THE FOURTH TIME. Shatter Re-Elected President ol Amalgamated Association. Other Officer* IClM'led Salaries ol Officer* Increased--Headquarter* Will Still He In l'lttwbiirK-- Other Work That Wa* Done by Convention. Wheeling, W. Va.. May 2.—A1l that now remains to be done by the Amal gamated association is the election of vice president, the appointment of the conference committee and the selec tion of the next conventioiy city. The election, which resulted in a decisive victory for all the present officers, was the principal business yesterday. As forecasted by the Associated Press, the opposition to President •Shaffer centered their hopes in Thomas Williams, of Zanesville, ()., who was the only opposing candidate. The name of Assistant Secretary M. P. Tighe was not presented. Shaffer was triumphantly elected, receiving US votes to Williams' 56. When the result was announced the executive received a great, ovation. It is his fourth term. Secretary John Williams and Edi tor Ben I. Davis, of the Amalgamated Journal, were re-elected to their re spective positions without opposition. I'lie most interesting contest was that over the position of M. F. Tighe. Tighe was re-elected by a hand some majority. Nearly a dozen candidates were put up for trustees. Two ballots were necessary, resulting in the re-election of John E. Taylor and Elias Jenkins. The third trustee is John (!. Hagen, of l'iqua, 0., who succeeds John Hidd. The reports of the committee on good of the order contained many important suggestions which created much discussion. One of the most interesting things transacted was the increase in salaries of 20 per cent, of the president, secretary, editor of the Journal and assistant secretary. The socialists, who have been try ing to remove the bar against dis cussion of political ami economic questions in the lodges, gained a par tial victory. Wheeling, W. Va., May n.—The Amalgamated convention came to an end yesterday, after electing its vice presidents and choosing Columbus as the next convention city. President Shaffer, Secretary Williams and,l. I'. Sheridan, of Cleveland, were elected delegates to the American Federation conference. A brief summary of what was done .he three preceding days is as follows! On Monday the entire scale as re ported by the wage committee was ratified with a few "slight altera tions." Tuesday the convention indorsed President's Shaffer's annual report. 'Wednesday it was decided to in crease the defense fund for carrying on strikes. CLUB WOMEN. i'lie Opening of the Convention \m* a Brilliant Atl'dlr. Los Angeles, Cal., May 2. —The for mal opening of the Club Women's convention yesterday afternoon was markedly brilliant. Hundreds of dele gates and visitors packed the Simp son auditorium to the roof. The in terior was embellished with 50,000 calla lilies, and representative Ameri can women sat on the platform, while the usual happy greetings were exchanged between hostesses and guests. The official reception, which closed the day, ca*ue off in the evening un der the auspices of the Friday Morn ing club at the Women's clubhouse. I.os Angeles, Cal., May I!. Probably the most interesting report of the session of Women's clubs yesterday was that of Mrs. George Ivendriek, corresponding secretary. Since the last biennial, she said, 225 clubs, three state federations, Louisiana, Arizona and Oregon, and three dis trict federations have been admitted, making a total membership in the general federation of 7<>:» individual clubs, aggregating 72,500 members, four district individual clubs, aggre gating 72,500 members, four district federations of 4,000 members, and !!) state federations, 375 clubs, and a total membership of 211,703. The question was raised as to the num ber of clubs that had withdrawn and the answer was that while ten had withdrawn, only two took this action on account of the color question. TORNADO IN IOWA. IClevator* anil Honors Itemtroyed One flan m**fii|r ami Several Injured. Des Moines, la.. May 2.—A tornado struck Bayard, la., early last night. Two elevators, the Chicago, Milwau kee &■ St. Paul railroad station and a number of dwelling houses were de stroyed. The agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad is miss ing and is supposed to have been killed or injured. Telegraphic com munication with Bayard was para lyzed by the storm. Details of the disaster are difficult to obtain. At Van Wert a funnel-shaped cloud dropped down on the town. The high wind blew down houses and barns and uprooted large trees. Several people were reported injured. At Weldon, a farm house was blown down and three children were in jured. The tornado was seen from the town of Leroy, but that town was not in its path. Inquiry Into Cuban Sugar. Washington, May 2.