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SCKASTTON, PAM SATURDAY MOItNLNGr, JULY 31, 1897.
TWO CENTS.
TWO CENTS
FAILURE OF
THE STRIKERS
Demonstrations at Oak Hill
and Sandy Creek Are
Without Effect.
Di ARMITT'S MEN AT WORK
Camping- Strikers a Gloomy
Lot of Individuals.
Expectations of Stiikcri Dlsup-pninted--They
llrnl Hccn J-iCtl to
Hope Thiit tliu .Men Would Come
Ont--A .Miserable Awnknniiis--A
row Minors Join tho Strikers, fear
ing Violence.
Pittsburg, July SO. After a long and
weary night of waiting to learn the re
sults of the meetings of tho miners of
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company, the cunning strikers are a
disappointed lot of men this morning,
for tho miners at the Plum Creek, San
dy Creek and Oak Hill mines did not
quit work as they promised to do last
night, and all the mines were In opera
tion today. Until daylight the Indica
tions were that the strikers had won
and that no more coal would be mined
until the strike was over. The dis
appointment of the strikers was there
fore the keener.
In tho vicinity of the Sandy Creek
an Oak Hill mines anxious inquiry was
made about the action of the Plum
Creek miners. At the two meetings last
night the leaders announced that tho
Plum Creek miners would come out,
and that no more coal would be dug
until tho strike was won. What re
ports these statements were based on
could not be learned, but they must
have been unfounded, for at 3.30 o'clock
this morning 200 strikers, nfter making
a demonstration at the Plum Creek
mines, went Into camp at Negley Post
oillce, one-half mllo from the tipple,
where they remained until 5 o'clock,
and left only when they learned that
all the miners had gone in and that
yesterday's work had been fruitless.
At Sandy Creek a small body of strik
ers watched a majority of the miners
who attended tho meeting last night
to go back to work.
INTEREST IN OAK HILL.
The main interest in the strike, so far
as De Armitt's men are concerned, is
at the Oak Hill mine, about two miles
from Turtle Creek. The strikers thought
that mine would close, but this morn
ing the Oak Hill miners boarded the
company's train at Turtle Creek as
usual and started to work. A body of
the strikers was camped along the rail
road track and as the train hauling the
miners passed the camp four of the
strikers jumped on the cars. Two of
the miners, believing the strikers were
about to make an attack, jumped from
the cars and joined tho strikers. These
two were the only Oak Hill miners
who started from Turtle Creek for the
mine and did not bo to work.
The mine ofllcials say that, Includ
ing these two men, not over six per
cent, of the Oak Hill miners are idle,
and their absence is caused by sick
ness or something other than the strike.
What the matchers will now do is
not known, .but from indications given
by tho sneakers yesterday, It Is be
lieved that large bodies of sttlkers will
be brought to the vicinity of the De
Armltt mines and the demonstrations
will be kept up.
Much credit Is slven the leaders and
the sttlkers for the good order which
has been maintained, and the Indica
tions are that there w ill bo no violence.
The men are not drlnklm;, and perfect
order Is maintained In tho camps.
STRIKE LEADER'S STATEMENT.
Mr. Warner, the miners' secretary,
claimed this afternoon that all of De
Armitt's mines would be Idle tomorrow.
Not a pound of coal was mined at
Sandy Creek today, he said, and not
more than fifty men were working at
Turtle Creek. This afternoon he or
dered tents for tho striker encamped
m-ar De Armitt's mines. The strikers,
he said, would not leave until the men
quit v,oik If they camped there for a
month, A call for a meeting of the
United Labor league on Sunday even
ing to arrnnse for a mass meetlnj; on
Aug. 5 was issued today. Dibs has
promised to return and speak on the
occasion,
President De Armltt denied Warner's
statement that the men were out nt
Tin tie and Sandy Creeks today. He
claimed that all of the miners were at
work.
Legal proceedings are to be taken
against the marching coal miners, un
less they disband and go to their
homes. This was decided on this af
ternoon and Sheriff Harvey A. Lowry
will be expected to see to It that the
assemblages uie disbanded. While the
marches on the mines of tho New
York and Cleveland Gas Coal company
have not been as effective as the
miners' olnclals could wish, it Is ovl.
dent that the marchers are making nn
Impression on tho employes of the
company.
SHERIFF'S PROCLAMATfON.
Today there wais nosted in the vinin.
y of the Turtle Creek, Sandy Creek
and Plum Creek mines a proclamation
Issued by tho sheriff, commanding that
all persons shall refrain iiom assent
' bllng or "onsregating on tho public
highways or thoroughfares of Alle
gheny county or interfering with tho
peace.
