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SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1902.
TWELVE PAGES TWO GIANTS.
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STRIKE CONFERENCE
AT
Governor Stone, Senator Fllnn
President Mitchell, and Others
Discuss the Issues.
THE COAL OPERATORS
WERE NOT CONSULTED
Attorney General Elkin Invited to
Take Fart in the Conference, but
"Receives Word Too Late to Be Able
to Beach Harrisburg in Time.
Mr. Mitchell Received at. the Sta
tion by Col. W. F. Richardson.
ty Exclushe Wire from The Associated Picm.
Harrisburg, Sept. 13. A conference
was hold at the state executive man
sion this morning between Governor
Stone, Senator William Fllnn and M.
K. McMullin, of Pittsburg; President
Mitchell and District Presidents Duffy
Ftthy and Nlcholls, of the United
Mine Workers, for-the purpose of dis
cussing means of settling the anthra
cite coal strike. The conference was
hold at the suggestion of the governor.
1 who has devised a plan by which he
hopes to effect a settlement between
the operators and mlneis without the
necessity of an, extra session of the
legislature for the enactment of arbl
tiatlon legislation.
The governor declined to outline his
plan in advance of the conference, and
none of the other parties to It would
make any stntement until ufter they
bad seen die executive and heard his
suggestions for ending the strike. This
conference did not begin until long af
ter midnight, owing to the late hour
ut which Mlitchell and his associates
arrived In Hanlsburg, they having
come from Philadelphia at midnight.
The governor orlglnnlly arranged for
tt meeting later In the day with Mit
chell, but the strike lender hod an im
portant, engagement at WUkes-Bnrre
"s nipst. be niieu, ainiiie..a.aK.pfJ. i niu.uw-v-lncludlrrblni-k plate' and other
the soveffioT-Tneer-tiim s"oon after7 mid
night, nnd the executive most eheer-
fullj Complied with his request. Sena
tor Fllnn, ahlde from his political
prominence In Pennsylvania, is one of
the largest individual employers of la
bor In the state, and he has
never had a strike. Mr. McMullin
is at the head of the Ameri
can Window Glass company. Attorney
General Elkin, who Is at his home In
Indiana, was invited by the governor
to attend the conference, but he re
ceived the word too late to reach here
In time to be present.
President Mitchell arrived here at
1.35 o'clock. Ho was met at the Penn
sylanlu railroad station by Colonel W.
F. Richardson, keeper of the state ar
eenal and assistant quartermaster gen
eral of the National Guard. Mr. Mit
chell was immediately crtven to the ex
ecutive mansion In the governor's pri
vate carriage. The miners' chief said
ho did not know what the governor
wanted him for. lie was Invited here
for a conference, and accepted the In
vitation. He said lie bad no proposi
tion to make to Governor Stone or any
one else.
District Presidents Duffy and Fahy
arrived at 3.30 o'clock, and then the
entire party sat down to lunch in the
dining room of the executive mansion.
At the same time Senator Fllnn, for
the governor, anonunced to the waiting
newspaper correspondents in the parlor
that nothing wuuld be given out beforo
1. 13. It Is evident the party hud been
waiting on the two district presidents,
and that the matter on which President
Mitchell was sent for had not been dis
cussed up to 3.30.
CAR STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Secretary Conway States Work Was
Necessary to Preserve the Union.
By liulush? Wiie (mm The As'ociated Press.
Philadelphia, Sept. 12. The strike at
the J. G, nrlll cur works has been de
clared olf, after thirteen weeks' dura
tion. The men struck because twenty
two men had been discharged, and the
employes claimed the discharges were
made because the men wero unionists.
More than 1,200 employes refused to
continue at work unless the discharged
men wcio reinstated. The strike, how
ever, was declared off without any con
cessions on the part of the company,
Frank A. Conway, secretary of the
local branch of the International As
sociation of Car Workers, said tin?
strikers were not llnanclully supported
by the nutlonul officials, and It was
deemed necessary to end the strike In
order to preserve the organization.
Killed by Inhaling Paris Qreen,
By Cxeluslte Wire from The Associated Press.
Paris, Tex., Sept. 12. Seven persons aro
leported dead In the Klamtla Indian lev
Utory, from Inhaling pails green which
had been applied to worm-Infested cot
ton plant". Owing to tliu dry weather It
Is supposed the poison In the form of u
dust was uusoibed by tho victims four
men and three women who were at work
In the Hold,
Steamship Arrivals.
By exclusive Wire (roin The Associated Press.