—The inquiry into the present holding of Cuban su gar and Cuban sugar lands, ordered by the senate, was begun yesterday by the sub-committee on Cuban rela tions. president Ilavemeyer, of the \meriean Sugar Refining Co., was the first witness. Replying to questions by Senator Piatt, Mr. Ilavetneyer said his company was generally known as the sugar trust and that its refineries are located as follows: Ir New Jersey, one; New York, three; 'Massachusetts, two; Philadelphia, two, anil one in New Orleans. TROUBLE IN LABOR WORLD. Mint Organized Trade* In IMtt*bur« Unit Work—Striken In Oilier Place*. Pittsburg', May 2. — Nine organized building' trades lb the Pittsburg dis trict. started the conflict Thursday morning for higher wages. Many of the employers agreed to the demands during the day and at its close there was every indication that the strug gle will be of short duration. Of the 12,000 men who were ordered out yes terday morning, probably not more than 6,000 will be idle to-day. ■Much of the building operations of the city were forced to suspend dur ing the day. while strikers' commit tees and employers were negotiating settlements. Trades involved in the wage dis|«ite are the structural iron workers, bricklayers, carpenters, elec tric. linemen, lathers, sheet metal workers, hoisting and portable en gineers. slate and tile roofers and the hod carriers. The structural iron workers came out to a man and tied up a vast amount of work. About one-third of the brick layers remained :it work, their scale having been signed by the employers. Before night, about one half of the brick contractors had signed the agreement. William J. Kclley. in charge of the carpenters' strike, said last evening that fully three-fourths of the employers had met the advance in the wage scale. Planing mill operators are standing together against the wage conces sion. Employers of about- one-third of the sheet metal workers are reported as having agreed to the advance of l!il cents per day in wages. The ad vanced scale of the engineers has been signed by four of the largest contractors, and other concerns have expressed a willingness to meet the increased wnge, but object to sign ing a scale. Employers of one-half of the slate and tile roofers have signed the scale. About one-third of the electric wiremen are reported as having gained their point. The tile setters also report success with a number of their employers. Philadelphia, May 2.- May day in labor circles was a quiet one here, differences between labor and capi tal, except in a few instances, hav ing been amicably adjusted. - Struc tural iron workers to the number of 100 quit work owing to the failure of the Pennsylvania Steel Co. and the American Bridge ('<> to sign the union agreement. There was a complete sus pension of work among the tile lay ers and tile layers' helpers. Two hundred and fifty houses out of a total of 42.j, went on strike. Reading. Pa., May 2.-—Owing to the failure <>f contractors to sign the new wage scale for a year, the planing mills of this city were idle yester day. Over 250 men went on strike. The building operations are practi cally at a standstill as a result of the strike of hod carriers. These are the only trades having difficulty over the question of wages. Most on. May 2. Strikes occurred yesterday at a number of places iti New England, attended, however, with no disturbances. Strikes in the building trades occurred in several Connecticut towns and at number of points in other states. The strikes of the American Wool en Co. weavers is extending, and some 20,000 operatives are affected. The weavers in 12 plants of the combine are out. REMY'S OPINION. I'll" Admiral Say* the Filipino* Am "Vol (a pa lite of Seil-«.ovf smaller ones were settled, but many new controversies have begun. This labor factor is the only seriously unfavor able one in the industrial situation, exerting considerable influence over the volume of transactions, and also tending to unsettle confidence. In seasonable merchandise, especially dry goods and clothing, warmer weather lias stimulated dealings, while outdoor work is prosecuted vigorously. Shipments are less de layed by traffic congestion. Consumers of finished steel pro ducts Arc compelled to place orders subject ti> the convenience of manu facturers and it is the exception when any nearby deliveries are promised. An unprecedented amount of railway work is being done while the erec tion of new buildings would be much more extensive if material were avail able. This structural work is on a recowl-breaking scale and promises relief to the situation hereafter, since many <>f the plants under con construction will add In the produc tive capacity when completed. I'ig iron has worked up to a higher point, Bessemer commanding S2O at Pitts burg 011 deliveries within si\ months, owing to the full contracts held by the furnaces. Foreign dealers have