arisen between the United States and Italy, on ac count of the decision of a court that a non-resident alien is not entitled 1o sue for damages in the courts of Col orado. Several months ago Feniee Ferra rao, an Italian woman living in Italy, brought suit for $.">,000 damages against the Auric Mining Co. in the courts of Hinsdale county for the violent death of her husband in the Ute and Uray mine. The suit was transferred to the court of Pueblo county, and there the decision was rendered that a non-resi dent alien had no right to sue for damages in the state. Mrs. Fcrrerao took the matter to the Italian consul, Joseph Cuneo. "1 will act without delay," said Dr. Cuneo. "I am now preparing my re port, which will be sent to the pleni potentiary at Washington. He will bring the case at once before the fed eral government and I am satisfied we will have immediate redress. A decision such as was rendered in this ease is in direct violation of the treaty of 1871, made with my coun try." WILL NOT ARBITRATE. k Steamboat Company IICI'IINI'* a lte> ■IIICMt .Hade In Hcliall ol Striker*. Ogdensburg, N. Y., Aug. B.—Efforts are being made to have the Rutland Transit Co. submit its differences with the longshoremen to arbitra tion, but the company says it has nothing to arbitrate. Non-union men goiii g to work yesterday were at tacked, one being severely injured. The hotels are closed against them and the company has established a boarding house for them. The Rutland railroad, the Ogdens burg & Lake Champlain railroad and th<- Rutland Transit Co. united in a request to the city council for the protection of the police. The coun cil refused police protection, but or dered the police to exercise vigilance in maintaining order in quarters li able to disturbance. Steamers aro running nearly on schedule time, the unloading at the elevator being done by four men operating the new shoveling machine. Warrants have been issued for th/- arrest of several strikers on charges of intimidation and assault. The ICud 1* Not Yet. Yokohama, Aug. 8. —The report from China that the court will delay its return to Pekin until all Russian demands are definitely disposed of excites no surprise here. Few of the Japanese, knowing so well the pride oi the Chinese and the Manchuria government, have any idea that the court will ever return to the former capital, to be dominated by foreign troops and a foreign fortress close to the palace srates. In this opinion foreigners of long residence in China generally coincide, and it is recog nized that the end of the Chine»« trouble is not yet. MAC ARTHUR'S REPORT. Trlli) of Protr«M made by Ameri can* In the Philippine*. Washington, Aug. 9. —In«his annual report (ien. Mac Arthurs says the cap ture of Aguinaldo may be regarded an the most momentous single event of the year. Speaking of Aguinaldo, he says that the important immediate results and the remote consequences make it the important event which he character izes it. He calls it a unique, isolated military transaction. The capture dispelled the growing tendency to idealize Aguinaldo's personality, and to surround him with mythical leg ends of invincibility, which millions of natives believe to be true, and which ultamately would success for the re bellion. Aguiuaido was the incar nation of the insurrection. His death would have magnified th£ le gends of invincibility, which millions of natives believed to be true, and which ultimately would insure success for the rebellion. Aguinaldo was the incarnation of the insurrection. "His death would have magnified the legends which surrounded him, while his capture dispelled a great deal of the fictitious value he had. After discussing the various con tentions regarding the friars, Gen. MacArtluir says: "Properly speaking, and in broad scope, there is no church question in the Philippines. Under conservative procedure and if no extra-constitu tional methods are invoked there is nothing to cause any considerable public concern." (len. Mac Arthur says the Filipino will work when properly paid, and the Chinese are not necessary as la borers, as has been claimed. • Under normal conditions, he says, American trade will increase with the growth of American ideas and intel ligence throughout the archipelago. Speaking of the conditions in the Orient, (Jon. MaeArthur says:"The power that holds these is lands must of necessity exert an active and po tential influence upon the affairs of Asia." Col. (Jroesbeck says that since Sep tember 1, 1900, 79 natives have paid, with the death penalty, the debt of murder, assassination and treachery, while 89 others sentenced for similar offences are now serving terms of life