m's-ssr- ' i' " ' -s s j?av..mnWi 00'6t"''t cratitmt 4' -l'1' -wVs X TWO CENTS. SCRAOTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900. TWO CENTS. & TORNADO SWEEPS SOUTHERN TEXAS Terrible Havoc Wrought Along the Gulf Coast by the West Indian Storm. WHOLE TOWNS Many Lives Are Lost Telegraph Lines Destroyed and Valuable Property and Crops Are in Ruins Over 2,600 Are Drowned and 4,000 Houses Are Destroyed at Galveston A Santa Fe Train Literally Lifted from the Track Near Houston Seven Persons Are Killed at Alvin Not a Building Left Standing at Alta. Houston, Texas, .Sept. 0. The W.'st Indian storm, which reached the gulf coast yesterday morning, wrought awful havoc In Texas. Ileports are conflicting, but It is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the c'.ty of Gfllveston, where It is reported a. thousand or more lives have been blotted out and a tremendous prop erty damage Incurred. Meager reports from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur nlso Indicate a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. The first news to reach this city from the stricken city of Galveston was re celved tonight. James C. TImmlns, who resides In Houston and who Is the general superintendent of the National Compress company, arrived In the city at ' o'clock tonight from Galveston. He was one of the first to reach here with tidings of the great disaster which has befallen that city, and the nngnltude of that disaster remains to y told, because of his endeavors to each home. After remaining through he hurricane on Saturday, he departed from Galveston on a schooner and came across the bay to Morgan's point, where he caught a train for Houston. The hurricane, Mr. Timmlns said, was the worst ever known. The estimates made by citizens of Galveston was that four thousand houses, most of them residences, have been destroyed, and that at least 1,000 people have been drowned, killed or missing. Some business houses were nlso destroyed, hut most of them stood, though badly damaged. Galveston n Wreck. The city, Mr. Timmlns avers, is a complete wreck, so far as he could see from the water front and from the Tremont hotel. Water was blown over the Island by the hurricane, the wind blowing at the rate of eighty miles an hour straight from the gulf and forc ing the sea water before It in big waves. The gale was a steady one, the heart of It striking the city about fi o'clock yesterday evening and con tinuing without Intermission until mid night last night, when It abated some what, although it continued to blow all night. Of his own knowledge, Mr. Timmlns knew of only one house succumbing with fatal results, though he heard of many residences being carried away with Inmates. The house that he saw destroyed was Hitter's saloon and restaurant at 2109 Strand street, a principal business street of the city. This three-story building was blown clown and nine men, prominent citi zens, were killed. Among the dead are: Charles Kel mer, sr., a cotton buyer for an Eng lish firm; Stanley C. Spencer, general manager of the Elder-Dempster steam ship line, and Richard Lord, mana ger for McFadden's Cotton company, whoso body is still In the ruins. Secretary Bailey, of the wharf com pany, and several waiters and cus tomers saved themselves by Jumping from the upper story just before the crash came. It'was reported that the orphan asy. lum and both the hospitals were de stroyed, and If this proves true the Iocs af lofe will be great, ns these Institutions were generally crowded, and ns they were substantial build ings, the chances are that many had iaken refuge In them. Ships Driven Ashoie. The water extended across the Is and. Mr. Timmlns said It was :hree feet deep in the rotunda of the Tremont hotel and was six feet In Market street. Along the water front .ho damage was very great. The roofs jad been blown from 'nil the elevators ind the sheds along the wharves were slther wrecked or had lost their sides and were of no protection to the con tents. Most of the small sailing craft were wrecked and were either piled up on the wharves or lloatlrig bottom side up In the bay There Is n small steam ship ashore three miles north of Petl can Island, but Mr. Timmlns could not distinguish her name. She was flying a British Hug. Another big vessel has been driven