W5. w ' iSJS5irvK ?"' tti &: ,i . S ii? cmtitott m THE ONLY SCRANTON PAPER RECEIVING THE COMPLETE NEWS SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE GREATEST NEWS AGENCY IN THE WORLD.' TWO CENTS. SCRANTON, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 3902. TWO CENTS. i ' .-I- 1 " y vr Is ' If'. VUr 1 HERE'S WORK FOR riTI7r.TC ATITl UllLElld ALL! Strike Sympathizers Raid Non Union Man's House at Nlotit and Burn It. VICTIM LED AWAY BY THE MARAUDERS Tickets Stationed Near the Drifton Collieries Turn Back All Men Who Sock to Work Heading Company Starts Up the Henry Clay Washery JNenr Shamokin Father Curran Departs for Philadelphia on a Mys ' terlous Mission Other Strike De velopments of a Day. ty Exclmhe Wire from The viociatrd I'reM. i Hazleton, July 14. Unknown persons at 1 o'clock this morning raided the .home of Wllllnm Hussmun, a non-union man at Upper Lehigh, and, after got ing Hussmnn and his wife out of bed, attempted to burn the house. During -itlie melee the stove upset and all the furnltuip was destroyed. Neighbors extinguished the fire. Hussmnn was led away by the marauders and Is still missing. It Is believed he was so frigh tened that he fled from the region. Deputy Sheriff Kckcrt and coal and iron policemen are on the giound. Pickets were stationed near the Drif ton cpUeres nxflln today and all clerks I and nonunion men on their way were turned bark. Beading Starts a Washery. Shamokin, July 14. Two carloads of special policemen and laborers arrived here today from Schuylkill county. The men, fifty in all, went to work at the Reading company's Henry Clay wash ery. The operation was successfully started. The strikers made no demon stration. The washery is the first to be operated In this region since the anthracite strike was inaugurated. Father Curran's Mission. ' Wllkes-Barre, July 14. Rev. Knthea r-.Ji J,. 'Curran, of this city, who claims " to have a plan by which the- miners' strike can be settled, left town ,, this af ternoon. It Is said his destination was 1 Philadelphia. Rumbr has It that ho will first seek an Interview with Presi dent Baer and then go on "to New York to see the presidents of- the Lacka wanna, Delaware and Hudson and Erie companies. The local operators say that no plan Hew Curran can propose at this late day will be entertained by the operators; that If he went to Phila delphia and New York In the hope that he can Interest the presidents of the I)Ir co.il companies his mission will be a fruitless one. A big muss meeting of striking min ers was held at Plymouth today. Ad dresses were delivered by T. D. Nicholls, president of District No. 1, , United Mine Workers; National Boaid Member John Fallon and others. 51 r. Nicholls said thp outlook for the strikers was very encouraging and that If they remained fhni, victory would be their's before very long. Na tional Board Member Fallon, who has chaigc at strike headquarteis In the absence of President XMchell, said he had received leports from the entire strike region and they showed that everything was quiet. The strikers arc firm, no additional washerles were started up, and no attempt was made to resume woik at any of tin ollierles. Conferred with President 'Baer. ' Philadelphia, July 34, President Baer f the Philadelphia and Head ing Hallway company, and Rev. Father ' Curran, of Wllkes-Barre. had a long conference today In President Baer's ollce at the Reading terminal In refer ence to the anthracite coal miners' . s.yikc. Neither President Baer nor Father Cm ran were Inclined to talk of what transpired, but It wns subse quontly learned that the clergyman ' from Wllkes-Barre tried to have the Reading Coal and Iron company take the Initiative and bring about a settle ment of the strike, Most of the time of the conference was occupied by the priest In telling Air. Baer of the condition of affairs In the coal regions, and It Is said that Mr. flaw declined to take any step in af fecting u settlement of the trouble, ex cept what the mineis nlready know about, President Mitchell in Chicago. Chicago, July II, John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, addressed the convention of International 'longshoremen's usso clatlon, which