imprisonment. Col. Woodruff, of the commissary department, reports that his division has supplied nearly 100,000 persons with food. He says that the present army ration is about perfect for serv ice in the tropics. Col. Woodruff discusses the charges of commissary frauds in the Philippines and refers to the action taken in the conviction of the two officers and three commis sary sergeants'. Major Sweet, reporting from the third district of (ien. Kobbe's depart ment, says that slavery, although not recognize ! by the United States, is still a fact and a constant source of trouble. He adds that thousands of Moros are held as slaves, who are by right free people. A FORTUNE AWAITS HIM. Nicphew of a Unroll ■* Said to be Hn* titled to 92.000,000 Mow In the United State* Trcau*ury. Washington, Aug. 9.—A fortune of $2,000,000 now in the United States treasury awaits a young Pole named Dembitsky provided he can trace his relationship to Karon Ludwig Napo leon Dembitsky, who fought in the Union army and died on the battle field during the civil war. An attor ney of this city has been retained by tne young man, who is now living in Ttussia. The .attorney, who has been in conference with Secretary (Jage, said yesterday: "The record of the government's in debtedness to the original Dembitsky has been found. Karon Dembitsky, according to the story furnished to several of the newspapers here, left Poland in 18611 because of political troubles and came to this country. He had $400,000 in American money, the proceeds of the sale of his estates. This he deposited with the federal government at Washington and went into the army. He was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. In 1897 his grandson in Russia received a com munication from Joseph Howies, con sul of the United States at Warsaw, Russia, informing him of the money left by the old soldier in the govern ment's care and asking for proof of relationship. The sum, with com pound interest now amounts to more than $2,000,000." Considerable difficulty was encoun tered in establishing the relationship because records in churches and court houses in Poland were destroyed by •fire by Kussian troops. <>■ A. 11. ICncampment Decoration*. Cleveland, Aug. 9.—The night deco rations at the national encampment of the Grand Army will be centered at the public square. The square is divided by Superior and Ontario streets into four sections, which are divided by two diagonal walks ter minating at the corners of the sec tion. On either side of every entrance will be placed a white double column 2(> feet high, making 32 double col umns in all. Between these on the sides of the section will be inter spersed two single columns to every side. All of these columns will be connected at the tops by festoons of electric lights. A cable will be stretched across the intersection of Superior and Ontario streets 70 feet in tlie air, and an electric ball will be suspended from this in the exact center of the square. From this will ibe festooned electric lights. A Longer Shutdown tlian I mini. Pittsburg, Aug. 9.—The shutdown ot the window glass factories is to be extended beyond September 15, the date fixed for starting the next fire. This has been done with the consent of tin- Window Class Workers' asso ciation and thi' American Window Class Co. Roth sides desire to keep the factories until October. I.iiw»oil'* Til real. Koston, Aug. 9.—lf no yacht can be found to race against the Indepen dence by September 3, Mr. Lavvson will order her broken up as old metal. This was the order issued Thursday. LABOR TROUBLES. Uncertainty a* to Their Duration Cannes Hesitation In Trade. New York, Aug. 10.—It. (J. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: There is no complaint from any part of the country over the volume of current distribution of merchandise and what hesitation is observed in general trade is chiefly due to the uncertainty as to the duration of the labor troubles in the steel manufac ture. Collections continue good, bet ter weather has helped the agricul tural classes, money is easy and stocks of merchandise carried are not above the average for this season of the year. Relief is felt in all departments of tlie iron and steel industry, now that uncertainty is ended and the position of tho contestants made clear. Now the issue must be determined perma nently, and a settled condition will greatly facilitate operations. Struc tural, wire and plate mills are not af fected, and the production of rails will not be materially curtailed. A healthy demand from domestic millers and phenomenal Atlantic ex ports give strength to prices of wheat. As the season advances it becomes more apparent that foreign crop losses will necessitate unprece dented shipments from the United States. Eastern shoe manufacturers find conditions more encouraging. Pros pects improve in the market for woolen goods. Failures for the week were 173 in tne United States, against 177 last •year, and 31 in Canada, against 23 last year. CRUISER IN BAD SHAPE. The Columbia Leak* and I* Filthy and Altogether I n»ea worthy. New York, Aug. 10.