ashore at Virginia Point and still another Is aground at Texas City. At the south point of Houston lilnnd nn unknown ship lies In a help less condition. The lightship that mark Galveston bar Is hard and fast aground at Iiolllvur Point. Mr. Timmlns and the men with him ARE WIPED OUT Trains Are Wrecked,- on the schooner rescued two sailors from the middle bay who had been many hours In the water. These men were foreigners, and he could gain no information from them. A wreck of a vessel, which looked like a large steam tug, was observed just before the party landed. In the bay the carcasses of nearly two hun dred horses and mules were seen, but no human bodies were visible. The scenes during the storm. Mr. Timminfl said, could not foe describe-!. Women and children were crowded Into the Tremont hotel, where he was seeking shelter, find all night these unfortunates were bemoaning their losses of kindred and fortune. They were grouped about the stairways and In the galleries and rooms of the hotel. Wha.' wes occurring In other parts of the city he could only conjecture. The City Submerged. The city of Galveston, he says, Is now entirely submerged and cut off from communication. The boats are gone, the railroads cannot be oper ated and the water Is so high people cannot walk out by way of the bridge across the bay, even should that bridge be standing. Provisions will be badly needed, as a great majority of the people lost all they had. The water works' power house was wrecked, and a water fam ine Is threatened, as the cisterns were all ruined by the overflow of salt water. This, Mr. Timmlns regards as the most serious problem to be faced now. The city is In darkness, the electric plant having been ruined. There Is no way of estimating the property damage at present. So far as he could seo or hear, Mr. Timmlns says the eastern portion of the city, which is the resi dence district, has been practically wiped out of existence. On the west end, which faces the gulf on another portion of the Island, much havoc was done. The beach has been swept clean, the bath houses are in the sand, and many of the residences are total wrecks. TOWNS DEMOLISHED. Reports of Disaster at Alvin, Alta, Loma and Other Places. Dallas, Texas, Sept. 9, 3 p. m. Tele graphic communication with South Texas Is cut off about one hundred miles north of Houston. Up to this hour It has been Impossible to obtain reliable news from Galveston as to the extent of the hurricane in that sec tion. Rumors of dire disaster are fly ing thick and fast, without being in any woy authenticated. All that is known Is that the disaster has oc curred, but Its extent Is not known. The last wire the Western Union com pany had to Houston went down at 12.30 this morning. This wire was used by the Associated Pr?ss, and was working so badly at that hour that whatever information Houston had to Impart could not be made out. The storm center Is rapidly approaching Northern Texas, and Its fury wrecks nil telegraph lines In its path, doing vast damage and killing people lu scattered localities. A cyclone has demolished u part of the town of Smlthvllle, on the Mis sourl, Kansas and Texas railroad. A number of persons are reported killed. The railroad and telegraph companies have gangs and wrecking trains out attempting to work their way south, but the fierceness of the storm makes It Impossible for them to gain any headway, having to seek shelter In order to save their lives. The condi tions at Galveston and Houston nre undoubtedly grave. The four Immense bridges, from four to six miles each In length, connecting Galveston with the mainland, are either wholly or par tially wrecked. Disaster at Temple. The storm ut Temple was severe, and fears are entertained that the city is badly wrecked. The railroad officials say it Is Impossible to move trains south of Courtney. North-bound trains from Houston last night were from fifteen to eighteen hours late. A private message from San Antonio states that a serious disaster occurred at Corpus Chrlstl, Rockport and other coast towns, the naturo of which can not be determined. A bulletin from Smlthvllle at noon stated that the grain elevators and other large build- Ings at Galveston had foeen washed Into the bay. All the railroads southward from Dallas at noon Issued a