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CRITICAL HOUR
BsQlnnlno ot the Final Struoale
Between Mine Workers
and Operators.
THERE IS FEAR
OP VIOLENCE
Neither Side Shows Disposition to
Retreat The Mine Workers Con
tend That the Order Given Engi
neers, Firemen and Pumpmen to
Quit Work Unless Granted an
Eight Hour Say Will Be Generally
Obeyed Operator Says That a Sur
prisingly Large Number of Hen
Have Volunteered to Take the
Places of the Strikers A Large
Army of Coal and Iron Police Will
Guard Company Property.
v By Exclusive. Wire from The Aseoe.ated Prcsa.
WIlkes-Burre, June 1. The eve or
what Is looked upon ns a most Import
ant week In the progress of the anthra
cite coal mlnprs' strike, finds the entire
region In an apprehensive mood.
At 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, the
rder of the United Mine Workers of
America, calling out all the stationary
rnglneers, firemen unil pumpmen un
less the companies grant them an
eight-hour work-day at present wages,
Koes into effect, and no one can fore
tell the outcome of the new move.
Victory for either side will be of Im
mense advantage, and both parties to
the controversy are striving! with all
the power at their command to win. If
the union succeeds In shutting down
the pumps, the mine properties will
suffer damage that may reach into mil
lions of dollars, and if the employer)
hhould bo able to keep the water out
of their workings without the aid of
organized labor. It neons that the
power of the union in the anthracite
region has reached its limit and that all
help In the effort to force the 'mine
owners to grant the demands of the
great army of 147,000 men must come
from some outside source. The mine
workers say they will preserve the
property of the companies If the engi
neers, pumpmen and firemen are given
what they ask for, and the companies
pay they will permit no outsiders to fix
the hours and wages of their men.
Neither side tonight snows the slight
est disposition to yield, and. In the
words of one mining superintendent,
"It Is a fight to the finish." President
Mitchell said tonight, this Is the first
time In the hlstnrv of his organization
that the union was compelled to call
cut this class of employes and thus
endanger the safety of the mines. In
all other Instances, he said, the de
mands of tho men were granted.
There is a fear throughout the coal
belt that the coming week will wit
ness more or less serious disturbances.
Tomorrow Is looked upon by well-informed
persons as a critical day, but
It Is not believed that any very serious
ttouble will occur. It Is a fact that the
labor leaders have counselled tho
strikers to remain Mulct and commit no
violation of the law. it is claimed by
the union that nearly all of the pump
'men and firemen will rmlt work and
that about three-fourths of the engl
lieeers will also re! use to continue
work. This claim was privately admit
ted by a company official familiar with,
the situation. While the plans of.tho
union have not been made public. It is
known that a thorough system has
been mapped out, wllh a view to get
ting out those men who will refuse to
quit tomorrow. A house to house can
vass will be started, which, no doubt,
will have considerable effect. The me
thods that huve been adopted In ip
gard to the non-union men who will
take tho strikers' places are not
known.
Volunteers Plenty.
Practically all the non-union men to
he employed are now In the region, The
companies say that the number of those
nho have volunteered to (111 strikers'
places has been surprisingly large, and
that no difficulty bus been .encountered
In selecting good men. An army of
approximately 3,000 coul unil Iron po
licemen, sworn In under a law of the
slate of Pennsylvania ,ls In the Held to
night ready to protect these men and
the mining iiropertles. There ure also
scattered through the coal country, It
Is said, about 1,000 men who are doing
secret work for the companies, Every
colliery In the coal belt has either a
hoard or a barbed wire fence around
Jt. At some of the mines "cump" cars
are lying on the siding for the accom
modation of non-union men, tnoHt of
whom will live within the colliery con
fines during the suspension,
A Journey through the thickly popu
lated parts of this (Wyoming) district
today, found that the Idle mine work
ers ure greatly Incensed at the Impor
tation of strangers. Those workmen
who have decided to remain ut work
tomorrow also come In for considerable
condemnation, At Port Griffith, u few
miles north of heie, two effigies were
strung on poles on the muln street, Ono
had a placard tied to It giving the
names of four men, and under It was
another card with this Inscription on It;
"A 'scab' Is the most debased crea
ture on earth."
ft was extremely (fillet around strike
headquarters today, President Mitch
ell spent the day In going over corres
pondence, His only visitors were
.Charles H, Schudt, sheriff of Lacka
wanna county, In which Scruuton Is
located, and a friend of the sheriff's.
