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TWO CENTS.
SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, lb97.
TWO CENTS
THE HAZLETON STRIKE
Trouble Breaks Out at
the Coxe Mines at
Eckley.
STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES
Philadelphia Cavalry Troop Is
Despatched to the Scene.
The Funeral of tlio rolnmlors Un
ninrkcd by Excitement or Disorder.
Tlio Services Conducted by 1'nthcr
Aust and Assistants -- Gcnernl
Gobln States Thut the Troops Will
Not He Withdrawn lor Sometime
Yct--ProBpects for n Settlement of
the Labor Troubles.
GENERAL J. P. S. GOUIN.
In Command of the National, Guardsmen,
Stationed at Hazleton.
Special to The Tribune.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 13. Despite the
panicky feeling of tho early morning,
engendered by tho exaggerated and
calamitous foreshadowlngs of the met
ropolitan press and the anarchical
utterances of some of the local sheets,
the critical day has passed without
the semblance of trouble.
Thousands of the victims' friends and
sympathizers marched In an Immense
funeral procession, but they assembled
only to bury their dead and when this
had been done they dispersed quietly
and went their several ways. The sol
diers were Interested In the procession
only as Individual spectators; not a
single guardsman was seen at tho
church or cemetery.
The strike situation Is not as favor
able as It was expected it would be by
this time. There Is no positive assur
ance that those who came to an agree
ment Saturday will resume work to
morrow and Wednesday, as promised,
and during the day the strike move
ment spread Itself to the Coxe collier
ies. Three mines are Idle and another
will go out In tho morning, It Is said.
There was another strike, also, at the
Dodson & Co. colliery at Beaver
Meadow today, but It was speedily
settled by concessions on the part of
the company. These latter strikes, it
is thought, can be settled without much
trouble: but there is a fear that the
going out of these men may have a
tendency to keep the others who have
had a settlement from returning to
work. The Influence of the operators
who had honed to' see an end of their
troubles tomorrow will be brought to
bear to effect a speedy settlement of
the newly arisen difficulties, and there
is strong hope that by tomorrow night
the situation will have assumed a more
favorable hue.
THE COMPACT MADE FOR MINING
The twelfth regiment was twice to
day despatched to tho scene of the new
strikes, but at neither time did they
find anything demanding their pres
ence. At a meeting between General
Gobln and tho leaders of the strikers,
held at 9 o'clock this morning, It was
agreed that the funeral procession
should not bo In nny way interfered
with, providing that no arms were car
ried and that the paraders should dis
perse immediately after the bodies
were Interred. At tho suggestion of
Rev. Father Aust.General Gobln agreed
to have he saloons closed until after
4 o'clock p. m., and a simple request
mado through Mayor Altmlller brought
this about.
At 10.30 o'clock, the hour announced
for tho funeral, the city streets along
which it would pass were blocked with
people, thousands coming from all di
rections to witness tho sad spectacle.
Three of the victims, who were Llth
vanlans, were burled from their houses
In Harwood. The other nine, who wiere
Poles, were burled from Bornls' under
taking establishment on Laurel st let,
the bodies having been carried tl re
early in the morning. Tho Llthuan an
funeral reached I! road street and start
ed down through tho city at 11 o'clock.
A band, three Lithuanian societies,
about a doaen carriages containing the
mourners, and three hearses m.ado up
th first section of the co.'ege. Ho
hlnd them marohed the striken) and
strike sympathizers, numbering 1,200
by actual count. They marched In tvo
parallel columns of twos. About 40 pe"
cent, of this last body was composed
of English speaking men, one IrUh
American beneficial society pf about 15J
J!filll
members, being among them. No arms
or flags were carried. At the church
of St. Peter and Paul the procession
hnltcd while the caskets were carried
within. Then those other than the
mourners and neighbors who were In
the column poured up this street to
where the undertaking establishment
was and fell In behind the Polish cor
tege, which started forthwith upon
their arrival.
One of the bodies was carried In a
hearse, the others were carried by pall
bearers. The line became confused and
broken going up the hill and when the
church was yet three blocks away the
procession was simply a slowly, sadly
moving crowd filling the street from
fence to fence, the pall-bearers one
group close after the other In the
centre and the families of the victims
keeping as close as they cared to their
dead, but with one varying success re
grettable to relate, for often a wife or
a mother or child would be Jostled
about by the crowd and forced to the
outside. Fully 2,000 men were In this
procession. At the church some order
was restored through the efforts of the
uniformed societies, and a way was
opened for the passage of the pall-bearers.
At the door Father Aust and
three other priests, with acolytes In
vestment, met the proceslon and after
sprinkling the coffins with holy water,
followed them down the centre aisle,
chanting the burial office. The cofllns
were placed In a row across the backs
of the front pews and surrounded with
lighted candles. A high mass was cele
brated and sermons delivered by Rev.