shown much wisdom by making con cessions in this market. A better volume of orders taken by New Kngland shoe shops is one of the most encouraging signs of the week. Slight concessions were made on a few grades, but the general level of quotations is fairly well at tended. Jobbers in dry goods have felt the effects of good weather and a brisk trade has been done at steady prices, although no general advance has fol lowed the rise in raw cotton or the restricted operations at woolen mills. Cereal prices have been less inflated by speculation than they were last week, yet a high level was main tained and only slight reactions oc curred. (iood foreign crop conditions were calculated to weaken the tone, yet exports of wheat from the t'nited States, flour included, amounted to 5,57'.),037 bushels against 4,132,357 a year ago. Cotton continued advancing until there was a gain of SB.IO a bale over last year's figure, when a trifling re action occurred, but the tone contin ued strong. Failures in the United States this week were 225 against 212 last week, and in Canada 17 against IS last week. PRODUCE DEALERS. They < lalm llie 111-: I'aeking ISOIIM<« Threaten Destruction ol Poultry and IC-IK fillliincftw. Kansas City, May 3.—The big pack ing houses have made such inroads into the business of packing and shipping eggs anil poultry for con sumption in eastern markets that the business of the small shippers in this part of the west is threatened with destruction, according to members of the Produce Dealers' association of Kansas and Oklahoma, which met here Friday to consider the situation. John Stewart, of Concordia, Kan., president of the association, said: "The packers are so firmly in trenched that I do not believe we can do much to oppose them. I do not know whether the recent operations of the big dealers could be called a corner or not. However, I do know that four big firms have stored 114,- 000,000 eggs, or 400,000 eases." Among the men at the meeting it was asserted that the poultry dealers are compelled to pay higher rates than the packers for shipments of dressed poultry from here to the sea board. "The produce dealers of the west," one dealer is <|iioted as saying, "must combine against the packers, for an important industry is being ruined." TERRIFIC STORM. Wind and llnil 110 Considerable Ham uge Around I'ittMliiirg. Pittsburg, May A terrific wind, rain and hail storm struck this city last evening, doing much damage. The rain came down in torrents and the hail which followed was of suf ficient size to completely strip many trees of their foliage and ruin many flower beds. The wind blew down a house in Allegheny, burying an un known man in the ruiys. lie was res cued after hard woj-k and taken to the hospital in a badly battered con dition. The steel hull towboat Vesta, val ued at $50,000, and owned by the Vesta Coal Co., was blown over and badly wrecked in the Monongahcla river. Iler crew were all saved. The storm traveled eastward and when it reached Irwin did consider able damage. One of the workmen on the Taylor farm was blown from the barn roof and probably fatally injured. Captured a Itoer Commandant. Pretoria, May 3.—C01. Barker re ports that on April 30 lie captured Commandant Manic Botha, his adju tant. and eleven others near Frank fort, Orange River Colony. This is regarded as important, as he is (Jen. De Wet's ablest lieutenant. Will Iteoiime W illi Noil-1 "lon Urn, Philadelphia, Myy 3. The general movement among weavers and others in the textile trades in this city for higher wages resulted yesterday in one lockout, effecting altogether 2.200 persons. The weavers of John and James Dobson, carpet uianufacf urcrs, to the number of 250, were locked out because they asked for an ad vance of 15 cents. The mill was shut down, throwing out of employment 1,550 other workers. At the carpet mill of Stinson Bros., 150 men struck to have the 25 per cent, cut made hi 1894, restored. rear admiral coghlan. 111 m lirceiit Promotion nn Act of noeul l*'r ie nds ii 1 p on tlie l'art of I'reMident Hoonovelt, By the restoration of liis lost num bers, Joseph B. Coglilan, U. S. X., be came a rear admiral. This promotion, of course, means his immediate de parture from Brooklyn, where, as cap tain of the navy yard, he has been a prominent figure for nearly a year. Rear Admiral Coglilan was born at Frankfort, Ky., December 9, 1894. Three years later he removed to St. Claireounty, 111. lie attended the com mon schools at Belleville, where he received his appointment to the Cnited States naval academy, which he en tered in 1800. After his graduation in HEAR ADMIRAL J B. COGHLAN. (His L.ust Numbers Wire Restored to lliin by Presidential Order.) IS(>3 he served in various squadrons and on various stations until March, 1807, when he was ordered to com mand the Raleigh. About