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OCRANTOX, TAM WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1897.
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STRIKE IS
Every Colliery in the
Hazleton Region to
Be Closed.
10,000 MINERS NOW IDLE
The Philadelphia Troop Found
Nothing at Eckley.
Fruitless I'fTorts to Induce the miners
to Go to Work--Uood Meets of tlio
Presence of Troops in the Region.
Miners Salute tlio Soldiers llcspcct
fully. Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 14. Tonight Is
another one of anxious expectancy.
Everything depends on what the mor
row will bring forth. The tendency to
day was a spreading of the strike, and
If there Is not a reaction the whole re
gion Is doomed to Idleness. The men
who promised to go back today did
not, and those who had agreed to go
back tomorrow. It Is generally feared
will not. Coxe & Co.'s men, who had
not participated In the strike before
Monday, are gradually joining the
ranks of the strikers, and the smaller
collieries are one by one closing down
or threatening to do so. There are
more collieries and men Idle today than
tuere has been at any time since tho
trouble began, and unless the spread of
the strike is checked today there is a
strong likelihood that before Thursday
night there will be few, if any miners,
at work in the entire Hazleton region.
There was no especially exciting Inci
dents today, except the articles which
appeared in "Yellow Kid" Journals.
Early In the morning two companies of
cavalry, under Captain Ott, of the gov
ernor's staff, were sent on a detour of
the region to the north and northwest
to prevent any marching of large
bodies of strikers such as occurred
Monday at Buck Mountain. Soon after
this had started a band of D00 men
was reported to have started from Buck
Mountain to order out the men at Mar
kle's collieries In and around Jeddo.
It required but little stretch of the im
agination to get up a bloody conflict
and the bloody conflict eventuated In
the minds of the highly imaginative.
The truth of the matter was that the
body of men from Buck Mavntaln was
a committee of possibly ICO. They were
not by any means demonstrative, and
when Superintendent Marklo met them
on the road and asked them to let him
pass, the committee quietly retired
and dispersed at their hamlet.
This was at 10 o'clock a. m., and the
eoldiers who went first to Lattimer and
then through Free'and and Drifton did
not reach Jeddo until noon.
SCENES ON PAY DAY.
Your correspondent was at Eckley,
with twelve other newspaper men when
the soldiers appeared in sight. It was
pay day and the three or four hundred
men employed there were all ussembled
about the company store waiting for 1
o'clock when the paymaster was to ar
rive. "Hello, here comes the sojers," shout
ed some one who caught sight of the
cloud of dust rising In the scrub of the
mountain towards Drifton. "It's a
good day they are coming," remarked
a Jolly Irishman. "We'll nil bo able
to treat them."
No uneasiness nor any feeling except
that of curiosity was apparent nmong
the strikers those men had gono out
the day before. They watched the
horsemen come down the mountain
side, disappear into the valley and
emerge over the brow of the1 hill with
ns much calmness and cquanamlty aa
if it was u picnic. The scouts of the
advancing party on reaching an im
minence commanding a v!ov of the
ground where the strikers were assem
bled, hastily reined in the horses long
enough to estimate the strength of the
assemblage and then galloped back at
brenkneck pace to carry the word to
the main body. There was a tooting of
trumpets, battle formation and tight
ening of reins and then down the road
came the dust covered troopera walking
thtir chargers and sitting firm in their
saddles. There waa no need of all their
anxiety. They passed c.uietly by and
on to Hazleton, tho captain stopping
long enough to secure a guide from the
company's office to pilot them over tho
mountain. When they had disappeared
from view tho strikers sat down and
puffed away at their pipes as if noth
ing had happened, possibly wondering
only if th'o parade would in any way
delay the opening of the pay office.
LAST VICTIM BURIED.
General Snowden and Adjutant Stew
art arrived tonight. Their visit is un
official, they say.
The funeral of Jacob Tomoszauvas,
who died in the hospital Saturday
night took place this morning, nt Mc
Adoo. There waa a large number of
people from .the south side present,
but as in the case of the other funer
als there was no violent demonstration
or military Interference. Clement
Platoff, the last of tho victims was
burled also this mornlnir from Har
wood. There was not as large a pro
cession as at the previous funerals,'
nnd as in the McAdoo funeral there
was no exciting features.
Colonel Wilbur of the Lehigh Valley
took General Gobln and Major Miller
Jn his private car all through the rail
road grldironcd Hazleton district. The
SPREADING
trip was for the purpose of acquainting
tho olllcers with tho geography of tho
country. Tho Tribune representative
saw General Gobln on his return and
was told that there waa no evidence
of violence or trouble of any kind at
any place visited. He does not know
when tho troops will bo withdrawn.
"They will remain," said ho "as long
as thero Is need for them and I do not
know when tho need of them will
cease." Colonel Coursen was called
awny tonight to Cottage City by tho
serious Illnes3 of his wife. Colonel
Ripplr, commissary general returned
this evening and resumed his position
at headquarters.
Hugh O'Donnell, tho leader of the
Homestead strike is hero represent-'
ing a Philadelphia paper. Private P.
