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SIBfi MINERS SHOT 10 DE1TH.
TWENTY-ONE KILLED.
Deputiee Ordered to lir Upon Ban! of
Biotiag Miner.
A riot in which half a hundred strik
ing miners were shot down marks the
end of the two months of peace which
has thus far characterised the great
strike. Considering that a convention
was in progress at Columbus, O., for
the speedy settlement of the strike, the
killing of at least fifteen men is most
deplorable.
The strike situation reached a terri
ble crisis on the outskirts of Lattimer,
Carbon county, -Pa.. Friday afternoon,
when a band of deputy sheriffs fired
Into an infuriated mob of miners.
Reports run from lifteen to twenty
odd killed, nnd forty or more woundt-d.
Many of these will die. Four otlior
dead lie In the mountains between Lat
timer and Harlclgh.
Those who were not Injured carried
their dead and wounded friends Into the
woods mi! estimate is buttled. Troops
were called for and arrived on the scene
Saturday.
The list of killed as revised and Iden
tified follows: Michael Cheslok, of Har
wood; Frank Cheka, of Harwood, John
Staniskn. of Crystal Ridge; lieorge Ku
lick, of Harwood: Stephen Horlick, of
Harwood: Jacob Kulscot, of Harwood;
John Sli Vntikk, of Harwood, leaves a
wife nnd four children; John Harska,
leaves a wife and two children; An
drew NWhkosliki; Andrew Slovonski;
John Sciijt. leaves a wife and two chil
dren: Je ri.'e Oasnbush.
tn Friday afternoon about 200 strik
ing miners left Hazelton, l'a., with the
intention of going to the Lattimer
mines.
on hearing this the sheriff Immedi
ately loaded a band of deputies on a
trolley car and dispatched them to the
Lattimer mines, where they arrived In
udvanee of the approaching strikers.
Shi riff Martin was In entire command
nnd stood in the front of the line until
the strikers approached. They were
seen coming across the ridge, und Mar
tin went out to meet them.
The men drew up sullnly and listen
ed in silence until he had once more
lead the riot act. This finished, a low
muttering arose among the foreigners
and there was a slight movement for
ward. Perceiving this the sheriff step
ped toward them and, In a determined
tone, fnrhudu the advance. Some one
struck the sheriff and the next moment
there was a command to the deputies
to lire.
The guns of the deputies instantly
belched forth a terrible volley. The re
port seemed to sliuke the very moun
tains nnd a roar of dismay went up
from the people. The strikers were
taken entirely by surprise, and as Hit
men toppled and fell over each other,
those who remained unhurt stampeded.
Thp men went down before the storm of
bullets like tenpins, nnd the groans of
the dying and of the wounded tilled the
ar.
The excitement that followed was
simply Indescribable. The deputb'S
seemed to be terror-stricken at th'.1
deadly execution of their guns nnd see
ing the living strikers fleeing like wild
men and the others dropping to the
earth, they went to the aid of the un
fortunates whom they had brought
down.
Sheriff Martin was at first reluctant
to sny whether he had given the com
mand to fire, but afterwards admitted
that he rind.
Twenty-three of the men shot nt
Latimer were reported dead, Monday,
six more dying nnd nearly forty In the
hospital.
THE STRIKE ENDED.
As a Remit of a Conference the Minera
will Resume Work on a 65-Cent Bam.
The great miners' strike, which was
declared on July 4, was brought to an
end Saturday evening, so far, at letst,
as Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi
ana and West Virginia are concerned,
by the action of the Inter-State con
vention of miners, which has been in
session nt Columbus since Wednesday.
It depends upon the operators wheth
er or not the mines resume work with
in the next 10 days. If a majority of
firms affected by the suspension an
nounce their willingness to pay the fi"
cent rate, or an equivalent, the miners
can go to work immediately. Other
wise the strike will be continual 10
days longer, when, regardless of local
conditions, the great conflict will be
declared off.
The 10-days limit Is Inserted to give
all the miners In the districts like Il
linois and West Virginia, where the
65-cent rate has opposition, a reasona
ble time to force the acceptance of the
price. If nt the end of 10 days no ad
justment has been reached in such dis
tricts, the men in other fields will not
be withheld from their work longer,
but will be permitted to go into the
pits.
If, on the other hand, the operators
who desire peace nre able to have the
rate Indorsed by u majority of their
number In the live States before the
10-dny limit expires. Just so soon will
the strike be ollicially declared off.
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
Contnl General Lee Talki Concerning the
Condition of the Island.
Consul-General Fitzhugh Lee, Jr., ar
rived from Havana on board the Sv
guranca at New York last Wednesday.
When asked ns to whether he would
return to Cuba or not, the general
shook his head nnd said: "I cannot
answer that, and I would rather not
talk on Cuban affairs until I make my
report in Washington."
