9 jttnnton '4' P k V$ TWO CENTS. SOHASTTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1897. TWO CENTS 2P MINE STRIKE'S REAL CAUSE Shown to Be Due to the Enactment of the Wilson Bill. BRYAN AND COAL TARIFF Democracy's Moses Wanted Coal Put on the Free List. Clenr Kvidrnco Presented That tho Reduction in Hitiiniinoiis Mining Wage Corresponded to the Reduc tion .Made in the Conl Tarlir of the Wilson Rill, mid Was forced ns n Conscijucuce of Importations from Nova Scoliu. Special to the Scrnnton Tribune. Washington, July 11. The close re lation between the Wilson tariff law und the present sttlke of the coal inlnerH Is the subject of much comment among tariff students and members of congress Kent-rally That the reduction which that law mnde in the tariff on coal caused great reductions in the wages of miners is en.slly shown and that the diop In wage5 was practically coincident with the reduction In duties upon coal is generally recognized by those fumlllur with the subject. Preildent ltntehford, of the United States Minn Workers' association, In a communication to the New York Her ald, dated July 3, says: A miner's wages In tho western Penn sylvania Held i tinges from 31 to 47 cents per ton In thin clued districts und from 30 to is cents per ton in tho thick vclr.i'd. In JSitf. the mining lates In thin veined dis tricts was Tit criits and thick veined C3 cents per ton. During tho same year tho r.ite In Ohio ard Indiana was TO and 73 cents rtspectUely. Now it Is 51 corns with a reduction proposed In Ofilo to 43 cents per ton. This mtlo tolds good In a gen eral way nil alo" tho lines; Illinois, a portion of Iowa eaitern nnd, central Penn sylvania and tho Virginias are nil equally affected. TARIFF AND WAGES. Those figures indicate a reduction in rate.i for mining of from 20 to 30 cents per ton since 1893. It was In August, 1S93, that the congress which framed the Wilson tariff law met and the work upon the bill which reduced the coal tariff 35 cents per ton was begun. It was promised that that bill would take the entire duty off coul and the bill as framed by the ways and means com mittee and passed by the house did re move the entlro rate of 75 cents per ton and placed coal upon the free list. The senate, however, restored a part of the duty on coal, making the rate 40 cents per ton and the bill when it became a law reduced the tariff rates on bltum 'nous coal 33 cents per ton, the rate under the McKlnley law having been 75 cents pt-r ton and the rate named by the Wilson law being 40 cents per ton. The fact that the entire reduction of wages which miners are complaining of has occmred since the beginning of work upon the Wilson tariff law and thnt the reduction Is nearly the same as the reduction made In the tariff by that act is of itself a remarkable coin cidence and would ptobably warrant the assumption that the taiiff reduc tion caused the reduction in wages. FACTS IN PROOF. 1c Is not necessary, however, merely to assume this or to depend upon mere theory to indicate that the reduction in tariff caused reduction In rates for mining. It is susceptible of proof from facts known to every man Interested In or acquainted with coal mining and coal opeiatlons of the past few years. Before the passage ot the Wilson tariff hill a viBltor to Newport News, the sea bourd terminal of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, might have een at any time from four to a dozen coasting ves sels lying at the docks awaiting the ar rival of coal trains from Virginia and West Virginia, loaded with coal des tined to be shipped to New York and New England. No sooner had the Wil son tariff taken effect than all these vessels disappeared as completely as though they had been engulfed in mid- ocean. The reason for thl transformation scene was simply this: The rate of duty on coal under the McKInley law was such as to exclude foreign coal from New England or eastern ports, but the reduction of the rates to 40 cents per ton by tho Wilson law per mitted Nova Scotia coal to enter the northeastern Atlantic ports at such low rates that the West Virginia coal could not compete with it. The Nova Scotia coals are cheaply mined and as many of the mines extend under water it is practicable to load tho coal directly on vessels and thus place It in any of the eastern United States ports at very low prices. The result of tills reduction In the tariff was that the Nova Scotia coala took the place In the east of that from the West Virginia mines and that the West Virginia mine-owners and oper ators were compelled to seek a market elsewhere. Railroad rates to the west were reduced and coal which had for merly gone to New England, went west and came into competition with the coal of Ohio, Indiana and lllnols. The price of coa'. In the western markets tumbled: then followed a rate war be tween railroads and between mines and mine-owners, a reduction In wages for mining at the east, followed by reduc tions in tho west until miners' wages became lower than they had ever been known under the protective policy of the Republicans. OTHER CAUSES. Other causes, also resulting from the Wilson law, have operated with equal certainty in keeping down tho prices which It was possible to pay for mln- .Continued on Page 8J BURIED ALIVE IN GOLD MING. Two Hundred Feet of Rock to Ho Cut fur n Miner's Rescue Phoenix, Ariz., July ll.