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STEEL STRIKE
HONORS EVEN
Neither Side Is Exulting Nor Is
There flnii Expression ol
DIsGoiiraocnicnt.
NO TROUBLE OCCURRED
Amalgamated Association Has Sue
cooded in Closing Down a Bip Stoel
Plant at New Castle and Manufac
turers Havo Partially Brokon a
Strike at the Clark Mill in Pitts
burg Action of the Structural
Iron Workers.
Hi Fielu1ie Wire from TV Aoeited Press
Pltlsbuig, AlU 7. Ill Hip big Upp1
bIiIKp. linmns mo piisj In till' set lion
tonight TIip Amagumutiel iifticin
tmii succeeded In closing down the big
s'eel plint nt New Custle, and the
n Hiiui.K tin ns ptitlally bioke the
stilke at the I'l.uk mill In this Ity.
. itlu i Hide Is exulting, nnr Is lime
am expression of dlstouiiigcmeiit.
i tni or defeat ol oltluu at this eil
lj stage of thp w.ufaie urn have hut
Iitllp (ffpit bevoud Indicating ihe
pinhahle lino of battle lu be puiMied
l enih.
I p to this liuiii, lint the slightest
tioublo has onuiud ul an point In
ibis ImniedlatP let i Itm . and Ainnlga
in.ted men hip t niicspondlngly happy
because this condition would seem to
bo the ianliiR out of the associa
tions new depaiture In the h.mdliuR
ot htilKe- The unlet waltliiR ol the
stiikeis may be one of the sinpilses
hinted at b the national ollleeis.
I'loin one or two points, the stiikeis
iiip lepoited as lestloss and i.iRei for
hi Hon hut so lai hae kept faith
with theli leadeis and refi.ilned fiom
iiimmittlug any hieuth of the peace.
Iteundtr A. M. Blown docs not an
ticipate that theie will bo an dloi
dtt In I'lttshuR on account of the
sieil stilke. If theie should be ellsoi
eler he sajs It will be tho ilul '
the buiPiiu of polite to suppicss It, and
niiest all who aie toiiceined in It.
Jlet older Hi own Incidentally rcmuikod
that theie would be no dlsn imiiiatiou
between stiikeis and emplojois, and
tint all iiip pipial under the law mid
Mill be mi treated.
'the I'nited States .Steel cenpoiatlon,
It was learned today from an of11ol.il
souiee, Mill at nine pi meed In a t--leniatli
niannei to stait Its closed
sheet mills. niakhiR the non-union
plants cif thp Kiskimliutas ullev the
ci, idle Mheie tht stilke hieakeis Mill
be tiained and then sfnt out to the
mills that me dosed. ho far as presi
dent C, M Schwab Is conterued, no
oveituits will be made by the tmst
to the woikeis
lu a talk with a Pittsbuig man In
New Yoik 5psteida, lie said. "Wo
hae made out last proposition to the
AmalRTinited nssoi iation and Mill
low pioteed to stall our Minks"
Shaffer's Counter Statement,
President Shaffer nnkis this counter
.statement:
'The net pnipotdtlon must come
fmm the I'nited States Steel imput
ation ofllilaK"
Thus the twr cecutis .inml. It
seems ns If onl outside eftoits tin
biing them togethei.
The tmst ollielals hne decided to ro
nhead lowh In the matter of staitliiR
mills, and to do so with as little pub
licity as possible.
The btroiiRholds of the sheet com
pany nie the mills at Vandi iRiift the
laigest In the i'ounti, l.eethbuiR,
Apollo and Siottdale It has been de
cided to take as many skilled men
away fiom these plates as possible
without lPtaidliiR opei.itioiis time
and start the mills mIipic tluie Is the
leant danger of an oiitbitak
The plates left aiant at the mills
mentioned Mill In filled with men .1. .
serving of pioinotlon and tluv .will be
given better positions This mow. will
be undci taken slowl) and with cau
tion The plan fllithei i onliuiplates
that after a time m in of the stiikeis
will loturu wlitn the se one after
nnother of the ilo.spd mills lesumliiR
This plan was tested the UiM few
das nf this week and found to be
feasible, so far as the mills at Hde
Tark and 'U'ellsvlllo ro, and It has befii
deilded to adopt It so far as tho sheet
and hoop mills aie concerned.
Dans for st.utliiR the ilev-ed tlnplato
mills hnp not been loiupleted. In this
brant h the situation Is dlffeient. The
tlnplate companj ha mil) sl of
their J32 roll tialns roIiir, while the
sheet tcunpany have a few less than
half.
The officials of the Amalgamated as.
e-oelatlon sa that this move will In .1
nipasure pla Into theli hand AtMc
Kecpoit, Piesldent Shaffei said tint
ne himself would lead men fiom an
iersilft Info the Wood mill The oill
:ials feel that If the nn Rtt the Van
Jersrlft men awaj from their environ
ments thPlf will Ik- little tioublo In
brlnRinir them Into the association. In
tUscussInsr the moo, Assistant Sine
tdiy M. T. TlRhe said.
"Thatcffoit will not extend eij fai,
because theie me oul a few skilled
men available, and In fox enough ,ull
be trained to operate the mills, snow
will fly piotty thick. A mine of that
kind mlRht be attempted In nesseiuei
or open hearth stPPl mills, hut In a
sheet mill when) the skill lemiiiecl Is
on tho hlRhest older tho plan lannot
do anythliiR but ultlmntel) fall A scut
of a Bhowlnu may be made foi u time,
fcut It will not last Ioiir."
