1 .7' i' ..r EIGIIT PAGES 50 COLUMNS. SCRANTON, PAM TUESDAY MOBN1NG, DECEMBER 22, 189. TWO CENTS A COPY GLOBE WAREHOUSE. WVe Reached the Closiog Out 'garni' giving no Vast Stock Holiday Goods. Toys, Dolls, a Famicy Goods of Every Description Must Will Before .Thursday Night You Kmow What That fleams ? It's Valines Little Money, GLOBE HI Tbe Lives of One Hondred Men in Danger at Bal timore No. 2. ALL BUT A SCORE RESCUED Wilkes-Barre Visited by Another Mine Disaster Big Explosion Occurs While the Miners Are Fighting Fire-Heroic Work of the Rescuing Party Men Taken Out in an Unconscious Condition. List of the Victims. Wilkes-Barre. Pn., D" 21. A dis astrous explosion occurred In the Balti more No. 2 shaft, operated by the Dela ware and Hudson Coal company, short ly after 4 o'clock this afternoon. The colliery when in full operation employs nearly 300 men and boys; less than one third of thin number, however. Were at work when the explosion occurred. At this writing (10.30 p. m.) all but a score of the men had been accounted for. It is possible that all can be Ratten out of the mine in safety. A great many of the miners had narrow es capes. As soon as the report of the explosion was heard, all hands made a rush for the main gangway, hoping to effect their escape by way of the shaft. The after damp, however, wus so strong that many of the men and boys were overcome. The strongest man aged to reach the foot of the shaft first. The older men had to be carried along by the younger comrades. Some of them became exhausted and were taken out with great difficulty. Toe scene of the explosion was on a plane one mile distant from the foot of the shaft, between thirty and forty men being employed there. The ventllu tlon is said to be not the best, and there was an accumulation of gus, but what ignited it is, up to 11 o'clock to night, as yet a mystery. There are three theories. The llrst is that a "feeder" of gas was Ignited by the lamp of one of the miners. The second Is that a blatt set fire to a small body of gas and that the men were fighting this fire when the big explosion oc curred. The third, and most plausible one. Is that the roof in the slope fell In and crushed a lot of dynamite that was stored there. This exploded, setting tire to the gas. Some of the' men wtio were rescued Inhaled more or less after dump and will be laid up for soma time. Those who crawled out on their hands and knees had the flesh badly lacerat ed. The explosion was heard plainly on the surface, and In a short time a crowd of over 1,000 persons had, col lected. GRIEF OP RELATIVES. It was pitiable to behold the grief of the relatives of the entombed men and boys. InBide Foreman Matthews was the first to enter the mine with a rescuing party. He did not go far, however, until he was driven back by the after damp. After ventilation had been somewhat restored he again went down the shaft and proceeded through the workings for some distance and found two unconscious men. The lat ter were brought to the surface and taken to the hospital. Matthews and his party then again attempted to pro ceed further Into the mine encountered a large body of gas and all had a nar row escape from death. The rescuing party that went Into the mine at eight o'clock made good headway and reached a point within 500 feet of the foot of the plane where the explosion occurred. They stumbled across the bodies of three men who lay uncon scious from the effects of the gas. Their names are Owen Mnrley, An thony Mulisky and Charles Burger. All three were brought to the surface as quickly as possible and taken to the hospital. At 10.50 o'clock tonight, one of the rescuing parties brought the glad in telligence to the surface that all the men, fourteen in number, who were at work on the plane, were safe, and as far as known not a life was lost. When the rescuers came upon the men they were all unconscious. They had sought and found a high place where they awaited the rescuers. Thev were not affected by the after damp, but were nearly suffocated by smoke. THEORIES OF THE CAUSE. The belief now is that the dynamite exploded and the fumes found their way to the plane. The men at work In the slope say there was a slight fire In the mine this morning and .that they had notified the men at work In the plane to get out. The plane men deny this. They say the first notifica tion they had was the blinding smoke which came in upon them. There was great rejoicing at the head of the shaft when the men were brought up. The doctors say that with good care all may ultimately recover. Su perintendent Foote said tonight that he was not prepared to say how the explo sion nctually occurred. The company has always taken every precaution to protect the lives of their employes aenlnst falls and explosions. The following were overcome by the smoke: John Hmeiger, Abram Duns ton, Michael Conway, Jacob Stevens, John Mulvey, Michael Chumpo, Frank Howard, Ernest Johnston, Michael Krubshaw, William Llppero, Chris tian Bangor. They were overcome by smoke 'and some of them may die. They are all married and many of them have large families. LABOR LEADERS MEET. Action Favoring the Election of United States Senator. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 21. The llrst matter of importance at the session of the Ameri can Federation of Labor "today was a resolution from the committee on law, which shuts out local trades unions and lo cal federal labor unions from representa tion In conventions of the American Fed eration, with the committee's recommend ation for Its adoption. Attention - had been called to the fact that the resolution would exclude the fishermen who have no national organization and can have none. Fonder action favoring the election of United Btates senators by- direct vote of the people was reaffirmed. The executive council was Instructed to present a bill In congress refusing street car companies the right to use the words "United Btates mall" on their cars. The Butler bill, now before' congress, favoring the ownership of all tlgrsph and telephone lines In connection with the mall service, wus endorsed. A resolution demanding that the fullest Investigation of the Carnegie Steel com pany's violation of contract with the I'nited States by furnishing armor plate of Inferior quality, be made by congress, was adopted. , It was decided that the American Fed eration of Labor will not recognize mu sicians' 'organizations, unless affiliated with the American Federation of Musi cians. 'BILLET P09L" MEETINQ. The Open .Market Question Is Dis cussed at the Holland House. New York. Dec. 21. Representatives of the principal manufacturers of bessemer steel belonging to the American Bessemer Steel association commonly known as the "billet pool," gathered at the Holland House this morning to discuss the most Important mutter that has come before them since their association was organ ized In this city in April lust. .The llel. lalre Steel company, which has not been in thorough accord with the association, was not directly represented, but a promi nent member of the association admitted that the interests of the Kellulre people would be looked after by others present at the meeting today. It was 11.30 o'clock when Major L. S. Rent, of the Pennsylvania Steel com pany, president of the association, called the meeting to order. Two main proposi tions engaged the attention of the meet ing. The first concerns the open market question, which, from certain aspects, threatens ono or the ends for which the Interests were allied to promote; and the other has to do, indirectly at least, with a more definite understanding- between the rail and billet interests. The rail Interests wen; specially repre sented by President Stackhonse, of the Cambria Iron Company; Major Bent, of the Pennsylvania Steel company; and representatives of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel company. PANIC AT CHICAGO. Three Privp'e Banks Are Closed on Ac count of the Failure ol the National Bank of Illinois. Chicago, Dec. 21. The closing of an institution which was considered the second strongest national bank In Chi cago, quickly followed by the failure of three private banking house- whlrh did business with It, caused a flurry of excitement In financial circles today and led to runs on several banks by timid depositors. A flood of rumors relative to other banks and business linns added to the intense nervousness which pervaded all classes of people long after banking hours and the close of the courts. The banks which were closed follow: National Hank of Illinois, capital, ll.OOO.OUO; liabilities, JU.OOO.OOO. E. 8. Dreyer Si Co., bankers, mortgage brok ers and real estate dealers, liabilities, $1,500,000; estlnmted value of assets, 1,650.000. Wasmansdorff f$ Heinman, bankers and moragage brokers, liabili ties, $416,000; estimated value of assets, $550,000. itoseland Savings bank, Rose land, 111., small capital and estimated assets equal to liabilities. All the private banks that closed their doors cleared through the National Hank of Illinois, and the big crash com pelled their suspension to conserve their assets and protect creditors. The two private city banks went into liquida tion through receivership proceedings In the courts. Reassuring action was taken at a largely attended meeting of the clearing house association at which a resolution was unanimously adopted to make ad vances bv way of loans to creditors to the extent of 75 per cent, upon prop erly proven claims. The decision of the clearing house committee to refuse clearing privileges to the National bank of Illinois, and also to refuse funds by which the bank could have gone into voluntary liquida tion was chiefly due to the astounding discovery that the bank had loaned $2.