bulletin In structing their agents to discontinue the ealo of tickets or accepting freight for the south until further orders. All the efforts to reach Sabine Pass and Port Arthur have failed. Without at tempting to recite ny of the various disastrous rumors, the conservative opinion Is that the situation at Galves ton is extremely grave, with no pos sible hope of news from that section for many hours to come. Towns Demolished. Houston, Texas, Sept. 8. Meagre repot ts are arriving hero from the country between Houston and Galves ton along the line of the Santa Fe railroad. The tornndo was the most destructive In the history of the state. The town of Alvin Is reported to be practically demolished. Hitchcock has suffered severely from the storm, while the little town of Alta Loma is reported without a house standing. The town of Pearl hns test one-half of Its buildings. T.i. B. Carlton, the president of the business league of Alvin and a promi nent merchant there, reports that not a building Is left standing In tho town, either residence or business. Stocks of goods and house furniture are ruined and crops are a total loss. Alvin Is a town of about 1,200 Inhabi tants. Pes. en persons were killed In and near tho town. They are: Mrs. Pra ther, killed In Santa Fe railroad wreck: J. M. Johnson, Mrs. J. M. Johnson, sister of Mrs. Johnson, name not known: S. O. Lewis, John Glaspy, a boy named Richardson. Santa Fo Train Wrecked. The Santa Fe train which left here at 7.5. Saturday nignt was wrecked nt a point nbout tw. miles north of Alvfn. Mrs. Prather. of Rensburg. Texas, was killed and several were Injured. The train was running slow ly when it encountered the heavy storm. It is reported that the train was literally lifted from tho track. Mrs. Frather was thrown across the car and half way through a window. When tho car was reached It was found that her head had been under water and she was drowned. Among the Injured are: A. J. Con dlt. of Houston; R. C. Henderson, of Houston; Engineer Jack Martin, bad ly hurt about chest and leg; Fireman Thomas Doyle, Conductor G. II. Don nelly. Several other passengers were also slightly injured. DEATH AND DESOLATION. Story of the Crow of the Train on Columbian Tap Railroad. Houston, Texas, Sept. 9. A train came In on the Columbian Tap railroad this afternoon and Its crew tell a story of death and desolation through the country which they passed. Conduc tor Ferguson states that many lives have been lost and houses, barns hnd crops destroped. When tho train arrived at Angleton all the churches, the Jail and a num ber of houses had been blown down. Three fatalities are known to have occurred, but tho train stopped thera only a few minutes and the number killed could not be learned. The hurricane was particularly se vere at Brookshlre, twenty-seven miles west of Houston. Four dead bodies have been taken from the de bris of wrecked houses and It Is be lieved that others have been killed. It Is reported that only four houses are left standing in Brookshlre, which had a population of 600 people. Later reports received from Alvin state that many persons were killed there. Eleven bodies have been re covered. At Brazoria six people were killed by falling houses or were drowned last night, Including George Duff. A report from Chenango says that eight people were killed. Among the passengers who nrrlved here on a relief train from Galveston Is Ben Dew, nn attache of the South ern Pacific. Dew had been nt Vir ginia Point for several hous and said that he saw 100 to 150 dead bodies floating out on the beach at that place. Conductor Powers reported that twenty-five corpses had been recovered by tho Hfo-savlng crew, many of them women; that the crew had reported that many bodies were floating and they were using every endeavor to get them all out of the water. The water swept across the Island, and it is pre sumed that most of these were Gal veston people. RELIEF TRAIN RETURNS. Terrible Spectacle Presented at Vir ginia Point. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 9. The following telegram has just been received from Houston by the News: "Relief train Just returned. They could not get closer than six miles to Virginia Point, where the prairie was covered with lumber, debris, plnnos, trunks and dead bodies. Two hundred corpses were counted from the train. "A large steamer Is stranded two miles this side of Virginia Point, as though thrown up by a tidal wave. "Nothing can be seen of Galveston. "Two men were picked up who float ed across to the mainland, who say they estimate the loss of life, up to tho time they left, at two thousand." Tho above message is addressed to Superintendent Felton, Dallas, and comes from Mr. Vaughan, manager of the Western Union office at Houston. Port Arthur Under Watex Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 9. A speclil to the Commercial Appenl, from New Orleans, says: "A dispatch from St. Charles, La., states that passengers from Port Arthur, Texas, report that town four feet under water. "One of the New York Dredge com pany's boats was wrecked and several lives were lost. "At Morgan City considerable dam age was done to the rails and bridges of the railroad by a boat being blown Into It." Latest from Oalveston, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 9. A special from NMy Orleans stated that a mes sage was received this evening fixing the loss of life at Galveston at 2,000. V.'tl The message came by cable from Vera Cruz. Damage to tho Rice Crop. Now Orleans, Sept. 9. A trio over the storm stricken section along tho Mississippi river, starting some thirty miles below the city and reaching tho gulf, shows a damage of about one hundred thousand dollars to the rlct crop. Truck farms, poultry, cattle and The rlvor rose six feet during tho storm and flooded the section, and Hooded the section. The disabled steamer Oterl wns tow ed Into Port Lads this evening all well. Governor's Despatch. New York, Sept. !. The World to morrow will print the following: "Austin, Texas, Sept. 9. Informa tion has Just reached me that about 2,000 lives have been lost at Galveston, with enormous destruction of proper ty. No Information from other points. "Joseph D. Sayers, Governor." LACKAWANNA'S MEN ATJINGHAA1T0N Five Brotherhoods Hold a Federation Meeting Main Object Is to Fro test Against Mr. Russell's Circulars. Blnghamton, N. V Sept. 9. Tho five brotherhoods of the Lackawanna em ployes held a federation meeting In this city today. Ono of the principal features of the meeting was tho feder ating of the locomotive engineers of the system with the other brother hoods, something they have never done before. This movement will material ly strengthen the federation of the Lackawanna employe.". Although secrecy Is maintained by the delegates as to the business trans acted, it is understood that the griev ances of the employes against certain circular orders Issued by Superintend ent Russell we.ro the main subjects of discussion. Probably the road will be nsked to rescind them. Some of the orders pertain to stopping trains on curves- and the riding of brakemen on the top of cars. The date of the next meeting was not definitely decided. ROOSEVELT AT CHICAGO. The Governor Attends Church with Mr. Kohlsaat. Chicago, Sept. 9. The day was spent quietly by Governor Roosevelt at the Auditorium Annex. In the morning he nttended the 'Dutch Reformed church with II. H. Kohlsaat, and in the af ternoon went to dinner with Henry C. Payne, vice chairman of the Republi can nntional committee. The re mainder of tho day he spent In his room. Between 10 and 11 o'clock he proceeded to the station of the Mil waukee road, where he boarded the special car Minnesota, tn which he has journeyed from Now York, and went to bed. Thi3 coach will be attached to tho fast mail which leaves over the Chi cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road nt 3 o'clock In the mornln.T for La Crosse, Wis., where tho governor is billed to speak tomorrow afternoon. The party will Immediately proceed to "tho land of the Dakotas" from there. ANTHRACITE COAL TRADE. Without Substantial Change, Ac cording to Ledger Coal Article. Philadelphia, Sept. 9. The Ledger In Its cpal article tomorrow will say: The anthracite coal trade Is without substantial change. Nothing has been done relative to an advance in coal prices for September, and it Is now said that Interesting event Is post poned until about the 15th of the month, and may not come unless a srlko should require higher prices. The eoal people have been discussing' the strike situation, and the Increased an