ribitite. fckia TAiT? TSSk mW' THE ONLY SCRANTON PAPKR RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, 1A., WEDNESDAY MOKNINU, AUGUST 7, IflOf. TWO CENTS. iSpry "JU 'iJ. STRIKE ORDER FOR AUGUST 10 President Shaffer Will Mail In structions to All Vice Pres idents This Week. WILL AFFECT THE AMALGAMATED MEN (Jnloos Thoro Is an Adjustment of tho Existing Differences In the Meantime ft General Striko Order Will bo Issued All Togothor It Is Likely That One Hundred Thous and Mon Will Be Idle. R IvltMtp Who fn hi IV Awoilated 1'rew. Pittsburg, A UK. l The die Is cast. The. batik' of the Blunts Is m In earn est whether to ienominoiis defeat of rni" Mile or the other, or compioinlsc, li-maln to ho seen. Fp to this even ing It has been moioly a skirmish, piiiIi t?ldo trlng to Unci tho vulnerable spot in the other's armor. Now It K differ ent, broucht about by the actual Issu ance by President Shaffer of tho long-tnlkecl-of genoial strike oilier. This older was promulgated this evening, to take rfteet nfter the last tutu of the nulls on August 10. What the result will be no man win foietell, but Juilg ing by the cxpiesoel cletennlnatlon of both parties to the oontioversy, the battle will be waged fast and futlously. Much money will be lost, thousands upon thousands of men will be Idle, pioal .suffering Is looked for, ecn bloodshed and death ate possible and tcatod. The stilko call Includes practically nil A tialfTiimntcci men In the United Stjitos Stei' rorpoi.itlon employ not now on strike. It was issued from the Amal gamated association headquarters, and mailed to all Amalgamated lodge olll i lals who are expected to call their wicin Into the strike. The text of the call follows: HHI.THUI.V: TI1K eiKI'ICI VI S Of THE t siri.ii srvri.s miu niitsr nwi: itt.nsKi) m nrt'or.M.K vs iaiov Mr.N 'IIIO-I. WIICI VltU NOW SIISIl. isci icui 'iiir. iticair to nr.nvMi: tiik humm; niti) us t . iiinmzi'n mi: 'i iwk a c vi.i. i rov AM, AVIVI.CVM VTII) AM) 011ll.lt 1 MIIN MI.V IN NMi: VM IIPU.T 'ICI JOIN I.N 'I I IB MOVI.MI.Nr TO 1'IlillT 1011 I.VIIliit'S HIGIITs. VOf Wll.b UK TOM) THT Mill nwi: M(iin i osi it mi's, hit vent M-ru.n vrniu.n 10 si'nurrii.u 1IIIB COM UMTS TO 1 1ll. I MTI.II STMI.i SI CM. (OHl'OUUION. IIS oki in.ns think v 01 wi:m M)i,r 'io tiikm ,11 sr as 'i in: mills ui.ui:, (OMItVCTS AND l iikmi.mukh. iir.ioin: Yor vcni'.i n ro any rnNimrr vor took vv onr.in.riov io Tin: mvi.cmii i ASSOCIATION'. IT NOW CM.I.S OU io hkt.p in this Horn ok ni,i:h. iinlkss tiik. 'iitoriiii: is smi.rn ON 01! UKKOKB S VI t'UI) VV, At C!l SI' 10. tpetl. TUB MILLS WILL U.OMI WHKN TUB LAST Tl'HN Is JUIII! ON THAT I)Y. nitr.Tiiui:.N, 'i m is Tin: cu.i, to rilKsMlVK Or It OI!f!NI.TIO.N. W ; Till ST V01T AMI M'.l.ll Hit. COMB ANT UK.1,1 US ANT) MAY lHCillT COMB TO A JUST (Wl'SP. 1HATK1INALLY YOI'IN, T. .1. SHAHT'.n. President Shaffer added this state, meat: "The call rocs to the ite presidents of the districts In whkh there are mills owned nnd operated bv the National Steel, National Tttbo and Federal Steel companies, as well as to the ofllcials it the lodges in tho mills, "No notice has been, or Is being, pent to tho managers of the mills. We thlnl: their notice has come from the other side nnd that they have had warning of this event since the inaug uration of tho strike. It ought to be bulllclent," General Striko Order Issued. Pittsburg, Aug. fl. A general strike order from Piesldent Shaffer will be mailed to nil tho vice presidents of the Amalgamated association tonight, ordering tho men out on August 10, unless theio Is an adjustment of tho differences In the meantime. Tho strike will affect all tho Amalgamated men cmplovr", by the National Steel :ompnny, Firnl Steel company and National Tube company. President Shaffer says the manufac turers have had suillclent notice. Ho 3oes not anticipate any settlement be fore the strike goes Into effect. Tin men are orcis-red out from the last tin n sn August 10. The ruder will throw idle about 12,000 union men and about ilxty thousand In the mills who am :onnected with the Kedei.ttUm of l.n sor and who aro not organised, but ivho will lme no woik by le.isnn of the strike of the skilled men. All to gether, 100,000 moil Will likely be idle. The order, It Is said, will also tan m the men at tho furnaces owned by tho United States Steel cnrpoiation who nre not members of the Amalgamated association, hut who nio connected with tho Amen lean Federation of I,ahor. Not only ar the Federation men In tho mills unci furnncen dlieetly In volved, but there Is an ominous thicat that structutol steel. workers will n. use to handle tin corporation steel in building operation. 