r1 'M1 -rftstr-. y ,r -"-- -! .i.TJ 'Cmicm ojL". to i - OM 1 aa THE ONLY SCRANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TWO CENTS. TWELVE RAGES SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1900. TWELVE PAGES TWO .CENTS. '"!rv nwwrr. -5 . -jgK- jfiw -t-p-tfi t1-- erimttxe. MJ-.. i mt h h ssi im a ii i i mi in in i i i i fjicrsmr.t - - in I II I I II I II mlb i iMiinToriruf iirfwiriTi y t CTwg'-igSF xiv&ssz. - - - GOVERNMENT ANSWERS THE POWERS Disclosure of Its Policy Made to Foreign Representatives. THE CHINESE PROGRAMME German Proposal That the Negotia tions with China Be Deferred Un til Chinese Responsible for Pekln Outrages Have Been Punished Has Not Been Approved State Depart ment Refuses to Make Any Other Statement H3 to tho Nature of An swers Government Does Not Re linquish Idea of Ultimate Punish ment of tho Offenders. By Inclusive Wir from The Associated Trcs. Washington, Sept. 21. Tho United States government has made full and complete answers to the various Im portant Inquiries that have been ad dressed to It by the powers relative to the Chinese trouble. Moreover, It has gone farther and has made a disclosure of all its purposes, and, as a member of the administration puts It, has thrown It open hand upon tho table. This action was taken after tho cabi net meeting today. At half past three o'clock Mr. "Wu called by appointment upon Acting Secretary Hill and was handed a memorandum embodying the ltsponse of tho United States govern ment to the request of Prince Chins that Mr. Conger or some other person be Immediately empowered to begin negotiations with the Chinese authori ties for a final settlement. Next came M. Thlobault, the French charge. A lew minutes conversation sulllced to impart to Mm orally un answer to his own verbal Inquiry. Then Baron Sternberg, the German chuige, who had been notified of the leadJness of the state department to make answer to the German note, ir.llcd and n.is given that answer. lie hastened away to cable It to his own government. The department then sent the answer to the Russian inquiry by messenger .md -wired cablegrams containing the substance of tho answers to its diplo matic representatives abroad. Thus Uofaed one of the most Interesting and important phages of the Chinese en tanglement. Tho state department ab solutely refused to make any state ment as to the nature of the answers, taking the ground that to do so would bo a violation of tho diplomatic pro prieties. It Is known, however, that tho Ger man proposal that negotiations with China be deferred until the Chinese lesponslble for tho Pekln outrages have been surrendered to the allies, has failed of approval by our government. The declination has been conveyed In ; manner that cannot glvo offense, but it Is bleved that the United States government cannot recognize a prlnclplo that a country may be called upon to surrender its own citi zens to a foreign power or powers for punishment. Tho government does not relinquish tho Idea of tho ultimate pun ibhmcnt of tho offenders, when they are properly Identified, but It does not believe that the pursuit of this object should put a stop to all negotiations. BOYCOTT1 AT SUNBURY. Pennsylvania Railroad Men Fight tho Reading Company. By Exclusive. Wire from Tho Associated Tress. Sunbury, Eept. II. The trainmen brotherhood's men of this city, about 1,000 in all, employed by the rcnnsjlvania Railroad compan, lave in stituted a bo.vcott ngilnst the Reading Hallway company, and have informed tho merclnnts thit It they shipped goods or received goods shipped ever the Reading they would aUo be bojcotUd Itls action on the part of tho brotherhood ia the result of numerous discharges of union tneu by the Reading company. TWO SCRANTON MEN KILLED. They Were Serving Uncle Sam in the Philippines. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prey Washington, Sept. 21 The list nf names of enlisted men killed Sept. 1H, at Mavltao, l.uron, P. L. Include the following- Joirn I". Brirk, private, Company I,, fifteenth infantry; enlisted at Seranton, Pa Same of nearnt relative or frlerd, C. W. llrlnk, 1'au. pacfr, Pa. l'rcd lluggan, private, Company I,, Fifteenth Infantry; enlisted at Seranton, Pa. KeUest relative or tiiend, M!a Annie Uiftui, BciULton, Pa. MR. ROCKHILL IN PEKIN. BTJn Arrival Reported by Minister Conger. ly Exclusive Wire from The Associated Piess. Washington, Sept. SI A cabin message was reccWed today at tho state department fiom Minister Conger, dated Pekln, Kept. 17, announc. Ins; the arrival of Sprilal Commissioner ISoiK hill lb Pekln en that date. Vir. Conger made y statement as to e-ondl tltfti in the Chlr Npltal. IjAKE TRADE DEMORALIZED. By Hicluslve Wire from The Associated Press Ttrsnto, Sept. 21 -'lhe Pennsylvania coal triTe has demoralized the lake loal rarrjing trails, and has brought the season to a prcma turn tlose. Several vessels svhlch nnkc Toronto their headquarters have gone into winter juar tera tnd dismissed their crews M'aTONLEY LEAVES FOR CANTON; nj riclusiva Mire from The Associated Prew. Washington, Sept. 21. President Mclvlnlev lift Waiifngton at 7.15 o'clock this evening f.ir ( an tovi, Ohio. The train is duo it Canton at ''.' oVlfc'lc tomorrow morning CHANGES IN" THE READING. Prominent Officials Tender Their Resignations. By Lsiluslve Wire from Tho Associated Prfsa. Philadelphia, i-ept. 21. H "vvas officially an nounced today that I. A. Swcigard, genral nil perlntcndent ol the Philadelphia and leading railroad, and E. C. lomllnson, mpenntendent of the Kcw York division, have tendered their resignations to take effect today and Monday respectively. It was also announced that W. n Besler, superintendent of the Reading and 1cbanon division, had been appointed to me (eed Mr. Swcigard, and that W. A. Garrett, su perintendent of the Philadelphia division, will occupy tho place vacated by Mr. Tomlinson. Mr. llwler came to the Reading railway from the Chicago, Ilurllngton and Qulncy rail load, and Mr. C.irrctt was formerly connected with the Vahah railroad. FOUR NEGROES ARE HANGED Taken from Jail Where They Had Been Confined on Charge of Committing Robbery. By Inclusive Wire from The Associated Pies. New Orleans, Sept. 21. In "moody" Tangipoah parish last night, four negroes were hanged, nfter the jail in tho lllago of Ponehthula had boon broken open and the prisoners, ac cused of robbing the family of Henry Holfclter, had been taken from their cells. Mrs. Louise Holfolter. who resisted tho colored men, was choked and beat en so unmercifully that she lost hoi1 mind. Wholesale lynchlngs are feared. Tho men lynched were. Isaiah Kol 11ns, aged IS; Nathaniel Itowman, aged 47; Charles Kiliott, aged 20; George Blckham, aged 20. There were fouiteen colored sus pects In the Ponchthula jail, accused of various robberies. Last night at 9 o'clock, a committee of white citizens called on Sheriff Nix and demanded tho keys to tho Jail. The sheriff re fused to produce them. Axes were brought and the jail was Immediately broken up. Four suspects were hanged to a tree about two blocks away, after be ing made to confess to having par ticipated In the burglary of Holfel ter's house. Not until 7 o'clock this morning were the bodies cut down. Meantime tho coroner's Jury returned a verdict of death "by unknown hands." Citizens scoured tho parish through out the night, arresting all the negroes they could get their hands on. These were crowded Into the little Jail at Ponchthula and a wholesale lynching is feared. Mayor Jackson and tho sheriff a'e using eveiy means to re store order, but are making slow pro gress. The better element among tho colored population Is fleeing to tho church, where the time 1b being spent In prayer. CHESTER FUSION CASES. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. narrisburfr, July 21 Judges Weiss and PImon. ton heard arguments todav in the mandamus proceedings instituted by counsel for the legis lative candidates of the fusion party of Chester ccunty to compel Secretary of the Common wealth Gnest to flic their certificates of nom ination. The court reserved Its decision. - BIRDSEYE SUMMARY OF WE SITUATION IN WE LEHIGH AND SCHUYLKILL REGIONS -f Fpcchl to the Seranton Tribune. Hazleton, Sept. 21. -r J hands employed in normal as working the men at the " V-iir tho crrilorc Tka loUU Ljr wiw Jiimuj. me muic Name of Colliery and Operator. West iirookslde, P. & It. C. & I. Co Lincoln, P. & It. C. & I. Co Good Spring, P. & It. C. A. I. Co Otto, P. & II. C. & 1. Co Phoenix Park, P. . 11. C. & I. Co Thomaslon, P. & R. C. A. I. Co Richardson, P. A. It. C & I. Co fllendower. P cv It C. A. I. Co Pine Forest, P. A. ft. C A I Co lagle Mill, P. & It C. A. I. Co Mlvir tieik. P A, It C. A. I. Co Wadisvllle. P. A It P. A I. Co Kalmla Washery, P. A; It C. A. 1. Co llurnside. P. k It (. I. Co Dear allej, P. A. 11 C. A. I. Co Puck ltidge, P. A. It. C A- I. Co Henry Cilia, Sterling and Dig Mountain, 1' Jt. C. A. 1 Co North Franklin, P. A. It. C. A I. Co .... Aliska. P. A, It C. A. I. Co Itclianie, I. A. It C. A. I. Co Locust tiap. P. It C. A I. Co Locust fcpring, P. A, It C. A; I. Co Monitor. P. A. It. C. .V I Co Potts, P. & It C A I. C Ilat. P A. It. ('. A I. Co Prthton. No .t, P. A. it C. A. I. Co llur Itidge, P. A It. t. A I. Co llmtrin Hun. P A. It C A, I. to Duper, P A It (' A I. Co I llangouan. I" A It C. A. 1. Co (.iuid MaimtiHth. p A 11 C. A I. Co .... t.llvutem. P A It (' A I Co 'Iljiumoml. P A II C. k 1. Co Indian Itldgr. P A It ('. A I. Co Kuiikerboiker. 1 A. It. -'. A. I. Co Holiinuor. 1' A; It. C A. I Co Mahanov Citv, P. A' II. C. A I. Co Maple Hill, I' A- II l A. I. Co North Malunov, P A, II C. A: I, Co .... M Miholas, P A. It. (.A I. Co Suffolk, P. A It C A: I. Co Shenandoah ( itv, P A. It. C. A, I. Co .... 'lurkey ltu-i. P A. It. C k I. Co Tunuell lUdire, I'. k II C. A I. Co West Shenandoah, P A II C. A. I. Co ... M tlah, St Clair Coal (V firrenvvreid. HceMall llros last LiIiIkIi, Mltihell A Shepp Went Lelilcb Iiiiikc!lurs?fr A iouiik ,,,.. Oik Hill, LeUeiirlnt; A, Co Lvtle, l.i lie Coal Co Mbriirht, Albright. Coal Co I.llsuorth, Davis (Iron HobertK Coal I o ., Howard. U I'. While A- Co Ml. Hope. Mt Hope Coal Co Fat Illdgc, l!at Itidcp Coal Co Pine Hill. Pine Hill Coal Co Lorberrv, Loech, Mooie A, Cn Little Piamond, Y V. Simons Hell, (ionnin. Campion k Cn Tuscarora, Mattery Ilios Sebastopol. J II Penning Jugular, Hepner A; Whims Woodside, Wondsidc Coal Co Wolfe Creek Waher. htodart Coal Co .. Stodart Washers, Stndart Coal Co Palmer Washerv-. Tyler & McTurk f f f -f f f 4 f f 4 4 4 4 4 4- 11 mad Mountain Washerv, Kagen k Whim.,,, i ninerr, Niipman coat lo Mt. Carmel. T. M Higbter A. Co Kxcelsior, K.vieUlor Coal Co Iluek Mountain, Mill Creek Coal Cn .,.. ltikJii, Mill Creek Coal Co THE TROOPS CALLED TO SHENANDOAH Three Regiments of In fantry and a Battery Called Out. GEN. G0B1N IN COMMAND The Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth Reg iments of Infantry and Battery C, of Phocnixvllle, and the Gover nor's Troop, of Harrlsburg, Left for the Scene of Trouble Last Evening. Sheriff Toole, of Schuylkill, Ad mits That He Is Unable to Cope with the Mob Company Officials and Citizens of Shenandoah Urge Governor Stono to Honor Sheilff's Request for Aid. By Fxrluslvc Wire from The Associated Press. Hurrlsburg, Sept. 21. Three regi ments of Infantry, a battery and a troop of cavalry were ordeiod out at mldnlcht by Governor Stone to ahsM Sheriff Toole In maintaining order in the Schuylkill region. This action was taken after a conference between the governor. Adjutant General Stewart and General Gobln, on the urgent solicitation of the sheriff, borough council of Shenandoah and many prom inent residents of that locality. Gen eral Gobln has been placed In command of the provisional brigade and started from here tonight with his staff on a special train for Shenandoah. He -Rill establish headquarters there, and ex pects to be on