"There Is a good deal of suffering In
Cuba," said the General, "but the
Americans, numbering about 1.400, are
being mrcd for from the fund of $50,
000 which was appropriated for that
purpose. They receive relief dally, and
up to the present time about 15,000
has been expended."
"Is there any sign of business Im
proving or a change for the better In
Cuba?"
"No; I am sorry to say that there Is
not," replied the General. "And there
will not be any Improvement until the
war Is ended."
When will that be, General?"
To this question Gen. Lee replied In
Spanish, a free translation of which Is,
"That is too much for me, I cannot
say."
CRAZE CONTINUES.
Expedition Being Fitted Ont to Proceed to
the Klondike Gold Mine.
The Klondiite rage survives In Lon
don despite the discouraging reports.
The steamship compnnles say that In
quiries still are active for spring de
partures, one vessel being commission
ed to take a party by wny of Cape
Horn, reaching the Klondike by way
of St. Michaels early In June. The fare
for the double Journey Is JS'0, including
a $2,500 life policy. The Idea Is to keep
the steamer in the Yukon district as a
floating hotel to avoid camping out,
TZUX TZUOSin.
A most serious accident has occurred
at the Champion Kerfs mine at Mad
ras. Forty persona are known to have
been killed.
Fire, caused by an explosion, did
$50,000 damage to the Ice manufactur
ing plant of H- Hermane at Sons at St
Louts the otner day.
James Stevenson, a sawmill employe
at Murphysboro, III., fell upon a cir
cular saw a few days ago, and hla bead
waa severed from hla body.
Miss Martha Clyburn has sued In
Chicago for a share of the S1.000.0M
estate of Allen Gregory, founder of the
t-tock yards. She alleges that she was
married to him in 1S95.
George Bogart, alias George Myers,
the absconding city clerk of Uvanston,
III., is in jail st Cape May Point, X. J.,
charged with having stolen 19,000 of
the city's funds.
Iowa, Sac and Fox Indians are hold
ing a dance and dog feast on the Chief
Abraham Lincoln allotment, at Okla
homa. Over 200 dogs were roasted and
eaten In the feast a few days ago.
The average dally shipment of
money from Kansas City banks last
week to farmers throughout Missouri
Kansas, Colorado, and most of which
has been used in moving grain, was
$745,000.
Theodore C. Coleman, a stairbullder,
living at Allegheny, Pa., died Saturday
night from worry over the fact that a
levy hod been made on his furniture
for rent. He was a widower, aged 64
years. x
The New York and Urnoklyn public
schools opened Monday. In New York
L'25,000 pupils answered roll call and In
Hrooklyn 125,000. All the schools are
crowded and several thousand children
had to be turned away.
The trouble over land titles In Juneau
has at last been settled by a decision of
Judge Lelaney of the United States
court at Juneau. The possessory rights
who have Improved their holdings are
held to be good against Invasion.
F.xcltement pervails In Logansport.
Ind., over the capture of a carrier pig
eon with a message signed "Andree."
The writing is In English, but It Is
thought that the explorer sent out the
messages In all languages.
The Japanses government has given
an order to Thompson & Co., the fa
mous Clyde shipbuilders, for another
first-class battleship of 17,000 tons, a
sister ship to the Skikoshlma. It also
contemplates building a first-class
cruiser of 9,000 tons at Yokosuka.
Three masked bandits stood ten
Omaha citizens up In line at an early
hour Monday and relieved them of
cash aggregating $100. The victims
were members of a social party who
had taken possession of a Hoclal beer
gulden in the heart of the city for a
little entertainment.
Two maiden sisters, Miss Harriet C.
Sheldon, S2 years of age, and Miss Matil
da Sheldon, R6, were fatally burned at
their home In Lynn, Mass., Sunday.
The old tallies, who lived In a house by
themselves, were cooking with a kero
sene stove, when the latter tipped over
and the oil ran out and ignited.
Six young men were drowned In a
yacht near Windmill Point In Lake St.
Clair a few days ago. The dead are
Thomas Fritz. H. Gertels, Grant Mur
ray, Thomas Newsome, Charles Rice
nnd Jay Tnnsey. They had hired a
yacht, which was capsized by two of
the boys rocking the boat.
John Miller, living In Hampshire
county, W. Va., the other day sold his
apple crop to a purchaser from Balti
more for between $20,000 und $21,000. Wil
liam Miller, his father, also sold his
apple crop for about $10,000 at the same
time. These are two of the largest fruit
deals ever made in this section.
Thayer Thomas, the 5-year-old son of
Ml Thnnmo'nf Anilorann Init un or.
Vested the other day for holding up
Herbert Clevenger, a newsboy and re
lieving him of his money, with a pistol,
In genuine dime-novel style. Young
Thomns was one of the principals In a
wholesale mail robbery from the An
derson nostofllee u month ago.