There wub some speculation regarding
the -it of his visit, but Mr. Mitchell
HAS ARRIVED
said that the sheriff was an old friend
and that his visit was merely a social
one. Sheriff Schndt today posted a no
tice nt each colliery In Lackawanna
county wnrnlng all persons not em
ployed at the mines to keep away from
those properties and not to violate the
law In any way.
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the
fourth week of the total suspension of
mining. Mr. Mitchell said that he Was
well satisfied with the progress of the
strike. He hod nothing to say regard
ing tho calling out of the bituminous
men.
At a meeting of engineers, firemen
and pumpmen employed In the collier
ies of the Susquehanna Coal company,
Alden Cool company and the two col
lieries of the Delaware, Lackawanna
annd Western company, held at Nantl
coke today, It was decided by a vote of
about two to one not to strike. About
seventy men attended the meeting.
Anti-Strike Sentiment.
Tamaqua, Pa., June 1, Today a meet
ing of delegates from all the locals In
sub-district No. 1, of the United Mine
Workers, was held at Coaldale, to de
cide whether the pumpmen In the
Panther Creek valley shall obey the
order to strike tomorrow. The session
lasted three hours, the anti-strike senti
ment being very strong. It Is said to
night that the greater number of men
will report for duty tomorrow.
Immediately after the meeting, strike
missionaries made a canvass among
the men, but It is claimed that their ef
forts will not be productive of any re
sults. This evening an official of the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation company
told the Associated Press correspond
ent that the company had the assur
ance that a sufficient number of men
to run the pumps would report for duty
In the morning.
Will Stay Out to Preserve Peace.
Shamokin, Pa., June 1. The mine
workers' leaders said tonight that tho
engineers, firemen and pumpworkers
will remain away from the collieries to
morrow In order to preserve peace.
Whether the Hungarian and Lithuanian
strikers can be controlled is a question.
The priests today advised their congre
gations to remain lawful.
Sheriff Samuel Deltrlck, of North
umberland county, und his two deputies
went on duty ut their office this even
ing, to be In 'Instant readiness to cope
with any trouble which might arise In
the coal fields. The sheriff Is contem
plating the swearing In of strike lead
ers to serve as deputies, If any are
needed, and In the event of those depu
ties being unable to control the men, he
will ask Governor Stone for troops.
Will Work at Forest City.
Susquehanna, June 1. The firemen,
pumprunners and engineers employed
In the Erie Railroad company's mines
at Forest City, Susquehanna county,
have voted not to go on strike Monday.
In anticipation of trouble after Mon
day, the company's property has been
inclosed with an eight-foot barbed wire
fence and will be guarded by a large
force of coal and Iron police, sworn In
by the authorities of Susquehanna
county.
Operations Cease at Mahnnoy.
Mahanoy City, Pa,, June 1. Three
fourths of the firemen, hoisting en
gineers and pumprunners, comprising
the day forces employed at the fifteen
collieries of the several mining corpor
ations In the Mahnnoy valley, quit work
this evening In response to the call of
the miners' organization for an eight
hour day. The night forces will desert
their posts at 7 o'clock In the morning.
Representatives of the coal companies
say they are amply prepared to cope
with the situation and that they have
enough non-union men to fill the strik
ers' places.
In view of the growing seriousness of
the situation the priests of the churches
at which the foreign strikes s worship,
In their sermons today, advised their
people to remain at home nnd to re
frain from committing any breaches of
the peace. Coal und iron policemen are
on guard at the collieries.
TROUBLE BREWING
ABOUT HAZLETON
Special Officers Hissed and Hooted at
by an Angry Mob Hotel Ser
vant Girls Asked to Strike,
By Kxihulte Wlie from The Associated I'rew.
Hazleton, June I. The several hun
dred special officers brought here lust
night for guard duty at the collieries
In the Iluzleton district, were distri
buted to tho mines toduy, They will
be housed and hoarded at the breakers,
Public sentiment here Is against tho
special officers, und the local labor
union today made' an effort to Induce
the aervunt girls at the hotel where the
men remained over night, to strike.