-Jack Stevens wna burled nllve In a rock drift ot Mammoth gold mlno last Sunday nnd Is believed to bo still alive, A hundred men nro working frantically In the hopo of rescuing him. The drift Is through solid rock, but the unprecedented record of a foot an hour Is being made. All other work has been discontinued nnd every possible expedient Is being employed to lesson that 200-foot wall of rock between tlio Imprisoned min er and the upper world. Stevens had a lunch nnd six gallons of water with him when the caveln oc curred, nnd unless tho nlr gives out ho will bo rescued nllvo. AGED COUPLE FOUND DEAD. Long Istnnd Mnti nnd Womnn Kxplro in iUystcrlotis'Mnnncr. New York, July 11. Charles Lecluso and 1,1s wlfo were found dead on tho kitchen floor In their homo at Bayport, L. 1,, last night by their pon. Clarence Smith, a boy In the employ ot a doctor who lived opposlto tho Leclusa house, testified before tho coroner that at 11 o'clock yostcrdny ho heard a. cry for help nnd sounds of a woman moaning come from tho house across the way. Carman Seaman, another witness. also heard moans. Coroner Bennett said that n wound, which appeared on tho old man's head might have been caused by n fall agalnnt tho stove and that Mrs. Lo dure may have died of heart disease. RAZOR IN HER HAIR. Colored Womnn Arrested for Cnrrv iiig Concealed Wcnpons. Lexington, Ky., July 11. A brand new thing In a concealed weapon cose turned up last night when Minnie Brown, col ored, was arrested for carrying conceal ed weapons. She was carrying a razor in her hair. WAR DANCES MUST STOP. Useless for the Government to Spend Its Good Millions Trying to Edu cntc tho Poor Indian While These Survivnls of Heathenism Continue. Washirgton, July 11. The army offlcei In charge of tho Pueblo nnd Jlccarlll.u Indian agency In New Mexico has sub mitted a very vigorous report on tho danees carried on by the tribe and ban asked for Instructions looking to giving th teachers on the reservation secun.y from insults from tho Indians In tho fu tuie. He says ho has Just finished nn Inspection of tho day schools about tho Agency and found many teachers com P'alnlng that on account of the danco .n the Pueblo they were either locked In tho rooms and compelled to remain thero until tho festivities were over or were drlen out of tho 'Ullage entirely, and nor nllowed to come back until the o. P'ratlon of n given period of time. Tlu trachcr at San Felipe was evicted nnd driven across tho Rio Orande, nnd num erous other complaints were investigate 1. During tho feast weeks, the report says, the state of affairs complained of exists for days, all occupations of ev ery description giving place to It.' All the outrages committed. It Is assorted, originate in the danco. "This wholo question In all Its damnable ramifica tions,' the agent Insists, "will havo to be settled sooner or later. Tho govern ment cannot go on appropriating mil lions of dollars annually for the civili zation of the Indians when these plague spots exist, and thrive on its bounty." HENS IN IOWA HAVE AXREST. Intense Ilcnt Tunis Egg Cases nnd Ilaskcts Into Incubators. Webster City, la., July 11. By tho action of Old Sol, egg cases and baskets wero turned Into Incubators. The hens In Iowa had a rest today. A groceryman in Seneca street received an order for eggs, arid when he went to tho case found that three little chicks had been 'hatched out and another was breaking the shell. Another firm had a case of eggs shipped to them from a neighboring town by freight, and soven chicks wero hatched In the case when It arrived. Other merchants report instances cf their eggs hatching, and In ono show win dow a group of little chicks aro stepping around as lively as can be, with a placard above them reading: TH.ESD CHICKS WBHB HATCHED BY THE HEAT. THEY HAVE NO MOTHER, NOT EVEN AN INCUBATOR. HAY GROWERS TO MEET. I'ourth Annual Convention of Nation ul liny Association Called. Cans;oharle, N. Y., July 11. A call for the fourth annual meeting of tho Nation al Hey association at the Monongahcl i house. Pittsburg, on Aug. 10, Is an nounce!. The fact that the crop In the states Is much larger, with probable light er imports than during the past few years, gives new impetus to tho trade. Delegates will be Jn attendance from all parts of the United States, and busi ness