Dr. J E. Roberts, lor 10 years pastor
of All Souls Unitarian church at Kan
sas City, preached his first sermon to
the new Creedless church In the Coates
opera house Sunday. The house was
', crowded. Or. Roberts withdrew from
the I'nltnrliiu church last spring be
cause It wns not liberal enough. He at
tacked the God of Revelation ns un
rc asonable.
A project is under way which con
templates the amalgamation of three
great railroad systems the Rig Four,
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Haiti
more and Ohio Southwestern. The mile
age of such n consolidated system would
be nearly fi.OOO, and It would be the
most extensive railroad property In the
Kast, extending from St. Louis and
Chicago to New York.
Mgr. P. P. Toner, Missionary apos
tolic and honorary chaplain to His
Holiness Pope Leo XIII., and chaplain
general to the American bishops, was
stricken by the heat In his room In a
hotel nt Philadelphia Saturday. He
died shortly afterward. Mgr. Toner
was 65 years of age. He had resided
about two years at the hotel where he
was stricken.
'According to a dispatch from Mos
cow Lieut. -Gen. Ruron von Schak has
committed suicide by shooting himself
with a revolver at Odessa In a fit of re
pentance. He was a member of tho
German Lutheran body. His religious
connections excited tho suspicions of
his superiors and they ordered him to
resign or to Join the Russian orthodox
church. He chose the latter course and
then killed himself In remorse.
The property and plants of the Edi
son Illuminating Company of St. Louis
were disposed of last Saturday for
51H4.0OO at a foreclosure sale. Tho
property wns bought by A. D. Rrown,
a representative of the stock and bond
holders' organization committee. The
defunct company defaulted on Its
bonded debt to the Knickerbocker
Trust Company of New York last Feb
ruary. It has carried a capitalization
of $4,000,000 and a bonded debt of $4,
000,000. Hawaiian advices contain the reply
of Minister Cooper to the arbitration
proposition as submitted by Japan,
Mr. Cooper says that Japan, having re
fused to submit to arbitration the ques
tions whether the Japanese Immigrants
refused entrance into Hawaii were pos
sessed of $50 each, and as to whether
the treaty of 1871 Is . applicable, tho
Hawaiian government cannot definitely
accept arbitration until it knows just
what points Japan Is willing to arbi
trate upon; nor can It accept the King
of the Belgians as arbitrator until this
Is made known.
Twenty-four persons, mainly spec
tators of the great blast at Panuelas
quarry, on the Vera Crus railway,
were instantly killed Sunday. The blast
went off and the people rushed forward
to see the effects, when gases in the air
Ignited, causing an explosion, with ter
rible results. Two cavalrymen were on
guard and we.re killed, with their hor
ses. Many people were wounded. . The
quarry supplies rock for Vera Cms har
bor Improvements.
Stole the Mag io Stone
The Blarney stone has been stolen
and the Irish people at Atlantic City,
N. J., arc up In arms. More than that,
vandals have desecrated and attempted
to burn up Blarney castle. " : " -
DESMIO BI LID CITE.
TOWNS WIPED OUT.
fifty Lit Report Loet ia a Hernial
Wait Rained Onlf VUUf
New Sabine pass. Old Sabine pass.
Port Arthur and Wlnnlte-. Tex are In
ruins. How many Uvea are lost It la
Impossible to tell, but BO Is a safe esti
mate. A hurricane struck thee towns
Tuesday evening, carrying death and
destruction In its wake.
Sabine Pass waa complete?? wiped
off the map. The new hotel and
a number of dwellings were demol
ished. Ten boarding cr construction
cars were blow n over and a large num
ber of the employees killed and In
jured. ,
The hurricane waa accompanied by
a tidal wave and the town of Sabine
Pass waa covered with water to a
depth of three to five feet The ship
ping suffered severely, a Norwegian
bark sinking at her moorings. There
are only two houses left standing In
the little town of Wlnnlte.
A tornado, terrible in Its velocity,
struck Port Arthur the same evening.
Six people are known to have been in
jured. Buildings were blown down
and great damage was wrought by the
cyclone. The dead are: Frank Al
bright, Kansas City, George Martin,
bricklayer, unknown man, aged 38;
May Ainsworth, 13 years old, daughter
of William Ainsworth; Infant son of
W. H. Johnson, blown from its moth
er's arms and drowned.
Advices from Winnie, Tex., say that
marly all the houses there have been
blown down and torn away. At Webb
all of the barns and one house were
demolished and scattered over the
country.
At Sabine Pass the loss Is one
schooner, four tugs, many buildings,
ten or more people drowned. Including
Moore and Bettls, contractors, and
there Is six feet of water In Sabine
City.