100.000 Men Will Join. The order given above Ib expected to well the number oi Idle men to over lftO nno i,t the end of the week. Piesl dent Shaffer was asked If the call was not Intended to go to the union men In the Carnegie Steel company. He said he could answer no questions on that scote The Amalgamated association has lodges in the upper and lower union mills of the Carnegie Steel eoin i.w. nnd a foothold In the Home stead, Duauesne and Htaddnck tntlK the gieat bulwatk of non-unlonlsm. In conformity to statements that have been made by Piesldent Shaffei be foil', these meiii will be expected to Join the strike rs will all Amalgamated men and s niuthUoi.s In all plants of the Fulled Slates Steel corpoiation. The other companies of the steel cor poiatlon not mentioned by the Amal gamated piesldenl, and whoso oper ations the association will seek to hamper, ate tho Amcilean Steel and Wlte company nnd the American Ihlilge company. In the wlte company the Amalgamated association has only lodges) In the Cleveland rolling mill plant and the .toilet led mill plant of the company. The formei is now Idle In the plants of the Ameilcan Hildge company theio Is no organization of the men. The outMde men handling and erecting tho woik of the American Itildge company aie oiganled as the lnternntlon.il Aotlation of Ilrldge and Structuial Iron workeis. They nio not afllllated with the American Fed elation of Lnhoi. The attitude of the federation re mains uncertain, and thp president of the Amalgamated association is un willing to discuss It. although support has been proffeiod by olllcinls of the It-deration. This has been without tho concerted action of the fedoratlon's ex ecutive board. Many afllllated bodies of the Federa tion hao annual or long term con tiaets with their employers, and be yond liiMiicIal and moral support It is I rd to t II ' j. l. Federation may go. It had been the pin pose of Piesldent Shatter to give the operating olllcinls of the lemalning constituent com panies of the steel corporation time to anticipate the calling out of their men. If It was Intended to give those mana gers any foi ma 1 notllloatlon, this plan was waled today, although thoy will still have till thp i losing of operations on Saturday to pi event the striking of their men. The call to tho men of the three companies In tho mills of which the Amalgamate d association is strongest Is expected to bo generally and piomptly lesponded to on Saturday. The moe will. It is expected, practi tally suspend opeiatlons of the Fed rial Steel company and mt oil' half of the production of the National Steel and National Tube companies and tluow- upwaids of 10,000 men Idle. In tho most extensive plant of the National Tube company, at .McKees port, the otganlAitlon is new and the effect of the strike otder Is unceitaln. Tho wcuka employ upwaid of MOO men. The attitude of the men of the Ful led States Steel coiporation, so far not affected hy the stilko, has been caie fully canvassed since the futllo effoit to arrive at terms of peace In New York last Saturday. Most of tho nine vice piesldents of the dltfetent districts have been among their men and their leports haxo i cached headhunt tors. In a general wa, the tone of this tepoit Indicates that the men will suppoit the stand ol their ofllcials. An aggtoshe moo ment on Carnegie mills Is Intended and will be taken promptly. President Shaffer's Statement. Piesldent Shalfer said tonight: Vo mt no line ti loino nut with in uuuill IiibI. II mir (Kiniilv iin not in full )niulliy with nur llglu wo unulil Miliar tln.l no ilil n". in nil ai Mnik. 'Ilie.i Mill imt lii j.kril to tin iile limiih 'lhp mil luio iinill satunlaj iii..,t nf thU wi(' iu Hunk li our. Wlirn ihi-j hiiillv iliiidp the) Mill runn mil piriii(il (or tin In' tie. lime Mill lie m taliriinj, no inilriiKion, iin Icimrinii in aillnn, lint ,i imilj nt miipdc ml a ilrlrrminjtinn in i.m, for tli.lr liithK. After Issuing the ollklal call for next Satuiday night, Piesldent Shalfer said: M inn li toil ij I (jlliil out all the men t tit iiioil In Hie Nm ( j.tlo 1 1 1 i 1 1 .i ot ilic .NatiniMl Sin I minium, llin u , nul ,,( t o'llmk lunlehl. M iimx' in .loin.' ihU ui lint I lcoiifj lli.il il,i' iiiki ti til In on inline up iiiinn nuilo linn in l lii' M hoiulnifji i. ik iIi-iii.iiiIIcI Jinnini-1 nm-l null (or tlie nii.ii.c nf niiihins tin' iniilr in the nun-union inllN Mill ii I lit" ilanti miip lull ilowu It j n ilurr tilik. Imt II illil not Motk Tlic triM Mill nml Mini lut tln'.i Inn- liin'i hum linl , uoulIi In"-foil- tln'.i .in lliiniiL'li tliU Mnki iiu- wnillnj; ililn ti'likuin l" Ni' C'iiiIp I ii'mi-. a upli uliuli ii-.nl J folim: "iin will i lino; null an1 nil tit in " 'I hl Mill liiliu,' ,ilmiil I. .'"