pertaining to the hay trade will be fully discussed during the three days Besaion. m i DOTTLE BLOWERS IN SESSION. Atlantic City, N. J., July 11. Tho con vention of the Glass Bottle Blowers' as sociation will end tomorrow. Yesterday they voted to decline all offers for amal gamation and sent a message ot en couragement to President Ratchford, of the Miners' union. WHAT THE HEAT DID. Heat prostrated 16 persons In Phlladel pala on Saturday. In Pittsburg tho total death list ascribed to the hot spell num bers 100. Peter Keller and Thomas Lannlng, farmers, living n few miles from Oswe go, N. Y dropped dead from the heat Saturday. Daniel Lambert, nged E0, of Sprakers, N. Y and John C. Nellls, of Palatine, N. Y., both war veterans, wero killed by the heat Jn the harvest Mold Satur day. At Troy, N. Y,, on Saturday, Kyran Walsh, a relatlvo of United States Sen ator Murphy, was overcomo by the heat onthe (streets and died before medical aid could be summoned. Crazed by the heat William Wallace Gibson, 43 years old, a guard on the Third avenue eleca. d railroad, New York cfty, committed g;ilclde yesterday by hanging himself to a beam in the cellar of his home. There were eight deaths from heat in Chicago on Saturday. Other deaths were reported as follows: One in Meriden, Conn.; two In Chattanooga, Tenn.j four In Syracuse, N. Y.; two In Worcester, Mass.; ono near Schonoctady, N, Y.; for tho week, It deaths from sunstroke In New York city; two at Utlca, N, Y.; three In Indianapolis; three at Erie, Pa.; ono In Boston: two In Cincinnati; seven In Buffalo; two In Rochester and one at East LlVrmor Mills, Me,. IT HAS NO USE FOR CURRENCY REFORM The Senate Is Not Anxious to Be Both crcd Just Now. IS IT A HINT TO THE PRESIDENT ? Announcement Made Thnt tho Sena tors Will Adjourn Tlirco Days nt n Tiinc--Hnwaiinn Treaty May (Jo Ovcr.-'l'urill Ulll to Ilo Reported by Thursday. Washington, July 11. Beyond the fact that the general defilclency ap propriation bill probably will bo passed and that the sennte will stand ready to tako up tho tariff bill at any tlmo thnt a report may be brought In by the conference committee, little can be predicted of the coursa of events in tho senate, during the present week. Thero is a proposition under consideration by the leaders of the two sides of the chamber to adopt the plan now In vogue in the house for setting only every third day after the deficiency bill shall have been disposed of. This sugggestlon has been made in view of tho possibility of the pressure to take up tho matter of the appointment of a currency commission. The general Im pression about the senate Is that the" house will pass such a bill on this sub ject ns the piesldent may recommend, but there Is no probability that the sen nte will take the matter up seriously. The desire is to make this intention clear by Infrequent meetings. Tho friends of the Hawaiian annexa tion treaty on the foreign relations committee hoped to be authorized to report a ratlllcutlon resolution to thler meeting next Wednesday but It is by no means certain that tho committee will be able to reach an agreement so soon. THE TARIFF BILL. The tariff conferees contldentlyexpect to bring in the tariff bill by Thursday. The length of the debate on the report will depend upon how well the senate conferees may have succeeded In main taining the integrity of the senate bill. The Democrats and other opponents of the bill make no secret of their inten tion to oppose the ndoptlon of the re tort If it appears that the amendments which they were instrumental In secur ing, putting cotton bagging, cotton ties, burlaps, parls green, etc, on the free list havo been receded from. The senate will insist upon early adjournment as soon as the tariff bill Is disposed of. The house will adjourn from tomor row until Thursday. Its course there after will depend pn the condition of the tariff bill. CONFEREES AT WORK. Anxiety to Hasten tho Tariir Hill Lends to n Sundny .Hccting--IIousc Stands Firm for Its Sugar Schedule. Washington, July 11. The cqnfcrrees on tho tariff Mil held a four-hour session to day. Tho anxiety to reach a complete agreement as early as possible lnducel them to meet on tho Sabbath. Several himdred of tho minor amendments have been agreed upon, many of them mere changes of phraseology and on a largo majority of these the house conferrees naturally havo yielded. None of tho real Important problems In the bill, however, havo as yet been solved, though thero is tho best of reasons for believing that sev eral of tho main points of contention will be compromised. This is espoc.ally believed to bo true of lumber, hides and wool and possibly sugar, though on the latter the house conferrees aro standing particularly firm for their schedule. On the subject of reciprocity the drift of opinion Beems to be in tho dlrootion of the senate