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
Interesting figures Regarding th Increase
and Decrease of Tonnage.
The documented merchant marine of
the United States on June 30 last num
bered 22,633 vessels of 4.769,020 gross
tons, an increase of 65,400 tons over June
30, 1896, and a decrease of 275 vessels.
The tonnage of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts Is 2.647,796, a decrease of 20,000
tons. The tonnage of the great lakes Is
1.410.103 tons, an Increase of 86.000 tons.
Pacific coast tonnage was virtually
Stationary. American sailing tonnage
has exceeded steam tonnage for the last
time In our history, the steam tonnage
on June 30 amounting to 6,599 vessels of
2,358,558 gross tons, an Increase of 61,000
tons over the previous year. Nearly all
of this increase is on the great lakes,
where steam vessls number 1,776, of
977,235 tons. . t
New York state has the largest mer
chant marine, 4,857 vessels of 1,331,743
gross tons, an Increase of 27,000 tons.
The state exempts from taxation its
tonnnge In foreign trade. Michigan
ranks second with 1,132 vessels of 477,
C02 tons. Ohio's vessels are the largest
and most modern, 658 of 390,052 tons.
Maine's fleet numbers 1,871 vessels of
299.592 tons. Steel and Iron vessel number
1,023, of 1,207,222 tons, an increase of 117,
000 tons. During the year 68 Iron or
steel vessels of 124.395 tons were built
and documented. Vessels registered for
foreign trade number 1,230 of 805,684
tons. Of ,72,000 shipments of seamen on
American merchant vessels before Unit
ed States shipping commissioners for
the last fiscal year, 22,500 were.of Amer
icans, 18,000 Scandinavians, 13,000 Brit
ish, 8,000 Germans, and the balance of
other nationalities. Shipments at New
York numbered 23,000, San Francisco,
12.500, Boston, 7,700; Philadelphia, 7,000,
and New Orleans, 4,700.
YELLOW FEVER.
Thousands of Dollars Expended to Suppress
the Dreaded Disease.
The announcement of the ninth case
of yellow fever In New Orleans was
officially made by the board of health
late Tuesday afternoon.
The yelow fever has invaded Mobile
and has suddenly been declared epi
demic in Barkley, Miss.
Atlanta promises to be the refuge of
all people living in New Orleans and
along the coast who desire to get
away. Of the cities of the south In
danger of infection, Atlanta Is the on
ly one that has refused to quarantine,
and that has Invited all refugees with
in her gates.
Yellow fever has appeared at Leon,
In Western Nicaragua. Several natives
have died of the disease recently and 11
is spreading.
The board of health at New Orleans
Sunday declared six of the suspicious
cases to be yellow fever, and announced
another pronounced case at Mlro and
Esplanade streets, also In the lower
part of the city. The authorities do not
believe that the situation Is materially
worse than It was four or five days ago,
aj.d they nre z'M confident of their
ability, with modern sanitary applian
ces, successfully to quarantine the In
fected districts.
Yellow Fever existing, New Orleans
Is to be treated to the most thorough
cleaning she has had in many moons.
Mayor Flower and President Olllphant
imt the heads of the various depart
ments of the city, and the conference
resulted In the Instir.t appropriation
of $11. W0 with which to Leuln the work,
with the undcnUaudlng that any por
tion of $50,000 necessary to conclude It
would be forthcoming when required.
Th Board of Health reiterated that
there had thus far been but one case
of yellow fever In New Orleans this
summer.
Nothing has been reported of an
alarming character from the coast. A
few new cases of fever have been dis
covered, but the scourge is not spread
ing with the rapidity usual In yellow
fever epidemics.
There are 38 people sick In Ocean
Sprtngs at present and 400 who have
not had the fever. Ocean Springs Is
still appealing for help and especially
for trained nurses.
Vlcksburg Is quarantined against
New Orleans and every point at all
doubtful, and Is cleaning up as fast as
possible. Steamboats are not permitted
to land at Natches or Vidalia, the
former place having the local militia
on guard. A dispatch from Blloxl
says two new cases have developed,
fl'here have been no deaths. All parties
are doing well.
WEYLER INNOCENT.
Bat He Declares that the Cnbans re Respon
sible for Their Misery.
Gen. Weyler, on his return to Ha
vana the other day, talked freely to a
number of leading Spaniards of his
policy, the first time he has done this
since he came to Cuba.
"What means all the outcry against
my decree ordering the concentration
of paclflcos? Only that it was a mil
itary measure, favorable to Spain; It
Is not my fault If hundreds of thou
sands of people' have to die from ef
fects of it. I did not provoke the war,
AWFUL DISASTER.
Ton-ty Uvea Lett la a Bail? Vreek at
Newcastle, Cal .