! turn nut In lint iilit iiii sii, Mi Imp In lie mi the Mutili fur jut null nioiK lij Hie Iin. I n till uj tlf know Mint ii K"ltu" on jut n well at lim o, uml Jie lull! ui'uiiil to ntiot i-Kiy inoie they nuke. As Piesldent Shafler left Ills ollke to. night he walked clown stalls to the stieet. accompanied by Societal' John Williams and Manager Hen I. D,ils, of the Amalgamated .Imiin.il. He wits appatcntly at cae in hW mind, but howii evidences of his full teallatloii ot tin' m t that had hern eifiiiicil, Plseussiiig the featuics of the stilko thai would bear dlieetly upon the puis penty of the coiinti, lie said: 'I l.i iloln; of .ill tin.,' iitlll Mill l? frit liy all ill.!. It Mill UI I'luililc linn lllil lllU Mil) kl"P miuiuiiie. 'I In i:ln.l Mill lie lull ami no out- iimIizpi, i tii.ii e linn I i.i I li'.llln"! it .ill I lie tllut .llxl t if-1 to .lii-l I In en l f ' Hi- In HI) t'ouii the Ull.xliu out of tllli lui'liriuuui, but It ua ol no ut lllclii mu-l iiiuiiim, lioutMr, It will tilumjili In rijilc oi tlui lrut'i nclnu tint union mi.i cmnot exist in their lulllf. In thN cill for Hie mm to roine nut Me trlfil to aoiel all nicnlnBlrii onl, nil liomli.iillc uttrtniieri nJ rnitloiul fontrniw. It 1 too nerlnu a nutter for Mn pby. The nnlit imlcd men full v realise th( tak that li lufore them and line been preinteil for it, The) nre. I hellie ready to Hitler Ioiir for Mint they firmly lielleie to lie their right. "Ihe Mill uf fer litttiKrr, 'ocrly ami itiwtlnti ot all kinU liefori- Kiting in. The tout tan ncter itmli Mieh men in our people. They mav utatt otne of their mllN, but they unnot Mart many o( them. Mr. Qompors Silent. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. C Presi dent tiompeis, of tho American Fodcr atlon of Labor, who Is sojourning heie, said tonight he would not elen or af llrm anything in regard to the feder atlon'o attitudo towards the steel stilke. Fnder the rules of tho feder ation the president and council hae no power to order a striko, but may, in the event of n smpatliy stilko taken nt tho Milltlon of the subordinate unions, support It by counsel nne) finan cial assistance. Shaffor Is Confident. President Shaffct's llrst dheU ut tPranco since the conference In New York to men on stilko was given to night nt a meeting of Valley lodge, No. 41, on the south side. "As the days pass my coinage glows stionger. Mr. Shaffer said. The lodge Is composed of striking employes of tho Painter steel nnd hoop mill. Tho mill was lost to tho Amalga mated association two yeats ago and tho suspension two weeks ago was ,v complete surprise to tho trust. It Is icgaided as one of tho pivotal points In the groat strike. President Shaffer said: Men of 1'iinten Mill: The fluil tet lutttcen ormnlreil capital nml oitiniml IiIut i mm on. It is a fait that l.it Situnliy in the ottlie of I. I'ierpont Morgan, ill New ork. mc mtilil line fettled the utrikc had Me ncteed to ili-ert Jon We Mill not desert jou and mc now ak ou not to deiert tn (erir of "no, no"), lltit l i mil tet In wlileh million of ilnlhu are loneenlrateil to rruli out nrcanled lahor. 1 luce kuiiu our eiery Intli of the ground nnd a-rfuro jott men that the cmrnl utrlke order Mil! be olie.ted to the'letter. Our tniaiic ill reKitirers are in good fhape and we Mill pij strike lieneiits front now on If ton remain Miadfast tutory and gulu.iN Mill be jours, ECHOES OFTHE VARIOUS COUNTY CONVENTIONS Judge Simonton Renominated by Republicans of Dauphin County. Judge Yerlcs Islndoised. U; l.xeliMte Wire fmm 'Ihe oetited I'rew Yoik. Pa., Aug. h' II, mutiny pre vailed today at tho Republican county convention. This ticket was nomi nated: -Shot iff W. H. Kulton: regis ter, Ueorge 15. Prowell, district at torney, James (, (llessner, clerk to lommlsslnnors, A. J. lloltzinger; di rector of the poor, II. I ('tumbling; county surveyor, I. K. Seltz; state delegates, Jacob I.elghtheiser, U. S. fentz, William S. (lotwalt, K. "V. At lanil, I.. W. Arnold and John Kirk. Quayites in Control. Huntingdon, Pa., Aug. fi. The Hun tingdon county Republican county convention, held heio today, was un der the absolute contiol i the adhei cnts of Senator Quay, anil .ill tho nominees were ot his complexion. The ticket nominated Is: Sheriff, John A. Steel; poor dim tor, C. K. llorton: coroner. Dr. (!. (I. Harm. in; loiuity