P. Glbbs after four days of anxious
battling for a furlough left this even
ing for homo to be married .tomorrow.
PARDEE'S OVERTURES.
Calvin Pardee this afternoon offered
to pay his men as high wages as Is
paid by any company In tho region;
and to do away with company store
and company doctor, but the men
would not listen to him until he would
agree to discharge such men as were
deputies. P. F. Loughran, attorney for
the strikers, said tonight that they
weie not refraining from beginning tho
prosecutions because of any mandate
of General Gobln. They deem it best to
wait until the names of all the deputies
nre secured, and the evidence is in good
shape.
"General Gobln has no law as pre
cedent to stand on, nnd there Is no
question but that he has exceeded hla
authority," said Mr. Loughran, "Inas
much as martial law has not been de
clared." At the request of operators General
Gobln will despatch the Twelfth regi
ment tomorrow to the Drifton region to
prevent anv marches on the collieries
of that district, a report having got-tf-n
afloat that a general move will bo
made J.y the strikers to force out all
the men still at work in the north side
collieries.
NEWSPAPERS CONDEMNED.
At a mass meeting of citizens and
stiikers, held In the school house on
Aller street, resolutions were passed
condemning the Philadelphia Press and
Hanleton Sentinel for their editorial
position on the strike. Strong speeches
were made by Matt Long and Prank
Kaslows-ki against the military Inter
ference with the warrants for the dep
uties. T. J. D.
COMPARATIVELY QUIET DAY.
Uuccrtnin Aspect oi the Situation,
IIowcvci, Necessitates the Holding
Together oi tlio Troops.
By Associated Press.
Hazleton, Sept. 14. Despite a variety
of alarming rumors and a morning
movement by a body of miners which
looked formidable, today passed off
without serious disturbance In the
strike region. Matters still wear such
an uncertain aspect, however.that Gen
oral Gobln declares that the removal of
the troops or of any portion of them
has not been contemplated. The strike
Itself Is spreading with great rapidity.
Exact estimates of the number of men
who have quit work are hard to obtain,
but conservative figures .place It at
close to ten thousand, with indications
that within a short time every colliery
of Importance In the legion will be Idle.
Although some disposition has been
shown by small bodies of strikers in the
outlying districts to make demonstra
tions, they have been of a rather feeble
character, and the great majority of
the men are docile. These mines are
now Idle: Coxe Brothers & Co., Eckley,
Heaver Meadow and Oneida, about 2,000
men; Lehigh' and Wllkes-Barre Coal
company's Honey Brook and Audonrled
mines, about 200; Prank Pardee's Cran
berry and Crystal Ridge, 1,100; Lehigh
Valley Coal company's Hazle mines,
Yoiktown, Jeansvllle and Audenrled,
S,000; Calvin Pardee & Co.'s Lattimer
nnd Harwood, 2,000. The men at Coxe's
Stockton mines have expressed their
Intention of joining the strike. Today
was their pay day. Concerning the
Drifton mine of the same company,
which was working today, ono of the
Ann said they understood the men were
going out. The collieries still working
ure tho Derringer, Tomhlcken and
Shepton, of the Coxe company; Wes
ton, Dodson & Co.'s Beaver Brook mine
and J. S. Wentz's Sliver Brook mine.
TROOP FOUND NOTHING.
The First City troop of Philadelphia,
which was dispatched at an early
hour this morning to the scene of the
reported outbreak at Eckley, found
nothing for it to do when it reached
that place about 1 o'clock this after
noon. Several hundred miners from
Buck mountain marched on the Eckley
mines last night and brought out tho
men there. A few of the men who
showed a disposition to continue work
were roughly handled, and tho mine su
perlntendent, fearing trouble, wired to
General Gobln for troops. He also sent
word to Drifton and seventy deputies
from that place and Roan Junction
nearby, were sent over. They kept
themselves under cover at Eckley.how
ever, awaiting developments. Nothing
further happened, the men at Eckley
joining the ranks of the strikers. Mean
while the cavalry troop was sent by
General Gobln and had a wearisome
march over tho mountains only to find
everything nt Eckley peaceful. Tho
day had scarcely opened before anoth
er annoying story rame to brigade
headquarters by telephone. It was to
tho effect that a gang of miners from
Drifton had marched on to colliery No.
C, at Jeddo, with the expressed inten
tion of bringing the men out. Upon
leaching the colliery, John Markie, the
superintendent, met them and, after a
conference with a committee of the
miners, succeeded in turning them off
without trouble. This was the only in
cident of the day which partook of tho
nature of a demonstration.
At Lattimer this afternoon a largely
attended and decisive meeting of
strikers was held to receive tho answer
of the company to their demand.