Fathers Aust and Rev. J. V. Moylan.
Both cautioned peace and advised the
hearers to leave everything to the law
and Its authorities, and that they would
receive Justice. The widows and or
phans and their bereaved relatives kept
up an almost continuous lamentation
during the service and a man Indeed
would possess a heart of stone that
would not be moved by the awful, sor
rowful spectacle.
The interment was made in one
grave, 9x21, in the St. Stannous ceme
tery to the north of Hazleton, and Just
at the city line. There another pitiful
scene was presented ns the coffins were
being covered up, the women shrieking
with the Intensity of their grief and the
men shedding tears and sobbing.
CURSES UNRESTRAINED.
That they did quietly disperse after
the trying ordeal is to their everlasting
credit. Men among the spectators who
are strangers to the region could not
restrain curses for those who had
caused such an awful consequence. Six
members of one of the Italian societies
carted swords, contrary to tho under
standing with General Gobln. It was
a misunderstanding, and apologies were
afterward profusely made to the gen
eral by the committee. The general
learned of the carrying of arms, but
when he saw what It already amounted
to he let It go by unnoticed, rather than
allow any of his soldiers to Interrupt
the procession. General Gobln told mo
this evening that he does not contem
plate placing the city under martial
law. A state of war exists according
to Judge Paxson's decision, he said,
and he can declare martial law at any
time, but such an extremity will only
be resorted to In case of absolute ne
cessity. The mayor is In nuthorlty in
the cltv and can arrest any of my
command for Infractions of the law.
My refusal to permit the arrests of
Sheriff Martin and his deputies at this
time was prompted by my Judgment
that such a thing would bo unwar
ranted and the cause of trouble. Dis
trict Attorney Fell, with whom I had
a conference today, agrees that my
course In this matter Is the correct one.
Mr. Fell stated before the conference
that he simply wanted to get the views
of General Gobln on the matters of ar
rests. For his own part ho did not see
how tho military authorities could In
terfere with the civil powers when
martial law does not exist. The case
will be presented to the grand Jury
after the coroner's Jury makes Its find
ing. Dr. Bowman said today that the
Investigation may last for several
weeks and may bo started next week.
At a meeting between DIstlct Attorney
Fell and tho strike leaders this evening
It was agreed on the part of the latter
that no public meetings would be held
In Hazleton and that nothing would bo
done In the matter of arrests until the
authorities were ready to act. Mr. Fell
assured them that the matter would be
fully prosecuted.
This morning at 10 o'clock General
Gobln received word that a body of
men were waiting from Buck mountain
to crosscut to force the men In tho
Coxe & Co.'s colliery there to quit. A
battalion of tho Twelfth regiment was
marched to Hazle creek to take a train
and Intercept the marchers but before
the soldiers reached Hazle Creek it was
learned that the marchers were only a
small sized committee and orders were
given for the return of the battalion.
TJJs afternoon 125 men from Buck
mountain went to the Eckley colliery
and forced tho men there to quit.
Tho fact that there are 400 men em
ployed at this colliery indicates that
there was little opposition offered. It
was reported an hour later that S00
Buck mountain men had started for
Cross Creek and tho Eighth regiment
was sent to head them off and Instruct
ed to arres'them and take them to
Wilkes-Bar s if they showed violence.
Tho regiment found no such body and
returned. Lelsenrlng's Upper Lohlgh
colliery employing 400 men, Coxo &
Co.'s Buck mountain colliery employ,
lng 300 men and the Eckley mine of
the same company employing 350 men
all went idle yesterday and it Is said
that Coxe & Co.'s Oneida colliery em
ploying 400 men, will go out tomorrow
morning.
Four hundred men at th'o J. A. Dod
sons mine at Beaver Meadow went out
today but when the company agreed
to give them this L. V. rate they prom
ised to return to work tomorrow morn
1 g. It is still unknown how long the
.roops via .main. The Boldler boys
are making the best of It and. for the
most part are quits contented. The
Thirteenth has everything about camp
In ship shape and but for a delay In the
matter of rations the commissary de
partment would be Jn first class run
ning order. Headquarters ate break
fast yesterday with one knife and one
spoon und all this in a stable. Thero
has not been one in tho lioscltal up to
C o'clock today. Th'o weather Is on tho
whole, good. There has been no
heavy rain, and the nights are not
cold. Colonel Coursen received an
apology today from the Philadelphia
newspaper's representative who got
the Thirteenth confounded with nn
oth'cr regiment that received a severs
castigation In his paper for drunkeness
and brawling. Another 9th regiment
man was drummed out of camp today
for drunkeness and brawling. T. J, D.
STRIKE AT COXE MINES.
IMiilndelphin Cnvnlrv Troop Ordered
to Hio Scene.
By Associated Press.