began Its eleventh an nual convention' here today. Mr, Mitch ell said of the coal strike; 'lf the time deja not soon come when wo succeed wo will hiivu to ask for as sistance. Falluie to attain success," con. tinned Mr, Mitchell, "would mean a se vere blow to unionism. Wo must do nil In our power to achieve success In this great Btrffe. I want a unloi, which knows how to fight and will fight to the end. But theie Is no one who will try tit nold difficulties mote (han I will. Do you think that I am now asking you to come to our aid? I am not asking It now, hut when wo do ask we hone fhut tho 'Ipngslioiemen will como to our assist ance."1, Mr. Mitchell declined to tulle more concerning the stilke, save to say that evciythlng was quiet and that tho miners had gieut hope of winning. Convention Begins Thursday. Indianapolis, lud., Jidy 14, Whether or not theie will be a general suspen sion of woi; among le bituminous poal miner in suppor of the groat anthracite strliv may be determined )n ilidlunupolis, ty the end of this week. Vbe natloinl i-unvciitlon called to settle thn mutter win begin Thuisduy. U(?ffutF8 fioin jiioio than ten states, I - VL t- rnnr,eAnlnif M,n tnnnf nmvpi ' ' labor hclr organization in tho world, nre., way to Indianapolis. There ' nearly 1,000 delegates. It is conceded at this time th be convention will cither favor n a.lTL. ..fc " OU-. sion ol worn , inrougiiuui me v.fo bituminous flelds.or will provide fd. defense fund, greater than their treas ury now" offers.nlthough It is said the mineis have nearly $2,000,000 In the national treasury and among the locnls, Knluh Ensley and other rfpresenta tlves of the National Clvlu Federation are expected. Secretary Wilson says that no invitations have beencxtended to any outsiders to speak at the con vention. Heading Grants an Increase. Shamokin, Pa., July 14. The Read ing Coal and lion company today an nounced that a ton ner cent. Increase In wages would be paid In this region to employes who had remained at work since the strike started. The strlkeis say this Increase Is Intended as a halt to lure them back to work. EDWARD TO BE MOVED. Will Be Carried Today to Train and Then to Yacht. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prcs. London, July 14. The specially con structed ambulance In which King Kd ward is to be removed from Bucking ham palace to the railway station was taken to the palace this afternoon. Six bluejackets have been selected to re move the king on the couch, on which he has Ht times been testing, to the ambulance. His majesty, when he Is taken from the palace tomorrow, will be accom panied by Queen Alexandra, Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, Sir Fran cis Knollys, the king's private secre tary and the attending physician. It is understood that no bulletin regaiding the king's condition will be Issued until his majesty" shall be safely on board tho Victoria and Albert tomorrow even ing. GIVEN-UP SHIP TURNS UP SAFE The Portland, Thought to Have Been Crushed in Ice, Arrives at St. - - Michaels, Alaska, -v ;? - By Fxclulvc Wire from The AwicUted Prrw. Seattle, July -14. A special dispatch from Dawson says that the steamship Portland, last reported dl If ting In arc tic i(t liocs, arrived "at St Michael July 2 and left there the next day' for Port Tow pseud. The Portland was in good condition nnd all her passengers and crew were will. The cargo was in good order. Nothing was reported regarding thn Jeanic, which also was caught In the Ice. . Tho Portland sailed for Nome from Seattle April 2G, with 1,000 tons of freight, including miners' supplies, liquors and vegetables. Six hundred tons were put aboard at San Francisco. Of her 110 passengers, 4G weie booked at San Francisco, and the remainder at Seottl''. The vessel was commanded by Captain Chailes LIndqulst, a vet eran Bearing Sea marir. r. The steam ship was caught by immense Ice Hoes In Behrlug Straits on June 3 and when last seen was drifting northward into the Arctic sea. The United States re venue cutler Thetis started in pur suit, but no trace of the ship was found and it was believed she had been crusned In the Ice pack and all on boaid lost. THE ILLINOIS STRIKES A