-100,000 to the Calumet Electric Street Railroad company on its bonds as sole security. This loan exceeeded the bank's capital and surplus. Another account, which caused the bankers to hesitate was stated to be near $500,000 the debtor being E. S. Dreyer & Co. Robert Herger, the only partner of Mr. Dreyer,' is a son-in-law of George Schneider, president of the failed Na tional bank. There was two other big loans which were considered poor col lateral. The necessary sequel to this refusal to lend aid or to continue clearing privileges was that the big national bank on Dearborn street failed to open its doors this morning for public busi ness. This was anticipated by the ac tion of the clearing house committee, but there was a small crowd of anxious depositors waiting when a card was hung on the door reading as follows: "This bank is in the hands of a na tional bank examiner. By order of the comptroller of the currency." This cheerless announcement for de positors wus quickly followed by the posting of notices that certain pri vate banks and business firms would clear through other banks, or pay checks which had been given Saturday on the suspended Institution. The heaviest run on city banks dur ing the day was directed at the Oar den City Hanking and Trust company. They withstood the attack of 200 anx ious depositors and tonight gave out the statement that they were thorough ly prepared to pay everybody who wanted money tomorrow, though they believed the worst was over. The bank has $2,000,000 on deposit, but the savings department is not large. Coun ty Treasurer Kocherberger Is a direc tor and there Is a large amount of county money there. The financial un easiness on the part of the bankers and depositors has been aggravated lately by the numerous failures of building and loan associations and the exposures of their financial rottenness. SPECKERT SURRENDERS. Th'rcntcn to Implicate Others in the Wrecking ol the Title Co. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 21.-A. J. Speckert, who tied the city four months ago to es cape trial, on the charge of embezzling the funds of the Gorman American Title company, of which he was president, re turned to this city this morning and sur rendered. The title company failed for several hundred thousand dollars and It was found to be a perfect wreck. Speckert, when arraigned In court, pleaded guilty and furnished ball for his appearance Feb. 24. He says he will issue a statement Implicating others in the wrecking of the title company. Squndron Ready to Sail. New York, Dec. 21. The United States cruiser New York and battleship Maine passed out at Quarantine shortly aftr noon, bound for Hampton Roads, to join the other vessels of the North Atlantic squardon, preparatory to a southern cruise. ' - Powder for Uncle 8am. Paulsboro, N. J., Dec. 21. The big Du pont powder mills at Carvery's Point, Qlbbstown, are working night and day to fill large orders for the government. Five new buildings are being added to the Carvery's Point plant. Killed on the D., L.AW. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 21. -Mrs. John Carey, aged 60 years, was struck by a switching engine In the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western railroad yards at Plymouth tcdny and wes Instsntlv killed. NO AGITATION OVER THE CUBAN AFFAIR Mr. Cameron's Resolution Arouses Little Interest in tbe Senate. VARIOUS SUBSTITUTES ARE OFFERED The Senate Passes Mr. Call's Reso lution Referring to tbe lmprin ment of American Citizens in Spanish Penal 8ettlcments&ynop sis of the Report of Senator Cameron. Washington, Dec, 21. There was no special excitement manifested today by senators or by the general public in the matter of the Joint resolution acknowledging the independence of the republic of Cuba. The galleries were not occupied to the extent of two thirds of their capacity.. The proceed ings were of a formal and uninterest ing character. Thev consisted merely of reporting the Joint resolution by Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, from the committee on foreign relations and the offering of various substitutes for It on the part of senators. Mr. Vest, of . Missouri, ) resented a resolution de claring that the exclusive power to de termine when the independence of a foreign people struggling to establish a government for themselves should be recognized Is vested by the constitu tion, not in the president of the United States, but In congress and he gave notice that he would address the sen ate tomorrow m support of that dec laration. Mr.. Hill, of New York, offered a sub stitute for the committee joint reso lution, declaring that a state of war exists in Cuba, according belligerent rights to the Cubans, and announcing mat tne united states will preserve a a state of neutrality between the bel ligerents. Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, offered a reso lution asserting that the question of recognition of anv people as a free ana independent nation is a Question exclusively for the determination of congress, and does not appertain to tne executive department. And at 111 another resolution was offered by Mr. Chilton, of Texas, declaring that a con dition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the govern ment which has been for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the United States will maintain a strict neutral ity between the contending- parties, according to each, all the rights of bel ligerents in the ports and territories of the United States. These various resolutions and substitutes were either laid on the table, with the foreign re lations committee's report, or were re ferred to the commltte on the Judi ciary. The whole subject, however, will be open to discussion tomorrow, when Mr. Vest calls up his resolution. SENATOR CAMERON'S REPORT. The report of Senator Cameron from the committee on foreign relations which was presented to the senate to day to accompany the Cuban resolu tions which were adopted by the com mittee Friday, Is a document of great length and deals, in opening, with mod ern precedents of European Interven tion where Independence was the Issue Involved. It continues:' From this body of precedents. It Is clear that Europe has invariably as serted and practiced the right to Inter fere, both collectively and separately, amicably and forcibly. In every in stance except that of Poland. The report continues: "America, both north and south has always aimed to moderate European intervention and to restrict Its exer cise." After referring to President Monroe' announcement in his annual message of December 182.1, that new nations, which his act alone had recognised as Independent, were by that act placed outside of the European system and that the United states would regard, any attempt to extend that system among them as unfriendly to this gov ernment, the report says: "From that tiay to this the American peoples have always and unanimously supported and approved the Monroe doctrine." Reference is made to the very friend ly feeling on the part of Great Britain and Mexico with the "Southern Con federacy" and to the Invitation of Lord John Russell to the empore.r of France to co-opernte with England In "Joint endeavor" to obtain "from each of the belligerents" certain concessions In favor of neutrality. On May 8 the French minister "concurred entirely In the views of Her Majesty's govern ment," and on May 13 the British gov ernmt nt issued Its formal proclamation of neutrality between the United Slates and "certain states styling them selves the Confederate States of Amer ica." "More serious still." the report goes on to say, "as a symptom of European tempor, was the Joint action concerted between England and France, which soon proved that England, while wait ing for the dissolution of the Union, meant In recognizing the Independence of the Southern Confederacy to revive her old belligerent claims of 1812, which had never been expressly abandoned. To the fact that Russia was avowedly frlendlv and that the two most pow erful HrltlBh ministers of their time were outvoted In their own cabinet. America owed her escape from Euro pean domination. PRESIDENT GRANT'S ACTION. Coming down to 1869 when the Cuban insurgents annealed to the United States for recognition the report says President Grant admitted the JUBtlce of the claim and directed the minister of the United States at Madrid to Interpose our good offices with the Spanish gov ernment. The story of that Interven tion is familiar and was made the basis of a resolution In the senate last ses sion requesting the president once more to interaose our friendly offices for the recognition of the independence of Cuba. The interval of nine months which has elapsed since that action of con gress, the report continues, has proved the necessity of carrying It out to com pletion. The words of President Cleve land In his last annual message re garding the Cuban situation, are in part quoted and the report agrees with the conclusion of the message, that our obligation to the sovereignty of Spain are "surpassed by higher ob ligations which we can hardly hesi tate to recognize and discharge." The report upholds the autonomy of the In surgents and concludes: "The only question that properly remains for con gress to consider ls the mode which should be adopted for the step which congress is pledged next to take. The government of the United States enter tains none but the friendliest feeling towards Spain. Its most anxious wish Is to avoid even the appearance of un friendliness which is wholly foreign to its thoughts." The course pursued by the United States in recognition of Colombia is the only course which congress can consistently adopt. We recommn1. MEN OF PROMINENCE. RICHARD OLNEY, therefore, the Joint resolutions with amendments. AN ADDITIONAL REPORT. Senator Mills, of Texas, and Morgan. of Alabama, of the foreign relations committee. Joined in making an addi tional report on the Cuban resolution, While they cave the majority report their unqualified approval concurring In all that Is said in that report, they aeemea u well to present some addl tional reasons for agreeing to It unci for the passage of the resolution. Tills tney aid at length. The senate passed Mr. Catl's resolu tion, referring to the alleged Imprison ment of American citizens in Spanish penal settlements. It directs the sec retary of state to send to the senate a report of all naturalized citizens of the I'nuej