A terrible wreck was caused by st
bead-end collision between a Denver ft
Rio Grande passenger train at New
Castle. Cel., Friday morning, sunning
at the rate of forty miles an hour, and
a special Colorado. Midland stock train,
runntnc at a spee of probaMy thirty
miles. So terrible waa the concussion
that betb engines, baggage and express
cafs, smoker and day coaches and two
stock cars were totally demolished and
the track torn up for rods ia both di
rections. To add to the horror of the scene, the
wreck caught fire from an explosion of
a Pintsch gas tank on the passeuger
train and burned so rapidly that many
passengers, pinned beneath the debris,
were burned to death before help could
reach them.
The generally accepted theory as to
the cause of the wreck seen to be that
Conductor Bur bank of the Midland spe
cial, anticipating the time of the pas
senger, undertook to "steal a station,"
and beat the passenger Into New Cas
tle. Burbank escaped uninjured, and.
upon orders from Coroner Clark, has
been placed under arrest by the sheriff.
Many of the unfortunates will never be
known and It is possible that the num
ber killed will always be in doubt.
From the best Information- obtained
now, fully thirty persons are believed
to have periBhed, while 1S5 were taken
out of the wreck suffering from serious
injuries.
The dead, as recognlxed, are: F. Kee
nan. mall agent, of Denver; Robert 8.
Holland, fireman. Denver Rio Grande
railway, Sallda: Mrs. Alexander Hart
man and two sons of hers, of Herscher,
III.; James Errlck, of Chicago; William
Hlnes, fireman: William Gordon, en
gineer passenger train; Charles Leeper,
of Clarion, Pa.
R. W. Shot, of Leeper, Pa., Is reported
among the Injured.
The body of Robert Ostrander, engi
neer of the Colorado Midland stock
train, waa found later In the debris of
the wreck. The head and arm were
burned off. Rev. Alex. Hartman. of
Hersher, III., whose wife and two child
ren were killed In the accident, died In
the hospital at Sallda Saturday morn
ing. TRAINS COLLIDE.
Three Locomotive Boilers Explode and Many
re Dead and Injured.
One of the worst wrecks In the his
tory of the Santa Fe occurred three
miles east of Emporia, Kan., last Wed
nesday night. Twelve or fifteen per
sons were killed and as many more
were badly wounded. The known dead
are: Jim Brennan, engineer, Topeka;
Nate Holllster, fireman, Topeka: J. F.
Sours, Kansas City, express messen
ger, body almost consumed by fire;
William Frlsbey, engineer; R. A. Do
ran, Emporia, postal clerk; Gon
zales, fireman westbound train; Brag
man, first name unknown, Topeka;
Ben Water, St. Joseph, Mo., a fireman
on the westbound train, is missing;
unknown man, tramp.
A fast mall train going east and the
Mexico and California express collided
head on. The Mexico and California
express was pulled by two locomotives,
and when struck by the engine draw
ing the fast moil the boilers of all three
engines exploded and tore a hole In
the ground so deep that the smoking
cars of the west-bound train wont in
on top of the three engines and two
mall cars and balanced there, without
turning over. The ' passengers In the
smoking-car esqaped through the win
dows. The front end of this car was
enveloped in a volume of stilling snioke
and steam, belching up from the wreck
below, and the rear door was Jammed
tight in the wreck of the car behind.
The wreck caught fire from the en
gines. The cars In the hole burned to
ashes In no time. Climbing out of the
smoking-car several men fell through
the rl(tu below, and It is impossible to
tell whether' they escaped or were
burned to death.
The westbound train carried seven or
eight coaches, and Its pasengers in
cluded many excursionists, who hnd
been to hear Hon. W. J. Bryan speak
at the county fair at Burllngame. Mr.
Bryan himself was on the train, but
was riding In the rear Pullman, some
400 feet from the cars which wrecked.
He states that nothing but a heavy
Jolt was experienced by the passengers
in his coaeh,
Mr. Bryan was one of the noblest
men In the crowd of rescuers. He help
ed to carry out the dead and wounded
and gave the greatest attention to
their care. One poor fellow who was
badly maimed, called to Mr. Bryan
and said: "I went to hear you to-day;
I am now dying and want to shake your
hand and say God bless you. If you
possibly can, Mr. Bryan, get me a drink
of water."
Mr. Bryan went Into the fast mall
car, one end of which was burning, and
came out with the drink of water,
which he gave to the suffering passen
ger. He brought out cushions for
others of the Injured and was every
where present to minister to the wants
of the Buffering.
It is stated that the wreck was
caused by a miscarriage of orders from
the train-master. At Emporia the
eastbound fast mall train received or
ders to paas the California express at
Lang, seven miles east. Another order
was sent to Lang for the California ex
press to take the siding there. The
order was not delivered and the west
bound train passed on, the trainmen
expecting to pass the fast mall at Em
poria, Disastrous Wreck.