Tho girls are still nt work. Some of the
mine workers' leaders think the officers
are non-union firemen and pump-runners,
Tho plun of the coal companies to ex
change engineers, firemen and pum
runners who expressed a willingness to
work, but not In their own district, has
been frustrated by the mine workers,
by the Issuance of orders to the engi
neers, firemen and pumprunners who
remain away from their posts to report
at headquarters tomorrow, in this
way, the union will keep track of all
hands. Tho leaders ussert tonight that
all the firemen and pump-runners will
strike, They aro not sure of tho engi
neers, but believe that only a small
portion or tho hitter will continue at
work,
Tha roal companies' agents said they
are prepared to fill the places of all
strikers, and that tho tailing out of the
engineers, firemen and pump-runners
wll not cause them any hardship, nut
sldo of the expense of on.'"-'"- '
caring for tho non-union employes. The
latter will bo paid from $3 to $3.50 a
day nnd board,
In some quartern, thn belief prevails
that If tho companies succeed In keep
ing their fires and pumps going, an ef
fort will bo made within tho next two
weeks to resume the mining of coal at
somo of tho collieries with non-union
men. District President Duffy spent
today In tho Panther Creek valley,
where It was reported there was dan
ger of tho defection of some of the fire
men and pumpmen,
Tho scene thnt occurred here last
night, upon the arrlvul of a deputation
of special officers, was repeated at 7.30
o'clock tonight, when about twenty offi
cers, In charge of a coal company
agentboarded a trolley car at the
Hazleton house for Freeland. The
streets of the city were crowded, and
when the officers came Into sight about
five hundred men rushed at them, hiss
ing and yelling. It was feared that the
crowd would attack the officers and
trouble would undoubtedly have oc
curred had not Chief of Police Ferry
and four of his men held the excited
strike sympathizers back until the car
left. As the car started the yelling and
hissing was resumed. Two of the Im
ported men remained In tho city, and
as they proceeded through the crowd,
under police protection, to their hotel
they were also hooted.
The ten servant girls at the Hazleton
thouse, where some of the officers are
quurtered, were prevailed upon Immedi
ately after this episode to quit, and
when they left their posts, vvlth declar
ations that they would not wait upon
the Imported men, they were loudly
cheered.
The engineers, firemen and pumprun
ners employed nt the Coxe collieries
unanimously voted for the second tlmo
this afternoon to obey the strike order.
A passenger car carrying special offi
cers was run Into the siding this after
noon. The officers wilt eat and sleep In
the car until they nre recalled. The
employes of the Lehigh Valley Coal
company, who live In the houses owned
by this corporation, have been notified
that their failure to report at the mines
will be considered equivalent to dis
charge. All who refuse to return to
work nre expected to vacate the houses.
Announcement was made tonight by
the Hazleton Electric Light company
that If their teamsters are stopped from
hauling culm from a nearby slate bank
tomorrow, as was done several days
ago. It would appeal to Sheriff Jacobs
for protection.
About 800 men have been In the vicin
ity of the Hazleton house all night, and
the situation Is extremely exciting. A
tremendous cheer went up from the
crowd as the striking servant girls were
conveyed' by a committee of miners
from the scene of disturbance to their
respective homes.
MITCHELL ADDRESSES
THE TRAINMEN.
An Effort to Enlist the Employes of
the New Jersey Central.
fly Kvchitiw Wire from The Associated Press.
Wllkos-Burre, Pa., June 1. A joint
meeting of the brotherhoods of railway
engineers, firemen, trainmen, switch
men, conductors and telegraphers em
ployed by the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, was held at Ashley this evening.
Aboutsix hundred men were present.
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers, District President Fahy and
Charles S. Wilson, vice-grand master
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, delivered addresses. Mr. Mitchell
outlined the strike situation In the an
thracite region In detail and told of the
prospects of the miners winning the
strike. He said a victory for the miners'
would be a victory for all organized
labor. In his opinion the miners were
going to win.
Grand Master Wilson, In his talk, said
If Mr. Mitchell demanded the co-operation
of the railroad brotherhood men
he could get it without a dissenting
voice. The present strike did not con
cern the Illinois only, but all union
labor.
A resolution was adopted pledging the
co-operation of ull railroaders If such a
move was necessary. In order for the
miners to win their strike.
FATAL BICYCLE COLLISION.
The Victims Are Two Speedy Ama
teursOne Dead, Other Dying.
By Cxcluilte Wire from The Associated l'res.