President Patrick Dolan said he did
not care how many proclamations wore
issued so long as the peace wan kept,
which, he said, it waB intended to do.
Ho addressed a meeting this morning
.and went over about tne same ground
pverea in nis speech last night. He
laaea that all labor organization! in
Mie country, with tho exception of tho
lit othoi hood of Locomotive Engineers,
wcro vilth them in their strike. He
made un attack on this order, saying
that owing to the inroads of electric
railways and other means of rapid
transit the wages of the engineers
would drop sooner or later and then
they would bo asking assistance from
other organizations.
In other portions of the district tho
strike matters are quiet. The strikers
arc all awaiting with an anxious In
terest the result at the De Armltt
mines. The owners of the Castle Shan
non mine have decided to close their
plant until the present differences in
the coal trade are adjusted.
DESPERATION AT WHEELING.
Wheeling, W. Va July 30. Tho strik
ing miners' organizers In the AVheellng
district are making a desperate effort
to counteract the effect of the refusal
of the men In two mines of the Hoggs
Run Coal company to come out, but
It Is likely that the Hoggs Run break
will precipitate others. In fact, tho
mine at Moundsvlllo was working to
day with a small force and thirty-three
of the seventy men at Elm Grove were
at work. The Glendnle operators as
set t that their mlni will resume to
morrow mornliig with a full force. All
of these desertions are the direct cause
of the failure to brine out the Hoggs
Run men. Secretary Lewis, of the Ohio
miners and Organizers Anderson and
Selsborg. of the Wheeling district, ad
dressed a meeting in Moundsvllle this
nftcrnoon whore three-fourths of tho
minors attended. The vote to organize
u local union of the mlno workers was
unanimous. It Is claimed the men at
Moundsvllle will stay out notwith
standing tho Boggs Run break.
AN EXPRESS TRAIN
WRECKED BY FIENDS
Engineer Winslow mid I'ircmnn
Crlcliiiiore Instantly Killcd--Sev-crnl
Tramps llndly Scalded.
Thrnntown, Ind., July 30. The fast
express on the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago nnd St. Louis railway, which
left Chicago last night at 8 o'clock for
Cincinnati, was dei ailed by train
wreckers nt 2.30 o'clock this morning
at this place. Engineer Setli Winslow
nnd Fireman B. Crlckmore wore In
stantly killed. Several trnmps wers
badly scalded and crushed nnd will die.
Reyond a severe shaking up none of
the passengers were Injured.
Tho train was unusually crowded
with passengers, and that they all es
caped was little short of a miracle.
Tho train was going at a high speed
past. Thorntown when the engine
struck the open switch, ran a short
distance and turned over.
Winslow had reversed the lover and
Jumped. Ho was found twenty feet
from tho engine, while Crlckmore was
wedged In between the tender and boil
er. There Is no doubt that It Is n de
liberate act of train wreckers. A coup-llng-pln
had been diiven through the
switch to hold It open. Tho railroad
ofllcials are at a loss to understand
the motive for the crime, unless It was
to obtain plunder. A rewnrd of $300
has b.en ffered for tho at rest and
conviction of the wreckers, and tho
railroad detectives are making an In
vestigation. - .
NON-UNION MAN SHOOTS.
His Action Causes tho Wildest Kind
of Excitement.
Scottdale. Pa., July 30. Wild excite
ment prevails here tonight. As the af
ternoon turn of non-union men who
have taken the place of striking iron
workers at the Scottdale Iron works
were going home, one of them, said to
bo a man named Painter, became In
censed at the remarks of some boys
and deliberately fired at them. A large
crowd was gathered about the station
at the time, and they started after the
non-union man, who fired four or five
shots into the crowd before he reached
the Gcycr house, where he boards.
The hou-l wasi Immediately surround
ed by an excited crowd, and it was with
some difficulty that Burgess Porter
got them cooled down, and had he not
had tho assistance of the strike lead
ers there Is no telling what the madden
ed crowd would have done. Another
non-union man, whose name could not
be learned, dreV his revolver on a
Pittsburg street and fired several shots.
He was knocked down aril probably
badly beaten before he could be reach
ed by the ofllcers nnd taken to his
boardlnjr hoiibe. The excited crowd
is massed about the station and the
balance of the men in the mill are
afraid to venture out.
STALLED IN A TUNNEL.
Trainmen Overcome by Toiil Air--Ono
.Mnn Dead.
Hinton, W. Va July 30. A freight
train was stalled In Lewis tunnel last
night on the Chesapeake and Ohio, and
the crew was overcome by foul air.