eight months later this i miser was sent to reen foree the Astatic squadron under Dew ey, taking ;>art, as third in rank, in the battle of Manila buy. The Ra leigh had, i i fact, the honor of firing the first girri—at a quarter past 12 in the morning—on the famous first day of May; also the last gun of the main battle of Manila bay and the last gun in the naval campaign against the Spaniards in the Philippines, August 13, IS9S. Rear Admiral Coglilan com manded the expeditions of the second and third of May, 1898, for the dest ruc tion of the batteries at the entrance of Manila bay, captured the Spanish gunboat Callao on the 12th, and on the 7tli of July commanded the expedition for the capture of the Spanish position at Jsla Grande, in Subig bay, Luzon, lie returned to the t'nited States with the Raleigh in April, 1899. A LEADING QUESTION. It Wan A*ki'il of Senator Wolcott Soon After He Had Landed ia the Woolly West. At the outset of his care«»t. C. A. Trie re is a movement in the Roman Catholic church toward the general organization of associations similar to the Y. M. C. A. This is not altogether a new movement, for Catholics have had such associations for years, which have been social, athletic and frater nal, with occasional religious ad dresses. But, says Association Men, it will not be until the young men of that church shall be moved with the same spirit and enthusiasm for the spiritual welfare of young men that the organi zation will attain the measure of suc cess and influence for good that its originators desire. No II artier Shop* Ivi India. There are no barber shops in India, but plenty of barbers. They visitlhefr customers, and do their work at ;ie homes of the latter. For daily service they receive from each patron about 75 cents n month. A single shave costs about one cent and a hair-cufting three cent*. NO SETTLEMENT. Wilier* and Operator* isain Iti-fer Their Troubles to Hie National * ivlc Federation. New York, May I.—After spending two entire days in endeavoring to ar rive at a settlement of their differ ences, the operators and representa tives of the United Mine Workers of America have again referred their troubles to the committee on concili ation of the National Civic Federa tion. When the committee will met t for the purpose of taking the matter up had not, up to a late hour last night, been definitely settled, but the probability is that the meeting will take place either Friday or Saturday of the present week, j When the committee of operators I and representatives of the union ad i journed sine die shortly after 4 | o'clock yesterday afternoon a state j men was given out which left the gen | eral public as much as sea on the j situation as before negotiations be j gun. Not a scrap of official or au j thoritative information was obtain able to show what progress, if any, had been ffiade towards a settlement. "Our conference with the opera j tors," said President .Mitchell, of the | United 'Mine Workers of America, j "has been brought to a close. Ac ! cording to an arrangement with the | National Civic Federation, by which ! the conference committee was ap pointed, we are to report to that body ' at a meeting, the date of which has yet to be determined. Outside of this, I cannot say a word for publica tion." The operators, however, seemed in a happy frame of mind. Nor did the miners seem in any degree downcast and the concensus of opinion among outsiders was that some progress had been made towards amicable set tlement. ARE KICKING. • litengo .Herchant* and llanuluettirent Allege M*erl initiation* In Transcon tlnental Hate*. Chicago, April 29. —Merchants and I manufacturers of Chicago have united in a strong protest to the inter-state j commerce commission against al i leged discrimination in trans-conti nental rates. It is charged that by I the rates made, Chicago inanufac | turers are placed in competition with New York for Pacific coast trade, and I for trade west of the Rockies. Atten | tion is called to the fact that equal I rates from New York and Chicago Ito Pacific coast points practically ! eliminate the advantage which should | be Chicago's. TIJ this charge the answer of the railroad managements has always been that water competition by the ! way of the gulf has made it inipera | tive that the same rates he made from New York to the Pacific coast as from Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul j and other Mississippi river valley | points. Were the rates made higher from New York by the all-rail route, | the lower rates existing by water from New York to the gulf and | thence by rail, would take all the i traffic that way. The result is that jobbers in the 1 middle west have been unable fo com pete with the New York jobbers by reason of the local freight rates i charged from New York to Chicago. SITUATION