New York. Sept. 12. Arilvcd: l.a Lor.
lalne, Havre; Philadelphia, Southampton
and Cherbourg, Cleared: Campania, i.lv.
orpool; Alloc, Genoa and Nuples; Pots
dam, via Boulogne; Furpessla, Glasgow;
Vaderland, Antwerp. Boulogne Bur Mor
Sailed: rtotterdam (from Rotteidam),
Now York. Southampton Suited; Ken
sington. New York. Cherbourg Sailed:
Columbia, from Hamburg and Southamp
ton. New York,
HARfSBURG
MP.F.TT '.,
F THE FIREMEN.
ri
Proceeding;'!
the Brotherhood at
tanooga.
Ily i:clu-lve vlJ
The Associated I'reas.
Chattanoogt
Jin., Sept. 12. At the
morning sessi
the Brotherhood of
Firemen, fruUltSn greetings were re
ceived from thU$jWnutlonul Union of
Steam Englnet'ln convention at
Pittsburg. At the morning session of
the ladles' society, Mrs. Emma Ford,
chairman of the salaries commltee,
recommended that the salaries of grand
president und grand secretary be In
creased to $800 per year. The society
created the office of editress of the B.
L. F. magazine, and a board of local
and grand examiners for the society.
Mrs. Maude E. Moore, of Stratford,
Ont., chairman of insurance commit
tee, recommended that the members'
insurance policies be Increased from
$200 to $400.
The committee on appeals reported
action In the case of a former member
of the Brotherhood who is an employe
of the Boston and Maine railway.
Grand Master Sargent had investigated
the charges against this member and
had expelled htm. The matter was
brought before the board of appeals,
and aftej; Investigating the case thor
oughly the board reported to the con
vention sustaining the action of the
grand master. A motion to adopt the
committee's report prevailed.
The committee on beneficiary claims
reported the results of investigation
Into the claim of John Tatum, of Lodge
No. 201, who has been permanently dis
abled by an ailment not provided for
In the insurance clauses. The commit
tee reported that his claims were not
legal according to the constitution. As
Is the general custom in such cases, the
convention donated the disabled mpin
ber an appropriation of $.'00, which ap
propriation will be met by a general
assessment.
OUR IRON INTERESTS.
Pennsylvania's Production as Shown
by Report of Chief Clark.
11 i:iln-he Win- from The U-0( Litci! I'rmw.
Ilariisburg, Sept. 12. The advance
sheets of the forthcoming annual re
port of James M. Clark, chief of the
state bureau of Industrial statistics for
the year 1901 that Pennsylvania pro
duced l,406,r32 gross tons of steel rails
during the year. The production of
rriae-nnrj sheets ' was i.S90.503" irfriss-
sheets made by the tin works, which
Is practically the same production dur
ing the year 1900. The production of
cut nails and cut spikes for 1901 was
37,319 gross tons. Other rolled products
for 1901, Including structural shapes,'
bar and rods, billets, etc., amounted to
5,(i33,9."4 gros tons.
There Is an Increase over 1900 of 1,
063,913 gross tons of Iron steel rolled
infto finished form and 109 per cent,
over 18. The value of the entire pro
duction of 1901 of the S.GCS,337 gross
tons of rolled Iron and steel, not in
cluding' the production of the tin plate
works, was $29S,2S4,259.
The number of workmen employed
was 8fi,0S6, and they were paid wages
aggiegatlng $33,334,787. The average
yearly earnings, skilled and unskilled,
was $619.53, and the uverage dally wage
was $2.21.
Allegheny leads In productions with
r.,093,G08 tons: Dauuhlu follows with
137,98." tons, and Cambria is third, with
443,'05 tons.
Allegheny produces, nearly 59 per cent,
of the entire production of the state.
RACES AT STATE FAIR.
Events Witnessed by Twenty Thous
and People.
By Hxelushe Wirt from The Associate J 1'res.
Hethlehem, Pa., Sept. 12. The fa
vorites won four of the five races that
were on today's card at the state fair
In the unprecedented average time of a
shade better than 2.13, which is a new
half mile track mark for fifteen heats
in a single afternoon. Twenty thou
sand people, including ten thousand
school children, who were admitted
free, crowded the grounds. Summary:
2.12 trot; purse, Juoo.
Slllglo K
Bcldla
Meadow Hell
Time, 2.1 IK, 2.11',,. 2,11.
2,10 pace; Hethlehem stake, $1,000.
Curtis 4
Viola Allen 1
King Willis i 3
Shadcland D 'j
Revo u
Mattle Reck 5
Time, 2.134, 2.1415, 2.1CU. 2,17,
2.03 pace; purse, $000.