sureor, II. If. Swopc; delegates to the sate convention, J, l- Sthock, John Phlllsn. Judgo Yerkes. Norirstown, Pa., Aug. G. Tho IJonio ctatiu county coiivtrntloii was held today nnd i evolutions teio adopted endoislng Judge llnimon Yeikes, of Itucks county, for Supreme mint judgo. The delegates ebcteel weto John Casey, Conshoeken, Allen J, Diesslor, rPnnsbuig; J. Ar. Delaney, Ilrldgepoi t, ltlehard Hamillon, Lower Merlon: Hi ram It. Hartell, Salforel; Oeoigo Hoi man, 'Whltemaisli; A, K. Hos, Xoiristown; John I.arzelere, Ablng- ton; Andiew X. I.eldy , Franeonla. IMward Mor.ui, Lower Mellon; Di. John Todd, 1'ottstown. Ripper Bill Denounced. I.ockhaven, Pa., Aug. (1. Tho Clinton county Deniociatlc convention here to day nominated p,. n, McCoimlck, of this city, for cllstilct attorney; Jeffer son Kckel, of (Jtceno township, for county surveyor; delegates to the state convention, A. i:. (irugan, of Ilenovo; (5. V. A. MaoUonald, nf Lock Haven; Ira L'ngllsli, of Cliapmau towiislip. (iootge A. Uiown was ie elected county chalinmn. The losolu tlons condemn the tipper law ami de mand Its lopeal; Demociats who votcel wllh the Kcpuhllcans nio severely de nounced and fusion Is tavoied. A icsolutlon leciuestlng tho unseating of the Ryan-Donnelly delegation, ot Philadelphia, was tabled aftei a warm debate, Simonton Renoininatod. llarrisburg. Aug. C Judge John W. Simonton, who has been renominated by tho Republicans for president Jinlge of Dauphin county, was endoised to day by the Democratic) county con vention by an overwhelming vote, over William Haiti, a young Demo n.itlp attorney. Samuel H Zimmer man wns nominated for dlsttlct nttor env; (1 . D. Hndeis for illieetor of the poor, and Christian Hess for coun ty surveyoi. MUST STOP FOR PASSENGERS. If They Don't Wollsvillo Motormen Will Bo Fined. II) 1. silu.no Wiie (loin 'Ihe Aviiiiteil 'i.. Wellsvllle, O., Aug. ti. An oiilliiaiic e was pased by the city council twilrfht innklng it a mlsdeiueanoi. punishable bya lino of between flu and $."0. for a nioiorman to pass any one on the stuot leaely to ttet on the car. Weldon Hotel Burned. Ilr Fxelmlie Wire fiotn The Aoelted Treiu, Philadelphia. Aiij. n ,(. Wihloti hold. 1 three tm.t iom flriuturi at Wchhui, l'.i., mar hue, 4 lotnidetrlt ill .ir.ti i ht Hie thl lumu ilk I'm liti niliilii'r IhmiiK'h nielwil ii.iniin; in i line t ci.ii' Midi, IIiiiukIi wnne of linn lo-t theli liih.njlii-;., Hie pinprlilnr .!. the ire u ii loiihlidl) of inundlai.v url.-iu. l.ni, lb,0U0; liiiuiccl. VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION Seven Dead ; Three or Four Injured Fatallu and Slxtu or Scvcntu Hurt Scrloiislij. A LIST OF THE VICTIMS Tho Moat Seriously Injured Are Mrs. Quigloy, Samuol Oales, Lizzie Watkins and Morris Rosenthal. The Remarkable Eecapo of Lizzio Watkins Tho Searchers Aro Aided in Tsir Work by Temporary Eloctric Lights Gasoline Did the Damage. It) r-iilti-ilie Wlra ftom The ouilei l're. Philadelphia, Aug. . Seven dead, tlueo or four piobably fatally Injincd and mote than sixty other poisons hurt more or less sclously Is the latest revised leconl of last night's explo sion in the block of buildings on Locust sttcet above Tenth stieet In this city. How- ninny mote victims, if any nio still In the tulns, will not bo known until all the debils has been denied away, which will take many mote houis ot hard work. Tho latest Unci was made at t o'clock tonight, when the badly burned remains of a coloteet man was found In tho vtreikage on tho sidewalk. Tho list of dead Is as follows: HlUabcth Mountain, aged 3s years. rieeletlck Leo, aged 10, coloied. I'nknown coloied child, aged about 3 yeais. I'nknown coloied woman, aged about 2s, ami thtee unknown colored men, ranging iu agis ftom about "0 to 40 yea is. The most seilntisly injuted who me likely to die nre: Mrs. Pattli-k Qulg ley, Samuel dales (coloied), Lizzie "VVatkins (coloied) and Morris Rosen thal. Tho escape fom death of Lizzie Watkins Is considered lemnikablo, She was bulled almost a dozen feet tiniler the debris with lire all aiound her and was taken from the iiilns four and a half hotus alter the explosion occtir- led, She vv.