substi tute, but with certain of the house provis ions; that is, that tho list of articles which can bo used as a basis for recip rocity treaties will bo broadened but that the senate provision requiring the ratifica tion of tho treaties will bo discarded. Several of tho eminent lawyers In both branches of congress question the con stitutionality of tho power conferred upon tho president by tho senate reciprocity provision. Tho stamp tax on bonds and stocks provided for in one of the senate amendments has not yet been accepted. The revenue afforded by it furnishes a strong argument for its acceptance .'n view of widening its scope so as not only to include a tax on actual transfers but on all recorded sales. This necessity of revenuo also rurntsries a strong argument for tho restoration of tho house rates on Imported tobacco. It Is Impossible to estimate yet whfi a final agreement will bo reached. When The report Is completed It wl' at once go to tho houso whero it is not likely that more than one day will be allowed for debate. fto EDEN IN THE PACIFIC. Forty of 'Frisco Adventurers Seeking n Pnrndiso (Jive Up tho Scheme. Pan Frat clseo, July 11. The party of one hundred men who sailed recently from this city on tho brlgantlne Percy Ed wards for some Adamless Eden In tho South seas, where pretty native women yearned for spouses, and where thero was no harder work than picking cocoanuts, have come to grief In the FIJI Islands. A letter from ono of the colonists says that all their drfams wero Illusions. No Islands could bo found that were not pre empted by England or Germany, und most of t.ho good land was already in the hands of large corporations, which have fenced their possessions with barbed wire and put up warnings against tres passers. DEATH OF JOHN E. DAVIDSON. Pittsburg, July 11. John K. Davidson, third vies president of the Pennsylvania company, controlling and operating the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, died at the Hotel Lincoln In this city at noon today from the effects of an op eration performed last Thursday for ap pendicitis. The deceased was 59 years ot age and had been connected with the Pennsylvania system for more than twenty years. FIERCE HAIL STORM. Now Castle, Pa., July .New Castle wa today visited by tho worst storm In her history. Tho rain, accompanied by hall, fell In torrents. The damage to streets and private property will prob ably amount to over JS.OOO. Au Improved Rllle. Rome, JuV 11. Captain Cel.'of the Ber s'jglfrrl, has Invented a, rifle from. which eighty shots a mlnuto muy bo .fired with out rf moving the weapon from the slr.ml tier Tests of the new arm are being made Uy tho covorninent. HIRED A BRASS BAND. Wlfo nnd Bon-ln-Iinw Celchrato tho Husband's Suicide. New York, July Jl. Jacob; Raa. a hook ogint, -who lived In tho rear of 172 Graham avenue, Brooklyn, was found dead on Cedar Hill, near tho village res ervoir ot Jamaica, L. I. yesterday after noon. HIb left hand clutched a revolver, nnd In tho rlsht sldo of his head, near tho ear, was a. bullet wound. In ono of his pockets was found a note entitled; "The last legacy of an unfortunato man, driven to death by adevlHsh wife." When Mrs. Raab received word that her husband had committed suicide sho leaped for Joy. Sho declared that her husband was a no'er-do-well, and was continually beating her black nnd blue. Sho said Bho received' beatings from him as rogularly as she received hor meals. RoTiVs sonUn-law clebrajtcd Raab'a death by hiring a brass band nnd setting up f reo beer. INSULT TO MOTHER AVENGED. Son of Mrs. (O'Shen) Pnrncll Whips n Detractor. London, July 11. A member of the Ra leigh club made nn Insulting reference to Mrs. Pnrnoll in tho presence of her son, Captain Gerald O'Shea. The cap tain Immediately drubbod him, with the approval of every one present. The fracas was reported to the Club committee, which ordered both to tako their names off tho books of tho club. In oung O'Shea's case, this Is a inero formality, as he Is to be re-electeC im mediately, but by order of the cum-lt-teo tho other man Is pormauet.t'y In eligible for re-election. MRS. NACK AT CHURCH. Alleged Murderess Joins in tho Do votionnl Services with Much Cool-ncss-'Tliorim, However, Remains in His Cell. New York, July 1C This is the first Sun day that Mrs. Augusta Nack and Martin Thome, tho alleged slayers of William Guldensuppe, huvo passed In the gloomy Tombs prison. Tho woman who, it is claimed, lured her falso lover to his death In tho lonely cottage at Woodstde, L. I., seems to be a doubly religious In dividual. Although not a Catholic, In tho forenoon she attended mass In the city Jail and did not wince in tho least when Father Smith tock ns his text from tha Gospel of the day "Thou Shalt Do No Murder." Later on sho attended tho Presbyterian service, which she listened to with