Hazleton, Pa Sept. 13. Hazleton
quivers tonight on the edge of a vol
cano. Uncertainty Is the keynote of
the situation and the town Is sleep
lessly awaiting tho dawn of a day
fraught with unknown and fearful pos
sibilities. At this writing troops are marching
on the mines of Coxe Brothers at Eck
ley, which nestles In a valley about
eighteen miles from here. Telegrams
to brigade headquarters late this af
ternoon Indicated an nlarmlng condi
tion there. The remoteness of the sit
uation will make difficult the securing
of definite news from tho scene before
morning. The first knowledge of dis
turbance at tho Coxe collieries reached
brigade headquarters this morning,
when General Gobln received a dis
patch that 200 miners at Buck moun
tain, thfee miles from Eckley, had gone
on strike and began to march on the
Eckley mine. Request was made for a
detachment of tho military to avert
possible conflict, but before the soldiers
could be started off to the scene, the
authorities were reassured by the re
ceipt of a second telegram to the effect
that the march had been stopped and
no further trouble was feared.
Late this afternoon a third dispatch
changed the situation for tho worse.
It said that tho march had been re
sumed and carried to the Eckley mines,
and that the men there had been forced
to quit work, after rough handling by
the marching men.
The City troop, of 'Philadelphia, the
crack calvarymen, were Instantly or
dered to proceed to Eckley. To reach
the spot they will have to ride over
eighteen miles of rough mountain
roads. The news has created conster
nation throughout the district and all
the collieries are preparing for trouble.
General Gobln has been deluged with
requests for troops, but declares that
he will send none to any point unless
nn outbreak really occurs. This Is a
measure of precaution to keep the sol
diers mobilized.
THE TROOPS WILL STAY.
General Gobln said this afternoon
that the withdrawal of troops had not
been considered for a moment. They
will remain on tho ground until tho
sheriff is convinced that he will be
fully able to cope with any emergency
that may arise. The rumor that mar
tial law had been declared, the general
said, had been spread by some vicious
person. "There is martial law only so
far as a state of war exists," he said.
"We are here solely to assist the sher
iff in maintaining peace and order.
Men can come and go as they please so
long as they behave themselves. If
there Is the slightest Infraction of the
peace which the civic authorities are
unable to handle, then we will render
assl-tance, but such a condition has
not yet arisen."
The commander added that neither
Sheriff Martin nor any of the deputies
would be arrested while the troops are
here. "I am under his authority," ho
said, "and If he Is arrested I must
take that authority from the deputies.
If the deputies are arrested, what re
sort will remain?"
The first discord between the mili
tary and the strikers occurred today,
and General Gobln was angry about It.
Following his order against the pro
posed funeral demonstration, he ar
ranged for a conference this morning
with the Polish priests who are look
ing after the cause of the men. He Im
pressed them with the necessity for
preventing any show of a military
character and said he would permit
no uniformed men to participate ex
cept those representing religious soci
eties. Bands of music, side arms,
sticks and banners were also prohibit
ed. The priests promised that all this
should be done, and the commander,
on the other hand, agreed to keep all
troops away from the funerals. Some
body stole a march on the general,
however, and although he later revok
ed the clause excluding music, there
were men In line wearing the uniform
of the Italian army, and others carry
ing drawn sabres. Six of the latter
stood In front of the church during tho
ceremonies within. Learning of this,
the commander promptly dispatched a
staff officer and a detail of men to the
cemetery, but when they reached there
the services were over and the mourn
ers had dispersed.
"The priests gave me their sacred
promise that no arms should bo car
ried nor military uniforms worn," said
General Gobln. "In moments when a
spark might result In the wholesale
loss of life and property it seems to me
that such things should not be per
mitted. If I had the slightest Idea
that their promise would be broken, a
troop of cavalry would have been there
within a few moments." The general
added that he would demand an expla
nation from the clergymen,
As a matter of fact, there was little
change In the programme arranged by
the miners for today's funerals. There
wero twelvo In all, but two proceeded
from Harwood direct to tho cemetery,
without regard to the other ten who
united in an extensive cortege.
General Gobln kept his word, if the
priests did not. During all of the
march and the ceremonies there was
not a sign of a soldier. Brigade head
quarters presented a martial appear
ance, however, and in the stock yards
near tho hotel were stationed a battery
nnd a detachment of cavalry S-eady to
move on call. The usual camp dis
cipline was maintained and no one was
permitted to pass any of the lines
without a pass from tho commander.
BRIGADE INSPECTION.
General Gobln, with his staff, visited
several of the regiments tbday and will
make a formal inspection of the entire
brigade tomorrow. Troop Surgeon
Frazler, Corporal Borle, and Troopers
Madeira, Godfrey and Rldgway, of the
City troop, arrived here on a special
train tonight with their horses, and
a carload of extra horses from Phila
delphia for the troop. Flfty-slx of the
entire sixty-four men aro In camp and
of tho others several are In Europe and
one In tho far west. Tho governor's
troop and the City troop wero combined
today, the former, of course, having
precedence, with Captain Ott In com
mand. Tho only City troopers in tho
streets today were orderlies.