thracite output, In view of contin gencies, has expanded the production of tho eight months of 1900, ending with August, to over 30,972,000 tons, the largest amount ever mined In that period, and 1,763,728 tons greater than In the eight months of 1899. The Aug ust output was 4,919,000 tons, against 4,319,032 In August in 1S99. BEST OCEAN RECORD. New York, Sept. 9. The steamer Deutschland passed the Scllly Islands at 10.40 o'clock tonight, bound from New York to Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg. The Scllly Islands are nlnety-slx miles from Plymouth and bteamers cover the distance on an average in nbout four hours. Allow ing four hours for tho time of tho Deutschland, she will make passage to Plymouth In about five days, eight hours and ten minutes. This time will beat the best previous record by about three hours and thirty-five minutes. BRYAN'S QUIET SUNDAY. Chicago, Sept. 9. Wm. J. IJryan spent a quiet Sunday here today. Af ter attending church In the morning he returned to the Auditorium, whero he took dinner with General Joseph Wheeler, commander of the depart ment of the lakes. Mr. Uryan will rest here a few days and then com mence a tour of tho country. "WHITEY' STRAUSSER HAS SURRENDERED. Sliamokin, l'a., Sept. 0. Frank, alias "Wliltey'' Strausser, who was with Thomas Frnlnn, the burglar, when tlio latter was idiot to death by Dauphin county fanners early last week, while the pair wero escaping from that place after com. milling a number of burglailes, tamo hero last night after eluding his pursuers In the Ljkcn and Treventon vallejs and surrendcied to the au thorities, lie was taken to jail today. "KID" VINDICATES CORBETT. Xew York, Sept. 9.-"Kld" Mcroy, tlic pugll 1st, is out In a signed statement in which he denies the assertion ot Mrs. James J, Corbett that McCoy and Corbett had made an agree ment to "fake" the last tight between the two men. McCoy says he was defeated fairly and squarely. i-&ek DEADLOCK CONTINUES AT PEKIN No Solution Until the Arrival of Count Waldersec. GERMANY'S FINE HAND Representatives of tho Kaiser Appear to Bo Anxious to Stir Up Discus sion LI Hung Chang Awaits the Imperial Edict Appointing Addi tional Negotiators Tho French Get Fossesslon of Treasure. London, Sept. 10, 4.13 n. m. The deadlock In Pekln apparently contin ues. It begins to look as If no solu tion would be attained at any rate before tho arrival of Count Von Wnl dersee at Tien Tsln. Germany seems to have Introduced n new complica tion by endeavoring to organize some kind of offensive movement In tho i province of Chi LI. From the plentiful crop of conflict ing rumors, both as regards the ac tual position of aifalrs In China and the diplomatic aspects In Europe, It Is next to impossible to extract any definite fact. A Washington special talks of a movement among tho pow ers to appoint Sir Robert Hart ns tho European representative lu negotia-. tlons with China. According to the Shanghai corres pondent of the Times, LI Hung Chang Is awaiting the imperial edict appoint ing additional negotiators. Related illenntrhPR tn the TlmpH from Pekln say that the court fled on the morning of August 14 by tho wfst gate while tne Japanese were slieiung tne east gate. The Intention of the court was not to proceed to Slan Fu In the prov- ince of Slien SI, but to turn north to .lehol and to remain there awaiting events. No high officials accompanied the court except Prince Ching. In the apportionment of the city to the control of tho different nations, the Americans, in Ignorance of what was being done, permitted a rectifica tion of the French Interior adjoining tho American, which transferred fiom American tO' French possession Prince Li's palace, thel richest In Pekln, stocked with treasures worth millions of dollars. COLLISION AT SEA. The May Flint Meets the Bark Vi- dette, and After Drifting Against the Iowa, Sinks. San Francisco, Sept. 9. Tho Ameri can ship May Flint collided with bark Vldette last night in tho bay off tho main dock and sank. After tho col lision she drifted down onto the bows of the battleship Iowa anchored off the main dock. After bumping the Iowa she split open, filled and sank. As far as known, no lives were lost. Tho cause of the collision Is unknown. Tho May Flint arrived from Seat tle enrller in the night with 5,000 