With a large body of strikers gathered
in the open space before the company's
store, Superintendent Blake appeared
at the door and gave them their ans
wer. It was short and to the point
and was met with action equally as
decisive. The demands hail been for
mulated as follows:
"Wo desire and wish .the privilege of
buying our provisions where wo think
proper, instead of being forced to do
so at the company's store; wo want a
twenty per cent, advanco on all classes
of labor; we demand tho dismissal of
nil parties who took part on last Fri
day, September 10, in the shooting af
fray; wo demand that all classes of
labor bo paid the same for rock work
as for coal on idle days; wo demand
that no man shall be discharged for
acting on this committee."
COMPANY'S ANSWER.
The company's answer to this was,
first, that the men are not, and never
have been obliged to buy exclusively
at the company store; second, that the
advance would not be granted because
the company was paying tho averago
rate of the region; third, the company
absolutely refused, without assigning
any reason, to discharge anybody,
who participated in tho shooting;
fourth, that men suspended on idle
days have tho privilege of taking
somebody else's place, thus making
good the dlfferenco in rate between
rock and coal work; and fifth, that no
man shall be discharged for acting on
the greivanco committee.
Superintendent Blake made a short
speech to the men, urging them to re
turn to work, and arguing that they
could gain nothing by remaining Idle.
"What do you say?" he concluded.
"Will you come back?"
There was a moment's buzz nnd then
a chorus of "no" went up. Tho sup
erintendent attempted no further per
suasion and the men dispersed. The
mountain journey of the cavalry to
Eckley, although agreeably disappoint
ed of its purpose, had a salutary effect
In that It deeply impressed the miners
with the extent of the military power.
The original Intention to send the en
tire City troop was changed and only
half of that body, with an equal num
ber from the Governor's troop, went to
Eckley. They were commanded by Cap
tain F. M. Ott, of the latter organiza
tion, with Lieutenant McFadden, of tho
Philadelphia troop, as adjutant. They
were fullv armed, each man carrying
twenty rounds of ammunition, and one
Continued on Pago 8.
PLYMOUTH BANKER CAUGHT
Anthony J. Hondrift, Charged with
Embezzlement, Is Held in 82,000
Bail lor n Further IIenriiiR--l.riO
Depositors After Him.
Wllkes-Barre, Sept. 14. Anthony J.
Bendrift, the Plymouth banker, who Is
alleged to have left home several weeks
ago with ?SO,000 of his depositor's money,
waa arrested In Philadelphia yesterday
by United States Marshall William Wal
ter and brought to this city last evening
where hr wpjj ledgcd In the lockup.
Bendrift was taken before Squire Ad
ams this morning charged by August
Wysznlewsky, of Plymouth with taking
a deposit of 5200 from the plaintiff on June
31, 1&97, at tho time he knew himself to
be Insolvent.
The defendant was represnted by At
torney J. M. Garman and gave $.',0U0 ball
for a further Hearing on Sept. 21. John
Zukoskl furnished ball. It is alleged that
there aro 150 other depositors who v ill
appear against Bendrift. They allege
they lost over $S0,O00 In his wrecked bank.
Bendrift is now at his home In Ply
mouth and his presence has caused con
siderable commotion among the Jlunga
rlana and Lithuanians who threaten him
with violence for absconding witn their
savings.
It Is said thit when Bendrift left home
ho went to New Mexico and had but re
cently returned to Philadelphia where ho
was arrested.
KNIQHTS OF HONOR.
Supremo Lodge Holds Its Eleventh
Annual Meeting nt Detroit.
Detroit, Sopt. 11. The supreme lodge of
the Knights and Ladies of Honor, a na
tional mutual benefit and piotoctlve or
ganization with a membership of 75,000
opened Its eleventh annual meeting hero
today with about 100 delegates present, a
large number of them ladies. Supreme
Protector 8. B. Lockard, of Bradford, Pa,,
presided. Af ter the appointment of stand
ing committees and submission of reports
by the supremo olllcers, tho meeting ad
journed until tomorrow morning, when
tho officers will bo elected. Tho lodge will
continue its sessions until Monday or
Tuesday of next week.
C. W. Harvey, supremo secretary, says
tho haid times of tho last two years have
retarded tho work of tho order. During
the past two years 1,900 of Its members
have died, which necessitated tho collec
tion and disbursement in round numbers
$2,3CO,000.
IT WAS HIS SISTER.
Young Medical Student's Tcrriblo
Discovery in Dissecting Itnom.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 14. An intensel
dramatic scene was witnessed In the Uis.
secting room of tho county hospital Sat
urday. Dr. W. T. Kirby, ono of the hos
pital physicians, had brought with him
as a guest a young medical student from
Louisville, Kv. Tho young man wished
to accustom himself to everything with
which a physician has to deal, and ha
especially desired to o present at a post
mortem.
There was ono upon a young girl who
had killed hersolf. The student pressed
forward with tho others when tha sheet
v. as, drawn, but ho arew ba.k quickly,
(creamed out and f.ilnted. The lead girl
was his sister, who had left homo five
years ago to lead a shameful life. Sho
was known as Minnie Heath. Dr. Klrby
will not tell tno student's name.
ANOTHER ANARCHIST COMINQ.
Joseph Ventre, Expelled from Spain,
Ilondcd for tlio United Ntntas.