Lancaster, June l.--One muu Is dead
and another dying as tho result of a bl
cyclo collision which occurred here test
night. The victims are Walter Powell
and Daniel Trewitz, euch aged about 17
years, Powell Is a speedy amuteur bicy
clist. Paced by Trewitz. ho was training
for a race on AVheotlund avenue. It xus
dark and neither bicycle had n lamp.
Powell, thinking he hud outstripped Trt.
wltz turned to find him, and they collided,
both being thrown violently to tho street.
Powell was canted unconscious Into St.
Joseph's hospital, nearby,
ills skull was fractured and ho died at
6 o'clock this morning, without having
regained consciousness, Trewitz, who ut
first was not thought to have been seri
ously hurt, developed ulurmlng symptoms
today from Internal Injuiies, und theio la
no hope for his recovery,
LEDGER COAL ARTICLE.
By Dxelushr Wire horn 'the Associated I'lesi.
Philadelphia, June 1, The. Ledger In
Its coul article tomorrow will say:
"The anthracite coql trude Is unchanged
In the Idleness at the mines, Tho move
ment of coal to market Is very small, und
most of tho breakers are now bare, lie
tall prices are advancing, and all tho
dealeis aro short, being unable to supply
tho wants of their customers lu any mt
Isfuctory way. Tho lalhouds aro hoping
that tho conditions may chaimc, but urn
unwilling to taint orders excepting where
delivery Is at option,. Many o fine curs
usually lu tho coal ttacle, lmvu been di
verted by tho railroads to other blanches
of traffic, the bituminous tiaile getting
most of them, as that movement Is just
now very much enlarged, the soft coal
replacing unthraclte for steaming pur
poses," Elkin Captures Tioga.
By Kjcliuhe Wire from The Associated Prei.
Wellsboro. Pa-i June J, Returns from
4t of tho iQ voting districts lu Tioga coun
ty Indicate, the election at tho Republican
primaries last night of thn KIKIn dclo.
gates by 300 majority. It Is said tho re
turns from tho two remaining districts
will not affect the results. Champaign and
Hitchcock, It Is claimed, will bo returned
to tho legislature and l.'abcock lor regis
rr pw p'corr'v won n'm "jrirtir
EXAMINATION
OF MT. PELEE
Professor Hellprln's Perilous As
cent oT the SmoKIno
Mountain.
INTREPID SCIENTIST
LOOKS INTO CRATER
The President of the Philadelphia
Geological Society Studies the
Phenomena at Close Range The
Volcano Very Active, but Amid a
Thousand Dangers He Climbs the
Mountain Summit and Looks Over
Into the Crater.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Pres.1.
Fort do France, Island of Martinique,
May 31, 8 p. in. The National Geo
graphical society has scored a great
triumph through Its representative
here, Prof. Angelo Hellprln, who this
morning, with three guides, ascended
to the top of the crater on the summit
of Mont Pelee, Prof. Helprln Is also
president of the Philadelphia Geogra
phical society.
Prof. Hellprln had gone to the plan
tation Vive, which Is near the crater,
In company with Fernand Clero and
Mr. Iteld, landed proprietor, of Marti
nique. This expedition had been especially
organized by United States Consul
Ayme and Prof. Hellprln, and was led
by the latter.
The expedition left Fort de France
last Thursday, May 29, at noon. Fri
day was spent In studying the newly
formed craters on the north flank of
the mountain. Saturday morning,
Prof. Hellprln determined to attempt
the ascent to the top of the crater, and
with this purpose in view, he set out nt
G o'clock.
The volcano was very active, but,
amid a thousand dangers. Prof. Hell
prln reached the summit and looked
down Into the huge crater. Here he
spent some time in taking careful ob
servations. He saw a huge cinder cone
In the center of the crater. The open
ing, of the rrater-iself Is a vast cre
vlce,"600 feet long and 150 feet wide.
While Prof. Heilprin was on the
summit of the volcano, several vio
lent explosion of steam and cinder
laden vapor took place, and again and
again his life was in danger. Ashes
fell about him In such quantities at
times as to completely obscure his vis
Ion. One particularly violent explosion
of mud covered the professor from
head to foot with the hideous, viscid
and semi-solid matter. He still per
sisted in his study and observations,
however, and twice, more was showered
with mud. He learned, as had been
suspected, that there were three separ
ate vents through which .steam issued.