tho samo respect that she had listened to at tho Catholic mass. At tho afternoon service Mrs. Nack sang hymns. On the other hand, Martin Thone turned a deaf ear to all the preachers. He re mained in hl3 cell nnd spent the day reading the Sunday newspapers. Ho seemed to tnko great satisfaction in read ing the various accounts printed about the unraveling of tho great murder mys tery and the proceedings in tho courts and before the grand Jury. Chief O'Brien says thut ther aro no new developments In regard tho kill ing of Guldensuppe. Thus 1 he has been una'blo to locato tho muro W man's watch which Thorne Is sola to havo pawned. The search of tho Last river for Guldcnsuppe's head was continued today, but tho gropplers failed to locato it. A diver will bo engaged in tho hunt tomorrow. HUNGARIAN SOLONS RIOT. Become Scdicious at tho Refusal of the list! of n Hnll. Buda Pest, July 11. Riotous demon strations led by several members of tho chamber of deputies havo occurred nt Eges. Tho trouble was caused by the re fusal of the municipal authorities to al low a public meeting to bo held in tho town halt. The gendarmes were Jeered at and In sulted by the crowds which gathered, and tho mob assumed bo threatened an atti tude that It was found necessary to sum mon troops to disperse them. Many ar rests were made. OBJECTS TO HEBREWS AS GUESTS. Former Governor Brown Sufcd for 850,000 by Albert Stcinert. Pi evidence, R. I., July 11. Former Gov ernor D. Russell Brown has been mado tho defendant In a suit for JJO.OOO dam ages. Tho plaintiff is Albert Stelnert, a well-known piano dealer. Ho nlleges that after engaging rooms at the Oakland Beach hotel ho was refused accommodations and his order canceled, because ho is a Hebrew. SULTAN STILL STUBBORN. Rulers of Kuropc Advise Him to Unck Down, but Ho Evidently Is Rent on Mnking More Mischief. Constantinople, July 11. Queen Vic toria, President William, Emperor Nich olas, President Fauro and King Hum bert have roplled to tho telegrams re ceived by them from tho sultan, and all give advice similar to that sent by Em peror Francis Joseph. Emperor William says In substance that he. regrets his Inability to disso ciate himself from the views held by the powers. The porte has sent another cir cular to tho powers, proposing that, In view of the disturbed condition existing in Crete, Turkey send reinforcements to the island. To this the powers have also replied, endeavoring to dissuade tho porto from such a step. This latest proposal on the part of tho Turkish government is held to Indicate that tho sultan does not Intend to yield in regard to tho frontier question. SPAIN A1UST SETTLE. lndomntty for Dr. Ruiz's Death to Ilo Insisted Upon. Washington, July 11. That tho rela tions botwoon this country and Spain must soon reach a crisis Is foreshadowed in the report of Solicitor Penfleld on the case Dr. Ruiz, tho Philadelphia dentist, killed in a Spanish Jail. The report declares that Ruiz was brut ally murdered In prison and that Spain must pay the $150,000 Indemnity demand ed. The report will bo sustained If neces sary by tho whole power of tho United States government. m WILHELM'S EYE BLACKENED. Odde, Norway, July 11. Emperor Will iam, while walking upon the deck ot his ucht at this place today, while one ot the masts was being lowered, was struck a violent blow on tho left oyo by a rope, causing an extravasation of blood on tho eye ball. A bandago was immediately placed over the injured eye and the pain ceased almost at once. IIADA FINE CRUISE. Philadelphia, July 11. The Pittsburg dl. vision of the Pennsylvania naval reserves arrived - here today, concluding their week's cruise. During their annual tour of duty the state tailors touched at Ches ter and rounded Capo Hentopen. Tho cruise was a very successful ono and the reserves Iplt for home tonight. MINERS NOW HOPE FOR SUCCESS Second Week of Dig Strike Opens in Their Favor. THERE IS ONE GREAT OBSTACLE Victory Is Thnir's if West Virginia Diggers Join In That r.vont tho Entire Bituminous Conl Trade Will Ro Tied Up. and tho Men Think They Can Force Their Own Terms. Tho Coming Week in All Probabil ity Will Toll the Story. Pittsburg, July 11. Today marks the beginning1 of the second week of the coal miners' strike, and already it gives promise of being ono of the greatest wage struggles in the history of this country. Eight days ago the coal op erators in this district and the miners themselves little dreamed that within one short week such an area of general suspension could be wrought as now exists in the bituminous mining Indus try. Then the mouth of the many coal tipples that dot the Monongnhela, Youghiogheny, Allegheny and Peters Creek valleys and the valleys o Toms and Miller's Run were open and turn ing out thousands and thousands of tons of best coal that enters into tho competitive markets of