A disastrous freight wreck occurred
on the Iron Mountain road at Hanson,
I. T., a Btnall station west of Vanpu
ren, Ark., Sunday, resulting In the
death of seven men and the serious In
jury of six others, two of whom will
die. The dead are: William Fame,
Charles Fame, Douglass Anderson,
John Johnson, Bore Henderson, Frank
Hamilton, H. A. Walton.
KEPT HIS OATH.
Having Promised to find a Morderer-A Jury
man Olves Himself Up.
Edgar Stripling, a well known young
man of Columbus. Ga., has surrendered
to Sheriff Cowles, confessing that he
was wanted for the murder of W. S.
Cornell. He was on the coroner's Jury
which Investigated the assassination
of Cornell, who was shot from ambush.
Stripling says that Cornell had insulted
his married sister, Mrs. Howell Dur
ham, and that the killing was done to
avenge her honor. It Is believed that
Howell Durham, the husband, was the
other assassin, but Stripling denies
this. It is said he can make the story
of the lnsuit to his Bister good. If this
Is the case, there is little danger that
he will be convicted for transgressing
the unwritten law. Stripling confessed
because he happened to be called to
the coroner's Jury on . the case, and
took an oath to do his duty. This was
to find the murderer, and nothing was
left for him but to give himself up.
. Railroad to the Oold Fields.
' Articles of Incorporation were filed
with the Secretary of State of New
Jersey the other day for the Yukon
Railroad Company, " ' "
CM DDBfQ SIM)
SALISBURY YIELDS.
International Coastitmtsssi lis Fewer t
Contra! is Tinas f Oreec. '
The Marjis of Salisbury's prop al
for the constitution of an International
commission, representing the six pow
ers, to assume control of the revenues
with which Greece wtn guarantee pay
ment of interest for the holders of old
bonds as well as oavment of the In
demnity loan, this step to be followed
by the prompt eva.rua.tion of Thessaly
by the Turkish tiooDS. has been ac
cepted by the powets.
The only remaining' question- Is the
dotes for the payment of the indemni
ty. The powers desire to Insert these
dates In the treaty of peace, hut the
JCTiusn amoassador. Sir Phil to. Currte.
suggests that they leave th dates to
be determined upon by the Internation
al commission. The ambassadors ex
pect all the details of the treaty of
peace will be settled on Thursday next.
The London "Times" correspondent
at Constantinople has telegraphed his
paper mat it was owing to a note from
Count Muravteff. the Russian minister
for foreign affairs, intimating that
Great Britain was responsible for the
"Incalculable evils from which Greece
and Turkey are suffering through the
delay In the conclusion of peace be
tween tho two countries." that the
Marquis of Salisbury submitted fresh
proposals for the settlement of the per
manent peace between Turkey and
Greece.
The Marquis of Salisbury's latent
proposal for the settlement of the
terms of peace between Turkey and
Greece Is generally regarded In Lon
don as a victory for German diplom
acy, and much bitter feeling Is dis
played In England over the British
premier's backdown. A fresh proposal
was what Germany has been holding
out for. namely, the control of the
Greek revenue In the Interest of all the
creditors of Greece, as well as for the
Becurlty of the loan to Greece for the
purpose of paying her indemnity to
Turkey.
I0ND01TS STRIKE.
Workmen Say that Poles, Huns and Other
Foreigners Destroyed Unionism in America.
The engineers on strike at London
have won the cordial support of the
trades union congress, now meeting at
Birmingham, and the struggle will
continue exceptionally stubborn and
hard fought. The supposed labor situ
ation In America Is being cited as an
example or a warning, according to
the point of view.
English manufacturers claim that
In Pittsburg and other American cen
ters of Industry "the thraldom of
unionism" has been shaken off; that
the employers are entirely Independ
ent of the workers and are better off
In consequence.
In England the so-called "solidarity
of labor" and right to organize has
been generally admitted, and the urg
ing of "American methods" has acted
on the unions like a red rag on a bull.
They reply that where unionism has
been beaten In America It has been
done by the employment of Poles,
Huns and other foreigners, and that
the scheme will never work In Eng
land. The ninth week of the engineers'
struggle In London leaves 22,000 en
gineers, 12,000 trades unionist:!, 2,000
non-unionists and 5,000 laborers out of
work, with strike pay amounting to
1165,000 per week. New firms depend
ent on engineering are stopping work
laily and some of the locomotive man
ufacturers have posted notices as fol
lows: "Eight hours a day, with the present
rate of wages, would be disastrous to
tho locomotive trade of England, In
the face of American and Continental
competition. We therefore feel It our
duty to counsel tho men to refrain
from any encouragement or support of
the elsht-hour movement."
V 1
Famine in Ireland.