SNAG Uncle Sam's Crack Battleship Ser iously Injured While Entering Harbor at Christiana. By Exclusive Wire trom The Associated 1'rru. Christiania, July 14. Owing to a faulty steering gear, the United States battleship Illinois struck the bottom of the harbor, which compel her to go back to England and be placed In dry dock there. While the Illinois was standing Into the harbor, leading tho squadron, her steering gear fulled and her helm jam med haid to starbouid with the ship headed straight for the shore. Both anchors were let go and her engines were backed promptly, but the port anchor chain parted. The ship struck an obstruction and a hole was punched in her bottom, Two small compart- ham.h flllnJ ...t.V, .n, tf , h n npam urn a IMCIIID IIIJCTU llll "IHVI, ,(IU Vl-, ,-. pipeu iu uuiiiaiuu ium it-ir, uuu w water-tight doors were closed. Tim rest of the squadron stood In to the Inner harbor. The Illinois was even tually backed off and anchored safely, Rear Admiral CrownlnshleJd will probably shift his Hag to the Chicago and the remainder of the proposed Bal tic ciulse muy be 'abandoned. New Position for Wentz, By ExclusUe Wire from The Associated I'rcu. Little Rock, Aik., July H.Offlclul an nouncement was made today thut II. G, Claik bus resigned us general manager of tho Choctaw, Oklahomu and Gulf rail load, Tho oftiro Is abolished uud W. W. Wentz. J i',, formeily general supei lutein dent of tho Central Ralhoad of Now Jer sey, was appointed general supeilutcn Unit, ulTt'Ctivu ut once, i" Kansas Miners "Strike. tl Eiclutlve Wire from The Auorittcd 'rn. Leavenworth, Kan., July H, Two hun dred coal miners at tho Can mine went on stlko todey, Two weeks uto tho inlncis discharged their cheek Welshmen but demanded that the company glvo him work as u miner, This, the coujpany re fused to do. No question of wukcs Is Involved. . PAUNCEFOTE'S BODY HOME. Landed from IT. S. Cruiser Brooklyn at Southampton,. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated l'rrs. Southampton, England, July 14. Tho United States mmoicd cruiser Brooklyn (fiom Annapolis July 1). having on boaitl the body of Lord I'nimcetotc. lalo ambas sador of a rent Hiltnln nt Washington, arrived here this morning. Tho body was landed soon after 11 o'clock. Full naval honois were paid to It. Tho widow followed tho coflln from tho war ship to tho train, which slatted for Ncw-nrk-upon-Trent (near Nottingham), whero the funeral Is to bo conducted toniotrow. The ceremony In collection with the tiunsfcr of the body was lmpiosslvc. One hundred and twenty-four bluejackets composed the bearer paity, Tho coflln was taken between lines of seamen, with arms reversed, to a specially ill aped rall lond carriage. During tho lemoval of tho body the American ami British bands played Chopin's funeral march. In ad dition to tho widow and family, Renr Admlral Joseph B. Coghtaii. the ofllcrVB of the Brooklyn, the United States con sul, John D. Iloplcy; a number of Iltlt Ish naval ofllccis and the mayor of Southampton followed tho corilu to tho iialn. Minute guns wcio Hied by tho Irooltlyn and Biltlsb wnishlps until ho departure of tho tiuln. HICKS-BEACH STEPS DOWN Chancellor of Exchequer's Resignation Follows That of Lord Salisbury. By HxiIuMve Wire from The Avnciited Preis. London, July 14. Sir Michael Hicks Bcuch leslgned today as chancellor of the exchequer, following the with drawal of the Matquls of Salisbury as piomler. Thn resignation of Sir Michael Hicks Beach caused intense surprise. It. was generally taken to be almost mom Im portant than Lord Salisbury's, and was regarded In some quarter, as being directly duo to the more important voice which Mr. criamberlaln will have in the new cabinet. Several other changes nre likely to occur. Including the retirement of Rarl Cadogan, the lord lieutenant of Ire land, and tho elevation of George Wyndham, the chief secretary for Ireland, to a seat In thn cabinet. Speculation Is already rlfn as to, vho will be Sir Michucl Hicks-Beach's suc cessor. The name of R. W. Hanbury, president of the board of agriculture, is frequently mentioned. PBOMOTION FOB, CHAFFEE. Assigned' to "Command "ftiTCrack. lie-' partment of the East. By Exclusie Wire from 3 he AoUat-d l'resi. Washington, July 14. General Chaf fee has been relieved of command In tho Philippines and ordered to tho com mand of the department of the east, by an order issued today by Secretary Root. The order reads as follows: By director of tho picsldcnt Major Gen eral George W. Davis will relieve Major Gcneuil Chaffee of the command of tho division of the Philippines September 30, 190.'