-n badly binned and bruised and her sight was destioyed. A large number of those that were not seri ously Injiiied have left tho hospitals. but eitilte a number will be confined to these Institutions for weeks. I'ndetetri-el by tho incessant rain, the woik of scutching for tho dead ha a been kept up continuously timing tho twenty-lour hours since tilt oxposlon occtiucel. The only poison who was positively known to bo In the tulns wns Hlizabeth Mountain and a huge fence of men was kept constantily tit woik In the debits whole her inutliei's house had stood. Searchers Rewarded. The efforts of the se.uehcr.s vteie lew.iicUd at I o'clock this afternoon when, In a coiner ot the cellar, cov eted paitly by broken bricks, tho io malns ot tho unfortunate woman vveio found. Her mother nnd brother had .stood by dining the ontlio night and clay, watching tho seaichei.s at work. One coloied man was found in the iiilns ot the lestnur.int, which was pa ttonlzed by negroes. Ho was sup posed to be a helper iu tho place, but no one c ould bo founet to Identify him. The man found tonight wns about -'i. yeais of age and hail on the uuifoim of a bootblack. Temporary electric lights have been erected nt tho scene of the explosion, nnd tonight two hun ched men under the direction of the department of puhlio safety are v lg otously pursuing the search. Many of the lesldents of tho neighborhood be lieve theio aro meiio bodies iu the wreckage. Theto aro several persons still missing, but as some nf those had no known permanent place of i evi dence, It cannot be stated to a cer tainty that they are burled In the iiilns. The police nnel file ofllcials can give no opinion except what they gather fiom those who live in the vicinity of the disaster. The police nnd llreo lllclals nio also making a. semen for the cause of the explosion, but up to tonight they have no positive proof as to Its cause. They tho ilainnge and that It had been stoieel hold to the thorny that gasoline did in ono of thro groceiy stoics. Tho of llcials ate Inclined to believe that the explosion occtii icd In the Mc-Cleminy stoic, which was In the middle of the block. McClciuni, xv ho Is badly in juied, claimed that he had only a gal lon of the oil In his place nnd that ho kept it In the Mr of the building. MINISTER CONGER'S ATTITUDE Will Return from China if Named for Governor of Iowa. Hi KxrliKlt-o Wire frcn The sjonuletl I'rets. Huillngtou, In , Aug. fi. The Hut ling ton Hnwkeje pilnts today an Inter lew with .Minister Conger in Hono lulu. Iu which the minister says: "Wo were given a splendid teceptlon In Iowa, but I did not have a chance to see many Iowa fi lends, whom I would like to have seen, for fear I would be open to the chnige nf elec tioneering for tho governorship. I stand exactly as I did on that score. It I am nominated on August 7, I will go hoiiiu nnel ledcem my piomlse to uccept. Otherwise, 1 will lemaui In China." SCHLEY COURT FILLED AGAIN Rear-Admiral Howison to Take the Place of Admiral Klmborley. Hi KuIikici Wiie from Ihe W nUted IVx. Washington. Aug. o Hear Admit al Ileniy L. Howison has bom roleitcd to till the vac alii' on ll'o Hi hie mint nt Inquiry cauw-il by the Inability of Rear Admlial Klmbeily to seivc. Aelmlial llowlcon'H name Is one ol n-vcial olll cms whom Admiral Sclilcy nuiUted the department was wit Is factory to hint. The atipolnlmclit is also s.itlsfactoiy to Captain Parker, Admital Schley's as sistant counsel. Captain .lames Paiker, Admiral Schley'H assistant counsel, appeared at tho navy department today to resume Ills Investigation of tho oillclal records lit connection with the disputed points In the Hautlago campaign, lie was gven a desk In the sectetary's ofllt-c, as ho was last week, and such tecorda as ho c tiled for wcio placed at his dis posal by tho but call of navigation. m CIVIL RULE IN MANILA. Military Government Thoro Coasos Today, Hy IhcItMto Wire from The Awoel.iled View. Manila, Aug. 6. Tho military gov ernment of Manila ceases toinoitow. Municipal affairs will then be conduct ed by three commissioners, forming a government similar to that of the Dis trict of Columbia. Tlie president of the commission Is a. Filipino, Col, llorrcra. The two other mctnboM arc Messrs. Haldwln and Tuthorly. The chief of police Is George Curry, a fotmcr olllccr of the Eleventh cavalry. Mr. llouscrmann Is tho city attorney. Secretary Root's older forbidding tho use of commlssaiy supplies by civilian employ's Is causing consternation among tho minor cletks, whose expen ses are thus doubled. Man of them assert that they had an understanding befoio they left the Cnlted States that they would be entitled to use conimls g.uy stoics. The order became effective August 1. t'nless tho snhitlcs of tho Junior em ployes nto raised many will ptobably tender their loielgnations. TRUCKMAN'S LOAD EXPLODED Killed Him, Injured a Woman and Almost Wrecked a Train. Ill Itilu-tie Wire ftom The tanmteil I'te. Rowling Citeen, O., Aug. fi. A terri fic explosion of nitto-glycerlne oc curred near this