—A board of in spection consisting of Rear Admiral Evans, Naval Constructor Woodward, Captain t'olger and Lieut. Kodgers went to the navy yard Friuay for the purpose of examining the collier Kru tus and the cruiser Columbia. The navy yard board of survey went aboard the Columbia on Wed nesday and Admiral Barker's report was forwarded to the department at Washington on Thursday. It was said that this report fully confirmed the statements that had been made regarding the filthy condition of the Columbia, and it was owing to this report that the board of inspection was ordered to look into the mat ter. An officer of the navy yard said yesterday that if the Columbia had lain at League island much longer he believes she would have sunk at her moorings. He continued: "I am surprised that the Columbia reached here without more difficulty than she encountered. There is not a pump on the vessel that will work, for the corrosion and rust that cov ers everything. It is only by the use of hand pumps that we can keep her from settling in the water. Until the pumps have been taken apart and cleaned they are useless and we shall have to keep her free from water by the use of hand pumps. If she was without care at the League island navy yard, and she evidently was, T am surprised that she did not sink at the wharf." BIG RAILWAY DEALS. The liverctt-."»loore Syndicate lluy* All the Toledo Street Hallway*. Toledo, Aug. 10.—The property of the Toledo Traction Co. was yester day transferred to the Toledo Kail ways and Light Co., a part of the Everett-Moore syndicate, and the money consideration in the deal will be turned over to-day. The consid eration was $9,000,000. It was an nounced that $1,000,000 would be ex pended on the improvement of the property. E. W. Moore, of the Everett-Moore syndicate, announced yesterday that the deal for the purchase of the To ledo, Fremont & Norwalk road by the Everett-Moore syndicate had been concluded and that the money for the property had been turned over. He declined to state the price. It was rumored yesterday that the Widener-Elkins syndicate, of Philadel phia, and the Everett-Moore syndicate were to consolidate their interests. When asked about the matter Mr. E. W. Moore, of the Everett-Moore syn dicate, said: "We shall remain in control of the lines we have recently acquired, including about 1,300 miles of track." Death of (ien. Page. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 10.—(Jen. Richard L. Page, of this city, died at Klue Ridge Summit, Pa., last night in the 94th year of his age. He became a midshipman in the navy in 1824. In 1801 he resigned his commission as commander in the United States navy and joined the Confederate service. He was commissioned brigadier gen eral in 1863. He commanded the outer defenses of Mobile bay at Fort Morgan and with 400 men held Farragut's fleet at bay for two weeks. (Jen. Page was a brother-in law of "Light Horse" Harry Lee, the father of Robert E. Lee. .flail Itobber Arrc*tcd. Springfield, 111.. Aug. 10. —Herbert Henry, a paroled convict from the state reformatory at Pontiae, was arrested at (Jirard yesterday, charged with robbing the mails. Local ofli cers at (Jirard, it is alleged, saw Henry nutting mail in his pockets and promptly arrested him, several let ters being found on his person, in cluding a decoy letter. Export Iron Trade Kevivc*. Kiriningham, Ala., Aug. 10.—The first indication of the revival of the export, iron trade, which has been dormant for six months, was made known Friday when a firm of iron brokers booked an order for a good lot of pig iron for European points. Will be Loaded with Jewel*. Cincinnati, Aug. 10.—The queen of the fall festival in this city in 'Sep tember will lie Mrs. W. X. Cox, of striking beauty and commanding fig ure She will preside over the jewel ers' float and will wear jewels valued at $400,000. MEJipiffl. Very Important Develop ments Therein. HE PLEDGES SUPPORT. Gonipors Says the Federation of Labor Will Aid Strikers. WILL TEAR DOWN MILLS. I'lilted State* Steel Corporation Orders the DeWeene Wood Steel Plant at ItlcKee«|>ort to be IM»mautled and. Ileiuoved to Another Locality. Pittsburg', Aug. 10.