Tho gravity of tho situation Is made
apparent from the thorough and rigor
ous manner In which tho commander
Is handling his men. The signal corps
of the regiments have been stationed
on hill tops, between Hazleton and the
surrounding hamlets, where trouble Is
feared. Several are marked by tents,
with men on the lookout. Tho signall
ing was done by flags and worked suc
cessfully. The stations cover a dis
tance of four miles and at tho nearest
point to Hazleton couriers are stationed
to carry the reports to tho general.
About a dozen Boldler couriers on bi
cycles have also done good work. They
were selected from among the men ac
customed to riding, and tho wheels
were obtained here. ,
Tomorrow, unless the developments
of tonight necesi ite a change, Gen
oral Gobln will send company details
to all the surrounding country to re
main there In the event of trouble.
The record breaking time made by
the mllltla In reaching the ground has
had more to do with subduing the for
eign clement than Is generally known.
They were often given to sneering at
the "United States army" and the
spectacle offered has dumbfounded
them. The first call for troops went
out at 9 o'clock Friday night, and at
8 the next morning, the Ninth regiment
was already camped on the ground.
Over ninety-five par cent, of the bri
gade Is here, and company after com
pany presents an unbroken roll. The
only absentees are away on leave, and
one regiment has ninety-eight per cent,
of Its whole force on the ground.
A private dispatch received here at
midnight from Roan Junction, two
miles from Eckley, says that after the
outbreak a number of deputies arrived
at tho mines.
At midnight all was quiet.
SHERIFF MARTIN AT HAZLETON.
Ho Believes That All I.nw-Abidlng
People Are with Him.
Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 13.-Shcrlff Martin
nnd District Attorney Fell went to Haz
leton this afternoon. The sheriff was tho
guest of General Gobln. The latter has
assured tho Luzerne county official that
ho will not be arrested If ho remains In
Hazleton. Before taking tho train tho
sheriff claimed that he would bo perfectly
vindicated after an Impartial Investiga
tion Is made. Ho also said that the peo
ple who believed In law and order wero
with him, and that ho had gone to the
Hazleton region to protect property, that
he had been besieged, too, from vtolento
and demolition at the hands of tho strik
ers, and that he was compelled to do so
as sheriff, In order to avoid expenso to
tho county, as tho property owners held
that If he did not .protect their belong
ings that they would hold tho county re
sponsible for all damages' Incurred. He
nlno said that ho was compelled, as sheriff,
to protect tho property of the humblest
resident as well as that of tho wealthiest
mllllonalro vjien called upon to do so. In
reference to the power of arresting him,
ho remarked that thero was only ono per
son that could do so under tho law, and
that was tho coroner, ns he was acting
In tho capacity of sheriff, and that If ho
had committed an offense in the garb of
a prlvato citizen that ho could then bo
arrested by any officer or deputized person
with tho proper warrant.
Tho two strikers arrested on Friday,
and who have been; locked up ever since,
have been ordered by tho sheriff to bo re
leased on parolo until wanted, which will
bo In a few days.
LOUISE MICHEL COMING.
Noted French Anarchist Expects to
Do .Missionary Work in America.
Paris, Sept. 13. Louise Michel, tho no
torious French anarchist, Is going to tho
United States In October. Sho will bo
accompanied 'by prominent English anar.
chlsts and every one will undertake a
speechmaklng tour In America for tho
purpose of advancing tho anarchist propo
ganda. M'.le. Michel believes the prevailing la
bor troubles make tho present advantage
ous for spreading anarchist doctrines. In
tho meantime, a fortnlKht's similar cam
paign In Belgium will bo closely watched
by tho European police. Tho United
States government will bo notified of the
departuro of Louise Michel nnd doubts
aro expressed here as to whether sho will
bo allowed to land.
HURRICANE IN TEXAS.
Much Dnmnge Dona to Shipping at
Sabino Pass.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 13. Information
has been received here of a severe hurrl
cano that visited tho towns of Port Ar
thur and Sabino Pass last night! Tho
damage at Sabino Is inconsiderable, ex
cept to shipping. Two tugs wero sunk,
drowning two men named Moore and
Bctts. Damage to buildings in both tho
old nnd now towns of Sabine Pass was
slight.
At Port Arthur fully threo-fourths of
tho buildings, temporary structures, wero
blown down and six persons wero killed
from tho falling of tho round house, to
which they had gono for safety, and fif
teen wounded.
HUMBOLDT BRINGS $15,000.
Fourteen Pnssongors Arrivn trnn St.