Conductor Edward Bray Is dead, Sam
Hamilton, Edward Womack ond Tom
Kamewood are in n precarious condi
tion. 1
REVOLUTION FEARED.
Madrid, July 30. A dispatch, from Llf
bon says that the situation at Oporto Is
alarming. Ministers fear an attempt nt
revolution. The governor of tho town
has bein dismissed and replaced by Au
gusto de Castllho, a naval officer.
Deputy Collector Removed.
Malone, N. Y., July 30.-R. W. Anderson,
deputy collector of customs at Chateau,
gay, Franklin county, 1ms been removed
from olllce and a Mr. Phillips, of Platts
burg, lids been appointed to fill his place
temporarily. It !s said that Anderson Is
short In his accounts, and Is reported to
have left Chatcaugay.
Mod .Men's .Meeting Piit Oir.
Youngstown, July 30.-The manufac
turera and conferenco committee of the
Amalgamated association will not meet
until tomorrow. It being found Impossi
ble for the mill operators from Alabama
and Indiana to reach here In time for a
meeting today. The prospects now for a
settlement tomorrow ato very good.
Inollclblo for Governor.
Des Moines, U July SO. F, L. Eaton,
who was yesterday nominated for gov
ernor by tho Prohibitionists, is ineligible,
us ho hes rot lived In the state the r
quired two years B. p, Leland, of Charlsi
City, will probably be placed on the tick
et to fill tho vacancy,
TROUBLE IN INDIA
ON THE INCREASE
Warlike Natives of Malakand Arc Again
Repulsed.
THE MULLAH BADLY WOUNDED
The Natives Fought Desperately for
lIours--Rclnforccnicnts for the
Gnrrlson Arrive.
Simla, July 30. A dispatch from
Camp Malakand reports another night
attack by the tribesmen last night
(Thursday). Tho natives fought des
perately for several hours, but wcro
repulsed at all points. Ronflrcs had
been lighted around tho camp and In
the glare the tribesmen wore easy tar
gets for the English rlllemen. Many
fell and in the light of the flames tho
natives could be seen removing their
dead. It is reported that tho Mullah
was "badly wounded and that several
of his principal chiefs were disabled.
The British lost one killed and seven
teen wounded, among the latter being
Lieutenant Coslello, who was wounded
the second time. He had received a
slight wound during the day attack on
Wednesday.
The forces of the Mullah have been
augmented by a strong gathering of
tho natives on tho hills to the right of
tho British position. The theory Is that
the Ronerwals havenilscn. The situa
tion Is now somewhat relieved by the
arrival of reinforcements under Colonel
Reed from Nowshera.
Bombay, July 30. The Indignation of
the natives against the government
for its policy of summary tepresslon In
creases. They say that tho govern
ment Is coiner to convert India Into a
second Ireland by a programme of co
ercion and that no one Is safe.
London, July 30. The Dally Mall's
Bombay coriespondcnt says: "The ex
citement here over the arrests recently
made of Indian agitators Is unnbated,
and rumors are persistently circulated
among the Brahmins. Thirty or forty
more arrests of Important citizens are
Imminent."
A dlsoatch from Lucknow, India,
says that on Saturday Maulvl Sldayat
Rasoul was arrested on a charge of
having Insulted Queen Victoria nnd the
British government at, a recent meet
ing of Mohnmmedans held to congratu
late the sultan upon his victories over
Greece. It Is alleged that At this meet
ing Maulvl declared to the assembly
that "but for the sultan's forbearance
the old woman's ribs would have been
broken years ago." The case was ad
journed. A dispatch from Bombay says that
the notorious Professor Gokhlee, an
agitator against the British adminis
tration, has just landed there. The
police searched his baggage, but con
trary to expectation, did not arrest
him. A crowd of Mahrattas cheered
him upon his arlval. Tho English pa
pers will Invite him to withdraw his
allegations ngalnst the conduct of the
British soldiers In their efforts to stamp
out the plague.
Gokhlee Is a professor In tho Deccan
college. Ho wrote to the Poonu pa
pers accusing the British soldiers of
having violated two women, one of
whom subsequently committed suicide.
FLAX CULTURE IN PUGET SOUND.
Fnvornblc itoport on tho Agricultural
Department's Experiment.
Washington, July 30,-Secretary Wll-
son has received a report from a firm at
Llsburn, Ireland, on some retting nnd
scutching experiments conducted by
them In Ireland, with a ton of flax
straw grown In the Puget Sound re
gion of Washington, under tho direc
tion of the agricultural department In
Its experiments in 1895. These cultural
experiments developed the fact that
for flax culture the Puget Sound region
Is tho equal in climate of some of the
best flax producing regions of Europe.