states, of whose arrest and Im prisonment, trial or conviction or sen tence, either to Imprisonment at the penal colony of Ceuta or elsewhere he hus any Information, and that he shall inform the senate In such report of the persons now held in confinement at Ceuta and of the charges, briefly stated. on which they were condemned and the nature of the evidence, so far as the same appears on the files of the state department. HOUSE PROCEEDINGS. The house spent another day's ses sion In consideration of the legislative, exeoutive and Judicial appropriation bill, and still came to no result thereon. Nearly all of the time was given to discuksing the future control of the library, whether by the Joint commit tee on the library as proposed by that committee In Mr. Quigg'S substitute, or by the librarian, as proposed by the committee -on appropriations. The principal speeches In favor of the ap propriation committee's plan was made by Messrs. Bingham (Penn.) and Can non (III.), of the committee, and by Mr. Cummings (N. Y.) In favor of the Quigg substitute. The latter was re jected 27 to 85. On motion by Mr. Shafroth (Col.) the salary of the librarian was reduced from $6,000 to $5,000. On the subject of the appropriations for the civil service committee Mr. Ev ans (Ky.) made a short speech against the law. In the morning hour the Im migration bill was taken from the speaker's table and the senate's request for a conference on the amendments made by that body agreed to. The house conferrees are Messrs. Batholdt (Mis.), Danford (O.) and Wil son (S. C). SYMPATHY FOR CUBA. Italian Radicals Will Introdaee a Motion Favorable to Insurgents. Rome, Dec. 21. In the chamber of deou ties today a member of the radical party gave notice of his intention to Introduce a motion expressing the sympathy of the chamber of deputies with the Cuban in- "ThenMarquls Di Rudinl prime minister. Intimated that the ministry would oppose the adoption of such a motion by the chamber. His remarks evoked violent protests on the part of the radicals. In the course of the discussion. Signor Im bilanl, the radicul leader, declared that his partv at least would Join the American and other civilised peoples In hoping that the Cubans might be victorious In their struggle for freedom. NOT BUSINESS-LIKE. London Comments Upon Scoor CnnovHn' Utterances. London, Dec. 21. Commenting upon the declaration of Senor Canovas. the Span ish premier, that he will brook no Inter ference with the sovereignty of Spain In Cuba, the Pall Mall Gazette says that Senor Canovas Is magnificent In his de tiance, but his utterance is not business like. If'he wishes to avail himself of the few months' grace remaining to him. the Ju Zette says, he must change his resolutely immobile attitude for resolute action. Tommy Ryan Whip McCarthy. Buffalo. N. Y.. Dec. 21. Two thousand people saw Tommy Ryan, of Syra cuse, the champion welter-weight, whip Billy McCarthy, of Australia, in seven rounds before the Empire Athletic club of this city tonight. McCarthy's seconds threw iip the sponge. The battle was marked by savage fighting from start to finish. Armstrong Was Invincible. New York, Dec. 21. The 20-round bout between Hob Armstrong, of Chicago, and Charley Strong, of Newark, N. J., before the Broadway Athletic club tonight, was won by Armstrong In the nineteenth round. THE NEWS THIS M0RMNU. Weather Indications Todays Light Snow; Colder. 1 Report of Foreign Relations Committee on Senator Cameron's Cuban Reso lution. Wilkes-Barre the Scene of a Big Mine Explosion. State treasurer's Report. Chicago National Banks Collapse. 2 Wall Street Review and Markets. 3 (Local) Special Session of Criminal Court. Case that Resembles Murder. 4 Editorial. Comments of the Press. 5 (Local) Board of Trade Discusses Good Roads. School Controllers Wrangle Over In surance. i 0 (Story) "The Connoisseur" (Conclud ed). 7 Buburban Happenings. t 8 Nei" U (nd fern t Vatl". Secretary of State. MR. HAYWOOD'S REPORT. Tbe State Treasurer Submits Fifures for the Year Eudinj Novem. ber 30. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 21. The report of State Treasurer Havwood for the year ending November 30, shows gen eral fund receipts of 12,635, 127.58 and sinking fund receipts of 1300,000. Among the items in the column of re ceipts were the following: Tax on corporation stock and limited partnerships, 3.828,252.84; tax on gross receipts (corporation), 711,862.87; tax on bank stock, 526,655.28; tax on In come, ss, 337.0; foreign Insurance com panies, tux on premiums, 548,442.18; tax on loans (municipal), 20j',767.15; tax on loans (corporations), 805,770.85; tax on personal property (three-fourths to be returned), 2,816,207.84; tax on col lateral Inheritance, 825,717.02; mercan tile licenses, 554,857.84; wholesale liquor licenses, $459,809; brewers and distillers' lisences, 126.018.20; bottlers' licenses, 118.857.82: billiard licenses. 44,815.43; theater, circus, etc., licenses, 17.084.23; bonus on charters, 310,873.34; United States government, for soldiers' and sailors' home, Erie, 44,481.76; fees of office, 125,834.28; personal fees, $23. 