Washington, Sept. li. Tho treasury
department has received Information
that an anarchUt named Joseph Vontro,
who somo tlmo ago was expelled from
Spain, had arrived at Tamplco, Mexico,
enroute to tho United States. It Is stated
that Venter received assistance from par
ties in Mexico in his efforts to reach
this country, nnd that passago had been
engaged for him on tho City of Wash
ington. The captain of the vessel, however, re
fused to recelvo him, and it Is enpectcd
that he will now mako an effort to cross
the border either at some point In New
Mexico or Texas. Customs officials have
been notified to bo on tho alert, and If
found, Ventre will be deported as an
arslsted ' Immigrant,
Call far Convention of .Miners.
Braldwood, 111., Sept. 14. President
Carson today Issued a call for a state
convention of miners at Springfield, Sept.
20, for tho purposo of taking definite ac
tion on tho mining situation. Tho ope
rators of Illinois aro Invited to meet
with tho miners' delegates.
SOCIETY WOMEN VICTIMIZED.
Swindled Out of $70,000 by a l'lnus
iblo Sharper.
London, Sept. 11. J. II. I. Crulkshank
Is tho nnmo given by a prisoner In the
Bow street court today who was charged
with having swindled Lady Randolph
Churchill, her sisters, Mrs. Frewon und
Mrs. Leslie, and other Indies out of sums
aggregating about $75,000.
Crulkshank is a commonplaco, rather
seedy-looking fellow, but seems to, bo
endowed with extraordinary plausibil
ity. Ho induced these thrco cxporlcnced
women of tho world to part with $7,500
on tho promise of 400 por cent, return on
somo venturo of his, entitled "Railway
Syndicate," of the exlstenco of which
they never demanded any ovldence.
Their confidence was gained first by
tho fact that Crulkhank was Introduced
by Mr. Cadogan, a relative of Earl Ca
dogan, tho viceroy of Ireland. Mrs. Les
lie and. Mrs. Frcwcn kept all knowledgo
of their transactions from their hus
bands, expecting to havo a pleasant sur
prise for them when tholr fortunes had
been made by Cruikshank's syndicate.
Thero aro only a fow of tho ladles
Crulkshank victimized, only ono man be
ing among his dupes. Tho police, havo
evldctico against him of rrnuds to the
extent of $75,000, but ho maintains that
tho "Railway Syndlcato" was a genuine
undertaking, and that tho complainants
Invested their money, knowing Its risk
and expecting a big return.
An effort was first mado by Lady Ran
dolph Churchill and others to recover
their money by civil process, which failed
and tho prosecution is now In tho hands
of tho Crown. Crulkshank was hold for
trial.
VAN VAtKENBURG CASE.
On Account of the Illness of a .Mntcrlnl
Witness the Trial Is Postponed
Until November.
Pottsvllle, Pa., Sept. 14. Tho caso of
E. A. Van Valkenburg, charged with
attempting to bribe Representative
Weiss, of Northampton county, to voto
for John Wanamaker for United States
senator, was called for trial this aftcr
ncon before Judgo Savldge, oi North
umberland. Tho attorneys for tho defense moved
that tho prosecution bo directed to Wo
a bill of particulars specifically defining
the facts which they proposo to prove.
Tho prosecution opposed tho motion on
the ground that It should havo been of
fered last April, when tho court over
ruled a motion to quash tho Indictment.
Judgo Savldge dliccted tho prosecu
tion to filo a bill of particulars by 3
o'clock this afternoon, and in tho mean
time a Jury will bo selected. A recess
was taken from 12.30 until 2 o'clock.
Fred E. Van Valkenburg, a brother of
tho defendant, was taken 111 last night
at a hotel hero with bronchitis, nnd his
pl-ysiclan said ho will not bo ablo to
leavo his room for somo time.
When court convened this afternoon,
counsel for the defence made application
for a postponement of tho trial, owing
to tho Illness of Mr. Fred E. Van Valk
enburg, a material witness. Tlio prose
cution admitted that Vein VaiKenburg
was an important witness because ho
was ono of tho parties who took part
in tho conspiracy to jrlbo Weiss. Coun
sel also admitted that the witness' con
dition was serious, and that he would
not bo able to go Into court for a week.
Dr. Carpenter, tho physician attend
ing Van Valkenburg, was called Into
court and explained the character of Van
Valkenburg's Illness. Tho physician said
that his patient could not leavo tho hotel
for three or fouiidays under any circum
stances, but that his testimony might
be taken In his room In another day or
EC.
Tho prosecution mado no objection to
a postponement, nnd tho caso was con
tinued until tho November term.
SENATOR WELLINGTON RESIGNS.
I xpresses Opinion Tlirtt Maryland
JCcpiiblicnns Arc Doomed to Defeat.
Baltimore, Sept. 14. United States Sen
ator George L. Wellington today re
signed tho chairmanship of tho Repub
lican state central committee, thus re
linquishing the leadership of tho party
In this state, which he has held for tho
past three years. This action was taken
at a meeting of the committee and Is the
direct result of the senator's defeat at
tho recent convention In Ocean City.