the world. Now all Is changed. The vast caverns aro like so many graveyards. On the hill sides, basking In the shade, there is an army of 18,000 unemployed, who are anxiously waiting for more to join the troops of Idlers. On nearly every rail road track leading to the mines thero stand empty cars, apparently anxious to be loaded that their burdens may be carried to the ports along the lakes. The success that has attended the movement has greatly elated the miners and during tho next few days every effort will bo made to bring out the men in tho fow mines that nro stltl working. This will be a difficult task, but they express confidence in their ability to make the suspension com plete before the week is forty-elgjit hours old. THE GREAT OBSTACLE. Just now the greatest obstacle In tho way of success of the miner is tho ac tivity of the diggers in the West Vir ginia fflds. They are working nltjlit ar.d dny and are getting ready to sup ply all the coal that is needed. They an rcj.eatlng what they did three years ago when a general suspension was declared. At that time there were a number of operators in the mountain ptaie that were on the verge of bank ruptcy. The general suspension was declared and there came a grat de mand for coal, at prices that Invired a bij: profit. The operators rallied them a large number of men, whose friendship nnd support they havo en couraged ever since. The operator! prof.ted by thousands and thousands cf dollars. When the season hal fin ished and the strike was declared a failure, they balanced their books and found things on the proper Bide of their ledgers. They realized that they owpd much of their profit to their miners, and rewarded them for It. On every succeeding pay day the faithful miners were paid bonuses In the shape of gold pieces, and naturally the best of feel ing rrevalls among tho employes and employes. This is the condition of affairs tho organizers that will go into the West Virginia district this week will have to encounter. It is argued by the miners that there are more men out in that sec tion than there were three years ago and they express the greatest confi dence in bringing them out if they can get their ears. This falling, the rail road organizations will be appealed to. This plan of campaign has been out lined by the national officers and the developments of the week will be watched with interest. MINERS' ULTIMATUM. The miners' officials say that the suc cess of the movement depends on the action of the West Virginia miners. They argue that many men in the Pittsburg district who wore not affil iated with their organization sacrificed thousands of dollars and joined It. They will tell the mountain state diggers of the success in this district and make every effort to have them join. Thero are a number of operators In the Pitts burg district who have expressed a willingness to pay the price demanded. But the miners have said nay. They will Insist that a majority of the oper ators in the district pay the sixty-nine cent rate or none. This is the ultima tum of the national officials, from which there Is no appeal. Springfield, Ills., July 11. Tomorrow morning 1,500 miners who have been working in the Springfield district will refuse to return to work. This action was decided upon this afternoon at a delegate meeting held three miles from the city, attended by over 100 delegates and "00 other mine workers. TRUE TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Scrubwomen in Lowell, MnssM Re fuse to Give Up Their Positions. Lowell, Mass., July 11. Tho city hall Wirulb-women who wero recently dis charged by tho city messenger are stand ing on their dignity and their idea of civil service reform and refuse to give up the keys. They are supported 'by the mayor. It is said that they wero discharged by the city messenger for political reasons, contrary to an act of the legislature which provides that employes of the city shall not be discharged on partisan grounds, Tho case may go .to tho 6upreme court. NEW STAR FOR TRAGIC STAGE. Daughter of Sum Srnnll to Piny lu Robert Downing's Company. New York, July 11. Robert Dowllng. tho well known trdgertlan, had agreed to make the daughter of Sam Small a mem bor of his company next year. The young lady will play an Important role in "Ingomar," "Romeo and Juliet" and similar plays. FULL TIME AT HOMESTEAD. Homestead, Pa July 11. Scene of old time prosperity wero re-enacted Satur day evening at Homestead, the day on which the workers received their flrot full pay for nearly a year. Tho steel works hero has not operated full for four weeks, started full last evening and will probably; operate so indefinitely. PARMER FOUND DEAD. And Another Farmer Is Held on Charge of Murder. Fall River, Mass., July 11. Ho utr Alon zo Tripp, n. farmer, f Westport, was found dead on tho New Bedford road