Return of Iron Workers,
The action of tho structuial iron
workerb In the pictent stilke was
tersely outlined by J, W. Pryale, sec
retary of the bildRc and structural
iron woikpis, who slid today:
"Therp aie no union mills making
stiuitui.il itppl or lion and our niPn
hap been worklna tho mateiial fui
nlhed tlieni and will continue to do so
If theie was one union mill mnklnR
tv mati-iial used by us mc would poc
siblj net diffeiintl. I took this mat
ter up with lliesldent Shaffer two
eats ,iro, but he did not spp then of
wh,.t bpiipflt an alliance ;lth iur i
panlat on would be to thr mill wois
eis .set it tin Joseph Bishop, of the Ohio
boaicl of aibltiatlou, is in town and Is
IsllliiR sovei.il of the c oiiibiuc oilic lnl.
It Is said, in the Interest of another
confluence, lie tefused to discuss his
movements, saviiiR he was Iipip on oth
pi than Hip stiel oiRanlatlcm's affaiis
The (outlniiatlon of the stilke and
the fact tint it Is to be ptpnded to
Rieitei piopoitious auRiueiited the
sitanible that has been on In Pitts.
buiR foi two weeks to sec iiip sheets
and tin plates. A canvas of the Job
beis developed that the suipv of both
sheets and tin plate Is lapldlv mn
nliiR behind the demand, pspec lall.v In
tin plate The Ameilcan Tin Plate
Co has not clumped Its eniotatlon of
Si .'" ppi box. hut lonsuineis have paid
this week ns hlRh ns S 50 for boxes for
liunii'dlate elellv el ,v , The cnmbliip pi lee
foi supers Is JCO pei ton, but $70 and
?7" have been paid for sheets avail
able at once TIip Independent mills
aie reaping a hntvest They aie taking
mutt acts at pi lies ns high in some
e.isps as $70 a ton for futuie dellvei.v.
The sales derailment of the Ameil
can Steel Sheet company has given
notiie to Jobbers that It innnot take
nnv orders for some time as the tap
atltv of the operating sheet mills has
been lonti.ic twl foi.
Quiet at Headquarters.
Amalgamated hcudriuai leis were
moie ciulet today than they have bepn
since the stilke cueler was talked of.
The officials of the oiRanlatlon weie
kept busj all dn attending to loutlue
business and Retting out materials for
the vailous lot ill lodges of the associa
tion that have been oiRiinized durliiR
the past fow weeks. A lepoit was
icielved enrly in the nini nlng fiom the
stiikeis In New Castle, aiinoune lug
tiiat tlu'oidei for stilke had been
obe.ved to the lottei nnd the men weie
out to .i man The news of the stall
ing of the Clink mills heiP wns not
suipiislng to the ollkials of the oi-
ganlzatlon, as ihev had icielved Intl
niiilions of what was to happen jes.
teiday afteinoon.
The situation Is peifectlv undci stood
in I.awieuieville, the ollkcis sav. and
the mlbundi iMandhiK that iiiused the
coloied men to leiuin to vvoik will,
it Is said, be ice tilled in a short time.
One ot the most Inteu sling factnis
of the stiiko is beglnltiR to develop. It
was Intimated tint a plan was on loot
for the fni m Uinn of an advlsoiy
board foi the put pose of aiding Pit si
dent Shaffer In taiiiug on the snug
gle, which will be composed of the
piesldents of the vnilou Made m
Raiil?atlnns, with hendiiai leis in
PittsbuiR Sin h men ns Piesldent
Simon Hui ns of the Window lilass
Woikeis' iissotiatlon, Pieldent John
Kunler, of tho Pllnt Glass Woikeis,
National Setietury James Pijal, ot
the Stiiiituial lion Woikeis aseaia-
tlon; Patiltk Iiolan, of the I'nited
Mine Workeis, and any others who
tan be brought togethei. This bo.iid
would, It was aiRiied, piove a powti
ful faetoi In caii.vlng the vveiRht of
public opinion with the stiikeis and
pei haps give fat mole substantial
suppoit to the cugaiilzatlon now
stuiRRlIng, than b any other means.
No one In the ollites of the trust
seems to cspect nn settlement of the
strike except b the desti notion of tho
oiganlatlou of the Amagamatcd as
sociation In all Must mills It seems
peifeilly leasotmble to the oflkials
that this should be the lestilt of the
pit sent dllllculty and they look for
no othei. The- whole plan of taiii
palgn will be one of silence and no
Ht,i lenient will be made by the ofll-
lals of iinv kind. It Is exptttcd to
keep the stiikeis guessing all the
time and not knowing wheie their
lines aie to be attacked It Is said
that the otlltlals have inelvcl assui
aiiees I loin many ot the men that they
will ietuiu at the piopci lime and they
could stait scvcial of their mills, if
It was not lor the eleslie on their
pait to avoid nnv open mptuie or
iii'.ile I lots in violence. Thev deny
that time is an.v motive on helr (nut
to goad the men to acts vviiiih win
give tause leu i ailing on the militia.
to Riiaid pi opei tv ami allow non
union men to woik In ptacc.
A minor was cuiiiul tuel.ix that
Pieslelent luitfci wns to leave Pitts
bug on auothei invsteilous nip east
Piesldent fhalfci etcnled this and snld
that he woull not ro awa but would
be In Pittsbuig for the test of this
week. lie said that he mlRht go to
New Castle on 1'ildav night to addiess
,i meeting of the stiikeis there To
uioiiow nielli he will speak to tint men
In l.awieiuev llle. and on t-ntiiidto ho
Is billed to speak to the mass meeting
at the Amalgamated plmli In Me Kees
poit. It Is Intimated that Piesldent
(ionipeis, of the Amciltan redeiatlnu
ot I.aboi will be among the speakeis
at the nuetlng
Attompt to Run McCutcheon.