In resigning tho chairmanship Senator
Wellington delivered a fitter speech in
v. hich he Is alleged to have asserted that
the Republicans aro doomed to certain
defeat In tho coming campaign In Mary
land His successor will be elected tomorrow
nficr the meeting of tho state conver.
fou which was adjourned from Ocean
City, and which will tako place hero ut
noon. There Is but llttlo doubt that Phil
lips L. Goldsborough will bo nominated
at tomorrow's convention for comptrol
ler and General Allan Rutherford for
clons of tho court of appeals, the onlv
state ofllces to bo filled at tho coming
clt-ction.
POTTSVILLE INVESTIGATION.
Wnrrnnts Sworn Out Agninst Com
missioners Itcnlz and .llnrtin.
Pottsvllle, Sept. 14. As a result of tho
Tax Payers' association investigation,
warrants havo been sworn out against
Commissioners Bcntz and Martin nnd cx
Commlssloner Allen; County Controller
fjevcrn and cx-Commlssloner's Clark Con
nell, charging them with being parties
with the misappropriation of $10,000 of
county funds, which, It Is said, never
reached tho treasury after county notes
had been discounted at ono of tno local
banks.
Tho commissioners gave ball In tho sum
of $3,000. Connell could not bo found at
his Pottsvllle house. This afternoon
Commissioners Rentz and Martin sworo
out a warrant against ox-Clerk Con
nell and servlco was sent to tho New
Jersey authorities In which state ho was
last known to bo temporarily staying.
WOMEN MARCH AT PLUM CREEK.
Thoy Join tho Strikers, but Aro Not
Molested.
Pittsbifrg, Sept. 14. Desplto tho arrests
yesterday and the positive commands of
the deputies, tho striking minors en
camped near tho Plum Creek mine, to
gether with fifteen or twenty women,
marched at 4 o'clock this morning, but
wero not Interfered with. About ono
hundred and fifty men were In line.
The strikers claim no new men went Into
Plum Creek mine today.
They say seventy-five men aro work
ing thero, and that only twclvo aro nt
work at Sandy Creek, twelve recruits
having been gained by them today,
Husband Under Suspicion,
Churchvllle, N. Y Sept. 14.-Mrs.
Georgo A. Smith, who was shot In tho
bend last weok while she was sleeping,
has died of the wound. Her husband, who
has been held on suspicion of having
committed the assault, will now be form
ally accused ot murder.
.Murdered by Itallnno.
aencsco, N. Y Sept. ll.-Phlllp Gib
bons, a farmer of Livonia, was mur
dered last night by two Italians during
a quarrel. Both Italians havo been captured.
REMOVALS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE
Supreme Court Decision Upon an Im
portant Question.
DISMISSED THE BILL OP COMPLAINT
Judgo Coxe, ol tho District cf Colum
bia, Recognizes tlio Right oi tlio
Appointing Power to Dismiss Snb-ordlnntca-PostoHico
Cnso tho Test
Washington, Sept. 14. Judgo Cox, of
tho supreme court of the District of
Columbia, today dismissed tho bill of
complaint of John G. Wood, superin
tendent of mails at Louisville, praying
that Postmaster General Gary and As
sistant Postmaster General Heath bo
enjoined from removing him from olllce.
The caso was considered In the nature
of a test of tho power of removal, and
the delivery of the opinion drew to the
court room many public officials, In
cluding members of the civil service
commission.
Judge Cox held that it was not with
in tho power of n. court of equity to
grant relief in matters of appointment
and removal from office, and that the
power of removal was an Incident to
the power of appointment and that
both' could e exercised by the head
of a department in reference to sub
ordinate officials.
Concerning tho civil service law,
Judgo Cox held that It must not be con
strued to grant authority, either to the
civil servicp commission or to the pres
ident, to make rules contrary to the
law itself, or of a legislative charac
ter. THE DECISION.
The decision sums up as follows: "J
have no doubt that tho president may
lay down rules for the Internal policy
of his administration, nnd may require
his chief executive officers, dependent
upon his pleasure for their terms of
office, to conform to them or else to
sever their official relations with him,
and in that stnse, the rules rtlled on
by the complainant were within his
political and executive authority, but
the enforcement of such rules Is a mat
ter between the president nnd his cab
inet and not a matter for the courts or
one In which the complainant has any
legal interest. All that I mean to state
in this opinion is that the rules in ques
tion were not such ns tho civil service
act authorizes and do not derive any
efficiency from that act.
"I know of nothing more Important
to the Interests of the country than the
policy which the civil service legisla
tion was Intended to Initiate and pro
mote, and it is perhaps a matter of
great regrjt that th'o act of Jan. 16, 1883
(the civil servlco act), has not gono
further than it does. It is my duty to
construe It as it is. To sum up, 1 con
clude that, apart from the civil service
act, the postmaster general has the au
thority to remove the complainant from
office nt his pleasure; that this act
makes no change In this respect, except
to f ot bid removals for refusal to con
tribute to partisan objects; that the
power given to the commission and the
president to establish rules to enrry
that act Into effect does not authorise
any rule which shall make a. change In
tho law In this respect; and conse
quently that, oven If this court had jur
isdiction in n case like the present one,
the complainant is not entitled to the
relief prayed."