Kfllo Powers ,
Frank
Mcrva Palclien ,
Gentry ...... .,
Alice Holmes v.
Time. 2.10'i. 2.11'i. 2.09'i.
1 1 1
i i
3 3 3
1 1 1
2 2 3
3 3 2
t 5 3
5 4 5
(i dls.
1 1
2 !
5 2
3 r
4 4
2,40 trot; Directors stake, $1,000.
Mike R ,. .,..,., 1 1 1
Postmat-'tcr 2 2 2
I.aclue .Miliar 1 ,,, , 3 3 3
King .ono ,,,,,,,,,.,, dls,
Lizzie O. Ntrr dls.
Time, 2.22',4, 2.2014, 2.20'i,
2.12 pace; purse, $000 (unfinished),
Gypsy ned .,., ,, 1 3
Oiiy Tied 2 1
'"ml M 3 2
Clothe , ,,.,,, 4 I
Cole , , ,.,, G b
Time, 2,11, 2.12',4.
LIQUID FUEL EXPERIMENTS,
The Kensington Will Test a Number
of Oil Burning Furnaces,
Hy Kuhulve Wire from The AssociuteJ 1'iess.
London, Sopt. 12. Tho results of the ox.
peilments with liquid fuel on tho Ameri
can line steamer Kensington, which
sailed fi oin, Southampton for New York
today, itie awaited with keen interest In
shipping eltcles 'here.
The Kensington, which has been under,
going an exteiiblvo overhauling at New
castlo, ihiRlund, has a number of oil
burning furnaces installed on board of
her us un expetlment. She has a suf,
flcient number of tho old type furnaces,
bo us to enable her to poit should tho
oil furnaces prove a rallurw.
I
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Observance of the Anniversary of
His Death Tomorrow.
By Exclusive Wire from The Anoclated Press.
Baltimore, flept. 12. Cardinal Gib
bons Issued today the following circu
lar to the clergy of the diocese:
"Next Sunday, September 14, will bo
the first anniversary of the sudden tind
untimely death of President McKlnley.
We nil remember how the nation was
bowed down with sorrow by this Bad
and unlooked for event. It Is eminent
ly proper thut we should In some ap
propriate manner renew our affection
for the chief executive of the nation
and emphasize our abhorrence of his
assassination.
"You are, therefore, Invited on next
Sunday to commemorate the occasion
In the wuy which, In your judgment, Is
best calculated to testify our admir
ation for the civil virtues which adorned
the life of our late president."
Des Moines. Iown. Sent. 12. Govprnnr
fcummins today Issued a proclamation
calling upon the people of Iowa to hold
spectul memorial services next Sunday,
upon the anniversary of President Mc
Klnlev's death.
THERE IS NO CONFLICT.
Governor Stone Pleased That Quay Is
Endeavoring to Settle Coal Strike.
By Kxchwhc Wire Irnm The Associated Press.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 12. Governor
Stone said this afternoon that there
was no conflict between hhn and Sen
ator Quay In' attempting to settle the
coal strike. He said:
"Peitalnly not. I am glad to see that
Senator Quay Is moving in the matter.
Kvery one ought to do all that he can
to help on a settlement."
ST. LOUIS
BRIBERY CASE
The Grand Jury Spends the
Day Examining Wit
nesses. H i:clinhe Wire (10m The Associated l'ret-s.
St. Louis, Sept. 12. The grand' jury
spent the day examining witnesses sup
posed to know something about the
operations of the Municipal ussembly
that passed the city lighting bill, for
which $47,500 Is said to have been paid
to members of the house combine, and
another large sum to others.
Former Delegate Tamblyn, who at
tempted.wRljout success, to turn -state's
evidence yesterday, was examined at
length,, us was also.Edgar'Mepham, a
former delegate. Ueforp. going into, the
grand Jury room, Mi'. Mepham ex
pressed his willingness to tell all he
knew. Several other minor witnesses
also were examined.
Delegate Charles F. 'Kelly, who has
been missing from his usual haunts
since his Indictment on several counts
charging bribery and perjury, has not
been urrested, but Circuit Attorney
Folk believes he will have that Import
ant witness to present to the grand
Jury tomorrow. After the adjournment
of the grand jury today, Adolph Wnll-
ner, proprietor of the Sheridan house,
called on Mr. Folk and announced he
could deliver Mr. Kelly If allowed to go
on his bond. Kelly has been definitely
named by J. K. Murrell as the man
who received and distributed the $47,
500 for the passage of the city lighting
bill. No one In the combine but Kelly,
so Murrell says, can give the informa
tion as to who supplied the money for
the big corruption deal. It is through
his testimony that Circuit Attorney
Folk hopes to secure the indictment of
some of the principal bribe-givers, who
are reputed to be men or wealth and
standing in the community. A reward
of $700 was offered today for the ap
prehension of Kellv.