Michaels.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 13. Tno steamer
Humboldt arrived today from St.
Michaels, She brings fourteen passeng
ers und about $15,000 In gold.
The Humboldt also brings news that
the eldo wheel steamer Ellca Anderson
from Seattle, which was reported lost, is
safe In Dutch harbor.
Minors Will Work.
Pittsburg, Sept. 13. Tho miners at near
ly all tho mines along the Wheeling di
vision of tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
met today and decided to go to work on
Wednesday, despito the ton days' clause
adopted at Columbus. The Darr mlno at
West Newton and the Jumbo, on tho Pan
Handle road, resumed today. A general
resumption in tho district la expected by
Thursday,
i
Sotli Low Accepts.
New York, Bept. 13.-Seth Low's let
ter accepting tho Citizens' union nomin
ation for mayor was received at tho
headquarters of tho union tonight. Mr.
Low says he Is a Republican, but ho Is
In sympathy with tho union's purpose to
secure a mayor who shall bo freo from
partisan obligations.
Coal Strike Oil.
Reynoldsvllle, Pa,, Sept. 13. Tho coal
strike is declared off, nnd Reynoldsvlllo
and Rathunel miners returned to work
today,
Erne Knock Out Hrcker.
Buffalo, Sept, 13. Frank Erne tonight
knocked Harry Becker out in the tilth
round.
NEW DISCOVERIES
OF GOLD MINES
Sulphur Creek Is Now Taking Men from
the Klondike.
SCENE OP LATEST GOLD EXCITEMENT
Tho Steamship Portland Armed 'With
a Maxim Gun mid RIIlcs--Mcn Who
IIuvo Picked Up Fortunes in tho Tar
North--A Womnn's Stories.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 13. Sulphur
Creek, a branch of Dominion Creek,
which Is tributary to tho Indian river,
Is the scone of the latest gold excite
ment In the Klondike region. From ac
counts brought down on the schooner
South Coast, it Beems that tho new
diggings will rival even the famous
Bonanza nnd Eldorado. Gold was
found Just below the surface running
$34 to the pan. Two men took out $300
In a day by simply prospecting their
claims. A stampede followed the re
ports of the new finds, which reached
Dawson City Aug. 15. In a week 500
men had crossed the mountains be
tween Elrodado Creek and Dominion
Creek. They traveled day and night
and In two weeks tho whole stream was
staked out. This Information, the first
authentic story of Sulphur Creek, was
given out today by John E. Light, of
Chicago. Ho left Dawson on tho
steamer Bella Aug. 18. He owns a
claim on Sulphur Creek.
"When I first heard of the strike on
Sulphur Creek," he said, "I went over
tho mountains to Investigate It. I saw
two brothers, the McKlnnon boys, of
Wellington, B. C, take out $300 In one
day from simply sinking two prospect
holes. The formation is the some as at
Eldorado and Sulphur Creek bears the
same relation to Dominion as does El
dorado to Bonanza. The streams empty
Into the Indian river. Of course when
the news of the now discovery reached
Dawson there was a great stampede
and hundreds left the Klondike for Sul
phur Creek. It Is now all staked out."
The treasure ship Portland got away
for St. Michael's at noon yesterday
with a big cargo, consisting principally
of machinery for four steamers, which
are to be constructed by Moran Bros,
nt St. Michael's this winter. One steel
steamer, the John C. Barr, was com
plete. On tho Portland's forward deck
was a Maxim rapid firing gun, cap
able of mowing down an army of pri
vateers. It will fire 300 cartridges,
weighing one pound, per minute.
Secretary Hamilton, of the North
American Trading and Transportation
company, was aboard. In the cap
tain's cabin are, a dozen new rifles.
which will be used effectively, If needs
bo. to protect tho treasure which the
Portland will bring down from the Yu
kon mine.
A WOMAN'S STORY.
Tacoma, Sept. 13. Mrs. E. A. Hen
derson, the first newspaper correspond
ent to make the trip to Dawson City,
arrived on the Cleveland from St.
Michael's, and Is visiting irlends In
this city. She spent some months in
the mining district and gives some In
teresting experiences In tho far North.
"In several papers I saw the state
ment that somebody had seen five-gallon
coal oil cans of gold In one cabin,
the work of two men for winter. No
one In that country ever heard of such
a cabin. The truth Is, I lifted less than
$13,000 of dust In a granite bowl with
difficulty. Gold is heavy to bear In
more cases than one. Dawson City Is
swarming with disreputable women.
Early this spring thero were over for
ty; there are dozens more by this time,
for they go by every boat. Alex Mc
Donald, who went In not long ago
broke, is now more than a million
aire. Bill Coatwell bought a claim for
$100, and sold sixty feet of It for $10,
000. This was No. 17 Eldorado. On
No. 9 Eldorado there Is a streak above
bed rock three or four inches thick.