Full details of the professor's obser
vations cannot be had until he returns
to Fort de France.
Prof. Heilprln's journey down the
side of the mountain was fully as peril
ous as the ascent. Mont Pelee seemed
to resent the Intrusion of a puny hu
man being Into her most awful pre
cincts, and belched out huge volumes of
steam, ashes and boiling hot mud.
An Important Discovery.
The professor made the Important
discovery that the crater at the head of
the river Follalse had synchronous
eruptions with the crater at the sum
mit of the volcano, und that It ejects
precisely tho sume matter at such
times. The river Fallal.se crater and
the crater at the summit showed dur
ing Prof. Heilprln's visit, a new phe
nomenon. Mud was thrown up In high
columns. Heretofore the mud has bub
bled or boiled out und flowed down
ward In streams. In the course of one
eruption of tho river Fallalse crater uu
enormous amount of Intensely hot mud
was ejected. This How reached the
rum distillery on the Vive plantation
and extinguished all the fires there.
This torrent of mud may Invade the
entire plantation, nnd, ns Vive Is tho
center of one of the richest districts
of the Island, it Is feared the damage
may be great.
Mr. Clero furnishes the following fur
ther details of Prof. Heilprln's ascent,
Tho party proceeded on mules to an al
titude of 700 metres, the ancient lino
of vegetation. From this point Prof,
Hellprln continued on foot, leaving tho
mule that had carried him up the steep
hog back to tho tree line. Up on reach
ing the site of Luke Palmlste the pro
fessor found It completely dried up. He
crossed the bed of the lake and con
tinued up the gently rising slope to
the crater. Formerly the edge of the
crater was u high bluff, or shoulder.
This, the explorer found had fallen
Into the great crater, and he thinks
this chango probably occurred ut the
time of the great explosion of May -'0.
This Is the first Important topographic
alteration In Mont Pelee which has
beeen noted and verified,
Prof, Hellprln arrived at the edge of
the summit crater at half past one
nnd remained there for over un hour.
When he returned to Vive he resembled
a statue" of mud. The weight of ashes
nnd mud ho carried on his person, the
horrible atmosphero he breathed and
the fearful difficulty ho encountered re
duced him to a condition of extr.eme
fatigue, notwithstanding the fact that
ho ascended Mont Pelee from the most
accessible and easiest side,
Prof. Hellprln m&y return to Fort de
France tomorrow, If he has sufficiently
recovered by that time to do so.
George Kennon and his party, who
went to "Morne Ilouge, found, on their
return trip that a brldgo across the
road had beeen carried away by a tor
rent of hot mud. Negroes managed to
get thp party across 'he obstruction.
They took the carriageS to pieces and
carried them and the members of tho
nurty to the other side of the river ot
mud, which was still hot. All the
members of Mr. Kcnnnn's party aru
well.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CRISIS.
Intervention of Emperor Has Nov
Become Inevitable, It Is Said.
By i:ctiulve Wire from Tlie Asvjclated Pre.
Vienna, Juno . Well-Informed persons
hero suy that, while tho speech mado In
tltc upper house of tho rclchsrath yes
terday by the Austrian premlnr. Dr. von
Koerbcr, In which the speaker Intimated
that, much a Austila desired to matntuln
Its friendship with Hungary, thero wero
certain lengths of concession to which It
was Impossible for Austria to go, was de
fensive of Austrian Interest, It was not In
tended to be aggressive toward Hungary.
Nevertheless, there is no doubt that a
serious crisis exists, and that everything
depends upon the fact of Emperor Fran
cis Joseph, whose Intervention has be
come Inevitable. It Is expected that his
majesty will support Dr. von Koerber's
position.
Tho Neue Frele Presso says the road to
the Ausglclch lies through a crisis which
would still further estrange both states.
PHILIPPINES BILL
TO BE DISPOSED OP
The Senate Will Vote on the Measure
Tomorrow Afternoon House
Proceedings.
By Kxcluslve Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington, June 1. Under the
terms of the unanimous agreement
reached last Wednesday, the senate
will vote at 4 o'clock Tuesday on the
bill providing a form of civil govern
ment for the Philippine Islands, and
the entire Intervening time of the sen
ate's sessions will be devoted to fifteen-minute
speeches on the bill. The
senate ylll meet at 11 o'clock Monday,
and -on Tuesday, for the purpose of
giving additional time for the discus
sion. A large number of short
speeches will be made, but no order for
their delivery has been agreed on.