. On being relieved Geneial Chaffco will, with his authoiized aides, repair to Governor's IslunlT, Now Yotk, and as sumo command of tho department of tho cast. A few days ago General Chaffee was cabled that he could have either the command of the department of the east or the department of the lakes, if he desired to come home at this time. He was informed .hat the retirement of General Biooke afforded an, opportun ity of making either change he desired. Tho cablegram closed with a commen dation by the secretary of wur of Gen eral Chaffee's service In China and the Philippines. A reply was received Sat urday from General Chaffee stating that he left the matter entirely with the department, hut that he would pre fer New York In case he was relieved in the Philippines. He suggested thnt September 30 would be a good date to make any change in the command of the Philippines. These dispatches were sent to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, who consulted with Secretary Root and the secretary directed the order to be Issued relieving General Chaffee and placing General Davis in command. General MacArthur has been asked to take command of the department of the east when General Brooke retires, until he can be relieved by General Chaffee, BEADING TO ENTER BTJFFAXO. Another Forward Stride Made by the "Model Railroad," By Kxcluthe Wire from The Awoilated Pie. New York, July 14. It Is authorita tively admitted that arrangements hnvo almost been completed for the running of Philadelphia and Rending trains Into Buffalo fiom Pittsburg over tho Buf falo, Rochester nnd Pittsburg nnd the Beech Creek lines. It Is possible that formal announce ment to this effect may be made to morrow by President Baer of the Read ing road. m MURDERERS SENTENCED, Grether to Bo Hanged nnd Aiello to Get Twenty Years, By Ktilushe Wire from The Associated Prew. Stroudsburg, Pa July 14. Chailes Grether and Benjamin Aiello, the mur derers und Juil-bieakers, were today sentenced, the former to bo hanged and the latter to twenty years' Imprison ment, Grether killed a constable, and Aiello shot tho man with whom he boarded. I..- Steamship Arrivals. By Kicluihe Wire front 'lhe Associated l'resi. New Yoik, July II. Anlvcd: Vador land, Antwerp; Luhu, Genoa unci Naples; Mthlapla, Glasgow, C'leaicd; Kaiser Wll helm der Grossc, Bremen via Plymouth and L'herbouig; RoMeiduni. Rotterdam. UlbiiiltuiAi lived: Uoheuzollcin, Now Yoik for Naples and Genoa, (and pi ot ced ed). Lizard Passed; Ptdani. Ncw Yoik for Rotterr'i INSPECTION PREPARATIONS Ttieu Kept the Members oT the Thirteenth Drillinn and Tollllnrj Under yesterday's Sun. THE ARRIVAL OP GOVERNOR STONE It Wa3 tho Feature of tho Day in Cnmp Greeted by a Salute of Fif teen Guns Fired by Battery B Tho Governor, Accompanied by Major General Miller N and Staff, Bodo Through the Camp, Escorted by tho Governor's Troop The Third Bri gade Will Be Inspected Today. Special from a Staff Correspondent. Camp Meade, Gettysburg, July 14. The sun's rays shone llncly today, and beat down with cruel, relentless vigor ,upon the tired soldier boys In dusty .khaki, who spent two long houis drill ing In the morning and thiee more In MAJOR FILH" ltOBLING. . Commander of tho Second Battalion of the Thirteenth. difTIeiilt regimental evolutions this af J;etnbonr,lp preparatlpn for. .tomorrow morning's' 'regimental Inspection This routine work of guard mount and dress parade were also gone through, nnd It was a thoroughly tired out command which rested tonight In tho company street. It was the warmest day up to date, of the encampment, and a. number of men were ptostratcd by the hea.t. Cor poiul Fred Brock, of Company F, sprained his ankle at this afternoon's drill on Seminary ridge. Private Har old Nichalls, of Company K, of tho Ninth regiment, who