Attention is called to the low rate of
seeding, one and a half to two bushels
per acre, and to the fact that fourteen
bushels of seed per acre was produced.
It Is asserted that the experiment prov
es at farmers of this country can
grow seen and fibre in the same plant.
HEAVY OFFICE SEEKERS.
The FloorNcnr tho Piesldcnt's Room
Sinking From Their Weight.
Washington, July 30. Some Idea of
the size of the throng of office seekers
that has called upon the president since
March i was conveyed to the visitors
at the white house today, when they
saw a number of workmen lifting up
and strengthening the floor of tho large
lobby just outside the president's olllce.
The floor was sunk no less than four
Inches from the weight Imposed upon it.
It lies directly above the vast eaBt
room nnd so cannot be supported from
beneath without disfiguring that splen
did apartment. A plan has been pre
pared by Colonel Bingham, tho superin
tendent of public buildings and
grounds, for suspending the floor from
tho heavy roof beams above.
HANGED FOR TRIPLE MURDER,
Mnximo .Martinez shows No Frnr nn
tho Cnllows.
Ran Antonio, Tex., July 30. Maximo
Martinez was hanged at Floresvllle, In
the Wilron county Jail this afternoon
for a triple murder committed on June
6 last. He killed Jesus Carlllo and
wife, an aged couple, and Juanlta Ac
osta, aged 18, whom ho had first as
saulted. Martinez died without a struggle and
apparently with no fear. He said he
wanted tho girl to elope 'with him, but
that she objected because he was mar
ried, although ho had separated from
his wife.
1
.Mr. Sherman's Ilcnlth.
Washington: July 30, Word comes to
WashlngtyK from Secretary Sherman ut
Amagansett, L. I that his health has Im
proved very much since he arrived at that
place. Ho is about to leave for lioston in
a day or two, and this trip will bo followed,
by a sea voyage.
Died on His Wifo's Grave.
Springfield, 0 July SO.-At Degraff, O.,
last night Frank Wright was found ly
ing dead on his wife's gravo, with a bul
let In his brain. Wright was formerly a
resident of Sprlnefleld, but lately lived In
wew ionc
PREPARING TO LEAVE SEA GIRT.
Tomorrow tho Nntlonnl nnd State
I'lngs Will Ho Hniilcd Down.
Stnte camp, Sea Girt, N. J., July 30.
This is nractlcally the last day of ac
tive work In the state camp thts.season.
It was the first day tho sun shone In
the early morning slnaj the nrrlval of
the Second regiment and the Gatllng
Gun company on Saturday last, and as
a consequence the men were in excel
lent spirits.
When the Second regiment finishes
Its early morning drills tomorrow the
men will begin to pack up their traps
and will leave camp. The state nnd na
tional flags will then be hauled down
nnd the oamn will be officially closed
for tho season.
WARSHIP'S COAL BUNKERS AFIRE.
Chnngcs May Hnvo tn lie .Hade in tho
Wilmington.
Jacksonville, Fin., .July 30. A fire
started In tho boal bunkers of the
United States ship Wilmington In tho
nft stnrboard locker several days ago,
after the vessel left Savanna for this
port. It was extinguished ns soon as
discovered and was considered of small
Importance, as no dnmnge was done.
Commander Todd Is of the opinion
that tho boilers are located too near
the coal bunkers for absolute safety,
and will recommend that certain
changes be made in the vessel. A sim
ilar Are occurred some weeks ago in
the same bunker.
DR. TALMAGE INTERRUPTED.
The Floor of a Pavilion Whcro He
Was Speaking Gnvc Way.
Franklin, O., July 30. At the Miami
Chautauqua yesterday, while Dr. Tal
mago was speaking, the second rise In
tho pavilion at the rear of tho speaker
gave way and several hundred people
were dropped about ten inches.
No one was seriously Injured. A dog
was pinioned beneath tho timbers and
the doctor would not proceed until tho
animal was released.
SEALING CONFERENCE.
Ambussndor liny Ollicinlly Notified
of Great llritiiinN Participation.
John W. Foster's AcknowlcdRiiicnts
London, July 30. The British for
eign office notified Ambassador Hay
this morning that Great Britain ac
cepted the proposition of the United
States for an International conference
on the question of plaglc sealing in the
Bohrlng Sea, to be held in Washington
during tho coming autumn.
John W. Foster, the United States
special commissioner, will sail for New
York tomorrow by tho St. Louis, from
Southampton. In the course of an in
terview with the correspondent of the
Associated Press today Mr. Foster
said; "Wherever I have been, at St.