An uiisui rcssful attempt was made
this morning to stait ihe S-lnch at
the Mndsa and .McCuti hisju plant of
the I'nited States Steel imputation lu
AlleRhenj Flies weie lighted on Tiles.
d.i night, but not enough men up-
peaied to mil the mill. It Is stnted
anotlnr attempt will bo mnde to stint
the mill in the morning. Twenty men
aie eftpeeted to ro Into tho finishing
mill nt A o'cloik lu the mot nlng. Tho
sMlkc'is seem Indifferent and say the
mill tunnot be tun successfully b
tho new men. None of the old men
will return, ns the big niiijoilty ot
tlioiii have (icourcil wink In Independ
ent plants elsewhere. It Is wild to
night that pmlssatlcs i)f Hip company
nro nut ttylng to fee lire enough for
two eicvvs to stint tln Painter mill nt
nn curly iliite. No attempt to fttnrt
tomorrow will bo made.
POSSIBILITIES OF STRIKE.
Extension of tho Stool Tio-up to the
Machinists of Washington.
Ily Hxclixhc Mire from 1 he Awoiialcrt Prisw.
Washington, Aur. 7 The extension
of the Mteel stilki? to the nnchlnlsts
einplo.veel In the mills nfltcted b the
stilke Is a possible developinent. Theie
are bptvvpcn R00 and 1,000 machinists. In
Hip Fttel mills. President fVC'onncll said
today that a teriueht for n Minpathcllc
stilke- ti om I'ltsldcnt Shaffei, of the
AmalRi.matcd iiisotlnllnn, would, of
couise, be given pciIoum (onsldeiutlnu,
but that stub a teeniest had not been
itcelvcd so fur.
II" added, hovvpvor, tint the emploj
mint of non-union men in plate of the
stiikeis mitioubtedlv- would pieilpltate
a sttikp of tho machinists, who would
not work bchlde non-union mpii. The
Rpneral stilke of the m u blnlsts Inaug
iltatrd weeks ni,o Is still on. and no
final j-ettlcment or l evocation of the
stilke older nie In sight.
FLOODS IN CHINA
30,000 DROWNED
The Yang Tse Has Risen 40 Foet.
Awful Loss of Life and Great De
struction to Property.
Dy Fxclmlve Mire" from Tho Awiclitrd Tress
Vlotoiln, H. C, Aug 7. (It cat floods
mused by the ovei flowing of the
YanR-Tse have caused the death ot
many thousands In China. The liver
has risen foity feet nnd for hundreds
of miles tho country Is a. Rteat lake,
with only tops of tiets and an occa
sional roof show lug. At Anklng, the
town Is flooded, some of the houses
to their roofs. At Kill Kiang, the na
tive town Is flooded nnd two feet of
water stands in the foiclgn settle
ments. Lower down the liver, to
wards Svvu Hue, the destiuctlon was
greater and boatmen estimate that
'JO 000 wpie di owned In the cllsttlct.
C'hong Teh was wiped away by
floods and 10 000 eliowned there nnd
many other points have been Inun
dated, Involving awful loss of life and
gient destruction to piopeity. It was
feared nn embankment built by Cheng
Shell Tung, near Wu Chang, would
bieak and i.iuse tho diuwnlns of hun-
1ieds of thousand.
ANOTHER BODY IN
PHILADELPHIA RUINS
Remains of an Unknown Nogio
About 50 Years of Age Sitting
Upright in Debris of Jones
Restaurant.
Ill Fteliuho Wire from Tho Vwociilcd Tif"
Philadelphia, Aug. 7 Another body
was found today In the ruins- of Mon
day night's, explosion on Lot list sMeet,
m iking a totnl of eight fatalities as a
result of the dls.istei. '4'he body found
tonav was that of nn unknown iiprio,
about flftv jeais of age Ills remains
were sitting uptight In a chair In the
debris of the Jones restailiant.
He had evidently been eating a Into
supper when the eplolon pictured. It
Is believed that all tho victims have
now been recovered
With tho exception of two coloied
men nil the dead have been Identified,
Thev nie-
L'llrahtth Mountain, aged 3S jeais;
1'iederkk I.ee, aged 10 eais, Mai)
Curtis, SO p,iis, hulu Cuitls, u eai,
Aimsted Jefferson, L'ti jv.n.s, Adam I.pp,
17 .vears i:cpptlnR Miss Mountain, Hip
dead nre colored, The Injured lu the
hospitals aie doing well although spv
eml of them nr still in a dnngvious
tondltlon
The of11clnl who niPiuvptlgatlngthe
cause of the pNjiloslon tod.i) found ,
five-gallon oil c mi In tho ipllnr of the
Qulglev grocety stoie The unlls of
this cMlnr wpip blackPiied, n.s If an ex
plosiem imel onuiied In It ijulRley
claims that ho had iwi gasoline In his
budding, nnd that the tan lind piob
ablv been blown Into his phut; by the
forte of the explosion.
ENOH'S COMET SEEN.
Prof. Wilson Bays He Observed It at
Northfleld on Aug. 5.
fly rxclimii" Wiro from The V'toclattd Prow,
I aiiitirlcliro, Vh , uir 1 - tclrcmn Ins
loon rrtoiifd at tho Hanarri collo(r ohoraton
from Pnlm-oi II C WINon. at Sorlhtlold, in
vihiili lie miii lhat ho oheriul Hick toinet on
uc, 5, M'l (JiooiiHirh mom time
Tlio rlsht uwomlnn Is fl liours, nj inlnutot, 1 S
k-ioihN declination, plus .11 cloKrces, U iiilnulo,
30 doe ond
Tho tlmo 6'ion 111 tho offlciil atinoiiniciiifiit
li llio j. tioii'inik.il tlmo, uliith lodiiiod in ikos
tho ilixuiorr on Vuir " it 0 linui, -1' lulimies
and .1 ! oiondi ictkeiiod at Crrriuiiili moan
time, or 4 hnun, l' minutct an I J a mtondi
la.ltrn nitrldijii time
Not in Striking Humor.