768.40; conscience money, 436.30. The total payments reached 11,004. 517.97, Including among others the fol lowing Items: Judiciary. 674.b70.02; public printing and binding, 278.071.02; executive de partment. 129.899.86; state department, 52,048.62; auditor general's department, 42.421.68; treasury department, 23. 49.73; attorney general's department, 22,949.98;; department oT internal af fairs, 55,039.66; department of public Instruction, 123,133; adjutant general's department, 124.700; factory Inspector's department, $116,300; Insurance depart ment. 18,8'9.82; banking department, 50,924.76; department of agriculture, 81,342.10; state library. 125.171.13; pub lic grounds and buildings, 194,860.59; stationery and supplies, 167.259.55: In spection and supervision of coal mines, 70,125.98: Pennsylvania commissioners of fisheries, $22,500; Chlckamauga and Chattanooga battlefields commission, 13,858.88; hospitals and asylums for the Insane, 738.390.58; penitentiaries. 125, 283.43; reformatories, 1206,952.54; Charit able Institutions, 1.141.700.04: Miscel laneous Institutions. 116,204.92 state tax on personal property returned to counties (three-fourths), 12,038,936.04; common schools, 3.871,200.48; soldiers orphans' schools, 186.190.83; National Guard of Pennsylvania, $329,330.57. The sinking fund payments were as follows: Loans redeemed. I.OOO; interest on public debt, 1238.351.50; Interest on pro ceeds of sale of experimental farms. 1.020; Interest on land script bond. $30, 000; fiscal agents compensation, $6,000; relief notes redeemed, 14; a total of 276.375.50. f CENTRAL PACIFIC BONDS. Awards Made Yesterday at Washing ton"Morgnn Offer. Washington. Dec. 21.-Blds for 12,780,000 first mortgage bonds, now held In the sink ing fund of the Central Pacific Railroad company, were opened at the treasury de partment today and awards mude. The government had been guaranteed a price for these bonds and prospective bidders were notified that bids below this would be rejected. The guarantors were J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York. They offered to tuke all the bonds at par and Interest, or none. A computation showed that the highest bills In each group would net the government about $tHM more than the guarantee, and the awards were made as stated. The Morgan company's offer amounted to Jpe.i. The awards were made as follows: Spey er Co.. New York, Central Pacific 97, llMH.uon. at W and accrued Interest, Cen tral Pacllic 1SHS. l.3L'0,ut. at PWH- and ac crued interest; Ktihn, Loeb or Co., New York, Union Pacific. ISM and 1897. tXiS.tRM, at Pit ii5. fnlon Pacllic IK and 199. Wol.uOO, at 1"3., Kansas Pacific ISM, $142.ilaj, at 1u9; Asiiel & Co.. New York, Kansas Pacific IM."), II.'S.IJW, ut 10.V51. BLACK DIAMOND'S" RECORD. The Lehigh Valley Flyer Runs 03 Miles in 10M Minutes. Philadelphia, Dec. 21. "Black Diamond Express." on the Lehigh Valley railroad, has made o new record. On Dec. 15 the train left Wilkes-Barre at 4.53 p. m twenty-six minutes late, and arlrved at Sayre 6.33 p. m., ten minutes late, running a distance of nlnely-llve miles in 1S min utes, including a stop of three minutes at Laceyvllle for water. It left Sayre at u.37 p. m., ten minutes late and reached Geneva at 7.55 p. m., on time, making the run of seventy-three and one-half miles In seventy-eight min utes. Dynamiters Depart for C'nba. Sault Ste Marie, Mich., Dec. 21. A com pany of between thirty and forty men composed of miners and others, eiy one expert In handling dynamite, has left In small squads to meet at come point In the south or east, from whence they will ship for Cuba to help the Insurgents. Tin Plate Mills Closed. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 21. The Lalance. Clrosjcan tin plate mills have practically ceased operations because of trouble with the men over the discharge of one of their number. It Is understood to be the pur pose of the company to stamp out an ef fort to organise a branch of the Amalga mated association. Herald's Weather Forecast. New York. Dee. 22. In the Middle states today, overcast to fair weather will pre vail, with fresh variable winds, most northwesterly and southwesterly, preced ed by light snow on the coasts, and nearly stationary, followed by slightly higher temperature. On Wednesday, partly cloudy to fair weather, warmer, with fresh southwesterly and southerly winds HNLEY Holiday Black and Fancy Silks and Satins, including an elegant line of Evening "Shades. Moire Velours in Black and Evening Shades. LACE HANDKERCHIEFS IN DUCH. ESS, VALIENCI EN ICS AND POINT. FRENCH AND IRISH HAND EM BROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS, IX GREAT VARIETY. BLACK LACE SCARF AND FICHU'3. LADIES' FANCY NECKWEAR. LADIES' AND GENTS' INITIAL HAND. KERCHIEFS. BLACK AND FANCY SILK UNDER. SKIRTS. QENTLEFEN'S BLANKET BATH ROBES. GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHINGS, SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, COL LARS, CUFFS, ETC. 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