Petersburg, Berlin, Paris or hero In
London, I have been received in the
most cordial manner. Whatever may
be the feeling of the United States nn
ent the often reported antagonism to
our government displayed by foreign
powers, I have seen nothing of it."
"Everywhere I have had evidence
that the foreign governments wish to
meet any question raised by the United
States in a spirit of the utmost frank
ness and openmlndedness. Perhaps
It is needless for me to say that this
Is most gratifying to me officially and
in my private capacity.
"The British government has agreed
to accept our proposition for a sealing
I nnnfapftnA T nm nmv rAtiirnlnir tn
make a immediate report to President
McKlnley. I have had long and en
tirely candid conferences with Mr.
Chamberlain, and last Sunday I passed
tho day with Sir Richard Webster, the
attorney general, who Is the adviser
of the British government on the points
of law involved. My statements met
with tho frankest and most Impartial
consideration."
FREIGHT TRaTnS WRECKED.
Two .Men Killed by n Collision nt
Dcpuw Junction.
Buffalo, July 30. Two Lehigh Valley
freight rains collided at Depew Junc
tion at 6.45 o'clock this morning, kill
ing George Ellsbree, engineer, of Man
chester, and Charles Eddy, fireman, of
Sayre. James Ratcllffe, fireman, of
Sayre, was slightly Injured. The trains
were heavily loaded, on bound from
Manchester to Buffalo, the other from
Buffalo to Sayre.
It Is raid the signals at Depew Junc
tion were disregarded "by Ellersbee, or
that he did not see them, and the two
trains plunged Into each other. Tho
engines were wrecked and fifty cars
were strung on tho tracks. Depew
Junction Is seven miles east of Buf
falo. GUILTY OF SHOCKINQ CRIME.
Lewis Thompson Will Sutler Death
for nil Atrocious Assault.
Selma, Ala., July 30. The trial of
Lewis Thompson, at Decatur, ended to
day. Ho is charged with assaulting a
little white girl, while a negro woman
held the child. He was found guilty
as charged, and the penalty was fixed
at death.
Another negro man and the woman
who held tho child are yet to be tried,
and the result will probably be the
same.
Course of ICiuiMis Minors.
Pittsburg, Kan,, Ju'.y 30. The miners
of tho mines In this fmmcdlato district
have held meetings, and resolved to notify
operators that they are unwilling to work
moro than threo days a week for tho pres
ent. The object of tho miners' lesolu
tions Is to prevent an accumulation of
coal that might eventually find its way
to tho east and thereby be the means of
deferring on early settlement of the min
ers' troubles there.
Trnillic Rates to lie Restored,
New York, July 30. Tho board of con
trol of the Joint Traffic association held
anothor meeting today and reached an
agreement to restore rates, Tho details
were not made public. It Is understood
that there was a hot fight for tho lower
schedule of rates eastward, the greater
part of tho conferenco being taken up In
reaching a harmonious settlement,
Col. I'red Grant Resigns.
New York, July 30. The resignation of
Colonel Fred D. Grant as police commis
sioner was accoptod by Mayor Strong to
day. Colonel Grant, who Is a son of Qen.
eral Grant, resigned becauso he objected
to tho police methods of obtaining ovl
denco against disorderly houses.
BUSINESS IS
STILL IMPROVING
Reports Without Exception Show Grati
fying Progress.
EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF LAW
It Has Stimulated Industry in Most
Instnncos--Tho Foreign Dcmnnd
for Grain Has Steadily Incrcnsetl
and Producers Will Probably
Renlizo $80,000,000 More Tlinn
Lnst Year Upon Whent.
New York, July 30. R. O. Dun & Co.,
in their Weekly Review of Trade, will
say:
Dispatches from almost every north
ern place of importance report with
out exception Improvement In business,
nnd from Detroit to Seattle and Port
land splendid crop prospects. The task
of adjusting the business and Indus
tries of the country to conditions cre
ated by a new law has progressed with
gratifying rapidity and ease. Even
the increasing strength of striking coal
miners probably forwards tho adop
tion of the uniformity plan, which
promises to remove most of tho causes
of such struggles. Some confusion Is
caused by events seemingly contradic
tory; by closing of large cotton mlll3
when many other works are starting
nnd by decline In some prices when
others are advancing, but the balance
Is unmistakably on the right side.
The most Importnnt event since the
passage of tho new tariff, which was
generally anticipated a week ago, has
been the marked Increase In foreign
demand and advance In price for
wheat.
The fnet that corn exports exceed
last year's, although the price has ad
vanced to 32.S7 cents, Is further proof
that foreign demnnds are substantial.
With crop news still favorable, produc
ers may probably realize something
like $80,000,000 more than last year on
wheat, which means a great difference
In purchases by agricultural states.