late last night, and Jerry Manchester, an other farmor, is und or arrest charge with his murder. Jealousy over Manchos ter's Nwlfe, who was formerly Tripp's housekeeper, it is bcllovcd, led to a quar rel between tho men. It Is known that the two men wero drinking in a saloon at Fall River' Inst night. Tho police think that tho men quarrelled on their woyAhomo nnd that Manohestcr kicked Tripp to death. STEEL AS CHEAP AS PIQ IRON Alnbnnm Man's Discovery Indorsed by nn Eminent Chemist. Mobile, Ala., July 11. Charles W. Stan ton, of Mobile, exhibits soft and hard steel ingots, cenverted from crudo Alabama iron ore. with a single furnoco manipula tion without ill xing. Ho asserts that his process will pro duce steel from, oro us cheaply ns pig iron can ho produced by smelting. His discovery is indorsed by Dr. Charles A. Mohr, of .this city, a chemist f-mlncnt in tho south, and by other scientists. HIS SALARY REDUCED. And Thoroupon n Michigan Man Committed Suicide. Ludlngton, Mich., July 11. Charles Tol les. Janitor in the high school building, killed himself by shooting himself in tho right temple. The body was discovered through a basement window by his wlfo. A reduction of salary from $10 to $10 a month for the summer was the causo. QUAY IN THE RACE. With Sonntor Penrose He Visits Hnr risbiirg, Sees Governor Hustings and Others, and Then Announces His Candidacy for a Third Term ns Senator--Ho nnd Hastings Are Good 1'rionds. Harrlsburg, July 11. After an ex tended conference with Governor Hast ings, State Treasurer Haywood, Secre tary of the Commonwealth Reeder and others, Senator Quay, in this city yesterday told the representatives of the press: "My object In coming to Hnrri'djur;? was to see some of my friends and nnnounce that I will again bo a can didate for United States senator." "Cut it was given out In Washing ton that you would not again be a can didate. "I know, but I've been overruled, and I intend to make the campaign again. You may say that the fiery cross will again bo carried over Ppnnsylvanla." "Will the governor assist?" "Yes, the governor and I will never bo apart again." "What has decided you to agatn make the run for United States sen ator?" "Nothing, except that I have recon sidered my original intention not to bo a candidate because, as I said, I have been over-ruled. You may send it out that I will be a full-fledged can didate for United States senator for the first time in my life." JUDGE WILLARD'S SUCCESSOR. Senator Quay was in nn exceedingly chatty mood during the interview. "I wish you would say," said the senator, "that If Judge Wlllard is go ing to resign from the superior bench it would be a good thing for him to re sign and give the coming state ton vention a chance to nominate his suc cessor. I understand that he is going to resign November 1. I have a man whom I would like to see nominated." "Is he from Philadelphia, senutor?" asked Senator Penrose. "Indeed, he is not. You can't hnve everything in Philadelphia. You hav a pretty good share now." "Perhaps," one of the party sug gested, "Governor Hastings has a man he wants to appoint to succeed Judge Wlllard and that Is the reason tha judge will not resign until it is too I.Ue to nominate." "That's nil right," said Mr. Quay; "if Governor Hastings ha a man, I am for hlrm Hastings and I aro not apart " Senator Quay says he will begin tho work of the campaign next November, and will come to Harrlsburg for that purpose. He proposes to make a thor ough canvass. CUT EACH OTHER TO PIECES. Terrible Airrny Retwcou Two Arknn sans in a Room. Greenwood, Ark., July 11. Tom Sturgol and Anthony Dollar became Involved in a difficulty oer a woman ot a dance in a miner' house. Sturgal followed Dollar to his room and a 'bloody fight began, the former using a long knife, the latter a razor. Tho cnndlo was extinguished and the combat continued In the dark until Stur gal lay dead, literally cut to pieces. Dol lar was fatally wounded, having received llfteon knife thrusts. Tho room was cpattcred with blood. - m i Christina Scicnco Didn't Snvo Hun. Daston, Pa., July 11. Philip T. Tlmp son, a hotel man, who opened Taxinosa Inn thrco weeks ago, died yestd.dnw morning. A widow survives. Mr. Tlmp' son was treated by Dr. Havlland, a Chris, thin Scientist of New York city. THE NEWS THIS JI0UNING. Weather Indications Today: Showers) Cooler. 1 Telegraph Review of the Strike Situa tion. Tho Real Cause of tho Miners' Strike. Senator Quay a Candidate for Re-election. Sonato Has No Use for Currency Re form. Crushed by a Falling Tree. 2 Sport A Hard Game to Lose. Eastern, National and Atlantic League Gumes. 3 Local Rev. Dr. Dixon's Sermon on "Heaven's Gates." C, Smith Agatn In Cour. 4 Kdltorlal. Washington Gossip. 5 Local Local Weather Information. Coming ot Total Abstainers, The Guard at Mt. Gretna. 8 Local West Side and City Suburban. 