the ground with 2,500 troops by 5 o'clock Saturday morning. The organizations which have been selected for this service are the Fourth, Eighth and Twelfth regiments, Bat tery C, of PhoenKville; Governor's troop, of Harrlsburg, and tho Third brigade headquarters. Colonel Rich ardson has taken charge of the move ment of the troops and the camp equipage and tents. Major General Miller, commander of the division, has been summoned to Harrlsburg and Is now on his way from Franklin. At torney General Elklrt has also been called here from Indiana to advise with the governor. Battery C Is Below is given a list of the times, number who worked yesterday and the number who did not woik. The list has four Philadelphia and Reading collieries at Shenandoah, who were driven out about noon ;.. : : il - ...t-.i- j. r iu a:i. gives 111 cuuusc loiin me wnoie No. of men cmplojed No. No. Increase when colliery of men of men at svorkintr full, at work. absent. work. 4VI 4M .. ., 'l 471 Ml Mi ."10 818 410 v 440 ., ,. .W 3'K1 Vl,i Sid Ml i JO 1 e mi 4 2 .. 2 120 S7S 4l 417 27 2! 1J1 eJ H-5 Ki 135 ii -Hi fiuO llW) 1 471 4W .ist mi 591 Ml jo 1UJ 1M .. .. f'M Ml ,. b w :" " flU 4NJ 41 8-7 it.-7 :: i5'J iiifl .. I 1M" ia ., i S71 J70 1 37 411) 17 Ml ,V m too nm 4A) 4117 "li Ml IM 1 1110 111(1 .. 21 e-'l son m tar &si r,i " Cl) 111 lino .(( ni 4a3 4W 52 ' 111 4'K1 Ti 1M Vli TO TU 1 ftUj 41i)0 ,. ii ssit cn im t m ft i . &" K-a .. 4i l'H &1 .. tU (""o ail .. -a im ia to TO SJ 63 m 3 M (A fi tl as a s. U .. 7 tu U, . .. 4 S ?s .. i 4t 43 T 72 4 31 : W tie I 2 ion IM .170 SI5 .. ft SW W at .. ms ;n: 4ft equipped with Oatllng guns, and Is one nf the best drilled organizations In tho guard. General Gobln Is the senior brigadier of the division and com manded the provisional brigade which was ordered to the Hazlcton region after the Lattlmer shooting In 1897. Tho Fotuth regiment Is commanded by Colonel T. P. O'Neill, of Atlentown; the eighth by Colonel Theodore F. Hoffman, of rottsvlllc; the Twelfth by Colonel Charles N. ClementB: Gover nor's troop by Captain Fred M. Ott, and Battery C by Fiancls M. Bean, of Phoenlxvllle. The Sheriff's Request. Governor Stone received a telegram -.trly this evening from Shciiff Toole advising him that thice persons had been killed and llftecn Injured at Shenandoah by tho strikers' tiring tipon a posse of citizens who weic pro tecting u party of non-union miners on their return home fiom work. The sherllf said he was unable to cope with the mob and that tho presence of ttoops was necessary to the protec tion of life and property in the com munltv. Later In tho evening tele grams weic received by the executive from D. It. J am ps, piosldent of the boiough council of Shenandoah; W. A. Lathrop, general superintendent of the Lehigh Valley Coal company, It. C. Luther, general superintendent of the Philadelphia and Be-id'ng Coal and Iron company; S. H. Koerchcr, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, and Ilftv citizens of Shenandoah, urging that the shot Iff 's request for troops be honoied as quickly as possible. General Stewart i cached here from Philadel phia at 11 o'clock, and went elliect to the executive mansion, wheie ho was met by the governor and General Gobln. A hurried conference was held, after which the order for troops was Issued and Sheillt Toole notified. DEADLOCK BROKEN. W. B. Packard Nominated by Demo crats of Fifteenth District. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press Tunkhannock, Sept 21 Tho deadlock in the Democratic tongrcsilonal confercnio of the Hf tccuth distiiit was broken todaj, und YV P. Paikard, of Troj, Bradford count, was nom inated over John M Ktdl), of Montrose. Ihe Democratic i-enalurial conference for the Twenty-third distrnt is sit deidlocked, neither side fhowii signs of imhng. ir V Maynard, of Athens, . d C A. Little, of Tunkhannock, are the c.indtuatcs. POSTMASTER SMITH WAS IN A RUNAWAY. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press. Huntington, V Va , Sept 21. Charles Kmor.v Smith, postmastet general, addressed an enthubi ostic gathering of Republicans hero tonight. Mr Smith, upon arriving, was met by an escort com mlttee, and started in a carriage for the hotel Their horses, becoming frightened, ran awaj, and the carriage collided with an electric car. There was a Ttd mix up, but fortunately no one was injured. collieries in the Hazleton and Schuylkill regions, number of t bioiy 01 me miikc. Name of Colliery and Operator. Penasvlvanla, Union Coal Co Itithards Union ( oal Co Hlckorj Swamp, Union Coal Co Hiikory Itidt,e, Union Coal Co Cameron, Mineral It It k Minim; Co Luke Fidler, Mineral it It. A. MiniiiK Co .. Shoit Mountain, l.vkena allrj Coal Co Wlllamtovvn, Summit Drjucli Loal Co Win. Pi nn, sttcknev A Cunvnttham Mlliiesville, l--t A S ankkle Coleraine and Fvan, I'M . S. VanWickle.... Cranberr, A Paulec A Co I'pptr Lihiith, tpp.r LchiKh Coal Co Sandy Hun. M. S henimerer k Co Haile Ilrook. .1 s Wnt7 A. Co Silver ilrook. Sliver Ilrook Coal Co Stoikton alicr.v, Audenrlid Coal Co Poml tieek, Hjo A, Pond (nil! Coal Co .... Dusk.v Diamond, Mii'an A Arnold tout- u.-hir, ltovvc Stauffir Neilson, J, lmgduii A Co Ccibln, l.iiflslcr Coal lo nterprise, Diteriiie Coal Co '... Uirard, nlrard Coal (o Itoval Oak, HovjI Oak (oil ( Columbui, No 2, While A White Mldvdlle.v, .Nos. 1 and J. Mldvallt Coal Co ... Park No 2, l.nitz k i a Ivrhle.VH Hun, Ibumas I'ual Co I.aunncc, Lanrenio toil Co , I amlrlilge. (anduhlKe Coal Co Furnace, Furnace Coal to ,, Star Hx.lior), udenried Coal Co I faron Uuhhin, Carson Coal Co Drlfton, New. 1 ami J, nwi Creek Coal Co ,, Kikley A. Huik M'fn, I ross ( icik Coal Co.... Stoikton. Cross (reek Coal (i Heaver Meadow, Crons Creek Coal (' Hen inner A. (iovvtii, ro Creik Coal Co Oneida, Cross Creek (oal Co Lehigh Coal AMv, lo, No. 1, I C. It N. O... Lehigh Coal A- Nav. Co. No. 4, I. C. A. N. Co. UlilKh Coal k Nav. (o , No. B. L ('. A- N. Co la-high Coal A. Nav ( o No. H, I,. C. .V N. Cn. Lehigh Coal A Nav. ( o. No. (i, L. C A: N. Co. Sciem building. !..(.& N. Co Lehigh Coal .V Nnv. Co No. 8. U C. A: N. Co. Lehigh Coal k Nav. ( o No 10. I,. C A, V. Cn l-hlgli Coal Ac Nav. Co No. II, 1.. ('. A. V. Co Lehigh Coal k N'av. o No l. C A. N. Co llasleton, No 1, lehihli alley Coal Co Hazleton Shaft, lehlgli vallcv toil Co Spring Mountain, Lfliifll Vallev Coal Co Spring Hrook, lehlgh allev Coil Co Packer No. a, Lehigh allev Coal Co Packer N'o 5, l.thich alley foal Cn Centraiia, Logan and Dig Mine Hun, Lehigh valley Coal (o Pilmroe, Lehigh AjIIc.v Coal Cn Ijttlnier, No. I. P Panlee A. Co Lattlmer, No is, C Paidee k Co Lattlmer Shipping:, t Pardee A: Co Harvvood, C. Pardee A Co Tresckow, L A- W n Coal Co Honey Ilrook, No. 4. L. A- W 11 Coal Co Honey Ilrook, No. 6, L. A. W.-H. Coal Cn .... heaver Prook, Dodson Loal Co Mcrea, Dodson Coal Co Kaska Uillhni. Pod.on Coal Co .Teddo No. 4. O. II. Markle, & Co Highland N'o. ,'. i H .Markle A- Co Highland No. , (. II Markle A Co TROUBLE IS FEARED AT HAZLETON Companies Are Sending Many Deputies Into That City. CLASH AT SHENANDOAH It Has Had the Effect of Giving Out tho Impression That It Might Bo Followed by an Outbreak at Hazle ton Statement Given Out by Presi dent Mitchell About the Number of Men Employed Is Disputed by the Companies Sheriff's Posse Fired Upon a Crowd of Rloteis at Shenandoah, Killing Two and Wounding Seven Others. By Exclusive Wire from The Assonatnl Press I Ilazloton, Sept. 21. The Lehigh re gion today seemed to concern Itself moie nbout the possibility of trouble than any other one thing. Vhprecr one went In this dlstilet tho belief was general that an out break will occur. Thete was, however, no outwurd evidence any where that Mich a thing is likely. This feeling was no doubt pioduced by the disturbances at Shenandoah and the arrival in Hazleton and on tho North Side of a largo number of depu ties, who aio said to he prepared for anv emergency. It was known that all the coal com