Is seriously 111 with appendicitis, was remo'ved to his homo In Wllkos-Barre. The feature of the camp todayw'as the arrival of Governor Stone, who will rjmuln rerc for tho rest of the, week. The weather was very warm', but the soldiers stood it well. The governor wus met at tho railroad station in the town by Adjutant General Stewart and Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, assistant adjutant general of the division, Tho escort of honor consisted of the four troops of cavalry, under command of Captain Jones, of the Sheridan troop. Accompanying the governor , were his secretary, Mrs. Stone, Miss Jean Stone, Miss Watson, of WllliamspqVt, and Mrs. 13. C. Gerwig. The governor's party leached his headquarters at 11 o'clock and was saluted by Battery B, with fifteen guns. Later, the governor, accompanied by Major General Miller and staff, rode through the camp, escorted by the gov- CAPTAIN J, W. KAMHKCK, Of Company 11. Senior Captain of tho Thhteenth. ernor's troop, under command of Cap tain Ott, Some Idea of the size of the camp may be gained by the fact that It took the party two hours to ride through the camps of the First and Second brlgudes. Tho commander In chief Inspected the .Third brigade dur ing the afternoon. The troops were nt quarters and tho party was cheered by tho soldiers as It tode tlnough the grounds. Colonel Llndsey and Colonel Louis Wntres were drilling the Thirteenth when the cavalcade passed through the camp, after having (list visited General Gobln at his headquarters. Tho vlsl tois stopped at tho regiment's camp only long enough to partake of refresh ments, offered by Captain F. M, Vand lllig. Tho governor was greatly pleaded with the appearance of tho men and the camp, The Inspection of the books and papers of the three bilnudes was begun today, Tho Fiist and Second weio examined uprt the Thjrd will undergo examination tomorrow. Tho camp Is unusually healthy, only sixty out of the 0,200 men needing the atten tion of the hospltnl coips. There nre only 113 men .absent without leave, which Is considered a low average, C. Bow Dougherty has been re-elected colonel of the Ninth regiment for an other term of five years. "Governor's day" will probably he Friday. Secretary of War Root and Adjutant General Corbln nro expected to visit the camp on Friday. The sec retary will be tendered a review. Tho six bands of the brigade hnd a di lit today and the hospital corps of tho Third brigade were afforded a chance to witness a drill of tho United States army corps now In cnmp, which leaves for the Philippines July 23. Tho corps conducted a drill on tho division grounds. Lieutenant Colonel Barker, of the Twelfth regiment, was division officer of tho day. Major C. J. S. Miller was division staff officer of tho day; Major W. D. Mlshlcr, of the Fourth, was brigade officer of tho day, und Captnln Blgelow, of E, was regimental officer of 'the day. Leon M. Levy. BACKTOWORK IN FATAL MINE State Geologist Thinks Mar tinique Explosion 'May Have Caused Trouble. By Inclusive Wire from The Associated Presi. Johnstown, Pa., July 14. Operations today wore started In every section of the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel company except the. Klondike, where the futul explosion of Thursday occurred. Thp Inquest will probably not be held before next Thursday. No more bodies were brought out or have been discov ered nnd the mine has apparently heen explored fully. Nevertheless, some miners say that many bodies will Mill be found therein. Tho officials at the mine office .say that the onlv place where- any bodies may bo found hereafter is in the aban doned workings, where some of the men might have run in trjlng to escape from the explosion. Thp tiacks In some places arc still covered with rubbish, and It is possible that sonic bodies may be found under that when it lias been cleaned no. "With the resumption of work in the mlno today following the burial of all but a few of thu dead yesterday, the Intense strain has relaxed, excitement Is dying out and everyday affuirs arc beginning to resume their normal course. Harrisburg, July -14. Colonel 'Henry C- Demmlng, of this city, acting state geologist, hus