tons of coal, SOCIALISTS AT LUZERNE. They Meet at Wilkes-Barre and Nominate a i Ticket. Wilkcs-Rarre, Sept. 9. The Social ists of Luzerne held their county con vention nt Exeter this afternoon. J. Matthew Barnes, of Philadelphia, ad dressed the delegates at length. He said Socialism was making progress everywhere. This was the first Social ist convention held In Luzerne county and it was a sure indication that the dogmas of the organization were be ing accepted by the working classes. The following ticket was nominated: Congress, John II. Harris; state sen ator, Frank Pearson; prothonotary, Thomas Hartzell. There was no legal material for Judge and district attor ney, and these nominations were left open. Resolutions were adopted sym pathizing with the miners, but ques tioning the advisability of a strike at this time. FIREMAN KILLED. Philadelphia, Sept. 9. James Sow ney, a fireman, nged forty-five years, while fighting a firo In the dock street market building, Spruco street wharf, Delaware river, today fell from an arch, connecting two sections of the building, a height of fifty feet, nnd was killed. Another fireman also fell, hut was caught In the fire nets by comrades. "BLACK JACK" CAPTURED. Clayton, V. M , Sept. 0 Tom Ketchum, bet ter known as "Mack Jack," the leader of a gang of outlaws Hut terrorized the southwest for sevcial years, was yestcid.iy convicted of train robbery, the penalty for which In N'cw Mexico Is death. THE STEAMSHIPS. Queenstown, Sept. 9. Sailed: I.ucanlu (fiom Liverpool), Xew York. Southampton Arrltedi Xew York for firemen (and proceeded). I.Izard Passed! Deutschland, Xew York, Pljniouth, Cherlmurg and Hamburg. TANNERY BURNED. Altmar. N. Y., Sept. 0. tire this ulteinoon at the tannery of the lluatan t'uminlniri loin panv, of notion, located here, dcstiujcd tout largo buildings and two bundled cords of baik. Lis, tCO.Otrl. DEATHS OF A DAY. Paris, bept. !). Jlgr, Francois .alcr (iouthe. Soulard, archbishop of ...x, Is dead, aged M) years. HAZLETON STILL EXPECTS A STRIKE Feeling of Relief Over tho Post ponement Meetings Held Yesterday. Hazlcton, Sept. 9. Tho news from Indlnnapolls last night had tho effect of creating a feeling of relief among tho business Interests which have been considerably disturbed and partially paralyzed during the last week on ac count of the fear of a strike. There still exists, however, a suspense which will not bo removed until decisive ac tion hns been taken either one way or the other. The posting of notices at tho vari ous collieries on Saturday afternoon to the effect that all hands should report Monday for work, strike or no strike, was regarded as a determination on tho part of the operators to test the strength of tho United Mine Workers In the event of the declaration of one, was not necessary In the light of de velopments. All the collieries aro scheduled to work on full time durlnsr September, and as President Mitchell has notified the miners not to quit un til ordered to do so every colliery In the region will be in full operation to morrow. Coal dealers who made a great nibh all day Saturday to sup ply their trade, but who found It ut terly Impossible to till their orders feel probably more relieved because of tho unexpected turn of events than any other class and until a strike Is de clared they will be supplied with all the coal they can handle. The 'Mine Workers' organizers stationed here were busy today addressing meetings where locals ha.vc been established, and In organizing new ones so as to be fully prepared for carrying out a strike order providing word to that effect is received within tho next few clays from Indianapolis. Meetings were held at Harlelgh, Sandy Run, Highland, Reaver Brook. Beaver Meadow and Coleraln. Father Phillips speaking this afternoon of the action of tho national board yesterday at In dianapolis, said: The result is exceedingly ploains; tn me. I In line that the greatest i-tOTy that woikcrs. cnuM hale achieved at this time lion In the pent- , rtT,"!, "'J.1 mm"" "'Wnally eon- temphited. It w.n only during thp psst week i that anything d( finite hail been accomplished In i ,, av of ei,irg imvrrsai nttemion to the rune (or which these men hail been struggling. Their honor and sinecrity were to an extent pueefl fn question owing to the delay in