P.) Fxrhutvr Wire from The oelalfd Prcts
ltnoin, ViiR 7 NotMilli.tJnduis Iho etile
menu nf President sintfer, the men il the Hun.
tnnsilllo mill of the Vinrrli.il! sn.r nup torn.
pun ore not In a trlkliiir hiiinni simo ihe
in makers of the mill told Hum i Uw uck- n.n
tint a ilriko nieaia a leiininrnl eliut ilmii. Hi j
are not anxious tn In' lcanlzid ln'la.i the cot
ton tie department was put In operation iwih i
full lonipliiutiit of linn, alter brine idle fur
monthi
Democratic Committee Meeting.
Py Firluilva Wire from Tlit sssoelitfd Press,
llarrihurK, Vmr 7-pemoeralle State ( lulr.
man f'reanv this aflrrnmn limed a e ill for a
meet'of of the itate r Cutiie rniiimittii at
noon on Wedneedaj, Vup II, at hesd piartem, lo
irranse Ihe temporary otfluu of the tonicntlon,
nlilch vdll meet next da,
MORE TROLLEY CHAPTERS.
Numerous Street Railway Com
pantos Recognized by tho Stato
Department.
11) l'eliibe Mire fmm TV Vwoemle-il IVm
llatiisburg, Aug. T Charters) were
Issued by the state department today
to the follow lug Hticet railway com
panies. Ilf-llc fli lit street IMIIn.iv tompinj; rapiUl,
.l 1 l'iriilont Tliomn s llluclnw, I'ltlMiure,
llMtlv sttrot im, lllahhnrl Pult "Jtre-rt IMllnif
rompim, capital, WA) Prpldont, John .ton.
Mn; PtltJmrif. W'nmpum nd llojlelale Slroot
IMIIi fiinim, cipltd, rel Pnsiilcnt,
Hliliard It i,'un, VhIcKIcj, llnvlmlale ami
llonrr lull" Mint ltillwiij tompinv, npltil.
isjn,(pi1 Mi Mil i iml Wampum Slrcft IMUmjV
c-ompum, capltil, Jll.OOi) VVmipum ktroot Hill
m inmpaiiv . i tplt.ll, i3.cx) llio ofnccM of
IIipjo thiTO cnrnpililm arc tho smio 1 thoso ef
tlio Wampum mil lloMmlalo compinv sunton
Vifimc siroit llillai iompin, PittrtmrR. capi
tal, JViil Pn-ddfiit, John Jrnkln, PltUhuris,
rtollrlioM and Oiklind Micot lUilnay rompanj,
PltMiiirR, npital, OT.Onn ProKldtnt, Thoims
niRolim, rtlMiinc The I lood Cite Slrrot
Itaitwiy roiupiin of I lnond nt), I.awrrncn
rniitiM, npltil, Mm PrfHldnit, W K
milliitr. 1'ilW'urg Tin- shrriiUn Viomie Ptrrot
l!nll iv tninpiin', Pittlnirc. npllal, ii.nuO
Prrftili lit. The inn I1ip1o. PilUlniiR The
llintli mil Nnvillo socpt llcllwai ioniaio,
PlttluiiR i ipn il, iHve Maltldi and llcuphln
Slrert llillw o miiipnii, llttliiirg, npital, si.',.
cKm ' ho efrtuM of tliPM loiiipinio." are tho Mine
a thii-o nf tho s,fridaii mmin Strrot Kallu iv
ininpini Tho Konliirl i Vrpn 10 ind Hone shoot
liiilnii c Hiipim, Pill'linris, i ipil il. Sl.'-CiO.
Prrinl'iil IIhiiih Itieclow, I'lilAiuri; New
(j.llo and M ruli siroit llitlvnv lompin),
r if.lt il snll PriMlelrnt. Illihinl 11 cjnic,
SmliUn II o l.it I lid mil WIIMml urK strort
llilhni iiiipiio, PiiN'mre, tipllil, sijmn
lllniiii.lMiiir and lUntnii Slriet ltillni loinpini,
cnliil sijf.inin Prrfiliiit. V.llllcm S Mo)cr.
C'huteis mi p aWo Issued to the fol
lowing torpoiatlous
Vlloshmi md Wiftmoroland I Izht and Power
cunpinv, lirnnMiurg npn il, si."n iniiriii
linn eil and iln enmpan), O-ecoll, tipilal,
M ' emi
FRENCH DEMAND
ON THE PORTE
Difficulty Between the Countries
Will Soon Be Settlod Nature
of the Trouble Explained.
Hi Ixilii-no Wiro fiom 'lh Vs-nihtod PrM
IMils, Aug 7 A high otllelal of the
li em li foielgu ofllce todav explained
the nntuiP of thp dllllculty nt Constan
tinople between the 1'iPiieh anibassa
doi then, M Constntis, und the Tuik
'l govei nuiPiit.
Two niatteis aie pending betvvpen
I'lanee and Turke), the affair of the
(uav coinp.iuv.aiid u number of tlalnis
of rienelunen against the poi te, the
amount of w lib h was fixed and pav.
inrnt pi nmis, 1 lung ago M. Con
stnns has bee-i .inable to obtain sat
i.'ii'' en In fllhei matter, and In May
w Intimated tr it he would he foi ceil
to ik foi his leiall If the Turkish
i.'i'v eminent peisHted In Its piocias
tlnntlng tai ties.