written a letter to Mine Inspector Evans at Johnstown, sug gesting that' the apparent uplifting of a part of tho state of Pennsylvania, caused by the recent earthquakes in Martinique and other islands of the West Indies, may possibly have been the direct or remote cause of the catas trophe at the Rolling Mill mine. Colonel Demmlng has also written to Charles D. Wolcott, director of tho United States geological survey at Washington, D. C, calling attention to several rifts of earth and rock that have been found In Pennsylvania since he made his report in June, also to the record of the mercurial barometers In the United States weather bureau at Harrisburg that In May and Juno this city and vicinity had been uplifted nearly seven feet, Up to midnight, no additional bodies have been discovered in the Klondike mine, although parties havo sj-ircehd all of the several headings for unfor tunates. Superintendent Robinson sayo tho only place where dead men might be found now would be In some aban doned part of the mine, whore the miners, In their desperation, might have strayed. In addition to the mineis who went Into the Mill mine this morning, 330 more started to work this evening, and by morning the full complement of men will probably resume their labors. RECORD SMASHED AT GR0SSE P0INTE Hamlin's Direct Hal Wins First Heat of the Chamber of Commerce $5,000 Stake in 2.06 3-4. By Kichuhf Wire trom The Associated Preji. Detroit, Mich.. July 14. C. J. Ham lin's splendid black pacer Direct Hal, With Driver Ed. Geers In the sulky, made the opening of the Detiolt Driv ing club's blue ribbon meeting at Grosso Polnte this afternoon meiuor able by winning the first heat of tho Chamber of Commerce S5.000 stake In the record time of 2.06. This Is n world's record for the first winning heat of a green hoi so. He took tho second hent In 2.0S1.. A severe thunder storm Hooded tho track after two heats In both the Chamber of Commerce stake and tho 2.1B trot had been driven, and necessitated putting tho finish of these two events and the 2.19 Hot nnd 2.07 pace over until tomorrow. . i ' i MORE TROOPS FOR MINDANAO. Gen. Chaffee Sends Battalion as Pre cautionary Measure. By Exclusive Wire (rem The Assouated l'resi. Manila, July II. General Charfco 1ms ordered a battalion of th", Eleventh In fantry to tho island of MlnUuimo, to strcgnthon tho huso of tho -. Luke Lauuu opciatlons. No activity Is contemplated. Tho movement Is piocautlnnary. Tho situation In Mindanao has not changed. Peary Relief Ship Starts. By Kxduslve Ire fiom 'lhe Associated I'ritu, New York, July II The Peniy icllcf ship AVIudwaid Mulshed loudlug her sup piles late this afternoon uud sailed away. Shu passed imui untitle at 7.10 p. in. Tho Windward wjll go dliect to Syliu-y, C, H., whcio she will tdku on coal uud thtn head for tho Arctic, legion. Mis. Peary and her daughter will 'join the bIiIp' ut 8yd- . ' , DARING HOLD-UP OF WO GRANDE TRAIN A. 0. H. CONVENTION. Flvo Hundred Delegates Expected to Attend This Biennial Event. By Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated Vteii. Denver, July 14. Tho work of the forty-second biennial convention of tho Ancient Otdcr of Hibernians began to day with a mooting of the nntiunal ex ecutive committee and board of dlrec tois. Five hundred dclegntcs are ex pected when tho convention opens to inoi row. Tho national officers deny that politics will be Injected into the deliberations. It wns announced that the Ladles' auxiliary will ask to be given a separ ate Independent organization nnd to bo recognized ar one of tho branches of tho order. In view of the fact that many members Insist that such action would afford a bad precedent and would entitle tho Irish League, tho Clan Na Gael, the Gaelic League and a number of other organizations to be given the same privileges, tho directors agreed that .i paragraph advising con pi'i'vatlsm shall be Inserted In President Kontlns's report. Resolutions denouncing tho Boor war n? the most unjust conflict of modern times and a saciilice to the ambitions' of statesmen were Incorporated Into' tho report, Tho national directors refused to take up the cause of Father Hcnneberry, who has brcn deposed from tho