bring ing about the condition. I was myself at first of the impression that there was a mining lac tor essential to the proper presentation of the rase in all its phases. My association with the labor leadeis and my relations with the various roal operators lue shown ine that all hive been acting in good faith. It required. In my Judg ment, the enlistment of a nrutial Influence to eflict a pioper understanding ot both Bides. While the sitintion is still uncertain It has reached the tagc where adjustment can be fa cilitated by arbitration. I am pleased beyond measure with the outcome. My purpose as 4 Christian worker, and the purpose of the district officers of the United Mineis, was to bring about a stay or adjourn ment of drastic- measures so that all parties di rectly interested could come to a perfect un derstanding and give tho treat arbiter public opinion time to properly weight and digest the issues. My duty as a Christian worker demands this in behalf of society and that accomplished there my efforts coae. I congratulate President Mitchell and his conferees ot the executive board in session at Indianapolis for hiving given this supremo evidence of their desire to avoid a cou lllct of labor with capital unless accompanied with honor. In my opinion arbitration is not only possible but necessary In the Interests of he public which includes both employers and emplojes. It was expected that tho district presidents would remain hero tomor row nnd endeavor to prevail on the operators to agree to tnake some con cessions, but as the board has left, all possibility of a settlement has van ished, and a strike seems to be the only outcome, unless the national board at Indianapolis changes the pro gramme tomorrow. It Is reported that a strike will be ordered Tuesday night. All eyes are now turned towards the west. NEW YORK STATE. Ticket Arranged by tho Democrats at Saratoga. Saratoga. N. Y., Sept. 9. For gov ernor, John R. Stanchfleld, of Che mung; for lieutenant governor, Will lam F. Mackey, of Erie; for secretary of state. John T. Norton; for attorney general. George M. Palmer; for state treasurer, Guy II. Clark; for comp troller, Martin Glynn. This Is the work of tho Democratic state convention slatemakers tonight. Late tonight it is fairly well estab lished that Mr. Stanchfleld will he an nounced tomorrow as tho Croker Murphy candidate, and that Senator Mackey can have second place If he will tnke it. He declares he will not. It was said tonight, with some show of authority, that Senator Hill will make the speech In the convention placing Mr. Color In nomination for governor. SUICIDE OF A TURK. Paris, Sept. . Orthanase Iladka I'na Olglo thon, nephew of the Turkish ambassador to Orcat Britain, Costakl Antluopulo Pacha, and secretary of the embassy in London, committed suicide yesterday In the lallway station in Fontalnblcau, blowing out his brains with a revolver. It appears that he had quarreled with Ids paramour and that she had refused to live with htm. THE NEWS THIS MOllNIXU Weather Inilcatlons ToJav, FAIIf AND WARMi Cener.il OlRcers of Mine Norkera Adjourn Without i:ndoi'lng Application for Per miss'on to Stilke. Texas Deva.tatid by a Tornado. The Powers Arc Deadlocked at I'eklu. i Oneiul I'lrtldrtit McKlnley's Letter of Ac ecptaiue. S Loral Sermon by ltev. Dr. McLcod. (irai.d .lurj Will Meet Today. Money tiivm to t'ouncllnicii, 4 i'.dUurlal. 5 biiri'l -Threatened Milke Delayed, Minuting Affray at Old Frige. . ft Local cv Krntilon and Subuib.ni. " Hound About lho County. S Loc.il Tie ThlMtcnt-d btrll.o Delayed (Con cluded.) Financial and c'unmieaial. t ' zdtSS'MZM!?, .','' . foUstl MINE WORKERS HAVE ADJOURNED No Endorsement of Miners' Application for Per mission to Strike. MITCHELL'S STATEMENT Ho Says That if Operators Do No Make Concessions Within a Given Time a Strike Will Bo Ordered Ha Declines to State What influences Ara Being Brought to Bear to Ef fect a Settlement The Sentiment of tho Executive Board of tho United Mine Workers Is Un changed. Indlnnapolls, Sept. 9. Tho national executive board of the United Mine Workers of America adjourned sine dla today, without promulgating a formal endorsement of the application ot the miners of tho anthracite districts for permission to strike. At the close of the session, President John Mitchell