The .Industrial sky is partly over
clouded by coal nnd Iron difficulties,
and by the closing1 of some large cot
ton mills. Having run for months far
ahead of consuming demand, on cot
ton bought nt comparatively high
prices, the mills see ahead a large crop
and cheap cotton, and it Is but the
rational way to halt production, clear
off accumulated stocks at tho season
when vacations are common and begin
the new year on Its own basis.
THE TARIFF ON WOOL.
The woolen manufacture answers
wholesomely and moderately to new
tariff conditions, and while opening of
lightweights below about $1 In cost has
met a very encouraging demand at the
advance In prices askd Is not large.
With very heavy stocks of free wool
on hand, manufacturers are able and,
in the presence of larga stocks of for
eign goods, are obliged to engage for
the next season without advancing
prices In proportion to the rise In wool,
and large contracts of that nature have
already been made. Selling of wool at
Boston, where tho speculation has been
most active. Is suggestive, amounting
to S,S1S,000 pounds for the week, and
at three chief - 'Wfs to 11.9S4,r.OO.
Sales for four weks nave been 46,109,200
pounds, 22,54S,200 being domestic,
against 7,211, 3.r0 in all last year. Delay
In tho Iron Industry is partly because
wages have not beon settled at all
woiks, though at many, but partly be
cause steadily rising demand does not
yet raise prices. In some products
prices are a shade lower notwithstand
ing a larger demand, owing to competi
tion between works, but Bessemer is a,
shade higher. In structural work,
plates, sheets and bars for the enor
mous oparatlons of agricultural imple
ment works, the demand Increases, nnd
for rolling stock owing to the abund
ance of crops.
Failures for tho week have been 3(1
In the United States against 231 last
year.
YACHT IN COLLISION.
Ron Into tho Steniuor Snrntogn nnd
AlmoNt M recked Her.
Troy, July 30. An unknown steam
yacht collided with the steamer Sara
toga, of the Citizen's line, about S.30
last night off Stony Point Light. A
hole ten feet long was torn in the
starboard side of the Saratoga aft the
forward gang plank, The bar was
wrecked and John Gorman, of Troy,
and F. Delysle Smith, a lawyer, of
New York, were slightly Injured. The
bartender escaped death by a timely
jump. The Saratoga signaled that she
would go to tho left. The yacht in re
ply signaled the steamer to go to the
left and kept on its course.
The Saratoga stopped and backed,
but too late. The yacht cut clean
through her hull but fortunately that
was not pierced and she proceeded to
Troy,
MUTUAL AFFECTIONATE SOCIETY.
An Organization in This City Justin
corpornted ut Albany,
Albany, July 30. A benevolent asso
ciation of New York city, which was
Incorporated with tho secretary of
state today, will be known as "The
Mutual Affectionate Society of the City
of New York."
The directors aro Frank Dladamo,
Gulseppo Tuccl, Geremlah Paris, Bene
dentto Dl Pletro and Gaetano DI Claccl,
of New York city.
.Miners I.cnvo Itnnnokc.
Peoria, III,, July 30. Visiting coal min
ers have now all left Roanoke and Its vli
Inlty. Thero were not more than half a
dozen In town '.pbt night. No one is work
ing at tho mine. At Benson last night
miners boarded a Santa Fe train and
wanted to ride free. It was necessary for
tho conductor to knock some of them off
tho train.
Rnpld Trolley Run.
Burlington, N, J,, July 30. During a
test for speed on a trolley road operated
by the Pennsylvania railroad between this
city and Mount Holly, one mile of tho
seven-mile run was made in the unpre
cedented time of 48 seconds.
Steamship Arrivnls.
Now York, July 30. Arrived: St. Paul,
from Southampton! cleared, Umbrla, for
Liverpool! La Tournlno, for Havre; Am
sterdam, for Rotterdam, Hamburg Ar
rived; Furrt Ulsmarks, from New York.
ALASKA GOLD C0MPANV.
A .Million-Dollar Syndicnto That Is
Represented by 91200 Cash.
Trenton, N. J., July 30. The United
States Alaska Gold company with an
authorized capital of $1,000,000, was In
corporated this nftcrnoon by the flllns
of articles in the office of the secretary
of state. The company Is formed for
tho purpose of mining gold In the
Klondike fields. The incorporators are:
Ralph McKee, of Tompklnsvllle, S. I.j
Henry P. Whlttakcr, Hotel Imperial,
New York; Frederick J. Brown, Brook
lyn: Harry F. Roesser, Hotel Nether
land, New York: Thomas P. Daniels,
Hotel Glrard, New York, and James A.