faculty of the Roman Catholic university nt ashlngiot., ftnd who has asserted that the fund furnished by the Hibernians to support a chair for teaching Gaellu nt the university was being Impropoily used. A tight will bo made on behalf of Fujther Ilonncberry In the conven tion. TAFT INSTRUCTED TO STAND FIRM The President Stands by tho Secre taiy of "War's Demand That Phil ippine Friars Eo Withdrawn. By Exclushe W(je from The Associated PrrM. Washington, July 11. It was learned hero today that the reply of Secretary Root to tho dispatch of Governor Taft has already been cabled to Rome. It Is In the nature of instructions as to what rejoinder shall he made to tho, Vatican in answer to its first general reply to Governor Taft. Those Instruc tions to Governor Taft we're prepared before Secretary Root left Washington, but were 'deemed of such importance thut submission to the president was thought desirable. The position of the United States is unchanged and the in structions of Secretary itoot, issued be fore Governor Taft went to Rome, arc adhered to In everv essential. The Important point of these instruc tions were that the friars should be withdrawn and upon this question tho administration remains Arm. The' re joinder is a diplomatic document and couched in such language that there will be a continuation of the negotia tions. FIGHT TO A FINISH. Freight Handlers Will Make No Con cession, and Railway Men Are Equally Firm. By Exclush e Wire from Tho Associated Press. Chicago, July 14. While tho whole sale business of this city is almost com pletely paralyzed and while Its business men aie suffering u loss of $1,000,000 per day, tho striking freight handlers and the railways are In a deadlock, and announce their determination to light to the finish over the question of one half a cent per hour per man, or a total of about $300 for every twenty-four hours, this sum being divided on one sldo between twenty-four railways and on the other between 10,000 men. The situation tonight is moro serious than at any time since the commence ment of the trouble, and at no time since the wulk-out have the points at issuo been so obstinately maintained, Threa times today the freight handlers sent committees to meet the general managers, and three times they came back without result. The committee thut went to the Mil waukee and St. 'Paul road came back bearing the Information that they had been tefused admission, and that their former employers claimed that they had all the men necessary In their business, and that hereafter no depu tations would he received from em ployes who had gone on strike. The officials of tho road declared later that they would maintain this position. After this had been discussed at the headquarters of the strikers, President Curran announced that the light was on to a finish, nnd that hereafter when the railways had any overtures to muko or wished to do any business with their employes, they would be compelled to transact such business through the offi cers of the freight handlers' union. A meeting of n majority of tho pro duce commission men of South Water was held today and It was decided, be cause of tho freight handlers' strike, which Is ruining their business, an ef fort should bo made tomorrow by the commission men to haul their own freight from the railway yuids. Feur lug tho geneial tumult In the down town streets, buch as followed tho moving of meat In the. recent teamsters' stilke, the commission men called upon Mayor Harrison und Chief of Pollco O'Neill and wcro assured that pollco protection would ho given them. New Telephone Company, By Kiclushe Wire from The Associated I'rcu. Harrisburg, July 14. A charter wus Is sued at the state department today to tho Tiuikhannock and Wyoming Valley Telephone company, Ccntremorcland, Wy oming county; capital, $2,000 In Broad Daulfoht Four Mask. Robbers Rifle Express Sail and Passenaers. MANY TOURISTS THREW MONEY AWAY The Placo Was Chester, Colorado, 250 Miles West of Denver, nnd the Pas sengers Were Lined Up Along the Banks of a Canyon Before the Robbers Could Get to All of Them, Many Tossed Valuables Into the Ravine Sheriff's Posses In Hotr Pursuit. ( By Kiclmhc Wire from The