The general understanding is now that
on Wednesday, after the disposal of the
Philippine bill, the Nicaragua canal bill
will be called up and made the regular
order of business. There will be an ef
fort made to substitute for the Nicar
agua bill, the bill introduced by Sena
tor Spooner, leaving to the discretion
of the president the selection of an
isthmian canal route, and its cham
pions are claiming a majority of the
senate will support them. The friends
of the NIcarague route and also the
advocates of a policy that would leave
the president discretion as to routes,
now say there-Is no necessity or "pros
pect for prolonged debate. A number
of speeches, however, already have been
announced. Senator Hanna will speak
at length fori the Spooner bill, as will
Senator Klttredge. Among those who
have Indicated their purpose of ad
dressing the senate In the Interest of
the Nlcaraguan route are Senators
Hanna, Mitchell, Turner and Morgan.
The present understanding Is that the
Cuban reciprocity bill will not be dis
cussed during the week. That measure
is still In committee, but probably will
be reported on Tuesday or Wednesday,
Its terms having been practically agreed
upon by the Republican members of the
committee, and Senator Piatt (Con
necticut), chairman of the committee,
having Indicated his purpose to lay tho
bill before the full membership at an
early day. The bill agreed on provides
for a, straight reduction for five years
at 20 per cent, of the duty on Cuban
goods coming Into the United States,
without Imposing conditions as to Im
migration and labor laws, or, indeed,
any other conditions.
It is the present intention to have the
Republican senators caucus on the bill
when reported, with the hope of mak
ing It a party measure und of thus
avoiding the division in the party ranks
which was experienced over the ques
tion In the house of representatives.
The naval and District of Columbia
appropriation bills probably will bo reported-dining
the week, but their im
mediate consideration will depend large
ly on the readiness of senators to con
tinue the discussion of the canal ques
tion. During the coming week the house
probably will act on threo important
bills which the rules committee decided
some time ago to bring before that body
at the earliest opportunity. These ore
the anti-anarchy bill, the Pacific cable
bill and the Benate Irrigation bill, No
time limit is to bo' set on the anti-anarchy
bill, consideration of which will
be entered on tomorrow, but It is not
believed that It will occupy more than
two days. A day Is to be given to the
bill for the government cable to the
Philippines, and three days to tho Irri
gation bill.
CRANK ANNOYS MISS GOULD.
By Exclusive Wire from Tlie Aitoclated Pres.
Turrytown, N. V. Juno 1. A crank who
said he was Miss Helen Gould's husband
wus arrested In Irvlngton last night, llo
wus taken before Judge Taylor today and
committed to White Plains for examina.
tlon as to his sanity.
The man said ho was James II, Ander
son, of Kansas. He came here, to sea Miss
Gould. Lust night ho went to l.ynd
hurst, but the watchman lefusea to take
Ills card, and oidered hint off the proper
ty. Anderson wus ut rested on Main
street later for cieutlng a disturbance,
lie was well dressed and carried letters
addressed to himself, care ot a well
known New York hotel,
Hanna Chasing the Rumors,
liy llxilmhe Wire fiom Tlie Afoocialed Pi ess.
Cloveland, June 1. In reply to tho ques
tion ns to what ho thought of this city us
tho pluco for holding the next Kcpuhllcuu
convention, Senator Hanna said: "If I
attempted to have tho convention held
hern people would say that I wus doing
It for. my own Interest, and I am huviug
haid. enough time now trying to put an
end to the talk of my being a randUluto
for tho presidency,
m i.
Steamship Arrivals,
By Kxelns'e Wire fivm flic Associated Pic.
New York, Juno 1. Arrived: L'Aqlut
alnc, Havre; Hyndhum, Rotterdam and
nonlogno Siir Mer; Georgian, Liverpool;
Furnessiu, Gluugow and Movtlle. Gib
taltar Bailed: l.alm (from Genoa anil
Naples), Now Yotk. Qneeiihtown Sailed;
Ktrurla, from Liverpool, Now York.
Southampton-Sailed; Bremen, from lro
men, New York.
PEACE!
ANOTHER IN TWO YEARS.
National EiBteddfod Committee En
couraged to More Pretentious
Efforts by Friday's Success.