The owners are taking out very little,
because they can do nothing with the
cumbrous gold dust now.
"On the claim of Frank Denmore
ninety pounds of gold was taken out
In ono day. That Is equal to some
thing like $25,000. The stories of lucky
failures are extremely Interesting.
Fritz Kloke tried to sell his half In
terest In a claim for $100. He could
not get It. He has Just sold the same
half to John J. Hanley for $10,000.
There are dozens of Just such fortu
nate strikes made blindfolded."
VAN VALKENBURG TRIAL.
Tho Conspirncy Caso Is Postponed
Another Day on Account of Numbor
Preceding It on Pottsvlllc List.
Pottsvlllo. Pa Sept. 13. The trial of E.
A. Van Valkenburg on tho chargo of con
spiracy to bribe Representative Weiss,
of Northampton county, which was fixed
for today, went over until tomorrow, ow
ing to tho number of cases that pre
ceded It in tho list. It is understood, how
ever, by counsel for both sides that the
caso will be called tho first thing In tho
morning. All the principals In tho cato
and soveral scores of witnesses were on
hand early today, ready for tho opening
of the trial. Judgo Bechtel presided in
court today. Judgo Savldgo, of Northum
berland county, -will sit with him tomor
row morning when tho caso is opened,
Mr. Vun Vnlkenbx-g was at the court
house In tho forenoon, but left upon
learning that tho case would not bo
reach eOrffoday.
Representative Weiss came to Potts
vlllo upon an early morning train from
Philadelphia. In tho afternoon ho wa3
followed by General FrarTR Rceder, ex
Becretary of tho commonwealth, and M, C.
Luckenbach.
M'KINLEY LEAVES SOMERSET.
President Loudly Cheered us Trnin
Pulled Out of tho Quiet Town.
Somerset, Pa., Sept. 13. A great many
peoplo gatrered around tho Endsley res
idence this morning to bid the president
good-byo as he decided last night to
leavo for Washington about 10 o'clock this
morning. At that time tho president and
Mrs. MoKlnley cariio down ths steps
leading from tho porchund entered a
carriage. Befoo stepping Into the car
rlago both turned and kissed their niece,
MIbs Mabel McKlnley, On tho front siut
of the president's carriage rode Mr. and
Mrs. Abncr McKlnley. The president
bowed frequently to people on the way to
tho train nnd Mrs. McKlnley waved her
handkerchief. Attorney General McKen-
J na rode, to tho train with, illaa Mabel
McKlnlcy, behind her team of Kentucky
ponies.
Tho presidential party consisted of tho
president, and Mrs. McKlnley, Attorney
General McKonna. Executive Clerk Cor
tclyou and Miss Klttlo Endstey. Tho train
was a through special and ono of tho
finest on the Baltlmoro and Ohio, con
sisting of two prlvato cars and n baggago
car. When tho train pulled out a largo
crowd cheered and tho president stood In
tho rear door bowing until tho truln was
out of sight.
YELLOW PEVER SCARE.
Nino Cnsns nt New Orlcnns--Jncl;son
in n Stnto ol Incitement.
Mobllo, Sept, 13. Ono caso of yellow
fever developed today at tho city hos
pital. Tho patient is a Norwegian sailor.
New Orleans, Sept. 13. Nino cases of
yellow fover .have dovcloped here. Sur
geon Carter, of the Marine hospital ser
vice, reports eight cases at Berkley, MUs,
Thero havo been four deaths thero In ten
days.
JockFon. Miss., Sept. 13. Excitement Is
at fever heat In this city today over tho
yellow fover scare, caused almost en
tirely by tho presence of thirty cases of
denguo fever at Edwards, twenty-Ilvo
miles west of here. Many peoplo aro
lleelng to the surrounding country.
DRADFORD BRIBERY CASE.
K. V. Iuglinm Is Accused by Chnrlcs
T. Preston.
Harrlsburg, Sept. 13. A warrant was
Issued this ovonlng by Alderman Foltz, or
this city, for the arrest of E. P. Ingram,
who Is charged by Charles T. Preston
with trying to bribe Representative It. S.
Edmlston, of Bradford county, to vote
for Boles Penrose for United States sen
ator. Preston alleges that Ingham of
fered Edmlston a (position worth $2,500 a
year for four years, and offered to glvo
him $5,000 of tho salary at once.
Preston Is not known here, but Is said
to bo In Philadelphia. Tho warrant was
placed In a constable's hands, and he will
go to Philadelphia to arrest Mr. Inghum.
BODY FOUND IN A BARN.
Tho Remains ol a Murdered Mnn ol
Columbia County--Ilent Cole, Aged
25, of Benton, Shot Through tho
Body nnd Carried by Ills Slnycrs
to u Ilnrn.
Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 13. What Is palpab
ly a brutal murder following an attempt
at highway robbery was discovered yes
terday morning at Benton, Coiumola. coun.
ty. The victim Is Bent Cole, a elnglo man
aged 25 years, who was employed as a
track walker on the Bloomsburg and Sul
livan railroad. Tho body was- found by a
member of the Cole family at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning in tho barn a short
dlstanco from tho family residence. The
body was almost black from, discolora
tion and In tho Initial stages of decom
position, proving that the man had been
dead more than a few hours. Tho finder
of tho body notified tho other members of
tho family and tho neighbors of his ghast
ly discover nnd the little town of Benton
was soon In a hlfrti state of excitement.
A physician was called and on examina
tion found a bullet wound In tho body
which was the cause of death. The ball
entered below the heart, tore through tho
lungs and lodged In tho right shoulder.
Tho doctor said that Colo had been dead
moro than twenty-four hours.
This statement of tho doctor, coupled
with tho fact that some of tho ramlly Had
been In the barn Saturday evening, at
which time there was nobody there, maJo
It clear that tho man had been carried,
dead, Into tho barn, probably by his slay
ers. A search was bejjun, and about' a
half-mllo from the barn a spot was found
which boro evidence of a wounded man's
having lain there. It was In a ditch ard
about thoplacothorewasa liberal BprmKi
Ing of blood and tho traces of the man's
body whero ho lay down. It Is tho sup
position that Colo was attacked for tho
purpose of robbery and tho nssaltants,
meeting with resistance, despatched their
victim with a pistol bullet; they then
doubtless left the body lying for several
hours 'on tho spot of the crime and niter
wards carried it to tho barn.
Colo left homo Friday morning tor
Bloomsburg to drew his month's pay.
When ho returned ho was seen In Ben
ton as lato as 11 o'clock Friday evening.
Tho family was worried npd mystified
at his remaining away from homo Friday
and Saturday evenings and tho suspense
was ended only by the horrible find of Sat
urday morning.
OVER THE RAPIDS TO DEATH.
Only Ono of tho Rowing Party
Escnpcd.
Montreal, Sept. 13. Charles Ball, Jo
seph Tessler and Antonle Lussler, work
men of the Grand Trunk shops, went out
for a row In tho St. Lawrence river above
the dam of the Laehlno Hydraulic and
Land company, at Verdun yesterday.
In an attempt to run tho rapids their
boat was smashed to atoms und Tessler
nnd Lu.sler wer drowned. Boll grasped
a ropo thrown to him from shore and was
saved.
Gnn. Woodford Received.
San Sebastian, Sept. 13. Tho retiring
United States minister to Spam, Hannls
O. Taylor, was received In nudlcnco by
tho queen regent today and presented his
letters of recall. Soon afterwards the now
United States minister to Spain, General
Steward L. Woodford, was received by her
majesty and presented his credentials.
They l'avor Lriscnring.
Mnuch Chunk, Pa., Sept. 13. Tho Re
publican county convention met today
nnd nominated S. M. Downs for prothon
otary, nnd Charles Benslnger for sheriff.
In stato delegates contest, J. M. Dre's
bach, a Quay man, and George SI. Davie,
anti-Quay, were elected. AH aro tor
Lelsenrlng for governor.
An Absconding Clork Arrested.
Capo May, N. J., Sept. 13. George Bo
ga'rd, alias Georgo Myers, tho abscond
ing city clerk of Evanston, III., wanted
for embezzlement of $3,000, was arrested
today at Capo May Point. Ho Is held for
requisition papers.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
Weather Indication! Todays
Generally Pair; Westerly Winds.
1 General Moro Trouble Expected In tho
Mr. Elkin's Version.
Hazleton Strike Region.
New Discoveries In the Klondike Re
gion. 2 Sport Eastern, National and Atlantic
League Games.
3 Court Meets and Listens to Constables'
Return.
Convention of Ministers.
Comment on the Hazleton Shooting.
4 Editorial.
C Local Board of Control Meeting.
Italian Would-Bo Murderer Still at
Large,
fl Local West Side and City Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
8 Neighboring County Happenings,
Financial and Commercial.
MR. ELKIN
SPEAKS OUT
Gives His Reasons for
Becoming Identified
with Bond Affair.
LETTER TO MR. M'CORMICK
In Justification of His Course
in the Matter.
Calls-Attention to tho Fact That tho
Custom of Paying Certain Employes
from tho General Appropriation
Bill Has Existed Slnco 1871--Mauy
of tlio Appointments Approved by
tho Governor.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Republican
Statei Chairman John P. Elkln today
made public the answer, that he stated
he would make, to the letter of Attor
ney General Henry C, McCormlck,
giving tho reasons why his resigna
tion was asked by deputy attorney,
general.