Atwater, New York. Tho capital stock
paid in is $1,200.
KING OF SIAM IN ENGLAND.
Royally Greeted by u Fleet of War
ships OirSpltlicud.
London, July 30. Chulalongkorn I.,
King of Slam, arrived off Splthead
this morning in tho royal yacht Maha.
Charkkri, with his suite and a large
retinue of servants. The British war
ships Inflexible, Alexandra, Calliope,
Hero and Victor', received His Maj
esty with the salute reserved for royal
visitors.
The Duke of York and Admiral Sir
Nowell Salmon, commander-in-chief at
Poitsmouth, went on board the Machu,
Chnkrl, end cordially welcomed the
King to England. All tho shipping In
the harbor was gaily dressed with
bunting.
SEVEN PERSONS
ARE KILLED
Disastrous Cyclone Sweeps Through
Snn Jose, 111. --Great 'Dnmnge to
Life nnd Properly.
San Jose, 111., July 30. At 7 o'clock
this evening a cyclone struck tho farm
of A. C. McDowell, two miles north,
nnd his house and barn were entirely
destroyed. Seven people were killed
and three severely Injured. The killed:
A. C. JI'DOWELL.
M'DOWELL'S GRANDSON.
WIFE OF SAMUEL BROWNbEK,
THREE OF rmOWNLKE'S CHILDREN.
MISS JESSIE GROVES.
THE MAINE'S COLLISION.
An Oflicinl Investigation Into the
Accident on the East Itiver.
Washington, July 30. Officially the
Navy department knows very little
about the collision suffered by the
Maine yesterdny, and, In fact, tho
newspapers convey more Information
than Is carried by the report from Ad
miral SIcard, the commandant of the
New York Navy yard. In a brief tele
gram received from him today he says
that the Maine, while avoiding boats
yesterday In the East river, backed
Into a coal tow, but that the ship was
uninjured. He has ordered an Investi
gation, which begins today, and the
department will await the findings be
fore proceeding further In the matter.
Capt. SIgsbee, the commander of tho
Maine, has the reputation of being one
of tho most careful and experienced
navigators In the navy, and the de
partment officials are confident that ho
has not been at fault In the matter.
SELMA LARSEN'S DEATH.
Tho Stnto Chemist Completes His
Exnminntlon of Her Stomnch.
Albany, July 30. Edward J. Wheeler,
the chemist of the State Agricultural
department, has completed his exam
ination of the stomach of Selma Lar
sen, of Poughkeepsle, who died under
suspicious circumstances after being
taken ill on a railroad train near Flsh
klll. He declines to make public the result
of his analysis, and says that he will
report only to the district attorney of
Dutchess county.
CROPS KILLED BY HAIL.
A Strip Tive by Thirty Miles in .Min
nesota Dcvnstntcd.
Luverne, Minn., July 30. The crops
In a strip five miles wide and thirty
miles long In this county were entirely
destroyed by hall last night.
The storm extended through five
townships and the loss is total where
It struck.
TEN MEN DROWNED.
Vienna, July 30. Tho scaffolding of tho
Schwarzenberg brldgo on which wtco a
number of workmen, fell today, preclpl
tatlng fifteen men Into tho river. Ten of
tho unfortunate men wero drowned.
PREPARING FOR PEACE.
Paris, July 39. A dispatch to the Temps
from Constantinople say that the signing
of tho preliminaries of peace awaits only
tho reply of the Greek government fixing
tho dates for the payment of indemnity.
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU.
Weather Indications Todays
Pair; Southwesterly Winds.
General Falluro of Strikers' Plana at
DeArmltt's Mines.
Japan Willing to Arbitrate Hawaiian
Difficulty.
Dun's Favorable Review of Tirade.
Warllko Natives of India Cause Eng
land Concern,
Sport Eastern, National and Atlan
tlo League Scores.
Entries for Next Week's Horso and
Bicycle Races.
State Governor Vetoes the Mercan
tile Tax Bill.
Big Blcyclo Meet at Philadelphia.
Editorial.
Comments of tho Press.
Social and Personal.
Religious News of tho Week.
Local Details of Lust Night's Storm.
Clcslng Session of the Sisters' Insti
tute. Local Buffalo BUI Delights Thou
sands. Contract Left for New First Presby
terian Church.
Local West Side and City Buburban.
Lackawanna County News,
Story "The Martinsville Feud,"
Tomorrow's Sunday School Lesson,
Welsh News dleunlngs.
Neighboring County News.
Financial and Commercial. .
JAPAN WILL
ARBITRATE
But Would Like to Send
a Few Warships to
Honolulu.