city last evening. Wil liam Radabnugh, aged 2.', was blown to atoms, and many other persons had ntmovv escapes from serious Injury. Radabatigh was dilvlug a wagon loaded wllh 00 quarts of the explosive and when neailng the tracks of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Da.vton load, whipped up his Imisos In order to cioss the tracks ahead of an nppioaehlng passenger train. The Jolting exploded tho stuff on the tracks nnd the train wns stopped within a few feet of the gaping hole made by the explosion. Pieces of debris woio huilcel with gieat forie against the ti.iln, but none of the fifty passengers was stiuck. A house occupied by Mrs. Abialiam Tea II and two sons was wiccked and Mis, Tcall was .seilously Injured, TOURISTS RETURN. Pennsylvania Excursionists De lighted with the Service. Dy rxcliitlte Wire from The Awoelatcd Pren. Phllidelphla, Aug. fi. Tho four sec tion tialn which left New York and Philadelphia .In! S, for California, under tliu auspices of tho personally conducted tourist srtem of the Penn sylvania railroad, returned to the east today. These tialns can led about 10Q tour ists, and traveled nine thousand miles without accident oi unusual detention. Tills Is tho largest and most success ful movement of tho kind ever cnirled to tho coast under the personally con ducted sstom of any r.iihoad. m AGAINST FUSION. Billing and Polk Announce Their Opposition to Proposed Ticket. Dy Eielu'lte Wire from The AwocUtrd Preta. llarrlshurg, Aug. 6 Former Denio ciatlc State Chairman Killing and Congiessm.iu I'olk, both known as close to Colonel James M. Ouffey, the Democratic state leadei, wcio at Deniociatlc state committee headquar ters tonight nnel announced themselves as strongly against fusion on the ticket to bo nominated at next week's convention. They also expiei-scd the opinion that the delegates of the anti-Donnelly-Ryan faction in Philadelphia have no standing whatever, representing no icgular organization, and should not be admitted to the convention. TWO STRIKES AT HAZLETON. Miners at the Evans and Audenreid Collieries Quit Work. Dy r.Tclmlic V ire fiom The Auoclated Press, llazlcton. Pa-, Aug. 6, Two Mi ikes weio begun In the llazlcton district to day Ono was at the Kvans t-ollleiy, Reaver Meadow, operated by A, S. Van Wckle & Co., where all hands, num bering about UOO, nult work because of tbo refusal of tho foieman to iclnstiite two di Ivors discharged for alleged in fraction of tho rules. The other stilko was at the Auehn reld colliery of the I.chlgh nnd Wllkcp R.nre Coal company, where 300 miners loftise to work until their catd Inspec tion committee is allowed to visit t lie winks and look at tho cat ds of all union members. Von Waldorsee Home Again, Dy Kteliulie Wire fioni The Associated Piess Ikrlln, iisr ii The tumilili cien, with I lehl Mirlul Count ton U jlili i-ei' on IhuiiI, Iih nniwil nil llrllc"jncl. 'Hie VuailU lua arritul ill the We.er. Alllbone's Body Arrives, 11 i:iliislie Wire fro'ti The- Voiialeel l'rej, New ml Vn.- fl 'the I lilted Uu inlllir lliultis .urlteil toilat finin Muillj, tthlih lil hhi- lift la't Vptil 'I In' lliutii l.loii.-lit the limb of i -I -t .i I ll Million', of Ihe Inltiil suiea uilil ii VMlniliijtoii, Mini ilinl at MjiiIIi. 1 lio hoily Banker Drops Doad. R) rxcliitlte Wire liotn The A-oelle.l Presj, Wi.t (lic.tir, Vnc. ti.-ll.i.iil llooil i inuinl iii nt Ii.iiiC.ii in,) ill eh r ill ! nillli'i. iiiiiii.l iImi) In 'ho Inth loiitii of his lohleiui- heio tnj , Ho m .tlioiii ol ,icar nf uue. Beaton to Death, Hi rtilutlir W li" irmi Ihe t.t .niril I'rem. Ilutlihi, Anv li I' tin lliintoiil, ,i u,.s vi in M'i i-r it the i'tiiit di i, Hoi, ui " holly Io ill li Iihi,i la tun lorn ul'oni he lil'l I fu-i-1 itmk ilul hi ilieil fiom 'ill i n 'ii i--. Im.i ,h en ton aiuf John M.ulilaii lute t.in Jiuud, THE NEWS THIS MORNING- Weather Indication! Today) RAIN; WARMER. Crnrrl -situation In Steel Strike. Thletm Sle,d (lold II ir Valued at .t 10,000. Uitlmi of I.M'toMon at l'liltadelihla. (Jeueral i'urliondale Hepiitnient. Uh.i1-Vlrt betrUUlltc! UUtrlct KlccU IU lleleeatiM. MaMni; of AvesMitetit. Court Vl,itter In Cenerat. Hoard of I "nltcd Ml no Woikcm to Meet In llulelon, IMItorhl. Note and Comment. boeal Monalicnor (lariey polntim nt. Hate Mill Xot Dead. Apiirhtsl of His Ap- B Irfiial WcU Sirantott and uhnrhin, 7 iirner.il -S'oithralfrn Pennltanla. I'lnmelal and Comtnerclil. S Ii.tl-Indiuttl.il and Lahor. GRAND CIRCUIT MEET AT BUFFALO One of the Best and Fastest Tracks of tho Season Local Men Plunge on White Wood. By Exeltmlve Wire from The Viocia(ed