A despatch from Jefferson City this
evening says:
"Judge Chester H. Krum, of St.
Louis secured an order from Judge
Gant this afternoon directing theherlff
of St. Louis city to appear befote Gant
In chambers here next Monday and
show by what authority he Is holding
John Helms, Charles A, Gutke, W. M,
Tamblyn, Otto Schumacher and J. II,
Schnettler on warunts charging them
with boodllng,
"Judge Kdiuu represented to Judge
Gant thn,t the warrant under which
these men are held are void upon their
face and urged that the men be re
leased by habeas corpus.
"At the hearing next Monday morning
Judge Gant will determine whether or
not the prisoners should be released on
writs of habeas corpus, Judge Krum
contends that there Is no law authoriz
ing the Issuance of warants for these
men,"
Circuit Attorney Folk announced that
he would go to Jefferson City on Mon
day and jepresent the sheriff In the
proceedings before the supreme court.
He sold ho had no fear that the writ
asked for would be granted.
BOIESY BRYANT HANGED.
Daughter of His Victim Cuts Body of
the Murderer Down.
By Exclushe Wire from The Associated Press.
Nashville. Ga., Sept. 12. Ilolesy liryont
wus hanged here today for tho mauler of
Town Marshal Hynds. Mrs. Etta llynds
Purker, daughter of the murdered of
ficer, watched the execution from the
scaffold trap. As soon us llryant was
pronounced dead, Mrs. Parker, with her
father's knife, cut the body of the mur
derer down,
Bryant shot and killed Hynds In Ado),
Ga,, when the latter wus about to arrest
him on u misdemeanor charge.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
By Inclusive Wire train The .Undated Press.
Phoenlxvllle, Pa.. Sept. 12-John II. Mil.
ler, propiletor and publisher of the Dully
nepubllcan, Is dead at his homo here uf
ter u bilef Illness. Death lesulted from
tumor on tho brain. He was 31 yeais of
uge, und was prominent In Masonic cir
cles. Washington. Sept, 12. A private tele
gram received here this ufternoon an
nounces tho deathsat Hatopus, Mexico, to.
day. 'of Alexander It. Shephcid. former
tcrr,loiJa governor of tho Dlsttlct of
Columbia
IS AGAINST
COMPULSORY
ARBITRATION
Mr. Mitchell's Statement Before
the Allied Labor Societies
oT Philadelphia.
BIG PURSE FROM THE
W0RKINGMEN RECEIVED
Mr. Mitchell Deplores Lawlessness in
the Coal Fields He Characterizes
Most of the Special Policemen as
"Thugs" and Criminals Denies
the Statement Made by ex-Mayor
Abram S. Hewitt and Claims That
Mr. Hewitt Is No Friend of Labor.
Hy Kvchnive Wire from The Associated 1'rens.
Philadelphia. Sept. 12. President
John Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers of America, came here tonight
and was presented with about $3,000 by
the organized workmen of this city for
the benefit of the striking mine work
ers. The presentation took place ut a
Joint mass meeting of the United
Trades association, the allied building
trades and the Central Labor union
held at Labor Lyceum hall. The money
was gathered by these organizations
through house-to-house collections, jurs
placed on street corners and other
places and proceeds from picnics. The
miners' chief arrived at the hall from
AVilkes-Barre at 9.20 o'clock and was
given an enthusiastic reception by the
great crowd within the building. After
the relief money had been formally pre
sented to him Mr. Mitchell made a
short address. He thanked the donors
on behalf of the "great army of men,
women and children who are making a
great struggle for living wages." He
said the mine workers' fight was a fight
for fair treatment from the employers.
The spokesman of the operators, he
continued, contended tney are making
a fight for individual llberay and a
principle, but Mr. Mitchell claimed the
operators are battling to give wages
satisfactory only to the coal trust. He
said the strikers are just as firm today
as they were four months ago. If the
strike were to be lost, which, he said,
is not likely, it would not mean disinte
gration of organized labor, but it would
be a shock which would be seriously
felt.