AND UNCLE SAM OBJECTS
In the Absence of Mr. Sherman
Nothing Can Be Done.
A Hint from tho Secretary of tho
Jnpnncso Lcgntion nt Washington
Thnt Some Might lie Sent to Hono
lulu Not Acceptable to Our Stnto
Dcpartmcnt--Anncxntiou to Bo
Kept in Abeynnco-Tho Causes ot
Trouble.
Washington, July 30. The Japanese
government has accepted the offer
made by Hawaii to arbitrate the dis
pute between the two countries. The
state department has been Informed of
the offer and thc,acceptancc. The sub
jects of arbitration will jnclude not only
the dlfllculty over tho 'landing of tho
Japanese Immigrants, but also will in
clude other disagreements between tho
two countries, the most important of
which is the Sake tax imposed upon a
Japanese liquor Imported and consum
ed by the Japanese In Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi
tration, a brief synopsis of which haa
been cabled to the Japanese minister
here and given to tho state department,
states thnt the Japanese government
accept arbitration In principle and is
prepared to enter upon the terms for a
settlement of pending disputes. Tho
formal letter of ncceptxince has been
sent to Hawaii, and the conditions of
arbitration will bo contained therein.
Those conditions are not known here.
Pending the arrangement of details all
other proceedings looking to a settle
ment will be discontinued.
A HINT ABOUT WARSHIPS.
When the officials of the state de
partment wero informed of the offer
and Gcepptunce of arbitration, tho sec
retary of the Japanese legation hera
was Informed that until the annexation,
treaty was concluded tho United States
would not assume any authority in tho
matter, and that the present dlsputo
must bo considered as between Japan
and Hawaii.
The secretary, In reply, said he was
glad to learn that such was the posi
tion of the United States, as it would
permit Japan sending two or three
warships to Hawaii pending final ac
tion on the arbitration treaty. This In
terpretation of tho situation rather sur
prised tho state department official,
who answered that the United States
would consider In a different light an
agreement of arbitration and the send
ing of warships, and Intimated that
non-interference by tho United States
In one case could not bo construed as
passive acceptance of tho latter posi
tion. Tho Japanese secretary was told.how
ever, that In the absence of Sercetary
Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day
nothing could or would bo said official
ly upon the subject, and any conversa
tion must be considered as wholly un
ofllclal. THE SAKE TAX.
Tho Sake tax, of which the Japanese
complain Is in an Increase of tho duty
on this liquor from 15 cents to $1 per
gallon. This tax was passed by tho
Hawaiian legislature, and was vetoed
by President Dole on the ground that it
was unconstitutional and in violation
of tho treaty with Japan, who had
rights under the most favored nation
clause. The tax was passed over his
veto almost unanimously, only ono
vote being cast to sustain the presi
dent. The pressure for taxing Sake)
was from the saloon keepers and tho
manufacturers of liquor, as the Japan
ese use this liquor almost wholly to tho
exculslon of other beverages.
It Is not expected that the state de
partment will make more than a formal
acknowledgement of tho latest com
munication from Japan upon the sub
ject of the annexation of Hawaii, the
understandlns being that all futuro
negotiations wll be conducted by Min
ister Buck and the Japanese foreign
office at Toklo.
STEEL RAILS REOPEN.
The -Midland Company of .Mtincla
Adjusts tho Question of Wngos.
Munclc, Ind., July 30, M, M. Garland,
president of the Amalgamated Asso
ciation of Iron and Steel Workers.spent
yesterday here In conference with the
Midland Steel company and succeeded
In adjusting differences that resulted
In the big plant resuming work In nil
departments this morning. The com
pany formed a new scale of wages for
tho men in the blooming mill that was
objectionable.
It was decided thattho cntlte cfew
work on the tonnage system, based on
100 tons, the scale of wages being so
that they can make as much or a
fraction over last season's wages.
Accused of Inliintlcido.
Ozark, Ark., July 30. Lee Davl Ison has
been arrested hfro accused of Infanticide.
It is said that he ih-v
Into a hog pen and It was devoured by,
swine.
The Hcrnld's Wentlier Forecast.
Now York, July 31. In tho middle states
and New England, partly cloudy to fair
weather will prevail, preceded by rain
and thunder storms In tho northern dis
tricts and on tho coasts, north of Cape
May, with fresh southwesterly to north
wejterty winds and nearly ttatlonary, fol
lowed by rising tempcruturc. On Sunday,
In both of these sections, fair, warmer
and sultry weather will provall, winds
mosly southwest and southerly, and max),
mum temperature" of 80 degrees or more in
this section, as tho western hot vac approaches.
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