Prr. Muffnlo, Aug. fi. On u track pio nounied by visiting hoi semen to bo ono nf the best and fastest they have found this year, the Buffalo Diivlng club ginnd clicult meeting, which opened today, was full of Interesting events, and the meet promises to bo ono of the most successful held since the revival of the sport in this vicinity. Tho at tendance was good, about fi.OOO being ptesent. The event that created the greatest excitement was tho 2.11 class trot. Tho local contingent plunged on White Wood, a Ruffnlo gelding, and got nway with tho money. Driver Snow, who guided the Huffalo hnttc, was fined $ino for laying his mount up in tho Hint two heats, which Oracle Unwind won handily. The Kentucky mare broke badly at the quarter In the third heat and there was nothing In it but White Wood, tho gelding landing the heat In a common Jog In L 1S4. Captor win" a 4 to 5 favoilte In the 2.'M Hot, and won the third and font Ut heats. Captain Uracken, however, land ed llrst money, Rain began falling while tho hoists wcio scoilng In tho Hist heat of the L'.IO irot, nnel after the heat tho Judges postponed the event until tomorrow. Onward Sliver won, driven out by Cnr nolia Belie, a daughter of the same she. . .0 iIki, tmttiiis: ( ipt on ill nken, by el i in) ( jptor t Mn i In) l.e-ter ((iold'ti) Vliriniip (Kennej) ... nite. Kill l,jni): It it I i. 1 I l r, I 1 a :t .'! 'J ii t Ilntrietl.1 (ounc) :t ?tiitlle.eirr il'iinto) . t litiii- -2 11'-, i ICi, 2.11'J. U.l LK'i. 2 1D i!i, trotting, puti-e, t,,V) (iinftnuhfil): ciiim.iiiI Mlirr, In ciiiitinl (Ceero 1 C'otnilli Hello (Kill. i 2 M.Hr Vliee (Kenneii i 'liniile Wilkes (C.olrleiO Aim tTurnet) Vielpi, 1'liM'O in I Holly llillon also vtirtril 'Itme- 1 lPj J It diN-, iroitini;. iniM-, J,(ni: White Wooil, hj Uou.ll.iik (onoit) (ii it io einu.ud (Vlue-.i) Lull 1 lil-he (Kriilirj) Smilnr It (Nuk"li) I'elin I-raf (MeCarthj) Timc-JU, SI.', -' Il'i, B.UV 4 t t 1 1 5 2 4 3 Hi'... NEW YORK'S DAY. Tho State Buildintr at the Pan- American Is Dedicated. Hy Eneltulie Wire from The Associated Prrsa. Rulfalo, Aug, i5. Tho dedication of the New Votk state building took place today with appropilato oxeiclses In the audltoiiuni of the building. Daniel N. Lockwood, president of New York com mission, pie.scnted tho building to the exposition. Tho charge was accepted In a brief speech by John B. Milburn, piesldent of the Pan-Ametloan, Addresf-cs wore also made by J. sJlo.it Fassett, of 101 mlr.'i, Ma or Dlehl. of Buffalo, and Andrew l.ungdon, president of the His torical hotlety. Many prominent Now Yoikeis wcte present. MINERS CONDEMNED. Censured for Taking Places of En gineers. Dj hvcliidie Wire from The woiiited l'rei. Wllkes-Barre, Aug. o'. At a meeting of the Cent! al Labor union of Plttston, the action of thnne Illinois tvho took tho places of the stationary fliemcn when they went out on stilko tlueo weeks ago. and still contlnuo to hold those places, wns seveteiy condemned. During tho discussion the fact was also bi ought out that quite a number of striking' firemen nto still Idle, al though the Cnlted Mine Workem pledged themselves to seo that they weie all reinstated. Drowned in the Merrimac, Py Kvflnslte Wire from The Vitoelated Press, Vtnii-liurj, VIjss , g fi. Ilnslel Mnitb. s je.iiii old, of l'hllulelihl.i, .1 Rrjiidwu of forme r (iiteinor llnli'l, of e ll.ilil"liin'. wasiliottned lull- lodj in the Men Iin ii liter ( lurlei I ,li tr, of I .inn. .ilvi lo-,t his lltf ill an attniiil to kjtf the i In lil Racos at Foughkeepsie, Kxelutlte Wire Iron The Vwotlated Pres.s. I'nii2hkiiile, N . Vni; ft -I he Irotilnc Mir, ,it foi luilii il Hi- lltnlMiii lllirr Orlwi'i; pnk tine nbtnniil until tontoriuw on auutiut of lain . Pulp Piant Burned. 11 Kuluslic Wire twin 'I ho ,.Mii,o I'rens. M ti imt. Intl. Voir ft llielmln ih'.lioieil ihe iiilln I'lint of ihi Inillini l'ini .mil l'i i nul lum, Ultll tin iijitloll of till tllll-llllu' ill' i.iilniiltt !.". -l 7'.'); iii.uiiiiii, -01,1111 Shinn flentoncod to Eighteen Years 11 Kflii.lit' Wire from Ihe undated I'rew, 'liinloii, N ' . Vttj. ii jinntl hinii, tilio v,i .on I I "I mould in the mihipI ile;iie f i killlnt. II' 01 . I itli-jji'. 