President Mitchell said It was difficult
to keep the peace among such a great
army of men who are struggling for
living wages, but the miners,, he
thought, were keeping within the law
as best they can. The coal operators,
he said, have characterized the miners'
union as an "Irresponsible nnd lawless-
.body." He admitted there had been
some lawlessness, but "of the six per
sons killed In the coal fields since the
strike was started, three were murdered
by the coal and Iron policemen." No
one deplored lawlessness more than he
did, even though committed by his own
brother. He characterized most of the
special policemen as "criminals and
thugs."
Against Compulsory Arbitration.
Continuing the miners president
said:
"Governor Stone Is contemplating an
extra session of the Pennsylvania legis
lature for the purpose of having en
acted a compulsory arbitration law.
The miners are willing to arbitrate, but
they are not willing to have compulsory
arbitration. They ore not willing to
enslave the workmen of Pennsylvania
In order to get out of their own difficul
ty. It has been tho Invariable rule for
workmen throughout the country to
abide by the decision of arbitration
boards and also the rule for organized
workmen to stand by their contracts."
Mr. Mitchell referred to the recent
public statement of ex-Mayor Abram
S. Hewitt, of New York city, in which
he said Mr. Mitchell was responsible
for the anthracite strike and that ho
had ordered the bituminous miners to
quit work but they had refused, Mr,
Mitchell dented these statements and
ulso refuted Mr. Hewitt's claim that
he has been a friend of labor. Mr.
Hewitt, he said, Is a director In tho
F.rle railroad and a director In a very
large coal company,
"All of the men In the employ of
Mr. Hewitt In West Virginia," Mr.
Mitchell said, "are on strike although
he never told that to the public,"
Mr. Mitchell pictured the young and
frail children going to the mines and
factories, when they ought to be In the
schools where they could receive an
education and become good citizens of
their country. He nsked the citizens
of Philadelphia to further assist the
strikers, ,.1
"We cannot win the strike nlone," lie
said, "but with the help of the trades
unions of the country victory will be
ours, This Is the struggle of our time
nnd it Is tho duty of every organized
workman In tho country to do what
he can for our success."
President Mitchell left shortly after
U o'clock tonight for Hnrrlsburg where
he will have a conference with Gover
nor Stone upon his arrival at the state
capital.
I
Coal Combine in England. H
By Kxcliishe Wire from The Associated Press.
London, Sept. 12. The Evening News of
this' city tays a syndicate with a capital
of $30,000,000 is bvilug organized by tho
"coal combine" which proposes to pur
chase tho Fife und Clydo comrjanles
mines,
For Governor of Colorado.
By Inclusive Wire from The Associated l'reis.
Denver, Sept. 12. Jumes II. Pcubody,
of Fremont county, was nominated for
governor and Franklin K. Urooks, of El
Pubo county, -was nominated for congtess-muifuM.u-go
by tho Uopubllcan state
convention today
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.
Greater Than at Any Recent Date,
According to Dun's Review.
By Exclusive Wire from The Associated l'reis.
New York, Sept. 12. 11. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say!
Industtlal ncttvlty Is gi eater that at
any recent date. Many new factories and
mills have been ndded to the productive
capacity, facilities me being Increased at
old plants, and Idle shops resumed
through tho settlement of labor contro
versies. A coke blockade still exists, tho
railways being unable to handle the out
put, willed is above all records, and In
ut gent request.
Although the weekly capacity of pig
Iron furnaces In blast on September 1
was reported as 333,189 tons by the Iron
Age, It has since been appreciably cur
tailed by the Inadequate supply of fuel,
on which account numerous furnaces
were blown out or nt least banked. Aa
consumptive requirements arc Increasing,
It Is necessary to place orders abroad
more extensively, nnd In some, cases tho
entire output of foreign plunts has been
secured. Not only raw mateiial but bil
lets nnd even rails are sought In other
markets, German mills offering the best
terms In most cases. Heavy Importations
have prevented further advance In quota
tions but domestic products have a ready
market for their output, contracts still
running far Into the future Rnllways
are In great need of new locomotives
and other equipment.
Low stocks of wheat and poor grading
of receipts, together with fears of frost In
corn sections sustained quotations when
a decline would have been imminent If
full confidence were placed in official re
turns of condition.
Failures for the week numbered 205 in
the United States against 193 last year
and 22 in Canada against 18 a year ago.
BIG BLAZE IN
( - OIL FIELDS
Numerous Storage Tanks De
stroyed and a Gusher
on Fire.
By Kxcliishe Wire from The Associated Press.