The Krench foreign nilulstpr, M DpI
piissc, who iptuined to I'.uls jester
da, went In (he afternonn to Ham
boulllet nnd dined with PipsIcIpiU I.ou
bPt lie' spent the night nt Kamboull
let. and. leturnlng to Paris todav, will
see the Tuiklsh ambassador this aftei
nociii ot tomoirow
It posslblp that M I)i'(iise mr.y
li.ive to ipupw M Coiistiins's intima
tion lrgaiding his l pi all, but It is moie
llkply that the Incident wdl not reach
that point In fai t, I hi probable
that the matter will be speedilv set
tled In a manner -satlsfactoiy to
Plane e. The members of the Turkish
embassy htie maintain diplomatic si
lent e.
DEATH OF GENERAL NEGLEY
Veteran of Mexican and Civil War
Passes Away.
Pi Vxe lc:ie Wire fri in Iho Asoci.tpil Prrss
Now "inrk, Vuir 7 filler firm r it liinoi R
Voelei diod nillriili it Pliltflelil, S .1. train
(lononl Noclev win i viicin of Iho Movliin
aril Pivd ars and vm piouilneiit in niililar)
ciulos
l.rncnl Nojlov mis hoi ii in Pitthurcr in 2"
Ho wis rn lo a iiiijor sninil of oljiiioors h r
iratl uitrv at stone rlvor in 1ci 1 Ho u is i ineiii.
I er nf iniurro- from Pilul arc frnni l'i,T to I T"i
and from lcsi in 1T lor dome loar pj-t he
hid piMctlucl Ijw in Niw uk lit)'.
READING STRIKE ENDED.
Railway Shop Hands Going Back to
Work.
Pi Ftelmiie Wire from The Assoelvtcd Tr'ss
Una litijr I'l . ii? 7 Tho ttrlke if the Uriel
ine riil o liop hiinU is 1 1 ntioallv endul Mr
Prinor, tho iiprrintm lent nf mntiio ponei, nid
tn ,i 0011111111101' of ltriihiiR hinlne-s men Imt
th" eoinpii i Mill hiv li" li.rth, r lonfriotno ulili
Iho nun in lrike, and lint IIiiko ho .ih
wirk mint applj -' Imllvlilmls at the ormpanj's
offli o
Si men llio been put In ork Tinl mini of
the Mnkiis line L""H' I ok tn tho s'i Vli
I'rineo kais lint In koine ilij ntmrntn tlie i uin
pmj hm no plaic for u, more hand
May Havo Been Sraolter Robber.
Pi I.vclmlie Wire irim Ths Virntfd l'ies
sin Inmw". Niiir 7 -It was learned late
t.wlai that the pilno Iiim- in eu(ndi a nun iln
wis urn-ted oil u-pn 1, n ef belne liuplii lied
In the sVlhi mneller iotk robheii. lu vihiili
fjie.vi worth of mil bullion wis utrlrn Ihe
Identlli of Ihe uipert Is not known Tho polhe
will cue no lnfirmation on the matter.
Major Almy's Funeral,
Pi Ftclushe Wire from The Vwulated Press
WioliiiLlnn uu 7 -The ir iloiui Imnil Is
Inf mini I'nl the funerul of VMJor W 1 Mint,
if Ihe Porto HUan rrsmient, ill like pl loo
In I'lillidilpliH nesi Mnndai uul villi he mirled
1 1 the u-iiil mil it ti v cereinoni millliri
rtonrl for the fuueiil ptobihlj illl ho mppll'sl
fimii I'mt llott, Del in ne.
Carnegio Contributes to Memorial.
II) Fxeluilie Wire from The Aunelated Tre
New II lien,,! olin . Vui; 7 Ihe rninmitlis In
chiriie of the I nrneliiu s Hiisliiull Vlnimrlil
Vmri itlon fund melied lodn a eheik for (.l.nm
from ndrew ( irneiile Ihe cIhiiikii it allrib
iilril t' the Mum pirxmal fiiend'hip ulilill
exl-lc I for nun) jcare between VJr. I'anuijlc an I
Mr llu-liiull
Killed by an Eloctrlc Car.
Pi Kxilinlve Wire from Hie Xwoeialed Press,
Wllkc Hare, Vuir 7- Tesepli llarter, accd W
jean, a retlied farmer, as Instintl) killed todiy
In front of Ida reiidmee at lllllilde, thii count)
lie attempted to tms Iho Iraiks ol an elettrlo
ralhiai, when he uas knorkrd doun i) a i,irand
run over, hit body being cut In to.
REPUBLICANS
OF IOWA MEET
Ticket Upon Which Theu Will Go In
to the Next State
Gampulan.
CUMMINS FOR GOVERNOR
Ho and His Followers Control the
Convention from the First Rap of
the Gavel to the Putting Out of
the Lights Harriman Men Fail
Utterly The Platform Adopted
Contains Hearty Endorsement of
President McKinley and Congress.
A Protest Against the Disfran
chisment of Citizens Upon Linos of
Race and Color.
Hy rVlushe Wire from The Aisoclitcd Press.
Cedar ltivplds, la , Aug, 7. The
ticket
Covet noi A. Ik Cummins, Des
Moines.
Lieutenant Governor John Herriott,
Stuart.
Judge of the Supiemc Court S. M.
Weaver, low.t FalUs
Itallroad Commlssionei I. C. Brown,
Sheldon.
Siippiintenilent of Public Instruction
II G. Hatrett, Osage.