Associated Tres. Sullda, Col., July 14. The Denvei and Rio Grande nnrrow-.gaugo passen ger train, which left Denver late last' night, was held up und robbed today by several men. The robbery occurred nt S.50 o'clock today at Chester, Col., 250 miles west o' Denver. The engineer was compelled at ths point of a levolvcr to stop the train bj masked men, who' had climbed over th tendpr. ' Two safes In tho express car weri blown open, but it Is asserted by offi cers of the Rio Grande .Express com pany that tho robbers failed tp secure any plunder from the safes. The passengers were compelled to alight from the cars and line up along side the tracks In the canyon, nnd the; were relieved of all their money and valuables. Many of tho passengers threw away their money, watches and jewelry among the rocks before the robber? searched them. There were many our ists among the passengers, and while it is not known how much the robbcto secured, it Is presumed that the losses were heavy, ' The train-was the westbound .narrow.-, gauge passenger. The cars, as usual - at this season, were all filled". Thero were four robbers. The scene of the robbery Is In a wild, mountainous country at the foot ol Marshall pass on the 'west slope. The bandits mounted horses and dis appeared In the ravines that lead Into Marshall pass. The sheriff at Sallda and sheriffs of adjoining counties an7 a dozen posses are In pursuit. FAMOUS TOWER FALLS. The Historic Campanile of St. Mark's, Venice, Collapses Suddenly. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated Prees. Venice, Italy, uly 14. Tho Campanlla (detached bell tower) of St. Mark's church, ninety-eight metres high, col lapsed this morning and fell with a great crash Into tho piazza. Tho cathedral and palace of the Doges are quite, safe, but a corner of tho royal palaco was damaged. Repairs on tho Campanilo were to havo been begun today. It Is fcaied thcro was somo loss of life. Tho ruins are sur rounded by a cordon of troops. When tho disaster was comprehended, Venetians wero scon In tho streets be moaning tho destruction of one of tho oldest nit treasures In tho kingdom. Four of Sansovinos statues of Venetian nobles wcro demolished In tho sansovino logget tu, while a beautiful example of a Paul Veronez painting wns destroyed In tho palace. Tho wing of nn nugol from, tho top of the bell tower was thrown down to tho fiont door of tho cathedral, smash ing the bando column, which was hurled thlrty-flvo feet, just escaping the column suppoitlng tho south angle of the cathe dral and thus averting a more serious, dis aster. The fall of tho tower produced a thick red dust whlcch spread llko a hanging cloud over tho city. Tills with tho iiimb ling volcanic noise, startled tho Inhabit ants of tho most remote sububrs, Thou- . sands of soldiers and pollco aided In al laying tho panic. It Is expected that a subscription will bo uilsed at tho meeting of tho city council tonight to duplicate the oiiglnal tower. CHAFFEE'S REPORT ON WALLER. Arrival of the Printed Record of the the Manila Court-Martini. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated I'ren. Waslngtoii, July 14. Tho Incoming' Phil ippine mall brings tho full pijjitod rccoid of pioccedlngs in the court-martial cases , of Major Lyttleton, W. T. Waller and Lieutenant John Horace Arthur Day, of tho Marino corps growing out of tli( killing of somo native bearers, or curgu dorcs, In Samar, Tho record shows that Mujor Wuller was acquitted of the charge of murder, but that General Chaffee, fle, dared that "there has been a miscarriage ' of justice In this caso," disapproves tho tindtng nnd acquittal, with the exception that whllo Waller should not have heed found guilty of murder, tho court should havo Included a lessor offense, Gonoial Chaffee's indorsement Is very stiong. YESTERDAY'S WEATHEB. " Local data for July 14," 1002; , ,ef' Highest tempciature , ,, 88 degrees Lowest temperutuio ,,, 5S degrees Relative humidity: s a, in. ......,.,....,,,.,,,,, 73 per cent. s p. m , .,,-- ,,.- "i Per cent. Precipitation, 24 hours ended p. m., nono. ' V 4- 1 f .4- f WEATHER FORECAST. -f -r Washington, July 11. 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