7 Lackawanna County News, Amateur Base Ball, 3 Neighboring County News. Financial and Commercial Reportit, CRUSHED BY A FALLING TREE Oak Crashes .Through a Picnic Stand, and Injures Seven. TWO WILL PROBABLY DIE Pittston the Scene of a Sad Sunday Accident. Two Women of Durycn, and Their Five Children, Seek Shelter Iroru tho Storm in a Covered Stnnd, Across Which a Ginnt Onk Tails, and Clashing Through tho Flimsy Roof, Pinions Them All to tho Ground--Arms nnd Legs Rrokcu, nnd Serious Intcrnnl Injurios Sus tained. Special to tho Scranton Tribune. Pittston, July 11. Seven persona vor seriously injured, two of them possibly fatally, by being caught honoath a fall ing tree on Everhart's island today. Mrs. Felix Snonoskl and her two chil dren and Mrs. Andrew Klpenskl and her three children were the unfortunate victims. Mrs. Snonoski and the bIx-year-old Kipenski boy aro the ones who suffered the worst injuries. The two families live in Duryca, Yes terday tho mothers took their little ones to tho island for an airing. At G.15 o'clock a sharo wind and rain storm, came up and drove everybody to cover. The two women and their children sought shelter In a covered stand built beneath a large oak tree. A particu larly heavv blast of wind caused tho tree to break at tho base, whero It was rotten, and with a crash it descended through the roof of the stand. Every ono of the seven persons beneath tho stand were knocked down and pinned to tho ground cither by tho trunk of tho tree, its branches or the timbers o tho stand. Mrs. Snonoskl was so firmly wedged against tho ground that the two-feet trunk of tho tree had to bo sawed through before sho could be released. Her leg was broken and she sustained internal injuries, which, on account of her delicate condition, will probably cause fatal results. The Klpenskl boy was also caught be neath tho trunk ot the tree and pinned there until sawed out. Ills head was badly gashed, his leg broken and ho sustained internal Injuries which aro probably of a fatal nature. Mrs. Snonoskl's 6-year-old hoy sus tained a fracture of the right leg and left arm and every one of the other chil dren sustained some injury or another. All wero taken to Duryca and at tended at their respective homes by; physicians from Pittston. LIGHTNING HIT THE FENCE. It Travelled a .llilo on tho Wiros und Knocked Down iUen und Rcusts. Illoomlngton, 111., July 11. A bolt ot lightning Instantly killed August Waltz, a German farm hand, on a farm near Hudson. Two brothers nemed Raycratt, prominent farmers, wero hitching their team to a barbed wlro fence. Horses and men wero knocked 'down. The lightning struck tho fence a mllo away and fol lowed It to tho place whore tho men and, horses were. Tho Raycrafts wero so dazed that they) did not notice what had becomo of Waltz. As ho did not return to tho houso whera he was boarding search was instituted, and his body waa found. WOMEN GAGGED AND ROBBED. Masked .lieu Maltreat Sisters in Their House. Parkersburg, W. Va., July 11. Masked men forced their way into the resldenoa of the Misses Mary and Fannlo Slsaon on. their farm near Waverly, assaulted them, bound thtm with ropes, gassed them and dragged them Into the kitchen. They then robbed the house. Both wo men aro In serious condition today and ono will probably die. Officers aro on tha lookout for tho men. If caught and taken back they will be lynched. DROWNED IN A FLOOD. Two Lives Lost in Colorado by Hurst lag Dnm. Denver, Col., July 11. A disastrous riool caused by tho breaking of a dam toolc place near Ward, Jefferson county, by which two lives are known to havo been lost nnd property estimated at from $o0, 000 to $100,000 In value was destroyed. Mrs. James Matthews and her 5-year-old Myrtle, whoso home was In a portion of tho valley wero caught by tho waters while trying to climb the bluffs. Child Killed by lings. Cincinnati, July 11. The little 2-year-old son of Albert Doran attempted to climb on a fence and fell into the ho? pen. The hogs attacked him and killed him. Donth of Sir Patrick Jouniiigs. Sydncj. N. S. W July U.-Hon. Putrlnk Alfred Jennings, K. C. M. G LL. D member of tho legislative council of New South Wales, la dead, aged 0G yean. Tho Herald's Weather I'orccnkt. New York, July 12. In tho middle states and New England, today, fair to partly cloudy weather will prevail with slowly falling temperature, local rain in tha western und northern districts of this section and possibly as far south as New Jersey and fresh southwesterly to north westerly winds. On TueaiViy, In both of theso sections, fair weather will prevail with variable winds nnd nearly stationary followed by rising temperature, reach ing maximum of about 90 degrees in tho western parts ot this seotion, and on Wed- inesday, fair, warmer wcvtlier, '
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