said: "Thero is practically no change in the situation sinco last night. If tho operators do not meet our do mands within a given time tho striko will bo ordered upon the en dorsement of Secretary Wilson and. myself. Whether the time allowed is flvo days or longer, I decline to say. As sot out in our statement of yesterday, influences are at work to bring about a settlement without ordering the men to lay down their tools. I must again decline to say what these influences aro, for ths reason that to make this informa tion public would at once destroy their effectiveness. "If there aro any political influ ences at work, I know nothing ol them, and I do not think it has come to tho knowledge of the board members. It would be very bad pol icy for the national officers of the Mine Workers to ask the interces sion of any political party, and this most certainly has not been done. We aro simply trying to get for tho miners of our organization and those not affiliated with us honest wages." As soon as ho arrived at his office this morning. President Mitchell sent word to tho telegraph offices that If any messages be received for him dur ing the night they be delivered at his ofilce. After waiting a reasonable time for a response, tho hoard wus called to order. No messages came, and this Is taken as an indication that negotiations are still pending. Up to the time tho members of the board loft the ofilce of tho president, there had been no communication with the leaders In tho anthracite districts. Summed up, the situation, according to the admissions of President Mitchell, Is this: Negotiations are undoubtedly on for a settlement of tho differences with out a strike. So long ns they aro pending tho miners will not strike, for the reason that tho operators would bo left a loophole of escape from tho position they now occupy by saying tne men had gone out at a time w'hen there was a chance that an amicable settlement might have been brought about. Public Sympathy Necessary. rubllc sympathy Is an absolute ne cessity In so far as the miners nre concerned. A 'delay until it Is seen that their wages will not bo raised by th operators without a fight; that tholr grievances upon the powder question, wherein they complain that they aro paying $t more per keg nt "pluck me" stores than Is asked In tho open market; that they aro not allowed a check-welghman on tho tip ple and must accept the weights of the companies that exact from them more than 3C0O pounds for a ton, which Is sold on a basis of 2210 pounds to the ton, is bound to stnrt a sym pathetic movement that will reach over the entlro length and breadth of the country. Approximately, ono hundred thous and men are expected to go out at tho bidding of the executive board. Thera are among the men those who will provide themselves through a sharp, short decisive fight, but men who are working at wages ranging from 90 cents to $1.3." per day cannot provide for a period of Idleness, hence the or ganization Is met with tho burden of taking caro of not less than half a million of people during the struggle. Under these circumstances, the mem bers of the board aamlt that they must wait until these last vestiges of hope for u settlement without Inviting a condition that may result In the loss of life, tho destruction of prop erty and tho temporary paralysis of innumerable industries Is exhausted. It has been evident from tho first session of the executive board that un less thero was a change In tho attl tudo of the operators, and an in clination to at least recognize tho offi cers of the Mine Workers and agree to a wage scale conference a striko would be endorsed. This samo posi tion was maintained throughout the deliberations of the board and existed at the tlmo of adjournment, and still exists, but the men who have been In session are needed in the various parts of the country for tho business of the organization and In order to simplify matters the declaration of a striko Is left In tho hands of President Mit chell and Secretary Wilson. ----t'-t--r-r-- WEATHER FORECAST. - 4- Washington, Sept. 0. Forecast for -f sV e.'iitein IVniu)lunl.i: 1 'i i r ; continued sV warm Monday and probably Tuesday; 4- light north to eat winds. -t-- -r-f-r-r--ft j I h$kh. HI
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