11,1s M1I1.1 -I'll' llllll-l to ll'lllltlll inn tit (III tll' I'tUm. silllill e,oiiti,iltl I'li'ki eljitii ttlttli tiiiltnii'd, GOLD BARS ARE STOLEN A Bold Robbery at the Sclbu Smcl- tliio Works at Vallelo, California. VALUABLE BRICKS TAKEN Thieves Obtainod Store Than $310, 000 Worth of Bullion-Tunnelled Through Sand from Edge of the Bay Romovod Booty in a Boat. Strewed Tracks with Pepper tc Stop Ghnso by Bloodhounds, fly i:clnltc Wire from 11k Awotialed Pre, San KranclKcn, Aug. U- More than $1119,000 woith of gold bullion was stolen ftom tho Selby Smoltlng works nt Vnl lojo dining the night. Access to the slicing room wheto tho bullion wan stoied wnsi obtained' through a tunnel which the thieves had bored from tho edge of Son Francisco bay to the build ing, some distance from tho ttnter's edge. It is diiipocd that the plunder was' removed In a boat. Tho Selby smelter Is the largest on the Pnclllc coast. Ores nio sent there from nil parts of the western slope for reduction. The works are located near the bay shore, about thltty miles from San Francisco. The Iosm vvna not dis covered until after tho works resumed opeiatlons today. Details of the robbery received In this city aio meagre. A. J. Ralston, piesldent of the company, said that the thieves excavated a tunnel between 300 and 400 foot long, from a point nenr the ruilioad tunnel and under the stiong room connected with the works. They had stolen barn of bullion aggre gating In value more tlwn $.110,000. The gold was taken to a boat In waiting nenr tlu company's wharf, but In their hurry to get away tho thieves left one bar on the beach. They took the un usual jnecautlon of strewing their tracks with icl pepper, presumably to pi event bloodhounds ftom taking up tho trail. I Inch bar of bullion wnn numbered nnd a dese rlptlon Is now In tho bunds of the dotectlvcsk Mny Bury tho Gold. President Ralston added that tho robbeis cannot dispose of tho plunder without having It rotnelled and mixed with olhei iiifiiilH. !! In of tho opin ion that they will bury tho gold or sink it In the bay, awaiting a conven ient time for Its removal, as their aio few smelters on this coast where tho gold can bo losmelted. At I ho Selby works the gold Is kept in a steel-lined stiong-room. Tho rob bers tunnelled until they got directly under the loom and then cut through the Moor. The tunnel was a skilfully constructed work, which It must have taken many days to complete. Once in the strong room, the thieves had only to help themselves to nil In sight. Bullion is sent each day from Selby's Han Franc, ico office to the smelter by h special boat. The boat arrived at the works as usual today with the consignment of bullion and the strong room was opened, so that It could bo stored. Then It was that tho smelter olllcinls ellscovoted their loss. Following is a list of the property stolon: Four fine gobl hi Ikes, number eel and containing as follows: No. 1C30, 1.1U0 ounces: No. 1J37, 3,300 ounces; 'Sn. U3S. 1.1J1 ounces. No. 1231, 1,037 ounces. Also 10,000 ounces of gold In various shapes and n little silver. Tho gold In the bricks Is worth tlO nn ounce. CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR Consul Gudgor, of Panama, Gives Account of Recent En gagements. Hy i:cluittA Wire from The Araoelatcd Tresn. Washington, Aug. C Consul dudger, at Panama, today cabled tho state de partment tho following: "Liberals detained for ono hour pas senger train at Matachln this morn lug; captured somo government ofll cials, no looting; no damages." ANOTHER HITCH IN CHINA. Great Britain, at Last Moment, Do clinos to Sign Protocol. My IlTolusite Wire from The Asoeiated Tres. Pekln, Aug. G, The foreign ministers h.ul orrangcel to sign tho settlement protocol today, but tho British minis ter, Satow, yesterday evening notified his colleagues that Great Britain was unable to sign, Ho gave no reasons nnd tho meeting wn3 postponed in definitely. Steamship Arrivals. Hy F.ielmlte Wire from The Associated Tren. Neiv Yolk, Aug, fl Oleiredi Vaderlanel, Ant, icii lit I lieihonrK; Cernunle, blterpooii t. Paul, south million llnulogne Sailed: Phoeni cia ifroin llainliiitel. New Voik Vntuerp Ar ritctl: I'ennlni'l, New ork. Mot illr Arrlteil: l.tliioni. Nett Vork for (,lico (ml pnnfed eil). Ilriniiii - Virlted' K li-i r Wilhelm Per (iriWM-, Sew Vtk til Chdliiniiir and otilhattii ton lloiiirilim - Vriiuil Uolttrilani, -Sew orl; tla llonlok.ni'. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. I.oe.il dtt 1 lor Vim-ii't ft, l'Ht IIL'IiikI tiiiiii r.itul lmi.t tilnpi r.iluri llilaiite llinniilltt : t lit h i 111 . I'm il'U.itl'ii, .'I hi ma inihil I1..I1 ... fit ilfirre-f 1.. hH ilriiitca 71 nr tent. Sti pei tenr. p. 111., 0u3 4"f-f-f-t--f-f4--"ff-f-f-f-f-f-fs.4 WEATHER FORECAST. idmiEli 11. Vni: 11 l''ioiiit for Kal em l'i mi" h 1111.1 I louili uiih 1 iin and ii.mu li mil 1 iiini' Wtitnii-iiit tnd prob tilil.t llmiril.it. lul.k ti"ttlifj,ti'tly windi In intuitu woithi'.ii'terly. -f -f -f Utftlttttfttft f