IS SERIOUS. Revolutionary Movement In t aiislug Alarm In Itussla. i St. Petersburg, May 2. —The serious ness of the situation in south Rus sia is apparent from the fact that I DragomirolV, governor general of I KietV; Pocarsoff, vice director of the .department of police, and other of ficials have joined Yon Plehe, the | minister of the interior, at Khartoff. It now develops that the agitators j who are chiefly responsible for the j spread of the revolutionary move | ments among the hungry peasants used a curious political canard to j ! bring the former serfs and the land ! owners into collision. A rumor was i | industriously circulated that the czar j had ordered the lands of the nobles i to lie divided among the emancipated ! | serfs. The peasants thereupon formed committees, under the com mune officials, which waited on the | land owners and ordered them to va -1 cafe the land withheld from the peas ; ants, chose their own agents and pro- ; eeeded to distribute the land and ; ; movables, leaving the noblemen from i 15 to 20 acres each. The proceedings. \ ; which were orderly, were conducted ; with the utmost gravity until the j authorities interfered. Thereafter! ' there was riot, arson and devasta- | I tion. Actor ltusscll Head. Washington, April 29.—50 l Smith j Russell, the actor, died at the Rich- I ] mond hotel in this city, Monday af- j i ternoon, of perpetual hiccough. Mr. Russell had been ill for some time i from this malady, but during the I past few days the disease took a se- I rious turn. Those present at the j bedside of the veteran actor were j Mrs. Russell, Miss 1.. Alice Russell, I Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Berger and ; Edward I. Rosenfeld. Mr. Russell was 54 years old. j Holler (exploded. Dover, N. J., April 29.—< A loeonio- j tive attached to a passenger train oil the Delaware, Lackawanna & West | ern railroad olew up near here Mon- j day, killing the engineer, George j Trimmer, of Washington, N. J., and j Fireman Joseph Mayberry, of Port ' Murray, N. J. None of the passengers ! was hurt. still Fighting. April 29.—The war office has made public the following ties patch from Lord Kitchener, at Pre toria: "Since April 21, 2.1 Boers have been killed, 78 have been taken pris- ' oners and 2."> have surrendered. There has been desultory fighting in vari ous sections of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. ■'a per Hill If timed. (Hamilton, 0., April 29.—The Frank lin mill of the Sterling Paper Co. was destroyed by fire here last night. The loss Is estimated at SIOO,OOQ with SOO,- , 000 insurance. TIME IS TOO SHOUT: | Exposition Company Asks Post* | ponement of St. Louis Fair. ; Want Another Year to Prepare llulld* lnt:» and (>roundi»Tlie Sundry Civil Kill Will He Anifiid ed So a* to ICitend the Time. i I Washington, May 3.—Secretary I ITay yesterday sent to the senate ;* j letter statin# the necessity fur post | porting the Louisiana purchase expo* | sition from 1903 to I'JO4. Enclosed j with it was a letter from Chairman | Carter, of the government coinmis j sion, and a telegram from President j Francis, of the exposition company, I showing the necessity for the post' i ponement. Senator Cockrell had thq | letter read in the senate and then of. [ fered an amendment to the sundry j civil appropriation bill now pending j in the senate providing for the post* I ponement, of the exposition in accord* j ance with the request. The postponement amendment pro. vides for the dedication of the build* ! ings of the exposition on April 30, ! 100: i, for the opening of the expo, sition to visitors on May 1, 1904, and for its closing not later than Decern. | l>er 1, following. The coinage <>| i $230,000 in gold dollar pieces, to bn used as a souvenir coin, is also au. | thorized, the money thus provided tril 1! to undergo treatment for kidney trouble. Four days later an operation was per formed by Dr. Ilugh 'H. Young, and Mr. Cummings seemed to b# on a fair way to recovery. A week later, how ever, pleurisy developed, and on April 25 it was announced that -Mr. Cum mings was sulVering from pneumonia in one lung. Last Tuesday it was announced that the malady had ex tended to both lungs, since which time Mr. Cummings has been hover ing between life and death. IM*i-liar;-ed IVon-l'nloiilwt*. Detroit, Mich., May 3.—.A strike of inolders in (lie liulil Malleable Casting Co.'s plant, here, which has been in force since last December, culminated in a small riot yesterday, when about 2.000 molders from other foundries nearby quit work and joined the strikers for I In- day, to make a dem onstration against a number of non union molders, who have been work ing in the shops. Several arrests were made among the strikers, and last night the company a},reed, it the strikers would disperse, to dia» charge the non-union uien. 3