Mr. Elkln confined himself entirely;
to the bond which he.wlth others.slgn
ed and gave to State Treasurer Hay
wood to reimburse him for money ad
vanced to employes of tho senate and;
house of representatives, who wero put
upon the rolls without authority of
law.
In justification of his share of tho
celebrated "Indemnity bond" transac
tion, Mr. Elkln reminds Mr. McCor
mlck that it has been the custom since
thei passage of the act of 1874 limiting
the number of employes of the houso
nnd senate to add a number of em
ployes to the roll at each session and
provide for their compensation by
items In the general appropriation bill.
Mr. Elkln continues:
At the beginning of the- last session or
tho legislature, Senator Thomas, who was
chairman of the stato committee, called
upon the governor for tho purpose of se
curing his approval of the appointment
of a number ot extra employes, whoso
services wero not only desirable, but nec
essary in the senate, it was suggested!
that tho number of appointees provided
for In tho acts ot 1S74 nd-1895 wero not
sufficient to properly transact tho busi
ness of that body. Tho governor, after
carefully considering tho wholo question,
approved the appointment of a clerk to
each of the following committees:
Appropriations, corporations, finance,
Judiciary general, judiciary special, mu
nicipal affairs, railroads, compare bills,
and agriculture. Theso make. In all, nlna
clerks to committees of the senate, to
which ho gave his unqualified approvul.
A short time after this, Representative
Marshall, chairman of slate committee In
the house, and some others, called upon
the governor with a vlow or securing his
upproval to tho appointment of some ad
ditional clerks and extra employes In tlio
houso of representatives. At this tlmo
the governor approved of tho appoint
ment of a clerk to each of the following
named houso committees:
Railroads, corporations, municipal ar
falrs, city passenger railways, Judiciary
local, agriculture, compare bills, educa
tion, mines nnd mining, and Insurance.
In addition to tho clciks, which It was
agreed cpuld be appointed to tho abovo
named committees, It was decided that
thero should bo two extra transcribing
clerks in the house. This mado twelvo
extra, places In tho house, which met with
the approval of tho governor, und tho
members of tho slate committee. In oi Her
that there could be no misunderstanding
ubout this matter, tho accounting otllcors
wero also called into consultation. After
going over the whole affair, tho governor.
In his own hand writing, designated tho
amount that each e'erk to a commlttco
was to receive, and also the amount to
bo paid the extra transcribing clerks. Sev
eral lists of theso ex.tra employes wero
then mado out. Tho'governor kapt ono;
tho members of tho slate committee kept
one; und ono was given to tho stato
treasurer and another to the auditor gen
eral. It Is trito that several committees had
clerks during previous sessions of tho
legislature, 'whoso compensation was al
ways paid by lttms in tho general ap
propriation bill. Tho Rovernor fixed tho
amount that each extra clerk to com
mittees was to leeelve, G00, and tho trans
cribing cterks wero to receive $7.00 per
day. It was tho thouKht of all person'
connected with theso conferences that it
was necessary to appoint theso extra
clerks so n to fncllltute tho orderly,
transaction of business during tho ses
sion. The nineteen clerks to committee
above named at JCCO each amounted In
tho aggregate to $11,400. Each of tho trans
cribing clerks would be entitled to re
ceive, at $7.0) per day, about $1,230, mak
ing $2,500 for both. It will thus bo seen
that the extra employes, which met with,
tho npproval of the executive nnd legis
lative branches of our stato government,
would cost $13,900 or thereabouts. It muse
not bo forgotten that all of tho clerks
nppolntetl to &erve on the abovo named
commutes were en tho extra list.
Mr, Elkln says that because several of
these extra employes compSalned thut
they were not receiving any money, ho
becumo Interested, and upon Inquiry
learned from tho stnte treasurer that
thero was uncerta'nty regarding tho ac
tion of tho legislature on thoso extra ap
propriations, and tho treasurer had there
fore declined to advaneoany moneys. This
led to the exlstcnco of tho "Indemnifying
bond."
m
ELECTION BOARD PUNISHED.
Easton, Pa., Sept. 13. Tho entire clec
tlon board of tho Fourth ward of South
Bethlehem was this afternoon convletej
of violations of tho election laws and wera
sentenced by Juduo Scott to undergo sixty
days' Imprisonment and pay a line of $VjO
a piece. Tho board was composed ot
Conrad Kellman, Judge; Michael Began
and Charles Longacre, Inspectors; Mat
thew McCue and Charles Walker, clerks.
The Hornld's Wcnther Forecast.
Now York. Sept. 12 -In tho Mlddlo
States and Now England today, fair ana
less sultry weather und fresh to light
northerly and westerly winds will pre
vail, with temperature lower In tho north
ern districts ot this section, but moving
slowly In southern districts. On 'Wednes
day, In both of theso sections, fair, warm
er weather and oit'hcrly winds will pre
vail, with a warm wave advancing from:
the Interior to tho eastward.
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