With the above ticket the Republi
cans of Iowa will go Into the next' state
campaign
Cuinmlti! swept tho boaid. He and
his follow pis took pveijthlng that they
went foi, and fiom the first lap of the
gavel to putting out the lights, theie
was no tlmo when they did not have
the situation well In hnnd.
The steeling committee who had de
cided to make their tight with Hnirl
man ns their candidate, had tounted
with tonlldente on oiganizlng the con
vention, and had declared that their
best chance for winning with Harri
man luv In thl dliectlon They failed
utterlv In the make-up of the perma
nent oiganl. itlon.
Although Henlott and all his pei
sonal following denied up to the time
the tonventlon opened that he would
take nothing on tlio ticket les than
flist platp, theie. Is no doubt now that
the deal was fixed up with the Cum
mins mem
The platfoim adopted eptesps
"gi'atllltntlon over the enilusenient
given to the administration of Piesl
dent McKinley by the dPiNlvp mnjor
HIps ot Inst car anil rejoiced In the
manifold benefits resulting to the coun
try from his re-election, which has in
splied new confidence to the business
world nnd established authority und
otder In our new possessions and
lengthened the position of this coun
tiy belore the vvoihl."
Congress Endorsed.
The platfoim continues: "Wo would
emphasize our endorsement of the no
tlonofcoiiRiess more Hi nib cstahllshlnR
our monetary rtem upon a gold basis
and in providing for civil government
in Porto P.lto and tho Philippines, and
for the icllneiulhment of our authoiity
In Cub i.
"The policy of this government to
waid these Islands has tollenveel Inevit
ably upon our expulsion of the author
ity of Spain. It has been dlttated by
the conditions piesent, has been ton
slstent with the splilt and within the
piovislons of the constitution nnd the
l in amount tcmsldeiatlon has been to
S"ctue the lasting welfare of these peo
ple, whose fortunes and destinies have
become In huge clegice dependent upon
us.
"We aie earnestly opposed to nil leg
lslntlon designed to accomplish the
dlsfianthisoment of citizens upon lines
oi nice, coioi or station of life and
condemn the ineasuies adopted by the
Dpinoiiatle paity In ceitaln states to
accomplish that end."
The policy of it protective t.ulff Is
endoised and such changes theieln aie
fnv tired ns from time to lime bei oine
advisable "through tho piogicss of our
liidustilcs and their changing iclations
to the commeico o' the votM,"
STORM'S HAVOC IN NEWMEXIC
Roads Obliterated Farmers Suffer
Heavy Losses in Crops,
III Ftilusito Wire fiom Ihe s.'nilied Pres
smli Ii, N VI, ViiJ 7 -f.reat ilinuje has
been done In tniius ilurlnc the fast few il ivs
on both ! pes of tlio l,orlcta ramie Itio djis
mil be rcquiied to repjir the laibnad no lint
trius ein bo run fiom tho tip of iho mouiiMiu
t I aim
lletiiern f.loibta an 1 I,aui) tho publli hlcli
nil is enliuli obliteiadd laimei liaic uf
fend heiilli In los of nips, feme and other
improvement.
Polishers ond Lockmakers Strike.
Pi l.xilmlie Wire from The ..nehted Press
laiuwtir, Pi, u' 7 Ihlil) llio mlli.hers
and loik nukeis at sijtmaker fc Mini's Irxl
noiks, ftiiiik todj) Ihiju-u of the dl'ilureio of
one of their numlier y mie tlmo aitn i iimie
ment was stated to oifcanUe i link nukon.'
unbii, ilien the flnu nntihed tin ir cnih)cs llnv
weie o po-od In II Sri, libelees the unimi
foiimel h teiupnrir) niciniiation lj-t night ami
the trmpnriri prraidenl n pi unpllt ilWilinci1 1
this mornlnK. 'llio other enplo)cs immediate 1)
tlruik.
Machinists and Moulders at Work.
P) illusive Wire from Ihe Vtsoiialed Prem.
Ildzletoii, Pa , Vuir 7 - lllmiieli thei mted
a fiu diva alio tn i out Inn' the Hijit iiiiuv nf
the iniclilnUlK nnd moulder fnrmerlv iiiipln)! I
ill the luMnt Dnftrn of love llmllieis K I mi
pain, tlie minim; firm, uhn hive been nn .Hike
idiue lime, lodiy lieirm lo appli for their I r
mer pntltioiis and the strike U now pracllial')
jiroken 'I lie nun liaic KJiiicd nn iniici wluui.
World's Record Brokon,
P) Kiiluilie Wire from 'rhe Visnlated Press
IlnMon, Vint 7 -line ivoild reenrd na broken
at I ti trie a Itiver pirk Innlijht, tt beinz lu the
lint heat of one mile ol Ihe match lice between
Albeit riiamplon and Major la)lor, the foiuer
rnverlnit the mile In 1 ' ti from a fl.ilntf
ktart. The picilous record a ISO held b)
Mlihael.
THE NKWS THIS MORNING-
Wtither Indlcatloni Tojayi
FAIR WARMER.
I (,rnrrl-Honors About llitn In the feted
strike.
Vhtann Veto humed at the stake.
lo rtepubllcati Njme a Ticket.
! (leneral- Culmndile Ilepirttnent.
5 1ieal Injunction Vgilnst Car Ilullden II
Propped
Popular Hooks of Summer.
Milnrl.il
Nolo and Cnnmeiit.
S lineil- prmMnns of Ihe Tuvrnlle Court Dill.
Ilallotiinr tho Kducallenal Conte't.
ms- West Scnnton and Siibiuhin.
7 fleneral Vorlheijilnii IViiiisjbanla.