The.success of the national eisteddfod
has encouraged the committee to more
pretentious efforts, and, barring unfor
seen nnd Insurmountable difficulties, un
International eisteddfod will be held
here two years hence.
It la proposed among other things to
bring competitors from England and
Wales, If possible a. party, to compete
for the mixed chorus, male chorus und
female chorus prizes. German societies
will also be Induced, If possible, to en
ter more contests.
The project, of course, has been dis
cussed only Informally, but It Is gen
erally agreed that an eisteddfod of the
magnitude of the greatest of the na
tional elsteddfodau ot Wales can be
conducted here. It will last, probably,
four days, with two eisteddfod sessions
each day and concerts and oratorios
In tho evening. In addition to the
competitions that were had at Friday's
eisteddfod It Is proposed to have prizes
for Instrumental music, oratory, paint
ing, drawing, architecture and every
branch ot literature.
The committee has not ns yet figured
out to what extent the eisteddfod was
a success, financially speaking, but are
confident that the receipts exceeded the
expenditures by a good sized margin.
The prices of admission were kept
down with a view of avoiding the pos
sibility of the affair being considered
a money-maklmj venture.
The out-of-town participants went
home vowing that It was the greatest
eisteddfod in the country's history, and
assuring the committee that If It is
repeated they will come In treble the
numbers that were here Friday. The
Utlca three hundred with about $1,500
of the prize moneys, left for home, in
their special train Saturday at 5.30 p.
m. During the day they were shown
about .the city by the local committee
men. The Arlons, as told elsewhere, spent
Saturday as guests of the eisteddfod
committee. In the afternoon they were
entertained by President Charles ' Rob'
inson, of the Pennsylvania Central
Brewing company, and In the evening
were glve.n a "Kommers" by the Llod
erkrnnz. They left for home yesterday
afternoon at 3.15 on the Lackawanna
road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parson Price and
Mr. and Mrs. H. Evan Williams were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Jen
kin Powell Jones and Gwllym Miles,
who were stopping at the Jermyn, were
entertained with sight seeing trips and
the like under the escort ot members
of the eisteddfod committee. All left
for home yesterday.
PATAL BLAzi AT
R0CKAWAY BEACH
Three Persons Lose Their Lives in a
Conflagration Which Sweeps
Away Many Buildings.
11 Uxriuslve Wlie ftoin The Associated Pre.
New York, June 1. Mux Kasten, 32
years old, and Airs. Lydia McKrow,
the same age, and an unknown man
lost their lives today in a fire which
swept uway many buildings at Rock
away Reach. Thomas S. McKrow and
his 5-year-old son Frank; Martin Han
sen, uged 2S, and Morris Kasten, 75,
were injured and taken to a hospital.
Several hours later young McKiow
died und the father was reported dy
ing. After the fire the body of an unknown
man was found In one of the buildings,
The fire started In the frame dwell
ing occupied by the Kastens, in a
short time It spread to an unoccupied
brick building and ,then In succession
levelled the following structures;
Kusten's hotel, the Colonnade hotel,
the Casino, Walters' hotel. Sagamore
hotel, Burns' hotel, Seaside Avenue
museum, und the Annex hotel; one
story frame hotel, unoccupied; Potet
son's hotel, the Mousetto hotel,
Other structures damaged were:
Harry Genette's store; Herr Rrotheis'
store, tho Morrison stables and liren
nau's hotel.
Tho buildings for the most part was
of the frame type usual ut the seaside
resorts, und tho loss Is estimated ut
about $120,000,
After the fire had been controlled the
body of u man was found burned to u
crisp lu one of tho buildings. He Is
supposed to have been a cuudy maker.
A number of persona received slight
burns. The lire appears to have sturt
ed lu the kitchen of Kusten's hotel,
probably from tho explosion of a gaso
line stove, or from a pot of cuudy boil
ing over.
FIRE IN OLYPHANT.
The hiislncbb block belongingto the J,
W. Hwoenoy estate on Lackuwunna street,
nt Olyphant, caught Hw at S.Ki this morn
ing and was burning fiercely at tho hour
of going to press with tho danger of tho
flames spreading. Tho two Olyphant lire
companies wero heroically lighting tho
flames but had not yet gotten them under
control. Tho building was occupied by
Tipple's incut market and llenulgan'u
fculoon. Tho Humes blurted lu tho saloon.
York in Doubt.