It is probable that an appeal will be
taken from the decision, and It 1s said
that ultimately the United States su
preme court twill be asked to pass on
tho question involved.
SALE OF A RAILROAD.
The Delaware River nnd Lancaster
Hand Sold Vestrrdny.
West Chester, Sept. 14. Tho Delaware
River and Lancaster railroad was sold
hero at noon today by tho master, A.
P. Wlntersteen, for default of payment
of coupons belonging with the mortgngo
bonds of tho company and Interest on
tho same, and $167,000 with Interest there
on from dnto of decree. Tho purchaser
was Charles L. Klngley. of New York,
nnd the sum bid less than $17,000. It Is
tho Intention of tho purchaser to com
plete tho road.
Tho property sold Is all tho railroad of
tho Delaware River and Lancaster Rail
road company, projected and partly con
structed, extending from Its eastern
terminus on the Delaware river near
Point Pleasant, Bucks county, Pa.,
thlough tho counties of Bucks, Montgom
ery, Chester and Berks, and Into Lan
caster county to the city of Lancaster,
Pa,, a distance of eighty miles. Tho con
structed portion, about twelvo miles, ex
tends from a point near French Creek
Junction, Chester county, Pa., to a point
near St. Peters, In that county.
NEW CORPORATION.
.Metropolitan Traction vCo. Absorbed
bv the Street Railway Co.
New York, Sept. 14. Tho Metropolitan
Traction company went out of exlstenco
today as a corporation of this state and
was virtually absorbod by tho Metropoli
tan Street Railway company. This ac
tion was taken at a meeting of tho
stockholders today. About three-quarters
of the stockholders wero present or rep
resented by proxies.
After tho meeting President Vreland
said that they had unanimously voted
to dl&aolvo the Traction company and
turn Its assets over to the Street Rail
way company. Tho assets of the com
pany consist of the capital stock of $30.
000,000 of tho Metropolitan Streot Rail
way company nnd about $0,000,000 In se
curities and other properties.
Each traction stockholder will recelvo
In exchange for his stock an equal
amount of tho street railway stock, nnd
In addition securities to tho amount of 0
per cent, of tho par valuo of his stock.
INSANE MAN'S SUICIDE.
Rome, N. Y Sept. 14. At Lee, about
cloven miles north of Rome, a farmer
named riiarles Pratt, which lived in a
houso occupied by Fred Cummlngs, made
a murderous assault today on Mrs. Cum
mlngs with an nxo. Ho then cut his
throat nnd lived but a short time. Mrs.
Cummlngs will probably recover. It is
belloviU that Piatt was Insane.
Victory for Workmen.
Washington, Sept. 14. President Sam
uel Gompers, of the American Fedcra
tlon of Labor, this afternoon received
a telegram from tho federation's or
ganizer at Elwood, Ind stating that tho
tin pinto workers' scalo prosonted by
tho union had been signed and that tho
strike had ended In a victory for tlio
I workmen.
RED MEN'S JUBILEE.
Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee Hold nt
IMiilndolphln.
Philadelphia, Sept, 14. Tho nftloth anni
versary or golden Jubllco of tho groat
council of tho United States, Improved.
Order of Rod Men, formally began at tho
Continental hotel today with tho only
open session of tho convention. Thero
wero 131 delegates present representing
every etato of tho Union except Missis
sippi, Mayor Warwick, In a fellcltlous
address, welcomed the delegates.
Response was made by Great Incohoneo
Hon. Robert T. Daniel, of Griffin, Ga.
Then followed a. secret business session
during whl oh ono hundred past great
saahems ot tho different states wero ad
mitted to rho council, bringing tho total
up to 231.
Past Great Bachem Clymer, of Penn
sylvania, when the delegates wero being
admitted to tho council chamber, entered
a protest agaln3t tho admission of any
of tho delegates from this state, charging
that they had refused to obey tho order
of tho groat incohonee of tho great coun
cil. Thero wero warm words for several
moments, nnd somo of tho Pennsyl
vanlans left In Indignation. Tho troublo
was smoothed down somehow bohtnd
closed doors. Tho Red Men declined to
say what tho lncohonee'a order was, or
why it had been disobeyed. Tho commlt
teo on credentials admitted tho Penn
sylvanlans. Tho session lasted nearly all day and a
mass of routine business was transacted.
The report of C. C. Donnally, tho great
chief of records, showed that since 1S7B,
when tho great council last met In this,
city tho membership of tho order had In-
creased (from 39,510 to 153,3S9.
Tho Red Men will bo In session three
days.