I'lnanolal ind ('mnmerclal, '
IM"iil Industrial md lnbor.
Mining (Kit by stripping.
Court Proeeedlngs,
CONGRESSMAN WRIGHT
DEFEATS OPPONENTS
He Wins a Sweeping Victory at
the Montrose Caucus
Yesterday.
SpeeMl to the Sc ranton Tr 'nine.
Montrose, Aug. 7. The "Republican
delegate caucuses held In this borough
last evening resulted In a sweeping
vlctorv for Congressman" C. V. Wright
nnd his adherents, und a complete
knotk-out for whnt Is known in Sus
quehanna county politics ns "Kllrovv
lm " Both sIiIps weie well organised
and the contrt was conducted with
gient skill.
lu the Plrst waid V. A Tltsworth
and S G Kancher (antl-Kllrow) weie
elected delegates to the countv con
vention, nnd Hon. D. C Tltmnn (nntl
Kllrow) was elected county committee
man. In the Second wnrd (the closest
ward, on account of being the resi
dence of S. S Wrjffht. a Kllrow leader
nnd a candidate for state delegate)
the lesult was a defeat for the Kll
row cause nnd the election of Justice
M. II. Vnn Feoten and Justice J. S
Court! Ight as delegates to the count
(onveivtlon Theto a no opposition
to the ie-eIectloiii of W. J Itakor us
committeeman. In the Thlid wnid, W
P H Alnev and A. Perlgo (nntl-KII-row)
were the suctesful delegates, and
AV A Tltswoith wa again tliosen
coinmltteetnnn without opposition.
The plan to vote Democrats was, for
the most pint, abandoned, but few at
tempted It, nnd of these, still fewer
succeeded In doing so. ThlngA vv re eiv
extlllng for a few hours, but theie nie
no setlous In each of the ptuce to lie
lecordexl und today all Is compaiatlvely
calm.
Tlepoiti fiom many of the county
towns fully bear out the forecast In
Tin- Tilhune of a dctlslvo vlctoiy for
Congressman Wright, and the conven
tion which meets In this place tomor
iow vvjll be In the contiol of that
gentleman and his fi lends by a large
majoiltj.
Pionilnent Republicans fiom nil pailn
of the county have been ni riving today
and tonight the hotels piesent an un
usually animated appeaiantc.
NICHOLLS AND FAHEY
ARE AT HAZLET0N
Mr. Fahoy 8tates That the Mine
Workers Will Not Havo Half a
Dozen ' Other Organizations .
in Their Banks.
ny Fxelasne Wire from The Aoelted Tresn.
HarlPtnn, Pa , Autr. 7 DIstilct Piesl
dents T 15 NIc bolls, of Seranton and
John Fuliey, of Shnmokln, arilvesl heip
tonight to take pint lu tomorrow's
meeting of the exeiutlve boa ids of the
I'liltcd MIim Woikeis of the antluacite
Hi Id
Concpinlnp the meeting, Mr. Pnhej
said "We want to dlspoo of ceitnln
initteis once and for all. lne Ciller
nue.stlons to bo consldeied are those of
i aid day and the tetent stiike of tlie
lliemen. An attempt has been miiile to
fasten i pi tain thlncs on the I'nited
Mine Woiktis, whlih we do not pur
poeip to tolei ite The mine workers will
not have a h.ilf-doen separate otgau-Uatlnn-s
within their innks If thej do
theti' is buuiid to he double, nnd that
Is what we aie striving to avoid,"
POSEN HUSSARS
ORDERED TO POTSDAM
They Will Attend tho Funeral of the
Empress,
Hi Ixilii'iin Wire fmm Ihe V'inlaled Press
CionbeiR. AllR 7 The two sepiad
loiis of the I'ospii HilShais. of whlih
reglnfiU 'he late cle wilder rmpipss was
lionoi ,in coli lei, Pav' been c.rc'cied to
Potsdam to take pint lu th" f uncial
pioiesslon, King l.'elwaid, It Is now
iindei stood, will not go to Potsdam.
Ho will leave the continent by way nf
Flushing Filda night, in companled b
Queen Alexandia
The tloial oifeilngs now number hun
dieds nmnv of them nie magnlthiut
and hlghl) nitlstle
ENVER PASHA RETURNS HOME
His Mission to China, at the Instance
of tho Kaiser, a Force.
Hi Fieluilve Wire from The .ssociated Press.
ul i i.i. II I , Vui; 7 I mei I'l.-ln nnd M Hf,
the 1 n 1 1, i-.li inisMi n whiih, at llu iiiilaiiee if
Kabei Willielui. was rut in ( hin.i li the illUll
of lurlei. his lift slniiclnl fir In me
I heir miwiin In the Vlnhiinmedjiis lua bein a
flue.
Bryan Favors Fusion,
II) Itilustve Wire (rnm Ihe Vn.nn.iiid Prew
l.ineoln. Nib, ue 7 Vleitlnirs weie hi Id
tonluhl hi the Pemnti itn, PopulUI and lice
'liver Itepiihlliin mi" initial iniumitutw and
lu,on of hli truer anion was puithallt auiied
upon the Hte conienlions all beinu' lived for
Sept 17 at I Ineoln . J Pi.van allrevid Ihe
lleinni ratio mil PopulUI committees ami ex-
J irieeed himself ttrongl) In laior of lufoii.
NEGRO BURNED
AT THE STAKE
John Wcslcu Pennington, ol B!r-
mlnoliam, Paus the Penaltu lor
Assault In the South.
A BLOODHOUND CHASE
A Largo Posse Captures Ponnington
in a Swamp Ho Is Identified and
Confesses His Crlma and Pleads
for Morcy A Crowd of BOO Gathers
Brushwood to Furnish Fuel for tho
Stake Chained to an Iron Pipo
the Wrotch Expiros with an Un
earthly Shriek.
ny Fxebulie Wire frorv The Associated PreM.