panies In the district had Increased the number of watchmen around their collieries, and It was also known that a small number of deputies had been dlstilbuted through the South Side by Sheriff Brlslln, of Carbon county, but nothing much was thought of this. The deputies who urrlved at Free land, twelve miles north of heie. dur ing the night from Wllkcs-Barre. aie said to number about two bundled. They were distributed along tho pub lic road betWe-eil FreoUnd and Jeddo At noon a caiload of them arrived in this city eivcr the Pennsylvania rail road, and later in the day several squads of deputies came Into town. They are all being lodged In different parts of tho city. Few Cases of Violence. There were fewer cores of violence today than yesterday when the mine workers In vaiious partp of this sec tion were attacked on their way to and from work. The ptesence of the lnci eased number of watchmen and deputies may have accounted for this Improved condition. This city has No. of men iinplojcd whin lolliery working full. !)7"i .T. HM Sit 1110 IOI 11J1 10IJ Sfi'i (kill l'J7 fK 412 SW 4 V) liKI m 4H 10 is 45, , IM) IS 310 111! H7 745 Vfil 410 HJ Ul lOil f,M 413 ;f.u 11.(7 No, of men at work, IM Til 20 imi SJ'i I SI 7e lfll'J nf) 2il mo NiO (N) 231 4",1 ItB in 40 17 J I 1W o 4 45 SS IP) S3U T50 2flt mi e3 iaj 2.1 13 ST3 !tl ;o Js.1 (.10 H15 mt 837 Isi iii ew 917 5 VI IU OS t ma sm UTS 119 mi 17 tm aro 4'4l ra iVi 81 20 ( 0O7 M7 rji 4n0 No. of men absent. Sli 1JH1 t.3J 411 lll'i 517 10M Increase at woik. fOI 357 8 372 SB 200 20Q TS IQu 7 ia is B So liV) fin Its :r.7 .nu iij i j. i "07 Ml 411 ai 70 III) :'t &17 fi0 KM fiin 405 41S .121 Xi 7i! 77 17 ran vor 7V-! 371 Mr, CIS 113 ISO lii 13 u 45 66 fT 767 417 Si' Vi 65,007 40,088 17,033 478 been unusually quiet, although crowds of Idle men were congi "gated on most of the street coiners all day. They gavo no trouble to the city police force, which numbers about eight men. As to the strike situation Itself, them was no noticeable change today. Both the operatois and the strike leaders claim they have made decided gains on their respective sides. For tho first time since the strike was Inaugurated, President Mitchell today Issued figures showing the number of men Idle In each colliery in the Hazleton district. These llgures show that out of 17,47r mine workers In the district 13,825 have refused to go to work. Very few oper ators Ue In this section, but those operators and ofllclals who could bo reached In this vicinity disputed Mr. Mitchell's flgurca In so far ns they re lated to their Individual collieries. They Dispute Statement. V. H. Smith, superintendent of tho Markle mines, said that If Mr. Mitch ell's figures for the Markle mines were true the company would bo unable to operate any of Its collieries. The su perintendent of Cox Brothers' six col lietles said the figures for those work ings were far wrong. Drlfton and Stockton collieries, which aie claimed by Mr. Mitchell to be shut down, are woiklng short-handed, he said, and the other foui mines w hlch tho strike lead ers say are ciippled are producing the full aveiuge amount of coal. Another official, speaking for the Pardee com pany, said that Mr. Mitchell's claim that only 150 out of the 1,500 men are working In the cranberry mine Is ridic ulous. This gentleman clnlms that tho mine was producing three-quarters of the dally average output of coal. SHERIFFSTOSSE FIRI:D INTO CROWD They Were Assaulted While Escort ing Home a Body of Mine Work ers from One of the Collieries. Hy Kxilusive Wire from The Associated Press Shonnndoah, Pa., Sept. 21. A shei tit's posse fired on a crowd of riotous men near here this afternoon, killing two persons and woundlnp seven otheis. Sheilff Toole and Deputies O'Donnell and Ilrennenian ere called to Shenan doah today to suppress the mob's that threatened mine workers and colliery Iioperty. At quitting Hme th- three sheriffs and r small posse whom the Lhi'ilff had summoned on the iriound