The "Daily Nation" after getting a
letter from every pastor of a parish in
rural Ireland, says: "Since black '47,
the Irish laborer has never faced a
winter more full of privation." The
harvest Is as bad as can be In the west
of Ireland, and It Is pretty sure there
will be not only a food but a fuel
famine. Not only arc the potatoes
rotting in the ground, with the grain
crops beaten down by rain and not
worth reaping; but the turf cut will
not dry. Cnless there Is exceptional
weather within the next few days
a famine Is a certainty.
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.
A concession to complete the Panama
canal has been given to England.
A brother of President Barrios of
Guatemala and the wife of Senor Jefe
de Tolltlco were killed the other day.
By the explosion of a boiler at a brew
ery at Hoenstaedt, near Olmutz, Aus
tria, eleven persons were killed and
many were injured.
The British steamer Polyphemus,
from Yokohama to London, has been
damaged in a collision near Jebel-Tar,
an Island of the Red sea. Twenty
seven of her crew were drowned.
Missionaries returning from China
say that the government has entirely
ceased Its hostility to their work, and
frequently consults them regarding
methods of advancing Chinese interests.
The fishing fleet returned to Dunkirk
recently from Iceland and reported that
out of ninety-eight boats, six foundered
during the season, resulting in the
drowning of thirty men and boys.
France has been appealed to by the
Pope to oppose the Zionist movement to
re-establish the Jews In Palestine.
Dr. Grunhua, master of the German
school at Jerusalem, asserts that out of
30,000 Hebrews in that city, 28,000 live
The Chinese Government Is negotiat
ing with a foreign syndicate for a loan
of 100,000.000 taels for the purpose of
paying off the romalnder of the indem
nity to Japan, and it is believed that the
matter will soon be brought to a suc
cessful Issue.
The Norwegian bark Alette, Capt.
Lorentzen, from Vancouver, via Port
Angeles, fell a victim to the fury of a
gale, at Yokohoma, last week, and was
wrecked off Nlchiski. Ten of her crew
were drowned and the six survivors
were seriously Injured. There Is a pos
sibility of recovering a portion of her
cargo. The Alette was a double-decker
and hailed from Drammen, Norway.
She had a tonnage of 1,306 and was the
property of J. Gulllchsen.
The President of the Senate at Lima,
Peru, has asked for the appointment of
a commission to report immediately
upon the proposal to legalize the mnr
rlage of non-Catholics, adding that the
non-existence of a law leaves hundreds
of children of foreigners deprived of
the protection of a law which ought to
exist In every civilized country.
The sultan has ordered a commis
sion, composed of two Mussulmans,
three Armenians nnd one Greek to
visit the Armenian villages which have
been the chief sufferers from the mas
sacres and raise funds to rebuild the
Armenian schools, churches and mon
asteries and build orphanages.'
STILL ADVANCING.
Kntevafiaf Raserta
Usorts Frsi all iw. I
Cy weA review J
cmatry Basw J
R. a. Ehia
trade i urtw mm follnmra
There W ji halting in tw. ...
Business mm hotter - '"M
... . ways I
while Its speculative end breaks Teoa'l
i'"1""11 r a decline,
steadv lm?riA.Mk In nmAb.,iu .
..,.UW) m .
fnsr fore and In th iw - .
"l me tyy, I
pie to purchase is the feature m J
overshadows all others. Reno, h.
Vaur Twtr MJ. ..-I ""-ports ofl
---- uuiuub snow an i
cfease since one year am ,V ",-
cent. In the number of men .. I.'l
and a similar Increase among men M
like iwttion throughout ,he 2
would exceed 840.00a. whit- ;l-"fntryl
adds many establishments to the 1
A gate ef 12 per cent. In one moh I
knowledge that half a don n otw,!'.'.,ll
nniM niwnarin rt - . u r"
. - w i ... " regime, aim thni
unsold stocks have been, reduced u if.
tons weekly In August. indir.tiJ,w
consumption of about 1.000 tons nior!
ui'ianiie SO Vane li
bnt 6 per cent, since the low.. ......
August 12. -
point.
Pig to a shade stronger at ChlcJ
bat the Droof that th artv.- . ' A
thy is found in the growine- ,i. "!r
of consumers, especially for bars hJ
Chicago, for structural work. Including
12.000 tons for Santa Fe bridge. .fw.fi
..... !, inciuuing tony
axles and for plates, especially for m
VMWla nn Oi. Inlpa. . l . . . . I'
shept And mprphant nlnM , . w
u a -ui'i-r is vinauy and lead
duetlon of coke has reached la ooo ton.
with 12.717 ovens in operation '
Wheat has risen 5c the nasi
not in a flurry, but in answer to th
dally Increasing forel i?n .