Illrmlnpham, Ala , Aug. 7. With
agonizing! sc reams and his ejes bulg
ing ft om his head, John Wesley Peir
nlngton, a negio, wns burnel nt thp
stake nenr l'nterprlsp, Aln., bpfore a
crowd of llvp humlrpd enraged and de
tPtmlneel citizens of Coffee county this
morning. Tho mob was composed of
both whites and blacks, and though
suffering man pleaded for mercy and
frantically endeavoied to break the
chnln.s that tightly bound him, not a
trace of sjmpathy was shown on tho
fncefl that peered at him through the
flames. Pennington had committed a
brutal assault upon Mrs. J. C. Davis,
wife of one of the most prominent far
mers of Coffee count), and had con
fessed his guilt.
The crime wits committer! Tuesday
afteinoon, while Mis. Davis was gath
ering vegetables In her garden. Pen
nington choked the woman Into Insen
olblllty. accomplished his intention and
fled thiough the woods nearby As soon
n she regained her spiisps, Mrs. Davis
cinwlcel to the hou,w and told her bus
bard what had happened A lnige
pev-se was quickly oiganlfed, with
bloodhounds, nnd the) chased the
negio until early this morning, vv hen
ho was captiiteel In a swamp. He was
bound hand and font, and taken to tho
Dav Is home for idcntlfli .itlon, New r of
the assault n Mrs. Davis had been
spiead for miles' around Hnterprl.se,
and every fai mer In the neighborhood
hnd Joined in the pursuit. When the
posfe ui lived this mornlne 'with Pen
nington at Ip.cst SUA pctsons were gath
ered near the Davis lcsldence, A Rieat
shout went up when thei pilrnnpr ap
pealed, but at a signal the men wlth
dievv to the woods and quietly nwalted
the ipsult of the mpeting of Penning
ton and Mrs Davis
Pleaded for Mercy.
Mrs Davis letognled him as her as
sailant and the negro broke down and
wept. 11- admitted hn lug committed
the iss.iult nnd ileaneel for meuy. but
he was dragged 'icm the house to the
woods whfe the crowd had gathered
Hvldentlv expecting the confession, sev -
eralVltlens had already elilven an Iron
pipe in tho grourc1 and as tho captors
approached vlth Pennington, both
whites and blnc'is. were piling brush
wood around the stake The negro
suv his doom rnd with a screnm of
teir.ir fell In a tn'iit. Ho wis quickly
revived and dingg"l to the stake, while
the riovvd stool silently by. Tho fright
ened man was limp and had to be
In Id up whil" the chillis weie fastened
around bis neck and body. A match
was applied to the pile, and with oil to
feed upon the tiny flamo soon burst
Into a loaiing Are.
The ten Hied negro again pleaded for
nieicy In the most agonizing" tones and
praved to God that those uiound him
might polish. He then dulled upon his
Maker for foiglveness, and as tho
flames leaped up and encircled his neck
an lineal thly shriek ivas heaid nnd tho
man's ejes almost 'bulged out of their
sockets. I5y this time tho flro had
gained such headway that nothing
could be seen except a wilggllng mo
tion In tho circle) of (lie A silence
followed and lu a. few minutes tho
flames had sufficiently subsided to show
that Pennington's head had fallen for
waid and hung ovpr the lion chain
His body 'vs qulcklv consumed and
nothing -enialn.d but a pile of ashes.
Tho ciowd then quietly dispersed.
MAHSUDS DEFEAT BRITISH.
Surprise Garrison of Kashmirkar
nnd Kill Seven Men.
Pi txilu'iip Wire from Tie Vnclarcd rrfi
simli, Vuir 7 Two hundred MiliMids attacked
a milltu pot at hishinirkar. Vuar el, klllinc a
sriln, iml mii rMiiir llio earn r, which souchr
reliii.i In tin birnnks Ihe M ihsiuU deminde 1
tho lilli'-. thiratininu' t bum the pn.t If th
iveipou, weie nut kiieu up Tin iDilllumeii then
Miniiiilercd their arms
seven if llu mm weie I lll-d mi 1 an of fleer mi
tins, mm noun led Iho Madsiielt deiaiupfl
with the inli'H, aminiuiltlnii, itnlfoima and kiti
rf the f.irrU n, viilluut the lo,- of a nun,
Three Bodies Found.
Pi Fiiluilie Wire from The Vssnditcl Press.
Pu II di, Pi . Vus 7 Ihe brallfK of three mrv,
wire fniind I lu in Hie ruin, nf a barn that wu
tunned in ir ( r'lishiw, a mull ininins town i
lew miles li in llu plan on Vuj. 1 fhe Indl
are mippnid 1" Ik1 lho,e it tianiw, who liad he n
Kim in He iiiinilv hi the night the fire ot
t inn il
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
!,,! ilaii f r Viu.ii.t 7, I'sllt
Iltia-lio.t iiinpH in ii 7"i rie tree i
nwi,l tniip rum Ml elcKiiri
llclitlio lliimidiii
Sim. fsl r cenl
K p in . "i per rent
Piitipitalii u, .'I hniiis ended S p in , 0 3j inch
sVsvv-4,y.4.t -f-f -fHVsv.HV4
WEATnER FORECAST.
W ithlimtnii, ne 7 Forecnnt for rt'
nn Pennivli miii Fair an I w-umer
Tliinwla) , Irlda), fair; freth seeit to
limthvvest vxiuda
t f fttl t-f-rfTT-rT T
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