Beaumont, Tex., Sept. 12. It was dis
covered today that the fire in the Beau
mont oil field, which is still burning,
was caused by carelessness. A white
man, whose name has not yet been
learned, went Into the settling tank of
the Kelthward tract, on. Spindle Top,
with a lighted lantern and an explosion
followed. The man escaped with seri
ous burns, but a moment luter the tank
burst and blazing oil spread over the
Kelthward tract, which comprises ten
acres. Derricks were ignited and burned
like tinder.
The numerous small wood settling
tanks scattered over the tract weie
also burned.
A blazing ember floated 200 feet into
Higgins Oil and Fuel company's tunk.
This tank is built of steel and holds 3,
750 barrels of, oil. The oil was ignited
and is still burning. As soon as the
disaster was known in the city, hun
dreds of people went to the oil field,
but darkness and the dense smoke pre
vented any effective work before day
light. This morning the fire-fighters
were organized nnd with the work
which had been done during the night,
succeeded in confining the blaze to the
Kelthward tract, though other partB of
the field were frequently threatened.
While the destruction of the tanks en
tailed a great loss to individual com
panies, tlje real danger to the field was
not apparent until daylight.
It was then discovered that tho
Woods gusher was ablaze, the well
spoutingia column of burning oil and
gas more than 100 feet In the air.
Efforts of the flre-flghters are con
centrated on the burning gusher. Le
vees have been constructed to confine
the burning oil, and preparations are
now being made to smother out the
burning gusher with steam, as was
done In the Jennings field. It will take
several hours to complete these ar
rangements, but the general Impression
Is that steam will be sufficient.
The fire In the oil field has burned
Itself out and tonight there are only
four wells and two tanks burning. One
of the wells is a big gusher and It is
thought much trouble will be experi
enced In extinguishing It. The smaller
wells can be easily handled as the fire
is principally fed by gas.
The oil Is being drawn from the
tanks as rapidly us possible und they
will probably burn themselves out to
night. Preparations ure going forward in
the work of extinguishing the burning
wells and It Is now believed that nn
effort will be made toward that end
tomorrow.
The loss caused by the fire Is various
ly estimated. The lowest figures by
nny one competent to judge placo the
total loss nt ubout $75,000,
From this ranges up to $250,000. So
far as cun be ascertained about thirty
derricks were destroyed. The loss on
these was comparatively smull. Fif
teen tanks, some of them filled with oil
were burned out und they will have
to be repaired before they are again
serviceable. Several pumping plants
were put out of service and aj;e ren
dered useless and In this lies the
heaviest loss outside of the oil des
troyed. BANK ROBBERS OOT NOTHING.
Explosion Aroused the Citizens and
Thieves Fled for Safety.
By Kiclushe Wire from The Aasoclatcd Press.
Rome, N. V., Sept. 12.-Tho First Na.
tlonal IS.mlv ut Holland Patent was
broken Into this morning by t lit eo masked
burglars, who drove up to the building In
a rubber-tlred wagon,
Tho first door of the vault was blown
open by pltro.glyceilne. The explosion
aroused persons In the block, und the safe
bloweis weiu frightened uwuy befoiu they
got anything.
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Pennsylvania's Contribution, 1
Uy Kxclaslve Wire fiom The Associated Press.
Cunton, O., Sept. 12. Tho McKlnley
Memorial association has teeelved h
check for $15,000 fiom Thomas Uolun, who
Is looking after contributions from the
eastern half of Pennsylvania. 'J he don
ors, fifteen in number, urd Phlladcluhlans.
They requested that their 'names bo hold
fiom tho public.. Ho promises a check
for J15.0P0 more soon.
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
IS MENACED
MRS. STEWART IS KILLED.
Wife of the United States Senator
Victim of the Automobile.
By Kxclmlie Wire from The Associated Pre.s,
San Francisco, Sept. 12. Mrs William
M. Stewart, wife of the senior United
States senator from Nevada, was killed
today nt Alameda, Oil. Mrs. Stewart
was riding In nn automobile with
Henry Foote and a young man named
Taylor. Through an accident, the
machine ran Into a telegraph pole. Mrs.
Stewart was thrown against the pole
with great force and wus so seriously
injured that death soon followed. Her
home was at Washington, D, C.
Mrs. Stewart was enjoying a ride
with her nephew, Henry Foote, son of
W. W. Foote, an attorney, und H. H,
Taylor. They were going along Santa
Clara avenue in Alemeda county, Tay
lor guiding the machine and sending
It along at high speed. A vehicle ap
proached and Taylor s.werved the au
tomobile In 'order to avoid a collision.