TI.. ..I. . -""unci
iiiuufwi iT-purie ui ine crop, now almos
niii-uy uui oi danger, indicate a
never surpassed but once, forel
vuuuin sun Birt-iiKinen 1110 Delit'f tha
uic urui-ieui-jr HUIOUII will be ahnu
vv,vw,v.nr uuaucis mure man usnn Bn
meanwhile reports indicate that '
corn than was expected will be avalla
ble for export. Its price has risen aboui
M C" .
Since the small corner In August eot
ton has relapsed to 7'c, no rumors ?
reeling prices much. Northern miv
are consuming very largely, with a eon'
miuuuB uemana ior goous, which hai
uuvunceu ine prices or many. Wit
enormous speculative sales of unn
which appear to constitute most of th
mantei ai uosion, mere iK ia mn,
buying there and elsewhu.. y th
women mins, wmcn are enjuvi.K exn
oruinary uemanci ror odds it
averaging not 10 per cent. hii; r th.i
was paia earty in tne year,
age advance for the week It-
e avcrl
has been $1 12 per share ' .r
' lilriia.!!
I 'pen !ll
and 79 cents for trusts. ?
Failures for the week h
In the ITnlted States, ague,
313 hi
year, and 3a In Canada, aiaii
ilti
year.
TONS OF POSTALS.
Four Hundred Freight Cars Neceiiary
iransporune tarns to wasmngtos.
From present Indications a West Virf
glnla paper company will manufartM
all the postal cards used in this coun
try during the next four years, anl
the timber reserve or Northern Wei
Virginia and Southwestern Pennsyl
vanla will be drawn upon fer the ma
terlal to be used in the pulp fri
which the cards will be manufacture!
When the' bids were opened for thl
contract it was found that a forms
contractor, ex-State Senator Pass
of New York, was the lowest bidder ti
about $25,000 per annum. As he did nJ
own a paper mill, the third asslsta.
postmaster general, Mr. Merrltt, calls
UDon him to designate tne mill ttis
would manufacture the cards. Thl
was necessary, as the freight to be pal
on the cords would count In auardia
the contract.
Mr. Daggett named the west i
glnla Paper Company, whose prlnclil
mill was at Piedmont, vvnn anoiniri
Davis. If all Is found to be satlsfai
tory the contract will be awarded
Mr. Daggett, and it will commence
December 1 next and last lor i"
years.
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Few neonle realize tne size or ia
contract. It Is estimated that duns
the four vears the government will i
quire 2.500,000.000 postal-cards. Thil
cards will weigh about 70,000 tons, al
nearly 400 railroad rreignt cars win i
roniilrori tn t-n.nnnrt them from Pie
moht to the government supply depol
The government will Bend five meni
VJedmont to look after Its Interest!!
tne contract, ine vuiuk m ""
tract Is In the ne ghborhood of lit
Of this amount nearly all will go I
Piedmont, as Mr. Daggett, tne oi
trotnr will ho QuduHerl with S Hi
profit for his enterprise anil pturkl
making tne Dia. r or me comm"!. ij
tal cards his bid was less thun "A eel
per thousand.
NOT WANTED HERE.
European Anarchists Will Not Find Bij
of Kefnge in America.
Mlrhel tho notorious FW
nnnrchlnt. la irninir to the I'ml
States In October. She will be ace
panied by prominent KnKllh
chlsts. and they will undertaki
sDeechmaklnc tour In America, for
nornoHR of advancing the anarrl
propaganda.
Mile. Michel believes that the
valline labor troubles make the
nut llnis nilvnntflirenus for spn
anarchist doctrines. In the meanfij
a fortnl"'.f's similar campaign m
glum vvT I bo closely watched W
t7 ..nU
TK,. ilato dunnrtment at ""
i,, inatrni-ioH nil the mini-'!
1 K ITnllell State
OIIU kvimuw , " 1 .... .
.. .... kn hnm (,overni-
of the departure of narehiHti'l
United States. It Is unuer,torJ
the authorities at Washington, .-
their representatives abroau.
communication with the EuroP'M
j n.0,lnfr Wlt
lice, anu i c uu-uf1 ,
rnrnnun nntl-anarchist moi""
which was Inspired by the msot
tlon of the premier or pp ;..
Canovaa del Castillo, by AngloW
T ... 1 1 .. Ult
- t,i...i ctoa novenwi
therefore, will be notified of iJ
pariure oi irfjuiso jn - - M
are expressed here as to neu
will be allowed to land.
CUBAN VICT0BT. - :
Insurgents Captnr a Town anl " s,, ,
Hospital. 1 rr
Reports of the capture ofl' "Jft
torla de las Tunas, province ,f
ago de Cuba, say that tne .
after capturing the town,
the--Tept,e 40 guerrilla 'ur . t
mo-- -)tsj resisiam".
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