—There were im portant developments in the strike situation Friday. The United States Steel Corporation moved decisively with an order directing that the great jjeWeese Wood plant at McKeespart be dismantled and removed to the Kiskimenetas valley. President Gum pers, yt' tlie American Federation of Labor, after a two days' conference with President Shaffer issued a for mal statement specifically pledging the federation's moral and financial support to tiie Amalgamated. Hi* written review of the events leading up to the industrial quarrel sustains the course of the Amalgamated asso ciation and declares that nothing re mains for labor but to battle for the cause of unionism. President (iompers woidd not say what the Federation of Labor pro posed to do. It is presumed, howev er, that all of the federation men en gaged in the iron and steel trades will be called out with the Amalga mated men. Mr. (Jompers and Secre tary Morrison left for Washington last night. The presentation oft.heir statement cheered the strikers. One estimate prepared here says that 45,000 men are now idle under the first strike call, and that the gen eral call will increase the number to 125,000. The publication of the order to dis mantle the DeWeese Wood mill was a surprise and McKeesport re ceived it at first with doubt. Actual preparations were made later in the day for the dismantling of the mill and there is little room for doubt that it will be torn down and taken apart, piece by piece. The strikers heard the order in a spirit of denance. They said that it showed that the steel cor poration was convinced that it could not reopen the mill in the face of the opposition of the Amalgamated. The strike leaders here said that the move was a bluff that had been worked un successfully before and declined to take it seriously. It is also said that the plant of the National Tube Co. at McKeesport will be abandoned and the old Carnegie plan for a tube plant at Conneaut, 0.. revived. The National Tube Co. had in contemplation improvements at McKeesport of an extensive nature, but it is now said that, owing to their disappointment at the fact that their men have been draw into the Amalgamated dispute and the policy of the people at McKeesport, they are seriously considering a plan to remove. The DeWeese Wood plant Was founded about 40 years a»o, and is. one of the best known works in Penn sylvania. Its yards and buildings cover between 12 and 14 acres; it has employed 1.200 men at its busiest times. and its cost is placed at $5,000,- 000 by officials of the steel corpora tion. McKeesport, Pa., Aug. 10.—The passing of the old DeWeese Wood mill begins to-day when the orders issued by the American Sheet Steel Co. will be carried out. It is a blow struck at the vitals of the Amalgamated and the dismay carried into the hearts of the striking employes at the mill was visible all over the city last night. The business men of the city say the loss will be something which cannot be replaced. Many of the company officials here are inclined to blame Mayor Black's utterances for the move made by the head of the combine. The mayor's proclamation, they say, was so misconstrued throughout the country that it has done the town an almost irreparable injury in the eyes of capitalists who do not know the actual conditions. Chicago, Aug. 10.—Union steel workers in South Chicago last night voted to donate 5 per cent, of their wages to the strikers as long as the strike may last. Whether they will strike in obedience to the Amalga mated association order will be de cided Sunday. murdered and l(obbed< Austin, Tex., Aug. 10. —A special from (iomez, state of Durango. Mex ico, says that Mrs. Mary Contiffe, an American lady and wife of George P. Contiffe, superintendent of the Prince Torres cotton mills, was murdered there Thursday. She was found dead in her dining room by Mr. Contiffe. Death was caused by strangulation and criminal assault had been com mitted. Officers have been at work on the case and have under arrest three persons, one of whom sold to a dealer a cloak that was stolen from, the Contiffee house. Ilavld Nation Want* a Divorce. Medicine Lodgr, Kan., Aug. 10.— David Nation, through his attorney, has brought suit for a divorce .from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, the tem perance crusader. The petitioner, who is now visiting in Iberia, ()., al leges that his wife held him up ti> public ridicule, neglected her family duties and abandoned his home. MIIINOII Defeat* .TlclCacliern, Washington, Aug. 10.—About 1,500 people last night saw Will Stin ison, of Cambridge, Mass., win the 20- inile motor paced race from Archie MeEachem, at the Coliseum. 3
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