ui-nt to the Indi.tn Ridge colliery of the Heading coivpany to escort the woikmen ti their homes. The colliery Is located a short distance east of Shenandoah The woikmen loft tor homei shortly after 4 o'clock. The walked up the middle of i:ast Center street and reached tho Lehigh Valley railroad sta tion Here had gathered a large crowd of Poles, Slas and Huns, men, women and childien, who lined both sides of the stieet A shot rang out from a sa loon This was followed by n shower of stones. Many of tho ciowd had picked up sticks and stones and were acting In a thaietenlng manenr. Seeing this the sheriff, who had previously cautioned his men to keep cool and not to use their llreaims, commanded them to flte Tho order was obeyed with teirlhle lesults. Tho crowds pur sued the sheriff and his posse to tho Feiguson house, where they took refuge Shetlff Toole shortly aftervvaul tele phoned to Hanisburg and asked that a detachment of troops be sent here. It was learned that Adjutant' General Stew ait was In Philadelphia and n telegram was sent to him. Following Is u list of the killed and wounded: Killed. MlkK lUCKWAdl., shot in tho eje A I.lTTl.i: lillll., name unknown, shot in the nick. Wounded, 'o far ns can lie learned: Fdward ( ovle, age,! about ft) vcars, liilht wound mar the heart He ua tilting on Ills tnop. Michael SVatilan, hot in the arm, Vntliony Skarnazie-i, allot in 1 tt wiit bv 22 calibio buliit; Juhu Wusdlcke, aed 10 .veiri", kliot In the hind, married, I'elu staliiioeovicli, 2 um, thot In the shculdir at tie baik; Mike SiilNki, xlnt In left nhoulder, XnthcM Vvalavagc. shot in left nlde, wrlous, ii 40 calibre bulb t n moved mon- thoxe who wire liijurid lij the lioters wire the following (lunge Heddlng, of Hlngtown, ugly gai mi right foieheul, caused b.v a brick, Hobeit IM w.uila, aged (it vi , injiireil scriuuilj bv belnvf hit wilh stones, Charlis Havvlaiid, aged J'i 3tars, inpired en the neck and head h stones. Asked for Troops. Philadelphia, Sept. 21. Slid Iff Toole, of Schuylkill county, today sent a telegram to Adjutant (Jeneial Stewart, asking for troops, us .a result of a clash between marching sti Ikers and Coal and lion police at Shenandoah this afternoon. The sheriff's message was dellveted to the adjutant general a few minutes after his arrival In this city fiom Hairlsburir. General Stcw- (tonthiuid on I'ige 2 1 TJIK KKWS THIS MOKXINU Weather Indications Today, PARTLY CLOUDY. 1 (ieneial lllond.hcd at Mienando-ih Loial 'tilke siiiiatlon DivoM of Lxcltetnent. HliHidv Haeo War in Louisiana. 2 (I'enent -HlooiUhul at Shenandoah (Con- iluded ) The Trlbiine's l.'diieitional Contest. 3 firniral Notlheaslern .Pciuis.vlvanla News, sporting OOfMp i Lditorlal. Wieklv Letter on Municipal ffalrs, ,1 Lew dl Soclii and Personal. One Woman's; lew. H Local -Wade Finn Uubeoms Himself l-pivorlh League Convention at Lurerne. 7 localLocal Strike sltiutlon Devoid of F.t eittment larpmlni. Conmler mendments to Consti tution H Loial et Scranion and Suhuiban. 0 Hound About the County. 10 fiencral Was H Justifiable (Short Story), Membership of the Associated Press. U local Sunday School Lesson for Tomorrow, Itrllgloui Ncua of the Week. 12 Local Report of the Grand Jury. Fininclal and Commercial, ANOTHER DAY DEVOID OF TURBULENCE Strike Here Appears to Be Comparatively Uneventful. PLAYING A WAITING GAMB Most Closely Watched Occurrence ofi tho Day Was the Conference Ovet the Question of Handling Non Union Coal Carried on Between tha Local Switchmen and Their Na tional Officers No Definite Action, However, Was Taken Lackawanna Road to Seek Grain Carrying Trade. Seranton Threatened with an In vasion of Soft Coal Mino Workers' Union Gains Thousands of Newt Members Conflicting Reports f ronj Hazleton Today's Parade. Another day of the strike came and went In tho Lackawanna reclon aa quietly as tho four that preceded It, No change occurred In the tie-up, and nothing halng tho semblance of dis order was reported from any part