DEVELOPMENT OF
YELLOW FEVER
One Dontli Out of Fourtcon Cases in
New Orloans--.No Tear of nn Epi
demic. New Orleans, Sept. H. At nightfall,
tho books of tho board of health showed
tho following recapitulation of the days
developments In the yellow fever sltun,
tlon. There had been reported to tho
board for lnvestlratlon 26 cases which tho
attending (physicians considered sus
plalous. Of these, thirteen cases had
been found Buttering with a harmless
fever, five cases wero icgarded as sus
picious but necessary to be further Inves
tigated before a definite report could bo
made on them; thero wero no reports as
to four cases, and four cases had been
pronounced genuine yellow fever, though
ono of the latter was classed as of mild
type. Tho most serious of tho four yel
low fever cases Is located In tho neigh
borhood of the French market. Tho local
ity is far from a clean one, Is populated
by n poorer class of people, many of
whom are foreigners. Of courso the re
port of new cases dally is creating alarm
In somo quarters, but thus far the dls
easo has shown but little malignancy as
witness the record of one death out of
fourteen cases, and none of the practic
ing physician aro yet on record as ex
pressing a fear of an epidemic.
Jackson, Miss., Sopt. 14. This has been
another day of excitement and anxiety to
the people of Jackson. Yesterday tho
general movement of all classes to tho
surrounding country has contlnuod
throughout tho night and today. Tho
principal causo of alarm to the people
of Jackson came from Edwards, only
twenty-flve miles distant, where there are
now thirty-five cases of dengue, at least
three of which were considered suspicious.
A statement received' here by tho Asso
ciated Press at noon from Dr. Purnell,
tho Vicksburg expert, had a reassuring
effect upon tho people. Ho reports only
ono very sick person. In town and his
condition is caused by an attack of
malarial fever followed by dengue.
Business in Jackson Is at a complete
standstill.
MINE WORK RESUMED.
It Is Expected Thru Con! Business
Will Room in Pittsburg Soon.
Pittsburg, Sept. 14. Work has been re
sumed In a number of mines, nnd It is
expected that all will bo running full on
Thursday morning, notwithstanding tho
ten days' clause In tho resolution, ac
cepting the operators' compiomlso prop
osltlon. Tho general sentiment along the
Wheeling division Is for an early re
sumption. President Dolan today denies
that in his conferenco with the operators
last night ho advocated a withdrawal
from the national organization. Ho con
clude"?: "Neither did I say that I would not
enforce tho contlnuanco of tho strike for
ten days as passed by tlio national con
vention. I am not a Judgo In this mat
ter, no matter what my own opinion may
be. That will bo for tho miners' dele
gates to say when they meet In con
vention tomoriow.
"The women marchers, who were ar
rested yesterday, wero released on ball
nnd wero at tho miners' headquarters
today, where they met a number of other
women from Plum Creek. Ono of tho
women said:
" 'Wo aro going to march tomorrow
morning, and will not let the deputies
stop us. Wo do not violate tho law, but
the deputies do. Thoy Insult tho women
and spit In their faces. They try to get
us to go on company property and even
pull us on so that they can arrest us.
Wo Intend to keep on tho public road
and they cannot prevent us from march
ing.' "
FLOODS IN SPAIN.
Madrid, Sept. 14. Floods In the vicin
ity of Val do Penas, thirty miles south
east of Cludad Real, on tho Jabalon riv
er have dono a great deal of injury.
About 100 houses havo boen Inundated.
msny families havo been completely
ruined, a number of peoplo have been
drowned and tho damage Is estimated at
$200,000.
Andrews' Resignation Withdrawn.
Providence, It, I., Sept. 11. B. Benja
min Andrews has withdrawn his resigna
tion ns president of Brown university.
Tonight tho students aro celebrating the
event, and the university will reopen to
morrow with renewed activity and vigor.
THIS NEWS THIS MORNINO.
Weather Indications Today)
Partly Cloudy; Cooler.
1 General Strlko Spreading In tho Hazle.
ton Region.
Attorney General McCormlck Corrects
Misstatements.
Power of Removal Sustained.
3 Sport Base Ball Games of a Day.
Sporting Gossip.
3 Local-South Seranton's Wild Man.
Threo Boys Domollsh tho Interior ot an
Untonanted House,
4 auditorial.
Comment on the Lattimer Riot.
5 Local Association ot German Minis
ters. '
Local Unions Donounco Sheriff Martin,
C Local West Side end City Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News.
Neighboring County Events,
S Financial and Commercial.
MR. ELKIN
IS MISTAKEN
Thus Quietly Remarks
Attorney-General Mc
cormick. GOING OVER GROUND AGAIN
In Order to Correct the Mis
statements. Tho Attornoy-Goncrnl Wishes to En
lighten tlio Public About tho Mnttcc
So That No Erroneous Impressions
Will Re Created in Reference to tha'
Great Question.