Ily i:iliiiito Whe (torn The Associated Press.
York, Pa Juno 1. With leturna from
but llttio mora thuu half the county both
Klklultes und tho opposition claim to have
can led tho county at tho Republican pri
maries held Saturday night. The conven
tion to elect delegates to tho stato con
vention will be hold Tuesday.
Kitchener Cables War
in South Africa
Isat an End.
BOERS SURRENDERED
ON SATURDAT
The Document Signed by All Boe
Representatives; Lord Kitchenea
and Lord Milner, the British HigH J
Commissioner in South Africa.
London Ablaze with Enthusiasm.
Last Evening The News of Sur
render Greeted " by" Ringing of
Church Bells, Horn Blowing and
Other Evidences of General Rejoic
ing Prayers of Thanksgiving and
Special Hymns Sung in Churches.
By r.xclusho Wire from The AMocittcd Pkm.
London, June 2. Peace has been de
clared after nearly two years and eight
months of a war which tried the Brit
ish empire to its utmost und wiped
the Boers from the list of nations.
The war has come to an end with
Lord Kitchener's announcement from
Pretoria, that he, Lord Milner and the
Boer delegates had signed "terms of
surrender." This announcement had
been anticipated for several days, and
It was definitely forecasted In these
despatches, but Its receipt Sunday af
ternoon took the nation by surprise,
as everybody had confidently believed
that the house of commons would hear
the i)rst news today. The edge of the
anticipation with which Great Britain
awaited the promised statement in tho
.'house of commons from Mr. Balfour,
the government leader, was still fur
ther dulled by the following message
from King Edward to his people, which
was Issued after midnight:
"The king has received the welcome
news of the cessation of hostilities in
South Africa with infinite satisfaction,
and his majesty trusts that peace may
speedily be followed by the restoration
of prosperity in his new dominions, and
that the feelings necessarily engendered
by war will give place to earnest co
operation on the part of his majesty's
South African subjects in promoting
the welfare ot their common country."
How greatly King Edward's Insist
ence that peace In South Africa be se
cured prior to his coronutlon Inlluenced
the present agreement will probably
not be known until the private me
moirs ot the present regime are given
to the public.
Kitchener's Cablegram.
An official cablegram from Loid
Kitchener, dated Pretoria, Saturday,
May 31, 11.15 p. m says:
"A document containing terms of sur
render was signed here this evening nt
10.30 o'clock by all the Boer representn
tlves, as well ns by Lord Milner (tho
Rrltlsh high commissioner In South
Africa) nnd myself."
Tho news of pence In South Africa,
contained in tlie foregoing dispatch
from Lord Kitchener, wus not expected
lu London toduy. Soon ufter the receipt
of the dispatch, however, the news
spread to tlie dubs und hotels und wns
received with enthusiasm. The church
bells were rung to accjulm tho good
news.
A crowd gathered at the Mansion
house and the lord mayor of London,
Sir Joseph i Dlmsdale, announced
from the balcony that terms of sur
render had been signed In South Afrlcn,
Lord Kitchener's detlnlto announcement
of pence wus received ut tlie war officn
at 1 o'clock this afternoon and wus
communicated to King Edward and all
tho members ot the cabinet before It
was given to the public. Tonight the
Sunday ovenlng culm of the London
streets wus broken by enthusiastic
singing, shouting and horn-blowing,
Tlie clubs, the public houses and thn
streets wero not tho only places where
the people were demonstrating their
Joy. Tho peace news' was announced
In the churches today and by some
congregations It was received with ap
plause. In all the churches of London
pruyers of thanksgiving were offered
und special hymns were sung,
Pretoria, Juno 1. A proclamation,
which wus issued yesterday, Jn connec
tion with the signing ot the peace terms
lust night, declares that notwithstand
ing the proclamation of Mr, Kruger
that Interest on the bonds of the Trans
vaal republic would be suspended so
long as tho war lasted, such Interest
shall begin to ncorue June 1.
June 26 and June 27, the days of King
Edward's coronation, have been pro
claimed public holidays here,
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WEATHER FORECAST,
Washington, June 1. Forecast
-f for Monday and Tuesday: Distent -f
4- Pennsylvania, fair Monday; Tues- -f
4- day partly cloudy; probably show-
f crs by night with cooler lu north 4-
4- portion; light to ficsli south winds. -.
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