of the county. The news of the shooting nt Sher.an doah was not generally circulated anil consequently caused no excitement locally. A Tribune reporter was tha first to apprise the strikers headquar ters of the unfortunate occurrence. President Nichols, Secretary Dempsey and Organizer Burke were the only ones about when tho announcement uas made. They received It with ex pressions of deep regret, and hoped this territory would bo spared rfny, such occurrences. President Nichols said ho didn't look! for any tiouble In this region, unless an outbreak should occur In one certain place, which Is provcrbally lawless and needs far less tnan strike excitement to work It up Into tlrstJrderrPrrirr9Jiai been taken to especially impress upon the men there the necessity of nvold Ing disturbance, and the leaders are charged to be energetic In doing what they can to stave oft disorder. The meeting of the Svltchmen'l union, to discuss tho question of re fusing to handle eevil now being mined, was one of the mot closely watched events of the day. The local officers of tho United Sllne Workers appealed to the switchmen to aid them In closlnrr up the washeiles by lef using to handlo cars to or from these places. Some few switchmen quit rather than handle these cars, and tho others weio In a quandary as to what they should do. Thev wanted to help tho sti lkers, but they could not grant their request without first having the peimlssion of their national otllcer.s. Tho grand master and giand secietary weie ac coidlngly sent for and came on here Thursday. Had a Conference. They met some of tho local mine workers' ofllclals jesteiday afternoon and also had n confeience with tha switchmen's offlceis. In the evening, they had a confeience with the Switch men's union In Haub's hall, 'Wyoming avenue, at which all the members npt on duty weto present, to the number of half :i hundtcd. The session lasted from 7.30 till 11.20 o'clock. When It had concluded anel the newspaper men gathered about Giand Master Haw ley, they weie pleas antly but emphatically Informed that nothing was to be told except that tho non-union coal question had been dis cussed: that net definite action uaa taken, and that nnother meeting would bo held. When asked If the switchmen were advised as to how they should act ti the matter till definite action w.t taken, Mr. Haw ley said ho could not divulge anything that had transplreel at tho meeting, but suggested that this question would bo answeted by watch ing the switchmen today. "I can say this to you, however, that the switchmen have enough to do to atfend to their own business," Mr. Haw ley remarked without preface or In any pattlcular connection When liessd to explain what 'was to be ln fentel from this utterance hr added: "Well, there (tie different ways of help ing strikers In a case like this." This was ub fur as Mr. Haw ley wntill go on this subject. Tho newspaper men were not certain of what ho meant but gathered that he was endeavoring to hint to them In an extremely cau tious way that1 the switchmen were dis posed to and would help tho miners but would hesitate to do anything that would thiow them Into Idleness also. "Has President Mltvhell asked nnv of tho other railroad biotherhoods to Interest themselves In this strike7" Mr. Hawiey asked of the reporters Tim reporters confessed that they did nod know. Mr. Haw ley Inquired very min utely and Kollcitatlngly of the possibili ties of Archbishop Jtyan being able tn effect pome ort of a compromise. Doubts and Misgivings. Tho strikers about headquarters yes terday were filled with many doubts and misgivings. Tho detailed state- Conllnued on Page 7 I 4- -f 4- -f -r -f -r WEATHEH FORECAST. 4- 4 4- Washlncton, tent, St. Forecast for -4- Saturday and Sunday) Eastern Pennsyl. anli Partiv cloudy Siturday and Sun. - 4- daj, liBht scjthvveiteily winds, becora- 4 f ing variable. 4- 4 -t- -t-ti 4 4 4M4 4 444444f4 44444f4444444444444444444-444444444444444444444444 44444444