At that moment he lost control of the
steering apparatus, or made a. miscal
culation. The automobile ran Into u
telegraph pole and the occupants were
thrown out. Mrs. Stewart struck on
her head and was carled In nn uncon
scious condition to a sanltalum in the
vicinity, where she soon died. Foote
and Taylor escaped with minor bruises.
Taylor Is a cousin of Frederick Bene
dict, who recently was crushed to
death under his automobile In New
York. Mrs. Stewart was visiting her
sister, Mrs. Louis Aldrlch, who lives
in San Francisco.
Washington, Sept. 12. Senator Stew
art nt present is ut the Hague in con
nection with the Plus fund arbitration
in which he has taken a deep interest.
The case Involves title to a large
amount of money claimed by the Ca
tholic church of lower California to be
held for It by the government of Mex
ico, it was due largely to the senator's
efforts that the claim was submitted
to the arbitration of the distinguished
European tribunal now engaged on
Its settlement. The senator and Mrs.
Stewart since the sale of their old home
on Dupont Circle, known as Stewart's
castle, to Senator Clark, of Montana,
and Its subsequent direction had lived
in the winter time in an old fashioned
residence on F street near the state,
war and navy department building.
In the summer they spent more or less
time nt Ashburn, a village In Virginia,
where the senator had established a
large dairy farm which he ran on
scientific principles. Of late years they
had not taken so much Interest In
social affairs as formerly.
SPILL AT BICYCLE RACES.
Bennie Monroe Receives Fatal In
juriesSeveral Others Hurt.
By Exduthe Wire from The Associated Press.
Baltimore, Sept. 12. Bennie Moroe
received probably fatal Injuries and
three other persons were more or less
seriously injured tonight by a spill at
the Coliseum, during a motor-paced bi
cycle race. The handle-bar of George
Leander's wheel loosened, as Jlmmie
Hunter, pacer of Monroe, was about
to pass Leander and his pacemaker.
Leander's wheel swerved, resulting In
the smashup of the wheels of Leander,
Monroe and Hunter. In the spill, Mon
roe was thrown Into the grand stand,
against Mrs. May Kirby.
Monroe's skull was fractured, and he
received injuries which physicians at
John Hopkins hospital hope may not
prove fatal.
, Hunter and Leander were cut and
bruised. Mrs. Kirby was thrown
against a post and received serious
fractures of the head.
AMERICAN INQUIRY FOR GOLD.
Situation Does Not Warrant London
Exports Yet, However.
Hy Kxcliishe Wire fiom The As-odaleil 1'iois.
London, Sept, 12. Regarding the re
ports of probable gold shipments to
the United States, the head of one of
the largest arbitrage houses in London
said today:
"There is considerable American In
qulry und a fair amount available re
export, while there Is about $1,500,000
uffoat from the Cape and other sources
which will soon be nvulluble, I do not
thing the situation In America Is
pressing enough to warrant nny great
export movement. The nominal pi ice
in the open market Is now about a
cent above the bank price.
"In the event of American competi
tion for the amount available, the price
Is sure to advance. America's Indebt
edness to Europe Is considerable. The
only object In sending gold to New
York Is to get advantage of the higher
Interest there. But, personally, I do
not think the stringency will continue
very long,"
NOMINATED TO SUCCEED
JUDOE PENNYPACKER.
Uy Kxeliwlve Wire from The Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Sept, l:-Nonls S. Bar.
rntt, first assistant district attorney and
a prominent member of the Philadelphia
bar, was today nomlnuted by the Itopub.
Hear, party to succeed Hutnuei W, Pen
nyp.icker as common pleas court Judge,
which position tho latter teslgned when
liomluatod for tho office of governor, Mr,
Bunntt's nomination will bo endorsed by
the Donincl atle party
"
President Appoints Piatt's Candidate
Hy ILwIiuivc Wire from The Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 11.'. The president
lias uppoluted Hepiesentatlve George W.
Bay. I'ulted Htiites dlsttlct judge of
northern New York, vice Alfred Cox, who
has been appointed United States district
Judge, Tho appointment settles a long
controversy, Mr, Buy was Senator Piatt's
cundldate,
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Tack O'Brien Wins.
Hy Exclusive Wire from The Associated Via.
Chicago, Sept. 12.-Phlludelphla Jack
O'Brien was given tho decision ovcr-Bllly
butt, or Chicago, at tho end of a warm
six-round contest here tonight,
The Revolutionists Are Now .Oper
ating Near the Lines of
the Railroads.