Harrisburg, Sept. 14. 'Attorney Genu
oral McCormlck being asked today
whether ho had anything to ray as to
the additional letter ot ex-Deputy At
torney General Elkln, stated that ho
had no reply to make except to correct
one or two misstatements of fact which
give the public an erroneous Impres
sion of what transpired at the begin
ning of tho session concerning the ap
propriations that might be made by the
legislature for clerks' to a number oC
committees. Said tho attorney gen
eral: Mr. Elkln states that tho governor as
sented to clerks to tho following com
mittees: Appropriations, corporations,
finance, Judiciary general, judiciary spe
cial, municipal affnlr, railroads, com
pare bills and agriculture, making In all
nlno clerks to committees of tho senate
and that a llko understanding was had
with Representative Marshall, chairman
of tho slate commltteo of tho house, for
tho appointment of additional clerks and
extra employes In the houso of repre
sentatives ns follows: Clerks to tho com
mittees on railroads, corporations, muni
cipal affairs, city passonger railways,
Judiciary local, agriculture, comparo
bills, education, mines nnd mining and
Insurance, and two extra transcribing
clerks.
I was present nt tho Interviews held by
the governor with the representatives of
tho two houses. A memorandum In writ
ing was mado at tho time, and Is now.
before me. Upon the reprebentntlon of tho
necessity for certain additional employes,
the governor assented that, in tho event
of the legislature making an appropria
tion In tho general appropriation bill, j
he would approve of tho appropriation,
for tho following clerks to senate com
mittees: Corporations, municipal af
fairs, railroads, compare bills and agri
culture, making live In all. When tho
committee of tho houso called upon him
nnd tho necessity was mado apparent
that clerks wero necessary for tho com
mittees on railroads, corporations, muni
cipal affairs, city pas3eni?cr railways and
Judiciary local, ho was satisfied with
their representations, mado a memoran
dum of tho committees, and expressed
his willingness to approve compensation
for each to the amount of $G00. It was
explained to him that tho clerks to tho
committees on agriculture, comparo bills,
education, mlne3 and mining, lnsuranco
and two transcribers would bo paid out
of tho contingent fund at the same rare.
Ho refused to consent to approve tho
payment of clerk hire for several other
committees, which were urged upon him.
When tho general appropriation bill
reached him It was found that tho
amount appropriated for tlio payment of
salaries to olllcers and employes of tho
senate was $34 570. Of this bum $7,2GG was
disapproved, tho following languago ap
pearing In tho veto:
"I havo been furnlPhed by tho stato
treasurer with a detailed statement con
taining tho names of all those officers
and employes with their compensation
and mlleago authorized by law, and I fin I
the amount to bo $47,710, or$7,2a less ttiAv
tho sum appropriated. This dlfferenco
represents tho amount appropriated tor
such officers and employes as aro not
authorized by law, and to that effect, thtj
would bo an unlawful appropriation ot
tho public funds."
In tho amount approved was included
all that the governor had asented to, and
this Is truo both as to the senate and
house employes. Tho appropriation for
Incidental expenses, or contingent fund,
was to Include, and did Include, tho d'erki
as above stated, and also received execu
tive approval.
Tho appropriation for officers and em
ployes of the houso of representatives
was $731104. Tho amount of this Item ap
proved was $03,034, or $12,330 less than tho
amount appropriated. The amount of tho
pay rolls, therefore, for officers and em
ployes of the senate, not authorized byi
law and not asserted to by tho governor,
was $7,2G0, and of those In tho house, 512,
350. making a total or ?19,G1G. Over and
abovo this sum there was spoolflcalJy ap
propriated In tho general appropriation
bill tho sum of 7.2SI for other alleged
employes of tho senate, which was also
vetoed. It was further found that tho
sum of 4,1131 was appropriated In tho
general appropriation bill for other al
leged additional employes ot tho house,
which failed to recelvo executive ap
proval. Having approved tho appropria
tions for all tho lawful employes of both
houses, Including nditlonal clerks to
which tho executive had given his ap
proval at the opening of tho session, it
will bo seen that thero was vetoed and
Baved to tho Plate tho sum ot 514.K0 ap
propriated for additional stato employes,
and $10,881 for adltlonal houso employes,
making tho total amount disapproved lor
alleged extra officers and employes In
both houses $31,431.
Will Itctiro to Private Life.
Bellefonte, Pa., Sept. II. Governor
Hastings today denied tho reports sent
out from heio that ho would be a candi
date for congress from this district. Ha
said no such Intentions had ever entered
his mind, Tho governor dated that ho
would retire to private llfo at tho expira
tion of his present term.
Another Cusn ot Yellow I'pvor.
(Mobile, Ala., Sept. H. Another caso of
yellow fover was officially announced this
afternoon by Drs. Kotchum nnd Gulteras,
as existing In Mobile. The patient Is a
motorman. Ills sickness has not been
traced to any other point.
The Hornld'R Wcntlior Forecast.
Now York, Sept, IB. In tho middle
states and New England, today, clear
weather and fresh northeostorly to east
erly winds will prevail, preceded by local
frosts in tho northern and mountain dis
tricts', temperature rising In tho after
noon considerably except on the coaRts.
On Thursday, In both of these sections,
fair, much warmorweathcr will provoiL
A followed by, a hot wave.