WARSHIPS ORDERED
TO SCENE OF TROUBLE
Commander Potter Cables That Re
ports of Insurgent Activity Have
Been Received in the City of
Panama Traffic Not Interrupted
Yet Our Warships Have Started.
Rear Admiral Silas Casey Will
Take Personal Command of the
Naval Forces.
Hy KxclmUe Win- limn The Aoclated l'ie.
Washington, Sept. 11'. Secretary of
the Navy Moody this morning received
the following cable message, undated,
from Commander Potter, of the Ran
ger: "Panama (received) cipher message
this morning (saying) revolutionists
near railroad line. Situation serious,
Transit across Isthmus still open.
"Potter."
By noon today the navy department
had been advised that the two" war
ships ordered to the scene of trouble
on the Isthmus of Panama hod sailed
for their destination. A telegram was
received from Rear Admiral Casey,
commanding the Pacific station, report
ing that the big battleship Wisconsin
had left Bremerton. After taking on
coal at San Francisco she will resume
her long voyage down the Pacific coast.
With the same promptness which
characterized his prompt hurrying to
the scene of the terrible disaster at
Martinique, Commander T. C. McLean,
with the Cincinnati, had started from
Cape Hoytien for Colon within a few
hours after the receipt of the navy de
partment's orders, und cabled Secre
tary Moody to that effect this morning.
Efforts None Too Early.
Commander Potter's dispatch was
taken to mean that the vigorous efforts
of the navy department to relieve the
situation on the 'Isthmus "Have been
none too early.
In view of the reports that political
significance attaches to this latest-dispatch
of nuval force to the Isthmus o(
Panama, a statement was gained today
from an unquestionable official source
to the effect thut the protection of
American Interests and the enforce
ment of treaty guarantees are the only
two considerations involved in the
sending of additional warships to Pan
ama and Colon.
It wusjjolnted out that peculiar cir
cumstances made necessary the dis
patch of a force more formidable than
the occasion leally warranted. The
Ranger at Panama has a complement
of only 133 men. There was no other
vessel available on the Pacific coast
save the big battleship Wisconsin, sc
that the navy department had no al
ternative. It Is learned that the department hue
decided not to send the Panther with
the battalion of, marines to the Isth
mus, unless Commander McLean, upon
the arrival of the Clnrlnmitl m Cninn
informs the department that the men
are needed. In the meantime the bat
talion will be equipped and provisioned,
and the ship held In readiness for nn
Immediate departure lor Colon,
Rear Admiral Silas Casey, commander-in-chief
of the Pacific station,
will go down to Panama aboard tlif
Wisconsin and tnke personal command
of the naval forces upon his, anlval.
MURPHY GETS THREE YEARS.
The Sentence for Murderous Assaull
on Connie Mack's Brother.
Hy l.'i'lu-lw Wlie fmm The so( l.iled I'ics.
Philadelphia, Sept, 1J. Thomas Murphy
was today huutenced to three years' liu
pilsonineut and I.OiW flue for mm dot out
as.sault In June, I'M, upon Dennis Me
Glllleuddy, hi other of Connie Muck, man
ager of tho Philadelphia Amci lean League.
Rase Hall club,
Murphy was formerly ground-keeper for
the club, After his arrest ho Jumped hli
bail, but wus captured In St, l.ouls about
11 month ago. Murphy was former!)
ground-keeper for the Bultlmore, St,
Louis mid Cleveland Nutlonul League
ClllllH,
QUICK WORK OF A MURDERER.
Gottlieb Nieenflnd Runs Amuck -with
Terrible Results.
Hy Kxcluihe Who from The .Wodated Press.
Pierce, Neb., Sept. 12,-Lust night Gott
lleb Nlegenfind shot und instantly killed
his former wife, Miss Anna Peters, shot
six times ut Albert Breyer, her father,
who died tills morning, and shot the wife
of Breyer In tho bhoulder, seriously and
perhaps fatally wounding her.
After tho shooting Nlegenfind left th
house, and meeting Mrs. Peters' sister,
l.euu Breyer, attempted a criminal as
sault. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER, 7T
Local data for September 12, 1002:
Highest temperature ,,..,,,,,,.. 75 degrees
Lowest temperature ,,.,,,,,,,,, 48 degrees
Relative humidity;
8 a. m. .,,,,.,,..,,,,,,,,,.,, S2 per cent,
8 p. m. C9 per cent.
Precipitation, 21 hours ended 8 p. nu
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Washington, Sept. 12. Forecast
for Saturday und Sunday: Eastern
Pennsylvania Bain und cooler Sat
urday; fresh to brisk southeast
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